001Good evening everyone. It is Thursday, April 10th, 2025. I'd like to call this uh meeting to order. If everybody could please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The board met in executive session prior to this meeting to discuss personnel, student discipline, and legal issues. The meeting lasted approximately 45 minutes. And now I would like to turn it over to Dr. Christian for a student recognition. Thank you, Mrs. Petruno. We are pleased to welcome our bowling coach, Jeff Blizzard, and our Suburban One Championship Bowler. Mr. Blizzard, would you take do the honor and introduce our our guest? Thank you guys. Thanks everybody. Um, first before
002I uh talk about Melanie, I'd like to just thank our school administration, our school board, Dr. Christian, uh, our administration, everybody's been really super supportive of this bowling program. We've been a program now for about 21 years. Uh, Charlie Forester, who was a athletic director prior to R.J. Bretts, uh, was really supportive of helping get it started. uh and we worked with hundreds of kids over those 21 years. Uh I'm super proud to have been uh on the ground floor of that and um it's really exciting for me to be able to to uh stand here before you guys and and recognize Melanie and for what she's done. So uh I Hello there and we have Rey Ray's mom Abdullah is on the team too and and um so I love that we have some
003connection with the school board. Um, I'm just going to read a couple of things I prepared for for Melanie to give you an idea of what she did this year. Um, so Melanie Deleso just completed her third bowling season with PW. She is without question the most accomplished bowler in the 21-year history of our program. As a freshman, Melanie set the girls school record for high game and high threeame series on the same day, rolling games of 225, 213, and 268 for a 706 series. A month later, she rolled another 268 game while setting a new mark of 720 for a three-game series. By the way, those are not her high games just for the school. Um, she had an average overall average freshman year of 195. She finished second place at the Suburban One
004League individual championships that year, losing by just nine pins uh to a Penri bowler who now bowls for Dukane University. Melanie finished 17th out of 112 girls at the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional uh tournament that year. She led the girls to an so record of 44 and 12 and an 18th place finish in the team tournament at Eastern Regionals. As a sophomore, Melanie improved to a 209 overall average as the girls team matched the previous season with a 44-12 record and a 14th place finish at the Eastern Regional Tournament. She won the So Individual Championships that year by more than 80 pins over the second place bowler. She also finished in 14th place at the Eastern Regional Championships, just four pins shy of 12th place uh and a possible birth at the Pennsylvania State Championships. This
005season, Melany's average improved more to a 211 as she led the PW girls to a 43 and 13 record, second place overall for the So American Conference. She set a new single game record of 277 back in January and defended her so championship title in February, winning by more than 150 total pins over the second place bowler. She was named first team all league for the third straight season. And Melanie earned an incredible third place finish at the Eastern Regional uh individual tournament, bowling an average of 223 over a sixgame span. You're learning more about bowling than you ever thought you would. I apologize. She did lose to the eventual champion in the semi-final round, but in her efforts, she qualified for both the March Pennsylvania State Championships and the National High School tournament to
006be held in June. This is the first time that PW has been represented at the state championships, and Melanie made us proud as she finished 11th among the 24 best bowlers in the state. As a rising senior, Melanie has the the poise and experience to set her on the path to another successful campaign in her senior year. She carries a 3.5 plus grade point average. She's enrolled in the exercise science program at the tech school. She's a leader on the team, a joy to coach, a great teammate and role model, and she interacts positively with her teammates and opponents alike. She bowls with a lot of students outside of our school uh outside of uh PW like in Saturday leagues and tournaments and things like that. Um, she practically grew up at at the former
007Facenda Whitaker Lanes, which is now Outtown Alley, and participates in junior bowling leagues and competitions across the region. While she has yet to do this for PW, Melanie has bowled three three perfect games in competition. Uh, she aspires to attend a four-year college as a student athlete pursuing a career in exercise science while bowling competitively at the collegiate level. So, it's my honor to present Melanie to you and this certificate. Thank you guys very much. Very proud of her. Now we'll move on to the approval of minutes. This is a motion to approve minutes as presented in items 4B through 4G. May I have a second, please? Sharon, any questions or comments? All in favor? Great. Thank you. This is a motion to approve financial reports as presented in items 5B through 5M for March
0082025. I have a second. Rashidita, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. Uh treasures report. Yeah, this is a motion to approve the treasures report for March um 2025. May I have a second, please? Sharon, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. And now, are there any public comment on tonight's agenda? All right, seeing none, I will turn it over to Dr. Christian for the superintendent report. Thank you, Mrs. Patruno. Uh motion is request board action is requested for the recommended personnel changes. Appointments for promotion, employment or transfer are subject to the presentation of valid credentials, employment verification, documentation and statemandated requirements. This is items uh 8A, 8B, and 8 C. May I have a second, please? Rick, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. And now I will
009turn it over to our student representatives this evening. Okay, so starting with PW, AP exams are approaching for many of PW students. As exams draw near, test takers should be on the lookout for emails from Miss Lynch for instructions regarding time, place, and testing materials. The PW Jazz Band and Orchestra wrapped up their respective seasons with concerts this past month. Color Guard will run until this Sunday. A big pat on the back to all of PW's performers. Many of PW seniors returned from their trip to Disney World early this morning. According to senior rep Natalie, the class of 2025 had a blast on the six-day adventure and will definitely be using spring break to rejuvenate. Sorry. Andrew Zong and Albert Woo participated in the state competition for math counts. Both students did a great job
010and Andrew placed fourth overall. On April 5th, CMS Odyssey of the Mind competed alongside PW's team at Od City of the Mind state competition. Congratulations to CMS on placing fifth overall. CMS Chorus was very proud to sing the national anthem at the Phillies game on Saturday, April 13th. Colonial had a strong present at the Citizen Bank Park with 150 singers and 800 community service members in attendance. For Colonial Elementary, another great year for CES at the Reading Olympics. The event was held at Happer Horscham High School on March 18th. CES sent six teams with a total of 65 students. The students worked together to read 25 books as a team and also prepared with monthly meetings for the question and answer competition. All this hard work paid off. On competition night, CES won three blue
011ribbons, the highest honor. April 2nd was World Autism Day. To celebrate, CE staff were asked to light it up blue and wear a blue shirt. Students were asked to write about their classmates unique gifts on paper strips. The students will be making a big paper chain to display the many gifts CE has in their school. On Wednesday, April 9th, Contaken Elementary second graders will visit the non-verbal adults with autism and their interpreters who are a part of a scene, spellers empowering education for non-speakers. One of the scene adults is author Gregory Tino, who recently wrote a book called The Caged Bird. Ka Haken Elementary was able to purchase one of its books for each classroom with a generous grant from the CDSEF. April was military kids month. Former Colonial School District student Christina Teroma Lapore,
012who is currently serving in the United States Air Force, put together a nationwide initiative for military children to receive letters and pictures of encouragement, gratitude, and appreciation. Thank you to Miss Quincy Donovan for co coordinating this activity at TE. During the month of April and continuing into May, third grader students will collect donations of gently used children's clothing and items to donate to cradles to crayons. Thank you to Miss Campbell for continuing this tradition of giving in a safe way to our students. Starting on April 22nd, CE will won a second and third grade after school sports club by led by Mr. Steve Gothman and other CE teachers. This after school activity is made possible by the grant CE received from the Morgan Stanley Foundation. On Monday, starting on April 21st, is hosting a free
013afterchool nature club for second grade students. This club is ran by Riverban Environmental Center and sponsored by ASM. Students will meet with the Riverbend instructors for five Mondays for after school nature club and then the entire grade will go on a field trip to the Riverbend Environmental Center. For Plymouth Elementary, on Monday, April 7th, Plymouth Elementary partnered with the Plymouth Police Department for our annual golden ticket winner escort to school. Third grade student Mason Moher was chosen as the winner and received a police escort to school where he was graded by all of his classmates. The Plymouth Police provided a treat for Mason and his class. On Friday, April 4th, Plymouth Elementary welcomed the YoJo Show to an assembly. Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade participated in a show called Treat Your Body Right, which
014focused on health and fitness. The third grade students participated in a show centered around test taking strategies. All of the students enjoyed these shows and had a great time participating. On Thursday, March 27th, 2025, kindergarten families were invited to watch their children perform in their school concert. The concert, what's cooking, was directed by our student teacher, Tracy O'Shea. The students and teachers did an amazing job preparing, and all who attended enjoyed the show. At White Marsh Elementary, the PTO held its regular monthly meeting in April to discuss previous and upcoming fundraisers and events. One of these events, the White Marsh Carnival, is which is a wonderful school community gathering, will be held on Thursday, May 22nd, 2025. The White Marsh School community looks forward to this carnival as it's been one of the most popular
015annual events in past years. We look forward to seeing everyone there for fun for some fun in the sun. And lastly, for Ridge Park, on the evening of March 25th, a group of second and third graders shared with community members at the district EIB meeting about experiences with no place for hate projects, sensory walks, and Black History Month projects. Once again, Miss O did not disappoint, putting on an excellent coral concert. Our families enjoyed seeing their children in action. Second graders performed at CES on the morning of March 6th. On the evening of March 4th, over 150 participants joined us on Zoom for our annual camp out and read. Families listen to stories read by various Ridge Park staff. Finally, Ridge Park's kindergarten orientation is Thursday, May 8th. Great. Thank you both so much. Now,
016we'll move on to new business. Rick Motion to approve and adopt the the 2025 2026 proposed final budget as presented. The finance committee reviewed the 2526 final proposed budget and recommends the adoption of the budget. The PD 2028 budget document is attached and will be available for public review in the district business office and on the district website. The 2526 proposed final budget totals [Music] 162,997,782 which is an increase of 4,823,086 or 3.05% over the 2425 spending plan. The proposed final budget includes a real estate tax of 26.495 495 mills, an increase of 817 mills or 3.18% over prior year, and use of fund balance in the amount of $1 million. The new real estate tax equates to an additional $81.66 per year for each $100,000 of taxable assessed value or an increase of $12621
017on the district's median assessed value of a homestead property of $154,585. The final budget will be considered at the June 9th, 2025 board meeting. Uh, may I have a second, please? Chris, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. Uh, Gail, this is a motion to approve the agreement between the Colonial Board of School Directors and the Colonial Educational Support Professionals for the period July 1st, 2025 through June 30 of 2029. May I have a second, please? Uh Rick uh questions or comment just a a comment a special thank you to the team who participated um in the negotiation. So thank you to all. Mary also want to thank uh CSP leadership Mary Tiss and her team uh for their work uh as we reached a successor agreement and we look forward to having
018labor peace for several years to come. Uh any other comment? All in favor? Great. Thank you. This is a motion to appoint Fox Rothschild LLP as solicitor for the Colonial School District for the time period of July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026 based upon the following. An annual retainer of $22,500 per year. A base hourly rate of $210. alternate rates in accordance with the engagement letter and rates as established by the insurance carrier where Fox Rothschild is an approved provider. Yeah. Uh may I have a second? Sharon, any questions or comment? All in favor? Great. Thank you. Thank you. you. This is a motion to approve the renewal of the legal services consultation agreement with Sweet Stevens, Cats, and Williams for the 2526 school year in the amount of $8,400. May I have a
019second, please, Chris? Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. This is a motion to approve the professional services agreement with the Delaware County Intermediate Unit to provide technology testing and remediation services as presented. I may have a second. Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. This is a motion to approve the agreement addendum with General Healthcare LLC to provide substitute nursing and substitute instructional aid services effective July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026 as presented. May I have a second? Uh Chris, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. This is a motion to approve the administration's recommendation of an agreement with substitute teacher services for continued substitute services for the period July 1st, 2025 through June 30 of 2027. I have a second, please, Rick. Any questions or comments?
020All in favor? Thank you. Motion to approve the budget and payment in the budget for the Colonial Middle School sixth grade musical as presented. Uh, may I have a second, please? Rashida, any questions or comments? All right. All in favor? Great. And just um the dates for the production are May 2nd and May 3rd. The Adams family motion to approve the board policies outlined below on a first rate basis. Uh, board policy 828 um, fraud and policy 823 nlloxxone. Um, may I have a second, please? Uh, Gail, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. Motion to approve the revisions to the board policies outlined below on a second read basis. Um, policy 221, dress and grooming and policy 235.1 surveys. May I have a second, please? Jeremy, any questions or comments? All in
021favor? Thank you. And then this is a motion to appoint Mark Marc as Colonial School District's representative on the McGomery County Intermediate Units Board of Directors for the period of July 1st, 2025 to June 30th, 2028. May I have a second? Jiren, any questions or comments? All in favor? Motion passes. Thank you, Mark, for serving. Is there a solicitor's report this evening? Thank you for report. Thank you. Thank you. Uh we'll move on to committee reports, Chris. Sure. Um for the uh CRSL safety and wellness um we had a presentation on the um uh move to the program called SCORE which will replace Naviance um for our high school and middle school students. Um by making this switch we'll save um over $7,000 a year and it the new program has many additional features like
022a mobile app. It's uh much more user friendly and it will save time so the counselors can spend more time with the students. And then we also had an EIB update from Dr. Marissa, Dr. Fig Goa Douglas um about some of the programs that the students have um attended this year and how much they've learned and uh and grown. Great. Thank you so much, Sharon. Curriculum Dr. and a team of district leaders provided us with an update at the curriculum committee of the board meeting on April 7th um on Colonial School District's artificial intelligence initiatives uh including the review of the AI roadmap, the work of the steering committee and the upcoming pilot of magic school in spring of 2025. Uh the AI steering committee members also shared progress on professional learning, ethical AI use
023and teaching and learning integration with a focus on digital citizenship at the elementary level and hands-on tool use at the secondary level. Feedback from February's professional development, available resources, and participation in Widner University's AI day were also highlighted. We also spent some time um talking through the updates on the curriculum cycle uh that were shared with an emphasis on the integration of equity, inclusion, and belonging throughout all stages of our curriculum review. And then uh looking ahead, uh Colonial School District will implement a three-year professional learning plan that will support the newly created future ready comprehensive plan and it will be grounded in the learning forward uh standards. And our next meeting is on May the 12th and we'd love to see you there. All right. Thank you. Um Mr. Winchester isn't here this evening,
024but for facilities, I just want to say it is great to be back um at Colonial Elementary in the boardroom. Um Joe, like do you want to give a little report? I mean, it looks amazing. It's Yeah. Um if I can, I want to start by thanking again Dr. Rock, um Mike Tolber, um the gym teachers on the first floor, Tyrone in the library, uh so many people, the entire CES staff and what they've been through. Um and then obviously, like I said, my fellow administrators, um who have been displaced for over a year now, and we're anxious to get them back in their offices. So, it's a true team effort. It's not a cliche. Everybody has been great to work with and has understood the process. So, we have a lot of work to
025do, but we're really happy with where we are and it for the educational purposes of starting school. We're feeling really good where we are. Great. Thank you. I mean, it looks it looks phenomenal. Thank you. So, hopefully people the public will come out, join us at our meetings, and they'll get to see it firsthand. Um, but thank you for all your work and leadership. Uh Rick Finance, just a reminder that the budget, the proposed final budget that we just passed is available on the district website and in for public review in the district business office. Great. Thank you. Uh Gail HR. Yes. During our uh committee of the board meeting on Tuesday, April 1st, Colleen Techman and Michelle O'Reilly provided us an update of the transition to a new digital onboarding process for new employees
026and the great benefit benefits that resulted from the implementation. So, thank you to um Colleen and Michelle for giving us that update. Great. Thank you. Uh Mark, intermediate unit. Want to start by thanking everybody for the appointment back to the intermediate unit. Uh, two quick updates. The board approved the 2025 through 28 plan with a nifty one pager or so. Uh, I'll circulate that after the meeting. And secondly, although the legislative update was before that, the legislative breakfast is, uh, Friday, April 25th at 8 a.m. Hope to see you there. Thank you. Uh, Chris, no report. Thank you. Uh, Sharon, anything else for legislative? Uh just to add, you know, it's a busy season, advocacy season in uh in Harrisburg, and so there's a lot of conversation around um still again cyber charter schools, um
027student teacher stipens, and continuing to improve the educator uh and school staff personnel pipeline. Um and so just, you know, continuing to bring awareness to these spaces, um is really important. So, thank you. Great. Thank you. Um any community reports this evening? Just one for Ka Haken. Uh we are hosting our Greenfest on April 26th um from 12:00 to 3 in at Marywood Park. So would love to see you come out. Um and Gail for the foundation. Yes. Uh we held our first 5K event on Sunday, April 6th. The event was a huge success. Um was 50 over $5,500 was raised as a result of the event. Um just a special thank you to the team who put the event together. Um special shout out to Allison Stern for leading and for Brimmore Running Company
028um for their 5K expertise. And a special definitely special thank you for the spectators and the participants that showed up because it was a damp rainy um day but over 100 um participants either walked, ran or dashed um on Sunday. So that was great. Um everyone was a winner just because of that in my in my books. Um and then thank you to our students volunteers for answering the call. the volunteer for this event. And then finally, thanks to facilities for always doing everything in excellence and helping out. So, thank you. Thank you. Um, attached to this evening's agenda are the school activity accounts, the athletic accounts, curriculum report, building report, and technology report. And now, is there any public comment this evening? Hello, I'm Mary Tiss. I'm the president of Colonial Educational Support Professionals.
029I just wanted to come up and thank the board and the administration for the cooperative and respectful way that we were able to come up with a new agreement. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Mary. Is there any other public comment this evening? All right. Is there any other board comment this evening? Yes. Uh, one upcoming item I want to highlight, the distinguished graduates organization will be on May 8th having our first evening induction. Um, so come out and support. And I apologize, I did not write down the uh, but Miss Lester has put it out to the community. There is an RSVP. It's on the district website. It's been in multiple emails and everyone is invited. There will be the ceremony followed by some light refreshments and chance to socialize with the
030at 5:30. Sorry. Thank you. Great. Anything else this evening from anyone? All right. Seeing none, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.