Delaware Academy board adopts naming-opportunity policy, approves trips and bids, denies transport request and authorizes due-process action

The Delaware Academy Central School District at Delhi Board of Education met in regular session and approved a range of routine and agendaed items, adopted a policy and authorized legal action in a special-education matter.

Minutes, financials and personnel: The board approved the minutes of the March 23 and April 20, 2026 meetings, accepted personnel recommendations and approved treasurer reports for Feb. 28 and March 31, 2026. The director of special education's report for April 21— May 18, 2026 was also accepted.

Policy adoption: On a motion and second, the board conducted a third reading and adopted Policy 66, the district's Delaware Academy naming-opportunity policy.

Transportation and legal actions: The board voted to deny a request to provide transportation for two students attending the Montssori/Montasauri (transcript spelling) School in Bovina Center, New York, citing the home-to-school distance as more than the district's 15-mile threshold. Separately, the board authorized the district to initiate an impartial due-process hearing (through district attorneys) to establish that the district's evaluation of a student with a disability was appropriate and that an independent educational evaluation at public expense was not warranted; the board also later approved a settlement agreement resolving a related due-process matter and authorized the board president to sign the settlement.

Student travel, bids and donations: The board approved co-curricular travel for FCCLA to attend the National Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. (July 5— 10/11, 2026) with transportation and advisor costs covered by the district and student lodging/registration paid by FCCLA fundraising. The FFA's summer camp (Camp Awagoti, July 26— 31, 2026) and a German exchange trip (Nov. 25— Dec. 6, 2026) were approved with district transportation and staffing provisions noted. The board awarded the 2026—27 solid-waste removal bid to Casella Waste Management for $7,250 (low bid), approved cooperative purchasing and joint bidding for food/cafeteria supplies, and accepted a $333 donation from St. John's Episcopal Church for the backpack program. The board also approved removal and disposal of duplicate or damaged library materials and surplus of an elementary art-room cupboard.

Procedure and next steps: The board tabled setting the annual reorganizational meeting date until after elections and reminded the public about the upcoming budget vote scheduled the next day (in-person voting, noon— 8 p.m.). The meeting concluded with board-member reminders about events, encouragement to vote, and adjournment.

What to watch next: The board will post the reorganizational meeting date after elections; staff will continue procurement and capital-project planning and follow up on the farm-to-school pilot discussed earlier in the meeting.

All motions described above were passed by voice vote ("motion carried") as recorded in the meeting minutes; the transcript does not include roll-call tallies for these motions.