Board adopts four-day work-week memoranda and approves personnel actions

The Ambridge Area School District board on Feb. 18 voted to adopt memoranda of understanding that recommend a four-day work week for certain employee groups and approved multiple personnel motions covering position eliminations, posted cook positions, coaching appointments, new hires and resignations.

Agenda materials read by district staff recommended two memoranda of understanding — one referencing a professional staff agreement and another referencing the local food service bargaining unit — that would implement a four-day work week for the 2026 period under the terms negotiated with the district. The agenda language presented to the board stated: "It is recommended that the memorandum of understanding... regarding a 4 day work week 2026." After board discussion the items were moved, seconded and adopted on recorded roll-call votes.

The board also acted on personnel items. It approved recommended eliminations of several union positions effective March 1, 2026, and authorized posting of five-hour cook positions at multiple elementary schools. Coaching appointments for baseball and track were approved (names listed in the packet), and the board approved hires including David Kerr as accounts management and student registration secretary (annual salary listed in agenda materials) and Andrew Doyle as a full-time custodian at Economy Elementary. Several retroactive hires and resignations were also accepted.

The decisions were recorded by roll-call votes and noted as carried on the floor; the board asked Human Resources to process the hires and requested standard reporting and clearance documentation as required by district policy and state screening rules.

Next steps: Human Resources will implement MOU terms, process the approved hires and report back to the board when new employees' paperwork and required clearances are complete.