But so far, uh, we've heard some pretty po we've gotten some positive feedback. Uh, so ELA testing at the elementary level, again, I want to talk about consistency. All of the ELA testing uh, in grades three to five is done, right? So that is something that I want to thank again Katie Paveo and our principles in coming together to schedule in a way that was consistent across the school district and so that we know our students and our teachers are having similar experiences. Math testing starts the week after vacation. Our elementary students are in the process of making their I can't believe I'm saying this but I know summer reading selections. And so I've been reading emails at the high from the high school level and across the elementary and middle school level and already uh that uh has been put into place in terms of starting to think about how we can best support students and keep them reading over the summer.
Um, for those units, Brian, how long would we estimate those before they would come in? Um, would it take u roughly a week to two weeks to get them to me? Um, how long would we be talking about like installation in those rooms? Um, total would [Music] be about 14 to 15 days. Okay. Um, the classrooms would be really easy because they're on the outside wall. Um the condenser would the heat pump or cooling unit would be outside right outside the wall and then the inside head would be 4 in from the ceiling down. So um those would be easy to do. I got a guy 15 years. He can fit two in a day. Um so we can live them out pretty quick. What about those middle rooms? How would that work with those middle rooms and getting the condenser set up right and getting that?
G based on what we've witnessed and where he is in his work. Okay. Next I think is uh Jess. Well, golly gee, that's a hard decision. Um, you know, I think can I explain before I decide? Uh, I think right now we're just trying to get a just a top. Do you have a top candidate? And then see if we come up with any commonalities there. eliminate one. Who who would be your top? I don't know. I think Dr. Susan Gillson and and Al Gam are are neck and neck in terms of what could be given to the district long term. Okay. Uh next would be Lisa. Um, Al Ganam is my top choice because he's done so many great things here already and I think we're lucky to have him and we'd be lucky to keep him for another year. All right, Miss um my top choice is Alec Ganam.
We're thanking our PTOs at the elementary level who are really gracious in the way that they use the uh fundraising that they do throughout the year to help offset the costs of of programming and making sure that every one of our kids goes home with a book to read over the summer. Um at middle sort of high school, we know that the Dartmouth public schools is once again going to be participating in a regional civic showcase. If you remember last year, they were recognized and uh I think that that was a real positive. They got to present their civics projects to community experts and get feedback. Last year the middle school students receive commendation. This year we have two teams who will be participating both at the middle and high school level and this year's regional showcase is going to be at UMass Dartmouth on May 27th.
So, um, with Mitsubishi, anything over 15,000 BTUs, we can run over, uh, or up to 100 foot of line set. So, nothing would be on the roof. I don't want anything on the roof because of serviceability. Um, I want everything on the ground. And I think you guys would be happy with that too because of the gable that Ros's gable end and trying to get that level up there and all the the Kansas weather and wind that we have would really damage him, you know, in time. So with this far out, do you think that we would be able to be able, you know, attack this and get this done in June and July? Yes. Yeah. So, what's the difference between these and what you had cruise uh quote that you said we couldn't use because the top unit wasn't working? Yeah. So, the way that they had it circulating on those inside rooms was the unit up top with the fan was going to have to run to pull air into those rooms.
Same reasons. I think he's done a great job. I went back and watched the meeting we decided to do in the interim and the biggest thing that came up was stability, stability, stability and keeping Al is stability. I did like Dr. Gilson a lot though very engaging person but Al is my number one. Uh I would agree. Uh so it does look like Al uh is a majority top choice. Um in order to discuss deliberate we should have a motion. Sorry. Is there a motion to hire any of the candidates? I'd like to make a motion to hire Mr. Albert Num as the interim superintendent for the 202526 school year. That's Lori. Is there a second? Second, Lisa. Thank you. All right. All right. So, the motion on the floor that we will discuss and deliberate and then vote on is to hire Al Ganam as the interim superintendent for next year.
Um so middle school is holding their own showcase tomorrow where all the eighth grade teams are going to have an opportunity to present. Um so tomorrow afternoon at the secondary level the ELA and math vertical teams again I hope you hear how this is connected to our strategic plan. It's about that vertical planning. We have our ELA and math vertical teams working around aligning our curriculum instruction and assessment practices 6 to 12 which is a key focus of our strategic plan. The playbook initi initiative the final workshop will be held right after April vacation. Uh the focus of this workshop is to help middle school students, the participants to identify and advocate for an action that they would like to take place in their school and the focus is around inclusivity and belonging at the middle school level under budget and capital improvement. I know Jim and I talked earlier and he does have some things that he'd like to update you around the work that's happening with the capital improvement planning team.
With these units, we wouldn't have to have that. Correct. Correct. Each unit would be on an individual each room would have its own remote with its own thermostat in the classroom. That's is that is the remote that's is called a zone sensor. They can control the veins, the temperature, heat, cool, auto is auto has automatic mode on the heating side and the cooling side. So they can set it to 72 and don't have to touch it. underg they still have the boiler. So, so our hope would be we would use the boiler still for heat. But what what I really think is for for that extra $10,000ish to have that as a backup plan if that boiler goes down for the day. It is really a smart investment to have that in there as a as a fall back as a just in case. Um, what was the savings on electrical?
Does anyone have anything they'd like to say? I I think one of the things that Al brings to the table is the repaired relationships within the towns. And I think that's really really important. I think um there's a lot that goes into selecting someone, but the repair work that he has done um and the confidence that the boards have in him, I think to your point, the stability um that I think that's that's really important. Um and I I also feel bad that we didn't mention anyone um Miss Flity who I also really So I throw that in. And and also I feel like he really is setting a lot of things straight, you know, which is part of, you know, the the relationship building, but like he's like looking through just like so many different conversations where he's like identifying, you know, ways that we're spending too much money where we could save money or, you know, just like really streamlining everything and um just yeah, like he was saying, memorializing everything, documenting everything and just making it more efficient and effective.
Thank you, Dr. say Magguire. So, um you know, I'm I'm pleased to report on the progress of the long-term capital improvement uh planning committee that is uh in place at the town level. Um so, they're preparing a presentation for town meeting. It's going to include projects at Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth Middle School, Dlo School, Potter School, Quinn School, and and Dartmouth Memorial Stadium. um Dartmouth High School being the the roof and windows uh project that you you folks have already supported uh you know in regards to the MSBA submission and and the select board also supported um we haven't heard back yet by the way from MSBA. It's kind of early um on that one. uh the middle school being figuring out a you know replacement um or renovation of of Dartmouth Middle School. Same thing with Potter DLO Quinn and work at the stadium.
Yeah. So, I mean, just estimate, you know, with that unit running up top as much as it ran, it's like $9,000 a month in the summer. Um, you know, they're going to be able to set these thermostats and use them when they're in their room working. And they ne wouldn't necessarily have to run all the time when our, you know, we're not having kids in there and we're not having teachers in there. um if we had anybody in there working, they would have access to be able to run those if they needed to and then shut them off whenever they're not using them. So, I would estimate it would cut our I mean our electrical, especially in the summer down up there quite a bit. Anything to add on the electrical side of it, Brian? Um the these units are variable speed driven compressors, so they don't run off of 60 Hz like the one on the roof does.
Anyone else? Um, I think when we entered into doing an interview for a second year, we were my main concerns were we competing about districts that were having superintendents of 25 years retire. Um, and I was concerned that we wouldn't gain good candidates for a long-term solution. Um, I think Al has done an amazing amount of work and honestly, I don't understand why he wants to continue because it's an incredibly hard thing and the hours that he puts in um are inconceivable to human life. Um, you know, but I think the goal we gave the interim superintendent last year was to to pick us up out of a situation and he did just that. Um, and I think you know the attractive thing Dr. Susan Gillson's, you know, she gave us this entry plan and I think it would benefit everyone if we were to set goals just like we would for a superintendent.
So all of those projects are going to be included in the long-term plan. Um, one topic that's come up, uh, is the possibility of, uh, so the town was exploring a recreation center. Um, and one of, uh, they we're talking about a standalone recreation building. There was even some design work done for that. Um, and it it seems part of the discussion at the long-term capital improvement planning committee level is to consider if there's any way with a school project. So, if we were to proceed with, let's say, replace Dartmouth Middle School um to add recreation space to that project that could be there. There's an understanding that would have to be funded by the town separately, but could be incorporated into that um construction footprint and and possibly used. One of the things which, you know, I said we not committing us to anything, but we'd certainly be willing to talk about that possibility.
Um so, these run off a load. So if it has a light load in the room, it might run at at 20 hertz. This variables. Yeah, it depends. This on the demand for heat or cool. So they're really really quiet. Um they're 22 dB on the indoor unit. Um 40 on the outdoor unit. Um those portable units, I did some uh research on those. Those would be like running the vacuum cleaner in the room all day or loud. Yeah, they're 65 dB. So, in a classroom setting, it's pretty high. Pretty disruptive. Are we looking for this to be a permanent solution? Yes. This would be Can you give us an estimate life on warranty for these items? Um, yes. on I'm a diamond dealer for Mitsubishi. So I get you sevenyear compressor, five-year parts um from the date of installation and I will warranty the labor installation labor for two years from the date it's all done.
Um, so if there's something that people are not happy with or we need to go in a different direction, there are measurable stop points in these goals that we can address things um before they get out of hand. So, You're up. I just my preference for Al has to do with the fact that he has no goals beyond this year. His goal is he has an end date. There's no like he can't stay longer. I that's appealing to me that he wants to he has a goal for this year and his goal is to get us a really great permanent superintendent next year. And I appreciate somebody who's willing to do that because I can't I don't question their motives and I just think we're going to have a great opportunity next year. I'd also when I went back and watched the video, we talked about what the timeline is going to look up look like for hiring for the next one.
the the um you know important thing to think about too is if we were to build a new building at some point um that would also potentially free up space at the existing high school, this high school gym for use by other groups if we were to build a new high school, let's say. Um, so there's things to think about, but just so you're aware that that kind of conversation is happening uh in relation to the recreation center and whether there might be a better way to approach that. Um, let's see. So, um, I'll share a little more information with the presentation as it gets closer to being finalized. Um they are also proposing a series of public forums following town meeting. So um at town meeting there'll be a brief presentation no more than 10 minutes and um then a schedule in which the school projects would have a forum, the DPW projects would have a forum and then other town projects would have a forum.
Do you have maintenance on every year? Um all there is is um there's a filter. I wish I just brought one deal, but there's there's a clip. Just take it up like that and there's two filters in it and they're washable. Pat them down, put them back in, you're done. Is that something your technicians do like on a yearly basis? Come out and go through everything. We can do that if you guys would like to do that would be Yeah. Just be like changing oil in your car. Just maintenance is the last number of course. So, something something just to keep in mind with this as well, you guys do have the authority because I would need this as an emergency if we're going to have something by the start of the school year next year where you won't have to get compet competitive bids in our purchasing authority.
And I'm very concerned about switching superintendent, interim superintendent so late in the game because how are they going to the goal was for the the next interim to transition the new permanent superintendent and we talked about possibly hiring someone like January. So, we're going to hire someone to start September 1st and then they're going to be the one transitioning that person. I I would prefer it to be someone who knows this district much better. So, that's my feeling. Yeah. Um, so everybody had a chance to speak. I'd like to say some things, too. I I don't disagree with anything that any of you said. Um, Megan's not here tonight, but I think we need to thank Megan for bringing Al to us. Um, you know, I think it's probably the best thing that she's done for the district is bring Al to us. Last summer, Al discussed it in his interview.
Um they're talking about sometime over the summer for that. Uh, so I can keep you posted with some potential dates and we can, you know, we can talk about that. They were originally talking about possibly August for the school portion of the forum, which is fine by me. I don't know if you folks have any thoughts about that, but yeah, Mr. Oliver, question are for the long-term committee. Are there who what are the stakeholders that make up that committee? Well, it's it's an interesting part of the discussion because they've been talking recently about expanding um membership of that committee. A school committee member doesn't sit on that committee. I'm I'm representing the school department on that committee. I have all the faith in the world in you, but I but I think that you know the discussions that you're having I think warrant um a member of the committee at the table.
Um, it does state in the case of an emergency, the board has the discretion to approve these expenditures. And one thing I do want to keep in mind, this doesn't fix the next five weeks. and it's supposed to be 92 degrees on Thursday. It still might be something where we want to look at a couple of those portable units for 400 bucks a piece just to see if we can get some AC in some of those rooms. Um, you know, what are your thoughts, Brian, on those portable units? If we have to run five or six of them for, you know, periodic amount of time for the next 5 weeks, do you see any concerns in that at all? I don't see any concerns with them. My concern is those um the condenser tube, the condenser espa tube going up into the suspended ceiling, right?