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May 20, 2026 Board Meeting

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Source
YouTube / Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District
Date
2026-05-21
Location
Albany County, NY
Material
Transcript
Extent
721 words · about 5 min
Collected
2026-06-30

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001Good evening everybody. It is 6:02 p.m. We will call to order a regular meeting of the Board of Education. Please stand for the pledge. I pledge allegiance 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. All right, to start off I'm going to ask for a motion to enter into executive session to discuss matters relating to the employment of a particular individual. I'll say yes. Motion by Ed, and second by Mike. All in favor? Aye. Aye. All right, looking at 3.1, uh additions deletions to the agenda this evening? I'm just to resubmit the budget vote. Thanks, Sue. Is there a motion to accept the minutes of the May 6th Board meeting? Matt's motion. Second by Mel.

002Any discussion on the minutes? All right, all in favor? Aye. Aye. And we'll move into business considerations. We have 6.1 through 6.8. Is there a motion for one or more? I'll move for 6.1 through 6.8. All right, thank you. I'll second. Second by Ed. Uh we'll open it for discussion, but the first item to note on here, of course, is uh 6.8, which is the motion to accept the results of the budget vote. Um which was, of course, universally um favorable yesterday, so thank you very much to the community for supporting not just the budget, but the propositions as well. And a big congratulations to the district team for all the work they put into the budget this year. So, congrats, guys. >> [applause] >> All right, do we anything else on the business considerations?

003All right. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Personnel considerations, we have 7.1 through 7.24. Is there a motion for one or more? I'll make a motion for 7.1. Okay. Is there a second? Seconded by Mel. Any discussion on that? All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? [clears throat] Nay. Nay. Okay, motion carries. Is there a motion for the remaining personnel considerations? I'll make a motion for 7.2. Just 7.2? Yeah, I'll second. I'll second. All right, we have a motion for 7.2. Second. Any discussion? All right, all in favor? Aye. Aye. Is there a motion for the remaining personnel considerations? A motion for all. From three to seven. Is that Jackie? Yes. Yeah. Sorry, guessing each other anyway. I'll second. Matt. Uh looking at the chart here. Let me pull it up here. I know that there

004is a retirement on here this evening and it's uh Mr. Richard Williams retiring as a bus driver with the district. Congratulations, Mr. Williams. Uh do we have any other discussion on the personnel items? All right, all in favor? Aye. Aye. All right, uh Superintendent Chandler, we'll turn to you. Uh thank you. I don't have much tonight other than just um to thank the community for coming out and supporting our budget and supporting our our resolutions and to thank our staff for all of their work in not only contributing to uh the what ultimately was our final budget, but um in prepping everything for yesterday. They did a really fantastic job. So, just thank you to everybody. It's a good day. All right. Does anybody have anything else? No. All right. Can I just put a

005plug in the signage? It was like Fantastic. Thank you. >> [laughter] >> You know I pick on the signage. That was amazing. There were no question where to vote. Erica, do you have anything this evening? Not um but I wanted to congratulate the uh Newston ex-officials. Um I'm really proud of the both of them. One of them I'm really good friends with and she's an amazing person. So, congratulations to that. Um it's been really hot, guys. Really hot. You know what? We just got approved >> [laughter] >> for the air conditioning. Yes, I'm Congratulations for that as well. And I'm excited for the new um air conditioning. >> [laughter] >> It'd be a nice refresh. But, that's all I have for tonight. Thank you. All right. Thank you. All right. Are you planning on being

006at the next meeting? Yes, I will. Okay. Good. We will celebrate you then. >> [laughter] >> Uh any new business items this evening? All right. Uh we'll move it down to the policy items then. We have three items tonight on a second reading. Matt, is there anything you want to note on any of those? No, I don't These are There were no changes from the first reading. Nobody raised any issues, so they're just ready to be approved. Okay. Is there a motion for one or all of the policies on tonight for a second reading? Motion for all Mike, thank you. Second Mel. Is there any discussion on any of these policies? All right, all in favor of approval. I. I. All right, as far as upcoming activities we have some time off coming up for

007the holiday weekend. Our next board meeting is on the 17th moves from June 10th to the following week on the 17th. And then looking forward to graduation. It's on a Thursday this year on the 25th in the evening at the usual place, Empire State Plaza Convention Center. Does anybody else have anything for this evening? If really quick. Forgot one thing. I just noticed it when I got here. About the appointment of a particular person or persons. Yep. All right. >> Very quick, I promise. So you've effectively then made a motion to enter into executive to discuss matters relating to the employment of a particular person. That's motion. Seconded by Mike. All in favor? I. We'll be taking no further business. Thank you. Really quick.

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