Nov 08, 2023 November 8, 2023 - Business Meeting

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OKAY. OKAY.

[2. Public Session - 7:30 p.m.]

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALLEGIANCE] OKAY. I'D ASK MR. ROWE FOR A REITERATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS.

WE ENTERED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ITEM, AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYMENT RECORD OF INDIVIDUALS. THANK YOU.

SO WELCOME EVERYBODY.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY A BRIEF MEETING TONIGHT.

SO I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS.

WE'LL BE REMEMBERING THEM THIS WEEK AND HAVE A DAY OFF OF SCHOOL TO DO THAT.

[3. Approval of Minutes]

I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 25TH, 2023.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. NO.

AND NEXT IS 4.1 SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

[4.1 Superintendent's Report]

AND I KNOW OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR THEM.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE.

EXCUSE ME AND ALL THE FREEDOMS THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED FOR US ALL.

WE HAVE FRIDAY OFF OF SCHOOL THIS YEAR FOR THAT, JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE CALENDAR FALLS.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BUT WE WILL WE WILL BE NOT BE HERE THIS FRIDAY.

VERY SHORT REPORT FROM ME TONIGHT.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF REALLY EXCITING HONORS, THOUGH, THAT I WANTED TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE OF.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE INVITING THESE FOLKS TO OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A WORK SESSION NEXT TIME.

WE WE'RE PLANNING FOR A PREDOMINANTLY WORK SESSION.

WE MAY HAVE A BRIEF BUSINESS SESSION IF WE AGENDA, IF WE HAVE A FEW KEY BUSINESS TYPE ITEMS OR PERSONNEL ITEMS THAT WE NEED.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE TO HONOR THESE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT AWARDS.

SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED THIS WEEK TO FIND OUT THAT WE HAD TWO OF OUR FACULTY MEMBERS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL SELECTED AND ANNOUNCED BY GOVERNOR HOCHUL AS MEMBERS OF THE MASTER TEACHER, SELECTED AS NEW YORK STATE MASTER TEACHERS FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THAT IS MISTER AJ QUACKENBUSH, ONE OF OUR MATH TEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS SELECTED AND ALSO ONE OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST COHORT OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS, AND THAT'S MISTER LUIS BARCELO.

SO THEY BOTH WENT THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WERE SELECTED NOW TO BE PART OF THIS COHORT, STATE LEVEL.

SO IT WAS THEY WERE MEMBERS OF 147 EDUCATORS WHO WERE SELECTED THIS YEAR TO JOIN A PROFESSIONAL NETWORK OF MORE THAN 1700 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS FROM AROUND THE STATE.

25 OF THOSE WERE COUNSELORS AND OUR LUIS BARCELO WAS ONE OF THEM.

THAT REPRESENTS 127 SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM AROUND THE STATE.

SO THESE FOLKS WILL BE THEY WERE RECOGNIZED THROUGH THIS AS LEADERS IN THE PROFESSION, SERVING AS MENTORS.

THEY WILL BE SERVING AS MENTORS FOR STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS.

AND MANY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED GRANTS FOR STEM AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS IN THEIR CURRENT PROFESSIONAL WORK.

SO THROUGHOUT THEIR FOUR YEAR PARTICIPATION, THEY'RE NOW PART OF THAT OF A FOUR YEAR COHORT.

THEY WILL THEY'LL RECEIVE A STIPEND FROM THE STATE, $15,000 ANNUAL STIPEND FOR THEIR WORK, AND FOR THAT, THEY'LL BE ENGAGING WITH PEER MENTORING, INTENSIVE, CONTENT ORIENTED AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

THE WORK CLOSELY WITH PRE-SERVICE AND EARLY CAREER TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS TO FOSTER A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEM TEACHERS, IN PARTICULAR, AND COUNSELORS AND ATTEND REGIONAL MEETINGS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS.

SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT THEY'LL BE REPRESENTING PELHAM.

AND FOR PELHAM TO BE RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THE STATE MASTER TEACHER COHORTS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HONORING THEM NEXT TIME AND HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT APPLICATION PROCESS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO HEARD THIS WEEK THAT MR. JOHNSON FROM SIWANOY WAS RECOGNIZED AND FOR THE HEROES IN EDUCATION AWARD, WHICH IS A PTA AWARD.

SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED FOR HIM, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL AND HONORING HIM FOR THAT RECOGNITION.

HE I KNOW HE'S BROUGHT A LOT OF SCHOOL SPIRIT, AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS IN THE NOMINATION.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT AND RECOGNIZING HIM AT OUR WORK SESSION NEXT TIME AS WELL, LATER THIS WEEK.

I'M SORRY, NOT THIS WEEK. NEXT WEEK, DR.

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SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CEREMONY AND PRESENTATION AND BEING PART OF THOSE WORKSHOPS AND MEETING OTHER SCHOOLS WHO ARE ALSO WORKING TO REALLY ACHIEVING HIGH LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

SO WE WILL WE'LL BE OUT THERE DOING MANY PROFESSIONAL THINGS WHILE WE WERE IN DC TOGETHER.

AND THEN FINALLY, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON STRATEGIC PLANNING.

WE DID ISSUE THE RFP THAT I SHARED WITH THE BOARD A WHILE BACK THAT WENT OUT.

THOSE RESPONSES CAME BACK.

WE HAD NINE RESPONSES.

I DID AN INITIAL SCREENING OF THOSE AND HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO FOUR THAT I THINK WERE A BETTER FIT FOR US.

SOME OF THEM WERE HAD MAYBE NOT WORKED WITH DISTRICTS SIMILAR TO OURS, OR COSTS WERE A LITTLE BIT.

NOT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR OR JUST THEIR APPROACH WAS, AGAIN, NOT SOMETHING THAT SEEMED TO BE THE RIGHT FIT FOR PELHAM.

SO I'VE GOT A TEAM OF ADMINISTRATORS, A FEW TEACHERS.

JACKIE IS GOING TO BE JOINING AS WELL, DOING A REVIEW OF THE FOUR THAT I SCREENED THAT DOWN TO.

AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL SEE IF ONE RISES TO THE SURFACE JUST FROM THAT REVIEW OR IF INTERVIEWS, ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS MAY BE NEEDED, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT NAILED DOWN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD, EITHER THE NOVEMBER 29TH MEETING OR THE EARLY DECEMBER MEETING, SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT CONTRACT IN PLACE AND GET THAT UP AND RUNNING AS EARLY AS DECEMBER.

GREAT, GREAT.

SO LOTS OF IT WAS SOME GOOD APPLICATIONS IN THERE.

I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME EXCELLENT CHOICES.

AND THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT TONIGHT.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[4.2 Board of Education Committee Reports]

YEP. SO JIM WILL YOU TOUCH THAT IN YOUR IN YOUR REPORT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY THANKS TO THE CABINET TO A LOT OF THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES IN ADDITION TO THE BOARD COMMITTEES ARE GETTING UP AND RUNNING.

SO THERE'S BEEN WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK.

EVEN THOUGH OUR REPORTS ARE SHORT THIS WEEK, A LOT HAS BEEN HAPPENING.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND PLANNING AND FACILITATING THOSE.

AND WE'RE UP AND RUNNING.

OKAY. NEXT IS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE ON AUTHENTIC LEARNING.

[4.3 Assistant Superintendent's Update on Authentic Learning]

THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WAS VERY BUSY.

WE DID MANY OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS ATTENDED TRAINING TO PREPARE US FOR THE COMPUTER BASED TESTING ADMINISTRATION FOR OUR 3 TO 8 EXAMS THIS COMING SPRING.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT THERE WILL BE A SIMULATION IN JANUARY, WHICH IS A STATE LEVEL THING, AND PRIOR TO THAT, THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO GET USED TO THE PLATFORM AND THE DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO EXPEND INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND DOING THAT KIND OF PREP IN THAT WAY.

BUT MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO NAVIGATE THE PLATFORM, SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THE ASSESSMENTS TO REALLY SEE WHAT THEY KNOW AND CAN DO, AND NOT HOW WELL THEY USE THE HIGHLIGHT TOOL.

UM, WE HAVE BEGUN PLANNING OUR MARCH 2024 SUPERINTENDENTS CONFERENCE DAY.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

YESTERDAY, OUR ADMINISTRATORS WERE OUR SECONDARY ADMINISTRATORS WERE TRAINED TO USE THE DATA VIZ DATA DASHBOARD THAT WE HAVE THROUGH INFINITE CAMPUS. SO THAT'S UP AND RUNNING.

EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE HAD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SCIENCE 21 MATH IN FOCUS, RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM TEACHERS COLLEGE.

AND THAT'S JUST A SMALL SMATTERING OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENED.

I BELIEVE THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A REPORT OUT FROM OUR MOST RECENT OR OUR MOST RECENT AND ALSO FIRST AUTHENTIC LEARNING COMMITTEE OF THE YEAR.

UM, I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE LAST WEEK BECAUSE I WAS ON A TRI STATES VISIT TO ARDSLEY, WHERE I IT WAS MY FIRST VISIT EVER, SO IT WAS VERY EXCITING FOR ME. BUT THE FOCUS OF THEIR VISIT WAS MTS, WHICH IS A HUGE FOCUS OF OUR DISTRICT THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS LIKELY GOING TO BE AT LEAST PART OF THE FOCUS OF OUR UPCOMING TRI STATE VISIT IN JANUARY 2026.

SO WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD.

AND IN THAT VEIN, WE HAVE BEGUN THE WORK OF OUR MTSS COMMITTEE ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WITH OUR FIRST MEETING BEING HELD ON NOVEMBER 20TH.

IN ADDITION, MR. RICKY AND I PRESENTED TO THE CABINET.

WAS THAT YESTERDAY NOW MONDAY.

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SOME NEW PROCEDURES THAT WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE IN UPDATING IF THERE'S AN ADDRESS CHANGE OR HOW WE HANDLE WHEN WE GET RETURNED MAIL SO THAT THINGS DON'T GET THINGS DON'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS THAT WE ADDRESS THEM, THAT WE KIND OF CENTRALIZE THEM, DIGITIZE SOME OF THE FORMS THAT WE HAVE, AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND NEXT IS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE ON THE WHOLE CHILD.

[4.4 Assistant Superintendent's Update on The Whole Child]

SO WHILE SPRING SEEMS VERY FAR AWAY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING FOR ANNUAL REVIEW SEASON.

WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE READY FOR TRIENNIAL REVALUATIONS THIS YEAR.

WHEN YOU'RE A STUDENT THAT'S CLASSIFIED AND HAVE AN IEP, YOU GET REASSESSED EVERY THREE YEARS.

SO PARENTS GOT THOSE CONSENTS OVER THE SUMMER.

WE HAVE THOSE BACK.

SO WE'RE PLANNING ON THOSE MEETINGS AND SORT OF GETTING READY AND UP AND RUNNING FOR THAT.

IN ADDITION, AS WE PLAN FOR ANNUAL REVIEWS, OUR STATE INDICATOR THIS YEAR IS INDICATOR EIGHT, BASED ON THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

AND UNDER INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, EVERY STATE HAS TO HAVE DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT WE GET REVIEWED ON EVERY YEAR.

THERE'S 14 INDICATORS.

THIS YEAR OUR INDICATOR IS INDICATOR EIGHT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PARENT FEEDBACK.

SO THIS IS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUNY POTSDAM THAT COLLECTS THE INFORMATION.

WE'VE ALREADY ORDERED PARENT SURVEYS.

SO AS PARENTS GET THEIR ANNUAL REVIEW INVITATIONS THIS YEAR, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO GET PARENT FEEDBACK SURVEYS, WHICH WILL GO DIRECTLY TO SUNY POTSDAM.

THEY COLLECT THAT INFORMATION, AND THAT'S AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES.

SO IT'S A GOOD SELF REVIEW.

WE WILL NOT GET THE RESULTS FROM THAT HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE DATA IS DUE BY THE END OF AUGUST AND WE PROBABLY GET THE RESULTS BY MID DECEMBER OR SO NEXT YEAR. WE NEXT THURSDAY WILL BE SEPTA MEETING.

I'M SORRY. YES. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, HELD THIS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY.

THIS IS THE MEETING WHERE SEPTA INVITES MYSELF AND DR.

RIBEIRO AND MR. LAU TO TALK TO PARENTS ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION IN PELHAM PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.

WE'LL SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT IEP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, HOW TO UNPACK WHAT YOUR TEST SCORES MEAN.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 504 ACCOMMODATION PLANS AND IEPS, WHICH SEEMS TO BE SOMETIMES OFTEN A VERY CONFUSING FOR PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND.

504S SECONDS ARE REALLY FOR GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

THOSE ARE OUR ACCOMMODATION PLANS, AND IEPS ARE FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AND NEED SPECIALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION ACCESS THE CURRICULUM.

SO WE'LL UNPACK THAT FOR PARENTS.

THAT'S NEXT THURSDAY.

IN TERMS OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, OUR RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM COACH EARL HUNTER, WAS HERE IN BUILDINGS LAST WEEK.

HE SPENT A DAY IN EACH BUILDING.

HE OBSERVED CLASSES AND MET WITH TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS TO GIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT HE WAS OBSERVING AND WHAT HE WAS SEEING AS FAR AS OUR PRACTICES AS RELATED TO MORNING MEETING. SO THAT'S EXCITING.

HE'LL BE BACK AGAIN FOR ONE MORE VISIT IN THE SPRING.

WE DID HAVE OUR FIRST WELLNESS COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY, AND WE BASICALLY SUMMARIZE THE WORK THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS A LOT OF WORK.

I WILL BE SENDING FORWARD TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE THE WELLNESS POLICY THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO FINISH LAST YEAR BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN MR. HODGE LEFT, HIS PORTIONS OF THAT DIDN'T GET REVIEWED.

BUT MR. TOMBS AND I MET WE TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY.

HE REVIEWED HIS PIECES.

WE REVIEWED THE NUTRITION PIECES OF IT LAST YEAR.

SO THERE ARE NO MAJOR CHANGES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE FOR RE APPROVAL.

WE REQUIRED EVERY THREE YEARS TO REVIEW THAT POLICY.

IN ADDITION WE TALKED ABOUT THE STUDENT RESILIENCE SURVEY.

I'M WORKING ON GIVING THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD.

THAT BOARD SUMMARY.

OVERALL, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE DATA SHOWED SOME A LOT OF THE POSITIVES IN THE DATA AND SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE STILL THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR SEL SEQUENCING.

WE STARTED TO MAP LAST YEAR OUR SEL BENCHMARKS.

WE DID THAT WITH ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THAT AND SUMMARIZE SORT OF WHAT ARE OUR GREEN LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT, RED LIGHT AREAS WHERE WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL, WHERE WE MAY NEED SOME TWEAKS AND WHERE WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT GAPS.

SO WE'RE CLOSING UP ON THAT.

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WE'RE GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON THE CLIMATE SURVEY.

WE DID SEND OUT THAT BRIEF LITTLE THREE QUESTION SURVEY LAST YEAR, SORT OF WHAT OF THE AREAS THAT TEACHERS FELT AND STAFF FELT WERE PULLING THEM AT THE MOST, WHERE THEY FEEL THEY NEED SUPPORT AND WHAT ARE THEY KIND OF LOOKING FOR? THE OVERALL THEMES REALLY RELATED TO TIME.

THAT'S WHERE OUR TEACHERS FEEL MOST LIKE THEY'RE, I GUESS, A SOURCE OF STRESS, NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

AND ALSO THEY'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR SOME UPDATES ON TEACHER BREAK ROOMS. THAT WAS SORT OF WE GAVE THEM SOME OPTIONS.

WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE IN YOUR BUILDING AS A SPACE THAT WOULD OFFER YOU SORT OF A REPRIEVE? SOME BUILDINGS DON'T HAVE TEACHER BREAK ROOMS, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JIM AND I ALSO TALKED ABOUT.

JIM, AS PART OF THE WELLNESS MEETING.

HE HEARD THAT TRY TO FOLD THAT INTO THE FACILITIES SURVEY AS WELL.

AND THEN ALSO WHEN THE CLIMATE SURVEY COMES OUT, WE'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL.

LASTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PEER MENTOR PROGRAM.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE WORKED ON LAST YEAR.

THE IDEA OF WHAT IS IN PLACE FOR OUR FRESHMEN AS THEY TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL.

AND MISS LILA ZAHED, WHO IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER, IS THE LEAD ON THAT.

SHE GETS THE STIPEND TO DO ON THAT PROGRAM.

AND THEY PUT TOGETHER BETWEEN HER AND MR. BERKOWITZ, A REALLY HEALTHY PROGRAM.

WE HAVE ALL FRESHMEN HAVE A PEER MENTOR, EITHER A SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR OR SENIOR, AND THEY MEET EVERY MONTH WITH THEIR PEER MENTOR IN A DIRECTED ACTIVITY. SO IT REALLY GIVES THE FRESHMEN SORT OF A LINK TO AN UPPERCLASSMEN AND A CONNECTION TO AN EXPERIENCED PERSON IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALSO A WAY TO DO SOME ACTIVITIES TO KIND OF BUILD A CONNECTION WITH OTHER STUDENTS.

AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WILL BE THE GOALS FOR THE WORK THIS YEAR.

SO. OF SOME IDEAS FLOATING AROUND WHICH WILL FORMALIZE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

WHAT ARE THE TRENDS THAT ARE BEING SEEN IN THE BUILDINGS THAT WE MAY NEED TO WORK ON? WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT CONFLICT RESOLUTION.

WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT KIDS NEEDING MORE MOVEMENT.

SORT OF THE IDEA THAT THERE IS KIDS COMING TO SCHOOL LESS PREPARED, EVEN WITH GROSS MOTOR SKILLS.

GROSS MOTOR SKILLS.

THEY'RE SEEING THAT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

WE HAVE AN OT THAT'S ON THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S KIND OF A THEME THAT SEEMS TO BE RESONATING.

AND MR. TOOMBS ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHILE WE HAVE MORE KIDS WHO ARE DOING TRAVEL TEAMS AND KIND OF MORE FORMAL THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IT'S NOT THE SAME THING AS KIDS GOING OUT AND PLAYING, BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE TRAVEL OR YOUR SORT OF FORMAL WAYS THAT YOU INTERACT.

YOU'RE STANDING AT A CONE AND WAITING FOR A DRILL TO BEGIN.

AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN JUST BEING ABLE TO PLAY.

SO WE THINK WE MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS A WELLNESS COMMITTEE AND EXPLORE MOVEMENT AND MORE MOVEMENT BREAKS FOR STUDENTS AND ACCESS TO THAT.

SO THAT IS WELLNESS IN COUNSELING.

I ALSO WANT TO FORMALLY CONGRATULATE MR. BARCELLO ON THAT ACHIEVEMENT.

IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO BE PICKED FOR THIS INAUGURAL GROUP OF MASTER COUNSELORS, SO I'M VERY EXCITED AND PROUD OF HIM.

THE HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SENIORS ON COLLEGE APPLICATIONS.

THEY'VE BEEN BUSY WRITING RECOMMENDATION LETTERS.

TO DATE, ABOUT 63% OF OUR SENIORS HAVE COMPLETED THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS.

BUT WE KNOW THAT CONTINUES BECAUSE THERE ARE ROLLING ADMISSIONS FOR MANY SCHOOLS.

AS THE QUARTER COMES TO THE END, I THINK TOMORROW IS THE END OF THE QUARTER MARKING PERIOD.

MAYBE. I'M NOT SURE.

COUNSELORS ARE MEETING WITH STUDENTS REGARDING THEIR PROGRESS AND CHECKING IN.

WHERE DO WE NEED TO PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS? AND ALSO IN COLLABORATION WITH CIVICS.

THE HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE HOSTING THEIR FIRST IN THEIR SERIES OF CAREER EVENTS NEXT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH.

THAT WORKSHOP IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON CAREERS IN MARKETING.

COLLEGE VISITS ARE CONTINUING, SO THAT'S ONGOING.

AND JUST LASTLY, IN TERMS OF NURSING AND THE MEDICAL WORLD, MYSELF AND OUR NURSE COORDINATOR MET WITH DR.

LEGUE JUST LAST FRIDAY TO REVIEW OUR CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS.

WE REVIEWED OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES AND FORMS WE SHOULD BE USING IF A KID SHOULD EXPERIENCE A CONCUSSION IN SCHOOL, WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS A

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SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO USING THOSE FORMS. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU. AND NEXT IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE ON HUMAN RESOURCES.

[4.5 Executive Director's Update on Human Resources and Learning]

SO WE HAVE OUR OUR STAFF CLIMATE SURVEY, WHICH HAS BEEN I THINK NOW THREE WEEKS ONGOING.

WE DECIDED TO EXTEND ONE MORE WEEK.

SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET, I THINK THE NUMBERS OF PARTICIPATION, THE RATE WAS ABOUT 37% FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AND ABOUT 17% OF THE NON INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. SO NOW THAT HAS INCREASED, ABOUT 60% OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF HAVE PARTICIPATED.

AND THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP BY THE THE MONITORS AND THE CUSTODIANS, THE CLERICAL FACILITIES TO 26%.

SO WE THOUGHT THAT KEEPING OPEN JUST ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER REMINDER WOULD GET THEM SOME MORE PARTICIPATION.

SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. CLOSE IT OUT THIS WEEK.

YEAH. AND I KNOW STEVE ALSO SENT THEM A REMINDER THAT THERE WERE LAPTOPS IN ALL THE MAIN OFFICES.

SO THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD A DEVICE SIT AT A DESK THAT THEY MADE THEIR ACCESS WAS MAYBE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIMITED.

EVERY PRINCIPAL HAD A SPECIAL LAPTOP IN THEIR IN THE MAIN OFFICE JUST TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY ONLINE.

SO SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CLOSING OUT AND THEN CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT IT REALLY YIELDS AFTER THE NEW YEAR.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

WE DID WELCOME MR. RICHARD LEPRINE AGAIN BACK TO THE DISTRICT.

HE STARTED ON MONDAY AND WE HAD SOME GOOD OVERLAP TIME.

NOW TO WORK WITH DR.

TITONE. AND WE WANT TO WISH DR.

TITONE ALL THE BEST IN HER NEXT ADVENTURE, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HER BACK IN FEBRUARY.

AND I ALSO DID MENTION TO THE BOARD THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW YORK STATE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ADVOCACY TO CHANGE HAS BEEN THE THE WAY WE EVALUATE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.

SO I WROTE THAT IN MY BOARD REPORT, IT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK LAST DECADE, BUT 2016, A CHANGE IN THE APPR, THE ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW PROCESS FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS TO BE A 50% MODEL, 50% OBSERVATION BY THEIR SUPERVISORS, AND THEN 50% BASED ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS, WHETHER INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS OR STATE EXAMS. A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN, ESPECIALLY COVID, WHEN WE HAD TO HAVE A MORATORIUM ON THE APPR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THAT DATA.

SO WE WERE HOPING THIS PAST YEAR THAT THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR WOULD, WOULD MAKE A LAW CHANGE TO TO AMEND IT AND GIVE MORE, I THINK, CONTROL OVER THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE IT WAS, LET'S SAY, 20, 30 YEARS AGO, THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD A LOT OF LOCAL CONTROL ON HOW WE EVALUATED ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, UNFORTUNATELY.

SO I'M HOPING THAT'S WHERE THE ENTIRE STATE IS, HOPING THAT THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT AGAIN TO KIND OF REALLY, I THINK GIVE THE SCHOOLS THAT LOCAL CONTROL IN TERMS OF HOW WE EVALUATE TEACHERS AND ALSO PRINCIPALS.

SO MORE TO BE HEARD ON THAT, I'M SURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND NEXT ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE ON FINANCE AND FACILITIES.

[4.6 Assistant Superintendent's Update on Finance and Facilities]

AND THE BUSINESS OFFICE, OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR HAS ALSO BEEN IN DISTRICT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WORKING ON THE ANNUAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND AGREED UPON PROCEDURES PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD LAST YEAR.

ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.

YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A TRANSFER AS WE WORK THROUGH THE YEAR, WE'LL SEE MANY TRANSFERS, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ONE WHERE WE'RE DROPPING FROM CONTINGENCY.

WE WERE WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED OTHER AREAS TO TO SURPLUS THOSE FUNDS TO COVER WHERE THE NEED IS.

WE HAVE A ROLLOVER AGREEMENT FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS, WHO WE ISSUED THROUGH AN RFP LAST YEAR ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.

AND THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP OUT JOE TOOMBS.

HE'S TRYING TO FIND SOME SPACE, AND HE FOUND A LOT OF OLD EQUIPMENT, AND WE'RE HELPING HER SURPLUS THAT EQUIPMENT SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THAT SPACE AND HOPEFULLY MAKE MAKE HIS WORK LIFE A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT EASIER ON THE FACILITIES SIDE, AS WE'VE NOTIFIED EVERYBODY, WE HAD OUR ANNUAL LEAD TESTING, AND WE DID HAVE SOME NOTIFICATIONS WHICH WE'VE MADE TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE'VE POSTED THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

THOSE SITES THAT DID NOT THAT HAD EXCEEDANCES HAVE EITHER BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE OR THEY'RE NOTICED AS NON POTABLE WATER SOURCES, WHICH ARE METHODS OF REMEDIATION. AND IF THOSE AREAS ARE GOING TO BE REOPENED FOR POTABLE WATER, THEY NEED TO BE TESTED PRIOR TO BEING PUT BACK IN SERVICE.

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AND THIS IS PART OF THE THE ANNUAL REQUIREMENT OR THE TRI ANNUAL REQUIREMENT.

I BELIEVE IT'S EVERY THREE YEARS NOW BASED ON STATE GUIDANCE.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, AGAIN, WE HAD WE HAD TO TEST ALL SCHOOLS, INCLUDING HUTCHINSON, WHICH IS A BRAND NEW SCHOOL, AND THAT WAS EVEN ONE LOCATION WHERE WE HAD AN EXCEEDANCE, THE THE LIMIT, THE THRESHOLD LIMIT HAD BEEN DECREASED FROM 15 PARTS PER BILLION TO FIVE PARTS PER BILLION AT THE STATE.

SO IN THAT REGARDS, THAT'S WHERE WE SAW THOSE EXCEEDANCES WHERE MANY OF THEM WOULD NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED.

AND THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON.

WE'RE FINDING THIS WITH AMONGST OUR PARTNER DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA, THEY'RE SEEING VERY SIMILAR, VERY SIMILAR RESULTS.

AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS WE ADDRESS IT AND WE AND WE WORK TO TAKE CARE OF IT ANY WHICH WAY THAT WE NEED TO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT COMPLIANCE, WE'VE HELD ALL OF OUR FIRE INSPECTIONS THAT WE HAVE ANNUALLY WITH OUR WITH OUR WE HAVE A FIRE INSPECTOR WHO WE CONTRACT OUT WITH AND OUR FIRE CHIEFS AND BOTH OF OUR VILLAGES FIRE DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATED IN THOSE FIRE INSPECTIONS AS WELL.

AND THEY WORKED. THEY WENT THROUGH ALL THE BUILDINGS WITH OUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR AND THE FIRE INSPECTOR.

AND THIS IS ALL PART OF OUR ANNUAL RENEWAL FOR THE DISTRICT.

CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS FOR OUR BUILDINGS.

IF YOU'VE LOOKED AROUND THE THE CAMPUSES, YOU'LL SEE OUR GROUNDS CREW HAS BEEN THEY'VE WORKED NICELY TO TRY TO BEAUTIFY THE THE AREAS.

YOU PROBABLY SEE SOME MUMS AND SOME PLANTINGS OUTSIDE THE GLOVER AREA AND AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN IN FRONT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GO BY OUR SCHOOLS.

AND I THINK IT REALLY IT PRESENTS A NICE IMAGE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

WINTER IS COMING.

WE CERTAINLY FELT IT.

WE'VE TESTED ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT.

WE'RE UP AND RUNNING, OUR SNOW BLOWERS, OUR BROOMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS READY TO GO.

WHEN AND IF THAT SEASON COMES UPON US.

AND AGAIN, RETURNING BACK TO AN INQUIRY FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING AS FAR AS CLOSE OUTS OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING OUT.

WE HAVE TO CLOSE OUT PAPERWORK FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL INTERIOR RENOVATION WORK.

AS AS I SEE IT NOW, I BELIEVE WE HAVE HUTCH AND PROSPECT HILL GENERAL CONTRACTOR CLOSEOUTS REMAINING.

SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH PUNCH WORK.

PUNCH LIST WORK AS WELL AS WITH OUR SITE CONTRACTOR AT HUTCHINSON.

SO WE'RE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON TRYING TO GET ALL OF THAT TAKEN CARE OF AS WE MOVE ALONG.

OTHER, OTHER THINGS.

OUR SECOND PLAYGROUND WAS INSTALLED AT SIWANOY, AND WE UNDERSTAND IT'S BEING ENJOYED AND USED BY OUR BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHICH IS REALLY TERRIFIC.

I THINK WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE.

WE CAUGHT A WINDOW OF REALLY GOOD WEATHER, AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONTRACTOR WHO WAS MOTIVATED TO GET THAT EQUIPMENT OUT OF THEIR STORAGE AREA.

AND IT'S EVEN BETTER, THOUGH THE KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT FOR THE YEARS TO COME.

SO THAT'S TWO NEW PLAYGROUNDS AT SIWANOY.

OBVIOUSLY THE THE SITE AT COLONIAL AT COLONIAL COLONIAL IS GOING TO BE NEXT.

HUTCHINSON IS IS, IS IS OF COURSE BRAND NEW AT HUTCHINSON.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR EYES TOWARDS.

PROSPECT HILL. AND AGAIN, THE SEQUENCING ALL CAME OUT AS PART OF OUR FACILITIES COMMITTEE LAST YEAR.

AND SPEAKING TO FACILITIES COMMITTEE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW MORNING AT OUR FACILITIES COMMITTEE.

SOME OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR ANNUAL WORK PLAN.

AND SOME OF THAT ANNUAL WORK PLAN INVOLVES LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS AND BENCHMARKING OURSELVES.

WHAT HOW DO HOW DO OUR SCHOOLS COMPARE TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS? DO WE SEE THINGS THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THAT WE THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US, OR DO WE FIND OURSELVES IN A BETTER POSITION AS OTHERS AND KIND OF BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, OR BUILDINGS THAT ARE OF SIMILAR VINTAGE TO OURS? SO BUILDING THAT WOULD KIND OF BE THE SAME AGE OF PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS THAT PERHAPS ASPIRATIONALLY THAT WE'D LIKE TO LOOK FOR.

SO A DISTRICT THAT PERHAPS HAS HVAC PROJECT IN PLACE AND HOW THEY'RE MAKING IT WORK OF A BUILDING OF A SIMILAR VINTAGE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDINGS THAT HAVE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, GEOTHERMAL PUMPS, AND SEEING HOW THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WORK, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT VINTAGE BUILDINGS AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE HOW OTHER PEOPLE OPERATE.

AND WE'D LIKE TO GET TO DISTRICTS VISITED HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE THANKSGIVING TIMEFRAME.

SO WE'VE CLEARED IT WITH THE DISTRICTS, AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO GO AROUND AND SEE OTHER DISTRICTS AND GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF.

AND YOU ALWAYS PICK UP SOMETHING ON HOW OTHER PEOPLE CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS.

SO WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ALSO NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH OUR NEW COMMITTEE.

PART OF THAT WILL TALK ABOUT OUR DRILL SCHEDULE, OUR TRAINING PROCESS.

JUST JUST TODAY, ACTUALLY, WE HAD A LOCKDOWN DRILL AT HUTCHINSON, WHICH AS I UNDERSTAND IT WAS ABOUT AS SMOOTH AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

[00:30:02]

ALSO, AT SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VENDOR REPRESENTATIVE COME WHO SELLS STAIR CHAIRS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THIS IS IF YOU HAVE A PATIENT WHO'S NOT ABLE TO MOVE, SAY AT A TOP FLOOR AND AN ELEVATOR IS INACCESSIBLE OR NOT AVAILABLE, THIS IS JUST A WAY TO HELP GET SOMEBODY DOWNSTAIRS IN A SAFE, MANAGEABLE WAY.

AND AGAIN, THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAME OUT OF THE SAFETY COMMITTEE LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE STAYING BUSY, I GUESS.

ONE QUICK QUESTION, IF I MAY, THE VISIT TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS.

YES, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE KIND OF THAT'S THROUGH THE LENS, THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED IT, OF THE LENS OF FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND HVAC.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO EXTEND THOSE KIND OF VISITS TO LOOK AT OTHER? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS OF NON INFRASTRUCTURE THINGS THAT WE MAY FIND INSPIRING LIKE A PLANETARIUM.

I KNOW JACKIE'S FAVORITES BUT BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S MORE LEARNING RELATED OR CURRICULUM RELATED.

YES I THINK WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

I THINK WE ALSO HAD WANTED TO INVITE SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATORS ON SOME OF THESE VISITS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, HVAC OBVIOUSLY IS A SOLIDLY INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT I THINK PART OF WHAT OUR HOPE WAS WITH SOME OF THESE VISITS IS WE WOULD ALSO SEE SOME INSTRUCTIONAL PIECES WITH THEM AS WELL.

SO I THINK WE'LL I KNOW JIM'S GOT THESE TWO LINED UP.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT.

AND I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO THEN IS THINK ABOUT WHAT WHAT HAVEN'T WE SEEN AND THEN TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE BUILDINGS.

BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND VISIONING ABOUT WHAT DO WE WANT FOR OUR FACILITIES FROM A LEARNING PERSPECTIVE.

BUT MY HOPE IS IN VISITING THESE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY PIECES, I THINK YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT THINGS.

CERTAINLY SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS AN EXAMPLE, WHETHER THEY HAVE DEDICATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHETHER THEY HAVE DEDICATED AUDITORIUMS, DEDICATED CAFETERIA SPACES, AND DEDICATED GYM SPACES AS THREE SEPARATE AREAS.

OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS CHOOSE TO HAVE CAFE CREMATORIUMS WHERE IT'S AN ALL IN ONE SPACE.

AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE ONE ONE SIMPLE EXAMPLE THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

SOME SCHOOLS MAY HAVE A LARGER THEATER, AND THEN A SMALLER BLACK BOX STYLE THEATER, EXPERIMENTAL THEATER, AND OTHER AND OTHER PLACES.

SO I THINK IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE SOMETIMES WHAT GETS YOU IS WHAT YOU DON'T EXPECT TO FIND WHEN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE TARGETED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AREA.

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK ABOVE THAT AREA.

BUT I THINK I THINK THERE'S A GOOD SAMPLING IN THIS IN OUR IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY, WHERE I THINK WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD, A GOOD FEELING OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TOO, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE SAME TYPES OF CONTRACTORS.

THE SAME CONSIDERATION, THE SAME ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, THE SAME STATE I KNOW OF.

I KNOW OF A SCHOOL IN CONNECTICUT THAT HAS A PLANETARIUM OR A A LARGER TELESCOPE, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT THERE'S DIFFERENT REGULATORY ISSUES THAT THERE AS WELL.

SO SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF STAY IN THAT, IN THAT SANDBOX BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS CROSS OVER 1 TO 1 WHEN WE LOOK AT THE REGULATORY PARTS.

AND YOU ALSO BECAUSE YOU WERE JUST SAYING YOU DID THE TRI STATES VISIT AND THAT'S VISITING ANOTHER DISTRICT, ANOTHER WITH MORE OF THE CURRICULUM.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS FOCUSED ON.

THANK YOU. FACILITIES AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE VILLAGE OF PELHAM IS GOING TO COME TALK ABOUT A FLOOD MITIGATION INITIATIVE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. SO WE'LL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO THE COMMITTEE BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT BACK TO THE BOARD.

AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH FRIENDS OF PELHAM SPORTS ON THE RENOVATION OF THE WEIGHT FITNESS ROOMS, AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT, FOR THE FOR THE SPACE, THAT WILL BE A CHANGE OF USE AND WITH THAT WILL REQUIRE AN ACTION CALLED SEQRA, WHICH IS A STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT.

SIX YEARS AGO, I COULD HAVE SAID THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY TONGUE FROM OUR BOND FEASIBILITY, BUT IN THIS CASE IT'S A IT'S A MINOR.

IT'S A PROCEDURE THAT YOU HAVE TO THAT BOARDS HAVE TO UNDERTAKE ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IT'S A SMALLER ACTION.

THAT OR A SMALLER PROJECT THAT WON'T REQUIRE ACTION, BUT JUST THAT THE BOARD HAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'VE THEY'VE UNDERTAKEN SECRET AND CERTAINLY FOR OTHER

[00:35:08]

SO DEPENDING ON SIZE OF THE PROJECT, IT DEPENDS ON THE LEVELS OF SECRET THAT ARE INVOLVED AS WELL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PAST PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND I THINK THAT WE CAN PROPOSE THAT A MOTION TO CONSIDER 6.1 THROUGH

[6. Financial Reports and Motions]

SO MOVED. SECOND.

OKAY, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE ITEMS? I'LL JUST POINT OUT WE'RE ALWAYS PROUD TO HAVE SO MANY GIRLS PLAYING ON ICE HOCKEY.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE APPROVALS.

6.2 IS FOR THE MERGER FOR GIRLS ICE HOCKEY TEAM.

VERY PELHAM.

ANYTHING OF NOTE IN THE BUDGET TRANSFERS, GYM OR JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL? BUSINESS AS USUAL.

WORKING WITH TRACY, I THINK WE IDENTIFIED SHE IDENTIFIED A NEED AND WE ALSO IDENTIFIED AN AREA WHERE SHE'S HAS THE ABILITY TO FUND FOR THAT TRANSFER.

SO. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE.

ANY OPPOSED OR ABSTENTIONS? NO. AND NEXT I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ACCEPT DONATION.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

OKAY. AND I'LL READ THIS.

RESOLVED THAT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DOES HEREBY ACCEPT THE MONETARY DONATION OF $7,000 FOR THE FIRST INSTALLMENT FOR THE HUTCHINSON SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL MATH PROGRAM FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT GRATITUDE BE BESTOWED UPON ITS DONOR, THE FRIENDS OF THE PELHAM CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT CONTRIBUTION.

ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW THAT BOTH DOCTOR FITZGERALD AND I MET WITH MR. DAVIDIAN NUMEROUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR TO CONCEPTUALIZE THIS.

THEY GOT IT UP AND RUNNING TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE JUST THRILLED TO CONTINUE, THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE CIVICS TO CONTINUE WITH IN PARTICULAR, HUTCHINSON IS THE BUILDING WHERE WE HAD MOST STUDENTS STAYING REMOTE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

SO CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO FILL IN THOSE GAPS IS REALLY CRITICAL.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. OKAY.

AND THEN THAT BRINGS US TO POLICY MONITORING AND GOVERNANCE.

[7. Policy Monitoring & Governance]

AND JUST A REMINDER THIS IS A POLICY, YEAH IT'S A POLICY THAT REQUIRES ANNUAL APPROVAL BY THE BOARD, ANNUAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

WE MADE NO CHANGES TO THE POLICY.

AND ALL THREE OF THREE BUILDINGS IDENTIFIED AS TITLE ONE HUTCHINSON, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND ALL ARE, HAVE OR ARE IN PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING ALL ASPECTS OF THIS POLICY.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND, I THINK IT WAS SUGGESTED TO POTENTIALLY WAIVE THE THIRD READING OF THIS AND APPROVE.

I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

SO I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING.

SO MOVED.

SECOND. OKAY.

AND NOW WE'RE VOTING TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. NO.

AND NOW I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY 8260.

SO MOVED.

SECOND. OKAY.

ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. NO THANK YOU.

OKAY. AND I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION TO CONSIDER ITEMS 8.1 THROUGH

[8. Superintendent's Personnel Recommendations]

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. NO. AND.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO 9.1.

[9. Pupil Personnel Services]

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SO MOVED. SECOND.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. NO.

AND 10.1 IS NEW BUSINESS.

NO. AND WE CAN SKIP OVER PUBLIC COMMENT AND ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. GREAT.

OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.