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Manhasset board hears budget implications from Albany, construction updates and staffing changes
Summary
Superintendent Gaurav Posse summarized New York state budget items affecting the district, described summer construction projects across schools, and announced personnel moves including the appointment of an assistant principal and the resignation of the assistant superintendent for business.
Manhasset Union Free School District Superintendent Dr. Gaurav Posse told the board that recently passed New York state budget provisions will preserve a 2% minimum increase in foundation aid and include a statewide “bell-to-bell” cell phone ban and support for universal school meals.
The funding and policy changes, Posse said during the board's meeting, could affect how the district implements student-device rules and whether the secondary school opts into the National School Lunch Program so all students can receive free breakfast and lunch.
The state budget “maintains the 2% minimum increase for foundation aid,” Posse said, adding that the bell-to-bell cell phone ban will require the district to develop clear protocols for secondary…
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