So again you're seeing evidence more [clears throat] the emptying going on householders 65 plus 30% probably third right now four five years later. This again showing you're going to have uh more and more households, the household owners in this turnover ages. You're about 80% owner occupied. Owners and renters have two completely different dynamics. Renters tend to be younger. You don't come out of college to buy a house or rent an apartment. Okay. Um still forming their families. um preschoolers at home and move an average every two years. Homeowners as a rule have finished their family formation have a few preschoolers at home um and move an average every 14 years as most stable population. So we can see here we link this up with the variables home ownership rates and age structure. We can see where the older living. Okay, these are the areas we're going to start turning over in the next uh next 10 [laughter] 15 years.
Both of them are uh making their shots when they get them, but there haven't been a whole lot of shots, really. No call, yeah. >> three draw controls for for Duxbury. So that that's a bit of a concern. Uh obviously, you get the draw control, you get a possession, you get to shoot. There's a whistle. I'm not sure who it was called on. Clock stops with 13 seconds left. So, does the clock always stop? You know, sometimes it's running. So, is it more just cuz less than a minute? >> Yes, that's exactly right. Uh they don't want to Which makes sense, yeah. >> Yeah, ruin the opportunity there because then people would foul indiscriminately in the last minute. Wow, what a save by Duffy. Terrific save as 5 seconds left. Denver's going to have to hurry, and they Another save. Wow. As you mentioned, like her save percentage.
I've been calling I think I've been calling them the same person all night long. As Avery Morgado gets a gets checked to the head. Good hard work by Morgado to stay with it as it looks like Gaudreau gets uh herself a yellow card. She'll be sitting in the yellow chair for 2 minutes. Avery Morgado with the ball. Spartans have 50 seconds. Morgado and they're fighting as it's temporarily lost as Minnechaug comes up with the ball. And Minnechaug has the clock's not going down. The clock's there now. The clock is finally going down after 10 seconds. West Springfield Minnechaug gets double teamed. Kylie Marino, that's Yeah, that's not what the Spartans really needed. Kylie Marino will get herself a time uh yellow card. She'll be in there for 2 minutes. Minnechaug with the ball looking to probably take the last shot with 26 seconds left. Taylor kicks the ball all the way back to O'Connor.
Congratulations and multiple recognitions for his project toward faster material simulation GPU optimized neural networks for inner anatomic potentials. grade 11 student Ray Ma. And those recognitions include third place for individual physical sciences senior high in $150 award for the Connecticut Science Fair Association Physical Sciences Award with CMF CMS Dorothy Mavino. First place in a $250 award for excellence in engineering high school from the anonymous friends of the fair family awards. Senior high finalist and medallion winner for the Infosys Foundation Computer Science Awards, third place and $100 senior high engineer recognition from the PepsiCo Engineering Awards and a $30,000 four-year scholarship in computing to Quinnipic University. Congratulations, Rain Ma. We're going to let Rain make the rounds, but ask him to come back up here. And we'll also invite Echo Margari up to uh the podium. >> Congratulations. That was a long list. >> Rain, come on back up here.
Not consider that we'll do outdoor refrigeration. So that might you know it'll be more cost effective but it'll just limit us limit us on future expansion. That's all that's another option. >> Well eventually the all these elementary kids that are >> that are here are going to get to the high school. Yeah, >> we're going to need the we're going to need the capacity. >> Yeah. >> And I believe and the the benefit of that also just want to add one more note that food services from their budget can obtain state grants so on so forth to acquire equipment which an outdoor freezer refrigerator combo would be qualified. >> So that wouldn't be out of our pocket. >> Okay. But they can't put that towards the loading dock though, right? No, it's got to be like appliances and equipment is all she can order. She can order combi oven, she can order a steamer, she can order a a freezer refrigerator combo >> and that she can pay for that.
Um And then the fire electrical safety, I mean, yeah, it doesn't [clears throat] necessarily a stable structural platform, but that's what flex conduit is made for. Um I I can either hook it up as a flex conduit like a half inch flex conduit or I can even do what you would typically see in like a like an RV trailer park with like a with like a a standard um plug plug receptacle and then a cord that you can you can plug in. So, that would be more than sufficient for the loads and we've got a single circuit to run a TV out there for playing video games. Um and it's Yeah, [gasps] and we'll see what else. Um Yeah, and so, I mean, we're down to like the engineer of record thing and I'm my my my statement is I mean, we have an engineer of record who signed off on this and the request for the sites the additional request for the site specific um testing data for the hardware is just just unreasonable.
Alexander. We will move on here to consent items. Any questions? You mind saying that there's no public comment? Oh, I'm sorry. I skipped over there's no I I already checked it off. There's no public comments tonight. Now, consent items.
The joy of GIS and the last slide single person households [clears throat] 27% 12% of them are over the age of 65 you guys. So you've already got pretty good size pocket households out there now single person over 65 that probably start downsizing. Next slide. Okay, this is my favorite data from the 2020 census individual year of age. So in 2020, these 5 year olds here, that's your kindergarteners, first grade, second, third, fourth, fifth. But by 2025, these under one are now five year old. This is your kindergarten first, second, third, fourth, fifth. So we can look at the individual cohort size area [clears throat] and look for radical changes. Okay, McKenzie here is a great one. 112 116 134 100 112. So people say, "Oh my god, we're up 20 kids this year. Booming growth must be moving in from all over the place.
I think she's at 50% right now. Three goals in, a few a few saves. >> Yeah. Two huge saves over there. Yeah, that that that's a big momentum builder, hopefully, for them. Had they let in a last-second goal in the end of the first quarter, that that that may have caused the shoulders to to drop a little bit when they had had lead and uh not been able to take care of the draw controls the last couple of times, so So, hop- hopefully, they'll be able to clean up on some of the turnovers and and again, get more shots. I'm not sure if their goalie had an opportunity to make the save. I think that the two shots that were taken that were on goal, both Both went in. >> Yep. Uh there there may have been one other, but sometimes it's hard to tell whether it reaches the goalie or not.
O'Connor to Kozub. Kozub looking to feed it in. Nobody there. Kicks it back out to Lee. Lee trying to go around the corner. Good defense by Giana Byron. Kick it out and out. Good defense by the Spartans to hold off Minnechaug without getting a shot the last 40 seconds of the first half. Minnechaug leads 4 to 3. >> All right, we are back for second half action. As Mac Whitmer had a goal and Sabina McKechnie had a goal for the Spartans in the uh second quarter. And as Lucic had a goal and O'Connor had the other goal for the Spartans. Mac Whitmer back up on the draw against Wong and every time Mac Whitmer just gets the ball, they're just looking to double her up. Minnechaug girl knows what type of gum Mac is uh eating tonight. Uh Sabina McKechnie with the ball. Looking to set up the East Longmeadow offense.
We got one more. Take two. Uh Rain and Ekko, uh both grade 11, were among a group of students who participated in the 2026 US National Chemistry Olympiad, which is a multi-tiered chemistry competition for high school students. Ekko performed in the top 12 and Rain was the overall gold medalist in their regional exam and those performances earned them an invitation to take the three-part national exam which took place on April 11th. Congratulations to both Ekko and Rain. >> Congratulations. pretty amazing uh student performances and thanks to their teachers who obviously uh did a lot of work to help prepare them for this and obviously all the family members in the room who help support their students each and every day. >> Congratulations to everybody. Awesome work. You ready, Heather? Yes. Next up, we have our um board representative to Chapman school. Uh Miss Heather Fitzgerald will be presenting the school partnership award for Chapman.
So there's opportunity there where it wouldn't impact, you know, the cost of construction. >> Yeah. No, thank you. I appreciate that. And I I think the point in my words, not your words, but I think what you were getting at before partly is that there's the school budget, it's $100 million, and then there's the cafeteria nutrition budget, and it's separate. >> Correct. >> And I'll just say, I've had this discussion with Vin, maybe with Jeff, too, and now with you. >> Um, I don't think there's any I don't think there's any uh person in town, taxpayer, voter, anybody who really gives a hoot. It's it's all part of the schools from their perspective. the cafeteria like like for the board of ed may not be our responsibility officially. It's what Vin always tells us, but I'm like that's ridiculous because if if a kid got if a kid died of food poisoning, >> it's our responsive ed >> catch.
I've never seen that. I've never seen that done for for any any other project. Certainly not a project of of this small a scope. And I think that's pretty much all I have. Um Okay, thank you.
Any discussion or questions? Seeing as there are none, do I have a motion? I'll move that we approve the consent agenda as presented. Thank you, Mr. Alexander. Thank you, Mr. Smith. All those in favor, say I. I. All those opposed? Motion passes 5-1. Down to action items number 8.1. 5-1. 5-1. 5-1. What did I say? >> 5-1. Oh. I thought it was 5-1. By the way, I forgot to tell you there was a six-member board. Okay, 5-1. We got that straight now, Christian. Action items 8.1. Accept bids for the middle Maple Grove Elementary School special education renovation. Dr. Long or Dr. Taylor? Thank you, Mr. Russell. After thorough review of an evaluation, the administration recommends awarding the contract to cross this contract for the construction at Maple Grove Elementary School special ed. Uh awarding the contract to Crossroads Builders LLC for general trades, Grinder Brothers Incorporated for mechanical plumbing, Maverick Electrical Solutions for electrical and technology, and Guardian Fire Systems Incorporated for fire protection.
Allen County, it's wonderful." No, it's not. You get a big cohort going through. It better go up 20 students that year, but you got 24. Consequently, it goes back down next year. Oh my god, we lost 20 or kindergarten. Panic in the streets. No, [clears throat] it's a small cohort. You need to identify these factors so you're not overeneneralizing a demographic trend. Okay. What it also does is tells us 338 is your base here going down to 255. That tells us how much of a preschool deficit See, people always assume that the number of preschoolers in a district is always the same as the number of school age kids. Rarely are they in next urban areas almost never. So [clears throat] this tells us how much drop to that tells us how much in migration you need to break even because oh new household movement, a new family and they want to add what they already have.
>> Yeah. Couple turnovers on the offensive end, couple draws won by Denver. I think that's kind of the turning point right now. Um number six got to kind of shut down Ava. Um we have a 3-2 game over here. You know, let's uh take a quick break and hopefully uh hear from our sponsor, Townhouse Pizza. And then we'll Kevin and I will be back. Give me that pizza right now. >> Brought to you in part by Townhouse Pizza, subs, roast beef, and more. Be sure to fill up with the buffalo chicken calzone that's been called one of the best in the area. >> [music] >> All right. Again, thank you very much to for Townhouse Pizza for sponsoring again. Very involved with Townhouse over the fall, winter, and of course spring. So, we have a 3-2 game. We got Dedham three goals to Ashland's two goals.
She's just waiting for Minnechaug to come out and outplay them. And we're going to have a waiting game of how long McKechnie will wait out there. McKechnie over to Crimmins. Crimmins to Parsons. Parsons going behind the cage, zoom around. No cutters there. Parsons still cutting around. Throws the ball into the middle. Gets knocked away. We see Parsons looking to chase it up and Sabina McKechnie comes up with the ball. McKechnie goes in through one, nothing there. McKechnie around the cage. McKechnie gets hit to the head. And as Minnechaug will get themselves a yellow card. I think that's Minnechaug's third card of the game. One more they'll be uh playing a man down. Any fans around here at Minnechaug's third card? Yeah, Minnechaug's third card. At least two, yeah. I think that's Minnechaug's third card. Sabina McKechnie going in. Eight meter attempt. McKechnie goes down, up, over the goalie's head to get herself her third goal of the game and to tie the to tie the game four to four.
>> Oh, and Dr. Burns. It's okay. Thank you. >> Hello. Um, so the Cheshire Senior Center is the recipient of the school partnership award for Chapman School. Um, I'm happy to give this award and we're happy to honor Laura Gravel, program supervisor at the Cheshure Senior Center with this award. Principal Burns and Chapman Elementary School are proud to recognize this Cheshire Senior Center as the recipient of this partnership award. Dr. Burns is very proud of their partnership with the senior center and it's become a very special part of the Chapman experience. Throughout the year, seniors visit Chapman's classrooms to listen to students read, share stories of what school was like when they were young, and join them for author author's tease and classroom celebrations. Each visit brings smiles, laughter, and a beautiful connection between two generations. For Chapman students, these visits open a window to the past and remind them of the value of listening, kindness, and shared experiences.
Yeah. So anyway, I understand there is a difference, but from my perspective and I the difference exists, but it's not that big of a deal. >> Yeah. And I was just I was just referencing as a as a function of cost allocation. Nothing. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I appreciate that. >> Responsibility is responsibility. We own the whole the whole suitcase. >> Yeah. >> Um I think we'll we should come back to this as well because this is part of the referendum. So if we make a kind of in the next iteration of this, which will hopefully be the final iteration of this before we have a motion to approve for year one, um we should come back to this one because it sounds like it could go either way of design and pushing some of the cost or leaving as is. But regardless of what that is, we should probably look at a few of the other items.
The board have any questions for the applicant? Yeah. What was the original nature of the complaint that that brought these guys here? Was it because the drawings Like was it because the building was being built and somebody saw it and they didn't like it? Or was it was there a like a setback problem or I I where I'm going with this is that if we approve this, does that take care of the complaint or is is that still outstanding? The complaint came in as work without permits. Work without permit? Mhm. Okay. And I I would have I can kind of speculate on that. Um it came in about the time that um they were going going through my neighborhood and marking all the the site uneven sidewalk slabs um for for kind of going to a grinding down which I'm surprised I actually didn't get a bill for that cuz a lot of jurisdictions charge you for that.