001Thank God. Good evening and welcome to the July 1st, 2025 annual organizational meeting of the Monro Woodbury Central School District. Please rise for the pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay, at this time we will move to administer the oath of office to our newly elected and reelected board members. Leia Santacle, [Music] Jeffrey Reynolds, and Suzanne Donniel. Please rise, raise your right hand, and read your oath. Begin. Okay. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of New York and I will faithfully destroy the duties of the office of board trustees of the Monro
002Woodbury Central School District according to the best of my ability. Thank you. Congratulations. Okay. The floor is now open for nominations for the position of board president for the 2526 school year. I nominate Don Ter, president. I'm sorry. I I'm sorry. What' you say? Don. Okay. Are there any other nominations? Okay. May I have a second? Second. Okay. All in favor? I I. Any opposed? Okay. May I please have a motion to elect Dawn Tower as the president of the board of education for the 2526 school year. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Okay. Motion carries. Dawn Taber has been nominated as the president of the Monroe Woodbury Central School District for the 2526 school year. Congratulations. Thank you. [Applause] right hands. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of
003the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of New York and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of the superintendent of President of the Board of Education of Monroe Woodbury Central School District according to the best of my ability. Thank you. Congratulations. Okay, we will switch and the board president will now take over for the meeting. Okay. At this time, I'd like to ask for is there a nomination for the vice president of the board of education? I'd like to nominate Caitlyn Simmons, by the way. Caitlyn Simmons. Is there a second? Second. All in favor? I I. Motion carries. Caitlyn Siblings has been appointed as the vice president of the Monro Woodbury Central School District Board of Education for 2025. [Music] Okay, Miss student will give the oath
004of office to our superintendent of schools, Dr. Tracy Norman. Okay. Do I have something here to Okay. So, I'm sorry, kid. You have to stand and raise your right hand. The following oath of office. Not superintendent. Not superintendent. Okay. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of New York and that I would faithfully discharge the duties of the office of vice president um of the Monroe Woodbury School District according to the best of my Thank you. Congratulations. [Music] Now you want me to ask Dr. Norman to be okay. At this time, Dr. Norman, I'd like to ask you to stand and raise your right hand and have your superintendent of schools. I do solemnly swear that I will support the
005Constitution of the United States of America, the Constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of superintendent schools of the Mumbo Woodbury Central School District according to the best of my ability. Thank you. Congratulations. [Music] Okay. And next is the appointment of school officials. Do I need to read anything or a motion? Just a motion to appoint the No, that's it. I know. Just a motion. We just did that. Okay. So, a motion to approve the appointment of the school officials. Motion. Is there a motion? Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I I. Motion carries. The oath of office for the proport. I do solemn solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State
006of New York and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of pro 10 district of the Monroe Woodbury Central School District according to the best of my ability. Thank you. Congratulations. Thanks. [Applause] Okay. And now I'd like to welcome our student board representative to administer the oath of office for the representative. Please stand. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of New York and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of official or trustee of the Monroe Central School District. according to the legislation. Thank you. [Music] Okay. And next is uh the motion for other appointments 4.12. Is there a motion? Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. A motion to appoint
007special education and partial hearing officers. Motion second. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Motion for the designations of official depositories for funds. Is there a motion? Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Approval of authorizations. Motion. Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I. And approval of policies. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. We're going to adjourn uh the annual organization meeting and convene into a regular session. Is there a motion? Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I I We're now into a regular session. I will start the meeting off with reading of the mission statement. We are committed to academic achievement and success for all students in a safe environment in partnership with families and our community. Our mission is to promote confidence, inspire a passion for learning, and to
008prepare our students to become responsible global citizens. Is there a motion for the approval of the revised agenda? Motion. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Is there any update on questions or comments from interested citizens? I know we had some comments last meeting. Oh, we have a speaker. Okay. I'd like to call up Mrs. Stacy McCclary. Hi, good evening. I'm here this evening with Casey Capen and Noren Basley on behalf of the allnight graduation party. We would like to thank the administration. Excuse me. Just want to go back. My thing just skipped on me here. Over a year ago, we met and formed a committee aimed at bringing the allnight grad party back to its original allnight 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. format. This event was created at Monro Woodbury for the intention of
009providing a safe space after graduation for our seniors to go and socialize with each other one last time as crusaders. The committee approached the high school principal, Mr. McElroy, about returning the event to all night, and we were met with overwhelming support. A year of planning and fundraising over $80,000 resulted in an event that attended that was attended by over 300 seniors. The students had access to video games, inflatables, caricature artists, spray paint trucker hats, food trucks, photo booth, and a hypnotist. All of the seniors left with at least $50 of giveaways, and many left with more prizes, including iPads, headphones, Apple watches, Bluetooth speakers, college dorm essentials, gift cards, and more. Another successful event for the class of 2025 was the first ever senior walk the halls event. This was planned and had over
010250 seniors participate to walk the halls of Pineree Elementary, North Main Elementary, Central Valley Elementary, and the middle school in their caps and gowns. We would like to thank all of the elementary administrators, the bus drivers, district staff, and the elementary students for participating in this memorable day for our seniors. The allnight grad party and walk the halls would not have been possible without the support of the many parents that fundraised and volunteered their time. We would like to extend a special thank you to Mr. McElroy, Mr. Judis, Dr. Sierra, Mrs. Matise, Mr. Vasquez, Mrs. Boyd, Mr. Coats, Mr. Ferrara, and the guidance and support that they have given to our seniors throughout the year. Thank you to the custodial staff, the security staff, food service, physical education staff, and audiovisisual. Thank you to Kathleen
011Sinowski and Mary Cole for all of their behind-the-scenes work and efforts to make this party a huge success. Thank you to the cabinet and Dr. Norman for their support of our seniors and this event. Thank you to the Monro Woodbury community whom supported and by participating in the fundraisers and donating to the all-night graduation party throughout the year. Lastly, we would like to thank the senior class of 2025 that attended this event and we hope that you all enjoyed your all-night graduation party. Thank you. Thank you, [Applause] Dr. Hasser. Um, are you able to provide an update on questions or comments that were raised last board meeting by Coach Shelberg regarding Sure. the JB flag the there were there were comments from um Coach Shelberg who's the the varsity girls flag football coach as well
012as a number of student athletes uh inquiring about the possibility of creating a JV flag football team. I know that um there are discussions across the section about doing that. Obviously, uh the the creation of a flag football JV flag football team um while a possibility for Modern Woodbury, but it's something for the league to consider as well in order for us to be able to have teams to compete against. So, I I know right now that that is a conversation that's happening across section 9 and is um you know something that may unfold as the year comes. It's a spring sport, so certainly if other school districts get on board, that's something that we would certainly consider. Thank you for the update. Next is an approval of the professional learning plan for 2025 2026.
013Is there any questions? Is there a motion? Motion. Is there a second? Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Approval of the guidance plan for the 2025 2026 school year. Is there any questions? Motion. Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Approval of the minutes from the June 18, 2025 meeting. Is there a motion? Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Next for personnel, Miss Hawk. Thank you. Chris Burgerer Burgerer and I would like to request approval for the items listed under personnel this evening. There any questions? No. Is there a motion? Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. And next is Mr. Cahill for business and financial, please. Thank you. I respectfully request approval of business and financial items 13.1 through 13.5. Any questions? Is there a motion?
014Motion. Second. All in favor? I. I. Motion carries. Next is a motion for the recommendations of the committee on special education and preschool special education. Is there a motion? Motion second. Second. All in favor? I. Motion carries and reports by board and central office. Dr. Morales. Good evening. I'd like to start by congratulating Mr. McElroy and the high school team on an outstanding graduation ceremony as well as thanking buildings and grounds safety and security as well as all of our district-wide staff and administrators who attended. It was an outstanding event. I would like to welcome Mr. Hermman to Monroe Woodbury and to Pineree to congratulate Miss Valet on her new position tonight and to welcome Dr. Santa and Zoe onto the board of education. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Cah. Thank you. So, I'd like
015to uh first congratulate the class of 2025 for a job well done. Uh best of luck in your future endeavors. And I'd like to thank and commend the high school principal Jason McElroy and the high school administrative team for an outstanding job on graduation. Um, and I'd also like to acknowledge and uh and thank the departments that fall under the business and management services umbrella, specifically uh Joe Trapoto, director of safety and security for all their support in graduation and uh Andre Rudiac, director of facilities for all their uh efforts in making graduation such a big success. Um I'd like to thank the following people for their donations tonight on the agenda. Uh there's a donation donation of $100 by Sydney Skage to the Kim Scheler Scholarship Fund in memory of Harley Schuler and a
016very generous donation of $20,000 from the estate of Harley Schuler to the Kim Scheler uh foundation memorial scholarship fund. There were six STEM grant uh donations from Orange and Rockland Utility Company. And I'd like to uh thank Joshua Levvesaur for the donation of a snare drum to the high school music department. And I'd also like to welcome uh Dr. Sandacle and Zoe to the board. I look forward to working with you folks in the future. Uh and with that, I hope everyone has a nice evening. Thank you, Dr. Vas. Big shout out to Jason and his team along with the departments. It was one of the really good memorable event as a high school ceremony of graduation. Um, Zoe, looking forward to work with you. And same thing with Dr. Centricle. I'm looking forward to
017work with you. Technology, even though it's a summer time, it's already a busy time for us. We are working on upgrading our wireless infrastructure and planning for the migration of the new phone systems uh with the change of extensions. So, more to come. Thank you, Dr. Hassler. I I agree. Welcome to our our new board of education members. I agree with everybody's sentiments about high school graduation. It was outstanding. Um, we had uh just under 600 graduates, but I'd also like to remind everybody, shout out to all of the departments that Patrick mentioned because we also moved a very similar size group from 8th grade to 9th grade a few days before. So, congrats to the middle school also on there, excuse me, moving up ceremony. Um, thank you for your approval on the guidance
018plan this evening. I'd also like to thank the guidance advisory council. While it's a requirement for that guidance plan to be annually appointed by the board of ed, um it was a district goal last year to convene the advisory council and do a full review of that guidance program. And so I'd like to thank the team. An extensive amount of work went into the updating of that. Um that work is certainly going to continue into 25 26 school year. So thank you to them. Um also, uh thank you to HR for getting all of our summer appointees. Our summer programs kick off next week of summer school. So welcome. Um, thank you. Thank you, Miss Hawk. Welcome, uh, Dr. Sandacul. Welcome to Zoe. Uh, I'd also like to welcome Chris Burgerer, who is sitting next
019to me. Uh, Chris is our, um, deputy assistant superintendent for HR, and I'm very much looking forward to working with him over the next um, several weeks. Uh, I'd also like to commend uh, Patrick Cahill and Andre Rudiac for the work that they did in hosting the regional CSEA conference today. It was incredibly um well put together, well attended with close to a thousand people with um some phenomenal classes. So very well done. Um as far as employees, I'd like to welcome Laney Vallette again, this time as an assistant principal at the high school. Congratulations. [Music] And I'd also like to recognize Robert. Robert Hermmont. Um Robert, I welcome. and Robert will be the new principal at Pineree Elementary School. Uh we're very much looking forward to working with you. Thank you, Mr. Bergen. Good
020evening. Um I'd like to echo the sentiments of our colleagues and just congratulate the class of 2025. The high school graduation was absolutely fantastic. It was a wonderful evening. Uh, I too want to congratulate all of our staff appointees. Uh, in particular, Mr. Hermmon as the the Pine Tree principal and Miss Blet as the high school assistant principal. Welcome to the Crusader family. Uh, we know that you're going to do a fantastic job. Congratulations to Mrs. Tow and Mrs. Simmons with your appointments. Uh, welcome to Dr. Santicole and to Zoe. Looking forward to working with the board of education, uh, the cabinet. I'm really looking forward to working alongside and and learning from Lori Hawk over the next several weeks and I know that one school year just ended, but I'm looking forward to getting
021back to work. So, thanks Miss Novak. Um, first just wanted to say a huge congratulations to the class of 2025. The graduation ceremony was outstanding. Um, I heard it from a number of community members. So, I just wanted to thank everybody who was involved in that amazing ceremony. I know it takes a lot of work behind the scenes. Um, just wanted to thank the the new appointees and the the ones who were welcoming to to anywhere in this room or to our district. Have a good evening. Thank you, Miss Dunning. Yes. Um, I want to echo our congratulations on a beautiful graduation ceremony. It was really lovely. And congratulations to the 2025 graduates. I'd also like to commend Stacy and her crew on a very successful all night grad party. I only attended for an
022hour and a half. I did not stay till 4:00 a.m., but it was it was amazing. It was really amazing. Welcome to Leia and Zoe and Mr. Burgerer. It's a pleasure to have all of you here with us and to our new appointees. Welcome to our district and have a great summer. Thank you, Mr. Syrian. Um, I'm going to say it again. 2025 graduation because my son graduated. Um, was the best one in my five years and it was so well orchestrated, coordinated. Um, and whoever ordered up that weather did a good job. Um, I just want to congratulate the class of 2025. There's a lot ahead of you. And also wishing everyone a great rest of your summer. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. to Santa. Thank you for the warm welcome and I look
023forward to working with all of you. Thank you, Mr. Reynolds. Uh, congratulations to all of our students who got to move up and especially the class of 25. Thank you to Lisa for stepping up and doing two roles for us. We greatly appreciate that. Um, thank you to the entire team that brought back the allnight grad party and uh started the walk of the halls. Two great events, one of which we've missed for a very long time. And then of course, welcome to our new teammates. Glad to have you and have a great evening. Thank you, Mrs. Robinson. I uh echo everyone's sentiments and welcome to our new teammates. Um I would be remiss if I did not congratulate Coach Rob um to uh Pine Tree as all of the community will know him. But
024um have a great night. Thank you, Dr. Kman. Um congratulations to the graduates. Um, 2025 graduation was, I agree with Mike, probably one of the best ones I've seen. Um, and the weather was awesome. Uh, congratulations to Dr. Santicle. Um, uh, we have worked together, but I'm looking forward to working with you in the future. Same. Uh, congratulations to Jeff and Suzanne for being reelected. Zoe, welcome. Uh, congrats to the president and the vice president on your re-election and election and uh, everybody have a great day. Thank you, Zoe. Thank you everyone for the warmest welcome ever. Um, I'm very grateful and excited for this position and I cannot wait to start. I'm so incredibly honored. Thank you so much. I would like to quickly um thank my mother who is currently in the crowd
025and also my father for um always helping me and shaping me to be who I am. Thank you for an award again. I hope everyone has an amazing Fourth of July and also a great summer. Thank you, Vice President Simmons. That's a title to get used to. Um I want to echo the sentiments. Um, congratulations to the 2025 graduates and all of the students who moved up um, this year. The graduation ceremony was phenomenal. It was emotional. It was the weather was great and you know to see young people start that next chapter of their lives. Um, it's just an amazing thing that it turned out so well. Um, welcome to Dr. Santa Cool. Welcome Zoe. Um, I look forward to all of the positive work that we do this year. um not only as
026um a administrative team and a board but also with our new teammates and our new members of our district faculty. So have a great night everyone. Thank you Superintendent Norman. Good evening everyone. So I want to begin by just uh welcoming all of our new administrators, our new board member, student rep uh and all the uh board members in new positions are being reelected. Um so congratulations. I want to circle back and just give a brief update uh comments that were made at our last meeting regarding trademarking our name. Uh we were encouraged to send a letter to Senator Scoover's office at at this time. We will not be uh sending a cease a cease and desist letter, but we are looking into trademarking our name. We are speaking with the attorneys to see the
027impact of it, how far reaching it is. um does it include our colors uh the night symbol so on and so forth. So at this time we have not um reached a point where we're ready to trademark our name but we are deeply exploring that and more more information to follow with that. Enough has been said about um about our graduation, but I I certainly would be remiss if I didn't um just really thank the high school staff personally for just a tremendous amount of work uh that went into it. Um so sincerely uh once again, thank you. Truly, it was indeed beautiful and and certainly congratulations to all of our students who moved up and uh and graduated. I want to just uh take pause and and really welcome everyone to the summer. Uh
028today is my oneyear anniversary. This time last year was my first day as superintendent or deputy as it was July 1. And um we've accomplished so much and that's because that's because of us and I do emphasize us working together. And I want to to just encourage you to to really embrace the summer months and look back on all the great things that happened and really truly enjoy your Fourth of July. Well earned. Thank you. Have a great summer. Thank you. And again, I'm going to talk about graduation. I've attended probably seven. It was by far the best graduation flawlessly done. Um everything positive. It was absolutely Perfect. Thank you for the coordination by everybody. Welcome to Mr. Burgerer. Um, thank you to Stacy and Noren and Casey for spearheading the return of the all
029night grad party. I know the kids were very excited and talking about what an amazing night that they had. It was a great year. Welcome to our new staff and to our crusader family. And congratulations to our new hires. And thank you for your support in in um nominating me for the president this year. And I'm happy to be joined by um Miss Simmons in the role of vice president. And I look forward to the work that we will be doing. And I ask for a motion to adjurnn. Motion. Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I. We are adjourned.