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Board approves contingency-day resolution after debate over timing and staff notice
Summary
The board voted to approve a contingency-day resolution that grants an extra paid day off for staff if unused snow days remain; members debated notice timing, hot-weather impacts and alternatives such as splitting days into half-days.
The board approved a contingency-day resolution on May 6 that authorizes an additional paid day off for staff if the district has unused emergency snow days. The motion was moved, seconded and carried with the chair calling for the vote.
Board discussion before the vote focused on timing and operational impacts. One board member urged more advance notice so staff and families could plan; another asked how the change would interact with heat-related requirements for buildings, noting some schools run hot late in the year. District representatives said the district retains unused emergency days and could split them into half-days, as it did the prior year, to limit disruption.
A board member recalled previous severe weather (including a May snow event and an F1 tornado in earlier years) as reason to be cautious before finalizing calendars. After discussion, the board moved to approve the contingency-day resolution.
Immediately after the vote, the board continued with other unfinished business and then entered executive session to discuss a particular person as allowed by New York State law.
