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Twin Valley board approves settlement with PA Leadership Charter School and several routine items
Summary
At its March 16 meeting the Twin Valley School District board approved a settlement with PA Leadership Charter School, adopted multiple policy readings and budgets, and authorized personnel and calendar adjustments in a series of roll-call and voice votes.
The Twin Valley School District board on March 16 approved a settlement with PA Leadership Charter School and a set of routine governance, budget and personnel measures during a regularly scheduled meeting.
The board accepted a settlement agreement intended to resolve a matter docketed with the Pennsylvania Department of Education at BBFM-000-2017-548; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with the members called responding in the affirmative. Chair (speaker 1) introduced the motion and the clerk conducted the roll call.
Rather than debate, several items were handled as grouped consent or single motions: the board approved minutes from Feb. 9 and Feb. 16; authorized new transportation department bus staff and substitutes for 2025–26; and approved personnel resignations and hires including a professional appointment for Kaya Effinger as an annual building substitute, prorated to be effective March 5, 2026.
The board also approved the Burke's Career Technology Center general fund operating budget for 2026–2027 after a required roll-call vote. The Instruction & Technology Committee's recommendation to approve the K–12 guidance plan (second reading) passed by roll-call vote as well.
On governance matters, the board approved Policy 105.2 (Exemption from Instruction) on second reading by roll-call vote. Policy 204 (Attendance) and Policy 218.3 (Weapons) were presented as first readings and accepted as first readings by voice votes; the weapons policy will return for a subsequent discussion and possible vote at a future meeting.
Several athletic supplemental positions and a full-time maintenance hire were approved; some athletic position votes recorded individual abstentions per the roll-call. Chair closed the meeting after reports from the district's representatives and the superintendent.
Votes at a glance - Settlement with PA Leadership Charter School (PDE docket BBFM-000-2017-548): approved (roll-call, affirmative responses recorded). - 2025–26 calendar revisions (add student day Jan. 2026; June 10 early dismissal; June 11 staff development): approved (roll-call). - Burke's Career Technology Center operating budget (2026–2027): approved (roll-call). - K–12 guidance plan (second reading): approved (roll-call). - Policy 105.2 Exemption from Instruction (second reading): approved (roll-call). - Policy 204 Attendance (first reading): accepted as first reading (voice vote). - Policy 218.3 Weapons (first reading): accepted as first reading; further discussion planned (voice vote). - Personnel: multiple resignations, professional hire (Kaya Effinger effective March 5), substitutes and support staff rates: approved (voice/roll-call as recorded).
The meeting included routine committee and partner reports and concluded with adjournment. The board conducted several roll-call votes as required for policy and budget matters; where the transcript records names during roll-call, those names were read aloud by the clerk.
