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NORTH ROSE-WOLCOTT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 13, 2007 7:00 PM HIGH SCHOOL ROO
M #210
PRESENT: Edward Magin, Robert Cahoon, Kathy DeAngelis, Kelly Ferrente, Nickoline
Henner, Cliff Parton, Ora Rothfuss, III
Lucinda Miner, Robert Magin, Jan McDorman and 12 guests
ABSENT/EXCUSED: Judi Buckalew, Mindy DeBadts
1. CALL TO ORDER: Ed Magin called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm and led the Pledge of
Allegiance.
1a. BUILDING TOUR: Mrs. Muto, Cliff Parton, and Kelly Ferrente led the Board of Education on a
tour through the High School School. Some points of interest were the
Welding room, a repaired wall next to the small cafeteria, the swimming pool,
a sports mural painted by senior Ashleigh Gerstner across from Gymnasium,
and the Large Cafeteria. The Board completed their tour in the Main Office
where Mrs. Muto demonstrated the new VTech security scanner.
After the building tour, many items of discussion were addressed, including
the environment of the swimming pool which is maintained by the Pool Pak
system. It is not certain that Pool Pak repairmen will be able to repair the unit
to a proper functioning level. Preventative and proactive maintenance will be
the key to success of a new system. The pool and component Adaptive PE area
will be made a top priority item on the Capital Project. The operation and
maintenance of the pool and environment prior to the Pool Pak installation was
discussed.
Ronco repairmen were on site and repaired the outside speakers for the PA
system in the High School parking lot. Television cables have not be repaired
to date and remains an area of concern.
The topic of student smoking in the High School was addressed. Student
smoking does exist at the High School, but is minimal. There have been a few
suspensions related to smoking or having possession of matches/lighters. Hall
monitors provide regular policing of the hallways and bathrooms. The Middle
School and High School are following the same disciplinary routine for
smokers this year to provide consistency in discipline within the District.
1b. APPROVAL OF C. Parton moved and K. Ferrente seconded the following motion.
AGENDA: The vote was unanimous. E. Magin, R. Cahoon, K. DeAngelis, K. Ferrente, N.
Henner, C. Parton, O. Rothfuss, III voted yes.
Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the
Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the
agenda of November 13, 2007.
2. PUBLIC ACCESS: Mrs. Heidi Rothfuss addressed the Board in regards to the Interim titles of
Mrs. Muto and Mr. Schiener at the High School. Mrs. Rothfuss voiced her
support of them, and feels that they have proven themselves worthy of the
permanent titles of Principal and Vice Principal. She feels that the District
tends to hire from the workforce, and would like to see more promotion of
employees for these positions from within the District. She requests that the
Board revisit their titles, and shows positive reinforcement of them by granting
each a three year contract with the title they are deserving of.
James Howes, Pastor of New Hope Assembly of God Church in North Rose,
and his wife Mindy, addressed the Board regarding a transportation issue for
1015 students that are involved in a Bible Club held at their church.
4a. ADMINISTRATOR’S Reports from each administrator were shared with the Board.
REPORTS:
4b. PTSA REPORT: Kari Durham, President of the PTSA, was pleased to announce that
membership in the organization has reached eightynine, and that the
organization received national recognition for their efforts with the 5K event
they recently sponsored.
The fund drive to collect box tops for education, recycle inkjet cartridges and
labels has raised $1,300.00. The PTSA would like to ask the Student Council
how they’d like to use this money.
PTSA members were privileged to attend the 2
nd
grade Concert at Florentine
Hendrick Elementary recently.
The Parent University has been cancelled this year, due to a small response
from parents. This event will be rescheduled at a later time.
4c. OTHER GOOD NEWS OF The MerryGoRound Theater recently presented a delightful play
THE DISTRICT: to Florentine Hendrick students.
Administrators agreed to explore options regarding play time at the two
elementary schools.
Nicki Henner thanked fellow Board members for the opportunity to attend the
NYC Conference. Nicki Henner, Mindy DeBadts, and Cindy Miner attended
the conference recently and found it to be very informative. Mrs. Henner
mentioned that she found many School Boards dealing with the same issues
that we face in our District. There were over 3,000 people in attendance at the
Conference.
Mrs. Miner was pleased to support the NRW Girls Swimming team at
Sectionals recently. Mrs. Miner praised the girls on their success.
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Mrs. Miner reminded the Board about the National
Honor Society Induction
Ceremony that will take place on November 14
th
at 1:00 in the High School
Auditorium.
4d. OTHER:
5a. SUPERINTENDENT’S Mrs. Miner spoke to the Board regarding a residents concern in
UPDATE: regards to Empire Wind and the towns of Butler, Wolcott, and Huron using
the High School auditorium for a Wind topic informational presentation.
There were many events that took place on Superintendent’s Day, November
9, 2007. A national presenter named Steven Barclay worked on Peer Coaching
with the K5 grade levels in the morning, and teacher relations with 612 grade
levels in the afternoon. The elementary teachers also worked with Anita Clark
on Differentiating Instruction. Middle School teachers focused on Tech Paths,
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support (PBIS), Strategic Reading in the
Content Area and Curriculum mapping led by their peers.
Mrs. Miner feels that the Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support (PBIS),
training is going very well. Interim High School Vice Principal Paul Schiener
is the PBIS lead person in our District. There are two to three days of training
this year with PBIS implementation to begin next year.
All administrators attended the Leadership Conference recently. The workshop
provided invaluable training. There are four of these workshops that all
administrators will attend throughout the year.
One of the biggest focuses for direction in 200708 is on Curriculum Mapping.
There will be a Curriculum Map done at every level by the end of the school
year. The training that has been provided on Curriculum Mapping has been
excellent.
Tech Path
is a curriculum mapping computer software program which allows
all curriculum to be online, shared, and revised. Each school building is at a
different spot with their tech paths. It is hopeful that it will all tie in together
soon. There are fourteen initiatives going on, all under the umbrella of student
achievement.
.
New Teacher training was held at the Wolcott Library on Assertive Discipline.
This training was led by Mr. Harry DeCook, retired HS Principal from Lyons,
assisted by our District Mentors: Joe Rotelli, Diane Mason, and Sandra
Manktelow. The training proved very beneficial to all involved.
Mrs. Miner reminded the Board of the Issue Analysis presentation to be held at
Finger Lakes Community College on December 6
th
at 7 pm.
5b. BUSINESS Bob Magin has been addressing an issue with the pump house, located behind
ADMINISTRATOR’S the High School. The water from the pump house is used to irrigate the athletic
UPDATE: fields and the driving range, and supplies water to the food booth. Previously,
two pumps supplied water from the pump house, a15 h
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pump. Both pumps have broken. Bob Magin has order
ed a new pump that
will handle the job.
Mrs. Miner and Bob Magin met with the architects from SEI regarding the
Capital Project. Progress is moving along, and by the end of the month, paper
work should be submitted to the State Education Department. The current
back log at the state is twelve weeks approval rate. We are not in bad shape for
timing. Vic Tomaselli from SEI will be providing a presentation on
architectural progress and updates at the next Board of Education meeting.
The NY State Auditors are continuing their audit, and are doing quite a bit of
on site visiting at the buildings, checking on assets.
The audit is completed with Ray Wagers firm, the District’s internal auditor.
State Aid will not be held up.
5c. POLICY FIRST New policies were given to the board for a first reading. They are
READING: encouraged to call the Superintendent with questions.
6a. MEETING MINUTES B. Cahoon moved and K. DeAngelis seconded the following motion.
October 23, 2007 The vote was unanimous. E. Magin, R. Cahoon, K. DeAngelis, K. Ferrente, N.
Henner, C. Parton, O. Rothfuss, III voted yes.
Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the
Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the
Meeting Minutes of October 23, 2007.
7. CONSENT AGENDA C. Parton moved and B. Cahoon seconded the following motion.
The vote was unanimous. E. Magin, R. Cahoon, K. DeAngelis, K. Ferrente, N.
Henner, C. Parton, O. Rothfuss, III voted yes.
7a. WARRANTS: Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
the Superintendent of School and pursuant to Education Law, approves the
following Warrant:
Warrant #0017 $634,315.07 Warrant
#0018 $515,891.21
7b. SUBSTITUTES: Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the
Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the
individuals named on the substitute lists, which are on file with the District
Clerk.
7c. RECOMMENDATIONS Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the
FROM CSE: Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the
recommendations from
the Committee on Special Education dated October 1
8,
2007, October 19, 2007, October 25, 2007, November 1, 2007 and the Committee on
Pre School Special Education dated October 23, 2007 and instructs the Superintendent
to implement the recommendations on behalf of the following individuals identified by
student number:
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06776 06784 11110 08032 08422 08420 07255 08334 06939
07865 11421 07016 10805 09459 09876 09421 10480 08423
09386 10170 10008 11223 09385 11679 10283 10278 11994
11995 11941
7d. RETURN OF TAXES TO Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the
THE COUNTY: Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the return
of 2007 unpaid school taxes to Wayne County for collection of payment.
7e. DONATION TO THE Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
DISTRICT: the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, accepts
monetary gift from MerryGoRound Playhouse given to our District to be
used for Arts in Education programming
.
7f. HIGH SCHOOL FIELD TRIP Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
TO CLEVELAND, OHIO: the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the
High School Field Trip to Cleveland, Ohio, from February 29 March 2, 2008,
with transportation provided by Port Bay Travel, a private busing company.
The trip will be supervised by Brooke Paxton, Tina Reed, and June Muto. The
District will incur no cost for this trip.
7g. APPROVAL TO Be it resolved, that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the
PARTICIPATE
Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education
Law, approves in the
WITH THE ARMOR participation of the ARMOR program, which will be implemented by an
PROGRAM: outside facilitator and cofacilitated by Rebecca Kandt and possibly Heather
Pawlak. The ten week free program will be offered to referred Middle School
male students in the fall and spring. The program is aimed at reducing
incidents of aggression and violent behaviors.
7h1. LETTER OF Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
RESIGNATION the Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law
RALPH MANN: accepts the resignation of Ralph Mann, effective November 13, 2007.
7h2. APPOINT FOOD SERVICE Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
HELPER Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves
MARLENA SELLS: the 26 week probationary appointment of Marlena Sells as a Food Service
Helper, conditional upon a criminal history record check, according to
Commissioners Regulations §801.11 and Part 87, for $8.25/hr., 3 hrs./day, 10
months/year, $4,653 annual salary prorated to start date, effective November
14, 2007.
7h3. APPOINT LONG TERM Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER the Superintendent of School and pursuant to Education Law, approves
EMILY WILSON: the appointment of Emily Wilson as a long term substitute teacher,
conditional upon a criminal history record check according to Commissioners
Regulation §801.11 and Part 87 as follows:
Certification: Students with Disabilities, Grades
16, Initial Control #: on file
Childhood Education, Grades 16, Initial Control #: on file
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Start Date: Beginning October 29, 2007, to serve at
the pleasure of the Board,
continuing until further notice and accruing seniority as a Teaching
Assistant during this time
Salary: $35,000 prorated to time worked
7h4. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
TO GOLF RANGE the Superintendent of School and pursuant to Education Law, approves
DIR. ANNE DAPPOLITO: the payment of $1,000 to Anne Dapolito for performing the job duties of Golf
Range Director during the months of April, May, and June of 2006.
7h5. COACHING APPTS.: Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of
the Superintendent of School and pursuant to Educat
ion Law, approves the
coaching appointments for the 200708 school year, conditional upon a
criminal history record check according to Commissioners Regulation §80
1.11 and Part 87, and successful completion of all required First Aid/CPR and
Child Abuse courses as follows:
Name
Position
Step
Year
Salary
Stacey Fox JV Cheerleading 1 1 $1688
Kaseedee SmithJermain Varsity Cheerleading 1 1 $1968
Ed Leisenring Boys Basketball Volunteer
Joe Cahoon Girls Basketball Volunteer
Paul Maring Girls Basketball Volunteer
Nick Wojieck Indoor Track Volunteer
Jon LaValley Wrestling Volunteer
Kurt Laird Wrestling Volunteer
Jeff Drake Boys Swimming Volunteer
Dale Bingelli Boys Swimming Volunteer
8a. The Advocate – October/November 2007 was shared with the Board.
8b. Florentine Hendrick Elementary Newsletter – November, 2007 was shared with the Board.
8c. North Rose Elementary Newsletter – November, 2007 was shared with the Board.
8d. Use of Facilities were shared with the Board.
8e. Enrollment Figures were shared with the Board.
8f. 2007 NYSSMA Junior High Area AllState Music Festival Programs were shared with the Board.
8g. Four County School Boards Association Membership Directories were shared with the Board.
8h. Policy #6231 Regulation information was shared with the Board.
8i. Policy #8340 Regulation revision information was shared with the Board.
9. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: No one addressed the Board at this time.
10a. ADDITIONS TO THE N. Henner moved and C. Par
ton seconded the following motion. The vote
AGENDA: was unanimous. E. Magin, R. Cahoon, K. DeAngelis, K. Ferrente, N. Henner, C.
Parton, O. Rothfuss, III voted yes.
Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the
Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the
additions to the agenda of November 13, 2007.
10b. RESIGNATION OF C. Parton moved and B. Cahoon seconded the following motion. The vote
SWIMMING COACH was unanimous. E. Magin, R
GEORGE WETHERALL: Parton, O. Rothfuss, III voted yes.
Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the
Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, accepts the
resignation of George Wetherall as Boys Varsity Swimming coach, effective
November 8, 2007.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: C. Parton moved and B. Cahoon seconded the following motion. The vote was
unanimous. E. Magin, R. Cahoon, K. DeAngelis, K. Ferrente, N. Henner, C.
Parton, O. Rothfuss, III voted yes.
Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the
Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves Executive
Session at 9:00 pm for the specific purpose of discussing a particular employee
evaluation.
OPEN SESSION The meeting returned to open session at 10:17 pm.
ADJOURNMENT C. Parton moved and K. DeAngelis seconded the following motion. The vote
was unanimous. E. Magin, R. Cahoon, K. DeAngelis, K. Ferrente, N. Henner,
C. Parton, O. Rothfuss, III voted yes.
Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the
Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the
adjournment of the meeting at 10:17 pm.
___________________________________
Clerk, Board of Education
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