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Scotia-Glenville board approves inspectors' report, union memorandum and several gifts; staff appointments cleared
Summary
The Scotia-Glenville Central School District board accepted the inspectors' report on the budget vote, approved a memorandum of agreement with the Secretarial Association, accepted multiple donations totaling more than $12,000 for a Glendal outdoor pavilion and approved several staffing appointments; the meeting closed into executive session on negotiations.
The SCOTIA-GLENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT board approved a series of routine and business items at the meeting, including acceptance of the inspectors' report on the recent budget vote and election, approval of a memorandum of agreement with the Scotia Glennville Secretarial Association and acceptance of several gifts for school programs.
The board accepted grouped resolutions (items 9–13) to appropriate donations: $10,400 from the Glendal Student Council through the Rotary Club of Scotia Foundation toward a Glendal outdoor learning pavilion; $2,000 from the Glendal PTA for the same project; and a commission of $87.75 from Upstate Images to the athletic department, along with acceptance of additional awards and scholarship gifts. A separate motion accepted gifts from the Scotia Glennville Friends of Music; that motion recorded at least one abstention.
On personnel, the board approved staffing and communications items, including probationary appointments read into the record: Amy Valheimr as a school social worker (probationary appointment effective Sept. 1, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2029), George Heath as middle school music teacher (probationary appointment effective Sept. 1, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2030), and Sarah Cusino as a special education teacher (probationary appointment effective Sept. 1, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2030). These personnel approvals were moved and seconded and approved by voice vote.
Motions and votes on routine business including internal claim audit warrants, payroll and check warrants and the April 2026 treasury report were approved without substantive discussion. After completing business, the board opened and closed a second public comment period and moved into executive session to discuss negotiations; one member indicated opposition to the motion to enter executive session before the session began.
The board did not provide additional details in the public record about the terms of the memorandum of agreement or the precise vote tallies beyond members' verbal votes and recorded abstentions. Where the transcript did not name a motion mover or record individual roll-call votes, this article reports the motions and outcomes as stated in the meeting record.
