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Whitehall-Coplay SD board approves contracts, MOAs, personnel and field trips in Oct. 27 meeting
Summary
At its Oct. 27 meeting the Whitehall-Coplay School District Board of School Directors approved a package of fiscal and administrative items including memoranda of agreement with employee associations, multiple contracts and field-trip requests, construction closeout change orders, and personnel actions; most motions passed by roll-call vote.
The Whitehall-Coplay School District Board of School Directors on Oct. 27 approved a series of routine and contractual items, including memoranda of agreement with two employee associations, a master services agreement with Breslin Architects, multiple field-trip requests and several personnel appointments.
The board, presided over by Mister Malay, voted unanimously by roll call on several items. The treasurer's report and bills and salaries were approved by a 9–0 roll call. The board also approved memoranda of agreement with the Whitehall Copley Educational Support Personnel Association and the Whitehall Copley Education Association by roll call (9 yes). The finance committee items — per-capita tax exonerations/refunds, a charter-school payment resolution, and a master services agreement with Breslin Architects — passed on a 9–0 roll call.
Under education and student activities the board approved a contract with the Palace Center for the high-school prom on May 1, 2027; multiple field-trip requests including the Pennsylvania Student Council State Convention, a high-school trip to Baltimore in April 2026, and the Zephyr marching band trip to New Oxford, Pa.; a standby emergency-medical-services contract with Saturnia Ambulance Corp.; a Microsoft SQL licensing agreement to support district servers; a memorandum of understanding with Wilkes University; and the second readings of policies 001 and 918. All items in that package were approved by roll call (9 yes).
Operations items included approval of closeout credit change orders ECCO02 for the Whitehall Coffee Education Center and GCCO11 for the new K–1 elementary project; those passed by roll call (9 yes). The board acknowledged the withdrawal of two athletic personnel names (Quentin Johnson and Matt Williams) and then approved the athletic-personnel list by roll call (8 yes, 1 abstention). The broader personnel agenda (appointments, revised job descriptions, teacher education salary increases, residency acknowledgments and affidavits) was approved by roll call (9 yes).
Most motions were introduced by the appropriate committee chairs and carried after roll-call votes. Where roll-call tallies were given in the meeting, they are reported here: 9 yes votes were recorded for the treasurer's report and multiple committee packages; two personnel votes recorded 8 yes and 1 abstention on specific personnel lists.
The approvals came with limited public debate. Public comment earlier in the meeting touched on district spending and special-education concerns but did not change the outcomes of the board votes.
Votes listed in this report reflect what was read into the record during the Oct. 27 meeting. If additional documentation (contract exhibits, MOA text, or final change-order detail) is needed, those items are available in the district's meeting attachments or from the board secretary.
