AGORA 1018 W 8th Ave

Cyber C arttr School King of Prussia, PA 19406 610-254-8218 Fax: 610-265-5361

Public Meeting of the Board of Trustees (Monday, December 3, 2018)

Public Meeting of the Board of Trustees (Monday, December 3, 2018)

Generated by Erin Quinn on Thursday, December 13, 2018

Members present

Karen DelGuercio, William Nolan, Linda Ringer-Deas, Sam Wrightson, Rachel Karas, Linda Gotlieb

Meeting called to order at 5:29 PM

A. Meeting Opening

Procedural: 2. Roll Call

Action, Procedural: 3. Approval of Agenda Recommend the Board approve the agenda as presented.

Motion by Linda Gotlieb, second by Karen DelGuercio.

Action, Minutes: 4. Approval of the Board Meeting Minutes

Recommend the Board approve the minutes of the April 9, 2018 meeting.

Motion by Karen DelGuercio, second by Sam Wrightson.

Procedural: 5. Public Comment

Anne D - many association members do not feel supported due to lack of staff - propose working together in making decisions and transparency Received 201 responses to the survey they sent out Sara A - Parent - Teachers/Family Coaches - concerned that the school isn't working with union issues Also Spec. Ed teachers are being put in Gen Ed classes and are worked thin. Money is being spent on lawyer fees to fight union and not on the kids.

B. Special Education

Action: 1. Service Provider Agreement

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the Service Provider Agreement template to cover the following vendors as presented: - Circle Speech Services - Easterseals Western and Central PA - Educational Based Services - Elizabeth McBrierty - Foundations for Growing - Intermediate Unit #01 - Intermediate Unit #09- Seneca Highlands - Living Unlimited, Inc. - Sayegh Pediatric Therapy Services, P.C. - Tracy Geist Therapy Services, LLC

Motion by Sam Wrightson, second by Linda Gotlieb.

Action: 2. Psychological Service Provider Template Agreement

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the template for Psychological Service Agreements with the following vendors: - Kenneth Curran - Reggie Candia

Motion by Sam Wrightson, second by Linda Gotlieb.

Action: 3. Achieve Behavioral Consulting agreement

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the Achieve Behavioral Consulting agreement for an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) for student not to exceed $3,000.00 as presented.

Motion by Sam Wrightson, second by Linda Gotlieb.

Action: 4. Dr. Ivy Agreement

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the Dr. Ivy agreement, not to exceed $200.00 per hour, as presented.

Motion by Sam Wrightson, second by Linda Gotlieb.

C. Academic Department (Rich Jensen)

D. Finance Department (James lnfortuna) Action : 1. Payment Requisitions Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the payment requisitions as presented .

Motion by William Nolan, second by Linda Gotlieb.

E. Operations Department (Karenann Young)

Reports: 1. Enrollment

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F. Personnel Department (Laurie Smith)

Action : 1. Personnel Report Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the Personnel Report as presented.

Motion by Sam Wrightson, second by William Nolan.

G. Board Considerations

Action : 1. Franklin Institute Contract for 2018-2019

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the contract with The Franklin Institute for 2018-2019 not to exceed $15,000 as presented.

Motion by William Nolan, second by Sam Wrightson.

Action : 2. Purchasing Co-Ops

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the request to join the following Purchasing Co-Ops: - Montgomery County Intermediate Unit - Keystone Purchasing Network - Co-Stars - PEPPM - Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) - US Communities

Motion by William Nolan, second by Sam Wrightson.

Action : 3. Pitney Bowes Agreement

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the revised Pitney Bowes agreement for mail machine and inserter not to exceed $9,009.96 per year as presented.

Motion by William Nolan, second by Sam Wrightson.

Action : 4. Open Services Agreement for Application Development and Consulting Services

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the Open Services Agreement with Weidenhammer for Application Development and Consulting Services not to exceed $10,868.00 as presented.

Motion by William Nolan, second by Sam Wrightson .

Action : 5. Furniture Agreement with Ethosource

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the furniture agreement with Ethosource not to exceed $131,045.00 as presented.

Motion by William Nolan, second by Sam Wrightson.

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Action: 6. In-Service Event agreement

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the Face-to-Face/In-Service Event agreement for August 2019 not to exceed $150,000 as presented.

Motion by William Nolan, second by Sam Wrightson.

Action: 7. Sam Labs Agreement

Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the agreement from Sam Labs for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) kits for our Advanced Learners Program for the elementary schools to paid out of the Ready to Learn Grant not to exceed $5,613.00 as presented . Motion by William Nolan, second by Sam Wrightson.

Action: 8. Purchase from Ready to Learn Grant Recommend the Board of Trustees approve the purchase of 800 copies of the novel "Night" for 10th grade students using Ready to Learn Grant funds not to exceed $8,360.00.

Motion by William Nolan, second by Sam Wrightson.

H. Meeting Closing

Procedural: 1. Next Board Meeting Schedule

Action, Procedural: 2. Adjournment Recommend the Board of Trustees vote to adjourn the meeting.

Motion by William Nolan, second by Linda Gotlieb.

Meeting adjourned at 6:02 PM

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