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The
Superintendent’s Report of the March 10, 2009 Board of
Education (BOE) meeting started with honoring the Eagle
Academy students who achieved their National Restaurant
Association Certificates. This is a national test worth
3 credits at ACCC. The students also prepared a meal for
BOE members that night which received high praise.
Recognition of the Girls and Boys Swim Team followed.
Both teams are CAL American Conference Champions. The
Girls team is also NJSIAA South Jersey Public A
Champions and has Individual Relay Champions. Dr.
McCartney then reported that the January enrollment
figures for the district are 8094 students. He concluded
his report announcing a revised calendar for this school
year with the last day of school being 6/23/09.
In the
Public portion, a gentleman in the audience questioned
the cost for the roof at the Fernwood Middle School. BOE
members shared that although the type of roof chosen is
a higher up front cost, it has longer guarantee, has
reflective properties which will go along with the solar
panels being installed, and overlaps vs seamed roof. I
inquired when the new student information system
allowing parents/guardians access to their student’s
current progress will be available. Dr. McCartney said
this feature will be up and running for the 2009/2010
school year in September. Several cafeteria workers
expressed concerns about their jobs due to the new state
budget restriction on school cafeteria spending which
now must be self sustaining. Our food services and most
other districts have a deficit and use other funding to
subsidize food services. Since the district is in the
middle of negotiations for a new contract for it’s
personnel, neither the BOE nor the EHT Education
Association is able to provide much information as to
the future of the workers but both are doing what they
can to keep all positions.
Under
Curriculum, an abbreviated day for the High School for
May 29, 2009 was approved in anticipation of the high
number of buses, spectators, and student athletes
arriving for the NJSIAA Boys and Girls State Group Track
Meet.
In
Committee Reports, Pete Castellano reported that the EHT
Community Partnership raised $20,000 for the school
district at the dinner dance and roast for Dr. Heery in
February. Ms. Barb Szilagyi congratulated the bus
drivers for the great job in the snow and reiterated
that due to our district being a 3 tier bus system and
with half day Kindergarten, a late start is not possible
for our district.
Personnel:
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Thomas Spengler, History at Fernwood,
revised his medical leave of absence from 1/5 to
undetermined return to 1/5-3-16/09 return.
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Pamela Battersby, Swift Reading, revised
her maternity/child rearing leave(CRL) from 3/2-6/1/09
to 2/26-5/29/09.
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Elaine Sorrentino, High School Science,
revised her medical leave of absence from 1/22-3/2/09 to
1/22- undetermined return.
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Jennifer DiMaio, High School Math, revised
her maternity/CRL from 3/24-6/1/09 to 3/12-6/1/09.
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Marion Craner, High School and Alder Ave
Middle School Adaptive PE, Medical leave of absence from
2/23-3/9/09.
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Betsy Lynn Paisley, 8th grade
Self contained at Alder Middle School, medical leave
form 3/3-5/4/09.
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Jennifer Sterling, Slaybaugh Primary
Speech, maternity/CRL from 5/26-10/5/09.
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