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Board approves routine consent agenda, personnel actions, and a resolution urging county property‑tax reassessment
Summary
The Fox Chapel Area SD board approved minutes, finance and instruction consent items (contracts and bid awards), numerous personnel appointments and resignations, technology and facilities items, and passed Resolution 2026.4 urging Allegheny County to adopt regular property tax reassessments; roll calls recorded named 'Yes' votes for each motion.
At its regular meeting the Fox Chapel Area School District board approved routine consent and action items spanning minutes, finance, personnel, operations and policy adoptions.
Motions approved by roll call included: minutes from the March 9, 2026 meeting; finance items such as the February 2026 finance report, budget transfers and athletic supply bid awards (ESN Sports LLC $14,378.88; Century Sports Inc. $16,463.87; Natali Sporting Goods $18,233.95; Pyramid School Products $145.99; Riddell $2,081.15); facilities and transportation items (ratification of additional ABC Transit drivers and Hartwood HVAC change order HC‑0076, a $3,899.22 decrease); operations items including an authorized resolution to apply for a $5 million Commonwealth Financing Authority grant for high‑school mechanical work and an IncidentIQ quote for technology asset/help‑desk services ($16,974.87); and instruction items including agreements with Zen Educate Inc., Allegheny Clinic for a 'Chill Pop‑Up' behavioral health service at Summer Learning Academy ($12,828.75, funded by a PCCD grant), a Day School services renewal and Imagine Learning/Ingenuity curriculum services ($51,778.74).
The board also moved and adopted a set of revised policies (policy numbers listed in the agenda) and approved Resolution 2026.4, which urges Allegheny County Council to mandate periodic property tax reassessments; board members characterized the resolution as an expression of solidarity with county reforms and encouraged other districts to adopt similar positions.
Personnel actions approved included multiple resignations and professional appointments; notable hires and approvals included Jonathan T. Strumpf as a physics teacher pending certification, custodial hires, summer program faculty and proctors, and agreement renewals for athletic operations coordination. All listed roll‑call votes in the meeting packet returned affirmative votes for the motions moved and seconded.
The board received public comment from Mrs. Mackin of the Fox Chapel Area Educators Association, who thanked administrators and support staff for winter communications and highlighted paraprofessional and administrative staff contributions.
The meeting adjourned after completing the agenda and a short break before the Committee of the Whole convened for the budget presentation.
