Pine Plains BOE affirms appointments

PINE PLAINS — The Pine Plains Board of Education (BOE) held its annual reorganization meeting on Wednesday, July 6.During the meeting, Bruce Kimball was re-elected board president and Brian Croghan was re-elected vice president.“I’m looking forward to another year,” said Kimball. This will be his ninth year on the board and his second as board president. Kimball also taught for 33 years, 32 of which were spent teaching in Pine Plains.Kimball said that this will likely be his last year on the board. “I want to see certain things through to fruition before I step down.”A new board member, Gary Griffen, was also welcomed onto the board.During the meeting, positions such as school attorney and internal auditor were appointed, as is annually required. The stipends for these positions were not increased.Vincent Murphy was named as the claims auditor. Shaw, Perelson, May & Lambert, LLP, was named as the school attorney. Raymond Preusser, CPA, was named as the district auditor. Nugent & Haeussler was named as the internal auditor. Dr. Karl Heymann of the Mid Hudson Medical Group was named the school physician. The Millerton News was named among the district’s three papers.Pay rates were approved for temporary positions such as substitute teachers, substitute bus drivers and sports announcers. These pay rates have stayed the same as last year’s rates.Appointments were also approved for the Committee on Special Education and the Committee on Pre-School Special Education. Lillian Wilson and James Jackson will serve as the parent members on both committees.

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