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Great Valley SD board creates Director of Human Resources position, elects treasurer; budget vote set for June 1
Summary
The board approved a new Director of Human Resources position, elected Wendy Litzky as board treasurer, and passed routine consent and personnel items; the proposed budget was presented for review and scheduled for a June 1 vote.
At the May 18 meeting, the Great Valley School District board approved several governance items and set a schedule for the district budget vote.
The board approved the consent agenda (items 801–818) by voice vote, recorded as "seven to nothing," with two board members absent. The meeting record indicated no changes to those consent items.
The budget review (item 901) was presented as an information item; administration said the budget is available on the district website and in hard copy at the front desk. The board was reminded that the formal vote on the budget will take place at a special meeting on June 1.
On personnel matters, the board elected Wendy Litzky as board treasurer for a one‑year term, "according to PA school code section 404." The motion to appoint Litzky was seconded and approved by voice vote. When nominated, Litzky said she was "happy to serve." The board also approved routine personnel item 1001 (retirees and personnel approvals) by unanimous voice vote.
The board considered and approved item 1002 to replace the current supervisor of human resources with a Director of Human Resources, elevating the role to cabinet-level to relieve some responsibilities from the assistant superintendent. Superintendent Dan said the district sought the change because of growth in enrollment, staff and complexity: "a lot of human resource responsibility has been embedded in the assistant superintendent position... we'd like to elevate this to a director position," he said. A board member pressed for changes to the job description's physical‑requirements language to ensure accessibility and clarity about accommodations; administration and counsel responded that labor counsel recommends including physical requirements but that accommodations for documented disabilities would not be precluded. After discussion, the motion to create the director position was approved by voice vote, recorded as "7 nothing."
The board also moved policies listed in item 11:01 to first reading after noting those policies had been discussed the prior week; the first‑reading action was approved by voice vote.
Actions taken at the meeting will be reflected in the official minutes and personnel records; the budget remains available for public review and will be voted on at the June 1 special meeting.
