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Board adds addendum and approves consent agenda; appoints impartial hearing officer for specific case
Summary
At its Nov. 19 meeting the board added a superintendent's office addendum, approved the consent agenda (categories 711) and included a resolution to appoint Rachel Gibbons as impartial hearing officer effective 11/19/2024 for case 644448; a resignation item was clarified for future vote.
The South Orangetown Board of Education moved to add a superintendent's office consent-agenda addendum and then approved the consent agenda (categories 7 through 11) during the Nov. 19 meeting.
The addendum included a resolution to appoint Rachel Gibbons from the State Education Department list of eligible individuals to serve as impartial hearing officer effective Nov. 19, 2024, for the purpose of conducting an impartial hearing in case number 644448. The resolution language was read into the record as part of the superintendent's office addendum.
Board members subsequently clarified an item related to staff resignations and requested that the resignation text be revised to indicate approval of the listed teaching resignations. The motions to add the addendum and to approve the consent agenda passed with 'Aye' votes recorded on the public record. No roll-call vote with member-by-member names was read into the transcript for these motions.
The meeting adjourned at 9:02 p.m.
