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OKAY. WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING OF APRIL 9TH, 2025.
[3. Public Session - 7:30 p.m.]
LET'S RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.NATALIE, WOULD YOU REITERATE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION? YES. WE MET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION, LEASE OR SALE OF REAL PROPERTY.
THANK YOU. OKAY. SO I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE PELHAM'S WINTER VARSITY ATHLETES.
AND I CAN TRULY SAY I ENJOYED IT EVERY TIME AND WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE CALIBER OF THE PRODUCTION.
THESE ARE JUST TWO EXAMPLES OF THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR PELHAM STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
TONIGHT'S MEETING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY FINAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 2025, 2026 SCHOOL BUDGET PROPOSAL AS NEXT WEEK, NEXT TUESDAY, WE WILL VOTE ON IT. AND IF PASSED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, IT WILL BECOME OUR BUDGET TO TAKE TO THE VOTERS ON MAY 20TH.
THE MAIN ASK OF THE DISTRICT AS WE HEADED INTO BUDGET SEASON, WAS TO BE COGNIZANT OF THESE HEADWINDS AND CONTROL OUR BIGGEST EXPENSE AND ARE ALSO OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE IS OUR TEACHERS. IN THE SAME BREATH.
WE SAID DO NOT DISTURB THE ROBUST PROGRAMING THAT WE HAVE COME TO EXPECT IN PELHAM.
SO THIS BUDGET STRATEGICALLY USES THE EXPECTED RETIREMENTS TO MANAGE PEOPLE COSTS.
AS THE DISTRICT IS NOT BACKFILLING SOME OF THE RETIREMENTS.
NOT BACKFILLING SOME OF THE RETIREMENTS MEANS THE DISTRICT IS SCRUTINIZING SCHEDULING AND CLASS SIZES TO ENSURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS RUNNING ITS PROGRAM AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. LAST MEETING, DOCTOR CHAMP SHOWED US SOME KEY POINTS.
WE'VE HAD STEADY ENROLLMENT FOR FOR THE ABOUT THE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.
ON AVERAGE, THERE ARE 2850 ABOUT 2850 STUDENTS PER YEAR IN THE DISTRICT.
AND OVER THAT SAME TEN YEAR PERIOD TEACHERS HAVE GROWN FROM 298 TEACHERS TO 325 TEACHERS.
SO THE THE TEACHING STAFF HAS BEEN INCREASING OVER TIME.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET TAKES THE DISTRICT DOWN TO 321 TEACHERS, AND THAT'S BUT THAT'S NOT COUNTING TWO CONTINGENCY POSITIONS THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. WHICH WHICH PROVIDES THE DISTRICT WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY.
AND AGAIN, IT ACCOMPLISHES THIS THROUGH ATTRITION AND NOT NOT BACKFILLING SOME OF THE RETIREMENTS.
THE DISTRICT. DOCTOR CHAMP SHOWS SOME DATA THAT SHOWED THE DISTRICT HAS INCREASED BY, I THINK, ABOUT JUST ONE ADMINISTRATOR IN THE PAST TEN YEARS, AND THAT INCLUDES SPLITTING OUT CURRICULUM FROM HR AND LEADERSHIP, WHICH IS MOST OF US CAN EASILY AGREE WAS A VERY SMART, SMART MOVE FOR THE DISTRICT.
DOCTOR CHAMP ALSO PROVIDED DATA WHICH SHOWED WE HAVE AMONG THE LARGEST STUDENT TO ADMINISTRATOR RATIOS AMONG OUR PEER DISTRICTS, WHICH MEANS THE DISTRICT RUNS LEAN ON ADMINISTRATORS, COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING.
ALL THIS TO SAY, THE DISTRICT HAS SLOWED TEACHER HIRES AND IS RUNNING WITH A LEAN ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND IS NOT PLANNING ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE HIRES AT THIS POINT WHILE MAINTAINING ROBUST PROGRAMING IN THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL.
AND I WILL JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK ABOUT RESIDENCY CONCERNS AS WELL.
THIS IS WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S HANDLING OF STUDENT RESIDENCY.
THE DISTRICT FOLLOWS STATE PRESCRIBED PROTOCOLS FOR REGISTERING STUDENTS.
ALL RESIDENCY CONCERNS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO THE DISTRICT'S ATTENTION ARE INVESTIGATED.
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THE DISTRICT CONTRACTS WITH AN INVESTIGATOR TO SUPPORT RESIDENCY INVESTIGATIONS.THERE ARE TYPICALLY SEVERAL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENCY GOING ON AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
THE PROCEEDINGS ARE LENGTHY, AND THEY IN FAVOR OF KEEPING STUDENTS IN SCHOOL.
THERE IS A 40% INCREASE IN LEGAL FEES ASSOCIATED WITH RESIDENCY PROPOSED IN, IN THIS BUDGET.
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY REREGISTERING STUDENTS ANNUALLY MAY NOT SOLVE RESIDENCY ANY OF THE THE RESIDENCY ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING. THE ISSUES WE ARE SEEING MOST OFTEN INVOLVE USING THE, THE SYSTEM IN OTHER WAYS VERSUS NOT HAVING RESIDENCY OR NOT HAVING PROPER DOCUMENTATION AT REGISTRATION.
FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THE PAPERWORK IS ACCURATE AND THE FAMILY IS USING THE SYSTEM IN ANOTHER WAY.
WHICH I WON'T GO INTO THE WAYS THAT THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT REREGISTERING WOULD NOT NECESSARILY CAPTURE WHAT WHAT IS HAPPENING? REREGISTERING ANNUALLY CAN CAUSE SOME FALSE POSITIVES THAT WOULD REQUIRE IT WOULD REQUIRE INVESTIGATION.
REREGISTERING ANNUALLY REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES.
AND AGAIN MAY NOT ADDRESS SOME OF THE THE ROOT CAUSES OF RESIDENCY CONCERNS.
SO MY MY SUGGESTION AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IS THAT WE TRY TO EXPEDITE THE MOVE TO ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION FOR AT LEAST INCOMING SIXTH AND NINTH GRADERS.
FOR THE LAST, IS IT IS IT THREE YEARS OR TWO YEARS? ALL THE INCOMING KINDERGARTNERS AND ALL THE NEW REGISTRATIONS IN ANY GRADE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED ELECTRONICALLY.
THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR. THE CLOSER WE GET TO FULLY ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION, THE EASIER IT IS TO FLAG DISCREPANCIES IN DATA THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY RAISE A RESIDENCY CONCERN. THAT'S NOT CAPTURED IN THE BUDGET NOW.
BUT DOCTOR CHAMP CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST.
AND WE CAN DECIDE IF WE WANT TO PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET BEFORE NEXT WEEK.
LASTLY, I WOULD SAY THERE'S NO FEEDBACK LOOP WITH RESIDENCY CONCERNS.
SO THE OUTCOME OF AN INVESTIGATION OR LEGAL PROCEEDING IS PRIVATE INFORMATION.
THIS LACK OF COMMUNICATION LENDS TO THE IDEA THAT THE DISTRICT MAY NOT BE DOING ALL ALL IT CAN.
TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN. IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS LET'S PLEASE, PLEASE, EVERYONE AND EVERYONE WHO'S LISTENING LEARN ABOUT THE BOND PROPOSITIONS ON THE BALLOT SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION WHEN YOU COME AND VOTE.
THERE IS A SECTION DEDICATED TO THE BOND ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
AND INCLUDES FAQS. THAT ARE UPDATED REGULARLY.
AND THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SESSIONS COMING UP.
AND DOCTOR CHAMP WILL KEEP US INFORMED OF THOSE AS WELL.
[4. Approval of Minutes]
4.1, CAN WE DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE 4.1 THROUGH 4.6 AS A CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. THIS IS THESE ARE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 12TH, 26.WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS. THIRD, 12TH, 19TH AND 26TH.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? NO.
OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NONE OPPOSED. SO THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
OKAY. NEXT IS 5.1, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
[5.1 Superintendent's Report]
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO REALLY JUST BRIEF TONIGHT AGAIN, I WOULD AS WELL WANT TO THANK MR. TOMBS AND THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE WINTER VARSITY ATHLETICS AWARDS CEREMONY.IT'S SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'VE STARTED THIS YEAR. HE BROUGHT THE CONCEPT IN AND IT JUST I'M JUST EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS WHO WORK SO HARD DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SO THEY'RE DIFFERENT ACHIEVEMENTS WITHIN THEIR SELECTED SPORT AS WELL AS THE STUDENT ATHLETE, EXCUSE ME, STUDENT SCHOLAR ATHLETES. WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME,
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THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE BOTH MAINTAINING THEIR ACADEMICS AT A HIGH LEVEL, AS WELL AS THEIR COMPETITIVE SPORTS, AND BEING INVOLVED IN SPORTS LENDS ITSELF TOWARDS THAT.SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED AT THE LEVEL OF AT LEAST 75% OF OUR TEAMS MEETING THAT THIS SEASON, THERE IS A HIGHER LEVEL THAT WE'RE AIMING FOR.
YOU CAN GET TO A THERE ARE DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS IN THERE, SO WE'RE GOING TO AIM FOR 100%, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE STUDENTS THAT LED THAT AND ALL THE FAMILIES THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT.
I TO CONTINUE TO BE AMAZED. JUST EVERY TIME I COME.
AND JUST THRILLED TO SEE THAT SHOW STAGED HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY PHYSICALLY DID IT BECAUSE WHEREAS MR. BECK AND MR. SCHLEIFER ARE FORENSICS COACHES, SOMEHOW STAGING THREE SHOWS OVER THE WEEKEND, THEY ALSO STILL HAD STUDENTS COMPETING AT FORENSICS COMPETITION OVER THE WEEKEND AND OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE TEAM COMPETED AT NEW YORK STATE FORENSICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BRONX HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, AND CONGRATULATIONS GO TO SOPHOMORE THOMAS SPADAFORA, SEMIFINALIST IN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE.
SOPHOMORE FINNEGAN MULLEN, EIGHTH PLACE IN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE.
SO REALLY OUTSTANDING. THEY MUST HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO CLONE THEMSELVES.
IS MY ONLY WAY TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE PRESENT HERE AS WELL.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND THANKS FOR ALL THEY DO FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THAT IS ITEM 7.1. AND JUST TO EXPLAIN THE CHANGES THERE, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL MAKE LITERALLY EVERYONE HAPPY. MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE THERE'S NEVER ANYTHING MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY.
SO THAT BEING THE CASE, WE ARE I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THIS CALENDAR.
WE ARE GOING TO NOW BE CONVERTING FRIDAY, MAY 23RD INTO A FULL DISTRICT CLOSED VACATION DAY.
AND THEN AT THE END OF JUNE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE DOING THIS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM A LOT OF PARENTS, ABOUT HALF DAYS AND HEAT CONCERNS, ETC., FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
AND BECAUSE THE STATE HAS BEEN PUSHING THE SCHOOL YEAR REGENTS RATING DAYS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SO LATE, WE ADDED IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK UP TO THREE UNUSED SNOW DAYS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THEY JUST GOT SUMMER BREAK STARTING THREE DAYS EARLIER.
SO JUNE 24TH WILL BE A FULL DAY. IT WILL BE THE LAST DAY FOR OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
THOSE DAYS WILL STILL BE STAFF DAYS, FULL STAFF DAYS FOR ALL STAFF.
BUT INSTEAD OF HAVING STUDENTS K SIX THROUGH THIS LAST THREE DAYS, THOSE WILL BE FULL WORKDAYS.
AND A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS EVEN START PREPARING FOR THE NEXT.
AND THEN WE'LL CIRCULATE THAT OUT TO FOLKS IN OUR BOARD WRAP UP.
GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. I'M GOING TO MOVE UP COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
[6. Communications and Comments from the Public]
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? PLEASE COME UP.THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YES. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. GREAT. MY NAME IS ALLISON DAVIDSON.
I LIVE AT 461 MANOR LANE. I APPRECIATE YOU MOVING THIS UP TONIGHT.
MY YOUNGEST IS IN SECOND GRADE, SO MY CHILDREN AND I WON'T DIRECTLY BENEFIT MUCH, IF AT ALL, FROM THE PROPOSED RENOVATIONS AT SIWANOY SCHOOL.
MY FAMILY WILL BE IMPACTED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE PROPOSED RENOVATIONS.
HOWEVER, I THINK THEY ARE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR PELHAM COMMUNITY.
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IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE VERY RECENT ANECDOTES THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED AT PAST MEETINGS, WE HAD A YOUNG SIWANOY STUDENT WHO WAS STRUCK BY A CAR BEFORE SCHOOL AND UNABLE TO ATTEND CLASSES FOR SIX WEEKS OR MORE. WE HAD A BLIND WOMAN WHO CAME TO SPEAK TO OUR KIDS WITH THE INCREDIBLE BUILDING BRIDGES PROGRAM, WHO FELL DOWN THE STAIRS. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, AS YOU KNOW, IS EXTREMELY LIMITED.EVEN IF YOU CAN GET INTO THE BUILDING, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T USE THE BATHROOM.
I THINK THIS IS EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD HAVE BEEN SCALED BACK TOO MUCH FOR THE AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION AND INVESTMENT THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE MAKING.
BUT I STAND BEHIND THEM. AT THIS POINT, RENOVATIONS CANNOT BE PUT OFF ANY FURTHER.
AND A TEMPORARY FIX COULD BE EXTREMELY COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING AS WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, SEPARATING THE FIRST TWO PROPOSITIONS IS A HUGE RISK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING.
OKAY. OKAY. NEXT IS 5.2, THE 2025
[5.2 2025-2026 Budget Discussion]
2026 BUDGET DISCUSSION. JIM, DO YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF? MAYBE. SURE. THANK YOU. YEAH, I COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WELL, WE HAD A FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING, AND I THINK PART OF THAT LARGE PART OF THAT MEETING, OBVIOUSLY, WAS TO DISCUSS THIS BUDGET TO REVIEW ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT HAVE COME UP TO THE BUDGET SINCE IT WAS INITIALLY LAUNCHED. WE HAVE HAD SOME MINOR CHANGES, AND WE WOULD CALL THEM DE MINIMIS.THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DUE ON APRIL 1ST. THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET ARE THE GOVERNOR'S NUMBERS, WHICH IS WE'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN BEFORE, AND THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE WORK WITH, THE PUBLISHED BUDGET NUMBERS.
WE WERE RECEIVING SOME INFORMATION BACK FROM OUR ASSOCIATIONS.
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT TOMORROW THE STATE IS GOING TO HAVE A CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
THEY'RE GOING TO RECESS OVER THE EASTER PASSOVER BREAK AND THEN RESUME BUDGET DISCUSSIONS THE FIRST WEEK IN APRIL, EXCUSE ME, THE APRIL 21ST, THE APRIL 21ST WEEK.
THIS BOARD AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON APRIL THE 22ND, I BELIEVE THE TUESDAY WILL BE ASKED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE HAVE A TIMELINE THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW AS FAR AS HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING IN MAY AND THEN BEING READY FOR THE MAY THE 20TH BUDGET VOTE.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NOT ANTICIPATING ANY CHANGES ON THE REVENUE SIDE OTHER AREAS WE COULD LOOK AT CERTAINLY THAT WE HAVE MONITORED AND LOOKED AT WITH INTEREST INCOME. BUT WE'RE SEEING WE'RE SEEING SOME VOLATILITY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO RIGHT NOW I THINK THE BEST PLACE TO STAY IS, IS WHERE IS WHERE WE PROPOSE THE BUDGET.
OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BUDGET MEETING ARE AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE USE OF FUND BALANCE AND THE DISTRICT'S USE OF FUND BALANCE AS A AS A REVENUE SOURCE. WHEN YOU'RE COMPLETING THE BUDGET, WHICH THE DISTRICT HAS DONE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE TALKED ABOUT SCHEDULING JUST TO MAKE SURE IN OUR STAFFING AND SCHEDULING, AS WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER TO SEE KIND OF WHERE WE STAND, STAFFING AND SCHEDULING OF THE SCHOOL TO THE BUDGET.
I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE BELIEVE THERE'S WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GETTING THE SCHEDULING IS NOT COMPLETED, BUT WE'RE IN A PLACE THAT GIVES US CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MANAGE THE STUDENT SCHEDULES WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE.
AND TRADITIONALLY IT'S BEEN USED AS ANOTHER TOOL TO PROVIDE SOME TAX SAVINGS TO, TO THE RESIDENTS, TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS. THERE WAS A LONGER DISCUSSION THERE ABOUT SOME SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, KIND OF IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO USE A LITTLE BIT MORE DEBT SERVICE FUND, IF YOU COULD REDUCE THE ANNUAL TAX INCREASE A LITTLE BIT.
SO YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
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AND WE SHARED THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE. I CAN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO SHARE THAT WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE BOARD AS WELL. JUST LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SENSITIVITIES THAT'S OUT THERE. I CAN PASS THAT AROUND.AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND THE DIFFERENT BOND PROPOSITIONS, WE'VE CONTEMPLATED USING THE MONIES FROM THE 2018 BOND AS PART OF HELPING TO MITIGATE SOME OF ANY OF THOSE TAX, THOSE EARLY TAX INCREASES FROM, FROM THE 18 FROM THE 18 BOND IF THE NEXT BOND IS APPROVED.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE DON'T WANT TO DOUBLE COUNT THOSE DOLLARS.
I THINK WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR KIND OF WHAT OUR BALANCE IS NOW IN OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND ON THE CURRENT YEAR, THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE STANDING IN RIGHT NOW WE ALLOCATED $2,175,000.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE NEEDING THAT THIS YEAR. THE BALANCE IN THAT ACCOUNT, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE HAD LAST YEAR, JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THAT ACCOUNT. NOT HAVING IT AND HAVING ABLE TO ACCRUE SOME INTEREST THIS YEAR, IT'S GROWN SLIGHTLY. SO AGAIN, IT'S A MEASURE OF WHERE THE BOARD.
AND THE BUDGET OVERALL CONTEMPLATES USING A LITTLE BIT OVER $4 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE.
SO CERTAINLY 700,000 TO $4 MILLION. THERE'S SOME SAVINGS THAT IS THAT THAT IS BEING USED OR GIVEN TO THE TAXPAYERS OR RELIEF GIVEN TO THE TAXPAYERS AS PART OF, AS PART OF THIS BUDGET AND THE USE OF THE COMMUNITY'S FUND BALANCE FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER PRESSURES THAT WE FACED ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INTEREST INCOME.
WE DID SEE A DROP IN ONE CATEGORY, AND IT WAS IT WAS AN ANTICIPATED DROP.
IT WAS OUR BUILDING AID CATEGORY. AND THAT JUST HAD TO DO WITH THE TIMING OUT OF BUILDING AID.
AND NEXT YEAR WE EXPECT TO SEE ANOTHER MUCH SMALLER DECREASE.
AND AGAIN, THAT HAS TO DO WITH PRIOR PROJECTS.
IT WAS IT'S JUST KIND OF THE DROPPING OFF OF THAT AID.
RIGHT. SO IT'S STATE AID, BUT IT'S BUILDING AID.
IT'S STATE AID SPECIFIC TO BUILDING AID, YES.
RIGHT. WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. IT WAS SCHEDULED. YES.
IT WAS, BUT IT WAS JUST THE END. THE ENDING OF THAT AID FROM PRIOR PROJECTS.
OKAY. YEAH. THAT WAS. AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT CHANGE IN BUILDING AID THE YEAR TO YEAR TAX LEVY CHANGE, YOU KNOW, FROM OPERATING COSTS WAS A LIKE A 2.5% INCREASE RATHER THAN THE 3.6. YES. THAT'S ACCURATE. I THINK IF WE LOOK AT I THINK ONE OF OUR PRIOR PRESENTATIONS, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT WHAT MADE UP THE TAX INCREASE.
SO THE PROPOSED TAX INCREASE WAS 3.69% OF THAT.
ABSENT THAT DROP OFF, WE YOU COULD SEE YOU KNOW, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT TWO, 2.4% IN THAT RANGE.
OKAY. DID YOU WANT ME TO ADD IN THE LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE THAT
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WE HAD TALKED ABOUT FOR EXPEDITING REGISTRATION? SO, YEAH, SO WE YOU KNOW, DOCTOR COMERFORD'S OFFICE HANDLES THAT.SO SHE'S BEEN TAKING A LOOK AT JUST LOOKING AT PROCESSES AND TRACKING THAT USING KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION AND CPSE KEEPS CHANGING, YOU KNOW, SOME PROCESSES THERE TO GET A SENSE AND THE ESTIMATE, YOU KNOW, WE CAME UP WITH SOME ESTIMATES OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO REREGISTER ONE ENTIRE GRADE LEVEL. SO THE IDEA OF MAYBE ASKING FOLKS TO REREGISTER AT TRANSITION TO SIXTH GRADE, TRANSITION TO NINTH GRADE, IT WOULD TAKE A HALF TIME CLERICAL.
SO ABOUT THREE HOURS A DAY ABOUT 15 WEEKS PER GRADE LEVEL.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT TEN GRADE LEVELS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE OVER TIME. SO TWO GRADE LEVELS A YEAR, 15, 15, THREE HOURS A DAY. EXCUSE ME, THREE HOURS A DAY, 15 HOURS A WEEK.
DO PART TIME. PART TIME. BASICALLY A PART TIME POSITION.
WE WOULD ESTIMATE OVER IT WOULD BE ABOUT A 16 JUST OVER $16,000 SALARY IF YOU DID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, $21 AN HOUR, THREE HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, AND BROUGHT ON A PART TIME CLERICAL TO TAKE ON THAT WORK BECAUSE IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CLERICAL WORK. WE COULD MANAGE A, YOU KNOW, A TWO ADDITIONAL GRADE LEVELS A YEAR OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
SO THAT WOULD BE JUST OVER $16,000 CLERICAL ADD, WHICH CERTAINLY IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT COST.
BUT I THINK WHAT JIM MENTIONED, I CAN'T REMEMBER IT WAS AT OUR MEETING THIS MORNING OR IF YOU TOUCHED ON IT TONIGHT, I'LL BE HONEST. MY MEETINGS ARE BLENDING TOGETHER AT THIS TIME OF DAY. BUT THAT WOULD NOT IT WOULD NOT END THERE.
THAT WOULD BE ONE PIECE OF THE PROCESS. THAT WOULD BE THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
BUT OUT OF THAT WOULD FLOW ADDITIONAL WORK. THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND BECAUSE AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE SAID IN PRIOR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, IF WE'VE GOT, LET'S SAY, 200, 200 STUDENTS AT A GRADE LEVEL, WE REQUEST ALL THE INFORMATION TO BE UPLOADED AND PUT IN.
BUT WE DON'T LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD. AND THERE'S THEN WORK THAT COMES TO THEN FOLLOW THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP THAT PAPERWORK. BUT THEN TO THE POINT, I THINK, JACKIE, THAT YOU RAISED DURING YOUR OPENING COMMENTS, GETTING JUST GETTING THE PAPERWORK IN IS ONLY ONE PIECE OF THE RESIDENCY PROCESS, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS INDICATIVE OF ACTUAL ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN REAL TIME. SO OUT OF THAT, YOU COULD HAVE FAMILIES THAT DON'T COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK THAT TRIGGER SOME ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION WORK.
WE MAY THEN BE IN A SITUATION OF INITIATING INVESTIGATIONS AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF INVESTIGATIONS THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WOULD THEN ADD, WE'D HAVE TO THEN BE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIVE COSTS, ADDITIONAL LEGAL, ADDITIONAL LEGAL COSTS AS WELL.
AND LIKELY THROUGH THE THROUGH THE SUMMER AS WELL. OKAY.
SO THEY WOULD SO IT WOULD BE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR THAT YOU'RE REREGISTERING, YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY REREGISTERING A GRADE BECAUSE YOU'RE MOVING IT TO ELECTRONIC, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO, I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE FULL LOGISTICS, BUT ARGUABLY ONE COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD START HAVING FIFTH GRADERS SUBMITTING THEIR MATERIALS IN, I DON'T KNOW, THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST IN THE FALL OF FIFTH GRADE YEAR SO THAT EVERYTHING IS CLEARED IN POSITION FOR SIXTH GRADE AND THEN MAYBE IN THE SPRING, SUBMITTING FOR EIGHTH GRADERS, SUBMITTING FOR THE TRANSITION TO NINTH GRADE, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE STARTED KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION IN MARCH, FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. RIGHT. AND THAT'S STILL ONGOING NOW. SO IT DOES TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS.
IF THEY'RE ONLY WORKING, SAY, I DON'T KNOW, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST OR, YOU KNOW, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CLERICAL THE SEASONAL CLERICAL.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, DOCTOR FITZGERALD WILL CORRECT ME IF I GET THIS WRONG.
IS REALLY MEANT TO BE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. OKAY, SO WE COULD TAKE THAT APPROACH.
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IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR COST BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A FULL TIME POSITION, A LOT OF TIME TO GET IT RIGHT.THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LEAD TIME. SO PROS AND CONS I THINK OF BOTH APPROACHES.
VERSUS A SEASONAL IS MORE OF A TEMPORARY APPROACH.
OKAY. DOCTOR CHAMP, WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THEN, THAT I THINK YOU SAID THE COST WAS 16,000 AROUND LIKE THAT WITH THE OTHER THINGS YOU MENTIONED THAT IT COULD TRIGGER THE COST WOULD ACTUALLY BE MORE.
SO 16 IS JUST LIKE THE, THE, THE BASIC COST OF EVERYONE GETS THEIR REQUEST AND THEN GETS THEIR PAPERWORK IN JUST THAT ALONE. BUT IT'S, IS IT POSSIBLE? TO DO SOME FOLLOW UP? I'M SURE. YEAH, THAT NEEDS TO ME, THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
YEAH. AND I WOULD SAY I DON'T KNOW IF JIM OR CLAIRE IF I MISSED ANYTHING IN DESCRIBING THIS.
WE FIRST OF ALL SHORTENED IT A BIT DIGITALLY SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AS MANY STEPS AS A PURE FIRST OFF, REGISTRATION WOULD GO, WOULD TAKE YOU TO. BUT THERE IS THE REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTATION FOR OTHER DOCUMENTATION.
AND SO IF THE REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTATION IS SENT OUT, IF, IF SOMEONE RESPONDS, IF EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY, IT CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, 20 TO 30 MINUTES PER STUDENT.
MORE LIKELY, THERE'S A DELAY IN RESPONSE. THEIR DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED THAT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED AND NEEDS TO BE CHECKED. SOME DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED, BUT NOT OTHERS.
AND SO THIS TAKES TIME TO REVIEW, TO CHECK, TO HAVE MEETINGS ABOUT.
SO WE TRIED TO USE THAT AS A, AN ESTIMATE OF IF WE, IF WE SAID, OKAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE EACH STUDENT TAKES AN HOUR BECAUSE SOME WILL TAKE LESS AND SOME WILL TAKE MORE. BUT THE AVERAGE SEEMS TO BE ONE HOUR PER STUDENT AND THEN MULTIPLIED THAT BY STUDENT PER GRADE.
AND WE YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THIS, THIS SENSE OF HOW LONG IT MIGHT TAKE.
BUT CERTAINLY, IT COULD, YOU KNOW, IT COULD TAKE LONGER.
BUT THE ESTIMATE WE PROVIDED PROVIDES THAT BUFFER FOR RESPONSE TIME LAGS AND RESPONSE TIME DOCUMENT ANALYSIS, ETC.. JACKIE, WHEN YOU DID YOUR INTRO, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW, YES, THERE'S DOCUMENTATION, BUT THEN THERE'S MUCH MORE TO RESIDENCY CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAN JUST DOCUMENTATION.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF DOCTOR CHAMP OR JIM, YOU COULD AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S THERE ARE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO SHARE AND NOT ALLOWED TO SHARE AND, OR THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SHARE BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF, OR YOU'RE TELLING PEOPLE HOW IT'S ALL DONE. RIGHT, RIGHT, EXACTLY.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED BECAUSE THE TOPIC KEEPS COMING UP. RIGHT. AND SO WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT IT AND IT I GUESS IN A PERFECT WORLD, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF, OKAY, IS IT WORTH PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO END UP FINDING THERE ARE X NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO REGULARLY ARE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, DON'T LIVE HERE, ETC..
I GUESS WHAT I'M WONDERING IS IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN BE SHARED THAT'S ABOUT THAT.
THE OTHER STUFF THAT GOES BEYOND DOCUMENTATION THAT MAKES THIS COMPLICATED.
I'M GOING TO PUT JIM ON THE SPOT, BUT HE'S THE PERSON WHO LIVES AND BREATHES THIS THE MOST.
SO I THINK HAS REALLY JUST THE BROADEST EXPERIENCE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF IT.
SO I'M JUST I JUST WANT TO THINK OF A COUPLE OF WAYS TO DESCRIBE IT.
YOU CAN HAVE A RELATIVELY SIMPLE CASE. LET'S JUST SAY SOMEBODY HAS REGISTERED HERE.
MAYBE THEY LIVED HERE, AND THEN THEY MOVED. SOMEONE IS REPORTED TO US THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY'RE NO LONGER LIVING HERE, WHETHER IT'S RETURNED MAIL OR SOMEBODY HAS MADE AN ADMINISTRATOR AWARE OF THIS AND WE WOULD INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION.
WE WOULD THEN HIRE AN INVESTIGATOR TO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE.
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IF I MAKE AN INITIAL DETERMINATION THAT THEY'RE NOT A RESIDENT I, I NOTIFY THEM.I GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY ALTER MY DETERMINATION.
AND THERE WAS A FINAL DETERMINATION. IT COULD BE THEY ARE RESIDENTS HERE.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN THEY ARE REMOVED. AND THERE'S A TIMELINE FOR THAT REMOVAL AND THAT THERE'S DEPENDING ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THERE'S DIFFERENT TIMELINES FOR WHEN THAT REMOVAL MAY HAPPEN.
IT COULD HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY. IT COULD HAPPEN AT THE END OF A SCHOOL YEAR OR AT THE END OF A QUARTER OR A MONTH, OR HOWEVER IT HAPPENS. AND THOSE TIMELINES GO BEYOND JUST PELHAM RULES.
THOSE ARE DICTATED BY THE STATE. IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK WITH OUR ATTORNEY WHO WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU REMIND ME OF A VERY GOOD POINT.
RIGHT. AND THEY HAVE 30 DAYS IN WHICH THEY MAY SUBMIT AN APPEAL.
AND WHEN THEY SUBMIT THAT APPEAL, THEY CAN REQUEST IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
AND IF THAT'S GRANTED THEN THE STUDENTS REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL A FINAL APPEAL IS, IS HEARD? THAT FINAL APPEAL CAN TAKE UP TO 18 MONTHS FOR THE STATE TO ISSUE A RULING.
YEAH. SO THERE'S KIND OF A COUPLE OF THRESHOLDS THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL CONFIDENTIAL PROCEEDINGS AND WE DEAL.
THIS INFORMATION IS DELIVERED TO THE PARENT, NOT TO THE STUDENT WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
AND I GUESS WHAT I'M WHAT I'M HEARING AND JUST LISTENING TO ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THIS IS SOMEONE COULD HAVE THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION OR IT APPEARS THEY HAVE THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION.
BUT THE SCHOOL YOU INVESTIGATE EVERY SITUATION THAT'S BROUGHT FORTH.
AND SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M GETTING THIS RIGHT. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE THAT THE DOCUMENTATION IS GOING TO NOW QUOTE UNQUOTE CATCH ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS. RIGHT. SO IT COULD APPEAR THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION IS IN PLACE.
AND THEN THERE IS A WHOLE PROCESS THAT'S DICTATED BY THE STATE THAT IS SEEMS QUITE LENGTHY TO THEN DETERMINE IF IN FACT THAT STUDENT IS A RESIDENT OF PELHAM. WELL, IF THERE'S AN APPEAL, WE WANT THAT APPEAL TO HOLD IN OUR FAVOR.
YEAH. AND AND THAT THAT'S WE FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL WHO TELLS US WHAT HOW THE STATE GENERALLY RULES ON PARTICULAR ITEMS. SO NUMBER OF SURVEILLANCE OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
I CAN ADD AN EXAMPLE, THOUGH. SAY WE'RE WAITING ON AN APPEAL.
PERSON HAS A STAY TO REMAIN IN DISTRICT. IT HAPPENS OVER AN 18 MONTH PERIOD.
NEXT MONTH THEY CAN MOVE INTO THE VILLAGE, INTO EITHER VILLAGES.
EVERYTHING STOPS. AND A MONTH LATER, THEY CAN MOVE OUT.
AND YOU'RE STARTING AT SQUARE ZERO AGAIN. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO INITIATE THE ENTIRE PROCESS AGAIN.
IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES EVERYBODY'S FAMILY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.
YOU MAY HAVE A PARENT THAT RESIDES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND A PARENT THAT RESIDES OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, AND YOU HAVE SHARED CUSTODY, AND THE STUDENT MAY SPLIT TIME. THE STUDENT CANNOT BE ENROLLED IN TWO DISTRICTS.
THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE DISTRICT. SO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE FOLKS MAY SEE SOMEONE COMING OVER THE BORDER, RIGHT OVER A BORDER OF A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY OR WHAT HAVE YOU, OR A CAR WITH A LICENSE PLATE FROM ANOTHER STATE WHERE THAT STUDENT MAY ATTEND THE PELHAM SCHOOLS. ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE IS, IF PEOPLE'S CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE AND PERHAPS THEY BECOME HOMELESS OR DISPLACED OR DOUBLED UP, IN WHICH CASE THERE'S A FEDERAL LAW.
WE HAVE A HOMELESS COORDINATOR WHO IS NOT ME.
THAT PERSON THEN WORKS WITH THE FAMILY AND THE STUDENTS IN THAT PROCESS.
RESIDENCY INVESTIGATIONS STOP WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE FEDERAL LAW.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS AND WE FOLLOW THE FEDERAL LAW WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THINGS MAY CIRCUMSTANCES CAN BE DIFFERENT FOR EVERYBODY.
AND I THINK MAYBE WHAT I'M HEARING IN YOUR QUESTIONS ANNE-MARIE TOO IS LIKE, WHAT'S THE COST? WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THIS? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
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YEAH. LIKE I THINK FROM MOVING TO DIGITAL JUST MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IN GENERAL, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S JUST SO MUCH EASIER, RIGHT? BUT YEAH, LIKE TRYING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SITUATION.AND WHAT'S THE COST BENEFIT TO ADDING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO THE BUDGET? YEAH, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. AND I THINK IT WOULD CERTAINLY WOULD BE MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT.
BUT I DON'T, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THE ISSUES THAT JIM DEALS WITH IN THE COMPLEXITIES, THAT'S WHAT ALWAYS KIND OF CATCHES US IS THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT A REREGISTRATION PROCESS IS GOING TO BE THE ANSWER, AND IT'S NOT THE PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO FIX OR CATCH THE ACTUAL THE ACTUAL PROBLEMS DEALING WITH. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK FOR ME, WHAT COMES UP IS WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY SOLVE, RIGHT? IS IT LIKE AN EDUCATION? IS IT ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT ARE EFFECTIVE AND THAT MAKE SENSE TO MINIMIZE? WE ALL WANT TO MINIMIZE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF WHERE WE LIVE, THE CLOSE NEIGHBORING TOWNS WILL ALWAYS WANT TO.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE EFFECTIVE AND THAT MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE TO MINIMIZE IT? AND ARE THERE METHODS OR WAYS WITHOUT, YOU KNOW SHARING TOO MUCH WHERE THE COMPLEXITIES CAN, I DON'T KNOW, CAN KIND OF BE SHARED BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, ANNE-MARIE, IT KEEPS COMING UP.
SO SOMETHING'S NOT CLICKING EITHER. YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE, IS THERE ANY MORE THAT WE COULD BE DOING AT THIS POINT? WE HAVE TO FOLLOW LIKE, YOU KNOW. IS IT A COMMUNICATION ISSUE LIKE THE EXAMPLES YOU GAVE, I THOUGHT WERE GREAT, LIKE A STUDENT THAT WHOSE PARENTS ARE DIVORCED OR SEPARATED AND A PARENT LIVES IN CONNECTICUT, WHICH IS REALLY NOT THAT FAR TO DRIVE DOWN AND DROP OFF A STUDENT WHO HAPPENS TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT THAT PARENT'S RESIDENCE OVER THAT PARTICULAR WEEKEND.
RIGHT. SO ON A MONDAY MORNING, YOU SEE A CONNECTICUT LICENSE PLATE DROPPING OFF A STUDENT. WHILE THAT MIGHT RAISE A FLAG FOR A RANDOM PARENT DROPPING OFF THEIR STUDENT AND THINK, WE HAVE ALL THESE KIDS COMING FROM OUT OF OUT OF STATE INTO OUR SCHOOLS, RIGHT? AND I'M NOT I'M NOT TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE CONCERN.
BUT I ALWAYS WONDER ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS.
THE OPTICS OF IT TO THE BUS, LIKE THE BUS GOES RIGHT PAST.
I MEAN, I KNOW KIDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MY CHILD ALMOST TOOK A BUS.
THEY DON'T DO IT ANYMORE. BUT THERE IS A THAT IS A METHOD DOWN FIFTH AVENUE.
THERE'S A BUS. TRAVELING BY BUS TO SCHOOL IS AN ACTUAL METHOD.
RIGHT. I MEAN, AGAIN, I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE DILIGENT IN ADDRESSING IT.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN STOP ADDRESSING THIS SITUATION.
OF COURSE IT HAPPENS. AND IT HAPPENS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
I WORKED IN THE GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEFORE I CAME HERE.
THAT WAS A CONCERN THERE. SPEAKING TO COLLEAGUES IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IT'S A CONCERN THERE, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENTLY ADDRESSED.
I THINK WE'VE FOUND OURSELVES WITH BETTER PRACTICES INTERNALLY AS FAR AS OUR ADMINISTRATORS MAKING CONTACTS AND HAVING OUR HAVING OUR PROCESSES BETTER REFINED.
THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR DOING IT, SO I THINK I'VE GOTTEN BETTER AT IT.
AND THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST TIME. TIME IN DOING IT.
WE WORK WITH AN INVESTIGATOR. IT'S ACTUALLY TWO PEOPLE.
SURE. YEAH. BECAUSE THE RESIDENT TAXPAYERS ARE BEARING THAT COST, AND YOU'RE 100% ENTITLED TO THAT EDUCATION WHEN YOU LIVE INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING THAT PRACTICE.
STUDENTS SOMETIMES LET IT BE KNOWN IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND THAT'S ADDRESSED.
AND WE'RE SOMETIMES MADE AWARE IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS WELL.
AND SOMETIMES I, I'VE SEEN A STUDENT GET OUT OF A CAR WITHOUT A STATE PLATES IN THE MORNING,
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AND IT'S AN, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTION YOURSELF.I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION, AND I'VE VERIFIED RESIDENCY FOR SOMEONE WITH OUT OF STATE PLATES.
THANK YOU. DOCTOR CHAMP, THE NUMBER YOU GAVE THAT IS FOR A PART TIME PERSON TO REREGISTER, YOU SAID, LIKE, MAYBE INCOMING SIXTH GRADERS AND THEN.
AN INCOMING SIXTH TO NINTH AND NINTH GRADERS WOULD.
WOULD THAT PERSON ALSO DO LIKE THE INCOMING THE KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION? LIKE, WOULD THEY JUST HANDLE IT? WE HAVE A FULL TIME REGISTRAR ALREADY.
OKAY, SO WHO IS MAXED OUT RIGHT? DOING MORE? YES.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE DISTRICT, THE SWITCH BROUGHT ON A LOT MORE WORK.
YEAH. BECAUSE IT USED TO BE, ONE WOULD THINK.
BUT, YEAH. NO, IT DID, BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN THE DISTRICT THE REGISTRAR WOULD MEET WITH THE FAMILIES, WOULD FILL OUT ALL THE PAPERWORK I REMEMBER. YEAH. AND WOULD GET EVERYTHING IN YOUR PACKET.
YEAH. APPROVED. AND THEN THAT WOULD BE SENT TO THE BUILDING TO THEN ENTER INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO WHICH WORKED AND IT WAS MUCH LESS WORK ON THE CENTRAL REGISTRAR.
RIGHT. BEING PUT INTO THE SYSTEM WITH SLIGHT, YOU KNOW, STREET VERSUS THE WORD CAPITALIZED, NOT CAPITALIZED. STREET PERIOD. STREET WITHOUT A PERIOD S CAPITAL T.
SO THE REGISTRAR AND DATA ANALYSTS DECIDED LET'S EXPERIMENT WITH ON WITH ONLINE REGISTRATION.
AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND ONLINE WAS THE ONE AND ONLY WAY TO GO.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT KICKSTARTED OUR TRANSITION.
GOT IT. SOME A LOT OF TASKS THAT USED TO BE AT THE BUILDING LEVEL.
SO YES. AND THAT PERSON WAS HALF TIME REGISTRAR AND HALF TIME SUPPORT FOR THE CURRICULUM OFFICE.
OKAY. AND WE HAVE NOT INCREASED CLERICAL TO SUPPORT THE CURRICULUM OFFICE WHEN WE CREATED THAT ROLE.
SO THE ROLE HAS GROWN. BUT THE SUPPORT FOR IT HAS NOT JUST THE CURRICULUM ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.
DOCTOR COMERFORD'S ROLE HAS GROWN RIGHT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CLERICAL SUPPORT, AND THE REGISTRAR'S WORK HAS GROWN AT THE SAME TIME, AGAIN WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. YEAH. SO I MEAN, WE COULD DEFINITELY USE THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT EVEN IF WE WEREN'T EXPANDING.
YEAH, WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING REGISTRATION. BUT YEAH.
SO TO REALLY ACCELERATE THIS, IT'S GOT TO GOT TO BE THE ADDITIONAL.
THANK YOU. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS DO YOU WANT US TO.
DO YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT PUTTING FINDING SOME SPACE FOR THAT WHICH WE DID.
AND I SHOULD SAY WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD WAS TO EXPLORE IT. AND IT, AND WE EXPLORED IT AND DID NOT PUT IT IN AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS. YEAH, BEING REALLY COGNIZANT ABOUT THE STAFFING AND THE OVERALL COST, BUT ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE WERE PRESERVING STUDENT PROGRAM TO THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE.
YEAH. AND IT'S I MEAN, I WISH THERE WAS MORE INFORMATION TO HELP SORT OF QUANTIFY THE INVESTMENT.
LIKE, WILL WE BE THIS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE? DO YOU KNOW, LIKE IN RESIDENCY? BECAUSE THAT'S A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SPENDING. LIKE, I JUST I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO GET MORE CLEAR AROUND THIS.
YOU'RE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE. YEAH. AND I WOULD AGREE.
AND I THINK THE DIFFICULT PART IS IT REALLY EVERY INVESTIGATION IS DIFFERENT AND EVERYONE'S MOST THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WE FIND.
WE'VE GOT THICK BINDERS, YOU KNOW, FOUR INCH BINDERS FOR ONE INVESTIGATOR FOR ONE INVESTIGATION.
YEAH. NOW, HAVING REGISTRATION ONLINE OR AT LEAST A FEW OF THE GRAY'S ONLINE WOULD THAT BESIDES HELPING WITH THIS SITUATION, WOULDN'T WE BE ABLE TO USE THAT INFORMATION IN TERMS OF SUPPORT FOR OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING?
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IN WHAT WAY. SO JUST HAVING DIGITAL FILES VERSUS PAPER FILES.THEY DO EVENTUALLY AT THE BUILDING LEVEL, THEY DO GET DIGITIZED.
I THINK WHAT WOULD BENEFIT WOULD JUST BE THE CONSISTENCY OF HOW THINGS ARE THEN ENTERED.
SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW OUR REGISTRAR DOES MANUALLY CHECK TO SEE IF, SAY, IF SOMEBODY REGISTERS WITH SOME WAS ANOTHER FAMILY REGISTERED UNDER THAT SAME ADDRESS TO SEE IF THERE WERE DUPLICATES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO SHE DOES MANUAL CHECKING OF THAT NOW.
I THINK THAT'S ONE EFFICIENCY THAT THE SYSTEM COULD FLAG IMMEDIATELY IF EVERYTHING WAS THERE.
SO IT COULD I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCIES. AND AGAIN, I LOOK INTO CLAIRE AND I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE IF JULIANNA'S. I THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.
I MEAN THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT IT WAS STILL ALL, IT ALL WENT INTO THE SYSTEM EVENTUALLY.
IT'S JUST WHO PUT IT IN WAS THE QUESTION. RIGHT.
SO IN TERMS OF THAT, THE EFFICIENCY IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS WHAT THE ONE DOCTOR CHAMP ALREADY REFERENCED, WHICH IS HAVING THE DATA ALL DIGITALLY AVAILABLE IN THE SAME FORMAT.
THE QUESTION NOW IS FOR JIM, IF THIS GOES IN THE BUDGET AND DO WE HAVE TO USE IT LIKE DO WE HAVE TO HIRE THE PERSON OR NO, WE COULD, DEPENDING UPON THE STATE BUDGET. IF WE PUT IT IN THE BUDGET NOW, CAN IT STILL JUST BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MOVED FOR OTHER USES LATER ON OR? IF YOU PUT THE EXPENSE IN YOUR BUDGET, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE.
THE BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE THE EXPENSE IN THE BUDGET.
SO AGAIN, WE LOOK AT LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE AGAIN AND SEE WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
THAT IS A THAT IS A NON-RECURRING REVENUE. AND WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE DON'T GO DOWN A PATHWAY OF THAT UNSUSTAINABLE NOT BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN OUR EXPENDITURES EVERY YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A SMALL DOLLAR ITEM.
I'M NOT GOING TO STAND ON $15,000 EXPENDITURE.
AFTER A YEAR. RIGHT. YEAH. HOW DOES IT WORK? YEAH.
DOCTOR FITZGERALD CAN EXPLAIN THE PROBATIONARY PROCESS FOR CIVIL SERVICE.
YEAH. SO ONCE YOU HAVE THEM FOR 52 WEEKS, FOR A YEAR, THEY'RE YOURS, RIGHT? SO, YEAH, WHETHER YOU HAVE IT FUNDED OR NOT. AND SO IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IF THIS IS A POSITION THAT YOU'RE SEEING ONLY A TEMPORARY NEED FOR YOU SORT OF WANT TO HIRE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL WOULD BE NEEDED AND THEN COULD ROLL IT OVER INTO SOMETHING ELSE, THAT'S A WAY TO LOOK AT IT. I THINK THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT FOR CIVIL SERVICE IS THE TITLE THAT WE ATTACH TO IT.
SO ALL TITLES COME WITH, YOU KNOW, DUTIES, TASKS.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BE REALLY MINDFUL OF WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING THE EMPLOYEE TO, TO DO.
THAT MAY NOT BE REALITY, IT MAY BE UPWARDS FROM THERE.
BUT THAT'S LIKE WHERE YOUR MINIMUM BARE MINIMUM STARTING POINT WOULD BE.
OKAY. THOUGHTS? I MEAN, LOOK, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS FOR A WHILE. IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY ALWAYS BRINGS UP.
BUT THERE IS CONSTANT, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THOSE BINDERS WHENEVER JIM HAS ANYTHING TO PRESENT TO US IN, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S A PRIVATE MATTER AND WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT WITH BECAUSE IT AFFECTS STUDENTS.
BUT IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO HAVE EVERYTHING DIGITIZED, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IN A DATABASE WHERE, LIKE, SOMEONE COMES TO REGISTER TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, YOU CAN JUST TYPE IN AN ADDRESS, MIGHT COME UP. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A SYSTEM OR JUST MY WISHFUL THINKING OF HOW I ASSUME A SYSTEM WILL WORK.
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BUT WE ARE VERY CONSTRAINED ON OUR BUDGET. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BUY, I GUESS IF YOU PUT THEM IN, YOU OWN THEM FOR FOREVER AND EVER, I GUESS. WELL, I THINK IT'S AS LONG AS YOU FUND THAT POSITION AND THAT JOB TITLE, THEN THEY ARE THEY'RE PERMANENT IN THAT JOB TITLE.IF IT'S FUNDED. AND AGAIN, THE FUNDING OF THAT POSITION IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD.
WELL, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS TO WHAT WOULD COME OFF LIKE.
YOU COULD REDUCE SOMETHING OR YOU COULD, YOU COULD ASK US TO LOOK FOR IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY REVENUE, IF WE SEE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THAT PERHAPS IS OUT THERE IN A, A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT.
BUT THAT THOSE WOULD BE KIND OF YOUR. THAT'S EXACTLY IT.
THOSE WOULD BE YOUR LOOKS. I'LL HONESTLY I WISH IT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD OUTSOURCE.
I WISH IT WAS. I WISH IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE IN ANOTHER LINE OF WORK, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD OUTRIGHT OUTSOURCE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, CONTRACT.
YEAH. AND GET IT DONE. BUT THAT CAN'T HAPPEN.
HERE'S MY QUESTION. SO I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND REREGISTERING AT THE THOSE TRANSITION POINTS. BUT IS IT REALLY IN AGAIN MAYBE WE CAN'T, IT CAN'T BE SHARED BUT ARE WE FINDING IT'S AT THOSE TRANSITION POINTS THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO COME INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, MAYBE HAVE PROPER APPEARS TO THEY APPEAR TO HAVE PROPER DOCUMENTATION, BUT INVESTIGATIONS HAPPEN THAT DETERMINE YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE LIKE I'M TRYING TO LIKE, OR IS THIS HAPPENING JUST ACROSS GRADE LEVELS WHEN PEOPLE'S LIFE SITUATIONS CHANGE? OR AM I, AM I ASKING THIS QUESTION CLEARLY ENOUGH AND I DON'T KNOW.
AND I GUESS AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, JIM PROBABLY HAS THE BEST KNOWLEDGE ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE TRANSITION POINTS SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING. LIKE, ARE THEY REALLY IS IT REALLY THE TRANSITION POINTS THAT ARE THE PROBLEM? LIKE WE KNOW LIKE, YEP. ONCE WE GO FIFTH TO SIXTH GRADE, WE SEE AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS WHY I WAS EVEN SUGGESTING THOSE TWO GRADE POINTS. I'M JUST THINKING IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO EXPEDITE GETTING EVERYTHING DIGITAL, WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT RIGHT. KINDERGARTEN, IT'S ALREADY UP.
THERE'S OTHER VALUE ADD TO DOING IT. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO SOMETHING. SO IF YOU IF YOU DO, IF YOU DO IT AT THOSE TRANSITIONS NOW YOU'RE GETTING THOSE STARTING THAT.
YEAH. STARTING THAT PROCESS THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WITH THE IDEA BEING WHEN THINGS ARE DIGITAL, IT'S EASIER TO FLAG POTENTIAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE NOW YOU'VE GOT WHEN YOU'RE ENTERING AN ADDRESS, YOU SEE, OH, THERE'S ANOTHER STUDENT AT THAT ADDRESS IS THAT IT FLAGS THAT ONE PROBLEM, WHICH I WOULDN'T I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THAT IS THE MAJOR PROBLEM.
WE'RE GOING AROUND. CAN YOU SPEAK JUST IN GENERALITIES TO WHAT? WHAT LEVELS? MOST OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING ARE AT, OR IS IT ACROSS THE BOARD? I KIND OF JUST WENT OFF ON MEMORY ON SOME OF THE ONES THAT I CAN RECALL.
HONESTLY, IT'S BEEN BOTH. WE'VE HAD TRANSITIONS, SAY SIX TO NINTH.
I CAN TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S HAPPENED.
I THINK OF WHERE I AM NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M IN CAN'T RECALL ANY AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
IN MY MORE RECENT ONES. BUT I THINK WE SEE IT JUST SPREAD OUT.
I UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR YEAH, FOR THAT TRANSITION TIME PERIOD THOUGH.
I THINK THAT'S WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF A CHANGE. RIGHT.
RIGHT. OR THEIR THOUGHT PROCESSES. THE ONLY TIME RIGHT NOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES PROVIDE RESIDENCY DOCUMENTATION IS FOR KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION OR FOR INITIAL REGISTRATION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT IF THERE'S NO CHANGE OF RESIDENCY OR ANY ISSUES REPORTED, THAT SUFFICES FOR 12 YEARS.
IF THERE WAS A REREGISTRATION PROCESS INPUTTED AT CERTAIN POINTS, THEN THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ALONG THE 12 YEAR CONTINUUM. AND THE NATURAL POINTS FOR THAT MIGHT BE THE TRANSITION POINTS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES IT DOES. YEAH. YEAH.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD ONE THING TO JUST AND I KNOW THE BOARD HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS.
PART OF WHY WE'RE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF ANYONE WHO MAY BE WATCHING AND NOT KNOW WE.
PART OF WHY WE DON'T DO REREGISTRATION IS A IT DOESN'T CATCH THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,
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BUT B, THE COMMISSIONER ISSUED A MEMO, I THINK IT WAS 2018 THAT VERY CLEARLY, IT MADE VERY CLEAR FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S PERSPECTIVE THAT A FULL REREGISTRATION WAS NOT WITHIN THE INTENT OR THE INTENT OR ANY INTENT OF THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS RELATED TO REGISTRATION.SO THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE PRACTICE AND REALLY ENCOURAGES, DISCOURAGES DISTRICTS FROM DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE REGULATIONS THAT GUIDE REGISTRATION. THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE FOR INITIAL.
SO I DO THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISTRICTS, AND I THINK EVEN THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE HAS EVEN BEEN FAVORABLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO THAT POINT OF OCCASIONAL CHECKPOINTS AT NATURAL TRANSITION POINTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO I THINK THAT ALSO LENDS TO IT DOES MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE.
LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES MAY CHANGE ALONG THE WAY. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE TO FULL REGISTRATION AND WANT TO DO IT IN A SOMEWHAT STRATEGIC WAY THAT KIND OF LOOKS AT MILESTONE POINTS.
AND WE CAN ACCOMPLISH A COUPLE DIFFERENT PURPOSES AT ONCE BY DOING THAT WAY.
SO I KNOW I THINK I JUMPED IN BEFORE. YEAH. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT DEPENDING ON HOW YOU GUYS THOUGHT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO TO ROLL SOMETHING LIKE THIS OUT WAS IT WOULD BE HARDER IF YOU WERE DOING SORT OF THE HALF TIME OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT IF YOU WERE PLANNING ON DOING THIS OVER THE SUMMER AND YOU, YOU KNOW, BUILT OUT SORT OF A TIMELINE AND A PLAN INTERNALLY, THERE'S $16,000 IN CONTINGENCY THAT WE COULD FIND TO DO THIS EVEN IF IT WASN'T CALLED OUT IN THE BUDGET.
AND THEN THE MONEY IS SMALL ENOUGH THAT WE COULD PROBABLY FIND IT SAID, DO YOU MEAN THEN, FOR INSTANCE, COMING UP WITH A PLAN, THERE'S MONEY THERE THAT WE COULD USE AND THEN SEE HOW IT GOES FOR A YEAR.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT THE WHAT THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
RIGHT. LIKE WE COULD EVEN I MEAN, IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT FOR THE SUMMER GIVEN THE LEAD.
TIME TO TELL PARENTS IN ADVANCE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION IS QUITE A FEW MONTHS ALREADY FOR A PROCESS THAT ALLOWED. AND HERE WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE EXPECTING. YEAH.
RIGHT. WE WANT TO GIVE ENOUGH FAIR. BUT MAYBE LIKE, IS IT SOMETHING WE COULD PILOT? RIGHT. LIKE WITH MAYBE NOT FOR THIS SUMMER, BUT THEN IT'S NEXT SUMMER.
HAVE THAT LONGER TERM PLAN. WE COULD CERTAINLY PUT TOGETHER A PLAN FOR HOW WE MIGHT WANT TO BROACH THIS, BECAUSE I THINK AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S TEMPORARY SEASONAL EMPLOYEE APPROACH.
THEN THERE'S PERMANENT PART TIME APPROACH. BOTH CAN GET US TO THE SAME POINT.
BUT I THINK HOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, DO WE WANT IT TO BE PERMANENT, DO WE WANT IT TO BE TEMPORARY STAFFING? AND THEN HOW DOES THAT HOW DO YOU THEN STAGE OUT THE WORK IN A WAY THAT CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH IT? SO YOU KNOW, IF THE BOARD WANTS US TO GO CONTINUE IN THIS DIRECTION, I'M GETTING THE SENSE THAT YOU DO WANT US TO CONTINUE IN THIS DIRECTION.
THEN WE CAN WORK TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN OF HOW WE WOULD THEN ROLL IT OUT, BECAUSE I, TRICIA, BROUGHT UP ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE. WE'VE GOT TO GET SOMEONE WHO'S WILLING TO TAKE ON WHATEVER TERMS WE HAVE FOR THAT POSITION.
AND AS WE KNOW HOW LONG YOU'RE. SHE'S REALLY EXCITED.
YOU CAN'T TELL IT RIGHT NOW BUT SHE HAS A CLERICAL STARTING TO SUPPORT HER IN JOHN SEBALOS, THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY. HOW LONG HAS THAT POSITION BEEN VACANT? OVER A YEAR.
YEAH. SO. AND THAT'S A FULL TIME POSITION? YEAH, WITH BENEFITS.
SO THE LOGISTICS OF ROLLING IT OUT COULD INVOLVE SOME LEAD TIME.
BUT IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THE BOARD WANTS US TO GO, THEN WE'LL WORK ON PUTTING A PLAN TOGETHER.
OKAY. YEAH. I THINK SEASONAL COULD WORK. OKAY.
WE'RE WORKING ON IT. OKAY. WE HEAR, WE HEAR, I HEAR THE BOARD.
I THINK WE ALL HEAR THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO WE'LL COME.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BUDGET? DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
THE, D O WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? YEAH. OKAY.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE TALK ABOUT THE RIGHT, RIGHT NOW IN THE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
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WE HAVE 2,075,000, 75,000 ALLOCATED TO HAVE THE TAX LEVY AT 3.69%. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET ASSUMES USING $2,075,000 OF THE DEBT SERVICE FUND TO RESULT IN THE TAX RATE OF 3.69%. NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A WE DON'T HAVE A SO THERE IS SOME DEBT SERVICE HAPPENING. BUT WE SPOKE ABOUT IN THE BEGINNING THAT THE THREE THE 3 MILLION THAT IS, THAT IS COMING. WE WANT TO KEEP TO SMOOTH OUT ANY, TO SMOOTH OUT THE, THE BORROWING, THE INITIAL BORROWING.IF THINGS ON THE BOND PASS. CORRECT, CORRECT.
THAT WAS PART OF THAT. THAT WAS ASSUMED TO BE USED AS PART OF THE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS.
LOOK AT HOW WHAT THE RESULTING TAX INCREASES WOULD BE.
CORRECT. SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO I THINK OUR WHAT, OUR, OUR, OUR SUGGESTION IS TO USE AND WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS IS TO USE SOME MORE TO BRING DOWN THE LEVY TO OR THE INCREASE OR TO 3.5.
A LITTLE LOWER OR, OR 3.4 TO 3.48. YES. BELOW 3.5.
SO 3.48, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT IT WOULD BE $2,225,000 FROM THE DEBT SERVICE APPLIED. SO YOU'D CONTEMPLATE USING ANOTHER 150,000 OF DEBT SERVICE FUND, WHICH WOULD AGAIN DROP THE AVERAGE THAT TAX RATE INCREASE, DOWN FROM 3.69 TO 3 POINT UNDER THREE POINT TO 3.4.48.
AND IF IT IS USED, IT'S NOT THERE FOR THE FOLLOWING FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVEN'T USED IT.
SO AND IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN USED TO HOPEFULLY REDUCE THAT TAX INCREASE.
WE USED IT FOR THE 2 MILLION. WELL LIKE TWO YEARS AGO.
RIGHT. CORRECT. AND THE CURRENT YEAR WE'RE IN.
SO ACTUALLY THE MONIES THAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING HERE ARE THE AND THE PLAYGROUNDS.
THOSE WERE THE FUND BALANCE DOLLARS. YEP. SORRY.
MICROPHONE. AND THEN THE PLAN IS TO USE SOME OF IT THIS YEAR FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE HOUSE.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT CATEGORY OF FUND BALANCE. BUT YES THAT'S CORRECT FOR THAT'S THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE TO BE USED FOR THE HOUSE PURCHASE. AS WELL AS FOR THE. AND SEPARATE FROM THE DEBT SERVICE PLAYGROUND.
OKAY. THIS IS A PARTICULAR CATEGORY, DEBT SERVICE FUND WHICH CAN ONLY BE USED IN THE PURPOSE IN WHICH IT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE, WHICH IS TO HELP REDUCE PART OF THAT CAPITAL, PART OF THAT CAPITAL EXCLUSION THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THE TAX CAP FORMULA.
SO AGAIN, IT HELPS REDUCE THAT AMOUNT. AND JIM, YOU SAID WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS? WE HAVE BEEN USING IT. WE HAVE BEEN USING IT RIGHT.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS OUR REVENUES HAVE BEEN ROBUST ENOUGH.
GOTCHA. YEP. BUT IF YOU EXPEND THE ENTIRE BUDGET AGAIN, AND THAT'S UNLIKELY.
AND IF YOU ONLY BRING IN THE EXACT DOLLARS, RIGHT.
GOTCHA. SO WHAT WOULD BE ANY NEGATIVE EXCEPT THAT WE WOULD USE MONEY WE? EXACTLY. AND I THINK THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE SHARED ALL ALONG.
IF WHEN YOU USE YOUR FUND BALANCE, YOU WANT TO TRY TO MATCH UP THE USE OF YOUR FUND BALANCE TO THOSE NON-RECURRING EXPENSES BECAUSE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU MATCH THEM UP TO THOSE RECURRING EXPENSES, YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF IN A PLACE WHERE YOU'LL EVENTUALLY BE OUT OF YOUR FUND BALANCE.
SOMETIMES WE DIG INTO OUR OWN SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND WE TAKE CARE OF.
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AND EVENTUALLY IT WON'T BE THERE. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BEING AWARE OF THAT AND IDENTIFYING THAT AGAIN, WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THERE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT COULD HAPPEN. IT HASN'T HAPPENED. AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS THERE'S LIMITATIONS TO IT.IF IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT WE STILL HAVE THOSE DEBT OBLIGATIONS.
SO THEN THAT WOULD FIND ITSELF EVENTUALLY BACK INTO THE BUDGET AT A LATER TIME IN A FOLLOWING YEAR.
OKAY. OKAY. SO ARE WE CONSENSUS ON THAT'S THE LANDING POINT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE? USE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUND, A DEBT SERVICE FUND, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
YES, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. OKAY, SO WOULD I.
YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. WILL DO.
THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE THEN RELATED TO THE BUDGET? ARE WE GOOD TO GO FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. SO ONCE AGAIN JUST THANKS TO JIM AND JACKIE AND THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO BRING US TO THIS POINT.
THANK YOU. AND I TO THANK YOU FOR THE CLEAR DIRECTION ON THE BOARD.
WE KIND OF KNEW WHERE YOU WANTED US TO LAND, AND I THINK WE DID OUR BEST TO GET THERE.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE CLARITY AND ALL THE HARD WORK.
BUT THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR BUDGET ADOPTION ON? 22, 4/22. 4/22 AND IT'S A TUESDAY, IT'S OFF CYCLE.
BUT THAT, I BELIEVE, IS TO MATCH SOME OF THE TIMING, THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE BUDGET.
TWO WEEKS FROM YESTERDAY. YEP. TWO WEEKS FROM YESTERDAY. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE TOUGH YEARS AHEAD WITH THE YES, YOU KNOW, THE HEADWINDS AND THE ECONOMY GENERALLY, BUT I THOUGHT THIS YEAR YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH YEAR TO PLAN ALREADY.
AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, INFLATION HAS BEEN WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IN THEIR OWN POCKETBOOKS.
YOU KNOW, HEALTH INSURANCE GOING UP 10%, TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM INCREASES TO MAKE UP FOR PENSION SHORTFALLS. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS, WORKING AGAINST THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
AND THE ADMINISTRATION REALLY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO FINDING A WAY TO STAY, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, WITH A SORT OF 2.5% OPERATING INCREASE. REALLY FELT LIKE PEOPLE REALLY SHARPENED THEIR PENCILS AND, AND TRIED TO HIT THE TARGET. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, I COMPLETELY AGREE.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE EXTREMELY HARD WORKING DOING THIS EVERY YEAR.
SO AS MUCH AS WE LOVE BEING HERE EVERY WEDNESDAY, GOING OVER THE BOOK, YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE HERE DURING THE MORNINGS TO GO OVER YOUR OWN COMMITTEES. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
WE DON'T PUT THE NUMBERS TOGETHER, WE JUST LOOK AT THEM.
BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
IT'S 8 A.M. MEETINGS. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. NEXT, WE WILL MOVE TO
[5.3 Board of Education Committee Reports]
5.3 BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORTS. SO WE JUST TALKED ABOUT FINANCE COMMITTEE.RIGHT. SO WE'RE DONE WITH THAT ONE. I THINK WE'RE DONE.
YEAH. WE HAD BOND STEERING. STEERING YESTERDAY.
MAYBE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. YEAH. WE HAD A BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.
YEAH. SO WE HAVE FACILITIES THAT NOW IS BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.
AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD INTRODUCTORY MEETING AND DISCUSSED SOME QUESTIONS.
THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE BONDS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON SIWANOY, OF COURSE.
MORE WILL BE COMING SOON IN TERMS OF ACTUAL WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO MEET AGAIN BEFORE THE BOND VOTE, AND THEY GIVE US SOME GOOD IDEAS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK, HOPEFULLY TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH THEM AND WITH DOCTOR CHAMP AND ALEX ON HOW TO REFINE OUR COMMUNICATIONS ON THIS. SO BUT YOU WERE THERE AND SID AND DOCTOR CHAMP AND MY GOD, HALF THE PEOPLE HERE.
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THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE ALL THERE, RIGHT? I'M LIKE, JIM, YOU WERE THERE.LIKE ALREADY IN MEETINGS. YES. WE LOVE [INAUDIBLE].
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO. YEAH. I DON'T THINK I HAD ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT.
YEAH. IT WAS IT WAS LIKE THE INTRODUCTION BOND 101 FOR THE FOR THE THE PEOPLE WHO JOINED THE COMMITTEE, BUT THEY CAME WITH SOME GREAT QUESTIONS. AND LIKE YOU SAID, NATALIE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO COMMUNICATE THINGS BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SEE IS THERE ARE SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR MISS, I'M GOING TO SAY MISCOMMUNICATION OR MISUNDERSTANDING OF JUST OF CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT THE PROJECTS.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE.
FROM A LOGISTICS STANDPOINT, HOW DOES THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE WORK? IS IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO MEET AGAIN BEFORE THE VOTE, BUT THEN THIS IS THE GROUP THAT'S REALLY MEETING REGULARLY, POST VOTE YES THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION OR THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
YEAH. AND IT'S YOU KNOW, WE STARTED BY SHARING WITH THE GROUP. YOU KNOW, WE DID INTRODUCTIONS, AS I SAID, BUT THEN ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF THE GROUP IT'S REALLY MEANT TO BE YOU KNOW, AN ADVISORY GROUP.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE OUR OWN DISTRICT HIRED PROFESSIONALS, EVERYONE FROM JIM AND JOHN CONDON, YOU KNOW, TO OUR ARCHITECTS. AND WE'LL BE DOING AN RFP TO, YOU KNOW, SELECT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ONCE WE GET PAST THE VOTE.
YOU KNOW, AS WE WENT AROUND THE TABLE, THERE WAS PEOPLE THAT ARE DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, GREAT BACKGROUND, INCREDIBLE BACKGROUND. YEAH, A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVE COORDINATED, YOU KNOW, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
SO YEAH, AT THIS STAGE IT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, START TO GIVE THEM SOME BACKGROUND ON HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND HOW THE DECISIONS WERE MADE. NEXT TIME WE'RE HOPING TO MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE PROJECTS WILL BE STAGED FROM A CONSTRUCTION PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL AS HOW THAT MIGHT BE STAGED FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE THOSE TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK HAND IN HAND.
IT'S A LITTLE COMPLEX BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR PROPOSITIONS.
WE KEEP SAYING PELHAM WE'RE SPECIAL. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BOND PROJECTS.
BUT SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAN FOR IS REALLY THE BIGGEST. IF EVERYTHING WERE TO PASS, THEN WHAT WOULD STAGING OF THAT LOOK LIKE FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE? AND THEN HOW WOULD WE ALSO THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW, ALIGNING THE BORROWING TO DO, AS WE SAID, KIND OF PHASE UP TO THAT FULL AMOUNT THAT THE FULL TAX IMPACT.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING WHAT THEY CALL AN ECM MEETING OWNER, ARCHITECT, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER MEETING WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY YOU KNOW, JIM JOHN, ME, THE ARCHITECT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, THAT'S KIND OF THE SMALL GROUP MEETINGS THAT HAPPEN FROM NOW FORWARD THROUGHOUT CONCLUSIONS OF THE PROJECTS. SO WE WOULD MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THEN AND THEN BRING KIND OF THE LARGER DISCUSSION ITEMS, THEN BACK TO THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE. SO WE KIND OF HAVE A CADENCE OF US MEETING AND THEN BOND STEERING TO GET THAT FEEDBACK IN BETWEEN.
SO YEAH, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST AWARENESS OF THE PROJECT, UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT, HELPING US TO THINK ABOUT THESE LAST STAGING PIECES AND GIVING THEM A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECTS.
AND THEN ONCE WE MOVE TO A SUCCESSFUL VOTE, THAT'S WHEN DESIGN ACTUALLY STARTS, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU START TO GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THE DETAIL AND A LOT OF WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE ARE EAGER FOR. NOW, THAT'S WHERE WE GET TO THOSE PIECES.
YEAH. AND THEN EVEN ONCE WE GET PAST YOU KNOW, DESIGN DOCUMENTS, STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT APPROVAL, THEN WE'LL START TO GET INTO BIDDING. AND THAT ALSO, AGAIN, SERVES AS A FEEDBACK LOOP WITH THOSE PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO. OKAY. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR COMMITTEES.
I KNOW SCHOOL CULTURE AND BELONGING IS COMING UP TOMORROW.
OKAY. YEAH. SO I THINK WE'RE. I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON COMMITTEE REPORTS.
YEAH. OKAY. WE CAN MOVE TO 5.4. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE ON PERSONAL GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT.
[5.4 Assistant Superintendent's Update on Personal Growth and Achievement]
GOOD EVENING. A FEW COMMENTS AND CELEBRATIONS, AND THEN I'LL ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMPUTER BASED TESTING ISSUES THAT HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO. SO FIRST, VEOLIA WATER HAS BEEN VISITING OUR ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS DISTRICT WIDE TO TALK ABOUT THE ROLE WATER PLAYS IN OUR LIVES IN CONNECTION TO[01:20:05]
THE SCIENCE 21 CURRICULUM. AND HAD STUDENTS ENGAGE IN HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH THE EDUCATION OUTREACH TEAM THAT WAS HEADED UP BY ROBIN KROLL. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE HAD OUR ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM FAMILY NIGHT, WHERE ALL K-5 FAMILIES WERE INVITED TO HUTCHINSON, WHERE OUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER HANDS ON FUN GAMES AND ACTIVITIES THAT REFLECTED THE K-5 CURRICULUM. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND A GREAT THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM KATE, ALEX, ALICIA DELMASTRO AND BETH FINKELSTEIN, ALONG WITH SUZANNE SHORE AND DOCTOR CALLAHAN, WHO ORGANIZED A REALLY FUN AND ENGAGING EVENING FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.DOCTOR CALLAHAN HOSTED A SECONDARY STEM CURRICULUM NIGHT HERE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON MONDAY NIGHT, JUST ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO ENGAGE FAMILIES IN THE CHANGING NEW YORK STATE STANDARDS AND CURRICULUM IN MATH AND SCIENCE AND HOW FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THOSE CHANGES.
DOCTOR CALLAHAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR THAT FOR TEN YEARS SO THAT OUR TEACHERS AND SUBSEQUENTLY OUR STUDENTS WOULD BE WELL POISED TO OPERATE IN THE NEW SYSTEM OF CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT. SO BUT IF ANYONE DOES HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO DOCTOR CALLAHAN OR MY OFFICE FOR CLARIFICATION.
SHE SOLICITS STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND BRINGS A HUGE COPY FOR A READ ALOUD FOR THE STUDENTS.
SHE'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HER BEING BROUGHT INTO THE DISTRICT.
THE PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEAM. AND THEIR TEACHER ADVISOR, LISA DISIGLIO, COMPETED IN THE NEW YORK STATE MATHEMATICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS INTERNSHIPS, WHERE STUDENTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE STATE TAKE PART IN INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM CHALLENGES TO PUT THEIR MATH SKILLS TO THE TEST.
BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO RYAN LEE, EMILY HSU, JONI PALAU, MAXIM KUCERA, AND ROMAN KUCERA, ALONG WITH STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS WHO EARN THIRD PLACE IN THEIR DIVISION AND THEN FLUX. THIS IS THE NAME OF THE INAUGURAL FIRST ROBOTICS TEAM FROM PELHAM.
THIS TEAM IS MADE UP OF PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
IT'S SUPPORTED BY PARENTS AND MENTORS COMMUNITY SPONSORS FROM PELHAM.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM ON THEIR FIRST OUTING AND THEIR SUCCESSES.
AND THEN AS WE KNOW, I THINK WE KNOW. DID WE TALK ABOUT LAST WEEK? I DON'T WANT TO BE REPETITIVE. IT COULDN'T HURT TO SAY IT.
HER PROJECT WAS ONE OF ONLY 20 OF 800 THAT EARNED AN ALL EXPENSE TRIP TO ISEF IN OHIO IN MAY.
OVER 750 STUDENTS COMPETED AT WSSEF, 40 FROM 47 SCHOOLS IN WESTCHESTER AND ROCKLAND COUNTY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL PELHAM STUDENTS WHO COMPETED AND SPECIAL AWARDS WERE CHOSEN BY JUDGES IN THE FIELD FOR EMILY HSU, KAREN NORMOYLE, JUDY BRANDLER, SASHA HERZOG, ZOE PURCELL.
FOURTH PLACE AWARDS WENT TO DENNIS CONDON, MADDIE PORCELLA, MAUREEN CAIOLA, SAMANTHA BONANNO.
THIRD PLACE AWARDED TO AXEL ROBINSON. SECOND PLACE CHRIS MIKLICH, MALIKI PEARLMAN, AND RITA ASSEFA.
AND FIRST PLACE TO JUSTIN COHEN AND KIRA FINDICKIAN.
CONGRATULATIONS TO STUDENTS AND ALSO STEVE BALZEKAS, JOE DIBELLO AND DOCTOR LORI TORTORELLA, ALONG WITH DOCTOR CALLAHAN FOR SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS. SO CONGRATULATIONS ALL AROUND THERE TO WELL-DESERVED ACCOLADES.
THEY HAVE AN EXTERNAL VENDOR THROUGH THE NORTHEAST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION.
NYSID CONTRACTS WITH THEM TO SUPPORT THE COMPUTER BASED TESTING.
YESTERDAY, WHEN PELHAM STUDENTS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE TRIED TO LOG ON TO THIS VENDOR'S PLATFORM, THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOG ON AND FACE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
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WE DECIDED TO PAUSE FOR THE DAY AND HOPE THEY GIVE THEM 24 HOURS TO WORK OUT THEIR GLITCHES AND RESUME ASSESSING TODAY.WE RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM NYSID YESTERDAY THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE GLITCHES, BUT THEY HAD WORKED WITH THEIR VENDOR AND THAT THEY ASSURED US THAT TODAY'S ASSESSING SHOULD GO SMOOTHLY.
WE HESITANTLY, CAUTIOUSLY TRUSTED THEM AND TRIED AGAIN TODAY AND FACE THE SAME PROBLEMS, IF NOT WORSE, TODAY. IT WAS MUCH SLOWER. AND SO AGAIN, THEY ARE APOLOGIZING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE.
THEY YESTERDAY NYSID SAID THAT IT AFFECTED ABOUT 10% OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NEW YORK STATE.
IF THAT'S TRUE, THEY WERE ALL IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
BUT I'M NOT SURE. ALL OF OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, JOHN SEBALOS AND I WERE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH ALL OF OUR COUNTERPARTS AND IN OUR REGIONAL AND REGIONAL DISTRICTS, AND THEY EXPERIENCE THE SAME THINGS.
MANY DID WHAT WE DID, WHICH WAS PAUSE IT, TRY TODAY, PAUSE IT AGAIN.
AND SOME WERE ABLE TO WAIT IT OUT AND START TESTING VERY SPORADICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THAT EXTENDED THE DAY AND WAS A LITTLE CHAOTIC.
AND THEN AFTER EXPERIENCE SOME DATA ISSUES ON THE BACK END.
AND SO WE HAVE DECIDED TO LET EVERYONE TRY TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK.
AND WE'RE SCHEDULING WE ARE RESCHEDULING ELA THREE THROUGH FIVE TESTING FOR AFTER BREAK.
AND IT WILL BE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH AND FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH.
WITH MAKE UP DATES AVAILABLE IN MAY 1ST AND SECOND, WHICH WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND. AND THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE NOW.
JOHN SEBALOS HAS BEEN WONDERFUL WORKING ON THE BACK END, TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WEBSITE? IT WAS STILL UNSTABLE BY 10 A.M. THIS MORNING.
AND, YOU KNOW, COMPLY WITH OUR STATE REQUIREMENTS.
BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE WASTING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON OTHERS TO FIX SOMETHING THAT THEY IT SEEMS THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIX RIGHT NOW. SO YOU KNOW, A GREAT THANK YOU TO ALL THE PRINCIPALS TO JOHN SEBALOS AND SUZANNE SHORT. AND ALL THE TEACHERS WHO WORKED WITH US TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING SO WE COULD MAKE DECISIONS IN REAL TIME THAT MITIGATED THE INSTRUCTIONAL IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON STUDENTS.
WE TRIED. WE GOT KIDS BACK TO CLASS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. AND THANKS TO CLAIRE AND TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT TOO.
IT WAS REALLY FRUSTRATING, I THINK, TO EVERYONE.
NOR DO WE THINK IT WAS THE BEST THING FOR KIDS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO HAVE IF WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS, WE HAD TO BE DONE BY NOON FOR LUNCH. AND SO THAT KIND OF GAVE US A HARD STOP DECISION POINT, WHICH I THINK WAS BETTER, TO BE HONEST. YEAH.
AND I DID I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE EMAILS.
THE NEW DATES DO OVERLAP WITH TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY.
OKAY. CAN YOU REMIND ME, IS THIS THE FIRST YEAR THAT COMPUTER BASED TESTING IS REQUIRED BY.
THERE'S. I THINK THERE'S A SLOWER ROLLOUT. I THINK IT'S REQUIRED IN MORE GRADES THIS YEAR.
I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT YEAR THAT ALL GRADES MUST DO IT.
OKAY. BUT IT'S WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF THE ROLLOUT HERE, THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH. AND WE ARE ALL IN THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR.
FOR US PELHAM WAS ALL IN, RIGHT. YES. OKAY. AND THAT'S THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE WERE ALL IN.
WE HAD. YEAH. YEAH, I COULD IMAGINE THAT WAS SUPER FRUSTRATING FOR EVERYBODY.
YEAH. OKAY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I THINK I KNOW ALL OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE RUNNING TOGETHER AT THIS POINT, BUT YOU WERE NOT WITH US AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
YEAH. BECAUSE YOU WERE DEFENDING OR YOU HAD DEFENDED YOUR JUST.
YEAH. YEAH. YOU'RE JUST. YEAH. SO I WANT TO WE WANT I THINK WE ALL WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SURE. NEXT WE HAVE
[5.5 Assistant Superintendent's Update on Belonging and Wellness]
5.5 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE ON BELONGING AND WELLNESS.MISS. HI. GOOD EVENING. SO AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF ANNUAL REVIEW SEASON,
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WHICH IS A VERY BUSY TIME FOR US IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WHEN WE'RE PLANNING FOR THIS.I'M A LITTLE OLD SCHOOL. I'LL START IN JANUARY, AND I'LL HAVE A HUGE CALENDAR, AND WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THE DATES THAT ARE BLACKOUT DATES SO WE KNOW WHEN WE CAN'T HOLD MEETINGS. WHICH GIVES US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE.
THAT WE MAY HAVE TO MOVE MEETINGS. SO YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE ANY DISRUPTION TO THE SCHEDULING THAT WE HAVE BASED ON THE CBT. BUT WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT AND WE'LL MAKE IT WORK.
AND JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE PATIENT WITH US AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH OUR PF GRANT.
SO JUST YESTERDAY, MYSELF, ALONG WITH JOHN CONDON IN THE STALLER, WALKED ALL OF THE PLAYGROUNDS, INCLUDING JULIANNE'S PLAYGROUNDS, JUST TO FINALIZE THE LOCATIONS FOR INSTALL.
SO THAT'S EXCITING. AS SHARED, THE SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS HAD ALREADY DONE AN IN-SERVICE FOR ALL OF THIS BUILDING STAFF AT PREVIOUS FACULTY MEETINGS, SO THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT THE BOARDS ARE ABOUT, HOW TO USE THEM, THAT THEY'RE COMING.
AND NOW THAT WE ARE CLOSER TO INSTALL DATES THEY WILL WORK WITH THE TOWN HALL SUPERVISORS ON SETTING UP ASSEMBLIES FOR THE STUDENTS TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE INSTALL OF THE BOARDS. AND AGAIN, WHAT THIS NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WILL BE ON THEIR PLAYGROUND AND HOW TO USE IT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM.
I HAD MENTIONED WE MOVED TO A NEW MODEL THIS YEAR, A DIFFERENT COACHING MODEL.
BASED ON THE SHIFT, WE COULD DO TWO BUILDINGS A YEAR.
SO PROSPECT AND COLONIAL ARE GOING THIS YEAR IN THIS NEW MODEL.
IT'S GOING QUITE WELL. THEY SHOULD BE FINISHED UP BY EARLY MAY.
SO I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
IN REGARDS TO THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT. I DID MENTION WE HAD ON MARCH 21ST THE CAREER SEMINAR IN FOR HEALTH, AND THE NEXT ONE COMING UP IS MAY 2ND. THAT'S IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT IN CIVICS.
AND THAT WILL BE CAREERS FOCUSED ON FOREIGN SERVICE AND NATIONAL SECURITY.
SOUNDS INTERESTING. THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT IS ALSO VERY BUSY.
IT'S SCHOLARSHIP SEASON AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THEY'RE HELPING TO ORGANIZE THE LOCAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, AS WELL AS PREPARING FOR SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT IN JUNE.
AP EXAM ADMINISTRATION IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
THIS, IT'S COMING UP VERY SOON. THE COUNSELING OFFICE IS BUSY PREPARING FOR THEIR FIRST DIGITAL ADMINISTRATION FOR EXAMS BEGINNING MAY 5TH THROUGH THE 16TH. AND THIS YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADMINISTERING OVER 1000 EXAMS. SO IT'LL BE A VERY BUSY TIME FOR THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AND THE PROCTORS.
PREPARATIONS WITH THE JUNIORS FOR THE COLLEGE SEARCH IS STARTING.
THIS IS A BUSY TIME WITH OUR COUNSELORS AND JUNIORS.
BEGINNING THE LAST WEEK OF MAY, THEY'RE GOING TO START TO PUSH INTO STUDY HALLS.
THEY'LL HAVE A SERIES OF THREE MEETINGS WITH THE JUNIORS.
FOLLOW UP MEETINGS WILL BE ABOUT THE JUNIOR QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE STUDENT ACTIVITY PROFILE.
AND THEN THE LAST MEETING WILL BE ABOUT THE COMMON APP AND THE ESSAY.
SO THEY'LL BE STARTING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE JUNIORS ON THAT.
IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT, RIGHT AFTER BREAK, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS WILL ACTUALLY BE GOING TO VISIT EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO MEET WITH THE FIFTH GRADERS. AND GETTING READY AND THEIR RESPECTIVE TEACHERS TO GET READY FOR THE TRANSITION PROCESS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT ON APRIL 29TH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
HOW DO YOU MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? AGAIN, THAT EVENT WILL HAPPEN TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH AT 6:30, IN ALUMNI HALL.
MISS KATE SHANNON, WHO'S THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER OF ACCESSIBILITY AT MANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY, WILL BE OUR GUEST FACILITATOR. AND AS PART OF HER PRESENTATION, SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE INSIGHT REGARDING QUESTIONS ABOUT ELIGIBILITY FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORTS
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AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL ACCOMMODATIONS AND THE PROCESS OF ACCESSING SERVICES.IF YOU'VE HAD AN IEP OR A 504 IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND THERE WILL BE A Q&A SESSION AFTER THAT.
THANK YOU. YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW NEXT WE HAVE 5.6.
[5.6 Executive Director's Update on Human Resources and Leadership]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS UPDATE ON HUMAN RESOURCES AND LEADERSHIP.I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN OUR HIRING EFFORTS ALREADY, AND WHILE A FEW VACANCIES STILL REMAIN, WE'RE EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD AND RECOMMEND AND APPOINT SEVERAL EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATES THAT YOU'LL FIND IN YOUR BOARD PACKET TONIGHT.
THOSE INCLUDE OUR POSITIONS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, MATH, MIDDLE SCHOOL, SCIENCE, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ENGLISH, AND MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR. ALL OF THOSE ARE VACANCIES, DUE TO RETIREMENTS.
DOCTOR COMERFORD, MISS HOLTZ AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERSONALLY MEET WITH EACH OF THESE CANDIDATES, AND WE WERE INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED BY THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEIR PASSION FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATION, AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL BRING FRESH PERSPECTIVES, INNOVATIVE IDEAS, AND A DEEP DEDICATION TO LEARNING THAT WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR ALREADY OUTSTANDING MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS. THESE ADDITIONS REFLECT OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND TO CREATING A SUPPORTIVE AND INSPIRING ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF.
AS DOCTOR CHAMP MENTIONED, IN ADDITION TO OUR TEACHING AND COUNSELING ROLES, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN FOCUSED ON FILLING OUR CRITICAL SUPPORT POSITION OF A SENIOR OFFICE ASSISTANT. THIS IS A SHARED ROLE BETWEEN THE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE AND THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
THIS POSITION IS REALLY ESSENTIAL IN ENSURING A SEAMLESS OPERATION.
BOTH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, AS A LOT OF OUR WORK DOES OVERLAP.
SHE'S JUST A JOY TO BE AROUND. SO AS WE CONTINUE OUR HIRING PROCESS, I DO WANT TO THANK OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM FOR THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR TIME, AND THEIR THOUGHTFUL INPUT THROUGH THIS JOURNEY.
THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE 5.7.
[5.7 Assistant Superintendent's Update on Facilities and Sustainable Learning Environments]
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE ON FACILITIES AND SUSTAINABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.OKAY. I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU WHAT I ALREADY TOLD YOU.
I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME COMMITTEE MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
WE HAD FINANCE THIS MORNING. WE HAD BOND STEERING YESTERDAY MORNING.
WE'RE PLANNING A SAFETY MEETING FOR APRIL THE 25TH.
SO TWO WEEKS FROM FRIDAY. SO WE'RE WORKING ON A ON A PLANNING MEETING FOR THAT.
TODAY WE HELD OUR LAST LOCKDOWN DRILL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE'VE COMPLETED THAT THAT PROCESS.
IT WAS THERE TO OBSERVE THAT PERFORMANCE AND IT WAS ALL DONE VERY WELL.
AGAIN, I THINK OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS ARE REALLY GREAT PARTNERS.
AND PELHAM POLICE SEND A FULL COMPLEMENT OF OFFICERS TO COME.
BUT ALSO NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS WE HAVE A COMPLEMENT OF PELHAM MANOR POLICE OFFICERS THAT COME, AND THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE A LOCKDOWN IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO AGAIN, FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS HAVE THE ABILITY, OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK THROUGH OUR BUILDINGS AT ANY TIME THAT THEY'D LIKE DURING THE DAY, AND THEY TAKE THE ADVANTAGE OF DOING THAT. SO OUR STUDENTS ARE USED TO SEEING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND THEN AGAIN, THIS THIS THIS ABILITY TO WORK, WORK WITH EACH OTHER AND KIND OF OBSERVING IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND JUST STEPPING OUTSIDE THE LINES WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THAT PARTNERSHIP.
SO THAT HAPPENED TODAY. WE HAVE A FEW MORE FIRE DRILLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINISH UP, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR THE WEATHER TO GET A LITTLE BIT WARMER THERE. WE DID HAVE A WE DID HAVE A SMOKE HEAD MALFUNCTION AT THE AT HUTCHINSON SCHOOL EARLIER TODAY SO THAT WE DID HAVE A FIRE ALARM.
OVER THE BREAK, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME MORE WORK ON THE ROOFTOP UNITS HERE SO THAT WE'RE READY FOR THE COOLING SEASON. SO IF YOU SEE A CRANE IN FRONT OF THIS BUILDING, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR. AND ALSO PART OF THAT IS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF UNIT ONE WHICH IS NOT BEING REPLACED.
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BUT THAT'S PART OF THAT WORK IS A REHABILITATION OF THAT UNIT.SO GETTING THAT HEAVY, VERY HEAVY EQUIPMENT UP ON THAT, UP ON THAT ROOF.
AND THERE'LL BE SOME RECREATION PROGRAMS HERE.
WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE TOWN WHO USE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO OCCUPY THE BUILDING, BUT WE JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE WALKING UNDER THE CRANE, WALKING IN THE FRONT DOOR. IF THE CRANE IS LIFTING A 400 POUND PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THERE, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S OKAY.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE BUSINESS OFFICE. CERTAINLY THE BOARD AND ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
AS FAR AS PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP. THE NEXT STEP IS AS IT MOVES, MOVES FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY STEPS WE'VE HAD OUR LINE BY LINE MEETINGS, WHICH IS TERRIFIC. AGAIN, IF YOU STILL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, THOUGHTS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME OR ANYONE IN OUR OFFICE.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE 6.1 COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE, I THINK WE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE
[7.1 Motion to Approve and Adopt the School Calendar for the 2024-2025 School Year (Revised)]
[7.2 Motion Pertaining to the Annual School District Budget Vote and Member Election]
[7.3 Motion to Approve 2024-2025 Budget Transfers]
[7.4 Motion to Enter into an Agreement]
7.1 TO 7.4 AS A CONSENT AGENDA.SO MOVED. I SECOND. OKAY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT UPDATE? NO. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.
SO. YES. AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE K THROUGH SIX ADJUSTMENT.
I KNOW IT'S HARD BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF HAS TO BE HERE.
BECAUSE THE OTHER KIDS, THE OLDER CHILDREN HAVE TO BE HERE FOR VARIETY EXAMS TESTS.
YEP. SO. YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT.
SO IT'S WELCOME. THANK YOU. THE KIDS CAN NOW GET ON TO SUMMER CAMP.
YES. YES. AND WE'LL WE'RE HOPING TO DOCTOR COMERFORD AND I WILL BE TOUCHING BASE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TRY TO GET TO BRING FORWARD THE FINAL PROPOSALS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR'S CALENDA TO GET THAT FINALIZED AS WELL.
OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE REST OF THIS? AT 7.1 THROUGH 7.4? NO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND OPPOSED. SO THOSE ALL CARRY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT A DONATION?
[7.5 Motion to Accept a Donation]
SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. SO THIS IS DONATION FROM THE PELHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION.I'LL READ IT. RESOLVED THAT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES HEREBY ACCEPT THE MONETARY DONATION OF $9,000.40 FOR GRANT NUMBER 2507 HANDS ON LEARNING, ILLUMINATING MINDS WITH LIGHT TABLES AND MANIPULATIVES IN THAT GRATITUDE BE BESTOWED UPON ITS DONOR, THE PELHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND GRANT, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES HEREBY ACCEPT THE MONETARY DONATION OF $6524.90 FOR GRANT NUMBER 2508, ENHANCING VISUAL STORYTELLING IN THE PMHS YEARBOOK. SO THANK YOU TO THE PELHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
THEY ARE DOING THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, THEIR BLUE RIBBON FUNDRAISER NOW.
SO IF YOU IF YOU CAN IT'S A WONDERFUL. AND IT'S 30 YEARS.
IS IT? 30 YEARS. SO LOOK AT YOUR MAILBOX. YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE FLIER, A POSTCARD.
YEAH. SO THEY'RE VERY GOOD TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? YES. SO. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NONE OPPOSED.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN. CAN WE, WE CAN TAKE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE 8.1 THROUGH 9.1
[8.1 Motion to Approve Schedule A - Instructional]
[8.2 Motion to Approve Schedule B - Extra Duty Appointments]
[8.3 Motion to Approve Schedule C - Non-Instructional]
[9.1 Motion to Approve Schedule D - Committee on Special Education (Confidential)]
AS A CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?[01:45:03]
AYE. NONE OPPOSED. SO THOSE CARRY. DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? NO. OKAY. NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? NO. OKAY. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED.SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU.
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.