Avon Grove board approves routine business and consent items; OKs counseling center contract with one abstention

Avon Grove School District board members approved a package of business-office items and a full consent agenda and separately approved a contract with the New London Counseling Center at the Aug. 28 meeting.

The board voted 6-0 to approve a slate of business-office items, including three consecutive bill lists covering May 22–June 4, June 5–June 18 and June 19–July 2, the treasurer’s report for May 2025, a May 2025 budget-transfer summary, additions to the 2025–26 approved bus drivers list, a legal counsel rate agreement, and an amendment to an EverDriven Technologies contract. Other approved items listed by business-office staff included a Proasis water service agreement, a Hometown Ticket digital-ticketing agreement, an RTC security proposal for 2025–26, an Upcycle USA proposal, a Huddle agreement, MEI rigging and crating services, and several other vendor contracts and addenda.

The consent agenda, approved 6-0, included personnel actions (resignations, retirements, leaves, appointments and supplemental assignments), volunteer approvals, tenure recommendations, affiliation and vendor agreements (including Trapani Communications, BAYADA Home Healthcare, Soliant Health LLC, and Navigate360 PBIS services), settlement approvals, conference requests, overnight-trip requests, and minutes from June 5 and July 8, 2025. The board also approved addendum items including Paradise Farm camps and additional personnel items.

The board separately took up agenda item 6.09, a contract with New London Counseling Center. A board member who said she serves on the New London Counseling Center board declared a conflict and announced she would abstain from the vote. The remaining members voted to approve the contract; the clerk announced the motion passed with five yes votes and one abstention.

Board members did not provide detailed discussion of the individual contracts during the public portion of the meeting; business-office staff read the list of items and asked if any item should be pulled for separate consideration. The New London Counseling Center item had been pulled for separate action before the vote.

Votes at a glance - Business-office package (bill lists; treasurer’s report; vendor contracts, addenda): motion approved by roll call, 6-0. - Consent agenda (personnel actions; vendor agreements; minutes; addenda): approved by roll call, 6-0. - Agenda item 6.09 — Contract with New London Counseling Center: approved by roll call, 5 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain (abstention declared by a board member who said she sits on the counseling center’s board).

Board procedure and disclosures Board staff read Board Policy 903 aloud at the start of public-comment periods to remind speakers of time limits; a board member publicly declared the conflict of interest and abstained from the New London Counseling Center vote before the roll call.

The meeting’s routine approvals put in place the district’s personnel roster and vendor contracts for the start of the 2025–26 school year; the board did not direct additional study or amendments to the approved contracts during the meeting.