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Sewanhaka board approves multiple agenda items: organizational chart, policies, personnel and code of conduct
Summary
At its Aug. 26 meeting the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board approved the organizational chart, curriculum and personnel lists, several administrative policies including the cell-phone policy and the district code of conduct following public hearings.
The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education voted on and approved a series of routine but consequential agenda items during its Aug. 26 meeting, including the district organizational chart, curriculum items, finance and personnel agendas, several policy items and the district code of conduct.
Key approvals and motions (all motions carried as announced on the record):
- Organizational chart for 2025–26: moved by Mr. Jacob; seconded by Miss O’Donohue. The chair announced “Motion carries.”
- NISBA facilitator appointment: moved by Miss O’Donohue; seconded by Miss Battle. Motion carries.
- Curriculum items (items a through q): moved by Mr. Redden; seconded by Miss Peltonin. Motion carries.
- Finance and operations (items a through h): moved by Miss O’Donohue; seconded by Mr. Jacob. Motion carries.
- Professional personnel agenda (items a through z): moved by Miss Peltonin; seconded by Miss O’Donohue. Motion carries.
- Civil service agenda (items a through m): motion recorded as moved by Mr. Bridal and seconded by Miss Palpatine; motion carries.
- Support services (items a and b): moved by Mr. Jacob; seconded by Miss Peltonin. Motion carries.
- Legal agenda items (d, e, f including the cell-phone policy and homebound instruction policy): moved by Miss Battle; seconded by Mr. Jacob. Motion carries.
- Code of Conduct public hearing opened by motion from Mr. Redden, seconded by Miss Peltonin; hearing closed later in the meeting and the board then approved the Code of Conduct policy on motion moved by Mr. Edin and seconded by Miss Peltonin. Motion carries.
- Walk-on personnel resolution: The board approved an interim appointment of Robert Pontecorvo as interim chairperson of mathematics; motion moved by Mr. Edin and seconded by Miss O’Donohue; motion carries.
Votes at a glance: the meeting transcript records each motion and the chair’s announcement of “Aye” followed by “Motion carries.” The transcript does not include a complete roll-call tally for each vote in the audio record provided.
Why it matters: these routine approvals set administrative leadership, curricular items and personnel placements for the 2025–26 school year and put in place board policies, including the cell-phone and code-of-conduct policies, that guide student and staff expectations and operations.
What the transcript does not specify: the meeting record as provided does not print individual roll-call tallies for each vote and does not include the full text of curriculum entries a–q, finance items a–h, or the detailed language of the policies; those items are part of the board packet and not read verbatim in the transcript.
