Yorktown Central School District

This document outlines the Yorktown Central School District's vision, mission, and core beliefs. The vision focuses on cultivating empathy, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, and authentic inquiry to develop students capable of influencing positive change globally. The mission is to provide a comprehensive learning experience emphasizing the education of the whole child, fostering competence, compassion, global consciousness, personal responsibility, healthy lifestyles, moral conscience, self-respect, creativity, and appreciation for the arts. Core beliefs include educating well-rounded citizens, maintaining a safe and welcoming environment, promoting personal accountability, instilling a lifelong love of learning, fostering community partnerships, and embracing diversity.

The Board of Education hosted a candidate forum where individuals running for positions on the board introduced themselves, shared their backgrounds, and discussed their perspectives on educational philosophy. The event addressed challenges students face in the post-pandemic era, including academic performance and the need for enhanced social-emotional and mental health support. Candidates also discussed the importance of transparency, community involvement, and ensuring that school security remains a priority for the district.

This document provides a capital project update for the Yorktown School District, outlining a bond referendum to address critical facility needs and improvements across all schools. The key focus areas include kindergarten and third-grade classroom additions at elementary schools (Brookside, Mohansic, Crompond), renovation of art, music, home careers, and science labs at middle and high schools, and upgrades to athletic fields. The project aims to accommodate enrollment growth, enhance learning environments, improve accessibility, and maintain fiscal responsibility with Proposition One designed to have no additional tax impact, ensuring high-quality education and modern facilities for the community.

The meeting includes reports from the Superintendent and various board committees, including Audit, Educational Vision, Facilities, Fiscal, and Policy. Action items involve approving the Treasurer's report, claims audit reports, and the extra classroom report. The Board will authorize the destruction of unused ballots from previous district elections. Policy actions include the first reading, adoption, and rescission of various district policies. Personnel and business matters include the approval of student overnight trips, acceptance of an external single audit report, budget transfers, and an increase to the grant-in-aid budget. Curriculum and special education items cover professional improvement program proposals and instructional services agreements for special education students. Finally, the Board will formally accept donations from the PTA.

The board meeting agenda included several key topics such as the acceptance of various gifts, grants, and donations for Yorktown High School and other district facilities. Discussions covered the Superintendent's updates, including aeronautics recognition and a presentation on wellness and food services. Various board committees provided reports. Action items involved the approval of financial reports, the adoption of new district policies, the appointment of a school safety team, and amendments to snow removal services. Additionally, the board addressed instructional service agreements for special education placements and authorized budget transfers related to IT asset leases.