Board approves consent items, staffing reports and contract amendment; schedules budget hearing and vote

The Pittsford Central School District Board of Education approved multiple consent and action items on April 8, including personnel reports, budget transfers, a construction contract amendment and routine minutes and financial reports.

Key votes and outcomes (all motions carried unless noted): - Approval of Professional Staff Report: Board approved changes including 25 certificated staff moving from probationary to tenure, one certified appointment, one change from regular substitute to probationary, several SRP appointments, resignations and one retirement. Motion carried; voice vote indicated none opposed. - Approval of Support Staff Report: Board approved five clerical appointments (one correction), five clerical resignations, two transportation appointments, one transportation retirement, three custodial appointments, one custodial resignation, and one food service appointment. Motion carried; none opposed. - Adoption of the 2025-26 Budget: Board adopted the superintendent-recommended budget (see separate article for details). Motion carried after presentation. - Approval of minutes (03/11/2025 and 03/18/2025 special meeting): Both motions carried; the board noted one abstention on each vote (individual not specified in the record). - Acceptance of Treasurer—s Report (02/28/2025): Motion to accept carried; the record indicates at least one dissenting vote was registered but the motion carried (the transcript did not identify the dissenter by name). The treasurer noted interest earnings were running at approximately $1.6 million versus a budgeted $800,000 and said school lunch revenues temporarily trailed due to one fewer serving day in February. - Budget transfer requests approved: Barker Road PA system transfer (approved) and flooring and fire alarm year-end transfers (approved); Barker Road transfer was presented as a safety/security measure and to leverage BOCES aid and existing capital project wiring. - Amendment to campus construction manager contract: Board approved an amendment to add an additional project staff member at a lower hourly rate after bid awards allowed full-scope work at all locations; motion carried. - Bid awards on consent agenda: Approved (no individual motion detail discussed in meeting minutes; included on consent agenda). - Transportation efficiency study authorized for analysis: Board approved moving forward with a study of routing, non-allowable pupil calculations and longer-term scenarios to mitigate driver shortages. - DECA field trip (Sutherland High School): Approved (motion carried). - BOCES annual election and administrative budget: Board approved four candidates for BOCES seats and approved the proposed BOCES administrative budget as presented; motions carried. - Consent agenda: The board moved and approved the full consent agenda as presented.

Several motions were moved and seconded from the dais; the transcript records standard roll-call voice outcomes ("all in favor? None opposed. That carries.") for most items. Where the transcript recorded an abstention or dissent it did not record individual board member names for those votes.

No new business or public comments were added at the end of the meeting. An executive session was called to discuss discipline of a particular person.

The board scheduled a public budget hearing for May 13 and the district budget vote for May 20 at Calkins Road Middle School.