At a special meeting to be held this Wednesday, the Weatherly Area School Board will vote on the 2022-23 budget.

At May’s voting meeting, the board approved a preliminary $15,754,839 with a 1.1-mill tax increase - to cost about $41 per household. The budget, however, was underfunded even with the tax increase, but there were other possible income streams not possible to put a number to then.

A month later, the board, with Robert Kachurak, CPA, as the district’s new business manager will be voting on a budget to take the district through the next school year.

At the June 8 regular voting meeting, the school board approved the list of graduating students, approved a new designation for Leann Miller as assistant business manager effective July 1, approved the contract language for business manager Kachurak, and approved having Kachurak pay all bills during July as the board holds no official meetings in July. All July expenses will be on the August meeting agenda for ratification.

The board acknowledges tenure for Tiffany Bobeck, elementary/middle school guidance counselor; Jessica Radjavitch, teacher; and Jeanna Genetti, teacher, as recommended by Superintendent Daniel Malloy, for having completed three successful years of teaching with satisfactory ratings.

Approved to use school facilities are Lady Wreckers Volleyball for conditioning, starting June 25; the Weatherly Recreation Basketball Camp from June 13 to 17; and Citizens Volunteer Fire Company to use the district’s parking lot on Aug. 27 for parade parking.

The Slusser Law Firm was approved to collect delinquent school taxes for 2022.

The paving contractor still has not returned to finish the work left incomplete in 2021.

The meeting ended with a discussion of projected repairs and equipment replacements that could need resources in the upcoming budget, or be put off to next year.