The Corry Area School District is preparing for the 2026-27 school year with a number of new employees, coaches and support staff approved during the school board’s Aug. 10 meeting.
The board approved 34 personnel items, including six teacher resignations and several other employee departures. The resignations included High School Assistant Principal Angela Wyant, along with special education teachers Jillian Rose, Samantha Hasbrouck and Emily Conroy, Middle School Science Teacher Summer DeMarco and Kindergarten Teacher Amanda Dahlkemper.
The board also approved the retirement of Custodian William Church, effective Jan. 1, 2027, as well as resignations involving custodial, cafeteria and coaching positions.
A number of new instructional positions were filled for the coming school year. Among those approved were Kiersten Marendt and Kylee Snyder as secondary math teachers, Sierra Allen as a Title I teacher, Rebecca Schelling as a reading interventionist, Natalie Mosher as a special education teacher and Cael Black as an elementary physical education teacher.
The board also approved several long-term substitute and support positions, including special education teachers, paraprofessionals, a middle school secretary, cafeteria employees and a custodian.
Several athletic positions were approved as well. Douglas Ravasdy was named head boys basketball coach for the 2026-27 season. The board also approved Kiersten Marendt as middle school football cheer sponsor, Gloriana Proper as competitive cheer sponsor, Emma Marrs as an assistant volleyball coach and Madyson Rivera as an assistant girls soccer coach.
The board approved the district’s fall athletic schedules and student transportation routes and stops for the upcoming school year.
In other business, the board approved an agreement with Arbiter that will allow athletic officials to be paid through an added feature beginning with the 2026-27 school year.
Several facility and equipment projects also received approval. The board authorized $5,200 to A&MP Electric to provide electrical service for new shot clocks in the East Gym at the Middle-High School, $7,860 to Scobell Company for waterline replacement at the EOC building and a $2,036.82 change order to W.B. Mason Interiors for an additional whiteboard and installation.
The board also approved the 2026-27 ATSI Non-Title I School Plan for Corry Area High School, various district advisory committees and a Student Assistance Program liaison agreement with Bethesda Lutheran Services.
Financially, the board approved checks, wire transfers and direct deposits totaling $4,397,987.92 covering June 18 through July 31. The board also approved the district’s financial depositories, including First National Bank, PLGIT and PSDLAF.
Other approvals included the final list of Corry Area High School’s Class of 2026 graduates, disposal or sale of surplus equipment and textbooks, donation of cheerleading uniform skirts and pom poms to The Village Thrift Shop, and a request for a real estate tax exemption for a Spartansburg property owner through the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
The board also approved the sale of a property at 515 Catherine St. through the Erie County Tax Claim Bureau for $250.
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