001Good evening. Uh, welcome to the November 25th, 2025 meeting of the Central Dolphin School District School Board of Directors. Miss McConnell, call the role. >> Mrs. Bingaman, >> here. >> Mr. Dornan, >> here. >> Mr. Epstein, >> here. >> Mr. Gordon >> here. >> Mrs. Hanford >> here. >> Mrs. Haw >> here. >> Mr. Jacobs >> here. >> Mrs. Silvers >> here. >> Mrs. Webster >> here. >> There are nine board members present. >> Thank you. Uh would all those who are able to join us please rise. Pledge allegiance. >> Algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation God, indivisible, justice for all. >> Thank you. Moving to item 401, additions, deletions, and modifications to this evening's agenda. Do any board members have
002any additions, deletions, or modifications to the agenda? Hearing none. Moving on to item 501, approval of the October 28th, 2025 meeting minutes. Mr. Turman, [clears throat] >> the administration is recommending approval of the October 28th, 2025 meeting minutes. >> May I have a motion to approve? >> Motion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> Opposed. Moving to information and proposals item 61. And I'd like to announce to all those joining us in person as well as those joining us online that prior to this meeting we met in executive session to discuss various personnel, student adjudication and legal issues. Moving to item 602, student speaker. As I think everybody's aware, uh we like to rotate student speakers amongst both high schools as
003well as our cyber academy. And tonight I'm pleased to introduce our student speaker from Central Dolphin High School. Please welcome Alec Alex Mendelson. [applause] >> Good evening. Um, good evening members of the school board. My name is Alex Mendlesson and I'm honored to be here this evening to provide an update on the fantastic fall we had at Central High School. Uh, first I'm going to tell you a little bit about myself. I'm currently a senior at Central High School and I'm involved in v activities and align with my interest. I am currently the manager of the central office store, the president and state qualifier of our school's future business leaders club, state qualifier in the pendations challenge, member of NHS, and a four starter champion on the boys. I'm also a proud member of CD's
004two audition bands, the jazz orchestra and the wind ensemble. And outside of school, you may find me at yard sales or playing with the central Pennsylvania jazz. While participating in these activities academically, I'm a scholar with distinction, a national merit student, and I'm ranked number three in my class out of 59 students, currently enrolled in five classes. I'm passionate about engineering and using my skills to give back to the central office community. One of my favorite projects this year was building a buddy bench for Mountain View Elementary School. Seeing the students enjoy it and receiving a stack of handwritten thank yous was incredibly incredibly meaningful for me. And I've also started crafting small woodworking pieces to sell at the Central Dolphin Ram Band um craft show in the spring where every dollar I earn will
005go to directly supporting the bank. After graduation, I intend to continue growing as a builder and problem solver by studying mechanical engineering college. During my freshman year, Central hosted its first Special Olympics. Since then, the engagement of the students, athletes, teachers, and everyone involved has grown exponentially. This year, we had over 500 athletes competing from over four school districts. Everybody at Central Dolphin has fully embraced this awesome opportunity and has fostered greater connections between students and faculty in addition to providing a spectacular day of fun for the athletes who see these students make sure have the best time possible. In sports news this season, Central Dolphin continued to demonstrate excellence across all athletic programs. Some of the highlights this season were girls field hockey who earned a spot in the district quarterfinals. Uh boys soccer
006who also made it to the district quarterfinals. Um and also football reach who reached the district quarterfinals highlighted by a memorable win over Cumberland Valley. Girls volleyball delivered an impressive season and competed in the district quarterfinals. traditionally and our girls soccer team advanced all the way to the state semi-finals in a standout season. Furthermore, Central Dolphins performing arts programs had an outstanding fall season and they're looking forward to an exciting winter. The fall play, its murder in the wings was a tremendous success and preparations are already underway for this spring's musical Guys and Dolls. The Central Dolph marching band had an exceptional year placing third in their division at the US Band Pennsylvania Championships. The jazz bands, concert bands, orchestras, and choirs hosted phenomenal fall fall concerts. And they are looking forward to the combined
007holiday concerts on Sunday, December 21st, where non- audition ensembles will perform at 2 p.m. followed by the audition groups at 4:30. We hope to see you there. Uh, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak this evening. On behalf of the entire student body at Central Dolphin High School, thank you to our principles, faculty, staff, and all of you, uh, for everything you do to support us and help make our school truly exceptional. I hope everybody has a great Thanksgiving break and thank you. >> Thanks, Alex. [applause] >> Alex, Alex, before you go, what do you do with your spare time? [laughter] >> There's not a whole lot of it right now, but um >> No, that was a joke. [laughter] >> Do you know where you're going in terms of college? >> I
008do not know where I'm going. I'm trying to keep my options open, but I'm interested in studying mechanical engineering. >> Got a good program. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So does Purdue. >> Thank you, Alex. Good luck. >> Thank you. [applause] >> Okay. Item 63, superintendent spotlight, Mr. Turman. >> All right. So, first up, uh, we have the East High School field hockey team. Um, field hockey coach Ashley Albbright. Is Ashley there? Okay, if you can come up to the podium. And uh Ashley was the unanimous Colonial Division Coach of the Year uh this past year. [applause] >> And [applause] Gabby Paul, is she here? Okay. She was the Midplin player of the year uh for the school. [applause] So, coach, if you just like to say a few a few words about your girls and
009everything they did this this school year and this season. >> For sure. First of all, I definitely would never be a coach of the year without the girls, without the support of my team, without the support of the school. So, they are definitely the highlight of today. Um, the thing about CD East field hockey is sometimes our numbers are low, but when they're low, they are mighty. And they come out and they play hard every minute of the game. They constantly get um accolades from other coaches, other teams, other officials. They are constantly told how amazing they are. And it for sure, 100% this is an amazing group of people right here. And I'm glad that they are being recognized for all the work that they put in. [applause] >> Do you want to take
010a moment and introduce the girls? Uh give an opportunity for us to know who they are. >> Sure. Can you please do [laughter] Congratulations. [applause] >> Oh my god. Wow. Congratulations on a great [applause] year. [applause] So, >> she was recruited to be the goalie. >> Okay. [laughter] So coach, on behalf of myself and the board of directors, we just want to say thank you for all your hard work and the coaching staff and we're just very proud of you. And if at any point in time you need to talk to Dewan and myself in terms of like theater program, what that looks like, how we can help you, please, please set up a meeting and whatever we can do as a whole to try and figure out how we help you build up that
011program at elementary and middle school, uh, let us know. We're more than willing to sit down and talk with you and help out as much as we can. Awesome. >> Great. >> Absolutely. Please let us know how we can help you. All right. >> Thank you guys for coming tonight. We appreciate it. [applause] Okay. All right. The next spotlight for this evening is uh Dary Schmick and Schlair Clauss. Uh we are going to give a quick update on the newcomer program and we also have an amazing teacher from Southside Amy Schwarz who they're going to very quickly talk through the e the ESL newcomer program. >> Thank you. Thank you everyone for giving us this opportunity to come here and to tell you about our newcomer initiative. Um we have with us today as as
012he said uh Amy Schwarz who's back there. She's the >> she can come up. It doesn't work that way. No no she's gonna come up with the two of you. We also have our principles from Southside, Miss Mrs. Christa King and Mrs. Stacy Baldwin. So, thank you for coming. Uh, for the first part of this update, we want to celebrate the foundational success we've seen at Southside this year. We will then share our exciting vision for establishing a dedicated newcomer program at the middle school level. Our new pro newcomer program's mission centers on three core pillars. Belonging and support where we create a safe and supportive space. Language acquisition focusing on building foundational English for both social and academic use. And academic readiness ensuring students bridge content knowledge for a successful transition. This is my
013favorite slide. Our program currently supports 11 students representing nine different countries and six unique languages which requires a special approach. That's how specialized it is. This incredible diversity reinforces the importance of the newcomer model. >> Could you please just real quick on that slide? Can you explain the third language down? >> Amaric. >> Yeah. Never heard that. >> Yeah, I think it's an Ethiopian language. >> Wonderful. Thank you. >> Yeah, we have um Swahili we have that's a student from I want to say Nigeria. Um we have a student from Ethiopia. Um do you remember the other the other countries? >> Yep. Uh we have an Egyptian family um Afghanist Afghani family and Yes. Yeah. Yeah. It's a beautiful beautiful classroom. In this classroom, lessons are designed within a languagerich environment that incorporates visuals and
014targeted supports to aid comprehension. Small group instruction is differentiated to address specific student needs and culturally responsive practices are integrated throughout building student confidence in the learning process. We have gathered initial baseline data which provides us with a clear starting point for understanding our newcomers language development, academic skills, and instructional needs. In January, we'll assess progress using schoolwide benchmarks and observations. And by year's end, we'll collect final data, including WEDA access scores to evaluate each student's language proficiency growth. This information helps analyze our program's effectiveness in supporting language development. I'm sorry. I'm really bad at uh transitions. [laughter] She makes me do it. The feedback you see here represents the heartbeat of our program. To hear parents say their child is excited to come to school tells us we are succeeding and we're building a
015community where these children feel safe enough to thrive. This parent is talking about her daughter. She's very ha she says she is very happy to be receiving extra help learning English. The truth is we are surprised at how quickly she is learning and I'm grateful for the support she is receiving. We also received encouraging feedback from a classroom teacher. This quote emphasizes the support teachers have for the newcomer program model. Such positive remarks assure us that we are progressing in the right direction. As we consider our middle school students, the need for a newcomer program is evident. Students entering sixth through 8th grade face high academic expectations, complex social dynamics, and limited time to adjust before high school. By creating newcome a newcomer program at the middle school, we will provide equitable access to linguistic
016and academic content while embedding social and emotional supports for middle school newcomers. The next slide outlines the program components that will guide this work. Our framework for the middle school focuses on four critical instructional priorities to elevate our program. We will enhance and standardize our existing newcomer courses. Add a crucial level two reading course to bridge the gap and align with grade level content. Strategically embed language objectives and WEDA standards into ELA and math curricula. And finally, model and share best instructional practices. Thank you so much for all your support throughout this pilot newcomer program and we hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. >> Thank you. Any questions from board members? >> I thank you in another language but I don't know any. >> Say that one more time. >> I said I would thank
017you in another language but I don't >> I'm sure you could try. You know what? You have a phone. You could just do a little Google translate. >> I'm not good with the internet. >> I'll show you I'll show you you come come see us next time. We'll show you how. >> Don't encourage any any questions from uh board. >> It's a wonderful program. Thank you for all your work. We really appreciate it. >> Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. [applause] >> Now, we have a very quick update by Mr. >> by Mr. Bard on the the budget which was just approved. >> I don't understand why there are so many groans. So, I wanted to give a quick I don't know why there's so many groans. I mean, you guys think I'm going to talk
018a long time. >> So, first I want to go to the the the state funding comparison, the budget to actual what we got compared to what the 2526 budget had in it. So, the state the basic there's a lot of uh uh press about what was actually in the state's budget. So, I want to kind of get the record straight to everyone what we got and what was actually in there. What we budgeted for the basic ed subsidy was 29,840 and we got was 29,97782 which was a increase of $129,848. The basic ed subsidy funding was 8.2 million and we got a little bit less than that or a $67,000 decrease. The ready tolearn foundation was a 1,176 1,100 $1,176 decrease. However, the big increase that we received was in the adequacy money. The adequacy
019money we received was a $1.1 million increase based on what we were uh expected to get through the governor's uh proposal. based on what the state actually gave us. The state changed the formula for several school districts throughout the Commonwealth. So, we believe that this state funding formula is permanent and this adequacy money will be carried over and rolled into the foundation every single year for the next several years. So, we expect this money to continue to grow in the adequacy money um for the next several years. So, that's one good piece that came from the governor's budget. >> Peter, yes. Peter, real quick, the the adequacy payment is is um an outcropping of the court case. Correct. >> That's the Yes. Correct. >> Okay. >> Correct. There was another piece of the state budget
020that went through and that was cyber reform. So cyber reform is more of a cost avoidance than it is a revenue generator. So what we budgeted for this, so this is an expense, not a revenue like the other two are revenue. These are expenses. non-sp specialed cyber tuition when in this in our budget was was accounting for 6,848,59243. With the budget that was passed, we are expecting to see a decrease to 6,441,92148 or a decrease of 400 400,67095. The big decrease is on the special ed cyber tuition. the cyber tuition for for that we budgeted 6,84269 with the budget that was that was codified in school code that was revised. We are expected to see the uh expenses go down to 4.9 million 4,941,76590 or a savings of 1,942,50369. This is assuming that our ADMs
021that we have currently in cyber, we have currently 562 in in non-special ed cyber or 228 in specialed cyber. If those numbers stay consistent, we will see these savings or a saving of 2,349,17464. And that's basically cost avoidance um for that type of thing. >> You get this cyber charter information. Did I say >> um I did not yet? No, you didn't say >> I'm not. Yeah, I'm a little concerned that we're not going to realize that kind of saving cyber because I don't think it's going to be fully funded the first year. If you could check that out, let me know. >> Well, this the cyber was based on a calculation. So, we're just using the calculation that was provided in the school code. So, >> okay. Well, just check the email. >> I
022I will check I will check and we'll get back. We will ensure that this is happening. So, let me give you the bottom line numbers. the cyber reform savings of 2,349 174 and the increased state funding of 1.1 million leads the increase to the the bottom line budget of 3.5 million. So that's basically what it was showing. There was some press that came out that said we were getting some six or seven 8 million savings. That's not what what we're getting. This is what the actual impact to our state budget is is >> but did we but I thought we experienced decrease in special education. >> We did. We we got a slight decrease in what we were expecting to get, but it was overcome by the increase that we got in the adequacy money
023that I showed on the previous. >> But the adequacy money is that dedicated to understand this. I thought it would went to block grants. >> The adequacy money is dedicated to a certain there's about 20 conditions that you can use adequacy money for. Yes. But in reality, the special ed money covers a very very small portion of the special education money that we spend on on educating our most needy students. >> Any questions for Peter on the budget that was 135 days late? >> However, there was some positive news, so we tried to keep it positive in the spotlight. So, >> thank you. >> [clears throat] >> All right. So, the last thing I'll do before I close it out for the just make a very quick statement. Three Mile Islands reopening requires the district
024to proactively review and update all emergency protocols to ensure the safety of students and staff. In response, we are actively developing comprehensive evacuation plans for all schools and facilities located within the 10 mile radius of the plant. We will be discussing some of the plans at our buildings and grounds meeting which will be held on December 16th. Mr. Day who is here uh will be leading the charge with that. >> Thank you. Okay, moving on to item 604. This is the first of two opportunities for the public to address the board. The first of which is dedicated solely to agenda items only and we have no one signed up to speak for this portion. Moving to unfinished business. Treasures report for the month ending September 30th, 2025. Mr. Bard, >> the administration is recommending approval
025of the Treasury's report for the month ending September 30, 2025. This item was reviewed at the October 28th board meeting. >> May I have a motion to approve the recommendation? >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any questions or comments from the board? Now, we had uh discussed this before uh any of any issue that and there really weren't any issues other than the amount of money on cyber charter payments. So, uh hopefully next year that'll be reduced. >> Other questions? All those in favor signify by saying I >> opposed. >> Item 702, reconfiguration resolution for kindergarten centers. Mr. Chairman, >> the administration recommending approval of the resolution to reconfigure elementary schools to implement full day kindergarten. This item was reviewed at the October 28th, 2025 board meeting. This is only to just make
026sure we have the right configuration uh with PTE. Uh what that would include at this point in time is West Hanover, uh Middle Paxton, and Linglestown both are are all will be K to 5, but all of our other sites that their kindergarten students are going to uh other locations, they need to be coded as grades one to five. May I have a motion to approve the recommendation? >> Is there a second? Any questions or comments from the board? >> I don't have >> Go ahead. >> I don't have a question this item, but >> buildings are going good. We at this point in time are doing the clean out of the buildings and renovations and preparing them for to turn them into centers. So unlimited is at all of our sites at this point
027in time. You will see dumpsters at all locations as they basically at this point in time gut all the buildings in preparation for building them back up to centers. So we are on schedule. >> I was just going to >> All those in favor signify by saying I >> I opposed. >> Item 703 overnight trip approval. Mr. Chairman, >> the administration is recommending approval of the following overnight trip requests. This item was reviewed at the October 28th, 2025 board meeting. Central Dolphin High School will travel to Pence Pittsburgh, PA from February 14th, 2026 to February 16th, 2026. >> May I have a motion to approve? Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. Questions or comments? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Opposed? Oh, you're assuming they have no other
028kids. That's true. >> Moving to new business. Item 8001, personnel report. Mr. Chairman, >> the administration is recommending approval of the personal report as discussed in executive session. >> May I have a motion to approve? >> Is there a second? Second. >> Thank you. Questions or comments? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Opposed? Item 8002, revision of job description title. Mr. Turman, >> the administration recommending approval of the revision to the title of spe supervisor of special education job description to supervisor of special education at a 10-month term. Um, this was just an oversight on our part. The job description, everything was correct, but for whatever reason, we didn't have 10-month on it. >> May I have a motion to approve the recommendation? >> Is there a second? >> Second.
029Questions or comments? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Opposed. >> Item 8003, Treasury Report for month ending October 31st, 2025. Mr. Bard, >> the administration is recommending approval of the treasures report for the month ending October 31, 2025. This item will appear on the January 13, 2026 board agenda for approval. >> Again, not a voting item, but if you have questions or concerns, please direct them to Mr. Bard. In the meantime, before the January meeting, item 8004, adjudication of student cases 1324, 1330, 1331, 1332, 1333, 1334, and 1335. I would just note that uh these um student discipline cases are referred to by a case number and not the students name for privacy protection. Mr. Determined the administration recommending approval of the adjudication of student cases 1324, 1330, 1331, 1332, 1333,
0301334, and 1335 as discussed in executive session. >> May I have a motion to approve? >> Motion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I opposed. [clears throat] Item 8005, storage area network. Mr. Bard, >> the administration is recommending approval of the installation of the storage area network or SAN to GDC in the amount of 113,582.70 and the lease of the SAN toad Dell Technologies in the amount of 121,47789 for a 5-year lease with a dollar buyout option. The yearly payment would be 26,788.88. This item will appear on the January 13, 2026 board agenda for approval. Mr. Ryan uh Mr. Ryan Ruth is here if you have any questions. And I also want to commend uh Mr. Ruth on working with our vendor
031to get them to freeze the uh the increases for this from going up until the board is able to vote on this for approval in January. So, thank you. >> Any questions for Ryan? >> I have a question, but maybe more for Peter. Was this a budgeted expense or was this an unknown? >> No, this is a budgeted expense. Yeah. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Like I've seen we get your emails. Yeah. >> And I was like >> trying to figure out who you were. >> Now we know. >> What is an SAN? >> It is a storage device that houses 95% of all of our servers hard drives and it also houses all of our department shares which everybody uses every single day to keep this school district running. So again, this item will appear
032on the January 13th board agenda for approval. Thanks, Ryan. Item 8006, overnight trip approval. Mr. Turman, the administration is recommending approval of the following overnight trip requests for select Central Dolphin School District students. This item will appear on the January 13, 2026 board agenda for approval. First one, CD East High School cheerleaders. January 8th, 2026 to January 10th, 2026. They're going to Somerset, PA for the PIAA competitive spirit 2026. City High School cheerleaders February 4th, 2026 to February 9th, 2026. Lake Buav Vista, Florida. I think they need a chaperone. Um, so I will be going with them for the National High School Cheerleading Competition. PME District Chorus January 9th, 2026 to January 10th, 2026. That will be at Bowling Springs High School. PME PMEA District Orchestra January 22nd, 2026 to January 24th, 2026. That will
033be at Dallas Area High School. PMEA District Band February 5th, 2026 to February 7th, 2026. That'll be at Steelton Highspire High School. PMEA Central Region Chorus February 19th, 2026 to February 21st, 2026. That will be at Warwick High School. ACDA Eastern Honors Chorus February 25th, 2026 to February 28th, 2020 February 28th, 2026. That will be Providence, Rhode Island. PMEA Central Region Orchestra, March 5th, 2026 to March 7th, 2026. That will be at Williamsport Area High School. PMEA district band, jazz band, March 13, 2026 to March 14th, 2026. That will be at Do Area High School. PMEA Central Region Band March 20th, 2026 to March 21st, 2026. That will be at Carlau Area High School. PMEA District 7 Modern Band, April 10th, 2026 to April 11th, 2026. That will be at Spring Grove High School. And
034last but not least, PMEA, All State Orchestra, All State Band, and All State Chorus. April 22nd, 2026 to April 25th, 2026. That'll be at Kalahari Resorts, and that'll be in the Poconos. >> Again, this list will appear on the January 13, 2026 board agenda for approval. >> Ask a question though. A couple two of these are we're approving after uh they occur. So, do we in the future need to move those up as a voting? >> Which ones? Yeah, actually first and uh >> third one. >> Yeah, I just saw that. >> Yes, the third when we approve this because we don't have a Yeah. So, we have >> Oh, >> yeah. I just saw that. So, do we want to a take just those two and vote on them next week real quick and
035put it on the agenda just for the two of them and then that way they're approved before they go. >> That would be a good idea. >> We separate those two out. >> Good catch. Thanks, Dave. question about the trips to Carlile and Spring Grove >> and Steel High. I mean >> I mean I'm assuming they're multiple days but >> um >> typically there are activities that go on um late into the evening and very early in the morning and there's something that um has a lot of like team building things with the kids together. It's a few students from each school. Um, so regardless of of where the location is, it's typically something where the kids all stay at the same location for the activities and all of the PMEA ones are are going
036to be represented by students from both CDI High School and East High School. Um, so I just wanted to note that that we don't have >> PME >> Pennsylvania Music Education Association. >> So essentially most of it is um students that that are um audi they're auditioned u festivals and such that the students participate in. So, we don't have student names. We won't have it until closer to the actual date of the activities. >> What's ACDA? >> Oh, you're crazy. >> Um, I'm not sure off the top of my head. I'd have to figure that out for you. >> Has to do with choir. American choir director. >> There you go. Okay. So, uh we're educ So, we're going to move two of the items uh to the December reorg meeting. >> Correct. >> The
037rest will remain on the January meeting. >> Yeah, correct. First and the third one. >> Yep. Thank you. >> Item 8007, approval of lease agreement. Mr. Chairman, >> the administration recommending approval of the three-year lease agreement with the central Pennsylvania fitness and aquatics for the non-exclusive use of lesser pool located at 450 P Avenue, Suscoana Township, Harrisburg, PA 17109 for the Central Dolphin High School. This is for the swimming team at the swimming team for Central Dolphin High. Um, just a clarification uh because Pete I was just curious CD East, they go to another location, the YMCA in Harrisburg. Okay. May I have a motion to approve the recommendation? >> Moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. Any questions? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >>
038Opposed. >> Moving to item 8008, approval of healthc care consultant. Mr. Trump. >> The administration recommending approval of the Assure Partners as the district's healthc care consultant. This item was viewed at the November 12th, 2025 and November 20th, 2025 finance committee meetings. The cost for this will not exceed $120,000 for the year. And this this contract will be approved pending solicitor approval. And this is to help the district and looking at health care costs uh and then potential making some revisions which could help the employee as well as the district at the same time. >> Mr. Chairman, I thought the cap was 100,000. >> I thought we said >> 120. >> You said 120. >> 120,000. >> Correct. >> 120. >> It was It was 120 in the finance meeting. >> Okay. I just wrote
039it down. >> May I have a motion? >> 550 per member per month, which could be 80,000, but it could be up to 120. Depends on how many. >> May I have a motion to approve the recommendation? >> Motion. >> Is there a second? Thank you. Questions, comments? >> Yes. Uh, as chair of the finance committee, I wanted to thank Michelle, Kristen, and Dave. They really uh drilled down deep and also Peter uh and they vetted the process thoroughly. So, thank them uh publicly. >> Thank you. Questions, comments. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Opposed. >> Item 809, authorization for the transaction of routine business during winter break. This is a similar uh resolution that we have done in the summer. Uh the board does not meet in the month of
040July and therefore we pass a similar resolution to allow the administration to conduct business uh absent a regularly scheduled schoolboard meeting. We're also doing that now for the month of December. We have a reorganizational meeting next Tuesday as required by statute, but we do not meet have another meeting for the rest of the month of December. So, may it be resolved that in order to facilitate the transaction of routine district business during the winter break without a December regular public meeting of the board, the administration be authorized upon review and approval by the board president andor treasurer to make dispersements and pay bills and to approve personnel transactions, including resignations, appointments, and assignments, all of which actions shall be presented to the board at its next regular meeting. May I have a motion to approve
041the recommendation? Is there >> a second? Thank you. Questions? >> They're having some business. >> By the time we meet, we'll then >> I think the the thing uh Mr. Silvers, today's the last day. We probably won't have anything between now and next Tuesday. Um since staff is off from Wednesday to for the most part Wednesday until Monday. So there probably wouldn't anything personnel wise that would happen over the next week. Kim's going to do it. Correct. >> Any other questions or comments? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Item 8.10, first reading of board policy 204. Mr. Turman, >> the administration is recommending the the first reading of board policy number 204 for attendance. This item was reviewed at the November 20th, 2025 policy committee meeting. This item will appear
042on the January 13, 2026 board agenda for approval. >> Again, not an not a voting item for tonight, Miss Bingaman. Anything from policy committee? Um, a lot of it is just a language cleanup. Um, getting rid of some things, putting putting things together. Um, >> okay. >> Nothing there's no drastic changes happening. >> Okay. Item 8.11, public speakers. This is the second of two opportunities for the public to address the board on anything they wish to discuss. And we have one individual signed up to speak, uh, Angela Rogers. I figured it was time for me to come and talk rather than just sit back there and crochet all the time. Um, I'm here to talk about my daughter. Um, my daughter goes to East Middle. She's in seventh grade. Um, she has an IEP for
043dyslexia. Um, or specialized reading, whatever it's called. It's not, but it's dyslexia. Um, we went to our Can you hear me? >> Yep. >> We went to um our uh our conference last night. And we we go to all of our kids conferences. So, and as soon as we walked in, her science teacher says, "Why are you here? She's a good kid." And I said, "Well, we wanted to meet with the ELA teacher." There is no ELA teacher for her at all. She um let me read the email that we sent last night. I said, "We just returned from our first marking period parent teacher conference conference for Rosemary. We received a lot of great feedback from her math, science, and social studies teachers while her grades are excellent. We are concerned about her progress
044in reading and her IEP being fulfilled. We understand that her learning support teacher, Mrs. McLaclin, left at the end of September, and as far as we know, Rosie has not received any learning support instruction since then. When we ask her about her progress, Rosemary tells that tells us that she is told to watch something on her Chromebook or find something quiet to do. No lesson plan or other remediation is available. And my question at the end was, can you please provide us with any insight on how Ros's IEP will be fulfilled moving forward? >> Who was that email sent to? >> It was sent to Mr. Hail. It was sent to um Miss uh this the assistant principal for her grade. both of the um the assistant d the director and assistant director of special
045ed. Um I I did I did my due diligence. Um the interesting is thing is is we got the email we got got a response from that email from her sixth grade caseworker. Ros's in seventh grade and her sixth grade case worker case manager emailed us back to tell us what was going on. We heard nothing. She wasn't even on the original email. So I know that somebody I mean somehow it got passed around that what we were asking about. This isn't the first time we've asked about it. We've been on we we've asked her every day since she came home after we ask her every day when she comes home about school period. And every day since the end of September, it's been, "Oh, well, they just tell me that I just need to
046sit quietly and do something, that there's someone there to cover her class." She told me last year, which blew my mind for a sixth grader to tell me this because I have two older kids. They never said this stuff. "Mom, do you want to hear my educational goals?" Literally, that's what she said. And I said, "Sure, hun. What do you know, what are we thinking about?" She's like, "By eighth grade, I don't want to be in in learning support classroom for English. I want to be in a regular English class for for my for my eighth grade year and reading. I want to She reads at a fourth grade level, but this is her goal. She wants it. And she's been working hard, but she is she can work as hard as she wants, but
047if she doesn't have anybody giving her or helping her with anything, she's not going to make any progress. They're still doing progress monitoring. But she's not getting any help. She's not the only one in that class. There's at least seven other kids in that class who are sitting there. The other day, they went to a math teacher's classroom and watched a movie. This is an IEP. This is a legal document that is not being followed because they don't have a teacher. Now, I understand that. I understand that there's no teacher. The thought came up, maybe maybe we should put her into maybe she's ready to go into a regular English class. Her co her team has no English teacher right now for the seventh grade. So, where would she go? She wouldn't even have an
048English a regular English teacher. I just wanted to bring this to your attention and answer any questions you might have. >> Yeah, I had I had a couple questions. So you so I understand the timeline, she did have a teacher at the beginning of the year. >> Yeah, for a month. >> Okay. So it's been the last two months. Okay. And so I I'm just trying to understand. Did you approach the principal? >> Yes. >> And >> I have not heard anything from him yet on this. Um I we emailed him today, but we've been trying to go through >> right >> this the counselor and all of the other things because I know that he's very overwhelmed also. So we've been trying to go through and reaching out to whoever we can and this
049and we always see the principal on it, but we don't hear anything from them. >> Well, he's a pretty amazing principal. I'm hoping >> Oh, I'm hoping too, but the fact that it's been two months >> Yeah. and he's aware of this. They are aware of it. >> So, just very [clears throat] quickly, um I will speak to Mrs. Marvis tonight on my way home. >> I'm sorry. >> Rebecca Marmas director. >> Um also, since we're close to the end of agenda, if you can hang for a couple minutes, I have questions for you. I don't want to ask it here. >> Oh, sure. Absolutely. Anybody else have any quick questions? I just want to say thank you for being an advocate for your student and and thank you for uh following sort of the
050appropriate chain of [laughter] No, no, no. It's really appreciated. Thank Thank you. >> You're welcome. Thank you. >> Okay. Item 8.12. >> Just wanted to say that I wasn't able to get to that paper to sign. I was waiting a long paper. Oh, that's fine. If you want if you want to come up, just state your name. Sure. State your name. >> Okay. Steven Gristo, 2531 Bow Street. Thank you for the accommodation, Mike. And by the way, it would be nice if they in fact would wait until 7 o'clock to take the paper for even such problems such as that right there, having to wait in a long line and not being able to get to the paper to sign in time. Thank you. Uh, by the way, uh, Eric, uh, concerning Pakito Espan, graces
051Senorita. >> Thank you. >> And a belated Bday anniversary to you, Eric. You are two years my junior, and I hope you get your watch for a birthday. >> Just a card with money in it. >> Get your own watch. Right. Okay. Anyway, I've heard a lot of the uh students come up here and talking about the different matters as far as what they're involved in. the one young man and all he was in mechanical draft and a design uh that he hopes to take. In fact, I took up that very thing 48 years ago. Mechanical draft and design and vocational technical school was not able to follow through because there was the Arab oil embargo at the time and there was no hiring much going on 1973,74 into 75. So anyway, but uh so
052I wish me well in that endeavor. I wasn't able never able to get into it because of that very reason. And and hearing them talking about all these different matters and what they're involved in, we all know it cost money. And looking at some of the cost here, I see that it was uh 4.5 million for the Hal Road building, this one, 2.8 8 million for the Crumbs Mill Road building and 2.1 million for the Executive Park building costed 9.4 million and it's to help accommodate 950 approximately kindergarteners which you voted to put in for fulltime. Now, keep in mind it goes beyond the acquisition of buildings. And I saw that the acquisition came in to help so we don't have to construct a new building. Good thinking, but let's take into mind the cost
053factor. You're going to take him in full time. What about the electricity cost going up? What about the heating? What about the air conditioning? What about the food for a full day? Was that all taken in? >> Yes. >> Mine the cost total. So we've got here per student for this area. Central Dolphin East 15,000 per student cost to be exact. 14,758. Total expenditures 225 million. 224 750 million to be exact here. Coming out to about $18,384 per child. Sometimes I ask myself, and maybe you should too, what are we getting? We just heard from one person who's not too happy. I had a special brother who had special needs. So we got to think is our money being used really wisely. Now for people like myself paying taxes 50 plus years I got my
054thing 1975 votech I was taken over to new army depot taxes taken off 50 plus years of paying taxes. I don't know if anybody else here on the board can say that. Say maybe Eric. I don't know. But uh but he's two years my junior. So is there a cut off time? What what here's my question. >> Does people like myself need to continue paying taxes to the school board and up after 50 years? Do we really? Isn't this should be something to be eliminated from our backs? The heavy tax burden and put on those that have students in school. Isn't that common sense? [clears throat] Really? Did we not pay our fair? Have we not put in enough 50 plus years and over the taxes the seniors? How about thinking about them and giving
055us I'm sure there's some seniors here a break. You know, it's nice to hear all that the hockey team, the field team, this that the other. Hey, there's a balance here. We got to look at the other side. It cost money. We all know that. Think about those that are retirement and past on this matter, please. Thank you. Stephen, can I ask you a question? This is a serious question. If you uh reverse the question and you look at how much the county pays for senior services, and I'm happy to pay those taxes and there's a growing number of seniors, should there be a cap on what we pay if we're not a retired person? [clears throat] >> That would probably be a good idea. >> All right. >> It's something to consider. >> First
056time we agreed. I love you, man. >> I hope you get your watch. >> Thank you, >> Mike. Thanks for accommodating me. >> Yes, sir. >> Moving on to item 8.12, board representative reports. Are there any? >> Actually, I want to say something. There was a um Facebook's a wonderful place. Has some uh some special messages on there. There was one complaining about one of our crossing guards uh at Linglestown Middle and Linglestown Elementary School. And so uh I drive past there every day. He does an amazing job. His name's Edward Giri. He's a fire police at Terra. uh comes on here and keeps our kids safe. Keeps traffic flowing. He does an amazing job. Rain, snow, ice, cold, every single day he's out there, right? He doesn't have a lot of emotion out there.
057He's serious about his job and he and he does an amazing job. So, I want to personally thank him for all he does uh for keeping us all safe. And we have lots of crossing guards. We have Brian Shriber who does West Wes Hannover is a fourth grade teacher. So, there's a lot of great people. So, I appreciate them. And they have a job that's probably unheralded. But um specifically Edward, I just want to say thank you so much for all you do and let him know personally that most of the people um that are staying out here are saying you're doing a great job. So thank you >> and a dangerous job. Very >> a very dangerous job. >> Especially on Mountain Road there. People are flying down the road. >> He's not there.
058[clears throat] It's a disaster. So it is very obvious how >> he missed like one or two day a year and I drive by. I'm like where's he at? So we wave to him every day. He's does an amazing job. >> Thank you Dave. Other board representative reports. >> Yeah. Just want to throw out there, myself and several other schoolboard members attended some of the plays. I didn't get a chance to see all of them, but we saw um Twinderella, East Middle, and Sweat era. Kids did a great job. And then CD High School, Death in the Shadows, Death in the back room in the Wings, I think. >> Murder in the W. Yeah, >> I knew there [laughter] was a death in there somewhere. >> [laughter] >> But just to just to add to
059that, a as a as a teacher and some of these kids in the classroom could be very difficult and it was always a pleasure to see these kids get in these plays and just uh they found themselves and I actually can think of several kids that once they they got that taste of success on the on the stage, it changed them. They were better kids. So I I just uh that's one of the reasons I like going to these things. It's a way for kids to just uh do something positive in school where they're not really capable academically or athletically and they can they can do this. So, just want to throw that out. >> Thank you. Other board representative reports. >> Happy birthday to >> Happy birthday >> 58 again. >> Show us your
060watch. >> Yeah, there's my watch. >> Other board representative reports. >> Moving to item 8.13, board committee reports. Are there any >> just December 3rd? Uh, and I I don't know the name of the committee yet. It's to just change separate. >> We we did change it because it got confused when you said curriculum. I think people automatically thought it was just about curriculum. So, we called it the academ what do we call the academic? >> Yeah. >> Academic operations somewhere along those lines. >> So, it's December 3rd at 4:30 >> in this room, right? >> Yes. >> I think we have finance on the 12th. >> Yes, sir. >> I'll be there. And we have buildings and grounds on the the 16th. I'm gonna try to get that one also online because I'm gonna
061be out of town. So, I have to work with McConnell on getting that all set up. >> Okay. >> Kim, do we have a list? >> I think it's the 9th of December for personnel and policy. >> Hold on. >> Personnel and policy. >> Correct. Other board committee reports item 8.14 sympathy resolutions. Mr. Turman, [clears throat] >> the sympathies are extended to the family of Shan Gardner, custodian on his passing. Also, sympathies are extended to Eric Schrader, uh, who was in attendance today, uh, principal at Central Dolphin High School on the passing of his mother, Dorothy Schrader. Uh, Eric, our thoughts and prayers are with you through your time. Sympathies are extended to the family of Gary Glister, a former HVAC technician on his passing. Sympathies are extended to the family of Linda Mener, former
062teacher on her passing. Sympathies are extended to the family of Robert Coburn, former transportation coordinator on his passing. Sympathies are extended to the family of Jim Britz, former custodian on his passing, and sympathies are extended to Erica Hamilton, school counselor at West Hanover, on the passing of her father Robert Snder. >> Item 9.01, adjournment. May I have a motion to adjurnn? Is there a second? >> Second. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Meeting adjourned.