Solanco School District board approves service agreements, facility uses and project change orders; schedules executive session on student discipline

The Solanco School District Board of School Directors on Oct. 6 approved a package of contracts, facility-use requests and construction change orders and authorized bidding for a new well. The board also approved a Solanco High School improvement plan and moved into an executive session on student discipline; a single waiver vote is scheduled after the closed session.

The measures approved affect student services (including education for students placed in psychiatric facilities), contracted support-staff coverage, a specialized out-of-district placement, facility rentals for a post-prom event and a religious congregation, and several school construction contract adjustments.

WellSpan Health agreement Doctor Dangler presented an education linkage agreement with WellSpan Health that would allow district students placed in WellSpan facilities (predominantly Philhaven) to continue receiving instruction while hospitalized and to permit information sharing between the hospital and the district to support continuity of services. “We are required to provide education to them during that time,” Doctor Dangler said. The board approved the WellSpan Health agreement by voice vote.

Other personnel and placement contracts The board approved an education-services agreement with Maxim Healthcare to provide support staff (described by the administration as a bus aide for a student with specific needs and with the option to provide other nursing or aide services if needed). The board also approved an agreement described as for Royer Grieves, a school for the blind located in Paoli, for a single student’s school-year placement; the district noted that summer tuition had been previously approved and that state reimbursement would offset much of the placement cost.

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