001High School start pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay, we do not have special reports tonight. Slide away. Prior to tonight's meeting, the board held an executive session at 5:15 p.m. to discuss confidential and personal litig personal litigation. The board also met on 5:18 2025 for an executive session at 7 pm to discuss personnel information, Dr. Harris. All right. Thank you. Just um two quick things of information before we get to our retirements is we won the softball game tonight, their very first round of states three to two. Um, and the our boys volleyball team, they start their very first round of states tomorrow. So, hope they do just as well. So,
002it should be fun to see. It's nice that our sports teams keep going even after school year has ended. Graduation was a success. Even though there was rain and it was cold, we made it outside, which is matters most to families. And so, everyone can attend who wants to because it makes for a nice night. Matt, excuse me. For graduation, is there a place where you could see the video from the beginning because Steve and I joined in, but I want to see the beginning of the um graduation. Is that posted online, the whole video? I know they have it posted and they they were doing something that you could buy. They were selling it for I just want to see the first five 10 minutes. That's all I miss. I'm I'm actually buying one
003for my son this year. So, that actually reminds me that I still haven't paid. So, I'll get it in. I'll share I'll share some with mine. Don't tell Mr. Vincent you know he's recording us right now. Thanks Steve. Is that an outside organization or it's our organization? It's our people who do it. Dr. Lincoln also about graduation. I want to compliment our teachers that volunteered to be on the field. I saw people in Black Grove and I went who are these people because they look so young. They were teachers. I was impressed. But uh again for them volunteering really appreciate that. We get a nice group of teachers every year that do that. And it's they win it because they also love it. They want to walk with their kids. It showed all the same
004people. It's very nice. Yeah. And two of those people talking about teachers are here tonight and this is probably their last official pener meeting that they have to come to. But you're welcome. And I don't say half they they chose to. And I'm going to um announce some of the retirements. We already took retirements, but the first is Jeff Nuome. If Jeff, you want to go up to the microphone because Steve reminds me no one can ever hurry. And Tiffany, you have something to say about Jeff? I do. I'm so excited I get to say something about you. Jeff decided to become a teacher after taking an education class at WCCCC. He earned a bachelor's degree in technology education and a master's degree in multimedia technology from California University of Pennsylvania. After a teaching stint
005in Virginia, Jeff joined the Pen Trafford High School staff in 1999. Over the years, Jeff witnessed the rapid evolution of technology and its impact on both education and students. His fondest memories are robotics competitions and watching his students compete in the robotics world championships. And I have to say, I was at um Cleveland Price today and the majority of my hour and a half was focused on you and nothing but compliments and everything that you do here at Pen Trafford and how much the students are going to miss you. So, thank you so much for all of your dedication to our students here at Pen Trafford. Thank how many of your students you had are they actually now? Oh, geez, I have no idea. Quite a few of them have gone on to work there.
006I think one of them's even an engineer there now. And um it's a it's a great company because I've been friends with Carl Heler over there. We've known each other through scouts and so forth. And uh you know, our our boys kind of grew up together between you know, my youngest playing baseball with his son and um and we've got a lot of students. Even my own son last year during college his summer job he worked there for the entire summer and uh you know that it's a great great company for their employees. They really do a good job and what they do and so forth and how they treat them. What year did you first put your robotics course in? Um I want to say it was around I think it was around 2008
007or 2009 I believe. uh Dr. Colon that was here before I had gone to a presentation at Carnegie Melon University down on in Lawrenville the robotic center and just out of interest to see that's when it was just first starting in this area and even though Carnegie Melon has been doing it I mean at the high school level and bringing it into the schools and after I went saw it and I presented it to Dr. Coloney and so forth and then it was it was an easy decision That's when we started the program and I had a handful of students that were interested at that point and then it's just gone from there. Uh those students that started actually made the world championships. The road to it was a lot more difficult at that time.
008um they just had uh regional areas and then after that since it has grown so much uh with the VEX robotics u the whole competition thing there's over 20,000 teams now around the world and you know so then they had to make it more difficult and it was co kind of killed a little bit of it because I had two teams that went that year and a lot of them were seniors and they missed out on it and in 2021 we actually did it virtually And then every year until this year and this year I had a young group of kids who were probably going to do really well next year. So um it started back then and I do thank you for doing that and growing that program and for everything else you did
009in the building. I know you took care of all the signs around the building and different things that were way above your job description. I think you always appreciated you coached golf and what other sports did you ever golf? I coached girls the I was the first coach of the girls golf team when they first started it. And then um I coached the boys assistant and then um the others as well, but I've coached everything from girls softball to baseball when I was in Virginia. Uh even wrestling. Um so it's been a lot of different things. It it's it's funny how it grows into you. You know, it becomes part of you no matter where you are once you get involved in kids and you know, you just want to share what you've learned and
010and how much you learn from them as well. We were very lucky to have you. Sorry to see you go, but now that you don't have now that you have all the time in the world, we're giving you a [Music] clock and obviously we have have most of his night freeze a piece or two the very first day of school. Get it out of the freezer and eat it and make the rest of us. We sounds like you're a very accomplished person. Where did you get your high school education from? I went to school here. What year was that you graduated? Senior year. Congratulations. And I'm really fortunate too. My boys went through here and I I don't brag a lot about my kids, but my oldest son just graduated from Penn State with a
011degree in mechanical engineering. He already has a job and you know my other son is at St. Vincent for accounting and finance and both of them. I even sent an email before on the last day I was here thanking everybody of all the positive teachers on our kids very thankful for you know what they've done I know you guys enjoy always. [Applause] Yes. Nancy was inspired early on by her parents, both of whom were educators. Following in their footsteps, she earned her teaching degree from Central Michigan University and began her journey in the classroom in 1977. She taught in Michigan and Ohio before moving to Pennsylvania where she taught at Gyel High School in Condlesville. After stepping away from teaching for 25 years, she returned to the classroom in two 2010 as an English language
012arts teacher at Penn Trafford High School. Nancy often reflected on how much she had missed teaching during her time away and how fulfilling it was to return to the classroom. Thank you for everything that you've done here at Pentrafford. Congratulations. What are you going to miss the most? The kids. Um I just uh my speech and debate classes were the best. I so many things I learned from them and um it was just such a nice And I still have kids. Before COVID, we I would always teach a handshake and how important a handshake was. And every time a a student would come into the room, I'd make them shake our hand. I said, "No, that's a wet noodle. Come back, start over again." And uh they got very good at it. And I still
013have kids, I see them out uh in public that graduated years ago, they would come up to me and shake their shake my hand and thank me for that. just a simple gesture but speaks volumes when that first initial contact sort of got away from that with COVID but um just so many things that those classes taught me and how comfortable they were to share so many stories that they had um and experiences they had in life and felt comfortable doing that. So I think that's uh what I'm going to miss the most. I love teaching English as well and um uh this year was probably my best year yet. Just the kids were great and I I enjoyed every minute of it and uh I'm going to miss miss them the most. Teaching you
014coach some sports. I well I did um when I first started in Michigan I taught so or I coached softball and basketball and Patty Arzeni and I uh coached um volleyball for a year here too. So um again you know different things and uh learning different things from the kids is always an inspiration to me and my kids went here too and are both very successful and u I'm thankful for that as well and it's a great place there are they Norw they looked for a long time uh for a house here when they were looking and could not find anything so they're in Norwe They wish they had had found something to pay back. So, and I know Jeff was from Michigan. What was your dad's job growing up? He was a superintendent. And
015I I know all those little things that we used to get the the phone calls in the morning before this was back in the 70s when um you know, is there school today? You'll have to let my dad he wouldn't answer the phone. We the kids had to answer the phone and we had this little that we would have to say you will have to listen to the radio and if the school is canceled it will be cancelled and then many times I was very influential in cancing school because I had a test or something so I would say please please please so there were there were some uh pluses and minuses to that and my mom was a an English teacher as well and guidance counselor before she retired and my brother's was an
016athletic director so had it all the way I wanted to comment too how proud I am talking about you because a lot of people say why don't they teach soft skills in school and I said we have a teacher that does that she teaches eye contact firm handshake you taught all those things my kids grandkids pass that along to me and I want to thank you for doing that yeah and it's especially now since co is so important just to you know to communicate I would have kids um in speech and especially each of them would they call it speed dating where they would have to talk to everyone in class for three minutes. I timed them. And at first, it's like dead silence. Nobody wants to say anything to anybody because they don't know
017how to carry on a conversation without texting somebody. But then as time went on, they got really good at it and the volume would increase and I'd have to say, "Okay, we're done. Done." You know, we have to, you know, say, "Thank you. Nice meeting you. Move on." Uh, so it was it was good. It was just a and I wish you had time in other classes to develop that rapport that our speech and debate classes have, but it just it doesn't allow the time to do that. But it's it's a it was a great great thing to to watch them bloom and um find out that they do like to communicate with people eye to eye and face to face. Yes. Well, the quality of a good teacher, which you were, you didn't teach
018a subject. You taught students about a subject. Yeah. And that student was more important than the subject. And it showed the way you taught your class. Thank you. Appreciate. My daughter My daughter enjoyed your class. It was her favorite. Yeah. I I enjoyed having her, too. Okay. So, I I'd like to thank everybody, too. It's been a great ride. Um, I never in a million years thought I would come back into teaching after being away for so long. But once I was a full-time sub, long-term sub here, we stole you right away. Well, I know, but I It was like when I had to interview for the job and I had all these young teachers with their little mini skirts on. Gosh, I don't stand a chance. And then one of my students wrote a
019letter. Absolutely. And uh and so I always thank him for that why they should choose me. And uh I'm thankful that but once I knew I could lose it, I was like, "Oh my gosh, that would have been the worst thing to to lose that position after being there for a year and a half." You've been here all these years and never complain, never anything. You're always happy. Yeah. And I appreciate that. Well, thank you. Your dad will be very proud. Thank you. I appreciate that. Yeah. Thank you. [Applause] Oh yes. Yeah. Uhhuh. Is that crazy? You saw my Hey, I hope hope you're not a stranger. Are you football games? He wants me to come since I ran the boys district. this year. You made good choices. Nobody's ever came back to us and
020said they finished it off in one evening. So, have at it. Be the first. Thanks a lot. Enjoy. That's all I have for information. Then for next week under athletics and extracurricular, we're going to ask you to approve the athletic trainer and physician service agreements as well as terminate athletic trainer and physician service agreements. Under a budget of finance, we're going to ask you to adopt a school budget. Grant permission to advertise for bids. Authorize payments for all the endear invoices. Name banks as deposiitories. Authorized payments for credits earned. Assigned fund balance. Approved compensation rates. Approved equipment purchases. There won't be any items under buildings and grounds and safety or employee relations negotiations and transportations. Under food service, we're going to ask you to approve the breakfast and lunch prices, approve meal prices, and under
021personnel curriculum, we're going to ask you to approve the personnel agenda, approve tenative assignments, employee school physician, and dentist, accept and file tenative official ratings, extend supplemental contracts, authorize administration to fill vacancies, approve comprehensive service agreements, update the calendar, and finally, under public relations legislative title two, we're going to ask you to Continue roll call procedures. Continue bond coverages. Approve attendance at conventions. Authorize administration. Submit federal programs applications. Approve participation in the drug-free schools and communities act. Adopt attachment A of IDA B program narrative and appoint the PSBA voting delegates. And finally, under taxes insurance senses, we're going to ask you to set the military, adopt a homestead and farmstead exclusion resolution, and adopt a tax resolution. and I'll turn it back to you recognizment.