001Good evening everyone. I would like to call tonight's board of education meeting to order. Today is Monday, July 7th. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. I will now deliver the oath of office to the newly elected board members, Miss Kim Dersio and Mrs. Kar Caroline Smith, as well as Superintendent Miss O'Hara. I can curse you. Do the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York. Faithfully discharge the duties of board member to the best of my ability. I'm Caroline Everly who swear that I will support the Constitution of New York that I will support the Constitution of the United States
002and the Constitution of the State of New York and the Constitution of the State of New York and I will discharge the duties of board member. and that I will faithfully discharge the superintendent. Okay, we are now going to move to election of board officers. Are there any nominations for board president? I would like to nominate Kersia. Is there a second? A second. Are there any other nominations? I'd like to nominate Oh, never mind. Just kidding. What's up? All those in favor of Mrs. Druio uh for board president. I. Any opposed? Congratulations, Mrs. Derscio. All right. Are there any nominations for board vice president? This is what I'd like to do. I'd like to nominate Caroline. Okay. Um, a nomination for Caroline Ngermith. Is there a second? I'll second. Okay. Are there any other nominations?
003All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed. Congratulations, Mrs. Negger Smith. And I will now deliver the oath of office to the newly elected president and vice president. And then it will be followed by the board president delivering the oath to me as district clerk. One more time. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States. I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York and the Constitution of the State of New York and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of board president faithfully discharge the duties of board president to the best of my ability. I Caroline Smith that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York and that
004I will discharge the duties of Vice President that I will discharge the duties of Vice President the best of my ability. Please raise your right hand. I I Lindsay do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York and the Constitution Constitution of the State of New York and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of schoolboard clerk. And I will faithfully discharge the duties of school board clerk to the best of my ability. And before I hand the meeting over to Mrs. Dersio, in 1.8 uh G, we have an alternate board clerk if anybody would like to volunteer. I'll volunteer. All right. So, I have entered Miss Arnett into 1.8G and Mrs.
005Mr. Kersio, the meeting is now yours. Thank you so much for that meeting. I'd like to make a motion to approve routine matters 1.8 through 1.12. I'll second. All in favor? Motion pass. We need to um pull out routine matters 1.13. We need to name a Orange County School Boards Association delegate as well as an alternate. Do I have some volunteers for that? I'd be happy to serve. Thank you. Could I volunteer as a delegate? Thank you. And next, we also have to have the New York State School Boards Association, our voting member. We need our member and an alter. I will be the voting member. I'll be your alternate. Oh, I'll wonderful. Thank you so much. Can I have a motion to approve routine matter 1.13? Make that motion. I'll second. All in favor?
006I. Okay. And lastly, under routine, um, we need to approve item number 1.14, which is approve the board minute meetings of January 11th, 2025. I'll move that motion. I'll second. All in favor? That brings us to presentations. Seeing that we don't have any presentations this evening, we will move um to round table. Before turning it over to Miss O'Hara, I just want to note that the 2526 school year board of education dates um are being approved this evening and they will be on our website site as of tomorrow. And this evening before our meeting as well as next Tuesday, July 15th, the board of education has engaged in our annual retreat um to make goals to work on policies um to start planning for our athletic facility. Mr. Har, thank you. Um just a few
007updates uh for everyone. First and foremost, once again, congratulations to all of our recent graduates and uh certainly our teachers and staff members who were recognized for their outstanding contributions this year. Uh these celebrations along with many of our endofear highlights are featured in the June edition of the CUFSD newsletter which was shared with families on July 3rd via parent square and it's available for our website on our website to review as well. Um, another point of information with regard to our safety capital project this summer, you will most likely notice construction underway at our schools um, as part of the previously approved safety capital project, which did recently receive SED approval to move forward. Right. So, we the time frame within which all of these improvements are in place are dependent upon materials. more
008information will be shared in August um as to the status of um all of the improvements uh that will be in place as a result of uh that project. And then looking ahead, as Mrs. Dersio just mentioned, in late August, you'll also be hearing more information about our planning process for a proposed future athletics facility. This will include key considerations and opportunities for community engagement and input before moving forward ultimately with a public referendum. Um, again, I just want to make note it was mentioned in the June newsletter and a letter was sent to families via parent square, but please take note of the personal device use tab on our website for information relating to the uh state mandate for the Belltobell um no personal device use, including um everything from tablets to headphones, earbuds,
009um all of the information is on the website and quite honestly Um, as I've indicated in the letter, um, it's phase two of what we've already had in place. So, there's no change to the elementary school and the, um, uh, parameters that were put in place there. Uh, at the academy, it just moves from, uh, no cell phone use, no personal device use during instructional uh, time to bell to bell, right? hallways, lunch, any areas uh that are in the scope of the school day from start to finish. So, please take a look at our website under the personal device use tab. There's also a dedicated email address. If you have any questions, you can certainly um send those to the email address and we'll update our FAQ. There's also resources for families with regard
010to social media use um and uh support opportunities as well. And lastly, just to make note, we currently have had camp intervention underway here at Chester Academy, providing our students with an exciting opportunity for innovative and creative summer learning. So many thanks to the staff for making this possible and for supporting student success during our summer months for those that opted to participate in camp invention. And other than that, uh we are in July. So wishing all of our families, our students a safe, restful, may not be restful, but certainly enjoyable summer. And just for the record, our next board of education meeting is scheduled for August 20th. That brings us to our first public comment. Anyone wishing to speak about agenda items? We'll move on to our consent agenda. I would like to make
011a motion to adopt consent agenda items 5.1 through 5.14. Second. All in favor? I. Motion pass. Uh, I would also like to make a motion to adopt consent agenda item 5.15 to approve our instructional appointments for new hires and to also welcome um new hires to the district. We're very happy to have you. Welcome to second. I'll second. All in favor? I motion pass. Welcome to Chester. Congratulations, Julie. I would also like to make a vote. Oh, I'm sorry. Make a motion to adopt consent agenda items 5.16 through 5.21. Second. I'll second. All in favor? I. Motion pass. That brings us to our second public comment. Can I have a motion to adjurnn? Make that motion. Second. All in favor? I thank you for those who tuned in from home tonight. And again, as Mr.
012O'Hara said, our next board of education meeting is August 20th. Take care. Have a great summer.