001check. >> If there's anybody that would like to speak tonight, um, just let me know. We can we're gonna have you fill out a little card. >> Yeah. Right. >> We're on. Okay. What's that? >> Oh, yeah. Leave that. >> Free zone. >> All right. >> Ready to go. >> Yeah, we're ready to go. >> Good evening everyone. I welcome you to the August 6th board meeting of the Abatonite School District. Would everyone please rise for the pledge to the >> allegiance? To the flag of the United States of America and to the stands nationy. All right. Okay. The second item on the agenda. Could I get a motion to approve the agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. on the question. >> Mr. Abdala, >> yes. >> Mrs. Hillibbran, >> yes. >> Mrs. Carum, >>
002yes. >> Mr. Robson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Tierney, >> yes. >> And Mr. Azar, >> yes. We're going to take roll. >> Yeah, that's next. We take a roll call tonight. >> Sure. Mr. Abdullah >> here. >> Mr. Razar >> here. >> Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Hillibbrand >> here, >> Mrs. Karum >> here, >> Mr. Moran, >> Mr. Robson >> here, >> Mrs. Tierney >> here, >> Mr. Aker, >> there's six of you here. >> All right, Dr. >> And the agenda was six nothing. >> Unanimous. >> Dr. Schaefer, is there a superintendent report tonight? >> There is no report tonight. >> Okay, move on to public comment. Did anyone submit or would anyone like to come up and address the board tonight? Okay, seeing no one. >> Mr. Aar, at this time I'd ask the
003board to consider a motion to approve the personnel report as follows. >> So moved. >> Second. >> On the question. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Abdullah. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Hillbrand. Yes, >> Mrs. Carum. >> Yes, >> Mr. Robson. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Tierney. >> Yes, >> Mr. Azar. >> Yes. >> Six. Nothing. >> Mr. Azar asked the board consider a motion to approve the Children's Service Center partial hospitalization program and therapeutic educational program for the 2526 school. >> So moved. >> Second >> on the question. >> Roll call, please. Mr. Abdullah, >> yes. >> Mrs. Hillibbrand, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kum, >> yes. >> Mr. Robson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Tierney, >> yes. >> Mr. Aar, >> yes. >> 6 nothing. >> Ask the board to consider a motion to approve the updated
004Abington Heights Elementary, Middle School, and High School 2526 students. >> So moved. >> Second >> on a motion. >> Yeah, I'd like to comment. Um um I like to thank administration. Um specifically middle school and high school. Looks like there was a lot of work, a lot of new updates. Um, and it looks like it's a it's a it's a great handbook. Um, my question is, um, do all parents and students have to sign off on this and who, um, monitors whether or not everyone has has done that? >> Sure. So, we work with our director of technology, uh, Justin Cra, where we used to have them sign a piece of paper, but now we're using the student information system. So, when parents go into the parent portal, they can click that off. So then
005we can run a roster and and know exactly who signed off. It's made it so much easier for us. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Anyone else? Roll call. >> Mr. Abdalah? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Hillbrand? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Kum? >> Yes. >> Mr. Robson? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tierney? >> Yes. >> Mr. Azar? >> Yes. >> Six nothing. >> Mr. Aar. ask for to consider a motion to approve the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf contract to provide PCA services for the 256 school. >> So moved. >> Second >> on the motion. >> Roll call. >> Mr. Abdullah? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Hillbrand? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Kum? >> Yes. >> Mr. Robson? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tierney? >> Yes. >> Mr. Azar? >> Yes. >> 6 nothing. >> Aar. At this time,
006I'd ask the board consider a motion to approve the agreement between Scranton Counseling Center and Abington Heights to cooperate in the implementation of the student assistance program for the 256 school year. >> So moved. >> Second >> on the motion. Roll call. >> Mr. Abdullah. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Hillbrand. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Kum. >> Yes. >> Mr. Robson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tierney. >> Yes. >> Mr. Aar. >> Yes. >> Six. Nothing. Before this one, just so the board knows that there are no increases in meal pricing. Okay, >> my question. So, at this time, I'd ask the board to approve the high school district meal pricing as follows. >> So, moved >> a lunch for the early 90s is when I got that >> on the motion. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr.
007Abdullah, >> yes. >> Mrs. Hillbrand, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kum, >> yes. Yes. Mr. Robson. Yes. Mrs. Tierney. >> Yes. >> Mr. Azar. >> Yes. >> Six. Nothing. >> I ask for consider a motion to approve the assistant director of special education job description title to read assistant principal for special education. And to clarify nothing in the roles and responsibilities or qualifications has changed. This is a change in in title. >> So moved. >> Second. >> On the motion. Roll call. >> Mr. Abdala. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Hillbrand. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Kum. >> Yes. >> Mr. Robson? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tierney? >> Yes. >> And Mr. Aar? >> Yes. >> 6 nothing. >> That was a fast board meeting. That might be a record. It's a good thing we started late or else
008it would be like 6:33. >> All right. I guess I could any new business or unfinished business? >> Just one other thing. Just a reminder that a week today is our IT committee meeting. We have a lot of stuff on the agenda. We're doing a lot of cool stuff. One of it is expanding the use of our uh student information system to some new stuff that's be very valuable for both the students, the families and also the administration. Uh we also talk about uh AI. And we also talk about um you know some of the things we've done a lot of internal things related to the infrastructure which is very costly very timely and now we're at a point where all these things are starting to add up. So we should be seeing some serious
009improved response times in all of our buildings. So it's been a long road. Uh but we couldn't do it all at once and now we're going to see. So I'm very excited for this new school year to see how it is. >> That's great. old business. >> Mrs. Turning. >> Uh yeah. Um approximately four years ago, I think we did um a small renovation to our baseball field and we um just recently received um an email from the baseball world u most specifically the baseball boosters. Um I am not on the facilities committee. I have asked a few times when we're having our next meeting. I think it is vital that um we look at what and how we can um maintain or adjust or support our baseball program. Um they have significantly lost home
010team advantage for over the last four or five years. I know going way back uh 10 years, 12 years, our baseball field um is in a bad place. But with that being said, that is our only baseball field. Um, it is, I think, very imperative for us board directors to find some funds or reasons to uh fix this field for this team. Um, they've been asking for this for an awful long time. So, I would really like it if we could move forward in some manner to identify what needs to be done for this team and and um make the changes so we can have a very state-of-the-art baseball team uh field like we do with everything else. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. >> I'll just say I I don't know if you read
011it, but I just responded to that email. >> So, yeah. No, it's fine because I just did before our meeting. So, if you read that you're going to see that basically invited him to a meeting and there's some some questions on there. So, >> thank you very much for that. Thank you. >> That's great. Anyone else? >> I just I guess I'd like to add if anybody hasn't been to the high school lately, you probably should go up to the high school because it's a beehive still. There's a lot that's been done this summer and a lot that hopefully is going to get done in the next uh four weeks. But uh the paving project, the curbing project, the sidewalk coming up Noble Road, Noble Road is getting completely repaved and uh the bleachers on
012the home and the way sides, closing down the back of the school to trap. There's just a lot of really good things happening at the high school. So I commend Dr. Schaefer and administration for all that hard work over the summer. A lot of people get to go home in the summer, but there's a lot of people working up there. So looks great. >> All right. Could I have a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. Thanks everyone. >> Hey