The ECI Committee met on April 12th. At the meeting, the Curriculum Department team and two high school administrators described the academic programs being conducted for district students this summer.  These programs will be available to students in grades K-12 and will provide academic support, remediation, and enrichment opportunities. 

The Curriculum team also presented information about proposed textbook and resource adoptions for French 3, Latin 1 & 2, Algebra 1, and secondary English. In addition, resources for four new high school courses were shared. These new courses are Introductory to Hospitality Management, Financial Applications with Technology, Performance Psychology, and American Sign Language. The materials are currently available at the ESC for public review.   

The Facilities and Operations Committee met on Monday, March 27, 2023, in a virtual format.

The Committee reviewed the following item to be moved to this evening’s action meeting for the Board’s consideration.

• A contract amendment to the Schrader Group’s design contract for the healthcare center

The Committee was presented and discussed informational items, including:

• The High School’s ENACT Club presented information on the Green Building Council’s LEED certification for renovation and new construction 
• Update on the 10 year Capital Project Plan

At the April 11, 2023, Finance Committee meeting the financial reports and budget transfers were reviewed in addition to the following items:

1. Steve Skrocki reviewed appraisal contracts for real estate assessment appeals. This item appeared on the contract section at the action meeting.

2. Steve Skrocki reviewed the 2023-2024 North Montco Technical Career Center budget. North Penn's tuition share is increasing by 4.97%, or $223,035, due to the increased enrollment. North Penn's 5-year enrollment average is 44.70% of the total students and is the highest among the sending school districts. This item appeared on the action meeting agenda for approval.

3. Steve Skrocki reviewed the proposal for the group term life insurance and disability insurance policies. The proposal freezes rates for the next two years. This item appeared on the action meeting agenda.

4. Ron Linke reviewed the propane fuel bid results. This item appeared on the action meeting agenda.

5. Steve Skrocki provided a presentation on the first draft of the 2023-2024 budget. With no tax increase, the budgetary deficit would be $12.25 million. The proposed final budget is scheduled to be adopted on May 18 and the final budget on June 22.

6. Steve Skrocki made a presentation on investment income and permissible investment products.

7. Steve Skrocki reviewed the utilization reports from the health center.

The Foundation last met in March at the Educational Services Center. At that time, the Board of Trustees approved two projects supporting NPSD. First, it will continue funding the NPHS spatial computing program by helping to purchase $40,000 of needed computers for the lab. In addition, $10,000 was approved to support health and wellness of school district employees through the NPSD wellness plan. More details on this will come in the following months. The online auction will open May 4, 12:00 AM and has many items donated from local businesses and community members. The auction funds will continue supporting projects in North Penn schools. To check out the auction, please visit npef.afrogs.org.

The Policy Committee met on Monday, April 24, 2023. Three policies that had been previously approved were presented with revisions recommended by PSBA. Those policies are Policy 218 - Student Discipline; Policy 220 - Student Expression/Dissemination of Materials; and Policy 227 - Controlled Substances/ Paraphernalia.

On March 27, Mr. James Galante, Dr. Neil Broxterman, and members of the district's Traumatic Event Response Team presented to the committee about the district's TERT Team. The team has been providing coordinated mobile mental health crisis support when traumatic events arise at the building, district, and community levels within the North Penn School District. Team members include counselors, administrators, school psychologists, and BCBAs.

On April 24, student representative, Carina Laventure, reported on the new Student Safety Committee at North Penn High School and provided feedback to the committee on what was shared at that meeting. Mr. Rhone also provided updates to the committee on the ongoing work in CSTAG Behavioral Threat Assessment training for all school-level teams as well as an update on a Table Top safety exercise that district and school leaders recently participated in along with community partners.