1. Opening Activities

1. The following students will lead the pledge and be recognized at the Nov. BOD. They are from Sugar Grove. Directors of the morning broadcast at Sugar Grove: Zoey Reynolds Chloe Senz Cameramen at the morning broadcast at Sugar Grove: Thomas Baran Owen Trumbull 2. PA Free Enterprise Week Participants - WAHS (Ryan Haslett, Emily Raybuck, Jessica Mohr) 3. Jessalyn Peterson - Best Drum Major at Atlantic Coast Conference 4. Devin Van Guilder State Medalist - Cross Country 5. SAMHS Band & Football Team 6. How Cool is Your School - (Luke Wortman, Bennett Steber, Cameron Daniels, Alec Colosimo)

The mission of the Warren County School District is to educationally empower all students to think critically and solve problems through a rigorous curriculum that will provide them with the skills necessary to graduate and pursue a career of their interest.

TO PROMOTE STUDENT GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT, AN EFFECTIVE SCHOOL BOARD... Monitors results by: (a) using data appropriately to make informed decisions; (b) ensuring effective practices for evaluation of staff, programs, plans and services; (c) evaluating its own performance; (d) assessing student growth and achievement; and (e) evaluating the effectiveness of the strategic plan.

2. President's Statement

1. I.U.5 - Mrs. Donna Zariczny 2. PSBA Liaison - Mr. John Grant 3. Career Center Advisory - Dr. Paul Yourchisin and Mr. Michael Zamborik 4. PSBA/PASA Conference Update

An Executive Session was held Monday, October 28, 2013, at 8:30 p.m. to discuss personnel issues.

3. Superintendent's Reports and Recommendations

4. New Business - Consent Agenda

The administration is asking for approval to purchase Study Island licensing for Elementary School and Middle School students for the subjects of Writing and Science. A quote for the licensing is attached. The total cost for eight schools indicated in the quote is $14,690.25.

A Spanish instructor at Eisenhower Middle/High School would like permission to begin plans for a field trip to Peru in June 2015 that would be available to all district students. The Field Trip Request is attached, along with the Certificate of Insurance and a flyer that includes the itinerary and price quotes. She is using the same tour company that she has used for the past three international trips, all of which have gone well. She is estimating that there will be approximately twelve students and two chaperones involved. Complete details and a roster will be provided to the admininstration prior to departure.

The Erie Business Center (EBC) would like to renew their Articulation Agreement with the Warren County School District for the 2013-2014 school year. The agreement for the 2012-2013 school year is attached. They are asking that the agreement be revised for the present school year. The administration will work with EBC to determine which courses would be accepted as credit at their educational center and will develop a similar agreement. A student would only receive EBC credit if a grade equivalent of a B or higher (84% and above) is earned.

Proposed planned instructions are attached for GradPoint courses. Each planned instruction is intended for credit recovery to specifically address drop out prevention and awards a credit of 0.25 (1/4). The form that will be used for requesting credit recovery courses is also attached.

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This is Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Contracts for Eisenhower and the Warren County Career Center. The lease terms are for 36 months at $27 a month. The total amount for both contracts combined is $1,944.The current lease with Neopost has rental rates for Eisenhower at $67.97 a month and for the Career Center at $47.75 a month. By negotiating with Pitney Bowes, the total yearly savings for both machines combined is $740.63.

There are items that the Beaty, EMHS and SAMHS are in need of due to construction and movement of rooms relating to FFE (Furniture, Fixture & Equipment). Administration would like board approval to use the salvage fund that is committed from YE 2012-2013 and current receipts to purchase items needed in buildings other than technology.

Attached is the PDE Timeline for the 2014-2015 budget.

5. Items Removed for Separate Action

6. Future Business for Committee Review

7. Other

This policy was revised in September 2013, but it was determined that the headings for the additional value portion of the policy were incorrect. These headings have been corrected. Language has also been included to address the weight awarded for dual enrollment courses through the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford that are being taught in District classes by District teachers.

This adjustment is to reflect both the revenue and expenditures associated with the 21st Century Grant. The revenue and expenditure difference in the adjustment will reduce the 2013-2014 budgeted losses by $57,649.24.

8. Closing Activities