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McKeesport Area SD board discusses facilities and technology items, approves two student-discipline resolutions
Summary
At its May 1, 2025 meeting the McKeesport Area School District board reviewed a consent agenda that included facilities work, a technology purchase and security upgrades; the board approved two student-discipline resolutions (14-33 and 14-34).
The McKeesport Area School District board met Thursday, May 1, 2025, and reviewed a slate of consent-agenda items covering facilities work, a technology purchase and security upgrades; the board approved two student-discipline resolutions, 14‑33 and 14‑34.
The items discussed were presented as consent-agenda business and included a recommendation to award an RFP to SHI for 300 Chromebooks, 300 Chromebook cases and 300 Chrome OS management licenses for $88,431. A board member asked whether the purchase would be charged to the general fund; that question was raised during the discussion but the transcript does not record the final funding source.
Facilities items described to the board included awarding a paving contract to McClure Asphalt Paving, a plan to redesign drive lanes to reduce traffic congestion during student drop-off and dismissal, and relocation of the district’s maintenance salt shed units (identified in the presentation as 75 and 76) because of corrosion where the shed currently sits against Founders Hall. The presenter said the paving work is expected to come from the district’s capital reserve and that moving the salt shed is intended to prevent structural damage to the building.
The board was told the district had made an emergency repair at the high school to a hot-water line, billed at $27,000 to CS and E; the presenter said the repair had required closing school for a day. The high school security booth was described as in poor condition; district staff presented a not-to-exceed figure for replacement work but said in-house labor will likely reduce the final cost. The board was also told that Twin Rivers’ card-access system needs replacement because the current building-management system will cease functioning in June.
Board members noted that many of the facilities and security items were planned in advance and discussed in the buildings and grounds committee; the presenter said the administration intends to use capital-reserve funds outlined in that planning. The board also noted that administration has been updating board policies under the recommendation of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA).
On personnel, curriculum and special-education matters the board sought motions to approve several consent-agenda items (agenda groupings 4.23; 5.2–5.5; 7.22–7.9; 9.2–9.5; 11.2–11.3 were presented for consent). The transcript records the board seeking motions to approve those grouped items by consent but does not record roll-call tallies or explicit individual votes for each consent grouping in the excerpt provided.
Votes at a glance - Resolution 14‑33 (student discipline): approved (vote tally not specified in transcript). - Resolution 14‑34 (student discipline): approved (vote tally not specified in transcript).
The meeting closed with routine adjournment remarks and a notice that the board will reconvene the following Thursday. The transcript excerpt does not record specific dollar totals for some items (for example, the final not-to-exceed amount for the security booth) nor the vote tallies for consent-agenda groupings.
