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Votes at a glance: East Islip board approves personnel actions, travel and donations

East Islip Union Free School District Board of Education ยท January 9, 2026

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Summary

At its Jan. 8 meeting the East Islip board approved routine personnel motions (resignations, appointments and employment agreements), granted preapproval for items removed from consent, approved a varsity cheerleading trip to Orlando (Jan. 28'Feb. 2), appropriation changes for the 2025'26 year, and accepted a donation of dictionaries for JFK third-graders from the Islip Elks Lodge.

The East Islip Union Free School District Board of Education approved multiple consent and personnel items during its Jan. 8 meeting.

Personnel motions: The board approved recommendations from the superintendent covering resignations, terminations, leaves of absence, position abolitions, appointments, tenure appointments and salary changes in accordance with education law and civil service law as referenced in the certified personnel attachments. The board also approved an employee agreement referenced in executive session and authorized the Board President to sign the document.

Consent agenda items: The board removed item 9.4 for separate handling and approved consent items 9.2, 9.3 and 9.5'9.15 by voice vote.

Student travel and athletics: The board approved the varsity cheerleading team's attendance at the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Florida, from Jan. 28 to Feb. 2, 2026. The board also preapproved a girls'wrestling team duel at the 2026 Eastern States wrestling classic and noted several qualifying male wrestlers by name.

Budget and donations: The board approved appropriation changes for the 2025'26 school year (attachments cited in the agenda) and accepted a donation from the Islip Elks Lodge of dictionaries for each third-grade student at JFK Elementary School.

Votes were recorded by voice as "Aye" for the motions on the public record; specific roll-call tallies or individual member votes were not read into the transcript for these items.