Seaford School District board approves contracts, salary schedules, meal prices and building assessments; hears facility funding concerns

The Seaford School District Board of Education met in regular session July 24, 2025, and approved a series of personnel and financial items including a memorandum of understanding with the district's support staff association, revisions to salary schedules, meal-price adjustments and multiple building assessment reports. District staff also briefed the board on facility needs and the district's challenges securing state funding for capital repairs.

The board approved an MOU with the Support Staff Association that raises pay rates for school bus drivers and aligns the district pay schedule with the union agreement. Trustees also approved salary schedules for bus drivers, cafeteria managers and administrative staff for fiscal year 2026. The board voted to keep middle-school ticket sales accepting cash while the high school continues with electronic-only ticketing; the district will continue cash acceptance at middle schools for student access.

Board members discussed a multi-year facilities backlog documented in building assessment reports presented for Central Elementary, West Seaford Elementary, Frederick Douglass Elementary, the middle school and Seaford High School. District staff described preventive and corrective maintenance already underway (HVAC inspections, boiler maintenance, lighting upgrades, roof inspections and routine plumbing/electrical work) and said the age of several buildings (including structures more than 90 years old) and limited funding have left a backlog of deferred repairs. Staff…