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Brentwood school board establishes child safety zones and greenlights ballot propositions for student transportation
Summary
The Brentwood Union Free School District board on March 30 adopted resolutions establishing child safety zones around its freshman campus and Brentwood High School and authorized two ballot propositions to fund district-provided transportation beginning in 2026–27, with estimated annual costs of $820,519.17 and $843,634.19.
The Brentwood Union Free School District Board of Education voted March 30 to establish child safety zones around the district’s freshman campus and Brentwood High School and to place two propositions on the May 2026 annual-meeting ballot asking voters to fund district transportation for students who live inside those zones.
The board said the actions follow a transportation safety consultant’s study conducted pursuant to section 3635-B of the Education Law. The study identified hazardous zones near both campuses that the board concluded can be reasonably alleviated only by establishing child safety zones and providing district transportation to affected students.
Under Resolution D1A, the freshman‑campus hazardous zone is described in the study as bounded by Pioneer Drive, Third Avenue to North Stein Drive (east), Cecil Avenue (west) and Inchcape Road (south). The board adopted D1A on a motion by board member Julia Burgos, seconded by Hassan Ahmed. The motion carried and was recorded in the transcript as approved.
Resolution D1B establishes a child safety zone for Brentwood High School. The consultant identified the zone as bounded by Jackson Street (north), Pennsylvania Avenue (east), Eisenhower Avenue (west) and Suffolk Avenue (south). Maria Malave moved D1B; Cindy Seferri seconded. The board approved the resolution.
The board then authorized two separate propositions to be placed on the May 2026 ballot asking voters to permit the district to provide transportation beginning in the 2026–2027 school year for students residing in each child safety zone. The proposition for the freshman campus (Resolution D1C) was presented in substantially the form read into the record and cites an estimated annual cost of $820,519.17. Hassan Ahmed moved that the proposition be placed on the ballot; Julia Burgos seconded; the board approved and directed the district clerk to place the legal notice.
The proposition for Brentwood High School (Resolution D1D) was likewise authorized for the May 2026 ballot; the transcript also includes an explicit reference to May 20, 2026 for the High School proposition. The High School proposition lists an estimated annual cost of $843,634.19. Maria Malave moved placement of the High School transportation proposition; Cindy Seferri seconded, and the motion was approved.
The board recorded its procedural direction that the district clerk publish the required legal notice for the propositions. No roll-call vote totals were recorded in the transcript beyond the repeated ritual call of "All in favor?" and the clerk’s acknowledgement of approval; the transcript records the motions as carried ("So moved").
The meeting closed after the board voted to adjourn on a motion by Julia Burgos, seconded by Cindy Seferri.
What happens next: The propositions will appear on the district’s May 2026 ballot and, if approved by voters, the district intends to begin district-funded transportation for affected students in the 2026–2027 school year at the cost estimates cited in the propositions.
