{"id":3804,"date":"2015-02-12T09:56:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T14:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=3804"},"modified":"2015-02-12T09:56:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T14:56:49","slug":"school-board-oks-591550-in-generator-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=3804","title":{"rendered":"School board OKs $591,550 in generator repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Board approves work for emergency measures, accepts dugouts at West<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By Kyle Carrozza<\/strong>,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Downingtown Middle School Future Cities team receives recognition from the school board.<\/p><\/div>\n

DOWNINGTOWN \u2013 The school board approved $591,550 in upgrades to generators at various schools at Wednesday night\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

The work, which will take place at Bradford Heights, Lionville, and Shamona Creek Elementary Schools, will include providing emergency power to PA systems, ATC panels, Aiphone Door Master Controllers, and front door intercom systems.<\/p>\n

Also regarding work to be done, the district will accept the construction of two dugouts at West\u2019s softball field. The dugouts are being donated by \u201cStrikeouts for Katie\u201d, a fundraising softball tournament held in memory of Katie Castaldi. The district will incur no costs for the dugouts.<\/p>\n

To help further improve the district, the board approved the purchase of 20 Dell Latitude 3340 Laptops at a total cost of $17,665.80. District Superintendent Dr. Larry Mussoline said that the laptops come at the lowest available price for an \u201centerprise system.\u201d He also said that the laptops will be used as a trial and compared to the previously purchased iPads to influence future technology decisions in the district.<\/p>\n

In other news, the district will renew an agreement with Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc. for employee benefits consultation. The agreement will cost $113,800.<\/p>\n

In order to offset district expenditures, the board approved multiple revenue sources on Wednesday night. The lease of the Weaver property will be extended another year at $18,500.<\/p>\n

\"East's<\/a>

East’s Victoria Pan receives The Gold Key award for her poem “Life is a School Day”.<\/p><\/div>\n

The district will participate in the Demand Response Program again in 2015. The program generated $50,331.30 for DASD in 2014.<\/p>\n

District officials also announced that checks from Columbia Gas Transmission have been received at a total of just over $512,000. The checks are to compensate for easements in Columbia\u2019s pipeline project.<\/p>\n

On the student body front, the board approved the creation of three new clubs. STEM will see the creation of a Woodworking Society that will use projects to teach students skills. The club will be funded through the selling of works produced. The Downingtown East Gay\/Straight Alliance aims to educate the school community about LGBT issues. And a Downingtown Rugby Club will receive a trial run through the 2015-16 school year.<\/p>\n

During the superintendent\u2019s report, the district recognized the accomplishments of an individual student as well as a couple of teams of students.<\/p>\n

East sophomore Victoria Pan won top prize in the Philadelphia Writing Project\u2019s annual competition for her poem \u201cLife is a School Day\u201d. Pan beat out over 680 other submissions in the contest judged by teachers, writers, and literary professionals.<\/p>\n

\"Lionville<\/a>

Lionville Middle School’s Future Cities team placed second in the 2015 competition.<\/p><\/div>\n

After receiving her recognition, Pan thanked her English teacher.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s always there for me, not just in academics,\u201d said Pan.<\/p>\n

Students on the Lionville and Downingtown Middle School Future Cities teams also earned recognition. Out of 50 Philadelphia area middle schools, Lionville placed second in the competition, and Downingtown took third in 2015\u2019s Future Cities Compeition.<\/p>\n

Lionville Principal Jonathan Ross said that the district has become a \u201cperennial powerhouse\u201d in the competition with one of the schools making the finals every year that the district has participated. Ross praised the students involved for sacrificing lunches and days off to work on competition material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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