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The board unanimously adopted the agenda at the start of the meeting. \"So moved,\" moved by Mister Kilcoyne and seconded by Mister Ciccarelli; the motion carried.

The consent agenda was approved on a motion by Mrs. Hepner and seconded by Mister Boyle.

Personnel approvals under consent included three support-staff hires the board named during the meeting: Matthew Meyer (bus attendant, transportation), Jonathan Frangione (district laborer, special projects), and Lauren Warrens (food-service helper, high school). The board noted New York State Education Department fingerprint clearances for those hires \"unless noted,\" consistent with the items in the packet.

The board approved a memorandum of agreement between the district and the Frontier Central Administrative and Supervisory Association; the superintendent was authorized to execute the agreement. That motion was made by Mister Kilcoyne and seconded by Mister Boyle.

The board also resolved to add 0.5 additional reading (staffing) for the middle school, moving the staffing allocation to 2.5 FTE for the middle school reading line; the motion was made by Mister Ciccarelli and seconded by Mister Cortier.

Finance and audit items included acceptance of the business management reports and the appointment of Bonadio & Company LLP to perform the independent audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, at a fee of $33,000. The audit-appointment motion was made by Mister Bodo and seconded by Mister Boyle.

All listed motions were carried by voice vote; the board recorded \"Aye\" on each roll call and no opposing \"Nay\" votes were announced during the meeting.

No contentious or controversial votes were recorded in the public portion of the meeting; board members thanked staff for presentations on social-emotional wellness and the budget before adjourning.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","February 11th, 2025 Board of Education Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At its February meeting the Frontier Central School District Board adopted the agenda and consent items, approved several staff appointments and a memorandum of agreement, accepted business reports, and appointed Bonadio & Company LLP as district auditor for a $33,000 fee.","taxTitle","FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Districts, New York","taxId",55368,"location","New York","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6638613,"Frontier presents rollover budget, flags special-education, healthcare and capital needs",1292,2573000,3865000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2628172-c523243bedbad37ee1d3879027c45802&start=2573&end=3865","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2628172-c523243bedbad37ee1d3879027c45802/thumbnail_2573000.jpg","/articles/6638613/New-York/Frontier-presents-rollover-budget-flags-special-education-healthcare-and-capital-needs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6638613-bb50167be02f69dc7d78b049d8c2c8e0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771175931&Signature=QYac4wc-rswq0jFD4Na4K9oSyFM8wSy3wiVeunh7EolgBRbq78tdTr3KugD74Do2726kQaQ7YAqaECLKw16tQZ5iNBL6oqI9px2QIUGdIPPOStRqlIE4ITeml96TruCz8wt6zYLZymk-knSITVfry~NJ5~oXl-u3E6OWPYWPJF9zQzh4G9iFCXsnGGVCHvb1eVsIxet4V0WJ-cDXflmGhMI9FguJefBmHZ8Uw-qEGBMif7fT8BHDdR9JLTjNgfRaoiE7nABU6NuQ0eppebicf94eVo~AFf9xwhl1~995RRVdzGTi2AstfvWTWkkN5Io817~kKlo0ZjCt1ANXYA1i2g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dr. Tillman presented the Frontier Central School District's preliminary rollover budget and revenue outlook, telling the Board of Education the district is projecting higher costs next year driven by special-education placements, health-care premiums and capital requirements.

\"One thing you'll see in my budget presentation is I'm a big proponent of putting pictures in there of what we do every day,\" Dr. Tillman said, opening his review of rollover assumptions, revenue projections and spending shifts. He framed the rollover as the current budget rolled forward with expected adjustments for utilities, insurance, and contract-driven salary increases.

Dr. Tillman said the district's audited end-of-year figure for 2023–24 was \"around $99,000,000\" and that the current baseline budget was higher as the district rolls current commitments into next year. He highlighted three cost areas of concern: health-insurance premiums, increased BOCES costs (presenter noted about a 3% participation increase) and higher required employer contributions to state retirement systems. One board member remarked that the \"ERS contribution at 16.5%\" appeared unusually high compared with recent trends.

On revenues, Dr. Tillman projected property-tax revenue near $51 million and used a conservative 2% assumption for state aid (noting the governor's proposed budget later referenced a slightly higher estimate for Frontier). He also said the district has bids pending for its Rx prescription contract and that several bidders were projecting revenue of over $1 million; he named CVS (noting bankruptcy concerns), Keenan and Univero as bidders.

District staff described spending shifts already identified for next year: several out-of-district special-education placements carrying six-figure per-student costs (tuition plus transportation), and the need to preserve summer-school offerings for credit-bearing secondary courses and K–8 reading interventions. Dr. Tillman estimated the minimal cost to run priority summer programs at roughly $350,000–$400,000, excluding transportation.

Capital and facilities needs outside the SOAR project were also listed: high-school boiler-room remediation and cleanup, stage structural repairs at the high school, middle-school outdoor courts and storage, and security and intercom upgrades across elementary schools. The district discussed the Falcon Center transition (UPK and other programs) and said adding a seventh UPK room should reduce the district's existing wait list.

Dr. Tillman said the district would finalize staffing and tax-cap calculations in the coming weeks and provide a more detailed draft of next year's budget in March. \"Our draft of next year's initial full budget will be in the next 2 weeks,\" he said.

Board members asked about the ERS/TRS retirement contributions, BOCES lags and aid timing, summer-school scope, and the budget implications of moving UPK to the Falcon Center. Dr. Tillman and the superintendent said they would return with additional detail in the March budget presentations.","Dr. Tillman outlined the district's rollover budget, projected revenue assumptions and spending shifts, noting upward pressure from special education placements, health-care costs and capital projects including a high-school boiler-room cleanup and Falcon Center transitions.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6638617,"Frontier district presents social-emotional learning data, outlines supports and grants",1426,1153000,2579000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2628172-c523243bedbad37ee1d3879027c45802&start=1153&end=2579","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2628172-c523243bedbad37ee1d3879027c45802/thumbnail_1153000.jpg","/articles/6638617/New-York/Frontier-district-presents-social-emotional-learning-data-outlines-supports-and-grants","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6638617-a79c1a7ba166ab99ffc89f782e30f19a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771175931&Signature=cvwdCghbJnGP~jq4nsD4O5mogSE1q5c-ypnlZKi6q5f7Y4pLmhqaeb2Fji2D471-r7WgIvHRE27MH4dEZP0WtJxJSPOUuTL5a98-VgwiIyTsxHdCBfEmRHoDae0mIuTI7v6zXmx1wV1VLtWQBnoOFKumyPJCJN6uvYqgEDHoyNnRanOYD7KyDoSumPmOMlqbix1rnT0TTcHx81zGcp-3B-n7DmXqePhFAJe9Zj3clIlz8nKcIsusL~oTUVvoxsfIVtmoGm1s8gw5dSZa~JkFDZLMy8fC9Xwf7eCYWXer4WdUszMXAUCHAi9MUZyMyMyj9vXdSsZw1BItwAqYZWpjXQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Frontier Central School District on Tuesday presented results from a Panorama social-emotional learning (SEL) survey and described ongoing and planned supports including staffing patterns, community partnerships and recently awarded grants.

\"We are happy to present to you tonight on social emotional wellness initiatives in the district,\" said Mrs. Dugan, who led the presentation with Miss Schafer and Miss Otwell. The presenters said Panorama surveys were administered to roughly 800 students in grades 3–5 and about 1,700 students at the secondary level and that the district has run the instrument twice so far.

The presentation showed a gap between individual supportive relationships (high scores) and a lower reported sense of belonging districtwide. \"Although that's 41 percent, I thought it was that, 87% of them say that they're in a supportive relationship at school,\" a board member observed during the meeting; presenters explained supportive-relationship items capture one-to-one connections (for example, a teacher or friend) while sense of belonging measures membership in the whole school community.

District staff described how they are using Panorama data to target interventions and professional development. Mental-health response teams at each building combine school psychologists, social workers and counselors; counselors also provide classroom SEL lessons tied to Panorama-identified needs. The presenters said counselors, psychologists and social workers meet monthly to review trends and coordinate follow-up.

Presenters described partnerships with regional organizations, citing the Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care at the University at Buffalo and work with Erie County prevention and restorative-practices groups. Staff said the district recently received a $26,000 grant to fund the Second Step curriculum and has obtained a substance-abuse prevention grant to bring the Erie County Prevention Council into district outreach and student programming. They also named Title grants (Title II, and Title IV) and other federal funding streams as funding sources for professional development and health-and-safety activities.

District staff said SEL screening via Panorama is a universal screener that identifies population-level themes rather than naming individual students, and emphasized the need for additional data structures to track students into and out of interventions. They said the district is working with Dr. Lisa Kalinowski and with Erie 1 BOCES on data reporting systems to better measure outcomes.

Board members asked about sample administration and participation. A student reported the survey was administered in social studies classes, took only a few minutes and was taken seriously by classmates. Board members also discussed how SEL indicators relate to chronic absenteeism, suspensions and referrals; presenters said those operational metrics are monitored alongside Panorama results.

Presenters highlighted follow-up steps including expanded family outreach (Parent University), targeted SEL lessons based on survey results, continued professional development for staff and collaboration with outside partners. \"Family engagement and relationship with the buildings is a huge, huge indicator of success,\" Miss Schafer said.

The board did not take formal action on the presentation; trustees thanked staff for the report and asked that related data and next steps be brought back to committees for further planning.","District staff presented Panorama survey results showing mixed sense-of-belonging scores and described steps — staffing, partnerships and grants — the Frontier Central School District is using to expand social-emotional supports for students and families.","actionData","errors"]

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