001God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. May we have a roll call. Mr. Minan here. Mr. Francis Mrs. Irwin Adams here. Mrs. McGinness here. Mr. Cook here. Mr. McCully here. Mr. Romanoitz. Mr. Pacificico. Mr. Papis here. Thank you all. Thanks. Uh I'd like to announce that prior to this meeting, we had an executive session to discuss personnel issues. And now we will move on to uh a few special presentations. The first is the Judith A. Rossi Educator of the Year Award for 2425. Thank you. Um tonight I want to introduce U Mrs. Jessica Hogan. Um, Mrs. Hogan is um going to be recognized this year in June for the Judith A. Rossi Educator of the Year Award sponsored by the Delgroso family um of companies. The criteria for the award includes nominees must be
002directly affiliated with the Blair County educational community. Nominees should have made some positive impact on students, schools, or educational systems that also benefit the local business community. and nominees should be people who are genuinely reluctant to receive ACT claim for their efforts and involvements. Um, and at this time I'm going to invite Mr. Neely to come up and speak a little about little bit about Mrs. Hogan. Thank you, Mr. Foreman. Thank you, members of the board. Um, yeah, it's my pleasure to tell you a little bit more about Mrs. Hogan. Um, so Mrs. Mrs. Hogan began her career at the Stevens building, the Kimmel program, and then worked at the junior high school, and then whenever we brought 9th grade up to the high school, she joined the team here. Um, and it's been wonderful
003having her as part of the high school team. She does so much. She's uh she oversees our student council. Um, I don't know if you saw in the newspaper over the weekend, the Golden Gala, and um, you know, that was so much uh a credit obviously to our students, but also Mrs. Hogan spearheading it and making sure that things went went well. And she just does so much runs our school store. Uh so much for our students and so much for our uh for our community here. And just as a really interesting personal note, Judy Rossi, who the award is named after that that Mrs. Hogan is receiving, was one of my teachers. And I can tell you those are some big shoes. But Miss Hogan does a tremendous job. And she's she's a great
004great teacher, great staff member to have here and very very deserving. Thank you. Do you want to say a word or two? Give me the mic. Go ahead. You You've earned it. I I've never turned down a chance to have a microphone. Um thank you for recognizing me. I um am overwhelmed that I would even be nominated for this. And when they called me, I was speechless, which is not something that anyone has ever described me as. Um so it's very nice to be nominated, but I work with a a a lot of very very hardworking, deserving people. and um I've kind of feel like I'm accepting this on all of their behalf. Um I'm also the science department chair here and if anybody would ever like to talk about the rooms of the science
005department, I would be more than happy to have that conversation. Um you didn't think I was going to let that. At any rate, um I I also want to say this is year 28 for me. Um, and I've always been proud to be an Altuna teacher and I've always been proud um I feel like I bleed maroon and white and I'm a proud graduate um a few years ago I tell the kids in the late 1900s. Um but uh I I don't know how to get myself out. But anyway, uh I really appreciate being recognized and um I appreciate all your hard work here and I appreciate the opportunity to continue working here cuz um it really is I really do enjoy it and I enjoy working for this administration. Um and I've been able
006to blossom here and I really appreciate all of that. So, thank you. Thank you, Jess. I I'll just add a couple things. So, I went to elementary school with Jess. um she decided to transfer to to Roosevelt um in 9th grade. Correct. And uh you know finished out her career at Altuna and then you know continued here in the school district and we've I think we were hired in the same year. Um both taught science, both taught biology. Um she's affectionately part of the and I don't know if I can say this or not of the BioBabes, self-identified bioaves. um phenomenal group of of teachers and and they continue to embrace um new staff members that that come in and Jess has done a phenomenal job um not just as a teacher but as a
007department head and a leader in building Altuna spirits. She you know talk about wearing the A. She truly wears the A and she is a perfect example um and representative of our school district. So thank you. And they're bravely taking 50ome students to the Galapicos Islands this summer. Yeah, keep an eye on that. That's exciting for us. Okay. Go here. Wherever you think is best. I'll be a rose. Thanks. Thank you. Works for me. Okay. Um, I also want to note that Mrs. Hogan was involved with Mr. Menser's class in um planting the tulip bulbs out front. So, if you haven't noticed them, they're on this side of the Altuna Area High School. Oh, they've died. Okay. Well, they were beautiful and they were also maroon and white. So, she does truly bleed maroon and
008white. Um, next I want to introduce and well, I shouldn't need to introduce her is Mrs. Grace or Miss Gracie Giosa. Gracie, if you want to come up here a minute. So, Gracie, as you know, has served as our student representative for the board this year. Come on up here. All right. And she's done an excellent job. Um Gracie also, like Mrs. Hogan, which I didn't know, came in here came to Altuna in her ninth grade year. Um it's not always an easy adjustment for young people. Yet Gracie embraced the change and challenged herself to become integrated and part of the school community. She got involved in student activities. She was selected to serve as an Altuna area high school student ambassador and applied for and was selected to take part in the Blair County
009Youth Leadership Program. She's taken on leadership roles in student council this year, was elected as the CEO of her group at the Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week and served as the Alton area school district board of director student representative. As you know, athletically, she's been a member of our cross country team, track and field team, and the swim team. Outside of school, she serves as a caregiver for elderly veterans at her job through Veterans Affairs and Home Instead. As evolved as Gracie has been, she most importantly is an exemplified student academically. So, we're really proud. She's done a phenomenal job this year reporting on on behalf of the student body. And I'm going to allow her to talk about where she's headed next year. Next year I'm going to attend Juniata College and I'm going to
010study political science and uh legal studies. I just want to thank you all for being very welcoming and showing me like how everything gets like done. It's really interesting. So, thank you so much. Thank you. Okay. Okay, moving on. Um, do we have any citizens who would like to come up and address the board? No. Okay. Seeing none, we will move on um to item number item number four on the agenda, the minutes. So, I'm seeking uh a motion to approve the minutes from the regular board meeting held on April 14th of this year and the committee of the whole meeting April 28th of this year. Do I have a second? Would anybody like to discuss make any changes? No. All in favor, please signify by saying I. I opposed. Motion carries. Moving on under
011five we have finances. We have a list of payments that were provided to all of us. Uh financial reports which were provided to all of us. Um admin under item C administration requests uh to renew the membership with uh PSBA for the all access package for the 25 26 school year. We have the uh under D administration recommends the district maintain the $200,000 allocation provided to the Altuna area public library for the 2526 fiscal year. Under E, we have the contracted services agreement to be the set and paint designer for the drama club spring musical. uh Davy Byer at a thousand per day charged to an account with too many numbers to mention. And under F, uh administration recommends approval of the following insurance renewals for the 2526 fiscal year. Seeking a motion to approve
012items 5A through F. So moved. Do I have a second? Would anybody like to discuss anything? Sorry, it's not really a discussion. I just want to be clear. The the set and paint designer, was it just the one day that he was here? I had the same question. It says per day the one event spring. Okay. So, it's just one stipend of Okay. Okay. I I will uh clarify though that string of numbers that's the drama club account. So that's coming out of student activities and not out of the general fund. But it was for the entire It just says a thousand per day and I was like unclear about how many days he Thank you. And I would just do my Yeah. Yeah. Okay. But I just was making sure it wasn't per day
013and we didn't know the span. Yeah. That's aensible Um, just to keep in line with my regular reporting, we spent over $500,000 on cyber charter school. Um, on the list of payments that were shown and and in some cases it was for two months of tuition at different schools. Uh, the 500,000 represents 12% of the total expenses on that list of payments. And we paid 11 different cyber charter schools. And I think there's only 13 in the state at this point, but we're paying 11 of them. Uh nice sum of money as we as we saw in our budget. We we're going to approach $5 million um to cyber charter schools in spite of having our own. Um so I always just like to point that out. And with that being said, did anybody else
014like to discuss anything? All right. All in favor of approving items 5 A through F, please signify by saying I. I. Anyone opposed? Motion carries. Moving on to number six on our agenda, education. Administration recommends approval of the attached 2526 school district calendar. Under B, administration requests approval of the attached affiliation agreement between the Altuner School District and Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania. Under C, a request for approval to establish the William F. Sanki Memorial Scholarship in the annual amount of $500. Administration requests approval of the attached affiliation agreement between the Altun area school district and the University of Phoenix. Under E, uh, administration requests the approval of the Pearson View GED schedule for 2526. Under F, I think there was maybe one elementary field trip on the list for us. Under G, multiple secondary field
015trips for approval. Under H, we have our approval of volunteers. And under I, uh, we have a request for, uh, is that Tommy Nan Trom to attend rewards training of the trainers 2025 at Austin, Texas from May 27th through the 30th. Uh, the approximate cost is 1,500 will be paid from an account. Um, under J, we have multiple uh requests for secondary students uh to be expelled expel or no, I'm sorry, they're not expulsions. They're um statement of rights, waiver of hearing, and agreements. Um, under K, we do have um the recommendation uh for the expulsion of a secondary student as outlined in the disciplinary hearing. Under L, the same thing. Administration recommends expulsion of a secondary student out as outlined in the disciplinary hearing. And again under M, the same thing. The administration requests
016expulsion of a secondary student as outlined in the disciplinary hearing which we were all provided. So I'm seeking a motion to approve items A through M. I'll second. Would anybody like to discuss any of these? Yeah, it's the uh Baker Elementary uh trip is a really neat one uh to uh the flight 93. That's a Mhm. that's a good trip and I hope the kids kids unders I know the kids understand what it is but it's a it's a good trip for them. I'm going on that trip too as a volunteer chap. You'll have to report back to us at the next meeting. The the two affiliation agreements are they student teachers, Brad, or they're either student teachers or they are doing some other type of internship. um depending on if they're with our nurses,
017counselors, or whatnot, but we need to have those affiliation agreements with the universities that they're attending. Phoenix obviously is is an online version, but they need to be able to do their face toface uh uh time with with us. Okay. You might want to let the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania know that your name is Brad and not Brian. Sorry, I can do that. Nice pickup there. I'm flexible. I I just wanted to mention um I appreciate the patience in us getting our 2526 district calendar out. Um we've been working as as part of our process with our our teacher negotiations and um having a a tenative agreement we were able to to get that approved. So I think you will see uh some slight changes to our calendar in terms of the number of actual
018student days. Um, students will be attending 180 true student days beginning next school year. And that was due to our uh teacher union being agreeable to uh reallocating some time for professional development and professional learning um with some additional days um to their to their potential agreement that will be approved in in June. So, I want to thank our union and our teachers for for that agreement because I believe it's a win-win for our staff and for our students. So, thank you and I apologize for the delay, but you can start planning your vacations in time now that that is out. Thank you. Thanks. Any further discussion? Okay. All in favor of approving uh items 6 A through M. Pre please signify by saying I. I. Anyone opposed? Motion carries. We'll move on to number
019seven, personnel. We were all provided with a several page listing of uh personnel agenda items under A and under B. Um administr administration recommends approval to renew the UPMC work partners employee assistant program at a cost of $19 per member per month with a 3% increase each year thereafter. Um, seeking for a a motion to approve items 7 A and B. Do I have a second? Would anybody like to discuss anything on those two items? Okay. All in favor of approving items 7 A and B, please signify by saying I. I. Anyone opposed? I have to abstain from athletics um number C because of family members. Okay. All in favor of those eyes, please signify by saying I. I. Anyone opposed? Motion carries with an abstension by Kelly on the one. We will move on
020to number eight. Student services administr under a administration requests approval of the fee for service agreement between central intermediate unit 10 and the altuna area school district commencing April 24th, 2025. And under B, administration requests approval and agreement between Markei, Pennsylvania and the Altuna Area School District from August 1st, 2025 through July 31st, 2026. Do I have a motion to approve those two items under 8? I'll make the motion. um with the discussion the only thing I would ask is is there something that inter intermediate unit 10 does that 8 doesn't because we would typically use inter intermediate unit 8 right they don't have all right because I'm on that board so I'll ask them why why not all right I won't be on that board for long And Michelle, just to re that's as
021needed. So that would be in certain circumstances where that is required. Um not it's rare. It's it's not typical. Yeah, we have we have one and that's like uh Philipsburg and Bald Eagle that intermediate unit. State College. State College. Okay. All right. Anyone else? Okay. All in favor of approving items 8A and B, please signify by saying I. I. Anyone opposed? Motion carries. We will move on to number nine, long list business operations. Uh, administration requests and recommends the recommends accepting the pro the proposal from Bergmeers hauling for garbage and recycling surfaces services. initial estimated contract value of $138,21612 with optional 2-year renewals. Under B, administration is requesting the following repository bid received by the Blair County Tax Claim Bureau be denied based on action taken by the city of Altuna. Under C, um, the
022Blair County Tax Claim Bureau has received and is requesting approval of the following repository bids. Under D, sorry, my mouse isn't responding quick enough. Administration requests and recommends approval of the attached contract from 220 studios to provide photography services for secondary clubs and athletics for the 2526 school year. Under E, I think there were two capital reserve payments to approve. Uh under F um approval of the following C cooperative purchasing agreements for 2526 the Keystone purchasing network co-stars PE ppm uh US community source well omnia and appalachia intermedia intermediate unit 8 under G approval of the following deposiitories for the 2526 fiscal year Mnt Bank REL Alliance Bank, Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust, Pennsylvania School District Liquid Access Asset Fund, BNY Melon, First National Bank, Kish Bank, First Summit Bank, PNC, Fulton Bank, and LPL
023Financial Mnt Securities. Under H, administration requests and recommends approval to advertise a request for proposal to contract with a vehicle fuel supplier. Under I administration requests and recommends approval of the pro proposal from Mets Culinary Management for the 2526 food service management company contract. Sorry. And finally, under J, administration recommends approval of the attached security services agreement between the Altun area school district and the Greater Altuna Career and Technology Center. All right. I will seek a motion to approve items 9A through J. Do I have a second? Did I get one? Okay. Would anybody like to discuss any of these items? I'm just curious why some of those repository bids were were rejected. My understanding is the city of Altuna has some criteria that they use for accepting repository bids. Um, primarily it's the future
024care and upkeep of the property of the new owner. So, they've rejected those and asked that we fall in line with them. Yeah. Thank you. Else. Sorry. Anybody else? Okay. All in favor of approving items 9 A through J, please signify by saying I. I. Anyone opposed? Motion carries. We will move on to 10. New business. Um, the AASD athletic office is seeking approval for the Blair American Cancer Society to use Mansion Park for the Relay for Life charity walk on the following dates. Thursday, June 12th from 8:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. for setup. Friday, June 13th, 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for final setup. Saturday, June 14th from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. for the event. and they have uh provided us a copy of their insurance coverage. Um 10 under B, administration recommends
025approval of the Altuna area school district proposed final general fund budget for the 2526 school year. The budget may be inspected at the Altuna Altuna Area School District Business Office at 12018th Avenue, Altuna, Pennsylvania on Monday through Friday, excluding holidays from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 400 p.m. or on the website at ww.asdcat.com. Um, under C, uh, administration recommends the acceptance of a settle agreement settlement agreement with the PA leadership charter school. And under D, uh, motion to approve agreement with the parents of, uh, student 851178 in the district and to authorize the board president to sign any necessary paperwork to affectuate the same. Um, do we want to carve B out? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, we'll we'll vote on 10 A, C, and D. And we'll we'll save B for some
026probably more discussion. Um, so seeking a motion to approve items 10 A, C, and D. I will second. Any discussion? I I would just like to take this opportunity myself to uh share something under item D just a general observation in these cases uh that uh that we're faced with there that um I learned I learned from Mr. beard that not only when when we are involved in these cases and and in this case we that we have to pay a settlement out um not only do we pay the settlement but we also pay for the attorney of the plaintiff I guess would it be a plaintiff. So in this case, not only do we have to pay the amount, but we also have to pay for the attorney who who uh took the action
027against us. And his that that firm's fee was almost half of the settlement. So um I think it's one of the crazier things I've seen since becoming a member of a school board. But um you know for us in the taxpayers to pay uh the fees for the attorney to to essentially uh take action against us is is ridiculous but it is what it is and that's all I have to say. So um would anybody else like to share anything? Go ahead Michael. Just want to comment about the use of the mansion park for this cancer situation which has been over the years. Um I'm glad we're still doing that. I hope we can continue to have that working relationship with them. Uh whether it's kids for cancer, cancer in general, we can fight that
028dreaded disease. I'm just pleased. I hope we always continue to do this process and this events. It's very very uh positive for our district, but it's also good for the these folks that have that dreaded disease. I'm going to continue that as long as we can. Thank you. Thanks, Mike. Anyone else? All right. All in favor of approving items 10 A, C, and D, please signify by saying I. I. Anyone opposed? That motion carries. Now, moving on to item 10B. Um, I would accept a motion to approve the 2526 proposed general fund budget. Do I have a second? All right. Would anybody like to discuss hit your mic, Dave. I'm sorry. It's a general uh general fund uh uh budget. It's it's a it's a preliminary one, and we really could just pass it right
029now to 3% increase. Uh and then at our next couple meetings, we could hash out what the final uh taxation rate will be. Uh I I'm personally opposed to any taxes at tax uh increase at all. Uh we did a pretty hefty one last year. Uh we got a pretty nice increase from a generous governor and I know we don't know we're going to get this year and we right now we have a a healthy fund balance we could use use that to uh cover the deficit. uh and and you heard vow about uh cyber schools that how much we're spending on that and I don't know how much in millillage uh we are wasting in cyber school. I don't know what we have to do. I mean Val's been crying cyber school for a
030long time. The board's been crying cyber school. Other boards are saying how much that cyber school is costing them and and uh we have no results. And I think our media is doing a good job. I think he he's done enough to go out and ask about about the cyber school. So where's it landing? You know, our PSBA, which we just approved to go back with, uh has done a good job. So there's there's bills in the House, there's bills in the Senate. How long is it going to last? We need passage. We cannot keep uh funding cyber schools, but everyone and this is a pretty diverse board. It's a it's really a great board and we all have different friends. We all have different financial situations. The city and the and the county just
031raised their taxes which which they should if they needed it, but it's a pretty big hit. And uh there are a lot of retirees you like myself that uh you retired 17 20 years ago thinking that okay, I got a pretty good nest egg here. But uh everything goes up. But but but your uh you your social security, your your retirement, your sometimes your your uh uh different things are going well, your investments are going well. Sometimes they're not. But hospitalizations killing a lot of people and it's it's expensive. and to get a hit just have a nice relief from just for one year of not having a tax increase will just take the burden off some some people and that's how I feel and trust me our our people are doing a great job
032we know Sue's done a great job and Brad's done a great job honing out what we need but we just I think we raised taxes the last two or three years three out of the four years and and yeah let's let's take let's just take a break for a year. And uh I know we're going to lose this money, you know, that we're not going to raise taxes. We're going to lose this money throughout the years, but but we got to give a break somewhere. And uh not everybody is is is working. Not everybody's getting their health benefits paid. You know, there are a lot of retirees that uh that that are hurting. So, I'm just just saying that just for a year, I just like to just put a tax increase on hold. Anybody
033else? Well, I I'll I'll share my view. So, last year, I think we rose we increased by 5% I believe. Um, as anybody knows in any of my dealings, I sort of always cuz in business I just always looked at the consumer price index which in 22 by March it had gone up 8.5%. In March of 23 it went up by 5%. March of 24 3.5 March of 25 it's at 2.4%. I I would guess it'll be less than that next March. And that's sort of foundationally how I look at things. So, um, when we went to increase taxes last year, I could have tolerated 2.5%. But we went to five and not only did we get the five, but we got $3 million on top of that. And um, it's taxpayer money. And so
034when I look at this year, you got what I would have given you last year or what I or what I would have agreed to last year plus what I would probably agree to this year. You got it last year. So you got it a year in advance and I think our fund balance is at $34 million but it's projected. Okay. So um I think we projected that we might without any increase what would the loss be $1.7 million. 2.5 the 1.7 I'm projecting right at this minute is inclusive of tax. It's inclusive of the three. Okay. So, I'm I'm sort of with Dave in terms of I think it's been a rough 6 months, year, whatever it's been. It's been a rough go and people have been getting beat pretty hard and and I
035would uh my preference is to not raise taxes this year. So, I I I would be a no. I understand this is just a getting the uh the budget posted. so the public can look at it and reflect on it. And again, like Dave said, you guys do a tremendous job. We've we've you know, when I got on the board, we figured I figured that out. I didn't know what to expect, but when I look at what you guys do compared to other school districts, and when I see what our average cost per student is, I don't know whether to be proud of it or be embarrassed by it, you know, because I would love to spend more money on students. But um you guys do a tremendous job managing the money that that you're
036provided. But with a fund balance in excess of $30 million um and seeing what happened last year, I would feel like a fool if I would support another increase this year and then we get a couple more million dollars than than we supposed that we that we would get. So that that's that's where I'm coming from. So, I'm a I'm a I I I was very I've been very transparent. I'm a 0% guy. So, um that's it for me. Anybody else like to speak up? I mean, I'm also a no on raising taxes as I have been the past probably three or four years. But, um I don't care if we decide tonight what we want to do or if we wait until the next meeting because I know this is just passing it to
037get it out for the public to view. But, um, it it's probably we have to have this discussion in public, so it's probably better to just kind of hash it out and decide now. I'm on page with that, guys. Dave, Kelly, Val, I agree. I went to five last time because I knew we had some issues coming up, but I just I'm not in favor of it this time. I'm also knowing that I just it's not right, but we'll see what, you know, we'll see. But I feel the same way you guys do as well. And we're absent a couple members obviously um and they're not online, right? So we have one, two, three, four, seven, seven of us. So that we have a quorum and um I guess we could put it up for
038vote. No, this is our preliminary budget. So, this allows us to post it the So, we we'll Okay. So, all we have to do is approve the preliminary budget uh at the three whatever it is now and then uh when we come to vote on the final budget in June uh we can yay or nay the 3%. Okay. So, all right. But we have we're going to have to discuss it in June. So I don't I mean it doesn't matter, but whatever whatever we're thinking is probably how we should be looking at it. Well, you know, I don't know how I I agree with you, but I don't know how everybody else feels. And plus, like Val said, we have a few people that aren't here. So I don't see the harm of of passing
039a, you know, tenative budget. It a 3% increase. And then I think we aired it out. I think, you know, we have four right now that are against a a tax increase and I don't know how everybody else stands, but uh yeah, I I think we could just do it to do the 3% and then go there in June and uh vote it out and vote it down. Okay. So again, this vote will just be to uh approve the proposed general fund budget so it can be posted and commented on by the public and then we'll uh see what happens in in June. Um so do we take a roll call or can we just do this in I do the roll call. Okay, we can do a roll call. So, a roll call vote
040to approve the preliminary budget for posting as printed. So, Mr. Minan, yes. Mr. Francis, yes. Mrs. Adams, Mrs. McInness, yes. Mr. Cook, yes. Mr. McCully, yes. Mr. Papis, yes. Motion carries. Carries. So, we'll get it posted. Okay, we will move on to item 11. Uh, committee reports. Do we have any committee chair reports? No. Uh, board president's report? No, I don't have anything. Um, Gracie, do you have anything for us? I'm sure you do. as your parting shot. Yes. So, as we wrap up the school year, we're still remaining pretty busy. Just recently, the music department returned from their trip to Disney World. During this trip, they performed while experiencing the fun things the park has to offer. Other students got to take fun field trips to local places, including Linkings Caverns and the Horseshoe
041Curve. Students in the executive committee are set to travel to Pittsburgh for a Pirates game next week. We are very proud of the four sophomores who recently graduated from the leadership Blair County Youth Program. We are also proud of the 12 art students who were recognized at the Altuna Women's Club for high artistic achievement. In other art news, students in grades K through 12 filled the science commons this past Friday, as you can see by their art still on display. Additionally, we celebrated our teachers last week by delivering treats to them and offering them lunch on Friday. Many of the treats provided throughout the week were made by the freshman home rooms during their leader and me uh home room time. Other end of the year activities like prom, senior week, and graduation are quickly
042approaching. Prom is happening Friday at the convention center. Afterwards, some students will attend the afterglow to have a fun, safe time with friends. To celebrate seniors, the annual senior week will be held from May 19th to the 23rd. This fun week also serves as the main fundraiser for the Mountain Echo. And then graduation is set to take place on Mansion at Mansion Park on May 30th at 6. Graduates are reminded that their school Google account will be deleted by July 18th. The tech department has sent out instructions on how to save documents and other things associated with the school account. Diplomas will be distributed then the following Monday. Looking towards next year over the summer, uh like was mentioned, Miss Hogan alongside like Miss Mleier and Mr. John Blau um are going to take students
043to the Galopagos. They leave in June. And then students who need to make up failed classes or wish to take summer gym or health may sign up through the guidance office. And then in preparation for next year's cross country season, coaches James D'Angelo and Tabitha Quinn alongside cross-country runners will be hosting a summer summer running camp for grades four through 8th. Uh finally, I just wanted to thank all of you for making this year um very interesting. Like it was really cool to see uh how all of this gets done like I said up there. So thank you all. Okay. Thank you Gracie. It's been a pleasure to serve with you. your family should be very proud of you. You're quite a young lady and we wish you the best of luck. It's it's been
044terrific having you with us. We'll miss you. Okay. Uh superintendent report just real quick just want to echo uh Gracie, thank you very much for your service. Um you've done a great job representing the student body and um as she mentioned, you know, it never ceases to amaze me the wonderful talent of our students. We celebrated our teachers and staff last week. um really felt like that our students did a great job of that at each individual building as well as for the district as a whole. So, thank you again to our instructional staff which are are the heart of what we're trying to do here in the area school district and best of wishes as you head to Juniata. I know your parents alma mater, my alma mater, you'll be there with my niece.
045Um it's as far away as you want it to be and it's as close as you want it to be. So, um best of luck. I'm sure you'll have a great experience. Thank you. Okay, under item 12, um it was just for information only. Uh technology committee summary and I think Kelly and I were both at the and Mike. Pretty impressive, uh what our tech people do. Really, really impressive. Um under 13. Um other comments, do we have an employee unions response? uh anything from middle management, Mr. Solicitor, only that the uh San Francis School Law Symposium cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh is doing its uh law day. I believe it's in June. I'll have to forward the date. Uh but if I don't mention it now, it'll be too too late to get
046it in in June. But it's it's a good uh solid day. you have the ability to go down a track of special ed or generalized employee school law uh labor related issues. I I am presenting there. I've done that for about 20ome years in a row. It's just good overall program and you do get credits for it either CLA's as an attorney or whatever applies to uh administration or anybody else that you know has a professional certificate. That's it. Thank you. Okay. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your wisdom and guidance. I don't think attorneys ever rarely get a pat on the back, but um I know we value having you uh as a member of our team. So, thank you. Thank you. That being said, I will seek a
047motion to adjure. Oh, ju just real quick, want to remind as Gracie had mentioned, the art PK to art show um will be on Wednesday starting at 6 right here in the science commons. And if you look on our calendar, it's chalk full of athletic events, um all of our awards ceremonies, our elementary and secondary recognitions, concerts. There's pretty much two or three things going on every night of the week. Um, if you're looking for something to do to celebrate students and teachers and in our community, um, please get on to our website, check out the calendar, and, uh, join us to help celebrate, you know, what's been a wonderful school year. So, thank you. You know, is this the last meeting before the election? Is the election this election will be two Tuesdays from
048now? And this was no more meeting. I just want to say that, you know, 30 years on this board and this is probably the best board I ever worked with in my life, but I don't know what what people know what get what a board member has to do. And there's a lot of work and a lot of time and and I see guys like Val that has runs a business and and comes and is so knowledgeable in finance and healthcare. And then I see Steph and and I see Kelly that that that have a business and they have and they're moms and they have kids. You know, that's a pretty big deal for these guys to do that. So, you know, when you go to the ballot box, remember, you got three pretty good
049guys that uh and I'm sorry, girls uh that that are running. And believe me, I'd trust any one of them. They are such good people. So, I wish you luck. Does the hatch act apply here? I mean, I'm just kidding. That doesn't violate any campaign stuff in terms of like talking or in terms of like it's it's an old man expressing his opinion. You can go out in a blazing anybody can do. I'm not running. Uh, real quick before we end, I just want to piggyback on what Gracie said. Uh my daughter was part of the leadership Blair County um graduating class and I know I'm involved in women's club and the art projects from the Altuna students are remarkable and you can see that um in this room tonight and I'm always trying to
050give a plug for Altuna because I think that our students have a lot more opportunities than many other students. So, I I mean, I look around at these projects and I just think it it's amazing and all the things that our students are doing um that Gracie reports on every month. It's like we we don't get enough recognition. Last week, last month it was the play um that we put on. And I just think Altuna doesn't get enough recognition for all the wonderful things and the opportunities that they provide to our students. Terrific. Thanks, Kelly. Sorry. It's all good. Anybody else? Now I will seek a motion to adjurnn. Do I have a second? All right. All in favor signify. Please signify by saying I. I. Anyone want to post?