Here's a first!

There are no change orders on the August School Board Agenda! The August 19, 2015 Discussion Meeting Agenda has been posted for Monday's school board meeting. There's always the possibility  that some change orders may be slipped in for the August 17, 2015 meeting, but as of now, no change orders for August.

Other items on the agenda include a mystery agreement with Janice Klein, the finance director for the school district. Jan Klein should have retired years ago, but has been able to hang on by being a master at playing the shell game with stakeholders.

The school board is going to get wild and crazy and spring for the $10 per month plus 2.89% plus $.20 per credit card transaction so that people can charge donations to the school district capital campaign. This item was tabled at last month's meeting.

From a Title 1 Federal grant for $335,896, the school district will use $100 of the $335,896 grant for supplies for the homeless. Their generosity just warms the heart, doesn't it? The bulk of the grant will be spent on two full-time reading specialists at Lincoln and Washington Elementary; and two .5 reading specialists at Lincoln and Washington (Salaries totaling $240,000). Two more grants totaling approximately $129,000 will also be approved this month.

Naming of High School Library - Approval is requested to name the Library located in the High School in honor of Richard J. Madden for his contribution to the education of our students through The Richard J. Madden Foundation. His Foundation has been providing post-secondary scholarship assistance to students graduating from Mt. Lebanon High School since 2003.

And finally, an assessment of the capital campaign is going to be a topic for discussion. Have we reached the end of the quiet phase?