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Votes at a glance: Goshen Board approves retirements, transfers, agreements and personnel adjustments
Summary
At its Jan. 15 meeting the Goshen Board of Education approved multiple consent and business items including retirements, committee recommendations for special education, a budget transfer, an affiliation agreement and updated substitute hourly rates to comply with New York State minimum wage changes.
At its Jan. 15 meeting the Goshen Board of Education approved a slate of routine and business items by voice vote. Key actions recorded in the meeting minutes included retirements, acceptance of special district referendum results, approvals related to special education placements, budget transfers, an affiliation agreement with Touro University Worldwide, and updated substitute hourly rates to comply with New York State minimum wage rules.
Votes and actions recorded (motion language as read into the record):
- Accept retirements: Mary Adams (special education teacher), effective June 27, 2025; Patricia Bowles (special education teacher), effective June 30, 2025; Mary Sullivan (special education teacher), effective June 30, 2025; Robert Hoover (art teacher), effective June 30, 2025; Elizabeth Laskowski (English teacher), effective June 30, 2025. Motion presented as part of the consent agenda and approved by voice vote.
- Accept results of Jan. 14 special district meeting regarding conveyance of the district-owned parcel on Erie Street to the Village of Goshen (referendum reported 578 yes, 15 no). Motion approved by voice vote.
- Approve minutes of Dec. 16, 2024 regular meeting and Jan. 14, 2025 special district meeting. Approved by voice vote.
- Accept recommendations of the Committee on Special Education and Committee on Preschool Special Education for placements and services from Nov. 21, 2024 through Dec. 20, 2024. Approved by voice vote.
- Approve budgetary transfers in the aggregate over $105,000, including payroll-related transfers dated 12/27/24 in the amount of $198,006 for reclassifications, contractual obligations, substitutes and additional earnings. Approved by voice vote.
- Accept donation and budget increase of $7,082.50 from the Goshen Wrestling Parents Club for a wrestling mat (see separate article). Approved by voice vote.
- Approve affiliation agreement with Touro University Worldwide for school social work field placements and authorize the superintendent to execute the agreement. Approved by voice vote.
- Establish updated hourly rates for certain substitutes effective Jan. 1, 2025 to comply with New York State minimum wage law. Approved by voice vote.
Board members moved each item as part of the consent or business agenda and each motion received affirmative voice votes of members present. The meeting record shows routine roll-call/voice approvals rather than recorded roll-call tallies for each individual member in the public transcript.
