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Board approves refinancing submission, tech leases, trip and $353,068 change order; personnel slate and policies also approved
Summary
At its May 5 interim meeting, the Springfield Township board approved submission of PlanCon Part K for bond refinancing, renewed a five-year CALAMP GPS lease ($37,800/yr) and a three-year LineWise filter ($15,933.33/yr), approved an overnight girls soccer trip, a $353,068.41 JBM Mechanical change order covered by site contingency, and a series of personnel and policy motions.
The Springfield Township School District board approved a package of finance, personnel and policy actions at its May 5 interim meeting, including a PlanCon Part K submission to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, multi-year technology leases and a nine-figure (in hundreds of thousands) change order for middle school geothermal work.
Presiding board member Mr. Needleman called for and carried a voice vote approving the board to submit PlanCon Part K to Pennsylvania’s education department to reflect refinancing tied to prior bonds for the high school and elementary projects.
The board approved a five-year lease renewal with CALAMP to provide GPS tracking services for the district vehicle fleet at an annual cost of $37,800, effective July 1, 2026, and a three-year renewal with LineWise to provide internet filtering at an annual cost of $15,933.33 effective the same date.
Board members approved an overnight extended travel trip for the Springfield Township High School girls soccer team to Thompson, Pa., Aug. 23–25, 2026, coordinated by the booster club; participating students’ remaining cost should not exceed $90 per student.
The board also approved a change order in the amount of $353,068.41 for JBM Mechanical Incorporated to perform alternate drilling methods for the middle school geothermal wells. Miss Green said the district will pay the charge from the project’s site contingency, noting, “We have site contingency for $1,000,000 on the project, so that's where this will be drawn from,” and that this is the first contingency draw to date.
Other formal actions approved by voice vote included a confidential settlement for a student matter and a 2025–26 extended school-year tuition agreement with Capstone Academy LLC for a specified student in the amount of $5,113.98, effective July 6, 2026.
The meeting concluded with the board approving several revised policies by single reading (including policy 1.40 on charter schools; 2.10 and 2.10.1 on medication and self-possession of inhalers/epinephrine delivery systems; 2.36.1 on threat assessment; 6.19 on district audit; and 8.10 on transportation). Several items had been discussed previously in committee; the board approved them by single-read adoption.
Board minutes show these items passed by voice votes; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the public meeting transcript.
