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Crestwood School District special meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Crestwood board committees move agenda items to next week's voting meeting 5:04

  • Shawn Gallagher moved to send items 1 through 8 to the voting meeting next week, and Jill McGovern-Koptcho made a motion to move items 1 through 5 to next week's voting. 5:04
  • A speaker at public comment asked whether an employee would be paid during a sabbatical leave, and a district staff member said the sabbatical is half-year salary. 8:46
  • In the Physical Plant Committee, a district staff member described an evaluation by Siemens Harrisburg of units in the middle school and an 18-room time and materials agreement, and a speaker said the $33,000 listed was not pure incremental cost. 15:32
  • A district staff member said the PFAS water remediation project at Rice Elementary was still on time and looking to be done in the spring of 2028. 20:47
Item by item (11)
  1. Financial Planning Committee 2:51
    • Shawn Gallagher moved to approve the minutes of the Financial Planning Committee meeting of August 13th, 2026. 3:19
    • Anna Bibla asked whether the board could get the contract for number 2 and later asked whether it was paid per hour or per day. 3:56
    • Shawn Gallagher moved to move items 1 through 8 to the voting meeting next week. 5:04
  2. Transportation Committee 5:26
    • Patrick Patte asked for approval of the minutes from the committee meeting on August 13th, 2026. 5:29
    • Patrick Patte sought approval to move items 1A and B to the September 17th, 2026 meeting. 5:43
  3. Policy Committee 6:14
    • Nanci Romanyshyn made a motion to approve the minutes of the Policy Committee meeting from August 13th. 6:21
    • Nanci Romanyshyn moved to send the first reading of listed items 1 through 6 to the September 15th special meeting. 6:44
  4. Human Resources Committee and sabbatical question 7:32
    • Anna Bibla noted the list should be items 1 through 5 because there were two item 3s, and Jill McGovern-Koptcho then sought to move items 1 through 5 to next week's voting meeting. 8:01
    • A speaker at public comment asked whether an employee on sabbatical leave would be paid, and a district staff member said a teacher must work 10 years, 5 years in that role, and would receive half-year salary. 8:29
    • The speaker asked how affected parents and students would be informed, and the staff member said a substitute would be in place and the information would go out to affected students or staff. 9:21
  5. Academic Programs Committee 11:43
    • Tom Stavitzski moved to approve the academic committee minutes from the August 13th, 2026 meeting. 12:05
    • Tom Stavitzski moved to move items 1 and 2 to next week's voting meeting. 12:24
  6. Co-curricular Committee 13:01
    • Michael Namey sought approval to move items 1 through 6 and their subparts to the monthly meeting on Thursday. 13:33
    • Tom Stavitzski asked whether a weightlifting coaching position in item 2A was split with someone else, and a speaker said it is a split. 13:52
  7. Physical Plant Committee HVAC service agreement 14:44
    • The staff member said middle school teachers gave good feedback in the first 2 weeks of school and the rooms were more comfortable. 17:31
    • A speaker said the $33,000 listed was not pure incremental cost and that the agreement is a 1-year contract with an automatic extension. 18:30
    • After a motion and second to move item 1 to the September 17th meeting, the presiding speaker announced it so moved. 19:57
  8. Rice Elementary water remediation update 20:28
    • A district staff member said an engineering plan for PFAS water remediation at Rice Elementary allows the district to move forward with permitting, which would be $1,000, and then go out to bid. 20:47
    • The staff member said the project was looking to be done in the spring of 2028, that PFAS levels are low, and that filters were retrofitted into every bottle filling station. 21:16
  9. Technology Committee 22:13
    • Shawn Gallagher said there were no items to move to next week's meeting. 22:49
    • Asked about an email on insurance for Chromebooks, a district staff member said it would come roughly the 2nd or 3rd week of October. 23:00
  10. Behavioral Intervention Health and Safety Committee 23:17
    • Anna Bibla sought approval of the minutes from the August 13th, 2026 meeting and said the committee had no agenda items. 23:26
  11. Close of committee meetings 23:58
    • A speaker said the committees would adjourn and the special meeting would begin at 6:30. 24:33

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Who spoke

Who spoke

Shawn GallagherTreasurerFirst speaks at 3:20
Anna BiblaVice PresidentFirst speaks at 3:57
Patrick PatteSchool Board MemberFirst speaks at 5:29
Nanci RomanyshynSecretaryFirst speaks at 6:21
Jill McGovern-KoptchoSchool Board MemberFirst speaks at 7:37
Tom StavitzskiSchool Board MemberFirst speaks at 11:52
Michael NameySchool Board MemberFirst speaks at 13:06

Video: posted by the district as “Crestwood School District Committee & Special Meeting -- September 15, 2026”