August 13, 2026 Immediately Following the 6:00 p.m. Board Meeting - Committee Meeting
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1. Opening of Meeting |
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1.1. Call to Order |
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1.2. Public Comment
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Please click here to read Harbor Creek's policy on speaking at a Board meeting. Once in Policy Main search Policy 900 and finally 903. |
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2. President's Report |
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3. Superintendent's Report
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Please plan to walk the renovation after tonight's meeting.
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4. Curriculum/Student Affairs and Technology |
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4.1. Agreement - HCSD and BNI for One-to-One Aide Services SY 26-27
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4.2. Field Trip
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5. Buildings and Grounds |
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5.1. Contracts for the Transportation of Students
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5.2. Informational Items
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The following items were discussed as informational at the August 4, 2026 subcommittee meeting: |
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6. Finance |
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6.1. Monthly Financial Reports
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Three separate motions will be presented at this month's Board meeting to accept the Treasurer's Report, to accept the Business Administrator's Reports and to approve the payment of bills. The Food Service Report and bills are provided as informational and will be available in September. |
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6.2. State Revenue Per Student
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During the June Committee meeting, a question was asked, "how much state revenue does the District receive per student?" This question was asked in the context of the possibility of future fluctuations in student enrollment. There are numerous ways to show and calculate per student financial numbers and the context in which the statistic will be used matters.
The National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) reports during the 2022-2023 school year, Harbor Creek received approximately $8,419 per student from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. If one were to eliminate state funding sources that do not change with enrollment changes, the amount would be approximately $535 per student during the same time period. However, a change in enrollment does not always directly translate to fluctuations in state revenue. All the other metrics in funding formulas often times, but not always, outweigh a change in enrollment's impact. |
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6.3. Real Estate Tax Appeals
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Each year the administration retains the services of Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett to initiate real estate assessment appeals for properties that fall within the District’s Assessment Appeal Resolution criteria. An appeal is considered if a property has recently sold and the property sale amount is $500,000 or greater than the property’s current assessed value, and when there are at least 3 years remaining between the date the appeal is filed and the date a suspected future County-wide reassessment will become effective. There is one property that falls into this category this year. This is an informational item and requires no current Board action. |
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6.4. Senior High School Renovation Debt Financing - Phase II
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The administration has begun to plan for the second phase of debt financing for the Senior High School Renovation. With the current cash flow trend, the District is likely to spend the remainder of the proceeds from the Series of 2025 Bonds sometime during the Spring of 2027. Given that, it is advisable to be getting things ready to sell bonds in late January or early February and close the transaction in March, 2027.
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6.5. Fund Transfer
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The Committee discussed a resolution that will direct the administration to transfer funds from the General Fund to the Food Service Fund to cover the negative student balances uncollected as of June 30, 2026 in accordance with current National School Lunch Program regulations. The administration recommends the Board approve the resolution.
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6.6. National Competitions during 2025-2026
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The administration is to present costs associated with students competing at the national level, consistent with the administrative procedure pursuant to Policy 122, Extracurricular Activities. The General Fund paid $3,183.21 during the 2025-2026 school year. The amount in the budget for national competitions was $2,500.00. As such, the difference will be pulled from the fund balance assigned to the 2025-2026 fund balance for national competitions. This is an informational item and requires no current Board action. |
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7. SNAP |
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7.1. Personnel
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7.2. Substitute Call-In Agreement
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7.3. Informational Items
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The following items were discussed at the August 4, 2026 subcommittee meeting: |
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8. Policy |
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8.1. Policy Review
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The following policies were reviewed in August: |
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8.2. Informational Items
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The following informational items were discussed in the August 4, 2026 subcommittee: |
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9. New Business |
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10. Cooperative Services/Support Services |
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10.1. IU#5 |
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10.2. ECTS |
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11. Public Comment |
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12. Adjournment |
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12.1. Adjournment |
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13. Executive Session (as needed) |
