B O A R D S U M M A R Y
September 7, 2010 Board of Education Meeting
Board of Education 2010
President - Edward J. Gawlik Jr.; Vice President - Joel D. Bergeron;
Secretary - Paul E. Sander; Treasurer - Sue Murray;
Trustees - Patricia Graziani, W. Kirk Hayhurst, Darlene Pomponio
PRESENTATIONS
NEW STAFF INTRODUCTIONS
Dennis Kemp, principal, introduced Ruth Kemp who will be the Assistant Principal / Athletic Director at Davidson. Ruth said she is not related to Dennis only in their commitment to educational excellence. She is happy to be at Davidson; however it was difficult to leave Asher and she is looking forward to this school year.
Nancy Nagle introduced Jason Martin who has been very involved in the NCA Accreditation for our QAR. Jason will be the Assistant Principal / Athletic Director at Gerisch. Jason thanked the Board for their support and the opportunity. He is pleased to be at Gerisch as said they have a great staff.
Christopher Woodruff, principal, introduced new staff for the Beacon Center: John Chapman, Iliana Velazquez, Kate Daly, Alaina Stuard. Each teacher spoke briefly and thanked the Board for this opportunity. Mr. Woodruff announced the rest of the new staff who were unable to be at the meeting this evening: Rachel Kendall-Cichon, Nicole Nasutovich and Caryn Flowers.
Anne Mixer, Director of Special Education, announced two new staff to her department: Heather DeAngelis and Kelsey Romanik. Ms. DeAngelis will be at Davidson and was unable to attend the meeting this evening. Ms. Romanik will be working at Gerisch and she thanked everyone for the opportunity to be in Southgate.
Leslie Hainrihar, principal, introduced Ann Marie Barnard who will be teaching Graphic Arts at Anderson. Ms. Barnard thanked Jason Martin for being her mentor during this transition and the board for the opportunity to teach in Southgate. Ms. Hainrihar also introduced new staff members Jessica Harmon and Patrick Sadler. Each spoke briefly on their previous experience and thanked everyone for this opportunity.
Judy Cock, SACE Director, said she was proud of Ruth Kemp's new adventure and introduced replacements for the job she held at Asher. The part time academic advisors hired are Dawn Izzi, Wendy Grzych and Scott Stacey.
DISCUSSION
SUMMER SCHOOL REPORTS
Mr. Peden gave a brief report on the Elementary and Secondary Summer School programs. Information from the elementary program showed improvement in student's achievement and indicated all students excelled in their reading comprehension.
There were 177 students (filling 276 slots) enrolled in the high school program and students from six other schools in the area attended. Three students completed the credits needed to graduation and there were two failures in the session.
MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT
Al Anderson, Interim Director of Maintenance, said the last three months have been challenging. Twelve custodians were hired replacing retirees. Transportation is going very well. He thanked Judy Wilson, Administrative Assistant, publicly for her help these past months. The temporary and seasonal employees helped make everything run smoothly.
He also thanked Bill Shaw and Marilyn West for having the busses ready for the first day of school.
President Gawlik thanked Al and said we needed someone in this department with leadership skills and experience in the district.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT - Mr. Peden said the first day of school is always exciting. There are still concerns with transportation issues and we are working on these. He asked Davidson parents to look for other ways around Trenton Road for dropping students off for school. Traffic at Anderson is heavy because of the four way stops on Leroy. He encouraged parents to look into car-pooling.
The planning for our Strategic Plan will be discussed in the Work Session. We continue to focus on goals and the deficit reduction plan. Our Strategic Plan will guide us for the next few years.
It was a good start to the school year and Mr. Peden reminded everyone to have patience as we are still moving students and staff.
ACTION ITEMS APPROVED
New Hires - Ann Marie Barnard, Caryn Flowers and Rachel Kendall-Cichon
Tenure Teachers - Leslie Armstrong, Patricia Beson,, Brian Brehmer, Roxanne Cozza,, Deanna Devore, Gina Duey, Brian Franz, Cheril Fraser, Brianne Hagaman, Keyon Hoskins, Lee Kubicki, Derek McLaughlin, Lindsey Pierce, Adam Seneski, Julie Stein, Sara Turner and Megan Whitmore.
Staff Recall - Brandon Ursing
Athletic Transportation motion reversed to allow two-way
Paul E. Sander, Secretary
Board of Education