001called to order the Monday, July 21st meeting, the Konosogga Valley Board of School Directors. Want to welcome everyone that's here tonight as well as those that are joining us online. I do want to mention that we had a retreat at the last Monday in uh June where we went into executive session uh to review and discuss uh uh the the superintendent's evaluation as well as his contract. Will you all please join me for pledge 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. >> This is our work session, the first of two meetings this month in which we receive most of theformational presentations as well as discuss and deliberate future decisions, official actions or directives. There
002may also be some action voting ISIS required on timely issues or to meet time restraint guidelines. Our meetings observe all legal and policy requirements to the best of our understanding and ability and all agendas are available with their related documents posted on the district website. Mrs. Martin, do we have could we have attendance, please? >> All school directors are present tonight. We do have a quorum in place. Are there any changes to the agenda? Additions, deletions, or corrections? >> There are not. >> I'm sorry. >> There are none. >> Oh, okay. Could I have a motion, please, to approve the agenda as it was presented? >> Motion to approve the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> Any names or extensions? If not, the agenda is approved. Dr. Hartman, have
003you some comments for us? >> I do. Good evening. Uh, happy to announce several new staff members tonight or to introduce several new staff members. Uh, so bear with me. We have about seven we're going to introduce this evening. So, I'd like to start with, uh, Daniel Smith. Daniel, can you give us a little wave? >> Uh, Daniel's being hired as a high school emotional support teacher. Uh he has his bachelor's degree in history from Shippensburg and he received his social studies teaching certification, special education teaching certification, and a master's degree in ed leadership from Immaculata University. He has served as a special education and social studies teacher with the Chester County Intermediate Units Gateway Program since 2019. He also worked as an instructional assistant with the Chester County IU prior to starting his teaching
004positions. Prior to this, he actually served as an English teacher and instructor uh for a year while living in Mexico. So, interesting background. So, welcome, Daniel. Next, we have Anya Ditler. Anya, if that name's familiar, she's a CV alum. Correct. Yeah. Anya recently completed her student teaching right here at CV at Fritz Elementary School. She received her bachelor's in early childhood education this past spring from Millersville. Uh, she's also very involved in the music program while at Millersville. So, we threatened to make her sing tonight, but then we told her we were just kidding. Welcome, Matt. Next, we have Madison Blanca. >> Hi. >> For a middle school learning support, Madison recently graduated also from Millersville with dual certification in early childhood education and special education. She completed her student teaching in the Hempfield School
005District at both Landisville Primary School and East Petersburg Elementary. Welcome, Madison. Next, we have Terresa Ashby. Teresa will be first grade at Leola. She has her bachelor's degree in originally her bachelor's degree in sociology and criminal justice from Shippensburg University. She has taught in several districts. Most recently, she has ser served uh as a kindergarten teacher in the school district of Lancaster since 2023, where she was Lancaster County's grand prize winner for the Citadel's Heart of Learning award in 2025. She also instructs sociology and psychology classes for the Lancaster Career and Technical Center. And she did go back and got her teaching certificate from Cababrini University and her master's degree. So, welcome Teresa. Andrew Jazinski, buddy. >> Andrew is going to be our new high school band director. He'll be moving back to PA from
006Massachusetts where he has been a band and orchestra director and a music teacher with the Frammingham Public Schools near Worooster since 2011. Andrew has his bachelor's in music education from Lebanon Valley College and his mers in music education from the University of Florida. All right, Sabrina Castro. So, Sabrina might be a familiar face because she's already started with us. She is our new uh administrative assistant to the CFO and our new uh front desk receptionist here at district office. Sabrina has previously been an administrative assistant uh working with the school district of Lancaster, also the PA Department of Human Services, and most recently she has worked as a human resources assistant uh with substitute teacher services. So, a wealth of educational experiences and we're glad to have her here and she's been doing a great
007job. So, welcome Sabrina. And finally, I'd like to introduce Dr. Lennena Cordderero. >> Hello everybody. >> So, Dr. Cordiero started her career uh first, well, Dr. Cordero is going to be our new principal at Fritz. Uh Dr. Cordderero started her career as a fifth and sixth grade math and social studies teacher at New Hope Academy in York. She also served as a teacher, assistant principal, and associate principal in the Harrisburg School District. And most recently, she has served as the junior senior high principal with the Steelton Highspire School District. She has her bachelor's degree in elementary education from Millersville, her math specialist certificate from the University of Colorado, a certificate in urban education from Temple University, and a master's in educational leadership and a doctor in organizational development and change both from Cababrini University. So,
008welcome Dr. Cordiero. That concludes my report. >> Welcome everybody. [Applause] My apologies for that. >> Oh, no problem. >> I'm not used to this little stand in the back. Are there any board comments? If not, Mrs. Martin, is there any correspondence? >> Uh, one mention, I sent an email to the board today uh for the induction lunch invite. So, just check your email um for the uh induction lunch invite where you can meet all the new staff coming up. >> Thank you. >> This is excuse me. Uh this is the first place in the meeting where the public may make input on anything in the agenda. Would anyone like to address the board? Is there anyone from CVEA that would like to address the board? any other employee groups that are being represented? If not,
009we'll move on to the consent agenda. We have items A through K. Um, I don't think there's anything we need to make. Uh, >> I have a couple questions. >> Yes. Um on policy 918, I noticed again that this is to be posted online to the website. Can somebody remind me who who does the posting and is it someone different for the policies and do we have a time limit like will it be within 30 days or >> that's what we have a board secretary. You want to explain how you handle that? So, when this gets approved, I email it to a PSBA and they then let me know when it's ready to be posted. Once I get the email back from them saying it's ready to go, then I just simply upload it. Um,
010since this is no, this is not part of our group >> group, right? >> I am hearing from other people that it can take a couple of weeks till it's ready to go. >> Thank you. I think you did explain that, but I just didn't quite remember. Any other question? >> My other question was on um I the approval of the policeou agreements. I just want to confirm East Lamp Peter is for one year and does include resource school resource officers. West Earl looked to me like it was more of an agreement for procedures and that was for two years. Is that correct? >> That's correct. >> Any exchange of it? >> That is correct. Yeah. So, because uh our middle school and high school campus are located within East Lamper. It's a little theou
011is a little more complex because it has to involve language about the SRO's >> in there. >> Thank you. I I I will note that when I I looked at those myself, I remember the first from East Land Peter was one page long. This one is something like uh 16 pages. >> Uh that's part of the safe schools requirements. That's a huge document. Anyone else have any questions on the consent agenda? >> If not, could I have a motion to approve items A through K? >> Motion to approve items A through K. Second. >> We have a roll call vote, please. >> Dr. Martin. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Fischer. >> Hi. >> Mr. Hurst. >> Hi. >> Mr. Tally. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Capka. >> Hi. >> Mr. Gensel. >> Hi. >> Mr. Eie. >>
012Hi. >> Miss Trobridge. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Grath. >> Hi. The uh consent agenda passes unanimously. We'll now move on to the action discussion items and start with Mrs. Huninger. I'm telling you people, he told you you could leave, but we take names. >> Just so you know, >> don't worry, she'll be back for more meeting. >> Oh, good evening. >> No, not if you're going to talk about budget. >> I just can't let it go. >> I I just can't let it go. I got to talk about >> I just think she could finally let go and do something. that would help. >> So, we obviously do not have a state budget right now. Um, I was a little optimistic uh middle of last week when um the House had passed the one House
013Bill 13:30. Um, that bill included or was going to retain all of the state subsidies that was proposed in the governor's original budget back in February. Uh then I came to learn that the uh House Appropriations Committee had um uh made some amendments to that bill. So we have do not have the detail of those amendments. So we don't know what is transpiring there at that at at this time, but hopefully we'll know something a little bit more in the next few days. The um they are not in session early part of this week. So hopefully they'll be back in session and we can get some movement on this in a positive way. Uh the other item that had kind of changed a little bit too was the cyber tuition uh cyber charter tuition reform.
014Originally they were looking at a flat cap of $8,000 per regular ed student. Uh it seems to be um support for that seems to be waning and now they're looking at possibly changing the uh cyber tuition formula calculation, adding some more deductions for us, you know. So for example, right now when we calculate um the cyber tuition cost for CV, it actually includes in the cost the cost that we pay to the cyber charter schools. So hopefully that is one of the areas that they are going to look at amending and making some correction. But uh regardless, I don't know that um changes to the formula are going to be as significant uh to us as if we had gone to a flat cap. So more to follow on that. On another note, as far
015as the federal government goes with the subsidies that uh we receive, we received title one, two, three, and title four uh subsidies, uh when the when Jill uh submitted the title one that grant application just listed title one, she submitted that to PTE. Uh title one monies, we get about $1.3 million. So that should be uh locked in. However, when you get went into that application portal, uh they had removed PD had removed titles 2, three, and four funding. Uh so that totals about oh I have it here. Uh 300,000 $330,000. uh we are hoping that they are going to uh put that back available to us in the grant application and then we can go in and submit our application for those title funds. Um I haven't heard anything either way on that. So
016hopefully that will go through. So the total amount as I mentioned was $330,000 but of that amount uh about uh $250,000 is paid for pays for uh salaries and benefits for certain selected staff members. Um and the other $81,000 uh is what we give out to some of the non-public school districts to help them support their academic achievement and professional development and uh provides other resources. So, they're going to be um hurting as well too if these funds are not uh reestablished for us. So, again, I really don't have much of an update for you other than we're just still moving forward without any clear um decisions yet. So, hopefully next month I'll be a bearer of good news. Anything any questions? Anything I can have for you for next month? No, just good news.
017>> Cool. Great. Thank you. See, I did. I think that was the shortest budget presentation I've ever given. >> Not the prettiest. >> No, not the prettiest. >> Thank you. The next item is the approval of the superintendent's employment agreement. Um, uh, Mark, uh, if you look at the agenda, there's actually the motion there. I usually ask you to do this this motion if you would on the on both the B and C here. >> So motion to approve the amendment to Dr. Agreement to revis 2026 school year. >> Second. >> Okay, I'm going to hold this for the second motion, please. Motion to approve suspension. Did I skip ahead? No. Suspension of Logan requirement under the district plan providing evidence is submitted attested to having met the appropriate goals. >> Second. >> Okay. Uh
018could we please have a roll call vote for uh budget item 6B and C? >> Mrs. Fiser. >> Hi. >> Mr. Hurst. >> Hi. >> Mr. Tally. >> Hi. >> And Mrs. Kapka. Hi. >> Mr. Gensel. >> Hi. >> Mr. Mr. Eie. >> Hi, >> Miss Trobridge. >> Hi, >> Dr. Martin. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Grath. >> Hi. And I think I think it's still there. Uh, just for your information, if you didn't notice, uh, under item uh C, uh, under executive content, there is the legal information we refuse and solicit. That turned about turned out to be more confusing than we thought it was going to be for something that simple. Uh item D, compensation for the superintendent. Is there are there any questions or comments or motions? Motion to approve the compensation. >>
019Second. >> Roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Hurst. >> Hi. >> Mr. Tally. Hi >> Mrs. Kapka. >> Hi >> Mr. Gensel. >> Hi >> Mr. Eie. >> Hi >> Miss Trobridge. >> Hi >> Miss Gra. >> I >> Dr. Martin. >> Hi >> Miss Fischer. >> Hi. >> Item D is approved unanimously. Uh Dr. Koser. >> Good evening. Um what you're looking at is uh the agreement with Union Community Care. One of the requirements under the preK counts grant is that all of the students receive dental screenings at some point in the course of their prek counts. So this is a provider who would offer those dental screenings. There is no charge to the general fund. This is all accounted for in the prek counts grant. We actually start by running it through the
020parents insurance first and we try to work with any existing if they have records of a dental screening recently, we take that first, then we go through their insurance. And so this is the kind of last resort option. Um when to cover that requirement of the grant. And so this would set up Union Community Care as that provider for our prek screenings. It would be $125 per student. And again, we budgeted for that in the grant to cover those screenings. >> Question. >> Can I ask is this separate from this is just for the prek kids. >> Just for the prek kids. >> Uh do I remember correctly? We approved a dentist for the school in December. >> Correct. >> That's separate. >> Correct. How how does that program differ >> for the K to2
021students? Yeah. So, we run that through the dental screenings through the nursur's office. This actually provides a different provider that takes some of that burden off the school nursing staff and is managed directly through the prek program. >> Oh, okay. Thank you. Uh and this will be on the consent agenda next week. >> Thank you. Mr. Smith, >> I guess the Dal told me there'd be Chipotle here. >> I'm sorry. Guess >> she cut that out of the budget. I'm not sure. Uh I'm here I remember a year ago I was here for Vid Recruiter. Remember the video? Okay. Um good. The Vid Recruiter was a good tool, but one thing was is we hardly ever used it. Uh reason being is we don't have much turnover. Okay. So that that was a good thing.
022Uh we decided to not use Vid Recruiter but we don't have any applicant tracking process anymore. We don't like when you go to our website you don't have a link to go to our job our application. It's a real drawn out sending that resume the whole process to the head person who's doing the hiring of the hiring manager of that position. So uh there's a software out there called Red Rover. Okay. A Red Rover will be able to on our website click the job that's opening, open up an application. Everybody that applies goes into a bucket. Okay. Then we do have say Dr. Hartman's the hiring manager. He can go through sort them out and then we can give permission to the people that are on team to sort them out. They can move the
023people to round one all in the system. Okay? And they see everything in there. You don't have to go to a Google doc or anything like that. Everything's efficient right in there. Then after round one, you go in and you say, "Okay, we're going to move these people in round two." Goes into the bucket to round two. Okay? And then also then it goes to the end. Who gets the job offer? Then Amy and I can do the onboarding comes to us. But also at the same thing, one thing we haven't been doing, people that don't get the job don't know they don't get the job. So to send this I also will have a place there to send a uh a thank you but no thank you letter saying thanks for applying but uh
024unfortunately you didn't get the job. So that's what Red Rover is. Now Red costwise Red Rover is $10,000 versus Front Line. Front Line is almost $23,000 a year. Um history Red Rover just real quick these people that started Red Rover left Front Line which that's our ASOP that's our my learning plan. Uh they also have what's called Apple Track. So these people went um I called two references 100% they support Red Rover. Uh they have 100% retention rate so far. Uh very good customer service where Frontline does not. What I'm saying is the costwise for $7,000 was for um Vid Recruiter. I don't pay that anymore. We get rid of Skyward which they have a small hiring process in there which very they say it cost $1,200. So just see how much you get out
025of the hiring. It's more it's very good for Adele and 13. So overall the cost would be another $1,800 out of our budget in order to get this positive thing about Red Rover 2 is remember Vid Recruiter the recording piece they have that. So I'm getting all the applicant tracking and the video recruiting still for the $10,000. So, it's an all set of like $1,800. Any questions on an applicant tracking process that works? >> Yeah, if I could just add a comment to that, not a not a question for you, Randy, but um Randy and Amy have done a great job. I kind of we talked last year about a goal of really looking at our hiring and onboarding process and trying to make it more efficient. Uh we had some good things in place,
026but some of the steps in the process were a little clunky and we really thought we had a solution with some of our current platforms like Randy mentioned, Skyward, which we're already using for payroll and it just they did a really thorough investigation into that. We looked in the front line. uh this is the end result of of their team looking probably at three or four different products and really finding one that we think is cost effective but also uh a quality product and and so I just want kudos to you guys because I know it was a it was a big ask to look into it because there's a lot of tools that are out there uh but we were really impressed with the demos and and what we've been learning about Red Rover
027so we're excited about it question. Guess I got to go to Chipotle. >> We will approve this. Uh, but I'm going to wait for the next one so we to take the extra vote. Um, Mrs. Huninger, we should have kept you here. >> Yes. >> So, in the last uh year or two, I've asked you to uh approve some of the supplemental transportation agreements. Uh this is another supplemental transportation agreement that we are would like to enter into with Bluecap Transportation. Uh the what is different about this particular company though is uh they specialize in having uh transportation services and uh any specialized equipment and any other needs for uh students that are in our special education program. So, this would not be replacing any of our existing services, but would be adding on uh
028for students that would need this particular type of transportation. >> Question. Must they be in special ed? Don't we have some students who need special transportation but aren't in special ed? >> They don't have to be in special special ed. No, but it's just what's nice about this is that the drivers are particularly trained. They have uh certain equipment, certain seats if necessary uh for the students >> but they will take any handicapped student. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> What is happening with those students now? >> They are still being transported. Um but some of sometimes it's a little more of a challenge uh to have some of the Yes. Whereas these drivers are particularly trained and we have the the buses are equipped specifically for these students. >> So if possible uh any other
029questions? >> Yes. >> Um do they ask us to have a minimum of students? >> No. No. They have uh two options for us. One is to basically purchase a a a v a van a small uh specialized van or we can pay on a per day basis. So and I think that's the option that we want to go with at this point. >> Where are they located or where did they come out of? Uh they are actually relatively new and um they have one of this um one of the owners is from the transportation company um Faithful Faithful Transportation and I'm not sure who the other one is from. Um but they are local. They are in the area. I don't have a specific address for them that I'm seeing off the top of
030my head. So >> Okay. >> Thank you. Will they be serving more to one school district at a time? >> That's feasible because >> where I'm going with this is will they be able to get our students here on a timely basis if they're doing >> Oh, they would have to. Yes, they would have to get our students here timely basis. Yes. >> And I um if if we partner with other school districts or share services, that would help with our costs also. We'd split the costs. >> Yeah. Any other questions? If not, then I would take a motion to approve items both F and G. >> I move to approve items FG. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> Roll call vote, please. >> Mr. T. >> Hi, >> Mr. Mrs. Capka. >> Hi, >>
031Mr. Gensel. Hi, >> Mr. Eie. >> Hi, >> Miss Trobridge. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Gra. >> Hi, >> Dr. Martin. Hi, >> Mrs. Fischer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Hurst. unanimous 90. >> Both of these items passed unanimously. Uh are there any questions for the finance and operations report? >> All that was was just the summary. >> Yes. Just the investment summary. >> That's it. Uh the curriculum instruction will not be there this month. anything on the federal funds? nothing other than to reiterate what Adele shared with with the state budget uh and what we we learned from the state but via what's happening at the federal government is we have our title one grant has been submitted and accepted for the year but uh the messaging we got last week and I I did forward
032this on to the board was right now uh I guess the language they're using is under the federal government is reviewing the state's plan for title three and 2a and four and uh which impacts us. So right now we we do not have those funds uh or those grants written at this point. So we're we're kind of in a wait and see position right now. >> I saw today where uh the after school grants were reinstated. >> Mhm. >> So you never know that first they say it's canceled and then the money is back. We believe it when we get the check. >> Right. >> Okay. uh board reports um for the IU. I have one one thing that I would usually wait till next uh month for, but I don't know if you noticed,
033but um in the large budget bill that was passed uh last week, there was uh there's a lot in that bill. And you may or may not know that uh included in that bill are federal tax credits for private school vouchers. from the federal government. Uh, most people didn't even know that. I guess most people didn't know much of what was in that huge bill. Um, I do have copies of summaries of it. I I brought a couple with me if anyone would like them. If not, I can I can get them to you. Uh, it's there were there were two versions of it. one was in the house and that one the parliamentarian removed and um then at the last minute the senate uh put a voucher bill in. Um it's a strange bill.
034It's going to be very expensive but the states have to opt into it. So then there'll be another fight at the state level as to whether or not we participate. So if anyone wants a copy that let me know. I brought a couple copies with me. Does the construction team have any update? If not, then uh this is a time in the meeting when anyone could address the board on an issue of interest. If there are none, um any announcements or initiatives from any board members, you have the dates for our meetings. Um, if there are no other uh issues, we will uh I take a motion to adjourn to executive session to review a staff policy waiver request and to uh we we will be taking time to schedule the last of our policies.
035But we will not be discussing the policies tonight. Not an executive session. repeat all that. >> Don't don't don't need that. All I need a motion to go to executive session to executive session. >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> Opposed to abstensions. We are returned.