ROSE TREE MEDIA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS Informational Session

ROSE TREE MEDIA SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS

Informational Session December 20, 2007

AGENDA

A. Student Liaison Reports

B. Teaching & Learning

7:30 p.m.

F. Pupil Services

II. Building Update - Principals

III. Adjournment

ROSE TREE MEDIA SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS

Legislative Meeting December 20, 2007

AGENDA

8:00 p.m.

Pledge of Allegiance

II. Approval of Minutes

B. Board Re-Organization Meeting – December 4, 2007

III. Presentations and Awards

A. Jamie Ballew – All-Delco Girls Volleyball First Team

C. Timothy Brown – All-Delco Boys Soccer First Team

D. Jessica Maroney – Most Valuable Hockey Player and All-Central Goalie

E. 2007 Penncrest Boys Cross Country Team – Outstanding Accomplishments

A. "Holiday Selections by Penncrest High School Band Ensembles" - led by

Craig Snyder

Flute Ensemble: Alicia Kordalski, Janet Gorman,Nicole Zulli, Lora Kelly,

Marina Solomos, Katie McMullen

Saxophone Ensemble: Jon Stubbs, Chris Parsons, Matt Giardinelli, Walter

Kelly, Chris McNulty

Brass Ensemble: Zimran Khan, Matt Koveal, Brandon Young, Wes

Thompson, David Mayer

V. Reports

A. RTMEA

B. Healthy Communities Initiative

VII. Unscheduled Presentations (Limited to Three Minutes Each)

A. Rose Tree Media Residents

A. Policy #918 Sponsorships and Partnerships – Second Read and Approval

See Attachment A

A. Personnel

1. Terminations a. Professional b. Non-Instructional

2. Nominations a. Professional b. Non-Instructional

3. General b. Unpaid Leave of Absence c. Rescind Supplemental Contracts e. Other – See Attachment B

C.

1 Penncrest Ski and Snowboard Club to Stowe Mountain in Stowe,

Vermont

2. Penncrest Chorus to Boston, Massachusetts

Addendum – Personnel

X. Finance

A. Purchasing

B. General

1. Barbacane Thornton & Company

4. Approval to Submit Plan Con A – Springton Lake Middle School

Additions and Renovations

5. Capital Projects 2007-2008 – See Attachment C

7. DCIU Math Consultants

C. Financials for November 2007

D. Bill lists for November 2007

XI. Adjournment

ANNOUNCEMENT

There will be an executive session of the School Board for matters of personnel at

6:30 p.m. prior to the Informational Session of January 24, 2008, at Springton Lake

Middle School. The Legislative meetings are recorded on tape.

Denise C. Kerr, Ed.D

Superintendent of Schools

EXCELLENCE

TODAY

FOR TOMORROW

To: Members of the Board of School Directors

From:

Date:

Denise C. Kerr, Ed.D., Superintendent

Gail Boettcher, Board Secretary

November 29, 2007

Rose Tree Media School District

308 North Olive Street

Media, Pennsylvania 19063-2493

Telephone: 610.627.6000

Fax: 610-891-0959

www.rtmsd.org

Gail Boettcher

Board Secretary

Subject: Minutes of the November 29, 2007 Legislative Meeting

I. Call to Order

Board Members in Attendance:

Nancy Mackrides, Board President

Student Board Members :

Lepsi Jha

Linda Fox, Vice President

William Montgomery

William O’Donnell

Jeffrey Pettit

Absent: William Campbell

Stacey Benson

Also in Attendance:

Patricia Barta, Supv. Spec. Educ.

Elementary

Ron Baldino, Sup. Maint. & Oper.

Margaret Barney, R&D Specialist

William Bennett, Principal, ILE

Gail Boettcher, Board Secretary

Eric Bucci, Ass’t. Principal, PCHS

Valerie Burnett, Director Pupil Services

Anne Callahan, Dir. Human Resources

Ken Curran, Psychologist

Bernadette Dacaney, Home & School

Visitor

Karen Daugherty, Principal RTM

Joe DiAntonio, Athletic Director

William Dougherty, Principal GWE

Susan Evans, Ass’t. Principal, PCHS

Angela Gilbert, Teaching & Learning

Elementary

Ron Harris, Network Specialist

Ralph Harrison, Ass’t Principal, PCHS

Anthony Jackowski, Ass’t. Principal, SLMS

Joyce Jeuell, Principal, SLMS

Mack Johnson, Manaagement Sys. Admin.

Thomas Kelly, Solicitor

Bonnie Kinsler, Transportation Director

Maria Kotch, Principal ME

Patti Linden, Dir. Of Tech. & Infor.

Kim McCann, Info. Tech. Spec.

Danielle Penza, Accountant

Roxanne Schupp, Super. Business

Operations

Sandra Shacklady-White – Sup. Spec. Educ.

Secondary

Mara Stevens, Psychologist

Steve Taylor, Dir. Teching & Learning,

Secondary

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The Legislative Meeting of the Board of School Directors of the Rose Tree Media School

District was held on Thursday, November 29, 2007, at Springton Lake Middle School. The meeting was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by President Nancy Mackrides.

II. Approval of Minutes

Mr. Montgomery moved and Mrs. Fox seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 28

Resolve, that the Board approve the Legislative Meeting Minutes of October 25,

2007.

The aforementioned resolution was declared adopted by the Chair, the vote being:

AYES: Mackrides,

William Montgomery

NAYS: None


A. Eagle Scout Awards – David Mayer and Matthew Pesce

Resolve, that the Board recognize David Mayer and Matthew Pesce, Penncrest

High School students, the Rose Tree Media Award for completing the necessary requirements to achieve Eagle Scout Rank.

B. PSBA Recognition for Veronica Barbato, William Campbell, Nancy Mackrides and

Mrs. Barbato moved and Mr. Montgomery seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 29

Resolve, the Board recognize Veronica Barbato and Nancy Mackrides for 8 years of service, Jeffrey Pettit for 16 years of service, and William Campbell for 20 years of service as a School Board Director. The Executive Board of the Pennsylvania

School Boards Association presents the Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of the unique role of school board service and the long-term contributions of

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individuals who bring their energy, talent and values to the guidance of youth and public education in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


AYES: Mackrides,

William Montgomery

NAYS: None

C. Stacey Benson – Former School Board Member

Mrs. Barbato moved and Mr. Montgomery seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 30

Resolve, the Board recognize Stacey Benson for her 4 years of dedicated service as a Board of School Director for the Rose Tree Media School District. Mrs.

Benson served on the Act 1 Tax Study Committee and was the Chairperson of the

Personnel Committee. being:

AYES: Nancy Mackrides, Veronica Barbato, Linda Fox, Jeffrey Pettit, and

William Montgomery

NAYS: None

D. William Campbell – Former School Board Member

Mr. Montgomery moved and Mrs. Fox seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 31

Resolve, the Board recognize William Campbell for his 20 years of dedicated service as a Board of School Director for the Rose Tree Media School District.

Mr. Campbell was appointed to the Board in 1987. During his tenure, Mr.

Campbell served as President, Vice-President, Chairman of the Personnel

Committee and Chairman of the Finance Committee. being:


William Montgomery

NAYS: None

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A. Technology Tools: Infusing the Inter/Write Pad in Instruction – Glenwood

V. Reports

A. School Reports – In Official Legislative Minutes of November 29, 2007

B. Superintendent’s Report – No report

C. Solicitor’s Report – In Official Legislative Minutes of November 29, 2007

D. President’s Report – In Official Legislative Minutes of November 29, 2007

A. RTMEA – Sandra Staiger, President RTMEA

B. Healthy Communities Initiative – Dana Riker

VII. Unscheduled Presentations (Limited to three minutes each)

A. Rose Tree Media Residents

A. Investment of District Funds – Policy #609

Mrs. Barbato moved and Mrs. Fox seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 32

Resolve, that the Board adopt Policy #609 Investment of District Funds. This is the second reading. See Attachment A in Official Legislative Minutes of November 29,

2007. being:

William Montgomery

NAYS: None

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Linda Fox moved and Veronica Barbato seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 33

Resolve, that the Board approve the following Personnel section:

A. Personnel


1. Janice Treen, Custodian, resignation, effective October 30,

2007.

September 4, 2007.

2. Nominations a. Professional

1. Dmytro Terleckyj, (.2) Long Term Substitute Music Teacher effective November 15, 2007 at the annual salary of

$9,416.20, Master’s/Step 1 pro-rated. Mr. Terleckyj received his Bachelor’s Degree from West Chester University and his

Master’s Degree from Duquesne University. He is assigned to

Penncrest High School replacing Craig Snyder who was temporarily reassigned. NOTE: Mr. Terleckyj is being hired pending completion of his pre-employment paperwork.

2. Cheryl Lund, Homebound Instructor for the 2007-2008 school year at the rate of $42.50 per hour.

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b. Non-Instructional

1. Robert Cecchine, Substitute Bus Driver, effective November 2,

2007 at the rate of $18.55 per hour. Mr. Cecchine is assigned to the Transportation Department replacing Richard Taylor who was reassigned. NOTE: Mr. Cecchine is being hired pending completion of his pre-employment paperwork.

2007 at the rate of $10.98 per hour. Mr. Ellison is assigned to the Transportation Department replacing Judy Parent who resigned. NOTE: Mr. Ellison is being hired pending completion of his pre-employment paperwork.

3. Gayle Logue, Cafeteria Worker, effective November 30, 2007 at the rate of $10.00 per hour. Ms. Logue is assigned to

Penncrest High School. NOTE: Ms. Logue is being hired pending completion of her pre-employment paperwork.

4. Heather Mitchell, Theme Reader, effective November 19,

2007 at the rate of $265.00 per month. NOTE: Ms. Mitchell is being hired pending completion of her pre-employment paperwork.

5. Jill Goldman, Theme Reader, effective November 30, 2007 at the rate of $265.00 per month. NOTE: Ms. Goldman is being hired pending completion of her pre-employment paperwork.

6. Janet Lloyd Murphy, Theme Reader, effective November 19,

2007 at the rate of $265.00 per month. NOTE: Ms. Murphy is being hired pending completion of her pre-employment paperwork.

7. Anthony DiScala, Custodian, will serve as Night Supervisor until further notice, at the rate of $83.33 per month. Mr.

DiScala is assigned to Indian Lane Elementary.

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8. Recommend the Board approval for the following personnel to administer the PSAT’s:

Susan Coates

Enoch Stevenson

Mary Rached

Cynthia Miller

Ext.Time Proctor @ $150/session

Deanna Dachiu Nancy Peters

9. David Leonard will serve as a Substitute Custodian at the rate of $12.00 per hour in addition to his responsibilities as a

Maintenance Worker.

10. John Dunne will serve as a Substitute custodian at the rate of

$12.00 per hour in addition to his responsibilities as a

Maintenance Worker/Grounds Keeper.

11. Robert Mayer, Cafeteria Worker, effective November 12, 2007 at the rate of $10.00 per hour. NOTE: Mr. Mayer is being hired pending completion of his pre-employment paperwork.

12. Colleen Knowles, Substitute Cafeteria Worker, effective

November 12, 2007 at the rate of $9.50 per hour. NOTE: Ms.

Knowles is being hired pending completion of her preemployment paperwork.

13. Cynthia Phipps will serve as a Substitute Custodian at the rate of $12.00 per hour in addition to her responsibilities as a

Cafeteria Worker.

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3. General a. Unpaid Leave of Absence terminating 2007.

1. Recommend the Board approve the following personnel for

Degree Advancement and adjust their salaries accordingly effective August 27, 2007: c. Rescind Supplemental Contracts

1. Rescind appointment of Carol Shapero as New Teacher

Mentor, Ms. Shapero will not be serving as a Mentor for the

2007-2008 school year.

2. Rescind appointment of Michelle Kirk as New Teacher Mentor,

Ms. Kirk will not be serving as a Mentor for the 2007-2008 school year.

1. Recommend Board approval of the Penncrest High School

Winter Athletic Supplemental contracts for the 2007-2008 school year. See Attachment B in Official Legislative Minutes of November 29, 2007.

2. Recommend Board approval of the Springton Lake Middle

School Winter Athletic Supplemental contracts for the 2007-

2008 school year. See attachment C in Official Legislative

Minutes of November 29, 2007.

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3. Recommend Board approval for the following Penncrest High

School personnel to serve as Event Chaperones for the 2007-

2008 school year at the rate of $55.00 per event:

4. Recommend Board approval for the following Penncrest High

School personnel to serve as Night School Teachers at the rate of $40.00 per hour:

5. Jean McPheeters, KIDS Club Sponsor, Rose Tree Elementary for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $402.00.

6. Kathleen Dooner, HOME Club Sponsor, Media Elementary for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $402.00.

7. Jeanette Verdeur, Chorus Sponsor, Media Elementary for the

2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $1,072.

8. Christiana Kuntz, New Teacher Mentor for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $1,015.

9. Michael Bury, Chess Club Sponsor, Glenwood Elementary for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $134.

10. Matthew Moore, Chess Club Sponsor, Rose Tree Elementary for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $134.

11. Enoch Stevenson, Saturday Detention, Penncrest High School for the 2007-2008 school year at the rate of $25.45 per hour.

12. Heather Reed, (.5) New Teacher Mentor for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $507.50.

13. Michele Woodward, (.5) New Teacher Mentor for the 2007-

2008 school year at the annual salary of $507.50.

1. Harry Protzmann, salary correction form $94,240 to $108,938 effective July 1, 2007 through July 18, 2007.

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2. Lisa Casey, Cafeteria Worker, from $10.50 per hour to $11.00 per hour effective September 4, 2007. f. Other

1. Recommend Board approval of the Agreement Between Rose

Tree Media School District and the Bus Drivers/Custodial

Maintenance Association July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2010.

See Attachment D in Official Legislative Minutes of November

29, 2007.

2. Recommend Board approve the following net share amounts to be distributed among food service workers for the 2006-

2007 school year:

Alonso, Dawn

Bendak, Linda

Anderson, Aimee

Berner, Carl

Cartwright, Dolores

Casey, Lisa

Clements, Jennifer

Connell, Amy

Duncan, Christine

Eckerd, Joyce

Ettien, Elisa

Gildea, Patricia

Grant, Jeanette

Hoppus, Suzanne

Iannucci, Catherine

King, Deborah

$1,117 Krynski, Elaine

$1,358 Lejman, Cathy

$1,113 Lomas, Christina

$1,002 Lorenz, Louise

$1,413 Netwall, Laura

$1,020 Pedrick, Andrea

$1,215 Phipps, Cynthia

$1,067 Powers, Stephanie

$1,762 Steward, Diane

$2,336 Swantek, Diane

$1,346 Tyson, Debra

$1,138 Van Leer, Marquerite

$602 Yachetti, Lois

$1,015

$891

$520

$1,097

$2,126

$1,636

$1,201

$1,034

$1,238

$1,106 Schoenberger, Sandra $1,221

$1,674 Simpson, Kathleen $899

$1,200

$1,211

$1,106

$1,150

$1,185 being:


William Montgomery

NAYS: None

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Mr. Montgomery moved and Mr. Pettit seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 34

Resolve,

1. Penncrest High School Cheerleaders to Orlando, Florida

Resolve, that the Board approve the UCA Cheerleading National

Championship overnight trip to Orlando, Florida. The Penncrest High

School Cheerleaders are anticipating qualifying for the National

Championship in Orlando, Florida 2/7/08 - 2/11/08. The student cost is

$650 per student. The cost to the district is $1,450 for flights and substitutes. This item was discussed at the November 2007 Pupil Services

Committee Meeting.

Concert to Lake George and Queensbury, New York

Further resolve, that the Board approve the Concert Choir overnight trip to

Lake George, New York and Queensbury, New York. The concert choir will perform a concert and participate in a workshop with a professor of music from a local university in Lake George and Queensbury, New York on

2/7/08 – 2/10/08. The student cost is $500. The cost to the district is $75 for one day of substitute coverage. This item was discussed at the November

2007 Pupil Services Committee Meeting.

3. Penncrest Students to Washington, D.C.

Further resolve, that the Board approve the Close Up overnight trip to

Washington D.C. Students tour Washington D.C. neighborhoods and participate in workshops around the capital city from 1/27/08-1/31/08.

Student cost is $1,346.00. The potential cost to district for the teacher is

$1,346 based on student registration and $300 for substitute coverage for a total district cost of $1,646. This item was discussed at the November 2007

Pupil Services Committee Meeting.

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4. Penncrest High School Student Leadership to Stroudsburg, PA

Resolve, that the Board approve the Student Leadership Training Retreat to

Stroudsburg, PA. Rick Gregg will lead a group of 125 students through leadership development activities in Stroudsburg, PA on 12/1/07 – 12/3/07.

The students will be selected to represent grades 9-12 and members of diverse groups of students. The trip will be funded through an existing student activity fund. Student cost will be approximately $30.00. The cost to the district is $675.00 for substitute coverage. This item was discussed at the November 2007 Pupil Services Committee Meeting. being:

AYES: Nancy Mackrides, Veronica Barbato, Linda Fox, Jeffrey Pettit, and William Montgomery

NAYS: None

C. Policies

1. Sponsorships and Partnerships – Policy #918 – First Read

This is the first reading of the Sponsorships and Partnerships Policy #918 and does not require a vote. (See Attachment E in Official Legislative Minutes of

November 29, 2007.)

X. Finance

A. Purchasing - None

B. General

At this time Mrs. Mackrides introduced Ken Phillips and Jens Damgaard who explained the Debt Issuance information.

Mr. O’Donnell arrived at 8:51 p.m.

Mr. O’Donnell moved and Bill Montgomery seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 - 35

Resolve, that the Board approve the Capital Projects – Springton Lake Middle

School Project Dept Issuance


AYES: Nancy Mackrides, Veronica Barbato, Linda Fox, Jeffrey Pettit,

Montgomery, and William O’Donnell

NAYS: None

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Mr. Pettit moved and Bill O’Donnell seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 36

Resolve, that the Board approve the following General items:

Resolve, that the Board approve the proposal from Architerra, p.c.

Professional Services for PCHS - Smedley Tract Athletic Field

Development, Constructional Bid Packaging and Construction Observation in an amount not to exceed $45,000. See Attachment G. This was discussed at the November 20, 2007 Operations Meeting.

3. Media Youth Wrestling Program – Sunday Building Use

Media Youth Wrestling Program is requesting the use of the Penncrest High

School Gym and Auxiliary Gym, on Sunday, February 3, 2008 from 6:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. This was discussed at the November 20, 2007 Operations

Committee Meeting.

Change orders are acted upon in accordance with Resolution 1997-98 -

124, approved by the School Board of Directors on April 23, 1998:

Resolve, that the Board approve the following change orders

CO# E1 - Burkey Construction Co.

Springton Lake Elevator Replacement Project

Add three (3) fluorescent lay-in light fixtures in elevator lobbies per new code requirements $ 674.00

Add one (1) wall mounted light fixture in elevator shaft per new shaft lighting code requirement

Delete rewiring of telephone panel – work performed by RTMSD contractor

$ 250.00

($ 3,500.00)

Delete fire alarm system panel tie-in – work performed by RTMSD contractor ($ 800.00)

Total Change Order Decrease ($ 3,403.00)

CO #1 - Five Star, Inc.

Springton Lake Chilled Water Piping &Equipment Phase II

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Relocate existing gymnasium exit signs $ 982.97

Install 6 code compliant duct detectors to three

Existing air handling units $ 8,941.28 wiring, & labor to complete duct

Detector installation $ 1,332.89

Wall patching requested by owner

Total Change Order Increase

$ 1,020.97

$ 12,278.11

These change orders were discussed at the November 20, 2007 Operations

Committee Meeting.

5. Kate Phelan Williams – Dental Hygienist

Resolve, that the Board rescind the agreement with Kate Phelan Williams for dental hygiene services for $2,000. Our Dental Hygienist is not able to fulfill the contract based on additional work commitments. This item was discussed at the November 2007 Pupil Services Committee Meeting.




NAYS: None

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C. Financials for October 2007

D. Bill Lists for October 2007

Mr. O’Donnell moved and Linda Fox seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 - 37

Resolve, that the Board approve the following Financial Reports:

October

October

October 2007 General Fund Bill List

October

October

October

October

2007 Imprest Fund Bill List

2007 Capital Fund Bill List

2007 Bond Series 2002 Bill List

October 2007 Bond Series 2003 Bill list

October 2007 Bond Series 2004 Bill List

2007 Activities/Special Revenue Fund

$ 1,773,821.77

$ 10,685.00

$ 5,014.01

$ 308,625.00

$ 3,145.00

$ 1,201,081.65

$ 28,755.45




NAYS: None

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XI. Adjournment

Linda Fox moved and Bill O’Donnell seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 38

Resolve, that there being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting is adjourned.




NAYS: None

Gail Boettcher

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BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS

Board Reorganization

December 4, 2007 7:00 P.M.

I. Call to Order Roll Call The Pledge of Allegiance

In Attendance: Veronica Barbato, Linda Fox, Nancy Fronduti, John Hanna, Nancy

Mackrides, Jeffrey Pettit, Joseph Van Wyk.

Others in Attendance: Denise Kerr, Superintendent, Anne Callahan, Human Resources

Director, Thomas Kelly, Solicitor, and Gail Boettcher, Board Secretary

II. The Board is meeting this day for the purpose of reorganization under the appropriate sections of Article IV of the school Laws of Pennsylvania as amended.

III. At this time, Nicholas S. Lippincott, Esquire, administered the Oath of Office to the following School Board members:

Nancy Fronduti

John Hanna

William O’Donnell

Jeffrey Pettit

Joseph Van Wyk

IV. The Board Secretary read the list of legally elected and qualified School Board

Members and the expirations of their terms.

Veronica Barbato December 2009

Nancy Fronduti December 2011

Nancy Mackrides

William Montgomery

William O’Donnell

December 2009

December 2009

December 2011

Jeffrey 2011

Joseph Van Wyk December 2011

V. Nominations for Temporary President

Mrs. Fox moved and Mr. Hanna seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 39

Resolve, that Mrs. Fronduti is nominated as temporary President.

The aforegoing resolution was declared adopted by the Chair, the vote being:

AYES: Veronica Barbato, Linda Fox, Nancy Fronduti, John Hanna, Nancy

Mackries, Jeffrey Pettit, and Joseph Van Wyk

NAYS: None

VI. Nominations for President

Mrs. Barbato moved and Linda Fox seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 40

Resolve, that Mrs. Mackrides be nominated as President for the ensuring year.




NAYS: None

VII. Nominations for Vice President

Mr. Pettit moved and Nancy Fronduti seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 41

Resolve, that Mrs. Fox be nominated as Vice-President for the ensuring year.




NAYS: None

VIII. Appointment of Solicitor

Mrs. Fronduti moved and John Hanna seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 42

Resolve, that Thomas L. Kelly, from the firm of Kelly, rimes, Pietrangelo & Vakil, be approved as the District Solicitor for the ensuring year. The solicitor’s retainer fee will be $7,200 and the hour fee will be $140.00




NAYS: None

At this time Mr. O’Donnell (8:13 p.m.) and Mr. Montgomery (8:14 p.m.) arrived

The following Committee Chairman and liaison assignments are as follows:

Teaching and Learning Jeffrey Pettit

All Committees are a committee of the entire Board

X. No other business came before the Board

XI. Motion to Adjourn

Mr. Montgomery moved and Mr. Pettit seconded a motion to adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION: 2007-2008 – 43



Mackries, William Montgomery, William O’Donnell, Jeffrey Pettit, and

Joseph Van Wyk

NAYS: None

A. Jamie Ballew – All-Delco Girls Volleyball First Team

Resolve, the Board recognize Jamie for being chosen on the All-

Delco Girls Volleyball first team. Jamie is one of the top setters in the area but she also enjoys blocking. Jamie wants to play volleyball at the college level.

Resolve, the Board recognize Nicholas for his accomplishments on the Penncrest Track Team. Nick came in 25 at the Paul Short

Invitational at Leghigh University. He is the fourth runner from

Penncrest to take the individual title at the Delaware County

Championships as he helped the Lions to their first team title since

1996. Nick ranked among the top 10 runners from Delaware

County on Rose Tree Park’s 5K course. He was awarded 55 th

Place at Hershey’s Parkview Course in the PIAA Class AAA

Championships.

C. Timothy Brown – All-Delco Boys Soccer First Team

Resolve, the Board recognize Timothy as one of the best finishers in the county. Tim’s season ended with 13 goals. He represented

D. Jessica Maroney – Most Valuable Hockey Player and All-Central

Goalie

Penncrest on the All-Central League first team for the second consecutive year. Tim expects to continue his soccer career in college.

Resolve, the Board recognize Jessica as Penncrest’s Most

Valuable Hockey Player with an 88% save percentage. Jessica also was named as the All-Central Goalie.


E. 2007 Penncrest Boys Cross Country Team – Outstanding

Accomplishments

Resolve, the Board recognize the Penncrest Boys Cross Country

Team. Team Accomplishments include: Undefeated Central

League Champions, Delaware Country Champions, District I AAA

Runner Up, Mill Street Run Champions, and Oakbourne Relay

Champions.

Team Roster: Greg Allison, Austin Barrett, Anthony Batch, Joshua

Batch, Anderson Back, Nick Bonaventure, AJ Bull, James Bushey,

Nick Calabro, Neil Campbell, Craig Cassey, Stephan Christie, Brian

Craft, William Kirkpatrick, Christopher Kramer, James Lee, Patrick

Meyers, Sam Moffat, Will Murphy, Peisong Ouyang, Kyle Panzer,

Wade Phillips, Thomas quirk, Brendan Robert, Colin Robertson,

Connor Showalter, Peter Sisson, Jared tindall, Elijah Trusty, Ron

Tyson, Joe Verica.

Head Coach: George Munro,

Volunteer Assistant: Robert Brown

EXCELLENCE

TODAY

FOR TOMORROW

SCHOOL REPORT’S – December 2007

GLENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Recently a group of students and staff from Glenwood Elementary visited Lima

Retirement Center to spread some holiday cheer. Mrs. Bennett and her class and Mrs.

Hennessey and her class, along with Aides, Mrs. Winn, Mrs. Austin, and Mrs. Mueller and

Art Teacher, Mr. Sharp traveled to Lima Estates Retirement Center to work on a craft project with the residents and staff. Using red and green foam sheets, students and residents created holly wreaths to decorate the hallways at Lima Estates. When we finished, Lima Estates provided juice and cookies for the students and residents. They ate and reflected on their hard work. A fun time was had by all.

Thirty of our fifth graders will be participating in Media Borough’s “Festival of Lights” celebration. These 30 children have volunteered to be part of the “Festival of Lights

Chorus,” and will be performing Holiday songs at the Media Courthouse on Wednesday,

December 5 th

at 7:00 PM.

Our entire fifth grade will be attending the Media Theater’s production of “Joseph and the

Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” The students have been learning about musical theater in class, and have been studying this musical in detail. Two of our students – fifth grader - Nia Vargus, and third grader – Robert Fattori, are in the cast.

Glenwood’s Holiday all-school assembly, “Celebrate The Season,” was held. All

Glenwood’s students sang in this event, which featured our fifth grade chorus. All parents and friends were welcome!

Children’s book author Dan Gutman visited Glenwood Elementary. He gave two presentations, one to students in grades K-2 and one to grades 3-5. Teachers, the librarian, and students prepared for his visit by reading many of his books, especially the series My Weird School and Baseball Card Adventures.

During Mr. Gutman’s talk he discussed the process of writing and revising. He shared his “rejection folder” with the older students and told them how the first book in his wildly popular Baseball Card

Adventures was first turned down by ten different publishing houses, sometimes not very politely. With this example, Dan encouraged them to have faith in their work and to keep on writing! He delighted the first and second graders by drawing A.J., the main character

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in the My Weird School series, right in front of their eyes. In both presentations, he shared some family photos in his amusing slide show: “A Day in the Life of an Author.”

He also answered student questions at the end of each session. The entire school community greatly enjoyed Dan Gutman’s visit.

During the last month, over 100 sets of books were taken out and utilized to differentiate reading instruction.

"Thanksgiving is, after all, a word of action," is a quote from W. J. Cameron. This quote hangs on the bulletin board at Glenwood over a table brimming with food donations for

City Team in Chester. The Glenwood community and staff have supported this food drive generously for many years and City Team greatly appreciates the donations. Canned and dry goods, toiletries, and a dozen frozen turkeys were collected at Glenwood during the month of November and will be picked up by City Team in early December. The donations will be used for holiday food baskets for needy families and to replenish the

City Team food cupboard.

Student Ambassadors at Glenwood Elementary are helping out this holiday season.

They are collecting for both the local SPCA (Delaware County) and the PACCA

(Philadelphia). These fourth and fifth grade students brought in boxes and decorated them with pictures of cats, dogs, snakes, gerbils, and other pets. These boxes were then delivered to each classroom in the building. Student Ambassadors will be checking the boxes weekly and hope to make a big delivery to the two shelters before Winter Break.

The Glenwood PTG sponsored a book fair. Students attended the book fair during their regularly-scheduled library classes and bought great books at a 25% discount. Parents also visited the fair and made many purchases for the holidays—great timing, because “a book is a gift you can open again and again.”

INDIAN LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

During American Education Week, we held our annual Parent Visitation. This year, we assigned each grade level a day during the week that parents could visit the classroom during regular instruction. We had our first grade parents also visit their child’s Special

Area Teacher, such as Gym, Library, Art and Music. Afterwards, an e-mail survey was sent to parents to solicit their feedback which indicated a 94% satisfaction rate. One parent comment sums up the week: “Had a great time and loved having the opportunity to get into my kids' world at school.”

To reinforce our belief that Indian Lane is

Lane celebrated “Mix it Up at Lunch” Day for the second year. Students in grades 1 through 5 th

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were seated randomly at lunch tables through the use of colored stickers.

This exposed them to friends they would have not traditionally chosen to sit with at lunch.

This year, we extended the activity by having students reflect on the experience either through a classroom discussion or an essay. The feedback from the students was overwhelmingly positive. Students were chosen for outstanding essays and were invited to read them on the morning announcements.

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Each year in connection with our anti-drug and alcohol curriculum, we arrange to send fifth graders to City Team with supplies collected in the lobby of the school. This month,

Mr. Sitkowski’s class made the visit. City Team is an organization that houses homeless men in the city of Chester. In addition, there is an alcohol and drug rehabilitation program associated with City Team. Each day homeless families in Chester are fed using the donations that have been contributed. Indian Lane has contributed to this charity since it opened in 1992. The classes delivered the supplies and in turn had a tour of the facility.

This is always a great opportunity for the children. Parents are invited to chaperone the trip, so that they are aware of what the children are learning. Indian Lane has been very generous with contributions and City Team is extremely appreciative for our donations.

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grade chorus members spent an evening at the Phantoms hockey game where they were featured performers before the start of the game by singing the National Anthem. This was an enormously popular event for both parents and students with about 225 attendees.

The Walking Club finished its second season with a

BANG! Actually, more of a bird... or is it more of a big green animal....? Whatever the Phillie Phanatic is supposed to be, we were certainly phanatic about him!

All the students who had accumulated at least 20 laps (5 miles), our " Milestone Walkers ", were treated to a surprise visit from the Phanatic this past Friday. Over 100 kids got to go down to the track and do a victory lap with him. He was a lot of fun -- and even brought Phillie

Phanatic figurines as congratulatory gifts. A huge thanks to our parent organizers. Finally, we offer hearty congratulations (and corn pads) to five students who, in only two seasons, have walked over 20 miles (that's over

80 laps!) They are:

Nicolette Gargiule - Grade 3

Michael McGroary - Grade 4

Reid Niermann - Grade 3

Paige Purnell - Grade 4

Nick Reyes - Grade 4

After reading the story Mulan, the third grade classes visited Da Shin Chinese Restaurant.

The students enjoyed learning about Chinese customs, culture, language and manners in conjunction with their literature unit. They practiced using chop sticks and learned

Chinese words like ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ before the Wonton soup arrived. What a great trip!

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Bingo Night was held on November 30 th

which was well attended by parents and students. Sponsored by the

PTG, this ever-popular event was a great success again this year with wonderful prizes, a ton of food and lots of fun! Special ‘thanks’ to parents Pam Groses,

Lucy Klodarska, mary Ann hanna, Sandy Gargiule,

John Hanna, Ron Frank and all of our volunteers for making this a fantastic night!

Fifth graders are tracking the sweep of spring in the Northern

Hemisphere by keeping an eye on plants (Red Emperor tulips) as they burst forth and bloom! This exciting seasonal event begins underground each fall. In this international science experiment, students in hundreds of classrooms plant tulip bulbs in schoolyard gardens this fall. Each group will use the same bulb variety (Red

Emperor Tulips) and planting guidelines. When the tulips finally emerge and bloom, the young scientists will announce to classmates throughout the hemisphere that spring has arrived in their part of the world. As students make observations in their own schoolyards, and observe the wave of spring on our interactive maps, they begin to see how seasonal climatic factors influence plant growth. The relationship between geography, temperature, and the arrival of spring is revealed, one garden at a time.

Indian Lane welcomed author Dan Gutman to our school on Tuesday Nov. 27 th

. Mr. Gutman spoke to children in first and second grade about his My Weird

School series, while third through fifth graders learned about his Baseball Card Adventure series and some of his other books for upper elementary students.

Students were able to pre-order books for him to personally autograph and they all spent individual time with Mr. Gutman to ask questions about being an author. Mr. Bennett’s 4 th

grade son even came to the

assembly!

Our chorus performed at the Festival of Lights, on the court house steps, on December 5.

The falling snow made the night a wonderful experience for all. The chorus also visited

Fair Acres and brought some holiday cheer to the residents.

The entire fifth grade attended the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

Dreamcoat” at the Media Theatre on December 5. Music teacher Karen Battavio arranged the trip and our students behaved in an exemplary way. One of IL’s own fifth graders, Olivia Donohue, was featured in the “Joseph” Youth Ensemble.

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MEDIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Let us sing and play! Let it snow!

A combined group of fifth graders from Media, Indian Lane and Glenwood sang on The

Media Courthouse steps on the evening of December 5, 2007. They were, for that one special evening, The Festival of Lights Chorus . It was a crisp wintry evening complete with snow flakes, hot cider and candy canes, and a festive feel.

The list of other music related events happening in the month of December is impressive:

More than 90 students, mostly fifth graders who are studying musical comedy, went to

The Media Theatre for a performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

Dreamcoat.

The event was sponsored by The Media PTG who graciously agreed to purchase the tickets “up front” for the entire district. The Festival of Lights Chorus performed as previously noted. String students performed at Borders/ Brinton Lake.

Kudos to Mr. Walls and his string players. Two of our fifth grade classes performed at

Generations, a senior care facility in Brookhaven. They were well received and enjoyed spreading some holiday cheer to our senior citizens. Our fifth grade band and string players had their winter concert at Penncrest High School. The Penncrest

Band/Orchestra gave a beautiful performance of all third, fourth and fifth graders. The

Mustang Chorale sang at The Media Courthouse Annex at lunchtime. The Mustang

Chorale is a group of fourth and fifth graders who elect to practice on Tuesdays before school. Our annual winter concert played to a standing room only crowd. Mrs. Verdeur

(music) did a wonderful job of selecting the music and preparing the performers. Kudos also to Patrick Murphy who accompanied them. Our all-school sing-a-long was a great way to welcome the winter break and celebrate the season.

Holiday Giving

We are grateful to be able to support a number of holiday projects. Our school is collecting new toys for The Community Action Agency toy drive. The Community Action

Agency helps families who are in shelters and transitional housing throughout the county.

We are pleased to have a longstanding relationship with them and to support their efforts several times a year. The staff is also donating ACME gift cards that will be given to a number of our own families. Many of our children will receive special gifts through either

SLMS or the Media Presbyterian Church Angel Tree.

Art News

Ornaments made by our second grade students are on display at Longwood Gardens for the holiday season. While creating the ornaments the children viewed The Snow Queen, a fairy tale that took the children to the cold and beautiful world of Scandinavia. The tree is part of the children’s trees display in the main conservatory. Stop by and see it. Fourth graders created ornaments that are on display at The Minshall House right here in Media.

They will be viewed by folks who take the historic house tour in media on December 8.

Second Grade Update

The second grade enjoyed a performance from Jim West’s puppets about Aesop’s

Fables. They traveled to the Upper Darby’s Performing Arts Center to watch two

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puppeteers act out several of the Aesop’s fables that they have studied. The children in grade 2 learned about fables as a literary genre. At school they read and analyzed fables and wrote their own modern day fables using the necessary components.

The second grade has also been exploring solids and liquids or sand-silt-pebbles during the science block. They have been working through the scientific process, making hypotheses, and exploring materials to draw conclusions.

Grade 3

Third grade classes visited Lankenau Hospital as a closure to their study of the human body. Students learned about the different body systems. They learned how each system works and how to keep it healthy. All third grade classes qualified for the November

KidBiz Contest. This means that at least 75% of all students completed 4 KidBiz activities in the month of November. Rebecca Harrison’s class was a local winner. They will receive their “party in a box” in 2-3 weeks.

Diversity Day: Grade 4

Fourth grade completed its study of five cultures by inviting the parents to join them for a

“Diversity Day” celebration. Parents brought in ethnic foods to make the celebration complete. They also did a play based on their reading of Charlotte’s Web. Small book groups have been a real hit with the students. Books from our new book room are being well utilized.

Grade 5

Prior to progress reports and parent conferences, fifth grade teachers and students examined student portfolios, reflected on the evidence of learning and participated in goal setting activities for the second report period. Grade five students planned and presented information on Native American culture regions. Presentations included opportunities to plan for speaking to an audience and utilized posters and Power Point presentations modeled on ones created by their teachers. Group exploration in science focused on pollutants and their role in upsetting balance in an ecosystem. These activities included sharing of information individually, in small groups, and in whole group settings.

Mustang Review Out Soon

This year’s first issue of The Mustang Review, our school newspaper, is due out soon.

Our gifted support students were the “reporters.” They were able to get news from every classroom.

AGP

Fifth grade students are producing, directing and airing our school-wide broadcast. They are also studying the behavior of birds and how they fit into the eco-system. A guest speaker, Mr. Tom Reeves, came in to present a lesson on local birds. Mr. Reeves is a volunteer with the Tyler Arboretum and The John Heinz Wildlife Refuge. Fourth grade students are about to take a Virtual Road Trip around Pennsylvania which include using a road map to plot their course. Using an EXCEL spreadsheet they keep track of places they have visited, their expenses, and the distance traveled each day. Third grade teachers are learning about the history of our national parks and performed a readers’ theatre about John Muir.

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Take Your Parents to Lunch

We invited all of our Media parents/families to lunch during the week of December 3 (one grade level per day). The participation was excellent. Parents enjoyed getting to experience our cafeteria/recess routines and sampling our delicious food. It was so successful that we plan to do it again.

PSSA Night

Counselor Patrick Murphy gave an evening presentation for parents and a presentation for Principal’s Advisory Board on last year’s PSSA results. He shared web sites and strategies for interpreting your child’s performance. It was very helpful.

Title 1 Family Dinner and 100 Book Challenge Family Night

We hosted a pizza party for our Title 1 reading children and their families. Dr. Gilbert shared information about how the Title 1 program works and answered questions. We also welcomed parent educator Gwen Erby who facilitated our 100 Book Challenge

Family Night. She spoke about selecting “just right” books, being a home coach, and encouraging children to develop a reading lifestyle. There were lots of prizes and incentives. A good time was shared by all. Thanks to teachers Carol Mitchell, Katherine

Echeverria, Kathy Callahan, and Dennis Mann for helping with both events.

PTG Events

Arts and Crafts Night/Little Shoppers’ Shop was a fun night. Children made gifts and shopped for special gifts for their families. Ladies Night Out was a “mom’s only” event.

More than 30 vendors were available at The Media Community Center. Snacks and good company made the evening special.

ROSE TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Art Room Happenings

Student artists in first grade created gingerbread people complete with a Candy Land background for a seasonal treat. Second grade traveled to Germany for the holiday season to construct one quarter life sized Nutcrackers. Student artists in third grade traveled to ancient Rome to build an arch and illustrate legends or myths. Students in fourth grade designed and created mobiles in the style of PA artist Alexander Calder.

Fifth grade artists continued their study of American Folk Art as they constructed weather vanes.

Physical Education Happenings

For the month of December, grades 1, 2 and 3 focused on rolling, underhand and overhand throwing and catching skills. They practiced with a wide variety of balls, objects and activities. Grades 4 and 5 worked on skills using long handled implements. We incorporated a variety of activities as well as getting into maintaining possession of the ball and strategies for offense and defense.

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Academically Gifted Program

Mrs. Williamson attended the Delaware Valley Minority Consortium and learned about a

Virginia High School that completely changed the rules for attending AP classes so the only requirement to take these classes is a C average and a strong desire to learn.

Guest speaker, Mr. Tom Reeves, presented a lesson on local birds to the fifth grade AGP students and Mrs. Clark's class. Mr. Reeves is a volunteer with the Tyler Arboretum and the John Hines Wildlife Refuge. He showed slides of local birds, had children listen to bird songs, and gave a great deal of information to the children. A question and answer period followed. The students selected a bird found in their yards to observe and learn about the behavior, feeding, habitats, and the ecosystem in which it lives.

Students in grade four went on a “Virtual Road Trip” around Pennsylvania which included using a road map to plot their course. They used their planning skills to select 15 or more sites and places to visit in the state and made sure they had visited places in each of the

5 different geographic regions in the state. Using an excel spreadsheet to keep track of daily expenses including gas, tolls, meals, and hotel lodging, and the distance traveled each day. Students had 7 to 10 “days” to complete their trip around the state. Daily journals were written describing the places they visited in this virtual reality trip.

Third grade students learned about the history of our national parks and performed in a reader’s theater about John Muir.

First Grade

First grade students in Mrs. Thompson’s class learned about winter holidays around the world. Special guests visited the class to share their holiday celebrations and traditions.

Parents and our very own Mrs. Norman were included on the guest list. The first graders wrote stories and had partners from the upper grades work with them on editing and proofreading.

Second Grade

Second graders at Rose Tree participated in a mini-unit on "gingerbread" this holiday season. Activities included literature pieces, gingerbread centers focusing on performance, graphing and area/perimeter. Students enjoyed a videoconference with the

Center for Puppetry Arts which focused on The Gingerbread Boy. The children enjoyed a gingerbread treat to wrap up this fun and educational experience.

Third Grade

The third graders at Rose Tree Elementary worked together on a culminating event that tied into our Reading Series themes of Traditions and the Native Americans. Our librarian, reading specialist and all three third grade teachers worked with the students in whole and small groups. The activities included read alouds, a video, a writing piece and an art component. The activities were designed to meet the children through one of the multiple intelligences and allow them make a personal connection to their learning.

Fourth Grade

The fourth grade classes went to the Delaware County Courthouse for a field trip to enrich their study on local and county government. Classes went to a court room, CID, and

Juvenile Court. There was a questions and answer period. Some students were

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fingerprinted and they were instructed about the lie detector test. Classes went into the line up room as well.

Library Happenings

By using the classic poem “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” Rose Tree students created their own versions. They brainstormed the possible events that could have been the “night before,” such as Valentine’s Day, the Super Bowl, etc., they listed things about that event and included them in their versions. They did a marvelous job with this reading/writing activity.

SPRINGTON LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Winter concerts were held throughout the month of December. Dr. Jeuell was on stage performing with the Sixth graders during one of the songs.

AGP

Sixth grade students “brewed” up a scheme to help the troops overseas and the school responded. Springton Lake Middle School students raised over $300 in one week to purchase coffee for the men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s over

1400 cups of java! The event was coordinated in conjunction with Starbucks Coffee shops which are sending donated bags of coffee to the soldiers serving overseas this holiday season. Sixth grade teacher, Mr. Tolomeo, called the project “ Hot Joe For Brave Joes” and it was coordinated by his language arts students who were reading the book, Flags of

Our Fathers. This #1 bestseller by James Bradley is the true story of the World War II flag-raisers of Iwo Jima and was part of the all-county read sponsored by the library association and the intermediate unit. The author visited the county in mid-October and many of the students got to meet him. The students wanted to do something for the troops currently serving our country and the idea presented itself: collect coins, buy coffee, and Starbucks would take care of shipping and handling. For their loose change, patrons received a patriotic book mark created by sixth grade students.

ART

Mrs. Prior's seventh grade students are beginning to decorate their papier-mâché skulls with inspiration from the Mexican Calaveras and the prints of Mexican artist Jose

Posada. Our student teacher Ms. Kate Kaliner is presenting pictures of real mud cloths from present day Mali sent to her by a friend visiting Africa. The students have been enthusiastic about creating virtual mud cloths on an interactive website as well as making their own mud cloths on fabric! Eighth graders are using digital images to create stenciled Pop Art portraits.

Mrs. Going's eighth grades have moved into "The Middle Ages"! A favorite of the 8th grade study of the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. All students have read about and have seen the magnificent reproductions of authentic manuscripts from this time period. Now it is their turn to create their own page using text of their choice, and original illustration and all other components of this art form. A trip is now scheduled for eighth graders to visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the spring and take a private tour

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of the museum's Medieval and Renaissance collection reinforcing art history as well as information from their social studies classes. Seventh grades are happily immersed in their ceramics unit! The question for them is how to take a ceramic fish (the element of form) and make it appear that it is in motion? The students are mesmerized to find out that a turkey cooks at 325 degrees for 4 hours and their clay must "fire" to approximately

1845 degrees for about 10 hours!! More to come in January! Sixth grades are totally involved in their paintings based on the artist Henri Rousseau! They are amazed that

Rousseau did not take lessons to learn how to paint! Water color and oil pastel have been added to the supply list. they will finish after the holiday break. Come check them out soon!!

GUIDANCE

The Springton Lake Guidance Department is busy meeting with students, parents and teachers, facilitating groups, and teaching lessons.

In the sixth grade, Mr. Bortnicker has begun a group on family issues. He is continuing to see each child individually. In seventh grade, Mrs. Harrison is conducting two groups, family issues and peer relationships. The second marking period guidance lesson topic will be problem solving and will be taught by transition counselor, Sue Griffin. In eighth grade, Mrs. Gilroy is completing a group on teen issues and will begin a new group focusing on anger management. She will be teaching a lesson to all eighth graders on problem solving.

Springton Lake continues to meet the requirements for the No Place For Hate Program.

We have completed one lesson on diversity delivered to all 8 th

graders. Mrs. Osgood,

ESOL teacher, had a Thanksgiving feast for her students which they helped prepare. The seventh grade will be bringing in speakers from different cultures to discuss their holiday traditions.

LIBRARY

LaVerne Motley attended the American Association of School Librarians’ Conference in

Reno, Nevada. She participated in workshops about Web 2.0 technologies, podcasting, plagiarism and presentations by several authors. In addition, speeches by Daniel Pink and Omar Wasow (founder of Black Planet.com) made the concepts of social networking and online communities much clearer. All district librarians attended the annual in-service sponsored jointly by the Delaware County Library System, PDE and the Delaware County

IU. This year featured graphic novels, how to select and incorporate them in your collection and how to utilize them for instruction. Mrs. Motley visited several new libraries in the area – namely, Radnor Middle School and Bayard Rustin High School -- to get ideas to help with proposed renovations at Springton. She was particularly interested in functionality, what worked best, what was missing and what m=would they change if they could.

All sixth grade students received lessons on Trash and Treasure note-taking in preparation for their first major report for science which was to begin right after the

Thanksgiving vacation.

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The annual fall Book Fair ran between November 12 and the 16 th

and was open for three evenings so that parents and other brothers and sisters might also attend.

Mr. Tolomeo, Mrs. Gregg and Ms. Stephens’s AGP students have been researching selfselected topics for their long-term projects this year. This research will eventually result in a project for the annual Celebration of the Mind evening.

All eighth grade Spanish students researched famous deceased Spanish speaking individuals for their Day of the Dead project. Each student then had to create a tombstone highlighting the accomplishments of that person.

Eighth grade social studies students from all classes researched a Renaissance personality and then created a informational card including place of birth, family, education, accomplishments, a famous quotation by them, their physical description, style of dress, and what makes them indicative of the Renaissance.

Mr. Johnston’s seventh grade math students created surveys to be distributed to their classmates in order to gather data for a unit on data analysis.

Ms. Dizon’s sixth grade science class was the first of the groups to begin research on bacterial and viral diseases. Each student chose a role such as a song-writer, medical publisher, billboard artist, or an infomercial announcer and then created a project which conveyed what they had learned to a specific audience.

MATH

Mrs. Rago's students are just finishing up Algebra and Integers in seventh grade.

Students learned how to add and subtract integers, solve algebraic equations, and use functions to completed tables and scatter plots. They are now getting ready to explore

Ratio, Proportion, and Percents. We will be using the next few weeks to discover several methods of comparing quantities.

In Mrs. Laubach's eighth grade Pre-Algebra class, we just completed a unit on solving one-, two-, and multi-step equations using integers. We solved equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign. We created an "Equations Checklist" that we could follow as we went step by step through the equation process. We applied concepts of geometry

(perimeter and area) and given side lengths that were expressions, solved for the dimensions of our rectangles and triangles.

Mr. DeLeo's sixth grade CMP2 class is currently enjoying the CMP2 Bits and Pieces I

Unit...Currently they are working on relating fractions to decimals and percent....This learning is occurring through the use of cooperative group work. Students are learning these ideas by relating these three concepts through the use of benchmark numbers and a strong number sense.

In Accelerated Math class, students are currently beginning their work with one and two step equations. Students were introduced to these algebraic concepts by working with images drawn on class room wipe boards.

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Both of these classes are enjoying the use of the Interwrite technology within their classroom. The students are able to see and demonstrate learning in real time the activities and images drawn directly to the PC overhead screen.

PE

At the start of November all grade levels and Physical Education classes completed the cooperative games unit where team work, communication and problem solving were of major emphasis. Students participated in various activities that worked on cooperation and had the opportunity to rotate and be taught be the entire physical education staff.

At the end of November students had a chance to experience a presentation by the

WAVE Board company. A WAVE board is a two wheeled skate board that is also similar to riding a surf board. The demonstration occurred in the gymnasium as the guest presenter who is a professional surfer and wave board rider got the students to learn and experience WAVE boards in the gymnasium.

Sixth grade classes have had the opportunity to experience a variety of activities including a weight room introduction, hockey, and basketball. In the weight room the students learned about the different machines that are available for them to use. In addition, they were given instructions on safe weight training practices and how simple weight training exercises at their ages can be beneficial. In hockey, students were instructed on proper stick handling techniques and safety instruction. In basketball, the students had the opportunity to learn basic fundamentals of basketball, and apply them to game-like situations.

Boys: The seventh and eighth grade boys have been participating in a basketball unit where they have been working on a variety of skills. They have had the opportunity to use there skills in a 4 on 4 half court tournament. In addition to playing in this tournament, the students had to complete a team assignment. Within this assignment each team member was responsible to complete a specific job that connects with another school subject. Students had their choice of completing a social studies, artistic, musical, language arts or mathematical job. The ability to see the additional strands of a physical activity and have the students see that there are other possible

Girls: The seventh grade girls have been working on a self defense unit. The students have worked on understanding potential harmful situations and how to handle them. We had a special guest named Dave Medina from Kempo Karate came to demonstrate and teach martial art defense techniques.

The eighth grade girls have been working on the weight room and aerobics. In the weight room unit, the girls have been learning about identifying muscle groups and how caloric expenditure works in regards to how diet and exercise can affect one another.

SCIENCE

Mr. Perket's eighth grade science classes will be producing and testing samples of gasses! Hang on to your hats!! Mr. Stack and Mr. Lazarow's classes are studying states of matter (solids, liquids and gasses). Recently students made ice-cream in lab to

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observe physical change due to flow of heat energy. Soon we will start studying Mixtures and Solutions .

Sixth grade science classes are researching infectious diseases using the library, laptops, and books. Students will be making posters, music videos, video reports or brochures with Microsoft publisher.

SOCIAL STUDIES

In conjunction with our study of the Constitution, the entire seventh grade will be traveled to the National Constitution Center. Students attended the presentation, examined the various displays, and participated in activities that will enhance our study.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Mrs. Perilli’s Period 8B/9 language arts class won first prize in the “Flying High” contest sponsored by Teen Biz. The class won the prize because of students’ high usage of the lessons on the Teen Biz Web site. The class will receive a prize basket.

To correlate with their study of East Asia in social studies, students in Mrs. Hudak’s language arts class are reading Pearl Buck’s novel The Big Wave.

Students are learning about Japanese culture as they interact with the characters who have witnessed a devastating tsunami. In addition, students are learning new vocabulary, and as they summarize parts of the text, they will use their notes to craft and illustrate original haikus.

Everyone is enjoying this novel.

Students in the eighth grade adapted Spanish class are learning how to describe their personalities, likes, and dislikes. In early 2008, the students will take a trip to the headquarters of Ten Thousand Villages where they will learn about the cultures of

Ecuador and Peru. Students will also be able to enjoy a traditional Mexican meal.

PENNCREST HIGH SCHOOL

Club News

The Interact and Eco Clubs of Penncrest High School participated in a tour of Eastern

State Penitentiary. The cultural and educational value of the trip supplemented the clubs' missions of service. As a result, these clubs will return in the spring to participate in a cleanup project to save tax dollars. Thirteen students and two adults enjoyed the 90 minute tour and then shared pizza at a local restaurant.

The students positively represented our community to the extent that several employees of the historical society commented on their exemplary behavior. The students replied that they came from Penncrest High School in Media, Delaware County. Everyone had a rewarding time exploring the history, culture, art, architecture, literature, and ecology of a very influential institution.

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Students in the News

Senior Jerry Thompson received the Lewis “Jumbo” Johnson Scholar-Athlete Award in recognition of the outstanding contributions and accomplishments he has given the sports fans of Media. The award was presented at the Media Old Timers 44 th

Annual Banquet.

Rotary Students

The Rotary Students of the Month for November were Natalie Scherer, grade 12 and

Christopher McNulty, grade 11. They were honored at the Rotary luncheon at the Towne

House Restaurant.

Achievement in Education Award

Mr. David Harple, Penncrest guidance counselor received the Achievement in Education

Award from the Optimist Club of Media. Colleagues and Penncrest senior, Shawn

Antonelli paid tribute to Mr. Harple, citing his contributions to the school, to his students, the faculty, and the community.

Hi-Q Team

Mr. Ludwig's Delco Hi-Q team scrimmaged at Marple Newtown. He reports that this year's squad is on the young side and has much work ahead of it, but the coach was very encouraged by the team's performance at Marple and is excited by the prospect of yet another outstanding season. The team opens its season on Monday, December 17, at home. Team members are Natalie Scherer (Captain), Dustin Volz, Scott Teal, Emily

Wright, Dylan McAndrew (seniors), Katie Davis, Celia Castellan, Alex Senko, Elizabeth

Freeburg (juniors), Jennifer Walker (sophomore).

Renaissance

The Renaissance Induction Ceremony took place in the auditorium. Renaissance is a program that honors students who made the honor roll in the previous school year.

Students who made the honor roll three or four times will receive a gold card. Students who made the honor roll one or two times will receive a red card. These cards provide the students with discounts at local businesses. The Induction ceremony is for new Renaissance members.

Student Council

Student Council will once again conduct a canned goods drive for the needy of Delaware

County. The drive will continue with donations accepted at dances, sporting events, and in home rooms. The competition is scheduled to end on Thursday, December 20.

Preparing for PSSA’s

Based on their grade 8 PSSA math performance, their NWEA MAP results and teacher recommendations, approximately 100 current juniors have been identified as candidates who might benefit from participation in a voluntary "Preparing for PSSA's" mini-course sponsored by the Penncrest Math department. Each student received a personal invitation to participate in this program, set to begin in late January.

AP Course Audit

This year the College Board Advanced Placement Program required all schools throughout the United States to submit their AP curricula for review by faculty at selected

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post-secondary institutions. Courses that received approval will be listed in the AP

Ledger that is available to all universities that grant credit for AP work. We are pleased to announce that every one of our 16 AP course offerings were reviewed and accepted. All will be included in the AP Ledger under the Penncrest listing.

Student Leadership Retreat

Approximately 60 PHS student leaders spent the weekend of December 1-3 at Trout Lake

Retreats for a leadership retreat and training experience. During the weekend the students developed skills in the areas of goal setting, project planning, communications, problem solving, decision making, and teambuilding. Additionally, they had the opportunity to get to know each other as friends through boundary breaking, social, and reflection activities. Special thanks to the PHS staff members who volunteered to chaperone this weekend event – Ms. Garvin, Mrs. Heckman, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Stango, Ms.

Tareila, and Mr. Bucci. Their participation is greatly appreciated.

Phyllis Kavanaugh Scholarship

The World Language department held its annual concert on November 14 at SLMS. The

Alligator Zydeco band played Cajun music for RTM students, families and community members. Proceeds from the concert benefited the Phyllis Kavanaugh Student Exchange

Scholarship. The Phyllis Kavanaugh scholarship committee met on December 5 and

December 6 to interview the 19 candidates and select winners. Winners will be announced shortly.

Athletics

The month of November saw the winter sports teams jump into action at Penncrest High

School. Over 300 student-athletes are participating on sports teams. The month was also filled with individual league awards and community service projects.

Over seventy Penncrest High School students participated in “The Game for the Cure” on

Wednesday, November 21, 2007. This football game between the girls of the junior and senior classes raised over $1,000 dollars. All proceeds benefited The Breast Cancer

Research Foundation. The game was well attended by students, parents, and alumni. A special thank you is in order for the Rose Tree Media Maintenance Department for all of their hard work preparing the field.

Many of Penncrest High School’s fall athletes received All-Delco and All-Central awards for their outstanding performances. The following students received All-Delco and All-

Central honors: Tim Brown, Nick Bonaventure, Jessica Maroney, Jamie Ballew. Greg

Alison received All-Central honors.

Congratulations are in order for two of Penncrest’s top athletes. Tim Brown, A senior soccer player, was selected by the Delaware County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports

Hall fame as a “Scholar Athlete” from the fall season. Tim was one of six students selected from Delaware County. On another positive note, Nick Bonaventure was selected as the Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year by the Daily Times. Nick, a junior at Penncrest High School, finished 20 th

at the District I Championship and 55 th

at the

PIAA State Championship.

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A special thank you is in order for the Penncrest High School Baseball Team. The team collected used softball bats and gloves which were shipped to Iraq to provide soldiers the necessary equipment to play softball games during their time off. Thank you to Coach

Steve Mescanti and Mr. John News for organizing the equipment drive.

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Danielle Penza, Accountant

December 7, 2007

Rose Tree Media School District

308 North Olive Street

Media, Pennsylvania 19063-2493

Telephone 610.627.6000

Fax 610.891.0959 www.rtmsd.org

Denise C. Kerr, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools


Denise C. Kerr, Ed.D. Superintendent

From:

Date:

Subject: December 11, 2007 – 8:00 PM Finance Committee Minutes

Chairman: Bill O’Donnell

_____________________________________________________________________

In attendance: Veronica Barbato Jeff Pettit

Also in attendance: Denise Kerr Joyce Jeuell

Dennis Baker

Bonnett

1. Barbacane Thornton & Company –

Pam Baker, CPA, will present the results of the audit for Fiscal Year Ended June

30, 2007.

Action: A resolution to accept the audit report will be on the December 20, 2007

Legislative Agenda.

2. Fund Balance as of June 30, 2007 –

The fund balance as of June 30, 3007 will be reviewed in connection with Board

Policy #603. According to Policy #603, “The Board further authorizes the administration to transfer the fund balance in excess of seven percent (7%) of the General Operating Budget to Capital Budget.” The administration will be transferring $1,597,924 to Capital Reserve in accordance with Policy #603.

Action: The administration will proceed in accordance with Board Policy #603.

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3 Request for Proposal – Auditing Services

A request for proposal was prepared and distributed to local auditing firms on

November 29, 2007. The deadline is December 28, 2007.

Action: The Request for Proposals will be discussed at the January 15, 2008

Finance Committee Meeting.

4. Second Reading - Corporate Sponsorship Program Policy #918

The Corporate Sponsorship Program Policy #918 was on the November 29, 2007

Legislative Agenda for a first reading.

Action: The second reading and approval of this policy will be on the December

20, 2007 Legislative Agenda.

5. Budgetary Transfers

Rose Tree Media School District Policy #612…(Public School code section 609)

when funds are not available for a proposed appropriation, a legal transfer from

one class of expenditure to another may be made in the last nine (9) months of

the fiscal year by the board.

FY 08 – 05 Fund 10 General Fund

FROM: Regular Instruction – Supplies

AMOUNT: $118,956

TO: Gifted Support – Supplies

Regular Instruction – Supplies

Home Economics – Supplies

Industrial Arts – Supplies

Instruction & Curriculum – Supplies

Learning Support – Supplies

Instructional Technology – Supplies

AMOUNT: $118,956

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase supplies for individual departments for the 07-08 school year.


FROM: Regular Instruction – Salaries

AMOUNT: $4,575.40

TO: Regular Instruction – Supplies

AMOUNT: $4,575.40

RATIONALE: Transfer needed in order to comply with the Summary

Budget submitted to PDE for the 2007-2008 Accountability Block

Grant.

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AMOUNT: $8,000.00

TO: Instruction and Curriculum – Supplies

AMOUNT: $8,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase ink/masters for Ricoh machines, laminating supplies and poster paper.



AMOUNT: $2,000.00

TO: Learning Support – Supplies

AMOUNT: $2,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase supplies for the 07-08 school year.



AMOUNT: $3,000.00


AMOUNT: $3,000.00




AMOUNT: $4,000.00

TO: Library Services – Books and Subscriptions

AMOUNT: $4,000.00


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AMOUNT: $1,650.00

TO: Instruction and Curriculum – Books and

Subscriptions

AMOUNT: $1,650.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase sets of paperback books for the Language Arts classrooms.



AMOUNT: $3,000.00

TO: Instructional Technology – Supplies

AMOUNT: $3,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase technology supplies, such as microphones, headphones, mice, etc.


FROM: Alternative Education Program – Equipment

AMOUNT: $2,450.04

TO: Alternative Education Program – Supplies

AMOUNT: $2,450.04

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase supplies for the new ERC program.



AMOUNT: $1,000.00

TO: Guidance Services – Supplies

AMOUNT: $1,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase supplies for the Guidance department.

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FROM: Regular Instruction – Medical

Office of Principal – Medical

Speech and Language Support – Medical

Gifted Support – Medical

Learning Support – Medical

Social Work Services – Medical

Nursing Services – Medical

Instructional Technology – Medical

Fiscal Services – Medical

Personnel Services – Medical

Instruction and Curriculum – Medical

Transportation Services – Medical

Plant Services – Medical

Other Instructional Staff Services – Medical

Printing Services – Medical

Vehicle Operations Services – Medical

Building Services – Medical

Food Services - Medical

AMOUNT: $331,420.08

TO: Regular Instruction – Insurance Opt Out

Office of Principal – Insurance Opt Out

Speech and Language Support – Insurance Opt Out

Gifted Support – Insurance Opt Out

Learning Support – Insurance Opt Out

Social Work Services – Insurance Opt Out

Guidance Services – Insurance Opt Out

Nursing Services – Insurance Opt Out

Instructional Technology – Insurance Opt Out

Fiscal Services – Insurance Opt Out

Personnel Services – Insurance Opt Out

Instruction and Curriculum – Insurance Opt Out

Transportation Services – Insurance Opt Out

Plant Services – Insurance Opt Out

Other Instructional Staff Services – Insurance Opt Out

Printing Services – Insurance Opt Out

Vehicle Operations Services – Insurance Opt Out

Building Services – Insurance Opt Out

Food Services – Insurance Opt Out

AMOUNT: $331,420.08

RATIONALE: Transfer needed due to a coding change by PDE for the


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FROM: Fiscal Services – Equipment

AMOUNT: $7,347.25

TO: Regular Instruction – Equipment

AMOUNT: $7,347.25

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Indian Lane to purchase furniture for the Developmental Kindergarten and Developmental Primary classrooms.



AMOUNT: $1,980.00


AMOUNT: $1,980.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Springton Lake to purchase a bass.



AMOUNT: $3,911.85


Industrial Arts – Equipment

AMOUNT: $3,911.85

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Springton Lake to purchase

Science and Industrial Arts equipment.



AMOUNT: $2,826.95

TO: Instructional Technology – Equipment

AMOUNT: $2,826.95


Technology equipment.



AMOUNT: $1,257.42


AMOUNT: $1,257.42

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Springton Lake to purchase tables and chairs for the new computer lab and ten wall screens.

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AMOUNT: $3,800.00

TO: School Sponsored Athletics – Equipment

AMOUNT: $3,800.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Springton Lake to have their

Athletic equipment reconditioned for the 2007-2008 school year.



AMOUNT: $1,033.73

TO: Learning Support – Equipment

AMOUNT: $1,033.73

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Pupil Services to purchase five overbed tables for a student’s 504 accommodations.



AMOUNT: $6,887.70

TO: Office of Principal – Equipment

AMOUNT: $6,887.70

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Penncrest’s Tech Ed Department to purchase three drafting tables and six flat panel monitor arms.


FROM: Regular Instruction – Professional Salaries

AMOUNT: $42,876.00

TO: Personnel Services – Other Professional

Services

AMOUNT: $42,876.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to cover the payment of Peggy

Levesque as an independent contractor. The money was originally budgeted in a salary account.



AMOUNT: $1,000.00

TO: Regular Instruction – Travel

AMOUNT: $1,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to cover travel expenses for the 2007-

08 school year.

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AMOUNT: $2,000.00


AMOUNT: $2,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase technology supplies for the 2007-08 school year.



AMOUNT: $2,000.00

TO: Instruction Technology – Equipment

AMOUNT: $2,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase technology equipment for the 2007-08 school year.



AMOUNT: $1,000.00

TO: Library Services – Supplies

AMOUNT: $1,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase library supplies for the




AMOUNT: $2,000.00


AMOUNT: $2,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase books and subscriptions for the 2007-08 school year.



AMOUNT: $11,000.00


AMOUNT: $11,000.00


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AMOUNT: $2,000.00

TO: Staff Development – Miscellaneous

AMOUNT: $2,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to allocate budget dollars to staff development for the 2007-08 school year.


FROM: Budgetary Reserve

AMOUNT: $2,099.97

TO: Regular Instruction – Student Fees

AMOUNT: $2,099.97

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to allocate the RTE Children’s Fund money back into their account, since it was not spent by June 30, 2007 the balance was added to fund balance.


FROM: Community Relations – Senior Citizens Tax

Relief Salary

AMOUNT: $20,000.00

TO: Technology – Other Professional Services

AMOUNT: $20,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to fund the Kronos training for

Workforce Central.



Relief Salary

AMOUNT: $9,000.00


AMOUNT: $9,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to fund the Compass Learning

Program.



AMOUNT: $1,350.00


AMOUNT: $1,350.00

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RATIONALE: Transfer needed to reimburse professional staff for the expense incurred at the American Association of School Librarians

Conference held from October 23, 2007 to October 28, 2007 in Reno,

Nevada.

FY 08 –75 Fund 10 General Fund

FROM: School Sponsored Athletics – Supplies

AMOUNT: $1,100.00


AMOUNT: $1,100.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase athletic equipment.


FROM: Regular Instruction – Other Professional

Services


Regular Instruction – Technology Supplies

Instruction and Curriculum – Supplies

Instruction and Curriculum – Books and

Subscriptions

Instructional Staff Development – Other

Professional Services

Instructional Staff Development – Supervisory

Options

AMOUNT: $21,000.00


AMOUNT: $21,000.00


Program.




Regular Instruction – Textbooks

AMOUNT: $18,000.00


AMOUNT: $18,000.00


Program.

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Relief Salary

AMOUNT: $3,000.00

TO: Instructional Technology – Other Professional

Services

AMOUNT: $3,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to fund the Speaker at the December

10, 2007 In-Service day for Professional Staff.



AMOUNT: $1,000.00

TO: Gifted Program – Supplies

AMOUNT: $1,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase teaching supplies for the gifted program.



AMOUNT: $1,580.00


AMOUNT: $1,580.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase a Hoffman Apparatus, dry ice maker and various flasks.

Action: This item will be on the December 20, 2007 Legislative Agenda.

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6. Adjustment to the 2007 – 2008 General Fund Budget

Revenue Code

R7501

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

Available Fund Balance

Changes to Original Budget

Accountability Block Grant

PC Lab Fees - Technology Education

PC Lab Fees - Science


PC - Guidance Transcript Fees



PC Lab Fees - Art




PC Lab Fees - Art

PC Lab Fees - Art

Revenues Expenditures

70,274,902.00 72,574,902.00

2,300,000.00

72,574,902.00

-

72,574,902.00

41,892.07

148.00

350.00

293.00

36.00

41,892.07

148.00

350.00

293.00

301.00

910.00

144.00

36.00

301.00

910.00

487.00

150.00

370.00

186.00

24.00

144.00

487.00

150.00

370.00

186.00

24.00

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.80

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

PC Lab Fees - Art



PC Lab Fees - Art

PC Lab Fees - Math

45.00

90.00

1,043.00

246.00

755.15

PC - Guidance PSAT Registration Fees 1,440.00

PC - Guidance PSAT Registration Fees 900.00



PC Lab Fees - Art

PC Lab Fees - Family & Consumer

Science


ERC - Student Fees


128.00

58.00

18.00

668.00

410.00

15.00

50.00



45.00

90.00

1,043.00

246.00

755.15

1,440.00

900.00

128.00

58.00

18.00

668.00

410.00

15.00

50.00

2,280.00

2,126.00

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R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R7920

R6821

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

PC Lab Fees - Art

PC Lab Fees - Math


PC Lab Fees - Art

PC Lab Fees - Art


PC Fees - English Field Trip





Classrooms for the Future Grant

15.00

36.00

360.00

1,354.00

150.00

100.00

1,388.61

975.00

421,587.00

Classrooms for the Future Coach Grant 30,000.00

PC Fees - English Field Trip 525.00


PC Fees - Library


Subtotal of Changes

148.00

6.00

20.00

843.25

300.00

48.00

513,419.08

73,088,321.08

15.00

36.00

360.00

148.00

6.00

20.00

1,354.00

150.00

100.00

1,388.61

975.00

421,587.00

30,000.00

525.00

843.25

300.00

48.00

513,419.08

73,088,321.08 Updated 2007-2008 Budget

Action: This item will be on the December 20, 2007 Legislative Agenda.

7. 2008 – 2009 General Fund Budget

The school district’s adjusted index for fiscal year 2008 – 2009, in accordance with

Special Session Act 1 of 2006 is 4.4%. The index represents the allowed percentage increase in the millage rate.

Action: The administration presented the Board with three different scenarios using

Fund Balances of 2.3 Million, 2.5 Million and 2.8 Million. The administration will present the Proposed Preliminary Budget to the Finance Committee at the January meeting. The Proposed Preliminary Budget must be made available for public inspection by January 3, 2008 and the School Board of Directors must approve the

Proposed Preliminary Budget at the January Legislative meeting.

The next finance committee meeting will be on January 15, 2008 at 8:00 PM

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Denise C. Kerr, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools



Rose Tree Media School District

308 North Olive Street

Media, Pennsylvania 19063-2493

Telephone 610.627.6000

Fax 610.891.0959 www.rtmsd.org

___

From:

Date:

Roxanne Schupp, Supervisor of Business Operations

December 7, 2007

Subject: December 11, 2007 - 9:00 PM - Operations Committee Minutes

Chairperson: Bill Montgomery

__________________________________________________________________

In attendance: Veronica Barbato Jeff Pettit

Nancy

Bill

Nancy

Also in attendance: Denise Kerr

Meg

Danielle

Dennis

Joyce Jeuell

1. Springton Lake Middle School Additions and Renovations Project

Bonnett Associates will present Plan Con A for approval.

Action: This item will appear on the December 20, 2007 Legislative Agenda.

2. Capital Projects 2007 – 2008, Again

Dennis Cini will present the proposed 2008 capital projects program. The capital projects budgets must be approved by the board of school directors.

Action: The capital fund budgets will appear on the December 20, 2007

3. Maintenance Department – Polaris Ranger 4 X 4 with a plow package

The maintenance department has submitted a request to purchase a Polaris

Ranger 4 x 4 with a plow package. The vehicle will be used by Penncrest and the Maintenance Department to remove snow. The vehicle will also serve the grounds staff during other months. The vehicle would be purchased using state contract. The cost of the vehicle is $14,918.45. The funds for this purchase

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should be taken from the capital fund. The maintenance department has

$25,000.00 approved in 22-2620-000-00-14-000 750 for equipment purchases.

Action: This item will appear on the December 20, 2007 Legislative Agenda.

4. Provident Energy/Natural Gas – Provident Energy suggested that Rose Tree

Media consider locking in the NYMEX portion of the district’s volumes for at least Jan, Feb, Mar, and perhaps, the rest of 2007-2008 fiscal year.

Listed below are the locked rates for Rose Tree Media:

Date Volume Price

Jan-2008 5,069 $7.410

Feb-2008 1,736 $7.490

Mar-2008 1,098 $7.450

Apr-2008 3,391 $7.390

The next operations committee meeting will be on January 15, 2008 9:00 PM

Action: This item will appear on the December 20, 2007 Legislative Agenda for ratification by the School Board.

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Denise C. Kerr, Ed.D.


EXCELLENCE

TODAY

FOR TOMORROW




Telephone: 610.627.6000

Fax: 610-891-0959

www.rtmsd.org

Anne D. Callahan

Director of Human Resources

To:

From:

Date:

Members of the Board of School Directors

Denise C. Kerr, Ed.D., Superintendent

Anne D. Callahan, Director of Human Resources

December 17, 2007

Subject: Minutes of the Personnel Committee Meeting – December 11, 2007

Board Members in attendance: J. VanWyk, J. Hanna, J. Pettit, V. Barbato, Chair,

N. Fronduti, W. O’Donnell, N. Mackrides, L. Fox

Also in attendance: A. Callahan, D. Kerr

I. Items for Legislative Meeting – Anne Callahan

The committee reviewed the personnel items to be included on the agenda of the legislative meeting of December 20.

Action: All items reviewed will be placed on the agenda of the legislative meeting of the Board of School Directors for a vote on December 20, 2007 .

An executive session was held to discuss matters of personnel.

The next meeting of the Personnel Committee will be held at 7:00 PM on January

15, 2008, in the Education Center Board Room.






Telephone 610.627.6028

Fax 610.565-5317 www.rtmsd.org

Valerie L. Burnett

Director of Pupil Services



From:

Date:

Valerie Burnett

December 6, 2007

Subject: December 4, 2007 Pupil Services Minutes

Chairperson: Mrs. Veronica Barbato

Board members in attendance: Veronica Barbato, Nancy Fronduti, John Hanna, Nancy

Mackrides, Bill Montgomery, Bill O’Donnell, Jeff Pettit, Joseph VanWyk

Others in attendance: Dr. Kerr, Valerie Burnett, Pat Barta, Sandy Shacklady-White,

Steve Taylor, Sue Evans, Meg Barney, Angela Gilbert

Special Education Enrollment

Dr. Burnett shared the results of the December 1 st

Child count. This accounting of all special education students in the district is reported through the Intermediate Unit to the PA Department of Education and federal government. The data determines our performance in regard to federal and state law and determines our funding under the

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

For the first time since1990 our special education enrollment has decreased.

This change in data is encouraging as the district has consistently identified students as eligible for special education at a rate higher than the state average. The district has been averaging 17% special education identification versus the state average of 14%.

The decrease in enrollment is attributed to the results of the early intervening literacy initiative at the elementary level.

Also note worthy in the data was the decrease in students placed in out of district placements. The projected cost of special education services is 4 million dollars, with costs to the IU alone in excess of 1.2 million dollars. The decrease in out of district placements is attributed to the Educational Resource Center and the developmental kindergarten and primary classes housed at Indian Lane Elementary.

Dr. Kerr has set the goal to reduce special education enrollment to 10% over the next two years. While the goal is ambitious, she believes the strong message should be to identify regular education strategies to meet students’ needs rather than jump to special education as the primary solution to homework or instructional needs. Other factors that tend to maintain a high percentage of special education enrollment is parents’

desire to keep the safety net of special education in place even though students are proficient and advanced on the PSSA tests and are not utilizing the services. The district must always provide the required services while educating parents regarding service delivery and protecting against over identification.

A question was raised regarding Elwyn reimbursement. The district is ready to bill for the first quarter of this year. Since resolution of the challenges around reimbursement were resolved in 2004, the District has recovered all costs in addition to 28% administrative fee due to the time and labor involved in verifying attendance, finding programs, attending IEP meetings and managing the accounting.

Overnight Trips

The Penncrest Ski and Snowboard Club will travel to Stowe Mt. Vermont on 2/15/08 to

2/18/08 over the President’s Day holiday. The cost to students is $412.00 and there is no cost to the district.

ACTION: Approval for the trip will be on the December 20, 2007 Legislative

Agenda.

The Penncrest Chorus will travel to Boston, MA on 3/5/08 to 3/9/08 to perform and participate in a vocal clinic and musical ensembles, tour Harvard and MIT, and other

Boston locations. The cost to students is $740.00. The cost to the district is $225.00 for substitute coverage.

ACTION: Approval for the trip will be on the December 20, 2007 Legislative

Agenda.

Contracts

DCIU Math Consultants will provide in service and training for special education secondary math teachers to continue an initiative in aligning curriculum and closing the special education achievement gap. The cost of the contract is $6000.00 for the school year.

ACTION: Approval for the contract will be on the December 20, 2007 Legislative

Agenda.

Our required dental hygiene services will be provided by our new hygienist Jessica

Brady. She will provide all required dental exams at our public and non-public schools.

The contract amount for all services is $ 2000.00.

ACTION: Approval for the contract will be on the December 20, 2007 Legislative

Agenda.

The next meeting of the Pupil Services Committee will be January 8, 2008 at 8:45 PM

OFFICE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

TO: Members of the Board of School Directors

Dr. Denise Kerr, Superintendent

FROM: Dr. Angela Gilbert, Director of Teaching and Learning - Elementary

Dr. Steve Taylor, Director of Teaching and Learning - Secondary

December 5, 2007 DATE:

RE: December 4, 2007, Teaching & Learning Committee Meeting Minutes

Chairperson: Mr. Jeff Pettit

Board Members in Attendance: Veronica Barbato, Nancy Fronduti, John Hanna,

Nancy Mackrides, Bill Montgomery, Bill O’Donnell, Jeff Pettit, Joseph Van Wyk

Also in Attendance: Meg Barney, Susan Evans, Angela Gilbert, Denise Kerr, Steve

Taylor, and Sean Lilly, Director of Human Resources, DCIU

Penncrest Proposed Course Changes for 2008-2009

Dr. Evans presented the annual update on proposed course changes at Penncrest High

School. These changes fall into a number of categories. Nomenclature changes to courses clarify the actual course content, such as the renaming of Visual

Communications as Graphic Arts and Digital Media . Cyclical changes involve biannual courses like Music Theory coming in or out of the rotation in 2008-2009.

Systematic changes for 2008-2009 involve the elimination of lab fees in all subject areas except Technology Education. Finally, programmatic changes introduce new courses to the course offerings. In 2008-2009, Computer Applications for the 21 st

Century is being adding in the Business Education department, and TV Production I is being added as a joint venture between the English and Technology Education departments. It appears in the English department because the most appropriate certification for the teacher is Communications. The Board approved all the proposed changes.

New DCIU Video

Sean Lilly, the Director of Human Resources for the Delaware County Intermediate Unit, presented a new video to inform the Board about the many services provided by the

DCIU.






Telephone 610.627.6000

Fax 610.891.0959 www.rtmsd.org

Patti Linden

Director of Technology and Information Science

To:

From:

Members of the Board of School Directors

Denise C. Kerr, Ed.D., Superintendent

Patti Linden

Date:

Subject:

December 5, 2007

Technology Committee Meeting Minutes for December 4, 2007

Chairperson: Mrs. Linda Fox

Board Members in attendance: Linda Fox, Veronica Barbato, Nancy Mackrides, Jeff

Pettit, Nancy Fronduti, John Hanna, Joseph Van Wyk, Bill Montgomery, Bill O’Donnell

Also in attendance: Denise Kerr, Patti Linden, Ron Harris, Meg Barney, Anne

Callahan

Request for Funding

Ron Harris and Patti Linden explained the current situation in the Penncrest server room to the Board. Due to a sever power outage which occurred at Penncrest High

School, a significant portion of e-mail service was lost. As a remedy to this constantly repeating situation, a more powerful and updated UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) needs to be purchased to be able to connect the server room equipment to the power back-up generator that is currently at Penncrest. Three separate quotes have been received for the UPS equipment, and quotes are still needed for the installation and wiring. The Board of School Directors put the approval of this purchase on hold until all prices have been received for labor and installation.

Next meeting: Tuesday, January 8, at 7:00 p.m. in the Education Center Board Room


PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS – EXECUTIVE SESSION

“In accordance with the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act, executive sessions of the

School Board were held on the following dates to review and discuss matters permitted under Section 8 of the Act.”

There will be an executive session of the School Board for matters of personnel at 6:30 p.m. prior to the Informational Session of January 24, 2008, at Springton

Lake Middle School. The Legislative meetings are recorded on tape.

A. Policy #918 Sponsorships and Partnerships – Second Read and

Approval. See Attachment A

Resolve, that the Board approve Policy #918 Sponsorships and

Partnerships.

Background

Policy #918 was on the November 29, 2007 Legislative Agenda for a first reading. This item was discussed at the November and

December Finance Committee Meetings.

A. Personnel


1. Janet Thomson, Cafeteria Worker, resignation, effective December 14, 2007. Ms. Thomson will remain on the substitute list.

2. Nominations a. Professional b. Non-Instructional

1. Nicole McLaughlin will serve as a Substitute

Custodian at the rate of $12.00 per hour in addition to her responsibilities as a Bus Driver.

2 Deborah King will serve as a Substitute Custodian at the rate of $12.00 per hour in addition to her responsibilities as a Cafeteria Worker.

3. Nancy Wooding, Theme Reader, effective January

2, 2008 at the rate of $265.00 per month. NOTE:

Ms. Wooding is being hired pending completion of her pre-employment paperwork.

4. Beth Ann Murphy, Support Staff I, effective

December 17, 2007 at the rate of $11.14 per hour.

Ms. Murphy is assigned to Penncrest High School replacing Joyce Galdo who retired. NOTE: Ms.

Murphy is being hired pending completion of her pre-employment paperwork.

5. Betty Jane Spears, Medical Arts Liaison, effective

January 2, 2008 at the rate of $10.00 per hour. Ms.

Spears is assigned to Penncrest High School replacing Linda Rowley who was reassigned.

NOTE: Ms. Spears is being hired pending completion of her pre-employment paperwork.

A. Personnel

2. Nominations b. Non-Instructional

6. Emily Rotzell, Support Staff I, effective December

17, 2008 at the rate of $11.14 per hour. Ms. Rotzell is assigned to Rose Tree Elementary. NOTE: Ms.

Rotzell is being hired pending completion of her pre-employment paperwork.

7. Debbie Linn, Rose Tree Elementary, Night

Custodian Supervisor for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $1,000.

8. Willie Jones, Media Elementary, Night Custodian

Supervisor for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $1,000.

9. Manny Jones, Springton Lake Middle School,

Night Custodian Supervisor for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $1,500.

10. Carl Holland, Glenwood Elementary Night

Custodian Supervisor for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $1,000.

11. Eileen McIntyre, Choral Director, Rose Tree

Elementary at the annual salary of $1,128.

3. General

1. Richard Taylor from Substitute Bus Driver to Regular

Full Time Bus Driver effective October 18, 2007.

2. Thomas Ellison from Temporary Bus Aide to

Substitute Bus Driver effective December 10, 2007 at the rate of $19.11 per hour.

3. William Miller from Full-Time Bus Driver to Parttime Bus Driver effective November 1, 2007.

A. Personnel

3. General b. Unpaid Leave of Absence

1. Jennifer Simmons requests an extension of her unpaid leave of absence through June 30, 2008.

2. Candace Krautzel requests an extension of her unpaid leave of absence through June 30, 2008.

3. Mackenzie Omlor requests an extension of her unpaid leave of absence through June 30, 2008. c. Rescind Supplemental Contracts

1. Dana Welc, Language Arts Building Coordinator,

Media Elementary, rescind contract for 2 nd

Ms. Welc served as Coordinator for the 1 st

semester.

semester at the rate of $1,350.

1. Recommend Board approval for the following

Springton Lake Middle School personnel to serve as

Winter Intramural Sponsors at the rate of $27.00 per hour:

William Norris

2. Recommend Board approval for the following

Penncrest High School personnel to serve as New

Teacher Mentors for the 2007-2008 school year at the annual salary of $1,015:

Coordinator, Media Elementary, effective January 28,

2008 at the annual salary of $1,350.

A. Personnel

3. General

1. Recommend Board approval of the 2007-2008 pay rates for Bus Drivers, Custodians and Maintenance

Workers effective July 1, 2007. See Attachment B

1 Penncrest Ski and Snowboard Club to Stowe Mountain in Stowe,

Vermont

Resolve, that the Board approve the Penncrest Ski and Snowboard

Club overnight trip to Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont.

Background

The Penncrest Ski and Snowboard Club will travel to Stowe Mt.,

Vermont on 2/15/08 to 2/18/08 over the President’s Day holiday.

The cost to students is $412 and there is no cost to the district. This item was discussed at the December 2007 Pupil Services

Committee Meeting.

2. Penncrest Chorus to Boston, Massachusetts

Resolve , that the Board approve the Penncrest Chorus overnight trip to Boston, Massachusetts.

Background

The Penncrest Chorus will travel to Boston, MA on 3/5/08 to 3/9/08 to perform and participate in a vocal clinic and musical ensembles, tour Harvard and MIT, and other Boston locations. The cost to students is $740.00. The cost to the district is $225 for substitute coverage. This item was discussed at the December 2007 Pupil

Services Committee Meeting.

APPENDIX X

X. Finance

1. Maintenance Department – Polaris Ranger 4 X 4

Resolve, that the Board approve the purchase of the maintenance department’s request to purchase a Polaris Ranger 4 x 4 with a plow package. The vehicle would be purchased using state contract. The cost of the vehicle is $14,918.45.

Background

This item was discussed at the December 11, 2007 Operations

B. General

1. Barbacane Thornton & Company

Resolve, that the Board accept the results of the audit for

Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2007.

Background

This item was discussed at the December 11, 2007 Finance

Committee Agenda.

APPENDIX X

X. Finance

B. General

2. Budgetary Transfers

Rose Tree Media School District Policy #612 (Public School code section 609) when funds are not available for a proposed appropriation, a legal transfer from one class of expenditure to another may be made in the last nine (9) months of the fiscal year

by the board.

Resolve, that the Board approve the following budgetary transfers:



AMOUNT: $118,956

TO: Gifted Support – Supplies


Home Economics – Supplies

Industrial Arts – Supplies

Instruction & Curriculum – Supplies

Learning Support – Supplies

Instructional Technology – Supplies

AMOUNT: $118,956

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase supplies for individual departments for the 07-08 school year.


FROM: Regular Instruction – Salaries

AMOUNT: $4,575.40

TO: Regular Instruction – Supplies

AMOUNT: $4,575.40

RATIONALE: Transfer needed in order to comply with the

Summary Budget submitted to PDE for the 2007-2008

Accountability Block Grant.

APPENDIX X

X. Finance

2. Budgetary Transfers (cont’d)



AMOUNT: $8,000.00


AMOUNT: $8,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase ink/masters for Ricoh machines, laminating supplies and poster paper.



AMOUNT: $2,000.00

TO: Learning Support – Supplies

AMOUNT: $2,000.00




AMOUNT: $3,000.00


AMOUNT: $3,000.00




AMOUNT: $4,000.00


AMOUNT: $4,000.00


APPENDIX X

X. Finance




AMOUNT: $1,650.00

TO: Instruction and Curriculum – Books and

Subscriptions

AMOUNT: $1,650.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase sets of paperback books for the Language Arts classrooms.



AMOUNT: $3,000.00


AMOUNT: $3,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase technology supplies, such as microphones, headphones, mice, etc.


FROM: Alternative Education Program – Equipment

AMOUNT: $2,450.04

TO: Alternative Education Program – Supplies

AMOUNT: $2,450.04

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase supplies for the new

ERC program.



AMOUNT: $1,000.00

TO: Guidance Services – Supplies

AMOUNT: $1,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase supplies for the

Guidance Department.

APPENDIX X

X. Finance



FROM: Regular Instruction – Medical

Office of Principal – Medical

Speech and Language Support – Medical

Gifted Support – Medical

Learning Support – Medical

Social Work Services – Medical

TO:

Nursing Services – Medical

Instructional Technology – Medical

Fiscal Services – Medical

Personnel Services – Medical

Instruction and Curriculum – Medical

Transportation Services – Medical

Plant Services – Medical

Other Instructional Staff Services – Medical

Printing Services – Medical

Vehicle Operations Services – Medical

Building Services – Medical

Food Services - Medical

AMOUNT: $331,420.08

Regular Instruction – Insurance Opt Out

Office of Principal – Insurance Opt Out

Speech and Language Support – Insurance Opt Out

Gifted Support – Insurance Opt Out

Learning Support – Insurance Opt Out

Social Work Services – Insurance Opt Out

Guidance Services – Insurance Opt Out

Nursing Services – Insurance Opt Out

Instructional Technology – Insurance Opt Out

Fiscal Services – Insurance Opt Out

Personnel Services – Insurance Opt Out

Instruction and Curriculum – Insurance Opt Out

Transportation Services – Insurance Opt Out

Plant Services – Insurance Opt Out

Other Instructional Staff Services – Insurance Opt

Out

Printing Services – Insurance Opt Out

APPENDIX X

X. Finance

2 Budgetary Transfers (cont’d)

Vehicle Operations Services – Insurance Opt Out

Building Services – Insurance Opt Out

Food Services – Insurance Opt Out

AMOUNT: $331,420.08

RATIONALE: Transfer needed due to a coding change by PDE for the 2007-2008 school year.



AMOUNT: $7,347.25


AMOUNT: $7,347.25

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Indian Lane to purchase furniture for the Developmental Kindergarten and Developmental

Primary classrooms.



AMOUNT: $1,980.00


AMOUNT: $1,980.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Springton Lake to purchase a bass.



AMOUNT: $3,911.85


Industrial Arts – Equipment

AMOUNT: $3,911.85

APPENDIX X

X. Finance



Science and Industrial Arts equipment.



AMOUNT: $2,826.95

TO: Instructional Technology – Equipment

AMOUNT: $2,826.95


Technology equipment.



AMOUNT: $1,257.42


AMOUNT: $1,257.42

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Springton Lake to purchase tables and chairs for the new computer lab and ten wall screens.

APPENDIX X

X. Finance




AMOUNT: $3,800.00


AMOUNT: $3,800.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Springton Lake to have their

Athletic equipment reconditioned for the 2007-2008 school year.



AMOUNT: $1,033.73

TO: Learning Support – Equipment

AMOUNT: $1,033.73

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Pupil Services to purchase five overbed tables for a student’s 504 accommodations.



AMOUNT: $6,887.70

TO: Office of Principal – Equipment

AMOUNT: $6,887.70

RATIONALE: Transfer needed for Penncrest’s Tech Ed

Department to purchase three drafting tables and six flat panel monitor arms.

APPENDIX X

X. Finance



FROM: Regular Instruction – Professional Salaries

AMOUNT: $42,876.00

TO: Personnel Services – Other Professional

Services

AMOUNT: $42,876.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to cover the payment of Peggy

Levesque as an independent contractor. The money was originally budgeted in a salary account.



AMOUNT: $1,000.00


AMOUNT: $1,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to cover travel expenses for the




AMOUNT: $2,000.00


AMOUNT: $2,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase technology supplies for the 2007-08 school year.



AMOUNT: $2,000.00

TO: Instruction Technology – Equipment

AMOUNT: $2,000.00

APPENDIX X

X. Finance


RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase technology equipment for the 2007-08 school year.



AMOUNT: $1,000.00

TO: Library Services – Supplies

AMOUNT: $1,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase library supplies for the 2007-08 school year.



AMOUNT: $2,000.00


AMOUNT: $2,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase books and subscriptions for the 2007-08 school year.



AMOUNT: $11,000.00


AMOUNT: $11,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase supplies for the 2007-

08 school year.

APPENDIX X

X. Finance




AMOUNT: $2,000.00

TO: Staff Development – Miscellaneous

AMOUNT: $2,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to allocate budget dollars to staff development for the 2007-08 school year.


FROM: Budgetary Reserve

AMOUNT: $2,099.97

TO: Regular Instruction – Student Fees

AMOUNT: $2,099.97

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to allocate the RTE Children’s

Fund money back into their account, since it was not spent by

June 30, 2007 the balance was added to fund balance.



Relief Salary

AMOUNT: $20,000.00

TO: Technology – Other Professional Services

AMOUNT: $20,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to fund the Kronos training for

Workforce Central.

APPENDIX X

X. Finance




Relief Salary

AMOUNT: $9,000.00


AMOUNT: $9,000.00


Program.



AMOUNT: $1,350.00


AMOUNT: $1,350.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to reimburse professional staff for the expense incurred at the American Association of School

Librarians Conference held from October 23, 2007 to October 28,

2007 in Reno, Nevada.

FY 08 –75 Fund 10 General Fund

FROM: School Sponsored Athletics – Supplies

AMOUNT: $1,100.00


AMOUNT: $1,100.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase athletic equipment.

APPENDIX X

X. Finance



FROM: Regular Instruction – Other Professional

Services



Instruction and Curriculum – Supplies

Instruction and Curriculum – Books and

Subscriptions

Instructional Staff Development – Other

Professional Services

Instructional Staff Development – Supervisory

Options

AMOUNT: $21,000.00


AMOUNT: $21,000.00


Program.




Regular Instruction – Textbooks

AMOUNT: $18,000.00


AMOUNT: $18,000.00


Program.

APPENDIX X

X. Finance




Relief Salary

AMOUNT: $3,000.00

TO: Instructional Technology – Other Professional

Services

AMOUNT: $3,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to fund the Speaker at the

December 10, 2007 In-Service day for Professional Staff.



AMOUNT: $1,000.00

TO: Gifted Program – Supplies

AMOUNT: $1,000.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase teaching supplies for the gifted program.



AMOUNT: $1,580.00


AMOUNT: $1,580.00

RATIONALE: Transfer needed to purchase a Hoffman

Apparatus, dry ice maker and various flasks.

Background

This item was discussed at the December 11, 2007

APPENDIX X

X. Finance

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Revenue Code

3. Adjustment to the 2007 – 2008 General Fund Budget

Resolve, that the Board approve the adjustment to the

2007-08 General Fund Budget:

Available Fund Balance

Changes to Original Budget

Accountability Block Grant







PC Lab Fees - Art




PC Lab Fees - Art

PC Lab Fees - Art

PC Lab Fees - Art



PC Lab Fees - Art

PC Lab Fees - Math

PC - Guidance PSAT Registration Fees

Revenues Expenditures

70,274,902.00 72,574,902.00

2,300,000.00

72,574,902.00

-

72,574,902.00

41,892.07

148.00

350.00

293.00

36.00

301.00

910.00

144.00

41,892.07

148.00

350.00

293.00

36.00

301.00

910.00

487.00

150.00

370.00

186.00

24.00

45.00

90.00

144.00

487.00

150.00

370.00

186.00

24.00

45.00

1,043.00

246.00

755.15

1,440.00

PC - Guidance PSAT Registration Fees 900.00

90.00

1,043.00

246.00

755.15

1,440.00

APPENDIX X

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.80

R6790.82

R6790.82

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R6790.82

R6790.82

R6790.82



PC Lab Fees - Art

PC Lab Fees - Family & Consumer

Science


ERC - Student Fees




PC Lab Fees - Art 15.00

PC Lab Fees - Math 36.00


PC Lab Fees - Art

PC Lab Fees - Art







Classrooms for the Future Grant


668.00

360.00

148.00

6.00

20.00

1,354.00

150.00

100.00

1,388.61

975.00

421,587.00

Classrooms for the Future Coach Grant 30,000.00

PC Fees - English Field Trip 525.00

PC Fees - Library


Subtotal of Changes

128.00

58.00

18.00

410.00

15.00

50.00

843.25

300.00

48.00

513,419.08

73,088,321.08 Updated 2007-2008 Budget

Background

This item was discussed at the December 11, 2007 Finance Committee.

900.00

128.00

58.00

18.00

668.00

410.00

15.00

50.00

2,280.00

2,126.00

15.00

36.00

360.00

148.00

6.00

20.00

1,354.00

150.00

100.00

1,388.61

975.00

421,587.00

30,000.00

525.00

843.25

300.00

48.00

513,419.08

73,088,321.08

APPENDIX X

X. Finance

4. Approval to Submit Plan Con A – Springton Lake Middle

School Additions & Renovations

Resolve, that the Board approve the submittal of Plan Con

A for the additions and renovations of the Springton Lake

Middle School project.

Background

Plan Con is the acronym for the planning construction process, and the vehicle used to apply for reimbursement from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for a school construction project. Plan Con A provides the description of the project and the justification of its need. This was discussed at the December 11, 2007, Operations

Committee meeting.

Background

APPENDIX X

B.

6.

Provident Energy/Natural Gas – Provident Energy that Tree Media School District ratify locking in the NYMEX portion of the district’s volumes for at

least Mar,

Listed below are the locked rates for Rose Tree Media:

Date Volume Price

Jan-2008 5,069 $7.410

Feb-2008 1,736 $7.490

Mar-2008 1,098 $7.450

Apr-2008 3,391 $7.390

Background

This was discussed at the November & December 2007

APPENDIX X

X Finance

DCIU Consultants in the amount of $6,000.

Background

DCIU Math Consultants will provide in service and training for achievement gap. The cost of the contract is $6,000 for the 2007-

2008 school year. This item was discussed at the December 2007

Resolve , that the Board approve the agreement with Jessica

Brady for dental hygiene services for $2,000.

Background

Our required dental hygiene services will be provided by our new hygienist Jessica Brady. She will provide all required dental exams at our public and non-public schools. The contract amount for all services is $ 2,000. This item was discussed at the

December Services

APPENDIX X

X. Financial Reports & Bill Lists

November

November 2007 Revenue Status Report

November 2007 General Fund Bill List

November 2007 Imprest Fund Bill List

November 2007 Future Funding 1993 Issue Bill List

November 2007 Bond Series 2003 Bill list

November 2007 Bond Series 2004 Bill List

November 2007 Private Purpose Trust Bill List

November 2007 Activities/Special Revenue Fund

XI. Adjournment

$ 1,378,989.47

$ 2,381.50

$ 47,072.16

$ 1,708.52

$ 153,821.92

$ 480.00

$ 37,329.16

12/20/07

No. 918

Attachment A

TITLE: Sponsorships and Partnerships

REVISED:

#918 SPONSORSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS

1. Purpose The Board of School Directors recognizes that public school districts may find it to be in their best interest to enter into relationships with business and non-profit organizations, agencies, or individuals to support academic programs, in-school events, out of school activities, facility needs, co-curricular programs, facilities, and equipment.

2. Definition

3. Guidelines

Sponsorship: Sponsorship is any payment of money or other economic benefit to a school or the School District that fulfills one of the purposes of this policy in exchange for recognition. A written agreement with a school or the School District specifies the amount of the payment or benefit and the parameters for the recognition.

Partnership: A partnership is an agreement between a school or the School District and a private business or non-profit organization, agency or individual that fulfills one of the purposes of this policy, wherein the basis and terms of the relationship are set forth in a written agreement.

The Board of School Directors encourages partners and sponsors to help support

School District programs and services. A sponsor or partner may be acknowledged in

School District publications which must be approved by the School District. The acknowledgement must be tasteful and not minimize or take away from the School

District’s role or responsibility for the activity or service.

All Sponsorships and Partnerships shall be formalized in a written contract with terms and duration which are acceptable to and recommended by the Superintendent and approved by the Board of School Directors.

The Board of School Directors shall consider the approval of a contract if it will result in substantial benefit to the School District, its schools and their respective students, and is not inconsistent with the School District’s mission, policies and goals.

Page 1 of 5

4. Delegation

of Responsibility

Authorization

Conditions for

Sponsorship or

Partnership

918 Sponsorships and Partnerships

No sponsorship/partnership shall provide direct financial gain to School District employees, students, parents/guardians or School Board members.

All sponsorship/partnership agreements entered into by the School District must be consistent with all labor contracts, competitive bid requirements and all applicable federal, state and School District laws, rules, regulations and policies.

The Superintendent and/or her/his designee shall establish procedures for establishing Sponsorships and Partnerships in the School District, subject to approval of the Board of School Directors approval which consider the following factor’s:

1. Educational value to the district or school program.

2. Benefit to students.

3. Equity among the schools of the School District.

4. Benefit to the residents.

5. Past practices.

6. Appropriateness for the entire community.

Procedures: Establishing Sponsorships and Partnerships

The Superintendent shall recommend to the School Board, in writing, the proposed sponsorship or partnership giving reasons for entering into the sponsorship or partnership.

Conditions for sponsorship or partnership shall be detailed in the agreement. The agreement must include the following:

1. Description sponsorship or partnership

2. Benefits to School District, school or community – Monetary or nonmonetary

3. Duration – Clear defined time limit (one time donation or long-term arrangement)

4. Right of termination – School Board right to unilaterally terminate agreement without penalty if sponsorship or partnership is found to adversely affect students and educational process

5. Definition of roles – Clearly defined roles, expectations, rights and responsibilities of School District and partner or sponsor

6. Expectation of revenue – Specific amounts shall be stated where possible, or at a minimum, specific projections

7. Exclusive rights – Define limits for sponsor or partner and School

Board

8.

Approval of marketing materials – School Board has right to approve

or disapprove following review by Superintendent or her/her

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918 Sponsorships and Partnerships

designee

9. Statement of relationships – Disclose any relationships to staff,

School Board Members or students to sponsor

10. Compliance with all laws – All sponsorships must comply with all

local, state and federal laws, ordinances, policies and regulations

11. Voluntary participation of staff and students – Agreement must

specifically state that participation of staff and students is voluntary

12. Consent required for staff and student information – Agreement must

include this

13. No collection of personal information – State specifically what

categories of personal information cannot be collected

14.

Curriculum materials approval – School Board has the right to

approve or disapprove in conjunction with the Superintendent or

her/her designee

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COURIER

TRADESMEN

2007-2008 HOURLY RATES

MAINTENANCE

BUS MECHANIC

CUSTODIANS

Bhrim, Mark

Dages, David

Herbert, Gary

Otto, Bruce

Dunne, John

Long, Glen

Noldy, Walter

Potts, Michael

Faluvegi, Nicholas

Paul Griglione

Trusty, Paula

Dewees, Ronald

Jones, Terrance

Williams, Jerry

Smith, Lawrence

Washington, John

Gibson, Aaron

Sheffield, Neal

Barrett, Anthony

Arata, John

Berry, Clifton

Crouse, Melvin

Dill, Vanessa

Powell, Lawrence

Hunter, Andrew

Jacobs, Mildred

Chamberlain, Trevor

Coleman, Kevin

Collins, John

Giampino, Salvatore

Linn, Debbie

Swiggett, James

Location

SL

SC

PC

SC

SC

EC

SC

SC

SC

SC

EC

PC

PC

PC

PC

PC

PC

PC

PC

PC

PC

PC

RT

RT

SL

SL

SL

SL

SL

SL

SL

SL

Attachment B

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

Hourly Rate

$16.69

$16.69

$16.69

$16.69

$16.69

$14.27

$22.00

$22.00

$20.66

$20.66


CUSTODIANS cont'd Yeager, Barry

Substitute Custodians

BUS DRIVERS

RT

Attachment B

$15.04

Harper, Jerome

Janczyk, Janina

Jones, Willie

Davis, Clyde

Holland, Carl

Goolsby, Paulette

Ragni, Pasquale

DiScala, Anthony

Stier, Raymond

Taylor, Robert

Way, Joseph

Vasquez, Lance

Hall, Helen

D. Leondard

Steward, Diane

Ettein, Elisa

Perna, Angela

M

M

M

M

GW

GW

GW

IL

IL

IL

PC

Hourly Rate $19.11

Akley, Dorman

Barlow, Pat

Battey, Diane

Bond, Bob

Jones, Ronald

Joyce, Angela

Kalix, Dawn

Kalix, Mary

Camp, Dave

Carletti, Maggie

Coleman, Carol

Cook, Kelly

Krauss, Lynne

Litwa, Brian

Masse, David

McConnell, James

Copple, Ben

Cornog, Lisa

McLaughlin, Nicole

McMeniman, William

Cunningham, Linda Megahey, John

D'Aprile, R Miller, William

Deal, Rick

Denisar, Dottie

Monaco, Joseph

Monaco, Kathy

Dennedy, Charles Moor, Melissa

DeRosa, Joseph Oreskovich, Joachim

Devaney, Peter Piccoli, Marc

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$15.04

$12.00

$12.00

$12.00

$12.00

$12.00


BUS DRIVERS cont'd Hourly Rate $19.11

DiDonato, Pete Polidari, Nicholas

D'Ignazio, Bonnie Polizzi, John

Doyle, Fran

Fagan, Jim

Faulkner, Benn

Feinberg, Harry

Redcay, Russ

Roach, Denise

Sausman, Bill

Sellitto, Dennis

Fletcher, Sharon Shaw, Yvonne

Gambrill, Harry Silva, Arlene

Gibson, Edward

Hall Cathy

Hall, Charles

Henderson, Clay

Simpson, Donna

Sindoni, Cheryl

Tangradi,Kathy

Taylor, Richard

Henry, Terry Tinsley, Betty

Higgins, Tom Valenti, Marsha

Hollinger, Sheila Watson, Cliff

Johnson, Connie

Attachment B

Bus Aides Hourly Rate $12.57

Bolton, Gwen

Keller, Cheryl

Myers, Irene

Rheinstadter, Edward

Ruggieri, Dolly

Saunders, Audrey

School

PENNCREST HIGH SCHOOL

Athletic Fields-Smedley Tract

Roof Replacements

Replace Kitchen Flooring-New seamless Epoxy Flooring

Ventilation in Gym - provide HVAC system

Repair Asphalt surface @ Tennis courts

Replace Storm Drainage piping at JV baseball field

Provide HC ramp, additional seating, new steps for football field

Install Ventilation system in Rms. C-111, 123,124, Ceramic Art

TOTAL

GLENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Renovations to Existing Locker rooms for Educational Space

Provide ventilation/humidity control in K classrooms

Replace Aluminum storefront at entrance/controlled access system

Upgrade Toilet Room Fixtures,Toilet partitions, piping,finishes

Repave Faculty Parking lot.

Replace Library carpet

Remove folding partitions/install permanent partitions

Replace ceiling tiles and grid in classrooms

Repair Brick retaining wall

Replace exterior doors

Re-key entire building

ADA Accessibility-Wheel chair lift/elevator

TOTAL

SPRINGTON LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Roofing @ Greenhouse

TOTAL


PROPOSED 2008 CAPITAL PROJECTS

Priority

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Attachment C

Budget Notes & Comments

$2,700,000 Authorize Professional Services Contract w/Architerra

$150,000 Based on Roofing Resources updated survey, 11/9/07

$50,000

$350,000

$40,000

$50,000

$220,000 Insurance Co. recomendation

$150,000

$3,710,000

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

1

1

$600,000

$210,000

$65,000

$250,000

$70,000

$20,000

$165,000

$200,000

$8,000

$85,000

$25,000

$120,000

$1,818,000

$15,000 Based on Roofing Resources updated survey,11/9/07

$15,000

INDIAN LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Replace Rooftop units @ Library, Computer Rm., Main/Nurse Office

Replace sidewalks and curbing

TOTAL

1

1

$185,000

$50,000

$235,000

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School

MEDIA ELEMENTARY

Complete Roof replacements

Masonry Restoration/pointing Phase II

TOTAL

ROSE TREE ELEMENTARY

Repair damaged exterior EIFS wall at rear

TOTAL


PROPOSED 2008 CAPITAL PROJECTS

Priority

1

1

1

Budget Notes & Comments

$425,000 Based on Roofing Resources updated survey,11/9/07

$200,000

$625,000

$35,000

$35,000

TOTAL ALL SCHOOLS $6,438,000

NOTE: Capital Projects budget estimated to be approx. $8,000,000 from Funds No. 32,34,35,36,37

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ROSE TREE MEDIA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS Informational Session

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

Board Reorganization

SCHOOL REPORT’S – December 2007

OFFICE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

Request for Funding

X. Finance

Products

Support

ROSE TREE MEDIA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS Informational Session

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

Board Reorganization

SCHOOL REPORT’S – December 2007

OFFICE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

Request for Funding

X. Finance

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