001Good evening and welcome to the September 16th, 2025 meeting of the Spacken Hill Union Pre School District Board of Education. I'd ask that you rise and recite the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance 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. Item 2.01 is comments from the public on consent agenda items only. Do we have any public comments on consent agenda items? Any board discussion on any consent agenda items? I have questions about 3.17. >> Do you want to pull them and and then have a discussion consider or is this a question? >> That's no we could we can do that if you'd like. >> So yeah, two pretty easy questions on
002it. Just uh for the 3.17 the first student on the buses, did they see why it's 50% increase this year? Um they just said their overhead cost, their personnel cost, um gasoline cost, maintenance of their buses, just kind of the overall um cost to their company that they're just passing on to us combined with cost yet or anything to >> they have not formulated a plan on how they're going to That was the only question I have from and um 3.18 I just didn't really know what it is. that is um a service that we subscribe to for Duchess Bose. And what it does is it gives Bose's access to our student data to help us manage state reporting if they have programs that we use to produce reports that you want to send to
003state ed regarding environment and categories. >> Thank you. >> Any other board comments, questions? Okay, I'll ask for a motion to accept the consent agenda as prepared. >> Got a second. >> All in favor? I passes 4. So with that, we had uh two of our special employees here. Mr. Duza, do you want to lead off? >> Sure. [Applause] Um, so it is an honor to stand here tonight on behalf of um, Danielle Siana as we recognize her for achieving tenure. From the very beginning of her time with us here at Spagill, Danielle has been someone who simply says yes. No matter the task, no matter the challenge, she steps forward with a smile and a genuine willingness to help. Her natural intuition to support students is remarkable. She has that rare gift of meeting
004children exactly where they are, providing the care, patience, and encouragement they need in order to grow. I don't know if she remembers this. I first met her back during the hybrid year uh while I was still a high school teacher. This is when staffing stretched pretty thin and we were all navigating the challenges of quarantines and uncertainty. And at that time, she was working as a monitor at Hayden. And I'm sure John put out a message saying the high school needs some extra hands with classroom and and supervision. And Danielle was probably the first one to say, "I I'll take it on." Um didn't hesitate. She jumped in without question, proving not only her dedication, but her adaptability and her heart for this work. That moment speaks volumes because she's continued to embody this spirit
005every day. Every every day since TAS are the backbone of what the work we do in schools. They are the steady support, the quiet strength, and the often the unsung heroes in the classroom. Danielle exemplifies all of that and more. Even in the face of personal challenges, navigating a cancer diagnosis and enduring treatments, she showed the same resilience and commitment that we've known to be her trademark. As soon as her doctors gave her the green light, she was back with us, never skipping a beat. Her perseverance and positivity through it all inspired us and set an incredible example for students and colleagues alike. Danielle, your hard work, your optimism, your genuine care for kids make you not just an outstanding teaching assistant, but an essential part of the Spanill community. We are grateful for all
006that you do. It is a privilege to celebrate this well-earned milestone. and she doesn't even realize on Friday night she was in TA mode as the Lynch and Doua kids were climbing on the fence at the Spangil football game and me and Mr. Lynch were not paying attention but she was um and saved them from probably a injury. So um always on task, always ready to help. Uh congratulations to Danielle Cion. [Applause] Where you go Mr. Lyn? Danielle want to come up? Danielle wants to come up. Got this piece. Just want to say thank you. Um, I really appreciate my position. I love working with the kids. I love being at Hayden. The union is amazing. our staff everyone I just really appreciate. Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] [Music] >> All right, Braden's ready to
007uh for this to be over here, so I'll move through it quick. So Mr. Duza left one thing out. So the Lynch and the Souza kids um they weren't just climbing on a fence, they were climbing on the top row from the top bleacher fence. So uh thank you. Um all right, so I'm I'm here to to speak about Lauren Aelli u in recognition for her receiving tenure. And Laura Lauren came to us 3 years ago after previously receiving tenure in a different different district um which also happens to be uh the district that I live in and my four kids go to school there. Um so just a little background information and a short story that I like to begin with. Uh last year I coached a a sixth grade basketball travel CYO team
008and after triyouts we realized we had enough talent to split the kids up into two squads. Um but some of the talented players had kind of reputations um for being challenges. And so initially we were going to split them up and then at the end I said you know what um I'll take them. I'll I'll take those those four players and let's see where this goes. And it was a it was a rough first few weeks and we didn't do much dribbling, not much shooting. Um, long story short, turned into a great season. So, why do I bring up this story? Middle of the season, the students kind of connected that I was a principal in in Spack and Kill. And a couple of them connected further that uh then Miss Delvando was their former
009third grade teacher. um and is now inspect and kill. And it was on that day that I realized that Mrs. Ayak Capelli was given all four of those high-profile tough tough students. Uh really four students that would and should be separated into four different classrooms and according to their parents have been separated ever since. Um but instead her principal trusted her and three years later as middle schoolers her former students all glowed about what a wonderful year it was and how much they learned and how much they miss her. And if you know middle schoolers, it's not really that cool to talk about glowing and missing people um in that environment. So that was really really special. and it's back and kill as we know and you've heard the the bar for tenure is really
010high. We take pride in hiring and developing and not everyone makes it. Tenure is earned through many formal and informal observations um clear evidence of student growth, strong family partnerships and collaborative leadership. Frankly, Lauren has exceeded that standard. Her second grade teammates described her as kind, ambitious, engaging, nurturing, approachable, and caring. She brings perspective and humor to every project and pairs high expectations with genuine warmth. That combination shows up in her classroom, in the hallway, and in every m meeting that she attends. Also noteworthy is her leadership in Spack and Kill emerged really early and was formally recognized this year when she was selected to be the grade level chair really on a team that has several 20-year veterans. I also want to note Lauren's relentless positivity. Whether we're talking about a struggling reader or
011a student in crisis, she spots assets, not deficits. That mindset is contagious and it makes us all better. Lauren, thank you for lifting our school and community and for giving our students everything you have. Congratulations on tenure. [Applause] >> Get did you get to listen at least? >> I think so. >> Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. >> Yeah. a little bit shorter than you. Uh, thank you all so much for um, you know, improving my tenure and um, I it's been such a pleasure working here. You know, I it did love where I worked before in Red Hook so so much and when I was looking to find another home closer to my home, um, I knew that Spag and Kill was going to be it. And um, you know, I didn't
012stop till I made it here and I'm really happy to to continue to be here and now continue to grow my career here. So, thank you for believing in me and helping me become the best that I can be. Thank you again. >> Thanks to the principles for your words and thank you to to you both for all you do for the district. We're fortunate to have you. We always uh have these celebrations of tenure and and things like that and are always such a important part of of what makes this community and this school district so great. We're again we're very fortunate to have you and thank you for all you do. Anybody else from the board? Shine there. >> Congratulations. Thank you guys. >> Thank you all. >> Congratulations. >> See you soon
013for >> Okay. Item 4.01 01 is first reading of policy 3133 purchasing policy procedure board discussion or was is there a presentation at all or basically I think what what's been done and correct me if I'm wrong is uh we had the internal audit so there were a number of changes to the policy based on that and then um some preliminary input from from the board at one point so people had a chance to take a look at it anybody have any questions or comments or Um my one comment is with regard to let's see it's under section three of the request for proposals. The red line shows this now is the district will periodically issue professional service RFPs and may conduct interviews as part of the RFP process. This will generally be done for
014any particular profession service no less than three and no more than 5 years apart. Um, however, the district may also opt to go to bid at any point if deemed appropriate. Um, I just I take a little bit of an exception to the at any point if deemed appropriate only for the fact that that could be that could be interpreted to allow more than 5 years to pass. And I think the spirit and intent of going out to uh bid for RFPs is to make sure that there's competitive bidding, best cost options for the district, fresh looks on professionals that will assist the district. So I think it would be a little more appropriate if that said something to the effect that the district may also opt to go out to bid in less than
0153 years if deemed appropriate. That's the integrative comment. So appropriate. >> Yeah. The the one section says it deemed appropriate already. So to go to basically at any point can be replaced with less than 3 years or before 3 years if deemed appropriate. change. >> Well, this is the first reading. So, so the second reading will have >> Okay, great. Okay. I would ask for a motion to accept the first reading of policy 3133 purchasing policy procedure as amended. >> So move. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I 40. Thank you. Okay, that brings us to item 6.01, 01 our district goals as presented by our superintendent Dr. Fanelli. All right. So uh over the summer uh the administrators we had a retreat and then we also had
016a board retreat and we looked at some possibilities uh for the year and then through both the the board retreat and the or the board meeting uh before the retreat and then the administrative retreat two goals really emerged um as things we really wanted to focus on for this year. The first really identifi really deals with uh what we'll call needs assessment. We've heard that term used before. So goal one to identify districtwide facilities and program programmic needs to support the district's short and long-term strategic plan. Um if you look beneath that, you know, create an inventory of repairs, upgrades, enhancements to the district's physical plan to support um you know, our our our current and future uh instructional needs. Um and then really we what we tried to do is come up with actions
017that will be completed so you know the board and the district can see um steps that we go through to to actually uh you know move forward with this specific goal. So in the next two slides you'll see um three slides you'll see some of the action steps that we intend to do um and have already started in some cases in order to complete a needs assessment uh of the district. So, don't necessarily want to read everything to you, but if you kind of look at the bold print there, so building level facilities, assessments, and program program objectives. Um, we're going to work with our staff to really look at the physical plant and the instructional uh needs. Um, and then also the district level, we'll be doing the same thing. Um, already started, I
018know some principles have already had some meetings um in their buildings. We do an energy audit uh work with the architects and engineers uh to really look at what we can do energy wise. This could lead to a lot of different things including uh an EPC and things to really look at how we can save money um energy wise and then develop a plenary master inventory using the information from steps that uh we've just completed or hopefully will complete. um to really look at all those items that we just talked about physical program uh the BCS which already was completed and the energy audit and then develop a structure to look at all that information um and have a committee to look at and then start the process of figuring out what what we want
019to do, how do we prioritize it um to really kind of move on Then next year would be really look at how are we going to uh plan to get those items that we deem uh prioritized uh could lead to a capital project. Um but we don't want to say that until we actually go through the process and learn uh what what our needs are, what our wants are um and what they might cost and then figure out the best way to to approach that. So that's that's that'll be a hefty lift, but I think one that's very necessary. We talked about a lot of different things uh in the past about uh needs and wants, and this is something we'll formalize everything, put it all there, clear black and white for us to figure
020out which ones uh are most important to us. Goal number two uh deals with uh a term you probably see everywhere now. It's artificial intelligence AI. Um, and uh, what we really want to do is develop a comprehensive AI guidance uh, documents for our district and for our buildings. Um, that really will prioritize, you know, those elements there that are listed there in the bullets. Um, we've been doing some work with AI. We've had a a a great relationship with a with a a a person helping us with some PD and develop some stuff, but we really want we really feel it's time now to kind of go to that next level and have things written and have things that are are really will guide us into the future. I do think it could be
021a living document because AI keeps uh living and growing as we speak. Um but this is uh you know our goal for this year to really kind of get to this level. So if you look at what's on there uh ensures student data privacy that's a big one that comes up with a lot of items uh the law and 2D uh data privacy. Um it causes a lot of stoppage in in when we try to try new technology. So we just want to make sure that's a priority. uh promotes AI literacy for all all stakeholders. Maintains academic integrity and responsible use. That's a major topic especially at the college level going down to our secondary levels. Uh address equity and bias concerns and prioritizes a human centered approach. So that's something we definitely wanted to
022put in there. um because it's really the human touch that really that we're actually seeing with with some of the research that really makes it important. So AI is not replacing teaching, it's just being used in partnership with it, but it's really the human touch that um we feel is needed for instruction to to flourish. How are we going to do that? Um bunch of different action steps. Um first is really want to work with our buildings, our teachers um to develop, you know, a series of documents that can help guide us. We're looking at a district level, a school level, a classroom level, and then an assessment guide uh to really help us understand what level this this AI program might be in in in instruction. Is it is it doing a lot of
023the thinking? isn't doing part of the thinking, how does that work? That's something that I think I know John and I have talked about um that schools should really have. It's a really important task. That's a heavy lift to get that, but that's something that we felt should be in there to try to come up with something to really help guide um our builders and our districts through, you know, the the AI world. Uh continuing on, uh we will work with our administrators and our council to really uh review, revise, uh any any practices that we have currently that has to change because of what AI is doing today. um including but doesn't necess have to be we talked about the ed law 2D you know really making sure that's that's that's up to date
024um and some of the other stuff you see there code of conduct might have to change based on some of our guidance district administration override staff with high quality AI related professional development we feel this has been very needed because it's just such a a new world Um, I've been part of a PD session for the past couple years called AI and 30 and it's monthly or bimonthly depending upon the holidays and they kind of recap what's new and every the second meeting after the first meeting what they had already said in the first meeting is sometimes uh rendered uh you know null and void. So we're trying to keep that current. Uh the summertime we had some nice uh AI stuff and the person we partnered with came in and gave us some with
025our uh through our teachers as part of our uh tech week and then uh communicate all this information you know communicate it out the buildings will communicate it out to their uh you know to uh the parents and to students to kind of understand how appropriate. This is a pretty heavy lift. Um, but we feel it's needed and and really uh something that needs to be done and we have to do it anyway. We have to uh maybe not to this level but we definitely have to uh address AI as it keeps coming at us. Any questions on you? questions, comments, concerns. I don't have any questions, but um just uh thank you uh for the administrators and the building administrators for um up with the the board members on this type of meeting, but
026helping to uh figure out the they look really good. Appreciate the work that we did. >> The team has been great. That's really uh really what we've been focusing on. But uh people who feel good about what came after anyone else. I noticed there was a little bit of a it was noted by some of the teachers at the open house that there was concerns about use of the AI already. So they I believe our teachers already been thinking about that quite a bit as well. And uh it does seem timely. The AI piece um the way it's moving, it just seems to be embraced a lot more now. So it it feel it feels right. It I think it's the right time before we get too far behind it. So, I think that's a
027great goal to put out there and hopefully that leads us to have policies and other things are what's best for the district and for our students. And um and of course the uh the needs assessment is is out there and that's that's a good thing as well. I know I know some board members have had questions about some facilities and things like that. So, seems like an appropriate time to work on that as well. So, I'm looking forward to hearing the results of all these uh these goals here and suspect we'll probably have some midyear type review on it and then we'll go from there. >> Yes. >> Great. Thank you. >> Anything else? Okay. 6.02 policy committee discussion. >> So we started having a conversation about that um last meeting and then we decided
028uh Jeff not here right so we wanted to have uh input from everyone. I don't know if there's a rush to have it so so we're not looking there's no first reading or anything today but just to continue to have a conversation. I'll take a stab at summarizing and then you want to jump in. Uh so we thought of creating a policy committee. Um on that committee the members would rotate. Uh we would have two members um and one member the first meeting would be different. So we have two members on it. One would rotate off and then and one would stay for two meetings, two consecutive meetings and then someone would rotate on and then they would stay for two consecutive meetings. Um, we probably would try to schedule the meetings uh and have
029like a calendar of it uh so that people know that, but there might be times when we might need a meeting here or there depending upon whatever the um case would be. Um I know what else we I have some other suggestions but they haven't been brought up before. So I What else? I think maybe um can you just touch on the full makeup of it because when you're saying the two rotating that's just >> that's just for the board. Then there also uh me or a designate would be there. Sandra would be there. Um and then probably anyone whose expertise would be needed. Lori loves it when I say this, but if there's a special ed type thing and she would also be present. Human resources, John would be present. Business related, Val would
030be present. um you know or or one of them present uh at every to summarize what we talked about last meeting. Did I hit on everything? Some ideas came up um in some of my discussions with some other superintendents. Uh, one that I like I actually ran it by is to actually have our attorney present. Um, and this would possibly speed up a lot of process because we're there and I would say Mr. Co is on like oh what about this and like I don't know have to check with the attorney. Um, I think that's why we wanted the person to meet for the two meetings in a row kind of thing. Having the attorney there might mitigate a lot of that u and answer it might make us more efficient. So I know some
031boards do that. Our attorneys would be okay with that but that's something to discuss here. Um having the meeting during the day was discussed that actually might be easier for everyone but I think the board's input in this but possibly it could also be virtual. So, I never thought of that cuz they were trying to get rid of that. But I do know that it has been seen as being efficient because um Sandra could present something on the on the on the board or on the on the video screen that you're watching wherever you are. So, the conversation could actually be a little more focused with that. Doesn't mean we have to do that. It could still be in person, but this something I thought would be good to discuss. um present the time of
032day might be easier. Let's keep using Mr. Coler as an example. he could be at his office and then, you know, instead of trying to rush to get to uh, you know, whatever time meeting, maybe he could sign on at at whatever time, 3:00. Um, and then, you know, might be easier for the board that way because we were not concerned, but we know that that would be uh if we start meeting monthly or however often it is, that could run into scheduling problems. So, just some things to think about. And we could rotate it. Maybe it's in person one month and then virtual another month depending upon it. But I thought those were things that might be good to discuss uh with the board and and get your ideas on that before we uh
033craft a first meeting. You're >> I I I like the idea of having our attorney and I find either way, whether they're virtual or they're in person, I do think virtual will probably be easier for me. >> Time of day that matters would people know in advance? >> I would have to know in advance. >> Yeah. I guess if we set a schedule for how we're going to rotate then we can at least understand our different schedules. Um is that subject to open m stuff or >> everybody is able to attend or >> so? >> Yeah, it is not. No, I just didn't know if we're committed. I think so. >> We spoke with the attorneys uh when she said that we're not visit the number of board members and the number of us. Uh
034it's we would probably uh the meetings are able the minutes are able to be affordable people. So, we'll take this one. We'll take a without the policy committee, we'll we'll take uh a shot at putting together a policy. Um the last policy we'll do before the policy committee. Uh but but we have we'll slow it down. So, if there's any question, we could even you know, it's not it's not like uh has to be next meeting. So we'll have a first reading, a second reading, and then we'll talk about where we go from there. I think maybe have a schedule as part not as part of the policy, but where the board can see that as part of the >> Well, this isn't a policy. It's it's a policy committee, but it's actually what the
035board approved is the charging. Okay. >> So that's what we're doing. So just basically, and I'm I'm I'm good with it all. The only concern that I have is we're going to rotate that. I just think you should know at a time, you know, before, you know, say throughout the year. I I think a you know rotating is great but I think maybe if you do September, October, November, it would be nice to have the same board member you know for like maybe two meetings or three and then rotate after that instead of doing you know that's just a suggestion because what if we do a policy and then the next time we meet another board member and then we have to just go repeat it all over again. That's my only concern. Um, you
036know, definitely like the virtual, which is great to be honest with you. I think it's going to be easier. Attorney definitely, you know, that's a plus. Um, >> having the attorney there might lessen the need for the repeat board member for the third time because I because I would imagine it could be. But we do have the option audible like if we're like well Jeff was here for these two or we have one more you know to end you wait a week and whatever. So like we could do that. I don't I don't think the policies will go through three meetings without being able to be refined with the attorney. But we can change it like if it doesn't if it if it seems that it's not working. But I think some of the other
037districts their policy committee especially they have the attorney there sometimes they get it done. Um so is it going to be like a rotation on like a monthly rotation or is it by policy rotation? The reason I asked that is just you know do they do three four policies in one month or do you just do one a month or maybe there's only three or four a year? I'm not really sure how many. It could be you could get a month with only one and you could get a month with five, I guess, depending upon uh signed document. We were really kind of bogged down for a while. I don't know if we're quite at that level now, but I think we probably would have more than one per meeting. >> It's not all it's
038not just new policies, but our policies need to be reviewed on a regular basis. So, we looking at existing policies as well. sometimes like the oldest ones. All right, this one wasn't wasn't revised since whenever >> so as of today we came out with policy from August. So there policies that have already been updated but they came out with a new guided just for the word change. So after that we're basically up to date as well as all the policies that are out there. Um, so like Val said, if there's no policies that need updating, maybe it is a good idea for us to start, you know, reviewing our old policies, you know, but that could come later on, but that's something that, you know, it's been on our mind for quite a while. So
039like say me and Sasha went first, would we do like three or four policies during our turn of it and then the next time there could be only one or two and then the time after that it could be four or five. And >> one of the things we talked about with the rotation would be the potential that um let's say it was your two that started the first month. one of you would probably just lead up to the one and then that way there's always an overlap. >> So that uh let's say Sasha takes the first two um then as she's handing off you know the next person as one and then there's always just a little bit of an overlap there and then that way we can keep a little bit of continuity
040going that way. And also the thought if there's nothing if there's no policies that need to be updated start you know I don't know where do you start it's really up to you guys start with zero and go all the way down or or >> decide that later on >> and then we'll be flexible. There could be a time where, you know, we don't need one this month or whatever it is, but there might be a time when we need two because, you know, we want it and then we'll just have to I don't think that would be the norm, but you know, we have that flexibility. I think to account for some of the potential of what people's schedules, I mean, whether it's life or work or whatever, um I I think that there's
041always should be an opportunity to wonder whether board members can jump in for that month if they have availability. So, I don't know if that has to do with what you're thinking, >> like if someone can't make it. >> Yeah. Yeah. Because I mean, especially if we if we try to schedule a six, seven, eight months ahead, you know, God only knows what's going to happen at that time. That would make sense. You know, if you can't make it, Jeff would come vice versa or whatever. You got to find a sub. Just let Sandra know. Anyone else? All right. Very good. Thank you. Well, that brings us to 6.03. We have elementary and secondary administration update. >> Should we go in order? >> Going to go first. >> Tallest to uh >> youngest to oldest.
042Yeah. student wise. >> All right. Yeah, a nice save. >> Um, so I usually start off with uh how great the first day was, but only half of our day is great. Um, >> good morning. So, I think most people know we didn't we didn't make it a a full day, but it it really was um have a lot of people to thank uh including some people here because uh the early dismissal really impacted the entire district. Um and it was a wonderful thing seeing people work together. So, you know, we made the best of a of a tough situation. Um, and you know, other things just generally speaking, you know, the beginning of the year, it it it it's my it's personally my favorite time of the year, especially at elementary school. It's it's
043where really the front load of work and the expertise um comes into play. Lots of systems, routines um are being established while simultaneously, you know, hopefully people are developing um really close relationships with their students. So, uh we're off to a great start. Uh couple other things I thought the, you know, the board and the community might be interested in. Um so the it is uh free lunch and free breakfast this year across New York State. Um and I'm I'm happy I'm sure at some point we'll we'll hear district numbers, but my preliminary numbers at Nassau is they have about doubled um for both breakfast and lunch, which we think is a a really spectacular thing. So um curriculum night is this Thursday. I think we are the last school to to do it. Um
044purposely we are not so we've extended the principal portion of curriculum night. Um and that is to kind of formally introduce the let grow project and kind of our plan for this school year. Uh which I know Mr. Duza will talk more about and he's already kicked his off. Mine will kick off the day after curriculum night. Um, but just to touch on the play club portion of Let Grow, uh, we sent out our Google form to the community, seeing who would be interested in the club, which will be before school at both Hagen and Nassau. And we have, you know, I'm happy to report we have a a really high number of people who are interested. So, um, we'll we'll work with Dorene and transportation. Um, but that's going to be a really wonderful
045uh opportunity for kids. So, more to come with that. So, kind of jumping off from there, we had a an awesome first day. Um, and the energy and the kids smiles and just the teachers energy bringing back um was really all positive. Um, we did have our curriculum night last Wednesday, so we were the first to kick it off and like Mr. Lynch said or we extended our principal portion which was not long enough apparently cuz I ran out of time yet again. Um but we wanted to introduce the let grow project in conjunction for our work around the next generation last year. Uh the elementary committee really kind of came together around three big things. Play club which Mr. Lynch just mentioned extra recess which we have implemented out of a 5day cycle. Kids
046are getting 30 minutes twice a week in addition to their regular recess. So twice out of the 5day cycle, they're getting an hour of extra play. Some of it is PA PE organized and some of it is just pre-play with the teacher outside. So, um we're really excited about that. Heard nothing but positive feedback. We had one one kid in the hallway goes, "I got extra recess today and I didn't even need to earn it." Um so it's really uh kind of bringing the life the life and the energy back to the kids. Um and of course parents were really kind of excited about that when I introduced that. And then we also kicked off the let grow project which the board got to see in Mrs. Stout's class. So essentially the homework assignment for
047the kids is for them to go out and do something on their own. Uh they are to collaborate with their parents uh to come up with an agreed activity. Um they're given a list of different things that they can do. Everything from pack your own snack to go to the mall by yourself. Um they're really scaffolded per age. You know the fifth graders probably get a little more leeway than the third graders. Um, but we're really excited. The kids were buzzing about the things that they were coming up with in terms of their Let Grow project. And then at the end of the month, we'll celebrate that. Um, we have the tree that we've kind of that's bare in the lobby right now, but at the end of the month, the kids will write on
048leaves what they did. And hopefully by the end of the year and end of each month, we'll add leaves and there will be a full tree that grew because our kids grew. So, um, lots of excitement around the work that's been put in and the energy put in. Um, and the parents were really excited about that as well. So, um, nothing but positive energy coming from elementary. All right. Mr. Dy. All right. Good evening everybody. And, um, so the school year uh, started off uh, really well. Um the school year of course starts with um I look at the the school year you know it ends uh starts July 1st and summer work you know so there was lots of teachers who came in did summer work did summer grant work uh which is important
049part of getting ready for the new school year we had a great new teacher orientation right here um which is always a great event bringing the new teachers on. We had tech fellows the next day which was a which also was a great event. Um, I forgot the number, but I don't know, it's like I don't know if there's like maybe a hundred teachers involved and I think there's about 10 that teach it. So, it's just a great program. Uh, transportation started off really well this year. Um, even even with Eric's uh first day, the transportation still worked well. Um, food service is off to a really good start. Uh we uh we shifted our our breakfast to a more grab and go. Um and it's worked out really well. Uh class uh students are
050getting into home rooms. So it's it's worked out really great. Uh custodians have done a great job of getting the uh school prepared. Uh you saw this uh during the uh the walkthrough that you did last week. Uh they did a super job. Um and the you know the school year started really well. You know the drop off pickups going well. Our open day assembly uh went really good. I got to use uh a little AI and created I mean AI you know it's really amazing. So I you really within in 5 minutes I created you know a Todd Middle School welcome back song you know on a on an AI program that I put in positivity project everything and just you know plays a song. I mean it's it's really amazing. So that's what
051they heard as they came in and that went really well. Uh you know and all the normal things you know sixth graders trying to open open up lockers. Um we did we did some fresh Chromebooks to the eighth grade the first day of school. We started off you know uh we always start off with a lot of the P2 kind of goes over some nuts and bolts things like the code of conduct. Cell phone policy has gone very well. Um I'm not surprised. Uh we've been doing that for a number of years and uh it's been great. So it's been going very smooth with the with the cell phone policy. Um we've gone over, you know, we always like to go over things like the dignity act, deta things like that. We've already kind of
052gone over those things. Um academics are rolling. You know, the AVID program is now uh in its fourth year. So we've got our fourth cohort, which is pretty amazing. and uh you know grades uh seven, eight, nine and 10 and that's going really well. We started we have a new I Ready uh uh pilot. I Ready has been used in the middle in the elementary schools for a number of years now. Um and we started a math pilot in our AIS and we want to see how that goes. Uh teachers have been great. Supporting staff has been great. Tomorrow night is our parent night. We're looking forward to that. But um yeah, off to a really good year and um it's good to be back. Well, I didn't go anywhere. Good to have the kids
053back. >> Thank you. How are we all doing? All right. So, Spectre High School's off to a great start. A lot of positive energy. uh new administration, Miss Moy and myself working really well together. So well that she gave me some constructive feedback right off the bat. She told me that I have to learn how to land a plane. So I'm going to work on uh not talking so much. So thank you Miss Moy for that. Uh you might have heard that at open house when uh when I was on the PA in between every period. So I apologize if it was too much. But I want to start off by talking about the summer. Giving a public shout out to our custodial staff. I feel like it's very important for me to say that
054because they really worked hard all summer to um do what they did with the with the building and the way it looks right now. And I'm uh super happy to be a part of that. Uh and it is the best custodial staff that we've had at least since I've been here. Um so just want to shout them out. We've got some new classrooms and in the boardwalk 3, you notice those too new classrooms added some rearranging of the building to uh make more sense of the programming that we've uh initiated in the school year. Uh we've tried to block craft classrooms by subjects as best we can. So there's uh some consistency there where students are traveling into rooms that have um more of a focus on that subject that they're in. Uh we have
055a teacher resource center now uh next to the library where teachers can go and students can go for all their technology needs and resources uh toner that kind of stuff printers all centralized up there. Uh on opening day we we always speak to fizzed classes and and this myself were able to speak to every single phys class over the course of two days. Essentially, we meet with every student in the building on a more intimate level uh in those classes rather than just having assemblies. And we talk DASA um talk cell phone policy and we talk we focus on code of conduct mainly attire uh some of the things that come up throughout the school year. So this year we spoke about DASA over the PA in the morning really highlighting the law, the regulations
056of what the expectation is in the building and then in the physic classes we reiterated it but more personally to the students asking for feedback and questions. As far as um code of conduct, cell phones have been great. We've had uh very minimal issues with any phone usage. Students are following the directives of storing them away. Um, and overall it's been positive even if we've had instances where we've had to confiscate phones. The reality is we have to. Um, but it's met with positive outcomes and um, and understanding. So, I have really great things to say about that. I think it's being embraced whether whether everyone likes it or not. Uh, we understand the need for it and it's been effective so far and I think it'll continue that. Um, as far as dress code,
057we do talk about that, too. And what we like to say is we look for students to express themselves. We're in a public school. That is very important. But express themselves in a way that carries that they're able to carry themselves with decency, uh, with dignity, um, and respect for themselves. So, that's what we focus on in those physic classes. Um, as far as academics, some of the things that you'll be hearing pro throughout the course of the year, I figured I would highlight right now. Number one, seal of biiteracy. I know Dr. Molford's been working heavily with that. And our uh, world language department, Miss Hart, curriculum coordinator, has been uh, at the forefront of that, working with us uh, to ensure that we recognize any students that have mastered a language outside of
058the English language as they graduate high school. and they'll have recognition on the seal of literacy for that. U our our goal is to have that uh piloted this year. So we'll see that at the end of the school year hopefully with with students being recognized for that. We already have the seal of civic readiness. Um that was social studies department Miss Gerard I believe Dr. Molford as well involved with that last year. So that's already in the works. We've had students recognized already uh for our past graduations and that'll continue. um and AVID. Um Mr. Dy mentioned this, it's now carried into the high school. So we have two sections of AVID 9 and 10. We also have um John Shanks who came from the middle school who has come up as teaching one
059of the sections but he's also working in the capacity of an AVID elective uh kind of like an AVID advisory position for right now. Uh and I'll give you an example of how that works. Last week he or actually it was Monday. Was it Monday that he came down? Monday came down Monday. >> Yeah, Monday he came down to the middle school, checked in with all the classes, checked in with the students and the teachers to support them and what they need. Um, and then today at our faculty meeting, uh, we did an AVID style uh, icebreaker, really group work for the teachers. So, um, Mr. We had the teachers come in, uh, and grouped them based on an AVID strategy that Mr. Shank facilitated uh, to show how they can use that in any
060classroom. So, a lot of what AVID is is not just the elective. There's a lot of resources that can be used in every classroom um that not just the AVID students will will benefit from. And that's our goal to make it an AVID school. And part of how we're doing that is what we're what we did today, introducing it. And we'll be continuing to do that uh throughout the school year and all of our faculty. Um as far as community events, we had our senior sunrise. We started that off with this uh first day of the school year. 5:00 in the morning, our seniors went to the field. Thank you to the parents and the community members who donated food and drinks and coffee. Uh it was a really great morning to start off the
061first day of school. So, and and almost all of our students attended attended it. Um we have on this is suicide awareness month uh as well as Hispanic Heritage Month. So, we have James' Warriors coming on November 19th uh for an assembly for our entire school. Uh just a little blurb from them if you're not familiar with James' Warriors. It's a nonprofit organization that's based out of this area, Duchess County. Uh public awareness and education uh to bring change to the stigma around mental health and ultimately prevent suicide. So, that is something we're going to recognize here and acknowledge uh at at the high school and invite them into the building for an assembly on November 19th. Uh for new teachers and staff, I've been focusing we have we have three new teaching assistants and
062there's not a ton of professional development for teaching assistants and they're such as Mr. Duza mentioned an important part of what we do every day. Um they have really demanding roles. So, I've made it a point to try to focus on them right now and make sure that they're getting the support that they need as brand new teaching assistants uh in the classroom. So, I've been checking in with them a lot, talking about uh what they need uh what's working, what can be changed, and moving forward, how I can get them more assistance and more uh professional development as we go throughout the year. Uh and our new staff being trained in our mentorship program has been great. Uh everything has been smooth at the high school. Uh we conducted a number of drills today.
063Uh we shifted that last year with the state guidance that uh we now have to announce our drills and we've had a lot of conversation about that. So you'll see on parent square we announced that last week that we'd be conducting drills. We do like to uh also keep safety at the forefront and not necessarily out the exact time that we were doing the drills because we have so many students outside. Um, but we we use it as a kind of a training throughout for a whole day. So, we don't we do a lot of evacuation drills. We did that today and then we'll we'll continue conducting holding places and lockdowns throughout uh the next month or so. But it we provide instant feedback. So, we give we do one of the drills and then
064we provide feedback on that drill to the building and we do that throughout the day on timed increments uh through the periods. So, I think I believe that that's a more effective way to address uh evacuation drills in particular and a way to really by the end of the day um fine-tune what we're doing. And we were it I mean the building was silent in every period, every drill. uh really proud of the staff and the students for taking it seriously from the from the start to the end because you could assume that by the by the fifth drill they're not going to and they do and it's it's silent and they take the feedback that we give um and apply it for the next one. So we'll continue with more we have more evacuation
065drills and lockdowns and hold the places but um that is something that we did. We do have uh we had our curriculum night so thank you for everyone that attended. I thought it was great. Thought uh we made it a point to highlight our public call box that Mr. Romani painted with his students so that students can come and make phone calls if they need be throughout the day at any time of the day. So that's available to all of them in the main office. And we have football against Monaceel Thursday night at 6:00. So hope to see everybody there. >> Was Claire at the sunrise. >> I love it. It >> was pretty early, huh? Yes, it was. >> Was it like >> It was fun. It was There wasn't much of a sunrise.
066It's just like >> It just got light outside, but >> it was so nice. >> Thank you everybody. >> Thanks. >> Thank you. You want to say anything about the beginning of the year? >> Um, oh, it's it's been really good. I think that it's like good to jump into things. I think it's I mean obviously it's like stressful at first but I think we're starting to get like everyone that I've like my friends I think we're starting to get into the flow of things and things are starting to like go back into the school year. So I guess it's going okay thank you all appreciate the updates. Welcome back. Uh 7.01 is board correspondence. Uh we did have a follow-up email um from uh our principal Mr. Lewis with regard to a resolution with
067the parent regarding a technology policy issue that was raised by the parent. So thank you for writing that. 7.02 is comments from the public on non-aggenda items here right now. So we'll move on to 7.03 R3 comments from the board, board members. I'll try to be here, but I have a couple um the school walk through. Um to share, uh Richard at I'm sorry, Dr. Verbath had um sent out his uh thanks for the um uh the board walk through and how great it was. Uh just to go off of some of the uh things that uh to add to that of um what I experienced during it. Um I can remember working at some schools and I don't know again if this is just something special to spack and kill that were able to
068do these walkthroughs because I can't imagine a board doing a walkthrough at Arlington or at Spacken or at Lingard and having to go through you know 12 13 different schools um in one day. I think that would be a very long day for them. So if it's something special to us I think it's great that we have the opportunity to do it. I remember being at one school and speaking with the principal about the uh the walkthroughs and they're like, "Yeah, the board comes a walk through and they just kind of like pointed some cobwebs and some stairwells that we don't use anymore and say that clock isn't working." And and that's about the uh extent of it. Um so it was I like ours cuz it's a real walkthrough. It's during class. We get
069to see what's going on. We get to see some of the behindthe-scenes stuff. Some of the schools have students that are escorting us uh around during it. We can hear the vibe in the hallways. We get to see, you know, go outside and see the playground. Um, some of the highlights I took away from it, you know, at the high school, the the behind the scene meetings that you guys have every week on, you know, just that that one small gathering of of uh, you know, all the people to make it through the school year, whether it's just planning graduation or it's trying to guide a student throughout the uh, entire year. I I I thought that you guys having that meeting was uh, was really cool. So to be able to see that um
070as a board member and go behind the scenes with it was uh was great. I love the uh the sensory wall at Nassau. Um I thought that was one of the coolest things I've seen was that uh you know it's actually like jumping out at the wall at you now. That was uh that was really cool. Um at Hagen seeing the Let It Grow start um startup of that and going into some of the classrooms and and watching what's going on in the classrooms was cool. Um, and at Todd, uh, a couple things, but the gym floor obviously was like the the highlight of the, uh, of it all, but that that's obvious. You walk in there and you see that beautiful new floor was really cool. But to hear the little things that got
071done over the summer by all the staff and all the faculty and all the maintenance and the workers that may go unnoticed, but to hear what some of those were that we may not have noticed had you not said, it was really cool to see all and hear all the stuff that was uh, going on with it. So, um I I appreciate it. I appreciate all the teachers um and the staff in general, but seeing some of the teachers classrooms and the way that they decorate up their classrooms or they move their classrooms around. I I I think I saw a French teachers room and it looked like that they were in Paris. It was uh it was really amazing to to change up a classroom like that to make it just more fun for
072them to want to go into that class and learn. Um so I appreciate that. Um, I appreciate being able to go on the walkthroughs, the admin, you know, taking their time out of their schedules to walk us through on it. All the board members willing to take uh their day to take off and go to it. So, again, I don't know if it's something special and flow, but it is. I appreciate it. I think that's uh really cool that we get to do that. Um, the uh couple of other things I wanted to bring up. Um, so I I know we brought up our our food menus and our food and we're trying to work on that this year. Um, but just to point out what what I wouldn't say my issues, just what I
073like to try to uh work on or what we can do to make it better. Last week, our our lunch menu was Monday was mozzarella sticks. Tuesday was cheese quesadillas, Wednesday was mac and cheese, Thursday was cheese pizza, and Friday was toasted cheese. So, it was five days in a row of us just having um cheese as uh as I guess our that would be our protein for it. Um speaking with my kids about it, um sometimes they get in by the time their lunch period is starting. Um the the extras, the turkey sandwiches or the salad with grilled chicken, those items might already be gone by the time that uh they're getting online. And those are the uh the extra items that only peanut butter and jelly um might be left at that point.
074Uh so if we do have the um those extra abilities or those extra options, it'd be nice that all the students have the ability to get those uh extra options. I did go through and I'll I'll give it to the uh the board members afterwards, but I did go through and look at what the other schools are offering on their lunch menus in um in Duchess County. Um one uh one of the things I actually saw that some of the other schools had um is a meal viewer. Um I don't know if we're familiar with it or not, but there's three or four schools that I found that had it falling. I think Milbrook uh possibly Wingers where it actually um it shows the menu and then you can go up on um on the
075menu for that day and you you kind of hover over whatever the meal option is and it shows you an actual picture of what that meal is going to be for the day along with all the nutritional facts of uh of what's being offered. Um, so I saw I thought that was kind of cool that they uh they offered that at those schools. Um, one thing that I saw from some of the other schools, they had something I'm going to mess it up, but something about uh uh New York based um ingredients that if we uh agree to use a certain amount of the New York based ingredients, 30%, there's some kind of funding that we could get towards using those uh uh New York based ones. Um, then they're marked in the actual menus
076uh of which ones are those New York-based ones. So, you know, um, but a couple of them that really shined out to me were some of the smaller districts, Pine Plains, uh, we tuck, especially Pine Plains. Um the same week I just went over the 8th through the 12th in Pine Plains. It was um you know they had a a meatball sub on Monday, a roast beef, smoked mozzarella melt on Monday, uh Italian green beans salad bar, and the Hudson Valley fresh milk. On Tuesday, they had New York rodeo smash burgers with Chef Mike's rodeo sauce, a turkey proolone sandwich, Sidewinder fries, corn and New York black bean salad, and the New York salad bar, New York blueberries with lemon zest. On Wednesday, they had New York ranch chicken pa, New Jersey falafel pa, rainbow
077sticks with housemade hummus, couple of other uh salad bar options, crushed watermelon. Uh Thursday was New York chicken Alfredo pasta crispy shrimp pobo red garlic. Um our Brad's garlic bread and then um Friday was just a New York pizza Cuban style panini and Hudson Hudson fresh barbecue jalapeno cheddar elk sausage sandwich with crispy onions. Um, so that being one of the the smaller, more rural districts, um, not that I expect to to, you know, jump right to that kind of stuff, but, um, you know, looking at a lot of the other districts that are surrounding us, I just see them doing a lot more than we are with our menu options. Um, you know, Thursday and Friday, our menu doesn't change. It's, uh, it's the same. It's it's pizza every Thursday, and toasted cheese every
078Friday. So, it's really only Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday that there's a difference in uh in variety of what we're trying to do. Um, so I' I'd just like us to continue to try to uh to work on that. Again, um in June, I just asked um what the reserve funds would be for the following year and what uh the amounts were. I was told that that might take until September or October uh to get those numbers. I'm just uh just saying again when those are available, I would appreciate if we would be able to see those what they were that last year, what they went into this year. Um if possible even I'd love to see what they were for the past couple of years how much reserves we had at the end of each year.
079Um I only lots of reasons to to bring that up, but I I'll say taxes only schoolwise went up that 1.7%. But I got my taxes and my taxes went up 5%. I know that's at no fault of the districts by any mean. You know, there's there's vacant houses, there's businesses that are closing that, you know, just has to balance out in the wash with it. Um, but I I would like us to uh at least know what the reserve funds are going to when we have uh extra money left over at the end of the year. And uh the last thing um was uh I know I'm on the safety committee, so I'll I'll probably bring it up there, but I'm still interested in looking more into the sea with the uh key cards.
080Um, if it's possible to, I know they offer free demos for it. It's possible that we can look into having them come, whether it's to a safety committee meeting or having them come to us personally on it. Um, I I I think we are a district that likes to uh to lead and and be some of the first to uh take on some great initiatives. Um, I think safety is a really important one. I don't want us to be a a reactive district that when something happens around us that that's why we choose to do it. I for us being a proactive one and trying to make sure our kids are as safe as can be. Obviously, you know, we can't make it perfect, but let's see what other options are out there that can
081make it a little safer. Um, and I guess this is more of a question for uh the the high school and middle school. Uh, actually all of them really, but when you guys are doing the the drills or Dr. Prim, I guess you could answer it. when we do the the lockdown drills or fire drills or dismissal drills, I I've never seen one done during arrival during dis and I'm just saying across the board at any school. I've never seen any school do it. Um at arrival, during dismissal, uh whether it's in between classes, um and maybe that's not something that it's possible to do, just it's very inconvenient when all the kids are arriving to and you're trying to get to class, all of a sudden do a lock down drill and see how
082it goes. Or same thing during dismissal. Uh but those are times that things um can can happen and whether or not we can do a drill during that or maybe like you said maybe just a discussion um on on how they uh could be handled. This way everybody does know the students know hey if this happens in between classes uh this is the the time to do it or you know this is where you're going to go to or the fire drill happens in the middle of uh classes where they uh you know where they assembling or what's happening there. Um, it's just something I thought about when you were saying the uh that you had discussions in between of how to make them better. Sorry, that was a lot. >> That's all I got.
083>> Appreciate it. >> Thank you. Um, you know, I I struggled with this a little bit. I I'm quite concerned with, you know, just seeing some of the things we've seen occur in the nation in the last few weeks, the incidents that have happened. Seems like there's a real lack of ability to cope with disagreements in this world right now in our country. Uh seems like there's a lack of being able to identify mental health issues. seems like there's a lack of pure civil discourse, which is, you know, I I can't think of anything that's really more American than civil discourse. I look back to, you know, Jefferson and Adams and how they were fierce political rivals, but ended up being tremendous friends throughout the rest of their lives as they went through their lives
084postpolitical. Um, and it's just so important for us to continue to turn out critical thinkers. And I just want to emphasize that to our administration, our teachers. We need to be able to teach them to think and be critical about it. And recognize when other people have disagreements that you can disagree with what they want and but you have to respect that. We can't be doing things that are violent and and creating issues that are just not the way to solve things. We need to get back to that. We need to get our youth to make sure that they really have those skills. And I know we've got good pro programs here at the school with regard to you know making sure that we're checking in on mental health for our kids and and uh
085you know P2 with the other other people matter is just a great way to uh make sure that you you recognize other people may have different views and you should respect that and you don't have to like it but you should respect it and and um just want to see something better and I hope that we can continue to do the best we can in order to make sure that our youth are better prepared for life out there because it seems like there's a lot of stuff going on. Just really disheartening for me to see uh to piggyback on your your uh discussion about the uh the school visits. Tremendous. It was really great to be able to uh see the kids in action again. love the fact that we do that as well. Uh
086particularly thanks to, you know, the uh the administration, the teachers that let us intrude in their classes. Our student guides were awesome. Uh one right there. Um and uh just a just a great day. I thought the buildings looked great. Uh you know, to piggy back off of that, I think the cleanliness felt felt great, felt clean, felt great energy. Um I'm just really happy to see it. Just welcome back. Now here we go. Right. We're off and running. So um that's all I've got. So I'm going to move that on over to us. Can >> I actually just say one more thing? >> Sure. >> I I I had it written down. I forgot to say we also visited the uh head at Martha Lawrence. That was really cool. Um that was a lot
087of fun going over there and seeing the little kids and seeing the um the way that they're learning over there and how it's cooperating into our district here. It didn't feel like we were going to it felt like we were going to our own school. It didn't feel like we were going to see a prek school. It felt like it was far back. Um so thank you for letting us take go there and thank you for Sasha for getting us there. That's right. Okay. So, that brings us to 704 comments from the superintendent. I'm going to try to uh I won't skip as long as Mr. Cohen, which um he did bring up some stuff that I I do want to uh make sure everyone's aware. So, we are going to have a presentation with
088school lunch. Is that next meeting or the meeting in October? the second. >> So, um I would ask if you bring your data and your questions uh back to that one. Um we definitely could could pass that along right now, but I think that would be a great forum where the whole presentation will be centered on that and that'd be a great uh time to definitely touch on that. Um the safety uh part you know it wasn't in the presentation but part of the needs assessment will be uh a look at our our safety um you know facilities and what we might need cameras and the card. So that is definitely u something that is is in the works you know during the year to talk about what we have and I think I even
089mentioned to trying to think I did I mentioned to Brett that it's something I want us looking at from the tech aspect. Um, so that'll be coming this year. Also with that, um, the concept with the drills, uh, I think that's a great thing to bring up at the safety meeting. I think would speak to that. Um, Ken might have, you know, been taking it down already when he had his after school uh, fire drill not planned. Uh, him and I were meeting uh, was that yesterday? >> Yesterday. >> Um, and that was actually good because we don't normally have that. So, you know, when there's less teacher covers, but plenty of kids in there. So, not exactly what you're talking about, but one of those, you know, not during class time. Uh, so, uh,
090he's ahead of the car. You're going to talk about that. Um, but no, it was talked about at the safety meeting. Um, because I know we've had them before, but I don't know how regular they are at dismissal or arrival. Um, reserve funds. I I saw Val taking notes on that. So, get that app. Um, and the the two things we did, the prek, I'm glad everyone got to see that. Um, and we're really proud of that and really trying to build that into something special. I think it's something different than a lot of districts have because they they most districts have the kids spread out all over the place and you can't really have uh one district that way. So, we're definitely proud of that. Glad to be seen. And the walkthrough, I'm glad
091you mentioned that. So, uh, what you described other districts have was what we did here. It was always, uh, it was a summer time. This was before school started. Um, and I used to, you know, I was principal at the high school at the time when we would have them. Uh, I used to call them the white glove test because it was about, you know, how how clean it was. Um, so we changed that because I felt and I think administration thought that you just it's it's better to see what what you're doing. Um, and I think it's good because a lot of times, you know, sometimes the board doesn't know what's happening. You know, we're going to try to change that this year and really try to highlight some of the things we do.
092I think that's why the principles are here. But this to have you come in and walk through and see that stuff. Um, you know, that was definitely by design. So, I'm glad that that was definitely appreciated and noticed because a lot of times it is the white glow test, which is important, too, right? And we passed it especially at the high school, right? I know Ken was already proud of the white globe test uh this year. Um but uh glad that was noticed. Um cell phone has been going well. I just want to shout out to the work uh the administration did last year I think to really set that up for this year. Having it be a law I think is also very helpful um explaining you know to people that it's a law.
093And then finally, uh the board got a calendar and uh if you look closely at the cover of the calendar, uh our very own Claire is on the cover. Uh just coincidental, but uh shout out to Claire. Um and uh you know, shout out to Claire for her uh walk through uh and uh her first meeting completed. Nice job. Hello. All right. Thank you. Appreciate that. Okay, that brings us to 8.01. The board will vote to adjourn to executive session to discuss the superintendent's evaluation. No further business is anticipated after the executive session. Do I have a motion to enter into executive session? >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I passes 40. Thank you. And we'll see you October 7th.