Board adds certificated personnel addendum to consent agenda and approves hires

The board moved to add a certificated personnel addendum to the consent agenda and approved it by voice vote.

Speaker 1 read the addendum, which recommended appointment of Brianne Morales as a probationary, full‑time elementary teacher assigned to South Orangetown Middle School (salary placement MA step 4 listed at $78,241 with a probationary period dated 08/26/2024 to 08/25/2028). The addendum also listed a recommended leave replacement appointment for Shavaughn Monahan (1.0 FTE at Cottage Lane Elementary School; salary MA Step 1 listed at $66,331; effective approximately 09/09/2024 to approximately 03/17/2025). The document named substitute teachers and several athletic coaching appointments and rescissions for the 2024–25 school year.

Speaker 6 described the assistant-principal hiring process the administration used in a separate discussion: the position was posted July 10, the district screened roughly 95 applications, conducted screening interviews then brought finalists before a large committee including parents, staff and students, and took input from the final panel before the superintendent (referred to in the meeting) made the final hiring decision. Speaker 6 said the district will involve board members in the final leg of future administrator hiring processes and said the committee prioritized classroom engagement qualities observed during finalist visits.

The consent agenda that included the certificated personnel items (categories 8–12) was approved by voice vote; the meeting record shows the addendum was added to the consent agenda, seconded and accepted.