Monday, October 26th, 2026 - Pennridge SD School Board Meeting

The Pennridge School District Board of Directors’ regular meeting on October 26, 2026, included several facilities and finance actions. The board approved a $3,990 operations-department sign installation contract with Marquino Signs, obsolete items at Dyerwood Elementary, and annual bus routes and stops. It also approved a group of finance contracts, though the transcript does not preserve their specific descriptions or amounts. The finance report said district cost-reduction efforts had produced more than $1.5 million in savings during the current budget cycle. The board approved a resolution for the 2027–28 budget cycle not to exceed the Act 1 index of 3.6%. A $200 donation to Newark Middle School from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratory Incorporated was also reported.

Other board actions included approval of South Middle School’s Title I improvement plan, tenure recommendations for two teachers, an MOU with the Pennridge Education Association, and an Act 93 agreement effective July 1, 2027. The board approved the first reading of its bullying and cyberbullying policy update, addressing AI-generated media, and passed an update to the student discipline policy adding restorative practices, despite objections from some directors and community members who sought more implementation detail. Middle-school consolidation remained in the planning and community-engagement stage, with no consolidation decision made at this meeting.