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Guilderland board accepts superintendent’s resignation, approves contracts and budget amendments
Summary
At its Nov. 19 meeting the Guilderland Central School District Board accepted Superintendent Marie Wiles’s resignation, approved several vendor agreements and a $100,000 school‑lunch fund amendment for a walk‑in freezer, accepted a $13,000 prevention grant, and scheduled community engagement on a proposed cell‑phone policy.
Guilderland Central School District’s Board of Education voted Nov. 19 to accept Superintendent Marie Wiles’s resignation and approved a slate of contracts, a $100,000 budget amendment to the school lunch fund and several other routine business items.
Board members voted unanimously on the personnel packet that included Wiles’s resignation and publicly recognized her service; Marie Wiles responded, "Well thank you everyone. I appreciate it." The personnel motion carried with a recorded unanimous vote (9‑0).
The board approved three service agreements presented by the district business officer: LaSalle School (educational services for adolescent males experiencing significant out‑of‑home challenges), Lifetime Benefit Solutions (administrative services for the district’s flexible spending plan), and St. Coleman’s House (a day‑treatment/residential program in Watervliet for children with autism or related developmental disabilities). The board also approved a UPK contract with St. Madeline Sophie School for the 2024‑25 school year and an internship agreement with the Rochester Institute of Technology to provide practical experience for college students; each motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
On budgeting, the board approved a $100,000 amendment to the school lunch fund to purchase a walk‑in freezer intended to improve food storage and distribution across district schools. The business officer described the amendment as a one‑time purchase from the lunch fund; the motion passed (recorded as passes 9‑0).
Other routine items approved included a declaration of surplus/obsolete property, a resolution to correct clerical errors on the 2023‑24 and 2024‑25 tax rolls, a shared‑services agreement allowing an eligible student with disabilities to attend a program in the New Lebanon Central School District, and acceptance of delinquent tax rolls and the composite tax‑collection report. The board accepted a monetary donation from the Guilderland Elementary School PTA to purchase a Gaga ball pit.
Superintendent Wiles also announced the district had been awarded a $13,000 Albany County grant to implement a tobacco and substance‑use prevention program using an American Lung Association module. She summarized the facilities committee’s early work — including building condition surveys, technology needs and infrastructure planning for electric buses — and said the committee will return with recommendations in February in advance of a possible May 2025 capital project referendum.
The board approved several co‑curricular club requests and the district’s 2024‑25 professional learning plan, and authorized an out‑of‑country student travel request to Toronto in February (details provided in the travel request before the board). The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn to executive session.
What’s next: the facilities committee will continue meetings to shape a capital‑project recommendation for the board; the district will host a community forum on a possible cell‑phone‑free policy on Dec. 9 to gather input before any policy action.
