The Altoona Area School District board approved multiple consent and action items during the regular meeting.

The board approved the minutes of the Nov. 10 regular meeting and moved forward on several finance items: payment lists and a transportation mileage reimbursement approach that allows parents to transport students under limited circumstances (used for continuity of education), and a contracted services agreement to hire set and paint designer Davey Beyer at $500 per day. Board members discussed the transportation arrangement as a practice used when parents agree to transport students (for foster care or homelessness continuity); administration said it is advantageous when parents volunteer transportation.

Under education items, administration recommended the expulsion of secondary student number 853436 as outlined in the disciplinary hearing; the board approved that recommendation. The board also approved a clinical education affiliation agreement with Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Kinesiology and a list of secondary field trips. The board accepted a special education services agreement between Central Intermediate Unit 10 and the district effective Dec. 1, 2025.

The board authorized payment of obligations for December 2025 and January 2026, and approved a request from the Athletics Office for Altoona Elementary Wrestling to use the AHS Fieldhouse on Jan. 11 and Jan. 25, 2026; the renter will cover maintenance, overtime and security costs.

All items described above were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote as part of the meeting’s consent and action items.