001Okay, I'd like to call the meeting to order. I'd like to call the meeting to order. Uh, please stand for the pledge of allegiance. A moment of silence. >> Pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation. >> Okay. May we have a roll call vote, please? Baringer Bomb >> Ramsey Ritz >> here sheer >> here >> Stein >> White >> here >> Wilson >> here >> um Rachel is out for um traveling for business so she's not here today um there were three executive sessions held since the last Sunshine meeting August 11th 15th and 20th for personnel reasons um and a a board retreat was held on August August 23rd is an executive session took place also for personnel. Um we will now
002open the floor to those residents who wish to address the board. Um the first person um is Rhonda Wesler, music booster president. Okay, I guess Rhonda's not here. Is there anybody else that would like to um speak to the board? Okay, come on up. And if if you just want to give your name and um where you're from. We on now. Now I'm on. Okay. Kathy Gross, Haddleberg Township. I am a retired teacher from Springrove. Live in Springrove and my grandchildren go to Springrove. I want the best for our schools and community. I wanted to speak about the superintendent resignation. First, I'm so happy to see Dr. Renault here. What a refreshing start to the year. Uh, all our employees were happy about you being there. Several teachers reached out to me to tell me
003how wonderful it was to see him and hear his positive remarks on opening day. He also sent a welcome email to everyone which they appreciated. Uh the last superintendent barely went out in the buildings and didn't know the staff at all. His presence was not a positive one for this district in any way, shape, or form. I am hoping that lessons were learned from his hiring. I spoke here before you hired him, asking you to take your time and make sure this was a good fit for our district. I ask asked you that you look at the red flags that were everywhere and be cautious. He was pushed through without public input, teacher input and without careful consideration of his past. Now the taxpayers are paying for his leave etc. when unfortunately we he should
004have been let go when he got the DUI. How much has he cost the taxpayers? If he is resigning before he has fulfilled his contract, why must we pay him for his leave? He has not earned it. I can only hope that in the future you choose someone like Dr. Renault, someone from the area, someone who deeply loves education and cares about our community and teachers and staff. My hope is that you take your time. I see Dr. Renault is happy to stay the year. Let's keep him for as long as possible. Well, your contract I read the contract June the school year. Have him help you find a good replacement. He has hired so many good people when he was here. Please have community and teacher involvement. This is a very important position and
005we deserve the best. I know in the past there were public forums for the public and staff to meet the candidates, ask questions and then give their input. Do that again. Allow teachers and staff to be involved in the selection progress process. Be transparent. Thank you. Thank you, Kathy. Um, anyone else would like to speak to the board? Come on up. >> Hi, my name is Nikki Meyers. I'm from Paradise Township. I have a junior, a senior at the high school, as well as a sophomore in college. I'm speaking tonight about Dr. Dr. Bradley's resignation and my frustrations with how we've even gotten to this point to begin with. When Dr. Bradley was hired, it was not done in a transparent and open way as was done with Dr. Ionus and superintendent prior to him.
006When Dr. Ionitus was hired, we had meet and greets for the community, surveys for the parents and the teachers. During the last superintendent search, staff and community members complained and begged that you be more transparent in the process and it fell upon deaf ears. I might remind the board that you are volunteers, but your volunteers elected to work on behalf of the students, teachers, and the taxpayers. We were warned about hiring Dr. Bradley. We knew he came with pending lawsuit. He was voted in on a [Music] again. Now here we are later people who voted Yeah. Tells me now. continue to pay him a time off. He hasn't fulfilled his contract. Lucky for us, why do we have to continue to pay him? We have lost many valuable staff over the past year or due
007to his hiring. Morale is at an all-time low with the staff, parents, and students. Your survey results last year showed that we don't trust the board. One of the main functions of the school board is to hire and evaluate the superintendent, and you've done such a bad job at that that the community needs to seriously question your overall judgment. Just in June, you rated him as proficient and gave him a raise. Unbelievable. I hope that during this next search for a superintendent, you put your politics aside and hold a transparent, open, and exhaustive search for the best candidate for the whole Springrove community. All of Springrove, not a select few. Our students, our staff, and our community deser deserve it. With that being said, the best decision the board has made in my eyes in
008the past 15 months is to bring Dr. were not back to fill in. What a breath of fresh air. I know this has already boosted morale, which was on full display the first day of school for the staff. As a parent, it will be nice to see our superintendent at our kids' events and out there supporting our school, students, and community. Once again, thank you. >> Thank you, Nikki. Is there anybody else in the audience that would like to speak to the board? Okay, seeing none, um is there any board or administrative response? >> Okay, seeing none, um we'll move to the superintendent report. I'm new with this microphone thing, but I will tell you that beware, I like microphones. So Nikki, I'll ask if you want to push that at any point as I'm
009speaking for the next 25 minutes. But anyhow, um thank you. Um I want to start off by saying thank you to the board, thank you to the community, thank you to the staff. Um I the the reception that I've received since I was um willing to sort of say, "Yeah, I can do this or I can try to do this um has been phenomenal. It's been heartwarming and I hope I can give back even a fraction of what some of you think I can, but I will do everything that I can to to make it work." So, thank you. And I did have the the beauty, the luxury of being here on Monday when this fantastic district opened up over in the high school. Um, to see all kinds of people come there together. Just
010that moment in time, the opening remarks and convocation and so forth was just a heartwarming time for everybody. Um, everyone was there and I want to say thank you to the to all folks, the bus drivers, to the instructional support, to the support staff, to the maintenance. The buildings are incredible. I I keep saying I asked the custodians out at New Salem if they actually licked the floors. I mean, they were that that shiny and it's just incredible. But the cafeteria folks, I I I hope I'm not missing anyone. the administrators, the bus drivers. I think I've said it's just amazing to bring I mean I've sort of lost touch of that in the last six years, but to bring that many people who are focused on kids together in one room at a time,
011it's very much a celebration. I didn't bring the music this year. That's that's for another time. Um, but the opening school, I mean, hey, we the administration, the staff, we got together and obviously got around to the buildings, welcomed the students, welcomed the staff, and I can say I think things have gone really, really well. There's an upbeatness to it. Um, what's not to love about schools on the first day of school, even for the teachers and others. Um, but yeah, it's a great it was a great week um, last week and and yes, buses are buses and yes, they're going to be slow sometimes because everyone's sort of trying to get into the groove. But, uh, a shout out to everyone who had anything to do with having a fantastic week. I really want
012to say that. And I will say this, and this is going to publicly embarrass her, which is why I'm doing it. Suzanne Sterner has been a godsend to me. Um, I I sort of said, did you see her with the finger? Did you see? I didn't see which finger, but we'll move on. I also new to me is that there's an audience out there. Um, sorry. I just want to say and I will be very honest. I said when I sort of had initial conversations, is Suzanne still willing to do all of this hard work with me? She had a weak moment and and said yes. So, um, and truly any success I might have is because of the not just Suzanne but the tremendous team that surrounds me now, I guess. Um, and I
013just want to make sure they understand how much I appreciate that. Um, again, you can turn this off. Um, Mickey and I have never worked together in this, so she really doesn't know what she's getting into. Some of you do. I am honored to honor people tonight. I had the luxury of sitting there, as some of you did last Monday and listen to incredible stories of some of our staff in the staff recognition program. And like a beautiful person, you appreciate this, but Suzanne handed me these and said, "Here, read every word." So, on that note, and I want to read every word because this is phenomenal. Those of you that some of you have heard this already and but you know, um, let's start with Tabitha Schaefer. Um, where is Tabitha? Get up here.
014Come on. No, you don't. Just come over here and stand if you don't mind. Like over by the trash can. [Laughter] Um, so I'm going to start in. I know some of you have heard this, but if I were Tabitha, I'd want to hear it again and have someone read it to the viewing audience and all those things. Um, Tabitha, thank you. Tabitha Schaefer, intermediate school instructor, has been selected as an outstanding educator in the elementary program K through six for this year 2526. Mrs. Schaefer or Tabitha Schaefer earned her bachelor of science degree in education from Lock Haven University, her master's degree in curriculum and instruction from Penn State University and he holds certific certifications at the elementary and middle level. She began her career as a fifth grade teacher. I remember that day
015we were in the same room and thank you for saying yes. um quickly took on the challenge of teaching accelerated math, then transitioned to sixth grade pre-alggebra before moving into her current position as a steam lab teacher. She played a pivotal role in advancing innovative opportunities through the development of the steam lab and has successfully written and implemented multiple grants that have translated into tangible enhancements and critical resources for students. Tabitha has led students through an array of engaging hands-on projects that foster creativity, critical thinking, and real world application such as hydroponic growing systems and uh Shiro robots. Am I saying it right? Sphero. Oh yeah, thanks. Um robots and 3D designs. I did see them. I actually volunteered at SG one time with those things. I know what they were. Um her leadership extends
016beyond instruction in the curriculum and program development. She takes the initiative to organize, develop, implement, and continuously evaluate curriculum to ensure it aligns with student needs and educational standards. Tabitha is deeply committed to professional development and educational outreach and shares her expertise by presenting to undergrad students at Penn State Harrisburg, helping them, helping to shape the next generation of educators. She goes above and beyond to support her community, actively volunteering at her ch children's schools, coaches youth sports. Good for you. um and contributes her time and energy to SGI SGI rockets on the run um and at Ksix STEM nights. Tabitha has unwavering dedication uh demonstrates strong leadership and has a deep passion for learning. Her work is marked by integrity, ingenuity, and a relentless pursuit of what is best for students. Tabitha Schaefer, folks.
017Next, we have T Donna Huckenberry. Donna, are you here? Here she comes. Come on down. Little bit further. Little bit further. There we go. Donna Huckenberry, special education instructional assistant at New Salem Elementary School, has been selected as outstanding support staff member at the elementary level for this year. Mrs. Huckenberry is an amazing Rocket staff member and team player. She's reliable, innovative in the classroom and supportive to multiple teachers and across different grade levels. Donna makes quality educational decisions and can be trusted and appreciated by her peers to support students needs and help our young scholars achieve success. She is empathetic and understanding to students circumstances and needs and can push them to work hard at the same time. She communicates effectively efficiently among teachers to support goals and share recognized student difficulties and needs
018so that the necessary adjustment adjustments can be considered and implemented. She exudes positivity, demonstrates consistency and can accommodate students needs on the fly. Good for you. She is known as the consmate professional instructional assistant, exceptional at what she does, and will complete any task requested efficiently and thoroughly. It is obvious that Donna loves working with students and her peers, and if asked, she will tell you that she does it for fun. Good for you. She is reliable, supportive, understanding. The words just keep coming. Innovative, kind, timely, and professional. She embodies the qualities of an exceptional staff member. Teachers look forward to having her in the classroom. I give you Donna Huckenberry. Congratulations, Elaine Wolf. Come on down. Ela Wolf, data manager for the school district, has been selected as the outstanding support staff member at
019the district-wide level for this year. Elaine is the face of our information management system, better known as PIMS, and supports secretaries and administrators with child accounting functions on a daily basis. She gives top-notch customer service to every Rocket staff member and is the go-to tech support specialist among her jobike peers throughout York and Adams County school districts. Elaine is looked up to and respected. She is ready, willing, and more than qualified to help anyone looking for assistance with Sapphire or with general data questions. She implemented several projects that interface with Sapphire. She can extract and manipulate data to create any report to suit specific needs. And she has the ability to work a situation from beginning to end to put a new process in place. Elaine excels at identifying operational gaps and proactively develop solutions
020before issues arise. She effortless effortlessly takes the initiative to facilitate resolution advance of a problem. She is always on point. Elaine is steady and dependable. Her input is valued by her colleagues. Her combination of strategic thinking, practical problem solving, and unwavering commitment to excellence make her an invaluable asset to Springrove. Elaine is a bridge between departments and a facilitator of collaboration across differing teams and staffing levels. Elaine is a bridge Excuse me. She is a part of the help desk team and deals with students, staff, and families on a regular basis. Elaine treats everyone with respect, and her work ethic is impeccable. Her easygoing attitude helps to calm a room. I can say she's calmed me down many times when I'm in a tech problem. Um, when tensions are high, if you are locked in
021an escape room, you need Elaine on your team. I give you Elaine Wolf. Congratulations. Chrissy Kenny, would you bring your friend with you as well? Chrissy Kenny and Kinsley. Right. Kinsley. Thank you. Chrissy Kenny, district home and school district visit district home and school visitor has been selected as outstanding educator at the secondary level for this year. Miss uh Chrissy earned her bachelor of arts degree from Millersville University and holds a certificate as a home and school visitor from Widner University. Her professional degree is in social work. Chrissy is a member of the multiddisciplinary teams throughout the district. She supports case managers for individual students and serves as a liazison between the classroom and the home. She handles attendance issues for students K12 and communicates with parents daily to create improvement plans when needed, advocating
022on behalf of the students and paying particular attention to their mental emotional needs. She is a consultant for school psychologists and works collaboratively with the district social worker. She also works very closely with emotional support students at the high school. Chrissy is known to go above and beyond to advocate for our young scholars, their families, and district staff. Her resilience and persistence serve to inspire colleagues and motivate students. And my little personal thing, she is relentless. Just saying. She develops positive relationships among educational pupil services teams, school resource officers, external referral agencies, community organizations, and students homes. Chrissy is the junior class adviser, unified botchi coach, unified track and field coach, former field hockey coach, and is the primary handler and caretaker of our canine and staff member and facility dog, Kinsley. I'm putting her
023to sleep. It's not the first time, folks. Chrissy helped to organize the 5K fundraising event and dedicates her outside time serving as a volunteer. Her we before me mentality is evidenced every day by her example of going above and beyond to make sure students, their families, and their colleagues stay connected and have the very best experiences in our district. Congratulations, Chrissy Kenny. And no, I'm not yet finished. Sorry. Should I do that? I'm sorry. Suzanne's given me more. I'm very very proud also to obviously invite some other folks up. Um Jeff LS if you'll come forward. And no he's not getting any awards so hold your applause. But he's going to help present um to two outstanding uh students Ava Dietrich and Darren Gross. Um so I'm going to turn this over to Mr. L
024so he can explain the recognition and the honor and the experience that they had this summer. Mr. LS. >> Thank you Dr. No. So, um, a lot of you guys have heard my speeches before, so I'm going to kind of defer most of my time to these to these young people. But I want to just take a second to thank you again for allowing me to go along with with these guys out to the National Student Leadership Summit in Indianapolis this July. Um, there were 16 kids with us across Pennsylvania. Um, obviously two of these guys and then and then myself and Miss Landis were were part of the Chapro group. Um, again, this this program is paid for completely by Paa. There's no cost to these guys, no cost to the district for allowing
025us to go and it's just an outstanding experience. There was 32, I think, states that were represented as well as Venezuela and Canada were there as well. Um, they'll talk a little bit about their experience, but again, it's it's really good. And as we've gone um over the years, it's gotten more and more popular across the state to that this year they had a record number of 60 applicants. So, these guys actually got chosen this year out of 60 people to go and represent the state and obviously Spring Grove at this event. So, we were we're really proud of them and really proud of the effort they put into their applications and the things that get got them to this point. So, um they're going to tell you a little bit about their experience and
026and what they kind of got out of it. >> So, my name is Darren Gross. I'm a senior here at Springrove Area High School. Um I want to first thank um Mr. Alex and Miss Landis who wasn't able to make it here for allowing me to go on this and to just have the experience. Um, I got a lot out of it. I think one of the first things that I saw when I got there was what makes a leader a leader? And I think the answer to that question is good leaders are willing to put themselves out there. They're willing to do things that others aren't. they're willing to um just be able to be a friendly face, an open hand to help. Um I think that's the biggest thing that I saw is
027no, everyone there was energetic. Everyone there was um willing to participate. I didn't think out of the um hundreds and hundreds of kids there, I think I've I only saw two or three that I'd consider like shy. So, I think that really shows just how much leaders have to put themselves out there to be successful. Um, I think one of the biggest things about the adults was how open they were. Um, they didn't shy away from just coming up to you and talking to you. Um, I really enjoyed how open that they were. Um, how they didn't judge you at all. Um, I really appreciated that. Um, one thing I think the biggest takeaway from Indianapolis was probably um, social media and how that can be both a blessing and a curse at the same
028time. Um, obviously I know we hear a lot about the curses of social media and how it can like one wrong post can uh, change our life. It can uh, screw up getting jobs in the future, but it can also be um, a blessing as well. Um, one person there that I really got to know was Amari Pearson. Um, former NBA player, um, who now, um, does a lot of speaking, public speaking. He talked about how social media and NIL marketing go hand inand how even just posting what you're eating that for breakfast one day can I mean that can translate to an NIL deal one day. And I think I got a lot from him and I was blessed to be able to talk with him more. Um I also learned um about the
029platinum rule um treat others, how others want to be treated. I know we hear the golden rule a lot but I thought the platinum rule um that was very good as well. Um I was researching a little and um they showed there that data shows that more funds toward education um equivalates to better sportsmanship which I thought that was very interesting how education and athletics um go hand in hand. Um and I wanted to just leave you guys with some words of wisdom that I learned from there. Um, time is money, so be sure to spend it trying to make a difference, even if it's only for one person. God bless you all. >> Good evening, members of the board and attendees. My name is Ava Dietrich, and I had the privilege of attending the
030National Student Leadership Summit in Indiana. I had an amazing experience at the NSLS because we were encouraged to find ways to be resilient, get out of our comfort zone, and be open-minded. We did activities such as leading a drum circle and dancing from one end of the room to another in front of everyone. This made us all very uncomfortable, but we had fun and bonded over the experience. We talked about challenges in our communities and ways to solve them and make connections with other leaders throughout the US, Canada, and the Honduras. All of the adults were easy to talk to and very helpful during sessions. They made me want to engage and speak up in rooms full of people I didn't know. And I also learned that some schools aren't as open to students leading
031as Springrove is. It really made me appreciate this district and our extracurricular programs. I am very grateful for my opportunity to be a leader and attend this conference and I would definitely do it again if I had the chance. Thank you for allowing us to participate in this conference. So, thank you guys again. Um, like I said, I this this was my third year going this uh fourth. We've been taking Spring Grove kids out to this event. Um, as you've heard in the past, the kids usually have a great time. They get a lot out of it. Um, Mr. Zap's daughter still going back as a college ambassador for the last two years. So, it's really been um it's really been a great experience. And then a lot of you know this as well, but
032what we brought back to Spring Grow from that is we've done the YA YA IAA leadership summit the last three years as well. Um, we've ramped a little bit this year. I got to I got to do a better job of inviting you guys beforehand. I hope you come out to it one day. It really is a cool experience and these guys will be helping plan that and build it out for for this coming year and that's kind of how they take what they learned and we bring back to our local area. So, um, thank you again for our time for your time and letting and allowing us to have this opportunity. Jeff, don't go too far. Just real quickly, I also would like to congratulate the Hall of Fame inductees. Um, do you want
033to speak to this? I know they're being um inducted Friday night just before the game or at halftime actually. So, do you want to speak to this? >> Yeah, we're having our Hall of Fame game on on uh on this Friday. Um, we usually do it at halftime. So, you know, if anybody can come out and just support, we have a great group. This the Hall of Fame is growing and growing and growing. Um, we have three inductees this year. So, you know, again, if if you if anybody wants to come out sports community, it really is a great experience for those people. And, you know, when they get that induct inductees, they are they're always grateful. They're always appreciative of what this district has done for them. It's just another great showcase of um,
034you know, former Springrove alumni. So, thank you. >> And I'm going just do a quick shout out. Kevin Lachman, a student athlete. Haley Norton, softball I think was my memory. And Greg Tone, football coach. Correct. I'm sorry. I was going to say >> No, that's good. I thank you again, Suzanne. >> Yeah. Thank you, Suzanne. >> Thank you, Mr. Mouse. >> Yes. Thank Thank you to everyone, especially the students. I This is one of my favorite parts when they come back and share with us what they've learned. So, um thank you very much for uh talking to us today. So, moving forward, um we will um there is no correspondence to share um this evening. Um I'll turn it over now to Dr. Renault uh for a legislative update. >> Thank you very much. I
035I obviously took some liberties here when reading through these various papers that folks gave me other than Suzanne this time. Um but there I just say I'll do it this way. This side is all the stuff that's sort of been passed by the House and this is all the stuff that's been passed by the Senate. And I'm going to I think until I'm told otherwise sort of report out more unless there's a really hot button here in the world of not talking too much of things that are sort of moving beyond that point because those two groups as you know need to come through and sort of decide on something. There's many things I will do one quick update um for the sake of time as many of you probably know we do not have
036a state budget yet but I've been assured by Mr. Zap as recently as this afternoon that the the state money is not flowing to us. However, because of the tax receipts starting to come in and obviously other funds, the district is still afloat for a while. Um I won't ask him to elaborate, but we're doing okay with that. Obviously, to the we hope that the state budget can be resolved sooner than later, as do many people. Um that's all I have, Nikki. >> Great. um for the York County School of Technology. I'll turn it over to Mr. Ritz. >> Yeah, our last meeting was July 24th. We didn't have a lot on the agenda due to the students not being in, but we did have a good presentation from uh Kurt Adams, who has a
037big title, but we talked a lot about um we're turning 500 kids away every year. Um we talked about different models. uh maybe stuff that the the sending schools can elaborate in their technical programs. I can't find the article at the moment but yeah so it was very interesting throwing out ideas. I mean there is a big need for tech and they're definitely uh overwhelming us by 1100 applicants a year. We only can take about 450 to 500. So our next meeting is Thursday night. Uh it's about it. Uh we started school uh Wednesday for the first year kids and Thursday for everybody. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mike. Um now I'll turn it over to Mrs. Balm for the York Adams Academy report. >> All right, an update on the York Adams Academy. They're
038back in full swing. Our next meeting is tomorrow evening. Um, I was told that they've enrolled 27 new students over the last eight days and they will be testing 32 additional students on Wednesday. So, um, it's very popular and we're moving right ahead. I'll have more to report the next time after our meeting. Okay. For the departmental reports, um, this is for information only. Do any board members have questions related to the reports at this time? No. Seeing none. Okay. Um the approval of the minutes. Uh do I have a motion to approve the minutes of the July 21st regular voting meeting and August 11th voting director's study forum meetings. Okay. All in favor say I. Okay. The motion carries. Um now we'll turn it over uh to the treasures report. I'll turn it over
039to Mr. White. 2000. So moves treasures report. So last year when we were putting the um general fund budget together, there was a line item in there under technology for a project um and Mr. Ank can give the details of the specific project, but we took the opportunity to reduce the general fund by that amount. I believe it's 160ome,000 and we said we would we would take that out of the bond fund. I I also have uh the one the engineer doing is are some of them cost going to be the YMCA's also are they always splitting them or how is that that just >> part of those will be split to the YMCA um but they are all Jackson Township >> right >> but the YMCA will >> there will be a portion of
040it they'll invoice to the YMCA correct >> thank you welcome Stein, Ritz, >> Bomb, >> Baringer, Ramsey, Shear, White, >> yes. >> Wilson, >> yes. >> Okay, moving on to departmental reports. Um, we'll turn it over to Doug White for budget and finance. budget finance board actions requested. Uh A accounts payable list as listed and that's 1 through eight. We have B 2526 fundraising organizations approval for students and staff to raise funds towards support of the organizations reflected on the attached list during the 2526 school year in accordance with board policy 229. B, tax exoneration request. Request to exonerate the Springrove area school district from tax bill number 4746 dated 7:15 of 25 partial ID number blah blah blah blah blah blah for 2526 school year real estate taxes due in the face amount of
041$5,360. And just little information, this is the property that is located right behind this school. So moves treasures report. Do I have a second? >> Any discussion? >> Okay. Roll call vote on budget and finance. >> Ramsey Baringer. >> Sheer White. >> Yes. >> Ritz. >> Yes. >> Bomb. >> Stein. >> Yes. >> Wilson. >> Yes. Um, now we're we'll do buildings and grounds. I'll turn it over to Mr. Ramsey. >> Buildings and grounds board actions requested 2526 waiver of rental fees approval for organizations included on the attached list to be considered eligible for waiver of rental fees for usage of facilities during the 2526 fiscal school year. So moved on buildings and grounds. >> I have a second. Any discussion? Okay. Roll call. Roll call vote on budget and finance. >> Shear Ramsey White.
042>> Yes. >> Varinger Stein Bomb. >> Ritz. >> Wilson. >> Yes. >> I had a couple residents come up to me yesterday and they were concerned about the long grass in the stadium here that why it wasn't being maintained. I said I would share with everyone here, Bill, whatever. I mean, obviously, it's a hard hard place to mount on top of the gr top of the hill, but I just figured shared in buildings and grounds with everyone. >> Okay. >> Ready for >> transportation? Yeah. Turn I'll turn it over to you. >> Transportation board actions requested. Item A, app 2526 Christ van drive bus and van drivers. Approval of the following additional contracted Christ bus drivers as listed. So moved on transportation. >> Do I have a any discussion? >> Okay. Roll call. Roll call
043vote on transportation. >> White. >> Yes. >> Red. >> Ramsey. >> Yes. >> Baringer. >> Yes. >> Bomb. >> Yes. >> Shear. >> Yes. Okay. Now, uh, we'll turn it over to Mrs. Balm for policy. Policy board actions requested. Letter A, first reading. Approval of a first reading for the following policies. 006.2 board committees. Policy 113.1 Discipline of students with disabilities. Policy 113.2 behavior support. Policy 234 pregnant parenting married students. Policy 236.1 threat assessment. Policy 254, educational opportunity for military children. Policy 615, payroll deductions. Policy 622, GASB statement 34. Letter B, the 2026 board meeting calendar, approval of the attached meeting calendar dates for regularly scheduled voting and study meetings of the board of school directors for the 20 26 calendar year. Letter C, donations, acknowledgement and/or acceptance of the following donations in accordance with
044board policy 702, gifts, grants, and donations as listed. So moved on policy board actions. >> Do I have a second? >> Any discussion? >> May I have a separate vote on A1, please? >> Okay. So we will do first. You want to do A1? Okay. A roll call vote on A1. >> Baringer. Ritz. >> Yes. >> Shear White. >> Yes. >> Stein Ramsey. >> Bomb. >> Uh Wilson. >> Yes. >> Um now roll call v vote on um a uh 2 through 8, B and C. >> Ramsey Bum. >> Yes. >> White. >> Yes. Shear Stein >> Barshinger Ritz >> Wilson. >> Yes. >> Okay. And uh we'll now go to Mr. Stein for personnel. >> Personnel board actions requested. Item A, substitute superintendent contract approval to employee Dr. David Renault as substitute superintendent for
045Spring Grove Area School District according to the terms and conditions set forth in the attached employment contract retroactive to August 18, 2025. Item B, approval to post temporary substitute position. approval to post internally for a substitute elementary assistant principal during an anticipated temporary vacancy due to request for family medical leave approximately November 13th, 2025 to March 26, 2026. Item C, resignation, acceptance of the following resignations as listed. Item three, acceptance of superintendent resignation, acceptance of the resignation of Dr. Joseph Bradley, superintendent, effective at the conclusion of exhausting all acred and available leave. Item D, appointment, approval of the following teacher appointment. Item one, Abigail Alex, long-term substitute social studies. Item E, transfer, approval of the following transfer. Item one, Patty Beckler, Springrove Intermediate School, Lee Cook. Item F, appointments classified approval of the following appointments.
046Item one, Jesse Madison, instructional assistant, kindergarten. Item two, Jasmine Romez, part-time nutrition support. Item G, level five, appointment, approval of following appointment. Item one, Tracy Kerfoot, human resources generalist. Item H, teacher substitute approval of the following individuals as listed. Item I, support staff substitute of following the following substitutes as listed. Item J, student employees approval the following as listed. Item K, game manager intercolastic personnel approval of the following individuals as listed. So moved on personnel. Um >> I think yeah I think there's I think Gareth would like to read a statement. >> Yes. Thank you. Um good evening board members as we reach the personnel action items here. Just a brief uh uh statement here for our board minutes. As you are aware the agenda tonight includes the acceptance of Dr. Bradley's voluntary resignation. He
047has submitted a voluntary resignation from his position of superintendent of schools. I'd like to note for the record the uh circumstances of his resignation have no connection whatsoever to the circumstances that occurred last summer after his hire. His resignation will be effective upon conclusion of his present leave and in my capacity as school board solicitor. I recommend that the board accept his uh resignation uh listed tonight on the addendum. I wish to thank Dr. Bradley for his service to the district and I wish him the best in his future endeavors. You're also aware board members the agenda includes the appointment of former superintendent Dr. Renault as acting superintendent. uh subject to your approval. He's willing to serve in that role until the board can identify a permanent replacement. I look forward to working with him
048again and um I'd like to thank him for returning to service and assisting uh the district on an interim basis. Thank you, Dr. Renault. >> Rachel has left you absent today. Um Rachel has due to her absence has left me with a message as well. Um she states, "In my absence, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the board. I also want to affirm my full support of our solicitor's direction and express my complete trust in his guidance." Thank you. >> Two things. First, I'd like to separate C number three from the rest of the list. So then any discussion? >> Um I just wanted to say that I agree with our legal counsel and board leadership's recommendation that Dr. Bradley no longer should be employed by the district. However, I cannot support
049providing him with a severance package without a full understanding of his actions. I just want to say I agree with getting the resignation of Dr. Bradley, but we voting no on item C3 of personnel because of the separation and release agreement. And all I would like to say is on C3 um that I understand um Garrett's and uh Rachel's statements. Um however, I do need to vote no. Um over the last couple months, we've heard a lot and we've seen a lot of things about transparency and I just think that in the best interest of everyone, um I need to vote no. I would like to ask if we go into executive session for a couple minutes, please. I have a question and I not saying anything without uh making sure that that's appropriate as
050was asked by the attorney. >> Yeah, we can do that. Okay. Any other discussion? >> I like everybody to be aware that if uh we don't vote yes to this that when the personnel stuff with Mr. Bradley would become public knowledge, it could get way more expensive with court hearings and stuff above my head. But don't on the board members that are voting him to leave for this compensation because it could get uglier if we do not. Okay, let's let Okay, let's uh let's vote um on C should we vote on C3 first, Suzanne? Roll call vote on C3. Bomb Ramsey Ritz >> here. >> Stein Baringer White. >> Yeah. >> Shear Wilson. Yes. >> Okay. And roll call vote on A through C, D, and E excluding C3. White, >> yes. >> Shear bomb,
051>> yes. >> Stein, >> yes. >> Ritz, >> yes. >> Baringer, >> yes. >> Ramsay. Wilson, >> yes. Okay. And then we do have two new >> Yeah, >> you want go ahead. Yeah, go ahead. You you please. >> Again, thanks for the microphone. Um, thank you, Nick. I just want it's always a pleasure to introduce new people and to sort of yank their chains. And I've already would like to have Tracy stand up first because she's the one that I said she should really give about a 10-minute discussion of her past. But no, we're not going to yank her jean. That's Tracy Keroot who's the human resource generalist. Thank you and welcome to Spring Grove Community and Jesse Madison. Jesse, there you are. I didn't see I didn't get back as far. You're way
052back in the back. And Jesse, you are now an instructional assistant in kindergarten out at Paradise. Is that correct? Congratulations and welcome to Rocket Nation. >> Okay. Uh do I have a motion to enjoy? All in favor? I