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Utica City School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Part 2 · 54 min

Utica school board adopts superintendent's report, approves one pulled item 5⁠-⁠1 52:58

  • A presenter from ICAN reported on the organization's student support services in the district, including 944 de-escalations and crisis interventions and about 41% of students no longer needing Tier 2 supports. 16:18
  • A speaker asked whether suspended students who are homebound receive services like those in the Raiders Academy, and a staff member said the staff member did not know what the district does in that case. 23:53
  • The board adopted the superintendent's report with amendments and with several items pulled for separate votes. 48:29
Item by item (8)
  1. Call to order and roll call 2:29
    • The meeting was called to order with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a roll call by the clerk. 2:29
    • One board member was listed as having an excused absence. 3:03
  2. Student representative report 6:01
    • A student report described attending a STEM conference and making contacts who could be brought to future career fairs at district schools. 6:12
  3. Public comment 7:33
    • A speaker at public comment raised concerns about violence and student safety in the district's elementary, middle and high schools. 9:17
    • The speaker also said a carpenters union wanted to offer training opportunities to students, citing a CTE building on the MVCC campus. 14:23
    • A speaker responding for the board said the board was interested in that and in curbing youth violence, and that more was needed as a community. 15:10
  4. Presentation from ICANN 15:47
    • The presenter said ICAN has 14 student engagement specialists across the district and made 105 referrals to outside services, with about 41% of students served no longer needing Tier 2 supports. 16:18
    • A presenter said about 51 students were enrolled in the Raiders Academy of Learning last year, which the presenter described as the alternatives to suspension program. 22:52
    • Howard Potter asked how the number of students the program can take after school had increased, and the presenter said the RED program keeps 10 students for every 1 staff member and caps daily enrollment based on the number of staff. 32:11
  5. Employee group reports 39:31
    • The UTA president said teachers return Monday, August 31st, students start September 2nd, and the union's contract expired June 30th. 39:57
    • The SEIUTA chair said a job fair is set for August 18th and that all TAs in the district are now reclassified as special education TAs. 41:53
    • A district staff member said there was zero need for additional TAs for existing special education classrooms, though new classrooms still need staffing. 44:15
  6. Superintendent's report 45:26
    • A staff member amended start dates on items on pages 40 and 44 of the report. 45:34
    • The motion to adopt the report with the pulled items and amendments carried. 48:29
  7. Votes on pulled items 49:02
    • The board voted separately on items S60, S62 and S64. 49:15
    • Discussion of an item covered building placements for modified cross-country coaches, with one person going to Donovan and a previous person to be amended to JFK, and a staff member said that change would be made at the next meeting. 51:30
    • Each pulled item carried, and the item on page 40 was approved 5⁠-⁠1. 52:58
  8. Executive session 52:55
    • The board considered a motion to go into executive session on employment history of particular people and negotiations. 52:55
    • The motion to enter executive session carried. 52:55

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

Who spoke

Who spoke

Howard PotterBoard member

Video: posted by the district as “08/11/2026 BOE Regular Meeting 2”