Menu

South Country Central School District board meeting, Sep 16, 2026

1 h 24 min · 5 public speakers

Budget cuts and layoffs ▶ 20:14Safety, weapons and police ▶ 3:23

This board doesn’t post agenda times. Click a board member to jump to where they first speak; we list only members whose voice our check named. Video length 1 h 24 min.

  1. Who spoke · first speaks at
What happened

What happened at this meeting

South Country board votes 5 to 1 after one board member says they will vote no 1:22:49

  • Speakers at public comment raised school security staffing, metal detectors, the superintendent search and elementary school staffing and supplies. 20:14
  • The board unanimously tabled the tentative June 2026 treasurer's report after a district staff member said the auditors and the comptroller were still working to certify the deficit. 1:03:05
  • The board voted 5 to 1 after one board member said they would be voting no on item 7, a corrective action plan. 1:20:51

Until Nov 4, lines where a board member takes a side don't name the member. Why →

Item by item (11)
  1. Opening and consent agenda 0:00
    • Linda L. Brown led the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:44
    • The chair introduced a student appointed as an ex officio member who will attend board meetings and share student views. 2:33
    • The board approved consent items C1 through C7, unanimous for those present. 1:42
  2. Superintendent's report 3:10
    • The superintendent thanked district staff and said lessons were taught and the high school held a presentation for 9/11. 3:23
    • The superintendent said the superintendent had met with faculty at the high school and would go to each school to listen. 3:23
    • The superintendent said the community had suffered under what the superintendent believed was the worst fiscal mismanagement in New York State public school history. 3:56
  3. Trustee and committee reports 11:03
    • The chair said several committees could still use people and asked those interested to contact the superintendent's office. 11:03
    • The chair asked residents to raise concerns with teachers or the superintendent rather than rely on rumors. 11:03
    • A speaker said the district has a zero tolerance policy that the superintendent intends to enforce. 14:13
  4. Public comment 14:13
    • In response to a question on the superintendent search, the chair said 8 people applied and the pool was reduced to 2, and that BOCES was assisting at no cost to the district. 17:00
    • The chair said metal detectors cost another district in excess of $1 million and the district started the year $1.8 million in the red, and that the district conducts random bag checks. 20:14
    • Speakers at public comment raised security staffing in elementary schools, copy allotments, the dual language program and unanswered emails, and the superintendent said the questions would be answered line by line. 37:34
  5. Capital projects status 55:29
    • A district staff member said the new tank at South Haven was complete and awaiting a permit, and the Brookhaven oil tank bid would be awarded at the October 21st meeting. 55:45
    • The staff member said high school gym windows would ship October 5th and auditorium repairs under warranty would be pushed to the end of November. 55:45
    • The chair asked that the facilities staff member attend future meetings and said the track was over $300,000 from its original budget. 59:18
  6. Updated meeting schedule 1:00:39
    • A district staff member said the budget adoption date was moved up to April 7th because of the attorney timeline. 1:01:45
  7. Tentative June treasurer's report 1:02:49
    • A district staff member said the June report was preliminary while auditors worked through 3 years of fiscal crisis to certify the deficit. 1:03:05
    • The chair said the report was a work in progress and not something the board would accept. 1:05:59
    • The board voted unanimously to table the June 2026 report. 1:06:32
  8. August treasurer's and capital reports 1:06:32
    • The chair asked how August numbers could be verified without a completed June report, and a district staff member said an answer would come at the next meeting. 1:06:32
    • A district staff member said the district had $24.2 million in total capital projects, had expended $17.4 and had $6.8 to go. 1:13:10
    • The chair asked that the capital report be clearer about whether funds came from bonds or the capital reserve. 1:17:46
  9. Curriculum and personnel items 1:19:14
    • The board took up curriculum items in schedules G1 through G2 and personnel items in schedules H1 through H8. 1:19:14
  10. Business consent agenda 1:20:23
    • Linda L. Brown said item 7 would approve a corrective action plan in response to a state comptroller review while the board had not received its treasurer's report in a timely fashion. 1:20:51
    • One board member said the item should be tabled and that they would be voting no. ~1:22:49
  11. Adjournment 1:23:27
    • The chair called for a motion to adjourn. 1:23:27

Written by software from the meeting's transcript and checked sentence by sentence against it.

Other meetings

Other meetings of this board

Video: posted by the district as “SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING 09/16/2026 PART 2”