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Owego-Apalachin Central School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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School board approves finance items after questions on encumbered budget funds 7:16

  • During discussion of a tentative agreement with an administrators association, a speaker suggested tabling the item. 4:46
  • During discussion of finance items for action, a speaker asked about encumbered and available funds, and a staff member said the encumbered amount is what the district expects to spend through June 30th, 2027. 6:56
  • A speaker gave a presentation on career development and Holland Codes, an interest profile model with six categories. 13:22
  • A staff member said backup material on the proposal would be sent out and attached for its acceptance. 46:18
Item by item (12)
  1. Opening and agenda 2:22
    • The meeting was called to order with the Pledge of Allegiance. 2:22
    • The board took up a motion to adopt the agenda and then took up approval of the minutes. 2:50
    • The motion to adopt the agenda carried. 3:10
  2. Personnel consent agenda 3:46
    • A staff member asked what athletic managers do, and another staff member said they manage and help supervise events. 4:01
  3. Administrators association tentative agreement 4:46
    • A speaker asked whether the agreement before the board matched earlier discussions about professional development. 5:04
    • A staff member read that the agreement increases the district's contribution to the 403 plan from $1,200 to $1,600 per member effective July 1st and eliminates a professional development requirement of 100 hours during a 5-year period. 5:42
    • A speaker said to table the item, and other speakers said that was fine. ~6:28
  4. Finance items 6:56
    • A speaker asked how budget lines such as electric could show a budget of $546,000 with $4,000 available. 7:16
    • A staff member said the expensed amount covers the 3-month period, while the encumbered amount covers the entire year through June 30th. 10:44
    • A staff member said overages would require a budget transfer, and another staff member said extra was built in for fuel rates. 11:19
    • The motion carried. ~12:42
  5. CPSC, CSE and 504 recommendations 12:45
    • The board took up a recommendation that the CPSC, CSE and 504 team recommendations be approved. 12:45
  6. Career development presentation 13:16
    • A speaker said schools had mostly prepared students for college rather than for a career. 14:34
    • The speaker described the Holland Codes and their six categories: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional. 20:12
    • The speaker said the district is using interest profiles and career development strategies with high school students. 31:34
  7. Board committee reports and district study 28:20
    • Linda Gretz reported on a convention in Buffalo and asked board members to save the date for October 14th through the 16th next year. 35:13
    • A staff member said the work would take a lens across the entire district, including special ed programs, operations, staffing and enrollment, as the next 3 to 5 years unfold. 42:51
    • A staff member said the study is aidable, with 80% expected back in aid, and that backup would be attached for the acceptance at the next meeting. 45:39
  8. Proposed district goals 56:30
    • A staff member proposed a draft goal of piloting project-based learning and aligning the district's portrait with the state's Portrait of a Graduate. 56:30
    • The staff member proposed a second goal of increasing communication to all stakeholders, and said a committee would look at communication tools including ParentSquare. 56:30
    • The staff member recognized OES as a model PLC school. 1:01:54
  9. Athletics merger 1:02:36
    • A staff member said the board has approved the merger for a couple of years, that it must be approved every year, and that 2 students participated. 1:02:56
    • A staff member said the merger is mostly promoted regionally to hockey groups. 1:03:17
  10. Rural development grant acceptance 1:05:12
    • A staff member said the grant money totals $1.8 million and the district allocated $1 million of its own funds to the project. 1:05:45
    • The staff member said board approval is needed for the USDA and New York State for the project to move forward, and that it is still in design phase. 1:06:21
    • A staff member said the total project cost is about $2.8 million. 1:07:54
  11. Public comment 1:08:18
    • A speaker at public comment raised how the board communicates with the public, board attendance, audit committee meetings and the administrators contract. 1:08:20
  12. Next meeting and adjournment 1:10:03
    • The next meeting date was given as November 17th and then corrected to the 16th. 1:10:03
    • The board took up a motion to adjourn to executive session. 1:10:21

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