BOARD OF
EDUCATION
EGG HARBOR
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Egg Harbor
City, New Jersey 08215
AGENDA
Regular
Meeting
January
13, 2010
Charles
L. Spragg School
Art Room
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 (’10)
Mrs.
Heist (’10) Mr.
McGinnis (’11) Mrs.
Williams (’10)
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 January 13, 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)
(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. December 9, 2009 Regular Attachment
VIII. Financial Items
A.
APPROVE
(roll call):
1.
Board Secretary’s Report – November 2009
Attachment
2. Treasurer of School Moneys Report – November 2009
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 12/31/09 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): December 2009 Bill List
1.
General Account - $844,540.04
2.
Capital Account - $0
3.
Food Service - $47,604.85
4.
Payroll Account – $569,686.00 Attachment
December 31,
2009 Fund 10 – $316,934.49 Fund 20
– $157,581.08 Attachment
E. APPROVE (roll
call): Updated signatures for School Funds
Signatories – General Account (3 of 4 required)
Board President
Treasurer of School Moneys
Board
Secretary
Business
Administrator
Signatories – Payroll (1 of 2 required)
Board
Treasurer
Board
Secretary
Signatories – Payroll Agency (1 of 2 required)
Business
Administrator
Board Secretary
Signatories – FDR Memorial Fund (1 of 2 required)
Business Administrator
Board Secretary
Signatories – Lunch Account (1 of 2 required)
Business
Administrator
Board Secretary
IX.
Non-instructional
Operations Items
1. APPROVE (roll call): Contract with SJTP to provide E-mail Service
to the district for the 2010-11 school year at a cost of $2,400.00 annually.
2. APPROVE (roll call): Contract with Breaker Group, Inc. to provide
maintenance to the phone system for the 2010-11 school year at a cost of $6,200.00
annually.
3. APPROVE (roll call): Revised 2009-2010 school calendar. Attachment
4. APPROVE
(roll call): Resolution #10-10 proclaiming January 2010 “The
State of New Jersey School Boards Recognition Month.”
Attachment
5. APPROVE (roll call): Uniform State Memorandum of Agreement
Between Education and Law Enforcement Officials –
2009-2010 Annual Review.
1. APPROVE (roll call): Use of facilities by U.S. Census Bureau,
Census 2010 for the 2009-10 school year, pending appropriate Certificate of
Insurance.
X.
Personnel
Items – as
recommended by the Superintendent of Schools:
A.
RATIFY
and AFFIRM (roll call): Reduced family leave of absence for Jennifer
Connelly for the 2009-2010 school year. Attachment
B.
APPROVE
(roll call): Appointment of Frank Cambron as the Substance
Counselor for Harborfields for 4 hours per week from January through August
2010 at the contractual hourly rate funded by the FY 10 NCLB Grant, Title I
Part D.
C.
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
Rachel
Schoenstein Co. Sub. Cert.
2. Custodian Substitutes (Daily rate:
$60.00)
Louis Martelli
D.
RATIFY
and AFFIRM (roll call): Posting for CLS long-term special education substitute from 2/11/10
through 6/30/10.
XI.
Student
Items
A.
APPROVE
(roll call) ): Field trip for
the 2009-2010 school year as follows: Selected 8th grade students
to the American Conference on Diversity, Atlantic City Country Club,
Northfield, NJ on January 19, 2010, transportation provided by teacher driven
vehicles.
B.
APPROVE
(roll call) ): Field trip for
the 2009-2010 school year as follows:
FDR Honor Roll
students to Sahara Sam’s Water Park, West Berlin, NJ on February 10,
2010, admission is free, transportation funded by the Municipal Alliance.
C.
APPROVE
(roll call) ): Field trip for
the 2009-2010 school year as follows: Kindergarten students to Cape May County
Zoo on May 28, 2010. Transportation
funded by PTO. Admission funded by
students.
XII.
Program
Items
A.
APPROVE (roll call): Source 4 Teachers substitute list dated
January 2010. Attachment
B.
APPROVE (roll call): Tuition contract with Creative
Achievement, Vineland to provide an educational program during the 2009-10 school year for special
education student, #5431850738 in the amount of $217.89 per diem.
C.
APPROVE
(roll call) ): Rowan University student teacher Health/PE
placement from 1/19/10 through 3/12/10 – Robert John Romeo
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.
Policies
/ Regulations Items
A.
APPROVE (roll call):
Second Reading of revised policies/regulations
as follows:
1. Policy 5000 Admission of Resident Pupils
2. Regulation 5000 Admission of Resident Pupils
3. Policy 5005 Admission of Non-Resident Pupils
XV.
New
Business
XVI.
Informational
Items
A.
OCR letter to Superintendent
dated 12/16/09 Attachment
B.
Superintendent’s letter to OCR
dated 12/18/09 Attachment
XVII. Open to Public
XVIII. Comments for the Good of the
Board
XIX. Calendar Dates
January 18 Martin Luther King Birthday (bldgs.
closed)
February 10 Regular
Board Meeting
XX. 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 January 13, 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)
(3)
(4)
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.
XXI. Adjournment
Time:
________