Jenkintown School Board Brief

Dear School Community:

The Board would like to sincerely congratulate all of our High School, and 6th grade graduates, for reaching this milestone achievement and move to the next phase of their professional and academic lives. The High School Commencement ceremony was a truly wonderful event Thursday evening, and we'd like to thank Mr. Roller, Mrs. DeFazio, the Senior Class Officers' Moms, the faculty and everyone who helped plan the event. The Board wishes everyone a relaxing and rejuvenating summer and we'll see you again in August!

Warmly,

Dr. Megan O'Brien

Dr. Chris Jahnke presented on the AIMSWEB benchmark data results for Math and English Language Arts (ELA) for the 2023-24 academic year.

Mr. Tom Roller provided an update on JSD's extracurricular clubs and sports activities that might see some changes in the upcoming 2024-25 academic year.

Ms. Michelle Glennon recognized the amazing achievements of our Special Olympics Student Athletes this year and the entire support team this year.

At the combined Board work session and business meeting on Monday, June 10th, the board reviewed, discussed and approved only the agenda items and reporting provided in BoardDocs, including the following:

• Approval to move forward with implementing the recommended BookWorms K-5 Reading and Writing Curriculum. The board would like to thank all teachers, administrators, board members and parents who participated in this group effort..
• Approval of the Act 93 Administrators' compensation agreement, and approval of employment contracts for our business manager, facilities manager, and technology integration coach.
• Approval of agreements with the MCIU for the Report Card Creator and SentinelOne software.
• Approval of the agreement with Frontline Technologies for our ForeCast 5 financial planning analytics sofware.

All items can be reviewed in detail at Agenda - 250 West Avenue | Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046 | 215-885-3722 BoardDocs® LT

At the Finance Committee meeting at 6:30pm on Monday, June 10th, Ms. Karen Ovington, our business manager, gave the final budget presentation for the 2024-25 academic year prior to the board vote at the business meeting. The final, approved budget can be reviewed at the link below:

https://www.jenkintowndrakes.org/proposed-final-budget-2024-2025-school-year/

Thursday, July 4th - Independence Day Holiday

Monday, August 19th, 7:00pm -School Board combined Work Session and Business Meeting

Monday, August 26th - Thursday August 29th - In-Service Week for Teaching Staff