What the board approved at the Jan. 22 meeting — quick summary and outcomes:
• Resolution 7.1 (tenure): Board moved and approved a motion concerning tenure for a teacher; the district celebrated the teacher’s tenure during the meeting. Outcome: approved by voice vote (recorded as "Aye" on the floor). Specific vote tally: not recorded in minutes.
• Consent business agenda (4.1–4.9): The board approved multiple business items by motion. Items read during the meeting included: appointing a section 75 hearing officer for 2024–25 (4.1); adopting the proposed 2025–26 district calendar (4.2); appointment of additional consultants for 2024–25 (4.3); and several personnel‑ and contract‑related resolutions (4.4–4.9) including side letters with bargaining units, authorization for the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center to negotiate data privacy agreements, and a facilities‑use agreement with Pace University. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Special‑education placements (5.1): The board voted to accept the recommended placements of special education students. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Business office consent items (6.1–6.3): The board approved treasurer’s reports (July–November 2024), budget and revenue reports for the same period, and interfund transfers. Staff explained the timeliness issue (reports were held pending the audit). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
• Personnel consent agenda (7.2–7.17): The board approved a slate of personnel items, including resignations, appointments, substitute and volunteer approvals, and negotiated side letters. Outcome: approved by voice vote; one noted abstention recorded for a professional reasons on one item.
• Policies (8.1 and 8.2): The board conducted first readings. Policy 5605 (student voter registration and preregistration) was presented as a first reading and taken up for a vote to accept the first reading; Policy 6710 (purchasing authority) was presented for first reading with language clarifications; both were moved forward by vote to remain in first‑reading status. Outcome: first readings adopted by voice vote.
• Executive session: The board voted to enter executive session to discuss personnel and employment matters. Outcome: motion carried by voice vote.
Items with limited detail in the record: many of the personnel actions (7.2–7.17) and consultant appointments were approved as consent items; the board did not read full roll‑call tallies on the floor for those items during the public portion of the meeting. Where the agenda listed specific resolution names, those names are recorded below; where the transcript did not read itemized motion text word‑for‑word the entry below uses the agenda description and marks missing details as "not specified."
Votes — detailed list (agenda id, short description, mover/second if recorded, outcome, notes):
• 7.1 — Tenure approval for a staff member (Bradley Morrison celebrated in public remarks). Moved and approved by voice vote; no roll‑call tally given. Notes: tenure recognition and celebratory remarks by board.
• 4.1 — Resolution to appoint a Section 75 hearing officer for 2024–25. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• 4.2 — Resolution to adopt the proposed 2025–26 school district calendar. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• 4.3 — Resolution to appoint additional consultants for the 2024–25 school year. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• 4.4 — Side letter agreement with the Austin Teachers Association regarding continuous service increments. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• 4.5 — Side letter agreement with the Veil Service Employees Association regarding longevity. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• 4.6 — Authorize Lower Hudson Regional Information Center to negotiate data privacy agreements. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• 4.7 — Approve facilities‑use agreement with Pace University. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• 4.8 — (Agenda item read; full text not specified in transcript.) Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• 4.9 — (Agenda item read; full text not specified in transcript.) Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• 5.1 — Accept recommended placements of special education students. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
• 6.1–6.3 — Treasurer’s reports, budget/revenue reports, and interfund transfers. Outcome: approved (voice vote). Note: staff explained the reports covered July–November 2024 and were issued after the audit completion.
• 7.2–7.17 — Personnel slate (rescissions, resignations, appointments, substitutes, volunteers, leaves). Outcome: approved (voice vote); one abstention recorded for a professional reason on one personnel item.
• 8.1 — First reading: Policy 5605 (student voter registration and preregistration). Outcome: first reading adopted to proceed (voice vote).
• 8.2 — First reading: Policy 6710 (purchasing authority). Outcome: first reading adopted to proceed (voice vote).
• Motion to enter executive session (personnel/employment matters). Outcome: approved (voice vote).
How votes were recorded: most items were approved by voice vote with the chair asking "All in favor? Aye." Explicit roll‑call tallies were not read into the transcript for the consent and personnel blocks; where a board member abstained that was noted in the public record.
Documentation and follow up: the board clerk and business office will post official minutes and the full roll‑call if required. The audit materials and treasurer’s reports were noted to be posted on the district’s transparency page.