CARTHAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education

25059 Woolworth Street Carthage, NY 13619

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Regular Meeting Agenda Board of Education meetings are held at the Carthage High School Library, located at 36500 NYS Route 26 Carthage, and is handicapped accessible. All district buildings are non-smoking.

BOARD MEMBERS: Kent Burto Abigail Hammond Mary Louise Hunt Barbara Lofink Tod Nash Anne Rohr Garry Schwartz SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS: Peter J. Turner ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT: Andrea Miller

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR: Kimberly Caird

1.0 CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

2.0 APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

3.0 PUBLIC COMMENTS: Speakers are limited to 5 minutes. Prepared statements may be submitted (11 copies are required) and provided to the Clerk. The name of author and date should appear on all documents. Questions relating to employees of the District will not be permitted. Such questions should be referred to the Superintendent of Schools at another time.

4.0 SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORTS/PROGRAMS/PRESENTATIONS

New Business 4.1 Stackel and Navarra, CPA, PC Presentation - External Audit Findings

● Financial Statements ● Extra Classroom Activity Fund

Future Meeting Dates

November 2, 2015 Regular Meeting 6 PM November 16, 2015 Regular Meeting 6 PM

B.O.E. Agenda 10/21/2015 Page 2 of 3

5.0 CONSENT AGENDA 5.1 Board of Education Minutes:

5.2 CSE/CPSE Minutes:

6.0 ACTION ITEMS:

A. OTHER: Approval of: 6.1 Transfer $14,073.14 from Tax Certiorari Reserve Account to General Fund

6.2 Retain Appraiser Empire State Appraisal Consultants, Inc. (ESAC) for the matter of RMRP Enterprises LLP v. Town of Rutland

6.3 Declare 14 School Buses as Surplus

6.4 Approve to Award Cabling Bid to E. NFRAStructure Technologies Inc. 6.5 Approve Adoption of New Policy and Recommended Updates from Erie 1 BOCES on Policies:

● #7554 Student Gender Identity - New Policy ● #6215 Probation and Tenure- Updated ● #6216 Disciplining of a Tenured Teacher or Certified Personnel-Updated

6.6 Accepts and Approves Audited Financial and Related Reports ● 2014-2015 Financial Statements Audit ● External Audit Corrective Action Plan

6.7 Additional LPN Position for Augustinian Academy- 6 hours per day

B. PERSONNEL: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Carthage Central School District Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, approves the following Personnel Items 6.8 to 6.9.

6.8 Resignations/Leave of Absence/Terminations:

• Noon Monitor Black River Elem • Noon Monitor High School • Noon Monitor Carthage Elementary • Part Time Cleaner Bus Garage • Noon Monitor West Carthage Elementary

6.9 Appointments: Instructional:

• Occupational Therapist District

• Technology Teacher-LTS Middle School

B.O.E. Agenda 10/21/2015 Page 3 of 3

Designation of Lead Evaluator:

Case Instructor:

• STEM Rollercoaster Design Instructor Non-Instructional:

• Noon Monitor High School Student Aide and Noon Monitor Hour Adjustments: Substitutes:

7.0 PUBLIC COMMENTS: Speakers are limited to 5 minutes. Prepared statements may be submitted (11 copies are required) and provided to the Clerk. The name of author and date should appear on all documents. Questions relating to employees of the District will not be permitted. Such questions should be referred to the Superintendent of Schools at another time.

8.0 BOARD COMMITTEES/COMMENTS: 9.0 PROPOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION:

10.0 RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:

11.0 ADJOURNMENT: