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A board member said multiple items were added to the agenda as late as 6 p.m. on the day of the meeting and cited the New York State Open Meetings Law's requirement that agendas and related documents be made available 24 hours in advance \"to the extent practicable.\" The superintendent's office said much of the hiring paperwork was uploaded on Friday and that HR had continued adding certificated and noncertificated appointments during the summer to staff schools for the start of the year.

Board members asked that future new titles be presented to the board for prior approval. District staff said many of the new positions were budgeted and that if a position is budgeted there is no additional fiscal impact to creating the title; an organizational chart requested by several board members is being prepared and will be shared in the coming weeks.

The meeting included a detailed discussion of a proposed MOA to include 24 coordinators under the IRBA contract (eight multilingual education coordinators, eight literacy coordinators and eight STEM coordinators). The administration told the board the coordinator positions are year-round (12-month) and that the adopted coordinator salary schedule begins at about $130,000 for a 12-month coordinator. \"The coordinator salary schedule was developed in consideration of regional salary schedules,\" a district official said. The MOA was presented simultaneously with appointments so hired coordinators would have defined terms and conditions of employment, the administration said.

Board members also asked for clearer job-title language in the MOA because earlier budget materials had referred to \"deans.\" The district said it had changed the title to \"coordinator\" and proposed to strike the word \"dean\" from the exhibit.

No policy or employment action was invalidated at the meeting; the board approved multiple consent and action items after discussion and amended the exhibit to remove the word \"dean.\" Several board members said they would like future hiring and new-title approvals to be more visible to the public and to the full board in advance.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","ERCSD - Public Hearing & Special Meeting 07-29-2025","oneSentenceSummary","Board members pressed district leaders about late additions to the special meeting agenda, whether the board should pre-approve new job titles before hiring, and a memorandum of agreement to place newly created coordinator positions under the IRBA contract.","taxTitle","East Ramapo Central School District (Spring Valley), School Districts, New York","taxId",14412,"location","New York","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6147655,"District and parents press transportation fixes as monitors cite 45,000-student operation; MLK after-school grant raises funding questions",5518,478000,5996000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5520298-a674220829bcba1280feac3fd8887a21&start=478&end=5996","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5520298-a674220829bcba1280feac3fd8887a21/thumbnail_478000.jpg","/articles/6147655/New-York/District-and-parents-press-transportation-fixes-as-monitors-cite-45000-student-operation-MLK-after-school-grant-raises-funding-questions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6147655-341e55177590c4b4d154836c10603a4f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770545397&Signature=C1WEGBYUcVPI2z0NbSzCdp1UJ5jexandZrrxZn31imVHXKP-6rGlUxyqaUr4vIcEi9YscVKzjMbTigmtkAJJEkddOjOGuz9nHsfUK6Mhg2Bt2yabWr~cCcY-beAJ2afPbx5Qyrg7oHotjkU4drXN9ytdODfKTKq9qeo6QY7n88bdTCDe7zkCgi6du4pow4FBjuwqV7ATpA0RsvZWu5DpBu-kvOHMkMpnDjDhVvcgCGZbwPIE9-RIstx~TQEVz53TupoWp58vtqt-QAiTvd8MAhl~Dfv0ME9cHncwhF7J5zPigsKmY~1KTmjYmSOmjRJTI4LxWB8NkNWllZlGtPhISA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","State monitors and parents highlighted major transportation challenges facing the district, and board members discussed operational changes and funding questions tied to a new after-school program run in partnership with the Martin Luther King organization.

The financial monitor told the board the district transports about 45,000 students daily, making it the second-largest student-transport operation in New York State after New York City. Board members and parents raised specific concerns during public comment about bus conditions, functioning air conditioning and working cameras, and placement of bus monitors.

District officials said the transportation department is understaffed and currently transitioning routing systems, which the administration expects will improve service once implemented. The district said it does not currently have a dedicated transportation director position; oversight rests with a director of business and two assistant coordinators, and the district expects to hire an additional coordinator and clerical staff.

The board discussed a five-year after-school program partnership with the Martin Luther King organization that would serve up to roughly 660 elementary students annually across three elementary schools and would run Monday through Friday, October through May. Administration said the district's in-kind contributions would include use and cleaning of school space; the program's award included a commitment that the district provide transportation, but transportation was not budgeted in the district's general fund. The district estimated it might provide transportation for up to $100,000, possibly up to $150,000, and said it would explore supplementing the amount with Title funds or asking the program partners to contribute.

Summer programming and credit-recovery staffing also featured in the meeting. District staff said summer program attendance at Spring Valley averaged 380 to 440 students, with 401 in attendance on the day cited. The district had registered up to 759 students for some summer programs but said not all registrants attended; teachers were reassigned to cover sections and online Edgenuity courses were used to fill student schedules.

No immediate board action changed transportation staffing at the meeting, but board members asked the administration to report back on bus monitors, bus heat/AC and routing improvements before the start of the school year.","State-appointed monitors and parents pressed the district over transportation shortcomings; district officials said understaffing and a routing-system transition are causing short-term problems and estimated potential costs to provide transportation for a new after-school program.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6147650,"District to adopt state-mandated cell-phone policy by Aug. 1; board to review revisions in policy committee",818,4200000,5018000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5520298-a674220829bcba1280feac3fd8887a21&start=4200&end=5018","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5520298-a674220829bcba1280feac3fd8887a21/thumbnail_4200000.jpg","/articles/6147650/New-York/District-to-adopt-state-mandated-cell-phone-policy-by-Aug-1-board-to-review-revisions-in-policy-committee","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6147650-0e951f14d02777bf240580cd21978199/orig.mp4?Expires=1770545397&Signature=jQjoXfCO95kMrUcos7s~9sWEJ~RYEnvQVXwVEx4~D3eb9lWKSK2a00kVJumcxioTBqGG9cRAFPwdXrOZ4cMxm9CuhlLnjNWwjHkvWuz8lWW2dSZsLoZ-3GZtdAj-k7EGJY2qJz8cIg4bWwcxNUe50d6EJjgLPqHQdRVSG0QkCwifw0JVwoQ7WD0UD3NFS4FUIdKL4C9UscGo~q-~mlpxxawEDt~-s-oRcDl~JoQZNyhaxd9J~f-17tO7yjdTUsWVw9v6mYIr5nHAH4aw8asPMFTMfK69EAySmlO2ZWGht~KmFSQvwnxvGaFJJfNRzIg1xBx5zq3IXNcPL4V08IQV2A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District leaders told the board they must adopt a new student-device policy by Aug. 1 to comply with a state mandate requiring districts to restrict student access to internet-connected devices during the school day. The administration said the policy limits student access to cell phones, earbuds, smartwatches and student-owned laptops from bell to bell and directs parents to contact schools through the office for urgent messages.

The administration said the policy was reviewed by legal counsel and by staff and compared with other local districts' approaches and a sample policy circulated by the state-association sample provider. Because the governor set an effective date, the administration asked the board to waive the committee-first process and approve a first reading now so the district will be in compliance by Aug. 1; the board agreed to adopt the policy with the understanding that the policy committee will review and request changes as needed at an upcoming meeting.

Board members and the superintendent agreed to place the policy on the policy committee agenda for further review and to examine any missing elements from the sample policy. Separately, the board also discussed a heat policy with a later Sept. 1 deadline and asked that be included in committee review as well.","Administrators presented a state-mandated student device policy requiring student-owned internet-connected devices to be inaccessible \"bell to bell\" starting Aug. 1; district legal counsel reviewed the draft and the board agreed to fast-track adoption with committee review afterward.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6147665,"Board says Westchester BOCES to lead superintendent search after Rockland plan change",269,2213000,2482000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5520298-a674220829bcba1280feac3fd8887a21&start=2213&end=2482","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5520298-a674220829bcba1280feac3fd8887a21/thumbnail_2213000.jpg","/articles/6147665/New-York/Board-says-Westchester-BOCES-to-lead-superintendent-search-after-Rockland-plan-change","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6147665-da699c00ff4dc576b91e896588156395/orig.mp4?Expires=1770577600&Signature=WOVCnuKsR7BkWGnhax5LfBWPb77b-iW6-Vo9BKddiSZ9t5rdmbv5dWx7KIaSbcbJOdUw1KczloEwOBlsWTsD7iTBS5pkri5vcTREXVHrB~hn1r3GuYYOg~hWc~qYR8ofpVTHwpizOVQfgYdg297lU9~CAtpX2CweqPkusQTjLYdYag0PALsk0Vm3k929oq1zZEgkt8L5nczoFeHlSdY1vvGwP-NqnLEnVKKsr513uvE0o-iur5itoauaebWtvYfA8lhuPfq24bWoRBylF~xWt1MmsP7THPWB6Ukq6CgWsWdfYs-bv0R6nNuF4sf71kN6D5enwyAgYDI~55-3vJl9Kg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Board members responded to public comments urging an immediate superintendent search by saying the district will move forward with a permanent-search process and that Westchester BOCES will lead the effort, not Rockland BOCES. The board said Dr. Harold Coles will help lead the district's search.

During the special meeting the board president explained that the State Education Department had recommended using the Westchester BOCES superintendent rather than the Rockland BOCES superintendent for the search. \"He's looking forward to come meet with us,\" the president said, and dates for a public meeting with the BOCES representative were expected to be set before the next board meeting.

Speakers in the public hearing had urged an immediate search for a permanent superintendent rather than another interim appointment; one commenter said the district has had an interim superintendent for two years and called for stability. The board made no formal appointment at the meeting; the update was presented as a status report and next steps for scheduling the BOCES representative's visit.","Board members said the Westchester BOCES superintendent will meet the board soon to begin a permanent superintendent search; Dr. Harold Coles will lead the district's search team, board members said.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6147670,"State monitors present long-term academic and financial plan, set Aug. 19 adoption date",734,320000,1054000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5520298-a674220829bcba1280feac3fd8887a21&start=320&end=1054","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5520298-a674220829bcba1280feac3fd8887a21/thumbnail_320000.jpg","/articles/6147670/New-York/State-monitors-present-long-term-academic-and-financial-plan-set-Aug-19-adoption-date","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6147670-bd1bb59be14ab3d3fbd5882f1425728e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770545397&Signature=UDQdnrBQIXTBEBlbJTdXBLFwZNTsajULkKkl51riEbfe5Nr3B-Ua4KfFV3xWz~LyOvrTIWoC~n6hJZcGg~O2bK8y-eMyu8R6oOjVAWLTD4AVKw5DHPfuuXfyIbM0MKSHyiShCk~pz9pH~KKkOhQ-UFin8n9Rkk24K2b62QX8m4AQyQu6oPhoQ8B5Zi9p0QlF34R8gr1d~rmYzVmZVZIwiGC7tBD2c1bezGWAFCS3VmuFPreuOc25oAVGNAytCIspXUgK8reLO~GFH7PXyrsJKVzhmiab69DS3ig9c3dh1VXO3CeYpvQlw3sLYnFtxa73vt8QVvpJHAT-n~a8QAoS~Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","State-appointed monitors presented the district's draft 2025-26 long-term strategic academic and financial plan and said the document will be open for public comment for two weeks before the board considers adoption on Aug. 19. The monitors outlined five focused financial priorities and an academic plan structured around five domains intended to guide school improvement.

The financial monitor told the board the draft addresses: budget development process and timelines; monitoring district finances and public presentation of financial information; general fiscal and operational practices with emphasis on timely audits and compliance; transportation operations; and special education and Medicaid reimbursement procedures. \"The district transports on a daily basis approximately 45,000 students,\" the financial monitor said, noting that transportation is the second-largest student-transport operation in New York State after New York City.

Academic monitor Shelly Giallo said the academic portion uses a research-based turnaround framework organized into governance and the four domains of turnaround leadership, talent management, instructional transformation and culture shift. \"The recommendations try to address the challenges the district currently faces with things like graduation rate, literacy rates, mathematics, language acquisition and others,\" Giallo said. She explained that many recommendations are carryovers from previous years and noted the plan flags revised items with an \"r\" and new items with an \"n.\"

Monitors said feedback from the public hearing and written comments will be collected by the board clerk and used to refine the draft before the Aug. 19 meeting, when the board is scheduled to vote on a more final plan. The financial monitor said the draft specifically ties several recommendations to earlier audit findings and previous reviews of transportation operations.

Discussion-only points during the public hearing included multiple requests from parents that the district include parents in transportation meetings and use clearer, plain-language multi-year projections in the plan. Speakers urged clearer budgeting for basic student transportation needs such as functioning air conditioning and working bus cameras. The board recorded no final action on the draft plan at the hearing; staff said a revised draft will return for formal board action on Aug. 19.","State-appointed monitors presented a draft long-term strategic academic and financial plan that lays out five financial priorities and five academic domains; the draft will accept public comment for two weeks and return to the board for adoption Aug. 19.","actionData","errors"]

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