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Board approves consent block: personnel, policy 5851, contracts and audits
Summary
The Starpoint Board approved a consent block Jan. 12 covering appointments and separations, second reading/adoption of policy 5851 (cybersecurity incident response), an affiliation with SUNY Buffalo State, multiple AECI construction/site-work contracts and acceptance of the 2024–25 external audit and 2025–26 risk assessments.
The Starpoint Central School District Board voted Jan. 12 to approve a consent block of routine personnel items, policy changes, contracts and audit documents.
The board carried motions to approve appointments (including an annual mentor appointment for Andrea Boove), separations, leaves of absence and student-teacher placements, then took up the second reading and adoption of Board of Education Policy 5851, cybersecurity incident response, which board members said formalizes reporting procedures for a security breach.
In business items, the board authorized an affiliation agreement with The State University of New York at Buffalo (Buffalo State), appointed Gross Schuman PC as district attorneys, and authorized the board president to sign multiple AECI site-work and construction contracts including site-work contracts 101A–104A and general-construction/HVAC contracts 101B–105B with named firms. Board members approved the receipt of the 2024–25 external audit and management letter from Allied CPAs and accepted updated 2025–26 risk assessments and the internal audit report.
Athletics and donations: the board approved varsity girls indoor track travel to specified invitationals in January and February and accepted a $227.20 donation from Starpoint staff to the Patricia Me scholarship fund.
Voting format: most motions were approved by voice vote; the transcript records "Motion/Second/All in favor? I carried." The board did not record roll-call tallies in the public transcript for these items.
The meeting moved on after the consent approvals to board discussion and recognitions.
