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Board approves Code of Conduct and a slate of routine resolutions, appoints CSE/CPSE chairs
Summary
In a single meeting the Mineola board adopted the 2024–25 Code of Conduct and approved multiple routine resolutions including policy reading waivers, safety plan adoption, personnel appointments, board goals, a memorandum of agreement and audit acknowledgements; all motions passed by voice vote.
The Mineola Union Free School District Board of Education approved the 2024–25 Code of Conduct and a series of routine resolutions during its meeting.
The board took voice votes on a sequence of resolutions and consent-agenda items. Highlights: Resolution 7 adopted the district Code of Conduct (mover: Bridal Whitman; seconder: Stacy DeSilas). Resolution 8 waived the first formal reading of revised board policies including student use of computerized information resources, student personal technology, internet safety and workplace violence prevention; the waiver passed by voice vote. Resolution 9 approved appointments for district CSE/CPSE chair positions (Kathleen Volfinrella as district CSE/CPSE chairperson; Vanessa Leland and Ashley Fernandez in school psychologist/504 roles); motion moved by Brian and seconded by Stacy DeSilas. Resolution 10 approved the district-wide safety plan for 2024–25; Resolution 11 adopted board goals for 2024–25. Resolution 12 authorized execution of a memorandum of agreement with an identified employee (dated 08/15/2024). Resolution 13 authorized initiation of a due-process proceeding related to an evaluation of a named student and denied the request for an independent educational evaluation. The board also acknowledged receipt of internal audit testing and risk-assessment reports previously reviewed by the audit committee.
The board approved the consensus agenda (Resolution 16), which included multiple personnel appointments and routine items; members congratulated newly appointed supervisors and staff. At the close of the meeting the board moved to an executive session to discuss negotiations.
All recorded motions in the meeting were approved by voice vote; no motions failed or were tabled in the transcript. Where a mover or seconder was recorded in the transcript, that information is captured in the action records below.
