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Abington Heights board approves personnel report, contracts and 2025-26 NEIU budget; schedules Act 34 hearing
Summary
The Abington Heights School District Board approved a personnel report, agreements with Meadows Psychiatric Center and CrossFit Vertex, the NEIU general operating budget for 2025–26 and authorized advertising an Act 34 hearing on the middle school addition and renovation; all motions passed unanimously, 7-0.
The Abington Heights School District Board of Directors on a single consent series of motions approved a personnel report, two vendor agreements, the Northeast Intermediate Unit (NEIU) general operating budget for 2025–26 and authorized advertisement of an Act 34 public hearing on planned addition and renovations at Abington Heights Middle School. All motions passed by roll call, 7-0.
The board approved the personnel report after a motion to consider the report was made at the meeting. A roll-call vote recorded seven yes votes and no oppositions; the motion passed 7-0.
The board next approved an agreement between Abington Heights School District and Meadows Psychiatric Center. The motion passed by roll call, 7-0.
The board approved an agreement with CrossFit Vertex for training and support hours. The motion passed by roll call, 7-0.
The board approved the NEIU general operating budget for the 2025–26 school year. During discussion a board member noted that the budget “reflects not, 0 increase from last school year to this school year.” The motion passed by roll call, 7-0.
Finally, the board voted to proceed with advertising an Act 34 hearing for the addition and renovations at Abington Heights Middle School. The hearing was announced to be scheduled for February 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the district office boardroom. The project’s total cost was read aloud during the meeting as $48,000,489.992; the motion to advertise the hearing passed by roll call, 7-0.
Votes at a glance - Personnel report: approved, roll-call vote 7–0. Motion outcome: approved. - Agreement with Meadows Psychiatric Center (years as stated in motion: “02/2728”): approved, roll-call vote 7–0. Motion outcome: approved. - Agreement with CrossFit Vertex (training/support hours): approved, roll-call vote 7–0. Motion outcome: approved. - NEIU general operating budget for 2025–26: approved, roll-call vote 7–0. Motion outcome: approved. Clarification noted in meeting: budget shows no increase from prior year. - Advertise Act 34 hearing for Abington Heights Middle School addition and renovations (hearing: February 2025, 6:30 p.m., district office boardroom): approved, roll-call vote 7–0. Project cost read in meeting: $48,000,489.992 (as stated during the meeting).
The board recorded roll-call affirmations for each motion with the following board members registering “Yes”: Missus Tierney; Mister Abdullah (variously transcribed as Abdalla/Abdallah); Mister Azar; Missus Henderson; Missus Hillebrand; Mister Robeson; and Mister Acker. Several motions were introduced by Mister Acker, and roll-call confirmations were read aloud by the meeting clerk after each motion.
The approvals enact routine personnel and vendor actions and set the schedule for the statutorily required Act 34 public hearing on the middle school project. The hearing advertisement sets a public meeting for community review of the project scope and cost; the board did not adopt the project at this meeting and did not take a final funding vote.
Board members did not record any opposing votes or abstentions in the roll calls captured in the meeting transcript. No additional contingencies or amendments were noted in the meeting record.
