001Yes. >> Good evening. I would like to welcome everyone back to school and to the Thursday, August 21st, 2025 business board meeting. Before we do the pledge of allegiance, I would ask everyone at the board table and in the audience to stand in a moment of silence for Matty Carter, member of the public white marsh class of 2026, who sadly passed away this past summer. Please stand. Thank you. Maddie is a valuable member of the class of 2026. We mourn her loss and we are here to support her family throughout this school year. We will now commence with the board meeting and start with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
002justice for all. The board met in executive session prior to this meeting to review personnel matters, special education agreements, and assessment appeals. Student discipline and legal issues related to students were also discussed. The meeting lasted approximately 1 hour. And now I would like to make a motion to approve the meeting minutes as presented in 3B through 3D including board business meeting. on 6925, special meeting 6:3025, and the finance committee meeting on 8425. May I have a second, please? Will. Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. This is a motion to approve financial reports as presented in items 4B through 4M for June and July 2025. May I have a second, please? Sharon. Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. This is a motion to approve the June and July 2025 treasures
003report. May I second, please? Yeah. Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. And now, are there any public comments on anything on this evening's agenda? All right. Seeing none, I will turn this over to Dr. Christ. >> Thank you, Mr. Kerno. Approval for the superintendent report items 8, 7 A, 7B, and 7 C. Board action is requested for the attached personnel changes. Appointments for promotion, employment or transfer are subject to the presentation of valid credential, employment verification documentation, and state mandating requirements. Second, please. >> Any questions or comments? All in favor? As an aside, we are excited to welcome back more than 5,400 students. The faculty has been back uh this week and the children are coming on Monday. Our bus routes are covered, our classrooms are fully staffed, and we're ready to
004begin the school year. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh Rick. Motion to approve and ratify the attached resolution authorizing the district initiated appeal of the assessed value for the properties identified as undervalued based on fiscal 2025 transfer tax reports. >> May I have a second, please? Well, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. >> Motion to approve the service agreement with Delta Troop to provide parrofessional and nursing services for the 202526 school year. I have a second. Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. >> Motion to approve the food service vendor recommendations for the 2526 school year as outlined below. Red, Morito Baking Company, Cleaning Supplies, Crystal Chemical, Groceries, US Foods, Downtown Ice Cream, Rich's Ice Cream, Milk and Juice, Swiss Premium Dairy, Paper Supplies, Imperial Dade and Pen Jersey Paper
005Company, Produce, Ed's Produce, Small Wares 11400, and Singer. >> I have a second, please. Chris, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. Motion to approve the educational service contracts as outlined below for the Nexus School, New Hope Academy, George Brothers Memorial School, um Lifework School, Vanguard School, Vanguard School, DSY, Melmark, the Timothy School DSY, Lakeside, Martin Luther, uh Fairfield Academy, Wood Services, Wood Haven Recovery, Bankraftoft, and Linda Newfal Learning Processes. >> May I have a second, please? Well, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. >> Motion to approve four settlement and release agreements due to student confidentiality. These agreements were reviewed in the executive session. >> May I have a second, please? Gail. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> Thank you. >> Motion to approve the physician dentist agreement
006for the 2025 2026 school year as presented. Can I have a second, please? Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. Uh, this is a motion to accept the administration's recommendation that the board direction is requested regarding the proposed start date of the 2627 school year. The administration is recommending that August 31st, 2026 be approved as the first day of school. And again, this is a motion to accept the administration's recommendation only for the first day of school for the 26 27th school year being August 31st, 2026. May I have a second, please? Rick, any questions or comments? All in favor? >> Thank you. Motion to approve instructors and classes for the Plymouth White Lunch High School Adult Evening School fall 2025 session is outlined below in the attached memo from Jessica Lester dated
007August 4th, 2025. >> May I have a second, please? Rick, any questions or comments? Uh Sharon is obscene because she uh teaches class. Um, all in favor? >> This is a motion to approve the separation and release agreement between the Colonial School District and employee number 102173 as presented. >> May I have a second, please? Will. Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. This is a motion to approve the memorandum of understanding between Colonial School District and Colonial Education Association regarding Danell Bratz as a teacher on special assignment. May I have a second, please? Chris, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. Uh, and now is there a solicitor's report this evening? >> No solicitors report. >> Thank you. Uh, we'll move on to committee reports. Uh, Chris Um, >> uh,
008anything for curriculum, Sharon? >> Uh, thank you. Uh, will facilities and transportation? >> Absolutely. If I'm going to pass it over to Mr. Li. >> Thank you, Mr. Winchester. Uh, good evening everyone. Just an update on the project. We're pretty much in the punch list phase. We're wrapping up the gymnasium. Uh, the painted lines are down. The last co is on. So, um, we are actually who will be on the floor with students come Monday. Um, so there just some small pieces. There's some padding for the walls and the bleachers that'll get done next week and and then the gym will be wrapped up by the middle of the following week. Um, happy to say that all the educational wings that uh part of the project gets done, auditorium air conditioning, gym air conditioning, um,
009main adjectives, all the safety added safety features uh to the project are working well. um take takes a little time I think for some people to get used to when you know that they're acting as two separate buildings but um again I I have to thank so many people but it starts with you guys the project's been a big success I think everyone will enjoy the teaching environment and and the spaces for the administrators are great um but Jim Lions here at the school custodian has done a great job uh every step of the way his entire team uh Jean Kelly and his team moving things, maintenance, getting active and and helping out the things that need to be done to help everyone. Um, it really is, it sounds a little cliche, it's been a
010team effort for for everyone. So, um, projects well um, we did engage in three roofing projects this summer. So, just very briefly, uh, the kindergarten wing at White Marsh and Ridge are completed and done 100%. And White Marsh, uh, I'm White Marsh High School. We did the locker rooms in the pool. We did uh gym dory and we did the classrooms that are attached to the factory door and that just starts the phases that we discussed earlier in the year uh at the FMT committee. Uh but all their projects are well and water type and we're ready for the start of school but a lot of people to thank like I said especially everyone in this room. Um specifically it's been great with the support of all my fellow administrators specifically Dr. Christian and Dr.
011Bites. Um but everyone's been really supportive. Um, I know I driven Mark a little bit crazy because you know things that have to go financially with the project, but I got a lot of people to thank. Um, but again, I feel really good about it personally, and I think we all should. Next month, uh, at the FMT meeting, we will review the roofing project that we reviewed in the spring, which just refresh the board's memory of what's coming in the next 3 to 5 years. Uh, I think I can speak for Joe and his team. they'll be happy uh getting back and maintaining the seven buildings that we have rather than seven buildings plus a a a major construction project. And Joe would never say this, so I will say it for him. Um we
012are very fortunate to have a director of operations who treats all of the buildings in Colombia as if it was his home. And I say that uh with the utmost respect uh for the time he puts in. uh I can call him at 5:00 in the morning or 10 at night and he addresses it or one of his team members address it. So thank you Mr. V and thank you to our team. Thank you very much. >> Yeah. Um I just have to say and add on to what Dr. Christian said, thank you to your entire team. Um, I was back and forth through the campus a lot this summer and the work that was being done was just phenomenal. I mean, everywhere you turned, there were upgrades, things being done to the outsides of
013our facilities, inside our buildings. Um, and the campus is ready obviously for everyone to return on Monday. Um, and thank you guys for really you put in the work this summer. So, thank you. >> Thank you. I'd just like to say it's very good to be on time and on budget that makes sense. So big shout out. >> And now we'll turn it over to Rick of finance. >> The finance committee met on Monday, August 4th. Uh we discussed the PA state budget uh funding prop the proposed budget as a flat funding for Columbus school district. the student Chromebook insurance program, easy school pay and 2425 budget update. Uh parents are encouraged to once again, it'll uh come up school night, but the student Chromebook insurance program was a big success last year. Um keeping
014costs down for families and for the district. Uh it's a insurance program for $30 for students or 15 if you're on a uh if you're title one eligible. the or sorry if you're free and reduced lunch eligible and it's a chance to mitigate the cost of two repairs to your uh school provided Chromebook. Also, there's been a big change or small change. We're changing from my school box to easy school pay balances will be transferred over to the new system and but just know that that is a new system that we'll be using this year for parent uh payments for lunch and I believe we can use it for uh activity fees and other things as well. And then last year's budget 2425 came in with a.3% margin of error for the math rate. Um
015so we were right on budget last year. >> Thank you. Um HR Gre um there's no intermediate unit report this evening. Um Shadow Legislative No. >> Uh any community reports? Okay. Uh, anything from the foundation yet? >> No. >> All right. Um, attached to this evening's um agenda for your information is the school athletic accounts for both PW and CMS and also the school activity accounts for PW and CMS. And now, is there any public comment? All right, seeing none, um I would just again like to take a moment to wish everyone a great start to the school year. Um our teachers and staff were in the buildings this week. Um and I want to welcome them all back and we're just really excited for a great school year and it's starting a little early
016but I think um we are ready, everyone's ready to just kick off the year. So, welcome back and look forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting in September. Anyone else? All right, this meeting's adjourned. Thank you.