Thursday, March 7, 2013
School board member Larry Pantuso wants public feedback.
The Baldwin-Whitehall School Board is considering the adoption of a policy that would require substantial background checks for some B-W School District volunteers. The proposed policy would place district volunteers into two categories—limited contact and substantial contact—with satisfactory, or clear, background checks being required only for the substantial contact volunteers. Those background checks are an Act 34 Criminal History Report, an Act 151 Child Abuse Clearance Statement and an Act 114 FBI Clearance. Substantial contact volunteers would also be required to renew their Act 34 reports and Act 151 statements if there are significant breaks in their continuous service to the district. The cost to complete the background checks is…
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
School board chooses Wagner by a 6-3 vote after rejecting Seton-La Salle Coach Greg Perry, 5-4.
Peter Wagner Jr. is the newest head coach of the Baldwin High School football program, the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board decided by a 6-3 vote on Wednesday night. Wagner, the dean of students at Baldwin High, has served as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the high school's varsity team for the past two seasons. He has been an overall assistant in the program for the past four seasons. School board member Tracy Macek motioned for Wagner to be the new head coach after board member George L. Pry's motion to hire Greg Perry failed by a 5-4 vote. (Pry was acting on a recommendation made by B-W School District administration.) Voting for Perry were Nancy Lee Crowder, Nancy Sciulli DiNardo, Pry and Martin Michael Schmotzer…
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
The board voted, 8-1, on Wednesday to, at the very least, not exceed the school district's allowable 2.2-percent millage increase for the 2013-14 school year.
For the second straight year, Baldwin-Whitehall School District officials have gotten word from the Pennsylvania Department of Education that they cannot raise their district's millage rate, without voter approval, by more than 2.2 percent. But unlike this past year, the board's members voted, 8-1, at their meeting on Wednesday night to not apply for referendum exceptions that would have allowed them to raise the district millage rate, without voter approval, by more than that percentage. In other words, although the B-W School Board is far from setting its final millage rate for next year—it will have to do so before the end of June—the rate will not rise more than 2.2 percent above the district's current rate of 23.40 mills. In fact, …
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
The board is expected to appoint a new member next week.
New President Nancy Sciulli DiNardo is the newest president of the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board, the board's members decided on Wednesday night. Sciulli DiNardo replaces former President John B. Schmotzer, who resigned from the board after its Nov. 14 meeting. Schmotzer said that he wished to spend more time with his family and in furthering his business and volunteerism. The school board is expected to appoint a new member on Dec. 12 to fill Schmotzer's seat. The Baldwin-Whitehall School District Office has been accepting résumés for that seat since Schmotzer's resignation, and the board will choose his replacement from that list of résumés. In February 2011, the board publically interviewed candidates for two vacancies and eventually …
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
The measure received a unanimous vote on Wednesday night.
After expressing differing opinions throughout October over whether or not to spend roughly $84,000 to improve Baldwin High School's auditorium stage rigging system, the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board unanimously approved the measure on Wednesday night. Some board members, like Nancy Lee Crowder, have acknowledged that the district has other needs that could help to be addressed with that amount of money, but Crowder said on Wednesday that money left in the district's construction account—estimated at $296,000—cannot be used for anything other than construction-related projects. Explained district solicitor Ed Lawrence, "My opinion is that if it's (the construction money's) 'capital,' it should be expended for 'capital' purposes, and that …
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
B-W Board members table the item on Wednesday night. More details here.
The Baldwin-Whitehall School Board decided not to spend roughly $84,000 to improve Baldwin High School's auditorium stage rigging system ... not yet, anyway. After a lengthy discussion over how the old the current system is, how safe it is and what a new system could do, the board's members voted, 8-0, on Wednesday night to table (delay) a vote on the rigging system until it reconvenes on Nov. 7. (Board member Kevin J. Fischer was absent.) B-W School District solicitor Ed Lawrence confirmed with Paul D. Svirbel, district facilities director, that Baldwin-Whitehall would still be in compliance with the rigging's bidding process should it vote on it on Nov. 7. Some board members were dissatisfied during an Oct. 3 meeting when limited details…
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The stage is part of the Baldwin High School auditorium.
If it's not broke, it could still be better. The Baldwin-Whitehall School Board is considering an approximately $80,000 improvement to Baldwin High School's auditorium stage rigging system. The system—a collection of pulleys, ropes, chains, weights and similar items used prominently during theater productions—has passed safety inspections, B-W School District Superintendent Dr. Randal A. Lutz said at a school board meeting on Wednesday night, but it has a "reduced capacity," Lutz said, compared to a newer rigging system. Board member George L. Pry, who has some knowledge of the new equipment, mentioned an $80,000 cost estimate. Pry said that he is not in favor of buying the equipment, as good it may be, given the school district's current …
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Residents who remember Denise Sedlacek can welcome her back to the ranks. Also, a possible change in policy determining student board representatives is discussed.
Sedlacek Hired As one Baldwin-Whitehall School Board member put it, "Welcome back." Former B-W School District administrator Denise L. Sedlacek is returning as the district's assistant superintendent, as the school board voted to approve her hiring during a meeting on Wednesday night. Board member Nancy Lee Crowder, who made the welcoming statement, said that she was impressed with Sedlacek during the position's interviewing process. "Not only did she give answers, she gave solutions," Crowder said. Sedlacek previously served the district as its director of secondary curriculum before leaving in 2005. Since 2010, she has been the vice president of educational services at Pittsburgh area-based Pressley Ridge, which provides services to …
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Leftovers from an April 11 B-W School Board meeting.
Principal Change at Whitehall In keeping with soon-to-be-Superintendent Dr. Randal A. Lutz's reorganization of Baldwin-Whitehall School District administration, the B-W School Board has moved Andrea Huffman from her position as the principal of Whitehall Elementary School to the position of director of curriculum for the entire district. The board approved Huffman's move during a Wednesday night meeting just before promoting Jennifer Marsteller from Whitehall Elementary vice principal to overall principal. The Huffman item passed, 8-0, with board member Diana Kazour being absent. Huffman will earn an annual salary of $92,501 in her new position, effective Thursday. The Marsteller item passed, 6-2, with board members Nancy Sciulli DiNardo …
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Friday, April 6, 2012
A special budget meeting is announced, school spirit apparel, AP tests, graduation speakers, bus concerns, and other items.
B-W Student Reps Revisit 'Disgusting' Hall Passes Issue Read here. School Leaders Consider Revising Guidelines for Filling Board Seats There are policies, and then, there are guidelines. Members of the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board are required to abide by policies that either they or past board members set for the B-W School District, but guidelines are another story—merely suggestions for board members for how to operate in particular situations. Either way, board members must approve policies and guidelines alike before they are put into practice. And one set of guidelines that board members are considering for adoption this April lays out suggestions for filling vacant board seats. The guidelines being considered—available here on the…
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Ed Thompson
9:08 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Anyone that has an MINUTE of contact with a child should have a background check. Do you people actually HEAR what some of you are saying?? In this day and age, you can not trust ANYONE. more ›