Jenkintown School Board Brief

Dear School Community:

We hope everyone had an enjoyable summer, and we're very excited to welcome all of our students, teachers and staff back to Jenkintown. The board would like to extend sincere thanks to Mr. Roller, and all of the members of the cell phone policy committee, for taking the time this summer to work out the details of this important policy initiative. It's also been a busy summer for our facilities crew, making numerous grant-funded improvements to our campus buildings and grounds. Welcome to our new teaching and coaching staff members, and we know 2025-26 is going to be a great year!

Warmly,

Dr. Megan O'Brien, President

At the Board business meeting on Monday, August 18th, Mr. Roller updated the board on the committee work done over the summer to develop a comprehensive cell phone use policy for the district. Information on the new cell phone guidelines will be communicated to students and families by Mr. Roller and Dr. Ortiz. Mr. Van Mater gave a presentation on the pilot program for Amplify Math being tested in the elementary school this year. We are looking forward to an update later this year on how the pilot is going.

At the combined Board work session and business meeting on Monday, June 9th, the Board approved the regular agenda items and reports in BoardDocs, including the following items:

• Approval of the 2025-26 Final Budget
• Award of Design Professional Services Contract for Phase I of the Legacy Park playground project.

All items can be reviewed in detail at Agenda - 250 West Avenue | Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046 | 215-885-3722 BoardDocs® LT

At the combined Board work session and business meeting on Monday, August 18th, the Board approved the regular agenda items and reports in BoardDocs, including the following items:

• Approval of a 3-year collective bargaining agreement with the Jenkintown Education Association.
• Approval of agreements with the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit (MCIU) for PowerSchool Hosting, Server Support and Backup Services

All items can be reviewed in detail at Agenda - 250 West Avenue | Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046 | 215-885-3722 BoardDocs® LT

Please visit the Legacy Park website by clicking on the image to the left and sign up for the newsletter for updates on the progress of this important project. Thank you to Kelly Hudson for leading this effort and to everyone on the planning committee.

Tuesday, September 2nd - First Day of School

Wednesday, September 3rd, 6:30pm - 7th Grade Back to School Night

Monday, September 8th, 6:30pm - Personnel & Athletic Co-Curricular Committee Meeting

Monday, September 8th, 7:00pm - School Board Work Session

Thursday, September 11th, 6:30pm - Elementary School Back to School Night

Monday, September 15th, 7:00pm - School Board Business Meeting

Thursday, September 18th, 6:15pm - 8th - 12th Grade Back to School Night

Tuesday, September 23rd & Wednesday, September 24th - District Closed for Rosh Hashanah