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Votes at a glance: Easton Area School District board approves routine personnel, finance and contracts; solicitor contract renewed
Summary
The board approved multiple personnel items, financial matters, contracts and waivers by voice vote; the board also approved a negotiated agreement with the City of Easton and renewed the solicitor contract with Kingsbury Attorneys.
At its Feb. 24, 2025 meeting the Easton Area School District Board of Education approved multiple routine personnel, finance and contract items by voice vote and took several other actions summarized below.
Key approvals and outcomes
- Minutes: Board approved the meeting minutes (voice vote).
- Personnel slate: The board approved a package of personnel actions including retirements, resignations, leaves of absence, contractual salary increments, salary adjustments, administrative transfers, tenure awards, long‑term substitutes (pending required documents), coaching appointments (pending required documents), changes to contractual stipends and after‑school program employees. These items were approved by voice vote as part of grouped motions (no roll call tallies recorded in the transcript).
- Level 4 grievance: The board voted to deny a level 4 grievance (see separate article).
- Academics/field trips: The board approved a set of field trip requests but removed one Phantom Strip trip that was canceled and had no funds associated with it; the removal was treated as a friendly amendment before the vote.
- Negotiated agreement: The board approved a negotiated agreement between the school district and the City of Easton regarding use of a baseball field; board counsel Jonathan noted a late addition to add protections under the political subdivision tort claims act and recommended approving the agreement as negotiated.
- Finance: The board approved the treasurer’s report, general fund revenue and expenditure reports, state student activity statements, bill registers (general fund, special activities, capital projects and food service), and took two additional items: purchase of a new walk‑in freezer door at Easton Area High School cafeteria and creation of a new student activity account for the EAHS Book Club. One board member stated they would abstain from the motion on the check registers and follow up with written questions; the transcript records that abstention for part A only.
- Educational services/contracts: The board approved CIU 20’s Palmer Elementary School contract for an emotional support teacher and the CIU 20 IDEA Part B use of funds agreement as presented.
- Other business: The board approved three expulsion hearing waiver forms and renewed the solicitor contract with Kingsbury Attorneys and Counselors.
- Adjournment: The board adjourned the meeting by voice vote.
How votes were recorded: Most approvals were taken by voice vote with the chair asking “All in favor? Aye” and no formal roll-call tallies recorded in the public transcript. When a board member announced an abstention on the financial check registers, that abstention was recorded on the record.
Speakers, actions and supporting details follow below.
