The Board Bulletin August 2025

August 21, 2025

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.

L to R: Director Harlacher, Director Gettys, Director Deardorff, Director Shope, Director Herman, Director Rice, Director Hamme, Director Dugan, Director Myers

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 August 12, 2025, Work Session were approved.

Educational Report

• Ms. Erin Holman introduced representatives from the District Music Department to be recognized as a NAMM Best Communities for Music Education for the fourth year. Ms. Sarah Foery shared what the designation means and how it is awarded. Shown in the photo above are, Mr. Robert Titus, Ms. Sarah Foery, Ms. Laurie Kumontis, Ms. Janine Miller, and Ms. Faith Wentworth. Unable to attend were Mr. Rod Meckley and Ms. Maggie VanBrakle.

Superintendent's Report

• Dr. Davies congratulated the Music Department and spoke about the opening of schools, the District Welcome, and Back-to-School events.

Public Comment

• High School Student and NJROTC Cadet, Mr. Maddox Price, extended his appreciation on behalf of the NJROTC Program to the Board, Administration, and Teachers for their continued support.
• West York Alum and community resident, Mr. Brian Kimball, spoke about his appreciation of the District's academics, sports, and community involvment. He closed by asking the District to continue the "West York Way."

Action Items Approved

Personnel Action Items

The Board approved several personnel actions, including:

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

• Ms. Sheri Schlemmer, CFOO, introduced Mr. Govinda Adhikari as the new Director of Accounting Services.

Financial Statements

• Monthly financial statements were reviewed and approved.
• Ms. Schlemmer explained that the state budget has not yet been passed, which means state funds have not been released to the District. However, because we are currently receiving revenue from local school taxes, the District is financially stable and will remain so until state funding becomes available.

Informational Reports

• Facility rentals were shared.

Adjournment

• President Rice adjourned the meeting.

Call to Order

• President Rice called the meeting to order and announced that an Executive Session had been held prior to the 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 July 7, 2025, Ad Hoc Meeting were approved.

Discussion Items

Contracts and Agreements

• Chimes Holcomb MOU
• Community Progress Council Sponsor-to-Sponsor Agreement
• LIU 12 Non-Public Schools Services LOA and Addendum A
• NAMI York Adams Counties MOU
• Specialized Education of PA/High Road School of East York and High Road School of Southern York
• 2 the Tee Outfitters

Personnel

• New hires, resignations, transfers, and volunteers were presented to the Board in executive content for approval at the August 19th Board Meeting.

Committee Reports

Internal Committees

Budget & Finance – Director Gettys

• The auditors will be in the week of September 8th

Cocurricular – Director Rice

• Next meeting will be September 16th

CEC – Director Shope

• Next meeting will be October 21st

Educational Programming – Vice President Hamme

• Next meeting will be September 9th

Facilities – President Rice

• Next meeting will be August 19th

• Discussion will be the field project timeline and construction schedule

Foundation – Director Dugan

• Still awaiting an Executive Director

• There is a new board member, Katie Callahan

Wellness – Director Dugan

• Next meeting will be September 25th

External Committees

West Manchester Township Recreation – Director Herman

• New Directors, Kelsey Paul and Connor Garrett are working toward new opportunities to include online registrations and bringing new ideas to the department

• A new logo was created for the department

• Conducted a survey of the community to ascertain needs

• Looking at a national fitness campaign to bring a fitness cardio studio to the parks

• Summer Park Program was successful

• Concern about land-use at Sunset Park - Director Herman deferred this converation to the appropriate parties

York County School of Technology (YCST) – Director Harlacher

• Director Gettys reported about a presetnation at the meeting about how most tech schools in the Commonwealth deliver their programs - most are half day.

• Talked about what grade students enter YCST and the selection process

• Looking at a part-time program for our students with delayed entry to YCST to increase number of West York students who graduate from YCST each year

• More discussion and information to come

• No meeting

• YCST entered into an agreement with a neighboring property and will explore actions

York Adams Academy – President Rice

• Graduation in May

• No meeting

York/LIU Joint Authority & LIU Board – Treasurer Gettys

• Board met this evening

• Dawn's Early Light will be attached next week

Public Comment

• None

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.

• September 9, 2025
• Educational Programming Committee (EPC) 5:30 p.m.
• Work Session of the Board 7:00 p.m.
• September 16, 2025
• Cocurricular Committee Meeting 5:30 p.m.
• Board Meeting 6:30 p.m.

• September 25, 2025
• Wellness Committee Meeting 3:15 p.m.

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