Board of Education Meeting

The Moon Area Board of Education met August 12, 2019, in the High School Board Meeting Room at 7:11 p.m., called to order by the president. Directors present included the president, and four others; four directors were absent. The board met in executive session before and after the open meeting to discuss personnel and litigation.

The board approved the July 15 minutes and the August financial reports, then approved the monthly bills for July 12 to August 8, 2019, across the General, Activity, and Food Service funds. It approved Mockemaupht Benefits Group's 2018 actuarial valuation for retiree medical benefits under GASB standards, a yearly transition consultant agreement with DJ Morgan Educational Consulting Services, and requests for exception to Policy No. 202 on non-resident enrollment. The board adopted GoFan Digital Ticketing to replace its athletic ticketing provider at no cost, and authorized the high school marching band to travel to a competition at the Fortress Obetz Athletic Complex in Obetz, Ohio, on September 28, 2019, with costs not exceeding a set amount above prior approval. It approved Graham & Graham Security's proposal for 2019-2020.

The board adopted six policies on second reading (Field Trips, Admission of Students, School Wellness, Hazing, Homeless Students, School Vehicle Drivers) and thirteen on third and final reading, including Drugs and Alcohol, Student Misbehavior, Drones, and Asthma Inhalers/Epinephrine Auto-injectors.

On personnel, the board approved a long-term substitute Grade 2 teacher at Brooks Elementary, authorized the superintendent to fill vacancies before the September 9 meeting, and approved fall and winter coaches, spring head coaches, fall substitute event workers, STA drivers, ESY substitute assistants, a part-time technology employee, and several pre-student teachers from Robert Morris University. It granted medical leaves to three employees, and accepted the resignation of a nurse assistant float. All motions passed on roll call votes. The meeting adjourned at 8:56 p.m.