West Chester Area School District Policy Review Committee Meeting & Monthly Board Meeting 5/28/2026

00128 2026 policy review committee meeting and I'm going to start by uh taking role um uh director >> here >> director bea here >> and director Jackson is not here this week so there are three of the four of us Um, I think that moves us on to public comment. Do we have public comment today? >> We do. We have one commenter this evening. Now is the time for public comment on agenda items. The board will follow the procedures established by policy 903. All individuals wishing to comment this evening were required to properly register prior to the designated start time of tonight's meeting by completing the information specified on the public comment registration card. Once called to the podium, each commenter will begin by saying their first and last name of the municipality. Each statement

002made by the commenter will be limited to three minutes. Individuals will be notified by the time clock when their time allotted for public comment has expired. The board asked that all commentary be directed to the board as a whole. Public comments may be interrupted or terminated if the commentary exceeds three minutes or if the commentary is obscene and or threatening in nature. The speaker this evening is Judith Bonzo. Hey there, G. Defonso from the better of the two goans. Although we're getting together on Saturday, so if anyone wants to do a 250, I think from 3 till they're having a drone show and fireworks at night. So all are welcome. Um, two policies that I wanted to talk about tonight. Uh, one is policy 325 AG1, which is the employee dress code. And I remember

003going to my son's school and it was pajama day and even the principal was wearing his pajamas. So I just want to make sure that with any changes that we're going to be able to have everyone, principles, teachers, everyone who wants to participate in pajama day participate in pajama day. That's the one thing I wanted to talk about with that uh policy. Uh the other policy is 223 AG1. Now the first line of the policy says about paying fees via pay school which is an electronic fund transfer uh type of program. And when you get to the bottom and it says for office use, they want to know the amount paid and whether it was paid in cash or check. Shouldn't there be like a third line that says, you know, pay school or EFT

004or something like that? Um, and also within the body of the uh policy, I have two comments to make. One is um if a student were to become handicapped where they have a handicap placard, apparently they're not allowed to park in the handicap space, which I believe is a violation of uh Americans with Disabilities Act. I I mean, where should a handicapped student be parking if not in the designated handicap spot? I mean, the whole idea is to make things a little easier, you know, if they're having a difficult time walking or whatever. Um, and let's just say those things are pretty hard to come by. The doctors are definitely um limiting those things. And the other thing I wanted to uh talk about was the sharing of parking uh placards. I have friends whose

005kids shared a parking placard because they shared a car. Um, these are mothers of twins. I'm a mother of twins. Lots of mothers of twins for some reason. Um, and do they have to pay doubled? Are they assigned like two spots? I mean, if they're sharing a car, they're never going to be they're you know, I mean, it it just seems odd that they can't share um, you know, the parking placard that did have to pay twice as much for basically one spot in the lawn. So, um, and My other comment was what were these same eight policies on the board meeting agenda? But you know, I'm sure there's a reason for it and I'm hopefully someone might cover that this evening. So, thank you. Thank you. Um, so our next agenda item is the

006approval of the March 2023 2026 committee meeting minutes. Uh, can I have a first for that? Director Fry. Um, all in favor say I. >> I. >> Can I? >> Yes. >> Interject. I'm not sure you have >> since director Fry wasn't here at the last meeting. >> Definitely not have a quorum to approve the meeting. >> That's what I'm thinking because director Jackson is not here. >> That is a good point. Okay. Uh, so what do we do in that case? >> I think you would just table to the next meeting. Okay. So, we will table the approval of the March committee meeting minutes until our next committee meeting, which I believe is in August. Correct. >> We'll have two minutes to approve that. >> Okay. Thank you very much. That then takes us

007to our actual review and approval for policies. So, we're going to start with policy 218. >> I'm pinching for everyone this evening. So, uh duties is assigned consumer. So um yeah, Dr. Conley's son has back this evening. So he's there and uh Mr. McGowan is taking his mother to see the outsider seated number four meeting will be on a Thursday when he scheduled that also reasonable. So uh we have just one very minor change to this policy. Uh just the word local I believe is the policy and these policies come out every year. They're required to be approved every single year. Um that's the group that is that has a yearly requirement. um they appear on the board meeting because this we are unable to do these through consent because it is happening right after.

008>> Any questions about policy 218? If not, I think we can move to a vote. All in favor say I. >> I. Any any nazs? Three eyes for 218. And now we're on to 218 AG1. >> 218 AG1. Once again, very minor changes uh to 218 AG1. Uh one of the changes is just that we're moving uh some things related to unlawful absences over to another AG which is already 204 AG1 which we'll discuss later. >> It's related to tardies. >> Any questions about 218 AG1? >> If not, we can move to a vote. All in favor say I. >> I. I any nays? That was three eyes. And then we have policy 226. >> Yeah, policy 226. We just as opposed to putting certain language in here, we've moved it to uh the code

009of conduct like a level three offense as opposed to saying exactly what it was uh in the policy. And I think that is the only change other than some names. Actually, it looks like formatting. And that was the only question that I was going to ask that I was pretty sure I knew the answer to is that level three offense is defined in another policy. >> Correct. >> Yes. That's in 218 and 2181. >> Right. >> So any other questions about policy 226? >> I just had a question. Who who conducts the search? >> Searches are always conducted by administrators and and you know and they have a whole process that they go through to do that. >> Is there like a security witnessing or >> I mean there could be I mean usually there

010are two people involved you know it could be a security person administrator but I mean it's almost it's almost exclusively a principal or assistant principal who would be conducting that we wouldn't have just anybody conducting the search >> somebody's been involved in the policy understands it >> yeah the cso could definitely be involved in that but it's but it is internal as well once again there's a difference between a school district official conducting a search under probable suspicion you know you possible suspicion. Uh, yeah, reasonable. Thank you. That's the word I was looking for. Versus versus versus probable cause, which is a law enforcement official. All kinds of different roles for law enforcement officials. Even if they're working for the school district, working with the school district, they still they still follow the police requirements

011for conducting a search. Whereas an AP or a principal would have a different different level that they can look at things. >> Kids don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy in school that they might have somewhere else either. Any other questions about policy 226? So, we can move to a vote. All in favor say I. >> I. Any naysay? Okay, that was three eyes for policy 226. And then we have policy 237. >> Policy 237, which I believe is my last one this evening. Um, it that changes just instead of the word department, we're using the word technology department. Department of technology has been changed to technology department. Any questions about policy 237? Not we can move to a vote. All in favor say I. >> I. Any nays. All right. Three eyes for that.

012And then we have policy 246. >> I'm sorry. I'm also doing this one. I um this once again is just a very minor change. I think we just changed the name of people services. to teach and learn to change the name. >> Correct. >> Yep. >> Any questions about policy 246? >> If not, we can move to a vote. All in favor say I. >> I. Any nays? Just three eyes for that. And then we move on to the new administrative guideline 325 AG1. So we worked this year with a committee of people to review our dress code um as compared with other districts and developed these administrative guidelines to make more explicit expectations for dress for folks in schools. I think the headline here is that speakers will be allowed all the time which

013felt like a very big win for teachers and spirit where that um that celebrates Westchester and high schools or any school in the district can also be at all times. The idea here was really to standardize expectations so that when people are out of dress code, administrators will hold people accountable, but also to ensure that this policy felt more in line with the times and with what our peer districts are doing. >> I was really mostly very happy to see this AG in place and it does I think just as you said reflect contemporary standards for professional dress. Um, the only question that I had was kind of a nitpick, but under accessories, we spell out that hats and hoods and hatings are permitted for religious and medical reasons. My only question is, what about

014a cultural head dress that isn't necessarily religious? Should we include the word cultural in that list of exceptions, too, which recognize is a very specific and probably not frequent occurrence. >> Yeah, thanks. It's a great it's a great point. Um I I mean my initial instinct is yes. My my question on this though is then how do you differentiate between? >> Yeah. Are the Eagles my culture and I wear my baseball cap every day? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Um I I just wanted to float it that you know there are a small handful that I can think of off the top of my head of of situations where someone might be wearing a head covering that reflects a cultural tradition that isn't strictly speaking religious but is significant to them and so I thought I'd

015throw it out there. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions? >> I guess I was going to look for any thoughts on that. Typically, you do only need to accommodate religious or, you know, disability or medical conditions. Um, the, you know, I suppose, you know, there was always a question if it had to do with someone's protected class, >> you know, that that could come into play. Um, the I mean, we could consider language, you know, to My suggestion on on that would be maybe to approve it as it is this evening and then in August we could since we don't see you again till August and I know we'd like to have this in place before the beginning of this more teachers return um we could discuss that and I'm sure that if we

016had an employee who approached HR with a cultural reason for their head covering we would work with them to address that in the interum >> and that was kind of where I was expecting to land that we approve it as it is tonight perhaps have to revisit it to talk about craft language like that. Yeah. >> Any other questions? >> If not, I think we can move to a vote on a AG 325 AG1. All in favor say I. >> I. Any naysay? >> So that then takes us to 325 AG2. >> Sure. So this has actually been in practice for quite some time. facilities and operations team and we just wanted to formalize this. We were formalizing the administrative guidelines for non facilities and operations employees. Um so no substantive change to practice here

017but we just wanted to include this in our in our guidelines. >> Thank you. Any questions about this policy? If not then we can move to we can move to a vote on 325 AG2. All in favor say I. >> I. Any nays? >> No nays. So then our last one is policy 716. >> Policy 716 is our integrated pest management policy. Most of the changes in this are just recommended changes as far as language are concerned. But uh there are a couple of areas where notable changes. Um in the definitions area it basically spells out the different methodologies for management whether it be um insects, farming, you know, weeds, whatever the case may be. So, it just basically spells out what the methodology would be to written pest. Uh under the authority section, it

018basically just spells out uh where before it was a little more simpler, a little simpler language, but now ultimately it spells out the the district's integrated test management coordinator um and how it's actually aligned. And then the only Another significant change within this is in the guidelines portion of it where it specifically spells out that we will notify within SE or excuse me at least 72 hours prior um to application and ultimately make sure that signage remains up two days following all treatment applications. >> Thank you. And I feel like maybe just this is me remembering from past years when my kids were in schools that had treatment that it was our practice to notify people that treatments might be going on, but this just kind of codifies it. Correct? >> Yes. >> Any other

019questions about this policy? >> If not, we can move to a vote on policy 716. All in favor say I. >> I. Any naysay? All right. Then the following administrative guidelines have been revised. Um 204 AG1 223 AG1 and that I think takes us to the announcement of our next meeting which will be on August 24th, 2026. And I will adjourn the meeting then. Good evening. I would I would like to call to order the Thursday, May 28, 2026 meeting of the Westchester Area School Board. Tonight we welcome and I've been trying to practice the name and I wrote it down phonetically. Aro Lua. Is that even close? >> Kind of. >> In a moment incorrectly. And also Levi uh from Stson Middle School and their principal uh Mrs. Mary K. Puch. Let's begin the

020meeting with a salute to the flag led by our students. The students will come forward and lead us to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Uh, please let the board of the audience know what is happening from Stson Middle School. >> I was asked to write a speech about how my three years at STS is impacting me. But if I'm being honest, there's not just one single thing that has morphed me into the person I am today. For example, I came to Stson with 10 years of prior knowledge and from my dying elementary school in North Carolina. Yet, every single day, it's now a rare Spanish class. I'm still learning new Spanish

021concepts like vocabulary and grammar rules. In Miss McFaden science class, I'm learning every day how we the future leaders of our world can save our earth is safe for agricultural practices or the prevention of pollution. In my unified arts classes, Miss Carlin is teaching us how to make literal meals with healthy and affordable ingredients like chocolate zucchini muffins and fried rice. Down in Mr. Is tech class for designing and building real life structures like houses and bridges. If this still isn't enough for you, I'm one of the student council officers and we've done at least four fundraisers at places like Chester County Food Cupboard and the SBCA. We funded important plays for school assemblies such as the Diary of An Flank and the Heroes of the Underground Railroad. We even celebrate all of our staff's

022birthdays with candy and balloons. Don't even get me started in our amazing administrative team. If you didn't know, 's graduating class of 2026 is Mr. Forsight's first fighting class in the Westchester area school district and Mr. Forsight said has had an huge impact on setting. I am not speaking on just my behalf but my entire grade when I say Mr. Forsight is one of the best principles ever. His office is always open for anyone no matter the issue. If you need to talk to him about a PR you can or even if you just need a quiet place to take a place he's always there. These are just a few of set has morphed me into the young woman you see today speaking at the board meeting representing my entire school. Thank you to our

023amazing principal Miss for me and giving us this amazing opportunity. >> Hi. Um my name is Levi. Um I was asked to write a speech uh about my three years uh at 8th grade at middle uh nearing the end of my three years um at S Middle School. So nearing the end of this journey at Sets Middle School, I was asked by my head principal, Mrs. Mary K. Puchala to write a speech about my journey and experiences in middle school. Three pieces stood out: music, athletics, and enrichment. Late in the summer, in August of 2023, I hopped off my bus, meandered down the main hallway, down the ramp, and into room A 101, my teacher, my home room teacher's classroom. That sixth grade year was full of ups and downs, good and bad, happy and

024sad. But throughout it all, orchestra was my life preserver. I was 10 at that point, so I had been playing violin for 5 years. My orchestra teacher, Mrs. Chapman, has played a key role in my life throughout middle school. I always look forward to our class, be it at the beginning of the day in sixth grade, middle and seventh grade, or end in eighth grade. Whenever I walked to the LGI for class and picked up my instrument, I felt like there had been a heavy weight lifted from upon my shoulders. That sixth grade year was full of anxiety for me since I had to figure everything out and still come out strong on the other side. And Mrs. Chapman really made that possible for me. Her classroom was always a place where I could freely

025express myself and do what I loved, playing my violin. Her class also gave me the ability to participate in the PMEA district orchestra and the Westchester area school district select strings. Both incred incredible opportunities to play with other talented musicians. When I returned to Stson for seventh grade, I felt experienced and ready to be not the youngest in the school. I had also decided to join Stson cross country running team. No matter how much running you do, you'll never really know how a race will go until you actually run it. At our first race, I felt so out of breath on the second lap that I almost quit and stopped running. As much as I didn't want to hear it, so my parents and friends kept incessantly cheering me on and encouraging me to keep

026running and hold my pace. Even though I finished last, everyone cheered once they saw me come out of the woods. I might not have finished first in that race, but thanks to my coach, parents, teammates, and peers, at least I finished. Throughout that season, my team helped me to grow, and I improved my times and technique. This year, eighth grade, has been like the cherry on top of a three tier cake. I have had similar ups and downs to the past years, but I've had experiences that brought me through it all. For the second year in a row, I took part in the junior model UN group in Mr. Ptor's enrichment class. Um, in Junior Model UN, you are assigned a country and must research their standing regarding a certain goal of the UN 2030

027agenda. My friends and I were all assigned a country delegation to take part in Sierra Leone and a topic to put together a position paper and a resolution paper to debate with other delegations about at the final conference. Throughout those meetings and conferences, I feel that I have gained a heightened sense of all the events taking place at this world in this world and have become much better at understanding them. This year, my de my delegation earned two rewards at our final conference. best position paper and best delegation in our group. I really don't think that I could have been so successful throughout middle school if not for all the opportunities that Stson has provided me with. Don't go too far. Uh thank you both for coming tonight to give us a report on what's

028going on at your school. Uh come back up to the podium and meet Dr. Christopher and I. We're going to make our way over. Shake your hands and present you with your certificate for being here. >> I want to hear how you sing. >> I have to keep practicing. And you're Levi. We're gonna start off of course with our photographer. I'm gonna have you come up first. >> Thank you so much. >> Thanks so much for coming to do picture. Thank you so much. Okay, next on the agenda, special announcements. I see there are no special announcements this evening. Next on the agenda is roll call. Vice President >> here. >> Director Camp >> here. >> Director DJ >> here. >> Director D >> here. >> Present. >> Director Blooming >> here. >> Director Fry

029>> here. >> Director Jackson. Director >> here. here. >> Thank you, Mr. That leads us to public com the public comment protool subquest. >> I just want to confirm since the screen went down, we are still >> we're still on we're still streaming. Correct. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Now is the time for public comment on agenda items. There's one comment this evening. The board will follow the procedures established in 903. All individuals wishing to comment this evening were required to properly register prior to the designated start time of the tonight's meeting by completing the information specified in the public comment registration card. Once called to the podium, each commenter will begin by seeing their first and last name and municipality. Each speaker must limit their comments to three minutes or less for public comment

030period. Commenters may not see their time to other individuals. Individuals be notified by the When their time allotted for public comment has expired, the board asks that all commentary be directed to the board as a whole. Public comment may be interrupted or terminated if the commentary exceeds three minutes or if the commentary is obscene or threatening in nature. The speaker this evening is Judy Defonso. Hi everyone, Judy Defonso, still living in the better of the two goans. Um, noticing tonight on the HR report that my neighbor is retiring from the school district, Janice Senza. I just wanted to come up and wish her a happy retirement and uh think I'll see her more around the neighborhood now that she's not working here anymore. So, uh, and one other comment, I was noticing that, um, a

031lot of the new hires are listed as temporary employees. And I think a lot of people might be confused with that if they're new to looking at the thing, uh, the agenda. And, um, any teacher listed as a temporary appointing just means that they're not tenured yet. It's that simple. Let's just say it took me a long time to figure that one out and I just figured I'd share that with you. Thanks. We'll see you around. >> Hey, thank you. That moves us to the approval of the April 26, 2026 meeting minutes. May I have a motion to approve the minutes? >> Uh, Vice President Bevela, is there a second? Dr. Dree, any questions or comments? All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Say n. Motion carries. Now is the opportunity for board

032members to request changes to the board agenda. Are there any requests for changes? Okay. Um may I have a motion to approve the May 28th, 2026 agenda as presented? As presented. Is there uh Director Fry? Is there a second? Director Campbell. Questions or comments? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion carries. >> Okay. Next we have the superintendent. Am I correct? >> Sorry. Question. >> I um we got it. Okay. Go ahead. >> Okay. >> Um I think we skipped over item D2. We met in exe executive session on today on legal matters uh earlier this evening. >> That's you right. >> Now it's my turn. All right. Thanks. Thanks everybody. So good evening everyone and thank you all for joining us. We have a fun uh next couple uh

033minutes depending on how long people talk could be more uh of of recognitions for folks uh this evening. Uh this is uh it's such an exciting time of year. Um it's always fun to to be in a school district in May and June as as great things happen. This is our last meeting of the the school year. Uh we have one in June, but the school year will be over. We'll be done with commencements next week. Uh none of you are looking forward to that at all over here. You know, uh none of us are watching the weather like Hawks. You know, that could be happening. Uh this marks my third graduation season here at Westchester and uh this is such a great class and we're really excited uh to send them off. I'd like

034to start this evening by rec recognizing our first our student representatives. So uh Anita Jackson, it's been great to have you here. Uh we've really enjoyed it. Is a highlight of the board meeting for the board members. I know your reports and all the great things you talk about that are happening in in your buildings. I've I've appreciated, you know, the interaction we've had at superintendent advisory councils and the opportunity to get a lot of feedback this year from students. That's been a really great experience for me and has been a lot of fun for us to do. So, we would like to start by giving you a few party gifts. So, we have gifts. They're behind me. There they are. I was like, who has the gifts? I'm like, oh, they're behind me. Thanks.

035>> It's not a car. >> Is that a college tuition? Yeah, absolutely. >> We know we know that every high school senior's dream is to come to board meetings on Monday night. So, we appreciate you guys doing that and and thank you for all your engagement this year. Uh, finally, I'd like to let you know you can take your name plates tonight. So, I mean, those will be great things to put in your dorm room. I know, Jackson, it's exciting. Don't get your puppet out, Jackson. Like, that's an inside joke. If you went to the musical at Henderson, you know what I'm talking about. Uh, second, I would really like to take a moment to recognize a special group of staff members who've gone above and beyond throughout the year. Uh since we launched the

036Westchester Way makers program about a year and a half ago, we've had the opportunity to celebrate and often cause panic uh in the way that we surprise people. Yes, Michaela Skellyy's nodding her head back there. Um but we've been able to recognize 110 staff members since we started doing this uh in a really uh fun way uh for us and also in a way that I think is really meaningful for a lot of staff members. So, if you are a Westchester waymaker who was invited here tonight, could you come on up and we'd like to like see us. Go ahead and stand up. It's all right. Come on up. Thank you. Come on up. It it is really it is one of the most fun things that we get to do um is is have

037this opportunity to recognize staff members in their buildings. oftentimes in front of kids. We've had family members show up. It's It's really fun. We did two this morning, in fact. Actually, three this morning. But let's give them a a standing ovation, PLEASE. NOW, I know that Molly Schwimler wrote some of this because she says, "Now follow Mrs. out into the into the hallway to get a picture. So that's Thank you guys. We really appreciate it. Thank you. >> Don't forget to come back. >> I got you. >> Now, last but never least, we'd like to recognize our high school students uh this year. And we're going to start with East this year. So, I have Dr. Ber coming up uh who's going to please start us off with recognizing some of our really ex excellent

038high school students at East High School. Thank you. >> We were back there taking bets on who was going to go first. Thank you, Dr. Christopher. Good evening everybody. It's my pleasure to represent uh East High School principal Dr. Sarah Graham in recognizing some of our amazing seniors, five in particular. First, Arya Gohel. Arya is a participant in many things. co-founder and president of the Vikings Audio Video Club, director and producer of the Media Arts Council Film Initiative, a DECA competitor, a dental mission volunteer, technology volunteer, part of the planning committee for House of Hope, uh media production intern, digital media creator, four-year varsity tennis participant, morning and afternoon announcements anchor, favorite subject, AP statistics, college and major, Temple University honors program biology on a predental track. Congratulations, Arya. Jack Arm Brewster has participated in

039Science Olympiad, the academic team, the computer programming team, speech and debate, as well as DECA and the engineering club. His favorite subject has been science and he will be going to the University of Pennsylvania majoring in computer engineering. Alex Isaac has participated in the Heritage C Network. He was a co-founder and CEO of that. He's participated in NextGen Wealth as a content creator, Future Without Hate as founder and president. He's even worked at Shopright as a cashier. He's participated in the Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week promotions as an ambassador, Westchester East Engineering Club, co-founder and VP of that, distributive clubs of America as part of DECA and as part of the Westchester East High School Astronomy Club as vice president. His favorite subject was calculus and he'll be going to the University of Delaware majoring in

040finance. Congratulations. Jaden Sam has participated in academic team science olympiad speech and debate skyward hope. He's a part of mu alphatheta honor society as well as the national beta club. His favorite subject was math and he'll be going to the University of Delaware majoring in biomed engineering. Congratulations. And our fifth and final recogn person I'm recognizing tonight is Denith Halag. He participated in senior strings in theater as a part of pit orchestra, science olympiad, PMEA band and orchestra. His favorite subjects were non-core academics, music, and for core academic he listed science. He'll be going to UPIT in the Swanson School of Engineering as part of the David C. Frederick Honors College, majoring in bioengineering and music production. Congratulations. Thank you, students from East High School. Thank you, Dr. Boyer. Next up, we have uh Next

041up, we have uh Dr. Hunt from Rustin High School. >> Good evening. Thank you. All right, I'm going to start with our all state honors and music this evening. First, we have siri chwa. I practice and I'm butchering it. Chakraorti. He earned distinguished honors at the Pennsylvania music educators all orchestra on the obo. He was a top representative in region six um which covers all of southeastern Pennsylvania. In addition to his achievements as an oasis, he's active and a respected leader in the orchestra program. He also plays the violin. Um he is involved in both orchestra and band. He is plays for the Westchester area school district senior strings and he serves as the principal obo for the Chester County Youth Orchestra. Um not only is he a great musician, you can also find him

042in the wait room often during lunch and learn. Right Siri? >> Yeah. >> I see him in there. So he's a man of many talents. Um, next we have Ellaur. >> Ella has earned one of the top honors um for a musician in Pennsylvania. She was selected to the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association All State Choir. Um part of this accomplishment was achieved through her rigorous series of auditions beginning at the district level advancing through regions and then at the highly competitive all state um audition process. Ella ultimately ranked fifth in the entire state of Pennsylvania. It's an outstanding achievement that reflects her musicianship, dedication, perseverance, and countless hours of hard work. Congratulations, Ella. Um, we also want to represent, she couldn't be here tonight, but I still want to, um, recognize her, Maria Fatima. She's

043a freshman who competed with our DECA program this year. Um, as a freshman, she made it all the way to the international competition. Um, she scored on her final exam um, in one of the most competitive events, she scored a 92 on the written exam and a 92.8 on her roleplay presentation during a preliminary round, which means in the entire um international competition, she placed among the top 15. And that's a freshman, so she couldn't be here this evening, but I still wanted to recognize her. Um Dash, I don't know if he was able to make it tonight either, but he is our National Merit semi-finalist. He's a valuable member of the Rustin community. When I talked to him about, you know, what did you love most about Rustin? He said, "Math and science, and

044I want to go study mechanical engineering at Purdue." Okay, next in the sports world, we have Ava Pascarella. Ava is going into her senior year. She's a twotime chestnut um all league MVP. She's all state winner both years. She led the 2025 Golden Knights in multiple categories and helped her team finish to a 15 and3 overall record. Um she already knows that she'll be attending Penn State University um after her senior year to continue her academic and athletic career playing soccer. Congratulations, AVA. Next we have AJ Core. Um he is a leader in the wrestling room as well as in the classroom. Um he was an all-state member and he finished seventh overall in the state this year. He also already knows that he'll be continuing he's a junior but will be continuing his academic

045and athletic career at the Naval Academy. Congratulations. Next we have Ava Filler. She's a three-year varsity letter winner um and co- captain of the volleyball team. In her senior year, she was all state, first team all district, first team chess. In her junior year, she was first team Chessmont um and the Daily Local News honorable mention. She will continue her academic and athletic career playing division one volleyball at Florida Golf University. Her hard work, dedication, and positive impact has made it a lasting impact on the program. Um and she's been an incredible model for our younger athletes as well. Congratulations, Ava. Next in volleyball, we also have Avery Stroberg. Avery is a three-year varsity letter winner as well. Um she's a leadership award recipient recipient um all state selection and first team all district and

046first team chess font. Um she has attended Westchester Westchester School District elementary through high school and she will continue her academic and athletic career playing division one um volleyball at Le Moine College. She is dedicated and she works to improve each year and that's truly paid off. Next we have Cole Turner for boys soccer. He in three seasons he's been part of the chess three chess non-american winning teams, three trips to district, a third place finish in 2022, and a trip to the state tournament in 2022. He scored 28 goals and 19 assists over his three seasons. Um he's been all conference first team all conference player of the year um and all state finalist two times. Congratulations. Next for indoor track and field, we have EA Spear Gibson. She is a junior who has

047shown consistent skill at reaching um heights as a high jumper. She high jumped in the winter. Um she also recently high jumped at the state competition um for this spring season. Um she is a known leader on our campus and we're very proud of her. Congratulations. Not only is she talented in track and field, she's also an all-state swimmer. And if I can have EA, um, she was one member of the 200 meter relay team along with Claire Rosscus, Emily Thomas, and Lily Greenwood if they can come up as well to be recognized. had a seventh place finish at districts, a fourth place finish overall at state, and earned the title of um all state members with breaking previous school records of 14509. They've been dedicated, persevered, and they trust one another, which is really

048fun to watch um at the meet. So, congratulations to the team of Claire, EA, Emily, and Lily. And finally, um Will Garner and Jackson Lamb. They weren't able to be with us this evening. They're at the lacrosse banquet tonight, but they both received all state honors in lacrosse. Um they're both top nine players in all of Southeast Pa. Will is also an all state um member of the PA football team and he will be continuing his career at the US Air Force Academy. Congratulations to Arrested. Last but not least, Dr. Sherlock with Henderson, >> Dr. Chriser, members of the board, members of our community. Uh it's an honor for me to uh really celebrate a lot of the accomplishments from our senior class. And I'll first start off with uh our very talented musicians. Uh

049I also invited uh their adviserss or coaches. So if they want to come with their student uh that would be great. Uh first up in music is Nathaniel Leerman uh All State Wind Ensemble directed by Miss Kendra Wood. Uh Nathaniel uh not only is a talented musician uh he has taken six AP classes, he was all state in the bassoon but also plays a saxophone. Uh he's a member of the marching band, the honors blend ensemble, jazz band, select jazz band. He's been a member of the Chester County and Delaware County Youth Orchestra. Uh he's been fourtime uh all regional and two-time allstate. Uh, Nathaniel will be attending the College of New Jersey next year, majoring in music education and performance. Congratulations, Nathaniel. Next up is Jackson Ogden. You can bring your name card, too.

050Uh, directed by Mr. John Kramer. Uh, so Jackson uh, had a 4.91 gradepoint average. He's taken 12 AP classes. He's an AP scholar with distinction. He's a National America commended student. Uh he's a member of the National Honor Society, the National Math Honor Society, the Science National Honor Society. I think he's in every single honor society that we have. Uh he's been in the American Coral Directors Association qualifier, uh four-time qualifier, PMEA district in region, and a allstate qualifier in 12th grade. Uh he was also a uh speaking contest uh runner up and also a first place winner. That's a a competition that we've been doing for uh over a hundred years now. Uh Jackson next year will be attending Swathmore College majoring in biochemistry and education. Congratulations, Jackson. And our next musician is uh

051Charlie Platt uh PMA Allstate Orchestra directed by Miss Katrina Kelly. You can come forward Charlie. Uh Charlie is also an excellent student. He's an AP scholar uh uh with honors. He's in the Triam Music Honor Society, the Spanish National Honors Society. Uh he earned a PA seal of uh by literacy. Uh he's a four-year participant in uh Westchester School District Select Strings and Chester County Youth Orchestra. Uh he's been a member of the Henderson Musical Pit Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Band, and String Quartet. Uh he's also a four-time uh qualifier for PMEA uh district and regional, and he's a two-time uh qualifier all state uh orchestra. Charlie's will be attending Temple University majoring in music technology. Congratulations, Charlie. And next up is our athletes. Uh so uh we we have three uh all states

052uh all American athletes this year. Uh the first uh uh athlete that we want to recognize is Dylan Harrison. Uh all state soccer coached by Mr. Chaz Wilson. if you can come forward. Dylan Dylan was uh a three-year starter and uh uh goalie. Uh he their record was 597 and two including the 2024 District 1 championship, four Chessmon titles, and this past year uh we made it to the uh Pennsylvania state championship. Uh and and we're runner up. Uh he is the all-time leader in shutouts with 41 wins 59 and saves 289. He's a three-time all Chessmont and 2025 Chessmont National MVP. Uh PIAA all southern uh Southeastern PA and all regional team as well. Uh Dylan will continue uh at the Ohio State University where he where he's going to major in construction management.

053Congratulations Dylan. Next up is Bailey Shalore, coached by Robin Keeb. Bailey was just named uh uh all-American uh lacrosse and last night uh Bailey and her teammates uh just won the uh district 1 PIAA uh championship uh defeating Konos Stoa 12-6 uh in handly fashion I must say. Um Bailey has over 300 points scored uh in her career and it's the record of uh forced turnovers. Uh she made many last uh konesoga a lot of turnovers la last night. Uh she's in the National Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society. Uh she is also the HHS rep uh Chessmont Leadership Program, a member of the the Warrior Council. Uh she's also a member of Best Buddies. Uh in addition to lacrosse, she was a four-year starter in basketball, two-time captain, uh just a tremendous leader,

054and was also the recipient this year of the Chester County Athletic Hall of Fame Scholarship. Uh next year, Bailey will play division one lacrosse at the University of Notre Dame. Congratulations. And next up is Ryan Tur, all state uh boys lacrosse coached by uh coach Sean Evans. Congratulations to Ryan. Ryan is uh only a junior and was named all all state. Uh he currently has a 4.75 grade point average. He's a three-year varsity starter lacrosse. uh team captain, twotime uh team MVP. Daily local news first team all area. Uh career stats, he has 25 goals and and 19 assist. Uh he also plays uh football, three-year starter, and is also in our best buddies and unified botchi. And Ryan is already committed to play division one lacrosse at the University of Vermont. Congratulations, Ryan. All

055right, next up we move to academics. Uh, so I'd like to honor uh Evan Zyler DECA state champion this past year and his adviser is Lucas, Mr. Lucas Van Ember. If you could step forward. Uh, Evan uh, also has a very high grade point average, 4.81. Uh, he's been named AP Scholar of Distinction, National Honor Society, National Math Honor Society, National Business Honor Society. Sounds like all the honor societies again. Um, HHS. He's also been on the swim and dive dive team. He's also plays lacrosse. And this past year, he was uh first in the state of Pennsylvania. Uh, but even more impressively, he was second uh in the entire nation internationally. Uh, so that's just the that's the I think the highest place winner we've ever had at Henderson. Uh, so Evan next year

056is going to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. majoring in business and administration. Uh congratulations, Evan. And next up, we have two National Merit finalists. Uh Ian Chattery, if you could come down, congratulations on being a national uh finalist. Uh Ian had uh took 13 AP classes. He's a AP scholar with distinction. He was in the National Honor Society, the National Math Honor Society, National Latin Latin Honor Society. Uh he is also a martial arts uh competitor. Uh where he's also an assistant instructor. Um he's an international uh competitive pianist. Uh just a man with all trades. Uh next year he's going to be attending Purdue University Honors College majoring in electrical engineering. Uh congratulations. And our other national merit uh finalist is Sedarth Muiatta Sesh. Uh Sid, if you could come come

057down. Uh Sid uh has taken 13 of our AP classes. He's an AP scholar with distinction. He's in the National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Math Honor Society. Uh he is also in just a minute we're going to talk about his academic team. Uh but he was is on the academic team, the science olympiad, quizbowl, uh collapy, environmental club, uh computer club, student senate. Uh we have about a 100 clubs and activities. I think he's in 87 of them. Uh he was fourth place uh 2025 high school national championship tourn tournament uh quiz. Uh he was an individual allstar at the quiz bowl of tournaments, twotime speaking contest finalist. Uh, Sid is going to be attending Penn State University, majoring in computer science and linguistics. Congratulations, S. And at this time, I would like

058to introduce our academic team seniors who were state champions. So, if you could uh come on down and sit Uh so uh in addition to Sid uh AJ an uh Kyle me Ian Stephanovski Sedar Sumesh and coach uh Brian Johnson if you could join them as well. Um so this group uh is is is probably the best academic team that we have had at least since I've been principal. Uh they they were twotime Eastern PA regional champions. They were the state champions this past year, the 2026 Chester County champions. Um, they recently competed nationally. Last year they were fourth out of 320 schools uh uh in in the national uh uh championship. This year they were 13th. Just to place that high out of 320 schools is so impressive. Um and and they've just had

059an unbelievable career. Uh Sid was named academic team competitor of the year uh as well and coach Brian Johnson was named Chester County academic team coach of the year. Uh so congratulations to our academic team. Uh so this this is our impressive list. Uh I'm I'm just a very proud uh principal at Anderson High School. We have a a great group of kids and uh just they're they're going to do great things. So, thank you so much for allowing us to celebrate all their accomplishments tonight. >> Thank you. Thank you all. Uh at this point, we're going to turn it over to our student reps for their final um student reports of the evening. So, Aita, are you up? You're going to go first. >> Go get the picture, Jackson. Do it. >> Good evening,

060everyone. It is bittersweet to stand before you tonight as this marks my final time serving as a school board representative for Westchester East High School. I'm pleased to share some wonderful news from our school community. Junior and Junior Andrew Grunzo earned third place in the congressional photography competition for his digital photograph coming home, which will be displayed in one of the PA06 district offices for the next year. A proud tradition. Congratulations, Andrew. The senior art show was equally impressive with students presenting an incre incredible range of work. From scrapbooks and self-portraits to papermâché sculptures, our seniors truly outdid themselves. E second annual dance marathon minithon was a tremendous success, raising $13,587 for the four diamonds fund, which supports families of children battling cancer. Under the guidance of staff adviser Mr. Gallow chairs Katie Heavey, Addie

061Lair, Grace Paulus, and Addie Burke organized a memorable evening packed with activities that students will never forget. Our Science Olympiad team delivered one of the most historic performances in school history, finishing finishing seventh out of 35 qualifying schools at the state competition, the best team result in at least 20 years. The Vikings earned 11 top 10 finishes, including a first place finish by Liam Liam Hansen and Liam Fairbanks in the CAD event. Westchester East also ranked highest among the district's three high schools in division C. Incredible work. Eight DECA students represented East at the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta this past week. And Nari Penosian earned a high presentation score medal in the hospitality and tourism professional selling event. So well done to all the East students. On the athletic front, congratulations to Abby

062D'Angelus and Chase Golden for competing at the state track meet. Our girls softball team had a phenomenal run capturing the district championship yesterday. a testament to the relentless hard work of their players and coaching staff. We wish the boys baseball team the best of luck in their game today. On Tuesday, May 5th, the district proudly hosted 2026 strings festival right here in the East auditorium. The elementary honors orchestra, middle school selected strings, and high school senior strings all delivered outstating performances celebrating the musical talents across every grade level. Proceeds from the evening benefited the volunteer English program. With AP exams behind us, students have discovered a new passion for hackysack. Small circles of students can be spotted in courtyards and the gym area laughing, connecting, and kicking a foot bag around. A refreshing screen-free way

063to decompress. It has been a joy to see. I personally have fallen victim to the hacky sack. And don't leave anywhere with that mod. Senior walkthrough was last Tuesday and the biggest thing I was waiting for all year. I remember being in elementary school and watching all the cool older kids that were graduating walking by and thinking, I can't wait to be like them. And now I am. Walking through the buildings and seeing the teachers who made me the person I am today was the perfect experience. I started as a little Viking and now I am graduating as a Viking. So, it's a full circle moment. Thank you to all my teachers, friends, peers, EHS staff, and the school board for being supportive throughout my educational experience. Lastly, with the hacky sack, I would like

064to talk about prom, which was an absolute movie. Everyone got dressed up to celebrate one last dance together. It was genuinely perfect from the venue to dancing and to postprom. So, big thank you to the parents that set up everything at postp prom. And a big thank you to whoever set up the mechanical bull because I did get my high score of 18 seconds. And lastly, my English class had to write senior poems. and I took inspiration from the greatest poet I know, Jackson Ogden. So, I thought sharing my senior poem would be a great way to end my report. Walking to school, holding my mother's hand, elementary school is a vast new land. Running across at recess and playing games, meeting new friends and learning their names. This is just the beginning. Walking to

065school while scrolling on my phone with the same old people, except they've all grown. Figure out my future and what I want. Try not to be scared, but instead nonchalant. Everything is falling into place. I found who I am and who I want to become. From the friends I have and the ones I've grown from. From games of four square to playing kickball, we will continue and conquer our dream this next fall. The future belongs to you. Thank you. >> Good evening everyone. My name is Jackson and I don't really know what I'm feeling. Uh as thousands of people have said before me, coming to the end of a journey carries a slew of different emotions. But I don't think you all want to be my therapists. So, I'm going to focus on the happier

066ones. Uh, more specifically, all of the things that I'm going to miss from this journey. Walking through the halls to find all the teachers that I want to sign my yearbook has given me plenty of time to reflect on my journey in this district. Uh, and I've thought about all of these things that I'm going to miss about Henderson. First of all, the teachers. My teachers have been invested, welcoming, uh, hilarious. Shout out to my favorite comedian, Mr. Human. Um, and they've been engaging even in these past two weeks when AP teachers have had no clear trajectory. Uh, Mr. Orshaw has led a mock survivor game where each of the challenges review things that we've learned throughout the year. But the adults are also not the only people I'll miss. I've really come to see

067and appreciate the community at Henderson. At the beginning of the month, I experienced this community at Junior Prom, where the class expertly transformed our outdoor courtyard into a dance floor, which allowed us to dance without like suffocating from the sweat vapor. It was very nice. outside. Um, a week later we had an incredible night at Senior Prom, which was hosted at Topgolf Golf, which was the first time they had ever done a prom, and it was amazing. On the whole top floor, each stall was filled with different friend groups, and they had the option of either having dinner or dancing or just playing golf with their friends. And I think this additional activity kept the fun going for way longer. I saw kids stay at prom way longer than they had uh before because you

068could always find something to do with community that they had built over the past four years. And this fund certainly continued that after prom as well. Uh now, these two prom boards skipped over uh an important part of the first two weeks of May, but I don't really know how to put it into my speech because I'm not going to miss AP tests. But Henderson students were very diligent in their AP and Keystone tests during May and I'm and everyone is happy that they are over. Uh another aspect of Henderson that I'll miss is the resources that are available to try new things. Uh so we had our speaking contest about a week ago and half of the contestants who were all phenomenal uh half of these contestants were freshmen who had never competed before.

069Uh also last week pickle ball club held its final tournament of the year. Um and they have allowed over 200 students to try out this incredible sport and through that raised thousands of dollars for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. So that has been really amazing to watch. Um, and in my own high school, I've gotten the opportunity to try assistant directing our spring drama, which performed two weeks ago, and I had multiple English teachers say that it was the best drama club production that they have ever seen. So, that has been amazing to see this club uh rise. Uh, in keeping with this theme of trying new things, two of the six largest parts were played by actors who had never acted before. Um, I've uh, finally, I'm going to miss how this school lifts up

070its students. Between the upcoming senior assembly, the numerous scholarships and the warriors of the month ice cream social, Henderson consistently finds ways to celebrate students. And I've gotten to see how these celebrations support students and then inspire them to support each other. We've gotten to celebrate our girls lacrosse team winning district 1 and making it to state playoffs. We've got to celebrate our academic team, which as said placed 13th in the nation with which Kyle Me over there, who was a junior, placed uh placed 33rd individually in the nation. uh at the senior art show which was amazing. There's these boxes where students could leave compliments for the artists which is really awesome. Uh we get to celebrate our track team competing at states with runner uh Julia Znack placing sixth at states at the

071800 meter. Um, our musical held our second annual senior recital where we got to celebrate those students. And at the Kitty Warriors graduation, they invited musicians to play where we could see um and celebrate all those work that those uh big teachers have done over the years. Um, all of these reflections and feelings sort of culminated to the senior walk which was just this past Monday where walking through Pierce and walking through Hillsdale, I remember that all of these things that I've loved and that I'm going to miss about Henderson have been true during all of my 12 years. I've had amazing teachers. I I've had a really wonderful community. Um, and I've gotten to see how this school has uh has uplifted these students. Um, and that's really wonderful. Um, before my final limmerick,

072I also just wanted to say that uh I'm really going to miss it here. I've loved coming here every month and getting to do speeches. I'm grateful for all the experience I've gotten in public speaking and in speech writing. I've seen already how it's affected my life and it's been really wonderful. And it's also just amazing to be in a district where we have high school representatives. That's not something that everywhere does and I'm really grateful that uh I get to be a part of it. Um I've loved gotten to see how the schoolboard operates and to meet all of you. It's something that is that I found really interesting. Um and finally, it's been amazing to meet these two amazing people uh because they're both awesome and I'm excited to go hang out afterwards.

073We go to Walmart. Okay, Libert. My teachers have been consistently kind and new opportunities have been easy to find. I felt this community find our sense of unity that rejoices when there's no work being assigned. Thank you. >> Sorry. Hi everyone. So, I'm here to give the last Rustin High School report for the 2526 school year. So, with summer here and the school year wrapping up and thankfully, as these guys mentioned, AP tests and keystones all done too, um student activities are slowly coming to their end with everyone ready to move up a year and our seniors getting ready to move on to their next adventure. So, kicking things off on this report, um we started with our senior art showcase where our graduating artists as well as underassmen displayed an impressive range of work

074from sculptures to mixed media and also fine art pieces. The gym was packed from bleacher to bleacher with students even explaining the process behind their work and what inspired them to do it. Um, one of our seniors here who was brought up, Lily Greenwood, she had a lot about environmental, a lot about animals and you could see how her passion for environmentalism um, really made an impact on her work. Um, so you could clearly see the pride that they had when they were presenting the pieces they worked on throughout the year. Um this year we also said thank you for our music as our music departments have finished this year on the high note literally. Uh the concerts are always a highlight for families and showcase the musical talent encouraged at our schools. Um this

075year because I'm a senior the spring qual concert especially hit hard during our annual tradition of bridge under trouble wa water where we allow all past graduates of the rusted qual program to join us up on stage. So this year not only did we have a large number of alumni come back but we also had our previous choir director Mrs. and come back as well to sing. So, it was very heartwarming and a very interesting moment. Um, moving on, we also held our world language induction ceremony which recognize students who have shown exceptional dedication to their language studies and a genuine interest in global cultures. So, around 40 students were inducted into either the Spanish, French, and German honor societies um showing their commitment to learning and continuing their language. Another great milestone especially for

076our Little Knights and their big teachers was Little Knights graduation. So, all the hard work from our child dev classes culminated into this heartfelt moment seeing their littles or their little students graduate. Um, moving on to an athletic front, both girls lacrosse and baseball wrapped up yesterday after very successful seasons. So, go Knights. And Rustin also had the privilege of sending five students to state track and field to the state track and field championship at Shippensburg University. So great job to EA S, Brennan G, Cole M, Constantinos L, and Pat G for not only qualifying but also representing Rustin throughout through their hard work and determination. Um, similarly, we also held our senior prom and postprom this past month. Everybody looked gorgeous. I know I've seen everybody for the past four years, but like when

077you see everybody really dressed up, like hair done, makeup done, amazing glittery, sparkly outfits, you're like, "Wow, wow." like it was it was really showstoppping at pictures. So, everybody looked stunning and this year's DJ was excellent. He was able to read the crowd and keep the party going the whole night. And at postp prom, the school had been completely changed from its everyday appearance to one that resembled multiple places around the world. Like I couldn't even recognize my gym. Like I walked straight in, everything was decorated as an airport. Different parts of the cafeteria were decorated as Las Vegas, China, Mexico, France. Like they had like little like gambling stations. people could try their luck at coast prom. They had mechanical bull as well. We had like bouncy houses. It was really fun. Like everybody

078stayed till 3 because they wanted to see and try everything. Um we also had fortune tellers. I got a really interesting fortune. Um lady said I'd be rich. So I'm really hoping really pulls through. So from class pictures to prom and to after prom, it was exciting to have it as one of the last gradewide activities for the class of 2026. And then finally moving on to all things seniors. Of course, as we know, the senior's last day was May 22nd. And it was really sweet to see everyone running around and taking their last day photos to send to their parents. So, like they got photos with their friends, with their teachers, even holding up those last signs. And it was definitely you saw a lot of tears the whole day. It was also very

079cute to see all the senior teachers after a whole year of learning giving out life advice for us all to succeed. Another bittersweet event came during our senior walkthrough this past Tuesday. Not only did we receive our cap and gowns marking everything is official, but seniors return to their old elementary and middle schools where younger students and former teachers line the hallways to cheer them on. I thought it was very sweet and a very powerful reminder to see how far we've come as students and to see how many people have really supported us along the way. Looking forward to graduation next Thursday. I already know there'll be a lot of tears from graduates themselves, from parents, and from teachers. But the thing I want everybody to know, especially my class of seniors, the class of

0802026, is you're never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. Always set your goals and never be afraid to dream them. Dream them and dream big as the world is your oyster. So, thank you so much. It's been a pleasure this year. Gia, Jackson, Mera, thank you all so much for your faithfulness, your commitment to being here on Mondays, the occasional Thursday. You know, just looking through the things that you mentioned, you all have been so busy. I don't know how you've done it all. Um, but some of the things that you each mentioned, um, you have in common, the highlights of the the prompt, um, AP exams and keystones being done forever. Um, the art shows I feel like I I saw there was a event in Westchester where

081I saw some of the artwork from one of the schools at the old farmers mechanic building and the few pieces I saw there were amazing. I can't miss the art shows next year. I missed them this year. I can't miss them from home because of how you've talked about them. Um and also you all mentioned um the walkthroughs how much of an important event that is and it just really brings everything full circle. Again just thank you all so much. You know tonight is your you know mark your final report to the board as you prepare to graduate and begin your next uh chapter in your educational journey. We've truly enjoyed hearing your updates and perspectives every month. Your reports really are Dr. Christopher mentioned your reports really are a highlight in our meetings. Thank

082you all. We wish you nothing but the best in the future. We applaud you. >> Next uh we will hear uh from Miss Farrau Gita. Uh please give us your monthly personnel report. happy to do so. But first, I will say um Jackson and Mera, um we are always hiring. I hope three and a half years from now, four years from now, your names might be on this personel report. Um we're continuing to see really good traction on hiring for next year. Um wanted to announce a couple things. Um one, four people retiring Benson, Janet Senza, Denise Clark, and Gene Marie McKenzie. We're so grateful for their years of service to the district. Also wanted to welcome Ashley, who will be our new coordinator of nursing services. >> Thank you. Uh, may I have a

083motion to approve the May 28th, 2026 personnel recommendations as presented? Vice President have a second. Dr. Dree, any questions or comments? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Say n. Motion carries. Thank you. See next. Okay. Next is approval of the consent agenda. May I have a motion to approve the May 28th, 2026 consent agenda as listed? Director Fry. Director Campbell is the second. Any questions or comments? All in favor say I. >> I. Any oppose say nay. >> The motion carries. And next we move to the committee reports. Uh we now move to the monthly schoolboard committee reports. First up is our teaching, learning and equity committee report from director Parkinson. >> Thank you. >> The teaching learning and equity committee meeting was held on Thursday, May 21st, 2026. During the

084meeting, Dr. Reynolds provided a review of key district priorities as outlined in our three-year comprehensive plan. She shared how district activities are aligned to these priorities. Areas highlighted included the portrait of graduate work, the high school and middle school scheduling, and efforts to strengthen the multi-tered system of supports. The TLE committee also approved the elementary English language arts core instructional material as presented by Dr. Brown. After a review, pilot, and evaluation process, the committee selected HMH as the K through5 ELA core resource. The program will be implemented in the 2027 2028 year to allow for alignment with other supplemental resources, core content areas, curriculum, and assessments, as well as to provide professional development and teacher training. A contract with the University of Pennsylvania to lead a strategic leadership development cohort was approved. The program is

085being offered to strengthen skills and succession readiness of administrators. This year-long cohort will begin in July 2026 and conclude in June 2027. The program will be offered to up to 20 administrators at a cost of 5K per participant and funded by title two. The committee also approved a contract with the CCIU to provide leadership development services in the amount of $4,350. This will include disk training for cabinet members focused on self-awareness, team building, and workplace dynamics. Finally, the committee approved the Westchester Area School District flexible instructional date plan, which is required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and valid for three years. This plan allows the district to engage in five flexible days per year. A key change to this year's plan is to move to a less intense check-in process. Our next committee meeting

086will be on June 15th, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. And this concludes my report. >> Thank you, Director Parkinson, for your report. Next up is our personnel committee report from Director Fleming. >> Uh, thank you, President Dell. I do not have a report this month since we did not have a May personnel committee meeting. Our next personnel committee meeting will be on June 22nd. >> Thank you, Director Fleming. Uh, Vice President Balco will now give the property and finance committee report. >> Thank you, President. The property finance committee meeting was held last Thursday, May 21st. Mr. Scully, as he do does on a monthly basis, he review the budget forecast model for the month of May. He highlighted adjustments and reductions to the 2627 budget gap through savings and salary custodial cost supplies charter tuition and

087medical benefits. Proposed tax increase of 3.3% in Chester County 7.5% in Delaware County. Mr. Scully then reviewed to the committee and the board. He he provided an update to the 10-year history of mandated expenditures and state funding for the 2526 through 2627 budget to budget comparison for both revenues and expenses and a 10-year history with tax increases in both Chester and Delaware counties compared to the act one index. And then basically bottom line from the budget forecast model was the scully provided us the total expenses which were projected to increase by 11.1 million which 3% and revenues are projected to increase by 5 million which equates to 1.7%. Continuing on with the the meeting, Mr. Scully reviewed the property tax and homestead farmstead exclusion process which annually the state provides the district with the means

088to lower property tax via homestead farmstead exclusions which are funded by the state's gaming revenues. The property finance committee recommended approval of the 2627 homestead farmstead exclusion resolutions which provided $248.30 in property tax relief for qualified property using approximately 6.07 million in the state gain uh revenue funds. I do have a motion for the board tonight and this is item I4. The motion reads as follows. Approval is requested the 2627 homestead farmstead exclusion resolution. I move. >> We have a first from Vice President Beakqua. Is there a second doc Dr. Dri? This is any questions or comments? We understand this is a roll call vote. More >> vice president. >> Yes. >> Director. >> Yes. >> Director Campbell. >> Yes. >> Director Parkinson. >> Yes. >> Director. >> Yes. >> Director. >> Yes. >> Director.

089>> Yes. >> President. >> Yes. Continuing on, Mr. Scully will review with the property and finance committee a final budget resolution for the year 2627. The property finance committee recommended approval of this 2627 final budget resolution totaling a total amount of 344,989,77 and I do have a motion for the board tonight for approval. Motion reads as follows. Approval is requested the 2627 final budget resolution. We have a first from Vice President Beala. Is there a second and director of Fleming? Any questions or comments? Again, this is a roll call vote, please. >> Vice President, >> yes. >> Director, >> yes. >> Director Long, >> yes. >> Director, >> yes. >> Director Campbell, >> yes. >> Director Park, >> yes. >> Director Yes. >> Yes. >> Continuing on, Mr. Scully then Property Finance Committee an annual

090tax levy resolution for the 2627 school year. This annual tax levy resolution for the 2627 sets the real estate tax for Chester County at 24.1573 mills in Delaware County at 12.2210 mills. Property Finance Committee recommended approval is 2627 annual tax revenue resolution setting the tax rates as I stated following. I do have a motion for the board tonight. It reads as follows. Approval is requested of the annual tax levy resolution for the 2627 fiscal year. I move. >> Once again, we have the first vice president bequa. Is there a second? Any questions or comments? And for the third time, roll call vote, please. >> Vice President, >> yes. >> Director Fleming, >> yes. >> Director Fry, >> yes. Don, >> yes. Director, >> yes. >> Director, yes. I will turn. >> Yes. >> All right.

091Continuing on, Mr. Scully then provided to the property finance committee the PA uh school code requirements that school boards approve and commit assigned fund balances by the date of June 30th each year. Property finance committee approved the commitment and fund balance with a 2526 for healthcare stabilization. stabilization, alternative education, athletics, property assessment fluctuations, and future staffing needs. Continuing on, then McGowan, our director of technology, then presented plans to replace the district's updated NEC voiceover IP phone system with Microsoft Teams phone. Department of Finance Committee recommended approval of this three-year agreement with Flex IP solutions for the SFP service at an annual cost of 28,128. Mr. Bura then our director of facilities presented a facility and operation benchmark report. It's quite detailed and outlined the district's aging infrastructure and long-term capital needs. The district maintains approximately

0922.2 million square feet across 17 schools and facilities. remarkable when you think about the size of that which recommended annual capital renewal investments estimated between 25 to 27 million that was informationational thank Mr. then presented the committee with bid results for previous approved 2526 capital reserve projects. The committee recommended approval of these capital reserve project bid awards. This project consisted of a districtwide switch gear cleaning dry for an award value of 83,568. Mr. Burk then presented the property finance committee with bid results for the previous approved 2627 capital reserve projects which are several projects. It was a districtwide sidewalk and curve repairs, a continuing project with more construction of Unix asphalt. Districtwide flooring replacements flooring and Donald Risinger. Districtwide storm water and inlet repairs for Unix Uniteex Asphalt and drainage repairs at Sty Middle School

093with the Rockco brothers. All those as stated. This diver presented the property finance committee with information to support the lunch and learn process initiative through the installation of new serving stations at all three high schools at Rustin East and Henderson. The committee has al also uh recommended approval of 975,000 capital reserve project to support this high school lunch and learn initiative by adding service stations and related infrastructure improvements of three high schools as I stated to improve meal service efficiencies ahead of the 2027 28 schedule changes. The next property finance committee will be scheduled next month on June 15th. And that concludes my report this evening. Thank you, Vice President Bevelopa. Next, Director Dietri, please report on policy review committee meeting. >> Policy review committee met tonight, May 28th, before the board meeting. Committee reviewed

094revisions to five policies, the annual review of 218 AG1, two new administrative guidelines as well as revisions to two administrative guidelines. And I have a number of items for approval tonight. Starting with approval as requested of revised policy 218 student discipline first reading. I move. Is there a second? >> Second from vice president. >> These do do not have to be roll. So all in favor say I. >> Thank you. Any names? That takes us to approval as requested of revised administrative guideline 218 AG1 student conduct disciplinary action scandal. I move >> first from director D3. Is there a second? Vice president questions or comments can move to a vote. All in favor say I. >> I. Any nays? And approval is requested of policy 226 search procedures by staff. First reading I move. >>

095We have a first from director D3. Is there a second? >> Director Parkinson. Questions or comments. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any names? Then approval is requested of revised policy 237 use of personal and district technology devices. First reading. I >> get first from director Dri. Is there a second? >> Vice President. Any questions or comments? >> All in favor say I. I. >> Any ns? >> Then we can move to approval as requested of policy 246 student wellness first reading. I move. >> First director D. Is there a second? Director Campbell. Questions or comments? We can move to a vote. All in favor say >> I I then approval as requested of new administrative guideline 325 AG1 dress and grooming. I so move. >> First from 5 D3. Is there

096a second? Director. Questions or comments? >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any names? Then approval is requested. Administrative guideline 325 AG2 dress and grooming facilities and operations. I so move. >> First from director D3. Is there a second? >> Director Fry. Questions or comments? >> All in favor say I. >> I. Any names? >> Five. Approval is requested of revised policy 716 integrative best management first reading. I move. Director Dri is there second. Director questions or comments. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any naysay? And that is all in for approval. Our next meeting will take place on Monday, August 24th, 2026 at 6 PM. And that is my policy report for tonight. >> Thank you, Dr. Dri. Next, if you would give us your IU report for the

097month. Can't get rid of me that fast. >> Don't go anywhere. >> Chester County Intermediate Unit Board of Directors held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026 at the Technical College High School Brandy Wine campus in Downing Town. Um items of note were that we had a presentation from Dr. Steve Learner, director of career technical and customized education with um Dave Pertie, principal at TCHS Brandy Wine, Ron Wilson, principal at TCHS PX Bridge, and Ryan Kun, automotive service tech instructor on the number of TCHS students from around the county who had participated in the Skills USA state competition and won very high accolades there. So, we were all happy to honor those students. Um, and then we heard from Dr. Sarah Yoder, director of learning and leadership solutions, along with Dr. Megan Roberts, instructional

098in initiatives coordinator, um, about a presentation on our concierge service initiative. This initiative is designed to enhance service delivery and strengthen relationships with partner school districts such as Westchester area school district by designating staff as dedicated concieres. These concesses serve as consistent points of contact who um coordinate sports, streamline communication and ensure responsiveness to the district needs. Um then we had several other presentations on um CCU CCIU innovation grants which encourage staff members to apply for grants for passion projects that they feel will improve the services and experience of everyone who interacts with the IU over time. approved several contracts and our next meeting of the CCIU board of directors will be on Wednesday, June 17th, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. at the TCHS Brandy Wine campus, also in Downing Town. That concludes my report for

099tonight. >> Thank you again, Director Dietri. Director Fleming, can you give us a legislative report? >> Uh, yes, I have a very quick report. Just um one one update. Uh new legislation was signed by Governor Shapiro. Uh Act 17, also called Greg Moyer's law, was signed, um which expands AED, CPR, and cardiac emergency preparedness and requirements for Pennsylvania schools and athletic programs. and I don't remember the next meeting for the legislative committee, but it's um sometime in June. Thank you. >> Thank you, Director Fling. Uh next up, do we have any comments from residents or other business? >> Not yet. Not yet. >> Do I have anything? Oh yes. >> Anyone? I need to retire. >> Say something. >> Yeah. Okay. So, we have other business. Um I'm going to read this out. Approval is

100requested for the appointment of Miss Karen Baglaniano as board secretary to place replace Miss Linda Sheroshore as board secretary effective July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2029. I so move. >> First from Director Campbell. Is there a second? Director Fleming. Questions or comments? >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Thank you, Director Campbell, for stepping up. >> I guess President Dell, I guess it's the time to thank Linda for all her years of service. We appreciate Linda's efforts many years that she helped us. >> You're still here, too. Yes. >> Okay. Now I believe it's time for >> I got approval requested for the appointment of Mr. John Skully as assistant board secretary TA school code 434 and board treasurer PA school code 434 for the coming year for a one-year

101term effective July 1st 2026 J to through June 30th 2027. I so move >> first from Director Campbell. Is there a second? Director Bella. Questions or comments? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion passes. >> And then there's one more. >> One more. I have one. >> Um, we do have one agenda for the board vote tonight. Approval is requested of PSBA agreement to to conduct compensation analysis and market assessment. ISO move. >> First from Director Fleming. Is there a second? Dietri any questions or comments? >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Any motion carries. Now are there any comments from No. >> Okay. Comments from res. Okay. Thank you. Uh let's see our next uh I do have a uh quote and I also want to

102say EU art for everyone who celebrates the Eid holiday. My quote for the evening, cynicism is a choice. Hope is a better choice for Barack Obama. Our next board meeting will be Monday, May 22nd. June June 22nd. Can you tell us the end of my school year, too? All right. This board meeting is June 22nd at 7 o'clock. Thank you all. The meeting is adjourned. Oh, the meeting is not >> first and second. >> Is there a first to adjourn the meeting? Dr. Dri, is there a second? Director Parkinson, any questions, comments? Now, all in favor say I. >> Meeting is a journ.