Niagara‑Wheatfield board approves personnel appointments, including Samantha Horner and Renee Byrd

The Niagara‑Wheatfield Board approved a slate of consensus agenda and personnel items, endorsing two notable appointments: Samantha Horner for the middle‑school technology teacher position (approval contingent on final certification) and Renee Byrd for executive assistant to the superintendent.

Chair opened the personnel portion of the meeting and noted that items F4 (Samantha Horner) and F7 (Renee Byrd) were taken separately. Mr. Stack introduced Horner and described her background: he said she grew up in Grand Island, completed the technology education program at Buffalo State, did student teaching at Clarence and previously at Starpoint, and performed well in a demo lesson at the district middle school. After a motion and second the board voted to approve her appointment.

Mr. Stack also presented Renee Byrd for appointment as executive assistant to the superintendent, praising Byrd’s varied district experience including work in the business office and multiple responsibilities across the district. The board moved and approved Byrd’s appointment by voice vote.

Earlier the board approved the consent agenda items 1–7, and a separate motion approving personnel items 1–3, 5–6 and 8–28 carried with an abstention recorded during the vote. The transcript does not name individual board members who moved or seconded each motion or provide a roll‑call vote for these items; all approvals were recorded by voice.