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Board approves $73.8 million bond authorization, staffing and contract items; personnel item 34 tabled
Summary
The Massena Central School District board authorized bonding up to $73,800,000 for the capital project, approved a range of consent and personnel items (including a chemistry consultant stipend, a new registered nurse position and a teaching assistant position), accepted a snowplow bid with higher initial costs, and tabled personnel item 34 for future consideration.
At its reorganizational and regular meeting, the Massena Central School District Board of Education approved a corrective bond resolution authorizing up to $73,800,000 in bonding for the capital project. The board noted $6,000,000 in reserve funds that bring the total figure discussed to $79,800,000; the resolution was presented as a corrective action after a prior meeting lacked a proper motion and second. The board carried the motion following the required roll-call procedure.
The board also approved multiple administrative and personnel actions presented as recommended items. Notable approvals recorded in the meeting transcript include:
- Appointment of the district liaison to the St. Lawrence-Lewis County School Boards Association (motion carried). - Approval of the tax collector agreement (motion carried). - Approval of a chemistry consultant stipend for a retired teacher to provide up to 30 sessions with a new teacher at $50 per hour (motion carried). - Creation of one registered nurse position to serve students with medical needs (motion carried). - Creation of one junior-high teaching assistant position to align with high school duties (motion carried). - Approval of the 2025–26 professional learning plan (motion carried). - Acceptance of the single snowplow bid from Dow Electric, with an initial cost reported at $84,000 in the first year and $79,000 in the second year (motion carried); administration explained the higher first-year cost reflects start-up expenses. - Approval of an MOU with the MBAA for IT support for the Traversa system (motion carried). - Approval of a resolution for paid administrative leave and establishment of the superintendent’s salary (motions carried).
Administration recommended approval of personnel action items numbered 1–228 but asked to pull items 34 and 71. The board voted to table item 34 for future consideration and approved item 71. Trustee Mr. Oliver stated he needed to abstain from voting on an item that applied to his wife; that abstention was recorded in the transcript.
The meeting record shows most approvals were carried by voice votes with the chair declaring "That carries." Detailed roll-call tallies are not provided for every item in the transcript excerpt, although the bond authorization was handled with the required roll-call recognition of trustees.
The board received three donations announced during the meeting: $1,500 from the Rotary Club, $100 from North Country Savings Bank, and $2,000 from Adirondack for Kids, with the latter earmarked for the district’s Raider Academy.
Next procedural steps noted in the meeting included scheduling the tabling and reconsideration of personnel item 34 at a future meeting and routine follow-up on personnel slate items.
