East Penn SD board approves personnel and service agreements, tables Kutztown University internship agreement
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Trustees approved routine personnel items, recognized retirements, approved multiple service agreements including an independent school psychology contract, and tabled a Kutztown University affiliation agreement after members identified a mismatch between the placement term and the contract term.
At its meeting, the East Penn School District Board of School Directors approved routine personnel items and several service agreements, recognized retiring staff, and tabled one university affiliation contract for revision.
Dr. Campbell announced two upcoming retirements: Missus Moyer, a health room nurse at Emmaus High School (recently retired), and Patrick Hanlon, a science teacher at Lower Macungie Middle School who will retire at the end of the year after 31 years of service.
On personnel and consent items, the board moved to take items a and b together and later to consider c and d separately. During consideration of item c (the Kutztown University affiliation agreement for reading interns), the board identified a typographical correction noting reading interns should be placed three days per week; additionally, a board member flagged a discrepancy between the stated term of placement (the full 2026–27 school year) and the agreement term (one year from execution). Dr. Povilaitis, who oversees the reading interns, explained that interns follow the teacher calendar but some internship responsibilities extend beyond the school year for summer intervention work. A trustee requested the contract reflect the actual placement term and moved to table the item until a corrected agreement could be presented. The initial motion to table the bundled items was voted down (9 nays recorded when the tabling motion was taken on the floor), after which the board considered the items individually.
The board approved item d by roll call (9 ayes). A subsequent motion clarified approval of multiple agreements (including a Tara Dugas independent school psychology professional services agreement and parent/transportation agreements) while tabling the Kutztown University affiliation agreement; that motion passed by roll call (9 ayes). The board directed staff to upload the corrected Kutztown agreement to the board packet once revised.
Votes on routine matters (minutes, personnel, conferences) were recorded by roll call; where a roll call was taken the tally was recorded as nine in favor where noted.
Separately, the board received reports from regional partners and committees (Carbon‑Lehigh Intermediate Unit and LCTI) and then adjourned after reporting an executive session that addressed personnel, confidential issues and litigation.