Votes at a glance: Unionville-Chadds Ford board acts on trips, plan, policies, facilities and security testing
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Summary
At its March 17 meeting the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District board approved travel and program proposals, bundled policies, multiple facilities projects, a cybersecurity penetration test, and ratified fuel bids; it also tabled bus procurement items to March 28.
The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District board held a broadly procedural meeting on March 17 at Chadds Ford Elementary. The board approved a range of items in routine business, curriculum, policy, facilities, finance and personnel; full details and vote tallies follow.
Key approvals and outcomes (all votes recorded at the March 17 meeting):
- Routine business (agenda items 3.1—63.4): approved (minutes and bill list). Vote: 9-0.
- UHS Art international trip (agenda item 4.1): approved. The high school art trip was expanded to include Paris, London, Brussels and Amsterdam in summer 2026; estimated student cost: $5,319. Vote: 9-0.
- Comprehensive Plan 2025—628 (agenda item 4.2): approved. This three-year plan, required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, was made available for public review in February. Vote: 9-0.
- Internal penetration test and gap analysis (agenda item 4.3): approved. District contracted ePlus for an internal/external network pen test and gap analysis for $24,800; testing to be administered in April and presented in June. Vote: 9-0.
- Policies bundle (agenda items 5.1—65): approved. The board bundled and approved multiple policy updates (policy numbers discussed in meeting: 823, 901, 905, 218 and associated administrative guideline 1246, plus 3208 and 3407 as listed). Vote: 9-0.
- Policies and handbooks at first/second reading (items 5.6—5.8): presented for reading; no final votes recorded on 5.6—5.8 at this meeting (first or second readings as noted in the agenda).
- Transportation/bus purchase (agenda items 6.1—6.3): tabled until March 28. See separate coverage for details. Motion to table passed 7-2.
- Facilities projects (agenda items 6.4—6.7): Approved. - 6.4: Wastewater treatment plant improvements at Hillandale Elementary: combined cost $30,000. Vote: 9-0. - 6.5: Kitchen tile grout restoration at Unionville High School (Semi Glaze): $58,344. Vote: 9-0. - 6.6: Construction bids for indoor full-day kindergarten improvements (Hillandale and Chadds Ford): combined $276,000. Vote: 9-0. - 6.7: Radius Systems proposal for exterior door access controls: $16,134. Vote: 9-0.
- Finance (agenda item 7.1): ratification of CCIU joint purchasing fuel bids (heating oil, unleaded gasoline, propane) as presented: approved 9-0.
- Personnel (agenda items 8.1—8.9): approved as bundled. Vote: 9-0.
Board remarks at the meeting also included superintendent and principal reports, a student representative report with district activity highlights and a student-activities presentation on the district robotics program.
Why it matters: The approved items include a range of operational and capital items that affect district operations for the coming year, including facilities upgrades for full-day kindergarten implementation, cybersecurity testing and routine procurement. The bus procurement decision remains unresolved and will return to the board at a March 28 special meeting.
Sources: Board meeting transcript, March 17; votes recorded on the public record.