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Marissa, a Young and Wright project coordinator, said phase 1 has a $15 million budget and includes roof replacements at Northwood Elementary, West Senior and East Senior. \"Construction started last summer, and we got about halfway through,\" she said, adding that crews will return in spring and the district expects work to finish by the end of the upcoming summer.

Phase 2, Marissa said, is budgeted at $8.5 million and combines an expansion of security cameras at elementary schools with a proposed West Senior parking-lot reconfiguration and other site improvements. The team submitted phase 2 to the State Education Department for third-party review; Marissa warned that SED review times are currently about 14 to 16 weeks and that contractor availability, material lead times and bid results will shape the schedule. \"The budget for phase 2 is $8,500,000,\" she said.

Young and Wright described the West Senior work with a base bid (bus loop and parent drop-off) and four alternates that the district can accept or decline based on bid results and available funds: an additional driveway around the parking lot and new entrance off the street; replacement/upgrade of tennis courts to support pickleball; redoing the athletic-entrance parking lot; and adding a central parking area. The alternates let the district prioritize improvements depending on bid pricing.

The architects outlined three scheduling scenarios: a best-case that secures SED approval and begins work this summer, a phased approach that starts some elements this summer and completes site-intensive work next summer, and a contingency to rebid if contractor availability or prices are unfavorable. The architects said elementary security-camera hardware will be procured on a state contract, reducing price variability for that portion of the work.

No bid awards or contract authorizations were made on Jan. 7; the architects and district said they will bring bid results and prioritization recommendations back to the board when available.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","BOE Meeting, January 7, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Young and Wright Architects told the board that phase 1 of the $23.5 million capital-improvement program — $15 million for roof replacements — is underway and that phase 2, budgeted at $8.5 million, has been submitted for SED review and includes elementary security cameras and a possible West Senior parking reconfiguration.","taxTitle","WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Districts, New York","taxId",38550,"location","New York","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6392576,"Board approves staffing changes, classified hires and WINRIC contract resolution; all votes unanimous",695,2953220,3648530,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2109633-0730629292b106c86ffeac1050fc0f2d&start=2953&end=3648","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2109633-0730629292b106c86ffeac1050fc0f2d/thumbnail_2953220.jpg","/articles/6392576/New-York/Board-approves-staffing-changes-classified-hires-and-WINRIC-contract-resolution-all-votes-unanimous","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6392576-fe71ef670bfaf07930a697f6ad70193c/orig.mp4?Expires=1775051635&Signature=UVlG6QoKJWu0AVqzDfMPzdjffeRCYXaAPXY-t3hAZZ2SW0KejAvD2mqDZmUCzk7TtYy7dmFdEb6lhezam6vhwHuQXNhdjJ4pIGW9sB~NPCDMI2BZXAq8hT4ZCidkoYtEGpIBPOgWqzQ7I3wpChidLIaNEmRVo04ZqE9i3m4JCHsbkl~ev~8J0PTM-Txz~NsG3j6SINOy273yDzQHoIN1NDyUIQpXsUmnH7KCfG-SfgUWjcGwNqgZNKGGaQ4OE1mo1XG65LVove3U0lFJgFeDm~3KqwrHc5rQc6iqORaGgkrob1dEsgBCrSjuggPfRuYXwb07kAH7bmKq1hIHfNQxXQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The West Seneca Central School District Board of Education approved a series of staffing and operational items during its Jan. 7 meeting. Each recorded vote passed unanimously, with the meeting recording \"Passes 6-0\" for the listed items.

Items the board approved include:

- Abolish certificated positions listed as \"director of ELA World Languages, ESL, and E and L.\" Vote recorded: 6-0 in favor.

- Create a certificated position titled \"director of humanities.\" Vote recorded: 6-0 in favor. The job description will include the customary clause \"other duties as assigned by the superintendent,\" the board was told.

- Create classified positions: a part-time labor position for buildings and grounds and a bus attendant (staffing needs for transportation). Vote recorded: 6-0 in favor.

- Consent agenda items 6 through 10 were approved as a group. Vote recorded: 6-0 in favor.

- New-business resolution authorizing participation in a WINRIC (Western New York Regional Information Center) Ed Law 2-d privacy/data-contract umbrella was approved. Presenters described the resolution as shifting management of Ed Law 2-d contracts to the regional center, with expected contract-language standardization and cost savings for districts. Vote recorded: 6-0 in favor.

Meeting minutes and the public record did not name individual motioners or seconders for every item; the board recorded vocal \"aye\" votes and the chair announced the outcomes. Where individual mover/second names were not verbalized in the transcript, the official vote outcome is recorded as announced during the meeting.","At its Jan. 7 meeting the West Seneca Board of Education approved multiple personnel items and a resolution to participate in a regional Ed Law 2-d contract through WINRIC; each item passed unanimously 6-0 as recorded in the meeting.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6392581,"West Seneca outlines budget timeline; officials warn fund balance will decline",1359,1733625,3093615,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2109633-0730629292b106c86ffeac1050fc0f2d&start=1733&end=3093","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2109633-0730629292b106c86ffeac1050fc0f2d/thumbnail_1733625.jpg","/articles/6392581/New-York/West-Seneca-outlines-budget-timeline-officials-warn-fund-balance-will-decline","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6392581-632a68021ad2f7d69ebee6e9a70d0e58/orig.mp4?Expires=1775051635&Signature=KX9OMN6cUqe1sZxUF2UUwp~CKtcqKvf1THl2SKC7N1lhqUtQUQJ8e9VinubMbtrU3b2N7OlvfK2eeZgOx~ute-A4rhDQIroMgWuQrf5BOr~4SJitKKqDUJiVhgU9rEcPrJwniiwCbwIQrMOZH312hUK9B0bnXXGCquZYrR5Cpf4uCTYZQySVUkkrKwiGI1WIenQxw051Oe-xB1MEkML01LxYnX6VZ1Nby8qYVSAJDSPi-0ngfAc2NQLCG1w4bPJ3FhcK~VvvexTJjBfbwxme77azoaby5OtmjhSCfiy5oNZxD4PV-0PBGY~QobhKz-1o86Ce9zuiO1D2tQsvsomOnA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Superintendent William Krueger and School Business Official Will Field presented an overview of the 2025–26 budget development process and warned that the district will continue to draw down fund balance accrued during the pandemic-era aid period.

Krueger told the board the district will complete a series of presentations leading to the Board of Education's adoption of a proposed budget in April and a public vote on the third Tuesday in May. \"This will ultimately culminate with a school budget vote and annual election on the 3rd Tuesday in May,\" he said.

Field outlined four budget goals: staffing that supports instruction, maintaining facilities/transportation/technology, long-term financial sustainability and clear public communication. He said the district is revisiting classroom staffing and technology deployment after the 1:1 device expansion forced by the pandemic. \"Do we want to be handing every 5 year old in kindergarten a Chromebook? If so, our budget should be reflective of that,\" Krueger said.

Officials emphasized continuing cost pressures: rising employee-benefit costs tied to ERS and health insurance; uncertainty over state foundation-aid allocations pending the governor's announcement; ongoing special-education and related-services growth; and supply-chain impacts on vehicle and equipment procurement. Field said the district has been purchasing Chromebooks on a roughly four-year cycle using a mix of instructional materials aid, installment purchase agreements and Smart Schools Bond Act and E-Rate funding.

The district launched a budget advisory committee in the fall and will solicit public input through presentations and published materials. Krueger said the next budget advisory committee meeting is Jan. 13, and the board's Jan. 21 work session will include a deeper dive into anticipated and fixed costs.

No budget adoption or tax-levy decision occurred at the Jan. 7 meeting; board members asked for clearer early opportunities for community input during development rather than only during public presentations later in the process.","Superintendent William Krueger and school business official Will Field presented a budget-development timeline that culminates with the May budget vote and highlighted pressures from health-care costs, special-education needs, and the tax cap.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6392586,"West Seneca to relocate playground equipment to Northwood after safety review",757,92525,849745,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2109633-0730629292b106c86ffeac1050fc0f2d&start=92&end=849","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2109633-0730629292b106c86ffeac1050fc0f2d/thumbnail_92525.jpg","/articles/6392586/New-York/West-Seneca-to-relocate-playground-equipment-to-Northwood-after-safety-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6392586-1cdc2430b36ea497bfa350f504e8f3d4/orig.mp4?Expires=1775051635&Signature=Cx6DAl5zZSspy-SjWPrj6gpSxjh2GVT5tqJ6HZNpJS00ccJUDB6~qvrlC40Sdl6nKz~SN0SjkM-tBPDdn1kPMkjysZp2vgc8J4qtUzo59Iy~JgHzLGPEjHaTrAm9hwxjyFT42f9WjGCxLkJc85P3HwG633yvcpbrlKpVZNOrciZqyhugWG4wl7Yg5hY4OVnibZ-ym8uBu2mOcAVU~70aCgLZ3OgGp3D~zdYgFryl5qaOqdtcHKk8bTKwANds~qrMppP634ELkQmtDAU4rKs4WfCh5F6rAnxJLo1lOprzTNCwTfGMp013Nzl7Y7sHTeTnliky1DY3jR-waLmzMfMgAQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Superintendent William Krueger said the district will move two pieces of playground equipment from the former East Elementary to Northwood Elementary after a building condition review identified safety hazards at Northwood.

Krueger, the West Seneca Central School District superintendent, told the board the district's building condition survey — required by the New York State Education Department and conducted by Young and Wright Architects — found deteriorated railings, exposed roots and other hazards on the Northwood playground that make replacement parts unavailable. \"Those railings have deteriorated, need to be in replacement,\" Krueger said during the Jan. 7 meeting. \"The age of the equipment is such that we cannot get replacement parts.\"

The district plans an immediate, interim solution: a professional crew will remove one large play structure and one bank of swings from the former East Elementary and reinstall them at Northwood. Krueger said the relocation will provide an immediate safety improvement for about 100 children who use the Northwood playground and is expected to last three to five years while the district pursues a permanent fix. \"This is an immediate and low cost solution for us to have an immediate impact on the 100 of children that enjoy the playground equipment at Northwood Elementary,\" he said.

Krueger described broader facilities work emerging from facility-focused meetings with principals, buildings-and-grounds staff and the business official. The building condition survey covered all nine schools, the transportation facility and district office locations and will inform future capital projects, he said. Emerging themes include library renovations, cafeteria and kitchen upgrades at the middle and high school levels, lavatory renovations at East Senior, and safety-related repairs to rigging and auditorium systems.

Board members and the superintendent also discussed who pays for playgrounds and ongoing maintenance. Krueger said playground equipment maintenance is a district responsibility handled by the buildings and grounds department and its budget lines; he also noted districts may tap state aid for playground equipment under physical-education-related categories. Public commenter Betty Reedy suggested adding shade structures or seating for students and people watching playground activity during the public-comment period.

The district said the interim relocation will be completed by certified playground installers; Krueger emphasized the move is a stopgap measure and the building condition survey this spring will guide long-term capital planning.

The board did not take a formal vote on capital funding for Northwood at the Jan. 7 meeting.","Superintendent Dr. William (Bill) Krueger told the school board that aging playground equipment at Northwood Elementary poses safety hazards; the district will relocate two pieces of equipment from the former East Elementary as an interim, low-cost fix while a longer-term capital solution is planned.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6392566,"Redistricting committee presents options to rebalance West Seneca schools; reopening Winchester would add sustained costs",1779,4164425,5943915,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2109633-0730629292b106c86ffeac1050fc0f2d&start=4164&end=5943","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2109633-0730629292b106c86ffeac1050fc0f2d/thumbnail_4164425.jpg","/articles/6392566/New-York/Redistricting-committee-presents-options-to-rebalance-West-Seneca-schools-reopening-Winchester-would-add-sustained-costs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6392566-4a8e4bbb8c28beee4a39c7d82b5bfdaa/orig.mp4?Expires=1775051635&Signature=d0EIC6H4bQSwq49weUU7Iq1HPm7dmoNAc3x~5lQStLomyUargGjsSkTWOULsDRoohmIrX38D8czt83mDkkci~4jZdns7IqqZ1fyX6ZnBAX8UJQ4Z4fVbG0n42m05zyeS3zcvRd4Eg~d-1hgtCw2kdqMn0WGAPZsdwEsw65YM~t-LKxLAwu1gac1FMybuaqs8KJmTta07QomHIp96JcXt~2UaPCZzlVUR4uCd9n-V0HrfwFi-5df4cRJrOPU8imcZ3~nYAH3qneD4wMJdmMuNZstU9RHg1d-8yJbOP-qqRUYdKxvvuyugHqX6KIQh5pc0TeeRRwJ5znCq5AJt3eni8Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Tony Day, representing the district's redistricting committee, reported on committee work to rebalance elementary and middle-school enrollment and presented an initial redistricting plan that would reposition students without full reconfiguration.

Day said the committee reviewed five elementary scenarios developed in 2023 and re-ran current enrollment data against those plans. The group found no single scenario solved every capacity problem: it could reduce enrollment pressure at Clinton Elementary but leave Allendale with insufficient capacity in some scenarios. The committee's working proposal would reassign segments of Clinton to Northwood and Westell and move some Allendale students to adjacent schools; the plan would reposition roughly 260 elementary students out of about 2,200 over a phased period to minimize disruption.

\"The number of students that would actually have to be repositioned, in 1 setting would a total 260 out of a possible 2,200 elementary kids,\" Day said. The proposal assumes K–5 elementary configurations will remain intact but would require moving universal pre-K and some self-contained special-education classes to create capacity. Day warned that reopening Winchester as a full building for students — with a principal, nurse and counselors — would carry sustained personnel and operating costs, which he estimated could be close to $1,000,000 per year.

The committee also explored middle-school options, including phased transfers of sixth-graders to rebalance West and East middle schools over a three-year period. Committee members asked for comprehensive plans showing how elementary and middle proposals interact through grades K–12 and requested follow-up work on reconfiguration options (for example, creating intermediate 5–6 campuses) and cost implications of reopening buildings.

Board members asked for continued work on alternate redistricting and reconfiguration plans and sought clear, comprehensive proposals that show K–12 impacts before the committee presents final recommendations.","Tony Day reported that the redistricting committee tested prior elementary scenarios against current data and developed a proposal that would reposition about 260 elementary students across schools; the committee said reopening Winchester as a staffed school would add roughly $1 million in ongoing costs.","actionData","errors"]

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