February 20, 2008

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Agenda:

NOTICE OF MEETING: The Board of Education will meet on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 7:00pm at the 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 front entrance on Stonehenge Drive.  The meeting will be open to the public at 7:30pm.

AGENDA

  1. Call Meeting to Order, Flag Salute, Opening Statement

  2. Roll Call

  3. Board will adjourn into Executive Session, meeting will be open to the public at 7:30pm

  4. Reading of the Mission Statement

  5. Correspondence

  6. Minutes of January 8, 2008, Bill Lists/December 2007 Secretary/Treasurer Reports/Certify Financials

  7. Superintendent to give a Public Statement on several topics

  8. Public Comment on Agenda Items

  9. New Business - Action Items

R-129-08          Suspension of Keri Ann Brekne

R-130-08          Reappoint Ski Club Advisor

R-131-08          Rescind Appointment of Student Council Advisor

R-132-08          Appoint Social Studies Teacher

R-133-08          Establish a Pilot After-Care Program

R-134-08          Substitute Approval

R-135-08          Volunteers for 2007-2008

R-136-08          Revise Policy File Code: 5131.1 - Bullying and Other Forms of Harassment and Intimidation

R-137-08          Accept FY 2008 No Child Left Behind Grant Funds

R-138-08          Tuition Contract with KidsPeace National Centers, Inc.

R-139-08          Tuition Contract with Stepping Stone School

R-140-08          Extraordinary Services Contract with Stepping Stone School

R-141-08          Approve Settlement Agreement

R-142-08          Tuition Contract with Grove School

R-143-08          Maternity Leave Request

R-144-08          Approve Laptop Partnership Program

R-145-08          Requests for Proposal for Energy Conservation and Lighting Modernization Project

R-146-08          Field Trip Approval

R-147-08          Requests for Use of Facilities

R-148-08          Employee Travel and Expense Reimbursement

R-149-08          Board Member Travel

  1. Administrator's Report

  2. Representative Information from Phillipsburg Board of Education

  3. Legislative Update

  4. Other Items of an Emergent Nature

  5. Other Public Comments

  6. Executive Session

  7. Adjournment

Public comments are invited on any educationally pertinent subject.  All participants will be given five (5) minutes to state their issue.  In addition, the subject matter may be discussed by the Board for an additional five (5) minutes.  All audience participants must state their name and address before speaking.  Thank you for your understanding.

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Handout:

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

(Revised)

R-129-08

SUSPENSION OF KERI ANN BREKNE

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, hereby places Miss Keri Ann Brekne on suspension with pay effective January 23, 2008 pending further investigation.

Roll call vote:

R-130-08

REAPPOINT SKI CLUB ADVISOR

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, rescinds its appointment of Keri Ann Brekne as a Ski Club Advisor and appoint Scott Yerger as a Ski Club Advisor for the 2008 season.

Roll call vote:

R-131-08

RESCIND APPOINTMENT OF STUDENT COUNCIL ADVISOR

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, rescinds its appointment of Keri Ann Brekne as the Student Council Advisor for the 2007-2008 school year.

Roll call vote:

R-132-08

APPOINT SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by Superintendent, approve the emergent hiring of Renee Hahn as a middle school Social Studies Teacher effective February 13, 2008 for the remainder of the 2007-2008 school year at locator RR/BA of the salary guide.

Roll call vote:

R-133-08

ESTABLISH A PILOT AFTER-CARE PROGRAM

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, establish a pilot after-care program at the elementary school beginning March 31, 2008 pending contract language with Work Family Connection who will be the program provider.

Roll call vote:

R-134-08

SUBSTITUTE APPROVAL

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve substitutes for the remainder of the 2007-2008 school year as presented and attached to these minutes.

Roll call vote:

R-135-08

VOLUNTEERS FOR 2007-2008

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve volunteers for the 2007-2008 school year as presented and attached to these minutes.

Roll call vote:

R-136-08

REVISE POLICY FILE CODE:  5131.1 ENTITLED BULLYING AND OTHER FORMS OF HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent,           revise and adopt policy file code 5131.1 entitled “Bullying and Other Forms of Harassment and Intimidation” as read, attached to these minutes and filed in the district policy manual.

Roll call vote:

R-137-08

ACCEPT FY 2008 NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND GRANT FUNDS

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent and after approval by the New Jersey Department of Education of the district’s application, accept fiscal year 2008 No Child Left Behind Grant Funds as follows:

Title I

$18,069

Title II, Part A

$19,784

Title II, Part D

$128

Title IV

$2,110

Title V

$1,058

TOTAL

$41,149

Roll call vote:

R-138-08

TUITION CONTRACT WITH KIDS PEACE NATIONAL CENTERS, INC.

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve the placement of one Lopatcong student at the Kids Peace National Centers, Inc. effective January 17, 2008 and to approve a tuition contract for such placement in the amount of $158.12 per day for a total amount not to exceed $15,495.76.

Roll call vote:

R-139-08

TUITION CONTRACT WITH STEPPING STONE SCHOOL

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve the placement of one Lopatcong student at the Stepping Stone School effective January 7, 2008 to February 1, 2008 and to approve a tuition contract for such placement in the amount of $206.41 per day for a total of $3,921.79.

Roll call vote:

R-140-08

EXTRAORDINARY SERVICES CONTRACT WITH STEPPING STONE SCHOOL

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve a contract with the Stepping Stone School for one on one aide services for the 2007/2008 school year in the amount of $30,648.60.

Roll call vote:

R-141-08

APPROVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve the terms of a settlement agreement in the case of A.S. and A.S. o/b/o M.S. v.  Lopatcong Township Board of Education and Phillipsburg Board of Education as presented and discussed.

Roll call vote:

R-142-08

TUITION CONTRACT WITH GROVE SCHOOL

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent and as per the terms of a settlement agreement, approve the placement of one Lopatcong student at the Grove School and to approve a tuition contract for such placement in the amount not to exceed $30,000 for the period, January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008.

Roll call vote:

R-143-08

MATERNITY LEAVE REQUEST

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve a maternity leave for Jocellyn Hayes effective May 2, 2008 as requested.

Roll call vote:

R-144-08

APPROVE LAPTOP PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent and the Technology Committee, approve a Laptop Partnership Program by which the staff will be offered a laptop and will share in the cost of the equipment.  Terms and Conditions of the program are approved as presented and attached to these minutes.

Roll call vote:

R-145-08

REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION AND LIGHTING MODERNIZATION PROJECT

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, authorizes the Business Administrator to obtain Requests for Proposal for and Energy Conservation and Lighting Modernization Project at the Lopatcong Elementary School.

Roll call vote:

R-146-08

FIELD TRIP APPROVAL

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve the following field trips:

Youth Forum

February 13, 2008

Great Meadows MS

ES G&T

February 21, 2008

Blairstown

Grade 5

May 22, 2008

Liberty Science Center

Grade 4

May 30, 2008

The DaVinci Center

G&T (grades 5 & 6)

June 2, 2008

Trenton – State House

Vote:

R-147-08

REQUESTS FOR USE OF FACILITIES

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve the following requests for use of facilities:

Elementary School

Lopatcong PTA - Cultural Enrichment

February 19, 2008

8:00-11:30am

All-Purpose Room & Stage

LAA - Wrestling Tournament

March 1, 2008

8:00am-5:00pm

All-Purpose Room, Gym & Kitchen

Middle School

Lopatcong PTA - Cultural Enrichment

February 6, 2008

1:00-3:30pm

Multi-Purpose Room & Stage

Lopatcong PTA - Cultural Enrichment

March 14, 2008

8:00-11:30am

Multi-Purpose Room & Stage

Phillipsburg Summer Youth Theatre

June 30-August 9, 2008

8:45am-1:15pm

Multi-Purpose Room, Chorus Room & Health Room

Vote:

R-148-08

EMPLOYEE TRAVEL AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the Superintendent, approve employee travel and expense reimbursement as presented and attached to these minutes.

Roll call vote:

R-149-08

BOARD MEMBER TRAVEL

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Motion by                        , second by                      , that be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education, approves board member travel to required Advance Board Member Training on March 4, 2008 at the Warren County Technical School for a fee of $32 per person for the following board members:

Dennis Drake

Robert Edinger

Terry Glennon

Greg McGann

Roll call vote:

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