And I do not believe that those comments reflect the views of Betavians. Um, I'm a licensed clinical social worker. And when I think about supporting trans kids by creating safe school environments, prohibiting discrimination, preventing and responding to bullying, using the correct pronouns. I think of that as suicide prevention. Um, actually, it's not just that I think that. research from the National Institutes of Health and the Trevor Project demonstrates that um for trans and non-binary youth who have affirming adults and spaces in their lives um they have 40% less risk of attempting suicide compared with their unsupported trans peers. Um I think that the point of schooling and education, you know, in general is to help young minds be ready to enter the different spheres of public life and adulthood. um including being active participants in the civic process. In spite of the hate and intolerance directed at the trans community, which was on full display in the comments section last week, trans folk trans folks are amazing and able to achieve excellence, and that ought to be celebrated.
And so, uh Mr. Garrett and I have been reading policy from one up to the top or one to the bottom, whatever you want to call it. And this has been a good a really good activity. I think the we've been learning quite a bit about what we perceive as a policy and then what's actual. And I think the one we have is >> interpretation. Like, these are words, and then you you ask people like, "What does this mean? What does this look like in real life?" And you're asking the people that write it, and they don't have the answers, and that's odd to me. Like, I feel like if you wrote it, if you're telling us to do it, you should be explaining to us exactly, you know, the the process. So, it's really understanding the policies, cuz the way I've kind of looked at life lately is thoughts and prayers are just policies and procedures, and we need to stop making it about people and start making it about policies, so we have to lead by example and make sure ours are cleaned up all the way through, so.
Those are if you looked at the packet, those are all part-time staff. And what happens there is that's usually all those situations there's a shift in the FTE. So because the FTE has changed, we then need to honorably dismiss them because the FTE they currently have is not necessarily available or in the same amount. So many of those staff are going to be offered different part-time FTE going next year. They'll return to us. Some of them are applying for full-time positions that have developed as all these things have shaken out sectioning. So that's what those folks are on that list for. Then we do have the other ones that are the non-renewals. There's two of those. One is a leave of absence. That is a different situation. They're just here to cover somebody. And sometimes as in the case this year, sometimes we have one that isn't exactly the best fit.
We've got most of the building walks done. Um our partners at IMEG and at Erickson are going to start working on the MEP and the civil assessments here in the next uh couple weeks. Um they're going to start to filter that information to us and we'll roll it into this spreadsheet and this tool as well so that we're going to have one comprehensive report that's going to cover all of the things in the district that need to be addressed over a any 10-year 10-year given period.
If not, can I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented? >> Move. >> Second. >> Moved by Jamie. Second by Bill Dr. Coch. Would you like to read it? >> Under superintendent. Item one, approve regular meeting minutes of February 17, 2026. Item two, approve approve regular uh meeting close session minutes of February 17, 2026. Item three, approve committee of the whole meeting minutes of February 10th, 2026. Item four, approve committee of the whole meeting close session minutes of February 10 uh 2026. Under business, item one, approve the board of education financial report. Item two, approve payment of $47,98383 to Bear Construction for work completed at the middle school. Item three, approve a payment of 1,24,886.50 to Vern & Jones Construction for work done at the high school. Item four, approve a payment of $315,98924 to Bear Construction for work completed at the middle school.
>> It basically monitors our >> Yeah, it monitors our student devices through Google and alerts sends alerts to administration to kind of get ahead of threats, attempts, um anything negative. >> What's the program called? >> And we have found it to be fairly helpful in getting ahead of some things. I think we've been fairly warned, I would say. Uh I'd like to at this point give you a brief financial update. I think Kim Streight did that up for you. So, I'm going to I'm going to go over some things with you that I think are important for us as a school district and the community to recognize. I want to start with what happened before I was in charge. Things that were done previously. So, if you look at what we did. So, if we go back to last spring. And I want to be clear, these are round numbers.
School districts are eligible for it. I certainly am not an expert in E-rate so I don't know what other types of entities are available or qualify for E-rate but for us it's based on ADM and so we get a discount up to a certain dollar threshold. So, the bid from Rowen was for a total of 192,000. We get a 70% discount up to about 140,000. And so, again we pay 30% up to that threshold and then after that we pay full price. But the bid is to replace all the wireless network switches Mr. Solomon and also all the access points in the district. So, Appreciate Mr. Solomon's work on this five star consultants from Ad Tech as we work through the E-rate process. E-rate is something that refreshes every five years. And so, this would use our E-rate up but it's also something the wireless network 7 to 10 years would be kind of the life expectancy.
Happy to answer any questions you may have. Have >> a motion. So that's we're on information items now, aren't we? >> Yeah. 6.05 was the the other. >> So and then we're 7.01. >> And I have a question on 6.05. I thought we had to ask for approval of those resolutions. individual one. >> Yes. >> So, do we need to go back? >> We can go back. >> 6.01. >> 6.05. We have to ask for approval separately on each resolution. >> Okay. So, we're asking for a motion and a second or just a vote. Clarification. >> We have a motion. >> Let's get a motion on project resolution first. >> Okay. Can we have a motion? >> 6.05. Is that what we're I'll move >> for 6.05. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> And second move approval on the project resolution, the preliminary determination resolution, and the reimbursement resolution.
Any questions? >> All right. Can I get a motion? >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second on the floor. Any discussion? >> Hearing none. All those in favor? >> I.
Along with that, these um vendors have other options for families, whether that's seeing a psychiatrist, med management, um outside therapy. They do have different clinics and then it's also supporting the whole child, um allowing them to have access if they're needing potentially to see a pediatrician or, you know, a dentist or an optometrist, um just making sure that they are giving um options and opportunities for our families to again support the whole child. Yes, Ms. Lawrence. Yes, thank you. This is as everyone up here I think would agree this is very important work for our families and our community. How are students prioritized? Picking back picking backing off of what Ms. Hackett was asking. How do we determine if we have a wait list? How do we how do we determine you know, who gets services now versus who needs to be put on a wait list?
Um uh but I I I think we're at the point where we've provided um you know all the information that the commission has requested and I think we've closed out uh all of the issues um that have been put before us and I I would uh request that the commission uh vote to close the hearing uh and uh you know begin its deliberations on on our project. >> Okay. Did you want to go through your uh your remarks first? Um the specifics? Yeah, >> sure. >> Can I ask a question first? >> Yeah, go ahead. >> Before we before we go into talking about conditions and things, at the last meeting, I asked about looking at rellining or rehabilitating the culvert under Waverly Street. I just like to hear what you have to say about that. >> We we uh appreciate the the question. We did look at it.
Correct. Right. That's the original pre that was with the redistricting and when we I talked about this in the budget finance subcommittee that uh the FY26 FTEES were showing because that was the voted budget with the voted redistricting occurring. What we have now is the revised FTEES putting the people back to without redistricting occurring. And with that being the case, the revised FY26 FTEES for the middle school is 58.8. >> Okay. So followup. So it was 58.8 and this year it is >> 58.8. 58.8 8 and FY26 is a revised FTEES because the 65 you're talking about had that was redistricting being undertaken to >> total in the whole school. Right. >> Correct. >> Okay. So not to belabor it but on the budget that we have you know the budget for the middle school that we have in front of us of the whole budget it says that the FTEES are 65 >> correct and that's for 27 27 >> doesn't say >> not for 26 for 27 it says 65.8 That FTE column is 26.
Not to mention the financial disclosures not only identifies the financial part of it, but then the conflict of interests part. And so I think that that also is not sending a message to the public that we are concerned about transparency and we are an open book. Now, if that means that in your view or the members' view that we don't get qualified board members, qualified according to what standard though? Because to me, qualified means that you're willing to be transparent and accountable to the public. That's what qualified means to me. Now, when these terms are being used loosely, the public might get an impression that we're more concerned about ensuring that we have maybe special interests on this board or maybe members that have political ties. So, there's already so many negative impressions from the public when we don't have this kind of transparency. So again, sorry, back to my question.
Um I was really heartened to see the district's anti-harassment policies in section 7 on the website. Um, but it feels slightly disingenuous to say that we're going to protect trans students in school, but then capitulate to bullies online by removing a post about a trans congresswoman. So, instead of backing down, I think that we should be saying with our whole chest that we stand behind our trans students and neighbors. Thank you. Our next speaker is Sunny Ford. Good evening. My name is Sunonny Ford and I have been a resident of Geneva almost my entire life. I'd like to speak today about a post made by the Betavia School District last week, including US Representative Sarah McBride as part of celebrating Women's History Month. But to do so, I need to talk about some of the students of the Battavia School District. It is hard to be a transgender teenager.
So, part of that's been looking at the committees' work, and so we've realized that special board committees is obviously required. The only The only committee on here that is not is that number one being board policy, which seems to be managed that through liaison work. Um we're recommending that we redact that one, but parent teacher advisory committee, this is uh where we get some more knowledge coming to us as a group. And uh we meet currently with PTC leaders, and when we've met with them, we've brought Mr. Bear, and and I think Dr. Crystal Charles has come a couple times, and we talk about student behavior. We usually do that in the spring, so that's coming up for us on April something, April 4th. So, what we've been missing though is having some uh having a couple of teachers with us. We're going to invite uh from the schools to come to that meeting and hopefully not you know pull people out of class, but we're going to have some teacher voice in there and um discuss current behaviors and all the good stuff that's listed under that portion of the policy.
And you know, we move forward and and as we do. Then the terms of the other things you have there, obviously from the consent agenda and our personal report are all the renewals for next year. And so, what I want to point out there is you have everything from second year to fifth year renewals. And so, obviously those are all people moving into their second or fifth year with the district. Um, this is the last year you'll see a fifth year renewal cuz this is the last year for the people on the old tenure track before the law changed. So, some people are just wrapping up their fourth year as a non-tenure teacher and are being recommended for renewal for next year, so they'll start next year as tenure teachers in District 99. Uh, there are some people who are being recommended for fourth year.
So, with that, are there any questions on my end? Two companies you just named, what do they do? So, uh IMEG is your mechanical and electrical consultant. You guys hired them directly. Some same thing with Erickson, they're the civil uh engineering consultant you guys work with directly. All I'll all add is that um Matt presented um some of these high-level findings to our facilities committee last month. And um it's a really thorough document. I'm pretty happy with how this is shaking out and look forward to seeing you guys wrap it up. Great. Thank you. And this will be obviously a big part of what will feed into what our friends at STR get ready to talk about as well. Thank you. Hi. >> I'm Alan Arbus with STR and master planning. The The district has really commissioned the these three three legs of the stool.
Item five, approve a payment of 2,6 no I'm sorry uh $2,625 and25 cents to bear construction for work complete at the high school um under teaching and learning uh approve the NJRTC overnight field trip and that concludes the consent agenda. >> Thank you. Any any uh further comments or concerns? >> The only questions I have for Mr. Krosinski. None of these are finals payments, right? For the middle school. Obviously, the middle school is still going on, but nothing for the high school or anything like that for the sports. It's not final payments. Those are because it doesn't state that. >> No. Uh I don't believe so. The one I have to check with Brian, but the one for $2,625 may have to be may have to do with bare constructions uh work done at the stadium building. >> The building itself. Yeah, that's the building, not the entire sports plex.
I didn't want to get caught up in the weeds. Kim can give you the literally the exact numbers. But these were reductions that were made going into the 6 20 7 school year. Is that correct? 20 25 26 school year. Sorry. Yeah, that's where the 26 now we are. In admin reductions, there was $89,000. That would be the reductions plus the subtraction of that of the additional stipends that we're paying people to do those jobs. Okay? So, that's not the that's that's the total amount. Teachers, we had $114,000 between teachers that left who we didn't replace and teachers who retired and came back at less than full full full full uh full days. We saved $24,000 in transportation by eliminating a shuttle and by consolidating a route. We had $58,000 in retirements and again, those are not the total retirements, not the total savings. That's the savings minus the people we added back in to do those jobs.
Is that correct? So, so would recommend approval. And that would be a summer project. There would be some supplemental labor in there to help Mr. Solomon so he is not doing it all on his own. Certainly appreciate all his efforts every day but this would be a large endeavor for him to do on his own. So, certainly happy to answer questions. I move we approve the technology infrastructure project bid. Good. Second. Moved by Bryce seconded by Gina to approve the technology infrastructure bid. Is there any more discussion? Yes. Sorry. On page eight of the bid packet just so you're fully aware the two different payment options. The first one is basically saying whether or not we would our final E-rate approval we would just do it. I will not be checking that box. I would be checking the second one form 474 SPI. Basically saying we're good with this as long as we get our approval from USAC.