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Saucon Valley School District board meeting, Sep 22, 2026

54 min

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What happened at this meeting

Saucon Valley school board approves construction contract for family consumer science room 12:52

  • The board approved a construction contract to move the family consumer science room next to the cafeteria on a roll call that ended with 5 ayes, then approved a related electrical contract. 13:28
  • The board approved an architectural and engineering design proposal after a district staff member said the design would produce pricing for music and art room projects so the district could seek donations. 20:20
  • The board approved a motion by Donald Carpenter to amend a motion to include the price the business manager listed, which a district staff member gave as $6,874. ~32:56
  • The board approved Policy 707 AR2, a facilities use fee schedule that Donald Carpenter said removes hourly charges for rooms except for district labor and game fields and charges $50 an hour for Sunday overtime. 36:17

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Item by item (14)
  1. Opening, agenda and minutes 0:33
    • Meghan Lomangino called the meeting to order. 0:33
    • Meghan Lomangino said the board met in executive session to discuss the evaluation of the assistant superintendent. 1:48
    • One board member said they needed to abstain on the minutes because of not attending. 1:48
    • The motion to approve the minutes carried. 2:27
  2. Superintendent's report 2:27
    • A district staff member said Saucon Valley High School would participate in What's So Hot About Healthcare, in which students would be paired with a local healthcare employer and explore healthcare careers. 2:37
    • The staff member said the SAT will be hosted at Saucon Valley in November and May, and the district will hold a parent safety night on November 5th with the Northampton County District Attorney's Office. 3:33
    • The staff member said returning student registration for the 2026⁠-⁠27 school year must be completed by October 30th through the PowerSchool Parent Portal, and confirmed in response to a question that school-day SAT testing is still happening. 4:16
  3. Bills and treasurer's report 5:35
    • The board voted on the presentation of bills, and Meghan Lomangino announced that the motion carried. 5:35
    • Both motions carried. ~6:01
  4. Finance committee report 6:44
    • Donald Carpenter said the finance committee remodeled the facility use policy to charge for extra district labor and Sunday custodial overtime and left the question of security for another time. 6:55
    • Donald Carpenter said the district budgeted $400K for two rooms, that the family consumer science room will cost a substantial portion of the $400,000, and that the music and art room budget will probably be handled next year. 9:43
    • William Broun asked what was dropped from the prior proposal, and Donald Carpenter said the changes could be discussed when the motion came up. 10:03
  5. First readings and personnel 10:43
    • The board voted to read three items together, including a school physical and dental exam item and affiliation agreements with Eastern University and Valdosta State University. 10:43
    • Donald Carpenter asked whether the pit orchestra director position referred to the high school musical. 11:43
    • Both the reading motion and the personnel motion carried. 11:19
  6. Architect proposal 12:08
    • Meghan Lomangino called for a motion on the KCBA architect's proposal. 12:08
    • The motion carried. ~12:42
  7. Family consumer science room construction contract 12:52
    • A district staff member said the contract would move the consumer science room next to the cafeteria by converting the faculty room there. 13:28
    • One board member asked why the conversion of one room, about $375,000, cost so much. 15:20
    • A district staff member said the costs include opening bathrooms to the outside of the room, electrical work for stoves, required hoods and possible asbestos removal. 16:00
  8. Electrical contract for renovation 17:23
    • A district staff member said the electrical contract was part of the same project. 17:48
    • One board member said the numbers seemed high but said they would be voting yes. 17:52
    • Meghan Lomangino said the project was not discussed at a recent facilities meeting, and a district staff member said it was discussed at facilities previously. 18:54
    • The motion carried. ~20:20
  9. Music and art room design proposal 20:20
    • A speaker said the design would cost about $27,000, $28,000, and a district staff member said the design would provide pricing for moving the music department and redoing the old FCS room into an art room so the district could seek donations. ~20:40
    • One board member said the music room lacked space for instruments and practice rooms and that the plan was a way to make the project cheaper than an addition. 24:07
    • Dr. Christian Tatu asked whether a woodshop elective would still be offered at the high school, and a district staff member said the class would move to the middle school. 25:37
    • The motion carried. ~30:53
  10. Musical theater licensing contract 30:53
    • Sandra Miller noted the contract was pending review and listed no value. 31:13
    • A district staff member gave the amount as $6,874, and Donald Carpenter moved to amend the motion to include the price. ~32:56
    • The amendment carried, and the amended motion carried. 33:55
  11. Club class change 34:18
    • A district staff member said Class 3 clubs fund themselves and can apply to become Class 2 clubs that the district fully funds. 34:37
    • One board member said they were happy to fund a club that has proven participants and success. 34:58
    • A district staff member put the cost at $12,000, covering two positions, dues, travel and supplies. ~35:07
    • The motion carried. ~36:17
  12. Facilities use fee schedule policy 36:17
    • Donald Carpenter said the revised policy has no hourly charges for rooms except when the district pays for labor or groups use game fields, and charges $50 an hour for Sunday overtime including a half hour before and after. 36:31
    • Donald Carpenter said the hourly rate for fields was also lowered after feedback. 38:55
    • Cedric Dettmar raised wording in the last paragraph, and Donald Carpenter proposed striking a word as a grammatical change. 39:03
    • The motion carried. ~42:21
  13. Community updates 42:21
    • Cedric Dettmar said construction projects at the current Babbitt site and the new South Bethlehem facility are on schedule to open next fall. 42:54
    • Donald Carpenter said a webinar on the State Ethics Act will be held October 2nd at noon. 43:21
    • William Broun said work continues on a school and community visit program called the Panther Passport for now. 44:48
  14. Board representative and committee assignments 45:46
    • One board member nominated another board member as the foundation representative, and they accepted the nomination. 46:22
    • Sandra Miller asked to confirm no one else wanted the open facilities committee seat, and Meghan Lomangino declared the single nomination official. 51:05
    • Dr. Christian Tatu accepted a nomination to the finance committee, and Meghan Lomangino announced meetings for October 13th at 7 PM and October 27th at 7 PM. 51:45

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