October 7, 2025
Edwards-Knox Central School
Board of Education
Regular Meeting
October 7, 2025
Partial Agenda
I. Call to order by Chairman
II. Public Participation
III. Reports/Administrative & Board Member Discussion
IV. Consent Agenda Board Action
a. Approval of Minutes 9/9/2025
b. Payment of Warrants 9/17/2025
c. Claims Auditor Rpts. 9/17/2025
d. Treasurer’s Rpts. 7/31/2025 8/31/2025
e. Budget Status and Budget Transfer Rpts.
g. 2025/26 Comprehensive School Counseling and Guidance Plan
h. 2025/26 Elementary School Counseling Plan
i. Donations
j. Fire Inspection Rpt./Field House
k. Obsolete Items
l. First Read Policies:
1110– School District and Board of Education Legal Status and
Authority
1120– Board of Education: Qualification, Numbers and Terms of Office
1220– Reporting of Expenditures and Contributions
1230– Resignations and Vacancies on the Board
1310– Powers and Duties of the Board
1320– Nomination and Election of Board Officers and Duties of the
President and Vice President
1330– Appointments and Designations by the Board
1332– Duties of the District Treasurer
1334– Duties of the External (Independent) Auditor
1335– Appointment and Duties of the Claims Auditor
1336– Duties of the Extraclassroom Activity Fund Central Treasurer
and Faculty Auditor
1339– Duties of the Internal Auditor
1410– Policy and Administrative Regulations
1510– Regular Board Meetings and Rules (Quorum and Parliamentary
Procedure)
1520– Special Meeting of the Board
1540– Executive Sessions
2330– Compensation and Expenses
2340– Board Self-Evaluation
2110– Orienting and Training Board Members
6420– Employee personnel Records and Release of Information
5130– Budget Adoption
5120– School District Budget Hearing
5110– Budget Planning and Development
6562– Employment of Retired Persons
6560– Determination of Employment Status: Employee or
Independent Contractor
6552– Military Leaves of Absence
6550– Leaves of Absence
6450– Theft of Services or Property
6430– Employee Political Activities
6320– Supplementary School Personnel
6310– Appointment-Support Staff
6220– Temporary Personnel
6217– Professional Staff: Separation
6216– Disciplining a Tenured Teacher or Certified Personnel
6214– Incidental Teaching
6110– Code of ethics for Board Members and All District Personnel
6540– Defense and Indemnification of Board Members and
Employees
3230– Public Complaints
3110– Media/Municipal Governments/Senior Citizens
1337– Duties of the School Attorney
3510– Emergency School Closings
3520– Extraordinary Circumstances
4110– Administrative personnel
4210– Administrative Organization and Operation
4220– Administrative Authority
4230– District Communities
4240– Evaluation of the Superintendent and other Administrative Staff
4310– Superintendent of Schools
4320– Superintendent-Board Relations
1650– Submission of Questions and Propositions at the Annual
Meeting and Election and Special District Meetings
1530– Minutes
1331– Duties of the District Clerk
1611– Business of the Annual District Election
1610– Annual District Meeting and Election/Budget Vote
1630– Legal Qualifications of Voters at District Meetings
1620– Annual Organizational Meeting
1640– Absentee, Military, and Early Mail Ballots
3430– Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the District
2210– Committees of the Board
m. Second & Final Read Policies:
5670– Records Management
7240– Student Records: Access and Challenge
7260– Designation of Person in Parental Relation
7270– Rights of Non-Custodial Parents
3310– Public Access to Records
3311– Notification of Disclosure of Employee Disciplinary Records
3320– Confidentiality of Computerized Information
7120– Age of Entrance
7130– Entitlement to Attend-Age and Residency
7140– School Census
7241– Student Directory Information
5671– Disposal of Consumer Report Information and Records
n. CSE/CPSE
V. Personnel/Appointments
a. Girls’ Modified Softball Coach
b. Part Time Food Service Helper
c. CSE Committee Parent Member
d. Long Term Substitutes
e. 2025/2026 Substitutes
f. Dispatch
VI. Review Superintendent Goals
VII. New Business-Board Discussion
VIII. Adjournment
Board of Education Goals
- Student Focus: All students will have access to a challenging, fulfilling and effective learning experience aligned to college and career readiness through opportunities that foster creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication and citizenship.
- Health and Safety: The district will support and sustain a safe, nurturing, respectful environment where staff, students and community members are supported emotionally, physically and academically.
- Engaged Community: The Edwards-Knox Central School District will continue to encourage the school community to contribute in the growth and development of our students through open and honest communication and collaborative partnerships.
- Fiscal Responsibility: The district is committed to fiscal stability through transparent budgeting, securing available sources of funding that supports our academic goals and that reflect our community’s values.
Public Participation Protocol During Board Meetings
The Board desires community members of the district to attend its sessions so that they may become better acquainted with the operation and programs of the schools and that the Board may have the opportunity to hear the wishes and ideas of the public.
In order to assure that individuals wishing to appear before the Board may be heard and at the same time conduct its meetings properly and efficiently, the Board has adopted the following procedures and rules pertaining to public participation.
• Individuals wishing to address the Board are asked to sign up in advance of the meeting or prior to the beginning of the meeting, giving their name, address, and topic to be discussed, to the district clerk. Names will be placed on a Speaker’s List and the speakers will be called in the order signed up. Speakers will be limited to five minutes. Open session will not exceed a total of thirty minutes without the Board’s discretion to allow more time.
• The BOE will designate a time-keeper and parliamentarian for each meeting.
• Speakers may offer such objective criticisms of school operations and programs as concern them. In Public session, the Board will not hear complaints of school personnel nor against any person connected with the school system.
• Personal attacks by anyone in attendance at the Board Meeting are unacceptable. Persons engaging in such attacks will be required to leave the Board Meeting immediately.
• It should be noted that Board of Education meetings are open to the public; however, they are not considered public forums. Undue interruptions or other interference with the orderly conduct of Board of Education business cannot be allowed. Only the speaker recognized by the President has the authority to speak.
• The Board vests in its president, or other presiding officer, authority to terminate the remarks of any individual when they do not adhere to the rules established above. The presiding officer may terminate the speaker’s privilege to speak, if, after being called to order, the speaker persists in improper conduct or remarks.