001Mhm. >> Mhm. >> session be resolved that the Board of Education reconvene in open session. The time is 7:12 p.m. >> 7:12, I'll make a motion for that. May I have Please have a second. Is there an all in favor? Aye. That's everybody. And now will you please stand and recite with me the Pledge to the Flag. Okay. so we go right to the agenda order. So, I'm going to turn it over to our district clerk, Mrs. Stephanie Giordano. Um we actually have one addendum that was added earlier. Uh and that is um to approve uh MOA for health insurance buyout. Is it? Thank you very much. So, as a reminder, items with an asterisk are items that the superintendent recommends for the consent agenda. If any board member wishes to remove an item from
002the consent agenda, please do so at this time. A consent agenda is one vote which approves all asterisk items which have not previously been removed. Seeing none, be it resolved to approve the following additions, deletions, changes, and order of the agenda as presented. I will make a motion. I have a second. Michelle second, and all in favor of the agenda order. Uh and that's everybody. All right. Item number seven, we have visitor comments on agenda items only. Seeing none. Item number eight, we have board remarks. Would any board member like to make a remark this evening? Seeing none, we go to board vice president comments and Good evening everyone. I will save my comments for next week, but please make sure you are checking the athletic calendar for all of our great sporting events. We're
003moving into May. It's going to be an onslaught of concerts, award ceremonies, learning celebrations, the honors uh national your honor society induction is this Thursday. So, please be on top of your ParentSquare and your calendar to make sure you're attending all of our events. Have a great week. Thank you, Dr. Walsh. So, now we go to item 10, which is our consent agenda. So, reads, be it resolved that the Board of Education approves all asterisk items as the consent agenda. I will make a motion for that. May I please have a second? Dr. Walsh second, and all in favor of the consent agenda this evening. Uh that's everybody. And one item that was on our consent agenda is our elementary school principal. So, I would like to invite Mr. Robert Spedafino to the microphone to
004say a few words. Good evening. And thank you to the Board of Education, Mr. DeCarlo, and Dr. Kenny for this opportunity. I'm truly grateful and honored to serve as the next principal of Pawling Elementary School. I'm excited to become part of the Pawling community and look forward to meeting the family, students, and staff who make this school so special. Building strong relationships and supporting positive engaging environment for every child will be at the heart of my work. I also want to thank my family, mentors, and colleagues for their support along this journey. My wife and my dad are here today. My mom is not. She's coaching a varsity softball game right now. So, shout out to her. Uh and on a personal note, while I may have once been a White Plains tiger, I'm incredibly
005proud and excited to now be a Pawling tiger. Thank you again. I'm excited to get started. THANK YOU. >> [applause] [applause] >> THANK YOU. WELCOME. GREAT TO HAVE YOU. ROBERT, WELCOME TO the Pawling tiger family, Mr. Spedafino. Diana, welcome to the Pawling tiger family. We're excited to have you and looking forward to the work ahead. All right. So, in what's going to be the fastest board meeting ever, on to item number 13. Missing anything, Diana? Look good. All right. So, item number 13, Board of Education. So, item one under Board of Education is our vote on the BOCES administrative budget for the 2026-2027 school year. It reads, "Be it resolved that the Board of Education of the Pawling Central School District approves the Dutchess Board of Cooperative Educational Services administrative budget for the 2026-2027 school
006year in the amount of $7,142,000." I will make a motion. May I please have a second? Dr. Walsh and all in favor? Aye. And that's everybody. Okay. And item number two under Board of Education is our casting our vote for members of the Dutchess County BOCES Board of Education. The trustees of Board of Education of each component school district by resolution may cast one vote for each vacancy to be filled and only one vote for each candidate. A maximum of two votes may be cast in this election. Thank you. All right. So, be it resolved that the Board of Education cast their votes in the BOCES annual election for members of the Dutchess County Board of Cooperative Educational Services as follows. There are two vacancies for three-year terms beginning July 1st, 2026 and ending June
00730th, 2029. A maximum of three maximum of two votes may be cast in this election. Candidates are in alphabetical order. Uh Mike Flashauer and Judy Moran. So, I'll make a motion to vote for Mark and Judy. May I please have a second? Sandro, second. And all in favor? Aye. On item 14, unfinished business. Uh reorganizational meeting date. We have a resolution here. Be it resolved that the Board of Education of the Pawling Central School District hereby votes to hold its annual reorganizational meeting on Tuesday, July 14th, 2026. I will make a motion for that. May I have a second? Michelle second. All in favor? I. Any abstentions? Sandra abstains. Uh item 15, new business. Item 16, second visitors comments pertaining to the district. 17, board president comments. I saw it was bus driver day. That's
008what I'll make my board president comments. So, thank you to our bus drivers on National Bus Driver Appreciation Day. Those are the smiling faces. So, thank you and thank you and your team. >> [applause] >> You made a post about it, so I had to bring it up. So, thank you for you, your team and on a day that um that they definitely deserve some recognition. Um and with that said, those are my comments for tonight. So, we go to item 18, which is adjourn the meeting. Be resolved that the Board of Education adjourn this meeting. The time is as Dr. Walsh perfectly predicted. 7:19 p.m. 7:19, I'll make a motion. May I please have a second? Dr. Walsh, and all in favor? I. Have a good night, everybody. My god, you are beautiful. Time
009is it?