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Votes at a glance: March 18, 2025 Binghamton City School District board actions
Summary
At its March 18 meeting the board approved minutes, accepted retirements and donations, and set the date for the budget vote; motions and roll-call responses were recorded in the public meeting.
The Binghamton City School District Board of Education took several formal actions at its March 18 meeting. The following is a summary of motions recorded in the public minutes as read aloud during the meeting.
Approval of minutes - Motion: Approve minutes of work session and regular meeting held Feb. 25, 2025. - Moved by: Sean Gray; Seconded by: Eliza. - Outcome: Unanimously approved (meeting record: “Aye. Unanimously approved”).
Certified-staff resolutions (CS 1–CS 4) - Motion: Approve certified resolutions CS 1 through CS 4 as presented (motions read in meeting). - Moved by: Liza; Seconded by: Carrie. - Roll-call (partial, as read aloud): Miss Middleton — Yes; Dr. Tan — Yes; Miss Turner — Yes. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call votes read during the meeting).
Retirement resolutions (examples read aloud) - Motion: Accept retirement notice and extend thanks and best wishes (example: Mary Geer/variation — retirement effective 07/31/2025 as read). - Outcome: Approved (roll-call recorded in meeting: Miss Middleton — Yes; Dr. Dennis — Yes; Miss Turner — Yes; Missus Buck — Yes; Mister Severson — Yes). Note: transcript contains variations in name spelling; motion language and effective dates were read into the record.
Noncertified retirement and personnel resolutions (NC items) - Motion and outcome: Several NC retirement items were read and adopted by roll call; text read into record extended the board’s thanks and best wishes to retirees.
Donations (G items) - G7: Accept monetary donation of $500 from Alpha Kappa Alpha, New Omega chapter, to Roosevelt Elementary School; increase general-fund appropriation accordingly. - G8: Accept donation of a percussion kit (approximate value $499) from Del Marston to a district school. - G11: Set date for the school board election and budget vote (budget vote scheduled for May 20, 2025) and set the public hearing date for May 6, 2025. - Outcome: Approved as read.
Procedure and voting notes: Motions were read into the public record and votes or roll-call responses were read aloud for each set of resolutions. The transcript contains some inconsistent name spellings in the read motions; the meeting record shows motions were moved and seconded and adopted where noted. Where roll-call names were spoken aloud in the transcript, those yes responses are included above.
