Hazleton Area School District Board of Education Special Board

Hazleton Area School District Board of Education
Special Board Meeting
HASD Administration Building
6:15 P.M., Thursday, December 18, 2014
A - Call to Order by Board President
B - Pledge of Allegiance & Moment of Silence
C - Attendance Roll Call
D - Public Comment and Questions Directed to the Board on Agenda Items Only
E- Approve Board Meeting Minutes: Regular Board Meeting, November 24, 2014
Organization Board Meeting, December 3, 2014
F - Treasurer Report for November, 2014
Presentation on June 30, 2014 Audit Report by Maillie LLP Auditing Firm
Approve Items 1-7 With One Motion
1. Recommend Board approve the Tax Refunds.
2. Recommend Board approve the December Surplus List.
3. Recommend Board approve contract with Alicia Makuta for speech therapy services for
Early Intervention until a permanent speech therapist is hired. At a rate of $60 an hour.
Pending Attorney Slusser’s approval.
4. Recommend Board approve the purchase of System 44 licenses and materials to serve
VEMS and HTEMS at a cost of $22,495.60 to be paid from ACCESS Funds.
5. Recommend Board approve the construction of two (2) accessible restrooms in the
Special Needs Classroom at the High School. Ralph M. Cameron to provide the General
Construction at a cost of $8,400.00. John L. Ravina to provide the Plumbing
Construction at a cost of $9,200.00. Total cost is $17,600.00. The work is to be
performed during off-hours or weekends.
6. Recommend Board approve the licensing of the SmartFind Express substitute employee
management for the period of July 2014-June 2015 at a cost of $9,234.00.
7. Recommend Board approve the purchase of 10 laptop computers for Broadcast
Communications students at the Career Center. The cost for the laptops is $17,181.00
through Integra One per COSTARS. The computers will be purchased through the
Perkins Grant.
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Approve Items 8-24 With One Motion
8. Recommend Board approve the attached conference request.
9. Recommend Board approve the attached list of substitutes.
10. Recommend Board approve the attached school functions.
11. Recommend Board approve the expulsion with contract for student #15-6.
12. Recommend Board approve an expulsion for student #15-7.
13. Recommend Board approve an expulsion with contract for student #15-8.
14. Recommend Board approve an expulsion with contract for student #15-9.
15. Recommend Board approve an expulsion with contract for student #15-10.
16. Recommend Board approve an expulsion with contract for student #15-11.
17. Recommend Board approve a medical leave for ZIZ001, Paraprofessional, HTELC,
effective December 15, 2014. It is understood the leave will consist of the utilization of
sick days through January 6, 2015, followed by an unpaid leave of absence.
18. Recommend Board approve an unpaid leave for STE023, Security, WHEMS, effective
12/12/2014.
19. Recommend Board rescind the Board approved motion on November 24, 2014, item #79
appointing Thomas Smith, HEMS, 4.5 hr. Paraprofessional, effective 12/1/2014.
20. Recommend Board approve an unpaid leave of absence for TET005, Paraprofessional,
HEMS, effective 11/14/2014 through 11/25/2014.
21. Recommend Board approve a leave of absence for SEN001, Teacher, MKEMS, effective
12/4/2014 through 1/4/2015, leave will consist of utilization of sick days.
22. Recommend Board accept the resignation of James Faust, Culinary Instructor, HACC,
effective 12/4/2014.
23. Recommend Board accept the retirement of Marion DeBalko, Paraprofessional, McAdoo
Kelayres El./Middle School, effective 12/5/2014.
24. Recommend Board accept the resignation of Ashley Pollock, Paraprofessional, DEMS,
effective 12/12/2014.
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Approve Items 25-36 With One Motion
25. Recommend Board approve a medical leave of absence for MAC008, Teacher, HAHS
effective 12/15/2014. It is understood the leave will consist of the utilization of sick days
and personal days. Following the utilization of her sick and personal days the HAEA will
be transferring up to 30 days to assist her with her leave.
26. Recommend Board accept the retirement letter of Barbara Mazurkiwecz, cafeteria
employee at Hazleton Area Career Center effective January 2, 2015.
27. Recommend Board approve the cafeteria transfers- new hires as listed below. These are
all open positions and rate is based on the HAESPA contract.
Employee
A - Bonnie Drozic
B - Donna Vasinda
C - Terri Gliem
School
FEMS (Effective 1-19-15)
HAHS
HTELC
Hours
6.5
4
4
28. Recommend Board approve Sean Malone as Assistant Coach, Girls Basketball Valley
Middle School. Salary $1,498.00.
29. Recommend Board approve Kevin Crawford as Volunteer Assistant Coach, Girls
Basketball Valley Middle School.
30. Recommend Board approve Christopher Capasso as School Police Officer at a rate of
$16.83/hour.
31. Recommend Board approve the agreement between the HASD and the SPO employees
for the period of 7/1/2014 to 6/30/2017.
32. Recommend Board approve the agreement between the HASD and Girls Club Lacrosse
team prepared by Attorney Slusser.
33. Recommend Board approve the attached Resolution regarding the Amazon Tax Appeal
prepared by Attorney Slusser and Attorney Wendelowski.
34. Recommend Board terminate the contract between the HASD and Mark Yurcho School
Busing, effective 12/03/2014.
35. Recommend Board approve the June 30, 2014 Audit Report performed by Maillie LLP.
36. Recommend Board approve the purchase of building supplies in the amount of
$17,768.66 from Lowe’s ProServices (as per TCPN National Contract Pricing) for
Hazleton Area Career Center Construction Technology Shop.
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Approve Items 37-44 With One Motion
 Recommend Board approve the purchase of 840 cases of copy paper for a grand total of
$19,908.00 for the 2014-2015 school year (February Delivery) from Unisource
Worldwide Inc. through the Keystone Purchasing Network bid.
38. Recommend Board approve the following agreements for the HACC Nursing Program,
pending approval by Attorney Slusser:
A - Direct Patient Care Clinical Education with Saint Luke Manor
B - Direct Patient Care Clinical Education with Saint Luke Pavilion
39. Recommend Board approve a medical sabbatical for the second semester of the 20142015 school year for TOU002, Teacher, HEMS.
40. Recommend Board accept completion of the Credentials of Competency through
PaTTAN as a rigorous standard of quality for instructional paraprofessionals in a special
or regular education class for newly hired employees.
41. Recommend Board approve as per procedure #29 of the rental policy to waive the fees
for use of the Auditorium, Band Room and Chorus Room at the Hazleton Area High
School on Friday, March 6th and Saturday, March 7, 2015 for the Miss Greater Hazleton
Scholarship Pageant. To waive the rental fee but still required to pay for maintenance,
security and any costs to operate the sound and lighting equipment.
42. Recommend Board approve as per procedure #29 of the rental policy to lower the rental
fee to $50.00 for the McAdoo Youth Winter Basketball League to use the gym at
McAdoo Kelayres El./Middle School from February 23, 2015 through April 30, 2015 for
youth basketball practice and games.
43. Personnel action on local agency hearing.
44. Recommend Board approve sixteen students from the Hazleton Area High School’s
Mock trial team to compete at the University of Pennsylvania’s Benjamin Franklin
Invitational from January 16, 2015-January 18, 2015. Last year, the team finished third,
and we were one of thirty teams to be invited from across the state to compete at the
tournament this year. The students will participate in a seminar with the nationally
ranked University of Pennsylvania’s mock trial team as well as compete in four trials
during the invitational. Pat Cannon and Crystal Lyons will serve as the chaperones for
the trip. All participants will be staying at the Sheraton Philadelphia University City
Hotel, and we are asking for the district to pay for the rooming costs in the amount of
$1,883.56. All other costs associated with this trip including meals, registrations fees, the
seminar fee, and other tournament costs will be paid by the club. *
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45. Bills
A - Andrews and Beard -Attorney Carl Beard - Legal Services - Invoice No. 328947 - $9,330.00
- Invoice No. 328948 - $855.00 - Invoice No. 328949 - $195.00 - Invoice No. 328950 $1,415.00
B - Lobar, Inc. - General Construction - Maple Manor El./Middle School - GOB 2014 Payment Application No. 17 - $347,411.71
C - Jay R. Reynolds, Inc. - Maple Manor El./Middle School - GOB 2014 - Payment
Application No. 15 - $14,393.93
D - Joyce Electrical, Inc. - Maple Manor El./Middle School - GOB 2014 - Payment
Application No. 12 - $225,338.36
E - Master Mechanical - Maple Manor El./Middle School - GOB 2014 - Payment
Application No. 16 - $40,513.03
F - Quality Assurance Plus - Maple Manor El./Middle School - GOB 2014 - Invoice No. 10 –
$8,359.57 - Invoice No. 12 - $7,498.90
G - Attorney Christopher Slusser - Legal Services - Invoice No. 9210 - $23,262.07
- Invoice No. 9211 - $100.00 - Invoice No. 9212 - $22.50 – Invoice No. 9213 - $50.00 –
Invoice No. 9214 - $457.00
H - Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates Architects - Hazleton Area Academy of Sciences 10/1/2014 to 10/31/2014 - GOB 2012 - Invoice No. 34 - $816.68 - Maple Manor El./Middle
School – GOB 2014 - Invoice No. 37 - 8/1/2014 - to 8/31/2014 - $6,282.23 - Invoice No. 39 –
10/1/2014 to 10/31/2014 - $7,889.07
I - Barry Isett & Associates, Inc. - HACC Classroom Fit-Out - 10/1/2014 to 10/31/2014 GOB
2014 - Invoice No. 0095458 - $546.25 - Maple Manor El./Middle School - 10/1/2014 to
10/31/2014 - Invoice No. 0094893 - $427.50
J - Attorney Edward McNelis - Legal Services - Invoice No. 12053- $3,469.00
K - Tremco Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. - HACC Roof Repair - GOB 2014 - Invoice
No. 93219819 - $150,000.00
L - Alfred Benesch Engineers – McAdoo-Kelayres El./Middle School Waterline Investigation –
General Fund - 11/06/2014 to 11/23/2014 - Invoice No. 77658 - $495.00 - Various Schools
Boiler Repair - 10/27/2014 to 11/23/2014 - Invoice No. 77657 - $1,155.00
M - Alfred Benesch Engineers - Heights-Terrace El./Middle School - General Fund Reimbursed By Safe Route To Schools Grant - 09/29/2014 to 10/26/2014 - Invoice No.
76757 - $8,069.63
N - General Fund - Monthly - $229,379.17 - Weekly - $1,237,286.79 - Activities - $11,740.84 Athletics - $21,358.14 - Cafeteria - $545,692.58 - Tax Refunds - $60,964.59
FYI
Budget Report
Student Activities
Rental Requests
Treasurer Report
Investment Report
*Not On Previous Agenda
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