I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have and with help from Dr. Boswell and Dr. Phillips. Thank you to the team for all the work that's gone into this. We appreciate the work of the cabinet and your support system. Board members, what questions comments do we have? I think it's uh the changes in Indianapolis are going to impact just more than school corporations. They're going to impact the county and city as well. Uh I think it would be a probably a good idea for us to look at how do we convene a countywide county council, city council, school board conversation on how to fund across all three entities the things that need to be funded. Cuz here you you presented a couple million dollars worth of reductions from a staff perspective. It'd be nice to retain them, but at the same time we also have to think about the trend that we've got with enrollment and what that looks like to be able to predict uh you know, are we going to are we going to cut costs because we find ways to make improved contracts with our vendors or are we going to cut our costs because we don't have as many kids, so we don't need as many teachers?
I I think that's that's the way to put it. It was an interesting school year. Not the easiest, but we are certainly grateful for the love and commitment to our corporation, to our students, as you guys recognized just a few moments ago. And um it's felt. And I think when you hear people say, "Hey, I've been here 30 years, 40 years, I think you told me tonight, Dr. Terrell, that there was an individual 50 years, >> 57 years in education." 57 years. That's that's a long time. So that's just incredible. uh just dedication and a care and concern for others. So, we're just so grateful and um I I find it to be an honor to to work with each of you and I find it an honor to serve our community. I really do. It's just an awesome process, an awesome part to be to be a part of this.
It's a lot of truck loads. Um do you think the track pads will be sufficient to keep that contaminated soil on site? Um I know they talked about um also street sweeping. I mean, if you streets uh sweep the streets, how you going to test that um sweepings for to see if it's contaminated? So, I'm just wondering if I mean, I've seen track pads and they're not maintained well and stuff's going out onto the road and if it's contaminated, we can't we can't allow that to leave the site. So, um are track pads sufficient or do you need to use wash stations or um Yeah. Uh yeah, I think it's a great it's a great question. It comes up a lot on on sites. Um and I would say are track pads sufficient? I would say they are as long as they're well well maintained.
We have a guidance counseling opening at Dartmouth High School. We have an adjustment counselor position. We have a the speech and language pathologist. Um, we have some district level positions that the committee approved in this budget and then seasonal facility grounds crew, uh, summer school, high school teachers, the dlo fullyear secretary. I would just say in many if not most of most of these cases, these positions such as the uh, middle school principal are due to retirements and folks who have uh, been offered other opportunities. And in many of those cases, they're either out of state or just sort of moving into a different field. Um, but we feel very confident that people are interested and excited about coming here to Dartmouth and we've had a really, I would say, impressive number of applicants for the positions that are open in our district. And so, uh, I would also just mention to you that I wanted to keep you up to date on where we are with kindergarten enrollment.
Okay. Oh, because this is the Darcy principal position effectively getting shifted over here. And save $18,000 in that process, by the way, by hiring an assistant principal. This position is a teacher position paid for by high school social social studies teacher taking the library position and not backfilling the >> [clears throat] >> um social studies. So, there's in this shift a net savings of about $20,000. Okay. That's not why we're doing it, though. You know, we're doing it to improve the supervision, programming, you know, and all the supports. Cuz that doesn't make that doesn't make any sense to me. Cuz this impacts not just Burnham. Okay. But if we hire full-time assistant principal at Burnham, then we'll have a full-time assistant principal at Norton now, as well. So everyone will have one. So right, exactly. So for all four elementary schools have full-time AP and principal now.
And Mr. Herring, we're going to miss meeting with you and we're looking forward to meeting with you. >> [laughter] >> Um, as a parent, I just want to say thank you for the work that you do. My children, obviously, they're in District 62. I have a kindergartner and a third grader, um, who have received varying levels of support based on the system and I appreciate um, how it's individualized for students and focusing, hopefully, on a growth mindset in addition to um, helping them through young and confusing years. So, thank you. Um, Go ahead. We've been, well, first of all, I just want Uh, I just want to thank, um, I would also like to say thank you to the team, but I would also say that, you know, change is hard and I understand that this is, you know, you've been growing, you know, for quite, um, since you joined us here and your team has been just working, times a hundred.
It all adds up as an organization to move things forward. We saw that move forward in the data you saw the last time. I would expect that the same thing here. If we are collectively just making little tweaks and adjustments and looking for the opportunity to make a difference. You know, a teacher it might be a warm-up, it might be a brain break, it might be a closing activity, it might be something that they push into a different unit, right? Um little things that we do in our communications and parent expectations and student expectations all add up to move the organization forward, right? We're a high-performing district. The data shows that in all kinds of different ways. So, it's just about where do you little make little tweaks on the edges? We're like a high-performing sports car, right? In those those races they make little tweaks.
I think we need to really have a long conversation around that, not just us, but uh other groups because those other groups are who are taxpayer money users and also are able to uh uh work with us collaboratively and collectively to assess the tax revenue situation in the in the county. Not that revenue is always the problem. There's there's a balance to both that revenue and spending. Mr. Mr. Major, we uh it's a good question and a good point. Thank you. We we are having some of those early conversations now already. Um as you can see the the estimates of the impact of SCA 1 are widespread, so I think I don't want to speak for the county or the city, but we're all kind of getting our bearings here to see what the impact is. Um but it's a valid point and we we've had some of those preliminary conversations already, so Mr.
So, I'm just humbled. That's the word I would use and it's it's a privilege. It's a pleasure to serve. Let's make next year even better and continue to on it improve and everybody enjoy the summer. Um, with that being said, uh, did you have a few dates? Did they touch on sorry that's on T, right? >> Yes. really appreciate your help. Okay, with that being said, if uh have a motion to move second by Mr. Warner, all in favor signify by saying I. I carries 4.
Um and that main that maintenance process is all part of the the SWIP plan, which is the stormwater prevention pollution plan. Um and that um as part of that process, we monitor and walk the site once a week and look at all these um these best management practices, these environmental controls, which is all of the the silt fence fence around the site, all of the track pads, um making sure that all the discharge locations to the the river will be plugged properly. Um and we also plan for certain rain events. Um so to your point, yes, we will try our our best to plan plan ahead. Um but it to answer follow up more on the track pad conditions, um I'd say it's it's standard standard practice. Um we will if a a wheel wash station needs to be addressed uh during uh certain rain event, the site's um got a lot of mud in there, uh we will not let a truck off the site if there's uh too much mud on on the tires.
Um, so at this point, DLO uh has 43 total registrations and that puts them at 14 about 14.3 students in a class. Potter has 52 total, so they're right around 17. and the Quinn is at 65 students and that puts them right around 16 students per class. So, we are closely monitoring kindergarten enrollment as we said we would and we'll continue to give you updates as we get closer to uh really the the start of of the school year. But one thing that I have seen here in Dartmouth over the past few years that I've been here is that once we get to this point of the year, it's not that we won't have additional registrations, that most of them are just about completed. So, we'll continue to give you updates as we get go through the summer as well. And that is my report.
It supports with data analysis, coaching, teacher evaluation, uh you know, parent access, SRBI. To have those people and again, I I hearken back to COVID when we got COVID money and invested there, and that has certainly supported our growth. Um to have that. So this doesn't change our FTE at all. It just changes how they're assigned. Um and we feel like that'll help all of our students. But this whoever is the admin team at Burnham will have a special program under their watch, which is not necessarily unique. The needs of the special program are certainly unique relative to other special programs we have, whether it be behavioral at at dual language program, or I should say social emotional in the bridge program, or intensive ed at Highland or Norton. It'll be different than those. And it's and it's super important, and we feel like a full-time teacher to support that coordination is with these credentials will be very helpful.
But, so, you know, the importance of this for staff, I know the job is hard, but we also have our neediest children. Um, thankful for everybody that we have, our educators to our teachers to our health clerks or home school specialists and you have Elaine Wall. Um, so, just because in administration, we have great ideas and we try to, you know, foster this, we know that it's the people that that carry the weight, and thank for that. Um, change is difficult, but I'm also, there's things that I think I would like to say to the board, and yeah, for everybody here is that we didn't have to choose to do this report that you just did now, but it's an annual report now that we decided was important and to bring new information to the board, but also to dispel like rumors or you know, emotion because it is emotional.
They don't tear the whole car down and rebuild it from scratch between each race. Little bitty tweaks here and there and the car goes faster and that's what we're doing in our district. And on this fourth bullet point down where they had listed top reservation here, I just want to make sure that we're sharing the accountability with students and families. >> Absolutely. Yeah, it's in the action steps. >> Okay, I yeah, that's really important cuz it's not just on the teachers like Olivia pointed out. The first period teacher can't help it if the kid's there or not. The family and the the family and the student have to be accountable as well. Well, part of it is making sure that family and student are being noticed. [clears throat] Right? We noticed that you aren't there and we noticed this pattern and I can't do anything to fix that pattern as a teacher.
Allen, you mentioned that the uh uh state school board association will be looking at priorities. And one priority. Yeah, okay. Just wanted to make sure that came across. And and next year is a a long session. So Budget year. Other questions, comments? Mr. Glick? Yeah, as we look forward um as we're going to look at voting tonight about uh uh put the referendum on the ballot or not. Hypothetically, say it passes the board. And then hypothetically in November it fails. Granted, the current referendum is good till '28. Have we started a forecast what that might look like that it that the county does not pass a referendum? Have we done any sort of forecast of what the budget is? We have the analytics from policy analytics of what SEA 1 looks like, but that's something that I think we need to be looking at as a possibility.
We'll make sure that the tires are clean. And the these are great questions, and this is where we were hoping this would go this evening. Um I I think what we've done is put forward a soil management plan, exactly how we're going to handle the soils on the site. We will start incorporating your questions. I think it would be helpful if the commission could provide their comments to to Ms. Solomon, you know, specifically on that plan. Like for example, treating under your storm, the track pads, um and questions along that and the like, you know, and then we can update that soil management plan to address those questions. Um the goal here is to try to get the soil management plan in a place where everybody is satisfied, where it's reasonable for the applicant, satisfies this board, we've answered your questions, that way you know, no matter what contaminant's on this site, it's being accounted for with our plan.
Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Any questions? Uh, if I reported the chair, I'd just have two quick announcements. There's a mask briefing on funding and state graduation standards on Thursday evening at 6:00. That's online. And Division 10 is SP sponsoring a webinar on the school committee role in the Mass Leads Act. And that's Friday, May 29th, noon to 1. It's one of those lunch and learn um webinars. So that's all I have. Does anybody else have any announcements or anything you want to discuss? >> You've got scheduled date for uh August workshop. It's on the agenda. >> Oh. Oh, I missed that. All right. >> What is it? >> Okay. >> Just asking. >> Thank you. [snorts] It's important to have a vice chair. >> Um, so we want to talk about the retreat retreat date for August. Is that what that means?
For the kids, the staff, the parents, and the editing team there. So, there's a few There's a few There's a few positions here that are moving around. I'm wondering about the early childhood specialist. Does that directly impact the other schools or I'm thinking it only directly impacts the early ed center at Barnum. >> It does. Yeah, it does. Okay, cuz the argument being made last week >> Right. May I ask about taking the money and just putting it into instructional supplies. Right. Or Or >> STEM person Or right? I mean, that's that's one argument, too. Um I'm just wondering >> Or Or uh elementary Spanish, I think he he said. So, um do I think those things would be great to add? Absolutely. >> What's the argument for this relative to the other things? I guess that's what >> The argument for this is that this um this uh population is very unique um with incredibly sensitive needs.
The job's important and and it's emotional. Parents is emotional. Students is emotional. Staff. Um and it's a heart thing that you guys navigate. You know, you know, thankful for everyone working together and as we move into next year, we can see some improvements where our family doesn't have to be divided amongst different, you know, different buildings. That's like at the heart of the goal change and let's support that change. So, this being a report that you didn't have to do. We didn't even have to ask. It's something that this team said maybe it would help if we gave a comprehensive report. I know it's late night, but I wanted to make sure you knew that. And then also like the development of CPAC, which is something we've always talked about BEPAC, which is very important to us, Mr. Justquith and your team, but BE- the CPAC group has not had voice, you know?
Right? So, what what are you doing, right? But we also know from all of the research out there and from our own experience that that relationship between the student, the teacher, and the family is the strongest one. I If I could write an email that would make every kid show up to first period, I would have written it by now, and so would have every superintendent in the country, but it's relationships that have the biggest impact on those. And we know that that teacher sits at the strongest point of the relationships. With the statement of work and the subsequent like tangible goals that'll be developed over time, um how are those How How does your team go about communicating that with teachers and staff? And I don't know if you'll be able to answer, but like do you think that they feel that it's um communicated effectively?