I. BOARD A. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE C. ROLL CALL CRESTWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT JANUARY 20, 2011 AGENDA D. EXECUTIVE SESSION PRIOR TO BOARD MEETING E. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REORGANIZATION AND REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS OF DECEMBER 2, 2010 F. APPROVAL OF TREASURER S REPORT FROM NOVEMBER 2010 AND DECEMBER 2010 G. CORRESPONDENCE H. REPORT FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES II. SUPERINTENDENT S REPORT A. Enrollments 1/3/11 Fairview (K-6) 722 Rice (K-6) 793 Middle School (7-8) 485 High School (9-12) 1042 Total 3042 January 2010-3040 B. Proposed Preliminary Budget Presentation: Budget presentation will be available for public review Jan. 21, 2011 C. Solicitor s Report III. COMMITTEE REPORTS A. FINANCIAL PLANNING - Behm(Chair), Orloski & Ralston 1. Recommend approving and ratifying bills from the General Fund 2. Recommend consideration and approve the service agreement for 2010-11 with United Rehabilitation Services, Inc. for providing vocational services to students with disabilities at a varied cost depending on service and student. 1
3. Recommend consideration and approve the request from the Luzerne County Board of Assessment Appeals to refund overpayment of school taxes for the year 2009 to the following property owners: a. Mountain Top Baptist Church 865 Church Road, Mountain Top, PA 18707 - PIN # 64-M8-00A-021/Plate # 64-402-D3A-5; 865 Church Road, Wright Township - $831.08 4. Recommend consideration and ratify payment from the Merrill Lynch Capital Account for the following invoices: a. Crestwood School District - $80,365.24 Reimburse the General Fund for balance due on purchase of 279 S Mountain Blvd. 5. Recommend consideration and approve the IRS mileage reimbursement rate of 51 cents per mile effective January 1, 2011. (increase from 50 cents a mile) 6. Recommend consideration and approve a donation of $1,000 to the Crestwood Ice Hockey Club. B. TRANSPORTATION Orloski (Chair), Mailloux & Dotzel 1. Recommend consideration and approve adding a bus stop at 4099 Blytheburn Road for Bus #33 (Rice AM) and Bus #20 (Rice PM). Nearest stop is over 200 feet away and road is very busy. C. POLICY Aigeldinger (Chair), Dotzel & Behm D. HUMAN RESOURCES Fino (Chair), Aigeldinger & Mancini 1. Recommend consideration and approve tenure and issue a professional contract to the following professional employees who have completed six (6) semesters of satisfactory service: a. Juleann Wickiser b. Susanne Kreider 2. Recommend consideration and approve the following mentors for the 2010-11 school year. Compensation is per Collective Bargaining Agreement. a. Harry Zearfoss for Joel Heintzelman (date of hire 11/15/2010; needs to complete a full year) b. Rose Stofflet for Alyssa Getz ( date of hire 10/22/2010; needs to complete a full year) 3. Recommend consideration and approve the request of Darla Sechleer, Professional Employee, to use approximately six weeks of accumulated sick time followed by FMLA. Anticipated start date is March 1, 2011. Anticipated date of return is the start of 2011-12 school year. Documentation is on file. 2
4. Recommend consideration and approve the request of Patricia Iracki, Professional Employee, for FMLA. Anticipated start date is March 25, 2011. Anticipated date of return is the start of the 2011-12 school year. Documentation is on file. 5. Recommend consideration and approve the request of Jacqueline Grobelny, Professional Employee, to use all accumulated sick and personal time followed by FMLA. Anticipated start date is April 6, 2011. Anticipated date of return is the start of the 2011-12 school year. Documentation is on file. 6. Recommend consideration and approve the request of Amy Nixon, Professional Employee, for a short term leave without pay - March 10 and 11, 2011. (Article IX, Section 9.3 of the CBA) 7. Recommend consideration and approve the request of Renee Schwartz, Professional Employee, for a short term leave without pay - April 4-8, 2011. (Article IX, Section 9.3 of the CBA) 8. Recommend consideration and approve the request of Lissa Munley, Long Term Substitute, for a short term leave without pay February 11, 2011. (Article IX, Section 9.3 & Article XI, Section 11.2 of the CBA) 9. Recommend consideration and accept the resignation of Jason Bugno, Long Term Substitute for the Response to Intervention and Instruction (RTII) Program, effective December 23, 2010. 10. Recommend consideration and approve the following long term substitute for the Response to Intervention and Instruction (RTII) Program. This program is funded through PA PACT monies, and continues for the remainder of the 2010-11 school year only. Salary/Benefits are to be pro-rated. a. Zachary Kuter Mathematics 7-12 BS Step 1- pending official transcript effective January 3, 2011. 11. Recommend consideration and approve the following professional substitutes for the remainder of the 2010-11 school year: a. Gregory Cechak Elementary K-6, clearances on file b. Brian Sones Elementary K-6 clearances on file pending receipt of official certificate c. Nicole Spaide * - Elementary K-6 clearances on file * daughter of Eveen Spaide, HS Monitor (Support Staff) d. Janet Van Gordon Elementary clearances on file 12. Recommend consideration and approve the following support staff appointments: a. Marie Kirn Food Service Cashier M-F - 8:30 am 12:30 pm Not to exceed 20 hours/week Initial Assignment High School Employee transfer per CBA effective Jan. 24, 2011 - $12.23/hr. 3
b. Mary Ann Hudock - General Server M-F - 9am 1:30 pm Not to exceed 22.5 hours/week Initial Assignment Middle School - $11.47/hr after completing a sixty (60) work day probationary period at a 10% rate reduction per CBA pending updated clearances effective Jan. 24, 2011 13. Recommend consideration and approve a medical leave without pay after exhausting accumulated sick time for Diane Guziak, F/T Custodian, under Article IX Section 2E of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Crestwood School Board and the Crestwood Educational Support Personnel. Start date is 11/24/2010. Date of return is 1/10/2011. 14. Recommend consideration and approve the request from Jodie Govan, P/T Learning Support Aide, for an unpaid leave of absence February 14 18, 2011, after exhausting her personal time. 15. Recommend consideration and approve the request from Jacqueline Antosh, P/T Monitor, for an unpaid leave of absence January 21, 2011. 16. Recommend consideration and accept the resignation of Ida Foster as Program Coordinator for the CACE (Crestwood Area Community Education) Program, effective January 1, 2011. 17. Recommend consideration and approve the appointment of Robin Golden as Program Coordinator for the remainder of the 2010-11 fiscal year for the CACE (Crestwood Area Community Education) Program at $7.00 per student enrolled. Effective date is January 3, 2011. 18. Recommend consideration and approve the following support staff substitutes for the remainder of the 2010-11 school year. All clearances are on file. a. Carri Perna Cafeteria b. Kerry Palmiero Teacher Aide c. Luigia Laezza Custodial, Cafeteria 19. Recommend consideration and approve the following to do student teaching in the Crestwood School District during the Spring Semester of the 2010-11 school year: Bloomsburg University a. Ryan Murray Social Studies b. Jared Vedro Elementary Education c. Cody Wittick Elementary Education d. Britta Pientka Elementary Education e. Kayla Riccuitti French Misericordia University a. Kerry Swiech Nursing 4
20. Recommend consideration and amend the salary for Tessa Scrobola, Long Term Substitute for the Technology Integration (CFF) Program from MA, Step 1 to BS, Step 1, based on receipt of official transcripts. E. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Ralston(Chair), Fino & Behm 1. Recommend consideration and approve entering into a consent agreement with the parents of #5419327783, a student with special needs, regarding the student s special education program. 2. Recommend consideration and approve entering into a consent agreement with the parents of #8241188013, a student with special needs. All terms are per I.E.P. (Individualized Education Program). F. CO-CURRICULAR Aigeldinger (Chair), Orloski & Mailloux 1. Recommend consideration and approve the following for extra curricular positions for the 2010-11 school year. All clearances are on file. a. Leonard Butczinski Boys Basketball VOLUNTEER b. Dave Rinehimer Assistant Varsity/JV Baseball Coach - $2768 c. Anthony Morris Asst. Jr. High Baseball Coach- $2323 District Employee d. William Baratta Asst. Jr. High Baseball Coach - $1161.50 * e. Brian Macko Asst. Jr. High Baseball Coach - $1161.50 * * two coaches splitting one salary f. Ron Slembarski Head Jr. High Baseball Coach - $2768 g. Robert Piavis Baseball VOLUNTEER h. Nicholas Hollock Baseball VOLUNTEER i. Anthony Caladie Baseball VOLUNTEER j. Michael Markowski Baseball VOLUNTEER k. Scott Rozitski Baseball VOLUNTEER l. Christina Glenn Girls Track Head Coach - $4199 District Employee 2. Recommend consideration and approve the following for extra curricular positions for the 2009-10 school year: a. Eric Lawson Middle School Yearbook - $1333 District Employee 3. Recommend consideration and accept the letter of resignation as Boys Head Soccer Coach from Pasquale Calabrese, effective end of the 2010-11 boys soccer season. G. PHYSICAL PLANT AND CONSTRUCTION (BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS) Mancini (Chair), Ralston & Dotzel 1. Recommend consideration and ratify an increase of $30,000 to the cost of the District-Wide Feasibility Study Update done by Breslin Ridyard Fadero Architects. 2. Recommend consideration and approve Exhibit C 2011-01 Project #5 Investigate structural system in toilet rooms with depressed floors at Fairview Elementary School, at an estimated cost of $1500. 5
3. Recommend consideration and approve submitting an application to the PDE (Pennsylvania Department of Education) via form 3074(a) for the approval of the plans and specifications to demolish four (4) buildings and related structures at an estimated cost of $50,000. 4. Recommend consideration and approve submitting an application to the PDE (Pennsylvania Department of Education) via form 3074(a) for the approval of the installation of two new hot water tanks at a cost not to exceed $15,000 plus Labor & Industry fees. 5. Recommend consideration and approve submitting an application to PDE (Pennsylvania Department of Education) via form 3074(a) for the approval of partition (repairs) at Rice and Fairview Elementary Schools at a cost not to exceed $19,000. 6. Recommend consideration and approve awarding the partition repair to R. J. McCarville Associates, LTD. Total award of said bid is $18,945, subject to the approval and review of the Superintendent and Solicitor. H. TECHNOLOGY Mailloux (Chair), Fino & Mancini IV. INTERMEDIATE UNIT 18 MINUTES ON FILE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT S OFFICE AND ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE V. WILKES-BARRE AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER MINUTES ON FILE IN THE SUPERINTENDENT S OFFICE AND ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE VI. QUESTIONS/COMMENTS FROM PATRONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS VII. QUESTIONS/COMMENTS REGARDING NON-AGENDA ITEMS VIII. ADJOURNMENT WORK SESSION AND BOARD MEETING February 10, 2011 6:30 P.M. HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY 6