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Board member backs athletics but votes no on item 29, citing HR review concerns
Summary
At a Wappingers Central School District special meeting, the board approved most consent items but voted separately on item 29. A board member voiced support for athletics yet said they would vote no because of concerns about the human-resources review process and oversight.
The Wappingers Central School District Board of Education approved the bulk of its consent agenda but took a separate vote on item 4.04 (item 29), during which one board member expressed support for athletics while opposing the motion because of concerns about the personnel review process.
A motion to approve the consent agenda excluding item 29 was moved and seconded and approved. When the board took up item 4.04 (item 29), a motion was made and seconded and the floor opened for discussion. A board member said: "I just wanna say that I support, athletics in the Wagoner Central School District as part of our student experience. … I'm going to vote, no on this, this motion, because I have concerns about the, the process. And I would like to see and have great confidence in, our human resources department. And I'm sure that the, the superintendent, will have our new assistant superintendent of administration, the athletics director, and human resources, work together to assure that the the review process is, is solid both in design and in in practice." The speaker identified support for coaches and student-athlete experience but requested a more robust HR-led review before approving the item.
The Clerk then called the vote. The Clerk named members recorded in favor (including Mister McFarlane, Mister Shewkat, Miss Mead, Mister Odomes, Miss Meggitt, Ray Johnson and Grinma Desando) and recorded no votes from Mister Morgan and Miss Meggitts, per the transcript. The motion on item 29 was recorded as not unanimous in the transcript and at least two board members voted no. The board did not record additional directions to staff in the transcript.
The meeting moved on to other agenda items and adjourned later in the session.
The transcript contains inconsistent spellings of some names and institutions (for example, variants of the district name and members' names); the article uses the official district name "Wappingers Central School District."
