Committee of the Whole: Board approves consent agenda, personnel appointments and multiple contracts and MOUs

The Shippensburg Area School District Committee of the Whole approved a slate of consent and action items including routine minutes and bills, personnel changes, multiple contracts and memoranda of understanding.

Key approvals recorded during the meeting included:

- Consent agenda (items 4A–4F): approval of minutes, bills of payment, curricula additions (AP Psychology, design and CREATEQ), textbook disposal and the board meeting calendar for the January–June 2026 period, and numerous personnel items (resignations, transfers, appointments and supplemental staff changes). Motion to approve made by Mr. Darren Donovan and seconded by Mr. Fred Scott; voice vote, "Aye," recorded.

- New administrative appointments (item 4GS): approval of Brenna Creedon as director of student services (annual salary $115,000, prorated) and Jacob Lotzbaugh as maintenance supervisor (annual salary $62,400, prorated). Motion made by Mr. Darren Donovan and seconded by Dr. Michael Lyman; voice vote recorded as "Aye."

- Early graduation request (item 5A): approved for a student expected to complete graduation requirements by the end of the fall semester. Motion by Mr. Scott; second by Mr. Carey; voice vote recorded.

- Contracting and MOUs (selected items): • True HR employee handbook work (item 5B): motion and approval recorded; transcript lists a cost figure that appears garbled in the record and is not specified in the meeting materials provided here. • Shippensburg University MOU for mental‑health counseling services (item 5C): approved. The two‑year agreement cited a total cost of $34,984 ($17,492 per year). • Cumberland Perry Drug & Alcohol Commission vaping‑prevention presentations at the middle school (item 5D): approved; no charge for presentations. • Franklin & Marshall College advising position at the high school (item 5J): approved; the district will pay $45,000 from the high‑school budget to host a College Advising Corps advisor for the 2025–26 school year. • PSBA compensation and market assessment (item 5GS): approved; project cost listed as $8,200. • Municibid online auction authorization for surplus items (item 5H): approved. • Stadium fence proposal from Kneeling Fence to close off front bleachers (item 5I): approved; estimated cost $12,050 from the stadium budget. • Von Drak Speech Services contract for speech therapy services (item 5L): approved at $95 per hour, up to three days per week.

- Other approvals recorded included change orders and additional service contracts tied to the high‑school/middle‑school construction project; the meeting record shows motions, seconds and voice votes for those items. Where the transcript included a dollar amount, that amount is recorded above; where the transcript did not clearly state a figure the meeting materials were described as "not specified."

No contested roll‑call tallies were read into the record; votes were taken by voice with the chair asking "All in favor? Aye" followed by "Any opposed?" in each instance. Where motion makers and seconders were named in the transcript those names are recorded above.

Sources: motions, seconds and voice votes recorded in the Committee of the Whole meeting transcript.