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Agenda:NOTICE OF MEETING: The Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 7:30pm at Lopatcong Township Middle School located at 321 Stonehenge Drive. The meeting will be held in the Instrumental Music Room. To gain admittance, please use the entrance at Stonehenge Drive. The meeting will be open to the public at 7:30pm. AGENDA
R-001-08 Accept FY07 No Child Left Behind Grant Funds R-002-08 Hire Special Education Teacher R-003-08 Hire Special Education Teacher R-004-08 Hire Special Education Aide R-005-08 Hire Spanish Teacher R-006-08 Hire Language Arts Teacher R-007-08 Transfer of Uncommitted Funds R-008-08 Use of Facilities R-009-08 Transportation Contracts with Brad and Kim Dalrymple, Inc. R-010-08 Joint Transportation Agreement with Bloomsbury Board of Education R-011-08 Hire Second Grade Teacher R-012-08 Tuition Contract with Warren County Special Services School District R-013-08 Tuition Contract with East Mountain School at Carrier Clinic R-014-08 Contract for Keyless Entry System R-015-08 Approve Travel and Expense Reimbursement R-016-08 Hire Special Education Aide R-017-08 Revise 2007-2008 School Year Calendar
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Minutes:MINUTES OF THE LOPATCONG TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION President Gallant called the meeting to order on July 24, 2007 at 7:35pm. Mrs. Barna read the following opening statement: “I would like to announce and have placed in the minutes that adequate notice of this regular meeting of the Lopatcong Township Board of Education has been provided in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act by publication in the Express-Times. A copy of the agenda has been filed with the Township Clerk and posted at both school locations. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all present. ROLL CALL Present: Robert Edinger, Ernie Gallant, Terry Glennon, Kurt Kessler, Frank Kish, and Bill Taggart. Absent: Dennis Drake, Judy Liptak, and Greg McGann Others Present: Dr. Michael Rossi, Superintendent; Teresa E. Barna, Business Administrator/Board Secretary; Rosemary Kowalchuk, Principal; and three members of the public. MINUTES Motion by Mr. Taggart, second by Mr. Edinger, that the minutes of the June 12, 2007 and June 26, 2007 meetings be approved and filed. Motion carried on unanimous voice vote. BILL LIST Motion by Mr. Edinger, second by Mr. Kessler, that the bills submitted for the July 24, 2007 meeting, to include operating account and food service account, be approved for payment. Motion carried on unanimous voice vote. Motion by Mr. Taggart, second by Mr. Kish, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, accept fiscal year 2007 No Child Left Behind grant funds totaling $52,306 as follows:
Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Kish, second by Mr. Taggart, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, hire Juanita White as a Special Education teacher for the 2007-2008 school year at Locator RR/BA. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Glennon, second by Mr. Edinger, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, hire Elizabeth Passe as a Special Education teacher for the 2007-2008 school year at Locator RR/BA. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Kessler, second by Mr. Edinger, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, hire Susan E. Yount as a Special Education Aide for the 2007-2008 school year at the 0-3 Years Classroom Aide rate. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Edinger, second by Mr. Kish, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, hire Jeffrey Bradley as a Spanish Teacher for the 2007-2008 school year at Locator AA/BA. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Mr. Taggart requested to see the educational background information on Jeffrey Bradley. Motion by Mr. Taggart, second by Mr. Edinger, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, hire Cindy Hubbard as a Language Arts Teacher for the 2007-2008 school year at Locator PP/BA. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Kish, second by Mr. Glennon, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve transfers with the 2006-07 school year budget in the amount of $68,672.78 as presented and attached to these minutes. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Glennon, second by Mr. Kessler, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve the following requests for use of facilities:
Vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Kessler, second by Mr. Kish, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve the renewal of transportation contracts with Brad and Kim Dalrymple, Inc. for the transport of students to and from school during the 2007-2008 school year for the routes as listed:
Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Edinger, second by Mr. Taggart, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve a Joint Transportation Agreement for Route #JPHS0203 with Bloomsbury Borough Board of Education for the transport of high school students to and from Phillipsburg High School for the 2007-2008 school year in the amount of $13,713.46 to be paid by Bloomsbury to Lopatcong Township. Lopatcong Township Board of Education will be the host district and Bloomsbury will be the joiner district. Lopatcong’s share of this route is $2,049.14. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Taggart, second by Mr. Kish, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, hire Stacie E. Behme as a 2nd grade teacher for the 2007-2008 school year at locator OO/BA15. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Kish, second by Mr. Edinger, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve the placement of two Lopatcong students in the summer extended year program at Warren County Special Services School District and to approve a tuition contract for such placement in the amount of $4,000 per student for a total of $8,000. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Glennon, second by Mr. Kessler, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve the placement of one Lopatcong student in the East Mountain School residential and emotionally disturbed special education program for the 2007-2008 school year to include the extended year program for a cost of $55,305.60. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Kessler, second by Mr. Edinger, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve a contract with Security Systems to provide and install a keyless entry system at both schools in the amount of $27,537 for which the PTA will contribute $10,000. This is an unfair contract and has been issued based on quotations. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Edinger, second by Mr. Kish, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve travel and expense reimbursement as presented and attached to these minutes. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. Motion by Mr. Taggart, second by Mr. Edinger, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, hire Jennifer Kozak as a special education aide for the 2007-2008 school year at the 0-3 Classroom Aide Rate. Roll call vote: 6 – Yes. Motion carried. ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT No Administrator’s Report was given. REPRESENTATIVE INFORMATION FROM PHILLIPSBURG Mr. Kish reported that most of the recent Phillipsburg meeting was taken up by the elementary school principal situation. Mr. Bill Nixon who is a Lopatcong resident was honored at the meeting for the current program that he is heading. Mr. Nixon is currently looking for servicemen who left to join the service during World War II without finishing high school. This program will give these men a high school diploma through Phillipsburg High School. New fliers were developed and printed for the district’s Substance Abuse Policy, Under the Influence and the Student Activity and Athletic Policies. A Key Leaders meeting was held recently. One thing that did come out of this meeting was a recommendation for a security analysis for the high school. Phillipsburg Board of Education member, Stan Hughes is resigning from the Board effective July 31, 2007. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE No Legislative Update Mr. Glennon inquired about the Summer Reading Program. Dr. Rossi and Mrs. Kowalchuk explained that this is the first year that the district is doing a summer reading program. The development of the program came out of the articulation meetings with Phillipsburg High School. Most of the other sending districts had a summer reading program in place. Parents in the audience expressed concern with the program in that some of the assignments were very lengthy and the mandatory readings were preventing their children from reading other books that they are interested in. Mrs. Kowalchuk agreed that this program is not to discourage children from reading but to encourage reading. Modification to the program will be made for the next summer. It may also be a possibility that funds could be designated by the school district to purchase the mandatory titles. A suggestion was also made to have summer library hours that students and parents could visit the school library in the summer. Perhaps many of the mandatory and choice titles could be made available in the library. Mr. Taggart left at 8:20pm. Mr. Glennon also inquired about the status of the field development at the middle school. Dr. Rossi indicated that he had spoken to the Mayor about the possibility of developing the fields through a shared service or a joint agreement with the municipal government since the majority of the use of the fields would be by the athletic association. The mayor seemed to be in agreement to split the cost 50/50. The concept was then brought to the council for consideration and the council was not supportive. Dr. Rossi was told that there were not any funds available for this project. Mr. Edinger, as the Athletic Association Liaison asked the board if there was a possibility of getting a gate to close off certain parts of the building and getting a door bell for the one exterior door. The gate is not a possibility because of egress laws. There is not a good place to put a gate without blocking egress in the event of a fire. As far as a gate is concerned, the district would have to discuss. Dr. Rossi proposed to change the 2007-2008 school calendar. The State recently released the GEPA testing dates and the dates did not work well with the existing calendar. Dr. Rossi proposes to move spring break back to March to be in conjunction with Good Friday and Easter Monday. After the Board discussed, the consensus of the Board was to move spring break but to make it shorter to coincide with Phillipsburg’s calendar. Students would return the Thursday after Easter and the Last day of school would change to June 18th. The Board could then hold the public hearing on the budget on Thursday, the day the students return from spring break. Motion by Mr. Kessler, second by Mr. Edinger, that be it RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, revise the 2007-2008 school year calendar to move spring break to coincide with the Easter weekend. Students will return on Thursday after Easter. Vote: All – Yes. Motion carried. Dr. Rossi asked Mr. Edinger to inquire as what the plans are for the old wrestling mats that are being stored under the stage at the elementary school. Mr. Kessler was wondering if New Jersey School Boards Association was going to offer different dates for the Extended School Board Member Training other than the Friday of the School Boards Convention. Mrs. Barna said she would look into this. Hearing no further business, the board adjourned at 9:06pm on a motion by Mr. Kessler, second by Mr. Glennon. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Respectfully submitted, Teresa E. Barna, RSBO Business Administrator/ Board Secretary
These minutes are provided as a convenience to the residents of Lopatcong Township and do not constitute the official minutes of the Lopatcong Township Board of Education which are maintained in the BOE Office in the Middle School.
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