Votes at a glance: LinkIt, Everyday Speech, facilities projects, policies and a personnel settlement

The Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board recorded the following actions and formal votes at its May 20, 2024 meeting.

Consent and routine business
- Approved minutes (April 8 work session; April 15 regular meeting); ratified April 2024 bill list totaling $1,221,487.07; approved 2023–24 budget transfers as attached (voice vote recorded as 8–0).

Curriculum and technology
- Approved LinkIt one-year data warehousing and analytics agreement: $28,925 (voice vote 8–0).
- Approved Everyday Speech one-year agreement for elementary SEL/class meetings: approximately $11,049 (voice vote 8–0).

Policy
- Approved board policies discussed in the packet (policy numbers cited as 200, 200ag1, 200ag2, 202, 202ag0, 201 and 203) following months of discussion (voice vote 8–0).
- Approved the 2024–25 athletics handbook as attached (voice vote 8–0).
- Policy 903 and student/parent handbooks moved forward for first reading; additional readings to follow.

Facilities (contracts awarded)
- Main office HVAC improvements at Charles Patton Elementary: two proposals cited ($44,233 and $121,196); project total stated as $265,429; board approved (voice vote 8–0).
- District-wide asphalt paving (Unitex Asphalt Services): $176,487 (voice vote 8–0).
- Concrete sidewalks (Unitex) for UHS and Patton: $131,030 (voice vote 8–0).
- SB Conrad Inc. bid for UHS cafeteria and LGI floor slab replacement: $574,000 (public bid; voice vote 8–0).

Personnel and confidential settlement
- Approved bundled personnel items (8.1–8.12, 8.14–8.16) with one motion (voice vote passed).
- Renewed the STS guest teacher/substitute program (item 8.15); one board member abstained due to employment conflict; motion passed (recorded as 7–0 with 1 abstention).
- Approved a release and settlement agreement (listed as 2023-2024-14) that had been discussed in executive session; the board conducted a roll-call vote that resulted in 6 yeses and 2 nos and the motion passed.

Other
- Approved service agreement with Hometown Ticketing for the 2024–25 year to support electronic ticketing at events; board retained cash box options and passed the item (voice vote 8–0).
- Appointed Dr. Bridal and Mr. Allen as the district’s delegates to the Pennsylvania School Boards Association 2024 delegate assembly (voice vote 8–0).

Where the transcript records a vote tally, this summary repeats the board’s recorded result. Where details (such as individual movers/seconders) were not provided in the public record, they are not attributed in this summary. Several items (notably the release and settlement agreement) were discussed in executive session and not discussed publicly per the transcript; the board nevertheless voted on them in open session as recorded.