001e e e e e e I will call tonight's meeting in order please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge ALG to the flag of the United States of America and to the rep for it stands Nation God indivisible withy and justice for all roll call Mrs bibla here Mr champy here Mrs chor zoric here Mr wey here Mrs mcer here Mrs Campbell here Mr nordone here Mr Boon here Mr Macker here nine members present an executive session was held before the board meeting of March 20th 2025 regarding contracts personal actions and pending litigations tonight will we seek an approval of the corrected January treasurers report and the February treasurers report I'll also be looking for the approval of the minutes of the regular board meeting for February 27th 2025 we'll start out our
002presentations tonight with our student rep Mrs Gabrielle white good evening I'm Gabriella white and I'm a sophomore here at Crestwood there are many things happening around the creswood campus from Sports to clubs to student involvement crestwood's Arts programs are thriving there there they recently had Abby chisara Mia chisara pacy Clow and Maya sh shakka have their Arts selected to be exhibited at the 43rd annual Suzanne Maria Rosetta Memorial jury Art Exhibit through a juring process not only this but they also have received special awards for their artwork that will be displayed at the school The schoolman Gallery at LCC the the avum program continues to make the cresit campus a positive and welcoming environment they recently had a stuffed animal Drive where they collected stuffed animals to go into the guidance office they continue to
003not only better themselves or not only to better their school but to better themselves by going to clinics and conferences their their leaders recently attended a vm's annual conference at this conference Allison Zaki the student founder of crestwoods of Edom program had the opportunity to to speak as one of the Keystone speakers not only is this impressive to be speaking in this group but she was the only student speaker congratulations Allison the enviral club is um is also bettering bettering Crestwood through recycling they recently met their goal of collecting a thousand pounds of plastic and and are determining where to put their bench made from the recycled plastic we recently also had 42 students attend the Pennsylvania Junior Academy um Junior Academy of Science Regional competition they were very successful as they had 36 students
004earn a first place award as well as a qualification for the state for the state competition in May Anna and sha also earned scholarships this year the boys volleyball team has chosen to do a service project to benefit local veter veterans their inaugural um inaugural volley for veterans game will be held on April 24th their home game against burck their goal is to honor their goal is to honor and benefit those who have served our country all of their proceeds from their clothing sale which is published on distinct social media sites along with the money raised from the night from that night of the game through basket Raffles 5050 drawings bake sales and donation jars will be donated to benefit the VA or the Ws VA nursing home residents the track and field and boys
005and girls tennis team have been diligently working as their season is hastily coming as hastily beginning we We wish all the spring Sports good luck and success with their upcoming Seasons as spring sports are starting I would like to take a second to reminisce on the success of our winter sports our comp our competitive cheerleading team ended their season placing 14th in the nation beating out 62 teams the boys and girls wrestling teams had a Victorious season as well they had Rachel Shoemaker and Kyle Dano take first place qualify for regionals and take the title of District champion at the PIAA District 2 tournament they also had Emma self Alexis Richmond Samara Bailey Taran calic and Lincoln Bel qualified for regionals kylin Lincoln also made it to States I would also like to take a
006second to specifically congratulate the girls basketball team as they're making Crestwood history they're the first ever District Champions and to continue their historic Journey as they are playing as they are playing in the PIAA State semi-finals this Saturday we are wishing them the best of luck and hope they know that the Crestwood Community is behind them our student government is in the process of planning the third annual com let Sor day we continue to Showcase we will continue to showcase the events that everyone knows and loves as well as some new stuff we have collected feedback and our are keeping everyone's favorite Parts as well as doing the best we can to fit every request to make this day the best yet we hope these additions we hope with these additions we will be able
007to make keep this day fresh and fun and add to the day's excitement whether it's in sports clubs or even in the classroom students here our Crest would find their way to excel past their limits and be the best they can be there are so many many there are so many amazing members of our community representing creswood and upholding its standards we can thank our amazing teachers staff and our fellow students for their ever growing support which helped us get there thank you for your time and have a wonderful night thank you very well done we'll move on to a special section of our meeting tonight we're going to be honoring Mr Idol Dinger the district's going to present a plaque in honor of Mr Idol Dinger a lifelong public servant and dedicated School Board
008member for over 30 years recognizing his unwavering commitment in his contributions to the district to lead off this recognition I'd like to introduce our state representative Mr Alec ranage who's here to present uh a proclamation from the state good evening members of the board and members of the public always good to be here with so many familiar faces and I'm honored to be here to be uh recognizing the legacy of Mr Idol Dinger as I was going through writing the um House of Representatives citation I thought I was going to run out of room on the paper for how much we have to recognize him and his family for so if you would please indulge me I'd like to read um what we call a citation um a citation is the highest honor we can
009bestow upon somebody as a member of the House of Representatives and these uh proclamations are signed by the speaker of the house and they are read into the record in the house and you can find them in the journal going back hundreds and hundreds of years so it is truly an honor to be presenting this to his family and it reads whereas the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania is always pleased to acknowledge those individuals who through their dedicated Civic Endeavors and professional Excellence contribute to the well-being of their communities and ultimately to all the people of this Commonwealth and whereas Eric Idol Dinger is being honored upon 30 years of dedicated and distinguished service to the Crestwood school board and a and whereas a graduate of Crestwood High School Mr Idol Dinger served as s
010senior class president in 1970 he worked as a police officer for the Fairview Township Police Department for 31 years before serving with the lern county sheriff's department for 15 years from which he retired at the rank of Lieutenant Deputy for the past 30 years Mr idel Dinger has served as a member of the Crestwood School Board completing several terms as president and working closely with school board members to oversee numerous initiatives including the complex middle school expansion and Stadium lighting projects active he served as a board member for both Mountaintop Hose Company number one and Mountaintop Area Community Ambulance Association throughout his career Mr Ider Idol Dinger has demonstrated remarkable knowledge ability and integrity in carrying out his many responsibilities thus earning the respect and gratitude of all those who have received the benefit of
011his tireless Devotion to duty and now therefore the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania congratulates Eric Idol Dinger upon his richly deserved recognition commends his exemp Exemplar record of service and Lasting contribu tions to the lives of the students faculty and staff of the Crestwood school district and offers our best wishes and a rewarding future to his family and I'd like to present this to his family if anybody would like to come up here um to receive this uh initiative please give them a round of applause stay there we get for and and if the board would allow me it wouldn't be fair of me to not recognize the families and the students that are here for the Crestwood students of the month congratulations to them as well thank you very much Alex
012I'd like to move on to the school's presentation uh Mr Boon and Mrs bibla will present can we have the family come back up please we're gonna read this first okay uh it is indeed an honor and a privilege uh to make this presentation uh the family will get a plaque and we will have one hung here in the in the school uh once we determine where it goes under the picture of Eric it says a life spent in service is a life well Live Well lived uh a lot of what I'm going to read this is on the on the plaque uh Mr revich stole a lot of the Thunder uh Eric idel Dinger uh first U my my children three of them graduated with two of Eric's children and I served one year
013as an assistant basketball coach on the boys team and coached one of his children that year so like I said it is an honor Eric idel dinger grew up in Fairview Township a stellar three-port athlete football basketball and track Eric exhibited his leadership ability at an early age as he capped his high school career as president of the senior class of 1970 he began his community service by starting a 31-year career as a Fairview Township police officer and became the youngest member ever of the Crestwood school board he served as a Crestwood School Board member for 30 years including multiple terms as president of the school board during his tenure on the school board Eric was instrumental in the planning of and daily construction oversight of the Middle School addition to the high school however
014the achievement Eric was most proud of regarding his Crestwood tenure was the establishment of Crestwood as one of if not the highest academic achieving schools in ler County on a yearly basis Eric's community service was not limited to Crestwood he served 15 years as a ler County Sheriff retiring as a lieutenant he also served as a SCH as a board member and president of the Mountaintop Hose Company number one served as board member of the Mountaintop Area Community Ambulance Association and reorganized The Mountaintop Historical Society in his role with the Mountaintop Historical Society Eric obtained a donation from the reading and Northern Railway of the Caboose seen at the entrance to Mountaintop on route 309 in honor of his work the Mountaintop Historical Society established the Eric guel Dinger Memorial Scholarship which is presented annually
015to a deserving Crestwood senior for thank you and again it was an honor to have Mr idel Dinger as part of this school district and greatly appreciate all his time and service to the district we now move on to our superintendent report M malazzo thank you I have the privilege to uh honor our sixth grade soaring comets for Fairview and Rice Elementary I'm going to start with Fairview Elementary may have Sadie Snider do you want to come up front here you want to stay there whatever you want to do um so stie come on it's all right we won't fight so um I get to share what the teachers uh said about you and how you earned uh the honor of soaring Comet so uh the teachers wrote about you that you are one of
016the soaring comets for the month of February your warm demeanor your welcoming personality and uplift those around she's always the first to lend a hand or offer support support to anyone in need you have a drive and discipline and they're both evident in the academic success and in your accomplishments in ice hockey we want to thank you for your leadership genuine smile that really lights up the room STI is dedicated and a valuable player for the junior pen so congratulations to you keep up the great work [Applause] s our other soaring Comet for the month of February from Fairview we have Wyatt Marion come on SO Wyatt I want to share what the staff wrote about you so we want to highlight you and celebrate you um you exemplify the qualities of a dedicated student
017athlete you demonstrate commitment and drive both in the classroom and in and on the soccer field you are supportive even keill demeanor and inspires those around you fostering a positive and encouraging environment outside of the classroom whyatt maintains a yearr round commitment to soccer so we celebrate you congratulate you and thank you next I have Maya blanchi so Maya Mrs clim uh wrote about you and nominated you for soaring Comet Maya you are a remarkable student you work hard daily and are eager to learn you are kind helpful resp respectful Maya works well with her peers and takes on leadership roles when a task is presented Maya is very intelligent and shares her knowledge with her classmates Maya you are a role model for so many students the sixth grade team is very proud of
018you so [Applause] congratulations and our final saring comment we have Jack O'Neal come show everyone this shirt come on this is a sixth grade t-shirt all right so Wyatt you're um I'm sorry Jack they wrote that you are a phenomenal young man who Mr dunis believes that you're extremely deserving of a soaring comment since day one you've been asked to be uh focused attentive engaged in the classroom discussing um and making decisions with all kinds of activities you are very thoughtful you have relevant questions and are consistently displaying an eagerness to learn outside of the classroom Jack you have a positive example for your classmates to follow you're always kind respectful polite not only to your peers but to also the teachers in addition you're always courteous you have a great sense of humor and
019you um Mr junas enjoys speaking with you in this sixth grade class they stress the four RS I'm sure you could recite them um but they are to always be respectful responsible ready and a good role model so congratulations keep up the Great [Applause] work so families you're more than welcome to stay and here the rest of the report will be a part of the board meeting but you're also welcome to go but a final congratulations to all of our soaring comments thank you for [Applause] attending I just have a couple announcements for everyone um and just a couple highlights I want to thank the Rotary Club um they were a part of a donation for our secondary campus school nurse um they were just here uh last week on Friday and they donated a
020hygiene items for our students we want to thank them for their generosity I want to congratulate I was uh got to be a part of it today um Mrs Evans at a Fairview she was our Rockstar teacher from krz so we want to congratulate her on um earning that prestigious honor and nomination through um her her students and and her families and finally just a highight highight foot loose so if you remember we talked about having a spring play um that is coming up next uh it's actually on April 4th and 5th so on Friday the 4th at 7 pm um is their first showing and then on Saturday they're actually having two showings they're having one start at 2 and one at 7 pm different than the last play is we're having middle school
021students be a part of it as well so it's m uh middle school and high school students so good luck to them I just want to make sure everybody has those dates as well thank you thank you Miss moo we moving on to our committee section of the meeting please remind um public and our guests testimony is limited to three minutes please at this part only to agenda items only a person should come to the podium and please State and spell their name address and as well if they're speaking for an organization ation and the name of that organization we'll start tonight's committee reports financial planning Mr nardone uh thank you I will be U seeking approval for items one and two under the financial planning committee um seek any questions from the board regarding
022those none any questions from the public ma'am will you come speak to the podium please so that could be captured on video Dolores Garis uh number two agreement with The Meadows is that a nursing home no that is um a potential placement for a student oh I'm sorry that's okay thank you are there any other questions from the public seeing none we can move on thank you moving on to Transportation Mrs mcer thank you I'll be seeking approval for item number one are there any questions from the board any questions from the public thanks thank you moving on to policy Mr Boon I'll be seeking consideration and approval of items a b and c under number one questions or comments from the board or the public seeing none we'll move on thank you moving on
023human resources Mrs bibler I'll be seeking approval for items 1 through 11 any questions from the board any questions from the public yes myter sir will you just come to the podium my daughter Sahara mudlock uh 29 Brook Lane in fairy Township um she'd like to speak on the resignation of Mrs reer as a band director did she'd like to make advocate for the band hi I'm sah I'm a seventh grader here at CW uh I'm a band member I play clarinet my concern here is is that band will not be here by the time I graduate I would like to speak to you about some things I had had help from students and adults in making this presentation I want to I want our Performing Arts to be better here at Crestwood our successes
024in the band we improved in five out of six captions in marching band since 2022 we had 23 members in 2024 and 31 in we marched parades prep rallies at all the schools events and in the community we have performed concerts and Jazz combos fancy things we did this year we marched with college students at eastburg University we watched 20 college marching bands all over east coast and we talk to their college recruits the problem here we have is better recruiting for the music department to get more members and excitement I've had other kids tell me that they're not motivated to do things like band they don't even know what their options are especially in middle school music at elementary school and middle school need to teach more performance things I feel disappointed when I
025see other schools have bigger bands that even have football players marching in them I feel our school does not care that much about our band um the goals of me talking here um having a perform an Arts during the school days and school hours for more enrichment programs and compete with other schools um goals goal two to improve the culture at Crestwood to have more school spirit and create more opportunities to embrace for the school and the community conclusion I want to share what one of my band friends CeCe has told me when I read this text message I almost cried she said I I like ban because everyone could be whoever they want without getting judged even if we suck at hitting the high note or hitting the drum at the wrong time they're
026there to help even if it was a sport scenario and you messed up over and over again if you tried as hard as you can they will whisper and roll their eyes and laugh as you're not good enough as them but in the band everyone tries their hardest helps out and if you need any help just go to another band member they will help and me speaking here um is me hoping to get a little more support in the band and having a little more like Pride going to the band because we do have instruments that are all like broken up like one of our tuas has tape on it just because it's broken we have a instrument that is from another school because one of our previous band members or band teachers has lost
027it and rent rented it to another school who has not given it back thank you for having me here today I am very proud that I was able to speak in front of many of these people because I know many people do not get this opportunity thank you very much thank you can can I ask I didn't hear your name I'm sorry nice nice to meet you I just want to um tell you that I'm so proud of you for standing here and sharing and expressing your concerns that that took a lot of Courage so I I'm very proud of you for that um I just want to highlight a couple things that I'm not sure maybe you are aware um but if not I I think it's important that you know um at the
028secondary campus for next school year we have a music teacher coming to the secondary campus okay um I didn't know if you knew that we have exciting opportunities in our seventh grade and eighth grade Wheel music is going back into the wheel the special rotation for those that don't know what the wheel is so that um I'm excited to have that come back we have two exciting courses to start next school year um that came from a lot of feedback from the students talking to colleges and universities I personally made those connections um one of the courses is called music technology but already purchased the Mac computers by The General it of the Jersey mics um so you guys are going to have an opportunity to learn to music produce you'll be able to play
029your instruments record and and layer that music and and make create beautiful music with through the teacher um so that's one course that will be brought back the second course um that we have is the music composition and writing as well so learning how to create the music how to write the notes understanding what what process that takes um so I'm excited that we're investing into that and this board here is supported that initiative um you highlight Miss rer I'm very disappointed upset that she's leaving too I think she did a great job her first year but you know unfortunately sometimes we you know we do have resignations I've already connected with the band booster we're meeting on Monday There's an exciting opportunity I do not want to spoil it but an exciting opportunity that
030I think you will hear very shortly um about an experience that you can go on should the band booster and your new band director want to lead um in this opportunity I don't want to spoil it so um but there's a lot of exciting so I appreciate that I was at Fairview Elementary actually today with u Mr Thomas and I saw a flu displ and was amazing so the work that's being done in elementary I hope continues to grow um we have a pep rally tomorrow did you hear about that you guys should be leading the pep rally right great yes I wanted to make sure because I I asked for you guys to be a part of that to kick it off for us um so I understand what you're saying I think next
031year we're going to have a lot of uh new and exciting things and I hope we continue to grow um but your feedback I'm always in email our way or you know Miss otero's office you you or any of your members that want to come and talk about about it but um I I'm just I'm very proud of you to to share that so thank you for for expressing that but as far as the instruments go I want to hear more about that because I have not heard about the instrument so um make sure we connect on that later okay thank you yeah if I if I could just say I think you did a great job and I love when the students come to talk to us and you were fabulous I think that
032was great and I agree with Mrs malazzo this is the first I'm hearing about the instruments too so I really appreciate you bringing that to our attention and and the other point is um we will be posting for a new band director so while I agree with Miss malaza we were all very disappointed that our current one's retiring we will be posting for a new one and I mean your timing I'm so glad you came too because things you brought up are things we can reach out to them in the interview process to find someone you know that's a great Point reach out more to students kind of more recruitment um so I think those are great points and I really thank you for for bringing those to our attention thank you you know Mrs
033Camp what we could do is have the students be a part of the selection process we do that with teachers that's a great idea would that would would you like something like that would you come to that if we ask you to come to an interview and be a part of that process awesome yeah I think that's a great idea maybe while our current um band director is still here maybe we could get like an instrument list going of what's what's broken or what's needed we could we could throw that on great awesome all right very good any other questions seeing none thank you again thank you for bringing this to our attention students and you welcome back anytime academic programs Mr champy I will be seeking approval for items one through five under academic
034programs committee are there any questions from the board seeing none any from the public good evening I'm Bill Kaine Crestwood Education Association um I just have a concern about number three uh in fact I did speak with some of you at the last board liaison regarding this issue um I'm I have a LoveHate relationship with fit days I'm a firm believer that children deserve snow days it's one of the greatest events of childhood but to not um to not have that tool in Your Arsenal seems shortsighted to me um my understanding is if you get approved for flexible instruction days you don't have to use them correct um at least three times in my career we have had situations where one building shut down or two buildings shut down and one was open um and
035a flexible instruction day would be a perfect remedy to a situation like that so by not getting approval you're you're leaving an educational tool out of your Arsenal here um there are there are reasons to use flexible instruction days and by the way they can be quite meaningful if if they're implemented appropriately um I would say crestwood's flexible instruction days were not um the most meaningful ever planned during during uh um the past years but um it certainly is better excuse me it certainly is better than tacking days on at the end of the school year when students don't attend and testing's over and and um and there's no continuity in the educational model so um I would I would request that the board reconsider this because you never have to use them but if
036we have a power outage at Rice those kids can go on with their education you won't have a makeup day at the end of the year which causes contractual issues ETC thank you uh bill just we did um we have discussed that and actually last year I brought up to Mrs malazzo your exact point like should we have it for an emergency and I know what was expressed to me was but say there's an emergency one we don't see coming we not planned for since we're not really set up for FID days would we be able to even implement it on a short notice like yeah oh yeah but I'm just saying that's that's I me are one one scho District students have Chromebooks um for a teacher to adapt in that situation would probably
037have to give a two hour delay to those students to get teachers ready but I mean there's no reason we can't have a lesson plan in our back we have emergency L we have to call it's don't re arebook their lock Mr Kane I just want to let you know we do not have Chromebooks for kindergarten in first grade um so those would have to be a pocket sent home in advance if it was something um but we actually some people would say we went backwards I would say we didn't go backwards if you see what our second third kindergarteners how they write they need that time and learn to write and not using the the computer so we actually are not a onetoone um we haven't been for I believe it's the last two
038years so they don't get their Chromebook now until they're in second grade regardless teachers can send pack home start thank thank you are there any additional comments from the public seeing none continue on thank you moving on co-curricular Mrs Campbell thank you um I will be seeking approval of items 1 through three um are there any questions from the board uh just a com comment or two uh on item two I want to thank Aaron uh for sub uh serving as Club lison I know his heart is into this program my understanding is he is continuing as a unified track team coach and uh Mrs rer stepped in last year uh very late into the summer uh I got nothing but positive reviews I want to thank her for her year of service here at
039Crestwood also um and any questions from the community nope seeing none thank you physical plant Mr Webby physical plant will be seeking approval on items one through five any questions from the board questions from the public Dolores Garis at the February 27th 2025 meeting the school board approved to award the contract to Keystone Sports construction for the track and turf project for 1,279 18349 there is a rumor that a javelin pit has been added to this project that has not been mentioned as part of the uh Turf and track project bid is everyone on the board aware of this being part of the project how much does something like a javelin pick cost uh the rumor is $660,000 everyone knew there were problems with the track and turf but where did this Javelin thing come
040from could anyone tell me whose idea it was to add a javelin PAD as well as its intended location and if the entire board even knew it was part of the pro project when they voted on it last month why was the public led to believe the project was only to replace failing Turf in track only to find out after the vote that it also included a brand new Javelin pad if this rumor is true why is everything being hidden from the public thank you so I will answer that um I don't like rumors Miss Garis but I will I will set the record straight for the rumors so the board approved the track and turf project pending solicitor review and approval which we just had that process go through there is an Adder for
041the board to consider for a javelin which is around $60,000 but the number that was board approved did not include the javelin error our area so that 1,200,000 number is track and Turf should the board consider the javelin era uh area that will be on the agenda for board approval but right now that is not a part of the scope of the project okay but if it is where would that money come from correct that that would be a whole process and a conversation it would be on the agenda but it would just come out of the same location which is the capital account but right now that's not in the scope it was thought to be of an area of interest but right now that 1.2 million number 1.2 Million number did not include
042the javelin so was partially right the rumor but not correct so it could be done it could be dum but it'll be an action item for transparency on an agenda thank you you're welcome Tom stavitsky from Walden Park uh Mr Webby uh what all these projects going around could I go around and ask everybody sitting at the table uh if anyone has any vested interest in any kind of family or uh you know good friends that are involved with these projects and I'd like to ask Mr Ben to miss milazo and Mr slesser I and and and I just want Mrs Campbell um she would would uh I watched the meeting and she did indicate about her husband's company the last time and sometimes when you guys vote you abstain and you don't say why
043so I just like to know on the record I I did say why no I did I did I just I commended you for that but I'm just saying sometimes when when uh you guys vote you're abstaining and not saying why does anyone have any vested interest family I can address that there's no one with any vested interest okay because there's a lot of projects going around thank you sorry any other questions from the public I was into it that concludes it thank you technology committee Mrs mcer no report tonight thank you behavioral health and safety committee Mrs Gator Zur nothing for tonight thank you Liu Mrs Campbell thank you uh the minutes are in file in the superintendent's office and on the district website from the last meeting and the next Liu meeting will
044be next week Wednesday March 26th in the Liu auditorium at 6:30 thank you WSB CTC thank you yes I would like to mention uh our student Wyatt danne um Wyatt won in the Machine Tool technology uh skills USA competition he won second place in Precision excuse me Precision Machining so well done Wyatt [Applause] and the minutes are on file in the superintendent's office and on the district website and the next CTC meeting is March 24th 2025 at the CTC at 5:30 pm thank you Mr mccartie I have a question I understand that um we received an unbudgeted increase in our bill in in the recent bill from the CTC is there any background to what that is I don't know anything about it I will have to look into it Mr MRE you know Tom
045sure yeah this one I'll try not to get in the Wheats too much on it but we budget the CTC cost every year in in June after the CTC establishes their budget um for the upcoming year but then when school starts the following year three months in the CTC then looks at enrollment from the different districts who send students there and makes an adjustment if what they assumed in their budgeting process does not align with the number of students from I think there's six or seven districts that send kids to the CTC so we received a notification uh several months ago saying our allocation was actually being dropped because we had there not really because we had a drop in students but Handover area and wbury area had large increases so when they distributed all
046those costs to all the to to the districts ours went down so that that was good news then when the the bill came in the next bill came in it was actually a little higher than what we had had been communicated to us so I reached out to the business manager at the C CTC and he said that the issue is the allocation that was done although the the enrollments changed the dollar amount that they were multiplying it by was based upon the previous year instead of the current Year's budget so because of that we had an increase in $32,000 but the the which is really much lower than the decrease that we had originally received so net net it's a positive to our final financials this year just not as much as we first
047thought it was going to be when we received the the first notification or I should say the second notification I guess is that answer and I think that that is that does tend to happen every year that those numbers will fluctuate based on yeah the enrollment adjustments definitely happens every year not price nor the cost is Right correct Mis calculation on Pro yeah I wasn't aware of it till now either but thank you for letting me know y thank you we'll now move on and take public testimony on any non-agenda items again limited to three minutes please come to the podium state your name and address and if you're speaking for an organization hi everybody um I'm Lori res I'm a math teacher at the high school and I chair the math department um I
048recently on March 4th attended uh with a group of students the lcct TM um math competition at wils University this was the 77th year of the competition I didn't realize it was that old um I have some thank yous okay I'd like to thank our superintendent Mrs malazzo because at the committee meetings last week she recognized our three students who placed at this competition and um I appreciate you taking the time to recognize them that was really nice I appreciate it I would also like to thank all of the students who uh attended the competition it is an extremely difficult math test and uh for the students to step out of their comfort zones and participate um it's it's really outstanding of them and we had a lot of fun there was a lot of
049laughter too um not just you know seriousness with the math test itself and I'd like to thank their families for supporting us as well um in addition to what I've already mentioned I'd like to thank the board and um I would like to thank the math club and Mrs krider for um sponsoring us and making you know our trip to the math competition possible I'm always hitting up the math club for money registration money um to attend these math competitions so I really appreciate you making that happen for us um I would also like to thank um the K through2 staff because I've it's been mentioned more than once that um it's just not the high school teachers responsible for this it certainly is and it takes a village and it starts you know such
050math Talent it starts when the children are really young and you know you know our elementary teachers and our Elementary Administration certainly has a big part of this as well I would also like to thank um David in transportation for arranging the ride because we need to be there and seated by 8:15 a.m. and um the transportation to wils runs into our elementary runs so he makes sure we have a bus from Pace to take us there and um it's a big deal because I'm always worried about getting a ride um okay so at this time I'd like to publicly congratulate um our students who placed at the competition our the first one um I'd like to congratulate Luke Joseph Luke Joseph is a junior and he placed third in the junior competition and he
051received a $100 cash reward uh award and um he was really proud of his accomplishment because he got money for doing math at his words not mine okay I'd also like to congratulate uh Shawn Rossy Shawn is a junior he placed first in the uh junior competition and Shawn will receive a full fouryear scholarship to wils remarkable remarkable and if you know Sean um he is extremely humble and super quiet and I don't know sometimes I have to remind him he's really the goat you know uh then shria ruper shria is our senior who's placed first at the competition at Wilks and shria also will receive a full four-year scholarship to wils Sha's Sha's always every time I see her I'm always like girl power girl power our um our Juniors and our seniors um
052also took home uh the team award it's more of a recognition we we really didn't get any kind of plaque or anything for it but it's a recognition and Tommy you ready the team score I wrote this for you the team score is calculated by adding the top three individual scores from each individual school so it makes sense that the Juniors would win because Luke and Sean placed first and third and um Shara definitely helped with the senior award but I'm not sure who else did I'm waiting for the scores from wils so I can approach those kids and give them a shout out and a thank you um I'd like to also thank the community for supporting our students like you know you can't count Crestwood out they're always no matter what whether it's
053sports or PJs or FBLA or or um you know we always bring it we always we certainly do you can't count us out and what happened on March 4th is historic it's remarkable and it it's just took seven 27 years I guess to to do but we you know we we definitely made it um Natasha and Tommy thank you for letting me blow up your phones that day because I was so so excited all right so thank you everybody I appreciate your time Lori one other thing you didn't mentioned that the audience might not know that competition is for private and public schools and CA took the first even with the private schools in there yes and it's a and it's a majority of loser in County Schools but tonan came so you it's not
054just loser and County that can attend but it is Tommy is right it is public and private so we we did good this year thank you if I may just say something quick back in 1990 something a young Lori ritky took a group of seventh graders to Penn State Hazelton I think for um math counts competition and uh she encouraged me to be part of that team so um it was a great experience and she's a great teacher and thank you for all your years of service to the students of this District we'll move on to the voting session roll call Mrs bi here Mr champy here Mrs chor zoric here Mr Webby here Mrs MCC here Mrs Campbell here Mr nordone here Mr Boon here Mr Macker here nine members present start off I'd
055like to seek a motion in a second for the approval of the corrected January treasurers report and February's treasurers report motion second God bless you B who was the second I'm sorry good miss bebla yes Mr champy yes Mrs taor zor yes Mr Webby yes Mrs MCC yes Mrs Campbell yes Mr nordone yes Mr Boon yes and Mr Macker yes motion carried now seek a motion and a second to approval of the minutes of the regular board meeting from February 27th 2025 motion second all in favor I I oppose motion carries motion carries financial planning Mr nardone I'll make a motion and seek a second for items one and two so moved second Mrs bibla yes Mr champy yes Mrs chor Zur yes Mr Webby yes Mrs MCC yes Mr Mrs Campbell yes Mr nordone
056yes Mr Boon under item one I recuse myself on check number 8069 yes to all other items Mr Macker yes motion carried Transportation Mr mcer uh cons make a motion to uh recommend and consider item number one I so move second Mrs bi yes Mr champy yes Mrs chor zor yes Mr Webby yes Mrs mcer yes Mrs Campbell yes Mr Nardo yes Mr Bo yes and Mr Macker yes motion carried policy Mr Boom uh seeking a motion to recommend consideration and approval of items a b and c under number one motion second Mrs bibla yes Mr champy yes Mrs chor zor yes Mr rubby yes Mrs mcer yes Mrs Campbell yes m Mr Nordo yes Mr Moon yes and Mr Macker yes motion carried Human Resources Mrs Bier I'll be seeking approval of items 1
057through 11 ISO move second Mrs bibla yes Mr champy yes Mrs chor Zur yes Mr Webby yes Mrs MCC yes Mrs Campbell yes Mr nerone yes Mr Boon yes and Mr Macker yes motion carried I want to congratulate and truly say that I'm going to miss the following three teachers um that are going to enjoy their next journey in retirement so um Mr MAA thank you so much for your 23 years of your service to our district um Mrs Morris 21 years in the district um she's an amazing um teacher she was on the foundation Mr bone and um I want to wish her good luck as well and Mrs Dar um for 20 years of your service so all wonderful teachers I want to wish them the best and as I say every board
058meeting we always need subs so if you ever want to come back and sub um we will absolutely take you with open arms but good luck to all of um our wonderful teachers um and their retirement thank you academic programs Mr champy I am seeking approval for items one through five I so move second Mrs bibla yes Mr champy yes Mrs chor Zori yes Mr Webby yes Mrs MCC not item number three yes to the rest Mrs Campbell yes Mr D yes yes Mr Boon yes and Mr Macker yes motion Carri I want to thank um the case instructors as you can see there's three listed here that are doing proon not work and I want to thank them as well so Mr mski uh miss panzarella and miss uh Gibson thank you so much
059for um offering these adult education classes at no charge uh to the district co-curricular Mrs Campbell thank you um I am asking for approval of items one through three um is so move second Mrs Bea yes Mr champy yes Mrs chor zoric yes Mr Webby yes Mrs mcer yes Mrs Campell yes Mr nordone yes Mr Boon yes and Mr Macker yes motion carried physical plant Mr Webby for recommendation consideration and approval of items one through five I make motion seek second second Mrs bibla yes Mr champy yes Mrs chor zor yes Mr Webby yes Mrs MCC yes Mrs Campbell yes Mr nerone yes Mr Bo yes and Mr Macker yes motion carried the next scheduled committee meeting is Thursday April 10th which will be held here at the secondary campus at 4M the next scheduled
060regular board meeting is Thursday April 17th be held here at the secondary campus at 6:30 I seek a motion in a second for adjournment second all in favor I I opposed