At its meeting the Derry Area School District board approved a series of routine business items, personnel actions, program agreements and capital project awards, and took one formal procurement rejection.

Key approvals and outcomes included:

- Approval of minutes from the regular meeting of Oct. 2, 2025 and the special agenda prep meeting of Oct. 16, 2025 (voice votes).

- Payment of bills as listed on the agenda (voice vote).

- Treasurer's report accepted; district finance staff warned state revenues are delayed due to a missing state budget and that available fund balances are likely to decline as reserves are used to cover expenditures while state payments are outstanding.

- Personnel: employee #433 was approved for a 12-week medical family leave (to run concurrent); the board approved the employment of Dr. Justin Kulick as an elementary operational principal (Act 93 administrative contract, $100,000 prorated pending clearances).

- Combined personnel and conference motions were approved by voice vote.

- Athletics and volunteer coaching appointments were approved; one athletics item was tabled.

- Business affairs: the board approved Saint Francis University's STEM rural outreach chemistry programming and the Travis Mannion Foundation's middle-school program (no cost to the district), an as-needed agreement with ProCare Therapy for client services, and awarded a two-year agreement with Holly Consulting Group for GASB 75 actuarial valuations at $4,800 for the fiscal years ending June 2027 (the board noted this is an audit requirement).

- The board approved authorizing Westmoreland County to mail 2026 Homestead/Farmstead applications on the district's behalf at an estimated cost of $2,484.30.

- An over-budget greenhouse renovation bid was formally rejected; district staff said the low bids exceeded available grant funds (approximately $145,000), and the board directed staff and the solicitor to revisit options for the greenhouse renovation at the vocational/agriculture complex.

- The Recreation Road Drainage Project was awarded to Grit Industries for $70,000 to be paid from the Capital Project Fund; the work covers approximately 1,700 linear feet of drainage improvements with installation of riprap to address standing water and runoff.

- Administrative regulation revisions to board policy 707 (use of school facilities) were approved.

Most votes were voice votes recorded as "Aye"; when recorded roll calls occurred they were read into the record. Motions were approved by the necessary majority unless noted as tabled or rejected.