West Chester Area School District board reorganizes, retains solicitor and adopts 2026 meeting schedule

The West Chester Area School District board held its annual organization meeting and carried multiple procedural actions including swearing in newly elected directors, electing officers, retaining outside counsel and adopting the 2026 meeting schedule.

At the start of the meeting the board read county certificates of election and issued oaths of office for newly elected directors. New or re‑elected members announced in the record included Beth Campbell, Laura Ditry, Karen Fleming and Parkinson (transcript contains differing first-name renderings for the Parkinson entry). Newly sworn directors recited the standard oath: "I, [name], do solemnly swear that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that…