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R-C-S Board approves tenure for 22 staff, clears multiple personnel and budget items in voice votes
Summary
The Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Board of Education approved tenure for 22 district employees and cleared a slate of personnel and budget-transfer items in voice votes during its regular meeting; several items were postponed for later action.
The Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District Board of Education approved tenure for 22 staff members and voted on a package of personnel and budget-transfer items during its regular meeting.
Board members voted by voice to approve a set of business and personnel items (board agenda references 6.1–6.11 and personnel slate) and to grant tenure to the staff named during the meeting. The board also moved to postpone one personnel item to the next meeting and removed policy review items 13.1–13.5 from tonight's agenda for consideration at a later date.
The board president read the list of employees recommended for tenure and congratulated them. The staff members identified in the meeting as receiving tenure were: Samantha Van Patten, high school counselor; Aaron Blair, Peter B. Elementary; Deb Conti, A. W. Becker Elementary; Maya DeGary, English teacher; Chris Dobson, high school music; Brianna Gavin, middle school social studies; Helen Grigorik, A. W. Becker speech; Alex Hilker, Peter B. special education; Maddie Hurley, A. W. Becker elementary teacher; Ashley Knowles, A. W. Becker speech; Cody Mulvey, high school special education; Selena Nastasi, A. W. Becker reading; Cassie Owens, high school science; Ethan Peters, high school physical education; Andrea Van Baren, high school English; Steve Schultz, middle school technology; Anna Davies, middle school physical education and health; Kimberly Stevens, high school biology; Judith Lambert, ADU TA; Mary McKillop, Peter B. special education; Kate Thibault, assistant director for student support services; and Colleen Agostinoni, director of student support services.
Board members made and seconded motions to approve grouped business items and the personnel slate; approvals were recorded by voice as "Aye." The board also postponed one listed personnel item (07:37) to the next meeting and removed several policy-review items from tonight's agenda so the policies can be reviewed at a later date.
District staff described a series of budget transfers that prompted questions from board members. School business staff said transfers are common late in the fiscal process and that the adjustments would not change the district’s bottom-line fund balance but would reallocate funds to cover higher-than-expected expenses such as electricity and to correct miscoded accounts.
The board congratulated the employees awarded tenure and thanked them for their service. No formal roll-call vote counts were recorded in the transcript for these motions; approvals were taken by voice vote.
Votes at a glance - Motion to remove policy-review items 13.1–13.5 from tonight’s agenda: passed by voice vote (mover: board member; second: recorded). - Motion to approve minutes of April 9 meeting: passed by voice vote. - Motion to enter executive session to discuss employment of a particular person: passed by voice vote. - Motion to approve business considerations (agenda items 6.1–6.11): passed by voice vote. - Motions to approve personnel slate and tenure recommendations (22 individuals): passed by voice vote. - Motion to postpone personnel item 07:37 to next meeting: passed by voice vote.
The board did not announce numerical tallies on the record; motions were carried via voice votes or by consensus where recorded.
