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Middletown Area SD board adopts budget-resolution, approves policies and routine consent items
Summary
The Middletown Area School District board approved a preliminary budget resolution limiting any 2025–26 tax increase to the Act 1 index and passed several personnel, policy and operational consent items in a voice vote.
The Middletown Area School District board on the night’s agenda voted to adopt a preliminary 2024–25 budget resolution and approved multiple consent and operational items, including personnel actions and policy revisions, during its regular meeting.
The board’s preliminary budget resolution specifies that any tax increase for the 2025–26 school year “will not exceed the adjusted Act 1 index at 5.1%” and that the district will not seek Act 1 exceptions, a motion the board carried by voice vote.
Board members also approved minutes from the Jan. 7, 2025 agenda-planning meeting, routine paid and unpaid bills, policy revisions after first reading and a range of personnel and operations consent items. Several facility-use requests were approved except for dates and times requested by Central Penn Chaos, which the administration recommended denying because of anticipated scheduling conflicts with district programs.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to amend agenda and appoint Eric Fisher as secretary pro tem (reason: Board Secretary illness) — approved by voice vote. - Approval of Jan. 7, 2025 meeting minutes — approved by voice vote. - Approval of paid and unpaid bills (totals by fund, attached) — approved by voice vote. - Approval of policy revisions after first reading (specific policy numbers/attachments listed in board packet) — approved by voice vote. - Personnel consent items (immediate action 12a.a–12a.d) — approved by voice vote. - 2024/25 preliminary budget resolution (limit 2025–26 tax increase to Act 1 index 5.1%; no Act 1 exceptions sought) — approved by voice vote. - Approval of operations consent items and specific facility-use requests (14b.a and 14b.d) — approved by voice vote, with Central Penn Chaos dates denied per administration recommendation. - Contract with Image Learning for coaching services — approved by voice vote.
All votes reported on the record were taken by voice and recorded as carried when no opposition was voiced. Individual member vote tallies were not provided in the public transcript for these items.
Board President Burnett presided over the meeting; motions were presented by various board members and the administration. Board Treasurer Kinsey presented the treasurer’s report and moved routine finance items, which the board approved. Secretary pro tem Fisher read the secretary’s report after his appointment earlier in the meeting.
The board packet attached to the meeting (referenced repeatedly during motions) contains the specific policy documents, personnel listings, and the detailed budget resolution language approved by the board. The administration noted no Act 1 exceptions would be sought.
