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Pottsgrove SD board approves routine financial items, personnel appointments and the superintendent rating despite two dissenting votes
Summary
The board approved minutes, audit receipts, payment of August invoices, multiple personnel items including the communications specialist appointment, and the student teacher support program; the superintendent’s performance rating passed though two board members voted no.
The Pottsgrove School District board voted on multiple routine and personnel items, approving the monthly minutes and financial items and taking several personnel actions.
Board members moved to approve the monthly board action minutes (items 7.1 and 7.2) and received August 2024 accounts for audit as presented. The board also approved the granting of orders for August 2024 described in the meeting as "$10,000,000, $1,610.95" in invoices to be paid as presented.
On personnel, the board approved the superintendent’s performance and salary item (action 10.1) after a roll call. Two board members stated on the record that they would vote "no" during discussion (the statements appear in the transcript at SEG 517 and SEG 518–520); the motion nevertheless carried. The board also moved and approved a slate of appointments: miscellaneous appointments in 10.2 (including the appointment of Shadi Kleinfelter as communications specialist, who introduced herself to the board), professional and supplemental staff appointments 10.3–10.9 (after a motion to remove Danielle Barnes from 10.5), and items 10.10–10.12 covering world language instruction, a classified appraisal adjustment, and a wellness coordinator job description.
The board combined and approved grant acceptances for Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation items (11.1 and 11.2). The board also approved items 12.1–12.3 related to Mentor Teachers and a Student Teacher Support Program, a state initiative intended to strengthen the teacher pipeline; district staff said this action is an initial step that does not commit the district to placements until qualified student teachers are identified.
Votes on routine motions were recorded in the meeting as 'Aye' predominately, with specific dissent recorded verbally during discussion on the superintendent evaluation.
