Central Valley SD board adopts 2026–27 budget, approves 4.5% real-estate tax increase and multiple personnel and contract actions

The Central Valley School Board on June 18 adopted the district's final general budget for the 2026–27 school year, voted to set the real-estate tax at 11.2633 mills (a 4.5% increase from the prior levy), appointed Joseph O'Neal as district treasurer for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and approved a string of personnel actions and multi-year vendor contracts.

The board's finance director presented the budget and supporting resolutions during the finance section of the meeting. Board members approved the budget by motion; meeting materials as read into the record listed projected revenues of about $48.6 million and expenditures of roughly $49.8 million (figures presented in the transcript include formatting errors; see clarifying details). The board also approved tax resolutions for the 2026–27 school year, including a real-estate millage of 11.2633 mills, described at the meeting as a 4.5% increase.

Why it matters: adoption of the budget and tax resolutions sets the district's revenue and spending plan for the coming school year and establishes the property-tax rate that funds schools and local services.

In other motions, the board:

- Appointed Joseph O'Neal as treasurer for a one-year term beginning July 1, 2026, consistent with Sections 404 and 438 of the Pennsylvania School Code; the position carries an annual statement of $250 as recorded in the motion.

- Authorized the solicitor to settle two property-assessment appeals: Pacific Avenue LLC at a reduced assessed valuation of $600,300 and Wagner Road LLC at a reduced assessed valuation of $424,200, both consistent with the solicitor's recommendations.

- Approved permanent professional employee contracts for a list of staff who achieved tenure, and approved multiple personnel hires, certifications and one retirement notice (Lorraine Jones, effective June 1, 2026); several appointments are effective in August 2026 and are contingent on required clearances.

- Approved agreements with McGuire Memorial School to provide educational services and extended-school-year services for a Central Valley student; the transcript lists an annual cost associated with these services (see clarifying details).

- Approved two five-year technology contracts: a hosting and student-information/data-management agreement identified in the agenda as with a vendor referred to in the transcript as "P school" (attachment G) and a five-year maintenance agreement with an entity transcribed as "Agugustino Electric Services" for networking, wireless and security hardware and related support (attachment H).

- Approved fall coaching staff appointments pending receipt of required clearances and accepted routine building-usage, treasury and insurance-related items including banking depositories and premiums for several coverage lines.

Superintendent comments: The superintendent, identified in the meeting as the district superintendent, welcomed the newly hired staff and thanked the personnel committee and administrators for the hiring process, saying, "We're excited to see the things you're going to do and the opportunity you provide for our students." Board members also offered congratulations.

What the board did not do at the meeting: the transcript excerpt shows no recorded substantive public comments and no final vote counts by named members (motions were approved with the standard "all in favor" call and recorded as "motion carried").

Next steps: approved items will be implemented according to the motions and contract timelines; several hires are effective in August 2026 contingent on clearances and contracts will proceed under their stated terms.