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Saranac Lake board appoints Josh Dan as deputy superintendent and approves curriculum and consent agenda
Summary
The board approved the agenda, consent items (Res. 083 2025), a curriculum adoption (Res. 085205 for K–6 arts curriculum as named in the transcript), and appointed Josh Dan effective July 1 as deputy superintendent to overlap with retiring Superintendent Diane through August.
The Saranac Lake Central School District Board of Education on May 6 approved several routine agenda items and voted to appoint Josh Dan with an effective deputy superintendent start date of July 1.
The board accepted the meeting agenda and approved the consent agenda under resolution number 083 2025. Under new business the board considered and approved curriculum adoption resolution number 085205 (transcript text: 'heat space sparkle art curriculum for grades K–6'); board members said the curriculum will be used in coordination with existing elementary programs and indicated they will review mid-year updates.
On personnel, the board moved to appoint Mr. Josh Dan (recorded in the meeting as "Mr. Josh Dan") and approved the appointment. The board noted that Diane, the current superintendent, will remain with the district through the end of August to provide an overlap and transition. In announcing the appointment the chair asked the audience to applaud and said Mr. Dan would be available after the meeting. Mr. Dan thanked Fred Rodell and Hotel Saranac for sponsoring a quarterly breakfast and expressed appreciation to the board and stakeholder groups, saying he was "humbled and ready to get to work."
Formal outcomes recorded in the public portion of the transcript (no roll-call tallies provided): - Consent agenda: Resolution 083 2025 — approved (motion and second recorded; no recorded opposition). - Curriculum adoption: Resolution 085205 (K–6 arts curriculum as transcribed) — approved (motion and second recorded; no recorded opposition). - Appointment of Josh Dan: motion to appoint approved; effective July 1 as deputy superintendent with overlap through August.
The meeting included routine administrative reports (testing updates, career day, orientation events), grant updates (final-year 21st Century grant submission; system-of-care grant with Franklin County sunsets Aug. 31 but county services will continue), and committee reports on electrification planning and governance. The board concluded public business and moved toward executive session for collective negotiations (no public votes recorded during that session in the transcript).
Clarifying notes: the transcript’s wording for the curriculum resolution is transcribed as 'heat space sparkle art curriculum' — the board discussed it as a national curriculum to be integrated with current elementary programming; the exact official program name and publisher were not specified in the record and should be confirmed with district documentation.
The board did not provide roll-call vote tallies in the public transcript for the approvals cited above; the meeting language indicates motions were seconded and carried with no stated opposition at the microphone.
