Pennsylvania / School Districts / Athens Area SD
Coaches presented on the TeamBuilder app, program schedule, capacity and safety concerns, and powerlifting successes including state records and national qualification; coaches requested more facility time and budget for summer clinics and team sessions.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Athens Area SD
The board approved a preliminary 2025–26 budget that trims an initial $4.3 million deficit to about $2.75 million through a 3.14‑mill increase to the Act 1 index, five staff positions cut via attrition, and temporary use of assigned fund balances; final adoption is scheduled for June 17.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Athens Area SD
Coaches described a rapidly expanding strength-and-conditioning program using a TeamBuilder app, capacity and safety limits in the weight room, plans for summer clinics focused on Olympic lifts, and recent success by the high-school powerlifting team at state meets.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Athens Area SD
Superintendent and business manager told the board the district started with an approximately $4.3 million deficit and reduced it to about $2.755 million through staff attrition, spending adjustments and a proposed millage increase; the board voted to place the preliminary budget on public display and to raise millage to the Act 1 index.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Athens Area SD
At its April meeting, the Athens Area School District board heard a demonstration by the Athens Middle FFA, approved three contracts and several policy and personnel items, and approved a revised 2025–26 calendar; the district solicitor reported a Lowe’s property offer and a tentative lawsuit settlement.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Athens Area SD
Superintendent Dr. Sage reported Athens teams advancing to the Odyssey of the Mind world finals and flagged reporting from Ed Votes PA about heavy online advertising spending by some cyber charter schools, warning of local tax impacts.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Athens Area SD
Athens Area School District middle school FFA executive team performed for the school board and the student membership motion to provide updates to the board was amended from yearly to biannually and approved by the student chapter.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Athens Area SD
The district solicitor told the board the district received an offer from Lowe’s on a previously appraised property and reported a tentative settlement in a separate lawsuit; both matters require final review and administrative steps before completion.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Athens Area SD
The Athens Area School District Board of Directors on March 11 approved routine financial and personnel business, accepted several field trips and moved multiple policies to second read while tabling a proposed contract renewal for Frontline Education.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Athens Area SD
Superintendent Dr. Sage told the Athens Area School District board March 11 that declining assessed value and continuing cyber charter tuition payments will squeeze the 2025-26 preliminary budget; he outlined options including raising to the Act 1 index and urged awareness of a proposed $8,000 statewide cyber tuition cap in the governors budget.