001All right. Good afternoon, East H. [laughter] Good evening, East Hampton Boa. Uh, we're uh live on uh YouTube and the phone lines are open. This meeting is being recorded. You may begin. >> Thank you very much. Can I have a motion to call the meeting to order? >> I'll make a motion of second. >> Second. All in favor? I >> please rise to the pledge of >> 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 very much. >> Change the order around just a little bit because uh we've got some guests tonight. I want to get them to uh be able to go home. So I'll turn it over to Dr. Syrian.
002>> All right. Thank you. Good evening everyone. Over the last uh two to three years we have been doing some popup concerts at the middle school that are 5 to 10 minutes because you know our performance groups work really hard all three of them and they have limited performances that are formal you know mainly formal two of them throughout the year. So, we've incorporated during the day. The most recent one happened on the Friday before the break when our chamber orchestra, who has played for you before, played for about 10 minutes in the morning, and it was great. It's informal. It's a chance for them to shine. Our sixth graders came out into the hallway with their teachers and sat down and watched, but we're doing more of that. Um, and I I know you
003saw all of it, the bonets assembled outside, but they prepare a lot of uh coral literature and they don't get to showcase that all of it at the concert. So, I thought it would be nice and a nice mid-winter treat to have them come in and sing just two songs for you and it gives them another chance to perform. So, they're under the direction of DJ Curillo, who's our chorus teacher, and she's just back from her eternity leave, which we're happy to have. And uh Annabelle Mumuzian, unfortunately, one of our eighth graders, was really looking forward to introducing the group tonight, but she wasn't feeling well, as has been the case with many of our students over the last week or so. As you know, there's a lot of blue going on um and among
004other things. So, instead, we have a volunteer seventh grader, Lydia Angelo, who's going to introduce the group instead. So, I will go and get them. >> Thanks. >> All 33 of them. I know. It was a big group. It was a big group. >> We have Bonnet along here. My daughter was a was in Bonnet a long time ago. >> Wow. >> Okay. Welcome everybody. Wow. >> Uh, good evening members of the board of education, administers, teachers, and families. My name is Lydia Agnello and I'm proud to represent the Bonnets. Uh the Bonnets are a select treble choir made up of students who love singing and work hard to grow as musicians and leaders. This year we have focused on teamwork, confidence, and using our voices to communicate and connect with others. Thank you for
005supporting uh music indust music of education in our school and giving us the opportunity to perform tonight. We hope you enjoy. >> All right. Thanks. as before. >> [singing] >> with you. [gasps] We can with you. Amen. >> [singing] >> with you. Michigan. And I can see a world that's waiting for me that I call my home. Through the dark, [singing] through the door, through no one's, but it feels like home. They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy. They can say I don't care. I don't care. They call me crazy. We can deserve [singing] what the world could be. A vision of the one I see. A million dreams is all it's going to tell. [music] Million dreams for the world we're going to make. Sounds crazy. I don't care. Amen. Sing
006for the world. [singing] to the world. You'll [singing] see [music] the world. See you soon. The world of God. >> Thank you. Thanks. Thank >> good. >> I know we have some parents here tonight, too. So, if you guys want to follow suit, it's totally fine. We'll give you a couple minutes to get get together. >> Unless you want to stay. >> Thank you for coming. >> Thank you very much. Great job. >> Great job, everyone. Great idea popups. >> I love that. Great idea. That's great. >> [clears throat] >> Tim, you can get around if you want. back to follow Sam. >> Once you open the hearing, I'm going to sing it. [laughter] >> Wonderful. >> Motion. I have a motion to open the hearing. >> Motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? >>
007I. >> Go ahead. >> All right. Uh so we're here for our 11th repair reserve hearing. Um and I certainly am no match for the bonets, but you know, as always, uh the important number here is that there's just over $2 million available in the repair reserve. The voters approved the uh you know, reauthorization of the repair reserve last May. I think it's generally set that, you know, the district has been going to lose some of his money accomplishing projects that need to be accomplished and they aren't accomplished. They're going to be more expensive later down the road. We've talked about this concept, you know, in terms of what happens with number of bond, number of projects in the bond, repair reserve, as always, those are the four words that you need to uh use
008in your analysis to see whether you can use the repair reserve. Uh broken, torn, inoperable, that's the way to think of it. So, as always, we're going to have uh we've identified some projects that need to happen. We're going to hold we're holding this public hearing. There is an item on your agenda later on this evening if you're in agreement to authorize the use of the money out of the repair reserve. So, the biggest item that we have this evening is the gym floor across the hallway >> uh here in the high school. There are a number of structural problems that are becoming readily apparent with this floor. I would love to be able to wait and make this as part of our bond project. I don't think they're going to get there. And so
009I think we need to do this now before we lose the ability to use the floor. You can see some cracks here that are in the the photos. The problem with these things is as they grow they become a tripping hazard, but they also become dangerous because they become like spikes that you would think of as a you know an unpolished piece of wood. So you know players can slip on this and they're potentially opening themselves up to a major injury. The only time we can we can really do this work is over the summer because it's going to take a while for the entire floor to be deconstructed to fix whatever issues are going on underneath the floor in the subsurface uh the subflooring and then put it all back together. So, we'd like
010to get on the contractor's schedule as soon as possible. We are going to make an effort uh much like we did at the middle school where we preserved that center court uh uh section which um thanks to the custodian there Anthony Hayes was preserved and is hung up on the wall. >> We're going to do our best to take as much of this [clears throat] court and preserve as possible. you know, maybe the center court, maybe the section that uh you know, lists who the court is named for, all those sorts of areas. So, we can try to replicate much like they do at the middle school with this uh floor here. So, that's the main project here at the high school. Uh as we have in the last few uh meetings, we're going to
011use some repair reserve money to uh repair and replace some additional laptop computers. Students make great use of them. Some students perhaps more enthusiastic in their computer use than others. So, uh, you get to do that. Uh, here at the high school, there are several classrooms, um, that need to have their shades repaired. This is a safety issue. Uh, shades are extremely important. During lockdown, um, as you can see in this example here, this classroom doesn't have a shade, so we need to, because the previous one broke and we couldn't hang it up on the wall anymore, so we need to have the shades replaced. Uh, in the middle school, the carpet is, and I struggled for the right adjective to use here. I'm going to go with tired. Um, carpet is very tired. Would
012you could you bring me Dr. >> You would? I would. >> Okay, good. Tired is the word we're going with. >> Uh, it needs to be replaced. Uh, we got some samples. Dr. Seraniano has selected a sample. Interestingly, we have se we independently selected the same sample to use. So know I know I have good taste because I um so that's what we're looking at there at the uh main office in the middle school and then at the elementary school. So the way the cafeteria works now is they have a a product called vinyl sheet. This is essentially uh as it says rather than a vinyl tile where you might have something that's 12 x 12 we have a lengthy sheet of vinyl that's rolled out and stretched in rows throughout the entire cafeteria. I
013hope you can appreciate these photographs. I think the lower left one may illustrate it the best. The sheet becomes stressed over time and it breaks. And once it breaks, it's virtually impossible to repair. You can try to use they call it a hot iron to try to put it back together. It really never works. So, we'd like to take out the vinyl sheet and replace it as we did at the middle school with an epoxy replacement. It's essentially, think of it as a a harder surface version of the pore inplace rubber, safety rubber that we've done at the uh playground. So, the whole vinyl sheet comes out and they pour down this pour in place surface. They give it a riging. They give it some color with actually cut up paper flakes is how they
014do it. They put on a second coat of the epoxy so it has a surface so you're not slipping on it. It's it hides imperfections that will inevitably happen with as many people who use this room as possible. It's also very easy for the custodial stamp to maintain it. It's stood up, I think, very well at the middle school. So, we're going to put it down at the elementary school with your approval. >> Um, >> and that lasts longer than the vinyl that we have. >> Uh, yeah. I mean that that's I I can't make a perfect guarantee, but you know, absent something very unusual, yes, it's going to last longer and it's not subject to the same kind of splitting that we see with the vinyl. The vinyl, you know, particularly in the hightraic
015areas, I'm sorry, this uh box is here in the upper left, upper right here, uh right in front of the door, it's definitely split. That's a major hightraic area. Uh so the the epoxy really stands up to the wear and tear much better. It's much easier to maintain. It doesn't require u waxing over the summer. So, it's also a big load off of the workload of the uh already stressed out custodians in their summer work. So, I think it's at a good selection for this ros. >> Do you know how long we've had this? >> Yeah, that's right. If they asked too >> long enough. It's been here as long as >> they did that c that cafeteria, right? Redone that floor. >> So, 2006. >> Yeah, that was the original >> 20 years. >>
016Yeah, it's got to be closed. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Do you remember this floor from when you were at elementary school? I >> mean, I guess it was placed before I was born somehow here. [laughter] >> Um, but you know, it definitely needs to be replaced and I I think the time to do it again because it it does it's going to take a while to put this down to get it up to put it down. I think looking at this other, you know, maybe a school break, but >> because of the risks involved with not finishing, this is probably a summer. So again, we need to get on the contractor schedule. All right. >> Okay. >> Um, >> any questions? >> Yes. The computer, are we going from Chromebooks to MacBooks for all students?
017>> I will for only at the high school because there's X's are here next to middle school. >> We we anticipate that there are some others computers here and there that need to be replaced. So, >> okay. But they'll be replaced by the Chrome out where needed. the great efforts of the high school. >> Yeah, I just think it's probably worth mentioning why we do this. Um I mean it's something that the the taxpayers have voted on. It allows us to budget better. It allows us to get projects done like Sam was saying before. If we had to wait for a bond approval, which would be say in May, it would be too late to be on the, you know, uh the contractor's agenda for this summer, and we would lose a lot of time.
018And you can see with some of those cracks, you start to get moisture in there. you start to get other it just creates other problems. This allows us to I think budget in a better way and it allows us to get things done a little more timely than we used to be able to. We've had this is our second I think approval of that. >> This is yeah the second the voters reauthorize it the second time. This our 11th hearing JP I think that you know the gym floor here at the high school is the best example of this. >> Yeah. >> Uh if we don't do it this summer I'm not fully confident that we're going to make it with this floor for another school year after this. Who would agree that the floor
019has somewhat the usual >> it has dead spots >> dead spots been basketball. >> So I mean it's you can watch a basketball you can hear the difference dink or boom >> and really there's some dead spots and you know Greg has been great in his team there's been a couple times that pieces of the wood have come up that they were able to get them out back >> and and you can only do that for so long and then you've got to close it. And the last time that we got it sanded and repainted, they said that's the last time. >> So, and this is original to the building, this floor. >> So, it's from the 70s. >> 1970. This is the original floor. >> So, I think we did good. We did well
020with that. >> Yeah. Which is again because it has its historic nature, the importance of the history of the building where we're going to try to preserve, you know, some of the select areas when they cut it out and see what we could do. >> Okay. Thank you, Sam. Thanks. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. We need a motion to close it. >> Have a motion to close the hearing. >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Thank you very much. >> And then we will move um so we are now. >> So we already did Charlie's stuff. So news of the schools. >> Karen Karen's uh not feeling >> well. Uh she's shared a few things. I'll share. Uh think Dr. Siana referred to some of the illnesses popping
021around our schools. So I think Miss Hun is still a victim to us. But um she wanted to share that the uh the the fourth and fifth grade play this year with Mary Poppins. Uh directors Mr. Mike McGee and Kevin Quinn are back at it. The dynamic duo. Um they had over 88 students try out. >> Very very great to see that many people participate. March 26 they should have their their show for the parents and the like. Uh tomorrow night at the six o'clock at the library, there will be a presentation from Family Service League. Um raising resilient children is the focus and um as we shared the last time, the playground is up and running and um couple little tweaks for its fully operational in the spring, but kids are out there barring
022the weather of course, but um it's nice. Yeah, there's there's going to be some uh some treasury work that has to happen for an AED uh box that's going to be installed and uh the remaining bits of the work are going to have to wait till we have at least 50° at night. Uh they're going to redo the basketball court uh and lay down some uh slurry seed to help the grass grow, but this is obviously not the season for that. >> Good. Great. >> Sure. >> Yeah. I might invite Stella up to join me on second half if that's okay. >> Absolutely. >> Don't sit in the chair with me. [laughter] Get up and down. It's okay. >> Perfect. But before we get to that, I did want to fill you in that um
023today our 11th grade, all 11th grade students took the English regents exam. If you remember, our rationale there was that it's a cumulative test that they've been preparing for since elementary school. Um, so they could, if they are successful, get one exam out of the way to free them up to focus on their other courses in June. if they don't uh meet the success that they want or the state wants, whichever one, then it could give our special ed and ENL or whomever um isn't successful students a chance to prepare more to take it in June. So, uh it went really well today. We should have those um results back on Monday. Um so, I'll keep you posted in terms of if taking it at a different time of year, um affected their performance at
024all. So, >> the results are back that fast. >> They were that fast. Yeah. [laughter] We couldn't believe it. We just spoke with them today and we were like, well, we didn't want to question it, but we said, are you sure? >> Did other schools do this as well? >> Other schools uh and Mr. Fran might be able to speak to it better. did it uh postco and then I think uh or sorry precoid postco a few schools got away from it but now that we're kind of out of the woods with that it >> in theory makes a great deal of sense for our students um because that May June testing time can be super stressful. Yeah. >> Yeah. So I will keep you posted. >> Um and then in other big news our
025robotics team is doing great. If you remember last year we joined SAG Harbor uh and they were really gracious taking our students and our faculty in. This year we developed our own team with Trevor Gregory and Urban Reininger um and a number of kids. So our team now has the robotics assignment um and they are currently here all hours of the night and weekend working on the robot. The robot has to, and pardon my ignorance on this, but they have to pick up a ball and shoot it into a makeshift um hoop where we essentially have to create uh the robotic version of Michael Jordan that can be no more than 3 and 1/2 ft tall. All for the uh first robotics competition that they will participate in in March. Wow. >> So, very exciting.
026So, uh, we we're thrilled about that and, um, again, just another way to loop in all of our students. And we are thrilled too to present our 2026 Martin Luther King mural done by our art club and inclusion rep club. So, I'll pass it over to Stella. >> Sure. Yeah. So, as you know, this is our annual mural. We have one in here, one in the hallway, um that are we have done for I think this is our fourth one. And this year they chose Keith Jones. So this mural was created by the members of the Eastampton Art Club in partnership with the East End Arts Council annual mosaic project honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activists of color. This year, the artist of Toads recognized contemporary advocate Keith
027Jones for his work in advancing inclusion in the arts. As someone with cerebral policy, Jones is known for his leadership in supporting black musicians with disabilities, creating spaces where access, visibility, and equity are central. Through initiatives such as the Hop Nation and Sammy's Place in Oregon, he successfully he has helped amplify disabled artists voice, foster community, challenge barriers within the music industry. This artwork reflects the power of collective action, creative expression, and continued advocacy for justice and inclusion. So, this was also partnered um with the inclusion club. So, we have two squares made by Austin Austin >> and one square made by Sean and we have his favorite fan, Daytime Rush, on that. Um, and this one was really cool because the art club students chose Keith Jones themselves. So, it was really just um
028a mix of everyone in the community and it's really nice. Yes. >> Nice. >> Really cool. >> Really nice. >> You all have copies and then the student artists are listed on the bottom. >> Great. Wonderful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Any else you want to any other new schools? Kathy, you got anything? >> Yeah. >> Uh, well, we're coming into our final third of the winter season and we are going to start our third middle school season next week on the 26th. >> Borrowing no snow. Um, it really athletic things. Um, we've had a couple senior nights. I just came from senior night for swimming. this tonight. Wrestling's was um this past Friday, but um our athletes are doing very well. We have another our um real team for swimming also
029qualified for the state championships. So, currently we are sending seven kids to the state championships for boys swimming right now. Hopefully some more. >> Are you set? You running everything? I think I'm good because I talked about MLK day at the last at the last meeting. for Vicki and Stella. It's a good I know you're not on the agenda tonight. Do you have anything you want to add? I don't want to put you on the spot, but I don't want to leave you out either. >> Oh, well, I mean, we started at least for Sto a little bit of the March Madness prep, so that's really exciting. Um and world orderly week went really well and actually I for VBS a friend and I attended the um Martin Luther King celebration at the Cavalry Church
030and it was really cool cuz I didn't know but we had a couple of our students there. We had Piper Borsac, she read a poem. Maya Tiveres who did a couple squares on there, she read a poem and she was also recognized with a scholarship which is really cool. and our football team was recognized um for their like historic playoff season. So yeah, >> I saw some clips on on Facebook. >> Thank you very much. >> All right, give me pictures. >> So let's see public comment. Anybody here have a public comment? They have anything you want to say? LTV, do you have anybody on the line? >> No, we [clears throat] have no callers on the line. >> No callers. Okay. And let's see. And now we are on to the consent agenda. Do
031I have a motion to accept the consent agenda? >> I'll make a motion. Second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Okay. Superintendent reported recommendations is pretty short. So state recommended the board approve the instructional appointment of Ruby Vasquez to the position of school counselor for the 202526 school year. Can I have a motion? >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> any opposed. Number two, recommend the board approve the instruct instructional appointment of William Minskoff, the position of teaching assistant. I have a motion. >> Make a motion. >> A second. >> Second. >> Discussion. This is an alum of Eastampton. She's great. It's good to see some some names that we know for sure. >> Uh Tim, do you have anything to add to it?
032Is it a just a release? >> You know, a couple folks on here are returning uh, you know, East Stamp and um, you know, little after college, you know, experiences decided they wanted to be back here did their teaching programs and um, have put themselves in positions to be here and help us and hopefully help them. >> Good. >> Great. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Number three. Recommend the board approve the contractual appointment of Thomas Thorson to the position of instructional permanent substitute. Do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion. Second. >> Second. Another alum. >> Very nice. Known him since you really little. So it's nice to see those people you know that that come from our school and we put some into and they put into our
033district and you know it's it's it's nice to see them come back. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Number four. Recommend that the board approve the non-instructional appointment of Brian Anderson. the position of school bus driver. You have a motion. >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> Speaking of he's alone. He's a little bit there. He's still in love. >> Still alone. Absolutely. Um congratulations and all in favor. >> Any opposed? >> Number five. recommended the board approve a repair reserve fund expenditure pursuant to general municipal law 6D for the necessary projects at the east high school east middle school and John Marshall Elementary School building I have a motion >> I'll make a motion >> second uh that was what our hearing was about tonight and I think it was well
034presented and something that needs to be done >> yes >> thank you Sam for putting the time into it and Greg and I know there's a lot of people involved in that um all in favor >> any opposed Number six, recommend that the board approve the first and final reading of the East Hampton Union School uh district 2627 school [clears throat] calendar. Have a motion. >> Make a motion. Second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? We have nothing under old business. And we noticed that Adam is missing. So, he would usually chime in at this point. He's not able to. >> Um, and nothing under old business, nothing under new business. We're back to public comment again. Does anybody have a new public comment? Did they come up
035with before >> LTV? >> Still no callers on the line. >> Okay. Can I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? Thank you very much.