[6:30] Hi, everyone.
[6:33] Good afternoon or good evening. Can we stand for the
[6:37] Pledge of Allegiance?
[6:40] I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United
[6:44] States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one
[6:48] Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[6:52] justice for all.
[6:56] Hi, everyone. This is the June 29th, 2026, Board of
[7:00] Education special meeting. It's held in person here at Caroline G.
[7:04] Atkinson School at 5:30. The meeting will be live-streamed on
[7:08] the district website at
[7:09] www.freeportschools.org. Do
[7:13] we have any board announcements? We'll start with Trustee
[7:17] Hardwick.
[7:19] No announcements.
[7:21] Trustee Richardson, I mean, VP Richardson.
[7:23] No announcements.
[7:25] Trustee Pomerico.
[7:26] No announcements.
[7:27] All righty. At this point, we're going to go to the superintendent's report,
[7:31] if there is one.
[7:34] There's no report at this time.
[7:40] All right. We're moving on to items of action.
[7:43] Point of order, Madam President.
[7:45] Yes.
[7:45] I'd like to make a-
[7:46] Trustee Pomerico.
[7:47] I'd like to make a motion to table the entire agenda.
[7:51] All right. We have a motion on the floor to table the entire agenda.
[7:54] May I have a second?
[7:58] May I have a second?
[8:02] Motion has failed without a second.
[8:06] 5.1, VP Richardson.
[8:10] 5.1,
[8:13] be it resolved that the Board of Education of the Freeport Union Free School
[8:16] District hereby approves the following item, 5.2.
[8:20] May I have a second?
[8:21] Second.
[8:22] All those in favor?
[8:23] Aye.
[8:23] Aye.
[8:23] Opposed? Abstentions? Motion carries.
[8:27] 5.3, Trustee Hardwick.
[8:31] 5.3, personnel appointment of Executive Director of
[8:34] PPS and Special Education.
[8:37] May I have a second?
[8:38] Second.
[8:38] All those in favor?
[8:40] Aye.
[8:40] Opposed?
[8:41] Aye.
[8:41] Abstentions?
[8:43] Motion carries. 5.4,
[8:47] Trustee Pomerico.
[8:48] You better pass on that.
[8:50] All we have to do is say, "I don't want to do it." 5.4, VP
[8:54] Richardson.
[8:56] 5.4,
[8:57] personnel creation of Director of Human-
[9:00] Humanities
[9:01] ... Humanities, grades K through six.
[9:02] Got your glasses? I'll give you mine.
[9:04] No, I'm fine.
[9:04] May I have a second?
[9:05] Second.
[9:05] All those in favor?
[9:07] Aye.
[9:07] Opposed?
[9:08] Aye.
[9:08] Abstentions?
[9:11] It's an aye vote, so am I as aye, so everything counts for me as aye unless you
[9:14] hear differently, but I will vote separately. Thank you.
[9:18] 5.5, Trustee Hardwick.
[9:20] 5.5, personnel creation of Director of Humanities, grades
[9:24] seven through 12.
[9:26] May I have a second?
[9:26] Second.
[9:27] All those in favor?
[9:28] Aye.
[9:29] Aye. Opposed?
[9:30] Aye.
[9:30] Aye.
[9:30] Abstentions? Motion carries. 5.6,
[9:34] VP Richardson.
[9:35] 5.6, personnel appointment of Interim Assistant Business
[9:39] Administrator.
[9:40] May I have a second?
[9:41] Second.
[9:41] All those in favor?
[9:43] Aye.
[9:44] Aye.
[9:44] Opposed?
[9:45] Aye.
[9:45] Abstentions? Motion carries. 5.7,
[9:50] Trustee Hardwick.
[9:51] 5.7, personnel appointment of Bookkeeper.
[9:54] May I have a second?
[9:55] Second.
[9:55] All those in favor?
[9:57] Aye.
[9:57] Opposed?
[9:57] Aye.
[9:58] Abstentions? Motion carries. 5.8, VP
[10:01] Richardson.
[10:03] 5.8, appointment of District Clerk.
[10:06] May I have a second?
[10:07] Second.
[10:08] All those in favor?
[10:09] Aye.
[10:09] Opposed?
[10:10] Aye.
[10:10] Abstentions? Motion carries.
[10:14] 5.9. Did I just do 5.9?
[10:17] Five.
[10:17] 5 point... Yeah?
[10:18] Yeah.
[10:19] 5.9, Trustee Hardwick.
[10:20] 5.9, personnel termination of probationary appointment and
[10:24] employment.
[10:25] May I have a second?
[10:26] Second.
[10:26] All those in favor?
[10:27] Aye.
[10:28] Aye.
[10:28] Aye. Opposed?
[10:29] Aye.
[10:29] Abstentions? Motion carries.
[10:33] 5.10,
[10:35] Trustee Hardwick, I'm going to come back to you.
[10:37] 5.10, educational approval of first reading of code
[10:41] of conduct.
[10:42] May I have a second?
[10:43] Second.
[10:44] All those in favor?
[10:45] Aye.
[10:46] Aye.
[10:46] Aye. Opposed?
[10:47] Aye.
[10:47] Abstentions? Motion carries. 5.11,
[10:51] VP Richardson.
[10:53] 5.11, educational appointment of public relations consultant for the
[10:57] 2026-2027 school year.
[10:59] May I have a second?
[11:00] Second.
[11:00] All those in favor?
[11:02] Aye.
[11:02] Aye. Opposed?
[11:03] Aye.
[11:04] Abstentions? Motion carries.
[11:08] We're at 6.1, Superintendent's report.
[11:11] There is no report at this time. Thank you. Board comments.
[11:15] Trustee Pomerico.
[11:17] No, I'll wait till the first.
[11:19] Excuse me?
[11:20] I'll wait till July 1st.
[11:22] Okay.
[11:23] VP Richardson?
[11:25] No comments.
[11:26] Trustee-
[11:27] Oh, other than-
[11:28] Oh
[11:28] ... I want to thank everyone for allowing me to serve
[11:32] my community and the students of this district and everyone within the
[11:36] district as a whole.
[11:39] It was my pleasure and honor to be of service,
[11:44] and I thank you all for trusting me to be in the position that I was
[11:48] elected into during my tenure,
[11:50] and I wish the district nothing but the best, and I
[11:55] just want to make sure and ask that we all continue to do what we need to do
[11:59] for the children. It's always been about the children, so let's continue to do what
[12:02] we need to do for the children. Thank you.
[12:06] Thank you, and we'll give you your little gift at the end of this.
[12:09] Trustee Hardwick, any comments?
[12:12] Just
[12:13] reiterating what I said the other night about Scott
[12:17] Thank you for your service, and it's been a pleasure serving side by side
[12:21] with you,
[12:22] working on policy and procedures and helping the
[12:26] district move forward. Thank you.
[12:28] I appreciate all the stuff that you showed me. Thank you.
[12:32] God bless your journey. Thank you.
[12:34] And so I do want to make a comment. We did get a decision on an arbitration
[12:38] from the Freeport Teachers Association from last June.
[12:42] So the district received a decision from the arbiter, and he found that the
[12:45] district did not violate the collective bargaining agreement,
[12:49] and the grievance was denied.
[12:52] So I do want to publicly state that, and we are still waiting for a few, but
[12:56] that was on the advice of counsel that I read that properly.
[13:00] So Scott, I would like to just thank you for all your service
[13:04] here. And do we have any--
[13:07] Valerie, do we have his plaque down there at all? Yes.
[13:11] So I want to present this to you. Hold on.
[13:22] Sir, we would like to thank you, Mr.
[13:25] Scott Richardson, for your previous dedicated service as vice
[13:29] president and trustee of the Freeport Board of Education.
[13:32] You are a gifted leader whose hard work-- Oh, I
[13:36] need to take this out.
[13:37] Yeah, that's all right.
[13:39] Whose hard work, devotion, and steadfastness toward excellence in
[13:42] education for all the children of Freeport is second to none.
[13:45] We wish you success, health, and happiness in all your future endeavors.
[13:49] The Board of Education, period, with concerns.
[13:52] We commend you. Thank you.
[13:54] Congratulations.
[14:00] Thank you. At
[14:05] this
[14:12] time, I'd like to recognize some new
[14:14] administrators. Yes. Dr. Miller
[14:19] is going to call your name as you
[14:22] come
[14:27] forward.
[14:29] At this time, we'd like to recognize Dr.
[14:31] Virginia Figueroa, who will be joining us as the
[14:35] Executive Director of PPS and Special Education.
[14:38] Congratulations.
[14:43] Thank you.
[14:43] Welcome.
[14:47] Thank you.
[14:49] Welcome.
[14:49] At this point, I'd like to motion to adjourn this evening.
[14:52] So moved. Second.
[14:53] Do I have a second? All those in favor?
[14:55] Aye.
[14:55] Opposed? Thank you. The next meeting is Thursday, July 2nd,
[14:59] for the reorganization meeting here at