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Ambridge Area School District approves slate of personnel recommendations and appointments
Summary
The Ambridge Area School District board approved multiple personnel items including hires, student-teacher placements, FMLA leaves, coaching assignments and a school safety coordinator appointment; approvals were contingent on required clearances.
The Ambridge Area School District Board of School Directors approved a slate of personnel and related recommendations during its public meeting, including hires, student-teacher placements, leaves of absence, coaching appointments and an appointment for a school safety and security coordinator.
The recommendations approved by the board included hiring Andrew Gulish as a full-time licensed maintenance worker at Highland Elementary effective 12/09/2024, pending receipt of required clearances and screenings. The agenda also listed a retroactive appointment for Edward Norwood as a licensed maintenance worker effective Nov. 18, pending required clearances and screenings.
The board approved placement of Slippery Rock University student teachers for the spring semester, pending receipt of clearances. The agenda named Kozlowski to be placed with Jen Shannon; Eamon Slunchak to be placed with Chris Janessa; Nicole Hogan Park to be placed with Carrie Keever; Kayla Martz to be placed with Shelly Trotman; and Edo Conley to be placed with Susan Parisi.
Two leaves of absence under the district's family and medical leave policies were recorded on the agenda: employee number 3053 under Board Policy 535 (family and medical leave) and employee number 3101 under the district FMLA policy; the agenda listed effective dates and maximum durations for both leaves and noted they are subject to policy limits and required documentation.
Coaching and extracurricular staffing approvals included ratifying winter coaching positions for the 2025 school year, subject to required clearances. The agenda listed David Zaranik as a volunteer basketball coach and Danica Anderson as a volunteer track coach. The board also approved Karina Cooper as sixth-grade department head (salary $910 prorated) and accepted the resignation of Brandy Johnson from her position as sixth-grade teacher and department head at Ambridge Area Middle School, effective 12/06/2024; the district reserved statutory rights to retain employees for the required period.
The board approved the recommendation to appoint Dr. Megan Wadlet as the district's school safety and security coordinator to align with Pennsylvania Department of Education guidelines, subject to required clearances. The agenda also listed approval of ABC Transit Incorporated operators, attendants and maintenance personnel for the 2025 school year (pending clearances), naming Tricia Murtaugh as an aide and Calvin Jones as a charter driver among others.
Most personnel items carried the standard condition noted on the agenda: approvals were pending receipt of current clearances, satisfactory drug screening, TB testing and responses to Act 168 background screens.
Ending: The board moved adoption of the personnel recommendations as a package during the meeting. Individual items were read into the record during the consent/agenda portion and carried with the conditional clearances noted on the agenda.
