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Appoquinimink board approves 2025–26 calendar and routine finance, personnel items
Summary
At its March 12 meeting the Appoquinimink School District Board of Education approved the 2025–26 academic calendar and a series of routine items including minutes, financial reports, overnight field trips, change orders and the personnel report.
The Appoquinimink School District Board of Education voted on multiple routine agenda items at its March 12, 2025 meeting, approving the 2025–26 academic calendar and a set of financial, trip and personnel items.
The board approved the 2025–26 academic calendar on a motion by Mr. Abrams with a second by Ms. DeWitt. After discussion the board voted “aye” and the motion carried.
Other actions taken, all approved by the board, included:
- Approval of the February 25, 2025 meeting minutes (motion by Dr. Graham, second by Mr. Abrams). Ms. Wall recused herself from the vote because she was not in attendance at the February meeting; an abstention was recorded and the motion carried.
- Approval of the January monthly financial report as recommended by the Financial Advisory Committee (motion by Mr. Abrams, second by Ms. Wall).
- Approval of the January internal accounts report as recommended by the Financial Advisory Committee (motion by Mr. Abrams, second by Ms. Wall).
- Approval of four overnight field trips and preliminary approval for one international trip (motion by Ms. Wall, second by Dr. Graham). Approved trips included regional indoor-percussion and color-guard competitions in New Jersey and the BPA National Leadership Conference in Florida; one preliminary approval was granted for a student trip to Japan.
- Approval of change orders related to district construction projects (motion by Dr. Graham, second by Ms. Wall). Mr. Hopkins presented the change orders and noted overall credits and additions submitted for approval.
- Approval of the personnel report as presented (motion by Dr. Graham, second by Ms. DeWitt).
Each motion was made during the regular board meeting and passed without roll-call tallies published in the meeting transcript; the minutes record only the motions, seconders and the chair’s announcement that motions carried or recorded abstentions where applicable.
Votes at a glance (motions referenced in the meeting record): - 2025–26 Academic Calendar — motion: approve; mover: Mr. Abrams; second: Ms. DeWitt; outcome: approved. - 02/25/2025 Meeting Minutes — motion: approve; mover: Dr. Graham; second: Mr. Abrams; outcome: approved (Ms. Wall recused/abstained). - January Monthly Financial Report — motion: approve; mover: Mr. Abrams; second: Ms. Wall; outcome: approved. - January Internal Accounts Report — motion: approve; mover: Mr. Abrams; second: Ms. Wall; outcome: approved. - Overnight Field Trips (IDs 10546, 10555, 10584, 10562) and preliminary approval for 10623 (Japan) — motion: approve; mover: Ms. Wall; second: Dr. Graham; outcome: approved. - Change Orders (various ASI items) — motion: approve; mover: Dr. Graham; second: Ms. Wall; outcome: approved. - Personnel Report — motion: approve; mover: Dr. Graham; second: Ms. DeWitt; outcome: approved.
The board’s routine approvals keep the district’s operations moving forward; several of the items (finance reports, internal accounts, personnel) were recommended by the district’s advisory committees or staff. Where abstentions or recusals were recorded, the minutes note them (for example, Ms. Wall’s abstention on minutes approval because she was absent at the February meeting).
