Penn-Trafford school board again lists vote to schedule a school-closing hearing, tonight at 7

The Penn-Trafford School District Board of School Directors meets for a legislative meeting tonight, Monday, November 2, 2026, at 7:00 pm in Room 106/107 at Penn-Trafford High School, 3381 Route 130, Harrison City (meeting list).

The big item. Under old business, the posted agenda lists a motion to "approve a public hearing on closing of school(s) and reconfigure the district grade-level assignments to certain buildings." The motion would approve a resolution scheduling a public hearing under Section 780 of the Pennsylvania School Code of 1949, the section that governs school closings, and authorize the board secretary to give public notice of it.

As posted, the motion leaves both the hearing date and the name of the school blank, so the agenda doesn't say which building is under consideration. The same motion also appeared on the agenda for the board's October 19, 2026 meeting. A vote tonight would only schedule a hearing; it would not close a school by itself.

Public comment. The agenda includes a motion to suspend Board Policy No. 903, which limits public comment to thirty minutes, for the length of tonight's meeting. Under the board's posted procedure, speakers state their name, municipality and any group affiliation, are limited to three minutes, and are called in the order they signed up.

Also on the agenda. November 2026 bills, minutes of the October 5 and October 19 meetings, winter coaching and extracurricular hires, and four student trips, including the High School Concert Percussion trip to the WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio, April 14-17, 2027, at a cost to the district of $8,494.60.