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Chartiers Valley School Board approves consent agenda, appoints Pathfinder representative
Summary
The Chartiers Valley School District Board approved its consent agenda (items 9.1–15.1) with item 13.8 removed, approved construction and budget payments, and appointed Mrs. Lisa Trainor as the district’s Pathfinder School representative in an 8-0 roll-call vote.
The Chartiers Valley School District Board of School Directors approved a broad consent agenda at its July 22, 2025 legislative meeting, voting to adopt a set of education agreements, personnel actions and budget payments while removing one athletics item from the agenda. Board President Dr. Darren Mariano called the meeting to order at 6:40 p.m. in the Intermediate School Auditorium.
The consent agenda covered multiple items listed on the board packet, including a Watson Institute service agreement for 2025–26, the elementary school student handbook, a donation of outdated books to local libraries, the IU1 education services agreement, an agreement with Pressley Ridge, the high school Targeted School Improvement (TSI) plan, approval of board meeting minutes for June 24, 2025, several athletics travel and fundraiser requests, personnel matters in the Human Resources Report, a resolution agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, and an authorization to hire staff as needed to be ratified at the next meeting.
On finance matters, the board approved June 2025 payments relating to the 2024–25 annual budget totaling $9,514,078.28 and approved adding authorized signers for the district’s bank accounts (Darren Mariano, Joan Wehner, Kelly Irvine and the Superintendent Administrative Assistant). The board also approved facility rental fees for 2025–26 and a proposal from JMD Enterprise for concrete steps at the Primary School for $23,450 (two other bids were recorded at $23,600 and $27,000).
Board members moved to approve items 9.1–15.1, excluding item 13.8 (Steeplechase Hurdles). Mr. Jeff Choura moved the consent motion and Ms. Louise Huehn seconded; the motion passed unanimously on a voice vote.
Separately, the board approved a personnel appointment for The Pathfinder School: Mr. Mitchell Montani reported there were no July meetings, and the board voted 8–0 in favor of appointing Mrs. Lisa Trainor as the district’s Board Representative to The Pathfinder School, effective immediately.
The board announced there was an executive session earlier in the day to discuss personnel, legal and safety matters. The meeting adjourned at 7:23 p.m.; the adjournment motion was moved by Mr. Choura and seconded by Mr. Montani and passed on voice vote. The record lists the next workshop meeting date in the minutes.
Meeting documents list Superintendent Dr. Daniel R. Castagna, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Michael E. Sable, Solicitor Matthew Racunas, Business Manager Joan Wehner and Board Secretary Kelly Irvine as present.
