Mineola board approves Nassau BOCES budget, selects superintendent search consultant and passes consent agenda

The Mineola Union Free School District Board of Education on April 28 approved several resolutions: it cast the district's votes in the Nassau BOCES election, approved the Nassau BOCES tentative administrative budget for 2026'27, selected a superintendent search consultant and passed the consent agenda with personnel items.

On Resolution 91 the board cast one vote for up to three candidates to fill seats on the Nassau BOCES board; trustees said they selected Deborah Coats, Janine DiSpazito and Lawrence Greenstein after noting their experience and advocacy on behalf of BOCES programs. The board then approved Resolution 92, accepting the Nassau BOCES administrative budget in the amount presented ($28,633,661). Administration summarized services BOCES provides to Mineola, including career and technical education slots, itinerant hearing and vision services, regional summer-school instruction, special-education placements and IT/procurement support.

Trustees also approved Resolution 93, selecting District Leadership Search Consultants as the top-ranked firm in the district's RFP process to provide superintendent search services; the selection is subject to contract negotiation. Trustees said they evaluated firms on timelines, retention guarantees and community-engagement plans and favored a firm with recent local work and board-level experience.

Resolution 94, the consent agenda, passed and included routine approvals and personnel items. The board noted several personnel changes: thanks to departing employees and retirees and a clerical staff member promoted into a higher role who will remain with the district.

The meeting recorded the motions and that each resolution passed by voice vote; the transcript does not provide named roll-call tallies. No members of the public signed up to speak at the meeting, and the board adjourned at 8:14 p.m.