001okay good evening today is Monday February 24th 2025 today's a special meeting and workshop with the Board of Education um can I get a motion to conveni meeting first Al second Scott all in favor okay we're going to go into executive session just discuss some Personnel um can I have the motion to conven to Executive session first Al second Scott favor we'll see you back at 7:30 thank you all right good evening uh today's Monday feary 24th 2025 this is a special meeting and workshop of the Board of Education meeting was actually already opened at 6:45 for next SE session finish that up and then we'll back down here so we don't don't need to open the meeting together so what do we have next we have all right we can roll right into our
002presentation first up is the budget we do budget first right good evening and thank you for joining us tonight at our last meeting we focused on the revenue side of our budget how we fund our schools through a combination of state aid local tax contribute contributions and other sources tonight we turn our attention to expenditures the Investments we make to support our students staff and schools as we navigate the financial landscap the coming year we remain committed to balancing fiscal responsibility with the needs of our district our expenditures reflect careful planning to sustain high quality instruction student services and operational efficiency while addressing Rising costs collecting bargaining obligations and long-term Financial sustainability over the next few meetings we will present the different components of the budget providing a detailed review of each expenditure function we
003will highlight areas of investment and efficiency while discussing the factors taken our financial Outlook our approach to this budget is both both strategic and forward thinking we are working carefully to balance necessary Investments and instruction security and infrastructure with responsible financial planning at the same time we remain mindful of our long-term obligations and the impact on our taxpayers our goal is to provide a transparent thoughtful that supports our students respect our taxpayers and positions the district for future success at this time I'll turn it over to miss to walk us through the details thank you as Dr Goodman mentioned we will be taking A5 into the proposed 2025 26 budget breaking down each function and providing a more detailed analysis a school budget budget function categorizes expenditures based on their purpose helping us clearly allocate
004resources to support District Operations and student needs as a reminder we are planning now for a period that begins in just four months but extends through June of 2026 just more than one year from now while we do our best to estimate and project there are always factors beyond our control that's why we build contingency into our budget to protest protect the of taxpayers from unforeseen variations and fluctuations tonight we will focus on the following functional areas of the upcoming budget General support includes the Board of Education cost Central Administration Finance auditing legal costs Personnel Human Resources records management public information it also includes facilities operations and maintenance and facility security special items which I'll get into we will also review Transportation Debt Service Ben and benefits this review will provide insight into how these
005areas contribute to the district's overall financial plan and long-term sustainability as I walk you through the next few slides you will notice a more detailed view into our expenses you will see we are including budget codes and a more in-depth look at the functions and objects that make up our bud we will begin with General support these budget codes begin with the letter A which represents the general fund and are numbered in the 1,000 the first category encompasses expenses associated with the Board of Education the district clerk and the annual budget meeting and both overall we are projecting this category to increase by 3.45% primarily to contractual salary increases so on the slide you'll see we are giving a much more detailed look at what we will be proposing for the budget for the board
006to adopt for the budget this next category covers the superintendent's office which includes one FTE for a superintendent and one FTE for a secretary to the superintendent the 76% change in this function reflects the current Year's contractual salary adjustment it's important to note the salaries for these positions have not been determined for the 2025 2026 school year this next group is business administration auditing and Treasures Office Staffing in the business ad Staffing in the business administration function consists of a business manager Clerk and one senior account account clerk who is responsible for accounts receivable and accounts payable you will see a 1310 490 is Bose's code in this function this is for costs that we pay for our financial software Envision and for support with Envision Actuarial fees disaster recovery and the management of our
007nonu school textbook Loan program you will see an increase of approximately $10,000 25 26 school year in the Bose CL and about $8,000 of that is attributed to our required oped full valuation so it's other post employment benefits that we have to get a full valuation on for our financial statements which is conducted every two years the auditing and budget section or the auditing budget section includes expenses for our annual external audit and our internal claims auditor the treasure section of the budget includes one full-time Treasurer who is responsible for overseeing the district's cash management ensuring proper fund dispersement and maintaining Financial Integrity it's important to note the external audit Services line has been reduced following an RFP that we recently did for audit external audit the cost for the first year with the same
008firm came in lower than our current expenditure additionally we do not anticipate the need for Federal single audit moving forward as our Federal grant funding Falls below the required threshold with the expiration of the co Relief Fund additionally in this section you will see a line for fiscal agen fees and this is where we account for costs associated with issuing debt so this is our bond councel and our financial advisors that help when we're issuing debt the next group of function codes that we will look at Legal Services Personnel records management and public information the budget for Legal Services has we're proposing to reduce based on recent Trends the 2022 23 year was unique due to specific settlements additionally we have achieved Savings in the public information line by scaling down our use of the
009local live streaming service in favor of a more cost effective alternative the Personnel category of this of this chart includes A5 fce of a shared clerical staff member who assists with human resource function so overall this code is going this this group of function codes is going down 15.99% and most of that is due to our reduction in legal fees um budget and both fees services our next group of codes is operation of plant which also includes um security costs such as our school resource officer and our security consultant through bosies Staffing in this category also includes five custodians four and a half cleaners it includes a position of director of facilities which is currently being handled by a part-time consultant budgeted expenses in functions a1620 and a1621 include furniture and Equipment Building Maintenance costs
010utilities such as natural gas electric water and fer Mechanical Services inspections preventative maintenance and repairs test control services we also have money in the 1621 codes for electrical repairs plumbing repairs and hbac repairs there's money for minor masonry repairs and roof repairs required inspections for oil panks fire extinguishers boilers and lifts um there's a in here um you'll see a 16249 and that Poli line in includes um Environmental Compliance such as Leed in the water testing and our update of our Aero plan for asbest and we also have our security consultant in there grounds and maintenances in these codes it includes our turf um field upkeep and snow removal the SRO is in the 1620 codes then we move down to a1670 you'll see a code um in there that is for Central printing we
011will use both for both printing our newsletter our budget newsletter goes through there um and also 1680 is our data services Central data processing there is a 1.0 FV in there for a data analyst you will see that it looks like the Bose code a68 490 at the bottom it appears it is increasing 47 $3,000 it is but it's just being reclassed from another Bose line um Bose will sometimes reclass where they put certain expenditures so there is a corresponding decrease in another category so it's not an overall budget increase it's just a shift of from one code to another but it will make this section look like it is increasing in total 22% that Bose code that is showing that big increase um you know Bose is aot more than oped um they provide
012a whole host of shared services that small districts like us really utilize um and some of those are um Managed IT remote backup all of our internet services our phone lines installment purchase Agreements are in that code New York State data collection software like Blackboard conect front line our phone systems so everything a lot of stuff runs through that and there was a big ret toxication line so again it's important to note we are planning 16 months almost ahead we did increase some of the 1620 and 1621 contractual lines for um anticipated work we are seeing some newly emerging issues that cuddle relating to the roof so that is on our radar and we are planning to um put funds aside to that our next category is called special items so New York State classifies
013these as special items and they include what they call an allocated insurance which is our general liability student accident Insurance it also includes our memberships and vies additionally the assessments on school property signes refers to payments that we make to neighboring school districts being Brownville school district for borderline properties these are Residential Properties that within both the tuckaho and Bronxville School District where the family has designated Bronxville as their District of attendance in these cases Bronco builds chill for taxes that they that we receive for that properly conversely we receive revenue for borderline properties for that are shared with Mount beron although it's a lower amount the special items category also includes funds allocated for the tax tertiary reserve a few years ago as tax debt was retired from our book $185,000 was reallocated to
014this budget line while we have been able to maintain this funding level in recent years I am recommending a reduction bringing it down to $50,000 this adjustment allows us to continue planning for tax res reserves while being mindful of other budgetary increases keeping this allocation at $185,000 would continue would contribute to an already higher than usual budget to budget increase which would in turn necessitate raising the T tax levy up to the cap so that is something we are putting forward um you will also see in this special items group um our share of our Southern Westchester B administrative and capital budgets so all in all if if you look at this it appears it is going down 16.06% which it is um but just keep in mind $35,000 of that is just the reduction
015in the tax money we're putting theide so I know this is hard to see it's a little small but all in all it shows you the um total for General support and if you notice in the right all the numbers the budget codes the function codes are all in the 1,000 that's how New York State classifies all General support so all school districts in New York state will have all their General support lines in the 1,00 C um is going up 10.95% for 5,754 but keep in mind that 473,000 is for both these charges that are just reallocated from a different budget function so if we subtract that out the general support line is only increasing 4,754 87% now we switch gears to Transportation I know that was a joke um benefits that service and
016transfers to other funds our transportation codes you'll see still have that a in front of it which um is the general fund so that will always mean it's a general fund taare money dollars um but these are in the 5,000 so transportation across the Europe state is going to be classified with an A and 5,000 after it so Transportation function covers District provided transp for both in District and out of District students by law we are required to provide transportation for Resident students attending non-public schools provided they apply by the state mandated due date and with provided the school they are going to is within the state required distance from their residents Staffing includes a 1.0 clerical support and bus monitors that ride the H roads additionally we provide transportation for athletic events and if
017you look the transportation for athletic events you will see in 2223 it was 159,000 and it jumped up to 221,000 in 23 24 that was the result of us having to go out to bid it transportation and field trips went up about almost 100% so we had a really big increase there that the budget absorbed um you will also see Bose's charges in this section uh B they provide our transportation management for our Consortium in a Consortium with Brownville Eastchester and pum called be um by participating in this Consortium we leverage savings by consolidating non-public school rots with neighboring districts this provides huge saving to our districts even though we pay a lot to send kids out of District it would be even more to transport to these nonpublic schools that were mandated to and
018just to note the governor is still on track with the um all electric bus mandate by 2027 all new bus purchases must be zero emission and in 2035 every bus on the road has to be zero emission we are going into our third year of fiveyear contracts with Royal Coach and Academy we are still working with a consultant on our um electric bus electrification study there are some issues with May sort of funding um because we don't own the buses we might have to revise the study a little bit and working with the consultant on that um but there know movement these deadlines are to be happening the next fun group of functions we will go over tonight are benefits um so we we have a large range of benefits for our employees um mandated
019um mandated employer contributions so we are required to pay employer contributions into the ERS and PRS retirement system Social Security as required we contribute to social security medical insurance we offer comprehensive medical insurance coverage to our employees and we have to account for potential plan membership fluctuations and changes throughout the year you get one person coming on it's you know almost $40,000 so we really have to make sure we are careful with that budget there is a buyout for eligible employees that can provide proof of other covers Medicare reimbursement for retirees so for eligible retirees we Prov Medicare reimbursement after retirement we've seen this number significantly increase over the past 10 years the other benefits line refers to non-elective employer for 3D contribution and there are also um workers compensation benefits and unemployment insurance so
020as expected um we are seeing very big increases in benefits going forward and we have to account for pension increases based on increases in these contribution rates and increases in salaries so again we're kind of guessing ahead we're still in negotiations with a lot of our units with all of our units and the last um no the second to last group of codes we will look out tonight is Debt Service so this category represents our longterm and short-term debt you will see for the 25 26 school year the school construction debt is increasing we will be issuing long-term debt for the almost $1 million of work we have already completed while this is an increase to our expenditure budget it is offset by approximately $350,000 in state aid on the revenue side so budget goes
021up but we're also have a revenue to offset a big majority of it um we also will be issuing some small short-term banss for the work that is happening this summer so there is still going to be money budgeted in bond anticipation um so you'll notice we have different kinds of debt on the books we have serial bonds for school construction and serial bot for tax real property tax refunds those are taxs that were issued a number of years ago that we issued bonds for before we had this healthy Reserve so the the debt for tax bonds is relates to the 2008 and 2010 year it was Consolidated into one Bond and this debt is retired from our books in a couple of years we can look to reclassify some of it back to that
022tax budget line um that we are currently proposing to reduce so in a couple years as when this debt retires I would look to do the same thing we did before and move some of it into that taxt line that we're reducing this year we also had to increase our tan borrowings which leads to higher pan Which is tax anticipation borrowing which leads to a higher cost so overall we are looking at a 17.96% debt increase which is there is an offsetting State a revenue on the revenue side this is just a chart of our debth service um the blue is existing Debt Service and the orange represents um our current short-term debt and the estimated long-term debt that we are going to be issuing for the 21 and 23 project and notably I'd like
023to point out that $1 million in debt will be retired in the 2028 school year with our recent engagement of a new architectural firm we will be reviewing a building conditions survey alongside the facilities committee to identify potential projects that can be addressed within this debt threshold that's falling off um all right by remaining while remaining mindful of the impact on our taxpayers so we would really able to make any new project tax neutral to taxpayers that will give us an to address a significant number of emerging issues and have almost a no tax impact on our taxpayers and our last category um is transfers to other funds so this current school year was the first year we budgeted a transfer to the school lunch fund to cover prior year negative balances we anticipate only
024needing $5,000 for the next school year we are proposing to increase the transfer to the special Aid f cover um mandated esy by $5,000 so um there are some students that are mandated to have esy we run the program the state requires us to contribute a certain portion of that um and we are proposing to use a $5,000 transfer to the capital fund to complete phase one of our security camera plan at the Middle High School where we identified um key areas and can get that the $50,000 budget so detailed review of these budget functions provided a comprehensive insight into our financial position we will continue with in-depth analysis with review of the largest portion of our budget the instructional function um along with a full review of the superintendent proposed budget at our March
02510 meeting so I turn we have several key dates in the budget review classup our next budget presentation is schedu March 10th 2025 where we will present the superintendent's proposed budget and provide a detailed breakdown and instructional expenditures similar to our discussion this evening and also there will be a spotlight on car that evening to additional budget reviews will take place on April 22nd 2025 and April 29th 2025 on April 22nd the Board of Ed ad Board of Education will adopt the final proposed budget uring an alliance with District PRI before presenting it to the community foration on May 5th 2025 the district will hold hearing providing the community with an opportunity to learn more about the proposed budget ask questions and understand its impact to ensure transparency we will also send out the budget
026newsletter and other information material to keep our residents we encourage all stakeholders to stay engaged throughout the process as we work together to develop a budget our students and the community now May 20th 2025 budget vote and board of educational election this is the most important dat in the process on this day residents Will C their vote on the proposed budget and elect members of the Board of Education Bo of participation is essential and the outcome will determine the financial plan for the upcoming school year and also um those de on the board of education we encourage res who stay informed and engaged throughout this process Community input is in valuable ining the budget refle the needs and priorities of the students and our school I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone involved
027in this important especially I also would like to thank our treasur here tonight too thank you so much for all you do for us and I would like to also education because you are always very thoughtful about balancing the needs of our students with responsibility so developing a responsible budget requires collaboration capit planning and commitment baling needs of students staff Anders I appreciate the work of our Administration staff and Board of Education St this project as well as the engagement of our community MERS stand and provide Valu inform supp essential inuring we make the right and best decisions for our schools and our students thank you for your time and I look forward to continuing this conversation as we move through the budget process thank you okay okay so um the next presentation is um
028about to get to make sure that the board and the community is aware of what we've been in terms of Athletics which also affects our budget and our students and we're very excited to actually highlight the incredible success of our Athletic program in the taco schools and how much it has grown over the years and how it's helped students not just with um sports but also in school socially emotionally and academically I would like to introduce Mr Kalo and thank you Mr for being here tonight to support him also you know Mr Pao is our assistant superintendent ass services but also runs our athletic department our program Incredible way as I said the other week so I don't think I have to say anything more K to talk about you a lot but you did
029an excellent job and I hand it over to you go Tigers good evening esteemed board members Dr Goodman Mr Arthur faculty staff and members of the tuo community it is a privilege to be here with you tonight to share an exciting update on our Athletic program this evening we will celebrate the outstanding achievements and growth of our student athletes explore the future of our athletic initiatives and highlight how our Sports programs Foster Excellence unity and pride throughout our school and community at the core of our Athletic program we truly believe that our coaches are teachers in classrooms Without Walls they go beyond just instructing Sports they become mentors guiding our student athletes through lessons that apply both on and off the field they teach the value of hard work perseverance and teamwork while also instilling
030the crucial understanding that mistakes and failures are part of the learning process our purpose and vision is clear to provide inter Scholastic athletic experiences that not only shape our students physically but also prepare them for Life Beyond school Success for us isn't just measured in wins and losses but in maintaining a strong percentage of student enrollment from one season to the next and year to year this reflects the longlasting impact our program has on student athletes keeping them engaged and committed while fostering a sense of community and belonging that extends far beyond the plan Feld our Athletic program offers an incredible range of opportunities for our students with 45 teams across 24 Sports spread over three seasons there is truly something for everyone more than 67% of our students in grades 7 through 12 participate
031in inter Scholastic Sports which is a remarkable reflection of the program's reach and impact what's even more exciting is that a vast majority of our student athletes choose to play multiple Sports demonstrating their passion and commitment since July of 2022 we've made significant additions to the program further expanding opport for our students to explore and Excel in different sports some of these opportunities have been fully inhouse While others have come through creative new Partnerships with local school districts known as mergers mergers are essential for us as they provide our students with opportunities to participate in sports that any one school district may not be able to offer due to factors such as facilities or population size so on the board the programs of C from new mer programs we've increased from two to five merch
032programs which have expanded our offerings and allowed our student athletes to compete at even higher levels so with those increased offerings where does that leave us and how do we Stack Up versus tools from across the county while tuck may be considered a small school our athletic department is anything but small when we compare our offerings to the two schools of most similar size such as Alexander Hamilton and it becomes immediately clear ific more athletic opportunities our breath of program stands out what's even more impressive is how we measure up to the midsize schools when compared to districts like blind Brook South F Hastings Sleepy Hollow and West Lake Tuck holds its own offing similar if not larger athletic offerings this is a testament to the strong support from our district leaders and Community it's
033remarkable that with our school Styles we can deliver Stu up high quantity and quality of athletic programs we would not be able to hold all of these teams and programs without student participation thanks to our strategic focus on promoting multiport athletes expanding athletic offlines and enhancing communication through social media email and other outlets we've seen a significant increase in athletic participation across all three seasons year overy year by encouraging multiport participation and expanding our range of offerings we've seen a deeper level of Engagement student offs enhanced communication through social media has kept families informed and exciting which I do believe has contributed greatly to the growth and participation across all seasons now as I mentioned one of the key concepts of our athletic philosophy is the emphasis on multisport participation when we look at our
034last few senior classes we are proud to see that there were 28 thre sport athletes and 72 multiport athletes this commitment to participating Sports not only enriches the experience but contributes to a more well-rounded development it's also important to note that of all of our current student athlete alumni were playing sports at the Collegiate level with each multiport athletes themselves during their high school years this speak volumes of the longterm benefits of being involved in various Sports at Taho students have the unique opportunity to explore and Excel in multiple sports that isn't really always possible as many private or Lar high schools whether on the field or in the classroom tuo's environment encourages students to embrace their full of potential we've also placed a strong emphasis on this approach with our coaching staff encouraging athletes
035to engage in multiple Sports the great example of this is the expansion of our Pioneer team season which has grown from the participating in one sport to which provides more opportunities for our athletes across multiple Seasons our growing and enhanced offerings Taco Athletics has achieved tremendous success over the past three years our teams have earned 15 Stu one Championship with standout performances in cross country girls basketball baseball football softball volleyball cheerleading and girls do we've also secured three New York State Regional championships in girls basketball baseball and cheerleading which also culminated in a prestigious New York state championship in cheerleading which is our District's first date title since 2012 individually our athletes have earned remarkable recognition with 185 all League recipients 43 all section honies and 12 All State recipients as well in addition to
036that over the last few years we've also seen um three students honored different um dinners that that go above and beyond so one example of that is a golden buzen um in which our football coach nominates athletes some good news tomorrow as well about potential for but these success um are not just a reflection of our athletes dedication but also the strong promotion of our coaching staff who go to these meetings and actively advocate for our athletes during these meetings to ensure that our students are recognized these accomplishments highlight the dedication hard work and excellent of our team and coaches at tuo we also pride ourselves on the strong connection between Athletics and academics ensuring that our student athletes excel in both areas this dedication academic Excellence has earned us the school of Distinction status
037from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association for the 2223 and 23 24 school years marking the first time in school history that we have received this honor out of 787 member schools in New York state only 114 earned this prestigious Award with only eight of those coming from section one this honor is granted to schools where 100% of their varsity teams have an average PPA of 90 or higher top 75% of their ler meeting this we're also proud to share that both the validator and salutatorian of the P two school years were student athletes exemplifying the balance of excellence in both academics and Athletics in addition to these outstanding achievements a significant percentage of the total students receiving recognition that our yearly academic award ceremonies with honoral certificates of academic excellence and
038certificates of exceptional academic Excellence for student we're incredibly proud to have 14 student athlete alumni currently playing sports at the Collegiate level their success is a testament to the foundation buil here tuo where we prioritize not just athletic performance but the holistic development in addition to celebrating the achievements of our student athletes we've made a clear effort to expand opportunities for them and supporting them through a variety of initiatives so what have we done to enhance the opportunities for our students to go and play at the next level we've expanded our social media presence through uh Instagram accounts as well as partnering with Dr Goodman to increase visibility on Facebook and in her weekly happenings we've also revamped our athletic website to showcase our programs and our athletes so if you presently go onto our
039athletic website you will see that those 14 student athletes presently playing in college and find a direct link to their college which is an awesome thing for our younger students to additionally we've increased the use of huddle which is a platform that's now available to all teams and programs which we did not have before huddle makes it so easy for our athletes and coaches to break down game film provides detail statistic and also enables athletes to create highlight R reels additionally our coaches can easily share their footage with other coaches to enhance recruitment opportunities we've also hosted Des speakers on the college recruitment process which we plan to try and do each year now and we've enhanced our Signing Day ceremony to make it more impactful and celebratory for our stent actors as we continue
040to expand these opportunities we remain committed to supporting their growth on and off the field now what I'd like to do is shift our focus a little bit to the vital rle that our Athletic program um shows off the field so we talked a lot about on the field and now i' like to off so when we talk beyond the field of Court our athletic department has been committed to providing learning experiences that go beyond the field we've hosted an athlete mental health panel he train a distinguished Bo psychologist physical therapist and general manager all through a partnership with New York pres we've also hosted a Gatorade event where Gatorade representativ spoke to our JB athlet on the importance of hydration nutrition rest and sleep and as part of the event each athlete receiv fre
041Gatorade products to take home and lastly as mentioned we hosted a guest speaker on the college recruitment process and the import character on athlete development which was in front of a podast in the auditori additionally we're committed to continually enhancing experiences one of these initiatives that we' continue to enhance is our cup rally we've added one for each season which brings our students and staff together tuer day has allowed us to expand the scope of homecoming weekend and it's become an inclusive event where Student Government grade level classes P the athletic Council our true organization local business all come together and feel that sense of community that's so special here in we've also implemented Varsity athlete media night that really treat our athletes like movie stars taking pictures with their teammates and friends in a
042very fun way this year we implemented the Powderpuff leg football game for the first time in a partnership with tuer athletic Council which brought together our students for a light-hearted competitive event at the end of homecoming we honor National girls and women's in sports day with a special ceremony and we also implemented a student athlete Captain Council which gives our captain from each team voice to share their experiences come together and provide ways that they think they can help the athletic program we've also made significant upgrades and branding to our facilities so from updated equipment in the fitness center and branding our atic facilities with different projects and different um items that really enhance experience and make our school stand out a little bit when people come in um it really helps celebrate the accomplishments
043of AES and strengthens the bound our school and the community i' would like to I incredibly grateful and like to give a special shout out to our ongoing partnership with tu bu Council I know two members are here in the room tonight um we meet monthly and we discuss upcoming events we plan we work collaboratively to support our athletes coaches and the broader Community the dedication and contribs of our tuo athletic Council are invaluable in enhancing the athletic experience for everyone and they've really done is they've leveled theing field for all teams and programs where you may have strong parent groups from one team that other teams may have felt that they didn't get what other teams got and this Council has really gone above and beyond to ensure that our Senior Games our state
044send offs and other events for our bu Department are really special for all I want thank counil for that additionally I want to you know congratulate them on the Wizards coming up on March 1 and we're planning ACH that is upcoming so any DS out there that want basketball we are planning that event as well one item that i' really like to mention when we talk about philanthropy and volunteerism is the creation of the Alex bony Memorial Scholarship which is a partnership again between the athletic department and the T athletic Council um together we fundraised for this meaningful cause at the eastest of Columbus State Carnival so each team including athletes and coaches Grand fundraisers all weekend long at the event the is unbelievable and thank for their hard work we're now going to be
045launching the scholarship this year with funds that we do believe will continue well into the F lastly when you talk about Athletics we have to talk about health and safety and we're deeply grateful to the Board of Education Dr Goodman Mr Arthur and his administrative teams for supporting our athletic trainer and receiving curriculum development over the summer this allowed them to work closely with me on the development of our Department's first ever athletic emergency action plans and what these plans have now formalized and signicant value so what we did was we looked at s specific specific plans um we also each team has specific emergency action drills that they conduct so the team once they've created their last TR outs um our atic trainer conducts an emergency drill with each team so they know exactly
046an emergency situation we've created emergency response teams where we train our coaches students and our game Sheron and all protocols when it comes to Emergency Response procedures and additionally we partnered with the town of East Cher we partnered with the town of Eastchester um to put some outdoor aeds which will allow us to have stationary aeds at every location to utilized whether it's a town facility or a school facility we now have those outdoor a and fesal and available to us so with everything that we've implemented and gone over um a lot of people may wonder where do we go from here so after a careful analysis of our athletic department these are some items that I would recommend considering out this year but moving forward is items that I think could really further enhance
047our program so the first one being a varsity indoor track and field team um for expanding um this would be a winter sport um for expanding our opportunities our team had over 40 students on it and our modified team had over 29 students on it last spring so it's a significant program and it's a strong showing um of what I think we could offer in the winter as well um the second thing would be a strengthen condition conditioning approach when you look at a lot of schools they are implementing this and really what it does is it ensures that all athletic teams have access to a certified individual who can design targeted support specific workout plans for them um that go into canc performance but also on injury prevention and lastly would be potentially A
048J girl soccer team we're looking at about 52 students for next fall which is a significant number that's through all three levels play throughout the program 7 through 12 um it's something that we're going to monitor and we've implemented six grade survey so all a better number the coming weeks but it something we may want to look at to support Additionally you could see that our athletic department um has some different web pages that I just want everyone to be aware of so we do have our athletic department website on the District web page we do have an Optive athletic scheduling app in addition we do have an Instagram and an X account as well as follow um on the right hand side I do want to give a special shout out so to miss
049Pino um who worked as our athletic secretary um and then also Mr Scott tonight who's our athletic trainer who goes above for our student athlet thank them public lastly um I would just want to extend my sincere thanks to the board of education and Dr Goodman for the opportunity that you've given me to present tonight your continued support of everything that's been highlighted is truly appreciated and I really hope this presentation has showcase the work being done within our department and within our district so we're excited about the future and we really look forward to the continu thank you very much thank you Mr K you did great job and how far our athletic department has come in our school district again with the going forward we're not saying all of that for this year
050do that to give a bout to the counil meeting in office IDE many and thank you Consolidated in that so like formal budget statement that comes out the budget hearing is it was nice to see the line line appreciate that thank you I only have two quick questions for youbody else one on that operational Operations Security Slide the two big ones at the bottom you did address the if you explain but the one below that explain that's the jump It's a total a total yeah it's a toal yeah know we'll give you guys toal total toal yeah yeah yeah ask it's in a really good place you know and I do think that just given how we build some contingency into our budget and just the way interest r I do think we would still
051be able to put more than 50,000 into the reserve as we have in years past um but yeah and the fund isn't reallyy I just want to thank the board for that too because that was one of the goals that the Bo want to build that yes buildi You Love by so much CLE it's so to the community also I agree a lot prodction beening we in a good place to is time so good thinking good straty do appreciate that um I'll just kick it off I mean I think you already kind of hit it I know last year kind of we made a pretty investment I just wanted to feedack saw but just in general you a good investment you R out pretty well and how is it how we do fa how we
052doing capacity so want to give by thank you to the board and we did make make aible request which was you know with you know the items that we put for some of them are yet to commit to so some of the items lacrosse so registration looks wonderful really excited about the additional from Cross as far as the helmet and shoulder PA repairs and some M toward safety um that's something that's a huge because it's allowing us to run our program without having to for the safety items that need to build as I mentioned last year at one point in history purchased one shot 10 life expect we get on Coach those be you know pretty signicant I was just down actually the cheerleaders to see was my first time going to see theity see
053the JD team in action I know one team as far as the mon size this numbers G up to dou digit so we're really excited about the increase in programming the the as far as the numbers go and the registrations and the signups and participation rates um you know I think it's a combination factors I think it's getting students more involved starting the C Council making sure they're involved in decision making of students see what they what they think we need we need to do and I think the enhancements to like homecoming weekend and things like that just really brought out the school per and I think how are you feeling with managing old programs we have and the facilities that we have and know we we do have to r on outside help with
054other Town facilities but in generaly managing all that is it is it hand at all I'm curious how you feel about yes I mean we're we're we're tight I mean it's tight um you know the they're practicing pretty much from about 3 330 daily till about 9 915 um you know it's you maximizing the space that we have facilities the field here look great we just put gym Flor um so you know there's you know you work B on enhancing the fitness center Christmas break or the holiday break um we' had some of equipment partnership with our teachers and athletic coaches the things that the students have been asking for with the deliver which was really helpful but we make use of what we have we really grateful to the town of East Chester as
055well so one thing I implemented with Sally was the superintendent of recreation is a seasonal meeting so Sally comes over here once a season and basically sit down everything out we don't see any issues there's no pumping into any youth programs or things like that because we have to all Coexist on these fields and when it comes to to fi we yeah is used now um every we go to so Le tennis there's a affortable there and we also insted one out here by tur and one down at kle school so it's helpful for our programs but it's also great for youth programs our families our students playing so benefits everybody any question 45 teams 24 sports right C schools you know we small day I know it's tough to keep thank you for trying
056to keep us in the always Tu but unfortun some of our of our enrollment you know appreciate that years years you know there's always a student that doesn't play sports right like like a seventh grader eighth grade nth grader that's kind of that Sports thing or just like wees what do we do for stud like that Sports after school activities like as far as under the sports umbrella simar middle school high school so we have expanded opportunities within the athletic department so a few items that we've done is we started student announcer initiative which one student in right now studying that because he really took such a liking to again time here we have Team managing positions we allow for some statistici position so we're really trying to increase students participation in those areas um
057but we also to we do have very Advanced extracurricular program so at the high school 30 extracurricular activities at the M School AG 17 and what we really try to do is get on students recreational social and academic interest them I with administrative team to try and out what our students interest are each we have new club requests from students and advisors um and we try to make it work we something that're going to present on at some point but we do want to take a hard look at it we talked about implenting a survey for students when it com to to stud we do have yeah and I think that's one of the big things that we've also done in this school is added know volunteer opportunity for kids to want all kids to
058do actually all the club do some of that but you know Habit to humanity you know there's there's so many different club for what the kids get involved in and one of the things we look at is because every kid involed something something to keep our eye on and if the kid is not involved in extracurricular or Athletics then we reach out to them they're always are um it's a it's a really it takes on our end it's just a little bit effort so what we typically do is we reach out when we to the super myself to the atic director and we really try to get creative so the other school has to have need of some sort right so that they don't want to be reducing their rosters on their own students so
059has to be a it's worked out really well and've got creative with it um but you know I got a request today as a win offering as a student is interested so we'll explore never can't explor the other school me and always Financial to something doable or not a lot of schols have really um General I have to say that Mr Carano has this way of like getting I think it's going to be expensive and time we have this deal so I think it has something to do with your salesmanship but [Music] it's been people how many when day like two years ago that one day with cck and to our BAS goated what we really wanted to enhance possibility or at least provide the information students that may want to play the next level
060chose really want to provide OPP and I think one of the things that we wanted to do also is kids be t for high school and they think that they're going to a private school that has all these sports teams and all that and our sports team kids get a better chance of really participating here then we also you know show and the school also there's reason to stay here I like it too we can have winter track and something right I nutrition if a lot more expensive have to the numbers but individual know would days a weeks each generalul students access and thenes sign to and design a very targeted workout for that population depending on what as you have to relocate I don't know the last time when somebody yeah they were they
061were they were very expensive when it was presented to me but it was more of fulltime person so now that you're staying it like that a retiree that wants to work a week a couple hours a day maybe find somebody just stting we reach I there's local schools that have science programs univ how does that work with with children or students rather that are not in sports but want to do Fitness do they have certain times like after school they can cover so usually it's have sign manage it usually it students try to also it's great to have that access even after schoolid want to start I'm sure yeah have some information show them how to use equipment of stting point I want I think the survey is a great idea um I think that
062you know I can feedback to the students both for what they might want and also maybe what their experience has been so maybe the surve could look at both things you know even season that they did you know whatever just general open maybe coach questions or feedback just for you as a maybe we started with that and we did we miss we do that's a good idea for all and the other I had when you were talking was maybe um when you theum you know that have gone down that road maybe having a panel FR whatever I don't know when you start to think of those things probably yourself Point here and just to talk about how they did it and um because there really is I mean you know right it's something that um
063yes you can hire somebody I don't really actually know what how did some helped put his teams footage together and then he went on clinics and stuff but just to hear their story you know for the most part it's G2 G3 here I mean right so what does that look like you know people people get confused they think oh did you get full schol no sometimes it's about getting into the school sometimes it's about you yeah sometimes you just passionate you want to play no matter what so the school is not number one decision I would be great that's a really good point there is so much misconception with the students as to the recruiting process and also theone point that your AC performance ISR process for Matthew he didn't get his official visit offers
064and want before they would offer him you know his visits and stuff so it's important that they understand that yeah yeah and also going to those recr those Cs and listening to people like that talking you know characters they all like the common that you know I don't want your kid coming here telling me like their quarterback coach told them to do it this way I don't care don't know you how much beyond the M more conc know it's when you have coaches relationship counselors admin you know we've taken Pride over the years our Coes come from working they inod I have to say that just from speaking to our outside coaches they love I mean they really and they've worked in other places and they just like they love the kids they love the
065community they love they love us you know I think it says something about us too part of it and com great always loveed those sports but you really escalated it and it's been it's been really great from my own experience you've done a great job with even students who are injured making them feel like they are still part of um and that's really really appreciated by the students and um I know you said that you think our facilities are handling all everything that we're doing but our fields are especially the high school F kind of Are we more than halfway through life so have we ever considered doing like a cleaning on the field like they do we do okay because I've never seen it so to extend the life of it oh they are
066that's I haven't seen it but because we do ours in the in the summer time and it's like a big deal that you know go okay so we do want um the other thing is as much as I love Taco Sports and I always tell people every time they're like oh we're thinking about leaving I'm like the thing about t is you can be who you want to be and you know from our own experience we went to different school for a year came back here and ended up being like all SE and and it's such a great experience and environment for our kids that you can you know be in this small place and and you know have that sort of recognition really makes um I would like to see I know that we
067do like scholar themes I would love did more schar eff so even if the whole team does not make the distinction the player should really um you know if you can maintain that GPA and still and still play sports I mean that's phenomenal you should really get that ex distinction and it's great also for their colge to put them so if we could start doing that that would very great um love what you're doing with the alumni stuff for this but since you are student assistant Services um I would also like to see it done with the Arts as well um so we've got a lot of really accomplished or players and artists who' gone on I would love to see that same sort of thing done because um we do have such a focus
068on Athletics here and that's great but I really want to also focus on all the other stuff that goes into well well education and we do and we do fantas fastic over the top but we should but we should also have that the students in it have the access to our Al thank you very much app a little bit of business for the all right first up is second reading of 6150 ASR budget transfer see the last first we got this that's good so I'm not read the policy it's very short I did I did read it myself but um so anyway prescriptions we revising the budget transer policy to establish specific dollar amount thresholds for Budget transfers as our current policy is any limits by defining a maximum transfer amount we have prior board
069approval we aim to ensure greater Financial oversight while allowing for necessary budget adjustments during the school year these revisions provide Clarity on the approval process in align with best practices for FAL management they propos changes propos changes were reviewed by the audit finance committee basically rest $25,000 anything per line and then it's per transfer on if that budget line is going to exceed 25,000 of it original budget that is also because it could have one line could have $10,000 in like September and then if it's gonna have $16,000 in February that would now trigger yeah yeah so it's looking at multiple that's is something I think most producers have for some reason it for a very long time I for bring that up on the board down it does make sense even though we have
070a lot of trust in our Administration we do um but end of the day the board does approve a budget and just be substantial changes to that budget to vote on here second thir time all right next up is the first reading of policy 124r visitors to school security and instit safy food delivery service employees and drivers but not limited to St dash of other food establishment delivery services will not be committed inside the district buildings during instructional hours with without prior approval from the school administrator purpose of such restriction is to limit the security risk associated with delivery service employees entering the school buildings without following proper visitation procedes entering and exiting the school buildings visits to school buildings are to accordance to the board regulations 1240 regulations will be posted consiously in each
071School building violators of their visitation policy regulations shall be prosecut students of the U this was something we talked about the beginning of the year doing I thankful to the to the uh the new policy committee for getting this out the door and done the Safety Committee started it and then weent to the policy commit then back to the safy committee back to policy committee so thank to both of the commit um so yeah I was curious as to I mean it makes sense to me but I don't know if there was any other I'm just curious if there was any other sort of options that consider as aside of schol makes sense to me it was really from the police department safy Comm all of the people on the policy Community even the union
072Representatives everybody was inre that just elimate all together not great and the there are some things people are talking about like how are we going to do it and where is it going to be but that's all part of the schol coming up with how we're doing it but we're not allowing them in the buildings and it was it was a very good idea that and I really do thank everybody's a part of it no also that the new policy is streamlined there were two things that are out of the new policy that weren't that were in the old policy and I'm just wondering what was behind that concern was was Aion law enforcement and emergency responders be to building without having emcy commense thing that was in the old policy it's not new one
073I wonder if it's not so common sense that there or was there a reason why you know I don't but I do believe that just by law and by the way we operate I Meyer I mean like you're never gonna say oh I'm sorry let me check the policy you know the original policy said law enforcement bodies and government toass educ processs I I don't think you need a policy for that but you know our attorney did that so I could check with that and the other one was there wasion in the first one about right so anyway again that's the first reading so we'll read that again two more times and then great job on that both these policies really okay uh next up is the first reading of policy 1111 sexual harassment grievance
074funds of Title 9 Federal uh Federal Title 9 regulations that went into effect on August 1 2024 vacated by a court case decided in January 2025 Federal Title 9 regulation is in effect as if August 14 2020 are now back in effect this this this sample policy reflects uh the requirements under the 2020 regulations for grievance procedures for allegations sexual harassment 2020 Title 9 regulations do not protect against discrimination or or harassment on the basis of gender identity or expression however New York City protect employees in this area so this sounds like one of those policies that by law more in line ex ERS from federal government so again that's a first okay next up approv an agreement resolve to approve service PR services for the supply systems LIC and maintenance feed for 2025 2026
075school year in the amount of $3,190 and time and material service I'm sorry time material service in the amount of $2,100 for the period of April 1 2025 through March 31st motion on this in favor transations disagreement resolve that the Board of Education approve R tours LSC for transp services theate chionship event at the amount to re980 motion favor award Capital Construction bid he resolved that upon the recommendation of distri construction manager board hereby Awards to contract for General construction work for the district Capital Improvement project related to Door and Hardware replacement work at colal elementary school to proon Group Incorporated in in the amount of $134,000 subject to the execution of a contract by proon Group Incorporated in the form in the form approved by the district superintendent and legal council and provision by
076Pro Incorporated a full required documents be further resolved at the board of board hereby comprises the president of the board for the district superintendent schools execute the approve contract with Bron group incorporating such other documents as a necessary Comm General construction work on the all right this is be resolve that upon the recommendation of the district's construction manager the board hereby Awards the contract for the general construction work for the district's Capital Improvement project related to Middle High School roof and tunnel renovations to he to H construction and restoration Incorporated in the base amount of 1, 28,35 along with UL number one in the amount of 33 83 number two in the amount of 27292 number three in the amount of 36363 F four in the amount of 9,989 f five in the amount of
077$ 4,882 and ultimate s in the amount of $ 5562 $62 for the total contract reward of1 M 41,44 subject EX contract by whole construction and restoration Incorporated in a form approved by a district superintendent and legal council and a provision by H construction and restoration Incorporated of all required documents further resolve that the board hereby authorizes the president of the board or the district superintendent schools execute the approved contract withheld destruction restoration incorporating as such other documents as are necessar General constru work on the capital project resolved that on the recommendation of the distri construction management board hereby Awards the contracts for mechanical construction work distance C Improvement project related to the middle high school and renovations to Fran Mechanical Incorporated in the amount of 775,000 subject to the execution contract byman Mechanical Incorporated
078for in aform approved by the district's superintendent and legal council and the and the provision by mechanical incorpor all other required it further resolve that the board of educ the board hereby um authorizes the the president of the board of the district superintendent schol contract with Mechanical Incorporated for such and such other documents as necessary to commence the general construction work on Project be resolve on recommendation of the dist construction manager board hereby Awards the contract for El construction work for the dist Capital project related to the Middle High School tunnel renovations to neighbor neighbor neighbor neighbor elect Corporation in the form of approv approved by the district superintendent and legal council and the the provision by neighbor Elric all required documents be further resolve authorizes president of or super superintend schol ex approve contract
079NE El and other doc conru all right um school district has been offered a donation to tuo athletic C purchase the cage for athletic teams to benefit the tuo middle school and Taho high school and whereas District would accept such donation to see I resolve that the district accept the donation Tu Council in the amount of $ 5,125 fund will be allocated to increase Revenue budget code a275 some donations extend budget code a252 supplies is thank you very much all right and the last personel recommendation of the Board of Education School District personel action items everybody a good night