Jenkintown School Board Brief
June, 2022 Vol. 1 Issue 5
Message from Dr. Megan O'Brien, School Board President
Dear School Community,
Welcome to the June edition of our newsletter. We wish everyone a successful completion to the school year and a big congratulations to the class of 2022!
-Megan O'Brien
Please use the following link for access to board meeting agendas and minutes.
Summary of Board Action Items for June, 2022
At the Board work session on Monday, June 13th, the Board approved the final budget for 2022-23. This budget came in under the Act 1 Index and includes a 3.05% millage increase. Our total District budget for 2022-2023 is $17,914,106 of which 77.5% is from local real estate taxes, 20.1% state dollars, and 2.4% federal dollars. The heavy reliance on local real estate taxes is why decreases in our assessed values have such a profound impact to our budget.
At the Board combined work session and business meeting on Monday, June 13th, the Board approved the following items in addition to all of the regular reports provided in BoardDocs:
- authorization for an RFP (request for proposal) for a GESA project (Guaranteed Energy Savings Act Project.
- employment contracts for staff.
- accepted the resignations of Patricia Derr, Cassandra Zetts and Melanie Eyrich. We thank our staff for their dedication to our students and wish them well with future endeavors.
Featured Presentations - June 13th Combined Work Session and Business Meeting
Karen Ovington gave an overview of the proposed final 2022-23 budget and Forecast Five analysis during the finance committee work session.
The administrative team presented on the 2021-2022 District goals (Superintendent’s Objective Performance Standards | The School District of Jenkintown (jenkintowndrakes.org) as well as a brief presentation on performance data for the Elementary School.
The DEI Advisory Committee presented 3 recommendations to the administration to consider. Please reach out to the administration for details.
If you would like to view these presentations, you can access the meeting recording on the Jenkintown School Board web page - https://www.jenkintowndrakes.org/school-board/
Make Sure your Contact Information is Updated In PowerSchool
In light of the JSD's recent gas leak emergency, we'd like to remind everyone to make sure your contact information is updated in the PowerSchool system. Having the most accurate contact information for you is extremely helpful in case of these types of emergencies.
Upcoming Events
- Kindergarten Registration for the 2022-23 academic year is ASAP for children in the district who are 5 years old on, or before, September 1, 2022. There is a Kindergarten Information Session for parents on Wednesday, July 27th at 6:30 PM, open to families with registered children.
Athletic Event Schedules can be viewed at this website https://jhs.digitalsports.com/