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On separate motions the board approved benefit agreements for:

- Timothy Laube, Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations (2025–26 benefit agreement)
- Dr. John Christie, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction (2025–26 benefit agreement)
- Benjamin Franquis, Assistant Superintendent for Special Education and Student Support Services (2025–26 benefit agreement)
- Thomas Fabian, Assistant Superintendent for Personnel and Employee Relations (2025–26 benefit agreement)

Each motion was made and seconded and recorded as approved by voice vote (“Aye”), with the board president or designee authorized to sign on behalf of the district. The motions were presented on the superintendent’s recommendation.

The board also approved a consent agenda motion covering business and operations items M1–M3 and M5–M8 and personnel item N1. Consent‑agenda items included the district treasurer’s report, the adopted 2025–26 school calendar (the district said a short calendar will be posted the following day and a full calendar will follow), several contracts including health and welfare services and an overnight business class field trip to the Javits Center, capital project change‑order recommendations previously discussed, and routine personnel resignations, leaves, appointments and extracurricular stipends.

Board members asked that calendar and budget materials be posted promptly and thanked staff for negotiating contract reductions on capital work. The meeting closed after a brief round of acknowledgments and no public commenters were signed up for the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","March 26th, 2025 - Board of Education Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The Eastport South Manor Board approved 2025–26 staff benefit agreements for four assistant superintendents and adopted a consent agenda covering personnel, contracts and other routine items.","taxTitle","EASTPORT-SOUTH MANOR CSD, School Districts, New York","taxId",54454,"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},6622134,"Board reviews technology and curriculum budgets; agrees to fund one AP exam per student",1875,1885000,3760000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2787634-fe744e6d2b851750b07eda50cbf7c317&start=1885&end=3760","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2787634-fe744e6d2b851750b07eda50cbf7c317/thumbnail_1885000.jpg","/articles/6622134/New-York/Board-reviews-technology-and-curriculum-budgets-agrees-to-fund-one-AP-exam-per-student","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6622134-e87ebbde982d5bbd2c61659c279530e1/orig.mp4?Expires=1771053551&Signature=iq3QhSQEWTwM4BGlZxE~Hv5nnkNxsdTo--RUad4pfwRbLbAH9gCooJGrU6NnAWAuCBQiB~iCSnUh2fOEZ9ueTm2ZKZjwZ2PsRFxfhNtfwtbt5CN4aDOYblw8MM5GcMbYzP6jxXBay3XXRt6v0PmgKC5QsLONnYHbBjmFCT3MCxOxEubTQT~ZMopyc1g0FDPS9hzxkdvup8spIPSi8KUceKNvIXSDEyWJ6H~As5rNdzhM-kwhO3MYyXvSNlJ50Sic5ABfvxH6zMTY2ToDqbWJ-z8bz4XCiDuvYLBmCNLEhIZ6O2Kk3PAswvthzpqgRLmV5DiTiXoEgdYKEbon0vNOFA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Eastport South Manor Board of Education received concurrent presentations March 26 on the technology and curriculum portions of the proposed 2025‑26 budget and reached a unanimous consensus to include district funding to pay for one Advanced Placement exam per student.

Doctor Carol Polney, director of technology, reviewed instructional and infrastructure work completed and planned for 2025‑26. Highlights included completion of a multiyear BenQ interactive display replacement project (212 installed with 54 additional units expected), the first Chromebook replacement cycle (Lenovo rugged Chromebooks provided to cohorts, with replacements planned for grades 3, 7 and 9), and additions to network security including a Centripetal real‑time filtering engine and continued use of KnowBe4 phishing training. Polney said the district completed a mechanical shutdown and tie‑in for the high‑school solar panels and is awaiting SCADA communications and utility steps to fully activate the system.

Polney described hardware and makerspace investments — Glowforge laser cutters, Dremel 3‑D printers, BECS robotics kits and Cricut machines — and new instructional software such as Brisk Teaching and Google Gemini for administrators. She told the board the district plans a phased phone‑system replacement and to migrate web hosting because the district’s current vendor (Syntax) will stop hosting district websites after June 2026. Polney said a successful E‑Rate filing could return about $31,000 next school year to offset eligible communications and firewall costs.

Assistant Superintendent John Christie outlined curriculum investments and staffing proposals that the budget would support. Christie said ARP‑funded programs the district adopted during the pandemic were scaled to preserve core instructional gains after federal funds ended in September 2024. Proposed staffing additions in the 2025‑26 operating budget include an elementary library media specialist at each building, two social workers (one assigned to K–2 and one to grades 7–8), and two elementary math specialists to support MTSS intervention and enrichment primarily in grades 3–6. The budget also expands Spanish instruction so all grade‑5 students will receive Spanish five days per week beginning in 2025‑26, Christie said.

Board members discussed the cost of AP exams. Christie presented an estimate that paying for each junior to take one AP exam would cost about $26,532 district‑wide. The board asked for and gave unanimous consensus to include funding for the district to pay for one AP exam per student; guidance staff will track exam usage and the district will pay for the first exam only, with families responsible for additional exams.

On the revenue side, business office staff presented preliminary figures showing a proposed total budget of about $119,069,650 (a 2.82% increase) and a proposed tax levy increase of 2.97. Business staff explained that the district’s levy exceeds the 2.0% statutory base because state formulas include allowable exclusions (for tax base growth and debt service) that increase the legal levy limit. State aid figures were not yet final at the meeting.

Board members asked that the finalized 2025‑26 school calendar — which the board approved on the consent agenda during the same meeting — be posted to the district website; staff said the short calendar would be published the following day and a full calendar would follow.","Presentations on technology and curriculum explained planned Chromebook replacements, BenQ board rollouts, cybersecurity investments and proposed staff additions. The board gave unanimous consensus to include district payment for one AP exam per student in next year's budget.",{"_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},6622139,"Board hears capital projects update; board approves change orders and delays solar tie‑in pending utility work",1105,555000,1660000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2787634-fe744e6d2b851750b07eda50cbf7c317&start=555&end=1660","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2787634-fe744e6d2b851750b07eda50cbf7c317/thumbnail_555000.jpg","/articles/6622139/New-York/Board-hears-capital-projects-update-board-approves-change-orders-and-delays-solar-tiein-pending-utility-work","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6622139-7392c243f3f5e8bfec5aff35e71b0db4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771053551&Signature=Kbiz4HLSNANJ2rqz2A5lVSyCBZs3Zq2URdrC~qdBnqxvSPD1mknuTSogwQo8z2Cu84wKgqcaAnwiWO~jNvF4HjvT6zh7qgSBnzYIk4oCdbOG-XN3G8kVGL9n2bqbrN2cj4DGMYTCT0X0uQLt4gGdaQJkzgCh9IfnsZ1VyNBCVXv-HsZhaLEoHyY6XYBGlFHgXyYHGe5~KfTL3WIJd0OfxxAUh8B0xcK2EJi3oTeOfrNlYWgQrPUK5jfGYp-vamheHjFxaeMOPzdAeRmTOVIgwbXAt4K2aC~LyfRxaTWFQWI43iAHdwIVm4UfdjswAA5PORENqf5-qZPTVO24qnVPFA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Eastport South Manor Board of Education on March 26 received a detailed capital projects update and approved related change orders as part of a consent agenda motion.

Superintendent and project staff told the board that phase 1 closeouts are underway and phase 2 remains on budget overall, but cautioned that interior bids for high‑school classroom and library work have not yet been received and could change the outlook. Project managers reported progress on athletic fields, security booths and bathroom renovations across multiple elementary and middle school buildings.

Project staff said the high‑school rooftop solar array has been mechanically tied into the local system but cannot be fully commissioned until two outside steps are complete: a PSEG permission to operate (PTO) and a communications component that Verizon must install for the SCADA monitoring system. Staff said Johnson Controls (JCI) work is finished and that the district expects final activation once PSEG and Verizon complete those tasks.

The board approved consent agenda items that included recommended change orders. Board members highlighted one negotiated reduction involving contractor Laser: staff said the original change order had been in the roughly $130,000 range and, after several months of negotiations, the agreed cost presented to the board was $38,003.74. Board members credited district staff and the construction manager for reducing the final cost and said the savings would be reinvested into remaining work.

Officials also described ongoing punch‑list work at the athletic complex, including drainage monitoring at newly installed turf and grass fields and adjustments to fencing and lighting controls. Staff said they have received roughly half the closeout documentation from Laser and will hold final funds until all punch‑list items are complete.

Work on the high‑school fitness‑center addition is beginning: the district said temporary fencing and egress plans are being installed, shoring and underpinning are scheduled, and excavation for foundations and drainage structures will start soon. Board members discussed holding a formal groundbreaking ceremony in late April; during the discussion several dates were mentioned (including April 20, April 23 and April 24) and the board asked that no physical ground be broken before the planned ceremony.

Board members asked parents and other community members who visit the fields to report common‑sense safety items (for example, gaps in fencing where people could step through) so the district and vendor can add them to the punch list and correct them before final closeout.

The board will continue to track outstanding closeout documentation, Verizon and PSEG steps for the solar system, and the interior high‑school bids that have not yet been received.","At its March 26 meeting the Eastport South Manor Board received an update on phase 1 and 2 capital work including athletic fields, security booths and a high‑school fitness addition; the board approved change orders on the consent agenda and heard that the high‑school solar array still awaits utility and telecommunications sign‑offs.","actionData","errors"]

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