001all right good evening everyone we would like to uh start out with our committee of the whole uh introducing uh first will be our 339 plan that will be motion e525 Nicole good evening so the chapter 339 counseling plan is a state mandated initiative designed to ensure that all Pennsylvania students receive a comprehensive School counseling services focused on academic social emotional and career development this plan serves as a framework to help students navigate their educational Journey while preparing them for future Career Success the mission of the liger Valley School District's counseling program is to provide a comprehensive developmental counseling program that is committed to upholding the worth and dignity of every student the counseling program shall address the academic career and personal social needs of all students a strong 339 plan depends on collaboration between
002parents teachers administrators local businesses Community Partners and post-secondary institutions to provide meaningful career Readiness experiences parents are involved through resources and opportunities shared in newsletters and on school and counseling websites during school open houses and evening events at the ewctc open house an event which introduces parents and students to Career and Technical educational exper opportunities through a financial aid night and through both a wccc associate and High School parent meeting and the CCBC Aviation program informational meeting teacher and administration engagement takes place through opportunities such as the West Morland County forum for Workforce Development the teacher in the workplace program college and high school dual enrollment workshops and content specific workshops we also work collab collaboratively to build business and Community Partnerships some examples include activities such as the career Cafe at the elementary level
003and career experiences that span grade levels career fair opportunities class and group presentations from industry leaders and career mentors job shadow experiences and Senior internship opportunities postsecondary exploration and preparation begins with exposure beginning at the elementary level students are offered visits to both two and foure colleges to expose students to higher education Pathways we partner with the local local Chamber of Commerce for career Readiness initiatives and some examples include the CEO in the classroom experience at the middle school that not only offered exposure but also taught career ready skills such as communication critical thinking and teamwork at the high school level students were provided the opportunity to participate in the idow wild park marketing program offering real real world business experiences we also make an an effort to educate students about all levels of postsecondary
004options including College Technical Training Apprentice ships and Workforce entry this is done through classroom physics and presentations with postsecondary Representatives counselor and postsecondary representative SE sessions and in-person visits to postsecondary institutions high school students are also awarded the opportunity to earn college credits through college and the high school Partnerships the chapter 339 plan aligns with the Pennsylvania's academic standard for Career Education and work ensuring that students develop Critical Care critical career skills including career awareness and preparation career acquisition career retention and advancement and Entrepreneurship key components of the lioner Valley School District's 3-9 plan include curriculum counselor roles assessment tools such as career interest inventories career exploration activities and portfolio development at all levels students complete structured career lessons through the Z program exposing students to careers and allowing each to explore personalized interests in
005develop skills such as decision- making and time management at the elementary level the students participate in monthly career lessons introducing self-awareness and goal setting and participate in Hands-On activities such as mock assembly lines budgeting exercises and career activity career Cafe lunches exposing them to different career Pathways at the middle school level students are offered field trips to the ewctc W CCC and St Vincent College providing exposure to trade programs two-year degrees and four-year college options students also participate in career specific programming in partnership with local businesses and organizations at the high school level students are provided additional opportunities to explore colleges and trads many of these experiences become more student specific through mentoring programs and additional testing offered such as the ASVAB testing and the PSAT additional programs are offered such as the college and
006high school coursework the aviation program and courses such as personal finance and Entrepreneurship in the upper grade students have opportunity to job shadow and complete internship and Co-op placements the culmination of these activities is when seniors complete portfolios aiding in transition into careers or higher education ultimately the 339 counseling plan aligned with aligned with the lior Valley School District's mission is a living document that evolves with student needs by engaging parents Educators businesses and postsecondary institutions these plans ensure that all students have the the support career awareness essential skills and resources necessary for success in school and Beyond thank you thank Youk I just I just want to piggy back on Nicole did a wonderful job of of presenting that and um it I I took it on myself as my mission to tear this
007plan and scrutinize it apart this year and it's a wonderful plan it is it's beautifully done um the opportunities that it gives our students is just amazing uh the way that they do it is amazing and just to let everybody know if you are like living in a box like I do sometimes and you see all the pictures on Facebook about our kids going on field trips and you think they're playing they're not all right this stuff all aligns with the 339 plan and I even had said to Mr caner when they put those Facebook posts out they need to say look this this this is the part of 339 plan whether it be you know mentoring or or career or whatever they're doing it it's wonderful it's a wonderful wonderful thing um so then
008as as we were going through um and we saw all the books that they use at at the elementary school to teach all the soft skills and the counseling and and of course right away you know I'm like okay I have to see those books so Mr Stephie and I spent four hours up at rkm last Friday doing due diligence going through every single book in every single video to make sure that we approved of everything and with the exception of three books that we were there wasn't anything wrong with it it was just like we weren't crazy about excellent books excellent it's it's a wonderful wonderful setup for the kids now I there is one um caveat to this that I want to say uh when I originally pulled the 339 plan it was
009because we used a Blackburn agency to do presentations and last year there was some Scuttle on the Middle School level about some things not being age appropriate so we discussed that and when we had our um executive meeting for the 339 plan um I asked Mr caner to make sure that the Blackburn presentations would fall under a learning experience exemption so if there's any parents out there that don't want their children involved in anything presentations from the Blackburn agency all you have to do is get on the website the form is there pull up 105.2 um I just had a discussion um with Mr marabo said you know you need the form but you know but as far as I know there are none at the high school any there's not the high school there's
010not at the middle school um the two at rkm there's two days April 10th and 11th where they will be doing um the presentations from Blackburn so parents if that's something that concerns you either call Mr Taz send that um form in but I just want to commend you Nicole excellent plan very well done please tell your staff it's amazing job amazing carrying it out thank you I appreciate your time like to pigy back on um everything that Cindy said I had an opportunity to sit in when all the councils got together and presented um this plan and age took turns and went around and what I was really struck with was just how enthusiastic and excited the counselors were about the plan not you know and the of course the kids are too so
011it's just I appreciate it and there's a nice PowerPoint that I don't know we might be able to circulate or something if anybody's interested in seeing it but um anyway thank you very much great job thank you thank you Wesley psycho has some information regarding a athletic department fundraiser well uh good evening so I'm here to talk about uh the motion a525 or 0525 uh it's for uh my request to uh seek approval grant grant approval uh for a few things that I think right now um in our athletic department seem small but in the big scheme of things could uh go uh go a long way uh the first are uh two scoreboards in the indoor gym um right now currently we do have two uh but they malfunction quite a bit um I
012spoke at the athletic committee meeting on those malfunctions um and it's just not okay for a Varsity Sport to go through a game where the time clock stops and we have to use alternate it means uh to go on from the fourth quarter with seven minutes left in a girls basketball game in Mount Pleasant um to rely on somebody at the table with our PA announcer screaming out what is left in that game um there's been times this year where it goes out in between a JV and a varsity game where we have to reset the whole system um if it's myself uh Mrs kurzel or a game manager on duty they shouldn't have to we shouldn't have to um run around with 10 minutes to go before warm-ups figuring out how that works so
013my my uh sole purpose is to upgrade those um as well as football play Clocks down at the at Weller field for uh football uh game nights uh same issues coincidentally they're same company uh but uh we've had the same issues with football this year for the 42nd and 25 second clock I had to order a few parts this year um thinking it was the wireless antenna then it end up ended up being the uh wireless battery at the end of the season where we can only use them for half a game sometimes not at all and the officials had to keep the time on the on the field so therefore there's no Visual Evidence of a 40c play clock or a 25 second play clock for the offense and or defense you know it
014helps both sides of the ball in that regard um and also uh one other wish item I C in the athletic committee meeting um I'm looking for uh an LED video score scores table in the indoor gy um the one we currently have I think is 30 some odd years old um it only fits about four people on it I'm looking for a 10-ft table or more uh because we do have some other things that could happen where I could need five or six people at that table at one time um and it also gives us an opportunity to seek funding for ad Revenue uh with the video board uh it's in perfect placement of the crowd um the only people that are on that side of the Court are the players um um so
015anybody that comes to a game we'll see our ad Revenue working on that led scoreboard like I said that's a wish list item um if uh funding for this ask doesn't come through fruition but uh overall the projects around $50,000 $55,000 um I'm looking for um you know and I know in the athletic committee meeting you asked the the indoor scoreboards I'm looking at arctronics I did get an answer for you um it's a five year warranty all parts um with a 20-year life expectancy um so I know that was one question you had at the athletic committee meeting but that was the long and the short of it um what I'm looking for and Mr koshes has uh a paper that could be passed out if anybody wants to look it over uh but
016this will be passed out um a um if approval is given uh to the community I'm looking for uh four items um you know I'm looking at in conjunction we I kind of went off of what we did with our foot football scoreboard in the 21 year uh 21 22 year so uh first would be a Rams Champion donor uh $10,000 plus so um there are going to be spots on the indoor scoreboard that have space for Perpetual sponsorships so um I have it to where you know first come first serve you know if you give if you donate uh $10,000 or plus you can have your um companies add up there in uh perpetuity but obviously it all depends on you know the duration of the scoreboard um and if the sponsorship or group
017dissolves then we would look for others so that's in there um I have Rams All-American donor uh at $7,500 um on the other board it's a much smaller board on the other side of the gym uh it can only hold sponsorships for 2T High by 4T long the other ones are 2 ft High by 5 foot long so with that foot difference I didn't feel right asking the same amount of pricing so I dropped it a little bit for that uh that would be for two spots first come first serve again uh they would be up there in uh perpetuity uh depending on how long the group is um if it dissolves or not and if the uh the duration of the scoreboard next I have Rams All Conference donor at $2500 um this will
018be you know in my hopes of the LED scoreboard they would have a three-year right to have their ad on that scoreboard during volleyball games uh botchy wrestling girls and boys basketball so that would be on there for three years running um and then lastly uh Rams all section donor $500 to $1,000 um we have this down at uh down at the field in the gate it's anybody all all donors in this range will have their name added to a donor plaque um and it will be in display right next to the Hall of Fame board so what we're doing with that wall is going to be all Athletics so that's going to be another addition to that wall once this if this project is completed in in due time so um I have that
019paper I know it was passed out at the athletic committee meeting but anybody in the public here uh we have papers up here um but that's basically it so do I have any questions on my ask from the public is the goal to basically have all the fundraising pay for all the school boards is that the correct that is the end goal yes yeah okay okay well thank you very much thanks thank you and Mr koses has some information about the baseball field good evening everyone can you hear me okay um just to give an update on the baseball field we've been working back and forth uh trying to get the bid out and we got it out last Friday so it was the 14th it'll be the 21st and the 28th the baseball field
020there will be out in the uh bids are due April 1st at the central office at 12: we'll be opening the bids at 12:30 uh and I just want to preference this the first project is the baseball field because the Timeless of it there will be another uh project uh build out for the activity the activity room with a wrestling room in the back that we talked about so that will be I'm working with the um Engineers right now to get that to go out to bid as soon as possible but the baseball fi the timing is more pressing right now so probably have more update in April where we at with that when that will go out the bed any questions okay thanks thank you so it is currently 6:32 we will adjourn the
021committee of the whole meeting uh anyone on the stage object to going directly into the regular meeting MJ can you look to see if the flag is around it's there okay well I couldn't see it from my side