White Plains board approves donations, policy adoptions, a student club charter and interim principal appointment

The White Plains Board of Education moved through several routine but formal actions at its March 9 meeting, approving donations, policy adoptions, a student club charter, a personnel appointment and a resignation.

The board accepted summary action items 4–8, which included $5,200 in donations from the Friends of the White Plains Public Schools for classroom trips and activities and multiple memorial scholarship donations. A board member read the itemized donations and the board called the vote; the transcript records the board’s assent but does not list individual vote tallies.

The board also voted to adopt a group of policies listed in the meeting backup (policies and regulation identifiers referenced in the packet) after a policy committee review. Members then approved the Highlands Middle School Quest Club charter as a district‑affiliated student organization and praised the student‑driven initiative.

On personnel matters the board voted to appoint Joseph Spiro as interim principal at Highlands Middle School effective March 24 through June 30, 2026, at the stated per‑diem rate. The board accepted the resignation of Dr. David Jacob, director of mathematics, science, engineering and career and technical education (grades 7–12), effective June 1, 2026. Finally, the board voted to authorize the board president and/or superintendent to execute a previously reviewed settlement agreement in a stated civil lawsuit.

The transcript records motions, seconds and a general "all in favor" from the board on these items, but it does not record individual member vote names or a roll‑call tally in the public meeting record.