School Board Meeting - 9/17/25

001to order. Sorry, Mr. All right. All right. I'll call call to order this uh September 17th, 2025 uh regular meeting of the board of education. Please rise for the pledge to the flag. 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. >> May we have roll call? >> Elizabeth Goldberman >> here. >> Mary Lee Hall >> here. >> Samantha Hall >> here. >> William Hall >> here. >> Jeremy Hash >> here. >> Jennifer Hankle >> here. >> Nathan Hankle >> here. James Holly >> here. >> Jacob Wilson >> here. >> Thank you. All right. Before we begin, I would like to make a statement. It's been a week. First, I will clarify that

002consistent with the email Dr. Bryson sent on Friday. The board does not publicly comment on personnel matters in order to give space to our administration to perform their duties. Silence on such matters at this time represents adherence to policy rather than representing any specific opinions. I do have opinions on recent events, however, and I will make those clear. Speaking on my own behalf, Dr. Bryson sent an email condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk and offering condolences to his family and friends. I wholeheartedly agree and join him in these statements. Further, I will add that I condemn not only the assassination but the assassination culture that has been developing in our country for some time now which I believe led to and now surrounds this vile act. I condemn the intentional spreading of misinformation intended to

003stoke violent action against Mr. Kirk and later to create confusion surrounding the motives of his killer. I condemn the celebration of his death and the near immediate personal attacks on his grieving widow. I condemn the statements that excuse his killing. Mr. Kirk is not the first victim of assassination culture, but he is a victim of some of the most egregious examples I have seen of this phenomenon. I've required some time to process this event. I'm a pretty pretty car compartmentalized person. Yet, the other day, as I was discussing the district's communication with my wife, my throat closed up as I said the words, "The assassination of Charlie Kirk. I had to stop and take a moment. If you want to understand why, you'll have to ask me privately. But I come out of that processing

004with this. As a school district, this is absolutely not an event that we can ignore or just move past. Different speakers have different audiences. And Charlie Kirk's primary audience was young people. College students, yes, but also many high schoolers and even younger. I have become aware that many of our students are traumatized by witnessing this violent act. They are confused by responses that justify, condone, or even celebrate the murder of a 31-year-old husband and father for speaking and defending his beliefs. They are hurting and wondering if their own lives will be valued if they speak and defend their beliefs. We must recognize that pain, confusion, and fear and give attention not only to supporting those students as well as we can right now, but to al also learn get better to get better at supporting

005them. Thank you. >> Thank you, President H. >> All right. Item 2.01. Can we have approval of the September 17th? I'll make a motion to approve the September 17th board agenda. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Yeah. Um do we have any uh discussion? >> Any nays or abstensions? Hearing none. That motion carries. Items 3.01 and 3.02. I'll entertain a motion to approve the uh minutes for the August 14th uh schoolboard meeting as well as the se September 15th personnel and policy committee meeting notes uh meeting minutes. >> So move second. >> Any discussion? Any nays or abstensions? Hearing none that motion carries. Moving on to item 4.01, the student representative report. Caleb, >> thank you. I want to start by welcoming he's somewhere here. Mr. Blandon. Um there's good things to come. I can

006tell I've already had a brief conversation with him. He's a very nice guy. I think we'll fit right in the district. Um and just a couple more dates for you guys. I've got September 19th. This Friday is midm marking period 1. It's crazy how fast the school year is moving. Um, then to mark that, we'll have Colonel Brian McCarthy, who some of you guys might remember his name. Um, he was the commencement speaker, I believe, two years ago, and he'll be delivering an inspirational message to the high school, which I'm looking forward to as well. Then we will have a half day and PM inservice for teachers on the 26th. And then there's the SHs choir night October 1st. And then October 2nd is the JA real life program which from seniors past um the

007people above me was a very valuable valuable day to prepare everyone for what comes after high school. Then we'll be hosting SAT testing on October 4th. And then the week of October 6th to the 11th is very busy week for the high school and the district. We've got our homecoming spirit week. Our theme for the dance will be fly me to the moon. Think Frank Sinatra, old New York kind of something like that. Um very excited for that. student council. We've put a lot of effort into planning that to curating all of our days and our our decorations. So, I'm very excited. Then on October 6th, we have our first spirit day, music Monday. So, you're going to wear some music merch dressed to represent your favorite artist or your genre. Then the following day

008on the 7th is tourist Tuesday. So, we wear maybe like a vacation tea, a Hawaiian shirt, like a tacky tourist outfit, cargo shorts, and a Hawaiian shirt, something like that. Um, then on the 8th, we have our white out Wednesday. So, wear white. And then, similar to similar to white out Wednesday, we have dress to impress or rock your war warrior red like a red carpet kind of. Um then on the 8th we have the powderpuff game, parent teacher conferences on the 8th and 9th and a pep rally on the 9th. Then the day of the dance is October 11th at 700 p.m. Then we'll have the October fun night also hosted by student council on October 29th. Then that's all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Uh, in the interest

009of being respectful to Mr. Blandon's uh, plans, possible plans for the evening, I don't know. Um, I'd like to move item 10.01 up to right now, Mr. Blandon. And I'll turn it over to our personnel and policy chair for this. >> Okay. Item 10.01, athletic director. I'd like to make a motion to approve appointing Matthew Blandon as athletic director at a salary of $18,000 prrated. effective September 2nd, 2025. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Um, any discussion? Any nays or abstensions? >> Okay. Thank you. This is passes. Congratulations. >> You have any prepared state? >> All right. Uh first, thank you for the opportunity to lead the athletic department here uh at Susky as I've picked up on that already. And so uh also thank you Dr. Bryson, Dr. Sterner, and the rest

010of the admin team and uh welcoming me and uh helping me to get settled in over the past few weeks. Um has been very helpful, especially as we're trying to transition and move from Ohio. So, um, and then in addition, I want to thank my wife Hannah and my kids. Um, at the end of the day, they're the one that allowing me to continue my career, um, in educational athletics, and they're the ones that, uh, support me and love me every day and give me that, uh, encouragement to, uh, keep pursuing my dream. Um, just a quick glimpse into me and my leadership. Uh I stand in front of you as a product of educational athletics and my experience um through schooling and high school and college. Um I call it the classroom that's not

011the traditional classroom. Um it's the one that's outside the walls that uh many student athletes connect with um that might not connect in the classroom. Um in there they're learning the lifelong lessons that are built on and reinforced regularly such as trust, teamwork, discipline, commitment, servant leadership, and empathy. Um it helps them prepare for life beyond now that uh sometimes can be overwhelming. Um and gives them the tools that they are able to use to succeed later on um and be a productive citizen with a lasting impact. Um over my last two decades in educational athletics, I've often used the term champion mindset as I've led various athletic departments. Um, many instantly correlate that to um, athletics, which it should, but um, I'm talking about a champion mindset outside of athletics, not just on the,

012uh, playing field, the court of competition, uh, but in their community, in their school, and beyond that. And um that's what our focus will be is continuing to develop that help them compete with themselves and having that mindset of uh controlling the things they can control to have the desired and successful outcome they want to have um not just in sports now but later on in life. Um and then also a focus will be is just continuing and always striving to be the benchmark or the standard um in the area in the state when it comes to the athletic department and how we're challenging our student athletes to um have that champion mindset but also setting the bar for everyone else uh in the area. So again, thank you for welcoming me to the uh

013Suski community and I appreciate u joining and we are almost fully moved into Pennsylvania. Um just a couple more weeks and uh we'll we'll be finishing that um process. So thank you again. >> Thank you. [Applause] All right, moving on to scroll up. Item 5.01, board res resolutions in recognition of of athletic achievement. Uh, is that you, Dr. Eert? >> Yeah, I'm actually going to turn this over to >> Did I just >> Dr. Sterner. Calling Dr. Sterner. >> There we go. and eventually Mr. Blandon down there. >> I sent him away to other assignments. >> Oh, he's there. He is good. Perfect. So, we have a couple resolutions uh that came out of last school year. Um outstanding accomplishments of some of our student athletes and some of the leaders um of those teams.

014So, uh Mrs. Doberman, if you'll help me present some of these resolutions. First one is to one of our students, Neve Fanning, and I'll read the resolution uh that she'll be presented with. Do you want to come up? So the resolution we're presenting to her will say uh Southern York County School District resolution of commenation whereas Neve Fanning was selected as a 2024 York Adams Interscolastic Athletic Association Division 2 girls soccer all-star and whereas Neve was named all state by the Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association for fall 2024. 4 season. Whereas Neve has participated and lettered in girls soccer for three years. It is resolved that the board of education on behalf of the Southern York County School District adds its recognition, gratitude, and admiration for the way in which Ne Fanning has represented Suscoanak High

015School. Her dedication, leadership, and success as a student athlete will serve as a role model for others. given this day in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 17th of September, 2025. Congratulations. >> They're out there. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. One Thank you so much. >> Our other two honores couldn't be here this evening because they're out there working with our student athletes. So, uh two coaching honors that I uh we'll send resolutions to and share with um in the future. Um the first one is reads as follows. Whereas coach Alexander Fcher was selected as a 2024 2025 York Adams Interscolastic Athletic Association Division 2 girls basketball coach of the year. It is resolved that the board of education on behalf of the Southern York County School District adds its recognition, gratitude, and admiration for

016the way in which coach Alexander Fans has represented Susuan High School. His dedication, leadership, and success as a coach will serve as a role model for others. Mr. Fancher is Coach Fer is also Mr. Fcher in the classroom at our middle school. So, we appreciate both his uh leadership of students on the court in girls basketball as well as his work in the classroom as a social studies teacher in the middle school. Our second coaching honore then is reads as follows. Whereas coach Brett Maxwell was selected as a 2024 York Adams Interscolastic Athletic Association Division 2 boys soccer coach of the year. It is resolved that the board of education on behalf of the Southern York County School District adds its recognition, gratitude, and admiration for the way in which coach coach Brett Maxwell has

017represented Susuak High School. his dedication, leadership, and success as a coach will serve as a role model for others. When he's not on the pitch as coach Maxwell, he's uh in our in our gym working with students as a PE and health teacher at the high school. So, appreciation to Brett and to Alex for their uh leadership of students in the classroom and outside of the classroom and for these recognition and and uh way that they uh represented our district. And there are some soccer players that we're here to support. >> Thanks for coming, guys. >> Thanks, Nie. >> Thank you. >> All right, moving on to item 5.02, 02 for the Glenrock American Legion Writers uh check presentation to increase the scholarship endowment by Miss Leah an >> Boyd. Sure you guys don't want

018to speak now. >> Okay, I got this for you. Okay, so we welcome back the Glenrock American Legion writers. they've been with us several times now um to to give money to the foundation for our students. So started several years ago um when they contacted us and asked to do a commitment to raise $10,000. They had 10 years to do that, but they are an awesome group and they did that in several months. So we were so impressed. Um since then they have brought us several other checks. Um they're there here this evening to give us, I believe, a $1,500 check. um which will put their total um for scholarships to $14,126. Um and since they're endowed um it'll their scholarships will be given into perpetuity for our students. Let's go for Hannah. [Applause] >>

019Y everybody [Applause] There you go. That's the >> You want that one? Thank you. >> Appreciate you. >> See you tomorrow. >> All right, moving on to 5.03. We have the first day of school video. [Music] picture to end off. >> How many times you have to try with that last picture? >> How many shots left? >> We kept making them jump. >> Yeah. >> All right. Uh item 5.04. We have a booster club presentation. So this presentation is to share some of the different booster groups uh that help to provide a really special connection between high school programs in athletics and music and parent groups within our community that that provide so much support to uh our students. So presenting on behalf of All Sports Booster is uh the new president of All Sports

020Booster, Mrs. Beth Plum. Presenting on behalf of band boosters is new co-treasurer John Melasquez. And finally, our newest booster group uh is the orchestra boosters. Uh and presenting on their behalf is Mrs. Kendra Maben, their president. So, I'll let Beth get started. >> Hi, thank you for having us. Um as Dr. Sterner said, I'm Beth Plum. starting my first term as the all sports boosters club president. Our other executive board members uh Jill Kirchoffner is our vice president. Megan G is our new treasurer and then Laura Hyleman is continuing as our secretary. So also um up on the screen is our website. We do have a separate website that just has some additional information about the booster club, the calendar with different things that are going on um and other access to um resources for

021our booster club reps and things like that. And then our emails are also there as well for any correspondents. As far as what we do, um we are a nonprofit and we're authorized to raise funds in the name of Sesco High School and its athletic teams. Our mission is to support and aid the athletes, coaches, and parents of the district to enhance all of our athletic programs, activities, and experiences for the participants. Um each year we provide athlete aotments for each athlete participating for items during the season, an additional um senior allotment for graduating athlete recognition, financial assistance as needed to support athlete participation. So things like um cleats or shoes that maybe are needed for basketball. Um we've purchased some different you know shining guard things like that that would uh be needed for

022the athletes and and um the family is having a challenge in in providing that for them. Um, and then we also do scholarships to graduating varsity athletes and there's a committee. They are um anonymously selected. Usually 12 to 15 athletes each year um are given a $500 scholarship from the booster club. Um other events that we have kind of our major ones are the meet the teams and athlete appreciation night. This year we're doing them as a combined event which went really well for the fall. It was so fun to see as many athletes participate um in that athlete appreciation night and so we did it after practice and then held the meet the teams event where all of the athletes are um introduced as they joined their their team. So we'll do the same

023thing in the winter and then in the spring and we'll coordinate calendars of course with everyone to find those dates. Um we do a seasonal fundraiser. That's how we fund um the athlete aotments in particular and some of the other things that we do for the fall. It's RNK subs. Winter right now is butter braids and then spring we do uh flower basket. So, um, there are other things fundraising wise that we're working on and and doing throughout the year that are kind of on a case by case or smaller scale, but the seasonal fundraisers are really our significant event um to fund those athlete aotments. Um, our meetings, we meet monthly on a Wednesday evening. Um, it's usually about the third Wednesday, but not always. Those specific dates are on the All Sports Booster

024Club calendar that can be found on our website and they are held at 7:30 in the um high school cafeteria. I think that's all I have. Hi, as Dr. Sterner mentioned, my name is John Mowskis. a co-reasurer with for the band boosters and and again thank you for the opportunity to share some information with you. Up on the slide you see our board executive board and our email the best way to ever reach us at [email protected]. Uh as we move on to the next slide, the band boosters have 501c3 nonprofit status. Uh the booster support ensembles such as the marching band, jazz band, winter, the winter indoor color guard, indoor drum line, and the middle school and elementary band programs. The purpose of the band boosters is to assist with projects and provide funds to

025enable the bands to participate in events outside of normal school activities and also to support the band director and the school administration toward meeting the educational objectives of the Southern York County School District bands. Some examples of what we do. Manage uniform maintenance and distribution. Assist in purchasing large ticket items. You may have seen the two very large trailers on the side of the school. Um build props for the marching band and indoor um ensembles. Uh and the day of a performance. There's a lot of things that go on. I know some of you have been around that. Uh while the students are rehearsing and our very talented instructional staff are are teaching them, the p the band parents are prep preparing, providing and serving their lunch and then disassembling the props, loading the props,

026driving the trailers to the off-campus performance, unloading the trailers, assembling the props, whailing them onto the field, and then all in reverse as we come back home. Um, it's quite a community event. It really truly is. And then an example of how we might support other ensembles like the Warrior Cadets, which is an honors uh elementary band uh from students from all three elementary schools. We provide them shirts and pizza. Major events coming up, we have band night at the football game on October 3rd. will you where you'll have the ba the elementary band students, the middle school band students all getting to perform with the big kids in the high school marching band. And there'll be parents with lots of lots of cameras, lot lots of pictures. Uh and then you can see the

027dates of the swing dance in February, the handbag bingo, jazz fest, and give local York. Our meetings are the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 in the banner. See you there. Thank you. >> Good evening. Kendra Maben, um, orchestra boosters and we just formed last year, so we're grateful to be here. Thank you. I'm an alumni of the SYCSD music department under Mrs. Kathy Yedder, and I'm extremely proud of our district's excellent music program and tradition. Music builds community. Um, our students have gone to some of the nation's top music conservatories, including Curtis, Giuliard, Eastman, and Peabody. And currently, a distinguished alumnest of Sesco's music program, Troy Engel, is on tour with Ricky Skaggs and is part of his Kentucky Thunder band. Our young people are so fortunate to receive an excellent music education

028in the school district. And while most of our graduates don't go into music professionally, music does benefit them. Musicians develop unique skills of discipline and listening. The SYCSD Orchestra Booster is a dedicated nonprofit. Our mission is to help perpetuate our strong music tradition. Our core group consists of 10 dedicated parents as well as our executive board and we're always looking for new members. We meet by Zoom on the third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. As our purpose, as stated in the bylaws, is to encourage and maintain an enthusiastic enthusiastic interest in the SYCSD orchestra booster, to assist with projects which will provide funds to enable the SYCSD orchestra to participate in activities outside of normal school activities, and to cooperate fully with the orchestra director, Mr. Jones and the administration of SYCSD in

029making all projects ones which will be of value to the SYCSD orchestra. The organization is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes and makes distributions that qualify as exempt under 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code. The SYCSC orchestra booster is funded through specific fundraisers which are strictly voluntary, not mandatory. And our fundraising goes to support the orchestras for adjudications, educational field trips, and gratuitities for guest artists who help further the education, expand the horizons of our incredible students. Our major events coming up are the um PMEA District 7 Stringfest on April 11th. We're currently in a fall fundraiser for flowers and we have a spring fundraiser to to be determined. Thank you. >> Thank you. So, in closing, our our boosters certainly have a financial aspect to them, and that's the natural connection, but it's

030the people. The word support came up in all of their presentations multiple times. It's the people behind each of these organizations that really propel their mission to support our students in music and athletic programming and we appreciate them deeply in their partnerships. >> Thank you, Dr. >> Thank you. Thank you. So, >> all right. Item 5.05, educational updates by Dr. Reford. >> Thank you, President Hegel. School board. Uh Kayla mentioned earlier, you know, we got a almost a month of school already done in a quick blink of an eye. A lot of great things happening schools, but more importantly, as I mentioned in August, I said I can't wait for the students to fill our halls. It is great to have the students back. Uh continuing on my theme of safe, supportive, and collaborative culture.

031Uh under safety, you know, our district continues to pride itself regarding safety procedures. And I want to share a statistic with everyone. Um, as of today, we have 195 staff members uh in the district that have been certified in CPR and AED training. Uh, in in a recent training for the administrators, the facilitate facilitator actually commented that we have one of the safest school districts in all the tri-state area that he does the training in because of how our district devotes the time uh for specific training. Um, and over the next couple weeks, uh, all five of our schools are offing add offering additional, uh, training of CPR, AED. Uh, so we know that at that point we're going to have well over 200 staff members that'll be trained in CPR and first aid. Um,

032our district did complete an all district training on situational awareness and we added a new component of email an email fishing campaign. These trainings provided our staff uh the necessary tools to focus on safety within the school. Uh we'll continue to facilitate these trainings throughout the school year as we on board new staff members. And a big thanks to Mr. Matt Litel, our district's school safety security coordinator, Mr. Greg Hunt, the coordinator of technology who facilitated these in-person uh training sessions. Um under supportive, great to get back into the schools and visiting students. Uh Dr. Bryson and I have had the opportunity to get back into the classrooms over the last few weeks. Uh great to see the students excitement for learning. Um also a note support for our teachers. Thank you for everything that

033they have done uh getting into the classroom seeing the excitement not only their excitement but the excitement of the students uh for learning. So we're really looking forward to those opportunities over the next uh couple months of seeing the growth of our students because we know that when our teachers grow, our students are definitely going to grow. uh under collaboration uh continuing to focus on that growth piece of teachers. You know, the one thing that Dr. Bryce and I have really focused in on this year is collaboration. They've collaborated before, but really focusing on those professional learning communities and what those teachers are doing, not only in their grade level meetings, but more uh specifically with their departments. Uh so we're really looking forward to seeing our teachers growing professionally uh because we know that's

034going to impact what their children those the students are learning uh day in and day out. Under reminders, there's a couple that Caleb did forget um or maybe you just chose not to cover because you wanted to leave them for me. Uh youth night will be a home football game uh Friday, October 3rd against York Suburban. Parent teacher conferences will be the evenings of Wednesday, October 8th and Thursday, October 9th, as well as Friday during the day. Uh on the 10th, uh schools will be closed on the 10th and the 13th. Uh one for the conferences on the 10th, but then in in observance of uh Columbus Day on the 13th, and then we'll see everybody back here on Tuesday the 14th at 5:30 for buildings and grounds, followed by October board meeting on October

03516th. Uh last month, Mr. Hash, I do apologize, but happy belated birthday to you. And then happy early birthday to Mrs. Samantha Hall that's coming up uh between now and the next meeting. So, let's have a great start to the fall season or not. Choice is yours. >> You Caleb, >> what you can take that? >> I guess got to leave up something. Can can you repeat that bit that the CPR trainer said about our school >> that we are the safest school district in all the schools that he has worked with? Dr. Bryson, can you confir about what's the approximate number? Did he give an approximate number? >> He said around 3,800 certified CPR trained individuals and by far our >> Yeah. I mean there there's we're number one and then there's that. >>

036Wow. So, just thought I'd call that out. You went past it kind of fast and I thought that's worth calling out. That's that's impressive achievement. >> Um, all right, moving on to item 6.01. Uh, public comment. Uh, I want to talk through some of the rules for public comment really quickly. Uh public comment is an opportunity for district residents, taxpayers, and students to provide comment on matters of concern, official action or deliberation which are or may be before the board. Um and then I want to get down to some of the prohibitions. Uh an individual's p an individual's public comment may be interrupted or terminated only under limited circumstances such as when the individual's commentary is clear violation of law or board policy. included but not limited to the following. Sexual harassment, racial, ethnic, religious,

037or nationality intimidation towards an individual or individuals in the school community. Disclosure of confidential personal information regarding students or staff. Speech that traditionally has not been protected under the First Amendment, such as obscenity, defamation, and speech integral to criminal conduct. Uh speech that is profane. uh speech that constitutes two true threats such as inciting imminent lawless action or subjecting individuals to uh fear of violence. Speech that does not concern matters that may come before the board for deliberation or official action. For example, sales of commercial products or services. So no selling your wares. Um all right. Uh, I would like to say also just as a general rule, I like to avoid uh naming any uh any staff member um or administrator or or or a student within the district um because it really helps

038to helps us to avoid any of those things. Um so, uh please keep yourself to kind of generalities when it comes to those those matters. All right. Um I don't think I see Chris Ruggari. No. Okay. Uh, Crystal Pinto. No, Ashley Haven. >> Hello. I'm Ashley Haymon. I have two kids here in the school district and I just wanted to uh come to you today about some recent events obviously in our world and here at the school. Uh so for starters, revenge is a dish best served cold and just to be clear, not all people who kill others are mentally ill. These are statements on social media from two teachers in this district. I won't name names like you asked. Um, we've had a lot going on this year. We've had the stabbing of Ireina

039Zeritzka, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, 146 school shootings just this year. Um, and practically in our very own backyard, we had the UPMC hospital incident. And today, we're dealing with police officers who were shot in Spring Grove. There is not a single person in this room, let alone in this world, who should be celebrating any of that. No people involved in any of these incidents deserved it. I don't care what you say. I don't care politically, religiously, where you stand with any of it. Um, let's see here. Sorry, I'm not good at talking in front of people. Uh, so every day we send our kids here. You guys shouldn't have to worry about your lives being at risk. Our kids shouldn't have to worry about it. Our police officers shouldn't have to worry about it.

040Nobody should. Just not right. And anyone who can even think about taking the life of someone is mentally ill. I don't care what you say. You don't just wake up one day and say, "I think this is a really good idea to do this today." So, anyone who can post that on social media is a little I don't know how to put it. So, I'm standing in a room with people or at least I should be standing in a room with people who want our children's best interest and our safety first. That is what matters. Firsthand with my own children in this school, I've dealt with bullying that's never been addressed. Um, I had a child in sixth grade text my child who just for story purposes, my child is like a size zero. She's

041a very petite person. The text messages she was getting from this student were along the lines of, "You're a fat effing pig." Um, and I had a meeting with the middle school assistant principal and two counselors. The counselor said, 'Well, girls will be girls. They will indeed be girls until it leads to an eating disorder. And so on. Flash forward to 11th grade. Yes, you heard that right. It started in sixth grade. We are now in 11th grade. We still deal with the same bully. At the end of 10th grade, it resulted in a fist fight. A safety plan was put in place. I was assured that student would not be around my child. Well, just last week that child was moved into classes with my child. So, so much for the safety plan. Both

042my high schoolers and some of my neighbors have told me people have been mocking the death of Charlie Kirk and nothing has been done about it. And how I feel about the comments from your staff on Facebook. This has gone viral. First off, it's not a good look. It's not a good look at all. I don't think that these people should be in front of our kids. And if you don't think that these people should be in front of our kids, there's something wrong. And the problem needs addressed. So, as far as I'm concerned, Charlie Kirk himself said, "You can tell a lot about a person by how they react when someone dies." Whether there's a teacher shortage or not, we really need to be focusing on who is leading these classrooms. I don't know

043what you have to do to fix that problem, but we have to get to the root of the problem. We have to teach these kids from home. Yes, I get it. It starts in the home, but it also is in school. You teach these kids, you know, K through 12. We're going to send them out into the world to lead the world one day. and this is not how they need to be going into it. So, I think it's time everybody comes together, figures out a path how to make it better because it's not better. It's actually really scary for people. And that's all I have to say. God bless you all. >> Brad Renahan. Good evening, Brad Renan, Shrewsbury Township. Uh, President Hankle, thank you for your statement earlier. I agree totally 100%. Um,

044President Hankle, members of the board, I am Charlie Kirk and I see some of you are as well. I want to talk about the social media posts of an art teacher and a counselor. I want to thank them actually for posting shows what posting them for showing who they really are and what they really feel about people who like Charlie Kirk. That would be at least twothirds of this district, including me. When we put our kids on the bus, we want to trust that they are coming to a supportive and welcoming environment. That trust now has been violated. I strongly encourage any parents who have the counselor uh as their kids high school counselor to call the school and switch. I also strongly encourage any Shrewsbury Elementary parents who object to these posts demand a

045different art teacher. or even work out a plan with the staff to do something else besides art. It's clear that they think somebody like me and you and the fact that those two individuals are still near our kids is very disturbing. Those two are being protected by the union. The union is standing by them and not our kids. That's not right. My child wasn't in cyber school. she would have been assigned to that council right now and I would have had a lot different conversation with the principal last Friday than what I had and I do appreciate the call back. That was very timely. I am very concerned um about the art teacher. Instead of showing contrition, it looks like he has doubled down on defiance. He has called on shutting down and reporting the

046person who reported on him. That's like having student A who's being bullied by student B and then reports gets reported by the teacher by student C. Having student A coming back and having the rest of the classmates not talk and shun student C. Is that what the school stands for? I see literature being handed out that we should trust all educational professionals. Really? Does that also include a former Cisco teacher? in the high school. The students who attend Southern York County schools should be exposed to not they shouldn't be exposed to any indoctrination, left or right. A trust has been violated. The bell has been rung. You can't put the genie back in the bottle. These leftist professional educators hate people with common sense and Christian values. It was less than what 36 hours when

047they posted this stuff for a day. My wife and I seriously were thinking about bringing our daughter back into the buildings here to the high school. But after seeing this, that day has passed. And that's sad. People are losing their jobs in the private sector over similar sentiments shared online. It's a shame that that can't actually happen here or we'll see what the process is. This is our next generation exposed to this garbage. Something needs to happen. Maybe those two individuals can do the right thing and resign. Southern York County, we deserve better and so do our kids. Thank you. [Applause] >> April Kenat, do I have that right? >> Yes. I'm gonna start by I am not a public speaker and I do not want to be here. >> I will do my best

048to get through this. I'm also a very emotional person. Please know that this is not something I want to be here doing. However, I do feel like I need to voice my opinion for myself and my children. I am not okay with the fact that a teacher at one of my children's, actually both of my children's schools, but we're going with this one, shared a video titled Revenge is a dish best served cold, in which it basically stated, "A person deserved to be shot and killed for his beliefs and his feelings on gun rights." This should not be acceptable of anyone. How can you tell me that this person doesn't deserve to lose his job for his actions, but another man deserved to lose his life for his beliefs? While I understand that this video

049was shared on his personal personal social media page, it was made public for all to see. And this is exactly what happened. His choice to share that video has now put our entire district once again in the public's eyes. It's put my child's elementary school address all over this country where both political parties both have extremists that are okay to justify awful things to feel like they prove a point and feel heard. This world is unpredict unpredictable and no one can sit here and tell me our children are safe. If you can, then I'm not naive enough to believe it. On another note, I don't believe that this teacher is able to separate his personal feelings from his classroom. Why? Because I still freshly remember my child coming home from school several years ago, not

050understanding how anyone could hate Christmas. He was told this by this very teacher that's in question, that he hated Christmas and doesn't believe in that kind of stuff. I can even remember exactly how I responded to my child. I said, "It's okay for him to feel that way. Not everyone likes holidays. Maybe instead of feeling upset, you should feel sad for him and all he's missing out on by feeling like that." It also brought my brought to my attention that the same teacher just this year wrote, "I hate Chick-fil-A on his warm and fuzzies paper." May seem harmless and silly. Maybe it even is. However, we can't take anything for granted when it comes to our children's safety. I still on occasion remind my other children not to use the word hate and say don't

051like something instead. I never mention this comments to the school because I could look past it. However, now I feel it's very important to bring this up because it paints a much clearer picture. I want to end with this. We all can do better and we need to do better. The political hate from both sides is out of control. Just because we feel strongly about our political views doesn't mean we should ever lose our ability to see what's right from wrong. We surely should never feel that murder is fitting for voicing your beliefs. If this teacher keeps his job, I can assure you my children will not be in his class or maybe not even in the same school. Especially since I know this person's re views on revenge. I'm really sad that this is

052the world we're living in. When I had to take my daughter's lunch to school the other day, I sat and I cried in the parking lot of the school. Want to know why I cried? Because there was a police officer parked in front of it. And I was happy for that. I felt safer knowing that that officer was parked out in front of that school. I shouldn't have to feel like that. And I'm not just talking about this. We need to do better. We have to. Thank you, Scott Presler. Um sir uh so as I mentioned earlier um uh public comment is an opportunity for district residents, taxpayers and students to provide comment on matters of concern as it's our precedent that those are the three categories that are allowed allowed to speak. Sir >>

053would you uh may I present to you I am a lease of Shrewsbury in York County, Pennsylvania. If you would like to see my lease agreement, >> talk to go ahead and pass around. I want to give that to Jeff. >> So this is to establish residency. >> Yes. It's >> not dated, sir. Do you live in the district at the present time? >> I I am a lease as of today. >> So, you you're representing to the board that you live in the district as of today. >> I am a lease as of today. >> That's not what I asked you. >> I asked you, do you reside in the district as of today? Because if you do, we'll let you speak. >> I am residing in the district as of today. Right. >>

054Yes. >> We'll verify this, but at this point we'll permit you to speak, but we will verify that. Thank you. >> Good evening, board. My name is Scott Presler. I am a former employee for Alexandria City Public Schools in Northern Virginia. We had 800 students, meaning we had 1,600 kids. I was in the main office. loved every single person that came into the doors of our school at that elementary school. We had 70% Hispanic population, 10% white, 10% Arabic, 10% black. In my spare time, I learned Spanish to be able to talk to our children and our students. And even when we had refugees coming into our school from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, I studied Arabic in my free time to be able to make them feel at home, to make them feel welcome. I knew

055Charlie Kirk. He was a friend of mine. I'm here today to be an advocate for parents, for students, and for Charlie. Charlie didn't deserve what happened to him. He didn't deserve to lose his life over domestic terrorism, over political violence. I didn't even go searching for this information from these teachers within this school district within Shrewsbury Elementary and within this high school Sesuanic. A parent, a concerned parent gave it to me and said, "Scott, I'm a I'm a father. I got children. I wouldn't have my children at a school where faculty members I'm not going to name them. They're already out there. But I will quote the video that's already been presented and shared verbatim of what that person shared publicly on that person's social media. You know, sometimes revenge is a dish best served

056cold. I hate to celebrate someone's death, but when you talk about guns rights and we talk about how much the Second Amendment matters to you and it impacts you, what do you expect? So that person is celebrating is recognizing that it is revenge and that dish is best served cold. how heartless, how callous, how I can't believe it's even under discussion that this person would be not terminated immediately upon hearing this. And furthermore, you have another person, I'm not going to name them, I'm going to be respectful, posting publicly on social media, again, handed to me, given to me, not searching for it. Just to be clear, not all people who kill others are mentally ill. How does that reflect upon this school district? And more importantly, as an advocate for parents and for students,

057how does that reflect on them? How could any student go to this school knowing publicly what these faculty members have said and have confidence that they could confi confide in those faculty members that they could actually tell them the truth? You're supposed to be able to trust your employees, your faculty. You think of them as more of a teacher. They're a mentor. That trust has been forever broken. And I think the reputation of this school district and those two schools and those faculty will forever be tarnished. The reputation if they are kept in those positions. I recognize that it is not up to the board here today, but it is up to the superintendent. And so I am asking for Dr. Robert Ryson to terminate those two employees as you've heard from us today. I

058also want to make it clear that I'm using my voice to be peaceful. I lost my friend. I'll be attending his funeral. I'm leaving I'm leaving the state to go to Arizona to celebrate his life. Going out of my way to Arizona to attend a funeral I never thought I'd have to. and I'm not going to do anything but be peaceful. And now the city of York, the Human Rights Commission, when I exposed publicly accessible information of people celebrating or justifying this assassination, this domestic terrorism, now they are calling, they're saying that I am violent. I I am so irate. Uh but you know to to everyone that's watching at home right now and and trust that thousands of people are watching right now. Parents, students, you have the power. I ask you to raise

059your voices and I ask you to register to vote and you make your voices heard and we're going to elect good people into office and very peacefully and professionally. We are going to hold people accountable that do not do the right thing and make sure that the parents, the students, and that Charlie Kirk, they have their justice. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right, we have item 6.02 board discussion of public comment. Does anyone have any additional comments to make? Any responses? >> I mean, what what can you say there? We're not allowed to discuss personnel measure uh issues, but um I just I I can talk about Charlie Kirk. Our family adored him these last seven days. Are we really there? We're horrific. And you know, I just I vascillate back and forth

060between sadness and anger. Confusion is a good one, too. I'm there with confusion and struggling with why, how constantly watching Charlie Kirk videos. That's what I've been doing. And I would just ask our students that are listening or that are here today, watch his videos, honor him, hear what he had to say, and it's okay to be confused because I am too. And the thing that I just can't wrap my mind around right now, it's it's the the thought that I keep thinking about is with all the conversations nationally I'm discussing nationally about sitting down and having a conversation. The guy who did that was murdered. I'm confused. Our students are confused. I adored that man. Um, one thing I do want to just say is we're a school. We're a school district. We're an

061educational place. Um, schools have never and will never be free of any sort of culture war that's going on in our society. Our educators teach our students who the heroes and the villains are from the from history. And they also because they spend so much time with them during the day, they they impart morals and values that they carry. Um again, as Director Henle said and Director Hle said, we don't discuss personnel matters. Um, and I am hearing from several parents that they are looking at pulling their students from our district, which frankly is pretty scary because we made some decisions this year as far as declining enrollment. 15% of our potential students have chosen homeschooling or charter school instead of being in our buildings. And that says something about the school district that we

062have right now. So that's all I have to say. >> So um as it's been reiterated, we are not at liberty to speak about personnel matters. Um so I will not um but I would like to say that um a school is governed by policy. Policy is very important. Um, and we we we are in a policy cycle right now. We have policies we're currently working on, policies that we will be working on in the future. And I would encourage our community to pay better attention to those things. Um, come out to those meetings. Um, give your voice into those meetings because those policies govern these types of of situations. uh they're very very important and I know that as a board member I would love uh to have more input from the community into

063those policy meetings and and the direction that those policies are taking our school. >> Those aren't the popular meetings, are they? >> They're not popular meetings. They are very important meetings. >> Yeah. >> Anyone else? And and if I also could say one thing that this board changed very early on um was the transparency of our policy process. >> Um prior to this board, policies were um essentially disclosed, voted on, and we and they moved forward. We we have opened that process up to the highest level of transparency that we can. Um we have had in the past in some policies good input from from the community and made changes accordingly. Um so this board is very interested in those policies reflecting uh the law but also reflecting the community. And uh I would encourage

064that and and desire to have that input from our community so that our district can uh represent who we are. We we are our community and we want to represent our community and the more input we have from our community, the better we're able to represent you. >> Thank you. >> Can I say something real quick? >> Yeah. Um due to what you said about the security, I'm glad that you saw, you know, a result of security. Um we took a stance on security here and we worked with administration and again those meetings aren't they don't make front page news either, but um I'm glad that you got to see the results of that. So that's really good to hear. I want to just refer back to my statements. I ended it with, "We must

065recognize that pain, confusion, and fear and give attention not only to supporting those students as well as we can right now, but also learning to get better at supporting them." Those are not empty words. I'm already discussing. I'm not ready to I'm not ready to talk about the exact form, but I'm already in conversations with Dr. Bryson and others about how we can do that. and specific to the kind of confusion and pain that arise from this situation. >> Anyone else? >> Just thank everybody for coming out tonight. >> Really appreciate it. >> It's different faces this time and >> yeah, >> we recognize that. >> I like seeing that. I Our board meetings have been a little empty. would I I I wish they were a little fuller under better circumstances. So definitely come

066out again. I'd love to see any of you all of you come out to board meetings again. You can watch them from one too, but you know it's nice for us to see people out here and know that people are engaged >> and we are listening. We are >> all right. Moving on to item seven, the consent agenda. I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> So move second. >> Motion in a second. Any discussion? Any naysay or abstensions? Hearing none, that motion carries. Which brings us to item eight, our committee report on education. I will turn it over to our education chair, Mrs. Henle. >> All right. 8.01. Um that is quick data for high reliability schools. Dr. Rert, could you please take care of that one? >> Yeah, thank

067you, Mr. Nagel. Uh for the board directors, this year you'll receive updates regarding level two of the high reliability schools effective instruction in every classroom. Uh so every other month you'll receive an update. The reason why it's every other, there's less components that are specifically in level two. Uh so this month you have uh 2.1 then in November it will be 2.2 and so on and so forth throughout. Uh so you do have a board briefing that we also provided at your uh at your table just to see the highlights of uh 2.1 for the district. >> Thank you Dr. Robert. 8.02 is speakers approved through the vetting process. This is information only and there are eight that are on this list. Um 8.03 03. This is the proposal for Menchi music service for the

068purchases of musical equipment for the Ses Suscoanic High School band. I'm going to go ahead and move to approve the proposal as stated. That's going to be for the Suscoanic High School band at the cost of $24,3440 as budgeted under the Co-Stars contract. May I have a second, please? >> Second. Do you does anybody have any items of discussion under this? Any questions? Do I have any nazs or abstensions? That motion carries. Brings us to 8.01, which is curriculum maps. This is uh well, let me go ahead and just move to approve the following stage 1 curriculum maps as district-wide master maps. It's social studies for grade three. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> All right. You've got content there to look at that. Does anybody have any questions or points of

069discussion on that one? No. All right. Any nays or abstensions? That motion carries. That brings us to 8.05, which is a renewal agreement with Lemonex. Lemonex. I don't know if I'm pronouncing that in Incorporated for a one-year license to pair deck. Um, Dr. Repert, can you take this one for me? >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. Hkle. uh for the board uh board of directors of community. Uh pair deck is a a program that will be utilized at our high school uh for the students. Uh how it works, it provides interactive questions uh that the students that the teachers can embed multiple choice type questions, short response uh to engage our students in learning. The one thing uh our teachers utilize and I was able to observe this over the last two weeks going to our

070high school as our high school is entrance tickets. You know, activating questions as soon as students are coming in, but then at the end of the class, you can have an exit ticket. Uh so it's a quick way for our teachers to assess how our students are doing. Um an example uh that's currently being used with the world language department at the high school. uh students can utilize it to draw um you know pictures, respond, reflect on vocabulary. Uh the one uh thing that Dr. Sterner and I saw uh going into several classes this past week is that vocabulary. We may have learned it, you get the vocabulary word, you get the definition. You learn how to spell it. You memorize that definition. By utilizing this program, students could draw pictures or something relevant that

071they can remember and identify, you know, that vocabulary word a lot quicker. So, it is a program that uh would be a renewal uh but we utilize for the high school this upcoming school year. >> Excellent. Thank you. I move to approve that renewal agreement with Limitex Incorporated for a one-year license to Perk, which is a software that is used by our high school at a cost of $4,33368. May I have a second, please? >> Sorry again. >> Uh, any items of discussion for this one? Does anybody have any questions for Dr. Repert? Because I'm not answering them. >> Dr. Repert, how do you pronounce that? >> Limx. >> Limex. >> Dr. is >> it's luminance. >> Okay. I think somewhere somewhere we got it. >> Okay, there we go. That's how he's pronouncing it.

072>> All righty. Any nays or extensions? >> That motion carries. 8.06. This is a quote from Brighton Learning for the use of what they call social express as a researchbased social skills program. Dr. Reert, can you handle that one for me? >> Yes, I can. Thank you, Mrs. Hegel. uh social express last if you go back to the board last spring we approved a program called emergency uh which was a program that focused on students IEP goals you know in special education uh when you look at social express there's two components that our students are now going to our teachers are going to be able to utilize in teaching those specific social skills um not only for our emotional support life skill students but even our learning uh support students. Uh there's other another component

073which is the uh teen career path. Uh we know that part of our requirement for the chapter 3 through9 plan is identify uh students have to complete artifacts for graduation uh you know each year based on career and transition goals. This also has that component that will allow our students to complete that requirement and focus on authentic and relevant jobs uh that may be most applicable for them. >> Thank you so much Dr. Robert. I move to approve a quote from Brighton Learning for the use of Social Express as researchbased social skills learning program and teen career path career readiness program at the cost of $1,999. Couldn't make it an even number for five teachers. >> This is $1, >> right? And up to 100 students. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >>

074Uh, does anybody have anything to share on this? Right. I want to go ahead because I certainly do not uh sway away from controversy. SEAL means different things to different people and I know that individual board directors definitely have their opinions about SEAL. I do as well that social emotional learning and I shared with Dr. Hughes earlier before this meeting. It scared me. I will say it did. I investigated. I listened to the featured videos that you could do. I adore this program. I absolutely adore it. As Dr. Repert said, it's for uh both the the teen stuff, but then it's also life skills. And so, just to give board directors a little bit more of an understanding on this, it it's four different parts. Um the first one is prek to kindergarten, and they

075do call that level one, but then they also have a level one after that. And so then it's level one, level two, and level three. And so the pre-K to kindergarten, that's just basic hygiene like washing your hands and then recogni recognizing facial cues and understanding what what a person might be feeling as they're saying a thing, who's angry, who's sad, and then that gets developed into harder lessons for skill level one all the way through skill level three. But this is what I was super excited about. So skill level three deals predominantly with conversations. And so for somebody who is in the life skills program, it's not just a video like let me let me break it down for you. The first video that you could see and they call them episodes. So the

076first video that I got to watch was, you know, learning about flexibility and it had an interaction between two girls and they were walking a puppy dog and it was very clear that they were on their way to a music store in order to buy drumsticks. And then all of a sudden this the dog started getting off onto the main street and was going in front of a pet store and the dog wanted to have treats. The one person in the video that was not able to adapt to the new situation. We were going to the music store and now the dog wants treats was having a hard time understanding that sometimes you have to be flexible in life. But this is what was so cool. It asks the kid to pick what the right

077response might be for that child finding themselves in that kind of scenario. And then it shows the results of what interaction they choose. So be inflexible, say, "No, we were going to the to the music store. I'm not going to hear anything about, you know, getting the dog a treat." And then it shows what the result of that is. And so she basically storms off and says, you know, to the to the equivalent of, "I'm not going to be your friend anymore because you're inflexible." And then it shows all the other choices that she could make and the followup video with that, too, which I just thought was absolutely spectacular. And that's just one lesson so that you're not only getting what the correct answer would be, you actually see the results of what the

078wrong answer would be to. I adored this. So anyway, I just wanted you guys to know if you were scared about it, I was too. I love it. So, does anybody have any questions? >> Not a question, but a comment. Thank you for your work in that. It is definitely good to to hear the its direction and content. >> I appreciate that. >> I clicked the right one, right? >> All righty. >> Not every time, too. Come on. >> Come on. Any nays or abstensions to this one? >> That motion carries. 8.07. Other items of business? I've got nothing. Back to you, Dr. President. >> Yeah. I'll just say uh Mr. Hall in response to your comment, I definitely hear about how much she has to do for her committee, but you see it's it's

079a choice. It's a choice. But yeah, >> I just like watching videos. >> Yeah. No, it's um I think it's a good choice. >> Thank you, Mrs. Ankle. >> Absolutely. >> Um all right. Uh moving on to item nine, uh finance and budget. I'll turn it over to our treasurer, uh Mr. Wilson. >> Thank you. Uh, President Hankle 9.01. We've got our financial reports. Uh, another month worth of these t uh, treasury report, tax collector tax collection report, budget status, cafeteria report. Um, I do want to point out that our happy or not, which is those kiosks in our um, outside of our cafeterias are showing a marked uptick from last year. So, kudos to the cafeteria staff. They seem like they're uh doing a great job. >> It's an uptick in responses and or

080or in >> in positive responses. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> So, uh I do want to do my monthly go down the numbers real quick on the general fund concentration account. We started the month with 3,769,8182 and we finished out the month of August and with 10,640,55568. For the investment accounts, we started the month with 27,199,56249 and we finished the month of August with 25,672,33659. The rest of it you can browse at your leisure. I'm going to make a motion to approve the bills for payment as presented here. May I have a second? >> Second. Any questions or discussion on the bills? Okay. Any nays or abstensions? Hearing none. Motion passes. Sue, we can pay the bills. >> 9.03 exonerations and refunds. I'm going to make a motion to approve the exonerations and

081refunds as presented. May I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Um Sue, is there any flavor you want to add to these? Uh the only thing most of the um exonerations have to do with veterans exemptions. So you'll see a lot of um quite a few on there about $38,000 worth um for veterans exemptions. >> Okay. Um any questions on this? Any nays or abstensions? Hearing none. Motion passes. 9.04. This is going to be fun. Uh, I'm going to hand this over to Sue to get the 2025 2026 state budget and district budget information. Take it away, Sue. >> Well, there's not a whole lot to say. We still don't have a budget, unfortunately. Um, there have been quite a few comments in the news that they're getting close, but we really see nothing

082yet. Um so similar to last month for us um the big impact is it's very difficult to make decisions when we don't um have a budget for this year. Um the other thing is to put it in perspective we are be beginning budget development for 2627. So we're starting in early October to meet with all of our administrative team. Um and as you know we'll bring our first draft um of our budget to the November meeting. So it does make it very difficult >> um when we don't have any idea. The other thing I know many of our board members are on haven't been around for a long time. Um so what also happens is if there is any specialty funding then we will run really fast to try to figure out how to use

083that funding. Um so for instance safety funding, adequacy funding, charter school funding. Of course, we still hope we get all of those, but um as I've said many times in budget presentations, you know, the state asked what we'd like to see. We would like to see timeliness. Um that's probably the biggest issue that we face is not having timely budgets. >> So, right to Harrisburg, we need a budget. >> What What's the latest it's ever gone in your >> The worst I've ever experienced um I forget the year. I think it might have been 1213 I think was March. >> Wow. >> Yeah, it was Jeff's shaking his Yeah, it was very very ugly. Um it was not good. >> So we are hoping we don't get anything like that. Um again the the issue

084is it is very hard to make decisions when you don't have an understanding of what this year's finances are, let alone what we're going to see for next year. So, I know sometimes board directors say to me, "What would you like to see, Sue?" I would like to see timeliness because that is the worst part of it. We can we can pivot and we can work things out if we know what it is, but it's very difficult when you have no idea. Um, and as if you're watching it in the news, I mean, it's anywhere from we're going to get a lot to we're not going to get anything. So, um, at this point, we don't have any idea what it even looks like. So, I'd like to like to see that come out. So,

085hopefully hopefully we'll see something very shortly and then we can move forward on that. >> All right. Thank you, Sue. >> 9.05. This is for your information. Um, it is a letter um a letter from the auditor as far as our our district's audit. So, that is for your information. 9.06 06. We've got other items of business. I have none. I'm going to pass it back to you, President Henle. >> All right. Next, we have our personnel and policy report, and I'll turn it over to our personnel and policy chair, Mrs. Smith Hall. >> Thank you, President Henle. Um item 10.01. We did that already um in the beginning of the meeting. So, item 10.02, this is the selection of the statewide PSBA officers. Um, I make a motion to approve the selection of statewide

086PSBA officers for the position of president-elect, vice president, central zone representative, section C-3 advisor, and PSB insurance trustees. Do I have a second? Second. >> Any discussion? Any nays or abstensions? Okay, hearing none, that motion passes. Item 10.03, first reading of board policies. This is um public information, but I do just want to say as a summary um as per our board policy process at the August school board meeting, these policies were distributed. They were then presented and discussed at the September 15th personnel and policy committee meeting. Tonight constitutes the first reading of these policies. They will be published for public review probably next week. Sue, I think is >> yes by Monday. >> Okay. By Monday. Um and then we will move to a second read in October with a board vote. Upon passage

087of the vote, the policies are final approved and effective. And I just encourage anybody watching, we talked about how important policies are for the governance of our district. Um that we had 16 policies that were up for review. We have had discussion at this at the personnel and policy committee meeting on September 15th. That video is available. Um and I would direct you to that. Um item 10.04 is adjudication for student A. The board of education to consider approval of adjudication for student A. The board hereby permanently expels the student from the Southern New York County School District effective immediately, provided, however, that the student may apply for readmission to the school district for the 2026 2027 school year, provided that the student agrees to, complies with, and has met and meets the following conditions.

088Number one, while expelled, the student must participate in the alternative education for disruptive youth program chosen for the student by the school district. While attending this program, the student must maintain regular attendance and have no disciplinary referrals while enrolled in the program. Item number two, the student may seek an alternative education outside the district at the parents expense. Condition number three, while enrolled in the AEDY program, the student must participate in any and all counseling programs requested by the school district and or the AEDY program, including but not limited to drug and al alcohol counseling, the student assistance program, and mental health counseling. The student must follow all recommendations as part of that process. Condition number four, prior to applying for readmission to the school district, the student must successfully comply with two random drug

089tests at the parent guardians expense. Drug test dates will be selected by the school district and must be completed within 24 hours of notification. Parents guardians must present results of the drug tests to the school district within 48 hours of the initial notification. Condition number five, failure of the student to complete a test within 24 hours or if any test result indicating the presence of an illegal and/or non-prescribed drug will result in a delay of readmission eligibility and additional drug tests. Continued infractions will result in additional delays of readmission eligibility. Condition number six, while expelled, the student is prohibited from entering upon any school district property and attending any school activities unless authorized by a school administrator. In condition number seven, the student must maintain an attendance rate of at least 95%. I make a

090motion to approve adjudication for student A. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. Any discussion or questions? Any nays or abstensions? hearing. None. This motion carries. Um and item 10 um 05, generative AI tools. Um I make a motion to approve the following. Staff and students shall not use generative AI tools or resources to create any likeness of any student, staff member, or district official without their permission. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Um any discussion? I'd just like to reiterate, especially for our new guests, that this was a part of a discussion that we did on Monday for our policy meeting. Um, there was talk about adding this to our AI policy and Sue had the amazing decision to go ahead and just add

091this separate from it. Are we planning on putting this in the AI policy as well? All right. So, it's a standalone, but we intend our intentions are to add it to the policy, too. >> Yeah. it. My reasoning in that meeting uh if you go back and watch it was when it comes to a lot of the AI policy, we're when it comes to everything, we're we're trying to catch up with the state of technology. Um and so that's one of those policies that we have to we have to give a lot of thought to how we implement it, but there are certain prohibitions that we want in place immediately because there's no good reason not to have them. And so this was a solution to get this prohibition into place because we're we're we're

092just trying to think how is this going to be misused. And one is, you know, we we there there there are certain misuses that are already uh prohibited in that policy, but I don't want someone creating a deep fake of Dr. Sterner telling everyone that school is out for the day uh at uh at 1:00 p.m. Um as much as as as as popular as that student would be. >> Yeah. And to reiterate uh what uh director Hall and Director Hall had said um specifically the generative AI policy that will be up for first read again in October. Correct. That is one of the ones that you know we I personally ask your help on once that's available to the public. Please comb over it. Give us suggestions. You can text, email me. I would

093love to hear them. You know, we're as it is evolving. We are trying to adapt. And so, and again, that was one of the changes that we made. Previous board, they would pass it and then you could read it. We go ahead and get all of our ideas together collectively for the first read. Then we release it to you guys so that you can come to meetings and tell us or email us about what changes you would like to make and then we can go ahead and put those into the second read. So please we we very much could use the eyes. >> Yeah. And I strongly recommend um you're certainly welcome to come to the meeting to make public comment. I recommend any policy changes that you're suggesting. Watch for the policy to come

094out usually within a few days of this meeting. So, first, this meeting is first read. Wait a few days. It'll be on the website. Um, if you can't find it, email Sue Green. She can tell you where it is. Um, it's it's Susan Green is the email. Don't let me Yeah. Yeah. Susan Green. Um, but uh take a look at it and email us as quickly as possible because policy policy creation is a complicated process and so the more time we have to see the suggestions, the more time our administrators have to to work through it uh and and and get those changes in. So, >> right. And I do want to point out that the generative AI policy will be a first read next month >> just because we we made so many changes

095to it on Monday night. >> So that's not going to be on the site until next month's until October's meeting. >> Although is there a draft of it now? >> Is it is the the d the draft without the >> the um the original approved policy is in board. >> Oh the the original So that that's still going to be useful. So, if you were to if you're really interested in AI, what you could do is you could look at the approved policy and then go and watch Monday's meeting and you'll have a sense of the changes that are likely to show up. You won't have exact wording because it's hard to come up with that just like, you know, talking to each other, but uh you'll have a sense of the kinds of changes.

096Uh and if you want to weigh in, uh please send us send the district email. Um and and you can copy actually th this is one of those you know sometimes we say go to the administration about that come straight to the board with its policy and you know they'll they'll see it too but come straight to the board uh about policy because that's that's our jam. >> Okay. Thank you. Um an item 10.06 other items of business. >> Did we do a >> No, >> we didn't do a >> Oh, did I not finish it? >> Yeah. >> Oh yeah, we got we got a second. we need. >> Yep. >> So, we had discussion. >> So, any or abstensions? >> Okay, that motion carries. >> Um, item 10.06, other items of business. All

097right. Thank you. I turn that over to President Hankle. >> All right. Next, we have 11 uh committee report on buildings and grounds. And I'll turn it over to Mr. Hall. >> Thank you, President Hankle. 11.01 01 buildings and grounds report for August 2025. Mr. Buffington, >> uh the report there is for your information. Um just kind of point out um some information on track sound system. Uh also a demonstration uh interesting on a um autoscrubber um that uh automatic auto scrubber. a interesting demonstration that we had uh on on that. Uh I'd also mentioned that um we will have a vacancy in the maintenance department. So we are certainly looking for um applicants. >> Okay. Thank you. Moving on to 11.02, we have our water test report for August of 2025. That is there

098for our information. Moving on to 11.03. We have the high school uh product fin uh project financial report. >> Not a lot of change there. Uh we are you know kind of a broken record each uh we are getting closer. Uh we do anticipate um close out of uh some of the contracts in particular the general contractor I believe we will pay um their final bill um through the end of September but we'll we'll pay it next next month. Um so you know we are trying to close all those uh contracts out um hopefully over the next few months. Uh but in the financials similar to what we have seen you know um with remaining budget and uh we can go to the next slide um you can see the contingency changes were um change

099orders which I'll talk about here in a moment um but uh don't expect um we're not expecting a lot of change here as as we close out close out the project obviously um paying the contractors um and one of the encumbrances, the construction testing and inspection. Um we're not anticipating uh spending all that. So uh that'll be a positive for us as well. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh as you referenced 11.04, uh we have change orders if you would like. >> Yeah. Certain certainly the two change orders we have there they were um verified on site uh by the construction manager both on a time and material basis. Um the those change orders were um pro or were constructed almost a year ago. So the the timely submission of those um certainly uh they're not

100timely. However, um you know, they are legitimate change orders and uh the contractor has the right to submit those as we are getting ready to close out. So, um I did approve the after review with the construction manager um and seeing the documentation. I did approve those. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Moving on to 11.05. Uh we have a motion to approve awarding the request for qualifications for a energy service company uh to site logic and to authorize the administration to advertise as necessary per the guaranteed energy savings act. Do I have a second? >> Second. Uh so we we had a meeting uh earlier uh in the month uh where we uh interviewed two different companies uh uh to move forward in the bidding process for our greatest needs which we had already um

101put forward as what those greatest needs were going to be. This is the continuation of that and the beginning of going into the bidding process. Uh the process is a little different because it's underneath of the guaranteed energy savings act. Um which has a lot of pluses like uh no change orders. Um but then also uh it gives them the ability to have input from contractors into the design phase um of it. uh and being that you know most of this is is really very energy centered. Um it it gives us a lot more flexibility on uh what that ultimately ends up looking like. Um obviously it that is put together and then brought back to the board. It's not that it we we will have oversight over over it as it when when they're

102when they've completed uh the bid work. Um but um this is just a I believe it's the first time the school's using this. >> Yes. >> Uh so um I I think uh this is a great opportunity for us because it is a very energyconscious uh project that we're working on with the these greatest needs. >> So is there any questions? >> Thank you for that explanation. No, thank you for all of your time and really thinking about these things and bringing it to the board with intellect and understanding and it's a great job. Thank you. >> You know, so not not flashy wonderful things that are going to get people's attention, but it is nice when the heat works. >> Yes. >> And you you'd be surprised how excited I get about energy efficiency

103>> and and it's really nice when it rains and the rain stays on the outside of the building. So yes, >> not not flashy things, but certainly things that we we need to to take care of here in our school. So >> okay, any nays or abstensions? >> Yeah. >> Hearing none, motion passes. Moving on to 11.06, use of facilities. This is here for our information. Moving on to 11.07, other items of business, which I have none. Back to you, President Henle. >> All right. Next we'll have our >> Thank you. >> Um, next we'll have our committee report on transportation health and safety and I will turn it over to Mr. Hash. >> Thank you, President Engle. 12.01 student transportation report for uh August 2025. We kicked off the school year. Um, at the

104last board meeting, we had six open routes. Four of them have been filled. We're still looking for two candidates. So, if you know of anybody, send them to first student. Uh we also had um bus evacuations. I was here for that. Um the team did great um in my opinion anyway, my very uneducated opinion. Um then I went to Friendship and watched theirs. I hadn't watched theirs yet and that was uh fantastic in my opinion as well. So well done on for the team on that. Um so the rest of the report is there for your review. 12.02. Uh this is just for information. Uh York County Department of Emergency Services reviewed our 2025 2026 emergency operations plan for Southern York County School District and found all aspects of the plan were in order and

105based on the all hazards approach. The plan is in compliance with local and county emergency preparedness plans. 1203. Um, I would like to make a motion to award the AED service plan to CPR Baltimore Hanover for the 20252026 school year at the cost of $6,64. >> Second. >> Thank you. Uh, any uh comments on that? Nays or abstensions. Uh, this is just going back to reference to uh what Dr. reper said that be with the safety and security that we have and the guy this is the fellow that said we have one of the most secure districts that he's ever worked with and uh we're going to award the AED service plan. So that motion passes. Thank you. 12:04 I have no other items of business. Back to you, President Hle. >> Thank you. Now

106we'll turn it over to uh Mrs. Stubberman for our athletics and extracurricular report. >> Thank you. Um item number 1301, athletic report. Um, we have one this month. Um, the Warriors are off to a great start for the 2025 fall sports season. Here are the current highlights. Girls tennis. Girls tennis is currently sitting at first place in the YIAA Division 2 with a lee record of 4 to zero, an overall record of 72. They are currently ranked 11th in PIAA District 3. for Warrior Girl Field Hockey. It is currently undefeated and sitting in first place at the YA in the YIAA Division 2 with a league record of 5 to 0 and 10 to zero overall. They are currently ranked fifth in the PIAA District 3. Warrior Cross Country. The boys and girls cross country

107teams are off to a strong start to their seasons. The Warrior boys team is currently sitting in first place in their division, while the Warrior girls team is in second place in their division. Warrior volleyball, girls volleyball is currently second place in YiAa Division 2 with a league record of 4 to one and overall record of 5 to one. They are also ranked eighth in PIAA district 3. Warrior boys soccer is currently in first place in YAA Division 2 with a league record of four zero and one and overall record of 50 and one. They are also ranked second in PIAA district 3. Warrior girls soccer is currently first place in YIAAA Division 2 with a league record of 6 to0 and overall record of 7-1. The Warriors are currently ranked fourth in PIAAA District

1083. Warrior football is currently 2 and two on the season and ranked 12th in PIAA District 3. Y AIA Division 2 plays for the Warriors play begins for the Warriors on 9:19 which is in two days and Warrior Golf is currently ranked fourth in the YIAA Division 2. So we've got a lot going on and they're doing great. All right. Item number 1302 is an update on sponsorships for your perusal or whatever you couple it. Um, but we are looking forward to developing new partnerships in the 2025 26 school year and we are currently working on sponsorship agreements with a few local businesses. Um, item number 1303. Um, I make a motion to approve waving the sponsorship charge for Bonire Contra Country Country Club as they have wavered or waved all um charges for the

109golf team's use for their facilities for many years. Bonire Country Club Country Club. Wow, I'm really messing this up. Um, will pay for the cost of the banners. This agreement will remain in place for the next two years. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Any n any questions? I haven't done one of these in so long. Um any nays or extensions? Abstensions. All right. This motion carries. All right. And I have no other items for business of new items of business. >> Thanks for going to the end. >> I was a lot of sports. >> All right. Uh, committee report 14. Other items of business, anyone? >> All right. >> Yeah. >> Question. >> Yeah. >> If we are going to have our AI committee meetings monthly, do we want to maybe talk

110about them here or should that be part of education? >> I know we were talking about having some way for the AI committee to report back to the board. >> Well, the board committee should go under education. Makes sense, right? >> Yeah. We want our education and >> that's to the extent that we're looking at AI, it's for educational purposes. Most of the other purposes were not interested. So >> that we're >> Yeah, that's fine. I was just wondering did you want Hang on. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Did you want to not have it as part of it? >> You said you wanted it under budget and finance. >> You're asking me to do more work. I mean every month where else it's poor committee report other business is just sitting here lonely and helping

111out. >> Don't worry there there are other changes I want to make. You know what actually other this this could be news bit new business but I'll raise it now. Um, I have been thinking for a while that we need to move our uh agenda approval after public comment because the law does allow you to add action items to the agenda based on public comment, but we have no I mean we could we could reopen the item uh you know do a motion to reconsider whatever and and get back to it. But I think after public comment would be consistent with if someone raises something of interest. What do you think Mr. Litz? >> You want to do that? That's fine. No, you don't see any major >> pitfalls. I don't see a >> It

112seems like the right way to do it if that's if if the reasons for for adding an agenda item include a matter raised in public comment. >> This board and most boards had this basically baked into how they run a meeting for years and then they changed the sunshine law. Now, >> ah, Supreme Court's going to eventually decide this case on one issue. So, it might change the answer, but I I don't think it will. So, >> and it can't hurt having it in that order, even if they do change it. >> Right. Yeah. >> So, to be clear, if public commenters bring up an item of business that we decide to take up, we could add that moment to the agenda. >> The the Sunshine Act permits you guys to amend the agenda after

113the 24-hour posting period in very limited circumstances. The one being if someone from the community came up at public comment, requested action on something and it's dimminimous in nature. >> So it still has to it still has to be dimminimous. So, but you know, if if someone let's let's let's say if someone uh knew a student was using was creating a deep fake I maybe would we be able to add that that item that we passed tonight um to say okay no no making deep fakes of uh of you know school staff. >> Other examples I'd like better but >> you want something simpler. >> Yeah. So, I mean, we we might have a situation where we're struggling to get a a chafferon for something and a parent says, "Hey, I got all my clearances

114here. I just gave them to Sue Green. She's reviewed them and I'd be happy to chaperon that trip on that." And you're like, "Sorry, you're not on the list. We could probably say we were going to amend the volunteer list, add person, whatever to to the volunteer list." I think that's dimminimous of you under those circumstances. >> Okay. >> So, >> all right. Well, we're not doing that now cuz >> yeah, >> they changing the orders, but I thought I'd bring it up since we're talking about change, you know, get it sounded like maybe we're getting rid of the other business. >> I I would I would caution it a little bit as well just because now the deep fake example, maybe that one's okay. >> But anything where it's going to create there has

115to be other discussion because implementation of >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. No, I think it should it it needs to be small stuff or really really emergency stuff like it. Yeah, if there's any way it can anyway it can wait. But uh Jeff's example was a was a good one. We can you know you've got all your clearances right here. Okay. Yeah, we'll add you. >> Um or you got your clearances ahead of the board meeting turned in, but but we couldn't put it on the agenda in time. Um okay, it's a thought. Um, >> so are we I just want to make sure I understand is this something the board wants to discuss in the future or are we changing this or just so I understand >> put it uh we can put it on

116as an action item to change the order of the meeting and we can discuss it. Uh >> but we can do that on a normal agenda. >> Yeah, look at >> Yeah. No, I'm not saying not saying right now. Yeah. >> Yeah. Just look at policy I think 006 just to make sure and then >> Oh, it's it's definitely I can tell you off the top of my head it's definitely in policy 006 that this is the order. >> Yeah. >> So we would have to change policy. >> Okay. So it's a policy change. >> Okay. Let's put it on the next policy cycle. That's not urgent. >> Yeah. >> You want to have enough for this one? >> Policy policy. >> All right. So we'll add that to the next policy cycle to take

117a look at that. >> All right. And then um we can we can talk. Does does anyone want to get rid of other business? We never use it. >> Yes. Why don't you give it to me? >> Yeah. You can have two other >> What do we think? You want to get rid of other business? Okay. >> We all have opportunity to say other stuff, >> right? And there's new business as well. >> Yeah. >> Um All right. >> Okay. We can take a look at entire agenda and and propose. >> Yeah. And if Yeah. If there are other changes that you think would be helpful. >> Yeah. All right, moving on to item 15.01, which may soon be 14.01. Um, >> uh, legislative council. Uh, Mrs. Mary Lee Hall. >> Yes, thank you. >>

118Uh, so first of all, a little history. Happy Constitution Day. So, today is the day of commemorating the adoption of the US Constitution signed in Philadelphia on September 17th in 1787. So, Thought that was a little exciting piece of information that we all appreciate our freedoms. So, this past week, the Senate was in session to pass a handful of bills and the House came in briefly to take some procedural action towards a budget, even though there isn't a budget yet. Um, there's been some movement, however small. So, Senate Bill 160 was that small little bit of movement out of the House appropriations from the committee. So when the final spending numbers are agreed upon, the bill will reflect the year 2025 2026. There's sentence. And also Senate Transportation Bill 65 was voted out of the

119Senate to extend the stopping distance requirement from 10 feet to 15 feet before a driver reaches a school bus. So when the red signal lights are flashing and the stop arm is activated, you need to stop a little sooner. Violations for offending drivers are also being developed in the bill as a tiered penalty system for second and subsequent offenses. So, we want to keep our kids safe. And also, um, the Senate will remain in session through the end of the week and the House will reconvene on Monday the 22nd. And I just want to add a little piece of fun information because you never know when you might get to see a local legislator at a community event. So, if you're looking for some fun, I'm sure you all know that uh New Freedom Fest

120is happening this weekend in New Freedom, Pennsylvania. So, it's the 20th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm in New Freedom. Every year, this wonderful event brings all kinds of folks together for live music, great food, games, arts and crafts, pet parade, um October Fest tent, um and of course, if you get tired, you can take a relaxing ride on the NCR trail in the Northern Central Railway. So, I'm sure there'll be a lot lot of folks in the community that we all know and love that are going to be enjoying this event. And that concludes my report. >> Thank you. Moving on to 15.02 York County School of Technology. I'll turn it over to Mrs. Dober. >> Thank you. Um, unfortunately, I wasn't able to make the meeting. Um, but reviewing some of the um

121report um there wasn't too much that I missed out on, I don't think. Anyway, um I will be going next week and they will be starting with the budget budget presentation. So, I'm looking forward to seeing that. That's all I have. >> Thank you. All right. Uh item 15.03 LU 12. Anything, Mr. Hash? >> I was not able to make a meeting because it was tonight. >> Okay. Well, that's a really good excuse. >> We can't even thought it was >> You can't be at two places at once. >> I am not able to do that yet, >> as much as I try. All right. Uh, item 15.04, York Adams Tax Bureau. Anything to report? >> All right. 15.05. Southern York County School District Foundation. Mrs. Mayor Lee Hall. >> All right. Yes, sir. So,

122the foundation met last Tuesday, ready for a new school year of special plans for students in the district. The seventh annual thank you card contest is underway, welcoming students of all ages to enter to design the showcase of welcome or excuse me, thank you cards to showcase our gratitude to our scholarship donors. So all entries are due on Monday, October 6th and should be submitted to their students main building office. And for all seniors, financial aid night is next Thursday, uh, September 25th at 5:30 p.m. So, you won't want to miss that opportunity to begin planning for college successes. Uh, it's directly aligned with uh the SYCSD Foundation dollars for scholars program, which is going to be opening in January, but you want to start getting through those processes early. So, I would encourage all

123seniors to go to financial aid night, learn from their guidance counselors, and get all the information they need to get started on um what it's going to look like coming in the future. Don't want to miss those scholarship opportunities. And Mrs. Green, is there anything that I might have missed that you would like to add? >> U the only other thing I'd add is the foundation talked about and approved um scholarship program guidelines and regulations. Um, as the board knows, our foundation is growing um exponentially and so um we put um we have a lot of different scholarships with a lot of different structures. So we put a a structure in place um so that we have guidelines to go by now for um scholarship uh new scholarships to the foundation. >> Thank you. >>

124And that concludes the report. >> All right. 15.06. other items of business. Moving on to 16.01, secretar's report. Uh the student activities report for August 2025 is attached for your information. 16.02 resignations and retirements. We have three there for your information. 16.03 other items of business. Anyone? All right. Uh 17.01 01 uh is there for your information 17.02 02 announcements by the board president and superintendent. Uh I will announce that we had an executive session on Monday evening following the personnel and policy meeting uh concerning personnel matters and another one immediately prior to this meeting uh discussing um a legal update personnel uh special special education and student adjudication. Um, and then we have a buildings and grounds committee, uh, Tuesday, October 4th, 2025 in this building at 5:30 p.m. And the next regular regularly

125scheduled meeting of the board of education will be held on Thursday, October 16th, uh, 2025 in this building beginning at 700 p.m. Dr. Bryson. >> Thank you, President Hankle. Uh, one other thing to add to both Caleb and Dr. Reppert's positive reports, and that is, uh, a special congratulations to Shrewsbury special education teacher, Megan Larson, and Susuanic High School chemistry teacher, Jenny Bonnets, for being recognized this year by the Shippensburg University Study Council as outstanding teachers of the year. uh looking forward to joining both of them coming up in November at Shippensburg University for a lunchon and a celebration awards for both of them as well as their family members and both of them from my own personal experience being in their classrooms are outstanding. So big thank you to both of them and their

126commitment to Southern York County School District. Welld deserved. >> Thank you. Item 18, new business. Hearing none. Item 19, I'll move to adjourn the meeting. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Any names or abstensions? Hearing none, we are adjourned.