001Test test test. One, two. Test test test. One, two. You should see Yeah. Okay, good evening everyone. Can you all hear? Okay, I'm gonna try again. Good evening everyone. Welcome to our June Board of Education meeting. I love the momentum that's in this room. A lot of joy and a lot of happy moments. Um, so before we begin the meeting, I would like to ask everyone to uh please stand for the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of 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. Please take a seat. Okay. As we know, tonight is a very special night and uh it is a night that we recognize the 25 year anniversary honores as well as the
002spring athletes. Um and first I would like to uh recognize and congratulate our 25-y year silver anniversary honores. Reaching this milestone is a remarkable achievement and a testament to your dedication, professionalism, and a lasting impact on generations of SAS students. Thank you for your years of service and commitment to our schools. We are proud to celebrate and honor you this evening. And I am going to call your names in alphabetical order and then you can come up to the riser. We'll take a group picture. And if you did your homework by picking up your certificate, you should bring that with you as well. Thank you. All right. So, Angela Alfred, Wayne Berard, Mark Bergen, Dina Blumenfield, Jeannie Chong, Raymond Duca, Vincent Depalo, Glenn Don, Kyle Donahghue, Dr. Jennifer Epstein, Charles Frell, Lisa Funk, Gary Green,
003William Henson, Kim Haxton, Don Hoffman, Kristen Howell, Martha Howell, Robin Infeld, Allison Kelly, Jodie Klene, Nancy Leaven, Kim Ley, Stacy Mouse, Lauren McGari, Nicole Moscow Delgado, and Marie Napano Bozo, Maline Navaro, Jennifer Nori, Marica Ail, Courtney Arnos, Anet Pacheman, Michelle Papa, Jennifer Patrick, Jennifer Patuko, Giovana Raspenti, Jessica Sage, Scott Seagull, Melanie Spiegel, Michael Surle, Glenn Sweeney, Nancy Tien, Linda Diana, Terry Toser, Cara Tarta, Alisa Wagner, Brett Waxer, Nicole Zimbr, Okay, congratulations again to these 25 year and history honores. And now, please stand still. We are going to take a group photo. So, please look at Philly. And if you can see Philly, Philly can see you. So, Okay, thank you so much. Thank you. And we are just so grateful and fortunate to be able to celebrate this milestone with everyone here. Thank you. Okay.
004And next uh we are going to have our um director of athletics who are going who's going to present the recognition of a spring student athletes uh Mr. Scott Stuber. Good evening to the board of education, Dr. Rogers, Dr. Curry and the entire administrative team. It's a great pleasure to once again stand before you and to celebrate our outstanding student athletes and some of our best teams that we've had throughout the year. I'm really proud of the athletic program this year. Uh just going through some of the accolades that we've accumulated as a program and I'm proud to say 100% of our team scholar athlete teams which again for the fourth year in a row we're a school of distinction. We'll get that honor in the fall. Uh, additionally, what I'm really proud of is
005the sportsmanship that our program has demonstrated throughout the playoffs. It's always great when you win. I like to win as much as the next person, but sometimes you come up short and that's tough. And the one thing I can tell you is that we had a lot of teams make the playoffs. A lot of teams get to the finals and and sometimes you don't always win that last game. And it it's easy to win. You know, I've had the opportunity to be on some successful teams myself and I always found the winning easy. It's when you you're losing the big moment, it's really tough. And our kids spend a tremendous amount of time training in the weight room, training outside of school with their travel teams or or competing in their own tournaments, and then
006they come in, they put countless hours, you know, with obviously being outstanding student athletes, not forgetting the time they have to spend studying for their classes. So, it's really a pleasure to honor these athletes. And again, I want to thank the parents for their continued support. And I'm going to start off by recognizing two of our all county baseball players. Gentlemen, right up there. Uh, first I'd like to introduce Jake Buren, a sophomore in his first season playing varsity baseball. Jake led our team in home runs with five RBI's, 32 in only 24 games. has he has an extremely bright future here at Sciast High School as a student and as an athlete and we're excited to see him continue to grow. And our other all county player is a four-year starter, Dylan Sanuchi. Uh
007he's a four-year starter, a regularly regarded as one of the best hitters in Nassau County. Dylan eclipse 100 career hits this season, a major milestone in a baseball career. His focus and dedication to baseball is only matched by his passion for the game. He is committed to play baseball at Hoffs University next year. Congratulations, guys. Congratulations. Good job, guys. At this time, again, I'd like to speak a little bit about two of our track athletes from the boys track and field team. So, standing before you is Anthony Fury and Luis Cruz. Um, two members of the track and field team who I've gotten to know throughout my four years. I feel like they've been around well obviously when they run so as much as they do. I see them a lot. Uh, they were all
008counting in the 4x4 uh this year and they both all counting in 800 meter. tremendous athletes and just great stewards of Sioset. I want to congratulate both. >> Now, I'd like to introduce some of the athletes from our girls track and field team. First up, Georgia Antinitus, Ren Farerawa, Juliana Ragosa, and Hana Hannah Tharakau. They are all members of our all county 4x400 team, and they did a great job representing our team, not only in the county tournament, but in the state qualifiers. Congratulations, Thank you very much. And at this time, it brings me a great pleasure to introduce the head coach of our flag football team. He's coach of the year, Mr. Ray Duca. Also an honore tonight. see that tomorrow. >> Good evening. Uh this year's girls flag football team had another successful
009season. We were conference A regular season champions with a record of 92 and three. Made it to the semifinals. We're honored to have four all county players this year. First up, Mia Barry. Mia is a junior, second year playing flag football. This is her first allount team. Mia was our rusher and defender. She was highly disruptive, led the team in sacks and flag polls for loss. She's the ultimate competitor and led by example. Mia Barry. Next, we have Sienna Kumo. Sienna is a senior, second year playing PhD football, secondyear allcount player. She started on both sides of the ball as a receiver and a corner. She led the team in rushing and receiving yards. One of the best young ladies to coach, always had a smile on her face, outstanding role model to all the
010younger players. Sienna Kumo. And next we have Lindsay Keshner. Lindsay is a senior, third year playing varsity flag football. She started on both sides of the ball as a receiver and a pass rusher. She led the team in touchdown receptions. U she last year got all conference honors. This year was voted to the all county team. Lindsay is a great player, leader, teammate, and person. Lindseay Keshner. And finally, we got Leah Calderon. Leah is a senior, a four-year varsity starter on both sides of the ball for flag football as our center center and middle linebacker. She's an OG, an original girl on the flag football team from our original season when we started this four years ago. She's a two-time allount player. She led the team in flag pulls, interceptions, and pick sixes. She played
011every meaningful snap on defense at linebacker for the last four years. She's truly our defensive leader. This year, Leah was also voted as the Conference A defensive player of the year, Leah Calderon. Thank you very much. Thank you, coach. At this time, I'd like to call out Coach Dave Anderson to introduce the softball team. Before I turn the mic over, I just want to thank Coach Anderson. Uh, every once in a while you get to meet a coach who kind of overwhelms you with their willingness to prepare and work. uh four years ago when I I met Dave um came into the office and he would talk about how he how he's what his vision was for building the softball program and I can tell you in my whole career I don't know if I've
012met a coach who is as detailed as prepared as from I'm talking from youth little league all the way up really cares about his student athletes cares about them academically provides them tremendous support and when I got the email that telling me that he was stepping down after a great career co not just teaching but coaching I was I thought I was going to get him back but I really want to thank him personally and congratulate him on a tremendous career thanks well Scott thanks for your support always so I'm really fortunate I had the the privilege of coaching my three young ladies on my right here um all of them are incredible players I I feel truly fortunate they had the opportunity to coach them so this is the first time in the history
013of Sciosis softball that we have two division one uh committed athletes. So Sienna who's on my immediate right, she's going to be going to Satan Hall. She's been playing since seventh grade. Um she's an incredible five tool athlete and she's clearly made our program better. Ella's in the middle. Ella will be going to Georgetown and it's an incredible feat. Um another true student athlete. Um, Ella has incredible time management skills, an incredible athlete, and the best part of my job is watching her evolve from seventh grade to now. And then you have Gianna Muffy who's on my far right. She's an incredible player. I feel so fortunate to coach her. Uh, this is the first year she's had. She's made all county. I'm so proud of her. She's worked so hard and, uh, all three
014players have made our program better. The highlight of our year, I would say, was we got to semi-finals against Masipeka. I know Masipek was so we always say that but uh we got to game two we were down uh one- nothing uh we lost the first game um in the game two we were losing 112 in the third inning and uh my ladies to the right came back we beat him 13-11 so we put forced the game three and that just shows you the resilience they have and they've really put our program on the map and and now we're considered the competitor in in in any conference. So girls, thank you for everything. I appreciate everything and we're gonna look forward to watching in the Big East next year. So, thanks. Thanks, Scott. Appreciate it.
015Congratulations. And at this time, I'd like to bring up Coach Jen Graham introducing our girls lacrosse team. Good evening. Thank you for having us here tonight. Siokic girls lacrosse team had a very successful season, finishing with a record of 11 and eight, advancing to the county championship, finning finishing as county finalists. We had three players who were recognized with all county honors, playing a significant role in our team's success. First, we have Julie Shaughnessy, who finished her career as the all-time leading scorer in program history with 295 career points. Julie has been a tremendous pro part of our program success, not only this season, but throughout her career. This season alone, she tallied 67 goals and 41 assists. She is a player who never fails to amaze you with the plays she's able to make
016and the impact she has on the game. It was truly a special season and career for Julie. Next, we have Lily S. Vera, who is an impactful 2-way midfielder who consistently makes plays on both ends of the field. Her lacrosse IQ combined with her passion for the game makes her an excellent player and leader. Lily reached a major milestone this season by recording her 100th career point and continues to make everyone around her better. Finally, we have Jaden Stadler, who played a major role in our offensive success this season, finishing with 37 goals and 46 assists. She is a dynamic attacker whose outstanding vision and ability to both create and finish scoring opportunities. Jaden also reached an impressive milestone this season, tallying her 200th career point. These three student athletes played a huge role in
017our success, and we're incredibly proud of all they accomplished this season. We are also grateful for the contributions of every member of our team who helped make this such a memorable season. Thank you. Congratulations. At this time, I'd like to introduce uh a member of the 300 win club thanks to the uh performance of this great this great season the team had, Mr. John Calabria and the members of his lacrosse team. Thank you, Mr. Stuber. Appreciate it. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the board, Dr. Rogers and all the parents that are here. I see the boys in the back there. Good job getting here, fellas. Well done. Uh we just finished a historic season. The um you know, this is my 27th year with the program and uh we have uh managed to win
018the county six times, win Long Island twice, and uh make a New York State appearance. Um we didn't win this year. Okay. So, many people might say, "Well, how is this season historic uh you know, with with uh what we bring to the table, um these gentlemen really put it together this year and um it was really more about the collective and about the boys that showed up uh to to honor our our best. Um the families and the players have put in such a tremendous time and effort to give our guys an experience and that's really what myself and my staff uh under Scott's leadership really, you know, make Parammont, the experience that they're going to have throughout the course of the year. Uh this group of boys was able to put uh Scios
019Lacrosse back in the national rankings. We uh we got there in 2021 after COVID, but things were so weird then and you know um it's been kind of up and down, but the way this group of boys came together this year, um you know, again got us back into that that on that national stage and it was really phenomenal. Um we had some tremendous wins. Smithtown East who appeared in the Long Island Championship, Southside, Wanto who's still playing. uh Colts Spring Harbor who's still playing and um you know those teams uh fell to our guys because we just figured out how to put it together. I said I the boys have heard this a number of times when when I grew up my coaches would always say you know you don't have to like each
020other but you have to respect each other and when I first started and I took over the program here at Sioid one of the first things I learned quick was you know you have to figure out how how to get the boys playing their best obviously but you know respecting each other is one thing but loving each other is another thing and the reason this season has been historic was we saw a group of families a group of boys come together and and really, you know, love each other and it was truly amazing in what they accomplished and uh it kind of will never be forgotten. So, we're going to try to figure out over the next couple of weeks how to make sure this team is remembered because as far as I'm concerned, I
021want every team to come through here and have the experience that these guys had. So, it really was a tremendous, tremendous season. So, if we could just give them a round of applause. Guys in the back, guys up here. So, really quick, cuz I'm going to these boys are going to be honored at the Nassau County level. We have our own banquet, but I just want to go through them really quick because they they were able to make all county. Uh, a group of uh 51 coaches come together every year and we vote. Everybody votes and and these are the boys on our team uh that got voted all county. So, his first time uh being selected all county. Um he's developed over the years over the year in over the three years he's been
022on the varsity but this year in particular just had a tremendous season. A top player in Nassau County. His family's been with me for about 12 years because he has two older brothers. Gioardo I think they're on the end there. Uh first time all county pick 10th grader. He's our faceoff guy. Uh and and you you know filled in for a a tremendous young man. um Aiden Clearary who went down with an injury. Matt Oavdo came in and is a top recruit for you know he's being recruited by a number of division one colleges. He's a top academic performer and was uh selected all county Matt Asavdo first time all county pick. Um silky smooth midfielder had the ability to score. Had the ability to play between the restraining lines strength speed. Uh, tremendous shot.
023Cole Beakman, another first time all county pick. Uh, arguably our best defender. Uh, he played with tenacity, played, uh, long stick midi for us between the restraining lines, played down low, kind of a do-it-all defender. Jeremy Malin, Ryan Rosenfeld couldn't be here tonight. Uh he's at an orientation for Ohio State University uh but had a breakout season and um really just got better all year. Ryan Rosenfeld. So last two guys, Brody Waxer. This is uh Brody's three time uh third time being selected all county. Um Brody will will go down as as one of the the most remembered players to come through here. He's broken a number of school records. He had his 300th point this year in the Power Conference. Nasser County participates in the power conference, so we only play the best teams.
024And he managed to um you know, score uh almost 80 points and um scored his 300th point this year. He's in the running to be an all-American. He's in the running to be all Long Island. He's going to be honored in several different ways this year, Brody Waxer. And and lastly, um the heart of our defense, the heart of any team, uh the goalie position is just a a a um I don't know how they do it. I don't I don't know how anybody wants to play goalie and stand in front of shots going 110 miles an hour, but um Josh Weisenfeld um is also in the running to be an all-American, in the running to be all Long Island, and again going to be someone that's honored and remembered here forever. So this is
025his second time as an allcount pick. Josh Weisenfeld. >> Lastly, I sent out a text to the boys and said, "Hey, your brothers are being honored tonight." So the brotherhood is there in the back and the the the the greatness of this team is is there collective. So uh great job fellas. Awesome. Congratulations. And uh the final team to we're going to recognize tonight are our all county and all state athletes and our all county championship and Long Island Championship. And we're hoping to come back with another New York State Championship. Coach Shai Fisher and the boys tennis team. Good evening, members of the board of education, administration, and community. I'm proud to talk to you once again about some of the achievements in the boys tennis program this past spring. We'll start off with
026our individual accomplishments. Uh we had two doubles teams earn all county and all state. In doubles, we had senior Nquille Shaw and senior Ian Meta as one pairing. And then we had junior Jacob Prince and freshman Grayson Prince as the other pairing. Um if all the boys are in the front, if you could just step forward. In our Nassau County tournament, Nquille and Ian finished second. Jacob and Grayson finished third to earn all state honors. And they earned a right to participate in the state tournament at the National Tennis Center, which was held this past weekend. Nquille and Ian won four of their five matches to place third in the entire state. Jacob and Grayson won three out of five to earn seventh in the entire state. I believe, don't quote me, but it's the
027first time ever in boys tennis that we had four total boys medal. Not an easy accomplishment. So, congratulations once again, Nquille, I and Jacob Grayson, on your all state achievements. Now, our team accomplishments. Uh we were coming off a year where the boys won the state title, third year in a row, and you would say expectations are just a little high. We wound up going 13-2 in the regular season. News Day recently asked me, "What's one word to describe this team?" And the one word I I thought of was resilient. Our lineup was constantly changing, always for whatever the reasons were, in flux. Especially during those two weeks of APs, you wouldn't believe how many of these guys were not there. But no matter the lineup, our amazing depth and team chemistry came through. Fast
028forward to the playoffs, it's resulted in a Nassau County Championship over Roslin, our fourth in a row, and a Long Island Championship over Harbor Fields, fourth in a row. And now the boys are really looking forward to making some more history. We have an opportunity to win a fourth straight state championship. Uh our state semi-final is coming up and then hopefully the final after that. It's this Friday at the National Tennis Center in Flushing. The boys always say their famous quote, "The job is not finished." So whatever happens on Friday, guys, no matter what, you should all be extremely proud of your accomplishments. Lastly, a special thank you to our captains, Nquille Sha and Ian Meta. No matter the circumstance, no matter how many times I call, text, tweet, I don't know. Well, maybe no
029tweets, but these guys always lead by uh example, highest level of character, and they serve as amazing role models uh to all the boys. Uh one last thank you to all the parents and community for their support. Congratulations once again on your amazing accomplishments and really looking forward to this Friday. Thank you. And before we go, I just want to special shout out to one of these each and every one of these guys one by one. Maybe one clap each. Scott Lee, Grayson Prince, Jake Baker, Jaden Lee, Hayden Sutter, Wesley Ginsburg, Ryan Noaz, Leon Zho, assistant principal Daniel Kim, >> Louis Paro, Anik Paul, Josh Kim, Nquille Sha, Jake Seagelman, Terrence Moy, Tyson Woo, Jacob Prince, Jameson Yang, and Ian Meta. Thank you. Once again, thank you for taking the time to recognize these fine
030student athletes. And again, to the boys, good luck this Friday. Let's bring back a a fourth Thank you so much. What an amazing night. Um, so the board is going to continue uh its meeting and we are uh going to move on to our deas and then this is your perfect chance to make a graceful exit if you wish to. Otherwise, you're more than welcome to stay for the meeting. Okay. All right. Uh welcome again to our meeting. Uh before we start the the actual meeting, uh I just want to uh thank the community uh for your support uh for the uh for passing the uh school year 2026 and 2027 budget and would like to congratulate Ina Choi and Raul Nape on their elections to the board. And of course, we would like to
031congratulate Susan Falov for uh being reelected to the board. Thank you. Okay. Okay. And I would also like to um uh take this moment uh just to uh say a few words. Um June is a month full of um celebrations. And then uh we also like I'd like to take these uh opportunity to uh celebrate an extraordinary young leader whose voice, insight and dedication have enriched the work of the board throughout this time serving as a student on BOE. He brought >> Oh, he's not here. >> Oh, okay. So, let's wait then. >> We are going to wait for Nikil. >> I didn't realize. Okay. But that's okay. >> He's coming. Okay. All right. >> Y >> Okay. Perfect timing. Okay. I am going to uh so uh we just want to I would like
032to take the opportunity to uh celebrate an extraordinary uh young leader whose voice, insight and dedication have enriched the work of the board throughout his time serving as a student on BOE. He brought thoughtful thoughtful perspective represented his fellow students with maturity and integrity and demonstrated the qualities that make our community proud. His contributions have helped strengthen the connections between students and the board, leaving a lasting impact on our district. We thank him for his service and leadership, and we wish him every success as he begins his exciting new chapter in college. And there's no doubt that his future is bright, and we look forward to seeing all that he will accomplish. Come on. Come on over. Okay. Okay. In recognition of distinguished service Nikil Shhat for your leadership as inaugural student ex official member
033of the SAS central school district board of education with gratitude for your contributions to the students, families and community of SAS. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Best of luck. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, Miss Chang. I just wanted to say a few words. First, it's been such an honor and a privilege to be able to serve in this capacity over the last year, to be able to learn about how policy is developed, to be able to participate in these discussions, learn how a budget is constructed. Not many students have this opportunity, so I'm immensely grateful for that. um but also learning how to represent my peers and serve others and amplify student voice which is something that is so um important in this district and with the
034rest of the board and our administration and our teachers they value so much. So being able to be a a part of that um has been so important to me. I also just wanted to express my gratitude to all the people sitting beside me. First, they've served as mentors for me in this role. As you know, um I'm the first student to serve in this capacity. So, I came in not knowing much, not knowing how this role might pan out, um not knowing what my contributions might be, but I had incredible mentors, Miss Chang, the rest of the board, Dr. Rogers, Mr. Steinberg, you guys have all guided me so well, and I know that whoever succeeds me in this position will have great mentors in that capacity. And lastly, to the rest of the
035board, you have been so inspiring to me um to be beside other public servants. And as I go to college and most likely study government, um I'm really inspired to continue with a career or at least a life um with something in public service. So, thank you so much for that. It's been a great honor. Thank you. you and Nico, you have been great role model for your successors to come. So, thank you. >> Okay. And Miss Koshia, >> we just wanted to um say a couple words first. Uh we have a little something prepared. Um so, I'm going to start it off about Carol and Anna and sorry, Miss Chang and Miss Levitan. They're uh this is their final meeting and we just want to express our gratitude here. Um, serving on the board
036of education is one of the most demanding volunteer roles in our community. Tonight, we recognize two extraordinary women, Carol Chang and Anna Levitan, who have dedicated nine years of service. I've only done one, so nine. It's It's a lot. So, that's it's amazing. So, congratulations on that. On the SAS board of education, uh, Brian, sorry, I wanted to correct you. 11 months you've served on the board, by the way. So, Anna, Carol, we're going to do first names for this. Uh, I think it's going to be a little easier. During your time on this board, you've endured many late nights, made very tough decisions, and showed an unwavering dedication to our students and our community. You assisted in the passing of yearly budgets, helped steer our district through numerous facilities improvements, developed the district's vision,
037its goals, its policies. You navigated educational shifts during the pandemic and advocated for various athletic and educational programs. During your tenure tenure, thousands of students have walked through our doors and graduated. Their educational experience and success are a direct result of those budgets, those policies, and those programs that you have championed. And your impact on this organization will be felt for many years to come. Thank you. Carol. Carol stands out for her intelligence, steady demeanor, and communication style. Her understanding of policy is exceptional and her she approaches every situation with thoughtfulness and composure. Even in challenging moments, she remains calm, focused, making her a reliable and respected presence on the board. It has been a privilege to work with her and witness her leadership in action. To know Carol is to know someone who always
038shows up with a welcoming smile and a genuine desire to listen. Whether she agreed or disagreed, she approached every conversation with respect, thoughtfulness, and an open mind. Carol consistently sought common ground and worked to build consensus in service of what was best for our students and our schools. Her steady leadership, kindness, and commitment have left a lasting impact on the SASa community, and we are deeply grateful for her years of service. Thank you, Carol, for your dedicated service to the SAS Board of Education and our entire community. Anna Anna brings an infectious sense of dedication and humor to everything that she does. Her genuine passion for the work is impossible to miss. Listening to her advocate for what she believes in both energizing and inspiring. It has truly been a privilege to get to know
039Anna as a friend and as a fellow trustee, to collaborate alongside her as she consistently uplifts those around her while staying deeply committed to her goals. >> After nine years and countless hours of service, the SASIC community extended sincere gratitude for all you have given to our district. Anyone who knows Anna knows that she leads with her heart and soul, always giving 100% of herself. Throughout her tenure, Anna has been a steadfast champion of SIASET, its students, its staff, and the broader community. Her commitment to excellence and her advocacy on behalf of others have helped shape and strengthen our district. We thank you, Anna, for a remarkable for your remarkable service and the positive difference you've made in the lives of so many. Carol and Anna Sioset is lucky to have had you on this
040board for the last nine years. Thank you for your selflessness, patience, and fierce advocacy for the children and residents of this community. Television personality and author Fred Rogers said, "Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else. May this be the beginning of new adventures filled with love, laughter, incredible memories, and unforgettable destinations. We all wish you a welldeserved retirement from the Sioset Board of Education. That's right. I got more tears. Here we go. Good evening everyone. Carol, it's the end of the era. We like to say that, right? The day has come and it is without question a bittersweet. I'm sure a lot of what I'm going to say Carol can relate to as we go back years and came on this board the same year.
041Tonight, I say goodbye to serving on this board for the past nine years. In doing so, I also close a 19-year chapter of volunteering in our schools while raising my three children here in Sioset. I leave this seat deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve. Thank you for that. Um to serve such a remarkable community. Sioset has been my home and this district has shaped my family's life in ways I will always treasure. Being on this stage tonight feels especially meaningful because this is the very stage where my children once performed in concerts and shows and received awards and recognitions. right here on this stage. They created memories that will always be part of our family story. And being here now brings those moments rushing back. Like to so many parents, SAS gave my children
042a remarkable education. But it also gave them confidence, character, and a strong foundation for the future. Watching them now turn their dreams into reality fills my heart with joy. What has always meant the most to me about SIASEID is not only our excellence but also our heart, our commitment to serving a diverse community with with care, integrity, and deep and a deep belief in our children and all they're capable of becoming. Tonight, I want to say thank you to our district leaders, teachers, staff, families, students, our wonderful PTA who managed to surprise both of us with unforgettable moment of recognition and of course my past and present fellow board members over the years. The faces around this table changed and they were certainly moments of strong opinions and honest disagreement. Yet, what I will always
043value is that despite those differences, we found ways to work together, respect one another, and keep meaningful dialogue going in service of our students and this community. Guys, you're all awesome, and I feel privileged to have worked with you. And Anna and Raul, I don't know if they're here. Welcome and enjoy the ride. I hope your experience on the board will be as rewarding as it was for me. I want to offer special gratitude to our extraordinary superintendent, Dr. Rogers, who is not only an exceptional school administrator and leader, but also a true visionary for this generation of children. What has always stood out to me most is how deeply he cares for each and every student. At every meeting where we had to introduce ourselves by sharing how many kids we have, he would
044always humbly say, "I have 6,900 and whatever the enrollment number was." That simple line says everything about who he is and how he leads with unwavering commitment, deep compassion, and a genuine sense of responsibility for every child in this district. Everything we collectively do here helps shape not only young lives but also the future we all share. I believe with all my heart that these children are bound to the to do great things and they will continue to amaze us. Before I close, I want to offer my special thanks to my husband, my children, and my family. Thank you for sharing with me this work, for supporting me through long nights and busy seasons and more board meetings than any family should reasonably have to endure. Everything I have been able to give to this
045community was made possible by your love, patience, and encouragement. So tonight, I leave with a full heart with gratitude for the trust this community placed in me. Pride in all we have accomplished together and great hope for all that lies ahead for Sioset. While my time on this board comes to a close, my love for this district and my belief in its future will remain. Thank you for allowing me to be part of this extraordinary journey. It has been one of the greatest honors of my life. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay, in case you're wondering what the statue says, it says, "Here's to the new chapter." And this is unique to just the two of us here tonight. Um, Anna, it has truly been an honor to serve alongside you for the past
046nine years. Our partnership in serving this community actually began long before we became fellow trustees. Of the nearly 40 combined years we have dedicated to this community, 18 of those years have been through through the board service with the remainder through PTA leadership and other volunteer roles. We both came to the board from the same place a deep commitment to our schools, our students and our community. Over the years, I've come to admire how you deeply committed how deeply committed you are to this community. You have never been afraid to voice your opinion, even when it was difficult or unpopular because you always approach issues with the best interest of this district in mind. That willingness to ask hard questions, share your perspective, and engage thoughtfully in difficult discussions is one of the qualities that
047has made you such an unique trustee. Congratulations, Anna. After nine years of service to this community, you've earned the right to trade war agendas for beach agendas. And as I reflect on my years of service on the board, I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity to have served this remarkable community. After nine years and well over a 100 meetings, I leave with great appreciation for all we have accomplished together. Over this time, the district has become more transparent, more connected, and more engaged with the community. Communication has strengthened. Public assets has expanded, and trust has grown through openness and accountability. We have made meaningful long-term investments in our schools, upgrading facilities, improve improving safety and modernizing learning environments while maintaining physical responsibility and remaining remaining under the tax cap. A defining milestone was a successful bunk
048vote reflecting strong community trust and enabling us to address critical space needs and strengthen facilities for future generations. The board has also adapted goals focusing on academic excellence, student wellness and belonging, operational efficiency, facilities planning, and stronger communication and engagement. These priorities will continue to guide the district forward. Beyond any single initiative, what has defined the board's work is a shared belief that education must go beyond academics. We have focused on character, helping students develop empathy, respect, responsibility, and inclusion. Success is not only measured in achievement, but in the kind of citizens our students become. As the demographics of of our community continue to evolve, we have worked to ensure that all students feel seen, supported, valued, and they are prepared not just for familiar environments, but also for the future. None of this would
049have been possible without strong leadership and collaboration. I just want to take a moment to especially thank Dr. Rogers for his steady leadership and the entire administrative team for their professionalism, dedication, and commitment to students and families. And the same goes to teachers, staff, district administrators. And last but not least, the SAISA Council of PTS for all they do to support our students and schools. And to my fellow trustees, past and present. and you know who you are sitting in the audience. Thank you for your collaboration and shared commitments to this district and you have made a longl lasting impact. And of course on the personal level I'm deeply grateful to my husband Eugene for his support, patience and strength throughout these years. And I'm also grateful for my children who attended three different schools
050in the district when I first joined the board and are now either in college or have completed college. This journey has been deeply meaningful for our family. And finally to the community, thank you for your trust. It has been an honor to serve and I'm confident the district is stronger, more connected and well positioned for the future. And this board will continue to lead the same commitment to students, wellness, growth, and community. Thank you. Okay. And I promise going forward to the end of the meeting there will be no tears. >> Okay. Maybe. >> Maybe. >> Okay. Okay. So now we are going to uh um continue the agenda on our meeting and number five is the approval of minutes. 5A and 5B can be taken together. They are the approval of minutes of the
051May 11th, 2026 monthly meeting and the May 19th, 2026 special meeting. Can I have a motion, please? Mr. Roa, seconded by Dr. Park. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? Okay. Dr. Rufol, can we have the treasures report and appropriation adjustments, please? Yes, as shown in the treasures report, the cash on hand for the month end April 2026 was $149,54,65461. It shows that bank balances for all cash accounts were reconciled to the book balances and were collateralized in accordance with the district's banking statements and investment policies. >> Thank you, Dr. approval. So 6A and 6B can be taken together. They're the approval of treasures report and appropriation adjustments. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Kosha, seconded by Mr. Ginsburg. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? And next,
052we'll have Dr. Rogers to give us his superintendent report. >> Thank you very much. As um we're queuing up the presentation, I'd just like to add uh my appreciation to Miss Levitan, Miss Chang. Uh I've worked with you not only these nine years on the board but in your leadership roles for the PTA for the entirety of my 12 years here in Sioset and it has been a pleasure to work with you in every capacity that I've had. Thank you also for the very kind comments uh that you shared with me. it. One of the reasons why it is such an honor to work in this community is because I work for such an extraordinary uh boss set of bosses and uh all of you bring tremendous assets to this uh board and I think
053the things that we've been able to accomplish for your goals have been because of the way that this board uh works together, the leaders it's had. So I congratulate you. I thank you and I wish you all the best in the future from um from that to something uh really prosaic. Uh so I just wanted to uh again some of this is to make sure that it goes online so folks have a a place to go to see it. Uh these are all of the projects that we'll have underway this summer. So, I know that uh in the summer months uh we have built a tremendous program that supports our student athletes and there's just going to be so much work going on at the high school uh that it's going to be very difficult
054to do what we normally do uh every summer. So, uh part of what I wanted to do here is give folks a sense of how long some of these projects are going to take. I also just want to draw attention to uh two challenges that we're going to have to navigate this summer as well. Uh both the high school and HP Thompson will be getting electrical service upgrades. That's a good thing because the uh services there are some of the equipment is over 50 years old and if it were to fail it would take a long time to replace it. So we have the right equipment and it's ready to go. But as you can imagine swapping out electrical equipment is uh a pretty delicate matter and the buildings are large so it's going to
055take some time. So it will probably be about a week and a half at HPT without power. So the offices, the staff will be relocated during that period. At the high school, it's going to be even longer. It's going to be about 3 weeks without power. So uh we've got some plans for some generator capacity for some critical spaces uh so that we can keep those powered. And uh we'll keep moving the work along during the summer. Uh but it is going to be three challenging weeks while uh we don't have full power at the uh at the high school campus. And then I just wanted to update the board and the community on where uh the Propel New York project stands. So just a quick recap, this is a proposal to uh put a
056number of underground energy transmission cables uh across Long Island through Nassau County. Two of those cables will go through Sioset. One originating at the substation on Southwoods Road uh and then traveling along Sioset Woodbury Road to uh the center of town. Then uh down uh Sioset Muntown Road to Jericho and out from there another cable will go uh from the south of the district up through Robins Lane uh to Jericho Turnpike and then out towards Jericho. Uh so we've been uh engaged for the past year. The board uh sought party status in this matter which basically makes us a party to a lawsuit essentially. Um and we have been uh advocating on behalf of the board's interests. So the confidential part of that process is over. Now we're in the public part of the process.
057The district today filed papers in opposition to uh the project. We've read the joint proposal that came out of uh that process and the joint proposal in our opinion has a number of really critical weaknesses. I'll draw your attention to two. Uh the first really critical weakness is uh that the traffic plans that we see in that proposal are not nearly adequate to make sure that we don't have major disruptions to traffic. I'm imagining Southwoods Road down to a single lane during arrival and dismissal operations uh at the high school. That to me seems unimaginable. Uh the second problem is that while in one part of the proposal they say that we'll have access to our campuses at all times, in another part of the proposal it defines that access as being able to restore
058uh access within 15 minutes. Well, in a life safety event where you need emergency uh vehicles on site, 15 minutes is too long to wait. So uh neither of those things uh look protect protective of health and safety. So until they get resolved, there's no way that the district could support this proposal. So uh we'll continue to advocate. We'll continue to work with uh the process and uh I'll continue to keep the board and the community updated. That concludes my report. >> Thank you, Dr. Rogers. Do we have any questions for Dr. Rogers? >> Okay. Uh we have no legislative items, no discussion items, and no unfinish unfinished business and uh new business. and 11A is the approval of staff changes. Can I have a motion, please? Mr. Roto, seconded by Miss Abramson. Are there
059any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 11B is the approval of 2026 2027 statements and hourly rates. Can I have a motion, please? Uh, Miss Levitton, seconded by Miss Koshia. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 11C is the appointment of summer's guidance counselors. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Abrams and second by Mr. Routollo. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 11D is the approval on align staff employment agreements 2026 2027. Can I have a motion, please? Mr. Ginsburg, seconded by Miss Falov, are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 11E is the abolishment of administrative position positions and appointment of director for elementary uh PPS. Can I have a motion please? Mr. Roto, seconded by Dr. Park. Are there any questions? All in
060favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 11F is the appointment of a board of registration for 2026 2027. Can I have a motion please? Miss Kosha, second by Miss Falov. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 12A and 12B can be taken together. They're the approval of committee on preschool special education recommendations and special education recommendations. Can I have a motion please? Mr. Roto, seconded by Mr. Greckle. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 12C is the certifications of May 19th, 2026 vote. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Falov seconded by Mr. Ginsburg. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 12D is the approval of the destruction of May 20, 2025 cast ballots. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Abramson, second by Mr. Greco. Are there any
061questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13A is the authorization to participate in New York Island cooperative bids. Can I have a motion, please, Miss Kosha, seconded by Miss Falov, are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13B is the authorization of service contracts. Can I have a motion, please? Dr. Park, second by Mr. Rotolo. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13C is the approval of special education and or nursing contracts. Can have a motion, please? Miss Falov, seconded by Miss Levitan. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13D is the authorization for health services. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Abramson, second by Mr. Rotolo. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13E is the award of bids. Can I have
062a motion, please? Miss Kosha, second by Mr. Ginsburg. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13F is the authorization to enter into agreements for builders risk and installation insurance. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Abramson, second by Mr. Greco. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13G is the authorization of tax anticipation note resolution of SAS central school district. Can I have a motion please Miss Kosha? Second by Miss Falov. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13H is the authoriz authorization to establish limited. >> I think the tax anticipation not needs to be >> okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Um going back to uh 13G is the authorization of tax antipation note resolution of SAS central school district. And this is going to be a
063roll call. So when I call your name, you just have to uh respond with either yes or no. Okay. And I'm going to start with Mr. Ginsburg. >> Yes. Yes. >> Okay. 13H is the authorization to establish limits to fund budgetary reserves for year ending 2025 2026. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Kosha, seconded by Mr. Ginsburg. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13 I is the authorization for insurance policies 2026 2027. Can I have a motion please, Mr. Roa? Seconded by Mi Miss Arenson. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13J is the authorization for change orders, security enhance enhancements. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Kosha, seconded by Miss Falco. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13K is the acceptance
064of donations boxwood bushes. Can I have a motion, please? Mr. Roa, seconded by Miss Abramson. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13 L is the acceptance of donations office furniture. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Kosha, seconded by Miss Falov. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13 M is the acceptance of donations box. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Abramson, seconded by Mr. Greco. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 13N is the appropriation of funds. Can I have a motion please? Miss Levitton, second by Miss Koshia. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? 130 is the disposal of broken surplus and or absolute equipment, supplies, and books. Can I have a motion, please? Miss Erenson, second by Mr.
065Greckle. Are there any questions? All in favor? Opposed? Any abstensions? Okay. And this concludes our uh the business part. And we are going to move to audience to the public. So please be bear with me as I read the uh procedures for uh the audience to public. The board values community input and provides opportunities to offer that input via email or in person. Persons who wish to speak during audience to public must register online to speak in events of the meeting by 5:00 pm the day of the board meeting. A link to the pre-registration form will be made available on the homepage of district website one week before the meeting. Persons wishing to address the board in person doing audience to the public must conform to procedures adopted by the board. Speakers remarks must conform
066to the following rules. One, all speakers and observers are required to conduct themselves in a respectful and civil manner in accordance with the rules set by the board. Two, speakers must address the board only, not members of the audience or the audience as a whole. Three, speakers must limit to limit their comments to issues concerning school district operations, school district affairs, or board policy. Four, because of rights protected by the state and federal law, no speaker may speak about an individual student or staff member. Nor will the board or administration entertain questions in public regarding collective bargaining, negotiations, personnel matters, student matters, or legal matters. Five. No speakers may speak about decisions involving specific personnel or specific students. If a speaker wishes to address the board concerning specific personnel or specific students, the speaker may
067write to the board. Six. Speakers may not use epests, slurs, personal views, lwd or obscene speech, profanity, lielist speech, threats, and frightening words or gestures defined as words or gestures which may may by uh their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite a breach of the peace. Any person who violates the rules above will immediately forfeate the balance of their time addressing the board. To be recognized to speak, persons must register with their full name and and address and attest that they will comply with the rules stated above. In addition, only residents of the SAS Central School District are permitted to address the board. Each resident will have four minutes to address the board, which may be extended or reduced at the discretion of the chair. The board will not permit polling of the
068board members by speakers. After every resident wishing to speak has had an opportunity to do so, the board and or administration may respond to residents questions or comments. No resident will be permitted to address the board more than once permitting. No one may record another member of the public in a manner that is disruptive or confrontational. And I just want to let the audience to know that if these rules are not follow or if the audience heckles any speakers I will first give an warning and if there's a second breach of the rules I will just end the audience to the public. And with that, um, the first speaker is going to be, um, Brian Tvet. Thank you, Madam President. I want to talk tonight about our obligations under the Dignity for All Students Act,
069which is also known as DASA. Specifically, the SASid Central School District, like all school districts in New York State, is required to provide to all students an environment free of of discrimination, harassment, and bullying. Just to be clear, I'm not going to talk about any individual cases tonight. I understand that the privacy concerns prevent the board from talking about individual cases in a public meeting. I'm only going to talk about some of the aggregate numbers. Anyone can download aggregate data from the state education department's school safety and education climate website although there was a bit of time lag in that data. I'm going to read now the total number of DASA incidents including cyber bullying excluding I'm sorry excluding cyber bullying which are reported there for all SCAS at schools the high school the two
070middle schools and the seven elementary schools. I want to emphasize that all of this data is publicly available available. In the year 2017 to 18, we had in total 65 incidents. In 2018 to 19, we had 47. In 2019 to 20, we had 23. In 2020 to 21, we had 14 incidents. This is the lowest number I've seen, which is understandable because that was a co year. We were run a hybrid model. There were fewer student interactions. Incidentally, the number of cyber bullying incidents that year was higher than usual. Continuing in 2021 to 22, we had 36 incidents and in 2022 to 23, we had 44. In 2023 to 24, which is the most recent year for which data is currently available, there were 20 where there were 79 DASA incidents in Scaset schools. That
071is the largest number of DASA incidents in Siosid for the entire 7-year period I looked at and by a pretty large margin regarding cyber bullying which is reported separately and I won't read all those numbers here. The total number of incidents in SAS schools for 2023 to 24 was 23. That numbers is tied for first place the other year with that number of cyber bullying incidents being the co year I mentioned 2020 to 21. Now something to understand about these numbers uh that from the department of education is that and please correct me if I'm wrong the uh this is these are not merely reported incidents. These are all incidents which the school district has investigated and determined um and found them to be material incidents of discrimination, harassment or bullying. So my first question
072is what has the SAS school district done to call attention to the large rise in the number of DASA incidents that we saw in 2023 to 24. For example, have there been emails to the community calling for reflection on this large on this rise in the number of incidents with anguish calls for how we can do better? If so, I do not recall them. I do recall emails that year about some specific incidents but not about this aggregate number. Another question, can we expect similarly large numbers for last year and for the current year when those numbers become available? And finally, I'd be interested if there's information the district can publish beyond what the state requires. For example, the dosa uh the dosa coordinator has to classify incidents by type of bias like race, religion,
073sex, and so forth. Can the aggregate numbers when we talk about aggregate numbers can those be reported voluntarily by the district? Um thank you uh for your attention to this important matter. Thank you. And we have a second speaker Iraat Rubin. >> Hello. My name is Ira Rubin also Yitz Rubin. Some people know me another name. I'm a resident with my family for over 48 years here in Sioset. I have three children. They all graduated from Sioset. We were together with everybody the other day. I'll tell you something nice. They all thought they had a great education here in Sioset. However, the sidebar to that was anti-semitism and that's what I'm here about. I don't get it. I went to the first meeting about where they created the antibbias group and I heard three people
074speak besides I got up as the fourth and then I learned that my neighbors really are anti-semitic. I never knew this existed. I've lived here for 48 years. I then was here the night that uh Mr. Steinberg presented the results of a study to have an antibbias task force. I thought it was great. And now periodically we get emails that there's another SWAT sticker and another SWAT sticker and I don't get it. And by the way, the last one says a SWAT sticker. It doesn't say anti-semitism. As far as I know, the only people that are subjected to the hatred from a SWAT sticker are Jews. So this to me is almost like wokeism that you're trying to hide it and I don't get it. This is something that I feel very strongly about. We've
075spoken at my synagogue about and the community as you just said before has changed. So the education part not just for the children but for the adults has to be greater and I really want to know what you're doing about it because I think it's a failure and this is not I want to know what I would tell anybody move to Siosid if you have young Jewish children if I show them the I think there were six different SWAT stickers that were found why would they move here there are other places you could move and that upsets me very much I'm not leaving and my kids unfortunately have all moved way, but not because of that. They all have had different job opportunities. I really think that you have to take this seriously. I do
076not think you are. The task force did a good job. What are you doing about it? Have we had meetings with the PTA and you explain to the parents how do you 31% of the people in the United States don't believe about the Holocaust? So, I have to assume that Sioid is representative of that group. We need to have the PTA teach the people, speak of it. You spoke about the diversity of the community. Maybe the community doesn't really understand it. I lived here for 47 years and 46 and a half years, never heard about anything. So now the change, maybe we have an uneducated un uneducated group of people. I really think that you need to look at this and if you want to have a future for Jewish children, Jewish families here, and
077maybe you don't, you need to do something aggressive. I think the PTA has to be involved, the teachers have to be involved, and just getting something that says SWAT sticker and doesn't say it's anti-semitism sort of tells me what the thought process is going from all of you up there. So, I had other papers. It's unnecessary. >> Okay. And this closes the audience to the public. And I just want to make a comment that uh we take the district takes any form of bias very seriously and we remain um transparent um uh with the community and that's been the practice that uh since um I got on the board. Um so I can assure you that and with that uh Dr. Rogers, would you like to um uh make some comments? I just want to
078read from the statement that I put out last week in response to the swastika incident that we have. I'm not going to read the whole statement. I'm just going to read this sentence. The swastika is a symbol of anti-semitism and we must acknowledge the pain and alarm it causes. So I don't mean to quibble about facts, but I do want to be on the record for having called that swastika incident anti-semitism because the conclusion that you arrived at that the we have not characterized it as s as such is not accurate and the following conclusion that uh that may mean that we're uh not focused on addressing this also doesn't follow. Uh, I agree that it is horrifying and disheartening to see any evidence of hate, anti-semitism, swastikas on school property anywhere. It is hard
079to understand with all of the education that we give our students and how clear they are on what constitutes hate, bias, symbols of the same that any kid could possibly have in their mind that this is something that they want to do. I agree that it is something that we have to focus on and we are the antibbias task force and several board meetings and this is in response to both of the commenters tonight. Uh we put and I will make sure that you get copies of lists of additional programming that was put into place over the course of the last several years. not specifically in uh response to any one thing but in recognition of a growing sense of tension uh around these issues for students not just here but elsewhere uh more generally
080I'm talking with my colleagues who are also experiencing a rise in the kinds of incidents that they are having to manage uh similar to the incidents that we are having to manage. I am proud of the Holocaust education programming that we do here in Sioset. When I arrived 12 years ago, I was impressed with how much was done, how deep the program for the 10th graders uh is at the high school, their opportunity to speak at the middle school and at the high school with Holocaust survivors. Uh an opportunity that won't be with us for uh forever. And I think it is an incredible opportunity for our students. Um, in the time since I've come here, that Holocaust programming that impressed me so much 12 years ago has only been strengthened and enhanced. We did
081have an antibbias task force work here in the community several years ago. A number of recommendations came out of that. Those have been uh implemented and we continue to implement those recommendations. It should be a community where everyone feels they belong, where everyone feels safe, where everyone feels seen, where everyone uh is careful to protect the sense of belonging in those around them. And that sometimes may mean being cautious about what you say, how you say it, and certainly what you do. So we take our obligations under DASA very seriously as well. Every building has DASA coordinators. Those DASA coordinators are trained annually. They are the first line of defense in investigating incidents uh with uh students and DASA can be students, it could be with adults. And one thing that I think is the
082right way to approach this is even if a parent or a complainant doesn't invoke DASA uh for an incident, we will treat it as a DASA a potential DASA incident and we will open the DASA incident on our own initiative at the administrative level because we want to make sure that all of these things are classified correctly based on what the incident is, not based on how someone happens to report it to us and we take that obligation very seriously. Uh certainly we have seen the rise more recently. I wouldn't say that we have been silent in uh relation to that. Quite the opposite. We had a series of board meetings where I did extensive presentations on what we're experiencing and what our responses to that would be and I'll collect uh all of that
083and share it with you uh as well. with respect to um the numbers about the current year or uh whether we can provide disagregated information that is not part of the state's report. Again, as part of the work uh that we did a couple of years ago, we approached our attorneys with that same question. And the answer that we got was um that in doing so the disagregation would likely result in revealing uh student identities just by the nature of uh the even though these numbers have been on the rise relative to a large population of students they are small and because of that it would likely be possible to identify who the individuals were. So the most cautious approach is to do what is required by law because even if we were to put
084out what was required by law and the numbers were small enough for someone to conclude uh that the privacy of an individual is violated, we would not have violated that privacy on our own initiative. We would have violated that privacy as a result of following the law. And that would be the defense that the district would have from a claim that we had violated someone's privacy. So um we as a result of that consultation we have concluded that we cannot disagregate that data further and we don't report the data before the state reports it itself in the first place. This is a wonderful community. There are some students in this community who do things that we abhore and we have to call them out. It is part of the reason why uh we are aggressive
085about consequences for students who make mistakes uh because we want to express the seriousness uh with which we take preserving the safety uh and the sense of belonging in this community. So can we do more? We can always do more and we will do more. Uh but I don't want to leave anyone with the impression that this hasn't been something that we've been working on or communicating about publicly. So um we'll continue to do that. Happy to keep you informed of the progress that we're making. And again, I'll follow up with some of the uh information and slides and presentations that were done over the last uh couple of years. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you, Dr. Rogers. And this concludes our um June uh board of education meeting. Can I have a motion to
086adjourn the meeting? Uh, Miss Levitton, seconded by Miss Koshier. Thank you so much. And the next meeting is going to take place on July 1st, 2026. Thank you.