001like to call. We have call please. Director Cooper, Director here. Directors here. Director Hunter R here. Director Meyers here. Director Roberts here. Director here. [Music] I aliance to the flag of America to the republic for it stands nationy and justice for all. Did you remain stand for a moment of silence? Thank you. [Music] Thank you all for coming tonight. I turn around and look that way. I'm sorry. [Music] We met session information. Thank you, Mr. Cobbert. um standard report here that uh that we provide for the board each month. Um just want to highlight just a couple things there with our budget actuals. Um our our revenues are are looking good coming in over budget. Uh you can see uh there the state revenue line especially that's mainly attributable attributable to uh ready to learn
002grants as well as basic ed and then some some and retirement subsidies that we received in more than we had budgeted. Um then then the expense line we're at about 89% of our budgeted expenditures and um so right on target there as far as um as as we hope to look to the year end here another month. Keep in mind that the financial reports that sit for you are as of May 31st not as of today. So there's still another report. Yeah. So tonight we have an opportunity, the board has an opportunity to to uh officially accept the budget that we've been talking about over the past several months. And just as a quick a quick reminder just we put together a few slides here are a few items on on the packet for you
003just three or four pages there are summary items uh you'll see the second page there proposed revenues at 39.9 million proposed expenses at 39.876 876. There's about a $17,000 difference there of revenues over expenses, which uh um I believe there's a motion on the agenda tonight to assign those funds for capital projects. And then the third page or the last page, I guess, third, page four, um shows you the the financial impact on on taxpayers within the district with our with our median assessed value about 52,000. So for taxpayer who has an assessed a property an assessed value of 50,000 over the course of the year their taxes will go up $95. Um but a lot of it a lot not a lot all this information I've shared previously with the board. Hopefully it's it's
004learned to you but if there's any questions regarding that or anything at all regards the budget I'd be more than happy to entertain those. Not not to my knowledge. And next we'll go for hires. We have a big director services. Are you here? She says, she it might be a problem on her end because I walked outside and tested it. So before we go into our right eventually [Music] guys, thank you very much. You all don't know. I'm sure you do. You don't know Facebook. Exactly. [Music] Right. Um, thank you. Um, three years ago I've been for a long time and came up really about three years. Um this is a really special place and privilege of telling stories. So thank you [Applause] school districts to come here and she'll a good time. Next up,
005Dr. [Applause] commitment contribution to students of excellence and so Dr. [Music] Right. So we can think we also knew what we were getting for as well for a good while. Um but it was a good conversation. It really was. And what you brought to our district also sir has been amazing. Um even even just few months you being here you got that. So thank you very much sir. Appreciate you. [Applause] beach. It's just been wonderful. I have met so many wonderful people that I now consider friends. Many of you are in the room here and you know it's just been wonderful. I you know got a call from another friend now and it was like I want to do this and then it was really great for me. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you. [Applause] I
006was I was done for her to go. She's good. I go back um to really fast um Miss Linton Bigler, can you hear us? All right, Britney. Yes. Hi. You're on speaker phone. I'm so sorry. I have been having such a hard time hearing you guys. Um, I am on the call. I'm not sure. I'm trying to take my put my camera back on so you can see me. But anyway, uh, thank you for having me and thank you for this opportunity. Um, I'm sorry I can't be there in person this evening. I am traveling with my family on our way to vacation today. So, I'm in our in our minivan on the turnpike. Why don't you just quickly spend a minute or two share with the board members and the people in attendance in
007the audience tell tell us a little bit about yourself. So my name is Britney Winston Bigler and I have a master's degree in special education and a postmaster certification in supervision of special education from Slippery Rock University. I've been in special education and doing behavior therapy as a consultant for about 15 years now. I recently was an interim um special education supervisor intern at Keystone Oak School District where I am also the high school life skills teacher. Um so we'll be stepping down from that role and eager to jump into this opportunity at Stow Rocks and um work with your staff and your faculty and get started. So how you doing? My name is uh Cameron Dr. Culliver. I'm the school board president. A couple questions that we always ask everyone coming in for their
008you know this position or to our district is um one I'll ask you all of them now. Uh, one quote, one is why store rocks. Um, two is what made you want to do this job in the first place? And I'll leave it there for a second. Yes, absolutely. So, I chose O Rocks because it speaks to both my roots and my professional purpose. I grew up in Homestead and graduated from Seal Valley, so I understand the pride and the grit and the challenges of a tight-knit community facing economic hardship. It's it's personal to me. I know what it's like to attend a school where you have to fight for every opportunity and I've made it my career to help make sure students don't have to fight alone. Um I'm drawn to rocks because I
009believe in it. Um I believe in the power of strong systems and relationships to change outcomes for kids. Uh this isn't just a job to me. It's it's an opportunity to serve a community that that reminds me where I came from. And with the knowledge and leadership skills I've gained through my work, I'm really excited to dive into this role. Um, special education and student services, pupil services have always been um my passion. I coach through Special Olympics. I've worked every ESY program and behavior therapy out there. um strong proponent of ABA and working to find positive reinforcement to all of our kids and I've really been eager to step into more of a leadership role. Um as the saying goes, be the change that you want to see. So I want to get behind
010the seat to drive the changes that I think our kids need to be successful. I like that. Any questions? Thank you. Congratulations. and we'll be looking forward to uh voting in in a few in about an hour or so. One comment and I'll probably embarrass you, Lindsay, but when I call Dr. Stropki and he has been the superintendent for years and years at uh Keystone Oaks, he told me that that is going to be a tremendous loss for Keystone Oaks. She was by far head and shoulders their best special education teacher that they had. And during the internship, my question was, well, Dr. Shrupy, why didn't you hire her? She did not have her certification in hand just a week ago or so. Britney, and you can jump in there. Tell them about your practice,
011Slippery Rock, etc., please. Uh, yes. I just finished I got my practice last week. Uh, my final results, I needed a 146 to pass. I did get a 172. So, I was very proud of uh my score there. So, I just finished up that coursework and um we'll have that certification in hand in July from PTE. So, everything's finalized and just sitting in Harrisburg and their large stack of documents to go through and sign off on. Thank you. We'll see you in July here in a couple weeks. Enjoy your vacation. I am so excited. Thank you so much. I can't wait to meet you all and work together. Thank you very much. Thank you for the opportunity. Bye bye. Now we'll go to our um Thank you. Now we'll go on to our NASA agenda.
012Um I uh wave and approve the reading of May 22nd meetings to store our school district board of directors and wave and accept the reading of May 6th uh voting meeting minutes of Parkway West Board of Directors. Financial management. Mr. Agnner. Uh yeah, there are a list of uh the general fund and the food service fund um dispersements to be paid out for your review. Um certainly went willing to answer any questions regarding those. Thank you, sir. You want me to comment on two there, Mr.? Yes, please. So, uh, as we talked about just a few minutes ago, the budget sits before you there. Um, the tax millage rate as well, the 31.7837, which is is raising that millage rate to the index. Um, there's the uh the assigned fund balance that we talked about
013there. Letter B 2B uh uh speaks to that um to be that's the re the difference between the revenues and the expenses. uh that are in the in the budget as well there. Um C just allows the business office to pay um to pay out approved items there. And then uh letter D goes through the various u millage rates or tax rates on on various taxes here in the district. And and the only change there is to the the actual real estate tax. The other ones um I believe are the same tax rate that they have been in in recent years. Thank you very much. You want to continue? My pleasure. All right. I move on to item number three. Approved energy procurement strategy developed by the NRG Electric Consortium Committee for a strike price
014floor not to exceed ceiling price for a fixed price energy block for a 12-month term starting January 226. Any questions? Any comments? Item four, approve a three-year contract with extension with UGI for natural gas on the people's gas system with a start date of September 1st, 2025. The contract will have a basis price of um50. The contract will extension was recommended by the Western Pennsylvania Natural Gas Consortium Committee. Any questions, concerns? Approve the letter of understanding for JMA LC to audit the statements of real estate tax duplicate receipts and dispersements for the year ending uh December 31st, 2024. Approve buck comprehensive renewal for PSBA insurance and interstate tax services for next school year. Any questions? Approve to amend the approve approve a motion to amend the January 23rd 25 minutes to change item IED to
015accept a donation of $5,000 from Michael Hower to initially fund the Viking Pride team challenge program to accept advanced payment of $5,000 from Michael Hower to initially fund the Viking Pride team challenge program to authorize Mr. Housers reimbursement for that advanced payment in the amount of $1,000 and to accept the miscellaneous cash contributions made to the program in the amount of $200 149 as well as cash donation from air press financial in the amount of $100. That was a lot I know but I know y'all read that too. So any questions? Approved temporary contract from JMA to assist with business office transition for part-time services rendered as initiated by the district. Any questions? Now we'll go into operations. Approve the following ABC employees for I'm assuming it's next school year. for next school year. Any
016questions? Approved. Donor Stew's projects awarded for Alex Alexis Zongetti classroom project. An irresistible approach to building our learning. approve theou with uh infinity affinity I'm sorry infinite lifestyle solution from June 1 125 to August 31st 126 any questions com comments for that thank you very much have any feedback about this who is this you know anything about this I know they got therapeutic support. I know that their money was found in our building and some other way to be able to come back here. Thank you. Appreciate that. And basically how it was framed to me was that they had a funding source that dried up. They were able to creatively, for a lack of better words, to do what the state just uh described. Thank you. And is that um like CPR? Do you know
017like like stop to bleed stuff like that? Do you know that any of that stuff or is this that's trauma, but is this any Oh, shoot. Okay. this one. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Okay. There's a the packet with it, too. But sometimes hearing it. No. No. Yeah. Sometimes hearing it is is a lot better, too. Appreciate that. Approve the agreement between Stero School District and Crisis Center North for prevention, education, and individual school-based counseling programs at no cost for next school year. Any questions, comments? Approve the MOU with Crisis Center North for school-based counseling service collaborative for students involved indirectly indirectly slashdirectly, I'm assuming. I'm sorry, indirectly and with dating and domestic violence for next school year. Any comments about this one from anybody? Approved the service agreement with life touch life touch for fall individual
018student pictures for star school district at all locations for the next school year. Yeah, they're retired. studio then the whole piece they're retiring. [Music] They did my wedding pictures. Oh, wow. Comment. I was gonna say they were here for that long. Approve the class A, I'm sorry, class academy educational service request for three students during next school year. Approve the Presley Ridge contractual agreement renewal addendum for fiscal year next year. Please for sure that's them adjusting us. for sure. Approve the Holy Family extended school year service agreement effective July 1, 2025 for four students. Can they come? It's been a long time since I've heard from Holy Family or seen anything about it at all. Like, can they come and present to us somewhere in the near future, please? I mean, it's been around for
019a long time and I'm sure we all know what it is, but still it's nice to kind of get them to come back to the table once in a while and not just them all our partners, but since we're talking to them right now about them right now, them especially, I'll reach out to them. Approve the emir I'm sorry you approve the review music grant from new gamma chapter of kappa capasa for $250 to be used and purchase to purchase band sheet music presented to swellen anglehart that's amazing accept donation of $500 from the doo doctors to stur rocks pa to use for the music department needs presented to suen anglehart this the same one as last or is this a different one? Didn't we approve one last month, too? Pretty sure we did cuz
020I remember them put in in the building. Can we just double check? Okay. Thank you. Approve the MHY family services agreement for 125 126. Oh shoot, I had question. One second. God bless you. Again, I apologize for the quick pause. 13. Approved the master services agreement with Deborro Total Creek Valley uh MHMR Incorporated, uh for students in the DERO TCV school for next school year. Can someone please talk about that? Anybody know about that? The Deborah Turtle Creek that is that Nancy help me. Is that the one that they're closing up? That's that's the alternative. I'll have to do some research on get back to you. Dr. Memorial. Thank you for that. accept grant for $1,500 from United Way of Southern Southern Western Southwestern PA to support the district's participation in United Way's kindergarten transition
021program. Dr. Memo, we're really excited. We continue that work this year. We were pretty successful registration eventable. That's amazing. Thank you. Approved a quote from CM Iiken Law Company to repair the bleachers at the upper elementary and junior high school out of account of the account operation of building services maintenance. Mr. Simpson, are you on? I am. Yes. Hello. Can you hear me now? Not heard. Thank you. Approve theou with Adio Health to implement the SNAP education program for October 2025 to September 30th, 2027 at all three schools. Dr. Memo money investable instructors instruction. So work They're also working. Thank you. And then number 17, approve the Z request from Stars of the Vikings for the following dates and events. August 16th or 17th, August 30th, September 13th, September 20th, 11th for home game, and
022then October 18th or 19th, October 25th for playoffs, and then for district championships for one to the second. The reason why it's October, I'm sorry, August 16th, 17th because with the new schedule released from the high school, they have a um game on the scrimmage on the 16th, high school takes priority. So, we got to bump our date back. So either we're going to do it in the afternoon that date um or we're gonna do it on a Sunday where Sunday games are horrible. So for a little for youth league so it's probably gonna be in the afternoon but we'll make that known one events. Let me just interject. I can log from memory I think it's about $12,500 for the upper and the high school. Thank you. Next, under co-curricular leadership, approve nutrition, Inc.
023adult meal pricing and alleart price recommendation for the 2526 school year. Are they on by chance? We have the list up. You have it up. Yeah. Would you mind reading out loud? Yes. Yes. All the cart. Yes, please. Yes. That way they can hear it. Oh, y'all could buy chips. Grandma cookies, walk water, turner, scooper drinks, fruit rollups, cereal bars, pretzel with cheese, neutra bars, snappers, wine punch, uncrustables, popcorn, ice cream, fudge bars, scooter crunch, mini ice cream sandwiches, cookies, threeack, And nothing is over a125 fat. I'm sorry, I'm lying. Nothing's over $2. Among crustables is gonna get you above us. Three. Yeah, but that's good. Hey, don't don't sleep on those pretzels with cheese neither. Let y'all know I'm going to be good. I might stop in myself for a couple of those. Dell's
024in there hooking it up. By the way, thank you for saying that. We are offering All right, I'm g a quick break. We are offering lunch for the entire summer for anyone who needs it. I'm sorry. Breakfast and lunch. Breakfast and lunch for 18 and under. Please tell your friends to whoever to get there. Dale is in there. Not just Dale, but I say Dale because he's advocating hard for it. But they're in there nonstop. All right. Putting work in. Dale's making pizza. Buffalo chicken dip piece, bubble chicken pizza, the whole nine. I mean, they're they're in there putting that work in. So, get tell a friend, get down there, go get some food. There's rumors that we don't we don't feed our feed our kids around here. Well, here you go. All right. We
025we we feed our kids around here. And you don't have to be Thank you. I'm about to say that. I say our kids as a community, not just the Rocks kids, but our kid as a community. You don't got to be a student to go down there and eat food. Please. Yeah. Very few at the high school coming for breakfast and or very few. Very few. Probably less than five to 10 a day. Not a lot at all. Get down there, please. Next, under board policy, I approve the second reading of board policy section 200, policy 221, dressing grooming. Any questions, comments about that? I approved the 2025 school safety and security coinition report for last school year which was a great report. Thank you again Mr. Future Dollar. Pre-approve a policy exemp exception to
026building facility. Use policy 707 to facilitate a one-year prek pilot with the by the AIU at the primary center at no cost to your district with the exception allowing a no rent rearrange. Sorry. No rent arrangement. You want to talk about that real quick? Talk about Thank you. Approve board affirmation statement for administrative reconfiguration plan to remove Dr. Irwin Widle as an interim superintendent and add Sonia Cruz as acting superintendent for the period of July 1 to December 31st, 2025. Thank you again, sir. Thank you. Educational leadership approve ratify the professional development matrix as presented. Approve theou AIU title 3 consortium grant initiative for ESL district leaison for next school year. I approve the quote to renew the N2Y unique learning system to provide supplemental instructional materials for life skill students at the junior senior
027high school. Any questions, comments regarding any of the public information, comments, any items? None heard. We're now going to the voting portion of this meeting. What's wrong? Personnel got talk about an executive before a minute. You want to No, we can if you don't want to. Real quick. You got you got questions, right? About to vote on this. We're about to vote on this stuff. Yes. So, you got questions. All right. Excuse me one. We're going to break for 15 minutes, please. I'm so sorry, but we're going to break 15 minutes. We'll come back. Don't leave. We're going to go out of here, please. [Music] Whoa. See the key? Are you sure? Good throw. Good throw. Hello. This is my house. [Music] That's it. Nice. [Music] One second everyone. I don't even know what letter
028I can't remember. No, no, no, no, no, no. Here, here, here, here. Yes. Yes. But about that, though. Second. Director Roberts. Yes. Director Spriggs. Yes. Director Culver. Yes. Director Isowski. Yes. Director Myers. Yes. Five yeses. Motion passes. No. I tell you items item B1 by itself. Have a motion. Have a second. Yes, please. Director Myers. Yes. Director Roberts. I'm sorry. One second. Yes. Yes. Correct. We all don't know that. You're right. I'm I'm sorry. I'm sorry, everyone. I already know what it is. Should have said yes. [Music] Sorry y'all. [Music] She's probably Can you hear people please? Good. Five. And that's what we have. Once again everyone I do apologize. We just said about for personnel issue. All right, Miss Hoover. Um, I was on item B1 and Director Myers I already voted yes. Direct.
029Yes. So, you want me to pick up right there? Uh, yes ma'am, please. Okay. Director Roberts. Yes. With the exception of um00. Can you repeat that? And I do you have your microphone on? Can I can't y'all act like y'all can't hear me? Yes. Yes. All with the exception of item vendor number 0000281. [Music] Director Spriggs. Yes to them with the exception of vendor number 0000281. That's a no. Director Colliver, yes to all except vendor number 000281. Directorski, yes to all except for vendor number 00281. So we have five yeses, four yeses that have an exception to 0000-281. The motion passes all except for the exception of 0000-281. Thank you. Now move on to item number 2A. adopt the straw school district final budget for the next school year with expenditures of $39,876,936 and reviewed
030I'm sorry and revenues of 39,894,6300. This reflects a millage rate of 31.7837 mills. I have a motion when ready. Motion have a second. No. Director Roberts, yes. Director Spriggs, yes. Director Culliver, no. Director Hizowski, yes. Director Meyers, yes. Four yeses, one no. Motion passes. Thank you. Now move on to can we take items B C I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry. B, C, and D together, please. Hold on one second. You want B2, B, C, and D? Say items number B2, B, C, and D together, please. B, C, and D. D, not E. B, C, and D together. B, C, and D. One second. What's wrong? It's the break. It's the break after. Yes. All of 135. Uh, yes. All of D. It's It's the break that me. There's two cuz it's it's a break
031under D and then that one is 5. Break under five. Gotcha. So, yes, man. No, all of it's really It looks wrong, but it's but it's I need to fix my numbering. This item uh 2 BC and D. That's it. It's one, two, three, four, five, five. But yeah, it doesn't have an indent. That's why not an indent. That's the issue. Yeah, it's just there's a it's a numbering issue and that's what it is. The D. So is that E? So the act one home homestead is E, correct? So that should be E. That last B should be Yes, ma'am. That's what the what the issue is. So, B, C, D, and E. No, it's it's the way it's on here. There's no indentation. [Music] Who are we voting on? B 2 B C D
0321 through five and not E. Correct. And E and E and E. So all of B. Yes, ma'am. Have a motion when ready. Motion. Have a second. Spriggs. Yes. Director, I'm sorry. Director Spriggs. Sorry. Director Culliver. No. Director Zowski. Yes. Director Myers. Yes. Director Roberts. Yes. Four yeses, one no. Motion passes. Thank you. Next, we'll take items three through six together, please. Be three through six together. Please have a motion when ready. Motion. Have a second. Second. Dr. Spring, were you first? Yes. Director Roberts, yes. Director Spriggs, yes. Director Culver, yes. Director Hzowski, yes. Director Myers, yes. Five yeses. Motion passes. Thank you. Now we'll go on to item B number seven. Can I have a motion, please? Motion. I have a second. Second. Director Culliver, no. Director Zowski, no. Director Meyers, no. Director Roberts,
033no. Director Spriggs, no. Five nos. Motion fails. Thank you. And items number items B8 through F3. Wait for that one. B8 through F3 through F F. Fox 3. Fox three. Have a motion. We're ready. Have a second. Director Spriggs. Yes. Director Culver. Yes. Director Hizowski. Yes. Director Meyers. Yes. Director Roberts. Yes. Five yeses. Motion passes. If we go to personal management, approve the closing of the following positions. uh half primary half upper elementary special I'm sorry half upper special ed primary and building say primary and upper life skill learning support primary emotional support learning learning support primary third grade primary fifth grade upper fifth grade upper English junior senior high school life skills one life skills and learning support high school junior senior high school 7th through 12 muscle support junior senior high school five
034learning support junior senior high school, second assistant principal, junior senior high school, and approve the creation of the following positions. Number two, special ed K through three, special ed K through three, special ed K through three. One more time, uh half special ed 4 through6 teacher, half virtual ve coordinator upper, fourth grade upper, fourth grade upper, sixth grade upper, home school visitor for the district, ESL teacher district, and seven special ed 7 through 12. I take all um G1 and two, please have a motion. We're ready. Motion. Have a second. Second. Director Roberts. Yes. Director Spriggs. Yes. Director Culliver. Yes. Director Hazowski. Yes. Director Meyers. Yes. Five yeses. Motion passes. Next, want to approve the retirement as follows. Miss Sophie Shahilo, Secretary Upper Elementary. End date May 30th 25. I know she's not here today,
035but um I want to let Director Spriggs take this one since he works down in the area for a good while and then I'll move on. But her retirement, any words for her by chance? You know her the longest. I know on the spot. Come on. Miss was wonderful. She was wonderful at what she did. She lost on a little bit, but um she'll definitely be missed. We definitely appreciate her and all the years she put in to um do a lot of Friday shopping for her all throughout the week. Now, thank you. I just met her when I started. She started working. She was lovely person. great to talk with. I really can't comment her on her job performance, but I know a lot of love and respect on behalf of the administrative team
036would like to thank her as well. And then just one last thing, every time anytime you lose um a building secretary, it's a huge blow to the district no matter what because they are the face to the district for when someone comes to that building, all they know is secretary at that one point in time and they are the face. So, shout out to her. I wish her well in her retirement. I hope she has a great time. You get to see her Friday shopping. Um but but definitely she'll be missed. Um she left an imprint on this district no matter what. And to her daughter who's still teaching, you know, well, here here with us, you know, in our buildings, you know, so um thank you to her for her service. Um but I
037take items number um sorry item three hold on there's two G3s too but um retirement hiring and transfers all together have a motion please and Director Culliver, yes. Director Isowki, yes. Director Meyers, yes. Director Roberts, yes. Director Spriggs, yes. Five yeses. Motion passes. Thank you. And clap it up, please, for um Mrs. Linton Flick. [Applause] Thank you. Yeah. Um, next I I these items together, but um there's another number three on here. Uh, let's call that three. So, say one more time. 3D. You said three what? 3 what? 3D. 3D. Thank you. We say items 3D. 3D has is for resend a job offer to Declan Muro for a professional position with the safe spaces own program for the summer of 2025. I say items 3D through 10 together. 3D through 10 together. Have a
038second. [Applause] Director Culliver. Yes. Directors. Yes. Director Meyers. Yes. Director Roberts, yes. Director Spriggs, yes. Five yeses. Motion passes. Thank you. I'm gonna take a quick moment because there were a lot of a lot of events happening throughout the throughout the district, throughout the city of Pittsburgh, the whole nine um on on Junth. Um and as you see on here is now an official recognized paid holiday for a 12 month employee contract from here going forward. So um no more asking it needs to be done. It's done now. So, congrats to you all and definitely uh reflect on that day if you can if you know what stand. Now, I'll move over to legal. I need a motion to approve the resolution 25-08 authorizing the settlement of claims with Manchester Charter School and Urban Pathways
039K to5 Charter School and Urban Pathways K to2 Charter Schools for the 2015 to 2016 and 2016 to 2017 school years. Motion Second. Director Isowski. Yes. Director Meyers. Yes. Director Roberts. Yes. Director Spriggs. Yes. Director Culliver. Yes. Five yeses. Motion passes. Thank you. Any committee reports? Uh the finance committee met today. We discussed the budget as was presented today. Um and the biggest update that I'm most excited about is that the playground at the primary center is finally installed. Thank you to the old Ferris Buer Boys and Girls Club for their donation and we can't wait to see the kiddos enjoy this upcoming school year. Anything else? [Music] Dr. Rael, you have any comments for recovery? [Applause] All right. Hearing none other motion to close. Have a second. Journ.