Votes at a glance: West Chester Area SD board approves school improvement plans, PD contract, lunch prices and capital projects; tables graduation-rule change

The West Chester Area School District board moved several formal items at its June 16 meeting. Below is a brief item-by-item summary of votes recorded on the public record. Where the transcript did not name individual vote tallies, the board recorded the motion as approved or carried.

Votes and outcomes

- Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) and Additional TSI (ATSI) school plans for Pierce Middle School and Hillsdale Elementary School: approved. The Teaching, Learning and Equity Committee moved the plans and the board approved them at the June meeting. (Committee vote recorded as 3–0.)

- One-year agreement with Modern Classrooms Project to support professional development (departmentalized schools / math teachers): approved. The contract was described as a one-year agreement, not-to-exceed $65,000, to provide two days of summer learning plus two coaching days during the year and support connecting an online platform with the district's Illustrative Math curriculum.

- Personnel report (June 2025): approved. The board accepted the monthly personnel recommendations, which the district summarized as nine resignations (including six teachers), hiring recommendations for 15 teachers and other staff actions, and…