Split Vote OKs Food Service Contract At Shamokin Area
By Eric Scicchitano; Eric Scicchitano (Staff Writer [email protected]) | |
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Voting in favor were directors
Kashner made the deciding vote. He said after the meeting that he believes with the next school year nearly two months away, it is too late to potentially change how food service is managed for 2014-15. However, he said the matter should be explored in September ahead of the 2015-16 school year.
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He said he believed the district could operate the cafeterias on its own at a lesser cost.
Kashnoski agreed with Shuey's statement on the budget figures, saying it failed to include expenses the district incurs such as electricity for refrigeration. They affect the bottom line, he said.
"When you leave those items out, that makes me think, 'What else is being left out?'" he said.
A similar 5-4 split vote privatized the district's food service beginning in 2012-13. Griffiths said when Shamokin Area operated it on its own, it consistently ran a deficit.
"We were taking out a lot more than we were putting into the cafeteria," Griffiths said. "To me, this is the way to go because we haven't taken any money from the general fund to support the cafeteria in the two years (
Losiewicz sided with Griffiths, saying he was elected to work to restore funding to arts and music programs that were cut. Should the district resume directing food service on its own and end up in another deficit, it would be of no help to the aforementioned programs.
In expressing his support for
Other business
The school board also voted to:
- Reschedule next month's meeting from
- Approve the monthly lease agreement with
- Renew employee dental insurance with Delta Dental through
- Acknowledge receipt of the district's audit for 2012-13.
- Accept the retirement of
- Appoint Amanda Houck and
- Appoint Diana Cheunes,
- Advertise for a clerk/secretary for the middle/high school office and a personal care assistant.
Getchey added during the public comment period that he did not leave a policy committee meeting on
As previously reported, he had become upset and shouted at other directors that he would not be part of a "hanging party" of the
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