Edwards-Knox Central School
Board of Education
Organizational Meeting
July 14, 2026
Partial Agenda
I. Call to order by Chairman Board Action
II. Oath of Allegiance (Newly Elected Board of Education Members)
III. Election of Officers:
President Board Action
Vice-President Board Action
IV. Oath of Allegiance (P, V-P)
V. Public Participation
VI. Consent Agenda Board Action
a. District Appointments:
- BOE Clerk
- District Treasurer
- Deputy District Treasurer
- Purchasing Agent
- Deputy Purchasing Agent
- Tax Collector
- Attendance Officer
- Chief Emergency Officer
- Designated Education Official
- School Pesticide Representative
- Chemical Hygiene Officer
- Chief Financial Officer (Board President)
- Reviewing Official (Child Nutrition Program)
- Hearing Official (Child Nutrition Program)
- Official Newspaper
- Official Depository
- Check Signer
- Alternate Check Signer
- Monthly Meeting Dates
- School Attorney
- Extracurricular Treasurer
- Extracurricular Accounts Advisor
- School External Auditor Firm
- School Claims Auditor
- School Lunch Signer
- Record Management Officer
- Record Access Officer
- Data Privacy Officer
- LEA AHERA Designee
- Payroll Officer
- Compliance Officer
- Health Insurance Liaison
- NYSSBA Voting Delegates/Advocacy Liaisons
- Legislative Liaison
- CSE Chairperson
- Title II Coordinator
- Title VI Coordinator
- Title IX Coordinator
- Screening Committee
- CSE Committee
- Policy Committee
- School Physician
- District Appeals Officer
- DASA Coordinator
- McKinney-Vento Coordinator
- Homeschool Liaison
- Foster Care Point of Contact
- Neglected/Delinquent Transition Liaison
- Driver’s Education Instructor
- Audit Committee
- Policy Committee
- Visitation Committee
- District Labor Relations Committees
- District Negotiations Committees
- Community Schools Agreement
- Community Schools Site Coordinator
- Rural Schools Association Membership
- NYSSBA Membership
b. Oath of Allegiance (Supt., Clerk, Treasurer’s, Attendance Officer) (Tax Collector & Internal Claims Auditor)
c. Authorizations:
- Establishment of Petty Cash Funds
- Payment of Utilities, Insurance & Mailings
- Borrowing, Investing & Accepting Funds
- Budget Transfers
- Tuition Rate
- Mileage Rate
- Substitute Pay Rates
- In-House Professional Development
- After School Programming
- Professional Development
- Personnel Employment
- BOCES Contracts
- Professional Services
- Grants in Aid
d. Business:
- Approval of Minutes 6/16/26
- Payment of Warrants 6/24/26 6/30/26
- Claims Auditor Reports 6/24/26 6/30/26
- Extracurricular Qrtly Report
- BOCES Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
- Workers Comp./Medical Plan Delegates
- Building Level & District Level Safety Plan
- Building Level & District Level Safety Plan Summary
- Donation Acceptance
- Obsolete Books
- NYSSBA Area 6 Director Nomination
- Special Education District Plan
- Athletic Merger
- SuperEval
- CSE/CPSE Reports
e. Personnel/Appointments, Designations & Resignations: Board Action
- Lifeguards
- FMLA
- Long Term Substitutes
- Summer Program Staff
- Assistant Coach
- Resignation
VII. Reports/Administrative & Board Member Discussion
VIII. Other
IX. 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.