001correct University of the guys Department as well as you are a part-time administrator in the building so 10 months let's continue on and the reputation of school districts has been the has been excellent and the biggest most important thing I realized when we do that we do this job is the people you hire and our scores show it I'm not my research to practical use perfect it's always nice most of us are here for tonight in the audience is our favorite of enemies where board members mention it is the students of the month at the beginning of the um meeting I read something that we had 3 900 students and if you think about it at the end of the year we probably have 30 students per month so that's less than less than one
002percent of our students get that honor so in order to be recognized you must have done something really amazing and you should be very proud at the very first football game next year we will honor you on the field and with the reception but for tonight we were going to honor You by us having the principals read something while you got that honor and we're going to take your picture for the paper afterwards and we're going to start with Dr corner for Sunrise Elementary School thank you Dr Harris I'll do the Elementary report first I want to Echo Dr Harris's thanks to the community in the school in the district for the Make-A-Wish campaign Sunrise was able to donate over nine thousand dollars to the Make-A-Wish event and we also want to thank Mr Vinton
003and the student production team they worked really hard during the Telethon so we thank them for that I want to make an announcement that kindergarten registration for 2023 is just around the corner we will be starting that around January 23rd fifth grade dare just wrapped up in December and the project winners get to go bowling on January 27th we want to thank the Penn Township Police Department and officer Myers for their continued support of the program we also want to thank Herring seminars regarding our current District Initiative for diversity equity and inclusion training it has been very successful in terms of helping the district understand how to better ourselves um the next sunrise Spirit Week will fall sometime during February and we are going to coordinate our efforts this year with the American Heart Association
004and then my last announcement for that is that the marking period second marking period is over already this week on the 12th so we are in the middle of many many semester assessments to measure growth at this point in the school year so that gets me to the best part of my announcement which is the student of the month for the elementary and I would like to ask Declan Joyce to come up and join me [Applause] foreign Joyce is an 11 year old fifth grade student at Sunrise Estates Elementary School he's joined by his father and mother Sean and Jennifer along with his siblings Riley and Finn and also several other family members Declan is a wonderful choice for our January student of the month and I appreciate his kind and caring personality during our
005conversation Declan told me that he wants to be a mechanical engineer when he is older he likes machines and the ability to work with them Declan loves to invent things in his free time too he came up with an idea to put a device on a vehicle's tailpipe to filter out and I quote him particulate matter he named it the ffpm filter for particulate matter his favorite subject is science he loves inquiry lessons that they complete in class and the Hands-On activities Declan also plays lacrosse and ice hockey he is typically a wing or center for the Allegheny Badgers ice hockey team and he often plays a tack on the PT lacrosse team Declan also told me that he really enjoys exploring the woods behind his home some of declan's teachers shared some thoughts with
006me Mr Bechtel declan's gifted teacher mentioned that with his full-time Smile as he's demonstrating right now and constant desire for academic Adventure Declan never gets tired of using what he learns to learn more Declan is fully deserving of being recognized as the academic All-Star Miss Pratt one of his teachers stated that Declan is an outstanding student that always goes above and beyond in his schoolwork declan's manners and respectful Behavior shine through on a daily basis Mrs guerreri adich who is here tonight Declan is a hard worker who cares deeply about school he puts forth his best effort at all times and is a great leader who sets examples for his fellow classmates to follow Mrs Hawk who is also here tonight his homeroom teacher shared Declan is a very conscientious and hard-working student he does
007an excellent job of managing his academics and extracurricular activities such as ice hockey as well as is displaying a strong musical Talent Declan molds well with all the students in our classroom and he has a smile that lights up a room she is very pleased to call Declan her student I also want to thank Mrs Hartman and Mr spooty who are also his previous teachers from previous years they came tonight to honor Declan Declan is well deserving of this award and embodies the traits we look for in a student When selecting our student of the month we are honored to have Declan represent Sunrise as the elementary January student of the month [Applause] um next we're gonna have a middle school winner from Penn Middle School Mr Jim Simpson can you announce thank you Dr
008Harris a couple of pen middle announcements um we're pleased that our penny wars holiday fundraiser were able to Grant a wish for Make-A-Wish right now the new year we begin our eighth grade to ninth grade freshman scheduling uh process there's a meeting this Wednesday a big meeting here with the high school staff to introduce students and parents to the high school process as Dr Corner mentioned we're switching over for the semester here this week none of our core classes will switch over it will only be PE art things like that also Thursday our band and chorus teachers are 8th grade banded course students are coming up here to meet with Mr Cornelius Mr Fox to check out what was to be offered up here in Benton course it's a great opportunity to see and and
009uh push our numbers up there we've got a book fair coming up uh PTO book fair in February 6 through 10 and on Martin Luther King Day the uh professional development we will be all teachers will be trained in CPR for the good stuff City can you come up please I want to do Sydney to riggy she's a seventh grader at middle school she's our student of the month she's the daughter of Sam and Abby durgy she has two brothers Austin a freshman here and Jacob a fifth grader at McCullough Mr Mr degree say that outside of school City enjoys playing guitar and spending time with her friends and brothers much of her time is spent at dance and theater classes studies in the pre-professional program at Pittsburgh CLL Academy of Music Theater where she
010studies voice ballet tap and Jazz she's been in Academy Productions of The Music Man Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Newsies one of my favorites she's also been in Productions with the Pittsburgh clo in a musical Christmas Carol and The Wizard of Oz her parents also share that Sydney has a heart of gold and seems to always have a smile on her face that's true I see every day uh whatever she's doing she gives 110 percent is always looking out for others is willing to lend a helping hand her brothers say that they both have a very good relationship with Sydney and she cares for them very much that's the honest truth they told me that she is helpful can be dramatic and it's funny goofy at times I love to hear they play
011board games together like Monopoly and play with the neighborhood Friends when the weather's good talking to her teachers city is a phenomenal student and a great example to her peers she always shows up to class with a smile on her face eager to participate and you can always count on her to do her very best students like her make me excited to be a teacher she's kind positive and motivated a great listener participant in class she's consistently engaged in her willingness to learn is contagious and motivating for other students is a pleasure to have her in class city is an exceptional student she's a very positive attitude and a pleasant demeanor she works extremely hard and cares about her academics she's respected by her peers and teachers not only is she great academically but a
012very talented performer we are lucky to have a student like Sydney at Penn middle school she's going to be a great success congratulations Sydney [Applause] right and then finally our high school um winner doctor capriccioneers all the time very much just a few uh updates what's going on at the high school both Tech tour sign ups are going on right now uh it's unbelievable we are unbelievable but we have 86 students signed up to go toward Tech this year that's a lot of students we still have two weeks to go before the tour so we'll be close to 100 students that will be attending the tour last year we had 69 students to attend and the year before we had 41. so our Tech numbers keep rising and Rising currently we have 110 students not
01310 through 12 attending vote Tech uh Wednesday night this Wednesday is 8th grade scheduling night so it's a very busy night and a lot of nerves that night students are worried what they're going to be taking their freshman year so Wednesday night is scheduling night Hometown High Q will be competing next week against kiskey area and South Side Academy that will be on TV eventually on Channel 2. also last week the mock trial team both teams won three out of four matches at the University of Pittsburgh which is great FBLA they finished up competition this week and the winners go to States last year we had 20 out of 26 students go to States so we're hoping about the same numbers again so they do a great job and finally Chain Reaction team took second
014overall and best in execution theme next week in a couple weeks there they'll be competing in the finals at Westinghouse so there's a lot going on right now so the good part Angelina come on up Angelina dematteo all right Angelina she is accompanied by her mom dad and her grandparents she is a senior and has a current GPA of 3.9 she has narrowed down her College choices too George Washington Duquesne and George Mason she plans to study psychology with a concentration in the justice system is very involved with the band mock trial the Karen closet here at the high school and fashion club actually what she is wearing she created designed and actually sewed it herself so it's all right by her very impressive outside of school she is an active member of her Church's
015sewing group and she recently attended the FBI Academy a few things about what her teachers have said about her Angelina always has a positive attitude she shows insight into all her answers and work dealing with topics covered in class I have no doubt that she will be successful in whatever she does in the future the world is a better place because of Angelina Cornelius there are certain students that can be considered quarter stones of a successful program here at school Angelina is one of those students not only in our music program but for the entire high school she is a leader through her actions yet is also the voice of reason she models tremendous work ethic Drive determination I consider Angelina an outstanding student and one of the finest people I have ever had the
016opportunity to teach Mrs bar insulin Angelina possesses the maturity rarely seen as in a high school student and she is blessed with the ability to express empathy and compassion to others when thinking of ways to describe Angelina the words of dedication determination and compassion come to mind she has a bright future and will surely be a student who Penn Trafford will be proud of you to call our own Mrs Seth Meyer stated students like Angelina only come around so often PT is a better place because of her finally Mrs sanovski Angelina is absolutely amazing she's an outstanding student and a mentor to her peers she's quick and eager to learn determination to make it work and makes effort to assist peers shares her skills I hold Angela into the highest esteem and believes she brings
017inspiration to so many others I am so excited she was receiving receiving this well deserved credit congratulations for being Penn Trafford high school student of the month I'm going to take a quick picture with our three winners thank you foreign yeah there's a lot of factors if he has 35 years less than 35 years he would take a penalty because he didn't have the age that's like 87.5 well the benefit is increases yeah right this library takes it out everybody takes it up oh Brett I don't know anybody and the last page [Applause] all right thank you thank you yes thank you okay we've now got the recognition of visitors the procedure for your audience recognition you must state your name address and group affiliation if anything if any your statements will be limited to
018three minutes in duration all statements shall be directed to the president and no participant May address or question a board member individually you may be interrupted if your statement is too lengthy the person say direct abusive obscene irrelevant I have a list of one person who wishes to talk introduce yourself your address my name is John deflavio 501 City Road first off I just want to say we are one of the families who moved here and I wanted to thank you guys for your work we love the school we came here because of that what I wanted to address for the virtual school days um and just to maybe get some clarification to the teachers and the principals that it is state law that students do get a paper option on those days and when
019I've reached out to teachers they didn't understand that and when we get emails and information about the virtual days excuse me there is no nothing explaining to parents that they can't have the paper option so I would just like that addressed if they when you send emails about the virtual days to let the teachers and parents know that you don't have to do that you can go another route and I think besides for that I think there should be snow days but that's all I have to say thank you thank you thank you thank you very much okay yeah I'm gonna I'll include that I wrote it down thank you sir thank you thank you very much all right now we'll go to the um executive session we discussed real estate Personnel click the bargaining
020confidential student matters attorney advisory and litigation and also we have a board-only meeting at the conclusion this means this evening okay we now go to the consent agenda are there any board members that wish to add or delete anything on a consent agenda okay I will now entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda Tony no okay no entertainment Tony you know in your second on a motion second by Jim any question on motion all in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed motion passed we will now turn to page then page seven no page nine page nine page nine percent Mr chassis I apologize thank you Mr President I'd like to make a motion to move to approve a contract with ATT Sports Incorporated co-stars contract number zero one four-230 for the high school
021track resurfacing project totaling an amount not to exceed 221 390 which includes making all necessary repairs to the existing track surface including delaminated or low areas plus edges that are curling or up or delaminating apply black Rector on RT by Advanced polymer technology stripe Mark and certify the 400 millimeter running track and event markings uh most Mr naming a second on motion second say Mr kutask any question on motion how does Dr Costa can I make a call a comment on that Mr but I I do have a question sure if I'm allowed to do the question sure uh can you uh um somebody uh Administration explained to me what that's actually going to look like and if there's any other options open well it would be an all-black surface with white lines uh there
022is an option that uh we could approve as a change order if you all want that would have the exchange zones be a different color and most likely in our case it would be free so we'll have the company Mark that up for you for us and we'll have it for you for next month it's not something we would have to pass tonight once we get the project in the books we can do that as a change order and uh we'll get to the cost associated with that as well thank you we'll have some drawings for you as well okay thank you chassis I respect that then I'm coming dad any question on motion all right president yep we need to get to this personal group continue that'd be uh behind us employee Personnel okay
023feel good buddy I'm sure hey thank you Mr President nice to turn the page now before I read the names of of some of our new hiries I do I want to state that I apologize in advance if I had mispronounced any names the mood to employ the following Personnel new employment is contingent upon the receipt of all necessary documentation that will include clearances act 34 act 151 act 114 from the common month of Pennsylvania within 30 days a copy of the Personnel this will be become an official part of the minutes of this meeting Jacob Smith's Super Sub tuner at Harrison Park Elementary Denise Bell Super Sub tutor in McCullough Elementary Laura Aston supersub tutor at Penn middle Marissa all long-term substitute SLA at level grain Elementary Corey Northrop Northrop sorry fellow under contract
024St Vincent at Harrison Park and Sunrise Elementary and Mark Poff custodian at Penn Trafford High School okay I now have emotionally second of motion second second question any question on fire signify by saying aye aye opposed please continue motion pass please continue Mr protector thank you Mr President uh uh move to accept the following retirement resignation Christine chesky teacher librarian district-wide affected June 2nd 2023. I have a motion on your second emotion second by Mr learning question of motion all in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed motion passed I don't want to enter up for one quick second I guess it really thank Mrs chesky 31 years of service he's an amazing teacher and a librarian when I first started at um Penn Trafford I was a vice principal down a level green and
025she was the first grade teacher and she was one of the very first teachers um he actually I met during the summer She Was preparing her classrooms and we found out that it was funny because we actually ended up working she was working horns and I worked at Montgomery Wards years earlier before and without even knowing it so um I was really you know sad is here ago but I'm very happy for her to enjoy her life another she's at all five elementary schools and Dr Coyne would you like to say anything yeah she will be greatly missed she has provided a ton of support for all of the elementary buildings um super positive always a smile on her face never Down and Out works really hard to try to get to know all the
026staff and she's going to be a hard physician to fill for sure both my boys had her she was amazing she was um absolutely between the teaching and she also did some time at Trafford Elementary too as well as a second grade teacher so she'll be the best but I sure should be enjoying her next life and I'm in Mr Dr kosher your kids had her at level three yep she was wonderful he's a great person absolutely she was our first national recognized teacher too I remember her getting that um she will be missed all right thank you and turning back to Mr petruzzi for number eight okay assistant report I never reported a motion for German y okay all in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed have a nice evening