The Tunkhannock Area School District board approved multiple routine and substantive items at its meeting, including personnel changes, agreements with higher‑education partners, an esports/credit‑recovery memorandum of understanding, and construction and service payments.

Most motions were taken together or in small groups and passed on roll-call votes. Highlights include:

- Personnel report: The board approved the personnel report as presented with two clerical corrections — Samantha McConnell’s placement on “bachelor’s step 2” rather than step 1, and a coaching appointment correction naming Jason Wisnoski as boys junior-high track coach rather than girls. The board also accepted the retirement of Tracy Bridal, effective at the end of the school year.

- Esports and credit-recovery MOU: The board approved a memorandum of understanding with the Tunkhannock Area Education Association to fund an esports advisor (treated like an extracurricular advisor) and credit‑recovery liaisons intended to provide additional opportunities for high‑school credit recovery and summer remediation for grades 6–8. Administrators told the board the esports position is year‑round and that existing programs engage students multiple days per week.

- Agreements and partnerships: The board approved clinical and training agreements with Walden University (an accredited online university), University of Scranton, Johnson College and an agreement with Beacon Specialized Living to provide workforce training for students with special needs.

- Calendar change: The board approved a revised school calendar making Monday, March 10, a staff‑only day to satisfy contractual instructional‑hour requirements after a previously used snow day.

- Contracts and payments: The board approved payments to D&M Construction for door and hardware replacement and approved a payment of $167,000 for access ramps at the district’s Tiger House program. Administrators told the board that the Tiger House ramp project will be covered by medical access funds and not by the district’s general fund, and that door work had substantial grant funding from Safe Schools and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD).

- Other approvals: The board approved renewing legal representation terms with Sweet Stevens Katz and Williams (no hourly-rate increases), renewed a three‑year subscription to debt‑management services at $36,750, approved overnight field trips for SkillsUSA and other curricular events, accepted a vehicle donation (a working 2011 Lincoln) to the high‑school automotive program from Alice Price, and approved bus and contract renewals as presented.

Votes at a glance (selected items):
- Personnel report (with clerical corrections): approved (roll call: unanimous among members present).
- Conferences and attendance resolutions: approved (unanimous among members present).
- MOU — esports coach and credit‑recovery liaisons: approved (unanimous among members present).
- Sweet Stevens Katz and Williams legal agreement: approved (unanimous among members present).
- Debt-Books three‑year renewal, $36,750: approved (unanimous among members present).
- D&M Construction payment and Tiger House ramp payment ($167,000): approved (unanimous among members present); Tiger House ramps will be covered by medical access funds, not general fund.
- Vehicle donation to automotive program: approved (unanimous among members present).
- Bus and abandoned-bus contracts: approved (unanimous among members present).

What it means: Administrators said several capital projects — including door replacements and Tiger House accessibility work — have outside funding sources (grants or medical access funds) and therefore do not draw on the district’s general fund. The new esports and credit‑recovery positions are intended to expand extracurricular and remediation options and to provide additional pathways for students to graduate.

Procedural notes: Several agenda items were handled together in grouped motions. Board rolls showed a number of unanimous votes for these items; two members had been noted absent earlier in the meeting and were not recorded on these roll calls.

Next steps: The administration will proceed with the approved contracts, implement the personnel corrections, and return to the board as needed with financial or implementation updates.