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SUPERINTENDENT'S LETTER
February 22, 2007
Among the actions taken by the Board at its meeting last evening were the following:
-- Publicly recognized the following students:
Varsity Football: Captains: Geoff Deck, Josh Alger, Jimmy Miller, Andrew Borkey, and Jason Spitler;
Josh Smith - All League, All County, L-L Defensive Back of the Year; Josh Alger - All League; Geoff
Deck - All League, All County, L-L Linebacker of the Year; Andrew Hettinger - All League, All County;
Clint Surgeoner – All League; Jake Stopper – All League, All County; Colton Weaver – All League.
Field Hockey: Captains: Lisa Bachman, Amanda Nigrelli, Christy Yousaitis, and Sarah Ernesto; Amanda
Nigrelli – All County, 2nd Team All State; Christy Yousaitis – All Division; Alyssa Melzer – All Division;
Vanessa Rivera – All Division; Jesse Ebner – All Division.
Boys’ Cross Country: Captains: Perry Cansick and Pat Greenwood; Perry Cansick – All County, State
Qualifier; Matt Rutt – All Division.
Girls’ Cross Country: Captains: Cadee Rockwell and Jessica Clark; Jessica Clark – All Division;
Kate Miller – All Division.
Boys’ Water Polo: Captains: Kyle Kuser, Mike Davidson, and Sean Wagner; Kyle Kuser – All Berks,
Berks Player of the Year, All State; Sean Wagner – All Berks, All State; Matt Holt – All Berks 2nd Team
All State; Jack Ruth – All Berks, 2nd Team All State; Danny Crigler – PA. Rookie of the Year.
Girls’ Water Polo: Captain: Julie Cantwell; Julie Cantwell – All County, Berks County Player of the
Year, All State; Chelsea Beck – All County, 2nd Team All State; Jessica Clemente – All County; Katie Jo
Sunday – All County, 2nd Team All State.
Golf: Captain: John Schultz; Anthony Miller – All County; John Schultz – All Division; Ben Chapin –
All Division.
Boys’ Soccer: Captains: Jon Brehm, Tony Pacella, and Danny Guthrie; Jon Brehm – All County, Berks
County Player of the Year, All State, Region I All American; Tony Pacella – All County; Scott Krotee –
All County; Rob Hassler – All County; Josh Shutter – All County; Danny Guthrie – All Division; Daniel
Honig – All Division.
Girls’ Volleyball: Stephanie Binder – All Division; Lindsey Witmer – All Division.
Girls’ Tennis: Elizabeth Adams – All Division, All League, All County, 2nd Place Berks Single &
Doubles, 3rd Place District Singles, State Qualifier; Megan Essick, Berks Flight 2 Champion; Rebecca
Ruffer – 2nd Place Berks Doubles
-- Ratified/approved the following:
Field Trip
Approximately thirty (30) Spring Ridge Elementary students and Mike Votodian, “Pennies for Pasta,”
Olive Garden, Wyomissing, PA, April, 2007 (Date TBD).
Participation
Eight (8) High School students and Mike Fitzgerald, Relocation of Construction Project (Shed),
Wernersville, PA, March’07 (Date TBD).
-- Ratified/approved the SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT as follows:
Childbearing/Childrearing Leave of Absence
Diane E. Miller, IST, West Wyomissing & Lincoln Park, beginning August 21, 2007, and to end the last
day of the first semester, January 14, 2008.
Unpaid Leave of Absence
Doris Hoch, Reading Specialist, West Wyomissing, additional unpaid day on 3/9/07 (In-Service Day).
Resignation
Paul Boulanger, Audio Technician, eff. 2/9/07.
Change in Status
Starrett Stevens, Part-Time Food Service Worker, Central, to Part-Time Cook/Baker, Central, 20 hrs./wk.,
retroactive to 1/8/07.
Mary Dilliplane, Autistic Support Instructional Assistant, Central, from 18.5 hrs./wk. to 17 hrs./wk.,
retroactive to 2/6/07.
Judith Drey, Autistic Support Instructional Assistant, Central, from 11 hrs./wk. to 12.5 hrs./wk.,
retroactive to 2/6/07.
Lisa Gallagher, Special Education Instructional Assistant, West Wyomissing to First Grade Teaching
Assistant, Shiloh Hills, 9 hrs./wk., eff. 2/26/07, replacing Susan Hadfield who resigned on 2/9/07.
Appointments (effective date pending receipt of all documents)
1.) Hourly Professional Employees
Tony Dusko, After-School Tutor, Shiloh Hills, up to 3 hrs./wk., eff. 2/12/07, replacing
Susan Hadfield who resigned on 2/9/07.
Andrea Friedmann, SOAR Teacher, Shiloh Hills, 17 hrs./wk., eff. 2/21/07, replacing
Susan Hadfield who resigned on 2/9/07.
Katharine Van Velsor Fanning, Classroom Tutor, West Wyomissing, 16 hrs./wk.,
eff. 2/12/07, vacant position needed to be filled.
2.) Day-to-Day Substitute Teachers
Lisa Gallagher, Elementary (eff. 1/26/07)
Margaret Donaldson (eff. 2/22/07)
3.) Support Staff
Marsha Knerr, Substitute Greeter/Aide, West Wyomissing and Lincoln Park, as needed, eff. 2/22/07.
Thomas Sechrist, Substitute Monitorial Aide, West Wyomissing, as needed, eff. 2/22/07.
Susan Swope, District Grocery Shopper, 5 hrs./wk., eff. 2/23/07.
Salary Increases for Credits Earned in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement:
all advancements effective 1/22/07
Kelly Beck, M to M+6
Scott Easteadt, M+12 to M+18
Anne Sweeney, M to M+6
Ann Stufflet, M to M+6
Ann Tamaccio, M+6 to M+12
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Appointments
Brehan Heebner, Southern Jr. H.S. Asst. Softball Coach
Tim Prokopovits, Central Jr. H.S. Softball Coach, Volunteer
Tom Weaver, Central Jr. H.S. Softball, Volunteer
-- Accepted with gratitude, the following donations:
a.) $10,000.00 from the Wilson Federation of Teachers to the Wilson School District Libraries ($1,000 per library);
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$325.00 from Patricia Gordon, family, and friends toward a park bench for the Spring Ridge Elementary
School in memory of Amelia Amadio, Monitorial Assistant, Spring Ridge, who passed away on April 10, 2006;
c.) $100.00 from the Keystone Teachers’ Association to the West Wyomissing Elementary School on behalf of
Jennifer Holland, Learning Support Teacher, for the purchase of classroom supplies.
-- Ratified the placement of one 15-year-old Central Jr. High school male on 1/30/07 and one 17-year-old High School
male on 2/6/07 into the Wilson/Governor Mifflin Alternative Education Program.
-- Ratified the placement of one High school male on 2/21/07 into the Wernersville Alternative Education Program.
-- Ratified the Dual Enrollment Agreement between Wilson High School and Albright College beginning August 1, 2007
to June 30, 2008.
-- Granted permission to have two (2) School Psychologist Interns, Lauren Messner and Nicole Wommer, for the
2007-2008 school year, stipend funded through ACCESS monies.
-- Approved to award a 39-month operating lease with maintenance for a photocopier to Stratix Systems, Inc.
(formerly CopyWorld), Shillington, PA, under the terms of the Pennsylvania State Contract #3610-04 for an annual
cost of #3,128.16 to replace an existing machine in the Human Resources Office whose lease has expired. The
lease will begin March 1, 2007.
-- Held the first reading of the following policy:
Policy #216 – Student Records (revised)
-- Held the second reading of the following policies:
Policy #103 – Nondiscrimination in School and Classroom Practices (revised)
Policy #115 – Vocational Technical Education (revised)
-- Diane Richards, Director of Finance & Support Service, presented the May referendum questions.
-- On behalf of the Curriculum Committee, Matthew Schaeffer gave a presentation on “Technology”.
Enrollment Update - As of February 13, 2007, the total district enrollment is 5,729. This is an increase of 11 students since last month’s report.
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