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Kutztown Area SD board approves personnel actions, student‑teacher MOU, bus hire and renews employee insurance packages
Summary
The board approved personnel recommendations, added Eastern University as an approved student‑teaching partner, appointed a bus/van driver, and renewed vision, dental, disability and life insurance contracts for upcoming terms; no public comment was recorded.
The Kutztown Area School District board handled routine business and approvals during its public meeting, approving personnel items, partnerships, conference requests and several employee insurance renewals.
Personnel: The board approved the administration’s personnel recommendations (items listed on the agenda) pending receipt of mandated credentials.
Partnerships and staffing: The board approved a memorandum of understanding adding Eastern University as a possible host for student teachers so a current Eastern student can be supported; the motion carried. The board also approved the appointment of Kimberly Santoro as a bus/van driver for the Cook Center School District for the 2024–25 school year.
Professional development and conferences: Conference requests on the agenda were approved, including granting staff access to the Advanced Placement Summer Institute so an additional high‑school teacher can be certified to teach an AP course.
Insurance renewals: The board approved renewal contracts for employee benefits: vision insurance through Capital Blue Cross for the 2025–26 school year with no rate increase; a two‑year Delta Dental agreement beginning July 1, 2025 at current rates; a two‑year disability insurance package from National Insurance Services (with a 5% decrease from the expiring contract) after trustees discussed two‑ and three‑year options; and a three‑year life insurance renewal from Centimeters Regent Insurance starting July 1, 2025 at existing rates.
Schedule and next steps: Board members reviewed upcoming meetings (budget/finance, policy/curriculum, facilities/extracurricular and a rescheduled monthly meeting for May 20 to allow posting of a proposed final budget after a referendum date). No members of the public signed up for either agenda or non‑agenda public comment.
