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Regular Meeting

September 25, 2012

 

            The regular meeting of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board of Education was held on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at the high school, Grumm Road, Hardyston Township, NJ.

 

            PRESENT:    Mr. Castiglione, Mr. Carlson, Mr. McHugh, Mrs. Apolito, Mr. Wright,

                                      Mr. Kabatra, Mr. Hilbert, Mr. Sanfilippo

                                    Mr. Bolcar, Superintendent

                                    Approximately six staff members

                                    Approximately 12 members of the public and students

 

            The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mr. Catiglione, 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. Hilbert, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of August 28, 2012 and executive session minutes thereto.  All in favor except Mr. Sanfilippo, Mrs. Apolito, Mr. McHugh and Mr. Kabatra all of whom abstained because they were absent from that meeting.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, to accept the Secretary’s and Treasurer’s Reports showing a cash balance of $1,824,346.81 as of August 31, 2012 and that the Board Secretary’s Financial Status Certification for the month ending August 31, 2012, a copy of which is attached to these minutes, be accepted.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, to certify that all major account expenditures for the month of August 2012 have been made within the constraints of the adopted budget and that sufficient funds are available to meet our

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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:

 

            Letter from the Wallkill Valley Regional High School Administrators Association expressing their desire to meet with the board for the purpose of pursuing negotiations.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, to approve the budget transfers per the attached list in the total amount of $7,390.00  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

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

 

            V.T.                             Chapel Hill Academy                                              $55,080.00

 

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

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Kabatra, to add the following names to the substitute list:

 

                        Katrina Franck                                  Cindy Palmer

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, to add the following names to the substitute custodian list:

 

                        Matthew Morrow                               William Dickson

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote.        

 

 

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

 

            Dance Dimension by Michelle -  6/17, 29 and 23/2013

            Davis Academy of Irish Dance – 11/9 & 10/2012

            Dance Expression – 12/9/2012

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Sanfilippo, 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. Sanfilippo , to approve the NJQSAC committee members as follows:

 

            Chief School Administrator                                                Edward Bolcar

            District Administrative Staff                                                David Carr

            Teacher                                                                     Taryn Benacquista

            School Business Administrator                             Elizabeth Flatt

            Curriculum & Instruction Representative                        Vito Morgese

            Local Collective Bargaining Representative      Kelly Benvenuto

            District Board of Education Member                     James Wright

            Supervisor of Building & Grounds                                   James Schmitt

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote except Mr. Wright who abstained because he is listed in the motion.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Sanfilippo, to declare the following equipment as surplus and to authorize the disposal of it appropriately.

 

                        HP Deskjet 5550 Printer, Serial #MY2791M1B1, C64870

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Sanfilippo, to approve entering into an agreement for the 2012-13 school year with J & B Therapy, LLC to provide related services to students of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School District at a cost of $94 per hour.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

 

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

 

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

 

            2.         Thursday, September 27, is Back to School Night.

 

            3.         A meeting is scheduled with Mr. Weekley regarding use of the fields.

 

            The meeting was opened to the public.  Carolyn Swayze, President of the Wallkill Valley Education Association spoke about building bridges with the Wallkill Valley Community.  She read a prepared statement regarding this matter as well as some statistics gleaned from a survey conducted by the WVEA.

 

            Andrew Weekley drew attention to an incident on Saturday, September 8, between one of our board members and the midget football league as well as Parsippany’s football league regarding use of the athletic fields.  Mr. Castiglione apologized for the incident and hoped that this would be handled in a better manner in the future.  He stated that he believes that this situation can be worked out and stated that it will be discussed in executive session.

 

            Lisa Schulman, owner of Dance Expressions, asked that the board consider waiving the $500 fee for use of the building in December when her dance company provides a free program for senior citizens.  The board will discuss this later and consider it.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, 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.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Kabatra, to approve the Superintendent’s Revised Qualitative Goal #4 for the 2012-13 school year as requested by the Sussex County Executive Superintendent of Schools.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, to approve the establishment of “School Choice Program Coordinator” as a new paid position for the 2012-13 school year.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

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            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, to approve the establishment of two part-time classroom aide positions for the 2012-13 school year with an hourly rate of $15 and with no benefits.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion  was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, to appoint Scott Parsons as Assistant JV Girls’ Tennis Coach  for the 2012-13 school year on Step 14 of the co-curricular salary guide ($4,585) as recommended by the Superintendent.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. McHugh, seconded by Mr. Kabatra, to add the following account to the 2012-13 Chart of Accounts:

 

            11-000-262-500-580-000                Travel/Conference – Building and Grounds

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, to approve the following staff travel/conferences/clinics, etc.

 

            Elodie Edsall                        Annual School Health Conference                     $195+

                                                Somerset, NJ – October 17, 2012                         mileage

 

            Daryl Jones               Dirs of Athletics Assn Conference                                   $350+

                                                Atlantic City, NJ -  March 18,19,20,& 21/2013    $10 tolls

                                                                                                                                    $75 meals

                                                                                                                                    $255 hotel

                                                                                                                                    $102 miles

 

            Lisa Legg                   Eastern States Swim Clinic                                   $175+

                                                Cherry Hill, NJ – October 20 & 21, 2012              $50 meals

                                                                                                                                    $120 motel

                                                                                                                                    $90 miles

 

All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Kabatra, to approve all curriculum guides for the 2012-13 school year as presented by the Superintendent.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. McHugh, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, to approve entering into a Two-year Agreement for a Cooperative Sports Program with High Point

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Regional High School District for Skiing and Ice Hockey with Skiing costs to remain the same as 2011-12 and with there being NO costs to the district for the Ice Hockey program.  All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. McHugh, seconded by Mrs. Apolito, to approve the appointment of the following athletic  coaches for the 2012-13 school year as recommended by the Superintendent:

 

Lisa Legg                   Head Swimming Coach     Step 5 ($5,380) plus $50 travel

Kaitlynn Egan          Head Bowling Coach          Step 1 ($2,850)

Laura Brackman      Head Skiing Coach             Step 1 ($1,830)

                       

All responded yes in a roll call vote.

 

            A motion was made by Mr. Hilbert, seconded by Mr. Sanfilippo, to adjourn.  All in favor.  The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

 

                                                                                    Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                                    Elizabeth N. Flatt

                                                                                    Business Admin/Bd. Sec’y.