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Board approves retirements, donations and a hockey coach appointment; one abstention recorded
Summary
The board approved a personnel consent agenda, accepted the retirement of account clerk Tracy Ridenour effective April 18, 2025, accepted multiple donations (Adirondack Medical Center; Adirondack Foundation; John and Patricia Hopkinson) and appointed Matthew St. Louis as girls-hockey co-head coach (vote 6 yes, 1 abstention).
At the Nov. 19 meeting the Lake Placid Central School District board approved a set of personnel motions, accepted donations and completed several votes.
Personnel and retirement: the board approved the items on the personnel consent list, and accepted the retirement of Tracy Ridenour, account clerk, effective April 18, 2025. Superintendent Tim praised Ridenour's work on audits and transition planning: "Tracy is a component of that team that just laid down that completely clean audit for which we're all grateful," he said.
Coach appointment: the board appointed Matthew St. Louis as co-head coach of the girls hockey team. The motion passed with six votes in favor and one abstention; the clerk recorded the tally as "6 yes and 1 abstention."
Donations and scholarships: under board policy 6-255 the board accepted several philanthropic gifts: a community-schools donation from Adirondack Medical Center (amount announced during the resolution), Adirondack Foundation gifts of $4,000 for the Lucy Family Scholarship and $3,900 for a fifth-grade Albany trip, and a $10,000 scholarship fund from John and Patricia Hopkinson. Board members thanked donors for supporting student programs.
Other motions: the board also moved to accept the external audit report prepared by Telling and Associates (see audit coverage). Several personnel items remain on future agendas for final action or were removed from consent for separate votes at this meeting.
What's next: the board scheduled its next regular meeting for Dec. 10 at 5 p.m.; the meeting moved toward executive session to discuss contracts and a lease agreement.
