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Hatboro‑Horsham board approves 2026–27 course of study, Act 1 opt‑out, programs and personnel items
Summary
The board approved the 2026–27 high school course of study, facilities repairs, finance items including an Act 1 opt‑out resolution (limiting a 2026–27 tax increase to the Act 1 index of 3.5%), HR actions including one retirement, policy adoptions and the Girls' Flag Football program.
The Hatboro‑Horsham School District Board approved a slate of routine and policy actions at its Dec. 15, 2025 legislative meeting.
Key approvals included the 2026–27 high school course of study; facilities projects to repair a bus‑garage gate/fence and to replace wayfinding signs at Hatboro‑Horsham High School; several finance items including donations and a new scholarship fund; an Act 1 opt‑out resolution certifying the board will not increase the 2026–27 real‑estate tax by more than the Act 1 index (3.5%); HR actions including the retirement of Mark Kavanaugh (27 years of service) and authorization of athletic game worker compensation rates; final adoption of Policy 2.15 (promotion and retention) and Policy 3.30 (overtime); and approval of appointments, a Girls' Flag Football program and a revised athletic coach compensation plan.
Motions and outcomes (at a glance):
- Approval of Nov. 14, 2025 and Dec. 1, 2025 minutes — Moved by DJ Schultz; second Theresa Brown. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Consent agenda (fund check registers; capital, food service, medical, payroll, student activities and scholarship reports; treasurer’s report; ratifying contracts; conference attendance) — Moved by Jen Wilson; second Susan Hunsinger Hoff. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- 2026–27 High School course of study — Moved by Ashley Pearson; second Theresa Brown. Outcome: approved.
- Facilities: bus garage gate/fence repair and high‑school wayfinding signs — Moved by Susan Hunsinger Hoff; second Jen Wilson. Administration explained the lower projected cost results from a less‑extensive repair (not full fence replacement). Outcome: approved.
- Finance package including donations, establishment of a new scholarship fund, Act 1 opt‑out resolution (certifying tax increase to no more than Act 1 index of 3.5%), tax assessment stipulations, and technology purchases from the 2025–26 budget — Moved by Theresa Brown; second Susan Hunsinger Hoff. Outcome: approved.
- Human resources action items including retirement of Mark Kavanaugh (27 years) and athletic game worker compensation rates effective 12/16/2025 — Moved by Jen Wilson; second Madison Peace. Outcome: approved.
- Policy adoptions: Policy 2.15 (promotion and retention) and Policy 3.30 (overtime) — Moved by Katie Khan; seconded. Outcome: approved (second reading and final adoption).
- Other action items: appointments (Eastern Center Arts & Technology liaison; Montgomery County Intermediate Unit liaison), approval of Girls' Flag Football program, and revised athletic coach compensation plan — Moved by Ashley Pearson; second Katie Khan. Outcome: approved. Board members expressed enthusiasm for the girls' program.
- Special services settlement agreement — Moved by Jen Wilson; seconded by DJ Schultz. Outcome: approved.
Where the transcript records mover/second, those names are included above; individual recorded roll‑call tallies were not read aloud in the transcript for each motion — the board used voice votes and the chair declared motions carried when there were no objections.
Next steps and notes: administration will proceed with implemented projects and the curriculum and policy changes as approved. The board also requested continued communication about budget impacts and program rollouts (for example, the scholarship fund and the Girls’ Flag Football program).
