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Crestwood School District Special Meeting -- July 28, 2025

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YouTube / Crestwood School District Comets
Date
2025-07-29
Location
Luzerne County, PA
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1,079 words · about 6 min
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2026-06-18

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001Roll call. >> Mrs. Bibla here. >> Mr. Champy >> here. >> Mrs. Chaitor Zagoric >> here. >> Mr. Webbby. Mrs. McCertie >> here. >> Mrs. Campbell. Mr. Nordon. >> Mr. Boon >> here. >> Mr. McCrae >> here. >> Seven members present. Executive session was held tonight, July 28th, before this special meeting regarding contracts, personnel actions, and pending litigation. Public testimony or please uh remind everyone, please come to the podium. You're limited to three minutes. And please state your name, address, and if you're speaking for an organization. We'll start with financial planning. Mr. Nardone, there will be no work session, so there'll be your motion questions. >> You're going to go right into the uh the voting session. >> Yes. >> Oh, okay. >> So, Craig is here. Mr. Webbby is not here. I'll make a

002motion. Um, do we have to make a motion to approve the minutes? >> No. >> You don't have to do any of that. I'll be seeking a motion for approval of items one through nine. I so move. >> Second. >> All in favor. Or do we have to have a roll call? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Bibl. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. >> Have to do a public comment. Any questions? >> Any questions from the board? >> This is simple, right? No questions from the board. Any question? Go ahead. >> I just for a reverse. What was that about the tax appeal? >> If you can explain. Yeah. Yeah, I'll take that one. Um, so every year the district does a review of all the property uh all the properties in the district to see if any

003may qualify for um a potential reverse tax appeal. Typically, it's triggered by if there's a sale of the property and that sale prices for much greater than what the assessment is. In this case, there's a commercial property um in Capitol Hill Village in the back across from St. issues that recently sold for a significantly higher amount than what the assessment is. >> Okay. Great. All right. Thank you. >> Any other questions from the public? >> So, there being none, >> roll call vote on this. >> Mrs. Bibla, >> yes. >> Mr. Champy, >> yes. >> Mrs. Chor Zaguric, >> yes. >> Mrs. McCertie, >> yes. Mr. Nordone, >> yes. >> Mr. Boon, >> yes. >> And Mr. Mri, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Policy committee. Mr. Boon. >> Uh, we will be looking for

004consideration and approval uh first reading and adopt uh an addition there uh the gifted education uh policy 14 114. Any questions or comments from the board or the public? >> Dolores Gagaris for Summit View Drive, Mountaintop, PA. Uh the gifted education is uh Creswood going to have that? Uh >> yes, we we have a gifted teacher for the district. >> Okay. Because now when I worked for the LIU They always had to gift it because there's usually a handful from each school district. So that one teacher would take all of those students. >> Nope. We have one for all of our students here. >> May I ask how many gifted students we do have? >> I do not have that number uh in front of me. I can get back to you at the committee

005meeting. I'm sorry I don't have that information. >> Okay. And you have to uh another question was uh what Mr. Paratony was paid for that uh uh whatever he did that the AD is doing now. >> Ma'am, this is a special meeting. Your questions have to be specific to the agenda. >> I'm sorry that I did remember that, Mrs. Malazo. You were supposed to get to me the next meeting. Thank you, dear. >> Okay. Uh, we're ready for a vote. >> Uh, all in favor? >> I >> Did you do a first and a second? >> Excuse me. >> Did you do a first and a second? >> I didn't hear you say first or second. >> Do we have to? >> Oh, okay. >> Uh, recommend consideration and approval of of item one. Uh

006need a um first and a second. >> Motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I thank you. Academic programs committee. Mr. Champy. >> All members are present. Um and we're going to look for recommend recommendation consideration approval for the following handbooks for the 2526 school year be the secondary campus Rice and Fair View. Any questions from the board? Seeing none. Any from the public? I'm seeing none. So I will make a motion. Seek a second. >> Motion. >> Mrs. Bibla. >> Yes. >> Mr. Champy. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Chaur Zaguric. >> Yes. >> Mrs. McCertie, >> yes. >> Mr. Nardone, >> yes. >> Mr. Boot, >> yes. >> And Mr. McCrae, >> yes. >> Motion carry. >> Technology committee, Mrs. McCertie. >> There's one item uh for consideration. Are there any questions from the

007board on this item? Any questions from the public? So I make a motion to approve this item. I so move. >> Second. >> Mrs. Bibla. >> Yes. >> Mr. Champy. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Chait Ziggoric. >> Yes. >> Mrs. McCertie. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nardone. >> Yes. >> Mr. Boot. >> Yes. >> Mr. Macker. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Human resources. Mrs. Bibla. I'll be seeking motions for items one through nine. Any questions from the board. Any questions from the public? Hi Nancy Remonition again. Ice Lakes Mountaintop. Um I I apologize for my questioning. I'm not understanding the process fully on maybe this happened before and you guys explained it but if someone's leaving because I saw we have Keelin Finn is resigning and I think Dean Ambi resigned also. Do we does a

008district do like an exit conference to find out why these employees are leaving the district or don't want to stay in the district? >> So we do not have a formal we'll call it exit interview process but there is a conversation. So depending on who the employee is, it their conversations could have had, but there's no formal process that we have right now >> because it'd be nice to know why they want to leave our district because we want to obviously keep the best and the brightest working for us. So if there's something we could do to make it a better environment for them, I would hope that we'd want to to do that as a board. So I would, you know, my I would like to suggest that we have like exit formal exit

009conferences so we all understand better maybe why because I know Kayyn was a very good teacher. I've worked with her in the past and it was sad for me to see that she's no longer going to be with us. So, thanks. Any other questions from the public? Seeing none, I'll make a motion for items 1 through nine. I so move. >> Second. >> Mrs. Bibla. >> Yes. >> Mr. Champy. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Chaita Zurich. >> Yes. >> Mrs. McCertie, >> yes. >> Mr. Nerdone, >> yes. >> Mr. Boon, >> yes. >> Mr. McCri, >> yes. >> Motion carried. If I can interrupt real quick, uh, Mr. uh, MRI, I just want to congratulate Mr. Craig. He is here with us today. Welcome to the administrative team. And then, um, also congratulate our two, uh,

010new hire for teaching, Miss Jazzler and Miss Young. And welcome to our team as well. Thank you. Co-curricular Mrs. Bibla. I'll be seeking a motion of items one through three. Any questions from the board? Any questions from the public? Seeing none, I'll be making a motion for items one through three. I so move. >> Second. >> Mrs. Bibla. Uh, I recuse myself from item 3A. Yes to the rest. Mr. Champy. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Chait Zurich. >> Yes. >> Mrs. McCertie. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nordome. >> Yes. >> Mr. Boon. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Murray. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Physical plan. Mrs. Bibla. >> I make a motion. I'll be seeking a motion of items one through four. Any questions from the board? Any questions from the public? >> Seeing none. >>

011Excuse me. Are you still on the audience? Now, what are the salaries? Because your husband was a volunteer. Am I correct? for wrestling. >> No. Or is it football? >> Football. >> He's a volunteer for >> for football. >> Okay. >> Miss Gagaras, the salaries are not listed on here as we're in active uh contract negotiations right now. So, we don't And if you notice even the teaching positions, uh we haven't been doing that process for a couple months just because we're in contract negotiations right now. >> Thank you. Any other questions for physical plant? Seeing none, I'll make a motion for items 1 through four. I so move. >> Second. >> Mrs. Bibla, >> yes. >> Mr. Champy, >> yes. >> Mrs. Chaitoric, >> yes. >> Mrs. McCertie, >> yes. >> Mr. Nordone, >>

012yes. >> Mr. Boon, >> yes. >> And Mr. McCri, >> yes. >> Motion carry. Next scheduled regular meeting is Thursday, August 21st, 6:30m, which will be held here in the secondary campus media center. That concludes our meeting for tonight. Um, I make a motion to adjurnn. Second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I post meeting's adjourned. Thank you. >> Love those things.

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