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Chappaqua Board Approves Committee Charges; Board to Post Draft and Review on Wednesday
Summary
The board approved committee charges and responsibilities for audit, communications, facilities, health & safety, policy and wellness, moved to post the draft to the website for Wednesday review, and scheduled upcoming presentations and meetings.
During the same work session, the Chappaqua Central School District Board of Education reviewed and edited draft charges and responsibilities for standing committees. Speaker 1 read the resolution: "Be it resolved that the Board of Education approve charges and responsibilities for the following committees, audit, communications, facilities, health and safety, policy, and wellness." Speaker 3 moved and seconded the resolution; the chair called for favor and the transcript indicates acceptance and preparation to post the draft on the district website for review at the next meeting.
Trustees debated specific language changes across committees, largely agreeing to frame committee roles as advising the Board of Education rather than exercising oversight. The facilities committee's scope was clarified: the committee will review preventative maintenance, building condition surveys and long-term capital planning and recommend change-order review procedures to the full board rather than autonomously approving construction change orders.
In policy discussion, trustees agreed to a structured approach to reviewing the policy manual (which has not been comprehensively reviewed during the superintendent's tenure), including priority-setting and project-tracking of policies that need periodic review. The board asked staff to prepare a website location for committee charge documents and to bring the draft back for the Wednesday meeting.
The board also set upcoming dates: Wednesday, November 12 at 7 p.m. for middle-school presentations at Horace Greeley High School and a December 10 meeting at 7 p.m. for high-school presentations. A motion to adjourn passed and the meeting ended at about 2:51 p.m.
Quote: "Be it resolved that the Board of Education approve charges and responsibilities for the following committees, audit, communications, facilities, health and safety, policy, and wellness," Speaker 1 read from the resolution packet.
Ending: The board approved the committee charges as edited, will post the draft for public review on the website and will continue committee-level work and policy review in subsequent meetings.
