BOARD OF
EDUCATION
EGG HARBOR
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Egg Harbor
City, New Jersey 08215
AGENDA
Regular
Meeting
May
12, 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 May 12, 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
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. April 28, 2010 Reorganization Attachment
2. April 28, 2010 Regular Attachment
VIII. Financial Items
A.
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 3/31/10 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.
B.
Approve (roll call): April 2010 Bill List
Attachment
1.
General Account - $779,872.04
2.
Capital Account - $0
3.
Food Service - $25,536.45
4.
Payroll Account – $558,510.13 Attachment
April 30, 2010 Fund 10 –$8,947.30 Fund 20 –$5403.00 Attachment
The proposed budget includes programs and services in
addition to Core Curriculum Contents Standards adopted by the State Board of
Education. Information on this budget
and the programs and services it provides is available from your local
district.
BE IT RESOLVED to approve the 2010-2011 school
district budget for submission to the County
Office of
Education as follows:
Budget
General Fund $7,814,438.00
Special
Revenue Fund $1,546,342.00
Debt
Service Fund $ 629,305.00
$9,990,085.00
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to acknowledge that the
2010-2011 budget as described above will result in the following:
General
Tax Fund Levy $2,235,239.00
Debt
Service Tax Levy $ 120,461.00
$2,355,700.00
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that automatic tax levy cap
adjustments have been applied to the 2010-2011 school budget.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Egg Harbor City Board
of Education establish a maximum of $20,000.00 in the general fund 2010-2011
budget, allotted for travel and travel related expenditures.
General Fund $2,235,239.00
Debt Service Fund $120,461.00
$2,355,700.00
This
is the 2010-11 budget set forth to the taxpayers with a $90,000.00 reduction
from the City of Egg Harbor after the election.
And
further approve the payment schedule as follows:
Debt Service:
$120,461.00
due July 15, 2010
General Fund:
$186,270.00 by July 30, 2010 $223,524.00 by January 21, 2011
$186,270.00 by August 31, 2010 $223,524.00 by February 28, 2011
$186,270.00 by
September 30, 2010 $223,524.00 by
March 31, 2011
$186,270.00 by October 29, 2010 $223,524.00 by April 29, 2011
$186,270.00 by November 30, 2010 $223,523.50 by May 31, 2011
$186,269.50 by December 31, 2010
Total
General Fund Levy: $2,235,239.00
IX.
Non-instructional
Operations Items
1. APPROVE (roll call): Use of facilities by the Humane Society of
Atlantic County for the 2010-11 school year.
1. APPROVE (roll call): Resolution # 10-17 appointing Mary R. Barry
of the Inland Agency and Dennis M. Brown of Glenn Insurance, Inc. as Co-Risk
Management Consultants for the 2010-2011 school year, and approval of an
agreement authorizing compensation at an assessment not to exceed 3% total of
the Atlantic and Cape May Counties School Business Officials Joint Insurance
Fund’s assessment for the Egg Harbor City School District.
1. APPROVE (roll call): Submission of the Comprehensive Equity Plan
Annual Statement of Assurance for the 2010-2011 school year. Attachment
2. APPROVE (roll call): Contract with Public Consulting Group to
provide a Child Study Team software program (Easy IEP) to the district for
three years beginning July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2013 at a cost of $7,500.00
for year one and $4,500 per year for
each year after.
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
5/12/10 through 6/4/10.
B.
RATIFY
and AFFIRM (roll call): Extension of leave
for Darlene Martin through 6/30/10.
C.
APPROVE
(roll call): Renewal of staff contracts for the 2010-2011
school year. Attachment
D.
APPROVE
(roll call): Revised date of retirement for Janet May,
Accounting/Payroll Specialist, from 9/1/10 to 8/1/10.
E.
APPROVE
(roll call): Leave of
absence for Tara Macchione, CLS teacher from 6/4/10 through 6/30/10.
F.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment of substitutes for the 2009-2010 school year
1. Teacher Substitutes
Daily
rate: 1) Atl. Co. Sub. Cert. w/60
credits + - $65.00; 2) Atl. Co. Sub w/BA
- $70.00; 3) NJ Teach. Cert - $75.00
1)
Otressa Grayson Co. Sub. Cert.
G.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment of Marie Hunter as
Accounting/Payroll Specialist for the 2010-2011 school year at the annual salary
of $43,000, prorated to the start date of 7/6/10. Attachment
H.
APPROVE
(roll call): Posting for the following Special Education Extended
School Year Program positions (July 6, 2010 to July 30, 2010), at the
contractual rate:
·
Special Education
Instructors 6 up to 90 hours each
·
Classroom Aides 2 up to 80 hours each.
·
Nurse 1 up to 90 hours
I.
APPROVE
(roll call): Posting for the following positions for the
2010-2011 school year:
·
CLS Physical
Education Teacher
·
CLS Special
Education Teacher
J.
APPROVE
(roll call): Posting for 14 School Management Team members
(7 CLS and 7 FDR) for the summer of 2010 not to exceed 10 hours each at the
contractual rate funded by the FY10 NCLB Grant, Title I funds.
K.
APPROVE
(roll call): Posting for the following 21st Century
Community Learning Center Summer Camp positions from 7/5/10 until 7/23/10
funded by the FY’10 21st CCLC Grant.
·
4 teachers at 90
hours
·
1 teacher at 54
hours.
·
1 nurse at 22.5
hours
XI.
Student
Items
A. APPROVE (roll
call) ): Field trip for
the 2009-2010 school year as follows:
1st
Grade to Paws Farm, Mt. Laurel, NJ, 6/17/10.
Admission paid for by students. Transportation funded by PTO.
B.
APPROVE
(roll call) ): Field trip for
the 2009-2010 school year as follows: 5th
grade to AtlantiCare’s
Healthy Schools Celebration, Spontaneous Sports, Egg Harbor Township, NJ on
Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Admission and
transportation funded by AtlantiCare.
XII.
Program
Items
A.
APPROVE
(roll call) ):
Operation of the Special Education Extended School
Year Program from 7/6/10 to 7/30/10.
B.
APPROVE
(roll call) ):
Acceptance
of the Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Grant Program for the 2010-2011 school
year. Award amount based on student
enrollment. $14,337.81
C.
APPROVE
(roll call) ):
Stockton college students as follows:
Kelly
Smart, Introductory Fieldwork, 80 hours 5/17/10-6/17/10
John
Murray, Ed. Psych, 40 hours, 5/17/10-6/17/10
D.
APPROVE
(roll call) ):
Submission
of the FY’ 10 Reading First Supplemental Funds Grant application for a total
allocation of $70,000.
E.
APPROVE
(roll call) ):
Operation of the Early Intervention Reading Program
from 7/6/10 to 7/30/10.
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.
Open
to Public
XVI. Calendar Dates
May 31 Memorial Day (bldgs. closed)
June 9 Regular Board Meeting
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
XVII. 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 May 12, 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)
(2)
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.
XVIII.
Adjournment
Time:
________