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MSD of New Durham Township board approves summer-school hires, handbook, policies and lawn contract; hears solar update
Summary
At its April 15, 2026 meeting the MSD of New Durham Township School Board approved a slate of summer-school hires and personnel actions, adopted the 2026–27 Elementary Student Handbook and related policies, accepted donations for DECA travel, awarded a lawn/mowing contract to Signature Lawns and approved the district financials; the board also received a solar production update.
Board President Mark Parkman called the MSD of New Durham Township School Board to order at 6:00 p.m. on April 15, 2026 and recorded roll call. Superintendent Karen Jedrysek presented the superintendent’s report and a solar production update, and the board conducted routine business including multiple approvals of personnel, policies and contracts.
The board approved a slate of personnel actions for summer programming and substitutes. Superintendent Karen Jedrysek moved to approve the resignations, recommendations and one FMLA request (Candance Archer); Wayne Hodge seconded the motion and it carried. The personnel list in the minutes names more than a dozen summer-school or substitute hires, including Sam Joll and Paige Mekola for middle-school summer school and several elementary summer-school teachers and instructional assistants.
The board also accepted three donations to support DECA students traveling to the DECA Conference: $800 from Tri-Kappa, $300 from Westville Alumni and $1,000 from the Westville Chamber. Mark Parkman moved to accept the donations and Karen Jedrysek seconded; the motion carried.
On policy matters the board approved the 2026–27 Elementary Student Handbook as presented (motion by Superintendent Jedrysek, seconded by Wayne Hodge) and approved a policy listed in the minutes as "NEOLA 34-1" (motion by Mr. Hodge, seconded by Mr. Parkman). The board also approved the Student Transfer Policy and capacity for the 2026–2027 school year (motion by Mrs. Jedrysek, seconded by Mr. Hodge) and approved the Reading and Language Arts Textbooks Adaption for 2026 (motion by Mr. Parkman, seconded by Mrs. Jedrysek). All motions are recorded as "carried" in the minutes; no roll-call vote counts are provided.
The board awarded the lawn/mowing bid to Signature Lawns and approved the contract on a motion by Mark Parkman, seconded by Wayne Hodge. The minutes list approval of the financials (motion by Mr. Hodge, seconded by Mr. Parkman) and show the meeting adjourned at 6:31 p.m.; Wayne Hodge signed the minutes. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in the Media Center.
During the superintendent’s report the district noted facility and program items (Camp Invention, generator inspection, a Trimco roof patch, a healthcare grant and Westville Little School funding and registration) and provided a brief solar update: staff reported work to increase production and reduce usage, ongoing inverter corrections and an effort to view all inverter production; the update also referenced recouping $2,600 in trade units. The minutes do not record further technical detail or any board directive related to the solar item.
What the minutes show and what they do not: the record lists who moved and seconded each approval and states the motions "carried," but it does not include individual recorded votes or indicate any dissent. Public comment was recorded as "NONE." Several personnel hires and specific dollar amounts for donations are listed in the minutes and are included here as recorded.
The meeting proceeded as routine governance business; no executive session was reported. The board adjourned at 6:31 p.m.
