Radnor Township School Board members approved the consent agenda — items 9.1 through 13.3 — by a 9‑0 vote at their regular meeting on Sept. 30, 2025, a package that the superintendent said included donations supporting a new late‑bus service for high‑school students.

The approval matters to families who rely on after‑school activities because the district has added a late bus that runs Monday through Thursday with departures listed at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. for the high school. Superintendent Dr. Bachelor said the late bus is intended to help students stay for clubs and practices when parents are working, and that the service will begin for middle‑school activities on Oct. 6 when middle‑school clubs begin.

Superintendent Dr. Bachelor credited a generous donation from the Batt family with helping to fund the late‑bus pilot and said the Radnor Educational Foundation (REF) has set aside $100,000 that staff and community members may apply for through grant processes. “We are still in a little bit of trial and error,” Dr. Bachelor said of the late bus schedule and pickup locations, and asked students and parents to provide feedback as routes are adjusted.

Student representative Katie Bowman, a junior at Radnor High School, told the board that the district’s new “off and away” phone policy has increased in‑person engagement and that fall activities are underway. “Cellular devices are to be shut down and stored in a secure location like school bags or lockers,” Bowman said, adding that the high school’s fall play rehearsals and fall sports season are in full swing.

The board also accepted an external recognition. Megan Oreck, chief membership officer for the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, presented Radnor with PSBA’s Great Pennsylvania Schools ribbon for “academic rigor, community resilience and financial health.” Oreck told the board the award recognizes districts that couple student supports with budgetary practices that maintain financial health.

Dr. Babson announced the district’s National Merit Scholarship semifinalists and noted the competitive scale of the program: about 1,300,000 juniors entered the qualifying test and roughly 16,000 were named semifinalists. The board listed the semifinalists by name during the recognition portion of the meeting.

Committee updates during the meeting included a curriculum committee report that reviewed a club trip, a new club, a book adoption, an academic affiliation, two donations and federal program updates. The facilities committee reported on the Itham project and said the board is targeting November for approval to go out to bid and February for awarding a contract.

The meeting concluded with routine scheduling announcements for upcoming committee meetings and the next regular business meeting on Oct. 28.

Ending: The consent‑agenda approval carried on a voice vote of nine in favor and no recorded opposition; the board did not discuss most consent items individually at the meeting.