001all right good evening eastampton Board of Education you're live we're being recorded we're streaming to YouTube you may be again good okay I have a motion to open make motion all in favor I okay please rise for the pledge legance thank you all right I turn the meeting over to the superintendent for our budget Workshop yes thank you JP I know we have some special guests uh the budget presentations will go very fast and uh then we'll we promise do the best part of the meeting so uh Miss Smith sure good evening everybody um I am thrilled to present the projected budget for the high school and uh I thought it was easiest to kind of put it into three main categories um that being continuing and updating programming uh projected or anticipated changes with
002graduation measures and potential regulations and then lastly uh student experiences so um to kind of work through some of the major changes uh we continue to expand and fund our science research program this year we have added uh New York State science and engineering Fair we will continue with that uh we have uh uh students participating in that as we speak we have a separate budget line for science research that's materials and supplies um $1 16,475 for that that is on page nine that is the same money that has always been used but in a different budget line for independent science research so that is for their um individual projects whatever they need to order whatever supplies they need um that is there for them we continue to support their experience um in field trips
003on page six you will see um their uh budget for the world food prize that is the Cornell trip that they will then if they meet success at Cornell they then qualify to go to Iowa um and last year we had two students make it to that round in that level we anticipate the same if not more this year which is super exciting and as our students in science research continue to meet additional successes we want to be ready to support them and so I think uh it was AA Garten's recent book where she said be ready when opportunity happens and opportunity continues to happen for our science research kids for because of their hard work and we want to be ready financially when it does so that's all the ways that we are supporting
004them also you'll see um we continue to support our science research programs and we have our CTE programs with our culinary and our Automotive you'll see a few additions on page 10 to our Automotive program we've noticed as we've gone through that program a couple years now things like lift training um updating the diagnostic machines uh as well as the accounts that they need Nappa or Granger or snapon whatever the case may be we have added those to continue to support that program they have uh requested a smoke machine not to be confused with a fog machine uh I learned the hard way um they are as you all know currently doing inspections on the high school staff's uh cars which has been phenomenal for the students to get that real world uh perspective for
005our uh teachers to have their students working on their cars it takes the trust factor to a new level um but that machine would allow uh them to test for leaks and emission systems um so that would just allow them to do another level of the inspections which would be great that would be to the tune of $1,400 um another huge huge uh thing that we're excited about at the high school is a potential CTE program with medical assisting we would love to we have seen tremendous success in culinary and Automotive we would love to add a medical assisting program as as we are working right now in fact we had a site visit today with Southampton to see their program if we would work if we worked with Southampton our students would do that
006through Southampton Hospital if we did that here our with our own program our students would we would do that in concert with the new Emergency Center so depending on the exact Logistics um the exact numbers um exactly what we're able to pull off for next year we are committed to the program ultimately being here with us whether or not we're able to do that next year um or the following year either way we would like to run the program so it may look like it might be in Southampton next year or we might be able to swing it so it's right here we're just working those out now either way the infrastructure demands for that program are quite minimal which is a great thing and kind of new for us given our automotive and culinary
007programs um but I did Reserve about $5,000 for materials and supplies or field trips or guest speakers for that program all of that is right there on page 10 if you wanted to to look further um is that classroom time and then rounds at the emergency it's technically separate but I think we all know that those work best when they're integrated and the students are actually doing it you know at the hospital or in our Automotive Center or in our kitchen um so while they can technically be separate we're working very hard to make it so that that if not full time it's at least part of the classroom time um so that will sort of depend Southampton the way they do it now is they're not full-time in the hospital but they're across the
008street in that Medical Center um but they walk right across to do their rounds which is very so and part of the the draw of aose program you want the hands-on experience so um which would be a a you know beautiful relationship with our Emergency Center so that's the ultimate Vision so exciting things um another change there under programming would be a potential new AP course um if we are able to run our AP African American studies program we would need curriculum writing for that um so that would be an additional 2700 um you can see that on page three um again with any new course we do curriculum writing so that would be a slight addition but certainly a worthy one in my mind for curriculum we do have some significant curriculum shifts in
009living environment and Earth and space science uh great shifts necessary shifts in my mind uh they're moving to um less content heavy and more process in the true scientific method with that shift um we are looking at two programs to support our teachers uh one being cognitive which is a curriculum that uh is in line with the nless standards we have to uh adhere to and um inner orbit is another program we are looking into both of those are on page five and those would support our teachers with those changes and a shift of this nature which is a big shift a necessary shift in my Prof professional opinion but at first our teachers are working very hard to adjust their instruction instru adjust their pedagogy even their daytoday and at first we want to
010provide as many resources as necessary to support them in that and then over time those fall away as it becomes more second nature so that would be um the rationale behind those two increases there with cognity and inner orbit um next major um change that you may see in my budget is um around you know anticipated changing graduation measures and potential regulations so as we know um you you'll see these at the top of page two under high school supervision we do have uh you know graduation requirements changing very soon and as a result of the Blue Ribbon commission and committee we students will have various Pathways of meeting graduation requirements for instance they may be able to uh meet graduation through an internship or the various seals the Seal of biliteracy the Seal of
011Civic Readiness uh we do not know exactly what this is going to look like in real time yet so we want to be prepared if there's any additional staffing needs or if there are any additional uh data collection tools tools that we need to keep track of all of these different ways students can graduate uh a very important thing for us to keep track of so um sort of a big ticket item there but it is VE a very important thing that we don't know exactly what that is going to look like yet so we want to be prepared for any needs that might bring um lastly along the same lines but much less important um we don't know exactly where Governor hok is going to go with the proposed smartphone regulations we don't know
012exactly what's going to happen some of our students might be able to weigh in on their opinions on that um but we want to be prepared in the event that we have to adjust our current policy I say in the event we don't know exactly um and while we would love to assume that any mandates uh by the state will be funded by the state I think we've all been in this business long enough to know that's not exactly how it always goes so uh it uh that is a big ticket item there but just that's there just as we don't know exactly what that will look like um we don't know when that decision is being made we don't and we don't know when the we have the draft of what is proposed but
013it's been very quiet it's been very quiet yes the draft came out and then it was not much so uh so we'll see where that goes and we'll continue most importantly to engage in that conversation with our community so um so the last thing perhaps the you know most uplifting and fun part under student experiences um you know everything that rounds out the high school experience and you know adds Dynamic elements to the classroom um such as field trips or in-house experiences at the risk of being redundant from year to year I just want to remind you that um four field trips I always factor in a cushion because a lot of those trips um depend on donations from our community and we appreciate those funds we could not be more grateful of the support
014but we know how difficult it is for various organizations the eastampton Education Foundation Kanas Ro to read the list goes on we know how difficult it is to raise that money and um we know that if they have an off year in fundraising we don't want to have to sacrifice those experiences for our students so a perfect example of that is our 911 trip that that is a pivotal experience for our students it is a must SE for Every Generation Um particularly as we get further and further from 911 um and so we that that trip has become more expensive but we have budgeted for that because it's important that our student students go and experience that an additional trip that we have added to uh field trips is if we are able to run
015an AP art history course they have proposed a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art which I think would be money well spent to have a guided tour by Heather Evans through the Met is a once- in a-lifetime experience so um that would be an additional 3500 again that would be if the course runs um and the last addition that you may see there under field trips um we ran a new course this year Urban studies and with that course uh they did take a great trip um and they took the train because they study the subway systems but they took a trip to the tenement Museum um and Ellis Island to uh study all of that in the birth of the city so um all really good things so any increases are for uh
016you know student centered activities or programming thank you yeah thank you so uh we're just gonna pause the budget for a little bit um I just want to read a statement and then I'm GNA ask Kathy to come up for a second on Monday January 27th at approximately 8:00 pm one of our students at the high school experienced a medical emergency in our gymnasium these three men sprung into action one of those men who who was Donnie McGovern one of our coaches I cannot stress the severity and complexity of the situation due to their incredible perseverance training and calmness they were able to keep this student alive until EMS was able to take over I could not be more proud of their response no words can do this Justice they are simply Heroes Kathy would
017you like to introduce who we're talking about yes um first I want to call up yanell and his family to Echo what Adam said um we train for this and we in hopes that we never have to use it but what these three men did that night goes beyond the pride and love that we have for what we do and I can't be happier to see him standing here I hug him every time I see him in the hallway try to be gentle but um it's just an amazing amazing thing again you never hope that it happens but this is the best outcome that we could ever wish for um so at this time I'd like to call out coach Don McGovern and two of our PM view teams Tom Lambert and chrishna we made
018little things I know um you know obviously just just little tokens of our spe from us to you for doing what you guys did I know that after this meeting Jay and Pon viw had taken everybody out including all the kids to hold me Jay dinner is on Pon view I to I you do these guys so whatever honest guys unbelievable I have to honestly say couldn't be prouder of the the staff here the security that we have we've been through different forms of security over the years and I have to say that this is the best time um to know that we've had the right people in place and thank you very much and we're really proud of everybody thank you Psy on Dell's uh healthy getting on the way on the men and
019PSY but I gotta make mention of the of the boys who were there that night because without their their help going to get help uh things wouldn't have happened as quickly as they happened to help Yandell so uh Round of Applause to all the boys that were hey think they appreciate you uh Adam for you know letting us doing this now because they want to go and play in the gym now much better there yes thank you thank you you can all go now you don't have to go right in place keep an eye on schaer keep an eye on schaer say every read more than one ey so Drano so for Middle School um the budget is pretty much the same there's uh you'll see on page seven there's an increase of 9% but
020that's largely due to lines that we've had before where we've had increase in prices over time those of you who've been on the board for a while know that the chairs always fluctuate and now we're up to $4,150 for those it's hard to get around that costs are it rising and it as you say it sort of is what it is it's the same with the PLS that we engraved in the office I love them and it turns out they have haven't been charging us for years and they turned around this year I was explaining to Sam and all of a sudden they tacked on $800 which is fair and I think given the rising cost overall companies have to make a Prof so now we're seeing that and that is increased in this budget
021as well and then the two other areas we wanted a projector for scenery in the auditorium that we could also use during concerts um similar to the one that the high school has and then uh we the music program wants in Alto Sachs for $1,700 so all of that um brings us to a dollar chains of a little over $110,000 but most of it is just price increases that we haven't realized over time and that's those are the the changes that I think are remarkable that that you should know about they only needed one alra sex now okay I remember years ago we're all caught up now we're all caught up but I think we're doing it responsibly over time so the request for this year is for one outo there's no request for a
022bassoon that's an expens [Laughter] instrument we're in good shape in terms of musical instruments now as of now thank you very much hi good evening um the John uh building budget is also uh fairly similar to last year the largest area um sum is under teaching regular school at John Marshall and you can see that's really inclusive of um classroom supplies including art music um science supplies and um really a great deal of that is our you know our classroom supplies in an elementary building there there quite a bit of um uh different items that are ordered for the classrooms to run effectively so you can see some broad categories listed there uh I did mention last year we had had an increase which is staying the same for next school year in our field
023trip budget we're thrilled with the partnership that we've further developed with the historical society and the field trips that are happening this year in um first second and fourth grade primarily so that is also in the budget again for next year there's anything else I wanted to specifically point out there was is there anything any questions that I could answer I don't have any I think thank you simple you thank you thank you very much so uh special education um is based on last year's budget as you all know um and then some costs go up including uh some the's tuition and then we're trying to do some um programming to bring student to keep students in District versus going how um do you have any questions on specifics about the budget no I don't
024have most of is mandated stuff you know I know you guys worked hard it is it is um good to note too that the um even with some of our enrollment numbers over time going down the special education numbers have gone and the the level of disability has increased yeah I was just gonna say that I work in the elementary in the prek and middle school and I definitely see just from last year even though I'm new I'm only been here a year thank you this is actually one year thank you should start with thank you because you're all incredibly supportive of special needs students um so Adam and for thank you but yes I definitely see the change even though our enrollment overall is going down the enrollment in you know even prek and
025um all the elementary school in special is increasing so it is just keep that mindful like just be mindful of that but otherwise no there's been no major change so it seems that was it work question great thank you thanks thank you thank you go it's okay car forgot foret this budget get nothing um okay thanks guys as you can see our equipment budget is down 45% from last year thank you so much for supporting the purchase of the two basketball hoops that we got from John Marshall last year they're working on great um and you know it's something that's going to last us for years to come we will be u offsetting a couple different things we need two new football sleds if you've looked at the football sleds I think they were there
026when John Ryan was playing football um so we need some new ones out there and we also need new cargo net in the elementary school that that cargo net I yeah we looked at that it definitely needs to be replaced um our athletic budget is modestly up modestly due to a couple of things one the addition of our JB flag football footb team currently within SAA County we have 32 football flight football teams um it's the most in New York state and that's great but in order to keep your like football team you kind of need a JB team to help support that uh we currently have 25 girls that want to try out this year already and we are still a week and a half away from proud so that will add on so
027this is definitely a time to come up for that um also Nisa fees section Liv fees have increased a slight amount that's due to off setting the officials fees um we've had some great success this year with success costs continue to be needed for safety needs such as new football helmets and contined supplies for our student athletes with proper equipment and supplies needed for them to have a safe and successful Seasons I'm very proud of the success our teams have had from football making the playoffs first time in 11 years wrestling having its first County Champion since 1987 this young man finished second this weekend swimming having a New York state qualifier who will swim this weekend bowling win its first League match in five years and countless other Playoff teams this year I am
028proud to say every single one of our winter teams were New York State scholar athl amazing wonderful any questions for me I have no questions speaks I do have com she's here we got the word out started last Sunday with uh our Junior qualifying and Kathy helped get the word out and we had a great turnout uh it's wonderful maybe reflect the fact that when you teach you make people better and that's a wonderful gift to give give us and I just appreciate um just the whole idea of of what we're all about here and and to uh any one of our programs I I believe that we're involved in whether it's swimming or or Fizz or pleas we are making better people and that is that is a wonderful thing to be a teacher
029and I appreciate um all the effort that goes in and it cost money thank you you have do he have to close open the meeting we're good we're rolling we're rolling let's keep going schools anybody have anything I just told you everything okay fine with me go uh public comment for agenda items there anyone to make a comment LTV do you have anybody for a public comment no we have no callers on the line okay consent agenda can I have a motion to accept the consent motion second second all in favor I any oppos okay superintendent's report and recommendations so let's see I recommend that the board approve the non-instructional appointment of Christina bryley the position of power professional uh for a Le replacement you have a motion I'll make a motion second any discussion
030it's Le yeah yeah all in favor I any opposed uh now I'm not used to this format this is terrible now I'm not using this format so all right so number two resolve that the board approve the following appointments uh to teach additional sections for instruction that that's commence February F uh February 3rd 2025 through May 2nd 2025 the 2024 25 school year with compensation as follows and it's all listed below I have a motion motion second second these are a speech uh and it's contractual didn't have anyone for leave replacement and we were able to with the help of the special of directors find a way to to schedules meeting as they said some of the needs of these kids that are meeting okay all in favor any opposed uh number three recommend the
031board approve the following contract agreements and theit one through four can I have a motion make a motion second second second any discussion yeah I mean the biggest thing there uh another P picking up another shared service with Bridge hampon School District with Transportation so again been it's been a pleasure to work with the neighboring districts um we're all working together to um provide services to the kids out here great all in favor I any opposed now I got a question um Brampton School District they use montro Buss don't they and we're going to provide what service for them yeah so we're this is this is a route where that we send up the island uh daily so we're picking up it's actually on the way for us so we're picking up one of their
032kids I think the cost would have been prohibited we're saving them a lot of money we're saving money we're setting the bus anyway we actually already have another Bridge suit who drives this bus great going past this child's house it's a win for us win for them makes sense perfect great makes sense logical number four recommend the board approve the annual meeting budget vote and trusty trusty election uh of the village I'm sorry of eastampton unit fre School District to be conducted on Tuesday May 20th 2025 from 1 to 8:00 pm I have a motion I'll make a motion second second all in favor any oppos it's late this year it is a little late we wanted to keep Terry here longer number five recommend the board approve the personal appointments of the um for
033their services at the district annual budget vote and election to be held on May 20th 2025 I have a motion make a motion second second any discussion all in favor I any opposed number six I recommend the board authorize the budgetary increase to code a553 um the amount not to exceed $34,100 and putting it back in the budget labor charge just and now that we're doing more we need more in that line so L yeah but we are all in favor any opposed number seven recommended recommended that the board approve the school districts uh participating in the E sub B joint Municipal Building bidding program for the 2024 25 26 School un can I have a motion make a motion second second any discussion all in favor any opposed okay number eight recommended that the
034board approve the State Environmental Quality review act not notice determination of of nonsignificance for the eastampton high school science lab with Greenhouse can I have a motion motion second second discussion getting ready for obious you'll see that great all in favor I any opposed number nine recommend the board approve the State Environmental equality review act notice of determination of non-significance for the John M Marshall Elementary School playground can I have a motion make a motion second in discussion number 10 recommend the board approve the following additional proposals to be placed on the ballot for the 2025 26 Ann school year annual district meeting and election be held on Tuesday May 20th 2025 have motion second discussion these are the propositions we've talked about this when uh Sarah and Karen presented uh for the we have
035the budgets were the community will vote again no tax increase we have pulling in two of them from the capital reserve we are also because our capital reserve and repair Reserve have capped out we have to ask the voters for permission to extend and expand them for the amount of money we put back into them so we're due for that too so these are the four these will all be on the ballot right that's great they've been very successful yeah so I hope we can do that again it's made budgeting definitely smooth the budg four will be four separate items yes it's going to be four separate items when we get closer we will go over it again because you know I think Sam and I really want to harp on the value of the
036not only the two um capital reserve projects but the capital reserve itself and the repair reserve and how key and important they are to our district we'll bring we have examples of what happens when you don't have these things and um we've done a very good job of not having to have major Bond projects um you know because we've continually repaired and updated our facilities and our transportation it's so much smoother than like in my first years before we had this it was up and down constantly things weren't being repaired we kept kicking the can down the road yep allows us to do a lot yeah so this I think has been really changing and I just also want to put that quick both new the new repair reserve the new capital reserve they're approved
037are going to be funded through ex fund balance but also through whatever is remaining in the previous funds and for the repair Reserve we have two very tiny Reserve funds with don't use them too small to be useful and so we're going to liquidate those loers approve this and put them in service all in favor I any opposed so you old business which we have nothing and new business which we have nothing is uh have anything nothing no just in budget season and you know I want to thank all the administrators uh the administrators put a lot of time and effort into the budget I think you're only seeing a small signit of the amount of work to back and forth with myself the business office office and putting together a budget we feel continues
038to benefit the children of of East H then and the East End great okay public comment anybody have a public comment LTV any public comment we have no callers on the line okay motion to adjourn mov mov second second all in favor