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Board approves consent agenda, policy and contracts including $6.95 million Western Suffolk BOCES contract
Summary
The Kings Park board approved the consent agenda and several routine items on Aug. 18, including adoption of policy 5686 (maximum temperature), the district-wide safety plan, personnel appointments, data-privacy agreements, and a final $6,951,312.01 contract with Western Suffolk BOCES; the board also extended an intermunicipal waste-disposal agreement with Smithtown ($50,754 annual charge).
At its Aug. 18 meeting, the Kings Park Central School District Board of Education approved the consent agenda and a series of administrative motions and contracts.
Key actions approved by voice vote included:
- Adoption of new policy number 5686 (maximum temperature for school buildings and indoor facilities) as the board's second reading and formal adoption to align with a new law taking effect in the coming school year.
- Formal approval of the district-wide safety plan after it was posted for at least 30 days for public comment, satisfying the stated statutory requirement.
- Personnel appointments and staffing confirmations including two part-time teachers (Nicholas Montemiro at RGO as a special-education teacher and Nicole DeRose as a music teacher), a night custodian (Clifford Hamrady) and a new bus driver.
- Approval of data-privacy (Ed Law 2-d) supplementary agreements with vendors listed as Boom Learning, Kebel Go (recorded in the minutes), Wayground and World Book.
- Acceptance of donations (a Yamaha panel from Carolyn Perner; total reported donations for the 2025'26 school year $1,502.49) and authorization to dispose of outdated library books and textbooks as listed.
- Approval of the district's final contract with Western Suffolk BOCES for the 2024'25 school year in the amount of $6,951,312.01 (the previous year's final contract was $6,092,011.38) for billed services, cross-contracts, capital administration and clerical services.
- Approval to extend the intermunicipal agreement with the Town of Smithtown for nonresidential solid-waste disposal for 09/01/2025'0/08/31/2026 at the same terms and an annual charge of $50,754.
- Authorization for the board president to sign a list of service-provider agreements for the 2025'26 year (including specialized services for students) and acceptance of nine IEP recommendations from CSC meetings held July 25'Aug. 13.
Each item was moved and approved as part of routine business; where dollar amounts were stated in the record those figures are quoted exactly as presented.
