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Rome City School District board approves consent agenda, personnel moves, trips and settlement
Summary
The board approved the consent agenda and multiple resolutions including personnel actions (appointments, rescissions, retirements), student overnight trips to Buffalo and Springfield, donations, furniture bid awards and authorization of a settlement in pending litigation.
At a regular meeting, the Rome City School District Board of Education approved a series of routine and substantive resolutions covering finance, personnel, student travel and litigation.
The consent agenda was approved on a voice vote (moved by John; seconded by Jeff). The board authorized payment of $675 to Joseph Rosato for DJ services at the 2024 senior ball and accepted donations of $500 from A Automation Systems for professional learning and $3,621.94 from the Edward Foundation to fund a Gaga ball pit and soccer nets at Ridge Mills Elementary School.
Under educational program items, the board approved an overnight trip for Rome Free Academy girls varsity field hockey to Buffalo, N.Y., (Sept. 27–29, 2024) coordinated by Mackenzie Welter, and an overnight boys varsity basketball trip to Springfield, Mass. (Jan. 18–19, 2025) coordinated by Nick Medicis.
In people operations, the board rescinded the appointment of Diana Haswell as an office specialist at Rome Free Academy (appointment rescinded after Haswell failed to report for work), rescinded tenure for teacher Vincent Paul pending appropriate and updated certification, accepted the retirement of teaching assistant Rita Riolo effective Sept. 1, 2024, and granted tenure to principal James Dano effective Aug. 30, 2024. The board also approved an unpaid administrative internship for Alex Hammock for the 2024–25 school year and created two grant-funded dean-of-students positions at Joy and Stroud that will expire when the School Improvement Grant ends.
The board accepted a memorandum of agreement with the Rome Administrators Association on behalf of Aaron Carey and approved the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Bryant as interim human resources administrator effective July 1, 2024, at a rate of $800 per day. The board also approved the appointment of Dr. Georgia Gonzales as Director of Business and Finance at a salary of $130,000, effective Aug. 12, 2024.
The board authorized a settlement agreement related to litigation pending in Oneida County State Supreme Court (index EFCA2023O01687) and authorized the superintendent or designee to execute necessary documents to finalize the settlement. For procurement, the board reviewed IFB 2024-0604 and awarded purchase orders for furniture to the recommended bidders, rejecting some items that can be bought through the New York Office of General Services; the vendor Hummel's was named in the motion.
No public comment on nonagenda items was recorded, and the meeting adjourned.
