WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION

Long Valley, New Jersey  07853

 

June 3, 2008

 

Board of Education Meeting Agenda

7:30 p.m. – Long Valley Middle School Library

 

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTICE

Adequate notice of this meeting was given to the public 48 hours in advance of the date setting forth the date, time, location and type of meeting.  Notice was published on May 7, 2008 in the Daily Record, one of the Board's official newspapers.  The notice was also sent to the Observer Tribune and was posted with the Washington Township Clerk, the Washington Township Municipal Building bulletin board, the Washington Township Schools, and the administration building.  All please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS

 

PRESENTATION

 

Continental Math League

Community Service at Benedict A. Cucinella Elementary School

Hanover Park Invitational Forensic Tournament

“M” Magazine Random Lines Squiggle Sweepstakes

Morris County Middle School Leadership Award

Morris County Championship Track Meet

National PTA Reflections Art Contest

National Science League

Northern New Jersey Junior Region Jazz Band

Northern New Jersey Junior Region Orchestra

Randolph Public Speaking Tournament

Tri-County Reading Council Writing Contest

Twenty-Five Years of Service

Washington Township School District Retirees

Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School PTA Grant Winners

A.W.S. Convergence Technologies and the

Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education Grants

Tri-County Reading Council Kathie Bush Memorial Award

 

CORRESPONDENCE

·         Letter from Wayne Widmann

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Education Committee – June 2, 2008

Finance Committee – June 3, 2008

 

ADMINISTRATOR’S COMMENTS

 

PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

·         May 13, 2008 regular meeting minutes

·         May 13, 2008 executive session minutes

·         May 20, 2008 regular meeting minutes

·         May 20, 2008 executive session minutes

·         May 27, 2008 regular meeting minutes

·         May 27, 2008 executive session minutes

 

IT IS HEREBY MOVED, UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVE THE FOLLOWING:

 

Education

 

1.      Motion to approve Christina Diehl, Centenary College Student, to complete 10 hours observation in June 2008 at the Cucinella School with Mrs. Denise Scairpon as her cooperating teacher and Professor Sherry Koeppen as her college advisor.

 

2.      Motion to approve field trips for the 2007-2008 school year as presented.

 

Finance

 

3.      Motion to accept the June 3, 2008 check journal

 

4.      Motion to acknowledge the April 2008 Secretary’s and Treasurer of School Monies Report.

 

5.      Motion to approve transfers to the 2007-2008 budget as presented.

 

6.      Motion to award contract to Allied Fire and Safety Equipment Company for new fire alarm systems project at the Flocktown-Kossmann and Old Farmers Road Schools in the amount of $312,900.  Lowest responsible bid received.

 

7.      Motion to approve the following private school out-of-district tuitions for the 2007-2008 school year:

 

Student #

Private School

Days

Per Diem

Total

09500006

The East Mountain School

30

$263.36

$7,900.80

09500044

Mountain Lakes BOE

15

$293.72

$4,405.80

 

 

8.      Motion to approve the following district travel for the 2007-2008 school year:

 

The Chief School Administrator, in accordance with New Jersey Law A-5, the School District Accountability Act, has reviewed the following travel expenditures and found them to be educationally necessary and fiscally prudent.

Name

Event

Date

Location

Not to Exceed

Betty Fedyna

 

Strauss Esmay Educational Policy & School Law Seminar

June 6, 2008

Lincroft, NJ

$35.00

Christine D’Agostino

Strauss Esmay Educational Policy & School Law Seminar

June 6, 2008

Lincroft, NJ

$0

Pat Solovay

CDK Personnel User Meeting

June 12, 2008

Hackettstown, NJ

$7.07

Elza Kuncewitch

CDK Personnel User Meeting

June 12, 2008

Hackettstown, NJ

$7.07

 

9.      Motion to approve the following Related Service Providers for the 2007-2008 school year:

 

Provider

Rate

Time

Cost

Jen Karpi

$50.00

103

$5,150.00

 

Personnel

 

10.  Motion to accept, with regret, the following resignations:

  1. Mary DiBlasi, Aide, Old Farmers Road School, effective July 1, 2008, due to retirement.
  2. Carol Farrell, Teacher, Long Valley Middle School, effective July 1, 2008, due to retirement.
  3. David Collier, Dean of Students, Long Valley Middle School, effective July 1, 2008.
  4. Marti Houghton, Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Superintendent, effective

June 16, 2008.

 

11.  Motion to terminate the following staff member:

  1. Irina Tarnoff, part-time custodian, Long Valley Middle School, effective May 15, 2008, due to job abandonment.

 

12.  Motion to approve the following extra-curricular positions:

  1. Rebecca Kwaitkoski, resigned from the position of Team Leader, effective May 9, 2008, replaced with Mary Lynn Leidl from May 12, 2008 through the end of the 2007-2008 school year.  $2,075.00 prorated at current rate of pay.
  2. Rebecca Kwaitkoski, resigned from the position of Lunchroom Supervisor, effective

May 9, 2008, replaced with Dana Mickel from May 12, 2008 through the end of the 2007-2008 school year.  $2,180.00 prorated at current rate of pay at a daily rate of $12.11.

 

 

13.  Motion to approve the following horizontal move effective September 1, 2008:

Name

Step

From

To

Stacy Davies

6

MA/$55,655

MA+15/$56,880

 

14.  Motion to fill the following posted positions for the 2008-2009 school year:

  1. John Winsted, Non-Supervisory Coordinator of Curriculum & Instruction, effective

July 1, 2008.  $80,000.

  1. Sharon DiPaolo, District Occupational Therapist, effective September 1, 2008, MA,

Step 7, $57,285.

  1. Danielle Colasurdo*, Accelerated Mathematics Teacher, Long Valley Middle School, effective September 1, 2008, Step 4, BA+15, $50,405.

 

*approve submission to the County Superintendent of applications for emergency hiring and the applicant's attestation that he/she has not been convicted of any disqualifying crime pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A:6-7.1 et. seq., N.J.S.A. 18A:39-17 et. seq., of N.J.S.A. 18A:6-4.13 as applicable.

 

  1. Extended School Year:

Position

Name/or their subs

Days

Hours

Total Hours

Nurses:

Judy Torsky-Picolo

10

6.5

65

 

Ellen Nadeau

10

6.5

65

Teachers:

Julia Ricco

20

4

80

 

Jill Tynan

20

4

80

 

Heather Clowers

20

4

80

 

Susan Ort

16

6.5

104

 

Heather Pecorari

16

6.5

104

 

Stacy Rispoli

20

4

80

 

Cade Warrener

20

6.5

130

 

Pat Wustefeld

20

6.5

130

 

Bernadette Hickman

20

4

80

Speech Therapist:

Stefanie Fracasso

16

6.5

104

 

Irene May

20

6.5

130

 

Louise Quinn

20

6.5

130

 

Patricia Paradiso

16

6.5

104

Aides:

M. Mangiaracina

16

4

64

 

Helen Zobler

20

4

80

 

Frankie fox

20

6.5

130

 

Joan Friedman,

20

6.5

130

 

Nancy Hoffman

16

6.5

104

 

Joan Cicala

16

4

64

 

Debbie Heditsch

16

4

64

 

Margaret Robinson

20

6.5

130

 

Kathy McGroathy

20

4

80

 

Sue Tighe

20

6.5

130

Position

Name/or their subs

Days

Hours

Total Hours

 

Jen Fornelius

20

4

80

 

Michelle Allison

20

6.5

130

 

Shelly Milner

20

29/wk

116

 

Marika Peppas

16

4

64

 

Sue Hey

16

4

64

SUBSITUTES

Teachers/aide

Speech Therapists

Nurses

Susan Ort

Emily Palmieri

Judy Torsky-Picolo

Heather Pecorari

Margaret Christofferson

Ellen Nadeau

Stacey Rispoli

Patricia Paradiso

Marie Peppas

Julie Ricco

 

Jessica Ewer

Sue Hey

 

 

Joan Cicalo

 

 

Heather Clowers

 

 

Jill Tynan

 

 

Nancy Hoffman

 

 

Beth Perry

 

 

Lindsay Tasco

 

 

Dana Castellana

 

 

Debbie Heditsch

 

 

M Mangiaracina

 

 

Shelly Milner

 

 

Denise Scairpon

 

 

Jen Fornalius

 

 

Kathy McGroarty

 

 

Helen Zobler

 

 

Marika Peppas

 

 

 

  1.  Summer Screenings:

 

                                     Old Farmers Road School

DTKRII/DRA

VISION/HEARING

Eileen Pfeiffer

Nancy Braithwaite

Dana Castellana

 

Marge Beute

 

Betty Jo Wydner

 

Sharon Giamerese

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                    Cucinella School

DTKRII/DRA

VISION/HEARING

Joanne Burrows

Jessica Ewer

Jen Cryan

Nancy Auld-Morogiello

Bernadette Hickman

 

Sandra Levitt

 

Lenore MacKenzie

 

Kim MacMillan

 

Tracy Moszczynski

 

Virginia Plumbo

 

Denise Scairpon

 

 

                                    Flocktown-Kossmann School

DTKRII/DRA

VISION/HEARING

MaryJo Griese

Marie Peppas

Melissa Giacin

 

Diane Lehnert

 

Irene May

 

Nancy McElwaine

 

Stacy Rispoli

 

 

15.  Motion to transfer the following staff effective September 1, 2008:

  1. Cristin Roach, Special Education Teacher, from the Long Valley Middle School to the Cucinella School.  No change in salary.

 

16.  Motion to authorize salary adjustment for the 2007-2008 school year to the following negotiating Groups as presented:

  1. Aides
  2. Cafeteria Managers

 

17.  Motion to approve summer Child Study Team testing at a per case cost of $330.00 and hourly at the current rate as follows:

 

Discipline

Name

LDT/C

Heather Clowers

 

Mary-anne Burns

 

Christine Holmes-Lange

Psychologist

Hillary Harvey

 

Mary Connelly

Social Worker

Stella Gallo

 

Kathleen Burke

 

Tanya Leonhardt

Speech

Emily Palmieri

 

Stefanie Fracasso

 

Irene May

Discipline

Name

 

Eileen Hoffmann

 

Louise Quinn

 

Patti Paradiso

 

18.  Motion to approve drivers for summer route services at their contractual hourly rate of pay as follows:

Rose Drake

Carol Prillo

Laura Mondok

Georgene Wyker

Neal Robinson

Deb Radossich

Mary Ann Burke

Sondra Farnon

John Hey

Florence Holzmacher

Monika Morin

Bill Kanen

Lynn Schaffer

Jim Papaganeres

Melvin Travis

Jim Cline

Charlie Van Stone

Helen Albans

Cathi Greffe

Jim Fitterer

Vince Finlay

Howard Petersen

Ralph Hatcher

Roberta Lance

Nancy Rush

Hans Sookhoo

 

 

19.  Motion to approve drivers for the summer bus cleaning at a rate of $18.50 per hour as follows:

Helen Albans

Nancy Rush

Elisa Hodge

Tammy Torres

Carol Prillo

Hans Sookhoo

Sondra Farnon

Jim Fitterer

Ralph Hatcher

 

20.  Motion to read for the first time Non-Supervisory Coordinator of Curriculum & Instruction job description as presented.

 

21.  Motion to approve the following substitutes for the 2007-2008 school year:

 

Teacher

Driver

Julie Davison

Timothy Pluciniak*

 

*approve submission to the County Superintendent of applications for emergency hiring and the applicant's attestation that he/she has not been convicted of any disqualifying crime pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A:6-7.1 et. seq., N.J.S.A. 18A:39-17 et. seq., of N.J.S.A. 18A:6-4.13 as applicable.

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

PUBLIC COMMENT

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION

·         Legal, negotiation, personnel and superintendent search matters.

 

ADJOURNMENT