Um, it also includes in that link, which I just opened, the open meeting log guide and educational materials. Very handy document. I always have that right. Um, it's in my drive so I don't ever lose it. Um, I have the most upto-date also right on my desktop so I can access it if I don't have um, wifi access. Very handy documents on that page if you ever have a question. Again, you have um, when you signed off on that sheet, you've said that you have looked at that training guide. not unusual that people don't um and that's why we're here. We're always happy to help. Um I did look at the open meeting law determinations for Greenfield and there have only been two with the last one in n 2019. I remember those days pretty well actually. I think I spent a lot of time up here talking to the committee about various things.
Are there any questions or comments for the students? Miss. >> Yeah. Hi, Fitzgerald. Today, [laughter] I just want to say thank you, >> Heather. >> I just want to say thank you for the um I mean, this is great, but the curriculum night um that was held I think yeah, a couple weeks ago was really helpful for my uh rising freshmen and it was really nice to experience and see and the tours were super helpful. So, I thought it was well well put together and and wellun. So, thank you. >> That's always a fun event for us, too. I know. It was my last year there as a link crew member and I got to take around my younger sister who's a rising freshman too and it's always a good time. >> Great. Okay. Um, as always, you are welcome to stay if you would like, but we know how busy your schedules get, so we will not mind if we see you quietly slip out the back.
Are you >> that's the idea with behind just to have a record of it so there can be some spot checking after the fact so in case we have another blowout like what happened before there was some checks in place. >> Yeah I I think because if we do the exemption route then we do have that delay. We have that minimum of seven days. So if it's really timesensitive you're going to run into that issue. But if you notify the state procurement office or notify the chief procurement officer of that event, then at least they're not waiting for us to respond to them. >> But we're they're notifying us and we can always >> we can at least monitor it or we can keep track of what events are happening that are using this exemption. And if we feel if in the future there are some events that may challenge this bill, at least we can say this is what [clears throat] they reported to us and have that mechanism in place.
So I'm more I kind of focus on like more their character than just wrestling. like making sure they're doing their workout and that they're doing everything they need to be doing, but also just their character development, too. >> Yeah, pretty good. >> Yeah. I don't know. I kind of just like make sure like people are messing around. I kind of mess around too, but I just make sure it doesn't go to like a far extent. I I guess to make sure people don't like cross the line. Make sure they're staying like focused, I guess. >> At least slightly locked in. >> Yeah. Slightly locked in. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Like if they're getting off track, tell them to you got to lock back in. >> Yeah. Just a little bit. just a little bit. Um, uh, yeah, being seniors, uh, what are you guys' future plans looking like?
Yeah. >> So, we were all excited and we're like, you know what, >> we get we're going to have a very tough day. It was a very cold and rainy day the next day. >> Very cold and rainy. >> So, we were like, you know, we're going to have some fun before we have to struggle a little. So, we're like, let's go relax in the pool. >> Yeah. And we went, oh, the pool's cloudy. It's like, oh, well, that could just be like chemicals or whatever. Little did we know. >> So, we all had to shower very thoroughly after that. Sorry. >> And then another time we were, it was actually this year or earlier this year, this first semester, we had Mr. Cox, our old the old uh shop teacher. He came in and helped us with one of our cars, 054, which mysteriously stopped working.
We had an opening day ceremony with a parade of nations instructional skits about showing caring and teacher bobsled race. I would have loved to have seen that, but unfortunately I did not. We will honor gold, silver, and bronze winners at our closing ceremony on February 27th. I hope to attend that to see the official closing. All school field trip to CMS. The entire school took a field trip to see Annie Jr. All students demonstrated exemplary audience etiquette and we all enjoyed the stellar production. There was also a PTA movie night at Eagle View. We had a great turnout for this inaugural event. We packed the gym and the students and families really enjoyed themselves. Oops, sorry. Um, in addition to that, we [clears throat] wanted to look at the academic growth for Eagle View, their social and functional growth. Eagle View students are showing academic growth across the board.
That's a kickoff win. >> Oh, >> Carter. Carter Carter. Carter, Carter, Carter, >> Carter. Weaving. >> Weave them. >> Come on, Carter. >> Boro going in. No boost. >> Okay, no boost is kind of not the way to go. >> Oh, it's Gator again. >> Oh, it's Gator. Get him away from Gator. >> Get it away from Gator. Get it away. Yes. >> Oh my god. >> Carter and Baral. >> Oh my god. >> Jordan, just take it all the WAY HOME. JORDAN. >> JORDAN, where are you going? >> Go home. Well, not home, but go to their home. >> Jordan, >> please. >> Jordan, you're going to have a play day. >> Please. Please. You have a minute 40 to score three for more goals. >> Please. >> Oh, Jay Rose just got rid of Jordan. >> OH, NO. >> FUNK. NO. >> That's Ponk.
Well, it was good getting to know people. So, you know, your agenda is posted uh nicely. It it certainly does meet with the requirements of the law with a full agenda. Um and you have access to the public both in person and online. Um and the minutes must be kept for all open meetings including subcommittees as you know and executive session. lots of violations over the past three to four years around minutes, which is why I wanted to bring that up. Uh people forget about getting minutes in or getting minutes in in a timely way, and many committees um were quite used to not creating subcommittee minutes. I know you say, "Hm, that's what I said." Well, how can any work get done if there's no subcommittee? Because the subcommittees are designed to have work sent to them by the full board to dive deeper and to bring recommendations back.
Thank you. >> Okay. Next on our agenda, we have some recognitions to um to talk about and we're moving around a little bit. So, we'll start with a school partnership presentation. >> Yeah. Yeah, I'll join. Is Tara Jackson in the house? Yeah. Come on up. We're going to make you stand here while we say lots of nice things about you. Tara Jackson is being recognized for her outstanding dedication to the Darcy school community. She exemplifies the true spirit of a school community partnership. Even after her children moved on from Darcy school, she chose to remain an active and dedicated member of the PTA board, continuing to give her time, energy, and heart to our community. Tara has played an integral role in creating meaningful opportunities for families to connect through events such as family pizza night, the family ice cream social, and family bear night.
Right now we don't have anything in place. >> So the language you would be looking at is reporting of um any um ex use of the exemption for sporting events. >> Correct. That would be most most expeditious as opposed to receiving a CPO approval. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank >> any other questions. Senator Wai Anderson. >> I'm trying to find out the necessity for this measure. Can you give us an example of where there was a sporting event that we lost because we weren't quick to respond? Uh, thank you, Senator. Um, Tal I know of I'm trying to think off the top of my head. Um, but I do know that exemptions to will help us um with sporting events. I know it does take time for us to um you know negotiate uh even put out um RFPs and you know knowing the importance of sporting events, knowing the economic um the economic impact it has, the also um how it drives um visitation to the islands and that media exposure.
>> Well, I'm playing football next year at Friends and I'm going to study some sort of business. Not sure exactly what I want to do within the business world, but something in there. It seems like a really broad subject that it's easy to get a job in the future or have your own business or something along the lines of that. I'm gonna go to Manhattan Area Tech and become a electrician. >> Like that electrician money? >> Oh, yeah. >> Blue cooler. >> All right, fellas. Thank you uh for coming on today. Anything else? No. >> Go Indians. You guys heard it here first. Thank you guys for coming on. Thank you, D. Thank you, Kaden. See you next time on the Clear Water Sports Talk podcast.
And he was hooking up a battery to it, hooked it up wrong, and flames. Oh, fires happen quite often in this sport. It's way more than you would expect for a driving sport. I think there's been like >> three or four open flames by accident, >> not including the times we use fire >> or lighters. >> So, I found out why you don't let everyone do everything. >> Yes. Well, um, speaking of cars, I heard that you are building another car. Is that right? >> Yes. 354. So, we have >> 054. >> Three cars right now. We have 054, 254, and 154. We're building 354 right now. And that our frame is practically done. >> We have the frame. We're starting >> Well, yeah, >> we're starting on the floor today. And then we have some of the smaller parts like we have a few of the mechanical pieces in and we also have a uh hammock seat which holds the driver while we drive while offering a bit more protection.
Our Ames fall spring to math benchmarks illustrate the growth we are seeing in all subjects and you can see that the green tier grew both from fall to winter in both of those um diagrams. In addition, we are excited to welcome kindergarteners for the 2026 2027 kindergarten enrollment. It is now open. Please share this flyer throughout the community, which we will help you do. Um, it looks like there's a QR code as well. We need everyone to enroll as soon as possible so we can project our staffing needs for kindergarten next year. And that is those are words from Mrs. Vinnie. >> May I go to my report now? >> Sure. >> Excellent. >> Please proceed. [laughter] >> Um, I [clears throat] wanted to touch base on the early release collaborative teams. You, uh, as a board approved the early release Wednesdays. We are currently training our staff.
>> Ponk. Whatever. It's a Ravenclaw apparently. >> Oh, >> that's my house. >> Yeah, but Slytherin's better because it's mine. >> I think we can mutually agree it's better than Hufflepuff. >> Absolutely. Hufflepuff sucks. >> Okay, her take is better than Gryffindor, too. >> What? Slytherin? Yes. >> Slytherin and Ravenclaw. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. >> Cuz Loki, Gryffindor overhyped. >> The only thing Gryffindor only because it's the three main characters are all in the same. >> Mhm. And they're all in Gryffindor. And who's all in Slytherin? The people no one likes. >> Gator scored again. >> That's all five thanks to Gator. >> Oh yeah, one of them was Punk. It shows that Gator only has three of five shots because when it pops those stats up, it shows you how many shots, how many assists. >> Oh, really? >> And he only has three or she Oh, Carter immediately demoing Gator.
So, how in the world do recommendations come back without minutes, right? Hm. So, the open meeting law is kind enough to include some definitions for us. And that is what a meeting is. A deliberation by a public body with respect to any matter within the body's jurisdiction. Um, and that gets a little trickier because the deliberation is any oral, written or electronic communications on the public business between or among a quorum of the public body. Um, I think that there's likely not a committee out there that hasn't one time or another unintentionally uh reached a quorum of the committee. So, what we tried to do um is really provide some caution. We all have someone on the committee that we trust or we want to talk to and we think we're gathering information and one thing leads to another and the next thing you know we've said I'm definitely voting X way on this particular topic.
She also has led and supported important fundraisers including the book fair. She has gone above and beyond to celebrate and support our teachers, helping them feel valued and appreciated. Her selfless service and unwavering dedication have strengthened connections between families, staff, and our school, making the school a better place for all. This award recognizes not only her time and hard work, but also the lasting impact of her generosity, leadership, and unwavering support. Darcy is truly grateful for her continued partnership and the [clears throat] positive example she sets for their entire community. The board of education thanks Tara for going above and beyond for the students of Cheshire. Thank you so much. [applause] [applause] window. I appreciate Thank you. Next on the agenda is the spirit of inclusion and Dr. Solen, you can take it from here. >> That's that's perfect. Thank you. >> Good evening. Um, I'm Barb Horn.
It's it's important for us to act swiftly in some cases to make sure that we can um seize the opportunity for um especially um bigger sporting events to the islands. >> Yeah. I mean, can can we tighten the the language at least for the sporting events where I understand that you have to be nimble uh but in in certain sports there's only one league to go to, right? It's not like we want an NFL game. who else on the planet plays American football? Or if you go to the PGA, uh there's only one league or entity that actually, you know, uh puts on those kinds of global golf. So I I understand the where this could be super helpful when it's obvious there's only one entity, one NBA, one Major League Baseball League, one whatever. So that as we tighten up this language to uh Senator McKelie and Moriwah's commentary in addition say that this procurement if there's only one player out there or league out there that that would allow for you to kick in the the exemption for procurement.
>> I think we also have the steering wheel done too. >> Yeah. Uh the hammock seat offers like cuz we don't put suspension in our cars. So, the hammock seat offers a sort of buffer between the shaking of the vehicle and your body cuz 054, our oldest one, doesn't have a hammock seat like our other two do. >> It has a board on the back of the what's it called? The >> frame. >> No, the c the half circle thing on top of the car. >> Roll bar. >> Yeah, roll bar. It has a board on the roll bar that you just sit on >> and it's like >> a wooden bar, maybe carpet. >> It's like sitting in a freight train. You >> metal metal floor, by the way. >> So, it's you're just being tossed around. And many of our drivers, including us two, have gotten bruises from racing in that car.
We mentioned guiding coalitions. those teacher leader teams and we've had one virtual session already and we're going to have another one um during our half day next week to really provide support and really build a framework for effective work when the students get released on Wednesdays for next school year. In addition to that, we are also working on communicating with the community on Eagle Zone, how we can help accommodate for the early release. So, please tell individuals in the community that may be asking you. We are working on it and we will continue communication as we have things figured out. I also wanted to touch base and again say that we are grateful for the ELA curriculum adoption that you approved at the latter part of last year. I'm excited that we have from the company an instructional coach coming three days next week. So I've been working with building administration on how that schedule would be most effective for the benefit of teachers K through 8.
>> They want Gator gone. >> JRose though. I think JRose might have got one. Oh, because it also shows their stats right here. So, we can see actively when it swaps to their team. Yeah, Gator only has three. >> Oh, >> yeah. >> Punk has two. Okay. >> No shots FROM J ROSE. >> WE FINALLY got one. Okay, >> Jordan. Yes. >> Now we just need four more in 30 seconds. >> 31 seconds. >> A lot can happen in that one second. >> They could keep it up the entire time and win kickoff still somehow. What are you doing? >> It's spooky. It's spooky. We won. That was a very clear win for us. >> Oh, please. >> Come on. >> Please. >> Come on. >> Please. Gunning. >> Hobart. Just let us get the four goals. >> Please, please, >> please, please, Hobart. You can't hear us, but please, >> please.