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NORTH ROSE-WOLCOTT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES

DECEMBER 9, 2008 7:00 PM HIGH SCHOOL ROOM #

210

PRESENT: Nickoline Henner, Larissa Bodine, Judi Buckalew, Robert Cahoon,

Katharine DeAngelis, Melinda DeBadts, Kari Durham, Edward Magin,

Clifford Parton, Ora Rothfuss III

Lucinda Miner, Robert Magin, Jacinda Lisanto , Jan McDorman

and 32 guests

ABSENT/EXCUSED:

CALL TO ORDER: Board President Nickoline Henne r called the meeting to order at

7:04 pm and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

1a. APPROVAL OF Clifford Parton moved and Kathy De Angelis seconded the following

AGENDA: motion. The vote was unanimou s. N. Henner, J. Buckalew, R. Cahoon,

K. DeAngelis, M. DeBadts, K. Durham, E. Ma gin, C. Parton, O. Rothfuss

III voted yes.

Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon re commendation of the

Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the

agenda of December 9, 2008.

2. PUBLIC ACCESS: No one spoke to the Board a t this time.

3a. WOLCOTT VENUS Wolcott Chamber of Commerce Pres

ident Chuck Palermo spoke to the

CELEBRATION: Board about an upcoming celebr

ation which will honor the Venus fountain

in Wolcott. There will be an educational forum, a display of student art

work in merchant’s windows, a Middle School sock ho p dance and a

scholarship presented to a HS art student.

3b. SUSPENSION Sharlet Palkovic, Tami Dubey, and Jun e Muto presented the Board with

CENTER: an update on the Suspension Center.

The MS/HS Suspension Center

provides a full day program with a very structured environment. The one

teacher to one student ratio allows the student to get caught up on his/her

work. Detailed reports were handed out to Board me mbers showing the

number of students serviced by the Suspension Cente r by grade level and

the number of repeat student suspensions by grade l evel.

3c. TRANSPORTATION Mr. Robert Magin, Business Admin istrator, addressed the Board about

REPORT: combining NRE students with the MS/H

S bus run. He mentioned that a

number of students already come on the early runs f or school activities

that occur before the normal school day begins at N RE. The District would

be able to eliminate the “buddy bus” situation whic h would reduce the

time elementary students are on buses. The number o f bus driver hours

per day would be reduced and less fuel would be nee ded, therefore

providing a cost savings. During the next two to t

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Magin and Robert Galloway, Transportation Supervisor, will continue to

investigate this proposal and will report back to t he Board with the

outcome.

3d. POSSIBLE DISTRICT Mrs. Miner began her presentation to the Board by stating that

RECONFIGURATION: there are two sources of in come for our school district: state aid and the

money generated by our local tax payers. It has be en announced by

Govenor Patterson that State funding for schools may be cut this year, and

possibly for a number of years to come. With Distr ict expenses rising by

almost $1 million dollars this next school year: salaries, Social Security,

retirement funding, health insurance and HRA’s (Health Reimbursement

Accounts), etc., cost-saving alternatives have been explored. Mrs. Miner

mentioned that she has been meeting with District e mployees to explain

the impact that the reduction of aid and rising exp enses will have on our

District. She then presented a Power Point presenta tion where the

following topics were examined: not replacing retiring teachers, the

closing of FHE, enrollment, proposed class sizes, a Live Birth By School

District report from the Department of Health, staff reductions, sharing

the Director of Technology position with another district, decreasing the

number of field trips, conferences, sports scrimmages and non-league

games, freezing supply and equipment spending, and scrutinizing staff-

development. A Focus Group will be held in place of the regular Board of

Education meeting on January 13, 2008 at the High S chool Auditorium

from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. for the public to weigh the p ros and cons of closing

FHE and the pros and cons of switching the grade le vels housed at

REPORTS:

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Grade”. It was mentioned that the December 2008 is

sue of

American

School Board Journal

contains an article named “Accountability and

Evaluation of School Boards” that Board members may want to read.

5a. INTENT TO RETIRE: Clifford Parton moved and Me linda DeBadts seconded the following

SALLY SMITH

motion. The vote was unanimous. N. Henner, J. Bu ckalew, R. Cahoon, K.

DeAngelis, K. Durham, M. DeBadts, E. Magin, C. Parto n, O. Rothfuss III

voted yes.

Be it resolved that the Board of Educ ation, upon recommendation of the

Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, accepts with

thanks for over 23

years of service, the letter of resignation for the

purpose

of retirement from Sally Smith, effective June 30, 2009. Should the

District increase the retirement incentive or accept a State retirement

incentive between the time of acceptance of this le tter and the date of

retirement, the greater incentive will be offered.

5b. SUPERINTENDENT’S Mrs. Miner explained the conc ept of a Regional High School to the

UPDATE: Board, and answered questions that arose. She spoke about the

Comprehensive Education Plan that is currently being completed and will

be submitted to the State Education Department. Th e Safety committee

and the District Safety Team have met and all issue s have been addressed.

Plans for the Skateboard Park have come to a standsti ll with no one

stepping up to organize it. Mrs. Miner asked for i nput from the Board on

whether or not they were interested in having the s chool organize the

Skateboard Park and the consensus was no.

5c. BUSINESS Mr. Robert Magin announced that the Capital Project is moving along

ADMINISTRATOR’S very well. He mentioned that o ne new boiler will be installed soon

UPDATE: at North Rose Elementary. He mentioned that he attended a meeting with

Mrs. Miner, Robert Galloway and the Highway Superintendents where

protocol had been discussed for school closings. M r. Robert Magin spoke

about the OMNI 403(b) retirement option plan for em ployees listed on the

consent agenda. The budget calendar is included in information items.

6a. MEETING MINUTES Robert Cahoon moved and Melin da DeBadts seconded the following

November 18, 2008 motion. The vote was unanim ous. N. Henner, J. Buckalew, R. Cahoon, K.

DeAngelis, K. Durham, M. DeBadts, E. Magin, C. Parto n, 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

corrected Meeting Minutes of November 18, 2008.

7. CONSENT AGENDA Clifford Parton moved and Katharine DeAngelis seconded the following

motion. The vote was unanimous. N. Henner , J. Buckalew, R. Cahoon,

K. DeAngelis, M. DeBadts, K. Durham, E. Magin, C. Parton, O.

Rothfuss III voted yes.

7a. WARRANTS: Be it resolved that the Board of Edu

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Superintendent of Schools and purs

uant to Education Law, approves the

following Warrants:

1. #0027 $421,778.21 a. Auditor’s Report

2. #0028 $350,234.45 a. Auditor’s Report

3. #0030 $210.00

7b. DISTRICT FINANCIAL Be it resolved that the Boa

rd of Education, upon recommendation of the

REPORTS Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the

Treasurer’s Report for October, 2008.

Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon re

commendation of the

Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the

Extra Classroom Activity Report for October, 2008.

7c. RECOMMENDATIONS

Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon re

commendation of the

FROM CSE AND CPSE: Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Education Law, approves the

recommendations from the Committee on Special Education dated

October 30, 2008, November 6, 2008, November 7, 2008, November 12,

2008, November 13, 2008, November 14, 2008, and November 20, 2008

and the Committee on PresSchool Special Education dated November 17,

2008 and instructs the Superintendent to implement the

recommendations on behalf of the following individuals identified by

student number:

09756 07582 12170 11476 10799 09827 08185 10990 072

88 10327

11480 07541 11479 11498 07504 11547 12164 11010 11179 11156

11152 07504 12158 11321 10317 09148 09151 09780

09086 09543

11981 11133 11213 11209

7d. SUBSTITUTES: Be it resolved that the Board of

Education, upon recommendation of the

Superintendent of Schools and pursuant to Educati on Law, approves the

individuals named on the substitute list s, which are on file with the

District Clerk.

7e. DONATION TO THE Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the

DISTRICT: Superintendent of Sch ools and pursuant to Education Law, accepts

the donation of saltwater aquarium equip ment, materials and fish

valued at $2,000.00 received from Mr. Wil liam Devendorf.

7f. REFUND OF 2008 Be it resolved that the Board of Education, upon recommendation of the

SCHOOL TAXES: Superintendent of Schools

and pursuant to Education Law, approves a

school tax refund due to an overpayment of school

taxes in 2008 of

$529.70 to John A. DeLafranier, tax ID #542600 751 20-17-172111.

7g.

ADOPTION OF THE NORTH The North Rose-Wolcott Central School District acting through an officer

ROSE-WOLCOTT CENTRAL and pursuant to auth orization of its governing board, hereby adopts the

SCHOOL DISTRICT’S 403(B) North Rose-Wolcot t Central School District 403(b) Retirement Plan,

RETIREMENT PLAN subject to its terms and, the terms of any other agreements as deemed

THE OMNI GROUP, appropriate, attached

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THIRD PARTY Agreement and the selecti ons made therein.

ADMINISTRATOR

7h. MEMORANDUM OF Be it resolved that the B oard of Education, upon recommendation of the

AGREEMENT: Superintendent of Schools and p ursuant to Education Law, approves the

Memorandum of Agreement with the Service Employees Association to

change the rate of pay for the title “Senior Bus Dr iver” to the same rate of

pay as the title “Bus Driver”.

7i. EFFICIENCY GRANT The North Rose-Wolcott Central School District Board acting by and

APPROVAL: through its Board of Education Presi dent duly authorized and do herein

declare:

WHEREAS

, the New York State Department of State has releas ed an

application for the Local Government Efficiency Program, General

Efficiency Planning Grant which allows municipalities to include School

Districts to apply for funding that provide funds for plans and studies that

will include an examination of the potential savings and management

improvements for two or more municipalities to study shared services or

transfer of functions.

WHEREAS

, North Rose-Wolcott Central School District is a C o-

Applicant to Wayne-Finger Lakes Board of Cooperative Education

application to the Local Government Efficiency Program Grant, General

Efficiency Planning Grant.

WHEREAS

, the Wayne-Finger Lakes Board of Cooperative Educational

Services (WFL BOCES) is the Lead Applicant and all Co-Applicants shall

submit with the application a formal resolution of the governing body

showing support of this grant application. The pur pose of this resolution

is to provide official support of this governing bo dy of this co-applicant for

the application and the proposed project and to sta te the following:

I. Authorization to Apply for the Grant: The Nort h Rose-Wolcott Central

School District designates that the WFL BOCES as th e lead applicant with

Dr. Joseph J. Marinelli, District Superintendent, WFL BOCES as the Lead

Applicant Contact Person. We hereby authorize Dr. Marinelli to submit an

application to the Local Government Efficiency Grant Program, General

Efficiency Planning Grant for the 2008-2009 program year. The North

Rose-Wolcott Central School District also authorizes WFL BOCES and Dr.

Marinelli to execute all financial and/or administrative processes relating

to the grant program.

II. Project Title and Description: The project will be known as the

“Wayne County Regional High School Study and Planning Project.” The

study and planning will examine the potential savings, management

improvements, and benefits to the community in developing regional high

schools. A regional high school is defined as two or more school districts

combining their high school programs and retaining separate elementary,

and middle school programs, or K-8 programs.

III. Funding Request: We authorize WFL BOCES to ap ply for up to

$32,000 of funding from the Local Government Efficiency Program,

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IV. Local Share Information: WFL BOCES and each of the co-applicants

will be responsible for an equal share of the total 10% matching share of

$3,200 from local shares.

V. Co-Applicant Information: North Rose-Wolcott Central School District

is an authorized co-applicant to WFL BOCES application to the Local

Government Efficiency Grant Program, General Efficiency Planning Grant

for the Wayne County Regional High School Study and Planning Project.

We agree to work with WFL BOCES and each of the Com ponent School

Districts in Wayne County which are also co-applicants to this grant.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,

that a school board meeting was

held on December 9, 2008, wherein a quorum was pres ent and a majority

of the quorum voted to provide authorization for WF L BOCES to apply for

the Local Government Efficiency Grant Program, High Priority Planning

Grant with the North Rose-Wolcott Central School D istrict as a Co-

Applicant. Therefore, this document is to serve as the formal resolution of

the North Rose-Wolcott Central School District Board of Education,

pursuant to the laws of New York.

The North Rose-Wolcott Central School District Board acting by and

through its Board of Education President duly authorized and do herein

declare:

WHEREAS

, the New York State Department of State has releas ed an

application for the Local Government Efficiency Program, High Priority

Planning Grant which allows municipalities to include School Districts to

apply for funding that provide funds for plans and studies that will include

an examination of the potential savings and management improvements

for two or more municipalities to study shared serv ices or transfer of

functions to be performed on a countywide basis.

WHEREAS

, North Rose-Wolcott Central School District is a C o-

Applicant to Wayne-Finger Lakes Board of Cooperative Education

application to the Local Government Efficiency Program Grant, High

Priority Planning Grant.