Solanco SD board approves education planning guide, CTC assessment and several contracts; rejects high‑school hot‑water bids

The Solanco School District Board of School Directors on Jan. 6 approved a series of routine and project items, including adoption of the 2025–26 educational planning guide, acceptance of the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (CTC) budget assessment, contracts for architectural and athletic‑facility design services, personnel actions, and a discipline waiver resulting from an earlier executive session. The board also voted to reject all bids for the high‑school water‑heating replacement and directed staff to re-scope the project.

Why it matters: together these votes set the district’s instructional offerings for 2025–26, commit district assessments to a multi‑district technical‑education budget, and move several capital projects into the design or procurement phases.

Most significant actions

- Educational planning guide: The board approved the district’s 2025–26 educational planning guide, which the administration said will move to an electronic format to save publishing costs and add new course offerings including Italian 3, AP French and child development 2, plus a jewelry‑making course. The…