001Order this meeting of the Somerset Berkeley Regional High School uh regional school committee at 612. Due notice having been posted. Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions may be made whether perceived or unpersceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. We'll do a roll call of members present. Miss Ferrer, >> present. >> Miss Ashley, >> present. >> Miss Corville, >> present. >> Mr. Pastnack, >> present. >> Miss Solomon, >> present. >> Uh, the chair is present. Our student reps are not here this evening. Also with us this evening, our superintendent of schools, Dr. Jeffrey Skunover, our chief financial officer, Miss Raquel Pelerin, our director
002of curriculum, Miss Liz Elizabeth Haskell, our director of special education, Miss Megan Ashton, our principal, Dr. Susan Brosford and our recording secretary, Miss Robin Baro. I'd ask if you're able to please stand for the pledge. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you everyone. Please note that the next regularly scheduled meeting of this committee will be held on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 at 6 p.m. here in the Somerset Berkeley Regional High School Library. Um the first item on the agenda this evening under student teaching and learning is our student internship presentation. Just for some background from people at home maybe um at the last committee meeting you had asked
003to kind of hear about our internship program and what how far we've really come. So, we've invited Melissa Andre and a few of our interns to present tonight. >> Great. Thank you. >> Here we are. Here. >> Hi folks. Um, I'm Melissa Andre. I have been with the district for 21 years. I have worked in every building in the district and here I am now in the biggest room in the district. Um, and this is where my home is. I run the media center. I'm the capstone coordinator and the internship coordinator. Um, so I kind of do a few different things. Um, but the biggest part of my job is is working with these interns. Um, and they're just amazing young people. So I am only going to take a few minutes of your time.
004Um, I know that folks wanted to know a little bit more about the program, so I'm going to Philly Lynn. Um, and then I have one intern who you see here at home, Emily. Her car broke down, but she was willing to present from home. Um, I have Aisha who's here somewhere. I don't know where there she is, who's going to present. And then poor Jazelle had pneumonia and the flu last week. Um but she's here all night so she said I'll present too. So um she's gonna pitch it. One of our um construction fellows was supposed to present and he had to work tonight so he couldn't. So this is what I'm going to be talking about just for the next few minutes about how our internship program supports our vision of the graduate
005and our strategic plan. I'm going to tell you a little bit about the models that we have and my hopes and dreams for where they might go. Um, how our partnerships have expanded and what we're doing now as interns. Um, our essential skills that we learn in the curriculum that the students are using. And then the most important part of the program, the people. So, our kids and their mentors. [clears throat] We are all very familiar with the vision of the graduate. Um and part of that is giving graduates or um graduating folks who are resilient, independent, and empathetic. And this these are some of the skills that our students get to work on every day because they're out in the community. Um and we're giving them the skills to work with multiple um populations
006of people. And I'll tell you a little bit more about where they all are um and how exciting that is. What are we teaching them? We're teaching them career readiness. Um, and these are our almost grown-ups, but they're not really there. And I know we are trying to get folks ready for um the job uh the job markets and also college. And some of the things that they need to be able to do to be successful are these things. Time management. It's a tough one. Time management is a tough one for our folks. And we work on that because their schedules are very scattered. They really have to be on top of when they have class, when they have internship, and to make sure that they're on time. Our kiddos kiddos use critical thinking skills
007all the time here in class, but also out on um the jobs. And you're going to hear from some of our folks who are in very different internships, um which really they're exploring different avenues, but then they're also sharing with their other interns. So, they're learning about things that maybe they hadn't heard of or thought about before. And then ethical awareness um which falls under this. It's kind of interesting. Folks have to sign contracts um about confidentiality and safety. Um and we really hold these kiddos accountable um for being professionals. So if they're not, we have very high expectations. We call them in. Um unfortunately, not every student gets to complete the internship. Um but most of them do. And you know if they are, they're amazing students. Um, our vision of the graduate also
008talks about empathy, inclusiveness, and respectful communication. One of the most difficult things for our kiddos, and this is true for our capstone kids too, is calling people. Calling people on the phone and introducing yourself. Um, so we ask our interns to actually make connections with their mentors and talk to them on the phone and then go for a visit. um which they're often apprehensive to do but they're doing beautifully. Um and then we also work on just um what you should do when you're in a professional professional environment. If you're internship starts at 9:00, get there at 10 of 9. Um always be proactive. Ask them what they need you to do. Don't just sit around in downtime. And then how to be social. We just talked about that. What do I do when I
009am in a room full of people that I've never met before? Um because that happens to them a lot. What does this do for them? I see already next January um with this group of kiddos that they're starting to get more confidence um and more aware of what they need to do professionally. When I met some of them, they could not send an email. Um so those are some of the things that we work on. Our strategic plan, um this matches several objectives. One is um expanding opportunities for kids out in the community. You're all familiar with this. Um, and then building partnerships. So, we started with two or three interns at the fire department here in Somerset. Last year, we expanded to both fire departments and then also the elementary schools. And now, when
010you hear where these kiddos are, um, you're going to be floored. It's super exciting to give them opportunities they didn't think that they would have. We have several models here at the school to try to be flexible for our student schedules. We have some students who have two class blocks taken by internship, some with three, and then the max is four. So, they're out for a good portion of the week. And then we do have some students who just do Wednesday afternoons. Jazelle and Aisha are two of them. And those are students who are taking a bulk of AP classes and they really want to fill their schedule. It's more of an a bridged uh internship and they get to go every Wednesday for one long block and then the block. Um, we're trying to
011be very creative and the more that we are trying to expand this program, we see that it is more and more difficult. We have kids working out on construction sites, um, auto body shops, our elementary schools where we have a lot of kids, uh, working, the time of those days don't work out. So, we're, you know, we're facing the reality that down the line, if we have more and more kiddos, we're going to have to look at their schedule um and try to give them some sort of a consistent um time that they can spend at their internship placements. So, where are we now? This year, we have amazing interns. I have Zach, who is right here at the Somerset Fire Department. Um, can't thank them enough. They have their own curriculum that they work
012on work on with our kiddos. Jason is over in Berkeley. They're both going to be taking their um EMT course in the spring. Um and their goal right now is to become firefighters. We have three um folks over at the Somerset Public Schools, Olivia Enos, Olivia Dlo, and Cali Burns. Um and they are working with multiple grade levels. And if you could hear the conversations, um, we do a book study here for future teachers. And if you could hear from the beginning of the year till now, how their language changes and how excited they are and what it's like to be an overwhelmed teacher and when they come in to talk about that. Um, but they're using language from responsive classroom that we use in the district. And I couldn't be prouder. We expanded this
013year. We have um, one student, Juliana. She is at Little Red because she wants to be a preschool teacher. And then super exciting, we have Jazelle who's reporting for you all the time. She is at Somerset Access TV. We have Aisha who's going to talk to you and she's at Art and Lace Bridal in the middle of town. We have Hunter who's working at Model LLC which is a construction company. Caleb who is at Pereira Enterprise. And then Emily who is here on our Google meet and she is working for hospice care right now. What our mentors are working with right now with all of our interns is the gradual release of responsibility. At the beginning of the year, our interns want to jump in and be full partners in their learning that that's not
014the case. um you know, they're adults in the eyes of some of the small children that they're working with, but they're still students. There's a lot to learn no matter where you are. Um we're teaching them, as I said, about accountability and expectations. Uh Dr. Brzford and myself run a really tight ship. Uh and we are in with meetings with the kiddos all the time and in constant contact with their mentors. Um and they give them feedback every month. they give it to me and then I pass on that constructive criticism. I am on with mentors via email or phone calls every day. Um we're trying to foster independence um just like we do with all of our students. I'm trying to cut back on my reminders for them um and see if they can
015start to navigate those things on their own. We're working on employability skills. We talked a little bit about emails um and professional conduct. We're also working on resume writing and then reflection. One of the toughest things for them and that's based off the feedback. What am I doing well, but what do I need to work on and how can I help myself do that? And who can I go to if I can't? The most important part of the program are people, people, people. Um, so our community partners, I can't say enough about these folks. the amount of time and attention and scaffolding that they're giving to these students for zero monetary um compensation is crazy. And if you think about our elementary school teachers who every minute of their day is taken by giving our
016students what they need and then they're making room for our kids. um some of the conversations I have with our auto mechanic um shop in Fall River, they're actually modeling with that kiddo and they're letting him shadow, then they're guiding him through and then they'll send me an email or an update and say he's now doing oil changes on his own. So, it's just fascinating. But the folks that we have are great. They're wonderful with our kids. And because our kids are so great, some of them are volunteering to do it again next year. Even when these kids are bombed because they have like a connection with them, but they're going to stay on with us. Um, of course, me and Dr. Brzford, we spend so much time together. If I don't see her for
017a day, she's like, "Where have you been?" I'm like, "Here I am." Um, and we're together at least once a month for a formal meeting and pretty much every day. And then, as I said, the interns, they're doing all the hard work. They're growing. Sometimes it's painful. Um they are doing such a beautiful job and I could not be prouder of them um for their perseverance. Some of them have had to overcome some some significant um hardship. I think Emily's going to talk about that and how her intern placement uh actually changed. So you're going to hear from Emily, then you're going to hear from Aisha, and then you're going to hear from Jazelle. Um, so M, I am going to make you bigger. I'll let all the interns present to you and if you
018have any questions, just let me know. >> All right. Thank you. >> All right. Let me make you bigger, honey. Oops. There we go. Is she big enough for you to see her? >> Yes. >> Perfect. >> Am I good? >> Yes. And they can hear you and see you and your slides, honey. >> All right. Awesome. Um, good evening everybody. My name is Emily Alina. Um, unfortunately I couldn't be with you all today, but I'm very excited to present my slideshow here with you. Anyways, so for my internship, I work as a CNA, which I'll learn more about in the slideshow. So, obviously, my name is Emma. I'm a senior here and I would like to go to college for nursing. I plan to obtain my RN license. I currently work part-time at a
019hospice organization in Canada Hospice. Uh the office that I work out of is located in Florida, but they have a secondary office in Mar. I also work for DM and used to work part-time and do my internship at um Clifton Rehab Nursing Facility in Somerset. And these two intern these two organizations are where I attended my internship. My mentor, her name is Vivian Demir. She's happily married with four kids. She has three grandkids. She obtained the title of MSN RN DC and she's been a nurse for over 30 years. She is the executive director of Hanover Hospice and she graduated from BCC for her RN and continued her education at UMass for MSN and BSN. She even taught nursing at BCC for the fundamentals class first semester as well as a student clinical rotation. So,
020not only is she a good person, but she also has such a great education that she is able to use and teach with me. This is us together. Uh, more about her is that she developed the hospice program in 2005 in an effort to provide a greater continuity of care throughout a person's journey as they age and need increasing levels of care. Um there was a notable need for hospice services within the community and having gone through the experience of her mother's death, it became important to her that that people felt humanized, safe, comfort, and provide education to staff and family providing end of life care. She strives to be fair while managing a diverse hospice suite. Um, a quote that I gathered from her was, "I'm very proud to have the most wonderful team
021of POS apostasy volunteers in the I can't read it, but it says southeastern end of Massachusetts." >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. This is also us again. My expectations were sort of in the middle. I had expected my internship to be just like a regular day of work. I had started my internship at a job that I had worked at for almost two years. So, I worked there part-time pretty well like all the time. So, I had expected all of my internship days to go exactly like how my typical work day would go. And that is not true. I had to struggle going back and forth and finding coming early, leaving late and working through different times that were not typical for both my internship placement and for me. And then I also expected that
022my internship would take a lot of stressor in a typical school year which it definitely did. Um for my growth I believe that my job has helped me learn so much about the nursing field. I have met so many people and learned so much. My patients tell me stories that I would never be able to hear anywhere else. I have strengthened my skills in empathy, responsibility, encouraging dignity and grief. My strengths are my car and skills and I be and I'm able to bring joy during and comfort during people's worst times. For the second half of this school year, I hope to increase my knowledge about nursing now that I've been working for as a CNA for 2 years. I hope to be able to save classes and further my education. By doing my internship,
023I'm allowed to have my evenings free from having to work. Therefore, I could focus more on my homework and properly take care of myself. Last year I worked the whole school year in the evening and by doing that it allowed me it made me do work at homework at work and that just took away from both work and my homework. I was going through it quick. So I'm so glad to get to work during the school day and then also go home and be able to relax and fully focus on my homework so I can feel like I'm actually making the most out of my school time and gathering all the information that I needed. Uh it was a little hard to as she said as Jason said I did have to switch my internship
024about a quarter of the way through the year. It was hard but it was easy at the same time because I had such a great support system to help me. Uh I had to switch due to it just becoming too much. My internship my previous internship placement was not giving me the opportunity that I needed to grow. So, I had to interview, uh, reapply and basically get a whole another job. And then I had to reapply and interview with this Jason to get her to approve this switch. And I thought she did. And I'm so just so lucky to be a part of this. So, thank you all. My son, >> thank you. >> Thanks. Um, you can hold on if you want to listen. Um, but I also know you're at home, so you
025don't have to, but I am going to brag about you just for a couple minutes. Um, so Emily is an all A student here at Somerset Berkeley. Um, she's certainly not telling you the entire story. This is a kiddo who would go into the nursing home at 6:00 a.m. to start her shift, get in an hour or an hour and a half, come to school, do a full day of school work, and then go back at night. And then on the days where she would intern, she would still start in the morning to get her hours in back at dawn, come in, do a couple of hours of school, leave and do her internship, and then go back after school after coming back for English or math. Um, so she might be saying, "Yeah, there
026was a difficult transition in the middle." Um, but she was going in before and after school every single day and keeping all A's. And if you heard what she said, um, she didn't say she wanted to make it easier on her. She said that when she was doing homework at work, she wasn't doing a great job for them and her homework wasn't what she wanted it to be. So, this is the caliber of students that we're working with. Um, and just to speak a little to when she had to transition, unfortunately, she was working those long days and maybe not getting the breaks or time that she should have gotten. Um, she did everything right. She was a problem solver. um which has led us to you know treat her more as an adult. She
027came to me saying this is what's happening didn't ask me to solve her problem. She had already met on her own with the HR department. She had already met with her supervisor. She had already um researched all of the laws about safe working conditions and how old you need to be to work a certain amount of hours. She did all that and then she just said to me, "So, I don't think this is going to work out, but I've already looked into something else and that was hospice." Um, and the woman who she works with can't say enough about M. I can't either. And we talk about it here all the time at school that what a noble profession to want to get into. Um, you know, and Em is just so kind and compassionate.
028Um, we share stories. I am learning to be a little bit of a nurse in our school um book club that we have. Um but yeah, so she's minimizing her dedication to both school and her you know career aspirations. So well done. I'm going to minimize you down. Yep. She I will call. All right. So Aisha, do you want to come up? >> All right, folks. This is Aisha Imran. And as I said to you before, she is working at Art and Wase in the middle of town. I will let you hear from her. Um, and you can just put honey up there. If it doesn't work, we're going to use the Okay. >> Oh, no. Yeah, it's >> you would have to go on that side if you want to cuz it's a little
029stiff. >> Or you can tell me and I'll do the quick. >> Okay. Oh, >> yeah. Okay. >> So, hello everyone. My name is Aisha Imran. I'm a senior here at SPRHS and I've been here all four years and last year when I was a junior when I was making my schedule, I found out that we had the internship program and I was super intrigued by it cuz I wanted to like actually work in the field where I was going to instead of just sitting in a classroom all day. And when I found the opportunity, I wanted to take advantage of it. So this year I'm working at Art and Lace Studio, which is a bridal boutique at County Street. So it's just like a couple blocks down and it's super convenient, easy. And so
030I uh reached out to like the mentor and like the girl that runs it and she was super happy about it. She was like she's a entrepreneur by herself, so she has no one else that works for her. So she really wanted somebody else to talk to and converse with. So I thought it was a really good opportunity. So yeah, these are some of like the pictures of her bridal boutiques and the dresses and she's also like a photographer. So these are pictures that she took by herself. So yeah, I'll continue. Okay, so who am I? So my name is Aisha. Like I said before, I'm the eldest of three siblings. I've always been intrigued with fashion and styling. I love photography, modeling, and designing. And all these dresses are actually her bridesmaid dresses. So
031she does like u marketing online for like social media. She has her own website. She has her Instagram page. So, she wanted like content. So, I was like um available to like model for her and take photos. And so, some fors some electives I've taken is intro fashion my freshman year. And then I took advanced fashion which is like adding on to like that intro program. And then I took graphic design and then digital photography which I'm taking this year. And I not only love the creative part of fashion but also the business side of it. And this year I well I've done clubs all throughout like all my high school experience like throughout the journey but um this year I'm serving as a president of the club DECA which is a business club. It's
032all about entrepreneurship, marketing, finance. So I'm like happy to be the president of it and include both the fashion and learn about the business side. And after graduation I plan to attend a 4-year university and major in either digital marketing or brand management. So, a little bit about my mentor. Her name is Samantha Alita. She is the owner and founder of the studio. She is a fashion designer, photographer, stylist, artist, and entrepreneur. And all those interests are super similar to mine. So, we relate a lot when we're talking and working with each other. So, she her little bit about her story is that she is from Florida, but she moved to Massachusetts in her teen years to attend Johnson and Wales University in Rhode Island to attend a fashion program. and that's where she kind
033of got her her all her knowledge about fashion and business and how to open up her own shop. So she she also attended BCC for two years where she took drawing classes. So throughout her studio she has all like paintings and drawings that she took and it's super like super like custom. So everybody that comes in has like a feel of like this is like something meaningful to her. And so throughout her life she has been at countless retail stores and this is before she started her own business. So, she was a manager at Target and Banana Republic. And about 2 years ago, she purchased the studio and she started her own bridal shop, a [clears throat] super elegant studio that provides brides with this a private intimate space where they can just enjoy a
034one-on-one session with her. They can try on dresses, see what they like, get measurements, and just have like conversations with her about like kind of like what their vision is for like the wedding. So, she can like uh give you recommendations on the dresses. and outside of work, she is a mother of a 5-year-old and has other responsibilities. And that's kind of like the focus of her in the studio here with her son. So, my expectations, so when I first came into the internship program, I just wanted like real world experience to really immerse into the career field of the business that I wanted to go into. So, I wanted to immerse myself. I think the placement has measured up to my expectations because I learned so much in the small amount of time that
035I do go there. and I go Wednesdays after noon, so it's like once a week. But I think um I did learn a lot from the time that I was there and most importantly got hands-on experience, which is like the goal of the entire internship program. And I think it was super fun and I think it did measure up to my expectations that I had. So the growth that I experienced throughout my journey is I learned a a lot about dedication and time commitment that goes into running a business. So when you're actually there and see somebody running a business, you get to really see how it feels like to maintain everything and to run a whole company that you started by yourself. So it comes with keeping up with clients, checking emails, taking phone
036calls, putting in order, maintaining a good social media presence, having a functioning, appealing website, and so much more. And you have to really be able to like multitask and network when you're being an entrepreneur if you want to get ahead. So you really have to like make connections with people. And what she does is that she reaches out to a bunch of brands and sees like what brands want her to like you know customize their dresses and sell them so that way the brands are also benefiting but also her. So she really started to like network in the beginning of her career. And for that fashion industry you have to keep up with like the fashion trends and be updated each month which can be a lot. So like seeing what like the fall catalog
037is the winter one like if somebody's having like a summer wedding they might want to have like a lighter dress compared to a winter one. So, as a businesswoman, I think my strengths are public speaking, organization, and attentiveness. And for the second goals for the second half of the year, so we just ended term two, and we're going into term three and four for the school year. So, for my goals uh for the year, it's just to stay motivated and be productive. And it is a short amount of time that I'm in my internship. So, I really wanted to have like meaningful and I really want to stay on track when I am there and get as much done as I can cuz I have a couple months in May I graduate. So I really
038want to take like the uh full experience and really do everything I can and as a person I believe I can be open to more criticism so that way I can learn grow and apply the advice that I receive because the whole point is to like go into the real world and at this time when I have like you know your men you have a mentor you have like Miss and Jason who's here to like guide you and be supportive and like tell you what you're doing wrong what you can improve on and like what you can really do when you're actually um running your own business in the future if you plan to do that which I do. So um I want to learn how I can bring my ideas to life and how
039to fearlessly take risks so that way one day I can open my own business with confidence in fashion. I want to learn how to create eye-catching designs that attract customers. So um after I graduate I want to like attend the university and learn about like brand management about clothing and about just uh marketing and how you really bring in everybody and also as an entrepreneur and then eventually after I get my bachelor's I want to start my own business. So, I feel like this gave me a lot of experience and I really got to see how it feels like to be in that field. >> Anybody have questions? Sorry, >> and as I said, some of our folks are just Wednesday afternoons because they have such a packed schedule. Um, I do want to say
040that Samantha, that owns Art and Lace, if you've never been in there, it's kind of hidden. It's um right near the Mard in the middle of town and it's so deceiving because it's in the little strip mall. Um but she has an entire curriculum that she runs with her interns which is fabulous. Um and she loves so I have a feeling and I talked to all my interns about this. If you're a good intern now in high school and you're going to college for a similar field, those mentors are going to be willing to continue to work with you. And I know Sam feels that way about you. Um, so I know she's super proud and so am I. And I'm jealous that you get to work there. But aside, thank you. [applause] And then
041folks, Jazelle was willing to pitch hit for us even though she was really sick. And she's just going to talk to you a little bit about her placement, which you see every time you're in the kitchen. [laughter] Hello, I'm Jazelle Clementel and I'm going to talk about journalism, which has been my passion ever since I'd say seventh grade. And I think that when I first like thought about the internship program and stuff like that, I heard it at a school community meeting when I was recording. And uh I started recording because I took Miss Pekkham's intro to TV media class and she taught me how to use the equipment, which is very useful for me in you know, the career of broadcast journalism. And basically um I heard about the internship program from here and
042I knew Mr. Rosson was at these meetings and I had seen him work and I I was like initially very nervous cuz ever since I was young I always kind of idealized like journalists and like muckreers and stuff like that. And so I really wanted to um I wanted to see if I could do this internship. So I talked to Miss Puit about it and then uh I was able to we were able to work it out even with his busy schedule. Um you see Mr. Austin out around like basically everywhere covering the entire town. It's really it's really inspiring honestly. Um and I also work with uh Mr. Monas who is helps me with um broadcast and helps me with uh tips for editing and software um for producing my show. So at my
043internship I have a show where I am able to do investigative projects. Um, I actually named it the mukbanger and the first project that I was able to do was on athlete concussions and CTE where I was able to conduct interviews with people. So, I was able to conduct interviews with um our football coach, Mr. Freighus, uh our athlet our athletic trainer uh Miss Maderas and uh concussion awareness advocate Michelle Pelton. And those were very fun experiences cuz I've always loved the human side of journalism, like being able to actually talk to people and have conversations and want to dig deeper into things. Uh, being able to produce and, you know, come up with the script and come up with my own research was really fun because I'm very much the type of person where
044I like to just like have everything perfect when I create things. So, have being able to have like that liberty is like amazing. Um, for the future, I've we've been currently working on episode two, which is going to be on gambling addiction and the um rise of and prevalence of different forms of gambling, not just traditional. And we are currently in the research phase which is really fun because every week I get to essentially you know go in find sources um find you know graphics and relevant topics relevant quotes in order to weave in to the TV show series which I kind of wanted to inspire as like a documentary in a way like the way that I wanted to film it. Like I really like Front Line and 60 Minutes. like I like watching
045that sort of style for uh creating production and it's going to be very helpful for me in the future cuz I really want to go into journalism in the future. I've been accepted to college and I want to go into um broadcast media and I look forward to their summer internship programs which I've been accepted to which is amazing too. Um I have some family members where like they're struggling to find internships cuz they don't have the experience cuz they're like oh I'm not going to do it if I'm not getting paid. But for me, it's like doesn't matter if you get paid or not. It just matters if you're enjoying what you're doing and you're enjoying that experience. And I think that that's very valuable. So just kind of skip all [laughter] >> did
046you share with the group what those possible internships are going to be? >> Well, so SuffK University has uh various different um locations in which they can have internships and two of those locations include uh the Boston Globe and Boston MVC. So that's pretty cool. >> Great. >> I have no [applause] um so before I give you back your meeting, um this is just a sampling of our kiddos and we were hoping to get, you know, folks from all different placements to show you something a little different. As I said, our construction worker wasn't able to be here tonight. Um but we're really giving students opportunities to do what they love. which makes their senior year so much more meaningful. And for some of them, they're like, I like going to school now, right? And
047they love getting out and you have to do well here to be able to earn being there. So, they know they have to pass all of their classes and they can't have missing assignments. Um, so I think for some of these kids, it's really giving them that push to graduate. Um, and everybody that turns is a little shocked about what working is and what jobs are. um you know, our construction worker, he's learning how to inventory and purchase materials. He's learning how much fuel costs to drive, you know, up to Brockton to a job site, deadlines and homeowners. Um so each one of them is learning so much. Um like Jazelle said and Aisha, every one of them talked a little bit about where they can grow and reflection and you know that's huge. When
048we talk about au authentic learning, this is it. And you might have thought of the other two girls like, "Oh, they presented their slideshow. That's great. Jazelle heard about it about an hour ago." And she said, "Yeah, of course I'll talk about it." So, they're living it and they're loving it. Um, and I'm just glad that I can be part of it. Uh, they're great kids. [applause] >> I can just give a shout out to Melissa Anderson. So this is she's also running our library and our caps are 48 hours off of this and when we do meet and it is like if it's 48 hours and I haven't seen her like I send out the safety team like where is she? Um but every one of those students that's doing an internship is also
049doing a separate curriculum that either like uh Aisha's mentor created or Melissa has created. So she's doing book studies with the nurse and book studies with the elementary school people and okay now we have a person in construction so let's find something for that student to do. So we're we're it's really impressive what's happening there and then as you all could see and everyone can see the excitement and the passion that all three of those students had when they were like that's what it's all about. That's what education should be all about. So it's just this is super exciting to do. So proud of these girls and everybody that's >> Does anyone have any questions or comments? You just brought me a lot of joy. Thank you. >> Thank you. No, it's it's great working
050with these kids. It's amazing. Um, are you folks going to need this anymore or do you want me to shut down? >> Thank you. This is also part of [laughter] I think that's tremendous and I would just say that um not only are the students benefiting obviously by being able to sort of sharpen and define their interest but obviously they're also giving back to the community. Um there's probably no more we need local thoughtful journalism now maybe more than ever um and as well as the other um areas that they're working in. So that's tremendous. Um, and I guess my sort of like thinking about future conversations about this would be alluded a little bit to how sort of scheduling challenges as you try to like build this out and what's needed to be able
051to provide more of our students with these opportunities. So that sort of logistical piece is very >> we have some ideas >> to work on. And then if there are other things that are needed to other types of support that you need um that we can be aware of and assist with that that would be um good for us to know as well. Very much in support of this work. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Um the next item on the agenda is student rep. I know our students aren't here. I don't know. Did they pass along anything or not? >> Okay, we can catch up at the next one. They're I'm sure they're busy doing all the things they're going to tell us about. So, um >> um okay, the next item on the agenda,
052we're actually going to table for a future meeting. The field hockey team um are also engaged in a whole bunch of winter sports activities right now. So, we um hope to have the opportunity to recognize them in person at a future meeting. Um the next item on the agenda um is the approval of the ski trip to Smugglers Notch. You all have the information in your packet. Um and this is something we do every year. >> Mhm. I think this is already the second trip already for this year. Uh which is typical. Um usually one in early January, then another one about a month or so later. Um it's a fairly routine information compared to all the other trips that you have reviewed and approved in the past. >> I assume you're in support. >>
053Yes, sir. >> Okay. Does anyone have any questions? >> No. If not, I would entertain a motion to approve the ski club trip to Smuggler's Notch um for the dates February 7th through February 9th, 2026. So moved. >> Second. >> We have a motion by Miss Ashley and seconded by Mr. Pernack. Is there anything further on discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? I >> opposed. So voted. Um next on the agenda, we'd like to recognize our December visionaries. I'll do my best with names. Um, we'd like to recognize Lily Connors, independent. Carson Chris Foley, resilient. Keegan Maderas, empathetic. Lily Miss, academic. Lily Pachica, digital citizen. Thiago Santos, digital citizen. Ella Souza, empathetic. And Josh Owen, respectful. Congratulations to all those students for their hard work and meeting the vision of the graduate. Um, next
054on the agenda we have uh to discuss and act on a revision to the student handbook. Back to sorry toggle between um so you have this in your folder. It involves um removing um the under accidents and insurance removing language um about the uh school insurance policy. >> Did anyone have any questions? Is this just housekeeping? >> Yeah. So this is uh this supplemental insurance was something that was removed from the FY26 budget a year ago but the way the corresponding language in the handbook was not removed. Uh so we no longer have this uh insurance option. Uh so we just need to make sure the handbook reflects. >> Thank you for that explanation. Okay. In that case, I would entertain a motion to approve the revision to the student handbook under the accidents and
055insurance section on page 17. So moved. Second. Um motion by Miss Ashley, seconded by Miss Pereira. Um anything further on discussion hearing? None. All those in favor? I opposed. So voted. The next item on the agenda is um public input. I know Dr. Rose had. >> Yeah. So, um, tomorrow, uh, afternoon, we are we're in the process of planning and, uh, moving forward with our career day, which is on April 13th from 9 to 11:30. Uh, it's the half day of the voting. And if you recall from two years ago, what we do is we bring in a myriad of people from the communities uh in various careers. And we run a schoolwide blue raider block where we allow the students to pick where they want to go um and look at different careers. The
056way we're going to kind of ask students to make choices is to pick at least one place where you really really thinking about this might be something for me something you've heard of and maybe you might have interest and maybe something that you've never heard of before. Um, so what we did first is we surveyed the students and we are finalizing today and first thing tomorrow a list of all the different careers that the students themselves are saying this is what I'm interested in and we're going to send that list out to our faculty tomorrow in the hopes that they are going to have some contacts for us um so that we can send out formal invitations and get the process started and I'm looking for some help from the people at this table as
057well because I know everyone knows somebody right So, um, we'll kind of send the directions. You'll have access to edit the the Google form, uh, the Google, uh, sheet, and we're just asking like you, if you know somebody, where their name, what's their contact information? We'll do the rest, but we're just kind of looking for a variety of different people and then a backup person in case that person can't do it. So, what I don't want is I don't want, you know, 10 nurses and no one in who's an electrician. That's something that a lot of our students are asking about. So, we're kind of looking for look at the list and like I said, everybody knows somebody. So, I'm just hoping that you can all help us along with us. So, >> so you'll
058get that sometime tomorrow. >> Absolutely. >> Um, is there anything else for public input? >> Okay. Next on the agenda under new business, um, we have update on track repairs. >> Okay. So, uh, if you recall last year, right around this time, we put out some bids, uh, to replace the turf. Uh, but at the same time, we also included, uh, we were debating whether or not the track resurf resurfacing as part of that overall bid or the time constraints would be difficult. So what we ended up doing is put um the track resurfacing as an alternate uh alternate bid just to make sure uh we had an idea of what the pricing would be for that. Uh so we did receive three bids to this project. Um those three bids range from about $250,000
059to $280,000. So we we have an idea of what that work would involve. Uh so this this track um as you know is 13 14 years old at this point. Uh it does have some um spider cracking in certain locations. It does need uh to be resurfaced before uh the cracking gets to a point where a more extensive project needs to be completed. Uh so I I've talked with um Mark and Kelvin from activities uh just about what the process would be. So I'm looking um for some direction from you what your thoughts are about putting that out as a bid for summer 20 uh 26 work um knowing that it needs to be done and that was part of the discussion that we had last year. The only other thing and I know this
060says uh traffic repairs, but the only other thing that's come up since then um is and I've asked them to to come look at it is uh the condition of our tennis courts at the same time. Um, and if that if that would be um something where we would include maybe the tennis reserves as part of a base bid or like we did last year alternate uh to get an idea of what that as well. >> So refresh my memory with the re. Are we just putting down another layer or do we have to dig anything up? I kind of forget another layer on top which is it's a latex. Uh the the track is different from the tennis courts. It's a latex material. So is it more of um it's like a resurfacing or
061something spray? I think you know I think that's the u the process that they were talking. >> So basically just be putting down that latex coating and then painting the the stripes on and everything >> and getting another eight or so years. Now, when you talk to activists, did they mention anything maybe like prices have changed around since our last bit or still they did not >> those are still in the ballpark? >> And the funding source would be the same as the field >> uh stabilization. >> Wait, yeah, we'll have to look at the process of certifying free cash. You're either going to fully exhaust stabilization capital to put out bits if we want to do it this summer. >> And I agree with Mr. soon over in that should probably do it sooner
062than later because we don't want to incur any further cost because of you know additional damages to the field if water starts getting into these cracks and expanding anything. So any other questions? >> No. Okay. >> Do we need a vote to have you solicit bids? Um if if you want to um I propose making a motion authorizing to work with uh activists uh to get some bits going on track. >> Are we going to add alternate the tennis? >> Uh I'll I'll talk with them best for that. I'm just saying, do we need to put that in there? >> So, I would entertain a motion to authorize the superintendent to engage in discussions with activists to um procure bids for the track outdoor track repairs and potentially of the tennis courts. >> Second. So,
063>> a motion by Miss Fer and seconded by Mr. Pass. Anything further on discussion hearing? None. All those in favor? I opposed. So, thank you. uh for the uh super report uh for I we just have some uh some typical staffing updates here. I did want to uh share we I I uh shared information at the end of the summer. Dr. Browford uh was still uh shared some information at a recent meeting just uh some assessments. Um but due to the uh advanced placement uh course taken and success of our students from the 2425 school year so Berkeley was recently named for the third consecutive year to be honor role in silver status. Uh so just congratulations to our students and all of their AP teachers and to the leadership here uh for creating that
064that culture that really that college culture. um which is what we are being recognized for. Uh as I said shared in the past um this past year we had the highest number of students ever taking the highest number of kids get examins and having I think the highest or second highest um course passing rate achieve. So congratulations to all of them. In fact, for um there are three main categories where schools have to certainly meet certain criteria. We're meeting goal status on two of the three levels and we are pushing gold status on third. So uh just congratulations several years for uh for that achievement. Uh the other thing I just wanted to share and I was um when I was when we were listening to Emily Elno uh even though she's a senior last
065year, she was one of the students who was invited to the student civics showcase at UMass Dartmouth and was recognized for the work that she did uh she and her partner at. Uh last week we had the the showcase for the students who participated uh in civics this fall the first semester and the projects were uh were really outstanding and all the kids who I talked with uh did an amazing job. So congratulations to them and to their teachers who helped guide them through that work. It really is a good display a great display of that civic engagement. Uh so to everyone who puts that together from the coursework to uh the showcase event, it's a nice community event. Lots of families come out and members of the community to listen to our students. So
066kudos to all of them. Um and then what you have here just uh as I said updates, uh restoration uh we have a few appointments and some uh retirement announcements. So we will recognize some of these teachers at the end of the year. Uh but we do have uh couple of announcements that are coming out of the world language department and the fine arts department and common Francisco uh in world language as well as uh Nancy Paige who is Ashton's administrative assistant in central office [clears throat] excuse me. So we do have uh those three retirements. Um, Miss Gage is uh has my phone left almost to the day. Uh, as I said, the other two [clears throat] retiring at the end of this year. >> Thank you. We wish them well on their retirement.
067>> Yeah, we'll be able to celebrate them in time. >> Um, and then Dr. Skoonover, I assume the um Oh, I thought you were talking. I thought you said bro. I don't know why I just wanted >> um the quarterly reports from reads and the collaborative I think are just for >> that's okay just >> for our information I don't think any actions >> there's no action I included uh the annual uh really the second quarter report uh for the collaboratives is the annual report which is approved uh usually in December of each year so you have that information for information purposes If you have any questions about any of the regions on those collaborative uh updates, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer those questions for you. >> Okay. Thank you
068very much, Dr. Um moving on. Next on the agenda, um business and financial first um item is to discuss and act on salary increase for our treasurer. This is just a annual um salary increase. Um what are the wishes of the committee? I can make a >> kind of like no suggestion. >> Um I think that um we've been very fortunate um to have Mr. Bendowski as the treasurer. Um, for folks who don't who aren't maybe aware, the regional district, we have to have our own treasurer. Um, it's a um, part-time position. Um, I think that we've already seen the benefit of some of um, her knowledge and expertise um, in terms of investments and strategies. Um, I would I would start the conversation maybe. Um, I think trying to be consistent with some of
069the other increases for other positions. Um, I wonder how the committee would feel about something like a 3% increase. I'm throwing that. It is it's a modest dollar number um >> in terms of impact on our budget but it's an important position and I think that um certainly you know deserves an increased um I don't know what would be >> so does she normally get a increase at this like the time of the year >> and last year it was 4% 3%. >> I'm I'm comfortable with 3%. I think we're heading into a little bit of financial uncertainty in all aspects of the world right now. So, um I think 3% I think is respectable. Um, and but not knowing what's going to happen even short-term down the road financially, I I think it's a
070little bit safer um to go that route. So, >> okay. Well, in that case, I would entertain a motion to approve a 3% increase um for the treasurer salary effective um January 1st, 2026. >> So, moved. >> Second. Okay. A motion by Mr. Pastnack and seconded by Miss Ashley. Is there anything further on discussion hearing? None. All those in favor? >> I opposed. >> So voted. Um, next in the agenda is the December financial statement. Please. Um the December financial statement is in um the Google do um folder and we are almost halfway through the fiscal year. About 80% of the budget has either been expended or encumbered or committed to be funded which leaves us about uh 12% left that's unencumbered or unexpended. Couple of things to note. We're still working, as we talked
071about briefly a little bit ago, we're still working with to certify free cash. Um, working the only outstanding item is incumbrances and mostly related to capitalizing the dollar amount that would be important for stabilization and tapping into. It also would impact the general fund on prepayment of special education. With regards to grants, we've had programmatic approval of our last um outstanding grants, which are the SSR or the title grants. We're still waiting for final fiscal approval. Once we have those, we will be able to make the adjustments for general fund grants. At that point, we will be doing budget amendments. Right now, we're in this holding pattern until we get those two things finalized. Does anyone check? >> Thank you. Um the next item on the agenda is an update from the budget subcommittee. Either
072one of you want to provide that update. Sure. Um so we met as a budget subcommittee prior to this meeting. We established um our calendar of when we will have presentations from the various departments. Um we have our public hearing of the budget scheduled for March 16th and I believe our final vote on the budget will be April 7th which will align with um the date in advance of the Somerset elections which takes place the following weeks. Um we feel that it's important to make sure that the budget is wrapped up before we you know potentially have new members on the committee. Um we talked about some question marks that we don't have the answers to such as um information from the governor about the governor's budget. So that will be very telling. We're expecting
073that information hopefully later this week. We're also talking about at minimum a 15% increase in healthcare at minimum. So again, we're still waiting on more information on that. Um but when when I was referring to financial uncertainty, these were some of the pieces that I was alluding to. Did I miss anything? >> I think so. Um I would just add related that we are in uh year three of three for our STA contract. And so obviously um and I think we were um we felt um when we negotiated that contract that we were working hard to try to bring folks um to uh comparable salary for um you know other nearby districts. and we felt good about that. But that obviously um comes with um commitments we need to make uh meet in this budget
074budget. So um I'm just sort of keeping that in mind. Um that's obviously everybody knows staffing is your large you know your largest expense in any school budget. So, um the only other thing that I I maybe would mention is that um Miss Perin I think wisely recommended that we probably should develop a capital plan. Um and um we've obviously made some significant investments here. I think we're um I think I'm proud of the work the committee's done to maintain and invest in the facilities. Um, but we need a plan moving forward to make sure we continue that and we know how we're going to pay for it. >> Um, I I'm I was looking to see Robin, you might be able to help me on our current subcommittees. Um, strategic and you know, it
075could fall under budget, but I also feel like there's a place for having sort of a separate working group as capital. I also think it would also bring other perspectives to the table other than the folks who are working sort of you know really focused largely on operating budget. So, I don't know if um the committee would like to form a capital plan subcommittee and who might be interested in um serving on that. And we don't need to decide that right now. If you want to think about it and your commitments, but perhaps what we can do is is the committee in agreement that we should at least form that subcommittee. I think it's a good idea. >> Yeah, I think it's a good idea and I'd be willing to serve if needed. Y >>
076I think that would be great. So perhaps what we can do is if we want to um I appreciate that great um if anybody else is interested you want to think about it maybe at our next meeting we can just um finalize the composition of that subcommittee. Um, you can also email Robin and just sort of let him know you're interested. We can >> I was thinking two >> I think two to three. >> Obviously can't be more than three, but yeah. >> So, I'd say two to three um would be great. Um, okay. I think that was it. Yeah, lots to be different. Our plan is we'll give regular updates to the whole committee so that there are no surprises as we work through the process. Um typically we just sort of meet with
077the departments and go down the list. Um we do present a preliminary have a public hearing and then we can obviously make more adjustments until we have the final vote. Um, obviously both towns are faced lots of financial uncertainty and um, constraints. Do the best we can to be mindful of that while meeting the needs of our students and families and staff. Um, okay. Anything else? All right. Um, next on the agenda under policy, we had the uh report from the policy subcommittee and shoot. We had um a joint and a region subcommittee meeting. We have a couple for second meeting. uh majority of what we did for us is we discussed the AI policy framework which is in our folder [clears throat] and then we also worked um and discussed uh pax which we
078have on here as a new um place to for exchange students we also kind of tweaked that um policy didn't really it was kind of open-ended some of them we hadn't used in years uh so we kind of changed it so they were approved for a certain amount of time and listed actually the names of the uh the programs in the policy so we would be aware of who we're using. >> That's pretty much it. >> Thank you. >> Are there any questions generally get into motions? Okay. Um All right. So, we'll start next on the agenda. Um, are to consider policies for a second meeting. Um, I'll take these all together if that's okay with everyone. >> Um, so I would entertain a motion to approve the following policies on second reading. Policy EFBA,
079this is a new policy on school food and nutrition meal modifications. an amendment to policy IHBG, homeschooling, and an amendment to policy IKF, graduation requirements. I have a motion to approve those on second reading. So move second. >> Motion by Miss Breer and seconded by Miss Ashley. Is there anything further on discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? I >> opposed. So voted. Next we have policies for a first reading. We're gonna >> skip to B first. >> Yep. >> Just because. >> Yeah. All right. Um so I would first entertain a motion to approve the first reading of the policy. Sorry. Um JG admission of international exchange students. This is an amendment. Um, and it would be sorry no first we have to make a motion to accept the new >> the program into
080because it is listed in the policy itself. Yeah. Just >> cuz the school committee has to approve the the new program. Yes. Correct. >> All right. Sorry. So, first I would entertain a motion to accept the program of academic exchange program P AX as an approved student exchange company for 2 years beginning January 21st, 2026. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. Motion by Miss Ashley, seconded by Mr. Pjack. Any further anything further on discussion hearing? None. All those in favor? >> I opposed. So voted. Okay. Next, I would move to uh entertain a motion to approve an amendment to policy JG, which is the admission of international exchange students. >> Right. So, I had a couple of questions. >> JG. >> So, yeah. So, looks like we're dropping the F1 but going to J1.
081Is that like just a change in >> Yes. >> these are requirements from >> We haven't used F1. I know uh Mr. Spoon was in our meeting also. Um we haven't used that in years and it is a cost to the school. >> Uh so we decided that since we're not using it anyway, um we took that out. >> Right. And then here we were talking about the processing fees being dropped and then the cost of tuition >> being dropped. Is that being replaced with something else or is it just completely free now to the state? >> No. The reason we took that out is because we don't really have any control over it. That is based on wherever they're whatever company they're using. >> So, we didn't feel it needed to be in there
082because it doesn't really have anything to do with the school district. That's why it was taken up. >> I'm fine. >> Okay. Any other questions? >> No. >> Okay. Um, so let's see. We did a motion in a second. So um all those in favor >> I opposed. >> So voted. >> And then next on the agenda would be um um the artificial intelligence policy framework. This is new. Um I would entertain a motion to approve the first reading of the artificial intelligence policy framework. Moved. Second. Motion by Miss Fer and seconded by Miss Ashley. So anything on discussion. Sorry. >> I want to say thank you though. Dr. Swimover did a lot of work on this. This was not the policy subcommittee. So his team did did all the work the heavy lifting. So
083>> you said in the past that MC this is one of the policies that they are not creating a template for. local districts to create their own. Uh so unfortunately they will unfortunately unfortunately I know there will be 300 plus different AI policies. Um but this is one that we work with uh with our own leadership team AI leadership team uh which consists of teachers and administrators from elementary uh to the high school and central office. Um so we know that this is a policy that will continue to evolve as as the technology changes this policy will need to change and adjust with it. >> Thank you. Okay, I get a motion and a second. Okay, looking for motion. Okay, all those in favor I >> opposed so voted. Thank you to friends on the
084policy committee for all that work and to Dr. SC work with the AI. Um, okay. Next on the agenda on the other mattersformational, we have updates. Um, do we want to start with Berkeley public school updates? Sure. Um so we met on Monday of last week. Um our actual meeting was just um you know our regular principal reports and such. Um we still have the director of business and finance position open. We've um the superintendent and her team have met with some candidates. um they're still kind of going through, but she was pleasantly surprised by the number of applicants and their um what's the word I'm looking for there? >> Qualifications. Thank you. And their qualifications. So, we're still working on that. Um the bulk of our meeting though was with we invited the um
085town administrator and our board of selectmen for the start of our budget discussions. Um unfortunately we're not looking any better um not even close than uh um than last year. They um gave us the direction to um cut our budget from last year FY 2026 by 6%. Which is huge. Um so it opened up a number of discussions. That's what the bulk of our meeting was. Um where we're going to go with this and how ideas to make it work. Um, an override is obviously something that's looking possible for us. It looks like that might be the the only answer. So, we will continue those discussions and I'm sure the we have a meeting, a communitywide meeting the superintendent is hosting tomorrow night um to kind of informative with the the entire community and we'll
086continue those discussions and see where this takes us. That's where we're at. >> Thanks for ending on such a positive note. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry. [laughter] I don't come with any, but hopefully it hopefully I don't know. It's always a work in progress, right? There's always >> there's always something. >> All right. Um, thank you very much. Um, updates from Somerset K to8. Um so we met on December 9th and we had um a report from our student representative. We had also a presentation from some North Elementary students um about some different activities that are happening over there. We had an introduction to our new uh surround care program champions. So we met the staff. Um, so that was nice and that program kicked off in January. So, um, it's happening right now so
087far. We've had some good feedback. We recognized some students of the month. Um, we had our November financial statement. Um, we also had um our presentation on student achievement. Um, and that took up a significant portion of the meeting. Um, and then we also had another meeting last week, but it was strictly a budget conversation. And um, at this point, a a mostly level service budget would be an over 8% increase. And we know that that is not going to be acceptable to the community. So, we have our work cut out for us like like we all do. Um, so we're going to roll up our sleeves and see what we can do to be both responsible and meet the needs of our students and staff and the community. So, wish us all luck. >>
088Thank you very much. Okay. Next on the agenda, topics not anticipated by the chair. 48 hours in advance of the meeting. I have none. Does anyone have anything? Okay. Um, next on the agenda, action items for future meetings. Does anyone have anything they'd like for us to address at future meeting discussed? Okay. Well, if you think of anything, please just forward it to Robin and myself and whisper and question u regarding the the Berkeley budget. Um the it's a stabilization form that was created for separately with the override >> 2018. >> It's burned in our brains. [laughter] >> Is the town administrator the one who is best to talk with about finding what that the balance is there because I can't recall how many how many years that was supposed to last. >> Um, and
089I just don't know the status of where that fund is now. >> So, I'm not sure if that's something for a future budget subcommittee or just something here, but I was just would be interesting to at least have that information. Yeah, it um it's we've exceeded our anticipated life already, which is >> Yeah, I mean, we had talked about um we're we're sort of like right there. We had talked about 8 years hopefully and um we're pretty close. I mean, we started the our override was twice. So, we we failed the first time, passed the second time, and um we're right there with where it was supposed to go. Um I don't know the I don't have the information on where the >> town, >> but yeah, the town account, the town administrator. >> I
090spoke with him earlier today and I did not ask, but I can help, but I just thought that might be something as a future item just >> so we all have that understanding here. and not until May for the topic, but I'm in we're in the middle of what's now called IMR instead of the TFM and whatever the state reviews. Um they're coming on site in April. I'm in the process of submitting the documentation they want. So, I probably have more to share about that um the end of April one, but let you know that's not updates. Thank you. Anything else? Um, next on the agenda is to consider approval of the minutes. Um, I would There's this one. Um, so I would entertain a motion to accept the open session minutes of December 16th,
0912025 as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion by Miss Ashley and seconded by Mr. Passion. Is there anything further in discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? I opposed. So voted. >> And with that, I have nothing else. I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. So moved. Second motion by Miss Ashley and seconded by Mazn. All those in favor? >> I nobody's opposed. So vote in. Thank you everyone. Just [cough] a delayed