At a glance
Hudson's Board of Education moved through a short July agenda in about fifteen minutes and spent most of it on a summer school update. The superintendent described a staffing squeeze that left the district without a seventh grade math teacher for the second year in a row and without an eighth grade ELA teacher, and said a ninth grade boost up academy is being built for eighth graders heading into high school. The district was also chosen for a new state pilot under which its top 10% of performing students could attend a SUNY school for free. Board members adopted the code of conduct and the athletic code of conduct for 2024-2025, moved to close the comment period on the districtwide safety plan on July 25, and one member recused from business with a transportation company. The board then moved into executive session at 6:15 p.m. to review an employment history.
Pledge, Roll Call and the Agenda
The meeting opens with the Pledge of Allegiance and a roll call, followed by a motion to accept the agenda as presented.
Key points
- Missy was asked to call the roll, and several voices answered present
- A member asked whether the consent agenda could be amended, and was told it would be pulled when the board reached that item
- A motion to accept the agenda as presented was made, seconded, and put to a voice vote
- The presiding member announced there was no need for an early executive session
The first five minutes of the recording carry no speech at all, only filler characters, so anything said before the Pledge is not in the record. The roll call itself is garbled: the answers are audible but the names read out are not recoverable, so this page does not say who was present. Only a first name, Missy, is clearly spoken.
Safety Plan Comment Period and Codes of Conduct
The board took up three quick items: closing the public comment period on the districtwide safety plan, adopting two codes of conduct for the coming school year, and approving an audit committee minutes report.
Key points
- A motion was made to close the comment period for the districtwide safety plan on July 25, 2024, citing a requirement the captions render only as a garbled agency name
- A motion was made to adopt policy 5300, the code of conduct, and policy 5300.26, the athletic code of conduct, for the 2024-2025 school year
- A member noted that the code of conduct is still under review by administration and the policy committee and will be revised in the near future
- A motion was made to approve the audit committee minutes report for April 9, 2024
- Each motion was seconded and put to a voice vote
The captions record the call for all in favor on every motion but never the responses, so this page says the motions were put to a voice vote rather than that they passed.
Personnel and Consensus Agendas, and a Recusal
The board moved the personnel agenda and then split the consensus agenda so that three items could be handled separately, after which a member recused over a conflict of interest.
Key points
- A motion was made to accept personnel agenda items a through I
- The consensus agenda was first moved as items a through V, then corrected and moved as items a through T
- A separate motion covered consensus agenda items U, V and W
- A member said they wanted to recuse themselves from business with a transportation company the captions render as Kaki Transport Inc, citing a conflict of interest
- All of the motions were seconded and put to a voice vote
No Public Comment, and the August Calendar
Nobody had signed up to speak, and the board ran through the dates of its August meetings.
Key points
- The board checked twice whether anyone had signed up to speak, and no public comment followed
- August 13, 2024: Board of Education meeting, high school library, 6 p.m.
- August 27, 2024: policy committee meeting, high school library, 5 to 6 p.m.
- August 27, 2024: Board of Education meeting, high school library, 6 p.m.
Summer School Staffing and the Junior High Gap
The board voted to add a superintendent's report to the agenda, and the superintendent walked through how summer school is staffed and where it fell short this year.
Key points
- A motion to add the superintendent's report to the agenda was made, seconded and put to a voice vote
- Recruiting certified teachers willing to teach summer school is described as the district's biggest annual dilemma, with the search starting in late January or early February and teaching never mandatory
- Final enrollment numbers usually are not known until the first week of July, and a class that does not fill leaves a teacher without the summer work they had counted on
- For the second year in a row the district lacked staff for seventh grade math, and also for eighth grade ELA, though the superintendent said there is a plan B
- The district is developing a ninth grade boost up academy for the second junior high session, aimed at eighth graders moving into ninth grade
- Families of eighth graders were called during the past week about a newly created eighth grade math class
- Kim Carnegie helped find a global 9 and global 10 history teacher from the Albany area a few weeks before summer school started
- High school students are generally offered a half credit over the summer, which requires having passed two marking periods during the year, with exceptions for illness or a late transfer
The captions mangle the summer school session schedule for both the high school and the junior high, running dates and clock times together, so this page does not repeat those figures.
The superintendent said the district plans to build a fuller, more targeted summer school for next year, looking at grant money for buses and focusing on what students in kindergarten through eighth grade need.
Elementary Tutoring and the Extended School Year
The report turned to the elementary summer tutoring program and to the extended school year program for students with individualized education programs.
Key points
- The elementary summer tutoring program runs two hours a week for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, split into one hour of reading and one hour of math
- The superintendent credited targeted curriculum and small group sizes for letting students maintain and improve skills over the summer
- The extended school year program serves students with IEPs and must run for at least 30 school days across July and August
- Eligibility is determined on an individual basis under the state regulations for students with disabilities
- Enrollment in the extended school year program is 61 students, and a few families had children recommended for a 12 month program
- The program is built to prevent regression, with summer goals written for each student
- When a widespread technology outage hit, the program's Olympics theme meant it did not depend on the technology, so sessions were not interrupted and summer IEP requirements stayed met
Hudson Picked for a Free SUNY Tuition Pilot
The superintendent closed with news that the district was chosen for an inaugural state pilot offering free SUNY tuition to top performing students.
Key points
- Under the pilot, the district's top 10% of performing students would be able to attend a SUNY school of their choice for free
- The superintendent said the premise is to keep the state's best and brightest in New York, and to reach high performing students who otherwise could not go to college
- The initiative was started by the governor, and Hudson was chosen for the inaugural effort
- The superintendent has attended one meeting on the pilot and plans to meet with counselors, and said the district already largely knows who next year's top 10% will be
- More information was promised as it comes in, and board members offered congratulations
Executive Session and Adjournment
With no questions on the report, the board moved into executive session and the public portion ended.
Key points
- A motion was made to enter executive session at 6:15 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing the employment history of a particular person or persons
- The motion was seconded and put to a voice vote
- The presiding member thanked those attending and said there would be no further business after the session
- The recording ends shortly after, with no public action taken following the executive session
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