Board approves bond authorization, facilities projects, budgets and personnel measures in 9‑0 votes

At its April 15 meeting the Unionville‑Chadds Ford School District board reviewed and approved a series of routine and project items across finance, facilities, curriculum, policy and personnel.

Key votes included grouped consent items (work session minutes, bill list and budget transfers) and the district’s three‑year Pennsylvania Department of Education special education plan, both approved by voice vote 9‑0.

The board approved a $21,975 professional learning partnership contract for 2024‑25 to support admin and teacher leaders’ participation in an innovation summit and follow‑up planning for district rollout. It also approved multiple facilities cost proposals and bids: a Johnson Controls chiller replacement proposal for Unionville High School ($515,410), a Brightfields Inc demolition bid ($118,495) to decommission the Pecosun Elementary wastewater treatment plant following DEP timing requirements, a grinder replacement (~$17,185) for the UHS sewer pump system, carpeting replacement and painting proposals at elementary schools, and $86,293.54 to restore the Unionville High School tennis court surface. Each facilities item was presented with background and passed by voice vote (all recorded as passing 9‑0).

On finance, trustees approved CCIU core services and occupational education budgets as presented and approved a partial exoneration of 2023‑24 property taxes in the amount of $6,101.18 for 717 Unionville Road after the property was acquired by East Marlborough Township; that item passed by voice vote 9‑0. The board announced an out‑of‑sequence May 6 budget meeting to consider the upcoming budget.

Personnel items 8.1–8.9 (actions on employees) were approved in a grouped vote. The board also approved a legal services contract with Sweet Stevens Katz & Williams for special education legal services and a memorandum of understanding to add Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) to the Unionville‑Chadds Ford Education Association bargaining unit effective in the 2024‑25 school year; the MOU was presented as effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027 with applicability beginning in 2024‑25. All personnel and contract votes were recorded as passing 9‑0.

Policy items 217, 254, 810 and accompanying administrative guidance 810ag0 were bundled and approved after prior work‑session discussion; other policies (enrollment and eligibility of nonresident students, athletics handbook, concussion management) were announced as being in multi‑month review and due back for further action.

Board members and staff also publicly thanked volunteers and student contributors to the district Centennial gala held the prior Saturday.