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Personnel slate includes legal action to recover tuition reimbursement; contracts for nurses, mental-health services approved as action items

Downingtown Area SD Board of Education Committee of the Whole · March 31, 2026

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Summary

The personnel report included consent items, a resolution to dismiss an employee, authorization to pursue legal action against former assistant principal Jarvin Williams to recover unpaid tuition reimbursement, and action items including a one-year Criticare staffing contract ($amount no increase) and grant-funded Panorama education pilot.

Director Sturbridge presented personnel consent items and action items. Consent items included the monthly personnel list, a resolution authorizing dismissal of one employee, and approval to "authorize appropriate legal action against Jarvin Williams, former assistant principal at Downingtown High School West, to recover unpaid tuition reimbursement," after staff said Williams did not respond to collection attempts.

Sturbridge described three action items slated for approval: a renewal of life and disability insurance with Sun Life (coverage lines described), a one-year contract with Criticare to provide staffing services for registered nurses, LPNs, RBTs, teacher aides and other roles for the 2026–27 school year (July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027) with no rate increase, and approval of a memorandum of understanding with the Downingtown Area Education Association (PSEA–NEA) regarding a work collaboration day in the 2026–27 calendar. Sturbridge also described contract renewals for student support services (KenCrest, Richard J. Caron Foundation) and a two-year Panorama Education pilot for social-emotional screening at two schools, to be funded by grant money.

Board members asked whether the PCCB grant dollars are awarded or applied for; staff said the district is typically awarded an amount and then specifies use in coordination with safety and mental-health priorities. The transcript does not record final board roll-call votes on these personnel action items within the excerpt provided.