FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — The North Schuylkill school board held a short monthly meeting Wednesday and acted on basic agenda items.
The school board acted on the following personnel items:
• Approved Ellen Brylewski and Clarissa Geary as lifeguards/swim instructors at the high school swimming pool. Geary will volunteer her time at no pay.
• Approved childbearing/childrearing leave request from elementary special education teacher Kristen Weinrich, effective on or before April 27 until the start of the 2016-17 school year.
• Approved a stipend for Matt Wislosky of $25 per day for covering the life skills classroom in the absence of a full-time teacher from Dec. 21, 2015, to Jan. 16.
Under curriculum and instructional programs, the following were acted on:
• Approved the 2015-16 school calendar revisions caused by weather cancellations on Jan. 25 and 26 and Feb. 16. The makeup days will be March 29, March 24 and March 28, respectively.
• Approved the 2016-17 high school course selection guide handbooks for grades 7 and 8, and from grades 9 through 12.
• Approved a letter of agreement for the Provision of Student Assistance Program Service with the Schuylkill County Mental Health/Developmental Services/Drug and Alcohol Programs effective from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2016.
• Approved the request from social worker Michael Evans to attend the Pennsylvania Student Assistance Program Conference at State College on Feb. 28 through March 1 with costs to the district not to exceed about $660 ($340 for registration, $120 for mileage and $200 for lodging).
• Approved a request from Spanish teacher Lindsay Furman to attend an Advanced Placement Workshop-Spanish Language and Culture at Camden, Delaware, on March 3 with costs to the district not to exceed $465 ($215 for registration, $92 for mileage, and $158 for tolls, meals and lodging).
• Approved a field trip request from the North Schuylkill Elementary PTO to Hershey Chocolate World for first-grade students, teachers and chaperones on April 6 to 8 with no costs to the district.
The following extracurricular programs activities were acted on:
• Approved a trip for North Schuylkill students to Ireland, Wales and England from June 13 to June 21, 2017, at no cost to the district.
• Approved a field trip request from Brandi Kline to Orlando, Florida, for the Treble Maker Chorus members and chaperones from June 1 to 8 at no cost to the district.
• Approved a field trip to the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg for the Treble Maker Chorus members and chaperones on March 14.
During the Committee of the Whole meeting that preceded the regular meeting, the following students of the month were recognized: Samuel Wall, first grade; Hope Borrell, fifth grade; Rodney Buskirk, eighth grade; Cheyenne Stoneroad, 10th grade; Anya Spotts and Daulton Smith, 12th grade.
Student council representative Kali Antalosky presented a report to the school board. The following Employees of the Quarter were recognized: Sean Smith, Cindy Zimmerman and Keri Barnes.