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Massapequa board approves personnel actions, consultant contracts and Hawthorne Center Phase 2 awards
Summary
The Massapequa Board of Education voted to approve personnel actions, IEP recommendations, consultant contracts, a Yale University training contract, transportation agreements and Phase 2 Hawthorne Center construction awards.
The Massapequa Board of Education voted to approve a slate of personnel actions, student‑specific education items and multiple contracts and construction awards at its recent meeting.
Board members moved and seconded a series of routine and specific actions, with the chair calling for voice votes and recording “Aye” for each motion. Items approved included personnel appointments and non‑certificated personnel actions; approval of Individualized Education Program recommendations; authorization for the board president to sign a stipulation of settlement for student number 228120014; and approval to exceed cost criteria for an independent neuropsychological evaluation for a student identified in confidential Schedule A.
The board appointed Dr. Paul Lerner as school medical inspector “pursuant to Section 913 of the New York State Education Law” to evaluate the fitness of an employee named in confidential Schedule A and directed that the named employee appear for examination in Dr. Lerner’s offices at a date and time to be scheduled. The board motion listed Section 913 as the legal authority for the appointment.
The board approved consultant contracts and authorized the board president to sign them; it approved the students listed for home instruction; and it approved a contract with Yale University “to provide training in its rural program” and authorized the board president to sign the contract as attached.
Transportation and facility agreements approved included contracts with Coachmen Luxury Transport for the junior banquet and a day‑trip event and an agreement with Brentwood School District for use of the swimming pool for the period of Nov. 17, 2025, through March 1, 2026, with the board president authorized to sign the agreement.
The board awarded Phase 2 building upgrades at the Hawthorne Center as documented in the meeting attachments: general construction to JNH Construction Group Inc.; electrical work to JP Daley and Sons Inc.; HVAC to RMS Industries of New York, Inc., doing business as Reliance Mechanical; and plumbing to WHM Plumbing and Heating Contractors Inc. Each award was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Votes and procedure: For each listed agenda item the transcript records a motion, a second and the chair’s call for “All in favor? Aye.” No opposed votes or abstentions are reported in the transcript for these items.
Discussion vs. decision: These items were formal board actions approved by motion and voice vote during the meeting. They reflect contract authorizations, personnel appointments and procurement awards; the transcript does not record substantive debate over the individual awards in the excerpt provided.
Ending: The meeting continued to other agenda items and public comment after these approvals. Several board members and community members later addressed other topics; no subsequent reversal of the approvals noted in the transcript.
