Board reviews summer agreements, discusses billboards and adult meal pricing

District staff briefly reviewed routine summer agreements the board will consider, including a Westmoreland County student assistance program agreement, an agreement with Saint Vincent's, a Bayada nursing agreement, an agreement involving the school for the blind, and mention of an Adelphi alternative-education classroom and AEDY placements the district uses.

The board discussed continuing a billboard rental with Hewitt Outdoor. One member described the monthly rental as "not a terrible lot of money" and another estimated it at about $200 per month, noting the board had redesigned the vinyls after two years. "It shows our leopard pride," a committee member said in favor of continuing the signage.

Separately, staff introduced Item 8: a proposal to raise adult breakfast and lunch prices to keep pace with external guidance referenced in the transcript as "USGA;" no specific dollar amounts were provided during the work session. Staff also noted a five-year engagement with the district auditor and the difficulty of finding auditors in the current market; a board member praised the auditor's work.

These items were framed as routine summer business; staff asked board members to review contracts and indicated that any final contracts would come back for approval after solicitor review.

Next steps: administration will circulate contract documents for review; billboard renewal and meal-price adjustments will be placed on future agendas for formal action.