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Votes at a glance: Tunkhannock Area SD board approves personnel, contracts, textbooks and field trips
Summary
At its meeting the Tunkhannock Area School District board approved minutes, personnel actions, business and finance items, bus and van contracts, overnight/out-of-state field trips, AP textbooks, and a renewal with Meadows Psychiatric Center among other items; roll-call votes were recorded for each action.
The Tunkhannock Area School District board recorded roll-call votes and approved multiple items during the meeting, including personnel actions, business-and-finance items, contracts and curricular materials.
Key approved items (motions and roll-call outcomes as recorded):
- Approval of minutes from the Feb. 20 meeting — approved by roll call (all voting members recorded yes).
- Business and finance items — approved by roll call (all voting members recorded yes).
- Personnel report — approved by roll call (all voting members recorded yes); the superintendent recognized retiring support staff Dorothy Corby and David Williams.
- Conference attendance approvals (PAFPC, PASBO, etc.) — approved by roll call (all voting members recorded yes).
- Bus and van contracts — approved by roll call (all voting members recorded yes).
- Overnight and out-of-state field trips — approved by roll call (all voting members recorded yes).
- Memorandum of Understanding with Hands of Wyoming County for Pre-K classroom space — approved by roll call (all voting members recorded yes).
- Renewal of agreement with the Meadows Psychiatric Center (residential placement option) — approved by roll call (all voting members recorded yes). The board noted there are no students currently placed there; the contract maintains an option should residential placement become necessary.
- Approval to purchase AP Psychology, AP German and AP Spanish textbooks (expanding AP offerings to 14 courses) — approved by roll call (all voting members recorded yes).
- Approval of Digital Hallway software for 2025-26 through 2027-28 — approved by roll call (all voting members recorded yes).
Where the record shows unanimous roll-call results, minutes reflected affirmatives from Missus Eckard, Missus Goble, Mister Greenlee (Ethan Greenlee), Doctor O'Sharaq, Doctor Pribola, Mister Burke, Mister Farr and Missus Arnold. Several items were informational (first reading of board policies, Right-to-Know report) and did not require votes.
