The Niagara Falls City School District board met and approved a series of routine items — minutes, budget transfers, personnel reports, several short-term vendor contracts and the acceptance of state aid to purchase a generator — while publicly thanking longtime district finance employee Rebecca Holiday on the announcement of her retirement.

District members took items 401 and 402 together, approving the minutes from the November 2025 meeting and a requested budget transfer after a motion and a vote. Board members then approved the treasurer's report for November 2025 and the district's December 2025 budget-status report. The board also approved certificated and classified personnel reports and accepted reports from the committees on special education and preschool special education.

The board approved a package of short-term contracts that included curriculum and professional learning vendors, partnerships with local universities and community organizations, Saturday Academy providers and temporary clinical and nursing services. The meeting packet listed dozens of vendors and programs including Canisius University professional development, Buffalo Society of Natural Science partnerships and local Saturday Academy offerings.

The board took a set of gift-and-fund acceptance items (601 607) together, approving donations and program funds including a gift from Trinity United Methodist Women Church, funding for Pathways Technology/early college high school and a memorandum of understanding with the SUNY Research Foundation / Cooney Research Foundation for subsequent professional development grants.

Board members also approved a resolution to accept state aid for the purchase of a new generator.

Several members used the meeting to pay tribute to Rebecca "Becky" Holiday after the retirement announcement. "Becky has served this district, with great dignity, integrity, and, certainly, honesty and forthrightness," a speaker said while introducing the retirement item. Several other members echoed those sentiments, saying Holiday's work on budgets and audits contributed to the district's fiscal stability.

The board moved into executive session to discuss a possible promotion or appointment of an individual; the presiding officer said no formal action would be taken in executive session.

What happens next: The executive session was convened for the personnel matter with no public action recorded. The board did not schedule additional follow-up on the items discussed beyond routine implementation steps for approved contracts, grants and personnel actions.