001e e e good evening welcome to the spring Ford Area School District voting meeting today is Monday February 24th please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance I alce to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indiv with liy and justice for all the Springford Board of school directors believes the community has the right to bring before the board issues and concerns they may have about items on the agenda or about items in general which affect the district or their children because of this belief and philosophy the board will schedule a time at the beginning and conclusion of every meeting to have an opportunity for community members to share their concerns with the board at the
002start of the meeting members from the public May comment on agenda items only the the school board will move through the meeting agenda then at the end when prompted there will be a time for public comment this meeting is being filmed to be broadcast on community cable channels and online individuals intending to make public comments should be aware that they are being filmed speakers will be asked to State their name in the area in which you reside before your comment good evening thank you everyone for attending tonight Mrs bicker can we please have a roll call yes all board members are in person wonderful that's lovely thank you Mr R do you have any announcements uh nothing at this time thank you thanks uh my only announcement is that the board did meet an executive
003session prior to the start of today's meeting to discuss a few Personnel matters and with that said we can move on to public to be heard so if there's anyone that wishes to speak please approach the podium with your name Township of residents as well as the agenda item for which you are referencing and seeing as though no one is approaching the podium we'll move on to our presentation for the night we have two are first welcoming uh the cast the staff and I think Mr saali is going to be taking the microphone here to give a glimpse into the springf for Area High School spring musical [Applause] curtains thank you everybody board we so appreciate this annual invitation uh and the opportunity to promote this year's uh spring musical this year's spring musical is
004interesting I describe it as a cross between the movie clue and Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma uh it's called curtains it will run February 28th this Friday at 700 p.m. on Saturday we'll be doing two performances uh a 1 p.m. matina on March 1st and our closing will be 700 p.m. on Saturday March 1st curtains is the story of a troop of players who are workshopping a musical called Robin Hood this is a parody of Oklahoma by Rogers and Hammerstein's of the course of preparing the show their leading lady is murdered and it is determined that it has to be somebody in the theater so the local police officer quarantines the theater and conducts his investigation and as more and more people drop and the Mystery ensues we get this mad cap kind of crazy production
005as they're trying to solve the crime and also fix the problems with their show the kids are doing a wonderful job and we're so excited to present this particular number from the show called show people my advice to everybody as they come and as they're interested in in seeing the production is to honestly forget about the murders in the show what this what this show really shines um is as a commentary on on how much right theater is loved by so many the people who wrote this show have a clear love for the art form our students have a clear love for the art form and in this song we have found particular connection with that idea as Frank chofi played by Grayson drberg attempts to convince the troop to continue on with the show
006despite the murders they find a rekindled love for why they do this in the first place and we've explored that a lot as a cast and so without further Ado I'm going to turn it over to Grayson and our accompanist Mr Joseph Perry on behalf of our cast crew pit and staff I invite everybody to see curtains this weekend thank you so much for the [Applause] invitation I can't believe I'm hearing this I won't believe it putting on a musical has got to be the most fulfilling thing a person could ever hope to do you're all heroes to me you're a special kind of people known as show people you live in a world of your own the audience paid plenty to sit there and clap hearing you sing watching you tap did you know
007your dentist longs to be in Show Business your window washer wants to be a star and though your analyst may never couch it that way you don't know how lucky you are some policemen and detectives dream of show business they can't get arrested but still they sit around the station and fancy this life they Jer Sherlock Holmes and sheer Mac the knife cleaning lady don't you dream of Show Business to focalize or stretch beside a bar her affirmative shrug as she shampoos your rug helps you know how lucky you [Music] are there's a special kind of or around a show just ask the next way you meet he walks in fifth position his voice is just Grand he gives you the check you're give him a hand if the boys in valet parking turn to
008show business they could Scout a a ticket for your car and my tree surgeon now started taking a bow a bow get it b o u g [Music] htain they and they fall born every night at half hour half hour we can't being [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] people an honor and a Jo to be show bu I feel that Spotlight hit me and I'm the [Music] [Applause] W Mr spell I see you taking the microphone there you want to close us out um so yeah that show people you can see that how much these kids enjoy doing this uh how much work they've put in they've they've come through uh an an unusually ill season um and lost a lot of rehearsal to snow and wind and power outages
009and they've persevered through it all so we're we're so excited to Showcase this it's going to be a nice fun madap time and again thank you all for the invitation and the opportunity to promote the production I appreciate everyone's support thank you thank you thank you Mr spelly Mr Perry and students we are so excited excited to see you this weekend and frankly um that clear love ofthe art Forum definitely came through so be very proud we're honored to have you here tonight all right as we give it an extra moment to wait for them to clear out we'll move on to our second presentation of the night which puts a smile to my face equally as much we have Mr living good joining us from the Western Montgomery career and Technology Center um to
010share you know a little bit of what's going on um at wmctc and uh discuss the budget all right well thank you Mr Rizo for having me tonight but I cannot dance or sing like that so don't expect that from me so those are some really talented students so so tonight I'm here to present uh the budget for next year but before I do that I want to go to some high highlights what what has been happening over at the the center for last year um right now we have 41 students on Co-op which is tremendous this point of year um we're starting to release some students out to that Co-op position um we have a student in early childhood education and he's actually a spring for student he's a senior and he's enrolled in
011a dual enrollment program at Shippensburg and that student has is going to go to Shippensburg and if he stays in a child care center working his tuition is free so that's that's a grant through to PA to help promote education and get these uh students involved in teaching which we all need uh secondly thirdly we have uh all of our cause mology students last year were certified uh by the end of the school year right now we have six that are fully licensed and the expectation is all of them will be um licensed by the end of the school year we also started a welding um American weld Society program chapter in our school so we're recognized by American W society and Welding which is tremendous opportunity for these young students and our instructor was
012one of 20 in the nation last year to go to Texas to be certified so awesome opportunity there um in our Automotive program and diesel mechanic program we we started a partnership with Hunter engineering and if you don't know what Hunter engineering is it's the best in the business with the lifts and Alignment systems uh we're the heavy duty and light duty training site right now for the Northeast with their partnership they put over $500,000 worth of equipment into our building um we give them space to teach industry people come in students see them working so it's a great opportunity they own the equipment we get to use it so it's a pretty good deal um next thing is you know we all talk about Giza uh Pico had a great rebate on LED lights
013so we took that opportunity and we purchased a th flat panel lights and over 700 High Bay lights and currently we're 85% done with the project and our electrical students are putting our lights in so hopefully if the students stay on track uh by the start of next school year all the lights will be transitioned over to LED so $1,000 for those lights that's a pretty good deal um we're in application process right now we have 273 applications for about 190 seats so once again we know know it's a popular uh subject we know programs are sought after more than some but we're working through that process and by hopefully by next year we we have a plan in place to help capture some more of those students over to Center and then last thing
014uh we brought in 205 students last year to the center so really popular we know this we know CTE is a bipartisan issue uh at the state and federal government and we're happy for our local politicians that support us at the center but also for the school board to keep supporting us um more opportunities to share I'm very passionate about Western Center and what we do there but I had to move on while you're here tonight for the budget so highle view of a couple great things happening so next year's budget um the the boards asked me to start this process early so we started in October with our staff with the budget process January 1st I presented Joc February we discussed Monday is the vote for the J for this year's budget so we
015look at a five-year historical we get to teacher input and then we also look at the change in enrollment and we're staying pretty steady around 700 students total so this year's budget we are looking uh at a 6.55 overall and and we take out some Revenue sources we coming in so to the districts will we paying a 3.26% or $222,000 um and some change for for next year the breakdown of that budget um spring forward and I think uh Mr Rizzo and and business office were waiting for this day to come I hate to say this because Dr Roach is a a great guy but upper perk has taken over on a fiveyear average so you guys are actually decreasing in uh the budget so sorry Dr Roach so your share next year will be
016um minus $57,200 per decrease for for spring for our budget is processed off of a fiveyear average average daily membership and and that number is the number in students enrolled in the school divided by the numbers in the district um in that in that session so it it is five years that's the only thing budget wise that is allocated that way on the 5- day average so your total overall is 2,614 468 is what you'll be paying to this Center um there's also a bond payment that is paid there off the the bond that is um 20 year 25 years now in uh no sorry 15 years so 15 years in and that's up in 28 29 school year and just to clarify for the community this even though we're having this presentation in February
017this is not news to spring forward and was in fact factored into our preliminary proposed budget when Mr fin presented in November so all accounted for so last year to this year contribution you can see you're going down so the two 2 mil two 2,671 th000 you paid last year you're going down by uh 57,000 this chart here is the fiveyear look at what has been paid and the percentages uh for ADM over the those years so I'm not to read every one of those numbers um I think that's not necessary so so we just summ summarize to make sure that um there is consensus on this so essentially our fiveyear ADM or enrollment numbers our relative shared as compared to Upper perk and as compared to pots scrope has gone down thus leading to
018the decrease in budget of uh what was it 2% 2.1% right this year I mean that might be 20 students so over that fiveyear average so we we saw a rise in Upper perk over the last couple years and we we're we're projecting this day to come um but they were sending more applicants more students so it it's EB and flow right it can go up one year down but that fiveyear average really captures what you've been sending to the district or to the center so big highlights for this year's budget um the increase in supplies due to projected in cost increases um we know there there's that be tariffs on metal we know there's uh food everything we do over there is consumable pretty much when it comes to supplies so it it it's
019a lot of money to for these programs to operate and operate at a high high level um we did do a reduction in our Student Activities account of $40,000 there was an increase in vocational education subsidy from the state so that helps with our budget um we are getting more students to compete at the national level and and we send our students to Nationals we the the center pays for those to so skills USA FCCLA and HOSA um last couple years we've seeing more and I have a highlight later on about 14 students are participating this year at the state skills competition so hopefully if all 14o were to that's to be estatic I mean I'll be really estatic but it's hurt the pocketbook uh at the end of the day but it's a great
020opportunity for these kids to Showcase what they could do in the trades uh the next ask this year is for an assistant principal uh currently right now it's myself and the I'm the administrative director ctor and then the principal uh the only certified Administration in the building so having an assist principal opens up more opportunities supports our teachers a little more uh coming off the street those those teachers need that and and the last one is a market value adjustment uh for administration salaries so we're looking at why we need the the assistant principle um we had a grow since 2020 of 200 plus students in 2122 school year we lost an administrator position uh was IT director we replaced that Contracting with mciu but now we know that IT director did a little more
021than just it in the building so uh we're seeing that we're feeling that but this position will help uh transition that we had six new teachers teachers uh three of them had no experience teaching so they're coming from right off owning a 30- year business in carpentry coming in to teach so he's bossing kids one day or or his employees one day and the classroom of teacher kids the next day it's a lot so no formal teaching training and we need to support those uh great teachers we have there um you know we had an increase in our elll population also the same regulations that the district has we as a center uh have to abide by those and and there's a lot um so being a small team having another administrator is important to
022us curriculum development support and safety coordinator um so this position is critical to our success and opportunities that are coming down the line for the Western Center uh for myself but also for the center are are tremendous and with this extra support it would be great it is a 10-month position right so we looked at it we can get by in the summer doing what we need to do 10 month um and then it could be an assistant principal title or there is another position in Career and Technical education um for for CTE programs so supervisor of CTE and the last one here for the adjustment is for uh Administration salaries currently we have all of our Agreements are up uh they're not contracts they're agreements so with that um the the Joc elected the
023marketplace last year because we never had a Marketplace and they aced nine CTS and mcgomery Bucks Delaware and Chester those who we compete against for instructors and administration um so just showing the chart there where I got that $100,000 increase uh for our budget that's how it was laid out and that was the market market study any questions on that before I go to exciting news goad question the the 2.6 you mentioned earlier is that all in all of the ask are part of that 2.6 let me go back so the assistant superintendent the market value that's all reflected in the 2.6 correct yes so the new director assistant director that cost will be split amongst all the districts correct correct what is what what is our cost in that it it' be the um
024you're going down 2.3 13% no that part I follow I'm just curious what is the the market value which is an interesting term let the the for that position it was a buck 78 right go back one right here so right here right so that is the projected cost of a new assistant director principal so so the what you're seeing here is the director position uh is my current salary is at 154 the market is saying it's at 178 okay well let me let me reframe that the position that you are requesting for this assistant principal yes that is the 112 no it's not reflected on on this because it's not approved position yet so that position we have air marked for about $100,000 so that's what that's where I'm trying to get to so
025we're carrying about a buck within that 2.6 mhm okay all right thank you any other questions I'm going to leave you on some exciting news uh so a couple things that you know I shared at the beginning that's great but here here's a couple more uh we are receiving 85,000 from the state and the competitive equipment Grant and that's to be by a robotic welder for our welding program uh we're looking at a fanic arm which is about 70% of Industry right now is using those robotic arms so that's that's the way we're leaning uh last school year Senator Penny cook uh gave us 150,000 uh funding for upgrades to our Automotive program so we bought permanent Cabinetry in there so it looks more like a dealership but we're also able to buy a hybrid
026minivan which we're able to use to transport students and also use an automotive program uh most recently um Senator Peno came through again and and got us $450,000 for Safety and Security upgrades which is to put every door in our building on access control uh so that's a huge win for the districts because that was looking down the road as a capital project but we had the funding she air marked it for us we received it we had to send send the bill um we had another successful auction you guys know I'm a I'm an auction guy I like auctions uh we were able to take that funding from our auction we had this school year and buy a new school van so our our school Vans are aging out we were able to to
027offset that by getting an upgraded van um and then we have 14 students going to her in a couple weeks here to compete and since the time I've been there this number has only increased in the in the competiveness of our programs and it's great to see these kids when they go and compete and they look like a team and they will be a team but when they roll in with all their toolboxes and kits and professionalism we have some the best of the best at at West Center and last year our pass rate for the Nati exam which is very similar to the Keystone exam but Career and Technical side is 95% so we're doing our instructors not me our instructors are doing a great job preparing these young men and ladies for a
028Workforce but also Beyond and last good bit of news for you guys uh we're having a co-op banquet on April 9th at 12:00 pm I'm working on the invitations now so put this on your calendar they we like to celebrate our employers that hire our students I think a couple of you attended last year it's hard for the the co-op people to come at night so we moved it to a luncheon and hopefully we can get a full room and this all this is come meet them show your support mingle no official business it's a talk it's a luncheon so they're they're great Employers in our local area that that gave these kids many opportunities and hire about 95% of them when they're done with Co-op so I'll be sending Mr Rizo the invitations to
029hand out to the board but mark your calendars April 9th uh at 12:00 p.m. questions I have two um great news by the way that's that's fantastic but so often with grants it's a one-time ping so where we have the $450 and $150,000 grants are they reoccurring grants or once this money is utilize any future upgrades would come through the regular budget correct so so 85,000 uh every year we we apply for that Grant and that's really for equipment you know those those big pieces of equipment so that's something that in the in the state budget that is a line item in their budget so we've been very successful at receiving that every year so far uh and hopefully that Trend continues uh the grants from the center it's a oneand done right so I'm
030I'm very I connect with them often okay uh she she knew this plan was about two years she found some money for us called me and said I have it go with actually I thought it was a spam email uh so I had to actually follow up and make sure it was real because it was right at Christmas time and I I was pretty e static that she came through for us so any other question questions or comments I I just have one comment so I'm very supportive as you know of the western Tax Center and the importance that um vocational programming has for for all students one of the things that I think is I just want to reiterate for not only the community but also the board members is that most of the
031teachers there are not Educators and they are tasked with having to provide and accommodate for students with disabilities so one of the things I do think is an important support for the educators there that don't have a background in education is an assistant principal that has that knowledge base to add more because they have a lot more kids and it allows for us because it is so important that we not only ensure that our children in Springford are receiving fate here but that they're receiving a free appropriate public education there and this additional Personnel I think is an important support to ensure that continuity of services thank you and thank you for the presentation thank you okay and just to Echo Mrs Goldsmith I mean I know having being part of the J Mrs Goldsmith
032Miss wart and I we are well aware that this has been an ask that you have had for uh the Western Center for at least you know for as long as I've been on the J so I'm glad that we've been able to start the budget process a little earlier this year so that you could formally come here and kind of make that case for why it is so needed um and I Echo everything that Mrs Goldsmith said I will say just um one thing very good present thank you again for being here tonight but um I just want to say how much much like what Mrs Goldman said that there are many different Pathways to success after graduation so again very supportive of all the work that you and your staff do at the
033Western Center to make sure that not only our our students and I don't just mean spring forward but our students in our communities are set up for success postgraduation but also you know and I can say this firsthand you know I've always been a supporter of wmctc but now having a student there I really see firsthand how much not only are you adding and enhancing one's kind of like um self-reflection right like promoting a greater sense of self but also what I hear from everyone that attends wmctc is that from a social and a cultural perspective being able to interact with students that have like interests really helps them like builds that passion within them so thank you for everything that you guys do all right any other questions thank you Mr living good thank
034you have a great night and I'm head to basketball game all right moving on we're going to go to board and committee reports and we will start with Mrs warten on behalf of the western mgy career and Technology Center fantastic I would like to start this report let me just pull up my my notes as Mr living good mentioned the skills USA competition was held February 2nd through 8th we have some really impressive uh announcements coming out of that so the Western Montgomery career and Technical Center proudly hosted the skillsusa district 2 competition bringing together talented Career and Technical education students to Showcase their skills and dedication we're thrilled to recognize our winners for their outstanding achievements and just so you know skillsusa is a Workforce Development Organization for students to Showcase Career and Technical
035skills it empowers them to become career ready career ready leaders in the workforce so here congratulations to the following Spring Ford students for placing at skillsusa District 2 competition best of luck to those advancing to States our Spring Ford gold winners Shan judge for automotive service technology David bitterman early childhood education Morgan Williams medical assistant Christian Hansel Precision Machining Elton Reese welding fabrication our Spring Ford silver winners are Noah Bergie action skills Addison Hawk cosmetology Cole tury employment application process Madison Johnson job interview Fiona German Nail Care and our Spring Ford bronze winners are Amelia Smith criminal justice ilila Walker t-shirt design so it is a really really big honor for those students to win those awards at skills USA so best of luck to those advancing to States so I will get to my
036I will get to my report from our Joc meeting on February 3D as um I don't think I need to dive very deep into the budget as Mr living good covered it very th ly for us so couple of notes we have gone live with parent Square so following uh spring Ford's good news with the use of parent Square Western Tech Center is on there so I'm sure that makes uh communication much easier for those families who can now use one tool between Western Tech and spring for um Mr living good mentioned the competitive grant for $85,000 for the robotic welder uh Mr livingood visited Burke's career and Technology Center to tour their heavy equipment program so this is pretty exciting he saw their classroom their Quarry their equipment and he talked to limr Township
037to see if there would be any hurdles from the township if they started to look into a program like this at the center so that's pretty exciting and future thinking our CEO program will be moving to a new location next year therefore we will gain some extra classroom space which is something we're always looking for um our Co-op program has expanded and now we're seeing more Juniors completing hours and skills needed to participate and ah on February 26 there will be the skills over stereotype session which invites young potential students to come see what the Western Tech Center is about you can go to their website or social media accounts for information on that it's about a two and a half hour event and our next meeting is March 3D at the tech center at
0387 pm any questions thank you very much thank you and I'll just say for the skills over stereotype sessions you can come is only as uh as young as sixth grade so it's never too soon to start thinking about what you might want to do when you hit High School right thank you Mrs W garton moving on Mrs Westwood legislative committee good evening the legislative committee met on um February 5th at 6 PM um couple of specific Focus areas a lot of time spent discussing funding so first at the federal level so um discussion on the various forms of federal funding that schools receive um things like Ida title funds Medicaid um that includes school-based access funding Head Start school nutrition programs as well as a variety of other grants um I know you've probably
039been following the news there's a lots going on at a federal level so we met it was still very early in the administration there's still a lot to to figure out um regarding funding any changes Department education Etc so I'll be sure to share any updates that we have out of that meeting um in future sessions um but I think as essentially um it was more of a discussion um just about what we've been seeing uh Lately from a legisl perspective in that regard um the discussion also know that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the e- rate case um this coming spring we talked about that a little bit I think last um spring and Mark I think you commented on that I don't know if you have any more recent but no
040ju excuse me just that it's going to be heard which I think is a pretty big deal um the argument is ultimately that the funding was not actually authorized by Congress and therefore it was an agency that de developed the program um from purely from a legal perspective I I think there's a high likelihood that we could see the E program um either go down or have to be um legislated through through statute which would be significant for school entities yeah so more more to come um post that in the spring um in a state level we met shortly after Governor Shapiro's initial budget proposal um came out I'll highlight just a couple of things we talked about this briefly in our finance committee meeting as well I think the headline is that it's not
041a big change for spring forward specifically um the general consensus that why districts receive adequacy and Equity dollars um will see a nice increase the budget isn't really too exciting for remaining districts including our own um however there is some hope for additional Cyber Charter reform I'll talk about that in just a moment um for example a Statewide 8K rate per student which I think we talked a little bit about last year um Mr F just from a budget perspective with shapira's budget anything you want to add no okay um very briefly because I know we've had a couple different presentations this was in a psba email that all of us should have received um auditor general def uh defor is the third auditor general um that has that has released a report like this
042but there was performance audit audit of five Cyber Charter Schools which shows from 20 to 2023 they legally increase revenues by $425 million and reserves by 144% due and part to an outdated funding formula it does not actually um Factor instruction cost to determine tuition set guidelines for spend or set limits for Cy Cyber Charter School reserves so more detail um in that email but essentially the recommendation from the auditor general is for the governor to appoint a task force in the next six months to review the funding formula and direct it to issue a report within nine months determining if a new funding formula is Equitable reasonable and sustainable um it's something that the task force you know will put together a report to facilitate any potential changes to legislation um other quick updates
043the legislative breakfast I think lari um sent us an email about this um and press conference will be held on April 25th um there is not a date yet for the PS psba advocacy day that took place in April last year I asked about that so more to come if there's an opportunity to attend anything there uh the next meeting will be March 5th at 6m happy to take any questions I have a question you said the legislative breakfast and press or press conference yep there's a legislative breakfast and a press conference same same day I think they did that last year too um it's April 25th it's in the morning we have it in our board email I think the time I was I because I haven't I didn't go last year is the
044pr what's the press conference typically press conference they did afterwards I per I I did not stay for that I know Maggie was there I don't know if you stayed for it but I I wasn't able to stay I stayed for it and it was just a matter of um having all of the people who were there present all the representatives things like that kind of a photo op kind of an opportunity to share some people to share it wasn't necessarily something that had to be attended but um the breakfast was interesting I thought okay thank you Mrs Westwood Mrs Goldsmith psba so there were three things to which Miss wedw T touched upon which is the charter funding reform as well as the afan state the third one though was as always psba seems
045to I swear know exactly what's going on in school districts which is good uh their March 6th webinar is actually about immigration policies in uh K through 12 it's actually put on by Mr F's firm uh there is I will send out a link that you may register so that you can attend uh the good news for uh lawyers involved is that we can get CLE credit for actually attending I doesn't help you guys but it least it's a fun fact for me um and uh again that is on March 6 um and we'll cover uh it's headed by three attorneys and cover what the rules and policy should be in terms of schools for K through 12 thanks thank you Mrs gold smith questions comments I had a comment about advocacy day um and
046I know that some of our local legislators do watch our meetings um to kind of see what the topics are and I would just say regarding advocacy day when and if that is determined to have a date I think it is helpful um to have that Outreach from our local people that we we talk to all the time and work with um but the ask typically for advocacy day comes from psba and I know that's not something um because we do get a lot of different emails from psba some are immediate needs and some are just general information so sometimes it's not right there on our radar so if there is a request from our legislators that we attend um I think it would be great to have that kind of personal ask as well
047I I asked um Sandy has one that helps with our meetings to look into that so last year yes it was driven by psba and it was a lot of our local represent i i attended along with some other directors in other areas um so I asked her if if there's an opportunity there last year it was a lot about Cyber Charter that was a lot of the focus that we were asked to go speak about um so more to come I'll I'll share that if I hear anything and certainly if anybody else at the table hears anything feel free to share thank you other questions comments okay moving on to Spring City American Legion Mr Lackey yep uh Spring City American Legion Baseball met on Thursday January 30th they've been very busy since my
048last update some notable highlights uh considerable amount of field work has been completed which included cutting out the grass in the infield and around the mountain and Home Plate uh repair and buildup of the Mounds repair uh grass and saw issues uh repairing the sprinkler heads Spring City American Legion paid a total of 4,7 95 for this work uh there's also been a renovation and clean up of the Press Box complex uh Spring City American Legion paid a total of 4,000 for this work uh in terms of planning the legion is looking to install Lights by the first base side of the grand stands for safety reasons more to come on that in a future update um on a less positive side there have been some issues with public use of the field in some
049cases tarps have been removed from home plate and the pitcher mound but not replaced uh there have also been issues with dog owners using the field you can use your imagination um spring C American Legion is exploring ways to address these issues more information to come uh lastly Spring City American Legion will be hosting a regional tournament from July 18th to the 22nd the next meeting will be this Thursday February 27th uh that concludes my update thank you thank you Mr lacky questions yeah is that are they saying that there are people who are trespassing on the property or people who are allowed to be there that are not maintaining to the standard uh trespassing believe okay yeah anything we can do to support that I they shouldn't be there but technically it's not really
050be trespassing I mean with the dogs I guess it would be but well I I mean let's let's talk a little bit further but it it could be trespassing so okay any other questions or comments so I I will just say um thank you to the Spring City American Legion because you know this work is although we don't always see it on the Forefront you know I do appreciate getting the meeting minutes every week I think I just got some this week and so I'm able to keep up with some of this stuff so thank you again for uh the legion's commitment to helping to maintain our facilities for our students okay moving on we have our superintendent report uh thank you really very very brief report this week uh last week Dr Mary I
051believe mentioned this uh spring Ford's job fair I want to say thank you to miss Lee and her team for organizing organizing the event uh we have the largest participation we've had since we started doing this event with over 200 teachers signed up to come um and and meet our staff and meet our administrators it's it's actually a really fun time and we get we get exposed to a lot of um exciting Educators and hearing what they bring so it's it's a great day um so we're looking forward to that that's going to be happening on March 5th yes March 5th um after school uh from like 4:30 or 5: to 6 5 to 7 thank you um I didn't have the time on here I apologize uh but it'll be a great day and
052uh we look forward to to that time uh my second announcement is one retiree this time we want to congratulate and wish him well Steven Webb with 27 and a half years of service at Spring Forward uh electrician and a maintenance department so we wish him well on his next Journey that's my report yep thank you thank you Mr Rizzo questions or comments okay m Mr Fitzgerald solicitors report uh I have no report this evening okay thank you I heard an audible Boo from the other end there but that's okay we're going to move on uh so we're going to move on to the voting portion of our meeting um this is all information that was uh largely on the agenda last week and of course discussing committee so we'll go through it and if
053you'd like to separate feel free so section five letter A and B do I have a motion is there a second second questions or discussion all those in favor say I I any opposed motion carries 90 moving on to Personnel section six letters a through J do I have a motion is there a second second any questions or discussion I did have a a question regarding some of the positions that we have for people who are resigning or leaving resigning I guess under Section A prior to the end of the school year have we been able to fill those with substitutes or you know um you know are we are we in good shape with that I guess yes in in some of those instances we've been able to rehire positions already um in others
054we have substitutes in there until we can find a replacement thank you any more questions or discussion uh no I just want to draw attention to uh extracurricular contracts I just for clarity um it says on the motion 2024 2025 extracurriculars but one of those positions as I'm sure you picked up on is the head football coach is a 25 26 position do we need to make any adjustments on that Mark are we okay with is it with it as it reads is that listed within the in the actual it's listed for 2526 and we're okay okay okay any other questions or comments all those in favor say I I any opposed motion carries 90 moving on to section 7 Finance letters a through D do I have a motion is there a second any
055questions or discussion all those in favor say I I any opposed motion carries 90 Section 8 property letters a through C is there a motion a second any questions or discussion all those in favor say I I any opposed motion carries 90 moving on to curriculum and programming section n letters a through z and as I commented last week not a typical at this time of year with curriculum reviews and such for the coming year to have as many action items as we have on the agenda but are there any questions can we separate C yes so we will separate C are there any others Okay so looking at section N9 letters a through z minus c as in cat do I have a motion so moved second questions oh I'm sorry hold on a
056second yes we're good questions or discussion we're good sorry all those in favor say I I I any opposed motion carries 90 so now we'll look at section N9 letter C do I a motion a second second any questions or discussion I'm abstaining from voting for this line item because it's my employer okay thank you for that announcement Dr Sharma any other questions or discussion okay all those so I apologize olog I will keep this on the record as I didn't realize that my microne wasn't there so Mr Fitzgerald um there is a request to abstain as a result of his employer I know that Mrs Westwood and I have done that in the past for Budget related votes as it's not a requirement from the state or from but from our employer is there
057any issue with that I don't see an issue um under the law I I don't believe he needs to abstain um however certainly this being his employer should he desire to obstain in this circumstance um listen I I can't I can't force a vote one way or the other under under those circumstances thank you okay any questions or discussion on letter C okay all those in favor say I I any opposed so that motion passes 8 Z with one exstension okay moving on we have section 10 conferences and workshops letter A do I have a motion mve is there a second questions and discussion all those in favor say I I any opposed motion carries 90 moving on to section 11 other business a is simply a first read so we are looking at letters
058b through G do I have a motion is there a second second questions and discussion all those in favor say I I any opposed motion carries okay section 12 is informational items and so then that takes us to board comment and as usual I'll defer to the board to see if there is any comment tonight I would like to thank thank Miss deodor for chairing property meeting my absence great job great WR up um I'm very happy to see I know this is going to strike some people odd the curriculum of the of the math and science coming from an engineering background I'm very happy to see that and uh we'll fully support that going forward also thank you thank you Mr Jackson any other comments okay I will make one comment um that you
059know as you just saw with the um voting and the last last section that um this board did pass the welcoming School District resolution which I know Mrs deardorf you made a comment last week and likewise I followed up on that comment um I just want to say um frankly that I am very proud to serve along all side you I think this unanimous vote makes a very powerful statement in terms of like what our shared values are and our commitments to fostering a respectful environment for our students and the priority that that is for us um I do want to um maybe acknowledge Dr Wright a little bit she and I had an exchange um earlier today and I think as a result of this conversation it is very important to clarify for the
060community that not only is this really a dedication again to our desire as a board this unanimous vote um to cultivate a welcoming environment for all of our students to ensure that regardless of their background their immigration status regardless of the language spoken their ancestry or any other characteristic that this is a district that values diversity um I think it's also very important again as a result of my conversation with Dr Wright to to um share with the community that not only is this a reflection of our values it is in full alignment with the law these two things are not mutually exclusive our commitment to our students and following the law go hand inand so um again I just want to say thank you uh to this board and um very proud to serve
061alongside all of you okay all right I think we're past that pitches and catchers is great all righty so moving on we have public to be heard and if there's anyone that wishes to speak please approach the podium with your name and Township of residence okay motion to adjourn thank you for