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Board votes: personnel actions, contracts and project pre-purchases approved; one settlement passed 6–1
Summary
At its May 7 meeting the Abington Heights board approved multiple personnel items, contracts and construction pre-purchases; one student-settlement motion passed 6–1 with one board member dissenting.
The Abington Heights School District board approved a series of personnel items, contracts and project-related pre-purchases at its May 7 meeting. Most motions passed unanimously by roll call; one settlement passed 6–1.
Key outcomes (motions as read at the meeting):
- Approve agenda for May 7 meeting — Passed (roll call: Abdallah: yes; Henderson: yes; Hillebrand: yes; Moran: yes; Robeson: yes; Tierney: yes; Acker: yes).
- Approve minutes of prior meeting (April 16) — Passed (same roll-call pattern: unanimous yes).
- Approve notice of dismissal and authorize district administration to terminate employee 1145 effective immediately — Passed (7–0).
- Approve personnel report — Passed (7–0).
- Approve 2024–25 extended-school-year professional and support-staff lists — Passed (7–0).
- Approve amended attachment to Policy 808 — Passed (7–0).
- Approve 2025–26 support-staff calendar (adds one full professional-development day) — Passed (7–0).
- Approve supervisor of teaching and learning job description — Passed (7–0).
- Approve contract with Communication Associates LLC to conduct independent educational, occupational therapy and speech/language evaluation for student 1f — Passed (7–0).
- Approve Coffee Inclusive ITEP registration agreement to provide vocational and transitional programming to special-education students — Passed (7–0).
- Approve Waco Inc. contract for paving at Abington Heights High School — Passed (7–0).
- Approve settlement agreement between Abington Heights School District and student 1g — Passed (6–1). Board member Robeson voted no and explained concerns about the invoice amounts billed by the attorney; other board members voted yes.
- Approve Abington Heights Middle School lighting pre-purchase and related precast-inlet and manhole pre-purchases (items tied to middle-school project) — Passed (7–0).
- Approve ICS general-conditions agreement (construction-management addendum) — Passed (7–0).
Other listed personnel, purchases and informational attachments were approved by roll call as recorded in the meeting minutes.
