Lancaster board approves $6 million BAN principal payment, multiple contracts and policy actions

The Lancaster Central School District Board of Education approved a $6,000,000 bond anticipation note (BAN) principal payment and an associated general fund budget transfer, and approved a series of contracts, policy actions and program changes during the district’s regular session.

The decisions matter because the $6 million BAN principal payment affects the district’s short-term debt obligations and related budget accounting, and the contracts and policy adoptions affect services and operations across schools in the district.

Board members voted to approve personnel changes submitted for May 12, motions accepting committee decisions for special education and preschool special education, and multiple textbook approvals. The board accepted the food-service operating reports and approved contracts with Associated Physical and Occupational Therapist, PLLC, and YMCA Buffalo Niagara. Trustees approved a contract-extension (bid award extension) with Casella Waste Management of New York Inc. for the 2025–26 school year and approved construction change orders as submitted.

The board also approved declarations of surplus equipment and surplus books and authorized two new middle-school extracurricular clubs, Legendary Creations and Legendary Looks. On finance items, a motion to approve the $6,000,000 BAN principal payment and a related general-fund budget transfer passed by voice vote; the transcript did not record a roll-call tally.

On policy, the board adopted policy 7513 (medication and personal care items). Several other policies were described as being submitted for second reading and adoption at the June 9 meeting (including policy 1210, board members’ nomination and election; policy 7220, graduation requirements; and policy 7223, advanced coursework). Policies listed for first reading with second reading scheduled for June 9 included policy 7556 (equal educational opportunities), policy 7471 (student government) and policy 8340 (instructional materials and nonpublic school students).

The board approved an NYSEG easement as submitted. The meeting closed with a motion to enter executive session to discuss a student-discipline matter; that motion was approved and the public session ended. The district reminded residents that the annual budget vote and school board election is scheduled for May 20 and that the next regular session is June 9 at William Street School.

Several motions were approved by voice vote and recorded in the meeting transcript as "Motion carries." The transcript did not include individual vote tallies for those items.