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Board approves consent agenda: finance, instructional contracts, personnel changes, operations agreements and PSBA voting slate
Summary
Trustees approved finance disbursements, renewals with PowerSchool Group LLC and other instructional vendors, multiple personnel ratifications, Omnigo and MobileComm agreements for safety systems, and authorized the board’s PSBA votes including selecting Antonio Perez as the Western Zone representative.
At its Sept. 8 meeting the Fox Chapel Area School District Board approved a broad consent agenda covering finance, instructional contracts, personnel, operations agreements and governance votes.
Finance: Mr. Hamilton presented six finance items including General Fund and Capital Reserve disbursements, acknowledgment of the July 2025 finance report for audit, establishment of a new bank account for the 2025 general obligation bond with the Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust, retention of district auditor services for up to an additional $5,000 of agreed‑upon work, and renewal of a PowerSchool Group LLC finance software contract. The board voted to approve all finance items on a roll call vote.
Instruction and programs: The board ratified nine instructional and program contracts, most of them renewals. They included multiple PowerSchool Group LLC agreements (SIS hosting, enrollment registration, e‑collect forms, Schoology LMS, and Naviance) with stated contract periods and costs; a JA BizTown junior achievement program for fourth grade; Audubon Society environmental education programs for K–4 and grade 5; and Camp Allegheny lodging and programming for fifth grade (dates to be determined). Board members asked about the district’s reliance on one vendor for several services; administration said there are only a few SIS options and PowerSchool remains the district’s chosen system.
Personnel: The board approved a slate of personnel items including administrative and supplemental resignations, pending appointment of a school police officer (Scott K. Slagle) pending court approval, multiple leave replacements and instructional hires, salary crossovers based on verified credits, effective date corrections and volunteer athletic ratifications.
Operations: The board ratified an Omnigo Software LLC agreement to provide a records management system for district school police officers ($10,175.22) and approved Mobile Communication Service Inc. (MobileComm) for purchase/installation of safety and security equipment ($13,925). The board clarified that Omnigo does not integrate with PowerSchool.
Governance: The board authorized the secretary to cast electronic votes for the PSBA officer slate and voted to nominate and approve Antonio Perez as the Western Zone representative.
All consent‑agenda motions were moved, seconded and approved by roll call at the meeting; in each case the meeting record shows affirmative votes and the clerk announced that the motions carried. Where dollar amounts were read aloud they were noted on the record; some figures in the public audio record show transcription inconsistencies and should be confirmed against the official minutes or attachments.
