001all right good evening East Hampton Boe uh we are being recorded we're streaming to YouTube phone lines are open you may begin your meeting thank you very much we have a motion to open the meeting motion second second favor please rise for the plance just ask everybody remain stand Standing silence Morgan ly and for na Loy thank you okay so we are GNA start actually with student presentations I think everybody in the audience is happy to hear that so why Russell would you like to introduce to John Marshall presentation good evening everybody evening we are going to start off today so our Garden Club um has a special presentation for you guys today and that is led by Mrs Lao and we have a group of I believe eight students who wanted to share with
002you some of the things that they're doing with our garden and some of the things that they have been doing over the course of time and some of the things that we might do going forward so um without further Ado Mrs blaz would you like to come up with the c good evening my name is Pao I am grateful to work you know with that this beautiful group of G P I work with them for the last three years we have an average of the students from 20 to 30 kids so we work during the year so they talk about a little bit about project CL thank you hello School hello school board members my name is Michaela we are the members of of John Marshall gardening club and we're here to tell you why
003our school loves our after school Garden Club and school garden thank you thank you hi my name is Lucia and a school garden is a fun Hands-On way for students to learn about science nature and and healthy food it gives us a chance to spend time outside and be action hello my name is David we are warning how to farm careful plants and insects hi my name is Bennett we made cards out of flowers and seeds that we dried pressed and glued they were beautiful with designs to decorate candles during the winter holiday seasons when it was too cold to be outside in the garden we use some of the seeds we collect peanut butter and pine cones to make bird fether that we hung up in our Courtyard hi my name is sopia we
004also got to paint these beautiful garden rocks and would like to give each one of you as a token of our appre appreciation for your support wow thank you very much very nice thank you we have a few pictures so if you can oh check this is our group this is the cars and these are the cards that beautiful they are the tools how often does the call me um we have the meetings once a month but um during October October November we had two meetings and May June and yeah May June we have like three meetings a lot to do during those month now do you look Overlook it in the summertime too you does you stay on top of it a little bit you know I have a communication with a few parents
005so yeah we are in charge you know because we need to clean the wheat does happen do you do vegetables or just flowers vegetables and flowers that's great good thank you you so much for your support would like for to grow this is true there's going to be a light snow sprinkling and after that sprinkles you're allowed to plant your onions not before thank thank you so much thank you so for the next presentation's our annual build on trip uh Mr bber M jeod I think we students with us students Ryan Anthony Ace Olivia and Zion we took 22 this year good even is that a lot uh yeah was a lot did they all come back came back back with so build on usually restricts the amount of people that go on trip to
00618 including the back tap but we've done it enough times and uh Robin is persuasive enough that we were able to secure a couple more spots because that is the hardest part is you have so many High Caliber kids that want to go and then choosing you know the final group is always difficult and so the more people we can take the better uh mostly so every year I'm like two more two more so yeah but we like I said the kids are amazing really high caliber kids and so uh it wasn't tremendously difficult um so this year we went to Sagal which was you know was nice it was a direct flight we didn't have to run through the airports and you know chase after planes uh the first thing uh I think I'd
007like to emphasize is just the team that we went with I know one of the concerns you know from a lot of people is just you you know are the kids going to be taken care of are they going to be safe and first and foremost uh I'd like to you know recognize M jhoda for being I think everybody would agree uh the best trek mom uh you know she does a really great job of helping the kids acclimate um you know when they get home the first night is usually pretty difficult would you agree the first night is pretty difficult so Robin's excellent like giving hugs and encouragement and helping them through difficult times and um so that's first and foremost um obviously I mentioned the kids it's a pretty rigorous you know screening
008process to make sure we have kids are going to be there on time kids are going to follow directions the protocols it's you know it's not without its pitfalls obviously going to a developing country so making sure that you follow through the medical making sure you follow through with all the you know rules and regulations regarding water pets and animals and things of that nature so um you know the team you can see in that photograph you know it's a pretty large team but they're all pretty excited the other part of it which I'd like to emphasize is the build on staff so you can see that picture down uh on the bottom roow there the third one over from the left that's all the people we have drivers we have uh Cooks we have
009translators we have education staff we have um skilled laborers people that actually know how to build stuff you know they know how to work the you know TRS and stuff uh we have a onsite manager we have a guy that guy over there on the left Bob a car he's the guy that goes forward ahead of us make sure we have all the filtered water all those types of things he scouts out the restaurants and the hotels which was fortunate since our flight was canceled um so and that's Abby she uh I've heard about Abby for a couple years you know being involved with buildon you hear stories about you know the amazing track leader that you have in Sagal and she was every bit what what did you guys think of that yeah yeah
010she was awesome she's you know firm but kind she is No Nonsense when she has to be but she's there with the Bandaids and with the Pepto Bismol or whatever they need um so we get there the opening ceremony you can see Anthony and Zoo who are here tonight you know we asked for volunteers to go speak they get right up there and that's one of the things I think is really great about the team is that you had people that can do different things you know we have people have different strengths and that's one of the things I think you would agree that we try to do is pick a diverse team in a lot of different ways personality wise you know skill set and so uh it's really great when you get you
011know when you don't have to make somebody go up there um you know they volunteer they speak from the heart and uh you know they did a great job and you can see just how excited the people are they had signs you know how incredible was it when we first got there like just overwhel the best way it is overwhelming in the best way what do you mean by that like it's just they're so grateful to have you there so it's just you're really happy like it's just got straight to danc there's Zion dancing right there you see there's a lot of dance parties that break out um it should be noted that this is a partnership it's not you know us going there to do something for somebody else it's us going there to
012do something with a group you know they're going to help we're going to help and we all agree they're going to carry on with the building after we're done we agree that we're going to provide the rebar and the materials and you know um workers and they're going to have host families and they're going to have cultural workshops so they have to agree to a lot and you can see one of the things that I'm pretty proud of and we'll talk about this in a minute but you can see there's a lot of people that don't know how to read and write in the in the village that are adults and so you can see that lady there on the left as as a you know the Covenant on could not read and right so
013she's putting her mark on the paper so we all take turns doing this that guy right there is the coolest dude in the village guy in the middle of the sunglasses on he's the chief and he goes about that fast all the time uh he doesn't really move that much obviously the construction is a big part of it spontaneous dance parties break out all the time and somebody just referen um and the kids do lots of different jobs um liia you were the brick person is that right brick so tell us what that means um so each break brick was like made one by one just like there was like a pile of like cement that You' mix with the water and like broken pieces of clay and then you just shovel it into the
014mold and then just tap tap and boom boom it was just all individual so like every brick of the school was just made with like love and care it wasn't and she made almost 500 bricks I think um literally like almost 500 bricks um so you can see there's James Rios he's digging the latrine you can see Lyla Ruddy carrying buckets of sand to backfill you can see uh one of the bar lettas I can't tell from here uh Audrey and Olivia tyan rebar so they they they do a lot of different jobs it's you know not you know always easy but it certainly is fun I think you would agree as the dance party indicates um up there on the right who Could That Be uh and you can see that this is after
015we left the building you know the construction kept going it keeps up and that's one of the things that they agreed to like I mentioned earlier and this was the fastest building project we've ever been a part of the uh one of these guys uh mentioned just how enthusiastic they were and it was from top to bottom whether it was culturally the kids who wants to talk about the kids oh they're so they're so sweet um you know when we got there we were obviously like concerned because we're going to be with families that we don't know but just seeing the kids and how they embraced us with open arms and they were willing to play they were willing to just hang around us and just without even like talking to us we didn't speak
016the same language they just loved being around us and they loved playing and they really like kind of took all the stress away from it all because you know see that these kids are just willing to be in school but also be willing to welcome these people that they don't know into their homes is just it's amazing and just being with them really like made me appreciate being there and made me like happy being there and just seeing how like they are appreciating this gift that we are lucky enough to be able a lot of people do speak French so Ace was got quite a workout everybody that got to hang around with Ace was very appreciative um you may have gotten tired of helping people but the adult literacy program and the enroll program
017are two of the most important things I think that you know we do collectively is you know the adult literacy program I think speaks for itself we did learn about um part of the adult literacy program one of the um one of the buildon um Founders came with us on this track and so he was giving us a little bit of insight as to how the adult literacy program goes in order to take extra people we agreed to fund the adult literacy program and um you know each of the participants gets seed money uh to start a business that or you start a money-making Vare once they complete the the adult literacy program and this year we did the enroll program which you can see those kids down there on the bottom right and Miss
018Joda there smiling with the kids in the school those are kids that left school those are kids so one of Bob car's jobs and the education director's job is to go into the village when school is in session and see who's not there and so talk to the kids talk to the families and try to convince them to come back into school so after school you know convenes during the year they also have these programs where they bring and all those kids are different ages but they're all the same level and so they're really trying to help you know not just the adults but also the kids that fell through the cracks and of course the kids that are enrolled in school so so how big was the village how many people there was a
019lot of people there we when we got the numbers it said 2,000 people but 108 kids and that didn't match but a lot of the people who live in the village tra uh really kind of live in Dar car for work so they come home a little bit so that's I think accounts for the you know the numbers but there were a lot even still and once you once they find out that we're there like people come from other Villages and they want to hang out to see you know these crazy people from America and enjoy our company um the other thing that's really cool is the adult is the cultural workshops that we do in the afternoon and this this time we did uh couscous which I didn't know how couscous was made or
020even what it was to be honest with you and so that was an interesting thing and then uh we had a wrestler on our trip Anthony what would you say about the senales wrestling that's their number one sport it's senales wrestling which I had never heard of wow yeah it was super fascinating to go to another country and then have your sport become their national sport so it was really great to just Embrace their culture like that and it kind of surprised me how kind of similar there is and then there's also the differences between how we do it here and they do it there but I mean I was hanging out with the kids there and we just connected through that and all the other sports and it was a it was just a
021great time to be able to experience some something like that and then of course on every track we have a one of the cultural workshops is a gender discussion so the guys and I go with the guys in the village and then uh Robin takes the girls to talk to the women in the village and it's pretty eye opening there's a couple of questions that are always asked like are these guys married how many kids they have things like that but I thought it was also interesting that this year uh I think it was actually one of our kids that asked that they could do this and that was can we have a discussion with the teens in the village without you guys so I was like absolutely so um they were able to discuss
022openly and freely with the translators the translators are always there to help you know facilitate the conversation um did anybody surprised by anything from the gender Elementary School students here help about so the the community is as these guys have alluded to they Embrace us with open arms these guys it's a little bit daunting I think in the beginning to be with a group of strangers that are now your family for the next several days um and you know we try to tell them during the application process during the first meetings you're going to create these bonds with your host family and you know sometimes you don't really listen to the adults in your life or think that they know what they're talking about but I think most of them would agree that the the
023bonds that they form with these families are are intense and they are real um does anybody have something about their H yeah I mean honestly we bonded on the first night and they were just so amazing and so nice and the little girl was like literally like our little sister and she was she like wear her clothes and know run around her ises but it wasn't just the host family like we made connections with it was like literally every single kid parent in the village and it made leaving so hard I know I was falling on the bus leaving there lot of Tears yeah lot of Tears throughout so I had the kids send me their favorite picture with you know the community members and you can see there you know there's a lot of
024hugs a lot of smiles and we got to play soccer too with the uh some of the some of the guys the build on step where they went really hard in the soccer game really trying to score and uh so that was that was a lot of fun so you know there's always stuff to do these kids we encourage them to bring games like Uno and Jenga and things like that and you know it's fun to roll because we go every night to check on them make sure that their mosquito Nets are properly you know fitting and that they don't have any issues related to you know eating we we Robin and I are constantly watching them like Hawks to make sure taking out protein I don't think sobody just drank enough water we have
025water captains during the day so at night when we roll into the the host family's yards it's it's cool when you get there and you know the first night you see these wide-eyed freaked out kids and then the second night you get there and everybody's laughing and playing Uno or learning some new you know game from Sagal and that's that's a really good picture I think of K odonnell and you know her family and you can see like everybody's smiling they're getting along great there's Olivia dancing we dancing and then the last night you can see Oscar we all got to dress up in sagales gear we all got senales names too which I thought was funny I was I got jabriel which I thought was really cool I like that name what did you
026guys get anybody get one I got son two two so they at they the head of the household usually chooses a name that mean means something uh you know named after their Uncle cousin you know you know one you know one of the leaders of Rel I Nam after the baby that cried every time it's which is not common that is not common baby C uh then the last night as I mentioned we our flight got cancelled and unfortunately we ended up having to go to a resort the uh I think it was a Nigerian soccer team rolling into our hotel so first thing I'm thinking is where are we going to stay because there's no guarantee that there's going to be enough space in this hotel we're going to have to leave and like
027I said before the treack team just gets to work they figure it out and within calling the states each other within you know 40 minutes we had a place to go we packed up our stuff and we walked down the street to this Resort which was a beautiful is this right should we be here uh they had the water they had the pool they had a juice bar and you know so it was it was actually kind of a nice way to unwind they had Ry was right there in the dance party at night with rest of the resort with the party starters but again for buildon they they were like we need to do something for the group they're probably upset so they got two drummers to come to the beach and and teach
028these guys how to drum and it wasn't very long before Ryan volunteered to he was really good you were great dialed right in dialed right in um and so uh that is our school we built that school you guys built that school uh it's completed you can see the kids are in it right there thank you East Hampton uh those are the kids from the village you'll see a lot of them are in the pictures previously it is completed the kids are in school like I said it was the fastest project we've ever been a part of and uh I'd like to emphasize that it is you guys like it is the community it is all the people that donated money it's these guys getting out there it's the parents it's you know the members
029of the staff that are understanding when there's three you when there's three days of school that are missed it's the board approving it it's the administration that helps us it is this then this community has built nine schools throughout the world and raised over a million dollars doing it um so it's also Mr Barber and Miss Joda who and one of my favorite things is one of my favorite things is uh I have and I don't think they like it as much but um I say to them all right the last night after our gift exchange which is always fun it's always fun so we do like a secret S I think I've mentioned this in the past where you have to you get a person that you pick and then you have to make
030something uh from the village materials and stuff and you have to make it and then you present it to the person at the final dinner you say something nice about them which I always think is nice that they get to you know talk about each other because one of the things I like about the the groups is that you get kids that wouldn't necessarily say hi to each other in the hall and next thing you know you throw them in this traumatic situation and they develop these relationships and they recognize you know qualities in each other that are really valuable so I like when they get the opportunity or forced to express that and then uh I tell them all right you have until the time that we roll into eastampton high school to write
031me a reflection while it's still freshing your mind and these are a couple of the quotes that came right from the kids you know Fresh Off Their experience in Sagal uh and a lot of them are pretty powerful um you know you know you hear a lot of people talk about experiences that you know change their perception of the world and things like that I think it's a really important thing I think it goes at a really good time for these kids you know they're they're going to go do something difficult and challenging and somewhat nerve-wracking and going off to college and they have done this and so I think that it gives them an added advantage and a little boost heading into a quite frankly is a try time and you know you see
032these kids have developed confidence they've had developed appreciation they you know are you know that one right there I love I vow to be a better version of myself and remove the word can't from my vocabulary so all this stuff has value and I think you guys deserve a lot of credit for recognizing the value of the program educationally socially emotionally and certainly on a broader scale and most importantly uh you know bring you know literacy to a part of the world that you know can then be empowered to build the next School in their Village and that's the ultimate goal is to empower a community to take it upon themselves to build their own school next time because one school is not enough in these places and so we've already starting to see that
033happen in various parts of the uh the countries that we that we work in so if there aren't there's any questions these guys would be happy to answer going back next year we're going to go so uh we've been talking about next year's destination I didn't go to Sagal so the way it happened is Priscilla took Campbell went to senagal outside of the school right and then it was such a positive experience Mr fine approached me after pisc left and said would you think about doing this as a club and that how many years is or how many trips get you so this is the e8th trip for me this is the fifth trip for Robin we built the school during Co so we had raised the money they canel and they they built the
034school so we built nine schools but taking eight tracks I think it all came from Charlie had emailed me about from Fred dos back in day that's how it all started and Mark who was the build on higher up who is you know with us on the Trek is friends with Fred and he was amazing and you know it was it was really great to get to see a different side of the program and these guys uh have taken the you know organization to another level I I was actually watching something last night and there was a commercial for it uh so you are going next year so we are going next year I don't know where we're going to go we were thinking about going back to Guatemala um you know I like far
035close far was right to point out that the the the flight was long but it was direct which is nice it is nice how far in advance do these communities know that you com so that's a great question so that's one of the things that everybody know is you know the parents especially do we know exactly where in Sagal we're going well we don't because there's you know the advanced team in Sagal that's located or identified communities that are eligible that have a need but they have to fulfill their end of the bar that that includes you know vetting host families that includes finding a water source identifying a location making sure that theyve the rights going through the Ministry of Education so once a community is ready and we are ready meaning we have
036raised enough money to you know Buy building materials and the um the in country travel expenses then they put us together so it's not usually until like a month or so maybe a little bit longer but usually like a month or so where we say oh you're going to DAR you know we know the region generally speaking in each of the countries but we don't know the exact Community until about a month so you you buy the the uh supplies and everything to build the building also yes so the the funds that we raise the the construction costs are uniform across the board so and the in country travel expenses are are fixed right but the flexible is the is the bus to the airport which is expensive uh and the um and the flight
037so we buy this concrete the steel rebar tools pay for the salaries of the skilled laborers there's two skilled labors and then there's the onside building manager so all the construction costs are born by this community and um the um like the water the food like we have a we have a cook that you know make sure that the food that they're prepar what you guys think of the food great um super I like it so she makes sure that she prepares food that are going to keep us healthy and you know the water that she washes the vegetables in is filter she's you know understands that we can't just you know rice and onion sauce every day for you know 10 days so there's french fries thrown in there's you know various things um
038so the cook the emergency drivers all that stuff are costs associated with the in country and the uh Hotel the hotels the restaurants you know these guys they don't have to bring any money they've paid for everything already they just have to show up do the work be open to dancing and experiences and do you feel like do you feel that you all have created stronger bonds with each other from going on going on that trip me and only said like two sentences to each other like prior to the and now we like hang out all the time and I'm just so proud of of you guys being our ambassadors Billy you're you're wonderful Rob Terri amazing just it's wonderful that you do this a lot of Village got a hug you guys have a
039what the commitment you make to fundraise and do your things beforehand I mean that's impressive yeah I can't say enough about the communities the Civic organizations the businesses you know um you know the parents you know you know this particular go around we have you know best pizza we you know there's a it's a pretty huge Community effort and some kids are really good fundraisers and some of them you know are really good dancers and some of them are really good at Mixing concrete some of them are really good at interacting with kids and some of them you know uh you know have their own special skill set and you know they can give tough love when somebody's you know melting down so they really support each other and it's a like it's a full
040team thing and it's uh I think um a really valuable educational experience for you know everyone involved amazing it is amazing thank you so done thank you thank you yeah you guys can um you guys can all go if you like to unless you'd like to stay thank you ex that one has the last minute contract put on just good at that all right Stephanie with our enl budget good evening everyone um so I just wanted to start off by kind of giving a little bit of background um at this point our district has about 24% of it students that qualify for enl services uh 28% if you count uh the students that are at the commanding level that we provideed Transitional services for so everything in this budget is really um uh listed here
041to to support all of the mandated programs that we offer um our students um and honestly most of the budget is uh the same as last year with just a couple of uh slight changes um one that I want to draw your attention to is on page two um under materials and supplies for the high school um we are looking to update some of our translation devices these are devices that we use for parent meetings large student presentations um so that we don't necessarily need to have someone standing at the front translating but they can kind of listen to it on a in a more discreet way um so we're looking to update some of those devices that's what you see there and then the other thing that I wanted to point out is under
042the middle school budget line um it also has uh $1,000 uh allocated towards uh the Dual language program you know we're very excited that it's moving up to the middle school next year uh it's a big step for the district and and for the program itself uh each year we try to set us a little extra money to make sure that whatever that new classroom is for the Dual language program is set up for Success um so that money is not new it's just under a different building code at this point because we're now moving up into the middle school so really the major changes any thank you questions thank you all right chello everyone hey um thank you uh for the opportunity to present this budget I uh um just I the key things
043that uh that we're mainly focusing on is our budget was on a Splat uh increase um and our main focus is on replacing aging computers at the Middle School uh where those computers are uh about nine years they're going to be 10 years old by the year we yeah time and they we bought them on uh like there was a buyback these type things were so gently used when we got them so so they serve their purpose um that this one's on the first page yes that's they say a next home it's supposed to say Ms classrooms and um the uh the other uh major things is uh we've spent a lot of time this uh year uh trying to own out our software and try to focus on on um applications that really uh
044suit uh uh each departmental area's needs and and then uh we tried to find softwares uh that uh could uh perform like one pie of software that performs multiple um functions for uh our our staff because sometimes we'll have one that um makes uh you know Gaines educational type game with the teacher like a cute type of program um and then other programs that uh would um be more geared towards uh generating quizzes and things like that uh we're trying to focus on applications that do a multitude of those things uh so we can consolidate um these software products and uh and also uh uh video um uh Solutions we added some video uh solutions that were very uh popular in the past that um uh will they steer away from like the YouTube type
045video it's more instructional based and and it's um and it's aligned with uh uh New York City standards um and um the uh a teacher can just search for a specific type of content and find three or four videos and just find like from um uh 314 in the video to 5 12 in the video it covers this topic so so it really hones down so they can just pick that one clip out of the video and show that one piece instead of watching a 20 minute video or 14 minute video and um yeah that they were the main uh things that we focused on um you know we this year we really tightened up our uh Network significantly and uh everything is new up to date and thank you very much for that yeah
046just just trying to keep everything nice and tight and safe you thank you thanks thank you Dr say one second I don't know if the board Minds you I had a new business item we just received a report from New York State education department they evaluated our controller audit that we went through with chu a few years ago and I just wanted to read this just into the record publicly and I was going to do it I'm glad you're here for it we appreciate the district's Pro proactive stance on cyber security and its commitment to protecting student staff and thata we commend the district for its proactive approach to data security and look forward to assisting you any way necessary to enhance your cyber security Foster so it's Testament to you and the work and
047I know we've talked about your work in cyber security and I really really appreciate it so this was just the timing of this was thanks thank you what thank you for having me uh so the Transportation budget there has been some increase uh those increases are Beyond out control uh and they are our utilities and bus pot purchases uh the bus part purchases is due to out sh services with our two local districts which that money is then reimbursed to us and uh so it a not really but you have to show it I have to show it yes any questions yeah yes we are we are taking on more runs we're helping other schools with buses yeah and and so on and so forth and are we having still having a need for bus
048driving is that our biggest concern uh qualified bus drivers we will always have a need of bus drivers because I anticip don't let because I anticipate our top drivers are going to be retiring out so if you have someone walking in the door wanting to be a bus driver and you turn them away when my top three people are leaving I mean just two years ago you had a very tough time getting anyone to sit behind a wheel of a bus yeah and we thanks you them so we've got more people and we a meeting today with the electric buses and they were telling us you might need to split routes I said can't say that and you know bus drivers we don't have enough to begin with so yes there will always be a
049need and if we want to take on anything more which I think is a wonderful Avenue that East Hampton is doing yes we will always want more bus drivers and qualifi is good too we have some of that training where they can do some of their hours with us right we help them get their we have a full training class for we have someone going next week great for um for licensing so we start them the only thing they need to do on their own is go get their permit and then um we take them from there on it's great yeah it's really exciting to see that it really is working out well of the district and has really you know taken that CH with it you know grass really at it she's recruiting people
050she's training people I mean I've had to slow her down make sure we check the people before we get her just to make sure they're calling through but done a fantastic job training the people yeah know I mean she's TR she's checking them recruiting them and she's training them and and the staff are doing as well so she deserv L CR thank you I I like the idea of shed Services I like the idea that you can reach out to our other districts and help them with their bus needs and not only not only does it it good for us because we make money on it but they save money too that's right it's a it's a really a win-win and it's great we can do that thank you pleasure thank you yeah so uh
051we going to fill it for Greg for his budget it's a very modest increase 1.51% is all we're looking for in the facilities Department uh much like kette is talking about we we're doing a lot of shared service with facilities and I want to give Greg and uh his team a lot of credit we're doing maintenance uh for at least two of our neighboring districts uh more if others are interested and he has done a great job in recruiting and training and equipping us with top-notch maintenance mechanics and custodians so that we're able to to share that uh you know the budget increase is very modest our biggest uh increase as always it's just utilities because it's out of our control we have to make sure we're adequately budgeted for that district has been very
052board has been very generous with us over our equipment needs in the last few years we're able to bring those expenses down a little bit in what we're looking at for next year and uh Greg will be back very soon from sigle and we'll be in good condition and I do want to just pay tribute to Greg and collect the the work that they're putting in for shared services with our neighborhood districts is is really quite excellent I'm really very happy and proud of what they're doing so and what we're seeing in each budget is the increase in the expenses but not see the offsetting revenue offset by the revenue that comes in right uh and really it's wonderful savings for taxpayers on both sides of the district B yeah I think one of the
053things that's that's fully applicable to facilities and I've had this ation with bosis and their development uh of their Bose Eastern celic Bose's budget is vendor prices are not in line with the 2% tax cap so districts are struggling to keep up with vendor increases of five six 7% um especially Soul Source vendors so that's been a big challenge for us and I know Greg and Sam have worked really hard especially in this area because you're we're really oppos uh operating with limited resources in this area GRE has done an excellent job in finding contractors who are reliable who are willing to come here who are willing to work by Municipal rules and we have you know we they treat us well we are a reliable customer for them and so really trying to maintain
054and cultivate those relationships so that when we need the roofer to show up you know with an hour's notice he's here and that's not an easy task it's not an easy task EXC job have you do with the CL the club we get the clog that's be too gross but the CL has been taken care of I think it's best running free flow on to news this so I'll start Kathy is not here because she attended the unified bowling match today so this is Kathy's report great spring sports are in full swing as well as unified bowling uh she apologized for not being there cuz she's with team in Riverhead uh numbers for spring tryouts uh baseball 46 boys lacrosse 26 Boys Tennis 30 boys track 36 girls flag football 39 girls lacrosse 36 girls
055softball 32 girls track 38 our numbers are looking good for middle school as well but we'll know better by the end of the week as they start Monday to 24th thank you for your support and hope to see you guys out on the fields of the track from Charlie you have anything sure and we'll you know it's so good to see buildon continue because that work is so it's hard to believe I think that was 13 years ago that that those discussions started but the fact that our kids are getting to go out into the world like that and engage in that kind of community building is great for them and good for people who receive that love that um March is a busy month for us we just had our musical performance of Finding
056Nemo which was really great the kids did such you know such a great job um in their two performances and it's an expensive line item in the budget and since you're doing budget now I always say it's not just those two performances it's the 10 weeks and 11 weeks that lead up to that and this has touched you know kids at the back of the house and front of house in these performances that are you know working hard across all of that time with their teachers and just have an opportunity to engage together in something that's really meaningful to them so thank you it was really wonderful it was hysterical yeah and they they did such a terrific job I agree Rob of them teachers um tomorrow officer Jack and I start our Internet safety
057presentations and we'll do those uh with the sixth graders first then the seventh graders the eighth graders when we the parents are aware of it we've sent out the slide deck from the East Hampton Village Police so folks know what they're going to be hearing and can reinforce it at home but then we personalize it with stories from the past EST so Mr Lazarus and Dr White um and Mrs winter joining as well and contribute their perspective so it's a it's a really good chance for the kids just to wrap their Minds around what they're doing when they're out online and on social media and you know I always tell the staff and the students when you sift it down it's really stop and think so with that most things Middle School we could be
058talking about anything stop and think and then act or connect whatever it is that we're working on so that uh those should be interesting and hopefully parents are reinforcing that at home um and finally our PTA has their big fundraiser this Thursday is a Billy Joel tribute band so you're all that appeals you're welcome to join us on Thursday night from 6:00 to 9: and those folks raise a lot of money to the building that we in turn you know turn over to the students in prizes and a lot of the add-ons in many of our activities so it's at uh Steven talk house this time this Thursday evening that's all I have thank you thank you oh public comment anybody here have a public comment LTV do you have any public comments on the
059line we have no callers on the line excellent Gabriel we have the middle of the elementary school PTA event too on Thursday correct there is a casual gathering before get 4:00 on Thursday um and uh parents who have kids at both locations can can swing by Smokey buns at 4:00 and it's just a casual Gathering we'll have a bigger event um later in the spring and so thank you so much for for mentioning Emily and actually just as a a quick public comment um I am my son Bennett is in Garden Club has been there for two years and I'm always um like it's such an unusual thing to have it's such a great idea for our club because we certainly have access to that in our own backyards but the enthusiasm for it at
060John Marshall is um there's a lot of children in the club in the fourth and fifth grades and currently the PTA is is working on some um we've just submitted two grants uh to look for funding to revitalize the outdoor science classroom in the prek playground area at John Marshall and and um beyond the the the playground is um are some old beds that were part of the outdoor science classroom that just need to be revitalized and um we're looking toward getting some grants some local volunteer from parents and and business businesses and supplies to um make that happen for the fall and then going forward and and having even a summer Garden Club to uh help with the weeding so just great it's just it's very exciting to see that enthusiasm from those children
061and to know that we're hoping to to grow it um in the next year and Beyond so PT so Thursday is PTA fundraiser day it four to six at Smokey VN and then 6 to n at stepen talk house all right action fact ready anybody else have a comment board anything well that next time I guess but anyway uh consent agenda can I have a motion to accept the consent second second all in favor I any opposed move on to the superintendent's report and recommendations and we've got item number one here recommended the board approve the non-instructional appointment of Benjamin Cohen the position of Automotive mechanics 2 the 202 2425 school year I have a motion I'll make a mo second second yeah I got a question is that an addition or repl replacement repl
062what's that rep repacement oh any further discussion all in favor any opposed number two recommend the board approve the additional for DM teaching section appointed in the subject area of secondary English be utilized on an as as needed basis effective March 5th through 2025 through the remainder of the 2425 school year I have a motion make a motion second second discussion we have a a teacher that we have a teacher who has been assigned by the governor to who's an active military up in Upstate New York in the prison system right now so this is the best course of action in that case so we don't know um don't know time frame we don't we don't all in favor any opposed number three recommend recommend the board approve the resignation for the purposes of retirement
063from Charles westgard Network system administrator effec of June 30th 2025 and approve a memorandum of agreement between East Houston free school district and Charles westgard as network administrator for the 2024 school year can I have a motion make a motion second second discussion thank you thank you congratulations that was such a great presentation you had before so now you get to retire M congratulations all in favor I I very good all right number four recommend the board approve a memorandum of agreement between the east ampton UN freed school district and the East ampton schools administrators Association regarding the position of a district instruction technology and network systems I have a motion I'll make a motion second second discussion this is the title for uh Chuck's replacement so we are moving from civil service to certificated
064administrator thank you for Charlie because it is the East Hamp administrators Association thank you for making it easy for us to do this I appreciate it great all in favor I any opposed number five recommend the board designate for the 2025 26 school year Tuesday July 8th 2025 for the eastampton Union Free School District Board of education's annual reorganizational and regular meeting I I have a motion second second any discussion all in favor any opposed number six recommend the board approve the contract agreements for the 2024 25 school year and they're all listed below can I have a motion I'll make a motion second second again I mean I'll point out again you know we're providing services for project most we provided buses and entered into agreements and for a while the other one is
065for Springs we're helping them out with a route they need help help out with again we had it through Colette um and then through Sam and we have agreement there for Sprites great all in favor I any opposed number seven recommend the board approved the student trips for the 24 25 school year can I have a motion make a motion second discussion second Christina any discussion I think it's all there yeah that's a great great opportunity good than yeah yes all in favor I can oppos number eight recommend the board approve the res revised change order number one with the contract Island Plum and and tank regarding East High School grounds building work project for the 2024 25 school year can I have a motion make a motion second second discussion D little confusion last
066time about which tank we were doing changeing order on I'll stra that out just right that all right all in favor I any opposed that does it for the superintendent reports and recommendations if I can get my computer to move on do I go business you have anything for old business no new business so so two things uh one we're obviously working with Sarah Smith in the high school there will be a student board member uh next year uh the roles of that are very limited this was mandated by the state um but Sarah and I have discussed it with Carrie in the loop uh again uh it's not that the student does not attend executive session doesn't have voting privileges but we're working on that we have a we already have a policy in
067place so just so you know um the last thing is the new special ed uh Elementary program so this is you know kind of Josh odm spoke about it uh in the paper he have to started a nice piece on it so uh the superintendence uh on in East Hampton Town specifically uh mon talk amance at Springs in East Hampton got together uh through various discussions through all of our shared services and one of the things that we have talked about at least in East Hampton for years is facilitating a way to bring back our most fragile children from from Western uh from Westampton Beach bosies and other bosies around uh suffa County uh just because we're putting these kids again our most fragile students with special needs on buses and busing them out of
068here um so we're working on development of of a program that would be housed in the spr on in Springs we have space we've met with the town and discuss space um uh all the districts are in agreement the business officials have met the PPS directors have done have met uh they obviously will help identify older children um I I must say it's from every single level it's been an absolute pleasure with every goal everything in mind of getting all of these kids as many as we can back into District obviously there's the procedures there's special ed procedures there's cses that need to take place and committees that make decisions with the parents involved and in some cases the students that have to happen but I I I've said it you know it said to
069Sarah said to Cindy we've said it with our group of superintendent this is one of the things hopefully as we develop this and it evolved uh for September of 25 uh it's it's just an great a great thing for these kids yes there's a monetary savings for all the districts but that's a no-brainer why are we putting kids on the bus for an hour and a half each way so um you know so we got to go and they're all the hard work is being done right now by the uh the directors uh we we did the easy part by getting the location figuring out and working out some of the Kinks and the business stuff but this is the real this is the nuts and bolts of it a game changer for these kids
070most of the kids that are coming back what we call 621 six students two no we're looking at um you want me to yeah we're looking at um two 811 programs uh so eight students uh maximum to the class we're going to start with we're hoping to start with two uh separate classes okay and how many how many students we don't know can that building hold that building can hold a lot of students it's a great space but we are we're Bound by the ratios of special education so we you know we feel we have the capacity for two sections whether it m it grows into two sections you know our goal is to get that one section but we talk Sarah and I talked today Cindy and I have spoken and the other directors
071if it's two sections we are capped at two sections right now there that would be you know so that we're doing it very carefully so that we section we're focusing strictly on Elementary age now so you know obviously as it grows we will need to find a place a middle level place for the middle school age we we said we'll talk about that whether it be mon talk Springs having G at e Hampton again the high school obviously the high school program as it grows and develops will evolve here we do have a very conducive space to that evolution here um so it's just a matter of getting this going as soon as we get it going from you know using our teaching staff hiring all the money's being pulled that we commit to it
072and divided to create a per pupil rate for each of the districts so if East Hampton has seven kids and every other district has two kids we're obviously paying more money but that's fine we have seven kids so but there's a net savings um I'm not you know that's a nice you know secondary thing for me again we've talked Cindy and I go back three years talking about bringing our kids and finding places and placements for this specific group of of students the goal would be to have them included as much as possible into the spring School uh and Nancy has been absolutely wonderful over there about creating opportunities for them and and she sees it uh all of us see in our vision all the superintendence vision and I think it goes to say
073to the PPS directors we're we're all focused on the same thing I mean nobody's deviating you know we're we're really pushing ahead with this and it's just so we would we be able to then maybe like hire our special The Specialist instead of um Contracting them after both maybe we could hire our own so we are gonna the goal that is so that is the goal I'm sure Cindy and and Sarah could talk about the frustrations about getting people out here we that is the goal and to repurpose inhouse staff yeah but it's better if you have a full position than a parttime position it's worth for somebody here we could hire somebody that's what we time position absolutely that's the goal that is the goal and it's a need it is in all related
074Services really that' be great to have it on I think it's a great good all right um public comment any more public comment LTV do you have anything we have no callers on the line thank you any board member have a comment all right can I have a motion to ad adourn I move move motion second second all in favor thank you very much