HFM Board of Education
Harry Brooks – President
Jean LaPorta – Vice-President
Carmen Caraco
Rebecca Cozzocrea
John DeValve
Matt Sullivan
Kathryn Zajicek
2022-23 meeting schedule
Unless otherwise noted, meetings begin at 5 p.m. and are held in the Board Room at the HFM BOCES campus.
For HFM BOCES Board of Education agendas, support documents, policies, and procedures go to Boarddocs
Members of the HFM BOCES Board of Education are volunteers who are elected by members of the Boards of Education of our component school districts to serve for three-year terms.
Meeting Minutes
2022-2023 School Year
- July 6 — Reorganizational Meeting
- July 27 — Goal Setting Meeting
- August 31
- September 28
- October 26
- November 30
- December 21
January 25*rescheduled to January 31 at 5pm*- February 15 *meeting scheduled for 9am*
- March 29 *meeting scheduled for 6pm*
- April 5 — Annual Meeting
- April 26 (Annual Election/Admin. Budget Vote)
- May 31
- June 28
2023-2024 School Year
- July 5 – Reorganizational Meeting
- August 2
- August 30
- September 27
- October 25
- November 29
- December 20
- January 31
- February 28
- March 27
- April 10 – Annual Meeting
- April 24 (Annual Election/Admin. Budget Vote)
- May 29
- June 26
Meeting Minutes
2021-22 School Year
- July 7 – Reorganizational Meeting
- July 7 – Special Meeting
- July 28 Goal Setting Meeting – 4 p.m.
- August 11 – 9 a.m.
- August 25
- September 23
- September 29
- October 27
- November 4, 8:30 a.m. (via Zoom)
- November 17
- December 21
- January 26
- February 16
- March 30
- April 13 — Annual Meeting
- April 27 (Annual Election/Admin. Budget Vote)
- May 25
- June 29
2020-21 School Year
- July 1 Reorganizational Meeting
- July 29 Goal Setting Meeting
- August 17 (special meeting)
- August 26
- September 30
- October 28
- December 9
- January 27
- February 24
- March 31
- April 6 (Special Meeting)
- April 14 Annual Meeting
- April 28 (Annual Election/Admin. Budget Vote) (April 28, 2021 meeting video)
- May 10 (Special Meeting)
- May 26
- June 3 (Special Meeting)
- June 30
2019-20 School Year
- July 10, 2019 – Reorganization/Special Board Meeting
- July 24, 2019
- August 28, 2019
- Sept. 25, 2019
- Oct. 7, 2019
- Oct. 30, 2019
- Nov. 20, 2019
- Dec. 11, 2019
- Jan. 6, 2020
- Jan. 29, 2020
- Feb. 28, 2020
- March 25
- April 6 Annual Meeting
- April 29 (April 29 video recording)
- May 27
- June 8, 2020
- June 24, 2020
- June 30, 2020
2018-19 School Year
- July 11, 2018 – Reorganization/Special Board Meeting
- July 25, 2018
- July 30, 2018
- August 29, 2018
- Sept. 26, 2018
- Oct. 29, 2018
- Dec. 12, 2018
- Dec. 19, 2018 (Special Meeting)
- Jan. 31, 2019
- March 1, 2019
- March 5, 2019 (Special Meeting)
- March 6, 2019 (Special Meeting)
- April 3, 2019 (Annual Meeting)
- April 17, 2019
- May 3, 2019 (Special Meeting)
- May 29, 2019
- June 19, 2019
In keeping with New York State’s Open Meeting Law, Board of Education meeting minutes will be posted within 14 days of their approval by the board, usually at the next regularly scheduled meeting. Pending minutes will not be posted online, but may be viewed at the office of the HFM BOCES District Clerk.
For archived minutes from previous years, please contact HFM District Clerk Christine Eaton, (518) 736-4681, ext. 4696.
How Open Meeting Law makes Board of Education meetings more accessible
Section 103(e) of the Open Meetings Law ensures that the public has access to the materials under discussion by a public body prior to a meeting.
HFM BOCES Board of Education, committed to open and transparent conduct of business, will make every practicable effort to provide access to records that are “scheduled to be the subject of a discussion” during any open meeting.
The section addresses two types of records: first, those that are required to be made available pursuant to FOIL; and second, proposed resolutions, law, rules, regulations, policies or amendments thereto. When either is scheduled to be discussed during an open meeting, the law requires that they be made available to the public, to the extent practicable, either prior to or at the meeting.
Meeting agendas, minutes and applicable documents will be available online at the same time they are made available to board members. Documents are also available upon request from the superintendent’s office. There may be a fee for printed materials.
