001the order? Would you all rise for the pledge of allegiance and remain standing? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. You can be seated. Can I have a roll call, please? Ms. Anders? Here. Ms. Jalal? Absent. Excuse. Mrs. Hallabaugh? Here. Mr. Landen Walter? Absent. Excuse. Mr. Lauren Lustik? Here. Mr. Matthew Lustik? Here. Mr. Weigel? Here. Ms. Jillian Koller? Here. Mrs. Plank? Here. Thank you. We did have an [clears throat] executive session tonight prior to the meeting to discuss the superintendent's evaluation. Could I get a motion to approve the agenda for tonight's meeting? So moved. Second. Have a motion and a second. Any questions? All in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Any
002opposed? Motion is Could I get a motion to approve the minutes related to the board meeting on 31726, the curriculum and extracurricular committee meeting, the business and operations committee meeting, and the policy committee meeting all on 4726? So moved. Second. Motion and a second. Any questions? All in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Minutes are approved. Recognition of delegation. I do not believe there's just student representative reports. Correspondence. We do have correspondence from Oh, I'm sorry. We have FF FFA students. And Ms. Miller, there you are. Yeah. So, we have the FFA tonight to talk a little bit about their program and some of the awesome things they have going on. So, Ms. Miller, thank you guys all for being here. We appreciate it. Go ahead. As soon as Mr. Eby gets his Um
003we're very proud of our students that are in FFA. FFA is one of the most active organizations, student organizations at the Glenville High School. And it's very much a three-part educational program that I'll let the students talk about. Um they've had an incredible year of competition, growth, and activities, and I'm excited for them to share with you all what they've accomplished this year. While we're waiting for Mr. Eby, I'm Ty Showers, I'm the FFA president. Uh this is Trip, he's the sentinel. Connor, he's the our historian. And then Jenna Walter, she's our vice president. When do you guys have your Keystone this Yeah. Can you talk [snorts] about that while Mr. Eby is getting uh Can you talk about the what that takes and what that entails? Yeah, so me and Connor both had to
004have over 1,000 hours over 1,200 hours in our SAE. So, that's just um doing whatever work we can, uh and then community service counts with that, too. So, you have to have 25 hours of community service. So, And as you can see, we go to chapter level. From there, we go to to your public speaking 9th through 12th grade. They all collect it. And less than 2% in the state get their Keystone degree. Wow. >> got it as juniors. Wow. CONGRATULATIONS. >> [applause] >> ALL RIGHT, SO THE APPLE CITY FFA which stands for Future Farmers [clears throat] of America, was established in Orrtanna in 1936, and we transitioned to Biglerville in 1946. Our official chapter is the PA 18, and we are the 18th chapter established in Pennsylvania. So, as Ms. Gram alluded to, we
005are actually a vocational program, and we are a three-part program. Every single vocational program in the United States has this model. The only thing that changes would be what their outer experience for work is and what their student organization name is. So, for agriculture, we Everybody starts with a classroom laboratory experience related to their topic. So, ours is obviously agriculture. We cover anything from mechanics to plants to animals to business to engineering to environmental. It's everything, food processing, etc., etc. You do have to be a certified ag teacher in order to perform those duties in order for the kids to count as a vocational agriculture student for us to get the additional funding that we get, and Thomas and I are very certified ag teachers. Then every vocational program has a student organization component. The
006FFA is ours. What the student organization is developed or is utilized for is to develop personal growth. We'll get into that a little bit later, as well as contests, etc., etc. But the FFA, just so you know, is the largest world youth organization. It's been around for a super long time. It started uh Originally to be a member, you had to be male. You had to live on a farm. Your family [snorts] had to get over 50% of its income from farming, and you had to own at least 40 acres. So, when you look back to the vocational school in Orrtanna and the people that started there and the people that started Biglerville High School, um sorry, ladies, we couldn't come in till the late '60s. So, mostly male back then. But it has a
007very fine history, a very lengthy um avail- availabilities and access to the different kind of leadership activities for these guys that you're going to see on the screen. The other component that we are fortunate to have, which really So, you can do that in many ways. If the kids are into environmental things, if they want to do hunting, fishing, and go explore that a little bit further with the Game Commission, Fish Commission, our local folks down in Gettysburg, we can do that as an SAE. Um Ty works at Showers Tree Farm, so I don't know if he's giving any discount coupons to those guys. We'll work that out. Chris is at Fields of Adventure, more discount coupons, right? We got them racking up, right, over here? Um Jenna, where do you work at? And Yeah,
008so Jenna jumps into the back door of the transportation aspect of that as well. And Trip, what do you do? We have our own HVAC company, Liberty Mechanical. >> [laughter] >> So, you can see it's pretty diverse, and the kids have We also have kids raising animals. We have kids doing fruit production. It's We have kids raising rabbits. It's just Whatever the kids are interested in, we can usually tie it back to agriculture for them to get experience in outside like I said, outside the classroom. Also, Biglerville High School, we offer SAE as a credit every year. They have to have a minimum of 120 hours documented. We supervise that. It has to be doing gross. It's not just I feed my dog 10 minutes every morning and my goldfish for 2 minutes at night.
009So, it's a pretty good op- opportunity for the students to take all that education stuff that they learn in the classroom and take it outside to contests and take it outside to the world of work. All right, so looking at FFA as a whole, what is it? Uh the main purpose of the FFA is to develop our premier leadership, the personal growth that these students exhibit, and career success through agriculture education. FFA does provide all these students that we have here and all the students you'll see in the pictures tonight with hands-on experiences that prepare them for their careers in agriculture and related fields, fostering skills in leadership, communication, and citizenship. Our 2025-2026 officer team, I'm president, uh Jenna is our vice president, Elena Scott is our secretary, Louise Meade and Liam Welty are both
010our treasurers. Alan Roberts is our reporter, Mason Mentzer is our chaplain, Trip is our sentinel, and Carson is our historian. In our FFA chapter at the high school here, we do um a lot of community service, fundraising, um we also do competitions and contests. We'll go to the fairgrounds in the spring and the fall, and we'll do different competitions there kids can compete in, and then they can also go to states and then nationals, which is held in Indianapolis. We also do leadership events, um which that really helps kids learn like different speaking skills and ways to be a leader in their communities. Um we do various community service. Um we go to the Adams County Community Foundation Giving Spree, uh we help with that. We help um at the elementary school at Ag Literacy
011Week, we did like a little um activity with the kids at the elementary school this year. We helped the local food drive. Um we had uh help from our students with the power outage over this past summer, and we donated water to those that needed water. Um we had Drive Your Tractor to School Day. Um we had the elective fair fair here for the eighth graders where they could learn about the FFA, um the different ag classes that we offer. Um some of the boys here, they helped with the fish stocking at Opossum Creek. We go to the National Apple Harvest for the petting zoo, and all the kids uh donate their time and effort to do that. We do Trout in the Classroom, which is normally like the freshman class that do the Trout
012in the Classroom. They raise the trout up, and then they take them to Strawberry Hill and release the fish then. And then we also do Trucker So, if you look at the pictures here, it really shows each event we did. So, the bottom two is our students driving the tractors to school day, we do that every year. Um in the bottom right, you'll see Evie >> [laughter] >> dressed as Beetlejuice for our Trucker Treat competition, and then the top left is me, Mason Mentzer, and Jake Grimm. We went to the Giving Spree where we went and looked at different um organizations, and we donated money to whichever ones we felt right. And then the top right is the Apple Harvest uh petting zoo. Evie made there, we let kids get exposed to farm animals, which
013is important cuz not a lot of them get to nowadays, so it's good to get them exposed so they know where their food's coming Community service, you can see kids there pressure washing. I think that's at uh the Bendersville fire hall. And then the bottom there, you can see Jenna Walter and Louise Meade. They are presenting our board to the eighth graders at the elective fair. Then you can see Trip and both the Shank boys and Stephanie Bobo. They're releasing trout. And then you can see one of our freshman students releasing their trout at Strawberry Hill. And Connor and Ethan also were there presenting a uh board at elective fair. And both pictures up at the top are whenever we went to the elementary school and helped the little kids with their activity. Some of
014the fundraisers here with our FFA that we do um all throughout the year, we sell FFA apparel um multiple times throughout the year. Uh kettle corn and milkshakes we've done for a couple years now. We sell mums and greens in fall and winter, mushrooms and strawberries, and we also sell sub sandwiches and whoopie pies throughout the year. Those are just various pictures of our fundraisers that we do. Um We haven't eaten yet. >> [laughter] >> It all looks really good. We like to thank Ms. Graham for her support and always supporting us in these fundraisers and giving us that opportunity here for our chapter. So, the FFA members compete in a wide variety of career development events. We have multiple, we have tractor driving, agronomy, animal evaluation like dairy animals, horse, meat, poultry. We have
015horticulture, which involves in apple judging, horticulture, and landscaping. Natural resources such as forestry and wildlife. Leadership skills like interviews and public speaking. Ag mechanics like small engines, mechanical and technical systems. And all these are very important day-to-day lives, so it's good we have competitions to showcase people's abilities with them. Evie little snout. And you can see in our pictures here in both the corners, the bottom corners, you can see uh that these kids went to states. They uh competed in competitions there, and we actually had an agronomy team place third last year. And uh we have Eli Nelson in the agronomy in the middle. And Peyton Seaman is is practicing his for his lucky test that he takes next week. Yeah. So, it's good to get all this done cuz he's going to Peyton actually
016wants to be a welder whenever he graduates, so it helps him learn and develop more. And his SAE is actually he has his own business online. So, if you're into excuse me, if you're [clears throat] into ornamental metal fabrication, Peyton has some really cool stuff out there online you should check out. Some of the leadership events that we do uh ACES is in the fall. That um it is up at uh Harrisburg, and kids can go up there, and they get to socialize, be around kids. They also learn more about being a leader in their communities and in their places of work. SSLC is about the same thing, but it you get to meet the state legislative uh members at Harrisburg. It's at the same uh facility there. States uh is in Penn State at
017the college campus, and kids can go up there, and they can compete. There's also multiple things that you can go to learn about leadership. Um the midwinter convention, that's where me and Ty got our Keystone degrees. Our kids also get their jackets there, their FFA jackets. And JAMS is the first ever middle school um state event, which was this past year. First time they've done it, and they had a pretty good turnout, I believe. We had 14. 14 kids went with us. So, and then we had our banquet this past Sunday, and it turned out really well. We got to sell some extra food and make more money for our chapter. It was really nice. These are just um some kids at some leadership events. Uh the three girls up at top at the top
018went to ACES. Um they do various activities with the state um leaders for us. Uh they um plan out like is it 2-day weekend? Give me 2-day weekend. Um they meet with lots of different kids. Um I think it's a great place for kids to interact with others and meet new students. I've made a lot of friends at these typical events. They They cap that at 300, and they're actually up to five weekends of it now. Runs in January and February. Um in the middle, it's just students at uh states. Um last year we had uh one student run for a state officer position. He unfortunately didn't get it, but he went out there, and he put himself out there, and he did a great job. Um a lot of kids have that opportunity, and
019it's great. Um in the bottom right corner, um Connor's parents were there. Um they have had three kids now um get their Keystone degree at the farm show every year, which is amazing. Um they have one more coming through that is probably going to get their Keystone degree as well. And then um at the top is just some of us with our awards at states last year. So, in these pictures, you have three of our officers, Ethan, Elena, and Louise meeting with members of Congress, which is very impressive. That middle picture right there at the top is the JAMS that they're talking about, which was the first event for middle schoolers, which is pretty impressive because middle schoolers don't get them a lot of opportunities, so it's pretty good that we got them [clears throat]
020for them. Um the top right is the midwinter convention. That's a good time because it gets people to the farm show, which is always fun. And then those bottom pictures is our banquet that we have every year. And you like Connor said, food, so that's good. And it really I don't think he mentioned, but it also shows like the certificates that each kid's gotten awards, so it makes them feel recognized for the time they have in the FFA, which is good. So, we have 18 agricultural classes offered between Evie and Miller. Uh we had 241 students taught this year, and 46 activities were attended um from kids in the FFA. Um our annual banquet we hosted 140 past members, parents, and guests. Um that was at the South Mountain Fairgrounds. But uh we're not done
021yet for this year. We still have some more fundraisers and we're actually going to be doing a dunk tank and probably selling milkshakes at um Canter's Bowl. And then states Yeah, and we still have states going on for people that can uh go up there and compete. But uh do you guys have any questions for us? I don't have a question, but I do have a comment. Um I attended your banquet on Sunday along with Heather and Melissa. And the thing that most impresses me about you all is the fact that the teachers are nowhere near you. You're you know, you're in the back and you guys are doing it all. You're You're amazing. You did a great job. Really really good job. Thank you. I just like to take a minute to thank Ms.
022Miller and Mr. Eby. Uh without their support and providing the opportunities [snorts] for the kids, um this wouldn't be possible. So I thank you for your time and dedication. And to our other high school teachers who also support them in when they're missing class and they're out at the other buildings or working with them to help them keep up with their classwork that they're missing. So thank all of you. I appreciate you. THANK YOU GUYS. >> [applause] >> IT'S GETTING A LITTLE WARM IN THE CORDUROY, SO WE'RE GOING TO exit left. Thank you guys. Thank you. Can we bring any more people in and put them in there? There's still people in the hall. Can we do that? All right, we do have correspondence uh attached to the agenda. Um Eric Markle. Uh LIU report,
023Dr. Deshong. Yes, that's attached. Again, you will see from the the Don's Early Light is their synopsis or summary of their board meeting like we have here. If you have any questions, uh please let me know. Um you can also find a link that has like the full agenda of their board meeting. Thank you, Ms. Any questions? Federal programs, Mr. Alden? Yes, uh good evening, everyone. Uh welcome. I have two items this evening and one is a little bit different than what's in your agenda. I'll explain here in a minute. So, from May 17th through the 20th, I will be going to the federal programs coordinators conference. And it's as exciting as it sounds. We get to hear grant updates, we get to hear new regulations, new legislation, all that good stuff. So, you've never
024been to a conference until you've been to that. And it's all federal program folks letting their hair out down and all that. You know, it's a good conference. Lots of good information. Gets us prepared to write the grant for the next year. The second item uh is a little bit different than what's in your agenda because I just found out this morning, so it's hot off the presses, what the funding adjustments were. This is the latest they've ever been, so I don't know if this is the new normal or it's just because it's been wacky with federal programs all year. Uh but we were down $4,682. We lost from their estimate. Remember they give us an estimate in the summer, then they finalize all those numbers. And that's for title one. So titles two through
025four didn't change. Title one went down $4,682. We're still at We're still sitting at $311,713. I think we made out pretty good. Over the course of my uh career in federal programs, I've seen the worst I've seen it was about 20 to 25,000 uh drop. But I've also seen it go up occasionally, not a lot, but occasionally we get more than what they asked. So, um I think we fared out pretty good. A neighboring dis- district told me this evening at new teacher induction, they lost $67,000. So, we lost 4,000, so put it in perspective. Uh it's just how the how it rolls. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any questions? Mr. Austin, do you have anything for us? >> Yes, I do. And uh thank you, Madam Pres- uh President. Uh I am extremely pleased
026to uh be the representative at Cumberland Perry uh from Upper Adams School District. And I really uh thank uh those who um have uh given me that opportunity. Uh this Saturday is an important day up at Cumberland Perry, and all of you are invited to attend. It is their community day from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Uh you can meet the uh teachers from uh the landscape landscaping and horticultural program and from the carpentry program, and there will be things for sale that the students themselves have made. So you can do some early Christmas shopping if you'd like. Again, uh that'll be from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at at um Cumberland Perry um Vo-Tech. Uh and I would encourage you to attend. We heard a number of uh wonderful things from the FF- FFA
027people about uh demonstrating leadership uh at various state events, for example. And uh Cumberland Perry um made note of 10 students who uh uh were part of the SkillsUSA Pennsylvania State Leadership Conference in Hershey. Another example of of our students, uh including those here in this room as well as up at Cam- Cumberland Perry, stepping forward into the leadership. And I really appreciate that. And that concludes my report. Thank you, Mr. Uh this is Paula Balducci. Do you have anything for the school board? Um yes, I do. Just briefly, the Canter Foundation board met this week. Um two items of good news with so many teachers here. Hello, welcome all you teachers. Please apply for grants. We have more money set aside this year for grants. Um So please please apply. Um additionally, um we
028set up our budget for the coming year, and we allocated $5,000 for the improvements to the stage at the high school. I know $5,000 is a drop in the bucket, but we wanted to im- to to share how important that stage is. Every student at Upper Adams School District ends up on that stage at least once, if not many many many times. So we felt it was important to put that $5,000 in there in good faith that that we would like to see that happen, and we will support it to that extent. And finally, if everybody in the room just gives a dollar to the Canter Foundation, look how much money we would have. That's it. That's it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Balducci. >> [laughter] >> On to administrator reports. Does anybody
029have any questions or comments for any of the administrators? I do, but I'm willing to defer to others. Anybody besides Ms. Balducci? All right, Ms. Balducci, do you have it? I do. I do. And I can't even see all the administrators that are in here. But first off, thank you to our administrators for all that they do um in supporting our district and our and our teachers. Is Mr. Kurstetter here? He is. Mr. Kurstetter, just this is You're not in trouble. This is an easy one. I just I love your golden apples and how you are constantly um giving credit to in positive ways to kids who and they're so excited when they get them. So thank you. Thank you for that. Um for Sonia, um I love the friendship character. I think that's really
030cool. Has it the friendship character? That's Is that new? That we've done a couple years now. I think it's our second year. Every month we recognize students for certain traits and our character traits. And so one month is friendship. Another month is growth mindset. Different every month. So Ms. Saunders actually does that. >> [laughter] >> I liked all the pictures and you know, the smiling faces. I think that's great. Again, positive reinforcement on good behavior. Also like >> Can I jump in while you have Ms. Sparkle in here? >> Uh-huh. Yeah. Before you move on, I wanted to say I'm I'm pleased with the the Canter Foundation donating the volleyball and that club is still going on. I know my daughter was initially part of that and she continues to play volleyball. >> Oh good.
031She was one of the founders, I believe, in the whole volleyball club. Yes. Um again, it's three teachers who who volunteered their time to do volleyball club. Um Ms. Jeanette Reed does volleyball club. There you go. Ms. Ms. Urban. Um so we have three teachers who volunteer their time to do that. Um so I deeply appreciate them, and the volleyballs are wonderful. They're great addition. And if you've not played with an official volleyball, It's a big difference. It's certainly saving the arms >> [laughter] >> and using the real volleyball. So thank you for the Canter Foundation. Great. Thank you so much. I would That was the next thing on No, it was the next thing on my list. I'm glad I'm glad you mentioned it. Is Mr. Brewer here? Yes. Okay, Mr. Brewer, I continue
032to love the bug award. I continue to love the bug award. Thank [laughter] you. Thank you for that. And uh if I read correctly, the Canter Foundation that manufacturing Yeah, played a role in that. >> Yes, that was the group of students who came before the board in January to present. They had just started the process, and now they've worked all winter long, and they were presented with the innovator awards. Great. They were really happy. And again, just hats off to Ms. Bowden and Mr. Ramsey and all the kids. Yeah. It's great experience. And I I'm sorry to just keep beating a dead horse, but all these random things wouldn't be happening without the Canter Foundation grants. They're really, really important. Thank you. Appreciate it. Um Mrs. Graham, um would you just speak a little
033bit about the uh the mock crash? >> Yes. Yes, on um October or April 10th, April 10th, um the our students that are involved with the Bendersville fire hall, we have about a fire company, we have 11 students that volunteer with them. Um the students organized a mock crash. Um so they staged an accident. Um we had first responders here, and the students were able to actually hear a 911 call, what that sounded like. Um the WellSpan the baseball field. So it's really bringing [clears throat] um reality to what we talked to them about. Um and our hope of that presentation is that they make good choices when they're getting behind the wheel before they get in >> [clears throat] >> Excuse me. Before they get in a car with somebody. Um and bringing that,
034you know, it is a reality and making that real for them. Um I asked my granddaughter about it, what she thought about it, and she said going into it, she was afraid the kids would make fun of it. And she said, "Not at all." She said people were really paying attention and, you know, like like [clears throat] you were making an impact on them. So, thank you. Does that happen every 2 years? You've done that before? >> it in a while. Um it was done 3 years, I think. I don't know how long ago that was, yeah. I'm sure that was pulling a lot of strings to get that all Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Thank you, though. Important >> our local law enforcement, our fighters, and EMTs that join us. Yeah. Yeah. Important stuff. Thank you.
035Thank you. Um I'm almost done. Mr. Albin, um you stole my thunder. I was going to say, could I go along to that federal program? That sounds so exciting. I can make that [laughter] happen. Okay. Um and one final question for Shelley, um you mentioned transportation and the private charter and non-public folks have to get information to you by a certain date. Do they comply? Do they make it? Some of them do, but most of them do. Um so we have that date in late July, so we can get their rosters set up for the new school year. >> And if they don't get to you, do you have to seek them out and get the information? >> out or what happens is a lot of times we may start school, and then they'll say,
036"Oh, we now we need to add." And then we fit them in with in that roster. Okay. Thank you. Okay, I'm done. Thank you. >> [clears throat] >> Thank you, Mrs. Plank. Good evening. Uh much has happened and continues to happen uh since our March meeting. Uh we want to express our gratitude uh for all those who have donated uh money to Camp Nawakwa uh and all the other district endeavors that are uh in our agenda this evening. Um we really appreciate and uh that they know and see the value in that program and what it takes to run for our students. And I am very much looking forward to joining uh our students at Nawakwa this year. Our kindergarten registration took place earlier. Uh I had a chance to visit uh on a Thursday
037evening. It's always a joy uh to see the excitement of our upcoming little ones uh and their families there. Um and uh we appreciate Mr. Kursheder and his team for a uh successful event. Uh we also appreciate all the work our BHS team did and for the volunteers that came in to engage our learners for World of Work Day and the STEM event that provided hands-on activities uh and learning in March, as well as the mock uh crash site that uh Mrs. Graham just spoke about. We appreciate uh all the work and energy and the volunteers that took to make that happen. Our students, faculty, and staff also got to hear more about an artificial intelligence from Dr. Oliver Dreon from Millersville University here at the middle school and high school. He provided an interactive
038approach to getting UASD students to think about AI, its uses, and implications. He also did a parent community forum that evening, and we appreciate those who were able to attend. We also had a tech director and coach a tech coach from a neighboring district visit uh with some uh small groups with some of our teachers and administrators to kind of talk about the journey where they're at uh in AI implementation. Our UASD AI team is meeting one more time, actually tomorrow uh this year, to continue hashing out thoughts and ideas surrounding the use of AI, and we are hopeful to work on policy moving forward. Uh I had the opportunity to attend PennSSI, which is the Pennsylvania School Safety Institute. They provided a workshop on school safety and threat assessments, and that included legal counsel
039and presentations from the police and the FBI. These were definitely there were was definitely a focus on preventative and proactive measures uh that demonstrate the importance of a trauma-informed policy. I was also able to join the Adams County legislative breakfast earlier in April, hosted by the Adams County Chamber of Commerce. Dan Mall, Katherine Wallen were present to speak, as well as representatives from Dave McCormick and John Joyce's office were there. Uh here we are in mid-April, and many say the year is winding down, but I can assure you that things are ramping up. That's how it is at the end of every school year. Uh while it closes to the end, things are ramping up. We're currently involved in PSSA testing season, uh which our principals and Mr. Albin and all of our teachers are
040finding the joy in uh all the virtual challenges that have come uh because of the whole Commonwealth is trying to log on um at this stage of the game, and it's provided some numerous challenges, [clears throat] uh especially for our middle school today. So they're going to have to redo that tomorrow. Um we also have field trip season uh going on from now until the end of the year. Uh we greatly appreciate our teachers and administrators for preparing our students for the shift to virtual testing this year. That was mandated by PDE, and we appreciate our transportation department for working through all the field trips and scheduling buses and vans. Congratulations around here. Uh and thank you again for the FFA presentation this evening. These folks are always on the move and participating in a
041variety of learning activities and service projects. Um I'm glad that they had a successful and celebratory banquet this past Sunday, and thank you, Mrs. Miller and Mr. Eby, for your hard work in keeping this program running strong. Spring sports are up and running, and we appreciate the flexibility with everyone with game cancellations and rescheduling due to the weather. Last but not least, uh we had our final forum meetings uh this year uh this year this past week. It's an opportunity for support staff and faculty representatives to pull together and meet with me to discuss what's going pretty well and discuss challenges that each respective group may be facing. I also get to meet with our student representatives uh from grade 7 through 12. Mr. Cossick has a nice uh lunch for them, and we also
042discuss how things are going from their perspective. Before we ended, I asked them to please tell me their thoughts and how their year went in a six-word summary. Many of you here probably have used a six-word summary. Try sometimes. It's actually a really good thinking uh activity. You have to summarize a novel, a book, an activity, this board meeting, or whatever in six words. Um and here are some of their responses they shared. I had a good school year. >> [clears throat] >> If you want to count, you can. I had a good school year. My year had a lot of learning. Super fun, educational, and easygoing. I really, really enjoyed this year. They added a really to make it six. Trusting peers, giving time, having fun. Happier times, more friends, summer ready. A series
043of fortunate events. Play on the unfortunate. It's good. I had a wonderful, exciting year. Feeling successful, very fun, graduation coming. Stressful, but fun. Probably my favorite. And I feel prepared for college. Needless to say, hearing these things from our students was certainly uplifting, and really what we do here in this room is all about. These six-word summaries come about because of caring teachers and administrators who see the whole child and provide a safe, welcoming environment where students feel connected. Thank you, Mrs. Plank. Any questions for Dr. Bishell? Thank you. Treasurer's report. >> Treasurer's report. So I don't So I don't >> [laughter] >> Okay. Can I get a motion to approve the final report ending 331 2026 and the condensed condensed or summary report for 3 2026, as well as the food service fund statement
044of operations ending 331 2026, and the student activity funds ending 3/31/2026. So moved. Second. We have a motion and a second. Are there any questions? May we have a roll call, please? Ms. Anders? Here. I'm sorry, yes. >> [clears throat] >> Mrs. Halliburton? Yes. Mr. Lauren Lustick? >> Yes. Mr. Matthew Lustick? Yes. Mr. Weigel? Yes. Ms. Youngblood? Yes. And Mrs. Plank? Yes. Thank you. Moving on to consent agenda items. Is there anything that anyone wishes to pull from the consent agenda? I was I was thinking that it would be good to pull maybe number three and have a discussion. The GMS funding solutions. Anything else? All right. Can I have a motion to approve the consent agenda without the GMS funding solutions? So moved. Second. We have a motion and a second. Is there any
045discussion? May we have a roll call, please? Mrs. Halliburton? Yes. Mr. Lauren Lustick? >> Yes. Mr. Matthew Lustick? Yes. Mr. Weigel? Yes. Ms. Youngblood? Yes. Ms. Anders? Yes. And Mrs. Plank? Yes. Thank you. I need a motion, correct, for the GMS Yes. So, do I have a motion to approve the GMS funding solution? Motion to approve it. Or to discuss We need a first and a second to get to discussion, please. >> Okay. I make a a move to approve it, then. I'll second. Motion and a second. Now, we want to go to discussion. Um I was just concerned slightly concerned about committing to a 12-year contract of this nature at this particular time. I was wondering if it would be possible or if the board would have maybe it would be a possibility to
046table this until at least the budget [snorts] is finalized and we see if there are those available funds. Would be my concern. I tend to agree with Heather as well. You know, given the preliminary budget that we have and knowing that we have teacher negotiations going on I'm not I'm not comfortable entering into a new agreement for I think 12 months that we know would be no less than $60,000. I wasn't >> Oh, sorry. That's all right. Of new money. And I think my other my other concern would be I don't think that we got enough information with regard to GMS and their experience with school districts. I think we were given one example. I looked into that a little bit further. Obviously, that was a very different project. I think that was related to
047a daycare facility on the grounds of the district. And that project actually didn't come to fruition. So, I think I would like to see more information about their their experience with school districts as well. Yeah, I'm not exactly opposed to it. I just think at this particular time it may be wise to if it's poss- if it's a possibility to table it until finances are a little bit more um firmed up, I guess, would be the way I would say it. But, anyway. I agree. We should wait until the budget comes more together. The The key is uh that tabling does not indicate disagreement. Uh it does uh help us to be able to um discuss it further and come to a very wise decision. So, I'm in favor of tabling it likewise. We would
048need a motion then motion to table this item and a second and then the table. I would make a motion then to table this for future discussion. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Do we have a time limit for tabling it? That's what I wasn't sure if there was a time limit on the proposal. I I hear what you're saying. It's an expense. There's no doubt about it, but This is the one that Mr. Long came and spoke to us about, correct? About the turf project, right? Neo, are you hearing us? Yeah, I can hear you. Okay. I don't know if you want to jump in, but I mean, Mr. Long had some pretty firm statistics, you know, of success rate. Not necessarily for a school district, but um Neo, can
049you Do you want to add anything? Yeah, I think Sorry about that. Yes, there's no echo. Go ahead. Okay. Yeah, I think Yeah, I mean, I understand kind of maybe a little bit more information, but I think after premium uh the funding was secured uh but the board decided not to accept the funding. Is Neo, do you know if there's any kind of a time restraint on that? Um like it getting into a contract with them at a later date, would that be a problem? Like after the budget is all the state funding comes in and we know exactly how everything is washing out? Um I don't know if it would uh there's an issue with delaying it, but it would delay any project potential timelines on that on the turf field project. And I
050think the year the year agreement is to handle all of the um the funding and as you move forward with the project, they handle the uh reimbursement and any I believe anything with the finances of that project. It's all included in that year-long agreement. Would it be reasonable to ask Mr. Long or or someone else to come at our committee meeting in 2 weeks to answer more questions that we might have? I I I hear you, but I'm not ready to vote no on on this. >> Yeah. Well, I that's the only thing cuz I feel like it seems like $5,000 a month committed for 12 years and, you know, >> It's 12 months. Or yeah, sorry. 12 months without um you know, they do seem to have a good track record for securing grants,
051but that's not a guarantee. You know, like there isn't really which the you know, there is there going to be a guarantee? Probably not, but I would I don't know. I just think right now with having the budget at kind of a sort of a big question mark at the moment if we could hold off at least until we can you know, get more firm numbers wouldn't be a bad idea. I guess I just don't think it's um a bad return on investment for what we It is a gamble. There's no doubt about it. But, when Mr. Long was here, he you know, he he listed different, you know, operations that got grants because that's what these people do. And I Is there a representative from that from that company possibly that could come and
052like lay out in more, you know, I don't know the answer to that. We can look into that if that's what the board is asking for. I just want to clarify your motion. So, Ms. Youngblood, you're you're moving to to table it until the budget is approved. >> To see where >> Not really until the next committee meeting and board meeting. Is that correct? >> That is correct. Just so that we would know if we would have an extra $60,000 that we could commit that isn't going to take out of anything else, you know, end up taking out of anything else. Cuz once we would sign it, it's a commitment, correct? Like it's not like we can back out of that, you know, but if we wait until the budget is firmed and we know
053exactly where the where everything is shaking out and money is going to and if there is a surplus, then, you know, and we would have that money that we could spend. It wouldn't be like we've already committed to it and now we have to figure out where we're going to get that money from. I I guess I just feel we've talked turf field for We have a long time. blown up a little bit, you know, like it from the initial what it was going to cost to where we're at now with where it's going to cost. It has increased quite a bit and, you know, we have actually spent money that was allocated for other things to get to where we're at with it now and I'm just a little hesitant to commit to an
054additional, you know, $60,000 when we haven't actually figured out where we're at with the budget. And I might add, too, it's not specific to what's her field. >> Right. Right. Right. I mean, those grants uh the things they secure could be utilized for or go towards a stage or new lights or other projects that they have in the district. So, it's not specific uh to the turf field. So, There's not that much time between now, in my opinion, and finalizing that budget. And in that time period, I feel like we should be able to get more information from them. Yeah. Right? And then know where we are. >> I think it would be helpful for me to feel more comfortable about on a big kind of question mark. I agree with you. Where I'm at
055with that. Does anybody else have anything to add? Okay. So, I just want to So, just confirming that we have over a million dollars dedicated to this project, but we're as a board not willing to spend 60. Is that Is that where we're at? I think we're asking for more information from GMS about their work with the school district. And we're asking to wait until we finalize the budget before we do any spending. Right. Like after the budget's finalized, if that 60,000 is not going to cut into anything else that would be necessary, then I don't have a problem at all approving it, you know? But at this time, when it's not really a set There aren't any set firm numbers at this time, because we have already spent, you know, money um to get
056where we're at with it that was allocated to fix certain things that now are kind of up in the air, you know? That money, I don't know. I'm just thinking out loud that it might be a wise to wait until the budget is actually finalized. If the money is there, then fine. You know, that's how I That's just my thoughts on that. I guess just following up on Mr. Wagel's comments, you know, $60,000 is a lot of money, but we have a million dollars allocated for this um for this turf field. And is that allocated out of the budget or is that the the the gift, a donation? A donation, and it's sitting waiting. And there have been some donations made. I'm sorry Neil isn't here and can communicate a little bit better, but um
057I just I'm okay to get more information. I'm not okay to just say, "Nope, we're not interested. We don't want to hear what they have to say, because I think they can do a lot of good work for us." Right. I agree. We're not saying that. Yeah. Right. I I just am making the point that I I am not in favor of No, I don't want to just not It consider it at all. I just think until numbers are a little bit more firm and we know exactly where our finances are at, it might be wise to hold off and then discuss it at a later date. Especially get maybe some more information, like a representative from the company itself, you know, come out and do a presentation would be helpful. I agree. It seems
058to me um I agree that it is it is worth noting that they don't have much of a track record working with the school systems um in the local area or out of the local area. Um it might be worth noting, though, let's say we approve it today. It seems very unlikely if they entered a contract with Upper Adams starting in May, it seems very unlikely that they would be able to secure funding for like a June start of the proposed turf field. So, it does not seem to me that we lose anything by delaying until um until the budget is approved. Because it's hard for me to imagine that they would be able to secure grant funding for a June start, this being mid to late April. Which is why I think they were
059looking for 12 months, right? Sure. Sure. Right. Trying to figure out the feedback. Okay. Any other thoughts from the board before we vote? Okay. So, just as a reminder, we're voting to table specifically until the budget is approved. Or we get more information from them. Specifically their experience with school systems, if available. And is it our hope to bring someone here to speak to us like in the next [clears throat] Okay. Yes. If someone can coordinate that with us, Neil, shall we Can we have a roll call, please? Mrs. Halverson? No. Mr. [snorts] Lauren Leszek? Yes. Mr. Matthew Leszek? Yes. Mr. Wagel? No. Ms. Youngkover? Yes. Ms. Anders? Yes. Mrs. Flynn? Yes. Thank you. All right. Moving on to committee reports and action items on finance. I'm assuming I need to do this as well.
060Are you able to do this, Neil, or do you want me to take this? Uh can you continue? Just the feedback, I think. Sure. Uh could I get a motion to approve? There's an anonymous donation for $44 and $44.64 to cover the cost of transportation. Don't worry about that. Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. Don't worry about that. Can we just table >> I think we were at media reports finance. I was asking for a motion to approve the anonymous donation of $44.64 for the cost of transportation for the envirothon as well as the all access BSF package for the attached document which represents an increase of $896.99 from So moved. Second. Motion and second. Is there any discussion? I'll do a roll call, please. Michelle Kover? Yes. Miss Anders? Yes. Mrs. Halaburda?
061Yes. Mr. Matthew Listick? Yes. Mr. Matthew Listick? Yes. Mr. Weigel, this is approving everything under finance. Uh yes. And Mrs. Plank? Yes. Thank you. All right. Moving on to personnel. Mr. Listick? Yes. Thank you. Turning our attention to 14.2 personnel. Uh Uh as if you're following along on your computers, notice 2A. I recommend approval of the following items. I should have said that. Okay, 2A, unpaid non-FMLA leave for Colleen Gaston. You can see the dates in question. 2B, resignation of Grace Green, life skills teacher at Biglerville Elementary School, effective 6/1/2026. And 2C, post and advertise for a life skills teacher at Biglerville Elementary School. Moving down to uh 5A, uh notice Erica Wertz, homebound instruction for student 3052. And you can see at a a rate of pay of $40.80 per hour, not to exceed
0625 hours per week. Uh 6A, uh has a list of 13 volunteers. I always want to thank them for stepping forward to help the school system. Really appreciate their willingness. And uh you can see the names and uh dates in question there on your computer. Uh moving down to uh B 2A, notice that is support staff substitute, Gray Rice. Uh and that would be for the Kelly Education listing. And uh as we look at uh C, recommend approval of the following earmark individuals. Uh notice the three that are uh are there. Two of two uh names to be removed, Mary Rider and Samantha Crowder. And then David Henson. Uh and uh moving all the way down to E, recommend approval of the following G Force individuals, Tyler Blair as a substitute uh school security officer.
063And that concludes my report. Recommend approval. So moved. All right. We have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? Let's do a roll call, please. Miss Anders? Yes. Mrs. Halaburda? Yes. Mr. Matthew Listick? Yes. Mr. Matthew Listick? >> Yes. Mr. Weigel? Yes. Michelle Kover? Yes. Mrs. Plank? Yes. Thank you. Transportation. Miss Anders? Uh recommend for approval retroactive to the 7th April 17th is Lola Spielman for waivers. Motion and second. Any discussion? All in favor, say I. I. All opposed? Curriculum. Halaburda? Um I'm recommending approval of the agreement between the Center for Youth and Community Development and the Upper Adams School District for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program for the 2026-2027 school year as per the attached document. Is Mr. Albin or is he gone? I had asked him to speak to
064this. Um this is something that we have done um in the past. Oh boy, he was going to I don't know. Dr. DeShong? Second. Thank you. Yeah, essentially it's uh we've done in the past is agreement with the Center for Youth and Community Development. They run after school programs for us. We collect and use our buildings and we have kids that we share. And that's just what the agreement and and the the data sharing is so we have the information that we can share with parents and so forth if need be. So that's that's essentially what the that is, Miss Halaburda. Okay, thank you. Any other questions? All right. All in favor, say I. I. All opposed? Other student activities. Can I get a motion to approve the following uh to establish a pig lady
065student activities account at Upper Adams Intermediate School as per the attached document. So moved. Motion and second. Is there any discussion? All in favor, say I. I. I. Any opposed? Moving on to policy committee first read. Thank you, Madam President. Yes, I recommend approval of two second read policies, specifically policy number 204 which has to do with attendance and policy number 246 which has to do with student wellness. Appreciate the committees and others administrations work on those policies. All in favor, say I. I. Any opposed? Payment of bills. Can I get a motion to pay the bills as per the attached document? So moved. Second. Motion and second. Is there any discussion? Can I get a roll call, please? Mr. Matthew Listick? Yes. Mr. Weigel? Yes. Michelle Kover? Yes. Miss Anders? Yes. Mrs. Halaburda? Yes.
066Mr. Matthew Listick? Yes. Mrs. Plank? Yes. Thank you. New business. Any old business? Any new business? All right. The next school board committee meetings, there's a policy committee on May 6th, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Curriculum and extracurricular committee also on 5/5/2026 at 6:30 p.m. Business and operations committee meeting also at 5/26 upon completion of the curriculum and extracurricular meeting. Our regular school board meeting will be May 19th, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. Can I get a motion to adjourn? So moved. Second.