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Franklin Area SD board approves $4.7M in payments, personnel hires and PSBA membership; authorizes admin to set summer-worker pay
Summary
The Franklin Area School District board approved $4,708,611.82 in general-fund payments, ratified several personnel hires including Amanda Lewis, appointed a PSBA delegate, renewed PSBA membership 6–1, and authorized administration to set summer-worker hourly rates after discussion of raising the current $8.25 rate.
The Franklin Area School District board on April 27 approved routine consent items including general-fund payments totaling $4,708,611.82 and a package of personnel and administrative recommendations, and it voted to renew membership in the Pennsylvania School Boards Association.
The board approved payment of general-fund bills (checks number 78607 through 78836 and associated wire transfers) for the period March 19 through April 23, 2026. The consent grouping that included the payments, general-fund financial reports, student activity account reports and the food-service profit-and-loss report was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
The board ratified multiple personnel items in a consent package: the ratification of Edward Sanford as a driver for Christ Transportation (retroactive to April 21, 2026); approval of a job description for a confidential secretary (child accounting/accounts payable/business office); approval of Amanda Lewis as confidential secretary, child accounting/accounts payable/business office, effective April 28, 2026; and ratification of Lori Snyder as a floater at the junior–senior high school effective April 24, 2026.
The board appointed a delegate for the 2026 PSBA Delegate Assembly and authorized Board Secretary Kimberly Eaton to submit delegates; that motion passed on a roll-call vote recorded as seven yes votes (motion carried 7–0). The board then voted to approve the PSBA all-access membership for 2026–27; after brief questions, the membership renewal passed on a roll-call tally of 6–1, with Mr. Loman recorded as No.
Board members also discussed staffing challenges for summer workers, noting the district’s current hourly rate of $8.25 and difficulty filling seasonal positions. A board member recommended raising the summer-worker hourly rate to $11 to improve recruitment; the administration was authorized to set the summer-worker hourly rate under the board’s motion. The consent package that included the authorization was approved by voice vote.
Before adjourning to executive session for personnel and negotiations, the board approved additional routine consent groupings (items 14–21, 23–28, 32–46) without recorded discussion. A motion to amend the agenda to include personnel for the executive session was approved, and the board adjourned to executive session at 7:18 p.m. with no action to follow immediately upon return.
