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Whatever!..... Makeyenko told me he researched me all the way back to my first boyfriend!--- Who Cares?
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"What lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Lackawanna City School District
Board of Education
Meet the 2011-2012 Board of Education
John W. Makeyenko, President
Ronald S. Miller, Vice President
Lisa M. Friend
Maureen Gambino
David M. Joyce
Kenneth S. Motyka
Michael G. Sanders
Nicholas D. Korach, School Superintendent
Sameh Masry, School Business Official
Carl W. Morgan, School Attorney/Special Education Attorney
Annette Iafallo, Board Clerk
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Is 2011/12' School Year the Year WE Start Climbing the Education Ladder?
Flip-Flop!
Cops and........
All of them have Cadillac health coverage----and I know eye exams are covered!
What is our rank again?
I feel so sorry for OUR children and parents who suffer due to the patronage!
My family is one of them.
July 6, 2010
Minutes of the SPECIAL MEETING of the Lackawanna City School District’s Board of Education held on
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 in the Superintendent Conference Room 202, McKinley Administration Bldg., 245 South
Shore Blvd., Lackawanna.
A) OPENING
Board President, John W. Makeyenko called the meeting to order at 7:04 P.M.
ROLL CALL
BOARD MEMBERS Present: Ronald S. Miller, Lisa M. Friend, Ernie Leonetti, Omar Saleh, Kevin Rozwood,
Michael Sanders and John Makeyenko
ADMINISTRATORS PRESENT
Nicholas D. Korach Superintendent of Schools
Sameh Masry School Business Official
Carl W. Morgan School Attorney
Mary Hoffman Federal Programs
Motion by Board President Makeyenko to go into Executive Session, seconded by Ronald Miller to discuss
Personnel.
All in favor/ none opposed
Executive Session Started at 7:04 P.M.
Motion by John Makeyenko to come out of Executive Session, seconded by Omar Saleh.
All were in favor / none opposed.
Executive Session ended by 7:56 P.M.
Roll Call was taken, ALL BOARD MEMBERS present, Special Meeting resumed.
1) APPROVE RESOLUTION FOR 2010 TEACHER RETIREMENT INCENTIVE
Motion by Michael Sanders, seconded by Omar Saleh, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of
Schools, Nicholas D. Korach to approve the attached resolution for the NYS Teachers Retirement System – Part
A.
DULY PUT TO A VOTE: ALL AGREED attachment #1 APPROVED
LACKAWANNA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
245 SOUTH SHORE BOULEVARD
LACKAWANNA, NEW YORK 14218
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2) APPROVED RESOLUTION FOR 2010 EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCENTIVE
Motion by Ronald Miller, seconded by Michael Sanders, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of
Schools, Nicholas D. Korach to approve the attached resolution for the NYS Employees Retirement System –
Part A.
DULY PUT TO A VOTE: ALL AGREED attachment #2 APPROVED
3) APPROVE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT – LACKAWANNA ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Motion by Ronald Miller, seconded by Kevin Rozwood, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of
Schools, Nicholas D. Korach to approve the attached Memorandum of Agreement between the Lackawanna City
School District and the Lackawanna Administrative Council to reorganize assignments and responsibilities of
the Administrative Staff.
DULY PUT TO A VOTE: ALL AGREED attachment # 3 APPROVED
4) APPROVE TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS
Motion by Michael Sanders, seconded by John Makeyenko, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of
Schools, Nicholas D. Korach to approve the attached assignments of Administrative Staff for the 2010/2011
School Year effective August 6, 2010 per the Lackawanna Administrative Council CBA Article XIV Section
1407.
DULY PUT TO A VOTE: ALL AGREED attachment #4 APPROVED
5) APPROVE ABOLISHING OF FOUR (4) MAINTENANCE POSITIONS, CREATING OF TWO (2)
CUSTODIAL POSITIONS AND DETERMINATION HEARINGS
Motion by Omar Saleh, seconded by Michael Sanders to TABLE # 5 PENDING FURTHER INFORMATION.
Board President called the vote for the TABLED motion.
DULY PUT TO A VOTE:
YEAS – Saleh and Sanders
NAYS – Miller, Friend, Leonetti, Rozwood and Makeyenko
MOTION TO TABLE - FAILED
Board President Makeyenko asked the Board Clerk to read the Resolution for #5.
WHEREAS, DUE TO New York State’s present economic condition, the Lackawanna City School District (“the
District”) anticipates a reduction in State Aid to the District over the next two (2) fiscal years; and
WHEREAS, the School Business Official informed the Board of Education in his letter dated May 19, 2010 that
the expected decrease in State Aid for the next (2) school years will compel the reduction in the District’s staff
through the abolition of positions and /or the consolidation of duties performed by District personnel; and
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WHEREAS, it is the judgment of the Lackawanna Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools that
certain duties currently performed by both Maintenance Persons and Custodians within the Maintenance
Department may be more economically performed by the elimination of four (4) Maintenance Person positions
along with the simultaneous creation of two (2) Custodian Positions.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, that four
(4) Maintenance Person positions be and same are hereby abolished effective at the end of the business day on
Friday, August 6, 2010; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Education hereby authorizes the creation and posting of two
(2) Custodian positions, and the Superintendent is hereby authorized to obtain the list of eligible candidates for
said position from the Lackawanna Municipal Civil Service Commission; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Superintendent of Schools together with the Supervisor of Building and
Grounds is hereby authorized to conduct interviews for those interested candidates and make their
recommendation for potential hiring by the Board of Two (2) Custodian persons at their regular monthly board
meeting in August, 2010; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Superintendent of Schools is hereby directed to notify those excessed
employees of a Determination Hearing before the Superintendent of Schools for the purpose of determining what
rights said employees may enjoy as a result of realization of seniority status in any prospective or pending
employment capacities of the Lackawanna City School District; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a Determination Hearing will be held by the Superintendent on or before
July 14, 2010 and any excessed employee (s) shall be notified in writing of the date and time of the hearing via
regular mail.
Motion by John Makeyenko, seconded by Lisa Friend to accept the Resolution.
DULY PUT TO A VOTE WHICH IS RECORDED AS FOLLOWS:
AYES: Miller, Friend, Leonetti, Rozwood and Makeyenko
NAYS: Saleh and Sanders
RESOLUTION TO ABOLISH FOUR (4) MAINTENANCE POSITIONS/CREATION OF TWO (2)
CUSTODIAL POSITIONS AND DETERMINATION HEARINGS APPROVED
MOTION TO ADJOURN BY JOHN MAKEYENKO, SECONDED BY MICHAEL SANDERS
ALL IN FAVOR/NONE OPPOSED SPECIAL MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:10 P.M.
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Annette Iafallo, Board Clerk
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Annette Iafallo
Board Clerk
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David Joyce is a great guy BUT appointing his wife to an aide postion before July 1, 2011 is a red flag. Even though Special Education will be needing a 1:1 aide, she cannot be it. BOTTOM LINE is SENIORITY.
Now the question is WHY would the BOE hire someone knowing their budget and staffing is out of whack and even if they can carry the budget with money they have in reserve?????????.....next year the scenario will be DEVASTATING!
These people are beyond ARROGANT and SHAME on that Superintendent who has no moral compass!!!!
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Rick Juda is gone from Special Ed (Budgetary Cut!) and Morgan does Sp. Ed.
Sue Gavin is over her head in Sp. Ed and Masry and Christine Sawran will leave the district end of the month.
Hmmmmmm....NOT GOOD!
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There is a solution to this problem but involves working with our congressional delegation. Here is the simple solution. Tax benefits as income! here is how it works. If your benefit package is $40,000 ( health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, dental, vision fully paid retirement,etc) then the federal tax would be $10,000 per year more. Think about this, minimum wage employees usually have no benefits and would pay no extra taxes. Some people have to pay a portion of their cost of their benefits and their taxes would be reduced by that cost. For the people that pay for their healthcare cost entirely out of their own pocket they would not have to pay anything more. Why should the fat cats who have a large portion of their total income hidden in benefits not have to pay for those benefits? Why should the people that least afford to pay (minimium wage employees) have to carry these costs when in fact the better the healthcare coverage the more the employer has to PAY. If this happened we could lower the effected tax rate for everybody. I'll bet that the the people with the outrageous health plans would be begging to either reduce the plan or get lower cost plans.Originally Posted by andreahaxton
Flip-Flop!
Cops and........
All of them have Cadillac health coverage----and I know eye exams are covered!
What is our rank again?
I feel so sorry for OUR children and parents who suffer due to the patronage!
My family is one of them.
Mr. Masery?
He makes appr. $ 66,000/yr+ for retirement pension income(don't know if it includes his Soc. Sec.)........
And since the John-John administration he makes appr. $93,000/yr+ working when he wants to........
Do you think he will really go this time?
Life is too short---I can't wait to retire so I can.....be with my Son in Florida family more!
Don't get me wrong....I like Sam, BUT, can't we save some money somewhere on a per diem CPA?
Every Little Bit Helps!
We probably wouldn't have to pay them health insurance either. They carry on their own.
How much does a single person coverage cost in the City/School?
Family?
How about if the City/School partnered somehow (legalities-unions ?) to become a larger bargaining unit to fight for lower insurance premiums for all?
Maybe we can start a trend.
The more in it---the lower the cost to spend on landscaping the City and books for ALL kids!
Lackawanna City Budget Line Item A. 9060 Hospital and Medical Insurance
2010/11' $3,200,000
2011/12' $3,500,000
Bravo!
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I'll carry a petition!
Good One!
there are alot of hidden costs regarding SMs job, face amount of salary means nothing, pick apart the total budget someday
When a person turns 65 they can collect their full social security and an unlimited salary. So what I think happened had nothing to do with Makeyenko but Sam's age. They need him so they were willing to pay to keep him.
All schools are required to have a Business Manager. A CPA most likely would not know Education Law and Lackawanna needs someone with the right credentials.....
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And there isn't any "other" qualified person for this position? Willing to pay him, why is that?
How do you retire with no job? Oh ic welfare and then ss, and we wonder why were broke. Arent you retired now?
whats up with nickie, back in the day he had some guts, padding his retirement
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