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Menands Union Free School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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Menands school board adopts district-wide safety plan and sets 2026⁠-⁠27 tax rate 1:11:28

  • A presenter from CSArch told the board that base bids on the four prime contracts for the building project totaled $5,586,600 and that the next steps are awarding the contracts. 8:26
  • A district staff member walked the board through updates to the strategic plan, which moves from 4 to 5 goals with family and community partnerships as a standalone goal. 22:21
  • A district staff member reported a projected fund balance of $4.2 million and recommended increasing the tax certiorari reserve by $85,473 and the repair reserve by $300,000. 57:01
  • The board approved the tax rate, the pre-kindergarten program plan, the amended district-wide safety plan and several business and personnel resolutions. 1:12:43
Item by item (14)
  1. Public hearing on district-wide safety plan 0:03
    • A district staff member said the district-wide safety plan had been on the website and open for public comment for 30 days and that no public comment had been received. 0:03
    • A speaker asked whether training on the AED machine is reviewed annually, and the staff member said the school nurse holds a training at the start of each school year covering CPR, the AED machine and EpiPens. 4:00
    • A speaker asked whether the board could adopt the plan that night, noting corrections to a misspelled name and a change from K through 8 to pre-K through 8. 4:45
  2. Opening, roll call and pledge 6:22
    • The regular meeting was called to order at 6:40, followed by roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance. 6:22
    • The board considered the minutes of the July 7th, 2026 reorganizational meeting and the July 7th, 2026 regular meeting. 7:42
    • The motion to accept the minutes carried. 7:55
  3. Building project bid update 8:02
    • A presenter from CSArch said the district received bids on 4 prime contracts and that the base bids totaled $5,586,600. 8:02
    • The presenter said the bids with alternates totaled $6,009,600, and excluding the added windows came to $5,789,000, a delta of $396,600 or 7% over the pre-referendum budget of $5.3 million. 8:26
    • The presenter said the project carried a 10% contingency that might be managed at 5.5% or 6%, and that the next steps are awarding the contracts. 8:26
  4. Strategic plan update 22:21
    • A district staff member presented a revised mission, vision and goals and said the plan moves from 4 to 5 goals, with family and community partnerships as its own goal. 22:21
    • A speaker asked whether readers would be able to find an outline of the portrait of a graduate, and the staff member said an image would be inserted into the printed plan and could be linked on the website. 45:21
    • A speaker suggested adding work on helping middle school students take responsibility for their own grades under the academic excellence goal. 47:28
  5. Preliminary fund balance 52:26
    • A district staff member said the district started with $3.7 million, added $12,937,000 and subtracted $12,425,000, for a total fund balance of $4.2 million. 56:53
    • The staff member recommended increasing the tax certiorari reserve by $85,473 to a total of $200,000 and increasing the repair reserve by $300,000. 58:02
    • Asked about potential exposure from an assessment challenge, the staff member said total exposure is about $282,000. 1:03:40
  6. Financial reports for information 1:05:39
    • The board reviewed the June 2026 warrants, the appropriation status report, the revenue status report and budget transfers under $10,000. 1:05:39
    • A speaker asked why basic formula revenue earned of $1.98 million was lower than the budgeted $2.84 million, and a staff member said the budgeted figure was all of the aid. 1:06:25
  7. Tax rate 1:11:10
    • The resolution called for the board to fix the equalized tax rates for the 2026⁠-⁠27 tax bills. 1:11:28
    • A speaker said the rate was lower than the projected increase. 1:12:09
    • The motion carried. ~1:12:43
  8. Business action items 1:12:43
    • The board considered resolutions on the treasurer's report for June 2026, budget transfers over $10,000 and contracts for the 26⁠-⁠27 school year. 1:13:32
    • The motions on the treasurer's report, the budget transfers over $10,000 and the contracts carried. 1:12:55
  9. Pre-kindergarten program plan 1:14:22
    • The resolution called for adopting the 2026⁠-⁠2027 pre-kindergarten program plan. 1:14:33
    • The motion carried. ~1:14:51
  10. District-wide safety plan adoption 1:14:51
    • The resolution called for adopting the 26⁠-⁠27 district-wide safety plan. 1:15:02
    • A speaker said the vote was on the plan as amended with the corrected name spelling and the change to pre-K to 8. 1:15:10
    • The motion carried. ~1:15:30
  11. Personnel and special education recommendations 1:15:30
    • The board considered a resignation effective July 31st, 2026, which a staff member said was from an evening cleaner. 1:15:43
    • The board also considered the personnel agenda, staff mentors for the 2026⁠-⁠2027 school year and CSE-CPSE recommendations. 1:16:28
    • Each motion carried. ~1:15:57
  12. Administrative updates 1:17:21
    • The superintendent described summer learning programs, including extended school year, Tiger Learning Lab and STEM camps, and noted a second board meeting on Monday, August 24th. 1:17:29
    • A district staff member said the audit is pretty much complete and that every floor in the building will have been chemically stripped and given 5 coats of wax. 1:22:13
  13. Board miscellaneous items 1:31:33
    • A speaker asked about after-dusk use of school grounds, and a staff member said the grounds technically shut down around dusk but families are usually allowed to stay if not causing trouble. 1:31:56
    • A speaker asked whether the state had responded to a letter sent with the village seeking a speed school zone, and a staff member said nothing had been heard. 1:34:27
    • A speaker noted the village community night on August 19th. 1:35:26
  14. Adjournment and executive session 1:35:55
    • The board adjourned the public meeting and moved to enter executive session. 1:35:55
    • The board adjourned and entered executive session. 1:36:52

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Video: posted by the district as “Board of Education Meeting - August 10, 2026”