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Octorara board approves contract, budget items, facilities work and summer programs
Summary
At its March 17, 2025 meeting the Octorara Area School District board approved a new teachers’ collective bargaining agreement, multiple facilities contracts and routine personnel actions; it also approved summer kindergarten readiness and a summer tutoring program and accepted the district audit.
The Octorara Area School District Board of School Directors on March 17 approved a slate of routine and substantive items including a new collective bargaining agreement with its teachers, multiple facilities contracts, the district fiscal audit and two summer programs.
The board unanimously approved a collective bargaining agreement between the Octorara Area School District and the Octorara Education Association, PSEA/NEA, covering July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2030. Board members voted on the agreement after a representative of the association said membership unanimously supported the pact.
The board accepted the annual fiscal audit for the year ending June 30, 2024 as prepared by Herbein & Company and heard the finance committee report that the audit was clean (an unmodified opinion). The finance committee also reported that the districthas settled a bond and plans to invest proceeds until expenditures are scheduled.
The board approved several vendor proposals for school projects: Franklin Flooring Inc. for the middle school vestibule ($8,352), Franklin Flooring for high school library flooring ($14,235.44), Franklin Flooring for middle school classroom flooring ($24,369), Spectra Electrical Construction for high school library electrical work ($90,364.75), and Miller and Sons Inc. for emergency well-line replacement ($88,022.72). All motions passed on voice votes.
The board authorized two summer programs for July 2025: a summer kindergarten readiness program running Monday through Thursday at the Octorara Primary Learning Center, and a summer tutoring program (targeted, tiered instruction) running Tuesday through Thursday July 1toJuly 24 at the Primary Learning Center and at The Point. Administrators said staffing, student invitations and final costs will be determined after registration and that some programming (ESY for special education) follows federal IDEA criteria.
Routine personnel actions also passed: approvals of new instructional and support hires (for example an instructional assistant effective March 25 at $15 per hour) and accepted resignations for several staff and a coach. The board approved the treasurers report and payment of the bills in the amount of $2,490,388.36.
Board members also approved first readings of several policy updates (Policy 103: discrimination/harassment affecting students; Policy 104: discrimination/harassment affecting staff; Policy 234: pregnant/parenting/married students; Policy 339: uncompensated leave; Policy 824: maintaining professional adult-student boundaries). The policy committee reported the changes are largely wording updates to align with state guidance.
All motions that were called to vote passed by voice vote unless otherwise recorded. Specific motion texts and recorded outcomes are listed below.
