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Baldwin UFSD board approves routine business, donations, personnel and policies
Summary
At its Jan. 8, 2025 meeting the Baldwin Board of Education approved meeting minutes, financial reports, special-education recommendations, several donations, personnel actions, facility-use updates, and adopted district policies in routine votes recorded as 'Aye.'
The Baldwin Union Free School District Board of Education on Jan. 8, 2025 approved a series of routine business items, accepted donations, approved personnel and special-education recommendations, and adopted several policies. Most motions were moved and seconded by board members and recorded as passed by voice vote.
Votes and key items at a glance
- Minutes: The board accepted the minutes for Dec. 11, 2024 as detailed in the Friday mailing. Motion: moved and seconded; voice vote: all in favor (recorded as "Aye").
- Treasurer’s report: The board acknowledged receipt of the treasurer’s report for Nov. 2024 as detailed in the Friday mailing. Motion: moved by Mrs. Green; seconded by Mr. Smith; voice vote: Aye.
- Personnel actions: The board approved the personnel actions report dated Jan. 8, 2025 as detailed in the Friday mailing. Motion: moved by Mrs. Green; seconded; voice vote: Aye.
- Committee on Special Education (CSE) and CPSE: The board approved recommendations for services for CSE and Committee on Preschool Special Education for Oct., Nov. and Dec. 2024 as detailed in the Friday mailing. Motion: moved by Mr. Smith; seconded by Mrs. Cools; voice vote: Aye.
- Home tutoring and special education service report: Approved for the month as detailed in the Friday mailing. Motion: moved by Mrs. Duresca; seconded by Mrs. Green; voice vote: Aye.
- Donations accepted with thanks: • $1,000 from Ridgewood Savings Bank to assist the district’s mentoring program. Motion moved by Mrs. Green; seconded by Mr. Smith; voice vote: Aye. • $25,100 from the Helping Hands mini-grant program (Sourcewell and AASA collaboration) to help meet the needs of families and students. Motion moved by Mrs. Duresca; seconded by Mrs. Cools; voice vote: Aye. • $1,850 in mini-grants from the Baldwin Foundation for Education. Motion moved by Mr. Smith; seconded by Mrs. Green; voice vote: Aye.
- Consent agenda and business items: The board approved a consent agenda covering business items 3 through 11 (as detailed in the Friday mailing). Motion: moved by Mr. Smith; seconded by Mrs. Cools; voice vote: Aye.
- Updated use of facilities report: The board approved the updated use of facilities report for July 2024–June 2025 as detailed in the Friday mailing. Motion moved by Mrs. Cools; seconded by Mrs. Green; voice vote: Aye.
- Policies: The board held a first reading of a discrimination/harassment policy under Title IX (Policy 0111) and completed a second reading and adopted the following policies on second read: Policy 0100 (Equal Opportunity and Nondiscrimination), Policy 0110 (Harassment), and Policy 5420 (Student Health Services). Motions moved and seconded; voice vote: Aye.
- Standard mileage rate: The board approved establishing the 2025 standard mileage rate as set by the IRS (referenced IRS statement released Sept. 19, 2024). Motion moved by Mr. Smith; seconded by Mrs. Cools; voice vote: Aye.
- Ethics/reporting resolution: The board approved a resolution for reporting requirements for elected or appointed officials as detailed in the Friday mailing. Motion moved by Mrs. Green; seconded by Mrs. Cools; voice vote: Aye.
- Executive session: The board voted to enter executive session at the end of the public meeting; vote recorded as Aye. The board said it would not return to public session after executive session and would adjourn thereafter.
Votes were recorded in the meeting transcript as voice votes with "Aye" called; explicit tallies were not read into the record for each item.
