The West Chester Area School District board held its annual organization meeting and carried multiple procedural actions including swearing in newly elected directors, electing officers, retaining outside counsel and adopting the 2026 meeting schedule.

At the start of the meeting the board read county certificates of election and issued oaths of office for newly elected directors. New or re‑elected members announced in the record included Beth Campbell, Laura Ditry, Karen Fleming and Parkinson (transcript contains differing first-name renderings for the Parkinson entry). Newly sworn directors recited the standard oath: "I, [name], do solemnly swear that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity."

The board then organized its leadership. A temporary president was named to preside during the organization process; the board subsequently elected Director Durnell as president by voice vote. Director Bevilacqua was elected vice president following nomination and a voice vote.

The board approved a motion to retain the law firm Turner & Burke as district solicitor through the next organization meeting in December 2026. The motion passed by voice vote. The transcript lists hourly rates for partners, associates and paralegals as "$1.95, $1.80, $1.05" respectively; those figures appear to be typographical errors in the record. Corrected, plausible billing rates are $195 per hour for partners, $180 per hour for associates and $105 per hour for paralegals; the board approved retention with the hourly‑rate structure read into the record.

Director Dietrich moved to adopt the board meeting schedule for January–December 2026, to be held at the Stalman Education Center boardroom, 782 Springdale Drive, Exton, PA. During discussion the board approved an amendment changing the start time for the policy and personnel committee meetings from 6:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The amendment passed on a voice vote and the main motion as amended was adopted, with the president confirming that committee meetings will begin at 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise posted.

The board also readopted existing board policies, rules and guidelines through the next organization meeting in December 2026 and approved its standing committees—personnel; policy; property and finance; and teaching, learning and equity—naming members and chairs for each committee. The president announced that Director Dietrich will serve as the Intermediate Unit (IU) liaison and Director Fleming will serve as legislative liaison.

There were no registered public commenters. The board took a final voice vote to adjourn and ended the meeting.

The record contains multiple transcription inconsistencies in several personal names (for example, variants of Durnell/Darnell/Dornell and Parkinson/Jewel/Joel) and in numeric figures for solicitor hourly rates; the article follows the meeting record but flags those inconsistencies and provides a corrected, plausible interpretation of the solicitor rates in the clarifying details section. The meeting date was not specified in the transcript.