BOARD OF
EDUCATION
EGG HARBOR
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Egg Harbor
City, New Jersey 08215
AGENDA
Regular
Meeting
June
9, 2010
Charles
L. Spragg School
Library
601
Buffalo Avenue
7:00
PM
I.
Open
Regular Meeting
N.J.A.C.
5:18 Emergency Exit/No Smoking Announcement & Sunshine Law
Compliance
Statement as follows:
In compliance with the
N.J.A.C. 5:18-3.15, in case of fire or other emergency, which should
cause this
facility to be evacuated, I direct your attention to the location of the
exits
in this facility. Also, there will be no
smoking in this facility.
This
is to advise those present at this meeting of the Board of Education of
the Egg
Harbor City School District, in the County of Atlantic, that adequate
notice
has been given of this meeting as required by the provisions of Chapter
231 of
the Laws of 1975; that notice thereof has been forwarded for publication
in the
District official newspapers, posted in the Spragg and Rittenberg
Schools, and
forwarded to the Egg Harbor City Clerk within the time required by said
Act.
II.
Flag
Salute/Roll Call
Mr.
Bouchard (’12)
Mr. Dovey (’12)
Mr.
Farnan (’13)
Mr.
McGinnis (’11)
Mr. Senn (’13)
Mrs. Williams (’13)
Mr.
Wimberg (’11)
III.
Executive
Session
Resolution
of the Board of Education of the Egg Harbor City School District to
permit
discussion of subjects in closed sessions
RESOLVED: At a public meeting of the
Board of Education held on June 9, 2010 at ___________p.m. that pursuant
to
sections 7 and 8 of the “Open Public Meetings Act”, the following
subjects be
discussed in a session of the Board of Education closed to the public:
(1) Personnel
(2)
(3)
It
is presently anticipated that the items mentioned in the Resolution can
be
disclosed
to the public when a decision is made upon the same, and in personnel
matter,
with the consent of the employee.
IV.
Open
Floor To Public
The public is
invited to comment on or question any topic related to the Board of
Education
agenda items.
V.
Comments
for the Good of the Board
VI.
Monthly
Reports
A.
Superintendent
Report
Attachment
1. Review of
Board Goals for 2009-2010
2. Board
Goals for 2010-2011
B.
Business
Administrator Report
C.
Supervisor
of Special Projects
Report
D.
CLS
Principal Report
Attachment
E.
FDR
Principal Report
Attachment
F.
Board
Solicitor’s Report
VII.
Board
Minutes
A.
APPROVE
(roll call):
1.
May 12, 2010
Regular
Attachment
2.
May 12, 2010
Executive
Attachment
VIII.
Financial Items
A.
APPROVE
(roll call):
1.
Board Secretary’s Report – April 2010
Attachment
2. Treasurer
of School Moneys Report – April
2010
Attachment
B.
APPROVE
(roll call): Board Certification
Pursuant
to N.J.A.C. 6A:23-2.11 The Egg Harbor City Board of Education
certifies
that as of 4/30/10 after review of the Board Secretary's monthly
financial
report (Revenue and Appropriation sections) and upon consultation with
the
appropriate district officials that to the best of our knowledge no
major
account or fund has been over-expended in violation of N.J.A.C.
6A:23-2.11(c)2-3 and there have been no changes in anticipated revenue
sources
and/or amounts so that sufficient funds are available to meet the
district's
financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year.
C.
Approve
(roll call): May 2010 Bill
List
Attachment
1.
General
Account - $832,868.58
2.
Capital
Account - $0
3.
Food
Service - $0
4.
Payroll
Account – $543,760.30
May 31, 2010 Fund 10
–$8,673.08 Fund
20 –$11,360 Attachment
IX.
Non-instructional
Operations Items
1.
APPROVE (roll call):
Use of facilities by the Atlantic County
Prosecutor’s Office for the 2010
Atlantic County Field Training Exercise to be conducted at CLS on
6/30/10, pending
Certificate of Insurance.
1.
APPROVE (roll call):
District’s revised Section 125 Plan, which
complies with the IRS regulations that allow for payments to employees
in lieu
of medical benefits, and which allow for employee deductions for medical
benefits to be calculated on a pre-tax basis.
X.
Personnel
Items – as
recommended by the Superintendent of Schools:
A.
RATIFY
and AFFIRM (roll call):
Military Leave covered
by statute for Brian Konowitz, FDR instructor from 6/8/10 through
6/28/10.
B.
RATIFY
and AFFIRM (roll call):
Employment contract for
Richard Montecalvo, dated 5/12/10 and effective 7/1/10 through 7/31/10.
C.
APPROVE
(roll call): Retirement
letter of Linda LeCompte, FDR teacher, dated 5/28/10 and effective
6/30/10.
Attachment
D.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment of Dana Goldstein as CLS Health
and Physical Education teacher for the 2010-2011 school year at the
salary of
Step 1-BA
$47,531, pending EHCEA/BOE 2010-2011 Agreement.
E.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment of Denise DiGerolamo as CLS
Special Education teacher for the 2010-2011 school year at the salary of
Step
5-BA $49,509,
pending EHCEA/BOE 2010-2011 Agreement.
F.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment of 2010 summer work at the
contractual rate as follows:
Terri
Sartorio, FDR School Nurse Aide up to
15 hours
Gretchen
Halfpenny, FDR School Guidance
Counselor up to 25 hours
G.
APPROVE
(roll call): Salary level change for Susan Savino for the
2010-2011 school year from Teacher MA to Teacher MA+15.
H.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment
of substitutes for the 2009-2010 school year as follows:
1.
Teacher Substitutes
Daily
rate: 1) NJ Sub.
Cert. w/60 credits + - $65.00; 2) NJ Sub
Cert w/BA - $70.00; 3) NJ Teach. Cert -
$75.00
1)
Kelly Rozing
NJ Sub. Cert + BA
2) Jude
Filep
NJ
Teach. Cert
I.
APPROVE
(roll call): Staff to participate as
instructors in
the anticipated Early Intervention Summer Reading program (grades K-3)
from
July 6, 2010 to July 30, 2010 for a total of
90 hours each at the contractual rate paid by the Supplemental
Funds to
the FY’ 10 Reading First Grant as follows:
Donna
Fiedler
Betty Phelps
Marie Farnan
Deanna
Walker
Lauren Roesch
Ellen Sullivan
Shaun
Gunther
Heather Crosson
Kristen DeAngelis
J.
APPROVE
(roll call): Staff for
the Special Education Extended
School Year Program (July 6, 2010 to July 30, 2010), at the contractual
rate as
follows:
·
Chrissy
Bryant,
Barbara Ellis, Nancy Rizzo, Shannon Deninger, Shawn Sullivan, and Lee
LaRosa as
Special Education Instructors for up to 90 hours each
·
Alees
Mason and
Diane Hagaman as Classroom Aides for up to 80 hours each
·
Tracy
Torres as
the Nurse for up to 90 hours
K.
APPROVE
(roll call): Staff for the 21st
Century Community
Learning Center Summer Camp positions from 7/12/10 until 7/30/10 at the
contractual rate funded by the FY’10 21st CCLC Grant as
follows:
·
Connie
Burzo, Jim
Connelly, Jason Vander Ryk, and Tom Culleny as Teachers for up to 90
hours each
·
Tom
D’Attilio as
a teacher for up to 54 hours
·
Tracy
Torres as
the nurse for up to 22.5 hours
L.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment of
Lauren Roesch, Deanna Walker and Melissa Axelsson as Instructional
Coaches for
up to 30 hours each of summer work at the contractual rate.
M.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment
of Laura Gentile, Speech
Language Specialist for up to 80 hours of summer work at the contractual
rate.
N.
APPROVE (roll
call): Appointment
of Sue Savino, Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant for up to 80
hours of
summer work at the contractual rate.
O.
APPROVE (roll
call): Appointment
of Jen McCoy, School Social Worker for up to 80 hours of summer work at
the
contractual rate.
P.
APPROVE (roll
call): Appointment
of Ana Cabral, School Psychologist for up to 80 hours of summer work at
the
contractual rate.
Q.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment of CLS School Management Team
Members for the summer of 2010, not to exceed 10 hours each at the
contractual
rate, funded by the FY 10 NCLB Title I Grant, as follows:
·
Preschool: Betty Phelps / Donna
Lee (split)
·
Kindergarten:
Donna Fiedler
·
First
Grade: Kristin DeAngelis / Marie Farnan
(split)
·
Second
Grade: Ellen Sullivan / Tara Macchione
(split)
·
Third
Grade: Heather Crosson /
Debbie Rollins (split)
·
Special
Education: Shannon Deninger
R.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment of FDR School Management Team
Members for the summer of 2010, not to exceed 10 hours each at the
contractual
rate, funded by the FY 10 NCLB Title I Grant, as follows:
·
Renee Ahern
·
Winnie
Blankenship
·
Concetta
Burzo
·
Karen
Porreca
·
James
Connelly
·
Shawn
Gunther
·
Gretchen
Halfpenny
Y.
APPROVE (roll
call): Posting
for 3, K-3 staff to participate in the anticipated Reading First State
Professional
Development Program, from July 26, 2010 to July 28, 2010 for a total of
21
hours each at the contractual rate paid by the Supplemental Funds to the
FY’ 10
Reading First Grant.
Z.
APPROVED
(roll call: Posting for special
education
teacher aide for the 2010-2011 school year.
AA.
APPROVED (roll
call: Posting for 6th
grade
teacher for the 2010-2011 school year.
XI.
Student
Items
A.
APPROVE (roll
call) ): Field trip
for the 2009-2010 school year
as follows: Big Buddies/Little Buddies
(24 students: 12 Spragg/12 FDR) trip to
Strike Zone, Egg Harbor City, NJ, on 6/16/10.
Admission and transportation funded by the Municipal Alliance.
Sixteen (16) FDR Wellness Committee
students
to AtlantiCare Life Center, Egg Harbor Township, NJ on June 16, 2010. Admission is free. Transportation
provided by teachers.
1. Student
#10295
2. Student #10382
XII.
Program
Items
A.
RATIFY and
AFFIRM (roll call) ): Acceptance of
the FY’ 10 Reading First Grant application for a total allocation of
$111,997.
B.
APPROVE
(roll call) ):
CLS participation in BJ’s Adopt-A-School Partnership program for
the
2010-2011 school year.
C.
APPROVE
(roll call) ):
Richard Stockton College fieldwork
placement
students from 9/27/10 – 12/14/10 as follows:
FDR
·
Brian
Wilson
·
Leanne
Myers
·
Jeffrey
Snesko
·
Jessica
Pikolycky
CLS
·
Sabe
Pullella
·
Jessica
Cubler
·
Kimberly
McDonald
·
Lorna
Hofstetter
D.
APPROVE
(roll call) ):
Delaware
Valley College student teacher from 10/1/10 – 12/18/10:
Michael Isgro at EHCCS
E.
APPROVE
(roll call) ):
Contract
with Caring For Kids Therapy Services, Inc. to provide physical therapy
services to district students as required by the students’ IEP for the
2010-11
school year at a cost of $100 per initial evaluation and $60 for each
therapy
visit.
F.
APPROVE
(roll call) ):
Contract with
RLAC, Phonics First Professional Development training for 8 staff in
August,
2010, funded by the anticipated FY’10 Reading First Supplemental Grant
Funds .
XIII.
Professional Development
Professional development activities have
been recommended by building
Principals, approved by the Supervisor of Special Projects and the
Superintendent as directly related to the fulfillment of individual
professional improvement plans and/or required by the New Jersey
Department of
Education, No Child Left Behind legislation (NCLB), local student
Individual
Education Plans, or entitlement/discretionary grants.
Adequate funds have been appropriated.
A.
APPROVE
(roll call): Professional
Development Workshops for the 2009-2010 school year.
Handout
XIV.
New
Business
XV.
Informational
Items
A.
Letter from
the US Dept. of Ed.
Office for Civil Rights dated 5/21/10
Attachment
XVI.
Open
to Public
XVII. Calendar
Dates
June
11
8th
Grade Dinner Dance (Tuscany House)
June
23 8th
Grade Commencement Ceremony
June
24
Last
School Day for Students
June
28
Last
Day Staff
July
14
Regular Board Meeting
XVIII.
Executive
Session
Resolution
of the board of education of the Egg Harbor City School District to
permit
discussion of subjects in closed sessions
RESOLVED: At a public meeting of the
Board of Education held on June 9, 2010,
at ________ p.m. that pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of the “Open Public
Meetings
Act”, the following subjects be discussed in a session of the Board of
Education closed to the public:
(1)
Contract
(2)
Negotiations
It
is presently anticipated that the items mentioned in the Resolution can
be
disclosed
to the public when a decision is made upon the same, and in personnel
matter,
with the consent of the employee.
XIX.
Adjournment
Time:
________