Omar Mayyasi

what concerns they had around use of technology, what success stories they have around technology, and help help guide the committee's recommendation on the next of the what the charge would be for the next committee that we're forming, community adv…

You said everything I was gonna say. Add something. I'm gonna add one thing, is that this is the opportunity for us to have that discussion. Right. Right? So everybody benefited from the same number of discussions around us. So no one board member or…

In terms of comparing the two statements, it's examine student curriculum and examine as an action. Mhmm. True. Well, examine it. Okay. And and then what? Right? I think continue continue to strengthen goes back to board responsibility. And what I re…

Point to for fellow board members about the liaisons. Mhmm. One of the practices we've adopted over the last few years is having somebody has limited time or is interested in more than one thing that there's a primary liaison and a secondary liaison.…

Yeah. Had a question. Because, you know, the average is kind of masked the outliers. Could you guys add to this what the minimum and maximum was for the grades. So if you go back to, like, the earlier slides Yeah. I think we had a kindergarten year o…

So I wanted to add to the conversation that what we had tried to establish as a norm is that we wanted to create minutes and agenda for each meeting so that there's visibility from the community to what the community is working on. And it makes me ne…

Good, Neal. Neal was it. I'll second.

So moved.

Could you talk briefly about the benefit agreements? I don't know if I missed that. Something just in in general. What

>> I guess okay. Uh for me, I think the question is it's like so we're looking at these numbers, but what does it mean? I I I' I'd like to sort of get a sense of like, you know, what meaning we attribute to this as um as like in each building honestl…

>> It would be fair to say that pathway number two is kind of like an ext like there's there's many iterations between pathway number one and pathway number two, right? It's like you're sort of articulating >> uh the most uh strictly compliant scenar…

>> you know, obviously, um, it's been a pleasure to work with both of you, you know, and Sarah. Um, alongside you, with you, um, doing hard work, doing the fun things like graduation. Um, we wish you all the best. Uh, we do hope to see you on that si…

Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Theo Oshiro, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague Not Present at Vote: Omar Mayyasi Action: 1.3 Approval of Agenda RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the agenda as presented. Motion by …

RESOLVED: That the Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, hereby appoints Nicole Macaluso as a 1.0 FTE Science Teacher (Science Tenure Area) at the Croton-Harmon High School, at a salary of $76,868 (MA Step 3). …

Motion by Neal Haber, second by Theo Oshiro. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Theo Oshiro, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague Not Present at Vote: Omar Mayyasi Action (Consent): 7.9 Fixed Asset Disposit…

the stat the the state's the standard. Right. If I understand correctly, we set the steps we need to take to comply with that standard at the right length of time. Mhmm. Getting kindergartners and first graders exposed to this quite frankly. I forget…

So, yeah, I just wanna thank you for for walking us through this. I know it's a very complicated topic and a lot of our questions you answered some of our questions. I do believe that a lot of our questions were still unanswered Yes. On this. And whi…

I agree with that. I was looking at this earlier today, and I jumped out some notes. So just taking a step back, what makes a good policy? Right? It's one where the superintendent administration has the ability to implement it. Right? And it's one wh…

RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the Side Letter of Agreement between the Croton-Harmon UFSD and the Croton Teachers' Association as presented. Motion by Sarah Carrier, second by Anamika Bhatnagar. Final Resolution: Motion Carr…

No: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Omar Mayyasi, Theo Oshiro, Ana Teague Action: 3.4 Memorandum of Agreement - CSEA Custodial Unit RESOLVED: That the Board of Education of the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District hereby approves the memorand…

Action: 5.1 Donation - Agnes Zaharias - Christos Zaharias Memorial Scholarship RESOLVED: That the Board of Education gratefully accepts a donation of $250.00 from Agnes Zaharias as a contribution to the Christos Zaharias Scholarship at Croton-Harmon…

Committee met on April 9 and went through the internal audit and the risk assessment. I'll I'll go through it again. It's it's it's noteworthy. On the internal audit, was really the main main key points. And so it'd be on the agenda for acceptance la…

Aye. Aye. Aye.

I wanna add on that point that would be it'd be helpful to go through more than just presentation on technology itself. I think with with the board what I'm asking for is the board member, I'm hearing from the community that has been coming and talki…

Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague Motion by Sarah Carrier, second by Neal Haber. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Allison S…

Special Meeting (Tuesday, April 14, 2026) Generated by Denise Bisaccia on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Members present Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague Meeting called to order at 6:06 PM 1. Ope…

RESOLVED: That the Board of Education leaves executive session and returns to the special meeting. Motion by Neal Haber, second by Theo Oshiro. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Theo …

I agree and disagree with everybody on this. I mean, I think um having just gone through this twice and um personally um I do think there's a value in looking historically on what's happened acknowledging to Anna's point that it's complicated and to …

But what I would also say on the academic side as well as these engaged community opportunities, it does even if somebody is not applying to a selective college um preparing oneself as though if one is allows one is to apply for scholarships other me…

>> as well as audit. Yeah, I I mean >> well, you know, just really quick, I think that's a good idea >> just because we we we met today and I just want to give a huge shout out for the business office, our fearless business leader, Denise Har, uh Bar…

RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the repair reserve proposition resolution as presented. Motion by Neal Haber, second by Allison Samuels. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar…

Special Meeting (Tuesday, March 31, 2026) Generated by Denise Bisaccia on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Members present Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague Meeting called to order at 7:48 AM 1. Openi…

RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the 2026-2027 Notice of Annual Meeting and Budget Hearing as presented. Motion by Allison Samuels, second by Anamika Bhatnagar. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Ca…

RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby enters into Executive Session to discuss the employment of a particular person or persons and an exempt subject(s) involving a confidential student matter regarding a particular student. Motion by Sarah C…

2. Closing of Meeting Action: 2.1 Adjournment 9:07 pm RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby adjourns the meeting. Motion by Neal Haber, second by Anamika Bhatnagar Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Neal Haber, Omar…

Okay. So, I'm gonna try this. hopefully you can guys can hear me and so what I kind of want to build on what Theo had said and also what Neil had had shared. I I really appreciate the messaging that went out from Steve to the community. I think it di…

Thank you, Anamika. So, yeah, I wanted to build on the point Neil had made and actually, sorry, let me take a step back because there are a few things I wanted to to mention and I'm really glad that Ellen brought up that technology needs to be implem…

just yeah on that Yep. I I think this is a really productive conversation about this and this question of like how do you quantify this? I this might be a little bit out there, but one of the things that I was thinking about which is a little bit yes…

Action (Consent), Minutes: 7.11 Minutes - February 12, 2026 (Regular Meeting) Resolution: RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the minutes of the February 12, 2026 Regular Meeting. Motion by Allison Samuels, second by Omar Mayyasi.…

Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Theo Oshiro, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague Action: 4.3 Establishment of New Scholarship: Laura Martinez Legacy Scholarship RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the esta…

Motion by Sarah Carrier, second by Anamika Bhatnagar. Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Theo Oshiro, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague Action: 5.2 Donation - David Edward Cohen Scholarship …

Audit: Committee Chair Omar Mayyasi was not in attendance.  Assistant Superintendent for Business Denise Harrington-Cohen reported that they will be postponing February 26 meeting to early March. Board Development: Committee Chair Anamika Bhatnagar …

Final Resolution: Motion Carried Yes: Anamika Bhatnagar, Sarah Carrier, Neal Haber, Omar Mayyasi, Theo Oshiro, Allison Samuels, Ana Teague Report: 4.6 Update: Stop Arm Camera Installation on District Buses Assistant Superintendent for Business Den…

On the question: Assistant Superintendent for Business Denise Harrington-Cohen reported that the 2 projects are related to repairs in the buildings.  A hearing is required for Board approval of expenditure. Funds do not come out of general fund as th…

Action: 7.1 Executive Session - Enter RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby enters into Executive Session to discuss an exempt subject(s) involving a confidential student matter regarding a particular student Motion by Sarah Carrier, second …

Action (Consent): 7.3 Non-instructional Personnel - Resignation Resolution: RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby accepts the non-instructional personnel resignation of Alexander Massafra, Substitute Teacher and Substitute Teacher Aide, effec…

On the question:  Assistant Superintendent for Business Denise Harrington-Cohen noted that this opportunity was open to all NYSIR subscribers. Board Vice President Anamika Bhatnagar stated that it was great that we're taking advantage of this. Boar…

RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby accepts the instructional personnel resignation of Kristin Noël Schoenleber, English Teacher, Croton-Harmon High School, effective July 1, 2026. Motion by Sarah Carrier, second by Neal Haber. Final Resol…

Resolution: RESOLVED: That the Board of Education hereby approves the appointment of Stephanie Gaudinier, Varsity Softball Head Coach, for the 2026 Spring Season, at a stipend of $6,759. Motion by Sarah Carrier, second by Anamika Bhatnagar. Final R…

Board Vice President Anamika Bhatnagar noted that the Village bike/pedestrian committee has met with Ms. Leslie re: her ideas for this grant and she'll be connecting with village members re: how to implement it and make it last.  It's great to introd…