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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 through June 30, 2027, and a memorandum of agreement with the Mount Pleasant Area Education Association to settle a GLP‑1 grievance. The board cast votes related to Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) officer slates and committee seats, including a recorded nomination and vote for Eric Meredith for a PSBA post.
Most items were approved by voice vote after motions and seconds recorded on the public record. The board conducted a first reading of a proposed policy to permit certified therapy dogs to enter district schools under the supervision and ownership of certified handlers; no policy action was taken at this meeting.
Votes at a glance - Minutes of Aug. 6, 2025 meeting — Mover: Mister Papia; Second: Mister Polk; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Grant professional tenure to Bradley Howes and Haley Gelbreath — Mover: Mister Coppula; Second: Missus Lopez; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resignations: Michael Buxton and Jacob Kavanaugh — Mover: Mister Bridal; Second: Mister Poole; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Hires: Nico Disso and Joseph Lasher, 7–12 music teachers — Mover: Mister Poole; Second: Mister Seater; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Hire: Mark Gustafson, second‑shift custodian — Mover: Mister Seeder; Second: Mister Reibel; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Collective supplemental athletics and extracurricular personnel appointments — Mover: Mister Coppula; Second: Mister Poole; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Finance items (section 5.1 a–d taken together) — Mover: Mister Peters; Second: Mister Reibel; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Speech therapy agreement (item 8.1) — Mover: Mister Senior; Second: Missus Brooks; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Use of school facilities requests (various dates) — Mover: Missus Echols; Second: Mister Poole; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Additions to school bus driver roster (items 10.2, entries 1–10) — Mover: Mister Poole; Second: Missus Brooks; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - Agreement with ESS Northeast (term to 06/30/2027) — Mover: Missus Echols; Second: Mister Coppula; Outcome: approved (voice vote). - PSBA officer and committee votes (multiple items) — Mover: Mister Coppula; Second: Mister Poole (collective votes where noted); Outcome: approved (voice vote); Eric Meredith nominated and approved for a specified PSBA spot (Mover: Mister Reibel; Second: Mister Poole). - Memorandum of Agreement with Mount Pleasant Area Education Association (settlement of GLP‑1 grievance) — Mover: Mister Poole; Second: Mister Bridal; Outcome: approved (voice vote).
No formal roll‑call tallies were read into the record for these items; the board had nine members present at the start of the meeting and votes were taken by voice unless otherwise noted.
