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NORTH PENN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Lansdale, PA 19446-3960
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS
One Thousand Thirty Third Meeting
February 19, 2015
7:30 p.m.
ACTION AGENDA
Pledge of Allegiance
1.
Executive Session
2.
Recognitions/Proclamations
3.
Audience of Citizens
4.
Recommend approval of the minutes from the February 10th, 2015, Special Action/Work Session, as
circulated.
5.
Committee Reports
a. Personnel – Timothy Kerr
b. Support Services – John Schilling
c. Education / Community / Policy – Josephine Charnock
Listed below is the first reading for NEW Board Policies #6175- Home Education
Programs, per Item # 04-15 (A-E).
Listed below is the first reading for AMENDED Board Policies # 6162- School
Volunteers, per Item # 04-15 (A-C).
NEW BOARD POLICIES
6175 –HOME EDUCATION PROGRAMS
AMENDED BOARD POLICIES
6162 – SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS
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d. Finance – Walter W. Brown, III
e. Safe Schools – Carolyn Murphy
f. North Penn Educational Foundation – Carolyn Murphy
g. North Montco Technical Career Center - Timothy Kerr/Suzan Leonard/ Joseph Sullivan
h. Montgomery County Intermediate Unit – Carolyn Murphy
6.
Superintendent's Report
a. Recommend approval of expulsions for students #021915-1 and #021915-2 whose names are on
file in the Office of the Superintendent. Students/parents/guardians have waived their rights to
an expulsion hearing.
b. Recommend approval of Settlement Agreements for students #021915-3 and #021915-4 whose
names are on file in the Office of the Superintendent and approval of an Agreement for Tuition
in lieu of Free and Appropriate Education for student #021915-5 whose name is on file in the
Office of the Superintendent.
c. Recommend approval to establish the Extended School Care Program fees for the
2015-16 school year, per the attached fee sheets, per Item # 05-15 (A-C).
d. Recommend approval to establish the Extended School Care Summer Camp Program
price at $245.00 per week for the 2015 year. (Pro-rated for the week of June 29th –
July 3rd, 2015), per Item # 06-15 (A-B).
e. Recommend ratification of the submission of the delinquent real estate and
interim taxes to the Montgomery County and Bucks County Tax Claim Bureaus,
per Item # 07-15.
f. Recommend approval to allow the Silver Bullets Basketball Group use of the Bridle Path
Gymnasium to play basketball through the 2014-15 school year in accordance with School
Board Policy 1320, per Item # 10-15.
g. Recommend ratification of the electricity transaction with Direct Energy Business for
electricity supply for all current North Penn School District accounts, as listed, per
Item # 11-15.
h. Recommend approval of the waiver of tuition for the following International Friendship
Exchange student for the 2014-15 school year:
Name
Yui Aoki
Country
Japan
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i. Recommend acceptance of the following gifts to the district as listed:
SCHOOL/BUILDING
General Nash
Elementary
DONOR
Christopher Delamater
Troop 51
Eagle Scout
1655 Bishopwood Blvd., East
Harleysville, PA 19438
GIFT
Assorted plants, bushes, soil
and mulch for Peace Garden
Project
AMOUNT
$525.00
York Avenue
Elementary
2014 6th Grade Class – Home
and School – 700 York
Avenue, Lansdale, PA
19446
James Roper
358 Evergreen Drive, North
Wales, PA 19454
3 Aluminum Cork Boards for
6th Grade
$400.00
Celestron Refractor
Telescope #21066-W0S-A –
with Lens
$130.00
North Penn High
School
j. Recommend approval of bids, per Item # BA- 5 (A- D) as listed.
k. Personnel
1) Recommend approval of personnel items as listed:
a.) Personnel, per Item # BA- 6 (A-G)
b.) Additions to the North Penn School District Substitute Lists 2014-15, per
Item # BA- 7
c.) Degree Improvement Report, February 2015, per Item # BA-8 (A-E)
d.) Extra Duty Assignments, per Item #08-15 (A-B).
l.
Student Travel
1) Recommend approval of student travel, per Item #BA-9.
m. Contracts
1) Recommend approval of Contracts per Item # BA -10 copies, of which are on
file in the Office of Business Administration.
n. Alternative Placements
1) Recommend approval of Alternative Placements per Item # BA- 11, copies
of which are on file in the Office of Special Education.
7.
Finance Report – S. Skrocki
a. Treasurer’s Report
b. Sanction and Approval of Invoices
1) Ratification of disbursements for the month of January 2015 in the amount of
$19,271,026.86.
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c. Budget Transfers
1) Recommend approval of the November 2014 Budget Transfers in the amount of $186,473.49
as well as the December 2014 Budget Transfers in the amount of $10,850.00, per
Item #BA-12 (A-C).
8.
Federal, State, Grants and Other Programs – D. Holben
a. Grant Funding for Extended School Care Program, per Item #09-15.
9.
Adjournment