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Board approves minutes, bills, affirms Head Start MOU and reviews tax-date recommendation
Summary
The board approved minutes and bills, affirmed a memorandum of understanding with Capital Area Head Start for fiscal 2025-26, and heard a recommendation to delay real-estate tax discount and base due dates for the 2025-26 year; a psychological evaluation agreement and equipment disposal were also discussed and approved as consent items.
The Middletown Area School District Board of School Directors approved routine business including minutes and bills, affirmed a memorandum of understanding for coordination with Capital Area Head Start and reviewed a recommendation to delay the due dates for certain real-estate tax periods for the coming tax levy.
Board Secretary Mr. Franklin presented the minutes from the May 22, 2025 general business meeting and the board approved them by voice vote. The treasurer, Mr. Kinsey, moved to approve paid and unpaid bills as detailed on the agenda; both motions carried by voice vote.
Under communications, the board received an attachment summarizing House Bill 1500, described in the packet as a charter-school reform package that had passed the House and was pending in the state Senate; staff said the legislation could result in savings for the district if enacted. The board did not take a legislative position in the meeting record; the item was presented as information in the communications section.
In academic affairs, the board voted to affirm a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the district and Keystone Service Systems, Inc., doing business as Capital Area Head Start, for coordination of mutually beneficial activities for fiscal year 2025-26. Administration noted the district currently does not have Head Start services but was asked to maintain an MOU in case funding or services are reinstated; staff said the MOU has been reaffirmed annually though the underlying service had not been active for two years.
The business office recommended the district again delay the due dates for the discount and base periods for real-estate taxes for the 2025-26 school year by one month, as had been done the previous five school years, to allow vendors sufficient time to print and mail bills following budget adoption. The administration said it does not expect detriment to operations from the delay and recommended reflecting the adjusted dates in the tax-levy resolution proposed for adoption on 06/24/2025.
Board members also discussed a psychological evaluation agreement listed in the packet at $2,000 per evaluation with an additional $500 for bilingual evaluations. A board member asked how many evaluations the district might expect; staff said projections are difficult but noted they had completed about two bilingual evaluations in recent months. The board approved multiple future action items and moved items 9BA through 9BM and other consent items to the next meeting as indicated in the agenda.
The board approved disposal of certain music equipment (xylophone, clavinet and two acoustic guitars) to be auctioned or scrapped if unsold in accordance with School Board Policy 706.1.
Finally, the board heard from athletics and activities about the result of an RFP for photography and yearbook services; the committee recommended local vendors that, according to the report, offer lower costs for families. Facility-use requests on the agenda were approved, and multiple consent and immediate action items in finance and operations were adopted by voice vote.
