A letter from the Sheffield Township Supervisors formally requested the change. Although the proposal was first presented in March 2021, district policy required a three-year period after the individual’s passing. Dunn passed away on September 11, 2020, allowing the facility’s renaming to move forward.

Monday’s meeting also included recognition of several student groups and individuals.

Three students from Beaty Warren Middle School — Addison Leach, Addison Lilly, and Joseph Blasco — were recognized as Gold B students. Speaking on behalf of the group, Addison Leach explained, “We work to promote Gold B as well as keep track of kids’ progress towards the Gold B. You might be thinking, what is Gold B? Gold B is a citizenship award that has been earned by students of Beaty since 1934.”

Youngsville Elementary’s SOAR Ambassadors also received recognition, joined by Amy Stimmell, School Counselor Lauria Bierbower, and Gus, the school’s positive support dog. Students honored included Maddyn Lewis, Hunter Olewine, Laura Shellhouse, Avery Shoemaker, Jayce Vincent and Jansen Walters.

Pictured is the robot made by the robotics team.

“SOAR Ambassadors are fifth graders who assist with our schoolwide positive behavior interventions support program,” Stimmell said. “Better known as SOAR, which stands for Safety, Ownership, Always Respect.”

=Youngsville Wrestling was recognized for its accomplishments, with head coach David Myers and junior high coach Timothy Suydan presenting their roster of student-athletes: Collin Havers, Johnathan Sullivan, Kinsley Dean, Tucker Sanford, Ryker Chase, Jacob Battko, Brenton Myers, McKenzie Hodak, Maci Hodak, Khloe Rulander, Levi Eger, Sam Haag, and Brian Riel.

“At Youngsville, wrestling is a tradition,” Myers said. “And we are proud to say that the efforts of the coaching staff are paying dividends now. Now it’s just not a hope that you make it to states, it’s an expectation.”

The 2025 winning team of the district’s Battle of the Books, the Alphas from WAHS, was also honored. Led by Tiffany Mandeville, team members included Grace Carr, Lily Walker, Madeline Walker, Lexi Paris, Sophie Walker, Alyssa Farr, Madison McDunn, Noel Alexander, Charolette Keeports, Alyssa Wismar, and Annie Lin.

“It originally started as a regional competition by a librarian from North East High School, Nicole Fitch,” Mandeville said. “Unfortunately, it was one of the casualties of COVID. So in 2021, I decided I really wanted to bring this competition back to Warren County. And so I made it a school district competition. The teams are made up of up to 12 students. They get together over the course of the semester and read 12 different books. We pair with the Warren Public Library and hold the competition there and all of the teams are entered into a type of trivia round answering eight questions on each book.”

Shown are Youngsville Eagles wrestling and head coach, Mr. David Myers, and some of the students being recognized.

The WAHS Robotics Team, advised by Eric Mineweaser and Art Anderson, gave a demonstration of their robot. Students Donald Anderson, Rebecca Anderson, Abigail Cornman, Liam Ferry, Mason Moore, Philip Nickerson and Lincoln Olsen took part in the presentation.

Olsen, who serves as the driver and 3-D modeler for the team, explained, “The robotics season every year releases the game on the last day of Worlds, and it’s a new game every year. That’s when the season starts — it’s almost all year round.”

The meeting also had public comment from Raymond Hagg of Pittsfield, who expressed concern about communication between the board and district parents, especially regarding transportation and program sustainability.

“A lot of the topics brought up today–I feel like there was one thing missing from those presentations,” Hagg said. “The main thing being that all of them being from a small niche that seems to have just been brought up recently. The daunting task is financing and getting everyone from one place to another with transportation issues. My main concern is that we as parents don’t really see what is going on unless you physically sit here once a month, which isn’t always a thing–everyone has busy lives. My question to you guys is how could you as the board help bring this information to the younger parents to have a way on a vote to come address you guys? The concern of every one of those groups is how do they get support from the board? And how do they keep what they started growing and how can they financially sustain it when there is always talk of the dreaded school closings and trying to consolidate kids. I am from Youngsville, graduated from Youngsville, and went to Penn State. I don’t know if I would have done that and had as much success doing it, if I were to have to get on a bus for an hour and 20 minutes each way.”