001s for the program and I guess that would kind of the size and how many classrooms we end up starting with ending with and what the plan is there um one the option of pay to the post office once they are the official owners of the property um it was a lot of opinions on that um one my main opinion was that technically it's not ideal because we're turning a asset into a liability um and passing up on a liability Where We Are currently losing money based on the current lease so for those that don't not do not know um this last year based on the lease with the post off is they do not pay this rent or sorry half corre they pay half rent for this SEC the second to last year of
002the lease and the remaining year leas they do not pay us any rent so then that means our asset will already beginning to become a a liability so obviously if we were able to um take advantage of the new property uh find the break point turn it into a profitable asset andly that um in response to that as well the administration uh we asked the administration to generate a document to show the revenue and expenditures breakdown of the prek classrooms uh that is already in um underneath the purple is already happening with Dr Shi Miss Bronco and Dr pis they be they started to construct this and those numbers on the on the L r that I was just mentioning uh this year we lost 27,000 next year we going to lose 54,000 of no
003um just like mentioned asked about you know evacuation protocols um there are we discussed that there are a lot of Safe Haven sites um within that is it okay if I unplug the purple real quick or uh there are you know very open facilities that are open during the day right across the street within the um the baseball and softball cies and just you know options that would be very feasable uh we discussed the traffic study if we need that to happen and that would approximately cost us $8,000 um obviously the topic of referendum came up uh if when how um there was some concern about like the timing of it if we are trying to you know go all in and get what we want from day one um when we would have to
004start that process versus if we were to have one one classroom built make the money from that you know and then slowly uh evolve from there um I don't have I didn't mention any dates on my notes as as again that was all was ARB like numbers and dates um there was concerned about Transportation uh we do we are not required as a district to transport uh for uh gened prepa students um that all some of the concern the special 3K there there's no requirement for that do you hear anything now um there was a question just about some square footage numbers that we'll get uh and then there is so there's some action plans to that came out of this um number one again in its infancy Staffing plan for the building what that
005looks like um under the circumstances how many buildings how many rooms we have right off the bat um what is our plan for outreach in an effort to attract out of District students we said that you know we have all this room now let's it's the only one that's giv feedback we turn this loss into a profit um there was some you know there was a lot of mention nothing concrete but obviously a plan that needs to happen about our potential 18 to 21 program which is very much needed over uh you know in the area especially the fact that special light numbers have increased so much over the years that a lot of these um classes these graduating classes are you know getting to that age group so that is something that we hope
006to be able to house um which again would be a revenue driver um and I think that pretty much covers it without having to get into any again because it's depending contract negotiation all that good stuff left all numbers um but uh anybody have any questions about that meeting is there some we can go to read the notes again digest question have that pluged like that so INB of are two documents one is um not my meds I could we could I could clean those up and put those there uh uh mr's notes are in there from that meeting as well as that BL do that we all contributed to and answers were starting to flow in um I think there's a few unanswered questions but uh for the most part it all kind of
007like relat to something you spoke about in in general okay can in addition oh sorry in addition to that I was going to mention this in unfinished business but because we're on the topic um myself and I'm not trying to speak for you uh with Miss myself Dr poris uh we did visit the site I wasn't able to visit the site on the first over um I think the building's phenomenal I think uh the answer checks like every box um so I was very happy to uh finally finally see the property and uh believe a lot of you know kind of concerns that they may have I'm sorry I think I'm did you stay in backup it's I'm sorry wait it's not back it's not in backup it's in today's minutes folder that's right sorry
008Sor can I can I just make a couple comments yeah record uh great just just a thought I just just my opinion I don't think I think that when we're looking at this financially I think we should or the district should seriously consider putting at least a supervis put supervisor there because microphone on could and volume going you'll have I'm anticipating this will be a bigger program also a supervisor is mandated but the cost is covered as for transportation if we were to get the PA money know the same uh setup we us the past twice the past two times so Transportation if you offer courtesy transportation to the rest of your District you do have to offer it to preschool as well requires booster seats and all of that now when you're talking and
009transportation um it's really not you have to meet certain requirements within a district it's not something that's givenly only be given to someone who has physical appearance so that's that's neither here or there but I'm just kind of giving them like a little as as you guys were as you were speaking um that was coming to mind um and I'm really happy like the building I absolutely love it but I think it has a lot of potential and could do a lot for our district okay thank you for listening to me yeah I speak to the supervision aspect um during an initial um run of either one or two classrooms we wouldn't have a fulltime administrator there good thing is we'll have an additional office set quite frequently um Dr be the nominal principal to
010actually present there but you you have me on site also have supervisors rot but show full time two class people that but it grows and we' like to see that happen it'll be staffed more fully as were a school in full as opposed to a florera school really good back summary what we talked about so well done thank you very much all right now we're going to move on toy Mr M please move yes I'd like to move p425 second any question or discussion all right Mr Gibs please call Mr Bloomer yes Mr yes Mr G yes Mr yes Mr M yes abent Mr sh yes M ESO yes and Mr yes motion carries okay Mr please move the I would like move9 Sor question discussion nothing Mr G please P Mr Bloomer yes Mr
011CI yes Mr G yes Mr yes Mr Mr B is absent Mrs shanton yes Mrs ESO yes and Mr s yes motion carries okay next up is board effectance committee Mr G would you please give a summary of our meeting and then also move so the board effectors committee met last week uh we discussed setting up a new calendar essentially for future board members um and that calendar will kind of outline when members need to complete compliance matters and things of that nature um we're going to need again very soon to put together the product but it's really just to have future board members like 20 now all of us are G except for Sam so that's really what it kind of is and uh yeah we're going to be next week to uh get
012the final product together but that was really another support oh and it was me Mr g i Mr Mr M and Mr Pompeo and Dr and with that let's move bc12 question discussion second okay Mr G Ro BL yes Mr yesy just read the state compli yes yes istion Mrs Shon yeso yes and Mr yes motion carries all right before we move on Mr get good job as well exactly what we talked about the little comment per um next up is public comment members of the public may speak for a maximum period of 5 minutes by the CL portion of meeting the public may speak on any topic 5 minutes if the member of the public raises a question direct a question to the board president and state your name and sign in before you
013again don't forget you have two minutes minutes my name's on the agenda you know I amts former board member um good to see you all and see that you're still packing the house I wanted to uh congratulate all the schools on a great read Across America week um actually as a former board member I discovered that you no longer get invited to come and read which was very devastating to me but since I happened to have bookshelving duty at Hillview that week a very special person snuck me onto the schedule so I got to go and R to a fourth grade class which was awesome I did not get Applause from them so I guess they had used it all up on you but it was still lovely um I have watched a couple of
014the previous board meetings and I do want to say that I'm very excited to see the plans moving ahead for preschool even though that's going to be an enormous undertaking a big Financial commitment um Dr partis knows it's one of the things that I repeatedly talked about when I was on the board uh and it's very exciting to see potentially coming to fruition um I know there's been discussion about possibly leaving a referendum and so you know definitely reach out to Community Partners and organizations that can assist with getting the word out on that if needed um I'm sure there will be many of us that will be willing to step up and help out with that um I do I I do wonder and I apologize that this was discussed during the budget discussion
015at the last meeting which I did not have a chance to watch um with the incredible uncertainty around um funding from the federal government and particularly as it relates to special education is that something that we have been talking about that we were planning for do we need to make big plans um for potential reductions in that um I know there's uh I think the preschool Aid hopefully is more of a state funding that we're looking for I see you not in yes so that's great um you know but definitely there are federal funds that are on the chopping block and hopefully that's not actually going to happen but um you know we're looking to expand preschool and sure that's going to affect our numbers of students coming in for special education needs at that
016age um and um and it's a little scary to think that we're not going to have the support we need for them so um and then the last thing I just wanted to ask about was I saw on the agenda for tonight the approval of the contract uh continuing with the boys and girls club for after care services and um it appeared to be way too late that last year we had discussed doing an RFP for after care services and that would have been happening in November I think when I was still on the board and I didn't realize until after I was off the board that we never talked about it to my knowledge so um I'm just curious if that's something that is still being discussed for going forward and sending that out
017to RFP again to see what kind of options are out there for after care services thanks thank you no defin oh no think well did Amazing Life to meet though uh some of you not me my concerning questions about the SAT prep course just go through the high school uh we received notification a couple days ago that my Su wait uh my wife inquire as to the wait list and why because when she received the email she basically filled out immediately then the response we received told us that even though it said first come first sered there was other criteria to ensure fair and Equitable process the students eligibility for total one funded programs n scores grade I ask ask the P work got the response the response was he registered the E6 now understanding
018that just not my son jti courses something that's not work through our whole entire Township other school districts whether it be private or public at the sa prep scores offer to their students throughout high school it's part of their program it's part of their curriculum Ines we have a camp up here that kids go at to end the school every day why they just offer once a week prep course there instead of having on the S because it seems to me we're doing disservice to all the Juniors and seniors in this establish because you're going to offer on a weekend why cannot be offered during the week when you're in school dured now well know my daugh is being recruited throughout the state play baset different districts every District that she went and visited whether
019be public or private had an SAT PR curriculum they promoted they said we have this these are our average schores for our students in our in our district they they basically say it's because of the fs that they they offer our kids we have to private and pay thousands of dollarars I did it for my old for an sa Prep course but it's something that should be offered through the school system so I'm just trying to figure out this Prep course that we have now why I think they said 30 or 35 kids get into it for that purpose when there's a couple hundred kids in high school that need it why we limited to 35 and why is not par part of the curriculum in the school system that could be offered during your
020pamp period cuz the kids can go home or they can go to pan period telling you out every you're going to sa course on Wednesday you're going to course on Thursday because you're offering gives them an opportunity to do so so I'm just inquire about that someone has an answer for me that' be great but the framers were for the curriculum for the SAT prep course that we didn't find out about and why it's not W for resources as part of thank you thank you before Dr por answers we are going to look at the r Fe for before and after care but it's going to be next year obviously because the time's passed already so that's the end to that thank you for sharing um so just to go questions which I appreciate um
021I I share the excitement for the prek plans um and as far as uncertainty regarding future funding from the federal government so far the um insurances we've gotten is that whatever happens to the US thee will not impact uh special education funding so um for where we see the greatest impact from the usdoe which is both Title One and in special ed what we've been told so far is that will not be a concern um looking ahead to Future budgets we'll we'll have to pair around whatever contingencies might exist or might emerge um but for right now for right now we're good um and then Mr sord the ansers about the boys and girls club and then as far as the SAT course um this is something that I'll say I'm a huge proponent of
022it's actually when I first started knowing about this district is when I used to offer uh private sat courses so this is something that that's pretty near and dear to me for this year we had TI one funding and we figured the best way to use it was through an SAT Prep course at the high school u based on funding and Staffing we were able to offer 40 students and there are certain parameters for Title One eligible students and we had to make sure that they had priori since that was the population for whom the funding was be allocated um we were fortunate to be able to extend down to to more students um as far as I know it was we break down 18 22 students we don't you know say oh this student
023uh is from title one this one is not but they're all together as far as making it part of our regular High School instruction I do want to see this become part of our regular operations and P per is a great opportunity for that because we we want to create a mindset and a culture where kids families and staff members value the importance of preparing for this assessment and when I was a teacher used say I don't I don't teach the test I would remind them I actually teach test and it's really important that the skills um that the skills that are present in sat need to be iMed into other cour workk as well so what I'm doing in in a socialized class should be preparing for LS portion of the sat there needs
024to be that type of overlap I'm going out a bit of tangent what you actually asking about this is something I like see integrated into not only our instruction as a standalone we're able to offer a program but also to make a concerted effort to help kids be famili withp of questions see types of reading skills we have to be able to apply a long way back to it um the parameters were defined by a rubric that students um whose eligibility was determined from Title One based on various test scores um I believe there was a creating aspect that not positive I can I can get back to on that um after with this Advan but moving forward I would like to see us be able to do this as a summer program that was
025something as a private vendor I was able to do for a number of years and was helpful if we would get kids in we were going into a sophomore junior senior year sophomore juniors who very helpful for the PSAT somebody tells you PSAT doesn't matter they're incorrect your name is on it therefore it matters and then we' also get a big number of seniors as well they're making that last push and now there's an an SAT available in August that that push over the STM becomes a little bit more defined but um I I'll I'll look for um some clearer answers and questions you might have had I appreciate you bringing it up too because um I wasn't expecting the um United interest that we got from from our school Community for the classes and
026I'm pretty enthusiastic about it and I'm not trying to celebrate the fact that there a lot of disappointed kids and families but I'm excited because I I feel like our community is hungry for this and now it's up what just some parents told me that when they went yeah so that's something that I'll follow up with I know that went through the guys far but um I'll find out more about how that how that went down but um i' like to think of something like this it's call to action so what what can we do to be better what we offer and it's it's a really it's a really test um and the skills that kids learn in there um aren't just limited to the SAT the ACT is almost identical but also to any
027other type of assessment whether it's AP or or other multiple choice assessment it the pr will carry over there to so this is something that I definitely care about tell have a lot of background in this so we we we'll get better all right thank you uh moving on to unfinished business does any board member have any unfished business how about new business any board member announcements I have a few um so last week uh definitely one of my favorite weeks of the year with r Across America um I was able to get to all three schools this year uh gain back in Hill viiew was great allow you see uh the mural that I was waiting to see it was amazing um I was also able to see the new um painted PA prints
028which is the uh was a fundraiser that in L of the old neighbors that were out in the uh front entrance so I got to see my daughter's class class pause uh but I would like to thank Mrs wel at Hillview Mrs Warner at sjg and Mrs masera at North boulard they were very welcoming the kids were great and uh something I learned about now our um you know our special program in North polard this Mah's class they asked me to come early 8:30 because they were going on a CBI trip and I had no idea what that was and so I it was I think it was only six or seven students um mostly oneon-one AIDS uh great great group of kids and it Community Based involvement that was your instruction instruction and I
029just thought that was absolutely amazing I spent like 10 minutes with the kids talking about like what they were doing where they're going and that day uh the spot was Walmart when they were going to go to Walmart they had a scavenger hun list to go up and down the aisles and pick these items and I was just blown away I I loved it I loved everything about it there was it was so funny I was excited about it this to them it was just like another Wednesday it it was it was so funny but um it was it was great to hear uh just learn more about our program just cuz I didn't you know I to live it um March 6th I attended the UniFi basketball game again another amazing um event that
030we H to this District um I do think we probably did not advertise as much as good as as prior years uh the crowd was not as big but this wasn't about the crowd it was about the kids on the court again they think they're playing the Madison Square Garden so it was an amazing event um I want to thank all the uh volunteers who uh were you know reing and and doing uh the announcements Mr Shea of course made made the most of his announcing and Mr Zumo is running up and down the court so again great event thank you for uh for um having that program grow and last but not least I just want to congratulate Jake van barck on making Eagle Scout um he's actually one of the first Eagle Scouts
031where I actually know the family really well which is why I'm pulling it out um I reached out to the family right that afternoon because my schedule took a turn for worse and I was not able to make a 2 p.m. ceremony uh so I did reach out to congratulate him and his amazing accomplishments that was my last two weeks pretty busy um I was able to attend the eagle scout ceremony for Jacob um with Mr senic I learned a lot about the bo Scouts I uh didn't know much about the organization walking in admittedly prior to but um what I thought was amazing was they gave us a lot of history and um there's a program there and I think Jacob was the9 second 92nd out of ponet which is amazing just huge numbers
032and as I started to flip through some of the other people I'm recognizing one name and then another name and then another I'm like how do I know all these names they're all firemen with my husband so it just goes to show you that the service is truly integrated in them it's not something they drop after Eagle Scouts it's in their it's in their heart and soul and and not only that a lot of them are like I said EMT and First Responders here in town so um just amazing um Jak a hilarious speech he was fantastic so um kudos to him um I also got to read to two elementary schools um last week um I read to Mrs Rino's class for my son was um awesome um and just tiny anecdote I read
033him a book about a bear who in his first tooth and then I had follow-up questions like what's something you're scared of because the bear was scared and one of the kids said haircuts and then everyone was like oh my God me too and I'm like wow can you imagine this that age just really that's her biggest fear um and then I got to read uh at Hillview to a fifth grade class total opposite um and I happen to be walking in Dr for so I got the 50 Cent tour of Hillview from him um and uh just a beautiful building I Echo sen M was great and uh thank you Dr pis for the tour yeah very distracted he very distracted he kep telling people the the standing ovation story on the way he
034told at least six people on the way I got the sense that they wanted to know it was a big deal very un um last week I uh attended the state hockey semi-final game at men uh B compliments on know Dr Porter has covered this on in the beginning but might don't know um I was walking in so uh great game unfortunately didn't turn out um as we probably wanted it to for our boys um but they start off while they scor first um didn't end that way but it's it's worth noting that this team both for West and for clonic went farther than any other team in history of the school uh one gave away from getting into theal Center and I was nice to see a number of middle school players there out
035there supporting on the high school students so um good sh by us and um see what happens next year okay um I just wanted to thank G and team for all the hard work uh all his hard work completing the budget um an announcement uh we will be wearing blue for autism on April 7th don't worry I will send out a reminder but the night before we will be wearing blue or some type of autism shirt thank you um as that is Autism Awareness Month um I attended the portrait of a graduate uh thing today um meeting today uh it was great uh we got the feedback from the surveys I was like what saying so we were able to break them down a little bit more got a good picture of what the needs
036are what the wants are and how our kids are successful so I thought it was great um I feel like it's kind of all coming together now I think I feel like it's like a bigger it's a the bigger picture but smaller like we're really honing in um there's obviously a lot more to come U Mr Hayler was very techy with AI today so that was impressive as well and it's not pertinent to what we're discussing here but uh I got notification that the audio on Zoom is not working because our mixer crashed but we are recording so if anybody were to view the recording there is audio to that CU Al was recording through the camera but our mixer unfortunately picked the wrong time to crash all right I just had one announcement I
037got the read to miss MC's house uh M MC's class at nor bouard last Friday uh my my son is a member of that class um it was my second time doing it very very good experience and uh looking forward to do it again next year a little sad that I won't be my own kid but give away great experience thank all right we do have a reason to go into executive session tonight when we will discuss student matters no action will be taken we will adjourn from there our next meeting is April 7th here at the high school and before we adjourn I want to wish Mr sesi a very happy birthday for Monday and all ofic and very happy St Patrick's is there a motion to go into executive session motion to go
038into executive session all in favor any opposed good