1. Opening Activities

2. Old Business

This policy was brought to the Board at the meeting of February 10, 2014, but was sent back to committee for clarification in regards to GPA. As grades would be recorded as Pass/Fail, they would not affect the GPA. The administration would like to present this policy revision to the Board a second time.

3. New Business

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Over the past year, Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit 5 (IU5), in collaboration with the districts they serve, have been actively pursuing a new Regional Wide-Area Network (RWAN) contract. Through this collaboration, the requirements of the network were determined and a Request for Proposal (RFP) was created and issued. Three telecommunication providers responded to the RFP. The three were: Sting Communications, Velocity.Net, and Time Warner Cable-Business Class. After meeting with each provider, careful consideration was given to each proposal. Districts were asked to complete the RFP evaluation matrix (required for E-Rate). Of the twenty (20) entities eligible to participate in the RWAN, fifteen (15) responded. Of the fifteen (15) responses, thirteen (13) selected Velocity.Net as the best solution for the RWAN. On January 22, 2014, the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit Board of Directors approved the proposal submitted by Velocity.Net for RWAN Services. The next step in the process is to determine which entities are participating in the RWAN. Once the participating entities have been determined, final contracts can be completed with Velocity.Net and appropriate E-Rate paperwork filed before the March 26, 2014 E-Rate filing deadline. (Vince Humes would like point out that WCSD is not being asked about participation in PAUInet (although the WCSD has initially made a preliminary verbal committed to connect to this service). The RFP process did not provide a cost effective solution to make this connection. As such, IU5 continues to investigate alternatives and will be providing updated information before the E-Rate filing window closes. Participation in PAIUnet will come under a separate letter with final costs outlined.) (From Vince Humes, Director Innovative Technology Solutions- IU5)

4. Informational Items

Monthly grant report for January-February 2014.

Overview of the PDE monitoring report

The administration would like to provide an update on the Club Fees for the current school year.

5. Other

6. Closing Activities