At the meeting of the Bellefonte Area School Board held on Tuesday, August 16, 2005, the following action was taken: 

District

• Approved the minutes of the August 2, 2005, School Board Meeting.
• Authorized payment of bills for the General Fund, Athletic Fund, Construction Fund, Cafeteria Fund, and High School Activities Fund.
• Approved the Investment Report.

 Presentation Items

• Elementary Report Cards
• Athletic Handbook

 Personnel

• Accepted the resignation of Kristin Hockenberry as a personal care aide effective July 27, 2005.
• Appointed Ms. Mary Gorzelnik as a temporary professional employee effective August 29, 2005.  Ms. Gorzelnik’s initial assignment will be as a special education teacher at Bellefonte Area High School.
• Appointed Ms. Amy Webb as a temporary professional employee effective August 29, 2005.  Ms. Webb’s initial assignment will be as a special education teacher at Bellefonte Area Middle School.
• Appointed Mrs. Debra Placky as a temporary professional employee effective August 29, 2005.  Ms. Placky’s initial assignment will be as an elementary librarian at Bellefonte Elementary and Benner Elementary Schools.
• Appointed Mr. Mark Feldman as Bellefonte Area Middle School Vice-Principal.
• Approved Mrs. Shirley Martz as a 6-hour Level B cafeteria worker effective August 23, 2005.
• Approved student interns.
• Approved the termination of a cafeteria aide for failure to complete probationary period and failure to fulfill requirements of the position.
• Approved Extra-Duty Extra-Pay positions
• Approved Professional and Support Staff Personnel substitute lists for 2005-2006
• Approved mentor teachers for 2005-2006.
• Approved Professional Development requests for James T. Masullo, Jr., and Robert Lumley-Sapanski to attend the 2005 School Leadership Conference and the NSBA Annual Conference.
• Approved volunteers for Girls’ Basketball and Girls’ Volleyball.

 Education and School Activities

• Approved Athletic Handbook
• Approved the Athletic Emergency Plan

 Transportation

• Approved Bus Routes for the 2005-2006 school year
• Approved Transportation Carriers and Employees for 2005-2006 school year

 Finance

• Approved change orders for the Bellefonte Area High School Project in the amount of $2,280 and the Marion-Walker Elementary School Project in the amount of $833.

 Other

• Appointed  Rod Musser to serve on the Recreation Task Force.
• Gave approval for Change of Scope for the Bellefonte Area High School expansion to address the Bellefonte Borough Traffic Engineer’s review letter of the School’s Traffic Action Plan in the amount of $6,900.