Jacqueline Lawson

This School Comprehensive Education Plan for Frank J. Carasiti Elementary School outlines a strategic roadmap focused on enhancing high-quality teaching and learning through cognitively demanding tasks and fostering student perseverance. Key priorities include strengthening instructional practices via structured teacher learning, collaborative time, and expert engagement. The plan also emphasizes schoolwide core structures for rigorous, standards-aligned instruction, systematic student support and well-being, and proactive attendance management to ensure every student thrives.

The School Comprehensive Education Plan for Joseph A. Edgar Intermediate School for the 2026-27 academic year aims to enhance teaching and learning quality. It focuses on engaging students in cognitively demanding tasks that require reasoning, sense-making, and problem-solving. The plan outlines strategies for teacher learning, including collaborative time and expert support. It also establishes schoolwide core structures for rigorous, standards-aligned instruction, comprehensive student support to ensure every student thrives, and proactive attendance monitoring, with the goal of improving student outcomes and ensuring equitable access.

This District Comprehensive Improvement Plan outlines a strategic roadmap focused on enhancing high-quality Tier 1 instruction, reinforcing district-level support structures, addressing identified inequities, and improving student attendance. Key focus areas include defining expectations for instruction, strengthening teacher learning, fostering rigorous standards-aligned instruction, ensuring all students thrive, and implementing responsive attendance frameworks. The plan specifically targets addressing staffing and enrollment/participation inequities to promote equitable opportunities and student success.

The board meeting agenda includes the Superintendent's report and the review of financial reports, budget transfers, and internal claims. Several donations were presented for acceptance, including music and project-specific scholarships and PTA contributions. Business items include the declaration of surplus equipment and textbooks, the awarding of bids for the upcoming academic year, HVAC contract change orders, and the renewal of service agreements. The board will also address the authorization of data privacy agreements, the revision of tax levies, and participation in cooperative bidding. Additionally, the session includes the review and first reading of board policy, multiple employment agreements with the Teachers' Association, the appointment of an impartial hearing officer, modifications to specific administrative employment agreements, and various personnel matters.

The board discussed and took action on several items including the acceptance of various donations to support school programs, surplus equipment disposal, and the awarding of bids and RFP contracts for educational, behavioral, and related services for the upcoming fiscal year. The board also reviewed and approved contract extensions for various vendors, health service agreements with other school districts, and student instructional service contracts. Additionally, the board passed resolutions for State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) compliance regarding the legalization of existing trailers at district facilities and authorized agreements with the local teachers' association regarding staff assignments and compensation. Personnel changes were approved, including tenure grants and new appointments. The meeting also featured student recognition for academic and extracurricular achievements, honored retiring employees, and concluded with the acceptance of the budget vote, capital reserve fund vote, and trustee election results.