OCWOBER 26, 1993 '. PRESENT,~ STAFF

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OCWOBER 26, 1993

Tb.eM:onthlyMeeting of the Board of Education of the Cold Spring Ha:rbor School District was held on 'Tuesday, Qctohel:' 26, 1993 at the Goosehill Primary School, Goose· ,Hill· Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

PRESENT· - BOARD·

Peter Fetterolf,' President

Suzanne Kleinknecht, Vice Pres. Alice Bergida, Member

Vivian Cahn, Member

Robert McInerney, Member Judi Porpora, Member Morton Tenenbaum, Member

DISTRICT CLERkS Judy deJong

Ceil Stepq;nian

'. PRESENT ,~ STAFF

Francis

Roberts,

Super.intendent Austin T. Gavin, Ass't Super.

Bus. Affairs Myrna Lewis, Direct. Specia1 . . PUPil Services

Thomas Hall,H.S. Principal Ellen Best-Laimit, L.H. Prine William Wagner, W.S. Prine

Paul Fowler, Bldgngs & Grounds' Helene Begun, Communications Jerome Ehrlich, Attorney

The meeting was called to order by Mr. Fetterolf at 6:30 P.M. on motion of Alice Bergida, seoonded by Robert McInerney. Onmotion of Morton T.enenbaum, seconded by Judi Porpora, the meeting recessed to Executive Sef;lsion.

On motion, of Suzanne Kleinknecht, seconded by Vivian Cahn, the meeting returned to Public session at 8:10 P.M.

AUDIENCE TO VISITORS

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questions or comments. PRESIDENT'S REPORT

' n ' " Mr. Fetterolf enthusia.stioally reported that Dr. Roberts has : 1 notified the Board that' he wishes ,to extend his contract for

!;j another year. Emphasizing the importance of the job of superintendent, Mr. Fetterolf stated he felt that Dr. Roberts was perhaps the most qualified superintendent in the state and that he anticipated another productive year.

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Mr. Fetterolf also spoke of the auditors' report received by the Board, noting that although the district's f\lndbalance continues to decline the district received an unqualified "clean bill of health. VI Also noted were the informal meetings held between the Board and library board members in which was discussed how.the district and library can work contructively together. Mr. Fetterolf said he looks forward to cordial continued relationship wi th the library. Also noted by Mr. Fetterolf was' the recent successful Homecoming, which saw great weather and participation. SPECIAL RECOGNITION

The Board and Administration commended Mr.s. Kern and the following students for their work in the Human Rights project:

Honey Kern 1993 I*Earn Awardfbr "Teacher of the Year" Students Involved with Project:

Christopher Lee. Clirist,ine' Ngeo

~Q.iinna', . Bergida

B<f,fiad~Kerner

. Jenhifer Harris "REi'eltla/Sanghvi _{, "',"} "~,,,, .... >.,,,,,

Ce~t:iiS'te Perr i

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·Kev~:n:;~'Johnson Arlrl~~1;:Monahan

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Erin Browne Brook Estrin Jason Marsh Nicole Austin Shreemasanghvi

Gabrielle Ruda Janice Kim Brian Fox Megan'Orsen Rioharq Hollman Erica 5:teckner

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Sara Cahn

Gerald Lundgren

Russell Fradin Jill Margolies

Noting it wets National School ~oard Week, Dr. Roberts also recognized the Bo~rd of Education and presented the board members and district clerfs with the book Thinking About Our Kids •.

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FOCUS ON TEACHINGiAND LEARNING

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Report on College Entrance. Class of .1993: . Philip Macalhso, Guidance Director CSHHS _{. . ' . ' I .}

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Mr. Mac~luso reported on the "dynamic" class of 1993, noting ~hat 70% of their applications resulted in accepta:pces. pointing out many facts of interest

about tre process . of . application and the. most recent trends l.n college entrance, Mr. Macaluso noted that Colleges seem more generous with acceptance to early applicat.ions, thus an emphasis now on early notification applications. Also noted was the guidance office's

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goal tolell.ml.nate cluster appll.catl.ons and focus on a wide variety of schools.

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Update. on Mic!ldle States Association of Colleges and secondary schools: Tom HalL'Principal and Kathy Porter. Chi:titperson. of steer ing. Cammi ttee. _{. -. ' i ' ' . . ' .} .

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Mr. HaLl.. and MS. Porter discussed the process. by which

the hi~h school appl.ies for reaccrediation . from the

Middle ~tates Association. It was s~ated that: this voluntaty process of self-evaluation takes pl:a.ceevery ten yeaJts and involves the development' of a phllosphical stateme*t by parents,' students and staff and 'culminat~s,

with th$ outside jtidgmentof a visiting team at the end of the~ear. Ms. Porter noted that a huge c;lmount of work

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES

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On motion of IRobert MCInerney,secohded by Alice Bergida,the Minutes of septemlj>er 28, 1993 were Unanimously approved.

REPORTANl>

RECOMM~NDATIONS

OF THESt1PERINTENDENT

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Neil Ran.aldo. from .. Ellen :eest-Laimit. dated 10/6193 !thanking him for his generous contribution ofa _{1 . . ", • . . • . •} stereo ;ystem for the musl.<;: program at Goosehl.l1 Prl.mary

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Letter :!from Lori Bressler to Dr. Roberts datea 1011/93 commend~ng everyone invol ved .wi th preparation of Goosehifl primary School for their ha,rCl wOJ:;]{I.and Dr. Roberts' reply dated Oc:tober 6, 1993. .

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tter ~o Tom lfall fl7C;>:rn Councilman Haqkelingnoti;fying hl.m that!: the. Cold Sprl.ng Harbor S~ahawks Soqcer ,!,eal'Q.:s will be ihonored with the placement of their recognitions

on the 'fBilly Joel Park" sign. . . . ' Letter to Dr. Roberts from"Long time resident.·s" dated 10/7/93 Iconcern~ngfundraising by district stUdents :for Frost V9-lley trl.p. . . . .

Letter ttoMr. Fetterplf from Dr. Shermanan,dqopy .of his letter «ind Or.; Robelits' letter to the TQwn·exP.i'.~E!sing

concern~a.l?out the.entrance to eSH· High ~ch6~,~Oll

Lawrenc~ Hl.II Road. . ... ' .'.

Referri4g ~o. thfsmatter, Alice Bergida· a:Ske.~y:p..at th,e Lawrence Hl.II school entrance area be better cleared of. I " . ' . . ' " , . ' " . , . . •... , .. ,'

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Letter to Ellen Best~Lainiit from Sharon Goldblum

commending,kin~e:rgarten staff for the creativity of the

kindergarten program,~, ' ,

" ~etterfronf Ann and st:eve Koster "concel:'ning property assessment plans by 'the ,Town ,of Huntington regarding h,ome improvements. (They're looking for district support for this law to'be,enacted.)

FOR THE "RECORD

presented to the Board:

Update on Goals and Plans Highlighted by Dr. ,Roberts:

o The district is seeking renewal of health education grant.

o We're looking closely at the enrollment picture and

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assessing the need ,for additional classrooms at the

primary school.

Intramural As,signments ~993-94School year

Summary of Elementary and Secondary Class Sizes, 10/4/93 Note: One math class in the high school has 30 students

- situation being watched. PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS

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On motion of Suzanne Kleinknecht, seconded by Vivian Cahn, the following resolution was unanimously approved:

RESOLVED, that the following personnel recommendations be approved in accord with the terms and conditions listed below: 1. Resignations

a) That Susan Jennison's resignation as part time food service worker at CSH High School be accepted effective 9/28/93.

2. Appointments

a) That Arlene Peckham be appointed as part time (.5) food Service Worker, CSH High School replacing Jacqueline Amedo, ata salary of $7.50 per hour

(pending contract,negotiations) effective 9/7/93. b) That Maria Radford be appointed part time monitor

(.23) at CSH High School, replacing Shelly prefer, at a salary o'f of $7. OO/hour effective 10/5/93.

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That Pqmela Weiss be appointed as ,a Regular Substitute, west,side School (replacing shelly Prefer, at a salary of $7.00/hour effective 10/5/93.

That Dorothy Gleeson be appointed to a part time (.5) 12 month position as Transportation Coordinator, CSH District office, at a salary of $9.23/hour (pending negotations) effective 10/1/93. That Timothy Janson be appointed as Acting Head custodian, The Community center, ata salary of $36,246 of the custodians contract effective 7/1/93.

That Marc L'Honunedieu be appointed custodian at CSH High School replacing Dominic Cuiffo, at an

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annual salary of $33,47S, effective 10/27/93. g) '. That Paul

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custodian . ( .5) at wes't· Side School, at a salary. of$1l.00/hour., effective 10/27 /93 ~

h) That Dalva Oliveira be appointed as part time custodian (.S) at West Side School, at a salary of $11.00/hour, effective 10/27/93.

i) That Jimmy Martin be' appointed part tbne

custodian (.S).at WestSide School, at a salary of $10.S0/hour effective 10/27/93.

j) That Paul Dwyer be appointed as part time custodian ( • S) at West Side School, at a salary of $10.S0/hour, effective 10/27/93.

k) That Frank Papillo be appointed as security

g,uard, CSH lIigh School at a salarY of .$11 .• 00 ,hour effectfve 10/22/93. .

SPECIAL EDUCATION RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS Presented to the Board:

1. Commi ttea on Pre-School special Education Handicap Ce.nsus and Annual Report to Board

2 . Committee on Special EdUc:ation Handicap' Census and Annual

Report to Board . .

Mr. Fetterolf commended the committees on Special Education for their fine work. .Noting that services are provided almost immediately after identification and· followed closely thereafter Dr. Roberts commended Myrna Lewis and l1er staff. .

OTHER MATTERS

Adoption of· the Shared Decision Making Plan for the School Improvement Teams . . .

On motion of Vivian Cahn, sf3conded by Suzanne Klein]{necht, the following resolution was unanimously approved:

RESOLVED, that the plan for creating School Improvement committees in e.ach of our four sql1Polf:; be adopted, and

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RESOLVED, that the Board expresses its special thanks 1:,0 the following members of the planning committee who thoughtfully cieveloped .the plan over ·the last several months: . . .

Myrna Lewis Tom Hall.

Ellen Best-Laimit William Wagner Dorothea vitale Susan Bregman Lydia Bellino Donna Villanova Cheryl Ma'nniello Matt Chartan . Toni Martin

Linda soupios Barbara Field Yves; Calderone FUTURE RESIDENT REQUESTS

DirectoJ::: of Special Pupil services C5H High school principal

Lloyd Harbor School Principal Wf3st Side School principal

CPC, President, 1992-93

WSSPTG~ Co-President, 1992-93 LHSA,President, 1992-93

SEPTA, Representative

. GoosehillPrimary center Parent HTA, High School

UTA, High School

. H'l'A, Lloyd Harbor and West Side HT,A; .. west Side and Lloyd Harbor High School Student ..

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On motion of Rob~rt MCIn~rney, sec6nd~dby'110rton 'l'enenpaum,

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the following resolution was unanimously approved:

RESOLVED, that thefo~16wing' children be admitted in accordance. with Future Resident~ policy, with the clear requirement that in the event that the: families do not become .official residents of the school distri6t within 90 days from September 8, 1993 or their first day of enrollment, the families will pay tuition commencing on the 91stiday.

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1. Staudt, Brian, grade:2, West Side School.

Future Residence: 1$12 stewart Lane, Laurel Hollow

SCHOOL BOSINESS RECOMMENDATIONS" AND ACTIONS

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"Money Minute" - Overview of Past and. Future Revenues and State Aid

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Dr. Austin T. Gavin presented a Five Year Financial study of the Cold Spring Harbor: School District. Morton Tenenbaum commended Dr. Gavin's work and asked that he consolidate the results of his study. ;

Presented to the Board:

Treasurer's Report for:July, 1993

General Account Revenu~s and Expenditures for July and

August 1993 .

Monthly Summary of Electrical Use Monthly Update on Cafeteria Use Tuition Rep.ort '

Adoption of the Cold- Spring Harbor School District

~nvestment Policy

On motion of Suzanne Klein~necht, seconded by Vivian Cahn, the following resolution was unanimously approved:

RESOLVED, that effective :at 12: 01 a.m. on the 26th day of November, 1993, Cold Spring Harbor Central School District, County of Suffolk, state of New York, elects to self-insure its.liability ofworker's;compensation Benefits, including medical expenses.

Auditor's Report for the 1992-93 school year On motion

Kleinknecht, approved:

of Robert :Mclnerney, . seconded the following resolution was

by Suzanne unanimously RESOLVED, that the Auditqr's Report for the 1992-93 school year be accepted.

OTHER BOSINESS

superintendent's Appointment

On motion of Morton ;Tenenbaum, seconded by Suzanne Kleinknecht, the followinC# resolution was unanimously

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nWhereas the conti-act between the Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools provides that annually upon notice.of interest by the 1 superintendent and agreement by

~he 'Board the contract may be extended in uni ts of one year beyond the then curr~nt year, and

Whereas Dr. Roberts has notified the Board in his letter of October 5, 1993 of his iinterest .in extending his contract

~hrough June 30, 1995,

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Be it resolved that the Board: of Education hereby

approves the extension of the: current contract with Dr. Francis Roberts as Superintertdertt.·. 6f Schools t.hrough

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AUDIENCE TO VISITORS

primary school parent~ expr~ssed dIssatisfaction with the

number of library books available to the children, with the facilities for the art program and: wi th the,.playgl:'ound· equipment.

Dr. Roberts responded that steps :would be taken to provide the !

children with what is needed. . 1

ADJOURNMENT

l1r. Fetterolf adjourned the me:eting at 11:20 P.M. on motion of

Alice Bergida, secondecj by Judi Pbrpora.

Respectfully submitted,

Judy: deJong,'

Dist:rict Clerk

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