Daniel T. Connor
Superintendent

227 Main Street
Goshen, NY 10924
(845) 615-6720

Agenda for May 7, 2013

The members of the Board of Education of the Goshen Central School District, Orange County, New York, will hold a Public Hearing to present the 2013/2014 budget in the Board of Education Room at the Main Street School on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

A regular meeting of the Members of the Board of Education of the Goshen Central School District, Orange County, New York, will be held in the Board of Education Room at the Main Street School on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 immediately following the Public Hearing.

Cynthia B. Brown
District Clerk

MEETING AGENDA

1. Meeting Called to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance/Moment of Meditation
3. Motion for Approval of Minutes April 2, 2013; April 15, 2013; and April 25, 2013
4. Financial Update

1. Acknowledge Treasurer’s Report for February 2013

5. Correspondence
6. Privilege of the Floor
7. President’s Report
8. Legislative Update
9. Superintendent’s Report

1. OCIAA League Senior Scholar/Athlete Award – Joan Climes and Nicholas Sullivan

2. Mock Trial Competition

3. Goshen Greats Celebration

4. 2013 Honor Grad Breakfast Recognition

5. 22nd Annual Orange County Counselor Recognition Awards – Joe Palancia

6. Student Recognition Dinner – May 29, 2013

7. Report on NYSCOSS House of Delegates and Commissioner’s Advisory Council Meeting

10. Assistant Superintendent for Business Report

1. Claims Auditor Report – First Quarter 2013

2. Internal Audit Corrective Action Plan

11. Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction Report

1. Report on State Assessment Testing – Grades 3-8 ELA and Math

2. Student Technology Literacy Survey – aligned to Board Goals and Objectives

3. Olympics of the Visual Arts Competition

4. Goshen Central School District Orchestras and Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra – April 27, 2013

5. 26th Annual Countywide Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Prevention Poster Contest

6. SAS Read Aloud

12. Consent Agenda

1. Recommendation of Committee of Special Education and Committee on Preschool Special Education.

2. Personnel

3. Obsolete Equipment

13. Old Business

Action: 1. Second Reading and Re-Adoption Budget Planning and Development Policy #5110
Action: 2 Second Reading and Re-Adoption School District Budget Hearing Policy #5120
Action: 3. Second Reading and Re-Adoption Budget Development Policy #5130
Action: 4. Second Reading and Re-Adoption Contingency Budget Policy #5150
Action: 5. Second Reading and Re-Adoption Principles of Purchasing Policy ( renumbered from) 5410 to 5400
Action: 6. Second Reading and Adoption Purchasing - Policy #5410 (new)
Action: 7. Second Reading and Re-Adoption Smoking/Tobacco Use Policy #5640
Action: 8. Adoption of New Textbooks for High School

14. New Business

Action: 1. Approve Superintendent Attendance at New York State Council of School Superintendents Summer Retreat – June 27-28, 2013, Saratoga Springs, New York
Action: 2. Approve Memorandum of Agreement with GTA for APPR Evaluation Process
Action: 3. Approve Memorandum of Agreement with GTA for APPR Kindergarten Assessment
Action: 4. Approve Memorandum of Agreement with GAA for APPR Evaluation Process
Action: 5. Approve Agreement for Services for Marilyn McDonald
Action: 6. Approve Tax Certiorari Refund to Dick’s Concrete LLP. –vs- Town of Wawayanda and Goshen Central School District
Dis/Act: 7. Approve Independent Internal Audit Report Prepared by Cooper, Niemann & Co., LLP

15. Privilege of the Floor

16. Board Member Issues

1. Upcoming Spring Concerts and Events

2. NYSSBA Annual Convention – October 24-26, 2013 – Rochester, NY

3. OCSBA Annual Meeting – June 5, 2013

17. Close Meeting

18. Executive Session

May 7, 2013

These pages are in PDF format.

Agenda

Consent Agenda

Resolutions

Past agendas and resolutions

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Board of Education meetings are held in the Board Room at the Main Street Building, 227 Main Street, Goshen, on the first and third Monday of each month, except when Monday is a holiday. Exceptions to this schedule are noted in the school calendar and on the district website.