ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School Board took official action on several items Tuesday night.

The board approved:

- Removing Christine Petrini as a mentor teacher for Kyle Hamilton

- Chad McCoy, Teresa Coleman, Colleen Tosadori and Dave Mayer as mentor teachers for newly hired teachers Kyle Hamilton, Kimberly Padovani, Stephanie Hnat and Kristen Stash

- Cetta Richards, Marsha McGroarty, Kimberly Thomas, Jennifer McClelland, Chad McCoy, Jessica Semler, Amanda Morello and Justin Hartzell as Children’s Theater instructors with a stipend of $124.88 each

- The resignations of paraprofessionals Bethany Ratcliffe and Mary Kay Gaura

- A formal employment agreement for police officers Henry Cacurak, David Fries and Daniel Herr

- An independent contractor agreement for Gerald Markle as a substitute police officer

- Professional employee contracts for Kyle Hamilton, Courtney Hyde, Sheela Miller, Deanne Rapp and Jill Schiller for achieving tenure

- Debra Black as a part-time middle school custodian

- Erika Brunner as a primary center paraprofessional

- Josh Schwoebel for a supplemental position for the district sign board and MASD-TV for a $4,000 stipend

- Mark Rodgers as a seventh-grade band director for a $999 stipend; Simon Neubert as an orchestra director for a $999 stipend; Jennifer Kennedy as a co-chorus director for a $499.50 stipend; Melissa Carchedi as a co-chorus director for a $499.50 stipend; Michael Fugh as a co-elementary intramural director for a $787.50 stipend; and Julie Cunningham as a co-elementary intramural director for a $787.50 stipend

- Drusilla Sisson as a bus driver and John Pukylo as a van driver for A.J. Myers & Sons

- Taylor Birckbichler as a primary center paraprofessional

- Melissa Nichol as a long-term substitute for special education teacher Maria Kuchta

- Hiring three full-time paraprofessionals for the primary center and elementary school

- Jaycen McKenzie as a full-time primary center custodian

- Brenda McTigue as a full-time high school custodian

- Erin Bridge as a seventh-grade girls basketball coach for a $3,987 stipend

- Michael Hill as an eighth-grade girls basketball coach for a $3,987 stipend

- Kristen Stash as an assistant girls basketball coach for a $3,150 stipend

- Joe Cioc as a co-ticket manager for a $3,341 stipend

- The Mars Area School District School Police Department Policy and Procedure Manual

- Kara Eckert using anonymous student benchmark assessment data as part of her doctoral research, to be conducted outside school hours

- The Mars Boys Volleyball Boosters Association as a school-affiliated organization

- An addendum to a settlement and general release agreement for “Student A”

- Independent volunteers for the school year.

The board convened into executive session during the meeting to discuss personnel, legal and student matters. The board also met before and following the meeting in executive session.