The Shenandoah School District board approved multiple contracts, capital-project moves and personnel recommendations during its study session, acting on items the administration said support the opening of the school year.

The board approved a communications/public relations contract with BOCES on an as-needed-hour basis with a stated maximum value of $14,018. Administration said the contract is a stop-gap to provide temporary PR support.

The board approved moving district IT resources for the Emtek Early Learning Center to 5 Maxwell as part of an approved capital project, and approved a playground installation for the Jeffrey Recreation Early Learning Center; the playground procurement followed a bid process that considered multiple providers and classroom capacity for play equipment.

On school safety contracts, administration described the School Resource Officer (SRO) arrangement as a new contract rather than a simple renewal; the presenter confirmed the district currently has three SROs on site during the summer. Board members asked clarifying questions about the contract language and classification, and the administration said the procurement should be labeled appropriately as a new contract.

Personnel recommendations were approved, including the staffing agenda that lists hires, extra pay, resignations and retirements. The administration recognized two retirees by name: Naraja Lehi, a secondary school monitor (16 years of service), and Sean Elizabeth Recore, a bus monitor (25 years of service). The board also approved transportation-related summer work and the Extended School Year (ESY) special education summer program staffing.

Several motions listed movers and seconders in the transcript and were approved by voice vote. The board discussed clarifying contract labels and procedural placement of items under the contracts section; administration said documents will be corrected where a procurement is a new contract rather than a renewal.