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On finance and audit items, the board approved minutes of the Nov. 7, 2024 meeting and authorized payment of regular bills described in the agenda as totaling $2,000,000. The treasurer reported an ending balance as of Oct. 31, 2024 of $108,625.51 after receipts, investments and disbursements were tallied; the board approved the treasurer's report by voice vote.

Under personnel, the board approved bundled resignations, retirements and leaves (personnel section 9, items A–E) and bundled employment recommendations (section 10, items A, C, D, E and F). The board separately approved the employment of Megan Shemasky as high school office secretary effective upon release from her current employer, pending required clearances, with wages and benefits per the VAESPA SPA contract.

The board approved multiple conference, athletics and field-trip items; employed Keegan Watson as a game manager effective Dec. 6, 2024, and approved several bus drivers and aides for the 2024–25 school year (Michael Nelson, Rachel Baron, Jennifer Center). The district agreed to serve as host site for the Girls on the Run program for grades 3–8 at no cost to the district.

Business and capital items included approval of budgetary transfers to close the 2023–24 fiscal year, and a stadium entrance change order No. 1 with Raffle Construction to complete asphalt milling and paving in the amount of $9,951.28 to be paid from the capital projects fund.

The board approved an agreement with Soaring Heights School for special education services for the 2024–25 school year and approved revised policies 813 and 818 and new policies 810.4 and 815.1 as listed on the agenda. The board also approved renewal of an agreement with the Derry Area Education Association for early dismissals for the 2024–25 school year.

The board approved hearing-waiver memoranda for student discipline incidents numbered 272, 273 and 274 dated Nov. 9, 2024, and set meeting dates for the 2025 calendar (moving to mostly first and third Thursdays of the month). A later agenda item to renew the Dairy Borough police contract was tabled for further negotiation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board Meeting of December 5, 2024","oneSentenceSummary","At its meeting the Derry Area School District board approved minutes, major bill payments, personnel actions, policy revisions and a $9,951.28 stadium paving change order funded from the capital projects fund, and tabled renewal of the Dairy Borough police contract for further negotiation.","taxTitle","Derry Area SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania","taxId",60291,"location","Pennsylvania","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6682560,"Derry Area SD board elects Steve Fry president, Missus Fendish vice president and sets 2025 committees",217,288000,505000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2173730-de5ee6c03335745afd0681caf4f7d9e4&start=288&end=505","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2173730-de5ee6c03335745afd0681caf4f7d9e4/thumbnail_288000.jpg","/articles/6682560/Pennsylvania/Derry-Area-SD-board-elects-Steve-Fry-president-Missus-Fendish-vice-president-and-sets-2025-committees","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6682560-c905347a5da6f3b3b913c430968d190e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771202333&Signature=Lvw4vGhhyRt8Xc2zU7U0HEzRdu3kEMu-9Ymn-OgY-3oO2k~Kj6yOgy~hAIKJPn9peSTh9boX~CmR2s7wkedgC78JRIMn2dATtNgONeAQH4BEjtuzp2j5G0KQqpddPPch7SqliP~4p1zUC0r2KjpN2pdgDDrIk-ebJ2QBGJUEO-xh8wHZojAWU4XN3VmnutQJGnQIPFFSVXmZ20s-9KUv9~3FclDE9Vq2UCaRAoZBFqQ7b8nF4U4zeTNq3wDV4WTdqV-uSeHHfFjZC~Nya5nvmYTWM1K5tXUkIBvKCrLbbp6QjtyaxDo8Uf91WekOGFGDNIBW3SwW9MXLhuwsdaR0Ag__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Derry Area School District board voted to elect Steve Fry as board president and Missus Fendish as vice president for 2025 and approved committee appointments, including an added “4 A's” committee.

Board members nominated Steve Fry for president; after nominations were closed, the roll call produced a unanimous outcome recorded as “8 for Mr. Fry.” The board then nominated Missus Fendish for vice president; the vote was recorded as “8 for Missus Fendish.”

The board approved appointments to standing committees for 2025. Appointments recorded in the meeting included the EWCTC joint operating committee (Mr. Reed as chair, with Mr. Campbell and Mr. Lynch), Westmoreland Intermediate Unit representation (Mr. Scholl), building and grounds (Mr. Krenoch, Mr. Reed, Mr. Lynch; Mr. Lynch named chair), and finance (Mr. Liberoni as chair). The board amended the agenda to add a new “4 A's” committee, and then approved membership and chairs for the newly added committee.

The reorganization followed a brief executive-session recap earlier in the meeting that the board said involved privileged student issues, personnel matters and ongoing contract negotiations. Several committee reports and chair assignments were also finalized and approved by voice vote during the meeting.","The Derry Area School District reorganized its board leadership for 2025, re-electing Steve Fry as board president and selecting Missus Fendish as vice president; the board also approved committee assignments and added a new ‘4 A's’ committee by amendment.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6682564,"Derry-area board tables police contract after public and borough officials urge broader SRO discussion",768,778000,1546000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2173730-de5ee6c03335745afd0681caf4f7d9e4&start=778&end=1546","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2173730-de5ee6c03335745afd0681caf4f7d9e4/thumbnail_778000.jpg","/articles/6682564/Pennsylvania/Derry-area-board-tables-police-contract-after-public-and-borough-officials-urge-broader-SRO-discussion","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6682564-f282cfac4c126fd47ec7efb89dcfc227/orig.mp4?Expires=1771202333&Signature=QJJ5lPfgg3s8GVLPWWAmmYt53K9Igq6LWOHbjIUR3Ub3YpvV-seZo8NWj4vc5Lqv4w--N4irxBnVttHGoxgsCLa1JQ4t8FOV5duKy-dSDGNREU1TMqQyG8tJgg52OQHhO~VzDZlVkfPbHQX49csnV3W3wiZwKyuvbkus00fp08YMK1UbjMnQz1jmYqW0vMxORckBKO-vw0YeaRubtgl5hvZfThY3FgiBdIeSSuBYQ75v48lnpQruf37cX2-jpgX7Y9M6y9nRESafmw7bIz1rw-mEJIdiaHlaGD4TLcGK7YE9LnF~SRtRvF04tyysqdRsIzWYMH~nY~cRcvfRCb2-gw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Derry Area School District board on an evening meeting tabled consideration of a proposed renewal of the Dairy Borough police contract after public comments from borough officials and advocates urged the district to rethink the arrangement and consider a full-time school resource officer.

Acting Police Chief (Derry Police Department) said the borough would “offer the services of, an SRO should the school decide to, go in that direction,” and recommended contract language that keeps police presence less predictable so potential offenders “don't know the police are never here after 7:55 until 8:20 and again in the afternoon.” He also noted police duties that may not be visible to the district, such as child-line investigations that “sometimes take us to city of Pittsburgh, to Children's Hospital, and places like that.”

Nathan Bundy of Dairy Council urged the board to broaden negotiations rather than reduce police hours, saying a full-time SRO could be obtained within existing budget lines. “If we're spending on the taxpayer side equivalent to what would be 8 hours a day for a full time police officer…what could you get out of that as the school? You could get a full time police officer, SRO, at your building, 1 of your buildings, 8 hours a day,” Bundy told the board.

Barbara Phillips, Dairy Borough council president, echoed that position and urged the board to “table this and let's go back to the drawing board” so the borough and district can negotiate in good faith.

A district speaker identified as Mr. Pearl told the public that a state change this year under “Senate Bill 907” requires school districts to have at least one full-time armed security person. The transcript records him saying, “I just want to add…that the school code did change this year with senate bill 90 7 at the start of this year, that all school districts are required to at least have 1 full time armed security personnel.”

When the renewal came to the board for action later in the meeting, a motion to table the police contract passed. The board chair called for votes, and the clerk recorded the motion as carried with the board tabling the item.

The board did not adopt changes to the police contract at this meeting; the transcript does not show a finalized contract document on the record and a district staff member confirmed the board had only discussed a proposal from the borough earlier in the meeting.

The tabling preserves time for further negotiation between the borough and district and for the board to review a finalized contract if one is submitted for a future meeting.","The Derry Area School District board tabled a proposed renewal of its contract with the borough police after the borough’s acting police chief and local officials urged the district to consider assigning a full-time school resource officer (SRO) under state law changes and to renegotiate contract times and duties.","actionData","errors"]

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Derry Area SD board approves routine budget, personnel, policies and small capital change order; tabled police contract

Derry Area SD board elects Steve Fry president, Missus Fendish vice president and sets 2025 committees

Derry-area board tables police contract after public and borough officials urge broader SRO discussion