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Altoona Area School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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Altoona Area board raises public library contribution to $220,000 27:01

  • A speaker representing donor families thanked the district for honoring them at the official dedication of the Innovation Center at the high school. 6:03
  • The board also approved non-resident tuition rates, first readings of several policies and a group of education items that included a boxing training and mentoring group. 18:23
  • The board approved a set of items that included three negotiated property reassessments and an increase in the district's contribution to the Altoona Area Public Library from $200,000 to $220,000. 24:45
  • David Francis asked how much the district would lose on the reassessments and what other entities pay to support the library. 27:48
Item by item (10)
  1. Innovation Center dedication 3:02
    • A speaker said donated funds had been used to upgrade the wardrobes of some students competing in Future Business Leaders of America events. 3:02
    • The speaker said the district wants to grow its entrepreneurship class and expand Project Lead the Way courses from biomedical to design and engineering. 4:03
    • A speaker representing donor families said both families have long connections to Altoona High School and thanked the district for recognizing them. 6:09
  2. Welcome of new student representative 16:16
    • A new student representative was recognized and was told a report would come later in the meeting. 16:16
  3. Public comment and minutes 16:40
    • No one came forward when the board invited citizens to speak. 16:40
    • The board considered the minutes of the meeting of Monday, August 3rd, 2026. 16:40
    • The motion to approve the minutes carried. 17:23
  4. Non-resident tuition rates 17:23
    • Administration recommended approval of preliminary 2026⁠-⁠27 tuition rates for non-district resident students. 17:23
    • David Francis asked whether the special education rate was the same, and a speaker said the special education rates are the same. 17:58
    • The motion to approve the non-resident tuition rates carried. 18:23
  5. Policy first readings 18:23
    • The board took up first readings of policies on charter schools, dress and grooming, the district audit, food service and payment of school meal accounts, and transportation. 18:23
    • Board Policy 249 on bullying and cyberbullying was reviewed at the August 12th, 2026 Policy Committee meeting with no recommended revisions and required no vote. 18:54
    • The motion to proceed with the first readings carried. 19:38
  6. Education agreements and programs 19:38
    • The items included a non-contact boxing training and mentoring group for students in grades 6 through 12, with a targeted start by the end of September 2026. 19:38
    • The items also included a volunteer list and Title I services agreements not to exceed $15,000, $10,000 and $60,000. 19:38
    • The items included retroactive submission of a Public Facilities Improvement Grant in the amount of $394,938.75 to renovate the 14th Street side portico entrance of the A building, with the district paying $131,646.25, totaling $526,585. 21:03
    • The motion to approve items A through H carried. 23:01
  7. Personnel items 23:01
    • The items included a security agreement for a full-time armed security officer assigned to the Greater Altoona Career Technology Center and renewal of an employee assistance program at $1.12 per member per month. 23:38
    • The motion to approve items 8A through F carried. 24:45
  8. Reassessments, meal prices and library contribution 24:45
    • The items included negotiated assessments of $2,445,300, $4,900,000 and $4,050,000, adult lunch at $5.10 and adult breakfast at $3.10, and a library contribution increase from $200,000 to $220,000. 24:45
    • David Francis asked how much the district was losing on the reassessments, and a speaker said about $7,000, almost $1,100 and about $895. 27:48
    • Asked what other entities pay for the library, a staff member said no other school districts are believed to contribute and that the district's amount was in the $220,000s 10 to 15 years ago. 28:24
    • The motion to approve items 9A through G carried. 30:56
  9. Student and staff reports 32:07
    • The student representative said teachers return for in-services on Friday the 21st and students return on the 26th. 33:17
    • A district staff member said new teachers and instructional staff would be welcomed for 3 days of induction. 33:59
  10. Closing 34:52
    • No employee union response was given, and a motion to adjourn was made. 34:52

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