Public Meeting Agenda: September 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Board Voting Meeting

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2. Introduction

2.A. Call to Order

Speaker(s): President

2.B. Flag Salute

2.C. Silent Moment of Reflection

2.D. Roll Call

Speaker(s): Board Secretary

Description:

Bolte	Dalaba	Fawcett	Hough	Kumar	Peppers	Rice	Ring	Swanson
P A	P A	P A	P A	P A	P A	P A	P A	P A

2.E. Positive Things Happening at Northwestern (October-May)

2.F. Recognition of Scheduled Visitors and Correspondence

Description:
Scheduled Visitors

Correspondence

Email from Brenda Homansky, Refocus Room

2.G. Recognition of Unscheduled Visitors

2.H. Consent Agenda

Description:
A. Policy, Personnel, Finance Items
1. PSBA Officer Election
Authorize Board Secretary to cast ballot for the following:

2027 President (one-year term)-Matt Vannoy, Sharon City SD
2027 Vice President (one-year term)-Kristy Bolte, Northwestern SD
2027-2029 PSBA Treasurer (three-year term)-David Hein, Parkland SD
2027 Section W1 Advisor (one-year term)-Tracey Leyda, Franklin Area SD
PSBA Insurance Trustees (term ends 12/31/2029)-Marianne L. Neel and Dr. Michael Faccinetto

2. Annual Policy Review of Policy 827 Conflict of Interest

Required review for Federal Programs monitoring

3. Lateral Movement on Salary Schedule
Effective 1st Day of 1st Semester for 2026-2027SY

Name	Current Level	Move to:
Abbey DiPlacido	Step 8, M+12 $60,539	Step 8, M+18 $61,093

4. Extra-Curricular Volunteer

Name	Activity
Justin East	Wrestling

5. Contracted Services Employees
Krise Transportation

Name	Position
Kristal Lance	Van Driver
Autumn Platz	Bus Driver

Peterson's Property Maintenance

Name	Position
Tony Brewer	P/T Evening Custodian at High School

B. Education Items
1. Book Discard

High School Library Books (list attached)
Old Spanish Textbooks (list attached)-recommend selling

2. Overnight Trip Requests

Proposed Trip:	Ag Class/FFA to National Convention
Date:	October 20-24, 2026
Location:	Indianapolis, IN
Number of Students:	18
Chaperones:	Anthony Honeycutt, Adam Mattocks, Sarah Lasko
Estimated Costs:	Registration: $300.00 (for advisors; student pays own fee) Lodging: $500.00 (for advisors; student pays own lodging) Meals: Covered by individual Transportation: $1,100.00 Substitute Cost: $1,319.04 Estimated Total: $3,219.04

Proposed Trip:	PMEA Regional Chorus
Date:	March 4-March 6, 2027
Location:	Bradford, PA
Number of Students:	Potentially 4
Chaperone(s):	Dana Kuhn (Teacher/Advisor)
Estimated Costs:	Registration: $640.00 Lodging: $300.00 (for advisor) Meals: $100.00 (for advisor) Transportation: $250.00 (Car rental) Substitute: $164.88 (March 4 only; March 5 is a potential No School Day-Snow Makeup Day) Estimated Total: $1,454.88

C. Building and Grounds Items
1. 1976 Bicentennial Time Capsule Recovery Permission

2. Authorization to Solicit Bids for Snow Removal

3. Sunday Use of Facility Request

Northwestern Little Gridders on Sunday, October 11, 2026

4. Albion Fair Parking Lot Use

Run shuttle service from Northwestern Elementary parking lot from September 15-19, 2026

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve the items on the consent agenda as presented.

2.I. Approval of Minutes

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve the minutes from the meeting of August 17, 2026.

Attachments: (1)

2026-8-17 Board Meeting Minutes

3. Reports

3.A. Erie County Technical School Report-Mr. Sam Ring

Description:

August 13, 2026 meeting minutes (not yet available)
Next meeting is September 24, 2026

3.B. Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit Report-Mrs. Kristy Bolte

Description:

August 26, 2026 meeting agenda link
Next meeting is September 23, 2026

3.C. Student Board Representatives Report (October-May)

3.D. Solicitor's Report-Attorney Schmidt, Knox McLaughlin Gornall and Sennett PC

3.E. Superintendent's Report-Mr. Greg Lehman

3.F. Secretary's Report-Mrs. Tammie Clinger

3.G. Financial Reports-Mr. Jonathan Hannon

Description:
1. General Fund

Trial Balance Sheet
Statement of Revenue and Expenditures
Treasurer's Report
Bills Payable
BMO Credit Card Detail

2. Cafeteria Fund

Trial Balance Sheet
Statement of Operation

3. Activity Fund

Trial Balance Sheet
Statement of Revenues and Expenditures

4. Athletic Fund

Trial Balance Sheet
Statement of Revenues and Expenditures

5. Capital Reserve Fund

Trial Balance Sheet
Statement of Revenues and Expenditures
Bills Payable

Attachments: (1)

September 21, 2026 BM

3.H. Approval of Written, Oral, and Financial Reports

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve and file for audit the written, oral, and financial reports, items A-G, specifically the Erie County Technical School report, Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit report, Student Board Representatives report, Superintendent's report, and Secretary's report.

4. Old Business

5. New Business-Policy

5.A. Policy Approval-First Reading

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve the first reading of Northwestern School District Board Policies, #102-Academic Standards, #105-Curriculum, #204.1-Virtual Attendance and Wellness Checks, #249-Bullying/Cyberbullying, and #716-Integrated Pest Management.

Attachments: (5)

6. New Business-Personnel

6.A. Building Substitute Approval

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve the use of two (2) full-time building substitutes through ESS, Inc. beginning October 1, 2026 through the end of the 2026-2027 school year. Angela Conley will be designated as the elementary level substitute and Veronica Fulton will be designated as the secondary level substitute.

6.B. Professional Staff Tenure Acknowledgement

Description:
Alesha Hites, Springfield Elementary
Joleen Jeffery, Northwestern Elementary

Recommended Motion(s): Move to acknowledge the attainment of tenure for the listed professional staff, having achieved three years of satisfactory service and further that said employees be tendered a regular contract of employment for professional employees in accordance with provisions of the Public School Code.

6.C. Professional Staff Unpaid FMLA and Child Rearing Leave Request

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve Lindsey Nulph's request for unpaid FMLA from September 11-December 3, 2026, followed by unpaid child rearing leave from December 4, 2026-June 3, 2027.

6.D. Confidential Employee Transfer

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve the transfer of Linda Stevick from Part-Time School Police Officer to Full-Time School Police Officer effective October 17, 2026. Salary will be set at $52,480 ($32.00 per hour, 1640 hours, 205 days per school year), pro-rated for the remainder of the 2026-2027 school year. Benefits will be provided as outlined in the Benefit Plan for Confidential Personnel.

6.E. Confidential Employee Resignation

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve Kristine Wheeler's resignation from part-time Accountant/Administrative Specialist effective January 31, 2027.

6.F. Support Staff Resignations

Description:

Name	Position	Effective Date
Katelyn Curtis	Paraprofessional Aide High School Life Skills Support Grades 6-12	August 18, 2026
Andrea Gariepy	Cafeteria Aide (2.5 hour) High School	September 22, 2026

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve the resignations of the support staff employees listed in the table.

6.G. Support Staff Transfer

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve the transfer of Denita Palermo from Paraprofessional Aide-Middle School Emotional Support and High School Life Skills Support Gr. 6-12 to Paraprofessional Aide-High School Life Skills Support Gr. 6-12 effective September 1, 2026. Rate of pay will remain at $16.25 per hour, 6.5 hours per day for a maximum of 182 days per school year.

6.H. Support Staff Recommendation

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve Lucille Shaffer as a Breakfast Aide (2.0 hour) at Northwestern High School effective September 22, 2026. Rate of pay, as outlined in the NWESP Collective Bargaining Agreement, will be $15.90 per hour, maximum of 180 days per school year.

6.I. Classroom Monitor Approval

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve Jody Boratyn and Lisa Lemerise as Classroom Monitors effective immediately for use in the Northwestern Elementary Life Skills Support classroom when a professional staff absence exists. Rate of pay will be the substitute teacher rate of $125.00 per day as outlined in Public School Code, Act 33, Section 1218.1. The classroom monitor permit issued by PDE remains valid through June 30, 2029.

6.J. Extra-Curricular Resignation

Recommended Motion(s): Move to accept the resignation from Justin East, Middle School Assistant Wrestling Coach, effective immediately.

6.K. Extra-Curricular Recommendations

Description:

Name	Position	Salary
Adam English	Middle School Assistant Wrestling Coach	$3,443.00
Tyson Harmon	Middle School Assistant Wrestling Coach-Girls	$3,443.00

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve the extra-curricular recommendations presented in the table for the 2026-2027 school year.

7. New Business-Finance

7.A. Bills Payable

Recommended Motion(s): Move to approve the bills in the amount of $3,959,487.20.

Attachments: (1)

Auth Rpt - VM

8. New Business-Education

9. New Business-Building & Grounds

10. Addendum Items

11. Close of Meeting

11.A. Critique & Review

11.B. Announcements & Future Meetings

Description:

Day	Date	Time	Meeting	Location
Monday	October 12, 2026	6:30pm	Committee of the Whole/Study Session	District Office
Monday	October 19, 2026	7:00pm	Board Voting Meeting	District Office

11.C. Adjournment

Recommended Motion(s): Move to adjourn the meeting.

September 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Board Voting Meeting

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