We don't know. Yeah, but say this every time Kaden's grade was 183, I think, when he was uh in first grade, right? And what is it about? 220 something. So So they picked up a full class over time over that time. And again, our biggest increase goes from third to fourth grade or second to third grade. There's seven to eight, 10 kids a year. Is there anybody still on Zoom that would be wanting to give input here? But the rest of the room, the room has empty. The room has I don't think so. But is there anybody who wants to say anything about choice? Yes. Yeah. Okay. Um any other questions? All right. I'll close up motion to close the hearing. Close the um school choice public hearing. Second. All in favor? I motion to Yes. So moved. I got second. All in favor? I I.
That was member Charles who made I enthusiastically accept adding possibly. Okay. Sorry. Sorry, Member Childs. I've mixed that up. No, it's fine. And who seconded it? Uh Daisy, it was you seconded it. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You're okay with that? Okay, great. Okay. Uh any other um discussion on that motion? Um does that include a specific timeline based on our earlier conversation? It was it it seemed as if the sort of target date that we are working toward is that the anything that that we would recommend would be effective in the 2627 school year. Is that accurate? Does that is that the timeline we're are working against? The um the motion the charge does not include a timeline. So it's really Yeah, I was just thinking I mean the plans have already been from earlier parts of the discussion tonight. I guess it it would um would do you want to do a friendly amendment to say um No, I just wanted to get more of your thoughts as you as you were putting forward this I just wanted to like clarify what is being included and not that we're not looking at anything beyond geographic redistricting for 2025 26 and that the committee can recommend anything it wants for 26 27 and beyond.
So, we're we're very pleased with with the way it ended up. That's great. Thank you. Any questions? Good. Thank you. Awesome. Thanks. Okay. So, 9.4 for discussion information on 2425 district student enrollment numbers. We got to go to 93 first. All right. And and 93 is just very quickly. I I will note to you guys it's it's the next in the series. Uh one of the things that ASBA's heard is that that the policy manual is too long. So you will see over the next several months that they'll be coming to us with with ways to consolidate to make it a little bit shorter. The result of that is you now have to delete policies and add policies. So you're getting in this case section B that uh policy advisory is 150 pages long. So we've tried to s summarize it for you. We'll come back for a second read in May.
It just seems so long ago. um this year they had the opportunity to partake in uh preap training to get a sneak peek into what does that entail? What do those classes encompass and how can that be brought into our advanced ELA and advanced math classes? So, we'll continue to provide professional learning with that enrichment learning on the forefront. Can I ask a question? Always. Um thank you. it the the only thing I'm not seeing in here is what happens in first and second grade for enrichment. What do we do with our accelerated learners who haven't taken the KGAT yet but their teacher can see that they should be doing something else or could be benefited by doing something else. Yeah. No, that's a great great question. So, we have oftent times I'm going to call her out um Chris Maher uh who's over at Deer Path that she will um help and support as well.
Yeah. That's not but it's not like the board has any fun looking at this list and updating it either. It's it's I'm asking the board to look look into look into press but ultimately why the reason why I'm bringing this forward is because this addresses the need for this exhibit to appear in our board policy manual like it says so in press that it's a requirement to have the publicly listed um records and that it needs to be publicly posted. So, it's going to have to be updated or whatever anyways, but there's if if it's not posted here, where is it going to be posted? Because we have that legal requirement that there needs to be a list an updated list of publicly available district records. All those records are available on the website. So I mean that's where it gets posted is on the website.
Well, keep in mind they're just go beyond that that access road. Our lot is going to be fenced off and secure. Okay. Any other discussion? If we could take a vote, please. Stacy Salt, yes. Jason Jansik, yes. Julie Jetty, yes. Darling, no. Mindy Hartman, yes. And Sanucci, yes. Okay, that motion is approved. There are no other topics for discussion tonight. Uh, may may I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? Nope. So moved. Close session has been we've removed it. So moved. Stacy and Jason. All in favor? I All right. This meeting adjourns at 7:41 p.m. Have a nice evening, everyone.
And because there wasn't a whole lot out there with factories and stuff, so he came and actually helped us set that up. So happy to have him on board. Yes. Bring a lot to our school. Thank you. Okay, we'll move on to the action portion. 25109 is the approval to purchase devices. Dr. Brown. Yeah. I recommend the board approve the purchase of student devices for 2025. We need to purchase 450 Chromebooks and 475 iPad iPads along with cases and warranties for the next school year. The purchase will replace our aging devices that are on the four-year refresh cycle. This year's Chromebook costs will be for will be 239,796 from Electronic Strategies Inc. and the iPad cost will be 315,540 from Apple. So asking the board for approval. Thank you, Dr. Brown. Entertain a motion to approve 25109. I'll make a motion to approve 25-109 and a second, please.
Excellent. Thank you. Okay. Um, first read of uh BGB policy adoption. Sorry, I'm trying. So, um, this of all the policies that you're going to see the under the consent agenda for policies, this is the only one that had any real change to it. uh policy sub looked at one I didn't present because we're still doing a little bit more work on on security cameras. Um but it it's it's not significant but because of the red line if you notice it there was more than any of the others a word or two different in the other policies probably didn't even need to do a first read but I just felt more comfortable had a lot of stricken language in everyone have a take a look at it. This is just first reading. First reading. Yeah. So we have until next time to about comments or changes.
Okay. But we but we're not being asked to put forward a report by that time. There isn't there isn't a request for a report in the motion. No. Okay. Thank you. Doesn't stop the committee from you know requesting certain deliverables from you in the future. But as of now you have a pretty broad mandate. Okay. Um, we ready to vote? Secretary Denive. Chair Johnson Massad. Yes. Vice Chair Ston. Yes. Secretary Neim, yes. Member Goodwin, yes. Member Childs, yes. Mayor Disorger, yes. Member Martini, yes. Passes unanimously. Thank you. Um, I have another motion on this, um, which is to charge the redistricting and reorganizing ad hoc committee with putting forward any recommended changes to their functions and duties. I'll make that motion myself. Is there a second? Second. Second from Mayor Disorger.
Uh please take a look at it. Uh like I say the ones that are deleted for the most part are review of it is the reason it's deleted is because they just collapsed it into a different policy. So it's not that anything got taken out. There may be one exception or two exception but for the most part everything's still there we currently have. it's just located in a different area. Um, we will make we have made sure uh Judy's made sure that there are some uniquenesses for example uh the changes with uh the agenda we make sure that what you guys approved at last meeting is in this one so that we don't have that problem.
Um, they also have Terry Fischer who's our instructional coach over there. And what they do is they look to see how can they provide enrichment within the classroom within that small group setting. It's not something that we want to pull students out necessarily at that time because they're early learners. Um, but yes, if they are demonstrating that, hey, there's a momentum moving forward, we want to cultivate that, but we do that within the MTSS framework. So they would get that enrichment um during small groupoup instruction during that tier one and during that win time. Now if they're demonstrating an ELA or math, they can still get enrichment activities during so and that's the beauty of this of of this whole system, right? Is that you don't have to be identified as gifted to receive enrichment learning. And that's what we're trying to shift to and get get the point across, right?
It's not about posting the list. It's making sure the documents on the list are posted. So will we be including this in two or would we like to move this to action items? Action item. And that concludes that portion. Okay, next up we have a close session for the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public public body 5CS120-2 CL C1. May I have a motion to adjurnn to close session? So moved. Second.
I'll second. With a motion and a second, is there any discussion? Seeing no discussion, all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any oppose? Motion passes. 25110. Second reading on the adoption of MCS policy 5223, release time for religious instruction. Dr. Brown. Right. I recommend the board adopt MCS policy 5223, release time for religious instruction as presented. Thank you, Dr. Brown. Entertain a motion for approval of 2510. I make a motion to approve 2510. A second, please. I'll second motion a second.
Second read policies are on the consent agenda. The other policies again sorry the other policies are there was no substance. No substance change. It's just it's we reviewed it. So I just want to mark them up as reviewed so when they go into MASC and uh that we have record of it. Literally the only thing changing is the line at the bottom that says last reviewed for the most. It might be a or a they or an and an or but no substance. That was it. So I'd be looking for move this consent. Consent agenda. Moved. Second. All in favor? I. And then we're at the end. Reports of school committee members starting with the uh pretty much I I don't have anything. I did know Sophia did a good job presenting. She did. Um, that's pretty much all that's going on in this. That's all.
Any discussion? Secretary Deniv, will you call the vote? Hold on a second. The motion is for to charge the redistricting and reorganizing ad hoc committee with putting forward recommended changes to their functions and duties document. Okay. Who who made them? Who? Uh, Glenn and Jenny. Glenn and Jenny. [Music] Okay. Okay. All right. I'm sorry. Yes. I I got it. Thank you. Okay. And will you call the vote? Yes. Chair John Smith? Yes. Vice Chair Saxon? Yes. I'm a yes. Member Goodwin. Member Childs. Yes. Mayor Disorger. Yes. Member Martini. Yes. It's unanimous. Okay, thank you. Um, it's 8:30. Um, I guess I would propose that we keep going um through new business and then take our break between the new business and our um executive session. Does anyone have a problem with that? Okay. Uh any requests for uh new agenda items for future subcommittee me school committee meetings?
Um but uh again any questions let me know but it is fairly lengthy so just take a look at it and like I say nothing earthshattering um a little bit of word smithing and then just collapsing.
is that that can happen because now we have that model set up with that wind time block. So if a student is demonstrating higher capacities in K in one or in two, we now have a set time within their schedule that we can pull them out and focus on that deeper learning or deeper enrichment during that win time because that's what they need. So it's built into our schedule now where we can still do those things even without the identification. And I would just add that's where we need to build that capacity around differentiation that you know it is happening in every classroom in gen ed time you know during my classroom tier one time during win time if I am identified or I'm not I may get extra enrichment but yes a kid who needs to be enriched I believe needs to be enriched all day it just doesn't need to happen when I get pulled out.
Any discussion? Take a roll call, please. Mindy Hartman, yes. Stacy Salt, absent. Mrs. Darling D. Darling, yes. Jason Janzik is also absent for the record. Katherine Potter, yes. Julie Jetty, yes. And Sanucci, yes. Thank you. That motion's approved. Open session ends at 7:54.
Is there any discussion? See no discussion. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? Motion passes. 2511. The approval of agreement with Norton Health Care for the healthc care school. Oh, my Okay. 2511. Okay. Oh, I got a different copy. Sister 2511 is the approval of a me memorandum of understanding between MCS and Boys and Girls Club of Jefferson County. Dr. I recommend the board approve the memorandum of of understanding between MCS and the Boys and Girls Club of Jefferson County to provide extended summer learning opportunities.
The counting days until right. Do you have any plans for April vacation? Study for a lot of AP tests. Well, you know how to take time off. Um, I did go to middle school site council, but I went two weeks ago, so my memory is a little fuddled, but we talked about the um school improvement plan, and we had a really good chat about that and what um Erin's, you know, looking to to do, just seeking input and we had a lot of discussion about um the SSPS and like improvement for for students. And one thing she um brought up was setting expectations at the different grade levels, like meaning that, you know, they don't expect a sixth grader to act the same as an eighth grader in terms of homework or um you know, being able to turn things back in for extra credit or retake a test or so.