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                                                                                                                        Regular Meeting

                                                                                                                        August 28, 2012

 

            The regular meeting of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board of Education was held on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at the high school, Grumm Road, Hardyston Township, NJ.

 

            PRESENT:    Mr. Neal, Mr. Carlson, Mr. Hilbert, Mr. Wright, Mr. McHugh

                                    Mr. Bolcar, Superintendent

                                    Mrs. Bonaparte, WVEA Rep.

                                    Approx. 13 members of the public

 

            The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mr. Neal, who made the following statement:

 

            Pursuant to the Open Public Meeting Act, Chapter 231, P.L. 1985, adequate notice as defined by Section 3D of Chapter 231,P.L. 1985, has been made by regular mail, such notice on the 29th day of April 2012 from the Board of Education offices maintained at Wallkill Valley Regional High School, Grumm Road, Hardyston Township, NJ to the following:

 

                        The New Jersey Herald

                        The New Jersey Sunday Herald

                        Clerks of the four municipalities of Franklin, Hamburg, Hardyston and Ogdensburg.  Notice was also posted on the bulletin board maintained by the Board of Education at the high school.

 

Old Business

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Wright, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of July 31, 2012 and executive session minutes thereto.  All responded yes in a roll call vote except Mr. McHugh and Mr. Hilbert because they were absent from that meeting.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to accept the revised Secretary’s Report and the Treasurer’s Report for June 2012 showing a cash balance of $2,014,705.55.  It was noted that the total cash balance was not revised.  Monies were moved between funds only.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to accept the Secretary’s and Treasurer’s Reports showing a cash balance of $1,982,248.58 as of July 31, 2012 and that the Board Secretary’s Financial Status Certification for the month ending July 31, 2012, a copy of which is attached to these minutes, be accepted.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

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            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to certify that all major account expenditures for the month of July 2012 have been made within the constraints of the adopted budget and that sufficient funds are available to meet our financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:32-1.2(c)4.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

New Business

 

            The following            correspondence was reviewed by the board.

 

            1.         Thank you card from Christie Danko and family for the care, concern and

                        prayers and for the food basket sent on the recent passing of her sister.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve the budget transfers per the attached list in the total amount of $58,870.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Wright, to approve payment of the bills as audited and submitted by the Finance Committee.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to transfer $1200

in private donation monies received from the Brain Injury Institute in 2011-12 from surplus to the 2012-13 school year to be used appropriately in the Physical Education Dept.  It was noted that this money was received during the 2011-12 school year but not used.  It  automatically rolled into surplus at June 30, 2011and is not part of the approved school budget monies.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve the submission of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) application for the 2012-13 school year as follows:

 

            Title I, Part A Basic (BSIP) to be used for partial salary             $46,059

            of Mark Trongone for the 2012-13 school year.

 

            Title II, Part A, Teacher Training (Class Size Reduction)                     $13,562

            to be used for partial salary of Kevin Lukich for the 2012-13

            school year.

 

 

 

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And, further, to refuse the following monies:

 

            Title III, Immigrant                                                                                         $    523

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve renewal of the to/from school regular transportation contracts for the 2012-13 school year per the attached list in the total amount of $685,083.44.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve renewal of Athletic Transportation Contract (Multi #33) with D. W. Clark and Son, Inc. for the 2012-13 school year at a cost of $59.32 per hour to various locations for a total

of $83,295.85 based on a four-hour average trip.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Wright, to approve a Parental Transportation Contract for Summer 2012 and the 2012-13 school year with Eleanor McKenzie to transport her daughter to Northern Hills Academy in Sparta, NJ and on field trips at a cost of $76.50 per day for 210 school days for a total cost of $16,065.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Hilbert, to approve Joint Transportation Agreement with High Point Regional High School District for Summer 2012 out-of-district, special education routes per the attached in the total amount of $21,644.44.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve substitutes for the 2012-13 school year per the attached list as recommended by the Superintendent.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Hilbert, to approve the following out-of-district, special education private school placement for the 2012-13 school year:

 

            J.G.                             Benway School                                            $52,317.87

            A.P.                             Lakeland-Andover School                           52,200.00

            S.G.                            Lakeland-Andover School                           52,200.00

            C.K.                            Lakeland-Andover School                           52,200.00               

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote except Mr. McHugh who voted no.

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            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Wright, to approve the following out-of-district, special education public school placements for the 2012-13 school year:

 

            J.C.C.                         Lake Drive School                                       $62,150.00

                                                (Mountain Lakes Bd. of Ed.)

 

            A.F.                             Northern Hills Academy                             $46,054.00

                                                (Sussex Co. Ed. Svcs. Comm.

                                                Personal Aide                                                 24,808.00

                                                                                                                        $70,862.00

 

            N.M.                            Northern Hills Academy                             $46,054.00

                                                (Sussex Co. Ed. Svcs. Comm.

                                                Personal Aide                                                 24,808.00

                                                                                                                        $70,862.00

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote except Mr. McHugh who voted no.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve the following out-of-district, regular education, public school placement for the 2012-13 school year: 

 

            S.B.                             Morris Co. Vocational High School          $11,956.00

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Hilbert, to approve the list of field trips as presented by the Superintendent.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve the following building use requests:

 

            Football Breakfast Club – various dates – 9/7/12 – 11/2/12

            Boy Scouts Patriot’s Path Council – various dates – 9/6/12 – 4/20/13

            Franklin Band – 12/7/12 and 5/17/13

            Dance Expression – 5/24 – 6/2/13

            Dance Dimensions by Michele – 6/3, 4, 8 and 9/13

            Tri-State Actors Theater – 8/23 & 24/12

 

 

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Following some discussion regarding admission, etc. charged by the groups, Mr. Carlson and Mr. McHugh revised their motion to not include Dance Expression and Dance Dimensions.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve the Annual Review and Revision of Article 16 Maintenance of the agreement between law enforcement and education.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve submission of the Full-Time School Principal Waiver Request for the 2012-13 school year to the Sussex County Executive Superintendent of Schools.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            Mr. Bolcar presented his Superintendent’s Report as follows:

 

            1.         The report sent in the board mailing remains as is.

 

            2.         We have had enough students come out for girls’ tennis that we have enough for a JV team.  We will, therefore, need to hire a JV Girls’ Tennis Coach, hopefully from our own staff.

 

            3.         From two years ago, our school has moved 70 positions in state ranking of high schools from 195th in the state to 125th.  We were ranked 4th in high schools in Sussex County two years ago and are now ranked 3rd.

 

            4.         In the packet were test scores for HSPS.  We did very well in math.

 

            The meeting was opened to the public for comments and questions.  Mr. Lipscomb questioned the board and Mr. Bolcar regarding Choice School.  Mr. Bolcar stated that we will not be a Choice School until the 2013-14 school year.  There will be some cost involved for advertising, etc.  Mr. Bolcar explained the process. 

 

            Michael Beltrain, ice hockey coach at High Point Regional High School, spoke to the board about the sport.  He would like to see Wallkill Valley students in their program.  He stated that there would be no cost to Wallkill Valley because they already have the infrastructure in place at High Point.  Mr. Neal stated that the board could not act on this matter tonight because we do not have a full board in attendance.  Mr. Bolcar further stated that when/if the motion comes up on the agenda it will state that there will be no cost to Wallkill Valley.

 

 

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            A representative from the YMCA gave a brief presentation on the Y’s programs and asked for the board’s support for next summer to continue the programs; i.e., notifications, etc.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to move into executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel and negotiations matters.  All in favor.

 

            After returning to regular session, the following action was taken.

 

            The motion on the agenda to approve a resolution amending the Administrators’ Contract was removed because it was deemed to be not necessary.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve movement on the salary guide of Stephanie Bonaparte from BA+15 to MA, effective January 1, 2012.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to appoint Melissa Terranova-Pianese as a Special Education teacher for the 2012-13 school year on Step 5, MA+30 ($67,865) of the teachers’ salary guide as recommended by the Superintendent.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve the following summer work by faculty and staff:

 

            Donna Omelio                      11 days at per diem rate of $162.78          $1,790.58

            Elizabeth Gallopo                18 hours @ $42/hour                                       756.00

            Francesca Cappelletti         18 hours @ $42/hour                                       756.00

            Patricia Welzel                     18 hours @ $42/hour                                       756.00

            James O’Rourke                  12 hours @ $42/hour                                       504.00

            Lauren Donohue                 12 hours @ $42/hour                                       504.00

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve the following persons as substitute custodians for the 2012-13 school year to be paid $65 per day on an as-needed basis:

 

            Arthur L. Hall                                    Sheila Hughes                     Joseph Leyendecker

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote.

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            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to approve the attached Revised Performance Goals for the 2012-13 school year as requested by the Sussex County Executive Superintendent of Schools and as presented by the Superintendent.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to appoint Erin Ashton as a volunteer Assistant Field Hockey Coach for the 2012-13 school year at no cost to the district as recommended by the Superintendent.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. McHugh, to adjourn.  All in favor.  The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m.

 

                                                                                    Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                                    Elizabeth N. Flatt

                                                                                    Business Admin/Bd. Sec’y.