001e e e all good evening everyone call to order this meeting of the Board of Education Rocky Hill March 13 2025 at Rocky Hill Town council chambers uh first me uh item on the agenda is the Pledge of Allegiance if everyone please stand I pledge allegiance to the FL of the United States of America to The Republic stands na indivisible withy and justice for all all right moving along to our second agenda item special recognition I'll give it to Dr Zito uh thank you Mr CER so uh you may be wondering why the we have all these gifts up here for the board uh so a couple of things first of all this uh last week we celebrated read Across America um Wendy May talk about this a little bit in her report but each
002of you has two books by Jarrett kasasa the lunch lady and the uh Punk Farm book so um kids were really excited about this great event uh for the school district and really trying to promote the spirit of reading for kids so uh enjoy that and then Christine Flynn uh who was my Administrative Assistant provided you with your board appreciation gift March is bed appreciation month we could have probably used this Tuesday some of us at the basketball game that uh but these are Stadium seats and we know uh we see you guys in events all the time I saw a lot of you this past week at a playoff game and very cool um you know we appreciate what you do as board members and the time and effort you to support the kids
003and the staff here in Rocky Hill so uh special recognition to Christine she pulled it all together but uh you guys deserve it so thank you um for recognitions tonight we have a a couple of things uh I'm gonna ask Gabby brazowski to come up to the podium please Gabby is a tech ed teacher at uh Rocky Hill High School does a great job she's involved in a lot of things not least among them of Unified sports you just came from gamle Pavilion with a unified kids so yep we were just at Yukon back ago so happy to be here and um I would like to invite Tanisha and Ria to join me up here so we have Ria raes and Tenisha sahu are both recipients from recognition for the national Center for Women and
004information technology these young ladies are leaders in our school uh they're role models for other kids and uh in particularly pushing technology with women is really an important area of focus so Gabby's going to tell you a little bit about each of these phenomenal young women yeah so um I'm pleased to announce that I will recognize these two exceptional students Tanisha and Ria at tonight's meeting these young women have gone above and beyond this year showcasing their passion for technology and Innovation throughout the Academic Year Tanisha and Ria have demonstrated outstanding commitment perseverance and excellence in their extracurricular um and educational Pursuits their hard work and dedication have not only contributed to their personal growth but have also positively impacted our school Community they have both enthusiastically embraced challenges inspired their peers and teachers alike
005Tanisha was the 2025 National Center for Women and information technology aspirations and Computing High School uh award Connecticut affiliate winner and Ria was the 2025 ncwit aspirations in Computing High School award Connecticut honorable mention Award winner the NCW aspirations and Computing award recognizes young women for their achievements and encourages them to pursue Computing careers this prestigious program aims to increase the representation of women in technology and build a pipeline for talented individuals who will lead the future in the Computing Workforce Tanisha and Ria's recognition as the Connecticut affiliate affiliate winners highlights their exceptional Computing skills and dedication to advancing their knowledge in this critical field both students have shown remarkable initiative by participating in various programmingsoftware a lasting impression on their classmates and have fostered a strong sense of community within our school I am
006so honored to celebrate their achievements and recognize their contributions their success inspires others others motivates fellow students to pursue their interests and reach their full potential in stem Fields I invite the board members to join me in honoring these outstanding students for their accomplishments as we collectively support the next generation of innovators and leaders thank you [Applause] thank you for that and congratulations ladies all right moving along to agenda item number number three audience participation um actually before we move on to that I want to say on behalf of the entire board um thank you very much Christine and the administration uh for um the gifts um certainly the stadium chair will get plenty of use um in my household so greatly appreciate and I know probably with everybody sitting at the at the board
007so um thank you very much was very thoughtful thank you um all right moving along to agenda item number three audience participation uh meeting open to the public public this is a portion of the meeting specifically set aside for comments from uh anyone who wants to address the board um we just ask that uh any speaker uh State their name and address for the record and that they uh keep their um comments to two minutes is there anyone here to address the board tonight all right last chance all right seeing none we'll move along to one of my favorite Parts report of student Representatives we'll start with members of the high school Stu uh High School student council good evening everyone it's hard to believe but we have just about 60 days left in the
008school year it feels like we just started yesterday and now we're already already thinking about finals graduation and of course summer break on February 20th our freshman had the opportunity to hear from Scott disco a speaker on Internet safety his presentation can focus on the importance of being responsible online something that is especially important in today's digital world world it was a great reminder for students to be mindful of what they share and how they interact online because once it's on the Internet it's pretty much there forever kind of like that embarrassing Middle School phas we all try to forget March 6th was a very busy day for us the Girls Club hosted the wom in action event this event focused on empowering women and recognizing the impact that they have on our community multiple
009panelists were brought to the event to give great ad advice on their experience of being a woman it was an inspiring event that brought together students to celebrate leadership and their strength later that evening on March 6th the junior class held its first ever trivia night to raise money for their class it turned out to be a huge success with students teachers and families coming together for a fun and competitive evening hopefully this will become a tradition in the future today during school we hosted our career fair highlighting post-secondary job opportunities for students who may not want to attend college representatives from various trades and industries came to share insights on different career paths this event was an important reminder that there are many ways to be successful and we HED it helped all our
010students explore new possibilities for their future tonight the National Art Honors Society is holding its annual youth art month event at the Cory J Beldon Library artwork from elementary moer middle and high school students is being displayed throughout the library celebrating creativity across all grade levels it's always great to see the student artworks Showcase in the community try to stop by sometime to check out the incredible Talent within all our schools and I'd also like to add on how our athletic department is also growing well and the girls basketball has actually um made the semi-finals so just wanted to yeah congratulations to them wanted to point that out um thank you again for your time and support we look forward to sharing more updates next time if time doesn't keep flying by thank you [Applause]
011thank you ladies moving along uh report of student representatives from moer school good evening Board of Education members central office administration and residents of Rocky Hill my name is AI pate and my compa next to me is Chase one up we are back in this presentation we will provide you with information about moja school events let's start our fifth grade had an exciting visit to the Peabody Museum during this trip students explored a variety of exhibits diving in the Science History and the wonders of the natural world it was a fantastic experience that brought classroom lessons to life and brought curiosity in so many students and for the record I officially confirm that my parents are not from the Jurassic period we honored our veterans by displaying photos in the main hallway and creating heartfelt
012appreciation cards to send to our local veterans home in the classroom students explored how our government operates and gained a deeper understanding of the sacrifices made by the brave men and women who served our country this experience reinforced our gratitude for the service and deepened our appreciation for the freedoms we enjoy December December was filled with winter and holiday excitement at moer it was a busy month from our fantastic course concert to an exciting spirit week and an engaging steam assembly that introduced us to the world of robots we're also incredibly proud of our ccmc PJ day fundraising efforts this year we raised an amazing $1,750 for ccmc the Moa Community truly rocks in December we ow a Special Assembly to honor students who exemplified Mo's core values respect responsibility and pride congratulations to all
013our outstanding Raptors we are also treated to a fantastic performance by the rocky hook chorus who filled the air with holiday cheer their beautiful caring not only delighted us but also spread joy to other schools in the community enjoy the photos above capturing these wonderful moments connections program our talented students in the connections program recently created a vibrant and inspiring art display that now brightens our main office bulletin board themed be the eye in kind this colorful Masterpiece serves as the perfect backdrop for showcasing our amazing Raptors of the week with creativity and enthusiasm student students created a stunning array of colorful handprints bringing the board to life with a message of kindness and unity their hard work and artistic Flare have transformed the space into a cheerful and uplifting focal point for our school
014January food drive results thank you thank you and gracias we've never seen anything like this it was truly amazing all week fourth grade held the lead but on the final day fifth grade came through with an incredible number of donated food items outstanding job fifth grade in the end both grade levels filled 10 overflowing boxes plus three extra items resulting in a tie congratulations to both grades who earned 60 Minutes of extra recess a huge thank you to all the families for your generosity and support the energy in the building was contagious and it made for an Unforgettable experience way to go moer congratulations to Jackson zi and preacher Singh for being our cast Art Award recipients both students were recognized by Miss sheer and Mrs Stevens for their accomplishments citizenship and dedication to Art
015and music we had a great time with the families at a ceremony celebrating these two students and what they have done thank you moer families thanks to your incredible generosity we have raised over $155,000 to benefit our students The Glow Run was a huge success filled with excitement energy and Unforgettable moments our students had an absolute blast and enthusiasm in the building was electric a heartfelt thank you to all families who supported the fundraiser and parents who came to cheer on their students as they ran jocked or walk their laps your present M made the day even more special we are truly grateful to be part of such a wonderful and supportive Community this event was a shining example of the amazing partnership we have at mure to Foster student growth and enrich educational experiences
016and now for the moment you've all been waiting for since we raised over $155,000 Mr Cassell will be getting slammed in a pink tutu why not the Rocky Hill Police Department joined in on the fun too here's a great moment of some of my peers shaking it to the macarina [Music] kindness gala this marks our second year celebrating kindness at Mo school and we are mentally grateful for the support of our communities families and friends from near and far thanks to generous contributions from our Boosterthon fundraiser as a result the kindest Galla was free for all students yay here at moer February is our favorite month because it's all about spreading kindness check out these beautiful moments of our students pledging to be kind and sharing uplifting messages with one another these heartfelt messages are
017now proudly displayed in our cafeteria hallways where they can Inspire our entire Community let's write kindness and have some fun while we're at it here's Nate showing off his amazing and Worm dance and my peers strutting their stuff on the red carpet the kind of Scala is always a fantastic event with students dressing to impress and so do the parents we all had an absolute blast celebrating together #m your kindness month # choose kindness # dress to impress the student council is always dedicated to spread spreading cheer and in February we turned our Focus to brightening the day of our staff with our kindness and coffee cart but because while kindness matters so does a good cup of coffee Carnation message our Carnation cell was a huge success we sold nearly 500 carnations and each
018one helped brighten someone's day here at moer these thoughtful kindness scams were sold carefully deliver were carefully delivered to every classroom by our amazing student council a huge thank you to everyone who supported this year's art show we had an incredible turnout and it was truly heartwarming to see our community come together to celebrate creativity a special shout out to miss shur and our talented young Raptors for their hard work and dedication and putting together such an amazing display their creativity and effort really shined and made the event Unforgettable March is the longest School month of the year and it is also our reading month and we kicked off with read Across America Day this year moer celebrated with our annual read across the America event with a one book one author One Community experience
019from March 3rd through 5th this marks our 11th consecutive year of this beloved tradition and we're thrilled to welcome Jarett crca author and illustrator as our special guest jar was also featured on Shark Tank answering questions and sharing his ideas with many Mark Cubans to add even more excitement our principal Dr Diaz has issued a March reading challenge if 90% of students participate Dr Diaz will be taped to the wall Additionally the fourth and fifth grade classes with the highest participation in Reading minutes will earn a pizza party and a movie bonus in April let's get reading mure student leadership groups we are thrilled to kick off the second round of girls empowerment and boys leadership groups at moer in partnership with Rocky Hill Youth and Family Services this incredible program gives our students the
020opportunity to developed essential leadership skills after school empowering them to become leaders in their Community a bit kudos to our student leaders for their dedication and for confidently sharing their leadership insights with the group great job we are so proud of you upcoming events moer school is excited to EXP for the possibility of Hosting International night a special evening to celebrate culture diversity and Global Connections our goal is to provide students and families with a unique opportunity to experience and appreciate different cultures in a fun and interactive Way by showcasing Traditions from around the world we aim to foster a sense of inclusion understanding and belonging within our school Community this event will bring us together through food music dance games and so much more the end of the year is packed with exciting activities
021and events we'll have two B PBIS assemblies to recognize our Raptor leaders along with two stee assemblies one of these will give students and teachers the chance to experience an indoor plan terrarium how cool is that we also have field day and ice cream social for both forth and oh my God and a trip to camp in soul to top it off we'll celebrate the fifth and the fifth grade transition to middle school with the special celebration at the high school a school picnic and a funfield trip to Lake compounds and let's not forget that Dr Diaz and Mr Castello are working hard to complete all EV evaluations on Vector they are truly a busy Duo at mure we celebrate theme months March is the month of patience patience is a key element of success
022Bill Gates thank [Applause] you thank you that was a wonderful presentation' great so at this point we will take a fem minute recess uh assuming somebody motions as such uh so that people can take pictures if they want and then this way people can also sneak out out if they like so they don't have to hang out for the whole me um so with that I'll entertain a motion to adjourn or a motion for recess motion for 5 minute recess moved by Mr Coster do I have a second seconded by Mr shabra all those in favor say I I those opposed say nay um we're now in recess uh for five minutes five that's five five minutes five actual five minutes actual five five or 20 sen 7:30 we'll be back at 7:30 e e
023e all right call back to order Rocky Hill Board of Education meeting uh moving along to agenda item number four approval of the minutes tonight we have uh minutes from our February 20th Board of Education meeting does anyone have any additions Corrections uh or deletions uh for the minutes seeing none I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes motion to approve the February 20th 2025 Board of Education minutes moved by Miss Tucker do I have a second second seconded by miss lafredo any discussion all those in favor say I I all those opposed say nay the eyes have at 80 minutes are approved moving along to agenda item number five uh correspondence Dr Zito no correspondence thank you Dr Zito agenda item number six nothing on the consent calendar tonight moving along to committee reports
024which should be fairly brief with the budget process I don't think any of our committees have met but we'll run through them um agenda item number seven is curriculum uh curriculum has not met since last board meeting all right facilities Mr Gavin is not here tonight we have not had a facilities meeting again because of the budget um Finance we have met have not met because of the budget budget sorry no worries 10 Personnel negotiations again uh Mr Gavin is not with us but uh Personnel negotiations has not met 11 policy we have not met policy has not met um special education we have not met either Craig Council I just have two items they did receive a clean audit from last year and Douglas the superintendent Douglas testified in Hartford for additional funding I
025will have a full budget report at the next meeting okay thank you Mr Chev uh number 14 school safety Mr Mr Clemens uh we have not met thank you Mr Clemens and number 15 technology Mr Gavin again is not here but we have not met technology everybody's been focusing on the budget and I do appreciate that um just moving along no old business moving along to new business agenda item number 16 is approval of budget proposal for fiscal year 2025 2026 so with that I will defer to Dr zto sure so um tonight uh by by Town Charter the Board needs to adopt it operating budget for 2526 um after a lot of hard work that you all put in a lot of uh very good questions a lot of diligent effort uh the budget
026uh recommended proposal is a 4.87% increase uh that amount is 56,18499 you've been active throughout it with a lot of questions uh I think we've we've solved our the the Eternal equation here in my view uh between providing uh outstanding services for the kids and balancing that with fiscal efficiency so I commend you for your efforts on that front happy to take any other questions you might have but uh my recommendation is that you move ahead with a 4.87% increase all right thank you Dr zto anyone have any questions comments no I was going to joke and say I just have a list of seven questions but I don't I don't I don't have any questions but I will all the extra credits are I appreciate that I appreciate that Dr but I will I
027will say I do appreciate Dr zto Chuck everyone the board because I did I had a lot of questions here I think o all did had a lot of stuff and and answered it and you know I'll say to the public that's watching this was gone through very thoroughly we looked at it very closely I know I did personally and most of all the board really looked at it very closely and questioned on a lot of items and got really good strong answers to to uh represent that it's it's a good solid budget so thank you thank you Mr ker any other questions or comments any I will say um you know I think that this budget process this year was in some ways a little bit harder than previous years I feel like because
028it was such a lean budget I I reviewed it so many times that I just it was almost um frustrating to to not have like to feel like we should be doing more I mean I know I kind of felt that way um but after going through it all um I think that Dr zto came through with a you know a barebones budget which is essentially what what we had asked him to do um understanding the fiscal realities of where we are and um I think that uh that he did come through on that so um echoing some of Mr coster's sentiments a big thank you to Chuck um Dr Zito Wendy Christine I know a lot of work goes in behind the scenes um and to all the principles and uh all the administrative
029staff um I know it's a it's a long process that you know a lot of it is not seen um but it certainly is understood by the board so I want to just thank everyone for that um if no one has any other questions um I will entertain a motion the Rocky Hill Board of Education hereby adopts its operating budget for fiscal year 2025 2026 in the amount of 56 m141 771 all right moved by Miss Tucker do I have a second second seconded by Miss Moria uh any discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I all those opposed say nay and the eyes have it 8 to zero budget is passed at 56,216 $771 or budget proposal well it's the board's adopted budget correct all right moving along to agenda item number
03017 assistant superintendent for personnel and Student Services report Stevenson gradate school tonight she's in class tonight so Dr zto I'll defer to you uh no she really didn't have anything to update the board on this evening okay excellent thank you agenda item number 18 assistant superintendent for finance and operations Mr zigrin so enclosed in your board packet is the financial report through the month ending February 2025 in this report I have highlighted some of the line items uh we will continue to keep an eye on as we progress through the year uh we've seen these in previous months reports as well uh we have received the first installment of our excess uh cost Grant from the state and the amount of $550,500 this reimbursement will be reflected in the March financial report eliminating the current
031deficit in the tuition account so that's good news uh we we will receive our second reimbursement of the excess cost Grant at the end of May we typically uh present our budget to the Town Council the last week of April or first week of May um I'm sure Dr Zito will inform the board once we find out that specific date and as mentioned last month we are currently out to bid for our food service management company to provide services associated with running our food service program uh we do have a mandatory walkthrough for biders scheduled next Thursday beginning at the high school so we have started that process and we'll continue um and that concludes my report thank you Mr zedan anyone have any questions for Mr zedrin Mr ker just quick question I know
032um at the state level they did pass an additional uh amount of funding right and that Rocky Hills due for a chunk of that do you are you aware of anything on the timing of that it's for this fiscal year the way I understand it yes that's my assumption as well yeah do you know the timeing or they hav't not release that yet or no I I haven't seen um yeah well obviously that's going to be split amongst all the districts in the state so I'm still finding out or looking to find out more details as to timing and you know what what may be coming Rocky Hills way yeah okay yeah we've heard in the range of 100 something thousand in that range mid mid 100 thousands or something so we cover what they
033haven't covered in the past right right right yeah awesome okay I just wasn't sure about the timing if we knew that so right awesome thank you thank you Mr kker any other questions for Mr zedrin I would anticipate they include it in the May payment but I haven't heard that definitely yeah it makes sense but yeah they approved it just the other day right all right thank you Mr zedrin moving along to agenda item number uh 19 assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction Mr an all right good evening everyone um I prepared a couple of slides for us this evening but our spectacular student reps um have sort of stolen my thunder sharing a lot of what I had planned to talk about tonight so I'm going to speed right through these slides be nice
034and quick um so the first thing I just wanted to share is last week was read Across America uh week and we did give you the books as Dr Zito mentioned across our K5 schools we had themed reading days guest readers and reading challenges as our student reps from moer shared with you um author Jarett krasa was an very engaging speaker and he presented his creative process and the importance of Storytelling he shared information about character development and illustration techniques and one of his most important messages um to the students was to have grit and to persevere he shared with them the numerous rejections that he received before his big break and how he kept creating new materials the whole time so the message was just really a wonderful one for our students and they
035were just completely engaged throughout the entire presentation our high school reps talked you a little bit about the women in action event at the high school and I was there I was able to snap a picture of um the group it was a really great turnout but I think the one thing I want to add that the girls didn't mention was that um Miss uh Viviana Guzman and Miss Lisa erso were the two um uh High School teachers who put this event together for our students and they did a fantastic job the um presenters were again engaging inspiring and just a great message to our female students um at and we had middle school students there too so at both the middle school and high school level so it's a great event and then I
036ran over to the library earlier this week just to snap a few photos because I knew um this evening would be very busy and many of you probably didn't have an opportunity to attend this evening either but I just wanted to share that the art displays will be up through the month of March so if you didn't have a chance tonight hopefully you can get over to the library and then my last item is that our CTE teachers and our AI committee um have started our AI pilot which I have mentioned last uh month we've uh participated in four training sessions so far and last week we conducted um our sessions to kickoff this the pilot um we had training with magic school Ai and they the strategies that they are learning will enhance their
037teaching and student learning experiences we submitted our final proposal to the state a few weeks ago and we're a waiting final approval before um we really fully uh jump in but this is going to be a multi-year plan implementation plan and we plan to present that to the board um in one of our upcoming curriculum uh subcommittee meetings so um something really exciting to look forward to and across the board wherever we've shown this I I shared it with the administrators this week and uh they are just blown away by the possibilities that this is going to bring um to their workload they shared with us that on average it reduces um a teacher's workload by about seven hours a week W yeah so it's it's got some great potential um you sign up board
038members we'll see what we can [Laughter] do so I'll entertain any questions if there are any that sounds fantastic awesome um does anyone have any questions for Mr Ren all right seeing none move along to agenda item number eight uh number 20 superintendent report Dr zto uh thank you Mr Slattery and uh do want to mention that uh I know there's a lot of excitement in the district about uh the work that Wendy did along with Danielle Galligan to get this AI Grant one of the few districts in the state working on it and we're excited about it Miss lafredo will we'll try to get you any information thank you uh as I mentioned earlier it's board appreciation month and uh Christine really does a great job pulling this together recognition of what what you
039folks do uh you just adopted your your budget that's one of the most important uh jobs you have as board members uh keeps the funding flowing for another year of Education Rocky Hill so again I just uh want to thank you each of you for taking the process as seriously as you do uh it's a lot of time and effort you don't do this for compensation uh and we just really appreciate everything you do to support the kids so uh you know it's a $56 million budget I think it meets our needs and I really appreciate your effort uh to work with us on this collaboratively U couple of uh positive uh shout outs here uh we have a wrestler at the high school oliv Olivia Hopkins wish M Gavin was here who just took
040fifth place in the New England High School tournament wow on her way to the metal stand she defeated the Vermont state champion and she beat the Massachusetts state champion twice uh once in the opening bracket and and then in the russle backs and uh pretty awesome accomplishment for a rocky oh High kid to fifth in the wingland and then um our girls basketball team really kind of a heartbreaking tough loss but a packed house I saw several of you there at the at the game Tuesday uh we're very proud of those kids it was an amazing run uh great kids on that team and I know they're already chattering about next season looking forward to it so a couple just you know shout outs there um couple more items um next Friday uh March 21st
041at 7 o'clock is the Harlem Wizards charity basketball game I enjoy that um my basketball days are way way long ago so I like to do the scoreboard and let everybody else around we don't need old men sustaining injuries like Mr nosic and the back the DodgeBall so uh I'll be safely seated at the scoreboard but I look forward to the event uh we want to thank the Rocky Hill Ed foundation and the teachers and the staff who agreed to play in the game against the Harlem Wizards it's a lot of fun really awesome Community event um the Ed Foundation every dollar that's raised goes right back into the schools to support the kids so um I also have some marching orders here from Christine we still have a few spots on the roster for
042uh any interested staff memb so if you do have an interest in participating uh reach out to Miss Flynn uh and she can help you with that so we we look forward I know most many of you come to this event and that's a lot of fun every every March uh and then finally just a quick reminder um the board adopted uh a series of goals are on the website way back in 2020 and they were running through 2024 so it's time to uh work on that again we have a special meeting scheduled for uh next week on March 19th at 6 o'clock in moer school and we'll take a look at some draft goals that I'm working um with uh the administration on and then we'll have a conversation and uh see where it
043goes from there but I I think uh it's time for the board to to kind of revisit board goals and lock in on some some goals that give us kind of a clear compass in terms of the direction we're moving in so look forward to seeing you all next Wednesday evening moer School 6m Dr zto may I just quickly one more thing U Mr shabro reminded me uh the board may want to know that um tomorrow March 14th the ninth grade students at Rocky Hill High School are going to have an assembly uh with Victoria Adams from Southern Connecticut State University and she's going to address the dangers of vaping I forgot to mention that and I've had that I think in a couple of updates over the last few weeks but thank you all
044right thank you Dr zeter thank you Mr an for that additional note any questions for Dr zto um briefly speaking of the uh vaping how's it going at the high school feedback has been very positive so far Ron I don't know if you want to come up and I know you were installing addition Vape detectors today they are working very effectively oh look he's jumping up ready to go this guy don't give away all the secrets though the kids might be watching so um the uh units arrived uh about a week and a half ago and we've been steadily installing them um after hours um various locations throughout the building that's about as much as I'm fair enough so but they are they they they you know they they are working um it's absolutely a
045big deterrent so we'll see how it goes I'm sure it's going to be money well spent and um we'll keep the kids uh at least a little bit healthier while they're with us for seven hours a day so thank you Ron y good question Mr Clemens any other questions all right moving along to agenda item number 21 it's my report um I will again thank Christine the administration for the gifts in particular the stadium chair the blanket is in my trunk and I've used it numerous times on the field already U my kids know it's there my wife knows it's there so it's always there in the clutch so thank you it's a very thoughtful gift um did want to also congratulate the girls basketball team um although the season didn't end the way that
046they I'm sure wanted wanted it was an amazing season it was a lot of fun to watch uh it was fun to be a part of um and and I know there was a couple people from the board who were at the last game but one of the things that struck me uh wasn't only how well they played and how but the support that showed up from our town was um was pretty moving um and uh if you were there the comparison of uh you know our crowd so semi-finals are played at a neutral site so no one has a home team uh Advantage um but our team and our and our town showed up to support our team um tremendously which I thought was just so cool um so uh big shout out to
047them looking forward to next year um Harlem Wizards unfortunately I have a conflict that I cannot get out of otherwise I would be participating in that um but I I did want to obviously uh Dr zto already mentioned it but um if you are around it was it's always a blast um it was fun last year um and a huge shout out to the Rocky Hill Education Foundation because they do so many tremendous wonderful things for um you know to supplement uh us um it's a huge help um wanted to thank U Mr Clemens for I know being able to participate in the um read Across America he read at Stevens um so thank you I also read at Stevens was quite an interesting experience um I've never read read to a group of kids
048um so third graders I was a little it was more nerve-wracking than being in court actually um which was which was interesting but it was uh but it was really nice it was it was really nice um um I remember those days yeah Mr NOS asked me at w yeah it was uh it was it was nice um and then just another thank you to everyone uh I know the budget process and the time of budget is uh an exhausting time for all of us um you know I think that uh everyone clearly took it seriously and um you know the questions um were great the discussion was robust um and I think that we um it's clear that you know the process uh was was th so um thank you all for that um
049other than that I think that uh covers everything so anyone have any questions for me I don't I don't have a question but can I also give another shout out certainly um there there's been a lot of shout outs tonight but um in the rare reminder tonight you're going to see a beautiful article that was written on um the seventh grade um travel team from GMS who also won a championship under um the direction of B Packer and Matt Ferrara um and I I just want to thank um Jason Mears he gave the kids um quite a nice shout out on the intercom the day after they won their championship game and uh a lot of kids came home really excited because they got this you know celebratory shout out um but the article itself
050was very well written so um don't forget to check it out in the sports corner of the rare reminder thank you so much for sharing Miss lafredo I was not aware of that that's exciting very exciting great game wonderful beat a team they lost to twice right correct well that's even more exciting yes UND undefeated and they were undefeated yes really it was an amazing game and the kids worked really hard um they practiced for quite some time and having gone in and lost twice to them to win um really awesome yeah thank you so much for sharing I will definitely be looking for the rare reminder um all right any other questions comments Mr Coster uh yeah just quick question something I brought up before uh and just thought take this opportunity to quickly
051bring it up again I I know we talked about at one of the safety committee meetings and I've emailed on the on on the topic is uh I know we discussed at the safety committee meetings our policies and procedures around uh handling immigration issues when immigration and Ice comes to our schools and we had a great presentation by Dr Zito uh by uh chief clut on what our policies and procedures are here in town and and I was really impressed actually I thought it went very well and I think uh the community would be very pleased with what our policies and procedures are for that um what I was hoping for was some way to get that information out to the community in a broader way so I just wanted to kind of bring that
052up to your attention again because I know I've done it at the committee meeting but just wanted to do it here tonight as well um that if we can find a way to get that information out to the community would be wonderful that's all thank you thank you Mr CER anyone have any question any other questions I just have a comment I want to thank Chuck for his um last uh budget people don't know he will be retiring at the end of this uh school year oh you're right good call so I um big shout out to Chuck brought home CL out not yet we got to go to the council look too happy over there yeah so hopefully uh you could pass it off to Scott and just as good as a budget pressure
053Scott no pressure no pressure but thank you I appreciate that yeah all right thank you very good point Miss vanal thank you all right with that I will entertain a motion to adjourn motion to adjourn U moved by I heard it but I didn't see moved by Miss morphia do I have a second seconded by Mr shabra any discussion all those in favor say I I I all those opposed say nay the eyes have at 8 Z we are adjourned at