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Superintendent thanks volunteers, flags Huddl funding limits and hiring needs
Summary
The superintendent praised PTSA and booster-club turnout, noted Huddl funding cannot be credited back to private donors because it would constitute a gift of public funds, and outlined limited open special-education positions.
At the June 1 meeting the superintendent updated the board on several operational items and thanked the PTSA and the booster club for their role in driving strong voter engagement.
The superintendent said the district’s second budget vote attracted an "outstanding" response with more than 1,100 voters and praised community lobbying and turnout. She congratulated Michelle Muckle, an eighth-grade special-education teacher retiring after 32 years, and thanked board members Jack Roddy and Leah Works for years of service.
On Huddl — a district service the superintendent said is currently district-funded with state aid arriving the following fiscal year — attorneys advised the district it could not accept a private donation and then return the resulting state aid to the donor because that would be a prohibited "gift of public funds." "You can't... give them back that aid," the superintendent said.
The superintendent reported hiring needs remain: one special-education teacher at the elementary school needs to be hired and the district's director of special education position is still open; academic benchmarking results will be available after summer.
The board also used the meeting to introduce Emily O'Brien as a new middle-school special-education teacher joining the district from Lansingburg, and publicly thanked staff and volunteers for the recent election turnout.
