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Votes at a glance: Massapequa Board approves personnel items, contracts, appointments and collective bargaining agreement
Summary
The board approved the consent agenda items and a series of resolutions including IEP recommendations, consultant contracts, roof restoration awards, IMA for combined girls wrestling team, appointment of a school medical inspector under New York State Education Law §913, and a collective bargaining agreement with the Massapequa Federation of
At its regular meeting the Massapequa Union Free School District Board of Education approved a consent agenda and a set of resolutions covering personnel, contracts, capital awards and agreements.
The board moved through numbered resolutions (1–18 on the posted agenda). Most motions were made and seconded and carried by voice vote with no opposition or abstentions recorded on the meeting transcript.
Key approvals (selected): - Resolution 1: Approval of IEP recommendations (motion carried by voice vote). - Resolution 2: Approval of a stipulated settlement for student number 231180018; board president authorized to sign the agreement. - Resolution 3: Approval of consultant contracts listed on the agenda and authorization for the board president to sign. - Resolution 4: Appointment of Kathleen Granelli to the Committee on Preschool Special Education and Committee on Special Education for 2025–26, per commissioner’s regulations, Part 200. - Resolution 5–7: Approval of memoranda of agreement (including SAT proctors) and consultant/trip contracts (J & R Tours limited for the Ames High School trip). - Resolutions 8–11: Awarded roof restoration projects at Lockhart, Birch Lane, Unqua and McKenna elementary schools (Garland DBS documented in memoranda on the agenda). - Resolution 12–13: Approval of additional consultant contracts for tutoring and other services. - Resolution 14: IMA contract to establish a combined high‑school girls wrestling team with Levittown UFSD and seven other nearby districts; board president authorized to sign. - Resolution 15: Rescinded a prior resolution appointing Dr. Paul Lerner and instead appointed Dr. Lawrence Haber as school medical inspector “pursuant to section 9 13 of the New York State Education Law” (transcript language). The resolution directed employees listed in a confidential schedule to appear for examination on 10/27/2025 and authorized the superintendent to execute a confidentiality agreement. - Resolution 16: Approval of a collective bargaining agreement with the Massapequa Federation of Teachers covering 07/01/2023–06/30/2028; the board president was authorized to execute the agreement. - Resolutions 17–18: Acceptance of increased and in‑kind donations including a scholarship gift from the Conti Toussaint family and a Roland V electric drum kit donated by Andrew Dwork for the high‑school music department.
Procedural note: The board conducted votes as voice votes. The meeting transcript records routine motions ("So moved. Second.") and the chair asking "All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions?" For the items recorded on the transcript, no opposition or abstentions were announced.
The board president and superintendent were authorized to sign agreements where noted; several construction awards and consultant contracts were documented in attached memoranda on the meeting agenda.
Ending: The board completed its resolution block and moved on to advocacy updates and public comment.
