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Cohoes board adopts meeting resolutions in unanimous vote; recommendation on assistant superintendent included on agenda
Summary
The Cohoes Board of Education moved to adopt agenda resolutions for the March 4 meeting and recorded a unanimous roll-call vote of present members. A recommendation to advance Laura Tarlow as assistant superintendent was noted on the agenda and will proceed through the district’s hiring process.
During the March 4 public session, a board member announced a recommendation on the agenda to advance Laura Tarlow for the role of assistant superintendent for educational services. The chair then called for a motion to adopt the meeting’s resolutions, listing items 7a–g, 8a–o and 9a.
A motion and second were recorded on the record and the clerk performed a roll-call vote. The five board members present — Jackson, Snyder, Gendron, Paradis and Burwell — each voted "Yes," and the motion to adopt the listed resolutions passed unanimously.
The transcript records the recommendation and the vote but does not include the full appointment paperwork or a separate roll call specifically titled "appointment of assistant superintendent." The superintendent had introduced the recommendation earlier in the meeting and praised Tarlow’s leadership; the board’s adoption of that set of agenda resolutions includes approval of the items listed on the meeting agenda.
The administration said that recommended hires and staffing actions will return as formal personnel recommendations and that board action on specific hires (if required) will be recorded at that time. The board then opened public comment and later entered executive session for personnel matters; it did not return to public session that night.
