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Board approves solicitor contract, hires support staff and salary adjustments
Summary
The board approved Anderson Price LLC as district solicitor with a $1,000 monthly retainer and set hourly rates for litigation and paralegal services; it also approved multiple staff hires, substitute appointments and salary adjustments negotiated with GSEA.
The Greensburg Salem School District board approved appointing Anderson Price LLC as the district solicitor with a $1,000 monthly retainer for routine matters, a $150 hourly rate for litigation and other special legal matters, and a $75 hourly rate for paralegal services.
The board approved multiple personnel items by roll-call vote. Support-staff hires approved included JN Loudon (12-month administrative assistant at the high school), Jessica Shiller (nurse assistant at the middle school) and Sally Hixson (classroom assistant at Metzger Elementary). Substitute appointments also were approved. The recorded roll-call votes for those personnel items were unanimous where roll call was taken (motions recorded as 9–0).
The board approved professional staff salary adjustments negotiated with the Greensburg Salem Education Association (GSEA), described in the meeting as effective for the 2026 school year (transcript text reads "effective for the 02/2026 school year"). The board also granted the superintendent permission to advertise for a full-time ESL teacher and approved at least one overnight conference request and a facility usage request under the district facility fee schedule.
Administrators noted that all appointments are pending final governmental clearances, medical testing and required certifications. The board voted to enter an executive session to discuss new hires before returning to complete the meeting.
