Manhasset school board approves personnel schedule and BOCES budget, declines to vote on BOCES board election without candidate information

The Manhasset Union Free School District Board of Education on April 23 approved its personnel schedule and the BOCES administrative budget for the 2025–26 school year, and agreed to abstain from voting on the election of three members to the BOCES Board of Education because board members said they did not have information about the candidates.

A board member asked whether there were any questions about the personnel schedule and then called for a vote; the transcript records the board saying, “All in favor,” and moving the item forward. The transcript does not record vote tallies, the names of movers or seconders, or any opposing votes for that item.

During consideration of the Board of Cooperative Educational Services, commonly known as BOCES, administrative budget for the 2025–26 school year, the board again asked for questions and then recorded approval after the call for a vote. The transcript records no discussion of the budget lines or amounts and does not include a roll-call tally.

When the agenda reached the item to elect three members to the BOCES Board of Education, a board member said, “I’m gonna say that with this that we abstain from voting with, without the knowledge of all the candidates. Everyone okay with that as a board?” The board agreed to abstain from voting on that item; the transcript does not record names of candidates, any candidate statements, or a formal motion and second for the abstention.

After those items, a board member moved to adjourn the meeting and the board adjourned. The transcript records no further substantive business or public comment on the three items.

Votes at a glance

- Personnel schedule: Approved. Vote tally not specified in the transcript; mover/second not specified. - BOCES administrative budget for 2025–26: Approved. Vote tally not specified in the transcript; mover/second not specified. - Election of three BOCES Board of Education members (agenda item D): Board members agreed to abstain from voting due to lack of candidate information; no vote tally or candidate names recorded.

The transcript does not provide details on the content of the personnel schedule, financial figures for the BOCES administrative budget, or the identities of the BOCES board candidates. The board’s decision to abstain on the election item leaves the district’s position on those specific BOCES vacancies unresolved in the public record for this meeting.