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Board approves routine items, grants and contracts; moves to research Notre Dame athletics request
Summary
At its Jan. 27 meeting the East Stroudsburg board approved the agenda and multiple routine and program items, accepted grants, awarded contracts and authorized staff actions. Separately, trustees directed staff to research a parent request about Notre Dame students playing district sports.
The East Stroudsburg Area School District Board of Education on Jan. 27 approved the meeting agenda and a series of routine and program items, including grants, contracts, field trips and personnel actions, and directed administration to research a request to allow resident Notre Dame students to play district athletics.
Key approvals and motions passed by roll call or voice vote included travel and conference attendance, program and curriculum purchases, facility and equipment quotes, grant acceptances, and personnel actions. The board also approved a memorandum of understanding with Special Olympics Pennsylvania for unified champion school programming, an existing agreement with Stroud Township for cross-country use, and several personnel and discipline actions.
Notable dollar amounts and items mentioned during the meeting:
- Dual-credit and Future Educator program: approximately $55,000 plus textbooks (EPR committee recommendation)
- Gizmos interactive science program: $39,413.80 (funded from curriculum/instruction budget)
- JM Hill gym floor refinish (Wayfair quote): $5,766
- Flow meters for North wastewater treatment plant (WG Malden): $13,488.66
- Grants via Pocono Mountains United Way: $4,000 (donation from UGI Utilities) and $1,600 (donation from Ice Markets)
- Superintendent travel to PGT 2025 summit: approximately $1,500
The board voted to authorize the superintendent to hire professional and support staff between meetings when necessary, subject to ratification at the next board meeting. Trustees also approved several disciplinary-related statements of charges and an expulsion-agreement modification for a listed case, and authorized participation in a doctoral research project (LGBTQIA+ middle-school inclusion) with required IRB and parent-permission safeguards.
Several motions were approved by general voice vote with the standard board formula of 'so moved'/second and 'all in favor'; roll-call tallies were not always read aloud. A number of motions included second and were approved without dissent; a few items recorded abstentions where indicated in the agenda remarks.
The board concluded the meeting by directing administration to research the Notre Dame athletics request and report back at a future meeting; no policy change or formal agreement was adopted Jan. 27.
