001All right. We're going to start with uh a special >> Turn your microphone on, please. >> Thank you so much. >> Sorry about that. >> Tonight, we're going to start with a special group here for the meeting to for the pledge of allegiance. I'll turn it over to Dr. St. >> Thank you, Mr. Ar. Yes. So, uh, the board was very pleased to hear that we had a request, uh, from two of our local Cub Scout troops, uh, to come and and see the experience of government in action. So, how our elected representatives actually come and do some things, they do it without pay, they do volunteer work, try to improve the community, but they also uh, wanted to participate in this meeting by leading the pledge of allegiance. tonight. Our wonderful uh Cub Scouts
002that we have here from the two troops are going to be here. We'll have their names up here recognized as well. We're pleased that you're here. Happy to have you. Uh and also we'll go through uh the process of seeing how our school board members who have been elected will actually tonight be sworn in so that they can serve and representing the community. So, I'm going to ask the Cub Scouts to come up and stand up here and lead us in the pledge of allegiance if they'll do that. Stand this way. I'll get a good shot. Okay. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. with us tonight. We have Where's Grant? >> Grant, nice
003to have you here. Where's Rockell? >> Cole, Jonathan, >> Christian King, >> Tori, Sebastian Dave, >> Dylan Gibson, >> and Liam Mley >> here. Great to have all of you. Let me have you guys turn around and get a group shot. >> You guys get nice and get nice and close together for me. But usually our taller friends in the back. >> Just squeeze really tight. It's all right. It's all right. >> Okay. Ready? Look here. One, two. >> All right. Look at me. Thank you so much. Number three tonight is the election of the temporary chairman. Um nominate vote on that. So >> we do motion to close nominations. second. >> So for our scouts right now, there is no board president to figure that out. >> So there's someone temporarily in charge our
004business administrator. We're in capable hands. Let's see. Uh so section four of our meeting is presentation of certificates of election and and administration of office oath of office to elected and reelected directors by judge Georgia Stone in accordance with section 320 PA school code. Judge >> Stone family that wants to join us. >> You're going to stay like this. You're going to stand and help that. No, guess like and then you're going to look that way a little bit to the camera. All right, there we go. I do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support, obey, and defend that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this and the Constitution of this. And I will discharge that
005I will discharge the duties of my office, the duties of my office with the with the Congratulations. I, Don Jones, Don, >> do solemnly swear >> domly swear >> that I will support, obey, and defend >> I will support, obey, and defend >> the Constitution of the United States of the United States >> and the Constitution Miss Kam and that I will discharge >> the duties of my office in my office with Fidelity. Congratulations. Thank you. Next up, you help her. >> I John Mansell Jr. I, John Mansell, Jr. Do solemnly swear >> domly swear >> that I will support >> obey and defend >> the Constitution of the United States >> the Constitution of this Commonwealth >> constitution of this commonwealth >> and that I will discharge >> the duties of my office >>
006with fidelity. CONGRATULATIONS Michael O'Brien. >> I don't think we'll say hello guys. >> Okay. So, can you guys all stand in like a concert over? You want to stand there with dad? And you're hold it. So you're going to make sure we don't drop it. Okay. >> And then you guys are all going to kind of put a hand on their wrist. That's >> more like >> I Michael O'Brien. I, my >> do solemnly swear >> domly swear >> that I will support >> obey and defend >> the Constitution of the United States >> of the United States >> the Constitution of this commonwealth >> duties of this >> and that I will discharge >> I will discharge >> the duties of my office >> with fidelity CONGRATULATIONS so I, Melissa Alley, >> I Melissa,
007>> do solemnly swear >> domly swear >> that I will support >> I will support >> obey and defend >> the Constitution of the United States >> the Constitution of this common law constitution of this >> and that I will discharge >> the duties of my office the duties of my office >> with fidelity. Congratulations to you. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Again, for our scouts, uh, our local judge actually was once before the school board and actually sat on this side and it was our role to help make decisions about our schools. And I do want to welcome uh, a lot of friendly faces that I see in the schools all the time. A lot of folks at Ashton seems like that's the theater right now. A lot of rockets
008and now alligators leaving Vikings that we have here. Sun Valley, even Jana back there coming back. Exon Valley grad trying to hide in the back there. Um, good to see the family members of all of our board members who are being sworn in as well as others. I think we had some folks here from panel as well. Good to have you here. So, at this point u members have been sworn into the uh school board and they they will decide on their leadership. So, I will turn it back over to our temporary president. >> Thanks again, Judge Stone. Welcome new board members. Uh next section of the meeting is comments by members of the public. Hearing none. Uh the next section is section six election of a president to serve for one year beginning with
009this meeting of December 1st, 2025 per section 404 PA school code. Like to open nominations from the floor. >> Second. >> Motion to close nominations. since there are no other nominations in the >> uh electing Mr. Armor as president. >> Thank you, Mr. Pubio. So, this is a combined vote for Leon Armor as board presidents. Uh questions or comments? >> All in favor? Opposed? >> Motion passes. Mr. Armor, congratulations. Number seven on tonight's agenda is a nomination for vice president. Um, what do we have here? Uh, I'm going to open the floor for nominations for vice president of the board. I'd like to nominate Stephanie Ellis for vice president. >> So move. >> Second. >> All right. Motion to close nominations. >> Second. >> Take a combined vote. Mr. President combined vote >> since there
010are no >> uh any questions or comments? >> All those in favor? I >> opposed. Motion passes. Number eight on tonight's agenda is the appointment of the solicitor. Motion is to approve the appointment of Mby Pupio Esquire as solicitor of the school district according to the terms presented. >> So move second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I opposed. Motion passes. >> Thank you, Mr. President, members of the board, members of the public. I appreciate the district's confidence in my abilities. Thank you. Uh, number nine is the approval approval of time and place for the monthly meetings. Um, >> 8.02. >> Oh, sorry about that. Missed 8.02. >> Not going to miss one here. Appointment of Sereni law. >> Oh, I'm sorry. 8.02 is approved the appointment of Sereni Law Group
011as special education council according to the terms presented. Do I have this motion? >> Second. >> Questions or comments? All those in favor? >> Opposed? Motion passes. Back to approval of time place of monthly uh meetings. Motion to approve the time and place of the monthly meetings as presented. Do I have this motion? >> So move second. >> Questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I opposed. Motion passes. Uh section 10 is motion to appoint Mr. John Mansinelli to the position of PSBA leison liaison and legislative chairperson for one-year term until December 7th of 2025 >> 26. >> Yeah. >> Whoops. >> Well, you read that is burden so we'll address that. >> Sorry about that. Till December and Should shouldn't it be the second or the first? That's when we move. >> Yeah.
012>> Either way. So December 7th of 2026. Do I have this motion? >> So moved. Second >> questions or comments? All those in favor? >> Opposed? Motion passes. >> Number 11 is PSBA principles for effective governing leadership. Motion is to reaffirm the PSBA principles for effective schoolboard leadership as presented. Do I have this motion? >> Second. >> Questions or comments? All those in favor? I >> opposed. Motion passes. Number 12. Uh any comments by members of the public? See is none. Any comments by members of the board. >> Just want to say thank you for uh putting me back into this position and keeping me here. Look forward to another year. >> I want uh on behalf of the administration, the employees of Padelo, um certainly welcome our new board members who were sworn in
013tonight. We look forward to working with you and congratulate our officers on their reappoint. I think it is saying something about the direction of the district that the leadership remains the same uh that there's a unity here and we've had a you know particularly very effective school year and much of that begins at the board level. So I we look forward certainly working with this board, our new members, those that we've worked with for quite some time uh to continue doing very good work. Um, also I would like to point out for members of the audience or anyone who might be viewing the meeting, uh, any of the items tonight that were voted on will be on our website tomorrow. So, our schedule for the school board meetings uh, will be posted. U, we do
014take our study sessions out to schools three times a year. So, in January, the study session will be held at Panel. In March, the study session will be held at Coburn. And next October, the study session will be held at Northley Middle School. All that information will be placed on our website tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Steinoff. I'd like to um express my thanks to everyone for having faith in me for another year. Uh welcome back, Mr. Pupio. Um you do a great job and we're glad to have you with us. >> Appreciate it. >> Anyone else? All right. So, uh future meetings, we will have a special meeting right after that if anyone would like to stay. We have a few things that need to be addressed. Nothing crazy, but um with that,
015motion for adjournment. So, >> second. All right, we'll open the meeting with uh Could you take roll call, please? Mr. Zi, >> Mrs. Ellis >> here. >> Dr. Huber >> here. >> Mrs. Jones >> here. >> Mr. Mansinelli >> here. >> Mr. O'Brien >> here. >> Mrs. Alsley >> here. >> Mr. Ces here. >> Mr. Mr. Twizzler >> here. >> Mr. Armor >> here. Number two is uh motion to wave formalities. Uh this motion is to wave formalities for the regular school board. Um why can't I think >> second >> questions or comments? >> All those in favor? >> Opposed? Motion passes. Uh any announcements from the public? Uh tonight the board met in executive session to met discuss personal litigation matters. Uh number five any comments by the board. Number four is none. Five
016comments by members of the public. See is none. Um number six is items for board action. starts on page two, three, and ends on page four. It is administrative recommendation to approve all positions as presented. Do I have this motion? >> Second. >> Questions or comments? All those in favor? >> Opposed? Motion passes. Um, number seven is the approval of the instructional calendar for 2026 through 2027. Motion is to approve the instructional calendar for school year 2026 through 2027. Do I have this motion? >> Second. >> Questions or comments? All those in favor? >> Opposed? Motion passes. Number eight is comments by members of the public. No one has anything to say. See none. Any comments by members of the board? I would like to note uh our instructional calendar which impacts the schedule for
017schools uh will be posted online tomorrow uh next year Labor Day is very late and we uh had considered the possibility of opening before Labor Day. We are not doing that. So, it has been a history here and a trend in Pendelo to open schools right after Labor Day and that will remain the case and that will be in our instructional calendar which will be posted online this week and also sent out to uh all of our employees. >> Thank you, Dr. Steinoff. Uh future meetings, we have our study session is at Penel Elementary on January 21st at 6:30. Uh public is welcome to the study sessions if they would like. Um and then January 28th we have here at the service center is our regular monthly meeting at 7:30. Motion for German. >> Second.
018>> Thank you everyone. Thank you.