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So, that and that's why I was saying earlier um I mean, we we we could say substantial disruption, but maintaining order and discipline is actually broader, but ultimately the only protection we would have if somebody were to fight being restricted in this way would be if we could prove a substantial disruption to the learning environment. And so, and we we can double-check with legal counsel if we want to put a phrase together that we think would be beneficial. I have no problem with us running it by legal. Um I my suspicion is um it would run afoul of free speech and Tinker as case law. Yeah, we had a kid I thought I think it was a couple years ago that that wore a a MAGA hat to school, and nobody said anything. I personally don't necessarily feel comfortable putting anything about anything in politics in there, although I do 100% agree with you, Justin, that it is can be incredibly some of the most divisive.
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>> Okay. All right. Shannon's hand is up. >> Hi Shannon. >> Hi. Um so if our next meeting um for the Pelum school committee is April 7th and I'm not sure if you if you all are meeting between now and then, but if um some direction guidance that you all would like to see so that I can prepare the budget vote information accordingly for that meeting. Um that would be helpful. Okay. Um, if we were going to consider whether we might ask the town to increase what they're giving us, that's going to have to be a discussion deliberation, which means we have to have a meeting. Um, it would be possible to have a meeting just for that topic. William, >> can we not discuss it tonight as a budget? >> We could discuss whether we want to ask for more, >> right? I mean, can we have we could give that guidance tonight to um I mean, because we're not giving the guidance to the town.
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We tuition kids into our district because people want to be here. They want to be in this district. And it's not significant when you talk about oh how much you get per child Jim. It's $5,000. That number hasn't changed in my 16 years here. But it's still $5,000. But you can build this revolving account up over time. So with an override passing go all the way to the far right FY end FY27 ending number, right? Is a balance of $1.9 million. That's what we'd have in that account. This this is what we're projecting. And that projection allows us to do a lot of things and I'm going to get to that in a second. But if we don't do this this is what happens. We're we're looking at by the end of FY28 and we'll use the the 3.25% for instance increase. School choice goes in the to a negative balance of 38,000.
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However, in 1999 with Mosaic search engine, there was a little bit more userfriendly with pictures and bookmarks that helped make it a little more exciting. However, this was still something that everyone was learning. Teachers were learning it at the same time as their students. Another big break during this time was the iMac G3, which you might recognize from the movie Mean Girls. And a big part about this device coming out was the impact that Apple made with it. In an article by Medium, they talk about how for many millennials, this computer was very exciting for them. Seeing the pop of color, the cool shape and size, this is what they remember when they think of Apple. And this is what has led a lot of them to stick with Apple as technology has continued. Then we go into the early 2000s. Now we really are into the more compact projectors and typing class going from typewriters to your personal computers instead.
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He talks about them and encourages them all the way. He has an extremely respectful relationship, as do all our coaches, whether they're here or at the competition, with our students. Like Ms. Woodley said, when you coach, you look to inspire. It doesn't matter where they go to school. You're coaching for the love of sport and to teach kids life lessons. There is no adversarial intention at all. So, I ask you to reconsider this policy. Thank you. >> [applause] >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. My name is Steve Janos. I grew up in Floral Park, went to school here K through 12, played three sports, and now I have the privilege of being head of physical education teacher here in Floral Park High School. For the past 18 years while coaching three sports, what I'm here to talk about is a new policy that will not allow people who work in the district coach in the towns that are not in Floral Park's jurisdiction.
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I honestly, with students, I think if it were they were to wear a t-shirt with drugs or alcohol on it, I don't think that's necessarily a divisive situation. It's just inappropriate for school, which is why I was suggesting we put it in there. Understood. I think honestly for a lot of the reasons that Jay was saying, I just think that opens up a whole can of whole can of worms. And for the record, Justin, I don't I also don't disagree with anything you said. I just also have sat through a lot of trainings on this particular topic. Same. Maybe we hold on this one cuz I'm wondering if we go back to the um students' rights and responsibilities and then also the drug and alcohol policy, it might already be included in both of those things. In terms of the like school messaging and the divisive messaging, that might already be um in the rights and responsibilities uh because it would like directly align to like disruption.
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We're not asking the town tonight. We would be asking the town through presenting them a budget that we vote on is how we ask the town, I think. So tonight we would we could just ask uh give direction to um Shannon on how to format the budget for our vote on our next meeting. >> Okay. I I see Sarah Bess's hand up too. >> Sarah Bess, >> can you hear me now? >> Yes. >> No. Okay, good. Um okay, so thank you. um Rachel for finding that. So yes, I would be very interested to know what our budget at level services would look like and what the cost differences between what is currently being presented verse what um level uh services would be for us not tapping into extra from our revolving choice fund. um keeping that at the steady I think it's 500,000 that's usually used or some number that sounds like that.
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Because we have to use all those funds to cover salaries. The $1.1 million next year that we automatically have to add back in. We have eight eight educators counselors mainly who are part of our school choice um salaries. So it's coming. If we don't pass an override, it's coming. And and all I can tell you is when we get here these numbers mean layoffs, reductions. Not I've had great questions about the 13.2. They're still going away, remember? But what would it look like Jim if if if all of this goes away in 2 years? It's probably anywhere from 13 to 20 more educators. That's the reality. Because we are a people driven 79% of our costs are salaries. So why do I want to fix the problem? Why do I want to fix the school choice issue? Because we as a community, we don't have a structure set up that really uh and I try to think about this with your own property and your own house and it's really hard to do in tough times, but to set that money aside for you know, a a roofing project at your house.
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And this is when we start seeing educational games that I'm sure you guys remember such such as Cool Math Games, Brain Pop, and ABC app. Getting into the 2010s, we've officially gone into more personalized learning with our computers using things like Google Classroom, IXL, Con Academy, and the first Chromebooks to be able to really focus on the individual student with each learning process. However, it wasn't really until 2020 that this became a full takeover of the classroom. In an article by Brooking Research, they talk about how one of the most immediate and visible changes of the pandemic was the technology takeover of the classroom. Because of course, technology was present before then, but it was more being eased into the classroom. But in 2020, there was no option except to do everything through technology, which is what brought learning management systems such as Google Classroom and understanding of things like Zoom and educational software that they had to learn almost overnight.
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I disagree with this policy and I coached basketball for 15 years, 10 as an assistant, five as a head coach, and I'm still coaching here at Floral Park now that I was removed as basketball coach three years ago. Although I was not removed as the boys head varsity basketball coach, I continued to coach soccer and baseball as assistant. Since my love of coaching is so strong, I wanted to continue to share my coaching capability and explore other basketball coaching opportunities within other districts. Thankfully, other schools that were aware of my coaching skills, proficiency, and experience reached out to me with offers to coach within their districts. Since I competitively coached against these said districts, they were aware firsthand of my coaching ability, my leadership, and my positive energy with my players. These districts saw firsthand what I was able to bring to the table and how I would be instrumental in improving their programs.
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I don't know for sure, but if we pause, we can kind of like look into that and when we come back. And then the same with the like drugs and alcohol, I feel like we should go and look at that and see what it says. If it says anything in the drugs and alcohol policy about not promoting it, too, cuz then it kind of it'd already be covered. Okay. I'm I'm fine with that. And then maybe actually sorry, and maybe we can do kind of like a bonus homework and if people could just comment on this with what verbage they maybe would want to use as you were thinking about it and then that way we could have like a starting point if it isn't covered. Would that be okay with everyone? Yeah. I think so. That works. Yep. Do we want to continue looking at this one?
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Um and and then what that would look like. Um so thank you >> William. I was just going to say I think that number is already figured out for us, Sarah Best, because it's the 115,000. It was originally the 109, but now it's the 115,000. Um, so I I would I I was thinking in my head like to to be able to have a conversation about the increased cost from the 87,000 that we were presented in I think January, maybe it was February, I can't remember, to now this 115,000, which is like almost $30,000 increase that we would be dipping into our evolving fund. So, I was, you know, thinking that we maybe could um ask the town to meet that 30,000 extra, which would be like a 1.6% increase over last year's monies. Um, but I I guess I haven't figured it out, but I you know, obviously the less we have to dip into our revolving fund, the better, and we're already dipping in there 500,000.
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Uh a a car is damaged. These these expenses that occur every once in a while but are not, you know, that recurring cost that you're budgeting for. We have those. And this is just a little list. I have the whole list online. $14 million worth of lists if you will of deferred maintenance projects. If we have a boiler, say at the Pittaway school break doesn't function. Heating season's coming. My guess is the the community's going to probably want me to fix that boiler and have heat for the the the smallest kids we have in our district, right? Hopefully they'd want it at the high school too for the biggest kids. But uh my my my greater point is that we have we don't have that necessary flexibility. I can't just go to Michael. I can and he's going to say, "Jim, I don't have it either.
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So this brings me back to my question of technology and its effect on the classroom. It's clear that technology has brought immense resources to the classroom, but it has also increased dishonesty in assignments and around the classroom. It has brought personalized learning for each individual student. However, it has also created a lack of social skills and less interaction from student to student. It has increased communication, being able to reach out to your teachers whenever you need help or even get personalized help. However, it has also created a distraction. And honestly, this is a question that there's no one answer to. Some schools like Sweden's Karolinska Institute have gone completely back to paper, saying that they believe that this is the only way for students to completely learn and that this is the this needs to be the focus to truly gain knowledge. However, not everyone agrees with a university in New York saying that it's going to be a better bene benefit in the long run to use technology.
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For me, it was a no-brainer. Even in my early years before I became a teacher, my goal was always to coach, help kids, and improve their skills on and off the court. Once removed from my head basketball coaching position in Floral Park, I knew I wanted to continue that goal of mentorship. Sadly, since he is no longer in the district I teach in, I welcomed and was thankful for the open opportunities and for the positive reinforcement other districts saw in me. Taking these assistant coaching jobs in no way was with sincere intention to be adversarial or hostile towards the town I love, love, and admire. They are purely out of the love to continue to coach and wanting to help student athletes. I understand that the course of life leads many unforeseen friends and we don't always have control over them. We lift our heads up and forward and try to turn everything into a positive.
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I think yeah. Okay. Um Adriana, you already spoke about the 3S to dress code. Yeah, it was the exact same thing that you brought up. I just was a memory cue for myself. Um and then So you're you want to speak to this or you're saying like for 15 business days? Or school days? Uh yeah, I I feel like we in a previous policy and I just couldn't remember we were talking about the days thing and we did come up with a decision and I believe we said it was business days and so then I thought like just for like formatting and like ensuring it's all the same we would put business in here but I honestly I couldn't remember it might have been calendar. I I remember having the conversation too but I can't remember what we landed on. I think it was about the response to like a concern or or something to I can't remember.
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So, I could definitely get on board with what Sarah Best is saying is to take the whole 115,000 and put that into the ask, but I would have to see what percent increase that is over the the 1.8 million I think that were asking from last year. I don't I don't know what that percent is, but I certainly um I I I would not vote for this budget and us dipping the additional 30,000 into our revolving fund. Um, I would be prepared to vote uh yes on a budget that kept us at that 87,000. And certainly I would be very much for what Sarah Best is presenting, which is the um asking the town for the 115,000 more. >> So, are you saying two different things, William? >> I I'm saying that I I would not vote for the budget as presented today. >> Yes.
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Can I have $500,000 to fix it?" We don't have set up safety nets if you will. I'm looking just the fourth line down. The literacy program. We are looking at a new literacy program which is required to to be in compliance with the Department of Education. It's going to cost about $900,000. How do we fund that? For me, I look at it and say, "Simple." If we're not spending $1.1 million out of school choice for salaries which should be in the operations we now have flexibility to utilize those funds for truly one-time costs. It's it's a I'm try I'm making it real simple, but that's the reality. Um we're in the process and Michael and I just 2 days ago we're we're still working towards the Ashland public schools taking back if you will the the control of of the fields, the athletic fields in for the school system, right?
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So, I'm going to end this TED talk without a clear answer, but that one thing remains true that education is at the formation of this all. And that education, as Malcolm X says, is the passport to the future. For tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Thank you. That is my way for making waves for a better tomorrow. Thank you, Tiana. That was a really wonderful nostalgic view of education. Made me think back to a few things. All right. Our second presentation for period 2 is Beyond the Tantrum by Leila Hijazi. Laya is a senior here at DHS who is presenting her second TEDx DHS talk. She is president of the multicultural club, an officer in our DHS orchestra, a member of our sailing team, and a member of our black student union group. Ila plans to study health sciences upon her graduation.
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This rule that may be imposed on coaching may not allow me or others to do so willingly. This does not also only affect my love of This does not only affect my love and sports, it financially impacts myself, my wife, and our 1-year-old child. For those reasons, I would greatly appreciate if you would consider the potential new policy. Thank you for your time to allow me to respectfully voice my opinion REGARDING THIS MATTER. >> [applause] >> I AM H.G. FUSEE. SPECIFICALLY, H.G. Um I'm a 15-year-old kid at Floral Park High School and for as long as I can remember, my dad has been my number one supporter through everything, whether it was soccer or baseball or basketball or track and field or whatever. He didn't always do it with basketball, but he was still there in my corner no matter what. Since I've been growing up, I've been a Raider.
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