Yorktown adopts safety plan and Code of Conduct, approves construction changes

Yorktown’s school board adopted the districtwide safety plan and Code of Conduct for the new school year at its August 31 meeting, then approved construction changes and an $80,425 transfer to the electricity account. The approved minutes record unanimous votes on both adoptions and the consent agenda containing the financial actions. [Source 1 · p. 2] [Source 1 · p. 3] [Source 1 · p. 4] [Source 1 · p. 5] [Source 1 · p. 47] [Source 1 · p. 52]

Both the safety plan and Code of Conduct had public hearings. The minutes say administrators summarized changes and record no public comments at either hearing. After closing them, the board adopted the 2026–27 safety plan and approved the first reading and adoption of Policy 5300, the Code of Conduct. The hearing record does not set out the individual changes. [Source 1 · p. 1] [Source 1 · p. 2] [Source 1 · p. 3]

The construction approvals mixed requested design changes with work attributed to conditions found in the field. They included $19,810 to shore an existing structural steel beam and install a cafeteria column, listed as a discovered field condition, and $42,250 to relocate a pad-mounted transformer, fencing and plantings, listed as a design change. Those amounts were authorizations for the stated changes, not a new overall project budget. [Source 1 · p. 4] [Source 1 · p. 5] [Source 1 · p. 47] [Source 1 · p. 50] [Source 1 · p. 52]

Other entries covered roof-edge and canopy work at Brookside Elementary, fascia and soffits, kitchen ceiling tile, cafeteria wall panels and stairwell screens. The electrical changes included $22,403.02 for additional light fixtures with emergency battery packs, described as a design omission, and $7,750 to reroute fiber-optic cable. An owner-requested basketball-system upgrade added $1,840 in materials for the high school fields project. [Source 1 · p. 4] [Source 1 · p. 5] [Source 1 · p. 48] [Source 1 · p. 49] [Source 1 · p. 50] [Source 1 · p. 51]

The $80,425 electricity transfer drew $75,424 from the contract-expense account for greeters and monitors and $5,001 from the high school social-worker salary account. The minutes describe it as a reallocation for the final electric payment, retroactive to June 30, 2026. It was an account transfer within the budget, not a separate statement of the district’s total electric costs. [Source 1 · p. 4] [Source 1 · p. 5] [Source 1 · p. 52] [Source 1 · p. 53]

Other business approvals included a building-condition survey and five-year plan, technology-hardware recycling and disposal, and transportation agreements. One transportation agreement covered a merged ice hockey team involving Yorktown, Brewster, Somers and North Salem. A pupil-services contractor agreement remained subject to receipt of the required insurance documents. [Source 1 · p. 4] [Source 1 · p. 5] [Source 1 · p. 46] [Source 1 · p. 47]

The board approved high school volleyball travel to the Burnt Hills tournament in Clifton Park on September 25–26 and cross-country travel to the Grout Invitational in Albany/Schenectady on October 2–3. It also authorized disposal of obsolete kitchen and technology equipment. Those travel approvals were prospective; the August minutes do not establish results from the later competitions. [Source 1 · p. 4] [Source 1 · p. 5] [Source 1 · p. 47]

Policy work continued beyond the two adoptions. Eight other policies were listed for first readings, including attendance, final exams, academic eligibility and data privacy. Civility and decorum, parent involvement and family engagement, and an investments regulation were reviewed with no substantive changes. Those stages were separate from adoption of the safety plan and Code of Conduct. [Source 1 · p. 4]

The broader meeting included the superintendent’s report, discussion of how to establish the board’s 2026–27 area of focus, and committee updates. The fiscal advisory update said budget work would begin in October. Personnel, appointments and instructional matters were also on the consent agenda. The minutes list no comments in either general public-comment period, and the meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m. [Source 1 · p. 3] [Source 1 · p. 5] [Source 1 · p. 1] [Source 1 · p. 57]