The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District Board of Education will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2025 at Jamesville-DeWitt District Office, and via Zoom. The Zoom link will also be shared on the district website. Zoom
Meeting ID: 978 2328 0628, Passcode: 876976
Members of the public who have questions about the agenda prior to the meeting should contact Dr. Peter Smith, J-D Superintendent of Schools, at 315-445-8304 or psmith@jd.cnyric.org.
Following the meeting, the board will share a transcript of the meeting, as well as meeting minutes, on the district website.
Meeting Agenda
1. [6:00 PM] Call to Order: Dr. Archer
2. Adjourn to executive session to discuss the employment history of
particular persons.
3. [7:00 PM] Resume public session
4. Red Ram Recognition: Dr. Archer
5. Community Comment Time 1: Dr. Archer
If you would like to make a comment, please fill out the Google Form to speak at Community Comment Time. If attending the meeting in-person, please give the paper form to the Board Clerk before the meeting begins.
To allow for public participation, one period not to exceed 30 minutes shall be set aside during the first part of each board meeting for public comment, with priority given to comments on items on the meeting’s agenda. A second 30-minute community comment time period will be set aside at the end of the meeting. More information is available in the Ground Rules for Community Comment Time section of the website.
6. Board Action
a. Routine Business
i. Approve Consent Agenda. Items in the consent agenda are
to be enacted under one motion and as a single vote. There
will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the
time the Board votes, unless a Board member requests an
item to be removed from the Consent Agenda for the
Board Meeting.
1. Superintendent’s Personnel Recommendations and
Substitute Appointments
2. Accept April Treasurer’s Report
3. Approve 2025-2026 Board of Education Meetings
Calendar
4. Authorize OCM BOCES to provide Equivalent
Attendance, Employment Preparation, and Adult
Continuing Education Programs
5. Approve Annual Cooperative Bidding Resolution
Notification
6. Approve Overnight Field Trip Request
ii. Approve Minutes of the May 12, 2025 Budget Hearing and
Regular Meeting
iii. Accept results of the 2025-2026 Budget Vote and Board
of Education
iv. Approve Change to 2024-25 District Calendar
b. New Business
i. Discuss options for filling the board vacancy
ii. Approve Settlement Agreement
iii. Approve 2025-2026 Capital Outlay Project SEQRA
Resolution
iv. Approve 2025-2026 Transfer to Capital Project SEQRA
Resolution
v. Approve Bond Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of
School Buses
vi. Approve Determination of Substantial Equivalency,
Montessori School of Syracuse
vii. Approve Determination of Substantial Equivalency,
Montessori Discovery School
viii. Approve Determination of Substantial Equivalency, The
New School
ix. Board Policy: Second Readings
x. Potential Consideration for Future Meetings
7. Reports
a. Assistant Superintendent’s Report: Mr. Franz
i. Professional Learning Plan
b. Superintendent’s Report: Dr. Smith
i. Enrollment
ii. Upcoming events
c. Board Vice-President’s Report: Dr. Archer
i. Public Forum recap
d. Student Board Member Report: Mr. Mantalios
8. Community Comment Time 2: Dr. Archer
If you would like to make a comment, please fill out the Google Form to speak at Community Comment Time. If attending the meeting in-person, please give the paper form to the Board Clerk before the meeting begins.
To allow for public participation, one period not to exceed 30 minutes shall be set aside during the first part of each board meeting for public comment, with priority given to comments on items on the meeting’s agenda. A second 30-minute community comment time period will be set aside at the end of the meeting. More information is available in the Ground Rules for Community Comment Time section of the website.
9. Unfinished and Continuing Business
10. Adjourn
Next Meeting: June 16, 2025