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Whitney Point board adopts policies, approves hires and OKs five-year technology purchase
Summary
The board approved second-reading adoptions of policy 7350 (time out/physical restraint), a revised cell-phone/electronic-device policy, and a professional growth policy; it confirmed several staff appointments and authorized a five-year installment purchase for 45 Dell Latitude laptops and 175 Chromebooks (total estimated cost $116,899.10).
The Whitney Point Central School District board approved several policy updates, confirmed personnel appointments and authorized a multiyear purchase for instructional technology.
On policy, the board completed second readings and adopted policy 7350 (time-out and physical restraint provisions), an updated electronic-device policy (device confiscation/guardian notification and disposal language updated, references changed to 'legal guardian'), and a consolidated professional growth/staff development policy (6230). Each motion was moved, seconded and carried by voice vote.
The board approved a slate of personnel appointments including several teacher aides, a bus monitor, a part-time food-service helper and a groundskeeper with effective dates in February 2025. The consent agenda (with a clerical date correction) passed by voice vote.
On technology, the board authorized BOCES to purchase 45 Dell Latitude (XCTO) units and 175 Dell Chromebook 3,110 units under a five-year installment agreement. The purchase price listed at the meeting was $101,966, with estimated financing costs of $14,933 and a total estimated cost of $116,899.10. The fiscal schedule described annual installments approximately $23,379.82 for five years and capped interest at 7.5 percent. Board members discussed device warranties and the district practice of sending damage-notification letters rather than formal invoices; staff said some devices include warranty coverage and the district considers replacement cycles in the overall budget.
The board also passed a resolution to nominate three individuals to the Broom-Delaware-Tioga (BDT) BOCES board of trustees and approved an intermunicipal agreement (ROC) related to vendor and data-privacy agreements under Ed Law 2-d.
What happens next: Personnel appointments take effect on the dates specified in the motion (February 2025); the technology purchase will proceed through BOCES under the approved installment schedule and the district will continue to provide policy guidance on device damage and warranty handling.
