Meeting roundup: board approves agenda, personnel moves, budgets, contracts and expulsions

The Delaware Valley School District Board approved a series of routine administrative items including the agenda, minutes, personnel actions, bids and budgets during the same meeting where members discussed a U.S. Department of Education letter about district policies.

Key outcomes: the board adopted the meeting agenda and approved the minutes from the Feb. 19, 2026 regular meeting. Personnel actions passed, including appointments, a child‑rearing leave request and a promotion: Mrs. Scarpalato was congratulated on promotion to principal of Delaware Valley Middle School effective July 1.

The board approved facility and budget items, including waiving rental fees for three community groups (Cultivate Collective, Mojo Dojo and Battle BJJ) for a benefit jujitsu tournament; that motion carried with one abstention recorded. The Colonial Intermediate Unit No. 20 general operating budget for 2026–27 was approved by roll call (recorded as nine yeses). The board also approved trash removal/recycling services bids and budget transfers for fiscal 2025–26 per attached materials.

Employment and student discipline actions: the board approved resignation and retirement acceptances and approved a termination after a roll‑call vote (9 yeses). The board also approved two student expulsions with the durations listed on the agenda (one for 180 days, another for 45 days).

Governance and next steps: the board formed a negotiating committee to consider retention and an employment contract for the superintendent; any final contract action will be presented at a future public meeting. The board set school hours and meeting dates for the 2026–27 school year and announced upcoming meetings including a special education roundtable on March 24 and work session on April 9.

Votes at a glance (as recorded in the transcript):
- Agenda adopted: voice vote, carried.
- Minutes (02/19/2026) approved: voice vote, carried.
- Termination: roll call, 9 yeses, motion carried.
- Personnel items (9c–9g) including promotion: voice vote, carried.
- Waive rental fees (gym use): carried; 1 abstention recorded.
- Colonial IU No. 20 budget: roll call, 9 yeses, motion carried.
- Trash removal/recycling services bids: carried.
- Budget transfers (2025–26): carried.
- Negotiating committee formation for superintendent contract: carried.
- School hours and board meeting dates for 2026–27: carried.
- Expulsions (two student cases): carried.

The board announced it will pilot a digital sign‑in process for public comment at the April meeting to reduce missed sign‑in errors.