The Cheltenham School District School Board approved its consent agenda Tuesday after administration noted two corrections to documents on the consent list: revised wording for an educational services agreement and a corrected term for an Act 93 CASA agreement.

Administration told the board the consent agenda language should read “the approval of agreements for an educational services agreement” rather than “approved private school placement” and that a reference to student number 408130 should be deleted from the extended school year section. The administration also said the CASA Act 93 agreement presented is for one year, not three, and recommended approval effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.

Board member Leah Mulhern moved approval of the consent agenda. The motion carried after discussion and a roll call vote in which board members present voted yes.

The consent agenda included approval of multiple high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) recommendations in mathematics and science spanning K–12 and grades 6–12 math, which Mulhern said were the result of a multi-meeting curriculum committee that included parents, faculty and administrators. “These recommendations come out of a HQIM curriculum committee that met, I believe, 4 times over the course of a few months,” Mulhern said, describing the selection process as “a really great robust process.”

Another board member thanked the administration for negotiating the one-year CASA agreement and noted the district will not increase student lunch prices for the coming school year.

Ending: The board approved the corrected consent agenda, adopting the educational services agreement language change, the corrected CASA term and the recommended instructional materials; the administration said the district will align approved items with its strategic plan and provide further updates as needed.