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Marion Central School District board meeting, Jun 2, 2026

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What happened at this meeting

Marion board approves soil testing bid, hears plan to tear down building section 41:35

  • A district administrator presented plans to start Unified Sports basketball next spring, share an athletic director with Gananda, phase out German and end international travel after next year's trips. 17:49
  • The board approved a resolution on bank account and credit card signatories and a soil testing bid for a capital project. 40:41
  • A district staff member said the capital project plan calls for tearing the exterior walls and roof down to the concrete slab, which would displace band and music programs for 2 years. 45:34
Item by item (15)
  1. Opening and agenda changes 7:21
    • The meeting was called to order at 6:01 and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. 7:21
    • A speaker said a contract with the district's speech pathologist was added as item 17 under consent, and board meeting dates were also added. 8:01
    • The agenda motion passed. 8:35
  2. Reorganization meeting date 9:04
    • The chair said it had been proposed that the board hold its reorganization meeting the first Tuesday in July, and asked whether Tuesday the 7th worked. 9:04
    • One speaker said they would need to join by Zoom, and the group discussed signing oaths that day. 9:26
    • The chair said the motion passed tentatively. 11:03
  3. Board self-evaluation review 11:03
    • The chair asked board members to pick a date for the board's self-evaluation review and then said it would be moved to the next meeting. 11:03
    • The chair said the review would cover how the board did and what it wanted to improve on. 12:13
  4. Proposed meeting calendar for next year 12:13
    • A staff member said one idea was to hold 2 meetings in February and one in March because a second March meeting would fall during spring break. 13:15
    • Speakers said they would keep the November and December meetings on Tuesdays. 14:41
    • A speaker said the calendar would be approved at the reorganization meeting. 15:38
  5. Board member reports 15:44
    • During board reports, a speaker said they had attended a band and choir competition and sat in on Senior Seminar panels. 15:44
  6. Unified Sports and athletic director 16:39
    • A district administrator said the district would like to start Unified basketball next spring and that Special Olympics provides monetary support and training for new teams. 17:49
    • The administrator said the district is looking to share an athletic director with Gananda, splitting costs so that the two schools together would have a 1.0 position. 19:51
    • Asked who would own the position, the administrator said it would be a current Gananda employee. 21:06
  7. Fall sports mergers 21:52
    • The administrator said girls volleyball would be the non-merged team, with merged teams in cross country, golf, soccer, girls swimming and football. 21:52
    • A speaker asked how the district would ensure students get fair play time, and the administrator said the district is trying to have coaches from both schools on merged teams. 24:16
  8. Distance learning, German and international travel 25:18
    • The administrator said other districts have shown interest in 8 Marion distance learning courses. 26:00
    • The administrator said German 7 would not be offered in 26⁠-⁠27 as the district begins to phase out German, and the district is looking to end international travel after next year's trips because of liability. 27:35
    • Asked about the German change, the administrator said the district did not think it would be able to find another certified German teacher. 29:21
  9. Microplastics research field day 34:56
    • The administrator said 8th graders and advanced biology seniors did microplastics research at Lake Ontario with the University of Rochester. 34:56
  10. Student report 36:42
    • A student report covered Special Olympics, senior exit projects, the Seal of Biliteracy, athletics results and upcoming graduation. 37:01
  11. Financial report 39:17
    • A staff member said revenues rose because the district received $120,000 for AgriPath from BOCES. 39:17
    • The staff member said a $160,000 bill from BT BOCES was not really budgeted and the changes came out close to a wash. 39:17
    • The motion to approve the financial report passed. 40:36
  12. Bank account and credit card signatories 40:41
    • The staff member said a person was still on all of the district's accounts and asked the board to pass the same resolution as last time to add another person. 40:41
    • The motion passed. ~41:27
  13. Soil testing bid for capital project 41:35
    • The staff member said soil testing is needed before removing an unused below ground diesel fuel tank, and 3 bids were received. 41:35
    • The motion passed. ~43:03
  14. State budget update 43:05
    • The staff member said the zero emission bus mandate was pushed back 5 years, moving dates from 2027 to 2032 and from 2035 to 2040. 43:05
    • The staff member said foundation aid would rise a minimum of 2% rather than the 1% budgeted, giving the district an extra $94,000, give or take. 43:48
    • The staff member said districts must provide UPK for all students starting in the '28-'29 school year, with funding of $10,000 per child. 44:01
  15. Capital project construction plan 45:34
    • The staff member said the plan is to tear the exterior walls and roof down to the concrete slab in phases, displacing band and music programs for 2 years. 46:12
    • The staff member said the project is slated to start a year from now and next year's musical would not be affected, but the 2 after that would be. 47:29
    • The staff member said less than 10% of the exterior wall would be left. 49:12

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Video: posted by the district as “Board of Education Meeting 6/2/26”