001Good evening. I now call to order the special business meeting of the Southeast Delco uh school district Board of Directors for Thursday, June 18th, 2026. The time is now 6:06 p.m. Would you all please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance? >> I pledge allegiance 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. >> Mr. Butler, can I have a roll call, please? >> Yes, you may, Madam President. Mrs. Womack. >> Present. >> Mrs. Singleton. >> Present. >> Mr. Ridley. >> Present. >> Mr. McAllen. >> Present. >> Mr. Lafferty, excused. Mr. Fowler. >> Present. >> Ms. Bake-Goodman. >> Present. >> Mrs. McAllen. >> Present. >> Mrs. Barley. >> Present. >> Dr. Ryan. >> Present. >> Mr. Kilkenny.
002>> Here. >> Craig Butler, here. >> May I have a motion to approve tonight's agenda? >> I so moved. >> I second. >> It has been properly moved and seconded. Are there any questions on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor? I. Any opposed? The motion carries. >> Madam President, at this time I'd like to call Mr. Taylor up to the podium to review item number one on the agenda. >> Good evening, everyone. >> Good evening. >> Um as you know, we have put out bid proposals for contract evening and summer cleaning services. We did receive a couple proposals back by the due date that had everything that we needed and required. Um I'm just going to go through a couple that are my recommendations from the proposals that I have reviewed. Um my first
003one would be Interstate Premier Services, which at for year one they're starting at $1,012,800. Going into year three with a $17,724 increase. Year three with a $18,034 $18,034 increase. This company here relies more on auto scrubbers, which it more than human bodies in the building. My concern with that was it would be whether we would have storage capacity to hold all those scrubbers in our buildings. They didn't require didn't provide me with exact staffing numbers for each building, which was which threw me off a little bit, but they did give me hours per building. My next one was CJ Maintenance Incorporated, which at year one is $1,348,636.03. With an increase for year two of $40,459.08. Year three will be a $41,672.86 $ increase. They are offering 42 positions, 35 which are custodians, seven supervisor positions.
004Along with them, they have a cloud-based work order system. They supply supplies such as gloves, mop heads, dust mops. Um they have some school facility cleaning background in the Philly charter schools as well. And some similar square footage that we have throughout our building. They deal with that type of square footage as well. Um one that I just wanted to bring up to also was our ServiceMaster cleaning services who is offering $1,389. dollars. >> [clears throat] >> Year two will be 27,769 increase. Year three was a $28,339 increase. Excuse me, just let me correct myself for year one. It's $1,389,100. Sorry. $1,389,000. >> [clears throat] >> They are currently our contract holders and they are doing our summer cleaning. Um just for some things just to put on your radar. We have had a new
005supervisor over the last two months who has made some improvements and changes that we have seen throughout the buildings and our staff and administrators have acknowledged. Um also Uh sorry. And just to just to verify, they do are holding our contract until September 1 as of now. Just to let me everybody know, they will be doing the summer cleaning regardless of the outcome. Yes. It was I don't think that I don't think as long as we're if we feel unsatisfied in our contract, it is listed I believe if we are unsatisfied with the terms, we have a right to notify them of that. >> Okay. >> If I'm not speaking >> Yeah, let me just add on to that. So, uh the the contract was a a renewal. Um and when the board voted, they
006voted on a 3-year renewal. Um which is different than having a signed contract with ServiceMaster. Uh so, the 3-year renewal expires June of '27. Um at this point, I don't I don't think it's the issue other than the fact that it was not a contract that was signed. Um a formal contract that was signed during that time frame that was a renewal. >> What is your recommendation? >> For me, I would say right now where we at with ServiceMaster, like I have said, I have seen the overhaul, but I my concern is with the summer cleaning. If we have them for summer cleaning and we're announcing them to them tomorrow that they no longer have this cleaning bid, my concern is how anxious are they going to be to have the buildings ready come September
0071st? >> Who's your second Who's your second choice? I Because I'm not comfortable with bringing this back. So, like CJ or CM or >> CJ Maintenance. >> okay. >> Yes, ma'am. >> So, if they are under the 3-year renewal that expires in March of '17. >> Yes. >> Why are they bidding if we already have a renewal? And this is a price for the renewal. I mean, isn't the price for the bid higher than what they're paying them now? >> Yeah, the price did come out a little bit more than the current price. >> Can I ask how they justified that? >> I have the I wouldn't I wouldn't have the answer for that according to >> No, my my question is still if we're already under renewal for 2027, are we likely to pick
0082027 if that's what we choose to do? >> I mean, if we choose to stick with them, but we're not locked in via our contract. We can >> we say till the 3rd March 2027? >> Mhm. >> Then we're not doing anything with that bid because we already have a renewal, correct? >> They would get theirs renewed through this next period. Like so, if we select a ServiceMaster, would they get their renewal through this >> That's what she's saying. >> three-year period with funding bid? >> Or would it >> No. No, so if we accept their the RFP document that they submitted, the board would be approving that RFP document, which is different than not acknowledging that the RFPs are out there. Uh and the board, let's say the board did not vote on any
009of the RFPs, then that contract would stay in place until June of 2027. >> And Mr. Butler, is it fair to say that if the board chooses another vendor, we would be exercising an out clause with the current vendor? >> Yes. >> Uh yeah, but I don't think it would be the I don't think that would be problematic because it was a renewal in my in my opinion. >> So in your >> So So in other words, sorry Mr. Ridley. So I I don't believe that there would be a payout for the final year of their contract. >> So following up on Ms. McGowan, um let's say we go we just decide not to go with ServiceMaster cuz my my personal is you're a day late, dollar short. You could have been doing this all
010along. Why did it take this for us to get to this point? You're recommending CJ Maintenance. >> Yes, sir. >> From a financial standpoint, where did they stand in the bids? >> In the bid for what the three I just gave you, they would be in number two, right in the middle. >> Okay, so they're in the middle as far as So, money-wise, they're in the middle. Um and they have the background that the other ones not have the background in school cleaning. >> yes. It wasn't far as the square footage, they weren't handling the size buildings that we were handling. And then the background Well, that couple of them didn't even have much school background, which is not really important. >> Important. So, we have and CJ Is that the one with the That's
011not the one with the auto scrubbers, >> No. >> Okay, so that's the one that would put the Interstate was going I want to I don't want to All these states and all these other things, I want to make sure they were the ones who said they would bring 35 janitorial and seven supervisors. >> Yes. >> They have the background and experience and they sit in the middle of the bids. And of that would be your recommendation if we did not choose to renew with ServiceMaster. >> Yes. >> All right, let's >> Um just as a point of clarification or point of reference, uh the changeover with ServiceMaster did not occur because of us going out for an RFP. The new person started I don't know exactly, but it was months before it was announced
012that we were doing an RFP. Uh it just so happened that the old supervisor resigned or retired and they hired this new person, had a conversation with Mr. Taylor about expectations, and they chose this new person to come in to do it. >> Okay, so it's not more so they they heard of our displeasure, but they probably picked up and realized that they needed to get on the ball. >> Right. I I think that under Mr. Taylor's leadership, he reviews the the log the log book and explains or makes comments about what can occur. And they recognize that and chose someone different to come in to do the leadership of the the staffing that's in place now. >> So, Mr. Taylor, just to be clear for everybody, you have two vendors you are potentially comfortable
013with. One is ServiceMaster who came in with a bit of one around 1.4 million for year one. That is our current vendor. And then the other one you are potentially comfortable with is CJ Maintenance who came in at about 1.3 million for year one with the 42 people at 35 cleaners, seven building supervisors. >> Yes, they both are have the same staffing numbers. >> Okay. Well, just one clarification. The bid the the CJ and the ServiceMaster is a difference of approximately $42,000. Just so we're No, just for year one. But then if you look at the the increases each year thereafter the 1348 for CJ goes they have an increase of 40,000. The 1389 for ServiceMaster goes up 27,000. Year three the 1 million 348 plus the 40 is another 41,000 three years versus a
01427 and a 28. So, at the end of the day they become very close as the years go on. >> So, money-wise we're looking it's almost apples to apples. >> I think so. And then just one other comment. When you're thinking of making changes, the you have to look at the overall organization and what's happening with the organization. So, there are a lot of new changes here. And then from this is just a business point of view, I asked the question, are those differences beneficial with all of the newness happening in the district? Are those differences are those the difference in dollar amount, is it beneficial along with all of the new things that are changing in the district? So it's just something to think about. >> I do want to point out I was
015at APA for the after prom. And having been in the school several times, there was no difference in the cleaning. It was still just as standard, everything trash in place as it shouldn't have been. Things were it was like there's no way you can miss this walking through. Things that had not been clearly mopped or touched and things. So like I didn't see any improvements enough to make me say, "Let's give ServiceMaster yet another try." My suggestion is they've had enough time to make improvements and and move forward in a new direction. I believe it's time for a change even having been it took a long time for us to be able to get to a point where they did make some changes. It's just it's time to go with another company in my opinion.
016>> Anything else? >> Does anybody have any more questions or concerns for Mr. Taylor? >> And if anybody would like a copy of the bids, I have them on flash drives if anybody Yeah. All right. >> But you did make them all available, right? >> How >> You you made copies for everyone. >> Yes, yes. I have one for everyone. Yep. I did send out an email to the board. >> So at this point, Mr. Kilkenny, you can correct me if I'm wrong, we need a motion from the floor for one of the vendors, seconded, and if we don't get one, we would stay with our current vendor under the current agreement, correct? >> That is correct. >> I I I would like to make a motion to move forward with uh CJ cleaning maintenance.
017I'm sorry, CJ maintenance. So I'm I'm moving to >> I second. >> There's a motion on the floor. It's been properly moved and seconded. Are there any questions on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Okay, we are going to continue on. Um Dr. Ryan, are there any public comments on agenda items tonight? >> There are not. >> Okay, we're going to move on to the rest of our new business. May I have a motion to approve new business item A, finance numbers two and three. >> I make a motion. >> I second. It has been properly moved and seconded. Are there questions about the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Announcements of future meetings, Committee of
018the Whole for June will start immediately. >> President, I have to ask a question. You said numbers, did you say one through three or >> Two and three. >> Oh, never mind. Never mind. I'm sorry. Senior moment. I'm sorry. >> Um so, committee of the whole will start concluding this meeting. The board business meeting will be next Thursday, June 25th. May I have a motion to adjourn the special meeting? >> I so move. >> I second. >> It has been properly moved and seconded. Are there any questions on the motion? Seeing none, all in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? The motion carries. The special meeting is now adjourned. Okay. Committee of the whole. >> Yeah. >> I don't know. >> I don't get it. >> Neither do I. >> I'll put it on your
019desk. >> Oh, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Oh, you have a packet. Thank you. Oh, wait. Oh, the meeting. Okay, perfect. Thank you. Oh, sure. >> Yeah, of course. >> Oh, thank you. >> You're welcome. Of course. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Oh, you did? >> I'll be attending numbers three and four, but okay. Oh, really? >> Yeah. >> She's an outsider. >> Uh guaranteed. >> Okay. Ready? Okay, good evening and welcome to Southeast Elko Board of Directors Committee of the Whole Meeting for June 2026. We're going to move right into our committee reports for this evening. We're going to start with education items and curriculum committee. Our chair is Ms. Michelle McGowan. >> Thank you, Madam President. So, the uh curriculum committee met on June 4th, 2026. And the items that were discussed
020were the agenda items such as bringing back the bringing back to the uh agenda the approval for the Read Alliance Agreement at a cost not to exceed $52,941 to be paid from the general fund. The reason this was brought back were updates were made to pages 1 and 9 of the agreement and language was added that allows for a 10-day written notice to cancel the agreement where previously, I believe it was 30 days or something like that, but 90 I'm sorry, 90 days. It's 90 days. So, now we we were able to cancel within 10 days with written notice. We have a ratification of the contract between South Sedelco and Speech With Ease to provide speech and language therapy services for students in the ESY program, which is the extended year program, but I'm just
021going to say ESY uh for 2026. Approved the contract between Sedelco and Vanguard School for the 2026-2027 school year for two students. Approved the 2026 ESY contract between Sedelco and Timothy School for one student. Approved the 2026 ESY contract between Sedelco and Pathways Schools for one student. Approved the contract for the 2026 ESY and the 2026-2027 school year for two students. Approved the two-year agreement with huddle to provide sports video recording and performance analysis subscription services in the amount of 30,000. Approved the expulsion of three students. Approved the purchase of 61 staff laptops through Co-Stars with the quote of 100,529.03 to be paid from the general fund. Approved the four-year agreement to purchase the learning without tears curriculum which teaches cursive writing for third through fifth grade in keeping with the state legislative requirements at
022a cost of 17,911.45. This is a one-year contract for now and teachers were involved in the reviewing of this curriculum and selecting it. Uh we are approving the four-year agreement or we're asking to approve the four-year agreement to purchase the common lit curriculum and professional development for use in the high school at a cost of 32 37,200 to be paid from the general fund. This will include two days of professional development along with two on-site professional development days and the curriculum this curriculum is different because it is skills-based instead of being novel-based as has been used previously. Uh in addition to that we're asking to approve the one-year agreement from the DCIU to support the implementation and development of the curriculum for the for Academy Park at a cost not to exceed 42,580 to be
023paid from the general fund and this will supplement the professional development from common lit and the DCIU have professionals who have worked in other school with other schools within Delaware County to introduce this curriculum to teachers. And we are approving or asking to approve the extension of terms of the terms on the service proposal with the DCIU to continue the development of the biology curriculum at Academy Park at a cost not to exceed $39,300 to be paid from the general fund. And approve the extension of the terms existing on the service proposal with Catapult Learning for continued professional development and support at a cost not to exceed $215 to be paid from the general fund. Also to approve an increase to the proposed agreement for the DCIU to provide fixed rate computer clean up and
024repair services not to exceed 100,000 to 200,000 to be paid from the general fund per year over the contract period ending June 30th, 2028. >> Can I make a comment on number 16? So, this was originally approved at $100,000. We're asking for a not to exceed of $200,000 because we have yet to date bought new Chromebooks, which we would have normally bought by now, which means we're fixing everything for students. We will be having a discussion at the July education committee about the future of devices and the one-to-one initiative that came out of COVID, but we are asking for a not to exceed of up to $200,000. We do have a verbal agreement with the IU that they will not exceed $150,000 without secondary approval from the district. Thank you. >> Can I ask a
025question about that, too? How do they is it charged is it a rate per laptop that they fix? Is it per hour? How do they bill that out like so we don't have to exceed it? >> There's a cost that I don't have memorized, but I will have the sheet forwarded to you. It is a combination of a fixed rate plus how severe the damage or repair may be. >> Got you. Thank you. >> Thank you, uh Dr. Ryan. So, next is approve the attendance of 10 individuals at to go to the Pennsylvania Summit 26 for its educational leaders to be held from August 2nd to August 4th, 2026 in Allentown, PA at a cost not to exceed 1,300 per person to be paid from the general fund. Approve the attendance of one individual at
026to the 2026 School Operations Academy to be held from July 21st to July 22nd in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania at a cost not to exceed $1,000 per person from the general fund. And approve the contract between Southeast Delco and Frank in the France France Law Group APLC. Oh, APLC and Dillon McCandless King Culture and Graham LLP to provide legal services in connection with pursuing claims for damages associated with social media litigation. Now, >> I believe Mr. Kilkenny's going to give us the reason for that motion. >> I just want to add that Well, let's go ahead. You go ahead. >> Sure. Thank you very much. Uh I serve as uh solicitor to several other school districts. >> Turn your mic on. >> Oh, sorry about that. I serve as solicitor to several other school districts and
027uh what happened was uh you may have read in the news there's been a lot of litigation by over 1,000 school districts in a class action lawsuit related to the effects of uh various social media platforms on students. Um and uh I got a um uh I was involved in this uh talk with a superintendent and counsel uh for this other school district. And I said, "Huh." Uh I and they're potentially going to get a very nice settlement. They settled with a school district actually in Kentucky. Uh it's being all litigated as a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of California. And uh several both the Bucks County, the Montgomery County IU also signed on with this law firm. So there's other school district that I represent. We were having talk about this. We're
028having to talk about the super with the superintendent. He kind of wanted to be brief on the litigation. I asked the counsel, I said, is Southeast Delco part of this? Because potentially it could be a good deal of money without much work. For Southeast Delco or anywhere else. And he said no. So I said how would we be part of this? So I reached out to President Barley and and Mr. Ryan and and Dr. Ryan and Dr. Sanchez and the interim kind of briefed them on this by email. Talked to President Barley about it because the special counsel here basically said, hey, the window is closing to be able to go ahead and file this. But we can try to get you in. And I know this the cat Dillon McCandless Cult Law Firm actually
029very well because in another life I served as the Montgomery County Sheriff and they are the solicitor to the Sheriff's Association. So I reached out the Pennsylvania Sheriff's Association. So I reached out to them and I said, hey, Tom, how do I get to be part of this? Can we get Southeast Delco in? They said fine. I forwarded an agreement that basically their former agreement with most of school districts. There would be no out of pocket expenses for Southeast Delco. If we got any kind of settlement, the lawyers would get 25% but any of the other proceeds would go to Southeast Delco. Obviously I'll keep you informed. I already gotten verbal permission from the president to move forward and and sign the agreement but obviously this has to be ratified by a a vote in
030public. So sort of this. >> Thank you. And also to point out this would result in funds that would be used within the district to provide uh uh mental health and uh mental health programs and support within the district to the students. This would not be a payment going out to families or anything. This is directly within the district for district use with the students. Thank you very much. Uh district updates included the Donovan Group has created a write-up about the success of having [clears throat] Schoolyard Rap perform for the middle school students at Academy Park. It was an incredible performance. Uh very, very highly recommended. And this year we uh at the high school great news, we had two valedictorians this year and one salutatorian. The valedictorians happen to be best friends who were
031had identical grades all throughout their high school experience. Not one grade was different. Therefore, two valedictorians. Uh and their speeches were absolutely amazing and wonderful. Uh the administration met with PowerSchool on June 8th to ensure that they are ready for the 2026-2027 school year. Everything is on track and good to go. Correct? Yeah. >> What about the other two? >> We have hired an 8th grade math teacher for Harris, which is thank God. We have >> [laughter] >> And I know we're in the process of hiring for the 7th grade math teacher at Sharon Hill. Um we have nine confirmed students for the ask for tutoring summer sessions. Of the families that we had reached out to that were involved in it, three of the families did not respond at all to outreach and five
032of the families said no. The remaining nine said yes to the summer tutoring. And we are on track for our committee goal of providing the high school students with a complete with completed schedules by the 9th grade orientation in August. So of the board, uh there is a fiscal impact to the items that were mentioned earlier, and these were items that were not originally factored into the budget and will need to come from the general fund. There is no policy impact with any of the items mentioned, and the chair recommends to the board that we approve the items as presented because these are items that are necessary for continued educational support through the ESY and upcoming school year. Our next meeting will be Thursday, July 2nd, 2026 at 2:30, and that concludes my report. >>
033Thank you. Does anybody have any questions for Mrs. McGowan tonight? Okay, we'll move right along. Um we have finance next. Uh Mr. Ridley, the chair, will be reporting out, and then right after that Mr. Butler will be giving updates on the budget. >> Good evening, everyone. We met on June 9th. Um the agenda items that we discussed were follow-up conversation on the '26-'27 budget, reallocation of funds for the capital improvements, reviewing the bids for the contracted cleaning services, and monthly expenses. Um the purpose was to just Mr. Butler did a great job. He presented what we're going to see tonight. He gave us an overview in the committee on um the proposed tax increase. Um we really appreciated that. We had a a nice discussion on what the differences would look like. Um we also
034discussed briefly, which we voted on tonight, the contracted cleaning services, as well as the allocation of funds. I I appreciate and want to thank him publicly for helping to find those funds this from this year's budget to be reallocated for the weight room to be um renovated. The committee reviewed those proposed tax increases for that for '26-'27. An increase of 2% for the fiscal year was presented showing what financial impact would have on the budget and the effects on residents. He will go over that in detail in his presentation shortly. He was also able to confirm reallocating unused funds from this budget year to pay for the renovation for the Academy Park weight room. He also gave the recommendation that for the tennis courts to look in the 26-27 budget. Um and we just had
035brief conversation regarding the contract to cleaning services. The key findings when reviewing the fiscal impact of the 2% increase, there would be a slight reduction of revenue that can be addressed by reallocation of funds. If the funds for the renovation of weight room is approved at the board meeting, the project can begin on time and be completed before the beginning of the 26-27 academic year. And there is a fiscal impact. The final recommendate final recommended tax increase would allow for the district to continue operations without putting an undue burden on the taxpayers. While any tax increase affects the wallets of residents, the small increase proposed would be the most responsible and cause the least amount of discomfort. There's no policy impact. And we recommend that the report is approved and our next meeting is July
0367th, 6:00 p.m. >> Thank you, Mr. Ridley. Does anybody have any questions for Mr. Ridley before we move into Mr. Butler? Okay. Go ahead, Mr. Butler. >> Okay, good evening, everyone. Uh referring to the agenda, uh finance um B, uh number one is uh a reoccurring uh resolution to approve uh budget transfers. Number two is the engagement of Mr. Josiah to do consulting with the preparation of the district's annual internal financial statements at an hourly rate of $140. Item number three, uh this is uh item number three begins the conversation about uh the 26-27 general fund budget. Uh so, this document uh that is being recommended has a 2% tax increase. Uh Let me just back up and talk about the presentation document. This presentation document uh is basically the same uh as the one
037that was presented in May and uh in April, I think. All other than the fact that those documents had a 3% tax increase. There was a a discussion with the board and uh everyone was comfortable if the tax increase were 2%. Uh so, the difference I will point out is only in one line item. Um the rest of the line items are going to remain the same, which are salary and benefits, uh school supplies, instructional materials, those kinds of things, special ed costs. They will remain the same. Uh so, again, there will be a 2% tax increase. The millage will The millage rate for 26-27 is 33. I'm referring to I'm sorry, to item number three now. Uh the millage is 33.1848. Uh I'm going to skip some of the resolutions. Uh I'm going to
038jump down to uh number six, which is uh in reference to the transfer tax, which is typically a 0.5% on any property uh transfer taxes on property that sell uh in uh the districts in the in the districts and municipalities. Uh it differ there there's another tax that's uh on interim is an interim tax. And that is a tax that is based on new construction in the district. Um moving to item seven. This has to do with the homestead exclusion. So, this year um Department of Education uh has awarded Southeast Alief. Uh this is the same as what that we got last year, 3,000,000 $778,374.40. And that number that amount of money is to uh be distributed to uh those individuals, those residents who are homeowners that applied for a homestead exemption. Uh they will
039um that money will be divided uh equally among those approved uh parcels of property. So, in this case uh this year it is five in item two, there are 5,989 uh properties that have been approved for homestead exclusion. Going to item three. Uh that will equate to each resident who has an approved uh uh homestead application will get a reduction of $630.22 off of this year's tax bill. Uh the calculation uh that will affect the uh the assess value the assessment value equates to uh $18,991.22 will be uh reduced from the assessed value of your property. So, if the assessed value is $100,000 the tax collectors will take off $18,991.22. Um and that will equate to a $630.22 tax reduction. And that covers item number four. So moving down to item it would be six
040number one and this has to do with excuse [clears throat] me with the installment payments. So every taxpayer is eligible to have three installments. Item two installments. The first installment is due August 1st. It must be received no later than August 1st. If the first installment is received after August 1st, there's a 10% penalty. Second installment is due October 1. If it is paid after October 1, there is a 10% penalty. Installment three is due December 1 and of course if it's paid after December 1, there's a 10% penalty. Are there any questions up to this point? Oh, let me just go right back go back a little bit. The total budget amount for the 26-27 budget is 123 million 126,000 818. That's the new total and that's the total revenues and total expenditures. If
041you refer to the handout that I gave you looking at page six you will see highlighted that for this year it is a 2% increase. >> On page seven, you will see the calculation um of what it looks like for the 26-27. The total assessed value for all the properties in Southeast Delco is 1 billion 557 million 501,557 557 is the total. Uh as I mentioned before, you can see the state property reduction of 3 million 778,374. And the district has a collection rate of 95.5%. Going to page eight. Uh this will uh show at the top a summary of of uh assessed values. So, I have it in the uh document that it would be um 70,000, 100,000, 170,000, 240,000. This is not market value. This is assessed value. And typically, assessed value is
04285% of the market value of your property. So, I don't want individuals to get uh um to misunderstand that if you paid $70,000 for your house, that this is not this not the assessed value. The assessed value on if you paid $70,000 for your house is 85%. So, this is based on assessed value. The lower part of that gets into to a little more detail where I did every 10,000 10,000 of assessed value. Uh which will help someone to drill down a little bit closer as to what the increase would be. So, the tax increase on assessed value for 70,000 is $46 for the for the year. And then for 240,000, the uh increase would be $234 for the year. And keeping everything in mind, as I said before, everything is exactly the same in
043the individual line items for regular instructional program, special education, higher ed, other instructional, those categories are the same. Drawing your attention to a second, if you go to go to page 11. And 3/4 of the way down the page, the reduction going from 3% to 2% is valued at 483,969 $916. I reduced it from the debt service payment in total. And you'll see that down under other objects. And you'll see that amount as a a decrease. >> Got you. >> Now, the reason why I just used that one line item is because all the other line items are tied to names, benefits, specific things that happen in the school building, right? So, if you recall back in the 23-24 school year, I did a restructuring of debt, which saved the district a million dollars per
044year. Right? So, if we're thinking about in the future of doing new construction or doing renovations, what we want to do is to ensure that the debt service payment remains the same. Uh and that we don't have a significant up or down in the debt service because it affects uh the uh tax structure. All right? So, that million dollars I have left in the budget since 23-24, that money goes into fund balance. It adds on to our credit rating. Uh it increases the credit rating and it also gives us the ability that if we have to uh for lack of a better term do uh provide a down payment, then we have some money in our fund balance that we can use that. Uh so, that money has set there. And again, the whole reason
045for doing that is that if we do borrow, then that million dollars over uh typically it's over 30 years will be sufficient so that the debt service amount does not go up and have a adverse effect on the budget. Uh in this case, when I originally did this document, it did call for a 3% tax increase. Um uh the board felt more comfortable with 2%. This is the impact. So, I simply took it I reduced this line item because I did not want to go in and reduce salary and benefits because we're not we're not um uh removing we're not diminishing our staff. So, that's why it's just in this one line item. >> Can I ask a question about that, Professor Churchill? So, under the salary though, just out of curiosity since we're not
046backfilling another assistant superintendent, wouldn't we be able to reduce that salary though to help save? >> I understand that, but is that So, so looking at it from a conservative point, I don't know what's going to happen in the future. There may be a different It may not be an assistant superintendent. It may be a different position. So, that money is sitting there as a safeguard Uh in that positional line item just in case if the if the board decides not to fulfill that position, then it simply falls out into fund balance at the end of the school year. >> Okay, thank you. >> Okay, if there aren't any questions on that, then I'll go back to the agenda and uh refer to um Oh, starting with item eight. Uh this is the uh there
047will be a list of exonerated church properties that will be part of the agenda on the 25th. >> Yes, question. For the church properties, have we verified that all of the church properties that are on the list that are actually being used by the church and not being rented to other outside agencies for profit? >> Yes, and that's a great question. So, for example, we have the property that's on Sharon Avenue that is currently being leased by a charter school. Uh that particular section that was identified for the charter school for many, many years was tax exempt. Uh when when the charter school moved in, uh Mr. Yorio filed paperwork and um I forget the other firm that was used. Uh and that part of the property is paying taxes. So, yes, so we do
048keep a eye on that when we know that that's what's occurring. Um there have been some cases where the parsonage has been rented out and is not being used by the church, but is being rented out to another family that is not connected to the church, and we look at those as well. >> Okay. thank >> Uh number nine, uh this is uh appointing Mr. Donovan, business manager, as the primary agent to uh represent Southeast Delco with the Delaware County School District Joint Purchasing Board. Uh item 10 is uh this is just approval to uh close out the 25-26 school year. Item 11, this is part of the of the closure of the financial systems uh financial documents, and this is to engage uh Conrad Siegel to prepare and provide us with actuary numbers related
049to uh post-employment uh benefits uh related to uh retirement I'm sorry, retirement benefits. So, they do a special calculation that's required to be on the financial statements. Item 12 is our membership fee for the Delaware Valley Consortium for Excellence and Equity uh at a cost of 12,500. And this is the approval for our contribu- our contribution to the libraries, uh $1,000 each. >> I have a question, sorry. >> Mhm. Sure. >> Darby Township, are we aware if Darby Township has libraries? >> We are confirming that anybody any municipality that does not have a functioning library will come off the motion. >> Thank you. >> Uh and item 14 is the uh approval for Mr. Allen, director of finance, uh as the treasurer of the Southeast Delco School District. And that concludes my report. >> Does
050anybody have any questions for Mr. Butler? Okay. Up next is uh personnel and HR. Uh Mr. Patrick McGowan, our chair, will be reporting out tonight. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh the personnel committee met on June 4th, 2026, and we discussed items that uh will fall under our HR. Specifically, uh approval items for the HR June um board meeting, and we also discussed uh three goals uh for the personnel committee. So, first, uh the goal number one was the reporting of uh monthly exit numbers. Setting up a report to capture exit numbers and trends to be shared monthly with the school board. Uh this month's report captured data from January to June 2026 for professional staff exits. The spreadsheets have been uploaded in our school board drive for um for you guys to look at.
051In total, there was 21 exited positions in that time frame. 13 positions have been backfilled already, and eight positions we are still recruiting for. And I sit on many interviews, and we are very actively recruiting. So, um so, it is lengthy. Um and then also, um goal number two is something that uh we just uh started talking about with um it was to create a district-wide employee handbook. Uh discuss creating a robust, non-ambiguous employee handbook for district employees. This will address all areas of conduct from attendance, professional dress code, proper code of conduct, etc. This will ensure all employees across the district follow and receive the same treatment uniformly. Handbook will not need to go through the board approval as policy items as long as the language in the handbook does not contradict current board
052policies. The board will be given handbook to review before implementation. The goal is to work on handbook throughout the summer and to have it ready to hand out to all employees before the start of the 2026-2027 school year. HR initiatives. It has been very light this month. We are working on sending out teacher assignments, finalizing benefits, and working with finance department to make sure all election deductions are correctly set up by July 1st. Now moving into the fun part, the agenda items for June approval. And just so you all know, I know a lot of people were happy that we have the Sharon Hill or the Harris math but week teacher, but on this month we are also hiring in the Sharon Hill math teacher. So means as at the end of this month we
053will have both of those positions filled. So that is a win. Um so for agenda items for June approval for HR, we have one ratification for retirement of a classified employee, two ratifications for resignations of professional employees, two ratifications for resignations of the classified employees, one ratification for employment for a professional employee, one ratification for employment for a classified employee, one ratification for employment for a supplemental athletic contract, one ratification for leave of absence of a professional employee, one ratification of leave of absence for a classified employee, one approval for termination of a classified employee, one approval for termination of a security employee, two approvals for resignations of professional employees, eight approvals for employment for professional employees, three approvals for change of assignments for professional employees, one approval for change of assignment for for a
054classified employee, three approvals for for the 21st CCLA summer program, one approval for an employee for the ESY Academy Park summer program. Three employees three approvals for employees for the ESY Delcross summer program. One approval for employee for ESY summer program. Nine approvals for employees for the summer early intervention testing. Seven approvals for employees for summer IEP writing and early intervention. Six approvals for employees for summer general education IEP teachers. Areas of agreement. We all agreed on the HR items for the June 2026 board business. There are no areas of concern noted at this time. There is no key findings to report. And it the committee did reach a consensus. There were no conflicting viewpoints. And the chair does recommend to the board to approve the items as presented. Our next committee meeting actually changed
055on here. It does say July 8th, but we did have to change it. It will be July the 2nd at 2:00 p.m. At this time that can be finishes my report, Madam President. >> Thank you, Mr. McGowan. Does anybody have any questions or concerns for the personnel committee this evening? Okay. So, we're going to move on to policy. And I believe Mr. Ridley is reporting out tonight. >> I am. Good evening. I am reporting out for the policy committee. Um all the agenda items will be second readings of the suggested policies. Um these were things that were we had our first reading on. The I'm going to skip down to the summary. The committee reviewed policies on the transportation of charter schools and title one parent and family engagement. Um administration kept two potential policies
056under items for discussion, safe spaces, educational equity and membership. Um I believe that contract is coming up or it's we need to begin to start discuss that. Areas of agreement included three policies should move forward to the second reading on recommendations of the committee. There were no areas of disagreement, but there was some discussion on the PSBA change from BoardDocs to the new recommended system. Um >> [clears throat] >> the key findings The charter school and transportation policies are second readings that go hand-in-hand. The Title 1 policy is required when the district receives Title 1 funding. The charter school policy requires the district to to transport its charter school students, but does not require that the transportation be exactly what in-district students get. The transportation policy is being updated with the same language as the
057charter school policy. The Title 1 policy is expanded to meet Title 1 requirements for parent and family engagement, which are revised from time to time. There's no fiscal impact. Um policy impact, it would reference policy numbers 140, 810, and 918. We reached a consensus and we recommend that the report is approved. >> Thank you, Mr. Ridley. Does anybody have any questions on those policy items tonight? >> did. I have a a question about the BoardDocs that the changing over to BoardDocs has the the committee come with a Do they have a recommendation or do you guys know which way you're headed with either sticking with BoardDocs or moving with the new >> We We do. We have a recommendation. We followed the recommendation of PSBA, so we are going with their both their agenda preparation
058platform and their policy platform. And we've already begun training and we'll begin moving policies over to the new system. >> What's it called? >> That's a It's a question. Ms. Irons? Keystone agenda. It is a Pennsylvania specific under beyond What was it? It began with a B. >> Yes. >> Yeah, we'll get it. But it's Keystone agenda for Pennsylvania. >> Okay, so we're going to move on to property. Up next, Mrs. Trina Singleton, our chair, will be giving our updates on property tonight. >> Good evening. The committee met on June 2nd to uh review and discuss the current statuses of old business, new business, and items to approve as it relates to district properties. Um for old business, that was uh number one was old business. Delcroft Elementary classrooms, uh classroom bulbs were replaced prior
059to PSSA testing. Um there were some issues uh some communication that they were out, but when they went to go check on them, they were um changed prior to PSSA testing. Um there was an issue with a bathroom urinal uh in Delcroft, and um it's going to be replaced during summer. In Sharon Hill, work has begun to secure all electrical panels in the hallways. Uh lock and chain has been placed on the gate in the courtyard leading to the basement area. Um as a POD dispensing site, director of public safety and director of facilities attended a site survey meeting on June 1st. Under new business, the director of facilities attended IAQ indoor air quality onboarding and a monthly check-in. Also attended a quick builds meeting with Sharon Hill Borough pertaining to quick build near Sharon
060Hill's campus. Uh DWD um at the the center, they replaced two motors at Academy Park. Um the kindergarten center and Delcroft belts were replaced on rooftops units. Mandatory pre-proposal meeting for contracted evening and summertime cleaning services were held on May 22nd at 2:00 p.m. at the administration building. There were nine potential cleaning services in attendance. The bids closed on June 1st at 2:00 and five proposals were submitted by the deadline for review. Uh two antiquated maintenance vehicles were donated to a charity, Vehicles for Veterans. Landscaping projects at Academy Park, Harris, and Sharon Hill um were begin are beginning and Delcroft is us are in process and Delc are complete, I'm sorry, and Delcroft is still waiting on completion. Um Republic Services is our trash service. Um so we uh discussed Mr. Taylor reported on the
061trash removal contract renewal. Um it was a price decrease and also we discussed the summer trash pickup schedule. The director of facilities attended at FMX Learning Lab, a 40-minute refresher course. Um agenda items, we want to approve the 3-year trash removal contract with Republic Trash Services beginning July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2029 to be paid from the general fund in the amount of a hundred and seven thousand eight hundred and fourteen dollars for year one one hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty two dollars and eighty four cent for year two and one hundred and twenty one thousand one hundred thirty nine dollars and eighty one cent for year three for the total amount of three hundred and forty three thousand two hundred thirty six dollars and sixty five cents. We also want
062to approve the director of facilities to attend PASBO conference school operations academy at Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center Camp Hill PA to be paid from the general fund not to exceed the cost of one thousand dollars. We believe we voted on that. Um during open forum um forum we uh heard from Mr. Leiter who is the leader of the Collingdale planning committee and he shared that he worked with the district to apply for Hill the Planet grant. Mr. Leiter uh was excited about the grant opportunities to beautify and landscape the district. Plans have been shared with Mr. Taylor and other administration stakeholders. Plans and documents are in the share folder. Um Ms. McGowan asked to begin developing a timeline to make ground level or the issue resolved of water pooling outside the entrance of
063the Academy Park High School when it rains. Um and Mr. Taylor is going to provide an update. Uh Ms. McGowan also reported trash in the auditorium and smoking in prohibited areas by a group running space in Academy Park High School for a recital. There was also trash found in the bleachers when preparing the gym for after prom. Um we learned that the cleaners are only responsible when the bleachers are open. And um our questions were who is responsible for cleaning up after group rentals? And um we learned that the renters are supposed to tidy up after themselves. And then Mr. Tiller is going to investigate the report and follow up with the renters and the board. Um there was no areas of concern. Any no no other considerations. Um the fiscal impact is the renewal
064of the contract with Republic Trash Services to be paid from the general fund budgeted for 3 years. Um any There is no policy impact. And we recommend that um the board approve the items as listed. And um I might have to change a date, but currently the next meeting is Tuesday, August 4th at 2:00. But I'll I'll update if that if that meeting changes. >> Thank you, Mrs. Singleton. Does anybody have any questions about the property report tonight? Okay, we're moving on. Our Safety Committee chaired by Mrs. Cleobay Goodman. >> Good evening. We have no report for this month. Our next meeting will be August 3rd at 6:00 p.m. >> Thank you. Are there any public comments tonight? >> There are none. >> Okay. Any more comments or questions from board members about the committee
065reports tonight? Okay. Um our next board business meeting will be next Thursday, June 25th, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. Um, committee of the whole for July, will there be one? There will be a committee. Okay. There'll be a committee of the whole report for July at our July board business meeting will be Thursday, July 30th, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. That's late. That's wrong. >> 16th and the 23rd. >> Okay. Oh, yep, there it is. >> Excuse me, I thought I thought that we had one month that we didn't have a meeting. Is that not correct? >> It is, um, we don't have to, but we had talked that with some new changes, myself, um, business manager coming on board that it may be beneficial to at least have a quick committee of the whole meeting, uh,
066in July. >> Okay. Um, so thank you for updating those dates. We said the 16th and 23rd. Um, so I apologize for that mistake. Um, that concludes our meeting tonight. Thank you all for coming and we'll see you next week at board business.