Tamaqua Area School Board committees advanced the following items for next week’s meeting agenda:

• The 2024 Student Flu Clinic administered by Health Hero of PA is scheduled Nov. 5, and is something that the district does every year.

• A 2024-25 letter of agreement for the secondary and elementary Student Assistance Programs with Child and Family Support Services Inc. of Reading, beginning Aug. 1.

• Also, a one-year letter with Child and Family Support Services for outpatient clinic services and educational and social service agencies.

• The school safety report, which details various drills held, grants and supplies, safety meetings, trainings and future preparedness preparation.

• Four tax refunds in Tamaqua, Walker and West Penn townships.

• Bills totaling $1,344,393.73 and interim bills of $259,300.87. One bill is from Fegley’s for propane, which goes back to 2021, which had to be reconciled over the course of several months, business manager Connie Ligenza said.

• A three-year agreement with IXL Learning for math, English language arts, science and social studies for Tamaqua and West Penn elementary schools in the amount of $53,530.

• The purchase of 18,000 envelopes, including postage, for the 2024-25 tax bills from the U.S. Postal Service.

• A lease agreement with the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 for classroom space for a preschool program from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The amount is $10,200 for the year.

• Grant acknowledge agreements and resolutions with the John E. Morgan Foundation for the 2023-24 scholarships in the amount of $30,000.

• Updates of policies regarding conflicts of interest and federal fiscal compliance, first reading.

• The repair of piping and related valves for the domestic water feed at the high school in the amount of $15,783, using a COSTARS vendor.

• The purchase of eight indoor Verkada Cameras with a 10-year warranty for the middle school from ByteSpeed, a COSTARS vendor, at cost of $17,900.

• The purchase of Chromebooks from a COSTARS vendor at a cost not to exceed $120,000. This is a standard purchase each year.

• The purchase of two Intel Xeon-based servers from ByteSpeed at a cost of $19,750.