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Board approves consent agenda, accepts $3,500 donation and hears facilities and policy updates
Summary
The Rhinebeck Board approved a broad consent agenda, accepted a $3,500 donation from the Larchmont Mamaroneck Neck Basketball Association for athletics, and received facilities and policy committee updates including a June start for a vestibule project and flood‑aware options for a proposed athletic complex.
At its May meeting the Rhinebeck Union Free School District Board of Education approved a broad consent agenda, accepted a $3,500 donation for athletics and received committee updates on facilities and policy work.
Consent agenda: The chair presented a consent package that included minutes, personnel actions, settlements, disposal of furniture, adoption of policy 4,000 (student learning standards and instructional guidelines), awards of capital contracts and financial reports. A motion was called and the consent agenda was approved by voice vote.
Donations: Under new business the board accepted a PTSA grant and a $3,500 donation from the Larchmont Mamaroneck Neck Basketball Association (LMBA) to benefit Rhinebeck athletics. The chair asked for a motion and the board approved the donation by voice vote.
Facilities update: The facilities committee reported that the vestibule project awarded to Puretti Group Corp. is expected to begin in June 2025; security film and paving work is scheduled at Daniel Warren and Effie Bellows; roofing work on the middle/high school closed last week. A feasibility study for the middle/high school athletic complex recommended avoiding construction on the floodway when possible, siting synthetic fields above the floodplain, elevating or flood‑proofing mechanical infrastructure, and conducting geotechnical and wetlands investigations to determine DEC jurisdiction. The committee presented an option that retains the current number of fields and proposes two turf multipurpose fields and one grass multipurpose field.
Policy review: The policy committee reported review of dozens of policies across multiple sections and recommended a set of items for first reading or adoption, including policy 1,400 (public complaints) and revisions to policy 4,200 (curriculum management) and policy 47 10 (grading systems). The committee plans further reviews of additional sections and will meet again to continue the comprehensive policy review.
Other business: A board member moved (mover not recorded in the transcript) to schedule next year’s sessions without an executive session; the motion was put and voice approval followed. No public comments were recorded during the public comment opportunity.
