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Corry Area Board approves personnel changes, 2026–27 calendar, dual‑enrollment deals and policy updates
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Summary
The board approved multiple personnel actions including resignations and a retirement, appointed a special‑education teacher at a Master’s Step 11 salary, approved the 2026–27 school calendar, two dual‑enrollment agreements and a package of policy updates including a generative AI policy. Field trips and after‑school tutors were also approved.
At its Feb. 23 meeting the Corry Area Board of School Directors approved a package of personnel, academic and policy actions that shape the district’s staffing and programming for the remainder of the school year and for 2026–27.
Personnel actions approved included the resignation of Olivia Wojcicehowski (Secondary Special Education Teacher, effective Jan. 25, 2026) and the retirement of Gary Fitzpatrick (Custodian, effective March 9, 2026). The board accepted additional coaching resignations effective for the 2026–27 school year (Pat Goodsel, Rec Volleyball Director; Mark Brenner, Assistant Volleyball Coach; Tyler Bailey, Head Boys Basketball Coach) and corrected a start date for Tyler Beach (Grade I Custodian). The board appointed Sarah Rodriguez as a Secondary Special Education Teacher effective Feb. 10, 2026, at a Master’s Step 11 salary of $66,821.00 (pro‑rated), and approved Mark Chludzinski as her mentor for a supplemental $260.00 for 2025–26. The board also approved Mya Grubbs as Assistant Middle School Boys Track Coach for 2025–26 at a supplemental salary of $2,736.63 and a list of after‑school tutors for Feb. 9–April 9, 2026. All personnel motions passed by recorded vote.
The board approved the 2026–27 school calendar and two dual‑enrollment agreements for the coming academic year: a dual‑credit affiliation agreement with Erie County Community College (approved with one abstention by Director Doris P. Gernovich on that motion) and a dual‑enrollment agreement with Northern Pennsylvania Regional College (approved unanimously).
Board members also approved a set of Board Policy updates and revisions that had been presented at the Committee of the Whole on Jan. 26, 2026. The packet of revisions included multiple policy numbers; of particular note is Policy 815.1, "Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education," and Policy 816, "District Social Media." The motion to adopt the package passed unanimously.
Student activities approved included multiple field trips (SkillsUSA to Hershey, Art Museum trips to Cleveland, Spanish Club, and a senior class picnic to Peek N' Peak in Clymer, NY) and appointments for after‑school tutoring. Directors briefly discussed a proposal to explore whether students could earn physical‑education credit for yard work and snow‑shoveling; Director Kathryn DiVittorio will gather further information for district review.
The meeting minutes record no public comment on these personnel, calendar, dual‑enrollment or policy items.