The board has a new president. Jennifer Yoxall was nominated and elected board president, and Suzanne Carvelli was elected vice president. The two essentially trade places after last year, and Yoxall took over running the meeting. District Clerk Sandra Russell administered the oath of office to Carvelli, who was re-elected in May. Rocky Capponi, the only new member elected this year, had already taken his oath at the district office on July 7. Jeffrey DeMatteis, also returned by voters in May, wasn't able to attend and has 30 days to be sworn in. The rest of the board for 2026–27 is Kirstin Safin, Nadia Rashid and Johnathan Roland.

The district still doesn't have a permanent treasurer. The board reappointed its slate of district officers: Sandra Russell as clerk, Dr. Georgia Gonzalez as deputy treasurer and purchasing agent, and Jennifer DePerno as attendance officer. However, the treasurer's job went to Jeffrey Sessions on an interim basis, the arrangement the district has been running under since its longtime treasurer retired effective July 1, 2026. The board also set the order of succession if the superintendent is unavailable. It will be Dr. Shaun Carney first, then Jennifer DePerno, then Dr. Georgia Gonzalez.

The board lined up the firms it will pay for advice this year. Ferrara Fiorenza P.C. as school attorney, D'Arcangelo & Company as external auditor, LaBella Associates as district architect and engineer, C & S Companies as construction manager, Grossman St. Amour as internal claims auditor, MMB+Co for risk assessment, Trespasz Law Office as bond counsel, and Fiscal Advisors and Marketing as fiscal adviser. These are the firms the board will lean on as it works through its capital improvement plans in the months ahead.

A resolution lets the district hold up to $100 million in one bank. The board designated M&T Bank, Community Bank NA and the state's NYCLASS investment pool as its depositories, then approved a separate resolution authorizing the district to keep as much as $100 million in any single designated bank at one time when that makes financial sense. The figure sounds enormous for a district with a $165 million budget. However, it is important to know that school money arrives in large lump sums, and it is often simpler to manage in one place. The safeguard is that the bank has to post collateral to back the deposits, and the resolution only applies to banks the board has formally designated.

Petty cash drew the new member's first question. The board set two small petty cash funds for the year: $310 for the cafeteria and $1,000 for stadium ticket sales. Capponi asked what the money actually does. Dr. Gonzalez explained it is cash on hand to make change at the window or the lunch line, kept separate from the ticket revenue that gets deposited, and reconciled at the end of the year against receipts.

Committee seats were divided up. Johnathan Roland will chair the policy committee, joined by Jeffrey DeMatteis and Jennifer Yoxall. Suzanne Carvelli will chair finance, with Rocky Capponi and Yoxall alongside her. Capponi also joins the audit committee, which includes community member David Nolan. Kirstin Safin will chair the district safety committee, and Nadia Rashid keeps the Parent Partnership Council, with Capponi as her alternate. Roland was also named the board's advocacy liaison to the state school boards association.

When and where to find them. Regular board meetings will be held on the first and third Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the district office boardroom at 409 Bell Road, though the board can change dates and locations by majority vote (which it sometimes does). The Daily Sentinel remains the district's official newspaper for legal notices.