001Thank you. >> Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. >> Like to welcome you to the Penn Manor School board director's meeting for Monday, June 8th, 2026. The next scheduled meeting of the Penmanor School Board will be held on Monday, June 22nd, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the large group instruction room of Pen Manor High School. An executive session was held prior to the committee of the whole meeting for the purpose of discussing personnel and a student matter as detailed above. Mrs. Rhodess, may we have a roll call, please? >> Sure. Mr. Beaks, >> here. >> Mr. Her, >> here. >> Mrs. Ho, >> here. Mrs. Kek here. >> Mr. Lombardo is absent. Mr. Warfl >> here. >> Miss Wart >> here. >> Mrs. Napsiger here. Dr. Fullerton >> here. >> Eight board members present. >> Thank
002you, Mrs. Rhodess. May I have a May I have a motion to approve our committee of the whole minutes from our May 18th, 2026 meeting? >> So moved. >> Thank you. A second. >> Second. >> Thank you. Any further comment or question? All those in favor, >> eight affirmative votes. >> Thank you. Board development opportunities and reports. Do we have any board reports that we want to share today? >> I do, Dr. Fullerton. I had emailed all of you the uh copy of the minutes of our most recent Lancaster County Academy joint operating committee meeting. Uh rather than go into anything, just two highlights. We did add an anatomy uh as part of our curriculum because so many of the students do show an interest in going into nursing. Also, at the last meeting, I
003had mentioned that we were working on a contract with Crossroads for our West campus. Uh that's been finalized. The difference, and I think I had mentioned this before, is before they were just taking a donation. We were giving them $2,000 a year. They have asked that we do pay a monthly amount. We're paying $1,150 a month, which translates to around $10,600 a year, which is still a bargain. Uh we continue to have a great relationship with them. They will include utilities and cleaning services in that. So, just wanted to share that that has been finalized. But we did have our graduation uh on Saturday a week ago and we had seven Penman Manner students and as part of our um my my sharing this evening is I'd like us to listen to the three speakers.
004their uh presentations are short, but what it does is it gives us an idea of how far these students who have really um had hurdles in their life and a variety of types of hurdles just how far they've come that they can stand up in a group of hundred some people and and share. So with that roads, if you would >> as we continue our celebration, it's my honor to introduce our first speaker, Ella. Over the past two years, we've watched Ella grow. What started as a quiet, reserved student quickly became someone who brought humor and positivity to our school and community every day. Ella balanced work, school, and her responsibilities and graduation with tenacity. And we are incredibly proud of the young woman she has become. Please join me in welcoming Ella. Thank you.
005>> Dear fellow graduates, I would like to start by saying congratulations. We finally made it. The last last day of school. >> No more assignments, no more tardiness, and no more routine. As we continue on to the next stage of life, we get to take all of this knowledge with us. Good luck to all of you and the future that you will build for yourselves. Now, I would like to recognize all of my kind and caring teachers for helping the class of 2026 and me to thrive. As an alternative school, nobody here enjoys the work. Nobody here enjoys school or the work that you have to do. However, these teachers have made learning fun and interesting. Thank you for all dedicating yourselves to our success. You do not get enough credit for the work that
006you do. I hope future students will realize and understand that you are truly trying to help them. I remember my first experience with Miss Kristen at the beginning of last year. My assignment was to write an argumentative essay. Throughout the writing of the paper, Miss Kristen and I buted heads a lot. I remember being so confused because she always said, "Act like a kindergartenner was reading the paper." When at the end of the day, a kindergarter was not reading the paper. She was. Then I always thought she was nagging andor taking her job way too seriously. Now, as I stand here in my cap and gown, I realize she taught me how to professionally communicate ideas, how to give presentations and speeches such as this one, and how to present myself with the potential she
007always told me I had. At the end of the day, I had to admit to myself that I needed their help. These are skills that I will carry with me all throughout life, and I can proudly say that she was the one who taught me. These people standing with me on the stage are not just teachers, but friends as well. They care about you and your success and believe you can accomplish anything you put your mind to. So with that being said, good luck to the class of 2026, good luck to future students, and farewell to my teachers. Thank you everyone and God bless you all. >> It is now my honor to introduce our next student speaker, Darien. From the moment Darien joined our community, he brought creativity, personality, and authenticity to our community.
008As a talented artist, Darien always found ways to express himself and bring his unique perspective into the classroom. Beyond his creativity, we have watched Darren persevere and remain committed to graduating. And we are incredibly proud of all he has accomplished. Please join me in welcoming Darion. >> Well, there are a lot of you. I'm going to try my best not to make eye contact, but um >> good morning everyone. Today is an important occasion for us all. Family, friends, and LCA graduates alike have gathered in the basement of this church to celebrate a chapter of this amazing story. As we sit here in caps and gowns, it's difficult not to think about the journey we took to get here. The late nights, the cold mornings, the stress, the laughter, and the stories we'll carry forever.
009Graduation is an insane milestone that some of us are probably just processing because genuinely it is. There was miscommunication at times, procrastination at others, and sometimes assignments have just barely missed the mark. But through it all, we persevered and worked alongside our amazing staff. And now we all get to walk across this very stage in our weird wizard robes and say, "We did it." before walking off and waiting very patiently to go home. None of us made it here without any help as we had our teachers to lean on. The people who taught us as well as guide us through these mildly annoying and slightly frustrating hoops we had to jump through, of which there were many. Uh despite all of that though, I believe I speak for all of us when I say we
010enjoyed our time here with all of our hearts and everything that came with it. I will always remember the many fun times I had under this roof. the support and the support and guidance we received from the the staff made a longlasting impact on all of us. One of the most memorable examples was from our English teacher Kristen Sale who spent so much time making me revise and correct essays like this one that I genuinely considered giving up on English altogether and choosing physical labor instead in which I did. I know it doesn't sound like a lot and to you it might be slightly mundane, but to us it was a life-changing experience and a fantastic show of character by the people who brought us here and pushed us to be the best we could
011be. After all this, we get to go home and start a new a new journey to our dreams, hopes, and aspirations. Proudly as class of 2026 Lancaster County Academy graduates, the future is ours, my friends. And from the bottom of our hearts, congratulations and thank you for coming. As we continue, it's my honor to introduce our last student speaker, Melanie. Just last year, Melanie sat in this audience watching her sister stand at the podium and gave the same speech to her graduating class. Today, it's Melany's turn. Throughout her time at LCA, Melanie has a con has been a constant source of support and encouragement for the people around her. She has faced adversity with grace and continued to push forward to reach this moment today. We are incredibly proud of all she's overcome and all
012she's accomplished. Please join me in welcoming Melanie. >> Good morning teachers, families, friends, and most importantly the graduating class. Today is a day that we all been waiting for. It feels exciting, a little scary, and honestly hard to believe that we made it here. Graduation is more than just receiving a diploma. It represents years of hard work, challenges, memories, and growth. Our journey was not always easy. We faced stress, pressure, and moments where we doubted ourselves. But we but through it all, we kept going. We learned lessons not only from textbooks but from mistakes and experiences that helped shape who we are today. There were mornings we did not feel ready. Days we felt overwhelmed. Times when life outside of school weighed heavily on us. Some of us faced struggles that no one else could
013see. And yet despite everything, we kept showing up. We kept trying. We kept moving forward. At Lancaster County Academy, we learned more subjects and skills. We learned resilience. We learned responsibility. We learned that growth does not happen when life is easy. It happens when we choose to keep going even when things are hard. To our teachers and staff, thank you. Thank you for your patience, your guidance, and for believing in us during moments when we struggle to believe in ourselves. You saw potential in us and helped us become more stronger, smarter, and more prepared for the future ahead. Thank you for encouraging us to do better and reminding us of our potential even when we could not see it ourselves. And to our families and loved ones, tonight belongs to you, too. Thank you for
014the sacrifices, the support, the rides to school, the encouragement, and the love that carried us here. You stood beside us during the difficult moments and celebrated our success no matter how small they seemed. As Amanda said, as we move forward, we take different paths. Some of us will go to college, some of us will go to trade school, some directly into the workforce, and others may still be figuring things out. Success looks different for everyone. What matters is that we continue to work hard, stay true to ourselves, and never give up. Class of 2026, this is not the end of our story. It is the beginning of a new chapter. We will carry our memories and lessons with us wherever we go. So today, let us celebrate how far we have come and look ahead
015with confidence and determination. Congratulations, class of 26. We did it. And I just say that I think it's important the fact that we are sending students here that we realize they are overcoming hurdles and in many cases if not most cases they would not get a degree if we didn't have the Lancaster County Academy to send them to. So I just think it's important that we see just how far some of these students have come. >> Mrs. word. Thank you um for your service to the Lancaster County Academy and for sharing those videos with us. There's no amount of time that can be spent to show the success of students, especially students of our own. So, um that was a a well spent however many minutes it was, three tremendous speeches. >> So, thank you
016for uh sharing that with us. >> It's my pleasure. Any other board reports? >> Miss Navinger, >> we're going to punt these opportunities to next month considering that they're all about the beginning of next school year and we are just in the first full week of summer. So, for the sake of everyone's summer enjoyment, we'll we'll wait. But for those of you who like to plan ahead, the opportunities are linked in your agenda and you can add them to your calendar at your leisure. But I'm not talking about that month yet. >> There you go. >> So, we'll move right to item number one and we're going to recognize another student here, Dr. Gail. >> Tonight, it's my privilege to recognize Elijah Mess. Elijah is one of our recent graduates. Uh but uh tonight we
017want to recognize Elijah for what he's really accomplished the last two years in the athletic realm of our school. Uh and when we talk about dual sport athletes, uh Elijah is one of those who has played two sports, uh football and track. And not only has he played two sports, but in both sports, he's played multiple positions or multiple events. So really a dual dual athlete. Uh but tonight uh just a couple of things that I do want to recognize about Elijah and the way he has performed and represented Pen Manor. Uh in football uh during his junior year, Elijah was recognized by honorable mention section one for being uh honorable mention offensive and defensive line. And then this past year during his senior year, he was recognized as first team section one in both
018offensive line and defensive line. So very successful football career here at uh Penn Manor. Then when the season turned to March and track season started, Elijah could be found in the throwing area. Uh and he had quite a successful career both his junior year and his senior year in track and field. Uh during the 25 his sophomore year or his junior year, uh uh Elijah was a Lanster Lebanon League medalist in both javelin and shotput. And then he went on to be the district 3 javelin champion as well as meddling in shotput. And then last year he earned sixth place at the PIAA meet in the javelin competition. So he certainly had some success but then was really determined to improve upon that this year. Again during his senior year uh Langster Lebanon league medalist
019in both javelin and shot. He was a district three medalist in both again but then improving upon his sixth place finish in his junior year in javelin. Elijah rose to fourth place in javelin at our state meet putting him well on the the medal stand. And we're very pr proud of what Elijah has accomplished and but more importantly uh how he has represented Pen Manor both here as a leader in both sports and amongst his classmates. But uh for his performance, we really do want to congratulate uh and recognize Elijah. Elijah plans to attend California University of Pennsylvania and play on the football team and go to class too, right? >> Yes. >> Okay, that's good. Uh but congratulations Elijah and we from the board of directors uh Miss Kek has a uh proclamation that
020she'd like to read and then Miss Hope will have you present that to Elijah. >> Right. Recognizing and commending Elijah Hess for his outstanding achievement in the sport of track and field. Whereas Elijah is two-time PIAA state medalist, excuse me, in the javelin, finishing sixth in 2025 and fourth in 2026. Whereas this student has distinguished himself as a fine athlete in our school district. Be it therefore resolved that the Penmanor School Board unanimously adopts this resolution rec honoring the above named student. And be it further resolved that the Penmanor School District expends extends best wishes for continued success as a distinguished student athlete. >> And one thing that I've admired about Elijah is his work ethic. And now he needs lead to go to work. So have a good night buddy. Thank you. Try again
021very much everyone. Congratulations. Always fun to see our students excel. So, we go from students doing great to hearing how our superintendent met his goals. >> All right. Thank you uh for this opportunity. And really, this is just a summary. I don't want to take a lot of time tonight because I think throughout the whole year we've been talking about the different goals at different times of the year. Uh and really this is just to put a period on what we've done this year. Uh but then also to begin the process of looking at goals for next year which will continue this month and then also in July. So Mrs. Rhodess if you can I don't know where the clicker is but if you can go ahead and advance this. The first goal was to
022really look at our attendance uh process and and really working to decrease our chronic absenteeism. I did include a link to the presentation that Dr. Egan shared at our last May meeting uh that you can take a look at if you want to look at. Uh but if you'll recall uh we did make some headway in terms of working with students to reduce the chronic absenteeism that we've seen. Uh but then Dr. Egan and the folks that he worked with, administrators, teachers, uh, and as well as uh, our social workers has put in place a good stepping stone for next year to really work with parents uh, of students who are experiencing chronic absenteeism. So, this plan was really to be get to get this idea going and then to continue that for the next
023two years as we continue to address this. And by all means, we'll continue to work on our absentee rate uh and work with students into the future. Our next one was in terms of working developing a three-year strategic financial goal. I joke with Mr. Fory, it's pretty much a regular thing on our agendas to have a discussion about our budget. uh but we have been looking at different ways uh to make sure that we are good stewards of the money that we have but then also meeting the needs of our students, our staff, our operations as well as our facilities. So we continue to look at that and Mr. Fory here after I finish will provide us with another update of where we are in the budget for this year. But knowing that as we
024continue to look at uh years to come, uh we need to continue to look at it not just year by year, but also looking into the future. And again, multiple presentations are linked there if you'd like to go back and refer to those. Third goal was to really look at our attendance boundaries considering the implications that uh new developments or restructuring of schools may have on the district. Uh back in March, I presented to the board uh some of the things that we will have to consider as we move forward and where do we have uh in increasing uh capacity in our schools to have the ability to have students uh go to or in some cases it may be a shifting of resources. But more importantly along the lines of what will we need
025to do with teachers and as well as support services? uh those numbers and th those calculations again are things that we will continue to update and move through as we look at uh the next step in in all the different processes. And then finally uh engaging with our local, state, and federal leaders. I would like to thank Mrs. Long and Mr. Henninger. Uh throughout the course of this year, uh Mr. Long especially has put together uh summaries of what has taken place in the district uh on multiple occasions. We've uh sent those to our legislators and from that I've had the opportunity to have some discussions with the with our legislators about what is taking place in our district but more importantly how what is happening in Harrisburg or locally is impacting what we are
026doing. We have one more that we'll be putting together to wrap up our school year uh that Mrs. as long as working on to get that finalized uh here as we finalized the 2526 school year. Out of that there has been a lot of good comments and questions that have been back to the back to me or to other members of the of the leadership team from our legislators. So something that we will certainly continue and actually uh Mrs. Long, Mr. Eisinger and Mr. Henninger and I have talked about how do we do that even on a more regular basis. A lot of our principles, a lot of our schools are providing weekly or at least monthly updates and how do we make sure we push that out to our legislators so that they really
027do have an understanding of what is taking place in the district. In terms of proposed goals for next year, these are early in the draft process, but as I was looking at this, I think there's two that we have as a focus. Uh, one is our facility goal. Uh this has been a goal of the superintendent from time to time as we entered into a construction project. As we continue to look at and work on the middle school, the proposals and the development, the design and development for a new middle school. Uh there will be a lot of processes that we need to get ready uh so that in the springtime, really early spring, maybe even late winter, the board will able to go through some of the uh the necessary steps that we have
028to take uh like an act 34 hearing and really the proposal and figuring out not only from requirements but also then what is uh financially going to do for this. So this will be something that we'll be working on. uh but I think it's important that uh pe folks understand the amount of of uh resources that this will require as we prepare for this and then moving into the future. A second goal that we are looking at is to continue to refine our strategic financial guide. Uh I think really what we need to do as we continue this idea as we've talked you know what are we doing in terms of our our revenue what are we looking at as our expenditures and really to go through as a group as a board uh a
029thorough analysis of the budget and doing that during a series of board workshops where we spend half hour 45 minutes an hour several times throughout the year to really dive into certain parts of the budget uh to see if there are areas that we have cost savings, if we have areas that we are going to have to increase revenue going towards or expenditures for uh so that we can really make sure that our budget is as sound as we possibly can uh moving forward into the future. So those are the two goals that I am proposing at this point. Again, early in the process, we'll continue to work together on this. Uh but then we all also have ongoing responsibilities uh for myself and the team. Uh recruitment and retention is always an important part
030for our staffing. Uh continue to improve our communication methods with stakeholders. Uh and then refine the student attendance process that we put in place this year. Continue to work on that and then continue to look at the resources that we have for students to make sure that we are top three in the county. That's what I'm proposing at this point, Dr. Fullerton, but we'll continue to have conversations both in future meetings as well as our retreat. >> Okay. Thank you, Dr. Gail. Any questions for Dr. Gail? >> Seeing none, we will move to our budget presentation. the final budget update. >> Thank you, Dr. Fuller. And I want to make sure that you saw that final on there. >> So, as we've talked through the process, right, this is our final update. Next board meeting,
031you will have action items to approve the tax increase, approve the farmstead homestead, approve the budget. Um, and they'll all be there and ready for your approvals in two weeks. So, where are we at right now? Um, and we'll talk about some things that have come in, data has come in. So, we're we're almost 23.5 million in expenses for next year. Um what I started to lay out as we start to look a little bit uh you'll see in the next set of slides uh you'll see a comparison of the current year budget where we are in the current year as as of 61 and then what next year's budget looks like. So obviously we talked before salary and benefits makes up 76.3 million of next year's budget. Um you can see where we are.
032Um important to understand things are a little different uh in a school side than than other industry. So for our 12 months staff, we have one more pay in this school year. For our teachers, we actually have five more pays in this school year. And so that's why when you look at it and say, well, hold on, there's $10 million. Like what's going on? Um so the teachers their first pay is the middle of August runs through the 1st of August. So that's why um we still have quite a bit of salary uh that's out there. Uh as well our medical and other claims will run till we get processed all of our 630 uh and we usually try and close things out in September. With regard to that, just as a reminder, we we
033have added some positions into the salary uh with the autistic support classes that we brought back in. So, they're all in there impacting that as well as the uh new collective bargain agreement um in those. So, what I did in the next couple is I looked to to bring things together uh the next three slides break down the rest of the expenses. I tried to put them together in a way. So what you'll see is the bold are our summaries. Um so in this case you see the first one is what we spent on substitute teachers. You see the fifth line down is that is our total building budgets comprised of our elementary, middle school and high school. Uh similarly here you're like well hold on school's over. Why do we still have? Well we
034had a big event uh last week that we haven't paid for. That was graduation. Um we have a number other invoices. So this was all the invoices that were paid as of. So we have another things that'll close out here over the next few weeks. Uh similarly when you look at student services uh we close out the IU contract. Usually that is the last thing that happens in the fiscal year. Uh it's usually hopefully the first week of September. Um and so we'll see that come to a close. Um so you see the the categories how they line up. Similarly in the next page uh yep go ahead. >> Can you um I know since we have some new board directors this was a question I had so and maybe it would be helpful for
035them when the building budgets like what is included in general in those grade levels. >> Those are the budgets that the principles have oversight of. >> Thank you. So, it's usually supplies, uh, it could be copy paper, could be field trip, a field trip in there, could be some other activity. I think the mileage for the principles are in there like >> whiteboards. >> Right. >> Okay. >> Right. Right. >> So, those things that the principles have the authority to look at and to order and to >> that. Thank you. That I know that the first time I saw that I was what does that mean? >> As Dr. Egan said, copy paper is a huge portion of that, >> right? Much to Mr. Risinger's direction. >> Charlie's twitching over there. >> I saw that.
036Charlie, >> I think he'll come. >> Good question. Um, so you see we started coming to buildings and grounds. Buildings and grounds we broke up into essentially maintenance, repair, and then those utility accounts that lines up to that total. Buildings and grounds. You can see transportation, technology. If you remember, there's a large increase for next year's technology budget. As we talk through the process, Mr. Risinger is in the process of of the refresh cycle for our student or excuse me for our teacher laptops. Um so we see that that increase there. Everything else is is pretty well driven. Um interestingly enough to a good point. Um you remember there was revisions to the cyber charter funding formula. We that allowed us to see a reduction below budget this year. Um and that sort of reset
037things for next year. Um, also our our enrollment uh at the CTC was down a little bit. It runs on a three-year average that dropped that for next year. So the tuition number, what we pay outside tuitions actually is dropping from the previous year. Um there's a there's as we group things as my predecessor group thing, there's a a thing called other accounts which makes up $14.5 million. But you can see how they sort of come together. You remember the combination of our bond payments, right? We increased those. The year before we had more in reserves because we were holding placeholding for that. We'll look a little later what that looks like now. Um I added to the uh the last one that says miscellaneous. This is the second year of the student teacher grants.
038Um so last year was the first year and you never sort of know what's happening. Uh now it does look like they're staying and so I I did put those in the budget, $250,000 in the budget for that. I also put $250,000 in the expenditures. So we'll see see that in there. Whether we have 25 next year or not, who knows? But it offsets back on both sides. Um so that brings you to that bottom line. Go ahead, Mrs. K. >> What are reserves and transfers and why are those numbers so wonky? >> Right. So it was large this year uh based upon we had set aside $750,000 as a possible uh transfer to capital reserve not knowing what was happening in the budget. We had set some others to capital reserves. I haven't made
039those transfers yet because some of you remember last year at the end of the year we transferred a million dollars and then at the when the audit got closed out we were a million dollars in the hole. Um, so I've worked with the auditors. You'll see a resolution in two weeks that'll authorize transfers, but we're going to make the transfers after we know where the rest of the budget lines up so that the transfer doesn't put us. So, it'll be around that 3 million or so um standpoint. So, that's why they're wonky. And then the other thing is the transfers for next year's dropped because I've increased my bond payments on that second line. >> Okay. So all of the white boxes that we've seen add up to the123,453,911. >> Can you speak to where
040like the auditor fees versus the legal fees and where this year we've spent a majority of our legal fees? >> So the audit and legal the audit is around 40. >> Okay. >> So the other portion would be the legal fees. So you know 40 of it's the audit and 24 25 is legal fees. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> Like page six about um the STS aids there. Um I think we budgeted about 1.2 and and then we're coming in at 1.7 and next year's 2.1. >> Yes. So, we had added aids because of the needs of the students throughout the year. Um, they're all need-based aids. So, and that's why we made the adjustment for next year. >> Okay. >> So, that doesn't include the um the autistic support aids that
041we're bringing in as well. >> That's all part of the 2.1. Okay. Thank you. So, we saw the summary, right? What how the wheel comes together. Looking at the revenues, uh we're essentially balanced. I think we're $25 difference right now. The this page takes a look at our local revenues, right? So, these are all that are locally generated. Uh obviously, we talked about the real estate taxes. Uh I group then the transfer tax delinquents. Um, as we talked in the past, we're definitely, as you can see, we're already over budgeting that revenue. Um, and and some of that still comes in in the next month or so. So, I that's why that that uh line item is up to 3.2 million. Um, our other local taxes is mostly our earned income and that comes in
042through August. Um and we see the fourth quarter payment come there and that's usually a one of the larger ones. Um interest earnings uh great story. Um you know I I think and they're predicting to hold pretty steady for next year as well as we will have our bond uh that we just issued. As that comes in, we'll invest that. So that's going to help with those interest earnings. Um we have some federal funds that come through the IU. Um that's that category, but they still count as local sources because of how they get to us. Uh and then you see the miscellaneous other um the the other has the retiree medical premiums that are paid plus that's where I put the PMEF grants that come in because it's coming in gone out to balance
043those things out. So you can see the local revenue you're talking about 27 or $76.9 million. the state side uh is smaller obviously. Um we've laid out and and these are the numbers that were pres presented in the uh governor's budget. Um as I've heard, I think as uh Dr. Gail has alluded. Um no one's saying for sure, but I think it's pretty set that it should be somewhat close to that. They may move around what categories they happen in. Um, a lot of that's driven through the ready tole learn and the lawsuit that uh the state is trying to settle. Um, the last two there, the state feasers and FICA are driven off of our contribution. They pay half back. Um, and then we have seen some other the last one, the Plancon reimbursements
044about 900,000 and then there's some other grants and things that have come through. So, the state revenue is about $45.1 million. Our federal dropped a little bit just because of the way they've changed some of the categories, but really that 1.4 1.5 has been pretty consistent. Um, when you were precoid, you pull all the co money out and back to, you know, it really hasn't grown much at all. Um, and uh, as I work with Dr. McFersonson who manages a lot of that. It appears that we're that things are staying steady for next year regardless of what department may be paying them or not. Um we we think we should have the same. Uh so you see those add up to the $123 uh4 million on the revenue side. >> Mr. Mr. Foy, are you
045anticipating that $4 million that we're missing from budgeted to to 61 actual coming in between now and the end of the fiscal year or close? >> Yeah. So, you see like a lot of those are I mean you can see how far behind basic ed and special ed are. >> Right. Um federal is at least 600,000. Right. They like to send it late. So, >> okay. We usually go through August till we get all our >> Well, it only stands to reason since they approve it late. >> Correct. >> Send it late. >> Sendally >> So, yes, I fully expect us to hit the revenue number. >> Thank you. >> Matter of fact, I think that we're probably going to be with some of the other things that we have in already. Probably at least
046a million, maybe a million and a half over. >> Okay. >> Great. Thank you. >> Yep. >> So, we talked about the future funding, right? What are we looking at? As Dr. Gale mentioned, I just wanted to update based on the decision uh two weeks or three weeks ago, right? So that 4% which is currently uh in the proposed final budget uh that does allow us to put $900,000 into the bond capacity. We'll look at what that means here in a couple slides. Um it also sets us up in a good spot relatively. Um, right. So, looking at the model, I just put numbers in there right now. So, you know, I have 3 1/2%. Doesn't mean that we're past the 3 and 1 half%. You do see that there's a deficit in 2728 and
047in 2829, but a lot of that is because I put no more increase to regular learn. Um, if you follow the lawsuit, there probably should be another four years worth of increases. We'll see. Um, so that's a starting point. I think we're in a spot where things are achievable. We'll see obviously as we move forward what that looks like. Uh, but that just sort of shows that hey, what at what we know today, what does that couple next couple years look like? Um, the nice part is the last line, right? This is what we've been talking about. So, in the current budget, we have about 11.3 million between bond payments and bond capacity. So, some of that we'll put in capital reserve. Um this next budget will be 12 uh2 and then you can see
048another $600,000 addition through the next couple years. So that's how we get to or approach that $15 million number that we're shooting for with multiple projects coming over the next few years. We saw this, right? This is the increases with the 4%. Um, and like I said last time, 1% increase is approximately $35 change to each 1%. That is our final budget update. Um, I will be bringing to you all the paperwork in two weeks. Are there questions or discussion? >> Um, yeah. One one question with this being a final budget pre budget presentation um there's been a lot of discussion around um social worker if we were to request you know if we support that how would that affect anything that we're doing with the budget if we didn't if we maintain the budget
049at the same level with same 4% same numbers just with finding a way to bring at least one social worker in or support What would that what would that would it cost us another meeting? Would that would we be able to do that? >> So, it's it's probably$125 to $130,000, right? >> Yep. >> Um I mean, that's up to the board whether you feel like we need a tax increase to cover for that. If we try and figure out where we're at, you know, >> it would be possible just to take it from the debt capacity, >> Right. Just take that $130,000 less and it's possible that the state decides they want to give us more money and we're still >> chugging along with no change. >> Yes. Right. >> Don't give us less money.
050That would be the >> right. I'm looking at the glass half full at this moment. But yeah, >> I think the important number is it we would be looking at about 130,000 give or take a little bit depending on the person's placement on the salary schedule as well as health care benefits those types of things. But it not being a new position like we're not creating a new level of position that is something that would if the board decides that that's something that you want to have happen into this year's budget. Yeah, I would I would like to at least take a look at it and see because I think it's needed. I we brought in a lot of positions that kind of hit around it that says we need that position. Um I think
051we also need to need to do it. I mean our needs are increasing. Our students are going to be increasing. I just uh I think it's time we've talked about it for three years the different ways. I think it's time to go ahead and do it if the rest of the board supports or at least five. >> I would be in favor of moving forward with that. Whatever we need to do. >> Same. >> In theory, I'm looking at this and I see I'm looking at your uh chart. One more. I see that we're just using $25 out of the fund balance to do that. In theory, we could leave everything as it is and use $130,000 to fund balance. Is that >> accurate? >> 150. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> Any other questions about the
052budget? >> So, do we have direction? >> Yeah, Dr. forward and I would just ask that we have a little bit more of a consensus from the full board. Is that something is that a position that you want us to incorporate into this budget? >> Because I'll need to put final paperwork together that comes in. So >> Fred, is that something you'd like to move forward with? >> No. >> Pardon? >> No. Okay. Jill, >> I'm open to that. Yes. >> Yes. >> I'm open to it. Yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. Yes. Have it. >> Thank you. >> Does there need to be a change? We can't change the 4%. Correct. At this point, >> you can. Does anybody have an appetite for that? Or is this coming out of our fund balance or
053are we just figuring out how to spend $150,000 into what we already have? >> I personally believe there's opportunities, but I would like the administration to come back with with how at the 4% maintain the 4%. Just just be aware that if you don't like what is said on the 22nd, we're probably going to have to have another meeting. >> I think Nikki already threw out a couple, right? So, >> well, I wish it was that easy. >> Oh, it's not. >> No, it's not. >> It would be lovely if the state would give us more money or, you know, that would be fantastic. Uh, >> I also got beach property in Nebraska to sell you as well. >> Yeah, that was more of like a tongue and cheek. Let's hope that we get more
054money. >> Okay, got it. I don't unless the state raises their own taxes, I don't foresee that happening for real. I'm fine with 4%. And that's and letting the administration figure out where that filters in. I think options >> just understand we will bring a final budget. There will be a final budget. >> Yes. >> There won't be options to be >> right >> decided. That's what you explained. >> Correct. >> Yes. >> Yep. >> Minus another meeting. >> Was that >> minus another meeting? >> Oh, but we have to have that meeting before the 30th. >> June 30th. Right. Right. >> So that's unlikely, >> right? Right. Okay. >> I'm sorry. Can someone summarize then where we just landed on that? Are we adding the social worker to the budget and figuring out how
055to fund it? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. We'll come back at our next meeting with a 4% increase, but figuring out where we would incorporate that salary into it. >> Okay. Perfect. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Any further questions? Dr. Fullerton, you're ahead of schedule. >> Way ahead of schedule. Right. So, we do need to uh have a motion to place uh this budget as presented on the June 22nd board voting agenda. >> So, moved. >> Thank you. And a second. Thank you. Any further comment or question? Okay. Seeing none. All those in favor? >> Eight affirmative. >> Thank you very much. Anything else for the good of the committee of the whole? >> Okay. I will adjourn the committee of the whole and I will call to order the Pen Manor School District
056Schoolboard director's voting agenda meeting for Monday, June 8th, 2026. If you would please join me in a moment of silence and the flag salute. >> Thank you. 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. >> The next scheduled meeting of the Pen Manor School Board will be held on Monday, June 22nd, 2026 following the committee of the whole meeting. An executive session was held prior to the committee of the whole meeting for the purpose of discussing personnel and a student matter as detailed on the committee of the whole agenda. Mrs. Rose, may we have a roll call, please? >> Sure. Mr. Beaks >> here. >> Mr. Her >> here. >> Mrs. Hope
057>> here. >> Mrs. Ke here. >> Mr. Lombardo is absent. Mr. Warfl >> here. >> Ms. Wart >> here. >> Mrs. Napsiger here. Dr. Fullerton >> here. Eight board members present. >> At each of our board meetings, we offer our citizens two opportunities to comment. We have now reached that first opportunity. And this opportunity is for items on the voting agenda only. Do we have any citizens that wish to comment on any items listed on the board voting agenda? Okay. Seeing none, may I have a motion to approve the minutes uh from our board voting agenda for May 18th, 2026? >> So move. >> Thank you. A second. >> Second. >> Thank you. Any further comment or question? All those in favor? >> Eight affirmative votes. >> Thank you, Dr. Gail. Superintendent report. >> Thank
058you, Dr. Fton. Uh, first I would like to congratulate and thank all of our teachers, administrators, support staff, and students on a very successful 202526 school year. Throughout the last few weeks, there have been many celebrations of what was accomplished. And these events truly showed how much our students learned, grew, and accomplished over the course of the year. Of course, our largest celebration was the commencement ceremony for the class of 2026. Uh in total 421 students graduated from Penn Manor. I would like to thank Mr. Eie, our high school assistant principles, Mrs. Bachmann, and the high school teachers for a well orchestrated ceremony and the students who participated in that uh because they allowed us to reflect and celebrate all that the members of that class has accomplished. I'd like to thank all of our
059board directors for your participation in that meaningful evening as well. And congratulations, Mrs. Kek, Mrs. hope Dr. Egan on having a child that has successfully graduated from high school. I also like to congratulate two members of our agricultural program as well as the program in itself. Amanda Gier and Neil Felenbomb and the entire Penmanor Agricultural Program were honored by the Pennsylvania Association of Agricultural Educators uh this past fall or this past spring. And the organization recognizes educators or who are in the early stages of their career. Those who serve as mentors to early a educators and also a programs that are fulfilling the Pennsylvania Agricultural Association's uh mission. Mr. Felenbomb was nominated and recognized for being an outstanding teacher mentor, not only for his work that he does with younger teachers, but also for how
060he promotes agricultural education. Miss Gier was nominated as an outstanding early career teacher and then in totality the Penman agricultural program was nominated as an outstanding agricultural educational program. And really this is designed to recognize those outstanding middle school or secondary high school a programs that that are accomplishing great things by creating boundless classrooms and providing limitless learning for students. uh this ward award specifically highlights the achievements and growth of the program over the last five years. Unfortunately, the program or Mr. Felen Bum are not moving on to further recognition, but Miss Gier is being has been selected as the Eastern Region PAE outstanding early career teacher of 2026. So, Miss Gier will represent the Eastern Region of Pennsylvania as well as the state as well as Penmanor and continue in her application process for
061the National Association of Agricultural Educators program to see if she is a national early career teacher. A lot of great things are happening in that program, but I wanted to congratulate Miss Gany and Mr. Felbomb for their accomplishments that they tried to keep real quiet. Dr. Fullton, >> I'm sure I'm sure. And then I do have one other congratulations that I would like to share. Uh and this is to Chase Marsh. Chase is a rising junior who was selected to represent Penn Manor and the PIAA as a state student ambassador at the upcoming 2026 National Student Leadership Summit that will take place July 16th to the 19th in Indianapolis, Indiana. And this is put on by the National Federation of High School Sports. And it's the National Student Leadership Summit. brings students together from across
062the country as well as international students for a unique leadership development experience focused on education-based athletics and activities. And Chase was chosen from over 200 of his peers throughout the state who applied for this and he will be going with 12 other students from the state of Pennsylvania to Indianapolis to represent us. So congratulations to Chase. This is actually our second student ambassador in the last two years to go. So, it's quite an opportunity for our students. They learn a lot and especially in leadership and also what it looks like to participate at a high level. Thank you, Dr. Forson. All in all, the 2025 26 school year, as hard as it is to believe it was over, it was a very successful year for all of us. >> Thank you, Dr. Gail. Any questions
063for Dr. Gail? Okay. Seeing none, we will review our school board meeting agenda. You all right? >> I'm fine. >> Okay. Item 2 A. Any comment or question or any other volunteers? >> Yeah. Anybody want to be an alternate? >> Anybody want to go? >> We sold it so good last time. >> Okay. >> My only comment is thank you. >> Huh? My only comment is thank you. >> Yeah, I'm sure it is. Item three, A through J. Any comments or questions? And item four, A through K. Any comments or questions? Seeing none, may I have a motion to approve item 2 A? >> So move. >> Second. >> Thank you. Any further comment or question? Last chance for anybody else to jump into the fun. >> Seeing none, all those in favor? >> Eight
064affirmative votes. >> Halfway up. That's good. It counts. Yeah. >> Item three, A through J. May I have a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Thank you. A second. >> Second. >> Thank you. Any further comment or question? >> All those in favor? >> Eight. Affirmative votes. >> And item 4 A through K. Any comment or question? I have a motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Thank you. A second. >> Second. >> Okay. Thank you. All those in favor? >> Eight affirmative votes. >> Thank you very much. We've now reached the second opportunity for our citizens to comment on any district business. Do we have any citizens that wish to comment at this time? Sir. >> Well, we Yeah, we can we can wait for her. >> Okay, >> that's fine. She has
065been so patient and I assume your granddaughter has been exceptionally well behaved. >> Yeah, >> I have something to say. >> Please come up to the podium. Please state your name and municipality. And please remember that you have five minutes to address the board. I will set a timer and when the timer goes off, I'll say thank you and that'll be the conclusion. >> Okay. Now, is is my white mic working better than some of yours? Because I had a hard time hearing a lot of you speak. I don't know if you're not speaking into the mic and maybe we're not supposed to hear it, but anyway, you hear me good, right? Okay, good. That's all I want. Okay. I am Lesie Hess. My wife and I live on Men Hill Road just south of
066here. My family has a lot of history and my wife also in the school district. I myself and her have lived in Manor Township all our life. I went to Central Manor Crestwell Leord Elementary Schools and then on to the old high school which not the old old high school but the high school that used to set wherever here. You know what I'm saying? So, uh, and that's where I finished my secondary education. My greatgrandfather, Jacob Lindamman, was instrumental in getting the first three six room schools built, Central Manor, Hambrite, and Creswell. He was on the school board. My father-in-law, my wife's dad, Aldis Meyer, was instrumental in getting the lead towards school built. He was on the school board. My grandfather was the foreman of the construction company that built the high school. I'm
067talking about the old high school that I went to. Okay, now that's gone. Uh, and I personally, me personally, helped to renovate Echelman School back in the 2000s. So, what point I'm trying to make is my great-grandfather had vision that we needed to get away from the one room schools and they needed to uh the township was moving fast and growing fast. My father-in-law had a vision that we needed an elementary school in the middle of Manor Township. They talked about building on to Hambrite. Well, we know what happened to Hambrite, but he had the vision that it should be at Leort. It flew after a while of a me much debate, but that's where it was built and it was a very good asset to the township and the school district. They all had
068vision and that's why we have elected you because you have vision. The things that happen sometimes we look back and we say, "Oh, we should have did it that way." But people that have vision can look ahead and that's the anybody can be a Monday morning quarterback and they're all over the place. But you have to we elected you because you have vision and you're looking forward and that's what we're wanting. Uh looking back is always 2020 vision. You need so desperately to look into the future. Manor Township is busting at the seams with residential development. It is a fact. This property around Estraman Elementary is zoned R1 and that means one thing. It's going to mean housing. So either now with Brandon, I was here at the May 18th meeting, I think it was
069when he presented his program, or it's going to happen with another developer. It's going to happen. The plan he laid out is so great. It has free land, more land, utilities and roads that work with that plan. To me, being in construction all my life, it looked like such a no-brainer. And maybe first and foremost is the safety of those children right now. Just a dead end road that goes back in there. And if there would be a catastrophe at the beginning in between there somewhere, how would we get those kids out of there if they were in school? If the new new program with with building the school to another place, multiplying its size, having the access roads to get to it is such a primary fact in the future of it, in the
070safety of it. I was in this room with Brandon's proposal and it was I thought, boy, this is going to go big time. And then at the end, you took a straw boat vote and it was five to four. I couldn't believe it. I thought sure it was going to be a nine to nothing in favor vote, but it wasn't. What I want you to do is look into the future. Put your selfish ambitions away. Look into the future and make this decision right and safe. Sure, you might spend some more money, but you're going to save the taxpayers. It It's going It has to be over $7 million with all the stuff you're going to get and do. the busing alone is such a huge thing that we won't have to do if we
071build that school where it's going to go. Uh doesn't matter what you do, there's going to be grumbling and growling from taxpayers. It never fails. When they built this high school, I went to the meetings and growling and grumbling. But you look at it now and it's like, wow, this is really great. And I think that's what's going to happen when we do this. Elshiman Elementary School at the site where we're proposed by Brandon. >> Thank you, sir. >> Is that all I have? >> That's all you have, sir. >> One more state. One more sentence. One more sentence. >> One more sentence. Okay. This could be the topic at the mark for a long time about taxes raising and this school. But when it's all done, people are going to say, "Wow, this was
072a great idea." Thank you. >> Thank you. Yep. We heard you had some comments. >> Yes. Thank you. Sorry, little one had to go to the bathroom. Um, good evening. My name is Jessica Snider. I'm a lifelong Pen Manor community member, a future Comet Mama, and a graduate from 1999. Having attended Penman schools throughout my entire education, I care about the future of our district and the decisions being made on behalf of our students, family, and taxpayers. I attended the May 4th meeting where Brandon Conrad from Vistablock presented information regarding Freedom Memorial development. This is the first time he put a name on his development. And I will tell you, community members thought the school board was involved with the park initiative, Freedom Memorial Park. as a business professional with more than 23 years of
073business experience and growing a company from a $6 million business to a $25 million business and then doing it twice over. I left that meeting with several important questions that unfortunately could not be answered because I had to wait till the end of the meeting that went to after 10 p.m. That wasn't feasible for me, especially with this one. As many of you know, um, sorry, I know many other community members face similar challenges with work schedules, child care responsibility, and family commitments. I respectfully encourage the board to reconsider its meeting format. Allow allowing public comment and questions following each agenda item would create a more transparent, productive, and meaningful dialogue between the board and the community it serves. Manor Township actually does that and that was one thing that came out of that meeting
074that I was very impressed with. Additionally, I'm asking the board to seriously consider holding a dedicated town hall regarding Echelman Elementary School and the pro proposed involvement of Vista Block. The community is only beginning to understand the possibilities and implications surrounding this proposal. Given the significance of any potential land swap, sale, or development involving a neighborhood school, residents deserve the opportunity to hear directly from all parties involved, asking questions and receiving clear answers in a public forum. As elected officials, you have a responsibility not only to make decisions on behalf of the community, but also ensure the community has a voice in those decisions. Transparency, accessibility, and public engagement are essential to meeting to maintaining the trust in the community. On May 31st, I sent an email to all nine board members requesting a town
075hall. I've received responses back from four and I was also advised Dr. Fullerton that you would be reaching out to me at some point and I've yet to receive a response. I respectfully ask that the board commit to increased transparency, improved opportunities for public engagement, and a town hall meeting that allows community members to fully understand and discuss the future of Ashelman Elementary School before any decisions are made. Business-wise, there are a lot of questions in my mind that I'd like to share at the town hall, but I'll keep that and hopefully you make that decision to have that town hall meeting. Thank you for your time and consideration. >> Thank you. Any other citizens comments? >> Anything else for the good of the board? >> Dr. Dr. Fullerton, considering the fact that we've received
076multiple requests for some sort of town hall regarding this, and as it has been the tradition of Penn Manor to have public forums before we make decisions such as this, I'm making a formal request that prior to any vote on any contract, citizens have the right and the ability to address us and have their questions answered. >> I would agree. >> Thank you. >> Um, I would agree wholeheartedly. uh as of yet as of this moment collectively as a board as you know Miss Napinger we have not seen any type of >> right >> agreement or anything of that nature um so having a town hall discussion or scheduling of such would be a little premature >> but prior to a vote >> prior to a vote absolutely we'll follow uh what we have done
077in the past certainly have a town hall meeting. It would be public discussion motion to put on a voting agenda and and then of course we'll have comment prior to that. >> That so it doesn't drag on for three months >> since we just have one meeting in July and again we have yet to see anything. The earliest that anything could happen would be August >> if if we're >> Dr. Fullerton. I'm referring to more of what we did when we built the high school when there was conversation about what was going to happen at Konesoga when we moved Hambrite. >> There was there was multiple meetings that occurred where >> administration in small settings were able to communicate along with the school board president I believe was there. >> Yep. >> Um they happened
078in like the school setting. So like I went to one at Echelman about the high school. I also went to one at Hambrite about Hamre as a resident to find out what was going on. It wasn't during a regularly scheduled schoolboard meeting. >> Sure. But I'm just saying we would have a town hall. Yeah. >> And then the meeting structure to answer your question. I'm not sure how we could expedite this. >> So we couldn't have a town hall before August. >> Well, we could have several town halls before August. But let's assume, >> okay, >> just so it's it's public in nature. uh we are uh presented with a a contract um to discuss in July and we have also made it our practice that if we got it in July had a discussion
079in the motion passed it wouldn't appear before the August first meeting in August to be voted on. I'm not saying that's what's going to happen. I'm just throwing out those >> for a town hall. would we >> well time hall can happen any time between now and and whenever but um >> that's the piece I'm talking about >> my my point is is again we have not seen any formal documentation to even discuss to schedule >> uh said town hall if we get this documentation and we don't like it then I I'm not certain that there's any need for a town hall >> I'm just curious who who is providing that why We don't have it yet. I mean, we've been discussing this for three months now, maybe longer. >> Well, actually, we've been discussing
080it for over a year. Uh, and and we can only work as fast as the person who needs our help to do that. So, we haven't received it yet from Vista Blog. >> I guess what I'm saying is, does he understand what we need? Has that all been communicated? >> Dr. Gail would Okay. All right. Thank you. I just prefer we don't drag it on for another six months. >> To be clear, this conversation has only been happening in a public forum for a month and we typically don't make decisions like this in two to three months in education. >> Correct. >> That's other similars have taken six months to a year. >> Correct. >> Then we're right on track. Yeah. >> Anything else from the good of the board? If not, I'd like to
081adjourn to uh executive session for legal matter and real estate. Ladies and gentlemen, we'll see you back here on June 22nd. Thank you very much.