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Board approves minutes, consent agenda, facilities and HR items; bond parameters abstention noted
Summary
On Nov. 24 the Hatboro‑Horsham board approved minutes and a multi‑item consent agenda, passed facilities and Human Resources committee recommendations, accepted retirements, and approved first readings of two policies; one board member abstained on bond financing due to an employment conflict.
The Hatboro‑Horsham School District Board on Nov. 24 approved routine business and several committee recommendations.
The board approved minutes for the Oct. 27 and Nov. 10 meetings and passed the consent agenda (general fund and project fund reports, food services, payroll, student activities, contracts and student trips). Facilities items (allowance adjustments and change orders for the Keith Valley project, a utility vehicle purchase, a high‑school generator replacement change order, a press‑box window proposal, and unit‑ventilator replacements at Blair Mill Elementary) were approved as presented.
The finance committee’s agenda items (Items 8a–8h) were approved; Trustee Maggie Kisner disclosed she needed to abstain from the bond‑financing parameters item due to employment. Human Resources items included two retirements — Joseph Flanagan (19 years) and Alice Kennedy (32 years — presented on the agenda as retirees) — and approval of a confidential separation agreement. The board also approved first readings of policy 2‑15 (promotion and retention) and policy 3‑30 (overtime).
Where formal votes were recorded, the chair called for voice or roll votes as dictated by procedure. For contested or separate items (for example the land purchase, Item 8I), the board performed roll calls and recorded individual votes. Multiple motions during the meeting passed by majority voice or roll vote as recorded in the minutes.
