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>> I. >> Do I have to do a roll call? >> Uh you're supposed to. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, member Dyman? >> Uh yes. >> Member Disorder. >> Yes. >> Member Goodwin. Yes. So, we were asked by the chair to look at our goals and the these were made um last year and there was sort of a different I think a separate vision for community engagement. It really had um the goal seemed to be collaboration with our city council and so I think we can look at it and you've had it for a while so I look for input for our goals. I want to make sure I'm looking at the most current version. I'm looking in Greenfield School Committee subcommittee descriptions 2026. Is that the file? >> I sent to you was the one that Stacy sent to me. >> Yeah. >> Um, >> so the duties include developing and overseeing strategies to promote public awareness of district initiatives, priorities, and decisions.
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Each speaker will have up to three minutes to provide input to the board. At the start of each regular meeting, a maximum of 20 minutes is allotted for comment on any item. Discussion of school personnel, individual students or of individual board members, members of the board, excuse me, are members of the board is prohibited. And with that, Mr. Mark Mores, welcome. tap dance. >> I can do this all night. Mark Morash, 25 minutes till Drive, Brookfield. Um, I was going to say congratulations to all the kids that we're honoring tonight, but they're not here. Maybe they're watching at home. Congratulations on everything you've learned and the awards that they're going to be recognizing you for. um after they recognize you for those awards, you're going to be voting on a policy, the student discipline policy 5144 that I've spoken about way too many times. And in there there's a line that says it is a suspendable or expelable offense for a walk out or a sitin.
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Hello, good evening everyone. It is 6:56 p.m. and we are resuming open session. There were no public comments on close session items this time and there are no public comments on agenda items. We have adoption of the agenda and now we need to adopt the agenda. Can I have a motion please? >> Move to adopt. >> Second that. >> Right. Moved and seconded. All those in favor? >> I. >> All right. So our main item today is review and discussion of district real property. >> Thank you. And so with that, I'd like to invite Dan Mar of 3D Strategies this evening. He'll be providing the board with a presentation of three available properties that we currently have. He'll be uh doing an overview of each properties um design as well as you know the current land use and existing zoning. And then we'll have an opportunity to talk about um potential marketing and clientele uh you know potential clientele outreach that we can do for uh leasing opportunities at all three of these locations.
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Absolutely. Has the ability to change the trajectory of a student's life. I know it did in my in my life. I know many of the adults in here would not be where they are if not for high school athletics. So tonight we have an opportunity to celebrate you and for you to look back on your high school career where you learn the value of teamwork, resilience, and the importance of never giving up. Those are things that while you may have learned them playing high school sports, those are things that will stay with you for the rest of your life and will no doubt help you throughout the rest of your life. So, uh, tonight we celebrate you and we thank our coaches for the countless hours and time and knowledge that they've given, uh, to our student athletes. You've been instrumental in their in their growth and I know that they will never forget you.
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>> All right. Thank you all. So, uh, next order of business is to identify, um, a person who will serve as the vice chair and then we'll move the clerk. So, is there a nomination for anybody to serve as the vice chair? >> I would nominate Paul. >> I'll second.
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So, um, if that makes sense for everyone. >> Um, so I will open this up for citizens participation. If anyone online um would like to make a comment, you can um go ahead and use the raise hand function on Zoom and I will recognize you and we'll let you unmute. Um have a couple people in this room first. So, um Miss Manel, come on up. Connie Manel, Newcastle Road. Concerning the 1060 Main Street development proposal, I will share a few facts and my resulting conclusion. The Massachusetts Housing Authority banned SLV developer Jeffrey Angler from building for one year and put him on probation for three years. Mr. Angler misrepresented information on his Welssley application. Fearing a trend, Ashlin resident Joan Genrad asked Ashlin Town Council to reassess Angller's Ashland application 6 and a half months ago. An assessment of Angller's Ashlin application is important because if Angler, Mr.
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>> Make the announcement that you skipped right over, which is that we are being recorded by >> I did say that. I did. >> Thank you. That's the first thing I did as an intro. You want to take your vote now? All right. Thank you all. So, uh, next order of business is to identify, um, a person who will serve as the vice chair and then we'll do the clerk. So, is there a nomination for anybody to serve as the vice chair? >> I would nominate Paul. >> I'll second.
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Like when we came back from the Zoom glitch, it looked like it wasn't recording audio. So, in case it didn't, we did vote unanimously to approve the minutes. And now, finally, discussion of warrants for May. So, questions. Number good one. I think they're probably easy to answer. Um One is an Amazon order. And it's for $1,619.34. Um And I >> [clears throat] >> The question is is it to replace things that were damaged by water at Federal Street? Or because the items are classroom decorations like curtains and fake flowers and things that normally don't show up. Caddies, classroom caddies, Mr. Potato Head, um a teepee tents, rugs. Yeah. So, I wondered if it was just that was a room that got flooded and whether it we were reimbursing and whether that was coming out of insurance or Cuz it's a large for one classroom. It doesn't say Oh, it's this Federal Street.
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That's the wording in yours. >> I'm looking. >> Yeah. Well, let's just go with what you have. >> Yeah. I I assume that this it says 2026. I just uh I'm new to this, so I'm trying to make sure. >> Yeah. No. So, what the first one was the read it again because there's a part of it I didn't. >> Mhm. >> Sounds good. >> Okay. The the text says, "The subcommittee's duties include developing and overseeing strategies to promote public awareness of district initiatives, priorities, and decisions. >> Okay. Do you want me to read them all?" Um, >> no. I I think let's take one at a time. Are we all okay with that one? >> I'm okay with that. >> Yes. >> Yep. So, let's leave that one alone unless we want to come back to it. >> All right, go ahead and read the second one.
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And you've added uh a little line to it that says that it's not allowed if it's substantially disrupt school operations. And I still don't understand who gets to decide what is substantial disruption. I still don't understand why Brookfield feels like it can overrule a Supreme Court decision that allows children that is set the precedent that they have the right to have a sitin or a walk out. It is a first amendment right the Supreme Court has given them. Yet Brookfield feels like we can just undermine that. So I you're not going to answer me, but I'm wondering who gets to decide what is you know that substantially disrupt school operations. Is it going to be Principal Banda who sent an absolutely inappropriate email to all of the parents yesterday threatening the kids that if they went outside for a slip and slide that they would have their house, their car, their graduation, the ability to walk, their diploma, their kids, their scholarships, and everything else taken away from them.
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Welcome Dan. >> Good evening uh superintendent and members of the board. Thank you for having me. Um, as mentioned, uh, 3D Strategies was engaged to, uh, do a review and analysis of the, uh, the Birchwood, Cherrywood, and Pedmont properties. And today we'll be going over an analysis of each each property. Um, so with that said, we can go ahead and get into it. So, um, we'll first, uh, look at, uh, Birchwood Elementary School, uh, property and land use discussion, Cherrywood Elementary School, uh, property and land use discussion, and the Piedmont former uh, district office property and land use discussion. So, we can go ahead and switch. So, um, Birwood Elementary School, uh, it's an approximate, uh, 9.4 4 acre uh campus uh improved with 38 approximately 38,740 square feet of permanent structures and about 20,000 square foot of modular buildings or portable buildings. Um the current zoning for the property is R1 residential and the general plan for the property is public quasi public and it's on a single parcel and um it's a square uh property bordered by resident a single family residential.
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So, students, please uh, enjoy tonight and let the lessons that you've learned in athletics always push you to strive for excellence in everything you do. Congratulations. Thank you, Dr. and thank you for your continued support of the athletic department. Um, whenever we ask for something, which we're certainly not shy about doing, uh, the answer is always yes, especially when he asks if it's good for kids. So, we appreciate your support um, you know, today. So, we really appreciate that. Next up, another super supporter of the athletic department, Mr. Hello and welcome everybody. I just want to take a moment to I just want to take a moment to congratulate all of our athletes. Uh it's been a tremendous few years and an honor being your principal over the past four years and seeing some of your games over that time has been the privilege of my career.
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>> Any discussion? Paul, you Paul, are you willing to serve? >> I will. >> Any discussion? Call for vote and the speaker will roll. >> Hi. >> And we need a clerk. >> Right. Kendall's happy. >> Clerk like the secretary. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> You've served that. >> I'm I'm happy to do it if you need if but if anybody else wants it, I'm happy to hand it over to >> We all We all look for the new person. You Hey. Hey. Are you gable? I take >> It's all good. You're so good at it. >> Very long. It's an easy lift. I'm happy to do it. >> Is that a formal I make a motion for Tina to be our our clerk. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> You're willing to serve? >> I sure am. >> Any further discussion?
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Angler did misrepresent information, his application would be null and void. Startlingly Ashlin Town Council has not respons responded for six and a half months. Underscoring the delay is the fact that the firm of Ashlin's Town Council also represents the same developer, Mr. Angler, in another town. This can be interpreted as a conflict of interest. If there has been an attorney's disclosure, there's no evidence of it because the requested records have not been released. It should be noted that requests for additional independent legal support for Ashland has been denied. What can we conclude from these events? Why hasn't town council responded? Could it be that they know that Mr. Angler misrepresented his application and can't respond because of the conflict of interest. How else can we explain the six and a half month delay? Even more alarming is that the same Ashlin Town Council has been advising quote unquote Ashlin through its other 40b apartment proposals.
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>> Any discussion? Paul, you Paul, you willing to serve? >> I I will. Any discussion? >> Call for vote. I don't think it has to be a roll call. >> Um >> I for me >> I >> And we need a clerk. >> Right. Kendall's happy. >> Clerk like the secretary. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Um you've served that. >> I've I'm happy to do it if you need if but if anybody else wants it, I'm happy to hand it over to >> We all We all look the new person. Hey. Hey. Are you Are you gullible? Yeah, it's all good. >> You're so good at it. >> Very long. It's a easy lift. I'm happy to do it. >> Is that a formal? >> I make a motion for Tina to be our our clerk. >> Is there a second? >> Second.
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>> It does say Federal Street. >> it. I'm holding it right now. >> Yeah, it is it's a team paid from insurance money that we take out of >> Thank you. Was that Was Like what's going on? >> Yeah. So, what is the money was deposited into it's a net zero. The money was deposited into the outline as a credit expense. >> Is there a couple Amazon different Amazon slips for that? Cuz it looks like wheel of feeling emotional round rug. >> They follow the number. >> Just looking at them now. They look like they're back to back in here. Great flood. Well, there's a credit memo. >> Yeah. >> Same with like the 82694 I'm guessing. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Magna-Tiles, those are fabulous. >> Yeah. >> Sand timers. I would have just dropped those off and kept going, but that's okay. So, restorative practices, there's three bills.
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>> Facilitating opportunities for family and community members to engage in school affairs in a meaningful and accessible manner. >> Sounds good to me. >> Yes. >> And we've had issues there. So, >> well, it's it's sort of in sort of a collaboration like with PTO and >> Mhm. >> Um Okay, good with that. It's hard with these because things come up >> that don't quite fit. >> But maybe we need an other category. >> Yeah. So what this one makes me think of is the recent issue with volunteers and volunteers finding it difficult to for it to be accessible for them. >> Um the this uh you know this would put this in the purview of of school committee at least I mean of of this subcommittee at least in some way. Um >> okay but then it goes back to policy. >> Yeah. Yeah.
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And now we're going to pass this policy. And I think my point is made by exactly what happened in our district yesterday. Granted, we're talking about sitins and walkouts, you know, that are probably to stand up for things like all of the students who aren't here. I feel like I'm looking at what a high school might look like in Gaza right now. And that was going to be my question for these kids is whether or not they care about the ability to sit in and walk out. Maybe it's local. Maybe it's international. Maybe it needs to be their younger brothers and sisters who only get 20 minutes for lunch at the elementary school because we cut it from 30 to 20 minutes because they were misbehaving between 20 and 30 minutes. So the 24% of our kids who get free lunch don't even get time to eat it.
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And so uh our next slide uh gets into the the land use and when we evaluate the properties uh we essentially first look at from very high level the the land use and what the allowable uses are with the property. So here uh at Birwood and also with Cherrywood, the current zoning designation is residential, but in the uh city of San Jose, the general plan designation for the property is public quasi public. And so in our analysis of the property, we looked at the zoning designation of public quasi public to understand uh what uses are allowed at the property either as a permitted use or a uh conditionally permitted use or would require would require would require a special use permit. And um we have a a list of those uses on the right hand side of the the slide. Um the more common uses would be private schools, uh faith-based organizations, permitted uh uses can be museums, um permanent supportive housing, uh residential service facility, uh for seven or more persons.
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Uh, I've seen some incredible matches over the years and it's always so exciting to be there. I want to take a moment to thank all of our coaches and our athletic trainers. The hours that you guys put in outside of work. The money that you receive for coaching is no thank you for that because you guys put in incredible amount of hours and you guys work incredibly hard with our kids. So, thank you for your dedication and thank you for your support. And I want to take a moment to thank our board of education for all of their constant support for athletics. Anything that we need, you guys always go above and beyond. So, we appreciate that. And of course, that's uh the same from central administration. So, thank you to Dr. Robert Chosy. And of course, thank you to my team for always being there.
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