Arlington board approves routine personnel actions, appoints voting delegate and OKs student trip

During the regular meeting the Arlington Central School District board moved through multiple routine items and approved several motions by voice vote.

Early in the meeting the board approved the agenda by voice vote. Later, under new business, the board approved the appointment of Mary Ann Quinn as the district’s voting delegate. The board also approved an international student trip to Spain scheduled for March 19–26, 2027.

Personnel and administrative motions included authorization to appoint an external investigator as needed for employee investigations and approvals for classified administrative leave items. The board approved the creation of a civil service position to support nursing needs after testimony highlighted a shortage of substitute nurses and an increase in medically fragile students. A district nurse and witness testified that hiring an in‑district nurse could reduce reliance on higher‑cost agency nurses.

Under the consent agenda the board accepted a short-term leave for Trevor Wood Primary principal Kara Conrad and appointed Paul Finch as interim principal at Traver Road Primary for about four weeks, approved Kim Van Voorhees as assistant principal at Arlington High School and confirmed the hiring of a special education teacher (identified in the meeting as Connor).

Each motion was moved, seconded and carried by voice vote; the meeting record reports 'Aye' responses and 'Motion passes' for the listed items. No recorded roll‑call tallies or recorded no votes were included in the transcript for these motions.

The board concluded noncontroversial consent and personnel actions and then moved to committee reports and the presentations that followed earlier in the meeting.