DOWNINGTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE
Dr. Lawrence J. Mussoline Jr., Superintendent Friday, February 26,
2010
Regular Board, Committee & Other Related Meetings
Wednesday, March 3 6:00 p.m. Curriculum Committee
DHSE Library 7:00 p.m. Policy Committee
8:00 p.m. Personnel Committee
Wednesday, March 10 6:00 p.m. Executive Session
DHSE Library 7:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting
(Meeting to be videotaped)
Monday, March 15 4:00 p.m. Governance Committee
DHSE Library
Wednesday, March 24 6:00 p.m. Facilities Committee
Bradford Heights Library 7:00 p.m. Finance Committee
8:00 p.m. Technology Committee
Wednesday, April 7 6:00 p.m. Curriculum Committee
DHSE Library To be followed by: Personnel Committee
Wednesday, April 14 6:00 p.m. Executive Session
DHSE Library 7:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 28 6:00 p.m. Facilities Committee
Brandywine Wallace Library 7:00 p.m. Finance Committee
Dates of Interest
March 8, 2010 Spring Sports Begins
March 13, 2010 Daylight Savings Time
April 10 – 12, 2010 2010 NSBA National Conference – Chicago
April 30, 2010 2009-2010 School Director/Legislator
Breakfast
STEM Meeting Dates
STEM CORE COMMITTEE MEETING
Thursday, March 4, 2010 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. DHSW Library
Monday, April 5, 2010 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. DHSW Library
Thursday, May 6, 2010 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. DHSW Library
STEM SUB COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Co-Curricular
Curriculum
Facilities/Finance
Instructional Delivery
Partnership
Program
Public Relations
CONSENT AGENDA – March 10 Board Meeting
1. Approval of Minutes
a. Board Meeting – February 17, 2010
2. Approval of Disbursements
3. Approval of Financial Reports
Treasurers Reports
Tax Report
Budget Reports
Activity Reports
Investment Accounts
Athletic Funds
4. Personnel
a. Approval of Green Sheets
5. Curriculum
a. Approval of Field Trips
School/Location Dates Additional Information
DHSE Science Olympiad – March 1, 2010 One (1) substitute for one (1) day
Cabrini College
DMS PMEA District 12 String March 22, 2010 One (1) substitute for one (1) day
Fest, Baldi Middle School, Cost of bus: $341.15 split between
Philadelphia, PA DMS and LMS
DHSW LINK weekend trip to April 9-11, 2010 No Cost to the District
Camp Conrad Weiser (overnight trip)
LMS DEEP trip to CAT May 18, 2010 Cost for bus: $270.00
Pickering Forensics Tournament (Gifted Education Budget)
DHSE Science trip to Wetlands May 27, 2010 Two (2) substitutes for one (1) day
Institute, Stone Harbor, NJ
6. Policy
a. Approval of Policies (out for 30 day review as of January 20, 2010 Policy
Committee Meeting):
i. Policy 218.2 Terroristic Threats
ii. Policy 717 Safety
iii. Policy 802 Operations
iv. Policy 803 School Calendar
v. Policy804 School Day
vi. Policy 805 Emergency Evacuation of Schools
vii. Policy 807 Opening Exercises/Flag Displays
viii. Policy 808 Food Services
ix. Policy 811 Bonding
x. Policy 813 Other Insurance
b. Deletion of Policy:(out for 30 day review as of January 20, 2010 Policy
Committee Meeting):
i. Policy 820 Public Auction of Surplus Equipment and Supplies
7. Finance
a. Approval of an agreement with the Camphill Special School to provide a Personal
Care Assistant to a currently enrolled student in the amount of $18,048.00. The
District will submit for partial reimbursement for Medical Assistance.
b. Approval of the following Budget or Fund Transfers:
Transfer
From Transfer To
Account # From Account Name Account # To Account Name Amount
2810STEM-
5900-840 Budgetary Reserve 610 STEM Tech Student Association $ 10,000.00
To fund a Technology Student Association at each middle school
Total: $ 10,000.00
Transfer
From Transfer To
Account # From Account Name Account # To Account Name Amount
330075-441 BOFF Facility Rental 238081-590 DEHS Principal account $ 2,550.00
To distribute facility use money to individual schools
Total: $ 2.550.00
Transfer
From Transfer To
Account # From Account Name Account # To Account Name Amount
CFCNME-582 LMS Cert Staff Dev Conferences 5300-610 LMS Reg Ed Gen Sup $ 6,000.00
CFPRME-582 LMS Principal Staff Dev Conf 5300-490 LMS Reg Ed Oth Contract Svc 2,000.00
142053SA-610 LMS Summer Academy Supplies 5300-610 LMS Reg Ed Gen Sup 1,000.00
142053TC-610 LMS Transition Camp Supplies 5300-610 LMS Reg Ed Gen Sup 1,000.00
225053-642 LMS Library Workbooks 238053-642 LMS Principal’s Workbooks 26.52
Transfers to re-allocate LMS budgets
Total: $ 10,026.52
Transfer
From Transfer To
Account # From Account Name Account # To Account Name Amount
11002072-642 El Curric Workbooks 226020-648 Elem Staff Dev/Curr Software $ 6,832.00
To pay for elementary software
Total: $ 6,832.00
Transfer
From Transfer To
Account # From Account Name Account # To Account Name Amount
238029-490 BH Principal Oth Contract Svc 2900-610 BH Reg Ed Gen Sup $ 500.00
CCBH-582 BH Principal Conferences 2900-610 BH Reg Ed Gen Sup 500.00
CFCNBH-582 BH Cert Staff Dev Conferences 2900-610 BH Reg Ed Gen Sup 500.00
To purchase supplies at BH
Total: $ 1,500.00
Transfer
From Transfer To
Account # From Account Name Account # To Account Name Amount
CFCNEW-582 EW Cert Staff Dev Conferences CEW-582 EW Principal Conferences $ 935.00
To pay for conference
Total: $ 935.00
Transfer
From Transfer To
Account # From Account Name Account # To Account Name Amount
238054-590 DMS Principal Misc Expense 5400-751 DMS Reg Ed New Equipment $ 2,000.00
238054-760 DMS Principal Replace Equip 5400-751 DMS Reg Ed New Equipment 9,550.00
To purchase a new sound system at DMS
Total: $ 11,550.00
8. Facilities
9. Administrative
a. Recommend approval of the following dates as our five official local school
district holidays for the 2010/2011 school year:
November 26, 2010
December 24, 2010
December 29, 2010
December 30, 2010
December 31, 2010
b. Approval of Overnight Conferences:
Approval of Board Members – Overnight Conferences:
Name Conference Location Dates
William Fagan NSBA Conference Chicago, IL April 9 – 13, 2010
Jane Bertone
Robert Eldredge
Suzanne Simonelli
Approval of Administrative Staff – Overnight Conferences:
Name Conference Location Dates
Lawrence Mussoline Apple National Dallas, TX April 20 – 23, 2010
Superintendent’s Conference
Christine Petrow Government Finance Officers Atlanta, GA June 5 – 9, 2010
Association