WASB to raise taxes, appoint member

by Seth Isenberg

The Weatherly Area School Board, at their June 14 meeting, will approve a tax increase. The board is set to approve the 2023-2024 General Fund Budget, total expenditures of $16,832,711 with a property tax increase of 1.5 mills or perhaps a little more. As of the June 7 meeting, the numbers were still in flux.

Other business on the agenda includes approving the resignation of Matthew vonFrisch as a Weatherly Area School District Board member via letter on May 11, then approving Ryan Binder to fill the vacancy.

In personnel, the board is asked to approve the resignation of Amanda Derr, Elementary/Middle School music teacher effective at the end of this school year.

Judith Kunkle, fulltime paraprofessional, is seeking board approval to move to fill the full-time Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent position effective June 7 at a salary of $45,000 prorated plus benefits. Also to be approved, Kristin Walton, part-time cafeteria employee, seeks to move to full-time cleaning aide effective June 7, at an hourly rate of $13.21 plus benefits per the WAESPA contract.

The WASB will take July off, and resume their twice monthly meetings on Wednesdays, August 9 and 16.