Frontier board approves hires, contracts, budget transfers and bus bond; multiple personnel and financial items carried

The Frontier Central School District Board of Education on June 17, 2025, approved multiple personnel appointments and tenure actions, memoranda of agreement with employee groups, a contract for prescription drug administration support, and transfers from the general fund into several reserves. The board also authorized a bond resolution to purchase school buses.

Major personnel and appointment actions approved included: the appointment of Dr. Christopher Finley (appointment text in agenda) as assistant superintendent for finance and operations at a salary listed as $167,500 effective June 18, 2025; the appointment of Keith Lewis as interim high school principal effective July 1, 2025; and multiple certified and support staff appointments and hires (see "Votes at a glance" below). The board also approved several tenure appointments for certified staff.

Contracts and agreements approved included a contract with Univera Health to provide administrative prescription drug support for the district's self-funded health insurance program (term beginning July 1, 2025), a contract to engage Taylor Taggart as a psychologist intern for the 2025-26 school year at a stipend of $20,000, and several memoranda of agreement with district employee associations. The board…