ASD Board Brief
October 8, 2024
Approval Highlights
Minutes of the September Board Meetings – Personnel – Permits for Use of Buildings and Grounds – Awards of Contracts – Abington School Service Personnel Association/AFSCME Agreement
Please note: Meeting materials are available on BoardDocs
Announcements
Honor
Dr. Fecher announced that Abington Senior High School earned a place on the College Board's AP School Honor Roll for the 2023-24 school year. The AP School Honor Roll recognizes schools that have done outstanding work to welcome more students into AP courses and support them on the path to college success. In addition, the Senior High was recognized with the AP Access Award, which honors schools that encourage more low-income and underrepresented minority students to take AP courses, demonstrating a clear and effective commitment to equitable access to advanced coursework.
Awards of Contracts
The Board awarded contracts to:
- VelocityEHS for the renewal of an online safety data sheet management software for the period of November 1, 2024 through October 31, 2027
- Hirschberg Mechanical for an ejection pit pump replacement at Schwarzman Stadium
Abington School Service Personnel Association / AFSCME Agreement
Further, the Board ratified an agreement with the Abington School Service Personnel Association (ASSPA)/AFSCME, pursuant to the Public Employee Relations Act of the General Assembly and as a result of negotiations undertaken. The agreement is effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027. Highlights of the agreement include salary schedule increases, benefit changes, adjustments to language about hours and overtime, and the creation of an additional shift opportunity.
Next Board Meeting
Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024, 07:30 PM
970 Highland Avenue, Abington, PA, USA
This communication from Abington School District and its Board of School Directors is meant to be a summary of actions taken at the most recent Board meeting, and is not intended to serve as minutes of the meeting. Materials presented at all meetings of the Abington Board of School Directors are available on BoardDocs, accessible via the ASD homepage. Recordings of the meetings are also found on the Abington School District YouTube channel, in addition to being broadcast on Comcast XFINITY channel 968/Verizon Fios channel 34. For more information, please visit https://www.abingtonsd.org/page/board-of-directors or call 215-884-4700.