School Board Notes

Methacton School District’s Director of Business Services, Mr. Tyler Mauk, presented a breakdown of the 2025-2026 budget year. Annually, the district presents a review of revenue and expenditures from the previous school year along with explanations to variances in an effort to better inform the Board and Administration in preparing future budgets. Mr. Mauk shared that Local, State, and Federal revenues were more than budget by $1,163,989. He explained the variances to the budget were due to a higher tax collection rate than projected and that there were several areas of minor variances due to subsidy variances to expenses.

Mr. Mauk presented a breakdown of the expenditures for the same fiscal period based on the PDE Object level showing that the district had an expenditure variance of $1,128,843 greater than what was budgeted with a majority of the overages related to Special Education expenses. The Special Education expenses represented approximately $3 million of additional expense beyond what was originally budgeted. In summary, Mr. Mauk shared that the district ended with a budget surplus of $35,146 following the transfer of $1.4 million to the Capital Projects Fund.

Congratulations to the members of the varsity girls golf team who won the PAC Championship for the second year in a row! The team was honored at the Regular Meeting of the Board on October 27 and presented with M Awards for Athletic Excellence. Led by Coach Barbi Griffith, the following girls competed on the winning team:

• Elyssa Capaldo
• Navika Choudhary
• Katie Greeley
• Olivia Lee
• Norah Shireman
• Lauren Springman
• Grace Van Wicklen
• Lindsay Wike
• Olivia Yoon

The Spirit of Methacton Award is an opportunity to recognize our students, staff, and volunteers. Spirit of Methacton Award recipients are individuals who consistently model the qualities of the 9 core values of the Methacton School District. These individuals enrich our school community with their knowledge, commitment and support.

At the October 27 Regular Board Meeting, we recognized outstanding individuals from Woodland Elementary School.

Congratulations to the 2026-2027 Spirit of Methacton Recipients from Woodland Elementary:

Professional Staff:

• Dawn Hess
• Jennifer Malloy

Support Staff:

• Jackie Halpin
• Nerissa Spampanato

Volunteers:

• Jillian Sharp
• John Dougherty

Students:

• Hudson Ruibal
• Ava Gupta

Read more about the Spirit of Methacton recipients.

The Board was joined by two Junior Board Members from Woodland Elementary School at the October 27 Regular Board Meeting. Vivienne Parker led the Pledge of Allegiance, and Valentino Viti shared what he loves about Woodland. Congratulations to both students, and thank you for joining us!

All other items listed in the October 27, 2026 agenda were approved.

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