Carbon Career & Technical Institute Joint Operating Committee conducted the following business Thursday night:

• Accepted the resignation of Francis (Frank) DeMatto, school police officer, effective April 8.

• Approved Adult Education Instructors on an as-needed basis, at a salary of $25 per hour, effective April 22, through April 2023: Autumn Frey, Tammy Marshall, and Harold Resh

• Anna Leigh Conway, homebound instructor retroactive to March 11, 2022, on an as-needed basis.

• Paul Caputo - Administrative substitute.

The committee approved additional days at per diem rate, between June 7 and Aug. 19 for:

• Maritza Reinbold, Graphic Design Instructor, up to 5 days for the preparation and printing of school related signs.

• Michele Klock, Cooperative Education/School Improvement Coordinator – up to 12 days to supervise a number of secondary and other students at cooperative education placements, as well as develop additional placements for students within and outside Carbon County.

• Eugene Colosimo, guidance counselor, up to 20 days to assist with the coordination of summer student enrollments from the five districts, class scheduling, parent/student conferences, communicating with key personnel in the five sending districts, and other duties as assigned by the Principal and the Administrative Director.

• Anthony (A.J.) Burke, Culinary Arts Instructor – up to 4 days

• Ashleigh Rehrig, Culinary Arts Instructional Aide – up to 4 days

• Michele Troutman, Culinary Arts Instructional Aide – up to 4 days

Time will be devoted to preparing for cafeteria production services for the next school year.

Budgets

• The 2022-2023 Proposed Operating Budget for the CCTI Adult Education Program, calling for receipts and expenditures in the amount of $130,490.

• The 2022-2023 Proposed Operating Budget for the Carbon Alternative High School Diploma Program, calling for receipts and expenditures in the amount of $315,000.

• Approve the tuition rate for the Carbon Alternative High School Diploma Program at the rate of $10,500 per year for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Note: Tuition payments based on participation fund the program. The daily rate will be $52.50.

• Agreement with Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 for participation in the Technology in Education Legal Counsel Consortium for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Note: Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams is offering this service on a consortium basis through CLIU 21. The Technology Counsel Consortium provides proactive strategies, training and model policies designed to prevent digital-age problems that can lead to liability. The overall pricing for this valuable service typically falls between $560 and $800 based on the number of participants.

Trips

• Permission for Brent Borzak, Administrative Director; Michelle Allen, Principal; Christine Trovato, Facilitator of Special Education; Michele Klock, Cooperative Education/School Improvement Coordinator; Scott Bartholomew, Special Education Teacher; Anna Leigh Conway, Science Teacher; Maya Kowalcyk, English Teacher; Steve Nesler, Auto Collision Repair Instructor; and Margaret Kalogerakis attend the Conference on Integrated Learning: The School-to-Career Connection Conference.

Dates are Nov. 2-4 at the Penn State Conference Center Hotel, State College at a total approximate cost of approximately $3,500 to cover registration, lodging, meals and mileage.

• Harold Resh, auto service technology instructor and John Rogers, auto service technology instructional aide, to chaperone 15 auto service technology students on a field trip to the America on Wheels Museum, Allentown April 22.