The Bellwood-Antis School Board approved two separate sales agreements at Tuesday evening\u2019s Board meeting for properties located along Martin Street, near the Myers Elementary building.
\nThe Board approved the sales agreement between Jeffrey R. Beam and Bellwood-Antis School District in the amount of $40,000 for the property at 217 Martin Street, Bellwood.
\nThe sales agreement between Elmer C. Myers, Jr. and Bellwood-Antis School District in the amount of $77,500 for the property at 215 Martin Street, Bellwood.
\nSuperintendent of Schools, Dr. Rodney Kuhns, said that the properties will be used for additional parking for the school district.
\nA $30,000 check was presented to the Board by Solicitor David Andrews for the sale of the southside property to the Excelsior Number One Volunteer Fire Company.
\nSchool board members presented an update on the Campus Planning project dealing with the auditorium renovation at the high school. Kuhns asked the board to have the contract completed by November\u2019s meeting with the architects, L. Robert Kimball & Associates.
\nKuhns stated, \u201cThe architects contract has to be reviewed in terms to finding the scope of the project. Secondly, to be sure that part of the legal aspects of the contract had been reviewed by our solicitor.\u201d
\nThe Board has also set an additional time where committee members will visit some of the auditoriums the architect has renovated, and look at the features that have been added. Board members want to be sure they have seen some of the work the architects have done.
\nThere were policy changes accepted by the Board to update the policies with regard to the use of \u2018electronic signatures\u2019 on checks issued by the school district.
\nPolicy number 608 added the following: \u2018All disbursements by check shall contain the signatures of at least three of the following officers: President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. The use of facsimile and\/or electronic signatures is authorized. The secretary shall secure the electronic file.\u2019
\nPolicy number 616 added \u2018or an electronic file\u2019 to the next to the last paragraph.
\nIn Policy number 618, lines 13 and 14 on page one of two is now revised stating, \u2018designated principals who shall sign all check requests drawn upon them.\u2019 Lines 31 and 32 on page two of two is now deleted, \u2018All checks shall be signed by the person authorized to approve such disbursements.
\nBoard Treasurer Kenneth Swanson explained, \u201cThe electronic signatures will be now implemented in the school district. It\u2019s going to provide a more secure system in terms of forgery and likewise will improve internal controls.\u201d
\nIn the Superintendent\u2019s report, Kuhns talked of the consistent results the Bellwood-Antis School District students have shown in the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) test scores.
\n\u201cWhat I am happiest about is that we are consistently above state average and that we are consistently within the predicted band for our school district,\u201d said Kuhns.
\nHe added, \u201cBut I\u2019m most happy about the independent evaluation service that looked at Bellwood-Antis School District and said that our school district is one of the best buys in public education, because of our high PSSA test results in our low spending.\u201d
\nThe PSSA tests are taken by fifth, eighth and eleventh grade students across the Commonwealth. Writing assessments are completed by sixth and ninth grade students. A complete break down of PSSA test results and the importance of them for the students of the Bellwood-Antis School District will appear in The Daily Herald in the coming weeks.
\nOther issues approved by the B-A School Board last evening were an ESL (English as a Second Language) Policy for students in the school district where English is not the primary spoken language at home. Presently, there are six students in the school district that the policy pertains to.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s for the kids and there will be requirements,\u201d said Kuhns. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to do some training and teaching to be able to work with those kids, which will require a number of hours per week that must be given to support this situation.\u201d
\nThe Board approved a bid from AAE (Aluminum Athletic Equipment) in the amount of $10,770 for the purchase of new pole vault equipment as mandated starting the 2003 sport season. The new equipment, which includes an expanded pit and a larger mat, will provide a more safe and secure event for athletes.
\nAfter an executive session last night, the Board unanimously accepted the support contract proposal prepared by the fact-finder to settle their end of negotiations. The 50-employee support staff at Bellwood-Antis, represented by the Service Employees International Union, have not yet approved or rejected the proposal prepared by Bill Caldwell.
\nThe Union is required to approve or reject by the end of business hours October 10. If there is no agreement, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board will make the recommendation public. The Labor Board releases that information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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