Christian Cabania, David Feliciano, Tan Mystery, Liam Oliviveres, Anthony Pardo, and Adrien Wilson King. Um our MVP is someone who is kind of a quiet hero on the team. You don't know just how much he has to say until you see him talking to people on the side, finding ways to motivate, lift up, and inspire. And he's got a lot of great things in his future, I'm sure. Anthony Pardo, congratulations to you on your MVP. So fast we can't see him. All right. Thank you. All right. At this time, we're going to break for dinner. My right side of the room can stay on the right. There are two lines. My left side can stay on the left line. And with enjoy. Heat. Heat. Heat. Girls and boys. All right, everyone. I'm going to get started. >> I first want to thank my assistant coach, Coach Cond, for doing a lot of things that either I don't know how to do or need help with.
Uh and if it means we have to do another um meeting and it can be via Zoom, it could be doesn't have to be in person, we can we can make it work. Uh but ideally that June 24th deadline and then gives me an opportunity to we have to go in executive session, talk about contract, all those things that that have to occur. So, >> and just I think process-wise, Jim, if you're >> if you're using this the group of six as like the the group that's being considered, >> you have to bring I think at least two and maybe three candidates forward to deal with like open meeting law and otherwise the deliberations when you get down to that I think becomes like more of a public discussion than private. >> Okay. >> Um I have to look back there's a a determination on that from some time ago.
>> So yes. Yeah. Yeah. And this is the part I wanted to just pause on for a minute because this is a little >> I don't know if unusual is the right word, but it's it's not something that happens in every application. >> Um and so right around January or somewhere thereabouts, um there was a discussion about um the eligibility of the project and certain circumstances around this this application and this developer. And I don't want to go into the details about that because that's maybe a conversation for another day and these projects are still alive and being reviewed by town agencies, but um I did communicate with them at the town's request. Um and so their general counsel was uh gracious enough to give me time on several occasions to to speak about a great many things. And uh we did have all those conversations.
Uh and if it means we have to do another um meeting and it can be via Zoom, it could be doesn't have to be in person, we can we can make it work. Uh but ideally that June 24th deadline and then gives me an opportunity to we have to go in executive session, talk about contract, all those things that that have to occur. So, >> and just I think process-wise, Jim, if you're >> if you're using this the group of six is like the the group that's being considered, >> you have to bring I think at least two and maybe three candidates forward to deal with like open meeting law and otherwise the deliberations when you get down to that I think becomes like more of a public discussion than private. >> Okay. >> Um I have to look back there's a a determination on that from some time ago.
Um >> they used to be at the hotel two days a week when they first started. >> Yes. If they could do something, that's what I was thinking. If they could be dedicated a couple of days a week, then people people can be, you know, they can learn that those are the days that we do that here >> and, you know, and move on. Yeah, that would be a really useful public service if there could be a public service that would do it and if they could find a way to do it uh that is you know yeah cost effective I guess you because it would the thing about about Staples is it worked sort of I it seemed like I I got my fingerprints done there and the reason it seemed like it's something that um could kind of work in that environment is because the employee who's doing it can do other things at the same time.
school >> for this school and looking at adding air conditioning to um areas of the middle school that currently do not have air conditioning. Most I think almost all all rooms do have at least window units, right? But we want to do have something more comprehensive than that. So >> yes, >> thank you and thank you for that clarification. Um and then we have the oil tank tank replacement for both the high school and the middle school. Um we have walkthroughs actually uh tomorrow on that. Uh there's an RFP out there um for engineering design services and pre- bid walk again tomorrow um within hopefully bids coming in on on June 18th. So really that uh kind of like last week uh June 18th through the 25th, we have a lot going on as far as bids coming in and the options that we'll have and choices that we can make.
>> That's a good good point trusty raised. I think we uh I I don't remember it might have been me and someone else uh maybe Trusty Gimenez prior might have raised this point about having a performing arts center >> in our district because we don't have we don't have one and that's a great idea to have one >> and we could potentially also rent it out to to people. It doesn't have to be >> leased out. So it's it's for us for our students to go there, perform, learn uh different things. It can be it could be built as a multi-use uh facility. And I'm talking specifically about uh Pedmont property. It seems like, you know, it's manageable to do that. >> Um and and use that for our you know like um strings performances, orchestra performances and things like that. and at the same time also also rent it out to um >> to to groups that want to come there, want a facility where they can gather and perform orchestra or or something uh coral performances and so on.
Secondly, I want to thank our senior athletes tonight uh for a great season, for a great year, and everything that you've accomplished throughout your journey. and the best of luck moving forward to our senior athletes. Starting with the girls, Urexi Castillo, Judith Montes, Deoka, Sele Orta, Juvie Sharma, and with our boys, Joshua Henry, Armani Renoso, uh Joseph Rojas, and Adrien Wilson King. and to our senior MVPs. Um, both of our MVPs, they led us with passion, with effort, um, commitment. They were there every day. They did what they need to do in the water, out of the water. Um, I couldn't ask for more from our senior athletes. On the girls side, you're Castillo. And for the boys, Adrian Wilson. Congratulations. Thanks, coach. Next up is boys wrestling coach Kleta. Thank you. Congratulations, guys. It's a great honor to be a Mustang. All right. Uh, wrestling season didn't go to the plan.
>> Okay. >> Um involving I think town of Westboro. I don't remember what position it was, but it may be that for what comes to us, um, we might need more than just one. >> Okay. >> It's worth looking at. >> Yeah. Yeah. Because the screening committee can do it, but if the screening committee always just comes with one, it's not really >> It's not screening committee, right? >> Okay. >> But that that said, I mean, there's got to be, you know, say only three applicants and two of them are qualified. Right. >> For the for the last search like when Britney was hired, >> we did it all within the hiring committee. I don't remember them becoming before the school committee. So it does it need I mean for assistant superintendent I think that's slightly different. >> So that's well dire. Yeah. The appointment position.
Um, and so we discussed what their process looks like, um, and how they do what they do, uh, and how they reach those decisions. Um, and so we exchanged some information which from my end included, uh, the documents that we have, which in some cases, um, we had some concerns about whether or not they were complete and whether or not they were accurate. And so we exchanged some of that information. I had some gaps in in the the correspondence. Um there I had reason to believe that there was some other correspondents out there and so they were kind enough to provide that to me um which I've shared. Um and so we continued that conversation on a number of occasions. I asked more questions. since they got back to me um as best as they could while also expressing that um this is their job and their inner workings were their inner workings and certain things particularly of an investigatory nature are not things that they're going to share with me.
>> Okay. um involving I think town of Westboro. I don't remember what position it was, but it may be that for what comes to us um we might need more than just one. >> Okay. >> So, it's worth looking at. >> Yeah. Yeah. Because the screening committee can do, but if the screening committee always just comes with one, it's not really >> It's not screening committee anymore. Right. >> Okay. >> But that that said, I mean, there's got to be, you know, say only you only get three applicants and two of them are qualified. Right. >> For the for the last search like when Britney was hired, >> we did it all within the hiring committee. I don't remember them becoming before the school committee. So it does it need I mean for assistant superintendent I think that's well director. Yeah. The appointment position. Yeah.
You know, they >> the fingerprints, they put them into the system and then they go and do their other job, you know. So, it's the kind of job that can be seems like folded into another position somehow. somebody like a librarian, you know, who's sitting there not doing well or librarians do things, but they have lots of different kinds of things to do and they have potential downtime and public service, public facing, right? Is I even at our library, I wonder if our library could would be a place where people could do that. >> Well, she didn't like Anna, she's the library director. She did not feel that they could handle that. >> Okay. The library said they couldn't. >> I'm sorry. You said that earlier. um >> they see an enormous number of folks and she said >> knowing that it's 150 a month which is actually say three a day 45 minutes that's half of somebody's salary.
So um we also have the epoxy flooring that we spoken about here at at the high school and the middle school. Uh and we we have a walk through again on that tomorrow. And um and then on June 25th, we'll have uh the bids coming in for that. So, we'll be able to present and share a lot more with you on what the bids are and how they're coming in and what the costs look like because I know right now when we've shared some things about funding these um projects, we've kind of given some estimates, right? And so once we get the bids, we can have a more clear view of what those costs will actually be. Um and then BHS bathrooms is one of the last ones. Um the quotes have been uh coming in, so we've we've gotten those. Um in who's that from Gordian >> I believe uh in so you can see the amount there um for how much they are so 79,431 uh and 77,360 um and that's for two bathrooms so across from the culinary room um I think we had originally planned for for three um but I think the costs are coming a little higher than expected so two would be realistic with the amount of fun that we have available and we'll just, you know, keep at it as as we go down in future years.
Uh so, you know, thanks for bringing that up. That's an exciting thing. >> Correct. And as we get ready for the next future bond, >> that would be a significant bond project. >> Yeah. Yeah. But I mean as far as building it out I mean I mean not I wouldn't say building it because when I say building it's going to refer to cost as far as utilizing that space as similar to what we have uh at our school sites f space. Right. Right. Utilizing that as a fist space. Uh is there anything um you I maybe I'm just spitballing but I'm just trying to understand whether uh whether we can build it out we can we can make it in such a way that it could benefit our students uh to to be in there and and experience some of those things similar to what we have in f spaces and our >> Yeah.
We lost four starters before even first match and we never had a full lineup ever on the mat at the same time. They probably spent more time at a trainers office than on a mat which is unfortunate. There must be something in the water, right guys? Uh, but this group of misfits are my misfits. All right. They put all their hearts into whatever they doing and they always work hard. The seniors, Anderson, Kevin, Sebastian, Jelle, Joe, Lucas, Michael, Adil, Alexis, Jordan, and Lewis. And my managers, Joshua again. Uh, our MVP this year is three times conference wrestler, >> county honore, and uh, district champion Joseph Dum. All right, next up, the undisputed champion of the Galleta household, girls wrestling coach, Coach Galetta.
Yeah. >> Actually the that's a that's school appointment as well. >> Correct. >> The special education director by whatever >> and finance director. Yeah. >> And if I remember correctly, what happened last time was the hiring the whatever the committee was called, >> the initial search. Yeah. >> Yeah. The search committee kind of collectively came up with >> with one candidate that you then suggested to the committee to hire and we adopted your suggestion. But >> so we'll go back, Mark. I think it's a fair point. Yeah. >> Take a look at that. >> Yeah. So, so then transitioning into the assistant superintendent position. Uh right now currently we have 54 applicants. Um so weeding through all of those right I mean we have numerous um applicants who are not certified so I can clearly pull those aside. Um but with this search in particular uh as we look at transitioning uh with a new literacy program uh K through five uh I am I am really uh looking for that type of experience right that that has not only adoption of of programming but understanding literacy uh understanding um elementary education uh my strength and my you know all my teaching background was was middle and high right so Mike has always offered that great balance for me being an elementary person.
Um and so at any rate, I've um I had those conversations on a number of occasions as you can see there. Um and communicated that back, you know, to the extent I got answers. Um I I communicated those and not all of them. And I'll I'll be completely honest. >> And who did that get communicated back to, town management or the ZBA? >> Um not the ZBA because this would be outside of their jurisdiction, but conversations in the staff meetings with Michael Um, and I think that occurred on several occasions and I think there were also a couple email exchanges on that topic >> and I don't know if you want to speak to that as well. >> Yeah, I think the the last one with relation to that was the records request. Yep. >> Right. Which um we had talked about the timeline but which we had received in April.
>> Actually the that's a that's school committee appointment as well. >> Correct. >> The special education director by whatever >> and finance director. Yeah. And if I remember correctly, what happened last time was the hiring the whatever the committee was called, >> the initial search. Yeah. >> Yeah. The search committee kind of uh collectively came up with with one candidate that you then suggested to the committee to hire and we adopted your suggestion. But >> so we'll go back, Mark. I think it's a fair point. Yeah. >> We'll take a look at that. >> Yeah. So, so then transitioning into the assistant superintendent position. Uh right now currently we have 54 applicants. Um, so weeding through all of those, right? I mean, we have numerous um, applicants who are not certified, so I can clearly pull those aside. Um but with this search in particular uh as we look at transitioning uh with a new literacy program uh K through five uh I am I am really uh looking for that type of experience right that that has not only adoption of of programming but understanding literacy uh understanding um elementary education uh my strength and my you know all my teaching background was was middle and high right so Mike has always offered that great balance for me being an elementary person.
>> Yeah. >> You know what I'm saying? >> So I was my next thought was going to senior tax work off and as I'm sitting here I'm thinking I think we'd have to just give specific hours like there's going to be somebody that does this on Mondays and Wednesdays or Mhm. >> I would volunteer to do it if somebody trained me. But don't you have to have the machine? >> You do have to have the machine. >> One would have to buy the machine. >> Pretty sure. Or rent it. >> I wonder if we, you know, if we became the hub of it, other districts maybe would kick in some money to help us buy the machine. >> Yeah. >> You know. >> Yeah. Because you're right that other districts must be struggling with this. >> Yeah. Mohawk, Shelburn. I mean, that's even further for them, unless their police departments are doing it.
So, um, that's where we are with all of our projects. Any questions on those? >> Are these bathrooms that are currently closed? >> They're open right now. >> Yeah, they were scheduled to be renovated. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Any other questions? >> Great. And then uh the the board negotiation committee that is working to negotiate the custodial contract uh is still working to schedule a date uh for our first meeting with the union. So uh we've met as a group and engaged in some negotiation discussions but um as just a board team and we're awaiting that first meeting with uh the custodial team. Um oh finances. This is uh exciting. So, um on April 10th, I had applied for um a preschool grant and um I actually looked into it when I first started proposing that we open preschool and it was closed. Like I missed it.