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Board reviews personnel report: hires, tenure recommendations and staffing changes

SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Board Meeting · August 12, 2025
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Summary

The board discussed personnel items including a maternity leave, multiple appointments and tenure recommendations; the transcript names new hires and role changes but does not record vote tallies for a requested motion to accept personnel items.

During the personnel portion of the agenda (Section F), Unidentified Speaker 5 asked for a motion to accept items F1 and F2, describing a single maternity leave and a slate of appointments and coaching/advisor assignments. “Can I have a motion to accept items f 1, 2, which is a single leave of absence, for maternity, and then appointments,” Unidentified Speaker 5 asked on the record; the transcript does not show a recorded mover, seconder or vote.

Unidentified Speaker 1 then read multiple names and assignments, including tenure and appointment notes. Named hires and changes in the transcript include (spelling per transcript): Emma (reading teacher), Melissa Cali (second grade teacher), Elena Maskell (fifth grade), Kathleen McPeek (agriculture certification vacancy), Sam Newsome (band teacher), Janine Lawrence (Wilson reading program), Ginny Bennett (special education), Colleen Short (nurse, full-time split between buildings), Alexis Gulich (coordinator role), Jen Schlaiber (special development coordinator), Shannon Goodrich (food service/school psychologist role), and others. The transcript also referenced a technology teacher resignation and active recruitment for certified technology, business and agriculture teachers.

Why this matters: Staffing decisions affect classroom composition, special education services, extracurricular offerings and daily operations; tenure appointments and certified hires address instructional capacity for the coming school year.

What’s next: The personnel items were presented and a motion was requested; the meeting record does not show a recorded vote. Official minutes should be consulted for the formal action and any hire start dates.