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Board approves three‑year contract extension for superintendent; votes on spring coach appointments
Summary
The Fredonia Central School District board approved a three‑year contract extension for Superintendent Brad Zilliox through June 30, 2030, and approved spring coach appointments; one board member opposed the paid varsity baseball coach appointment and abstained on a volunteer coach appointment.
The Fredonia Central School District board on Feb. 24 approved a three‑year employment contract extension for Superintendent Brad Zilliox, extending his contract through June 30, 2030. Board leadership described the extension as including a 2.5 percent annual salary increase and additional longevity language. The board moved the contract to a vote and approved the extension by voice vote; the transcript does not record a roll‑call tally.
Board President introduced the personnel item as a three‑year extension between the district and "Brad Zilliox, superintendent," and asked Dr. Zilliox for comments. Dr. Zilliox thanked the board, praised staff and students and said he was "humbled" and "honored" to continue serving the district.
The board then handled consent personnel items for spring athletics. Consent item C approved the appointment of paid coaches for the 2026 spring season; during that vote a board member (identified in the record as Mr. Kinney) said he would not support the approval of the varsity baseball coach and was recorded as opposed on that item. Consent item D approved appointments of unpaid (volunteer) coaches; Mr. Kinney stated on the record that he would abstain from that vote because he is part of that resolution as a volunteer trap coach. Both consent items were advanced by motion and carried by voice vote with the recorded opposition/abstention noted in the minutes.
A member of the public, Braden Carmen of the Observer, addressed the board during the second public‑comment period to praise former softball coach Jesse Beers, saying "there has not been a better softball coach in all of Western New York," and the board acknowledged the comments.
The board did not provide dollar amounts for the superintendent contract in the meeting record beyond the percentage salary increase; details of longevity language and full contract terms were presented as part of the personnel item and may be available in personnel files or the superintendent's contract packet.
Outcome summary: superintendent contract extension approved; paid and unpaid spring coaching appointments approved; Mr. Kinney recorded a "no" vote on the paid varsity baseball coach appointment and an abstention on the unpaid coach appointments.
