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Hudson City School District board meeting, Aug 11, 2026

48 min · 0 public speakers

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What happened at this meeting

Hudson board sets September 11th deadline for letters of interest to fill vacant seat 41:49

  • District staff members gave updates on the Smart Schools award, a cybersecurity grant and the school comprehensive education plans for the elementary school and the junior high. 7:35
  • Motions were also made on the personnel agenda and on consent agenda items A through U, but no results were announced. 34:01
  • A motion was made to accept a board member's resignation, and the board discussed soliciting letters of interest from the community to fill the seat, with letters due Friday, September 11th, and deliberation at the September 15th meeting. 41:49
Item by item (12)
  1. Opening and agenda 6:30
    • The meeting was called to order with the Pledge of Allegiance and a roll call. 6:30
    • A motion was made to accept the agenda as presented, and the presiding speaker said there would be no student board member until the school year starts. 7:14
  2. Smart Schools and cybersecurity grant update 7:35
    • A staff member said the district was notified it received the Smart Schools funding, which will help with access points, security cameras, a phone system, a PA system and cabling, and that the district applied for $1,719,004 against an allotment of $1,771,000. 7:35
    • The staff member said vendors are providing updated price quotes and the district will return to the board to submit an amendment to State Ed to access the $52,000, with the next team meeting on August 20th. 7:35
    • The staff member said the district secured a cybersecurity grant providing 450 tokens for multi-factor authentication worth $35,000. 7:35
  3. School comprehensive education plans 12:07
    • A staff member said the state accountability system identified the elementary school and the junior high as targeted schools in need of improvement, and that the building-level plans were on the agenda for board approval. 12:07
    • A staff member said the plans were written last year as a snapshot in time and cover school-wide instruction, resource allocation, planning time, professional development and curriculum writing. 13:23
    • A speaker asked whether anything had changed with the combination of the junior and senior high, and a staff member said it was too soon in the process to say. 17:05
  4. Committee and president's reports 19:56
    • A speaker said the Audit Committee had not met and that corrective action plans for the internal auditor's reports were on the consent agenda. 19:56
    • A speaker reported that boilers for the high school were on site, the greenhouse contract was on the agenda and modular buildings were set to be removed this month. 20:23
    • A speaker said work on the code of conduct continued and the Code of Conduct Subcommittee would meet on the 17th, and the president's report noted a board member had resigned and a board retreat was scheduled for 8/26. 21:04
  5. Executive session 22:39
    • A motion was made to enter executive session at 6:16 PM to discuss the employment history of a particular person or persons. 22:39
    • A motion was made to exit executive session at 6:27 PM. 34:01
  6. Personnel agenda and new staff 34:01
    • A motion was made to approve personnel agenda items A1 through 11 and B1 through 9. 34:01
    • A staff member welcomed a new teacher starting at Hudson High School. 34:26
  7. Superintendent's report 35:10
    • The superintendent said summer work included a new walk-in freezer and fridge at the elementary school kitchen, energy-efficient lighting and new boilers under the energy performance contract. 35:23
    • The superintendent said flooding from a July 29th storm got into central office and the district is filing an insurance claim, and that the greenhouse should be functioning by the end of October. 35:23
    • The superintendent said information on the new code of conduct would go out to staff and families, and described a DiSC workshop held at the August 5th retreat for the administrative team and the board. 38:48
  8. Public forum and consent agenda 40:48
    • A staff member said a hand-carried item was needed to accept the cybersecurity grant tokens, and a motion was made to add it as agenda item U. 41:24
    • A motion was made to accept consent agenda items A through U. 41:36
  9. Convention attendance 41:49
    • Under old business, the presiding speaker listed those attending the NISBA convention in Buffalo. 41:49
  10. Board resignation and filling the seat 41:49
    • The presiding speaker proposed soliciting letters of interest from the community, and another speaker suggested using the 3 questions from last time as prompts. 41:49
    • A motion was made to accept a board member's resignation as of July 22nd, 2026. 42:15
    • Speakers agreed on a letter deadline of Friday, September 11th, with deliberation at the September 15th meeting. 43:51
  11. Board discussion 44:42
    • A speaker described attending a junior high school art club fundraiser. 44:59
    • A speaker asked when school supply lists would be available, and another speaker said the elementary and junior high lists are on the website. 45:47
  12. Upcoming dates and closing 46:36
    • Upcoming meetings were read, including a Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, August 25th, 2026, and another on Tuesday, September 15th, 2026. 46:36
    • A September policy meeting was to be added to the schedule. 47:44
    • A motion was made to enter executive session at 6:41 PM, with no further business to follow. 47:50

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Video: posted by the district as “Hudson City School District: 8/11/2026 Board of Education Meeting”