SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD BOARD MEETING AGENDA May 17, 2001 7:00 P.M. - District Administration Building, Board Room I. Call Meeting to Order II. Pledge to the Flag III. Roll Call IV. Approval of Board Agenda. (Action) V. The Board of Education to consider approval of the May 3, 2001 Board Meeting minutes. (Information, Mailed with agenda, Action) VI. Treasurer's Report; General Fund for April 2001. (Information) VII. Introduction of Visitors and Presentations: A. Mette, Evans, and Woodside and Public Financial Management, Inc. to present results of bond sale held May 17, 2001. (Information) B. Overview of District's proposed Differentiated Staff Supervision Plan by Ray Lingenfelter and Scott Rohrer, Co-Chairpersons of District's Differentiated Staff Supervision Committee. (Information, Mailed with agenda) VIII. Student Representative Report IX. Public Comment X. Old Business A. Review Bills for Payment (Mailed under separate cover, Action) B. Other items of business XI. Committee Reports A. Education 1. The Board of Education to consider approval of the District's proposed Differentiated Staff Supervision Plan in accordance with School Code 24 P.S. Section 11-1123 and related PA Department of Education Basic Education Circular. (Action) 2. The Board of Education to consider adoption of the following textbooks for use during the 2001-02 school year: (Action) a. Susquehannock High School (1) For Health Courses, Grades 9 and 11: Health: A Guide to Wellness, Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2001, Merki and Merki; Cleary and Flynn (contributing authors) (2) For Industrial Drawing Courses, Grades 10-12: AutoCAD LT 98 Fundamentals and Applications, Goodheart- Willcox Publisher, 1999, Ted Saufley b. Southern Middle School (7-8) (1) For Physical Science, Grade 8: Science Explorer: Physical Science, Prentice Hall, 2001 3. Share a copy of District's Summer 2001 Staff Development In- Service Credit Courses. (Information, Mailed with agenda) 4. Share a copy of April 17 and 18, 2001 Pennsylvania Department of Education's Compliance Review of District's Federal Programs. (Information, Mailed with agenda) 5. Other items of business. B. Finance and Budget 1. Report on the status of the General Fund Budget as of April 2001. (Information) 2. Report on tax collections and billings. (Information) 3. Report on cafeteria operations. (Information) 4. The Board of Education to consider approval of sale of General Obligation Bonds, Series of 2001. (Action) 5. The Board of Education to adopt the 2001-2002 General Operating Budget. (Information, Mailed with agenda, Action) 6. The Board of Education to consider adoption of a resolution to establish tax levies to fund the 2001-2002 budget: (Action) a. Real Estate: mills b. Act 511 (1) Per Capita: $5.00 (2) Wage and Income Tax: one half of one percent (3) Real Estate Transfer Tax: one half of one percent (4) Occupation Assessment Tax: 1150 mills c. Section 679; Per Capita Tax: $5.00 7. The Board of Education to establish compensation for Board Treasurer. (Action) 8. The Board of Education to consider approval of budgetary transfer as needed. (Action) 9. Other items of business. C. Personnel and Policy 1. The Board of Education to consider and approval of the following Supplemental Contracts for Curriculum Writing Projects to be completed by June 30, 2001 at $22 per hour for the number of hours specified. (Action) a. Elementary (K-6) (1) Eleanor Lawyer, Library Instruction, 10 hours (2) Wendy Fitzgerald, Library Instruction, 10 hours (3) Beverly Opilo, Library Instruction, 10 hours b. Middle School (7-8) (1) Bradley Zartman, English, (7), 25 hours (2) William Terney, English, (8), 25 hours (3) Norma Conley, Library Instruction, (7-8), 15 hours (4) Barbara Nealon, Science (7), 25 hours (5) Barbara Nealon, Science, (8), 25 hours c. Susquehannock High School (9-12) (1) Sheila Bedell, English Fundamental, (9), 15 hours (2) Sheila Bedell, English Fundamental, (11), 15 hours (3) Amy Alvarez, General Science, (9) 12.5 hours (4) Ronald Leese, General Science, (9) 12.5 hours (5) Laura Stiles, General Biology, (10-12) 12.5 hours (6) Brian Conner, General Biology, (10-12) 12.5 hours (7) Ed Bailey, Biology I, (9-12) 25 hours (8) Laura Stiles, Biology II, (10-12) 25 hours (9) Ken Alwine, Physics I, (10-12) 25 hours (10) Ken Alwine, Physics II, (11-12) 25 hours (11) George Gerba, Earth Science, (10-12) 25 hours (12) Frank Blum, Environmental Science, (10-12) 25 hours (13) Lynda Howell, Library Instruction, (9-12) 15 hours 2. The Board of Education to consider approval of the following two Act 80 early dismissal dates as authorized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education on April 26, 2001, for the 2001-02 school year: (Information, Mailed with agenda, Action) a. Friday, May 3, 2002 b. Wednesday, June 5, 2002 3. The Board of Education to elect a Board treasurer for a one year term beginning July 1, 2001. (Action) 4. The Board of Education to consider approval of the re-appointment of Stock and Leader as law firm for the Board of Education. (Action) 5. The Board of Education to consider approval of participation in the Federal Surplus Property Program administered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services. (Action) 6. The Board of Education to consider reappointment of the following directors to a three year term beginning July 1, 2001 to the Southern York County School District Foundation: (Action) a. Patrick Fero b. Jeffrey Sanders c. Gregory Saubel 7. The Board of Education to consider action on recommendation of the ad hoc committee on food service reference contract with Metz and Associates, Ltd. (Action) 8. The Board of Education to consider approval of a fireworks display following graduation ceremonies on June 13, 2001. (Action) 9. The Board of Education to consider approval of the following additions to the substitute list for the 2000-2001 school year; (Action) a. Teacher; Cynthia Dickson b. Custodian; Teresa Reimold 10. The Board of Education to consider approval of the following supplemental contract for the 2001-2002 school year; Robert Shinnick, Assistant Varsity Swim Coach, Step 2. (Action) 11. The Board of Education to consider approval for a high school student to attend the William Penn High School Performing Arts Program for the 2001-2002 school year at approximately $800 per course. (Action) 12. The Board of Education to consider approval of October 11, 2001, February 28, 2002 and May 22, 2002 as Board of Education Recognition Nights. (Action) 13. The Board of Education to consider the appointment of the following summer custodial/maintenance staff: (Action) a. Summer Custodians at $5.15/hour (1) Craig Dolson (2) Jesse Dominick (3) James Forry, Jr. (4) Quinn McCullough (5) Tara Smith (6) Michael Williams (7) Shawn Waltemyer b. Summer Maintenance (1) Mark Albright at $6.50/hour (2) Josh Dominick at $6.00/hour (3) Michael Deveney at $8.00/hour (4) Arthur Hare at $5.50/hour (4) Robert Kirkpatrick at $6.00/hour 14. The Board of Education to consider approval of the following supplemental contract for the 2000-2001 school year; Denise L. Revels, Title VI Instructional Assistant at Friendship Elementary School, 3 hours per day for 23 days at $8/hour. (Action) 15. Other items of business D. Buildings and Grounds 1. Request to use school facilities: (Information) a. PTSO/Susquehannock High School Teachers, Susquehannock High School Auditorium, Friday, June 8, 2001 from 3:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. b. Grace United Methodist Church, Susquehannock High School Main Gymnasium, Saturday, May 12, 2001 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. c. York Unity AAU, Susquehannock High School Auxiliary Gymnasium, May 3, 2001 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. d. York Unity Sports, Shrewsbury Elementary School Gymnasium, May 3, 10 June 7, 2001 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and May 15 and June 5, 2001 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 2. Share copy of April 26, 2001 Susquehannock High School Addition/Renovation team meeting minutes. (Information, Mailed with agenda) 3. Report on May 10, 2001 Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting. (Information) 4. The Board of Education to consider award of bid for Site Improvements to Susquehannock High School to lowest responsible bidder. (Action) 5. The Board of Education to consider award of bid for Entrance Security Renovations at Friendship Elementary School, Shrewsbury Elementary School, Southern Elementary School, and Southern Middle School to the lowest responsible bidders. (Action) 6. Other items of business. E. Transportation, Health and Safety; Other items of business. F. Athletic and Extracurricular; Other items of business. XII. Reports of Representative Appointments A. Legislative Council B. Area Vocational-Technical School C. Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. 12 D. York Area Earned Income Tax Bureau E. Southern York County Regional Planning Commission; Share copy of the following meeting minutes: (Information, Mailed with agenda) 1. April 3, 2001 2. May 1, 2001 G. Southern Regional Recreation Board; Share copy of March 13, 2001 meeting minutes. (Information, Mailed with agenda) H. Other items of business. XIII. Secretary's Report A. Report on receipt of the following resignations: (Information) 1. Dana Stein, cook at Southern Middle School due to retirement effective April 18, 2001. 2. Brett Klinetop, School Psychologist effective July 25, 2001. 3. Carole Townsend, French teacher effective July 2, 2001. 4. Wayne Margelot, Assistant Boys Soccer Coach effective May 10, 2001. 5. Shirley Hagan, Part-Time Instructional Assistant at Shrewsbury Elementary School effective June 13, 2001. B. Attendance of Outside Children Living with District Residents. (Information) C. Share copy of e-mail from Tom Faye reference tax increase. (Information, Mailed with agenda) XIV. Superintendent's Report: The following staff members have been approved to attend the following conferences: (Information) A. Stacey Sidle, "I/D/E/A Principals' Institute," July 17 - 19, 2001 and monthly sessions during the 2001-2002 school year, Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. 12, at a cost not to exceed $779.40 B. Laura Stiles, "Science Standards and Assessment Workshop," April 30, 2001, Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. 12, at a cost not to exceed 20.70 C. Lynda Howell, "SPIES (ACCESS PA) Spring Meeting," May 9, 2001, Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. 12, at a cost not to exceed $17.25 D. Susan Hochsteadt, "Wilson Language Training Two-Day Overview Workshop," June 28-29, 2001, Lincoln Intermediate Unit #12, at a cost not to exceed $327.60 E. Patti McGonagle, "Grant Writing Workshop," May 8-9, 2001, Harrisburg, PA. at a cost not to exceed $120. F. Grace Myers and Jessica Luers, "How to Solve Communication Problems", May 18, 2001, Lincoln Intermediate Unit #12, at a cost not to exceed 149.50. XV. Notes A. Share a copy of "Practical & Political Issues in Community Asset Development as a Route for School Improvement," by Dr. Raymond Lorean, University of Pennsylvania, South Penn School Study Council, Group D, March 27, 2001. (Information, Mailed with agenda) B. Share a copy of "New Trends in Teacher Evaluation," by Charlotte Danielson, Education Leadership, February 2001. (Information, Mailed with agenda) C. Share a copy of "Evaluating Experienced Teachers," by Barbara B. Howard and Wendy H. McColskey, Educational Leadership, February 2001. (Information, Mailed with agenda) D. Share a copy of "Parent & Student Communication Guide," Susquehannock High School. (Information, Mailed with agenda) E. Share a copy of Shrewsbury Elementary PTO Newsletter, May 2000. (Information, Mailed with agenda) XVI. Announcements: The Board of Education will hold its third Recognition Night on Wednesday, May 23rd at Susquehannock High School Auditorium beginning at 7:00 p.m. XVII. New Business XVIII. Adjournment There will be an executive session following the regular board meeting to discuss a personnel issue.