Mar 25, 2026 March 25, 2026 - Business Meeting

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OKAY. HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING OF MARCH 25TH, 2026.

[2.1 Call to Order]

PLEASE NOTE THAT VICE PRESIDENT NATALIE MARRERO WILL BE JOINING US ON ONLINE THIS EVENING DUE TO ILLNESS, AND WE HOPE SHE FEELS BETTER. TRUSTEE TREVES, WOULD YOU PLEASE REITERATE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION?

[2.3 Reiteration of Executive Session Motions]

[2.4 Opening Remarks]

SO FAR WE HAVE DISCUSSED SPECIAL EDUCATION GUIDANCE, ATHLETICS, TEACHING AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGY, BOCES, AND HUMAN RESOURCES. TONIGHT'S MEETING WE WILL REVIEW THE LINE ITEMS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, FACILITIES, THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND BENEFITS AND TRANSPORTATION.

AS A REMINDER, THE BOARD SET CLEAR PRIORITIES TO PRESERVE PROGRAMS, SUPPORT SPECIAL EDUCATION, MANAGE STAFFING RESPONSIBLY, AND REMAIN WITHIN THE TAX CAP EVEN AS THE DISTRICT FACES STEEPLY RISING COSTS IN AREAS SUCH AS HEALTH CARE, TRANSPORTATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION. WE THANK THE DISTRICT FOR THE DILIGENCE AND HARD WORK PUT INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS SO FAR.

I'LL REMIND EVERYONE AS WELL THAT THESE CHALLENGES AREN'T UNIQUE TO OUR DISTRICT.

PEER DISTRICTS ARE SEEING SIMILAR PRESSURES. I SPOKE WITH ONE LAST WEEK, AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO MODIFY THEIR OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION POLICY TO BETTER MANAGE COSTS. SEVERAL ARE PLANNING REDUCTIONS IN HEADCOUNT.

A FEW ARE CONSIDERING EXCEEDING THE TAX CAP AND ANOTHER IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A MAJOR FACILITIES BOND.

AS AS THEY'RE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRES UPDATE TO ENSURE SMOOTH OPERATIONS OF THEIR BUILDINGS AND HAVE HAVE THEIR BUILDINGS MEET MODERN LEARNING STANDARDS.

THAT SOUNDED VERY FAMILIAR TO ME. AND HAD A VERY SIMILAR SCALE.

YES, YES. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE PELHAM COMMUNITY FOR TAKING THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND OUR BUDGETARY CHALLENGES AND NEEDS AS WE MOVE TOWARDS BUDGET ADOPTION.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR REGULAR BUSINESS ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, AND I'LL JUST CONCLUDE MY REMARKS BY WELCOMING OUR NEW SIWANOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, JEN MANGONE. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME, MRS. MANGONE. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION LOOKS FORWARD TO YOUR TO THE LEADERSHIP YOU'LL BRING TO THE DISTRICT.

BUILDING A STRONG ACADEMIC FOUNDATION WITHIN A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT AND, AND FOSTERING TRUST AND RAPPORT WITH THE SIWANOY COMMUNITY.

YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL BRINGS VALUABLE PERSPECTIVE ON PREPARING OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS FOR THE NEXT STAGES IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY.

SO WE WISH YOU LUCK. AND, AND, AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MRS. KRAMER GILBERT FOR HOLDING DOWN THE HOLDING DOWN THE FORT.

AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HER FOR, FOR ALL SHE'S DONE.

GREAT. OKAY. CHAMP. YES. THANK YOU. AND I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE TO DO SOME A COUPLE OF REPORTS THAT MAYBE WE CAN MOVE AN ACTION ITEM UP.

[3.1 Superintendent's Report]

I'M GOING TO PICK RIGHT UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AT LONG LAST TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD FOR MY RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT THE NEXT SIWANOY PRINCIPAL.

AND THAT IS MRS. JEN. I KEEP STUMBLING ON IT BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO JEN'S AS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES.

SO MISS JENNIFER MANGONE TO BE THE NEXT PRINCIPAL OF SIWANOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEGINNING JULY 1ST.

WE WERE JUST THRILLED TO MEET JEN AND TO GET TO KNOW HER THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND DOCTOR FITZGERALD AND HER REPORT WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STEPS OF THAT PROCESS.

I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAY THE BOARD REMEMBERS THIS LAST YEAR.

WE DID WE DID GO THROUGH A SEARCH IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR AND WE WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE CANDIDATES, WE DIDN'T FEEL WE'D MET THE RIGHT PERSON. SO MRS. KRAMER GILBERT DID COME BACK AND GAVE US THE GIFT OF TIME, AND SHE CAME BACK AND STEPPED INTO THE ROLE FOR ANOTHER FULL YEAR.

SHE'S BEEN JUST AMAZING. AND TRULY, I THINK WHAT YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME AND HER COMMITMENT AND LOVE FOR THAT BUILDING IS IN EVERYTHING. YOU CAN SEE IT IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES. SO THROUGH THAT, THEY GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO THEN TAKE THE TIME TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND TO,

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AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WHAT WE FOUND IN MRS. MANGONE. MANGONE. SO JEN COMES TO US FROM SUMMERS WHERE SHE'S CURRENTLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AT SUMMERS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THROUGHOUT THE STAGES, SHE WAS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE SHOWCASING SO MANY SKILLS IN HER WORK.

SO THERE WAS VERY THROUGH THE VARYING LEVELS, BOTH IN SPEAKING WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, IN DELIVERING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS.

HER AUTHENTIC AUTHENTICITY AND GENUINENESS CAME THROUGH HER DESIRE TO FIND A SCHOOL THAT SHE CAN LEAD FORWARD IN BEING VERY GROWTH MINDED AND ALL SHE DOES, AS I TALKED WITH REFERENCES, EVERYTHING I HEARD ABOUT HER WAS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, CONNECTION, BUILDING ON THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO HAVE A GROWTH MINDSET AND CONTINUALLY INVADING AND CONTINUALLY LEARNING.

THE PHRASE SHE'S A SPONGE WHEN IT COMES TO FEEDBACK IS A QUOTE FROM ONE OF MY REFERENCES, WHICH WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BEING LIFELONG LEARNERS, BUT YOU ACTUALLY REALLY WANT TO BE SEEN AND KNOWN AS ONE OF THOSE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT JEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS, SOMEONE WHO EAGERLY SEEKS FEEDBACK AND LOOKS TO FIND WAYS TO PUT IT IMMEDIATELY INTO PRACTICE. SOMEONE WHO CAN COME INTO THIS JOB AND APPROACH IT AS A LEARNER FIRST AND A LEADER AT THE SAME TIME.

SOMEONE WHO CAN BE RELATIONAL AND BUILD THAT FAMILY CULTURE AND YET STILL BE A LEADER AT THE SAME TIME, YOU NEED THAT BALANCE OF BOTH SOMEBODY WHO VALUES SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING WELLNESS AND CREATING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR OUR EARLIEST LEARNERS AND ALSO BALANCING THAT WITH ACADEMIC RIGOR AND PRESS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE SAW AS WE GOT TO KNOW JEN. AND THAT'S WHAT WE THINK, WHO BELIEVE, WHO, WHO SHE IS, WHAT SHE, SHE LEADS WITH HER HEART. SHE COMES WANTING TO FIND A FAMILY THAT SHE CAN BE PART OF AND THAT SHE CAN BE THAT LEADERSHIP LEADER FOR SHE HERSELF. AND AS YOU GET TO KNOW HER, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS, I THINK, FOUR CHILDREN OF HER OWN, SPANNING THE SPECTRUM OF GRADES FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

SO SOMEBODY WHO ALSO HAS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH PARENTING THROUGH EACH OF THOSE LEVELS, WHO CAN BE A FELLOW PARENT AND HELP THOSE AROUND HER AS THEY GRAPPLE WITH THE CHALLENGES OF EACH STAGE. AND THE THING THAT WE ALL THOUGHT WAS GREAT AS WELL.

SHE'S GOT THAT SECONDARY KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THE STUDENTS AT SIWANOY, SHE'S GOING TO LEARN WHERE THEY START.

SHE HAS LIVED THAT AS A MOM. SHE'S GOING TO SEE THAT NOW AS A PRINCIPAL, AND SHE KNOWS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE BY THE END OF FIFTH GRADE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT TRANSITION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR ALL THAT SHE'S GOING TO BRING TO US.

THE TEAM, THE COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK THAT HAS BEEN WHO SHE'S BEEN AS A LEADER THROUGHOUT HER CAREER.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YET ANOTHER TEAM PLAYER WHO CAN CONTINUE TO BE A VALUED PART OF OUR WORK TOGETHER, SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH. I'M JUST GONNA KEEP GOING ON SO I KNOW THE EVENING WILL GET LATE, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER TONIGHT AND WE'LL BE APPOINTING HER SHORTLY AND WELCOMING HER. AS I SAID, ON JULY 1ST, WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER ON A A TRANSITION PLAN.

MRS KRAMER GILBERT SAID OF COURSE, HER DOOR IS OPEN, SHOULD BE HAPPY TO BE A TRANSITION SUPPORT BEFORE JULY 1ST.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE ENTRY PLANS AFTERWARDS AND CONTINUE TO WORK TO SUPPORT HER FOR SUCCESS, HER PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS HERE IN PELHAM AND THE SUCCESS OF THE BUILDING.

SO VERY EXCITED. WE GOT A CHANCE. DOCTOR FITZGERALD AND I WENT AND SPOKE WITH THE STAFF YESTERDAY AND GAVE THEM THE GOOD NEWS.

AND THE NOTICE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TODAY.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THOSE NEXT STEPS. TONIGHT ALSO ON THE AGENDA, KIND OF NOT AS NOT AS HAPPY NEWS, BUT YOU WILL SEE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, RESIGNATION FROM MR. TOMBS, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. AND I WILL SAY THAT IS WITH A VERY HEAVY HEART, THAT HE IS HARD ON MY PART AND HEAVY HEART ON HIS PART, THAT HE IS LEAVING TO GO TO ANOTHER DISTRICT.

I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY JUST PULL UP. I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT FROM HIS HIS LETTER.

I JUST WANTED TO FIND THE FILE. THANK YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, HE SHARED IN HIS HIS LETTER TO US.

THE DECISION COMES WITH A GREAT DEAL OF REFLECTION AND GRATITUDE. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN THE ROLE AS ASSISTANT, AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR THE PELHAM SCHOOLS AND TO SERVE THE PELHAM COMMUNITY.

I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THIS POSITIVE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TOGETHER THROUGH COLLABORATION.

OUR STAFF AND PROGRAMS ARE IN A BETTER POSITION TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS.

I GREATLY VALUE THE PERSONAL BONDS THAT I'VE MADE WITH THE TEAM AND PEER AND PELHAM.

THE CONNECTION WITH OUR STAFF, COACHES, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE MADE THIS EXPERIENCE TRULY SPECIAL AND WILL STAY WITH ME.

WITH HIM MOVING FORWARD. HE GOES ON TO SAY, I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR DOCTOR CHAMP LEADERSHIP AND MENTORSHIP, HE PROVIDED INSIGHT, PERSPECTIVE, AND UNPARALLELED SUPPORT BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY, AND I WILL CARRY THOSE LESSONS WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AND IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. AND THIS IS TRULY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

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I'LL WORK DIRECTLY WITH WITH DILIGENTLY TO SUPPORT THE NEW DIRECTOR AND TO POSITION THE DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS, THAT OUR STUDENTS ULTIMATELY BENEFIT FROM AN EVEN STRONGER EXPERIENCE IN THE FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PELHAM COMMUNITY.

I WISH YOU AND THE ENTIRE DISTRICT CONTINUED SUCCESS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE JOE REALLY HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE TEAM.

HE AND I WILL SAY HE WOULD NOT HAVE JUST GONE ANYWHERE.

JOE ACTUALLY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, KIND OF THAT ONCE IN A CAREER OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK HOME.

HE'S GOING TO A DISTRICT THAT HE WORKED IN INITIALLY FOR 15 YEARS AS A TEACHER AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

IT'S A MUCH BIGGER ATHLETICS PROGRAM, BIGGER STAFF, BIGGER FACILITIES, BIGGER BUDGET.

BUT REALLY IT'S MORE ABOUT THE CHANCE TO GO HOME.

SO IT WAS THE THE ONLY EARLY ON SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, HE AND I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND HE SAID HE WOULD NOT LEAVE PELHAM FOR JUST ANYWHERE.

THERE WAS REALLY ABOUT ONE PLACE AND THAT OPPORTUNITY CAME KNOCKING ON HIS DOOR.

SO I DO WISH HIM VERY MUCH THE BEST. HE'S DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT FOR OUR PROGRAMS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

I THINK WE'RE BETTER POSITIONED NOW TO MOVE FORWARD THAN WE WERE WHEN HE CAME. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO LEAVE THE BEACH CLEANER THAN WHEN YOU FOUND IT.

SO I APPRECIATE, APPRECIATIVE TO HIM FOR THAT.

WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING, JUST PUT IT OUT THERE FOR THE BOARD AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND A COMMUNITY NOTE.

JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW ABOUT THE TRANSITION GIVEN WHERE WE ARE IN THE YEAR, GIVEN WE'VE GOT SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP THE SIWANOY PROCESS.

WE HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TO FOCUS ON.

NEXT, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONSIDER BRINGING IN INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR THE YEAR, FINDING SOMEBODY WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN THE ROLE, MAYBE RECENTLY RETIRED FROM THE ROLE, SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS THE ROPES AND CAN JUST JUMP IN AND REALLY KIND OF KEEP KEEP THINGS MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.

ALSO, SOMEBODY I'D LOVE TO FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN GIVE US A REALLY KIND OF A, CALL IT A PROGRAM ANALYSIS.

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE SHARED WITH THE BOARD LAST TIME WE PUT OUT, WE HAVE 80 TEAMS RUNNING, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S WAY BIGGER THAN DISTRICTS OF OUR SIZE GENERALLY DO.

AND WE HAVE A VERY SMALL BACK OFFICE STAFF TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND ONE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FULL TIME, ONE SECRETARY, MANY OTHER SCHOOLS FIELDING THAT MANY TEAMS HAVE GOT A BIGGER STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE OFFICE AS WELL AS SUPERVISION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I'D LIKE TO GET A REALLY JUST ALMOST LIKE AN OBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO COME IN WITH EXPERIENCE, GIVE US A GLIMPSE AND THEN COME TO US, YOU KNOW, IN A FEW MONTHS IN TO SAY, LOOK, IF THIS IS THE PROGRAM YOU WANT, THESE ARE THE AREAS YOU WANT TO BUILD.

BECAUSE I KNOW AS A BOARD AND YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE BUILT, I THINK, INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS. AND THERE'S ALSO AREAS WHERE WE STILL WANT TO GROW IN.

OUR COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR US TO GROW, TO PROVIDE MORE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES. SO GIVE US A PICTURE OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO IT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY THINKING IS RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO COMMUNICATE OUT IF FOLKS ARE OKAY WITH THAT.

SO THINGS WILL CONTINUE. HE PROMISED HE WILL LEAVE EVERYTHING IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND WE'LL GET SOMEONE IN PLACE BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT SO THAT WE'RE READY TO HEAD INTO THE SUMMER AND PLAN FOR THE FALL SEASON. TWO OTHER QUICK UPDATES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

YOU WILL ALSO FIND THE CALENDAR FOR APPROVAL.

JUST A COUPLE QUICK NOTES THERE. THE BOARD LOOKED AT A DRAFT, WE SENT OUT A DRAFT FOR FEEDBACK.

THE TWO CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE MADE AS A RESULT OF THAT.

EXCUSE ME, ONE WE HAD PASSOVER. WE HAD IT LISTED ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF PASSOVER.

IT ACTUALLY REALLY NEEDS TO BE THE NEXT DAY. SO THAT IS SHIFTING TO THURSDAY INSTEAD OF WEDNESDAY, WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED. AND WE JUST PULL THAT UP SO I CAN SAY THE DATE SPECIFICALLY.

SO YEAH, SO PASSOVER WILL NOW BE NO SCHOOL ON APRIL 22ND TO, FOR THOSE WHO ARE OBSERVING PASSOVER AND THE OTHER CHANGE, AND EMERSON ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS UP AS A PIECE OF FEEDBACK AT THE TABLE. I TALKED WITH MR. LLEWELLYN, HE TALKED WITH THE SITE BASED TEAM.

IT CAME UP IN THE SURVEY AS WELL. INSTEAD OF GRADUATION BEING ON JUNE 26TH, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE IT BACK TO JUNE 19TH.

OKAY, SO THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT ISSUE. AND IT WAS, I WAS GLAD HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE SITE BASED TEAM.

CERTAINLY WE STILL WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE HOLIDAY.

IT WILL BE ON JUNE 19TH. SO I ASKED MR. LLEWELLYN TO CONTINUE JUST TO THINK ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO STILL MAKE SURE THAT THE HOLIDAY IS HONORED AS WE WANT, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO TO HAVE GREAT GRADUATION ON THE 19TH.

SO SO YOU CAN PASS THAT ON. NICE WORK. YES. SO THOSE WERE THE TWO CHANGES THAT ARE ON THERE.

A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE IN THE SURVEY AND THERE'S A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON WE DID CONSIDER THEM. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. TWO BIG ASKS THAT WERE KIND OF CONSISTENT.

MOVING SPRING BREAK LATER. SO RIGHT NOW SPRING BREAK IS IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOCES FOR NEXT YEAR AND IT IS CONNECTED CLOSER TO EASTER.

AND NEXT YEAR, IT'S ANOTHER YEAR WHERE PASSOVER IS VERY SEPARATE FROM EASTER.

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THE CHALLENGE, AS I ASKED AROUND ON THAT, IF WE WERE TO MOVE IT TO CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH THE PASSOVER, YOU'RE NOW INTO LATE APRIL, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF PRIME TESTING SEASON.

THAT'S THREE THROUGH EIGHT TESTING AT THE ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, AND IT'S ABOUT A WEEK.

IT'S ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE START OF AP EXAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN FROM THE ADMINISTRATORS I SPOKE WITH SPECIFICALLY, AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT ABOUT IT WOULD BE REALLY COULD BE REALLY DISRUPTIVE AND TO NOT BE ABLE TO PREPARE FOR AP EXAMS, THINGS ARE PRETTY HIGH STAKES. THERE WAS CONCERN AROUND MOVING IT. SO WE ARE KEEPING IT WHERE IT ORIGINALLY WAS PROPOSED.

AND THAT IS MARCH 22ND THROUGH 26TH, SO THAT WE DON'T INTERFERE WITH TESTING AND WE STAY IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOCES.

THE OTHER ASK WAS TO RECONSIDER THE TWO WEEK BREAK AT THE HOLIDAYS.

SO THERE WAS SOME MIXED RESULTS THERE. SOME PEOPLE LIKED THE TWO WEEKS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE GOT INTERNATIONAL FAMILIES, INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, IT ALLOWS FOR THAT. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WERE FAMILIES WHO WORKING FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN.

THE LONGER THE BREAK, THE HARDER THE HARDSHIP ON THE CHILDCARE IS THROUGH THAT PERIOD.

I KNOW I WILL JUST PUT HIM ON THE SPOT AND SAY ALEX HIMSELF WAS HE WOULD, I THINK HE WOULD TAKE ISSUE WITH ME AND I DO I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING BAD WOULD HAPPEN IN MY OFFICE IF WE HAD ANOTHER TWO WEEK BREAK. HE WAS READY FOR HIS CHILD TO COME BACK TO WORK.

HE'S AN AWESOME DAD, BUT READY FOR THE CHILD TO COME BACK.

SO, SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, WEIGHING BOTH OF THOSE THE OTHER, IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING STUDENTS BACK BEFORE LABOR DAY, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC, PROBLEMATIC FROM A CONSTRUCTION PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER, PROBLEMATIC FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE. MANY OF THE STUDENTS KNOW THAT LABOR DAY IS IT AND COMING BACK REALLY BEFORE THE END OF AUGUST OR RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.

AND I THINK FAMILIES WOULD BE REALLY, STRUGGLE WITH THAT.

AND ALSO TEACHERS WOULD HAVE TO VOTE TO COME BACK THERE.

AND THE INITIAL THINKING WAS ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE FINE WITH THE TEN DAYS, 11 DAYS THAT WE HAVE FOR, FOR THE DAY BREAK. THEY'D RATHER KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS VERSUS COME BACK BEFORE LABOR DAY IN ORDER TO MAKE THE TWO WEEKS VIABLE.

SO THAT BEING THE CASE, WE DID CONSIDER THOSE. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE. I DO WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WE DID HEAR THE FEEDBACK AND DID LOOK AND DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATION.

ULTIMATELY, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE KEEP SPRING BREAK WHERE IT IS AND HOLIDAY BREAK AS IS AS WELL.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. SO THIS IS BASICALLY PRETTY MUCH BAKED EXCEPT FOR PLC DAYS.

THANK YOU. CORRECT. YES. THE PLC DAYS. AND WE HAVE OUR SECOND LATE START DAY THE DAY THAT WE COME BACK FROM SPRING BREAK UPCOMING.

SO WE'RE OFF NEXT WEEK FOR SPRING BREAK. MONDAY AFTER THAT, THE FIRST DAY BACK IS A TWO HOUR LATE START DAY, WHICH IS A PLC DAY. THIS YEAR WE WERE TRYING A COUPLE LATE STARTS, A COUPLE EARLY RELEASES, AND ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT, WE'LL DO, WE'LL COLLECT SOME FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS AND FROM FAMILIES TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CONSENSUS AROUND AN APPROACH FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE ONE THING I DID HERE IN THE CALENDAR SURVEY IS WHEN YOU DO PUT THOSE IN, PLEASE JUST PICK ONE OR THE OTHER.

DON'T. SOME PEOPLE STRUGGLED WITH HAVING A SPLIT OF EARLY RELEASES AND LATE START DAYS.

I'M SURE FROM A WORK IN A CHILDCARE PERSPECTIVE, THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO THEY ASKED US TO PICK ONE LANE BASICALLY OR THE OTHER.

SO. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THE FEEDBACK BRINGS AND WE'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU ON.

THAT WITH AN UPDATE. ONCE WE DO ADD THOSE BACK IN.

FINAL THING JUST FOR THE BOARD AND I'LL PUT THIS IN MY WEEKLY MEMO TO YOU. WE ARE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT SUMMER DATES. SO WE NEED A, A REORG MEETING. WE'RE LOOKING. IDEALLY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, JULY 2ND OR JULY 15TH, THOSE ARE THE TWO DAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

RECOMMENDING HAVING A POTENTIALLY A MIDSUMMER BOARD MEETING TO DO JUST KIND OF HIRING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT CONTRACTS AROUND JULY 29TH. BACK TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, LIKELY LOOKING AT AUGUST 26TH AND THEN OUR ANNUAL FACILITIES TOUR BEFORE SCHOOL OPENS ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. SO I WILL PUT THOSE IN THE MEMO TO YOU.

BUT JUST TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT, AND THEN ALSO WE'LL WANT TO LOOK AT TYING ANY A RETREAT, ANY KIND OF BOARD RETREAT INTO IDEALLY SOME DAY THAT WE'RE ALREADY HERE ANYWAYS WOULD MAKE SOME SENSE.

SO SEND THAT OUT AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY BETWEEN JACKIE AND I COORDINATE AND GET SOME OF THAT NAILED DOWN SO WE CAN ALL PLAN SUMMER SCHEDULES.

THAT'S IT. I'M SORRY. THAT WAS A BIT LONGER THAN I EXPECTED, BUT.

ALL GOOD. THANK YOU, DOCTOR CHAMP. DO WE WANT TO MOVE UP 7.1?

[7.1 Motion to Approve Schedule A - Instructional]

OKAY. AND THEN I'M THINKING MAYBE FOR A LITTLE DISCUSSION.

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CAN YOU JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A OVERVIEW OF THE HIRING PROCESS, AND THEN WE'LL LET THE BOARD TAKE ACTION? I DID ASK MRS. MENGONI TO COME WITH JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

GREAT. OF COURSE, OF COURSE. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE.

AND WE ARE THRILLED THAT JEN MANGONE WILL BE JOINING OUR TEAM.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE DID POST FOR THE SIWANOY PRINCIPAL POSITION.

DURING THAT TIME, I MET WITH PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AROUND FOCUS GROUP SESSIONS AND SURVEYS, AND WE COMPILED THE SIWANOY LEADERSHIP PROFILE.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF LAST SUMMER.

WE USED THAT IN THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD. WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT OUR CANDIDATES AND WHEN WE POSTED IN JANUARY, WE HAD 57 CANDIDATES APPLY TO THE POSITION. I WAS THANKFUL TO HAVE DOCTOR COMERFORD AND MISS HOLTZ JOIN ME IN SCREENING CANDIDATES.

WE WHITTLED IT DOWN TO SIX THAT CAME BACK AND MET WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

THEY MET WITH A GROUP OF PARENTS, A GROUP OF TEACHERS, AND A GROUP OF ADMINISTRATORS.

FROM THAT EVENING AND THEN USING THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE, WE THEN DECIDED TO BRING FOUR CANDIDATES BACK TO RUN A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SESSION FOR OUR TEACHERS AND FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS. THAT SESSION WAS ON THE TOPIC OF EMTS AND TIER ONE INSTRUCTION.

WE HAD FOUR, FOUR CANDIDATES PRESENT. FROM THERE, THREE OF THEM WERE INVITED BACK TO READ A PICTURE BOOK WITH A LESSON FOR CHILDREN IN THIRD GRADE. AND THEN FINALISTS CAME TO THE CABINET MEETING, AND THEN TWO MOVED ON TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR FINAL INTERVIEW.

SO IT WAS A LENGTHY PROCESS. IT TOOK US ABOUT ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER A MONTH AND A HALF TO COMPLETE.

BUT I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO SAT ON THE COMMITTEES, NOT ONLY THIS WINTER, BUT ALSO LAST SUMMER, BECAUSE I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT OF GREAT LESSONS WHEN WE WENT THROUGH IT THE FIRST TIME.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF TIME PUT IN BY TEACHERS AND FOR PARENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THEIR FEEDBACK AND FOR THEIR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TO TONIGHT.

AND WELCOME TO MISS MENGONI. THANK YOU. SO I THINK WITH THAT WE CAN TAKE THE MOTION.

YEAH. GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE MOTION AND MAKE IT OFFICIAL.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS.

IT'S OFFICIAL. HEY, MR. MANGONE, WE DIDN'T INVITE YOU UP TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS.

SO I AM SO GRATEFUL AND EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE PELHAM FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.

FROM THE MOMENT I WALKED INTO SIWANOY. I COULD FEEL THE WARMTH, THE JOY, AND THE PASSION FOR STUDENT LEARNING AND STUDENT WELL-BEING IN THE HALLS AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE FACULTY AND FAMILIES.

AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF PLACE THAT I LIKE TO LEARN AND WORK.

WHEN I CAME TO READ TO THE THIRD GRADERS, WHICH WAS THE SCARIEST PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

OH MY GOODNESS, I LEFT THERE JUST BEAMING AND EXCITED AND CALLED MY HUSBAND IN THE CAR AND I SAID, THIS IS THE SCHOOL FOR ME. LIKE THAT WAS WHAT SOLD IT FOR ME.

AND I READ TO THEM THE DAY YOU BEGIN, WHICH IS A STORY ABOUT BRAVERY AND STEPPING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND TRYING SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE IT CAN BE GREAT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING HERE. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR TAKING THAT BIG RISK ON A SECONDARY EDUCATOR.

BUT REALLY SEEING WHO I AM AT MY CORE, WHICH IS SOMEONE WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT STUDENTS AND LEARNING AND GROWTH.

AND I'M REALLY JUST VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME.

THANK YOU. JANE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY.

BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE YOU PROBABLY HAVE LOTS TO DO TO PREPARE FOR SCHOOL TOMORROW, SO.

OH, HI KIDS, I SAY. REALLY? BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE OUR STUDENT BOE MEMBER REPORTS.

[3.2 Ex Officio Student Report]

THIS EARLY EXPOSURE ALLOWS STUDENTS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT AHEAD OF THE OFFICIAL ACT.

OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS ARE SO CRUCIAL FOR LONG TERM ACADEMIC PREPARATION AND SUCCESS.

THE ACT PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DURING STUDENT'S SENIOR YEAR, MAKING EARLY PREPARATION ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.

OVERALL, THE PROJECT IS A BENEFICIAL, POSITIVE EXPERIENCE THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS AND THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH AND READINESS FOR FUTURE TESTING.

ALSO, THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY POETRY CAFÉ IS TAKING PLACE IN ROOM 237 AND PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH AN ENGAGING OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AND APPRECIATE POETRY.

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WHETHER IT IS A PIECE ALREADY WRITTEN OR ONE THEY HAVE WRITTEN THEMSELVES.

THIS EVENT CREATES. FOSTERS. CREATIVITY, BUILDS CONFIDENCE AND ENCOURAGES PUBLIC SPEAKING IN A SUPPORTIVE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT.

IT ALSO ALLOWS STUDENTS TO CONNECT THROUGH SHARED IDEAS AND PERSONAL EXPRESSION.

OVERALL, POETRY CAFE IS A POSITIVE AND ENRICHING EXPERIENCE THAT HIGHLIGHTS STUDENT VOICE AND CREATIVITY.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY.

OUR SCHOOL WIDE OLYMPICS WERE HELD ON MARCH 6TH, AND THIS IS ALWAYS A MEMORABLE EVENT BECAUSE IT BRINGS TOGETHER EVERY GRADE FOR A FULL DAY OF FUN, TEAMWORK, AND COMPETITIVE SPIRIT. IN PAST YEARS, THE SENIOR SENIORS HAVE USUALLY COME OUT ON TOP, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO YEARS AGO. BUT THIS YEAR, THE CLASS OF 2027.

OUR JUNIORS TOOK THE WIN AND FOR THE FRESHMEN ALSO IT ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL FIRST EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT GAVE THEM A CHANCE TO SEE HOW THE SCHOOL COMES TOGETHER FOR TRADITIONS LIKE THIS AND HELP THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN PREPARE AND IMPROVE FOR NEXT YEAR.

TWO WEEKS AGO, SPRING SPORTS OFFICIALLY BEGUN.

INCLUDING LACROSSE, GOLF, TENNIS AND TRACK. THEY STARTED THESE SEASONS.

OH, ALSO RUGBY. THE START OF THESE SEASONS IS ALWAYS A STRONG REMINDER THAT WE ARE MOVING CLOSER TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THAT THE THIRD MARKING PERIOD IS QUICKLY WRAPPING UP. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR TEAMS WHENEVER POSSIBLE, AS STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE.

OF COURSE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYONE CAN MAKE IT, BUT ANY SUPPORT IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED. THE CITY ALSO TOOK PLACE TWO WEEKS AGO ON SATURDAY, AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL HOSTED THE TEST OUT OF MANY, MANY HIGH SCHOOLS.

BUT WE WERE A LOCATION FOR TESTING AND IT MARKED ANOTHER IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR OUR JUNIORS AS THEY CONTINUE THROUGH OUR COLLEGE PROCESS.

THIS EXAM IS A MAJOR STEP FOR MANY STUDENTS AND THERE'S A LOT OF PREPARATION LEADING UP TO IT.

STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THEIR SCORES BACK THIS FRIDAY, AND IT MAKES IT ESPECIALLY ANTICIPATORY WEEK FOR THEM.

ON THAT SAME DAY, WEST WAS HELD AT SOMERS HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS A MAJOR SCIENCE RESEARCH COMPETITION FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS.

AND OUR SCHOOL HAD AN IMPRESSIVE SHOWING. 14 STUDENTS PLACED ACROSS A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES, WHICH IS AN OUTSTANDING REFLECTION OF THE STRENGTH OF OUR PROGRAM.

THEIR SUCCESS WAS WELL DESERVED AND IT SPEAKS TO THE TIME, DEDICATION AND HARD WORK THESE STUDENTS HAVE PUT INTO THEIR RESEARCH.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. LAST WEEK FOR JUNIOR STUDENTS AND SIX SOPHOMORES ATTENDED A HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION AT IONA COLLEGE.

THE SOPHOMORES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO TWO DIFFERENT STUDENT LED PRESENTATIONS FOCUSED ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, WHILE THE FOUR JUNIORS PREPARED AND DELIVERED A PRESENTATION OF THEIR OWN.

AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS, ATTENDEES LISTENED TO A HOLOCAUST SPEAKER, WHICH WAS DESCRIBED AS BOTH MOVING AND EMOTIONAL.

IT WAS MEANINGFUL AND IMPACTFUL TO A MEANINGFUL AND IMPACTFUL EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED.

AND FINALLY, THE PHONE POLICY ALSO CONTINUES TO REMAIN STRONG AT OUR SCHOOL, WITH SOLID COMPLIANCE ACROSS THE STUDENT BODY.

OVERALL, STUDENTS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB ADJUSTING TO THE EXPECTATIONS IN THE POLICY CONTINUES TO BE CONSISTENTLY FOLLOWED.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. GREAT REPORTS TONIGHT YOU GUYS.

A LOT GOING ON. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE THE LINE BY LINE BUDGET REVIEW.

SO I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. ARE YOU SAYING. I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING? YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY. AGAIN, SAME THING I SAID TO MRS. MANGONE. YES. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. YEAH, THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE.

WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING, BUT THIS IS A FACILITIES BUDGET.

NO OFFENSE TO MR. MR. CONDON. YEAH, BUT THANK YOU BOTH.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS. YEAH. THANK.

YOU. I JUST THOUGHT OF ONE MORE NOTE ABOUT THE CALENDAR.

I JUST WANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUPLE COMMENTS IN THERE ABOUT NOT BEING ON THE CALENDAR.

SO THERE WE ADDED THE START AND END OF RAMADAN ARE BOTH LISTED ON THE NEW CALENDAR.

NOW THEY SHOULD BE THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO PUT OUR PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES ON EID.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T TECHNICALLY A DAY OFF, IT GAVE STUDENTS THE DAY OFF TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE WITH FAMILIES TO CELEBRATE. THE ALIGNMENT WASN'T THERE THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT ON THE CALENDAR, BUT WE DID WANT TO LIST IT ON THERE FOR RECOGNITION PURPOSES.

AND IF WE HAD MORE DAYS TO WORK WITH, WE COULD ADD IT ON.

WE JUST DON'T THE WAY THAT THE CALENDAR FELL THIS YEAR.

SO LUNAR NEW YEAR, I THINK CAME IN THE, ON THE WEEKEND.

YEAH. SO THAT THAT'S COVERED IN THAT SENSE, BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE UNFORTUNATELY TO, TO FIT IT IN THIS YEAR,

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SO WE CAN TRY TO BE AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE ALL OF THE FEEDBACK INTO ACCOUNT AND TRY TO ACCOMMODATE AS BEST POSSIBLE.

BUT AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF SORT OF RESTRAINTS AROUND THE CALENDAR.

SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, JIM, YOU WANT TO KICK THINGS OFF AGAIN?

[3.3 Line by Line Budget Review and Discussion]

THREE OF THE LINE BY LINE REVIEW OF THE BUDGET THIS EVENING ARE THE THREE CORE AREAS THAT WE'RE SEEING.

THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE IS STARTING. WE HAVE JOHN CONDON, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, WITH US THIS EVENING TO START US OFF.

YOU'RE HAVING A BUDGET BOOK. IT WOULD START IN THE DETAIL WOULD BE FOUND IN APPENDIX THREE.

AND THEN FOLLOWING MR. CONDON, WE'LL HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S BUDGET, AND THEN THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND THE UNDISTRIBUTED EXPENSES AS WELL.

MR.. CONDON. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE JACKIE VIGIL, AND I APPRECIATE HER BEING HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS I CAN.

OKAY. THERE YOU GO. I'M GOING TO PUT EVERYBODY ON B5.

IF EVERYBODY'S THERE, IT'S O AN OVERALL PAGE.

WE DO HAVE APPENDIX THREE. WE CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT.

I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE. WE'RE STARTING AT THE 1621 60.

CHRIS, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD TURN THE MIC UP JUST A LITTLE BIT? IS THAT MAYOR CLOSER? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. CAN YOU HEAR ME? SO WE'RE STARTING. WE'RE STARTING AT B, B AS IN BOY B FIVE.

YEP. OKAY. I DID SAY APPENDIX THREE. I'M SORRY.

B5 IS THE IS THE ROLL UP. AND THEN THE DETAIL IS FOUND IN APPENDIX THREE.

WE CAN GO INTO THAT IN DETAIL IF YOU CHOOSE. OVERALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE BUDGET IS FOR FACILITIES IS PRETTY FLAT AND WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THAT. THEY'RE REALLY HAS IS A GENERALLY FLAT BUDGET FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

SO WE'LL START OFF WITH CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE SALARIES.

YOU'LL SEE THERE WAS JUST A MINOR INCREASE, WHICH IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE PUT A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC HAD RETIRED.

THAT MAINTENANCE POSITION IS PUT IN ADVANCE. SO WE DID NOT HIRE FOR THIS YEAR.

THERE ARE MINOR INCREASES, YOU KNOW, DUE TO SALARY REQUIREMENTS AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S A VERY MINOR INCREASE THEIR SUMMER HELP SALARIES THERE.

THE NEXT ONE DOWN IS OUR SUMMER PROGRAM, WHICH IS INVALUABLE ACTUALLY, WHERE WE DO HIRE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SUMMERTIME TO HELP OUT.

WE DO HAVE A SMALL STAFF IN GENERAL IN THE DISTRICTS AND WE, WE FILL IN VACATIONS AND WHATNOT WITH THOSE SUMMER HELP KIDS TO GET THE BUILDINGS IN LINE. THERE'S A MINOR INCREASE THERE, WHICH IS REALLY A REFLECTION OF THE INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE WHICH WENT UP, I BELIEVE, $1 AN HOUR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SUBSTITUTE COVERAGE COVERAGES THERE IS FOR SICK.

WE HAD THE CHANGES THERE, BUT FOR BACKFILLS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INJURED, PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT SUBSTITUTE COVERAGE IF SOMEBODY'S OUT, WE USE THAT, THAT, THAT MONEY'S THERE TO COVER FOR POSITIONS IN OVERTIME TO, FOR. SO AREAS ARE CLEAN AND READY FOR SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY.

SCHOOL RELATED EMERGENCIES. THANKFULLY WE HAVEN'T HAD MANY OTHER THAN SNOW, WHICH IS COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

SO YOU KNOW, THAT BODES WELL FOR THE MAINTENANCE THE GUYS ARE KEEPING UP THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY REAL EMERGENCIES, BUT MOST OF OUR SNOW ENDED UP LANDING ON A SUNDAY, WHICH ALSO DRIVES COSTS.

WE ALL KNOW WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS GREAT.

WE DIDN'T LOSE TOO MANY SNOW DAYS, MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF SOME OF THE KIDS, I'M SURE.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE KEPT THE SCHOOLS OPEN.

GROUNDS, EQUIPMENT. PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. IT'S SMALL EQUIPMENT, SNOW BLOWERS WEED WHACKERS, LAWNMOWERS, THAT SORT OF THING. REPLACEMENT OF AGED EQUIPMENT.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 2202 THEY'RE BUILDING EQUIPMENT.

YOU SEE, THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER AND THEN A BIG DROP OFF THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF TWO NEW VEHICLES THAT WE ACTUALLY ORDERED TWO YEARS AGO.

WE CARRIED THAT ON THE BUDGET FOR TWO YEARS. SO WE HAVE TWO NICE LITTLE FORD MAVERICK TRUCKS THAT WE BOUGHT A LOT MORE FUEL EFFICIENT, EASIER TO GET AROUND THE DISTRICT AND THEY'VE WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL. WE USE ONE FOR A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC AND ONE FOR OUR LETTER CARRIER.

AND I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THEY MATCHED MY CAR. EXACTLY.

THEY DIDN'T MAKE THE DARK BLUE ANYMORE. SORRY. WE WE HAD TO GET THE NEW YEAR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT YOU KNOW,

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SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE A LOT LESS, BUT THAT'S OUR MAJOR EQUIPMENT.

WE DO, WE ARE REPLACING WITH THE BOND BOILERS AND, AND ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE'RE STARTING IN PROSPECT AT COLONIAL THIS YEAR WITH THE BOND WORK AS WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE.

BUT THE REALITY IS A LOT OF THAT MAJOR EQUIPMENT WON'T BE REPLACED UNTIL NEXT SUMMER.

SO A LOT OF THAT PRELIMINARY WORK WILL BE DONE.

BUT SO WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH HEATING SEASONS WITH THESE SAME BOILERS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.

SIWANOY THREE YEARS, HIGH SCHOOL, THREE YEARS.

SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE MONIES ARE THERE FOR. WE DID LOSE A BOILER AT PROSPECT HILL OVER THE WINTER.

WE DID SOME MAJOR REPAIRS ON THAT AND GOT THAT UP AND RUNNING.

WHERE ARE WE FUEL AS WE ALL KNOW, FUEL. THEY'RE IN EVERYBODY'S HOUSE.

EVERYBODY'S GOT A CON BILL. EVERYBODY'S BEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S AN AREA OF CONTINGENCY THERE THAT'S IN THE NOTES OVER THERE THAT ERIC, CONTINGENCY MIGHT BE A FUEL, A FUEL ISSUE. I'VE GONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IN MY PAST DISTRICTS MANY YEARS AGO WHERE YOU'VE SEEN FUEL PRICES DOUBLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I'M NOT I'M NOT A PROGNOSTICATOR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FUEL PRICES FOR GASOLINE WENT UP A THIRD IN A MATTER OF TWO WEEKS, WHICH IS MORE THAN A MONEY GRAB THAN ANYTHING.

BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY LIGHT AND POWER, SAME SORT OF SITUATION.

I MEAN, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND EFFICIENCIES. WE'RE CHANGING LED LIGHTING WHICH HAS HELPED TREMENDOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT GETS ABSORBED BY INCREASES WITH ENERGY.

I HEAR TALKS ABOUT INDIAN POINT COMING BACK ON.

WHO KNOWS. BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT GOING UP, WATER SERVICES GOING UP.

SAME THING IN YOUR HOME. PRICE OF WATER IS GOING UP.

BUT WE'RE ALSO USING THE BUILDINGS MORE. WE HAVE EARLY MORNING, LATE AFTERNOON AND WEEKENDS WE DO.

IRRIGATION OF OUR GRASS FIELDS. AND YOU KNOW THAT'S ALL WATER COSTS THAT ARE DRIVEN.

TELEPHONE, INTERNET, ETHERNET SERVICE. IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY THING.

PHONE BILLS SEEM TO GO DOWN FOR SOME REASON. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY, BUT.

ALL RIGHT. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A DROP OFF HERE.

IS THIS WORKING? ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE DROP OFF OVER THERE.

INITIALLY, THERE WAS $147,000 IN THERE FOR PRE-BOND WORK, WHICH NOT WHICH WAS PART OF THE INITIAL DRAWING FOR THE PLANS FOR SEATTLE SIWANOY AND FOR THE OTHER SCHOOLS TO PUT OUT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR FOR THE BOND VOTE.

SO THAT REPRESENTS THAT. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN TERMS OF, WE HAVE A MASONRY INSPECTOR THAT DOES INSPECTIONS ON OUR MASONRY, AND WE HAVE A ROOF INSPECTOR, AND I'VE DECIDED TO PUT THOSE IN THE BANDS FOR A WHILE, QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE WE'RE REPLACING ROOFS AND WE'RE REPLACING A LOT OF MASONRY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

SO IT'S KIND OF DUPLICATED SERVICES. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE THOSE REPORTS FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL WORK, WHICH HAS SAVED US A LITTLE MONEY IN THE DRAWINGS.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY USED THOSE SAME SAME VENDORS FOR THOSE SERVICES, IDENTIFYING ROOF AND MASONRY ISSUES CONTRACT SERVICES, THEY'RE ALL OUR, YOU KNOW, EXTERMINATOR DUST MOPS FOR THE FLOORS ELECTRICIANS GRASS MAINTENANCE CLEANING OF THE TURF, ALL THOSE SORT OF LITTLE CONTRACTS, WHICH ARE ALL NOTIFIED IN THE ARE ALL DENOTED IN THE THE APPENDIX THREE. IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE, WE COULD CERTAINLY GO THROUGH.

I KNOW I'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. I WAS TOLD NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN.

SO THERE YOU GO. BUT THERE WE GO. GROUND SERVICE REPAIR.

THAT'S OUR PLAYGROUNDS. IT'S TAKING CARE OF YOU KNOW, OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, THAT SORT OF THING.

WE DO HAVE IRRIGATION ON INGLES. WE HAVE IRRIGATION STILL DOWN AT AT GLOVER FIELD.

WE HAVE IRRIGATION UP AT HUTCH. MOST OF OUR FIELDS, MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE, DO HAVE IRRIGATION, WHICH SURPRISED A LOT OF PEOPLE, I THINK IN THE ARCHITECT IN A RECENT MEETING THAT WE DO DO, DO KEEP THINGS NICE AND NICE AND GREEN, WHICH IS BEEN, YOU KNOW, BENEFICIAL TO THE DISTRICT.

I THINK IT LOOKS NICE WHEN YOU DRIVE BY AND EVERYTHING DOESN'T LOOK ALL BURNT OUT.

AND PUTS A NICE FOOT FORWARD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T COME INTO THE DISTRICT.

LIKE I OFTEN SAY TO PEOPLE, 90% OF THE PEOPLE NEVER COME INSIDE THE SCHOOL.

SO IT'S WHAT THE SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE FROM THE OUTSIDE IS THE IMPRESSION WE PUT FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD MATCH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL HOMES IN THE DISTRICT. UNIFORMS. IS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. WE, THEY'RE ENTITLED TO UNIFORMS EVERY SO MANY YEARS, THEY'RE ENTITLED TO OUTDOOR COATS.

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WE DO GIVE THEM DIFFERENT SUMMER EQUIPMENT. WE'VE GOTTEN SOME NICE BRIGHT GREEN JACKETS FOR THE GUYS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY GUYS DON'T WANT TO WEAR, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY NICE JACKET.

AND THE GUYS REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. IT MAKES IT SAFER FOR GOING OUT OUT THERE. SNOW BLOWING AND GUYS ARE PLOWING AROUND THEM.

IT MAKES IT SAFER FOR THE GUYS WORKING OUTSIDE.

TRAINING AND EDUCATION. WE DO PUT MONEY OUT THERE.

WE DO HAVE CLASSES THAT WE SEND GUYS TO. WE GIVE GUYS OPPORTUNITIES THAT WANT TO DO IT TO GO TO GO TO FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING OR ADDITIONAL CLASSES. IF THEY EVER FIND SOMETHING, WE SEND PEOPLE TO IT.

WE DO HAVE TRAINING CLASSES. A LOT OF THAT'S BEEN ABSORBED BY PERSONNEL, THANKFULLY FOR ALL THE ASBESTOS AWARENESS, ALL THE MANDATED CLASSES WE NOW DO ONLINE, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL.

IT'S A GREAT CHECKS AND BALANCE FOR EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. SO I APPRECIATE PERSONNEL FOR THEM FOR FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT.

THE PROPERTY LEASE IS THE LAST THING THERE. THAT IS THE THE MONEY'S FROM SANBORN, AS YOU RECALL.

WE ABSORB THAT IN THIS BUDGET SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO SO. SO ESSENTIALLY DIDN'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE OVERALL BUDGET BUT IS PAID FOR OUT OF FACILITIES BUDGET.

THAT'S IT. YES. CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES. OKAY, SO WE'RE ON 451 WHICH IS CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. IT'S THE SPONGES, THE WAX, THE STRIPPER, THE AJAX, THE, ALL THE CHEMICALS THAT WE USE FOR CLEANING.

WE DO HAVE CONSOLIDATED CLEANING CHEMICALS TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.

WE HAVE DILUTION MACHINES THAT DELIVER PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS OF CHEMICALS FOR CLEANING THE FLOORS, FOR CLEANING BATHROOMS AND WHATNOT. BUT THAT'S WHERE ALL THAT MONEY'S COME OUT OF IT.

RAGS, YOU NAME IT. THAT'S WHERE IT COMES OUT OF IT. GROUND SUPPLIES IS FOR THE GRASS, THE FERTILIZER FOR THE AREAS THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE DO HAVE A, AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR THAT DOES OUR GRASS CUTTING ON AND LEAF COLLECTION AND ALSO CLEANS THE GUTTERS. WE ACTUALLY SUPPLY THE SEED AND FERTILIZER IN THAT CONTRACT TO HIM AND HE APPLIES IT IN THE AREAS OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MY GROUND SUPERVISOR. MATERIAL SUPPLIES. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM SOMEBODY NEEDS A NEW OUTLET SOMEPLACE OR WE NEED TO RUN A NEW OUTLET SOMEPLACE OR FAN BELTS AND FILTERS AND YOU NAME IT, ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR TO FIX ANYTHING IN THE DISTRICT, PLUMBING, PIPING, YOU NAME IT. VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT, FUEL.

WE KIND OF DO A HYBRID SITUATION HERE. WE DO GET SOME OF OUR FUEL FROM PELHAM MANOR.

WE GET OUR DIESEL FUEL. THEY THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FUELING OVER THERE FOR THEIR FIRE TRUCKS.

SO WE BUY OUR DIESEL FUEL FROM THEM. THEY BILL US.

WE ALSO HAVE ACCOUNTS WITH GAS STATIONS WHERE WE HAVE CARDS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR VEHICLES AND ALSO OUR TANKS FOR OUR SMALL EQUIPMENT, WHICH ALL GETS RECORDED AND ACCOUNTED FOR. AND LAST PAGE I GUESS WOULD BE THE ONE 60 IS A D4. IF YOU GO TO D4.

THIS IS ALL REALLY ASSOCIATED AS WE ALL KNOW.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE AN INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH THE THE, THE TOWN OF PELHAM FOR RECREATION.

AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT OR RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOLS THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT USES OUR SCHOOL USES THE SCHOOLS FOR ALL OF THEIR SERVICES. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM. THEY PAY FOR ONE OF OUR HALF OF A GROUNDSMEN AND THEY PAY ADDITIONAL MONEY MONIES FOR SUPPLIES FOR THE FIELDS TO HELP MAINTAIN THE FIELDS. IT'S A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP, I KNOW.

MR. RICKEY IS INSISTENT ON IT, AND I THINK WE'VE FOSTERED A FANTASTIC RELATIONSHIP HERE IN MY TENURE.

WE HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH MIKE IANUZZI, THE RECREATION DIRECTOR, AND WE'VE HAD THE THE TOWN OFFICIALS COME TO THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL. WE TALK BASICALLY ABOUT HOW THE LAST QUARTER WENT.

WHAT'S GOING ON NOW AND WHAT'S GOING FORWARD AS WE MOVE INTO THE GIVEN SEASONS.

WE HAD SOME EARLIER MEETINGS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.

OBVIOUSLY, PROSPECTING COLONIAL HAS BEEN PUBLICIZED IS GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER.

SO WE'VE MOVED, YOU KNOW, THE TINY TOTS, MIDDLE TOTS AND LITTLE TOTS OR WHATEVER TOTS ARE OUT THERE ALL TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS.

THEY DO HAVE YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT GROUPS AT SIWANOY HUTCH AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, ONE OF THEM BEING MORE OF A OUTDOOR CAMP OR RATHER A MOBILE CAMP.

THEY GO VISIT YANKEE GAMES AND WHATNOT, BUT THEY RUN GREAT PROGRAMS.

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AND THEY DON'T SEPARATE RECREATION FROM THE SCHOOLS.

NOBODY GETS IT THAT GLOVER IS OWNED BY THE SCHOOLS.

SO THAT EXPERIENCE THAT THOSE PARENTS GET FROM RECREATION AND THE EXPERIENCE IN IN OUR PROPERTIES IS WHAT THEY CARRY FORWARD, I THINK. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.

WHAT ELSE WE GOT? THAT'S ABOUT IT. THAT'S IT.

LIKE I SAID, IF ANYBODY REALLY WANTS TO GET INTO THE THE WEEDS OF THE DETAILS NOW OR LATER, I'D BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE MONEY OR DO STUFF MORE EFFICIENTLY.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT A HUGE BOND PROJECT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW.

TAKING FLIGHT VERY SOON. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 700 MEETINGS, I BELIEVE, AT THIS POINT.

AND MORE TO COME. YEAH, I HAVE NO DOUBT. BUT BUT THAT'S BEEN GREAT.

EVERYTHING'S GOING REALLY WELL SO FAR. I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON THE DRAWINGS.

I THINK THE PLANS ARE GOOD. THEY'RE SOLID. WE'VE HAD YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD BREAKDOWN FROM GROUPS.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PART, BUT WE'VE HAD SEPARATE MEETINGS ON JUST HEATING SYSTEMS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. WE BROUGHT IN EXPERTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO VISIT THOSE.

WE WERE JUST UP AT THE ENGINEERS, AND WE SAT WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL HOURS, GOING THROUGH EVERY MINUTIA PART OF THE SIWANOY DRAWINGS TO SEE WHAT WE LIKED AND WHAT WE DIDN'T LIKE. AND, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY WAS VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, VERY IT WAS A VERY OPEN MEETING AND PEOPLE WERE RECEPTIVE TO CHANGE, WHICH IS GOOD.

YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND EFFICIENCIES AND, AND MAKING SURE IT'LL, YOU KNOW, BE A LONG LASTING PROJECT FOR THOSE THAT ARE AFTER US.

RIGHT? SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. PRETTY MUCH. SO FUEL.

YES, SIR. THAT WAS B5, RIGHT? OR IS THAT IN JIM'S.

CAN WE GET THROUGH THAT FALLS UNDER FACILITIES.

I THINK FUEL FOR VEHICLES OR FUEL FOR THE BUILDINGS OR WHATEVER THE BIGGER NUMBER IS.

THE BIGGER NUMBER IS GAS AND OIL. GAS AND OIL.

ALL OUR ALL OUR BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW ARE DUAL FUEL WITH THE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GLOVER AND HUTCHINSON, GLOVER RUNS ONLY ON OIL. IT'S A SMALL LITTLE.

AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET CHANGED ANYTIME SOON. IT'S JUST A LITTLE A LITTLE OIL FURNACE DOWN THERE.

AND BUT HUTCH IS A GAS FIRED. ONLY THE HIGH SCHOOL RUNS ON GAS AND OIL, DUAL FUEL.

ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS CAN RUN ON DUAL FUEL.

BUT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE OF THE SIZE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ON A DEMAND. SO WE GET A LOWER PRICE FOR THE GAS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE WHEN THEY DEMAND IT, AS THE WORD SAYS, KIND OF DEMANDS US TO SWITCH OFF AND GO TO OIL ON THE HEAVY, REALLY COLD, COLD DAYS. WE ACTUALLY HAD THEY SWITCHED US TO GAS FOR TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT, ALMOST BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A DEMAND WHEN IT GETS DOWN, YOU KNOW, 20S. THEY'LL ASK US TO SWITCH OFF AND GO TO OIL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WON'T RUN OUT OF GAS IN THE FOR THEIR HOUSES, I GUESS.

YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY READ THE SAME HEADLINES AS ME. FUEL COULD GET VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE VERY, VERY SOON. AND LOOKS LIKE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ABOUT $450,000 IN FUEL AND YOU'RE BUDGETING FOR 780 NEXT YEAR.

YEAH. OKAY. SO, SO IN THERE WE DO, WE DO CARRY SOME CONTINGENCY IN THERE AS PART OF OUR LARGER 2%.

SO THAT THAT DETAIL ALSO IS AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD IN THE BACK.

SO, YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THOSE CONTINGENCY DOLLARS ARE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH CEILING FOR WHERE IT COULD GO? YES. I MEAN, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TOTALLY. I'LL JUST SHARE.

I'VE GOT I'VE GOT OIL AND WE'VE KIND OF SEEN CLOSE TO A $2 JUMP PER, PER GALLON CLOSE TO IT, I THINK WITH, WITH MY PERSONAL PROVIDER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE FUTURE RIGHT NOW.

BUT AS MR. CONDON MENTIONED, AND I RECALL FROM KATRINA, EVEN IN THE EARLY 2000, WE REALLY SAW QUITE A SNAP AND AN INCREASE IN THOSE PRICES WHEN THAT HAPPENED. AND I WAS IN THE MUNICIPAL BUSINESS AT THAT TIME, BUT THAT WAS WE TURNED TO THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, POLICE CHIEF WAS TELLING THEIR OFFICERS TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND WALK FOR AN HOUR.

SO THEIR CARS WERE TURNED OFF FOR AN HOUR AT THAT POINT IN TIME WITH THE MUNICIPALITY THAT I WORKED IN, ALL IN AN EFFORT FOR CONSERVATION. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT SOMETHING WE CAN DO, BUT THOSE WERE THE MEASURES THAT WERE TAKEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THE BUILDING AT THE PROPER TEMPERATURES.

AND WE'RE WATCHING THIS CLOSELY BECAUSE WHAT DO WE HEAR? ABOUT 20% OF THE OIL SUPPLY IS IS KIND OF PINCHED RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S JUST IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO IMPACT ALL OF US IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

GOOD. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU JACK.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

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STAY IN THE SAME AREA. B PAGES B1 AND B2. IT'S A BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT CLERK AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.

OKAY, DOCTOR CHAMP, I THINK I HAVE THE SHORTEST SECTION OF THE BUDGET, WHICH ALWAYS FEELS STRANGE, BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT. SO YEAH, WE'RE STARTING ON PAGE B1.

AND THAT STARTS WITH WITH MY OFFICE. SO CLERICAL PART TIME FOLKS.

THAT IS ANY INTERNAL STAFF WHO ASSIST WITH THINGS LIKE ESPECIALLY OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.

SO OUR FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY CURRENTLY ON PAYROLL THAT DO SOME EXTRA HOURLY OVERTIME, ETC., FOR THAT IN THE CONTRACTUAL LINE, TEN, TEN, 400, YOU DO SEE A $2,000 REDUCTION.

THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS COME FROM RELATED TO EITHER MY OFFICE OR COMMUNICATIONS.

AND THAT IS A REDUCTION OF THE SCOPE SURVEY. WE ADMINISTERED THAT THIS YEAR AND DON'T NEED TO ADMINISTER IT NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'RE TAKING THAT OUT OF THE BUDGET. THAT'S THE EXACTLY THE $2,000 DECREASE.

AND THEN YOU SEE JUST SOME SMALL CHANGES IN SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, BOTH SERVICES.

I WILL NOTE THAT WE WE CONTRACT WITH BOCES FOR OUR BOARD DOCS AND POLICY MANUAL MANAGEMENT.

THAT'S ERIE ONE BOCES SYSTEM. SO THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THAT LINE.

BUT ACTUALLY THAT WAS BEING THE POLICY. SERVICES WERE BEING COVERED DIFFERENT LINE PREVIOUSLY.

SO THE INCREASE IS NOT QUITE AS BIG AS IT LOOKS.

DISTRICT CLERK STIPEND THAT IS PART OF VALERIE'S WORK, A STIPEND THAT SHE RECEIVES EACH YEAR.

AND THE RAISE FOR THAT, LIKE ALL OTHER CONFIDENTIAL NON-REPRESENTED STAFF IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD ANNUALLY AT THE END OF THE EACH YEAR, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE THE 0% THERE, BECAUSE THAT IS DETERMINED AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

WITH ANNUAL REVIEW EVERYTHING ELSE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THERE IN THOSE REMAINING LINES.

DISTRICT MEETING THAT HAS TO DO WITH ANNUAL BUDGET VOTES.

SO THOSE ARE CONTRACTUAL AND MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES ITEMS THERE.

YOU STARTED TO SEE SOME THINGS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT RELATED TO LINING UP FOR THE BUDGET VOTE.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. GOING ON TO B TWO.

THIS IS WHERE OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT MY SALARY LISTED THERE.

AND AGAIN THE 2.5% INCREASE WAS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.

I'M NOT THE $182 IS JUST KIND OF A ROUNDING NUMBER THERE.

THAT'S NOT ANYTHING INTENTIONAL OTHER THAN MAKING THE NUMBERS MATCH. SO THAT AGAIN, MY SALARY IS DETERMINED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

CLERICAL SALARIES, THAT REPRESENTS THE THE FOLKS IN MY OFFICE.

THAT'S VALERIE'S BASE SALARY. MARIA CARVALHO.

AND SHARON HANLON THERE'S A DECREASE IN THAT LINE.

AND THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY DUE TO OVERTIME FROM PRIOR YEARS.

WE HAD A TRANSITION IN THE OFFICE THAT WOUND UP FOLKS WOUND UP DOING SOME EXTRA OVERTIME HOURS TO HELP WITH THE BEING UNDERSTAFFED FOR A WHILE.

SO NOW THAT THAT'S FULLY STAFFED, THAT IS EXPLAINS THAT REDUCTION MATERIAL SUPPLIES AT THE BOTTOM STAYS THE SAME.

THE LINE I DID WANT TO FOCUS ON IS THE CONTRACTUAL EXPENSES.

AND YOU SEE JUST OVER $21,000 REDUCTION THERE.

WHAT'S IN THAT LINE IN THAT CATEGORY IS A VARIETY OF THINGS.

THAT'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEMBERSHIPS FOR MYSELF, FOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE AND SOME OF THE OTHER ADMINISTRATORS, THINGS LIKE POSTAGE SUPPLIES FOR MAILINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. AND THAT'S THINGS AGAIN FOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE FOR WE HAD MR. SEBALOS DID SOME PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THROUGH MY THROUGH THIS LINE.

HE ATTENDED SOMETHING IN MY PLACE THIS YEAR AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.

AND THEN ALL THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'M PART OF ON A REGULAR BASIS.

ALSO THINGS LIKE OUR HEARING OFFICER FOR DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS AND IF WE HAVE ANY SPECIAL HEARINGS THAT COULD COME OUT OF THIS LINE.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S IN IT FOR THE COMING YEAR, WHAT'S OUT FOR THE COMING YEAR THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE IN THERE ARE THINGS THAT TEND TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES OR AGAIN, SOME, I'LL CALL IT HOSPITALITY AROUND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

SO CONTRACTUALLY, THAT'S THINGS LIKE JUDY WILSON, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING, SHE'S BEEN AN EXECUTIVE COACH FOR ME FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

NO LONGER BUDGETING FOR THAT THIS YEAR. THE BOARD RETREAT CONSULTANTS, THERE WAS SOME FUNDING THERE THAT IN PRIOR YEARS WAS THERE.

IT'S NOT IN THERE NOW. WE COULD CERTAINLY JUGGLE SOME THINGS WITHIN THAT LINE.

IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO GET CONSULTANTS TO ASSIST WITH OUR RETREAT THIS SUMMER.

AND THEN I MENTIONED IT LAST TIME. I THINK OUR OFF SITE ADMINISTRATIVE RETREAT.

SO. EDITH MACY CENTER, SO RENTAL SPACE FOR THAT WORK CATERING FOR VARIOUS MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,

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WHAT WAS NOT NEVER IN THIS LINE. BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION IT BECAUSE I THINK I KNOW IT'S BEEN.

I'LL BE HONEST, IT'S BEEN A CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR US, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD'S GOALS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

BUT THIS REALLY STARTED WITH THE BOND WORK THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, AND THAT WAS THE ADDITION OF A PART TIME COMMUNICATION STAFF OR THROUGH BOCES.

SO INITIALLY WE BROUGHT THAT. DAN O'REILLY THANK YOU, DAN.

WE BROUGHT HIM ON FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS HEADING INTO THE THE BOND VOTE LAST, LAST YEAR.

AND WE USE CONTINGENCY FUNDS FOR THAT. WE'VE BROUGHT, BEEN ABLE TO USE CONTINGENCY FUNDS AGAIN TO BRING DAN ON THIS YEAR TO AGAIN, CONTINUE TO ASSIST AS WE WORK TO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT, REALLY REINFORCE THE VALUE OF THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING AND PUSH THAT POSITIVE INFORMATION OUT THERE, WHICH HAS ENABLED ALEX TO BE MORE IN A STRATEGIC ROLE FOR US, WHICH I THINK HAS PAID OFF.

AND YOU SAW THE RESULTS THROUGH THE SCOPE SURVEY THAT ALL THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND STRATEGIC WORK IS IS MOVING US IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE DAN EIGHT HOURS A WEEK THROUGH CONTINGENCY.

WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY. THAT IS NOT BUDGETED IN THE COMING YEAR.

SO WE WOULD STILL LOVE TO FIND THAT FUNDING, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS A VERY TIGHT BUDGET.

I JUST NEEDED TO PUT THAT ON THE BOARD'S RADAR BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A CRITICAL SUPPORT THAT'S HELPED US MOVE TOWARDS OUR COMMUNICATIONS GOALS. AND THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST WE NEED TO AN AWARENESS OF THAT IF THIS REMAINS, YOU KNOW, AS IF THE BUDGET REMAINS AS CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S SOMETHING I NEED YOU TO BE AWARE OF BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A DIRECT CAPACITY INFORMATION ON THE, YOU KNOW, IMPACT ON THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THE DISTRICT.

AND AS I SAID LAST TIME TOO, CURRENTLY, ALEX IS ALSO GOING TO BE TAKING ON MANAGEMENT OF THE BUILDING LEVEL WEBSITES.

IT'S NOT, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S NOT A LOT OF WORK, BUT YOU KNOW, WE RELY LESS ON THE WEBSITES.

THEY'RE REALLY MORE STATIC THAN THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, TEN, 15 YEARS AGO.

BUT IT IS STILL, YOU KNOW, ADDED WORK TO KEEP THE THE VISIBILITY OF THE DISTRICT WHERE WE EXPECT IT TO BE.

SO IT'S EIGHT, EIGHT HOURS A WEEK. HOW MUCH IS THE, THE, THE ANNUAL COST FOR THE SUPPORT.

SO FOR THE NEXT YEAR, FOR EIGHT HOURS A WEEK, FOR EIGHT HOURS, A WEEK FOR THE YEAR WOULD BE JUST UNDER $28,000.

IT IS BOCES EDIBLE AT ABOUT 39%. SO $0.39 ON THE DOLLAR.

BUT YEAH, IT'S A $27,000.20, $28,000 EXPENSE IF WE WERE TO DO IT FOR THE FULL YEAR.

YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE IS WE COULD DO PART YEARS AS IN THE PAST, BUT THAT DEPENDS ON BOCES AVAILABILITY.

IF THEY HAVE STAFF WITH TIME THAT THEY CAN GIVE US.

WE CERTAINLY WOULD LOSE ANY FIRST, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL IF WE WERE NOT TO CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY FOR THE FULL YEAR.

SO. OKAY. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE END OF MY PART OF THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR CHAMP. IF WE STAY IN THE IN THE BEES, IF WE GO TO STARTING ON PAGE B3, WE'RE COVERING THE BUSINESS OFFICE WHICH COVERS THE SALARIES FOR FOLKS IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE, WHICH MAKES UP PEOPLE WHO ARE MANAGERIAL AND CONFIDENTIAL AS SOME PEOPLE IN THE CSC, WHICH HAVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. AND AND MYSELF YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE A LARGER INCREASE ON OUR CONTRACTUAL EXPENSE.

AND THAT'S RELATED TO FINANCIAL ADVISOR FEES RELATED TO BORROWING FOR THE 2025 BOND.

AGAIN, IT'S A BUDGET TO BUDGET INCREASE OF $12,000 AND A MINOR INCREASE IN MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, OFFICE SUPPLIES, AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE, WE HAVE ABOUT $82,000 A YEAR IN CONTRACTUAL EXPENSES.

AND THAT'S REALLY PRIMARILY RELATED TO OUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR, OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR.

AND WE TALK ABOUT OUR CLAIMS AUDITOR. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE A CLAIMS AUDITOR BEFORE ALL OF THE BILLS ARE PAID.

THEY WORK FOR THE BOARD AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE ALL THE PAYMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE.

INTERNAL AUDITOR DOES TWO ENGAGEMENTS A YEAR.

AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL AUDIT DONE EVERY YEAR OVER THE SUMMER TIME PERIOD.

THAT'S ON PAGE B THREE. IF WE GO TO PAGE B4 JUST AT THE TOP OF THAT LINE, WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTUAL EXPENSES RELATED TO LEGAL FEES.

AND REALLY THAT'S BASED ON OUR THERE IS AN INCREASE AND THAT'S BASED ON OUR MOST RECENT RUN, OUR HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE. SO WHILE YOU SEE THERE'S A, THERE'S A CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON THAT.

IF WE WENT OVER PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICES ALREADY, SO I, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT.

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B EIGHT COVERS SOME OF OUR CONTRACTUAL EXPENSES ADMINISTRATIVELY.

WE TALK ABOUT UNALLOCATED INSURANCE. IT'S REALLY OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE.

WE WORK THROUGH A CONSORTIUM. NICER IS THE ACRONYM NEW YORK STATE INSURANCE RECIPROCAL.

IT'S A CONGLOMERATE OR A COOPERATIVE OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THAT WAS THIS CONGLOMERATE WAS PUT TOGETHER OR COOPERATIVE, WAS PUT TOGETHER IN THE 1980S.

AND REALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK WITH INSURANCE SPECIALISTS TO COLLECTIVELY PUT TOGETHER INSURANCE PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY TAILORED TOWARDS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BENEFICIAL TOWARDS SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR, THOUGH, WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES YEAR TO YEAR IN INSURANCE.

I THINK WE'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO OUR COOPERATIVE, THEY'RE MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THEIR PROGRAM AND ALSO TO THEIR PEOPLE AS WELL AS FAR AS HOW IT'S MANAGED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROPER COVERAGE.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT CHANGES A LOT FOR WHAT A LOT OF US ARE SEEING IN OUR OWN PERSONAL LIVES WITH EITHER AUTO INSURANCE OR, OR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE. BEYOND THAT, WE HAVE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION DUES.

YOU SEE, THERE'S A SLIGHT REDUCTION JUDGMENTS AND CLAIMS FOR ANY SMALL CLAIMS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE DE MINIMIS. YOU SEE SEWER TAXES FOR $62,000, YOU'D SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, I DIDN'T THINK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PAID TAXES.

THIS IS REALLY JUST TO PAY FOR THE SEWAGE PART.

SO THAT IT'S CALLED SEWER TAXES, BUT IT'S REALLY A FEE FOR THAT SERVICE AND THAT'S FOR ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BOARD OF OUR BOCES ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES.

THIS GOES BACK TO THAT FUNNY ACRONYM I MENTIONED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

OUR ETA, WHICH WAS GUARANTEED TO PUT YOU TO SLEEP.

I ACTUALLY GOT AN EMAIL FROM BOCES, I THINK THE DAY AFTER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND I WAS I WAS TEMPTED TO FORWARD IT TO YOU, BUT I FIGURED I'D MAKE THE OFFER. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT, I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.

AND AGAIN, THAT JUST DETERMINES HOW THAT FEE IS ALLOCATED EVERY YEAR BASED ON A SPECIFIC CENSUS THAT USES AMONGST ALL THE MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

FOLLOWING THAT, WE'RE INTO THE SEA. THE CHARLIE'S WILL TALK ON C 26, WHERE IT'S ATTENDANCE AND BUILDING SAFETY.

THIS IS RELATED TO OUR SAFETY MONITORS. I THINK ONE OF THE JUST THE BIGGER CHANGES WE SEE THERE IS AS WE LOOK AT OUR IN-HOUSE MONITORS, WE KIND OF ARE GOING TO BE VERY DELIBERATE IN WORKING TO STAFF MORE SO WITH OUR IN-HOUSE MONITORS VERSUS OUR CONTRACTUAL SECURITY STAFF. HAVING THE CONTRACTUAL SECURITY STAFF IS A WONDERFUL OPTION TO HAVE.

IT'S NOT AN INCREDIBLE PREMIUM, BUT IT IS A PREMIUM.

AND WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO WORK HARDER TO FULFILL IT WITH OUR INTERNAL STAFF AS A WAY TO PRESERVE DOLLARS.

AND WE'RE. AND WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL HAVE THAT LEVER TO PULL IF WE NEED IT TO FOR FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AS NEEDED.

SO YOU MAY STILL SEE 1 OR 2, BUT I THINK IF WE HAD 3 OR 4, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO LOWER THAT TO 1 OR 2 AS AS WE WORK THROUGH THE YEAR.

TO, TO FIND THAT SAVINGS. BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT KIND OF WITH YOUR PLAN ALL ALONG, RIGHT? LIKE TO STAFF IN HOUSE, IT HAS THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK MORE RECENTLY OUR AVAILABILITY OF, OF HUMAN RESOURCE BEING ABLE TO FIND APPROPRIATE PEOPLE, EVERYONE'S, IT'S NOT A JOB FOR EVERYBODY. WE HAD SOMEBODY COME IN, THEY WENT, THEY SAT THERE, TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL LUNCHES AND THEY SAID, THANK YOU. THAT'S ENOUGH. AND THAT'S THAT'S OKAY.

WE'D RATHER HAVE THEM BETTER TO KNOW THAT UP FRONT.

RIGHT? SO AGAIN, NOT FOR EVERYBODY SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN SIT THROUGH IT.

THIS IS GREAT. THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENERGY, THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY INSPIRING.

SO YOU KIND OF, YOU KIND OF SEE IT HITS PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND AGAIN, I THINK FINDING PEOPLE IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.

SO IT CAN EBB AND FLOW. AND I KNOW DOC'S REALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT IN IN THEIR WORK IN HUMAN RESOURCES.

AFTER THAT, WE CAN GO TO THE RDS, WHICH IS PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PAGE D1 TO D3. AND FOR A DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT BUS STUDENTS TO SCHOOL WE DO STILL HAVE PUPIL TRANSPORTATION COSTS OF JUST PRELIMINARY IN THE BUDGET OF JUST OVER $2.5 MILLION.

AND AS YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT EXPENSE THERE'S A PORTION OF ONE PERSON THAT HAS TO HELP COORDINATE THAT.

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AND THEN WE HAVE CONTRACTUAL COSTS, YOU SEE CHARTER AND ATHLETIC TRIPS.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S ALMOST ALMOST ENTIRELY ATHLETIC TRIPS.

$390,000. SERVICES FROM BOCES. WE AGAIN, WE SHARE SERVICES WITH BOCES, WHICH IS A REAL BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT.

SO WE SHARE WITH BRONXVILLE AND EASTCHESTER AND PELHAM AND TUCKAHOE.

I'VE SAID IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS THE DISTRICT'S.

AMONGST OURSELVES AND KIND OF COORDINATED BY BOCES.

WE'RE ABLE TO IF SAY, WE HAVE A BUS GOING UP TO WINDWARD AND WHITE PLAINS AND TUCK AND WE HAVE SO MANY KIDS AND MAYBE TUCKAHOE HAS SO MANY KIDS. WE CAN SHARE THAT RIDE AND SHARE THAT EXPENSE.

WITHOUT THAT, WITHOUT THAT PROGRAM, WE'D BE BEARING THE FULL EXPENSE OF A BUS.

SO IT'S REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SERVICES AND DEFRAY COSTS.

AND THEN YOU SEE OUR CONTRACT TRANSPORTATION.

SO FOR THAT, WE ALSO HAVE TRANSPORTATION COSTS RELATED TO OUR PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE PELHAM STUDENTS THAT ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AT A DISTRICT.

STATE LAW REQUIRES. WE PROVIDE THEM WITH TRANSPORTATION.

THE PRIMARY SOURCE OR THE PRIMARY SOURCE IS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

BUT WHEN. THAT CANNOT BE PROVIDED IN A TIMELY MANNER OR WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS IT, THEN WE HAVE TO USE YELLOW BUS TRANSPORTATION.

WE ALSO HAVE YELLOW BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

SO IF THEY NEED TO GO TO A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, WE NEED TO HAVE A BUS AVAILABLE FOR THEM AND PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION AS PART OF THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL IEP. SO INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL PLAN.

JIM, JUST ON THE TRANSPORTATION NOTE TOO, I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE ANNUAL REVIEW SEASON.

SO THIS IS BASED ON THE CRYSTAL BALL OF KNOWN AND BEST GUESSES.

YES. BUT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE DO SEE FLUCTUATION.

ABSOLUTELY. FROM THE TIME WE SET THE BUDGET TO TO THE TIME WE COMPLETE THE ANNUAL REVIEW SEASON.

SO JUST THE END OF THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THAT. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND YOU REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING TOO, WHICH IS GREAT TO POINT OUT ON PAGE D TWO. WE KIND OF HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AND THE SAME BUDGET.

AND AGAIN, AS YOU LOOK AT, SAY, TRANSPORTED BY CONSORTIUM, THAT'S KIND OF STUDENTS TRANSPORTED BY YELLOW BUS.

WE, WE DO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION OF TWO CONTINGENT STUDENTS BECAUSE THE DEADLINE FOR OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION IS APRIL 1ST.

SO WE'RE WORKING HARD TO REACH OUT TO PARENTS ON THAT.

IF WE HAVE STUDENTS COME INTO DISTRICT AFTER APRIL 1ST AND THEY MAKE PROPER NOTIFICATION, WE'RE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION.

AND THAT THAT DOES HAPPEN AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE CONTINGENT POSITIONS.

OR IF WE HAVE A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT PLACEMENT THAT HAPPENS AFTER AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.

AGAIN, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT THAT SERVICE.

SO THAT JUST PROVIDES A LITTLE MORE COLOR TO THE BREAKDOWN ON HOW WE GOT TO THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE HERE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.

SO AFTER PUPIL TRANSPORTATION, IF WE GO TO D5 TO D8, WE CAN TALK ABOUT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

I GET TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE REALLY EXPENSIVE THINGS.

THIS ENTIRE LINE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET, TOTALS $22.6 MILLION.

LARGEST COMPONENT IS ABOUT $12.5 MILLION $12.6 MILLION RELATED TO HEALTH INSURANCE, SIMILAR TO NICERX.

WE DO AGAIN WORK WITH THE COOPERATIVE WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

YOU'LL HEAR US SAY SWISS CHIP. I THINK IT'S SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER SCHOOL.

SURE. TODAY. AND REALLY IT'S, IT ACTUALLY WORKS AS KIND OF A LARGE SELF-INSURANCE PLAN.

BUT WE PAY, WE PAY ANNUAL PREMIUMS AS IF IT'S AN INSURANCE PLAN.

SO IT'S BETTER THAN WORKING. I'VE WORKED A SELF-INSURANCE PLAN IN ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.

CERTAINLY THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GO IF YOU'VE GOT A LARGE ENOUGH POPULATION.

A LOT OF RISK THAT THEY CAN HAVE IN THERE. WHEN YOU WORK WITH THAT CONSORTIUM, WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE, YOU'RE ABLE TO SPREAD THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT TOO. AND WE WORK WITH YOU KNOW, SWISS DOES A GREAT JOB IN ALL MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ALL WITH THE SAME GOALS IN MIND.

TRYING TO WORK REALLY HARD TO PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE, BUT ALSO BEING VERY COGNIZANT OF THE COST OF SERVICES AS WELL.

AND THE ACTUALLY THE CHAIRMAN OF SWISS CHIP IS ACTUALLY DOCTOR CHAMP COLLEAGUE DOCTOR WILL HARRISON.

HARRISON HARRISON SUPERINTENDENT AND DOCTOR WILL'S GOT STRONG OPINIONS AND GOOD OPINIONS, SO HE WORKS REALLY HARD ALONG WITH THE WHOLE THE GROUP, THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WORK REALLY HARD TO TRY TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

YEP. GOOD PRODUCT. AND THERE'S REPRESENTATION FROM LABOR. THERE'S AGAIN, A WIDE REPRESENTATION.

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FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES I THINK WE SAW YOU SEE WE SEE AN INCREASE THERE OF ABOUT THE RANGES WERE BETWEEN ACTIVE EMPLOYEES 7.8% AND RETIREES BETWEEN 9.8 AND 14%, DEPENDING ON DIFFERENT COVERAGE OPTIONS, BECAUSE WE DO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR QUALIFIED RETIREES, PEOPLE WHO'VE RETIRED AND QUALIFY FOR RETIREMENT HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT OUR EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE RETIREMENT FUNDS.

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT RETIREMENT FUNDS, THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM. WHAT WE PAY TO THAT SYSTEM IS BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF SALARIES. SO EVERY YEAR, THE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE CONTRIBUTION RATE WOULD BE.

THEY'D SAY, OKAY, IT'S GOING TO BE WELL, THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT HERE WHERE IT CAN CHANGE.

YOU LOOK AT TEACHERS THE TEAMSTERS RATE IS 8.24% NEXT YEAR.

SO FOR EVERY DOLLAR A TEACHER HAS PAID, 8.24% IS THEN ALLOCATED TO THE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM BEYOND OUTSIDE THAT DOLLAR.

AND THAT'S PART OF THAT SYSTEM. AGAIN, THAT'S THE STATE TEACHERS SYSTEM AND THE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SOCIAL SECURITY EXPENSES YOU SEE HERE, WORKER'S COMP AND AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT FUND.

SO FOR SOME OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BARGAINING UNITS, WE MAY NOT PROVIDE DENTAL INSURANCE.

THEY MAY HAVE THEIR OWN UNION SPONSORED INSURANCE PLAN WHERE THEY DO IT ON THEIR OWN.

IN THAT INSTANCE, BASED ON WHATEVER THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IS, THE DISTRICT WOULD MAKE A CONTRIBUTION ON A PER EMPLOYEE BASIS, PER ANNUAL, PER EMPLOYEE BASIS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON THAT LINE ON D FIVE IF WE WANT TO GO WELL, AGAIN, MORE DETAIL ON D SIX ON A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE STATE RETIREMENT PLAN, THE TEACHER'S RETIREMENT PLAN, AND EVERYTHING THAT I JUST WENT THROUGH, I WILL SPARE YOU. AND THEN IF WE GO TO PAGE NINE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT DEBT SERVICE AND ENTER INTERFUND TRANSFERS.

I THINK WHAT I LIKE, THE PAGE I LIKE IS KIND OF D11.

THAT SHOWS US WHAT OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT IS WITH OUR BONDS AND OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST FOR EACH.

FROM NEXT YEAR ROLLING OUT TO 2049, 20, 50 OF OUR EXISTING DEBT.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ROLLING IN SOME OF THE ANTICIPATED DEBT FROM THE 2025 BOND.

SO IN THIS BUDGET, WE'RE ANTICIPATING A BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE, A BORROWING A SHORT TERM BORROWING.

SO THAT'D BE A ONE YEAR BORROWING IN JUNE IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET.

AT THIS TIME, WORKING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND THE ARCHITECT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TIMING OF THAT. IS IT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO IN JUNE, IN WHICH CASE WE'D HAVE AN INTEREST EXPENSE IN JUNE OF 27? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT MAY BE HAPPENING A LITTLE BIT LATER? MAYBE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN JULY, IN WHICH CASE IT WOULDN'T BE PART OF THIS BUDGET.

IT WOULD JUST BE IT WOULD PUSH FORWARD TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS ON THAT AS WELL SO THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBERS. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME TRANSFERS TO OUR FOOD SERVICE. ACTUALLY, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. IT'S SELF FUNDING.

AND RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE UNIVERSAL FREE LUNCH.

AS FAR AS WE'VE HEARD, IS GOING TO CONTINUE IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO I KNOW WE'VE SEEN PARTICIPATION DRIVE UP AS A RESULT OF THAT.

WE'LL SEE HOW THAT TURNS INTO OUR ANNUAL FINANCIALS FOR THAT FUND.

BECAUSE WE WERE WE WERE IN DEBT. WE WERE ROLLING IN A DEFICIT POSITION, AND WE WERE TAKING STEPS TO MOVE THAT INTO A POSITIVE POSITION.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TOO. I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING.

JACKIE. WE GOT IT ALL. READY? YES. SO TRANSFER TO SPECIAL AID IS THE DISTRICT'S SHARE OF OUR SPECIAL NEEDS EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM.

OH. I'M SORRY, IT'S ON D NINE. SO WE DO RUN A SUMMER EXTENDED, WE CALL IT.

YOU'LL HEAR US SAY THE ACRONYM ESY EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR.

AND AGAIN THAT'S A SHARED COST. AND THE DISTRICT'S EXPENSES ARE 20% OF THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

AND THAT PROGRAM IS REQUIRED. SO IT'S KIND OF NOT AN OPTIONAL PROGRAM BASED ON THE STUDENT'S LEARNING PLAN.

AND THEN YOU HAVE OUR TRANSFER TO DEBT SERVICE.

BENEATH THAT, YOU SEE WITH THE THE PRINCIPAL AND THE INTEREST ON OUR BONDS.

AND THEN IT'S ABOUT $5.9 MILLION NEXT YEAR. WHICH AGAIN GOES BACK TO THE SCHEDULE ON D11 ON THE THE TOTAL ON THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN TOTAL $5.9 MILLION.

LET'S GET MATCHES. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. JIM ON THE SAME PAGE D NINE THE

[01:15:06]

SO THAT'S RELATED TO THE WELL, A NUMBER OF LEASES THAT WE HAVE.

AND GASB STANDS FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.

THEY, THEY DEVELOP PRONOUNCEMENTS TO TRY TO MAKE UP OUR BOOKS TO BE EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

JACKIE VIGIL IS A LICENSED CPA, THANKFULLY, AND CAN SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME GIVING THE INS AND OUTS OF GASB.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU JACKIE.

AND HER OPINION ON WHETHER GAS. ARE YOU READY? IS THIS WORKING? YEAH.

WE'RE HERE TO MAKE LIFE EASY. WE'RE HERE TO HELP. SO? SO BASICALLY, THEY WANT TO TAKE ANY LONG TERM LEASES AND CONSIDER THEM TO BE CAPITAL LEASES, WHICH IS WHY IT FALLS INTO THIS CAPITAL SECTION OF THE BUDGET. SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE SANBORN LEASE WAS A MULTI YEAR LEASE YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE.

I MEAN, JOHN KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT IN HIS CODE.

YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE LEASE, $150,000 A YEAR OR SOMETHING REFLECTED IN HIS CODES, BUT INSTEAD WE HAVE TO RECLASSIFY IT INTO THIS, THIS CAPITAL SECTION OF THE THE BUDGET BASED ON THIS ACCOUNTING STANDARD.

SO THE SANBORN LEASE IS REALLY THE THE BULK OF IT.

THERE'S SOME EQUIPMENT LEASES FOR THE COPIERS AND I THINK THERE'S LIKE A POSTAGE MACHINE.

THE POST MACHINE MATERIAL THAT'S IN THERE, IT'S IN THERE.

SO IT'S JUST REFLECTED ON THIS LINE AND NOT IN THE OTHER LINES THAT YOU SEE IN THE BUDGET.

SO AND THE REDUCTION, THERE'S A, I NOTED IT BECAUSE THERE'S A REDUCTION OF $69,000 IN THIS LINE, RIGHT. WHICH I BELIEVE IS DUE TO THE PARTIAL YEAR.

CORRECT. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE OCCUPYING SANBORN FOR THE FULL YEAR.

SO WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR THE FULL YEAR. RIGHT.

SO WE'RE HOPING AT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR THAT WE ARE IN THE 29 FRANKLIN HOUSE.

YES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD WAS AWARE OF THAT, THAT WE DID REDUCE THAT LINE INTENTIONALLY WITH THE GOAL OF BEING IN THE HOUSE.

YES. OKAY. I'VE REACHED REACHED THE BOTTOM AGAIN.

AS THE BOARD THINKS ABOUT THIS, THE QUESTION MAY NOT ALWAYS COME TO YOU HERE, MAY COME TO YOU AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

PLEASE REACH OUT. WE'LL WORK TO GET ANSWERS. MR. TREVES, WE'RE WORKING. WE'RE WORKING ON AN ANSWER FOR YOU FOR ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS. WE WORKED ON SOME OF IT LAST YEAR.

WE'RE JUST. WE'RE PLUGGING THIS YEAR'S NUMBERS INTO IT. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT HAVING THAT FOR YOU AND WE'LL SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD WHEN WE GET IT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE OCTOBER 8TH, EIGHTH, WHICH WOULD BE BUDGET DISCUSSION.

I THINK OPTIMISTICALLY THE STATE WILL HAVE A BUDGET AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

IF NOT, I THINK WE'LL STILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

EARLY ON, WE'RE NOT HEARING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A LOT OF ADDITIONAL AID FOR A DISTRICT LIKE OURS, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PLACED ON HOLD, HARMLESS. THOSE DISTRICTS THAT GOT 1%, WE'RE HEARING IT'S GOING TO SOUND LIKE 2% FOR THEM.

BUT WE WERE WE WERE NOT IN THAT CATEGORY TO START WITH.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT PLACES US THERE. WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT SHAKES OUT AND WE ARE FOLLOWING IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

YEAH. AND THINGS LIKE FUEL AND OTHER THINGS THAT COME UP, THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS ADOPTED.

WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD AS WELL SO THAT WE KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA IF OTHER ACTION NEEDS OTHER PRIORITIES ARE THERE OR RESHUFFLING HAS TO HAPPEN, KIND OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS COULD BE.

GREAT. SO I, ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO JIM AND TO JACKIE FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

YOUR OFFICE HAS JUST BEEN AMAZING. AND JUST ANYTIME YOU'RE WILLING TO SIT WITH US AND GO THROUGH IT AGAIN AND HELP US TO JUST TO REALLY BE CLEAR IS MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND THANKS TO THE WHOLE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM THAT WORKED REALLY HARD TO HONE THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AROUND THE TABLE, THE CABINET WAS CRITICAL IN LEADING THAT WORK. AND WORKING WITH ALL THE, THE DISTRICT DISTRICT WIDE ADMINISTRATORS. SO I WOULD JUST SAY TO THE BOARD, AS JIM SAID, NEXT, NEXT, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US IN ADVANCE.

IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THAT CONVERSATION, PLEASE LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE.

WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET YOU THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.

WE DID OUR BEST TO TO STAY WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT YOU SET.

AND I KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU GAVE US SOME TOUGH PARAMETERS IN THIS YEAR.

SO WE, WE REALLY DID OUR BEST TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE, ON THE PARAMETERS, EYES ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, EYES ON STUDENTS TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SUPPORT AND SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS REALISTIC.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND ANY ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY ASK YOU TO ADOPT THE BUDGET ON APRIL 21ST.

AND REMEMBER, THAT IS A TUESDAY. I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP SAYING THAT OVER AND OVER BECAUSE IT'S OFF CYCLE, BUT THAT'S A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT.

I MISSED IT TODAY WHEN WE WERE EMAILING. THAT'S RIGHT. I KNOW JIM'S TRYING TO PLAN, MAYBE EVEN PUT OUT A NOTE FOR WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET ONE MORE.

[01:20:07]

I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO SET. YEAH. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU NEED MORE TIME OR YOU WANT TO HEAR OTHER THINGS OR THINK OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANKS. THANKS. THAT WAS IT.

OKAY. OKAY. THE END. OKAY. IT'S KIND OF UNEVENTFUL TO GET TO THE END.

YEAH. I'M LIKE, THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. THAT WAS THREE MEETINGS.

SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE WE DON'T DO COMMITTEE REPORTS AND, AND OUR, AND THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS THIS EVENING SO THAT WE CAN MOVE TO THE REST OF THE POLICIES. ET CETERA. YEAH. THE BUSINESS. OKAY.

GOOD WITH THAT. IS EVERYONE OKAY? OKAY. AND CERTAINLY IF THE BOARD HAD ANY QUESTIONS FROM I KNOW THEY THE CABINET SENT MEMOS.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING URGENT OR PRESSING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

OF COURSE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. LET'S SEE, WE DON'T HAVE COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

DO I HAVE. WHAT CAN I GO THROUGH? I'M GOING TO GO.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE 5.1 THROUGH 5.5 AS A CONSENT AGENDA.

[5.1 Motion to Approve Calendar for the 2026-2027 School Year]

[5.2 Motion to Accept Treasurer's Report for the Period Ended January 2026]

[5.3 Motion to Approve 2025-26 Budget Transfers]

[5.4 Motion to Accept Modified Internal Audit Engagement Agreement]

[5.5 Motion to Participate in Southern Westchester BOCES Cooperative Bids]

SO THAT'S THERE. SOME OF IT'S JUST OUR TYPICAL MONTHLY TREASURER'S REPORT.

BUDGET TRANSFERS. THE AUDIT THAT I BELIEVE JIM MENTIONED.

INTERNAL AUDIT, INTERNAL AUDIT. THE FORMAL ENGAGEMENT BASED ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING FROM OUR INTERNAL JUST PARTICIPATION WITH BOSSES.

OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THIS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. SO THOSE ALL ARE APPROVED.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT DONATIONS? SO MOVED.

[5.16 Motion to Accept Donations]

THERE IS A DONATION OF $500 GRANT 26003 FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR ARTS EXPERIENCE.

AND THAT IS FROM THE THE PELHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

SO WE THANK THEM FOR THAT DONATION. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE FOR ANOTHER DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,105 TO BE USED TO PURCHASE BOOKS FOR THE HUTCHINSON SCHOOL SPECIAL BOOK PROGRAM.

AND THAT IS THE DONOR THERE IS THE, THE HUTCHINSON SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

SO WE THANK THEM FOR THAT. THE NEXT ONE IS A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 TO SUPPORT THE PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS.

AND THAT IS THE DONOR FOR THAT IS THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST.

SO WE THANK THEM FOR THAT DONATION. AND THEN THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL DONATION FOR $50,000 FOR GRANT 260 FOR ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT IS FROM THE AGAIN, FROM THE PELHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

AND THE LAST ONE IN HERE IS AS IF, I MEAN, THIS IS A LOT OF DONATIONS.

SO THIS IS WONDERFUL. IS, IS FOR THE AMOUNT OF $25,980 FOR GRANT 2605 MAKING LEARNING VISIBLE, EXPANDING ACCESS IN INSTRUCTIONAL VISUALS IN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE PELHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE PELHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE HUTCHINSON SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST FOR THESE DONATIONS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND NOW.

OF COURSE. I LOST THE 6.1. I LOST THE. POLICIES OVER HERE.

[01:25:05]

[6.1 Policy 7611 - Children with Disabilities (Second Reading)]

[6.2 Policy 3421 - Title IX and Sex Discrimination (First Reading)]

[6.3 Policy 6120 - Equal Employment Opportunity (First Reading)]

[6.4 Policy 7551 - Sexual Harassment of Students (First Reading)]

[6.5 Policy 5685 - Extreme Heat (First Reading)]

FOR THE OTHERS THERE ARE SEVERAL POLICIES THAT RELATE TO, DISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT THAT ARE ALL SOMEWHAT RELATED.

AND MANY OF THE CHANGES RELATE TO CHANGES IN FEDERAL REGULATION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

WE ALSO HAVE A NEW POLICY RELATED TO EXTREME HEAT, WHICH IS TIED TO BOTH THE GOVERNOR, THE RECENT STATE LAW, AND THEN ALSO SOME SOME CARRYOVER THAT WE HAD FROM APPROACHES THAT WE HAD USED PREVIOUSLY FOR FOR HIGH HEAT FOR THINGS LIKE ATHLETICS, WHICH ARE NOT COVERED BY THE, THE STATE LAW.

AND THEN 6.6 WOULD BE A MOTION RELATED TO THE EXTREME HEAT POLICY THAT WOULD TIE OUT TO, TO REMOVE THE EXISTING POLICY THAT WOULD BE SUPERSEDED BY THE NEW ONE. SO WE WOULD I GUESS CONSIDER THAT NOW.

REVIEW IT NOW. THEN APPROVE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE APPROVE THE THE NEW POLICY.

YEAH. AND VAL, I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU JUST A COUPLE CLEANUP THINGS ON A COUPLE OF THESE THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH.

OKAY, GREAT. BUT NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES AND THINGS.

GREAT. THANK YOU. SYD DO WE WANT TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING, OR IS THIS ONE OF THE POLICIES THAT WE'D LIKE TO ALLOW? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO READ THROUGH AND PROVIDE COMMENTS.

TOTALLY UP TO YOU ALL. THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE CHANGING UPDATING BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN RULE TO GO FROM STUDENTS BEING WITH DISABILITY BEING DEFINED AS STUDENT UP TO 21.

THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE AGE CHANGE TO 22. YEAH.

CATHERINE, I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING.

JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THIS LOOKS THIS THIS JUST IS LEGAL CHANGES TO BRING US CURRENT WITH WHAT THE MANDATE IS NOW.

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE THE THIRD READING AND APPROVE POLICY 7611 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT POLICY IS NOW IN OUR POLICY. RIGHT? THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO SAY ON THE NEXT THREE I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, AT THE BOARD LEVEL ABOUT HOW DO WE AS A DISTRICT AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL CONTINUE TO CREATE YOU KNOW, KIND OF A SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEND THE MESSAGE AROUND ANY KIND OF HARASSMENT. SO THESE POLICIES WERE IN NEED OF UPDATING ANYWAYS, SO IT JUST KIND OF THAT GOAL AND THE UPDATE OF THESE ALIGNS REALLY WELL.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GLAD TO.

THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK DONE ON THESE. I KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY I THINK I WANT TO SAY IN DOCTOR FITZGERALD, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY IN PARTICULAR TITLE NINE AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF LEGAL CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN PARTICULAR, A LITTLE BIT OF VOLLEYING BACK AND FORTH WITH DIFFERENT ELECTIONS AS TO HOW THE POLICIES CHANGE. SO WE HAD KIND OF BEEN WAITING FOR A GOOD TIME TO MAKE THE UPDATES AND THINGS KIND OF PING PONGED A LITTLE BIT BACK.

SO THE UPDATES WERE ACTUALLY NOT AS EXTENSIVE AS THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN.

SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GLAD TO BE UPDATING THESE SO THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.

AND THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO. BUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS IF THE, IF WE GET THROUGH OUR SECOND READING, WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU MAY BE WILLING TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING SO THAT WE CAN GET THESE PASSED AND ACTIVELY IN PLACE.

BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO PUSH OUT KIND OF A MID-YEAR, I KNOW WE'RE JUST PAST A LITTLE BIT PAST MID-YEAR, BUT KIND OF A SPRING REMINDER OF HERE'S SOME HERE'S ALL THESE POLICIES HAVE NOW BEEN UPDATED.

THIS IS A REMINDER OF OUR DISTRICT EXPECTATION.

WE EXPECT THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THESE POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTING FOLLOWING THESE.

SO IT GIVES US KIND OF A NATURAL OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THAT THESE REALLY IMPORTANT POLICIES IN PARTICULAR, KIND OF IN THE FOREFRONT OF MIND SO THAT EVERYONE IS A LITTLE RAISED AWARENESS AND CREATE THE CULTURE AROUND THAT, THAT WE WANT. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. I'LL GO TO 6.6.

[01:30:06]

OH, WE'RE NOT RESCINDING IT. NO, BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP THAT IN PLACE UNTIL WE PASS.

UNTIL WE ADOPT THE OTHER ONE. I DID OKAY, SORRY, I WAS LISTENING.

IT'S GETTING LATE. IT'S FINE. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, I WILL, AND SYD DID KIND OF ALLUDE TO IT, BUT I WILL NOTE WE ARE WE DID KEEP A LITTLE BIT OF THE THE LANGUAGE FROM THE OLD ONE.

WE CARRIED IT OVER TO THE NEW ONE TO SUPPLEMENT THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT FOR US.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT INDOOR CLASSROOM HEAT. WE WANTED IT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT EXTREME HEAT IMPLICATIONS FOR ATHLETICS, RECESS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK, I THINK IT'S A, IT WAS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.

YES. MORE COMPREHENSIVE. YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. SO WE ALREADY DID 7.1. I DO WANT TO I DO JUST WANT TO SAY I'M I'M SAD TO SEE MR. TOMBS GO. I WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK IN HIS, HIS NEW OPPORTUNITY OR HIS NEW OLD OPPORTUNITY.

AND THAT I DO YOUR, YOUR PLAN TO HAVE AN I IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PLAN TO HAVE AN INTERIM WHO WILL KIND OF DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE ATHLETICS PROGRAM TO SEE KIND OF WHERE TO TAKE IT. HELP US DETERMINE WHERE TO TAKE IT NEXT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE 7.2 THROUGH

[7.2 Motion to Approve Schedule B - Extra Duty Appointments]

[7.3 Motion to Approve Schedule C - Instructional]

[7.4 Motion to Approve Schedule C - Non-Instructional]

[8.1 Motion to Approve Schedule D - Committee on Special Education (Confidential)]

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE B? WE'VE GOT LOTS OF COACHING APPOINTMENTS FOR THE SPRING SEASON, SO THAT'S EXCITING. ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL AGENDA, WE'RE CONTINUING TO APPROVE STUDENT TEACHERS AND SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE VERY VALUED AND NEEDED. AND ON THE NON-INSTRUCTIONAL, JUST A VARIETY OF RESIGNATIONS, APPOINTMENTS TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS. WE ARE VERY BITTERSWEET AGAIN, WHENEVER WE ACCEPT A RETIREMENT.

MARGARET MCCARTHY, OUR NURSE AT PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAS SUBMITTED HER RESIGNATION FOR PURPOSES OF RETIREMENT.

SHE'S BEEN IN THE DISTRICT SINCE 2001. SO A 25 YEAR EMPLOYEE WORKING FAITHFULLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO SHE WILL BE WITH US. THAT'LL BE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 5TH.

SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR A NEW NURSE TO START OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR US, BUT WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL TO MARGARET FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND THE WAY THE NURSE IS JUST SUCH A CRITICAL ROLE CARING FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THEY ARE THE TRUSTED ADULT FOR MANY CHILDREN AND THEY'RE THE PERSON WHO'S THERE IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.

SO MARGARET'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO REPLACE, BUT WE WISH HER ALL THE BEST IN HER RETIREMENT IN EVERY HAPPINESS TO HER.

AND THEN FINALLY, ALSO I'LL JUST POINT OUT ONE IN JIM'S OFFICE WE'RE WISHING WELL TO CAITLYN RODRIGUEZ, OUR DISTRICT PAYROLL CLERK WHO IS MOVING ON FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

SO WE'LL BE HAVING SOME TRANSITION IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE.

THAT'S OUR ONLY PAYROLL. OUR ONLY PAYROLL CLERK.

SO THAT IS A CRITICAL TRANSITION YEAH, BECAUSE MINIMALLY, EVERYONE'S GOT TO GET PAID.

YES. THERE'S TWO PAY PERIODS A MONTH. THAT'S RIGHT.

AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE APPOINTMENTS, CAITLIN HAS GENEROUSLY AGREED TO WORK ON A PART TIME BASIS AS NEEDED.

AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED A PART TIME SOLUTION AND WE'RE CERTAINLY WORKING WITH HR.

CAITLIN HAD A GREAT HAS BEEN GREAT TO HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT.

SHE'S SHE'S MOVING ON TO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS HER, BUT WE CERTAINLY WISH HER WELL. AND WE KNOW SHE'LL DO GREAT IN HER NEW POSITION.

YEAH. THAT'S IT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE ALL ARE APPROVED. DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS? OKAY. THERE'S NO COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.