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Bermudian Springs board approves personnel and program motions, adopts Act 1 tax-cap resolution
Summary
The board approved a slate of routine items — personnel delegations, activity/travel requests, agreements, MOUs and facilities contracts — and passed an Act 1 resolution limiting any 2026–27 tax increase to the PDE-calculated 4.07%. All recorded motions carried by roll call vote.
The Bermudian Springs School District board approved multiple routine personnel, financial and program motions and adopted an Act 1 resolution setting a limit on next year’s tax increase.
During the Nov. 11 meeting the board voted to approve the October 14, 2025 minutes; bills payable across funds A–E; personnel items A1–A6 (resignations, elementary hires, support staff, teacher mentor approvals, rescinded and new extracurricular contracts for the 2025–26 school year); Sunday activity and travel requests including performances and FFA/Penn State competition travel; agreement/waiver documents related to expulsion proceedings; a snow removal agreement for the middle school; a donation to a Bermudian church; and two memoranda of understanding with the district Education Association (one general, one for special education). Each item was moved, seconded and carried by roll call with no extended discussion reported in the transcript.
Most consequentially for taxpayers, the board adopted an Act 1 resolution stipulating the district will not increase school taxes above the Pennsylvania Department of Education calculation of a 4.07% increase for the 2026–27 school year. The chair announced the motion, it was seconded, and the board carried the resolution by roll call.
Votes at a glance (recorded outcome in meeting): - Approval of Oct. 14, 2025 minutes — Motion carries. - Financial reports (A–E, bills payable across funds) — Motion carries. - Personnel packet A (A1–A6) — Motion carries. - Sunday activities/travel (B1–B7, including Penn State trip for FFA) — Motion carries. - Agreement/waiver for expulsion (C) — Motion carries. - Act 1 resolution (tax increase cap at 4.07% for 2026–27) — Motion carries. - Snow removal agreement (middle school) — Motion carries. - Bermudian church donation (F) — Motion carries. - Memoranda of understanding (G1–G2 with Education Association) — Motion carries.
Why it matters: The Act 1 resolution commits the board to a tax increase ceiling tied to the PDE calculation and signals budgetary posture for the upcoming year. The other approvals finalize personnel and program decisions needed for operations and extracurricular activities.
What happens next: The board moved into an executive session for legal counsel at the meeting’s close; no additional public actions were announced. Routine items will be implemented per the administration and relevant contracts or agreements.
