Um we're moving into uh adding additional support over at Doolittle. And that will be in the form of a coach who has a background in both reading, and also we want are looking primarily to also make sure that that person has a background in TESOL. We're going to be looking for some um high-dosage tutoring after school as well to support students who need that support. Um Title II is also wrapped up in that and defraying some of the cost of that tutoring. The Title III Grant for English Language Learners this year has been used to purchase some multi-age reading kits. It's also helped to defray the cost of um ML consultant in the way of Pat Castle, who used to be our reading consultant and retired. She has been on board to help us through that process and through the MLCCC process this year. The Title III Immigrant Grant is used to defray the cost of some supplies, as well as um summer school that we offer for some of our youngest multilingual learners.
>> Um, as far as the work of this board, I believe it happens at our meeting. In our handbook, it clearly states that when we have questions, especially about the consent agenda, that we provide them to staff in advance so that we can have our questions answered because then we can have the information when we are here. Um, I'm not interested in going back and forth with you, President Buchanan, on this. Um, I believe we made a decision as a board and I'd like to ask at this time that we go ahead and move forward with other agenda items. I'm going to go ahead and pull number one and let's bring it back June 11th after we have time to review the things that she would like us to look at and perhaps she can provide that to >> um I believe just for the record >> I believe a vote was already made on it.
>> [screaming] >> And lucky for them, even though they were lazy at being up 14, they're still up 11 runs. So that's a good stop, as you said, by Dickinson behind the plate, but it is ball one here as Ava Welch, who's now in center field after pitching, is at the plate. >> [cheering] >> One for one, walk and a run scored, and it's now two and 0 to her. Yeah, and Nico might be getting a little frustrated here. This is one of those situations where she's got to settle herself down, just throw strikes, understand that they do have a still a 11-run lead and and just let her defense do the work. As it is now three balls and no strikes and has a chance to load the bases here if she does issue a free pass. She's only walked four this afternoon, but behind three and 0 here, she'll need to battle back again.
The Title IV Grant is used to defray the cost of curriculum writing and some consultation around um an audit that we are doing of curriculum. The Carl Perkins Career and Tech Ed Grant, that is primarily utilized at the high school. It defrays the cost of field trips for our students, club stipends for our teachers, equipment as well as some curriculum writing that will be happening in June. Special education is largely almost entirely for staffing, also little bit of supplies. The IDEA grant for preschool handicapped is used at Darcy. The ARPA school mental health specialist to phrase the cost of a school counselor at Doolittle. The adult education programming at 52, 53,000, that is where we are contracted with Wallingford to run our adult education programming. We have not sought to use any of the money in the Peck Jones account, but I anticipate coming to you all and making a request for that for this coming year.
Uh this board has made a decision. You can no longer pull it. >> Correct. They were um the the vote was uh 31 or Yeah. 31 for your motion to amend the item. But I just for the record, I don't have >> the page number or the item number of what I'm taking it from and what it is going to be. >> I I can provide that for you at a later date. Is that okay? Or do you need it right now? >> Well, can I add something to this because I I'm just I'm hearing all two sides of this story. Um if at some point when we had this vote in in March um Trustee Longshore abstained, >> correct? You abstained. Um, so for this vote, I asked that my um secondary motion be and the and the second that was made on it be acknowledged and voted on prior to um moving forward with the original motion as is standard parliamentary procedure.
Here it comes. That one is ball four. Good stop behind the plate by Dickinson. The bases are loaded here with only one away as Crystal Martinez, the catcher, will come to the plate. Yeah, good opportunity here now for a ground ball. We We were trying to manifest this yesterday with the bases loaded and one out. Nice to see if we can get a ground ball right back to the pitcher for a little 1-2-3 double play. That's what I'm ordering up. As that is inside of Martinez, she is one for two with a single against Eustace this afternoon. And unfortunately Nico falls behind here with the bases loaded. Nowhere to put her. That's a strike. It's Isherwood on third, Bresnehan Bresnehan on second, and Welch on at first. Nowhere to put the batter Martinez. Here comes the 1-1. Outside, two balls and a strike here. Casey Sullivan would bat next.
And Smart Start is very easy to understand, that is what pays for our Smart Start program at Darcy, soon to be a Barnum. Are these all state These are state and federal? These are all um federal grants. Peck Jones is the town grant. >> Right. Smart Start is within state. Okay. Tim. And how is how do we how did you define this list? Is it grants that come to the the public schools? Yes. Whereas ECS is not here and that could the economics and the the data that they have on each of the individual towns and that's how they make their calculations. Cuz it seems like the mental health specialist, I mean Um that was I believe a certain a finite amount of money you had a a certain chunk in the first year and less in the second year. They were trying to get um school districts to commit to additional mental health people.
So I was asking specifically that my motion and trusty Tucker's second be acknowledged and voted on. However, if I understand correctly, at the time there was already a motion on the table, correct? >> And we voted on the motion on the table. So once that was voted on, the next motion was not going to go through because the motion on the table has already been voted on and pass. Correct me if I'm wrong. >> Okay. So in order to bring anything to the table for discussion of this board, it has to be it has to be brought forward.
Casey Sullivan with our favorite bat on the on-deck circle, but let's worry about getting Martinez right now. As the 2-1 is grounded by Kyra into right field. One run scores. They're going to send Bresnehan to the plate. Welch will head into third, and don't look away, folks. It's 15 to 6 now. Yeah, it's a hot shot there. Just just out the outstretched reach of Kyra. Goes into right field, and they plate another run. And runners on the corners, so they might not be done here with only one away as Sullivan will bat. She'll try to bunt, but it goes right by her bat, and it's nothing in one. Yeah, that's a two-run single, actually. So, that 11-run lead is now to nine. Uh so, the clockers are going to have some work to do because they the the mercy rule is now well out of reach.
They were getting us started with it, but then at some point we would have to pick it up. It was in response to COVID. Just a quick clarifying question. On the consolidated grants, did you mention Was it just the title one or was that Is it just allocated to Do Little or did you Was it across all schools? No, um it is going to This year was just at Do Little. What happens is you look at um a number of factors. You look at your data. You do a data analysis, but it's also driven in small part by free and reduced lunch. And so this will all change next year with the redistricting. We'll need to again relook at free and reduced lunch prices across all of the schools and also look at data such as test results, where our SRBI is needed most, intervention programming.
It has to be moved on and then it has to be seconded for us to have any discussion on it. Okay? >> And then in order to um do anything with that as a body, uh subsequent motions could be brought up. They're called secondary motions. And secondary motions, any number of secondary motions could be brought up in the course of that discussion. And whatever order those secondary motions got made, they need to be voted on all the way back to the original motion. It's just standard parliamentary procedure. So, because I brought up a secondary motion, it was seconded by Trustee Tucker. We should have called a vote on it. It was not voted on. Um, which is why I didn't vote because I was trying to call it back to parliamentary procedure. So what I was asking for at this point in time was that that whole process that happened can be duly recorded in the minutes.
It is indeed. They would need at this moment three runs to make it a 12-run game again, and then they would also have to finish off another or actually no, they could win it in the fifth in the bottom of the fifth. >> Yeah, they could win it in the bottom of the fifth, but at this point, we're just talking about getting out of this inning because they're still only one out with runners on first and third, and the the Gators are not not going quietly. And I feel like I jinxed Mustaras with the pitch count. It is now up to 82 here with only one away in the fifth. Here comes the 2-1. Sullivan will ground that one to basically no-man's land and Herder will just have to put a fork in it. Another run comes to the plate on an infield base hit for Sullivan and it is 15 to 7 Clockers.
And so it can change a little bit. And was that all of them or just the title one? Just title one and just title one. >> Okay, thank you. Okay, no more questions on the grants. Thank you, Ms. Solano. We we don't vote on Yeah. Uh what's next? Cleaning contract. Let's talk about the cleaning contract. Uh this comes back to Ms. Taylor. Yes. >> And we may be taking a vote on this. Yes. Yes. Um so in your packet you have a memo from me with some history and background and where we landed with the cleaning RFP for next school year and the subsequent school year. So I will not read this verbatim, but I'll go kind of summarize the this memo. Um so, just some history on our cleaning contract. We currently have SMG Corporate Services as our cleaning vendor, and they have had our the cleaning contract since July 1st, 2023.
And so that's >> So you're not asking for the minutes to change. You're just asking for that portion of that conversation to be added >> to be added. Okay. >> Yes. >> And I'd be happy to go over in more detail. we can sit down with the video and specifically I I'm definitely trying to make this um as clear as possible. That's my intent. I don't I don't want to cause confusion. I just would like it um accurately reported that I did call those secondary motions. They were seconded and they were not voted on. All right. So, let's go ahead and get those changes to the superintendent's office so that we can have legal counsel review them. >> Yes. >> And then we can bring it back and vote on it at that point. >> Yes. Thank you. >> All right. Just out of curiosity, you pulled number six, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 25, and 26.
Yeah, this is just one of those innings. The Clockers seem to have one of these innings almost every other game and you've you've got to be able to get out of these situations where the ball is just finding bad spots, not necessarily making plays, couple couple big hits. Uh and you know, it's it's unfortunate because this game was definitely one that was ripe to be done with and now now they're going to really have to if they worked it out for them up because it's only an eight-run game. Yeah, and barring a double play, the Gators will bat around in this inning as Calderone is the only batter who hasn't batted yet and she's up at the plate behind 0 and 1 here. So, the Clockers batted around in the bottom of the fourth and then in the top of the fifth, the Gators on the verge of doing just that as it's a ball and a strike now.
Um where it was an invitation to bid process. Um they had replaced the a vendor that had been with us for 10 years, Performance Environmental. Um during that invitation to bid process, the bids really there was a wide variety of bids. Um some up to $2.5 million, lowest bids at around $790,000. Um so, we've been with SMG. Uh they have had really strong responsiveness, consistent service quality, and a collaborative working relationship with us um and our facilities department. And so, we have enjoyed working with them. Um and as you you know, our cleaning budget uh was increased, and this is reflected in the approved what you the approved budget um that we increased it about $860,000 to $1.1 million. Um and that was increased over what was it proposed in January, which was $1,030,000. Um this accounted for the approximately 72,000 square feet of new interior space um at Barnum and New Norton Elementary.
Have any of those questions that you have been brought forward to the staff prior to this meeting? >> Oh, they're just quick questions, so they should be able to just be answered on the spot. That's a no. Okay. Can I get a motion to approve number six so that we can open it for discussion? >> Move. >> Okay. I'll second. All right. So, what is your discussion? Um, just quick questioning um that this is coming out of the general fund and according to my understanding this is additional cost of around 20,000. Is that correct? Is this a new cost? >> Uh, yes. This is a new new system. >> Thank you. Required by law. >> We have a system. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Are we going to vote on six or are we going to go on to >> Are you done with six?
Yep. First and second here with only one out. Here comes the 1-1. That one's fouled back. So, she is ahead here with Calderone who is 0 for 2 with a strikeout so far this afternoon. Trying to get her here. 1-2 for Mustaras. That one bounces there. Good stop by Dickinson again. Two balls and two strikes now. Yeah, this becomes a pretty big pitch right now and trying to put her away. Here comes the 2-2 home. That is ball three. The count is full. So, we did see Holly Cashin warming up moments ago. I wouldn't be surprised if Nico get lets up a free pass here if we see Holly come in to try and close out this fifth. Here comes the 3-2 and it is ball four. That is the sixth walk issued by Ustaris and now the bases are loaded. Martinez, Sullivan, and Calderon.
Another piece of that is that the new schools have a lot more windows and glass cleaning. Um so, along with square footage, there there's that addition. Um but, it was overall a 9.4% increase in interior um serviceable area for our cleaning contractor. So, in January of 2026, we did a request for proposal process. Um and we had a very comprehensive RFP that that put out to bid. Um there were a couple of options, a two-year and three-year agreement with add-ons for cleaning services at the Hammaston location. Um, you know, because part of our budget process, we have um, Vernon Brown who has been the uh, building maintainer at Hammaston for a while now. Um, but we actually, you know, we switched all of the building maintainers and pushed them out towards the school this year, meaning that Hammaston would be left with no um, daily building maintainer.
Yes. >> Mrs. Longore? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tucker? >> Hi, >> Miss Apara. >> Hi. Miss Buchanan I. Um item eight. Can I get a motion to approve eight? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All right. Discussion. Um yes. Just quick question. Um this looks great. Um for our Phoenix Academy utilizing their title one funds. Just a quick question. The 13,000 is this a new cost as of this next year? >> They did not use it last year. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Do you have any other questions on that one? >> All right. I'll call for the vote. Mrs. Longshore. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tucker. >> I. >> Miss Apara. >> I. >> And Miss Buchanan? I. All right. I move we approve item nine. Can I get a second? Second. All right.