Meetings, Agendas & Minutes

Agendas for regular meetings are generally prepared on the Friday before the meeting and available to the public on the Monday before the meeting.

Copies of the current year’s minutes are available below. Please contact the District Clerk for access to older minutes.

Meetings will take place at Johnstown High School, unless otherwise stated. Please visit the BoardDocs website to see agendas/minutes for the following meetings:

• January 27, 2024 (Sat). Workshop/Retreat for Board Training, 8:00 a.m., District Office
• February 15, 2024 (Thurs) Business Meeting & Budget Workshop 6:00 p.m.
• March 14, 2024 (Thurs) Business Meeting & Budget Workshop 6:00 p.m.
• April 10, 2024 ( Wed ) HFM BOCES Annual Meeting 6:00 p.m.
• April 24, 2024 (Wed) Business Meeting & Budget Workshop 6:00 p.m.
• May 7, 2024 (Tues.) Public Budget Hearing 6:00 p.m., Special Meeting 7:00 p.m.
• May 22, 2024 (Wed.) Business Meeting 6:30 p.m.
• June 13, 2024 (Thurs) Business Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Past Meeting Dates, Agendas & Minutes (2023-2024)

• July 6, 2023 Organizational Meeting Approved Minutes
• August 2, 2023 Special Meeting Approved Minutes
• August 17, 2023 Business Meeting Approved Minutes
• September 21, 2023 Business Meeting Approved Minutes
• October 12, 2023 Business Meeting Approved Minutes
• November 20, 2023 Business Meeting Approved Minutes
• December 11, 2023 Special Meeting Approved Minutes
• December 21, 2023 Business Meeting Approved Minutes
• January 18, 2024 (Thurs) Business Meeting Approved Minutes

Public Participation

All Board meetings will be open to the public except those portions that are executive sessions. The Board will make reasonable efforts to ensure that all meetings are held in an appropriate facility that can adequately accommodate all members of the public who wish to attend. The Superintendent will attend all Board meetings. Members of the Superintendent’s staff may attend Board meetings at the Superintendent’s discretion. The Board may also request that additional people attend.

View Board Policy #1510 – Regular Board Meetings and Rules (Quorum and Parliamentary Procedure)

Addressing the Board

By email: Residents, staff and students may express their views by sending an email in care of the District Clerk, Larraina Carpenter, for distribution to Board members.

In writing: Residents, staff and students may express their views by writing to the Board of Education in care of:
District Clerk
Greater Johnstown School District
1 Sir Bills Circle
Suite 101
Johnstown NY 12095.

Materials submitted will be distributed to Board members.

At a board meeting: As a matter of courtesy, and to foster a spirit of cooperation, the Johnstown School Board provides a forum for public comment at the beginning of its monthly business meetings (although school board meetings must be conducted in view of the public, there is no law requiring that members of the public be permitted to speak.) Interested parties may speak regarding specific agenda items or on education topics of general interest. However, the Board does not permit verbal comments relating to specific personnel decisions regarding individuals employed by the District – those comments should be submitted to the Board in writing. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Greater Johnstown Board of Education on June 8, 2017, speakers are restricted to a maximum of three minutes. Speakers are asked to state their name and address and identify the organization, if any, they represent.

By following the Chain of Command: Please remember that complaints are often best handled by the administrator in charge of the unit closest to the source of the complaint. In most instances, complaints should be made to the building principal if the matter can’t be resolved by a teacher; or to the athletic director if the matter can’t be resolved by a coach. If complaints aren’t resolved satisfactorily at this level, they may be carried to the Superintendent. If complaints aren’t resolved satisfactorily at the Superintendent level, they may be carried to the Board of Education.