Votes at a glance: Goshen Board approves calendar, tenure appointments, code change and consent items

GOSHEN, N.Y. — The Goshen Central School District Board of Education took a series of formal actions at its Feb. 18 meeting. The board recorded votes on tenure appointments, the 2025–26 student calendar and several consent and policy items.

Key votes and outcomes (as stated on the record):

- Tenure appointments: The board approved the tenure appointment of Nancy Bowden in elementary education effective March 5, 2025, and the tenure appointment of Fred Miles in social studies effective March 1, 2025. The board voted “Aye” and there was no recorded opposition on the audio record.

- 2025–26 student calendar: The board adopted the 2025–26 student calendar as presented, including a first day of school on Sept. 3, half‑day dismissal the day before Thanksgiving, a two‑week December–January holiday, observance of Lunar New Year/Presidents’ Day on Feb. 16–17, and other listed days off that yield 184 student days and two conference days (186 total days) and four emergency closing days.

- Code of conduct revision: The board approved a revision to the 2024 Code of Conduct, Section 7 (student dress code), adding language clarifying that the dress code will not single out religious attire, that religious exceptions will be made where comparable nonreligious exceptions apply, and that religious messages on clothing will be treated under the same rules as other messages.

- Committee recommendations and consent items: The board approved minutes of the Feb. 3 regular meeting; accepted recommendations from the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) and Committee on Special Education (CSE) for services provided between Dec. 19, 2024 and Feb. 10, 2025; approved policy updates (renumbering/renaming/readoptions/retirements presented); approved a retiree resolution for a staff member with 22 years of service (name as read into the record); and approved nominations to the Orange‑Ulster BOCES board (William M. Boss, David Eaton and Edwin A. Estrada) and an audit engagement letter from Nugent and Hausler, P.C. for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

The meeting record shows the board asked for and received motions to approve each item and the chair called for the vote; responses were recorded as “Aye.” The audio transcript does not record individual roll‑call tallies by name for each motion on the public audio excerpt provided.

Below are the motions as read into the record and recorded outcomes.