001It is Tuesday, January 13, 2026, and this is a special board meeting to approve personnel. Um, please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I >> alian 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. And first I will do a report on executive session. The board met in executive session this evening, January 13, 2026, to discuss two potential legal matters. Next on the agenda is public comment. Do we have any? Okay, seeing none, we will move on to our um action items. 401, personal action item. The recommended action is that the board approves the offer of employment for Dr. Sharon Schaefer, assistant to the superintendent for teaching and learning and the employment of Mr. Brett Snell
002as the assistant director of infrastructure technology. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Miss Stern approve. First motion and Miss Solomon second. So we'll just go right to the vote. All in favor? >> I so 90 approved. Congratulations and welcome to the Rner family. [applause] >> And with that, Dr. Bachelor, would you like to make some comments? >> I'd just like to uh first off uh welcome Dr. Schaefer. It's great to have you here with us tonight. It's been a a very involved process. Uh we had many rounds of interviews. Um, we had so many members of our community and administrative team and teachers uh that were part of this process and uh we are just thrilled uh to have you here tonight with us and and excited and
003uh I think I gave you a heads up that you're welcome to say a few words. So now and if I didn't get used to me just looking at you and going hey can you say a few words >> please [cough] press the button? Okay. Well, thank you. I appreciate uh your approval and I do want to say I really appreciated the process. It was very thorough. But I enjoyed meeting all the stakeholders, the teachers, um the staff, the schoolboard members, community members that were part of that process and of course the administration. I really appreciated that. I'm very excited about joining the Rner Township community. Um I love passionate about teaching and learning. my top priority will be your students, your staff, your community, all of you. It will be a priority and I'm
004really um I'm really honored. So, thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you, Doc. >> Thank you, Dr. Shaver. Congratulations again. >> Thank you. >> And you have the the the great fortune of the fact that this is a special board meeting and we're looking forward to you starting um I believe it's March. Do we >> March 2nd? Monday. March 2nd. >> Wonderful. So, we're excited for March 2nd. So, and then you don't have to stick around for a long meeting tonight. [laughter] >> I'm used to those, but I appreciate that. So, thank you. I know my husband Mark will enjoy some dinner after the meeting. So, thank you. [laughter] >> Well, thank you. And I also want to mention tonight we have with us Brett Snell. U Brett want to congratulate Brett. We had uh
005the uh our technology department um our innovation technology department had a very involved process as well and we are absolutely thrilled uh tonight to have Brett be joining us and be joining the team and and supporting us with our network uh and be supporting us in our technology department. So Brett, do you want to come up and say a few words? Sure. As Dr. Schaefer mentioned, I'd like to say thank you for uh welcoming me aboard. I'm very excited to work with everybody um and bring the best technology skills that I can to the table and um make the students, the teachers, the administration, all everybody a priority in providing the best technology uh we can. Uh, so I'd like to say thank you to everybody and I look forward to working with you all.
006>> Welcome. >> Well, thank thank you both and welcome again. >> Thank you. >> Do we have a start date on Rhett? You know, >> do we have to be determined? Do >> I think we're TBD still? >> When does Dr. Han get some help? [laughter] Oh, sorry. >> Oh, jeez. Sorry. I'm Okay. The next on the agenda is board announcements. Um, on Tuesday, January 20th, we will have um a 5:00 pm curriculum meeting and then at 7 p.m. our second public hearing for the Valley Forge Service Academy Charter School. A note that those will be at Radner Middle School auditorium. And then on Tuesday, >> no, you know what? We decided, we changed that. Yes, sorry. We just changed that. It will be back here in this room. >> Okay. >> Back in the
007garden. This is We call this the garden suite. So yeah. Um and then on Tuesday, January 27th, 7 p.m. our regular business medium um meeting at the um Rner Township Municipal Building. With that, we have a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Excellent. Where's my gavvel? We don't have a gavl. >> All in favor? Sorry, I'm new to this. >> I 90 meeting adjourned. >> Thank you. That's about as quick as it gets. >> [laughter]