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Owego-Apalachin Central School District board meeting, Aug 24, 2026

19 min · 0 public speakers

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Owego-Apalachin board hears pool cleaning update; first day of school set for Sept. 9 8:59

  • A speaker said the district pool was still being cleaned after soot was found on the ceiling and that students could return to the pool in a couple of weeks. 8:59
  • The board discussed a new solar pilot, which a speaker said was 15 years, and a speaker said the district technically did not have a say in it. 14:22
Item by item (10)
  1. Opening, agenda and minutes 3:00
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. 3:00
    • A motion was made to approve the minutes from the August 3rd, 2016 meeting, followed by a roll call. 3:42
  2. Personnel items for action 4:13
    • A speaker asked whether a long-term substitute listed without a certification was a teacher, and a speaker said the person had a teaching assistant certificate. 4:24
    • A speaker said the long-term positions at OES and AES were both 4th grade and the OAMS one was 5th grade. 5:31
    • A speaker asked about the pay rate for an LPN program, and a speaker said the information would need to be looked up. 6:06
  3. Finance items for action 6:53
    • A motion was made on finance items under item 5, followed by a roll call. 6:53
  4. Items 6.1 and 6.2 7:19
    • A motion was made on items 6.1 and 6.2, followed by a roll call. 7:19
  5. Board committee meetings 7:49
    • A speaker asked members to reach out and set up meetings with their committees and report back to the board. 7:49
    • A speaker said they were on the budget committee. ~8:14
  6. Pool, school opening and campus map 8:59
    • A speaker said air testing at the pool came back good but soot was found on the ceiling, and that students were practicing at Tyoga in the meantime. 8:59
    • A speaker said opening day with staff was scheduled for September 8th and the first day of school with students for September 9th. 10:05
    • A speaker said a campus map with parking arrangements would be shared on the website and with visiting teams within the next couple of days. 10:48
  7. Tax rates and campus trees 11:42
    • A speaker said tax rates for all towns had gone down. 11:42
    • A speaker said about 14 or 15 trees were taken down, many of which were near the end of their life expectancy, and that more would be planted along the sidewalk. 12:17
    • A speaker said more trees would go back in along the back side of the project, where the sidewalk will come through. 12:34
  8. Solar pilot discussion 13:16
    • A speaker asked for a copy of the tax rates and suggested reminding taxpayers of the results, and a speaker said that could be included in the fall newsletter. 13:16
    • A speaker described the item as one of many solar pilots seen over the past 10 years and said the company would pay a rate instead of going on the rolls. 14:22
    • A speaker said the new pilot was 15 years, and a speaker said an earlier one was 25 years total. 16:34
  9. Motion on item 10.1 17:08
    • A speaker said a motion was needed only on item 10.1, followed by a roll call. 17:15
  10. Calendar, public comment and executive session 17:48
    • A speaker said an error on next year's calendar would be corrected and sent out again. 17:50
    • No one spoke at public comment. ~18:09
    • A motion was called for a brief executive session. 18:25

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Video: posted by the district as “OACSD Board of Education Regular Meeting (8/24/26 at 6pm)”