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Centerville-Abington school board approves evaluation plan, technology loan and online payments account
Summary
At tonight’s meeting the Centerville-Abington Com Schs board approved the 2026–2027 evaluation plan, authorized a technology loan largely to purchase Chromebooks, and voted to enable electronic preschool payments and open a checking account for online payments.
The Centerville-Abington Com Schs board voted Wednesday night to approve its evaluation plan for the 2026–2027 school year, authorize a technology loan to buy new computers and Chromebooks, and open a checking account to accept online payments for preschool and related services.
Board members moved to approve the consent agenda and then unanimously approved the evaluation plan after one member said they had reviewed the document fully and recommended adoption. "I make a motion that we approve the evaluation plan as 2026 2027 as presented," a board member said; the motion received a second and passed by voice vote.
On technology, a staff member outlined a request for a technology common-school loan to enable staged replacement of aging devices and to purchase Chromebooks to reduce long-term costs. "We are switching to Chromebooks for the most part just because of cost," the staff member said. Board members asked about limiting annual purchases and staff said they planned to stagger replacements to spread costs.
The board also approved a resolution to allow electronic payments for preschool. Staff described platform options discussed during the meeting — Venmo (no platform fee), QuickBooks (examples cited at roughly 1% in some setups, and a quoted 2.5% for credit-card payments), EventLink (higher flat fees plus percentage), and eFunds for lunch accounts. The staff presentation noted credit-card fees can be about 2.5%–3% depending on the vendor and that a hybrid approach (multiple payment methods) is possible.
A motion was made and seconded to open a corporation checking account to process online payments; the motion passed by voice vote. The account is intended to centralize online receipts for preschool and other district collections and to simplify accounting.
The meeting record includes several routine approvals the board handled by voice vote, including two additional agenda items, a professional-development request and a reimbursement request. There were no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript; votes were recorded by verbal assent ("I").
The board did not set final vendor selection or implementation dates for electronic-payment providers during the meeting; staff indicated they would proceed to set up accounts and work with the chosen platforms to minimize fees where possible. The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:19 p.m.
