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What can be done? >> Yeah. I it just we we need more opportunities to really listen, you know, to what the people are saying. And >> and can I interrupt about while I'm not listening? Um >> yeah. >> So I as a as a resident of town did not sub my civic duties to the select board. >> Yeah. >> And that is just the truth. We we need to be involved and to be good good members of the community and the legislature, you need to be involved. And so these things that continuously aren't done make it just much more difficult. >> Yeah. I mean, we're almost done with our time here. uh because it's so much fun and so enjoyable speaking into these historic microphones that were from the original WACA TV uh studio on Elliot Street. Uh Paul Bodwin, who is our fabulous tech director.
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>> Yeah. State Department, you know, the Homeland Security and then um EF tours basically depending on who the vendor is. We have different trips. >> Any other comments? Mr. Aki, >> just a quick question on the timing on this. It's kind of unusual to do this kind of a trip at this time of the year. >> No, we've had other people going for trips. I believe they went to Germany in part of our last summer and um I don't know if you know Gina Curado. She's one of our former teachers of the year and was really looking forward to >> I was just curious. >> Yeah. We we did um have that discussion with her and it is on her own time and um but she feels very passionate about giving the students a real um opportunity to to live the culture. Any other discussion?
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Um, and you could do the project separately, but it would end up being more expensive. And either way, it would still need referendum. Like you'd end up spending more money and like we couldn't get this accomplished without hitting the referendum threshold. >> So the loaded docks over 500 because it's 874. So do they both become over 500 if you do it separately? Just generally? >> Yes. That's the issue is is because they're they're so interrelated um that it just becomes a really costly project to do them separately. >> Okay. And then same thing for the the barnum storage equipment and power too. That all gets clumped into the next gym conversation. >> Yes. As well. >> Yes. So those four items. So there's the two at Norton that are highlighted in yellow, the storage building and power equipment. You'll see that those um the dollar values for Norton are 125 and 100.
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So, I'm going to go back a couple slides here just the general plan and logistics. Um, I went ahead and I put together a little map of the building just so everybody can can get an orientation here. Um, I'm confident everyone's been to the school. Um, but there are two entrances which can be which can be a little confusing if you if you haven't been there. Um, when you're uh coming up Tamarak, the the the impulse is to turn into this first driveway here on the left and that is the lower level and that is where the gym is. So, we are holding here BOE and handicap parking, but it is limited, but we will be saving spots for for uh handicap and as many board members as we can fit. How many board members can we fit there? Well, we won't know until uh we see how many teachers stay for the meeting.
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Hearing none. Can I have a motion, a second to close the public portion of the meeting? >> Motion. >> Second. All >> those in favor? Opposed or abstain? >> All right. And we do have an executive session this evening. So, Miss Bradley, you're free to go if you'd like. Um, I'm going to tell Tom so he can shut us down for the moment. And then we'll actually go into we'll make our motion second to go into executive. Um, >> I already as soon as he shuts us down, we'll make that motion. I'm going to go lock that door. and I know I know five abstained from that meeting. >> I forgot this on the end of presentation and then you'll be >> perfect. >> But we're we're live audio right now, right? >> Yes, live audio. right now. >> Okay, perfect. Thank you. >> It changed.
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So, reducing spending, finding efficiencies, grants, seizing grant opportunities, school resource officer agreement. Um, thank you again to our township leadership for their help in assuming 100% of the cost of our SRO's who are very valued for us by the year 2027 28 2028. And that's a that's a um kind of a tapered taking on with gradual yearly percentage increases until they um are going to be covering 100% of the cost by that year. Advocacy with the state. Um we do that every year. We'll be doing it again this year. We have slots on Tuesday, March 24th and Wednesday, March 25th, testifying before the Assembly Budget Committee and the Senate Budget Committee. Um, and I, you know, look forward to that along with board representation, representation from ETA as we did last year. Last year, we we we what our comments actually sparked a good 10-minute impromptu discussion among the the Senate budget panel.
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>> I just love the way I've been able to be creative when it comes to some of my artworks and it really allows me to express some of the things that mean most to me in life such as my faith and my family. >> Even if you're not like fully into art, it's still like fun. You still get to use your creative juices and get those flowing. It's great just to have a place to go where you don't have to have a constant pressure and it allows you to kind of experiment and try different things and see what you like. >> One of the best things that I see that the teachers do is they don't tell students what they should do. They ask them those guiding questions to help kids think about what they're doing and make very conscientious decisions >> rather than giving them um step-by-step formulas.
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>> Yes. Explain to me like I'm a kindergarter because I literally have no clue. So today you would have a team of teachers who would about, you know, a student like Bill. Bill's Bill's having issues. He's not turning in his homework or whatever. >> It's got to be Bill. >> Bill or she picked you. >> I know, right? >> Dr. Bill. Dr. Bill's having issues. So, would you So, the question, >> How would you identify? Yeah. So, is it through that process that you identify the kids and and is that >> we've got a slide on that one, too, but go ahead. You want compare the processes. I don't really know. >> I I'll talk through MTSS and show you the structure and everything. Um but basically, um we both I mean schools by law have to have MTSS, right? And so currently that looks a little bit different in both schools and really in a lot of schools.
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Um he was telling us about the history of these very fine microphones. Um, yeah, I think the whole town would just run more smoothly if we actually had processes that we follow. >> Um, so we will be back. Uh, uh, I don't think we even mentioned um, your two co-hosts were Julian Ardone and >> Kate Jersey. Um, and I graciously accept the opportunity to be a co-host. And I would encourage other people interested to email um, questions, topics, and co-host opportunities. >> And it is bad girls.com or if you see me around town, just say, "Hey, uh, I want to talk to you about that." So anyways, um, we will see you in another month, I believe. And uh thank you for watching. We're now on Spotify and what was the other one? >> Apple podcast. So we've made it to the big big legs.
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There is a motion on the floor. Um there is an opportunity for public comment but I don't see any of the public here. So, all those in favor of the motion that is on the floor, unanimous. Thank you. Any other items? Miss Kelin, if I could just um continue, we had some other um overnight out ofstate uh field trips. One um the high school is going to Grand Canyon April 10th through the 14th of 2027. Physical education teacher was there and shared information about um the trip. The students will have an opportunity to explore the Grand Canyon while focusing on health and wellness. Physical activities will include hikes, river cruises, rock climbing, um as well as observation in various outdoor settings. Students will gain a better understanding of the vital connection between physical and mental health. Um the trip also connects coursework um in the physical health and wellness um classrooms and will include um a culinary component.
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So a little more for the power equipment. And then the last two items, Barnum for the storage building and power equipment are 125 and 45. So a little bit less, but So, you have two garages for Cheshire High School. >> No, we actually um >> there's a facilities garage description. >> Yeah, I don't know why this got se these got separated, but there's those three items where it says facility services. This is all the maintenance garage which is behind the high school, right? >> All related. So, um a renovation project, the um snow removal equipment would just be housed there and ground maintenance and repair. And there are um there's a renovation piece. Um but there's also a code compliance piece, 50,000 and 35,000. Um we've separated those for the purpose of this capital project, but like effectively like code compliance, that's that's the category.
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Um because that is a teacher lot right here that that gets filled up during the day. Uh but we're going to uh we have the advocate u going out to put cones there as as people leave. Um, and then we'll have that advocate stationed right out here at this blue arrow and he will uh usher people in as long as there are spots. Um, and then when there are no more spots um people have to go up and come around here. You turn on Oak Lane and then you come down um to where the roundabout is here. And there's parking all in this area um on this top um yellow box here for general parking. So, um depending on which entrance you enter in, uh this uh public entry level here is on the upper level and the gym is actually on the lower level.
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>> I did see something. >> I don't know what's going on back there. >> Oh, I think somewhere. >> Yes. on air. >> All good. Is that all good? All right. Um, so we just came out of executive session. We do have one action item that uh took place. I need a motion and a second to resolve that the board of education, having considered the parent appeal presented in executive session, hereby affirms the administration's disciplinary determination regarding the one-day suspension of uh SID number as discussed in executive session. Can I have a motion and a second to affirm um those determinations? I'm going to do a roll call. Uh Mr. Golden, >> yes. >> Mr. Phillips, >> yes. >> Miss Row, >> yes. >> Miss Juliano, >> yes. >> And Mr. Davis, >> yes. >> All right. Thank you. All right. I don't think we have anything else to discuss.
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uh they all recognized the inherent arbitrariness of that 6% cap and its woefully unfair application to EVAM, right? Losing as we did over half of our state aid throughout S2 and then to be doubly damaged by not being able to get it back when there was no cap on the losses. They all acknowledged that. the senators through our testimony. Something has to be done. We got to make it happen. The result, and I say this with respect for the process, was nothing in the form of direct state aid. We were simply given the lifeline to save ourselves. That was it. That was the additional le local levy opportunity. And after testifying every year and that's the result, we will be there again next week seeking increased revenue from Evans securing property sale and that that step by the way led to um Sequoia will be departing Evans after this year as we seek to um increase our revenue there.
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um they are presented with failing and problems to be solved. Failing is a part of the process in part. So I actually like when my students fail because it gives them the opportunity to learn from the mistakes that they made when I'm demoing or working with students. I'm throwing out suggestions and I tell them, "I may not know the answer, but let's figure it out together." It allows you to like really open your mind to a bunch of stuff and really get creative with practically anything you want. >> It's a great thing to do that you could kind of just take a break in the middle of the day, just relax and be yourself. The community is also really great. Like everyone within our class is super creative and fun. When we're reflecting and even in critique, students are sharing different ideas amongst each other.
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Okay. Uh so what we want to do is we want to make sure that that's a uniform consistent practice that we can work hand in hand across schools and and make sure that we can utilize each other's strengths and and come up with strategies with a kind of a wider mindset right when we're doing things differently um it's it's harder to do that. So um more more of you know currently teaming what we find is most of the things that go on during a team meeting have to do with a student behavior >> um or like a logistic like planning a field trip, right? And so we are are getting more specific in terms of how we want those teachers to spend that time uh to support individual students to truly know this individual is struggling in this area. This is how we know it and this is exactly what we're going to do.
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Student interest will be gauged after board approval is granted. The trip is offered to students in grades 9 through 12. >> I don't think we need um >> no >> board approval. >> We don't.
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Um, but those together. >> I was going to say you you do that it has satisfies both categories. Yep. >> Either way, you know. >> Yeah. >> I don't think so. I'm just going to say I was yelling at council leadership about the turf and sending it out last year and I look I feel just as stupid about the parking lot and the loading dock because if we're going back out that's on me on the board collectively because we did ask for that. Mhm. >> So anyway, I still feel >> but I don't think we recognize that the interpretation would be strictly the parking lot. >> Yeah. No, I honestly like all I focus on was the loading dock, but I mean it's >> Yeah. Anyway, I'm just saying that like >> I don't want to point the finger at other people and not point the finger at myself when I feel like I I did that was a mess up.
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So, if you come in here, right off Tamarak and you park right here, you'll be able to walk right into the gym. It'll be 10 15 steps and you'll be right at your seat. Um if you come this way, uh you'll be in the the upstairs area and then this is where you'll enter. You'll come right down here. Um you can either use these stairs here or you can come down and use our new elevator uh which is at the end of this hallway. Um the safety advocate will uh take you down and then you'll walk right back out over here to um this is where the gym is right here. So you'll just uh go down the hallway. So um if you get there early, I think there's a really good chance you'll get into this um staff parking area here. Um, and if you get there right before the board meeting, there's probably a better uh more likelihood that you'll end up up here in the general parking.
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