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Superintendent announces donations, hires, retirements and $500,000 youth grant pursuit
Summary
Superintendent highlighted community donations to the backpack program, a slate of tenure approvals and new hires, several long-serving staff retirements, and a potential multi-year youth safe-spaces grant partnership with local nonprofits.
The superintendent (name not stated in the transcript) reported donations and personnel changes and previewed a potential grant application during the meeting.
The district received $2,000 from Derek and Margaret Brown and $1,000 from the William Gundry Rotten Charitable Private Foundation for the district backpack program, the superintendent said. "So once again, thank you to, very generous community," the superintendent said.
The superintendent read names of staff receiving tenure and said several new hires and appointments were on the night's agenda. He announced that Shannon Argersinger is joining the district as a speech teacher and that Christine Elias will resign as high school principal to accept a new role as secondary curriculum director. The superintendent also announced retirements effective July 1: John Savage, music teacher (after 30 years); Todd Stoller, elementary teacher (after 32 years); and Robert Williams, head custodian (after 38 years). He noted Cody Hedwell is marking 10 years as a principal.
The superintendent said he and a colleague will meet with Catholic Charities and Diane Mott from The Loft to discuss applying for a "youth safe spaces" grant that could provide about $500,000 annually for three to five years to support social-emotional learning and mental-health services for people aged roughly 12 to 24. He described The Loft as a local partner already providing related services.
On regional topics, the superintendent summarized the NYSED regionalization initiative and its priorities for academic and operational cooperation across HFM BOCES, including transportation studies and an electrification planning topic for buses. He said the currently stated 2027 requirement to purchase electric buses presents cost and infrastructure challenges and that districts in the region are studying options, noting the grid and purchase costs are concerns.
No formal personnel votes were recorded in the superintendentreport segment; several personnel matters were included later on the consent agenda.
