001to order the board of education meeting at 76. You would all please rise [Music] this year. Right. It is wonderful to see a crowd. Dr. Willlet, acknowledgements. All right. So, as you can tell, we have a really exciting evening with quite a few acknowledgements. Um, BGP artwork. Uh, perhaps I'll I'll save that piece to the end. Um, and we'll jump to music recognitions first and then I'll kind of circle back. Um, so we've got some great music recognitions tonight. Um we're going to we had basically I think all the music teacher as music coral teachers in the back. Um we have a lot of the honores here tonight. Um and we'll be talking about the the award of best communities for music education that Talin got which I had mentioned um in the past at
002one point. The Halo award recipients which is a great honor for our young adults. the spirit decor awards. Um and uh we have senator Gordon here with us tonight uh who will also be providing u information and some proclamations for the kiddos. In addition to that um the halo awards you know came uh information is coming in and the session wasn't fully complete so we don't have all of the proclamations for the halo award young adults but that's that will be forthcoming. So, um, oh, oh, and Senator Representative Tim been here as well. So, am I missing? Thank you for that. Representative Aard. Um, and I did want to point out that among uh so many of the award nominees tonight and so on, we'll hear a lot of their names, but um Tyler, I
003believe, also won the top jazz soloist, which is pretty amazing. And he's sitting right it's not going to go there. So, we'll be going through a lot of these honores and everything, but I just want to kind of throw out that introduction and start. Um, do I know maybe in the back um our music teachers and coral teachers are here. Could you guys stand up and introduce yourselves? Sorry, maybe left to right. Starting with you. Hi everyone. I'm Emily Deloro. I'm the chorus and general music teacher at Todd Mills. Norma Marasani, fourth and fifth grade band and chorus at TIS. No Fields, high school coral director. Matthew M high school instrumental director. And I'm Peter Del Monaco, middle school band director at DJ. Just they do an amazing job. Maybe we'll start with the Halo
004Award nominations. Um, we don't have the music referral teachers like to to mention the Halo award nominees or award winners. Actually, not even nominees. I was thinking of the Tony Awards doing nominees. This is the award winners. I can name them all. Um, so this year we participated in the Halo Awards, which um is an organization that goes around to a bunch of schools. They went to 185 different high school musical and play productions this year. And so we had them come to Haiti. They came on Friday night to adjudicate. They looked at various um areas from acting on stage to even our students behind the stage. So, our set design, our lighting design, props, um stage management. So, it's all a nice all-inclusive um review of our um production. So, Tom was recognized with
005eight nominations, which was amazing. We were recognized with the best performance in a feature male row with Aaron. We're featur nominated with best lighting design or execution with our lighting team with Becket, Raquel, Don, Aiden, and Piper. Best scenic design andor execution with Naomi, Danica, Harper, and Nia. Best props design with Caitlyn, Naomi, and Anna. Best stage management with Harper as a stage manager and her assistant stage managers to best specialty ensemble with our fates being Katie, Brooke, and Annie. We got a nomination for best um best performance in a supporting female role in a musical with Angelique as Praphanany. And then we had a nomination which actually took home an award as best performance in a leading female role in a contemporary musical with Eve winning the halo for that award. So, we're very
006and as I had mentioned, the best communities in music education, not all communities in Connecticut get that. In fact, the majority do not, and ours has, and it's happened many years in a row. So, again, that goes to the um the awesomeness and um the abilities of our students and the the great teaching that they get from the teachers. Um we also had a list of band and uh chorus kids that had performed in the um PA music trip uh and they were distinguished in that trip as well. Um I can read the names of the individuals that were part of that trip and performed for us. Um all students uh should be recognized here as the Talon music program came home with I mentioned before the I I hope I'm saying this okay but
007the spirit decor right is that yeah you know um for demonstrating positive attitudes and behaviors and and just being being exemplars of of what it is to be a performer. Um so uh cart uh as I said powerhouse won there for jazz soloist and um other students that won or Colton Marshinbo Indigo Bender Katie Bohan uh Kimberly Booker Erica Bettis Katherine Bumps Bren Bernett Ryan Casease Danica Castingway um Casting White Olivia Clower Eve Demand Michaela Kakio Duchio sorry Tobias, Tobias, Douly, um, Donald Eaton, Emerson Foster, Aaron Gleer, Juliet Habernon, uh, Em Emerson Hampton, Nikki Hang, Penel, Penelopey Herald, Truman Herald, Tyler, Lily, Halle Ingram, Dustin Johnson, Morgan Jolly, and Sonia Kashaw. Oh, wait, there's more. And they're tiny little print here. Thomas Kennedy, Tatiana Lines, Nicholas Lee, Kayla Marquez, Laura Mitchell, Michell, Kevin Naderno, Chameleia
008O'Re, Ella Pes, Pesa, Allison Filipina, uh, Angelique Rodriguez, Julia Rousier, Russi, Elizabeth Russi, William Selenic, Annie Singer, Jenny Swanson, Asher Balo, Ella Wright, and uh Tatiana. I think that's Tatiana Zang. Um so congratulations to all the students that um one other thing I'd love to do right now if if you're able is all the students that are here please come up and get we have these special awards for you each you know now as the terrors are in effect these will be much more expensive you can come up right now I just want to give each if you want or there's a there's three bins and they have different variants of this. So, take the one that you want. We wanted you guys to have something different. The father's day gift. The father's day gift
009on a student budget. Wish I had the talent you guys still have that nowadays. I remember when I was a we used to have oh come father's day mother's day like father's day mother gay like tables to come and buy stuff like 50 cents for this bucks for this like you know this to the staff And then um Senator Gordon and Representative So, how do you want to have folks? First of all, congratulations to everybody. We there's a long list of names of everybody who has incredible accomplishments. We will get you individual citations, but the Senate and the House literally finished up a session last week and it was a mad dash. So, you can imagine that various things slowed down while we were busy working, including the office that makes citations. So, we do
010have the list and we will get them to you and then everybody can get their own uh individual one. Uh so, hopefully we will get that in the next week or two once uh that capital office gets everything uh back on track uh with all the uh citations. But happy to be here. I can tell you I have no music talent, but I appreciate music. It's never too late. That's true. My wife might differ. Sing. I can tell you that. my son too. Uh but phenomenal achievements by everybody this and the teachers and and the programs as well. This is absolutely incredible. So happy to uh be here. Uh we don't have we don't have these in any particular order but I'll I'll start with one and maybe do maybe for each one that whoever
011so like there's one for the jazz band one yeah whoever whatever is a teacher or whatever so you want to do that. Um before we just I just want to um make comment before we read these is um essentially saying obviously the arts are alive and well in town and I was listening to the name is anybody not in a music program or an acting program because it sounds like the whole school is involved. So that's fantastic. When you get to hear about the amount of people involved with music and any of any of the arts, it's impressive. Whether it's the acting, as I just heard about the the amazing people that are involved with that, to all your music programs, it's just fantastic. And uh the board of ed is doing something right uh
012and making sure that they have the staff uh to provide those uh wonderful opportunities for our students. uh and not all students are are thriving in econ in a in their education side. That part that you do that maybe keeps them engaged in education goes a long way to making sure that they have a successful uh a successful career um as a student. So congratulations to all of your efforts and and your abilities. Well, so go ahead because go either one. So again, this is not in any particular order, but these are all official citations. I remind people because it gets the gets the nice gold seal uh from the state. But this is from the uh state of Connecticut General Assembly, the House and the Senate. Myself, Senator Jeff Gordon, Representative Tim Akert, Representative
013Tammy Uio, who could not be here today, but certainly sends her uh congratulations uh for everybody for what they've done. And this is be it hereby known to all that the Connecticut General Assembly in the state of Connecticut hereby offers its sincerest congratulations to the Talmand Music Program in recognition of your receipt of the prestigious Aspree decor award. You are celebrated for consistently demonstrating a positive attitude, respectful behavior and a strong sense of unity serving as a shining example of teamwork and character in the music community but also in the entire talent community. The entire membership of the House and the Senate sends it extends its very best wishes on this memorable occasion uh June 11th, 2025 signed by the Senate President Prom, Speaker of the House and the Secretary of uh uh state and
014congratulations. Who wants somebody want to come up and wants to be We're happy to. Yeah. Oh, sure. You take this down. Lost the frame. Very similar state of Connecticut general assembly official citation again you're joined by Senator Gordon myself and represent amuio be hereby no recall but the Connecticut general assembly hereby offer sincere congratulations to Colin Porus in recognition of your first place award with excellent ratings you are recognized for your impressive collaboration expressive sound and the hard work that led to inspiring and beautiful executed performance. The entire membership extends his very best wishes this memorable occasion and given the same day today June 11th. So if somebody would like to come up I figured that there was going to be a repeat on this one. So you'll need a big wall to hang all
015these things up. Oh yeah. Perfect. Thank you. And the next one we have again from us and from the general assembly in the state of Connecticut is for the treble choir. Um and so be it hereby known to all in recognition of your first place award with excellent ratings. You are honored for your outstanding performance, vocal strength, and the dedication that shaped a cohesive and captivating musical experience for all. We extend our congratulations and very best wishes on that achievement again on this day June 11th and happy to present this citation. There's a couple students that are Yeah, there's a couple students in that group. Yeah, the students in the middle here. I'll have you guys hold you. Yes. With everybody fantastic. And again, uh, General Assembly citation by shorter and shorter. You're hereby known
016to all the Connecticut General Assembly hereby offered sincere congratulations to the jazz band. In recognition of your first place award with superior ratings, you were applauded for your extraordinary talent, dynamic energy, and technical excellence, delivering a performance that reflected true artistry and passion for jazz. The entire membership extended very best wishes on this memorable occasion. Congratulations, gentlemen. Well done. Very well done. That's your award. Thank you. And last but not least, uh, one more official state citation uh, from Representative Actor, Representative Nio, and myself. This is for the Chamber Choir. I be hereby known to all the Connecticut General Assembly in the state of Connecticut hereby offers its sincerest congratulations to the Chamber Choir in recognition of your first place award with excellent ratings. You're commended for your exceptional musicality, discipline, and the heartfelt expression
017you brought to every performance, raising the bar for coral excellence, and presented on this day, June 11th, 2025. Congratulations. Awesome. You were the ones who earned it. Yeah. Great job. Angela, good job. Congratulations. Congratulations. probably fans are very thank you for coming. Thanks for coming. Well, one quick comment that and and the students who won the Halo awards, it's probably pretty much the same people, but they they will, as I mentioned before, they will give citations. There will also be citations for the Halo. So, we have a very long list. My office is working on I can tell you as my office staff knows getting citations for everyone. Once that office gets them all to us, we will get them to you and we can get them out. So, were there were there any students
018here tonight who didn't uh get to come up and get a photo? I just want to make sure we got everyone. I mean, you guys are so talented. You cross over in every direction, but I want to make sure we didn't miss anything. because you want that you would be great. Good question. basically it's there's a series coming so they went through different Thank you for letting us join Dr. Will the trophy. Oh, you got the best. Wow. Good. Anything else? Thank you. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. Yeah, that' be great. Thank you. Thank you. Um and these these awesome trophies here tonight who um they were also from PA in the Hershey Park competition. We want to say anything about the the trophies together. Perfect. Okay. Um had few words. I want
019to highlight a couple other things we had throughout the year, but I just want to say thank you to all the board of education members, Dr. Willlet, um and then Senator Gordon and Representative Acres for the special recognition tonight for our students and staff. you know, it really means a lot uh to all of us here. We've had a very successful year across the district as shown tonight. Um from Kate, Heather, and Norma inspiring and fostering our young musicians to the middle school earning all gold ratings tonight uh at their adjudication with their plaques being here tonight. Um, we sorry and with the high school earning first places across the band and choirs with our trophies being here tonight with the spirit day four award which is award that we are very proud of because
020of course we're all about musical excellence at Talin but we're more about using music as a vessel to inspire and foster um good human beings. So this great award is one is an award that's given to only one school at that weekend and show them for a school based really upon their core characters, how they interact with themselves and with other schools. So we're very proud of them for that award this year. I'd like to highlight just a few other accomplishments we had for our department this year. Our uh high school pep band expanded this year. They were recruiting se several new members and adding a winter season. It was great to see them at so many home football games and basketball games this year. They're even featured on NBC Connecticut news that you might
021have seen during the fall when they were on the game of the week and featured interview when they collaborated with Northwest Catholic pep band to bring students together from across um school districts to play together. We had several students across the middle school and high school make it into the Eastern Region Festival Ensembles as well as four students from the high school making it into this year's all state festival. Additionally, thanks to the support we received from our administration, uh Mr. Bait and I are uh volunteer and gave back to students from across the state as well as 10 other states. this year as part of the Eastern Division through CMEA, our state's uh music education association. This was my fifth and last year serving as the Eastern Region Mix Choir Chair as I will
022be taking over as student um student affairs chair next year, which will be the person that oversees all the auditions and festivals for the middle school, high school, and the all state. Um so, wish me a little bit of sanity um for that one. Um Mr. debate. Um, and I also served um, CMA to help run this year's Eastern Eastern Division conference um, because we're afforded the opportunity from administration to attend that this year, which brought together around 2,000 music educators in Hartford from 11 different states along with approximately 2,000 students for 5 days. It was an incredible experience that we were grateful that our district afforded us the opportunity to learn and serve. We also got to meet um, our firm our former secretary of education, Dr. Miguel Cardona, who is from Connecticut and
023was a really cool experience to get to chat with him for a while. Next year, Mr. Bait will be serving as the new core co-chair for the Eastern Region Jazz Ensemble. So, they will be continuing to serve as well. We started a new tradition this year with our townwide concert series where we had students from grade 5 through 12 perform together. We had one night for just band students and another night another night for chore students and it was a packed house for both nights. It was incredible evening of music making. We had 200 students on stage for just the band night playing together as well as 200 students on the chorus night um singing together. Now, we aren't certain, but Dr. Bullet may have been set off that night when he was asked to
024introduce the last piece for the band concert when it was the piece called This Old Dude. Not to call anyone out here. So, maybe just a coincidence. Um, and for the sixth year in a row, we were recognized as one of only 35 school districts in Connecticut to be nationally recognized as a best communities for music education. Something that we are very proud of. all of our accomplishments that have stated so far, just our ensembles. This doesn't even include any of the work that our amazing students do in just our general music classes or clubs. None of this would be possible without the incredible team of music educators we have. We are very privileged to have such amazing people that are so willing to collaborate together and provide our students with these amazing musical opportunities.
025I just want to give a quick shout out to three of our new music teachers, Peter Delanco, uh Emily, uh Delhub, and Matt Abate, who in a few days will be completing their first year here at Talins. So, we're very excited for them. We have three of them have helped raise our department to a new level this year and made such a positive impact on our community. I cannot wait to see where they take us moving forward. As well as we had an intern this year from Yukon, Caitlyn Newman, who worked with our high school musicians all year. Um, and we're very privileged to have her. She graduated last month and is now fully certified to teach. So, we wish her the best of luck as she looks um for her position. Um, outside of
026the classroom, we also had an incredible year on stage with the middle school performing newsies this year and being uh the most successful show that they've ever done at the middle school. They sold the most tickets ever. Had an amazing set. The students were awesome and Emmy did an amazing job setting a new standard for what is possible for TMS drama. At the high school, we had an incredible group of students and advisers along with adult volunteers who raised the bar as well for what's possible for the high school drama with Hadestown this year, receiving the eight nominations that we said before, as well as Eve earning and um receiving a halo, which is something we're incredibly proud of um for all of our students. Um, tonight is a very bittersweet night for us as
027we're extremely proud and honored to be recognized tonight while also facing the reality that due to clubs being cut that there may not be a jazz band or chamber choir at the middle school next year which feeds students into jazz band and chamber choir classes at the high school and creates uncertainty to the impact that this will have to those classes as well as Newsies in Hadestown may be the last musical production performed at Tallen. Uh, ths is supposed to be performing the family of the opera next year which something we're very excited about. parable with the lack of funding is something that we're uncertain um of the possibility for next year. So all the clubs are not mere extras for our students to socialize but rather educational extensions of our programs since there's not
028enough time in the school day to offer all this. I fear for our students that are not athletes if they will have a space next year that they can see themselves as part of the school community. I apologize if I diverted us from our tripful celebration tonight, but I would be remiss if I did not advocate on behalf of all of our students. We have an incredible we have incredible teachers who will continue to provide our students with every opportunity that we can with our within our abilities next year. Again, I just want to say a huge thank you for taking the time to recognize our students accomplishments. It really means the world to them and to us. Thank you for your support as always. Let me take a moment, you know, just personally as
029as a parent of a third grader to thank each and every one of you students. you know, be it your your concerts on the green, your performances, your your performance of Haze Town, your jazz band. I've taken her to a a myriad of these events and she is just enthralled. Uh she has already told me everything she wants to do beginning in fourth grade all the way through college and all the various instruments she wants to play and sing. And it's because of you. Uh, as Representative Eckert said, you know, the arts are alive in Taland and not only are you, you know, giving to the town and giving of yourselves, but you're ensuring that that next generation, those kids behind you also have that passion. So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
030Thank you. Anybody else like to say? Uh, well, first I also want to um first of all, we didn't miss anyone, right? We got everybody big rooms. It's hard to tell. Bad eyes. So, I think I'm dead. Um, I want to thank the parents because I know that you're the ones that are, you know, buying the little spit things that they have to put into the little things. They got to go to the store. I know because my daughter does this. So, just a round of applause for the parents who are also driving. And what I wanted to do without creating any chaos at all if I can't is parents would get one too. We have everyone. No, no problem. Thank you. coffee. I think it was yesterday. All right. So, um, thank you very,
031very much. And, you know, our purpose tonight was to honor you and to recognize you, not to torture you. So, you don't have to stay as we go into other things. We always welcome anyone who would likely, but you don't have to. Um, and before we kind of break, uh, do any parents or any students want to say anything at all? Um, if we had a chance to work, anyone like to say something, please? Yeah, I would actually. Thank you. Um, my name is Lauren Rodriguez. Um, I just want I live at 154 Baxter Street. Um, this was a hard budget cycle. Um, and I just want to acknowledge the fight to keep as much money as you could to stay in our budget. Um I know from all of the reading um online and
032the various um opinions that are there and one of those opinions that we heard frequently is that nothing really will happen. There will be no impact on our students and which I kept seeing that come up and thinking not sure where or what people are reading but um the fact that you kept fighting I want to commend you for two things. the ability to come together with the town council um and a public meeting in a public setting so students could speak up. I hope to see more and more of that um within our town. I thought that that was commendable. It put everyone in a position to share information equally and be able to be informed. So from uh my family who does sports and does music and drama, we do take advantage of
033the wide breath of things that are offered in Taland and you being in a position to constantly try to fight for that. And I know having your face against those numbers when you take a half percentage point down and have to go out for another referendum, it's kind of hard. Um but I was silently cheering sometimes coming and talking but sometimes silently cheering. So, thank you and I hope that you'll continue to do everything you can to support our kids. Um, you see what's happening here and I can't say enough about my experience with the teachers all the way through. So, I'm so happy tonight was a celebration of not only the students accomplishments but the staff accomplishments. So, thank you. I second Katie Dave Lisa Lane. Um I 100% agree. Um you know there's
034been some rather not fun talks in my house um as we come up on uh the end of the school year, right? Like normally the kids are all pumped to for summer vacation, but The Phantom was announced as the play for next year. And my kid my kids are very excited, not just my high school kid, but my middle school kids, too. Um and yet the we have to talk about, well, what if that doesn't happen? And um my schedule this week has um my work schedule has luckily allowed me to attend meetings, but I was at town council last night. I'm here at Barbeet tonight. tomorrow night's uh friends of music. Um my kids signed me up for that meeting. I was told I didn't have a choice, which cool. Um but that's that's
035where that's that's where as a parent I'm spending my time right now is to how can I support my kids? Um you know, I am vocal in budget issues. Um I played a role in that uh where I could in the past. Um but you know the there's a lot of there's impacts to the kids right now and the middle school and high school kids are talking about it. Um and that's the reality of what's going on in the schools today. Um and I think it's important for you as the board to know that. I think the administration and the teachers are handling it great. Um, but it's a little, you know, we had a conversation about who's going to do a half day next year at the correct school that does performing arts because
036that's an option for my kids. Um, which costs our town more money uh than it would if they just stayed in Taland all the all year, but yet there's a program that could be an option. Um, and and that's a that's a real conversation we're having. So, just so you guys are aware, we appreciate I appreciate all of your support. Um, I know that this is hard. I really do. Um, but this is an awesome celebration where you have five teachers that are here. Um, that's, you know, these teachers spent all day in school and they're spend all day in school tomorrow, too, that are here. Um, and these teachers, I've seen these teachers at a ton of different events, whether it's Newsies or the really cool concert series that happened, um, which was really
037awesome to see all these kids come together, um, to 80s town this year. I mean, these teachers are putting in a lot more time than I would expect, right? My dad was a teacher. He couldn't do all this. Um, so we have a unique value here in Taland and whatever you can do to continue to support the students with that I think is really important. So thank you for all you've done and a strong urging to continue that those efforts. Thank you. Keep it short then. Um, Kate Valow from Adon Green. I just wanted to say congratulations to all the students that are here tonight, all the students that couldn't make it and are part of this um, general music awesomeness. Um, I want to say thank you for to the teachers. Um, congratulations to
038everybody and um, I know you all know this, but the arts really inform academics. Um, they keep your schools excellent. whatever we can continue to do collectively as a community to support the arts and all of its forms would be just amazing. So exciting that friends with tall music is kicking off again tomorrow. Um join us you know be part of that. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. Right. Thank you guys. So we are going to recognize PGP's artists. So if you would like to wait for that. So, um the next uh recognition for tonight are our amazing BGP artists. Uh and as you know, the um the artists now are put on display, their work is put on display at the um at the Talon Public Library. And so they uh they get honored there
039and there's a night um and they go and their parents come and are able to take a look at their their stuff on display just like New York Museum of Art. It's but it's our library. And so, um, here is the artwork that, um, the kids did. Uh, and there's some off there, too. And you can see it there when you go. And thank you to Alexander Blero, Avery Penn, Taylor Susi, uh Olivia Mor Morris Mauki, um Amelia Dashette, Finley Brost Beck, Annie Stroley, Max Morowski, Satie Hoots, and um let's see, Avery Corley Vasquez, Theodore Zarone, and Henry Henrik Costa. Henrik Costa. So, congratulations to all our artists and that's beautiful artwork that is it for our acknowledgements. Again, as Dr. Willlet said, uh you're more than welcome to stay. That would make me happy.
040However, you're also welcome to go. Thank you all for everything you do. And uh as a note students continue talking budget season isn't just January budget season all year long as we try to figure out not only how to do this but then how to govern with this. So continue. Thank you. You got to print it out. Part of the pool of Pennsylvania. They're not being given out though or they already you're really surplus. Plus fire. I did buy him in a certain bowl. Very nice. It's awesome. Palumbo. Thank you also to Miss Palumbo for helping with everything here. She did an amazing job helping get all of her stuff together. So, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Thank you. All right, moving on to additions to be intended. Conversation here. Uh, so tonight's executive session,
041the intent of tonight's executive session was a Q&A and feedback on the superintendent's evaluation. Given the fact that we are missing almost half of our board in that opportunity for the Q&A and evaluations, uh it is my recommendation that we move that to the next meeting. However, and thank you Bill for pulling it up after doing uh a policy search. Uh it seems that the best and the most efficient opportunity to do here is to bring that here to the to a vote. That's whether or not I do it here tonight or move it to the next meeting. So, uh that being said, I will entertain a motion. Either way, can we discuss before we motion? So, the question I have for you is around schedule if we don't do this tonight and we've pushed
042to our next meeting which is June 25th. Yes. Then the next one's not until and then we can't then we're pushing now until August, right? To to complete the evaluation. Am I am I right? Yes. Oh yeah, go ahead. Okay. Um we push up anyway. Yes, you are right. If we move it to the 25th, uh then after that meeting is when we start doing the writing of the uh the document. We've got a review of the document and then we've got the the approval and the um the but those meetings because of the no meetings in July that happens in August. So if we have the session tonight and we ask our questions, then you begin the writing of the evaluation now instead of at the end of the slot. That's a chance that
043the bill. Well, yeah. So, I'm I'm just wanting to understand what are the pros and cons of of doing or not doing this tonight. Okay. Um, so I I did update the timeline when I saw Mr. holds communication and um because the nature of it is for the the chair and right vice chair co-chair to to collect the question you know me to answer questions and then presumably for them to collect information um we'd probably have to do this again anyway because you're missing four out of your nine members right I guess so you're going to they're they're not going to be contributing and this is your opportunity you know partially to contribute and they're not going to be doing that. So at that where would that happen if you'd end up having to have
044another meeting for that to happen because they're unable to do it tonight because they're not you. So you're saying regardless you're going to have another executive session no matter what we do tonight. I don't know how you'd collect you don't you know like you're missing four out of the nine. So how would you collect all the questions and collect all the information? The questions are being collected. Let's finish. Yeah I guess to talk about it on if we could please. Yeah, I I mean I guess in my mind uh you know the Yeah, the the questions were supposed to be collected in the one-on- ones and with whoever scheduled them with you. But but your your timeline has you guys having the opportunity to ask any follow-up questions about the document I presented to you
045last time. So you'd have follow-up questions, you may have discussion, you may have but you're going to be doing it in the isolation of four out of your nine members. So that your questions would you know this is partly before question then we come over here let you you well that's what I was I so again this this whole timeline gets really I thought we were supposed to schedule if we wanted to talk to Dr. Wullet and we had questions that we wanted to get answered we're scheduling a meeting and it was supposed to kind of end today. I thought J June 11th was the last day or you know or maybe the last day to schedule. I'm not really sure but June 11th was the date that was where the information that you know
046we wanted to contribute and that's why we were going to have someone who was writing be there and so forth. So I am a little confused about why we would have you know this meeting tonight with questions and then we'd have to have it again even if we have it tonight because I believe the communication said well this will extend the time that people can meet with you know so I I don't understand the this so if I can on that part absolutely the the communication you're referring to is the email that today and and yes uh My thought on that was if we move tonight's executive session to the next or to the next meeting then that provides the opportunity for any other one-on- ones between now and then. It just extends that time
047available. So then why do we have to have another meeting alto together? This the purpose of tonight's regardless of the the one ones the purpose of tonight's was for any group questions and feedback and with half almost half of the board gone today uh I just felt that that wouldn't give that opportunity and given the fact that we kick into August anyway and really the schedule is the superintendent uh per contract I didn't see that there was a negative to pushing it. Did that answer your question? Right. I don't know. Oh, go ahead. Just as a clarifying point on what Rooney is saying because I have a timeline here. It was just supposed to be up to the 10 says individual board uh member meetings if they desire with the chair or vice chair present
048with the superintendent up to the 10th and then that got xed out at sometime late this afternoon to the 24th. So they all should have happened already whether people were here this evening or or not according to the schedule and then that I mean they have we've had some excuse me we've had some scheduling constraints where we've had to to do some after today which ultimately the communication is important if if Dr. Will it from the superintendent's perspective is willing to have his evaluation extend further uh into August the opportunity to have those conversations in those negative subjects is I mean technically it gives you more time to do that if you weren't the the the whole thing getting pushed back because of this just gives you more time if you want it that's really
049what it does okay the only the problem that I have is I feel like we're we're trying to cater to the four that aren't here this evening and not a knock on why they're not here. That's not my person that's their own personal reason, but the five that are here, I feel are being sideswiped, so to speak, to the other four that are not here and we want to cater to people that aren't even in the room. I'll just leave it at that. That's just my personal view. If if we go through with this executive session tonight and have have discussion with Dr. Willlet, is it your plan to do another one when everyone is here? Yes. If one is here because there may you know what if uh it is my intent to bring
050it up to the agenda planning. Yes. Go ahead. I I shouldn't have interrupted you. I'm sorry. I just, you know, I feel like, well, what if Well, let's say we we don't have the executive session today and then when you have the next one, what if some of us can't be there, you know? I mean, to constantly be I I would feel maybe potentially slighted or I don't know if others would. Well, you know, now we're going to have it on August whatever it's going to be or you know, the next meeting. Oh, well, geez, now I can't come. Yeah, I don't know. There I I guess there's a part of me that somewhat agrees with what Brian is saying. It's sort of like the people that when I'm not at a meeting, I have
051to take the consequences of what goes on at the meeting and, you know, maybe people vote on things that I might have not wanted or want did want and didn't go through. It is what it is. So, I mean, I I understand what you're saying. there is a a group that's not here and that's an unusual situation but you know I don't I don't know and I recognize and certainly appreciate what you're saying uh where I think the distinction lies here tonight is that normally we have a person two people uh tonight we're missing four and I think if next meeting almost half of the board wasn't there doing you know then regardless of who votes or the conversation is still valid. It's the number. There's a lot more to say. So if three or
052four are missing next meeting, are you pushing it again? If four are missing next meeting, given everything else is the same, I would it would be my recommendation to push it. that potentially won't be here next meeting. I'm not saying that out of this conversation. No, the Monday I'm traveling the Monday before and depending on what happens whether I'll be able to attend the 25th or not. I'm not sure. I've said that for a couple months. Okay. Yeah, I think we have two executive sessions. if you're planning to do it. Anyway, I I think it's only right for the people that are here to have our executive session in case something happens where they're not available next meeting. Stuff can always happen. Entertain a motion to have it. You entertain a motion. How do we
053uh we don't need the motion to have it. It's already on the agenda. Looking for a motion to take it off the agenda. That'll work. Okay. Hearing none. Keep it on the agenda. I'll entertain a motion for approval of the May 28th minutes. So moved. Second. Any discussion? All right. Ready? I Bill. Hi. Hi. motion passes. All right. Public participation. Members of the Talon Board of Education welcome members of the public to share their thoughts and ideas at this time when appropriate to do so. Excuse me. Members of the board and the administration may respond to comments during points of information. However, in consideration of those in attendance and in an effort to proceed in a timely manner, follow-up discussion may need to take place outside of the meeting set. If you would like to
054speak, for those in the room, please raise your hand. For those online, please raise your Zoom hand. As always, please start with your name and address for the minutes. Doing twice. All right. Closing public participation correspondence. Mr. Secretary, we had uh two emails come come in that uh Dr. Willow was able to address in a timely concerning minutes and the other was actually uh concerning setting off scholarship information. So that was wonderful. All right. What of information? Anybody from the board like to speak? Ry please. Right. I wrote it down so I wouldn't go on too long over. So with a budget vote behind us, I believe the board should immediately begin to focus on sustainability actions that we can develop and deploy as soon as possible to help support the school district in new
055ways. We've all seen the impacts budgets have had on programs and positions over the last several years. If we don't begin to find new ways to support the schools other than simply asking the taxpayers to pay more, I believe history will continue to repeat itself and we will continue to see low increases that result in loss of programs. We should not sit and wait till the next budget cycle to address this issue. Board members have introduced ideas for savings and/or revenue generation. Some of these take time to implement, so we need to begin the work now. Some re revenue producing ideas that have been brought forward. Open choice for expanded grades. Preschool for a fee. Buy your own device. Partial payment towards the device or potentially change onetoone tech to maybe not start till grade
056five or some other grade level. Sell signage rights at ball fields and gymnasiums. Unite with other board local boards of ed and our state representatives to lobby for replacement of lost ECS funding. cost avoidance or sustainability programs, clubs that are supported by fees slash an amount needed to pay a stipen. Review of the bus routes, potentially joining the middle school and the high school buses to see if that results in savings. Review of classes with low participation should they be changed or removed. donations, volunteerism, expansion, policy and enforcement of collection of money owed to the schools, lunch, club, sports, etc., and address the correct split for the health insurance cost between the town and the board of the superintendent likely has some ideas as well. I'm not asking for any immediate response to any of
057these ideas. I'm asking the chair, the vice chair, and the superintendent to put this on the next agenda so the board can prioritize each viable idea and then create space on future agendas where we can flesh out obstacles and solutions to at least put some of these ideas or others in motion. If we are truly here for the students and staff, we owe it to them to do what we can to explore all avenues to support the district and mitigate losses of staff and programs. and I'll send that to you via email. Well, great. If anybody else Yes. I I'd just like to uh echo this great information Ryan have put together um that we do see this stuff on future agendas um for discussion and brainstorming and solutions and kind of moving the ball
058forward for that. an agreement in regards to not um that the taxpayers nothing unwilling but uh unable it seems and doesn't have an appetite for large tax increases as we've seen over the past decade plus I think you need to take action in other ways and hopefully some of these agenda items can make some things happen in the district that we haven't been doing that we can make some changes to move forward some ideas. So that's on that. I have one other one other point of information that I'd like to state here. I know. So, it comes down to the topic of the option or the ability that we've been back and forth twice this year um being able to explain your vote after voting making a statement. So I found here in a policy
059oh it's 9170 form of voting procedures the last item 2F says any board member shall have the opportunity to explain his or her vote for recording in the minutes. Yep. So I do want to state that well at times there's been back and forth. No you can't say anything. Yes you can say anything. So for a point of clarification, we have it in the policy and just want to make sure that this gets in this minutes that moving forward we're able to make statement regarding our vote. So I'll leave it at that. Thank you. Yeah, I'll just say I agree with with Reie's statement. Um you know, the word as you were reading it that that came to to mind was uh being proactive instead of reactive. you know, um, we we got through budget
060season last year and we stopped talking about it and I don't want that to happen this year. And what makes it more difficult um is that we've got elections in November. So, it's going to be a new board coming uh first time into budget season. And um, at least for Brian and I, you know, we can recognize that it was like a whirlwind. Our heads were spinning that first one. we were a little bit more uh understanding of it the second time. But I I think if we as the current board kind of set the standard that we're we always need to be talking about budget, we always need to be, you know, exploring ways to keep programs instead of continually reduce programs and and staff. Um, you know, I I I think that just
061sets the standard for the next board coming in that this is what we do. It's always budget season. Um, year round it's budget season because, you know, the the schools don't have an off time. It's it's always on. We always have to um be mindful of the finances and and make sure we've got uh make sure that we're sustainable. So, I agree with what you said, Reie. I think a lot of those things on there were were great ideas and should be explored and vetted out to to see where, you know, we can, you know, begin um saving um and increasing instead of continually reducing. Thank you. All right. Last one ever for me or maybe for everyone. Who knows? All right. So, we just recently had our class night. It was at Manila in
062South Windsor. We had a very lovely dinner, a very lovely thunderstorm, and a really nice slideshow. We also got our yearbooks and had the opportunity to sign our yearbooks. Um, and it was a really great night for the seniors. Speaking of the seniors, and speaking of thunderstorms, our senior sunset has been moved. It was originally on Sunday, or it would be this Sunday. It has now been moved to tomorrow. Um, so bring your blankets, bring your games, bring your food at 7:30 on the tour. It's going to be a lot of fun. I will not be there. I will be at a piano recital. Yay me. Um, caps and gowns for seniors are available for pickup in the mini gym. That started yesterday. It also happened today. I believe it'll also happen tomorrow at the
063end of the day or at the end of third block. For those who have our latest missile, I got my cap and gown. If you want to decorate your cap and gown, too late because the uh portal to submit your designs is closed. So, if you're just thinking of that now, yikes. Uh, senior finals are Thursday and Friday. Obviously, I'm exempt. But, uh, for those who are not, yikes. Um, finals for blocks three and four will be tomorrow and finals for blocks one and two will be on Friday. why it's flip-flop like that. Ask Dr. Willlette. Um, and then for regular finals, those will be on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. So, that will be for freshman, sophomores, and juniors. And um that may also follow with no that will follow. Blocks one and
064two will be on Wednesday. Blocks three and four will be on Thursday. And then graduation for seniors is next Monday. And seniors, there's a big breakfast for them at 8:00 a.m. I will be sleeping, but at 9:00 a.m. all the seniors have to come in for rehearsal. It is mandatory. If you have extenduating circumstances, talk to Mr. Poland or Miss Marin. But if you do not attend this, you are not allowed to walk. So it's very important to be there. And then school is out uh June 19th for the high school and June 18th for the district. So that is we have a gift for Audrey at home if you would like. We do have a gift. Um I was warned that spoiler is not a pony but I hope it's about five water bottles.
065I can do you want me to We don't I think I have to carry out something. All right. I love wrapping paper. It's the water. There's more. Guys, I cry. Stop. Don't do that. The owl. I know. Michigan State. I will be attending Michigan State in the fall. Old stuff. Your old stuff again? Well, I didn't go to Michigan State. I went to go to college near Michigan Spring Arbor. Michigan started there for those cold. Spent a lot of time at Michigan State though. Yeah. Fant. Oh, and a straw. Amazing. Um, yeah. So, I will be attending Michigan State in the fall. I will be studying political science on a pre-law track and I wrote my college board essay, which is the essay I have to write for all the colleges on the board of
066ed and being on the board of ed. Nice. Um, I've been here for three years and I've loved it as much as I disdained it and I think that it has truly changed my perspective on everything. Being part of this club has nope, I've done a lot of club speeches in the past few days. Uh being part of this board has been so just it's I'm speechless. Like there's nothing to say that I haven't already said. I talk so much here. You'll be the only one Audrey, but this has been very important to me and it's weird to feel like it's my last one. Like I don't know. It's weird. always come back. An amazing show. No, but you can get us on Zoom. Let me say this. This isn't your last one. You have
067made an impression on the board. in your three years. I sincerely appreciate your willingness not only to report on what the students need, what they have, but also to give your thoughts and your opinions. I know we have turned to you sometimes randomly and without uh warning and said what do you think and you have been absolutely willing to give a very candid and very honest assessment which is sincerely appreciated. So, as you move on to Michigan State and go on with what I'm absolutely certain is going to be an amazing, exciting life, rest assured that what you've contributed here has changed not only this board, but this district for the better. Thank you. You brought energy into this room. So, thank you for that. You did a really fantastic job. Fantastic. Amazing. No, we
068were very lucky to have very lucky. It's it's quite a period of time here, isn't it? This is a lot. I know it's hard to be awesome and to be a senior and to be graduating to find the boat. Yeah. You set the bar high for the next person that sits there. Thank you very, you know, in the two years that I've been here with you. You know, I I think about when I was a senior or a sophomore when you started doing this that I certainly couldn't speak the way that that you have spoken with us and and like um Tony said, you know, just off the cuff when you're asked questions of your opinion, just be able to to give honest cohesive feedback to us um that is impactful to us when we
069ask you for those things. So, you know, definitely will be missed and you've made an impression. Even though it's not called the staff or coffee company anymore, apparently next time I see it, I already for everything. I'm expecting that. 10 years down the line. Yeah, I will. And I have right now. Let me think about it. No, but as my final word and to keep the tune, I will be leaving early because I want to go get a refresher. I'm very tired. But um you know, the world is changing every day. School is extremely important. Education is extremely important. Please always keep in mind that our school is the most valuable thing that the children in talent have. And college is different now. College, applying for college is different now. And students will not get
070into college without good extracurriculars. They will not. You could be validictorian. You can have a 4.0 GPA. You're not getting into a good school if that's all you have because things are different. And I worry for us both because of the budget cuts that we've had and because of how difficult the admissions process have been. So please keep that in mind when you're finding out ways to save things when you're finding out. Keep in mind that things are not like they were when you were in high school when you were applying to college. They're different. They're harder. They're a lot weirder. So, make sure that you keep the modern era in mind while you're working on this. And I thank you all for the time you put in here. Thank you all for your Wednesday
071nights. And even though I have agreed disagreed with everyone here and everyone who's not here, I've really really appreciated what you've done for your community and the service that you brought as well. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Sarah couldn't be here tonight, but we have a gift for Sarah. I can bring it to her tomorrow. We have to get it. Don't forget your girls. Oh, I have my own. You're going to keep this Sarah. Thank you. Sarah has done a meeting to get out to. We were lucky to have Sarah. Nice. College. Yeah. Yeah. Michigan. Go green. Boo. Michigan. Good games. Oh, great games. Season tickets. Come visit. All right. Goodbye, everybody. Love you. All right. Committee on the report curricul. Nothing at this time. Okay. All right. And no uh no. All
072right. Moving on then. Uh I do not have a chairperson to report. Dr. Willlet monthly financials have um so as you know the first meeting of every month is the monthly financial report. Um we are getting close to the end of the year. This is May. We will have reports for June as well and then July and then in August or September we give you the final numbers for the year. Um there are going to be things as we get into the end of the year that are still kind of encumbered and then expanded um even up through and then June 30th but then you know some things residually hang on as as things are processed through. So um so this is for May and many of these things uh have been pretty much the
073same thing every month that I highlight um because it's the same areas but substitutes are over budget by 174,000 um we talked about that um having to do with a lot of the vacancies and things that um you know had to be filled and so on and we still have to serve um the students even if say you know the pair is not in place then we have to serve it with subs or served the student with subs. Um others consultants, things like that. Um you know, a consulting firm or a firm that came in to supply people. So, you know, an example would be you'll see where there's probably five or six lines that are over because we had to cover for um you know, for the salary line work. I mean, we couldn't
074hire those people. Uh overtime, the overtime budget is um also um it's over 26,000. Uh again, this is custodial subs and we talked about that before. I'll be moving that line a little bit around. So next year, so it is a little bit different of a number, but it goes from 130 to 139 currently for overtime. And so next year it'll be 136 and 137 and 139 just to consolidate. Um stipens, uh we talked about those before. Um we have some special education ones um for the lead program and um and then you also have the transportation situation at BGP that we discussed in the past. So these are very similarly, you know, the things that we've been talking about along the way. Um we're still collecting, you know, funds, believe it or not, we
075still continue to, you know, ask people to um if they haven't already, you know, pay up on certain things, um pay to play and so on. life health disability insurance. Um that's over by 288. Last month it was 287. So there's not much of a change. Um and this will continue to change as things shift around a little bit. Um uh professional education services 320 over by 347,419. Last month there was 329. it'll continue to change due to special education and contract and services and the site vacancy and all of those things. Um so again this would be an example of a line that is also going to you know offset that um you know that b the the salary line there you know so sometimes people will say oh well look that salary line
076is negative only 100 and you know and why is it that you know this other line is high the that to compensate for the people that um weren't able to hire in salary um all these other lines have gone over and there's like five, six lines like this and professional ed services would be one of them. Um, so an example would be, you know, you're not going to just see it in the salary line. You'll see it across all of these lines. The psychologist, for instance, was a contracted service for BGP when we did PEP person and it was more expensive than the person because you couldn't fill the position because there was 26 openings for that. I had only 26 people looking for Sykes in the state. Um, we were all buying for Sykes
077and there weren't any Sykes graduated. So anyway, we were very lucky and we were able to place a psych and so now at this point moving forward that should be resolved but that's the that's why uh tech services 350 is over by um about 40,000 um again that has to do with you know these additional costs that sometimes these companies at a certain point they raise their cost and you end up having to pay raised costs for the subscriptions. Um everything now everything is is subscription. Um, so well almost everything. So you don't buy software or things like P schoolool anymore like that. It's every year renews and it's a subscription you pay to them for their service now. Um, and that's that's the way the business model's been moving. Um, you buy into the
078subscription like what's that music thing now? I have no idea. That's not Prodigy, Spotify, you know, everything. It used to be you buy this, buy the records, now you subscribe to Spotify. And that's how it works for all this, too. And then when they change their cost, you're stuck. So, that's part of it. Repair and maintenance fees. Um, 430 is over. Uh, 23,000 this month due to HVAC problems that we had to fix. Um, there were some boiler issues February and March and it hit it hit now. So, that that impacted things. um general supplies um is over the cost of the custodial supplies went up this year and so there was some there um and then other things here are pre-investments as we talked about in our list of things. One of the things
079we were doing is where we could buying some supplies. So this was buying some supplies as part of our budget budget strategy. Those are basically the highlights. Um we have you know u June as one more month of experience and then u probably by September we'll give you the finals you know August or September upon September we'll give you the final final numbers where everything landed. Okay, thank you. Bill, I know I I believe you mentioned this, but I just want to clarify for my own sanity. The salaries line $750,000 under budget is for positions that are unfilled. Correct. Yeah, there's and I know it's eaten up in these other sections. I I get that. But I just How many How many positions are unfilled approximately? Uh right now I think well it's changing but
080like we only really had under the previous budget one teacher one or two in the teacher realm but one of them was the parah for instance it's under a teacher contract. How was that 700? Most of those most of those are the um the um you know school site for instance is a big one but the it's the um paras the paras and the group and all of that these are and all those open parah positions and the one site position and you offset those with the contracted services that yeah I know I know I know what eats up that $750,000. I'm just wondering what totals that $750,000 that we currently don't have that is in an empty position. Okay. Teachers are in there too, but I think we have now two or three for
081this month. But at last month, I think it was it was that psych. Gotcha. Um but throughout the year, it's been, you know, fluctuates. Okay. And then uh one other one that just caught my eye as we were scrolling through this telephone. It's $5,600 uh over budget. What what I mean do we not is there not set prices for our phone service? Well, or are these cell phones or what constitutes probably telephone is the system and it's probably I'll have to research exactly why it's over but um it's that's probably our you know our network our system. There's stuff we had to pay for that we didn't broke or blew up or something like that. Okay. So hard, it's probably hardware related, not service related. Calla Yeah. got and they are they went out of
082business. So getting repairs and replacements and all of that is a part, but I'll check it out. Yeah. We have to get a new phone system then if they went out of business. We don't. Somebody's absorbing them probably. Okay. And you know, I believe it's that they went out of business makes it a little harder, but then there's their companies absorb them and then take them under their wing. Gotcha. Thank you. Is it about I'm trying to remember the name because there's five names of different products we have. I think it's a I got one other question. Good. We haven't heard much about our new credit card. How's that? How's that going? Good. The FFC does uh is going to is doing quarterly, I think, reports on that. I think another one is going to
083come up in the next FFC. The FFC though I think is in August. Right. So, but it's working. It's working well. And there's minutes of the FFC meeting one or two meetings ago. Okay. Yeah. Sorry. Just you're you're you're kind of muddled there, Dan. Pete, say that again. Away from the mic. Sorry, I'm in my car. I'm falling. So, things are going well with our bill. Good. Thank you. All right. Any other comments, questions? Dr. Willlet, policy 5402, meal charging policy first read. Yes. So 50 5102 meal charging. This is basically housekeeping. Um you know we changed the price of the lunches. Occasionally you'll have some modifications in language because shipwin updates certain housekeeping pieces of their policy models. So there's a paragraph now that um they're advising to make sure gets in there that's
084a direct statement of support for the USDA food program so that it's very clear that we work within the you know the boundaries of the um USDA and you know school breakfast program and all of that and um that our stuff aligns with everything and that we work in accordance with federal law and that we make announcements um and post um the um criteria for reimbured lunches and all that and we do that, but they that paragraph that's in blue is something that they want to make sure that is in there more verbatim. So that's that's the big change as we put this paragraph in. Okay, comments. All right, Dr. Willip, I'll see 90 9120 conflict of interest. Now, this is an interesting one. um yeah the old conflict of interest policy uh basically said
085that um if you look at the first two no member of the board shall be employed by uh the board in any position makes sense and then two is if any member of the board is employed contrary to the provenence bylaw the office to which he or she was elected shall become vacant okay and that's pretty standard years ago added to the boards with these other two immediate spouses can't which is kind of tough for a town like Talin because I mean you might be married to someone who is a teacher and get on the board. So that happens and so that's been a peculiar thing and then um board members are encouraged to resign if a member of their immediate family wishes to apply for a permanent position. This is tough because there's so
086many it's one of the major employers in Thailand. So at any time any one of your spouses might want to be a parah or want to be especially you know we'd love to have him be a pair but want to be in a position. So it's a little bit it's not what's done and it's not what when I looked at it this is not the shipwin's language and we ended up carrying language from before my time that has these things in it but it's not shipments recommendation and I can see why that would be a problem because this is one of the major employers board members are typically moms and dads who have kids and families does that mean your child can't work for the school in the summer because there's summer programs summer thing,
087you know what I mean? So, it just looked like it needed a little adjustment because it doesn't it's not something that happens everywhere. Love it. So, it's replacing it with just it's just making it the first two one and two. It's killing the ones that say that you can't your spouse, your kids and all that can't be part. you can't work for the board and be work with the schools and be on the board, but your kids and spouse and all that. I think we should any comments. Yeah. Should we have anything in there about with our current situation with clubs and activities? Should we have something in there that talks about volunteering where a stipen would normally be paid but not taking that stipen and still being on board? For example, if I want
088to volunteer to lead a club that's normally stipened and say, "I don't want the stipen. I'll just leave the club. Your biggest obstacle would be article 38 of the guy heritage. Okay. But you you that is an okay. You could technically fine. That's an obstacle. There's like 167 volunteers. We have a whole volunteer cohort and we do a whole background check and we have a big volunteer group. But they and technically I mean one of you could Well, let me you could sign up to be a volunteer. Let me give you example. I know the the middle school boys basketball team did not get a coach until like two days before the first game because they couldn't find find someone. So that's a situation where someone um on this board could have said, "All right,
089I don't want the kids to do without. I'll step up and do it. I just don't want to take the stipen because there was obviously no teacher willing to do that." eventually a teacher took it. Um, but in a situation like that under this, if I was to step up and say, "Hey, I'll do it for my kid and these other kids, but I can't take the stipen even though it's a stipen position." Yeah. I mean, where would that tricky have to ask the attorney because there's a couple of layers to your question. So, first of all, I think board members can volunteer. You could sign up to be in the volunteer board and go through the background checking and whatever and get in there. And that means that when we go to the state
090house, you go along, you know, you could volunteer, you go along, they could take you to the, you know, to the lunch or the or the bathroom or whatever if you have been vetted and you're on the list and you've been background checked. Um, so you can do that now, right? I think when it comes to something like coaching, a has to be offered to first and then if they decline, you could go out to the community. any community member could technically give that money back. They could say, "Oh, you know, you're giving me a stipen. Let me just donate that right back to the school." You know, give it back to But would that person be on payroll if they were going to give it back? So, well, so they they could just try
091to deny it's I don't want it or they could just give it back. Now, they everybody gets a check from the district is processed through our payroll. The issue comes when it's if a board member is in a role like coach or a team that we might have to take a personnel action on the person at some point. That's where it gets muddy because you're whether you're even a volunteer or a coach, you know, that's paid if and I'm not saying it would ever happen, but you know in some part of you know I'm sure time somebody had this problem. Um if the coach of say the football team happens to be a board member and you have to take action against that person title n action any other kind of action it gets the
092money and the board there might be bias on the board and influence against the board or one way or the other or you know that that's where it gets money. Oh that makes sense that's why that's kind of like that it put draws the line at the board members membership thing is only about board members for those reasons. No, that makes total sense. I'm good. Dr. Willlet, obsolete and surplus equipment. It's that time again. That's an exciting time. Very exciting. Um, and what's kind of cool about this list is um, blackberries and they're making a comeback. They all they are especially in certain populations. Um so Kaya Sierra I remember that phone that was nice. So um these are all things that have to be they're tech they're old tech and the old tech is
093turned over to the town and then the town can either sell it or dispose of it accordingly. And so the school district has no use for some of these things. What happens with Verizon is um you know the district will get a a Ver a Verizon contract that has phones for certain people and then when that contract is up they just free up another phone and then these other phones get old and you try to use them for a variety of things but this is the example of those flip phones are so old there's almost nothing that could be done with them from the educational point here at this point. So that's why um as per policy we are requesting that these get surplused over to the town and um you know in accordance with
0943040 and then the town can sell them for whatever they can get from places. That's it. Oh sorry go ahead. Is it not something that we that any sort of uh technology experimental classes can want to bust these open and investigate chips and wiring and different things cuz you're not going to get any this is all just going to be thrown in the landfill. Yeah, some of the stuff I mean they do some of that is done but um some of these things uh you know with lithium certain the battery types they have and things like that they have to be really careful with kids but they do do that. I mean our kids rip apart ROM books and reassemble them because that's why I was asking they you know they they can do that
095and we replace screens and keyboards and you know all that. These things are just so old that a lot of times Dave some of them have been obliterated. You know, some of them did have that happen and then other ones are harder to break into. I think the iPhones are particularly difficult to open. Did you start to say so? Okay. Any other comments? Yeah. Do we really have 40 phones that we provide to say? I don't know if it's 40, but we do have phones. Yeah. It's one of the things that you can get as a staff. Not all staff. It's mostly admin. Gota have to be able to reach admin anywhere they are. Makes sense. All right. Entertain a motion to move this to board action. So moved. Second. Discussion moving it to board
096action. All right. Rainey I. Brian. Hi. I Bill. Hi. Ani. All right. Dr. Willlet, make this item N1. Moving on, Dr. Willlet, board action item N1. There you are. Obsolute surplus equipment. There is a beautiful motion for me right there. Could you bring up the motion? I thought I had it. Motion to declare the sample IT equipment as obsolete and turn it over to the town in accordance with the board of education policy 3040. That's second. Discussion. All right. Hearing none. Reinie. Hi. Ryan. Hi. Hi. Bill. Hi. Dan. Hi. Give it to them. Thank you. Much appreciated. Yeah. We'll appreciate it. They will love every Can't wait to see Mr. Foley with that. Hands on the Kaiser. All right. Uh, public participation comments limited to items on this agenda. Please start with your name and
097address for the minutes. Anybody in the room, raise your hand. If you're online, please raise your Zoom hand and be recognized. All right. Closing public participation, points of information. Would anybody from the board like to speak during points of information? Yeah, I had one thing I had missed earlier. I do apologize. I want to uh recognize uh Hold on, look to the tab here. Here it is. I want to recognize uh our wonderful uh grade seven national champ for the invention convention. Oh yeah. Araia Dongary. So she ended up placing first place at the comp national competition. to demonstrate. I'll let you look at that. Yes. Yes. We didn't want to demonstrate. Yes. Yes. If the face superintendent Facebook went on Facebook, she's set up the opportunity to congratulate her. Yeah, we will. We'll bring
098her back for the national. All right. Awesome. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah, that's great. Yeah, that was good to see. Uh any other points of information? All right, then I'll entertain a motion to enter executive session for the purpose of superintendent evaluation by Dr. Willlet. If so, chief. Move to enter a motion for going into executive session with Dr. Willlet. Second discussion. All right. Rainy. I Bill. Hi Dan. Hi. We're entering. Lisa, you are more than welcome to pack up and go home. This is the last item on the agenda and Dr. Will can get you the time. We come back in. Okay. So the last item future is we have obviously a number of things coming up that you will probably want to participate in or if you get the time to participate in um
099I can load it up here. So you you know that you're invited to the TMS promotion um and then ths graduation because is everybody pling planning on coming or is anybody not planning on coming to unfortunately I cannot attend either this year. I do apologize. I have uh commitments on both evenings. So, no problem. The same here. I'm so sorry. Okay. I I was going to the middle school one on Friday, but just had a baseball game get rescheduled and I got to coach that. You be there Monday. I will be there Monday. But I do think Jaden's my assistant coach. I do think Jaden will miss the game. So, I'd be going to go to that. and I talked briefly about that that you would miss I would say at the end I've responded
100already to the letters that I got. So good for I'm I'm not going to either. I'm not available unfortunately but I already let them know. Yeah, I let them know just so just for my my application so I know who I will be which I will be a nice um the the you're all always also welcome at the step up ceremonies. They're just a little less formal. So, you get formal invitations to the promotion and graduation. The stepups are cute and you know there you can come to those too if you wanted to just let me know and we'll we'll have you brought into those. Um so that's it. I mean right now future is basically stepping up and graduating. It's getting everybody moved to their next steps. Did we get invitations to the TIS
101promotion or do we have That's what I'm saying. They're not they're not formal. So Gotcha. Yeah. If you want to let me know in any of them, but the ones that where you're actually they're what you would expect as a graduation or more like the TMS and teachers graduation. For those who have the time, the virtual one is absolutely adorable. It is cute. And we do do a uh a um senior walk which is happening on the 13th where all of our seniors walk through all of our buildings and all the teachers and all the kids, you know, they'll someday be the teachers get Yeah, that's good. It feels true. That's a uh when I my oldest did that last year, I wasn't aware that that and she didn't certainly go through all the schools,
102but you know, she was able to see her siblings in the other schools. And uh you know, that was that's one of the great um things that that we do for our seniors is is that they get to see their old teachers. Yeah. And that is I think that's good. That's really special. I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. So move. Second. Second discussion. Rainey I Brian. Hi. Bill. Hi. Stan. Hi. Thank you all. Have a great evening.