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Board reviews education committee items: MOU with community partners, PowerSchool renewal and donations
Summary
The education committee recommended approval of a memorandum of understanding with Girls on the Run and ODEP (funded by the Safer Communities Act), a PowerSchool subscription renewal (amounts read inconsistently in the transcript), a WHYY donation of $4,855.99 for a media lab, out‑of‑state field trips and expulsion waiver items.
The William Penn School District education committee on Nov. 24 presented multiple routine items for board approval, including a memorandum of understanding with Girls on the Run and Open Door Abuse Awareness Prevention (ODEP) that the agenda lists as funded by the Safer Communities Act / Stronger Connections Grant.
The committee also moved to approve a PowerSchool subscription renewal for 2025–26. During the motion the transcript records two inconsistent figures: one speaker reads a cost of "$24,000,263.86" and the same or a subsequent speaker also characterized it verbally as "24,263 and 86¢." The district packet or contract document should be consulted to confirm the correct subscription total; the board record in the meeting itself did not resolve the discrepancy.
Other education items approved or presented for approval included a WHYY donation of $4,855.99 to purchase media‑lab equipment and installation at Green Avenue, district‑sponsored out‑of‑state trips for K–12 choral and theater competitions and other approved travel, and personnel recommendations including expulsion waivers and a release and settlement agreement to be approved subject to solicitor review.
The motions were presented by the committee chair and carried by voice vote during the business meeting.
Next steps: Contracts and renewals noted in the agenda are subject to district solicitor review and form approval; administration said funding sources for contracts include student services, special education and operations budgets.
