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Votes at a glance: Kings Park board approves routine business items, transfers and contracts
Summary
At its Jan. 14 meeting the Kings Park Board of Education approved routine minutes and a package of personnel, budget transfers, contracts and field trips. The board also adopted a SEQRA negative declaration and designated itself lead agency for the planned new bus garage.
The Board of Education of the KINGS PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT approved multiple routine motions and resolutions at its Jan. 14 regular meeting.
Highlights of actions taken (all items were presented and approved during the meeting unless noted):
- Approval of minutes from the Dec. 10, 2024 budget workshop and regular meeting. - Acceptance of the personnel schedule (retirements: Laura Macy, Carissa Muscolino; volunteer appointment: Nicholas Calamusa; other staffing updates noted). - Adoption of a resolution designating the Board of Education as lead agency and adopting a negative declaration under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) for the proposed new bus garage; staff said the determination allows submission of paperwork to the State Education Department (SED). - Approval of three out-of-area field trip requests: Model UN (Jan. 16'19, 2025; 22 students, grades 10'12), UCA National Cheerleading Championships in Orlando (Feb. 7'10, 2025; 21 students), and DECA States competition in Rochester (March 4'7, 2025; 5 students, grades 9'12). - Authorization of an intra-district budget transfer totaling $200,000 to cover shortages in the district-wide building repair code (detailed account transfers were read on the record). - Approval for the board president to sign listed contracts with service providers for the 2024'2025 school year (providers included related services, tutoring and program vendors named in the agenda). - Acceptance of recommendations from the Committee on Special Education (34 IEPs dated Oct. 9, 2024 through Jan. 7, 2025). - Appointment of the engineering firm Energia to provide engineering services in support of a potential energy performance contract for additional solar/energy work; the agreement was authorized for execution by the board president. - Approval to add a vendor list, flyer distribution approval for Boy Scouts of America Troop 275, and other standard business items.
Board members moved and seconded the motions as the items were called; in each instance the chair called for a voice vote and recorded "Aye" to carry the motion. The meeting record shows each item was approved; no recorded roll-call tallies or individual nay/abstain votes were read aloud during the motions presented on the agenda.
The board also received non-voting information on the 2025'2026 draft calendar; the superintendent noted the calendar remained a draft while the district awaited a response from the teachers association about a possible adjustment around Thanksgiving and conference days.
