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Board approves routine agenda items, adds bus drivers and an exchange student; technology staff wins E-rate bid and previews Chromebook shift
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Summary
The board approved grouped agenda and personnel items, added three bus drivers to the 2025–26 list, approved an exchange-student enrollment for 2026–27, and heard that an E-rate bid covering 80% of a high-school network project was accepted and that the district plans to move K–1 from iPads to Chromebooks.
The Montoursville Area School District board approved routine agenda and personnel items and heard several operational updates.
Voice votes: The board approved grouped general-agenda items (7.1–7.3) and personnel items (8.1–8.2) by voice vote. The board recognized departing staff member Morgan Solomon for her work on the Geisinger Knight and Careers program.
Exchange student and transportation hires: The board approved an exchange-student enrollment and waiver request for an incoming student from Italy for the 2026–27 school year. It also approved additions to the bus driver and aide list for the 2025–26 school year, adding Sandra Temple, Noah Rickstra and Anne Anderson.
Technology and communications: Technology staff reported an acceptable E-rate bid for next year’s high-school network project; the district expects E-rate to cover about 80% of that project’s cost. Technology staff also said the district will transition kindergarten and first grade from iPads to touch-screen Chromebooks next year to standardize devices and enable classroom-management tools; staff noted Chromebooks allow teachers to view student screens and run classroom management software.
Other operational notes: Administrators reported a successful science fair (125 participants) and multiple athletic achievements; the district joined a pilot mapping emergency system (ELS 9-1-1) at no cost and welcomed a new security officer, a retired state police corporal.
What’s next: Many of these items were routine approvals with no further action required. Technology staff and the business manager will return with additional budgetary and implementation information at future meetings.
