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Board approves routine business, adopts Act 1 budget resolution; personnel, policies and contracts pass

Tunkhannock Area SD Board of Education · November 21, 2025

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Summary

At its November meeting, the Tunkhannock Area SD board approved personnel actions (one abstention), adopted a resolution to keep the 2627 budget within the Act 1 index (4.2%), and passed routine policy, contract and course items by roll call.

The Tunkhannock Area School District board on Nov. 18 approved a slate of routine motions including personnel actions, policy updates, contracts and a budget-intent resolution stating the 2627 budget will not exceed the Act 1 index of 4.2%.

The board approved the personnel report after a roll-call vote; Doctor Pribola recorded an abstention while other members present voted yes. The board also ratified business and finance items, conference attendance, bus and van contracts, a bundle of intergovernmental agreements and a PSBA compensation study, and a second reading of roughly ten policy updates recommended by PSBA.

Superintendent remarks during the meeting clarified funding sources for travel and professional development entries in the agenda: one AASA-conference attendee’s travel showed $0 because a relative is a flight attendant, a hotel line listed as $1,800 is expected to run about $1,400, and specific conference costs are funded through Title II, athletics and general-fund professional development accounts as noted in the agenda.

The board adopted a resolution stating its intention that the 2627 budget will not exceed the Act 1 index of 4.2%. The superintendent explained the vote is a statement of intent required by state budget process rules and not itself a tax increase; members discussed narrow exceptions under state law for exceeding the index (for example, special education and transportation costs).

All motions were approved by roll call as recorded in the meeting minutes.

What happens next: routine items take effect according to district policy and the approved contracts and agreements will proceed under their stated terms.