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June 20, 2023
A
F
C
I
C
C
You
I'd
like
to
announce
an
executive
session
that
we
had
last
week.
June
13th,
Personnel
other
legal
matters
and
receive
information
on
your
agenda
probably
shows
that
we
had
one
tonight,
but
we
didn't
so
I'm
not
going
to
announce
anything
there.
C
No
call-ins
Collins
very
good
for
curriculum
committee.
Miss
Scouts
was
not
here,
Ms
Turner.
Can
you
take
those.
J
G
J
There
are
four
items
for
curricular
curriculum
committee
tonight,
except
in
a
foreign
exchange
student
adoption
of
textbooks,
purchase
of
map
fluency
and
curriculum
facilitators
for
22
20,
23
and
2024
school
year.
C
I
should
have
mentioned
before
we
started
this,
like
all
meetings,
we're
going
to
review
the
topics,
there's
no
voting
in
this
meeting,
but
we
discuss
if
things
will
be
put
on
to
the
consent
agenda
for
next
week
and
and
to
answer
any
questions
that
we
have
on
any
of
these
topics.
A
D
J
J
Check,
thank
you.
Yeah
right
and
I
have
a
question:
I
I'm,
gonna
guess
for
Miss
Wells
regarding
the
internal
literature
program
for
sixth
through
eighth
grade.
What
can
you
explain
it
because
I
know
it's
not
as
in
as
encompassing
as
K
to
five
with
the
Wonders
program?
Can
you
give
us
a
little
background
on
why
they
chose
this
program.
K
So
during
the
we're
in
22
23,
so
during
the
21-22
school
year,
the
ELA
and
the
reading
teachers
got
together
and
looked
at
a
variety
of
resources
for
possible
adoption
and
they
decided
as
a
group
that
they
would
pilot
the
into
literature,
and
so
they
piloted
the
entire
year,
the
into
literature
with
the
sixth,
seventh
and
eighth
grade,
and
they
surveyed
students
surveyed
teachers,
the
staff
to
see
if
they
thought
that
this
type
of
resource
was
a
more
rigorous
more
up
to
date,
more
engaging
resource.
K
It
includes
access
to
a
digital
textbook
that
the
company
has
told
us
will
be
updated
immediately.
So
any
updates
that
they
make
any
story
revisions.
Any
question
revisions,
any
typos
things
like
that
will
automatically
be
updated
in
that
online
portal
for
the
students,
and
so
this
allowed
greater
adaptability
and
accessibility
for
students
to
have
a
paper
copy
of
a
workbook
to
use
the
questions.
Are
there
the
material
is
there
so
students
would
have
access
to
a
Digital
Collection,
in
addition
to
a
paper
collection,
and
they
thought
this
was
important
for
all
the
students.
So.
I
Sure
under
personnel
there
are
10
items
tonight,
number
one
approval
of
extended
school
year;
Staffing
number
two
approval
of
Title
IX
compliance
officer;
number
three:
approval
of
the
school
safety
and
security
coordinator
number
four
approval
is
safe
to
say
something
coordinator
number;
five:
acceptance
of
resignations:
number:
six
change
of
assignment
number;
seven
appointment
of
personnel;
number;
eight
approval
of
unpaid
leave
of
absence;
number;
nine
approval
of
the
23
24
salaries
for
non-act
93
groups
and
number
10
approval
of
the
23-24
salaries
for
ACT
93
administrators.
I
Okay
hearing
nine
I
would
like
to
recommend
one
through
ten
for
the
consent
agenda.
C
Okay,
very
good
Mr
Groesbeck.
Can
you
take
the
finance
committee.
E
Item
all
right:
we
have
20
items
tonight
under
the
finance
committee
agenda;
item
number
one
June,
2023
salaries
and
bills;
two
May
2023
financial
report;
three
budgetary
transfers
for
approval
of
student
services;
contracts
for
our
Human
Services
Inc
by
Ada
Home,
Health,
Care,
Inc,
stat,
Staffing,
Medical,
Services,
Inc,
MVD,
psychological
evaluations,
LLC
Outreach
teen
and
Family
Services,
Inc
PA,
connecting
communities,
aberly
letters
of
agreement,
Intermediate,
Unit,
1
and
new
story;
schools,
Monroeville
item
number,
five
2023
2024
general
fund
budget
in
the
amount
of
108
million
120
235
dollars
in
expenditures
and
101
million
158
811
dollars
in
revenues,
with
a
utilization
of
committed
fund,
balance
of
six
million
nine
hundred
sixty
one
thousand
four
hundred
twenty
four
dollars:
I'm
number:
six:
the
homestead
and
Farmstead
exclusion
resolution
as
a
property
tax
reduction
allocation,
funded
by
two
million
one
hundred
forty
three
thousand
one
hundred
fifty
three
dollars
of
gambling
tax
funds
for
Homestead
credits
on
ten
thousand
fourteen
households
in
the
amount
of
214
dollars
and
two
cents
on
an
assessed;
Homestead
valuation
reduction
of
eight
thousand
seven
hundred
sixteen
dollars
and
sixty
cents
I'm
number
seven,
lease
agreement
with
the
Allegheny
Intermediate
Unit
for
pre-k
counts
item
number:
eight
educator,
Education,
Services
agreement;
item
number,
nine
psba
membership
dues
renewal
to
authorized
payment
of
eighteen
thousand
three
hundred
dollars
and
fifty
cents
to
the
Pennsylvania
School
boards,
Association
for
membership
dues
for
the
2023-2024
fiscal
year.
E
Item
number
10:
approval
of
proposal
for
evaluation
services
with
evaluation,
Engineers
Incorporated
to
perform
an
initial
fixed,
assess
asset.
Pardon
me
appraisal
and
asset
tagging
for
a
fee
of
ten
thousand
two
hundred
fifty
dollars
with
an
annual
evaluation
service
fee
of
one
thousand
and
twenty
five
dollars
for
per
year.
For
five
years
item
number
11:
Post,
June
30,
2023
budget
transfers;
item
number
12
payment
for
the
new
K-5
elementary
school
project
to
draw
a
collective
for
a
total
of
307
548
dollars.
E
E
Waterfront
learning
Services
agreement
with
the
Allegheny
Intermediate
Unit
item
number
16;
approval
of
line
extension
agreement
with
Columbia
Gas
of
Pennsylvania
for
the
new
K-5
elementary
school
project;
item
number
17;
payment
for
the
new
K-5
elementary
school
project
to
Herbert
Roland
and
grubick
Inc
in
the
amount
of
Sixteen
thousand
one
hundred
four
dollars
and
forty
two
cents
item
number
18,
adoption
of
Maximum
project
costs,
resolution
and
then
item
number
19
approval
of
Maximum
project
cost
to
approve
the
maximum
project;
cost
of
128
million
233
767
and
a
maximum
building
construction
of
97
million
185
000
57
for
the
Bethel
Park
Elementary
School,
and
then
finally,
item
number
20:
approval
of
an
intra
fund
transfer
from
the
general
fund
budget
to
the
capital
reserve
Fund
in
the
amount
of
five
million
dollars
for
the
2023-2024
school
year.
J
Is
I
do
have
a
question
on
Jesus
I've
lost
where
I
was
now
number
10
the
approval
of
value
valuation
Services
were.
H
We're
we're
just
having
a
company
come
in
and
tag
assets
and
identify
them
all
and
value
them.
I
think
the
last
time
this
District
did.
It
was
probably
oh
gosh.
It
had
to
be
over
15
years
ago,
and
it
will
give
us
a
better
handle
on
an
inventory
and
then,
as
we
move
into
the
new
building,
we'll
be
able
to
add
to
that
valuation
and
tag
the
new
assets
as
we're
purchasing
them
and
give
us
a
much
better
handle.
H
J
C
Okay,
do
you
know
what
the
the
details
are
behind
that
lease,
the
48-month
lease
for
it
equipment,
yeah.
H
That's
that's
the
annual
lease
that
we
do.
It's
a
four-year
lease
for
all
the
laptops
and
the
Chromebooks
that
we
purchased
for
students
and
staff.
Okay,
as
we
started
several
years
ago,
we
started
a
rotational
lease,
so
I
believe
this
is
the
third
year
we've
done
it
probably
next
year,
we'll
probably
see
a
stabilization,
then
in
your
budget
after
that
point,
because
we'll
be
rotating
old
equipment
out
putting
new.
H
C
J
I
see
the
reappointment
of
the
school
dentist.
Do
we
not
have
the
reappointment
of
the
School
physician,
also
or.
H
E
Mr
McCausland,
could
you
provide
updates
on
the
budget
that
have
changed
since
the
past
meeting.
H
H
So
until
you
do
the
bond
issue
and
refund
that
money
from
the
bond
issue,
we
needed
to
move
it
over
to
just
keep
operations
going
in
the
cash
flow
going
for
that
project.
So
that's
five
million
of
the
seven
million
dollar
deficit.
The
other
portion
of
the
deficits
is
a
combination
of
expenditures
and
reduction
in
revenues
that
you
see
there
in
red.
H
The
top
part
is
going
to
be
a
one-time
expenditure,
probably
okay,
to
come
from
your
fund
balance,
but
we
will
be
dealing
with
the
start
of
next
school
year
that
devaluing
of
Revenue
at
650
000
that
will
be
reoccurring
in
your
budget,
so
we'll
have
to
start
dealing
addressing
that
as
we
build
the
next
year
budget.
There
are
some
other
minor
increases
there.
As
you
see,
life
insurance
premiums
went
up.
A
couple
cents
was
a
minor
increase
in
costs.
We
made
some
other
adjustments
throughout
the
budget.
H
We
increased
some
of
the
wages
for
security
services
for
summer
events
that
are
happening.
H
The
security
people
are
typically
only
here
during
the
school
year,
so
we
decided
to
bring
them
back
for
security
services
for
some
of
the
outside
outside
events,
we'll
recoup
some
of
that
in
rentals,
because
they'll
get
billed
to
the
the
groups
that
are
using
the
district's
facilities.
So
you
see
an
increase
on
the
revenue
side
for
rentals.
We're
also
going
to
start
doing
interim
tax
collections
in-house
instead
of
farming
that
out-
and
we
did
some
see
some
increases
in
Delinquent
Tax
collections
as
a
result
of
Weiss
Burkhart
and
Kramer's
efforts.
H
We
also
are
going
to
see
some
minor
tweaks
to
State
subsidy
reimbursements
and
we
did
we're
able
to
reduce
the
amount
of
the
lease.
That's
there
that
we
just
talked
about
for
400
and
some
thousand
dollars,
because
we
went
back
to
Dell
and
we
were
able
to
get
some
better
pricing
on
that
computer
equipment,
so
it
dropped
the
lease
a
little
bit.
So
those
are
the
major
changes
that
happened
since
May.
H
H
This
is
the
slide
that
shows
you
that
we're
still
in
the
middle
of
the
county.
When
it
comes
to
millage
rates,
that's
being
assessed
revenues,
some
numbers
have
changed
slightly,
but
the
proportions
of
the
makeup
again
haven't
really
changed
significantly.
Local
Revenue
obviously
makes
up
the
bulk
of
your
Revenue
sources
same
thing
with
expenditures.
H
C
Just
a
comment
on
the
South
Hills
Village
Mall:
this
has
been
we've
closed
with
them,
or
at
least
the
school
district.
The
municipality
Bethel,
Park,
Upper,
St,
Claire
municipality
in
Upper,
St,
Clair,
School
District
on
this
negotiation
over
their
their
valuation
and
the
new
valuation
is
about
a
hundred
million
dollars
lower
than
what
it
was
previously
and
that's
due
to
lower
occupancy
rates.
Lower
income
streams
for
the
mall
owner-
and
you
know
probably
Outlook
also
I
mean
it's
it's
troubling.
It's
concerning,
but
probably
not
expected.
C
When
you
look
at
the
changes
in
you
know:
consumer
habits
buying
online
things
like
that.
I
mean
it's
just.
You
know
the
the
reality,
okay,
but
it
in
the
long
term.
It
does
cause
some
concern
because
they
were
well
the
largest
tax,
the
largest
taxpayer,
to
the
district.
You
know
for
our
district,
so.
E
So
we're
going
to
have
to
hold
some
of
them
out.
Certainly
the
budget
I
guess
we'd
also
need
to
probably
hold
out
the
maximum
project
cost.
Would
you
like
to
we
get
our
solicitor
to
comment
on
that.
F
D
E
D
Then
project
cost
as
required
by
act
34.
We
have
to
have
a
public
hearing
and
advertise
the
maximum
the
project
could
cost.
We
do
not
expect
it
to
be
anywhere
close
to
that,
but
this
is
Our
obligation,
Under
Pennsylvania
law
to
advertise
the
price,
and
if
we
were
to
come
in,
if
the
project
came
in
over
that
we'd
have
to
start
over
and
re-bid
it
and
have
another
hearing.
E
There
any
need
to
hold
out
the
homestead
in
Farmstead
exclusion
resolution.
No,
no!
So
then
all
I'm
seeing
is
items
number
five
18
and
19
to
hold
out.
C
J
Yes,
we
have
four
policies
for
third
reading
today:
policy:
200,
enrollment
of
students,
policy,
202
eligibility
of
non-resident
students,
policy,
242.1
student
expenses
for
conferences
and
conventions,
and
policy,
816
District
social
media
I
move
that
we
move
all
four
of
those
to
the
consent
agenda
for
next
week's
meeting.
C
Okay,
that
is
it
for
the
committee
items
it'll
be
in
the
agenda
next
week.
Are
there
any
public
comments
on
anything
related
to
school
business?
We
have
two
minutes.
B
Federal
laws
involving
our
students
and
thus
our
policies-
we
put
these
laws
in
our
updated
as
needed.
Your
questioner
is
a
leading
Pennsylvania
case
involving
trans
standard
student
rights
in
schools,
cases,
which
is
exactly
the
reverse
of
primary
school
district,
following
in
a
short
order.
The
district
permits
transgender
cities
to
access
bathrooms
with
the
gender
for
which
they
identify
I
had
several
problems
with
that
one
though
the
district
may
have
a
practice
of
providing
transcendances
to
use
the
bathroom
and
walk
through
Community
Choice.
There's
no
efficient
policy
regarding
I
did
not
Authority
with
no
converting.
B
B
B
B
B
G
H
L
No,
no
problem,
no
problem,
so
really
we
just
want
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
have
this
interaction
with
with
the
decision
makers
just
so
that
there's
a
chance
that
we
can
either
figure
out
if
there's
a
way
to
volunteer
or
even
more
importantly,
figuring
out
what
might
be
best
for
this
district
and
the
families
But.
L
Ultimately,
we're
excited
to
be
in
the
district
looking
forward
to
to
having
our
student
having
our
son,
learn
here
and
work
with
one
another
work
with
the
students
and
the
teachers
for
him
to
be
able
to
grow
here
so
really
excited
about
that,
but
I
just
wanted
to
bring
those
to
the
to
the
board's
attention.
Thank
you.
C
And
I
just
want
to
say
that
the
topic
you're
brought
up
I
mean
it's
a
tough
topic.
It's
tough
for
parents
to
deal
with
it's
tough
for
the
district.
You
know
the
whole
idea
of
balancing
class
sizes
and
who
has
the
move?
It's
a
tough
issue
and
it's
one
of
the
problems
that
to
the
point
you
made.
We.
We
are
looking
forward
to
that
problem.
More
than
probably
any
going
away.