Zachary Teeple

The committee discussed fall sports tryout updates and football season ticket sales, including cost savings on custom tickets. Pricing for athletic events for the upcoming school year was finalized, and plans for the fall season kickoff assembly and homecoming events were outlined. Additionally, information regarding an NCAA recruiting night for families was provided. A new athletic program health metric was introduced to evaluate varsity programs based on performance, participation, GPA, and succession. Other discussions included potential changes to stadium concession arrangements, an update on the agreement with South Strabane Township regarding facility use, and professional development opportunities for baseball coaches.

The committee discussed the partnership between the middle school, Microsoft, and Harvard regarding computer programming coursework implementation. A progress report was provided on the Fab Lab's recent visit to the high school and middle school, including student and staff feedback and a visit by a State Representative to discuss a potential grant for STEAM-based initiatives. The committee explored the potential to retool the industrial technology curriculum to align with STEAM, vocational agriculture, and robotics. Finally, there was a review of elementary school enrollment numbers across the district and a brief discussion regarding the scheduling of school open houses.

The committee meeting focused on examining and discussing policies with recommended updates from the PSBA, specifically concerning threat assessment, emergency preparedness and response, school security personnel, and food services. Additionally, the committee identified specific policies to be presented for the board directors' first read.

The committee meeting focused on updates to IT infrastructure, including the elimination of network drives, the addition of cloud backups, and the implementation of 2FA on servers. Plans were established to roll out 2FA for staff email accounts. Additionally, the committee reviewed various technology projects and equipment purchases for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 budget cycles, as well as construction fund installations. Items requiring board approval include access control headend units, Promethean ActivPanels, door alarm systems, and various media center and technology wing equipment.

This document details improvement and planning activities for special education within the Trinity Area School District. Key initiatives include developing comprehensive student programming across all levels (K-12) for learning, emotional, autistic, and life-skills support. The plan also focuses on implementing social-emotional learning universal screeners and tiered interventions, enhancing therapeutic emotional support programs, and advancing school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS). Additionally, it aims to explore options for multi-disability support and review out-of-district placements to facilitate student transitions back to their home school, ensuring continuous improvement in educational environments.