001Excused from today's meeting is uh Miss Carvelli, Mr. Damatis, and Mrs. Safeen. Um and can I get an approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of September 8th, 2025 and the special meeting of September 10th, 2025? You want a motion? >> Can I get a motion to move the resolution or >> moved by Paula? Second >> and second by Nadia. Any discussions? >> Okay. >> All in favor? >> So moved. Okay. Superintendent, are there any additions or deletions to the agenda? >> I am happy to report that there are none. And is there any public comment on the agenda items? >> Okay. And then I will turn the time over to our superintendent for her report. >> Good evening board members and community members. Um, one of the things that I'd like to report
002on today is that as part of our commitment to pillar four of our strategic plan, which is communitydriven and learning partnership for lifelong success, we want to share an exciting next step we're taking to strengthen our partnership with families. We are launching the Rome Parent Partnership Council or RPPC and the purpose of this group is to create a forum where families can learn more about different aspects of our districts district and the programs we offer. It's also for sharing of information among school parent groups and to promote open communication between the district and families, lifting up both the strength we should continue and the areas we need to refine or expand. This group will also grow into planning activities and events such as parent summits designed to help families better navigate the school system and
003take advantage of the opportunities available to them and their children. We'll be reaching out with more details soon, but we wanted to take this opportunity to invite families to get involved. The RPPC is about building stronger connections between home and school and ensuring that our work truly reflects the voices of our community. So stay tuned for more information. We'll put that on e-news and our lovely board clerk, Mrs. Sandy Russell, will also be sending out more information through the principles for that. The second is in addition to the new parent partnership council, as you all know, we started the superintendent student leadership council last year again to amplify student voice as well. We are also excited to share that this will be starting back up again soon. And this group gives our students a direct
004voice in sharing their ideas, experiences, and perspectives with diff leadership. You saw them in action on the kickoff. Um some of them in action on the kickoff. It's an opportunity for us to listen, to learn, and to build stronger connections with our students as we also work together to continue improving our schools. Between the Rome Partnership Council and the Students Leadership Council, we're creating spaces for both families and students to be heard, to contribute, and to help shape the future of our district. And lastly, September highlights. September is an exciting month in our schools. As you all know, we kick off a new school year. Students and staff are settling in. Open houses took place last week. New programs are underway. Parent organization meetings have begun. And clubs and fall athletics are off to a
005strong start. We're also celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, recognizing the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans. It's National Attendance Awareness Month, reminding us of the importance of daily attendance for learning. Across the district, we're focused on literacy initiative. And on September 17, students observed Constitution Day, reflecting on our nation's values and rights. While we are working through some staffing and scheduling matters typically at the start of the school year, that always happens, we're proud of the learning, engagement, and growth happening in every school. That is the end of my report unless you have any further questions. >> Okay. Hello. I am Joanna Hampy, one of your two new student board representatives. I think it's important to mention that to carry this process on, me and my partner were invited to experience a webinar together with a
006selected other group of students that further advanced our knowledge on the legislation that was passed to make it a rule to have student representatives on every district, which I think is a beautiful piece of legislation that was passed and I think it's a great advancement to take it on a personal side now that I have experienced the new phone role for a little while in my school. I can say that it I think it is a wild improvement of both instruction and just overall learning. I think students are a lot more attentive than they used to be and I think overall our students are a lot more positive than they used to be and are a lot more focused on what they need to be and just pass it on to my other partner. Hi,
007I'm Ariel Bortal. I'm the other student board executive member. And just to go off of what Joanna said, um I also expect an increase of school spirit with the upcoming homecoming spirit week due to kids not feeling embarrassed of people maybe bullying and taking pictures on phones and stuff like that. I've heard from a few people that they'll definitely participate this year cuz there's no shame in, you know, accidentally being posted on social media or something like that. Um, as a person who takes pictures for yearbook, I've also seen a big increase in school spirit in the football student sections and other sports. Um, people are just more interacting with each other in classes. They're talking. They're making new friendships and that's really just like combining the school together, especially the senior class. I think
008we're also combining and taking a step forward to do things together instead of little groups. So, it's definitely increased our school spirit by far. And I'm just happy that this happened so that we could continue to move as one instead of separate groups. >> Thank you. Um we'll now move on to our workshop which is going to be about professional learning coaching plan for leaders. >> I'll see it up for Dr. Carney. Um overall we've talked at this table that what we say we are going to do and what we say we are about in this district especially in light of our strategic plan is exactly what we do. One of the things that we've talked about is um individuals told us that it was important for them to grow. Whether it was leaders or
009whether it's teachers, we all can use some support in terms of professional learning. But more importantly, we brought the idea of coaching um to our district. And so we wanted to give you an opportunity to hear tonight from Dr. Carney in terms of how we are implementing coaching throughout the district at all levels of um the district management from middle management to even cabinet members and also to the building leaders. So I've asked him to give you an overview so that you know how we are implementing our pillar three which is about access and support. >> Dr. Carney. >> All right. Thank you very much. Good evening board of education. We'll work on uh I don't know if this goes up any higher or not. Maybe a little bit. Excellent. So this evening wanted to
010go ahead and have a conversation about how we're supporting our teacher and building and district level leaders. So across the board when we're taking a look at the support structures that have been put in place as a byproduct of um two organizations in particular we have supports across the board across the district for all of our leaders and various platforms teachers building and district alike. So by the end of today, I'd like to share with you briefly um one the resource allocation grant. We've discussed that a little bit in the past, but to bring that back up and what is specifically taking place with the resource allocation grant funding that we have been able to receive a lot of hard work done from members of the team, including Mrs. Dana Benzo, who is here this
011afternoon. She uh deserves some special kudos for the extra work that went into this one. and to revisit the partnership with the ILO group who is providing support for our administrative building district level leadership and then revisit our strategic plan and how that ties into that support structure. So why are we investing in it? If we take a look at our business, we are a people business. We are people hired together to work together to support people. And if we don't invest in the people that we have working with our students and supporting our families, then it's not realistic to see the growth that we are expecting to have within our collective team. We know that teachers have the greatest impact on student learning day in and day out in the classroom. The research also
012tells us that building level leadership is second only to teachers in the classroom, right? from the Wallace Foundation and other significant meta analyses that have been conducted over the years. We also know through research at district level leadership plays a significant role and the support structures that are put in place collectively need to be strategic and need to be in alignment and need to be targeted to support our students growth. And we have a goodsized district. We have over 5200 students. We have over a,000 employees. So collectively if we're not on the same page which is where the strategic plan comes into play and there's a lot of opportunity for things unintentionally to not go the right way. So fortunately with the structure and support from the board of education superintendent on some of the
013groups that we're going to talk about this evening we have a strong strategic plan that was put in and collaboratively developed with stakeholders community members students teachers and anybody else who wanted to be able to come out and spend time with us to provide their feedback and provide their input. So one organization that we're spending time with is the ILO group or in the life of now this is an expansive network of very experienced research-driven practitioners. They have a nationwide impact and support a variety of school districts, some much much larger than Rome, right? And their experience as a collective group is significant with going ahead and taking a look at the support structures and specifically pillar three of our strategic plan which we can go on to the next slide. is that this pillar
014is talking about and reminding us as we go through our actions that not just our students but also our employees, the people that lead and work within our school district need the resources they need to thrive. We know that we can support them. We know the research is out there that best supports how to support our students. The important thing is training and supporting them to develop a long-term reflective practice so that as we go through this professional development and targeted growth that as they continue as practitioners within the district, they're going to be able to go ahead and have reflective practices in place, revisit their coaching, and be able to best support our teachers, students, and faculty and staff across the district. So with that, the ILO group is selected, I would say, handpicked
015specifically to support a group of administrators that have been identified for a variety of reasons to go ahead and have targeted support structures from the coaches within the ILO group. and exe executive coaching in and of itself has a pretty deep wide base of research to go ahead and support the impact that that has on an individual's targeted growth and development. It's absolutely substantial. So when we take a look from the ILO group, we do have both coaching sessions in place for all of our principles and aspiring principles or our assistant principles on a bimonthly basis small group. But then we also have targeted for five administrators in total. Okay. Now the desire outcome as I mentioned earlier is to have them work on reflection of best practices because as you get caught in how
016busy the day-to-day structure of school is and it is significantly busy. You need to have a foundational core set of practices that you can go back to. One of the most difficult things in the world of education is the number of things that take place. But you can kind of manage that by having a set of structures to consistently go back to to reflect upon your practices and target any concern that comes up regardless of what it is. You can have a systemic approach to support and for your own growth and reflection upon whatever the incident was whether it's supporting teachers with instructional growth, students with behavioral or emotional needs. Okay, we can have a common practice in place for how we evaluate and how we go ahead and determine an action plan. So with
017the ILO group, beyond the targeted coaching for our small group of administrators, beyond the group sessions that are in place, they have also have facilitated our leadership retreats. So they have come in person and worked with our collective administrative group across the district, instructional and non-instructional. And that is a goodsized group. Again, unified vision, collecting feedback, and building consistency with our practices is critically important for our district. So, they helped us go ahead and identify what our priorities are going to be within the strategic plan. They help us develop the strategic plan. They help us collect feedback from stakeholders, students, parents, teachers, faculty, and staff across the district. So their support and not just the development of the plan but the prioritization of the items within the plan has been critical and their experience to
018come in and have somebody provide a unified approach has just been uh very beneficial just to be able to talk to them and work with them and and troubleshoot ideas off of them. Sometimes we feel like things are specific to just us but they're not. Right? Like when you take a look at school districts, there's a lot of common things that are in place and it is kind of comforting to hear that coming in from districts even much larger than our own how they're going ahead and working through and tackling it. So it's always nice to be able to expand our professional network and learn from others that are in other places, other states, other communities. Now the second part of our support structure for this year beyond the ILO group is coming from the
019resource allocation grants. So there were a predetermined number of characteristics that Rome City School District needed to qualify for before we could become an eligible participant in the resource allocation grant. Beyond the evaluation of equitable practices in the classroom and really across the district, we also had to um meet certain criteria, students performance markers as well as a differential between our buildings with high and lower um economic needs based upon our students demographics. Okay. and based upon their performance on the state assessment helped predetermine Rome as being a eligible district to participate in the resource allocation grant. So with that it is a reinforcement that investment in our human capital that means collectively our cognitive and intellectual abilities as a team is going to be paramount to our success as a district. So in this
020situation with the resource allocation grant, we're taking a look at tying in now our teacher leaders, a focus on non-evaluative instructional practices, having a common understanding of research-driven best practices by our directors, our assistant superintendent, our teachers, and working with our instructional coaches that we have in the district and collectively being on the same page for what this looks like and feels like to best support our students in targeting their needs. So, our executive coaches that are coming in with resource allocation grant, I have a couple slides to share them with you. Mitch center and Kim Aaron are also spending time with ourselves, our directors, superintendent on the assistant superintendent to go ahead and provide them with individual executive coaching as well. So as we go through and have our strategic plan as the guidance,
021we have groups coming in to provide support to both our building principles as well as district uh district level leadership. Now an extra piece with the resource allocation grant is also tied specifically into human resources. So we're spending time with Kim Aaron and Mitch Center out of human resources to specifically target our approaches to recruitment as well as retention. So, we're going to be working on our steps towards universal hiring practices, what that looks like and feels like at a building level, not just at a district level for high-end positions, leadership roles. And then with that, I think that it's going to help us out substantially to have a universal understanding of what these best practices look like. We're hiring new staff members for each of our buildings. So very briefly, Mitch Center, you may
022uh come across him at some point in time down the road, but this gentleman is coming in and supporting us across the board. We actually had a meeting today, right, with our peer specialists. And if you remember, you have seen peer specialists come up in the board of education agenda for hiring of positions. We have 25 districtwide and they are combined to provide instructional support, behavioral support, and at the RFA, graduation support for students in need. And these are teachers that we have in district with a proven track record to be exceptional in these areas or have a skill set to help support our other teachers in a collaborative fashion in a non-evaluated form to support their growth and development. And that is one of those things that is huge. We're internally developing, investing in
023our human capital and providing our team with resources with people that they're already familiar with and trust and have a proven track record of success in Rome City School District. They know our students and they know the needs of our collective team. So, they're going to continue Mitch as well as we can go to the next slide, please. as Kim are working with our team collectively. They both have come from Newark, New York City, large districts, recruitment and human resources, assistant assistant superintendent roles and much larger districts and have a nation a national really presence as well when it comes down to their consultant and their support groups and districts that they're um supporting with their growth and development with their own strategic plan. Next slide, please. So, our peer specialist wanted to share some
024of the resources that they have. But coming up, what we're preparing for are the learning walks that are going to be taking place with our peer specialists that are focused in instruction as well as within behavior. So, the rigor unveiled is one of the resources that they are using which goes back through and is a reinforcement of the research-driven best practices. We have a lot of things that are out there that says that they are the best practice for these things. This is consolidating it all and targeting that and it's a vetted resource through our coaches that are coming in to work with our teams. So we also have a person tied in as a byproduct of the resource allocation grant who is dedicated to the Renaissance resource. Now, Miss Cologne, who's also here this
025evening with the recording, has also been helping out instructionally speaking. And I'm sure she's not going to like me saying that out loud in front of everybody. However, um, our team that we have internally, again, in-house hired through a resource allocation grant to use a significant sized program. And the Renaissance program is a lot. There's a lot of information. There's a lot of assessment tools and devices and there's a lot of data that can be pulled from that to help inform our instruction and support our principles and our teachers and our instructional coaches as they're best supporting our students. And it's a great tool, but if you don't have thorough professional development and support structures in place on how to use that, then it's a tool that's not going to be maximized. So, fortunately, as
026a byproduct of this grant, we do have individuals on on campus to best support our team. So next steps there is a lot things that are taking place right now right but the important thing is that we're going to continue to build off this framework and the investments that we're making are internal it's with our team and as we take a look at not just recruitment of um professionals we're looking at the retention of professionals that means that as we work together through the strategic plan we're also working on retaining the individuals that have been hired and trained by us an investment of our resources ources. So collaboratively, a lot of the work that has been taking place, the extra meetings with unions, the extra support for building principles, the additional coaching items that they
027identified to superintendents and and the district level team right off the bat, they're identifying a desire for professional growth and executive coaching. Right? These resources have been provided. And one thing that we know is that people will stay when they feel supported. As we take a look at retention efforts for our collective team, it's very important that we have resources in place that are going to provide support not just intellectually for their best practices, but emotionally for the challenges that come day in and day out collectively as we work with our students and families. People care and it's heavy as a result of that. So our goal is to continue to provide those resources, the identification of additional grants and other ways maybe in collaboration with Boseis to best support these types of resources in
028a continued manner at a cost-effective way right for our students to help them learn, succeed and grow and prepare for their future after high school. If anybody has any questions, now we could have done a lot more and done this for hours, but this was not the goal for tonight. >> I will say that uh last year the board had the opportunity to work with the ILO group and they were phenomenal. They were amazing to work with. I'm jealous that you guys are all working with them. >> Um I I think it's a good fit for our district and a lot of good things are going to come from it. >> I agree. >> Yes. the one-on-one coaching that the five identified administrators are getting. If there are other administrators that are interested, is that
029going to be an option or something along those lines? >> Yeah. So, within the group sessions, sometimes they'll go ahead and help break off and then as a byproduct of the group session, if something's identified, they'll get those one-on-one support structures, but not necessarily an executive session, which is going to be slightly different. But if we're able to find grants to support these structures, then we'll be able to expand that network and provide more one-on-one executive coaching beyond what is done internally in district. Because right now, all administrators have full access to the assistant superintendent, directors, as well as superintendent on for frequent meetings and be able to resolve any items that they may have on their list. And then 25 peer specialists. Are those uh like scattered throughout the district? Is there a certain
030number in each school or how? Yeah. >> Yep. So each school has access, for example, the elementary schools have access to behavioral peer specialists and instructional peer specialist. And at RFA, they have access to graduation peer specialists. So we do have them in each building. Yep. And access to um our teachers have access to them. >> You're welcome. >> Anything else for the good of the order? >> No. >> Excellent. Well, thank you for your time, >> Nadia. That's a good question um that you asked whether it was in all buildings. We, as you know, this administration is very intentional and purposeful about making sure that we keep telling people what's good for one is good for all. So, we're never going to implement something in one building and not make sure that we implement
031it for all because equity of access is what we are about for that. Um, we're going to go ahead and move on to our consent agenda. Uh, can I get a resolution to accept the consent agenda that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the consent agenda be accepted by the board of education? Can I >> page >> uh from page two and it goes through page eight? >> It's moved by Nadia, >> second by Paula. Any discussion? All in favor? Passes. All right. Now, going on to page nine of our regular meeting agenda. Uh, finance action item number one. Resolution to accept a donation for administrative retreat. Whereas, the board of education recognize and greatly appreciates the generosity of individuals, organizations, and businesses that support the district's programs and initiatives. And whereas Day
032Automation has generously donated $380 to the Rome City School District in support of the administrative retreat. And now therefore, be it resolved that the board of education of the Rome City School District hereby accepts with gratitude the donation of $380 from Day Automation for the administrative retreat. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? I'll move >> moved by Paula. >> Second by Jonathan. Any discussion? >> All in favor? >> I passes. Number two, resolution to accept a donation from Rochester Institute of Technology. Whereas the board of education recognizes and greatly appreciates the generosity of individuals, organizations, and businesses that support the district's programs and initiatives. And whereas the Rochester Institute of Technology, RIT, has generously donated $460 to the Rome School District in support of the VEX Robotics Program at RFA. And whereas
033this donation will directly benefit the district by supporting the VEX robotic program. Now therefore be it resolved the board of education of the Rome City School District hereby accepts with gratitude the donation for $460 from RIT for the VEX robotics program to extra class funds. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> Moved by Jonathan, >> second by Paula. Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. Number three, resolution to accept a donation for administrative staff kickoff. Whereas the board of education recognizes and greatly appreciates the generosity of individuals, organizations, and businesses that support the district's programs and initiatives. And whereas Labella has generously donated $500 to the Rome School District in support of the administrative staff kickoff. And now therefore, be it resolved that the board of education hereby accepts with gratitude the
034donation of $500 for the administrative staff kickoff. Can I get a motion? >> So moved. >> Moved by Paula. Second. >> Second by John. Any discussion? All in favor? I >> number four resolution to accept a donation from minor reality and property. Whereas the board of education recognizes and appreciates the generosity of community partners in supporting the educational needs of students and schools and whereas minor realy and property through participation in an online teacher competition titled fuel the dream fill the school has awarded a monetary donation in the amount of $1,000 to Denty Elementary School. And whereas the intent of this donation is to provide funding for supplies needed for students and classrooms at Denty Elementary School. And whereas such donations directly enhance the learning environment and contribute positively to the educational experience of all
035students. Now therefore, be it resolved that the board of education formally accepts the generous donation of $1,000 from minor reality and property with sincere appreciation for their support of public education and the students of Denty Elementary School. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> So moved. >> I moved it. >> Second by Jonathan. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I >> number five resolution to accept the April and May treasurer's reports whereas the treasurer of the Rome City School District has submitted the treasure treasurer's reports for the months of April 2025 and May 2025 for the review for review by the board of education and whereas the board of education has examined said reports and found them to be in order. Now therefore, be it resolved that the board of education hereby
036accepts the treasurer's reports for April 2025 and May 2025 as presented. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> Moved by Paula. Second. I'll second it. >> Second by me. >> Number six. >> Wait. Any discussion? >> Oh, sorry. All in favor? >> I pass. Go ahead. Number six, resolution to approve agreement between Rome City School District and the YMCA of the Greater Tri Valley for the 2025 2026 school year and summer programs. Whereas the Rome City School District District seeks to provide meaningful educ engaging and purposeful afterchool and summer enrichment opportunities for students. And whereas the YMCA of the greater Tri Valley YMCA has propos proposed to conduct a variety of programs for district students during the 2025 2026 school year and summer including but not limited to self-defense, Lego steam, dance,
037swim lessons, including competition, school break programs, youth basketball and volleyball, leagues, 1211 crafts, tumbling, music appreciation, ation and archery. And whereas program offerings may be adjusted depending on student interest and attendance with certain programs delivered at YM YMCA facilities to ensure equitable access, appropriate equipment and consistent delivery. And whereas under the agreement, the YMCA will provide staffing, training, program management, and reporting while district will provide appropriate space, custodial services, and coordination with building leaders. And whereas the district will provide funding to the YMCA in an amount not to exceed $57,000 for the 2025 2026 school year and summer programs with payments made monthly upon receipt of invoices for completed services. And whereas the agreement will remain in effect through June 30th, 2026 unless terminated early earlier by either party with 30 days written notice. Now
038therefore, be it resolved that the board of education of the Rome City School District hereby approves the agreement between the district and the YMCA of the Greater Tri Valley for the 2025 2026 school year and summer programs and authorizes the superintendent of schools to execute set agreement on behalf of the district. Can I get a resolution? Can I get a motion? >> Oh, can I get a motion to approve? So, move. >> Moved by Paula. Second. Second, >> second by Jonathan. Any discussion? >> Yes, I have a >> quick question. >> Um, I was wondering where the swimming lessons are held. >> The YMCA. >> Okay. >> Any more discussion? Okay. All in favor? >> I passes. Number seven, resolution to approve labella contracts. Whereas the board of education recognizes the need for professional architectural
039architectural and engineering AE services to support the planning, design, and execution of capital projects in the district. And whereas Labella Associates has been identified as a qualified provider of such services possessing the expertise and experience necessary to meet the requirements of the district's capital projects and term contracts. Now therefore, be it resolved that the board of education hereby authorizes the superintendent of schools and/or the board president to enter into agreements with Lebella Associates for the following projects and services subject to the terms and conditions of the respective contracts. Number one, 2025 2026 capital outlay project scope schematic design phase services design development phase services construction documents phase services procur procure pro procurement phase services competitive building negotiated proposals submittals and all other construction related services through to project completion cost not to exceed $10,000. Number
040two, 2025 term contract for architectural engineering services. Scope as needed architectural and engineering services across various phases and project types. Cost as identified by hourly rates and terms within the executed contract. Number three, 2024 capital improvement project. Scope services as defined by project phase in the executed contract including but not limited to design, documentation, bidding, construction, administration, and project closeout cost not to exceed $300,000. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> So moved. Moved by me, >> second by Paula. Any discussion? All in favor? I pass it. And for upcoming meetings, the audit committee meeting is October 2nd at 8 a.m. um at 409 Bell Road. And the finance committee meeting finance committee meeting is October 2nd at 2:30 um here at Bell Road. Thank you. And moving on to educational programs.
041Action item one, resolution to approve contract resolved that upon recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby approves the Onidita County contract for preschool special education services. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> Moved by Jonathan. Can I get a second? >> Second by Nadia. Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> So passes. Human Resources. Action item number one, resolution to accept affiliation agreement. Resolve that upon recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby accepts the affiliation agreement between the Rome City School District and Kauga College. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> Kyuka. I'm Cuka. Cahoot. >> You got it. >> Okay. Am I right? >> College. >> Okay. Who moved it? I'm sorry. >> Me. moved by Nadia and second
042by Paula. Any discussion? All in favor? >> So moved. It passes. Um two resolution to accept affiliation agreement. Resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools. The board of education hereby accepts the affiliation agreement between the Rome City School District and Tor Toro University. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? So move >> moved by Nadia and a second. >> Second by Jonathan. Any discussion? All in favor? Passes. Resolution to approve tenure. Resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby approves tenure for the following individual. Don Thornhill, prek teacher elementary, effective date uh October 18th, 2025. and Sarah Trunfio, assistant principal um administration for 9/11 2025. Can I get a resolution? >> Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> Moved by
043Jonathan and a second. >> Second by Paula. Any discussion? All in favor? >> Okay. Human resources number four. Resolution to approve administrative personnel. Resolve that upon the super that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby approves the probationary appointment of Garrett James for the position of dean of students at Stokes Elementary School at the salary of $75,000 plus contractual benefits prrated effective October 6, 2025 through October 5th, 2029. Can I get a motion to move the resolution? >> Moved by Nadia and a second. Second by Paula. Any discussion? All in favor? I. >> Okay. And we'll move on to policy. Policy action items. One, resolution to accept the first reading of policies. Resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby accepts the
044first reading of the following policies. Number 0111, sexual harassment grievance under title 9. Number 011-E, sexual harassment grievance under title 9 definition. Number 1120-R, school district records regulation and number 2245, exofacto student member of the board. Uh, can I get a motion to move the resolution? Can I get a second? >> Second. >> So, it's passed. >> Any discussion? Sorry, that's on you. Next committee meeting for policy is going to be October 8th and that's going to be at 4:45 at 266 West Dominic Street. Yes. one resolution to approve NISBA advoc advocacy liaison whereas the New York State School Boards Association NISBA provides advocacy on behalf of public education and offers member districts the opportunity to designate an advocacy a liaison to strengthen communication and representation. And whereas the board of education in the Rome
045City School District recognized the importance of engaging in NISBA's advocacy efforts to advance the interests of students, staff, and the community. And whereas the board wishes to appoint a representative to serve in this capacity. Now therefore, be it resolved that the board of education of Rome City School District hereby approves the appointment of Jonathan Roland as the district's NISPA advocacy liaison for the 2025 2026 school year effective immediately. Can I get a motion to move to resolution? >> Second by Nadia. Any discussion? All in favor? Hi. >> Okay. Um, and then for discussion items, we have some upcoming events. October 23rd through the 25th is the NISBA convention and January 5th, 2026 at 6 PM is the SBI board development. Um, Patrick Manion from the New York State uh board regions office will present at
046onceis. And then um in discussion for our afteraction review from our last board meeting, we think that things are going pretty smoothly and we're hoping to uh continue at this capacity. I do thank you all for bearing with me on this one. Um and do we have any old business? Okay. And any public comment on non-aggenda items? >> Okay. It is anticipated that there will be a motion to go into executive session to discuss matters regarding the proposed acquisition, sale, or lease of real property or of securities, but only when publicly publicity would substantially affect the value thereof. Can I get a motion to go into executive session? >> So move. >> Moved by Paula. >> Second by Nadia. And >> And we are not returning. And we are not returning.