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Wissahickon board approves district goals and routine action items; trustees vote to accept personnel, procurement and donation items
Summary
The board voted to approve the district goals and approved multiple consent and action items reviewed at the work session, including personnel appointments, purchases, contracts and donation acceptances; votes were taken by voice and recorded as passed.
At its Oct. 6 meeting the Wissahickon School Board approved the district's stated goals and a series of routine action items that had been reviewed at the prior work session.
The board first approved the district goals, which had been presented at a prior session and were tied to superintendent priorities. The motion to approve the goals was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Board members then voted on grouped action items from committee reports and staff recommendations, all of which were described in the meeting as unchanged from the work session. Items approved included:
- Action items 11.1–11.3 (board business items reviewed at the work session). Details were not specified during public discussion at the Oct. 6 meeting. - Action item 12.1 (board treasurer's report approval), approved by voice vote. - Action items 13.1–13.9 (human-resources items including extracurricular appointments, resignations, volunteer additions and an employee release/separation agreement), approved by voice vote. The meeting noted changes marked in bold from the prior week's agenda. - Action items 15.1–15.4 (curriculum/technology items including an extended field trip for video production/mass media/animation to New York City), approved by voice vote. - Action items 16.1–16.2 (facilities and transportation: approval of a snow-removal services contract and purchase of three 10-passenger vans), approved by voice vote. - Action items in item 17 (finance): seven finance items including routine finance statements, a waiver of stadium fees for a fundraiser and acceptance of donations (items 17.4–17.7 were donation acceptances), approved by voice vote.
During votes the board used voice voting; recorded roll-call tallies with individual names were not provided in the meeting transcript. Each motion was announced as "moved and seconded," followed by the chair asking "all those in favor?" and the board responding "Aye." No motions failed or were tabled during the Oct. 6 session.
The board's secretary and treasurer reported that items were unchanged from the prior work session and recommended approval. Several board members thanked staff for preparatory work; there were no extended debates on the recorded action items.
