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Board advances consent agenda and personnel items; one hire held pending fingerprinting

Southampton Union Free School District Board of Education · February 3, 2026
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Summary

Trustees approved most consent, financial and personnel items but held contract item 12.15 / 14.02a pending review and fingerprinting for a proposed school personnel officer; a special meeting was scheduled to finalize the hire if checks clear.

The board moved and approved multiple consent agenda items, financial reports and routine personnel actions, while holding one personnel contract for additional review and fingerprinting.

The board approved consent agenda items 12.01–12.14 (including three overnight trips), and financial items 13.01–13.09, with roll calls recorded as 'Yes' for approving the motions. A trustee asked to hold item 12.15, the contract for a new school personnel officer, because the contract and fingerprinting documents were provided to board members later than the usual agenda distribution and some trustees wanted time to review.

Administrators said the candidate had been recommended, references had been strong, and fingerprinting was scheduled; state processing could take up to 24 hours. The board scheduled a special meeting on Feb. 12 to finalize the hire so, if fingerprinting and paperwork clear, the candidate can begin on Feb. 17. "We will call a special meeting on the twelfth ... let the fingerprinting come in, and then we're going forward," President Eppoli said.

Separately, some personnel items (14.02a) were held until the scheduled special meeting; the remainder of personnel actions were approved as presented. The transcript records roll calls and approval language but does not include a full, line‑by‑line roll-call list or numeric tallies for every vote in this excerpt.