Board of Education

Mrs. Cynthia Neal, President (2025)

Mr. Andy Collins, Vice-President (2023)

Mrs. Betty Robinson (2024)

Mr. Gregory Brown (2026)

Mrs. Charlene Smith (2027)

Miss Tori Foster, Student member (2022/2023)

Chenango County School Boards Association Representative: Betty Robinson

Legislative Liaison: Andy Collins

Finance Committee: Greg Brown, Cindy Neal

Policy Committee: Cindy Neal, Charlene Smith

Facilities/Transportation Committee: Betty Robinson, Charlene Smith

Wellness Committee: Andy Collins

Board of Education Committee meetings (Facilities/Transportation, Finance, Policy, Wellness) are regularly scheduled work sessions in specific subject areas. These are held in public but they are not for the public; that is, there is no provision for public comment and only committee members have copies of relevant paperwork covering financial or facilities information, policies they are currently working on, transportation studies, etc.  At each school board meeting, committee members publicly report the outcomes of their work. 

Board of Education meeting minutes are now available through BoardDocs, an electronic service that makes it easier to post and retrieve meeting minutes, agendas, and schedules.  Content on BoardDocs is also accessible for those needing assistive devices to read websites.

 

You can directly access BoardDocs at this link (which is also found on the top right menu on this page): https://go.boarddocs.com/ny/ovcs/Board.nsf/Public

 

 

Are you interested in running for the Otselic Valley Central School District Board of Education? Find more information at Running for the School Board and What All Prospective School Board Members Should Know.

 

Be sure to review the 2023-2024 Annual Budget Calendar for important dates.

 

 

At Otselic Valley the board of education (also called the "school board") has 5 members, and each year at least one seat is open for election. At the annual budget vote on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, district residents will be able to vote:

 

 

The school board is "a corporate body that oversees and manages a public school district's affairs, personnel, and properties...and...its members are elected by the residents of the school district that the board oversees" (School Law, 36th edition, p. 45).

 

A regular schedule of board meetings is set annually, although board members also attend special board meetings throughout the year as they are called. Meetings are conducted using parliamentary procedure, and minutes are maintained by the District Clerk. School board member training and resources are provided by the District.

 

 

To qualify for membership, an individual must fulfill the following criteria (School Law, 36th edition, p. 63):

 

Contact Mrs. Gail Burpee, District Clerk ([email protected]; 315-653-7218, ext. 4042) to pick up a candidate packet. The required paperwork will include a nomination petition form on which you must collect at least 25 signatures of those supporting your candidacy, and expenditure statements. You are also asked to submit a bio to be published in the budget newsletter.

 

The deadline to submit completed candidate materials to Mrs. Burpee in order to be placed on the ballot will be April 17, 2023 at 5 pm.