• Approved 7 mini-contracts.
• Accepted the recommendations from the Committee on Special Education.
• Accepted as a 1st reading new proposed policy #8414.2, Idling of School Buses and Private Vehicles on School Grounds.
• Adopted as a 2nd reading Policies #2210 (Board Organization Meeting), #4321.13 (Preschool Special Education), #4321.14 (Special Education Personnel Policy), and #6150 (Budget Transfers)
• Appointed Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Specialists.
• Approved a payment for driving the Marching Band to Syracuse for a competition.
• Approved changes to the 2008-09 Sachem Teacher Center Policy Board Members.
• Approved community education instructors.
• Approved the Mid Year Community Education program as presented
• Approved an agency to provide Community Education Liability Insurance.
• Accepted with gratitude a donation from Barnes and Noble.
• Accepted with gratitude a donation from Steven Pasternack of a computer and printer.
• Approved the standard mileage reimbursement rate for business miles driven as determined by the IRS.
• Approved budget transfers greater than $50,000.
• Approved a contract with Johnson Controls, Inc.
• Approved a Board member’s participation in the on-line NYSSBA Fiscal Oversight Workshop.
• Approved a resolution to reappoint emergency conditional appointments.
The Board of Education has scheduled the following meetings:
• Work Session – Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 8 pm in the Board Room at Samoset Middle School.
• Regular Meeting – Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 8 pm in the Board Room at Samoset Middle School.