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Votes at a glance: North Hills board extends superintendent contract, approves conflicts-of-interest policy and advances several agenda items
Summary
At its Sept. 4 committee meeting the North Hills School District board approved the superintendent's contract extension through 2029, carried a second reading of a conflicts-of-interest policy, approved personnel items discussed in executive session and voted to add several MOUs and finance items to the legislative meeting agenda.
The North Hills School District Board of Education took several formal actions at its Sept. 4 committee meeting, including extending the superintendent's contract through 2029 and approving a second reading of a conflicts-of-interest policy.
Personnel and Superintendent contract extension The board, after executive-session discussion of personnel items, voted to approve personnel items 1 through 4. The board then announced it had voted to extend Superintendent Doctor Mannarino's contract, retaining him through 2029. The motion to approve the personnel items and the superintendent contract extension was moved and seconded during the meeting and carried.
Policy The board completed a second reading and approved new policy 08/27, "Conflicts of Interest." The agenda item carried without public comment.
Agendas and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) The board voted to add multiple items to the upcoming legislative meeting agenda rather than taking final approval at the committee session. Those additions included: the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Highcliff Elementary and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh for the "Bigs in Blue" site-based mentoring program (with mentoring by Ross Township officers and potential county/state police volunteers as needed); a memorandum of understanding with Scribe Center North to provide school-based counseling focused on dating and domestic violence-related services for the 2025–26 school year (the Scribe Center North agreement carries a $2,500 annual fee); and a memorandum of understanding with Diversified Care Management for Stand Together program adviser services for 2025–26. The board also approved adding finance items—general fund bills, capital project fund bills, food-service fund bills and August 2025 payroll—to the legislative agenda.
Finance vote details When the board voted to move the finance items forward, two members announced they would abstain from a specific check number 80047 for business reasons. The motion to add the finance items to the legislative agenda otherwise carried.
PSBA candidate slate The board discussed candidates for Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) offices and held a public roll-call-style preference. After members expressed their choices, the board moved Eric Meredith forward as the board's preferred candidate for Section W-3 adviser to be placed on the collective ballot to be submitted by the board secretary by Oct. 15, 2025. The board voted to approve adding that selection to the next agenda.
Motions and procedural votes Multiple procedural motions to add items to the legislative meeting agenda were moved and seconded and carried by voice vote. In most cases the meeting recorded "Aye" and "Motion carries" without a roll-call tally in the minutes for specific yes/no counts.
What the votes did not do Several MOUs and memoranda were added to the legislative-meeting agenda for final consideration; none of the MOUs were fully approved during the Sept. 4 committee session. The board also did not publish vote tallies for most voice votes during the committee meeting; two specific abstentions on a check number were announced on the record.
