WEST Elizabeth JEFFERSON Hills		SCHOOL DISTRICT
Pleasant HILLS		ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 835 OLD CLAIRTON ROAD JEFFERSON HILLS, PA 15025-3131 PHONE (412) 655-8450 FAX (412) 655-9544 www.wjhsd.net
JOHN P. LOZOSKY, Ph.D. Superintendent TERRY A. KINAVEY Curriculum/Instruction Director		JAMES P. McCABE Personnel Director MATTHEW W. HOWARD Business Manager/Board Secretary t

A REPORT OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING – JANUARY 24, 2006

The Board of School Directors approved the following personnel items:

> to be hired: Mimi Haley, Communications Consultant, part-time employee (effective 1/25/06), $27,000

Professional

> to be hired: Bradley Merklin, long-term substitute, 2^nd semester 2005-06, TJHS Physics (Flory sick leave)

> to be hired: sponsor of extra-curricular interest groups/clubs, 2^nd semester, 2005-06: Joan Perry, Healthy Wildcats, and Sue Mackulin, Academic Math

> educational conference requests:

-- Bill Cherpak, Ken Gruntz, Brian McClain, John Mitruski, Keith Pancoast, TJ Srsic, George Wilson, and John Yogan, PA State Football Coaches Assoc. Clinic, Hershey, Feb. 2 thru 4

-- Dan Como, Keeping Current with ADHD, Autism, Aspergers, OCD and Tourettes, Monroeville, Feb. 23

-- Gregg Fouts, Motivating Uninterested, Disillusioned & Disruptive Students, Coraopolis, Dec. 15

-- Ronald Kelly, PA Volleyball Coaches Assoc. Clinic, State College, Feb. 3-4

-- Jim McCabe and Dennis Peterson, Attendance/Child Accounting Seminar, Hershey, Mar. 21 thru 24

-- Bill Cherpak, PA Athletic Director Conference, Hershey, Mar. 23 thru 26

-- Carol Chowaniec, Pediatric Problems, Emergencies & Lab Interpretation, Station Square, Mar. 15

-- Carol Adams, Debra Curry, Danny Giger, and Linda Prah, Teachers Teaching Teachers, Cranberry, Feb. 15

> to be hired: extra-curricular volunteer positions, 2005-06: Jaime Jones, Girls’ Softball Volunteer Asst.

> to be hired: part-year extra-duty positions, 2005-06 – Girls’ Basketball: Jeff Lytle (8^th Grade Coach); Bill Martinis (7^th Grade Coach); and Girls’ Softball: John Mitruski (Head Coach); Jill Startari (Varsity Asst.); and Clarence Adams (JV Coach)

> to be approved: dates for summer health (to be held at TJHS) – Session 1: June 19 thru 30 – Session 2: July 10 thru 21

> changes to professional substitute list

Non-professional

> to be hired: Deborah Dougherty, 2.25 hrs/day General Worker, McClellan (effective 1/25/06) and Mary Lou Kobus, 12-month Confidential Secretary to the Assistant to the Superintendent (effective 2/13/06), $27,500

> resignations: Daniel Dadisman, 3.5 hrs/day Custodian, TJHS (effective 1/27/06) and Donna Gilmore, 12-month Confidential Secretary to the Assistant to the Supt. (effective 1/5/06)

> changes to service unit substitute list

IN OTHER ACTION THE BOARD APPROVED:

> the minutes as corrected of the special meeting of November 15 and the Reorganization and regular meetings of December 6, 2005

> the bill listing from November 12, 2005 through January 13, 2006 in the amount of $4,495,326.22 for the General Fund

> the bill listing from November 12, 2005 through January 13, 2006 in the amount of $12,410.78 for the Construction Funds

> the June 30, 2005 Audit Report by Hosack, Specht, Muetzel, and Wood

> the purchase of a new speaker system for Thomas Jefferson High School auditorium from Gray Sound Communications in the amount of $7,757 from Construction Funds

> the appointment of Barbara Nieman to complete the collection of the 2005 Pleasant Hills real estate tax year penalty period

> the Thomas Jefferson High School 2006-07 Academic Handbook

> the West Jefferson Hills School District Organizational Chart

> Policy 005 – Board Governance Standards/Code of Conduct and Policy 006 – Board Governance Standards/Code of Conduct -- Commitment for Cooperation

> the following activities:

1. TJHS field trip to Washington, DC, to visit the National Holocaust Museum and National Gallery of Art, leaving 5:00 a.m. on Friday, March 31, and returning at approximately 10:30 p.m. that same evening

2. TJHS Cheerleading Squads to participate in the ECA Cheerleading Competition in Williamsburg, VA, leaving Friday, March 17, and returning Sunday, March 19

> the creation of a part-time position of Communications Consultant with no medical benefits

> an adjustment to the contract of the Business Manager, making his 2005-06 annual salary $95,000 pro-rated effective 1/25/06

> readmitting Student B of Resolution 188-04 beginning with the start of the 2005-2006 second semester

WEST JEFFERSON HILLS BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS

John P. Lozosky

John P. Lozosky, Ph.D.

Superintendent

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It is the policy of the West Jefferson Hills School District to not discriminate on the basis of sex, handicap, age, race, color, and national origin in its educational and vocational programs, activities, or employment as required by Title IX, Section 5094 and Title VI. For information regarding services, activities, programs, and facilities that are accessible to and usable by handicapped persons or about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Personnel Director at 412-655-8450 x2228.