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Votes at a glance: Perkiomen Valley board approves curriculum pilots, calendar and program guide changes
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting the Perkiomen Valley School District board approved a set of routine and substantive items including a middle‑school ELA pilot, an amendment to the program planning guide (graduation project portfolio), the 2025–26 instructional calendar, an international student trip, several business items and routine financial reports.
The Perkiomen Valley School District board voted on multiple agenda items during its Jan. 13 business meeting. Items with formal board action included curriculum pilots, a program‑planning amendment, calendar changes, and routine financial and policy motions. All motions listed below carried by voice vote (recorded in the public minutes as “Aye” or “Motion carries”).
Votes at a glance
- Middle‑level English Language Arts pilot (into reading / into literature comparison): Motion to approve pilot as presented — approved (voice vote).
- Amendment to the 2025–26 Program Planning Guide (graduation project moved to an eight‑artifact digital portfolio; community service/job‑shadow hours removed as mandatory elements): Motion to approve amendment — approved (voice vote).
- 2025–26 Instructional Calendar: Motion to approve updated instructional calendar (adjustments to winter break days and end‑of‑year built‑in days) — approved (voice vote).
- International field trip (Europe): Motion to approve the trip as presented — approved (voice vote).
- Ratification of bills and payroll / authorization of payments: Motion for ratification and authorization — approved (voice vote).
- Treasurer’s report and financial statements: Motion to approve treasurer’s report and financial statements — approved (voice vote).
- Business motions (including authorization to commission a Montgomery County Planning Commission enrollment study and continuation of the Property Tax Rebate program): Motions 5.02–5.05 moved together and approved — approved (voice vote). The enrollment study cost cited in the presentation: $100,327 (net); funding to come from operations budget.
- Policies: Second reading and adoption of listed policies (including personnel and student policies) — approved (voice vote).
Several agenda items were approved on the consent agenda (personnel, contracts and routine items). Where the transcript records only a voice vote, the board did not provide a roll‑call tally in the public audio; minutes record motions as carried.
