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Board approves routine personnel actions, contracts and PSBA slates; hears first read on therapy-dog policy
Summary
At its regular meeting, the Mount Pleasant Area School District Board of Directors approved personnel changes, supplemental athletic appointments, a contract with ESS Northeast and a memorandum of agreement with the teachers’ association. The board also held a first reading on a policy to allow certified therapy dogs in schools.
At a regular meeting of the Mount Pleasant Area School District Board of Directors, members approved multiple personnel actions, supplemental athletic appointments, a multiyear agreement with ESS Northeast and a memorandum of agreement settling a grievance with the Mount Pleasant Area Education Association.
The board first approved the minutes of the regular meeting of Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, by voice vote. The board then granted professional tenure to Bradley Howes and Haley Gelbreath; accepted resignations from Michael Buxton and Jacob Kavanaugh; and approved hires including Nico Disso and Joseph (Joe) Lasher as 7–12 music teachers and Mark Gustafson as a second‑shift custodian. The board took collective votes on athletics and activities supplemental personnel and on a series of finance items covered under the finance section.
Board members also approved an agreement with ESS Northeast running…
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