Board approves professional development contract, language-access MOU and college agreements
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Summary
The district approved a professional-development contract (up to $19,500), a TransPerfectAI translation portal MOU ($500) and telephone interpretation services, plus dual-enrollment agreements with Westmoreland County Community College and Community College of Beaver County, and a FastBridge pilot subscription.
At its Nov. 10 meeting the Fox Chapel Area School District approved several instructional and partnership items intended to expand professional development, language access, and postsecondary opportunities for students.
Instruction staff asked the board to approve a professional-development contract with Kurtz Work LLC for services during the 2025–26 school year at a cost not to exceed $19,500. The board also approved a renewal MOU with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit to provide access to a TransPerfectAI portal for written translation to support non–English-speaking parents, effective on or around Jan. 5, 2026, at a listed cost of $500. A companion telephone-interpretation contract through the intermediate unit was approved for Feb. 2026–Feb. 2027 at a listed base cost of $120 plus additional per-service costs as needed.
The board ratified a dual-enrollment agreement with Westmoreland County Community College (07/01/2025–07/01/2028) and an agreement with Community College of Beaver County (07/01/2025–06/30/2026). Administrators also presented a pilot FastBridge subscription with Renaissance Learning Inc. for universal screening and progress monitoring (term 09/01/2025–08/31/2026) and listed the pilot cost in the agenda.
All six instruction items were approved by roll call. Administrators noted the translation and interpretation services are intended to support non–English-speaking families and that the FastBridge pilot carries no obligation to continue beyond the pilot term.