8-12-2025 Agenda

August 12, 2025

Edwards-Knox Central School
Board of Education
Regular Meeting
August 12, 2025
Partial Agenda

I.     Call to order by Chairman

II.    Summer Feeding Update & Public Participation

III.   Reports/ Administrative & Board Member Discussion

 V.   Consent Agenda             Board Action

  a.  Approval of Minutes      7/15/2025

  b.  Payments of Warrants  7/23/25  8/6/25  

  c.  Claims Auditor Rpts.      7/23/25  8/6/25

  d.  Budget Status Rpts.

       Budget Revenue Rpts.

       Budget Transfer Rpts.              

  e.  Tax Roll & Levy

   f.  2025-2027 AIS/RTI Intervention Plan

  g.  2025/2026 Professional Learning Plan

  h.  First Read Policies:

#6211- Employment of Relatives of Board Members

#6160-Professional Growth/Staff Development

#6212-Certification and Qualifications

  #6213-Registration and Professional Learning

   #6215-Probation and Tenure

   #6170-Fingerprinting Clearance of New Hires

  #6120-Equal Employment Opportunity

   #6130-Evaluation of Personnel

#5673-Employee Personal Identifying Information

  #6122- Employee Grievances

  #6121-Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

   #6150-Alcohol, Tobacco, Drugs, and Other Substances (Staff)

  #6140-Employee Medical Examinations

  #8350-Use of Copyrighted Materials

#8330-Objection to Instructional and Library Materials and Controversial Issues

#8320-Textbooks, Library Materials, and Other Instructional Materials

#8340-Instructional Materials and Nonpublic School Students Textbooks

#8360-Religious Expression in the Instructional Program

#5731-Idling School Buses on School Grounds

#7340-Bus Rules

   i.  2025/2026 Handbooks:

Extracurricular Handbook

Coaching Handbook

Elementary Handbook

High School Handbook

Code of Conduct-Full

Code of Conduct-Summary

Faculty Handbook

   j.  2025/2026 Capital Outlay Bid Reject & Award

  k.  Resignation

   l.  Appointments:

APPR Evaluators

FTE School Social Worker

PT Long Term Substitute

2025/2026 Substitutes

Foster Care Point of Contact

VII.  Executive Session

   VIII. Benefits Agrmnts.

1. Transportation Supervisor
2. Head Building Maintenance Worker
3. Senior Account Clerk
4. Secretary to Superintendent/District Clerk
5. Superintendent of Schools Amendment

      IX.  New Business-Board Discussion

1. Review Board Goals
2. NYSSBA Superintendent Evaluation Tool

       X.  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.