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Fulton City School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

1 h 53 min · 1 public speaker

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Fulton school board accepts audit, 2025⁠-⁠2026 corrective action plan in 7⁠-⁠0⁠-⁠0 votes 46:35

  • The board also reviewed a draft budget timeline for '27-'28, was recognized for School Board Recognition Week and heard a report on efforts to add sidewalks on Cedar Street. 21:04
  • The board heard an overview of the '25-'26 annual audit, described as a clean audit with no material issues or findings, along with the comptroller's audit and a corrective action plan. 29:52
  • The board voted 7⁠-⁠0⁠-⁠0 to accept the audit. 46:21
Item by item (15)
  1. Opening and agenda approval 11:56
    • The board moved and seconded approval of the agenda and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 11:56
    • The agenda passed 6⁠-⁠0⁠-⁠0. 12:08
  2. First public forum 12:07
    • A speaker at public comment asked why a sign at the field reads Fulton Athletic Complex, said a dedication ceremony had given the complex a different name and asked why the name changed. 13:03
    • The speaker also said poles at the end of the end zone were a safety hazard and asked the district to look into them. 16:02
  3. Approval of meeting minutes 16:29
    • The board considered the September 22nd regular meeting minutes, with one member abstaining for not having attended. 16:29
    • The minutes passed 5⁠-⁠0⁠-⁠1. 16:47
  4. Upcoming meetings and association resolutions 16:46
    • The presiding officer listed upcoming dates, including a Shared Decision Meeting Committee meeting on October 19th at 5 o'clock and a regular board meeting on October 27th at 6 o'clock. 17:20
    • Proposition 28 concerned legislation prohibiting a spouse or a current employee of the district from serving on the school board, and Proposition 27 concerned universal pre-kindergarten. 19:33
  5. School Board Recognition Week 21:04
    • The superintendent read a city proclamation naming October 12th through October 16th, 2026, as School Board Recognition Week and thanked board members for their volunteer time. 21:04
  6. Strategic plan award 24:15
    • A presenter from City BOCES said the district's strategic plan won the Award of Excellence in a national competition. 24:37
    • A speaker said board members each had a copy of the strategic coherence plan. 26:06
  7. Draft budget timeline 26:35
    • A district staff member handed out a draft budget timeline for '27-'28 and said no approval was needed that night. 26:44
    • The staff member proposed a first budget workshop at 5 o'clock before the December 8th board meeting and another workshop tentatively on January 26th, with a draft budget needed in March. 27:45
    • The staff member said the timeline would return on the next agenda for any revisions. 29:38
  8. Annual and comptroller audits 29:52
    • The staff member said the auditors suggested periodic bids for the transportation contract, noted the school lunch fund was over the recommended balance and noted missing breakfast tally sheets. 29:52
    • The staff member said the district provided a corrective action plan addressing all of the comptroller's findings and expected to share a long-range financial plan in November. 36:38
  9. Transportation staff recognition 38:04
    • A district official thanked transportation staff and a bus driver for actions during a recent bus accident and said the driver was still out driving. 38:04
  10. Report on sidewalks and student activities 40:15
    • A speaker described a school assembly and plans to survey students about adding sidewalks on Cedar Street leading to the high school. 40:24
    • Another speaker asked whether the school district and the city had a grant writer who could help seek funding for sidewalks. 43:23
    • A speaker suggested National Walk, Roll, Bike to School Days and was asked to send the organizations' names to district leaders. 44:03
  11. Financial and program actions 46:08
    • The board took up actions to accept the financials, the 2025⁠-⁠2026 corrective action plan and the New York State Comptroller's final audit report. 46:08
    • The board also voted on a donation, a Committee on Special Education item and a merged hockey program agreement. 47:19
    • The board approved the merge hockey program agreement 7⁠-⁠0⁠-⁠0. 47:51
  12. Personnel actions 48:02
    • The board took up personnel actions 7.01 to 7.15 as a batch. 48:02
    • A speaker welcomed a new director of facilities. 48:34
    • The personnel actions passed 7⁠-⁠0⁠-⁠0. 48:30
  13. Board forum 48:51
    • A board member thanked Brown and Brown for a $1,000 donation. 49:12
    • A board member proposed revisiting a program to bring community members into the schools that had been tabled because of the budget, which another speaker identified as the School Ambassador Program. 50:02
  14. Second public forum 54:21
    • The speaker said the speaker felt more confident in the current administration's handling of finances than in past ones. 58:07
  15. Executive session 59:45
    • The board moved to enter executive session to discuss the employment history of a particular employee of the district. 59:45
    • After the session, a district official thanked the bus driver involved in the recent accident. 1:51:02

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Video: posted by the district as “Board of Education Meeting 10/13/26 @ 6PM (At the Ed Center on 4th Street)”