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Board approves multiple hires and a certification transfer for 2026–27

South Williamsport Area School Board · April 13, 2026
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Summary

The board approved a slate of hires for the 2026–27 school year (teachers, counselor, and music teacher) and recorded two resignations and a teaching certificate reassignment.

The board approved several personnel actions to take effect at the start of the 2026–2027 school year. Hires recorded in the minutes include Kalyn Erb (elementary school counselor, pending master’s completion), kindergarten teachers Rhandie Jessell and Claudia Green, third-grade teachers Lilly Eiswerth and Katherine Loughran, elementary music teacher Noah Fry, and high school science teacher Scott White (salary step M-12). The minutes note that salaries will be updated after a new South Williamsport Area Education Association agreement is approved.

The minutes also record accepted resignations from Luke Laubach (paraprofessional, effective June 5, 2026) and Kimberly Pelt (general support assistant/lunch monitor, effective March 12, 2026), and the reassignment of Ashley Zielewicz’s primary teaching certificate from Grade 4–8 (all subjects 4–6) to Special Education PK–12. The board approved the employment slate by roll-call vote.