Mineola board ratifies teacher‑aid MOA, approves $109,103 net change order for middle‑school baseball field

The Mineola Union Free School District Board of Education on June 4 approved a set of routine but consequential administrative items: a ratified memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the teacher‑aid unit, a separate MOA on summer pay for a new teaching‑assistant position, salary‑and‑benefits amendments for two administrators, and a change order for the Mineola Middle School baseball field project.

Resolution 107 ratified a memorandum of agreement referenced in the meeting as dated May 22, 2026 between the district and the Teacher Aid Association, and authorized the president of the board and the superintendent to execute the successor collective‑bargaining documents.

On Resolution 108 the board approved Change Order 001 to the Laser Industries contract for the middle‑school baseball field. The transcript and project documentation discussed three line items: (A) additional fencing, walks, ramping, structural concrete and gate modifications at an added cost of $120,655; (B) a concrete ramp for the gym entrance at $9,600; and (C) substitution of a lighter, more transportable on‑deck portable pitcher’s mound that carried a credit of $21,152. The net effect is a contract increase of $109,103, producing a revised contract total of $3,239,063 (original contract $3,129,960 plus net change $109,103). Assistant Superintendent Will Herman said the changes were not “extras” but necessary adjustments to finish and enclose the field and to provide a more appropriate, transportable mound for middle‑school multiuse needs.

“While it’s described as portable, the original design weighed more than 600 pounds,” Herman said during the discussion and explained the chosen alternate is lighter, easier to move between seasons and better suited to multiuse fields.

The board also approved Resolution 109, a MOA dated June 4, 2026 related to summer compensation for the newly created teaching‑assistant position, and approved salary and benefits amendments for Will Herman (Resolution 110) and Interim Superintendent Katherine Fishman (Resolution 111). Those personnel items were described on the record as contract amendments already reviewed by the board; no further details were read into the public record during the meeting beyond authorization to execute the amended agreements.

All of the listed resolutions were approved during the meeting by voice vote as presented. The consensus agenda (Resolution 112) that bundled routine consent items, including a budget appropriation adjustment tied to the Laser Industries change order, passed with one board member recorded as abstaining on the record due to personal relationships disclosed at the time of the vote.

After completing the public votes, the board moved into executive session at 8:30 p.m. to discuss negotiations.