Chappaqua Central School District
Agenda January 13, 2016
Agenda
CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Horace Greeley High School
Convene meeting at 6:00 p.m. which we anticipate will enter into Executive Session to discuss the employment history of a particular corporation under consideration, employment history of particular persons and seek legal advice.
Presiding Officer: Warren Messner
Re-convene public meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance - Victoria Tipp
Presentations:
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Information Business Affairs |
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1.1 |
President's Report |
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1.1.1 |
CFY discussion |
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1.2 |
Superintendent's Report |
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1.2.1 |
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1.3 |
Joint President and Superintendent's Report |
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1.3.1 |
Chappaqua Central School District Short and Long-Term Capital Needs, 2016-2020 |
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2. |
Organization |
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Questions and Comments We welcome public inquiries, and in respect for each other's time, we ask that you limit your inquiry to three minutes. Board members may be contacted via email or phone. |
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Approvals & Ratification |
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3.1 |
Minutes of December 9, 2015 |
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3.2 |
Minutes of December 14, 2015 |
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4. |
Recommended Action: Personnel |
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4.1 |
Instructional Resolution: BE IT RESOLVED that, the Board of Education hereby appoints the individuals listed as per diem substitute teachers to be employed on an "as needed" basis":
John Cobelli, Resolution: BE IT RESOLVED that, the Board of Education hereby appoints the individuals listed as PSAT and/or SAT and/or ACT proctors to be employed on an "as needed" basis effective for the 2015/2016 school year, or earlier at the discretion of the Board of Education: Margo Gold Resolution: BE IT RESOLVED that, the Board of Education hereby appoints the following individual to the Co-Curricular Activity Position of Advisor to the Seven Bridges Literary Magazine for the 2015/2016 school year, or earlier at the discretion of the Board of Education: Erin Ginsburg Request for Parental Leave of Absence: Ms. Shana Weldon, Teacher of Elementary Education, Seven Bridges Middle School, effective January 4, 2016 through June 30, 2016. Request for Discretionary Leave of Absence: Mr. Daniel Perito, Teaching Assistant, Robert E. Bell Middle School and Seven Bridges Middle School, effective December 3, 2015 through January 8, 2016. Resignation for Purposes of Retirement: Ms. Margaret Breen, Teacher of Mathematics, Horace Greeley High School, effective June 30, 2016. Appointment: Part Time Ms. Caroline Susa, (.04) Teacher of Elementary Education to provide Academic Intervention Services as per the Teachers' Contract, Roaring Brook Elementary School, effective February 2, 2016 through May 13, 2016 (or earlier at the discretion of the Board of Education). Amended Appointment: Long Term Substitute Ms. Julie Peter, Long Term Substitute Teacher of Elementary Education, Roaring Brook Elementary School, effective August 31, 2015 through March 7, 2016 (or earlier at the discretion of the Board of Education), rate of pay at 1/200 of Teacher Schedule A(BA), Step 1, per diem. |
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Non-Instructional Resolution: BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education hereby appoints the individual listed below as a per diem clerical substitute to be employed on an "as needed" basis, effective January 14, 2016: Jane Perito |
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Recommended Action: Other |
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5.1 |
CSE Summaries reported to the Board on January 13, 2016. |
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5.2 |
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Ardsley Union Free School District for educational services for one student in the AHS SC-Self-Contained 9-1-3 program for the 2015-16 school year for the sum of $5,151 plus additional services in the amount of $3,960, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Pleasantville Union Free School District for educational services for one student for the 2015-16 school year for the sum of $61,310, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Pleasantville Union Free School District for educational services for one student for the 2015-16 school year for the sum of $81,950 and an additional $15,700 for related services (total cost of $97,650), and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Pleasantville Union Free School District for educational services for one student for the 2015-16 school year for the sum of $81,950 and an additional $6,825 for related services (total cost of $88,775), and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Pleasantville Union Free School District for educational services for one student for the 2015-16 school year for the sum of $81,950, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District for educational services for Student ID #80304147 in the CASSTLE High School Program for the 2015-16 school year for the sum of $107,737, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District for educational services for Student ID #80607214 in the CASSTLE High School Program for the 2015-16 school year for the sum of $107,737, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Reading and Writing Project Network LLC through Teachers College for literacy consultants in the amount of $87,000, which will be funded out of New York State Title I Grant, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Thomas Romano for literacy consultation to work with Grades 4-12 ELA and content teachers to improve Differentiated Writing Instruction for the 2015-16 school year in the amount of $15,000 to be funded out of New York State Title I Grant, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Houghton Mifflin for Math in Focus work with Grades 5-8 teachers for the 2015-16 school year in the amount of $28,098 to be funded out of New York State Title I Grant, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract with Barbara Frye, literacy consultant, to work with ELSP for the 2015-16 school year in the amount of $17,000 to be funded out of New York State Title I Grant, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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5.13 |
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education authorizes its attorneys, Shaw, Perelson, May and Lambert, LLP to execute a Consent Judgment in a tax certiorari proceeding captioned,
Consolidated Edison Company of NY, Inc. v. Town of New Castle and Chappaqua CSD And it is further resolved, that the Board authorizes the refund of taxes as required by the terms of the Consent Judgment. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Court Order Consent Judgment refund to 55 North Bedford LLC for assessment years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2103, and 2014 in the amount of $24,255.91. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Court Order Consent Judgment refund to 59-65 North Bedford Road Center LLC for assessment years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2103, and 2014 in the amount of $23,973.86. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Court Order Consent Judgment refund to 67-69 Bedford Road LLC for assessment years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2103, and 2014 in the amount of $7,150.61. |
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5.17 |
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Chappaqua Central School District Bid #944 - Coach Bus Transportation Services - Hudson Valley Charter Service, Inc., $34,750.00. |
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5.18 |
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Chappaqua Central School District RFP #09 - Feasibility Analysis for Potential Development - Kellard Sessions Consulting, P.C., $9,800.00. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education authorizes the establishment of the Tom Whalen Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $9,999. Tom was a graduate of Horace Greeley High School who played football as a "special team player" and had a passion for sports writing. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract for Independent Contractor Services with Liisa Elsner, as Continuing Education Assistant for school year 2015-16, at $25 per hour, not to exceed $8,000 annually, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the Contract for Independent Contractor Services with Maura Marcon, as Resource Specialist / Coordinator for Horace Greeley High School for a term to commence on January 14, 2016 and to continue for a period not to extend beyond June 30, 2016 at the rate of $31,868 per year (to be pro-rated from January 14 through June 30, 2016), and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement. |
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Facilities |
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7. |
Policy Committee |
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8. |
Financials |
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8.1 |
Revenue Status Report - from 7/1/2015 to 12/31/2015. |
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8.2 |
Appropriation Status Summary Report - from 7/1/2015 to 12/31/2015. |
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8.3 |
Approve Treasurer's Report - as of November 2015. |
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8.4 |
Approve Treasurer's Report - as of December 2015. |
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8.5 |
Approve Treasurer's Report - Team Accounts - as of December 31, 2015. |
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8.6 |
Approve Treasurer's Report - Extra Classroom Activity Accounts - as of December 31, 2015. |
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Communications |
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Notice of Future Meetings Wednesday, January 27, 2016 5:30 p.m., Admin/Board Retreat, Horace Greeley High School/iLab 7:30 p.m., Regular Board of Education Meeting, Horace Greeley High School/Academic Commons Science Education in Chappaqua |
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Adjournment |
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Any person who seeks accommodation based upon disability should contact the District Clerk, Terry Dell'olio at 238-7200, x-1002, at least five days prior to the meeting.
Chappaqua Board of Education PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES DURING MEETING /tkd |
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ADDENDUM
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1. |
Information Business Affairs |
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1.1 |
President's Report |
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WHEREAS the cost involved in providing an appropriate public education to every student in New York State, as mandated in the New York State Constitution, continues to increase due to factors beyond the control of local school boards, including (but not limited to), increased cost of external services required to meet state requirements, and the ever-increasing cost of teacher and employee retirement plans and contractual benefits; and WHEREAS the unprecedentedly low inflation rate this year means that the New York State Tax Levy Cap for the 2016-17 year will likely be close to 0%, allowing little or no increase in overall school tax revenues; and WHEREAS the aforementioned increasing mandated costs are in no way exempted or accounted in the calculation of the annual Tax Levy Cap; and WHEREAS, since its inception, $8.8 billion statewide, has been lost to the State under the Gap Elimination Adjustment and the Chappaqua Central School District alone has lost over $6.2 million; and WHEREAS New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli projects a $3 billion New York State budget surplus for 2015; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District calls upon Governor Andrew Cuomo to include both repeal of the Gap Elimination Adjustment and an increase in school Foundation Aid in his Executive Budget; and RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District calls upon the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate to actively support Gap Elimination Adjustment repeal and significantly increased foundation aid in the coming budget negotiations; and RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District calls upon Governor Andrew Cuomo, the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate to oppose the adoption of any budget which does not include Gap Elimination Adjustment repeal and significantly increased foundation aid; and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District calls upon all of the members of the Chappaqua community to contact their elected representatives in Albany to demand immediate action to repeal the Gap Elimination Adjustment and to increase foundation aid to all school districts statewide. The Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District directs the District Clerk to send a copy of this resolution to:
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