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Rich Magloria, who identified himself as a Haverford Township resident, told the board he read a recent article about districts and families engaging in legal disputes over appropriate reading instruction for disabled students. He urged the district to ensure reading specialists work with autistic-support teachers and to consider evidence-based training such as Wilson methodology when it is appropriate. Magloria said he favors resolving disputes through collegial discussions and mediation rather than court proceedings and offered to help provide mediation services in the future.

Magloria asked the board to review its reading services for students with disabilities and said he would raise the subject again at the next work session. The remarks were offered during the meeting’s public-comment period for topics not on the agenda and did not result in any board action that evening.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","08/21/25 School Board Action Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","A resident told the board Aug. 21 that the district should expand reading specialists and evidence-based reading instruction for students with disabilities and autistic-support needs, and offered to assist with mediation and alternative dispute resolution.","taxTitle","Haverford Township SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania","taxId",38557,"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},6488668,"Board reports negotiations with teachers' union remain \"several million dollars apart\"",102,2458000,2560000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5719153-f04d8976ac4160f6c98a7dfa6cc238db&start=2458&end=2560","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5719153-f04d8976ac4160f6c98a7dfa6cc238db/thumbnail_2458000.jpg","/articles/6488668/Pennsylvania/Board-reports-negotiations-with-teachers-union-remain-several-million-dollars-apart","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6488668-c57e8a69e51e1f3e08b1e089a6de2d58/orig.mp4?Expires=1770752912&Signature=ckVTw0sC4PxOcfJZWz1hM6zsWha3q5zwCUO7HW370ezQO9BGQWBAhlBuyxXgsASZaT~IFThGIOzNMyD396~zDxVMbiUCdupjSqJr7dHjlXl3n5BuWI1KdFy~mqVpyXgxHvVv5gt1r-j2NgiVbK8ZmOJmQZHudvkgmyr82UpSeUqitPVWSw8LE61z1Fj6BQIgZYlkiU1WsuIVny~tYjBlyDu08-g0liHW5Glz-XL~qvju93DNmyB6rKpek~G2yDhB1KvXCPKbLE2e2UsOm8ZRGTiup-fQtUyvqOv3-IUC608MRISByr0PRAJv0g7fEl5giWBN8znYlNL8SxR9rmHlCA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Members of the Haverford Township School District board negotiating team updated the public Aug. 21 on contract talks with the Haverford Township Education Association (HTEA), saying the parties have met with a state mediator but remain \"several million dollars apart\" on total cost issues.

Miss Lee, speaking for the negotiating team, said the district and HTEA have met since January in multiple formats, including large and small group sessions and with a state mediator from Harrisburg. She said the outstanding issues center on salary increases for educators and proposed changes to the district healthcare plan. \"While some progress has been made to date, the parties remain several million dollars apart,\" Lee said.

Lee said the current collective-bargaining agreement expires Aug. 31 but noted schools will open as scheduled on Sept. 2. She reiterated the board’s stated position that any contract must be affordable within the district budget and must leave room to fund other employee agreements, curriculum and special programs, building upkeep and other expenditures.

The statement noted that tax-limit rules under Pennsylvania’s Act 1 index constrain the district’s ability to raise revenues for contract costs and that the index is expected to decrease over coming years. The board said it will continue to update the community as negotiations proceed and that the evening’s written update will be posted on the district website.

No vote or new contract was recorded during the public meeting; the item was presented as an informational update from the board negotiating team.","The board's negotiating team reported Aug. 21 that talks with the Haverford Township Education Association have produced cordial meetings but remain several million dollars apart over salary and proposed health-care changes; the current contract expires Aug. 31.",{"_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},6488672,"Board approves consent agenda, bill list and personnel actions; disbursements total $4.98 million",253,1921000,2174000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5719153-f04d8976ac4160f6c98a7dfa6cc238db&start=1921&end=2174","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5719153-f04d8976ac4160f6c98a7dfa6cc238db/thumbnail_1921000.jpg","/articles/6488672/Pennsylvania/Board-approves-consent-agenda-bill-list-and-personnel-actions-disbursements-total-498-million","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6488672-f31a919418b453faeef4fe6a1766c0d8/orig.mp4?Expires=1770752912&Signature=EG4Oq~RnrYqZQqX57LyvKzQM003~IOE1eq42nwn0XF2vP7cKx521XVsjS1VNgL988164~02Yss87Upv7rZPrWUVcKf23OhDbN1gTcAn781Nty7OhP~zcrk099pzTl2u8GGCfjs~Vw2BqpHse9RmcM~EBokXR0qx7ItZ6qc9k5q~GUaGtEkBDrrHx7DJOQF8LGM5aj1wS~XNQfHPWlhAxtZCHqc5QYo5cI9J1vLQmcoz~LqO~YrqBKEYgblaO7vTtLd2l0cEmUcJwkrxSq~epD8-G74zUGntzCsKFom5eQ25C~0Vx4i0BpxS3CddOb1Y6ukse8VCffYyWHyIt4wyF7w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Haverford Township School District Board of School Directors approved a series of consent and action items during its Aug. 21 meeting, including meeting minutes, personnel appointments, pupil services, academics items, and a bill list disbursement totaling $4,977,592.54.

Items approved on the consent agenda included the official minutes from the Aug. 7 board work session; finance consent items labeled 6b through 6f; and human-resources items 7b through 7d. The board then approved pupil-services items 8b through 8g and academics items 9b through 9c, all following motions that were moved and seconded and recorded as passed in the action meeting.

The board voted to approve disbursements for payment totaling $4,977,592.54 (agenda item 6h). The motion passed after the chair called for the vote; the transcript records the motion and a group “Aye” but does not include a roll-call tally of individual votes.

The board also approved the 2025–26 superintendent’s professional learning plan as presented at the Aug. 7 work session; the agenda listed the plan as a minor date revision for conference scheduling and confirmed participation in the superintendent’s academy.

All motions were recorded in the meeting transcript as moved, seconded and passed; no individual vote tallies or named vote records appear in the public transcript for these items.","At its Aug. 21 action meeting the Haverford Township School District board approved the consent agenda, multiple personnel and pupil-services items, and authorized disbursements totaling $4,977,592.54.",{"_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},6488677,"Board approves up to $400,000 transfer to finish Chatham Park renovations",424,1492000,1916000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5719153-f04d8976ac4160f6c98a7dfa6cc238db&start=1492&end=1916","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5719153-f04d8976ac4160f6c98a7dfa6cc238db/thumbnail_1492000.jpg","/articles/6488677/Pennsylvania/Board-approves-up-to-400000-transfer-to-finish-Chatham-Park-renovations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6488677-790942554f388e6cf1690cca1589b4cd/orig.mp4?Expires=1770752912&Signature=N7ur04Pn7GoG850L2~0iqg1srB2xyNAhm4gg83J8wwlx1iBtPtjx7zcsNczS1HcblEs6lF0dT20KNTbHequMdw0kq0X~m3KjlsbHAZHBsgSHEHUgIS6qI-RrQnDrkeT1rSrO1r2tkFNgkWzkQjy7oxp9VtvARLVcyhHWJvR945jTeLJG~OC8Fm2PZGiQEshayRjXOGrCJPT8UNYGjIdQKr61CnDOx5jBdaDvE9NrynKEw1g-qnS6OPBZ8uIxikD1vVRMT4OMzLfcwmwgeOPfoIr00cdyYGD8PSeB3fpdZ9ppNvPtj1FMPtpK~U6UiscXU5hXMXHPktA~5SILX5wivA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Haverford Township School District Board of School Directors voted Aug. 21 to approve reallocating up to $400,000 from the Coopertown renovation project to the Chatham Park renovation project to cover unanticipated construction costs and schedule pressures.

Board members said the increase follows more detailed contractor estimates and preliminary inspections completed since an earlier work-session discussion. District staff and the contractor, CV Developers, said the extra funding covers items that surfaced late in the summer work, including soft soils, additional parking-lot repairs, time-and-material ticket work to fix existing conditions, and overtime to accelerate completion so students can occupy the building on the first day of school.

Ken Matthews, representing CV Developers, told the board that the cumulative effect of late-discovered work and late contractor change submissions raised the estimate, and that the request is intended as a cushion to avoid returning to the board for smaller increases. Matthews said the project team expects the final overage to be nearer $300,000 and hopes the total will stay at or below $350,000.

District staff noted the Chatham Park and Coopertown projects are part of the same capital program. Staff said work has progressed rapidly in recent days, including paving, and that site clean-up (removal/spreading of stockpiled soil) is expected to begin the following week. The district said the school will be ready for students on Sept. 2, though the gym floor will be delayed about a month and the kitchen may require short-term contingency arrangements during the first week or two.

Officials placed the increase in project context: the district’s hard-cost budget for the larger program is about $32,000,000, so the request represents a little more than 1% of that budget, according to district comments during the meeting.

The motion to reallocate up to $400,000 was moved and seconded during the Aug. 21 action meeting and passed without recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.","The Haverford Township School District board voted to reallocate up to $400,000 from the Coopertown renovation project to the Chatham Park renovation to cover unforeseen site and construction costs and to keep the building ready for the Sept. 2 school start.","actionData","errors"]

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Resident urges district to strengthen reading services for students with disabilities

Board reports negotiations with teachers' union remain "several million dollars apart"

Board approves consent agenda, bill list and personnel actions; disbursements total $4.98 million

Board approves up to $400,000 transfer to finish Chatham Park renovations