The Town of Webb UFSD Board of Education held its reorganizational meeting on Tuesday, July 1, where it took the actions summarized as follows (not official minutes).
• Oath of Allegiance for elected Board Member Anne Garbarino
• Election of President, Kathleen Nahor and Vice President, Joseph Phaneuf
• Oath of Allegiance for President and Vice-President
Reorganizational Matters -Recommended Appointments/ Approval:
District Treasurer – Jennifer Dunn
Deputy Treasurer – Jane Tormey
District Clerk – Diane Kull
District Tax Collection Agent – Community Bank, Old Forge, NY
Contractual Medical Services – St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Special Attorney for Education Matters – Ferrara, Fiorenza, Larrison, Barrett & Reitz, P.C.
Census Enumerator – Loretta Gaffney
Purchasing Agent – Rex Germer
Assistant Purchasing Agent – John Swick
Central Treasurer, Extra-classroom Activity Account – Brad Donovan
Check Signer, Extraclass-room Activity Account – Brad Donovan
Signature on Extra Class-room Accounts – in absence of Central Treasurer – John Swick
Certification of Payrolls – Rex Germer
Attendance Officer – John Swick
Official Bank Depository – Community Bank, Adirondack Bank
Designated Newspaper – Adirondack Express
AHERA Designee – Michael Gardner
Records Retention and Disposition Officer, Designated Educational Official (pursuant to SAVE), Title IX Compliance Officer, ADA Compliance Officer – Rex Germer
Independent Auditor – Stackel and Navarra, CPA
Regular Meetings – First and Third Tuesday of Each Month at 6:30 p.m. in the School Library
Establishment of Petty Cash Accounts – Business Office
Authorization for Bonding: District Treasurer, Deputy Treasurer, District Tax Collector, Central Treasurer, Extra-classroom Activity Fund, Board of Education Members, All Employees
Section 504 Compliance Officer – Mary Starring
Authorization for the Superintendent: Approval of Budgetary Transfers, Approval of Conference, Convention, Work-shop, Field Trip Requests, Approval of Building Use Req-uests, Submission of Necessary Applications for Federally Aided or Specially Aided Projects or Programs, Approval of Prepay-ments,
Approval of All Policies and Code of Ethics in Effect at End of the 2013-2014 School Year for the Ensuing Year or Until Action of the Board Changes or Deletes Such Policies or Codes.
Authorization for the Superintendent: Evaluate, Accept, and Use Federal, State, and Special Funds for the Development of Projects Which Are Intended to Improve the District’s Educational Programs.
Authorization for the District Treasurer: Invest Funds – Delegation of Authority to Invest School District Monies to the District Treasurer in Accordance with Sections 1604a and 1723a of the Education Law and Other Pertinent Rules and Regulations, Loan Funds
Treasurer Be Authorized to Loan from the General Fund to the Cafeteria, Special, and Federal Funds Only Such Funds as Are Necessary to Pay Current Payrolls and Warrants Until Revenues Are Received for Those Respective Funds
Designation of Check Signer: Treasurer Be Authorized to Sign Checks for Disbursement of All Funds of the Town of Webb School Board for Education during the 2014-2015 School Year
Mileage Rate – Reimburse-ment of Employees for Use of Own Vehicle for School Purposes at the Current Federal Rate
Make Payments in Advance of Board Approval of Claims for Public Utility Service, Postage, and Freight Charges, in Accordance With Section 1724 of Education Law
Establishment of Annual Meeting and Budget Vote: Annual Budget Hearing – May 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. and the Annual Meeting/Vote – May 19, 2015 from 2 to 9 p.m.
The Board of Education took the following action:
• Minutes from June 17, 2014 meeting
• Approval: Warrants and Claims
• Approval: Certification of June 2014 Graduates
• Appointment: Dignity Act Coordinator – Kandis Griffin
• Approval: Depositors of Cafeteria Funds– Jane Tormey and Barbara Fetterman
• Approval: 2014-2015 Income Eligibility Guidelines for Free/Reduced Price Meals/Milk
• Approval: School Lunch Prices:
Breakfast: Students K-5: $1.30; 2nd Breakfast: $2. 6-12: $1.55; 2nd Breakfast $2
Adult – ala carte prices + taxes; Daily main: $2 + tax; Muffins Honey bun/sweet roll: $1 + tax; Cereal: $1 + tax; Fruit: $0.75 + tax; Bagel: $1.50 (cream cheese 50¢) + tax
Lunch: Students K-3: $1.85; 2nd meal $2.50 – main only $1.50
Grades 4-5: $1.95; 2nd meal $3.00 – main only $2; Grades 6-8: $2.20; 2nd meal $3.00 – main only $2; Grades 9-12: $2.25; 2nd meal $3 – main only $2.00;
Ala carte student prices: Milk $.50; Juice $.50; Ice Cream $.75; Vending-drinks $1.50
Adult Meals: ala carte prices + taxes.
Daily main: $3 + tax; Except Peanut Butter Sandwich or hot dog: $2 – plus tax; Protein topping (cheese) $1 – plus tax
All side dishes: $1.00 – plus tax; Soup – small $1.50 – plus tax; large $2.50 – plus tax; Ice Cream $1.00 – plus tax.
Appointment: 2014-2015 Committee on Special Education
Appointment: 2014-2015 CSE Subcommittee Members
Appointment: 2014-2015 CPSE Members
Appointment: 2014-2015 Surrogate Parent
Appointment: August Regents Proctors
Approval: Substitutes
Approval: Surplus Textbooks – “Chemistry: The Study of Matter”
Approval: Standard Work Day Resolution
Approval: 2007 Bluebird Vision 65 passenger surplus bus bid from Timothy Noonan
Approval: Request from Camp Gorham for the use of a bus and driver to transport campers from Camp Gorham: August 10, 2014 – Campers and staff to Adirondack Extreme in Bolton Landing. August 13, 2014 – Campers and staff to Raquette Lake Boat Launch
Appointment: Janine Phaneuf as Fitness Room Monitor
Principal’s Report:
Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades met to socialize with their Long Lake pen pals for a field trip to Nick’s Lake on Wednesday, 6/18.
Benny’s Ice Cream hosted the Webb Way reward field trip for ice cream and miniature golf for students in grades K-5 on Thursday, 6/19.
Kindergarten graduation took place on Friday, 6/20, under the direction of Hannah Payne as a new tradition at the Town of Webb.
The Enchanted Forest Water Safari hosted a complimentary field trip for all of our students in grades K-5, faculty and chaperones on Monday, 6/23.
End of the year meetings were held with teachers Monday, 6/23 through Wednesday, 6/25 to discuss their evaluations and SLOs.
Jr. Key Club and Advisor Mrs. Amos took a reward field trip to Water Safari on Wednes-day, 6/24.
Kindergarten thru 5th grades enjoyed their “field day afternoon” on Tuesday, 6/24. Thank you to Dave Leach and Nate Smith along with the faculty members who helped.
The last school day for our Kindergarten through 5th grades was Wednesday, 6/24.
Graduation took place on Friday, 6/27 and went smoothly with the help of many faculty members. Congratulations to the Class of 2014!
The new screen and projector was used to display the senior video and photos. This was purchased with the help of a $5,000 grant from Fastrac!
Kurt and Ximena Gardner of Adirondack Mountain Produc-tions put together a terrific music video that encompassed the entire school as a fun way to end the year at the request of Karen Mitchell and the 1st grade.
If you have not yet seen Town of Webb’s version of Pharrell’s Happy music video, please visit our facebook page or view our facebook on the homepage (www.towschool.org) of our website to see it!
Superintendent’s Report included the topics:
Mr. Germer read a letter from Senator Farley informing the District that it was the recipient of a $5,000 Small Bullet Aid grant award.
Congratulations to the Class of 2014! Best wishes for a fulfilling and successful future.
Major work has already begun. The concrete repair on the base level of the building toward the post office has already been deeper and more extensive than we could have predicted but they are taking the damaged areas down until they hit solid structure and rebuilding.
Painting has begun in the Gymnasium and other sub contractors have been here daily tending to the needs of the building.
Our BOCES has obtained several grants through the use of the new grant writer service they added this past year.
The Town of Webb UFSD is included in one that has already been approved and has several of our staff members receiving training this fall.
We have also been included in a consortium of applicants for two others that have already been submitted related directly to classroom/teaching activities and will be included in one that is soon to be submitted that would be a large scale solar consortium study.
We are always looking for efficiency opportunities and alternate sources of funding to further enhance and support what we offer here.
The state has not yet issued guidance on the latest changes to the APPR. The state made changes to keep the Common Core scores from impacting teacher’s evaluated at the two lowest levels of the rating scale.
We are hearing that we may not have full guidance prior to our due dates for the components to be submitted.
These mid and late year changes are challenges that simply add more unknowns to the equation and in our atmosphere simply add undue stress to an already strained situation.
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The next meeting will be held on August 12, at 6:30 pm in the library of the school.
The preceding capsule does not represent approved minutes and is provided by the Town of Webb UFSD for publication.
