Conewago Valley SD board: new student information system largely online; board approves routine consent items

At a meeting of the Conewago Valley SD Board of Directors, Superintendent Dr. Perry and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Dahl reported that the district—s new SAFIRE student-information project is largely online, schedules were released Aug. 1 and more than 2,300 families had registered for parent access as the district prepares training and a registration cutoff.

Assistant Superintendent Dr. Dahl said, "I'm really excited about opening the new school year," and described a full week of new-teacher induction and countywide orientation sessions that preceded the start of classes. Dr. Perry, the superintendent, said districtwide staff will meet the day before students return and added, "It is just so great to see all of the adults come back and get ready to welcome the children the following week on August 19."

Nick Sepp, a district staff member leading the project update, described recent work completing data conversion and reconnecting the applications that interface with the student information system. "Overall, I think it's going really well," Sepp said, and told the board that schedules were released Aug. 1 and "over 2,300 families have registered with parent access." Sepp said district learning applications are now sending and receiving data with the new system and that the district plans a full day of training on the following Wednesday for teachers, special-education staff and counseling personnel so grade books and attendance will be ready for the first day.

Sepp also said the district will close registration processing at the end of day Wednesday, Aug. 3, to allow time to finalize schedules and processing for the first day. Board members and staff told the board they had prepared a training catalog and recorded roughly 22 days of training across audiences; board members described the effort as a large multi-team effort with ongoing support planned.

Separately, the board accepted the treasurer's report showing total funds of $38,881,909.18 across the district's accounts. The board also approved, mostly by roll call, a slate of routine consent items: finance item 1; ways and means items 1 through 14; personnel items 1 through 26; and property and supplies items 1 through 12. Each set of items was recommended by the relevant committee or staff and carried on unanimous votes.

The meeting concluded with a listing of upcoming meetings: a facilities meeting at 6 p.m. on Sept. 8 at the district office (followed by a 7 p.m. study session), a board meet-and-greet with new teachers at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the middle school and the regular Sept. 15 board meeting at 7 p.m., and an athletic subcommittee meeting at 6 p.m. on Sept. 22.

Votes at a glance

- Agenda: approved by voice vote. - Minutes (July 14): approved by voice vote. - Treasurer's report (accept): approved by roll call; total funds reported $38,881,909.18. - Finance, item 1: approved by roll call. - Ways and Means, items 1–14: approved by roll call. - Personnel, items 1–26: approved by roll call. - Property & Supplies, items 1–12: approved by roll call.

No statutory citations or new ordinances were introduced during the meeting. Several board members thanked staff for the implementation and training work on the SAFIRE project and asked staff to continue follow-up as cases arise during the start of school.