Editor’s note: This meeting notice was provided by the Pelham Union Free School District. The Pelham Examiner publishes notices in the form received as a service to the community.
The Board of Education will meet at 6:30pm on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 in Room 280 in Pelham Middle School, 28 Franklin Place, Pelham, NY 10803. It is anticipated that the Board will immediately consider a motion to enter executive session to discuss the proposed acquisition, sale or lease of real property. The Board is expected to reconvene in public in the Pelham Middle School Library at approximately 7:30pm for a regular business meeting, which is open to members of the public. The meeting can also be viewed on YouTube live.
At the meeting, the Board will begin its line-by-line review of the 2025-26 preliminary budget focusing on the following areas:
- Overview of Revenue & Expenditure Budget
- Curriculum Development & Supervision
- Supervision
- Research, Planning & Evaluation
- In-Service Training and Instruction
- Teaching – Regular School Instruction
- Library/Audio-Visual
- Co-Curricular Activities
- Instructional Technology
- BOCES Services
The line-by-line review will continue on March 26 and April 2. Please view a full schedule of topics.
The Board is also expected to continue its consideration of projects for the Capital Improvement Bond including reviewing feedback from the March 11 World Cafe.
In addition to Dr. Champ’s Superintendent’s report, the agenda may include updates from each School Board committee, Finances and Facilities, and Human Resources as well as the priority areas of the Strategic Plan.
The Board may also review and/or adopt the following policies:
- Policy 5661 – Wellness
- Policy 5640 – Smoking/Tobacco Use
- Policy 6550 – Leaves of Absence
- Policy 5683 – Evacuation, Lockdown and Emergency Dismissal Drills
- Policy 6214 – Incidental Teaching
- Policy 6121 – Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Policy 7350 – Timeout and Physical Restraint (All Students)
- Policy 7512 – Student Physicals
- Policy 7513 – Medication and Personal Care Items
- Policy 7521 – Students with Life-Threatening Health Conditions
- Policy 7530 – Child Abuse and Maltreatment
- Policy 7670 – Due Process Complaints: Selection and Board Appointment of Impartial Hearing Officers
- Policy 8450 – Home, Hospital, or Institutional Instruction (Homebound Instruction)
These policies will be available for review on BoardDocs as part of the meeting agenda.
The full meeting agenda will be available approximately 24 hours before the meeting on BoardDocs. To access the agenda once it has been posted, visit www.pelhamschools.org and click “Meetings and Coffees” under the “Board of Education” tab. Then click the button for “Agendas and Minutes” and click the link for the “March 12, 2025” meeting.
