Board approves routine HR and policy items, forms ad hoc committee for BOE self‑evaluation

At its January 16 meeting the Horsesheads Central School District Board of Education approved a series of routine personnel and policy items, recognized long‑time employees and established an ad hoc committee to revise the board’s self‑evaluation instrument.

Among the formal actions reported on the record: the board approved minutes of a prior meeting; accepted HR recommendations reported under the HR consent agenda; recognized multiple long‑service employees for 17 and 27 years of service; and approved policies that were on the agenda for action (policy references provided on the agenda as 9.03 and 9.04). The board also approved the tenure appointment for Erin Hogan and noted other personnel actions recorded in the meeting packet.

The board created an ad hoc Board of Education committee to revise the BOE self‑evaluation document. The resolution names the committee members as Christine Dale (chair), Lindsay Veil Wheeling, Erin Chabone, Susan Umvarsky and Dr. Thomas J. Douglas, and sets a target that a final draft be submitted to the full board for review by April 23, 2025; the ad hoc committee is to dissolve by June 17, 2025 or earlier upon submittal to the board president. The resolution passed after motion and second and recorded board discussion.

Other routine actions included acknowledgement of retirees and long‑service staff and the customary consent motions for audit/committee reports and policy second readings where noted on the agenda.

The transcript records standard roll‑call style prompts during votes (“All in favor? Aye.”) but does not include full, roll‑by‑roll public vote tallies for all items in the recorded excerpt; meeting materials in the public packet provide the detailed lists for HR and policy items.