001[music] Miss Connor >> here. >> Miss Katrz >> here. >> Miss Nimon here. >> Mr. Brad Upgroo here. >> Mr. Roger Up to Grove >> here. >> Dr. Weir >> here. >> Dr. Wy >> here. >> Mr. Broofphy >> here. Mr. Penerella >> here. All present. >> We could rise for a pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Board of school directors held an executive session prior to the May 26, 2026 legislative meeting. The topics wereformational personnel session lasted approximately 15 minutes. Oh, 50 minutes, I'm sorry. recognition showcase. >> Great. That takes us down to our recognition showcase of the evening and we have three re recognitions
002this evening. So, we're going to begin first with senior Steven Dudis. Steven plays violin one at the PA Music Educators Association Allstate Conference in April. And we wanted to recognize Stephen Steven's efforts and and recognize um his accomplishments. So, this evening we've invited Mr. Bruner, music instructor at Bash to say a few words as well as accompany Steven on a piece that they will be performing this evening. Thank you, Dr. David Heiser. Um, good evening everyone. Jeff Brunner from Boytown High School, one of the three music teachers up at the high school and I have the honor and pleasure to introduce Stephen uh a star at the high school. He um not only is a fabulous um violin player, but just a brilliant, outstanding student at the high school. I've had the pleasure of working
003with Stephen for four years. He took my piano class uh as a freshman and then took AP theory with me uh as a junior last year. As a junior and uh I had the pleasure of accompanying him for this piece last year when he made all states last year. It's it's already pretty impressive when you make all states uh as a junior, but to make it two years as a junior and senior, you just tell. Anyway, I don't want to talk too much about him. He's a fantastic kid. The the cool thing about Stephen, there's a million cool things about Stephen, but one of the things I'm going to brag about Stephen. This kid takes about five or six AP exams every year, and he's got nothing less than a five on his record for
004all of his AP exams. So, he's just a hard worker, and we're going to He's one of the high flyers. He's off to Penn State next year for um aerospace engineering. So, but hopefully he'll keep playing the violin and you'll understand why in a few seconds. Um he um between our conversations I found out that Steven's very proud of his heritage. His grandfather even came today. Uh and you know this piece is Chadash. Did I say it right? >> Chadash. >> That's they they they practice it with me. a Hungarian piece. Um, and it's a pretty pretty wild virtuoso piece for violin. So, we hope you enjoy this one. >> Do you want that on for him? It's going to pick up. >> Um, >> it might help. >> Ready? [snorts] [music] >> [music] [music]
005>> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Yeah. [music] >> [music] [music] [snorts] [music] [applause] >> Well, Stephen, thank you so much for sharing your skills with us this seeming wonderful piece. Thank you and allowing Mr. Bruner to to catch up along the way, [laughter] >> Steve. And just certainly in recognition of your uh violin and your uh state level um competition and all state uh conference, we'd like to present you with a little mug. Hopefully you can carry this to Penn State with you. >> [applause] [applause] >> Thank you, Mr. Bruner. >> Our second recognition of the evening um is our uh somebody you know well, unfortunately, he is unable to be here this evening. He's not feeling well. Evan Degan um who is the graduating school board meeting audiovisisual technician. Evan's normally behind
006the camera um on any any given Tuesday evening and we want to really thank him and recognize him for all of his efforts and work throughout the week. Not only is it behi meaning behind the camera, it's all the things that go go that that take place uh in the production of this in order for us to air these meetings um and uh make them visible and make them audible to all of our audiences throughout the world. Um Evan started in the telecommunications program his freshman year and has taken studio production, field production, and advanced production. For the past two years, he has been one of the telecom interns. As an intern, he has helped to produce videos for the school district and community, such as the annual Boyertown Progress Update. Last year, he played
007Captain Kirk from Star Trek in the Progress video, and this year, he played one of the Von Trap children in the Sound of Music parody. During his junior year, he joined the Bash TV home room, and this year, he became one of the three news directors for the home room. As news director, he gathers and organizes school announcements and finalizes the script for the morning show. For two years, Evan has been recording the school board meetings, and this year, he produced a recurring segment for BASH TV News that recaps what happened at the board meetings titled The Board Breakdown. After graduation, Evan plans to attend MONCO to continue to study communications. And we want to recognize and congratulate Evan. [applause] Mr. Cherowski, if you'd come forward and just received a small token of the district's
008appreciation for Evan. >> He has a final tomorrow, so I'll give this to him. >> There you go. Thank you. Our next recognition is senior Allison Shapen, graduating school board student representative. Allison will be attending the College of Worster in Ohio. Did I pronounce that correctly? Worcester in Ohio. Allison is a student leader committed to civic engagement, dialogue, and meaningful change. For the past two years, she has served as the Boyertown Area School District Board Student Representative and as a member of the Burks County Youth Advisory Board. She has also contributed as a student stakeholder to the district's strategic and comprehensive planning teams for and completed more than 100 volunteer hours. Academically distinguished, Allison is a 2025 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student and an AP Scholar with distinction and recipient of the College Board National
009School Recognition Award. She's also a member of the National Honor Society through the YMCA Youth and Government Program where she has participated for five years and served three as a youth senator. She sponsored mock legislation passed by the youth governor in both 2022 and 2024. Her work on the youth advisory board has included helping to develop and allocate a $15,000 grant to local nonprofits supporting human trafficking prevention and survivor assistance addressing a critical yet underrecognized issue in Burks County. An advocate for civics's education and respectful political dialogue, Allison is motivated by a belief in collective effort and unity. An accomplished classical vi vocalist and active participant in school theater productions, she combines intellect, creativity, and compassion in service to her comm her in service to her community. And we want to certainly recognize and thank
010Allison for her last two years, most especially here as the student representative. Thank you, [applause] Allison, if you wouldn't mind coming around. >> I'm sorry. >> Yeah, this one should be In keeping with tradition, when we come around, >> not necessarily an easy one to find, but I think you'll find that this represents you well. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> [applause] [applause] >> Stephen, Stephen, >> it's the voice from above. Come on back here. [laughter] >> I forgot to present you with your certificate of recognition. Thank you again. Thank you very much. Thank you. You're welcome. >> Yeah. [applause] Thanks for I'd also like to welcome again Jocelyn Trojanowski. >> Krisowski. >> Krisanowski. All right, we're going to get that. She is our new school board meeting audio v video technician. and Joselyn was
011with us at our last meeting. So, welcome you again. We'd also like to welcome Abby Sour, our new junior school board representative. And I believe Abby is here in the audience with us. Congratulations, and welcome to a seat at the table this evening. So, you're going to join us if you wouldn't mind. Come on over. Maybe you weren't expecting that. I'm not sure. I understand that there were many many wonderful candidates for this and that you rose to the top and we wish you well here as you start with us in in June. So congratulations and certainly a continued welcome to Audrey Clemson our sen now senior school board representative Audrey. Yes, absolutely. >> Student representative report. >> Good evening board members and meeting attendees. We are excited to be back for the last time
012this school year for our student board report for the month of April. This will be my final board report and Audrey's final board report as a junior student representative. The the arts expo held on May 21st was a huge success, showcasing incredible energy and creativity from the high school. This year's Alice Wonderland theme transformed the hallways into a colorful and imaginative experience filled with amazing decorations and student artwork. Walking through the halls, I admired so many impressive pieces that showed the talent radiating from each student. It was clear how much hard work and dedication went to each display. A special thank you goes to the heart teachers for all their efforts in organizing the event and guiding their students throughout the process. Their students also worked extremely hard and together they made the school look
013wonderful. On May 8th through 10th the bashes drama club performed their production of a Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The drama club had tirelessly worked on the production for the past few months and the show was stupendous. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the drama club, and thank you to all the students who helped create and paint the set because your contributions are instrumental to the success of drama club productions. This month, a schoolwide survey was sent out to better understand student perspectives on school spirit and the overall student experience since school is ending rather soon. One major area of focus was an interest in discontinued school events, many of which ended either due to COVID or a decline in participation. student students expressed the st the strongest interest in bringing back
014postp prom the junior dinner dance and especially the homecoming the homecoming carnival which received the highest level of support overall. In addition, many students indicated that they generally feel they have the resources they need to succeed academically with the majority selecting two and three on a scale one being to the greatest extent and five being to the least extent. When asked whether school felt like a supportive environment this year, the most common answer was a three yet again, showing that while students feel moderately supported, there are still opportunities for improvement in school culture and support systems. Encouragingly, students also demonstrated a strong sense of confidence in their future success with a large number selecting one and two when asked about their confidence in succeeding next year in high school, college, or other career paths. Students
015students further reflected positively on their personal growth this year as the highest number of responses indicated strong growth as students, friends and individuals. Finally, there was an overwhelming support for the continuation of these surveys and getting the opinion for the student body. May 4th through 8th was teacher appreciation week. Students had the opportunity to send a thank you message to staff to show student appreciation for the constant contributions of staff throughout the year. While it is just one week in the year, I'd like to prompt the district to make this gratitude a year-long endeavor. Staff are indispensable to Boertown education, and we never want their contributions and commitment to students to go unnoticed. Over the past two weeks, students at our school have been focused on AP exams, putting in countless of hours of studying,
016reviewing, and preparing for these challenging tests. Many students balanced late night study sessions, stress, and a lot of caffeine to give their best efforts and somehow survived. As someone who personally took three exams this year, I know firsthand how much dedication and hard work went into this testing season. I would like to give a special thank you again to all of our teachers who have encouraged us to help us prepare for these exams. We wish the best of luck to our future AP students as they continue this tradition of hard work and achievement. I would like to take some time to introduce our now our now junior board representative for the 2026 2027 school year. After a round of interviews and a second round performance task, we'd like to introduce an individual whose attention to
017detail and love for representation stood out to both us and administration. I'm happy to introduce our new junior board representative, Abby Sour. Abby Sour is involved in the class office of class of 2028 as the public relations officer. She has been in YAG for the past four years committing herself to the legislative branch. She also volunteers with Green Corp, displaying her commitment to service and her community. Beyond leadership and service, she loves music and is involved in show choir and has performed in bash musicals the past two years. Beyond school, she attends piano and voice lessons. If she was to describe herself in three words, she would describe herself as determined, motivated, and an advocate for others. She's express expressed her excitement and gratitude for the opportunity to take on this role and work alongside
018Audrey next year. I'm so excited to hear many great things about Abby and Audrey beyond my time on the board, and I'm confident that they will bring innovation to the role in ways that bolster student representation, creating a medium of exchange between students and the board. Graduation on June 5th will mark an important and emotional milestone for the junior class. Throughout their years at the school, teachers have continuously pushed these students to work harder, challenge themselves, and strive for success, and it has truly paid off. We are incredibly proud of everything the seniors have accomplished and the growth shown through the years. While it is bittersweet to see everyone move on to the next chapter of their lives, it is exciting to know that they are continuing to grow. I would like to give another
019special thank you to Mrs. Benning for all the time, guidance, and support she has given the class of 2026, as well as the class officers she has worked alongside. Her dedication has helped shape this class, and I hope the students remember that they push themselves through on a ready for anything that adulthood has to throw at them. Well, it's quite bittersweet knowing it'll be my last time speaking on this board. And I'd like to thank everyone on the board for the opportunity of witnessing the inner workings of Boyertown Education and for the opportunity to represent the high school. And a special thanks to Mrs. Kratz for always showing us so much support and recognition. We couldn't have asked for a better mentor on the board. And I hope to find such mentors in my life
020with her enthusiasm. This position has allowed me to forge relationships with people although are in they are pos in positions of power have always been mediums of encouragement. I can't recall a time that a principal saw me in the hall and didn't say hello to me. I don't want to take that for granted for through them and through this board I was granted a voice that is considered not condescended simply for my age and lack of position. That is something that that will forever be incredibly special to me. Following the summer, I will be attending the College of Worcester in Worcester, Ohio on a full tuition scholarship with the plan of studying biochemistry and philosophy with the intent of pursuing a career in pharmaceutical or patent law. I can't wait to see where my education
021takes me, but I also will greatly miss all my friends and the memories I've made here. It's hard to believe I've spent 13 years in the school district, and yet it has come to a close in what feels now to be a singular moment. So, in closing, for the last time, thank you for listening to our board report. And I know that next year's reports will be innovative and informative with our now senior representative Audrey and our new junior representative, Abby. And in the fashion that we say our goodbyes in youth and government, for the last time, I yield my time back to the president. There's no one signed up for public com period number one. So, at this time, we'll be looking for the approval of the May 12th, 2026 committee, the whole meeting
022minutes as presented. >> I'll second. >> Miss Connor, >> yes. >> Miss Krabs, >> yes. >> Miss Nyman, >> Mr. Brad Upgrove, >> yes. >> Mr. Roger Uprove, >> yes. >> Dr. Mr. Weir, >> yes. >> Dr. Wy, >> yes. >> Mr. Brophy, >> yes. >> Mr. Penelo, >> yes. >> Eyes have it. >> Takes us down to the discussion and information section for this evening. We have two items to present to the board. Um, and the first I'd like to invite Washington Elementary principal, Mrs. Lisa Dorenzo to the podium and for her to share a thought and an idea and a recommendation for a recreation resource needed at Washington Elementary. >> Thank you, Dr. David Heiser. Good evening, everyone. Um, Dr. David Heiser said, I'm Lisa Denzo. I'm the principal at Washington Elementary School
023and I would just like to um thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak with you this evening. We're excited to share the Washington Elementary playground enhancement project with you this evening. Um it's a vision focused on creating a more inclusive, accessible, and supportive play space for all students. So, as you can see, this project has truly been a collaborative effort. Our team includes administrators, life skills teachers, therapists, facilities staff, community partners who share all the same goal, creating meaningful opportunities for every child at Washington. We're grateful for their expertise and dedication that each person has brought to this project. So why is why is a change needed? Well, at Washington, we serve currently serve 33 life skills students, five of them being non-ambulatory students. Our existing playground presents several challenges, including limited wheelchair
024accessibility and surfaces that are difficult to navigate with mobility devices. As a result, many of our students with special needs are unable to fully participate alongside their peers. This project is about ensuring all children have equal access to safe, meaningful, and inclusive play experiences. So, what is an inclusive an inclusive playground? Well, inclusive playgrounds provide opportunities for all children to play together regardless of their ability level. Research shows that inclusive play reduces social isolation and helps support important IEP goals related to motor development, communication, and social emotional growth. Most importantly though, it creates a school environment where every child feels included, valued, and connected. So, at this time, I would like to introduce you to Mr. Steve Compo from Recreation Resource. He's going to share more specifics about phase one of our project. Steve, >>
025good evening everyone. Uh my name is Steve Compo. I'm with Recreation Resource and um we've been meeting over the last several months discussing the needs for the Washington Elementary uh play area. And what we did find is the lack of accessibility. [clears throat] Um there are pathways um for able-bodied kids, uh children. Um however, with any type of mobility device or whether it's a child or a uh teacher's aid or a teacher that was out there helping with the children, there's a lot of uncertain um undulations if if you will of the play area. And so what we've come up with is a pathway, the least expensive way to be inclusive for everyone. So we came up with rather than doing a um a porn in place rubber play surface which is pretty ex pretty
026extreme in terms of cost for the entire area. We decided to move forward with a pathway and then include uh different play values along that pathway. The intent was to increase um access from the main gate, excuse me, [clears throat] to the swing area in the back uh based on current um layout of your play area. So we decided to take a a roundabout way but in that roundabout way we put um different play value uh whether it's sensory uh motor skill um development or uh simple as having music um having the ability to play along that pathway as children do enter and play uh from the entrance point to the swings. uh the swings we decided to go with um a connection I'm sorry a freedom which is a child is able to transfer
027from a mo mobility device or even if it's a child who um is abledbody but may not have the core strength to u force propel himself or herself to and fro on a traditional swing. This would allow that student to get into the um freedom, have a harness over top, and then uh somebody could then help push them to get that sensation. The different play values that we have um really stem from, as you can see here, the music uh on the corner of that uh pathway, but we have games, we have sensory um products as well. And so I think the value that we had was we have enough we're adding play value at the ground level that would accommodate 38 students which is um pretty significant uh for such a small area and
028for such a small project that we're doing. Generally you would see 38 student capacity on a structure that's much larger and much more expensive. And I think that we've done a really good job of uh developing a um a path forward with phase one to help those children have immediate impact and have them the ability to have uh play value at the ground level. >> Just a couple pictures. >> So the the picture that we have up here is not currently along the fence line, but the intent would be to move that pathway along the fence line. So we have additional uh play value along uh the fence where generally um that space is uh unused and it's more of a a means to keep students in an area confining them. This way we're bringing
029value to it so it's less of a barrier but more of a play area space for them. >> You want me to >> Yeah. Y good. >> Thank you. So, another piece of this is a communication board. Um, hopefully this is already in progress. Um, and it's the addition of this communication board. A grant has been submitted through the foundation um to support this initiative. So, what the communication board will do is help bridge that gap um using symbols, pictures, and words to support students in expressing themselves with uh and interacting with their peers. So, um, as you can see the cost breakdown. So, um, [snorts] we realize this is is a significant investment. We believe it's an important step toward creating an equitable and inclusive environment for our students. So, as you can see,
030the cost of the equipment is $41,700 or $78. The freight charge is $2,491. the ex excavation um of some of the the surface area and disposal of of some things and um the installation of the stone and the fabric is $14,400. The assembly and installation of the play equipment is $16,945. And this is the big piece is the port in place. It's that surfacing that's so important for our students um who are, you know, either in a wheelchair or some type of device or just struggles with that with that core strength to be able to take themselves across a a mulch surface. Um which takes us to a total of $118,114. Um you know um I had you know spent some time with Mr. Lent and Dr. David Heiser and we talked about um capital
031reserves as being um you know the the place where this money would would come from for this project. So you know we're we're looking for you know your support this evening. Um you know thank you for taking the time to learn about the project and the playground enhance enhancement project. Um, as always, we appreciate your support, your commitment, um, to Washington, to all of our students, and, you know, hopefully to creating a playground where all students can learn and play together. So, at this time, does anyone have any questions? Mrs. Nim? >> Yes, of course. [clears throat] Bear with me. >> Oh, no. >> Uh, I'm all for this type of equipment. Is this going to be fenced in where it will not be allowed from outsiders coming there and destroying it for us? >>
032That's a great question. So, it is in our fencedin area. Um, you know, are there are there community members that do come into that area at times? Sure. Um, but you know, we could create I think to Mr. Mr. Yunuzi, we could create um you know a gated area, a locked area that could only you know be accessed during the school day. >> I just don't want it to be destroyed. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. I understand that concern. >> And what is the lifetime of this equipment? >> Yeah, Mr. >> Equipment is going to last you 20 to 25 years. >> What kind of maintenance does it need? [clears throat] >> Uh very little maintenance. Uh most things uh I believe are maybe a spinner at some degree and each component has an individual warranty. And
033if something were to break um you get the full warranty plus a new part. So as an example, if a spinner has a 15-year warranty and it breaks after 14 years, 9 months, you get a new part free of charge and then the um the warranty for the 15 years. >> Okay. And would our maintenance people be able to take care of it? >> I didn't hear that last. >> Would the maintenance people be able to >> Yes, I took >> You're welcome. Any other questions, Mr. Upgrow? >> Yes. Um, how high is the fence going to be around this? >> How high? >> So, it's an existing fence. Um, is it is it 4 foot, Mr. Yunuzi? Is a a 4 foot fence? Yes. Could be five. >> Could be five, they say. I
034I think it's four. I could be wrong. >> Well, I'd just be worried about after school hours on the weekend, somebody jumps a fence and >> Yes, >> you know, kids have sometimes evil minds and then you have destruction. >> Yeah, we we do have um a piece of playground equipment that was installed five years ago and I do know that the community accesses that. We've had no problems with that. Um, you know, I it's it's nice to be able to have that space for community as long as, you know, as long as they take care of it. >> Mrs. Diamond, >> what shape is the fence in that's there now? >> What shape is the the existing equipment? >> The existing fence. >> Oh, the existing fence. Um, Mr. Yanuzi, >> it's in it's
035in really good shape, Mrs. Diamond. Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Will be easy to keep up. So, based off based off of what I'm seeing here, I'm just counting. Uh, looks like there's 10 new pieces of equipment. Is that is that correct? Um, and they would all be installed at the same time, right? Yes. >> Um, and what what is the timeline on this? What what what are you projecting? >> So, that's a great question and Mr. Compo and I spoke about this a couple months ago. Um, we're hoping, unless things have changed, we are hoping for it won't be a summer install. Um, it will be a little bit later in the fall if that timeline is still accurate. >> If things turned around, our lead times are roughly 6 weeks and then I
036would suspect we'd have probably 2 to 3 weeks for installation. So, if it was approved and everything was ordered by the end of the week, we'd have uh 6 weeks plus four. So, within 10 weeks, we'd have it installed. So, it' be late. Uh, August. >> August. Yeah. So, hopefully >> we could have it done if it progressed quickly enough. >> How wide is that um purple path? >> We did a 5 foot wide >> 5 foot >> wheelchair. >> Is that big enough for two wheelchairs to get around each other just to maneuver and >> two? No. >> No. Do you think you could you could have a backup at the first thing there if you have more than one person going? You think maybe we should rethink that? Yeah, that's a good point
037>> for maneuverability. >> Technically, a the safety surion that's currently there, the playground mulch is an AD accessible surface, but there are undulations and such, so it would be difficult. Um, but we can widen that pathway, but technically that is an AVA compliant surface. Um, >> well, I'll leave that up to you guys to figure it out, but just that was the only concern I had looking at how sure that is. >> And we did, we talked originally about making that not even so much of a path, but just like an area, like a larger area, but we like the idea of having that path go back to the swings, but we can certainly go back and look at widening that a little bit. Having a pathway creates more of universal um interaction with children.
038So you're not segregating to just one area like at the front entrance way. So they come into the play area that's all fenced in, but the safety surfacing that would be poor in place might be just in that corner where they can't get to their friends. So having this pathway to the swing area allows them to get into the entire play area. Having things to do along the way and then interact with um others that are on the swings as a first phase one if you will and then phase two phase three we could extend into the place structure and other other areas of whatever the equipment is going to be in the future. >> Okay. >> We're thinking about potentially some larger pieces of equipment. the the surfacing seemed, you know, to be the
039big biggest expense. So, we wanted to make sure that was done first. Um, you know, with some other pieces along the way. And then phase two, which we're hoping would happen next year, would be putting one or two larger pieces of equipment um are and we worked with our life skills teachers who weren't able to be here um this evening and and they helped us pick out different equipment that they thought would be um great for the kids. Um, in addition to that, we'd like to put a canopy or, you know, like a cantal lever, um, you know, a shaded area out there as well for the students. And then hopefully in phase three, we will connect the areas that are existing um and and make them accessible as well with some with some different
040surfacing. [snorts] >> Do you have something that would maybe show us that long-term plan? >> I do. Yeah. for for some reason it's not on the slide, but I can certainly get it to you. Yeah, >> I'd be interested in seeing. >> Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. >> Any other questions? >> Yeah, I I I see where there could be somewhat of a traffic jam, >> you know, as far as two wheelchairs coming together in the middle of this plot. >> You know, somebody's has to jump off or something, right? And >> Right. Is that is that material that you're using there is that like a rubber based material anti-skid? >> It is sir and we can certainly widen it. That's not an issue. We can figure out what that uh from an AVA's perspective what would
041that minimum width be for two wheelchairs and then we can update our proposal to you all. >> Sure. The piece that we didn't talk about there's an existing climbing structure um that's there that we plan to remove. Um, we're going to do that inhouse um to make a little bit more room. It's really it's, you know, it's a bone breaker. That's what I call, you [laughter] know, um, it's it's not the safest piece of equipment. Um, so we'll have that removed um, probably as soon as the school year ends if this project is approved. Um, additionally, there's another and and Joe, if you, you know, can speak to this probably better than I can, that the new path that will lead out of the building so that our students um in wheelchairs um have another
042e exit to the playground um that'll kind of wind around the back door and and and out to the to the you know, play area. [laughter] >> I think what Mrs. Dorenzo is uh alluding to is a capital project that the board has already approved and that's a a better pathway surface uh concrete surface exiting the building down to the to the area to which um you've seen visually this evening which should also support access quite regularly. Mr. Yunuzzi, >> well that was a great description Dr. David Heiser. I don't know that I could add anything to that but I will. Uh coming off of door 18, there are steps that lead right down to the playground currently and there is a sidewalk that leads up to the kindergarten playground. So we were talking to
043one of our construction folks who who's doing some projects this year and asked them if they could put in a 6ft wide path that meets every ADA specification for uh coming down to the playground but also adds us another point of egress coming out of the building which we don't have now. So, uh, it was put on the capital, uh, list and you all approved it. So, we're looking forward to that. Just adding one more thing. We did it backwards. Uh, one more thing to, uh, you know, augment this great project. >> Just a reminder to the board that, you know, we regionalize um our life skills program. So, all of our kindergarten through fifth grade students in the district um that are part of our life skills program do attend Washington. That's from all
044sending areas inside the district and that currently accounts for we have a total of 30 33 >> 33 students three classrooms right now that we operate >> a lot of large equipment that we operate um that function um with these students and um you know these upgrades really do provide uh much better accessibility and access to the educational environment. So, um, we we really do recommend this as a project does come with a lofty price tag, but one of which we we believe is is truly needed in, uh, at the school right now. >> Yes. Any other questions, >> Mr. Is is there any type of lighting around the back of the building for any of this? >> There is lighting from door is it door 18? There is lighting from door 18. It's not
045specifically on the play area, but it does it does illuminate that area so that you can, you know, it's it's safe and you can see that area in the in the dark. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, you're welcome. Anything else? >> All right. Thank you very much. >> Just on another topic, I do want to congratulate and recognize we held our retirement celebration this this afternoon. Mrs. Dorenzo is retiring as the Washington principal and we want to thank her for her advocacy and all of her efforts at Washington over the many many years that she's been working here in the district. So, thank you, Mrs. Denzo. [applause] Item B under discussion and information is uh flexible instruction day commonly known as FID. And every 3 years, um, school districts have the opportunity to reapply for,
046uh, these flexible instruction days, which came in during the 2020 school year, the advent of COVID, and allowed for opportunities for, um, uh, classrooms to essentially do what we what it says, flex into [snorts] virtual um, capabilities. in emergent times. U typically it's seen during um periods of of extreme weather, safety concerns that might exist at buildings and allows the opportunity for a school district um to move to a uh different uh modality of of of teaching and learning. Um you heard probably hear the term synchronous, asynchronous or or systems flex between. And it's almost a hybrid type of system in offering these and again uh you know our true belief is inerson instruction but there are emergent times um most especially during weather indications where this keeps a continuing learn continuous learning opportunity for
047our students albeit not an an in-person instructional environment which we we deem as being optimal but does allow for that to continue and continue in a methodology that we're not placing days at the end of the school year after a large periods of testing that we have much earlier in the springtime. These are allow for those those opportunities and continuous um learning to take place. So, we are recommending to the board and and one of which is to approve um a new three three-year period for these to occur. We have to submit ongoing uh not ongoing but a submitt of large plans and um our ability to meet FAPE which is free and appropriate public education for all of our students. uh most especially for the needs of our um special special education students. Um
048and again why this is needed in an emergent time, not on a regular basis, is we can't meet FAPE through that modality. We're not set up as a school district to do that on a daily basis like HR virtual school would be. Uh but in emerging time, we can do that for very very short periods of time. We did use five days throughout the district this year for FID. We did have some extreme weather conditions and unsafe weather conditions where we couldn't open up our buildings and really allowed us the opportunity to um again continue the educational process. So, um this does sit as a um a u superintendent itemized agenda later in this meeting agenda. And the reason for that, there's some timeliness to this in terms of us having this approved prior to
049June. Um the modalities and how we address this on an ongoing basis hasn't changed from our previous three years and we are encouraging the board to move forward with approving this. Happy to answer any questions anybody has with regard to it. >> Miss Diamond. >> Well, you know, I'm not in favor of it. >> I do. One being that I hear uh papers are not being corrected or answered to by their teachers and another there is nothing like that in person or at least that teacher being right there and teaching them whether it be FaceTime or whatever it is. >> We don't I don't think we disagree with the that how important we believe inerson instruction is. Um that's why these are an emergent need only. Um and um you know we we emphasize the
050fact that having these in there during the time of which allows us even continued learning processes leading up to bigger testing periods that we have. If we were to just simply use um snow days and put those in the calendar, we'd be adding those to the end of the year well beyond any of our testing periods and really don't benefit any student at all with regard to those processes. So, we do encourage that they be allowed um in this time period and again for extreme measures and periods of time. And it does give flexibility for students um due to being a kind of a hybrid model to enjoy some days where we may have a significant snowfall and go out and rel you know be able to enjoy those types of time periods uh while
051still being able to manage the the workload of of what's needed and so forth. If the students have x amount of days to get their homework done, the teacher should have x amount of days to get that homework graded and back to them. >> Yeah, I don't and I don't disagree with you. >> That's not happening. >> Well, that's something that we need to address and we'll make sure that we're doing it through our our indication as to whether or not this program moves forward um with our staff. Treasure report. Good evening. Tonight I'll be presenting to you highlights from the April 2026 treasures report. Beginning with local revenue from tax collections. Delinquent tax collection was $186,362.32. Earned income tax collection was 1,438,42 and transfer tax collection was $11,8549. And for state revenue, uh basic
052education subsidy received was $2,830,353. Our prek count subsidy was $50,625. And our rental reimbursement subsidy was $148,806. And for April expenditures in salaries, benefits, and professional services, it accounted for about 80% of our total expenditures for the month of April. And that concludes my treasures report for this evening. >> Thanks. >> Any questions? >> Thank you. >> So, at this time, we're looking for the board of school directors to approve the treasure report as presented. >> I'll motion. I'll second. >> Miss Connor, >> yes. >> Miss Kratz, >> yes. >> Miss Nyman, >> yes. >> Mr. Brad Upgro, >> yes. >> Mr. Roger Upgro, >> yes. >> Dr. Weir, >> yes. >> Dr. Wy, >> yes. >> Mr. Broofphy, >> yes. >> Mr. Penelo, >> yes. >> This evening, under the superintendent's consent agenda, we
053have a number of items, and I just want to summarize those for you. We've gone over those um through committee periods and through our committee of the whole periods and now here to uh the legislative meeting. The first is the um computer science and teched supply bid awards. Again, these are an annual uh bid that we go out for these supplies. Item B, a special education service agreement. The board has been made aware of um through our um past committee of the whole meeting. Item C, a confidential uh settlement agreement. Item D is the BCTCBASD uh school nutrition nutrition program agreement. Again, this agreement allows for reciprocity between both the um BCTC and school district as far as the national school lunch program. Item E, the board secretary. This is an annual uh motion that
054the board must take in order to and we are recommending approval of Mr. Lent. Item F is the board treasurer um motion which is an every four-year um seat to which we are re recommending Carrie Fox which does come with the attached stipen listed. We have the overnight trip for our TSA qualifiers in Washington later in June along with our donation list that we reviewed at our recent committee of the whole meeting. Items I and J are second readings of policy 626 and 6261 which are fiscal uh policy updates um set by the federal government and under items K through H. Double H is part of the alphabet. Um on this agenda are all first reads um which are have come out of the policy committee meeting from a couple of weeks ago and and
055uh were put on the cow meeting two weeks ago and now have made it to the first read. So under item I I administration is recommending to that the board of uh school directors approve the consent agenda as presented and as listed moves. >> I'll second >> Miss Connor. >> Yes. >> Miss Katz. >> Yes. >> Miss Nyman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Brad Upter Grove. >> Yes. Mr. Roger Upgroo. >> Yes. >> Dr. Weir, >> yes. >> Dr. Wy, >> yes. >> Mr. Broofphy, >> yes. >> Mr. Penelo, >> yes. >> Eyes seven. >> Under section 10, superintendent report the itemized agenda. We have items A through I. Uh under item A, uh the board of school or excuse me, administration is recommending the board of school directors approve the 2026 2027 propo proposed final
056general fund budget as attached. >> Panorella moves. >> Miss Connor, >> yes. Miss Kratz, >> yes. >> Miss Nyman, >> no. >> Mr. Brad, Upter Grove, >> yes. >> Mr. Roger, Upter Grove, >> yes. >> Dr. Weir, >> no. >> Dr. Wy, >> yes. >> Mr. Broofphy, >> no. >> Mr. Penerella, >> yes. >> Eyes have it. >> Under item B, the Homestead Farmstead property tax relief. Administration recommends the approval of the 26 2026 2027 Homestead Farmstead property tax relief as listed. I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Miss Connor, >> yes. >> Miss Katrz, >> yes. >> Miss Nyman, >> yes. >> Mr. Brad, upgra. >> Yes. >> Mr. Roger. Up to Grove. >> Yes. >> Dr. Rear. >> Yes. >> Dr. Wy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Broofphy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Penel. >> Yes.
057>> Eyes have it. Under item C, the installment plan for payment of real estate taxes levied for the 202627 school year. The administration recommends the board of directors approve the installment plan for payment of these real estate taxes levied for 2627 school year as listed and presented. [snorts] >> I'll move. >> I'll second. Miss Connor, >> yes. >> Miss Kratz, >> yes. >> Miss Nyman, >> yes. >> Mr. Brad, Uptogrove, >> yes. Mr. Roger, upgra. >> Yes. >> Dr. Weir, >> yes. >> Dr. Wy, >> yes. >> Mr. Broofphy, >> yes. >> Mr. Penerell, >> yes. >> Eyes have it. Under item D, the administration recommends board of school directors approve the diamond disposal agreement as presented at our committee of the whole meeting and as listed. >> I'll motion. >> Miss Connor, >> yes.
058>> Miss Katz, >> yes. >> Miss Nimman, >> yes. >> Mr. Brad Upgroo, >> yes. >> Mr. Roger Up to Grove. >> Yes. >> Dr. Weir, >> yes. >> Dr. Mr. Wy, >> yes. >> Mr. Broofphy, >> yes. >> Mr. Penerella, >> yes. >> I have it. >> Under item E, Col Valley Landscaping Agreement. Administration recommends the approval of the Calm Valley Landscaping Agreement as presented at our committee of the whole meeting and is listed. Miss Connor, >> yes. >> Miss Katz, >> yes. >> Miss Nyman, >> yes. >> Mr. Brad Upgrove, >> yes. >> Mr. Roger Uptogrove, >> yes. >> Dr. Rear, >> yes. >> Dr. Wy, >> yes. >> Mr. Broofphy, >> yes. >> Mr. Penerella, >> yes. >> Eyes have it. Under item F, [snorts] -ate bid award. Administration recommends accept the
059-ate bid award as previously presented at our committee of the whole meeting and as listed in the presentation. >> I'll move. >> We are seconds. >> Miss Connor, >> yes. >> Miss Katz, >> yes. >> Miss Nyman, >> Mr. Brad Uprove, >> yes. >> Mr. Roger Up to Grove, >> yes. >> Dr. Rear, >> yes. >> Dr. WY. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bruofy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Panerella. >> Yes. >> Eyes have it. >> Under item G, flexible instruction day, commonly known as FID. Administration um recommends the approval of the use of the flexible instruction days as described. >> Panorello moves. We are seconds. Miss Connor, >> yes. >> Miss Katz, >> yes. >> Miss Nyman, >> yes. >> Mr. Brad, up to Groof. >> Yes. >> Mr. Roger Up to Grove. >> Yes. >>
060Dr. Weir, >> yes. >> Dr. Wy, >> yes. >> Mr. Broofphy, >> yes. >> Mr. Penelo, >> yes. >> Eyes have it. Under item F, 2026 20227 special education annual agreements and the administration recommends the approval of the 2026 27th special education annual agreements as presented at our committee of the whole meeting and as listed. We're motions. I'll second. >> I have a question on that. >> Um I'm looking at the contract for the board approval, but I don't see Boyertown on here anymore. Is that something that we're not in or as far as agreements? The the listed contracts are all of those listed that we are bringing forward for an annual reoccurring contract. These are with outside placements and facilities to which we Okay. >> partner with. >> All right. I understand that. >>
061Okay. Thank you, >> Miss Connor. >> Yes. >> Miss Kratz, >> yes. >> Miss Nyman, >> yes. >> Mr. Brad, up to Gro. >> Yes. >> Mr. Roger Up to Groof. >> Yes. >> Dr. Reer, >> yes. >> Dr. Wy, >> yes. >> Mr. Broofphy, >> yes. >> Mr. Penell, >> yes. I have it. >> Under item I >> said, I [laughter] just said black. Under item I, personnel, uh, the administration recommends the approval of the personnel agenda as listed. >> I'll second. >> Miss Connor, >> yes. Miss Kratz, >> yes. >> Miss Nim, >> yes. >> Mr. Brad, up to Grove. >> Yes. >> Mr. Roger Up to Grove. >> Yes. >> Dr. Weir, >> yes. >> Dr. Wy, >> yes. >> Mr. Broofphy, >> yes. >> Mr. Penerella, >> yes. >> Eyes have
062>> under item 11. >> Dr. David Huzer, we have two of our new professionals I'd like to acknowledge real quick. Um, How can we do a question? We had a question and I'm the first one. >> I saw that there was um replacing a person twice. The OM retirement for um the fourth grade teacher and then for our first grade teacher. [snorts] Is that an error? >> It It is an error. It is an error. >> Can you tell us the correction on that >> if you give me like two minutes? Yeah, >> Mr. Han, while you're doing that, you going to multitask? >> I can. >> Okay. Hi, give me one second. I just got to get to my spot here. >> Let's make some introductions while you you seek that. >> We have
063Allison Manith in the back. She is going to be our new instructional coach coming to us from the state of Arizona. [applause] And then we have Dana Donado up here in the front with the two lovely girls who's going to be a first grade teacher at BES. >> Also a district also a district resident. Uh so let me see here. >> Congratulations and welcome to both of you. >> So that should be I'm gonna have to I'm going to have to research that for you because I don't have it on my um my action item sheet, but I will get you that information before the end of the meeting. I just have to go back into some things >> under under item 11, old business. There is none. Texas, >> there's no one signed up
064for public com period number two. So, we go to board comment. Lynn Um, >> just thank you. Good luck. >> Um, you're going to do great. >> Thank you, Mrs. >> I'll echo Mrs. Connor. Um Alison, we wish you all of the all the best at Worcester. Correct. Yes. We know that you'll do wonderful things. Thank you, >> Mrs. Dorenzo. Thank you very much for all of your years here at Boyertown. We appreciate it. Uh Allison as well. Congratulations and and best of luck, >> Dr. Wy. Oh, I wanted to congratulate everyone [laughter] as well. Congratulations to you all. >> Nothing. >> Just want to wish everyone a safe and happy summer. >> No comment. >> Allison, I want to thank you for uh your years of service with us. You put up with a
065lot. So, uh, I can't wait to see what you do moving forward at school. And, uh, congratulations on your retirement. How long was it? 35. >> 30. Okay. I gave you an extra five there. All right. Congratulations. >> Upcoming meeting dates, we have on June 9th both a finance committee meeting at 6 PM followed by the committee of the whole meeting uh, here at 7 PM at the education center. Okay. >> Mr. Han. Okay. How about we will gather that information for you and email the entire board. Absolutely. This evening sometime. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> We are seconds. >> Meeting adjourned.