PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

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1 PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Regular Voting Meeting February 26, 2019, 7:00 PM Philipsburg-Osceola Middle School Board Room M I N U T E S The February 26, 2019, regular Voting Meeting of the Philipsburg-Osceola Area Board of School Directors was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by Mrs. Rebecca Timchak, Board President. Roll call was taken with eight members present and one member absent. There was a motion by Mr. Jeffries, seconded by Mrs. Lamb, to approve the January 8, 2019, Committee Meeting Minutes, as presented. All were in favor. There was a motion by Mr. Jeffries, seconded by Mr. Miller, to approve the January 22, 2019, Regular Voting Meeting Minutes, as presented. All were in favor. Mrs. Timchak reported that there was an executive session at 6:30 p.m. for personnel. Mr. Michael Conte, Director of Finance, gave an outstanding presentation on the District s budget. He gave a detailed account on payroll and healthcare. Linda Bush recognized Brian McGonigal, the new Football Coach. Mrs. Timchak directed the following motions be presented. A. BUDGET, FINANCE & TRANSPORTATION - *Mr. Miller & Mr. Curtis 1. FINANCIAL REPORT: Motion to approve the Financial Report for the month of January 2019, as presented. 2. DISBURSEMENTS: Motion to approve the following disbursements from November 2, 2018, through December 28, $ 16, Athletic Account (checks to ) $ 56, Cafeteria Account ( to ) $ 1, General Account (checks to 44444) $ 6, Student Activities Accounts (checks to ) $ Construction Clearing Account (check 22336) $ 1,243, GRAND TOTAL 1

2 PAYROLL: 01/11/19 $ 488, /25/19 $ 502, /08/19 $ 508, TAX DELETIONS: Motion to approve the following tax deletions, as presented. MUNICIPALITIES DELETIONS Boggs Township 1 Chester Hill Borough 19 Decatur Township 53 Osceola Mills Borough 28 Philipsburg Borough 0 Rush Township 0 Wallaceton Borough 0 4. COMCAST AGREEMENT - BANDWIDTH: Motion to approve a Comcast Agreement to increase the bandwidth district-wide, beginning July 1, 2019, at the Middle School (see page 22 of agreement) and run continuously for 25 months at a cost of $2, or $64, over the term of the agreement. 5. COMCAST AGREEMENT WAN SPEED: Motion to increase our WAN speed, beginning July 1, 2019, to 200 Mbps at the Philipsburg Elementary, Osceola Elementary and High School for 26 months at a cost of $3,672 or $95,472 over the term of the agreement. 7. ON-HANDS SCHOOLS CONTRACT: Motion to approve the On-Hand Schools Contract for the school years ending 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 for a total cost of $48, SCHOOLPOINTE: Motion to approve the agreement with SchoolPointe to establish and maintain the District s website for the period beginning January 2019 through June 2022 (three years) at $11,025 over the term of the contract (see attached Appendix A and B). 9. BUS DRIVERS: Motion to approve the following bus drivers for Fullington Bus Company for the 2018/19 school year: Croyle, Robert Koptchak, Rick Lewis, Alfred Nevel, James B. BUILDING AND GROUNDS - *Mr. Curtis & Ms. McGee 1. DONATE EQUIPMENT: Motion to donate one metal lathe, located at the High School Shop, to the Clearfield County Career and Technology Center. 2

3 C. COMMUNITY RELATIONS *Mr. Jeffries & Mr. Miller D. CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION & ASSESSMENT *Mrs. Lamb & Mrs. Bush 1. AGREEMENT: Motion to approve an agreement between the Philipsburg- Osceola Area School District and Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, as presented. 2. FIELD TRIP REQUESTS: Motion to approve the field trip requests as presented. 3. ACT 80 DAYS: Motion to approve adding an Act 80 day on June 12, 2019, and moving ACT 80 days from February 15, 2019, and May 10, 2019, to June 10 and June 11, E. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE - *Mrs. Bush & Mrs. Lamb 1. INTERNSHIP: Motion to approve a Principal Internship through Penn State University for Angela Michaels to be completed at Philipsburg- Osceola Area High School during the 2018/2019 school year. 2. RESIGNATION: Motion to accept the resignation of Richard Bell, a 5.0 hour district wide Custodian, effective February 26, POST: Motion to post a 5.0 hour district wide Custodian, posting effective February 27, CUSTODIAN SUBSTITUTE: Motion to approve Devin Pannebaker as a Custodian Substitute, effective January 28, HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTOR: Motion to approve Jackie Mills as a Homebound Instructor for the 2018/2019 school year. 6. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT: Motion to approve the Education Support Professionals Memorandum of Agreement regarding Summer Hours for 2019, as presented. 7. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT: Motion to approve the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union Memorandum of Agreement regarding Summer Hours for 2019, as presented. 3

4 8. UNPAID DAYS: Motion to approve a request from a from a part-time Special Education Instructional Assistant for the following unpaid days due to exhausting all sick and personal days. December 20, 2018 (full day) December 21, 2018 (half day) February 4, 2019 (half day) February 5, 2019 (full day) 9. UNPAID DAYS: Motion to approve a request from a part-time Special Education Instructional Assistant for extended sick leave for the 2018/2019 school year due to exhausting all sick and personal days; employee does not qualify for FMLA. 10. UNPAID DAYS: Motion to approve a request from a part-time cashier/kitchen helper for unpaid days on April 22 and 23, 2019, due to exhausting all personal days; sick days may not be used for reason requested. 11. SABBATICAL LEAVE: Motion to grant sabbatical leave for a professional employee for study purposes for the 2019/2020 school year. F. POLICY COMMITTEE *Ms. McGee & Mr. Massung 1. SAFE2SAY SOMETHING PROCEDURES: Motion to approve Safe2Say Something Procedures, as presented. G. STUDENT AFFAIRS, EXTRA-CURRICULAR, DRUG & ALCOHOL PREVENTION, & STUDENT DISCIPLINE *Mrs. Droll and Mr. Jeffries 1. LETTER OF AGREEMENT: Motion to approve a Letter of Agreement between Quest Services, Inc./Pyramid Healthcare, Inc. and the Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District, as presented. 2. RESIGNATION: Motion to accept the resignation of Wes Cartwright as a Softball Varsity Assistant Co-Coach, effective immediately. 3. TABLETOP GAMING CLUB: Motion to create a Tabletop Gaming Club at Philipsburg-Osceola Area Senior High School. 4. GAME CHANGERS CLUB: Motion to create a Game Changers Sports Ministries Student Activities Club at Philipsburg-Osceola Area Senior High School. 5. CREATE EXTRA-CURRICULAR POSITIONS: Motion to create the following extra-curricular positions for the 2018/2019 school year. Middle School Director Spring Play (6 points) Middle School Assistant Director Spring Play (3 points) 4

5 Middle School Director Fall Play (4 points) Middle School Assistant Director Fall Play (3 points) Fly Fishing Club Assistant (4.8 points) Key Club Assistant (4.8 points) Illustrators Club (4 points) Math Competition Club (2 points) Reading Competition Club (2 points) 6. CO-JUNIOR HIGH BASEBALL COACHES: Motion to approve hiring Aaron Levonick and Mike Willis as Co-Junior High Baseball Coaches, effective during the school year, adding the Head Coach and Assistant Coach salaries and dividing equally, in the amount of $2, each. 7. HIRE: Motion to hire the following extra-curricular positions, for the 2018/2019 school year. Name Sports/Activity Remuneration Beals, Jeremy Baseball Varsity Assistant Coach $2, Myers, Brandon Baseball Varsity Assistant Coach $2, Myers, Nathan Baseball Volunteer Coach Volunteer Sankey, Robert Baseball Volunteer Coach Volunteer Shaw, Dale Baseball Volunteer Coach Volunteer Soltis, James Baseball Volunteer Coach Volunteer Whitehead, Greg Baseball Volunteer Coach Volunteer Michelone, Chris Golf Volunteer Coach Volunteer McDonald, Jennifer Softball Volunteer Coach Volunteer Belko, Meili Track Volunteer Coach Volunteer Burns, Michael Game Manager Per Contract Rossi, Philip Game Manager Per Contract Rossi, Philip Non-teaching Per Contract 8. HIRE: Motion to hire the following extra-curricular positions, for the 2019/2020 school year. Woods, Amanda Band Summer Senior High Director $1, Harper, Dawn Bandfront Summer Middle School Director $ Miller, Heather Bandfront Summer Senior High Director $ Bock, Brenda Band Volunteer Volunteer Petro, April Band Volunteer Volunteer Wisor, Tia Band Volunteer Volunteer McGonigal, Brian Football Varsity Head Coach $5, Larson, Janet Music Middle School Volunteer Volunteer 9. POSITION VOLUNTEERS: Motion to approve the following Position Volunteer for the 2018/2019 school year: Clark, Melody Folmar, Jennifer 5

6 Gustkey, Melinda Joy Lewis, Jessica Long, Amy Mathews, Bonnie McPherson, David H. TECHNOLOGY * Mr. Massung and Mrs. Droll CONSENT AGENDA: Note: All matters taken under this section are considered to be routine and action will be taken with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these Agenda and considered separately. Please refer to the Consent Agenda. There was a motion by Todd Jeffries and seconded by Mel Curtis to approve the Consent Agenda, with the exception of A-6. ROLL CALL VOTE: YES 8, NO-0; motion carried unanimously. The following motion was pulled from the Consent Agenda for further discussion. A. BUDGET, FINANCE & TRANSPORTATION - *Mr. Miller & Mr. Curtis 6. SETTLEMENT: Motion to approve Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District entering into a settlement and release agreement with a former District student and for the Board President to execute any documentation required to effectuate same. ROLL CALL VOTE: YES 8, NO - 0; motion carried unanimously. With no further business, the regular voting meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m. Veronica F. Lukaschunis, Board Secretary 6