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Votes at a glance: Appoquinimink board approves minutes, choice offers, budget, extra buses and several construction items
Summary
At its Feb. 20 meeting the Appoquinimink School District board approved routine minutes, choice-school offers, financial reports, the FY2025 final budget, additional buses, construction contracts and several other items; the personnel report passed 3'to'1 on a roll call vote.
The Appoquinimink School District Board of Education recorded a series of approvals on Feb. 20. Below are each formal motion and outcome as presented in the meeting record; names and tallies are included where the transcript recorded them.
- Approval: Board meeting minutes (Jan. 14, 2025) - Motion: "I move that we approve the 01/14/2025 Board of Education meeting minutes." - Mover: Dr. Graham; Second: Ms. DeWitt - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Approval: Board workshop minutes (Jan. 28, 2025) - Motion: "I move that we approve 01/28/2025 board workshop meeting minutes." - Mover: Dr. Graham; Second: Ms. DeWitt - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Action: First reading of the 2025'26 school-year calendar - Item presented for first reading; no board adoption recorded at this meeting (first reading only). Public comment on the draft continued via the posted survey; committee planned a final reading at the March meeting.
- Approval: Choice applications (lottery and invitations) - Motion: "I move that we approve the Choice Applications as presented." - Mover: Dr. Graham; Second: Mr. Abrams - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye"). - Clarifying details presented at meeting: the district received 1,242 total choice applications and reported 1,035 students invited in the lottery; withdrawn/disqualified applications and school-specific capacities were discussed in staff remarks.
- Approval: Additional buses for the school year (procurement) - Motion: Board approval to add 3 additional buses beyond the 44 previously approved (staff said one additional bus had been added in December and the requested approval would cover three units expected for delivery in Sept./Oct. 2025). - Mover: Dr. Graham; Second: Mr. Abrams - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye"). - Staff noted: contractor and district bus counts, driver-pay differentials, and use of spare buses until new vehicles arrive.
- Approval: Monthly financial report (December) - Motion: "I move to approve the monthly financial report for December as presented with the approval of the Financial Advisory Committee." - Mover: Mr. Abrams; Second: Dr. Graham - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Approval: Internal accounts report (December) - Motion: "I move to approve the Internal Accounts Report for December with the approval of the Financial Advisory Committee as presented." - Mover: Mr. Abrams; Second: Dr. Graham - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Approval: Fiscal Year 2025 final budget - Motion: "I move that we approve the FY2025 final budget as presented." - Mover: Dr. Graham; Second: Mr. Abrams - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye"). - Staff summary: projected June 30 carryover of about $8.3 million (projection discussed during presentation); staff noted county reassessment timing is reducing interim tax receipts this year and called out near-term budget pressures (summer programs, staffing, IT replacement cycles).
- Approval: Overnight/International field trips - Motion: Approve trip IDs 9926 (AGW students to Japan, June 2025), 9617 (MHA/MHS students to Italy and France, July 2025), and 9674 (Odessa High students to Costa Rica, June 2025). - Mover: Dr. Graham; Second: Mr. Abrams - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Approval: Summit Campus Middle & High School education specification - Motion: "I move that we approve the specification as presented." - Mover: Dr. Graham; Second: Mr. Abrams - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Approval: Summit Campus Design-Development civil documents - Motion: "I move that we approve Summit Campus Middle and High School Design and Development Civil documents." - Mover: Dr. Graham; Second: Mr. Abrams - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye").
- Approval: Demolition contract for Lewis Redding Middle School - Motion: "I move that we approve the construction contract related to the demolition of Redding Middle School as presented." - Mover: Dr. Graham; Second: Mr. Abrams - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye"). - Staff said the successful demolition bid came in under budget (presenter estimated informally it was "probably a million" under).
- Approval: Change orders for Lewis Redding project - Motion: "I move that we approve the change orders as presented." - Mover: Dr. Graham; Second: Mr. Abrams - Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye"). - Change-order examples discussed: roughly $49,000 additional for cameras and around $17,000 for scaffold time.
- Approval: Personnel report (February) - Motion: "I make a motion to approve the personnel report as presented." - Mover: Mr. Abrams; Second: Ms. DeWitt - Outcome: Approved by roll call, 3'to'1. Votes recorded in transcript: Mr. Abrams ' Aye; Ms. DeWitt ' Aye; Dr. Graham ' No; Mr. Foreston ' Aye. Chair declared motion carries.
Notes on recordkeeping and procedure: where the transcript recorded only a voice "Aye" and not a roll-call tally, the meeting recorded outcome as "Motion carries" after the voice vote. Items listed here reflect the motions and recorded outcomes from the meeting transcript.
