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Board approves auditor for charter, special‑education placements, software and confidential waiver in consent votes
Summary
The board voted to retain Melee LLC for auditing charter financials, approve two student placements at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, purchase Everway special‑education licenses for $18,517.66, and approve a confidential waiver and release for a student matter discussed in executive session.
At its regular meeting, the Bensalem Township School District Board of School Directors approved a package of consent and business items that included retaining Melee LLC to perform auditing services for charter schools, approving two student placements at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, purchasing licensed software for special‑education classrooms and approving a confidential waiver discussed in executive session.
The board voted to retain Melee LLC to provide auditing services in accordance with a charter dated July 1, 2023; the motion carried by voice vote. The board also approved a contract agreement with the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf for two Bensalem students for the 2025‑26 school year; that motion carried by voice vote.
The board approved an Everway quote in the amount of $18,517.66 for the 2025‑26 school year; the district described the licenses as curricular items for special‑education teachers in self‑contained classrooms and stated the expense had been budgeted.
Separately, the board approved a waiver and release agreement for a student referred to as Student P from the 2024‑25 school year. The board noted it had met in executive session prior to the public meeting to discuss personnel and confidential student matters; the public motion referenced that the waiver had been discussed in executive session.
Earlier in the meeting the board approved the night's agenda and a consolidated consent agenda that included minutes, treasurer's report, instructional affairs and business affairs items and personnel items. Those items were approved by voice vote; individual roll‑call tallies were not specified in the public record.
Notes: The transcript does not record individual roll‑call votes for these consent and business items; approvals were taken by voice and recorded as "motion carries."
