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Tri-Valley Central School District board meeting, Sep 10, 2026

1 h 22 min · 0 public speakers

Chronic absenteeism ▶ 13:59Phones in school ▶ 15:08Reading and test scores ▶ 7:59

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Tri-Valley board approves consent agenda, warrant payment and school safety plan 41:10

  • A district staff member described start-of-year staff training, including cybersecurity, referral writing, de-escalation, and DASA and workplace violence training. 5:20
  • The board approved the consent agenda minus item 9A unanimously, then approved 9A, payment of $96,001.80 for warrant number 5, unanimously. 41:10
  • The board approved the school safety plan unanimously. 45:29
  • During board comments, George Dean asked about holding a board meeting on the 24th and returning to 2 meetings a month. 53:35
Item by item (8)
  1. Opening and agenda preliminaries 3:33
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. 3:33
    • The chair said there was no correspondence and no one appeared to have signed up for public comment on agenda items. 4:03
  2. Administrator start-of-year presentations 4:30
    • A staff member described Superintendents Conference training, including cybersecurity, de-escalation and the launch of year 2 PLCs. 5:20
    • A staff member said state results were just delivered and the iReady window opens Monday, with results going home to parents in the next couple weeks. 8:22
    • A staff member said intervention team meetings went from about 23 students to monitoring 49 students' progress by the end of last school year. 10:26
  3. Superintendent's report 22:25
    • The superintendent said the director of facilities will be invited to the next board meeting to share updates on operations, maintenance, safety priorities and long-term planning. 23:16
    • The superintendent said work over the past 2 weeks focused on the Tri-Valley Entry Plan and included meetings with trustees and union leaders. 24:32
    • The superintendent announced two district recipients of Sullivan County School Boards Association awards, to be honored on October 5th. 25:44
  4. Consent agenda and warrant 39:24
    • Item 9A was pulled from the consent agenda for a question. 40:12
    • George Dean asked who would receive $300 in annual training from the State of New York Police Juvenile Officers Association. 41:38
    • A speaker said the training was believed to be for staff but would need to confirm. 42:00
    • The consent agenda minus 9A passed unanimously, and 9A, payment of $96,001.80 for warrant number 5, carried unanimously. 41:10
  5. Board committee reports 42:38
    • A policy committee speaker said the committee reviewed policies that will be sent to the attorney. 43:22
    • A staff member said the board had about 15 to 17 policies to review and prioritized those with required updates. 43:58
  6. School safety plan 44:54
    • The board took up the safety plan as an action item under new business. 44:54
    • The school safety plan passed unanimously. 45:29
  7. Board comment session 45:29
    • George Dean asked about the status of the parking lot, and a district staff member said the parking lot and retaining wall are priorities and suggested considering a facilities committee. 50:20
    • Nicole Burkey asked where profits from a coffee program go, and a district staff member said the program would be paused to better understand how it works financially. 59:18
    • Keri-Ann Poley asked about the middle school play date and asked whether the district calendar wording could be changed. 1:01:11
  8. District anniversary recognition 1:07:36
    • George Dean asked whether the district would do anything for 75 years of Tri-Valley. 1:07:36
    • A speaker suggested verifying the date and forming a committee to plan an event, with discussion at the next board meeting. 1:09:15

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