Votes at a glance: Carlisle board approves personnel report, contracts, German curriculum and policy updates
October 17, 2025 | Carlisle Area SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania
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The Carlisle Area School District Board of Directors on Thursday approved a slate of routine motions including the superintendent’s personnel report, multiple contracts, curriculum revisions and policy updates.
The board approved the superintendent’s personnel recommendations covering support-staff and coaching appointments, tenure status updates, resignations and a listed termination. The superintendent’s personnel report was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
The board approved the administration’s recommended contracts for facility services, professional services, technology subscriptions and a tuition contract as listed in the agenda manager. During discussion, a board member asked for background on a contract with True North Wellness Services; administration said the county commissioners had ceased funding Teen Line for the district’s Student Assistance Program (SAP) representative, creating a need for contracted SAP services. Administrators said the True North contract covers secondary-level SAP services this year and could be expanded to elementary buildings if the county-funded services end.
The board approved revisions to the German 2–4 curriculum presented by the foreign language chair and teachers; presenters said the updates emphasize communicative language acquisition (listening, reading, speaking and writing) and noted enrollment increases and AP performance at upper levels.
The board elected the district’s recommended candidates to fill positions with the Pennsylvania School Boards Association for 2026 (presidential and trustee slots) and approved policy updates to board policies 06/26 (federal fiscal compliance), 06/26.1 (federal travel reimbursement) and 08/27 (federal program conflicts of interest). The policy updates are largely language changes; one substantive change shortens federal record retention to three years where previously five years was listed. All motions passed by voice vote unless otherwise noted.
The board also authorized the administration and district counsel to file a petition with the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County to appoint Jamie Gordon as a school police officer to fill a vacancy. Separately, the board authorized listed part-time school police officers to petition the court for additional authority to exercise limited powers of arrest during school events and on school property; the board said those petitions will be filed with the Court of Common Pleas in Cumberland County.
The board approved the superintendent’s personnel recommendations covering support-staff and coaching appointments, tenure status updates, resignations and a listed termination. The superintendent’s personnel report was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
The board approved the administration’s recommended contracts for facility services, professional services, technology subscriptions and a tuition contract as listed in the agenda manager. During discussion, a board member asked for background on a contract with True North Wellness Services; administration said the county commissioners had ceased funding Teen Line for the district’s Student Assistance Program (SAP) representative, creating a need for contracted SAP services. Administrators said the True North contract covers secondary-level SAP services this year and could be expanded to elementary buildings if the county-funded services end.
The board approved revisions to the German 2–4 curriculum presented by the foreign language chair and teachers; presenters said the updates emphasize communicative language acquisition (listening, reading, speaking and writing) and noted enrollment increases and AP performance at upper levels.
The board elected the district’s recommended candidates to fill positions with the Pennsylvania School Boards Association for 2026 (presidential and trustee slots) and approved policy updates to board policies 06/26 (federal fiscal compliance), 06/26.1 (federal travel reimbursement) and 08/27 (federal program conflicts of interest). The policy updates are largely language changes; one substantive change shortens federal record retention to three years where previously five years was listed. All motions passed by voice vote unless otherwise noted.
The board also authorized the administration and district counsel to file a petition with the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County to appoint Jamie Gordon as a school police officer to fill a vacancy. Separately, the board authorized listed part-time school police officers to petition the court for additional authority to exercise limited powers of arrest during school events and on school property; the board said those petitions will be filed with the Court of Common Pleas in Cumberland County.
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