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Board chair summarizes investigator’s findings; board to prioritize HR and protocol changes after resignation

Saugerties Central School District School Board · January 13, 2026
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Board members discussed the resignation of a former member and summarized an investigator’s review that identified procedural gaps in how a 2023 complaint was handled; the board said it will consider HR improvements and options to fill the vacant seat ahead of the May vote.

At the Jan. 13 meeting, the Saugerties Central School District board outlined steps it says are needed after an investigator found shortcomings in how an anonymous complaint about the girls’ wrestling coach was handled in 2023.

The chair summarized the investigator Miss Gaydos’s work, saying the probe (which interviewed roughly 40 people) "found there was no clear record of how the complaint actually came into the office" and that an official investigation file had not been created. The chair said other parties…

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