Pennsylvania / School Districts / Springfield Township SD
The policy committee reviewed revisions to Policy 122 to delineate school‑sponsored and student‑sponsored activities, clarify funding and supervision, and plans to forward the draft to the full board on Feb. 17 with an effective date of Feb. 18, 2026 if approved.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Springfield Township SD
District staff reported the middle‑school contract award of about $35.6 million (originally budgeted ~ $34 million), allowances of roughly $1.4 million and expected change orders (including a $353,000 geothermal drilling item) to be charged to contingency; the project is about 55% expended and the administration will seek board approval if allowances are exhausted.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Springfield Township SD
PFM Financial Advisors told the finance committee the district can partially refund a 2018 bond series to lock in market savings (~$206,868 estimated net) and proceed with a new‑money sale to complete middle‑school financing; the board is being asked to adopt two parameters resolutions at its Feb. 17 meeting to permit flexible timing of the sales.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Springfield Township SD
Middle‑school leaders told the academic affairs committee Jan. 14 that fall 2026 schedule changes include team-based 'learning communities,' staff reassignments to balance teams, and moving world-language 1 courses (Spanish, German, French) to the high school for ninth graders to streamline world-language credit accrual; staff said no personnel reductions are planned and promised a full curriculum guide in March.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Springfield Township SD
Operations reported a newly delivered operations truck awaiting outfitting, completion of painting in the high-school science wing, a winter deep cleaning plan from the vendor, routine HVAC filter changes, and that furniture planning will resume after the state budget decision.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Springfield Township SD
CHA and district staff said the new middle school main entrance/administration suite (Phase 1c) is scheduled for township inspection and occupancy on 2025-12-19, auditorium work continues toward an August 2026 completion, geothermal well-field drilling has paused for equipment changes, and a parent urged the district to address ongoing safety hazards at the construction site.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Springfield Township SD
The policy committee advanced revisions to policy 105.2 to explicitly let students aged 18 and older opt out of instruction that conflicts with religious beliefs; members recommended excluding broad 'moral' grounds and clarified dissection exemptions, IEP handling and notification timing.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Springfield Township SD
Following the Pennsylvania Crown Act amendment, the committee reviewed student and staff dress-and-grooming policies to add affirmative language protecting hairstyles and head coverings associated with race or religion while preserving narrowly tailored safety exceptions for food service, bus operation and athletics.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Springfield Township SD
Administrators revised the district's field-trip policy to define trip types (regular, extracurricular, school-sponsored, non-district vendor trips), require board approval for advertising of vendor-run extended travel, add post-trip reviews for overnight travel, and say the district will help arrange financial supports for school-sponsored trips while vendor-run trips remain outside district funding.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Springfield Township SD
Springfield Township administrators proposed keeping district social media accounts as nonpublic forums (no public comments), to remove or take down inactive X/Twitter accounts, and to require third-party/booster accounts that link to district sites to identify as unaffiliated or forfeit the ability to link.