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LOWER DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Regular Meeting Minutes
Monday, September 9, 2013



I. CALL TO ORDER:
The Lower Dauphin School Board met this evening at 7:00 p.m. for a Regular Meeting/
Work Session at the District Administration Center with President Todd M. Kreiser
presiding.

II. OPENING CEREMONY
The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.

III. ROLL CALL
Responding to Roll Call were Board Members, Mr. Todd M. Kreiser, Mrs. Dana A.
Barry, Ms. Rebecca D. Kline, Mr. Jeffrey A. Neely, Mr. Keith E. Oellig, Mrs. Renae M.
Paladino, and Mrs. Laurie N. Reichert, Mr. Eric Samples, as well as Dr. Sherri L. Smith,
Superintendent. Mrs. Marcela D. Myers was absent.

Staff members present included Dr. Robert Schultz, Assistant Superintendent; Mrs.
Michelle 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; Mr. Edward Gnall, Mr. Justin Hanula, Dr. Michael
Lausch, Mr. Gary Messinger and Dr. Douglas Winner, Elementary Principals.

Also in attendance were press representatives from The Patriot, The Press and Journal,
and The Sun.

IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
It should be noted that public notice was given for this meeting in accordance with Act 84
of 1986. The agenda was submitted for the Boards approval.

Dr. Smith announced there was an executive session held prior to this meeting to discuss
financial data and preparation for teacher negotiations.

Motion: Mr. Neely and Mr. Samples moved to approve the agenda as indicated.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.


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V. RECOGNITION OF GUESTS AND SCHEDULED SPEAKERS

1. Dr. Smith welcomed Kerry Wolfe who is a board member candidate from
Londonderry Township.

2. Mr. Neuhard introduced 2013 graduate, Bryce Detweiler, and senior, Emma
Irving who were recognized for the awards received for their anti-bullying video
they created in Mr. Mikulas communications class last school year. They played
the video and then explained the process that led them to being named to the top
fifteen in June and traveling the Los Angeles where they attended an anti-bullying
conference. They won the award of Best Message, and 2
nd
Place overall. With
that, came a $2,000 text in a tip program for the school and a $500 scholarship for
Bryce. The board congratulated them and presented each with a certificate of
appreciation.

3. Dr. Michael Lausch and Michelle Devey presented background of the
development of and the success of the Londonderry Pre-K program.

4. Mr. Brad Remig from Public Financial Management presented an opportunity to
refinance the 2006A Bond which is callable in October 2013. A different
approach is being considered, which is to identify cash to pay down the debt and
refinance the remaining debt into a bank loan as opposed to a bond. Theyd like
to put out a RFP to see if banks are interested. Dr. Smith surveyed the Board who
was in unanimous agreement to proceed. Mr. Remig will report back at the
October 7, 2013 board meeting. He added that there will be no cost to the district
to explore this. Mr. Kreiser thanked everyone involved for once again thinking
outside the box keeping in mind what is best for the district and the taxpayer.

5. Maria Angelo addressed the board with her concern about the length of the bus
ride her son was assigned to a private school.


VI. REPORTS

A. DAUPHIN COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL Mr. Keith Oellig reported:
They had good news from their business manager who gave an overview of
the budget showing a surplus of $2,000,000. Some reasons for that are
increased vocational subsidies, higher number of tuition students than
budgeted, they received an increase in health care revenue through employee
contributions, less expenses in health care, and utilities are under budget. Out
of that surplus, it is proposed to place $4,000 into the healthcare reserve fund,
$163,00 into PSERS reserve allocations fund, $150,000 in capital reserve, and
returning 1.7 million back to the districts. Lower Dauphin will receive about
$213,000. He had expressed a bit of concern about the surplus and suggested
adjusting the tuition next year.
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They are looking at installing a modular unit to increase their medical program
with a cost of $128,000. They are also looking at starting an adult program
and adding an Adult Education Coordinator.
Mr. Kreiser added the enrollment is 1,018 students, 237 are tuitions students,
93 are from Lower Dauphin. Building capacity is 1100.

B. HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE No report

C. CAPITAL AREA INTERMEDIATE UNIT Mrs. Reichert reported:
As most are aware, Dr. Gales is retiring at the end of 2013. Current Assistant
Executive Director, Cindy Mortzfeldt, will move into the Executive Director
position on January 1, 2014. A search committee is being organized to replace
Cindy Mortzfeldt.
PSEA negotiations are still ongoing. It was due this past June. They are close
and may have an agreement as soon as this month or October.

D. CURRICULUM Dr. Schultz reported:
On August 20, our NCLB waiver was approved by the US Department of
Education. This impacts three things. 1) College and career readiness for all
students which is a move to the PA Common Core which is now the PA Core
Standards and the implementation of the Keystone exams. 2) Improving and
supporting effective classroom instruction which is the new teacher effective
model which is coming in place for teachers this year and principals next year.
3) State developed recognition and accountability for all public schools. This
eliminates AYP and replaced it with an improved accountability system. The
AYP will be replaced by the School Performance Profile. Dr. Smith and he
have just started the second phase of data verification. It will be released to
the district later this month and to the public on September 30. Each school
will receive a score with a percentage of points earned based on the school
configuration and the points for which it is eligible. It will be a percentage
score out of a 100. The Title I schools, Nye, East Hanover, and Londonderry,
will also have a designation. If you are in the top 5% in PA for high achieving
or high growth, you are a Reward Building. If you are in the bottom 10%, you
are a Focus School, if you are Title I building. If you are in the bottom 5%,
you are a Priority School. The Focus and Priority groups will have school
improvement staff to assist the schools.

E. LEGISLATIVE Mrs. Barry reported:
PSBA is handling the election of PSBA officers differently this year. Each
board will cast one vote per office through the board secretary. Board
members were previously given information on the slate of officers. She
reviewed the recommended candidates. The board was in agreement of
casting their vote for for the following offices:


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President-Elect: Mark B. Miller
Vice President: Larry B. Breech
Treasurer: Otto W. Voit III
At Large Representative (Central) Kathy Swope

Mrs. Hagy will cast the votes on behalf of Lower Dauphin School District.

F. SUPERINTENDENT Dr. Smith reported:
It has been a smooth start to the school year. She gave kudos to the staff and
administrators for a great start.
We are making progress on finishing a few building projects. There has been
some positive movement on the Conewago multipurpose room floor. The
tennis courts are completed with the exception of fixing the final repair to the
detention plan. Once approvals are received, Handwerk is ready to make the
changes through a change order and close that project. There have been some
drainage problems with the turf field detention ponds. Once the water was
removed, about 6 of silt was discovered that was preventing the proper
drainage. Ebersoles Excavating was asked to take a look at that issue.
She reviewed the proposed signage and traffic flow at the high school.


VII. ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
By notice of the President, the following action items suggest a roll call vote. You will be
recorded as voting in the affirmative for the motion unless you say "nay" or "I abstain".
Board Members are further advised that they must publicly announce and disclose the
nature of any conflict of interest before the vote on the matter is taken and file the
appropriate form with the Secretary of the Board.

A. CONSENT CALENDAR

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Copies of the minutes of the regular meeting held August 19, 2013 were
forwarded in advance to all members of the Board of Directors.

2. FISCAL ITEMS

a. BILLS
The bills for August, which were presented for Board approval are
chargeable against the funds and accounts indicated. The list of
bills recommended was provided prior to the regular meeting.

1.


General Fund Account
including two payrolls amounting to $1,625,401.27
and four Highmark medical wires totaling $356,189.52
$3,266,191.50


2. Activity Account $0.00
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3. Athletic Account $18,640.79
4. Cafeteria Account $48,343.79
5. Construction Account $0.00
6. Capital Reserve Account $0.00
7. Capital Contingency Account $0.00


b. TAX EXONERATIONS

Municipality
Real
Estate
Per Capita
511 & 679
Occup. 511
Conewago $0.00 $262.00 $35,475.00
East Hanover $0.00 $682.00 $40,850.00
Hummelstown $0.00 $987.00 $46,075.00
Londonderry $0.00 $468.00 $31,225.00
South Hanover $0.00 $1,568.00 $86,414.00
TOTAL $0.00 $3,967.00 $240,039.00



3. SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON PERSONNEL
ISSUES:

a. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE PROFESSIONAL
SUBSTITUTE LIST

The following individuals were recommended:

PROFESSIONAL

ADDITIONS:

Gregory Brandt Music
Joshua Bruaw Music
Kehley Jo Cimino Elementary Pre K-4, Sp. Ed. Pre K-8
Bretney Endy Early Childhood, Elementary
Donna Foran Elementary K-6
Jeremy Latimer Earth & Space Science, General Science
Tracy Lentz Elementary K-6
Janella Maish RN
Aaron Minderman Elementary K-6, Mid Level Math 7-9
Megan Resser Elementary Pre K-4
Ann Sierer Health, Physical Education
Suzanne Smith Mathematics
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Jessica Veloz Music
Wain Ingalzo French, Spanish
Thomas Wilson Social Studies
Emergency Certified

Patricia Furjanic

Lori Geesaman

Faye Glick

Clare Lorraine

Shannon Watson

DELETION:

David Bridgewater

Andrew Koman

CLASSIFIED

ADDITIONS:

Leah Palm Custodian
Michael Rankin Custodian


b. EMPLOYMENT - SUPPLEMENTAL

a. M. Susan Weidman Musical/Play Co-Director, MS $683.00
b. Robert Stoner Football Asst., JH $2,413.00
c. Brett McCoy Outdoor Education - Londonderry $564.00


4. POLICY AND PROGRAM ISSUES

a. HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION

It was recommended that homebound instruction be provided for
one student based on medical certification.


END OF CONSENT CALENDAR


Motion: Mr. Samples and Mrs. Reichert moved to approve the
consent calendar as recommended.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.
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B. FISCAL

1. TREASURER'S REPORT
It was recommended that the Board approve the treasurer's report for the
month of August. The treasurer's report was provided prior to the regular
meeting.

Motion: Mrs. Reichert and Mrs. Barry moved to approve the
treasurer's report for the period of August 1, 2013 to August 31, 2013 as
presented.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.


2. SERVICE CONTRACT LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

A landscape maintenance service contract with Archibald Landscape
Design was approved at May 20, 2013 board meeting. It is recommended
that the district substitute the company name of Eagle Landscaping as a
result of the sale of the company. The same terms and conditions of the
service contract remain in effect.

Motion: Mr. Neely and Mrs. Reichert moved to approve Eagle
Landscaping as the name on the landscape maintenance service contract
approved on May 20, 2013.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.



C. PERSONNEL

1. EMPLOYMENT - CLASSIFIED

a. Sarah Kelly, Mathematics Teacher, High School. Effective:
September 27, 2013. Reason: Personal.

Motion: Mrs. Reichert and Mrs. Barry moved to approve the
employment of the individual as presented.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.




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2. CHILDREARING LEAVE PROFESSIONAL

a. Nina M. Gilroy, English Teacher, Middle School. Effective:
January 15, 2014 through the end of the 3rd marking period of the
2013-14 school year.

Motion: Mrs. Reichert and Mrs. Kline moved to approve the child
rearing leave as presented.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.


3. RESIGNATION CLASSIFIED

a. Donald E. Gephart, Custodian, Conewago Elementary School.
Effective: December 20, 2013. Reason: Retirement.

Motion: Mr. Neely and Mr. Samples moved to approve the
resignation of the individual as presented.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.


4. EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFIED HOURLY

a. Kimberly J. Balmer, Educational Support Aide, Library Aide, South
Hanover Elementary School. Effective: September 10, 2013. Hourly
rate: $11.40.

b. Kaila E. Bomgardner, Instructional/Recess Aide, South Hanover
Elementary School. Effective: September 10, 2013. Hourly rate: $9.45.

c. Victoria L. Friedel, Office Aide, Londonderry Elementary School.
Effective: September 12, 2013. Hourly rate: $9.70.

d. Patricia E. Kain, Educational Support Aide - Middle School
Attendance. Effective: TBD. Hourly rate: $9.70.

e. Michelle L. Laychock, Educational Support Aide/Office Aide,
Conewago Elementary School. Effective: September 10, 2013.
Hourly rate: $9.75.

f. Donna M. Myer, Special Education Paraeducator, Middle School.
Effective: TBD. Hourly rate: $10.50.
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Motion: Mrs. Reichert and Mrs. Barry moved to approve the
employment of the individuals as presented.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.


D. POLICY AND PROGRAM ISSUES

1. ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF 2013 GRADUATES

The following students have satisfactorily completed all requirements for
graduation and have received their diploma after the June 6, 2013
graduation ceremonies:

a. Nathaniel Houtz
b. Brandon Phillips
c. Christopher Ramos
d. Andre Shenk

Motion: Mrs. Paladino and Mrs. Reichert moved to approve these
students as additions to the 2013 list of graduates as presented.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.


2. ADOPTION OF DISTRICT CURRICULUM

The revised curriculum for science/environmental studies for 5th grade
students is attached. This plan also includes a safety plan.

Dr. Smith explained the week of outdoor education will include programs
at the schools on Monday and Friday, and Tuesday through Thursday at
Camp Hebron.

Motion: Mr. Neely and Mrs. Reichert moved to approve the revised
curriculum as presented.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.


E. OTHER



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VIII. INFORMATION ITEMS

A. DATES FOR BOARD MEMBERS' CALENDARS

October 7, 2013 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting/Work Session
October 21, 2013 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting


B. ADVISEMENTS

1. VOLUNTEER COACHES

The following individuals will be serving as volunteer coaches for the
specified sport for the 2013-14 school year. Each has been approved by
the athletic director, head coach, and principal.

a. Nathan Brock Volleyball - Girls
b. Stacey Garber Field Hockey


C. DISTRIBUTIONS



IX. ADJOURNMENT

Motion: Mrs. Reichert and Mr. Neely moved to adjourn at 8:08 p.m.

Vote: All eight (8) members approved the motion.



Respectfully submitted,



Sharon K. Hagy
Board Secretary