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Westbury board tables item 13c, approves multiple personnel hires and goes into executive session
Summary
Trustees unanimously voted to table agenda item 13c, approved a block vote covering items across multiple sections (including hires and tenure recognitions), then moved into executive session to discuss personnel; the meeting adjourned after returning from closed session.
The Westbury Union Free School District Board of Education conducted its voting agenda after the superintendent’s report, taking several unanimous procedural and personnel actions.
Trustee Bolling moved to table agenda item 13c; Vice President Ewing seconded the motion and trustees voted unanimously to table 13c. The board then agreed to a block vote covering items in sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 13 (with 13c excluded). The motion to approve those items as a block passed with unanimous 'Aye' votes. The dais announced that the block included hires and tenure actions; the board offered congratulations to those who were hired or granted tenure and introduced some of the new appointees, including Lauren Kennedy (special education teacher, Westbury High School) and Junior Lubin (community engagement liaison).
Following approvals, Vice President Ewing moved and Trustee Quintanilla seconded a motion to enter executive session to discuss several personnel matters; the motion carried unanimously. The dais announced the executive session would run until no later than 11:00 p.m. and that there would be no votes upon return. The board later moved out of executive session by unanimous vote and then voted to adjourn.
What was raised in public comment: a community member, Glenys Palacios, asked whether a budget code for international travel could be used to assist students who could not attend a cancelled Europe trip because of cost or insufficient enrollment. The superintendent responded that the district’s budget includes funds to offset international travel and that staff had received a new proposal the same morning and were exploring options for another trip.
Record of key formal actions: - Motion to table item 13c: moved by Trustee Bolling; seconded by Vice President Ewing; outcome: motion carried unanimously. - Block vote to approve listed sections (5,6,7,8,9,11,13 excluding 13c): moved by Trustee Dickerson; seconded; outcome: motion carried unanimously; block included hires and tenure approvals. - Motion to enter executive session for personnel: moved by Vice President Ewing; seconded by Trustee Quintanilla; outcome: motion carried unanimously. - Motion to adjourn: moved by Trustee Bolling; seconded; outcome: motion carried unanimously.
No substantive public votes on policy changes were recorded during the open session portion beyond the procedural and personnel approvals noted above.
