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Votes at a glance: Fox Chapel Area School District meeting actions — minutes, finance, instruction, personnel, policies and operations
Summary
The board approved routine minutes and a package of finance, instruction, personnel and operations items; it adopted multiple policy revisions and advanced a new generative-AI policy for further work, and voted to allow a non-resident library representative to speak.
This meeting included several roll-call votes and formal actions. Below are the items the board voted on and the outcomes recorded on the public transcript. Where a roll call was recorded, board members present included: Mrs. Cooper, Ms. Dadd, Ms. Finley, Mr. Frank, Mr. Good, Mr. Hamilton, Doctor. Hasselcorn, Mrs. Lynch and Ms. Zich (nine members). Recorded motions and outcomes follow.
Votes at a glance
1) Minutes — Regular business meeting minutes dated March 10, 2025 - Motion: Approve minutes of the regular business meeting dated 03/10/2025. - Outcome: Approved (roll call: all members recorded “Yes”).
2) Finance report (6 items) — disbursements, capital reserves, finance report filed, tax collector depositories, deputy tax collectors, awards of athletic bids - Motion: Approve 6 finance items including general fund disbursements ($11,738,920.60), capital reserve disbursements ($54,542.17), acknowledgment of February 2025 finance report for audit, approval of depositories for elected real-estate tax collectors, appointment of deputy tax collectors, and awards of athletic bids to vendors listed in the agenda. - Outcome: Approved (roll call: all members recorded “Yes”).
3) Instruction report (4 items) — special-education plan, MHY ESY addendum, Global Wordsmiths renewal, stipulated adjudication - Motion: Approve 4 instruction items, including the K–12 special-education plan (07/01/2025–06/30/2028) and an ESY addendum for MHY Family Services (06/09/2025–07/11/2025). - Outcome: Approved (roll call: all members recorded “Yes”).
4) Policy revisions and first readings (multiple items) - Motion A (adoption/second reading): Move to approve second reading and adoption of a set of revised policies (policy numbers listed in the agenda, excluding policy 2-22 which was moved out for separate consideration). - Outcome: Approved (roll call indicates motion carried).
- Motion B (first readings): Move to approve multiple revised and new policies for first reading, including new policy 815.2 "Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education." The board discussed the AI policy’s scope (ethics, FERPA compliance, human review expectations, staff and student coverage) and noted planned professional learning and handbook integration. - Outcome: Approved for first reading and further development (roll call indicates motion carried).
5) Policy 2-22 (Tobacco and vaping products) — split out and voted separately for first reading - Motion: Approve first reading of policy 2-22 (Tobacco and vaping products), including board authorization language for the use of tobacco- and vaping-product surveillance equipment. - Vote: Motion carried on roll call with eight in favor and one no vote (Ms. Zich voted no). Outcome recorded as approved for first reading.
6) Personnel report (multiple resignations, appointments, sabbaticals, agreements and STEAM camp staff) - Motion: Approve the personnel items as listed in the agenda (resignations, appointments, leaves, employment agreements, STEAM camp instructors and AP exam proctors). - Outcome: Approved (roll call indicates motion carried).
7) Operations and Cooperative Services (three items) - Motion: Renew agreement with Precision HR Solutions for substitute staffing services (07/01/2025–06/30/2027) and extend portrait services agreements with Interstate Studio and State Studio for 2025–26 (no cost to district). - Outcome: Approved (roll call indicates motion carried).
8) Non-resident speaker waiver - Motion: Waive the policy limiting group presentations so that Jill McConnell, executive director of Cooper Siegel Community Library (a non‑resident), could speak on the library’s behalf. - Outcome: Approved (roll call: motion carried). The board recorded the grounds for the waiver as that the speaker provides direct services to residents within the district boundaries.
Notes on vote counts and procedure: Where roll-call tallies were read aloud, they are recorded above. Several votes were unanimous; the recorded exception at the meeting was the 2-22 policy first-reading vote (8–1).
