Cornwall-Lebanon School Board approves 2025–26 budget, construction contracts and multiple administrative measures

The Cornwall-Lebanon School District Board of School Directors approved the district's 2025–26 final budget, a series of construction and insurance contracts, personnel actions and other routine measures at its June 16, 2025 regular meeting. Most motions were approved unanimously, with recorded tallies indicated below when provided.

Highlights: - Budget and tax rate: the board adopted the 2025–26 fiscal year budget and set the final tax rate at 19.2114 mills, with a military exclusion tax increase of 0.8255 mills; motion passed 8–0. - Construction and insurance ratifications: the board approved a change order for the Falcon Connector building project (AGCCO number 10, ECI Construction) and ratified multiple builders-risk insurance contracts placed through Hostetter Gephardt and Company with Travelers Property Casualty Company of America and Liberty Mutual for the Falcon Connector, Cedar Crest High School renovation and the stadium renovation. Motions passed 8–0. - Payments and bills: the board approved payment of Cedar Crest Campus renovation fund bills totaling $1,744,943.69 and capital reserve bills of $32,509; motions passed 8–0. The board also approved general fund and other routine bill payments earlier in the meeting by voice vote (approved 8–0). - Curriculum and staff development: the board approved kindergarten special areas and STEM curricula for 2025–26 and approved credit reimbursements totaling $44,226.57; motions passed 8–0. - Personnel and appointments: the board granted tenure to eligible temporary professional employees with three years of satisfactory service, created new coaching positions for wrestling at specified levels, accepted a slate of resignations and retirements, approved multiple new hires (both for summer/maintenance and for the 2025–26 school year), approved volunteer coaches, and authorized the administration to hire personnel to be ratified at the August 18, 2025 meeting; motions passed 8–0. - Food service and pricing: the board approved food-service fund bills of $303,490.56, accepted food service operating statements, awarded cooperative food bids through the Lancaster-Lebanon cooperative (IU 13) contingent on final verification, and set meal prices for 2025–26 (elementary breakfast $1.90; middle school breakfast $2.00; high school breakfast $2.00; adult breakfast $3.00; elementary lunch $3.00; middle school lunch $3.25; high school lunch $3.25; adult lunch $4.25); motions passed 8–0. - Facilities and extracurriculars: approval was given for Sunday facility use for a Cedar Crest Middle School fundraiser, overnight field trips (Cedar Crest High School girls basketball camp at Messiah University, July 7–9, 2025) and the award of a student accident and sports insurance contract for 2025–26; motions passed 8–0. - Policies: the board gave final adoption to revised policies CLSD 2-31 (social events and class trips) and CLSD 2-50 (student recruitment) and tabled three new/revised policies for review until the August 18 meeting (CLSD 1-30 homework; CLSD 351.1 drug/alcohol testing based on reasonable suspicion; CLSD 708 lending of school-owned equipment and books); motions passed 8–0. - Contracts and vendors: the board approved vendor awards for food-service equipment installation and removal (funded by the food service fund), and approved the hiring of drivers employed by Bridal Bill Transportation from the district driver list; motions passed 8–0 or by unanimous show-of-hands where recorded.

All motions that carried at the meeting were recorded as approved 8–0 on the public record when vote tallies were announced.