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Key approvals included:
- Culinary Depot base bid of $107,740.11 for a walk‑in refrigerator/freezer and a convection oven (funded by an Action for Healthy Kids grant) — motion carried (9 yes).
- Delaware Valley University articulation agreement (2024–26) — carried (9 yes).
- Penn College dual/concurrent enrollment agreement (fee structure explained by administration) — carried (9 yes).
- York College memorandum of understanding for college and high school programs — carried (9 yes).
- Business associate agreement with York County Children and Youth — carried (9 yes).
- ESSA grant documents for 2025–26 — carried (9 yes).
- LIU (Local Intermediate Unit) Master Services Agreement — carried (9 yes).
- River Rock (alternative education) agreement — carried (9 yes).
- DOSIO copier and printing lease agreement — carried (9 yes).
- Dover Area High School graduate list / diplomas — carried (9 yes).
- Appointments: Director McKinney as Board Treasurer (one‑year term) — carried (9 yes); Miranda Weaver appointed Board Secretary (four‑year term) — carried (9 yes); Amy Almond appointed Assistant Board Secretary (one‑year term) — carried (9 yes).
- Addition of an elementary Instagram account to district‑owned social media — carried (9 yes).
- Policy 234 (draft policy on pregnant, parenting, married students) — carried (9 yes).

A longer, contested item was Agenda 11.06, \"Bridal School Traffic Flow Improvements Plan\" (middle school front parking lot and gate/peninsula changes). Facilities staff presented a budgetary estimate of about $19,000 for the whole project (phase 1: move existing gate, ~$8,000; phase 2: additional gates, ~$11,000). The Facilities and Safety Committee recommended proceeding and said much of the labor would be completed in‑house, with materials and limited rented equipment paid from capital reserve funds.

Board members extensively questioned procurement and policy compliance: district policy requires at least three written or telephonic price quotations for work whose value is between approximately $12,900 and $23,800, and competitive bids/advertising for larger purchases. Several Board members warned that approving the full project without obtaining comparative quotes or following the procurement steps could violate policy or raise concerns about selective vendor contact. The solicitor and administration were asked to clarify whether telephonic quotes or an advertised solicitation would be required and whether construction should be split into phases to stay below the formal quote threshold. The Board voted on the item as presented and the motion failed (9 no). Members directed staff to obtain additional pricing and legal clarification and to return the item to the Facilities committee for refinement.

A separate personnel grievance (DAEA grievance No. 3) was on the agenda; the Board voted to deny the grievance (motion to deny passed 8 yes, 1 no).","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Dover Area School District Board of Directors Meeting 5/20/25","oneSentenceSummary","The Board approved multiple contracts, agreements and appointments on consent and action agendas; a proposed middle‑school traffic‑flow improvement project drew extended discussion about costs and bidding policy and failed on a vote after members raised procurement concerns.","taxTitle","Dover Area SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania","taxId",76670,"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},6542616,"Dover Area SD approves preliminary 2025–26 budget with 0% tax increase; board to use $1.7 million from fund balance",532,3213000,3745000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3410585-a5d884d29739f0654179b270ecd1e231&start=3213&end=3745","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3410585-a5d884d29739f0654179b270ecd1e231/thumbnail_3213000.jpg","/articles/6542616/Pennsylvania/Dover-Area-SD-approves-preliminary-202526-budget-with-0-tax-increase-board-to-use-17-million-from-fund-balance","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6542616-a4024124e009cfaa62b66075e98cda35/orig.mp4?Expires=1771003071&Signature=Xy985dCZwMsg8tzJw~YZhsbk~EAkD3IgN9GleEj6A3WQMcMUOR6wHvEo3Wq3~561gEeQXSg5GwzzZB35UX0gleb6gRhwKyjxtDqAC8oPuUH-HkVohLOvtBeJcZZOu6EM5Yj4Dm58Jz2p70~Aahwrx5e8zw8LHMiCsJzOTO71D-EDhOHkcIcv-GtanGcdo20lbcL7pxZNHxbqTkNqyBprNRRn1Qoek~I9IxIroF8sBbasEzRCVbenRz6zZ1GsqNCISn-NtVKLldiZqCvSAAiDTxPKMuFnwfiSGFrPNujEa79BHuCWekSBZVxyKcCukkwT4uES~LPwSqjiUBVDr-d6aA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Board of School Directors adopted a proposed final budget for the 2025–26 school year that includes a 0% tax increase and the planned use of $1,700,000 from the district’s fund balance.

Director McKinney moved approval of the proposed final budget; Director Emmick seconded. The Board discussed the numbers at length. Several members asked the business office to clarify the projected beginning and ending unreserved fund balance, how the budget incorporates prior planned withdrawals and the degree to which projected reserve use is an estimate rather than a final figure.

Chief business staff and the Treasurer explained that the budget is a preliminary document built from the prior year’s budget figures and noted that the $1.7 million figure is the proposed usage of fund balance included in the preliminary submission. The Treasurer said the final, audited fund balance figure could be higher after year‑end records are closed.

Board members also discussed possible program reductions and retiree costs that could change the final outturn. Several members asked for the finance committee to review budget‑to‑actuals when available; the Treasurer recommended prompt adoption so the district can meet tax bill printing and other downstream deadlines.

The Board voted to adopt the proposed final budget: 8 yes, 1 no. The Board chair reminded members this is a preliminary adoption required to meet procedural timelines; the district must publish the proposed final budget for 30 days prior to final adoption. The superintendent and business office will provide follow‑up budget‑to‑actual reports at committee meetings and before the final budget vote.","The Board adopted a proposed final budget for 2025–26 with no tax increase and an anticipated use of $1.7 million from fund balance; the motion passed 8–1 after questions about fund balance calculations and timing for final adoption.",{"_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},6542621,"Resident urges Dover Area SD to highlight large monthly payments to cyber charter; board says treasurer's report can flag the line item",181,1786000,1967000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3410585-a5d884d29739f0654179b270ecd1e231&start=1786&end=1967","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3410585-a5d884d29739f0654179b270ecd1e231/thumbnail_1786000.jpg","/articles/6542621/Pennsylvania/Resident-urges-Dover-Area-SD-to-highlight-large-monthly-payments-to-cyber-charter-board-says-treasurers-report-can-flag-the-line-item","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6542621-b05ab90e4e7c588d84a752b0269ae69b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771044721&Signature=Dl58rKtOT~BQMyspRgDk005iJv7d9PFa1~DWu2iJ5c1KFmEWAvQBWTMiF4ICZ8NawEmosAOpyD~Bmtj~nRYTppCP6xJ-iLLoEkEgcTW-Xae6orKFWVXeHeLbob-VurVlzw-XooUEfIgwY1Xg-4pbl87lu1IfMmypn3IsUn6OveOpOrAg3exKhIwqB9lieqLK0X2O0lC8eV7EcrARrSF0slk6gzL9nqjWGrW~atZz7AiNH2X7xW9QoCtPEP8FDxtX0K77~0G7PyL8zxFpzJParbCtZQyYuUuY6Y~AKfOz91XqxABsxYhzQeBfjZhL7~mluoWm2Ll8ZCyPlfO4UNo45Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","During the meeting’s public comment period, resident Chris Rotolo urged the Board to press state lawmakers over cyber charter funding and asked that the district make cyber charter payments easier to find in financial reports.

Rotolo said he found a payment of $277,244.74 to a cyber charter provider in the district financial reports and calculated that if that amount were paid monthly it would total roughly $3 million per year. \"Instead of that money coming and staying here to educate our students here at Dover,\" he said, \"my hope is they vote accordingly\" in Harrisburg on the funding formula.

He asked the Board and candidates for the Board to ‘‘sound the alarm’’ to local representatives and recommended that the treasurer’s report keep the cyber charter line item highlighted so the public can find it more easily.

President Conley and other Board members responded during the public comment period that the business office would be asked to provide more information. Conley said the difference in employment terms cited earlier is set by state law and Board policy and that the business office would be asked for the savings estimate Rotolo requested. \"We don't have any update on that [police station/CTE] project,\" Conley added in response to another speaker but agreed the treasurer's report could show specific items more clearly.

No formal Board action was taken during public comment; Board members said administrative staff would follow up with the business office and that the Board values public input on financing issues.","A resident cited a $277,244.74 payment the district made to a cyber charter provider and urged the board to press state representatives and make the monthly amount easier for the public to find in financial reports.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6542626,"Wiglestown Elementary presents family-focused STEM program; students, teachers and parents describe hands-on activities",831,668000,1499000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3410585-a5d884d29739f0654179b270ecd1e231&start=668&end=1499","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3410585-a5d884d29739f0654179b270ecd1e231/thumbnail_668000.jpg","/articles/6542626/Pennsylvania/Wiglestown-Elementary-presents-family-focused-STEM-program-students-teachers-and-parents-describe-hands-on-activities","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6542626-e6b62c26d7750ae9dc6abf75545f20bf/orig.mp4?Expires=1771044721&Signature=Cy8pSJEUPx5O61PSTEfXLuYLevz3inzLvc5ytqsQy7ARykeZUYyWLmUJuw8vvsiVbA5vJ-n8n6C2CSl~Ab~KA4RSR0QBpHJSJkCK4LRZC2dMAySNIDNmIa5phOazVl8~fJssV7Il6yPo~DiHLZD1vFBL7E-gZ4dDABr-dXBRm2tVpt8wqBOl0z2BJt~1hYmxtP~9o9H-DsiH5jSjDJPFzAPU7tMkuNJPHdy812xG22HGdd5MbH-LR~ujczaA-Tv88G2KbDnP-vbeIa69psOqphDg8Rq8rcHpC084AHlYPYojPbeleJg2OEkkqV6md8ffcAtA7Gi4Vs5-qnGvnR0VbA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Mike Krumpka, principal of Wiglestown Elementary School, and staff described a schoolwide STEM program that emphasizes family participation and hands-on projects during the Board of School Directors meeting.

Krumpka said Wiglestown’s STEM work is driven by the school’s mission and vision and is intended to connect science, technology, engineering and math to many career pathways for students from kindergarten through 12th grade. \"STEM is everywhere,\" he said, noting the difference between state academic standards and the broader STEM activities the school organizes.

The program is run by a staff STEM committee led by teacher Wendy Mayer and produces three enrichment activities each year. Mayer said each year the school promotes three seasonal at‑home STEM challenges, gives students three weeks to design and build projects and displays entries in the school. \"Students who participate are given a thank you note and a prize each time,\" she said.

Mayer described recent challenges: making kites, building bridges out of candy, designing school buses and creating arcade games and mini‑golf holes that students could play. This spring’s theme, she said, centers on ocean health: kindergarten through second grade will build ocean animals from recyclable materials; grades 3–5 will prototype tools to collect plastic or clean beaches.

The presentation included family voices. Katie Eberly, mother of third‑grader Sadie Eberly, said the projects teach resourcefulness and communication: \"It was fun listening to them brainstorm different ideas, work within a budget and learn how to use different tools.\" Third‑grader Sadie said the challenges help develop creativity and problem solving: \"It's really fun to do it. I usually do it every year.\"

Administrators and teachers said the STEM activities aim both to teach subject skills and to strengthen family bonds by giving parents and siblings concrete opportunities to work together on creative problems.

The Board offered thanks to the presenters and congratulated Sadie for speaking without notes. No Board action was required on the presentation.","Wiglestown Elementary principal and teachers described a year-long STEM program aimed at engaging families with at-home challenges, a spring family night and a buildingwide K–5 design challenge; third-grader Sadie Eberly and her mother described how the projects build creativity and communication.","actionData","errors"]

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Board approves routine contracts and appointments; traffic‑flow project at middle school fails after lengthy debate

Dover Area SD approves preliminary 2025–26 budget with 0% tax increase; board to use $1.7 million from fund balance

Resident urges Dover Area SD to highlight large monthly payments to cyber charter; board says treasurer's report can flag the line item

Wiglestown Elementary presents family-focused STEM program; students, teachers and parents describe hands-on activities