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Pottsgrove board approves routine business, staffing items, after‑school program and equipment purchases
Summary
The Pottsgrove School District board approved minutes, personnel items, program agreements, and equipment purchases including a high‑school leg press and a Toro mower during its regular meeting following the reorganization session.
The Pottsgrove School District Board of School Directors voted to approve a package of routine business and action items at its December meeting, including minutes, personnel actions, program agreements and equipment purchases.
Key approvals included the board action minutes from Nov. 12, 2024; personnel items listed as agenda items 8.1 through 8.8; payment of bills for December 2024; a staffing agreement (agenda 9.2); an after‑school program called Club Connect run by YWCA (agenda 9.3); purchase of a 45‑degree leg press for the high‑school fitness center (agenda 9.4); and a Toro commercial mower and accessories (agenda 9.5). The board also approved the Pottsgrove High School and Pottsgrove Middle School Programs of Studies for 2025–26 (agenda items 10.1 and 10.2) and several conference attendance items (10.5 and 10.6).
Superintendent Dr. Finnerty summarized Club Connect as a free after‑school program for third‑ and fourth‑grade students at the Lower Elementary site that will run across six dates in January and February. Dr. Finnerty said the program will enroll the first 15 students who register and “offer a safe space to have fun, connect with friends, age‑appropriate drug and alcohol education, strengthen healthy decision making skills, practice social skills, and learn about healthy relationships.”
Board members moved and seconded the package approvals and, where recorded, votes were taken by voice. No roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript; meeting minutes indicate motions passed unless otherwise noted.
Votes at a glance (as stated on the record): - 7.1 Approve monthly board action minutes (Nov. 12, 2024) — Approved - 8.1–8.8 Personnel items — Approved - 9.1 Payment of bills, December 2024 — Approved - 9.2 2024–25 People’s Share staffing agreement — Approved - 9.3 YWCA Club Connect after‑school program (Lower Elementary) — Approved - 9.4 Purchase: 45° leg press for high school fitness center — Approved (Market Street funds noted) - 9.5 Purchase: Toro commercial mower and accessories — Approved - 10.1 Pottsgrove High School Program of Studies 2025–26 — Approved - 10.2 Pottsgrove Middle School Program of Studies 2025–26 — Approved - 10.3 and 10.4 (educational items referenced together) — Approved - 10.5 and 10.6 Conference attendance items — Approved
Board members asked a limited number of questions on the purchases and programs. The leg press purchase was noted as a safety replacement funded from Market Street funds. The YWCA Club Connect program was described as limited to 15 students per site session and focused on social and prevention education.
The meeting moved on after the package of items with all motions stated as carried on voice vote.
