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Mifflin County Academy board approves 2025-26 Perkins budget and several personnel hires
Summary
The Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology operating committee approved the 2025-26 Perkins budget, multiple new hires and personnel actions during a regular meeting; board members also approved routine minutes, bills and the treasurer's report.
The Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology operating committee approved the 2025-26 Perkins budget and several personnel actions at a regular meeting, including hires for instructional and maintenance positions and a 10-day suspension for one employee.
The committee voted to submit the 2025-26 Perkins budget as proposed and gave permission for Laura Hicks to purchase items following the academy's procurement process and final budget approval by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). The motion passed on a roll-call vote.
The committee also approved routine items: minutes from the May 8, 2025 meeting, the bills for May 2025 and the treasurer's report for May 2025. Those motions each passed on roll-call votes called after motions were made and no discussion was recorded.
On personnel matters the committee approved a motion to recommend hiring Elizabeth Harvey as a health aide (to replace Kimberly Walters) effective Aug. 20, 2025, at $21 per hour. The committee approved hiring student summer maintenance apprentices (listed in the minutes as student team Mafloski, Oak and Molick) at $14 per hour pending new-hire documentation for the 2025 summer months. The committee also approved hiring Charles R. Culbertson as maintenance assistant pending documentation at $18.36 per hour.
The committee considered a motion to recommend a 10-day suspension without pay for employee C-06122025, retroactive to May 27, 2025, through June 10, 2025. The motion was made and put to a roll call; committee members asked that the item be discussed in executive session (the minutes record the suspension as having been discussed in the May 22, 2025 executive session). A roll-call vote followed and the motion was recorded as moved.
Votes at a glance - Approval of minutes (05/08/2025): motion passed (roll call recorded as unanimous among present members listed in the minutes). - Bills for May 2025: motion passed (roll call recorded as unanimous among present members listed in the minutes). - Treasurer's report (May 2025): motion passed (roll call recorded as unanimous among present members listed in the minutes). - 2025-26 Perkins budget submission and permission to purchase: approved; final PDE approval required before budget is finalized. - Hire: Elizabeth Harvey, health aide, effective 08/20/2025 at $21/hour: recommended/approved by roll call. - Hire: summer maintenance apprentices (student team Mafloski, Oak and Molick), $14/hour, pending documentation: recommended/approved. - Hire: Charles R. Culbertson, maintenance assistant, $18.36/hour, pending documentation: recommended/approved. - Personnel discipline: 10-day suspension without pay for employee C-06122025 (05/27/2025' 06/10/2025), recommended following executive-session discussion.
The agenda notes that Perkins purchases are subject to the MCAS procurement process and final approval by PDE; no dollar totals for the Perkins budget were provided in the meeting transcript. The minutes also show committee direction to add personnel and school-safety items to a forthcoming executive session. The committee announced there will be no July meeting and set the next operating committee meeting for Aug. 14, 2025, at 6 p.m. in the newly designated "Parliament Chambers."
