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Schuylkill Valley committee advances multiple hiring and routine items; several hires approved unanimously
Summary
At its Aug. 26 committee meeting Schuylkill Valley School District recommended approval of multiple hires and routine items, and several motions passed by unanimous voice vote. The committee recommended appointments including a middle school principal and multiple teacher and substitute hires, and authorized bus routes for 2025–26.
The Schuylkill Valley School District committee on Aug. 26 recommended approval of a slate of employment appointments and routine items and recorded unanimous voice votes on several motions.
The committee voted to recommend hiring Steven McCullick as principal at Schuylkill Valley Middle School at an annual salary of $113,500, prorated for days worked, to fill the vacancy created by the transfer of Dr. Josh Keener. The motion was moved by Cliff and seconded; the committee chair recorded the vote as 8–0 in favor.
The committee also recorded unanimous approval for the 2025–26 bus drivers to be provided by Echelon Transportation, and for multiple teacher and substitute appointments, including Carly King (special education PK–8), a group of certified building substitutes, Matthew Chrisman (mathematics 7–12, long-term substitute), and Tiffany Wagner (elementary long-term substitute). Those motions were each adopted by voice vote and recorded as passing 8–0.
Other routine personnel recommendations the committee considered and advanced (no separate roll-call tally recorded in the minutes) included resignations (effective dates listed for departing employees), approvals for custodial and paraprofessional hires, part-time special education paraprofessional hires, game workers and volunteers for the 2025–26 school year, mentor stipends, substitute authorizations, per-diem substitute wage-rate changes, a child-rearing leave request, and memoranda of understanding and service contract renewals.
Why it matters: These committee recommendations will move to the full board for final action where required, and several items recorded unanimous committee support, signaling broad agreement among board members on routine staffing and operational preparations for the 2025–26 school year.
What the committee recorded
- Vote to recommend appointment of Steven McCullick, Middle School Principal — motion moved by Cliff; recorded vote: 8–0 in favor. - Approval of Echelon Transportation bus drivers for 2025–26 — recorded vote: 8–0 in favor. - Approval of Carly King, special education PK–8 teacher (master step 6) — recorded vote: 8–0 in favor. - Approval of certified building substitutes for 2025–26 — recorded vote: 8–0 in favor. - Approval of Matthew Chrisman, mathematics 7–12 long‑term substitute — recorded vote: 8–0 in favor. - Approval of Tiffany Wagner, elementary long‑term substitute — recorded vote: 8–0 in favor.
The committee chair and staff indicated that other employment and routine operational items discussed (wage-rate changes, substitute lists, mentor stipends, contract renewals for substitute nursing services and online training libraries) would be forwarded as committee recommendations to the board or handled administratively as appropriate.
Ending note: The committee used roll-call voting for items anticipated to require full-board action; recorded tallies in the transcript show unanimous committee approval (8–0) for the items listed above. Any committee recommendation still requires the board’s ratification where policy or district practice requires a board vote.
