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Recording and transcript of July 14
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Video recording of board meeting, Jun. 20, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, Jun. 6, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, May 23, 2023
Public hearing: Code of Conduct and SAVE plan
Video recording of board meeting, May 2, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, Apr. 25, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, Apr. 11, 2023
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2024-25 School Start Times review
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Capital Improvement Project 2022
Project cost and funding
Scope | Plans by Building
Bernabi: proposed capital improvements
Canal View: proposed capital improvements
Munn: proposed capital improvements
Taylor: proposed capital improvements
Cosgrove: proposed capital improvements
SHS: proposed capital improvements
Transportation: proposed capital improvements
District Office: proposed capital improvements
2024 Capital Project
Before photos
Cornerstone: special edition
Costs and tax impact
Energy Performance Contract: referendum 2
Long-range Planning Task Force
Virtual tours with each building principal
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Board of Education
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Board of Education Policy Manual
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Board of Education archives
Board archives 2021-22
Board president to step down
Open Meeting Documents 2021-22
Open Meeting Docs, Jun 21
Open Meeting Docs, Jun. 7
Open Meeting docs, May 24
Open Meeting Docs, May 3
Open Meeting Docs, Apr. 26
Open Meeting Docs, Apr. 12
Open Meeting Docs, Mar. 22
Open Meeting Docs, Mar. 8
Open Meeting Docs, Feb. 15
Open Meeting Docs, Feb. 1
Open Meeting Docs, Jan. 18
Open Meeting Docs, Jan. 4
Open Meeting Docs, Dec. 7
Open Meeting Docs, Nov. 16
Open Meeting Docs, Nov. 2
Open Meeting Docs, Oct. 19
Open Meeting Docs, Oct. 5
Open Meeting Docs, Sept. 21
Open Meeting Docs, Sept. 7
Open Meeting Docs, Aug. 10
Video recordings 2021-22
Video recording of board meeting, Jun. 21
Video recording of board meeting, Jun. 7
Video recording of board meeting, May 24
Video recording of board meeting, May 3
Video recording of board meeting, Apr. 26
Video recording of board meeting, Apr. 12
Video recording of board meeting, Mar. 22
Video recording of board meeting, Mar. 8
Video recording of board meeting, Feb. 15
Video recording of board meeting, Feb. 1
Video recording of board meeting, Jan. 18
Video recording of board meeting, Jan. 4
Video recording of board meeting, Dec. 7
Video recording of board meeting, Nov. 16
Video recording of board meeting, Nov 2
Video recording of board meeting, Oct. 19
Video recording of board meeting, Oct. 5
Video recording of board meeting, Sept. 21
Video recording of board meeting, Sept 7
Video recording of board meeting, Aug 10
Video recording of board meeting, July 13
Board archives 2020-21
Open Meeting Documents 2020-21
Open documents, Jun 29
Video recordings of our 2020-21 meetings
Video recording of board meeting, June 29
Video recording of board meeting, June 15
Video recording of board of education, May 25
Video recording of board meeting, May 4
Video recording of board meeting, April 27
Video recording of board meeting, April 13
Video recording of special meeting, April 5
Video recording of special meeting, Mar 30
Video recording of board meeting, March 23
Video recording of board meeting, Mar. 9
Video recording of special meeting, Mar. 2
Video recording of special meeting, Feb. 25
Video recording of special meeting, Feb. 24
Video recording of board meeting, Feb. 23
Video recording of board meeting, Feb. 16
Video recording of board meeting, Feb. 9
Video recording of board meeting, Jan. 19
Video recording of board meeting, Jan. 5
Video recording of board meeting, Dec. 8
Video recording of board meeting, Nov. 17
Video recording of board meeting, Nov. 3
Video recording of special session, Oct. 27
Video recording of board meeting, Oct. 20, 2020
Video recording of board meeting, Oct. 6
Video recording of board meeting, Sept. 22
Video recording of board meeting, Sept. 8
Video recording of board meeting, Aug. 4
Recording and transcript of July 14
Board archives 2022-23
2022-23 BOE video recordings
Video recording of board meeting, Jun. 20, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, Jun. 6, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, May 23, 2023
Public hearing: Code of Conduct and SAVE plan
Video recording of board meeting, May 2, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, Apr. 25, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, Apr. 11, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, Mar. 28, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, Mar. 14, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, Feb. 28, 2023
Video recording of board meeting, Feb. 14, 2023
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STUDENT CONDUCT
7313 SUSPENSION OF STUDENTS
The Superintendent and/or the principal may suspend the following students from required attendance upon instruction:
a)
A student who is insubordinate (such as failure to follow a directive or abide by school expectations) or disorderly (interrupting instruction or the academic learning environment); or
b)
A student who is violent or disruptive (interrupting the academic learning environment including incident such as discrimination, harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying); or
c)
A student whose conduct otherwise endangers the safety, morals, health or welfare of others.
When a student has been suspended and is of compulsory attendance age, immediate steps will be taken to provide alternative instruction which is of an equivalent nature to that provided in the student's regularly scheduled classes.
Suspension: Five Days or Less (Short-term)
The Superintendent or the principal of the school where the student attends has the power to suspend a student for a period not to exceed five school days. In the absence of the principal, the designated acting principal may then suspend a student for a period of five school days or less.
When the Superintendent or the principal (the "suspending authority") proposes to suspend a student for five school days or less, the suspending authority must provide the student with notice of the charged misconduct. If the student denies the misconduct, the suspending authority will provide an explanation of the basis for the suspension.
When suspension of a student for a period of five school days or less is proposed, the Superintendent or principal will also immediately notify the parent or person in parental relation in writing that the student may be suspended from school.
Written notice will be provided in the home language by personal delivery, express mail delivery, or equivalent means reasonably calculated to assure receipt of the notice within 24 hours of the decision to propose suspension at the last known address or addresses of the parents or persons in parental relation. Where possible, notification will also be provided by telephone in the home language if the school has been provided with a telephone number(s) for the purpose of contacting parents or persons in parental relation.
The notice will provide a description of the incident(s) for which suspension is proposed and will inform the student and the parent or person in parental relation of their right to request an immediate informal conference with the principal in accordance with the provisions of Education Law Section 3214(3)(b). Both the notice and the informal conference will be in the dominant language or mode of communication used by the parents or persons in parental relation. At the informal conference, the student or parent or person in parental relation will have the opportunity to present the student’s version of the event(s) and to ask questions of the complaining witnesses.
The notice and opportunity for informal conference will take place prior to suspension of the student unless the student's presence in the school poses a continuing danger to persons or property or an ongoing threat of disruption to the academic process, in which case the notice and opportunity for an informal conference will take place as soon after the suspension as is reasonably practical.
Teachers will immediately report or refer a violent student to the principal or Superintendent for a violation of the District's Code of Conduct and a minimum suspension period.
Suspension: More Than Five School Days (Long-term)
In situations where the Superintendent determines that a suspension in excess of five school days may be warranted, the student and parent or person in parental relation, upon reasonable notice, will have an opportunity for a fair hearing. At the hearing, the student has protected due-process rights such as the right to be represented by counsel, the right to question witnesses against him or her, and the right to present witnesses and other evidence on his or her behalf.
Where the basis for the suspension is, in whole or in part, the possession on school grounds or school property by the student of any firearm, rifle, shotgun, dagger, dangerous knife, dirk, razor, stiletto or any of the weapons, instruments or appliances specified in Penal Law Section 265.01, the hearing officer or Superintendent will not be barred from considering the admissibility of the weapon, instrument, or appliance as evidence, notwithstanding a determination by a court in a criminal or juvenile delinquency proceeding that the recovery of the weapon, instrument, or appliance was the result of an unlawful search or seizure.
Minimum Periods of Suspension
In accordance with law, Commissioner's regulations and the District's Code of Conduct, minimum periods of suspension will be provided for the following prohibited conduct, subject to the requirements of federal and state law and regulations:
a)
Consistent with the federal Gun-Free Schools Act, any student who is determined to have brought a firearm to school or possessed a firearm on school premises will be suspended for a period of not less than one calendar year. However, the Superintendent has the authority to modify this suspension requirement on a case-by-case basis.
b)
A minimum suspension period for students who repeatedly are substantially disruptive of the educational process or substantially interfere with the teacher's authority over the classroom, provided that the suspending authority may reduce the period on a case-by-case basis to be consistent with any other state and federal law. The definition of "repeatedly is substantially disruptive of the educational process or substantially interferes with the teacher's authority" is set forth in Commissioner's regulations.
c)
A minimum suspension period for acts that would qualify the student to be defined as a violent student in accordance with Education Law Section 3214(2-a)(a), provided that the suspending authority may reduce the period on a case-by-case basis to be consistent with any other state and federal law.
Suspension of Students with Disabilities
Generally, disciplinary action against a student with a disability or presumed to have a disability will be in accordance with procedures set forth in the District's Code of Conduct and in conjunction with applicable law, and the determination of the Committee on Special Education (CSE).
For suspensions or removals up to ten school days in a school year that do not constitute a disciplinary change in placement, students with disabilities must be provided with alternative instruction or services on the same basis as non-disabled students of the same age.
If suspension or removal from the current educational placement constitutes a disciplinary change in placement because it is for more than ten consecutive school days or is a pattern of removals which constitutes a change of placement, a manifestation determination must be made. The District determines on a case-by-case basis whether a pattern of removals constitutes a change of placement. This determination is subject to review through due process and judicial proceedings.
Manifestation Determinations
A review of the relationship between the student's disability and the behavior subject to disciplinary action to determine if the conduct is a manifestation of the disability must be made by a manifestation team immediately, if possible, but in no case later than ten school days after a decision is made:
a)
By the Superintendent to change the placement to an interim alternative educational setting (IAES);
b)
By an Impartial Hearing Officer (IHO) to place the student in an IAES; or
c)
By the Board, District Superintendent, Superintendent, or building principal to impose a suspension that constitutes a disciplinary change of placement.
The manifestation team will include a representative of the District knowledgeable about the student and the interpretation of information about child behavior, the parent, and relevant members of the CSE as determined by the parent and the District. The parent must receive written notice prior to the meeting to ensure that the parent has an opportunity to attend. This notice must include the purpose of the meeting, the names of those expected to attend and notice of the parent's right to have relevant members of the CSE participate at the parent's request.
The manifestation team will review all relevant information in the student's file including the student's individualized education program (IEP), any teacher observations, and any relevant information provided by the parents to determine if: the conduct in question was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the student's disability; or the conduct in question was the direct result of the District's failure to implement the IEP. If the team determines the conduct in question was the direct result of failure to implement the IEP, the District must take immediate steps to remedy those deficiencies.
Finding of Manifestation
If it is determined, as a result of this review, that the student's behavior is a manifestation of his or her disability, the CSE will conduct a functional behavioral assessment (FBA), if one has not yet been conducted, and implement or modify a behavioral intervention plan (BIP).
An FBA is the process of determining why the student engages in behaviors that impede learning and how the student's behavior relates to the environment. An FBA must be developed consistent with the requirements of Commissioner's regulations Section 200.22(a) and will include, but not be limited to, the identification of the problem behavior, the definition of the behavior in concrete terms, the identification of the contextual factors that contribute to the behavior (including cognitive and affective factors), and the formulation of a hypothesis regarding the general conditions under which a behavior usually occurs and probable consequences that serve to maintain it.
BIP is a plan that is based on the results of an FBA and, at a minimum, includes a description of the problem behavior, global and specific hypotheses as to why the problem behavior occurs, and intervention strategies that include positive behavioral supports and services to address the behavior.
Unless the change in placement was due to behavior involving serious bodily injury, weapons, illegal drugs or controlled substances, the student must be returned to the placement from which the student was removed unless the parent and the District agree to a change of placement as part of the modification of the BIP.
No Finding of Manifestation
If it is determined that the student's behavior is not a manifestation of his or her disability, the relevant disciplinary procedures applicable to students without disabilities may be applied to the student in the same manner and for the same duration for which they would be applied to students without disabilities, subject to the right of the parent or person in parental relation to request a hearing objecting to the manifestation determination and the District's obligation to provide a free, appropriate public education to the student.
Provision of Services Regardless of the Manifestation Determination
Regardless of the manifestation determination, students with a disability will be provided the services necessary for them to continue to participate in the general education curriculum and progress toward meeting the goals set out in their IEP as delineated below:
a)
During suspensions or removals for periods of up to ten school days in a school year that do not constitute a disciplinary change in placement, students with disabilities of compulsory attendance age will be provided with alternative instruction on the same basis as nondisabled students. Students with disabilities who are not of compulsory attendance age will be entitled to receive services during suspensions only to the extent that services are provided to nondisabled students of the same age who have been similarly suspended.
b)
During subsequent suspensions or removals for periods of ten consecutive school days or less that in the aggregate total more than ten school days in a school year but do not constitute a disciplinary change in placement, students with disabilities will be provided with services necessary to enable the student to continue to participate in the general education curriculum and to progress toward meeting the goals set out in the student's IEP and to receive, as appropriate, an FBA, behavioral intervention services and modifications that are designed to address the behavior violation so it does not recur. School personnel, in consultation with at least one of the student's teachers, will determine the extent to which services are needed, so as to enable the student to continue to participate in the general education curriculum, although in another setting, and to progress in meeting the goals set out in the student's IEP.
c)
During suspensions or other disciplinary removals, for periods in excess of ten school days in a school year which constitute a disciplinary change in placement, students with disabilities will be provided with services necessary to enable the student to continue to participate in the general education curriculum, to progress toward meeting the goals set out in the student's IEP, and to receive, as appropriate, an FBA, behavioral intervention services and modifications that are designed to address the behavior violation so it does not recur. The IAES and services will be determined by the CSE.
Interim Alternative Educational Setting (IAES)
Students with disabilities who have been suspended or removed from their current placement for more than ten school days may be placed in an IAES which is a temporary educational setting other than the student's current placement at the time the behavior precipitating the IAES placement occurred.
Additionally, an Impartial Hearing Officer in an expedited due process hearing may order a change in placement of a student with a disability to an appropriate IAES for up to 45 school days if the Hearing Officer determines that maintaining the current placement is substantially likely to result in injury to the students or others.
There are three specific instances when a student with a disability may be placed in an IAES for up to 45 school days without regard to a manifestation determination:
a)
Where the student carries or possesses a weapon to or at school, on school premises, or to or at a school function under the jurisdiction of the District; or
b)
Where a student knowingly possesses or uses illegal drugs or sells or solicits the sale of a controlled substance while at school, on school premises, or at a school function under the jurisdiction of the District; or
c)
Where a student has inflicted serious bodily injury upon another person while at school, on school premises, or at a school function under the jurisdiction of the District. Serious bodily harm has been defined in law to refer to one of the following:
1.
Substantial risk of death;
2.
Extreme physical pain; or
3.
Protracted and obvious disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ or mental faculty.
School function means a school-sponsored or school-authorized extracurricular event or activity regardless of where the event or activity takes place, including any event or activity that may take place in another state.
School premises means in or within any building, structure, athletic playing field, playground, parking lot or land contained within the real property boundary line of a public elementary or secondary school.
School personnel may consider any unique circumstances on a case-by-case basis when determining whether to order a change in placement for a student with a disability who violates a code of student conduct.
In all cases, the student placed in an IAES will:
a)
Continue to receive educational services so as to enable the student to continue to participate in the general education curriculum, although in another setting, and to progress towards the goals set out in the student's IEP, and
b)
Receive, as appropriate, an FBA and behavioral intervention services and modifications that are designed to address the behavior violation so that it does not recur.
The period of suspension or removal may not exceed the amount of time a non-disabled student would be suspended for the same behavior.
Suspension from BOCES
The BOCES principal may suspend School District students from BOCES classes for a period not to exceed five (5) school days when student behavior warrants such action.
Alternative Learning Center
The Alternative Learning Center will be used as a lesser discipline to avoid an out-of-school suspension. The student will be considered present for attendance purposes. The program is used to keep each student current with his/her classwork while attempting to reinforce acceptable behavior, attitudes and personal interaction.
BOCES Activities
BOCES activities, like field trips and other activities outside the building itself, are considered an extension of the school program. Therefore, an infraction handled at BOCES is to be considered as an act within the School District itself.
A student who is ineligible to attend a District school on a given day may also be ineligible to attend BOCES classes. The decision rests with the Superintendent or his/her designee.
Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
Any appeal of a decision of the building principal or Superintendent to suspend a student from school, regardless of the length of the student's suspension, must be made to the Board before it can be made to the Commissioner of Education.
Short term: An appeal from the decision of a principal must be filed in writing with the Superintendent within 10 business days, unless the family can show extraordinary circumstances precluded them from doing so. The Superintendent shall issue a written decision regarding the appeal within 10 business days of receiving the appeal. If the parents are not satisfied with the Superintendent’s decision, they must file a written appeal to the Board of Education with the district clerk within 10 business days of the date of the Superintendents’ decision, unless they can show extraordinary circumstances precluding them from doing so.
Long term: An appeal of the Superintendent’s decision must be submitted in writing and submitted to the district clerk within thirty (30) business days of the Superintendent’s decision, unless it can be shown that extraordinary circumstances precluded one from doing so. To be timely, the appeal must be received by the District Clerk within this 30-day period.
Procedure After Suspension
When a student has been suspended and is of compulsory attendance age, immediate steps will be taken to provide alternative instruction which is of an equivalent nature to that provided in the student's regularly scheduled classes.
When a student has been suspended, the suspension may be revoked by the Board whenever it appears to be for the best interest of the school and the student to do so. The Board may also condition a student's early return to school and suspension revocation on the student's voluntary participation in counseling or specialized classes, including anger management or dispute resolution, where applicable.
A reentry meeting will occur with the student, parent/guardian, and principal if the out of school suspension is five days or longer. During this meeting, a program of support will be generated in order to assist the student as the re-acclimate to the learning environment and to minimize future disruption to their academic program.
Policy References:
18 USC § 921
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 USC § 1400 et seq.
Gun Free Schools Act, 20 USC § 7151, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015
34 CFR Part 300
Education Law §§ 310, 2801(1), 3214, and 4402
Penal Law § 265.01
8 NYCRR §§ 100.2(l)(2), 200.4(d)(3)(i), 200.22, 275.16, and Part 201
NOTE: Refer also to
Policy 7360
- Weapons in School and the Gun-Free Schools Act
Adopted 12/11/01
Revised: 6/15/21, 2/28/23, 2/27/24
Policy 7313