I'll second by Josh. Any further questions, comments, discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. I. Oh, sorry. No, I'm going to abstain. I'm abstaining. Sorry. All those. Oh, I'm sorry.
Let's all be candid. Let's all if you see something say something. And if you don't like how something's being done, let's be upfront and honest about it. And we can all work on fixing it. We can all work on being more transparent. There's room for us all to grow. Create an open environment. Yeah. Yes. All right. Um Yeah. I mean, obviously Al is the incumbent. He has a leg up on everyone because we have experience with him. I want to make it clear that this is not any negative knock on any of the other candidates. Um, I also I think I forgot to mention um it's not listed on the agenda, but last week we did uh we did vote to invite four candidates to come interview. One of those candidates did choose to take a position elsewhere, so that's why they weren't here tonight, just in case anybody was wondering.
So, it's making those connections and making them really clear about why we do these things. We want our students in school. And Jim is also going to give you an update on some steps we've taken again in partnership with local law enforcement and some of the outcomes that we've had because of that work together. Thank you, Dr. S Magcguire. So, um, you know, we appreciate, um, Chief Levc and and the Dartmouth Police Department who've arranged for us to have the Department of Homeland Security come down and do a, um, security safety assessment of our facilities. So, um, they've been able to do five of the buildings, uh, so far. um their recommendations I I I guess I would say are are I'd characterize them as practical and informative and um things that are actionable um with typically a relatively low investment. Mostly the investment is is time and effort.
And then any opposed? Same sign. And then so it is six to zero to one. Okay. So moving on down. This doesn't take a motion, but we are going to look at our yearly gym for maintenance here um at the high school. Um all the gyms were done last year, I believe. Um you know, one thing, the guys that usually do our gym floor, um had some recent health problems. So this is going to be a new company, I believe, out of Monizuma, Kansas. uh he came out to look and thought we could get another two years out of that gym floor before it had to be sanded down and redone almost completely. So um the practice Jimmy Wilson wasn't done last year. The secondary one wasn't it was just the main one. Did um did they get I know like last year here at the other place.
I want to put that out there. Um, but are we ready to vote? So, we're voting on the motion to hire Al Ganam as the interim superintendent for next year. Uh, we will just do a roll call vote to be official and I will go in the same order. Lori I Jess I uh Lisa I Beth I and I was I as well. So that motion passes. We will hire Alan. Sub uh probably should have said subject to negotiations. Subject to negotiations. Yeah. Subject to negotiations on his contract, but uh all right. Uh that is the last item on our agenda today. Could I please have a motion to adjourn this meeting? So second. Yes. Okay. All in favor? I. Anyone guess? All right, we're adjourned. Thank you very much. And just so you know, I'll contact the finalist unless anybody wants to, but I'll contact the finalist.
Um there are some things that we would hope to to upgrade in the buildings. Um I mentioned in our capital improvement plan that we have we had a request for security improvements and part of that is to implement these uh these these recommendations. So we hope that you know in October we'll we'll get some funding for that and be able to implement them. But Mrs. Mckenry tonight in presenting the school improvement plan mentioned that um you know they're actively working on uh expanding how they train um you know and train staff and students in emergency situations like a reverse evacuation. Those are the practical type of things that are offered in the report. Um really just helpful for us to things to consider as we um continue our planning and our district crisis planning as well which we're actively working on. So, and so that's really all we have for you tonight.
Yeah. Did they get that redone like they were going to or did they that not happen? plan was for this. It was for this. So, so it doesn't we don't need to do that one. Okay. I don't think so. Okay. It's just for here, right? Yeah, that's what this one is. So, just kind of giving you guys an update on what they told us with that the gym for heater. Um, we are working on flooring rotation updates. And again, these are just to give you guys an idea of some things that we're working on as well. the entryways here once we have the tile taken out um going to be around $6,500. We're waiting on bids for Millers um and is am I saying that right? Um for our rotation for Wilson Elementary School at Central Plains. So those are kind of estimates on what that's going to look like when we get there.
So, thank you. Lots of exciting things happening though. You know, it's spring. We just had Once Upon a Mattress. I know that they just had the musical at the middle school. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go, but I did hear that. As usual, the production was outstanding. And I know Mr. Rossi had a part in it. I'm sorry I missed that. Um uh but looking forward to all of the great things that happen here in Dartmouth during this spring season. Thank you for that. Um I have nothing to report today, but does anybody else Mr. Nudes? Thank you. Let's see. since we've met uh between the band and color guide. But first and foremost, do we have a status on if and when we're going to see any minutes from the befford greater than buffet voke. Well, but no, but we will follow up. Okay.
Again, no motion necessary. Just wanted you guys to know we're working on that. Uh one item that is going to take a motion um is our technology updates. So, um, the technology updates we did include for our rotation in this one. So, you guys can click on that and take a look at what we're looking at with our new teachers computers. Um, our Chromebook cases, we do need a set of 10 iPads at Wilson. Um, we do have a set that's so old at Wilson in the elementary school that the apps are not updating on them correctly. And then also our clear touch panel rotations as well at Wilson Elementary School, Central Plains. at the high school middle school. We have two clear touches uh cuz they're not receiving any of the iPads that are up there. Uh we thought that balanced out a little bit more between all the buildings.
Because we haven't I I can't remember the I don't know if it was like September or October we got some but you know maybe then that. So we haven't seen any since. So, if we could follow up on that, that'd be wonderful. Thank you. Uh, let's see. The, uh, was a busy month of March for the band and even into April. Uh, the color guard took in the NESBA finals. Color Guard took first place in their, uh, their competition, their finals up in uh, Reading and then went out to WGI in in Dayton two weeks ago. and uh unfortunately uh didn't get out of the the prelims by mere ten of points type of deal. You can't beat the guy with the pencil, I guess. Uh our percussion uh also took first place in uh the Nesba show that we hosted here uh the beginning of April and uh just this past Thursday, Friday, Saturday were at the WGI championships in Dayton and they came in ninth.
Um and then we have some clear touches that need the PC updates in them. Those are on there. And then we want to add a mobile cart to one of the units for the clear touch panels to be able to move around the school here at the high school. So shipping and handling on there. We do have a reap grant that we get every year that's a little over a little under $33,000. $32,857. Um the total price of everything comes out to $41,23. So we're looking at a little over $9,000. $9,086 coming out of capital outlay. And that's traditional. Looking back at our numbers, around $10,000 is usually what we spend out of capital outlay to put with that reap grant. I do want to make you guys aware from the adopt grant though, we did get 77 Chromebooks. um 10 are going to come from the district to give us an 87 number.
So, they had a a good showing out there. And I know our concert band was up at Micer uh two weeks ago. Uh I don't know how they did. I have to find out. But everybody's getting busy and May is going to be concert month. So, here we go again. That's all I have, man. Thank you, Mr. NS. Anybody else? No. Okay. Um, our next regular meeting of the school committee is scheduled for Monday, May 5th. Yeah, I'll be in New Hampshire, uh, 2024 at 6 PM right here in the Dartmouth School Library Media Center. Um, as well as you can live stream it on YouTube.com, uh, DHSTV Media. Um, and at this time, I look for a No. Yeah. A motion uh to adjourn into adjourn into executive pursuant to MGL C3A 21 A3 to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining where an open meeting would have detrimental effects on the school committee's bargaining position DAA and DEA.
So our sophomores, our eighth graders, our sixth graders, and our sixth graders will be the ones with that new rotation for new Chromebooks going into next year. So So last year you had a technology rotation plan where the 9 through 12 teachers were going to get replaced. Is that not happening? Yeah. No. So it's my understanding when we met as a technology group that most of them have been updated within the past two years. Why do you have that rotation plan then? Yeah, I don't know. So, we're looking at a kindergarten teacher, a couple sixth grade and fifth grade teachers, uh, Coach Ryan, and then Kaen for her camera. Um, whenever we talk with our technology coordinators in our technology group, almost all the rest of the teachers in the middle school, high school have upto-date computers. So, do we need to reook at that whole rotation schedule then and get it up?
Madam Chair, make a motion we adjourn into executive session for the purpose of collective bargaining as you mentioned and not return to open session. Second motion by Mr. Noun, second by Mr. Oliver. Roll call, please. Miss Kathleen Emerald, yes. John Nunes, yes. Mary Beckwith, yes. Miss Coughlin, yes. Chris Oliver, yes. [Music]
And and that's part of this. It's way off. Y so I do uh recommend us moving forward with these technology purchases for next year um with the documentation that's on our technology ordering plan. I move to accept the technology purchases for the 2025 2026 school year as presented. Motion by Allison. Second and a second by Josh. Any further questions, comments, or discussion?
Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. Any oppose? Same sign. Motion. Motion passes 70. Okay. So, moving on down. Um we are looking at working with train for our um air conditioning unit that's at Central Plains Elementary School. They shot us a contract price of $44,332 to be on a yearly service agreement where they come out during the year um multiple times a year to service that unit up there. so we don't get to the situation where we're at now. Um, so I would since that is a contract for yearly services, I would um recommend us doing that. I move to accept the contract for yearly services from train to the air conditioning unit at Central Plains Elementary School. There's a motion by Allison and a second by Josh.
Any questions, comments? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. Any oppose? Same sign. Motion passes 70 for the contract training. Okay. So, the next one goes with the AC unit that we have in the gym, the high school gym right now. So, um I've been visiting with you guys a little bit. Um weekly announcements about that thermos the thermostats in that gym. Um the two thermostats are on the two outside walls. There are times that one side will be running and the other side will be not not running. There were multiple times during this year um during basketball games that one side was running the heater. The other side said it was 5 degrees hotter than that. So it would open up the louvers on the fans, kick the fans on, bring in cold air. So it make everybody feel like we had the heating on one side going and the air conditioning on the other side going.
Um checked into that a little bit. the comment was made. Well, they came out and and and I wasn't involved in this, but I I find it very hard to believe um if that information was presented that we would go with those thermostats, but that's what they were they told us the information was presented and that's the thermostats that we decided to go with when they came back out the second time. We have $19,8587 still to be used on that project that we came in under budget. Correct? Yes, that's correct. Okay. So, the new control system for the thermostats for that um is going to be a little under $50,000. $47,529. What we're having to do now when that happens is we got to go flip the breaker off. So, it overrides that system and doesn't let both of them do it. So, during basketball season, we were Tim was going and turning the breakers off.
We would cool it down during the day. turn them off so that the heaters weren't running. And yeah, there's no way to turn it off. There's no way to like just shut it off. It's either hot or cold. So, if we if we want to go this direction with the thermostats that they have that would allow us override capabilities and give our maintenance staff and our our um administration the access to that to run on their phones to kick it on, kick it off. uh we're going to have to come up with $27,934 out of capital outlay to put with the $19,000 uh that we currently have put back to get those controls done and done correctly. Um, I believe if you click on the capital outlay item list and click on the C chy controls, it brings up that bid cruise from Cruz. I think it would be a good idea to make sure that we have the proper controls in front of That way we don't run in to another problem down the road where oh if you would have had the right control running your unit your unit wouldn't have burned up.