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Board approves consent agenda, facilities and personnel items; board schedules follow-up reports
Summary
The McKeesport Area School District board moved a series of consent approvals covering curriculum, technology, facilities, finance, discipline resolutions and personnel, and discussed several facilities purchases including an HVAC control upgrade and a used boom truck for maintenance.
At the March 6 McKeesport Area School District meeting the board moved multiple agenda items by consent covering curriculum, technology, facilities, finance and personnel and approved personnel and student-discipline resolutions as listed on the agenda.
The board sought a motion to vote by consent on grouped items across sections of the March 13, 2025 agenda: items 4.2—6 4.4 (general business listed under section 4), 5.32—6 5.4 (curriculum/special education), 6.2—6 6.3 (technology, safety and security), 7.32—6 7.135 (facilities, food service and transportation) and 9.2—6 9.6 (finance), and then proceeded to take consent votes. The meeting transcript records the motion, second and that the meeting adjourned after the consent actions; no roll-call vote tallies were provided in the record.
Notable items the board discussed while moving the consent agenda included:
- Technology: A district representative noted a typographical error in a Chromebook request; the technology department corrected the request from 2,900 devices to 300 devices before finalization.
- Facilities: Board discussion covered HVAC control upgrades to replace unsupported control software (current installed level below vendor-supported versions) and the purchase of a used boom truck for the maintenance department. The presenter said the district had budgeted $75,000 for a vehicle replacement but located a used boom truck in good condition for approximately $42,000 and expects it to reduce recurring rental costs for lifts and improve maintenance efficiency.
- Personnel: The board approved hiring two substitute athletic trainers, Rachel Castro and Cara DeSalvo, to be paid $50 per hour when called in to cover additional events on high-volume days.
- Other action: The board approved resolutions from the student-discipline hearing panel listed on the agenda (resolution numbers shown on the agenda as 14 21, 14 20 2, 14 20 3, 14 20 4 and 14 25).
The meeting record does not show individual roll-call tallies; the consent agenda items were advanced together and recorded as approved. The board scheduled further committee reports and specific follow-up items to appear at future meetings.
The meeting adjourned following the consent-business votes.
