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001All right, good evening everyone. It is 7 o'clock and we are going to open our meeting calling it to order. Uh we're going to start with the pledge of allegiance. I >> pledge allegiance >> to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right, we have a a great crowd here tonight. Looks like uh almost we're almost a standing room only. Um so, thank you all for coming out. Um we're starting the meeting uh on a somber. It's a memorial resolution for Miss Lynn Osterhout. Um whereas Miss Lynn Osterhout served as a staff member of the Tri Valley Central School District and whereas Miss Lynn Osterhout served as a teachers aid for the Tri Valley Central

002School District and whereas Miss Lynn Osterhout passed away on May 19th, 2026. We had resolved that the Tri Valley Central School District extends its thanks to Miss Lynn Ora for her service. and be it further resolved that the Tri Valley Central School District extends its sympathy to the family of Miss Lyn Trout during this time of mourning. Uh Miss Ora was a great human um and her family and several generations now after are here uh and contributing in our district. So uh she will be missed. All right. At this point, we're going to open the hearing for the Cold War veterans exemption. Um, and we're going to move to subject B, which is going to be a presentation by Jeff Prolick. Do we need Erin? Can you get that up there? Thanks. >> All right.

003So, we're just going to briefly talk about what the Cold War veterans property tax exemption is. It's a result of uh from real property tax law 458B. Um the purpose of it is to recognize um and honor veterans that serve during that time frame um support residents and it's also a act under the state law that we're able to offer that because we are a tax and jurisdiction. Um, again, the legal authority to allow the board to adopt this would be section 458b of the real property tax law. So, who qualifies? It's anybody that served in the military from September 2nd, 1945 through December 26th, 1991. um they have to own property in our district, be a primary resident, and then they qualify under those, they can fill out the application with their local assessor.

004uh the exemption they would get, it's the lesser of 15% of their assessed value of their property or $12,000 multiplied by the equalization rate in whichever township they're in. Again, it's going to be the lesser of the two. So, using a home with a $200,000 market value, um I put up Fallsburg, Never Sync, and Denning because those are the only three districts or towns in our district that have people that would be eligible. Um so, with that $200,000 home, based on the current equalization rates, the the assessed value in Fallsburg would be 53,000. Never sync 4500 and Denning 22,180. So 15% of those numbers in that third column you could see Paulsburg the home the exemption would be 7950 675 in neverink or 3327 in Denning. Again it's going to be the lesser of the

005two. So taking $12,000 multiplied by their equalization rates, you can now see the exemption using that formula is 3180 in Fallsburg, 270 in Neversync, and 1330 in Denning. So those would be the numbers that would be used when they calculate the exemption. So applying that to the tax rate, each of those homeowners would receive about $130 exemption on their taxes. Uh down at the bottom, it shows how many properties are eligible in each town, 15 in Falls, 22 in Neversync, and six in Denning. Again, this is just an average impact, but it'd be around $5,500 would be the impact. It's not the school is not losing that money. It's just being spread out to the other taxpayers. It's a tax shift. Not Yeah, we're not losing that. Anyone that has a service related disability that's

006issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs or Department of Defense, they could uh be eligible for a higher deduction. then the formula would use 50% of the assessed value or $40,000 times the equalization rate. Um, in calculating that, it would increase the exemption from about $130 to around $430 based on the $200,000 market value home. Uh so one of the key limitations because you probably say well it's not really a lot of people eligible for it but there are multiple people right now receiving a veterans exemption under 458 or 458A. I believe it's 458A is the normal one. So if you're already receiving that, you're not eligible for this one. Can't have both. Um and I believe that one's a little bit more uh financially better. There was some more restrictions with those. That's why

007those other 43 are not eligible for port 58 again. But if they are receiving that one, then they're not eligible to apply. So once the board adopt fee resolution, it will become effective and the homeowners can apply through their local assessor. They don't apply to the school. So you have a question. Do the exemption ever since >> I'm sorry. >> Yes, >> I think so. >> Do the exemptions ever sunset? >> They they could sunset after 10 years. However, we chose not to sunset it because we followed the same way the town of Neversync is doing theirs. >> So, we don't have to go back at it then. >> And the only way it would be removed if it the individual passes. >> Correct. Thank you. >> I have a question. So, all of the

008local townships will be on board and they'll know exactly what needs to be done as far as each individual assessor in Denning and Falls. >> Yeah. So, we looked I don't know about I believe Denning and Fallsburg already offer it as well, but we know Town of Eversync does. So, we kind of mirrored their um law when they adopted it just to make it easier on the assessor. Anybody else? All right. Thank you. All right. We're going to move to item three, uh, which going to be presentation, um, by Kevin Credelli for the scholar athlete awards. >> Scholar athlete. Come on up. >> All right. Good evening everybody. Um, so first and foremost, every spring team qualified as a scholar athlete. So every varsity level team get 62 uh individual scholars, but every single team

009uh qualified, which is such a great accomplishment. Um on the next slide I have the individual names. We've done it two other seasons. We've seen people on there three times, two times. So our athletes are really excelling in the classroom. Um really putting forth the effort and we have a lot to be proud of for all the hard work that they've put in. Um so again, we have 62 scholar athletes. Um we have their scholar athlete pins. Uh they're going to step up, receive their pin from me, then step to the mic, let you know their name and what sport they participate. >> My name is Lorenzo Hafner and I participate in outdoor. >> My name is Alex Me and I also participated in outdoor track. >> Kellen Williams and I did varsity baseball. I'm

010Zoe Sullivan and I did varsity softball. My name is Amaya Me and I ran varsity track and field. My name is Bria Sheiley and I played varsity softball. My name is Maline Mingo and I played varsity softball. >> My name is Sophia Horton and I did varsity track. >> I'm Payton Claus and I was on girls varsity track. My name is and I ran. >> My name is John Botford and I played outdoor track and field. >> My name is John Mango and I played golf. >> My name is Chris Pcalis and I did outdoor track. >> My name is Chris Park and I play golf. Uh so once again, I just want to really congratulate um all of these athletes for all of their hard work on the field, on the court, um and

011obviously in the classroom. So we're very proud of them. Thank you. >> Great job. 62 scholar athletes. That is bananas. Great job. Great job to everyone uh in the classroom and on the the field track and the kids, you bunch of rock stars. We love it. >> All righty. Next up, we have item B. Yeah, I was going to say kids, you may or may not want to say [laughter] >> do your homework, study for your regions. We'll see you tomorrow. Got >> big test coming up. School's open. Chris, >> you're not allowed to leave. School's open tomorrow. >> All right. Item B is a TVTA CARES presentation by Matthew HS. Good evening. Thank you so much for your time tonight. Tonight we have a collection of teachers from both the elementary school and the

012secondary school. and we are here tonight on behalf of the Tri Valley Teachers Association Cares Committee. The TVTA Cares Committee is composed of several TVA volunteers that focus on supporting students and families within our community. We do a lot of hard work throughout the years with many uh programs and events. And tonight we are going to be showcasing some of those events for you. Um we're going to be going quickly through them, but I would like to remind you that you have this slideshow shared with you so you have all this information as well. We're going to get started with our school supply drive. >> Good evening. My name is uh Susan Engel. I've had the privilege of uh sponsoring or facilitating the Thank you. uh for 15 years. Uh we service the prek through

01311th grade. Usually 12th graders don't need too many of the supplies and we supply everything that they need. This year we've done 60 students and two teachers who need the supplies. And uh I would like to also thank the elementary um principles, Mrs. Williams when she was our principal, Mr. Buff, Mrs. Mr. Carbone, um Kathy Moore, and Mrs. Twilliger, because I can't get the supplies to the parents, but the principles allowed me to use the elementary um office for the pickup point, and I appreciated that help because without that, it would have been hard time to get it to them. Thank you. My name is Michelle Decker. Good evening. Um, we started this program about two years ago. Um Matt and I filled out a grant that the NIST granted to us um for bags

014for new families that are moving into the area. It has a lot of information in it. It has depending on the season, it'll have mugs, hot cocoa mix, water bottles, um school supplies. The pamphlets tell them the programs outside of school that the community holds, but also the programs within the school. the clubs, the athletics we offer. Um, and those are the bags that we give out to families. We serviced 54 families this year. Another program that we do is Snack Pack. So, this is a program where every two weeks a backpack is filled up and sent home with families that are identified that need some extra help. Um, they're identified by staff members or families that reach out and ask for help. So they get things in there like mac and cheese, soup, granola

015bars, cereal, those kinds of things. We have staff members who adopt a snack pack and they fill it out on their own. Donations are given from communities. Community members and TVTA shoppers go and do the shopping for them. So we make sure that those are filled every two weeks. Our TVTA pairs also puts together a team every year to do the making strides against breast cancer walk in the Woodbury Commons. We have great participation. We've been participating for over 15 years now and I was tolding off this afternoon we've managed to raise over $30,000 which is donated to the American Cancer Society. So something we're pretty proud of. >> Hi, I'm Cassandra Babcock. Um, we also participate in the trunk or treat and stuff the bus. Um, this kind of goes handinhand with the PTO.

016So, we usually like to thank the PTO for all of their support. Um, [snorts and clears throat] so when they put on the trunk or treat, we have the stuff the bus. When families come in to do their trunk or treat, they have a donation for us. Um, and the that will either go towards the Thanksgiving food meals that we prepare or they will go towards our snack pack program. So, probably like I don't know, eight years ago or so, I'd never grown a beard before in my life. So, I was honestly looking for a good excuse. So, I saw No Shave November. We started participating as a group of of uh teachers here, group of TVA members. We do it every November. Grow our beards out. We raise well over $1,000 this year. And

017I'd say the time we've been doing, we probably raised over $10,000. Again, money towards the American Cancer Society or for the American Cancer Society. >> Next up, we have Thanksgiving meals. So, the families that are identified with Snackpack, we then provide them with Thanksgiving meals. So, they get a turkey. They also get all the sides. And as you heard from Stuff the Bus, a lot of it comes from that. If we're short, we make sure we ask for donations for those so that they have the basket, they get dessert, all their sides, and their turkey to go with it. so they have a full meal to take home with them for Thanksgiving. Then we roll into the holiday drive. So for the holiday drive, same group of families um that have the snack pack, but

018if other families call in need, we try and help as many as we can. For the holiday drive, they get a choice of a turkey, lasagna, or chicken. They get [clears throat] all of the sides that go with it. They get some cookies to go with it, so they have a nice little dessert. FFA provides some fruit baskets for them as well that's added. And this year, FFA also put together stockings as part of one of their community service projects that put things like toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, those kinds of things. So, families had those for each of the children and their families as well. The other part of the holiday drive is gifts. We um provide gifts to all the children, newborn, right up through 12th grade in those families. Um and it would not

019be possible without all of the shoppers. We have tons of shoppers right here at school with our staff members that volunteer every year to adopt a child or a couple of children. Um they go out, they shop for them and then they have gifts to open on uh the holiday. Um so again, could not be possible without all of the staff members and we have community members that help out every single year with this. FFA always adopts a few children along with the credit union, Neversync First Aid Squad, and the Neverync Ladies Auxiliary as well. Along the same lines, we have give the gift of reading. It's an event we do right here during the school day. Um we have books laid out, wrapping paper, tags, all of that stuff. We invite the students down

020during lunch or study hall to pick out a book. They get to wrap it up um and give it to a family member or a friend as a gift for the holidays. Um, and we get books through our first first book program, but also this year we had a lot of books donated from our staff members were a little short. Um, and we had a ton of donations, new gently used books that um, it went really well as you can see. >> So, as Jess said, we we have a great partnership with the First Book organization. Sells books at a reasonable price, brand new. We have tons. We have a closet back here that we're able to store everything in. The other event we do is we do a dinner and a story event. And

021this is open to all families in with students in grades preK through six. So we invite them back for dinner. It's completely free. We do a spaghetti dinner with bread, with salad, with dessert. That is all donations from our members as well as donations from TESA members and donations from administrators. But that's completely free for families. After dinner, they can come down here to the collaboration space. We have free books that they're allowed to take. they can take what they want. Then we have reading spaces set up so they can even stay here at school and read or they can take them home and read. Again, an event that's completely free for for families. So, every year on competition night, we do a food collection. So, students that are coming in to participate in competition

022night are encouraged to bring um some sort of canned good or non-p perishable food item to donate towards the food collection. they actually get points if they do that towards their competition night scores. Um, and it benefits the snapback program. So, we do um a drive in the fall and this is our drive during the spring to bring in some more items for that snapback program. All >> righty. Then one of our last events is the 5K color me crazy run that we throw in June. Our event this year was just this past weekend. Um, this is an event where participant gets sprayed with colors as they run through the track. Um, we have a live DJ. It's a great event. Um, we would like to acknowledge volunteers for helping to set up, clean up,

023and run the event. Uh, we like to acknowledge TV little for providing the water station, Never Parks and Wreck for providing lawn games, the track team for mapping out the route, and of course for volunteering throughout the day. And then for um, NISA for sponsoring every year. So, this is an awesome event that we are very proud of. So, I know that we've given you a lot of information tonight um about all of our programs. Truth truly, they would not exist without the donations and the support from our community. So, if we haven't said it, thank you again to everybody who helps us out. We are always looking for volunteers. Um so, if anybody would like to join us, um please. Um here's a list of some of our sponsors there. And then lastly, we've

024got the the names of the brains and the hearts behind all of these programs here. So, if you do have any questions or if you would like to help out in any way, I would suggest reaching out to one of these three people. Thank you again for your time tonight. We appreciate it. >> PBTA, that is pretty impressive. Pretty impressive stuff. Um, thank you for the presentation. And um yeah, I had no idea you guys did that much. That's that's impressive. All right, we are going to move forward to number four, which is our uh tenure recommendation presentations. The first tenure recommendation is for Kayla Connley, and it's going to be presented by Kevin Carbone. Good evening, everybody. I'm standing here tonight to recommend Miss Kayla Connelly for tenure within our esteemed school community. Throughout

025her tenure at Tri Valley Elementary School, Miss Connelly has consistently demonstrated her skills, dedication, and commitment to fostering an inclusive learning environment in an elementary gym, and a sixth grade health class. Miss Connelly joined TVES as a physical education teacher, a health teacher, and a coach. She works in conjunction with her colleague to plan active lessons that not only get the body moving but also get the brain thinking. Her physical education periods are full of movement engagement and problem solving. During her health class I had the privilege to observe this year. She has her sixth grade students learning about real world topics that will pertain to their everchanging lives. She helps arm them with the information to make the best choices for themselves. Her students say that she is fun and they love going to

026the gym to play and to learn. Miss Connelly is deserving of tenure at TVES and she's consistently demonstrating her expertise in her field, creating meaningful, engaging learning opportunities for her students. Thank you for considering my recommendation. >> Thank you, Kevin. Uh do we have any discussion before we move to vote? Is she here? >> Is not here? Yeah, she's at the baseball field. >> Any further discussion? Please proceed to vote. Motion motion. >> Motion by second by Nicole. >> We're going to vote electronically. >> Now you may vote. [clears throat] she that >> her husband. >> That motion carried unanimously. >> Uh congratulations to Miss Kayla Connley on your tenure. Next up, we have the tenure recommendation for Skyler Musa presented by Amanda Everly. >> Good evening. It is my pleasure to recommend Miss Skyler

027Musa for tenure as a physical education and health teacher. Throughout her probationary period, Miss Musa has consistently demonstrated dedication and a strong commitment to the academic, physical, and social, emotional growth of her students. She has established positive relationships with students and colleagues alike while creating a safe, engaging, and inclusive learning environment that promotes healthy lifestyles, physical fitness, and personal responsibility. Miss Musa has shown a willingness to continuously refine her instructional practices, and effectively implements a variety of strategies to meet the diverse needs of her students. Her classroom management skills, organizational abilities, and commitment to student success have made her a valued member of our faculty. Beyond the classroom, Miss Musa has made significant contributions to our school community through her leadership as a coach for both track and field, cross country, and assistant coach for

028the girls basketball team. In these roles, she serves as a positive role model, fostering teamwork, sportsmanship, perseverance, and personal growth among our student athletes. Her dedication for extracurricular activities has enhanced opportunities for our students and strengthened school pride. Miss Musa consistently exemplifies the qualities we seek in an educator. integrity, professionalism, collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to her students. Based on her performance, I recommend that the board of education grant tenure to Miss Skyler Musa. Thank you. >> Thank you, Amanda. Do we have any discussion? Motion. Uh before the motion, I would like to say I have coached with uh Miss Musa. Uh she is outstanding. She's the type of person that we uh can build our district off of. Uh eerily familiar to the Ayatro uh regime. um highly committed uh in the classroom coaching.

029Uh so we are uh just blessed to have you here, Skylar. I hope you know that. All right. She was my seventh grade point guard and uh just as committed then as she is now. Thank you for coming here. I have a motion. Motion motion by Tammy, second by George. Please proceed to vote. All right. That motion carried unanimously. Congratulations, Skyler Musa. Next up, we have tenure recommendation for Marshon Williams presented by Amanda Ever. >> It is my pleasure to also recommend Mr. Marshon Williams for a tenure as a school counselor. Throughout his probationary period, Mr. Williams has consistently demonstrated an unwavering commitment to supporting the academic, social, emotional, and post-secondary development of our students. He has established strong relationships with students, faculty, and community members, earning the respect and trust of all those whom

030he works with. As a school counselor, Mr. Williams approaches his responsibilities with professionalism, compassion, and a student- centered mindset. He is a strong advocate for students and works diligently to ensure that each student has the support, guidance, and resources necessary to achieve success. His ability to connect with students, particularly those facing challenges, has has had a meaningful impact on our school community. In addition to his counseling responsibilities, Mr. Williams has dedicated countless hours to our students as a coach for both football and basketball. Through these roles, he has positively influenced student athletes by promoting discipline, teamwork, perseverance, accountability, and leadership. His commitment to developing students extends well beyond the school day and reflects his genuine investment in their overall growth and success. Mr. Williams consistently works to be a strong advocate for his students and

031their needs. Based on his performance and significant contributions to our school community, I wholeheartedly recommend that the board of education grant tenure to Mr. Marshon Williams. >> Thank you, Amanda. We have any discussion? I I will I'll start us off then. Uh, I coach with Marshawn. I've seen his work firsthand. Um, really looks out for the kids that maybe don't have as much as some of the other kids have in this district. Um, good at bridging those gaps, good at getting the really popular kids to maybe hang out with the kids that aren't as popular to try to bring them together. Uh, Marshon again is an asset for the school and I am very happy that you're here. So, with that, do we have a motion? Motion by George. >> second by Travis. Please proceed

032to vote. All right, motion carries unanimously. Congratulations, Marshawn Williams. He's hiding in the back. Don't be shy, Marsh. All right. [clears throat] Next up, we have our board of education recognition. And uh the first item is going to be board excellence recognition and it's going to be Ernaw. >> Thank you. I would like to recognize the following board of education members for earning a board of excellent rec recognition award. This award is given when members participate in New York State School Board Association trainings, workshops, events, and activities above and beyond their initial requirements. These excellence recognition awards go to Nicole Berky, Jerry Stevens, and Rose Woods. All right. Sorry. Um, next we have the board of education retiree recognition also by Miss Aaron Law. >> Thank you. Tonight we would like to take a moment

033to recognize and thank Tammy and Pat for their dedicated service and unwavering commitment to the Tri Valley Central School District. Serving on a board of education requires countless hours of thoughtful discussion, careful decision-making, and a genuine commitment to the success of our students, our staff, and our entire community. Both of you have demonstrated those qualities throughout your tenure, always keeping the best interests of Tri Valley at the forefront of your work. On a personal note, I want to thank you for the honor and privilege of working alongside you. Your support, leadership, and dedication have helped guide our district through both challenging challenges and successes. I am especially grateful for the opportunity you gave me to lead such a tremendous district and to serve in this most remarkable community. Your contributions have made a lasting impact

034on Tri Tri Valley and your service will be felt for years to come. On behalf of our students, our staff, families, and community, thank you for your commitment, your leadership, and your belief in the future of Tri Valley. Please join me in expressing our sincere appreciation to Tammy and Pat for their outstanding service to the Tri Valley School District. We have two gifts for you. Our uh industrial arts class made you each a clock. And I want to read you the inscription that is on the clock. It says, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret me. So, Mrs. Shaboti, would you come up first, >> Mr. Kelly? Er, before we push forward, uh, anybody have a comment about

035board members on their last meeting? >> Oh, jeez. positive comment about it. No, I I I'll say Tammy, thank you. Uh three years of strong service. You're in tune with every topic and issue we have. Um I appreciate that kind of feedback and that kind of involvement. And Pat, I you I don't know how you did it. The level of resilience to do 12 years of Thursday nights here with us, I don't like it's just bananas. Um but you great job. input is always on point, always fiscally responsible, caring about the students, putting them first. Uh, I really appreciate it. Appreciate the time, G. >> Thank you. >> All right. >> With that said, we're going to move on to the Tri Valley staff retiree recommendation. And uh, we're going to start. [clears throat] Erin,

036you're gonna do that one. >> I'm going to do Jesse started. >> All right. Erin's gonna start. >> Mr. Bell, will you join me up here, please? It's my one shot, Jesse. [laughter] [clears throat] Tonight is my privilege to recognize and thank Jesse Bell for 22 years of dedicated service to the Tri Valley Central School District. For more than two decades, Jesse has served our district with pride, professionalism, and an unwavering commitment to the excellence as head of our maintenance. The facilities that our students, staff, and community enjoy each day are a direct reflection of Jesse's leadership, his attention to detail, and his tireless work ethic. He has consistently maintained our buildings and grounds to an exceptional standard while maximizing the talents of his team to ensure that every day begins with our schools ready.

037Welcome to welcoming our students and staff. Before getting into the construction world and coming to Tri Valley, Jesse proudly served our country in the United States Navy. The discipline, dedication, and commitment he demonstrated in his military service have been evident through his entire career. His work ethic has set the standard for those around him and has earned the respect of every fortunate person that was able to work alongside him. Now, anyone that knows Jesse understands that his bark may be sometimes a little worse than his bite, but beneath that tough exterior is someone who deeply cares about his district, its people, and the work that gets done. Over the years, Jesse and I have shared countless conversations that often started with a broken compressor, an unexpected repair, or a facility issue that needed immediate attention.

038Lately, however, the conversations have changed. Like me, Jesse has his heart completely captured by a beautiful granddaughter. These days, before we get the work stuff done, there's usually a quick picture or a video shared. It has been a joy to watch that side of Jesse and to share in those proud grandfather moments. Jesse Tri Valley is a better place because of your service, your leadership, and your dedication. You will not only be sorely missed, but the legacy you leave behind will continue to benefit the district for years to come. Your fingerprints are on every building, every improvement, and every successes that has helped make Tri Valley what it is today. On behalf of the board of education, our staff, our students, and our entire community, thank you for your 22 years of service. We wish

039you nothing but happiness, good health, and many wonderful years ahead with your family. Congratulations, Jesse. Your commitment at Tri Valley was unwavering. I helped hire you and now I'm seeing you off. That's a tribute. Thank you. All right. Next up, we have Corey Turner. He's going to present to Stephanie Galan, who is not here. Oh yes. Ne neither of them are here tonight. >> Um so I'll keep it short and sweet. Um for those of you who don't know me, I am the Tessa Union president. Um my name is Corey and uh I just want to uh two great people um actually sorry, one great person is leaving. One person has already left. Stephanie retired from us in November um after 19 years of service. She just missed a 20, but um so she she

040was one of our original red shirts. And uh for those Star Trek fans, you hopefully you get the joke. Um but uh yeah, so she served, she's the last one that was here and uh she's no longer with us. And then Melissa Lake, after 27 years being a teacher's aid, has decided to hang up her aid hat and retire with and be with Chris who retired last year. Jess before I forget, but um so yeah, so she's looking forward to retirement as well. >> Outstanding. Thank you. Next up, we have Matt Haynes presenting for Lyn Goldstein. >> Good evening. I'm going to borrow one of George's phrases. If I may, I would like to acknowledge first Pat, Tammy, and Jesse. I've worked with the three of you for a long time now in different capacities

041and you've done a lot for me, a lot for our school, a lot for me as a teacher, but a lot for me as an individual as well. So, thank you all. We will we will miss you here. Um Lynn is not here, but I did want to say a few words about Lynn Goldstein. Simply put, Lynn Goldstein is one of the best human beings that I've ever met. Lynn has called Tri Valley home for her entire career, devoting her time to her students and her colleagues. When you think about a master teacher, Lynn Goldstein is one of the first people who comes to mind. She is the best example of a of a professional that you could ever ask for. I personally heard Lynn's praises sung from every different group possible, students, colleagues, administrators,

042parents, and community members. That's because she's always treated people with the attributes that she has become known for, her kindness, compassion, and empathy. When I speak with Lynn now, she always asks to send her gratitude to everyone at Tri Valley. But really, it is all of us who continue to send our gratitude to Lynn. She's made a lasting impression on everyone that she's come into contact with. It's been an absolute honor to call in a colleague and a friend over the years. Although she is stepping away from Tri Valley, her impact will continue to be felt for years to come. Thank you for being one of the great ones. Lynn, may you enjoy your muchdeserved retirement >> and a Tri Valley graduate. >> Yes, >> Lei. Tri Valley graduate. Tri Valley rockstar. uh teacher here

043forever. Um my kids came through here. She's just like I said, she's a pillar. So um thank you, Lynn. And next up, we have uh Christine Smith Cox presented by Matt Ames. Come on now. All right. What do you want to do? [laughter] >> All right. Got some tears flowing up here. It's all right. What else? Christine Cox has given as much to our Tri Valley School District as anyone I've ever met in my entire life. She spent a career here teaching a wide range of grade levels and subject matter. She has changed countless lives along the way. I first met Christine by having her two kids, Taylor and Andrew, as students in my eighth grade class. I can't lie, it was a little bit intimidating. I already knew that Christine had a reputation of

044excellence, and I did not want to let her down. But Christine was as good of a parent as I've ever worked with. And countless occasions, she went out of her way to tell me how much her kids like being in my class and how much they learned in my class. Even when her kids went off to college, Christine still made it a point to come and tell me how much they learned through me. This experience tells you all you need to know about Christine. She's sincere, genuine, and appreciative. Her words are not just lip service. Christine truly means what she says. I'll never be able to adequately express this in words, but Christine's kindness to me made a real positive impact as to who I am as a person. Similarly, Christine has had a profound

045impact on each and every student who walked through her door. Students simply love Mrs. Cox. Each year around the holiday season, my eighth grade students write thank you letters to a person of their choosing. What is consistent year after year is that some students always choose to write to Mrs. Cox. Just keep in mind this is years after they after they've had her as a teacher. This shows the lasting impression she leaves on kids. Christine earns the trust and respect of her students because of the love she shows them. Ruth G. Skully teacher of the year, Sullivan County School Boards Association Outstanding Educator, Teaching Excellence Award. The accolades could go on and on. But more importantly than the words, Christine is a wonderful human being. Christine, I hope you know I've always looked up to

046you. Thank you for being a great colleague, for being a great mentor, and most importantly, thank you for being a great friend. Selfishly, I'm sad to see you go, but I couldn't be happier that you're you're finally your time to step away into the next chapter of your life. Your impact at Tri Valley would never be forgotten. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for all the lives lives you've touched. >> So, I know we're supposed to go on break, but if I can, I'm going to call one other speaker to the podium, Frank Snider. You guys want a chance to draw your eyes and Okay, let's Here we go. [laughter] Oh, >> so we do have one other retiree that we would like to acknowledge tonight. [laughter] >> Not cool. >>

047And it's our board superintendent, Mrs. Long. When we think about retirement, we often think about legacy, the impact a person leaves behind. When we think about Aaron's legacy, it's not defined by one moment or one decision. Her legacy is the culture she built. a culture where all truly means all. Under Aaron's leadership, the district has continued to believe that every student is worth the effort. Every student deserves support and every student can find a path forward. She helped create a culture where staff do whatever is necessary to support students, especially those who may need it the most. And of course, we cannot talk about Aaron without mentioning turtles. Aaron has taught us that leadership is sometimes about sticking your neck out and not keeping it in your shell. It's about moving forward with purpose and

048knowing that slow and steady progress still get you where you need to go. That belief has led to back-to-back graduation rates above 90% with this projected years as being one of the strongest in district's history. But those numbers represent something much bigger. They represent opportunities. opportunities that may have once been overlooked for students and now they're leaving us with an chance. Opportunities for college, careers, home ownership, financial stability, and a better future. That is Aaron's legacy. A legacy of hope, belief, and commitment to children. Aaron, we will miss your strength and your commitment to what is doing right. Please know that your team you help build is committed to continuing your work. Please enjoy those grandb babies while you're on the golf course. Thank you, Aaron. All right, Aaron, you're certainly leaving this school in

049a much better place than what it was when you came. I came on the board the same time you came on and it wasn't because of me. You were a leader and I thank you for that. >> Thank you. >> Best of luck in your what you're going to do in your life today. Go home to your family and be with them. >> Thank you so much. It's been an honor and privilege to be here. Tri Valley feels more like Tri Valley than it has in a long time. That has a lot to do with all of you that were spoke about tonight, right? From our our buildings being the best in in the county to our educators being the best to our leadership. So, there's a lot to be said for it. Um, it

050is not perfect. Nothing ever will be perfect. Um, but man, this this school is uh something to be proud of. >> The team you put together speaks volumes and we thank you for that. Any other comments on the retirees? Anybody else want to make anyone cry here or >> have some cookies? They're really >> anything. Anybody? >> No more crying. >> Did you want to say something? >> All right, we're gonna we're gonna p Go ahead at the podium. Leslie, >> come on up. We're not going to let you off easy there, woman. [laughter] >> Just that it's been a super pleasure to have worked with Aaron. I've been here a while and I went through many principles and I always did learning and with Aaron it was no different. We learned and sometimes we

051learned together and we built a strong solid relationship and all I have to say is now we can be friends. >> Anybody have any uh comments before we we're going to take a we're going to pause the meeting for a celebration break. Uh no more comments. We're going to meeting is paused at 7:49 p.m. Not celebrate too hard because we'd like to get going on this meeting. The meeting is uh resumed at 8:00 p.m. and we're going to roll into the continuation of presentations. Uh up first we have the admin presentations. Are we on? Yes, we go. Good evening everyone. It's hard to believe that this is our last board meeting of the school year. So, we're going to kind of do some recaps, a bunch of different admins that come up today. We'll kind

052of just do a year in review and highlight some of the accomplishments from September to now. So this year in the elementary school, we piloted ready math. We've talked about that. Uh we worked on really making sure the uh schedule has protected core instruction time. We put in wind time or what I need time for targeted instruction. We included a secondstep seal program in collaboration with our teacher groups. We have a new assessment plan for ELA and the teachers in K2 are using UFly to full implementation. In our secondary school this year, we launched algebra for all and we are eagerly awaiting next week to see how everything did. We've had a drone program for quite a while. This is the first year that we are having any students take the drone licensing, the part

053107 license um with Mr. Hitch. We introduced seventh and eighth grade MTSS slabs and we'll talk about the evolution of that. We did an introduction to the writing revolution. That's a systematic writing program. We shifted the ELA for everyone to January to give people an extra opportunity to take the regions in 11th grade to help with graduation. And we implemented some vertical PLC alignments, especially looking at fifth through 8th grade. And where are we headed? Uh based on our pilot success, we are moving to ready math for all K6 students. We are looking to do a brand new MTSS advisory period. So that will replace some of our MTSS labs. This will allow all of our students to have a structured time in the middle of the day where they can be selected by their

054teachers or select a course where they are able to get additional help. If they [clears throat] had to leave cuz they went to sports, say 9th period, they now have the ability built into their schedule to schedule with their teacher to get whatever they missed. This is going to be one of those new structural supports that gives us the necessary input and time that our teachers don't have to do it during their prep time because that is important time for them to prepare for our kids but give our kids time to see our teachers. We are launching a new fifth through 8th grade science curriculum. So we're working with our fifth through 8th grade science teachers. They selected after a process of review the SVAS experience science curriculum to better align with portrait of the

055graduate and the new science learning standards that are being done and implemented. Professional development, we're looking into the science of learning practices. We're going to continue with our PLC's and move to question number two, which really unpacking assessments and looking where and when we do that. And then we'll be expanding our elementary school STEM mod classes to give some more exposure to students as they move through our elementary program. Does anyone have any questions? >> Thank you. Looking forward to next year. >> Thank you. >> Good evening everyone. Um this year in addition to uh successfully completing all of our CPSC, CSE and 504 meetings um as a department we have worked on our IEP audit. Um the special ed education department focused on uh the present levels of academic achievement and functional performance. Uh

056this section of the IEP is a foundation for the goals, services and supports uh that are driven for student needs. uh the staff work together collaboratively to complete a comprehensive staff survey. The results will uh drive our compliant cohesive writing uh with common language for next year. Um there's little survey results that we handed out to them. Uh we're going to create a checklist for next year so that they uh have reminders of how we're going to lead off in our writing of the pleps. And looking ahead for next year, um our last department meeting is going to be dedicating uh dedicated sorry to handing off our students uh so they have a time to collaborate with the grade levels above them, the grade levels behind them to share some vital information um for the

057upcoming school year. Any questions? >> Thank you. and good evening. Uh before I get to the presentation, I just have to go on record as to say I'm not necessarily a softy. Um I am embarking on what would be coming up my 10th year here at Tri Valley. So really it's a matter of having been on this road with a lot of the staff. So I'd like to congratulate the tenure recipients as well as the retirees. I'm not going to turn around and make eye contact with them because we want to keep a dry eye in the house. And of course, uh, Miss Long, for those of us that have been here a long time, we've gone through a lot of superintendent. And those of you who have been on the board for a while,

058you know that as well. And certainly, we appreciate that you were here. Personally, I appreciate all of the support you've given and the tapping on the shoulder and recognizing where my strengths are and where they could be best utilized is something I will always remember as part of my career journey. Okay, before we get teared up. All right, so let's address some of the celebrations that we did have this school year as far as the MTSS department is concerned. Happy to report that we have been able to decrease our chronic absenteeism down 10%. That was a lot of work, a lot of conversations, building administrations, faculty and staff, really paying attention to our students and the trends that they were exhibiting. So, it was a team effort, not one excellent point to acknowledge. Skipping the

059photo for a minute, we were able to use our Panorama student success platform in order to look at some of those student survey results. Those results were extremely helpful in the PLC work that we were able to do this year. again addressing students responses to those surveys and being able to appropriate put in appropriate tiered interventions for them. As far as our tiered intervention meetings are concerned, those that was extremely popular this year with an excellent increase in again our staff utilizing that for when they noticed that a student needed support whether it was academically, behaviorally, emotionally or just overall some of their attendance trends. students were recommended to the committee and we were able to have very open conversations about what the student needs were and where we were able to put supports in

060place for them. So, bravo to our teaching staff for utilizing that system and getting support for our students. We were able to implement and continue to build our systems within the MTSS department. We had a major life event procedures that were put in place this school year with some of the legislation that the state handed out. And with that certainly had an impact on some of our graduation percentage increases this year and working with the secondary school counselors. We have a career survey and a timeline so that our Navian some of the softwares that we have can be best utilized for next school year and a timeline for when surveys will be given to students and then from that result of the career surveys conversations can happen with our school counselors regarding planning courses and

061their future. And we've definitely put on our first winter bear bash. Again, that is not an individual event. That was a team effort and was a very proud moment for us to be able to have our first winter one. Our summer one is coming up. That planning is happening. Uh just to give you uh a little insight, there was an uh there was a grant that was applied for through Southern County Youth Bure Bureau and Tri Valley was one of the districts that was honored. We will we will be receiving a $3,500 grant that can go towards our summer bear bash. Again, this is not an individual that did this. This was work with Miss Miss Hugler and I and being able to draft that and put it through and of course getting permission from

062our district office to be able to go ahead and apply for that. So, that's a great thing to be celebrating. And finally, that picture in the middle as you see our students there during lunchtime. I do want to thank all of our school community because that is the picture that is free of cell phones. If you remember, there was a lot of conversations and worry about what the cell phone policy was going to look like and how our students were going to react to not being able to have their devices during the day. And what you see there is a spring result of the students just playing games, no electronics involved. So, it was a great year. I'm very proud of our team and very proud of our school community as a whole. Any questions

063>> on the uh 10% increase in the Was that split between the elementary and the high school or did we see a little bit more in one school or the other? >> I understand your question. So that is a district that was a district-wide measurement. So last year we were at 31% that was prek through 12. This year we're down to 10%. I would have to tell you that it was mostly the secondary school students who we saw that decrease in as I'm sure that some of the principles will be reporting on their yearly attendance rate which is was is how we got to this number for chronic absenteeism. >> Thank you. >> Sure. >> That absentee is in the high school. Do you contribute that as as a true absentee or is it some

064that come in late because they're scholar they're athletes and they're coming in late? I understand. So the absentee is is for a student who is not in school for the day. It is not it does not count students who are tardy for any reason. It is students that are absent. Any kind of athletic event or field trip, those are excused absences. That's not factored into this. >> Some of this has to do with what the program they put in place as far as uh contacting the parents more often, getting them involved. I understand your question and and absolutely and it was not again an MTSSon initiative. This had a lot to do with us looking deeply at our absentee rates and the building principles and the staff being committed to having attendance procedures that the

065faculty and staff followed where if a student was absent for a certain amount of days uh that there was a protocol that staff followed and based on that kind of flowchart of a protocol we were able to get the students back in school and be able to put supports in place for to address whatever was keeping the student from school. But there were a lot there was this was a very big focus that all of us had this year and the results show. >> Keep up the work. We need him here. >> Thank you. Any other questions? >> Thank you. Thank you, John. >> Good evening everyone. So, as the school district as a whole is able to kind of celebrate all of the successes for the past year, the tech department at this time

066of year is in a little bit of a different space than a lot of people and that we're really gearing up for the summer, which is one of our busiest times. So, I just wanted to kind of give a glimpse ahead of some of the work that we tackled during the summer when we're able to transition away from really focusing on staff support and student support and drill down into a lot of the major projects that allow us to continue to operate reliably and effectively as a modern-day district. So, the first group of things that we looking at is really device management. So coming Monday, we start Chromebook handins getting those Chromebooks back from students who aren't doing uh on Monday and Tuesday that aren't going to be doing regent. Those who are taking regions

067will or hold them on and then when they're done with the last regents, hand them in during regent week. We will be doing uh device repairs for those devices that as we go through we evaluate them. If they need repairs, we take care of that so that they're ready to go with a completely operational device. In the uh in the fall, we do device updates, and that includes not just Chromebooks, but our switches, our servers, our wireless access points. Every single device that we have gets updates. It's got firmware updates, software updates. All of that happens during the summer. And we really focus on that hard early in the summer just because we see a massive surge on attacks on school districts during the summer months. They know that staff members are taking vacation. Response

068times are longer. So, it's really a key time and we make sure that we're completely up to date very early in the summer. For that reason, uh we'll be preparing these new seventh grade Chromebooks. When students come from sixth grade up to 7th grade and they're assigned one to one Chromebooks, they get new devices at that point that they will take from 7th all the way through 12th grade. And then at the end of the summer, Chromebook handouts. Uh infrastructure and systems. We are replacing our firewall, which is the major barrier between our network and the internet. We are moving our phone system to a cloud-based phone system that will replace a system that is now going out of support, but also move us into a realm where we will never have to buy new

069internal hardware for that system. So, it's going to be much more supportable long-term and uh overall reduce long-term costs. We're going to be uh replacing a going out of support security camera software and uh storage system for that security footage and doing a massive tech inventory update. our system that we use for help desk ticketing and inventory we replaced this spring and we're going to be making sure that every single device we have is inventoried. We know where it is. We know what the device is. Um when it expires, when it's no longer supported by the vendor, all of those things. And on the security and planning front, we're going to be updating our incident response and disaster recovery plans, reviewing the for those of you who've been here for a while, I haven't talked

070about this in a little bit, the part of education law 2D is that school districts are supposed to align with what's called the NIST cyber security framework. And the New York State is getting ready to move to 2.0 version of that. We're going to be evaluating that, looking at how we align with that and what our next steps should really be to continue to just keep moving forward on that front and then go from there. Any questions? >> Thank you. [clears throat] >> Okay, today's been a a rough day. I've read some senior speeches today and I've also tried to create my speech. So between that and this evening, I'm doing really well. Um, so I am going to recap some of the things that have been going on in the secondary school. I have

071some comparisons from the last three years up here. We are in honestly when we pulled all the data together, it was amazing to really see it and our work uh behind the scenes at the forefront. So right now, and I'm going to kind of go into this a little bit and explain what this means. Our class of 2026 is projected at a 96% graduation rate. that is the highest in Tri Valley history since they've started tracking data the way they do. Um so that is an a really great accomplishment of what we've been able to achieve here. Um just to break that down a little bit and why it's at 96. So our cohort that's currently in attendance is at 100% graduation rate. So in the past uh last year I can attest to that

072as well. We were at 100% in attendance cohort. So that means the students that are actually in our building, we graduated all of them. That takes a lot of hard work. It takes a lot of phone calls, a lot of emails, a lot of threats of me in their driveway in the school minivan. So they don't want to see that apparently. So they get here. Uh so there is a lot of behind the scenes. And as Miss Williams was saying, this took a team um to really get everybody here, get what they're doing, and it's all hands- on deck, especially right at the end. We've had some students kind of all over the place in the building trying to catch up, get themselves on track and and ready to get out these doors soon. So,

073right now we have 68 in that attendance cohort in this cohort. And what drops that number down to that 96% are these uh averages underneath. So, we've had two drop out of this cohort, that doesn't mean they dropped out this year. That means within from attending 9th grade all the way up to 12th grade, at least two of these students have dropped. However, I will recognize that in New York State, unfortunately, not every student is on the pathway of a region's diploma and really isn't best suited for that aspect. So, that means what we do is we really look at programming and we look at what's best for those students. And we currently have one attending for their GED program in this cohort. That does affect our numbers and counts as a drop, although they

074are doing what's best for them to be successful later in life and attending that GED program. So they are currently there projected to possibly graduate next year with that GED. We had another drop um four years ago. So they transferred in and they [clears throat] were here for a couple of months and then they ended up dropping out in the 9th grade uh year. So that was before our time as well. And then we also have another who doesn't project in our counts right now as a 68, but we do have them here in person. And that's a a student who's going for their skills and achievement credential. This is usually um marketed for a student with high needs or special needs. We took this student in this year. They transferred in from another district.

075We created an in-house program. That is a huge um undertaking. It took a lot of work. It took a lot of creativity um and work between different departments to make this happen and teachers that were willing to step up and really create this program for that student. And it saves the district a lot of money. We're not outsourcing them. We're keeping them in-house. We've created all different kinds of aspects of our CEOs program and our work credential program to give them their best shot at being successful and really giving them experiences. So, those are all connected into that graduation rate. So, as long as I have all 68 of those students walking across the stage in just a couple of weeks, we will be projected at that 96%. Historical rates, last year we had a

07693%, the year before that we were at 88%. So we are trending majorly in the upward direction which is huge and an awesome testament to the work behind the scenes. I will also say we are the highest in the county. We have been for the last two years. We are also placing with our neighboring closest district at least 20 points higher in our graduation rate. So that is huge. But we are currently the highest in Sullivan County. Have been for the last two years. We are also nationally ranked. Um, our graduation rate exceeds the national and the New York state average, uh, which hovers around 87%. So, we are above the state average. We're above the national average and Sullivan County. So, again, a huge testament to the work going on behind the scenes and

077everything that everyone has put in in their efforts. So, we are on an upward trend in that. Our college enrollment, we've done a lot of work on this. We're continuing to do work on this and really try to make the best efforts for our students to graduate with as many college courses as possible. We added two new college courses this year and we had 84 students enrolled in a college course this year alone. Our attendance rate, again, as Miss Williams has stated, this took a lot of work. It took a lot of behind the scenes. It took a lot of configuring and figuring out what was best for each student. It took a lot of meetings. It took uh new protocols that we've put in place to really make sure we are reaching every single

078student and ensuring that we are here for all of them and creating the best environment for them. So again we are on an upward trend 23 24 we at 90.24 and now we are sitting at 92.10 national state averages we are we are hovering above it. our behavior data. So our processed offenses. So in a referral there could be multiple offenses held there and these are what these counts are. So 23 24 we had a 965. Last year we took a major dip uh 729 and this year we are at 756. I will say we've had a lot of transfer in students a lot of students learning kind of the ways of Tri Valley. I'd like to say that we set our standards pretty high here. So, you're going to see those numbers kind of

079fluctuate and and we are processing a lot of things behind the scenes. So, a lot of our behavior is being addressed daily. Uh I don't think we sit down. I don't know the last time we've sat to eat lunch. Um but we are running around and constantly addressing everything that needs to happen in a building for everybody to be able to do their jobs. PLC meetings. So, that was something that we started this year. We've held up in the secondary school 352 total meetings this year. That means that was 32 meetings per teacher. That took administration, that took uh staff support, that took all of us coming together. And those meetings are again I I can tell you what is affecting our rates, what is affecting our jumps are those meetings that we are able

080to one-on-one meet with staff, meet with students as well and really come together to come up with the best plans in place. So those meetings have been super successful and really having different conversations and making sure administration is in line and connecting with our staff who are on the floor. Class of 2026, again, couple weeks to go. 68 students in this graduation cohort. We have 45 students that are collegebound. We have 14 that are going into the workforce. We have five that are going into the trade schools and we have four going into the military. So, huge accomplishments, an awesome class. Uh it's going to be really great to see them be successful and to hear all about their futures. So, that's what's happening in the secondary world. Any questions? >> Thank you. Oh, we

081have one question. >> College courses are a great thing. Students, do you know that the college course? >> We added um our grade 10. We changed our honors program for social studies. We made that a college course. And I believe our it's it's a name and Miss Troy would be yelling at me right now, but she's got a very long named course. I would >> Yeah, we've worked on that one. We worked on another one, too. And we are in process with the college on adding some more some more classes to our our realms and meeting with other colleges to make the best efforts for our schools. >> Yeah, I uh constantly heard that they wanted to make that global class. >> Yeah, we did a lot of work behind the scenes with Sunni Sullivan

082to make that happen. >> Thank you. >> Anybody else? >> All right. >> Thank you. >> Excuse me if I may. >> Good try, Amanda. I'm in fact. >> Thank you. >> Yes, Mr. This is a kind of information that we really need to get out more. >> It's really impressive to me and it needs to be out in the community more. Um, look, I'm not used to saying blow your own horn, but you know, this needs to be said and we don't do it enough. We don't communicate enough to the public. Please, the administration, the staff, it's a tribute to them of what what where we were. When I came on this board four years ago to where we are today is a substantial improvement and it didn't come very easily. You worked very

083hard. The staff worked very hard. We're on a mission. Keep going in that mission. God bless you. >> Thank you. >> At the very least, just show Southern West we have a higher credit. >> Oh, yeah. Thank you. [laughter] >> Thank you for that. That's welcome. [laughter] >> So, uh, when I was hired a couple of years ago, I was asked to make kids want to come to school. Uh, so that that's something that was one of my big goals, uh, for the last summer coming into this year after kind of getting my feet wet in Tri Valley. Our attendance rate last year was 92.5%. This year when I pulled the data last week, we were up to 93.6%. I set a goal and I pre-K parents and kindergarten parents kind of chuckle at orientation

084last uh last August, September. I said, "Our goal is 93%." They're like, "Oh, 5% more." Uh but it's it's huge. 5% um is more kids in our school on any given day. And we're up over a point percentage for this year so far. the kids want to come to school. They want to be here. We also wanted to recognize the kids. A lot of times we get bogged down with the kids getting uh privileges or permissions when when they're misbehaving and we're positively reinforcing their good behavior. We're not recognizing all of the good kids who always do the right thing. That's something that's always been coming up in my administrative career. So, Miss Pringle and I really put together um a couple of different ways that we could recognize every kid possible. So, we started

085a bear of the week program and we rolled it out really slow in September. From when we started rolling out to now, we've recognized 30 students from each grade level once a week. What they do is they get caught being a bear. They get a little ticket in the cafeteria for helping clean up or lining up quietly or um helping Mr. Kurassis with a task that might need to get done. And they get recognized with a ticket. They come into the main office. They put it into their little envelope and we make a big deal about it. Once a week, we pull a raffle and those students come down and they get recognized as the bear of the week. We take a picture, we give them a certificate, we give them a little keychain just

086to make sure that we're promoting that positive behavior from our students. We our bear award that we give, we gave 836 bear awards this year. We give them quarterly. So those are the home room teachers really recognizing that our students are making the right choices, being responsible and making up all of those bare expectations that we we have set for them. The the bigger one which um I didn't realize was going to be such an impact was the outstanding attendance. So when Miss Pringle and I do the awards and we do the Bear Awards every quarter, we do an outstanding attendance award. That's 95% of attendance we recognize for each individual student. that comes down to like two days a quarter that they can miss and still qualify for that award. That has been huge

087this year to help bump up what our percentages in our attendance rate this year. So, the outstanding attendance, the Bears of the Week, the Bear Awards, all those things that were built in tradition and then kind of, you know, expanded upon, um, we're really making sure that our students are excited about being here and want to contribute to our school. Coming up, you are all cordially invited. We have the Ruth Skully Awards tomorrow morning at 9:00 in the theater. If you're free, come on down. Air conditioner should be rolling. Should be good to go. >> Your fingers. >> Um, our littlest graduates are graduating next Thursday night at 5:00. 3K will do their nice little ceremony. Uh, goes from 5 to 6. We'll have a nice little suare at the end. I'm sure all of

088the kids are looking forward to it. They have their best dresses and suits ready to go. and our largest graduates for elementary school will be graduating or um moving up on June 23rd. So if you care to see the sixth graders move up, please swing on by. Any questions? >> Thank you, Kevin. What time is the sixth graders? I'm sorry. >> I believe sixth grade is at 9:00 as well. All right. Hello again. Um, only a couple more days of quotes before uh there's a little break. Thank goodness we're running out. Um, but uh but no, the the season's coming to a close. Um, we have the track and field state championships this weekend. Um, there's a lot to reflect on this year. Um but for right now, um you know, our girls outdoor uh

089track team were section 9 champions and division champions. Um our boys outdoor track team were section runner-ups and also division champions. And we have our individual section champions uh listed up there. Um they're going to compete uh this weekend. It should be a really great showing. we had to hit pause on the printing of the programs because we're really hoping to fill in that state championship section before we um send that out. Uh another really great accomplishment, our girls cross country team uh was honored on the Senate floor. Um and they got to go up, they got to be on the Senate floor. Uh they really enjoyed themselves and were recognized um for an accomplishment that although this year feels fast, feels like that accomplishment was a long while ago. Um, couple updates. The section

090I told you is switching to bound. We have access. Um, so far I love it. Uh, it's visually just amazing. Um, no more like just the red and blue dot. Now there's actual, uh, logos for the different schools and it just is laid out way better. Uh, we have a ton of work behind the scenes um to get it set up and ready to go, but they've sent us a great onboarding program. So, in the next couple weeks, going to be hard at work uh behind the scenes to get it ready to go for uh the fall. Um and then the last thing is uh our our sports awards are on Monday, our spring sports awards. So, 6 p.m. in the theater. Um and then the last last things I want to say, everybody else

091has been reflecting on the retirees. Um, Jesse Bell. I mean, you look around dugouts, new throwing area across the board. It just the upgrades have been unbelievable. Um, the ability to do it in-house was incredible. Um, I love the bark. Um, it's [laughter] it's one of my favorite parts of the day. Uh, sometimes we bark back and forth, but it I think we I think we both get a good joy out of it. So, um, I just wanted to, you know, thank Jesse and his crew for all the work they do throughout the year that he's done over the years. And then, Miss Long, thank you for all of the support the athletics department has been given over the years. Um, it's been truly incredible in all the postseason meetings with coaches. It's they they

092they can't say enough about the support that they've received. So, just want to say thank you. >> Thank you. >> Any questions? >> Thank you. All right. Next up, we have the superintendent report. >> All right. Well, first of all, thank you for this uh surprise. It was really an honor. Um we still have time together, so look out. No, but really e uh good evening again. We definitely have had a very busy few weeks celebrating the accomplishments of all of our seniors, and it's been really a great source of pride for all of us. We have been on the tour to Boseies, to Otterkill, back to Boseies, back to Hurleyville. We'll be at Boseies in a couple of weeks. Um, it's been really great to see how many of our Tri Valley kids are

093shining. I also have to give a a shout out to our scholar athletes on an outstanding [clears throat] school year because not only are they demonstrating their commitment to their studies and their athletics, but they have mastered time management. They really know how to organize their time and their days to be efficient and excellent in both of their areas. Um, just want to talk about our staff really quick. As you have seen through the presentations tonight, the work is paying off for our students and that is because of our staff. That is because of our teachers taking a step out of the box with PLC's this year and really digging down into the learning and looking at the root of where our students are and committed to that growth and um it's paying off. It's

094just been incredible. I also want to thank our administrative team. You are true leaders. Your leadership, your relationships you've buil built with our staff have helped create this environment that is allowing our students to be safe and supported and successful. And we know some days it's a grind. We know some days we're banging our heads. We're chasing kids. We're breaking up arguments. But when we go home at night, we should all be very proud of how much we really care about our kids. And and that's all of you. Uh Chris, I want to thank you for being on our board this year. your student voice has been really well accepted and we're looking forward to having you back next year. Uh at your seats the evening. Back on to business. There is um projected 2026

0952027 board of education meeting dates. If you want to take a peek at that and like it, we can go ahead and prove that at the July 9th reorg meeting. We are going to have our summer board meetings beginning at 5:30 um for the four meetings we have planned for the summer. And then finally, I just want to remind everyone that all of this hard work comes together and we'll be together on Saturday morning, July 27th at 10 a.m. in the Bernstein Theater to walk our students across the stage. Thank you. >> Thank you, All right. Next up, we have correspondence, which we have none. And we're going to public comment session for items that are on tonight's agenda. We have none. items the board wants pulled from tonight's consent agenda. Okay, we have none.

096The consent agenda resolution to approve the entire consent agenda. This is an action. Do we have a motion? >> Motion by Jerry. Second by Carrie. Any discussion? Please proceed to vote. Motion carries. 81. Next up, we have board committee reports. You need board committee reports. If I may, our our committee was disbanded. I don't know because of the timeline, but uh I would like the superintendent to sort of uh give the board an update on what transpired in reference to our uh bug pond. >> Uh sure. Uh two Fridays ago, June 5th, we met with two representatives from the D, Matt and Joe. Uh I felt like it was a fantastic meeting. We had Pat, uh, George, Jerry, who was our, and Nicole were at our at our meeting. I thought the meeting was very

097positive. They, um, we had Jesse, we had Paul with us, we had [clears throat] Jeff with us, um, Frank was with us, and we had great conversations around options for that pond and the things we can do. They gave us some quick suggestions we could work on. They'll be coming back with us in July. Uh, I think the 14th is the date that LAN architects will be back on campus to present their 5-year plan to us and they'll be bringing one of their engineers and I'm coordinating with Matt to bring the D back so we can look at the pond again. But I I value your input. I felt it was a very successful conversation. >> I did notice that the water levels have went down. So, >> I'm I'm thinking after you mentioned Pat,

098Jesse must have done something. I will double check with him. I spoke to him this morning. He said um that there was a little valve that they ended up pulling. >> Okay. >> Yeah. He said it get down to about 4 in. >> No, Jesse already >> took care of some stuff in. >> Mhm. He and I haven't connected on that. >> And he said he saw no snakes. >> That's good. >> But he didn't find any water snakes yet. >> Yet. >> Any decoys? >> Well, I think the deep he was quite impressed with the decoys. They were they were they were quite impressed with those. Yeah, >> meeting well. >> Anybody else? Committee reports? Okay, let's move on to 20. Old business. Any old business? >> All right. 21 new business. Uh, we

099have the reorganizational meeting July 9th, 2026, 5:30 p.m. This is an action. Do I have a motion? >> Motion by Jerry. Do I have a second? >> Second by Carrie. Any discussion? Please proceed to vote. >> That motion carried unanimously. Whereas the board of education is required to hold an annual organizational meeting and whereas the board wishes to establish the date of the 2026 organizational meeting uh that the organizational meeting of the board of education shall be held on Thursday, July 9th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. in secondary school collaboration space. Next up, we have the uh item B, the transportation agreement. This is an action. Do I have a motion? >> Motion by Carrie. Do I have a second? >> Second by Rose. We proceed the vote. >> Um, any discussion? >> Something like that.

100>> George, you have any discussion? If you may, >> if I could. Thank you. >> I notice we're backating some of them from 24. >> This is a different one. >> Oh, that's a different one. >> The question I have is I see it's Ellenville. The contract is with Ellenville. >> It's with Roland V. That's just the office. That's >> okay. The only concern I have always it has to be within a certain distance of this school district that's been in the original charter. So would that have a a a impact? >> No, the buses are still coming out of neverend. That's just the the office that >> and that's in writing. >> This is still going off the original contract. These are just ex uh contract extensions >> on this contract. the ones that

101are further down. This the one you're voting on right now has nothing to do with >> that's apparent. >> Okay. >> You know where I'm going with it. >> Yes. >> Any further discussion? See the vote. And that carried unanimously. Be resolved that upon the recommendation of superintendent of schools, the board of education does hereby approve the transportation agreement as attached to the executive content section of the agenda effective July 1st of 2026. All right. Next up, see the appointment of tenure track elementary education teacher Jordan Barry. Have a motion. Motion by Nicole, second by Pat. Any discussion? Please proceed to vote. Yes. That motion carried unanimously. Uh Jordan, if you're in the room, could you Oh, there's Jordan. Stand right up. Jordan. >> Jordan. Jordan has been with us um as a long-term sub

102and then uh tried out Florida for a little bit and decided to come back to New York State. So, okay. So, she has been um just wonderful this year. So, congratulations and welcome full-time to the team. We're glad to have you. >> All right. I am going to read these resolutions, but they're going to be a bit hyphenated. Um, so being resolved, upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools that at its June 11th, 2026 meeting, the board of education approves the appointment of Jordan Barry to a 4-year probationary term as an elementary education teacher in the 10-year area of elementary education commencing September 1st, 2026. Congratulations. >> Perfect. Next up, we have item D, the appointment of tenure track elementary education teacher, Sandre Lee. I have a motion. >> Motion by Tammy, second by

103Pat. Any discussion? >> Please receive the vote. All right, that motion carries with eight yays and one abstain and be resolved. Uh upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools that at its June 11th, 2026 meeting, the board of education approves the appointment of Sandre Lee to a 4-year probationary term as elementary education teacher in the tenure area of elementary education commencing September 1st of 2026. And Sandra, I believe, is also here. >> Yes. Outstanding. Next up, appointment tenure track elementary education teacher Britney Fitz Simmons. Have a motion. Motion. Motion by Carrie, second by Nicole. Any discussion? Please proceed to vote. That carried unanimously. Be it resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools that add its June 11th, 2026 meeting, the board of education approves the appointment of Britney Fitz Simmons to a

1044-year probationary term as an elementary education teacher in that 10-year area of elementary education commencing September 1st, 2026. Britney, are you in the house? >> Yes, she is. >> All right. Good stuff. All right. Next up, let him F. Appointment 10ear track elementary education teacher Evan Dy. Do I have motion? >> Motion by Jerry. >> Second by Tammy. Any discussion? Please proceed to vote. That carried unanimously. Be it resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools that at its June 11, 2026 meeting, the board of education approves the appointment of Evan Dardy to a 4-year probationary term as an elementary education teacher in the tenure area of elementary education commencing September 1st, 2026. Are you in the house? >> He is. >> All right. Welcome, welcome. Item G, appointment tenure track secondary education teacher

105Alexander Paulie. Have a motion. Motion by Tammy, second by Carrie. Any discussion? Please proceed to vote. That motion carried unanimously. Be it resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools that at its June 11th, 2026 meeting, the board of education approves the appointment of Alexander Paulie to a four-year probationary term as a secondary education teacher in the tenure area of social studies commencing September 1st of 2026. Alexander, are you here? All right. Okay. Uh resolution to approve school resource officer agreements. This is an action. Have a motion. >> Motion by Jerry. >> Second by Travis. Do we have any discussion? >> Question. >> So what what exactly are we extending? the contract that we're contracting with the county each year. Are we increasing their salary? >> No. So, these are just so we can

106pay the sheriff's office for us having an SRO here. Contracts. There was never a resolution done. The contracts were never signed. So, we owe the county money. So, it's they get the same rate every year. It's has not increased in in years. >> So, we should be looking for this annually. It would be on annual. Yes. >> This time of year. >> No, it should be in the beginning of the year. >> Got it. Good deal. >> Thank you. >> Any more discussion? Please proceed to vote. >> That passed unanimously. Be it resolved. The board approves the modification agreement resolution 54824 by and between Tri Valley Central School District from the county of Sullivan to provide one school resource officer for the 2425 school year. The board agrees to extend the original agreement dated June

10716th of 2016 from September 1st of 2025 through June 30th of 2026. Tri Valley Central School District will reimburse the county 70% of each SRO's cost with a maximum reimbursement of 70,000 per officer plus any requested overtime. All right. Subject I. Resolution authorizing the use of New York State ERS retirement reserve fund. This is an action. Do I have a motion? >> Motion by Carrie. Second by Rose. Any discussion? >> Exactly. Um where is it going to be used? So we have ERS reserve funds and TRS reserve funds. Uh the district pays ERS for the employer contributions as well as TRS for the employer contributions. So those are budgeted items in our budget. However, we can use the reserves to pay them instead of using our operating budget. Typically once we're near and completion of

108the audit, we'll kind of know be able to judge where our fund balance is going to be and then we'll know whether we need to use them. These res standard resolutions always like an up to amount. Uh just so that these have to be done prior to June 30th because that's the end of the fiscal year. You don't have to use them, but they're it's just allowing us the flexibility if we need to. Just clear, didn't we do something on this to put the reserves in another fund? >> We created we bumped the ERS and TRS reserve funds up. We took some money from the reserve fund or the uh repair reserve and bumped that bump the ERS one up and we created the TRS one and put the money into that one. We had

109to get the money in them before we can use them. We funded them with another reserve fund. Thank you. Any further discussion? Please proceed to vote. All right, that passed unanimously. Whereas the board of education and the trial central school district has previously established employee retirement contribution reserve fund to push them into section 6R general municipal law. And whereas the board of education has determined that it is best financial interest of the district to utilize a portion of such reserve to pay employee contributions to the New York State local employees retirement system. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the board of education hereby authorized the use of an amount not to exceed $300,000 from the employee retirement contribution reserve fund for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the district's employer contributions to

110the New York State employees retirement system during the 2526 fiscal year. Next up, the resolution authorizing the use of the New York State TRS retirement reserve fund. >> Motion motion by Jerry, >> second by Pat. Any discussion? Please proceed to vote. That motion carries unanimously. Whereas the board of education of the Tri Central School District has previously established a teacher retirement contribution reserve fund pursuant to section 6R of the general miples. Whereas the board of education has determined that it is in the best financial interest of the district to utilize a portion of such reserve to pay employer contributions to the New York State teachers retirement system. Now therefore be it resolved that the board of education hereby authorizes the use of an amount not to exceed $215,000 from the teachers retirement contribution reserve fund

111for the purpose of paying all portion of the district's employer contributions to New York State teachers retirement system during the 2526 fiscal year. Item K, resolution transportation contract extension rolling B 2425. This is an action. Motion motion by Pat. We have a second. >> Second by Travis. Any discussion? >> What? Really? I'm confused. This is We're talking about 2425. the 2425 in the 25 uh the 2425 is a summer transportation contract. >> This is the year 2425 >> the summer of 24. >> So we transport >> special students. So we're able to apply for funding for >> So we never got the funding. >> No, which is 80%. >> What's how much? 80% of whatever we spent. So it's roughly about 50,000 per summer. So that's we need to approve these so I can submit

112them and then once we have an approved contract then we can submit for >> I'm probably the elephant. Did we not know that we could do this? >> Why we can't answer >> probably did not know that we could do this. >> Thank you for finding. >> Yes. Yes, >> we have five and a half% at that year in interest. >> And is this as far back as we can go? >> Yes. >> That's awful. >> Thank you. >> Please proceed to vote. Pass unanimously. May resolve. The board approves the transportation contract extension with rolling v from July 1st, 2024, June 30th, 2025. Item L, resolution, transportation contract extension rolling B 2526. This is an action of the motion. >> Motion motion by Nicole, second by Carrie. Any discussion? You want me to go? So

113these are two of them. one [clears throat] is for this previous summer in this school year. Same thing. So, we get that approved, we can submit it, apply for reimbursement. And then the other one is the transportation for this current school year. The um contracts were never submitted to the state. >> Is there an expiration date on reimbursement? >> So, there is, but >> we're under that. >> We're we're still fine. They're not going to hold any back. I did contact the state. >> And the value of this one, >> this one, the summer one again is 80%. And then the school year is whatever our transportation aid rate is, which I believe is around 40 46 somewhere else is 90. >> Any further discussion? No, please proceed to vote. [clears throat] All right. Unanimously

114here. The board approves the transportation contract extension with rolling v July 1st, 2025 to June 30th, 26. I am M. Resolution sanitation contract extension rolling B 2627. This is an action of motion motion by carry. Second by Nicole. >> Any discussion? >> This is this year. >> This is for the upcoming school year. So we won't have to talk about transportation again. >> This is summer and school. >> This will be for this coming summer and then the first school year. >> Please proceed to vote. All right, that carry unanimously be resolved. The board works transportation contract extension only be July 1st, 226 to September 30th of 2027. All right. N lead and water sampling plans ES and SS. This is an action. Motion motion by Jerry and by Tammy. >> Any discussion? Please proceed

115to vote. >> Yeah, that pass unanimously. Be resolved that upon the recommendation of the super schools, the board of education does hereby approve the attached lead and water sampling plans for the elementary and secondary school brings us to O. Cold War Veterans exemption. This is an action. I have a motion by Jerry, second by George. We have any discussion? Please proceed to vote. >> [clears throat] >> We want the long version. >> All right. That pass unanimously. Whereets section 458B of the New York State Real property tax law authorizes the granting of a property tax exemption qualified veterans who served during the Cold War period. Whereas the Tri Valley Central School District has reviewed the criteria and eligibility requirements set forth in section 458B of the real property tax law has determined that it is

116the best interest of the district and community to provide the cold or veterans tax exemption to eligible property owners residing within the district. All right. Further resolve that this resolution shall take effect immediately and the exemption shall be applied to the upcoming school tax levy as provided by the applicable laws of the state. Well done. >> Okay, next we have donations. >> Tim, can I just ask that's it? We're done with the Cold War. The veterans have it now. Yes. >> Thank you. >> Cold War is over. [laughter] >> Donations FFA banquet. Uh this is uh Karen Kum and this is an action. I have a motion. Motion by Nicole, second by George. Any discussion? >> No, I just want to say thank you. That's a significant one. It was really >> Please proceed to

117vote. >> All right. Motion carried unanimously. Be it resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education does hereby approve the donation of 75 pounds of brisket donated by Thunderview Farms. Next up, donation FFA banquet. This is from Andrew Barassic. An action motion. >> Motion by Carrie. >> Second by Rose. Any discussion? Please proceed to vote. unanimous. >> That is unanimous. Be it resolved that upon the recommendation of superintendent schools board of education does hereby approve the donation from Andrew Breik Andrew Bruss [clears throat] who is sponsoring two awards. The Katherine Hearth Memorial Scholarship be awarded to Emily Lusac in the amount of $250 and the Susan J. English and communication award in the amount of $250 which be distributed amongst four students. Next we have the FA banquet. Uh

118Mary Martin, Kathy Kum, and Marlene Osterhout. >> Motion by Jerry. >> Second by Travis. Any discussion? Please proceed to vote. That is unanimous. Be it be it resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education does hereby approved the donation from Mary Martin, Kathy Kum, and Marlene Ora who have offered to sponsor FFA jackets for members. These jackets cost $60 each and we will be provided to five deserving members. All right, next we have item 22, public comment session. For items that are not on tonight's agenda, we do [clears throat] have someone in the house. We have Mr. Matt Haynes and he would like to discuss, it looks like, something about super. So, I'm terribly sorry to prolong this meeting, but I've had this planned for some time now. So,

119good evening everyone. My name is Matt Haynes. I'm a teacher here at Tri Valley and also president of the Tri Valley Teachers Association. I signed up tonight to speak about our retiring superintendent Aaron Long. Years ago, when I was a new teacher at Tri Valley, I was attending a board of education meeting and then board member Lenny Bernstein said something I would never forget. He said, "At Tri Valley, we do things differently. We're a family here. This idea of our school and community being a family is something that has been ingrained in me the past 16 years. I started as our TVTA president the same year Aaron started as our superintendent. We immediately clicked and immediately formed in my opinion the ideal partnership for any school. Aaron and I have never worked as two separate

120entities. Instead, we work together for the greater good. We both have the same exact mindset. When we work together, everyone accomplishes more. Serving as our TVA president, I've sat through hundreds of meetings with Aaron. A lot of these meetings have resulted in improvements that have pushed our school forward in the right direction. I've also had to sit through some very tough meetings dealing with topics that were very uncomfortable. Time and time again, I witnessed Aaron handle these meetings with absolute grace. Regardless of the outcome, Aaron has always allowed people to keep their dignity intact. This characteristic of hers has left a lasting impact on me and is something I try to emulate. As a teacher, Aaron is easily the most supportive superintendent that I've worked for in my 20 years of teaching. She has treated

121us like the professionals we are and put trust in her staff. We know Aaron cares about us and that goes a long, long way. Most importantly, as a person, Aaron has changed my life. She has acted as a mentor to me every step of the way, given me compassion when I needed it, and also tough love when I needed it. My not my life would not be the same without crossing paths with Aaron Long. Aaron, I believe the reason you and I got along so well from day one is because we both held the same belief about our school. We're a family here. I'm incredibly proud of you. You have left a positive mark on our school that will last for years in the future. I could not be more grateful for our time together

122and the partnership that we have formed. I'm going to miss you terribly, but I couldn't be happier for you in your next step in life. I look forward to our next step as well where I move from working alongside of you being an occasional pain in the ass to being your friend. Thank you for everything. >> Thank you. >> Awesome. Awesome, Matt. I love it. All right, we are on to board comment session. Who do we want to start with? Tammy or Travis. >> Okay, I will be very short. I know it's getting late. Just want to say congratulations to the 2026 graduates. Tri Valley TUTA. Great job. What you do and what you presented. I just can't believe how much you build and trust and what you do for community and donations. Thank you

123so much for that. Also, congrats to the retirees. Enjoy every single day of it. It's wonderful. That's all I have tonight. Happy summer. here Chris. >> So, I just have a few things. First of all, I just wanted to restate the college courses for the students. I mean, saving each and every kid who takes them like thousands of dollars through Sunni. Uh, also the youth bureau. We got 3,800 from the youth bureau. I saw that. Uh, I was an intern at the youth. I'm going to be an intern this year. I know how much paperwork it is. It's very difficult, but I'm glad we were able to get that worked out. So, the comment form that was talked about, I think one or two board meetings ago. Uh, I have it set up. I want

124to start it right away next school year, September. I want to get it running. Uh, and I want it to run throughout the whole school year. Maybe get it on each of the school year's school classrooms. very easy for the students to access. Uh the volunteer club, uh it went very good this year. It was great setting it all up. I have a full plan. I have everything planned out for next year and hopefully for my last year here, I can present with all the officers and say everything I've done over the course of the two years. uh just to say that like it wouldn't be possible without the board of education support and influence when I first got the idea of Mr. N's um civics class. It was great to come up here and

125really get the work that I needed from the board to make happen with the retirees. Uh make me cry with it. [laughter] There's that. And um I wish everyone a great summer and I just wanted to say I had ton of fun with this position. Love to do it again. Really connecting the students with the for uh great very fun. That's all I got. >> Thanks Chris. You're you're a kid. >> Nicole, >> our students are just so lucky to live here, right? there between all of our retirees, um the growth that we've had, the people we continue to hire into the district, they are just so lucky. Great job everyone. Congratulations. There's just so much to talk about. Uh congratulations on our retirees, our new hires. Uh um but I wanted to say [music]

126maybe I'm not gonna say anything. Maybe it's like an omen like just stop >> in the microphone. Carrie me in the microphone. Um Tammy and and Pat, it's just been a pleasure working with you guys. Um all of us have different opinions on a lot. Um but as a community and as a group of nine, um sometimes you go toe-to-toe, battle to battle, but we respect each other tremendously. Um, and that flows from our administration on through. So, you know, we're blessed also to have such a wonderful group of nine and the two new board members that are joining us. Um, we look forward to working with you. But Pat, uh, we used to sit in board meetings before we even went on the board together. So, um, that's very lucky to have you. [music]

127The microphone situation will be addressed hopefully soon. And that's all I have to say. Congratulations, class of 26. Okay. Thank you to Pat and Tammy for for your service on the school board for all those years. I enjoyed participating in the color me crazy runwalk 5K this past Saturday. And I saw great presentations at the capstone project showcase this afternoon from Mr. Haynes's civics and social justice class. >> Thank you, Jerry. Congratulations to all the graduates, the retirees, the new hireers, and everybody who received tenure tonight. Um, without you, Tri Valley wouldn't be what it is. Um, thank you to my fellow board members for your support the last three years. Um, I wish you all the best in in the future. And uh >> thank you Rose. >> Bear with me. I'm my voice

128is almost back to normal. Just touching go for a while there. Um we have a lot to be proud of. Um just looking back on um the year that we've had and um seeing all the growth in the presentations tonight. Um just a lot to be proud of. So uh thank you to everyone here for that. I wanted to give a special thank you to everyone on our administration team. Um, parents at home, I don't know if you know this, but every single admin here always has their door open. And no matter what problems your kids have, sorry, it's been a rough year for my kids personally. So, no matter what problems they have, you can reach out to any person on this admin team and they're willing to step in and help. And I

129I just wanted to say thank you. >> Thank you, Rose. >> All right. Uh tonight, uh first off, thank you everybody for your kind words. 12 years has gone by in the blink of an eye. For those of you who don't know, I wouldn't be on the board for Carrie telling people I was running when I wasn't. And uh somehow here I am. Thank you K. Um to the retirees, I wish you all a long healthy retirement filled with love, laughter, for your family. That's what it's all about. Family. Um my youngest is a junior. I don't know how that happened. Uh he'll be rising a senior here in a couple weeks. And to the staff, you have shaped my children in the same way my wife and I have. You've partnered with us. um

130to raise some some who I think are pretty cool people and academically they've gone from Tri Valley and they've been able to conquer the world and that's you know Matt I I shared with you um a college professor's writing um comments on my son you taught my kids how to write all three of them they blow it out of the water you know you have teachers who who care so much about our students it's amazing Um Christine taught my son Andrew as much in you know math or science whatever as much to be a great person and compassion and you to the to the faculty to the staff you're shaping our children and that's a job that I fit readily that I couldn't do but I appreciate everything that you do you make a huge

131difference and um Aaron you know it's been uh four four uh four years, blink of an eye, I have enjoyed uh working with you. Um you're my pick. So good in my opinion. So I wish you, you know, [clears throat] lots of happiness. >> Thank you, Pat. >> That's it. >> Thank you, Matt. George, >> business-wise, reference to one of these uh things you have to send in the contracts, you have a previous president, board president. So, how are we going to handle that? That one's already been signed. So, all I have all that one has to do is be submitted. So, we'll still get it done. >> Yes. Okay. Um, one thing that I've since I've been on board which I really missed was a report from the music department. We've never had the

132music department in here to give anything update on anything. And I miss that. I think it's important. We do have good vote. a thousand seat auditorium was built because of that music department. >> Okay. >> So, you know, I I I really wish it was. Chris, >> you're great for this board. You bring in stuff that I would not hear about because you're in you're a direct conduit to the students and that's important. That's because that's why we're here. So, without you, it would be difficult. So, you were a good addition to the board and thank you for for doing that. Uh, the FFA uh 75 years of um here at Tri Valley. Wow. You know, um it was put in place by our godfathers here when the charter was first uh formed. They knew

133what they were doing and it's still here today. And that's a tribute. And what a job they did. Those those young kids stood up there and they spoke better than some of our politicians. And I said that down there. >> Really, they stood there and they spoke very well. And it's really it's what we do here for our kids and we've always had good adviserss here right from day one. Especially Mr. Strangeway. He was there forever and that was the start of the program and God bless him. He's he's gone now. Anyway, Tara, Tara was here this year by herself because of maternity leave on the other advisor. What she did and where the kids went this year, top in the state again. I mean, wow. I mean, and all the other accolades they had.

134I mean, it's we don't talk much about our other extracurricular activities too much here. We do a lot of sports and stuff like that, but they really did an excellent job and I'm very proud of that that program here. And look at the donations we got. Make sure we send a thank you to them. >> A very gracious thank you to all of them. Um Jesse, I mean Jesse, he was here. We hired him when I was on the board first time with and we really got a good one and we are going to miss him. Um he did a lot of stuff here that saved us Tribe Valley a lot of money and uh that did not go unnoticed by me. So uh I wish him well in his retirement. >> I think that's

135it. Thank you. Uh all right. What a meeting. Um because it's a quarter after 9 everybody wants to go home. I'll keep this short. Uh change is scary. Change is difficult. Right. We have a lot of people going out. We have a lot of new faces coming in. We're going to have a new leader of the school. Um what I would tell all of the staff from administrators down. Uh this board will have your back if you work as hard as you guys always do. And that should uh clear your heads on on the uneasiness, right? We need a steady ship. Everything's going to be okay. Right? That's business first. Second, um you guys are are really kicking butt. Um, my kid is coming out of this class. Uh, did you guys help build her,

136right? And your attendance rate should improve next year when she's gone. Uh, fell off a bit here. It's senioritis. Um, but it's all of you from top to bottom. Uh, and and like Pat said, like we're we're creating little rock stars that are taking on the world. And like when you can sit with your kid and have like adult conversation and know that they're going to be okay, that takes a village. Not just one, not just a good mom or dad. That's everybody chipping away, helping with problems at school, helping when they're struggling in class, helping when they're feeling down, they broke up with their boyfriend, they got in a fight, they got everyone here contributes to each one of those kids, and it's just it's given us some really like kick, you know what

137kids. So, thank you. Um, Erin, thank you for steering the ship. I I appreciate it. So, >> um, and we're going to miss you. >> That's all I got. Uh, and I know everybody wants to go home. So, let's do a uh do we have a motion for an executive session? >> Motion >> to discuss uh details the medical, financial and credit or employment history of a particular person or corporation. We have a motion from Jerry. Second from Travis. >> Any discussion? Please receive vote. All right, >> unanimous. >> The rest of you enjoying