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Board approves most personnel and budget items, rejects two MOAs; Route 52 property sale closes
Summary
The Carmel Central School District board on June 23 approved the consent agenda, several personnel and budget items and the appointment of ex‑officio student trustees. Two proposed MOAs — one for club stipends and one for an ENL summer AVID Bridge program — failed on roll-call votes; the board also reported the sale/closing of the Route 52 property earlier that day.
The Carmel Central School District Board of Education handled multiple actions on June 23, approving routine business and personnel items while declining two proposed memorandum-of-agreement (MOA) items and reporting a property sale closing.
What passed: the consent agenda, several MOAs (including a memorandum creating grade-level and RTI reading liaisons for elementary grades and a memorandum with Savvas Learning for a middle-school assessment efficacy study), a $26,000 budget transfer within the 2025–26 general fund, the food service budget for 2026–27, and donations totaling $750. The board also approved ex‑officio student trustees Maxwell Roberts and Arav Prasad.
Personnel and a separated hire: Trustee concerns about one new hire on the personnel agenda led trustees to separate the single new hire (a teacher of the deaf and hearing impaired) from the broader personnel motion for a separate vote. The separated hire identified in the record as Ashley Manfredi (three‑year probationary appointment, 8/31/26–8/30/29) was approved after a roll-call vote; one trustee recorded a 'no' vote while a majority voted in favor.
What did not pass: Two MOAs proposed that evening did not pass on roll-call votes. - MOA: Automotive Club and Youth Coalition stipends (agreement between the district and the Carmel Teachers Association). Trustees debated whether the MOA's language effectively ceded bargaining leverage to the CTA over club establishment or stipend-setting and asked for clearer legal language. Roll-call as recorded: Vice President Curzio — no; Trustee Douglas — yes; Trustee Grasso — no; Trustee Magliano — no ("support the idea, but not the wording"); President Orser — no; Trustee Torpey — no; Trustee Weiss — no. The motion failed and the chair said legal would rework language for a July 1 return. - MOA: ENL Summer AVID Bridge Program (Aug. 17–21, 2026). Trustees supported the program but questioned whether an MOA was necessary when contractual hourly rates already exist; others said the MOA defines parameters for a program not otherwise in the contract. Roll-call as recorded: Vice President Curzio — no; Trustee Douglas — yes; Trustee Grasso — no; Trustee Magliano — no; President Orser — no; Trustee Torpey — no; Trustee Weiss — no. The motion failed; administration said it would revise the language and return to the board.
Property sale: Vice President Curzio and other trustees summarized the district's multi-year effort to resolve the Route 52 land matter; earlier in the day the district completed the closing on the Route 52 parcel, transferring ownership to Morrow Equipment and returning the parcel to the Town of Kent tax rolls, a matter trustees described as closing a long-running chapter dating to rejected transportation facility bond proposals in 2017–2019.
Public comment and union remarks: Several public commenters thanked Trustee James Wise for advocacy on equity and student safety. Dave Zupan, president of the Carmel Teachers Association, addressed the board to clarify contract processes for clubs and to caution that a prolonged summer hold on hiring could mean candidate losses or staffing gaps if approvals are delayed.
The meeting recessed to executive session to discuss the employment history of a particular person and did not return to public session that night.
