School Board Meeting Highlights
5-17-16
Agenda:
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All motions were approved.
Workshop
Continuous Energy Improvement Program
Mr. Dale Reitz, Energy Champion for the Parkland School District who is being paid for by PPL, recapped the efforts of newly formed GREEN TEAMS in all buildings who work to conserve energy and be good stewards of the environment. As a result of this initiative, together the buildings have achieved $112,000 in total savings since the program commenced two years ago at pilot school OMS and this year in all buildings.
2016-17 Budget Presentation
Click here for the Budget Overview document that was shared. These news articles recapped the budget presentation:
WFMZ
The Morning Call
Business Meeting
Strings Director Karen Creeden introduced ALL STATE ORCHESTRA and ALL NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLE Award recipients:
Guinevere Conner, All-National Honor Ensemble
All State Orchestra: Brittany Gelb, Sung Min (Christina) Park, Joshua Yang, and Guinevere Conner
Director of Bands Jason Lerew introduced the ALL STATE BAND students:
Grace Lerew and Max Stempel
Beth Breiner, Coordinator of Educational Technology, recognized this year's TEACHER TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATORS:
Mrs. Lisa Barrow, Kratzer
Mrs. Traci Falco, Kernsville
Ms. Tiffany Houser, Ironton
Ms. Lisa Kadar, Springhouse Middle School
Mrs. Nancy Kemler, Fogelsville
Mrs. Danielle Kite, Cetronia
Mr. Patrick Price, Orefield Middle School
Mrs. Rachel Remmel, Schnecksville
Mrs. Janiel Spisak, Parkway Manor
Dr. Ruth Tice, Cetronia
Dr. Scott Watson, Parkland High School
Mr. David Whitby, Jaindl
Roundtable
Mr. Kennedy, Board President, thanked all of the teachers and tech integrators for coming in congratulated all of the students who were recognized during the meeting.
The 13th Annual Festival of the Arts is this weekend. The public is invited to enjoy the event all day on Saturday, rain or shine.