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Board approves routine consent items, policies advance to review; no contested votes reported
Summary
At the Jan. 28 Sewanhaka board meeting, trustees approved minutes, the 2025‑26 school calendar, curriculum and multiple finance, personnel and legal agenda items; the board took no contested votes on individual items at the meeting.
The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education on Jan. 28 approved routine consent and action items, including prior minutes, the school calendar and multiple curriculum, finance, personnel and legal items. The board also received reports and first‑review policy updates; no contested or recorded roll‑call tallies were provided in the public transcript.
Key outcomes at a glance:
- Approved: Dec. 7, 2024 regular meeting minutes (as corrected) and audit committee minutes. Motion moved by Miss Pelton, seconded by Miss O'Donohue. Chair called for voice vote; "Aye" recorded and motion carries.
- Approved: 2025‑26 school calendar. Motion moved by Miss Capers, seconded by Miss Wong. Chair called for voice vote; motion carries (no individual roll‑call tallies provided).
- Approved: Curriculum items A through L. Motion moved by Miss O'Donohue, seconded by Miss Wong. Voice vote: "Aye." Motion carries.
- Approved: Finance and operations items A through H. Motion moved by Miss Pelton, seconded by Miss Capers. Voice vote: motion carries.
- Approved: Professional personnel agenda items A through V and civil service personnel items A through H. Professional personnel motion moved by Miss O'Donohue, seconded by Miss Wong; civil service motion moved by Miss Wong, seconded by Ms. Capers. Voice votes: motions carry.
- Approved: Support Services A — Committee on Special Education (CSE) recommendations. Motion moved by Ms. Peltonen, seconded by Ms. O'Donohue. Motion carries.
- Legal/business items: Board completed second review of the business budget transfers policy and gave first review to revisions of the district community use of facilities policy (recommended updates to insurance requirements to align with State recommendations). The board approved legal items A, B and C on voice vote after a motion by Miss Pelton and second by Miss O'Donohue.
Nut graf: Most approvals were handled as consent agenda motions or grouped action items and passed on voice votes; the transcript does not record detailed roll‑call tallies or any failed motions.
Ending: The board moved to public comment and received several remarks; the next regular meeting was announced for Feb. 25 at New Hyde Park Memorial High School.
