CRESSON — The construction of an addition to the Penn Cambria High School and the sale of the Penn Cambria Primary School topped the list of agenda items school board members voted on during Tuesday’s meeting.

With board member Caleb Drenning absent, the board unanimously voted to approve a sales agreement with Graystone Inc. in the amount of $250,000 for the sale of the district’s Primary School building in Lilly. Board members previously voted in January to permanently close the building at the conclusion of the 2024-25 academic year.

Superintendent Jamie Hartline said the sale includes about one and a half acres of property on three parcels of land: one that the building sits on, one that includes the school’s parking lot and a small triangular piece of land across the road.

According to Hartline, district solicitor Ron Repak will file a petition for the sale of the property in the coming days. Although the board has OK’d the property to be sold, the sales agreement has yet to be signed and district officials are in communication with Lilly Borough officials and the purchaser to see what can be done for the community to have recreational opportunities in that area, Hartline said.

The board also passed a resolution approving the construction of alterations and additions to the Penn Cambria Education Center, which Hartline said is for a two-story elementary addition to the district’s high school campus in Cresson. The addition will house students in grades two through six, he said.

The maximum building construction cost for the project is $16.4 million, while the maximum project cost is set at $17.7 million.

The district hired SitelogiQ as the project’s construction manager and Core Architects as the architectural firm, according to the meeting’s agenda.

A public hearing for the project is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in the Penn Cambria High School library so the public can be aware of what the district is spending its money on, Hartline said.

Hartline said the district’s plan is to have the addition built in time for the 2027-28 academic year.

“If all goes well, we will be moving into the building in the fall of 2027,” Hartline said.

During the meeting, the board also approved a $3,000 salary increase for Benjamin Watt, the high school’s principal, and some administrative realignments for the 2025-26 academic year.

Joseph Smorto will be the principal of grades pre-K through third grade, Justin Wheeler will be the principal of fourth through sixth grades, while Watt and Dane Harrold will be principals of grades seven through 12.