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Superintendent reports Title funding release, T‑Mobile sponsorships and elementary balancing plan
Summary
Keystone Central School District received notice on Aug. 7 that state Title funding was released, and Superintendent Dr. Redmond reported $1,000 sponsorship gifts from T‑Mobile while outlining operational steps — including moving 13–16 kindergarten students — to balance elementary enrollments.
Superintendent Dr. Redmond told the board on Aug. 7 that Keystone Central School District received a release of Title funds earlier that day and that the district had received multiple $1,000 sponsorship checks from T‑Mobile to support athletic programs.
"Our title funding has been released," Dr. Redmond said, noting that funds for Title I, II, III and IV were restored to anticipated amounts and that staff would not need to reapply. He also noted the district had received $1,000 sponsorship checks from T‑Mobile for individual schools as part of a partnership to provide support for athletics and related publicity.
Dr. Redmond described operational and staffing items for the start of the school year. He said Liberty Curtain’s oil‑mitigation change order, which carried a not‑to‑exceed estimate of $200,000, resulted in an actual cost of about $92,000 and that paving work there had been completed. On enrollment balancing, the superintendent said district elementary kindergarten counts had grown and that administrators planned to move "between 13 and 16" kindergarten students from Robb Elementary to Liberty Curtain to reduce class‑size pressure at Robb; the district will first seek volunteers and will address busing logistics, he said.
Administrators also reported district teams held PBIS (positive behavior interventions and supports) scaffold training this week and developed tiered plans for school culture and climate interventions, and that custodial, maintenance and construction work across the district continued in preparation for the school year.
Dr. Redmond closed by announcing a community parade scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. downtown Lock Haven and invited board members to attend.
The presentation was informational; the board did not take formal action at the meeting. The superintendent asked the board to support continued community partnerships and to note the planned kindergarten reassignments as an administrative placement to address space constraints.
