>> Thank you guys so much. >> Thank you for having us. >> Thank you. >> Well, Mr. L, uh, since you're warmed up, you can start us out with our principal updates, please. >> Uh, February has been a fun and interesting month. Um, every Friday in February, we we did something different to celebrate the week and just kind of let our our our hair down at the high school. Um, of course, this past week we had FFA week, but we also had a uh named the baby picture game where staff members submitted their uh baby photos and we had to guess who who they were. Uh, just a fun little activity. Um, for Valentine's Day, I know that we did a couples and so everybody grabbed a a random uh envelope and they had to find who their couple was. So, we had our teachers running the building trying to to find who their couple, which couple was, which was a lot of fun.
As I mentioned before, uh, local control pretty much goes away during the 40B process. So what we're going to be looking at here uh for the next while during this series of hearings are how this um application um addresses uh the issues of um of wetlands and storm water um under the state law not the local law. Uh again, we have limited jurisdiction here. Um and uh we will be we'll be reminding people of that because a lot of times people when they watch our hearings have no idea what we're talking about because it gets technical. Um and we use a lot of language that's specific to what we're doing. What we're going to try to do over the co uh the process of this uh series of hearings is to translate some of this stuff into English so everyone knows what the heck we're talking about and and also what the applicants are talking about.
>> Agreed. >> Yep. >> Agreed. >> And not just the select board, the finance committee as well. But >> yes, thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. Through you to Dr. Saber Magcguire or Mr. Kylie. uh has I'm going to make an assumption that that number is been floated to the finance committee also. Has the finance committee voted or weighed in on that amount or u at this point in time is this just you know the uh the board of selectment as as they say. So, so Mr. Nunes, um, I I don't know. I >> I can't answer the question. So, we we got this information at 20 4 today. So, we've been, you know, we we met on February 11th and and had a conversation with the town administration um and were talking about um you know the parameters of you know how they were preparing their budget and they feel that um you know that that at that time they did mention this amount as being something that um you know they could fund.
Uh, frankly, I wouldn't want any law enforcement agency going into our schools um to conduct business absent an emergency um or um court order that requires it and um you know the that is part of what we have now and that's how we follow the law now. So um we do address that. Um, if I could respond, my thoughts on this are if it if one family feels a little bit better and a little more secure because we have a policy, I think it's worth it to have that statement codified as a policy. >> So, do do we know that that would be the case? I don't know if anyone will write us and thank us for instituting it, but they might be feeling it. I I to be honest with you, I I go back and forth on this one myself. Um just you know and as we uh I believe Matt before you got on we took some stuff out that I really wasn't comfortable with about the board or the superintendent having a responsibility to supply information for undocumented families and and and I didn't think that that's our job to do.
>> Do we have any questions? How many uh kids are participating in your club at this point? >> Oh gosh. Um >> there's about 40 registered usually get maybe 15 at each meeting just because a lot of these kids happen to be kids that are involved in lots of things. >> Sure. >> And this is your inaugural year. Is that right? >> Yes. >> And whose idea was this to form the club? >> So we have five um presidents. We have five different presidents. We have a lot of people in leadership. >> You guys like a bank. We have 10 people in leadership, but there are five founders who um all got together and made this plan around doing the Sweenex thing and but also all 10 people in leadership did a lot of like crowdfunding because it took a lot of steps to actually get to this point of being able to be a real club.
But your ability to raise the people around you and the team around you. And I mean, I look at the school board, right? You all have to raise each other up and hold each other accountable, right? So, I'm very proud of what Josh does and how he does it on a day-to-day basis. And we do that the same way as our athletic department with 24 teams and one one athletic department, right? And I think Josh exhibits that. So, I'm very very proud of that. Thanks. >> [laughter] [laughter] [applause] >> Next, we will have two members of the wrestling team, Caleb and Talon, come up and say a few words about wrestling. Uh so, I'm going to speak a little bit on our junior class this year. Um starting with Lincoln Cooper, he got third in the state, a season record of 41 and three, and those three losses came twice to the state champion, once to the state runner-up, who he He beat earlier in the season.
We did ask in which municipality do you live? 68% of respondents are from the city of Columbus or the Columbus Township. Uh and then the remainder is broken up between those areas. 11% from County West, 10% from County East, 6% from County South, and 5% from County North. 28% of your respondents are staff members. 46% of your respondents are parents. And that leaves the remainder as non-parents, non-staff. Uh and that's the biggest group in your community. Uh we feel really good about the levels of representation you had from each of those three kind of key subgroups. Uh and you'll see as we go uh on later in the survey results that we kind of break it down into staff, parents, and non-parents, non-staff uh as we interpret some of the results. We did ask if respondents had any other relationship with the district. More than half of your respondents are parents of a former student.
>> Is there a motion to accept this recommendation? >> I move to approve the recommendation. >> Is there a second? Second discussion. Incredibly grateful for the partnership and generosity of Big >> Is this through a specific program or is this just I mean, they have a fundraiser donation right out of >> Yeah, I believe that they held a raffle. They put something out online um specifically for student lunch debt, but I think they did it in a raffle. >> It's been moved in second to approve the recommendation for the donation of 3365 from Big Woods towards student lunch debt at Brown Schools. All those in favor signify by saying >> I signify any extensions. I have the recommendation to approve the donation of $300 for Jamie Johan to SPA Elementary Invention Convention for the state competition. Is there a motion to approve this recommendation? >> I move to approve this recommendation.
Along with um Super Bowl Sunday, of course, that Friday, we had a nice little u bringin potluck for for the Super Bowl. So, um, from a from a culture standpoint, from a just kind of building our community, um, little things like that, just we we're in the doldrums of winter at the high school. And so, we're just finding ways to kind of build each other up and continue to to be a community. Um, this Wednesday is the big day. We have SAT for our juniors and everything that we've done this year is kind of kind of helped lead to this point. So hopefully our juniors are going to get a lot of rest tomorrow night. Um some of our juniors have spent a lot of the time with with Mrs. Duran and Mrs. Clemens kind of getting some additional support during SRT time. So um I I feel our students are really ready and they're they're ready to do their best on Wednesday.
The previous um 40B that started a few weeks ago, 61 Waverly Street, we've been doing that with them as well. Uh sometimes the experts in these fields tend to get a little uh into the weeds and people have no idea what they're talking about. It's sometimes difficult to to uh to translate this stuff, but we'll do the the best that we can or ask the experts to do the best that they can. So, um, in in the interest of saving time and streamlining, uh, the conversation and so that we're all reading from the same script uh, when the applicant starts to speak, we put together uh, for all the 40bs, we put together a template uh, to go through so that we can identify the sequence of topics that we're talking about, when we're going to talk about them, what documents we need uh in order to do that and also agree to what what I referred to uh is stipulated facts and the reason we have stipulated facts is so that we don't end up talking in circles uh about uh what we agree and what we don't agree on.
But um I had asked for some additional information from them and and um and we just got it at 20 4. I don't have any information as to what the process has been on the town side. I'm not sure if the selectmen have a like a proposed schedule A yet or anything. I I don't I don't know that that's been presented. Um and I I don't know the situation with the finance committee. We're scheduled to go before the finance committee Thursday night. >> That's still on for 5:00. >> Yes, that's my understanding. >> Okay. Thank you. >> This doesn't work. Personal opinion at all. Not even close. >> Well, I agree. I mean, key budget factors and that's >> keeping it somewhat level funded level services >> is 5%. So this really falls way >> fall short. >> Um and now how much money do we have in prek?
You know, I think it was focusing for to me it would be focusing on the kids in school and and not allowing uh that disruption of the educational process. The um but at the same time I don't you know more is not always a good thing. You know, I I'm just I think it I don't know. It's if it's something we have something in place, you know, just god forbid something happened and we didn't we chose not to have something in place to fall back on and this is just something that the superintendent has trained the administration on how to deal with the situation, but we don't have a set policy on it. I you know I don't I think in this case it might be better to have something in writing. >> Is this the going for a third reading? >> Second second you know maybe it's worth more discussion with the broader level because ultimately all seven people are going to have to vote on it.
So, everyone got out and we had these like signup sheets where we took everybody who think they could want to do it and they did it and we had all this stuff to make sure it happened and it took everybody to do that. What are you what are you guys planning on studying in in secondary education? >> Um I'm planning to go to college for um child development to become a childlife specialist who works in children's hospitals. >> I'm planning on majoring in physics. >> Okay, >> that's wonderful. >> Yeah. Do you have any more questions? >> Thank you so much.
He is a conference champ, sectional champ, and regional champ this season and academic all-state first team. Cole McMahon also got third in the state with a season record of 39 and 6. He is a conference champ and a regional champ. He's also academic all-state second team. Uh [snorts] Clayton Miller, he got fifth in the state with a uh season record of 37 and 8. He avenged two losses at the state finals from earlier in the season. He is a conference champ and sectional champ. He weighed in at 185 wrestling 215 all season. And Hank the Tank Redman was eighth in the state this year with a season record of 37 and 9. Weighing in at around 205 all season wrestling 285. He is a uh conference champ, sectional champ, and regional champ and academic all-state first team member. And now Town Justis will speak on seniors.
And nearly half of the respondents are an alum alumnus or alumna. 21% are grandparent. 18% have been a volunteer. And 15% are former staff member. We asked how would you like to receive information from us? And this is the first time you're seeing uh some of that breakdown between subgroups. So in purple are going to be your non-parents, non-staff. And again, that's your biggest community group and the least directly connected to the schools. Um so it can be uh helpful to understand how they want to receive information. As you can see right at the top were mailed newsletters. And that's something we're seeing across a lot of districts we're doing surveys with, uh especially in that non-parent, non-staff group. Uh if they want if you want their attention, they want something that's mailed that they can hold on to. Uh so it doesn't get lost in the, you know, dozens of emails that everyone gets uh on a daily basis that you have to filter through.
>> Second. >> I'll second. again. Thank you, J. >> All those in favor signify by saying >> I post sign. >> Extensions. Motion carried. >> Have the recommendation to approve the donation of 1533.39 to the Brown County High School band from the Brown County Band of Boosters. Is there a motion to accept and approve this recommendation? >> I move to approve the recommendation. >> Second. I'll second >> uh discussion. >> Thank you. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Uh all those in favor of the approving the donation of 1539 say >> I say motion car. >> I have the recommendation to approve the donation of $253.30 Brown County High School Student Council as part of Traveling Tom Coffey's give back program to the schools. Is there a motion to approve this donation recommendation? >> I move to approve the recommendation. >> A second discussion. >> Yeah.
So really that's that's the happenings at the high school. I know beginning of the month we did celebrate counselor week. Um Sarah Richard and Tristan Allen are two phenomenal counselors and love having them. Uh Tristan being new this year. Just her her ability to dive right in and be along with Sarah and I and and the team has been phenomenal. So I always say at the end I I love being at the high school and wouldn't want it any other way. So thank you. >> Thank you.
So uh we're going to start this evening uh Chris do you want to identify yourself before we start begin and uh John as well. >> Sure. Thank Thank you. Um my name is Chris Lucas with Lucas Environmental. I'm a professional wetland scientist and registered professional soil scientist. Um and I I'll hand over John say I also want to let you know Jeff Angler the applicant is present on Zoom as well. Um as well as Eric De Bruy with Bowler Engineering. So we we have four of us virtually. And um Mr. Hackinson, I also want to say that uh we we had um some correspondence last week. Uh we had indicated we'd be here virtually. you indicated that was fine. We would have been here in person if u if we thought it was appropriate. We do plan to attend in person for future hearings. Um but based on the limited scope and agenda, we we thought virtual was appropriate tonight.
>> The prek. >> Oh uh yes. So um >> fund. >> I mean there there are obviously as we move forward there are things that you know we can >> take a look at in in terms of our proposal and and our recommendations. I mean, one of the things the the the kindergarten stabilization account that was created, which um we funded through our own budget, um a a good portion of, is uh $367,266. So significant. That's uh 2/3 of a percent. Um so it's it's significant, but that's onetime money, right? and you know once it's used it's gone. Not that we shouldn't use it because you know I think that at some point it certainly should be utilized. Um it doesn't have >> really a separate purpose anymore other than to support our operation. So um >> I I would certainly you know be willing to consider uh recommending that to you folks but um but again that's one time money so it's you know a temporary measure.
I think we could probably push it through for a second reading and then bring it back up at our next meeting and say, "Hey, take take it take some time out and review this thing and think if think about whether we want to push this forward again." >> Yeah. I mean, if we if we can agree to have that robust discussion with the full board for the second reading, I I can support putting it to a second reading. Um, you know, I with a nuclear regulatory background on this, writing something down and not complying with it opens yourself to liability versus not having it written down. It's not required. Our neighbors don't have it. And then Jeff or the town or not the town, the school system handled the situation the exact same way. and now the policy doesn't exist and our neighbors don't have it.