Administrative transitions including retirement of Assistant Superintendent John Griffith and appointment of Dr. Laura Dubac at $238,000/year. Prompted board discussion about updating 30-year-old succession planning Policy 9230.
2025-04-10
Board of Education
So, we'll now have a half dozen instructional coaches between all three of our buildings. We had a chance to see all of them in the same room at the same time the other day. And that felt again like the idea of we love it when a plan comes together. …
increase in foundation aid approximately 2%. slight decreases in Bosey's aid and stable county sales tax and interest earnings. From an expense perspective, major components are salaries and increased teaching staff benefit cost increases for teacher…
And this gives them a formalized structure to do that supported by members of our faculty and staff. Additional unified sports offerings as we heard from from Rachel as well as additional huddle cameras to cover various aspects, new aspects of of our…
our wonderful assistant superintendent for people personnel services has been making a name for herself out there and a lot of districts a good name good name are approaching us to send their students to to our district for for education and other se…
Yeah, they match. You average it out over 10 years. Just so you get in a single year basis, they bounce around all over the place. Yes, it's just how the math works out. Agreed. Agreed. Okay. So, this represents our restricted reserves. So, these are…
The good thing about this is that they will pay the vendor directly. Oh, good. So, we we will pay our portions to the vendor and then Naerta will pay the vendor directly. Which is really great. Once again, how great that we went with you. You can't i…
But we worked with NAERTA and now we are the requirements are much less. You have the option of retiring vehicle or not and it it doesn't have the same the same year of make a model that it had last time. also the the requirements for mileage have ha…
2025-05-08
Board of Education
Miss Silverman is appointed to a three-year probationary term as an English teacher commencing on August 27th, 2025 and probationary term ending on August 26th, 2028 in the tenure area of English. Miss Silverman has professional certification in Engl…
We just want to say consistent with the law a limitation of $75. Thereafter we dealt with an issue and this is probably in of gifts collected for a group of by a group of individuals like a class all the parents in a class which would exceed $75 but …
This year, some really important work occurred in curriculum, including the development of interdisciplinary learning experiences for students in the humanities for the upcoming school year, as well as overhaul of our science and math curriculum to a…
The proposed budget also provides increased opportunities for inter mural sport offerings, which will allow for our student athletes whose skills need to further develop during the offseason to continue to do that in the sport that they love. The pro…
Rising insurance costs for both the building and our employees have place added strain on our finances. But through careful planning, we've managed to present a balanced budget that does not exceed the tax cap while protecting the core services of ou…
Thank you for the clarification on the metadata. I have to say, Neil, I did not have you using the term metadata on my bingo card. No, that was that was a fun twist. I might find things interesting. So, there's no that's just the first reading, right…
I shared the message that I normally share with our parents that they their students represent the class of 2039 from Crow High School and committed to them that all of us in this community look forward to partnering with them and their students duri…
This was basically an illegal meeting or the damnest closest thing you get to an illegal meeting you can. And I denounce that meeting. If you have any crime, you should never have that meeting and conducted in that manner. And if anybody attended and…
2026-01-08
Board of Education
We're going to rescind our approval of item 4.1. I can make a motion to table item 4.1 and item 4.2 to our next meeting. I'll second the motion. On the question? Well, I guess we are So your motion is rescind approval of 4.1, table 4.2. No, table 4.1…
so, I would request remove the the the timing of the filing and also that I mean, I think somebody should be able to hire a lawyer if they want. Like, I don't I think the person should be identified, you know, who the person is and affiliated with th…
at the district office where we will continue going through our list of items that have been brought to us for our February meeting for first reading and we'll continue forward. Thank you. You guys have been quite busy. I think communications and pol…
Laura, the all APs score one to five, right? Yes. Okay. If I could recommend the scale just be uniform. Okay. So that they're all cuz you you look at them differently when you start with four versus five. Visually it can look Yeah, that makes sense. …
Okay, let's talk about UPK. So, again, I want to thank everybody who's here tonight and who spoke. I want to thank Mike and Jacob for your time, as well as the other folks that I had the opportunity to interact with between meetings. Many of us were …
Not the slightest hesitation, hand in hand with the best friend that he met in UPK class, and almost without even a kiss goodbye. It's every parent's dream transition for their child. UPK was not just his success there. It started with receiving the …
Pretty clear this program has to continue. There's clearly a demand. There's clearly a need. So, I just want to reiterate everything that's been said tonight. And I really want to thank all the parents that are here tonight representing our kids, rep…
And hopefully, this can be one piece of evidence that we can make these shifts in student and teacher experience and still advance student success, including on these kinds of metrics that our general population is most well versed in. and so, like I…
but I wanted to begin just by saying how proud I am to be part of a system where our students achieve at this level on such a regular and consistent and truly growing basis. I'm so proud of the team, the faculty, the staff, the students, the families…
And part of our commitment is to regularly be in front of this board and the community sharing student achievement, student success metrics of various kinds, including the more standardized metrics, and to continue to have some really great and robus…
And I just want to add that [clears throat] as a board So, the first day I know as board, we are proud and pleased when our staff and when our administrators become leaders in their respective areas in their respective areas of expertise and we are p…
And to observe the counting of the ballots. under election law, that is the role of a poll watcher. That is specifically set forth in I think it's section 8107 of the election law. That law does not apply to school districts, but as I said, some scho…
We will get to a point where we will be able to start putting some additional information about the the the board section of the website into a production site that isn't live that people would be able to take a look at and review so that we will be …
They actually said, "We don't call it daycare." In the first tour that I went, they said to refer to it as school, and it is education. They have an amazing play-based philosophy that yields incredibly positive results. And I think it would be a grea…
Essentially our like our instructional leadership, the administrative cabinet and our administrative council we look at the effectiveness of our programs, where they are headed to determine if they're working, if they should be continued and then we …
And to be able to sort of see here again, we can't necessarily make a one-to-one like, positive statement, but I think what you can definitely and I think what we as a community and as a district can definitely feel is that the choices that we're mak…
We [snorts] are looking at a projected increase of about 5%, which is incredible considering everything that's going on absolutely with GLP-1 and all other issues that are facing the health care system right now. So, we have just signed off and voted…
2026-01-22
Board of Education
I think I I'm pleased to report that that they are they are, they remain committed to supporting great initiatives coming out of our teachers and administrators in school buildings and are interested in I think collaborating more widely with other gr…
Okay. Whoever it goes to, right? So, yes, we did we did notify Mayor Pew and and Brian Healey as well as Courtland and Yorktown. Great. And those notices did get out because I certainly got mine. You did. Thank you for that. Thank you. Thank you. I k…
So, that's half of our student population on a a randomly selected Wednesday. okay. So, one of the bullet points on that previous slide was about expanding our counseling team. So, as we added a school counselor at the high school with the hope of ma…
No, it's a real legitimate question because it's like it's how again it's like it's very different. Access to driver's ed is very different than it was 20 or 30 years ago. There's a real Yeah, there's what there's a real accessibility issue because y…
2026-02-12
Board of Education
Laura Dubac as a 1.0 FTE assistant superintendent administrator assistant superintendent tenure area at a salary of $238,000. Dr. Dubac is appointed to a three-year probationary term as assistant superintendent commencing on July 1st, 2026 and probat…
The board will provide and maintain qualified and certified instructional support personnel to carry out the educational programs in the district and the superintendent and or his her design implement and maintain a high quality recruiting and hiring…
Would you prefer to have people in front of the board or do you want people behind the board? So, we need to shift over. And we want to invite the parents also to join us. Thank you. Go for it. Yeah, stand next to Maya. We'll just be Thank you. THANK…
A few years ago, Maya was also instrumental in working with the Lorraine Hanssbury Coalition to create a documentary highlighting local residents and local history. The film explored Lorraine Hanssbury's life and Crotin's history, specifically a 1963…
So my interpretation of policy 9230 is that the expectation is that there will be a competitive search process that recruits from several sources and that our job as BOE members is to ensure that we are following standard recruiting and hiring practi…
In three, two, one, action. Good evening everyone. this will resume the February 12th, 2020. Croman Har School District Board of Education meeting. We have called the meeting to order and then entered executive session. We are now on agenda item 1.5.…
One of the other gifts that he gave us was telling us well in advance of his plans in terms of his retirement. and that allowed us to be in a position that most districts aren't. and giving us a couple of years to think really planfully about who wou…
Four, we would have a good face search for the best candidate for a community open to the possibility that it may not be who we originally presumed. Five, the search committee for senior level positions would include district administration, teachers…
As many others have said, kids who have access do better later on in school and schools are in kind helped by having classes of kids who come in better prepared and on similar levels with their classmates, which would, I imagine, would save the distr…
Obviously, we'll be reflecting on any new questions that were posed this evening and make sure to update that and we'll continue under Rachel's leadership to provide information in what we believe is a is a transparent way to our community with regar…
And I can't say that that's not what's happening here because you didn't at any point come to us as a board and say that you were going to express this publicly. So I will just say that I'm sorry I'm speaking now. I didn't interrupt you. So I will ju…
So, everybody was in agreement that the officers of SFC, president, vice president, etc. would not be able to be trustees. Right. Right. Our question is and by the way what they did not want to say the senior class president the junior class presiden…
Marketing. Marketing. Yes. building news fees up minorly. That's when individuals or groups rent our buildings we do we do have an excessive amount of building use waiverss in Croton so we don't generate a lot of building use revenue unfortunately ot…
It's a long list of a long list of things that I think we're looking to see in terms of sort of like reinforcing standards, having better communication about outcomes, having a better vision of the students trajectory from elementary school to middle…
So my thought was that having them a little bit later would be some pressure on all of those people involved in submitting requests. So you don't need any of those appointments to be made right at the beginning of July basically. So then I think then…
So the superintendent and or his design shall implement and maintain a high quality recruiting and hiring program to attract, secure, and retain the best qualified staff to meet the needs of students and the district. The portion of this policy that …
thinking about the things that provide need to do to prepare for the upcoming school year, how are they expected to plan a robust prek curriculum without knowing how much funding they're going to have? how can they make decisions about hiring staff? …
Therefore, I ask the board to be just as candid and transparent about whether that planned recommendation actually reflects the board's objectives. The board should question the assertion that no matter how small or large the need turns out to be, th…
This is a chance for especially young people and their families before they start thinking about JB or varsity athletics to meet some of our older student athletes who they hopefully then look up to and aspire to be. get a chance to meet coaches. and…
a representation not only of her academic prowess but her stick tuitiveness and her their assessment of her likelihood to achieve success at a high level in highly challenging college content. So congratulations and outstanding job to Gabby. Good luc…
there's timeline and this actually we have to consider is that oh no I'm sorry that propositions if some a member of the public wants to submit a proposition they may do so it makes more explicit some of the rules on that and lastly it specifically s…
So, but just in terms of planning for for next year as a matter of governance that's my thoughts number one there are three positions on which there will be a vote. So we for three members of the board won't know for sure until after May 20th whether…
Thank you. I just want to respond to that. when Superintendent Walker came to us and when assistant superintendent John Rubbertz came to us and gave us the luxury really of of telling us well in advance that he was about to retire and we could start …
2026-02-26
Board of Education
So very briefly as the I don't remember if I spoke about this before so apologies if this is a repeat but as the board leans on to chef I had a great meeting with the chef leadership team and hope to be working with them and with my other colleagues …
And I just think we ought to know for those who may not know me Casey a Rick Casey a I would say and this word sometimes gets overused a beloved member of the PP PC faculty social studies teacher who retired few years ago passed away earlier this or …
In the past, trustees had been allowed a group meeting with new hires in advance of the board the board vote vote to appoint. These meetings were often informal and they often took place very late in the hiring process. In contrast, when trustees met…
and he and Jose was a valued member of our community and I think the expression by the foundation and the awarding of the scholarship in his memory is very I I'm just filled up very emotionally very emotional about And I'm just pleased that this is s…
Again for purposes I'm informing the public as I stated at the last meeting. There was a very thorough process developed by the district in consultation with board leadership and the full board. Dr. Dubac was recommended to the board by administratio…
Craig Campaniro took position of assistant principal from fourth grade teacher at CCT among others. At the same time, the district has searched externally to hire talented individuals such as our PPS assistant superintendent Rachel Depal, QVC assista…
So there have been tremendous increases in property and casualty insurance over the past 2 years. So now we're going to be bringing on approximately between 35 and $40 million of additional equipment and buildings and grounds enhancements. This is a …
after the budget work session, we ended up doing a trial at the high school and it proved highly successful in terms of cleaning effectiveness, ease of use and staff satisfaction. We then entered into contract with them for the high school and we the…
the with the addition of the the three buses that we're proposing or the three vehicles that we're proposing for through current year appropriations, would we be retiring any or is that just are we just adding? we we're looking to add we would like t…
Ishmail took on the role of C head custodian and we had Mike Haney who took on the role of the high school head custodian when Greg left. We have new hires. We have Laura Anderson who came from being part-time up at transportation and she has come to…
But I think I mean from from our perspective as a board like we we've sort of been talking about this for some time time now and I think it's it I think it's actually like the service of you this year and then your predecessors in the in the the rece…
Having now done so, it is my opinion that under policy 9230, the district is not required to conduct an external search, but rather the district is charged to implement and maintain a high quality recruiting and hiring program to attract, secure, and…
Most of the increase in this budget category is from implementing our frontline central which is an electronic hiring software that external and internal candidates will be using when we hire. And we did have some reclassification of some items from …
So as we take time to consider the superintendent's goals, I want to take a moment and remind my fellow trustees of some of the goals and commitments we made at the reorganization meeting at the start of this term in July. At that meeting, we each si…
2026-03-12
Board of Education
I neglected to mention this last week, but on behalf of SEPTA and and on behalf of the board and our community, I'm very excited that that at our last meeting the board actually appointed a parent member to the committee on special education Jody Wag…
So what you'll see in these in the criteria that are set forth are the hold on just one second are the items that include good work ethic committed to civic duty extracurricular interests because that was something that the TAC program sought to inde…
And I think I I hope that for the for the folks who are in the audience tonight and also for community listening at home and people listening afterwards that you hear that this is this is a this is a statement from us to say it's like we're here to t…
We appreciate that. Item 4.2 donation. Be it resolved that the board of education hereby gratefully accepts the donation in the amount of $100 by Susan Aguad for the Steven Auad scholarship fund at Croin Harmon High School. We can move it and then I'…
The spring conference day has become an incredibly important day for us as it helps us to refocus during incred during an incredibly busy time of the school year and allows us to engage in thinking which then helps drive the summer professional learn…
Operationally, we improved efficiency by aligning our network and administrative software and simplifying some of our systems, including the student absence reporting system, making daily logistics smoother for families and staff. This has been a ver…
And this sounds like a particularly innovative program at C. Thank you. Thank you again for all your support. Item 4.9 donation. Be it resolved that the board of education hereby gratefully accepts the donation of two violins by Megan Saltenic to be …
Thank you for the introduction on a question and okay all in favor I I abstain I'm sorry opposed abstain thank you the motion carries thank you very much to Neil and Suzanne Haba for their contribution and Neil for your explanation of this award in h…
On Monday of this week, our faculty had the opportunity to spend some time doing learning some learning together at our superintendent conference day. As part of the work of our district what's district's what success means in schools committee, we e…
As I described at the part at this start of this speech, it has been one of my greatest blessings ever to be able to be a very small part of Ezra's journey. That coupled with the fact that Ezra now over the past three years giggles at me sarcasticall…
Is there interest or intention to see if there's anything in any of the other districts in terms of available space? Yeah. Yes, absolutely. So, we as I know as a team are committed to the success of this program. I think we're incredibly optimistic a…
You know, at first we started with the older kids, but we realized we want to tap in as young as kindergarten, get them playing sports early, continue to strengthen the pipeline, continue to work together. and being in a small community, I have the a…
You've been able to build some partnerships like with Brier Cliff, with volleyball and and lacrosse to expand from varsity to JB as well, right? Yeah. So, this is the first time that our boys program will be able to have a JV level. That's fantastic.…