The Board of Education is the governing body of the Catskill Central School District. The nine-members of the Board volunteer their services without pay for three-year terms. Members are elected at-large by school district voters at the annual election held by New York State law on the third Tuesday of May. The Board President and Vice President are elected by the members of the Board at the first Board meeting of the fiscal year in July.

Please click link for Schedule for the 2008-2009 Board of Education Meetings*
*The schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Current members of the Board (and their term expiration dates as of June 30 of the indicated year) for the 2000-09 school year are:

Jim Garafalo-President (Term expires June 2009)
Andrew Jones-Vice President (Term expires June 2011)
Michael Bulich (Term Expires June 2010)
Randall Griffin (Term expires June 2010)
Karen Haas-Term expires June 2011)
Eric Holsopple (Term expires June 2009)
Matthew Leibowitz (Term expires June 2011)
Lisa Warner (Term expires June 2010)


Board Responsibilities

The Board of Education is responsible to act in the public interest to:

• Set a vision for the district;
• Establish goals for continuous improvement in academic performance and district governance;
• Evaluate district program effectiveness in meeting goals;
• Hire and evaluate the performance of an effective Superintendent of Schools and work as a team with him/her to provide educational leadership;
• Prepare and approve the annual budget that most effectively meets educational needs with the available resources and present to the voters for their approval;
• Establish policies to provide rules for the governance of the district; and
• Communicate the needs and performance of district programs with the community and address the community?s needs and concerns regarding the functioning of the school district.

Board Policies

The Board of Education is responsible for establishing all policies for the District. These policies function as the "laws" of the District and are administered by the Superintendent of Schools.

Please direct any comments or questions regarding policies to the Superintendent of Schools to the attention of Board Clerk, Donna VanKleeck, email dvanklee@catskillcsd.org  or 943-4696 or 343 W. Main St., Catskill, NY 12414