TAKE PART
Get closer to the answers.
Start with a meeting. Follow up with a specific record request.
Meetings on the published schedule
Schedules checked October 4, 2026. Check official notices for changes.
Borough council — remaining scheduled 2026 meetings
October 26, November 23 and December 28, at 7 p.m., Weatherly Municipal Building, 61 West Main Street. October 26 event notice checked October 4, 2026. Recheck notices for changes. The borough says agendas are posted 24–48 hours beforehand.
Borough 2026 meeting schedule · Borough meeting notice — October 26, 2026 · Borough agenda and minutes archive
School board — remaining scheduled 2026 meetings
Caucus: October 7, November 4, December 2. Regular: October 14, November 11, December 9. All at 6 p.m. in the Middle School LGI Room. Reorganization is December 2 at 6 p.m. The district says official action may occur at either meeting type. Recheck the current schedule. Schedule rechecked October 4, 2026.
Weatherly Area School District — Board of Education
Borough agenda and minutes archive
What is missing from the meeting archive?
The borough archive checked October 4, 2026 lists minutes for January 6, January 28, February 10, February 23, March 23 and May 26. April, June, July, August and September minutes were not linked in that retrieved listing; agendas through September 28 were linked. An agenda shows proposed business, not what was decided. A complete 2026 school agenda/minute archive was not retrieved; request packets from the district Open Records Officer. May 26 minutes expressly record approval of the April 27 minutes. That confirms April minutes existed and were approved, although their contents were not obtained here.
Borough agenda and minutes archive · Council agenda — August 24, 2026 · School Business Office and Open Records instructions · Council minutes — May 26, 2026 · Council agenda — September 28, 2026
Current notices and recent meetings
School board letters of interest due October 12
The district homepage, checked October 4, invites letters of interest to serve on the school board by October 12, 2026, addressed to Judi Kunkle, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent. The undated notice does not identify the departing member. Consult the district for eligibility and submission details; no directory member has been removed on this evidence.
School district announcements — checked October 1, 2026
September 30 school special meeting — outcome not obtained
The district advertised a September 30, 2026 special meeting at 4:00 in the Middle School LGI room. The notice does not establish what business was conducted or how anyone voted. An agenda and approved minutes remain needed. The notice was no longer on the homepage when checked October 4; its removal does not establish an outcome.
School district announcements — checked October 1, 2026
September 28 council agenda — what was scheduled
Business items 5–7 concern pension minimum municipal obligations, Schwab School lease-option addenda and the IBEW Local 1319 agreement/personnel policy. The agenda also lists bill approval without amounts. No spending or pension totals can be established from this agenda.
Council agenda — September 28, 2026
Water service-line inventory — resident survey
The borough’s September 28 letter asks residents who have not returned the service-line survey to complete it. It says residents who already submitted it need take no further survey action; the borough continues identifying its side of the line. Forms are available through the borough office and website. This inventory notice is not a finding about any household’s water quality.
Borough service-line inventory notice — September 28, 2026
Elementary principal’s next role announced
MMI Preparatory School announced Chris Kimmel’s appointment on September 29: he will join MMI January 4, 2027 and become Head of School July 1. Weatherly’s administration page still lists him. We have not obtained a district resignation action, last working day or replacement notice.
MMI Preparatory School — Chris Kimmel appointment, September 29, 2026 · School district administration
October community dates
Newsletter: cemetery walk October 10 at 1 p.m., meeting at the Historic Union Cemetery gazebo (rain presentation at the museum). Parade October 24 at 2 p.m.; registration at Tweedle Park starts at 1 p.m.; rain date October 25. Library storytimes: October 9 and 16, 4:30–5:30 p.m., and October 17, 10–11 a.m.; contact the library to register.
Weatherly Borough — October 2026 newsletter, pages 1–2
Trick-or-treat schedule needs confirmation
The October newsletter prints “Thursday, October 31st, 2026,” 6–8 p.m. October 31, 2026 is Saturday. We have not established which part of that schedule is intended; confirm with the borough before attending.
Weatherly Borough — October 2026 newsletter, pages 1–2
OUR RECORDS REQUESTS
Following the money, one request at a time.
Sent September 25, 2026 · Awaiting responseAugust 2026 General Fund payment register
Weatherly Citizens sent an informal email from weatherlycitizens@gmail.com to weatherlyboro@gmail.com, requesting the existing August 1–31 General Fund check/EFT register or an online link.
We asked the borough to advise if a formal Right-to-Know form is required. We will review its response before requesting more records.
Publisher’s sending record · Status recorded September 25, 2026. Sending is confirmed; receipt and response are not yet confirmed. This was an informal request, not a completed formal filing.
THE NEXT REPORTING STEP
How we find where the money went
The current sources do not provide a complete transaction ledger. Here is the sequence that can close that gap.
STEP 1Start with the ledger
Request the adopted line-item budget, expenditure ledger, chart of accounts and check/EFT register. These connect the budget to dates, vendors and accounts.
Fund-specific request drafts →STEP 2Trace a payment
Once a register identifies a transaction, request its invoice, purchase order, executed contract and approval record. Check whether the amount includes a reversal or an interfund transfer.
All focused request drafts →STEP 3Reconcile and ask for an explanation
Compare totals with the agency’s budget-to-actual report. Request missing records through the Open Records Officer; ask officials separately to explain decisions.
Browse the request checklist → The broader templates below remain unsent. Our narrower August payment-register request is tracked above; avoid overlapping requests for the same records.
Send a Right-to-Know request
- Choose the agency and records. Specify a time period and existing documents; use the uniform request form. For spending, start with one fund or one month.
- Include your full name, valid mailing address for responses and response email, then submit to the Open Records Officer. Request electronic copies and an estimate of any permitted fees. Keep the request and proof of delivery.
- Track the written response. The agency ordinarily has five business days to grant, deny or invoke a qualifying extension of 30 calendar days.
- If denied, check the appeal deadline immediately. OOR’s guide gives a 15-business-day appeal deadline following the mailing date of a denial response. Failure to respond within the applicable period may be a deemed denial; consult OOR’s appeal guidance.
PA uniform Right-to-Know request form · PA Office of Open Records — Citizens’ Guide
How we report
Source first
Official listings show what an agency publishes. Minutes show actions recorded at a particular meeting. News reporting is attributed. Historical information is dated, and unknown is never treated as zero, nonresident or misconduct.
Keep claims within the evidence
An award is not a payment. A published residence statement is not a current eligibility check. Shared surnames are not proof of a relationship. Unverified identity leads remain labeled research notes and are excluded from confirmed counts.
Scope, corrections and remaining gaps
This site began with a supplied leadership dossier and subsequent source checks. It is not a complete audit. Some imported county listings still need direct sources; detailed payroll, payment registers, signed disclosures and current residency certifications have not been obtained.
For a correction, preserve the page URL, disputed wording, source document and date. Check the original and keep a record of any changed conclusion. This site does not yet offer a submission form. Official-agency contact links are for agency business, not corrections to this independent site.
Full verification notes · Source library