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A motion to approve the consent agenda (items 10O1 through 14O8, with items 11.1K30, 11.14N9 and 12O3-C held for separate consideration) was moved and seconded; the board chair called the vote and the motion passed with all members voting in favor (8-0).

The board then considered the held items individually. Item 11.1K30 was moved and seconded and approved; the transcript records \"aye\" votes with one or more abstentions noted during the roll call but does not contain a clear, unambiguous numerical tally. Item 11.14N9 was approved after a motion and second; the board recorded the motion as passing with one abstention. Item 12O3-C was approved after motion and second; the vote passed with one abstention according to the meeting record.

After completing the business on the consent agenda, a motion was made and seconded to adjourn to executive session \"to review the employment history of a particular individual.\" The motion carried on a board vote recorded as 8-0, and the board moved into executive session.

Where the transcript did not provide precise vote counts for some individual items, this article reports the outcomes recorded in the meeting audio and the presence of abstentions as noted in the public record. No substantive discussion of the content of the held consent items is recorded in the transcript excerpt provided; the transcript records only the motions, seconds, roll calls, and the votes described above.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","6/17/25 Beacon City School District Board of Education Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At the June 16, 2025 meeting the Beacon City School District Board approved the consent agenda (with several items held), later approved three held items (record shows abstentions on some votes), and voted to move into executive session to review the employment history of a particular individual.","taxTitle","BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Districts, New York","taxId",38770,"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},6555000,"Parents urge Beacon City School District to expand inclusion for students with disabilities",636,113000,749000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3862899-2e759c14bef39b3428e7fa3f4959c6e3&start=113&end=749","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3862899-2e759c14bef39b3428e7fa3f4959c6e3/thumbnail_113000.jpg","/articles/6555000/New-York/Parents-urge-Beacon-City-School-District-to-expand-inclusion-for-students-with-disabilities","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6555000-17b8db7112dbf2bde352ac0231eea482/orig.mp4?Expires=1771187424&Signature=Kjcx5z~1r44WY3tfQYZFpkgliQMESB1nPeUXOWKlxUC-Lnd9P8UR0cVvQQk29h~a6eevTZrhWFT-7MVa1WZo0ouClN0NHmCwF35pTqgkOhWwz5dCXupB72PwwxH9Vh8egBoD661TGbXDQhVjCH5jZwv-C13UdMzfWFJSUeXqdLVMSch6B2eLer6KPFbZV6LCpKfwe7kyFO8CxO-Z1iZK7n7NxN~SFXYNVT8E4~5NzqwnB9ttABAsHsCuTI2aT8w00lY0XTXNvQzv-5igXHbDwUGN7-s2zoroSBzA~kiQkK7WrJzV99IPTA3UQQ3BwR4gQ3mWPBeaaBWzZBonheXKuQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the Beacon City School District Board of Education meeting on June 16, 2025, parents used the public comment period to press the district for broader inclusion of students with disabilities in neighborhood and general-education classrooms.

Beth Pogue, a Beacon resident and parent, described her family's experience moving from a kindergarten class that was segregated for behavior concerns to a later, successful inclusion pathway: \"Inclusion is evidence based. It's cheaper.\" She said her son was bused out of his neighborhood school and moved into more restrictive settings in middle school after experiencing inclusion in elementary grades.

Pamela Posey, a parent of a sixth grader at Roundabout Middle School, said her daughter Emma spent most of the year in a self-contained core class rather than in inclusive core classes with general-education peers. At her daughter's recent IEP meeting, Posey said she was told the district planned four self-contained core classes for seventh grade. \"It is unacceptable to have contained classrooms when we know inclusion works,\" Posey said, adding that students in self-contained settings had reported social stigma and isolation.

Both speakers framed their remarks around educational research and the legal principle of the least restrictive environment; Pogue said, \"The least restrictive environment is what our kids with disabilities should be afforded by the law.\" Posey told the board that a district staff member she named at an IEP meeting, Christina Bartley, had raised the concern that inclusivity was a systematic problem at Beacon.

Board members thanked the speakers and acknowledged receipt of the concerns. Superintendent/board chair acknowledged the public comment period and apologized for a brief interruption earlier in the meeting caused by contractors in the building. No board motion or formal action on special-education placement was recorded during the public comment period; the remarks were entered into the meeting record for follow-up.

The parents asked the district to review placement practices for middle-school students who had previously been included in elementary grades, to report on neighborhood-school access for students with disabilities, and to share any district plans or timelines for increasing inclusive placements. The transcript does not record a formal district response, timeline, or vote on the issue during this meeting.

Board members later acknowledged the difficulty of speaking publicly and thanked parents for raising the concerns during a night of recognitions and retirements.","At the June 16, 2025 Beacon City School District Board meeting, multiple parents urged the district to expand inclusive placements for students with disabilities, saying current practices segregate students and that inclusion is evidence-based and legally required.","actionData","errors"]

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Beacon board approves consent agenda, votes on three items and adjourns to executive session

Parents urge Beacon City School District to expand inclusion for students with disabilities