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Hamburg Area School District board approves budgets, calendar, position descriptions and personnel actions
Summary
The Hamburg Area School District Board on Feb. 24 approved the district’s share of the 2026–27 BCIU mandated services budget, the 2026–27 district calendar, multiple financial reports and invoices, new administrative position descriptions, and several personnel actions, including stipended ESY coordinator appointments.
President Ryan Gebely called the Hamburg Area School District Board to order at 6:41 p.m. on Feb. 24, and the board passed a series of administrative and budget items affecting next year’s services, staffing and expenditures.
The board approved the 2026–2027 BCIU Mandated Services Budget of $2,290,940, with Hamburg’s share listed as $50,312.33, on a motion by Director Tonia Krick and seconded by Director Daniel Sarna. Business Manager Michele Zimmerman presented the recommendation and materials were included in the meeting packet.
In the same session the board approved the 2026–2027 district calendar after a motion by Director Carson Adams, seconded by Director Daniel Sarna. The board also approved two homebound instruction applications (Student #302763, Feb. 9–May 8, 2026; Student #302998, Feb. 17–March 17, 2026) and accepted a slate of financial reports and invoices covering General Fund disbursements of $1,537,050.59, Food Service invoices totaling $105,567.80, Arbiter payments of $6,868.00, and various activity-fund transactions and disposals as listed in the packet.
The board conducted a first review of Policy 246 (Wellness) and multiple position descriptions. It then moved to adopt administrative position descriptions for Director of Athletics; Director of Transportation & Child Accounting; and Superintendent of Schools. The motion to approve the administrative position descriptions was made by Carson Adams and seconded by Daniel Sarna and passed unanimously.
Personnel actions approved included resignations (Sandra Merkel, Middle School second-shift custodian; Walter Thomas, assistant high school boys basketball coach), appointments for the Extended School Year coordinators (Kristin Newpher and Tabatha Vega, each with a $4,000 stipend), hires for homebound instruction (Aubrey Miller; Stephen Haegele at $25 per hour, up to five hours per week), and an extracurricular promotion (Nora Harrison to Middle School Field Hockey Head Coach, annual stipend $3,121). Director Tonia Krick moved to approve the personnel items; Director Carson Adams seconded and the measure passed on roll-call.
Votes at a glance: approval of previous meeting minutes (motion: Carson Adams; second: Thomas DeAngelo) — passed, roll-call unanimous; BCIU mandated services budget (motion: Tonia Krick; second: Daniel Sarna) — passed, roll-call unanimous; agenda amendment for Pickleball Club and subsequent pickleball club approval (motions: Tonia Krick/Steven Gilbert; Steven Gilbert/Tonia Krick) — both passed, roll-call unanimous; district calendar (motion: Carson Adams; second: Daniel Sarna) — passed, roll-call unanimous; homebound applications (motion: Tonia Krick; second: Thomas DeAngelo) — passed, roll-call unanimous; financial reports and invoices (motion: Tonia Krick; second: Birgit White) — passed, roll-call unanimous; administrative position descriptions (motion: Carson Adams; second: Daniel Sarna) — passed, roll-call unanimous; personnel actions (motion: Tonia Krick; second: Carson Adams) — passed, roll-call unanimous; adjournment (motion: Carson Adams; second: Thomas DeAngelo) — passed.
The meeting packet and exhibits were referenced for amounts, position descriptions and details; the board adjourned at 7:21 p.m. Minutes were recorded and later approved and signed by President Ryan J. Gebely and Board Secretary Nicolette A. Hoover on March 23, 2026.
