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Key approved items recorded in the meeting transcript:

- Policy adoptions: Second reading and adoption approved for a series of policies listed in the agenda (including Policy 11-20 school district records; 21-11 school visits by board members; 21-50 filling board vacancies; 21-20.2 voting procedures; and 81-13 extreme heat condition days). The earlier public hearing and adoption for Policy 5,300 (Code of Conduct) was also recorded separately in the meeting.

- Minutes and financial reports: Board approved minutes of the Feb. 10 and Feb. 24 meetings; approved the treasurer’s report for January 2025; approved the claims audit report for January 2025; and approved the extra classroom report as of January 2025.

- Annual-meeting/legal notices and bidding: Approved the legal notice for the annual school district election and budget vote to be held May 20, 2025 (with a contingency date for a revote if necessary). The board also approved participation in joint bidding through Southern Westchester BOCES for commodities, materials and equipment for the 2025–26 school year.

- Personnel and appointments: On the superintendent’s recommendation, the board approved multiple certified and classified personnel actions (tenure appointments, part-time appointments, resignations, extra-duty stipends, civil-service appointments, substitute lists). These were recorded under the personnel consent agenda.

- Electronic voting agreement: The board authorized an agreement with the County of Westchester for use of electronic voting machines and related equipment and services for the May 20, 2025 annual meeting and, if necessary, a budget revote on June 17, 2025, and authorized the board president to execute the agreement.

- Tax refund resolution: The board approved a court-ordered school tax refund payment of $56,649.77 to RJW Group LLC covering tax years 2021 through 2024, and authorized appropriation and transfers from the tax certiorari reserve fund to the general fund in that amount for payment.

- Data privacy and procurement delegations: The board authorized participation with RIC/ROC to negotiate data privacy agreements on the district’s behalf for 2024–25 and approved a resolution to participate with other districts of Southern Westchester BOCES in joint bidding for 2025–26.

- Trips, special-education placements and gifts: Approved Yorktown High School overnight trip for Science Olympiad (dates and specifics listed in the meeting packet), approved special-education placements as presented, and accepted multiple PTA donations and field-trip gifts listed in the agenda (examples: Mohanzek PTA and Brookside PTA grants, Crompon PTA donation for 5th-grade excursion).

Most motions were announced as “so moved” and “second” and approved by voice vote recorded in the transcript as “Aye.” The transcript does not include individual roll-call votes or vote counts for these items; where a specific dollar amount was referenced (the RJW Group LLC refund), the transcript provides the figure $56,649.77. Where agenda items referred to numbered policies or agenda documents, the transcript relies on the printed agenda language rather than reading full ordinance text aloud.

Ending: The consent-vote sequence closed with the board moving on to board comments and public adjournment.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Yorktown CSD Board of Education Meeting – March 3, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Yorktown Central School District Board approved a series of routine motions on March 3 including policy adoptions, minutes and financial reports, personnel actions, a county electronic-voting agreement, a $56,649.77 tax refund resolution, and several other consent items.","taxTitle","YORKTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, School Districts, New York","taxId",38795,"location","New York","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":55,"_73":55},6301465,"Yorktown presents $70.84 million instructional proposal; priorities include literacy coaches, FlexPath expansion, AI and ASL programs",3143,168000,3311000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2488196-6e980a91df04f68ad6bfb04b8a6b26ab&start=168&end=3311","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2488196-6e980a91df04f68ad6bfb04b8a6b26ab/thumbnail_168000.jpg","/articles/6301465/New-York/Yorktown-presents-7084-million-instructional-proposal-priorities-include-literacy-coaches-FlexPath-expansion-AI-and-ASL-programs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6301465-a5eea8748f130d678970f4ab0f42c492/orig.mp4?Expires=1771050066&Signature=ADcoXZvzAkI8gbluRAG4142HL2b2WDqC5tcXRK8VqZzhQwzZSAppQ9TSohklC-rlYceN8sUmhHFBrPoyGg1dPYj1kHl5h5oIo8WL3sx1Lqu3jyaBYWCPOosN~7OkXre6f-inXhSHWx9kpKVkDIb1B9RzIZyNwOOsYPccdiJtXkLg-L-7WT6hLiDW0ayyDPZPoNXiQI3ehFwduPOFwDQFw4VwR0VUBmkxOnsJCGjOT8sJ~s~0gkdH3GHPwsxxqM~5S7hWD0T0F81aXdZ-8B0H1K3HV8T3Iz8gkcij-fPq7URQxZrhAsOeEZG0YlcPNYX36Qpoa60IbqaiOiH3ZbMZ5w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Yorktown Central School District administrators presented an instructional budget proposal on March 3 that would allocate approximately $70,841,000 for instructional codes in fiscal year 2025–26, a projected 2.4 percent increase over the current year.

Superintendent Dr. Hatter opened the presentation and turned the instructional portion to Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Miss Amerling, Director of Pupil Personnel Services Caroline Almeida, Director of Technology Jennifer Forsberg, and Ms. Sanfilippo, who summarized the projected budgetary impacts. The presenters described priorities and program-level detail that would shape the superintendent’s final budget to be presented March 24 and adopted by the board on April 21 if approved.

Instructional priorities highlighted included investing in two literacy coaches to provide sustained in-classroom support for K–5 teachers implementing the science of reading; expansion of multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and standardized instructional support team (IST) protocols; and continued partnerships with BOCES and the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center (Lyric) for specialized services. The district said it used evidence-based programs including Great Leaps, IXL, UFLI, the 95% Group, and Bridges Math to support literacy and math instruction.

Pupil personnel services data presented by Caroline Almeida showed rising special education needs. The transcript lists current counts (as of Feb. 18) of 103 preschool special education students; about 280 students served through Section 504; 627 students currently classified in grades K–12; and 50 students placed out of district. Almeida said referrals remain pending and that the district continues to see increases in anxiety and depression among students across age ranges, with growing needs even in preschool. The district described its full continuum of services (consultant teacher push-in, integrated co-teaching, special class programs, related services such as speech and occupational therapy) and noted partnerships with Southern Westchester BOCES, Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES, Rockland BOCES, other public districts, approved private schools and approved residential schools when required.

Administrators described FlexPath (a therapeutic alternative program launched this school year) as a modular-campus program that started with 14 seats (briefly at 15) and combines in-person staff supports with online curriculum (Edgenuity) and DBT-based group and individual counseling. Staff reported the program is running and expects at least four participants to graduate this year. The district proposed expanding FlexPath from 14 to 18 seats for 2025–26, likely adding a 0.6 FTE to support the expansion; administrators said they expect to reallocate existing special education staffing at the high school to avoid a net increase to the general fund staffing budget.

Technology and data priorities presented by Jennifer Forsberg included continued 1:1 Chromebook coverage, inventory management, classroom device refresh, cybersecurity enhancements, and one recommended full-time tech services coordinator through the district’s Edutech contract. Forsberg said the technology and data team supports more than 4,100 users in a 1:1 Chromebook K–12 environment, about 1,200 workstation devices, 1,000 Apple iOS devices, more than 400 security cameras, and 350-plus interactive and regular classroom displays. Cybersecurity work this year included implementation of a 24/7 security operations center (SOC) that flagged 33 items last month for the team’s review; a phishing-detection tool that remediated roughly 300 suspicious items in the last seven days before they reached inboxes; and a 24/7 Google Workspace data-risk assessment tool to detect possible exposure of sensitive data.

Forsberg also explained a recent operational change: New York State and Google did not reach a data privacy agreement for certain optional Google services, and district accounts can no longer access some services such as YouTube, Google Earth, and Translate as of Feb. 28; core Google Workspace services remained in place. Administrators said schools are using BOCES resources and building-level alternatives to support instruction while the state and vendors negotiate.

Budget-level notes from Ms. Sanfilippo said the $70.84 million figure covers salaries, equipment, contractual services, BOCES services and supplies; benefits are budgeted separately. Line-item changes explained included increases to school resource officer (SRO) and greeter costs; reallocation of some federally funded positions into the general fund (for example an additional 0.5 FTE Title I position and a 0.45 FTE social worker), and the plan to convert a contracted Edutech position to a full-time tech services coordinator. The presenters reminded the public that the state budget (due April 1) and final board adoption (April 21) could affect final amounts.

Ending: Administrators said the superintendent will present the final budget March 24; the board’s adoption is scheduled for April 21 and the public vote for the budget and board election is May 20, 2025.","District administrators outlined instructional budget priorities for 2025–26 totaling about $70.84 million, highlighted growth in special education caseloads, plans to add two literacy coaches, expansion of the FlexPath therapeutic program, new AI and ASL courses, and technology and cybersecurity investments.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":55,"_73":55},6301470,"Yorktown board adopts revisions to Code of Conduct policy 5,300",94,76000,170000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2488196-6e980a91df04f68ad6bfb04b8a6b26ab&start=76&end=170","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2488196-6e980a91df04f68ad6bfb04b8a6b26ab/thumbnail_76000.jpg","/articles/6301470/New-York/Yorktown-board-adopts-revisions-to-Code-of-Conduct-policy-5300","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6301470-49b11af90b7e58c9dffc4749edf9016c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771050066&Signature=AffMNEjatMg1JC-3RqjwKLECD5v7huFay6c2cDBhWxcsC4wxq5fYthTwIvDMkShAiHz2uxfRsKnRMK4rAcMmUjidBBFTzxfWf4LG7d79eai7JN7RLQFN4vNhgKH0CuobsTWNPQvvNVcKjy~aroHsrgW-zOpLruLbriLo9qTYCDnwB92ugFow9pY8ZKre6~Y3eRMRUuLU3QqduW7wfEioDAGkOJGjHwX2SI4w8zv1uXv0d~vaAonOJTek24GhRcbi0xtApbNYaoHeWgciMK3o5gvBln96MwjeWxDbtTQPoy~a8~vm8GYahVH8x0gbFLJwPe~rWBdYo5ueW8nS0wGVdQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Yorktown Central School District Board of Education voted on March 3 to adopt revisions to Policy 5,300, the district Code of Conduct, following a brief public hearing and explanation from district staff.

The hearing and subsequent motion to approve addressed several targeted edits to the code, including a change on the page addressing short-term suspensions to measure time in calendar days rather than business days, a clarification that suspensions are not delayed during the pendency of an appeal, and adjustments to the in-school suspension and appeals language on another page.

During the public hearing, a district staff member identified as Cheryl summarized the changes as “minor adjustments” intended to clarify and expand certain paragraphs of the code of conduct. Cheryl said the changes included the short-term suspension timing switch to calendar days and the addition that suspensions are not delayed during appeal pendency, and noted a separate change to the in-school suspension appeals process.

Board members moved to open and close the public hearing and then moved to approve the first reading and adoption of Policy 5,300. The motions were moved and seconded and the board approved the resolution by voice vote; the transcript records the board responding “Aye” when the question was called. The record in the meeting transcript does not include a roll-call tally of individual votes.

The board did not cite any external statute or regulation during the discussion; the changes described were procedural clarifications within the district’s own policy document. The motion to adopt was recorded as approved in the meeting minutes and under the board’s routine policy-adoption agenda item.

The board chair closed the public hearing and proceeded with the evening’s agenda.

Ending: The revised Code of Conduct as adopted at the March 3 meeting will be part of the district policy manual; the transcript does not state an effective date beyond the board’s adoption at the meeting.","After a public hearing, the Yorktown Central School District Board of Education approved revisions to Policy 5,300 (Code of Conduct), including changing short-term suspension timing from business days to calendar days and clarifying that suspensions are not delayed during appeal pendency.","actionData","errors"]

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