Regular Meeting Minutes
A Regular Meeting of the Board of Education of the Scotia-Glenville Central School District was held in the Cafeteria of the Middle School in said district on March 12, 2007.
President of the Board of Education Margaret Smith called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
Present: Ahnert, Carbone, Conlon, Crisafulli, Normington, Smith, Yagielski, Superintendent Swartz,
Director of Curriculum and Instruction Kavanaugh, Business Administrator Nolie, and District
Clerk DeLong.
Absent: none
HEARING/PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
Gerry Moore, 122 Jay St., spoke to the Board regarding the reserve fund, teacher salary increases and physical education requirements.
Jan Tunison, 301 Lark St., spoke to the Board regarding the 1 County, 1 Book, Program that was held at the High School and also thanked everyone for their support.
BUDGET WORK SESSION: FACILITIES AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
Superintendent Swartz reviewed the Middle School and High School initiatives with the Board. The proposed items are as follows:
Middle School
1.0 Foreign Language Teacher
1.5 hr/day Teaching Assistant
6.5 hr/day Teaching Assistant
High School
6.5 hour Teaching Assistant
.4 FTE Physical Education Teacher
7 hr/day building monitor
Tech Valley High School student tuition
The Board discussed these items and asked for more information regarding some of the items. The
Board will discuss these items further into the Budget Process. The Board then asked several
questions of Don Petersen, Director of Facilities and Operations, regarding the proposed Facilities
budget. The Board also briefly discussed the proposed purchase of school buses and also the Board
of Education budget.
CURRICULUM REPORT: SPECIAL EDUCATION - TONY ALBANESE (DIRECTOR OF PUPIL
PERSONNEL SERVICES)
Tony Albanese, Director of Pupil Personnel Services, gave a curriculum report to the Board on the
Special Education Services Plan. The Board asked several questions of Mr. Albanese and
President Smith thanked him for his department's hard work in preparing this report. (This report is
contained as Appendix A to these minutes).
REQUEST FOR OVERNIGHT TRIP Š HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT SYMPHONIC BAND,
CHORALAIRES, CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, AND CHAPERONES TO THE MUSIC FESTIVAL,
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, APRIL 26 Š 29, 2007
MOVED by Ahnert that the Board of Education approve the request for the overnight trip of the High
School Symphonic Band, Choralaires, Chamber Orchestra, and Chaperones to the Music Festival,
Virginia Beach, Virginia, from April 26-29, 2007, at no expense to the district.
After a brief discussion on this trip, Mr. Ahnert withdrew his motion and the motion will be tabled until
the next meeting.
MOVED by Conlon that the Board of Education accept/approve the following items:
COMMUNICATIONS
a. Accept the letter of resignation of Kenneth H. Handin, School Psychologist, and Chairperson of the Committee of Special Education, effective c.o.b. March 30, 2007, with appreciation for his service to the district. (This resignation is contained as Appendix B to these minutes).
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
a. Staffing
1) Approve the adjustment in Administrators' salaries for the 2006-2007 school year, as submitted. (This salary list is contained as Appendix C to these minutes).
2) Extend the probationary appointment of Sandra Page, Teaching Assistant (Glendaal Elementary School), through August 31, 2008.
3) Approve the appointment of Michael Feurstein as Teacher Aide (Glendaal Elementary School), in accordance with Civil Service Regulations, effective March 6, 2007 through June 30, 2007, at the rate of $8.42/hour (7 hours/day).
4) Approve the part-time appointment of Melanie Broswski as Teacher Aide (Glen-Worden Elementary School), in accordance with Civil Service Regulations, effective March 13, 2007 through June 30, 2007, with 2006-2007 salary to be at the rate of $8.32/hour (31.75 hours/week). This appointment is conditioned on the school districtÕs receipt of clearance for the employee from the State Education Department following a criminal history records check in accordance with the provision of Education Law ¤3035.
5) Approve the part-time appointment of Ronald D. Brooks as School Monitor (Middle School), effective March 13, 2007 through June 30, 2007, with 2006-2007 salary to be at the rate of $8.25/hour (2.5 hours/day).
6) Approve the following additional spring coaching appointments for 2006-2007:
Track
Modified Mark Gatta, Jr. Step 1 $2,060
Baseball
Assistant *Keith Werner Step 0 -0-
Assistant Andrew Swayne Step 0 -0-
Softball
Assistant *Mickey O'Conner Step 0 -0-
Lacrosse
Assistant *Andrew Singer Step 0 -0-
*This appointment is conditioned on the school districtÕs receipt of clearance for the employee from the State Education Department following a criminal history records check in accordance with the provision of Education Law ¤3035.
7) Approve the change in assignment of the following School Bus Drivers, effective March 9, 2007, with no change in current rate of pay:
June Shaw from 4 hours/day to 4.75 hours/day
Nick Bisaillon from 5.25 hours/day to 7 hours/day
Ron Morris from 4.25 hours/day to 4.75 hours/day
8) Approve the change in assignment of Lisa Schell, Teacher Aide (Transportation) from 3 hours/day to 5.25 hours/day, effective February 26, 2007, with no change in current rate of pay.
9) Approve the following additional substitutes for the 2006-2007 school year:
Substitute Teaching Assistant
Susan Caldwell
Substitute School Monitor
*Dawn McCarthy
Clerical Substitute
*Nancy Pierce
Christine Grugan
*This appointment is conditioned on the school districtÕs receipt of clearance for the employee from the State Education Department following a criminal history records check in accordance with the provision of Education Law ¤3035.
ROUTINE BUSINESS
a. Placement of Children with Disabilities
Accept the Placement of Children with Disabilities as recommended by the Committee on Preschool Special Education at their meetings on 2/9, 2/16, 3/2, and 2/16/07 and by the Committee on Special Education at their meetings on 2/12, 2/26, 2/27, 2/26, 2/28, 3/5 and 3/6/07.
b. Minutes: Regular Meeting February 12, 2007
Special Meeting February 26, 2007
c. TreasurerÕs Report
President Smith noted receipt of the January Treasurer's Report.
(This report is contained as Appendix D to these minutes).
d. Extraclassroom Activity Funds: January 2007
President Smith noted receipt of the January 2007 Extraclassroom Activity Funds.
(This report is contained as Appendix E to these minutes).
e. Internal Claims AuditorÕs Report of Payroll/Warrants
President Smith noted receipt of the following warrants:
Warrants: #18 $ 151,869.97
#32 $ 108,285.76
(These warrants are contained as Appendix F to these minutes).
f. Bid
1) Award the bid for the installation of wall padding in the Middle School gymnasium to Facilities Equipment & Service, Inc., as per attached Bid Summary. (This bid is contained as Appendix G to these minutes).
ROLL CALL
AYES: 7
NOES: 0
MOTION CARRIED
OTHER BUSINESS
Superintendent Swartz spoke to the Board regarding the next Board Policy meeting and the surveys for Transitional Kindergarten.
Director of Curriculum and Instruction Kavanaugh reported that two of the District's teams in Odyssey of the Mind were successful and will be competing on a statewide level.
MOVED by Carbone that the meeting be adjourned.
ROLL CALL
AYES: 7
NOES: 0
MOTION CARRIED
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
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Bobbie DeLong, District Clerk