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Board approves separation agreement, personnel resignation and shared decision-making plan; attempts to untable DEI motion fail
Summary
At the Kingston City School District meeting trustees approved a separation agreement tied to an executive-session action, accepted a staff resignation with regret, approved a shared decision-making plan and defeated an attempt to untable a previously tabled diversity-equity-inclusion motion; a donation of $1,500 was accepted for Miller Middle.
Trustees recorded several formal actions during the meeting.
A separation agreement (agenda item BOE 42, related to a matter discussed in executive session) was moved, seconded and approved. The motion as read: "Be it resolved that the Board of Education approve the terms of a separation agreement and general release between the district and employee number 3216 and authorizes the superintendent of schools to sign said agreement." After a motion and second, the chair called for the vote: "All in favor of approving BOE 42. Aye. Any opposed?" The chair announced BOE 42 was approved.
The consent agenda was approved subject to pulling two items (P84 and BOE 42). P84 (a personnel action) was discussed and the board approved it with expressions of regret. P84 was described on the floor as the resignation of Kurt Reinhardt; trustees praised his service and approved the item.
Later in the meeting the board considered another item labeled BOE 42 (the shared decision-making plan). A motion was made and seconded and the board voted to accept the shared decision-making plan: "All in favor of accepting BOE 42, the shared decision making plan for the Kingston School District. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? So BOE 42 has passed."
A trustee moved to "untable" a previously tabled motion by Trustee Spicer regarding creation of a DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) committee. That motion to untable was seconded, called for a vote, and the result was recorded as 6 to 2 (the motion to untable failed). One board member clarified that a motion to untabled must be made by a trustee at a later date if desired.
The board also heard a staff-donated item: trustees accepted a $1,500 donation to Clifford Miller Middle School from Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley to support photography-club cameras; the acceptance was acknowledged on the record.
Other motions were proposed but not acted on because they lacked a second or conflicted with existing tabled motions; for example, a motion to adopt a resolution under a state real-property tax provision was made but did not receive a second and thus was not entertained. Similarly, a later motion to create a DEI standing committee was not acted on because the topic remains tabled.
Recorded roll-call tallies were not read for every motion; where the meeting transcript recorded vote counts, those counts are included above. The board took no further formal votes during the superintendent report, presentations or committee informational updates.
