Apr 16, 2013 2 min read

• Date: April 15

• Action: Stacey Wahl was approved as a long-term substitute as a part-time special education learning support teacher at Pleasant Valley. This is a newly created position. No salary was listed.

Carissa Gans of California University of Pennsylvania was approved as a student intern from Aug. 26 to Dec. 6 in the high school counseling department.

David Timms, was approved as a custodian at the high school at a rate of $15.35 an hour effective April 22.

Kevin Kocher was appointed as the drama technical director for the spring play.

In the athletic department, Michael Kaplan and Daniel Ruby were named to split a position as boys’ lacrosse assistant coaches.

Renewed were Chelsea Stockhausen as cheerleading head sponsor, Gary Goga as the boys basketball head coach, Justin Pinto as the indoor winter track head coach, Thomas Fletcher as swimming and diving head coach, and Jason Carpetta as wrestling head coach.

A donation of $3,000 from the Peters Township High School PTSA was accepted to purchase four iPads, four Apple televisions, four cords for the televisions, $400 toward a laptop computer for the art department and 37 small white boards for the high school chemistry teachers.

A contract for school buses in the amount of $55,251 from School Bus Supply Co., and a bid of $78,973 from Myers Equipment Corp. funded by the Capital Project Fund.

A donation of $2,586 from Pleasant Valley PTA was accepted to purchase one Miracle recreation swing set for the school.

• Discussion: Members of the Peters Township School Board learned the next finance committee meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 29. School districts are mandated by the state to adopt a final budget by June 30. A preliminary budget is generally passed by the end of May.

Board member Ron Dunleavy told the board the high school football field was tested April 10 for impact safety. The results of the test are pending with no date announced.

• Next meeting: 7:30 p.m. May 20.