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Votes at a glance: Derry Area board approvals including library extension, prom contract and policy updates

Derry Area School District Board of Education · January 10, 2026

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Summary

The board approved routine minutes and bills, multiple personnel and program items, a library extension, prom contract with Live Casino Pittsburgh, policy revisions, PDE‑363, and the IDEA 611 agreement; all motions carried by voice vote unless a roll call was recorded.

At its regular meeting the Derry Area School District board approved a slate of agenda items by voice vote and a roll call on the energy project. Major actions approved include:

- Approval of the reorganization meeting minutes of 12/04/2025 (voice vote). - Payment of bills as published: four specific bills totaling $146,834.44; regular bills $4,182,329.87; payroll $299,695.93; cafeteria $216,294.54 (voice vote). - Treasurer’s report for the period ending 11/30/2025 (ending balance $120,203.29) (voice vote). - Personnel items (resignations, retirements and leaves A–C) and personnel conferences A–J (voice votes); superintendent highlighted combined long service totaling roughly 108 years among retirees listed in the agenda. - Athletics approvals A–E, field trips and after‑school activities pending event conditions, volunteer list for 2025–26, and van driver appointments for 2025–26 (voice votes). - Business affairs resolution to remain within the Act 1 index for 2026–27 (voice vote). - One‑year extension agreement with the Caldwell Memorial Library (01/01/2026–12/31/2026) with a designated district fund sufficient to cover up to $50,000 in expenses for that agreement (voice vote). - District approved hosting St. Vincent College Bearcat BESTS internship/externship program at no cost to the district (voice vote). - Additions to the sixth‑grade K–12 ELA reading spiral for 2025–26 (voice vote). - Revised 2025–26 pre‑K agreement with Ligonier Valley Learning Center increasing district allotment by $9,500 to $408,500 (voice vote). - Contract with Live Casino Pittsburgh for the 2025–26 prom (to be paid from the high‑school activities account); board discussed venue safety and closed‑floor arrangements (voice vote). - Approval of budgetary transfers for 2025–26 and a 2% tax discount request for tax map ID 4541 due to clerical deed/transfer errors (voice votes). - Adoption of policy revisions (105.2, 122, 122.2, 816.1), approval of the revised PDE‑363 form and the IDEA 611 agreement (voice votes).

Most items passed by unanimous voice vote; the guaranteed energy‑savings project motion passed by roll‑call (9 yes, 0 no).