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Key votes and outcomes (as stated on the record):

- Tenure appointments: The board approved the tenure appointment of Nancy Bowden in elementary education effective March 5, 2025, and the tenure appointment of Fred Miles in social studies effective March 1, 2025. The board voted “Aye” and there was no recorded opposition on the audio record.

- 2025–26 student calendar: The board adopted the 2025–26 student calendar as presented, including a first day of school on Sept. 3, half‑day dismissal the day before Thanksgiving, a two‑week December–January holiday, observance of Lunar New Year/Presidents’ Day on Feb. 16–17, and other listed days off that yield 184 student days and two conference days (186 total days) and four emergency closing days.

- Code of conduct revision: The board approved a revision to the 2024 Code of Conduct, Section 7 (student dress code), adding language clarifying that the dress code will not single out religious attire, that religious exceptions will be made where comparable nonreligious exceptions apply, and that religious messages on clothing will be treated under the same rules as other messages.

- Committee recommendations and consent items: The board approved minutes of the Feb. 3 regular meeting; accepted recommendations from the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) and Committee on Special Education (CSE) for services provided between Dec. 19, 2024 and Feb. 10, 2025; approved policy updates (renumbering/renaming/readoptions/retirements presented); approved a retiree resolution for a staff member with 22 years of service (name as read into the record); and approved nominations to the Orange‑Ulster BOCES board (William M. Boss, David Eaton and Edwin A. Estrada) and an audit engagement letter from Nugent and Hausler, P.C. for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

The meeting record shows the board asked for and received motions to approve each item and the chair called for the vote; responses were recorded as “Aye.” The audio transcript does not record individual roll‑call tallies by name for each motion on the public audio excerpt provided.

Below are the motions as read into the record and recorded outcomes.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Goshen Central School District Board of Education Regular Meeting 2/18/25","oneSentenceSummary","At the Feb. 18 meeting the board approved multiple motions including two teacher tenure appointments, the 2025–26 student calendar, a revision to the district code of conduct, and several routine consent items.","taxTitle","GOSHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Districts, New York","taxId",54458,"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},6323142,"District details MTSS/AIS plan; principals say highest‑need students receive services by second week",3152,2992000,6144000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2343020-09e5f3eb00a6bff8fa3ce1edab4265e2&start=2992&end=6144","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2343020-09e5f3eb00a6bff8fa3ce1edab4265e2/thumbnail_2992000.jpg","/articles/6323142/New-York/District-details-MTSSAIS-plan-principals-say-highestneed-students-receive-services-by-second-week","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6323142-56489bbf4440fad009ff1f810c84d10e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770438008&Signature=WGO~hEVXn61NWaVMQyMAiAxksgKF8bWjgDlD~yl1QI3evt3Jwmd9e6SrK0DH9W7H00CIq32WxUFVw5UZ0T77hlO0JfVEHwRjU~M2n1gHcuzcUwe2uGOw4Yfhy49PvJlw0ZTROLQKGSg4txblkAm728uyHka6~dREWXYOhZFG~8AFo5Q7v6kWjbScP1wG2Ru6DZLQUtZ-XdhmdWsQY1usyy4EW~f56zbFTkG62QNsOhBVMersJP8hLJZYf7UkXVGhM5GgrD61EdM1aLeE~L04k0vLnclaz0RfcAyU5AeEdUSJUcty031qfi43dGGSIYsDw7z8qwc-Hke-YK0jsrBXUg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","GOSHEN, N.Y. — At the Feb. 18 board meeting, administrators gave a districtwide briefing on academic intervention services and the district’s MTSS (multi‑tiered system of supports), outlining how the schools screen students, assign tiered interventions and monitor progress.

“Academic intervention services … are our supplemental services that truly is in addition to what we offer with the core curriculum,” Jason Carter, the district’s assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction, personnel and technology, told the board. He summarized the district goal: to identify student needs quickly and move students toward proficiency so fewer children require more intensive supports.

Staff described the MTSS tiers used across buildings: tier 1 (universal core instruction) typically includes 80–90% of students; tier 2 (strategic small groups) is about 5–15% with group sizes usually 4–8 and sessions one to three times per week; tier 3 (intensive intervention) may involve 1–5% of students with groups of 1–3 and more frequent meetings. Screening tools the district uses include NWEA MAP, Scholastic reading measures (SRI/NSGRA), DIAL‑4 for incoming kindergarteners and building‑level diagnostics; DataMate and IXL were cited for progress tracking.

Building principals walked the board through how MTSS operates at each level. At Scotchtown Avenue, Principal Driscoll said weekly MTSS meetings are driven by teacher referrals and that universal screening occurs three times a year (MAP windows in October, January and June). She said classroom interventions are used first and that AIS is layered in if students do not make expected progress. Scotchtown’s team includes classroom teachers, AIS providers, a school psychologist and specialists as needed.

At district elementary buildings and Goshen Intermediate School, administrators said they are moving to synchronized pull‑out blocks so students pulled for AIS miss the same classroom time, reducing disruption. Several presenters said the district tries to start the most‑intensive interventions identified in June during the second week of the school year; newly arrived students or borderline cases may begin a bit later after initial screening.

At the middle and high school levels, presenters said scheduling is easier because AIS support can be placed directly into students’ schedules rather than as pullouts. The high school also offers a 10th period support option, peer tutoring and evening high‑school programming for additional help.

Principals and staff acknowledged a common concern from families: students missing core instruction when pulled for AIS. Administrators described steps to reduce that impact (scheduling pullouts during the same blocks, using intervention periods, and planning enrichment for students who remain in class) and emphasized progress monitoring so students “come in and out of AIS as needed.” Several presenters estimated tier‑3 enrollment districtwide is under 5% at present.

The presentation listed commonly used intervention programs and resources, including LLI, Heggerty, Heggarty/Hegarty (phonemic instruction), Fast ForWord, Read 180/System 44, TouchMath, IXL, Scholastic decodables and DataMate for assessment breakdowns. Counselors, social workers and school psychologists were named as sources of social‑emotional support within MTSS. Staff said they will provide more precise counts of students in each tier on request.

Administrators said the MTSS/AIS framework is intended to be fluid: the district uses multiple data points over time to make placement decisions and aims to reduce the need for special‑education referrals by providing timely, targeted instruction.

Next steps: building teams continue to refine schedules and groupings; administrators will provide specific tier counts and a summary document for the district website.","Administrators presented the district's academic intervention services (AIS) within a multi‑tiered system of supports (MTSS), explaining screening tools, tier thresholds, typical group sizes and a goal to start intensive interventions for the most‑needy students by the second week of school.",{"_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},6323146,"Goshen school officials outline $5.3 million budget gap, urge levy decision by March 1",1085,1753000,2838000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2343020-09e5f3eb00a6bff8fa3ce1edab4265e2&start=1753&end=2838","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2343020-09e5f3eb00a6bff8fa3ce1edab4265e2/thumbnail_1753000.jpg","/articles/6323146/New-York/Goshen-school-officials-outline-53-million-budget-gap-urge-levy-decision-by-March-1","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6323146-bc2010ee6fc0b0aa0747a8e2be946e40/orig.mp4?Expires=1770438008&Signature=UCXPRqO-snXeRPJ7AngZm3itx3vdMk66VOJpZZV3qOwHYp-9TRcjsNPThiDGtaQImvju8xBdqBFTxGvABlvzU7z8-MTBrLcfNtsLdKW~zSSEReJaofrnfUJe4iX1nhs3x9QOyhLQ1s8Zj0OcVoN~x4e0GkVcxCaEOKIpTE1kqUY9-fbmNgMVvXFnJZbJ-ksbFFOKLQn1cfAg6io97fRK0-WTyXwl6u8KVj61rzPVpaYg6ImE8z7t-vlj1bbXo6CkCqqzDmPFtzdSBEJk8FQ9hfpyzbqFEvufzEGI91q-VzFDtHog2OqCmRaxfwSZhlhkB1~Kz3ce2Z-KOX6oyS~n3g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","GOSHEN, N.Y. — At a Feb. 18 meeting, district finance leaders told the Goshen Central School District Board of Education the proposed 2025–26 budget currently shows a $5,300,000 shortfall and urged the board to indicate by March 1 whether it will seek a levy near the cap or make spending reductions.

Assistant Superintendent for Business (name not provided) said the $5.3 million gap “does not include appropriating fund balances” and described both increases and planned reductions in next year’s proposal.

The shortfall stems from major cost increases and enrollment shifts. The presentation listed contract salary increases of about $2,200,000, a final-year increase for a BOCES capital project of roughly $302,000, and higher special-education placements that together raise costs by more than $800,000 ($600,000 for incoming special-education placements and $213,000 for private placements). The superintendent’s office and business staff reported prior investments in teacher training — $6,700 in 2023–24 and $14,296 so far this school year — and said proposed professional-development lines remain unchanged in the draft budget.

Officials also identified savings and one-time offsets. The district reported roughly $566,000 of “breakage” savings from retirements and vacancies, a transportation savings of about $653,000 after shifting some routes in-house, and software‑use reductions currently estimated at $12,900 (with further reductions possible). Other reductions include a $25,000 decrease in legal fees and roughly $270,000 in supplies and contracts. The presentation noted prior year one‑time uses, such as $760,000 removed for bus purchases now paused; a possible capital project would add about $1,200,000 in cost if approved.

On revenues and the levy, staff outlined the district’s tax‑levy calculation, including tax base growth, payment‑in‑lieu amounts, and capital exclusions. The presenter said the district’s current allowable levy increase without an override is about 0.45 percent and that fully funding the draft budget without reductions would require a levy override of roughly 6.9 percent. Bringing capital exclusions into the calculation would raise the allowable cap to about 1.84 percent. The business office stressed it must know the board’s direction by March 1 to complete levy paperwork.

Board members asked clarifying questions about the arithmetic behind increases and decreases, and staff acknowledged some figures will change as state aid and final enrollments are confirmed. The presentation flagged contingency items: the transfer to the lunch fund is currently reduced on the assumption of statewide universal free meals (a proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul); if that proposal fails, the district would have to restore that amount to the budget.

Next steps: staff will refine numbers as state aid information arrives in March, and the board must decide whether to use more reserves, propose a levy increase, or pursue additional spending reductions to balance the 2025–26 budget.

(Additional budget detail: BOCES capital aid has offset significant technology and security purchases in recent years; security and cyber‑attack related software/hardware purchases were listed at $110,000 gross and about $40,000 net after aid.)","District leaders presented the proposed 2025–26 budget at the Feb. 18 board meeting and described a $5.3 million gap, a package of reductions and one-time uses of reserve funds, and a March 1 deadline to decide whether to seek a tax-levy increase.","actionData","errors"]

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