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Tony Rapp told the committee the state had reviewed and approved the contract extension; meal prices for reimbursable breakfast and lunch will remain at current levels. He noted that some a la carte prices may increase because of rising vendor costs but said the core meal pricing remains unchanged.

Rapp also announced the district will switch its point‑of‑sale (POS) and parent‑payment service to MySchoolBucks next year. He said any money families currently have in existing student accounts will be migrated to MySchoolBucks and that the district will publish instructions for families to sign up and access funds in the new service.

The committee also discussed a summer benefit program (commonly called Summer EBT or Pandemic Electronic Benefit analogs) for students who qualify for free or reduced‑price meals. Rapp said qualifying students may receive an available benefit (he cited a sample figure of about $121 for eligible families) and that the district had publicized the program via newsletters and a QR code on its website. Staff said families should check eligibility and preserve copies of state rebate or benefit forms if they later apply for other district programs that require proof of state benefits.

Ending: The committee recommended proceeding with the Aramark renewal and the POS vendor change; staff will publish enrollment instructions for MySchoolBucks and continue outreach on summer food assistance eligibility.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Finance Committee: June 9, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The finance committee recommended renewing Aramark as food service provider at no change to meal prices, authorized a move to MySchoolBucks for parent accounts and noted a summer EBT (SNAP/Summer) benefit for eligible households.","taxTitle","Council Rock SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania","taxId",72557,"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},6205374,"Committee approves multiple technology renewals and recommends Chromebook and device purchases, with security platform renewal noted",1794,1521000,3315000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3772935-522840d7dbbc9adb166f3de3daad644d&start=1521&end=3315","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3772935-522840d7dbbc9adb166f3de3daad644d/thumbnail_1521000.jpg","/articles/6205374/Pennsylvania/Committee-approves-multiple-technology-renewals-and-recommends-Chromebook-and-device-purchases-with-security-platform-renewal-noted","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6205374-4a5848121bf484fd5c9f891986ebe4bc/orig.mp4?Expires=1771184440&Signature=A8VhinM-4FZUxXSQzxgb742qgyjz-FHwA2V3jkVLqcfUcoMo44L9mkZuXIRavUlyloLDwplvw-TBWBJGIj2movGeFXMJ5bwJAblBWJcuPd9TB6urM~~teyRczT46HmK0olofSZffp7hOEsF~gkqEVbN1jOyOSuBM5Lbqq7RHRcWrl8WxCeN12b5zQD4HXpUxiPIiRIsB66EIXdgAi1s1DOfZGCXYLQni2cVp1kCN5Q-wnEgeZYfWpq4zK~Z~baAWt4FnAVw2LetmkCw3zPDVwda8gawalPg3S0VuKIvIyKHCgxhKfv~ebM5v813XjGyXfOKs2z48maLFM1nPjdVXsQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Council Rock School District Finance Committee considered a slate of technology contracts, renewals and hardware purchases June 9, including a Fortinet support renewal with managed SOC monitoring, a large Chromebook procurement and leasing plan, laptop and desktop procurements and device‑management renewals.

Tony Rapp and IT staff explained a Fortinet support and maintenance renewal that covers firewalls, switches, voice gateways and other infrastructure. Director of IT Joe Torrieri described the security operations center (SOC) service as a 24/7 log‑monitoring and incident‑response function; he said the SOC helped reduce other security costs and drove a net annual reduction of about $95,000 from prior year technology expenses.

On endpoints the committee reviewed a competitive procurement for Chromebooks. Staff recommended purchasing a block of Chromebooks for elementary and some other deployments and leasing 900 Chromebooks for middle‑school use; the presentations distinguished device types and lifecycle assumptions (a three‑year cycle for some leased devices versus a four‑year cycle for purchased units). The recommended Chromebook purchase totals shown on the agenda included immediate purchases and a July 2025 delivery tranche; protective cases, warranties and a managed lease program were part of the procurement plan. Board members asked why some devices were being purchased rather than leased; staff said differences reflect device model, use case and lease pricing over the intended lifecycle.

The committee also reviewed laptop and desktop bids for staff devices (multiple vendors recommended; some bids rejected for failing to meet specification). Rapp said the district is keeping a four‑year refresh cycle for most staff devices and rotating roughly 25% of equipment each year.

Other renewals on the agenda that the committee discussed: the tablet/device management (MDM) contract that manages Android time‑clock tablets, an EV Reach renewal for remote IT support licences (reduced by two seats), a DocuSign renewal for electronic signature capacity and the EverDriven transportation contract addendum (3% increase request for certain nonpublic transportation services). Committee members queried the time‑clock tablets: multiple tablets are wall‑mounted across buildings to support support‑staff clocking and to permit cost‑allocation to specific buildings; the MDM contract manages those Android devices.

Torrieri and other IT staff explained that some items are hardware management rather than the time‑clock application itself, and that the MDM renewal is required unless the district removes the tablets and changes vendors. Committee members requested additional information about time‑clock placement, possible geofencing alternatives and ticket prices for any user impacts; staff said they would follow up with additional detail.

Ending: The committee recommended moving the technology renewals and procurement items forward for board approval with staff follow‑up on lifecycle assumptions, geofencing alternatives and specification clarifications.","The finance committee reviewed and recommended renewals and purchases for district technology: Fortinet support and SOC, Chromebook purchases and leases, laptop/desktop procurements, MDM/tablet management, remote‑support licenses, and time‑clock tablet management.",{"_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},6205379,"Council Rock finance committee reviews proposed final budget with 2.93% tax increase and multi‑year projections",1357,2987000,4344000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3772935-522840d7dbbc9adb166f3de3daad644d&start=2987&end=4344","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3772935-522840d7dbbc9adb166f3de3daad644d/thumbnail_2987000.jpg","/articles/6205379/Pennsylvania/Council-Rock-finance-committee-reviews-proposed-final-budget-with-293-tax-increase-and-multiyear-projections","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6205379-7a328839c766237ef2b7055c28bba822/orig.mp4?Expires=1771184440&Signature=H3MJ0DIJIONBsz-k3G0c2oxPk0P4-vTM-zrmal4OzMTB5wW1RyOBkmTYmkubkq5fbsFsHL3mE05u7Ad-lPYJPm5HiXHcadRKmAnT7F3oT7T-VlkL~Sayhw-rTNrH231b~GfNQMq4zuRq9RFGoIKWqFvPBQ8xRJ6aRqsk18MqmQUMUgsFu11jH3zwmjPqS2DSjbh9BU81g3N2BELOG2VsWe0lm13Om~Ufbrvd70z27AdcPxKkxTWGFZb6HMuw78afSpA-82NHv8x-WcyWvzNTRImRCVSylN5~IpoTSwfvb7b9Yxv3Vz4Buz4P~O6SFJkhzs3aEAE6x6hH3eIQ8Ymk4g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Council Rock School District Finance Committee reviewed the proposed final budget for 2025‑26 and a multi‑year projection June 9 that showed deficits increasing if revenue growth trails expense growth.

Tony Rapp, the district’s director of business administration, presented the proposed final budget that maintains current health‑insurance rates and assumes state funding levels available at the time. Rapp said the draft includes a recommended 2.93% real‑estate tax increase for 2025‑26; he noted that the budget does not itemize final contract increases for teachers because collective‑bargaining negotiations were ongoing.

Rapp walked the committee through the revenue and expense assumptions: compared with the prior year the draft budget projects roughly $5 million more in local revenues and about $3 million more in state revenues (largely from retirement and social security reimbursement tied to payroll increases). Total proposed expenditures for 2025‑26 were presented at about $292 million, producing a budgetary deficit of approximately $6.4 million under conservative assumptions.

Rapp then presented multi‑year projections. Under an illustrative scenario in which the district raised taxes 2% in each subsequent year, the projection showed cumulative, widening budgetary shortfalls: roughly $11 million in fiscal 2026‑27, $15 million in 2027‑28 and larger gaps thereafter, with projected negative fund balances in later years if assumptions held. He also showed an alternative using the school funding Act 1 index (a preliminary 3.1% figure for next year), which reduced the multi‑year shortfalls materially but did not eliminate all pressure across the five‑year horizon.

Board members asked clarifying questions about how the budget treats salary increases (Rapp repeated that negotiated raises were budgeted in a contingency rather than included in the professional‑staff salary line) and about the district’s recent pattern of ending fiscal years better than book‑to‑budget projections. Board member Ed Tate and others noted the district historically budgets conservatively and often finishes the year with better actual results than the conservative budget would indicate.

The committee reviewed proposed additional staffing included in the draft budget: two middle‑school literacy specialists, four elementary literacy specialists, partial and full‑time classroom positions at both high schools, and a payroll‑department staffing adjustment. Rapp described the positions as responses to enrollment and program needs and said the budget maps those positions into the proposed expense plan.

The committee scheduled the formal vote to approve the final budget for the board’s June 19 meeting and requested additional materials on multi‑year scenarios and supporting assumptions before that date.

Ending: The committee forwarded the proposed final budget for board consideration on June 19 and asked staff to provide updated multi‑year projections and clarifications about assumptions used in the forecast.","The finance committee reviewed the district’s proposed 2025‑26 final budget, which includes a 2.93% recommended tax increase, planned positions, and multi‑year projections showing widening budget gaps if revenue growth lags expenses.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6205383,"Council Rock committee reviews insurance renewal after carriers flag flood risk at five schools",652,362000,1014000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3772935-522840d7dbbc9adb166f3de3daad644d&start=362&end=1014","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3772935-522840d7dbbc9adb166f3de3daad644d/thumbnail_362000.jpg","/articles/6205383/Pennsylvania/Council-Rock-committee-reviews-insurance-renewal-after-carriers-flag-flood-risk-at-five-schools","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6205383-c843da100e5407e181bf5254625bd817/orig.mp4?Expires=1771184440&Signature=o8O8ueRtzu8Rb1fpHWGN22BhSRH72JlvWB2-m~iRv-5hTnKGL7VsfLsy0D27Q5sAg2qpls7HGCupX2hAfuIzyRwvawHymqSuXivIgDey-RL4rNvSkknoMeKLxBaKDgkkSs-ocPRpBax-wVHLIi2kZA0JNp80f-kec6fpoOBX-Emt98AVGP-jfEkmOgsY6~ptxAhezqnAZ097D1vSNtjRVgKYvX3C2fT4Xbe-qyaVPxL77hUdipGJii-9YkdsxrC~ypzMLp9I5nTDTuhbgsUW5ysjT5nxCXl8NeGSn5h4tioe8oWjoyXqS7q4tY9vea99B-xxvN5GfrWhl70xX9hsrw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Council Rock School District Finance Committee reviewed proposed property insurance renewals June 9 after an insurer used new flood‑modeling to identify five schools as having elevated flood risk.

The district’s insurance broker, Rich Dyer of the Seltzer Company, told the committee the carrier’s vendor used a new modeling tool and “of all your schools, 5, they no longer want to write 1 insurance.” Dyer listed Newtown Middle, Welch Elementary, Newtown Elementary, Richboro (Richborough) Elementary and Rolling Hills Elementary as the properties affected.

The change means the district’s current carrier would not provide the district’s typical $3 million flood limit for those buildings. Dyer said the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) offers a base of $500,000 for building and $500,000 for contents per school (a $1 million total). To restore the district’s prior $3 million per‑school limit, staff quoted buying an additional $2 million excess policy. Dyer gave an annual premium estimate for that excess of about $35,900 per school and a combined total of $46,444 per year for all five schools under the proposed structure.

Board members asked how the insurer defines the term the broker described as “catastrophic rainfall.” Board member Michael Roosevelt pressed whether the exposure reflected river or surface‑runoff risks; Dyer said the model considers topography and storm tracks and cited examples where insurers paid large claims after intense, concentrated rainfall events. Roosevelt asked for a quantifiable definition; Dyer acknowledged the carrier’s analysis was based on modeled rainfall patterns rather than a single numeric threshold and said the vendor viewed the five properties as vulnerable to concentrated, catastrophic rainfall events.

Committee members also discussed whether the excess flood limits quoted would be an aggregate policy across the five schools or paid per school. Dyer said the additional $2 million excess sits “in aggregate sitting over the school, so it would be shared by all of the schools,” and confirmed that payment would be per event (if the same storm damaged multiple schools it could exhaust the aggregate limit for that event). The committee asked staff to model alternatives, including per‑school excess coverage and the cost difference.

Dyer and staff said the district pushed back with the carrier and supplied photographs and local elevation evidence, but that the carrier held its position based on the vendor’s modeled exposure. Dyer told the committee that the flagged schools did not have basements that would make flood payouts more likely and that the district had minimal claims historically, which had kept rates low.

No formal vote was recorded at the meeting. Staff recommended the committee consider purchasing the NFIP base coverage for the affected schools and procuring excess flood capacity to reach prior $3 million limits; board members requested follow‑up cost comparisons for per‑school versus aggregate excess limits and clearer carrier definitions of “catastrophic rainfall.”

Ending: The committee did not finalize a purchase decision June 9; staff will return with additional quotes and clarifications about per‑school versus aggregate excess options and any impact on the overall insurance renewal package.","Council Rock School District finance committee heard insurer findings that five elementary and middle school properties were flagged as high flood risk; district staff outlined a National Flood Insurance Program option and an excess policy cost to restore prior $3 million limits.","actionData","errors"]

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