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Votes at a glance: Shikellamy board approves budgets, personnel actions, facilities contracts and Title IX policy adoptions
Summary
At its April 9 meeting the Shikellamy board approved routine minutes and financial reports, multiple personnel hires and resignations, purchases including a $339,570 Chromebook order and a $28,913 cafeteria oven, several capital reserve facilities contracts (two board members voted Nay), and adopted Title IX-related policies BP 103 and BP 104.
The Shikellamy School District Board of Education carried a series of routine and substantive motions at its April 9 regular meeting, approving minutes, financial reports, personnel actions, facility contracts and policy revisions.
Key recorded votes included approval of minutes and adoption of the meeting agenda (8 yea, 1 absent). The board approved financial reports, budget transfers and the bill list by the same margin.
Personnel actions approved included acceptance of resignations (custodian Kerry Klinger; teacher retirements including Phyllis Haskins and Joyce Trego), appointment of Nicholas Le as Technology Specialist at a pro-rated $42,000 salary effective March 17, 2026, temporary and professional appointments for the 2026–27 school year, approval of FMLA requests, authorization for the Superintendent to hire staff between April 10 and May 14, 2026 as needed, and compensation of $3,000 to Assistant Superintendent Trevor Palmatier for additional duties during the Middle School principal vacancy. The board also approved creation of a Coordinator of Specialized Programs and MTSS position.
Procurements and capital items approved included a $28,913 gas combi oven for the high school (cafeteria fund), a Dell Technologies order for 630 Chromebooks priced at $339,570 (paid from Capital Reserve and/or general fund), and multiple property/repair proposals to be paid from Capital Reserve or general fund including: column repairs at Priestley Elementary ($17,936), intercom and door access for Chief Shikellamy Elementary ($16,400), line striping ($3,100), asphalt sealing and crack repair ($11,990), a high school library mural ($9,434, funded from a previously accepted donation), and sidewalk repairs ($9,139). On the property proposals and the Oaklyn vestibule authorization, Board members Lori Garman and Wendy Wiest recorded Nay votes; other members voted Yea.
The board established two scholarships for senior art students: the STEAM Innovation Labs Scholarship and the Body Mod Ink Scholarship. The Body Mod Ink Scholarship vote recorded an abstention by Chris Bucher, who was noted in the minutes as a Body Mod business owner; the remainder voted Yea.
Policy actions included adoption and waiving of second reading for BP 103 (Discrimination/Title IX Sexual Harassment Affecting Students) and BP 104 (Discrimination/Title IX Sexual Harassment Affecting Staff). The board also authorized application for the 2026–2028 Developing Future Special Education Grant and approved multiple student trip requests (state championships, JROTC events, and national forensics competition) and other routine committee recommendations.
All motions listed in the minutes were recorded as carried unless noted; Jenna Eister-Whitaker was recorded absent for the meeting. The board adjourned at 8:18 p.m.
