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Board appoints Colleen O'Connor as director of special services; accepts three BHEF signature grants
Summary
Board appointed Colleen O'Connor as the district's director of special services and health services and approved three signature grants from the Byram Hills Education Foundation including a $26,120 PALS grant and a $10,481 'Zen Den' grant; the fashion-design equipment grant amount was not specified in the meeting transcript.
The Byram Hills Central School District board announced the appointment of Colleen O'Connor as the district's new director of special services and health services at the May 6 meeting and accepted three signature grants from the Byram Hills Education Foundation (BHEF).
Board presenters said the appointment followed a committee-led search; the board "appoint[ed] Colleen O'Connor as the new director of special services and health services," and colleagues including Jill Boynton (the retiring director) and Meredith Bridal (assistant director of special services) were present in the audience, a board member said.
Separately, the board accepted three BHEF signature grants presented earlier in the meeting. At the public remarks the board identified the grants by purpose and amount where available: a $26,120 BHEF grant for Dr. Kaltenecker's PALS (Parent Academy for Leveraging Student Success) parent programming; a $10,481 signature grant to establish a "Zen Den" at Coleman Hill; and a BHEF grant to purchase sustainable fashion-design start-up equipment for Byram Hills High School (grant amount not specified in the transcript). A single motion accepting the three grants was made and carried.
Board members expressed public gratitude to the BHEF for pledging additional funds for district capital projects and programming. The transcript shows the board passed the grant acceptances and the appointment as formal actions during the meeting but does not include a roll-call vote or numerical tally in the public record.
The accepted grants will be implemented by appropriate district departments and staff; the appointment of Colleen O'Connor shifts the special services leadership role to the newly appointed director immediately, per the board announcement.
