Erie board honors outgoing superintendent and secretary; approves no‑tax‑increase budget and new accountability post

ERIE, Pa. — The Erie City SD board on Wednesday approved its 2025‑26 budget with no tax increase, voted to hire a new chief accountability officer and paid tribute to outgoing Superintendent Brian Pulido and Board Secretary Angela Jones at a meeting in the district administration building.

The board’s action on the budget — adopted as part of the consent new‑business package — followed discussion about restoring library services and a strategic‑planning process. Board President Dr. Jay Brennaman said the supplemental item creating the new chief accountability officer role would be considered separately; the board then voted to fill that position from an external candidate.

Why it matters: The budget vote sets day‑to‑day district funding and policy priorities for the coming year without increasing the school tax rate. The new chief accountability officer is intended to oversee key performance indicators and support the district’s upcoming strategic plan, a change board and administration described as filling a long‑standing operational gap.

Board members and administrators spent a substantial portion of the meeting acknowledging Pulido’s and Jones’s retirements. Dr. Brennaman opened that portion of the meeting by noting, “this will be the final meeting where Angela Jones will be our board secretary and where Dr. Brian Pulido will be our superintendent.”…