November 19, 2014 Agenda

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Submitted by Migration on Mon, 10/20/2014 - 10:20am

Dates:

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 9:00pm

1. Statement of Public Notice of Meeting in Accordance with New Jersey Public Meeting Act

2. Motion for Executive Session

3. Reconvene

4. Flag Salute

5. Approval of Minutes

October 15, 2014 Executive Minutes (attachment)

October 15, 2014 Public Minutes (attachment)

6. Opportunity for Public to Address the Board of Education regarding specific agenda items

In accordance with the Public Participation in Board Meetings, in Board Bylaw No. 0167, the Chair shall limit discussion from each individual, or group representative, to five (5) minutes.

Board Committee Action

8. Report of the Superintendent of Schools

A. Glassboro Intermediate School Annual Report – presented by Kriston Matthews (attachment)

B. Annual Financial Audit, presented by Petroni & Associates LLC

Recommend Board approval of the Resolutions for the Comprehensive Annual Financial Audit Report and Corrective Action Plan. (attachments)

C. Safety Award – presented by Tony Jones

9. Board Committee Reports

10. Old Business

11. New Business

12. Opportunity for the Public to Address the Board of Education regarding specific agenda items

In accordance with the Public Participation in Board Meetings, in Board Bylaw No. 0167, the Chair shall limit discussion from each individual, or group representative, to five (5) minutes.

13. Adjournment

GLASSBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING OR WORK SESSION

DATE: November 19, 2014

TIME: 7:00 P.M.

LOCATION: Beach Administration Building

PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETING OR WORK SESSION

Public notice of this meeting or work session has been made in accordance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, Law of 1975.

Advanced public notice of this meeting was given January 10, 2014 including the time, date and place of the meeting.

Said public notice has been made as follows:

- Notice has been posted in the Board of Education Office, Carpenter Street and Bowe Boulevard, Glassboro, N.J.

- Notice has been communicated to the following newspapers:

a. South Jersey Times

b. Philadelphia Inquirer

c. Courier Post

- Notice has been filed with the Clerk of the Borough of Glassboro

Glassboro Municipal Building, 1 South Main Street, Glassboro, N.J.

RESOLUTION: NON-PUBLIC SESSION

WHEREAS The matters to be discussed in Part I of this session are matters listed for private discussion under Section 7, b, (1)-(9) of the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, and

WHEREAS The general nature of the subjects to be discussed are listed in the agenda for Part I of this meeting, attached, and

WHEREAS The discussion on these matters will be disclosed to the public, if possible, when the Board convenes or at the next regular meeting of the Glassboro Board of Education on

Date: November 19, 2014

Time: 6:00 P.M.

Location: Beach Administration Building

THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED That the Glassboro Board of Education will discuss the matters listed in the agenda for Part I of this session in private.

1. Operations

A. Building Issues

1) Rodgers School

2) Bullock School

3) Bowe School

4) Intermediate School

a) DEP Update (attachment)

5) High School

6) Beach Administration Building

7) Technology Update

B. Awards/Donations

1) Donation

Recommend Board approval to accept the donation of two Hydrotherapy Ice Machines to the Athletic Training Department. (attachment)

C. Transportation

1) Bus Evacuation Report (attachment)

D. Budget Recommendations/Grants

1) Recommend the Board approve the following Reports per attachments:

a) Warrant Account Bill List November 2014 (attachment)

b) Handwritten Check List October 1-31, 2014 (attachment)

c) Board Secretary’s Report October 2014 (attachment)

d) Revenue Report October 2014 (attachment)

e) Treasurer’s Report October 2014 (attachment)

Board Secretary’s Reports in accordance with 18A:17-36 and 18A:17-9 for the month of October 2014. The Board Secretary certifies that no line item account has been over expended in violation of N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-16.10(c)3 and that sufficient funds are available to meet the district’s financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Treasurer’s Reports in accordance with 18A:17-36 and 18A:17-9 for the month of October 2014. The Treasurer’s Reports and Secretary’s Reports are in agreement for the month of October 2014.

Board Secretary in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-16.10(c)2 certifies that there are no changes in anticipated revenue amounts or revenue sources.

Board of Education Certification – pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-16.10(c)4. We certify that after review of the secretary’s monthly financial report (appropriations section) and upon consultation with the appropriate district officials, that to the best of our knowledge no major accounts or fund has been over expended in violation of N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-16.10(c)3 and that sufficient funds are available to meet the district’s financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year.

2) Transfer Authorization:

a) Recommend the Board approve the authorized transfers for October 2014. (attachment)

E. Resolutions/Contracted Services

1) Policies/Regulations

a) Recommend Board approval of the second reading and adoption of the policies and regulations listed below. (attachments)

1. Policy 2417 - Student Intervention and Referral Services

2. Regulation 2417 - Student Intervention and Referral Services

3. Policy 2481 - Home or Out-of-School Instruction for General Education Student for Reasons other than a Temporary or Chronic Health Condition

4. Regulation 2481 - Home or Out-of-School Instruction for General Education Student for Reasons other than a Temporary or Chronic Health Condition

5. Policy 5339 - Screening for Dyslexia

6. Policy 5620 - Expulsion

7. Policy 6660 - Student Activity Fund

b) Recommend Board approval of the first reading of the policies and regulations listed below. (attachments)

1. Policy 5310 – Health Services

2. Regulation 5310 – Health Services

3. Policy 5611 – Removal of Students for Firearms Offenses

4. Regulation 5611 – Removal of Students for Firearms Offenses

5. Policy 5612 – Assaults on District Board of Education Members or Employees

6. Regulation 5612 – Assaults on District Board of Education Members or Employees

7. Policy 5613 – Removal of Students for Assaults with Weapons Offenses

8. Regulation 5613 – Removal of Students for Assaults with Weapons Offenses

9. Policy 8462 - Reporting Potentially Missing or Abused Children

10. Regulation 8462 - Reporting Potentially Missing or Abused Children

11. Policy 8505 – Wellness Policy/Nutrient Standards for Meals and Other Foods

2) Joint Transportation Agreement

a) Recommend Board approval of the Joint Transportation Agreement with Gateway Regional High School District (as the Host District) and Glassboro Public Schools (as the Joiner District) for transportation for one student to Clearview Middle School, Route GW33, in the amount of $14,812.20 for the 2014-2015 school year. (attachment)

b) Recommend Board approval of the Joint Transportation Agreement with Newark Board of Education, Route S5069 to Archway, in the amount of $35,451.00 and Bus Aide (supplied by Archway) in the amount of $5,979.60. (attachment)

3) Plan Document Amendment

Recommend Board approval of the Plan Document Amendment for the Flexible Spending Account as currently provided to the district by TASC. (attachment)

F. Informational – Reports/Articles/Miscellaneous

1) Reports

a) Maintenance Report (attachment)

b) Security Drill Report (attachment)

c) Variance Analysis Report (attachment)

d) Nutri-Serve Food Management Report (attachment)

e) GHS Unit Lunch Report (attachment)

f) Audit Synopsis and Corrective Action Plan (attachment)

2) Articles

3) Miscellaneous

a) Safety Award and Presentation by Tony Jones (attachment)

b) NJ Hall of Fame Museum (attachment)

2. Administration

A. Resignations/Retirements/Leaves of Absence/Rescind Action

1) Resignations

2) Revocation of Tenure

3) Dismissal/Suspension

a) Recommend Board ratify the suspension with pay for Employee #4407 effective October 8, 2014. (attachment)

4) Leaves of Absence

a) Rose Lupo-Schopfer will be utilizing intermittent NJFLA beginning October 17, 2014. A detailed list of her requested NJFLA days has been filed with Human Resources.

b) Luz Colon will be on a Leave of Absence beginning October 1, 2014 with an anticipated return date of November 12, 2014.

c) Angela Nastasi-Hodson will be utilizing FMLA beginning October 6, 2014 with an anticipated return date of November 17, 2014.

d) Jacqueline Camiolo will be on a Leave of Absence beginning November 5, 2014 with an anticipated return date of December 17, 2014.

e) Sandra Debes will be utilizing intermittent NJFLA beginning October 28, 2014. A detailed list of her requested NJFLA days has been filed with Human Resources.

f) Matthew Enuco will be extending his NJFLA from January 1, 2015 to February 17, 2015 to an anticipated return date of March 30, 2015.

g) Herbert Neilio will be extending his Workers Comp Leave with an anticipated return date from November 17, 2014 to December 4, 2014.

h) Linda Massari will be utilizing FMLA beginning November 12, 2014 with an anticipated return date of December 1, 2014.

i) Kelli Scharnagl has requested to utilize FMLA/NJFLA beginning February 17, 2015 with an anticipated return date of September 1, 2015.

j) Katiria Ortiz has requested to utilize FMLA/NJFLA beginning February 22, 2015 with an anticipated return date of March 6, 2015.

5) Retirement

a) Recommend Board approval for the retirement of Colleen Galletta effective November 30, 2014. (attachment)

b) Recommend Board approval for the retirement of Mary Lou LeMaster effective January 1, 2015. (attachment)

6) Reduction in Force

7) Increment Withholding

B. New Employees/Transfers/Assignments/Contracts

1) New Employees

a) Teachers/Nurses/Secretaries/Aides

b) Administration

c) Bus Drivers

d) Bus Aides

e) Substitute Bus Drivers and Aides

f) Custodians/Housekeeper

g) Substitute Custodians/Grounds

h) Substitute Nurses

i) One to One Aide/Aides

j) Secretaries

k) Athletics

1. Girls Basketball Head Coach

Recommend Board approval of Kevin Timbers as Girls Basketball Head Coach for the 2014-2015 school year at a salary of $6,169.87, Step 2, effective December 1, 2014. (attachment)

l) Other

2) Employee Transfer/Appointments

a) Recommend Board ratify the transfer of Edward Ewing as a One-On-One Aide at Intermediate School to One-On-One Ade at Bowe School effective October 28, 2014. Mr. Ewing’s hours and salary will remain the same. (attachment)

b) Recommend Board approval for the shift transfer of Sandra Carty, Custodian, from 2:30 pm to 11:00 pm to the 11:00 am to 7:00 pm shift at Bullock School effective January 1, 2015. This transfer will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Sandra Grillo. There is no change in salary. (attachment)

3) Assignments

a) Recommend Board ratify Marian Dunn as Substitute Nurse Caller for the 2014-2015 school year effective October 15, 2014 at a stipend amount of $350.00. (attachment)

4) Contracts

5) Miscellaneous

a) Recommend Board approval for an increase in hours for James Amicone, Security Aide at the High School, from 4 hours per day, 5 days per week to 5 hours per day, 5 days per week, totaling 25 hours per week at a prorated salary of $9,216.00 effective November 20, 2014. This will allow supervision of students as they arrive to school at 7:00 am. (attachment)

6) Legal

7) Extended School Year

8) Alternative Evening School

C. Workshops/Training/Professional Development

D. Grants

E. Policies/Job Descriptions

F. Public Relations

1) Community Affairs Secretary Report – October (attachment)

G. Miscellaneous

1) Merit Goals

a) Recommend Board approval of the attached Merit Goal Resolutions for Walter Pudelko totaling $2,213.00 for the 2013-2014 school year. (attachments)

b) 2014-2015 Superintendent Merit Goals

Recommend Board ratify the 2014-2015 Superintendent Merit Goals as approved by the Gloucester County Executive Regional Superintendent pursuant to N.J.A.C.6A:23-A-3.1(e)(10)ii. (attachment)

2) Kindergarten Orientation

Recommend Board ratify payment for the following staff members for the Pre-K and Kindergarten Orientation held on August 27, 2014 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the 2014-2015 per diem rate of pay. (attachment)

Mary Shipley

Rona Johnson

3) School Choice Act Resolution (attachment)

4) Afterschool Tutors

Recommend Board ratify the following staff members to provide afterschool tutoring during the 2014-2015 school year at the rate of $36.00 per hour effective October 14, 2014. (attachment)

Jamie Cleary	Christopher Wood
Amy Stewart	Charlene White
Tina Spadafora	Tara Guiliani
Daniel Beaver

5) GHS Student Auditorium Stage Crew

Recommend Board ratify the attached list of students as Auditorium Stage Crew Members for the 2014-2015 school year effective September 1, 2014 at a salary rate of NJ Minimum Wage, currently $8.25 per hour. Effective January 1, 2015, the NJ Minimum Wage rate will be $8.38 per hour. (attachment)

6) Event Staff - GIS

Recommend Board approval of Danielle Fiscella to work home athletic events at Intermediate School as security or clock/timer for the 2014-2015 school year effective December 1, 2014. Staff are paid as follows. (attachment)

Security for basketball games - $50.00 per event

Basketball clock operator/timer-$38.00 per game.

3. Instruction

A. Grants/Assessments/Curriculum/Workshops/Professional Development

1) Grants

a) GEF Grants

Recommend Board ratify submission of the following Glassboro Education Foundation Grants for the 2014-2015 school year. (attachments)

1. Danielle Fiscella – GLOW (Girls Learning Our Worth)

2. Donna Romalino & Third Grade Teachers – Hurricane: Lights Out!

3. Danielle Fiscella – African American Assembly

4. Alisa McDermott & Erin Pimpinella – Science Initiative

5. Katharine Baer – Creative Compositions & Exploration with Music Technology

b) Recommend Board approval for acceptance of the following Glassboro Education Foundation Grant award for the 2014-2015 school year. (attachment)

1. Science Initiative – Alisa McDermott & Erin Pimpinella - $2,004.00

c) Glassboro Youth Services Grant

Recommend Board approval for the submission of the Thomas E. Bowe School Youth Services Grant in the amount of $21,000.00. (attachments-4)

2) Title I Staff

3) Assessments

4) Curriculum

5) Professional Development/Workshops

a) Recommend Board approval of the attached professional development/workshops. (attachment)

B. Field Experiences/Enrollment

1) Field Experience

a) Stockton Student Teacher

Recommend Board approval for Stockton student, Noelle Walker, to student teach with Virginia Keefer in Grade 9 Biology from January 5, 2015 to April 17, 2015. (attachment)

b) Rowan Clinical Practice

1. Recommend Board approval of the following Rowan students to conduct Clinical Practice from January 20, 2015 to March 13, 2015 as follows. (attachments)

Student	Staff Member	Grade
Dennis T. Washington	Kimberly Tursi	Bullock - Music
Stephanie Blasco	Jennifer Versak-Kennedy	Bowe - Art

2. Recommend Board approval of the following Rowan student to conduct Clinical Practice from January 20, 2015 to May 11, 2015 and secondary Clinical Practice from May 12, 2015 to June 17, 2015. (attachment)

January 20, 2015 to May 11, 2015

Student	Staff Member	Grade
Michael J. Mahoney	Monique Stowman-Burke	GIS-Social Studies

May 12, 2015 to June 17, 2015

Student	Staff Member	Grade
Michael J. Mahoney	Stephen O’Rourke	GIS-Social Studies

3. Recommend Board approval of the following Rowan student to conduct Clinical Practice from March 16, 2015 to May 11, 2015 as follows. (attachment)

Student	Staff Member	Grade
Sara DiBenedetto	Richard Brattelli	Bowe-Health & Phys. Ed.

c) Caldwell University Observation

Recommend board approval of the following Caldwell University student to conduct 9 hours of observation, 3 hours at each level – elementary, intermediate and high school, at the following locations. Observations will be conducted between November 20, 2014 and December 1, 2014. (attachment)

Student	Staff Member	Grade
Lauren Galletta	Heather Butler	Bowe
	David Davenport	GIS
	Janice Rynkiewicz	GHS

2) Enrollment/ADA (attachment)

C. Testing

D. Special Education/Other Student Issues

1) OOD Placement – Student ID #15-19

Recommend Board ratify placement of Student ID #15-19 at Bankbridge School effective November 10, 2014. Cost of tuition will be the responsibility of Jersey City School District. Glassboro School District will be responsible for transportation costs. (attachment)

2) Homeschooling

Recommend Board ratify homeschooling of the attached student for the 2014-2015 school year. (attachment)

3) In-Home Therapy

Recommend Board approval to amend and ratify the contract with Jennifer Moustakas to provide in-home speech therapy, augmentative communication and relationship-based therapy for a district student once per week for up to two hours at $100.00 per hour from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. (attachment)

4) Agreement For Nursing Services

Recommend Board approval of the Agreement for Nursing Services with Star Pediatric Home Care Agency to provide one-to-one nursing care for Student ID #15-10 for transportation to and from school at a rate of $50.00 per hour effective November 20, 2014. (attachment)

5) Get FIT Program

Recommend Board approval for Bowe School and the High School MD self-contained classrooms to participate in Rowan University’s Get FIT Program in the Spring of 2015. This is a new initiative of the Family Resource Network to provide resources and training to teachers of inclusion classrooms to enable them to provide effective wellness programs for students with disabilities. A consultant will meet twice a week for 12 weeks with the participating teachers and their students. This program is offered free of charge with all materials provided through Rowan University. (attachment)

6) OOD Placement – Student ID #10-7

Recommend Board ratify One-On-One Aide to Out-of-District Student ID #10-7 effective October 14, 2014. Cost to the district is $26,227.26. (attachment)

E. Athletics

1) 2014-2015 Winter Athletic Schedules

Recommend Board approval of the attached winter athletic schedules for the 2014-2015 school year. (attachment)

2) TCC Soccer All-Star Game

Recommend Board approval to host the Tri-County Conference Senior Soccer All-Star game on November 24, 2014. The girls game starts at 5:00 pm; the boys game at 7:00 pm. Cost to the district is approximately $460.00. (attachment)

F. Miscellaneous

1) Volunteer

Recommend Board approval of Bryan Appleby-Wineberg to volunteer with David Fox in music classes at the Thomas E. Bowe School. (attachment)

2) EMBODI Program

Recommend Board approval to allow alumni members of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. to work with district African American male students through their EMBODI (Empowering Males to Build Opportunities for Developing Independence) Program and our High School Guidance Department. Participation is on a voluntary basis at no cost to the participants. (attachment)

3) District Evaluation Observation Committee

Recommend Board approval of the following individuals to serve as members on the District Evaluation Observation Committee for the 2014-2015 school year.

Name	Position	Location
June Longley	Board of Education Member	Central Office
Mark Silverstein	Superintendent	Central Office
Danielle Sochor	Director of Curriculum, Special Education & Personnel	Central Office
Danielle Sneathen	Principal	GHS Principal
Andrea LoCastro	Parent	Thomas E. Bowe School
Anne–Sophie Meeks	French Teacher	GHS
Jackie Applegate	Grade 2 Teacher	Dorothy L. Bullock School
Mary Aruffo	Gifted/Talented Teacher	Thomas E. Bowe School
Renee Hart	Grade 4 Teacher	Thomas E. Bowe School
Rob Hemmes	Business/Computer Teacher	GHS
Susan Mallardi	Math - Grade 7 Teacher	GIS
Eileen Miller	Math - Grade 8 Teacher	GIS
Patricia Paulsen	Grade 3 Teacher	Dorothy L. Bullock School
Erin Pimpinella	Kindergarten Teacher	J. Harvey Rodgers School
Robert Preston	English Teacher	GHS
Carol Sharp	Language Arts Teacher	GIS
Cheryl Tartaglione	Special Education Teacher	Thomas E. Bowe School