CLINTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING

Senior Lounge
January 24, 2023
5:30pm

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1. CALL TO ORDER 

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. READING OF THE MISSION STATEMENT

Clinton Central School proudly educates and empowers all students to realize their potential in becoming thoughtful, empathetic and contributing members of a global society.

4. INFORMATION-REPORTS-PROPOSAL/SUPERINTENDENT & STAFF    
            
A. Superintendent’s Report
- Budget Presentation – Mr. Joseph Barretta
- Administrators Reports

5. PUBLIC COMMENT

The Board encourages public comment on school related matters at Board meetings.  To allow for this, a period of not more than 30 minutes shall be set aside at each Board meeting.  Speakers shall limit their comments to no more than 5 minutes.  The Board will not permit, in public session, discussion involving District personnel or students.  All speakers are to conduct themselves in a civil manner.  Questions and comments from the public concerning matters which are not on the agenda will be taken under consideration and referred to the Superintendent for appropriate action.  If the Board considers a topic extraordinary and requires a discussion taking longer than 30 minutes, the Board will consider designating a separate forum dedicated to that topic.

6. STANDING RESOLUTIONS (CONSENT AGENDA)

Approval of the following items:

A. Agenda and Any Additions to the Agenda for January 24, 2023

B. Minutes from the Regular Meeting held on December 20, 2022  Draft Minutes for 12/20/22

C. Internal Claims Auditor Report   Internal Claims Auditor Report

D. Summary Treasurer’s Report for December 2022   Summary Treasurer's Report

E.Treasurer’s Report for December 2022   Treasurer's Report
                    
F. Executive Summary for December 2022   Executive Summary
 
G. Revenues/expenditures by Month    Revenues/expenditures by Month
 
H. Extra-classroom Treasurer’s Report for December 2022   Extra-classroom Treasurer's Report
 
I. Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) and Committee on Special Education (CSE) Report:  (Exhibit #8)

J. Updated List of Substitute and Supervisory Personnel   (Exhibit #9)                                            

7. COMMTTEE/LIAISON REPORTS

A. Committee Reports
1. Finance Committee – Ms. Lisa Magnarelli

B. Liaisons
1. CCSD Foundation- Ms. Erica Shaw
2. NYSSBA Convention – Ms. Erica Shaw
3. PTA – Dr. Lyndsey Bauer

8. NEW BUSINESS

A. BOND RESOLUTION DATED JANUARY 24, 2023

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES BY THE CLINTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF $18,045,000; AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $15,045,000 SERIAL BONDS TO PAY COSTS THEREOF

WHEREAS, at a special district meeting of the Clinton Central School District, Oneida County, New York (the “School District”), duly called, held and conducted on December 13, 2022, the duly qualified voters of the School District approved a proposition authorizing the reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, repair, furnishing and equipping of the Clinton Elementary School, the Clinton Middle School and the Clinton High School buildings and grounds, including site work, athletic field improvements, and construction of a synthetic turf field with lights and spectator seating adjacent to the High School, at an estimated maximum aggregate cost of $18,045,000; and to issue up to $15,045,000 of obligations of the School District and the appropriation of $3,000,000 from the School District’s Capital Reserve Fund to pay the costs thereof and the levy of a tax to be collected in annual instalments for such purposes; and  

WHEREAS, all conditions precedent to the financing of the capital projects described above, including compliance with the provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review Act, have been performed; and

WHEREAS, it is now desired to provide for the financing of such capital projects;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education of the Clinton Central School District, Oneida County, New York, as follows:

Section 1.  The reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, repair, furnishing and equipping of the Clinton Elementary School, the Clinton Middle School and the Clinton High School buildings and grounds, including site work, athletic field improvements, and construction of a synthetic turf field with lights and spectator seating adjacent to the High School is hereby authorized at a total estimated maximum cost not to exceed $18,045,000.  The plan for the financing of such maximum estimated cost shall be as follows:

(a)    the appropriation and expenditure of $3,000,000 from the School District’s Capital Reserve Fund, which are hereby authorized; and 

(b)    the issuance of up to $15,045,000 serial bonds of the School District (the “Bonds”), which are hereby authorized, pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law.

Section 2.  It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid objects or purposes is thirty (30) years pursuant to subdivision 97 of paragraph (a) of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law.

Section 3.  Subject to the provisions of this resolution and of the Local Finance Law, and pursuant to the provisions of Sections 21.00, 30.00, 50.00 and 56.00 to 63.00, inclusive, of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the Bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, and the power to prescribe the terms, form and contents of the Bonds, and any bond anticipation notes, and the power to sell and deliver the Bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the Bonds, and the power to issue the Bonds providing for substantially level or declining annual debt service, is hereby delegated to the President of the Board of Education, the chief fiscal officer of the School District.

Section 4.  The temporary use of available funds of the School District, not immediately required for the purpose or purposes for which the same were borrowed, raised or otherwise created, is hereby authorized pursuant to Section 165.10 of the Local Finance Law, for the capital purposes described in Section 1 of this resolution.

Section 5.  The reasonably expected sources of funds to be used to initially pay for the expenditures as authorized by Section 1 of this resolution, except with respect to the expenditure from the Capital Reserve Fund set forth in Section 1(a) of this resolution, shall be from the School District’s General Fund.  It is intended that the School District shall then reimburse expenditures from the General Fund with the proceeds of the Bonds and bond anticipation notes authorized by this resolution and that the interest payable on the Bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the Bonds shall be excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes. This resolution is intended to constitute the declaration of the School District’s “official intent” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.150-2 to reimburse the expenditures authorized by this resolution with the proceeds of the Bonds and bond anticipation notes authorized herein.  Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are reasonably expected to be received, allocated on a long-term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the objects or purposes described herein. 

Section 6.  The faith and credit of the School District are hereby irrevocably pledged to the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the Bonds, and provision shall be made annually in the budget of the School District by appropriation for (a) the amortization and redemption of the Bonds and bond anticipation notes to mature in such year, and (b) the payment of interest to be due and payable in such year.

Section 7.  The Bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the Bonds, shall contain the recital of validity prescribed by Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law and the Bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the Bonds, shall be general obligations of the School District, payable as to both principal and interest by a general tax upon all the real property within the School District without legal or constitutional limit as to rate or amount.  The faith and credit of the School District are hereby irrevocably pledged to the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the Bonds, and provision shall be made annually in the budget of the School District by appropriation for (a) the amortization and redemption of the Bonds and bond anticipation notes to mature in such year, and (b) the payment of interest to be due and payable in such year.

Section 8.    The Bonds and bond anticipation notes authorized to be issued by this Bond Resolution are hereby authorized to be consolidated, at the option of the President of the Board of Education, the Chief Fiscal Officer, with the Bonds and bond anticipation notes authorized by other Bond Resolutions previously or hereafter adopted by the Board of Education for purposes of sale in one or more bond or note issues aggregating an amount not to exceed the amount authorized in such Bond Resolutions.  All matters regarding the sale of the Bonds, including the date of the Bonds, the use of electronic bidding, the consolidation of the Bonds and the bond anticipation notes with other issues of the School District and the serial maturities of the Bonds are hereby delegated to the President of the Board of Education, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the School District.

Section 9.  The validity of the Bonds or any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the sale of the Bonds may be contested only if:

(a)    such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which the School District is not authorized to expend money; or 

(b)    the provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of the publication of this resolution or a summary hereof are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days (20) days after such publication; or

(c)    such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

Section 10.  The President of the Board of Education, as chief fiscal officer of the School District, is hereby authorized to enter into an undertaking for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds from time to time, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the sale of the Bonds, requiring the School District to provide secondary market disclosure as required by Rule 15c2-12 of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.  

Section 11.  This resolution, or a summary hereof, shall be published in the official newspapers of the School District, together with a notice of the School District Clerk in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law.

Section 12.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.

9. PUBLIC COMMENT

10. PERSONNEL

10A. BE IT RESOLVED that the resignation of Elizabeth Baker from the position of Intramural Fitness Center Coach for the winter sports season be accepted.   (Exhibit #10)

10B. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the following coaching appointments for the 2022-2023 school year, pending team formation, to be compensated in accordance with Article 14 of the CTA contract or other agreements/understandings between the District and CTA, be approved.   (Exhibit #11)

10C. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the appointment of Julia Prichard to the position of long-term substitute special education teacher to be compensated as step 1BA in accordance with the current CTA agreement, beginning on or about January 17, 2023 through approximately March3, 2023, be approved.   (Exhibit #12)

10D. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the appointment of Molly Closinski to the position of long-term substitute elementary teacher to be compensated as step 1BA in accordance with the current CTA agreement, beginning on or about January 17, 2023 through June 30, 2023, be approved.  (Exhibit #13)

10E. RESOLUTION: Abolishing Ten (10) month Assistant Principal Position and creating Twelve (12) month Assistant Principal Position
 
WHEREAS, the Superintendent of Schools has recommended that the existing ten (10) month Assistant Principal position be increased to a twelve (12) month position effective July 1, 2023, in  order to provide support to more than one building in the District;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the existing ten (10) month Assistant Principal position be abolished effective July 1, 2023 and that a twelve (12) month Assistant Principal position be created, effective July 1, 2023; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, that the incumbent of the existing ten (10) month Assistant Principal position, Amie Johnson, is hereby appointed to serve in the twelve (12) month Assistant Principal position, effective July 1, 2023; having previously been appointed by the Board effective July 1, 2022 to a probationary position in the tenure area of Assistant Principal for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Ms. Johnson’s annual salary within the twelve (12) month Assistant Principal position for the 2023-24 school year shall be $95,000.

10F.  WHEREAS, the Board of Education previously appointed Amie Johnson to serve as Assistant Principal effective July 1, 2022 by way of a May 10, 2022 resolution of the Board; and
 
WHEREAS, the Superintendent has advised the Board that Ms. Johnson’s established annual base salary for the year 2022-23 was not accurate and the Board wishes to correct her base salary to reflect the correct amount;
 
NOW THEREFORE, the Board hereby approves an adjustment to Ms. Johnson’s annual base salary for the year 2022-23 to the amount of $80,000, retroactive to July 1, 2022.

10G. RESOLUTION APPROVING MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH CLINTON ADMINISTRATORS’ ASSOCIATION
 
WHEREAS, the Superintendent of Schools has recommended that the Board of Education approve a Memorandum of Agreement with the Clinton Administrators’ Association to acknowledge the placement of both the current ten (10) month Assistant Principal position and twelve (12) month Assistant Principal (effective as of July 1, 2023) within the Administrators’ bargaining unit and to set forth certain terms and conditions of employment of said positions;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Education hereby approves the proposed Memorandum of Agreement with the Clinton Administrators’ Association and authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to execute same.  (Exhibit #14)

10H. RESOLUTION APPROVING MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH CLINTON ADMINISTRATORS’ ASSOCIATION
 
WHEREAS, the Superintendent of Schools has recommended that the Board of Education approve a Memorandum of Agreement with the Clinton Administrators’ Association to acknowledge the placement of Director of Athletics, Health and Wellness (effective as of July 1, 2022) within the Administrators’ bargaining unit and to set forth certain terms and conditions of employment of said positions;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Education hereby approves the proposed Memorandum of Agreement with the Clinton Administrators’ Association and authorizes the Superintendent of Schools to execute same.   (Exhibit #15)

10I. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the unpaid family care leave for Alexandra Roy, elementary teacher, beginning on or about June 12, 2023 through June 30, 2023, in accordance with the current CTA agreement, be approved.   (Exhibit #16)

10J. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the following co-curricular appointment for the 2022-2023 school year, to be compensated in accordance with Article 15 of the CTA contract, be approved:   (Exhibit #17)

    Jennifer Edmunds    Awards Committee Chair         
         
10K. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the following placements be approved:   (Exhibit #18)
            
1. Alyssa Moda, (SUNY Oneonta), student teaching under the supervision of elementary teacher Tammy Billard beginning January 9, 2023 through March 10, 2023; and under the supervision of elementary teacher Cheryl Cosentino beginning March 13, 2023 through May 12, 2023. 

2. Matthew Bakiewicz (SUNY Oneonta) student teaching under the supervision of elementary teacher Tracy Abrams beginning January 9, 2023 through March 10, 2023; and under the supervision of elementary teacher Heather Cirelli beginning March 13, 2023 through May 12, 2023. 

3. Paige LaBarge (NY Institute of Technology) administrative internship under the supervision of Director of Curriculum and Instruction Debora Van Slyke for the spring 2023 semester.

10L. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the appointment of Jill Huggins to the position of long-term substitute AIS teacher in the middle school, to be compensated at step 1MA in accordance with the current CTA agreement, beginning December 7, 2022 through January 13, 2023, be approved.   (Exhibit #19)                           

10M. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the resignation of Erin Eagan from the position of Director of Pupil Personnel Services, contingent upon her appointment to the position of special education teacher, effective March 2, 2023, be accepted.   (Exhibit #20)

10N. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the appointment of Erin Eagan to the three year probationary tenure track position of special education teacher at Step 15MA, in accordance with the current CTA agreement, effective March 3, 2023 through March 2, 2026, except to the extent required by the applicable provisions of Education Law § 3014, in order to be granted tenure, the appointee must receive composite of overall annual professional performance review ratings pursuant to Education Law § 3012-c or § 3012-d of either effective or highly effective in at least three of the four preceding years, and if the appointee receives an ineffective composite or overall rating in the final year of the probationary period she shall not be eligible for tenure at that time, be approved.    (Exhibit #21)

10O. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the probationary appointment of Elizabeth Dougherty to the position of Director of Pupil Personnel Services, in the Director of Pupil Personnel Services tenure area, possessing valid School District Leader certification, with a probationary period beginning February 27, 2023 through February 26, 2027, to be compensated at a salary of $96,000, in accordance with the current CAA agreement, be approved.   (Exhibit#22)

10P. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the Agreement between the Clinton Central School District and an individual employee, be approved.  (Exhibit #23)

10Q. BE IT RESOLVED that, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the probationary appointment of Daniel Platt to the position of cleaner to be compensated at an annual salary of $29,536 in accordance with the current CSEA agreement, effective January 30, 2023, with a probationary period of 8 to 26 weeks, be approved.   (Exhibit #24)
  
11. QUESTIONS BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

12. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ADJOURNMENT

Information Regarding Executive Sessions

The Board of Education may hold executive sessions at which only the members of the Board or persons invited by the Board shall be present. However, the executive session is only available for the purpose of discussion, and except as the law allows, formal action must be taken in an open session.

Executive sessions can be requested by any member of the Board or the Superintendent of Schools.

A Board member must make a motion during an open meeting to convene in executive session.  Upon a majority vote of its members, the Board may convene in executive session at a place which the Board President or said members may designate within the District to discuss the subjects enumerated below. 

The Board returns to regular session after executive session and may or may not take further action in public before adjournment.

Matters which may be considered in executive session are:

1. matters which will imperil the public safety if disclosed;
2. any matter which may disclose the identity of a law enforcement agent or informer;
3. information relating to current or future investigation or prosecution of a criminal offense which would imperil effective law enforcement if disclosed;
4. discussions regarding proposed, pending or current litigation;
5. collective negotiations pursuant to Article 14 of the Civil Service Law (the Taylor Law);
6. the medical, financial, credit or employment history of a particular person(s) or corporation, or matters leading to the appointment, employment, promotion, demotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal or removal of a particular person or corporation;
7. the preparation, grading or administration of examinations; and
8. the proposed acquisition, sale, or lease of real property or the proposed acquisition of securities, or sale or exchange of securities, but only when publicity would substantially affect the value thereof.