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Personnel Action

A. Retirements/Resignations:

1. Rhiannon Brinker as a substitute Teacher.

2. Andrew Uhler as a substitute Teacher.

3. Caitlyn Metzger as a volunteer Assistant Softball Coach.

4. Stefanie Schrampf as a substitute Teacher.

5. Sarah Miller as a substitute Teacher.

6. Stephanie Mohler as a substitute Teacher and substitute Instructional

Assistant.

7. Mary Boehm as a substitute Instructional Assistant.

8. Tina Cekovic as a substitute Instructional Assistant.

9. Kyle Creyer as a substitute Teacher and substitute Instructional Assistant.

10. Edward Keichel as a substitute Teacher.

11. Margaret Jeffery as a substitute Teacher.

12. Kathryn Jeanes as a substitute Instructional Assistant and substitute

Secretary.

13. Mary Ann Oswald as a substitute Secretary.

14. Jillian Sabo as a substitute “guest” Teacher.

15. Recommendation to remove Dianne Moser as a substitute “guest” Teacher,

effective September 1, 2015, as per her request.

16. Melinda Turrano as a substitute “guest” Teacher.

17. Tanya Fritzinger as a substitute Food Service Worker. Tanya will remain as

a part-time Van Driver.

18. Wendy Arner as a substitute Health Room Assistant.

19. Tracy Summers as a substitute Health Room Assistant.

B. Appointments/New Employees:

1. Amanda Geist as Learning Support Teacher at Weisenberg

Elementary School, at a salary of BS Step 1 ($42,063). Amanda

received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Millersville

University and comes to us from Schuylkill Valley School District

where she served as a long-term substitute during the 2014-2015

school year.

2. Brian Quinlan to the substitute Instructional Assistant list at $11.49/hr.

3. Add to the substitute Teacher list at a starting rate of $90.00/day.

 Amie Benfield

 Angela Eibach

 Jodi Funk

 Matthew Givler

 Brian Quinlan

 Julie Rubel

 April Snyder

 Matthew Trapp

C. Other Actions:

1. Miranda Dangler to the 80% long-term substitute Librarian at the

High School for the first semester of the 2015-2016 school year at

a prorated salary of BS Step 1 ($42,063)

2. Extend the increase in the hourly rate of $1.00/hr for Ronald Loch

for additional duties as temporary Middle School Custodial

Foreman, effective August 22, 2015 with an end date no later than

June 30, 2016.

3. Increase the contract for Kate Pizzelanti, 49% ESL Teacher to 63%

ESL Teacher assigned District-wide.

4. Katherine Flick as a student teacher from Kutztown University to be

placed with Carol Bettler, 2

Grade at Northwestern Elementary

School October 19, 2015 through December 10, 2015

5. Change classification for Warren Bright from a Class C, part-time

Bus Driver, to a Class D, substitute Bus Driver at a rate of

$17.82/hr.

6. Add classification for Karen Frey as a Class C, part-time Bus Driver

at a rate of $19.61/hr.

7. Add classification for Sheryl Shiffer as a Class C, part-time Bus

Driver at a rate of $22.34/hr.

8. Add classification for Keith Kromer as a Class E, part-time Van

Driver at a rate of $14.42/hr.

9. Add classification for Sally Reichard as a Class E, part-time Van

Driver at a rate of $14.42/hr.

10. Change the classification of Gail Smith to a Class D, substitute Bus

Driver at a rate of $17.82/hr.

11. Change the status of Kelly Wehr from temporary part-time one-on-

one Instructional Assistant to substitute Instructional Assistant at a

rate of $11.49/hr.

Northwestern Lehigh School District

BOARD BRIEFS September 2015

12. Tiger Concessions Staff at $8.50/hr for the 2015-2016 school year:

 Amy Hunsicker

 Susanne Ruhe

 Emily Remaly

 Andrea Koch

 Nicole Zimmerman

 Mary Zimmerman

 Nancy Zellner

13. Extracurricular positions for the 2015-2016 school year:

Updates:

The retirement of Hardy Stanley as a Van Driver for the last 4

years was

recognized at the meeting and he was presented with a Retirement

Resolution.

LeAnn Stitzel said the clay shoot for the Foundation will be held on

October 25 and registrations are being taken at this time. She said the

allocation report shows $145,000 allocated to our District for the past

year. She said there was almost $650,000 given in 8 years. LeAnn

Stitzel announced that in August a vote passed for all of the $33,000 to

be used in mini-grants and approved projects.

All policies can be found on the District website in the Files and Documents

section.

Policies Under Public Review:

806 Child Abuse

340 Responsibility for Student Welfare

341 Benefits for Part Time Employees

342 Jury Duty

351 Drug and Substance Abuse

Policies Approved:

343 Paid Holidays

347 Workers' Compensation Return-to-Work Program

353 Employee Assistance Program

819 Suicide Awareness, Prevention, and Response

Policies Rescinded:

528 Employee Assistance Program

Approvals:

1. Approval of Chapter 339 Comprehensive Guidance Plan.

2. Approval of H.T. Lyons to service and oil test (8) chillers in the amount

of $5,856.00 for all buildings.

3. Approval to purchase a new snowplow for mechanic’s truck from M &

S Hardware at a cost not to exceed $7,145.60.

4. Approval to bid for Fuel/Diesel Oil.

5. Approval of Agreement with Lehigh Valley Center for Independent

Living for LIFE program services for a student during the 2015-2016

school year

6. Approval of professional Development with Pearson in the amount of

$3,500.

7. Approval of parent transportation contract for student enrolled in

Extended School Year program.

8. Approval of $555 to be paid to Josh and Gab Productions, Etna, PA

from the student activities fund for an Interactive Musical-Comedy

Anti-Bullying assembly at Weisenberg Elementary on October 2,

2015.

9. Approval of agreement with Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 to

serve as conduit for Overdrive School Download Library in the amount

of $2,000 for the 2015-2016 school year.

9. Approval of proposal from Penn State for Classroom-Embedded

Professional Development for Northwestern and Weisenberg

Elementary teachers in the amount of $16,200 to be paid from Title II

funds ($12,200) and General Fund ($4,000).

10. Approval of agreement with New Story School, Wyomissing, PA for

special education services for one student at a rate of $375/day for

the 2015-2016 school year.

11. Approval to participate in the Keystone Purchasing Network Fuel Oil

Bid with CSIU 16.

12. Approval of the following investments:

Purchase of a $7M 5-Year CD with New Tripoli Bank

Purchase a $3M 5-Year CD with New Tripoli Bank.

Extracurricular Position Name

SADD Advisor Martha Larkin

Class of 2019 Advisor Janelle Keglovitz

Class of 2019 Advisor Nicole Zimmerman

Science Olympiad Co-Advisor David Moyer

Science Olympiad Co-Advisor Elizabeth Ache

Assistant Football Coach Joshua Masters