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Kiski Area School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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Kiski Area board hears update on state cell phone law, approves personnel items 1:16

  • The board's solicitor reported that Senate Bill 1014, the cell phone ban, went through and will require cell phones to be secure from bell to bell starting in 27⁠-⁠28. 1:26
  • Board representative reports covered the vo-tech, including a $411,000 grant toward a diesel heavy highway program and work on other grant applications. 2:22
  • The board approved personnel items 10.1 through 10.8. 7:07
Item by item (9)
  1. Opening and preliminary reports 0:00
    • The meeting opened with the pledge and a roll call. 0:00
    • Asked whether there was anything to add to the superintendent report, the speaker said there was not. 0:52
    • The presiding officer said nobody had signed up for citizens' comments and that the board met in executive session beforehand on a personnel matter. 1:00
  2. Solicitor report on cell phone law 1:13
    • The solicitor offered to share what other districts that already implemented a cell phone ban have done. 1:16
    • The solicitor said Senate Bill 1014, the cell phone ban, went through, will be signed by the governor and takes effect in 27⁠-⁠28, requiring phones to be secure from bell to bell. 1:26
    • The solicitor said the district will decide how to enforce it, such as lockers, pouches or drop-offs, and that there is no funding for it. 1:36
  3. Board representative and vo-tech reports 2:22
    • A board representative said the vo-tech will hold an open house November 5th and its reorganization meeting December 3rd, and that it received a $411,000 grant toward a future diesel heavy highway program. 2:22
    • A second speaker said the $411,000 grant is a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation grant and described a joint Catalyst Pittsburgh grant application that could bring $15,000 for planning and upwards of $350,000. 3:24
    • A speaker said Kiski sends 306 students to the vo-tech. 5:32
    • A motion to accept the reports to the board passed. 5:36
  4. Approval of minutes 6:27
    • The board took up a motion to approve the minutes. 6:27
    • The motion passed. ~6:51
  5. Personnel items 6:51
    • The board considered a motion to approve personnel items 10.1 through 10.8. 7:07
    • The motion passed. ~7:26
  6. Finance items and bills 7:26
    • A motion was made to approve finance items 11.1 through 11.2. 7:39
    • The board then took up a motion to pay the bills. 7:52
    • Both motions passed. ~7:52
  7. Student activities 8:07
    • A motion was made to pass agenda item number 14 under student activities. 8:07
    • The motion passed. ~8:24
  8. Director comments 8:24
    • A director noted that 9 of 17 September students of the month at the Northern Westmoreland Technology Center were Kiski students. 9:06
  9. Adjournment 11:24
    • A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. 11:24

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Video: posted by the district as “Kiski Area School District - School Board Meeting - 10/21/2026”