001Good evening everyone. Thank you for being here tonight for our committee of a whole and the voting session. If you could please join me in standing for the pledge and remain standing for a moment of silence. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. this point I'll turn it over to the secretary for roll call. >> Miss here. Mr. Bennick >> here. >> Mr. Brown >> here. >> Mr. Bryant >> here. >> Mr. Chi >> here. >> Reverend Kuster >> here. >> Mr. Pennis >> here. Mr. Djakamo >> here. >> Mr. Storski >> here. Turn it over to Superintendent Mr. Ford for the committee of a whole. >> We
002will start with our student representatives. Um, first from Cambridge Springs, Elmer is here. Here she is. Good to see you back there. >> Good evening. I would like to start off with an apology for my comments about business week at the last board meeting and the confusion that it started. As a student, as you would assume, I intend I interact more with other students than adults. Therefore, by hearing my classmates complaints and about the new switches regarding business week, as well as knowing the board has to approve all activities and things regarding student transportation, I mentioned something to you guys last month, not knowing that the teachers and administrators were already planning on troubleshooting, scheduling issues, and all the costs were paid for. So, I apologize for the confusion that I have started. Thank you
003for your patience with me as I am still learning and growing. And thank you for listening to my concerns as a voice of Cambridge Springs. So, what are those students up to? As you know, I'm Ella Morant to give you your monthly updates on the school. First off, today our prom court was announced. Congratulations to ladies Kayla Crawford, Aaliyah Clark, Shannon Lowry, Amarella, Adriana Webster, and to gentlemen Joseph Duda, Latavian Fitzpatrick, William Maro, Jason B, Jason Roxberry, and Quinn Zimmerman. Prom will be May 15th at the Kelly Ballroom. And to raise money, the prom committee is holding a super supper in the cafeteria tomorrow from 5:00 to 7:00 before the boys volleyball game against Maplewood. It'll be $8 per person. Please show up. Eat some good soups. Me and my family will be making ham
004and potato if anybody's wondering. Today the baseball team hosted Maplewood. Sadly, we lost six to one, but we're going to get back up on our feet next time. On Wednesday, we are switching things up a little bit and we'll be hosting our sports recognition assembly and we'll also be recognizing students who held all A's for the third quarter as well had perfect attendance for the third quarter. These students have SPA. SPA stands for safe, positive, and accountable. We also recognize students who exemplify this throughout the day and give them a reward to keep students being spa. Thank you. >> Thank you. ELLA, WHAT TIME IS THE SOUP tomorrow night? >> Ham and potato. >> That's all you need to know. >> Everyone pushing the hand. >> 5 to 7 p.m. >> Okay. Thank you. >>
005Do we have anyone here from Maplewood? And I believe we have Abby Collins. >> Um Abby isn't here tonight, but I'm Leah Scott and I'll be >> Leah. Okay. >> All right. Thank you. >> And you are prompt tonight. >> H >> you were prompt. >> Good evening. I'm Leah Scott and I'm here to read the monthly update for Sertown High School. Our key club elected ne the next officers who are now officers in training for the 2026 2027 school year. And that's all for key club. For student council, we held our Satie Hawkins dance on April 10th. We decorated the cafeteria with our new spring decorations to celebrate entering the last quarter of the school year. And for Environ 20 students will participating in Environ competition on May 1st in Steam Book Park. Yearbook.
006They submitted their final yearbook to just in the middle of March. Students wrote letters thanking their sponsors and their support. Students from AP Bio Anatomy and Environ will be planting trees near Crossville Crossingville on May 8th as a service project to improve the water quality of French Creek. The office Oh my gosh. The office 200 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. >> Oh, you're good. You're good. Take your time. So with the office, we had our 200 board winners chosen again at the end of March. They're also preparing for spring sports recognition assembly which will take place on April 16th. We also had the attabo assembly which was held on March 26th. A group of girls from SHS attended the junior high achievement empower her conference at Penn State Baron where they were given the opportunity to
007hear from guest speakers about future careers. The French Creek Community Theater recently held Annie in our auditorium. Students from the gifted program went to see Beetlejuice. Beginning in late March, random book bagback searches are taking place each morning to ensure a safe school environment. So, boys volleyball had an away game on April 7th at Cochran. They also had a game on April 9th against Cambridge. They've won in two games and lost one so far. For baseball, they've won four games and lost one. April 8th, they have a Rocky Grove game. April 9th, they have a game home against Northeast. For softball, they've had two games and they've won both. Had game April 8th at 6 at Mercyhurst Prep. April 10th, they had a game against West Middle Sex. And that's all I have. >> Thank
008you. Thank you. >> Um, next up, our PA EA representative, Debbie Miller. >> And I'm making ham and potato soup. competition. >> So, okay. All right. I don't want to do that to her again. She's a good one. All right. Members of the board, administration, professionals, and our Penrest community. At our last meeting, we spoke about the why class size matters. Today, I'm here to talk about the how. And not a moment too soon. All around us, class size is cited as the number one direct cause of lack of achievement and teacher burnout. Huge school districts have pressured for contract language with limits, and some have even impressed their state lawmakers to enact limits into the law. Such states have class size caps set at 18 to 22 for elementary and 25 for high school.
009And I wonder, will Pennsylvania be next? If so, Penrest must be ahead of the game. Wouldn't it be amazing to be acclaimed for some of the lowest class sizes in the region and already be adhering to a law before it's even enacted? So far, the pancrest response has been encouraging as we had had commitments from the administration at these meetings and members of the board to maintain at the elementary levels. No cuts there this year. But that can't be the only measure. We know the budget is tight and curriculum dollars are at a premium, but we cannot let logistics become an excuse for inaction. On behalf of PA, I am proposing three specific actionable strategies to begin reducing class sizes starting next year. First, a trigger response plan. Don't wait. Plan now. How to respond?
010We propose a tiered system where exceeding a cap immediately triggers support. This isn't just about hiring a new teacher. It's about guaranteed help for students. So for the first level or the first step, if a class exceeds the caps that you believe in by one or two students, put in a part-time instructional aid at least for the core subject areas. A level two response. If a class exceeds by three students, the district must authorize a new section and provide or provide overage stipens to a teacher for the increased grading or planning workload. Note, we need to prioritize our highne schools first as research shows students in lowincome and early grade settings benefit most from smaller groups. Also, areas of higher social emotional need should have realistic plans to address their heightened needs. And what do
011I mean by that? We have schools that your administration can tell you have higher need populations within them. So, those same caps should not apply across the board to how many is a good number in a classroom. If there's a lot of um you know social emotional different needs in that school setting, they're going to need even smaller class sizes is what I mean by that. Also press on with Pancress positives. We don't always need new programs, more people, more money. We need a strategy for implementation. We support Superintendent Ford's idea of a joint union and district time and space audit to identify underutilized areas and plans for better utilized resources both of staff and materials. Plan with teachers and administrators as a team to create innovative uses of our staff and our resources. We
012have been working together recently to adapt our elementary schedules to get more time for planning and collaboration. So that's just one example of what we can do when we work together. Second, and I've been saying some ideas about this and I think it's time that we just jump on it and get some things going. Find postsecary pre-experience programs to pilot at the high school level. Our career and technical center is outstanding. I have a daughter that's product of it and I love it. But we and I know we also have a large financial commitment to this group. However, there are programs that they just can't offer and there are penrest students who just don't get in. Why not offer some of the other programs at the local high school to those who didn't get in?
013Why not offer some of them if they're priv like maybe something that's a prerequisite or an elective class that would help prepare them for that path they want for postsecary. One near and dear to my heart that I've heard about and I'd like really to see in penrest is the educator rising programs. Why wait for the votech? Let's start our own elective in each high school or even resurrect the child development course that we already have in our course of study and morph that into some of the programs and things that are available through educator rising. We know there's a shortage of teachers. Why not grow our own out of penrest students who have an interest in that area? Or let's go to our manufacturers. We have some of the most amazing companies in the
014penrest attendance area. Why not go to them and find some kind of cooperative thing that we could run in our high schools? Give our juniors and seniors maybe an opportunity even to do on-site learning co-op type agreements. I just think there are so many ideas out there that we have not tapped into that we could do at our own schools. And I saw nutrition here tonight. I'm even going to mention them. Maybe there's something we could partner with them for our kids. Like my daughter, she went in a food service direction. Maybe there's something we could pilot within our schools that get those kids some electives, some experience, some pre-ervice things that aren't available just at our vote. I think if we think outside the box, talk to our community and find out what um
015opportunities could be there and what needs, I think we can move forward and in a positive direction. All of these are just some ideas and there are many more out there. Find elementary programs and exploration avenues. Having other learning activities for our elementary students can help with class sizes. Students could rotate to extended learning programs and leave only a portion of the uh class back at the regular classroom while part of them rotate out to some of these extended learning programs. And many of these things, I mean, ask your staff for ideas, but they could be extensions out of what you already have with your art, music, technology teachers, fizzed teachers, and more. The only response we can afford to make to what I'm saying tonight is no response. We We were known, Wait, I'm
016sorry. We know the district is attempting to look into the feasibility of class sizes and caps, but respectfully, our students can't wait for a feasibility study. We need to act now. A classroom over capacity isn't just a workspace issue for my members. It's a safety and an equity issue for this community. When a room is overcrowded, the quietest students, the ones drifting or struggling in silence, are the ones who fall through the cracks. We are essentially asking our teachers to perform triage instead of instruction. Today, we aren't asking for acknowledgement. We're asking for a concrete roadmap, a set of directions from this board to tackle class size head on. Thank you. Next we have cafeteria budget presentation with Katie Baldwin, regional manager with nutrition. >> Thank you. I brought Nicole with me. >> Uh Nicole
017is your director of food nutrition. So, she's your your boots on the ground here at Penrest and she does a fantastic job and I just wanted her to share a little bit about what's been happening this school year because we have some really exciting things to share with you about the budget and it's all in large part to what she has been doing with uh Jason's help. So, do you want to tell them a little bit about the things we have >> so far? >> So, just recently we had a smashburger event at Sagertton High School. We received um ground beef from a local farm, Dun's farm, and they actually used Oh, I should have started that sentence. A slaughter house also in Cochrington. That was the one secretary knows and was very excited about
018that. Um it was a huge hit. We've also implemented um whole milk at lunch at all of our elementary schools and high schools. Here we have Nova Marvin. She's a senior at Maplewood and she's very excited for her milk. And then I also just recently did a bring a friend to breakfast event at all of the elementarymentaries, really all the schools, but we highlighted it a lot at the elementary schools. Um, Cambridge Elementary averaged about nine more students. Um, Sagertton Elementary averaged 60 more students a day at breakfast and Maplewood Elementary averaged averaged 26 more um, students at breakfast. And whoever won the most or had the most particip participation raise got a dip donut breakfast. And that day at Sager tunnel elementary we had over 300 students come to breakfast. And at Maplewood we
019had almost 400 which is almost the entire population of the school. It was crazy. Kids were like can we take 10? Like please don't please don't do that. >> Yeah. I don't think your teachers are going to like. So yeah they bring a friend of breakfast promotion. So every year there is a national school lunch week and a national school breakfast week. So, we always try and do something really fun in March for National School Breakfast Week. And Nicole and your hourly team just did a great job encouraging those kids to come in for breakfast. We really want to encourage breakfast, especially leading into PSSA testing. We want to make sure kids are fueling those bellies and filling them up before they start all those really important tests. So, that was a a big success.
020And as you can see on this next slide, the average daily participation, all of the hard work of your of your staff, uh, and your, you know, all of your teachers and Nicole and Jason has really paid off. So this year alone, uh, we are serving roughly 90 more breakfasts a day and roughly 65 more lunches on every single day. So that's fantastic compared to what we had budgeted going into this year. And all cart sales are up about $100 a day. you Nicole and Jason have done some really fun things like milkshake day which is a huge hit. I think that's their favorite. Uh you know we started a Tik Tok soda popup. So just something that's it's a special treat. It doesn't happen every day but it's something fun for the kids to
021look forward to and um and just lighten up the you know the school day a little bit. The third dot on the right that's your budget for next school year and it does reflect an anticipated 2 and a half% decline in enrollment. So that's why it just kind of dips a little bit. We are hopeful that that doesn't happen. Um each 1% drop in enrollment is worth about $15,000 in reimbursements. So we don't want to see that. But if it happens, we're prepared for it. The next slide that's the big rectangles. Uh I love this one. You see those big green boxes? That's your reimbursements going into next school year. So you can see the budget for this year on the left compared to the budget for next year on the right. that is pure
022uh participation gain going into next school year. We did not plan for an increase because we don't really know what that'll be until closer to July. So, uh it should be hopefully up even more once we get those numbers. So, that's a great thing to see. And then the slide nobody likes to see is the expense slide. This is my um my pie chart. And I'm just going to say your labor is eating most of your pie. So, uh some of that is normal wage increases that happen with your union contract. And then some of it is your insurance costs. So right now we're at about 52% of all of your expenses roll into your labor budget. And then 38% are rolling into food. Those are your two big ones. The rest is things like
023paper and cleaning, um the cost of uniforms and office supplies and those kinds of things. Okay. So nothing too crazy there. We did budget a 5% increase in food and a 7% increase in paper going into next school year. This is partly because of if you if everybody knows the pyramid turned upside down, right? So nothing has affected the national school breakfast and lunch program yet. Um but typically what happens is is the those guidelines are based on the dietary guidelines for Americans. So there is real potential for the guidelines to change and that could affect your food costs going into next school year. So we put a little cushion in there just in case. And we also put some cushion in there because I here's a funny story. went to Tennessee for vacation and
024on the way down it cost me roughly $50 to fill the gas tank. The way back it cost me $44 to fill half the gas tank because gas jumped over a dollar in those four days. Uh so we put a little cushion in the budget because as gas prices go up other things go up along with it. And so you'll see that here in the next two slides we talk about how it stacks up. So what we're anticipating in revenue, we're anticipating about um 1.8 in revenue. This is based on the meal participation that we are seeing right now in this school year minus two things. One, the decline in enrollment of about two and a half percent. And two, the decrease in operating days. So in last year's budget, it was 180 breakfast days,
025179 lunch days. This year, your school calendar shows 178 breakfast and lunch days for 2627. So that does affect your revenue coming in next school year. And then we are continuing that partnership with FCCA. They purchase meals from the district and um they're a really great partner. Okay. And then your expenses are looking at about 1.9. Again, we put five on pay on food, I'm sorry, and seven on paper and cleaning. We did apply the wage rate increases that are in your unit contract as well as insurance costs. And then um one thing that's not included here that you can kind of hopefully chop off the top of this expense is there's about $50,000 more in USDA commodities than what we can credit you in the budget based on how the program is written. So
026and again this district is build based on actual usage not budgeted amounts. So if we if those rates don't go up the 5% on food that's savings to all of you and that's what we're hopeful for. Okay. So this is where we're um this isn't a very conservative budget. I always write those. We like to plan worst case scenario so that we are prepared. The worst case scenario would be a loss of 116,000. We want to do better, right? That's never okay for a district to look at that and go, "Sure, it's great. Let's go with it." Right? U sometimes that's unfortunately the reality, but let's see what we can do about it. Right? So, one thing we're doing is we are going to do summer feeding this year in Penrest through the district. And
027we're super excited. This is like really good news. We are actually going to do a fiveday meal pickup at all of the elementary schools this summer. And so that gives the your community the opportunity to really, you know, cushion their their refrigerators and their cupboards for those kiddos. I know for me, my kids were eating me out of house and home last year. I think I bought milk every other day. So, I'm really excited. I can't wait for the summer feeding program. So, watch for more information about that. As I mentioned, USDA commodity. there's roughly $50 to $60,000 not included in the budget just because of how the state makes us do it that we know we're going to get. So that's um going to cut your food expense down quite a bit. We did
028not put in a reimbursement rate increase because we don't know what that could look like. This year it was around 2% and if we get the same 2% next year it's worth roughly $33,000. And then if your enrollment doesn't decline, like I mentioned before, every 1% decline in enrollment is worth about $15,000. So, if we can maintain our enrollment here going in the next school year, maybe finally get that COVID boom uh in the kindergarten classroom, we'll be really in in a good place. So, other things that we can do, so labor management, we're going to work really hard to just continue to evaluate your kitchen's efficiency and productivity. As I mentioned, it's the largest chunk of your pie. So, we want to make sure that we are being as efficient and productive as we
029can. This includes cross trainining and developing your staff so that they can grow up through the ranks and make sure that we're doing a really good job caring for your kids. The other thing in meal participation, just maximizing our usage of USDA. We want to revitalize our adult sales. Right? You have a ton of teachers and staff here. Uh, you know, we offer a really great program. Let's see if we can loop them in and create a little revenue stream there. And then in our food cost, just making sure we're educating our students on decreasing plate waste. You know, we never like to see food go in the garbage. So, making sure we're talking to kids about what do they have to take on their tray and what do they what can they decline if
030they'd like to and just being good stewards of the food that we offer them. >> All right, and that's it. Can I answer any questions? >> Yeah. What's a turnover rate for um your labor force for cafeteria >> here in this district? It's not bad at all. Most people like you always have those ones who start the job and go, "This is not what I thought it was going to be." You know what I mean? This is harder than I realized. Um, but most of the time once they're in, you guys have a great pay rate. You know, you have a really great welcoming staff. So, for the most part, our staff stays on for a good period of time. You always have that little bit of like one or two in and out, but
031nothing compared to some of my other schools. Yeah. So, >> how about um have you ever considered having food preparation for shutins as having some revenue come in? because I know a lot of seniors who are shutins are having a hard time finding food that's really that >> h interesting >> and it's I mean it would be a big undertaking getting it started but >> it's a possibility. >> It's something I'd have to look into and see how that would work federally. Um but yeah, I'm certainly it's something I will consider and look into for sure. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Anything else? All right, fantastic. Thank you all very much. Enjoy your broccoli salad. >> I have just a couple items. Um the first one that you'll see under new business
032um tonight, the Demopar agreement. Um we had discussed at the last finance um committee and I just wanted to make sure after the discussions um um Jordan's firm did look at the actual contract um and so um so I just wanted to make sure there was no additional questions. I know we spent quite a bit of time on last time but I just wanted to make sure that the second one is a probably a little bit of a source of frustration for me. I want to talk about PSBA uh membership and it's not on there for a vote tonight. It's on there for a discussion. So the the current membership at PSBA they have had a situation right now if we paid for their all access package which what is what we've been paying for
033it would be $16,53 plus um we we pay for board docks which is an additional 2,000. So, it's about $18,000 um that we pay for PSBA. Um so, just a couple things. They have they've had a disagreement with Board Docs and they have transitioned to a new u company called Keystone Agenda. Um in Keystone Agenda, they have put on the agend put on their dues on their pricing list. Um I I have a problem with I have a little bit of a problem with that in the sense that from what I understand they're giving um and I and I haven't verified this piece although I think it's accurate that they're giving like if you do this you'll get some of the policy maintenance. So essentially what I what I've researched is that we could go
034for just the policy maintenance because one of the issues we have is it's the only organization out there where we get updates on policy that we know from a legal perspective that we need to do. All right. Naturally, um Jordan and his firm look over those after we as a as a team make any recommendations and it comes over. Um so we could actually lower our cost in that, but it would still be um about 6,000 about $8,000. And so, um, I'm bringing this up because the other thing that's happened is they've been cancelling the trainings that they've had scheduled, um, throughout the state and they have just been arbitrarily cancelling those um, changing the numbers. And so things that they say is a benefit isn't being had as a benefit because they're going in
035a different direction. If you want my opinion, um I believe they are strictly becoming an advocacy group and and they're having the districts pay for that advocacy and there's there's there's probably some value potentially for that too. But um we also have um other other ways to advocate including our professional organizations. Both Kristen and and and the one I'm involved in both are part of that. Um, matter of fact, Patty's uh going down on May 5th to be part of the advocacy day down there just because of I have a medical um thing to deal with that day. So, if Patty's going down and so we do do things like going to the capital, I'm going later in June to be advocacy on some other issues. So, um, the other thing that I I just
036Jordan and I have talked about there, there's probably not a way that Jordan's firm could stay up. Real big items you you could tell me and say, "Hey, we need to look at this policy." Right. >> We We're up to date. >> Yeah. Yeah. We're up to date. >> We have to be, >> right? >> So, the other question is like, >> don't ask me for my opinion on PSBA. >> Well, that was going to be my question. I mean, with all the schools you represent, wouldn't you guys be up on policy? >> Yeah, we we are, Fred. I mean, so I'll just Sorry to steal the microphone from you. >> Go ahead. Go ahead. >> You know, PSBA over the years has uh become what it's become. And now the thing about the board
037docs issue that's going to become a newsworthy issue is that they are removing again policies from board docs and claiming a copyright on the policy. We had a lawsuit about that issue um last year for a couple school districts where our position is they don't have a copyright over the policy. Um, there's a well-known Supreme Court case that says that no one can copyright the law. And so what they copyright is their template form. That's it. And so they're trying to bully school districts into using their platform, claiming, well, if you don't use it, we're going to take down all your policies because we own them. That is not true and that's inaccurate. So you know, we're up to date. We actually provide our own memos out to our school district clients. I mean, my
038firm represents currently uh 30 or 40 school districts um combined. So, you know, >> that's where I was. That's where I was headed. >> But so, that's where I was headed. I I wanted to see um where the board stood with this and moving coming up with options. The biggest one utilizing Jordan and his firm potentially for that. I just I'm not seeing the value and that's really even changed even during my time. I saw them as as a better value, but it's really switched here in the last what four or five years. Um and so I just wanted to make sure the board was aware before um I come back next month and have have an idea on on this. So that's kind of what that's where I'm at. >> So you're suggesting not
039even using their new their new Keystone agenda? No, we could we could still use board docs if we wanted to. Um because they change they've changed their name to diligent and so they're going to have a and from what we're being told is the policies that we've had in there we're allowed to keep. And I think you were getting that. Well, we um you know what happened with the lawsuit that I referenced is PSBA sent cease and desist letters to two of our school districts. Um essentially saying because you don't want to be in PSBA, you can no longer use anything. And so we sue them in federal court and um the result that they had intended to receive didn't occur. And so this is the same thing. It's just repackaged into trying to use
040Keystone Agenda um rather than Board Docs. But Board Doc, here's the thing. They're picking a fight with the wrong person. Uh Board Docs is a national company. So, they're looking at it just towards Pennsylvania. But I mean, docs represents thousands of public and private institutions that need to maintain their minutes, their agendas, all those things online. And so, I'll be sitting back and watching. Uh, we're already getting involved with some folks that have received those nasty grams from PSBA. Uh, and so stay tuned. It was a it was a big discussion at our last superintendence meeting looking at this and the frustration that um a lot of people are having. So I I I thought that was important enough to put on here as a discussion item here this this evening. And uh and there's
041still some work to be doing because I want to make sure that our our current and and docs, you know, going back with our agendas and all the minutes that we have copies of those and that we're prepared if we would go in that direction. So that's kind of that's kind of what I'm to do over here the next month. So, okay. Any other qu any questions or concerns? All right. Moving on. I believe we are up to the education report with uh Mrs. Phely. >> Sure. We have several items for approval tonight. I just give you an overview. Our program studies are up. There's not many changes in there. We've added financial literacy and global science courses to the high school. um program of study and adjusted health and fifth ed courses to align
042with the credit requirements for the adjusted courses there. Um we've also added the Latin honors language that we've been talking about and the how the policy change. So that language is in the uh program of studies as well. For the elementary, we added cursive writing and updated admin changes in there. And um PCA just had some minor introductory language changes. Otherwise, it's the same as it was last year. Um, our ELA curriculum is up um for grades 6 through 9. We talked about that last month. Um, we're recommending a six-year renewal of the Sabbath ELA. Um, it saves us over the course of um the adoption $264,772 going with the multi-year agreement. Um there's a lot of benefits to that. We've seen growth in grades um in the high school platform using that. All three
043of our high schools are in the blue showing growth um with our PE bus data exceeding the state guidelines in growth um more than showing more than a year's worth of growth and we feel very confident in sticking with the status model moving forward. We feel it's a good a good >> one one of the things after because there were some questions at the last meeting. we went back and I I said let's dig in and look at the data because you know the data so there's there's two types of data you look at you look at um what what students scored on the test and then you look at growth data uh the PE boss growth data with the with our seventh eth and ninth graders has been as anywhere from 84% am I
044right on that >> 82 to 91 which she's referring to blue is is either a dark blue or a light blue. A dark blue means you've you you exceeded the one years of growth at a very high level. The light blue is still exceeding growth at a very at a level not quite as high as the blue. Then you it goes down there. So there's a color chart in PEOS. And so um when we when we looked at that, you know, I think it was um it was good. The other thing to keep in mind is we have the new mandate for the the structured uh literacy that believe that that begins in 2728 and um we have to utilize the curriculum that's on the PTE website which SAVIS is a part of and so
045looking at the other other reading on there um I would I would endorse um the SAVIS um at this time based upon some additional research after some after our discussion last month. >> We also have student travel um Cambridge High School robotics going to Colorado, English High School History Day to Scranton and the high school teams to Maryland for nationals. Then we have some local speakers coming, several of them to our schools on a variety of topics and books that will be used by Ellen Bay. She'll be coming into our schools to speak. Most of them she have has authored herself. Um and then Aminga Solutions app as a free pilot that Cambridge High School is piloting to use in their PBIS um program. It's a free pilot for the rest of the year just
046to see if the data is something that is useful or a process we want to look at moving forward. And then we have um segregation elementary is getting rid of some outdated textbooks and resources and by policy that has to be board approved. And we have stu two students that are in an out of district placement that are being recommended for graduation. And then we also have our annual student assistance program um agreement up for approval. That's all I have. Any questions? >> Yeah. SAS, what's uh the history behind SAS? >> As far as by history, it's a our current ELA curriculum that we've been using for the past I think it's five years we've had them. Um and the teachers, we went out to the teachers and asked for their input when we before
047we went and got the quote from the company and they've been very happy and satisfied with the resource. Um we have been talking with other textbook companies as well and they don't measure up on the um clearing house to what SAVIS does. They're not many of them are not on the the Pennsylvania accepted programs that are coming out in 27 28 that you have to use. So, um that's why we're recommending SAVIS. >> So, the state's kind of mandating what? >> Yeah, they have a list of like seven or eight that are acceptable currently. The list is growing, so there could be more on it come next year, but SAVIS has been on there. We're on there. They were early on the list with a high rating. Um, it's uh a company that we have
048experience with. We use them not only for ELA, but we also have them for our social studies as well. They're our social studies company as well. >> Seems to be doing really well with 78 uh 91%. Is there a math equivalent? >> There is not a math equivalent at this time. I asked actually we use >> we have status for math but the growth isn't the same. >> The growth isn't the same for the program. >> No, it's not working. >> The teachers actually like it that >> Yeah. >> It's It's tough though. I did some history on it and and I saw some I mean >> I'm trying to look deeper into this Sabbath and I just >> I got Google only puts out what they want to put out and I saw some
049stuff I didn't like and then I went to Facebook for my last research and out of 25 teachers 20 of them there was only 25 20 of them said they didn't like it. >> So I was I was just curious about this whole program. I'm looking at the the numbers here. It looks good. I mean, >> yeah, I we like I mean, there's not one perfect program. There's not. We we we supplement and use things and make it our own sometimes in a way. Um Deb uses it with complete fidelity. Um and you I like my my juniors, there's no way we can get through everything. It's two volumes. It's huge. >> There's a lot of rigor. >> It's a lot of rigor. It lines up very very well with our PSSAs. Um we've we
050we do we like it. It's we've looked at others. I've worked with other teachers across the state and talked with other teachers across the state. And like I said, there's no one perfect, but um we've been very happy with it. >> They're also including with this adoption some additional resources like grammar that we didn't have with the prior adoption that I know the teachers are excited to have added to the the workbooks. >> The books that are being removed, is there a space problem? Um because some of them says classic literature. I don't know how that gets outdated. So I was just curious what the motivation was to remove them. >> You want to speak to that? >> Um well a lot of it's outdated. It's not necessarily a space problem. It's just >> Well,
051why not just leave it if you don't have a space problem? It says classic literature on the list. I don't understand how that gets up. I I think those books were uh basil readers from >> No, there's a reader on there, but there's other books that say classic literature. I was just curious. I don't know why we take them out of their space. And >> is it where is it just wear and tear of the books? >> Yeah, I mean they're not a good they're they're pretty old. I mean I they haven't been used since I've been here anyway, but they're they're probably a good 25 years old at least. And they're they're not current resources that the teachers are using. Because our science, one of ours is our science that that we are not
052using at this time. We're using mystery science. We went with districts mystery science. Our science books were so old that they were outdated. They did not have the correct information that would could be studied now. >> Yeah. I wasn't questioning the science. >> Is it is it is it classical in the name only? >> It's it's in the Basil series. So it it would be a textbook. >> Yes. >> An older textbook. It wouldn't be necessarily a piece of classical. Um cuz I think I think Yeah, I think I Is that Am I accurate on that, Aaron? >> I just want to make sure because if that's the case, >> the copyright dates like 1995, >> right? But it's it's an actual textbook that's older. It's not >> older than that. I mean, I'm just
053saying if you don't if you have space and there's no problem with them, just leave them there. But if you need space, that's a different thing. >> If it doesn't follow Lucy, then we have to follow the book. >> Ready? We're going to >> um Did Mr. Ford answer your question? >> It's fine. >> Okay. All right. We're going to continue to move on with the education report. >> That's all I have for the questions. >> Mike, did you have anything else? >> No. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, sir. >> All right. Next up is our facilities transportation. Uh with Richard, >> I just have a few brief updates for you guys tonight. Uh first is the water project here at uh Seager Town. Um we're going to begin advertising for bids this week. Uh
054we're working with Dyson Hall Engineering out of Edinburgh. Um the public bid opening is scheduled for May 7th and we'll bring that to the board uh in May with a plan construction for late June, early July to ensure that we're uh ready for the start of school. Um recently um on April 3rd, Microback completed our uh trienal, which is a three-year asbestous inspection. Uh what that does is it checks conditions of any remaining asbestous in our buildings. Um all the material that we have in our building was unchanged from our previous inspection. Um most of the abatement has been done in most of our buildings over the last five or six years. Uh with the exception of Cambridge Elementary, we still have a fair amount there. Uh but all of the uh asbestous in our
055buildings is in good condition and what's considered nonfryable condition which means it can't be crushed uh or airborne. Um, so we'll have that final report available within a week or so and it'll be published on our website for everyone to see. Um, on April 2nd, we completed our annual uh inspection of all of our uh gym uh bleachers and all of our remaining bleachers passed the inspection. Um, which is good since we still have in our elementary gyms, we still have quite a few uh wooden bleachers that are that are aging, but they're all still structurally sound. Um, also I wanted to give an update regarding the parking lot. Back in February, we had the waterline break and we've been working to navigate through that. We're still waiting on a determination from our insurance company.
056Uh, whether the claim is going to be covered under our policy. Um, but I am currently working on a um an RFP getting some bid specs together to be able to put that out to bid for this summer. So, um, lastly, we had a a public pre-bid last week at Maplewood High School with Garland Company, uh, for the wall panels, uh, for the water intrusion on the gym. Um, that so that scope of work is going to include some work here at Sagertown Elementary with removing the damaged gutters, fixing some water intrusion in the lobby area, um, and some of the metal work there. Uh, they're requesting bids back by April 21st. So, we'll be bringing that um for an approval in May as well. Um all I have anybody have any questions? >> Some
057of you here, you remember the maplewood issue out there when we were out there last year. So, that's it's it's it's been needed. So, >> it's it is and there's been a lot of work done trying to figure out, you know, water testing, you know, uh flashing, mortar. There's been a lot of money and time spent trying to fix that issue. We worked with our uh our roofing company and and designed a system that's going to to cover that area of the of the wall which should take care of the problem permanently. >> Thank you guys. >> Was that part of the Clark project that roof >> and we did all that? you weren't here. But >> I guess I've questioned our roof issue here at Sangertown >> because I've argued with our past person
058several several several times that after construction all the flashing and the gutters were junk and why it wasn't >> we spent millions of dollars. >> Why wasn't it taken care of? I still say that there's other people that should be covered. Ellen, you know how I'm I'm not saying there's certainly sometimes where the fingers get pointed at both ends, but this issue from my from my experience on it appears to be a brick wall flashing issue and a through wall flashing issue. Not >> we you can't I I can't see how you'd put that back on the roof. So, but I I I appreciate that because I I know what you're saying. So, >> yeah. Well, we've we've been fighting it for seven years. >> Yeah. >> So, >> water coming into classrooms and stuff
059because of it. Yeah. it was always >> over here. We're working on like I said some time it it they're going to put an allowance in this project to be able to start to take care of some of these issues. >> Um we're also going to work with a structural to figure out longterm the metal on these roofs here what what the right answer is. >> Okay. So >> cool. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Any other questions for Richard? >> Financial report. Kristen. >> Okay. You'll see the treasures reports, just your monthly stuff. So, we have our treasures reports. Um the dispersements for approval, budget transfers. Again, those are the same as they have been in the past. We're moving money from the budgetary reserve, which was put there intentionally to move into tuition reimbursement,
060as well as some building movements, um moving funds within the building. So, there's your budget transfers. You'll notice the career and tech center budget is on for approval. Um like we had mentioned before um their total operating budget is 5,511,62 with $715,950 for debt services for a grand total of 6,227,012. Um that the major increases of that budget was due to uh the other another program that's been in there um guidance services and social work services. So penrest share of that budget is 2,70,345. Um and then for the debt services 220,227 for a total of 2,290,572. Um and we have 210 students. So that's an increase from last year of about 22,467. Um so we're asking for approval on that. Again, that goes to all three school districts that make up the CTC. you guys
061vote on it. That's how they get their approved budget. And Prime Prooft time management solution is on for approval tonight. Again, I brought that last month to you guys. We discussed that. Uh we're currently doing manual time sheets for all of our staff. So, that will help um make our process more efficient in the business office. Um reduce payroll inaccuracies and it's super time consuming um auditing time between HR and payroll. So there is a cost associated with that but we are um offsetting that cost with other software um consolidations. So that will help streamline and make our team um more efficient. The uh 27 26 27 food service management um is on for approval. You guys have that presentation at the beginning of the meeting. Um we are going to have a finance we're
062asking for a finance uh meeting again on April 29th. um to go over more budget details. So, it's posted on the website currently. Um total revenue 60,388308, expenditure 60,985,655 for a budget deficit of uh 597,347. So, the original presentation was done on April 1st. Um so, that's currently where we're at and we're asking for another finance meeting on April 29th to go into more details of that. So, um, it can kind of have its own line item. So, we're not discussing it here. Um, so we have a time to be determined. Is there a time that works better for the board? >> That's a Wednesday. >> So, Wednesday 6:30 >> for me. >> 6:30. >> Yeah, it'll work better for me, too. >> Okay. >> If um if we end up needing an executive, can
063I back it up like I did last time at 7 meeting start? And that way I could run >> executive at 6:30. >> Do that. >> Well, >> it's got to be really important. >> And we'll go ahead and get that posted um and advertise. >> Send you a reminder. >> Um you'll notice donations on the agenda for approval. Uh Refuel agency for $1,000 for the SHs poster and sticker contest. Um Parker Hannneathan or Lord Corporation donated $1,000 for life to have at every location and a Gene Hos Pit Titusville program donated 10,000 12,000 and 12,000 to our um high schools for a program that they'll be offering at Pit Titusville. We'll be transporting students there. >> They're there now. Yes, they're there now. So, it's to help offset the transportation cost through that grant.
064And that's all I have. Any questions? >> Yeah. On the vote budget, the 200 would you say? 22,000 increase. >> It was I think it was around from last year was like $280,000 increase. >> Okay. It's not approved because it can't be approved till the school districts approve it. >> I'm sorry, Fred. What was that? >> I'm just saying it's not approved there. The tax budget is not approved because it can't be approved until the school district approved. No, it says here to directors to approve the attached. >> Yeah, we have to approve it and Connie will approve it and then >> but what I'm saying is I'm not going to approve it until I know that they've done everything that we're doing to lower the >> lower that >> because they're just passing it
065on to taxpayers who that's us in this scenario and we can't pass on our taxpayers. So, I want to make sure that they have their people in the right place and they're they can trim some fat, too. We're not the only ones that they can look at what they have and they can cut it down. I know there's room there. >> I think it's fair criticism. I talked to them and they said, "Let's wait till the summer and we'll talk about what they're doing to control cost." But I said, "Hey, we we're trying to control our cost." >> No, they can't wait till summer. They got to do it now. >> They can start doing it now. If we don't approve the budget, >> what would happen? >> They will have to approve it in
066May. >> So, we would eat it anyway timeline. They'll have to have their I believe they have to have theirs submitted in May, their preliminary and then their final in June, just like we would have that opportunity to approve it at the May meeting. >> What I was getting at, Fred, you're on that board for a reason. I I know you're going to watch this money. If you say it's good, I'll I'll approve it. I I can't say that. I mean, >> you understand? >> I have the same concerns that I have here. I think there's lots of savings all over the place. We just got to figure it out. >> And I don't know how quickly, honestly, we can >> Well, I think that it can be directed to them that we we want
067to see what we can do to reduce that budget. I mean, even if Mr. Ford calls down and says, "We're not happy with the 200 some $280,000 increase. You all need to do something about this. If they bring it down 60,000 something, >> but if it was similar to last year, did they even try? Did they just roll it over and say, "Okay, we need a little bit of an increase." Did they even try to cut >> their budget increase from last year? >> Yeah, >> they added what's the program they added. >> So, do you guys know that the educator um the educator teaching program that they're starting this year? I believe Kristen is >> Yeah, I just have it as other CTE programs. If you look up here, this is a comparison. Um,
068can you scroll to the expenditures, Patty? >> Yes. >> I was getting there. >> My question Oh, sorry. >> No, that's okay. So, if you you can see on these line items where their increases and decreases were, but it's a fair assessment to ask for additional details on those programs. Some of those um are just your normal teacher increases in salary and benefits. Um, but those higher cost ones, we could certainly ask for additional information. >> Well, if you look for uh like office of director, it went up $17,000. Office of principal went up, you know, 20 something,000. >> Uh, just little things like that. What why did what was those increases in that office? >> Most of it is healthcare and wage increase. the same as ours. >> But the way they're >> little
069line items, >> their budget is not near as detailed as yours. >> You can ask for more detail. >> You look at that. What? Like you said, what what is that? >> Other CTE programs. What What's that? >> Yeah, Mr. Ford just said that's the >> That's the new That's the new program. >> I Okay, but we're supposed to approve a budget. What is it? What am I approving? So that's the the I can tell you that that one is I'm not sure I can tell you the other ones, but that particular one I can tell you. Um >> I just picked one out of the line item. >> Right. You just picked the one I knew. >> Oh, you sent me a text message. She picked this one. I said, "All right." So if
070you look at that that number compared to the overall increase in their budget now now that comes down um under what was the total increase >> for our yeah our >> overall >> it was like 280,000 of your total budget. >> So roughly roughly you have about 120,000 left. So that's so that is a big part of the increase this year I guess is what I'm trying to say. >> Yeah. Well, just like the guidance service went up $91,000. >> Correct. >> Like why? >> What's up with that? >> See seems to be a lot, >> you know? I uh >> I went I'm just asking those questions like we're beating our people up and they're doing a great job. Is anybody beating them up or are they just going, "Oh, let's add this and
071they'll do that." I I'm asking the question, Frank, that's >> No, I'm with You're on the board, buddy. >> I'm trying to learn it, but I'm with you. I um when you divide out our costs um per student, it it's almost like $20,000 per student. I have that figured >> right. That That's >> Yeah, but that's on top of what we paid for the student. So we're paying almost $50,000 >> for the vote. >> Christian wouldn't agree with it, but if you divide if you just divide it out >> I mean it's not accurate >> to go to the vote which I love the vote but >> Oh I do too. >> It's an expensive >> I love the proposition. >> I would like when we move forward with some of our items that um
072I think the board intends to move forward with. I think some of these items can be in-house. Um, and I'd like maybe a almost an allocart look at the vote and if that is a cost savings. Um, you say the CTE is the teacher education >> pipeline. The CTE program is the new program. >> That's the new program. >> Oh, that's that's a new program. >> Yeah. >> Is there we have a lot of tech in our buildings that uh and that's one thing I think we have a good asset of in our buildings to be walker but we have a lot even Mr. Brown, I believe, I remember listening to that years ago before I was even on the board. Is uh are some of these programs um >> I said >> cost effective
073to do inhouse? Uh I don't know. Or >> that would be perhaps something that is looked into. Um >> I mean I still say we could get a hold of uh the Haw Foundation. They did a nice building up in Mil Creek doing stuff at Pit Titusville. I mean there's no reason we don't have the space in one of our high schools to do something. I I know it's been discussed before and I agree with >> programs. Yes. Welling a lot of the shop I mean I >> 20 years ago into the CAD program uh >> yes >> and I think we have an opportunity here with some of the steps that the board's going to be taking to look at that uh as a costbenefit analysis. >> Well, it's could be a revenue because
074we can bring students in from others. >> That's what uh you can't get in no vote. >> That's one of the areas that we're going to look at. >> Yeah. And and >> what's that? >> Mrs. Miller brought up a a teacher education program. I just Googled it real quickly in your speech. You know, just things for us to look at. >> Same thing. >> The same one. >> Same ones. >> Again, uh I I I I would like that to be more than just board talk. >> I really would. I've walked the buildings. I see the tech sitting there. Uh I would I see what our students are capable of. I see, you know, Mr. Sternan and stuff he can do. Sure. >> I remember my teachers. Uh >> I like the tech. I
075think it has a great but I wonder if some of this can be in house >> like auto mechanics, diesel mechanics, all that belongs down there. They have the facility to do it. >> I know we've tal we've discussed it many times over at this at this level. >> But I think we have to get serious about >> to keep our schools thrive or help our schools thrive. >> So if we table the vote when you're perhaps suggesting or voting no. Um >> I would like more pressure. I'd like more clarity because I see like it's a new program. I understand that's going to be an added cost. If you're starting a program that's an added cost from last year, >> but go ahead. >> But does it have to be that big of an
076added cost right off the bat? Is it to set it up? I mean, they're very vague on what they're or you know, what the money is going to. But like the two office, you know, there there's what almost $40,000 there that went up. Why I think it would be appropriate to have the uh the votech treasurer or director come and make a presentation. >> Well, the business manager that he he presented the budget. He he does a really good job. He can answer the questions. So, that's a great idea. >> Yeah. I'm I'm not doubting anybody. I'm just I before we vote on it, we're we're beating up our people. I think we need >> There's a meeting on Wednesday, I believe. >> Yes. meeting on Wednesday that um naturally we we can take back
077and do a special meeting. >> Could we do this at the finance meeting? >> I was going to say combine it. >> Can we combine >> the finance meeting? Maybe we can additional details from the Votech. You're talking a voting meeting with that. >> Well, I was just talking about having a little bit of that presentation since this is budget related. It's over $2 million. It's a it's a large line item in our budget. Maybe we can have them come in and present, give additional details that'll help you guys understand and we can go from there with them and then that way we're ready to vote in May. >> Excellent. >> I don't think we need to have another voting meeting unless I talked to the business manager and he says that they need it
078by a certain deadline, but I think they fall under our deadline. Again, CPCs are a little different than ours. Um, but I'm pretty sure they fall at the same deadline. So, he would have to have his preliminary done in May. So, that would still leave us time to vote in May. in place. >> Well, I think I think your comment is spot on that we have space in all these school buildings and yet we bought another building that's well >> oh the botto got >> and so I asked the question has anybody ever suggested using our our other facilities never come up a page and and I don't understand that >> I never thought about the timing of specific I mean they're trying you expand. So, so and understand Jordan can't because he's the solicitor
079both he can't make any comments on on so I guess my question is this Ryan presented that budget to our three representatives >> right >> um is that do we need him to come up and do another presentation or do we just need to ask specific >> I think it's I think all his questions are fair and I think it's appropriate during the next finance So when when he presented it to you guys, was it more detailed than what we're seeing? Cuz we either want that or he needs to make it even more detailed than when he gave it to you. >> It uh honestly it seemed like all the decisions that are causing those costs for me before we were down there. So um trying to reverse it. >> Yeah. Cuz you kind of
080got it on the tail end of it, right? >> So that's kind of where we're at. time of time that so as your solicitor I also have a duty to clarify the record and that's just not true. >> It absolutely is true. I've only I've only been down there. Wait a minute. >> Well, don't call me a liar because I've only been down there three meetings. >> I'm going to finish my sentence. >> You go right ahead. I don't appreciate what you just said. >> I don't appreciate you misrepresenting what happened at the meeting. >> I didn't misrepresent. >> What happened at the meeting is Ryan Smith, the business manager, >> gave a great presentation. >> He did. I told him he did. And after that, I met with them, which you weren't present for.
081>> He gave a lot of detail, Fred. I >> I didn't say that. >> So to come up here and act like there was no details >> given about the budget is not a true statement. >> That isn't what I said. >> Well, I'm going to correct the record. >> Well, I didn't say it. So I don't know what record you're correcting. >> I'm correcting the fact that you're you're insinuating that this discussion didn't occur at the JOC meeting. This is absolutely I'll make it very clear. When we got down there, when we got down there, these decisions about adding the new program, all that had already been made, we were simply getting a briefing on the decisions that have been made. >> Where were you at the meeting? You could ask any questions you
082wanted to. >> I chose to talk to them after the meeting and you can verify. We we had a discussion about how the expenses are growing. We're concerned here at Pancress with expenses and I wanted to talk to them about expenses and they said, "Okay, let's have a meeting and we'll talk about it." You weren't present. Look, you can be a budget hawk all you want, but you have to tell people what happened. I sat there at the meeting. Patty was there as well. So was Mike Jossi and so was Reverend. >> I'm not misrepresenting anything that happened. I said he gave a good presentation. I agree with that. >> He did give a good presentation. >> Okay. But I'm not saying >> in order to get answers to the questions to happen here at
083the finance meeting is perfect. I'm not trying to to start anything major here, but I do have a duty of a $2 million budget to just without the knowledge of it to just say, "Okay, I count on these three for the input." I haven't got the input that I'm looking for. And I'm not doubting you, Jordan, or anybody. And I'm sure he'd give a great presentation. I unfortunately wasn't there to hear it. That's I'm not >> I'm sure if you asked him to come, he'd be more than happy. >> Yeah. And that would be great. >> Have your questions ready. >> Yeah. But I just want to know, we are checking our we have we are checking everything we're doing here to make sure we're as lean and functioning as we can be. >> Are
084they doing the same? >> I would say and that's that's a question I have to answer. >> Well, you're for both of us. Well, I can't answer it because I attended the public meeting where Ryan Smith did say that's what that's where I have the problem with this discussion is because I know that the business manager did go through the budget >> and he has all the detail and they did look to trim the Fed. So to to sit here and say like that didn't occur as well and I'm not saying that you did that Tim but all I'm saying is that you know that was a public meeting that took place >> and the information that's being conveyed in this discussion is not accurate >> and so I'm here >> and that and I'm
085going to correct the you can disagree all you want to ask uh I appreciate this I understand tempers I think we table the vote and we ask for them to come comments so that we can look at the record. I guarantee they probably did a presentation. It was detailed. I'm sure there are decisions made uh that may or may not be out of the hands of our three representatives. Those are questions we can ask. >> As of now, we'll have April 29th if we could extend an invite. Uh we can entertain a t a motion to table. Uh agenda item >> E. Thank you. >> What's next? registered citizens registered citizens. >> Any any registered citizens comment on >> I had none registered unless there's anybody in the audience that wants to talk about anything
086on the agenda >> any non-registered citizens >> agenda >> on agenda items. >> Okay, move on. minutes. >> Yep. Okay. Um we'll move into the voting meeting. Thank you to the admin team uh for their presentations on the agenda items. We'll move into the approval part. >> I'll entertain a motion to approve uh the meeting minutes. Result that the Pancress School Board of Directors approved the minutes from March 9th school board meeting as well as April 1st finance committee meeting. >> So move second. Have >> a motion to second. Any comments or questions? Okay, hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Okay, moving on to policies. Uh, I'll entertain a motion. >> We don't have to. >> No, just first reading. >> Yep. First reading. Uh, policies. I would like
087to bring up uh if you wouldn't mind entertaining me for a moment. Um sometimes we make decisions as a board and as an administrative team and it can lead to and introduce some new challenges. Uh I would like to add for first review um policy 210. This involves medication for of our students. Um what's happening is with the increase of security and the need for book bags being in lockers, it has changed the dynamic of students bringing in over-the-counter medications. And uh I think our high school students with a parental waiver or parental approval of some kind uh to allow over-the-counter meds kids I think that may also help our attendance as well. I think older kids can get over over-the-counter meds with parental approval. We have it's written for prescription but small things Tylenol
088Advil >> Bol. Yeah. Um, so I'd like the solicitor who in mind and the superintendent to take a look at policy 210. It'd be great if we could have that looked at potentially moved in for the next school board or excuse me, school year. >> Okay. >> So, it's been since 2019 policy >> and we'll look I'll look at it and Jordan we'll look at it and get back to make sense. >> I appreciate that. get back to >> Al also know that uh Jordan his office are looking at most of these policies. Some are very all is just a dane change from Patty's previous position to her new position. So I don't believe those are in there but he he will have that evaluation for the second reading too. Um so if we have
089anything there >> so we have one policy for approval. I entertain a motion uh resolve that the Penro School Board of Directors approve the following policy. Policy 2011, admission of students. >> So move. >> Second. >> Motion to second. Any comments or questions regarding policy 2011? >> Okay. Hearing none. All in favor say I. I. >> Any oppose? >> Okay. The education report. Uh this is where we start moving into consent agendas. I'll entertain a motion for the education report. Consent agendas A through H. So >> move have a second. >> Motion to second. Any comments or questions regarding the education report? >> Okay, hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Facilities and transportation report that the Penrest school board of directors approve the listed contracted student transportation drivers.
090>> Second. Have a motion and second. Any comments or questions? >> Okay. Hearing none. All in favor say I. I >> any oppose? Motion passes. Okay. Um, regarding from the committee as a whole discussion. Oh, I'm ahead of myself. >> Financial report. >> Oh, no. We're here. Yeah. Financial report. Um, I'd like uh entertain a motion that uh the Penrest School Board of Directors approve a consent agenda item A, B, C, D, F, G, and H. This is excluding the career and technical center budget. >> I I don't have an I. >> No, there's no I. I forgot to correct it on >> Okay. >> A. >> Okay. So to clarify it's A, B, C, D, F, G, and H. This is excluding career and technical pledges. >> So move. >> Second. Motion to second.
091Any comments or questions regarding those financial items? >> Okay. Hearing none. All in favor say I. I. >> Any oppose? You have to make a motion to table that one. Okay. >> So, I'll entertain a motion to table item E, the career and technical center budget. So, >> move second. >> Motion second. Any comments or questions? We are tableabling uh item E. >> Yeah, that's right. >> Okay. Hearing none. All in favor of tableabling the motion say I. >> Any oppose? Motion table >> personnel report resolve that the Pencraft School Board of Directors approve the consent agenda agenda personal L excuse me personnel items B through H second motion second any comments or questions like to say once again thank you to all those uh congratulations on your retirements present company included >> thank you
092>> UH WE APPREI ALSO TO ALL THE STAFF, TEACHERS, AND COACHES. UM, any other comments or questions? Okay, hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed? >> Motion passes. New business. I'll turn this back over to Mr. Ford. >> You You can do the result. >> Okay. All right. Result that the penrest school board of directors approve the Devipar consulting agreement for penrest rising phase one not to exceed 4,400 >> 44,100. So move motion to second comments or questions. >> Uh hearing none. All in favor say I. I oppose business passes. Okay. The school board uh we had met for executive session uh on April 1st regarding negotiations, personnel and policy. We also met for executive session on April 13th for personnel legal matters and negotiations. At this point, I'll open it
093back up to the floor if there are any citizens uh comments on non-aggenda items. Okay, seeing none, we'll move on to adjournment. Okay, reminder to the board to stick around for a short executive after adjournment. Long and short. >> A motion for a journ. >> So move. >> Second. Motion is second. >> Okay. All in favor say I. >> I.