Bethel Park School District E-Mail Newsletter
August 5, 2010
Volume 8, Number 5
BOARD ACTION SUMMARY
The following is a brief summary of action taken by the Bethel Park Board of School Directors at its
August 3 Business Meeting. These are not official meeting minutes. The official minutes for this meeting
will be approved at a later date.
Personnel Committee
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The Board approved the following Extra Duty positions for the 2010-2011 school year:
o Doug Addington – BPHS Boys Tennis Head Coach
o Becky Peters – BPHS Boys Tennis Assistant Coach
o Becky Luzier – BPHS Girls Lacrosse Head Coach
o Jonathan Lambert – BPHS Boys Lacrosse Head Coach
o Martin Careres and Matt Delestienne– BPHS Boys Lacrosse Assistant Coaches
o Heather Scott – BPHS Softball Head Coach
o Amber Speranza – BPHS Softball Assistant Coach
o Tom Allman – BPHS Boys Volleyball Head Coach
o Brian Blanc – BPHS Boys Volleyball Assistant Coach
o Henry Mulholland – BPHS Ninth Grade Volleyball Head Coach
o Scott Staranko – BPHS Boys Track and Field Head Coach
o Kevin Connolly, Emily Smoller and Jack Hartnell – BPHS Boys Track and Field
Assistant Coaches
o Brian Scott – BPHS Girls Track and Field Head Coach
o Tom Urbanik, Larry Mertz and Becky Touloumes – BPHS Girls Track and Field
Assistant Coaches
o Wayne Paul – BPHS Ninth Grade Track Head Coach
o Jonathan Gentile -- BPHS Girls Soccer Head Coach (replacing Brian Lenosky)
o Larry Shaw – BPHS Girls Soccer Assistant Coach (replacing Amy Lenosky)
o Donald Howard – BPHS Ninth Grade Football Assistant Coach
o Jamie Skrip – BPHS Cheerleading Assistant Coach (replacing Gabriele Kacmar)
o Gabe August – BPHS Football Assistant Coach (replacing Rich Pavlisko)
o Mark Render – BPHS Boys Lacrosse Volunteer Coach
o Stefanie Graban – BPHS Girls Track and Field Volunteer Coach
o James Stevenson – BPHS Boys Track and Field Volunteer Coach
o Todd Richert – IMS Softball Coach
o Bill Javor – IMS Track Coach
o Jeff Schilling – IMS Track Coach
o Jennifer Evans – IMS Track Coach
o Thomas Culhane – IMS Football Coach (replacing Scott Staranko)
The Board approved the following changes of assignment:
o Brian DeLallo – from BPHS Social Studies Teacher to BPHS Part-Time Social Studies
Teacher/Part-Time Classrooms for the Future Coach
o Janet Davin – from IMS Part-Time Secretary to BPHS Guidance Office Secretary
o Susan Macurak – from BPHS Special Education Paraprofessional to IMS Special
Education Paraprofessional
The Board approved the following leaves of absence:
Elissa Sunseri – Penn Third Grade Teacher through the end of the 2010-2011 school
year
o Kathleen Foster – IMS Spanish Teacher through the end of the first semester of the
2010-2011 school year
The Board waived Nepotism Policy No. 304 for the duration of the meeting.
The Board hired the following:
o Brianna Buckley – Penn Special Education Teacher
o Heidi Pandolfi – Penn Half-Time Music Teacher
o Maureen Beck – Penn/Franklin Speech and Language Teacher
o Katie Leckenby – NAMS Special Education Teacher
o Stephanie Feth – Franklin Special Education Teacher
o Mallory Hoyle – Franklin Kindergarten Teacher
o Brittany Bronowicz – Franklin Fourth Grade Teacher
o Kelli Powell – Penn Third Grade Teacher
o Jennifer Pierosh – Washington Third Grade Teacher
o Janie Capozzi – Franklin/Memorial Reading Specialist
o Allison Wozniak-Romito – IMS French Teacher
o Leah Nagel – Franklin 10-Month Secretary
o Kathleen Janosik – BPHS Guidance Office Secretary
The Board approved Jean Harrington as a Special Education Teacher for the Summer 2010
Extended School Year Program.
The Board approved the 2010-2011 salaries for Administrators.
The Board approved the 2010-2011 salaries for Act 93 Administrators.
The Board approved the 2010-2011 salaries for Head Custodians and Salaried Maintenance
Personnel.
The Board approved the 2010-2011 salaries for Other Administrators.
The Board approved the 2010-2011 salaries for Technicians.
The Board approved the 2010-2011 salaries for Security Personnel.
The Board approved the Assistant Superintendent Contract.
The Board approved the Superintendent Contract.
The Board accepted the resignation of BPHS Special Education Teacher Jennifer Kimmel.
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Facilities and Services Committee
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The Board approved the School Bus Run Schedules for the 2010-2011 school year.
The Board approved the following bids:
o Tractor/backhoe/loader bid to Mike Veneziano in the amount of $5,102.
o District vehicles to Mathies and Sons and Sulli Motors in the amount of $24,132.
Finance Committee
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The Board approved the purchase of seven Apple Mac laptop computers for the Music
Department from a State Contract Vendor at a cost not to exceed $7,126.
The Board approved the contract with Crossroads Speech and Hearing, Inc. to provide the
necessary speech and language teacher coverage for 15 hours of Extended School Year speech
and language tutoring at $825.