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Lou Bettinelli elected president as Bay Shore board approves reorganization consent items
Summary
At the Bay Shore Union Free School District reorganization meeting, Lou Bettinelli was nominated and elected board president; a vice president was selected (name not recorded). The board approved consent agendas covering contracts for 2024–25, change orders for kindergarten/special-education rooms, annual safety and conduct policies, and several personnel/appointment items; D2 was tabled.
Lou Bettinelli was nominated and elected president of the Bay Shore Union Free School District board during the district's reorganization meeting. Board members voted to carry the nomination, and colleagues offered congratulations.
The reorganization session moved through the district's annual housekeeping items on the consent agenda, approving a series of personnel and operational motions for the 2024–25 school year. The items approved included renewals of existing service-provider contracts (pages C1–C32), adjustments on B4/B4a, and recommended consent items on A and B pages. "There is nobody new," the clerk said when summarizing the C-pages, noting that the listed contractors are renewals rather than new vendors.
The board also approved specific change orders related to facilities work for kindergarten and special-education classrooms. The clerk described additional work authorized after plans were finalized, saying, "we requested another room to be done," and identifying classroom modifications for rooms 106 and 113 and the installation of window shades to address sun glare in affected rooms. Those change orders were approved as part of the C-pages consent vote.
Under the D-pages consent items (D1–D9), staff presented the district's annual adoption items, including the safety plan, code of conduct components, the appointment of Dignity Act coordinators, reimbursement and attendance policies, eligibility rules, and hearing officer appointments. D2 was explicitly tabled; the remainder of the D items were recommended for approval and passed on a voice vote.
Pages E1–E5 were presented and approved. During that discussion a board member asked whether some listed religious holidays — including Purim — were newly added; staff clarified these are standard attendance notations and not newly added to the calendar.
The meeting began with the administration of oaths (the clerk asked: "Do you solemnly swear that you will support the constitution of The United States and the constitution of the state of New York and that you would faithfully discharge your duties of board trustees?") and closed after final motions to exit public session; a motion to go out of public session carried on voice vote.
The transcript does not record the name of the board member elected vice president. The meeting processed routine reorganization and consent items to set procedures and personnel for the coming school year; D2 remains tabled for further consideration.
