001Yeah, good evening everybody. I just want to remind everybody that this is a a special Board of Education meeting and there will be no public comment tonight. So, thank you for attending, but that was announced on May 24th. Communication that went out. So, I'd like to call to order the Monday, June 1st special Board of Education business meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Will everybody please stand for the pledge? Here. Okay, the exits are to your right and to your left and behind us to our right. Uh subject 2.1, may I please get a motion to approve the agenda in as presented and or amended? Mike, Dave, any questions? All in favor? Aye, motion passes 7-0. Subject 3.1, statements and reports. I will hand over to Superintendent Haney. >> Good evening. Tonight on the agenda,
002the the main purpose of this meeting is to adopt the budget. The There was a series of budget workshops last week and a community forum and internal meetings as well. On Friday, the board met and had a budget workshop during the day and made a decision on how to move forward. So, we are here tonight to adopt that budget. The revised budget that has been approved by the board reflects an overall tax levy of 4.25%. What that represents is a 2.9% tax levy plus adding the fire alarm back into the budget. There was community support for that and after being at the forum, after being educated on the purpose of the fire alarm and the cost of the fire alarm and the benefits and drawbacks of bonding versus getting it in the budget and the
003timing of the project, uh so the board did make the decision to add it back in. So, with that, the original budget that went up was $32,746,080, reflecting a tax levy increase of 4.87%. And this new budget is a tax levy of 4.25%. The budget of $32,042,435 is $703,000 less than the original proposed budget. What would that mean for the average household? Well, for an average household at an assessed value of $30,000, that means an increase of $18.36 per month or $220.28 per year. The original budget that went out was $21.52 per year. The revised budget does have reductions and eliminations in it. It will have the reduction or the elimination of six positions across multiple departments. And that would be the assistant principal and five more that are still being finalized. The reduction and
004the additionally there will be a reduction in the number of hours for some hourly workers. Other aspects of the budget are software costs in curriculum and instruction, business and technology. Reduced contracted services in buildings and grounds. Eliminates one of the three bus purchases. Eliminates field trips being fully funded through the school budget. It reduces tutoring, student consumables, clubs, and the transport to the school lunch block. However, again, it does include the fire alarm system being back funded into the budget. Therefore, under agenda tonight, there's an agenda item that says be it resolved the Board of Education hereby adopts the 2016-2017 school district budget revised budget in the amount of $32,042,000. $475. If that budget that goes out, the budget vote will be on June 16th. If that goes out and it does fail, the district
005will be forced into a contingent budget situation, and here is what that looks like. That proposed budget is $31,119,650. It is a difference of $1,626,430. With that, there would be a $0 increase to the average taxpayer. $0 per month, $0 per year. The contingent budget does still have all of those same reductions. In addition, there are there would now be no buses being able to be purchased, iPads, Chromebooks, buildings and grounds equipment, bus garage tools, no equipment can be purchased in the district. We would need to charge the community for facilities use. We would not be able to do the ES fire alarm, but we could potentially go out for a capital project vote. There's the potential for even further staff reductions, and the administrative component would have to equal the lesser of the prior
006year or recently failed budget, which is 8.4 million dollars. Additionally, because we would not have that tax revenue, it would put us in a precarious financial situation moving forward as you now would need two years to make up that gap that we have to do, potentially even more tax levy in 2 years or even more cuts than the original anticipated. Uh there is another item on tonight's agenda in light of some new information that has come into the district. The assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction and pupil personnel services has requested to revise her retirement date to June 2027. The assistant superintendent position is actually two former full-time administrative roles combined into one plus some additional duties. Um in front of you this evening, board members, you do have a hard copy of those two
007job descriptions. The last page has the additional duties that she is assigned as the assistant superintendent, and then at the very end there are the even more duties that will be assigned uh next year because of the elimination So, it includes the organization, preparation, projects, everything related to pupil personnel services and its programs. The budgetary budget for special education It manages special education programs, the administration of all assessments and personnel within the special ed PPS departments. Coordinates and directs all grant funding through PPS. Um I'm just reading some examples of work. I'm not reading every single one. It is literally seven pages long. Um Manage the data collection, data analysis, and data reporting. Reviews board policies related to pupil personnel, special education, English language learners, and school health program. Oversees guidance, special education, committee on
008special education, committee on preschool special education, English language learners, 504 processes, speech and language, psychologists, teaching assistants that work for special education, physical therapists, and more. Um And then evaluating special education programs and my special education staff. In addition related to curriculum instruction, recommend and make instructional decisions and priorities, run committees, advise the superintendent, oversee APPR implementation for teachers and for principals, oversee staff training and professional development, serve as the federal grant writer for everything related to curriculum instruction, oversee and supervise building principals, budgets for BOCES, staff development, new programs, curriculum development, supervision, computer assisted instruction, assessment K through 8 including DIBELS and NWEA MAP, um and state testing program. Coordinate all curriculum writing projects, responsible for continuation and enhancement of the instructional program of study for all of kindergarten through through 8th grade and
009pre-K in addition to that, functions as the Title VI, Title VII, Title IX officer and performs investigations into those title investigation those title complaints as well. Attends board meetings, prepares reports for the board related to curriculum and instruction, special education. Works with the school data analyst to ensure that all of our weekly data reports that are due to the state are done in a timely manner and are done with accuracy. Develops, directs, coordinates, and plans all superintendent conference days. Holds meetings with the CSE chair, guidance counselors, and teacher groups as determined by district needs. Maintains professional development plan and mentoring plan. Oversees response to intervention. Acts as the deputy superintendent. And take and takes control over district operations in the absence of the superintendent. Direct the supervisors and evaluates principals. Um and then as additional
010reassignments for next year due to the elimination of the assistant principal, will also arrange for the competent qualified pool of substitute teachers, teaching assistants, teacher aides including advertising, applications, interviewing, and reference checks. Assessments as I mentioned and also perform all the duties of the building principal when the principal is out of office. That's a lot. Um So with that, that is a very difficult position to hire for. Someone that has experience and knowledge in all of those areas and can perform all of those things at a level that we need it to be performed. We did do a hiring process. It did not yield a successful candidate. Two of the top candidates accepted assistant superintendent positions in other districts for higher salary and a role that required less breadth and depth in that By that
011I mean it was as an assistant superintendent for curriculum instruction or an assistant superintendent for special education. I I don't know any of the districts that combines all of this work into one position. Um additionally, we have been informed that our CSE chair has been appointed in another district and in order to give someone time and a mentor to develop in that new role and for the constant special education, I also accepted Amy's proposal and recommending it to the board this evening. And then lastly, it does give us time to do the district organizational and enrollment study that we've been talking about doing next year and then have the ability to quickly adjust for 27-28 because her new retirement date would be June 2027 so we could change our 27-28 without affecting staff. Um so
012with that is my recommendation this evening that you accept the rescinding of Amy Patrazi's original resignation and retirement date and allow for a revised retirement date in June 2027. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Good luck, Amy. Okay, moving along subject 4.1. Can I please get a motion to adopt the 2026-2027 school district revised budget as presented? Kevin, Ian, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 7-0. Subject 5.1. Can I please get a motion to approve the revised property tax report card from submission to the New York State Education Department. Mike, Dave, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 7 to 0. Subject 5.2, may I please get a motion that the Board of Education is authorized to district clerk to publish the legal notices for the June 16th, 2026 budget revote as
013presented. And again, that revote is June 16th. Evan, Annie, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 7 to 0. Subject 5.3, may I please get a motion to approve Phoenix Graphics as the printer of ballots for the June 16th, 2026 budget revote as presented. Mike, Dave, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 7 to 0. Subject 6.1 or 7, sorry. 7.1. Uh subject 6.1, may I please get a motion to rescind the July 14th, 2025 resignation of Amy Petrazi with an intent to retire and accept the revised letter of resignation with intent to retire as presented. Mike, Annie, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 7 to 0. Uh subject 7.1, may I please get a motion to adjourn to executive session regarding collective negotiations pursuant to Civil service law article 14
014involving the transportation unit and the employment history of a particular person or persons. We will not be returning to public session after executive session. The next Board of Education meeting will be June 15th, 6:00 p.m. in the middle school cafeteria. Thank you very much, everybody. Okay, so can I get a motion to adjourn to executive session? Dave's, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 7-0. Thank you very much, everyone. Enjoy your evening.