1. Executive Session

2. Opening Activities

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.

Principles for Governance and Leadership

 

Pennsylvania school boards are committed to providing every student the opportunity to grow and achieve.  The actions taken by the Board ultimately have both short and long-term impact in the classroom.  Therefore, school directors collectively and individually will...

 

 

Act Ethically

• Never use the position for improper benefit to self or others
• Act to avoid actual or perceived conflicts of interest
• Recognize the absence of authority outside of the collective board
• Respect the role, authority and input of the superintendent
• Balance the responsibility to provide educational programs with being stewards of community resources
• Abide by the majority decision

Financial Reports

3. President's Statement

1. IU5 - Mr. Paul Mangione

2. PSBA Liaison - Mrs. Marcy Morgan

3. Career Center Advisory - Mrs. Elizabeth Huffman, Mr. Michael Zamborik

BOARD/COMMITTEE MEETING DATES
1.	October 21, 2019	6:00 p.m.	Physical Plant & Facilities Committee Finance Committee Personnel/Athletics & Co-Curricular Activities Committee Curriculum, Instruction, & Technology Committee	Central Office
2.	October 21, 2019	7:00 p.m.	Special Meeting	Central Office
3.	October 28, 2019	5:00 p.m.	Board Retreat – Continued	Central Office
4.	November 4, 2019	6:00 p.m.	Board Meeting	Central Office
5.	November 18, 2019	6:00 p.m.	Finance Committee Personnel/Athletics & Co-Curricular Activities Committee Curriculum, Instruction, & Technology Committee Physical Plant & Facilities Committee	Central Office
6.	Wednesday, December 4, 2019	6:00 p.m.	Organization Meeting Regular Board Meeting	Central Office

4. Superintendent's Reports and Recommendations

5. New Business - Consent Agenda

Executive Summary

The Warren County School District will provide educational programs and special education services to support a Forest Area School District's resident student(s) with disabilities; likewise Forest Area School District will provide educational services, as outlined in the agreement for provision of services, to a Warren County School District resident.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Summary

The Beacon Light Custer City Agreement provides educational services outside of the home district for special education students. 

 

There is no increase in the daily tuition costs for 2019-2020 as compared to the 2018-2019 school year: Special Education $160/day; Life Skills $191/day; and Autism classroom $258.50/day.

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This funds transfer is for additional personnel training.

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This funds transfer is to allocate transportation funding amongst the high schools.

Mrs. Amy Stewart - Superintendent

Mrs. Andrea Shene - Athletic Trainer

Mr. Steve O'Nuffer - Physical Education Instructor

Ms. Julie Eckstrom - District Nurse

Mr. Scott Johnson - Nutrition Manager

Mr. Andrew Morrison - YMCA

Mr. Michael Kiehl - Transportation Manager 

Mr. Ian Darling - Student

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6. Items Removed for Separate Action

7. Future Business for Committee Review

8. Other

Individual accounts shall be assigned to each student for accounting purposes for the purchase of meals served in school cafeterias, which ensure the identity of each student is protected.   The District shall permit students to charge a meal.  When money is owed for five or more meals (breakfast or lunch), the applicable school must make at least two attempts to contact the student’s parent(s) or guardian(s) and request that an application for the District’s free and reduced lunch program be submitted. 

 

This policy and any applicable administrative procedures shall be posted on the District’s website; printed in the student handbooks provided to parents/guardians at the commencement of each school year or when a child enrolls in the District after the commencement of the school year; and communicated annually to building principals, food service personnel, other appropriate school staff, and contracted food service providers and personnel.

 

Collection of Unpaid Meal Charges -

 

Reasonable efforts shall be made by the District to collect unpaid meal charges from parents/guardians. Efforts taken in the collection shall not have a negative impact on the student involved, but shall focus on the parents/guardians responsible for providing funds for meal purchases.   All communications regarding money owed for meals must be made to the student’s parent(s) or guardian(s), and not the student.  Provided, however, that the student’s parent or guardian may be contacted by means of a letter addressed to the parent or guardian that is sealed, delivered by the student, and marked “confidential -to be opened by addressee only.”

 

A student who cannot pay for a meal or who has a negative account balance may not be publicly identified or stigmatized.  A student who cannot pay for a meal or who has a negative account balance may not be required to perform chores or other work to pay for the meal (this prohibition shall not apply if chores or other work are required of all students regardless of the student’s inability to pay for a meal or negative account balance).  A student may not be required to discard a meal after it was served to the student due to the student's inability to pay for the meal or the amount of money owed for prior meals.

 

The Superintendent or designee shall develop administrative procedures to control school meal accounts. Said administrative procedures shall be adhered to cooperatively by the District and the Food Service Management Company. 

 

Administrative procedures should include the following:

 

1.   Procedures for collecting money for individual student accounts which ensure the identity of each student is protected if required by FERPA or other applicable laws.

 

2.   The Method in which parents/guardians are notified when the student’s account reaches a negative balance of five dollars ($5.00), so that the parents/guardians can add additional funds to the account. 

 

3.   Procedures for providing students with meals when the student forgets or loses his/her money or when his/her account has insufficient funds.  A student’s parents/guardians shall be notified in writing when the student's account reaches a negative balance of thirty dollars ($30.00), with said notice to include a description of the potential legal consequences for the parents/guardians if the account balance is not paid in full. and notify the parents guardians that if greater than $50.00 is owed in a school year for school meals and the student is not eligible for participation in the District’s free and reduced lunch program, the student may be provided with an alternative meal until such time as the unpaid balance is paid in full or a payment plan has been established (and is complied with) to pay the unpaid balance.

 

4.   When a student’s account reaches a negative balance, he/she shall not be permitted to charge ala carte items or second meals/extras but an ala carte item or second meal/extra shall not be denied to a student who has cash to pay for it. 

 

5.   A student that requests a reimbursable meal (i.e. the same meal that is available to other students for breakfast and lunch) may not be denied the reimbursable meal, regardless of whether the student has money or a negative account balance, unless the student’s parent or guardian has provided a written directive to the school to withhold the meal.  If such a written directive to withhold meals is not provided, any reimbursable meal that is requested by a student shall be provided to the student and charged to the student’s account.  If a parent/guardian has not issued a written directive to withhold meals and desires to prevent additional charges to the account, he/she should send a meal to school with the child and instruct the child not to request a reimbursable meal (if a reimbursable meal is still requested by the child, it must be provided and will be charged to the student’s account). In the event that a parent or guardian issues a written directive to withhold meals, and the parent’s/guardian’s directive results in an associated deprivation of food that constitutes “child abuse,”as this term is defined via Policy 7020 and applicable law, the incident of child abuse shall be reported pursuant to Policy 7020 and applicable law.    

 

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      The student is not eligible for participation in the District’s free and reduced program and greater than $50.00 is owed in a school year for school meals.  In such case, the student may be provided with an alternative meal until such time as the unpaid balance is paid in full or a payment plan has been established (and is complied with) to pay the unpaid balance.

 

6.   Accounts shall be reviewed at least annually. 

 

7.    Procedures for collecting past due meal accounts shall include, but are not limited to, appropriate legal action and other means authorized by law.  When the District’s Superintendent or his/her designee determines the delinquent debt is uncollectible and no further collection efforts will be made, the debt shall be reclassified as bad debt and shall be be written off as operating losses.  Once a delinquent debt is reclassified as bad debt, a transfer of funds for the amount of the debt will occur (prior to end of the school year during which the debt is reclassified as bad debt) into the food service account from non-federal sources because bad debts are an unallowable cost to the food service account. Only debt that is actively being pursued can be carried into the subsequent school year. 

 

Adoption Date         -     August 8, 2011        

Revision Date              - September 1, 2017; February 12, 2018; March 12, 2018; August 12, 2019; October 7, 2019

Review Date            -    

Legal Reference       -     24 P.S. §13-1337

Cross Reference       -     Policy 5501, 5505, 5510, 7020, and 10615

 

Student activities are an important part of the total school curriculum.  Student activities provide opportunities for students to explore areas of interest and skill as well as opportunities to learn teamwork, sportsmanship, discipline, leadership, pride and fairness.  For the purpose of this policy, “co-curricular activities” are sponsored or approved by the Board but generally not offered for credit toward graduation.  The Board acknowledges that in certain limited circumstances activities that would otherwise be regarded as co-curricular are sometimes offered for credit, such as the awarding of a physical education credit for participation in a sports activity.  For the purposes of this policy such activity shall still be regarded as a co-curricular activity even though an academic credit may be awarded for participation in it.

 

Participation in co-curricular activities is a privilege, offered to students, which carries with it the responsibility of good behavior.  Students have no absolute rights or property interest in participation in co-curricular activities.  This policy is intended to provide a general outline and code for the manner in which discipline and eligibility will be handled.  The student is reminded, this co-curricular policy does not stand alone.  Other District policy sections also relate to student conduct such as the Student Search Policy, the Discipline Policy and the Transportation Policy.

 

This policy will govern behavior, eligibility, and circumstances for events occurring during school or school related sponsored activity, during the time necessarily spent going to or returning from school or school sponsored activities, off school grounds at a school activity function or event, on school provided transportation, and during hours a co-curricular activity is taking place including overnight trips.  Additionally, this policy may apply outside of school property or school related activities if there is misconduct causing a substantial disruption to the operation of the school, or the administration reasonably anticipates the conduct is likely to cause a substantial disruption to the operation of the school. 

 

The following separate and distinct co-curricular rules and regulations are promulgated by the Board as follows:

 

1.     The use and/or possession of illegal drugs or alcoholic beverages by a student shall result in the exclusion from all co-curricular activities until the receipt of the official Hearing Officer’s Adjudication Report is approved by the Board.

 

2.     The possession or use of tobacco or a vapor product by a student in violation of Policy 1420 shall result in the exclusion from all co-curricular activities for a minimum of ten (10) calendar days.  The definitions of “tobacco” and “vapor product” are contained in Policy 1420 and are incorporated herein by reference.    

 

3.     The distribution or sale of alcoholic beverages/drugs or substances intended to mimic any substance or the possession of any mechanical device (such as pot pipe, syringe or needle) capable of utilization for taking by a student of any substance regarded as controlled or illegal shall result in exclusion from all co-curricular activities until the official Hearing Officer’s Adjudication Report is approved by the Board.

 

4.     Any student involved in the stealing of school property or the property of others will result in an exclusion of all co-curricular activities for a minimum of ten (10) calendar days.

 

1.     The eligibility of a student who has been absent from school during a semester for a total of twenty (20) or more school days shall be governed by Article III, Section 3 of the PIAA By-Laws.  shall not be eligible to participate in any co-curricular activity until the student has met the prescribed requirements of Section 3 of Article 3 of the PIAA By-Laws, excepting absences certified by a physician as due to illness, injury or quarantine.

 

2.     If a student is transferred to another school pursuant to Article II, Section 3 of Policy 10102 and for any reason returns to his/her school of origin within the same school year, it is the District’s policy that the student shall be ineligible to participate in PIAA athletics, only while the student is at the school of origin, for the remainder of the school year.

 

3.     Students who participate in co-curricular activities must meet minimum academic requirements to maintain their eligibility.  For purposes of determining academic eligibility, time periods of ineligibility, and the requirements to re-establish eligibility for co-curricular activities, the District shall adhere to the applicable rules that are promulgated by the PIAA and that are in effect at the time that an eligibility determination is made.  A copy of the current PIAA rules are attached to this Policy and are subject to change (if the rules are modified by the PIAA) without the need to amend this Policy.  An eligibility report will generally be prepared during each week of the school year which school is in session.  An eligibility report will not be prepared during any time school is not in session due to holiday breaks, or otherwise.  If an eligibility report indicates a student is failing any two courses, regardless of the credit value of a course, the student shall be ineligible to participate until such time as a subsequent eligibility report is prepared and establishes that the student is no longer failing two courses.  The Building Administrator building principal will notify the parent and the student of his/her academic ineligibility.

 

8.     Unacceptable behavior engaged in by any student, such as, but not restricted to, inappropriate language/gestures, insubordination, hazing, threats, etc., will result in an exclusion from all co-curricular activities a minimum of ten (10) calendar days.

 

9.     Any student who is determined to bring a weapon into any school property, any school sponsored activity or any public conveyance providing transportation to a school or school sponsored activity shall be excluded from all co-curricular activities until the official Hearing Officer’s Hearing Adjudication Report is approved by the Board. 

 

"Weapons" are defined but not limited to, any knife, cutting instrument, cutting tool, nunchaka, firearm, rifle or any other tool, instrument, or implement capable of inflicting personal bodily injury.

 

  4.    Any student suspended (in-school or out-of-school) or expelled from school shall also be automatically excluded from participating in all school or co-curricular activities for the duration of the school suspension or expulsion.  Students placed in an alternative education program are automatically excluded from participating in co-curricular activities for the duration of the alternative education placement.  If a student commits a violation, or violations, of the Discipline Code (Policy 10510) not resulting in a suspension (in-school or out-of-school), alternative education placement, or expulsion, the student may be excluded from participating in co-curricular activities for a period of time to be determined at the discretion of the building principal.  Students conduct will be checked weekly, and the building principal shall notify the parents/guardians and student of any conduct related exclusion from participation.  

 

 5.    The club/team/organization, sponsors and/or coaches and/or advisors, with the approval of the building principal administrator, may establish rules that are more stringent than the adopted rules of this policy.  the co-curricular policies.  Participants and their parents/guardians shall be notified in writing of these rules.

 

 6.    Permanent removal from an activity shall result in the forfeiture of awards for recognition in that particular activity.

 

 7.    When participation in a co-curricular activity requires students to pay fees for the activity, with such fees including but not necessarily being limited to ski lift tickets, participation fees, and entrance fees, the policy of the District shall be to structure the activity so that, to the greatest extent possible, all participating students pay the same fee.  As the sponsor of all co-curricular activities, the District is to be considered the chaperone, sponsor, or similar party for such activities.  Accordingly, any incentives or perks that are bestowed upon a chaperone, sponsor, etc. for participation in a co-curricular activity shall be understood to be the property of the District and shall not, for example, be used by a parent as a means to pay for his or her own child's participation in a co-curricular activity.  The District, at its sole discretion, will determine how such incentives and perks will be utilized in order to benefit all of the participants in the co-curricular activity.

 

The discipline set forth in the above specific rules is intended to establish only a minimum discipline.  Greater discipline may be imposed depending upon the circumstances of the infraction.

 

Any student suspended, in-school or out-of-school, or expelled from school shall also be automatically suspended or excluded from participating in all school or co-curricular activities for the duration of the school suspension or expulsion.  Students enrolled in the alternative education program are not permitted to participate in co-curricular activities.

 

The Superintendent or his/her designee shall be responsible for the administration of this policy.  the co-curricular policy.  The Building Administrator building principal shall be responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the rules and regulations.  All schools, through the Building Administrator building principal, sponsor, coach, and/or advisors, shall be responsible for informing student participants and parents/guardians of the rules and regulations.

 

Each school shall notify parents/guardians and students in the following manner:

 

1.     One parent newsletter per year shall include reference to the rules and regulations.

 

2.     Each sponsor/coach/advisor of a co-curricular activity shall inform the student participants at the start of each activity/season of the rules and regulations.  Also, a copy of the rules and regulations shall be sent home with the student participants.

 

3.    The rules and regulations shall be referenced in the applicable Handbook(s).

 

The Superintendent or his/her designee is hereby authorized to develop administrative procedures to implement this policy.  

 

Adoption Date            -     September 13, 1999

Revision Dates            -     June 30, 2008, August 8, 2011, May 11, 2015;

                                       June 29, 2015; September 1, 2017; November 4, 2019

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Legal Reference          -     24 P.S. §511; PIAA By-Laws (Article III, Section 3)

Cross Reference          -     Policy 9535; Policy 10102; Policy 10410; Policy 10465; Policy 1420; Policy 10510

The Board of School Directors is required to advertise the Comprehensive Plan for a 28-day public review period prior to submission to PDE.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has informed the district of a typographical error made by the Department. The error, located on page 1 of Appendix A of the district's Cohort 10 21^st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Agreement should have included the following sentence in front of the seventh bullet point:

• “Grantee agrees to send a minimum of two program representatives to the following during each program year of the grant.”

The required conferences are enumerated on page 1 of Appendix A of the Cohort 10 Agreement at bullet points 7, 8, and 9. The detailed budget submitted by the district already provides for travel and accommodations for two representatives at the three conferences, which is the minimum expectation of the Department.

 

The attached document must be approved by the district to confirm its agreement that the District is required to send two people to the required conferences.

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9. Closing Activities