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Mr. Ghart >> here. >> Mr. Godson >> present. >> Mr. Hartline. >> Mrs. Lynch. >> Dr. Maguire >> here. >> Mr. Martin >> present. >> Mr. Saddowski >> here. >> Seven members present. >> Thank you. >> Could we stand for the pledge of allegiance, please? Amen. Pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America to the republic stands one nation under God indivisible and justice for all. Announcements. Sorry, I have a lot. October 2nd, all schools and offices will be closed for Yam Kaport. October 3rd, homecoming football game at 700 p.m. at at our stadium. Um October 4th, SATs at 7:45 at William Tennant. October 5th, cross country first invitational. First race starts at 10:5. Also on October 5th, it is the William Tennant Homecoming dance at 7 PM, the Clinger clothing drive at 10:30. Um October 6th, Clinger Picture Day, October 7th, Willowdale picture day. October 8th is the Renaissance Fair at Log College for the seventh grade. October 9th is McDonald Fire Department visit. October 10th, McDonald Donuts with Grown-Ups at 8:05 a.m. I love that name. Um, also Davis Picture Day and the McDonald Chick-fil-A fundraiser. So, make sure you support McDonald at cuz everybody loves Chick-fil-A, right? Um, October 12th is the War Mister Symphony at 5:30 at William Tenant. October 14th is a school board meeting right here. October 15th is senior portraits at 9:00 a.m. October 16th is Willowdale Multicultural Night, family night at 6:30 p.m. Uh October 17th, early dismissal for K through 12. October 17th is senior night for the William Tennant football team at 7:00 p.m. It is also the log Halloween dance at 700 p.m. Um Octo I'm going to be done soon. October 18th is the William Tennant Celebration of Bands at starts at 7:00 a.m. October 19th is the William Warminster Symphony at 5:30. October 20th is the Clinger Magazine drive starts. October 22nd is the underclass picture day at William Tenant. October 24th is Clinger 7th grade zoo trip. Also, Willowdale trunk or treat at 6:00 p.m., Davis trunk or treat at 6:30 p.m. and the Clinger Halloween parade starts at 700 p.m. October 25th is the big puzzle competition starting at 9:00 a.m. for CF. 5:30 is also the Warster Symphony at William Tenant. October 28th is a schoolboard meeting at 700 p.m. We'd love to see all of you here. October 30th is McDonald's trunk or treat. And lastly, October 31st is the McDonald Halloween parade at 12:45, Willowdale at 2:00 p.m. and Davis at 2:15. So, thank you. That's all I got. Um, Dr. Lucabel, you're up. >> Thank you, Mrs. Branado. Good evening, everyone. Ensuring the safety of our students is a top priority in Centennial. As part of our ongoing commitment to student safety and community responsibility, we are seeking board approval this evening of a partnership with Bus Patrol, a leading provider of school bus safety technology. Bus Patrol equips our school buses with advanced stop armed camera systems designed to detect and deter drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses. These violations pose a serious risk to student safety, and the use of this technology will help enforce traffic laws, educate the public, and ultimately create safer roads for our children. In collaboration with local law enforcement and transportation departments, Bus Patrol's program combines technology, data, and awareness campaigns to promote a culture of accountability and respect for school bus safety laws. We believe this partnership will not only protect our students, but also support our mission to foster a safer and more responsible community. And at this time, I'd like to ask Mr. Tom Greenwood, our chief financial officer, to provide a brief overview of this program and why we are excited to have it on the agenda for approval tonight. Thank you, Mr. Greenwood. >> Thank you, Dr. Lukabad. The slides were rolling as you were talking, so it was wonderful that I was right on time. It was like you were reading them uh for me. >> So, uh as as Dr. Luca had pointed out, agenda item 8.2D 2D is the approval of the bus patrol contract. Um [Music] as as we as discussed uh bus patrol equips our buses with technology to catch and deter uh illegal passing folks that are passing buses when the arm is extended and the flashing lights are uh are in play. um they use uh cameras to do so. Uh they take those and that information is shared with law enforcement who uh if valid issues citations to the vehicle owners. So they're capturing license plates similar to uh easy pass nowadays uh on the turnpike or toll by plate. Uh there is no upfront cost to the district. Uh, bus patrol covers the cost of the cameras and the system and they're paid back through their share of a collection on uh, fines for those vehicles. Uh, the distribution bus patrol gets probably the largest share of that $300 ticket. Uh, law enforcement and the courts to cover their costs and then the district receives a share uh, to offset our transportation costs. uh potential revenue to the district estimates sort of provided by bus patrol. Uh they are estimating based on their experience in this area uh that we could have 150 to 200 tickets issued every month which is staggering. uh to to the un to the unknown, right? To those who don't drive buses, but to those who do drive buses, uh it is probably frighteningly a reality uh where where uh cars are blowing through uh the extended stop sign on the bus uh and the flashing lights. Um uh along with that piece of it, right, it it comes with uh modernizing our video technology, the ability to take video inside of the buses and outside of the buses. You can see they it comes with a side lo side loading camera. This is the camera that would be on the outside of the bus that would capture uh in HD license plates uh when the bus arms are out and the lights are flashing. This this captures another 180° which also then captures the stop sign and the license plate as well uh to make for a complete uh a complete case. bus would be additional rear safety. Um, we've had, ironically and sadly enough, we've had a number of rear uh rear ending of the buses, particularly on street road when buses stopped across the train tracks. Uh, last year, if you recall, there was a bus that we was totaled as a result of a a rear ending and that car never never touched the brakes. It just hit the bus. Uh, which was fortunately the bus wasn't was empty. Uh, and fortunately, no one was seriously injured. Uh and most importantly interior to the camera. Today our buses have a front camera that looks back and a back camera that looks to the front. Um particularly in the elementary ages, the seat heights uh sort of hide the children, right? They're they're they're not tall enough to to be visible uh when the bus is in motion. uh bus patrol will install but cameras on each side of the bus which will give a better view into those seats and and offer a better uh quality video recording um which is uh very valuable for us. Um the next steps, uh Jim Wartman and Kevin Burns had previously met with uh with the police chiefs at each of our police jurisdictions to get their buy in and support for this endeavor. Uh we've had our solicitor review the contract. Um the program was shared and approved by the operations committee two weeks ago. I think that was September 12th. Um and it is on the agenda today as shared on 8.2. to D uh for our board approval. That's it. >> Thank you, Mr. Greenwood. >> Before you go, Mr. Greenwood, can we just um stress for anybody who didn't hear it in the community that this is not going to cost the district any money? >> That is correct. >> Okay. Just making sure we all know that. >> Mr. Green, what's the technical fee that I read about in the 62page contract that you have with these people? a little excessive there, but it's also made out to not to this address. It's contracts made out to I guess the bus garage for some reason, but uh a technical fee of $250 per bus per month. What's that? So, that fee is an equipment fee that will be paid down from those, right? So, the cameras uh that get installed, the technology, the maintenance, um all are a part of that fee, that $250 fee. So this will be at no cost to the district provided enough people break the law. >> Correct. Correct. And nobody broke the law then knew we would be >> and if word gets out and the number of violations decreases then there would be a cost to the school district. >> No, it would still not be there is no cost to the school district. Right. If if we didn't if we didn't get a single violation there is no cost to the district. >> What happens to the techn who pays the technical fee? >> They would pay it. Who's there? >> School uh bus patrol would pay it. >> There's not an instance and I when we first reviewed the contract, we sent it back, we got clarification uh that there is no fee to the district if not a single bus violation is incurred. If word gets out and everybody stopping at the at the uh bus lights with the arm out, that'd be wonderful. The district would not receive any any fee. >> Mr. for revenue. >> Mr. Martin, have you ever driven on street road? >> Uh, probably more years than you've been long. >> Absolutely. >> But I can tell you I can tell you that because I used to drive a bus, it was amazing to me how many people just totally ignored it and the safety of the children was totally blown off. Well, >> no, safety is important. I just that's a very I like to understand before I vote for if that's >> you're very thorough and I >> I appreciate the question two more questions and I'm done. One >> we we do this. How how do they know that a violation has occurred? There's a that they record it somehow and then it goes to this company so they know they don't sit there and watch a tape. >> Exactly. So they do they do so they would record violations. Right. So the the cameras that were on that Right. Right. Right. So these cameras right that are on the side would pick up a a car traveling past them when the lights are on and the arms are extended. Bus is stopped, lights on, stop signs extended. It would record any any car coming in either direction that passes them, right? That tape would then be sent to the police depending on the jurisdiction. And that's why we needed to meet that's why Jim's meeting uh with those police chiefs was critical. Right. We had talked about this several years ago is my understanding. And the and we couldn't really get the precincts buyin, if precincts the right word, but the the police station buyin. Uh when Jim and uh Mr. Burns met with them, they discussed it. They agreed to doing it. Uh so they would get sent a tape that would show these this is the license plate. This is the car who did the infraction and the ticket would be issued. Last question. Yes. If someone wishes to appeal this uh violation. Yep. >> Driving down Davis Road, the sun shines right in your eyes. You can't even see the school bus. School bus stops over here. You stop late. Something. >> Who represents the the school district or what? >> The police. The police. The police would represent the their ticket, right? If they if they chose to if someone challenged the ticket would be the t the ticket isn't issued by the school. >> This the ticket is issued by the police department themselves. So what any any other if they caught you driving through it without bus patrol, it would be the same uh the same response to a challenge. >> They're responsible to collect the it's 300 bucks. I mean I >> a lot of our drivers that's a lot of money. I guess >> it is. I mean it's very much like if you're >> Is it in the contract that they will make agreements with people to come up with a 300 bucks or if they have two $600 or do they have to come up with 300 bucks that are going to jail? I I I I think they need to come up with a 300 bucks, but I I can't I'm not a police officer nor a judge, so I can't weigh in on that with any any knowledge. But I I do to reiterate and to answer Miss Crossen's message, it is without cost, right? They they make this investment in anticipation and they're nationwide. So they have a model that unfortunately is very successful, right? to all of us who stop and not drive-thru, we would we would think of it as a no-brainer, right? I still angry that Uber is a thing, right? I don't know how that happened, but uh it's a thing. And likewise, these this is really the case. >> To your point, Mr. Greenwood, this is something we've been discussing in operations committee for a while now. Uh this also includes some interior cameras for extra security within the bus. Uh that would also back up to a cloud. Uh so it's just better in terms of visibility on what's happening on the bus if there are any incidences. It improves our uh security with on within the bus as well. So it's not just the exterior cameras. It's part of the same package. >> Absolutely. >> So So Mr. Greenwood, in addition, there's cameras on the side. So if somebody goes through and they said, "No, it it was just still yellow when I went through." The proof is in the pictures. >> Correct. >> Um >> correct. So that top >> so that camera, >> you know, I I did have know somebody who got a ticket on 611 and they said to me, "No, no, it it wasn't." And unfortunately for that person, they live in my house. And I said, "Um, no, I I" She goes, "Open it." So I did and the pictures were right there. I said, "Pay the 300 bucks. Will you be speeding uh to get up 611 at 6:00 a.m. again?" And she said, "No, I will not." And I said, "You have to think because that could have been a kid you squished and that is not worth being on time for work%." >> Also, the police departments get a portion of the $300. They do. >> So, they're not they're not spending any additional money. >> It's not costing them any additional money to take the time to to assist us in this process because they are getting a portion of the proceeds also. So, it's a win-win all the way around. >> It is. I think we'll see less drivers going through lights in Warster and Southampton, especially if they get the first ticket because I can assure you the person in my home that got that ticket will never speed up 611 again. >> They may be doing dishes for the rest of their life. >> No, they're too old. They're too old. So, um, but she did have to pay the full full 300 at one time, Mr. Mr. Martin. Um, and I don't know that she >> You gave it to her. No, Mr. Martin. Mr. Martin, she she's a a a workaholic. She works two jobs. She's a nurse. She has nurse money. So, I'm sorry, Kathleen. She's making the buck. So, um and she deserves it. But anyway, I I think it's a win-win all the way around. >> And we have been talking about this, Mr. Sidowski, for at least 4 years. >> Yeah. A long time. So, it's nice to see it finally coming to fruition. I'll be quiet now. >> My question is that uh because of the cameras are there, does it also alert the bus driver that there's somebody coming on the side or passing them, especially on the side where the children are getting off the bus or getting on the bus? >> That is a great question. I I'll have to uh I can follow up and I'll send that out uh in the weekly update uh that Dr. Luca shares that uh whether or not there is an alert. Not sure what you would do if you'd honk, if you'd startle, what you would do uh in that case. Um but hopefully uh hopefully I'll find that answer for you. And the technology nowadays, those who drive on the turnpike, your license plate is crystal clear um in any of those uh any of those uses. Okay. >> Thank you, Mr. Greenwood. Thank you. >> Okay. And and I also would like to to thank Mr. Greenwood and Mr. Wartman uh for their work in in bringing this through and this was um discussed in in our cabinet and we said we'd really like to get this finished and get this in a position to be put before the board. So um thank you very much. >> Um public comments by residents on agenda items. We have one community member that would like to speak. If you could go up to the podium, please state your name, the street you live on, not the numbers, and the township you live in. And you have three minutes. Thank you. [Music] >> Good evening. Um, so I didn't have anything to say, but since we since you just shared the time hasn't started, I'm sorry. >> It's by the time is >> it hasn't started. >> I just don't want you to I mean, it doesn't matter. My name is Katherine Dangler. I live on New Town Road. The only reason I'm really up here is because um after hearing that, that sounds fantastic. My only concern as a community member and as a parent with a child on a bus is who has control of that footage from inside the bus? Like whose cloud is that on? Who has access to that footage? That is my one concern with that. I It sounds fantastic, but in my head, when things sound fantastic, there's usually some sort of caveat. So, if we could just look into who has access to that footage on the bus, that concerns me. Just because I have children, one child left, who's still riding the bus, and I really, if this is a private company, I don't really want them having access to photos and videos of my children anywhere. >> Um, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Greenwood's >> writing ferociously over there. I bet you that's a question he's going to find out is that it's great that we have the footage of the kids on the bus, especially when incidents happen on the bus, but I'm not too keen on a private company having all of that access to my children's. >> We will find out for sure. >> Thank you. >> Um, Mr. Godson, I think you're up. >> All right, I'll take it. We have approval of the agenda. Be it resolved that the Centennial School District Board of School Directors 2.1 approves the September 30th, 2025 committee of the whole agenda as per attached. Are there any corrections that need to be made that are allowed by PA law? >> Second. >> Second by Mrs. Quen. Seeing no discussion, all in favor? I >> I. Any opposed? Any abstensions? Passes. 7 nothing. [Music] Moving on to new business. We have nine items and we're going to do them uh we're going to do them one at a time. >> Can Can we um Can we pull on 3.1? >> Do them one at a time. >> Oh, I got you. But we're going to have to I want to break it down even further than that. >> Okay. >> But you can read it first and then we'll break it down. >> Okay. All right. Good enough. Okay. Uh, new business be it resolved that the Centennial School District Board of School Directors 3.1 approves the personnel agenda including termination, resignations, authorization to employ, leaves of absence, change of status, mentor teachers, award of tenure and co-curricular clubs, activities, additions, changes and deletions as per attached. >> Second. >> Second by Mrs. Quasen. I just can I have the word >> I just wanted to um vote separately on um executive director of student services if we could vote on that separately. >> We can do >> thank you. >> All right. Um for the rest of the 3.1 agenda, uh all in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Passes 7 nothing. And then Mrs. Carson would like to vote on the on the executive director of student services. >> Executive director of student services. >> Can we do a roll call on that one? >> We can do that, too. >> Mrs. Rouge. >> Mrs. Brancado. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ghart. >> Yes. >> Dr. Maguire. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Crossson. >> No. Mr. Saddowski? >> Yes. >> Mr. Godson? Yes, >> Mr. Martin. >> Yes. >> Motion passes 61. >> Okay. Thank you so much. Um, with that having passed, I would like to pass the podium back to Dr. Lucab. Thank you, Mr. Godson. And with the board's vote, I would like to take a moment to introduce two of our newest members of the Centennial staff and community. Uh, please welcome as our new executive director of student services, Dr. Heather Hopkins, and our new supervisor of special education, Dr. Joshua Fineberg. So, if you both want to stand, thank you. Both Dr. Hopkins and Dr. Fineberg bring um a very distinguished career path and tremendous diverse experiences that are only going to help us to continue to deliver services and resources to our community. We're thrilled to have you and welcome aboard. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Godson. All right, with that we going to move on to 3.2. As I said, we're going to do them each one at a time. approves the appointment of Adam Matthysse, Region 2, to the citizen policy committee as per attached. >> Second. >> Second by Mr. Ginhardt. Any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Passes 7 nothing. Moving on to 3.3. Approves the settlement agreement for student 26-5 to attend the springtime school for the 25 26 school year and the summer 2026 extended school year in lie of a full satisfaction of the provision of the free appropriate public education. FAPE district cost not to exceed $147,3376. >> Second. >> Second by Mrs. Carson. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor? >> I >> I. Any opposed? Any abstensions? Passes 7 nothing. Moving on to 3.4. Approves the attached service and tuition agreement for student 19-6 with Martin Luther School. Annual cost is $75,592.98 plus cost of additional services as determined by the students IEP. Second second by Mr. Ginhard. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor? I. Any opposed? Any abstensions? Passes 7 nothing. 3.5 approves the settlement agreement for student 23-13 to attend comprehensive learning center for the 2526 school year and summer 2026 extended school year for a total cost of 128,500 in lie of FAPE >> second >> second by Mrs. Carson. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor? >> I >> I. Any opposed? Any abstensions? Passes 7 nothing. 3.6 approves the settlement agreement for student 18-7 to attend New Hope Academy in lie of and full satisfaction of free appropriate public education, FAPE, for the 2526 school year and for the 26 27 school year. The cost is to be $45,522 thou $222 per year plus no more than 3% yearover-year increase. >> Second. >> Second by Mrs. Carson. Any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor? >> I. >> I. Any opposed? Any abstensions? passes 7 nothing 3 8 uh approves the staff nurse job description which replaces the health room assistant job description effective immediately >> second >> second by Mrs. Carson. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor? >> I >> I Any opposed? Any abstensions? Pass. 7 nothing. 3.9 approves an increase in hourly rate to current CDL drivers of $3.70 per hour and an increase in the hourly rate for newly hired drivers from $26.30 per hour to $30. Effective October 4th, 2025, the estimated cost to the district is $275,000, which may be offset by revenue from the bus patrol ticketing. >> Second, >> Mrs. Rouge, could you do a roll call on that, please? >> Can we have a discussion first? >> We can have a discussion. >> So, I just wanted to point out there are our our bus drivers absolutely deserve a raise. The the only conflict that I'm having is that we have a $4 million deficit. And not only do our bus drivers deserve it, but our our bus aids deserve it, too. Our our cafeteria workers deserve it. It's a very very fine line as to with our $4 million deficit. They absolutely deserve it cuz they carry the safety of our children. Um, I just wanted to put that out there that we have a $4 million deficit. >> Thank you for the comment. It was seconded by Mrs. Crossen. And >> if I have one comment, Mr. Goodson may um >> I certainly recognize the problem we're having with the with the transportation. On the other hand, um, this is a 15% increase. I don't recall ever giving anybody a 15% increase deserved or not. I think the plan could have been phased in instead of doing it all at once. I also think there are other employees within the transportation department that have been working very hard also to try to meet the needs of getting the children to school on time. Uh this plan does nothing for those folks at this time. I'm sure they are paying attention probably watching the meeting to see what we're going to do and I think they will be uh very eager to see what we're going to do for them. So I think I would say uh that we need a more complete strategy although I certainly agree that there's something uh that should be done to uh recognize the hard work of the bus drivers at this time. Thank you. >> You're welcome. Uh Mrs. Bangado called for a roll call, please. Mrs. Rush. >> Mr. Ghart. >> Yes. >> Dr. Magguire. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Crossson. >> Abstain. Mrs. Brancado. >> Yes. >> Mr. Godson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Saddowski. >> Abstain. Pending more discussion. >> Mr. Martin. >> I will also abstain at this time for the reasons that I stated. >> Motion passes with four yes and three abstained. >> I have a point of order, please. Uh I'm just curious. My recollection of Robert's rules of order are a little stale. If you have a nine member board and it gets four affirmative votes, is that passed considered passed as opposed to requiring five votes of a nine member board to pass? Anything of significance? >> I'll have to look at that cuz we have seven present. We have a majority of the board members present. That part's true, but still on a nine member board, >> not the majority of nine. >> Five votes required to pass a particular item, not the majority of those present. If there only five members present, it would be three votes to pass something out of nine people. I I I'm not sure the answer to be honest with you. I'm only asking the question. I used to know, but I I haven't had that situation recently. So I'm just questioning whether this in fact passed or did not pass and maybe then should be tabled. Thank you. >> So if I can rely on AI because that's what gave me an answer most quickly. Under Robert's rules of or order, a vote of four in the affirmative may or may not pass depending on the specific circumstances of the of the vote. The result is determined by the required threshold, usually a majority, and how many members are present and casting votes. >> I think this came up during budget as well. That's one thing that we needed to get by something that significance, but I don't know. I think that I think the budget was required by law to be >> if if it has fin if it has a financial burden. I think there's a different Yeah, there are certain I don't know if you have anybody has a blue paper on their >> a blue paper at what used to be at the desks. Yeah. >> Yeah. The vote is different when it has a financial burden or outcome. >> Yeah. There are certain restrictions where or certain demands where if you're voting for a superintendent say you need at least six votes in the affirmative implication for >> it does [Music] here are a few scenarios where four affirmative votes may be considered. considered a majority, a five member vote in a vote of four yes and one no. Four votes is more than half of the five votes cast. So the motion passes. Um eight member vote doesn't apply. 11 member vote. So, I just I just looked at it says I'm sorry for a vote under Robert's rules of order, four yes votes from seven attending schoolboard members would result in the motion passing as long as a quorum is present. The decision is based on a majority of the votes cast, not a majority of the total board or even those in attendance. That that should lead to a an affirmative vote. >> Correct. >> Might someone call the solicitor? >> Well, the solicitor is not available tonight, but that is what I just looked up under Robert's rules. You could do the same if you'd like, and it'll show you the same thing. As we discussed previously, it's different when you're doing a financial matter or a regular vote. Does it say it's a financial vote? It says that it would pass. Patty, you can look it up yourself if you don't. >> Why don't we do this? Why don't we ask the >> falling into the finance the section? >> Why don't we ask the solicitor tomorrow? >> Oh, yeah. Thank you. Mrs. Roo is going to go get the little blue paper >> if we need to. We can ask the solicitor tomorrow and just put out an email blast tomorrow >> as to whether the motion passed or needs to be readressed. And while you do that, I'm going to be excused for a minute. So, you'll have to wait till >> with that. Can we take a five minute break? Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] I would never use Yeah. >> Yes. [Music] Yeah. [Music] Yeah, everybody I never believe that. So like I just remember >> so we have Mr. Greenwood has contacted the attorney. She's going to call back in a few minutes. We're going to continue on and go back to that. >> Did you hear me? Yeah. >> Okay. Call to order, please. We're going to continue on. I have a um I have another community comment, so we might as well do that while we're we're waiting for a call back from the solicitor. Um if you could go to the podium, you have 3 minutes to speak. Please state your name, your street, your street, not your address, please, and what township you live in. >> You have three minutes. Thank you. >> Mike Punutoo County Line Road War. I just want to add that the people who put this together for the transportation department very intelligent I don't see a financial burden at this point if they came forward with it mean that we can do it we can get it done on the other hand you have people driving buses okay two routes sometimes three sports runs midday and I mean they're they're breaking their backs every district around us is getting paid a minimum, and you can check this, $30 an hour. We're asking for a fair shake. We know that other people in our department are slighted by this. I don't agree with it, but their time will come. And they, some of them know that. And what we have to do is communicate the message to them that this isn't a one-way street in this district, that everybody is included. [Music] lunchroom workers, cafeteria workers, facility people alike, we're all on the same team. But if you guys are standing here talking about transportation, the safety of our kids, and dressing these buses up and recovering the money, that's secondary. Whoever brought this forward for us to get that increase knows that there's money available. And I would like to add that four four weeks ago or four meetings ago, we talked about some money that was lost or wasn't recovered for two years in a row. I don't know what the status of that is. We haven't heard anything about it, but there's money there that could be used to help support this venue. Please look at the your revenue. What's going on? The money that we didn't collect for those two years from the private schools in and out. Okay, there's another form of revenue that we have to depend on. So, there's no financial crisis here. We just all have to put our heads together and find the best way to make this happen and also to include the folks that weren't included this goround. Thank you very much. Thank you. So, I do have something I do have something to add. Absolutely. our cafeteria workers, our schoolyard monitors, they all deserve more money. Um, their time will absolutely 1,000% come. If if I could say right now, we could give them more money, but it is not just up to me. It's up to the entire board as a whole. So, I can't make that decision on my own. bus aids absolutely deserve more money. All the support staff deserves more money because everybody is bending over backwards. I absolutely agree. But again, I'm only one person and I'm and I know there's other people that feel the same way. I'm not the only one. Um and we'll have to find a way to make that happen. I promise their time will come. I promise. And it won't be five years from now because a a lunch aid monitor making $15 an hour, it's honestly disgraceful if you ask me in in 2025. But we have to work together. We we can't just one person, two people, three people make that decision. And we have to know where the money's coming from. Um the support staff agreement is coming up. So, I promise we will work on that. But for right now, we have a transportation crisis. There's two loops for some of the grade schools. Kids are getting to school an hour late and definitely getting home an hour late. It may not be a big deal to kids who understand, but little kids don't understand. All they know is they didn't get to see they're still not getting to see their mommy or daddy. And that's scary for little kids. So, I think we have no subs at all. None. Zero. And we're we're negative. We don't even have enough. That's not safe. Plus, when you do that, the mechanics driving buses every single day, we're then paying them overtime to get their work done. So, plus bus drivers are getting overtime because some of them are working full-time hours and they're part-time employees, so they're getting time in AF2. It's all going to balance out. >> Thank you, Fleming. I think I didn't mark it off. I did. We miss 3.7. Okay. All right. We have one more. Is there if there's anybody else that wants to fill out a green card, please do that now. But we have one more. You have three minutes. Please state what street you live on, your township, but not your number address, please. And you have three minutes. Thank you. >> All right. Bill Brenenburgger, County Line Road, Warster, PA. I am I'm a bus driver for the Centennial School System. Um, as was just mentioned here, I had a bus that unfortunately the door broke maybe 4 days ago. Not a big repair, but in the past three days, I've driven six different buses because our mechanics are driving buses. So, it's very shortsighted in just that one little respect on what happens to the fleet that we drive when the mechanics are back filling for bus drivers. I would be really happy to go from $27, I've worked there for seven years, to 30. I wish that other people who aren't drivers could also get an increase. But besides that personal piece on a business aspect, the increase of the salary allows the transportation department a better opportunity to recruit. If another school system is ow starting people Horscham Abington I don't know what they start at but if they are starting at $30 and they're looking to be a bus driver why would they come work for Centennial? They wouldn't. The number of bus drivers is critical right now. Obviously our mechanics are driving. the people that run the office are driving. It's just a situation where we're getting behind the eightball. This isn't going to fix it. It's going to make us happier. We'll make a little more money, but the recruiting aspect will be big so we can get more people interested in working serving Centennial School System children. That's the big part. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Lucallo. >> So, Mr. Greenwood, during our our break, I just want to ask you, you were able to we were both making some calls and you were able to get a hold of our solicitor, if you could please relay that conversation for us. >> Correct. I spoke with Kay Weider, uh, one of our solicitors, um, and she indicated that, um, that the, uh, the vote would be good. Um, that it's a majority vote vote. If it was a, if it was a budget vote, you need five members. If it was uh, indebtedness note, if we were looking to take on debt, you'd need five members. Um but in this case you do not need it because it is not it's the support staff is not unionized. Um it is not a union contract. It's a meet and discuss agreement and therefore it would pass. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Mr. Greenwood. >> Mr. Greenwood. Was there a cost for that after hours call? >> No. >> Okay. Thank you. Well, >> going back, we missed 3.7. So, we're going to do 3.7 now. approves the tuition agreement between comprehensive learning center and centennial school district for student 23-13 in lie of and in full satisfaction of the provision of FABE for the 2526 school year and the summer uh 2026 extended school year as stated in student 23-13's settlement agreement with the district. Second. >> Second by Mrs. Crossen. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor? >> I >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Any abstensions? Passes. 7 nothing. Moving on to finance committee presentation. >> Excuse me, Mr. G. Mr. Godexson. I just want to make clear that 3.9 has been approved. Okay. Uh we have an independent auditor's report and Carl Hogan would like to present or through Mr. Greenwood. So uh I'd like to introduce Carl Hogan. Carl has been our auditor uh for at least the last six years that I have been here. Um he is now with the firm Clifton Larson Allen. uh and he's here to talk about our 2324 audit. So, a year ago's audit. Uh as we prepare to do the 2425 one, um he's here to talk about this. He spoke at the finance committee meeting on the 11th of September. Carl [Music] um like Tom said, my name is Carl Hogan. Um principal at the firm of Clifton Larson Allen. First thing I want to do is um like I did with the finance committee apologize for the lateness of the 23 24 audit. I know the district uh relies on this information to provide it to you know to financial institutions um to the state of Pennsylvania etc. Um you know I think we touched on this last year. Our firm went through a transition where the firm I was at originally BBD merged in with another firm um called Smith Brown who um realized that they couldn't support state and local government practice and hence they um basically um Clifton and Lars Allen acquired that state and local government practice and I just want to make it clear that um the lateness of this audit report is not anything to do with management they were nothing but cooperative provided all the information that we needed in a timely fashion and that this was just a matter of um the transition and getting um um everything transferred over from two firms. Um so we currently have the 24 25 audit um currently planned for October this year. Um we have staff planned for it. So um hope to never have this h happen again for the district. So just wanted to get that um put that out there first. So, I just put together just a couple slides that went over um with the finance committee um just uh to give it give a brief overview of June 30th, 2024 and to kind of um you know do my standard audit presentation. Um so the first three pages I have here are the independent auditors report. I'm not going to go into too much great detail, but just like in every other year, um for the year ended June 30th, 2024, what management presented to us um for audit um were fairly presented um we give uh unmodified opinion on the financial statements for June 30th, 2024. And as in any given year, um those um there's no real adjustments. What you're seeing on an annual basis and what's being reported to you um as a school district board was being accurately reflected within this audit report. So although this audit report is um made uh delinquent or late um what was being reported to the state and what was being reported to you is being reported here. There were no changes um or any kind of changes that needed to be reflected um Tom here. Oh, there we go. Um the next page here um basically outlines what our responsibilities are um and our management's responsibilities. And then also down here down below, we're going to talk about some of the required supplementary information here tonight. Um part of it being the budgetary comparisons schedule for the general fund. And I always like to point out the management's discussion analysis. I really encourage everybody to read um management's discussion and analysis um related to um the 23 24 audit. Um that gives management not only the ability to talk about what happened during that fiscal year but also to talk about what's happened since then and what's going to impact the district financially. Um also um here we have the supplementary information um talking about the supplementary information within the audit report which consists of the schedule of expenditures of federal awards and we'll talk about that a little bit more and then also um there is the combining schedules regarding the capital projects fund. Um, so to get into the detail of the actual audit and the actual results for the year end, um, if I could do every year, I like to start um, with the budgetary comparison schedule um, for the general fund. And this kind of breaks everything out. Here's what our budgeted amounts were. Here's what our actual amounts were and um, what would that variance was, whether it be positive or negative for the year ended June 30th, 2024. Um, I'm going to start with the revenues up at the top. Um, total revenues 14140 million um.2 2 million were budgeted for June 30th, 2024. They came in at 144 almost $145 million. Um, as you can see up at the top, the biggest variance there is related to your local source revenues. And as in previous years, um, we've seen positive um, uh, better than anticipated revenues in those categories for earned income taxes. Um but even though we saw those amounts being better than budget over the most recent years, we are seeing a trend in terms of those amounts decelerating um year-over-year. Um also another big piece of that local source revenue is the uh earnings on your investments in the interest income. Um you got to be conservative. Um we don't know where the interest rate policy is going to go. Um I think um during the 23 24 school year um a conservative approach was taken anticipating that possibly those amounts would re be reduced during that year. um they were not. So the interest income did come in better than anticipated and I think that same approach um was taken for the next two budget cycles. Um total expenditures um match um total budgeted revenues of $140.9 or about $148.9 million um plus the transfers in um line item down below. And as you go um over there, your actual expenditures were within a million. So good thing about a school district is you know what on almost on an annual basis there is some volatility when it comes to special ed and maybe your self insurance or some of your uh insurance policies or premiums related to health insurance. But overall you know what your expenditures are going to be on the annual basis and they could see um your expenditures actually came in within uh actually within uh a million of your budget $140 million which is really good uh year-over-year. Um, as we come down below, we have your other financing sources uses. And because of that one-time revenue, um, surplus that you had, um, the district made a transfer over to the debt service fund, similar to it did in previous years, um, with the anticipation that these are onetime revenues, um, that are going to be used for one-time future expenditures and have been moved over to the debt service fund. Um, so overall your net change of fund balance after you take it that into account um decreased by $52,000 and then your fund balance stayed about flat about $12.7 million for the year ended June 30th, 2024. Next page I have here is your um the same information I just presented uh in the general fund without the budget information. I just wanted to point out that we do um also audit other funds, the capital projects fund. Um currently there's not a lot of activity within the capital projects fund which also includes your capital reserve and then also your debt service fund. So as you can see in your debt service fund, you'll see that $3 million being moved over to the debt service fund um which has accumulated uh up to $16 million. So, what that allows the board to do is to use that $16 million to help offset or to smooth in any kind of future debt service uh um budget shortfalls in future years. And then also, there's still $2 million remaining within the capital projects or capital reserve fund um at this point in time because all the bond proceeds have been spent down um for the year ended June 30th, 2024. [Music] Um the next slide we have here is your balance sheet um for your governmental funds. Those same funds that we just spoke about, the general fund, the capital projects, and the debt service fund. Um basically uh the fund balance that we just spoke about for each one of those funds is all it is is the excess of your current assets over your current liabilities. So in the case of the general fund, its assets of $3 um $8 million exceeded its uh total liabilities and total deferred inflows of resources of about 24 million. And that's where we have that $12.6 million or $12.7 million of um fund balance. And $2.5 million of that has been committed in prior years to smooth out any kind of future increases in Pasers rates. Um, you know, I think I've had a talk with management, a talk with the finance committee, you might want to take a look at that $2.5 million. Um, the fees rates have been going down, but if you know, we continue to see that kind of smoothing out. You might not need to use that to smooth out any kind of future increases in the future depending on how the rates continue to trend. Um, capital projects fund, those amounts are just as in the name of the fund, restricted for capital projects. And then the debt service money has been committed by the school ser by the school uh school board for future debt service um payments. The next page um we have here is just the food service. Just want to touch up on it real quick. Um this is one of the other major funds that we do audit. Um the district's uh food service fund had a positive change in its net position of about $778,000 continues to maintain a positive net trend. um and within its food service fund um increasing to $2.8 million as of June 30th, 2024. And you can see some comparative information as it pertains to um operating revenues, operating expenses, and then nonoperating revenues consisting primarily of your participation in the National School Lunch Program. So, I went through the highlights um real quick. you know, we we have an unmodified audit report. Um, also, um, we talked about your fund balances, what kind of financial position the district was in as of June 30th, 2024. And the final thing is, um, to talk about, you know, were there any kind of findings, any kind of internal control issues or any kind of deficiencies that we would identify as what we call a significant deficiency and material weakness. Um, just as in previous years, um, reported that the, you know, the business office does do a nice job. they're able to um implement proper internal controls. Um when we come to do the audit, there's no adjustments to the books or records that we would consider material. Um also we do perform an audit of your federal awards that you receive. Um it's a funny thing. It's the least amount of money that you get, but it's the the most ownorous of all the audit procedures that we do um related to the um audit of the school district. And in the case of the school district this year, we had to audit two programs. one being the title one program and then also the special education cluster. So the good news is the ESRE funding has um fallen off um and we will um be able to get on a be a regular rotation of auditing um your three biggest programs which would consist of title one special ed and your child nutrition program and that's all I have. >> Thank you sir. >> Thank you so much. >> Y >> in general it was a clean audit audit. It was just a little late. a lot of late, but we'll work on it. Make that work. Yes. Yes. So, >> penalty for that. Do we have to pay a penalty for that being late? No, >> you do not need to pay a penalty. So, um the biggest thing that you really need to be concerned about, especially as it comes to the state, is the the annual financial report, which is not audited. It just needs to be consistent with the audited um financial statement. So, if there was a change based upon the audit, we'd have to go back and fix it. But there's no penalty for uh being late other than um you know people are looking for the audit report. >> So you're also saying Mr. Greenwood did a great job also. >> That's correct. >> Thank you. Thank you Mr. Greenwood. >> Yeah. >> Thank you also. >> Yeah. Thanks. Um, I might as well keep going. Well, uh, we're going into the committee reports. Uh, we're going to start with the the education committee and I'm going to defer that to Mr. Ginhard. So, we met here in the boardroom September 10th. We discussed the uh, teacher leadership positions, had updates on those. We discussed an administrative regulation that was being added to a policy, policy 2011, which governs early admission testing for kindergarten and grade 1. Uh it's an addition of administration regulation just so everybody knows how it works. Um policies set out what happens in the district or board word board approved. Administrative regulations are written by administration and they basically say how a policy is implemented. So, uh, this was just needed to, uh, clean up and, uh, um, make a little easier the implementation of policy 2011. And then we also were provided or with information on the items that are going to be presented next for approval. And our next meeting will be October 15th here in the boardroom. Let me just go on to the lens. [Music] No, >> that's the the other one >> coming up next time. Um, moving on to the finance committee. Um, we'll do that later that comes up. >> Yeah. Uh, the finance committee, um, Mr. Um, Cart line is not here tonight. So, I am uh reporting out on that. Uh, we had a great meeting on the 11th of September uh with some really good news. you know, we are looking to refinance some of the bonds and we had, you know, projected, you know, 400,000 as the um take, you know, on that and it looks like it's going to be even better, almost even twice as much as that. Uh the other half of the committee meeting was spent on the audit. Um we had, you know, a nice discussion with Mr. Hogan at that time. And lastly, you know, we have a few items that's coming up for adoption. Um, and then we have another committee meeting on October 13th or 14th and then operations back to Mr. Ginhard. Okay. Uh, operations and I, uh, forgot to look up the date. Sorry, but operations met um, September 12th and we were provided some updates by uh, Mr. Wman on work that was done around the district by the uh facilities staff, some repair work, and we were uh brought forward um items for approval tonight, which are the contract with bus control, the fee waiver for the symphony and having a truck at touch the truck and also some equipment that needs to be bought to keep uh some of the H highac equip HVAC equipment working in the schools. Um, since I have the floor, I'll just save from having to do this at board comments. Um, I want to really uh give a uh some recognition to some the the facilities maintenance staff and the report that Mr. Warin gave us on two very uh separate and uh pretty significant incidents happened that our facility staff took care of. One was a lift in the garage broke with a vehicle on it and it was stuck in the uh elevated position which is dangerous and that vehicle was out of service until that lift could be fixed. Um calling in an outside contractor would have taken time. Vehicle would have been up on the lift the whole time. Estimated cost was around $20,000 for the repair. Several members of our staff, Billy Borger, William McGrath, James Dmitri, and Tim Anderson, took it upon themselves to to fix it. They were able to get a part for $2,000 and fix it that day. The vehicle was down. It was back in service, and they saved the district $18,000. So, I want to big shout out to them. But wait, I'm not done. We had a water leak at the stadium and again that would have been waiting for a contractor to get in. Um it was uh happened right before the weekend so several events would have had it been cancelled and would have cost us uh a significant amount money to have that done. And once again our facility staff Joe uh Petac William McGrath Tracy Fair and Billy Burgger I hope I'm saying that right. Um fixed the uh leak themselves um using the backhoe that Mr. Worman got us for a bargain instead of spending a lot of money on a brand new one. He got us a bargain, saved us money and because we had it, they were able to get that work done that day and those events happened over the weekend. There was no delay and they saved the district over $5,000. So again, to our facility staff and uh I'm done. All right. Thank you so much, Mr. Ghard. Uh going back to the education and service committee, we had five items uh for presentation and they are 6.1 teacher leadership update 6.1B administrative regulations 2011-0 early admission admission testing kindergarten and grade 1 6.1C accelerated update and 6.1 one school, one book, one titles, and 6.1 school sims grant. We have four items for approval. Can we move them together? Sounds good. The University of the Centennial School District Board of School Directors 6.2A 2A approves the attendance of registar and attendance child accounting professionals at the conference in Hershey, PA November 4th through November 6th, 2025 district cost not to exceed $1,25610. 6.2B approves the 2025 2026 renewal student internship agreement between the Centennial School District and Ants Choice, Inc. 6.2C approves the addendum to the contract from pediatric therapy services PTS for occupational therapy services for the 2526 school year cost is $69.99 per hour and is based on student need. This was one that was missed at the last board meeting. 6.2D 2D approves the renewal of the math 180 and read 180 special education curriculum for the 2025 2026 school year for a total cost of $32,24645. >> Second. >> Uh second by Mr. Ghard. Any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Passes. 9 nothing. Moving on. >> Seven 7 nothing. >> What did I say? >> Nine. >> Nine. Seven. Nothing. Sorry. >> For a habit. >> Force of habit. Yes. Uh, moving on to finance committee. Uh, 7.1 items presented for information. We do not have any. 7.2. We have one item that uh for for approval be resolved that the Centennial School District Board of School Directors 7.2A accepts the audited financial report for the year ending June 30th, 2024. >> Second. >> Second by Mrs. Crossen. Any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor? >> I I Any opposed? Any abstensions? Passes 7 nothing. Uh, my turn, Fleming. >> Yeah, Mrs. Panado, I'm going to >> let you rest for a second. Um, operations committee 8.1. Does anybody want anything pulled? Okay. 8.1 Items presented for information. None. 8.2 items presented for approval tonight. Be it resolved that the Centennial School District Board of School Directors 8.2 two approves retroactively the use of a propane bus and driver to attend the Warminster Township annual touch a truck event on Saturday, September 27th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. District cost not to exceed $200. 8.2B 2B approves the contract with Simmons to replace and program 33 HBAC control boards at McDonald Elementary cost not to exceed $49,958.17. 8.3 I'm sorry 8.2C 2C approves the facility use request with a 35% reduction of fees for War Mister Symphony to use the William Tenant High School auditorium for dress rehearsals and concerts in the fall of 2025 and spring of 2026. Cost the reduction of fees is $2,860. 8.2D 2D approves the contract with bus patrol and our participating townships to install and manage the bus stop arm camera ticketing system. There is no cost to the district. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes 7. Uh board comments. >> Yes, please. >> Mrs. Dr. Mcuire, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Dr. >> That's all right. As members of the Centennial School Board, we are entrusted with the responsibility of serving our students, school community, and neighbors with integrity, transparency, and collaboration. This evening, I want to express my gratitude to the community members who attended our meeting this evening, as well as to those who are listening or watching from home. Your engagement is vital to the success of our shared mission. In recent months, I have observed a troubling trend of disparaging remarks and unpleasant communications directed at board members in emails, social media, and news outlets. While differing opinions are a natural and healthy part of governance, the manner in which these opinions are expressed matters greatly. Personal attacks undermine the spirit of constructive dialogue and the shared commitment we have to the Centennial School District. Makeup of the CST board reflects a diversity of perspectives and each member has the right to express their views. However, it is crucial that these expressions are rooted in respect and responsibility. Misconstrued or misqued statements on social media and other platforms can create confusion and erode trust. As we navigate this election season, I urge all stakeholders to prioritize truth, transparency, and civility over grandstanding, and diverse uh excuse me, divisive rhetoric. Every board member has have equal opportunities to make informed decisions, and any suggestion otherwise is both irresponsible and misleading. As we move forward, I firmly believe that unity, collaboration, and shared commitment are the keys to overcoming the challenges we face. By demonstrating compassion and understanding at the personal, family, faith, and community levels, we can set a positive example for our students and neighbors. So, let us reaffirm our dedication to Centennial School District and the community we serve, working together to build a brighter future. I ask for guidance and strength as we navigate uncertainty and may we find peace in our actions and courage in our decisions always striving to uphold the values and that define our community. Together we can foster an environment of respect, transparency and progress for this district. >> Mrs. Crossen, I just want to remind everyone that homecoming is on Friday, so come on out. at what 7 o'clock is it? >> It's at 7 o'clock. I said that >> 7 o'clock at the state. Yeah. It's just a reminder that's all reminder. Come on. >> Another great thing if you go on our website to the front page and click on uh calendar for districtwide events. It's all on one page now, which is so much better than going to each individual school. And you'll see that there. So, don't forget the homecoming games Friday at 7:00 p.m. And then, of course, the homecoming dance, which lots of young men and women are looking forward to, is on Saturday night. So, thank you. Anybody else? Okay. The next meeting of the committee of the whole will be held October 28th, 2025. I make a motion to return. Third meeting is adjourned adjourned. Adjourned adjourned. I'm sorry. Thank you.