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Board approves consent agenda, adopts 2024–25 calendar and accepts grant funds
Summary
The Board approved routine consent items including minutes, personnel actions, donations of instruments, acceptance of a Fast Track grant, authorization of an out-of-state trip and a $100,000 budget increase for Senate grant funds; motions were recorded as 'all in favor.'
The Mamaroneck Board of Education approved its consent agenda and several routine actions, including adoption of the 2024–25 school calendar, acceptance of grant funds and authorization of student activities.
Chair opened the consent agenda and listed items A–G (minutes, personnel, agreements and amendments, treasurer's report, acceptance of arrangements for special programs, authorization to declare obsolete items and acceptance of gifts and donations). The meeting recorded multiple donations of musical instruments and assorted string books from individual donors to district orchestras; the chair thanked the donors.
The board adopted the 2024–25 school calendar after motions and a second; the chair confirmed the calendar details are listed in attachments. The board also approved acceptance of the Meriden Explores Foundation Fast Track grants for the 2024–25 year and authorized an out-of-state trip for fifth graders at Mamaroneck Avenue School to Chelsea Piers, subject to standard approvals.
A side-letter agreement between the district and the teachers association concerning salary-schedule advancements was approved, and the board adopted a recommended $100,000 budget increase to allow the district to spend Senate grant-in-aid funds for items including high-school graduation expenses and student-support software (the presentation said funds would also support completing a media-center phase at Central School).
Board members moved and seconded the listed actions and the chair recorded each vote as "all in favor." No roll-call vote tallies were read into the transcript.
