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Fort LeBoeuf board appoints MacDonald Illig in 7–1 vote, approves multimillion‑dollar bills and personnel changes
Summary
At its Jan. 15 meeting the Fort LeBoeuf School District Board approved interim bills totaling more than $2.9 million, accepted several personnel resignations and hires, adopted two policy revisions, and appointed MacDonald Illig as the district legal services provider on a 7–1 vote.
The Fort LeBoeuf School District Board of Directors met Jan. 15, 2026, in the high school library and approved routine financial and personnel business, including the appointment of a new outside legal services provider.
The board voted 7–1 to appoint MacDonald Illig as the district’s legal services provider. Marvin Cross cast the lone dissent; Mike Rose, Scott Taylor, James Dwyer, Heath Strasser, Renee Turi, Bruce Hordusky and Ted Szall voted in favor. The motion was made and recorded during the meeting’s action items.
Superintendent Rick Emerick briefed the board on an Act 44 communication the district must send to parents, guardians and employees within 24 hours of any incident involving the possession of a weapon on school property, and he reiterated four options before the board about future facility unification or renovation projects.
On finance the board approved interim computer bills #71707–#71845 for $2,047,218.42, computer bills #71853–#71934 for $747,090.01, capital reserve fund bill #2191 for $7,857.00 and MS project bills #1051–#1054 for $187,197.60. The motions to accept the Treasurer’s Report and to file the Expenditure and Revenue Reports for audit carried on unanimous "ayes" votes.
The board accepted resignations from Ashley Cottengim (assistant girls’ volleyball coach, effective 1/16/2026), Jessie Fox (associate teacher, effective 1/9/2026), Nicole Kendall (bus driver, effective 1/12/2026) and Amy Vincent (paraprofessional — Life Skills, Mill Village Elementary, effective 12/23/2025). The board also approved appointments including Carlie Brown as a long‑term substitute at Robison Elementary (second semester, Step 1 B, $57,000 prorated), Tessa Bellis as junior high assistant girls’ volleyball coach ($3,334, effective 1/16/2026) and Laurie Williams as an MTSS teacher at Robison Elementary (Step 1 M, $57,000 prorated, effective 1/16/2026).
Professional development and extracurricular requests were approved: travel for girls’ wrestling to the Mid‑Winter Mayhem Tournament (1/9–1/10/2026) and the North Allegheny Invitational (1/30–1/31/2026), a high school activity trip to the Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh on 1/27/2026, and a request for Aaron Compton to attend the Pennsylvania State Athletic Director’s Conference in Hershey, March 17–20, 2026. The Cheer Booster Club’s Feb. 16–20, 2026 camp in the high school gymnasium was also approved.
The board adopted two policy revisions: Policy #626 (Federal Fiscal Compliance) and Policy #827 (Federal Programs — Conflict of Interest). The District Substitute List and District Volunteer List were approved and filed for the record, and several employee credit‑reimbursement requests were granted.
The board convened to an executive session at 7:16 p.m. for personnel matters, reconvened at 7:18 p.m., and adjourned at 7:22 p.m.
Meeting minutes were submitted by Board Secretary Bernadette Walters.
