BOARD BRIEFS

The Fairview Board of School Directors held its regular public meeting on

June 27, 2005, and took action on the following matters:

·        Accepted the minutes of  the May 25, 2005, public board meeting

·        Approved the budgetary transfers, bills payable and payroll through  6/24/05

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·        Approved the treasurer’s report for May, 2005

·        Read a resignation letter from the health room assistant and a request to change an employee’s retirement date.

·        Recognition of Visitors: John Driscoll re:  high taxes; Mark Schwab re: property tax issue and the Vees Commonwealth Court case; and  Realtor Jim McGoey re: under-assessed properties in Erie County

·        Approved to appoint the Quinn Law Firm to file property tax appeals on behalf of the Fairview School District for a fee of about $190 per property with the appeals to be filed by August 1, 2005, for the tax year 2006.  And further, to authorize the administration and Quinn Law Firm to negotiate and settle assessed values related to these appeals.  If a residential appraisal is required, the cost of approximately $300 is authorized.  Nonresidential appraisals, if needed, will require further board action.  Properties will be selected for appeal where the difference between Fair Market Value as evidenced by the sale price and current assessed value is $25,000 or greater and 20% or more of the sale price

·        Approved the Capital Projects, Capital Reserve, District Retirement Benefit Account and the Cafeteria Budgets for 2005/2006

·        Approved Capital Projects purchases:  Noble’s Speed Scrubber, stadium fence repairs and authorized the administration to advertise and solicit bids for security camera components

·        Approved the district to renew the I.U. #5 Emergency Substitute Teacher Consortium contract for 2005/2006 at a cost of $1,000

·        Approved the building field trips for 2005/06

·        Approved to conduct a learning support K-4 summer school program at FES with cost to be free to selected students and paid for from ACCESS funds

·        Approved the administration to contract services of a Therapeutic Inclusion Consultant at $25 per hour for four hours per day for 185 days to provide transitional emotional support service at FHS for the 05/06 school year to be paid for by the contingency grant

·        Approved the student teaching agreement with Edinboro University for 05/06

·        Presented the new HIV infection policies for the first reading.  They will be posted in all buildings and will replace Policy 203.1/314.1

·        Approved the non-resident tuition rates for the 2005/06 school year be set at $7,000 per student for grades K-8, $5,000  per student for grades 9-12, and $3,500 per student for half-day kindergarten.  And further, that non-resident students enrolled for the ¾ school year continue at the ¾ tuition rates through the highest grade level of the building attended in the ¾ school year.  The ¾ school year tuition rates are $5,600 per student for grades 1-8, $4,000 per student for grades 9-122, and $2,800 per student for half-day kindergarten.

·        Approved to contract with National Fuel Resources to supply the district’s natural gas requirements at an initial cost of NYMEX plus $.60 per Dth and further to authorize the administration to terminate the agreement with Natural Gas Management as of 8/3l/05, and to authorize the administration to move to a fixed rate during the term of the agreement in consultation with National Fuel Resources.

·        Approved the 05/06 school lunch prices for all buildings

·        Approved to amend the 05/06 budget to include excess ACCESS revenues in the amount of $10,350 and expenditures in the amount of $10,350

·        Approved the support staff wage list and the support staff substitute rate of pay for 05/06 as well as the administrative and confidential secretaries’ salaries

·        Approved facility requests for a cheerleading camp at FHS from 7/21-23, for open gym wrestling workouts on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and for the Erie Thunderbirds to use the high school facilities on 7/l6/05

·        Approved a floating coach for cheerleading due tot he increase in numbers of participants

·        Approved to finance the new technology purchases and to refinance the existing technology lease through Laurel Capital Corporation over a four-year period a 3.75% with semi-annual debt service payments of $54,772

·        Hired Dr. Ben Horn as Fairview Elementary School Principal

·        Approved the change of retirement date for the Director of Facilities

·        Approved to revise the 05/06 fall athletic supply bid total to $20,875.25 from 420,832.95

·        An executive session was held earlier this evening to discuss the evaluation of the superintendent and the hiring of the elementary school principal.

·        Approved the personnel matters listed in the Board Attachment Book at the Central Administration Building.  The list of commendables  as well as the board remarks and president’s remarks are also in the Attachment Book available for public viewing.

Note:  The district’s policies are located on the district website.

If anyone wishes more information on the items mentioned above, or wishes to speak at a public board meeting, please call the Board Secretary at 474-2600, ext. 6211.

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

Monday,  July 18, 2005, Committee of the Whole at 6:30 p.m.  to be followed by the regular monthly public board meeting at FMS.

THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO ATTEND ALL MEETINGS!

(The list is on the website.)