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Board highlights student awards, summer meals and approves tech and nutrition purchases
Summary
The board recognized students across grade levels, heard a summer meal and after‑school snack pilot update, and approved technology purchases (laptops, Chromebooks), assessment software and nutrition program agreements funded in part by adequacy and grant funds.
At the May 19 meeting the Southmoreland School Board recognized multiple students for academic and service awards, heard an update on summer meal sites and an after‑school 'Scotty Snack' pilot, and approved several procurement items to support instruction and nutrition.
School staff announced Scottie Scholar and Spirit of Southmoreland awardees for April and May and named newly elected student‑council officers and student board representatives for 2026–27. Administrators thanked students and encouraged community participation in upcoming events.
Mr. Malovite described the district’s summer meals plan: three public parks (Laux Park, Barclay Park and Everson Centennial Park) will serve meals; Scottsdale was redesignated as a rural non‑congregate zone allowing shelf‑stable breakfast packs for children to take home; YMCA partnerships will run June 1–Aug. 14; the district projects a sizable increase in meals served this summer (administration estimated as many as 9,000–10,000 meals versus about 6,000 in prior years).
Mr. Malovite also outlined the Scotty Snack after‑school pilot, which leverages the National School Lunch Program to provide curriculum‑linked snacks and nutrition education in coordination with enrichment and tutoring; the program includes student involvement in packing and food‑safety instruction.
On procurement, the board approved purchase of professional‑staff laptops for $101,656.40 and a technology‑refresh Chromebook purchase for $82,899, both paid from adequacy funding; members asked about vendor selection and device purpose. The board also approved a LinkIt K–12 assessment management system for $18,777 (adequacy funding) and awarded a multipurpose paper bid through the WIU consortium to WB Mason.
The board approved a memorandum of understanding with SEIU Local 32BJ for a sick‑leave donation program and an MOU to add a working foreman position not covered by the collective bargaining agreement. The board also approved a Clear Residency Accuracy Program purchase ($15,422.40) using a PCCD grant to verify cyber‑student residency.
Administrators said many of the purchases are funded through designated adequacy grants or consortium agreements; trustees who asked for more documentation were told materials are available as attachments, though some members said they had not received or reviewed them before the vote.
