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Votes at a glance: Frontier board approves hires, contracts, emergency bus-lift capital work and other routine business
Summary
At its Sept. 16 meeting the Frontier Central School District Board of Education approved multiple personnel appointments and contracts, ratified an emergency capital resolution for a failed bus lift and approved a memorandum of agreement with the Frontier Central Employees Association.
At its Sept. 16 meeting the Frontier Central School District Board of Education recorded a series of formal actions, including personnel appointments, contracts and an emergency capital resolution to address an unexpected bus-lift failure at the district garage.
Key approved items (motions carried unless noted):
- Consent agenda and routine approvals: The board accepted the agenda and the consent agenda.
- Personnel appointments and separations: The board approved multiple instructional and support appointments and accepted retirements/resignations. Notable actions included the appointment of Carrie Amechee as director of secondary education, acceptance of the retirement of reading teacher Mary Doer, teacher-on-special-assignment cell-phone policy coordinators Catherine Bone (middle school) and Nina Colucci (high school), and multiple teacher, teaching-assistant and support-staff appointments. The board also approved tenure appointments for Amanda Pienvenes (special education), Edward Gath (teaching assistant) and Elizabeth Franklin (ENL across the district). Motions to appoint and accept were moved and seconded by trustees as listed in the record and carried by voice vote.
- Substitute and temporary hires: The board approved the regular substitute appointment of Deborah Ross (occupational therapist) at a prorated salary for the 2025–26 school year.
- Labor and policy agreements: The board approved a memorandum of agreement and funding between the district and the Frontier Central Employees Association.
- Contracts and procurement: The board approved a contract with InkLABS Buffalo LLC to provide Evolv-system services and support at a cost of $14,585 (motion moved by Mr. Ciccarelli, seconded by Mr. Corteier). The board also approved a contract with PNA Group to provide administrative COBRA services (estimated fees $1,500) for the 2025–26 year.
- Emergency capital resolution: The board adopted Resolution 10.17 to declare an emergency and authorize an expedited capital improvement project to replace the failed school-bus lift at the district’s bus garage; the board ratified prior and future actions by the superintendent and district officials to facilitate the emergency work.
- Athletics and programs: The board approved combining Frontier girls wrestling with Orchard Park and Hamburg Central for the 2025–26 school year and authorized submission of required documentation.
Votes and movers: Many motions recorded a mover and seconder (examples: appointment of Carrie Amechee — moved Mr. Corteier, second Mr. Kilcoyne; InkLABS contract — moved Mr. Ciccarelli, second Mr. Corteier). Where recorded, votes were carried by voice vote; the board recorded “Aye” for approvals and noted no oppositions in the listed motions.
Ending: The meeting’s business calendar continued with committee reports and routine board governance actions; the board entered executive session after the regular business.
