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Brooklyn City Board ratifies three-year contract, OKs consent agenda and personnel moves
Summary
At its April 21 meeting, the Brooklyn City Board of Education approved a range of consent items, certified funds for a three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Brooklyn Education Association and approved personnel hires and contracts; one board member abstained on the community eligibility reappointments.
The Brooklyn City Board of Education voted April 21 to approve its consent agendas, certify funds for a three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Brooklyn Education Association and approve personnel appointments and routine contracts.
The board unanimously approved multiple consent items that included minutes from March meetings, the district financial statements for March and agreements with Shared Services Alliance, Winston Consulting and Counseling LLC, Suburban Transportation for 2026-27 and Xerox Business Solutions LLC for a five-year copier contract. The treasurer presented the consent items and called the roll for each motion; the motions passed by roll call.
On a separately considered item, the board approved the re-appointment of Sandra Neal and Catherine Reed as approving and verification officials for the community eligibility lunch program and named Dr. Theodore Claire as the hearing official for 2026-27. The roll call on that resolution recorded one abstention from Mr. Neal and yes votes from the other members.
The board also approved several personnel resolutions, including the employment of Catherine Reed as executive secretary to the director of operations effective April 13 and Devon Lavender as district nurse beginning in the 2026-27 school year. The personnel consent agenda covered bus-driver hires, amended supplemental coaching assignments (converted to volunteer due to participation levels), chaperones for Greenfield Village and Washington, D.C. trips, Title I tutor and educational assistant hires, retirements and long-term classified pay-scale adjustments.
The board resolved to choose and certify the funds for the collective bargaining agreement between the Brooklyn City School District and the Brooklyn Education Association for the period July 1, 2026–June 30, 2029. According to the superintendent’s remarks recorded during the meeting, the union ratified the agreement unanimously on its side; the board approved the funding by roll call.
The meeting closed after brief other-business announcements and scheduling notes for upcoming board meetings and events. The clerk called the final roll and the meeting adjourned.
Votes at a glance • Consent agendas and listed contracts: approved (roll call). • Community eligibility lunch program officials (re-appointment): approved, Mr. Neal abstained. • Collective bargaining agreement (July 1, 2026–June 30, 2029): approved (roll call); union ratified on its side, per transcript.
Next step The board will meet next on May 5 and is scheduled to consider an April construction report and an executive session on district security protocols.
