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Board member Lamb described difficulty reaching the auditorium entrance at a recent event and said the route from some parking areas is not handicap accessible. \"That building is not even with that little parking area; that's still not handicap accessible for our elderly, handicap, and other people,\" Lamb said. He asked the district to consider measures such as clearer signage, designated drop‑off procedures, and ways to make public entrances more welcoming.

District administrators described steps already taken and constraints the district faces: some doors cannot be closed or hallways blocked during events because of fire codes, multiple simultaneous activities in the high school (night school, athletics, competitions) complicate entry routing, and the district must balance access with building security and student supervision. Administrators noted a handicapped lot and drop‑off point near an elevator that was staffed for a recent event and said that designation helped many attendees access the building more easily.

Trustees discussed additional options such as improved signage, using designated staff or volunteers to guide visitors, and limited temporary measures on low‑activity days (for example, Sunday performances) to allow more direct public entry without compromising safety. The board did not take formal action at the meeting; district staff said they will debrief with the security team and building administration and consider tweaks to procedures for future events.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","KCSD Board of Education Meeting 3/19/25","oneSentenceSummary","Board members discussed ongoing problems with event access, disabled parking and interior wayfinding at Kingston High School and asked district security and building administrators to review procedures.","taxTitle","KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Districts, New York","taxId",66405,"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},6629445,"Board adopts policy on student representatives after debate over summer attendance language",552,2196000,2748000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2703755-44ae0229f95e22033979b7e52b8dfce5&start=2196&end=2748","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2703755-44ae0229f95e22033979b7e52b8dfce5/thumbnail_2196000.jpg","/articles/6629445/New-York/Board-adopts-policy-on-student-representatives-after-debate-over-summer-attendance-language","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6629445-85ae597c84713e1f854d7556f2fc97ba/orig.mp4?Expires=1771181976&Signature=YNGafdCELJm5oaPgqOF~euxVW8UnLVOT615mheTbKcVbxGHlwXTbuwyds9bakx~TQb4ZHjaFsI1hbtaeAbwthDn4Q4mmgNUoaqS7gsycfh~5lmDGakapZBsBFrv4xGkIP~IztriJPaXc5Hdc4Mkem3cM~KgBZ82xO~sf6YaF5bwfX7Fg37wQAou4zmcs-JHshMYszLB7xXLu6LElPg3c1VeDw9JedXyVjGSeRx-0tnQVXRqsz6L~IGMi1JL2z8ARz4rXdZ3TtMJ3rdHjaY~6Jrb7m73APRRwhxgqx3CU87MxYywwUntgSU~PTZg-UQMeViroB6aLKMiWYYidVNfxkw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Kingston City School District Board of Education voted to adopt Policy 2245, governing student representatives, after a lengthy discussion about whether the policy should require student members to attend summer meetings.

The district policy committee explained the proposal and said the committee had interviewed candidates and selected two students to forward to the board for final approval. During the board discussion, a member moved to amend the policy to strike the section that allows student representatives not to appear during July and August. Supporters of the amendment said written language that makes summer attendance optional could be misleading; opponents said the optional language was intended to avoid imposing an undue burden on student representatives who have vacations, college visits or summer obligations.

Board members debated whether the change should be made before or after the selection and nomination process and whether the policy committee's intent—to make summer meetings optional so students would not be marked absent—was appropriate. A motion to amend the policy was called to a vote and failed. The board then voted to accept Policy 2245 as written.

The transcript records motion, amendment and voice votes; the public record does not include a roll‑call tally for the amendment or final adoption. The minutes indicate the policy will appear in the district policy library and that the two student nominees will be forwarded to the board for consideration and vote.","The Kingston school board approved Policy 2245 establishing student representatives and discussed, then rejected, an amendment that would have removed language allowing students to be excused from meetings in July and August.",{"_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},6629447,"JFK principal says CKLA pilot boosted reading gains; school highlights attendance and family supports",829,403000,1232000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2703755-44ae0229f95e22033979b7e52b8dfce5&start=403&end=1232","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2703755-44ae0229f95e22033979b7e52b8dfce5/thumbnail_403000.jpg","/articles/6629447/New-York/JFK-principal-says-CKLA-pilot-boosted-reading-gains-school-highlights-attendance-and-family-supports","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6629447-c6cff5d9258f7138d0a1453057ef4973/orig.mp4?Expires=1771181976&Signature=Z0gWSU15CTQB5zdDLRBcDwDSyJ6u6RsWYcpIKhd3nfePoxD4A3xS3~w0ZycTTSc-LdHEkxcwsMgDgVyUwS4v2rJkJMcaF7eh1h-eRje2NSrCt-kX3822JL3O-1jgRws7kyEWrKIdPGm~maHPL4F4qXh7BFZZtlK4YBZvyBoorR5xBQ~tcRU5v1CB8bRk2mT5Ek5ovsDvkfcpmWzqlIVPl8qxlVZxAV~gzl~zXio5TzzncpltVHflmmDsVjUOrHpLIqWEBCQMsiGZ0wN1jJDGQ~eCOhSAZNAsHvq2CJCVHA8dZKzVbnhVyJSbXUGhQY0T4cRJ3KXdDy43Vlfm9NTt7Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Principal Jamieson told the Kingston City School District Board of Education that JFK Elementary's pilot of the Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) curriculum has produced measurable gains and that the school is expanding attendance and family-support efforts.

Jamieson told the board the school piloted CKLA in six classrooms across grade levels, including classes with English learners and students with individualized education programs, and reported increases on iReady diagnostics. \"We started the year with 18% of our students on or above grade level; by the winter diagnostic we're up to 30%,\" Jamieson said. She also reported a drop in the share of students two or more grade levels below in ELA from 42% in the fall to 28% in the winter diagnostic. In math, Jamieson said pilot classrooms saw an increase from about 5% on or above grade level to about 15% by winter.

Jamieson described CKLA as a tier‑1, whole‑class curriculum that mixes a knowledge strand and a skills strand. She said teachers initially expressed concern about the program's rich vocabulary and time requirements but reported that students are using new vocabulary in everyday classroom conversation and showing diagnostic gains. The principal gave several examples from teacher reports and student work: students used virtual reality to view the pyramids and outer space tied to curriculum units, and teachers reported strong fall‑to‑winter score improvements in pilot classes.

Students also addressed the board. Fourth‑grade student Jasmine Smith told the board, \"CKLA is interesting. It's a little harder, and I feel like you have more room to learn than last year.\" Another student, Dresden Smith, read original classroom poetry to illustrate the program's emphasis on writing and vocabulary.

Jamieson also described nonacademic supports connected to attendance and family engagement. JFK expanded a walking school bus from two days a week to five, with an average participation of about 20 students and peaks near 40 on high days. The school formed an attendance committee (instructional coach, social worker, nurse, teachers and teaching assistants) and implemented a scripted outreach protocol triggered after a student's third absence. Jamieson said the scripts are designed \"to take all shame out of calling families and asking about absences\" and to provide early supportive outreach before escalating to the district social worker.

Jamieson provided demographic context: about 317 students in 20 classes, with two looped classes; the school remains a Title I school with an estimated 74–79% of students economically disadvantaged. She credited staff and community partners for supporting TOPS afterschool programming that provides supervised homework help and enrichment to roughly 17 students currently enrolled in the program at JFK.

Board members praised the presentation and invited more details on implementation challenges. Jamieson said the primary constraint is the time commitment required by CKLA—kindergarten through second grade require roughly two hours daily for instruction when taught with fidelity—which requires balancing some other activities. District staff said they are working on schedules and administrator coordination to expand CKLA schoolwide next year while preserving valued extracurricular activities.

No board vote on adoption of districtwide CKLA occurred at the meeting; the presentation served as a school report and pilot update ahead of further district curriculum discussions.","JFK Elementary principal summarized a CKLA English language arts pilot that the school says produced rising iReady scores and reduced students multiple-grade deficits; the presentation also covered expanded walking school bus, attendance protocols and afterschool TOPS programming.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6629450,"Kingston school board votes on three executive-session items, approves settlement and nominations",75,95000,170000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2703755-44ae0229f95e22033979b7e52b8dfce5&start=95&end=170","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2703755-44ae0229f95e22033979b7e52b8dfce5/thumbnail_95000.jpg","/articles/6629450/New-York/Kingston-school-board-votes-on-three-executive-session-items-approves-settlement-and-nominations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6629450-b5e884bc3d7bb11e0e0a8471ca2358ac/orig.mp4?Expires=1771181976&Signature=jTD~PpZEoQAKzAUC7go-YfHHr5A4RR4UDQCC4KUsZ-huhzcIK5emBAc1CEMue7z--2U8SdThp67D5HJsUmiztP8x0Vh9DWmjsoDgh4-k-2o4EG622Y7Q-hHMbxdHoZ4REGZVCEIqjCUsidI10hPByPl~RBXgOE4d5HNBljePWNdSwrJlcan81QmoAIcSb6uU9q4vNC2IsVbWKt~V7cht4Rw3XCJR9Q0trQJbsyz5wPFVG4NKTv0BgHLcZlJOxf9Eil8R8Qxmv-lRRhHg0jNG2KspLiXslvLjIXH-66sq2fo-WNeQyH3aI7QIeshov3omtjkcZKZMjhiMc~CXvolwvA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Kingston City School District Board of Education returned to open session and approved three actions taken during executive session, including a personnel settlement and two board nominations.

The board voted to adopt a settlement agreement and general release with an employee identified in the minutes as \"employee number 5358\" and authorized the superintendent to sign the agreement. The board then nominated Suzanne Jordan for election to an at-large seat on the Ulster County Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) for a three-year term running July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. A third executive-session action, recorded as BOE45 in the minutes, was also approved; the minutes do not provide further public detail about BOE45.

Board members voiced support in the roll call and by voice vote. For BOE43, the minutes record the motion and a voice vote recorded as \"Aye,\" followed by the chair saying the measure passed. For the two nominations (BOE44 and BOE45) the board recorded motions, seconds and unanimous voice approvals. The minutes and transcript do not list a roll-call tally or identify individual aye/no votes by name for these items.

The settlement text included in the minutes states that the agreement and release would be incorporated by reference into the meeting minutes and that the superintendent is authorized to sign. The board did not discuss the settlement terms on the public record at the time the motion was read aloud.

The nominations to Ulster County BOCES and the other executive-session item will be reflected in the district's minutes and related filings; the public transcript identifies the actions only by the board-item codes BOE43, BOE44 and BOE45 and does not include additional documentation of terms, vote tallies or supporting materials.","The Kingston City School District Board of Education returned from executive session and approved three items: a settlement agreement with an employee, and two nominations to external bodies, including an at-large seat on the Ulster County BOCES board.","actionData","errors"]

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Board hears accessibility and wayfinding concerns after Kingston High School events

Board adopts policy on student representatives after debate over summer attendance language

JFK principal says CKLA pilot boosted reading gains; school highlights attendance and family supports

Kingston school board votes on three executive-session items, approves settlement and nominations