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Votes at a glance: East Aurora School District 131 board approves personnel overloads, program contracts and facilities work; upholds alternative placement for
Summary
At the Jan. 13 board meeting the East Aurora 131 board approved multiple staffing and program contracts, authorized emergency facilities work and upheld a recommended alternative placement for a student. The board also rejected elevator bids at Waldo Middle School and named a campus 'Tomcat Education Community.'
The East Aurora School District 131 board of education recorded multiple formal actions on Jan. 13, 2025, including approvals for staffing overloads and professional services contracts, authorization of emergency facility repairs, rejection of elevator replacement bids and the adoption of a resolution upholding an alternative placement for a student.
Key outcomes
- Consent agenda: Approved (roll-call recorded). The meeting minutes show a roll-call vote with board members recorded as voting in the affirmative; the secretary recorded the motion as passed.
- Overloads and staffing: The board approved several temporary overloads to cover unfilled teaching positions, including a 50-count continuation of previously approved overloads at East High (one semester continuation) and other school-specific overloads (ESL, special education resources). District staff said the overloads provide continuity of instruction when positions are hard to fill.
- Professional services and programs: The board approved a $40,090 contract with American Institutes for Research (AIR) for state-mandated needs assessment services for Allen School and a $39,110 Learning Forward Coaches Academy proposal (funded by Title II). The board also approved participation with neighboring districts in a mental health and wellness symposium at a cost of $25,100.
- Programs and renewals: The board reviewed a SchoolLinks program renewal and other curriculum items; action items for the items above were approved as recorded in the minutes.
- Facilities and naming: The board approved emergency replacement of Waldo Middle School gymnasium subfloor by Construction Inc. in an amount not to exceed $95,000, and it approved the plat naming the combined BSA/ECC/CTC campus as the Tomcat Education Community. The board formally rejected all bids submitted for replacement of the elevator at Waldo Middle School and will revisit that work.
- Special education / FTE: The board approved 1.0 FTE 1:1 teacher assistants for Brady, Gates and East Aurora High School.
- Student discipline resolution: The board adopted a written resolution upholding a hearing officer recommendation for alternative placement (Core Academy) in lieu of expulsion for a student of East Aurora High School (student number recorded in the resolution). The resolution sets the alternative placement effective Jan. 14, 2025, through the remainder of the 2024–25 school year, including summer school 2025, and through the 2025–26 school year including summer school 2026; it also states the expulsion will be enacted immediately if the student fails to attend the alternative setting.
Board votes on the action items were recorded on the public record and, where roll calls occurred, recorded as affirmative across participating board members. Several motions passed unanimously by recorded roll call; the minutes reflect the standard roll-call sequence of board members voting "Yes."
