The Board Bulletin December 2025

December 11, 2025

The West York Area School District Board of School Directors extends heartfelt wishes for a joyful, restful, and truly meaningful holiday season to our entire West York community. May this time bring you peace, connection, and special moments that become cherished memories.

The Board Bulletin is published monthly following the voting meeting of the Board and is for informational purposes to keep the West York Area School District Community informed of Board happenings and is not intended as an official record of meetings. To view official meeting minutes, please visit BoardDocs and click on the specific meetings of interest. Each meeting's minutes are presented to the Board for approval at the following meeting.

Call to Order

• President Rice called the meeting to order.

Roll Call and Opening

• A roll call of Directors was conducted, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Approval of Minutes

• The minutes from the December 2, 2025, Board Reorganization Meeting and Work Session were approved.

Educational Program

• Middle School Music Teacher and Band Director, Ms. Laurie Kumontis, and her World Drumming Class students, performed.

Holiday Card Presentation

• The 2025 District Holiday cards were designed by Caleb Patrick, 1st Grade at Wallace, and Sahalee Arnold, 11th Grade at the High School. Caleb and Sahalee were recognized and given a gift and certificate. Photos of cards are below.

Student Council Report

• Miss Sarah Manning, President, shared updates from the High School Student Council.

Superintendent's Report

• Dr. Davies shared upcoming concert dates, the Shop with a Cop program, and winter weather planning information.

Public Comment

• None

Action Items Approved (unless otherwise noted)

• Act 1 Resolution
• Driver Recommendations for 2025-26
• McDaniel College Affiliation Agreement
• New Story Contracts
• Red Rover Contract
• School-Related Travel: Model UN Conference
• Student Expulsions (two)
• Tax Equity Resolution
• West Manchester Township Tax Collector Agreement

Personnel Action Items

The Board approved several personnel actions, including:

• New hires, resignations, volunteers, cocurricular positions, transfers, etc.

Financial Statements

• Monthly financial statements will be approved in January 2026.

Informational Reports

• The Facility Rentals Report, Enrollment Report, and Conference Report were shared.

Other Matters

• Pending

Adjournment

• President Rice wished everyone happy holidays and adjourned the meeting.

Caleb Patrick - 1st Grade

Sahalee Arnold - 11th Grade

Call to Order

• President Rice called the meeting to order and announced that an Executive Session had been held prior to the Reorganization Meeting to discuss legal matters.

Roll Call and Opening

• A roll call of Directors was conducted, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Approval of Minutes

• Minutes from the November 18, 2025, Board Meeting were approved.

Discussion Items

• Act 1 Resolution
• Act 44 of 2025
• Driver Recommendations for 2025-26
• Tax Equity Resolution
• Inventory Removal

Contracts and Agreements for Discussion

• Red Rover
• New Story School
• West Manchester Township Tax Collector

Other Matters

• Updates to the Sunshine Law
• Two student expulsions will be on the December 9th Board agenda for action.

Personnel

• New hires, resignations, transfers, and volunteers were presented to the Board in executive content for approval at the December 9th Board Meeting.

Committee Reports

Internal Committees

Budget & Finance – Director Gettys

• Director Gettys shared that in January we will have a first look at our 2026-27 budget. He also mentioned that YCST is proposing a 7% increase, and we will also look at charter school funding. We're looking at a 1.2 million dollar deficit for our current year. We are planning for a zero deficet budget for the 2026-27 school year. CFOO Schlemmer will present a preview of where we are in the current budget, at the December 9th meeting.

Cocurricular – Director Rice

• President Rice shared updates from the November 11, 2025, meeting, which was a combined Facilities and Cocurricular meeting. Discussion included faith-based participation, PIAA classification updates, uniform specifications, and winter sports.

CEC – Director Shope

• Director Shope shared the next meeting will be February 17, 2026.

Educational Programming – Vice President Hamme

• President Hamme shared that the November 18, 2025, discussion surrounded new materials, new standards for 2026 on a variety of subjects, CTE investigation is in the early stages. The next meeting will be January 13, 2026.

Facilities – President Rice

• President Rice shared that good decisions were made about the project with an eye toward fiscal responsibility to come in under budget.

Foundation – Director Dugan

• Director Dugan noted that a meeting was held today, December 2, 2025, and the focus was planning for the brainstorming/planning session for December 10th.

Wellness – Director Dugan

• Director Dugan shared that there will be a wellness assessment soon. There will be a Wellness Day on February 13, 2026, for faculty and staff. The next meeting will be January 22, 2026.

External Committees

West Manchester Township Recreation – Director Herman

• No updates. The next meeting is scheduled for December 17th.

York County School of Technology (YCST) – Director Harlacher

• Director Gettys provided updates including a vote on the 7% increase. West York was the only district to vote no to the increase. Director Gettys spoke at length about this and other YCST-related topics. Additional details from his discussion are available on the District YouTube Channel by selecting the December 9, 2025, Work Session recording. Director Dugan circled back to YCST after the LIU report to ask clarifying questions about student participation.

YCST Authority – Treasurer Gettys

• They are looking to purchase a property and we are looking for more information about this.

York Adams Academy – President Rice

• President Rice shared that a meeting was held this evening and he was unable to attend.

York/LIU Joint Authority & LIU Board – Treasurer Gettys

• The IU has shared their updated pricing sheet and there has been some pushback, so the pricing was not approved. The IU will meet with Superintendents and Business Managers to discuss changes.

Public Comment

• None

Adjournment

• President Rice offered congratulations to new and returning Directors, and he then adjourned the meeting.

Call to Order

• Board Secretary, Sheri Schlemmer, called the meeting to order.

Roll Call

• A roll call of holdover Directors was conducted, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Public Comment

• There was no public comment.

Election of Officers of the Board

• Director Hamme was elected as Temporary Board President.
• Ms. Schlemmer read the offical election results confirming the election of Directors Dugan, Harlacher, Rice, and Shah.
• Temporary President swore in the new Directors.
• Ms. Schlemmer called roll for the full Board, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Temporary President Hamme called for nominations for Board President. Directors Rice and Herman were nominated, and Director Rice was the successful candidate.
• President Rice called for nominations for Board Vice President. Directors Herman and Hamme were nominated, and Director Hamme was the successful candidate.

2026 Board Meeting Dates

• The Board approved meeting dates for 2026, to include holding only one meeting in May 2026.

Committee Assignments

• President Rice asked that those who wish to serve on a particular committee contact him. Committee assignments for 2026 will be forthcoming.

Other Matters

• A Board Leadership Planning Meeting for January will be scheduled.
• The annual Board photograph will be taken before the January 13, 2026, Work Session.

Adjournment

• President Rice adjourned the meeting.

Meetings are held in the Administration Boardroom for in-person attendance and live-streamed on our District YouTube channel.

• January 13, 2026
• Educational Programming Committee Meeting 5:30 p.m.
• Work Session of the Board 7:00 p.m.
• January 20, 2026
• Budget and Finance Committee Meeting 5:30 p.m.
• Board Meeting 6:30 p.m.

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