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One, two. Check. One, two. Hello. You can hear me testing So, good evening everyone and uh thank you for your patience. Um so, welcome to our special school board meeting. And before we get started, I always like to

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go over our housekeeping rules here that um when we respect each other as for our board members, our administration or our community that's here or even our students who may be on live who are watching us that we respect each other whether we agree to disagree even as we

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go towards our public comments. So, with that, um, it is now 6:33 and I call to order the June 30th, 2026 special school board meeting of the Harrisburg City School Board, school district board of school directors. If we can please rise for the pledge of

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allegiance. to my left >> to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with justice and all. >> Thank you. We will now move to our roll

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call for this evening. So, Madam Secretary, if you would please call the role for the evening. >> Thank you, Madam President. Miss Copeland, >> present. >> Miss Anderson, >> present. Mr. Carter, >> present. >> Miss Hughes, >> present.

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>> Miss Johnson, >> present. >> Miss Radcliffe, Miss Robinson, here. Mr. Mr. Thompson Weer and Dr. Suski >> present this evening.

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>> Thank you, Madam Secretary. So, we now move to our um executive session here for this evening. So, the school board met in executive session at 5:00 p.m. to today to uh June 30th, 2026 to discuss the act

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93 administrative compensation plan and legal in a legal matter with the district solicitor. So, now we're ready to move to our approval. Any minutes for the agenda for this evening? So, first, is there a

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motion to approve the minutes of the June 23rd 26 school board general business meeting? >> So, move to use. >> Is there a second? >> Second. Anderson. >> Thank you. Secretary, can I have a roll call, please?

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>> Miss Anderson? >> Yes. Mr. Carter? >> Yes. >> Miss Copelan? >> Yes. >> Miss Hughes? >> Yes. >> Miss Johnson? >> Yes. Miss Robinson. >> Yes. >> Six yes, zero no, zero abstain.

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>> Thank you, Madam Secretary. Hearing majority of yeses. So, that motion will carry for approval. And before we uh get started with our approval for our agenda for the special group uh school board meeting tonight, um we would like to amend

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the agenda items 7.3 and 7.4 before the approval and turn over to our solicitor to give to reflect the changes and language to the items. So Mr. Sultenic,

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>> thank you Madame President. We're going to uh look to amend items 7.3 and 7.4 as follows. Um 7.3 relates to the act 93 compensation plan

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and uh I'm going to summarize the motion. Whereas this meeting of the board of school directors, the board of the Harrisburg School District, the district has been duly convened and conducted in accordance with the

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Pennsylvania Sunshine Act. And whereas the district's existing administrative compensation plan, the 2025 2026 administrator's compensation plan adopted in accordance with section

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11-1164 of the public school code is scheduled to expire as of today. And whereas a compensation plan >> okay and whereas a motion uh will

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appears on the agenda uh of this meeting as 7.3 the original motion proposed the continuation of the current act 93 compensation agreement on a status quo basis until a successor

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agreement is negot negotiated, executed and um approved by the board. And whereas questions have arisen with respect to what constitutes status quo upon the expiration of the act 93

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compensation plan and the board wishes to clarify and amend the im original motion to ensure that eligible administrators receive the merit-based compensation increases that they've already earned

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for services performed during the 2025 2026 school year. And whereas the board now moves by majority vote to amend the original motion as set forth as follows.

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that the board of school directors hereby approves the continuation of the terms and conditions of the district's expiring 252026 administrators compensation plan and adopted in accordance with section

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11-1164 of the public school code on a status quo basis uh effective upon its expiration on June 30, 2026 and until a successor Act 93

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compensation plan is approved by the board, which is anticipated to occur at the board's regularly scheduled legislative meeting in August of 2026. Be it further resolve for the purposes of maintaining the status quo, those

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eligible administrators covered under the 2025 2026 administrators compensation plan who remain employed by the district during the 2026 2027 school year and who are within the established

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salary ranges shall receive the merit-based compensation increases of 2.12. 2% to 3.12% implemented in accordance with the 2025 2026 plan until a new act 93

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compensation plan is approved by the board. Be it further resolved that this action is taken to resolve questions that have arisen with respect to what constitutes status quo at the expiration of an act 93 compensation plan and to

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ensure that eligible administrators receive the merit increases that they have already earned for services performed during the 2025 2026 school year. further resolved that the PSBA market

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movement of 1.9% will be applied to increase the salary ranges for the 2026 2027 plan year and further resolve that seven administrators who exceed the salary

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ranges set forth in the 2025 2026 administrators compensation plan shall each receive a 2.62% increase in base level compensation, but shall no longer be eligible to receive

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any stipens attached to their compensation as the result of the board action during the 2526 school year. And those seven individuals uh are the chief of student support services, the chief of schools, the

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chief of operations, the coordinator of purchasing and accounts payable, the coordinator of public relations, the IT network support specialist, and an IT building technician. Further resolved that the administration is hereby

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directed to immediately implement the changes set forth in this action and that the administration is further directed to finalize all terms and provisions of a successor Act 93 compensation plan incorporating all

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relevant terms and conditions of employment structured as a one-year plan that will expire on June 30, 2027 after fulfilling the meet and discuss obligation. ations in section 11 1164 of the public school code. And further

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resolved that the superintendent is authorized uh to notify the administrators of this action and continue administering compensation and benefits consistent with the terms of this resolution during the interim period until a successor Act

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93 compensation plan is approved by the board. In addition, the agenda will be amended in uh 7.4 of uh the actions and that relates to a

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memorandum of agreement between the Harrisburg School District and the Harrisburg Education Association. And um the motion would be that the board of school directors of the Harrisburg School District amends the uh

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agenda to modify the previously posted agenda item concerning the proposed memorandum of agreement between the Harrisburg School District and the Harrisburg Education Association regarding the column recognition incentive for emergency certified

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employees. The reason for this amendment to the posted agenda is that the district has been engaged in ongoing negotiations with the Harrisburg Education Association to prepare and finalize the language of the memorandum of agreement

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and that a number of emergency certified bargaining unit members who have recently obtained their certifications uh may leave the district. uh if the memorandum of agreement is not approved at this time and it is further resolved

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that the board of school directors hereby re approves the revised memorandum of agreement between the Harrisburg school district and the Harrisburg Education Association regarding the column recognition incentive for emergency certified

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employees as presented to the board on this date and the revised memorandum agreement having super seated the previous version that was already circulated. And it's further resolved that the administration is authorized to

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execute the revised memorandum of agreement on behalf of the board of school directors contingent upon the Harrisburg Education Association ratifying uh the modification by the membership of

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the Harrisburg Education Association no later than July 15, 2026. Uh we will need a motion and a second of the board to approve those amendments to

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the agenda. We are not approving them by virtue of this action yet. We're just approving the board agenda to be amended in accordance with the Sunshine Act. And for the benefit of the public, um, uh,

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this methodology has been recently, uh, authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the Parkland versus Coleman decision and, uh, this is the process that we are following, uh, to be consistent with state law.

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>> Thank you. So I would like to uh make a motion to amend the agenda for the items as was presented to reflect the changes in 7.3 and 7.4

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for our uh June 30 of 2026 for the school board um agenda that's being presented. So move Robinson. Is there a second? >> Second. Anderson.

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>> All right. >> Can take a call vote. Secretary. >> Thank you. Miss Anderson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carter. >> Yes. >> Miss Copelan. >> Yes. >> Miss Hughes. >> Yes. >> Miss Johnson?

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>> Yes. >> Miss Robinson? >> Yes. >> Six. Yes. Zero. I'm sorry. Six. Yes. Zero no. And zero abstain. Thank you, Madam Secretary. So, hearing majority of

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yeses. So, that that will the motion will carry for that approval to approve our agenda for June 30th, 2026 for the special school board meeting as attached to reflect the modifications in the amended on 7.3 and 7.4

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and to public comments section for this evening. So, Madam Secretary, do we have any public comments this evening? >> Yes, we do. We have two this evening. Uh, the first one up is Miss Melanie Cook. >> Good evening. My name is Melanie Cook. I

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am a homeowner in the city of Harrisburg and a fairly long-term resident uh who lives in the Riverside section. I'm here this evening to witness to a certain degree final votes on decisions

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that quite frankly should not be made in the manner in which I anticipate you are going to decide them. Uh but I have sat here and heard how uh courtesy should be extended yet this meeting started 35 minutes late. I have sat here as someone

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trained in the law and listened to um an explanation of two verbose amendments uh to items on the agenda that have to be decided today um that apparently were not prioritized until what appears to be

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the very last minute and then are amended in a way that you could not follow most particularly because it's not written anywhere. Um, we have to listen to what was said and try to take notes. Quite frankly, this is no way to conduct

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business. The citizens of this city deserve more than they're getting from this school board. Um, there are those of you who I know are doing your level best. Uh, but it is not enough. We are getting ready to observe you vote to

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close a school and put all of the middle school students into Camp Curtain despite the fact that you had 20 plus school employees come before you and tell you of the disruptive nature of the

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existing school structure. You had a safety officer come in with a black eye. You had the person who conducts the s the inschool suspension room tell you that I've only been doing it for two and a half months and there were what 526

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kids. Can you imagine what it had been like if this was all school year and I am speaking as someone who prepared written comments in 2023 opposing that. You are also going to vote to close Marshall Academy. quite frankly

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something you did two years ago without a public meeting and did despite the fact that the public meeting you held had absolutely faulty notice with respect to the public. you engage in practices that are simply not

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legitimate. And I think you know that. And all I can say is that I hope at some point that you will rise to the occasion and do better. and that those who are not here will find it in their hearts to

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resign from this board and let people who can show up and be present and advocate for our kids be seated at this day. Thank you Secretary and next we'll have Miss

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Patricia Robinson. You can say just for the record and I don't have the city but I do have a business. Oh, so uh first I want to just um the reason

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I'm here is to celebrate uh students that came through Evolve Youth Trades Academy through Harrisburg High. Um I would extend out an invitation to celebrate our students on June 19th.

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there was elevation this year for students to be recognized during their um senior celebration. So, I wanted to take the time out to make sure that they were recognized. Um with that being said, I just wanted to share um some of

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the students what they're doing right now. middle students that came through the trades academy seniors. Marcus Roma and Phoenix Chase is now working in the trades.

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They started today. Jeremiah um Kennedy um Canada actually got accepted to university and has given him a scholarship and dollars.

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Deco will be working in the workforce as well as well as Jordan Scott and Jeremy Flores. All of this is by the hands of steel works who is Jonathan

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and Chris Franklin students that will be projects in history and off second street. I think it's important that we students and we celebrate them um and

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experiences next year that um they get recognized from their um their school and their um [laughter] peers as they should be. We don't want to admit the trades because trades is not the last option but the first

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opportunity and certain opportunity to excel and this is evidence that excel. Thank you. >> Thank you Miss Patricia Robinson. That concludes the public uh comment section of the agenda. Thank you.

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>> Thank you Madam Secretary. We'll now move to our unfinished business items for this evening. So again, um these items were brought before you on June 23rd, 2026 of the school board general business meeting.

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The items were listed that were properly vetted a week ago as stated the school board meeting to the consent agenda for approval. So does the board wish to remove anything from the consent agenda to be voted on separately? All

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right, we're hearing we're seeing none. So, do have a motion to approve the items listed in this section. >> So, moved, Anderson. Is there a second? >> Second, Robinson. >> Thank you. The motion has been properly moved and second. Is there any

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discussion on the motion items? All right. So, hearing or seeing no further discussion, Madam Secretary, can I have a roll call vote, please? Miss Anderson. >> Yes. Mr. Carter, >> yes. >> Miss Copelan, >> yes. Miss Hughes, >> yes. >> Miss Johnson, >> yes.

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>> Miss Robinson, >> yes. >> Six, yes. Zero, no. Zero abstain. >> Thank you, Madam Secretary. Hear a majority of yeses. So that motel will carry for approval. We'll now move to our old business items for this evening. Starting with the

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closure of Marshall Academy. So, do I have a motion to approve the closure, excuse me, closure of the Marshall Academy as an immediate action item? >> So, move to >> Is there a second? >> Second, Johnson.

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>> Thank you. Motion has been properly moved and second. Is there any discussion on the motion item? >> I'll just make a discussion because I know we did have a public comment uh regards to us not um having a meeting. So, we did have a hearing for our

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community regards to the closure um that was presented and also it was not closing the school. It was a program. So, the school is still operating. It was just a program. So unfortunately with that um community member no longer here, I would love her to be able to

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understand we did provide it cuz we wanted the feedback and the board is the actual we initiated to have a meeting to hear from our community before we move forward to make sure that we are all you know um holding our position as elected

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officials. So for the record, hopefully she'll be able to uh see the meeting. But further ado, there's no further discussion. So Madam Secretary, you call vote, please. Miss Anderson, >> yes. Mr. Carter, >> yes.

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>> Miss Copelan, >> yes. Miss Hughes, >> yes. >> Miss Johnson, >> yes. >> Miss Robinson, >> no. >> Five yes, one no. Zero abstain. Thank you, Madam Secretary. Hearing majority of yeses, so that motion will

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carry for approval. We'll now move to item 6.2 for the closure of the Roland Academy. And do I have a motion to approve the closure of the R Academy as the action item? >> So moved. Anderson,

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>> is there a second? >> Is there a second? Second, Johnson. >> Thank you. Motion has been properly second. Discussion this motion item. >> Yes, I would like to make comment. >> Yep. >> Yes, I'd like to make a comment. So, when this uh decision was uh discussed

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when uh Eric Turman was here, um I was one of the ones who voted no against the reconfiguration and also within that time frame within the 2 to three year uh period, it has been running in disarray. It has uh the school has been running in disarray. Uh we had three different principles,

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correct me if I'm wrong, who were veteran principles who were in the district before and it still has not been functioning appropriately like it should have been functioning. We had employees come out, which was 20 plus, who came out and spoke very uh vocally about the concerns that they had at the school. Um we also had community members

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that came out at time and time again at town hall meetings who spoke about the dysfunction of Kim Curtain. um throughout the process. Um within that time period, we still haven't seen no type of surveys or anything from the students to see how they felt about the

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reconfiguration cuz we know how we felt about it, but we're not inside of the buildings. However, we just had um community members, we had uh employees who spoke very vocally about not continuing with the reconfiguration. And with the school was running in so much disarray, we had the data sitting in

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front of us. I just feel that the plug should have been pulled and we should not move forward with that decision. So that just was that's my comment. >> Thank thank you Mr. Carter. Is there any further discussion? Mr. Wson, >> I'm not going to keep you. Um I concur

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with everything Mr. Carter just said. >> Thank you, Mson. >> Uh thanks. Thank you, [clears throat] Madam President. Um, so, uh, I guess I have a question. There was a comment, I think, by Dr. Suski

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last week, um, where there's an Well, let me first say, um, it's my understanding and and I I think, uh, just to clarify, if this, uh, if if we were to vote no, that there would be, um, there would still be no um, classes

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taught in the fall. Correct? There' be no, no students. Okay. So, we are kind of committed to a change for the fall. Um I believe Dr. Suski mentioned that there's an opportunity to retain the school number. Um so so as not to I

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guess I don't know the terminology but just um so not to permanently >> um close u what would uh how would that look um in terms of a motion or or what would that look like? >> Jeff, can you explain what that might look like for as a motion? Would he be

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able to tighten it? What would that look like for as a motion? I believe if we don't take any action the school's number remains. >> That is correct. >> Yeah. And uh so uh no action needs to be

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uh reflected. So, for example, if the board votes this resolution down, uh the number will still be retained with the Department of Education. And if the board approves this motion, uh uh

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then the number would be retired under those circumstances. But that doesn't prevent of course in the future for the property being used by the district because we can get a new number and we would have to file for a new

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reconfiguration with the state. >> Um thank you for clarifying. So, um I believe it was discussed last week that should this um since we're committed to make a change for this fall, should we not be pleased with the the change that

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there could be um then an opportunity to revert back to the building? >> Yes, for the 2728 school year. >> Okay. Thank you for clarifying. >> Yes. >> Thank you, Miss Hughes. So, hearing none. Well, I'll just add to

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um I have a lot of questions. Um however um there are still students regardless of the building will hold our students or not. There is still a program currently there which is the river rock. So my

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only question to that if the school and again I know we got some planning and some things to do to be a little bit more proactive. The plan was great um that we heard. However, um just always have to make sure all of our um you know, we're we're seeing it

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from both levels cuz there's still going to be students there um running at that school. So, when we talk about you know, and my main one of my main things I stand on here is safety. So, if it's not safe for our students, how is it safe

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for other students to still remain in the building? So that's why I have a lot of questions and as we have already heard back from a lot of the you know administrative um not all but some who have concerns especially with behaviors

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and things increasing and we talked a lot about the plannings and what that can look like. But one thing that kind of stood out with me I'm just sharing transparently um I think he's u Mr. Jones spoke about 90 minutes in a class

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and you can barely get students to sit for a 20 minute. So it sounds good and I'm not prematurely saying but I have a lot of questions and I think um we could do a little bit more better as we um you

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know pro provide and think out the plan and make sure that everybody is sitting at the table. So I just wanted to share my go to that >> one thing that was shared last week at the last meeting is that the board um will require that we provide update on

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status updates on camp curtain uh monthly update and so that's a commitment from our team that we will be providing those update to the whole board on camp curtain. >> Yeah and and I thank you for that but I would have loved some updates from the phases one and the phase two that we

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really didn't get a lot of updates on. So it sounds good, but again, you know, that's that's just coming from me. I'm not speaking on everybody's behalf, but I just want to share that, you know, my sentiments of it. And if there is no further Oh, Miss Hughes, sorry, just one

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thing. Um, also related to that, besides updates to the board, I would urge um the principal, the district to get feedback from the teachers and the um the the staff. Uh um they already have feedback on the plan. Um there was a general um positive sentiment from many

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but there there were some that had concerns and feedback and very helpful very detailed constructive feedback great feedback. So I would just ask that both pre-implementation as the final details are ironed out to take that feedback and make it better and then as it's rolled out to continuously get

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feedback from the staff uh and that we want um visibility to that too. So I think that's going to be the key for this to to be workable is that it works for the uh teachers and the and the educators and and their supportive staff. Thanks. >> So another question that I have would be for um

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uh Mr. Sultanic. So in the same sense I know we share sentiments about we want to continue updates and stuff like that but that's just us saying what we want. So how do we make that and uh attach that uh to anything to make that a mandatory that we get those updates

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or that we get that updated information? How do we make that a mandatory? I think uh you as a board can direct your superintendent to provide this information but I your superintendent is here and he's shaking his head and this is being witnessed by a number of

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people. So uh that should be enough to assure the provision of that information. So >> my question would be how do we get it on paper? So should we go back to when Brian Jones was approved as the principal and to make those um mandatory

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um items attached to his yeah attached to his job description rather. >> Okay. because that's just saying that we we want it on paper so we can actually make sure that that's what we're going to get. >> Well, here's what I would say. I think what we could do is easily hold me accountable in my evaluation and then

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that could be one of my objective goal is that I provide the feedback on Cam Curtain. That's one of my objective goal and that would be easily way to hold everyone accountable for that moving forward. >> Yeah, I think that probably is your strongest issue. under state law, you're supposed to develop annual performance

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objectives uh agreed mutually. And what I'm hearing your superintendent saying that he would be willing to agree to such uh an objective performance uh requirement and that will be probably the strongest memorialization of that

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because that will have to be posted on the district's website and you would have to measure that at the end of the year to see if he fulfilled those requirements. Good suggestion. >> Okay. And this is not just for that. I'm just talking about in general. So we make so we can make sure that we have the correct followup with everything and

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to also make sure that we're holding everyone accountable. So it's not just pertaining to Kim Curtain, but just in general because I know we sit here and we we share sentiments, but to make it mandatory so we're actually getting that informed information that we need. And then also another thing too, we want to make sure that we get the information at

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an accurate time because we got the presentation on the 23rd and in the same since this reconfiguration been a ongoing process. So we got that on the 23rd and then to hear that we got um if we want to move with a option B or another option then you know it's kind

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of like pulling a string you know and in the same instance it's like as if the vote is being forced you know and that's a position that we don't want to be in. So in >> just moving forward just to have that stuff at an appropriate time and have everything that we need. >> I think the the strongest way to move forward with all of this is throughout

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my evaluation process as line goes to align to the board and these requirements. >> Thank you Mr. Carter. So hearing no further discussion the item. Madam Secretary can have a roll call vote please.

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>> Miss Anderson no Mr. Carter. No, >> Miss Copeland. No, Miss Hughes. Nope. Miss Johnson. >> Miss Robinson. >> No.

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>> We have five zero. Yes. Oh, she unmute. Miss Johnson, will that be a yes? Your answer is yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. One yes and five no and zero abstain.

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Thank you madam secretary. So that motion will not carry and um recommend to uh bring something back um at our next um meeting. We're going to have a better plan. So with that, we'll

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move to our next item for this evening, which is defining general fund budget. So do I have a motion to approve the 2026 2027 budget as a related action item?

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>> So moved, Anderson. >> Is there a second? >> Second, Hughes. >> Thank you. The motion has been properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. So, hearing none. Madam Secretary, can I have a roll call,

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please? >> Oh, >> I was going to say, wait a minute. Is that the matrix? >> Is that sign language? I thought it was something different. >> I wanted to go down, but I'm sorry. Thank you,

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[laughter] Miss Anderson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carter, >> yes. >> Miss Copelan, >> yes. >> Miss Hughes, >> yes. >> Miss Johnson, >> yes. >> Miss Robinson, >> yes. >> Six, yes. Zero, no, zero abstain. Thank

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you, Madam Secretary. And here majority of yeses. So that motion will carry for approval. We move to item 6.4, the 2026 2027 tax structure as an immediate action item. So, do I have a motion to approve the 2026 2027 tax structure as

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an immediate action item? >> So, moved. Robinson. >> Is there a second? >> Second, Anderson. >> Thank you. The motion has been properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion on motion? All right. Hear or see. So, Madam Secretary, can I have a roll call vote,

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please? Miss Anderson, >> yes. Mr. Carter. Miss Copelan. >> Yes. Mes, >> yes. Miss Johnson, >> yes. >> Miss Robinson, >> yes. Six. Yes. Zero no zero abstain. >> Thank you, Madam Secretary. Hearing

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majority yeses. So that motion will carry for approval. I'm ready to move to our new business items for this evening. Dr. Henry, >> the administration has recommend approval of the social media lawsuit representation agreement. >> Media action item. Sorry.

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>> Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Henry. So, do I have a or Dr. And we do have a motion to approve the social media lawsuit representation agreement as of the action item. >> So move Robinson. >> Is there a second? >> Second. Anderson. >> Thank you. The motion has been properly moved and seconded. Is there any

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discussion on the motion item? >> Hearing or seeing it. So Madam Secretary, can I call vote, please? Miss Anderson? >> Yes. Mr. Carter? >> Yes. >> Miss Copelan? >> Yes. >> Miss Hughes? Yes. Miss Johnson? >> Yes. Miss Robinson,

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>> yes. Six yes, zero no, zero abstain. >> Thank you, Madam Secretary. Hearing majority of yeses, so that motion will carry for Dr. Next item. The administration is recommending approval of exonerated uh real real estate property tax for the Harrisburg

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Redevelopment Authority and from the obligation to pay real estate taxes for the property located at 57 North 13th Street and 1613 Chestnut Street identified by par number 0901400

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03 0 0 0 and 09 052 102 effective July 1, 2026. Um, this motion is based on the assumption from this actization pres got

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me got me a lot of words right now. Authority Act 53 PACA CSA 5620. The Dolphin County Tax Claim Bureau is authorized to strike off $2,72357 in the 2006 20021 taxes for the 1613

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Testament Street and for $1,43065 in the 2022 through 2025 taxes for 57 North 13th Street. >> Thank you, Dr. Mar. So, do I have a motion to approve the real property tax exoneration and to Harrisburg redevelopment authority as an immediate

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action item? >> So, move to use. >> Is there a second? >> Second. Robinson. >> Motion has been properly seconded. Is there any discussion on the motion item? >> M. Robinson. >> Uh, yes. Just a quick question. um why

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is it um so far back? It's going from 2006 to 2021 and that's that's a relatively small amount but for the other one is from 22 to to 25 and that's roughly half of that but why the why the

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long wait? Uh yes. So this was these properties were actually identified and up for tax sale yesterday. Um because there was issues when the properties went from one not for profit to the hair the redevelopment authority which also

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is taxexempt. Um so this was cleanup records that were discovered and the one is a vacant lot. So that's why the taxes are so low. >> Okay. Thank you. >> So my is more so not not a question but more so of a comment. So, in regards to having a lot of these prop having

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several properties exonerated throughout the year, is there anything that we can get back from them in regards to exonerating them? I mean, can he come back and offer some type of service, some type of volunteer service or anything like that? Can they try to bring something back to the district so we can get something from you? >> I truly appreciate that, Mr. Carter,

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because we are going to be uh soliciting donations from all the properties that are exempt from taxes again this year. So, we definitely would encourage them to those property owners to participate and consider making a donation to the district. Please look forward to not

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only a press release and media release on that in mid July, but also that information to show up in your mailboxes in mid to late July. So, definitely appreciate that uh leading into allowing that announcement, Mr. Carter. >> All right. Thank you. more.

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>> Miss Robinson, >> I just wanted to clarify the you're you're looking for donations from the nonprofits. Are we you had mentioned I think a a year or so ago we were looking at doing p a pilot for well a payment of low of taxes for different um businesses

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and possibly some of the government buildings that don't pay taxes in our city. >> Yes, that is correct. So we I initialized this campaign last July in which we sent solicitations to every um entity that does not pay property taxes.

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So government buildings, uh not for-profit buildings, churches, civic organizations, even individuals. Um we received one donation in the amount of $100. Um, so we are hoping that this year we'll have a better result and that

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we're doing more to be able to use our media partners to be able to get the word out on the street so that hopefully there's more recognition of the importance that this role plays in uh the success the future success of the district. >> Now, is there anything that we can do as

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a as a board as far as advocacy? something that we can get out there because $100 [laughter] $100 is um a a slap in the face. Let's just say what it is. Um especially because these government buildings are

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roughly 50% of our not receiving taxes. So, is there something that we can do? I know we we go up to um the capital, we advocate for different fundings and stuff stuff like that. Is there something that that goes

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along with what you've put together that we can do? >> Yeah. So, what I'm putting together is really looking for community to support for the our students. So, not necessarily advocacy as in change the

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laws that reflect how properties can be exempt. Also, yes, more grassroots. Um, we've also I've requested PFM to be able to look into possibilities of how other states fund their capital school districts because they're in similar

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situations so that we would have that mechanism to do more we'll say political advocacy work in the future. But this this effort is more grassroots. >> Thank you, Miss Robinson and um Dr. Stokes. Miss Hughes. >> Uh thank you madam u madam president.

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Um, I might be a little slow. Um, the Harrisburg Redevelopment Agency is under the city. So, who are we paying back? [laughter] >> So, we're not paying back anybody. What we're doing ex is exonerating the past due taxes. Okay.

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>> Um, that that are sitting on the properties right now. So, they have not paid us. We're not paying any money back. We're just exonerating the city. I'm like, wait a minute. Something's wrong here. Okay. Thank you. [laughter] be misused. So hearing no further or see no further

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discussion on this item. Um Madam Secretary, can I have a roll call vote, please? Mr. Anderson, >> yes. Mr. Carter, >> yes. >> Miss Copelan, >> yes. >> Miss Hughes, >> yes. >> Miss Johnson. >> Miss I'm sorry, Miss Robinson. >> Yes. >> Miss Johnson?

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>> Yes. >> Six. Six. Yes. Z no zero abstain. Thank you. Madam Secretary hearing majority of yeses. So that motion will carry for approval. Uh Dr. H. next item. >> The administration has recommended approval of the motion which allow for the continuation of the current 893

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administrative compensation plan under existing term and condition expiring June 3rd, 2026 and that said plan shall remain in force full force in effect on a status quo basis until a successor plan has been

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approved by the board. Be it further resolved that the superintendent is authorized to notify effective administrator of this action and continue administer compensation and benefit consistent with the term of the current plan during the interim period

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>> and that that provision has been amended. >> That's what correct >> what >> so we need to adjust those. No, it it should be I I don't know if you want to a painful reminder of the resolution

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that I uh just said that was uh appropriately commented is verbose by the uh member of the public. Okay. So uh bas basically we want the a this is the vote on the amended resolution for the

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uh act 93 matter as indicated. Yes. Thank you. So with that, do I have a motion to approve the motion as amended to reflect the changes for the continuation of for the act 93

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compensation plan as an immediate action item? >> So move Anderson. >> Is there a second? >> Second, Robinson. >> Thank you. The motion has been properly moved and second. Is there any discussion? Um, Anderson.

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>> Thank you, President Copeland. So, I just wanted to provide clarity to this. Um, so essentially what this is, as far as I understand it, please correct me if I'm misstating um the information, but um we are looking to approve a new plan

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for Act 93 employees. um the board felt that we did not receive enough um detailed information in a timely manner to be able to digest everything before approving the full plan this evening.

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So, um, what we're actually doing to sort of like compromise and be fair to the employees, um, is we are basically pulling out two of the asks that the employees have put forward. Um, those are the things that, um, Mr. Sultanic

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went over. And so just to sort of like recap for folks, essentially what we're approving tonight as part of the the amendment uh is a merit-based salary increase that um the um act 93 folks

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essentially received based on evaluations from this past year. And then as uh Mr. Dr. Sultanic had also mentioned um increasing the um a cap. There's certain there's seven employees as he mentioned that basically have the

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salary cap and so we are allowing for an increase of that to begin before we approve the new plan that will hopefully happen in August. So again, um I also just want to commend the board because I think that we have operated as a team

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sort of seamlessly through this process and just really appreciate folks thoughts and feedback on this um and us being able to sort of land on this resolution of approving the plan in August once we have more information, but also being reasonable and fair to the employee so

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that um they're not looking for that increase later on. Thank you. [clears throat] Thank you. Um, Miss Anderson, no further discussion on this item. Madam Secretary, can I have a roll call vote, please? Miss Anderson, >> yes. Mr. Carter,

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>> no. >> Miss Copeland, >> yes. >> Miss Hughes, >> yes. Miss Johnson, Miss Radcliffe, she's actually on. >> She got her hand up. >> Thank you. Just just a note that she's going to be raising her hand tonight

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again. >> Yes. >> It's a yes for her. And Miss Robinson. >> Yes. >> Okay. Miss Johnson. >> Yes. Six yes, one no, zero abstain. Thank you, Madam Secretary. So hearing

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majority of yeses. So that motion will carry for approval for the amendment as presented to reflect that which was already needed. So we will now move to our Dr. Henry. The administration has recommended approval

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of the memoranda of agreement between the district and the Harrisburg Education Association regarding movement placement for a previous emergency certified teacher who attain permanent certification since August of 2024. The approval is subject to ratification of

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the MOA by the HA on or before July 15, 2026. And this was as amended uh by the board's approval of the agenda. >> Thank you. All right. So again, do

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approve as amended to refct the approval for the ATA green on as an immediate action item. >> So moved. Hughes. >> Is there a second?

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>> Second. Anderson. Thank you. The motion has been second. Is there any discussion? All right. So, we have a motion discussion. Secretary, can I have a roll call, please? Miss Anderson? Yes. Mr. Carter?

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>> Miss Copeland? Yes. Miss Hughes? >> Yes. Miss Johnson? >> Yes. >> Miss Radcliffe? Her hand is up, so let's say yes. Miss Robinson. >> Yes. >> Thank you.

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Seven yes, zero no, zero abstain. >> Thank you, Madam Secretary. Hearing majority of yeses. So that motion will carry for approval as amended to reflect what was provided in the beginning of the month. Uh we to our public comment

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section as for non-aggendum items. So madam secretary, do we have any public comments for non-aggenda items this evening? We do not. >> All right. Thank you. So we'll now move to our executive session. So the school

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board will now adjourn to executive session to provide the superintendent his annual performance evaluation for 2025 and 2026 school year. So do I have a motion to adjourn the meeting?

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>> So moved. Anderson. >> Second. Is there a second? >> Second. Robinson signify by saying I. Those opposed meeting is now adjourned to the executive session.