001s >> with a tennis ball. >> How's everybody in the early at the same. >> All right, let me bring Hey. Oh, you're so sweet. I I mean, as good as it could be expected, it was like insane that I kept it together and then I like got the whole hour. It was horrible. >> Yeah. Lady got through. Uh I uh yeah I saw her I saw her speech and then she's like >> oh my gosh she's got Good. How are you? >> How you feeling? Hey, >> I almost sent you today. I saw you walking out to your mailbox. >> I don't know. >> I was coming down while you were right there. [Applause] >> True. I did. I don't either. Always somebody's a That's where I was. That's what I identified. >> Ready
002to go. Yes. >> Good evening. I would like to welcome everyone back to school and to the Thursday, August 21st, 2025 business board meeting. Before we do the pledge of allegiance, I would ask everyone at the board table and the audience to stand in moment of silence for Matt, member of the public mar class of 2026, who sadly passed away this past summer. Please stand. Thank you. Maddie is a valuable member of the class of 2026. We warn her loss and we are here to support her family throughout this school year. We will now commence the board meeting and start with the pledge of allegiance. I aliance >> 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.
003The board met in executive session prior to this meeting to review personnel matters, special education agreements, and assessment appeals. Student discipline and legal issues related to students were also discussed. The meeting lasted approximately 1 hour. And now I would like to make a motion to approve the meeting minutes as presented in 3B through 3D including board business meeting. on 6925, special meeting 6:3025, and the finance committee meeting on 8425. May I have a second, please? Will. Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. This is a motion to approve financial reports as presented in items 4B through 4M for June and July 2025. May I second, please? Sharon, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. This is a motion to approve the June and July 2025 treasures report. May I have a
004second, please? Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. And now, are there any public comments on anything on this evening's agenda? All right. Seeing none, I will turn this over to Dr. Christian. >> Thank you, Mr. Trudeau. Approval for the superintendent report items 8, 7 A, 7 B, and 7 C. Board action is requested for the attached personnel changes. Appointments for promotion, employment or transfer are subject to the presentation of valid credential employment verification documentation and state requirements. Second, please. >> Any questions or comments? All in favor? As an aside, we are excited to welcome back more than 5,400 students. The faculty has been back uh this week and the children are coming on Monday. Our bus rooms are covered, our classrooms are fully staffed, and we're ready to begin the school year.
005Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh Rick >> Motion to approve and ratify the attached resolution authorizing the district initiated appeal of the assessed value for the properties identified as undervalued based on fiscal 2025 transfer tax reports. >> May I have a second please? Will any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. >> Motion to approve the service agreement with Delta T Group to our professional and nursing services for the 202526 school year. >> I have a second. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> Thank you. >> Motion to approve the food service vendor recommendations for the 2526 school year as outlined below. Bread, Morito Bacon Company, cleaning supplies, Crystal Chemical, Groceries, US Foods, Downtown Ice Cream, Rich's Ice Cream, Milk and Juice, Swiss Premium Dairy, Paper Imperial Dade and Pen Jersey Paper Company,
006Produce, Eds Produce, Small Wares 11400, and Singer. I have a second, please. Chris, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. Motion to approve the educational service contracts as outlined below for the Nexus School, New Hope Academy, George Brothers Memorial School, Lifework School, Vanguard School, Vanguard School, DSY, Melmark, the Timothy School, DSY, Lakeside, Martin Luther, uh, Fairfield Academy, Wood Services, Wood Haven Recovery, Bankroth, and Linda Learning Processes. May >> I have a second, please? Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. >> Motion to approve four settlement and release agreements due to student confidentiality. These agreements were reviewed in the executive session. >> I have a second, please. Yeah. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> Thank you. >> Motion to approve the physician dentist agreement for the 2025 2026 school year
007as presented. Can I have a second, please? Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. Uh, this is a motion to accept the administration's recommendation that the board direction is requested regarding the proposed start date of the 2627 school year. The administration is recommending that August 31st, 2026 be approved as the first day of school. And again, this is a motion to accept the administration's recommendation only for the first day of school for the 26 27th school year being August 31st, 2026. May I have a second, please? Rick, any questions or comments? All in favor? Motion to approve instructors and classes for the Plymouth White Marsh High School Adult Evening School fall 2025 session is outlined below in the attached memo from Jessica Lester dated August 4th, 2025. >> May I have the second,
008please? Any questions or comments? Uh Sharon is obscene because she teaches class. Um, all in favor? >> This is a motion to approve the separation and release agreement between the Colonial School District and employee number 102173 as presented. >> May I second, please? Will. Any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. This is a motion to approve the memorandum of understanding between Colonial School District and Colonial Education Association regarding Brocks as a teacher on special assignment. May I have a second, please? Chris, any questions or comments? All in favor? Thank you. And now, is there a solicitter report this evening? >> No report. >> Thank you. We'll move on to committee reports. Uh Chris Uh, anything for curriculum shar? >> Thank you. Uh, will facilities and transportation? >> Absolutely. I'm going to pass it
009over to Mr. >> Thank you, Mr. Winchester. Uh, good evening everyone. Just an update on the project. We're pretty much in the punch list phase. We're wrapping up the gymnasium. Uh, the payment lines are down. The last co is on. So, um, we are actually we will be on the with students come Monday. Um so there are just some small pieces. There's some padding for the walls and the bleachers that'll get done next weekend and then general will be wrapped up by the middle of the following week. Um happy to say that all the educational wings that part of the project gets done auditorium air conditioning, gym air conditioning, um main entrances, all the safety added safety features uh to the project are working well. um take takes a little time I think for some
010people to get used to when you know that they're acting as two separate buildings but um again I I have to thank so many people but it starts with you guys the project's been a big success I think everyone will enjoy the teaching environment and and the spaces for the administrators are great um but Jim M here at the school custodian has done a great job every step of the way his entire team uh Jean Kelly team moving things, maintenance, getting active and and helping out the things that need to be done to help everyone. Um, it really is, it sounds a little cliche, it's been a team effort for for everyone. So, um, projects, well, um, we did engage in three roofing projects this summer. So, just very briefly, uh, the kindergarten lane, White
011Marsh, and Ridge are completed and done 100%. And White Marsh High School, we did the locker rooms in the pool. We did uh gym and we did the classrooms that are attached to the back and forth and that just starts the new phases that we discussed earlier in the year uh at the team committee. Uh but all their projects are well and water type and we're ready for the start of school but a lot of people to thank like I said especially everyone in this room um specifically has been great with the support of all my fellow administrators specifically Dr. Christian and Dr. But everyone's been really supportive. Um, I know I've driven Mark a little bit crazy, you know, things that have to go financially with the project, but I got a lot of
012people to spend. Um, but again, I feel really good about it personally, and I think we all should. Next month, uh, at the FMT meeting, we will review the roofing project that we reviewed in the spring, which just refresh the board's memory of what's coming for the next three to five years. Uh, I think I can speak for and his team will be happy uh getting back and maintaining the seven buildings that we have rather than seven buildings plus a major construction project. And Joe would never say this, so I will say for him, um we are very fortunate to have a director of operations who treats all of the buildings in Colia as if it was his home. And I say that uh with utmost respect uh for the time he puts in I
013can call him at 5 in the morning or 10 at night and he addresses it and ordered one of the team members address it. So thank you Mr. and thank you to our team. Thank you very much. >> Yeah. Um I just have to say and add on to what Dr. Christian said, thank you to your entire team. Um I was for us through the campus a lot this summer and the work that was being done was just phenomenal. I mean everywhere you turned there were upgrades, things being done to the outside of our facilities inside our buildings. Um and the campus is ready obviously for everyone to return on Monday. Um and thank you guys for really you put in the work this summer. So thank you. I'd just like to say it's very
014good to be on time and on budget. No sense. >> And now we'll turn it over to Rick finance. >> The finance committee met on Monday, August 4th. Uh we discussed the PA state budget uh funding for the proposed budget as a flat funding for Columbus school district. The student book insurance program, easy school pay and 2425 budget update. Uh parents are encouraged to once again it'll uh come back school night that the student book insurance program was a big success last year. Um taking cost down for families and for the district. Uh it's a insurance program for $30 for students or 15 if you're on a if you're one eligible. The or sorry if you're pre-induced lunch eligible and chance to mitate the two repairs to your uh school provider Chromebook. Also, there's been
015a big change or small change. We're changing from my school box to easy school pay. Balances will be transferred over to the new system and but just know that that is a new system that we'll be using this year for parent uh payments for lunch and I believe we can use it for activity fees and other things as well. And then last year's budget 2425 came in with a 3% Um, so we were right on budget last year. >> Thank you. Um, HR >> um there's no intermediate unit report this evening. Um, legislative report. >> Uh, any community reports? >> Okay. Uh, anything from the foundation yet? >> No report. All right. Um, attached to this evening's um, agenda for your information is the school athletic accounts for both PW and CMS and also the
016school activity accounts for PW and CMS. And now, is there any public comment? All right, seeing none, um, I would just again like to take a moment to wish everyone a great start to the school year. Um, our teachers and staff were in the buildings this week. Um, and I want to welcome them all back and we're just really excited for a great school year and it's starting a little early, but I think um, we are ready, everyone's ready to just kick off the year. So, welcome back and look forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting in September. Anyone else? All right, this meeting's adjourned. Thank you. [Applause] >> What was 11 minutes?