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Votes at a glance: safety plan, personnel slate, appointments, clubs and donations approved
Summary
At its August meeting the Watertown City School District board approved the district safety plan, multiple personnel actions including administrative and instructional appointments, extracurricular clubs, sports agreements and a series of donations; most motions passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition in the public transcript.
The Watertown City School District board approved a series of consent and action items by voice vote during its regular meeting. No roll‑call tallies were recorded in the public transcript; the clerk conducted voice votes with the chair asking for opposition and then noting the motion passed.
Key approvals recorded in the meeting minutes and by voice vote:
- Adoption of the district safety plan (pursuant to Commissioner's Regulation 155.17); the plan must be filed with the commissioner within 30 days.
- Authorization of Matthew Burdick and Anna Marie Savage as authorized representatives for required preschool STAC 1 special education signature forms.
- Appointment of Tina Lane as the workplace violence coordinator for the 2025–26 year.
- Approval of the personnel report, including resignations; appointments (probationary and non‑probationary instructional and non‑instructional staff); substitutes; coaching assignments; and administrative appointments.
- Paid administrative leave for a non‑instructional employee effective Aug. 18, 2025.
- Appointment of Janelle Dubey as a K–12 principal.
- Appointment of Brian Gabek as special education coordinator assistant.
- Appointment of Gregory Russo as Director of Health, Physical Education and Athletics, effective Sept. 2, 2025, with a stated first‑year salary of $115,000 and a four‑year probationary administrative appointment.
- Approval of an amended salary ($2,609.30) for the modified boys swimming assistant position.
- Approval of an agreement to combine varsity boys ice hockey with Immaculate Heart Central for the 2025–26 school year (IHC colors used when students are IHC members).
- Creation of extracurricular clubs: Educators Rising (advisor noted) and the Fashion Industry Club (advisor: Shelley Fulkerson).
- Acceptance of several donations (including $1,000 from the Caballarial Education Fund to support a water‑filling station at North Elementary and donations supporting Welcome Back Watertown; a corrected donation amount of $500 from Laura Payne Borsy Consulting was recorded during the meeting).
- Approvals to dispose, recycle or donate outdated textbooks and materials from district schools and approval of an educational field trip.
Each action above was recorded as approved in the meeting transcript or was part of the consent agenda and announced as approved by voice vote. Where a motion, second and voice vote sequence is presented in the transcript, no individual roll‑call votes or numeric tallies were provided in the public record.
