april 7, 2014 lower dauphin school board work session minutes

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LOWER DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS

Work Session Record

April 7, 2014

I. CALL TO ORDERThe Lower Dauphin School Board met this evening at 7:00 p.m. for a work session at the

District Administration Center with President Todd M. Kreiserpresiding.

II. OPENING CEREMONYThe meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.

III. ATTENDANCEResponding to Roll Call were Board Members, Mr. Todd M. Kreiser, Mrs. Dana A.Barry, Mr. Kevin J. Busher, Ms. Debra J. Macut, Mr. Keith E. Oellig, Mrs. Laurie N.

Reichert, and Mrs. Kerry L. Wolfe, as well as Dr. Sherri L. Smith, Superintendent. Mrs.

Marcela D. Myers and Mr. Eric M. Samples were absent.

Staff members present included Mr. Robert Schultz, Assistant Superintendent; Mrs.

Michelle D. Shuler, Business Manager; Mrs. Angela Hepner, Director of Human

Resources; Mr. Andrew McCrea, Director of Pupil Services; Mr. James Hazen,

Community Relations Coordinator; Mrs. Melanie Shaver-Durham, Director of

Elementary Education; Mr. David Marshall, Supervisor of Operations & Maintenance,

Dr. Kevin White, Director of Information & Technology Services; Mr. Todd Neuhard,

High School Principal; Mr. Dan Berra, Middle School Principal; and Mr. Edward Gnall,Mr. Justin Hanula, Dr. Michael Lausch, Mr. Gary Messinger, and Dr. Douglas Winner,

Elementary Principals.

Also in attendance was a press representative from The Sun.

IV. RECOGNITION OF GUESTS AND SCHEDULED SPEAKERS

Dr. Smith welcomed Mark Barnhardt and Jim Martin from EI Associates. Mr. Barnhardt

reviewed the timeline of the Field House construction project. If the Board agrees,

advertisement for bid will go out on April 10, 2014. Bid opening will be April 29, 2014;

Board approval on May 5, 2014; and start project May 30, 2014 with a completion date of

September 30, 2014. Construction costs are estimated 1.3 million, with soft costs of

$100,000 totally 1.4 million for the project. He shared the floor plans and discussed

alternate bid options.


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Dr. Smith explained the district committed $500,000, and close to $450,000 has been

raised in donations including $50,000 in a gaming grant. She is aware of additional funds

that will be coming. The community has shown a commitment in contributing. She is

comfortable with moving forward and putting it out to bid. The Board was in agreement.

There was discussion on the cost and options of roof snow guards. Mr. Barnhardt will

provide a sample.

V. REPORTS

A. COMMUNITY RELATIONS COORDINATOR Mr.Jim Hazen reported: The United Ways Youth Day of Caring was April 4, 2014. The high school

sent 40-plus students to help clean City Island and get it ready for the Senators

home opener on April 10.

On Saturday, April 5, our Volunteen group at the high school hosted over 130senior citizens in the 17thannual Senior Citizens Prom. It was a great event

and it was a great turnout. Also on Saturday, 100 students in grades 4-12 participated in the Dauphin

County Chorus Festival.

The elementary music festival is being held on April 10 at Nye Elementaryfeaturing combined elementary strings, chorus and band.

We had a choral singer at the high school, Chris Brian, perform at the all-statechoral festival two weekends ago. The high school Chamber Singers

performed at the PA Music Educators Association state convention earlier that

week. Both are great honors and were very proud of them.

He mentioned for the press that we will be in school on April 16, 17, and 21for make-up days. School is still closed April 18.

B. FEDERAL PROGRAMS Mrs. Melanie Shaver-Durham was very excited to

share information about the upcoming 5th annual reading center parent/child

event. It will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The event will have a comic

strip theme with a published comic strip artist visiting. She shared the invitation,

stating there are close to 200 people planning to attend.

C. SUPERINTENDENT Dr. Smith reported:

By the end of the week, Handwerk should be finalizing repairs around thetennis court project. The district will then plant trees and bring this project to

completion. Hummelstown Borough is planning to do more testing of the land where they

are planning to build the new borough building by the middle school. They

have hired The ARM Group for geophysical studies.

They had previously discussed a new technique for safety in our buildings.This training to prepare the staff in the event of an intruder is called ALICE

(Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate). Without any concerns

from the board, plans will be made to train our staff.


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On April 3, 2014, Acting Secretary of Education, Carolyn Dumaresq, visitedthe high school where she met with our fourth and fifth graders from Nye

Elementary and our seniors to congratulate them as well as the staff and Mr.

Neuhard and Dr. Winner for their award of excellence for having over 90% on

their student performance profiles this last year. It is a point of pride and

everyone should be proud, but we will not forget all the others that were over80% including Mr. Berra and the middle school at 89.8%. We have athletic

awards, music awards, art awards and it is nice to to have time set aside for

recognition of our academics. It was well appreciated.

VI. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION

The minutes shall note that public notice was given for this meeting in accordance with

Act 84 of 1986. Notices and advisements of these meetings will carry the intent that

limited business may be conducted on any scheduled meeting date.

A. CONSENT CALENDAR

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES(Placeholder)

2. FISCAL ITEMS

a. BILLS (Placeholder)

The bills that will be presented for Board approval are chargeable

against the funds and accounts indicated. The list of billsrecommended for approval will be provided prior to the regular

meeting.

b. TAX EXONERATIONS (Placeholder)

Real Per Capita

Municipality Estate 511 & 679 Occup. 511

Conewago $ $ $East Hanover $ $ $

Hummelstown $ $ $

Londonderry $ $ $

South Hanover $ $ $

TOTAL $ $ $


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3. SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON PERSONNEL

ISSUES

a. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO PROFESSIONAL

SUBSTITUTE LIST(Placeholder)

4. POLICY AND PROGRAM ISSUES

a. HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION(Placeholder)

It was recommended that homebound instruction be provided for

student(s) based on medical certification.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

B. FISCAL

1. TREASURER'S REPORT (Placeholder)

We will be recommending that the Board approve the treasurer's report for

the month of March. The treasurer's report will be provided prior to the

regular meeting.

2. MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT EXTENSION (HS ROOF)(Placeholder)

3. FOOD SERVICE CONTRACT (Placeholder)

C. PERSONNEL

1. RETIREMENTCLASSIFIED

a. Nicholas Loranzo, Custodian, Nye Elementary School. Effective:

June 30, 2014.


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2. RETIREMENTCLASSIFIED HOURLY

a. Mary E. Mader, Life Skills Aide, Middle School. Effective: End

of the 2013-14 school year.

3. EMPLOYMENTPROFESSIONAL

a. Kari M. Potts, Long-term Substitute, Grade 6 Teacher, Middle

School. Effective: March 31, 2014 through the end of the 2013-14

school year. Salary: $43,008 prorated.

4. EMPLOYMENTCLASSIFIED HOURLY

a. Jenna M. Adams, Instructional/Recess Aide, East Hanover

Elementary School. Effective: April 22, 2014. Hourly rate: $9.45.

D. POLICY AND PROGRAM ISSUES

1. REVISED 2013-2014 SCHOOL CALENDAR

The revised 2013-14 school calendar was attached. This calendar adds

two Act 80 days at the end of the calendar (June 9 and 10).

2. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING DAUPHIN COUNTY

CONSORTIUM (Placehoder)

The Memorandum of Understanding to form a consortium with other

Dauphin County Schools was attached.

3. POLICY REVISIONS FIRST READING

a. 901 Public Relations Objectivesb. 902 Publications Program

c. 903 Public Participation in Board Meetings

d. 904 Public Attendance at School Events

e. 905 Citizen Advisory Committees

f. 906 Public Complaints

g. 907 School Visitors


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4. TEXTBOOK RECOMMENDATIONS (Information Only)

A list of the recommended textbooks to be used for the first time in the

2014-15 school year will be on display for 30 days before adoption in May.

E. OTHER

VII. INFORMATION ITEMS

A. DATES FOR BOARD MEMBERS' CALENDARS

April 21, 2014 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

May 5, 2014 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting/Work SessionMiddle School

May 19, 2014 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

B. ADVISEMENTS

VIII. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.

A closed session followed this meeting for the purpose of discussing Act 93 information.

Respectfully submitted,

Sharon K. Hagy

Board Secretary

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