Hanover Area School District approves financial recommendations and appoints two teachers, hall monitor

The Hanover Area School District Board of Education on June 10 unanimously approved financial recommendations and a slate of personnel appointments, including two new teachers and a hall monitor.

The actions came during the board’s regular meeting, which began at 6 p.m. following an executive session the board said was held under the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act to discuss employee relations, labor negotiations and threatened or actual litigation.

Superintendent (name not specified) congratulated the Class of 2025 and several retiring employees before the board took votes. “I just wanna congratulate the class of 2025. Last Wednesday evening, we had a beautiful ceremony, 9 students that walked across the stage,” the superintendent said, and also noted the retirements of Scott Francis, Sharon Parisi and Bernadette Gennari.

On routine business, the board approved minutes and financial recommendations listed as items 1 through 8 on the agenda. A roll call recorded unanimous approval for the financial items.

The board then approved personnel recommendations in several grouped votes and individual appointments. Personnel items 1 through 9 were approved by roll call. The board accepted a recommendation from Mr. Barrett, a staff member, to appoint Riley Giambi as an English as a Second Language teacher at step B-1 with a salary of $55,743, effective Aug. 20, 2025; the motion carried on a unanimous roll call.

The board also approved the appointment of Cecilia Baltasavage as a secondary math teacher at step M-1 with a salary of $68,643, effective Aug. 20, 2025, and appointed John Curzio as a hall monitor at $20 per hour, pending required clearances. Those motions passed by unanimous roll calls.

There were no speakers from the public during the public-comment portion of the meeting. The board noted upcoming meetings, including a special work session and a special meeting scheduled for June 17, 2025, and then adjourned.

Financial, personnel and minutes approvals recorded at the meeting did not include detailed discussion in the public record; actions were moved, seconded and passed by roll call as shown in the meeting transcript.

The board announced that its prior executive session and the matters discussed there were conducted pursuant to the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act and that the public meeting that followed began at 6 p.m.