Gateway School District board approves personnel slate, MOUs, new AI policy and several contracts
October 28, 2025 | Gateway SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania
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The Gateway School District board approved a package of routine business items in its meeting, including personnel actions, financial reports and several contracts and memoranda of understanding.
Board members voted by roll call to approve the list of bills for October 2025 and the financial statements for September 2025. The board then approved section 6 personnel items including resignations, new hires, leaves, rescinded motions, supplementals and volunteer appointments. The personnel slate was presented by staff and carried by roll call vote.
Administratively, the board approved multiple items listed under section 7. Those approvals included MOUs with Teach Plus and Carnegie Mellon University for tutoring services, an agreement with Eastern Mennonite University for nurse services, and two new policies: policy 8.15.1 addressing use of artificial intelligence in education and policy 8.16 on social media for public display. The board also approved a six-week credit recovery program, a competitive cheer group, a creative writing co-curricular club and a two-year license for an innovation course and professional development tied to a PA Smart grant and an innovation lab project.
In business items, the board accepted an award of $32,000 from USTA Tennis Venues Services Vending for the high school tennis courts, approved an HVAC preventative maintenance agreement for district buildings (11/01/2025 through 06/30/2060) priced at $53,993.84, authorized filing of 2024 real estate tax liens totaling $21,680, set updated substitute hourly rates, approved MOUs with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit for telephone interpretation and AI translation services, accepted a Title I addendum for 2025-26, and accepted a $580 donation from Allegheny County for the Gateway Backpack Program.
Several agenda-management motions were handled: the board agreed to leave item 4.1 on the table pending further information; a motion to untable item 4.2 was approved and the item was removed from the agenda as moot because the 60-day waiver period had expired. The board adjourned at the close of business.
Votes at a glance
- Financial reports (items 5.1 and 5.2): approved by roll call (board members recorded "Aye").
- Personnel slate (section 6): approved by roll call (board members recorded "Aye").
- Administrative resolutions (section 7, items 7.1'7.12, including MOUs and AI policy 8.15.1): approved by roll call (board members recorded "Aye").
- Business items (section 8, items 8.1'8.7): approved by roll call (board members recorded "Aye").
The meeting record does not show any recorded "No" or abstention votes for the motions that received roll-call approvals.
Board members voted by roll call to approve the list of bills for October 2025 and the financial statements for September 2025. The board then approved section 6 personnel items including resignations, new hires, leaves, rescinded motions, supplementals and volunteer appointments. The personnel slate was presented by staff and carried by roll call vote.
Administratively, the board approved multiple items listed under section 7. Those approvals included MOUs with Teach Plus and Carnegie Mellon University for tutoring services, an agreement with Eastern Mennonite University for nurse services, and two new policies: policy 8.15.1 addressing use of artificial intelligence in education and policy 8.16 on social media for public display. The board also approved a six-week credit recovery program, a competitive cheer group, a creative writing co-curricular club and a two-year license for an innovation course and professional development tied to a PA Smart grant and an innovation lab project.
In business items, the board accepted an award of $32,000 from USTA Tennis Venues Services Vending for the high school tennis courts, approved an HVAC preventative maintenance agreement for district buildings (11/01/2025 through 06/30/2060) priced at $53,993.84, authorized filing of 2024 real estate tax liens totaling $21,680, set updated substitute hourly rates, approved MOUs with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit for telephone interpretation and AI translation services, accepted a Title I addendum for 2025-26, and accepted a $580 donation from Allegheny County for the Gateway Backpack Program.
Several agenda-management motions were handled: the board agreed to leave item 4.1 on the table pending further information; a motion to untable item 4.2 was approved and the item was removed from the agenda as moot because the 60-day waiver period had expired. The board adjourned at the close of business.
Votes at a glance
- Financial reports (items 5.1 and 5.2): approved by roll call (board members recorded "Aye").
- Personnel slate (section 6): approved by roll call (board members recorded "Aye").
- Administrative resolutions (section 7, items 7.1'7.12, including MOUs and AI policy 8.15.1): approved by roll call (board members recorded "Aye").
- Business items (section 8, items 8.1'8.7): approved by roll call (board members recorded "Aye").
The meeting record does not show any recorded "No" or abstention votes for the motions that received roll-call approvals.
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