Jun 24, 2026 June 24, 2026 - Business Meeting

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OKAY. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR JUNE 24TH, 2026.

[2.1 Call to Order]

SO WE MADE IT. WE HAVE. OKAY. DO 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.

AND NOW, WILL, CAN YOU PLEASE REITERATE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION?

[2.3 Reiteration of Executive Session Motions]

THANK YOU. JACKIE IS NOT HERE. OUR BOARD PRESIDENT.

[2.4 Opening Remarks]

I DID WRITE UP JUST SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE TO SAY.

LET ME JUST PULL IT UP BECAUSE I HAVE IT HERE.

SO ON THIS, THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY WE EMBARKED ON OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE, CONGRATULATE ALL STUDENTS.

ALL RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AND THEIR FAMILIES ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENT AND WISH THEM THE BEST ON THEIR COLLEGE JOURNEY.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SUPPORT STAFF FOR THE DISTRICT.

YOU GUYS DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB IN JUST GETTING US TO, TO THIS STAGE OF, OF THIS WONDERFUL YEAR THAT WE JUST HAD. I ALSO WANTED TO KEEP THIS BRIEF. SO WISHING EVERYBODY A GREAT SUMMER.

ENJOY, DECOMPRESS, RECHARGE, BE SAFE, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU AGAIN IN THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NOW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS.

NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO DIVE RIGHT INTO MY YEAR END UPDATE.

[3.1 Superintendent's Year End Report]

AND THEN IT GETS REALLY QUIET HERE. SO EVEN THOUGH THINGS ARE FADING FOR US, I'M A CABINET AND I HAVE STILL BEEN RUNNING A MILLION MILES AN HOUR.

SO IT HASN'T QUITE GOTTEN THERE, BUT WE WILL GET THERE.

AND AGAIN, I DO AGREE, IT WAS A WONDERFUL SUMMER.

WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT, JUST AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME TO HOPING TO KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT SHORT.

A LOT OF THIS SHOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR FOR THE BOARD, BUT TO PROVIDE FOR YOU AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

JUST AN UPDATE ON THE YEAR END REPORT. CHRIS.

I ALSO REALIZED AFTER I DO THE POWERPOINT, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO GO ON THE INTERNET JUST TO SHOW THE DASHBOARD JUST ON TO ME.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU THAT HEADS UP. I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO YEAH, JUST REALLY HAPPY TO I KNOW WE MET MIDYEAR AND JUST COMING BACK YEAR END NOW TO JUST FOR A FOLLOW UP ON THE REPORT THE STATUS OF THINGS FOR THE YEAR. SO THIS YEAR YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WE'RE IN, I BELIEVE THE FINISHING OUT THE SECOND YEAR OF A STRATEGIC PLAN. SO PERSONAL GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT BEING ONE OF OUR PILLAR AREAS IN THAT AREA, IN THAT REALM, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE IN PARTICULAR REALLY TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT THE STORY OF THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR AND TO REALLY SHOW THE NARRATIVE, THE VALUE NARRATIVE AROUND WHAT OUR SCHOOLS BRING TO THE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR STUDENTS.

SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE NATIONAL DISTINCTIONS, WHETHER IT'S THE AP HONOR ROLL US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT CONTINUING TO HAVE STUDENTS PERFORMING AND EXCELLING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN SCIENCE RESEARCH, WITH EMILY WALCH BEING NAMED TO THE REGENERON STS AS AN STS SCHOLAR.

OUR SPEECH AND DEBATE PROGRAM, FINN MULLON RANKED 11TH IN THE NATION.

WE'VE GOT OUR YEARBOOK AGAIN, WAS RECOGNIZED FOR SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT, OUR SOCK N' BUSKIN STUDENTS AND THE PRODUCTION ITSELF AND THE DIRECTING STAFF CONTINUE TO WIN AWARDS LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY.

SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE TRIED REALLY HARD TO INCREASE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AWARENESS PRESENCE, AS WELL AS OUR JUST GENERAL AWARENESS OF HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE EXCELLING THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED TO THEM.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE THIS YEAR ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT BROAD LOOK AT PERFORMANCE AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME NEW DATA IN HAND THAT HELPED US TO SEE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AN ADDITIONAL PICTURE. AND THROUGH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO DISCOVER THAT NOT ONLY ARE OUR STUDENTS PERFORMING ACADEMICALLY ON STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS AT THE 95TH PERCENTILE IN THE

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SO THAT REALLY WAS A STRONG MESSAGE OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

OUR TAXES DEFINITELY ARE HIGH. OUR COSTS ARE HIGH IN THIS PART OF THE STATE, BUT OUR SPENDING COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE STATE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THAT DOWN WHILE STILL PRODUCING A GREAT PRODUCT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEREFORE OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN PROGRAMS LIKE THE SEAL OF CIVIC READINESS.

AND AS YOU SAW AT GRADUATION ON SATURDAY WITH 63 STUDENTS ACHIEVING THAT THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS OUR THIRD YEAR IN DOING THAT, AND THAT'S GIVEN US SOME REALLY GREAT FOUNDATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS YEAR, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OUR BIG ROCKS ARE THOSE THINGS PRIORITY AREAS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE KIND OF TRIED TO BRING COHERENCE TO AND ANCHOR ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AROUND, WITH THE THEORY BEING THAT YOU PUT YOUR FOCUS ON THE BIG, MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITIES AND EVERYTHING ALL TO KIND OF TAKE CARE OF ITSELF AROUND IT. SO MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, THAT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR, PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST FOCUS PAIRED WITH AI.

AND SO ETHICAL AI LEADERSHIP, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR EDUCATORS AS PROFESSIONALS, FOR THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL USE IN TEACHING STUDENTS? AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR STUDENT USE? SO WE'VE HAD A USER GROUP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THAT GROUP HELPED TO PRODUCE.

AND THEN THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO ROLL OUT TO OUR FACULTY STAFF GUIDELINES AND STUDENT GUIDELINES AROUND USE OF AI.

AND THE STUDENT GUIDELINES WILL BE ROLLED OUT IN THE FALL.

WE ROLLED THE FACULTY ONES OUT THIS SPRING AS PART OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S CONFERENCE DAY. WE DID A DAY OF AI AND BROUGHT IN SOME SPEAKERS.

VERY CHALLENGING AND EXCITING. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS AREA OF EDUCATION IS CHANGING VERY RAPIDLY.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO KEEP AT THE FOREFRONT. AND OF COURSE, WITH NEW YORK INSPIRES INITIATIVE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR EDUCATION.

JUST TODAY I RECEIVED A POWERPOINT THAT WAS FROM A BOARD OF REGENTS PRESENTATION VERY RECENTLY ABOUT THE NEXT PHASE OF THE NEW YORK INSPIRES.

SO I'LL BE SENDING THAT HOME TO THE BOARD, JUST KIND OF TO KEEP YOU INFORMED ON WHERE THINGS ARE GOING. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY THERE'S STILL THEY STAY IN THERE.

CLEARLY, NOTHING HAS CHANGED ABOUT THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE. THINGS ARE CHANGING IN THE FUTURE, BUT REGENTS EXAMS ARE STILL REQUIRED. THERE ARE STILL BEING GIVEN AND THAT IS FOR NOW.

AND ONCE WE GET THOSE FIRM TIMELINES OF WHEN THINGS WILL CHANGE, THEN WE OF COURSE WILL BE COMMUNICATING THOSE OUT.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A HELPFUL POWERPOINT THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU TO JUST TO KEEP KEEP THE KNOWLEDGE GROWING ON THAT. AND I DO EXPECT IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO START TO HEAR MORE COMING OUT OF THE STATE, AND THEN MORE TANGIBLES FOR US AS A DISTRICT TO REALLY BE WRAPPING OUR MINDS AROUND.

BUT I DO THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT POWERPOINT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SO MANY OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE INTERNSHIPS AND MORE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND A BROADER SPECTRUM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THAT BAKED INTO IT.

SO I THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF THINKING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THOSE THINGS INTO OUR SCHOOLS IN MORE IN NEW AND DIFFERENT WAYS. THIS YEAR WE'VE SEEN SOME INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION AND INNOVATION SHIFTS HERE.

I'M HIGHLIGHTING MOSTLY IN THE STEM AREAS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SHIFTS IN THE REGIONS AS PART OF NEW YORK INSPIRES STARTING TO MOVE MORE AWAY FROM REGENTS EXAMS WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY NOW UNDER THE CURRENT REGULATIONS.

SO WE'VE SHIFTED AWAY FROM THE CHEMISTRY REGIONS THIS YEAR.

ALSO, WE'VE SHIFTED TO FULL NEXT GEN SCIENCE STANDARDS FOR ALL IN EIGHTH GRADE.

SO THAT'S SHIFTING AWAY FROM EARTH SCIENCE REGENTS.

SO THOSE WERE INTENTIONAL SHIFTS TO ALIGN WITH THE NEXT GEN STANDARDS, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO LEARNING.

AND WE BELIEVE IT'S A RIGOROUS PROGRAM THAT IS STILL DESIGNED TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS TO THINK AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND PREPARE THEM AS THEY MOVE INTO AP AND THEN INTO COLLEGE COURSES. ALSO BEEN IMPLEMENTING THE OPENSIDE CURRICULUM, WHICH IS ALIGNED TO THE NEXT GEN STANDARDS, A PHENOMENON BASED APPROACH WHICH AGAIN HAS BEEN A TRANSITION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR TEACHERS.

SO THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. AND I KNOW THERE WILL BE SOME CURRICULUM WRITING AROUND THAT THIS SUMMER, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER AREAS. AS YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED THERE. FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY ARE TWO THAT ARE NOW REQUIRED, AND THE STATE HAS GIVEN US A TIMELINE ON THAT AND SOME FLEXIBILITY ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT.

SO THE WORK IS BEING DONE THIS SUMMER TO EMBED THAT IN OUR CURRENT COURSES.

AND ALSO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK. DOCTOR SHORD IS IS LEADING A LOT OF THE WORK THROUGH A PEF GRANT ON LOCAL HISTORY INITIATIVES TO BE CELEBRATING THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AS WE CELEBRATE THE, I FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED.

IT'S NOT THE QUINTESSENTIAL, THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY.

DO EXPECT TO SEE THAT EMBEDDED IN MANY THINGS AS WE COME BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL AND THE AREA BELONGING IN WELLNESS, THAT'S OUR SECOND PRIORITY AREA. OUR WORK THROUGH THIS YEAR HAS FOCUSED VERY STRONGLY ON DEVELOPING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CASEL FRAMEWORK.

THE CASEL FRAMEWORK IS OUR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING FRAMEWORK.

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AND IT GIVES US A MODEL OF HOW TO THINK ABOUT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-MANAGEMENT, RELATIONSHIP SKILLS, SOCIAL AWARENESS, AND RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING.

THESE ARE THE CORE PERSONAL COMPETENCIES THAT WE WANT TO DEVELOP IN OUR STUDENTS STARTING FROM KINDERGARTEN UP.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THEM TO BE FUNCTIONAL, INDEPENDENT ADULTS NOT JUST IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT THEN CONTRIBUTING TO OUR SCHOOLS, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES IN A VERY GROUNDED WAY.

SO THIS YEAR, WE'VE TRAINED ALL OF OUR STAFF IN CASEL, IN THE CASEL FRAMEWORK.

WE HAVE EMBEDDED THROUGH NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION, SOME DIFFERENT SEL TECHNIQUES AND MORNING MEETING, WHICH COMES OUT OF OUR RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM PRACTICE.

WE'VE ASKED OUR BUILDING LEADERS TWO TIMES THIS YEAR DURING OUR LATE START MORNINGS.

THOSE ARE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. WE DO EARLY RELEASE AND LATE START. WE'VE DONE A COMBINATION THIS YEAR.

ON THE LATE START DAYS, WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED OUR BUILDING LEADERS TO PLAN AND DELIVER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THEIR FACULTY ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

SO A TO FOCUS ON THE STAFF'S SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS.

SO THINKING WITH THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE THE ADULTS HAVE TO DO HAVE TO BE GOOD IN ORDER, YOU KNOW, FOR THE KIDS TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN. KIND OF THAT ANALOGY.

AND I THINK TRACY'S USED IT MANY TIMES ON THE AIRPLANE, PUT THE MASK ON YOU FIRST AND THEN HELP, YOU KNOW, THE OTHERS. SO THAT WAS GOAL NUMBER ONE.

BUT GOAL NUMBER TWO WAS ALSO TO MODEL THAT AND THEN TO GIVE MODELS SOME, POTENTIAL APPROACHES AND STRATEGIES FOR USING THAT IN THE CLASSROOM WITH STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE STILL AT THE BEGINNING STAGES. REALLY WANT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE SEL STRATEGIES AND COMPETENCIES AND APPROACHES ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR CURRICULUM.

SO THIS YEAR WAS THE INTRODUCTORY YEAR TO THAT FRAMEWORK.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE. AND I'LL ACTUALLY, BEFORE I MOVE OFF OF THAT ONE, I DO WANT TO MENTION THE WORK THAT TRACY'S BEEN DOING WITH THE MTSS SEL COMMITTEE. SORRY ABOUT ALL THE ACRONYMS. BUT THIS YEAR, IN PRIOR YEARS, WE'D SPENT A LOT OF TIME DEVELOPING THE MTSS ACADEMIC SIDE AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVOLVE THAT.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR NOW WITH THE THREE DIFFERENT TIERS. TIER ONE IS YOUR BASE. 80% OF YOUR STUDENTS GET THEIR NEEDS MET THROUGH RESEARCH BASED PRACTICES AND DIFFERENTIATION.

ABOUT 15% MAY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL LEVELS OF, OF INTERVENTION.

AND THEN A 5% IS USUALLY NEED MORE INTENSIVE.

SAME THING APPLIES ON THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SIDE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IN A FRAMEWORK OF INSTRUCTION AND UNDERSTANDING ON THOSE SKILLS, AND THEN ALSO BUILD OUT THE SYSTEM FOR HOW TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO NEED ADDITIONAL INTERVENTIONS AND THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTENSITY OF THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE MTSS COMMITTEE STARTED TO PUT TOGETHER THIS YEAR IS STARTING TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DO AS A DISTRICT AND BEGINNING TO DRAFT A POTENTIAL PLAN.

WE DO NEED TO WEAVE THE TWO TOGETHER, BECAUSE THE ACADEMICS AND THE SEL DO NOT FUNCTION IN ISOLATION.

THEY NEED TO WORK HAND IN HAND. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR. ALSO THIS YEAR THEY HAD A GROUP LOOKING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT CURRICULA AND ULTIMATELY WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO EVALUATE SELECTED ONE TO PILOT THIS SPRING. THE PILOT WAS A LITTLE ON THE SHORT SIDE, SO IT WAS A LITTLE INCONCLUSIVE AFTER ONLY A FEW WEEKS.

SO THEY HAVE THE PLAN IS TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE PILOT A LITTLE BIT INTO NEXT YEAR TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF THE CURRICULUM AND DECIDE IF IT'S THE RIGHT ONE, MAYBE EXPLORE A COUPLE OTHERS THAT COULD BE A BETTER FIT.

BUT THAT'S OUR GOAL ULTIMATELY IS TO FIND A CURRICULUM SO WE CAN HAVE A STRUCTURED K-12, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL STRAIN, YOU KNOW, STRANDS THROUGH THE DISTRICT, BUILD COMMON LANGUAGE, BUILD COMMON SKILLS THAT ARE GOING TO ALIGN WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION AND HELP TO DEVELOP WELL-ROUNDED HUMAN BEINGS AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THEN FIND THE CURRICULUM AND THE ASSESSMENTS TO, TO HELP US TO DO THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

SO BIG AMOUNT OF WORK THERE, OF COURSE. YEAH.

AND IT MAY BE TOO SOON IN THE PROCESS SINCE YOU'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE CURRICULUM AND ALL THAT, LET'S SAY WITH YOU IDENTIFY A STUDENT WHO NEEDS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE CALLED TIER TWO, TIER THREE LEVEL INTERVENTION. DO YOU FORESEE THAT KIND OF INTERVENTION BEING DONE BY LIKE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS OR, OR DO YOU NOT KNOW YET? I THINK IT WILL DEPEND ON THE NEED.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TO FLESH OUT SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS ON.

SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. BUT TIER TWO COULD ALSO HAPPEN IN SMALL GROUPS.

SOCIAL SKILLS GROUP WITH SOME OF THE SUPPORT STAFF IN TIER THREE, WOULD MOST LIKELY BE WITH A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST OR A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER OR EVEN A COUNSELOR. BUT VERY SIMILAR WOULD RUN VERY SIMILAR TO TO ACADEMIC.

AND I THINK I SHARED IN, IN THE MEETING NOTES, YOU COULD SEE HOW WE FRAMED OUT THE TIERS, THE INTERVENTIONS, ENTRY, EXIT, YOU KNOW, WE DID A LOT OF WORK.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN MY REPORT, BUT YEAH, SIMILARLY.

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SO YEAH, AS YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL DO CLIMATE SURVEYS.

SO A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW OF ADMINISTERING THOSE IN THE SPRING, IN THE FALL, I KNOW THEY JUST ADMINISTERED THE SPRING ONE.

SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE THEY HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE YET TO REALLY DIGEST THOSE RESULTS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME TOOLS IN THE COMING YEAR THAT MIGHT HELP US TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OUR PRACTICES.

EXCUSE ME AROUND SURVEYS AND SEE IF SOME OF THE THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVE PARTNERS THAT CAN HELP US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING SOME REALLY SOUND RELIABLE ASSESSMENTS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD LONGITUDINAL DATA SETS SO WE CAN TRACK TRENDS OVER TIME AND ALSO SEE IF WE CAN GET, IDENTIFY SOME KIND OF ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS TO HELP US CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS ON THE SCHOOL CLIMATE LEVEL.

WE ALSO LOOK AT STUDENT DISCIPLINE. WE HAVE A SENIOR EXIT SURVEY THAT WAS UNDERWAY JUST BEFORE SCHOOL ENDED.

AND OF COURSE, I'VE MENTIONED OUR MTSS SEL COMMITTEE.

THE OTHER PARTNER THAT I THINK IS DEFINITELY WORTH MENTIONING, AND TRACY'S MENTIONED IT A LOT IN HER REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RECOVS GRANT THROUGH BOCES WAS REALLY CRITICAL THIS YEAR, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. I THINK WHAT WE MOST VALUED AND TRACY AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS JUST THE OTHER DAY, THE STRATEGIC THINKING PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY OFFERED TO US WAS REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THIS IS COMPLEX, MESSY, MESSY WORK. AND A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE GRAPPLING WITH IT.

SO TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO KIND OF HAS A SPECIALTY IN IT WHO CAN HELP US, LIKE AS AN OUTSIDE ALMOST COACH, WHERE THEY WOULD SIT WITH US AS A CABINET OR AS A SMALLER GROUP TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHAT'S OUR READINESS LEVEL, AND HOW DO WE TAKE THOSE NEXT STEPS? WHAT ARE THE RIGHT NEXT STEPS? SO THAT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR TWO YEARS. THAT GRANT IS COMING TO AN END.

SO THE FUNDING IS COMING TO AN END. BOCES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PARTNER.

THEY'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.

BUT NOW WE'D HAVE TO BECOME A PARTNER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE STARTING TO EXPLORE.

ARE THERE OTHER PARTNERS OR OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO AVAIL OURSELVES UP TO CONTINUE IN THE SAME DIRECTION? WE DON'T WANT TO VEER, WE'RE ON A GOOD COURSE, AND WE WANT TO WANT THERE TO BE COHERENCE IN OUR WORK.

BUT HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO FIND A PARTNER TO SUPPORT THE WORK? SO WE'RE HOPING TO COME TO YOU AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.

SO JUST A COUPLE, THESE ARE JUST A FEW SMALL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MANY THINGS THAT WENT ON THIS YEAR, BUT CONTINUING TO FOSTER INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS.

WE HAVE CONTINUED WITH OUR WE ARE PELHAM FIFTH GRADE EDITION, WHICH WAS BRINGING ALL OF OUR FIFTH GRADERS OVER TO HUTCHINSON FOR A MORNING FOR BONDING CONNECTION, WORKING WITH STUDENTS ACROSS OTHER SCHOOLS WITH INTENTIONALITY USING THE RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM FRAMEWORK TO, TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. THAT WAS SUPPORTED THROUGH FUNDS FROM THE PEF WE DO HAVE STILL SOME FUNDS LEFT FROM THAT, WHICH I THINK WILL COVER OUR THIRD YEAR OF THAT, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK TO BUDGET SOME OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT DOES INVOLVE TRANSPORTING STUDENTS AND SUPPLIES EACH YEAR.

BUT THAT'S TOMORROW'S PROBLEM. INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS.

YOU REMEMBER THIS. WE COMPLETED THIS, I THINK OVER LAST SUMMER.

TRACY HAD PUT IN A GRANT TO BRING COMMUNICATION BOARDS TO EACH OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO THAT'S BEEN WONDERFUL. HAVING THOSE AND CREATING THAT, SENDING THE MESSAGE OF INCLUSIVITY AND CREATING TOOLS FOR ANYONE TO USE THOSE.

AND THEN LEGACY MURAL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BRINGS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TOGETHER EVERY YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE AROUND THAT WHOLE LOBBY AREA OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL A WAY THAT STUDENTS COME TOGETHER, USE STUDENT VOICE AND DESIGN SOMETHING COLLECTIVELY AS A SCHOOL.

SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS OF MANY THINGS. PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONNECTIONS GETTING STUDENTS OFF OF SCREENS AND BACK TO TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIGITAL BAN ADVICE DIGITAL DEVICE BAN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR.

CERTAINLY COMING THROUGH THE THE GOVERNOR'S NEW LAW, BUT ALSO THROUGH THOUGHTFUL WORK OF THE BUILDING TEAM.

AND THIS YEAR, I THINK WE HAD A REPORT FROM MR. LLEWELLYN OUR LAST MEETING OVERALL WENT WELL, CERTAINLY SOME AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AREAS FOR TIGHTENING UP AND SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE COMING YEAR. BUT I THINK THEY NOTED A DEFINITE DIFFERENCE IN THE CLIMATE OF THE BUILDING JUST AS A RESULT OF THAT CHANGE.

SO CONTINUING ONE MORE, ONE MORE, I THINK. JUST ONE MORE SLIDE IN THIS AREA.

YEP. SO JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS WORTHY OF NOTE.

WE DON'T OFTEN THINK ABOUT IT IN PELHAM BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A HUGE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH POPULATION, BUT 13% OF OUR STUDENTS DO QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

THIS YEAR, THE STATE PROVIDED UNIVERSAL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR ALL STUDENTS.

SO WE ACTUALLY SAW AN EIGHT. SO IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN IT IS, BUT 85% INCREASE IN BREAKFAST.

IT WAS A SMALL NUMBER TO BEGIN WITH. SO WHEN YOU DOUBLE A SMALL NUMBER, IT'S A BIG INCREASE. BUT POINT BEING, WHEN KIDS ARE FED, THEY DO WELL AND THEY DO BETTER IN SCHOOL.

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SO WE'RE EXCITED TO TO SEE THAT AND BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT WITH OUR, WITH OUR FOOD SERVICE PARTNER.

ADDITIONALLY JUST OTHER, I THINK, PARTNERSHIPS OF NOTE THIS YEAR, WE HAVE HAD A STUDENT ASSISTANCE COUNSELOR FOR MANY YEARS.

THEY HELPED TO SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH A GRANT LAST YEAR TO CONTINUE FIVE DAYS A WEEK OF STUDENT ASSISTANCE.

THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF OUR CONTINUED STRAIN ON THE BUDGET WE THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT GRANT, BUT WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WAS FIND ANOTHER GRANT THAT ACTUALLY, I THINK ADDED TO OUR OFFERINGS FOR STUDENTS.

AND THAT WAS TO PROVIDE AN ON SITE MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC RIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW IN THE STUDENT RESILIENCE SURVEY DATA WAS ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IS SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO BE A NEED FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO NOW WE CAN PROVIDE THAT RIGHT HERE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR ANY SECONDARY PELHAM STUDENT.

SO WE'RE THRILLED TO CONTINUE THAT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT FOR NEXT YEAR TOO.

SO TURNING TO OUR THIRD PRIORITY AREA FACILITIES AND SUSTAINABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

JUST A QUICK UPDATES HERE. THE BOARD IS AWARE OF ALL THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OUR SUMMER PROJECTS PLANNED FOR COLONIAL AND PROSPECT HILL THIS SUMMER. ROOFING START OF PIPING FOR PREPARATION FOR HVAC CONVERSION AND I THINK WINDOW CAULKING REPLACEMENT.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF ASBESTOS RELATED WORK. SO A SMALLER AMOUNT THIS YEAR WE'LL BE DOING SECOND SHIFT WORK THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE PIPING THAT WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THE PRINCIPALS. SO IT'S NOT AROUND STUDENTS AND SCHOOL'LL BE READY TO OPEN EACH MORNING.

AND THEN THE SUMMER OF 2027 WILL BE OUR BIG CONVERSION TO THE NEW HVAC SYSTEMS. AND THAT WILL PROVIDE THE CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING AS WELL, AND WE'LL COMPLETE ANY ADDITIONAL MASONRY WINDOWS THAT SUMMER AS WELL.

SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE CONTINUING TO USE OUR AIR CONDITIONERS WINDOW UNITS.

WE DID COLLECT DATA OVER THE PAST YEAR. WE'RE ASSESSING OUR, THE ELECTRICAL CAPACITY IN SOME ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS. WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING $15 MILLION IN THE SUMMER OF 2027 TO INSTALL THE CENTRAL AIR.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE JUDICIOUS WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR DOLLARS ABOUT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THE WORK TWICE, BUT ALSO WE KNOW IT'S VERY HOT AT TIMES. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WHERE THE CLASSROOMS THAT ALREADY HAVE THE APPROPRIATE ELECTRICAL, WHERE THE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE HEATING UP CLOSE TO THAT LIMIT THAT MAYBE IF WE COULD TARGET A COUPLE MORE AREAS WITH A FEW MORE AIR CONDITIONERS, WE CAN KEEP THINGS TOLERABLE THROUGH NEXT SCHOOL YEAR TO GET TO NEXT SUMMER.

SO WE'RE WE'RE ASSESSING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM AN ELECTRICAL AND A COST PERSPECTIVE.

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL PARENTS REACH OUT WILLING TO HELP WITH FUNDRAISING AND DONATIONS.

SO WE MAY, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE FIND, WE MAY TAP INTO SOME OF THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO, LIKE I SAID, BE REALLY CONSIDERATE, RESPECTFUL WITH THE TAXPAYER FUNDS AROUND THAT.

SIWANOY, THAT'S OUR MAJOR PROJECT. THOSE PLANS ARE BEING FINALIZED AND WILL BE GOING TO STATE THIS SUMMER BIDDING IN THE FALL WITH CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN THE SPRING.

WE JUST HELD OUR LAST INFO SESSION FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ON THE 15TH.

SO I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 20 FOLKS CAME OUT. WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES, BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT AND HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATION AND SOME GOOD FEEDBACK.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MANOR ON THAT, AND WE THINK WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD PLACE AND SHOULD BE, I THINK, VERY SATISFIED WITH THE PLANS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUT TOGETHER.

DISTRICT WIDE WHERE JIM'S BEEN WORKING IN HIS OFFICE WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OR FACILITIES WITH KG AND D, WITH A PLUS CONTRACTORS TO FINALLY IMPLEMENT THE $1.3 MILLION SECURITY CAMERA GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM SENATOR BIAGGI.

IF THAT GIVES YOU A TIMING FRAME. I MEAN, THAT THAT ONE'S SO OLD IT COULD VOTE.

RIGHT? EXACTLY [LAUGHS] BUT IT STILL, IT STILL CAME THROUGH.

SO $1.3 MILLION. AND THAT WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY INCREASING OUR SECURITY CAMERA COVERAGE, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL, WHICH IS, I THINK, SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE ARE MUCH IN NEED AS WELL AS UPGRADING ACCESS CONTROLS.

RIGHT. IN ADDITION, OF COURSE THERE'S BEEN OTHER UPGRADES AS WELL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND ATHLETIC.

SO PLANS ARE, HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR RENOVATIONS TO THE HOUSE THAT WILL BECOME DISTRICT OFFICES.

WE MET WITH THE ARCHITECT YESTERDAY ABOUT POTENTIAL SPACES HERE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FOR THE REMAINING STAFF AND SOME ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO SOME OF THE SPACES HERE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO WORK WITH AN EYE TOWARDS BEING COST EFFECTIVE, BUT ALSO HAVING A LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE PLAN.

SO THAT WORK IS UNDERWAY. THOSE PLANS ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TO STATE EDITOR SHORTLY THIS YEAR.

I SHOULD ALSO NOTE, THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE COMMUNITY, LITTLE LEAGUE DONATED MONEY.

WE'VE COMPLETED A NEW BATTING CAGE ON FRIENDSHIP FIELD AND FITNESS ROOM OVERHAUL DOWNSTAIRS THAT WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING FOR ON JUNE 2ND.

WE'RE CONTINUING. WE'VE GOT PROBABLY THREE QUARTERS OF THAT PROJECT DONE. PHASE THREE IS YET TO COME, SO WE'RE MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS THERE. BUT REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO THE FOLKS

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AS OF TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE DEALT WITH 40 POLICIES THAT YOU'RE NOT QUITE ARE 49 FROM LAST YEAR, BUT PRETTY DARN GOOD. COME ON, SID, PICK IT UP [LAUGHS]. VERY SUBSTANTIVE ONES THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET INTO THE HARASSMENT POLICIES.

SO I KNOW IT'S ONE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED WITH THE BOARD, I'VE TALKED WITH THE BOARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY WORKING HARD TO CREATE THAT, SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING ENVIRONMENT AND WORKING WITH DOCTOR FITZGERALD'S OFFICE.

SO I GOT A TYPO IN THERE. I'LL CORRECT THAT. SO WITHIN THOSE POLICIES, WE DID TOUCH MOST OF THE DISCRIMINATION RELATED OR DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT RELATED POLICIES, STUDENT AND STAFF LEVEL.

SO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE STARTING OFF THE YEAR STRONG LAST SUMMER, I WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE POLICY MANUAL AND IDENTIFIED EVERY POLICY THAT HAD A NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT, POSTING REQUIREMENT, TRAINING REQUIREMENT AND REALLY MADE LISTS OF THEIR, OF THOSE SO THAT WHEN WE STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED INCREASES FROM AS A PARENT, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A MUCH LONGER LIST THIS YEAR.

STAFF SAW PROBABLY THREE TIMES THE LIST THIS YEAR.

SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR OBLIGATIONS ACCORDING TO POLICY.

WE ALSO ADDED SIGN OFFS FOR ALL OF STAFF THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED AND ARE AWARE OF EACH OF THOSE POLICIES.

EACH YEAR WE DO COMPLIANCE TRAINING AND DOCTOR FITZGERALD'S OFFICE HAS BEEN MONITORING THAT MORE CLOSELY THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS DONE IN THE PAST.

SO REALLY WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF OUR POLICIES AND EXPECTATIONS.

SO AS WE REVISE THE DIFFERENT HARASSMENT DISCRIMINATION POLICIES, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE THE APRIL NEWSLETTER, MARCH OR APRIL NEWSLETTER. DOCTOR FITZGERALD RECIRCULATED THOSE TO ALERT FOLKS TO THE THE UPDATED POLICIES REMIND THEM OF PROCESS AND PROCEDURES.

AND THEN SHE'S ALSO WORKING ON A WEB PAGE, LIKE A LANDING PAGE SPECIFIC FOR THOSE TOPICS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT VERY VISIBLE, ACCESSIBLE SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW WHO ARE THE PEOPLE TO REPORT TO, WHAT IS THE PROCESS, WHAT ARE THE FORMS, WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION TO CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THAT.

SO THANK YOU, SID, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT COMMITTEE.

ALWAYS PREPARED. AND. IT'S NOT A COMMITTEE OF ONE.

IT'S NOT A COMMITTEE OF ONE OUR OUR LEAD TIME GOT A LITTLE SHORTER. SO APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE THERE, BUT REALLY, I'M WE'VE, WE'VE MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN THAT AREA. AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY BENEFITING US AS A DISTRICT.

MOVING INTO DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY, JUST ALWAYS WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS. TOM DRAKE, OUR CONSULTANT FROM ALTIRIS, HAS DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

SO WE APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN HIM IN THE BUDGET AT FULL TIME LEVEL.

HE'S WORKED WITH OUR BUILDING LEADERSHIP TO MAINTAIN 100% COMPLIANCE AND COMPLETION OF OUR DRILLS FOR THE YEAR, CONTINUING TO EVOLVE OUR TRAINING PRACTICES, ESPECIALLY AROUND REUNIFICATION, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST LABOR INTENSIVE AND COMPLEX AND THE ONE THAT OFTEN THAT'S WHERE DISTRICTS REALLY GET TRIPPED UP WHEN THEY HAVE AN EVENT AND THEY HAVEN'T PRACTICED.

SO WE CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT. AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF REAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THAT.

UNFORTUNATELY, LAST YEAR, THANKFULLY, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE GOT THROUGH, I THINK FAIRLY WELL. WE LEARNED LESSONS FROM EACH TIME, DEBRIEFED FROM EACH TIME, AND DID BETTER AND BETTER EACH TIME.

AND TOM'S BEEN A GREAT REALLY LIAISON WITH OUR COMMUNITY, LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL.

THAT'S JUST GOT SUCH A STRONG PARTNERSHIP THERE, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE YOU GET THE ON THE RECORD, THE OFF THE RECORD, THE HEADS UP, AND JUST THE WONDERFUL COLLABORATION THAT MAKES ALL OF OUR JOBS THAT MUCH EASIER AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENTS SAFER. NOW TURNING TO OUR BOARD GOALS FOR THE YEAR, WE REALLY HAD THREE AGAIN, FINANCE AND BUDGET BEING ONE OF THEM. SO JUST SOME AREAS THERE WE WERE LOOKING FOR CERTAINLY A RETURN, YOU KNOW, TRUST FROM THE COMMUNITY, A RETURN TO TRADITIONAL BUDGET APPROVAL RATINGS LOOKING ALSO TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON, YOU KNOW, FISCAL HEADWINDS IN OUR, JUST TO TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AND COMMUNICATE AS MUCH IN AS DIGESTIBLE WAY AS POSSIBLE AROUND OUR BUDGET.

SO WE DID SEE 75% BUDGET APPROVAL RATE, WHICH DID GET US BACK INTO THAT TRADITIONAL RATE.

SO 14% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF.

AND WE DID ONCE AGAIN, STAY WITHIN THE TAX CAP HARD AS IT WAS.

WE MADE, I THINK SOME, SOME MEASURED BUT STRATEGIC REDUCTIONS ABOUT A $2 MILLION REDUCTION TO STAY WITHIN THAT CAP FROM OUR CURRENT SERVICES PROGRAM. AND WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT.

SO ALSO, YOU KNOW, OUR AUDIT RESULTS EARLIER IN THE YEAR WERE NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.

WE JUST MET THIS MORNING AGAIN, JIM WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AS WELL.

AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO HEAD INTO THAT NEXT CYCLE OF AUDITING. SO REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THE BUSINESS OFFICE DOES WITH SUCH INTEGRITY AND DETAIL.

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COMMUNICATIONS GOALS WAS THE SECOND AREA. THIS WAS ANOTHER AREA.

I THINK WE DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS YEAR. ALEX WOLFF JUST REALLY JUST DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT THIS YEAR.

WE REALLY SHIFTED HIM INTO A MUCH MORE STRATEGIC POSITION THIS YEAR MEETING, YOU KNOW, REALLY AS PART OF THE CABINET IN A WAY THAT HE WASN'T FULLY PART OF BEFORE.

AND THAT'S BEEN CRITICAL BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S A, YOU KNOW, AN ACADEMIC ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S A WELLNESS ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S A CRISIS ISSUE THERE'S ALWAYS A COMMUNICATIONS COMPONENT.

AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK IN THE PAST, WE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE FLAT FOOTED.

SO HAVING HIM THERE HAS HELPED US TO BE MORE FORWARD THINKING IN THAT.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT METRIC, KIND OF TWO THOUGHTS AROUND THAT.

WE DID RE-ADMINISTER THE SCOPE SURVEY THIS YEAR. AND YOU HEARD THE REPORT ON THAT BACK IN THE FALL AND IN THE WINTER, AND SAW A SIGNIFICANT DOUBLE DIGIT DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE AREA RELATED TO SATISFACTION.

WE SAW SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN AREAS OF TRUST. AND REALLY JUST EVERY AREA THAT WE HAD SET OUT TO, TO A STRATEGIC ACTION TO TRY TO FIND GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT, WE COULD FIND A MEASURABLE, MEASURABLE CORRELATING GROWTH. SO WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT WORK AND ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE AREAS THAT WE SAW GROWTH BECAUSE OF NEW TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IN THOSE TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES. YOU MAY REMEMBER, I THINK ACROSS THE BOARD, WE WERE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AREA IN EVERY IN EVERY GRAPH.

SO WE'RE NOT COMING FROM A REAL DEFICIT PLACE.

WE'RE COMING FROM A STRONG PLACE. AND WITHIN THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TWEAK. SO WE ADDED THINGS LIKE USING, YOU KNOW, SHORT VIDEO SERIES AS PART OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

REALLY RESTRUCTURING THE NEWSLETTERS TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE BULLETED AT THE TOP.

SO FOLKS KNOW THIS IS WHAT'S IN IT. IS IT WORTH MY TIME TO CONTINUE READING, TRYING TO KEEP THINGS SHORT, TRYING TO KEEP THINGS CONSISTENT. AND ALSO WORKED TO INCREASE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE WITH THE POSITIVE STORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THAT IMAGE AND VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I'D SAY THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID THROUGH THE BUDGET SEASON WAS WE REALLY TRIED TO RESHAPE THAT, WHAT WE CALL THE ROADSHOW PRESENTATION. SO FOLKS UNDERSTOOD REALLY THE RICH OFFERINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE SUCCESSES OUR STUDENTS WERE HAVING.

SO THEY UNDERSTOOD THE INVESTMENT. WE DO ASK A LOT FROM OUR COMMUNITY BY WAY OF TAXES, AND THEY COULD SEE THAT IT WAS NETTING THE RESULTS FOR STUDENTS.

WE ALSO DID PILOT WITHIN THAT AND YOU'LL SEE IT AT THE END.

QR CODE IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION TO TRY TO GET A SENSE OF WAS THIS, WAS THIS PRESENTATION HELPFUL? WAS IT EFFECTIVE? DID IT ACHIEVE ITS GOALS? WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF RESPONSE ON IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WEAVE IT INTO EVERYTHING IN THE COMING YEAR AS AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT METRIC TO JUST GET SOME ONGOING FEEDBACK.

NOT QUITE LIKE THE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SMILEY FACE THAT YOU SEE COMING OUT OF THE PUBLIC RESTROOM.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST GIVES US A QUICK, YOU KNOW, QUICK AND DIRTY SNAPSHOT OF IF OUR EFFORTS ARE EFFECTIVE AT ACHIEVING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY.

AND THEN THE DATA CONTINUING TO USE DATA TO DRIVE EXCELLENCE.

SO WE WORKED ON THE DASHBOARD TO TO TRY TO PRESENT MORE COMPREHENSIVE METRICS TO, TO UPDATE THEM THREE TIMES A YEAR, WHICH WE DID. WHAT'S CHALLENGING AROUND THAT IS THE, THE PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF THE DATA.

SO I'LL TAKE A, HOPEFULLY JUST LIKE FIVE MINUTES, IN A MINUTE, TO SHOW YOU THAT JUST SOME QUICK UPDATES.

AS THE UPDATES BECOME AVAILABLE WE'LL PUT THEM UP THERE, IT JUST DOESN'T FIT NEATLY INTO THREE TIMES A YEAR.

BUT IN THE FALL, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE THE THE STANDARDIZED STATE LEVEL ACADEMIC DATA, SO THAT WHEN DOCTOR COMERFORD DOES HER PRESENTATION.

SO WE DO A LOT OF THE UPDATES THERE. WE DID SOME MID-YEAR UPDATES WHEN THOSE BECAME AVAILABLE AND THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW.

SO WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU A COUPLE OF THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT TRYING TO CONTINUE TO LEAN INTO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING DATA, BUT HOLISTIC DATA.

AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK FOCUSING ON THINGS LIKE SPORTS AND CLUBS AND YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATION IN, IN CIVIC READINESS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS CONTINUE TO TELL THE BROADER STORY BEYOND JUST STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES.

AND I THINK FINALLY, YES, THIS IS MY, JUST ABOUT MY FINAL SLIDE.

SO THE DELIVERABLES FOR THIS AND THE BOARD'S GOALS WERE, WERE THESE THINGS YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR HIGH PARTICIPATION RATE IN THE SCOPE SURVEY WE MET THAT WE EXCEEDED LAST YEAR, LAST, THE PARTICIPATION RATE OF LAST TIME.

AND EVEN IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I THINK WE, WE HIT ALL MARKERS FOR RELIABILITY AND ADMINISTRATION.

THE. THIS IS SO SMALL. I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME READING IT.

YEAH, THE RESULTS FROM THAT, I THINK, GAVE US SHOWED THAT WE WERE MEETING OUR BENCHMARKS AND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE, THE ENGAGEMENT METRICS, AS I SAID, THE SCOPE SURVEY, AS WELL AS THE QR CODES WERE ATTEMPT TO TO ADDRESS THAT.

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WE DO THAT EACH YEAR. WE DID THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

WE REVISITED IT REGULARLY. WE DID NOT GET IT INTO A NARRATIVE FORM, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES, THE PROS AND CONS OF DOING THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING CERTAINLY WE CAN BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION, BUT WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT AND PUT THAT BEFORE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.

THAT FIVE YEAR FORECAST, WHICH IS THE PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT WE USE.

AND THEN DATA AND DELIVERABLES, I SAID, LOOKING AT HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THE DASHBOARD ROBUST AND WELL-ROUNDED? AND CONTINUE TO USE VARIOUS SOURCES OF FEEDBACK, WHETHER IT'S CLIMATE SURVEYS, FEEDBACK ON THE PRESENTATIONS.

AND ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE SEEK TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS AS ANOTHER STRATEGY FOR TRYING TO INCREASE ONGOING ENGAGEMENT METRICS IN THE COMING YEAR.

SO FINALLY, THERE'S YOUR QR CODE. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WITH YOUR CAMERA.

GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING. IF THIS PRESENTATION HELP YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR PROGRESS FOR THE YEAR.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I WOULD JUST TAKE I PROMISE IT'LL BE QUICK.

WE MOVED IT UP SO THAT IT IS MORE VISIBLE. MIKE.

SORRY, MIKE. REMEMBER, WE DID MOVE IT UP ON THAT PAGE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBLE.

YOU GO TO THE INDICATORS TAB, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR TILES WITH THE DIFFERENT DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

SO DEMOGRAPHICS ARE STILL FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY DON'T GET UPDATED PUBLICLY UNTIL LATER IN THE SUMMER.

SO OUR DATA ANALYST WILL UPDATE THOSE WHEN THEY DO.

OUR NUMBERS HAVE STAYED ABOUT THE SAME. SO NOT A NOT A LOT OF THERE.

WE DID UPDATE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE SHARING DURING THE BUDGET PRESENTATION SO THAT AP HONOR ROLL PLATINUM STATUS THIS YEAR RANKING ON US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, [INAUDIBLE] IS THE COMPANY WHO RUNS THE DASHBOARD, THEY ALSO DO A LOT OF DATA ANALYSIS.

SO WE DID A CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR AN ADDITIONAL REPORT, WHICH IS WHERE WE GOT SOME OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL LOOKS AT OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH LOOKING AT PERCENTILES.

SO AS YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM THE BUDGET WE TALKED ABOUT, THE DISTRICTS OUTCOMES ARE BASICALLY IN ABOUT THE 95TH PERCENTILE IN THE STATE, AND OUR SPENDING IS AT THE 44TH PERCENTILE THAT CAME FROM THE EXTRA WORK.

SO WHAT I ADDED IN HERE, IN ADDITION TO OUR PERFORMANCE PERCENTAGES, ALSO THE PERCENTILES.

SO GRADUATION RATE OF 100% LAST YEAR, THAT PUTS US IN THE 99TH PERCENTILE STATEWIDE ON GRADUATION RATES.

SO SOME OF THIS IS STILL LAST YEAR IS SUPER SENSITIVE.

SO THESE, THESE, A LOT OF THESE WILL BE UPDATED ONCE WE GET THE, THE KIND OF THE FULL PACKAGE OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR AS WE PLAN FOR THE FALL DATA REPORT. BUT DID UPDATE THE UPDATED THE PERCENTILES PREDOMINANTLY.

AND AGAIN, THEY'RE BASICALLY GOING TO BE IN THE HIGH MID TO HIGH 90S MATH PERCENTILES 92ND ELA ALSO 92ND PERCENTILE. ELA ELEMENTARY SCIENCE PERCENTILE.

98TH PERCENTILE. SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE UPDATES THERE.

EXCUSE ME. THAT WAS 98 PROFICIENCY 92ND PERCENTILE.

OH PERFECT. I GOT IT. I'M GETTING TIRED. ELEMENTARY WAS 98TH PERCENTILE.

HIGH SCHOOL, 92ND PERCENTILE. THERE WE GO. BELONGING AND WELLNESS.

THESE WILL BE UPDATED AGAIN AS WE COMPLETE OUT THE YEAR. THE 63 SENIORS WITH THE SEAL OF CIVIC READINESS WAS UPDATED THERE.

ONCE WE GET THE FALL AND SPRING UPDATED MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEYS THAT WILL BE UPDATED ON THOSE ON THIS IN THIS CLIMATE SURVEY AREA HERE, AS WELL AS WHEN WE GET THE SENIOR EXIT SURVEY, WE'LL UPDATE THAT FOR THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

HERE WE DID UPDATE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FINANCIAL TILES BASED ON WHAT WE WERE SHARING DURING THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS.

I DO HAVE TO UPDATE THE TILE ON THE POLICIES THAT'S LAST YEAR.

SO I'LL UPDATE THAT TO THE 40 FOLLOWING TONIGHT.

THAT WAS ABOUT IT. SO AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATES WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

BUT BY THE FALL WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT MORE OF THAT BEING ABLE TO BE UPDATED ON THE 2526 DATA.

SO WHEN FOLKS LOOK AT THIS, WE TRY TO BE DESCRIPTIVE.

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I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING A PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBER USED TO SAY I LOVE THE DASHBOARD [LAUGHS] SO I LOVE THE DASHBOARD.

IT'S JUST IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND THAT 3.7 AP AVERAGE REMIND ME TO GET COLLEGE CREDIT HAS TO BE A 3 OR 4.

IS THAT IS THAT RIGHT. THREE. GENERALLY, AND IT DEPENDS ON THE COLLEGE'S POLICY.

1 TO 4 SCALE 1 TO 5. 1 TO 5. YEP. USUALLY ANYTHING THREE OR HIGHER IS CONSIDERED EITHER FOR CREDIT OR SKIP.

TO SKIP. YEAH. TO YOU KNOW TO EXEMPT YOU TAKE A COURSE.

YEAH. NOT THE INTRO LEVEL ENGLISH BUT THE ENGLISH 200.

YEAH. THAT SORT OF THING. YEP. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR ALL THE ALL GREAT WORK THIS YEAR.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE ARE GOING TO BRING UP PUBLIC COMMENT NEXT.

[4.1 Communications and Comments from the Public (Agenda Items)]

YEP. YEP. YEP. YOU CAN COME UP. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME RIGHT UP TO THAT MICROPHONE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU LIVE FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS ASHLEY MILLS AND I LIVE AT 215 LORING.

I'M THE PARENT OF THREE RISING COLONIAL CHILDREN.

SO I HAVE DONOVAN WHO WILL BE IN SIXTH GRADE, ROWAN, WHO WILL BE A FIRST GRADER, AND DEMPSEY, WHO WILL BE IN KINDERGARTEN. AND I WANT TO START BY JUST THANKING DOCTOR CHAMP.

YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE ENGAGING WITH ME OVER EMAIL AND ABOUT THIS AIR CONDITIONING SITUATION.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS LIKE A REALLY TIGHT SPOT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO MINDFUL OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

WITH THAT SAID, AND I JUST, I, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE HERE JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PARENTS WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT I DO. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT TO MAKE THE CONCERN HEARD, EVEN THOUGH I DO KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT WE WOULD REALLY LOVE IF FOR, FOR CLASSROOMS IN THE FALL THAT ARE POWERED AND HAVE ELECTRICAL THAT WE CAN FIND SOME INTERIM SOLUTION. SO THAT THEY'RE NOT SO HOT, IT IS QUITE INTENSE AND WALKING INTO COLONIAL MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK, THE TEACHERS ARE DRIPPING, THE STUDENTS ARE DRIPPING, THE STUDENTS ARE IN OTHER CLASSROOMS. THEY'RE IN THE LIBRARY LIKE THEY'RE NOT GETTING REAL WORK DONE.

WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, ALL STRIVE TO CREATE A REALLY POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LISTENING TO THE CONCERN.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DOCTOR CHAMP DO WE NOW HAVE THE WINDOWS AC PLUGGED INTO EVERY WINDOW? AND WE HAVE THEM IN THE TOP FLOORS. OKAY, SO THE TOP FLOORS ARE COVERED.

THE BOTTOM FLOORS TEND TO STAY COOLER. OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THEM GET HOT TOO.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THEY DON'T, BUT IT'S THAT MIDDLE LEVEL THAT IS CONTINUING TO BE CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY COLONIAL IN PARTICULAR, THAT FRONT, THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING JUST IT BAKES ALL DAY.

SO THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE GOT, THE BUILDINGS HAVE THE, THE BUILDING THEMSELVES HAVE THE CAPACITY.

IN MOST CASES, IT'S THE THE HOOKUPS IN THE ROOMS THEMSELVES.

IN ORDER TO HAVE CAUSE TO GET AN AIR CONDITIONER THAT'S BIG ENOUGH TO COOL THE ROOM, IT DRAWS A LOT OF BTUS.

YOU NEED ENOUGH ELECTRICITY IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO LAST SUMMER YOU MAY REMEMBER WE. THE, THEY SPENT THE BULK OF THE SUMMER GOING THROUGH AND WIRING THE CLASSROOMS. SO WE END BUILDING OUT FRAMES. THAT'S THE OTHER THING. WE HAVE BIG OLD WINDOWS. SO YOU NEED BIG FRAMES AROUND THE AIR CONDITIONERS TO SAFELY INSTALL THEM.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ASSESSING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WHAT HAS THE CAPACITY, WHAT DOESN'T? HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE TO BRING THOSE ROOMS UP TO CAPACITY? AND WHILE I KNOW THIS IS NOT A FIX TODAY, WE DO HAVE THE LONG TERM SOLUTION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL START THAT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THIS SUMMER.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION TAKES LONG, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PLANNED AHEAD HOPEFULLY TO, YOU KNOW, FORESEE SOME OF THESE ISSUES, BUT SOMETIMES THE WEATHER JUST DOESN'T HELP US AS MUCH AS WE WANT.

I THINK I ALSO WANTED TO. I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THIS, BUT JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE DOES KNOW FOR SURE, FOR SURE THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING IS COMING IN THE SUMMER OF 27, BECAUSE I HAD HEARD FROM SOME JUST I THINK THERE WAS JUST SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T SURE AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE SCHOOL YEAR 28-29.

BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THAT'S MADE PUBLIC.

[00:45:05]

YEAH. AND THE MIDDLE LEVEL COLONIAL CLASSROOMS APPROACHING THAT TOO.

YEAH. AND THIS IS, THIS IS PART OF WHY I CLOSED SCHOOL EARLY ON FRIDAY.

BECAUSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE JUST ABOUT THERE ON THURSDAY.

YEAH. AND THEN BECAUSE IT WASN'T COOL OVERNIGHT, IT WOULD JUST WE COULDN'T GET ANY OF THE COOL AIR IN.

AND WE, I, WE JUST KNEW BY, YOU KNOW, BY 1:00 WE WERE GOING TO BE OVER.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM OF PELHAM.

SO THAT DAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TO LEAVE WORK OR NOT COME IN FOR WORK BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN IN OTHER DISTRICTS ALL THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOLS.

SO IT'S A PROBLEM FACING A LOT OF THE OLD BUILDINGS IN WESTCHESTER.

YEAH. I'M CURIOUS. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL RECOGNIZE IT'S A PROBLEM.

THAT'S WHY WE WENT OUT TO FIX IT. AND IT'S TO YOUR POINT, LIKE NEXT SUMMER BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT AS YOU RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT, LIKE, IS THERE ANY OTHER IMMEDIATE INTERIM POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS? I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN A SITUATION, RIGHT? WE HAVE AN OLD SCHOOL, IT GETS HOT, IT'S BAKING, WORKING ON A SOLUTION.

BUT DO YOU YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE I, WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE SOLUTIONS.

I AM JUST CURIOUS THOUGH, IS THERE A VISIBLE IMMEDIATE SOLUTION UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO LIKE ADDRESS THIS FOR THE 2027? YEAH. AND I MEAN, THAT WAS SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD. THERE ARE PARENTS WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, DONATE YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S TO RAISE MONEY, WHETHER IT'S TO DONATE UNITS, BUT WITHOUT HAVING, KNOWING IF WE'VE GOT THE CAPACITY TO USE THEM.

THAT'S THE FIRST WE'RE TRYING TO ASSESS. GOT IT.

THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE'LL WE'LL BE ONCE WE HAVE THE ASSESSMENT DONE THEN I'LL BE BACK IN TOUCH.

I KNOW ASHLEY FROM COLONIAL, THERE WAS A PARENT FROM SIWANOY WHO REACHED OUT.

SO. WELL, THERE ARE FOLKS READY, READY, WILLING TO HELP.

I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. RIGHT. LIKE IT'S BEING A PART OF THE SOLUTION AND NOT.

SO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, BEING A PARTNER AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW.

OKAY. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CONCETTA EUDICONE.

I AM PELHAM RESIDENT, I LIVE AT 129 CORLIES AVENUE.

I AM ALSO A COLONIAL MOM AND I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF ASHLEY.

I AM THE INCOMING PTA PRESIDENT AT COLONIAL, SO I WANTED TO JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SEEING MORE OF YOU AND MORE OF ME, WHETHER THAT'S AT THE BOE COFFEES OR EVENTS OR MEETINGS LIKE THIS.

AND WHAT I AM HERE TO PROVIDE IS, AS I JUST SAID, MY SUPPORT FOR ASHLEY.

AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO KIND OF MIMIC HER ASK FOR A TEMPORARY SOLUTION.

AND I LOVE THAT IDEA OF IDENTIFYING WHERE THE WIRING MIGHT NOT NEED TO BE DONE, WHERE IT'S ALREADY THERE.

AND THEN PERHAPS IT REALLY IS JUST IDENTIFYING THE WINDOW UNITS.

I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT RETROFITTING HOW BIG OUR WINDOWS ARE AT COLONIAL, WHICH AGAIN ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT MIGHT ALSO BE LEADING TO THE TEMPERATURE, RIGHT? THOSE SINGLE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE SINGLE PANE GLASS, BUT. I THINK THEY ARE. THEY'RE, YOU KNOW. THEY'RE SLATED TO BE REPLACED. PRISMS THAT THE LIGHT JUST COMES THROUGH AND ONLY AMPLIFIES IT.

AND I'M ALSO, I WAS, I HAVE A SON WHO'S JUST FINISHING KINDERGARTEN.

SO WE WERE IN THE CLASSROOM ON THAT THURSDAY BEFORE YOU CALLED FRIDAY OFF.

AND IT WAS, IT STARTED AT 8:45 AND IT WAS VERY WARM IN THE CLASSROOM.

LITERALLY ONE OF THE WORST ROOMS IN THE DISTRICT. CORRECT.

AND I THINK WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT COLONIAL AND YOU SAID THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, BUT I ALSO JUST WANT IT TO HAVE EVERYONE PICTURE THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL WHERE THERE'S ASPHALT AND LITTLE TO NO TREE COVER. AND AS THE SUN GOES AROUND, THE AFTERNOON SUN IS ACTUALLY WHAT REALLY HITS THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL.

AND MY SECOND SON IS HE JUST FINISHED HIS CLASS IN MRS. HENRY'S SECOND GRADE ROOM. AND THAT IS THE ROOM WHOSE WINDOW.

THE PLAYGROUND, THE SHADES. IT'S RIGHT OFF OF THE PLAYGROUND. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CLASSROOM. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CLASSROOM. BUT IT GETS THAT BLARING AFTERNOON SUN.

AND MRS. HENDRY JUST IN PASSING, HAD MENTIONED SHE WAS IN THERE IN LATE AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST MOVING INTO THAT CLASSROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER A RETIREMENT OF A DIFFERENT TEACHER AND HOW THE TEMPERATURE WAS JUST UNBEARABLE. SO I'M JUST PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANECDOTE OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF I'M HERE AS THE PTA PRESIDENT, AND IF I AM LIAISING BETWEEN THE TEACHERS AND THE PARENTS AND HOW WE COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER, I'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE TEACHERS.

I'VE BEEN THERE MYSELF. I DO THINK THERE'S THIS UNIQUE ASPECT OF COLONIAL THAT IT'S BRICK,

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I DO THINK THAT IT REQUIRES SOME IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AHEAD OF OUR BIG PROJECT NEXT SUMMER.

I THINK THAT WE WOULD REALLY GREATLY BENEFIT FROM AND BE MORE THAN WILLING TO SUPPORT AND HELP YOU WITH AN INTERIM, AN INTERIM SOLUTION COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER BECAUSE SEPTEMBER CAN BE HOT.

YEAH, IT CAN BE. YOU KNOW, WE ALL THINK IT'S THE FALL, BUT SEPTEMBER CAN BE HOT.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST A LITTLE ANECDOTE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE LOVE DATA AND WE LOVE PERCENTAGES.

SO AND SO DO I. I'M A CPA. I DON'T PRACTICE ANYMORE, BUT I LOVE NUMBERS.

AND SO I, ONE OF MY PROJECTS THIS YEAR AS I WAS RISING WAS I JUST SENT SURVEYS OUT TO THE TEACHERS TO RECEIVE THEIR UPDATED FAVORITES, LIKE SILLY THINGS LIKE FOR TEACHER APPRECIATION. IF WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU A GIFT CARD, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE, WHERE WOULD THAT COME FROM? WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COFFEE ORDER? BUT I PUT A FIELD AT THE END OF THE SURVEY THAT WAS.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE THE PTA TO KNOW? AND I THINK 3 OR 4 TEACHERS SAID THAT THERE WILL NOT BE AIR CONDITIONING IN COLONIAL THE WHOLE SCHOOL UNTIL THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING 2027. AND IT CAN BE VERY UNBEARABLY HOT IN OUR SCHOOL.

SO TO THE EXTENT WE CAN HAVE PARENT LED OR PTA SUPPORT GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AND THAT FOR ME WAS WHAT TURNED THE LIGHTS ON.

I DIDN'T KNOW, I KIND OF DIDN'T KNOW. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS KIND OF AS A SIDETRACK.

IT HASN'T BEEN FRONT AND CENTER FOR ME, BUT I'M HERE NOW.

SO I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

I AM HAPPY TO HELP ASHLEY IN ANY WAY. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. WE'LL GO BACK TO I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE 3.2. OUR STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED AND.

NICK HAS GRADUATED, AND EMERSON IS OFF ON A VACATION.

YES. SO GOOD FOR THEM. DO WE HAVE 3.3 ANY BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[3.3 Board of Education Committee Reports]

AND AUDIT AND FINANCE THIS MORNING. OKAY. SO DO YOU WANT TO DO THE FACILITIES ONE OR OR DO WE LEAVE IT FOR JIM TO GIVE US AN UPDATE? YEAH. WHEN HE'S GIVING US, HE COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE, I GUESS.

DO YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO DO IT WHEN YOU DO? YEAH. DO IT NOW. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. SO LAST WEEK OUR CAPITAL BOND STEERING COMMITTEE MET.

IT WAS REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE AS, AS WE LAUNCH OURSELVES INTO THE SUMMER TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH WITH OUR PROPOSITIONS, WITH PROPOSITION ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO START WORK ON IN THE SUMMER.

SO WE SHARED OUR BID RESULTS, OBVIOUSLY KIND OF OUR STATUS ON OUR BUDGET BUDGET TO ACTUAL ON THOSE BID RESULTS, WHICH WERE FAVORABLE, WHICH IS A NICE WAY TO START A PROJECT.

WE'RE WORKING ON COMPLETING THOSE CONTRACTS WITH THOSE VENDORS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND WE DID PUT NOTICES UP ON PROSPECT HILL AND COLONIAL THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME ASBESTOS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ABATEMENT.

WE THAT'S A PRE NOTIFICATION. WE HAVE TO MAKE NOTHING.

NO ABATEMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THERE ARE STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING. AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. BUT THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO GET GOING SOONER. RIGHT WHEN? RIGHT WHEN THE SCHOOL WORK IS COMPLETED. SO WE DID THAT. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ALL OF THAT TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATIONS OF THE PROJECT TO THE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AS WELL. SO THAT THE FOLKS ON THE COMMITTEE MADE A REALLY GREAT POINT.

DISTRICT SENDS A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND PARENTS AND READERS HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THAT COMMUNICATION.

AND SOMETIMES A PRINCIPAL'S COMMUNICATION CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE STATUS WHEN PEOPLE ARE PRIORITIZING VERSUS AN OVERALL AN OVERWHELMING DISTRICT ONE.

SO PART OF THAT IS JUST HAVING THOSE HAVING THOSE BUILDING LEADERS COMMUNICATE AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THOSE FAMILIES WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SURPRISES WHEN PEOPLE COME BACK FROM THE SUMMER MONTHS BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS CHANGE.

SO JUST THINGS LIKE THAT WE TALK ABOUT, WHICH ARE VERY HELPFUL WITH OUR COMMITTEES.

ALSO IN THAT BOND STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT SHPO, WHICH IS THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AND THE WORK AT SIWANOY SCHOOL. SO THEY HAD SOME COMMENTS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED WORK.

AND ONE OF THEIR SPECIFIC COMMENTS WAS REGARDING THE WINDOWS AND THAT A RECOMMENDATION OF THEIRS WAS THAT THE WINDOWS, AS THEY ARE BEING PROPOSED, WHICH ARE KIND OF MATCH THE EXISTING BUILDING, NOT MATCH TO, TO NOT GIVE THE FALSE IMPRESSION TO SOMEBODY THAT THE NEW BUILDING IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE PART OF THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE, NOT TO GIVE KIND OF A FALSE REPRESENTATION.

SO THESE ARE THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, THAT WE RECEIVE THAT THE ARCHITECT RECEIVES.

AND WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION AMONGST THE FOLKS IN THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.

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AND QUITE FRANKLY, THOSE COMMUNICATIONS WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE IT RESPECT, OUT OF, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE EXISTING BUILDING AND TO MAKE EVERYTHING KIND OF FIT TOGETHER. I THINK THE IDEA WAS LET'S LET'S TRY TO MAKE IT MATCH.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SHPO RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD BUT REALLY WANTS TO GET HAVE THEIR COMMENTS HEARD AND, AND, AND ADDRESSED. SO REMIND, REMIND ME. SHPO.

SHPO IS A STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE.

SO FOR A BUILDING LIKE BUILDINGS LIKE OURS, PRIOR TO THAT WORK BEING DONE, IT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BY THEM PRIOR TO PERMITTING.

AND SO ON THE WIN, WERE THEY EXPRESSING AN OPINION ON THE WINDOWS.

ON THE WINDOWS OF THE ADDITION THAT THEY THAT THEY NOT LOOK LIKE THE EXISTING WINDOWS, THAT THEY ACTUALLY LOOK DIFFERENT.

SO WE LOOKED AT THE ARCHITECT, PREPARED DIFFERENT LOOKS, AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE REALLY CAME TO THE SAME GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS KIND OF LIKE HOW IT LOOKS, HOW IT MATCHES THE EXISTING BUILDING, AND WE KIND OF FELT THAT THAT WAS THE BEST LOOK FOR THE ADDITION AND RESPECTFUL TO SHPO.

WE'D KIND OF LIKE TO CONTINUE DOWN THE PATHWAY OF, OF WHERE OF WHERE THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN AND WHERE THE, WHERE THE INITIAL DESIGNS ARE POINTING TOWARDS.

SO THE ARCHITECT WILL DRAW SOMETHING UP. I THINK DOCTOR CHAMP HAS TO BE A PARTIAL AUTHOR OF THAT, OR IF NOT AN ENTIRE AUTHOR. AND, AND WE'LL SHARE THAT COMMENT BACK TO BACK TO SHPO.

AT THE SAME TIME WHERE THE NEW BUILDING IS GOING TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING BUILDING, THERE'LL BE NO QUESTION THAT IT'S NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL 100 YEAR OLD DESIGN.

THERE'S A LOT OF GLASS. IT'S VERY DISTINCTIVE THAT THERE'LL BE THAT THAT YOU'RE SEPARATING ONE STRUCTURE TO ANOTHER.

SO I THINK THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT THERE'LL BE.

THERE'S NOT A LOT LEFT TO INTERPRETATION THERE.

IT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS AS YOU LOOK AT IT.

SO THAT WAS A LARGER PART OF OUR DISCUSSION. THIS MORNING WE HELD OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO THREE BOARD MEMBERS AND TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR THAT MEETING.

WE MET WITH OUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR TO TALK ABOUT OUR 2026 EXTERNAL AUDIT, WHICH WILL BE STARTING, WHICH STARTED ACTUALLY TODAY WITH SOME OF THE ELIMINATED PRELIMINARY FIELD WORK WAS PULLED TODAY.

AND THEY, WE AUDITORS GOT EVERYTHING THEY LOOKED FOR, AND THEY'LL BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS TO BEGIN OUR OUR END OF YEAR AUDIT.

SO SCOTT OLING, WHO IS THE MANAGING PARTNER, NOT THE MANAGING PARTNER, THE PARTNER ON THE, ON THE, ON THE PROJECT PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TALKED ABOUT THE WORK SCHEDULE KIND OF THE TIMING OF HOW THIS WORK IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THE GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARDS HAS TWO NEW PRONOUNCEMENTS MAINLY ADDRESSING THE MD&A AND WHICH IS THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS PORTION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT.

SO THAT'S SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THIS YEAR, WHICH WE'LL BE DOING.

AND WE SPENT SOME TIME ABOUT THAT. DID WE TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE, THERE'S, AND THERE'S THAT OTHER RULE WHERE THERE'S NO BUDGETARY COMPARISON INFORMATION NEEDED.

THERE ARE MORE COLUMNS. THAT'S CORRECT. VARIANCE.

VARIANCE. VARIANCE ANALYSIS. DISCUSSION ON VARIANCE ANALYSIS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REGULARLY DO AS PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT.

BUT IT'S GENERALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT HITS THE IT'S IN THE WORKING PAPERS, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT NECESSARILY IN THE ANNUAL REPORT.

SO NOW IT'S JUST GOING TO HAVE MORE VISIBILITY. THE GENERAL BASIS OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD BOARD IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE GREATER CLARITY TO THE READER ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STATUSES OF GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THE BASIS BEHIND ALL OF THESE EXTRA PRONOUNCEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR WHO'S COMPLETING THE INTERNAL WORK, INTERNAL AUDIT WORK ON OUR FOOD SERVICES PROGRAM AND ON OUR TUITION BILLING FOR THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS OUR RISK ASSESSMENT. WE EXPECT TO BE MEETING SOMETIME IN JULY, PROBABLY TO DISCUSS THAT DRAFT AUDIT AND ALSO TO IDENTIFY AREA FOR INTERNAL AUDIT FOCUS FOR NEXT YEAR. WE TOUCHED ON OUR CLAIMS AUDITOR RF RISK REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

IN SUM AND SUBSTANCE, THE DISTRICT AS REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE A CLAIMS AUDITOR REVIEW ACCOUNTS, PAYABLES AFTER THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENTS AND BEFORE THE CHECKS GO OUT.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER STEP THANKS TO WHAT HAPPENED IN ROSLYN MANY YEARS AGO.

WE PUT OUT AN RFP AND WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE HAS SEEN THE WORK OF THOSE THOSE CLAIMS AUDITS

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WHAT ELSE DID WE TALK ABOUT? WE HAD A BOND SALE.

DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW? SO FOR OUR, FOR OUR, FOR OUR FOR OUR BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, WE DID HAVE A BOND SALE. SO THAT'S A BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE.

IT'S A ONE YEAR NOTE. SO THIS WAS SOMETHING I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE.

WE WERE GOING TO DO THE, WE WERE GOING TO DO IT. SO IT HIT ORIGINALLY.

SO IT HIT THE 26-27 BUDGET. NOW IT'S CLOSING IN NEXT YEAR.

SO THE INTEREST WILL BE WILL BE DUE IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

VERY POSITIVE RESULTS. A NICE GROUPING OF BIDDERS.

IT WAS $30.5 MILLION WITH A NET INTEREST COST OF 2.6%, 2.644%.

WHICH WAS GREAT. THE NUMBER WE USED WITH WITH CMA CAPITAL MARKETS ADVISORS WAS 3.25.

SO CERTAINLY PERFORMED BETTER THAN THAT. WE KNOW THEY'RE WE KNOW THEIR ESTIMATES ARE CONSERVATIVE, BUT ALSO WE HAD WE HAD REALLY POSITIVE RESULTS.

SO WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE THAT AS WELL. AND THEN AS PART OF FINANCE, AFTER WE JUST TALKED QUICKLY ABOUT THE, THE END OF YEAR FUND BALANCE RESOLUTIONS, AS I SHARED WITH THE BOARD IN THE MEMO THAT THESE ARE REQUIRED THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THESE RESOLUTIONS EVERY YEAR.

IT DOESN'T, YOU'LL SEE, WE PUT IN, IN THAT IN THOSE RESOLUTIONS AMOUNTS UP TO CERTAIN AMOUNTS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE BEEN SHARING WITH THE BOARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO END THE YEAR WITH A DRAWDOWN OF FUND BALANCE. SO WE STILL EXPECT THAT DRAWDOWN. THIS WASN'T A, THIS WASN'T A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE WE THOUGHT WE FOUND SOMETHING, SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT CHANGED.

BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF CREATING THOSE WIDE CORRIDORS FOR, FOR THOSE FINAL FUND BALANCE ALLOCATIONS, WHICH WILL THEN BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD, AUDIT COMMITTEE AND BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

WHEN, WHEN WE COMPLETE THE AUDIT WORK. AND I'M GOING TO STOP RIGHT HERE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANKS, JIM. DO WE HAVE, WE'LL JUST GO INTO 3.4.

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF PERSONAL GROWTH. BUT YEAH, CLAIRE COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO 3.5. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE ON BELONGING AND WELLNESS.

[3.5 Assistant Superintendent's Update on Belonging and Wellness]

SO YOU CAN CUT IT RIGHT OUT. BUT IT'S. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THIS YEAR IS COHESION AND FOCUS GOALS, SO THAT WE'RE ALL MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

SO IT'S KIND OF FUNNY. THERE WE GO. GOT IT. OKAY.

JUST IN TERMS OF SPECIAL ED YOU KNOW, STILL WE'RE HAVING MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

WE ARE BEEN BUSY IN THE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE BETWEEN 700 AND 800 MEETINGS IN A YEAR.

IT'S A LOT. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FINALIZING DOCUMENTS.

I CHAMP SOME OF MY OWN MEETINGS. I'M STILL WORKING ON FINALIZING DOCUMENTS, BUT A BIG THANK YOU TO, YOU KNOW, MY OFFICE AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

IT'S A BIG LIFT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK. SO WE'RE FINISHING THAT UP.

DOCTOR CHAMP DID TALK ABOUT THE MTS SEL SUBCOMMITTEE.

WE GOT A LOT DONE THIS YEAR. IT WAS A BUSY YEAR.

WE MET EVERY MONTH STARTING IN OCTOBER THROUGH JUNE.

WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING ON JUNE 9TH AND WE DID REVIEW THE, THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE'S FEEDBACK ON THE PILOT.

DOCTOR COMERFORD ACTUALLY SUMMARIZED THE RESULTS OF THE, IT WAS ABOUT A 4 TO 5 WEEK PILOT.

AND AS DOCTOR CHAMP MENTIONED WHILE WE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE FINDINGS, THERE WAS SOME, WE DIDN'T GET TO FULL CONSENSUS AND WE THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT. IT WAS A LITTLE RUSHED WHEN WE DID THE PILOT.

WE WERE TRYING TO SQUEEZE IT IN BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE VENDOR NEXT WEEK, AND I'M GOING TO SHARE THE FEEDBACK.

AND WE WANT TO ACTUALLY GIVE THE TEACHERS MORE TRAINING ON THE PLATFORM AND TRY AGAIN, A DEEPER AND LONGER LAUNCH NEXT YEAR, BUT ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO COMPARE IT TO AS WELL.

WE AS DOCTOR CHAMP MENTIONED TOO, WE DID TALK ABOUT THE MTSS SEL PORTION OF THE FRAMEWORK.

WE DID DRAFT THAT OUT. DOCTOR COMERFORD AND I, I THINK OUR NEXT STEP IS TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER ON TAKING ALL OF THE TRI STATE FEEDBACK BECAUSE IT WOULD APPLY TO US AS WELL. AND AGAIN, KIND OF RE-ENVISIONING THIS PLAN.

SO IT'S NOT SILOED LIKE ACADEMICS. CHAPTER ONE, SEL WOULD BE CHAPTER TWO.

THEN IF WE GET TO BEHAVIOR, THAT'S CHAPTER THREE.

ALL OF THE RESEARCH TELLS US THAT WE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE A SILOED APPROACH IN HOW WE LOOK AT STUDENTS AND THE DATA THAT WE LOOK AT.

SO WE HAVE TO SYNTHESIZE EVERYTHING AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO RE-ENVISION, RE-ENVISION THAT.

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WE FIGURED OUT THE ENTRY EXIT, THE INTERVENTIONS AT EACH LEVEL.

WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH OUR BRANCHING MINDS PLATFORM ON WHAT OUR SCREENER WOULD BE THAT IS CONNECTED TO A PILOT.

SO THAT WILL BE ONGOING WORK FOR US NEXT YEAR.

ALSO, AS DOCTOR CHAMP MENTIONED, THE GRANT IS ENDED.

THEY WERE FANTASTIC PARTNERS. SO IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE THOUGHT WORK THAT THEY DID WITH US AND HELPED US KIND OF SET DIRECTION, GAVE US A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH CASEL RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID. ONE OF THE ALSO AMAZING THINGS WAS WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US.

SO WE GOT IPADS, WE'VE GOT LITERATURE THAT'S RELATED TO CELL AND INCLUSION.

WE'VE GOT SOME FURNITURE FOR SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEARNING CENTERS.

SO VERY, VERY THANKFUL TO THAT WORK THAT, THAT WE DID WITH THEM.

AND AS DOCTOR CHAMP MENTIONED, HER AND I ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE WILL CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM WITH OTHER ENTITIES TO DO THAT KIND OF THOUGHT, THOUGHT WORK. WE MET WITH SOMEONE THIS WEEK, WHICH IS VERY PROMISING.

SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.

IN TERMS OF THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT REGENTS, AS DOCTOR CHAMP ALSO MENTIONED WAS ENDING FINISHING UP THIS WEEK.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SO WE CAN GET THE DATA OUT OF THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT FOR THAT DATA DASHBOARD.

SO I KNOW THE COUNSELORS ARE WORKING ON FINALIZING TRANSCRIPTS.

THEY WORK OVER THE SUMMER LOOKING AT STUDENT SCHEDULES, ADJUSTING COURSE LOADS AND CLASS SIZES.

SO IT'S A BUSY TIME FOR THEM AS WELL. AND THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION AND I THINK DOCTOR CHAMP ALSO HAD A SLIDE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOSTERING THIS INCLUSION AND BELONGING.

MISS KATIE ALONG WITH MISS PINSKER HAD TWO GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY PROJECT THAT DID EXCELLENT WORK AROUND INCLUSION. WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE THE STUDENTS COME AND PRESENT TONIGHT, BUT GRADUATION WAS MONDAY, SO EVERYONE'S OFF IN SUMMER MODE, SO MAYBE WE'LL BRING THEM BACK AS FRESHMEN IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT THEY DID TWO GREAT PROJECTS WITH MISS KATIE'S CLASS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF INCLUSION, HOW ALL OF THE KIDS EMBRACE ONE ANOTHER IS JUST SO IMPRESSIVE TO SEE.

AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY WE SEE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY PROJECT, BUT ALSO IN OTHER CLASSROOMS AROUND THE DISTRICT.

IF YOU WALK INTO MISS RODRIGUEZ'S CLASS IN COLONIAL YOU'LL SEE SHE'S GOT FIRST GRADE LUNCH BUDDIES.

YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING HAPPENING IN SIWANOY WITH MISS LOPEZ'S CLASS.

MISS LATZ CLASS. YOU KNOW, MISS BARTO AT HUTCHINSON OPENED UP THE NEW 812 AND JUST DID A PHENOMENAL JOB STARTING A NEW CLASS PROGRAM. SO AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, MR. SALAZAR IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT HE DOES WITH THE FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING CLASS PARTNERING WITH OTHER CLUBS, FRENCH CLUB COOKING PROJECTS, AND OF COURSE THE UNIFIED BASKETBALL, WHICH IS IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO A GAME, YOU HAVE TO GO, YOU CANNOT GO TO UNIFIED BASKETBALL GAME AND NOT WALK OUT SMILING ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING WITH NOT ONLY OUR KIDS, BUT THE CAMARADERIE WITH THE ACTS. IT'S JUST IT'S, YOU KNOW, AMAZING.

SO I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE YEAR COMES TO A CLOSE, IT WAS JUST, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF ALL OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS BECAUSE THEY JUST THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS ALL OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES THAT YOU SEE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER AWARDS THAT KIDS GET, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE KIND OF SILENT HEROES AND JUST REALLY NEEDED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THEM AND JUST SAY HOW PROUD AND THANKFUL I AM TO BE PART OF SUCH AN AMAZING GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

THEY TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS. THEY CARE. AND IT'S, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO WITNESS AND WATCH HOW THEY GROW AND BECOME THE BEST VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES. SO I WISH EVERYONE AN AMAZING, RESTFUL, PEACEFUL SUMMER.

AND THAT IS IT FOR ME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WE'LL GO TO 3.6. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UPDATE ON HUMAN RESOURCES.

[3.6 Executive Director's Update on Human Resources and Leadership]

SO AS YOU BLINK, ONE GOES AND ANOTHER ONE COMES IN.

WITH THAT SAID, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT MOST OF OUR POSITIONS FOR NEXT YEAR HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILLED.

WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF LEAD REPLACEMENTS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING TO FILL, BUT THEY'RE PARTIAL YEAR LEAVE REPLACEMENTS, SO THEY'RE THE TRICKIER ONES TO FILL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE LONG TERM POSITIONS.

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WE'VE ALSO WORKING WE CONSTANTLY WORK ON ONBOARDING AND OFF BOARDING MONITORS AND SUBSTITUTES, SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT WORK THROUGH THE SUMMER. RIGHT NOW, ALL OF OUR MONITORS ARE SENDING BACK THEIR INTENT TO RETURN LETTERS BACK TO MY OFFICE, AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW THOSE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT STAFFING WE NEED WHERE.

SO I'LL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH MISS HOLTZ THIS SUMMER TO FIGURE OUT SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS, BUT ALSO WITH JIM FOR OUR SAFETY AS WELL. SO WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE WITH THAT AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK OUR APP, OUR TASK FORCE DID THIS YEAR.

MY HOPE WAS THAT WE WOULD MEET ONE FINAL TIME IN JUNE TO REVIEW THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT DATA, BUT WE REALLY. WE NEVER COULD FIND A COMMON TIME WHERE ALL OF US WERE AVAILABLE.

SO I DID CONNECT WITH THE COMMITTEE. THEY'RE ALL EAGERLY LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING UP OUR WORK AS SOON AS WE RETURN IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.

AND THEY REALLY ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING A PLAN THAT SHOWCASES WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AN EDUCATOR HERE IN PELHAM AND WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO WE ARE STILL ON TRACK. MY, MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL BE SUBMITTING OUR PLAN TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL IN MARCH.

THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BUT THE COMMITTEE IS REALLY INSISTENT THAT WE CAN GET IT ALL DONE.

AND I'M GOING ALONG WITH THEM ON THAT BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH THEM THAT WE CAN I MEAN, THERE IS A COMPONENT OF IT WHERE IT WILL BE NEGOTIATED WITH EACH BOTH THE TEACHERS UNION AND THE ADMINISTRATOR UNION, AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE TASK MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS LIE, WHAT THEY MEAN, AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THEM SO THAT THEY CAN TALK TO THEIR COLLEAGUES PRIOR TO THE VOTE, SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A REALLY EDUCATED UNDERSTANDING PRIOR TO A VOTE FOR THAT.

WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR FRONT LINE IMPLEMENTATION.

AND WHEN DOCTOR CHAMP WAS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHANGES WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR, I WAS ON A RECENT WEBINAR WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND I WAS ASKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WE SENT OUT A GOOGLE FORM TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE READ POLICIES.

AND I HAVE THE CREATING THE WEB PAGE FOR THE, THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT FORM.

AND SHE'S LIKE, OH, YOU CAN DO ALL THAT IN YOUR NEW PRODUCT.

AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS FANTASTIC. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, INCREASE EFFICIENCIES THERE AND ADD THAT INTO OUR WORK.

AND THEN ALSO THIS SUMMER, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE TO PAPERLESS ATTENDANCE FOR ALL OF OUR GROUPS.

SO WE'VE COMPLETED A FULL YEAR OF THAT. AND SO WE'RE GOING INTO THE SUMMER NO LONGER DOING BOTH A PAPER AND DIGITAL WAY OF SUBMITTING OUR ATTENDANCE.

AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED WITH THE WAY THAT THAT ROLLED OUT, BUT A BIG LIFT WAS WITH OUR CLERICALS IN THE MAIN OFFICES, WHO REALLY DID A LOT OF SHIFTING AND, AND RETHINKING THEIR PROCESSES AND THEIR PRACTICES.

SO THEY WERE INVALUABLE IN THIS PROCESS. SO A BIG THANK YOU TO THEM.

AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. OTHER THAN SAYING THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR WHENEVER I'VE HAD QUESTIONS OR UNCERTAINTY, YOU HAD WONDERFUL GUIDANCE TO GIVE AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

SO FINISHING MY SECOND YEAR FEELS BETTER THAN FINISHING MY FIRST YEAR.

THERE'S A LOT MORE TO LEARN, BUT I'M LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

SO I HOPE YOU ALL FIND SOME WONDERFUL TIME TO REST AND RELAX THIS SUMMER AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN.

AND WE CAN CATCH UP WITH THOSE GREAT MEMORIES WHEN WE RECONVENE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO 3.6. ACTUALLY 3.7 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FACILITIES AND SUSTAINABLE

[3.7 Assistant Superintendent's Update on Facilities and Sustainable Learning Environments]

AGAIN, JUST A REAL QUICK, WE'VE GOT A, A COUPLE OF BUDGET TRANSFER TODAY.

I THINK YOU SEE SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE A WE'RE WE'RE AMENDING OUR BUDGET $430,000.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE DRAWING DOLLARS FROM OUR TAX THAT HAD BEEN SETTLED DURING THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND WE'RE ADJUSTING THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE FUNDING THAT FROM. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE OUR SUMMER TRANSPORTATION.

WE DO HAVE EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL IN PLACE AS WELL.

AND JUST THE AGREEMENTS WITH EDUCATIONAL DATA SERVICES, THEY DO SOME OF OUR BIDDING FOR US AND WITH ONE, ONE HEALTH INSURANCE EMBLEM HEALTH CARE, IT'S ONE PROVIDER THAT WE HAVE.

AND JUST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR.

OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE GOT SOME BUDGET TRANSFERS, BUT AS WE FINISH OUT THE YEAR, THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BRING TO THE BOARD A LARGER BUDGET TRANSFER AS PART OF THE TRANSFER, THE KIND OF THE BALANCING OF ALL OF OUR BOOKS AND THE YEAR END PROCESS.

WE DO THAT AT THE, EITHER AT THE MIDDLE OR RIGHT AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE SCHOOLS OF OF THE BOARD'S MEETINGS DURING THE SUMMER.

JIM, CAN YOU JUST HELP ME GET MY HEAD AROUND 5.7? SURE. WHICH IS THE $593,000. THAT'S FOR KNOWN KNOWN CLAIMS, RIGHT? YES. SO THE MOTION IS TO ESTABLISH A TAX RESERVE FUND FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2025.

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PARDON ME. SO AS, AS YOU KNOW, AS, AS, AS HOMEOWNERS KNOW, PROPERTY OWNERS KNOW YOUR PROPERTIES ARE ASSESSED EVERY YEAR.

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEST THAT ASSESSMENT.

AND THAT'S THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED CERTIORARI. IT'S A LATIN WORD, I THINK LATIN.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S A LATIN WORD. I THINK IT MEANS RELIEF.

SO WE WORK WITH THE TAX ATTORNEY IN ADDRESSING THESE CASES.

AND THE ONES THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT HERE ARE REALLY THE COMMERCIAL CASES, NOT THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

AND WHAT OUR ATTORNEY DOES IS OUR ATTORNEY WORKS WITH THE TOWN TAX ASSESSOR AND IDENTIFYING WHAT THAT RELIEF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS LOOKING FOR AND THEN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION OF, OF WHAT OUR LIABILITY COULD BE IF IF RELIEF WERE GRANTED.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE ASSESSMENT APPEALS FOR THE 2025 YEAR.

AND WE NEED TO CREATE A RESERVE FUND FOR THAT FOR THAT YEAR.

AND WHAT FIRST STEP IS CREATING THAT. AND THEN AS WE COMPLETE THE YEAR AND WE LOOK AT OUR FUND BALANCE AND WE THINK ABOUT OUR ALLOCATIONS, THEN AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE MADE AS TO HOW MUCH YOU MAY WANT TO FUND THAT.

SO IF SOMEBODY IS LOOKING FOR A RELIEF OF $1,000 IN TAXES, BUT REALISTICALLY THEY'RE ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR $500, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FUND IT AT 100%. USING THE GUIDANCE FROM ATTORNEY, WE WOULD FUND FUNDED THAT AT THAT LEVEL THAT THEY RECOMMEND IS PRUDENT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING THAT LIABILITY. DID THAT HELP? IT HELPED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TAKE 5.1.

[5.1 Motion to Approve Next Board of Education Meeting Dates]

I KNOW WE'RE MEETING NEXT WEEK. BUT THIS IS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS. YEAH. AND WE DID ALREADY ESTABLISH NEXT WEEK'S MEETING ON A PRIOR AGENDA.

SO YEAH. SO CAN I TAKE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND.

OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? NO. WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE HERE.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE.

OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES. SO THEN CAN WE TAKE 5.2 THROUGH 5.15?

[5.2 Motion to Enter an Agreement with Educational Data Services, Inc. for the 2026-2027 School Year]

[5.3 Motion to Extend a Contract With Royal Coach Lines for Summer School Busing]

[5.4 Motion to Extend a Contract With Royal Coach Lines, Inc. for Regular and Special Education Transportation]

[5.5 Motion to Enter into an Agreement with Emblem Health as a Provider of Health Insurance]

[5.6 Motion to Approve 2025-2026 Budget Transfers]

[5.7 Motion to Establish a Tax Certiorari Reserve Fund for Assessment Year 2025]

[5.8 Motion to Appropriate Funds to/from the Tax Certiorari Reserves from/to the General Fund-Unassigned Fund Balance]

[5.9 Motion to Approve Increase to the General Fund Expenditure and Revenue Budgets]

[5.10 Motion to Appropriate Funds to/from the Employee Benefit Accrued Liability Reserve Fund (EBALR) from/to the General Fund-Unassigned Fund Balance]

[5.11 Motion to Approve Appropriation of Funds from the General Fund-Unassigned Fund Balance to the Retirement Contribution Reserve Fund]

[5.12 Motion to Approve the Retirement Contribution Reserve Fund Proposed Five Year Use Schedule for Fiscal Years 2025-26 through 2029-30]

[5.13 Motion to Approve Appropriation of Funds from the General Fund-Unassigned Fund Balance to the Retirement Contribution Reserve Sub-Fund for Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS)]

[5.14 Motion to Approve the Retirement Contribution Reserve Sub-Fund for TRS Proposed Five Year Use Schedule for Fiscal Years 2025-26 through 2029-30]

[5.15 Motion to Approve the Debt Service Fund Proposed Five Year Use Schedule for Fiscal Years 2025-26 through 2029-30]

YES. OKAY. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY. SO THEN WE HAVE POLICY. SID, 6.1, I GUESS YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THE POLICIES OR.

YEAH. WE TALKED ABOUT THESE AT THE LAST MEETING.

I DON'T THINK WE GOT ANY COMMENTS, SO I THINK THEY SHOULD BE GOOD TO APPROVE.

THERE'S ONE OF THEM. I FORGET WHICH ONE THAT'S BEING RENUMBERED THAT WE CAN REMOVE THE OLD POLICY BY NUMBER WHEN WE DO THIS.

YEAH, I HAD IT ON MY PRESENTATION. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I SAW IT ON HERE.

YEAH. I ALREADY COUNTED THESE IN THE PRESENTATION.

SO THESE ARE NOT ADDITIVE TO THE NUMBER JUST TO BE CLEAR.

SO ARE WE GOOD WITH THE SECOND READING OR SHOULD WE? YEAH, I THINK SO. IT WAS 818130 WAS RENUMBERED TO 557554.

IS THAT WE DID IT AT THE LAST MEETING. OKAY. THAT WAS THE LAST ONE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OF THESE RENAMED OR? OKAY.

YEAH. ALL THE RENAMES WERE LAST TIME. THANK YOU.

SO THEY'RE ALL IN THE SECOND READING SO WE COULD TAKE THEM ALL AS A CONSENT AGENDA OR DO YOU WANT TO.

YEAH. OKAY. SO 6.1 THROUGH 6.6 ALL CONSENT AGENDA.

[6.1 Policy 3311 - Notification of Disclosure of Employee Disciplinary Records (Second Reading)]

[6.2 Policy 5672 - Information Security Breach and Notification (Second Reading)]

[6.3 Policy 7240 - Student Records - Access and Challenge (Second Reading)]

[6.4 Policy 7242 - Military Recruiters (Second Reading)]

[6.5 Policy 7260 - Designation of Person in Parental Relation (Second Reading)]

[6.6 Policy 7580 - Safe Public School Choice (Second Reading)]

YEP. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE MORE POLICIES. THANK YOU SID.

AND I'D SAY I THINK AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO PARTICIPATED. I KNOW YOU ALWAYS SAY IT'S NOT A PARTY [LAUGHS] EVERYBODY ELSE WHO PARTICIPATED. THANK YOU. AND MARIE, JACKIE AND I WILL ADD 7241 REQUIRED, THE POLICY ITSELF REQUIRES A REGULATION.

SO WE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR POLICY SERVICE TO PROVIDE A REGULATION.

THE REGULATION'S LIKE 11 PAGES LONG. BUT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE RELATED TO STUDENT RECORDS ACCESS.

SO SO WE'LL BE, VALERIE AND I ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON A SYSTEM TO CATALOG THOSE REGULATIONS DO NOT NEED BOARD APPROVAL.

OKAY. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO SUPERINTENDENT'S PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS.

[7.1 Motion to Approve Schedule A - Instructional]

[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]

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OH GOSH. WE HAVE SO 7.1 THROUGH 7.4, OH 7.4.

THERE'S SO MANY. RIGHT, RIGHT. TRISHA'S OFFICE HAS BEEN BUSY.

YES. THANK YOU. TRISHA. OKAY. CAN WE GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO PERSONAL SERVICE.

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

8.1. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? NO. THE MOTION CARRIES. ANY NEW BUSINESS? OKAY.

WE HAVE COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC AGAIN IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO COME BACK.

THANK YOU. AND THEN CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR A WONDERFUL JOB. NATALIE.

YES. YES, NATALIE. OKAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.