001Right, the time is 504. I'm going to go ahead and call the meeting to order. May I please have everybody stand 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. >> Thank you. Is anticipated that there will be a motion to go into executive session to discuss matters leading to the appointment, employment, promotion, demotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal, or removal of a particular person or corporation. Matters of student discipline or specific student placement and or program or that would otherwise disclose confidential, personal, identifiable student information. Can I get a motion? >> Some moved. >> Okay. Second. >> Okay. Moved by Kirsten and second by Nadia. Any opposed? All in favor? >> I. >> All
002right, we will see everybody shortly. Back everybody, I would like to uh resume back to our regular session. Time is 5:42. All right. And superintendent, are there any additions, deletions to the agenda? >> Yes. The first addition is I would ask the board to accept additional business to add a miscellaneous business item and it will be identified as miscellaneous business resolution 3 regarding student discipline to the agenda. >> May I please a motion to accept the additional business? >> So move. >> Okay. It was moved by Kirsten and seconded by Nadia. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Motion's carried. >> And there is a deletion. I will ask the board uh to remove both workshops from the agenda for this evening just because we canled school and the employees are not here to do
003the presentation. >> May I please May I please get a motion to remove the workshops? >> Moved by Nadia. >> Second by Jonathan. All in favor? I. >> It's carried. Um ma'am, um I just have a quick question on that with just piggying back off of our snow day for today. Um if in fact, I'm just saying if y >> we were to go and use all of our snow days now that all the children have um computers and we do have the access to that and I've seen other districts do it. I'm not saying we want to because it's the worst case scenario, but if we ran out, are we able to go remote? we would have to take a look at that or that's the other option too of looking into when we
004have um breaks um because we have two breaks one in February and one in the spring that will be another piece that we would have to take a look at because it is required that we are in school for a total of 180 days okay >> so it's either remote learning or we can take a look at days that we already have that that is vacation days >> right I was just wondering if it was able even though we had vacation if we could utilize one versus the Okay. Thank you. >> And is there any public comment? >> Okay. And superintendent, your report. >> All right. I have a couple of announcements, so please bear with me. The first is a transportation update that we would like to give you. If you recall at our
005last board meeting, I shared information regarding the weather related school closure decision. And at that time I noted to the board that every situation gives us the opportunity to reflect and refine our practices. As part of that commitment, our transportation team conducted a review to identified addition to identify additional steps we could take to further support student safety in particular for our K12 student walkers in areas where sidewalk conditions may present challenges. Well, we are very pleased to report that as a result of this review, the transportation department has expanded transportation services to K12 students who were previously designated as walkers across all catchment areas. A Google form was shared with families last week so that they can request transportation. And as of Friday, we've received 75 submissions. The department is now reviewing these requests
006to determine appropriate and safe pickup locations, and families will be contacted directly to confirm and establish the bus stop details specifically for their children. We want to especially tonight extend special recognition to Justin Rutz. He is one of our dispatchers whose thoughtful analysis and work with this data helped identify appropriate bus stop locations and ensure transportation options were made available across the district where needed. This is something that we will continue every winter as we anticipate that the winters around here will continue to be brutal. Now, some submissions included requests from parents for prek students and as a rem reminder, transportation is currently provided only for K12 students. With that said, however, we will continue to retain that information received from preK families to help inform any future future decision-m. If you uh recall, UPK
007services are provided based on a grant given to us by New York State and transportation is not currently offered for prek students. So, I'm really pleased to hear that. Don't know if you have any question on that. That is something that the board uh told us to take a look at and we hope that you see when you say something and you provide us feedback, we listen, we act on it, and we're able to provide services for our students. So, when we say that student safety is priority, we mean that. Any questions? >> Thank you. That was a good one. >> Okay, perfect. Now, the governor's budget 2026 27. I'm sure you saw that there were some preliminary numbers that came in. So, I am pleased to say that we have received the district's preliminary
008budget from the governor for 2627 and um we are extremely pleased with how it looks for Rome City School District at this time. Again, these are preliminary numbers. The district is projected to receive additional aid when compared to this current year. However, as we look ahead, we remain mindful that possibly after the 2627 school year, there will be challenging budget years ahead and we will continue to budget conservatively, plan for reserves, and remain fiscally responsible as we prepare for future capital needs. The final budget is expected to be received in mid mid-March and as you know our assistant assistant superintendent for business and operation will continue to give you update on a monthly basis as we develop the budget for the 2627 school year. Any questions on that? The Rome Parent Partnership Council again uh
009we talk about our strategic plan. We talked about our yearly annual action plan to map out, you know, the strategic plan is four years, but every year we map out what our action plan is going to be so that we can monitor our progress towards our long-term vision in four years. So, as part of our commitment to pillar four of our strategic plan and pillar four is around communitydriven learning and partnerships for lifelong success. We are excited to share an important step forward in strengthening um our partnership with families. On January 14, we hosted the first meeting of the Rome Parent Partnership Council, or for short, RPC. And again, as a reminder, this group is designed to help families learn more about our district and the programs we offer, to create opportunities for dialogue between
010what families see as strengths of our district, but also being able to give us feedback on areas still in need of improvement, but also to create opportunities for parent groups across schools to share information. Over time, this group will also help plan activities and events such as parent summits to support families in navigating the school system and fully accessing opportunities for their children. At our first meeting, we discussed the council's purpose, reviewed a draft of bylaws, and identified topics members would like to learn more about during the rest of the school year. We are grateful to the parents who attended and would love to see additional families join this effort. It is never too late. Diversity of thoughts, diversity of ideas are absolutely welcome. And in order for your voice to be heard since that
011is something that we heard that parents said that they wanted to be heard, we are inviting you to the table. Families who are interested can still reach out to Mrs. Sandra Russell um my lovely secretary and board clerk at sa russell romecsd.org or just contact the superintendent's office directly she always answers the phone or call you right back. So still not too late or for board members if you hear of a family or parent who would like to serve under RPPC please forward their names to us so that we can contact them directly so we can let them know the dates and time of our meetings. um etc. And so um myself and our assistant superintendent of human resources are happy to facilitate that meeting currently this year, but we do hope to host elections
012so that um parents can become co-chairs of that committee. Any questions? Any comments? Okay, lots of stuff to cover. And still going on with pillar 4, there's another um uh hosting of um an event that we are doing. So continuing under that same strategic pillar, which is pillar 4 and in collaboration with the chamber of commerce and MVCC, we will be hosting a school business after hours connection on February 24th. At this event, the goal is to share with the businesses of our community and the region district initiative aligned to our strategic plan and our long-term vision for graduates. We're hearing from businesses that they don't know what's going on in the district. And so, this is the opportunity to start connecting with us and to really learn about what is our vision in alignment
013with also New York State vision for our graduates. In addition, we want to take the opportunities to start those conversation about exploring expanding mentoring, mentorships, internships and really trying to develop a schoolto work pathways for a lot of our students who may say, you know what, I want to enter the world of work. College is not for me. and at the same time to begin to hear directly from local businesses about the skills and experiences they value helping us collaboratively shape the next generation of Thailand. When we talk about the portrait of a graduate and when we talk about college and career, we really want to horn in on the career. We've been good about the college piece, but we really want to make sure that we are taking a look at that. So this
014event represents an important step again in strengthening partnership between our between our schools and now the business community. I talked about parents and now it's the business ensuring students are prepared for meaningful careers remain in our community and contribute to long-term economic stability of Rome. When I talk about Rome is rising, they are part of that. Any questions? Of course, the board will be there and um the flyers went out. Businesses are signing up through MVCC, not MVCC, uh Chamber of Commerce. There's a they can just click and um sign up and it's at no cost so that we can keep track of how many people are coming. Okay, YMCA. As a reminder, the board has made a financial commitment in collaboration with the YMCA to continue providing valuable program programs and services for RCSD
015students. Most importantly, Rome students can access YMCA services at no cost during school breaks. So since there's a break coming up in February, that's why we're taking that opportunity to remind parents that upcoming activities for Rome students will be shared on our website and through our principal weekly parent square communications as we have done. And we strongly encourage families to take advantage of these opportunities so we can maximize student participation and impact. When we say we care about our students, we put our resources behind it. uh what we say is in alignment with the action that we take and we thank the board for always committing to that every single year in partnership with the YMCA. Well, as u most of you know, the board had my evaluation at a special meeting and based on
016their feedback, here's what we're going to do. Our district PR team is preparing to launch a new communication feature titled Did You Know? This segment will appear periodically on our website and will highlight short important pieces of information that families should be aware of. This will not replace the superintendent's e- newsws that goes out once a month, but rather compliment them by offering concise updates without overwhelming families. The first, did you know, will be released this week and we'll highlight two things because we hired a new nurse practitioner to really horn in on the health uh support that we provide for our students. We also hired a director of district safety because safety is always on our mind. So, they've been here for 3 months. And so the first thing we're going to do is
017talk about our approval to offer free inschool dental services through Healthy Smiles New York, which is an effort led by our district nurse practitioner. What folks don't know too is that our director of school and district safety is doing some ongoing safety enhancements and we will start talking about some of those pieces that he is doing to ensure that we take care of all of the safety measures um uh uh involved in the district so that we can move forward in a positive way. So that will happen but occasionally we will do that because we heard you and we take your feedback as a gift and we take it very seriously. So, that's an improvement that we're going to make based on your feedback. >> Okay. >> With that said, um with that said, we
018haven't been doing an update in there on the safety. We do have safety me meetings, a safety committee and safety meetings um with the director of safety. Um it is a very big group um where um other people from the community and other organizations um from the community are there. I mean, and and I'm not meaning to leave anyone out. everyone from Rome Police Department to the state troopers to um the fire department. Um there's >> amare there's also um >> county um you know the county sheriff's department but besides that part of it there are um >> social workers here that come to these meetings to give us some other avenues and and other people to work with within. So this is it's getting very big and it's getting a lot of um positive.
019I have to say I am part of with um Jen and Nadia of the safety committee and it's very very um knowledgeable people that are there and we're getting a lot of information where they're going to work really great together with us to make sure that our kids are safe and besides our children, everyone that works within our buildings. Um, so that too, um, I know you don't see it on the report right now because we're just starting again. So when we do the reports, we haven't been doing anything on it, but we do meet once a month. >> Thank you for that. One of the workshop we were going to uh, delivered today, but that will be postponed for February 9th. We will also hear from our director of district safety who will talk
020about threat assessment because there is researchbased protocols that we put in place so that when there is a threat whether it's verbal or in writing or whatever the case might be there are procedures and processes that you must go through to determine if it's a credible threat or not. And so he will talk about that. That is a process that we are working on and we're making sure that individuals are trained. But I won't take away from his presentation um because he will be talking about that on February 9th when we do that other presentation under pillar 2 and in observance of Black History Month because next month is February. I can't believe it's coming up next week. And in collaboration with the NAACP and the African-American Heritage Association and the Rome City School District,
021we will host an evening of music, poetry, historical reflection on Tuesday, February 10 at RFA beginning at 6:30 p.m. So, please save the date. A flyer will be available soon. It will be posted on the district website. We have students who are performing and we welcome parent participation. Um, this year's event is especially meaningful as we commemorate a century of Black History celebration. And as always for January and February, I always like to highlight some educational observances. So, as we close out uh January and move into February, again, um the cultural and educational observances to note is that February is Black History Month and February is also career and technical education month. highlighting the program and pathways that prepare students for future success. And in addition, many families will be observing the Lunar New Year,
022a celebration centered on renewal, family, and hope for the year ahead. That concludes my report for this evening. I felt like I did a workshop. >> You did a great job. All right. Well, one thing that I love about being on the board is we are always still learning and I appreciate what you bring to the table and what you tell us um is coming up for events as well as you know focusing on um what what day or what we're celebrating for that month. So that's something I appreciate. And with that in mind, since we're always learning, I need to bring it back just a little bit um because we need uh a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of January 6th, 2026 and the special meeting of January 12th, 2026.
023>> So moved. >> Moved by Kristen, >> second by Nadia. >> All in favor? >> I. >> All right. And so moved. All right. And we're going to go on to our consent agenda. Can may I please get a resolution to accept the consent agenda? Moved by Jonathan, second by Nadia. All in favor? >> Are there any discussion? Sorry. Okay. And then if we want to turn to page 11, that's our beginning of our regular agenda. And we will start with finance, which Kristen will help me out with. All right. It is Oh, sorry. >> Sorry. Sorry. Do you want to move to Did you don't want to We have to accept these >> as consent. >> Oh, okay. I'm sorry. >> You're on page 11. >> We don't have to do this one. >>
024Oh, you guys confused me. Sorry. >> It's okay. >> Sorry about that. um amended resolution to approve application for refund of real property taxes. Whereas it has come to the attention of the board of education of Rome City School District that Donna Ben has made an overpayment in real property taxes. And whereas the district has reviewed the matter and seeks to issue appropriate refunds for any verified overpayments for the 2024 2025 school year. And whereas the board of education previously approved an application for refund for real property taxes for the 2024 through 2025 school year for the property owned by Donna Ben and it is May 21st, 2025 board meeting authorized a refund in the amount of $817 and now finds it necessary to amend the set amount. Now therefore be it resolved that the
025board of education of Rome City School District hereby approves the amended application for refund of real property taxes for the 2024 2025 school year for the property owned by Donna Ben and authorizes the issuance of a refund in the amount of 51814 and be it further resolved that the designated district officials are hereby authorized to take all necessary actions to issue a re to issue said refund in accordance with all applicable laws regulations and district policies. May I have a motion to move? >> So moved. Second. >> Any discussion? >> All in favor? >> I do. You want to do educational? >> You're still >> What am I doing today? How did I miss a whole other page? Oh my gosh. I'm sorry, guys. I am. Oh jeez. Resolution to approve 2024 extra class corrective
026action plan. Whereas the board of education has received the 2024 2025 independent audit report for the extra class which included recommendations to strengthen the district's finance practices and internal controls. And whereas the district administration has prepared a corrective action plan CAP for the extra class in response to the finding and recommendations presented in the audit and whereas the board of education has reviewed the corrective action plan for extra class and finds it to be complete, appropriate and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Now therefore it be resolved that the board of education hereby approves the 2024 corrective action plan for extra class as presented and be it further resolved that the board of education directs the district administration to implement all steps outlined in corrective action plan for extra classes and to submit the
027plan along with any required documents to New York State Education Department and other relevant agencies in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements. Three resolution to Oh, wait. Say, may I have a motion to move? >> Second. >> Moved by Nadia, second by Jonathan. Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. resolution to resend prior emergency approval and authorization and authorize the inclusion of chiller/HVAC work to previously approved capital improvement project. Whereas July 21st, 2025, the board of education of the Rome City School District, the board adopted a resolution declaring an emergency and approving an emergency project for the replacement of compressors which are part of the chiller havoc building system at Stra Middle School, the emergency resolution. And whereas on October 6, 2025, the board adopted an amended and amended to emergency resolution the
028amendment authorizing in addition the replacement of coals coils, sorry, which are part of the havoc system. And whereas the board and since determined that the scope of work covered by the emergency resolution as amended can be appropriately planned, reviewed and constructed as part of the 2022 capital improvement project which has been authorized by the voters of the school district and approved by the New York State Education Department, NYAD. the approved capital project. And whereas inclusion of the replacement of the compressors and the coils and related to Havoc, Havoc scope within the approved capital project will allow for coordinated design, bidding, construction, financing, consent with applicable provisions of the education law, general mip municipal law and NISD requirements. And whereas the board of desires to rescend the emergency resolution and the amendy and to authorize the
029replacement of the compressors and the coils and related havoc scope to proceed as part of the approval capital project. Now therefore, it be resolved that emergency resolution adopted on July 21st, 2025 and the amendment adopted on October 6, 2025 are hereby rescended in their entirety, and any authority granted there to proceed on an emergency basis is terminated. And be it further resolved that the replacement of the compressors and the coils and the related havoc scope at the Stra Middle School, including all related design, engineering, construction, commissioning, and incillary work, is hereby authorized to be included in and undertaken as part of the approval approved capital project subject to NICED review and approval as required and be it resolved. It be it further resolved that superintendent of schools or designates is authorized and directed to take
030all actions necessary or appropriate to implement this resolution including but not limited to I sub one submitting revised or supplemented plans specifications and forms to NISD two according with coordinating with district's architect engineer and construction manager three proceeding with proceed procurement and contracting in accordance with applicable law and approval approved capital project. And four, executing and documents executing and any documents necessary to effectuate the foregoing subject to approval as formed by the district's legal council. And be it further resolved that the board hereby determines that the actions contemplated by this resolution constitute type 2 action under the state environmental quality review act QR A >> SQUA >> and it's implementing regulations and therefore no further environmental review is required and be it further resolved that prior resolutions or actions of the board inconsistent with this
031resolution are hereby superseded to the extent of such inconsistency. >> May I have a motion to move? >> Yeah. And no idea what I just >> That's a lot to say. Emergency is going to be under capital improvement >> project. Thank you. >> That's really it. >> So, um yeah. So, our next finance meeting, >> hold on. It's >> Oh, sorry. >> Moved by Jonathan Jonathan. Second by Nadia. Any discussion? All in favor? >> I Wow. Um will do be to be announced, right? They have February 5th at 3, but the audit committee will be um determined then. And it's usually right before, but Miss Sue is not here, so we'll have and or Georgia. So, we'll have to >> Yeah, we're still trying to find a date for the audit, but finance is set
032for next week on the 5th at 3 p.m. That we are clear. >> Thank you. Yes. I'm never reading again. I appreciate you. >> Oh, I need time. >> All right, we're going to mo move on to educational programs. Action item number one, resolution to approve overnight field trip. Resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby approves the RFA JOTC field trip to Washington DC to depart on April 6th, 2026 and return on April 9th, 2026 under the coordination of Dela Prey, Master Sergeant, US Air Force retired and Kevin Tracy, Lieutenant Colonel, US Air Force retired. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> Moved by Nadia. >> Second by Jonathan. Any discussion? >> Yeah. Um, these are all paid for by them, correct? I no
033district money. >> So I don't I don't think so. But don't quote me on that because our assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction is not here. >> I'm sure it's part of the cover. So >> yeah, she double checks these things for us before we put it on the agenda. >> Any further discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> So moved. Human Resources Action Item number one, resolution to approve administrative leave. Resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools that a probationary instructional employee be placed on a paid administrative leave until further notice effective January 16th, 2026, the superintendent is authorized to return the employee to active duty at her discretion. May I get a motion to move the resolution? >> So move. >> Move by Kirsten. >> Second by Nadia. Any discussion?
034All in favor? I. Number two, resolution to accept separation agreement. Resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby accepts the separation agreement and general release between the Rome City School District Ca Clerical and a probationary employee. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> Moved by Nadia. >> Second by Jonathan. Any discussion? All in favor? I action item number three resolution to accept resignation resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools the board of education hereby approves the resignation of Emily Till payroll coordinator effective January 5th 2026. Can I get a motion to >> Okay. Moved by Kirsten, second by Nadia. Any discussion? All in favor? Action item number four resolution to accept retirement. Resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools,
035the board of education hereby accepts with appreciation for your years of service the retirement of the following individuals. Adelina Johnson from Rome Rome Free Academy food service helper July 1st, 2026. Thomas Waldron, transportation supervisor, May 1st, 2026. Claudia Decker, Stokes Elementary School Cook Manager, June 27th, 2026. Christopher Whitmore, L school lunch manager, July 20th, 2026. And Kimberly Seaffort, school district treasurer, July 1st, 2026. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> Moved by Nadia. >> Second by Kristen. Any discussion? >> Congratulations on all of your retirements. >> Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you for being here. You are doing >> it was another whole year. So, I I do want to say because he's here, um, Chris, you are an amazing, first of all, human being. You are an incredible employee, and I want
036to make sure that I name that, but more importantly, you are an amazing human being. Thank you for your service to our youngsters here in the Rome City School District. As hard as it is, I know I begged you last year to stay one more year, and you did that. So, we appreciate you. We You will always have a home here. When we talk about Rome is home, it is your home. And so, we are going to miss you. We don't know what we're going to do without you because we have added so many more to the plate. So, all of these things that you hear about, the Black History celebration, the afterhour connection, these are additions to his plate. Um, and uh and so on and so forth. So, we just thank you. Um,
037and we're gonna miss you. Miss seeing you every day. Thank you for being the human being that you are. Yes. So, >> uh, would it be possible in the future for um, uh, retirements to put the years of service in there just so we could that would be good to see just cuz, you know, I don't know these the years of service for >> sure. Let me pass the baton on to Dr. Carney because that is under him. Dr. Carney. >> Oh, Sean, I'm sorry. I said that to you. I'm sorry. He loves it though. >> If he comes up with these, you're getting a gold star today. If you come up with all >> No, no, not right now. In the future future. >> In the future. Can we put those? >> We can
038do his right. >> I don't want to answer for him. So, I know he's going to say yes, but just in case. >> Not right now. >> No, no, no. Future. >> So, we look for service with the Rome City School District. Yes. >> It be it'd be just nice to recognize how many years of service. There'll be some differentials because some people will have more years in that total in education. >> Sure. Thanks. >> Thank you again, Chris, and everyone on here, but yeah, Chris, you're here. But yes, thank you. >> We will miss you. >> I appreciate that. >> All in favor? >> Mhm. >> Yeah, it was voted on. No, it's actually voted I said something. >> Yeah, it's all good. >> What? >> No. >> Am I clear? >> Yeah. >>
039Okay. >> Uh policy action item number one, resolution to approve the second reading and adoption of policies. Resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of school schools, the board of education hereby approves this second reading and adoption of the following policies. 0 1 0 0 non-discrimination and equal opportunity sexual harassment. 0110.2 sexual harassment in the workplace. 8520 free and reduced price reduced price meal services and 9260 conditional appointment and emergency conditional appointment student safety. I move to resolution. >> So moved. >> Moved by Jeff. Second move by Jeff, second by Jonathan. Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. Action item number two, resolution to approve the first reading of policies. Resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby approves the first reading of the following policies. Number
0405710, school safety and educational climate reporting. Number 6830, expense reimbursement. Number 6830-R, expense reimbursement regulation. Number 7500, naming of district facilities. 8636, artificial intelligence. 9645, disclosure of wrongful conduct. I move to resolution. >> Moved by Jeff. And can I get a second? >> I can do it. Second. my first. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. And our next meeting will be February 4th, 2026 at 4:45 p.m. uh at the district office at 266 West Dominic Street. >> Right. On to miscellaneous items. Uh resol number one, a resolution to appoint individual to the Rome Parent Partnership Council. Resolve that the board of education of the Rome City School District hereby appoints Nadia Rashid to represent the board of education on the Rome Parent Partnership Council effective January 27th, 2026. Can I get a motion?
041>> So moved. >> Moved by Kirsten. Second. >> Second by Jonathan. Any discussion? All in favor? I >> so carried. Miscellaneous. Item number two, resolution uh determining the appeal of a DASA determination. Whereas the board of education of the Rome City School District, the board received a written appeal of a DASA determination. And whereas the board of educa whereas the board has considered the matter in executive session to protect the privacy of the students education records and personally identifiable information under the federal and state law. pursuant to a motion made and approved under public officers law 1083 during the regular business meeting on the board of on of the board on January 6, 2026. And now therefore be it resolved that having considered the appeal presented by a parent guardian person in the in parental
042relationship of the student and the response of the administration and due deliberation having been had. The appeal is denied and the DASA determination is affirmed. And it is further resolved that the president of the board of education or the district clerk as designate of the president is hereby authorized to prepare a letter consistent with the resolution and with the deliberations in executive session to be prepared, signed and mailed to the appellant. and to include in that letter language appropriate to inform the appellant of the time and manner in which an agrieved party may file an appeal of this decision with the New York State Commissioner of Education and it is further resolved that the that this resolution shall take effect immediately. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> So moved by Palace,
043second by Nadia. Any discussion? All in favor? I >> I so carried. Action item number three, resolution to determine the appeal of a student discipline matter. Where is the board of education of the Rome City School District, the board received a written appeal from a student disciplinary matter arising under the district's code of conduct policy. And whereas the board has considered the matter in executive session to protect the privacy of the students education records and personally identifiable information under federal and state law pursuant to a motion made and approved under public officers law 1083 during the regular business meeting of the board on January 26, 2026. And now therefore be it resolved that having heard the appeal presented by a parent guardian person in parental relationship of a student and the response of the administration
044and due deliberation. Having had the appeal is denied and the decisions of the building administration and the superintendent of schools are affirmed. And be it further resolved that the president of the board of education or the district clerk as designe of the president is hereby authorized to prepare a letter consistent with this resolution and with the deliberations in executive session to be prepared signed and mailed to the appellent and to include that in that letter language appropriate to inform the appellant of the time and manner in which an agrieved party may file an appeal of this decision with the New York State Commissioner of Education. And it is further resolved that this resolution shall take effect immediately. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? Moved by Kersonen, >> second by Nadia. Any discussion?
045All in favor? >> I. >> So carried. And are there any items to discuss? Okay. And any old business or comment on Nur? Okay. >> Yes. >> Okay. And it is anticipated that there will be a motion. >> NO. >> Sorry guys, you know, I got to help. You stay away from >> It is anticipated that there will be a motion to go into an executive session to discuss matters leading to the appointment, employment, promotion, demotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal, or removal of a particular person or corporation. It is anticipated that we will not come back into regular session after that. So, can I get a motion? >> So, move because it's me. >> Moved by Kirsten, seconded by Nadia. All in favor? I. So, move. >> Everyone drive safe. Get home.