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THE DALLAS POST
Sunday, September 18, 2011
DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board praises site contractor for building completion
DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES
Note: Salary increases from 2012-2016 will be the base salary plus the Act 1 Index.
Superintendent Frank Galicki: 2010-1 salary, $103,000. 201-12 salary, $104,751.
Wycallis Elementary Principal and Director of Curriculum and Instruction Paul Reinert: 2010-1 salary, $97,700.
201-12 salary, $97,700 (Note: Reinert received a $2,500 raise last year).
Senior High Principal Jeffrey Shaffer: 2010-1 salary, $88,268. 201-12 salary, 89,268.
Senior High Assistant Principal Brian Bradshaw: 2010-1 salary, $64,575. 201-12 salary, $65,075.
Middle School Principal Thomas Duffy: 2010-1 salary, $75,190. 201-12 salary, $79,033 (Note: Duffy's raise will
By SARAH HITE
shite@mydallaspost.com
The new Dallas High School
still needs a bit of work done, but
school board members offered
their praises to the site contrac-
tor Monday for completion of
the building.
Bob Nesbit of Crabtree Rohr-
baugh & Associates, the project
architect, told the board some
construction issues lie ahead for
the new building, some of which
would not be able to be complet-
ed before the opening of school.
Paving, installing lights and
signage are issues that would be
completed by Wednesday, but
other concerns brought to light
by a building inspector will take
more time.
Nesbit said the inspector’s
main concerns were issues relat-
ing to the school’s compliance
with the federal Americans with
Disabilities Act. Aspects of the
chemistry and art labs, as well as
the lack of handrails in the audi-
torium, will take more than a few
days.
Nesbit wrote a letter to the in-
spector’s manager, asking for a
60-day period for these items to
be resolved. He noted two wheel-
chair-bound students in the high
school will not be taking classes
in either lab this semester.
Superintendent Frank Galicki
said these issues would need to
be resolved after school or on
weekends in order to ensure the
safety of students.
Technically, said Nesbit, the
completion date for the project is
September 18, but those issues
may push that back.
Field-related aspects of the
project still need to be complet-
ed as well. Nesbit said the track
was incorrectly paved, and the
subcontractor responsible must
redo that aspect at no cost to the
district.
Residents asked whether the
field hockey space would be
ready for the team’s games and
practices. Nesbit said, because of
the issues with the track, the
field may not be completed until
the end of the month.
Chris Gabe, of Shavertown,
said the team has been utilizing
the baseball field for practices
and now has to use Wyoming
Seminary’s Klassner Field in
Kingston for home games.
He said it’s not fair for the girls
not to have a field until halfway
be implemented over two years).
Dallas Elementary Principal Thomas Traver: 2010-1 salary, $73,213. 201-12 salary, $79,033 (Note: Traver's raise
will be implemented over two years).
Special Education Director Amy Linnen: 2010-1 salary, $70,000. 201-12 salary, $70,500.
Business Manager Grant Palfey: 2010-1 salary, $80,000. 201-12 salary, $81,360.
Director of Technology William Gartrell: 2010-1 salary, $86,000. 201-12 salary, $89,268 (Note: Gartrell also
received a $2,000 raise last year).
Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds and District Clerk of Works Mark Kraynack: 2010-1 salary, $60,109.52.
2011-12 salary, $65,000 (Note: Kraynack also received a raise last year. He received a stipend throughout the
Dallas High School construction project as clerk of works, but that stipend will end at the conclusion of the
project.
through their season.
Galicki assured Gabe that the
work would be concluded as
soon as possible.
“This is not a contractor prob-
lem; it’s a weather problem,” said
Mark Kraynack, supervisor of
buildings and grounds.
Nesbit also presented a series
of change orders to the board to-
taling more than $48,000, upon
which the board will take action
at next week’s regular meeting.
Galicki also clarified an issue
related to Pear Tree Lane. He
said the road that leads to the
Grandview Terrace development
will be opened to school traffic.
Dallas Township will partici-
pate in a PennDOT traffic study
at that location to determine
whether the road should be
closed, but this will take time,
said Kraynack.
Galicki added that the twice-
canceled high school dedication
will occur at 6:30 p.m. on Mon-
day, Oct. 3 prior to regular
school board meeting.
In other news...
e Jack Wega, director of feder-
al funds, offered a report about
the American Red Cross evacua-
tion shelter held at the middle
school over the weekend for eva-
cuees fleeing the flood plain.
Wega, who has a background
in emergency management, said
many district staff, faculty and
students volunteered to help the
cause. The shelter held 126 p
ple over the weekend, and clos
on Saturday shortly after the
evacuation was lifted.
e The board approved a con-
tract for administrators at the
meeting that included yearly
raises through 2016 based on the
Act 1 index.
Business Manager Grant Pal-
fey said two administrators, mid-
dle school Principal Thomas
Duffy and Dallas Elementary
School Principal Thomas Traver,
would receive their raises over
two years and subsequent raises
would be based on the Act 1 In-
dex. He said all but one adminis-
trator had a pay freeze for the
2010-11 school year.
Palfey added administrators
received a health benefit that
would allow reimbursement of
up to $2,000 annually for medi-
cations and licensed practitio-
ners.
A pension update includes a
tax-deferred annuity plan, much
like a 401k, based on the Act 1
Index.
Palfey said the administrators
costs are 28 percent less than the
school next closest in adminis-
trative costs in Luzerne County.
Bridges-Baranowski vows exchanged
Sarah Christine Bridges and
Joshua Drew Baranowski were
united in marriage on May 28,
2011 at the National Historic
Landmark of Berry Hill in Vir-
ginia by Rev. Christopher of
South Boston.
The bride is the daughter of
Gerry and Barbara Bridges of
Shenandoah, Virginia. She is the
granddaughter of Ralph and An-
nie Lee Bridges.
The groom is the son of John
and Jeris Baranowski of Shaver-
town. He is the grandson of the
late Dr. and Mrs. Lester Jordan
of Trucksville and the late Ed-
ward and Rosalie Baranowski of
Hanover.
The bride was escorted by her
father and chose her long-time
Air Force friend Captain Dawn
Straight as her maid of honor.
The bride’s daughters, Madalyn
and Katie Dickson, served as ju-
nior bridesmaids and her young-
est daughter, Charlotte, was the
flower girl.
The groom chose his oldest
brother, John Baranowski, as
best man with brothers Jarrod
and Jeremy Baranowski serving
as groomsmen.
The bride is a graduate of
Page County High School in
Shenandoah, Va. She graduated
from the University of Colorado
with a Bachelor of Science de-
gree in nursing and is a first lieu-
tenant in the Air Force, serving
at Langley Air Force Base in Vir-
ginia as a registered nurse in ob-
stetrics.
The groom graduated from
Lake-Lehman High Scholl in
2002 and received his Bachelor
of Science degree from the Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh. He was
commissioned in to the United
States Air Force as an officer in
2009 and holds the rank of first
lieutenant at Langley Air force
Base where he works as a regis-
tered nurse in the emergency
room,
The couple resides in Seaford,
Va.
Vouchers still good
The Area Agency on Aging of
Luzerne/Wyoming Counties re-
minds recipients of the 2011 Se-
nior Farmers Market Nutrition
Program vouchers that they have
until November 30 to redeem
them.
These vouchers can only be
used to purchase locally grown
fresh fruits and vegetables at
Farmers Market stands that are
participants of the Dept. of Agri-
culture’s SFMNP.
Baked goods, meat, jam, hon-
ey, apple cider or eggs are not al-
lowable for purchase with these
vouchers.
For further information, con-
tact Rhonda Adams at 822-1158
Ext. 3337.
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