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

 

D.           APPROVE (roll call):  Budget transfer (Resolution #10- 09) for the 2009-10
school year in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6:20-2:13 and Chapter 196 Laws of 1967, as follows:

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

 

A.          Miscellaneous

 

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.

 

 

B.           Facilities

 

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: ________