TURBOTVILLE — A Dewart man was elected Tuesday evening to serve a short term on the Warrior Run school board.
William Hartline was elected unanimously to complete the term of Steven Fairchild Jr., of Watsontown, who resigned last month after his arrest on charges he stole $40,000 from his employer.
Hartline will serve until Dec. 2, when whoever wins the November election is seated. Fairchild is the only candidate on the ballot.
A spokesman in the Northumberland County elections office said that if Fairchild is elected, he would have to decline to serve. If that happens, the school board would have to fill the vacancy again.
Hartline will be seated at the next meeting of the board on Nov. 23. He was one of two people who sought the appointment. He is manager of customer service at Springs Window Fashions in Montgomery and has a son in 10th grade at the school. He said his “primary focus would be on education at reasonable cost.”
Wayne Greiner, a retired federal employee, was the other candidate.
In other business, Scott Vencil, of the architectural firm Crabtree Rohrbach and Associates, gave a presentation to the board in which he reviewed the progress of renovations to the high school and middle school complex and discussed the next phases of the project. The first phase of the project, which included replacement of boilers and piping, is nearly completed.
The next phase, beginning in the spring, includes renewal of the heating and ventilation systems in the middle school at an estimated cost of $2.5 million. Alternates could include a similar project in the high school. That will be followed by renewal of all electrical features, including upgrades to wiring and lighting and new security systems.
Vencil then discussed architectural changes to the window walls at the middle school to remove glass block walls. He presented three alternatives ranging in estimated cost from $536,000 to $722,000, depending on the insulation and facade materials used.
At the start of the meeting, the board went into a 50-minute executive session to discuss a personnel matter.
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