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Votes at a glance: agenda, minutes, contracts and personnel approved in unanimous board votes
Summary
The Abington Heights School District board recorded unanimous votes on procedural items, contracts for therapeutic services and transportation, volunteer lists and facility work; most items passed with 9-0 tallies and limited debate.
The Abington Heights School District Board of Directors on Wednesday approved a series of routine and contract items by unanimous vote. The board recorded nine‑zero roll‑call tallies for procedural approvals, personnel actions, a therapeutic‑services agreement, a transportation contract, and a facility athletics contract.
Items the board approved included: agenda approval; minutes of Nov. 20, Dec. 4 and Jan. 8; the treasurer's reports for November and December 2024; the personnel report; the January 2025 volunteer list; an agreement with NEIU 19 for partial‑hospitalization therapeutic services for 2024-25; a transportation contract with private contractor Maria Bello to begin Jan. 6, 2025, transporting students in the morning to Saint Mary of Mount Carmel School; and a Deluxe Athletics proposal to install vinyl‑coated wall padding in the Clarks Summit Elementary School gymnasium.
Most motions were moved and seconded without extended discussion; roll‑call tallies were repeatedly recorded as 9-0. Where discussion occurred it was typically limited to clarifying questions or presentation remarks reported elsewhere on the agenda.
Vote summary (motion text and outcome): - Approve the meeting agenda — passed, roll call 9-0. - Approve minutes of Nov. 20, Dec. 4, and Jan. 8 — passed, roll call 9-0. - Approve treasurer's report for November 2024 and December 2024 — passed, roll call 9-0. - Approve personnel report as presented — passed, roll call 9-0. - Approve January 2025 volunteer list — passed, roll call 9-0. - Approve agreement between NEIU 19 and Abington Heights School District for partial hospitalization therapeutic services for 2024-25 — passed, roll call 9-0. - Approve transportation contract with Maria Bello to begin 01/06/2025 to transport students in the AM to Saint Mary of Mount Carmel School — passed, roll call 9-0. - Approve preliminary general fund budget for 2025-26 (advertise/start Act 1 notice) — passed, roll call 9-0. (See separate article for full discussion.) - Approve Deluxe Athletics proposal for vinyl wall padding at Clarks Summit Elementary gymnasium — passed, roll call 9-0.
Several motions noted minor follow‑ups: administration will check apparent duplicate entries on the volunteer list and will continue to refine contracts and project scheduling for facilities work and transportation as needed.
