August 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM - School Board Meeting
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1. Opening of Meeting
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1.A. Call to Order
Description:
Board members are reminded that they must publicly announce and disclose the nature of any conflict of interest before the vote on any matter is taken and file a written memorandum of the conflict with the Secretary of the Board.
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1.B. Salute to the Flag
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1.C. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Mrs. Nancy Chenoweth
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2. President's Report
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3. Superintendent's Report
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4. Student Liaison Report
Speaker(s):
Zoe Brown
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5. Public Comment
Description:
According to Policy #903, public comment on matters of concern, official action or deliberation is limited to three minutes and should be directed to the entire School Board following the announcement of your name and municipality. Under this policy, the presiding officer has the authority to warn or stop a public commenter when violation of this policy occurs. |
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6. Consent Calendar
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a. Minutes of the June 15, 2026 meeting b. General Funds Bills List c. Self Insurance Fund Bills List d. Student Activity Fund Bills List e. Capital Fund Projects Bills List f. Nutritional Services Bills List g. Financial Report h. Superintendent's Personnel/EDR Report i. Educator Prep Program Affiliation Agreement
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7. Committee Reports - Curriculum - Mr. Bradley Merkl-Gump
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7.A. Minutes of the August 19, 2026 meeting.
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7.B. Approval of Curriculum Proposal
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a. Vista Higher Learning's Get Ready Soar an English Language Development Program for Grades 1-6. b. North MS: Targeted School Improvement (TSI) Plan *MTSS: Behavior *PBIS *SWIS |
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7.C. The next Curriculum Comittee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
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8. Committee Reports - Facilities - Mr. Chris Kaufman
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8.A. Minutes of the August 24, 2026 meeting.
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8.B. Approval of School Facility Improvement Grant
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8.C. Approval of School Bus Bids
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8.D. Approval of Obsolete Items
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a. Transportation Department - DVR Units - Lot #08-01 b. West Rockhill Elementary - Various - Lot #08-02 c. DAO Student Services - Cricuts - Lot #08-03 d. South MS - Framed Pictures Lot #08-04 |
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8.E. The next Facilities Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 14, 2026.
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9. Committee Reports - Finance - Mr. Ron Wurz
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9.A. Minutes of the August 24, 2026 meeting.
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9.B. Approval of Contracts
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9.B.1. St. Luke's Physician's Group, Inc.
Description:
Dr. Robert A. Davis, Physician for student and bus driver physical exams, 2026-2027, $5,200 stipend/retainer fee
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9.B.2. Bucks County Intermediate Unit
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MOU for Chief Science Officers Program, 2026-2027, no cost to the District
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9.B.3. Deaf-Hearing Communication Centre, Inc.
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Sign-language Interpreter, 2026-2027, $85 per hour
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9.B.4. The Vanguard School
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Educational services addendum for student identified as 2027-01, $95,200
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9.B.5. Settlement Agreement for Student Identified as 2027-02
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9.B.6. Dennis M. Williams, Jr.,
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Keynote speaker for upcoming workshops in October and November 2026, $4,300
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9.B.7. Tosti Tosti
Description:
Fundraising program for Central Middle School, (North and South MS were approved in March 2026)
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9.B.8. Levy School Bus Company
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Third party CDL testing, 2027-2027, $200 per test
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9.B.9. Concord Theatricals
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High School Spring 2027 performance, $5,054.54, student paid
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9.B.10. JH Productions/AVL Services
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Audiovisual services for middle and high school, $50/hourly rate each for audio and lighting services, 2026-2027
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9.B.11. New Story Schools
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Occupational and speech therapy for high school student, $485 per day, 2026-2027
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9.B.12. Christmas City Studio
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Sellersville Elementary School yearbooks, $21.39 per book, parent paid
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9.B.13. First Class Entertainment
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DJ for Central Middle School dance 10/2/2026, $450, student paid
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9.C. Approval of Bids
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9.C.1. Bucks County IU New and Recapped Tire Bid #26-105
Description:
Highlighted price per unit costs as listed per vendor
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9.C.2. Bucks County IU Reprographic Paper Bid #26-107
Description:
Highlighted price per unit costs as listed per vendor, WB Mason, Veritiv
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9.D. Approval of Student Activity Accounts
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9.D.1. High School-Dungeons and Dragons Club-renew and carry over
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9.D.2. High School-GSA-renew and carry over
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9.D.3. High School-Ridge Robotics-renew and carry over
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9.D.4. South Middle School-Drama-renew and carry over
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9.D.5. South Middle School-Student Council-renew and carry over
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9.D.6. South Middle School-General Purpose-renew and carry over
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9.E. Approval of Tax Resolution
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9.F. Then next Finance Committee meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2026.
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10. Committee Reports - Personnel - Mr. Tom Trauger
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10.A. Approval of Tenure Recommendations
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10.B. Approval of Updated Job Descriptions
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10.C. Approval of Organizational Chart
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10.D. The next Personnel Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 14, 2026.
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11. Committee Reports - Policy - Mrs. Carly Taylor
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11.A. Minutes of the August 19, 2026 meeting.
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11.B. Approval of PSD Policy
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11.C. The next Policy Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
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12. Committee Reports - I.U. - Mr. Trauger
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12.A. Report of the August 18, 2026 meeting.
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12.B. The next IU meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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13. Committee Reports - Upper Bucks County Technical School (UBCTS) - Mr. Chris Kaufman
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13.A. Report of the August 20, 2026 meeting.
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13.B. The next UBCTS meeting will be held on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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14. Old Business
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15. New Business
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16. Public Comment
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17. Announcements
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17.A. An Executive Session was held prior to tonight's meeting to discuss personnel matters under Section 708(a)(1)(8). The next School Board meeting is scheduled on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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18. Adjournment
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