Taryn Bath, Elizabeth Berkowitz, Molly Buler, Carollynn Butler, Debbie Cicippio, Nan Davis, Michelle Fisher, Margaret Greene, Vickie Hawkins, Angelyn Jennings, Helen Lech, Glynn McCann, Jean Kim McCracken, Eileen Morano, Lucretia Page, Janice Saporetti, Patricia Solomito, Christine Talmadge, Susan White, and Theodore Williams.

During the May 17 work session of the Board, a presentation was made on the current status of the 2016-2017 budget. The proposed final budget, including a 3.35% tax increase, was approved at the regular meeting on May 24th.

This budget is now available for public review in anticipation of final budget approval scheduled for the regular June 28, 2016 meeting of the Board. Follow the budget progress online at www.methacton.org/budget.

Enrollment Vendor

The Board approved the administration to engage the services of Milone and MacBroom for the purposes of developing a second enrollment projection, conduct a capacity study, and redrawing of attendance boundaries. Dr. Zerbe's recommendation takes into consideration all options available and potential outcomes. While the Montgomery County Planning Commission would still be considered a good long-term choice, MCPC would not be able to begin work for a number of months, which may drag the matter out longer than needed. In addition, MCPC does not perform redistricting services or provide support in communication. As such, Milone and MacBroom was recommended as the the best vendor to address all the matters and to best coordinate this effort to bring closure to this discussion in January 2017.

2016-2022 Methacton Strategic Plan - A Blueprint for Success

The 2016-2022 Methacton School District strategic plan, the "A Blueprint for Success" was approved following a period of review and community feedback. Work on integrating the plan into the work of the district will now begin, with progress reports to parents and the community throughout.

All other items listed on the May 24 agenda were approved.

Pictured above from left to right - School Board President Chris Boardman, Kate Thomas, Anthony Daddazio, Audubon Principal Tara Ricci, and Superintendent Dr. David Zerbe.

Pictured above, from left to right, Board President Chris Boardman, Superintendent Dr. David Zerbe, and Collegeville Rotary Representatives Ravi Kurumety and Doug Cook.

For accomplishments in the Delaware Valley Science Fair: Johnathan Cheng, Ananth Dandibhotla, Samuel Geiser, Vivek Gopalan, Vaibhav Gupta, Sahas Kurumery, Ishaan Patel, Tulsi Patel, Achyut Reddy, Harleen Suri, Jeremy Wang, and Adam Zhang.

For accomplishments at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair: Karthik Yegnesh, and Shayan Farmand.

For accomplishments at the Montgomery County Science Research Competition: Peter Luba and Neha Vagvala.

For accomplishments at the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Competition: Kassie Chen, William Chen, Emily Cheng, Gerry Liu, Ruchi Mulaiker, Jason Qiu, Harsha Santhanam, Abhi Shah, Carina Tse, Rebekah Varghese, and Mary Zhuang.

Congratulations to these fine Methacton High School students, who continue to represent Methacton on the local, state, national, and even international stage!

Three Arcola Intermediate School students were recognized for accomplishments in science research. Nicole Zhang was recognized for her achievements at the Pennsylvania Society Biomedical Research Competition. Ashmitha Sivakumar and Arushi Tiwari were recognized for their accomplishments at the Bright Schools Competition.

M Awards were also presented to Gayatri Pillai and Sarah Sterchak for their contributions as school board representatives over the past two terms.

Congratulations to all of these fine students.