The board reviewed multiple agenda items and contract recommendations during the non‑voting review session. Superintendent Mark Laurrie described professional development contracts, the Big Picture program partnership with a music organization, assistive‑technology evaluations and a temporary nurse practitioner to cover an upcoming maternity leave and assist with Medicaid billing.

Laurrie highlighted Saturday academies, which have drawn about 200 participants and offer meals plus enrichment activities; a Gaskill Saturday Academy was scheduled for Nov. 15. He announced several grant awards and distributions: a SUNY Niagara P‑TECH allocation ($276,069), 21st‑century/extended day violence‑prevention funds (approximately $350,000), mentor‑teacher funding ($51,000), a teacher resource center award ($67,000), and an $8,102 professional development award for LaSalle Prep English language staff.

On the JUUL litigation settlement, Laurrie said BOCES received the first distribution and will pass $12,222.53 per year to Niagara Falls for eight years; allowable uses are narrow (vape cessation services, prevention education, detectors/sensors). Administration proposed partnering with Horizons Health Services to provide in‑school vaping cessation supports in lieu of suspensions.

Laurrie also said the district would submit an application to a congressional office for $15,000 to replace a DiFrancesco Center walk‑in freezer; the district will not proceed without board approval of a supporting resolution. The board was asked to affirm Portland Jackson as a citizen member of the audit committee; other personnel and classified reports were distributed for review and will be considered at future meetings.