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Votes at a glance: Parkland board approves consent items, procurement quotes and personnel actions
Summary
At its Feb. 18 business meeting the Parkland board approved consent-agenda items including a Cedar Crest affiliation, Regeneron award acceptance, the 25-26 calendar, procurement quotes for UPS and network switches (some eligible for E-rate), personnel motions, acceptance of the FY24 audit and several policy adoptions.
The Parkland School Board moved through the business meeting agenda and approved several motions by voice vote. Key approvals included an affiliation agreement with Cedar Crest College to provide nursing practicum experiences, acceptance of a $2,000 Regeneron award for Parkland High School STEM activities, adoption of the 2025-26 district calendar, designation of five local school holidays under the PA School Code and approval of overnight field trips.
Procurement and facilities: the board approved three quotes via the state's cooperative procurement (PEPPM): a Vertiv uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system (total price $110,773.76; if E-rate funding is received the district's net would be reduced to $55,386.88), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba switches for Veterans Memorial and the Operations Center ($88,492; administration estimated the district's post-E-rate share at about $44,246), and an additional switch purchase quoted at $664,367.48. The board approved the purchases as presented.
Personnel and audit: grouped personnel items (retirements, resignations, leaves, hires) were approved; the administration issued professional contracts to two certified teachers (Adrian Borger and Nia Fretrick). The board also received and accepted the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 (audit firm: Buckno Lisikian Company; audit reported no findings).
Policy and transportation actions: second readings and adoptions for policies including trauma-informed approach and student-discipline/weapons/terroristic-threats provisions were approved. A parent-transportation agreement for a named student was also approved.
Votes: motions were made and carried by voice vote throughout the business meeting; where roll-call or tallies were presented, the packet noted "all those in favor" followed by "that motion carries." No formal recorded tallies were published in the meeting transcript for these items.
