Board appoints middle‑school principal, adopts student religious‑expression policy and approves consent agenda

After the candidate forum and budget presentation, the Rondout Valley Central School District Board of Education conducted its regular agenda and recorded several routine but consequential actions.

Board members unanimously approved (recorded as "motion carries") the appointment of Victoria Sapiod as principal of the newly configured Rondout Valley Middle School (grades 4–8), effective July 1, 2026, following notification that the New York State Education Department approved the district's school reconfiguration on April 30, 2026. The superintendent explained the commissioner's regulations require a full‑time principal for each registered school.

The board next conducted a first reading and immediate adoption of policy 5040, addressing student religious expression; the board described the changes as "very minor updates" and adopted the policy in the same meeting after the first reading.

A consent agenda covering routine items (items 1–6) was moved, seconded and approved. The board closed with committee reports, reminders of upcoming events (including the Thomas King award ceremony May 21 and an art show) and an adjournment motion that carried.

The meeting minutes record the motions as carried but do not include roll‑call vote tallies in the spoken transcript. For official vote tallies and any related personnel contract details, consult the board's posted minutes and personnel records.