The Panther Valley School District will see five longtime teachers and a guidance counselor retire at the end of this school year.

Five of the soon-to-be retirees are at the district’s intermediate school, leaving a gap the Panther Valley School Board acknowledged Wednesday in accepting the resignations.

Retiring from the intermediate school are Joseph Ogozalek, Cori Gates, Jacqui Morgans, Cheryl Romanchik, all teachers, and Mary Ellen Greco, guidance counselor.

The board also accepted the resignation of retiring junior-senior high school teacher, Chrisanne Powell.

Superintendent Dave McAndrew said that the district will post all the positions in April.

McAndrew, in his superintendent’s report, said that he will be attending a curriculum leadership summit in Harrisburg on Monday, and staff participated in a Zoom meeting on the sixth-eighth grade literature program.

The district will be starting its second rotation of after-school clubs, he said, and also noted that the school’s food pantry was held Wednesday night.

The board approved a consulting services agreement with Butler, Agnew and Associates related to the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

McAndrew said the firm will provide support with audit preparation as the district transitions from one business manager to another in the last fiscal year, McAndrew said.

“In addition, Greg (Gauronsky, business manager,) has done an excellent job managing the 2025-2026 budget and has helped to maintain continuity and strong financial oversight during the period of change,” he said.

The board, in other action, approved:

• Hiring Sherry Bukics as a junior-senior art teacher at a salary of $47,686 per the union contract.

• Hiring Yasmine Argott as a highly qualified paraprofessional at the intermediate school and Allah Torres as a paraprofessional at the elementary school per the union rate.

• Conferences for Patricia Ebbert, Frank Karnish, Melissa Wickersham, Lindsay Hittner, Kristin Black, Robert Palazzo, Julie Gower, Theresa Williams, Pauline Romanowski, totaling $4,349.90.

• Three credit courses for Renata Lawrence, Tyler Mangold, Jennifer Jones and Maria Wozniak.

• General fund bills totaling $2,563,786, and cafeteria fund bills totaling $181,066.

• A resolution for Act 1, Taxpayer Relief Act, for the 2026-27 school year, which means the district will not exceed the maximum rate set by the state Department of Education for millage in the upcoming budget.

• Dates for the 2026 Extended School Year Program: Week 1 - July 6 to 9, Week 2 - July 13 to 16, Week 3 - July 20 to 23, all Monday to Thursday; and Week 4 - July 27 to 29, Monday to Wednesday.

• Appointing Jeanne Knepper as LCCC trustee to represent the district from July 1 to June 30, 2032.

• A list of volunteers, including Brenda Lineburg; Kimberly Pogera and Katherine Evans, effective immediately.

• The first reading and revision of the following policies: #006, Meetings; #103.1, Nondiscrimination-Qualified Students with Disabilities; #113.1, Discipline of Students with Disabilities; #204, Attendance; #218.1, Weapons; #601,

• Purchases Subject to Bid/Quotation; #805, Emergency Preparedness and Response; #805.1, Relations With Law Enforcement Agencies; and $805.2, School Security Personnel.