Board authorizes agreement and installment purchase resolution with Nassau BOCES, approves 2024–25 appropriation transfers

The Harrison Central School District Board of Education on May 21, 2025 approved an agreement with Nassau BOCES and a resolution authorizing an installment purchase contract with Nassau BOCES, and approved 2024–25 appropriation transfers, the board said.

During the finance and facilities portion of the meeting the board listed three items taken on consent: A, approval of agreement with Nassau BOCES; B, resolution authorizing installment purchase contract with Nassau BOCES; and C, 2024–25 appropriation transfers. The district read an item in the meeting described in the transcript as “2,000 installment purchase contract with Nassau BOCES” (text as read in the meeting); the transcript does not provide a dollar figure or financing term beyond the read text.

A board member commented that, working with Mr. Whipple and Mr. Royal, the district had “determined a better way, a more efficient way, and a more cost effective way for parents to be able to access instruments, which should make it easier for kids to participate and easier on families' pocketbooks.” The board approved the finance and facilities report by voice vote.

The board announced the next regular meeting will be June 11 at 7 p.m. at Lewis M. Klein Middle School. The transcript does not include contract language, financing schedules, or the precise amounts for the installment purchase; those details were not presented in the public portion of the meeting and will likely appear in the written resolutions or contract documents.