BOARD OF EDUCATION

06/18/08

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School District was held on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 in the Board Room.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Al Tanzer, Fred Miller, Lee Austin, and Barbara Funck

ROLL CALL

MEMBERS ABSENT: Robbie Martin

OTHERS PRESENT: John Riedl (Superintendent), Karen Dietrich (Treasurer), and Teresa Goodchild (Clerk)

At 7:00PM, President Tanzer called the Regular Meeting to order.

CALL TO ORDER

From the Board, Mr. Austin thanked Fred Miller for his service to the community and district as this was his last Board Meeting. Mr. Tanzer introduced newly elected Board Member, Randy Moore, who was attending in the audience.

COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Cassie Finnis-Palen questioned what has happened over the last couple of months regarding a possible bullying policy. Mr. Riedl explained that it is a work in progress, and that the District is looking at bringing in a program for next year. Social Services has also offered to help and offer a variety of programs they have available. Kurt Holcher thanked and wished John Riedl good luck in his retirement.

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Austin to accept the Minutes of 5/21/08 and 5/28/08 as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Austin, seconded by Mr. Miller to approve the Treasurer's Report and the Activity Fund Report for May 2008 as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

TREASURER'S REPORT

The Board audited the Warrants and the Internal Claims Auditor Reports for Warrants #26, #27 and #28.

WARRANTS

In communications, a survey was received from the Commissioner of Education regarding the BOCES District lines with Marie Wiles resigning. There is a concern regarding the decreasing number of students. The Board recommended Option 1 for MCS.

COMMUNICATIONS

Mike Boice updated the Board on the EXCEL Building Project. The stage work has started and should be completed by 6/13. He has asked and received a price for curtains of $7750, but is recommending waiting until the project is completed before committing. They are looking to just replace the rails on the side ramps.

EXCEL BLDG PROJECT

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Austin, seconded by Mr. Miller to approve the change order for sidewalk work with FE Jones Construction, Inc. in the amount of $59,626. Motion carried unanimously.

EXCEL BLDG PROJECT CHANGE ORDER

Ms. Linda Taylor presented the State test results for ELA, Math and Social Studies to the Board; however, they are not for public presentation at this time until the Commissioner releases them. It was the results of tests given in January.

STATE TESTS RESULTS

Mr. Owdienko gave the Board a written report on the Fitness Room and the number of faculty, staff, and students who used the facility. Once weather was nicer, fewer people used it. Mr. Riedl explained that in the fall, all physical education teachers will be coaching, so who will supervise the facility is in question. He told Mr. Owdienko that the District will only pay for supervision of students, not faculty and staff.

FITNESS ROOM USE

Mrs. Leaver gave the Board a written report on the Outing Club. There was not much commitment this past year, she is hoping to have underclassmen sign up for the coming school year. Mr. Riedl explained that he would discuss the lack of participation with Tony before an appointment is made for next year, stating that why pay for something when no one is participating. Mrs. Funck questioned where all of the equipment that has been purchased for the activity is being kept. Mr. Riedl that it was in Mrs. Leaver's classroom.

OUTING CLUB REPORT

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Austin, seconded by Mr. Miller

APPOINTMENT

"RESOLVED, that the Margaretville Central School Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, does hereby conditionally appoint Jane Keller, who holds certification for TESOL in the public schools of New York State, to the position of ESL Teacher for a probationary period of three years (presuming no interruption by unpaid leaves) to commence on 9/1/08 and expire on 8/31/11 at an annual salary of $40,303. This conditional appointment will terminate once the Margaretville Central School District has been notified by the State Education Department that Jane Keller has passed a criminal history background check and she has passed the pre-employment drug testing. ”

ESL TEACHER Jane Keller

"RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School District, pursuant to Section 5 of the Rules and Regulations of the Civil Service Law, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, does hereby appoint Beth Smith to the permanent position of Head Bus Driver effective May 25, 2008."

HEAD BUS DRIVER Beth Smith

"RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School District, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, does hereby accept the resignation of Carol Norwick from her position of Typist effective June 30, 2008."

RESIGNATION TYPIST Carol Norwick

"RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School District, pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Rules and Regulations of the Civil Service Law, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, does hereby appoint Carol Norwick to the position of Senior Typist for a probationary period of two months to commence on 07/01/08 and expire on 08/31/08 at a salary of $29,200 for the 2008-09 school year. "

APPOINTMENT SENIOR TYPIST Carol Norwick

ACCEPTED the Resignation of Mr. Alan Seidman as National Honor Society Advisor.

NHS ADVISOR RESIG

"RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School District, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, does hereby reclassify Elizabeth DeBella in the poisition of Computer Lab Aide to Computer Lab Assistant at a salary of $17,726 for the 2008-09 school year."

RECLASSIFICATION COMPUTER LAB ASSISTANT Liz DeBella

APPROVED Mary Bourke as the Bus Driver for the Summer Special Education Program.

SUMMER BUS DRIVER

Motion carried unanimously.

Mr. Riedl discussed a request received from Carol Johnson, as Crisis Team Coordinator. She would like to receive a stipend for the facilitator position as much of the work is done at home. There are 10-12 members on the team. It was mentioned that if it becomes a paid position, it would have to be posted and available to everyone. The Board will discuss it further.

CRISIS TEAM COORDINATOR STIPEND

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Tanzer

BOCES

"WHEREAS, The Cooperative Purchasing Service is a plan of a number of public school districts in the DCMO BOCES Area in New York, to bid jointly equipment, supplies and contract items, and WHEREAS, the Margaretville Central School is desirous of participating with other districts in the DCMO BOCES Area in the joint bidding of the items mentioned above as authorized by General Municipal Law, Section 119-o, and WHEREAS, the Margaretville Central School wishes to appoint the DCMO BOCES to advertise for bid, accept, tabulate bids and awards bids on their behalf; therefore BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School hereby appoints the DCMO BOCES to represent it in all matters relating above, and designates the Evening Sun Newspaper as the legal publication for all Cooperative Purchasing bid notifications, and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School authorizes the DCMO BOCES to represent it in all matters leading up to the entering into a contract for the purchase of the above mentioned commodities,

COOPERATIVE PURCHASING

and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School agrees to (1)assume its equitable share of the costs of the Cooperative Bidding; (2)abide by majority decisions of the participating districts; (3)abide by the Award of the BOCES Board; (4)and that after the award of the bid it will conduct all negotiations directly with the successful bidder(s)."

"WHEREAS, it is a plan of a number of public school districts in the Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES Area in New York, to bid jointly Cafeteria Supplies, including but not limited to food and paper items, and WHEREAS, the Margaretville Central School is desirous of participating with other districts in the DCMO BOCES Area in the joint bidding of the commodities mentioned above as authorized by General Municipal Law, Section 119-o, and WHEREAS, the Margaretville Central School wishes to appoint a committee made up of participating schools to assume the responsibility for drafting of specifications, advertising for bids, accepting and opening bids, tabulating bids, awarding bids to the lowest bidder who meets the specifications and reporting the results to the schools; therefore BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville

FOOD & CAFETERIA SUPPLIES

Central School District hereby appoints the DCMO BOCES to represent it in all matters relating above, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School District authorizes the above committee to represent it in all matters leading up to the entering into a contract for the purchase of the above mentioned commodities, and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School agrees to (1)assume its equitable share of the costs of the Cooperative Bidding; (2)abide by majority decisions of the participating districts on quality standards; (3)that it will award contracts according to the recommendations of the committee; (4)and that after the award of the bid it will conduct all negotiations directly with the successful bidder(s)."

"WHEREAS, it is a plan of a number of public school districts in the DCMO BOCES Area in New York, to bid jointly equipment, supplies and contract items, and WHEREAS, the Margaretville Central School is desirous of participating with other districts in the DCMO BOCES Area in the joint bidding of the items mentioned above as authorized by General Municipal Law, Section 119-o, and WHEREAS, the Margaretville Central School wishes to appoint a committee made up of participating schools to assume the responsibility for drafting of specifications, advertising for bids, accepting and opening bids, tabulating bids and providing the information to their Board of Education who will make the awards; therefore BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School hereby appoints the DCMO BOCES to represent it in all matters relating above, and designates the Evening Sun Newspaper as the legal publication for all Cooperative Purchasing bid notifications and,

GENERIC

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School authorizes the above committee to represent it in all matters leading up to the entering into a contract for the purchase of the above mentioned items, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Margaretville Central School agrees to (1)abide by majority decisions of the participating districts on quality standards; (2)that it will award contracts based on information provided from the bid; (3)and that after the award of the bid it will conduct all negotiations directly with the successful bidder(s)."

Motion carried unanimously.

The Board discussed the Alternative Tax Apportionment for Large Properties that is sent out by the State of New York. They are not interested.

ALTERNATIVE TAX APPORTIONMENT

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Tanzer to approve the Legend Group as the Third Party Administrator for 403b Requirements with the expense to be divided evenly among the participants, due to the new IRS regulations as of 1/1/09. Motion carried unanimously.

403b THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR Legend Group

Tuesday, July 1 at 7:00PM was established as the date for the Reorganization Meeting.

REORG MTG DATE

CWC denied the grant application for the repairs to the baseball field, stating it is better if the water drains slowly down through the field; however, it is better for the playing field if it drains quickly. Hubbells indicated they would be willing to help with the project; however, they would require a bidding process and an engineer. Mike Boice gave the Board a proposal of a drainage system and layers of stone, as well as additional topsoil. Mr. Austin asked him to come up with an estimate on the cost of such a project.

BASEBALL FIELD REPAIRS

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Tanzer to approve a Contract with Delaware Opportunities for the Pre-K Program. Motion carried unanimously.

PRE-K PROGRAM w/ DELAWARE OPPORT

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mrs. Funck to approve the CSE Recommendations as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

CSE RECOMMENDATIONS

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Austin, seconded by Mr. Miller to accept the Commissioner's Ruling on the Appeal of Cassandra Finnis-Palen in which the Commissioner ruled in the District's favor. Motion carried unanimously.

COMMISSIONER'S RULING Finnis-Palen

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mrs. Funck to approve a Cruise for the Senior Trip for the Class of 2009. Motion carried unanimously.

SENIOR TRIP CRUISE Class of 2009

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Austin, seconded by Mr. Miller to authorize the disposal of unused old equipment presented by Beth Johnson. Motion carried unanimously.

DISPOSAL OF OLD EQUIPMENT

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Austin to accept the Comptroller's Audit Report for the period of July 1, 2005 through June 28, 2007. Motion carried unanimously.

COMPTROLLER'S AUDIT REPORT

The Board discussed the bus bid opening for the purchase of 2 small buses. Leonard Bus Sales was $3,000 higher than the bid received from Factory Direct Bus Sales. Mr. Riedl expressed a concern regarding the quality of the cheaper bus, and the fact that it did not meet all of the specs of the bid. Mr. Riedl is recommending that he send a letter to Factory Direct indicating that the District is considering rejecting their bid as it does not meet the bid specifications, and await their response.

BUS BID OPENING DISCUSSION

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Austin, seconded by Mr. Miller to move into Executive Session at 8:10PM to discuss personnel matters. Motion carried unanimously.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

The Regular Meeting resumed at 8:50PM.

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Austin, seconded by Mrs. Funck to uphold the administration's decision and rejected Steve Tanzer's appeal to expunge his son's record.

EXPUNGING STUDENT RECORD

Ayes: Austin, Funck, Miller

Noes: None

Abstentions: Tanzer

IT WAS MOVED by Mrs. Funck, seconded by Mr. Miller to approve the attached Addendum to John Riedl's Contract. Motion carried unanimously.

SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT ADDENDUM

IT WAS MOVED by Mr. Austin, seconded by Mr. Miller to extend Linda Taylor's Contract as Building Principal for the 2008-09 school year with a 4% raise. Motion carried unanimously.

BUILDING PRINCIPAL CONTRACT - 4% RAISE

IT WAS MOVED by Mrs. Funck, seconded by Mr. Miller to adjourn the meeting at 9:05PM. Motion carried unanimously.

ADJOURNMENT

Approved:____________________ Clerk:____________________________________