Shamokin Area School District board approves routine motions, adopts budgets and personnel slate

The Shamokin Area School District Board of Directors approved a series of routine motions at its March 18, 2025, meeting, including minutes, financial reports, contracts, policy revisions, the Northumberland County Career & Technical Center budget for 2025–26 and a multi‑item personnel slate. The motions recorded in the transcript passed unanimously by roll call.

Key actions recorded in the meeting transcript included approval of the previous meeting minutes; acceptance of the treasurer’s report; authorization to pay bills; adoption of a new job description for the school police officer; adoption of revised administrative policies and regulations; acknowledgement of the district tax collector’s auditor reports; approval of contracts and a guidance plan; receipt of an audit report; approval of the curriculum; adoption of the Northumberland County Career & Technical Center budget for 2025–26; approval of an exoneration request; and approval of personnel items 8.01 through 8.15 as listed on the agenda.

The transcript records roll‑call votes with the following board members voting “Yes” on those motions when calls were taken: President Persnick; Vice President Krueger; Secretary Anderson; Treasurer Griffiths; Cook; Cashner; Miller; Rhodes; and Shewey. Each recorded roll call in the transcript shows those members voting in the affirmative; no “No” votes, abstentions or recusals were recorded in the transcript excerpts.

Because the motions were routine and received no extended public debate in the transcript, the board did not provide detailed discussion or staff presentations on most items during the meeting excerpt. The transcript also notes an executive session for personnel matters held March 18, 2025, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. prior to the public meeting.

Votes at a glance (items listed as they appear in the meeting record):

- Approve board meeting minutes — Outcome: approved (roll call: Yes = Persnick, Krueger, Anderson, Griffiths, Cook, Cashner, Miller, Rhodes, Shewey; tally Yes 9).

- Accept treasurer’s report — Outcome: approved (roll call Yes 9).

- Authorize payment of bills — Outcome: approved (roll call Yes 9).

- Adopt job description for school police officer/chief of police — Outcome: approved (roll call Yes 9).

- Adopt revised administrative policies and regulations — Outcome: approved (roll call Yes 9).

- Acknowledge receipt of district tax collector’s auditor reports — Outcome: acknowledged (roll call Yes 9).

- Approve contracts listed on the agenda — Outcome: approved (roll call Yes 9).

- Approve guidance plan — Outcome: approved (roll call Yes 9).

- Acknowledge receipt of audit report from (name as recorded in transcript) — Outcome: acknowledged (roll call Yes 9).

- Approve curriculum — Outcome: approved (roll call Yes 9).

- Adopt Northumberland County Career & Technical Center budget for 2025–26 — Outcome: adopted (roll call Yes 9).

- Approve exoneration request as marked — Outcome: approved (roll call Yes 9).

- Approve personnel items and motions 8.01 through 8.15 — Outcome: approved (roll call Yes 9).

The motions recorded in the transcript lack individual mover/second attributions beyond the generic “Motion. Second.” that appears in the record; where roll call votes are shown, each item passed. The transcript does not show any defeated motions, abstentions, or recorded recusals in the excerpt provided.

The board’s approvals included budget and personnel actions that will require implementation by district staff; the transcript does not include specific implementation timelines or dollar amounts for most items. For the Northumberland County Career & Technical Center budget the board formally adopted the budget for 2025–26, but the transcript does not list the budget total in the recorded excerpt.