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10 Penns Valley Area School Board of Directors Penns Valley Elementary/Intermediate School Regular Meeting Minutes January 18, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. Empowering our students every day to reach individual success CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by President Chris Houser at 7:02 pm and roll call was taken. Present: Victoria Brennan, Jeffrey Hyde, Carl Gaffron(phone), Kerri Kubalak, Holly Hawkins, BT Schwier, Darren Narber, Chris Houser, Melissa Krum Absent: none Also in attendance for the meeting were: Brian Griffith, Superintendent; Sherri Connell, Assistant Superintendent; Lynn Naugle, Business Manager; Robert Miller, Director of Physical Plant; Cody Wian, Director of Technology; Nate Althouse, Athletic/Community Relations; Danielle Yoder, Elementary Principal; Kurt Nyquist, Elementary Principal; Dustin Dalton, High School Principal; Jane Gessner, Assistant High School Principal, Holly Sawyer, Director of Student Support Services; Cheaney Stover, Board Secretary; and four members of the community. MINUTES A motion to approve the December 6, 2017 Reorganization and Regular Meeting Minutes. (Attachment 1) Ms. Brennan made a motion, seconded by Mrs. Kubalak. The motion passed by unanimous vote. ANNOUNCEMENTS President Houser announced that there was an executive meeting held following December 6, 2017 regular meeting to discuss contract, legal and personnel matters. There was an executive meeting held following the January 3, 2018 work session to discuss legal and personnel matters. There will be an executive session following tonight s meeting to discuss personnel matters. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS Student Representative Report - Miss Olivia Burd, reported: Five small businesses developed in the Entrepreneurship and Management class are wrapping up operations. The five businesses sold Penns Valley lanyards and sweatshirts, custom shoe laces and phone cases, and scrunchies. Mr. Dalton, our investor, invested $722 to get all of the businesses started and, to date, the businesses have generated over $1,000 in net income. Congratulations to Penns Valley's Academic Decathlon team on their second place finish at the winter scrimmage at Moshannon Valley High School on January 9th. Sam Kupp was the overall champion, handily winning his division and taking gold in each of the four tested subjects (music, math, economics, and science). Also in the honors division, sophomore Ben Hawkins won two bronze medals (music and economics) and was just off the podium with a fourth place finish. Freshman Max Feidler tied Ben for bronze in economics. In the scholastic division, Dan Connolly took home silver for his overall score, winning a bronze medal in economics and a silver in science. Nic Kubalak won a bronze medal in economics. In the varsity division, Joey Steffen earned bronze in economics and silver for math. The super quiz relay team of Sam, Ben, Max, Dan, Joey, Alex Boeckel, Jess Traxler, Isaak Snyder, and Everett Van Heyst finished in third place. Next up for Penns Valley's team is the district meet we will host in February, which determines who moves on to states. January 17, 2018

11 Penns Valley Area School Board of Directors Penns Valley Elementary/Intermediate School Regular Meeting Minutes February 21, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. Empowering our students every day to reach individual success CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Vice President Kerri Kubalak at 7:00 pm and roll call was taken. Present: Victoria Brennan(late 7:05 PM), Jeffrey Hyde, Carl Gaffron, Kerri Kubalak, Holly Hawkins, BT Schwier, Darren Narber, Melissa Krum Absent: Chris Houser Also in attendance for the meeting were: Brian Griffith, Superintendent; Sherri Connell, Assistant Superintendent; Lynn Naugle, Business Manager; Cody Wian, Director of Technology; Danielle Yoder, Elementary Principal; Kurt Nyquist, Elementary Principal; Danielle Yoder, Elementary Principal: Dustin Dalton, High School Principal; Jane Gessner, Assistant High School Principal, Holly Sawyer, Director of Student Support Services; Cheaney Stover, Board Secretary; and three members of the community. MINUTES A motion to approve the January 18, 2018 Regular Meeting Minutes. (Attachment 1) Mr. Gaffron made a motion, seconded by Mr. Schwier. The motion passed by unanimous vote. ANNOUNCEMENTS Vice President Kubalak announced that there was an executive meeting held following January 17, 2018 regular meeting to discuss personnel matters. There was an executive meeting held following the February 7, 2018 work session to discuss personnel matters. There was an executive session held during tonight s meeting to discuss personnel matters. There was an executive session following tonight s meeting to discuss legal and personnel matters. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS Student Representative Report - Miss Olivia Krum, reported: Congratulations to Penns Valley's Academic Decathlon team for its second place finish at the district meet on Friday, February 2nd. The state meet will be held in March at Clarion University on March 9 and 10. Thank you to the school board members who served as speech and interview judges! Painting II and Advanced students are currently working with resident artist Karl Leitzel in Mrs. Ripka s art room. The finished works will be on display at the Penns Valley Youth Center Art Show on April 13th. This experience is funded through a grant with the Penns Valley Education Foundation. The district website has some images of the progress of this activity 42nd Street went very well. The students did a really nice job and enjoyed learning to tap for the show. Seventh grade students finished informational/argumentative essays on changing the school start times. This is a hot topic considering that State College School District is changing their schedules next year. Students looked at both sides of the argument through a variety of texts and added a few of their own personal opinions. Our students have strong opinions about this topic and are eager to share if PV would ever think to follow State College. February 21, 2018

12 Penns Valley Area School Board of Directors REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Penns Valley Elementary/Intermediate School Wednesday, March 21, :00 P.M. Empowering our students every day to reach individual success I. CALL TO ORDER, President, Chris Houser II. III. IV. ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MINUTES A. A motion to approve the February 21, 2018 Regular Meeting Minutes. (Attachment 1) V. ANNOUNCEMENTS A. There was an executive meeting held during and following the February 21, 2018 regular meeting to discuss legal and personnel matters. There was an executive meeting held following the March 7, 2018 work session to discuss personnel matters. There was an executive session held on March 12, 2018 to discuss personnel matters. There will be an executive session following tonight s meeting to discuss contract, legal and personnel matters. VI. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS A. Student Representative Report Miss Olivia Krum B. Physical Plant Mr. Robert Miller C. Elementary Report Mrs. Danielle Yoder and Mr. Kurt Nyquist - 5 th Grade Report D. Secondary Report Mr. Dustin Dalton E. Communications Report Dr. Nate Althouse F. Superintendent Report Dr. Brian Griffith VII. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS/PUBLIC COMMENT Note: The Board is interested in hearing from the public. All comments should be guided by Board Policy 903; highlights can be found below: The Board recognizes the value to school governance of public comment on educational issues and the importance of involving members of the public in