Virtual Board of Education Meeting

The Moon Area Board of Education held its May 24, 2021, virtual workshop meeting at 7:00 p.m., with the president presiding. Eight directors were present; one director was absent. The board had met in executive session beforehand to discuss personnel and legal matters.

The board approved the monthly bills for the period May 8 to May 20, 2021, split across the General Fund, Activity Fund, and Food Service. It approved a one-year agreement with Precision HR Solutions, Inc., to provide substitute support staff for the 2021-2022 school year, and approved the Summer Remediation Program at Brooks Elementary School, running June 21 to July 23, 2021. The board accepted a grant to fund that program and approved a cooperative sponsorship with Venture Outdoors for extension activities, also funded through the grant. It approved a renewal services agreement with Pittsburgh Behavioral Services covering the 2021-2022 through 2023-2024 school years and approved the list of daily field trips for the 2021-2022 school year.

On personnel, the board approved a childbearing leave for a mathematics teacher, and a medical leave for an employee, both retroactive to the 2020-2021 school year, along with an intermittent family medical leave for an employee. It approved three positions for the Virtual Summer ELD Program for Immigrant English Learners and authorized the superintendent to fill three administrative assistant and secretary positions before the next meeting. The board appointed an employee as HR, Payroll and Benefits Supervisor, approved one pre-student teacher, and approved eight custodial and maintenance summer help workers. The meeting adjourned at 7:26 p.m. All motions passed on roll call votes.