NORTH  SCHUYLKILL  SCHOOL  DISTRICT

Board Briefs

Regular Meeting – October 18, 2007

                                                                                                               

 

A regular meeting of the North Schuylkill Board of Education was held on the above date in the Board Room of the Junior/Senior High School. 

Action was taken on the following agenda items:

 

Motions From the Floor

Approved the transfer of ownership of the Frackville Elementary Building to the Frackville Borough

Approved the use of the North Schuylkill Elementary Building to be restricted to school activities only

 

Administration

Approved the revision of Policy No. 227.1 – Drug Testing

 

Business, Administration and Finance

Approved the following Building Usage Requests:

3-1.1  – Jr./Sr. High School Gym – Jr. High Wrestling Tournament – January 11 and 12, 2008

3-1.2  – Jr./Sr. High School Gym – T.A.T. Dodge Ball Tournament – October 27, 2007

3-1.3  – Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium – Elementary Band/Chorus Concert –  December 11, 2007

3-1.4  – Swimming Pool – Pool Party – October 26, 2007

3-1.5  – Jr./Sr. High School Cafeteria – N.S. Soccer Banquet – November 11, 2007

3-1.6  – Stadium – Frackville Recreation Board Hershey Track & Field Local Meet – May 18, 2008

3-1.7  – Swimming Pool – Pool Party – November 3, 2007

3-1.8  – Ringtown Elementary Gym – Girls Biddy Basketball – October 22, 2007 through February 2008

3-1.9  – Jr./Sr. High School Gym – Volleyball Parents vs. Volleyball Team Game/Match – October 25, 2007 & November 2, 2007

3-1.10              – Jr./Sr. High School Cafeteria – Band Boosters Fruit Sale – December 8, 2007

3-1.11              – NSE Cafeteria – 5th- 6th Grade Dance – October 26, 2007

3-1.12              – Jr./Sr. High School Driver Ed or Music Room – Schuylkill League Wrestling Coaches Association Meeting – October 16, 2007

3-1.13              – Ringtown Elementary Gym – Elementary Fall Dance – November 2, 2007

3-1.14              – Jr./Sr. High School Gym & Wrestling Rooms  – Elementary Wrestling Practices & Sunday Matches – November 2007 through March 2008

3-1.15              – Jr./Sr. High School Gym – Wrestling Boosters Annual Red and Blue Elementary Wrestling Match – February 19 or 20, 2008

3-1.16              – Jr./Sr. High School Cafeteria – Rotary Interact Halloween Dance – November 1, 2007

3-1.17              – Jr./Sr. High School Cafeteria – Swim Boosters Dance – November 15, 2007

Tabled the following Building Usage Requests:

3-2.1 – NSE Gym – N.S. Adult Recreation Association Basketball – October 1, 2007 through

May 1, 2008

3-2.2 – NSE Gym – Black Diamond Mat Club Wrestling Training – December 9 and 16, 2007; January 13, 2008 and February 7, 2008

3-2.3 – Jr./Sr. High School Wrestling Rooms – Black Diamond Mat Club Wrestling Training – November 19, 2007 through March 15, 2008

 

Approved the following Building Usage Request:

3-2.4 – Ringtown Elementary Gym – Ashland Biddy Basketball – November 15, 2007 through April 15, 2008

Tabled the following Building Usage Request:

          3-3.1 – Frackville Elementary Gym – Frackville Recreation Board Family Halloween Movie Night – October 27, 2007

Approved conferences for staff members

Approved a tax payment refund

Approved the authorization of the administration to obtain bids for band uniforms

Approved Change Order – PC 46 to delete projector brackets and install upgrades cabling, smartboard projectors and smartboards for the District

Approved Change Order – PC 90 to flash eight additional chiller pipes

Approved Change Order – PC 109 to add a 30 psi pressure relief valve to the expansion tank

Approved a Deduct Change Order – PC 110 for supplementing the kitchen equipment installation

Approved Change Order – PC 113 for work completed on a time and material basis to add power to a heater, add a phone line for the ATC panel and relocate light poles

 

Personnel

Approved the appointment of the following individuals as Guest Teacher Substitutes:  Scott Felty, Jennifer Connor, Robert Mariano, Crystal Pugh, Amanda Ward, James Brennan and Robert Campomizzi

Approved the appointment of the following individuals as Substitute Teachers:  Robert Moyer, Emily Reiner-Wank and Kathleen Reber

Approved the appointment of Kimberly Dixon as an EAP Tutor for the 2007-2008 school year

Approved the appointment of Gregory Strausser as a Security Monitor

Approved the appointment of the following individuals to be added to the Cafeteria Substitute List: 

Melissa Frantz and Carrie Simmons

Accepted the resignation of Esther Rockwell, Part-Time Cafeteria Worker

Accepted the resignation of Terry Senglar, Part-Time Special Education Aide

Approved the appointment of Mike Kelly as an Assistant Boys Basketball Coach

Approved the appointment of the following individuals as Winter 2007-2008 Assistant Coaches:  Robbie Miller, Boys Basketball; Lafay Hope and Ed Hughes, Girls Basketball; Richard Wetzel and Doug Whritenour, Wrestling; Patricia Dougherty, Swimming and Diving

Approved the appointment of Mary Ayello as a Part-Time Special Education Aide

Accepted the resignation of Bob Chesney as Head Junior High Track Coach

Accepted the resignation of Allison Brown, Part-Time Cafeteria Worker

Approved the appointment of Michelle Pyle and Sandra Neumeister as Part-Time Cleaning/Custodial Workers

Accepted the resignation of Audrey Spickler, Part-Time Special Education Aide

Approved the appointment of Cheryl Lupatsky to be added to the Cleaning/Custodial Substitute List

Approved a leave without pay for Nathan Hampton, Science Teacher

 

 

 

 

Merri Lynn Craig, Board Secretary

 

Upcoming Meetings

October 25, 2007 – Special Board Meeting – 7:00 p.m.

November 8, 2007 – Work Session – 7:00 p.m.

November 15, 2007 – Regular Board Meeting – 7:00 p.m.