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Board approves pool contracts, MOA with teachers, and multiple personnel items; gifts and retirements acknowledged
Summary
At its meeting the Board approved contract awards for the Cicero‑North Syracuse High School Phase 3 pool structure, accepted gifts including an anonymous $5,000 donation, approved a memorandum of agreement with the North Syracuse Education Association and several personnel items, and acknowledged retirements.
The Board of Education voted on a slate of routine and action items, approving contract awards, personnel changes, gifts and several memoranda of understanding.
The board approved the minutes of the Feb. 24, 2025 regular meeting by voice vote (motion: Mr. Thorne; second: Amanda). Members approved a declaration of marketable and non‑marketable surplus (motion: Josh; second: Paul) and accepted an anonymous $5,000 gift to the North Syracuse Early Education Program to purchase technology for 3‑ and 4‑year‑old classrooms.
Contract awards for Cicero‑North Syracuse High School Phase 3 pool project — which will construct the pool structure while a specialty contractor will install the pool shell and equipment — were approved on a motion by Mark and second by Amanda. The board authorized an increase in the FTE of a special‑education teacher (motion: Paul; second: Dr. Kramer) and approved a memorandum of agreement between the North Syracuse Central School District and the North Syracuse Education Association (motion: Dr. Kramer; second: Josh). The board also approved a memorandum of understanding with the County of Onondaga.
The North Syracuse Education Foundation grants and a $997.60 grant for a collaborative food‑photography project were accepted. The board acknowledged five retirements: Deborah Covino (elementary teacher, 26.1 years), Kim LaRochelle (teaching assistant, 27.4 years), Cindy Rank (physical therapist, 31.1 years), Doreen Wilson (school bus driver, 33.6 years) and Denise Roche (school secretary, 20 years). Instructional and support personnel reports were approved by voice vote.
Most motions were approved by unanimous voice vote; where votes were taken the clerk announced “all those in favor? Opposed? That is carried.” The meeting record did not include roll‑call tallies in the transcript excerpt provided.
