Board of Education

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Mrs. Dana Szalay-Delaney	President	Term Ends: 2023
13513 Taylor Hollow Road, Collins, NY 14034
Email: msszalay@gcslearn.org
Phone: (716) 341-0047

Mr. Max Graham	Vice President	Term Ends: 2024

Email: mrgraham@gcslearn.org
Phone: (716) 860-0373

Mrs. Dollene Christopher	Board Member	Term Ends: 2024
13719 Route 62, Collins, NY 14034
Email: mschristopher@gcslearn.org
Phone: (716) 345-6946

Mr. James Hotnich	Board Member	Term Ends: 2023
2274 Main Street, Collins, NY 14034
Email: mrhotnich@gcslearn.org
Phone: (716) 863-5921

Mrs. Shauna McMahon	Board Member	Term Ends: 2022
11 Park Street, Gowanda, NY 14070
Email: msmcmahon@gcslearn.org msmcmahon@gcslearn.org
Phone: (585) 355-6928

Mr. Mark D. Nephew	Board Member	Term Ends: 2023
28 Aldrich Street, Gowanda, NY 14070
Email: mrmnephew@gsclearn.org
(716) 532-5779

Mr. John Y. Waterman, Jr.	Board Member	Term Ends: 2022
12134 Burning Springs Road, Perrysburg, NY 14129
Email: mrwatermanjr@gcslearn.org
(716) 870-8793

Ms. Kathy Ferneza	Secretary to the Superintendent/District Clerk	—
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Email: msferneza@gcslearn.org
(716) 532-3325 Ext. 6300

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DISTRICT CALENDAR

Schedule for Board of Education meetings can be found by clicking the above icon.

Meeting Dates

The Board of Education’s regularly scheduled meetings are generally held on the first and third Wednesday of each month. The first meeting of the month will be a regular business meeting beginning at 6:30 PM. The second meeting of the month will begin at 6:30 PM with necessary business followed by a workshop where the Board members and administrators discuss topics of interest at length. All meetings are held in the Middle School Library located on Panther Drive in Gowanda. Additional meeting dates can be found on the District Calendar.

2021-2022 Meeting Dates

July 7, 2021

July 21, 2021 – Retreat

August 4, 2021

August 18, 2021

September 1, 2021

September 15, 2021

October 6, 2021

October 20, 2021

November 3, 2021

November 17, 2021

December 1, 2021

December 15, 2021

January 5, 2022

January 19, 2022

February 2, 2022

February 16, 2022

March 2, 2022

March 16, 2022

April 6, 2022

April 20, 2022

May 4, 2022

May 18, 2022

June 1, 2022

June 15, 2022

PUBLIC Board Docs

Click the above icon for Board of Education documents, policies, agendas, and minutes.

Documents

To View Specific Meeting Agendas and Minutes:

Open Board Docs
Go to Meetings
Use the left drop down to select the year.
Choose the date
Icons will appear to View the Agenda, Print the Agenda, and/or View the Minutes

To Search Board Docs:

Go to Meetings (in the upper right hand corner)
Search Meetings using key words above the featured section.

Live Meeting

Upcoming Meeting

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Education of Gowanda Central School District is to be held Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at approximately 6:30pm in the Middle School Library and streamed live on Facebook.

Meeting Recordings

The Gowanda Central School District values transparency and public participation at Board of Education meetings. All regular Board of Education meetings are able to be viewed at the time of the meeting (live streamed) and are recorded and then made available online shortly after the meeting. In this way, anyone can access the discussions and deliberations that took place even if they were unable to attend the meeting.

For previously recorded meetings click Video Archive and simply select the meeting you wish to watch by clicking on the video1915

Video Archive

Gowanda Board of Education Ambassador Program

Representatives :

High School: Dollene Christopher & Dana Szalay-Delaney

Middle School: Max Graham & Mark D. Nephew

Elementary School: Jim Hotnich & Shauna McMahon

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