Middletown Area SD board approves multiple contracts, authorizes special-education filing and discusses selling Fink Elementary

The Middletown Area School District board approved a series of operational and financial motions at its April meeting, including contracts for furniture, telecommunications equipment and a phone-system replacement, and authorized submission of the district’s special-education plan under state regulation.

During unfinished business on operations, Mr. Meiser said construction and warmer weather have helped the building project progress and asked the board to approve listed change orders; the board approved a motion “to approve the change orders as listed in the attachment.” The board also approved a contract with STS Innovations to provide and install furniture for the new operations building at a total cost of $40,314.80, funded from capital project funds using CoStar pricing.

The board approved a stormwater sewer-line easement agreement with the municipal authority of the…