Votes at a glance: major actions the Elizabethtown board approved Oct. 30, 2025
October 30, 2025 | Elizabethtown Area SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania
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Here are the principal votes taken at the Oct. 30 Elizabethtown Area School District board meeting (outcomes reflect recorded roll‑call votes):
- Consensus consent items (agenda items 1, 6, 7, 9, 12): Approved by roll call. These included approval of minutes and routine nonfinancial items.
- RLPS feasibility study (accept as complete): Approved by roll call (yes: 9, no: 0).
- Use of facilities fee schedule (amended): Approved by roll call. Tally recorded in the meeting was yes: 7; no: 2 (two board members voted no). The motion set a reduced Bear Creek fee and an outside‑organization security fee pending final rate structure.
- Jane Hoover field replacement (FieldTurf lowest bidder): Approved by roll call (yes: 9, no: 0).
- Replacement of HVAC/controls section (NextGen lowest bidder): Approved by roll call (yes: 9, no: 0).
- Grade 9–12 ELA curriculum: Approved by roll call with amendment removing specific items pending alternatives (yes: 9, no: 0). The board removed several specific titles/versions and asked administration to return with alternatives.
- Policy first readings: Five PSBA policies (102, 105, 209.2, 249, 707) approved to move to second reading; Policy 004 (student representatives) tabled for further drafting and clarification (vote to table passed by roll call).
- PSBA resolution urging immediate passage of the Pennsylvania state budget and release of appropriated education funds: Adopted by unanimous roll call vote (yes: 9, no: 0).
- October finance and personnel reports: Approved by roll call.
Several votes included recorded roll calls in which each board member’s yea/nay was read into the record; this summary records the board’s outcomes as reflected in the meeting transcript.
For more details and the full roll‑call listing of each vote, see the meeting minutes and the recorded meeting video on the district’s YouTube channel.
- Consensus consent items (agenda items 1, 6, 7, 9, 12): Approved by roll call. These included approval of minutes and routine nonfinancial items.
- RLPS feasibility study (accept as complete): Approved by roll call (yes: 9, no: 0).
- Use of facilities fee schedule (amended): Approved by roll call. Tally recorded in the meeting was yes: 7; no: 2 (two board members voted no). The motion set a reduced Bear Creek fee and an outside‑organization security fee pending final rate structure.
- Jane Hoover field replacement (FieldTurf lowest bidder): Approved by roll call (yes: 9, no: 0).
- Replacement of HVAC/controls section (NextGen lowest bidder): Approved by roll call (yes: 9, no: 0).
- Grade 9–12 ELA curriculum: Approved by roll call with amendment removing specific items pending alternatives (yes: 9, no: 0). The board removed several specific titles/versions and asked administration to return with alternatives.
- Policy first readings: Five PSBA policies (102, 105, 209.2, 249, 707) approved to move to second reading; Policy 004 (student representatives) tabled for further drafting and clarification (vote to table passed by roll call).
- PSBA resolution urging immediate passage of the Pennsylvania state budget and release of appropriated education funds: Adopted by unanimous roll call vote (yes: 9, no: 0).
- October finance and personnel reports: Approved by roll call.
Several votes included recorded roll calls in which each board member’s yea/nay was read into the record; this summary records the board’s outcomes as reflected in the meeting transcript.
For more details and the full roll‑call listing of each vote, see the meeting minutes and the recorded meeting video on the district’s YouTube channel.
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