Mill Creek board approves wide set of 2026–27 contracts, personnel changes and budgets

The Mill Creek Township School District board approved a broad package of 2026–27 contracts, personnel changes and budget items during its June 22 meeting.

Miss Winfield, presenting instruction and student-service items, asked the board to approve items 5.01–5.24, a package that included field-trip calendars and athletics schedules, curriculum approvals for honors courses, and multiple vendor and service contracts for student supports. "All of the remaining items are requests for approval of annual contracts," Miss Winfield said. The package—including agreements for dental exams ($6,300), crisis-intervention training through Grafton Integrated Health, psychiatric services through Deerfield Behavioral Health (estimated $8,000), and several special-education placement and service contracts—was approved by voice vote.

The board also approved personnel and policy items (6.01–6.06) that implemented recommended hires, resignations and status changes across district schools, and accepted the block of financial reports (7.03–7.07) the treasurer presented as informational background to the approvals.

In finance and operations, trustees reviewed purchasing and service items, including a VNet desk-phone renewal (renewal price $87,750), cooperative purchasing agreements, and an Assessment Evaluation Inc. contract to analyze property sales for assessment appeals. The board approved items 8.01–8.05 and 8.07–8.12; item 8.06 (Knox Law rates for 2026–27, which includes an increase in the solicitor rate to $10 per hour) was taken up separately and approved after a separate vote that recorded abstentions.

The commercial insurance proposal from Hub International was presented at approximately $468,986, noted as a roughly 9% increase from the prior year; the district received a $27,000 dividend payout this past year. Capital projects figures for 2026–27 included reported revenue of $2,323,144 against expenditures of $4,000,610; the capital reserve budget listed revenues of $290,000 and proposed expenditures of $13,705,463. The board approved these finance items as presented.

Several intermediate-unit (IU) and contracted services were approved for special-education and residential treatment placements: the Northwest Tri County Intermediate Unit (IU 5) alternative-education contract ($218,344), Mill Creek Community Hospital residential treatment facility services ($152,236), and an IU 5 special-education agreement ($269,024) for the 2026–27 school year. The Barber National Institute extended-school-year agreement and 1:1 aides were noted for a limited number of students at stated daily rates.

Board action on these consent and finance items concluded with standard voice votes. The board set its next regular meeting for Aug. 3; committees begin at 6 p.m.

The board did not take new substantive policy votes beyond the listed approvals. No public commenters spoke during the meeting.