Board of Education

Mr. Paul O'Connor, President (2023) [deceased]

Mr. Gregory Brown, Vice-President (2021)

Mrs. Cynthia Neal, Member (2025)

Mrs. Betty Robinson, Member (2024)

Ms. Diane Smith, Member (2022) 

[Board of Education changes due to the unexpected passing of Mr. O'Connor are expected at the next board meeting]

 

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 below, at www.nyssba.org/experience and at "What All Prospective School Board Members Should Know."

 

Be sure to review the 2020-2021 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. Due to extended school closures directed by the Governor during the coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak, voters are expected to  choose someone to fill upcoming vacant seats on the new election date:  June 2, 2020 (subject to change pending Governor's directives).

 

 

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). The required paperwork will include a nomination petition form on which you must collect at least 25 signatures of those supporting your candidacy. Because social distancing is required to prevent further spread of the coronavirus/COVID-19, please do not go door-to-door soliciting signatures. Petition forms are available in the district office, or you may download and print your own (see below). You are also asked to submit a bio to be published in the budget newsletter.

 

The deadline to submit completed materials to Mrs. Burpee in order to be placed on the 2020 ballot will be May 4, 2020.