001for our first meeting of the board of education for the 2526 school year. I'd like to call the meeting to order. Please stand for 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. newly elected board member. Congratulations, Jeff, for years of education. We appreciate it. Thank you very much. Congratulations. If you will, please bring the oath of office. I do sound as aware that I will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of state of New York and now take the charter of duties to the office board member of the board of education member school district July 1st. 25 through June 30th, 2030 according to the best amendment. Agenda it 4.01 election of the
002board president. Do I have any nominations for the office of president or board of education for the 256 school year? Do I have a second? Are there any more nominations? Nominations are now closed. We have a nomination made by Jeff, seconded by Sasha to nominate Dan Fuller for office of the president, the board of education for the staff and preschool district school year. All in favor? Any opposed? request by Jeff. Congratulations again. Thank you. I'll turn the meeting over to Mr. Thank you. Okay, that brings us to item 4.02, which is our election of the vice president. Do I have any nominations for the office of vice president of the board of education for the 2025 2026 school year? Do I have a second on that? Second. Are there any other nominations for the office
003of vice president of the board of education? The declared nominations are now closed. We have a nomination made by Sasha, seconded by Joanne to nominate Jeff to the office of vice president of the board of education staff and code increased school district for the 2025 2026 school year. All in favor I passes 5. Item five is the organizational meeting consent agenda portion of the meeting. 5.01 is consent agenda resolution to resolve that the board of education of the Spack and Carol free school district hereby approves the following reorganizational meeting consent agenda items as stated 5.02 through 5.13. Do I have a motion? Do I have a second? All in favor? I it's 50 Z as well. Okay, that brings us to the regular business meeting portion. Item 7.01 is comments from the public on consent
004agenda items only. We have any comments from the public on consent agenda items? 8.01 01 is the consent agenda resolution. Do I have a motion to accept the consent agenda as written? Sure. My apologies. I should have asked that. Why don't Why don't we do that? We'll pull a motion to pull 8.17 from the consent agenda. Do I have a second? All in favor? All right. Okay. We'll pass this 50. So, we'll finish up the regular consent agenda resolution unless there's other questions or comments that need to be discussed on any of the items. Okay. I'll ask for a motion to accept the consent agenda less item 8.17. Do I have a second? All in favor? I passes 5.17. Um so we uh the the state's going to start covering um the yields is my
005understanding. Um, I just wanted to see while we're discussing the budget or approving the budget if there's any additional um resource or any additional help that we can provide to the uh the menu um at this point for try to get us up to um a more desirable cafeteria menu than I know we uh had worked through this a couple years ago and that's that's an ongoing mission board and food services director. Um she tries to come up with things that fall within all the parameters um salt limitations, the sugar limitations, the car limitations. Um but she must serve fresh fruit and vegetable and that kind of stuff. So she's definitely using the resources that she has to try to come up with more variety for each meal and still fall within those parameters. Yes.
006Yes. Can we provide her with more support in that area to try to uh support in in uh funding or budgeting towards it or try the general fund budget that includes an allocation that's directed for school. So there's there's an allocation of $60,000 that would be available for students. Is that is that the amount referred to in the in the letter? 678 just is that the same the letter in that or the memo rather in that 8.17 mentioned 678 or or that's or approximately 9%. That's the right increase year to year. Okay. And the general fund budget has an allocation that is here in March for school. And we did a year or two ago portion when we were talking about this. We did um school lunch. We're lucky in our school lunch program is
007really self-sufficient. So we don't have to subsidize it. But you do it just for things like this. So she has moreibility in her choices. Does that answer his question? So you're just for clarity. Would more money make a better menu or at least what you're saying. I I would just like to uh not necessarily more desirable menu because obviously kids just want kids. Uh but uh a uh more variety or just a healthier option or just multitud. Yeah. You know, I see what some of our surrounding menus offer and speaking with my kids about it at least. They they bring their lunch every day, you know, something that's on the menu that's still there. It's not the right word, but we just like to try to help in whatever way we can to make sure
008we're getting a nice healthy option for kids at school. What the hell you get me? So, how do we answer that question? Um, I think what he's saying is suggesting thinking about having more money go to school lunch. with that. No, no, no. No, I was just going to say I Lisa and I will start to work on that. um looking at her budget, looking at what the allocation is for the district and come up with the best way that she can make the menu desirable within the limitations that she nutrition limitations that she has to work with. I mean, we do have options. um would be a great option to being more sensitive to the allergy that I guess what I would find useful is if if we are going to consider any more
009money that we we hear a little bit more about what some of those uh recent decisions or changes have been we got to I think u recognize the expertise of the people who know the regulations you and much better the people who know the regulations ations and and know the dietary science of all those do. So if there have been changes that you know that that made recently I'd be helpful to know but I'd be certain I certainly want to know more what's happened rather than just put money at it. We don't have any expertise. I I can even get that information of just kind of a high level of what the dietary nutritional requirements are and the things that we're doing because I know there's been change over the last about many years actually
010in terms of standards. Yes. The other thing I I would offer you we've talked about it some before is I would argue I think that it's not even just about putting more money towards food and menu items. I I've always thought it was have an issue. You know, there's a reason how and why we prepare what we prepare. If if I said to you, you've got to keep a full salad bar of freshly cut vegetables throughout the day. Yeah. But I'm only there's only one of you is on the cashier and the other is so I I see that personally as more of a limiting factor than just just the money that you say to make the kind of food that you're talking about. It takes resources. That's, you know, chicken nuggets into a toaster
011oven is a lot faster than making a fresh salad for the table at home. I don't think necessarily throwing money at it, but it's important that we can try to offer to options out there. There are definitely, you know, fresh salad options that are available every day. um fresh food options and she definitely tries to gear the menu options to the group so that the secondaries get a little bit different menu options like Ben said you know if we go on a visit we should be able to eat the food you know the children if you eat the food so adults I Last time she gave us the magic soup trying to give it to us. So I wonder if we could maybe have a little bit of a just a report on school lunch
012maybe at the next door meeting. I do know it's more complicated than all that. Um I've worked in a bunch of districts and I've heard the same thing about uh cafeteria, you know. Um, I do think Lisa does a really great job with with everything, but there's always more. You know, it's not it's not a restaurant, you know. Um, but we're always looking for ways to improve and to desiraability, you know, trying to change with the times and and kind of stick with the the rules of the nutrition and all that stuff. So, uh maybe just get a better understanding of of what she what what is actually served and um hear from the adults, not just maybe from uh the kids who come home and and like the sessions. Yeah, that'd be very helpful.
013No, that's fine. I will get with Lisa and definitely at the very soon we'll have that information and some of her plans for the upcoming school year. Yeah, it' be interesting. I mean, I appreciate the complexity. And for what it's worth, I teach the CIA and there are constant complaints about students make it complain about I never complain. No college I know of in general is better people happy with the food% you CIA. I will say my college I didn't necessarily like it and I went back for a reunion and I was like wow this is so much better. Well, this helps. Just have one more question about that one. The uh the I don't know it had a pizza um bids or whatever it was for it. And do we use uh Tony's or
014do we use uh I think Domino's. I think we just may have done that in like an emergency case, but typically we use Antonio more of a fresh option. It's more of a fresh option. It's more of a reasonable option to deliver what we need. Yes. Okay. That said, do I have a motion to accept item 8.17? Do I have a second? All in favor? I that passes 5. Item 9.01. Do I have a motion to take from the table agenda item 4.03 from the June 17th, 2025 board meeting? Do I have a second? All in favor? Passes 50 as well. 9.02 uh adopt the proposed policy 2245 the exeicio student member of the board. Did did everybody have a chance to look at that? And were there items that were discussed addressed appropriately? Okay,
015with that said, then we'll ask for a motion to accept 9.02. There's a choice, right? Yes, there's a choice. So, I did I did attach two choices. One with all everything in one policy and then the second one was to separate the criteria into so um one was recommended by the attorney. So, so in other words, when when we say recommended by the attorney, usually they they guide us with saying we recommend that you put you know whatever is needed in the policy so what whatever is required so sometimes they say it's not necessary to put everything in here um but when I spoke to Alex and you know yes they do they do advise that but in this in other cases as well she said whatever the board you know feels like in other
016words what they're used to is policy whatever is required because if you're going to um have practices or any type of you know process usually you don't want to put that in the policy because sometimes that changes and then if you do change then you would have to come out to the board and reise policy right so I mean um you know in talking to her further she she said you know it's we we do advise that she goes but really it's up to you whatever they so I hope that answers your question on that so um whatever you prefer. You can incorporate all everything in that one policy that I gave you or separate it. Um, so yeah, I think it being pretty new is probably going to be a little fluid possibly for
017having the ability to my opinion. However, I also being able to make changes if we need to without rewriting the policy. in general what you just said is almost like for everything any policy with anything especially something that's new um you know when we look at we won't have the same issue really with the electric devices but I would imagine that's going to change you know as we learn and grow um so with civilian I think as without the attachment. Is that what we're Is that the way we're word that? The one with the one with the attachment. Okay. Just not a separate policy, right? So, it would be 2245 and 2245. Yeah. Separate. Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense. I mean, especially if this if to incorporate it would make it anonymous, you know, would
018make it stand out amongst all the other policies that kind of problematic. May I just add one more thing just so it's fresh in my mind is the next step after this is um obviously wants to participate in interviewing process which you know will happen very soon. um you know can have can have reached out um I mean it could be you know it could be very simple I mean interview just schedule it we we have two candidates so we want to just interview them um in a perfect world choose for the next board meeting I have a name myself is everyone agreed Sasha will sit down Sasha you around the next couple weeks uh yeah public. So, just to be clear, it's policy 2245 with the attachment. Is that what we're saying? Yes. Is
019that is that appropriate enough for Yes. Okay. So, I have a motion to adopt proposed policy 2245, the exeicio student member of the board with the as the option with the attachment. You have a second. Second. All in favor? I I pass this 5 Z as well. Uh 9.03 is the first reading of proposed policy 5695 students and personal electronic devices. Board discussion on 9.03. sufficient I mean has all that you can read in terms of policy in terms of electrical devices covers everything communication um storage I have a question uh how do they plan on enforcing that because as it is my understanding was the middle schools are supposed to be in their lockers and turned off anyway and that that doesn't happen. So, how are you going to enforce it? It's that's the
020rule now. They have to enforce it. It's more their rule. Um, and I guess my question is how are they planning on doing that? Like, are they going to check bags when kids walk in? Like, how do they plan on enforcing? Checking bags when you walk in. But I think in the Sandra, was it in the uh policy or they had kind of an action plan about discipline? Yes, it's there. Yeah. I think if they see it then it's a disciplinary action. It's enforced at that point. Right. I mean the thing is there's a lot of kids at least in the middle school that I know of that use their phones during the day and are not seen. Next year is going to be different um because it's it's not allow you know and the
021study and the work we did this year around the the next generation like they have the backup to kind of say why. But you're right you know it has to be enforced. So we just have to make sure we enforce it because They said that the the principles including the middle school principal, they were very heavily involved in uh coming up with the progressive discipline and how to do it and they were and John and Val jumped in. They were in that meeting like they were on board with it like like um it was really good discussions. They spoke with the teachers in in the buildings. They spoke with u community members, you know, PTA members about about this. uh some students were spoken to too, especially at the high school about how to uh
022do it. So, it it seems like it's all, but like I said before, if it's not working, we're going to have to do something different, right? Cuz it's it was just different last year or the year before especially where, you know, even in high school is is my best way is that school was around, you know, like it was it was in study halls, it was in cafeterias. um that made it around even more. Now that can't happen. Um so we're going to have violators. Yes. So I mean it's impossible for you know each school to get every child to do what they're supposed to do. But the solution to that is all hands on deck. You know teachers, the administrators work together. if they see something, say something and you know actually, you know,
023um they'll take it, be able to do what you need to do. So, and that's a command to take them eventually housing the office. I think what's written is good. I think last year or last couple years more of a reactive if they saw it or there's an issue that it would be uh addressed where hopefully now it's going to be a proactive approach that S had said all hands on deck there's teachers in the hallway there's you know administrators in the hallway that can actively make sure that it's being addressed and in the was allowed to be in the back you know so I don't know here today their phone's in the bag. I think she was talking more at the middle school level. No, same thing, but it won't be in their bag.
024I don't It wasn't supposed to be in their bag this year. Supposed to be in their lock. And I did hear that there were some teachers that when kids took them out towards the end of class, it was just like whatever. So, um, process wise, this has to be approved by the state as well. Is that correct? Or did do I recall that correctly? I thought that he had to I thought I thought the state ed had to maybe uh review and improve the language in our policy. I I could be wrong about that. I think Okay, great. And I'm assuming that this will be publicized to students like during the beginning of school to go home about communication. So if you think about it, if previously a parent texts their child or third period,
025am I picking you up today? Um phone goes off. That can't happen. So it goes back to when you might have been in school, right? um and a lot of different the policy outlines what you know you call the main office would be the simplest example um to get that message and it's like going back to we used to do the secretary's been apprised of the uh numerous phone calls he'll be getting now throughout the day it's going to be a big change yeah I'm not sure if this is what you're referring to the policy says September 26 after district. No, I I just thought that uh the state had outlined certain things and then said the school has to come up with penalties, you know, for infractions and and other things. And I thought
026that that had to go back. But as long as I just wanted to make sure I understood the process, they would want that uh number coming back of all the districts. But uh they definitely set the parameters that we have to follow. This is uh first reading. Second reading is our next meeting and the one after that is when it's being adopted, right? Second reading approved. So this is the first reading and then the second one at the end of July 30th and I agree that it shouldn't be in the policy but we've kind of had this conversation is to Joannne's point you have to also set the example. So will there be some communication to the teachers and staff about not using their phones in front of the kids as much as possible talk
027that's going to be an interesting dynamic adult might use your phone for something different but still not setting an example so it has to make that walk the walk and talk and find the balance. Mhm. Which they do even for emergency situations. the teacher cell phone utilized uh conve it's it's proper balance as opposed to using just a quick question came to mind when you mention that it's in our um in our safety protocols is is say there's an intruder in the building are there notifications that go out to teachers cases like that text messages to the teacher cell phones for instance or anything like that. That's not part of the protocol. not part of our plan, but I do know that sometimes there was I mean I imagine that might happen informally in an
028emergency and certainly want to be able to be able to do that just right but but other things too other is school messenger which we would utilize school messenger square Um, so often times that just as you as a parent, you know, get them on the phone. So it's just that's not an everyday occurrence. So we just have to have that balance. You know, I would imagine the phone would be on their person. I don't think they are. Yeah. What's the difference between a student and a teacher? I mean there policies for students. Know what a student will say. Well, That could be part of the response. Your child would say part of the response. We live within those laws all the time. Well, it also just goes to the students anxiety at that point
029too though. You'll see it and oh, I want mine. I want mine. So, in as much as possible, that's all I would ask. Okay. Um, so do I have a motion to accept the first reading of proposed policy 5695, students and personal electronic devices? Second. All in favor? Passes 50. Uh 9.04 is our first reading of proposed policy 8113.1 extreme heat condition days. Board discussion. I guess I would just ask the the numbers the 82 degrees, the 88 degrees, those were set by the state. Okay. Do we feel like 88 is the right number or can we just ask I don't know. 88 is pretty hot in the classroom if you ask me. I don't know if we have that discretion. We may can make it lower if we wanted to, but we can't go
030higher. I would I wouldn't ask to go higher, that's for sure. Uh I'm just thinking because you know the 82, you're supposed to take these measures, right, to help potentially reduce the temperature in that room, right? And then if it still increases up to 88, that's when there has to be other, right? That's when the building principles are going to come up with their plan of where they can relocate students to pull apart. Are there enough large spaces each of the buildings to do that? If you have multiple combined classes, so that's something that principles are actually working on this summer is to come up with what that extra plan will look like. Okay. And it's also one of the things that we're looking at through these assessment. you will need to add um air
031conditioning spaces not just and I don't think just like a window unit like rooftop unit to uh give us more flexibility but this I mean even before this I mean if it's too hot it's too hot we've always done stuff you know that's principle over the years you know burning water you're buying fans and it's all not perfect you know it doesn't solve everything but it does give you a mitigating factor to do something but we've been doing that John as a principal has been doing that uh for years um without any sort of formalized thing. I think in some places they didn't so they needed to formalize them. Do we have problem child more than another? Is Hagen is Hayden probably the the hottest building of the four? I don't I think they all
032have the high and it's just a lot weird. Yeah, it depends on sometimes afternoon trees don't have those trees that they side of the high school will tell you about the way the windows are facing. Library has a lot of windows difference versus being right on the end. Uh there's always something um you know we did at Nassau we did a couple years ago we tried to we're very close to having each general ed classroom uh air conditioned so we decided to do that for our youngest students you know um it's not the most efficient way to do it but uh you know there are air conditioning spaces that we have to have due to 504s and we sort of in perfect If you can, we leave the air conditioner uh for the child or
033the teacher or person needs some places. That has helped us uh cuz we put them it's cost money to put them in because we can't just it's not like at your home where you put them in the window. There's a lot of security risky push specifically cut to have are the cafeterias in any of the buildings air conditioning. No. I just think the space auditorium at the so that would that would be a perfect example of if it's 88 plus or whatever I would imagine there would be classes that Okay. Anybody else back on this discussion? Okay. Do I have a motion to accept the first reading of policy proposed policy 8113.1 extreme commission dates? I have a second. Second. All in favor? Item 10.01. Board correspondence. I don't believe we have any. Is anybody
034Is anybody aware of that? 10.02 comments from the public on non-aggenda items. 10.03 comments from the board. Summer time. I'll move that over to 10.04. Any comments from the superintendent? Uh just two quick ones. One is Um the we talked about the ancest generation. I'll just send this around. This was uh the latest edition of Vanguard and uh we interviewed uh Mr. Lynch and myself about what we were doing here. Um pretty captivating. you know, some other stuff in the article from what other schools are doing which were interesting too. So, I thought I'd share that with the board to take a look at. Uh, we really talked about I think our piece comes up more in the middle of the article. The article starts talking about a different school and then we kind of
035take over a couple pages in. Just something to take with you. You don't have to forget it now. Um, but something, you know, again, I'm real proud of and you know, I think it also might I can't even further detail some of the stuff that happened. It is summertime. But uh I do want to recognize uh someone who's going to be leaving us who's here today and that's who's back there. Um this is his last meeting. Um his last day is Friday. Um he has an unbelievable opportunity in Texas. Cool. Um he really has a I don't want to talk too much about Jose, but he's recently a graduate um from Maris and he's going to be using his his new degree. Um he's got an excellent opportunity but across across the US. Wow. Um
036so we wish you best and he's driving there so uh we definitely wish you safe travels and we appreciate everything you've done for us. Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Congrats. The final piece I guess uh Sancho sent around uh times for the July 30th at 5. Quick question we had. We probably will keep that. But would the day before the 29th at 5 also work for everybody? Yeah. July 30th last school. So So July 30th actually wasn't good. Yeah. Well, that's good to know. Does the 29th work for everybody at five, right? Does this five work? Because I know Jeff did five work for the time. So, the 29th works that works for me. So, then since you might make that switch then that we would be able to hold board. That
037makes sense. That would make sense. Wow, that was the easiest scheduling. Uh, that is all right. Thank you. 11.01. Board will vote to adjourn to executive session to discuss contract negotiations and 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. It's 5 Z. Thank you. You're on this July 29th 5 p.m.