Board of Education Meeting

The Moon Area Board of Education met on April 22, 2013, chaired by the chairperson, with eight directors present and one director absent. The superintendent announced a town hall on April 30, a Pittsburgh Symphony concert, and other events. The board approved the Odyssey of the Mind trip to the WORLDS tournament at Michigan State, with one director abstaining. It renewed the food service contract with Metz Culinary Management, approved unchanged 2013-14 cafeteria prices, and exonerated the township tax collectors from unpaid 2012 real estate taxes. The board approved General Fund budget transfers, approved a furlough of one Family Consumer Science position (employee #1910), and approved a range of personnel actions including new hires, substitutes, leaves, and extra-duty pay.

The board debated and ultimately approved change orders for the middle school conversion project. It first voted to remove GC3-14 Options 1 and 2 from the motion, then approved GC#15 and LC-7, with one director dissenting. It then approved GC3-14, the main high school entrance project, with three directors dissenting. The board recessed at 7:55 p.m. for a facilities meeting, reconvened at 8:00 p.m. to act on the change orders, and adjourned at 8:30 p.m. after noting an executive session was scheduled afterward.

The minutes do not state the total combined cost of the approved change orders, and the individual line items for the personnel approvals are not itemized with dollar amounts in the record.