So when the sun is hitting it, it looks like little rainbows hidden inside. The great spirit returned to his home in the distant sky, and the crow happily returned to his friends in the forest, proud that he was now a black crow with shining feathers full of tiny rainbows. So, do you see why we only see black crows today in the real world? We never see rainbow crows because he helped his friends in their time of need when there was so much snow and they were being buried. What do you think of that story? I hope you enjoyed it. Called Rainbow Crow. All right. And now I have another rainbow story and it's called How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow. Have you heard any of these? There's a lot of different stories about how the crayons saved different things. And this is one how they saved the rainbow.
And um once that's closed out, I fully intend on uh on fighting the fines that we were given because I think some of these uh some of these fines were given to us not only with uh the inability to really exercise our ability to coordinate properly and professionally. But again, I'm not going to sit here and joust about it. I have everything in writing. We have a lot of communication here. I don't even know if my head of maintenance, who I think might have called, Marco, are you on the on the Zoom? I don't know if he's on the Zoom or not, but he was supposed to be on it. Nonetheless, I don't see anything more than us sending you an email. And if there's an email that we can send to Mr. Gupta that we can also copy the board on, and I would be more than happy to forward all of these emails because I am not in the I am not in in in the in the business of, you know, providing proarications to a town and the people that run it.
Correct. >> And you're going to have to be the one to to make to to implement it. So, don't tell me that it's not your bill, but if you're going to support it and you got to implement it, then yeah, it is. You are standing up for it. So, then you got to answer for it. >> True. Yes. >> So, if this isn't an incentive that the body decides not to utilize, that that is a call of this body. >> Okay. Well, I think we need you as a lead as a leader or as the department that's taking charge of this to show us some evaluation, show us all of this stuff. If you haven't done that and you don't have a comprehensive plan, then you know don't support peacemealing bills. >> Okay, >> members, any other questions? A seeing none, uh, moving on to Senate Bill 2900 relating to sports officials.
Um normally when I come out of um going to one of these, we always go to workshops. Um we did the same thing here. Um but I actually came out kind of more depressed than anything just because of the the continued sad state of um education in our country. Um this was more on a federal level and we already know where our state is at the state level. Um, and so it just kind of compounded and I I was a little bit um disheartened um just that the continued dismantling of public education. Uh it just makes me very um sad because I believe in public education um with my whole heart. Uh I think it offers um everyone a right to an education and um it was tough. It was good meeting with um people uh that would listen to us and um so um that part was good.
It's a serious passion of mine and many others. Every other high school around us has a team and we want to represent the Bulldogs on our behavior field. We are willing and more than happy to do whatever it takes to start it up this coming fall. Thank you for your time today and for your attention to our request. Let's take this next step together towards making our football dream a reality. [applause] Next we have Tori Bruno. [applause] >> Hi, my name is Tori Bruno. I'm an eighth grader at Roto Middle School. I've helped start the girls flag football club at I have been playing girls flag football for four years. I've played with I9 and Tri City Chargers and G7 where I'm currently playing now with me and MRSA who are up here with me tonight. I love this sport and I want to keep playing when I get to Bavia High School in August.
So, although I do know our school I think is doing better than most. So, anyway, um that was all. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, J. Okay, next we're going to move on to our action items. And the first for that is our consent agenda. Under our consent agenda, we have our minutes, our regular board meeting minutes for January 20th, our treasures report, our payment of bills, uh approval of HOSA overnight state leadership conference, approval of our dance overnight trip for state, approval for cheer overnight trip for state, or approval for wrestling overnight trip for sectionals. approve the GermanAmerican partnership program and our personnel report. Can I have a motion and a second? >> So moved. >> Second. >> And roll call, please. >> First, >> yes. >> Okay. The next item on our agenda is an extremely exciting item. I think it's why most of us are here kind of anxiously awaiting.
Perkins share a little bit about what how we acknowledge as a district for the most part? I saw some verbiage on the marquees, a couple couple other schools, so I don't think we have another time to talk about it. Just briefly. >> So you So you asked me to tell what we do. Yeah, just kind of what we show that one to you >> as a district or whatever whatever you know if you can just share >> for the whole month we work on activities at each of the buildings. >> Yes. So for the entire month and I will put this in the FYI for the board but each school besides just putting it on their marquee and in their newsletters to families um they have a monthlong of events. Um, for instance, there are wax museums at two of the elementary schools. Um, at uh ELC they have a month-long list of plans that they work on.
Um, but we don't or discontinue that practice for that one. And those were the only ones that I had. If you guys have any questions for me right now, I'll be happy to attempt to answer them or at least get you an answer. Um, but again, you still have until the next board meeting to ask any of your questions and I can get you answers from >> have that in the overnight field trips. >> No, some of our our camps will go overnight. Um, some of our athletic teams and stuff will go to camps that will be an overnight or choir trip, band trip, um, our Euro trip, those kind of our bigger ones, but there are standard trips, our senior trip, >> we have more than what I takes up a lot. >> You guys can discuss it. So, um, legally it can actually be just a building level admin approval when they can make that decision.
Any questions, comment? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppos the same. >> Motion carry. 7. Thank you. Guidance contract. >> Next up, you have the guidance contract for our high school um guidance counselor, Mindy Weaver. This updated agreement clarifies number of contracted work days uh and include the compensation adjustment of just over 3% in year one and 3% in year two. Those are contingent upon the employee receiving an effective or highly effective evaluation rate. That's board council for motion by Mr. She'll second Mr. Richardson to approve the guidance count for the contract.
And these are a couple pictures of them coming in and sharing to us about what they did and how they did it. And then this is some SLT members collecting the produce that we got from them. For junior achievement, we did a school community um collection for pennies and just coins and dollars and we ended up making 1,120 coins and dollars. We do this thing at um for fifth grade. They get to design their t-shirt and we do different stuff to raise money for them to be able to make their own shirts. And these are some of the things we've done in the past and we've done this year. We've done um like a smart cookie sale. We do it like uh Valentine's Day or the closest day to Valentine's Day. We also do hot chocolate and ice cream sundae sales. team design. >> [applause] [applause] >> Great job.
It's written by Monica Sweeney. She's the author who wrote the words and the illustrator is Ferona Parker Thomas. Let's find out what happens in the story about how the crayons saved the rainbow. And look at here. You can see how they were using crayons and drawing a rainbow. Maybe after our stories, you can get your crayons or markers and draw your own rainbows. The sun and the clouds were best friends. They worked together to keep the earth warm and gardens growing. But of all things they did together, their very favorite was making rainbows so that the whole world was colorful and happy. It's true. We need rain and sun to make rainbows. Then one day, the sun and the clouds had a big fight. The clouds were blocking the sun, and the sun couldn't shine through to the earth. The sun went sizzle, sizzle, sizzle at the clouds, and the clouds went slap, bang, boom, right back.
Um, we take this matter very seriously. It's a beautiful property. It also probably would be appropriate for to us to let you know that this is also a tenant that hasn't paid us rent and is quote unquote playing the system on us right now. But nonetheless, we just want to close this out. And again, I think we can all understand that when it comes to a plumber, um calling at 7 in the morning, 8 in the morning, and then saying, "We'll let you know, we're going to be there." And that is what has been told to us in writing. We will let you know and we'll be there is a little unreasonable. That's all I have to say. >> Okay.
Uh, first up, testify on behalf of Department of Education, uh, Superintendent Hayashi. I really wish she was here today. >> Sorry, I'm here in his place. >> Thank you. >> Chairs, vice chairs, members of the committee, Shantima, Assistant [clears throat] Superintendent, testifying on behalf of the Department of Education, the department stands on our written testimony and support of this measure. The Attorney General's office is in the best position to represent the department's employees in temporary restraining order hearings. Uh the department does not employ attorneys and the department does not have funding for private attorneys. Also, elevating intentional bodily injury of a sports official to a class B felony further promotes safety for our sports officials. Uh thank you for the opportunity to testify. We stand by for questions. >> Thank you. Next up, Haley Chang. Uh testifying on behalf of the Office of Public Defender.
Uh but overall it's just a continued fight um and uh hoping that um we can gain more advocates. Um I've been an advocate for public education for a very long time and I'll continue to fight for it even though sometimes it can get tiring. Um I'll continue to fight for our students um for students in this state um because it's important. So thank you. >> Thank you so much Miss Smith Gibson McQueen. >> Yes. So I too went to the conference in DC. Um there were multiple sessions that kind of had a different lens on the federal law updates, either case law or statute updates, but a a lot of them had the same theme or feeling which Miss Aris just described, which was um troublesome. I will say um if you weren't if you know there's a there's a voucher component to the big beautiful bill that will be interesting to see how it plays out or how it's actually how it actually works and if people are going to be able to double dip between the federal and the state system.
Flag football has helped me feel more confident and it has helped me become a leader among my peers by sharing my knowledge of the game. It has help also helped me connect with students I might not have met if football didn't bring us together. Right now the option for me and my teammates playing in high school does not exist, but it could. You can make an impact by having girls flag football get introduced at Bavia High School and allow the RMS girls flag football team to become the BHS girls flag football team. I am here to ask you for I'm ask you to please support adding girls flag football to the 26 27th school year. Please encourage the athletic department to schedule an interest meeting so students like me can show how many of us want to play when we get to Battavia High School.
Um before we get to that, I just wanted to say a few words. You know, when we were looking for a new superintendent for our district, uh as a board, we really wanted to know what our stakeholders had to say. We wanted to know um kind of what our community thought, what we needed as a district for our next leader. And so we had our forums. We had um focus groups and surveys that we sent out. We also had a group of stakeholders involved in our interview process which was extremely helpful. Um first thank you to everybody who participated in all of that. It was extremely valuable to us not only for us to know what our community felt but also to gauge that against what we as a group of seven individuals um felt that we needed for our district. And it was extremely encouraging to myself to see that we were all really on the same page and we were all really looking for the same thing in our next leader and our next superintendent for 301.
So, every day something is going on. Um, I know at the middle school they buy um t-shirts and have um again assemblies and things going on. So, it just depends on what school you're at. Um, there's something going on at every school and there's still plenty of time left. So, I will share that event calendar. I have it here. I'll share that event calendar with you in the FYI this week. >> And I think if I'm mistaken, next week they should have a Black History Month um concert. They've done that in the past. >> Um, at the high school they have um, hold on. It is an assembly that they put on before it's been run by I want to say either our kids from show choir or student council get together and they do a full uh an assembly at each period. >> Yeah, there was and I know the concert night for the parents there was a collaboration collaboration of all >> sorts of um jazz band and and the band and show like all of it.
So, it doesn't bother me either way. Want to just pass that information along to you guys. >> How many years? 12. >> 12. >> Have you ever turned overturned a field trip? No, I mean there's only one time I can think of that there was like a question >> and it wasn't it it was just a question. It wasn't any speculation that anything was wrong. So >> yeah. No, I've never disapproved. But I mean, I guess that's the other thing is just kind of being in the loop of knowing what's going on, how far we do that because if you get a question about something that happened or, you know, why were they approved to do that or >> why would you approve that as certified as educational? I mean, at least you're in that loop. >> So, we don't have to approving any tonight.
Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed the same. Motion carries. >> Field turf. >> Next up is our field turf replacement. This is something that we have been uh needing to plan on for for quite a few years now. um our turf the initial turf installation uh did did a great job for us and lasted longer than than um anybody had projected. Um but it is it's definitely time to get that replaced. Um, we received our information on pricing through the cooperative purchasing alliance, uh, which is a collaboration of all of the education service centers, uh, streamlines purchases for member districts and and make sure, uh, that everybody is getting the most competitive and responsive bid. Um, and this expenditure will be paid out of the 2022 bond. So, we it's been sitting there. We certainly did not want to move on field replacement um prior to starting our our building project.
Thank you guys for being here tonight. >> You all did wonderful. >> Do we know who's presenting next month? >> Because that's going to be hard to top. >> You're gonna have to >> set the bar >> high. [laughter] That's a lot of different programs. >> Great. I love that video, too. >> Oh, I was thinking the video. [laughter] Well, this evening I have the the pleasure and honor to recognize one of our own, Mr. Joshua Yankee. Uh Mr. Yankee is our district's power school administrator who recently earned the certified education technology leader designation. I think we call it seidal. This has been about an 18-monthlong journey for Mr. Yankee which included spending a year in a mentorship program and preparing to take and pass a rigorous comprehensive certification exam. The seedal certification awarded by the consortium for school networking signifies that Josh has mastered the knowledge and skills needed to bring 21st century technology to our K through2 students in schools.