MINUTES - APPROVED
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Date of Meeting:
Time of Meeting:
Type of Meeting: Business Meeting
Place of Meeting: Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room
Board Members Present: Pauline Kaplan, Board President
Henrietta Lodge, Vice President
Thomas Clark
Helen
Grosso (arr.
Dennis Munnelly
Teri Olson
Board Members Absent: Robert Gaglione
Admin. Staff Present: Frank DeLuca, Superintendent
Frank Tolan
Dr. Cheryl Thomas
Anthony Saracino
Susan Frank
John Bellucci
Sonya Abbye Taylor
George Newman
Margie Clarke
Robert Hamilton
Evelyn Perrault
Admin. Staff Absent:
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Business Meeting Called to Order by Board President Roll Call was taken by the Board Clerk Pledge to the Flag Board President
Comments The Board extends condolences to the DeFabbia Family. Update on the search for the superintendent. Many ads have been placed and a mailing has gone out to more than 1100 individuals and organizations requesting applications and nominations. Screening interviews will start within the next week or so. The search is on schedule. Board President would like to add a resolution to nominate Thomas Clark for The Everett R. Dyer Award for Distinguished School Board Service. Tom has 28 years of service to the Board of Education. Motion by Henrietta Lodge, seconded by Dennis Munnelly and carried unanimously that the Board of Education approve the nomination of Thomas Clark for The Everett R. Dyer Award. Visitor’s
comments Mr. Mike Gatta – 6th grade Science teacher at PCMS. Thanked the board for appointing him to the many different coaching positions he has held at Pawling. He informed the board that he is no longer available to coach. Board Remarks None Presentation: Refining 2006-07 Budget Frank DeLuca, Superintendent Margie Clark, Asst. Supt. For Finance Agenda order: Motion by Thomas Clark, seconded by Dennis Munnelly and carried unanimously that the Board of Education approve the following additions, deletions/changes and order of the agenda as presented. 11.1 Permission for Employees Children to Attend Pawling Schools: D. Delete Copeland The Items with a * are items the Superintendent recommends for the consent agenda. Motion by Henrietta Lodge and seconded by Dennis Munnelly and carried unanimously that the Board of Education accepts the following as the consent agenda: 8.1 Resignation(s) A. Music Teacher B. School Bus Driver C. School (playground) Monitor 8.2 Leave Request(s) A. Family Medical Leave - Custodian 8.3 Appointments: A. Extended Substitute Physical Education Teacher, B. Student Teachers C. School (playground) Monitor D. School (playground) Monitor E. Teacher Aide F. Substitute Teacher(s) for the remainder of the 2005-06 school year: G. A Deputy District Clerk to act in the absence of Board Clerk 8.4 Reduce Teacher Aide Position and add Typist Position 8.5 Approve Administrative Internship 8.6 Tenure Recommendations 9.1 Accept
Donation 10.1 Accept
Individualized Education Plans 11.1 Grant Permissions for Employees’ Children to Attend Pawling Schools 11.2 Approve Late Transportation Request Consent Agenda
Discussion The Board offered their congratulations to all the teachers for receiving tenure. Item # 8.4 is to solve a problem, to give the special Ed. Dept. additional help with end of year reports. Granting permissions for employee’s children to attend Pawling’s schools is not guaranteed. Permission is based on available space. Minutes Motion by Thomas Clark, seconded by Henrietta Lodge, 5
yes, 1 abstaining (Teri Olson absent from Meeting Minutes Discussion: Corrections to the minutes,
Board President comments remove line That states the consultant firm is
selecting the superintendent. The BOE is selecting the superintendent. In visitor comments the last name is
Vlamis. Keith Yungel should be under spring coaches not student
teachers. Personnel *Approved as part of the consent agenda that the Board of Education accept the following resignation(s):
Sheldon Gartner, Music Teacher, effective Richard Reiske, Jr., school bus driver, effective Dana Burgarella, as a school (playground) monitor, dependent upon
her appointment as a Teacher Aide, effective *Approved as part of the consent agenda that the Board of Education approve the following leave request(s): Anne Rowe, for a leave under the Family Medical Leave Act,
effective March 31 to
*Approved as part of the consent agenda that the Board of Education approve the following appointments: Matthew C. Brown, extended substitute physical education teacher, replacing a teacher on Family Medical Leave, commencing April 3, 2006 to approximately of $110.00 day (no other benefits). The following student teacher: Laura Brennan, from SUNY New Paltz, assigned to Mrs. McDonald from March 20 – May 18, 2006. Playground monitors Maria Pizzolongo, as a school (playground) monitor, effective Renee Boo, as a school (playground) monitor, effective Teacher Aide Dana Burgarella, as a teacher aide, at the hourly rate of $9.08,
effective The following substitute teacher(s) for the remainder of the 2005-06 school year: Aaron Armisto, at the 4 yr. degree rate, dependent upon fingerprint clearance from the State Education Department. Virginia Mold, as a Deputy District Clerk in the absence of Board Clerk, Margaret MacLeay Generoso, for the remainder of the 2005-06 school year, at the hourly rate of $13.46. Note: $13.46 is the typist rate contained in the CSEA contract. *Approved as part of the
consent agenda that the Board of Education reduce Richard Milhaven’s full-time teacher aide position to .5 position
(9.63 hr. prorated) and also appoint him to a .5 probationary Typist
position, effective *Approved as part of the
consent agenda that the Board of Education approve Helen Callan as an administrative intern for the *Approved as part of the consent agenda that the Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, approve the following tenure recommendations: Cheryl Basch,
in the Special Education tenure area
(CSE chair) effective Jennifer Chason,
in the Elementary tenure area, effective Susan Fisher,
in the in the ESL tenure area, effective Margaret Maasz,
in the Elementary tenure area, effective Steven Schoenberg,
in the secondary Social Studies area, effective Mindy Minnella,
in the Daria Fiala, in
the Spec. Education tenure area. effective Ann E. Emmons, in the Speech & Hearing Handicapped tenure area, effective Charles Ackerman,
in the Elementary tenure area effective Laura Basili,
in the Karen Comiskey,
in the Teaching Assistant tenure area, effective Financial *Approved as part of the consent agenda that the Board of
Education accept, with thanks, the
donation of a small (new) fireproof safe with an estimated value of $500.00
from Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Generoso,
*Approved as part of the consent agenda that the Board of Education accept the following individualized education plans: For 2005-06 school year: 200605, 10451, 12171, 02022,
200399, 200185, 02080, 10340, 10179 For 2006-07 School year: 200630, 200629, 10440, 9814, 10054, 200445, 5064,
200038, 200120, 100055, 10227, 200152, 10171, 200071, 10373, 10374, 9886,
5030, 10232, 3887, 200119, 10840, 200069, 10408, 200378, 9516, 10249, 10873,
10252, 200042, 10190, 5055, 10848, 10397, 10879, 10258, 10444, 200070, 10030,
10269, 11009, 10892, 09943, 0084 Board of Education *Approved as part of the consent agenda that the Board of Education grant permission for the following employees children to attend Pawling Schools for the 2006-2007 school year, at no cost and contingent upon available space and continuing employment in the 2006-2007 school year: Elisabeth Pancio’s son PJ at H.S. (11th grade) Nancy Walsh’s son Dylan, in Kindergarten Sharon Pritchard’s daughter Georgia in 1st grade *Approved as part of the consent agenda that the Board of Education approve the late transportation request for: J. & G. Iannucelli change in drop off for after-school care Motion by Teri Olson, seconded by Thomas Clark and carried unanimously that the Board of Education table the District’s Shared Decision Making Plan. Discussion The Board President wanted to know if this was a draft. Since her name is on this document and she is required to sign this document she wants to be clear as to what this is. The concern is that the entire document was not included in the packet. The board made the decision to table this until next meeting. Motion by Henrietta Lodge, seconded by Dennis Munnelly and
carried unanimously that the Board of Education of
the Pawling Central School District, Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York,
hereby authorizes and directs the District Clerk to give notice to the
qualified voters of the School District of the Annual Public Hearing on the
Budget, Annual Meeting, School District Election and Vote as attached,
including the following propositions: RENOVATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INCLUDING ROOF, FAÇADE AND ENTRANCES RESOLVED,
that the Board of Education of the Pawling Central School District, is hereby
authorized to (1) renovate the Elementary School, including Roof Replacement,
Repointing of Façade, and Exterior Entrance Repairs at a cost not to exceed
$2,600,000, which is estimated to be the maximum cost thereof, (2) expend
such sums for such purpose, (3) levy the tax necessary therefor, to be levied
and collected in annual installments in such years and in such amounts as may
be determined by the Board of Education, taking into account state aid
received, and (4) in anticipation of the collection of such tax, to issue bonds
and notes of the District at one time or from time to time in the principal
amount not to exceed $2,600,000, and to
levy a tax to pay the interest on such obligations when due. BUS PURCHASE PROPOSITION RESOLVED,
that the Board of Education of the Pawling Central School District, is hereby
authorized to (1) acquire school buses and school vehicles at a cost not to
exceed $273,157, which is estimated to be the maximum cost thereof, (2)
expend such sums for such purpose, (3) levy the tax necessary therefor, to be
levied and collected in annual installments in such years and in such amounts
as may be determined by the Board of Education, taking into account state aid
received, and (4) in anticipation of the collection of such tax, to issue
bonds and notes of the District at one time or from time to time in the
principal amount not to exceed $273,157, and to levy a tax to pay the
interest on such obligations when due. See full resolution attached hereto Discussion Helen Grosso – wanted to know
when the annual meeting takes place. The annual meeting is the night of the
vote. When is the public hearing is May 8th. The board is voting
on the text of the notice this evening.
Helen wanted to suggest that they have more than one public hearing on
the budget. It was explained that we
have been having meetings to explain to the public the budget. The public hearing is a misnomer; it is not
a public hearing because by then everything has been decided. It is more like hear us public this is want
you are voting on. The final notice
with the numbers will be approved at the April 24th meeting when
the final numbers are in. Then this
notice will go into the paper. Motion by Henrietta Lodge, seconded by Dennis Munnelly and carried unanimously that the Board of Education approve Policy No. 6710, Use of Credit Cards. Discussion The Board President had a comment on policies in general. It seems that a lot of policies are coming by the board and she feels that they are just rubber stamping them. The suggestion was made that the policy committee review the policies before they were presented to the board for a vote. Old
Business Discuss
various sample policies regarding Meals and Refreshments at Meetings. The board decided to go with the sample policy
# 9170. This will be a resolution on
the next agenda. A
survey of Pawling High School Graduates was given this was included in the
budget at one time. The teachers have never gotten a copy of
this would it be possible that they get copies. Copies will be made available to the
teachers as soon as possible. It was
also asked if this survey might be something we could do every few years. New
Business BOCES
Annual Meeting, Board
President inquired as to whether any of the Board members would be attending
this meeting. None of the Board
members are available to attend this meeting. BOCES
Budget Vote, Pauline
Kaplan, Henrietta Lodge, Teri Olson and Lee will check to see if Robert
Gaglione would be available to attend. Helen
Grosso asked that an article be copied and given to the board in their next
packets to be discussed at the next board meeting. Administrative
Reports Superintendent – Wanted to point out the Call to
Action, which were included in the packets.
The concern continues to be not only the numbers in the budget but
some of the added language which will have an impact on how school districts
are govern and the flexible that they have. Elementary
Principal – We were
awarded $250.00 from Hannaford’s help schools, thanks to the PTA for their
help in this. We topped Middle
School Principal – Thanks to the PTA, they brought in several authors and the
students really enjoyed it. Also
thanks to the Friends of the Pawling Library for the spelling bee, there are
16 finalists. Middle
School Dean of Students -
The Ballet will be doing two assembles in the elementary school April 18th
and May 4th. The 8th graders are going to the Anne
Frank exhibit. High
School Principal –
Last Thursday over $1,800 was raised at the food auction. Wednesday is the 8th grade
parent’s orientation. Asst.
Superintendent for Curriculum and Personnel – Thanks to LEAF
for sponsoring the Ballet, it will be a nice addition to what happens in
Pawling. Thanks to Susan for all her
help with the Ballet. On April 3rd
another conference day will take place.
An agenda will be in the next board packet. Also a course is running this evening made
up of parents and teachers called “Not Just Survival Spanish”. Peer leaders are helping out with
babysitting. This course is teaching Spanish and English. We have 8 teachers
and 9 parents taking the course. Asst. Superintendent for Finance – Wellness committee had 2nd
meeting and we are up to 32 people and sub-committee have been chosen. The Audit committee had a meeting and will
be meeting with different auditors this week. Director
of Special Education -
None Dean
of Students/Athletic Director - Modified sports started today, we have 200
students. Director
of Facilities and Operations - They
are working on getting the fields ready for the Athletic Department. Supervisor
of Transportation –
Bus safety drills will take place April 19th and 20th. Bus Garage is almost ready, the break room
is under construction and they are waiting for the phone system. Visitors’ Comments – Henry
Wallace Walters – He spoke of his concern with how to get people from the
community to attend the Board meetings to support the school. John
Benson – Commented that he noticed that the student presentation at last
weeks meeting went after the budget presentation. He was wondering if it would be better for
the student presentations to be 1st since they need to be able to
get home to do homework. He also had questions with regards to the budget. Executive
Session Motion by Teri Olson, seconded by Dennis
Munnelly and carried unanimously that the Board of Education enters
Executive Session to discuss specific personnel issues and legal
issues. Time: The
following was recorded by Henrietta Lodge, clerk pro tem: Note:
Thomas Clark not in attendance at Executive Session. Motion
by Teri Olson, seconded by Helen Grosso and carried unanimously that the
Board of Education reconvenes to open session. Time: Motion by Teri Olson, seconded by Helen Grosso and carried unanimously that the Board of Education adjourns this meeting. Time: Respectfully submitted, Margaret Generoso District Clerk |
CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE Board Pres.
Comments Nomination of Thomas Clark for The Visitor’s Comments Board Remarks PRESENTATION AGENDA ORDER APPROVE CONSENT
AGENDA APPROVE MINUTES PERSONNEL Resignations Leave of Absence Appointments Approve student teacher Approve playground monitors Approve Teacher Aide Approve substitute teacher Approve Deputy District Clerk Reduce Teacher Aide Position and add Typist Position Approve Administrative Internship Approve Tenure FINANCIAL Accept Donation SPECIAL EDUCATION Approve IEP’s BOARD OF EDUCATION Grant Permissions for Employees’ Children to Attend
Pawling Schools Approve Late Transportation Request District’s Shared Decision Making Plan Direct District Clerk To Give Notice of the Annual Public
Hearing on the Budget, Annual Meeting, Use of Credit Cards OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS BOCES Annual Meeting BOCES Budget Vote ADMINISTRATIVE
REPORTS VISITORS’ COMMENTS ADJOURN |