Tredyffrin‑Easttown board appoints Henry Zink to fill Region 2 vacancy

The Tredyffrin‑Easttown School District board on the evening of the meeting appointed Henry Zink to fill the Region 2 vacancy after a secret ballot that produced six votes for Zink and two for Praveen Agarwal.

The board opened the session by noting it had interviewed four finalists to fill the vacancy and limited public comment to remarks about the appointment. Ray Clark, a resident of Overlook Place in Region 2, thanked the board for the open process but said he was "very surprised" a neighbor he considered highly qualified was not among the finalists and urged the board to prioritize critical fiscal scrutiny. "I couldn't believe that when I looked at it the other day," Clark said of what he described as an approximately $200,000,000 district budget that he said had doubled over 15 years.

The presiding officer explained how finalists were selected, saying board members reviewed applications independently and that selections were generated from an anonymous cumulative count: "We each had to look at the candidates separately... and then we took the top people from that cumulative count," the chair said. The board also noted it limited interviews for logistical reasons and considered candidate skills and experience in choosing interviewees.

After closing public comment, the board opened nominations. Henry Zink and Praveen Agarwal were nominated; a motion to close nominations was moved and seconded and the chair announced the motion passed. Doctor Meszaros described a verification process he used while evaluating candidates, including cross‑checking professional licensure with public databases, and said he concluded "Henry Zink is the most qualified and most genuinely motivated," citing Zink's K–12 teaching and school psychology background.

Ballots were distributed and read aloud. The voting as read by the ballot reader recorded the following: Miss Shearer, Miss Piccione, Doctor Maceras, Miss Weil, Doctor Hatinsky and Vice President Hong voted for Henry Zink; Mister Kentorsic and President Tidi voted for Praveen Agarwal. The chair congratulated Zink after the reader summarized the tally.

The board solicitors announced there were no Sunshine Act notices. The chair also announced upcoming meetings and a Conestoga High School robotics competition on Sunday.

The meeting concluded after a motion and second to adjourn.

Actions taken - Close nominations (motion moved by Doctor Meszaros; second recorded; chair announced the motion passed). The transcript does not include a roll‑call tally for that motion in full; the chair declared it passed. - Appointment: Henry Zink appointed to fill the Region 2 school board vacancy by secret ballot (vote as read: Zink 6, Agarwal 2).