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Tri Valley board unanimously approves mentor handbook, tax-warrant corrections, donations, emergency plan and contracts
Summary
At its public meeting the Tri Valley Central School District Board approved eight routine action items including the 2025–26 mentor handbook, tax-warrant corrections for Sullivan and Ulster counties, acceptance of donations, the emergency response plan (redacted), a $4,723,742.88 AS‑7 from Sullivan BOCES, an instructional-service agreement, and an MOU for Kimberly Decker.
The Tri Valley Central School District Board of Education voted unanimously on a package of action items during its public meeting. The board approved the 2025–26 Tri Valley mentor program handbook (16a); accepted tax-warrant corrections from Sullivan County (16b) and Ulster County (16c); accepted several donations (16d); approved a redacted version of the district’s 2025–26 emergency response plan (16e); accepted a finalized AS‑7 from Sullivan BOCES for $4,723,742.88 (16f); approved an instructional-service agreement with Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Union Free School District (16g); and approved a memorandum of understanding with Kimberly Decker (16h).
Motions and votes: the chair called each action and recorded motions and seconds as reflected in the meeting minutes; each item passed by unanimous voice vote as recorded. For some motions the chair read mover/second names as recorded in the minutes (for example: "Motion by Carrie; second by George" for item 16a; "Motion by Rose; second by Nicole" for 16b). The transcript contains an inconsistent rendering of one mover’s name (appearing once as "Gerry" and later as "Jerry"); the minutes record the motions exactly as read at the meeting.
Notable details from individual items:
• 16a — Mentor handbook: Approved as presented and attached to the public portion of the agenda.
• 16b and 16c — Tax-warrant corrections: Both motions accepted corrections from county real-property tax services. Staff explained these corrections came after county review (Ulster County omitted a forest-land classification; Sullivan County misapplied an enhanced‑STAR credit). The board directed the district tax collector to issue corrected bills for affected properties.
• 16d — Donations: The board accepted 30 boxes of cake mix, 30 containers of frosting and 30 cans of soda (in lieu of eggs/oil/water) from Andrew Paresic (estimated value $100) to Tri Valley Cares; $50 from Lori Oristano to Tri Valley FFA; and a cleaned/preserved wedding dress from Jennifer and Caitlin Thige to the Tri Valley theater program.
• 16e — Emergency response plan: Staff explained portions of the plan were redacted from the public packet to remove sensitive utility account numbers; the board approved the redacted public version.
• 16f — AS‑7 acceptance: The board accepted the finalized AS‑7 from Sullivan BOCES for the 2024–25 period in the amount of $4,723,742.88.
• 16g and 16h — Contracts/MOU: The instructional-service agreement with Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Union Free School District and a memorandum of understanding for Kimberly Decker were approved as attached to the public portion of the agenda.
Next steps: Where staff indicated missing or follow-up information (for instance the number of students who retook a Regents exam in August), they said they would provide follow-up data on request. The board scheduled a retreat for November and will continue routine oversight of budget and contracts.
