Coatesville Area School District board approves routine consent items, hires assistant superintendent; multiple facility and vendor contracts approved
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Summary
The Coatesville Area School District Board of School Directors on an evening vote approved a package of routine finance, personnel and operations items for the 2025–26 school year and voted to hire Lee Ryder as assistant superintendent, while separately authorizing booster and youth groups to proceed with facility planning and event security contracts.
The Coatesville Area School District Board of School Directors on an evening vote approved a package of consent and operational items including financial statements, personnel appointments and multiple memoranda of understanding, and confirmed a new assistant superintendent.
The board approved the consent agenda, the district’s bills payable and financial statements, several memoranda of understanding including a special-education transition-teacher MOU and a multifactor-authentication MOU, renewal of extra-duty pay for weight-training advisors, human resources reports and addenda, and contracts for event security and booster-led facility planning. The board also approved the employment agreement for Lee Ryder as assistant superintendent after a roll-call vote that recorded two no votes.
Why it matters: these votes put routine administrative, safety and personnel measures into effect for the 2025–26 school year and authorize district engagement with outside vendors and school booster groups for facilities and security services.
Key actions and outcomes (by agenda letter) - Approval of minutes (08/12/2025) — approved by roll call. Vote recorded in meeting minutes as “motion approved.” - Consent agenda (consolidated routine items) — approved by roll call. - Finance: bills payable and financial statements — approved by roll call. - Letter M: Employment agreement for Lee Ryder, assistant superintendent — motion approved; roll call recorded Elgin Bailey: No; Steve Wilson: No; Liz Muirhead: Yes; Shauna Maxwell: Yes; Holly Charest: Yes; Robin Seagreeves: Yes; Beth Brindle: Yes; Leon Yako: Yes. Outcome: approved. - Letter N: Memorandum of understanding, CADA special-education transition teacher (2025–26) — approved by roll call. - Letter O: Memorandum of understanding, CATA multifactor authentication — approved by roll call. - Letter P: Extra-duty renewal (weight-training advisors) — approved; board members noted a plan to review usage metrics and accountability for extra-duty positions. - Letter Q / R: Human resources report and HR addendum (resignations, appointments, interim assignments) — approved; action included an interim principal appointment for Rainbow Elementary and the hiring of a site and security coordinator (Nick Melchior). - Operations letters (pulled items): approval of Coatesville Kid Raiders (CKR) field rental and maintenance agreement for grass practice fields and stadium use — approved (see separate article for substantive discussion and conditions). - Letter Y: Approval for Coatesville baseball/softball booster clubs to proceed with next steps on a proposed indoor training facility (no upfront district cost) — approved by roll call; approval allows booster-led fundraising and scoping to advance. - Letter Z: RTC Security event security services at high school sites at $50.83 per hour with a four-hour minimum ($203.32 minimum per officer) — approved by roll call.
Discussion notes and conditions recorded during votes - Several items were approved subject to follow-up or additional documentation (for example, the board asked that insurance certificates and explicit schedules be confirmed for the CKR facility agreement and that the booster club facility planning proceed with clear scope work and district oversight). - For extra-duty renewals and similar positions the administration agreed to develop job descriptions, sign-in or attendance verification and metrics to measure utilization going forward.
What the meeting did not decide: There was no final district approval to build the booster-led indoor training facility; the board’s action authorized the booster club to continue fundraising and design work and did not commit district money or final construction approval.
Ending: The board concluded routine and operational business and moved to public comment. Committee meetings and the next regular board meeting dates were announced during the superintendent’s report.
