Board of Education
The North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education is the official policy-making body of the district. It establishes operational policies, sets educational goals and standards, evaluates program effectiveness, develops the annual school budget and balances educational needs with community resources.
While the board oversees the education of students and is responsible for school district operations, it does not directly run the district’s day-to-day happenings, which is handled by the school district administrative team.
The North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education is made up of nine school district residents whose terms are staggered. School district residents elect board members annually on the third Tuesday of May, when they also vote on the district’s operational budget. Board members are not financially compensated for their service. There are three seats per year that are open. Incumbents whose terms expire, must also run for re-election if they wish to remain on the Board of Education.
In addition to the nine board members, a high school senior is elected annually by their peers to serve a one-year term as a non-voting board member. The student member attends all public board meetings and is allowed to participate in all public discussions and voice their opinions. The student does not attend executive or exempt sessions, which are portions of the meeting in which the law allows board members to privately discuss such matters as proposed, pending or current litigation. District residents must authorize the position every two years during a public vote.
The board meeting schedule is determined each July at a reorganizational meeting. Meetings are typically held at 6 p.m. on Mondays at the Jerome F. Melvin Administrative Office Building (5355 West Taft Rd., N. Syracuse).
Board of Education Members
Board Meetings
The next Regular Meeting of the North Syracuse Central School District will be held Monday, May 6, 2024 at 6 p.m., in person at the North Syracuse District Offices.
Comments from the Audience will be taking place at the next regular meeting and PRE-REGISTRATION to speak is REQUIRED by 3 p.m. on Friday, May 3, 2024. Please email jherrera@nscsd.org to register. The following guidelines are in place:
- There are no more than 10 speakers allowed. If there are multiple individuals who are speaking on the same topic, you are encouraged to have one representative register to speak on the group's behalf.
- Speakers have 3 minutes to present their remarks.
- The Board of Education will not engage in conversation or answer questions during this portion of the meeting.
- Issues involving particular students or employees are not permissible topics during the public meeting. Employee or student concerns should be addressed to the Superintendent of Schools during regular business hours.
As always, you can e-mail your concerns to the Superintendent of Schools at dbowles@nscsd.org and the Board of Education at jherrera@nscsd.org.
With spacing requirements, some members of the audience may be seated in the gymnasium of the District Offices and will view the meeting on the Smartboard in the gym.
The meeting will be broadcast on the District’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr-8zHjArfiK5VMHPpvxSDg
Board of Education meeting agenda's are now electronic
To access the Board of Education Meeting Agendas, you can just click on the link below and it will take you directly to our Board Meeting Agendas! Please be sure to save this to your "Favorites": https://go.boarddocs.com/ny/nscsdny/Board.nsf/Public
2023-2024 Board Meeting Schedule
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The meeting’s that have asterisks (*) after the date, will be held in the Auditorium of North Syracuse Junior High School. The meetings begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
