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5. PRESENTATIONS A. Spring Athletics – Mrs. Lauren Kinard, Athletic Director and Spring Athletes Mrs. Lauren Kinard, Athletic Director expressed her gratitude as she reviewed the sports season with the Board. She thanked e…

are then made available to them. The seals require working on them each year. Seals are embedded in the coursework that culminates into a Capstone Project. Mr. Pritchard, Middle School Principal reiterated the 2025-2026 Building Goals for the …

fluency will increase their words read correctly per minute at their individual growth rate as measured by DIBELS ORF assessments. Mrs. Conway provided Literacy-ORF (oral reading fluency) graph data indicating that 100% of the 1st grade students…

Student Achievement (Social-Emotional) – By June 2026, student perception of their positive well-being in school will increase as measured by the Spring (Leader in Me) Measurable Results Assessment (MRA). Mrs. Conway shared that steps have been…

4. CORRESPONDENCE - None 5. PRESENTATIONS A. Academic Focus – Elementary School Student Leader in Me Lighthouse Team – Mrs. Cathy Hryhorenko & …

Mr. Pritchard, Middle School Principal, highlighted the perfect attendance and awesome attendance awards presented to students. In the first ten weeks of school there were 120 students achieving perfect attendance awards and 147 students achieving aw…

9. ADMINISTRATORS' REPORTS A. BOE President Report Board President, Mrs. Weller shared that she attended the National Honor Society Induction. She will update the Board further at next month’s meeting. B. Building Principal Reports…

4. CORRESPONDENCE - None 5. PRESENTATIONS A. Building Goals – Mrs. Jennifer Ashbery Mr. Brad Pritchard Mrs. Angela Conway

Mrs. Conway said the first goal is student achievement in literacy for grades 1-5. They are performing at, below or well below grade level. The goal is to be more accurate in reading with focus on below or well below measuring individual growth rate.…

Mrs. Conway is excited to announce the new student group, Eagle Nest News. The students meet every morning when they get off the bus until 9:38 am. They work with Mrs. Reith and Mrs. Faraci. They will send out a daily video and Mrs. Conway will also …

Mrs. Conway said they are working from 9:15 am - 9:40 am each day on the 8 Habits. Each week is a different theme and this week they are working on a Growth Mindset. This time is also used for the student action teams. They do this so they do not los…

She also reported on the new Internet Enabled Device Ban and well it has been going without the use of cell phones. Mrs. Taylor asked her to elaborate on the Internet Enabled Device Ban and Mrs. Ashbery stated that they extended the bell a few minut…

Mr. Knaak shared that spring had presented challenges with rain being the most challenging. Newfane had played on the sixth rescheduled date. He thanked the Bus Garage staff, grounds staff, parents and students for a great season. He thanked the B…

Mrs. Conway shared that Goal #1 centered around the Leader in Me and that some of the lighthouse team members came to a previous meeting. The ES Lighthouse Team is comprised of Coordinators Samantha Flansburg and Katie Badura; Student Leadership R…

Mrs. Conway provided an update to the Writing Goal: Student Response to a Text. • All teachers in grades K-5th created and utilized a writing checklist to help students strengthen their constructed response writing skills. • Each grade lev…

B. 2025-2026 School Monitors Terms and Conditions BOARD APPROVED C. Tenure Appointments BOARD APPROVED granting of tenure to Angela Conway; Miranda Allen; Katryel Ferri; Bailey Schlierf; Kateri Moskaluk; Niccole Moore; Caton Conde; Carrie…

Board President, Mr. Wadhams reminded the Board that the Superintendent Evaluations are due back to Ms. Ishmael by Friday, May 16th. Board President, Mr. Wadhams shared that the undefeated ACS Boys’ Track team has a meet scheduled at Ne…

5. PRESENTATIONS A. Academic Focus – Elementary School – Leader in Me Lighthouse Team Mrs. Conway, Elementary School Principal shared that part of the Elementary School building goals is continuation of Leader in M…

9. ADMINISTRATORS' REPORTS A. BOE President Report Board President, Mr. Wadhams shared that he attended the Genesee Valley School Boards Association President’s Meeting at the end of February. A NYSSBA representative spoke regarding Ex…

5. PRESENTATIONS A. Academic Focus – Mid-Year Report on Building Goals Mrs. Jennifer Ashbery, Mr. Brad Pritchard and Mrs. Angela Conway Mrs. Angela Conway, Elementary School Principal reiterate…

Writing – By June 2025, all teachers in grade Kindergarten through 5th grade, will enhance student response to texts through writing as evidenced by the creation of monthly writing tasks, the use of a writing progression checklist to inform instru…

5. PRESENTATIONS A. Strategic Plan Presentation – Dr. Marla Iverson (Zoom) Superintendent, Mickey Edwards introduced Dr. Marla Iverson to the Board. Dr. Iverson works with the Warner Center for Professional Development…

Mrs. Conway shared that at each faculty meeting staff are working on the Social-Emotional Learning: Leader in Me Framework, learning the paradigms; how to best implement them; how to build leadership, culture and academics in the building and achi…

Mrs. Conway shared a Writing: 2-credit response rubric providing the features of a 2-credit and 1-credit response as well as a Writing: Essay evaluation rubric for grades 4-5. Reporting – By June 2025, the new grading system will be fully imple…

5. PRESENTATIONS A. New Elementary School Report Cards - Mrs. Angela Conway Mrs. Conway shared a presentation with the Board providing information on the new Standards-Based Report Cards for the Elementary School. The “Why” …

The “How” – provided the 2024-2025 Trimester Report Card Schedule; with report cards going out in December, March and June. Mid- Trimester Notices will go out for every student. These will replace the 5-week notices that went out in the past for…

Mrs. Ashbery if they had any questions or concerns. Superintendent Edwards shared that we are not the pioneers of no cell phones in school. Various districts such as the City of Rochester, Greece and Brockport have banned cell phones in school. …

5. PRESENTATIONS A. Academic Focus – Building Goals Mrs. Angela Conway, Elementary School Principal reiterated the 2023- 2024 Building Goals for the Elementary School with the Board. Literacy – By the end of the 2023-2024 school y…

grades K-5 were reading at or above grade level compared to the 47% at the beginning of the year. Those students needing urgent intervention decreased to 10% from the 21% at the beginning of the year. She reviewed Cohort Growth for students in…

Each of the student members presented on how costs have increased for each of the five areas selected; the pros and cons of each area and then responded to questions asked by Board members which reinforced their knowledge of their presentation top…

Mrs. Conway shared a slide posing the question; “What have we been doing differently?” The Response to Intervention process has been revamped to include an intervention teacher being assigned to each grade level; through WIN (What I Need), all stu…

4. PRESENTATIONS A. Academic Focus – Mid-Year Report on Building Goals Mrs. Angela Conway, Mr. Brad Pritchard Mrs. Jennifer Ashbery Mrs. Angela Conway, Elementary School Princ…

Mrs. Conway shared tables providing reading fluency results from the fall to the winter for grades 2nd through 5th. The tables provided growth based on words per minute for each grade level. The words per minute increase at the mid-year because st…

8. ADMINISTRATORS' REPORTS A. Building Principal Reports Building Principal Reports were submitted for Board Members’ review. Mrs. Conway, Elementary School Principal shared with the Board that the Albion Lions Club had provided over 36…

Time: Up to 10 hours (September 5 - June 30, 2024) BOARD APPROVED O. 2023-2024 Field Placement Notifications BOARD APPROVED, the 2023-2024 Field Placement Notifications and the addition of William Millechia as a 2023 Student Teacher. …

4. PRESENTATIONS A. ACS Building Goals – Mrs. Angela Conway, Mr. Brad Pritchard and Mrs. Jennifer Ashbery Mrs. Angela Conway, Elementary School Principal shared the 2023-2024 Building Goals for the Elementary Scho…

10. Appointment of Purchasing Agent Name: Richard Recckio II 11. Appointment of Internal Claims Auditor Name: Beth Ann Navarra 12. Appointment of District Tax Collector Name: Orleans County Treasurer 13. Appointment of School Doc…

26. Dignity for All Students Act Coordinators Name: Angela Conway, Elementary School Principal Name: Brad Pritchard, Middle School Principal Name: Jennifer Ashbery, High School Principal 27. Appointment of Independent Auditor Nam…