New Kensington-Arnold board approves payroll, contracts, personnel moves and signs petition on PIAA playoffs

The New Kensington-Arnold School District Board of Directors on April 14 authorized routine payroll and bill payments, approved several personnel changes and contract renewals, and unanimously approved a petition to ask the Pennsylvania House to take House Bill 41 off the table for floor consideration.

The board approved authorization of the April 2026 payroll and payment of properly approved bills totaling $6,506,253.32; the minutes record the March 2026 payroll as $1,665,290.69. Directors also accepted the Treasurer’s reports and several PLGIT account balances, and approved budget transfers for March 2026.

Financial and vendor actions included renewing The Nutrition Group as the food service management company for fiscal year 2026–27 (third year of a five-year agreement), approving a three-year renewal of Barracuda Total Email Protection and related licenses for the district (390 users) at a total cost of $63,960, and approving an Arbiter contract for officials payments (annual $2,115 plus a $495 implementation fee).

Facilities and operations moves included authorizing advertisement of bids for a pool filtration system at Valley Junior/Senior High School (discussion estimated a ballpark of roughly $100,000), and approving removal of nine oak trees at Roy A. Hunt Elementary at a cost of $22,500; the board cited safety concerns because the trees were reportedly dying "from the inside out." The board also approved…