NEWBURY BOARD OF EDUCATION

PUBLIC INPUT and DIALOGUE AGENDA

Newbury High School Practical Arts Room

6:30 P.M., April 26, 2010

 

     I.     OPENING

 

            A.  Call Meeting to Order

 

            B.  Roll Call

 

            Ayer                Blair                Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

            P   A                P   A                  P   A                P   A              P   A

 

            C.  Public Input and Dialogue (maximum of 30 minutes)

 

            D.  Motion to Adjourn

 

            Ayer                Blair                Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

            Y N A             Y N A               Y N A             Y N A           Y N A

 

 

NEWBURY LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCATION

WORK SESSION AGENDA

April 26, 2010

Immediately following Public Input

Jr.-Sr. High School Band Room

 

This is a meeting of the Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the school district’s business and is not to be considered a public community meeting.  There is a time for public participation during the meeting as indicated in the agenda.

 

     I.     OPENING

 

            A.  Call meeting to order.

 

            B.  Roll Call.

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                     P  A              P  A                P  A                  P  A              P  A

 

            C.  Pledge of Allegiance.

 

            D.  Additions or Corrections to Agenda.

 

            E.   Approve the Agenda.

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

II.        NEW BUSINESS

 

A.  Recommend the Board:

 

                  1.      Issue a notice of non-renewal to the following classified employees

                           holding supplemental contracts under Article V, Section A. 9 of the

                           Negotiated Agreement.

 

                           Transportation

                           Kim Battaglia – all                              Kerry Folmer – all

                           Betty Frenchak – all                            Liz Kirby – all

                           Kim Knautz – all                                 Pat Meagher - all

                    

                  2.      Issue notices of non-renewal effective July 1, 2010, to the following

                           supplemental contract holders:

                                       Jason Freshwater       -      Asst. Football Coach

                                       Tom Harriman           -      Asst. Football Coach

                                       Shawn Donaldson     -      Asst. Football Coach

                                       Richard Harding        -      Asst. Football Coach

                                       Carla Richardson       -      Head Volleyball Coach

                                       Pat Casseday             -      Asst. Volleyball Coach

                                       Bob Johnson              -      Head Cross Country Coach

-             Asst. Boys Basketball Coach

                                                                                 Head Boys Track Coach

                                       Eric Day                    -      Asst. Boys Basketball Coach

                                       Brianna Blair             -      Asst. Girls Basketball Coach

                                       Doug Ule                   -      Head Wrestling Coach

                                       Marty Sanders           -      Asst. Wrestling Coach

                                       Sonja Cojocaru          -      Jr. Class Advisor-2

                                       Roberta Duncan        -      504 Coordinator

                                       Scott Richardson       -      Spring Weight Room Coach

-             Summer Weight Room Coach

 

                  3.      Suspend the contracts of the following personnel to a Reduction in

                           Force list for the 2010-2011 school year effective June 30, 2010, until

                           the availability of funds (insufficient operating funds) is determined:

 

                           Sue Milnark   -   St. Helen Textbook Clerk, 5 hrs/day, 4 days/wk.

                           Fran Bores     -   St. Helen Tutor, 6.5 hrs/day, 4 days/wk.

                           Ann Manzi    -   St. Helen Sp. Ed. Teacher, .35 (3.5 hr/day-140 days)

 

                  4.      Suspend the contract of the following licensed staff member to a

                           Reduction in Force list for the 2010-2011 school year effective July 1,

                           2010 for financial reasons.

                          

                           Sarah Root .20 Elementary Counselor (48 days w/ extended time)

 

                  5.      Suspend the contracts of the following personnel to a Reduction in Force

                           list for the 2010-2011 school year, effective June 30, 2010, for reasons

                           of absence of work.

 

                           Proctor

                           Norma Gregory

                           Kerry Folmer

                           Jeannette Weiss

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

                  6.      Approve the issuance of salary notices for the 2010-11 school year

                           to the following certificated personnel who have continuing contract

                           status:

                                       Darlene Andler                       Jacqueline Baker

                                       Sophia Berger                         Tamara Brcak

                                       Patrick Cataldo                       Gwen Cerny

                                       Barbara Chernesky                  Sonja Cojocaru

                                       Francine Connors                    Roberta Duncan

                                       Carol Eastburn                        Julie Ewing

                                       Carla Fletcher                          Sarah Gabriel

                                       Brenda Hart                            Joe Intelisano

                                       Christine Jackson                    Kathy Johnson

                                       Doreen Jones                           Mona Khairallah-Shaffer

                                       Judy Knight                            Stephanie May

                                       Robert Michael                       Stephen Mignogna

                                       Angela Miller                          Myra Musick

                                       Greta Price                              Cheryl Proctor

                                       JoAnn Salon                            Heather Scheer

                                       Susan Sipos - .625                   Bernadette Stefancin

                                       Rebekah Tabbutt                     Paul Toth

                                       Kristin VanderMaas                Genevieve Vartola

                                       Pamela Wurster

 

 

 

 

                  7.      Approve the issuance of salary notices for the 2010-2011 school year

                           to the following classified personnel on continuing contracts:

 

                           Custodial                            Clerical                             Adm. Asst.

                           Robert Bukovics, Sr.          Christine Hoover             Debbie Rutz

                           Clifford Evans                    Kathy Markiewicz

                           Barbara Mills                                                               Treas. Asst.

                           Richard Stopek                                                           Kelly Wanyek

 

                           Cafeteria                                                    Mechanic           Transportation

                           Janice Greenway                                        John Sass           Kim Battaglia

                           Jacqueline Nagle                                                                  Cathy Bukovics

                                                                      Custodian II                              Betty Frenchak

                                                                      Kenneth Toothman                   Kathy Harrington

                                                                                                                        Pat Meagher

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

                  8.      Award one-year limited certificated contracts for the 2010-2011 school

                           year to the following:

 

                                       Ruth Cavanagh                       Joella Endres

                                       Robert Fitz                              Justin Lesesky

                                       Sonja Morris                            Carrie Munn – 50% Kindergarten

                                                                                                               50% Title I

                                       Donna Neidbalson                  Beth Peterca

                                       Thomas Pokorny                     Michelle Schullo

 

 

                  9.      Grant the following faculty members continuing contract status for

                           the 2010-2011 school year:

                                       Marylois Bing                         Caryl Church

                                       William Gray                           Kathleen Harrison

                                                                                                                                                 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

                  10.    Approve new two-year limited contracts for the following

                           classified personnel effective for the 2010-2011 school year:

           

                           Transportation

                           Henry Fingerhut

                           Sindy Krukowski

 

                  11.    Grant  the following classified employees continuing contract status

                           for the 2010-2011 school year:

 

                           Cafeteria – 3.5 hour                            Cleaning

                           Karen Adamic                                     Robert Marotta

 

                           Proctor – Door Access Monitor (7.5 hrs/day no benefits)

                           Peg Reblin

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

                  12.    Approve the posting of the following Supplemental Contract positions

                           effective July 1, 2010:

 

                           Asst. Coach – Football (4 positions)   Head Coach – Volleyball

                           Asst. Coach – Volleyball                    Head Coach – Cross Country

                           Asst. Coach – Basketball (girls)          Head Coach Track – Boys

                           Asst. Coach – Basketball (boys, 2 positions)

                           Head Coach – Wrestling                     Asst. Coach – Wrestling

                           Weight Room Coach (winter)             Weight Room Coach (spring)

                           Weight Room Coach (summer)          Jr. Class Advisor (2)

                           504 Coordinator

 

                  13.    Award a one-year contract at .60 (3 days week) for Mr. Fred Pohto as

                           Technology Coordinator for the 2010-2011 school year at a salary of

                           $35,228  effective July 1, 2010.

 

                  14.    Authorize the employment of student summer custodial help at a rate of

                           $7.30/hour and authorize up to three students to work up to eight hours

                           per day and forty hours per week on a sliding scale not to exceed a total

                           expenditure to the Board of Education of $8,500.             (enclosure)

 

                  15.    Approve awarding the following athletic supplemental contract

                            retroactive to March 1, 2010:

 

                           Jack Stanton – Asst. Track Coach (step 5)                 $2584

 

                  16.    Approve Mr. Scott Richardson as a volunteer high school office assistant

                           effective April 26, 2010.                                                      (enclosure)

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

                  17.    Accept a donation of a Jugs softball pitching machine valued at $1,000

                           from  Mr. Tim Matlock of Hiram, OH.                                (enclosure)

 

                  18.    Accept minutes of the LPDC meeting of April 12, 2010.   (enclosure)

 

                  19.    Accept minutes of the NJRB meeting of February 10, 2010. (enclosure)

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

                  20.    Approve payment to the Geauga County Educational Service Center for

                           the attendance of  9 Newbury students in Special Education Cooperative

                           ED units for April, 2010, in the amount of  $13,211.60.    (enclosures)

 

                  21.    Approve payment to the Geauga County Educational Service Center for

                           the attendance of  a Newbury student in a Special Education Cooperative

                           MD unit for April, 2010, in the amount of  $3,304.80.       (enclosures)

 

                  22.    Approve payment (4 of 4) to the Geauga County Educational Service

                           Center for 2009-2010 school year S.T.A.R.S. program services for three

                           Newbury students in the amount of $38,411.28.                (enclosures)

 

                    Ayer              Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

                  23.    Approve a resolution supporting the acquisition of a grant from the

                           Cleveland Foundation to allow the Newbury Local School District to

                           acquire three years of NovaNet internet assisted grade 6-12 curriculum

                           and approve as part of the resolution that no Newbury instructor or

                           employee will be displaced through the use of NovaNet.   (enclosure)

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

                  24.    Approve a four-week summer remediation program from July 5 to

                           July 30, 2010, in reading and mathematics, for students in grades 1-6

                           at a tuition cost of $80 for each class taken and approve the posting of

                           up to two instructors at tutorial rate as per the terms and conditions of

                           the Negotiated Agreement.  Reading will be scheduled from 8:00 to

                           9:50 AM and Mathematics from 10:05 to 11:55 AM.         (enclosures)

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

                  25.    Approve the 5th Amended Certificate of Estimated Resources and

                           Permanent Appropriations for fiscal 2010.                          (enclosures)

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

III.       EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR MATTERS REQUIRED TO BE KEPT

            CONFIDENTIAL BY FEDERAL LAW OR STATE STATUTE AND TO

            REVIEW NEGOTIATIONS WITH EMPLOYEES.

 

            A.  Motion to enter into executive session

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

            B.  Motion to exit executive session.

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

IV.       ADJOURNMENT

 

            A.  Motion to adjourn

 

                     Ayer             Blair             Douglas           Gingerich        Munn

                  Y  N  A        Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A           Y  N  A

 

 

The next regular Board Meeting is Monday, May 10, 2010,

at 6:30 PM in the High School Band Room