June 2, 2014 - Marcellus Central School District

MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
MONDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2014
BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING
7:00 P.M.
SHS Learning Commons
Final Copy
Members Present: Ryan Riefler – President, John Fuller – Vice President, Jeff Crysler, David Kelly, Dr. David Locastro,
Katie Welch and Thomas West – Board Members. Jeff Crysler was absent this evening.
Administration Present: Dr. Craig Tice, Superintendent, Trish McCarron, Superintendent of Pupil Services, Anthony
Sonnachio, Business Manager, John Durkee, Principal Senior High School; Deborah Glisson, Director of Secondary
Instruction, Michael Free, Athletic Director, Janet O’Mara, Principal at Driver Middle School, Cheryl Wallace Vilardo,
Curriculum Coordinator – gr. 7-12, Gary Bisaillon, Principal at KCH, Cindy Bird – Curriculum Coordinator K-6.
Deb Glisson was absent this evening.
Others Present: Helen Thorpe and Penny Poorman - MEU Representatives, Joanne Lewandowskil– MFA
Representative, Kim LaRose, District Clerk, students and community members.
NO. 1 - CALL TO ORDER
Ryan Riefler called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.
NO. 2 – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mr. Riefler let the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance at 7:03 p.m.
NO. 3 – APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3 (a)
“RESOLVED BY THOMAS WEST, SECONDED BY DR. LOCASTRO THAT, the agenda for the June 2nd, 2014
Regular Meeting of the Board of Education be approved. No corrections necessary
Ayes – 6, Nays – 0, Motion Carried
NO. 4 – RECOGNITION - Ryan Riefler would like to publicly thank NY State Senator James DeFrancisco for the
states donation of $50,000.00 to be applied to repairing or replacing some of the musical instruments at
Marcellus Central Schools District. This will be put to good use and the music department is very happy to receive
this donation.
NO. 5 – PRESENTATIONS –
5(a)
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS – Dr. Craig Tice
Dr. Tice presented a slideshow with regards to data collected from Marcellus School District. In this
slideshow, Dr. Tice spoke with regards to many topics including enrollment, attendance, faculty information and
average class sizes per grade level. He also touched base on NY State Testing results, graduation data and regents
information. He finished the presentation with the fiscal responsibility the district has per pupil. John Fuller asked
with regards to eliminating a position this evening in the Board of Education agenda, how this will affect the
students. Dr. Tice stated that the position that Mr. Fuller is suggesting to it due to lower enrollment and not that
they will be cutting the program. If anyone would like a copy of this presentation, please contact Kim LaRose as
District Clerk for a copy.
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NO. 6 RESIDENTS’ COMMENTS (15 MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD) – None at this time.
NO. 7 OLD BUSINESS
7(a)
SELECTION / CLASSIFICATION – Ryan Riefler asked the Board if they had any questions with regards to the
revised policy. There seems to be some discrepancies with the Student Handbook, Coaches Handbook and the
Parents Handbook. It was asked of the committee who designed this plan to have some clarity on some issues. Trish
stated that some of the committee was able to get together and make the recommendation that were requested.
As Trish reminded the Board of Education, these were suggestions and it was the Board of Education’s decision at
the time as to the parameters. Dr. Locastro was concerned that some students will still not be able to play. Trish
reminded Dr. Locastro that this is not allowing them to play, just to play at an advanced level with older students.
For obvious reasons, we do not want to tell our students that they can’t play sports, but at an advanced level this is
extra stress involved and it is not beneficial for the students. And, again Trish wanted to make sure the Board of
Education and the community members present, that this is not to say they can’t play a sport, this is just to not
have them play up to the next level with older students.
“RESOLVED BY DAVID KELLY, SECONDED BY KATE WELCH THAT the Board of Education approves the changes to
the academic requirements of the selection/classification section of the Interscholastic Athletic Plan.”
Ayes – 5, Nays – 1 – Dr. Locastro, Motion Carried
NO. 8 NEW BUSINESS
8(a)
AGREEMENT WITH FISCAL ADVISORS & MARKETING – Tony Sonnachio
“RESOLVED BY KATE WELCH, SECONDED BY JOHN FULLER THAT the Board of Education approves the
proposed agreement between Fiscal Advisors & Marketing, Inc. and Marcellus Central School District. –
Tony stated that this memo was pretty straight forward and has been the same for year. David Kelly asked
why we haven’t shopped around in several years for this service. Discussion was made on this and it was
asked of Tony at the next Board of Education meeting to present to the Board a fee schedule from Fiscal
Advisors and Marketing and other companies that do the same service. And, perhaps that this should be
revisited every 3-5 years to review and get outside quotes from other districts. It was also discussed if this
is something the district needs all the time or on an occasion basis. It was stated that it is good policy to
have fiscal advisors at all times for anything that might arise.
THIS WAS TABLED FOR MORE INFORMATION – TO BE PRESENTED AGAIN AT THE NEXT MEETING.
8(b)
REDUCTION OF TEACHING POSITIONS – Dr. Craig Tice
“RESOLVED BY DR. LOCASTRO, SECONDED BY DAVID KELLY THAT the Board of Education approves the
attached resolution to abolish a certain pedagogical position in the designated tenure area for reasons of
economy and efficiency, effective June 30, 2014.”
Tenure Area: CTE/Business Education*
Least Senior Teacher within the Tenure area: Susan M. Carter
*CTE – Career Technical Education
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Ayes – 6, Nays – 0, Motion Carried
8(c)
BOARD PRESIDENT/BOARD MEMBER UPDATE
1. 2014-15 BOE Meeting Calendar - Ryan asked the BOE members to look over the calendar presented to
them for next year’s meetings. Will continue to hold meetings on Monday, when applicable. The ReOrganizational meeting will be held on July 7th.
2. RFP for Legal Services – this item was also tabled for more information from Tony. Will be discussed
after executive session.
NO. 9 – CONSENT AGENDA
“RESOLVED BY THOMAS WEST, SECONDED BY DAVID KELLY THAT the Consent Agenda consisting of the following
items be approved:”
1.1
Board of Education Regular Meeting Minutes for May 20, 2014
2.1
Resignation of Non-Instructional Staff
-Ticia Honeywell, Account Clerk I, effective May 23, 2014
2.2
Appointment of Non-Instructional Long Term Substitute
-Katie Reilly, food service worker LTS, effective March 10, 2014 at $13.50/hour
2.3
Appointment of Substitute Non-instructional Staff
-Zachary Caza, substitute custodian, effective June 3, 2014 at $8.50/hour
2.4
Change in Status
-Joyce Stanton, Bus Attendant, from 1.5 to 1.75 hours/day, effective February 4, 2014
2.5
Appointment of Coach for winter 2014-15
-Lauren Collister, Varsity Girls Basketball, $533/week
3.1
3.2
3.3
April 2014 Treasurer’s Report
April 2014 Revenue Status Report
April 2014 Appropriation Status Report
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Committee on Special Education Recommendations as submitted
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Gift Donation
-Calley’s Hardware
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Agreements between Marcellus Central School District and OCM BOCES effective July 1, 2014
through June 30, 2015 for the following:
-Equivalent of Attendance
-Employment Preparation Education
-Adult Education Sponsorship Agreement
-Authorized Signatures
-Annual Cooperative Bidding Resolution Notification
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Ayes – 6, Nays – 0, Motion Carried
John Fuller wanted to especially thank Calley’s Hardware for their donation of supplies for our school.
NO. 10 – COMMITTEE REPORTS
Audit Committee – Met earlier this evening with Dermody, Burke and Brown. Tom Palmer, our
representative from Dermondy, Burke and Brown did a presentation this evening on our Audits and Audit controls.
John Fuller also commented on this year, they are looking to minimize the cash to cash flow on the school. Examples
are sporting events, review books, café. etc. There are no issues as of right now, but it is good to review and do
their due-diligence on this. As they are just beginning their Audit for this school year, Tom stated things are looking
good and is impressed with all the strong internal controls that are in place already.
Facilities – Ryan stated that the softball field is going really well and they expect to see some ground work
starting next week. He also would like to especially thank Mr. Andrew Aupperle from Siteworks, Inc. for his donation
of work and materials for this project.
NO. 11 – SUPERINTENDENT/ADMINISTRATION REPORTS –
Dr. Craig Tice – would like to thank all who helped put his presentation together. And, is looking forward to
the home stretch and everyone’s hard work to finish strong.
Tony Sonnachio – Wanted to let the Board of Education know that their internal audit is starting now and
will go until the end of the school year.
Patricia McCarron – can’t believe it is almost the end of the school year.
Janet O’Mara – At Driver Middle School we are winding down to wind up. Concerts this week with the grade
4-6 chorus and the first year band student performing. Also, the 8th graders are heading to Niagara Fall on Thursday
and on Friday – the Citizenship and Effort Breakfast sponsor by the Driver Middle School PTA. There will be many
more picnics and party for the end of the school year and can’t believe it is only 3 and ½ weeks left.
Cheryl Wallace-Villardo – wanted to let the Board of Education know that Driver Middle School has just
finished up with the State Science Tests for grades 4 and 8. Also this Friday, Driver Middle School was asked to take
part in a Field Test in ELA. These are used to collect data and school are picked randomly across the state. Cheryl
also wanted to thank all who provided and took part in the school-wide Ice Cream Social. It was a great turn out.
Cindy Bird – stated that she and other would be working on scoring the tests at KCH. And, also KCH will also
be taking part in a reading field test that will be done in the 3rd grade classrooms on reading for 30 minutes.
Gary Bissaillon – wanted to start by stating what a wonderful job Mrs. Patterson and her students did on
their concert on May 23rd. Also, KCH is having a busy end of the year with picnics and parties. KCH is also working
with the local Marcellus Free Library on a summer reading program. And, Gary also wanted to thank Sarah Cox for
all her work with the Book Fairs this year. This year Mrs. Cox is working on a promotion that all students at KCH will
received at least one free book to read over the summer.
Michael Free – Mike stated that the spring seasons are winding down. He wanted to congratulate all the
Spring Athletes and their accomplishments this season. All the spring teams qualified for Scholar Athlete Team and
were included in Sectional playoffs. Mike also wanted to congratulate the Golf Team for being the Section III
champs.
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John Durkee wanted to let the Board know that the Common Core Assessments starts tomorrow. He
wanted to give a thanks to all the people who help turn the Vocal Music Room into a testing site. Thank you to Keith
Watkins and his staff for all their work on this. John also wanted to the Board of Education know that the Electronic
reservations has started out great and already have 67 reservations and have 123 students graduating. Mr. Dukee
also thank Brian Ackles and his students for a wonderful concert this past week.
Dr. Craig Tice also wanted to compliment Elena Drescher and Laura Ryan for updating the Marcellus Schools
Website. Please take a look at all their hard work!
NO. 12 – REVIEW & SUMMARY
12(a)
REVIEW OF DISCUSSIONS/ACTIONS WHICH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACCOMPLISHED TONIGHT FOR
STUDENTS- Ryan wanted to thank Dr. Tice for his work on the District’s Annual Review. And, he would also
like to thank the District Planning Team for re-visiting the Athletic Selection/Classification policy at
Marcellus.
NO. 13 – RESIDENTS’ COMMENTS – None at this time
NO. 14 – EXECUTIVE SESSION –
14(a)
ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION
“RESOLVED BY DR. LOCASTRO, SECONDED BY DAVID KELLY THAT the meeting in public be adjourned and
executive session be convened with discussion of the following items –
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MTEU Negotiations
Employment history of a MEU Employee
Collective Negotiations for the Superintendent
Discussion on Bond, Schoeneck and King Corporation
TIME: 8:14 pm
14(b)
END EXECUTIVE SESSION
TIME: 9:05 pm
NO. 15 – ADJOURNMENT
15(a) “RESOLVED BY THOMAS WEST, SECONDED BY DAVID KELLY THAT the Board of Education meeting be
adjourned.”
Ayes – 6, Nays – 0, Motion Carried
TIME: 9:06 p.m.
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