Interboro School Board approves disbursements, budget resolutions, policy and trustees; calendar passed 8-0

The Interboro Board of School Directors on Wednesday approved a series of routine motions including a $10,483,511.30 fund disbursement, a preliminary tax-index resolution, the second reading of a pupils’ policy on dating violence and three appointments to the Delaware County Community College board of trustees. All formal motions recorded in the meeting passed unanimously.

The approvals matter because they clear regular finances and governance items needed for district operations and set the district’s preliminary calendar and policy framework for the coming school year.

Votes at a glance

- Minutes of the Dec. 11, 2024 regular meeting — approved, voice vote; motion recorded as carried 8–0. - Treasurer’s report for month ending Dec. 31, 2024 — approved, voice vote; carried 8–0. - Fund disbursements in the amount of $10,483,511.30 — approved, voice vote; carried 8–0. - Personnel items (motions 10.01–10.09) — approved, voice vote; carried 8–0. - Curriculum and instruction items (motions 11.01–11.09) — approved, voice vote; carried 8–0. - Special education/student services items (motions 12.01–12.06) — approved, voice vote; carried 8–0. - Technology items (motions 13.01–13.04) — approved, voice vote; carried 8–0. - Facilities item (key point 1) — approved, voice vote; carried 8–0. - Finance items (motions 15.01–15.04), including a tax-index resolution — approved, voice vote; carried 8–0. - Second reading of pupils’ policy on dating violence (Policy category: Pupils, policy on dating violence) — approved, voice vote; carried 8–0. - Appointment of three individuals to the Delaware County Community College board of trustees (motion 17) — approved, voice vote; carried 8–0. Appointees listed in motion: Alex Brown (term to June 30, 2031), Gail Heimier (term to June 30, 2031), Tiffany P. Bowen (term to June 30, 2028, filling a vacant term). - Preliminary 2025–26 school-year calendar (roll-call vote) — approved by roll call, recorded yes votes from all eight board members present.

Board discussion and clarifications

Board members clarified that the tax-index resolution is a statutory preliminary limit and “does not mean we are raising taxes 5.3%,” language used during the meeting to explain that the index establishes a maximum, not a final levy. The finance presenter also noted that a large line item on the finance agenda had been largely budgeted already and that contingency funds would be used to offset added costs for network enhancements following fall network disruptions.

Procedural notes

There was no solicitor’s report and no public comment recorded. Most motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice with vote tallies recorded as 8–0; the preliminary 2025–26 calendar was approved by roll call with the following recorded yes votes: Mister Cleaver; Miss Wilkin; Mister Willis; Miss Joseph; Mister Harris; Mister Goldsboro; Mister Evans; Mister Chabot.

The board listed upcoming committee and meeting dates, including a capital improvement committee meeting Jan. 28, 2025, a finance committee Feb. 10, 2025, a board work session Feb. 17, 2025, and the next regular public meeting on Feb. 19, 2025.