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April 18, 2023
F
E
D
D
C
Ahead,
thank
you
minutes.
Good
evening.
My
name
is
Damian
Wertz
I'm,
a
resident
of
Bethel
Park
I
live
on
Bethel
Church
Road,
just
a
few
feet
away.
I
would
like
to
take
a
few
minutes
to
voice
my
strong
support
for
an
item
on
the
agenda.
This
evening
item
echo1
the
resolution
to
provide
a
universal
School
Meal
program.
C
Quite
frankly,
in
America
it
is
a
silent
epidemic
of
children
and
food
scarcity
from
2007
to
2019.
Most
data
suggests
that
children,
food
scarcity
was
on
the
way
down.
It
was
trending
in
the
right
direction
that
stopped,
of
course,
in
2019
once
covet
hit.
The
the
double
hit
of
covid
and
inflation
now
have
most
estimates,
saying
that
nearly
one
in
five
children
in
America
experience
some
form
of
food
scarcity
or
food
insecurity
in
a
country
as
prosperous
as
America.
C
That
statistic
should
feel
both
shocking
and
shameful.
We
have
the
ability
and
the
capability
to
do
something
about
it,
though
programs
that
were
enacted
during
covid
that
allowed
for
Universal
School
meals
reversed
that
Trend.
By
most
estimates,
over
10
million
children
who
had
been
suffering
from
food
insecurity
or
food
scarcity
were
raised
out
of
it,
and
not
only
does
this
help
children,
but
it
also
helps
the
parents
either.
C
Parents
who
are
struggling
to
make
ends
meet
either
parents
who
are
struggling
to
find
the
time
or
even
parents
like
me,
who
forgot
to
buy
sandwich
bread
last
week
and
didn't
have
anything
to
make
for
lunch.
It
helps
the
entire
Community.
It
helps
our
current
community
and
our
future
Community
I'd
like
to
end
on
this.
Many
of
the
issues
that
we
focus
on
as
a
community
are
intractable
or
seemingly
intractable,
they're
hard
to
fix.
We
don't
know
what
the
answer
is
in
the
case
of
childhood
food
scarcity
and
insecurity.
We
do
have
an
answer.
C
D
Thank
you
just
a
little
bit
of
clarity,
we'll
have
more
discussion
on
this
later,
but
this
Mo,
this
resolution
isn't
for
us
to
fund
these
meals.
It's
to
support
the
state
action.
That's
going
on
in
this
area,
so
I
think
everything
you
said
should
be
directed
to
our
state
representatives
and
senators,
we're
just
supporting
what's
in
motion
or
that's
what
we'll
be
discussing
any
other
public
comments.
D
F
B
G
H
G
Those
are
ongoing
discussions.
We
actually
have
a
couple
meetings
this
week
to
discuss
the
the
retirement,
because
we
just
recently
received
those
retirement
letters
and
we
might
receive
a
couple
more
May.
1St
is
the
deadline
for
that
paraprofessional
group,
so
they
are
starting
to
come
in.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
we
got
them
on
the
agenda,
but
this
week
we
are
having
discussions
about
what
it
looks
going
forward.
G
D
B
G
D
I
I
wonder
if
we
could
consider
scheduling
a
curriculum
committee
meeting,
because
we
had
our
curriculum
Council
yeah
last
week
and
there's
quite
a
number
of
items
that
will
be
coming
for
the
board
for
approval.
We
were
thinking.
Maybe
we
do
a
five
o'clock
curriculum
committee
and
then
the
seven
o'clock
facilities
Committee
in
the
beginning
of
May,
when
we're
already
scheduled
to
be
in
session
sure.
J
J
D
I
B
H
One
item
number:
seven:
payment
for
the
new
K-5
elementary
school
project
to
hrg
Inc
for
19;
562.87
item
number,
eight
purchase
of
content
management
system
in
the
amount
of
eighteen
thousand;
six
hundred
and
thirty
four
dollars.
This
amount
includes
a
one-time
fee
of
four
thousand
dollars.
This
is
a
three
year
contract
number:
nine
approval
of
purchase
for
parent
notification
system;
I'm,
purchasing
that
from
parents
square
Inc
at
a
cost
of
twenty
thousand
eight
hundred
sixteen
dollars
and
forty
cents
in
an
onboarding
fee
of
fifteen
hundred
dollars.
L
Yeah,
so
we're
we
Bethel
Park's
website
has
long
needed
to
be
replaced,
so
we
went
through
a
pretty
serious
process
where
we
talked
to
a
number
of
internal
stakeholders
also
spoke
with
different
stakeholders
that
have
used
these
various
products,
and
we
have
settled
on
a
company
called
Ed,
Leo
and
edlio.
The
reason
we
picked
Ed
Leo
out
of
we
spoke
with
27
different
vendors.
The
reason
we
picked
them
was
because
they
were
the
best
as
far
as
they're
really
strong
recommendations
for
people
that
had
used
them.
L
Also,
they
met
kind
of
some.
What
some
of
our
priorities
were,
which
were
responsive
design,
certainly
mobile,
friendly
and
also
strong
in
areas
that
we
know
are
heavily
visited
for
our
website.
Things
like
our
directory,
which
I
think
right
now
is
not
one
of
our
strong
points.
Lunch
menus,
Sports
schedules,
things
like
that,
so
we're
very
excited
about
it.
Also
edlio
works
well
with
some
other
programs.
L
We're
also
likely
to
change
our
notification
system
from
school,
Messenger
to
parent
square
and
Ed
Leo
and
parent
Square
work
together,
often
and
work
well
together,
so
very
excited
about
it.
I
think
it'll
give
Bethel
Park
a
more
modern
look,
certainly
more
responsive,
a
sleeker
design
on
the
website
and
something
that's
perhaps
a
little
bit
more
navigable.
So
all
those
things
are
things
we've
badly
needed,
and
those
are
things
that
we've
worked
really
hard
to
make
sure
that
we've
gotten
the
right
one
and
I'm
I'm
very
excited
that
we
have.
I
L
So
it's
about
a
12-week
migration
period.
You
know
we
have
to.
We
have
a
dual
charge,
and
that
is
one
of
my
goals
is
to
also
Pare
down
right
now
our
website
is
bloated
and
what
that
does
is
that's,
that's
information,
inflation
and
it
becomes
harder
and
harder
to
get
the
key
information
that
people
want.
So
we
have
to
the
12.
L
It
will
be
closer
to
the
12-week
period
for
the
migration,
because
we're
going
to
migrate
the
information
that
we
need
and
maybe
lose
some
of
the
information
that
we
don't
and
frankly,
it's
like
cleaning
out
a
garage.
You
gotta
go
through
it,
pretty
piecemeal
and
figure
out
what
how
we're
going
to
use
it
and
how
are
we
going
to
repurpose
some
of
this
information?
So
we've
got
some
ideas:
I'm,
certainly
open.
L
We
haven't
started
the
infrastructure,
yet
we
have
plans
to
talk
to
students
I,
certainly
and
tend
to
talk
to
some
PTO
members
who
are
interested
in
it
and,
of
course,
if
any
school
board,
members
or
administrators
has
any
thoughts
on
something
that
they
would
that's
a
must-have
I'm
happy
to
include
those
as
well,
but
I.
Think
the
nice
thing
with
Ed
Leo
is
there's
such
a
strong
and
robust
company
that
we
can
come
up
with
something
that
will
be
much
more
Dynamic
and
modern.
Looking
than
what
we
currently
have
so
I'm
thrilled.
L
L
L
More
respective
it'll
be
completely
responsive,
yep
and,
like
I
said,
we
know
through
our
analytics
that
the
primary
way
that
people
most
people
are
interfacing
with
our
website
is
on
their
cell
phones,
and
our
current
website
does
not
really
give
us
that,
and
so
this
that's
been
something
that's
really
been
a
priority.
So
all
of
the
finalists
that
we
talked
to
were
good
at
that
and
it
it
is
my
understanding
that
Bethel
Park
has
not
changed
its
website
since
2011,
which
is
a
long
time.
L
M
L
L
What
this
will
allow
us
to
do
is
not
only
at
the
district
level,
but
it
could
also
replace,
like
the
remind
app
and
Class
Dojo,
where
we
have
one
set
where
parents
have
to
learn
one
system,
and
so
that
and
teachers
have
to
learn
one
system
and
it's
flexible
enough
to
give
everyone
what
they
need.
That's
really
been.
D
L
That's
that's
been
our
charge
to
any
of
the
companies
that
have
done
with
us,
as
we
know
through
the
analytics
that
it's
it's
a.
They
show
it
to
you
on
a
desktop
and
it
looks
great,
but
that's
not
practical.
It's
not
it's,
not
the
world.
We
live
in
now.
So
it's
something
that
we've
we've
talked
a
lot
about,
and
I've
learned
a
lot
throughout
this
process.
I've
learned
different
things.
My
initial
preference
has
changed
as
I've
learned
and
I.
Think
it's
something
that
like
I
said
it's
really
exciting.
L
D
L
L
Yep
and
hopefully
Dojo
remind
app
Etc.
You
know
like
some
of
our
other
things,
so
it'll
be
something
as
I've
sat
through
it
I
it.
They
blew
me
away.
They
were
very,
very
strong,
I.
Think
it's
something
that
it'll
be
some
of
the
challenges
we
have
in
our
current
system
should
go
away
now.
It
is
similar,
though,
that
it's
not
some
some
systems
believe
in
signing
up
for
it.
This
is
automatic
you're
automatically
on
it
if
you're
in
rsis.
L
So
that's
something
that
is
important.
That
way
people
are
getting
that
information,
and
what
this
allows
us
to
do
is
reach
people
naturally
outside
of
our
sis,
who
still
want
to
be
informed
of
Bethel
Park
news.
So,
okay,
it's
much
more
modern.
It's
something
that
I
think
will
be
a
significant
upgrade
for
Bethel,
Park
and.
H
L
L
B
Sorry
I
have
one
more
question
in
that:
are
we
going
to
do
teacher
training
because,
as
like
Miss
hobby
said,
I
have
class
dojo
on
my
thing?
I
have
Game
Change
on
my
thing,
I
have
Team
snap
on
my
phone
I.
Have
this
I
have
that
there
are
19
different
ways
and
in
high
school
you
have
your
own
for
every
sport,
Varsity
Sport
your
child,
plays
they
all
have
their
own
remind
whatever
else.
L
B
L
Well,
100,
and
the
other
thing
is
what
this
will
allow
us
to
do:
is
parents
on
their
end
they'll
be
able
to
opt
out
of
different
things?
So
let's
say
you
have
a
third
grade
or
seventh
grader
and
a
10th
grader
you'd
have
news
that
only
went
to
that
right.
Now,
it's
kind
of
an
All
or
Nothing
model,
where,
if
you
opt
out
of
messages,
you're
opting
out
of
everything,
this
should
give
you
greater
flexibility
within
that.
So
again
that
was
part
there.
D
You
and
other
we
have
four
items,
maybe
we'll
handle
it
this
way.
Since
this
resolution
is
on
there
items
two
and
three
are
student
settlement
agreements.
Anybody
have
any
issue
with
moving
those
automatically
to
the
consent.
Agenda.
Number
four
is
the
selection
of
a
voting
Delegate
for
psba.
This
is
janicek
that'll,
be
you
any
issues
with
inserting
Miss
genesic's
name
in
that
and
then
moving
into
the
consent
agenda.
K
D
Okay,
okay
item
number
one:
then
the
resolution
to
provide
Universal,
School,
Meal
I,
think
Mr
grazbeck.
You
provided
this
resolution
or
developed
it
or
something
and
had
shared
it.
I
think
from
the
public
comments
we
kind
of
heard
the
the
point
of
it.
I
guess.
Maybe
you
start
out
the
discussion.
I
mean
the
concept's
simple
everybody
gets.
You
know
the
the
school
meals
are
paid.
You
know
breakfast
lunch,
Etc,
I,
guess
what
do
we
know
about
the
proposal
regarding
the
obligation
on
us?
D
H
H
H
and
those
are
two
bills
to
create
a
universal
School
meals
program,
so
they
would
create
free
meals
for
all
Pennsylvania
students
in
public
schools.
Try
Charter,
Schools,
also
private
schools,
for
both
breakfast
and
for
lunch.
The
way
that
it's
funded
is
it
initially
starts
out
with
an
initial
275
million
dollars
of
funding
from
the
general
fund.
H
You
know
for
the
state
of
Pennsylvania
and
then
it
would
be
continually
funded
by
the
state
after
that,
regardless
of
you
know,
which
particular
fund
they
want
to
pull
out
of.
There's
a
lot
of
verbiage
to
that
in
the
bill,
but
it
would
not
be
paid
by
the
individual
School
District.
We
would
still
continue
filling
out
the
same
forms
that
are
currently
filled
out
to
get
the
federal
assistance
for
those
who
qualify
for
free
meals
in
that
regard.
So
that
would
be
the
first
step.
H
Any
money
that's
provided
from
you
know
the
federal
government
would
be
provided
and
then
the
state
would
go
ahead
and
pick
up
the
rest
of
the
tab
for
all
lunches
and
for
breakfast
I'm,
trying
to
think
of
other
details.
So
right
now,
I
think
that
the
big
detail
that
kind
of
struck
out
to
me
was
that
people
only
qualify.
For
example,
a
family
of
four
they'd
have
to
be
making
less
than
thirty
six
thousand
and
75
dollars
to
qualify.
H
So
to
me,
that's
an
incredibly
low
amount
of
money
to
have
to
to
be
under
to
qualify
for
free,
School
meals.
They
also
have
to
fill
out
the
necessary
paperwork.
Unfortunately,
there
are
a
lot
of
students
that
whose
parents
or
caregivers
are
not
going
to
go
through
that
effort
to
fill
out
the
paperwork
so
having
free
School
meals
could
be
a
barrier
to
them.
H
For
that
reason
and
I
think
we've
seen
at
several
past
meetings
where
we've
had
people
in
the
community
who
are
kind
enough
to
pick
up
the
tab
and
pay
for
some
of
the
money
that
students
owe
in
their
school
lunch
and
breakfast
bills,
but
I
personally,
don't
think
that
that
should
be
necessary.
I
think
that
students
shouldn't
have
to
worry
about
that
on
a
Day-Day
basis
and
they
should
just
be
able
to
have
those
meals
provided
for
them.
So,
basically
what
this
resolution
will
be
doing.
H
It
would
be
expressing
the
board
support
for
those
bills,
Senate
Bill,
180
and
House
Bill
180,
and
it
would
be
encouraging
our
state
representative
and
our
state
senate
to
co-sponsor
and
vote
favor
of
them
right
now.
Neither
are
currently
on
the
co-sponsor
list,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
details.
I,
don't
know
all
the
details,
but
hopefully
I
can
answer
questions.
H
So
right
now
a
governor
Wolf's
budget
last
session
does
provide
free
breakfast
for
this
year.
It
will
run
out
for
next
year.
Governor
Shapiro
has
currently
expressed
interest
in
re-adding
that
on
for
breakfast,
but
there
haven't
been
any
discussions
about
free
lunch,
yet
so
I
mean
obviously
you
know
the
house
senate
Shapiro
would
have
to
all
agree
to
that
new
budget
for
free
breakfast.
But
yes,
it
does
look
like
that
could
be
on
the
table
again.
Okay,.
B
My
question
is
so
we're
going
to
be
in
a
budget
line
item
out
of
the
general
fund,
or
is
it
just
going
to
be
because
a
budget
line
item
almost
guarantees
every
school
district?
The
money?
If
right
it
is
said
to
be
honest
in
general
fund
three
years
from
now,
there's
no
guarantee
that
everybody
gets
free.
Breakfast
I'll.
H
Yesterday,
I
remember,
the
initial
contribution
to
the
program
was
I
believe
it's
kind
of
like
a
separate
budget
and
the
initial
contribution
was
that's
275
million
dollars,
but
one
I
don't
know
what
the
exact
yearly
costs
will
be.
I
was
able
to
find
that
the
yearly
breakfast
cost
proposed
by
Shapiro
this
year
was
38.5
million.
I
would
assume
that
you're,
probably
looking
at
about
double
that
so
to
your
point
that
might
give
us
three
years
of
funding.
B
H
B
H
D
H
Ready
the
bills
are
already
drafted,
I
mean
the
bills
are
already
proposed
to
their
particular
committees.
So
I
think
it's
a
perfect
time
right
now,
as
they
go
through,
because
I
mean
it's
no
guarantee
that
the
bills
even
make
it
out
of
committee,
so
I
think
supporting
them
as
early
as
possible
and
getting
as
much
support
behind
them
as
early
as
possible.
H
Most
greatly
increases
their
chance
of
success.
I
there
is
some
I
guess
just
for
like
a.
Why
would
I
you
know.
Do
this
that
was
kind
of
the
exact
thing
I
saw
these
come
up
also
worked
with
the
school
nutrition
Association
in
Pennsylvania.
They
kind
of
have
a
general
template
form
for
school
districts
who
may
want
to
support
this
legislation,
because
that's
kind
of
their
entire
thing
is
school.
Nutrition.
D
If
you
could
find
out
a
little
bit
more
around
the
timing,
sure
of
when
a
vote
could
take
place-
or
you
know
where
this
is
in
the
bill
life
cycle,
because
I
think
timing
is
important,
like
you
don't
want
to
send
this
to
somebody
two
months
before
it's
going
to
come
across
their
desk,
but
forget
about
it.
You
know
so
I
think
timing
is
important
and
something
like
this.
Okay.
H
D
B
I
fully
support
this
I
I,
fully
believe
that
we
have
kids
that
go
to
may
get
something
before
they
go
to
before
school
care
and
we
still
need
to.
We
need
they'll,
never
make
it
through
to
lunch
right
and
that's
been
a
that's,
been
a
concern
for
a
while.
So
a
fully
supported
like
I,
said,
I
was
still
seeing
drafts
of
some
of
that.
So
if
we
can
tidy
up
some
of
that
just
to
answer
even
in
general,
publish
questions
and
I'd
really
love
to
see
an
amendment.
H
D
H
Good,
oh
I,
one
last
thing
I
forgot
to
mention
was
all
the
numbers
in
there
in
terms
of
Bethel
Park
kind
of
individual
costs
for
student
yearly
costs.
Things
like
that
all
came
from
our
food
service
director,
Brandon
agastinale
I
apologize.
If
I
butchered
your
name
Brandon.
If
you're
listening,
yeah.
K
D
D
H
N
M
H
M
H
D
L
H
L
Athletics,
correct
yeah,
Oakland
Athletics
he
he
was
actually
a
diabetic
that
was
late
diagnosed
once
he
was
diagnosed.
He
lost
a
lot
of
weight
and
he's
just
developed
incredible
arm.
Strength
like
like
Mr
grisbeck
is
saying
he
averaged
100
miles
per
hour
in
his
first
start
in
AAA,
which
is
mind-boggling
so.
B
B
O
Hi
Holly
sakama
said
sappy
Holly,
lasac
880
harshar
Drive
I
would
like
to
propose
once
again
to
remove
religion
and
politics
from
the
schools,
because
it
does
nothing
but
upset
people
and
discriminate
and
cause
causes
controversy.
So
Jesus
has
risen,
Easter
Sunday
and
we
went
back
to
school
Tuesday,
so
I
kind
of
did
something.
O
I
put
this
up
at
Neil,
Armstrong
Middle
School
under
a
little
tree
with
flowers
and
thought
it
was
appropriate
because
I
see
this
mini
flag
up
there,
Neil
Armstrong
for
like
quite
a
few
years
now
bu
rainbow
Black
Flag.
If
they
can
represent
what
they
want
to
represent,
can't
we
all
you're
discriminating
whoops
you're,
discriminating
the
new
the
candidate,
that's
interested
in
running
for
school
board
anyway.
So
I
think
that
if
you're
going
to
leave
this
up,
then
you
should
leave
this
up
and
Ramadan.
That
was
on
the
Bethel
Park
School
District
page.
O
That
was,
you
know,
someone
put
that
up,
not
sure
who
but
Ramadan.
Okay,
that's
all
fine
and
good
if
you're
gonna
put
Ramadan
up,
but
what
about
Jesus
Christ
and
what
about
everybody
else
right?
What
about
everybody
else's?
God
I'm
just
trying
to
make
things
Fair
here,
because
it's
really
upsetting
me
and
I
may
pull
my
kid
next
year
from
Neil
Armstrong
I'm
thinking
of
homeschooling
I'm
not
interested
in
going
through
all
of
this
for
another
year.
O
So
we
have
to
make
sure
we
vote
for
the
right
people
for
school
board,
and
that's
you
guys
up
there.
The
five
up
there
in
the
Bible
demons
refer
to
themselves
as
they
them.
We
us,
okay,
some
of
the
teachers
at
Neil
Armstrong
are
teaching
this
to
their
students
and
the
children
are
represented
as
of
they
them,
and
it's
not
okay.
O
We
are
he
or
she,
especially
at
that
age,
if
you're
going
to
be
obey
them
at
25,
go
for
it,
but
not
at
11
years
old.
This
is
ridiculous.
I'm,
sorry
I'm,
just
not
going
to
have
my
child
part
of
that
they're,
getting
all
confused
they're
getting
confused.
They
didn't
know
what
to
say.
When
you
know,
I've
spoke
to
some
of
the
friends
of
my
son
and
he's
like
I,
don't
know
what
they
them.
I,
don't
know
I'm
just
doing
it
because
I'm
supposed
to
because
the
teacher
told
me
to
okay.
Thank
you.