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Committee packets: solicitor renewal, TIF termination and dozens of routine items moved to full board
Summary
Committees voted to forward multiple routine and substantive items to the full board, including renewal of the district solicitor with modest fee increases, termination of the Coatesville Hotel TIF pending solicitor review, numerous contracts and donations, staffing changes, and education program approvals.
On May 12 across multiple committee meetings, members voted to move a large set of routine and substantive items to the full school-board agenda.
Key items the committees advanced included: - Renewal of Whistler Pearlstein LLP as district solicitor for 2026–27 with modest hourly rate increases (attorneys +$5/hour; paralegals +$5/hour); a district comparison presented claimed about $446,000 savings over three years compared with the prior solicitor. - Termination of the Coatsville Hotel/office tax-increment financing (TIF) arrangement and distribution of remaining funds, pending final solicitor review; presenters said the timing could allow the district to reclaim funds that would help narrow budget shortfalls. - Approval to move financial statements and payables, multiple vendor quotes and renewals (Arbiter Sports, student-transportation maps, regulated medical-waste pickup), donations and staffing adjustments to the full board agenda. - Education items forwarded included a dual-enrollment agreement with Delaware County Community College, textbook and curriculum purchases, summer-reading lists, classroom programs (Wilson training, Nuzella, CommonLit) and an international student field-trip proposal (EF Education First) with per-student pricing discussed and fundraising plans proposed.
Most items were advanced by voice vote with committee chairs requesting final action at the board meeting later in the month.
