001on. >> We will now start the committee of the whole meeting at 6 pm. >> We have three presentations on the agenda uh followed by board committee updates and ad hoc committee updates. We will start with the HMH 6 through8 reading curriculum first. >> All right. Good evening everyone. This first update that's on the agenda is the HMH update. Um, we won't spend a whole lot of time on this because we've been discussing it for a little while. U, just some background on HMH. Last year, U. Nicole Cording, our reading coach, she presented uh to our school board and at the time we were looking to adopt, it was last year around this time in April. It might have been either April or May. she was presenting on our K to5 ELA curriculum and uh
002at that time the school board had asked me they said well why this was that was really great you know we're aligning to the science of reading um was really excited about it I think everyone was excited about it at the time and at that point um someone mentioned to Nicole Cording and myself I think actually there were a few board members that did and they said well why why haven't we done this yet with uh grades six through eight And my thought at the time was that's a great question because we probably should. Um but we couldn't at that time because we hadn't talked with teachers. I think one of the big emphasis uh that we've had over the last year um has been involving teachers in the decisions involving teachers into looking at
003data aligning the standards with what curriculum they have. Uh and I think those are all good things. So, um, we said at the time last year in May, we said, "Well, let's let's talk with the teachers in at the sixth through 8 grade level, let's have them start piloting some of the materials and resources from HM." Um, so we went through the pilot this year, uh, and we've had really excellent positive results um, from that program. Uh, teachers, many of the teachers that I've talked to are actually ecstatic about having the program in place. Um, so I think it's a good fit. I think it's a good fit for multiple reasons. I think one that we have a program now aligned to the science of reading, first time in a long time. Um that it's
004geared towards foundational skills at the elementary school that are building up uh where students are working on uh a curriculum that's aligned to the eligible content and the standards. I think there was a point in time previous years where we were using mass customized learning and we weren't very concerned about standards alignment and we weren't very concerned about how we were measuring things and I think that that uh mentality has changed and I think um this adoption puts us in a much better place and we have an aligned curriculum for ELA uh from 6 through 8 uh putting us in a good spot for next year uh especially at our middle school. So that will be up on the agenda for approval. Um we also have second agenda item is our math curriculum. And I
005have to start by saying I can't say enough good good things about the people the teachers that were involved. I can't say enough good things about the schoolboard members that we've had involved in this committee. Again I think you know when we emphasize that we want teacher engagement into the process um we want teachers to be involved in the decision making. We want them to be able to see the materials, the resources that we're planning on purchasing. I think these are the types of things that that make us win. Um, and when teachers are involved in those decisions, that's what makes the process work. And so, uh, to give you guys a little bit of a background on the process, I'm just going to go to the next slide here. So when we started last
006year some of the work uh in probably March um one of the things and I know that this might be a little bit difficult to see but I'll explain as much as I can. Um when we started the process last year um one of the very first things that I saw when I got here was that there were multiple different curriculums being added all at the same time. And one of the first questions I had from from someone who was an outsider coming into the school district was, "Well, what does our curriculum cycle look like?" And the answer was, "Well, we don't have a curriculum cycle." And I said, "So so how does that work? You just you just go purchase things when you feel like it or or then I found out, well, teachers
007weren't involved in that process." And so a lot of um you know a lot of those things a lot of that thinking um you know started the process where we were looking at a curriculum revision cycle. We looked at um with the board's involvement last year. We looked at well where do we want to start? And one of the reasons why we started with math and library this year is typically when you do a curriculum cycle, you try to organize one of the big content areas like math or ELA with some of the smaller ones like like library. In our district, we only have two librarians. So that makes it, you know, that makes it a little bit easier of a process. Whereas math is very involved. We have a lot of teachers. And so
008one of the reasons why we selected math for this year was that when we were looking at data um we noticed in the data that we had disproportionately lower numbers in our secondary math classes. That's not an indication of teachers in any way. And I've told I've talked with teachers a lot about using data in the school district. And my emphasis is on we're not ever going to use data in this district to place blame on anyone. We're going to blame curriculum process. So, if we're seeing disproportionately lower numbers in math, what I'm saying is we've got an issue curriculum wise, and I know that we've talked uh, you know, from the very first meeting that we had, we've met every month, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, and here we are in April
009ready to present um some of our findings. Um, so we have our curriculum cycle. It won't be over for this group this year. Um, but I'll show you some of the things that we looked at throughout the course of this year. We started out in September uh and October with this group and I again I can't say enough good things about this group. This group was an absolutely wonderful group to work with as you'll see when they present. Um but we looked at the standards themselves. What do the state standards say that kids should be able to know and be able to do by the end of your course? And then we looked at what does our program currently look like? What are the strengths of our current program? what are the weaknesses of our
010current program? We looked at what evidence is out there, what data shows. Um it was always it's always interesting showing teachers um and administrators the PASS data. And what PAS data is is it shows growth of students over time. So we looked at growth data, we looked at achievement data, and just a quick plug, one of the things that I always ask teachers when we look at some of these scatter plot datas. So the scatter plot will show on one side it's achievement and if you go way over to the right you have super high achievement and if you go way up on the scale it's growth and I always ask teachers so what what schools would do you think we're going to see up on the high achievement area and they'll say things like
011oh well I'll bet you upper St. Claire's up there or I'll bet you Fox Chapel's up there. Uh I'll bet you North Alagany is up there. Some of the schools that are, you know, typically high performers and you do you see some of those schools that are up there and then you'll see um I'll ask teachers, what are some of the schools that you think are on the bottom of that list? And oftentimes they'll list urban schools, that sort of things. And um what's always interesting about that is even lower than the urban schools and all the schools that you would think would do poorly are the cyber charters. They're far below the urban schools on a yearly basis. And uh just wanted to throw that plug in. But um so we looked at data,
012we looked at achievement, we looked at growth, we looked at how we match up with some of the best practices that are out there. Our teachers also did a planned course of instructions for every course that they have that's completely aligned to the standards. Um, we created a Google folder. I believe I shared that with everybody. Um, if you need to if if you need another copy of that or if you need me to send resend the link, I'll gladly do that. Uh, but we created a Google folder that has all of our uh planned course of instruction sheets and how they're lined up with the eligible content from the state. We met with vendors. We met with multiple vendors. Um Sherry Zambinini did an outstanding job. She uh she reached out to all these
013vendors herself. She has been, you know, in touch with and some of these vendors are tough. Some of the they're tough to work with, but um Sherry, you've you've done a phenomenal job with I thank you so much for all you've done. Um so we had vendors come in, they presented to us. Um we had uh we had three different vendors that came in and present to us, but we looked at the materials resources for maybe like four or five different places and um so we came down to we we finalized the list of what we wanted um pretty much teacher generated. I gave some input um but the thing is with curriculum, you know, I might be the director of education, but I am not a math expert and I'll never claim to be.
014Um I'm more of an ELA guy, but but uh we did have some real math expertise in the room and and uh the people that were there were were phenomenal. So um and then we went over quotes, potential cost. We're going to break it down a little bit further. I know u the math department, especially Reed, um has made mention of me talking way too much and sometimes I have that that that uh tendency. So, I'm gonna shut my mouth and I'm gonna pass it over to Reed. And Reed's gonna start. Thanks, Reed. Thanks for read, thank you for all you do and how nice you are to me. Thanks, Justin. All right, guys. So, hello. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Reed Hips. I teach math at the high
015school and I teach grades 9 through 11. I'm going to dive a little deep into the process that we had um throughout this entire process and then Cherry's going to come up and again talk about the vendors. uh the quotes we got and what went into this process moving forward. All right, guys. So, first off, the first thing we looked at was of course our standards and the data that Justin already referred to. Um those plan courses of instruction, those are readily available for you guys. Like Justin said, um we developed those together as teachers. Um there was a lot of collaborative work that went into that. Um and we have those individually for each course moving forward. Um, one thing that we just wanted to really touch on was we didn't have those readily
016available and we wanted to update them and get those in our curriculums moving forward. Uh, if you're ever really bored and you want to look at uh, the PA standards, those are all all available at the PTE SAS site. There's everything that we do moving forward is on there and you guys can look into those standards uh, on there at your leisure if you ever want to look into those things. But that's what into went into the process. Um, we all had to go on to the PD SAS site and tie that into our curriculum and what we wanted to put on there. Uh, like Justin said with the data, we looked at PES scores, we looked at PSSA data, we looked at MAP tests, which we do at the high school level as well.
017And a new thing that we've been doing this year for Keystone tested courses, the PSSA tested courses, was the Firefly test, which is similar to the NWA MAP test, but it honestly gives a better representation of what's on those standardized tests. and it gives us a good look at where students are pertaining to specific anchors um what they're missing moving forward. So the the current programs that we have at the middle school level we have mid school math and at the high school level we just had teacher generated curriculums. Uh that's what we had going into this process and we were just wanting to change that moving forward. So, with a little bit of the input we got from the middle school teachers, the mid school math had some real world application, which to be
018quite honest with you is great at all levels. No matter what grade you're in, that real world application is going to be beneficial, especially in a topic like math. If students aren't engaged, if students don't want to be there, a lot of times math is hard. That real world application is going to be beneficial no matter what grade you're in, no matter what class you're in. Um, one of the weaknesses was they felt that there was less hands-on opportunities, which again at a younger in a younger school setting, the hands-on opportunities can be very very beneficial for students. So, at that high school level, we did have teacher generated curriculums. We had curriculum maps. Um, but we definitely wanted to reamp revamp those and get those in a space that was readily available for multiple
019parties. Uh, the strengths were that they were already standard aligned to the standards. Um, but we did want to update those and there was a little bit of freedom within that. Uh, you could individualize that for specific students or specific classes that you taught and teach it the way you wanted to teach it as well. A big weakness that we saw across all levels we talked about was the learning gaps. Um, whenever that comes into play is kind of a question. We're not positive when that happens, but they happen at all levels. So, our goals as educators, one of them is to fill those learning gaps um and get as much as you can out of a student on a daily basis. and throughout a yearly basis. So, we just needed to strengthen um the
020vertical and horizontal alignment. I know that was a big part of this entire process was can we sit down together? Can we teach the same topics throughout the same pace throughout the same year? Um even if we're in different buildings, a a big part of that was aligning that information. Uh for example, me and Sherry both teach algebra 1. I'm at the high school, she's at the middle school. So, we had to get on the same page and make sure we were doing things uh the same throughout the year. We may have our own twists or our own version to it, but we wanted to cover the same information for the same amount of time throughout the year. >> Yeah. Uh the best practice that we found uh throughout this process, we talked a lot
021about implicit and direct instruction. As educators, it's our job to hop up there every day and give the students the best performance they can have um so they get a great education here at Ligonier Valley. Uh and we try to do that on a daily basis. However, um we are we're progressing every day as a district, as a world with technology. So, it's very important that we provide our students with the best opportunities as possible so they get those experiences with technology. Uh some online resources we have used in the past were Alex uh and graphing calculators online as well. We also recently started talking about Delta Math. All of those things are supplemental to the teaching that we do. They do not take over the classroom. They do not take place of instruction. They
022are there as supplemental resources for the students. And I think that's a big part of where education is going. You need to have some form of technology evident in the classroom so they are prepared moving forward. There's lots of lots of college programs, lots of lots of college curriculums that use tons of technology for homework assignments. You need to be able to interact with technology moving forward. And they don't take they don't take place of the teaching. So they're not taking our jobs. We still have to perform. We still have to do what we need to do as educators, but they do help out a lot for specific situations. If you're not there for a day, you can provide the students with an online assignment and it gives them direct feedback. That's something that we
023can't even do as a master of math. You can't give a direct answer like that for every single question and a computer can do that right away. Uh back to that real world application, no matter the class you're in, that is beneficial. I know specifically at the high school, a lot of our students do attend the EWCTC center. So, it's very important that we apply as much of those integrated practices to those classes as well to benefit them at the high school level. Collaborative learning has always been big. Um, I I really feel like no matter what grade you're in, if you can socially interact and learn at the same time, you're going to get a lot out of your experience. And socially, students need that as well. So, finally, again, back to that scope
024and sequence. uh grades six through 12, all teachers worked on those together. Uh we wanted to have something with timelines, content coverage, and the alignment again at each level is very important. The only thing that's kind of flexible on there is those timelines. We do have rough estimates as to how long we'll be teaching each topic specifically. Uh that may change on a daily basis, but we have a general rough shell for new hires, uh new staff members, and I think that's a very beneficial piece to what we did here. I'm all good. Sherry, come up. Thank you guys. Hello. So, I'm Sheri Zambini. I am a teacher at the middle school. I teach one algebra one class and then I'm the math coach for the district and that's still evolving in many ways as
025to what I can do and what I have done um for the district. One of the things was the vendors um and the resources. To be honest, I had no idea how to start. So I just started with what I knew and worked my way from there. Um we had quite a few that um I had Zoom meetings with. um and phone conversations and so on. Um I knew I was going to go to McGra McGraw Hill. They're tried and true. They've been around a long time, but I did want to compare it. Um believe it or not, Carnegi doesn't isn't aligned to PA standards. It's out of Carnegie and Pittsburgh, but they don't their curriculum is not aligned to PA standards. I just thought that was interesting. You would think they would be. Um,
026and we just took one of our meeting days and the vendors of course sent me uh samples and we just went through them and we looked at uh, you know, how it was set up, what resources they had. Um, and then we whittleled it down to McGraw Hill and uh, Amplify, which is Desmos. I don't know if anyone's familiar with Desmos. Um, so and then send gauge is for the um, college and high school courses, the the stats in advanced algebra trig. Okay. So, and we we did go with them. We had a little help in the direction with that because of who we go through. Um Beaver County Community College. Feel like I'm throwing darts here. Um that's they use the send gauge uh resources. So, we went ahead and looked at those thinking
027that might be a good idea since our students are taking the course essentially through them. Um we did have access to some of the online things. I don't know, you guys can speak to this, but it's never quite the same when you just have a demo um as compared to when you have it to dig into. Forgive me for my voice. It's allergy season. Really bad. So, you know, we did have an option to look at some of those resources, but that really I don't think that was the selling point for any of us, the digital components. I mean, they're they're important, but it more came from the presentations. So, uh, when we had it, Dr. Fryman, you were there. Amplify was great, but their presentation was a lot of bells and whistles. Um, look
028at this cool thing it can do. Look at the neat thing you can do. Whereas McGraw Hill, like I said, tried and true. It would be very easy for a new teacher to come in, pick up that teacher edition, know where to start, you know, where to go, how to, you know, help the learning support students and so on. It was The setup was perfect and I think the presentation helped because again they weren't trying to sell us the bells and whistles. They were telling us this is tied to your standards. Um here's how you start a lesson. Here's how you work with kids are at this level, that level, this level throughout. And um you know if somebody needs to follow that map exactly, I know um in working with the teacher that's in
029for Mrs. I know that that would have been a benefit to him to have resources like that where he could just, you know, pull from. So, it's a little bit more overwhelming when you're coming in brand new first job, especially him with all the courses he's teaching. So, this would be great for new teachers. Um, again, Sengage, that's the one I think we're going to hopefully go with for our um advanced algebra, trig stats, and count classes. They have an online book and I think we're gonna we're gonna do the online book potentially only next year. That's what they use at the at the community college. They have the online textbook. Um, of course the price changes when you add in the physical textbook, but we're just not I don't think Gretchen's quite sold on
030it yet. So that's why we're looking at just one year of digital access instead of tying ourselves to a textbook for six years that we don't love. Um, we have two years remaining on that contract. Um, a lot of the math teachers integrate that into their classroom. Um, the Alex platform, I've been using that for 17 or 18 years. I used it when we were still over here at Laurel Valley. Um, I used to I used to think I had to have it, but there's so many things that are out there now. But we do still have two years remaining on that contract as well. The Delta math that uh Reed had mentioned, one of the students that came in from another district who was just going crazy with facts, knew this, knew that. Miss
031Wire said, "How how do you what did you use at your last school, you know, with the that you know these things?" And she mentioned this delta mask. So immediately I'm digging into that to see what it is. And it is a pretty cool program. So hopefully maybe we can talk to you about that in a little more detail at another time. Of course, graphing calculators and then you know manipulatives. Those are the typical things that you need in a classroom. question. Alexurriculum's asking office. >> So, what's nice about the delta math? um you can create tests and quizzes um in print form. I mean you could create a worksheet in print form but not only that you can make like 13 versions of it in 10 seconds. So I think it's that's what makes
032it and it's it's print format is is better than Alex like Alex you can make tests you can they are not good printable um and Alex is okay but the Delta math um for example when I was the the high school for algebra 2. I could make four versions of that test just by clicking new version, new version, new version with, you know, print ability and answer key right there. So, you know, and it's the expense, the cost compared to the other ones is crazy. I mean, it's it's very cheap as compared Yeah. Oh yeah. >> Yeah. All of them have that built in there. Now, typically I wouldn't just say, "Hey, you used AI." Usually what I'll do is say, "Hey, can you do this problem for me?" And they'll sit down and we're
03310 minutes in or that took you 30 seconds on the assignment. So then they'll usually go So, you know, yes, it it does have you can see what time they finished it, how long it took them. Um, there are actually some timed assignments in there where you want them to quickly know how to do a part of a process. So, um, there is a lot of good stuff in there. Truly, there is. I was impressed, like I said, for the price point. Speaking of cost, okay, so this would be for grades six um through algebra 1, algebra 2, and geometry. This is the sixyear quote, which of course is um they give you a discount. I don't remember what the other one was. I want to It was up over 100,000, but this is for
034um all digital access for teachers, digital access for the students, and for the two years it includes the Alex because we already paid for that. So not really charging us, I don't believe. So um the total cost for the six years is $90,462. To be honest, he didn't have anything in there about two year and I wasn't gonna ask about it because I was hoping he just kind of rolled it into the six. But if you want me to look closer, I will. >> We might only for two years, but like I said, the way he had it worded, um, it we actually didn't have as many licenses as he's giving us either, but I'm not mentioning it. So, I mean, >> yeah, I I mean, honestly, so I I I will look into it,
035though. >> Do you really want me to ask him? Because he'll be like, "Oh, no. Let me change it." >> Right. Yeah. Yeah. And the amplify, I think, came in at 120. Yeah. more Amplify was more with the print resources, but I I don't know. We just were not impressed with Amplify. So, like I said, McGraw Hill, we all pretty much agreed to that. I don't think there was anybody that uh thought Amplify was going to be the one. And then last but not least, um Sengage, I'm even having trouble seeing this. Um I think I put in there, okay, on year one, I believe it's 5,000 some Yeah. Okay. So, it would be $6,140 and that's for all of the online access only. So, I think that gives us access to 95 online versions
036for the different classes. Then if in year two we talked about, you know, they like it, it seems to be a good fit, in year two, we could purchase the textbooks that one year so we have a class copy and then the following years go back to the digital only if that makes sense. So it would be the second year it would be 2138730. But that would be to get a class Actually, it would be less than that because you wouldn't need 40. You would probably get 30 of each. Yeah. And calculus, you might get 15 just to have them. >> Yes. This is college. Does anybody have any other questions? I was going to say, >> no, the only thing I wanted to add, uh, thank you again, Sherry, and thank you, Reed, for
037taking so long. >> I got you back, buddy. Um, no, but uh I I just want to say that I I think overall where we're going is we just implemented a new ELA program from grades K through five. Now it'll be through eight. So we have a whole new ELA program K through 8. We will have an entirely new math curriculum from grades 6 through 12 when we already had one at the elementary school. We started a new science curriculum uh from K through 8 uh this past school year. Um so we are I think well upon our way and I I think we're at a point where we can now finally say uh the mass customized learning approach is no longer happening and we have programs, materials, resources that are aligned to the state
038standards and eligible content. And so when you see our results, our results will follow. And I think again if the results don't follow, I think we have to continue to look back at what can we continuously do. So now we got these materials and resources, we're not getting the results we want. How do we continue continually use data to keep modifying, revising, and improving that curriculum over time? So uh with that, I'm going to end there. I know there's another one coming up. Uh thank you All right. Hi everybody. I'm Brett Marabido. uh the principal here at LVE. So, I know we usually have a student do the uh PR report, but tonight I thought it was a really good opportunity to kind of highlight um both our students and also the work that our
039staff puts in um during the last half hour of the day, 3 to 3:30. Um our teachers have our specialist teachers have intervention, I'm sorry, adapted and enrichment time. The adapted period is where our students from the autistic support program are able to go out and get individualized time within our specials being art, music, gym, uh steam, library, and computers. So, our kindergarten teachers always have we have our spring into kindergarten event where we invite all of our parents in um invite the students in to kind of get a first look at them and then also the parents get to go through and kind of see what a day looks like in kindergarten. So, I thought what better time than to show you guys some collaboration between the different departments, between our kindergarten department and
040our um computers teacher, Mrs. Rouser, and our kindergarteners to give the report for you. Hello and welcome to our entry. We're going to take a look what we're going to do in kindergart from what I heard there's talk about the morning to the school. Here we are in the doors and down the hall. We are ready to go. our morning chitchat ready and let's turn to page 20age. >> Great morning for more learning. Get up in those numbers. >> Let's go. The month is >> our year. with baskets. >> 14. >> Moving to this exciting next step of the day, you'll be seeing us reading books and reading sentiments. Let me tell you that big changes don't have anything. >> You're not You're actually With all that learning comes crumbling bellies. It's time for lunch.
041Our lunch consists of three choices every day. If you fer at the lunch after lunch, we're going to learn about letters and sounds. Don't forget the shells and reading and reading the dash. After that, our favorite things are special. Throughout the week, we go to library, gym, computers, music, swim, and art, class, and all. Now we're going to math. And last write we subracting adding and math science. We are learning very um cool things in science this year. We started the year with cakes. Now we now we start with nothing. >> Um don't forget about um reduce recycle. After all that learning, we're definitely ready first. Then off we go to recess. We can't forget about that. back into the castle back up for the day. Get your backpack. Go and get off to the
042buses. We had a busy day today. I water. I start to specials made a lot of friends. So, thank you guys. That was a little presentation from what a day in kindergarten looks like from the mouths of our kindergarteners. So, I hope you guys enjoyed and that's something I know there were some technical difficulties, but we're going to be working to to do that each year now. So, hope you guys enjoyed. Thank Thanks Mike. Okay, I think I guess I can I can give my little short very brief piece here tonight. I want to update you on all the all the projects that we've been going through. So, let we'll talk about the fitness center. Finally, the fitness center is complete. We have the we have the occupancy permit. Uh students have been using it.
043Uh I've heard some good reviews. It's nice to have a little more space. Um so, we finished that up. Uh punch list was last week. There were no items on the punch list, so we're good to go on that one. So, that one's complete. Uh the baseball field, um we're moving along with that. They started, uh putting the last of the fencing in today. Uh and Hummer, who put the grass and the sprinkler system, they were here. Uh they fine-tuned our sprinkler system. We actually ran it, got everything aimed. Um, and they are coming tomorrow to do some final adjustments and give us a their first mowing. The contract had them doing the first mowing, but obviously we've mowed it a couple times. Uh, so they will be coming tomorrow to do their mowing and
044they're going to do the first uh turf treatment application. So the erus uh they're coming Wednesday. Uh DAR is coming in for startup and training. So the staff that needs to be trained on how they work and what's going on with them uh will be trained on Wednesday. uh yesterday or Friday they were here hooking the lightning arresting system up to or protecting protective system up to the ER use. So hopefully we should be pretty much done other than maybe a couple punch list items which are which are very minor. That was a project that's taken a long time but uh I think we're going to see a big difference in the in the high school. So, uh, that is pretty much my report unless somebody has any questions. >> I have several questions. These
045are questions that have come to me from, um, people in the community. Uh, what is the status of the door down by the cafeteria here at LBE? >> We are looking at having those doors replaced hopefully this summer. We're waiting on some pricing information still. Um, and I have yet to find it malfunctioned. Every time I come down here, I park out up out there in that lot and that's the way I come in. It's always locked. It always unlocks. It always goes closed and locks behind it. So, I don't know if this is something that has been a problem and it just kind of keeps regurgitating itself. So, >> uh, next, the gas valve at the middle school. Where do we stand with that? >> We're going to replace that over the summer obviously.
046Uh we have one very good price right now and we're going to be getting another one probably from DAR because they do that type of work. So >> um last week at the um committee of the whole agenda setting meeting, you had three bids for equipment for the baseball field. Can you please send those to all the board members? Yes, I I have a second proposal with some you you kind of wanted more information on them. >> Yes. >> So, I had the price information. So, I hope to get my third kind of spec sheet on on the other one uh tomorrow. I got one about lunchtime today. So, hopefully tomorrow we'll have all three. I did send the initial one uh the one that was the cheapest. Uh but what I what I found
047as I go through that uh there there are vendors and most of the vendors get their equipment from the same one or two uh salespeople. So you're looking at the same product every time. So >> and will the baseball I don't know if it's you guys who who's going to loop in the baseball coach? >> Shouldn't we get some input from the baseball? I so I I'm only in possession of the first bid um if I may, but um the direction I got from the board was to Loop and the baseball coach and Wes and I shared the first one. I'm sure Mr. Sutter gets me the second one that he said he just got today. Uh uh I've had Wes uh do that because we we value his opinion as the baseball expert. >>
048Yep. >> Okay. And the last one, um, the the restrooms down at Weller Field, is there a reason they weren't open for track meets? >> I'm not sure why they weren't open to tell you the truth. I can tell you we did have an issue with the backflow pre down there, which was putting too much pressure into the system. Uh, we had John Hall come out. They have parts ordered for it. So, that's why there was an issue with a urinal in the restroom continuously. Continuously I think a lot of uh actually it was running on too high of a pressure. The hinge I have no clue when that got broken on the ladies room door. Uh and I can't really tell you now. There are game managers I would assume at the track meet
049who should have you know opened them or could have could have opened them. So, uh, my apologies and my apologies tonight for being chilly in here. But, uh, right now we I think we got that taken care of to everyone's satisfaction. >> So, I hope that's that answers your question. >> You did. Thank you. >> Okay. Anybody anybody else? >> In regard to the irrigation system, will the company come back and go through the procedures for it? We did that in the fall kind of in a sideways snowstorm. Now it is it is rather involved uh and they are willing to of course come back and winterize it in the fall uh for a price. Uh but it involves you have to get a very large air compressor like you would run a jackhammer with.
050We don't have one. We I'm sure we can rent one or do whatever. But, uh, they bring everything out. They blow the lines out. So, that that's something to talk about, you know, as we move forward. >> And Mr. Sutter, you are how what progress are we making on getting that information for your plan? >> I just had a little sidebar with Mr. Nup before the meeting. Uh, I my goal is to have that for you as we discuss by the end of the month. >> Okay. Very good. Thank you very much. >> Okay. All right, thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> We will now move on to our committee updates. First is the governance committee. >> Okay. So for the governance committee, our updates are we established a routine policy review through
051the coordination of um Mr. Ma, Mr. Moles, Mr. check uh director Brown and uh President Boyd. So we collaborated and discussed uh a way to update both new and a way to um evaluate new and existing policies. Um thank you for your collaboration there team. And then we also had PSBA uh speak through a Q&A session uh last month. Um Cindy is exploring the SBA um resources. So that is where we're at uh with the governance committee >> human resources. >> Can I wait can I just add in um so I don't know how many of you teachers are areum Ed with SBA. It's school boards for academic excellence. Um it is another uh this is actually a um countrywide um school board community and then they have specialists in each state. Um so if
052you just you know get on and just like Google SBA or do sba.com. Um I have been sharing the newsletters. Last week I when I got the one for this month I shared the newsletter. So it, you know, puts out what they've gone over. Um, in that month they have specialists in policy, legal, and governance, all kinds of stuff. And then they have a first Friday, um, brunch um, Zoom call where you can get on and the one that they did like in a the one that they just did in April, the topic was strengthening governance and leadership decision making. So it is um, and as far as I know, I'm I belong to it. I joined it. There is no cost to it. I am currently looking into their policy legal help for and
053they do they actually share on here on their newsletter they share if they have states or school districts that have uh you know because these most these people write their own policies they don't belong to a a state board association um so they have written their own policies and they share them and say you know look down look down the road at this coming because of this legislation and of course some of it's federal legislation um and but the particulars fall within you know our state group So I will be looking to hopefully get them here for presentation but if you don't have anything else you know do look into it SBA. >> Thank you human resources committee. >> Thank you. So we already completed the process for board members to submit their either accolades
054or concerns um for staff and administration not staff I'm sorry administration um we have developed a standardized interview process for the administration to follow on that so that's actually working the Student success and facilities committee. Um Mr. Sutter gave the report that um the long-term facilities plan will be hopefully available at the end of the month and then the asset list is completed. I will send that out to the board. >> A lot completed. I like it. Student experience committee. >> Okay. We were tasked with finding a an exception uh from participation fee uh as our goal. However, that grew into not just that particular element of it, but we did a complete review of the participation fee that's been in effect in the district for quite some time. Uh Director Stephie and I completed
055the goal um for policy LBSD 122. I already passed out the hand the hand out with that uh process to the board. Uh Gary and I met with a number of staff regarding pasting current processes that interchange it was an interchangeable of the terminology participation fee and payto play and that really you know it really is a participation fee not a pay to play. It was never a pay to play. implied it was that was athletics. However, it included other extracurriculars uh musical band plays and the quiz team and our final meeting after we put everything together from the meetings was with director of education Justin who reviewed the guidelines that we prepared and endorsed the process and he'll follow through with the staff. It's actually administrative policy update from what they had before and
056it'll be a lot a lot more streamlined and it will involve more people instead of somebody having the burden of making that decision by themselves. That's great. Thank you. >> Where do you stand with the policy for the development of coaches, assistant coach? >> It will be in your hands next week. There was one glitch at the end. I couldn't put that together. >> Okay. Thank you. Ad hoc committees. B. >> Um, so since the last school board meeting, I have gotten in touch with um Dr. because she is overhead with nurses and I wanted to make sure that we could meet with them to have a wrap up at the end of year um and with Jennifer from Mets to make sure that we um have aligned to what the parents like uh what
057is good for the you know what the teachers are seeing excuse me the nurses were seeing as far as the problems at the beginning of the year. So we will be having a uh final um I'm hoping it's final mills at health meeting May 8th at 9:00 a.m. at the conference room um which will include Jennifer from Mets plus the regional director um Justin um I I don't Jennifer's going to be there or not. Are you going to be there? Um, and the nurses um will be there and but it is an open meeting. So any parents that want to come and I have invited um some of the parents that I have particularly that have reached out to me over this entire process for the last 15 months um that I have talked with
058and they have assured me they were would be there um just so that we can um you know do a final evaluation see if we need to work further with this or if what if what Jennifer has done in the past year is up to parent standards and nurse standards. >> Thank you. the senior parking spaces uh that was started and has been completed. I would like to thank uh Rachel Curtzel, Rachel FA, Matt Moles, and Ed Sutter for their assistance. Um we rolled it out the week after the students return from the spring break. They have until the end of May to submit their application for uh to paint their parking space for next year. and um I hope that they take advantage of it and we'll see. There was a a lot that
059um both the vice principal and the principal at the high school put into it and I really appreciate their help. So that ad hoc committee is done and with that being said at 658 we will hereby call to order the regular meeting of the Ligon Valley School District on April 20th, 2026 at 6:58 p.m. Starting with the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Guess I'll do the roll call up here. >> Mrs. Boyd >> present. >> Mrs. Brown >> here. >> Mr. Fishwell >> here. >> Mr. Fryman >> here. >> Mrs. Hutchinson >> here. >> Mr. Nup >> here. >> Mrs. Croml >> here. >> Mrs. Robotti >> here. >> Mr.
060Stephy >> here. >> Nine present. >> We have an executive session report. >> Okay. There are couple executive session reports to note. Uh the one uh the first one was April 13th from 2:30 p.m. to 4:04 p.m. at the administrative office. Uh items discussed were personnel matters uh and contract matters. Also, uh on April 13th from 4:56 PM to 5:10 p.m. uh executive session was uh uh a journ was um went into then to talk about contracts. Tonight before the meeting on April 20th from 5:00 p.m. to 5:46 p.m. executive session was held to discuss personnel items, contracts and safety safety school safety issues as well. Are there any motions that need amended or added to the agenda? Hearing none public is there any there's no need for public comment there? Um is there anybody
061signed up for public comment? >> Is it related to any of the agenda items here? That might be better served at the end of the meeting if you don't mind. >> Moving into old business, I'm asking that approval be given to the minutes of the March 16th, 2026 committee of the whole meeting and to the minutes of the March 16th, 2026 regular meeting. Second >> having a motion and second to approve the minutes. Please indicate by saying I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Are there any items that require followup from the previous agenda? Hearing none, we'll now move to move business. There's no one signed up. Reports. Mr. Secretary. Superintendent. >> I do, Madam President. Yes. Thanks for for the time. Good evening, members of the board, faculty, staff, and community. As we move through
062April, I'd like to highlight an important milestone in our academic calendar, the start of the PSSA exams. Uh they started today at RK Melon. Um for those of you unaware, we're totally digitized. We're on uh students are taking their uh tests on their computers. Um this is a a state mandate. Uh we didn't have the option any longer. They have to be standardized or uh computerized. And we had minimal uh hiccups today. Tomorrow um this school will start as well as the middle school. This month students in grades three through eight are participating in the Pennsylvania system of school assessments in English, language arts, mathematics, and science. The PSSA represents an opportunity for our students to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they've worked on to build throughout the school year. It also provides us with
063a valuable insight into our student progress and helps us guide our ongoing efforts to strengthen instruction and support learning across the district. I want to recognize our teachers and staff for their intentional preparation and encouragement they provide to the students each day. Their work ensures that students not only are academically prepared, but they also feel confident and supporting during the testing process. To our students, I encourage you to stay focused, take your time, and simply do your best. We are proud of your efforts and growth that you've shown this year. To our families, thank you for your continued partnership. Helping students arrive at school rested, on time, and ready to learn makes a significant difference in our testing period. While the PSSA is an important measure, it is just part one part of a broader
064commitment to supporting every student's success. We look forward to recognizing the hard work of our students and staff in the weeks ahead and good luck. That concludes my report. >> Thank you, Mr. >> LBTC. Yes. I just have two things um this month. So from now to the end of the year, our service occupations program has accepted what is called the next recycling challenge. Their goal is to collect a,000 pounds of plastic grocery bags, bread bags, bubble wrap, dry cleaning bags, newspapers, plastic bags, plastic wrap from produce such as heads of lettuce or cauliflower. Any and all plastic wrapper bags. All plastic must be clean, dry, free of food residue. If they meet their goal, the service occupations program will receive an outdoor track bench. If you would like to help them with this challenge,
065please drop off your clean, dry plastic bags to the school office over at the over at Votech. Uh this challenge does not include plastic box just to say that. And uh future dates, senior recognition ceremony will be on Tuesday, May 19th um at over at the Greater Lake Trobe Senior High School Auditorium at 7. Mark your And just remember they start the senior video at 6:45 public invited. >> Um there's no date on this so I am guessing I will find out for sure at the EWTC meeting on Wednesday night but I would think through the end of the year close to it. I will send out a memo when I get that information. >> Um I have the intermediate report. On March 24th we had our monthly board meeting. There was an executive session
066that was held from 6:15 to 7:15 to discuss personnel and legal issues. We then proceeded through the agenda and some of the notable items were uh there was eight policies approved three policies on agenda for first read. There was approval for two full-time special education teachers, one full-time classroom assistant, one full-time personal care assistant, and one part-time transition coach. There were two assignments from fulltime early invention evaluation and services specialists to full-time early childhood services coordinators and a change in assignment from one full-time special education teacher to a full-time early intervention value service specialist. There were three resations for retirement. Um there was a ratify an agreement with the to blind resource team. Um there was agreement with the Greensburg Masonic Lodge for the parking spaces effective May 31st. The meeting concluded at 8:06 p.m.
067Then on April 13th at 6 p.m. anformational meeting was held to discuss options for handling the absence of the superintendent and the budget. That being said, we will now move on to the regular agenda items this evening. Starting with the governance committee directors Brown and Rody. >> Are there any motions that need pulled for discussion? I'd like to pull F3536 for roll, please. >> Would anyone like to discuss that one? I have something to say before. You don't mind? This was This was an oversight. This is still us trying to work the bugs out and what happens at committee whole agenda set to what happens tonight. Um and that motion is for the WIU agreement um for next year. Not that I'm absolutely opposed to anything that's in it, but there are four areas underneath
068our IT services where there is not a stated amount that the amount is listed as to be determined. So I I questioned that. the whole meeting. Um Janine and Eric give us, you know, about approximately what we pay this year um for that, which I was okay at the time. But the more I thought about it, um the more it bothered me that I was going to vote on an agreement, a financial agreement without set amounts in that. Um so after discussion, um yeah, I think we just need to I mean that's a concern of mine but >> I have a request for a roll call vote on So, we're going to pull request for 326. >> No, 3563. >> So, what we should do is vote on the other individually at that time. Any
069questions or comments during that motion? >> Okay. >> Should we discuss other comments now or >> Okay. Um All right. So, I will um >> first I make a motion to I just had to get it through my head. What am I to say? I make a motion to approve F 2626 to F3226 and F3426. Hearing a motion and a second. All those in favor of F26 26 through F3226 and 3426 indicate by saying I >> any opposed hearing none the motion carries since F3326 was pulled. Um, does someone have any comments they want to >> make a motion? >> Oh, I thought we were going to discuss comments. I'm sorry. >> Okay. I make a motion to approve F3326. Second. >> Okay. Would anyone like to discuss any comments about this? Yes. >> Yes.
070Yes. >> Okay. I make a motion to approve F3526. Second. >> Having a motion in a second. All those in favor. >> Wait, wait. I want to make a comment. Okay. I just want to make a comment. >> Yeah. Sorry. >> Sorry. I just have to say this. I I don't know where this falls under the solicitor and where this falls. But this is the agreement for next year. This is only April. We have many months that we can get these numbers and approve this agreement. I myself don't I've been advised by solicitor. I was going to abstain for lack of information. He says vote no. I don't like voting no because I it's not that I want to vote no, but if it's laid the way it is before us tonight with unspecified financial
071numbers in there, um that's going to be my decision. Why? >> If if I may, just for the communities where my advice to uh um Cindy was to vote no, she could have abstained because have enough information, but I think that her point is trying to be made that she does not want to vote on this because she believes that information should be part of the um information that we are voting on this evening and not waiting for it. That's been something that's happened at the IU on various financial issues over the years and I think that she's just concerned about that at this point. Yes. >> Yes. >> No. Yes, please. that may not >> go then under follow on previous agendas. Yes. >> Okay. Policy legal. So we rolled out um three new
072policies um for this month. Actually we did last month but they're for first read. So 20 or 218.1 which is the new weapons policy. Uh 222 which tobacco nicotine for students and 323 which is tobacco nicotine for administration professionals. Those are not up for vote. We changed the way these are done. So it's just first read and then next month when we come back they will be second read and vote next month. But that being said, what did we discuss? This was the time right Sarah and Chissy that we are going to have any board discussion if you went over those if there's any discussions about those policies now. Any questions that we need to go over? >> Yeah. Between now and meeting it be in public session. It wouldn't be an email in this
073venue. >> I already reviewed them and you already made the changes that I suggested. Student Success and Facilities Committee, Director Fryman and Director. >> Um, there's nothing for building and grounds. So, educational programs. Are there any motions need for discussion? Hearing none, I make a motion to approve E1926 through E2326. having a motion and second. All those in favor of E1926 through E2326 indicate by saying I >> any opposed hearing none the motion carries. >> Human resources committee directors >> and discuss second round. >> I have to abain from 2426. >> Having a motion, a second. All those in favor of P2126 through P2926, please indicate by saying I >> hear motion carries. We have the appointment of some supplemental positions for the 2627 school year at the rates defined in the LVA contract. Tyler
074coaches head girls coach Leonard Mhm. Head varsity wrestling coach Dante Porter. Head varsity boys basketball coach Tanner Solage. Head boys soccer coach David Siver head girls soccer coach Cy Tekk assistant varsity football and Brian Shri excuse me assistant varsity football coach. >> Excuse me. >> Having a motion second all those in favor of S126 indicate by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? Hearing none, the motion carries. >> Student experience committee directors Hutchinson and Stephie. >> Is there any motion at these pull for discussion? Hearing none. I move for a 1526 approval for the program volunteer in the name of Nicholas. >> Second. Having a motion and a second. All those in favor of A1526 indicate by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Hearing none. The motion carries. >> Are there any motions to
075be pulled for uh transportation and attendance? >> Mr. Secretary, I'd like roll call on TA 11-26. >> Does anyone want to talk about that one? >> I do. Okay. So, we have a motion for TA 0726 or TA 1026. Second. >> Having a motion and a second. All those in favor of TA 0726 through TA 1026, please indicate by saying I. >> Any opposed? Motions carried. >> Okay. Motion that was held TA 1126. Any comments? >> Second. >> Sorry. >> Okay. Thank you. Any comments on that? You request a roll call. >> Okay. I make a motion for TA 112. >> Well, no. Like >> Yeah. Why were Yeah, I know. I don't know how much we can talk about contracts in public session, but I know for me um during last month's meeting, one
076of the biggest concerns I had was the C CPI. Um, but I think that was more of a personal concern that I had rather than a smart business decision. You know, right now the current contract does have CPI increases. Um, and this just I don't know if it's a material change, but it it has 3% in it. Um, my biggest question would be for Mr. Ma. Did you review the contract and is it okay? >> I did. I mean, the concerns you have are not But the contract is legally appropriate for adoption. >> Okay. >> The few issues that were discussed are more business. You know, what do you want to do on a business transaction? Um the CPI issue that was addressed district Agree. Agree. Yeah, this has been in our laps for over
077a month now. Um, we've had over we've had three discussions about it. We've discussed it extensively, I believe. Um, so I really don't have any further comments or questions. I'm ready to make a a decision. >> Yes. Yes, >> for the secondary citizens. two speakers. First one is Ela Boyd. Okay. I'm Elaine Boyd. I uh have lived in this district my entire life. My two children went here, my grandchildren went here, and now my great-grandchildren are going to the Ligonier Valley School District. I also worked in the school district for 35 years as a secretary. So, I know a little bit about how school districts run. And I know that when you have a project the size of the baseball field, you've had somebody that planned the baseball field, somebody that was responsible for seeing
078that the baseball field was completed correctly, and that's part of a building project. But I don't know how the architect's plan was approved. I don't know how the finished construction of the field was approved because there are major major major things that are wrong with it. If you sit in the home bleachers in half of the home bleachers, you cannot see the third or the first base. So, you miss all plays at first base. If you do are able to see them in parts of the field, you have to look through where the dugout in order to be able to see first base. So if kids are there again, you can't see first base. The visitor bleachers are much better. You can see third base, but you can't see the third base line to know
079if a ball's out of out of bounds. You can't see a play in the far left field and the other in the home bleachers you can't see any of the plays in the far right field and of course you can't tell whether a line a ball's out of out of the field or not foul ball. So it's that's just inexcusable and as far as I'm concerned whoever planned the field should be responsible and should be found you know found responsible then in terms of that for having it inspected you can't use the handrail you cannot put your hand on the handrail going up the steps to the bleachers or coming down the steps to the bleachers because the fence is there. How would that pass anybody's inspection where you walk in the bleachers and one
080portion of the the uh vis know the home bleachers there's a part of metal that's not even attached that you walk on so it goes down like that when you step on it somebody's going to fall it's not worth a lawsuit it should be fixed now I went down and looked at the whole field today and I was told that there's a major tear in the uh netting right in front of the bleachers, home bleachers. I did not see that tear, but I was told that there's a pretty good size tear there so that a ball could come right through the and hit somebody in the bleachers. They said there was a tear in the next section down more behind the dugout or behind the back stop. I didn't see that one either, but I
081was assured there was one there. Then there's a major post right to the right of the home bleachers. That's obvious a weightbearing post. And they said one of the bolts isn't attached anything. You can just unscrew it and it doesn't go anywhere. And that's a major weightbearing thing. So those are those are just the things that I have seen and observed or been told about by other people who have seen and observed them. And that's just a shame for a field to be built that costs that much money and have simple things that are just unacceptable. I could watch the game better on the old fuel bleachers. And then you can't see you can't even see the score on a scoreboard. I was assuming it was probably just not replaced yet. But when they made
082the report, they didn't say anything about a a scoreboard being in. But you can't tell us ball strikes innings. None of that's se I do think the kids have a very nice playing field and I think they should be excited. The baseball players themselves I think probably think, "Wow, we've got a really great field here to play on." I give you credit for that. But the people that go to see it, it's just not fair. >> Next we have Jane Guyire. I'm Jane Tire. I've been born and raised in Liger Valley my entire life. I am retired now. I'm just plain tired. But I'm here just to mention and I made a few copies if you want them. This was brought to my attention today from um friends on the calendar that you've already approved
083and I know the bridge is already over the creek for this year, but I really wish you would reconsider in changing the calendar and I'm here to fight for my grandkids and great grandkids. Um this is all to do with the fair. Uh you start a week early, the kids have the whole week for their animals. Back in my day, of course, I have some age on I we didn't start till Labor Day. We were still out by June. But anyhow, um the kids, I know they've got an excuse for the week, and that's fine and dandy. But these kids that are just starting that are siblings are the ones that are showing or they're not of 4 age, they will be there with the family. They're excused for that week too, but they're going
084to miss the orientation. They're going to miss that first week, especially the kindergarten and first graders. They're anxious anyhow. So, but anyhow, the papers that I left here is from LRO High School and I know Latroe, Dair, Votech, Ligonier are all combined in this. I'm not speaking for any of those or anything, but they did list on here some ideas for you to think about and there are good ideas about getting rid of some of your uh plans like starting I've never understood why and I know the teachers have inservice and all that. Why not just take the whole day for inservice? Why do we have to go two hours late? Why do we have to get home two hours late? That's money out of our pockets instead of having the teachers a whole day
085and the kids are home. You don't run buses and blah blah blah and all that stuff. That's one thing. But I'm here mostly because these kids will suffer. Excused or not. That's not the issue. They will suffer because they're at school. A lot of them are going to miss their programs. at the fair because they will not miss school no matter what. And they're very good students. And we have a lot. And it's not only the animals. I mean, we have kids that build 3Ds. We have kids that build Legos that you couldn't believe. I mean, it's just not agriculture anymore. There's more than just animals when you come to 4. So, um I know you probably can't do anything about it this year, but please consider. There's a couple copies of what Latroe put
086on. I was sent from uh friends over at Latroe. They don't even have kids in school and he's still fighting uh for the uh district. And I only have great grandchildren. And I feel for any of these parents, how in the world I mean, I was a nurse. How in the world do they handle with babysitters and moving kids. Both parents have to work these days. Go in two hours. I have to be at the hospital at 6:30 in the morning or at the doctor's office, you know, before 8. What do I do with these two kids or three kids or whatever, you know? It's just crazy. Said by Thank you. Is there anybody else in the audience who would like to speak? >> Do we have any directors who have additional comments this evening?
087>> I do. I would just like to congratulate Marina McAffrey who is going to be going to Westminster College. She's one of our swimmers and she signed on I believe it was Thursday we were there. Um Mr. Fitzwell and I were present able to be during her signing. It was an exciting time to see how many students came in to support her and the first time in all the years that I've been on the athletic committee, I actually was there for a signing. So, it was an exciting time and I know John appreciated it as well. >> Any other directors? >> Yeah, the only other thing, you know, being at LBE, it's always so nice. Um, and the video was great. Thank you, Brett. Um, last year at this time, public comment was made and
088it's very um when when I think about the conduct our students are um they have to meet every day to get points towards a reward system. It's right here hanging on the wall. Respect matters. Act responsibly. Make honest choices. Show cooperation. I just ask that the board show the same. um behavior that we're expected of our students. That is all. >> Anyone else? >> I I just want to again send a final kudos out to the math curriculum committee. Um I was so excited to see this presentation tonight. You know, math's my thing. I was a math teacher, so I knew how desperately bad our math was and the holes that ran it. So, I just want to thank you all for all the time that you put in. I know it was a huge
089amount of work. But I it's going to pay off for our kids and hopefully it'll make your job easier too down the road. So, thank you so much and Justin, thank you for overseeing all that. Anyone else? As president of the board, I am making this statement to address concerns arising from a comment made during last month's meeting as I believe it is the responsible thing to do. Regardless of differing views about PSBA or the value of the Q&A session, there is no that was made. It was inappropriate, dismissive, and did not reflect the level respect and professionalism we expect from those who serve in public office. The individuals referenced are accomplished professionals who have earned their roles through years of dedication and expertise. Language that dises or stereotypes women, whether intentional or not, undercuts
090the values we strive to uphold as board members, and it is not consistent with the respectful and inclusive environment I am committed to fostering. As board members, our words matter, our students are watching. Our staff is listening. Our community looks to us to model the standards of conduct we expect in our schools. I apologize for what was said in that meeting. In offering this apology, I hope to demonstrate accountability and reaffirm my commitment to treating all individuals with dignity and respect. Do we have a motion to Oh, sorry. Future dates and activities. May 11th, 2026, Ligonier Valley School District administration building at 400 pm there will be a committee of the whole agenda setting meeting. May 18th at L Valley High School 6 pm committee of the whole presentation and updates immediately followed by the
091regular board meeting. Do we have a motion to adjourn? >> Second meeting.