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Kutztown Area SD board approves personnel changes, property sale and several agreements; accepts book donation
Summary
At its Oct. 7 meeting the Kutztown Area SD Board approved personnel items and a series of consent agreements — including the sale of the district administration building at 251 Long Lane — and accepted a donation of four library books; the board also approved an educational streamgage partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Kutztown Area School District Board of School Directors approved a series of personnel and consent items at its Oct. 7 meeting, including a resolution to sell the district administration property at 251 Long Lane and several operational agreements.
The board voted to approve personnel items numbered 1 through 6, with the chair noting approvals were “pending receipt of all mandated credentials.” The administration’s recommendation to execute an addendum and complete the sale of the district property at 251 Long Lane, Kutztown, PA 19530 was moved, seconded and carried by roll call.
Other approvals on the consent docket included an athletic-training internship agreement described as the "Albernia KASD Athletic Training Agreement," an updated Eshelman driver list for the 2024–25 school year, and the October 2024 handbook for classified employees. The board also approved a placement/enrollment with WISER Decisions for one special-education student at a stated cost of $269.38 per day.
The board approved an agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey to install a streamgage on Saucony Creek on district property behind the elementary school. Mr. Cox, the superintendent, said the USGS will collect water-quality data, will check samples about once a month, and "will partner with our environmental science class" to provide internship or student-engagement opportunities; he emphasized the project is at no cost to the district.
The board accepted with gratitude a donation of four library books from Dr. Eric Johnson and family for district libraries; members publicly thanked Dr. Johnson during the meeting.
What happens next: formal implementation steps (for example, the timing and buyer for the administration building sale or contract details for the athletic training agreement) were not described in detail in the meeting record and were listed on the consent agenda as items approved by the board. The WISER Decisions placement applies to a single student for the 2024–25 school year at the per-day cost disclosed.
