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York school board approves $0.50 hourly raise for support staff, accepts resignation and OKs audit; Kopcho abstains on family-related bill
Summary
At its Dec. 9 meeting the York Public Schools Board approved a $0.50/hour increase for hourly support staff starting Jan. 1, 2025; accepted the immediate resignation of Amy Fraser; approved the 2023–24 audit; and approved routine bills including the Kopcho Sanitation bill, from which board member Amie Kopcho abstained due to a family connection.
The York Public Schools Board of Education on Dec. 9 approved several routine and personnel actions, including a $0.50-per-hour wage increase for hourly support staff effective Jan. 1, 2025, the acceptance of a resignation effective immediately, and the approval of the district’s 2023–24 audit. The board also approved routine bills; board member Amie Kopcho abstained from the vote on the Kopcho Sanitation bill because of a family connection.
Board member Amie Kopcho moved to approve a $0.50-per-hour wage increase for all hourly support staff effective Jan. 1, 2025; board member Alison North seconded. The minutes record the motion as approved. The board did not provide further detail in the transcript about the budget line(s) that will cover the increase or the number of employees affected.
Board member Alex Hildebrand moved to accept the resignation of Amy Fraser, effective immediately; Amie Kopcho seconded. The minutes show the board approved the resignation. The transcript does not specify Fraser’s role or title, or whether the resignation will trigger an interim appointment or hiring timeline.
On district finances, the board approved the 2023–24 audit as presented after a motion by Pepper Papineau and a second from Brien Alley. The board also handled payment of bills: following a motion by Amie Kopcho to approve bills with the exception of the Kopcho Sanitation bill so she could vote on the remainder, the board later approved the Kopcho Sanitation bill; Amie Kopcho abstained from that vote, citing a family connection. The transcript records the abstention but does not include a roll-call vote tally for yes/no votes.
At 7:26 p.m. the board voted to go into closed session to conduct the superintendent’s evaluation; the minutes record the motion and the second. The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
Next procedural steps and timelines (for filling any vacancy created by the resignation, formal implementation details for the wage increase, and any follow-up on the audit) were not specified in the recorded minutes.
