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Votes at a glance: Southmoreland board approves minutes, dentist appointment, policies posting and routine personnel and finance items
Summary
At its Aug. 19 meeting the board approved meeting minutes, appointed a school dentist, posted policies for 30 days, set cafeteria substitute pay, approved personnel items, mentor lists, bus drivers, service agreements, district educational plans and monthly financial reports.
The Southmoreland School District Board of Education took several routine actions at its Aug. 19 meeting. The board voted on minutes, personnel items, policies and finance reports; trustees approved all posted motions as recorded on the agenda.
Key outcomes
- Approved minutes from the June 24, 2025 discussion/voting meeting (motion passed). - Appointed Dr. Jeffrey McCloy of McCloy Family Dentistry as the school dentist for the 2025–26 school year at a fee of $10 per exam (motion passed). - Voted to post specified board policies for 30 days (motion passed). - Set substitute cafeteria/food service pay at $13 per hour effective Aug. 19, 2025 (motion passed). - Approved the personnel log for 08/19/2025, with clearances noted on file; one board member removed themself from a specific vote related to Lanise Grabiak (recusal recorded on the personnel log vote). - Approved the list of banned chaperones for 2025–26 and the list of school bus drivers provided by Quest Transit for 2025–26 (motions passed). - Approved the list of mentor teachers for 2025–26, and approved a set of student-service agreements (Chilion Heights; Centerville Clinics; SPHS Behavioral Health; Intermediate Unit 1) (motions passed). - Approved Title I and TSI educational plans for 2025–26 (see related article on plans) (motion passed). - Approved monthly financial reports including treasurer’s report, general fund summary, capital fund, and food service check summary (motion passed).
Votes and recusals: The roll call at the start of the meeting recorded the following board members present: Sipiter, Yutze, Fike, Friend, Geyer, Grabiak, Olson and Shipley (one member, O’Rear, was absent). The personnel-log vote included a recusal by the president (the transcript records: "I remove myself from the vote for the Lanise Grabiak"). Specific individual vote tallies were not read aloud for each item; motions were carried by voice vote recorded as "Aye."
Why it matters: These votes finalize routine operational matters needed to open the school year and maintain compliance for staffing, student services and financial reporting.
What’s next: Administrators will distribute approved materials (minutes, dentist appointment info, posted policies) and implement personnel and finance items approved by the board.
