North Syracuse Board Abolishes Assistant Superintendent for HR Post, Hires Middle School Principal Sarah Jones to New Director Role

Key Actions & Decisions

• ◆ Board abolished the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources position effective July 1, 2026, and created a Director of Human Resources position effective the same date; carried with nine yes votes.
• ◆ Sarah Jones, principal of Gillette Road Middle School, was hired as Director of Human Resources at an annual salary of $151,606 effective July 1, 2026, replacing Michael Baroody, Ed.D.; Jones resigns her principal position effective June 30, 2026.
• ◆ Board abolished the 1.0 FTE Systems Administrator position in the Technology Department effective September 1, 2026, and created a 1.0 FTE Help Desk Supervisor position effective July 6, 2026; carried with nine yes votes.
• ◆ Board awarded the 2025/26 Capital Outlay Project contract to Brick-Tek for $72,000, the lowest total bid among five companies whose bids were opened Tuesday, May 5, 2026, for King & King Project #26-44-9106.
• ◆ Board created a new 1.0 FTE LPN position at RRMS effective September 22, 2025, and approved new support-staff positions including two Occupational Therapists, a Physical Therapist and a Systems Consultant.
• ◆ Board approved instructional hires including Naomi Holliday as a long-term substitute Science Teacher ($78,510) and Kyle Scalzo as a probationary Mathematics Teacher ($76,577) under a four-year term per Education Law section 3012.
• ◆ Board approved classification and placement of disabled and preschool disabled students by the Committee on Special Education, and appointed poll inspectors, poll site managers, machine technicians and absentee/mail-in ballot counters for Districts 1 and 2.
• ◆ Superintendent Dr. Terry Ward announced the district's Special Olympics event was rescheduled to the rain date of May 28, and that a regional discussion on PILOTs, requested by OCSIA Chairwoman Nicole Watts, is set for Wednesday, May 27 at 4:30 p.m. in the junior high library.
• ◆ The board moved into executive session to review one personnel item, with no action to follow, before adjourning at 6:54 p.m.