North Pocono School District board meeting, Aug 12, 2026
30 min · 2 public speakers
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What happened at this meeting
North Pocono board approves personnel and finance items as speakers question tax increases 17:08
- Two online comments were read, one asking for later school start times and one describing cuts to the high school library program. 10:24
- Speakers at public comment asked the board why their school tax bills rose after a property reassessment, and one speaker said the speaker's school tax went up 54%. 17:08
- A district staff member said the millage rate went from 178 and change mills to 11, that about 60% of properties would see an increase even without a tax increase, and that the district raised taxes to the Act 1 index of 5%. 20:18
Item by item (8)
- Opening and agenda revisions 6:47
- A roll call recorded 7 board members present and 2 absent. 7:59
- Mark Powell read the district mission statement. 8:07
- A staff member said a name in personnel motion D1 contained an autocorrect typo that would be corrected in the minutes, and a motion was made to remove Motion E1 from the agenda. 8:46
- The motion to remove Motion E1 from the agenda passed 7-0. 9:32
- Correspondence 9:35
- Online public comments 10:24
- A district staff member read an online comment that asked what progress the board had made in 4 years on early school start times and said several medical groups had recommended start times no earlier than 8:30 AM. 11:12
- Another speaker at public comment listed cuts to the high school library program and said there will be no librarian in the high school this school year. 13:06
- Property tax questions at public comment 16:33
- A speaker at public comment asked what warranted a 54% increase in the speaker's school tax, and another asked whether the reassessment was meant to be revenue neutral. 17:08
- A district staff member said the millage rate went from 178 and change mills to 11 and that about 60% of properties would see an increase because of the shift, even with no tax increase. 20:42
- The staff member said the district raised taxes to the Act 1 index of 5% and that total taxes collected are about $37 million and change. 21:32
- Agenda, minutes and pest management policy 23:46
- The board considered motions to approve the agenda and the minutes of the July 15, 2026 meeting. 23:46
- The board considered placing revised policy 716 Integrated Pest Management on the September 10th, 2026 meeting agenda for approval. 24:37
- The agenda, minutes and policy placement motions each passed 7-0. 24:16
- Personnel actions 25:06
- Finance actions 27:24
- Pia McLaine moved to close the finance club account and transfer the remaining balance of $494.53 to the high school principal's accounts. 27:28
- The board also considered a repository tax sale, financial reports and capital project fund disbursements. 27:53
- Pia McLaine moved to reject all bids for item J00023, clear liners previously awarded as part of the janitorial bid at the June 10, 2026 meeting. 28:14
- Each finance motion passed 7-0. 27:51
- Announcements and adjournment 29:39
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Video: posted by the district as “North Pocono Board of Education Regular Meeting 2026-08-12”