Unionville-Chadds Ford board approves Rome trip, facility contracts and several capital purchases
February 01, 2024 | Unionville-Chadds Ford SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania
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The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District board on Feb. 20 approved a slate of routine and facilities items as part of the district’s regular business.
Key votes included approval of a proposed middle-school Rome trip for June 2025 (agenda item 4.1), and a contract with West Chester University to host Unionville High School track-and-field events after the district outgrew its facilities. Both motions passed by voice vote.
Facilities and capital items approved under the district’s long-range facilities plan included the purchase of two 9-passenger school vans (approximately $128,978 from Rohrer School Bus Sales), replacement of a 20-year-old dishwasher at Pocopson Elementary ($58,007 from Singer Equipment Company), replacement playground equipment at Pocopson Elementary (proposal ~$73,676 with PTO cost-sharing), ratification of an emergency stormwater repair contract with Land Tech Group ($28,620) for a sinkhole at the Unionville High School courtyard, installation of a synthetic turf surface for the varsity softball batting cage ($39,992), and a Phase 1 wastewater treatment plant replacement at Chatsworth Elementary (MGK Industries, $152,100). All motions were moved, seconded and passed by voice vote as recorded.
Other approved items included: routine consent items (agenda 3.1–3.4), Policy 228 (student government), a health-care dependent eligibility audit to be performed by the Ruskini Group (finance item 8.1), bundled personnel items 9.1–9.13 (contracts and settlement agreements discussed in executive session), and ratification of Centennial Gala contracts funded by scholarships, donations and ticket sales.
Board members did not record individual roll-call votes in the public minutes; the chair noted each item “passes 8–0” after voice vote. Several board directors and administrators summarized the rationale for the facilities work as part of long-range planning and capital funding.
Next steps: several proposed curriculum and textbook updates (including an AP Statistics textbook) were presented for public review and scheduled for board consideration at a future meeting.
Key votes included approval of a proposed middle-school Rome trip for June 2025 (agenda item 4.1), and a contract with West Chester University to host Unionville High School track-and-field events after the district outgrew its facilities. Both motions passed by voice vote.
Facilities and capital items approved under the district’s long-range facilities plan included the purchase of two 9-passenger school vans (approximately $128,978 from Rohrer School Bus Sales), replacement of a 20-year-old dishwasher at Pocopson Elementary ($58,007 from Singer Equipment Company), replacement playground equipment at Pocopson Elementary (proposal ~$73,676 with PTO cost-sharing), ratification of an emergency stormwater repair contract with Land Tech Group ($28,620) for a sinkhole at the Unionville High School courtyard, installation of a synthetic turf surface for the varsity softball batting cage ($39,992), and a Phase 1 wastewater treatment plant replacement at Chatsworth Elementary (MGK Industries, $152,100). All motions were moved, seconded and passed by voice vote as recorded.
Other approved items included: routine consent items (agenda 3.1–3.4), Policy 228 (student government), a health-care dependent eligibility audit to be performed by the Ruskini Group (finance item 8.1), bundled personnel items 9.1–9.13 (contracts and settlement agreements discussed in executive session), and ratification of Centennial Gala contracts funded by scholarships, donations and ticket sales.
Board members did not record individual roll-call votes in the public minutes; the chair noted each item “passes 8–0” after voice vote. Several board directors and administrators summarized the rationale for the facilities work as part of long-range planning and capital funding.
Next steps: several proposed curriculum and textbook updates (including an AP Statistics textbook) were presented for public review and scheduled for board consideration at a future meeting.
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