BOARD OF EDUCATION

EGG HARBOR CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Egg Harbor City, New Jersey 08215

 

AGENDA

Regular Meeting

May 13, 2009

Charles L. Spragg School

Multipurpose Room

601 Buffalo Avenue  

7:00 PM

 

I.                         Open Regular Meeting

 

N.J.A.C. 5:18 Emergency Exit/No Smoking Announcement & Sunshine Law Compliance Statement as follows:

 

In compliance with the N.J.A.C. 5:18-3.15, in case of fire or other emergency, which should cause this facility to be evacuated, I direct your attention to the location of the exits in this facility.  Also, there will be no smoking in this facility.

 

This is to advise those present at this meeting of the Board of Education of the Egg Harbor City School District, in the County of Atlantic, that adequate notice has been given of this meeting as required by the provisions of Chapter 231 of the Laws of 1975; that notice thereof has been forwarded for publication in the District official newspapers, posted in the Spragg and Rittenberg Schools, and forwarded to the Egg Harbor City Clerk within the time required by said Act.

 

II.                      Flag Salute/Roll Call

 

Mr. Bouchard  (’12)             Mr. Dovey (’12)                   Mr. Farnan (’10)         

Mrs. Heist (’10)                    Mr. McGinnis (’11)              Mrs. Williams  (’10)

                                                                                              Mr. Wimberg (’11)

 

III.              Executive Session

 

Resolution of the Board of Education of the Egg Harbor City School District to permit discussion of subjects in closed sessions

 

RESOLVED: At a public meeting of the Board of Education held on May 13, 2009 at ___________p.m. that pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of the “Open Public Meetings Act”, the following subjects be discussed in a session of the Board of Education closed to the public:

 (1) Personnel

 (2)

 (3)

It is presently anticipated that the items mentioned in the Resolution can be

disclosed to the public when a decision is made upon the same, and in personnel

matter, with the consent of the employee.

 

 

IV.           Open Floor To Public

 

The public is invited to comment on or question any topic related to the Board of Education agenda items.

 

 

V.               Comments for the Good of the Board

 

 

VI.           Monthly Reports   

 

A.           Superintendent Report                        Attachment                 

B.            Business Administrator Report

C.            Supervisor of Special Projects Report                       

D.           CLS Principal Report                          Attachment                                                     

E.            FDR Principal Report                     Attachment                                              

F.             Board Solicitor’s Report

 

 

VII.        Board Minutes

 

A.          APPROVE (roll call): 

1.     April 29, 2009 Reorganization  Attachment

2.     April 29, 2009 Regular           Attachment

3.     April 29, 2009 Executive       Attachment

 

 

VIII.    Financial Items

 

A.           APPROVE (roll call):  Board Certification

Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:23-2.11 The Egg Harbor City Board of Education certifies that as of 4/30/09 after review of the Board Secretary's monthly financial report (Revenue and Appropriation sections) and upon consultation with the appropriate district officials that to the best of our knowledge no major account or fund has been over-expended in violation of N.J.A.C. 6A:23-2.11(c)2-3 and there have been no changes in anticipated revenue sources and/or amounts so that sufficient funds are available to meet the district's financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year.

 

 

B.            APPROVE (roll call):  April 2009  Bill List       Attachment

1.                  General Account - $878,788.34

2.                  Capital Account -  $0

3.                  Food Service -       $26,732.56

4.                  Payroll Account – $535,765.99                      Attachment

 

C.            APPROVE (roll call):  Budget transfer (Resolution #09-14) for the 2008-09
school year in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6:20-2:13 and Chapter 196 Laws of 1967, as follows:

            April 30, 2009   Fund 10 –$14,679.20             Attachment

 

D.           APPROVE (roll call):  Requisition for the local tax levy for the 2009-10 school year and payment schedule as follows:

 

Debt Service:                  July 15, 2009 =            $197,538.00

                                           September 15, 2009 = $ 79,589.00

                                                      Total            $277,127.00

Current Expense:

  $164,854.50 by July 31, 2009                          $197,825.30 by January 29, 2010

  $164,854.50 by August 31, 2009                      $197,825.30 by February 26, 2010

  $164,854.50 by September 30, 2009                $197,825.30 by March 31, 2010

  $164,854.50 by October 30, 2009                    $197,825.30 by April 30, 2010

  $164,854.50 by November 30, 2009                $197,825.30 by May 31, 2010

  $164,854.00 by December 31, 2009

                                                      Total         $1,978,253.00

 

 

IX.           Non-instructional Operations Items

 

A.           Insurance

1.         APPROVE (roll call):  Resolution #09-15 appointing Mary R. Barry of the Inland Agency as Risk Management Consultant for the 2009-2010 school year, and agreement authorizing compensation at an assessment not to exceed 3% of the Atlantic and Cape May Counties School Business Officials Joint Insurance Fund’s assessment for the Egg Harbor City School District.

 

B.            Transportation
1.         APPROVE (roll call):  Renewal of student transportation contract #CM07 with the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District for the 2009-10 school year in the amount of $39,805.20 annually, to transport students to and from the Charles L. Spragg and Fanny D. Rittenberg Schools in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:39-3(2), which allows for the renewal of transportation contracts where the increase does not exceed the next year’s Consumer Price Index, which for 2009-10 is 3.34%.

 

2.         APPROVE (roll call):  Renewal of field/athletic trip transportation contract #CM08B with the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District for the 2009-10 school year in the amount of $217.01 for up to the 1st four hours of each trip, plus $55.00 for each additional hour, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:39-3(2), which allows for the renewal of transportation contracts where the increase does not exceed the next year’s Consumer Price Index, which for 2009-10 is 3.34%.

 

C.            Miscellaneous

 

1.        APPROVE (roll call):  Contract with Swartz &Co., LLC to audit the financial statements of the district for the year ending June 30, 2009 at a cost of $15,800, after satisfactory review and evaluation of the Peer Review Report dated February 2006 in accordance with NJAC 6A:23-2.2.

 

 

X.               Personnel Items – as recommended by the Superintendent of Schools:

                             

A.           RATIFY and AFFIRM (roll call):   Appointment of substitutes for the 2008-2009 school year

1.      Teacher Substitutes

Daily rate:   1) Atl. Co. Sub. Cert. w/60 credits + - $65.00;  2) Atl. Co. Sub w/BA - $70.00;  3) NJ Teach. Cert - $75.00

1) Amy Jerue               Atl.Co.Sub./RN

2) Jennifer Miller         NJ Teach Cert

 

B.            APPROVE (roll call):   Appointment of Lauren Roesch, Reading Coach  and Sue Savino, Special Education Literacy Resource Coach to attend mandatory State Professional Development during July 2009 not to exceed 18 hours each at the contractual rate funded by the FY 09 Reading First Supplemental Funds.

 

C.            APPROVE (roll call): Appointment of  Lauren Roesch, Reading Coach  and
Sue Savino, Special Education Literacy Resource Coach to conduct Language Arts Literacy In-district Professional Development during July 2009 not to exceed 10 hours each at the contractual rate funded by the FY 09 Reading First Supplemental Funds.

 

D.           APPROVE (roll call): Appointment of Ana Cabral, School Psychologist for up to 80 hours of summer work at the contractual rate.

 

E.            APPROVE (roll call): Appointment of Jen McCoy, School Social Worker for up to 80 hours of summer work at the contractual rate.

 

F.             APPROVE (roll call): Appointment of Regis Vitale, Learning Consultant for up to 80 hours of summer work at the contractual rate.

 

G.           APPROVE (roll call): Appointment of Renee Kilburn, Sue Savino, Lauren Roesch, Melissa Axelsson and Mary Dovey, Instructional Coaches for up to 30 hours each of summer work at the contractual rate.

 

H.           APPROVE (roll call): Appointment of Laura Gentile and Kelli Pinnix as the Speech and Language Specialists for the four-week Special Education (July 6, 2009 to July 31, 2009) Extended School Year Program at the contractual rate for a total of 80 hours each.

 

I.              APPROVE (roll call): Appointment of Rittenberg’s Math Professional Learning Community members for the 2009-2010 school year at the contracted rate, funded by the FY 10Center for Teaching and Learning’s Math PLC grant as follows:

Melissa Axelsson                    Mary O’Sullivan

Daniel Sakers                          Margaret Wharton

Winnifred Blankenship           Aaron Bullock

Heather Crosson                     Angela Maione

 

J.              APPROVE (roll call):   Appointment of additional members of Rittenberg’s Math Professional Learning Community (4 hours each) for the remainder of the 2008-2009 school year funded by the FY 09 Center for Teaching and Learning’s math PLC Grant, at the contractual rate as follows:

Angela Maione                        Brian Konowitz

Connie Burzo                          Jim Connelly

AnnMarie Giaccio                   Barbara Ellis

Mary Dovey

 

K.           APPROVE (roll call):  Military Leave covered by statute for Brian Konowitz, FDR instructor from 5/26/09 through 6/9/09.                       Attachment

 

L.            APPROVE (roll call):  Appointment of CLS 2009 summer positions at the contractual rate:

Alaine Tremel              Librarian Aide up to 8 hours

Tina Hennaut              Master Schedule Facilitator / Guidance Counselor up to

25 hours

 

M.          APPROVE (roll call):  Appointment of FDR 2009 summer positions at the contractual rate:

Theresa Sartorio          School Nurse up to 20 hours

Gretchen halfpenny    Master Schedule Facilitator / Guidance Counselor up to

25 hours

 

N.           APPROVE (roll call):  Renewal of staff contracts for the 2009-2010 school year.                                                                                          Attachment

 

O.           APPROVE (roll call):  Authorization for the Solicitor to send a letter as discussed in executive session regarding a contract with the Superintendent John Gilly III to commence July 1, 2010.

 

P.             APPROVE (roll call):  Appointment of Joseph Smurlo, School Business Administrator, for the 2009-2010 school year at the annual salary of $88,000.
 
Q.           APPROVE (roll call): Posting for 7 SMT members for CLS for the 2009-2010 school year funded by the FY10 NCLB grant.

 

R.            APPROVE (roll call):  Posting for 10 staff members to participate in Language Arts Literacy In-district Professional Development during July 2009 not to exceed 8 hours each at the contractual rate funded by the FY 09 Reading First Supplemental Funds.

 

S.             APPROVE (roll call):  Posting for the following positions for the Special Education, Four Week Extended School Year Program (July 6, 2009 to July 31, 2009), at the contractual rate:

1.         Special Education Instructors             6          up to 90 hours each

2.         Classroom Aides                                 2          up to 80 hours each.

3.         Nurse                                                   1          up to 80 hours

 

T.             APPROVE (roll call):  Posting for 10 instructional staff to participate as instructors in the Early Intervention Summer Reading program (grades K-3) from July 6, 2009 to July 31, 2009 for a total of  90 hours each at the contractual rate paid by the Supplemental Funds to the FY 09 Reading First Grant.

 

U.           APPROVE (roll call):  Posting for 1 instructor for the Middle School Summer School Program from July 6, 2009 to July 31, 2009 for a total of 90 hours at the contractual rate paid by the NCLB FY ’09 Grant.

 

V.           APPROVE (roll call):  Posting for 14 School Management Team Members (7 CLS and 7 FDR) for the summer of 2009 not to exceed 10 hours each at the contractual rate funded by the FY 09 NCLB Grant, Title I funds.

 

W.          APPROVE (roll call):  Posting for 14 School Management Team Members (7 CLS and 7 FDR) for the 2009-2010 school year not to exceed 20 hours each at the contractual rate funded by the FY 10 NCLB Grant, Title I funds.

 

X.           APPROVE (roll call):  Posting for 5 instructors for Language Arts Literacy supplemental curriculum writing not to exceed 20 hours each at the contractual rate, funded by the NCLB FY 09 grant.
 
Y.           APPROVE (roll call):  Posting for 2 staff members to participate in NJDOE Reading First Professional Development during July 2009 not to exceed 18 hours each at the contractual rate funded by the FY 09 Reading First Supplemental Funds.

 

Z.            APPROVE (roll call):  Posting for 5 staff members to participate in Orton Gillingham Phonics First  In-district Professional Development Level 1training from 6/22 through 6/25 not to exceed 24 hours each at the contractual rate funded by the FY 09 Reading First Supplemental Funds.

 

AA.     APPROVE (roll call):  Posting for substitute teachers, custodians, teachers aides and secretaries for the 2009-2010 school year.

 

 

XI.           Student Items

 

A.           RATIFY and AFFIRM (roll call):  Amended field trip (date change) for the 2008-2009 school year as follows:  

FDR New Horizons students to Corson’s Inlet, Tuckerton, NJ for an eco-tour on 5/13/09 (rain date 5/26/09). Admission and transportation funded by the Municipal Alliance.

 

B.            APPROVE (roll call):  Field trip for the 2008-2009 school year as follows:  

CLS 4th grade students to Cape May County Zoo on 6/5/09.  Admission funded by students.  Transportation funded by PTO.

 

XII.        Program Items

 

A.           APPROVE (roll call) ):  Operation of the Early Intervention Reading Program from 7/6/09 to 7/31/09

 

B.            APPROVE (roll call) ):  Operation of the Special Education Extended School Year Program from 7/6/09 to 7/31/09.

 

C.            APPROVE (roll call) ):  Operation of the Middle School Summer School Program from 7/6/09 to 7/31/09.

 

D.           APPROVE (roll call) ):  Tuition contract with Archway Programs, Atco Campus to provide an educational program for special education student #1532236732 for the remainder of the 2008-09 school year at a cost of $179.00 per day beginning April 20, 2009.

 

E.            APPROVE (roll call) ):    Richard Stockton College student placements for 40 hours each from 5/18/09-6/16/09:

Marissa Silipena

Kelly Turner

 

 

 

 

 

XIII.    Professional Development

 

Professional development activities have been recommended by building Principals, approved by the Supervisor of Special Projects and the Superintendent as directly related to the fulfillment of individual professional improvement plans and/or required by the New Jersey Department of Education, No Child Left Behind legislation (NCLB), local student Individual Education Plans, or entitlement/discretionary grants.  Adequate funds have been appropriated.

 

A.           APPROVE (roll call):   Professional Development Workshops for the 2008-2009 school year (May and June).                                    Handout

 

 

XIV.        Policies / Regulations Items

 

A.           APPROVE (roll call):   First Reading of Revised Policy as follows:

                                Policy 5250       Pupil Discipline                          Attachment

 

B.            APPROVE (roll call):   Second Reading of Revised Policy as follows:

                                Policy 5180       Hazing, Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying                                                                                                                      

 

XV.            Informational Items

 

A.    Superintendent’s letter to City Administrator regarding pedestrian safety improvements for EHC Community School dated 4/30/09.                

 

 

XVI.        Open to Public

 

 

XVII.     Comments for the Good of the Board     

 

 

 

XVIII.             Calendar Dates

 

May           13           Regular Board Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIX.       Executive Session

 

Resolution of the board of education of the Egg Harbor City School District to permit discussion of subjects in closed sessions

 

RESOLVED: At a public meeting of the Board of Education held on May 13, 2009, at ________ p.m. that pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of the “Open Public Meetings Act”, the following subjects be discussed in a session of the Board of Education closed to the public:

(1) Litigation

(2)

(3)

(4)

 

It is presently anticipated that the items mentioned in the Resolution can be

disclosed to the public when a decision is made upon the same, and in personnel

matter, with the consent of the employee.

 

 

XX.        Adjournment

             Time: ________