The Pleasant Valley School Board approved in an 8 to 1 vote a Memorandum of Understanding between the Pleasant Valley School District and Pleasant Valley Education Association, which is the teachers’ union.

School Board Director Ryan O’Keefe voted no. Just prior to the vote, O’Keefe said he opposed it and, “I think it is ridiculous.”

Nothing else was said about the memorandum, and the document was not made public.

After the meeting, Lori Fulmer, the director of Human Resources, was asked about the memorandum and she said it was not going to be made public, because it is a personnel issue and confidential. No further information is available at this time.

In other business, the supervisors also approved of the following personnel items. Resignations and volunteers are informational.

• Change to Current Assignment — Lynn Roos, food service employee, PVE, change in shift, replacing Barbara Partyka;

• Hiring of professional staff — Margaret Bywaters, Grade 3 teacher, PVIS, $95,042 (prorated), effective April 29 (on or about), replacing Kelly McElmoyle; and Aaron Korty, security officer (10 month), districtwide, $21 per hour ($.55 differential), effective Feb. 24 (on or about), replaced David Iandoli (took custodian position);

• Hiring of support staff — Sonya Spohn, building secretary, PVIS, $34,446 (prorated), effective Feb. 16, replaced Kayla Lindsay; Lindsay Dudzick, paraprofessional, PVIS, $27,586 (prorated), effective March 2 (pending paperwork), replacing Brielle Colonese;

• Intramural advisers — Cheerleading, Jillian Janotti, PVMS; Volleyball, Drew Dymond, PVHS;

• Resignations — Brielle Colonese, paraprofessional, PVIS, effective Feb. 12; Dana Evans, monitor, PVMS, effective Feb. 20; Brian Silliman, police officer, disctrictwide, effective Feb. 10; and Daniel Brenek, police officer, PVHS, effective Feb. 12; and Linnette Torres, monitor, PVIS, effective Feb. 20; Jessica Khouri, monitor, PVMS, effective Feb. 12;

• Supplemental contracts: nonathletic — Woodwind Ensemble, Jillian Michaels, adviser, PVMS, $650; Jazz Band, Jillian Michaels, PVMS, $1,950, High School National Honor Society, Amber Chiafulio and Ariella Mease, co-advisers, $2,310 (Chiafulio — $1,687.58 and Mease — $622.42);

• Tenure — The following professional staff have served Pleasant Valley School District for three years and have been rated satisfactory. They are Amber Brown and Brenda Mackey, both effective Dec. 19, 2025; and Taylor Merklin, Jan. 3, and;

• Volunteers — Trent Turner, Christina Dalrymple, Robin Burden, Taryn Kresge, Stephanie Mensch, and Darren Green.