Central Valley School Board approves preliminary 2025–26 budget, retirement incentives and multiple personnel actions; superintendent announces retirement

The Central Valley School Board on a voice vote approved a preliminary general fund budget for the 2025–26 school year and took multiple personnel and contract actions at its regular January voting meeting, where Superintendent Dr. Perry also said the meeting was his last before retirement.

The board approved adoption of a preliminary general fund budget described in the meeting record as containing revenues of $46,210,175 and an expenditures figure spoken on the record as "47,000,000, 489,915"; the district did not provide a clarified single expenditures total during the meeting. The board also approved an audit proposal from Cipher and Cipher for auditing services for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, 2026 and 2027.

The meeting included the board's approval of two retirement-incentive resolutions: Resolution 2025-06 offering a retirement incentive for Central Valley support employees and Resolution 2025-07 offering a retirement incentive for Central Valley professional employees, management personnel and confidential secretaries. The board also approved Resolution 2025-05 establishing compensation for elected tax collectors in Center Township, Minooka Borough and Potter Township; one board member recorded an abstention on Resolution 2025-05 while voting in favor of the other items.

Other approved agenda items included confirmation of December 2024 payments (general fund and cafeteria fund), acceptance of November and December reports from Berghammer and Berkheimer, ratification of a student settlement agreement for student no. 11624 (terms subject to solicitor review), appointment of Mr. Blum as representative and Mr. Ross as alternate to the Beaver County Career and Technology Center joint operating…