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Board approves budget resolution and routine personnel, finance and conference items
Summary
At its Nov. 6 meeting the Mount Pleasant Area SD board approved a series of consent and business items, including a budget resolution limiting potential tax increases to the Act 1 index (5.2%) for 2025–26; the roll-call vote was 8 yes, 0 no, 1 absent. Multiple personnel, finance, procurement and conference requests were approved by voice vote.
The Mount Pleasant Area SD school board on Nov. 6 approved a package of routine personnel, finance and policy items and a budget resolution signaling the district will not exceed the Act 1 index of 5.2% for the 2025–26 budget year.
Board members approved minutes of the Oct. 2 meeting, several FMLA leave requests, head coach and supplemental personnel appointments, athletic and extracurricular volunteer listings, and grouped finance items by motion and voice vote. The board also approved participation in a joint purchasing consortium for supplies and fuel and appointed representatives to that consortium.
The board adopted the final version of policy 317 (conduct disciplinary procedures) and authorized annual applications for federal programs. Trustees also approved a subgrant agreement to pass IDEA funds through the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit.
On the budget resolution, the board conducted a roll-call vote. Recorded responses were: Mister Reibel (yes), Mister Knopfsenider (yes), Missus Loves (yes), Mister Poole (yes), Mister Cedar (yes), Mister Weinman (yes), Mister Ban (yes), Missus Brooks (not present), and Mister Coppula (yes). The president reported the tally as 8 yes, 1 absent and declared the motion passed.
The board also approved multiple conference attendance requests (including a Student Services Summit and Department of Education SAS Institute attendance by Dr. Beth Hudson), a technology conference with named attendees, and a Sunday facilities-use request for DCI Corps. With the board’s business concluded, members offered closing remarks and the meeting was adjourned.
