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Board approves routine agenda items; votes recorded for April 9 session
Summary
The Cohoes City School District Board approved a slate of agenda resolutions by roll call. The board then moved into executive session. Roll‑call votes were recorded for the agenda adoption motion; one member remained excused.
Cohoes — The Cohoes City School District Board of Education took formal votes near the end of the April 9 meeting to adopt a package of agenda resolutions and to enter executive session.
Adoption of agenda resolutions: A board member moved and another seconded a motion "that the board adopts the following resolutions of the 04/09/2025 agenda: 6 a through e, 7 a through j, and x a through c." In a roll‑call vote the board approved the motion. The minutes record the vote as follows: Mr. Jackson — yes; Mrs. Snider — yes; Mrs. Gendron — yes; Mrs. Paradis — yes; Mr. Rose — yes. Mrs. Gellert was recorded as excused.
Executive session: The board then moved to enter executive session to discuss matters leading to the appointment, promotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal or removal of a particular person or corporation, CSCA negotiations and a legal matter. A motion to enter executive session was moved and seconded and carried by roll call; board members present voted yes. The board stated it did not expect to return to open session.
Speakers and votes: The motion to adopt the agenda resolutions was moved and seconded (motions recorded in the public transcript). The public roll call recorded the five affirmative votes above and one excused member. The transcript does not provide additional roll‑call detail for the executive session motion beyond the confirmation that members present voted in the affirmative.
Clarifying details: The transcript identifies the adopted items by agenda references (6a–e, 7a–j and x a–c) but does not list each resolution text on the public record in the meeting transcript excerpt. The board president’s name and the names of the movers are recorded in the transcript as speaking on the motion but the transcript excerpt does not attribute the maker and seconder to a full name/role beyond the roll‑call results.
Ending: The board left for executive session and the public meeting concluded without returning to open session.
