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Key approvals by the board (motion and second recorded on the agenda; roll calls followed each motion):

- Bills: Approved bills for February 2025 (agenda item 4.1). The board took roll call and voted aye (members listed in meeting minutes). No member votes against or abstentions were recorded on the roll call excerpt.

- Financial statements: Approved the January 2025 financial statements (agenda item 4.2).

- Personnel and minutes: Approved minutes from previous meeting and personnel items, including three resignations, new event worker hires, leaves, volunteer approvals and one supplemental position (personnel items summarized under agenda item 6).

- Administrative resolutions (agenda item 7, approved): 7.1 approve policies as listed; 7.2 approve the new cyber course proposal for Gateway High School; 7.3 approve the K–12 guidance plan comprehensive planning phase 2; 7.4 approve an addendum to the dual‑credit agreement between Seton Hill University and Gateway School District; 7.5 approve listed conference requests; 7.6 approve the agreement between Meadows Psychiatric Center and Gateway School District; 7.7 approve affiliation agreement with Carlow University for student teaching.

- Additional approvals and contracts (agenda item 8, approved): 8.1 accept district donations for 2024–25 (including an anonymous $200 donation for a fourth‑grade choral program and an anonymously donated flute for the high school music department); 8.2 approve advertising for an energy conservation vendor solicitation (RFQ); 8.3 approve a proposal from Shaw (terp/turf vendor) to replace the boundary (item text in transcript was abbreviated; financial total cited in transcript was approximately 11,937 and over); 8.4 accept audit financial statements for district year ending 06/30/2020 as listed; 8.5 approve a five‑year charter renewal for Spectrum Charter School Incorporated; 8.6 approve Dakota Grove Landscaping for grass cutting and trimming for 2025–2027 as listed.

Board discussion on several items was brief. On the landscaping contract the finance presenter noted the new contractor’s price was about $600 more per cutting than the prior arrangement; later in discussion one speaker referenced a figure of $2,600 per cut for a specific site during a separate exchange. The board approved the landscaping contract to secure a local vendor that had bid and to ensure consistent service.

Roll calls were taken after motions; the transcript records multiple individual “Aye” votes by name during roll calls for these agenda blocks. No failed motions or recorded no‑votes appeared in the transcript excerpt.

The board also approved a number of conference reimbursements, accepted donations, and authorized the administration to proceed with the RFQ for energy conservation vendors with a scoring matrix to evaluate responses.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","SBRM 2025-02-24","oneSentenceSummary","The board approved the February bills and January financial statements, multiple administrative resolutions including courses and agreements, acceptance of donations, a five‑year charter renewal for Spectrum Charter School, and several vendor contracts including a three‑year landscaping contract.","taxTitle","Gateway SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania","taxId",38796,"location","Pennsylvania","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6126773,"Board discusses deposits and new enforcement for facility rentals after field damage concerns",203,1619000,1822000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2665707-1a4f671db2615dabd57cf78fe09e5e50&start=1619&end=1822","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2665707-1a4f671db2615dabd57cf78fe09e5e50/thumbnail_1619000.jpg","/articles/6126773/Pennsylvania/Board-discusses-deposits-and-new-enforcement-for-facility-rentals-after-field-damage-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6126773-9a71fd55af343620143024efabfee784/orig.mp4?Expires=1771007064&Signature=Lv3HnC~kpZY-jKNzeEdvYxiFF501mVagdte35z1yRiMq1TQs4KhrwbS6rCTESDstUoLOhsa71MRmySI-jY1Qh3tmcKNkIg8NLJ-EqS7R4jh0oAQrrJbELS8dVHUrox9dBhYF6T89ncOoOVH6fjJ5ICXz8g9AlKb9-vJZlV4SO15UVS3xv9SIFDQ-7gGLovKnFE7gUZe83q844ZAwRHUL1gcb0ZXcqU5m4dD5GOrC2ZLCHHQdBDuj6znKagiSdhKKeky-~HU77Zxf2ozTxmgTqSZNrmRJBYRPEIanOjvVbnRkFZxh7ntx2fQaCJPNyQa0VMzZbJ653xycwLTDap9Unw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Board members discussed recurring damage and inconsistent cleanup after third‑party rentals of district athletic fields and other facilities and directed staff to create a deposit and enforcement mechanism intended to deter damage and pay for post‑event cleanup.

John Walsh and other staff described repeated issues with users not grooming or replacing field materials after events; Walsh said the absence of consistent grooming and pallet replacement had increased wear and repair costs. The board discussed requiring a per‑event deposit that would be returned if facilities were left in acceptable condition and discussed allowing district staff to draw on deposits for cleanup when necessary. John Walsh said administrators are drafting language to include in the facilities policy.

Because adopting a formal board policy could take up to 60 days, the board and administration agreed to pursue an administrative regulation that can be implemented sooner and later folded into a board policy if needed. Board members said they wanted the deposit system in place before the spring and summer rental season; staff said they were “hoping” to have it in effect by July and would accelerate the timeline where possible.

Board members and staff also discussed operational details that remain to be decided: which organizational level would post deposits (for example, a single head organization versus multiple groups under one organizer), the per‑event deposit amount, and how to calculate forfeiture for cleanup. Several board members said they favored a standard deposit process to be applied to all facilities. The administration said it will include board members in the working group drafting the administrative regulation and will bring recommendations back to the board.

The discussion followed a separate conversation about athletic‑field maintenance: the district will require contracted users to groom and replace pallets after each event, and Shaw (the district’s athletic turf/field vendor) will include site inspections in its work to reduce recurring damage and repair costs.

The comments occurred during agenda discussion on facility use and administrative resolutions; no final board vote on a deposit policy was held during the meeting.","Board members and staff discussed new deposit requirements and facility‑use enforcement after recurring damage and cleanup issues at athletic fields; administration will draft an administrative regulation for summer implementation and include a policy revision if needed.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6126779,"Gateway student representative reviews prom, musical, clubs and athletics",369,82000,451000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2665707-1a4f671db2615dabd57cf78fe09e5e50&start=82&end=451","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2665707-1a4f671db2615dabd57cf78fe09e5e50/thumbnail_82000.jpg","/articles/6126779/Pennsylvania/Gateway-student-representative-reviews-prom-musical-clubs-and-athletics","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6126779-6f33c17314870ab80cd5bdf8db9ec947/orig.mp4?Expires=1771007064&Signature=QdpxzDjhcRYub-lfiUOeIjC-EIWS4YCOo1NGbupIRGrCw9rCQiNiuui34E~vb3w51intGBjDdQtGUrhfNoI6PO6eUEG6rcB7TrZdr2CmBthg9zMVw8sYSbkJ4h8qsa5qGuncI8Pse1YUha8gOYkgiFJhqTiABbFpG9dDdtSKNiyTv7JM4oJ29TgWymgNaydt3yu56qXDBPIryuWAVx8Ex2MedFaZfoj7Kn1tk96VnbszI6L0nE2~7pNBxeAwo4daF5GZ7Lb2sRctpPOQONvpo~hRNrPsK~yhECm6kfDTDsUZE2oYIkBA5qjuOmB6dPRSdhPMwTCwi9DghYrBHnwQDA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Braden Bongard, the student representative for Gateway High School’s Student Government Association, told the school board about upcoming and recent student events, including prom, the spring musical and several extracurricular achievements.

Bongard said the high school prom theme will be “Gilded Age Gala” and is scheduled for May 16 in the Carnegie Music Hall foyer. He also announced the spring musical, Once Upon a Mattress, which will run April 2–5 with six performances and a fundraiser sing‑along event on March 8 for families and younger children.

Bongard summarized recent and upcoming student achievements and activities: the Importance of Being Earnest was staged in January after a three‑year break for the high‑school play; three students — Diana Novak, Elena Ehlinger and Parker Abel — qualified for district chorus and two (Ehlinger and Novak) advanced to regional chorus; the wind ensemble worked with a visiting professor from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in advance of a concert; and a Black History summit field trip brought 20 students to presentations by experts from Pitt, Carnegie Mellon University and Community College of Allegheny County.

He described a cancer‑research workshop with representatives from the Hillman Cancer Research Center that included hands‑on lab activities and said 45 students will visit the Hillman center on March 5 to hear from principal investigators and clinical staff. He also described a student program called the Flowers of the Month club, in which students with special needs create monthly floral arrangements with support from Rosebud Floral in Murrysville.

On athletics, Bongard said the varsity wrestling team had three qualifiers for the WPIAL tournament and both Gateway unified bocce teams qualified for divisional playoffs; the bocce teams also participated in a Polar Plunge fundraiser and had raised nearly $2,000 as a team. He noted the bocce teams were one of only two schools in Allegheny County to have both teams qualify for playoffs.

Bongard closed by inviting board members and the community to the musical and other events and said students appreciate community support and facility access.

The presentation occurred during the board’s public portion of the meeting and was followed by board members’ brief questions about the musical and fundraiser.","Gateway High School student representative Braden Bongard summarized spring events including prom, the school musical, district chorus and science-clinic field trips, plus recent athletic and unified bocce playoff results.","actionData","errors"]

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