Middletown Area SD board approves consent items, bond insurance, hire and policy support in routine meeting

The Middletown Area School Board approved routine minutes and financial items and passed a slate of consent and immediate-action items during its meeting.

On motions taken during the meeting, the board approved the minutes from the March 4, 2025 agenda-planning meeting; accepted the treasurer’s report for February 2025; approved the paid and unpaid bills as presented; and approved multiple consent packages of immediate-action items across personnel, finance, operations and academics.

Finance actions included a motion to contract with Build America Mutual Assurance Company (BAM) to provide municipal bond insurance for the district’s 2025 general obligation bonds at a cost of 0.130% of the total debt service on the bonds to be paid from bond proceeds; the board approved that contract. The board also approved disposal-of-assets activity reporting a collective bid of $1,237 for music equipment from four buyers that had been posted on the Munisibid auction site.

Under operations, the board approved a motion to change the date of a rental contract for an amusement item at Reed Elementary School from March 27, 2025 to May 16, 2025 with no change in cost. The board approved facility-use requests shown on the agenda with the exception of one entry for the Harrisburg Havoc, which the administration had recommended excluding from approval.

Personnel and candidates: the administration presented Tasha Kingsborough as a candidate for an English position at the high school; the board approved candidate and hiring-related consent actions in the consolidated personnel package.

Policy/support motion: the board voted to support a Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) campaign seeking cyber charter funding reform in the 2025–26 state budget. The motion approved language calling for (1) a cyber charter tuition rate not to exceed $10,000 per student for non–special-education students and (2) a tiered system of special-education funding for cyber charter students based on individual needs.

Most motions were adopted by voice vote; the transcript records the chair calling for “all in favor say aye” and then “opposed?” but does not print roll-call tallies or individual member votes. Where the meeting record did not name movers or seconders, the motions were recorded as moved and seconded and then carried. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn that was approved.

Votes at a glance (motions recorded in meeting order):

- Approve minutes from the 03/04/2025 agenda-planning meeting — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved.

- Approve treasurer’s report for February 2025 as presented — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved.

- Approve paid bills with totals by fund as detailed and attached — Approved.

- Approve unpaid bills with totals by fund as detailed and attached — Approved.

- Change rental contract date for amusement item at Reed Elementary School from 03/27/2025 to 05/16/2025 (no change in cost) — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved.

- Contract with Build America Mutual Assurance Company (BAM) to provide municipal bond insurance for the district’s 2025 general obligation bonds at a cost of 0.130% of total debt service, paid from bond proceeds — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved.

- Approve immediate action items 11a(a) through 11a(e) (personnel/consent package) — Approved as a block.

- Approve immediate action items 12CA through 12CD — Approved as a block.

- Motion to support PSBA cyber charter funding reform for the 2025–26 state budget (limit non–special-education tuition to $10,000; create tiered special-education funding for cyber charters) — Motion by Mr. Kinsey; second recorded as initials “RM”; outcome: approved.

- Approve immediate action items 13b(a) through 13b(c) — Approved as a block.

- Approve immediate action items 14a(a) through 14a(b) — Approved as a block.

- Approve facility-use requests on the agenda with the exception of the Harrisburg Havoc entry — Approved.

- Disposal of assets: music equipment sold via Munisibid, collective bid $1,237 from four buyers — Accepted/recorded.

- Candidate hire presented: Tasha Kingsborough, English (9–10 split) high school — Candidate introduced and included in approved personnel items.

- Motion to adjourn — Approved.

Where the transcript records only voice votes ("aye"/"opposed") the meeting record did not provide a numerical roll-call tally or list individual yes/no votes. The board did not record any failed motions during the public portion of the meeting.

The board handled multiple items by consolidated consent; several action items were grouped and approved together per the chair and administration.