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Abington board approves personnel changes, contracts, permits and certifies Sterling Act tax credits
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting the Abington Board of School Directors approved minutes, personnel addenda including listed retirements, payments of bills, permits and bid advertisements, awarded two contracts (audio upgrade and emergency water-main repair), certified Sterling Act tax credits for PDE submission and approved confidential student matters including a 45‑day expulsion with cyber-education placement.
The Abington Board of School Directors approved a slate of routine administrative and fiscal items during its Jan. 13, 2026 meeting.
Actions taken included approval of the minutes of Dec. 1 and Dec. 9; adoption of personnel changes contained in addenda 8.1 (which included requests for leaves of absence, two professional appointments, compensation for curriculum projects and several retirements); approval of payment of bills for the period ending Nov. 30, 2025 (addendum 9.1); and approval of permits for use of buildings and grounds (addendum 10.1).
The board authorized advertisements for bids for a 30‑passenger student transportation bus (to be funded from the 2025–26 general fund) and for consolidated K–12 professional photography services (the administration said the photography arrangement carries no cost to the district and aims to provide a single K–12 provider for continuity of IDs and better pricing). Dr. Fetcher said the district previously had multiple photography vendors and…
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