Agenda 2024-06-24
York Suburban Board Of School Directors
Combined Planning Committee Meeting and Regular Monthly Meeting
June 24, 2024 – 7 p.m.
Location: York Suburban High School Cafeteria
A G E N D A
- General Business
- Call to Order – Mrs. Schroeder, Board President
- Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
- Roll Call
- A reminder to please silence your cell phones during the meeting.
- Public Comments
- All comments and questions will be addressed to the President. Board and staff members will not normally respond to comments or questions during the meeting unless recognized by the President for this purpose. Comments will be limited, at the discretion of the President, to five minutes or less.
- Discussion and Action on Board Minutes
- Approval of the minutes from the regular monthly meeting conducted on May 28, 2024. [Approval as submitted/corrected]
- Call to Order – Mrs. Schroeder, Board President
- Treasurer’s Report – Mr. Desai
- Consent Agenda: Would any Board member like any of these items considered separately or are there any questions on any of these items? If not, the chair moves approval of the below-mentioned items. [Roll Call Vote]
- Approval of the May 2024 Financial Reports. [File for audit]
- Summary Reports
- Check Summary Reports
- Student Activities Fund Expenditure Report
- Student Activity Check Summary
- Approval of the May 2024 Financial Reports. [File for audit]
- Consent Agenda: Would any Board member like any of these items considered separately or are there any questions on any of these items? If not, the chair moves approval of the below-mentioned items. [Roll Call Vote]
- Board President’s Report – Mrs. Schroeder
- The Board met in a conferencing session at 6:00 p.m. on June 10, 2024, for the purpose of Board professional development on roles and responsibilities. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) conducted the session.
- The Board met in Executive Session at 6:15 p.m. on June 24, 2024, for the purpose of discussing school safety as permitted by Section 707 of the Sunshine Act. No official action was taken.
- Welcome to our new Student Board Representative for the 2024-25 school year, Nicole Escano Henriquez.
- Student Board Representative Report – Nicole Escano Henriquez
- Superintendent’s Report – Dr. Krauser
- Focus Topics
- PAYS Presentation – District Social Workers
- Portrait of a Graduate Update – Dr. Lorfink and Mrs. Fourhman
- Project Update – Crabtree, Rohrbaugh, & Associates
- The administration recommends the Board approve the Class of 2024. [Motion; Discussion; Roll Call Vote]
- The Administration recommends Board approval of the following policies.
[Motion; Discussion; Roll Call Vote]- Policy 808 – Food Services
- Policy 903 – Public Comment in Board Meetings
Policy 903 – Public Comment in Board Meetings – Clean Copy
- The Administration recommends Board approval of the Health and Safety Plan. [Motion; Discussion; Roll Call Vote]
- The Residency Hearing Committee of the Board recommends Board approval of the Residency Adjudication for SID#3572521645 [Motion; Discussion; Roll Call Vote]
- The Administration recommends Board approval of the following three (3) foreign exchange students at the High School during 2024-25 school year. [Motion; Discussion; Roll Call Vote]
- Mamoru Ikebe (Rotary Club of York) – The Rotary Club of York has sponsored Mamoru, a student from Japan, for attendance at YSHS during the upcoming school year.
- Lena Fischer (EF High School Exchange) – EF HS Exchange has sponsored Lena, a student from Germany, for attendance at YSHS during the first semester of the upcoming school year.
- Sophia De Amorim Sousa (Forte International Exchange Association) – Forte International Exchange Association has sponsored Sophia, a student from Brazil, for attendance at YSHS during the first semester of the upcoming school year.
- The Administration recommends Board approval of overnight Field Trip requests [Motion; Discussion; Roll Call Vote]
- Overnight field trip request from the York Suburban High School Music Department to attend the Pittsburgh Performance Tour from April 5 – 7, 2025.
- Overnight field trip request from the Model UN Club to attend the Princeton Model United Nations Conference in Princeton, NJ from November 21 – 24, 2024.
- Focus Topics
- Business Office Report – Mrs. Kendig
- Consent Agenda: You have before you the Business Office Report. Would any Board member like any of these items considered separately or are there any questions on any of these items? If not, I ask that a motion be made to approve the below-mentioned items. [Motion; Discussion; Roll Call Vote]
- The Administration recommends Board approval of the Real Property Tax Exemption Certificate for parcel #48-000-10-0147.00-00000 under the Pennsylvania State Veterans’ Commission for Real Estate Tax Exemption effective April 22, 2024, with a face amount of $2,246.87.
- The Administration recommends Board approval for the contract for the reservation of 11 Secondary slots and 3 Elementary slots with River Rock Academy for the 2024-25 school year at a total cost of $405,150.00. This is an increase of 3 slots based on student needs and an increase cost of 5% per student.
- The Administration recommends the Board approve the Contract for Independent Services with ABA Support Services, LLC to provide Board Certified Behavior Analyst services for 37.50 hours per week at $135 per hour for the 2024-25 school year.
- The Administration recommends the Board approve the Contract for Independent Services with ABA Support Services, LLC to provide Registered Behavior Technician services for the 2024-25 school year at $60 per hour to be funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime Delinquency (PCCD) Behavioral Health Grant.
- The Administration recommends the Board renew the Drug and Alcohol Student Assistant Program (SAP) service agreement with TrueNorth Wellness Services for the 2024-25 school year.
- The Administration recommends the Board approve the letter of agreement with TrueNorth Wellness Services to provide a secondary Student Assistant Program Liaison for the 2024-25 school year at a total cost of $63,908 to be funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime Delinquency (PCCD) Behavioral Health Grant.
- The Administration recommends the Board approve the Restorative Practices 2024-2025 Contract with the Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 to provide professional development to K-12 staff at a total cost of $13,000.00
- The Administration recommends the Board approve the Purchase and Subscription Services Agreement with Raptor Technologies for ID scanner technology for all District school buildings for three (3) years. Year one (1) $13,117.oo to be funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime Delinquency (PCCD) Physical Security Grant and years two (2) and three (3) at $3,960 to be funded by the General Fund.
- The Administration recommends the Board approve the five (5) year Affiliation Agreement with Millersville University of Pennsylvania beginning September 2024 in accordance with Board Policy 307 for pre-service educators.
- The Administration recommends the Board approve the buyout of the service agreement for Katie Langley, Speech Language Pathologist for a total cost of $15,234.00.
- The Administration recommends the Board approve the Three (3) Year Service Agreement with Blocksi Inc. to provide content filtering and classroom device management tools at a total cost of $39,700.
- The Administration recommends that the Board approve the 3704 Foodservice Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates, which includes supplemental food service consulting services as detailed in the attached proposal from Food Facilities Concepts dated March 22, 2024.
Lump Sum: $28,600
10% Markup: $2,860
Total Fee: $31,460
- The Administration recommends that the Board approve the revised 2024-25 Food Service budget with total revenues of $2,284,884 an increase of $45,443 and total expenditures of $2,325,052 an increase of $51,656. The net overall changes are a reduction in the food service fund balance of $6,213.
- The Administration recommends that the Board approve the Services Agreement with New Story Schools to provide certain educational services and related services for certain identified pupils for the 2024-25 school year. The rates are presented on page 5 of the agreement.
- The Administration recommends that the Board approve the Memorandum of Understanding with the “I Love You Guys” Foundation to use the Standard Response Protocol for two years, starting from the 2024-2025 school year.
- The Administration recommends that the Board approve the Language Instruction Educational Program Service Agreement with Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 to provide Language Instruction Educational Programming (LIEP) for a half-time teacher assigned to Indian Rock Elementary and additional programming as needed for off-campus students at a rate of $98.00 per hour for the 2024-2025 school year.
- The Administration recommends that the Board approve the Child Care agreement between YWCA – York, and York Suburban School District. YWCA will provide qualified before and after-school child care for children in kindergarten through grade 5 and a preschool program for children ages 3 through 5 years in various facilities throughout the district beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. This is a three (3) year agreement with optional years 4 and 5.
- The Administration recommends that the Board approve the Retainer Agreement with Sheepdog Protective Services, LLC to provide investigative services for residency cases at $100 per hour and 65 cents per mile as needed for the 2024-2025 school year.
- The Administration recommends that the Board approve the purchase of a replacement pool controller from If It’s Water, INC. at a total cost of $6,960.00 which includes a COSTARS 10% discount.
- The Administration recommends the Board renew the agreement with FMX for the 2024-25 school year at a 5% increase from last year for a total cost of $11,109.00.
- The Administration recommends the Board renew the contract with Guardian CSC to provide water treatment services to the boiler and cooling tower for the 2024-25 school year at a total cost of $7,404.00, which is a decrease of $6,228 from 2023-24.
- The Administration recommends that the Board approve The Glatfelter Agency, a Division of Glatfelter Insurance Group, as Broker of Record for the 2024-25 fiscal year. The premium rate reflects a 10.2% increase over the 2023-24 school year.
Coverage
23-24 Premium
24-25 Premium
Property
$79,394
$88,697
Property TRIA
Declined
Optional
Equipment Breakdown
$13,377
$13,401
General Liability Crime
$23,712
$24,145
Business Auto
$11,535
$13,309
Excess Liability
$12,022
$12,745
Educators Professional Liability
$19,359
$23,109
Total:
$159,399
$175,406
- Consent Agenda: You have before you the Business Office Report. Would any Board member like any of these items considered separately or are there any questions on any of these items? If not, I ask that a motion be made to approve the below-mentioned items. [Motion; Discussion; Roll Call Vote]
- Academic Standards & Curriculum Committee Report – Dr. Sullivan
- Benchmarking and Diagnostic Updates
- Concurrent Enrollment
- PA Assessment Updates
- Communications Committee Report – Mrs. Freireich
- Personnel Committee Report – Mr. Robinson
- Consent Agenda: You have before you the Personnel Report. Would any Board member like any of these items considered separately or are there any questions on any of these items? If not, the chair moves approval of the below-mentioned items. [Roll Call Vote]
- Employment
- Recommend the Board approve Karen Somerville, Special Education Teacher at East York Elementary School, for the 2024-2025 school year with an annual salary of $87,595. This represents Masters +15, step 10 of the YSEA negotiated agreement. This offer is contingent upon successful completion of new hire paperwork. (hired 5/29/2024)
- Recommend the Board approved Daniel Bevil, Technology Education Teacher at YS High School, for the 2024-2025 school year with an annual salary of $64,670. This represents Bachelors, step 1 of the YSEA negotiated agreement. This offer is contingent upon successful completion of new hire paperwork. (hired 5/30/2024)
- Recommend the Board approve Nicholas Kenien, School Psychologist at York Suburban School District, for the 2024-2025 school year with an annual salary of $101,670. This represents Masters +60/Doc, step 14 of the YSEA negotiated agreement. This offer is contingent upon successful completion of new hire paperwork. (hired 6/13/2024)
- Recommend the Board approve the following ESY Staff:
- Yadeliz Peguero Rodriguez- PCA
- Recommend the Board approve the following appointed High School Summer School Teachers:
- Heidi Cebula
- Cristina Herb
- Theresa Callahan
- Recommend the Board approve the following Tenure recommendations:
- Rebecca McCabe
- April Miller
- Kara Valore
- Staff Transfers:
- Recommend the Board approve the following staff transfers for 2024-2025:
- Betsy Bedell – To Principal of East York Elementary School and Indian Rock Elementary School effective October 28, 2024.
- Katelyn Hall – To Elementary Assistant Principal of East York Elementary School and Indian Rock Elementary School from Gifted Teacher (YSMS) effective July 1, 2024.
- Korbin Shearer – To Secondary Career, College, and Workforce Coordinator from Technical Education Teacher (YSHS)
- Karen Potts – To Executive Assistant to Superintendent from Coordinator of Communications and Administrative Services
- Kara Valore – To Classroom Teacher from Special Education Teacher (East York)
- Kellie Jean – To Mathematics Specialist from Special Education Teacher (Yorkshire)
- Recommend the Board approve the following staff transfers for 2024-2025:
- Resignations
- Recommend the Board accept the resignation of Scott Luckenbaugh, Assistant HS Football Coach, effective Thursday, May 2, 2024.
- Recommend the Board accept the resignation of Darian Doleman, Assistant MS Basketball Coach, effective Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
- Recommend the Board accept the resignation of Steven Schmidt, Assistant HS Boys Soccer Coach, effective Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
- Recommend the Board accept the resignation of Michael Passariello, Assistant (#2) HS Boys Soccer Coach, effective Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
- Recommend the Board accept the resignation of Nicole Connolly, Library Paraprofessional at Yorkshire Elementary School, effective Friday, May 30, 2024.
- Recommend the Board accept the resignation of Amber Berkhamer, Teacher at YS High School, effective at the end of the 2023-2024 school year.
- Recommend the Board accept the resignation of Teresa Bollis, Teacher at YS High School, effective at the end of the 2023-2024 school year.
- Recommend the board accept the resignation of Jacob Wingard, Assistant HS Cross Country Coach, effective at the end of the 2023-2024 school year.
- Recommend the Board accept the rescinded offer of employment for Andrew Moore, anticipated Teacher at York Suburban High School, for the 2024-2025 school year.
- Adjustments
- Recommend the Board approve salary adjustments for the 2024-2025 school year.
- Recommend the Board approve compensation for budgeted positions in the 2024-2025 school year.
- Extracurricular
- Recommend the Board approve the following reappointments for the 2024-2025 Fall Season:
Position
Employee
Annual Salary (paid out in two installments)
HS Head Cheerleading- Fall
Leslee Yoder
$4,411.00
HS Head Cross Country- Boys
Andrew Shorb
$5,514.00
HS Head Cross Country- Girls
John Enders
$5,514.00
HS Head Field Hockey
Denise Kreider
$6,053.00
HS Head Football
Joshua Fry
$6,634.00
HS Head Soccer- Boys
Scott Payne
$5,514.00
HS Head Soccer- Girls
Thomas Shugars
$6,990.00
HS Head Tennis- Girls
Dale Heird
$4,411.00
HS Head Volleyball- Girls
Sonia Guyer
$6,053.00
HS Head Golf
Dan Vanhouwe
$4,411.00
HS Assist. #1 Cheerleading- Fall
Madison Graff
$2,750.00
HS Assist. #1 Field Hockey
Jessica Bobb
$4,355.00
HS Assist. #1 Football
Matt Glennon
$3,494.26
HS Assist. #1 Soccer- Boys
Marc Berkowitz
$3,437.00
HS Assist. #1 Soccer- Girls
Jose Del Pielago
$3,437.00
HS Assist. #1 Volleyball- Girls
Amanda Shouck
$4,355.00
HS Assist. #1 Cross Country
Jon Oestereich
$1,500.00
HS Assist. #2 Volleyball- Girls
Claire Shorb
$1,500.00
HS Assist. #3 Football (split position)
Robia Thomas
$1,040.50
HS Assist. #3 Football (split position)
Dishon Hopkins
$1,040.50
HS Assist. #2 Soccer- Girls
Jordan Cobb
$2,757.00
MS Head Cheerleading- Fall
Denise Stayman
$2,763.00
MS Head Field Hockey
Michael Jackson
$3,506.00
MS Head Football
Ronald Lewis
$3,437.00
MS Assist. #1 Field Hockey
Natalie Fuhrman
$2,757.00
MS Assist. #1 Football
Karim Thomas
$2,757.00
MS Assist. #2 Football (split position)
Matt Kauffman
$1,040.50
MS Assist. #2 Football (split position)
Lucas Friend
$1,040.50
Total
$102,472.26
- Recommend the Board approve the following reappointments for the 2024-2025 Fall Season:
- Substitutes
- Larry Mitts
- Volunteers
- Kenneth Loucks
- Employment
- Consent Agenda: You have before you the Personnel Report. Would any Board member like any of these items considered separately or are there any questions on any of these items? If not, the chair moves approval of the below-mentioned items. [Roll Call Vote]
- Property & Finance Committee Report – Mr. Desai
- Lincoln Intermediate Unit Report – Mrs. Freireich
- The highlights are presented from the LIU Board Meeting held on June 4, 2024.
- LIU Joint Operating Authority Report
- York Adams Academy Report – Mrs. Freireich
- Legislative Update – Mr. Robinson
- York Adams Tax Bureau Report – Mrs. Kendig
- York County School of Technology Report – Mrs. Schroeder
- The following attachments are presented from the Joint Operating Committee meeting held on May 30, 2024:
- Recognition of Visitors
- Upcoming Events
- Board Meeting & Committee Meeting Schedules
- Public Comments
- All comments and questions will be addressed to the President. Board and staff members will not normally respond to comments or questions during the meeting unless recognized by the President for this purpose. Comments will be limited, at the discretion of the President, to five minutes or less.
- Board Comments / Recognitions
- Adjournment
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Dear Dr. Krauser and board members,
My name is Zori and I would just like to ask that you please not vote to reduce the time of public comment from 5 minutes to 3 minutes. I know that you don’t have a lot of students comment at your meetings but please consider how hard it is already when they do comment. It is very intimidating to speak in front of adults and that can make us stumble and speak slower or have to pause to get our words together. My grandpa speaks slower now and sometimes needs to get his thoughts together but what he has to say is just as important as when he could speak quickly.. It really isn’t that much longer for you to listen to 5 minutes but it makes a big difference for those people that are speaking. Changing the time to almost 50% less makes us feel like you care about what we have to say 50% less. Please show the York Suburban people that you value what they have to say by letting them speak for 5 minutes.
Thank you very much,
Zori
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I urge the board to remember that tonight’s vote on policy changes to public comment in Policy 903 will send a very BIG message to the entire York Suburban community. There was an attempt, to say that these changes were proposed to be “more organized” and yet anyone who is awake clearly realizes that these changes to public comment have one mission and one mission only and that is to SILENCE the people and to LIMIT & CONTROL SPEECH.
I ask that the board vote NO to these limiting speech policy changes in effort to show the YS community that you do STAND FOR SOMETHING GOOD and that you do want us to feel heard and to have time to speak and to speak on topics that matter to us. To try and CONTROL what we speak on and if we speak on more than one topic is gross misuse of your power. Hiring a communication expert and then a split second later voting to silence the people of York Suburban is disheartening to say the least. We should be more concerned or at least equally concerned with people feeling heard during public comment and not being controlled on the topics we speak about and when as we are on the amount of “likes” our school community pages are receiving. Having a sign in sheet and controlling our speech in this way is too restrictive and should not be allowed, especially during such a divisive time in our community when more and more people are wanting to speak up. They should feel like you are truly welcoming them and not just putting lip service to it.
Thanking people for their public comment while working hard behind the curtain to control and limit their speech is cringe worthy and wrong in my opinion. I sincerely ask you all to remember that what you do TRULY does matter. Your vote tells a story about where you really stand on various matters. I ask that you all vote NO to the proposed policy changes that clearly will control and limit our speech. You have an opportunity right now to truly support your fellow community members.
The question is yours….Are your TRULY for the people and having them be heard and have the right to uncontrolled speech (unless it aims to viciously attack fellow community members of course which is inappropriate for a school board meeting) OR are YOU for silencing people while pretending to care about their voices being heard? YOUR vote tonight will answer this question for all of us. So I ask you Madame President and the entire board to have another robust discussion and SERIOUSLY consider the weight of your decision on this community. Thank you all for the hard work you do and I pray you sincerely take into consideration my comment and concerns around this policy change to public comment.
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On the above agenda for Monday night’s meeting, please drop down to Personnel Committee Report 4. Adjustments – click on a. Recommend the Board approve salary adjustments
2024-2025 SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT KRAUSER SALARY $ 205,920. HIS SALARY FOR 2023-2024 WAS $ 198,000
2024-2025 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT REBECCA LORFINK SALARY $ 166,260. HER SLARY FOR 2023-2024 WAS $ 159,867
In a recent presentation given by the School District, they showed us that we are the 3rd highest taxed school district out of 15 school districts in York County.
In a recent presentation given by the School District, they showed us that by moving forward with this renovation and construction project, the district’s fund balance will run out of money by 2028.
All of the above will put the taxpayers of this district in further jeopardy.
The reckless spending of our hard earned money by this board, the disregard at times to follow their own policy manual, and the disrespectful way that some board members treat our community has got to be stopped. It starts at the top with the President of the Board and the Superintendent. A change in leadership needs to happen.
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