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Council Rock board approves personnel, contracts and committee consent items in unanimous votes
Summary
At its April 24 meeting the Council Rock School District board approved a slate of personnel appointments, committee consent items and contracts including principal hires, IT hires, custodial contract extension, and several finance and facilities consent items; all motions carried unanimously by roll call.
The Council Rock School District Board of School Directors approved multiple personnel appointments, committee consent agendas and district contracts during its April 24 meeting; the board recorded unanimous roll-call votes on the motions presented.
Personnel: The board approved personnel consent items R and S, which included pending appointments contingent on board approval. Ms. Ozeki moved to approve items R and S; the motion passed unanimously. Appointments announced for board consideration included Anthony Venzial as principal of Council Rock High School South (pending board approval), Jeffrey Hunter as principal of Holland Middle School, Matt Beyerly as principal of Rolling Hills Elementary School, Joe Torriere as Director of Education Systems and Information Technology, and Oleg Nas as infrastructure manager in IT. Those appointments were presented publicly and approved as part of the personnel consent items.
Consent agendas and minutes: The board approved the minutes from the March 20, 2025 meeting and multiple committee consent items across education, policy, facilities and finance committees. Ms. Polli moved to approve the March 20 minutes; the motion passed unanimously. The education committee recommended consent agenda items B and C (which included the special education plan) and those items passed by roll call; facilities, policy and finance consent items also passed by unanimous roll-call votes.
Contracts and purchasing: The Finance Committee presented several purchasing items approved by the board. Committee discussion noted the Google Workspace annual renewal and the planned transition of the cafeteria point-of-sale system from MyPaymentsPlus to MySchoolBucks (new vendor Heartland Mosaic/Horizon) and described a district information campaign for families ahead of next school year. The Facilities Committee noted a three-year custodial services contract with two two-year options at district discretion; the board approved that extension.
How the board voted (selected items) - Personnel items R & S (appointments of principals and IT hires): motion by Ms. Ozeki; unanimous roll-call approval. - Approval of minutes (03/20/2025): motion by Ms. Polli; unanimous roll-call approval. - Consent agenda items B and C (education items, including the special education plan): motion by Ms. Polli; unanimous roll-call approval. - Facilities consent items B through F (including custodial contract extension): motion by Ms. Horner; unanimous roll-call approval. - Finance consent items B through Q (contracts and renewals, including Google Workspace and cafeteria POS transition): motion by Ms. Ozeki; unanimous roll-call approval.
Board members and administration said many of these items were routine or were the result of multi-step procurement processes; several board members thanked staff for an organized interview and hiring process for administrative candidates.
Votes not specified by individual second: several motions recorded a second without naming the seconding board member in the transcript; where the transcript did not name a seconder or provide a verbatim motion text, the summary lists the mover and the recorded roll-call outcome. If residents or staff require the official motion language, the district's meeting packet and minutes on the Council Rock website contain full text and attachments.
