001how's everyone doing this evening outside no no I was I was uh having a chat he fell are you I heard the gabble and that meant hurry yeah there was a certain staff member that was keeping me behind just so you that's right all right uh Curry you want to lead us in the pledge Al FL United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all roll call Troy Anderson pres R Bean pres Dwayne bbo Eric Dale here John Fairchild here Christopher adway here Hur joler Jason Miller pres a trau Aussie comr pres approval of the agenda resolve the superintendent of schools recommends to the board of education to approve the agenda may I have a motion any discussion all in favor
002I I all oppos motion passes proposed executive session subject to board approval resolve that the Board of Education enter an executive session to discuss the employment of a particular person can I have a motion second Eric any discussion all in favor I all oppos motion passes all right resolve the Board of Education return to regular session at 6:25 have a motion L Chris any discussion all in favor I all opposed motion passes presentations uh presenters uh this is the for the 2025 2026 budget superintendent Dustin relation and school business manager J parlament from there or you want to stand up stand up somehow we misplaced our clicker so going to be the clicker for [Applause] us all right so first you know tonight and I are going to kind of share the load a little
003bit in terms of the budget update for you uh what you're going to see tonight is pretty much the final budget that we're going to propose for the 25 26 school year um the one thing that we're still awaiting is the final state budget they're still going through that legislative process so that could dictate a little bit of what we're proposing tonight hopefully again we see a little bit more of a positive change we generally do so fingers crossed um but we just want to kind of put that out there uh been a long process I've gotten to learn a lot about the district and the funding pieces here compared to the 15 previous years in my former District so it's a learning curve it's a steep learning curve but I appreciate Jen in all
004of her support um and guidance throughout the process so with that we will we will begin and please if questions come up by all means ask them while we're on the slide you don't have to wait till the end unless you'd like just a reminder again you know our mission is to make sure that we educate every individual to be a quality contributor to society and and then our vision is that we want to make sure we're providing worldclass educational opportunities to our students the reason I'm bringing those up again this month is because our budget should be a reflection of our mission so worldclass educational opportunities quality contributor to society and St those are the things that are very important to us and we want to make sure we're reflecting that in our budgeting
005process as well so with that a couple reminders state budget the governor's proposal was actually favorable we were looking at according to the original formula a 2.7% increase in Foundation Aid and we ended up with a 4.72 which is about another $400,000 uh which is really good overall and that was because there were two new new recommendations from the Rockefeller report that the governor used when she put together her budget proposal again the negotiations are still underway this could result in some changes hopefully favorably but a reminder New York City according to these new calculations lost about $347 million so it's highly likely that the legislature is going to have to kind of talk about that and try to work out a reasonable solution so while this is positive right now we at least want
006to have a caveat there that there could be some changes and it's important to keep that in mind and I just want to make sure I was reminding everyone of that um really that's the last piece I put on here that's the final piece of the puzzle once the state budget is approved and finalized that will be our final number on the revenue side and that's what we need to finalize the budget overall and that the budget is supposed to be completed by April 1st as all of you will know um but that date very seldom actually is is held to so I would love an April 1st budget which would be amazing but um at this point I'm not holding out on that so we'll wait and see um so rollover budget considerations we
007had retirement contribution increases uh teachers retirement went up a very very small amount I think it was 0.3% very small um ERS went up significantly almost 2% um health insurance premium increases the Blended rate is 5% we say Blended because there's a plan one and a plan two um so some some plans went up a little bit more than others but the Blended Blended percent increase was 5% um then we have our regular contractual salary increases program and supply cost increases um which includes your my liability insurance um some of our contracts trash removal um materials and supplies for the bus garage and um buildings and grounds all of those things have obviously gone up not down so we have to account for those things as well um the tax levy um submitted that on
008the well I guess it wasn't the first because the first was a suay Sunday so it was the second the tax levy limit calculation was 3.85% um that is our final calculation which is an increase of 93235 um that's our total Levy the 2,125 692 um over the years we we as you all know I I preach this all the time is that we try and keep that consistent so over the Last 5 Years uh 2122 we were at 2.68 22 23 2.74 23 24 1.91% 2425 2.92 and then this year 3.85 so what we try and do while budgeting is make sure we don't have any of those spikes up or down we try and keep it consistent for the taxpayer anticipated revenues so this is what we're looking at right now at this
009point in time our property taxes that that's not going to change that's our that's our Levy state aid and other source re other sources of revenue the state aid is the one we're waiting on so state aid right now is the 27 million um so once we have that finalized we'll be able to finalize the expenditure side of our budget as well so that's what we're waiting on um appropriated reserves is 300,000 that comes from our debt service Reserve which we can only use to offset our debt we can't use it for anything else so um that is dwindling down I think I'll have another year to use about 300,000 and then after that it's going to drop off so from our last project we had money left over so it sits in our debt
010service and we use it to pay off debt in a planned way and then again I'm trying to use it so we don't have a cliff to jump off because if we were to use it all in one year then the next year it's going to be an adverse effect um and the appropriated balance is $2 million that's actually down about 18% from what we had in this year's budget we were 2 I think 3 or four million in this year's budget so we're down about 18% Jen how do you replenish that 300 Grand once it diminishes it has to it has to come out of your de it always does okay okay make sure thank you that's thought that's why I'm going to try and go 300 probably down like 250 next year and
011then probably down to about 150 and then we'll pretty much have exhausted our debt service at that point Okay so I'll try and go off that as wean ourselves off slowly so it's not it doesn't hurt yes and I think a piece just to point out so the budget the proposed budget for 25 26 about 44% of the budget is going to be from property taxes that's the revenue you're going to generate there and then about 51% is through the state aid and then that the last little bit of percentage is from the other sources of revenue the appropriated reserves and the fund balance so that's the two big drivers of our budget 44% from property taxes about 51% from state revenue sources so then it comes down to the real hard part of the
012budget process is trying to determine what it is that we are going to be able to move forward and put into the budget for next year so as we went through did the rollover budget looked at the increases we recognized that we had about $200,000 to play with give or take a little bit so with that in mind we had the list of priorities from our administrative team from the different department heads that work through genen and we said okay where where do we need to really some of our attention at this point in time so we have two new positions that we're proposing in the budget um a special education teacher with a location to be determined only because we do want to see as we go through annual reviews where is that position
013going to have the greatest need at this point in time so that's one of the positions that we're proposing and the second one is a secondary math teacher there's been a lot of conversation at this point in time around our math sequencing and then the support at the high school level to make sure that we're offering a broad range of courses when we talk about those world class educational opportunities one of the things that we're looking at is the potential for splitting right now we're sharing positions between the Middle School and the high school and that proves to be very challenging in a lot of different ways especially when it comes to trying to make sure we're meeting the needs of our students in the course load and being split between two buildings it creates
014it it's an extra burden on the the individual as well so this will allow us hopefully to separate that out a little bit which would be very beneficial and we have explored some some different course offerings that we could bring online as well to give students some variety in the m program in piece that's in addition to the ongoing conversation we're having about the sequencing the algebra for all program that we are actively talking about with our math department there's some future me meetings coming up to talk about that a little bit further to see what is the best course of action moving forward to make sure we're supporting our students in their needs um so that's the priorities when it comes to the positions the other additions we are looking at a transportation software
015um you know efficiency is going to be really important in Transportation uh I we just had another post about I think yesterday to some more drivers so we really want to look at our routing software what we currently have Works um but this new software that we're proposing is is much more in depth there's a lot of communication protocols and tools that are involved in it we had a demo this summer um and it was really really well received in terms of what can it do for our families in terms of where is the bus right now how close is it like all of that can be part of this new software and it can help us make sure we're maximizing our transportation routes we can reroute very quickly um by saying this bus is
016offline how do we reroute this the system will do that for us so if we do have an emergency situation we can reroute the buses and place students on those buses almost instantaneously is there anything I'm missing J with that Stu that's pretty much the rundown it'll keep track of kids look coming on the bus off the bus so it's going to be easier for our buildings to know where kids are if a parent calls they're going to have access to this instead of having to called down to the bus garage bus garage has to call to the to the bus and get on the radio so we're going to negate some of those steps um so should be much quicker for parents to know where their child is if they if the bus is
017running late and um it's also going to allow us to make sure our runs are being maximized so just because we we have 90 kids that are supposed to be P being picked up on the route we know that we know there's not 90 kids obviously so we need to know how many that way if we need to reduce routes because we're in such a bus driver shortage that we'd be able to do that so it's a it's a pretty robust software Sy and it is being utilized by a couple different districts locally at this point in time and they've heard nothing positive feedback as well and the last item in terms of additional items um we are going to try to build in at this point in time we're proposing building in a budget
018line for the K9 inclusion program what I will tell you is that that will not fully fund the program this is a small amount of money left over from putting in these different positions but it's a starting point for us when I started one of the first things that was that I was I had a meeting in the first I think two weeks about the canine inclusion program and its impact on our kids so we're looking at a small dollar amount overall right now roughly $1,000 to put in that budget line to kind of offset the potential costs I've been working with the program directors as well they know that while this is funded currently through elt that elt is is a question mark and I have at this point in time communicated three separate
019times I'm going to follow up again to see if there's any update but the elt as a reminder is funded through the budget process and that's ongoing right now so I don't think they really have a lot of answers but we are mindful of that this is a way to start kind of building in a little bit of funding for that and the program directors are looking at alternate sources of funding as well to keep the program alive should something happen or change with elt so this is just contingency right now to make sure that we have an opportunity Dr um I I know it may not may not be perent to this year's budget but I mean I'm looking with the numbers and numbers are tight right numbers are numbers are close um you
020know when we when we finish this uh cap project we're going to have several new classrooms you know needs for support staff like that's going to be a what are we what are we doing like this year to help prepare us for that for when that Capital project is finished we're not having additional teachers right I don't not that I'm aware of any we're having multiple classrooms though because there's no room in elementary right now so we have a lot of people in cheering rooms well I thought the goal based I based on when we approved was that those were going to be prek classrooms no we we it was discussed to have prek over there it was discussed to have prek over here that that was all discussed but there's no way to bust
021all of our prek kids to one space so we there there's no way we that all our our pre kids in my building so with all of those new classrooms we're not going to need an increase in support staff or teachers I can't guarantee that at this moment no I that wasn't that wasn't the plan but I right now we have a lot of we have a lot of shared spaces we're trying the room for them but there is the potential of doing another upk room there is that potential and that would be through grant funding through upk as well so we could have we could basically apply for we're adding additional space or additional spots and get funding through the state for that um and then I think budget cons more budget considerations um
022health insurance we are monitoring this um for employees that may that may have spouses that work here that um could be needing to jump onto our plan we're finding that that is happening right now um so I'm going to have to keep an eye on that to see if I have budgeted enough to to sustain the people jumping on our insurance um and this may be a problem with the whole Consortium we're not really sure yet what impact it's going to have so I'm keeping my eyes on that to make sure that I have enough to to cover the the people that may be added on to our budget um another ISS issue that was brought up this week was our bus purchase the community votes to it to authorize a certain dollar figure I
023can't go above that dollar figure if because of what's happening in the government happens and the prices of those buses goes up I can't I can't go over budget so that means we get one less bus so it's something that I just want you guys to be aware it's out of our control with whatever goes to the to the public is what I have to live by yes we want four buses but at this point I don't know if the price is going to remain the same or not and our companies let they reached out to let us know that they have they will pass on any costs so I may in the end only get three instead of four buses how much per bus well it depends um the regular buses are 175 180
024and then the the handicap buses almost 200 so we we would we would stick we we need a handicap bus so we' have a handicap bus and um to to um regular school buses if if this if it happens gotcha so that's a that's a waiting game but it's something we have to be aware of um and then we're closely monitoring um for additional changes that what happens with the budget um I'm hoping April 1st happens I I I would love an April 1st budget um I'm not holding my breath sorry wasn't there a phase in of an electric you know a mandate I think I think two this has been several months ago two electric buses or there is so there there is currently the 2026 right I think it's 2027 is when we
025can only purchase electric buses got and then 2035 the entire fleet should be converted over um there is mounting push back on that I you saying that yes okay yeah um you know that's one of the things we're monitoring the state budget is could there be some some executive changes to that mandate um I think the I think there's enough knowledge now that we may have rushed into this from those that made the decision on that um because there are some school districts locally who they have put an electric bus into the ballot and it was voted down because of that so that's one thing we need to be mindful of I have uh at this point in time met with a representative from nerta um to talk about an electrification Fleet study so that
026we can begin the process to say what does that look like here for us um they've kind of reached out with some different organizations they work with so we're going to start going through that list and determining who we would like to work with to start that process so we can determine what it looks like for us and that's a whole study as I mentioned the last board meeting it's from what do our routes look like to what does the infrastructure need do we have enough power coming here and if we don't what will that need be and that's one of the biggest things the school district is struggling with is that the grid itself the infrastructure cannot support the amount of power needed to charge all of the buses and we also we authorize
027every July buses to stay at the homes of our drivers if if they so choose which is helpful for us because of the location of our facility and the spacing concern that we have so if we have to have them all here all charged here that's going to be another piece that we'll have to work through as part of this study and I gave them all those highlights when I met with them say here are the things that are going to be unique to us that we will need some support and we get it free the study itself is is free um because of a certain qualification that we we get MH okay thank you yeah of course and then lastly just next steps you know we're going to continue monitoring the state budget um
028as a reminder Tuesday March 25th at 5:00 P p.m. in the district office conference room is going to be the budget Workshop that's where we will take the board through the the budget we can go line by line answer questions we can give you some more highlights there as well so again that's Tuesday March 25th uh 2025 at 5:00 pm we're going to be in the district conference room because this room is already signed out for another activity and I didn't feel it was appropriate for us to say Hey you have to Bo so that we can come here um we will have extra chairs we'll make sure it works for anyone who does want to show up um and then lastly we're going to start working on the budget presentation and getting ready for
029the budget vote and making sure that we have the appropriate notifications going out we've already met with our Communications um person through uh cves to go through the timeline of when we need everything ready to go so the budget newsletter can also include that spring newsletter as well would it be possible that we get a copy I was just going to say Friday before so we can it'll probably be before that okay because it takes a while we go through that thank you it's a lot of information so you'll see um I'll have Chelsea send it to the board the it's a comparison of it'll be a comparison of this year and next year and the dollar dollar increases and percentage increases and then that way you guys can go over everything and and get
030your questions ready you can even ask your questions beforehand if you want to send them to me that's fine and I can answer them in public um whatever you guys feel comfortable with this is I I'm a numbers nerd as I say so I I love doing this Jen loves this part so um yeah so whatever you however you guys want to do it is fine with me she's not the only one talk about head count budgets did we have any positions that were approved through bhsn this year that they're unable to fill in terms of like the contracted service that we have for BS yes we do have one position right now that they haven't been able to staff completely so we are not we're only charged with the person the individuals here what
031position is that Crisis crisis Council that's right so have we looked at Hiring Our Own in-house crisis counsel versus paying a third party we haven't explored that to a large extent we have talked to the administrative team though about that um and and if it's something that's net neutral and we can't find a partner work with a partnership to be able to build that which we do have some ideas I've been working with the coordinator there on some opportunities um they are challenged with they bring people into the area and those people find other jobs sometimes they are taken by a school district um and come in so that is something that we are monitoring we've been bringing that up now for since I've been on the board you know this this idea of of
032third parties is it because we obiously need positions right and this is a couple of years now where it's we've asked the same questions because last year we had similar issue okay and then this year we have a similar issue it's like we need the positions do we need to just start looking at those in interal okay the problem is cost so right now we have four bhsn crisis counselors money set aside for four which is about $215,000 I can't get four crisis counselors for 215,000 yeah so I we haven't set four but I at least one of those we can't fill at least fulltime for bhsn right so we only have three on staff right but I I can't give each building a crisis counselor for what with what I have in the budget
033so yeah not all at once I mean that's understandable okay one piece of that too is if we have them as our employee ay pass down the road which can be but we can also have more of a guarantee that they will actually be here to give the services that that our kids need and the support that our stff thank you of course anyone have any other questions all right thank you very much thank you all right fors superintendent school that's feel like it's all done talk all right so couple of updates first at the last meeting we did have a conversation about um the model un so I just want to follow up with everyone in regards to some of the research that I've done um I did talk with other school districts and
034most of the school districts in the region they do have a student Le Club um which they do fundraising for so that's the first piece that I I did look into there are a couple districts who have like an alumni Education Association that will help divert devote some funds um one District within our CVS region they do offer as a course the challenge with that is that it is somewhat limiting because then students have to determine what is it they want to take do they want to take a model un class therefore be excluded from something else um so that's kind of the the regional kind of structure at this point in time in talking with um individuals including the adviser for the club um you know kind of determined that and this was new
035for me there there's kind of like three parts to our model un there's the beatman toown model un which is part of the curriculum and we do have a budget line devoted to that to make sure that we can support that program because it's part of the n9th and 10th grade curriculum we then have the Harvard model un which operates more as like a full Club type piece with fundraising involved and then we have the North Country model un which is the the third piece to this which we're looking at and this is the one that I'm working with the adviser on to figure out what do we do with that how could we maybe fold that in a little bit more to similar to the beown model you in or the beun so that
036there is a little bit more funding that we can provide the line item that we have does have at this point time a little bit of funding remaining in it that could potentially cover that we also talked about we host the Beaton model un and we do charge other districts to come um we looked at maybe there's a room to increase that a little bit to help with some of the funding and then really ultimately what I've been doing is working with you know some of the administrators working with with Jen working with the adviser to say okay what do we need to do structurally to make sure that we can support the program moving forward so I have already scheduled an email to go out for a follow-up meeting in April so that we
037can make sure that we're setting ourselves up by the end of this year to avoid any questions in future years there will still be fundraising involved our auditor made it very clear that we we do have to be careful of what we can and can't fund whether it's part of a class or not part of a class um but I feel like the conversation was really helpful to move us forward working with the adviser and with the administrators to make sure that we've got a plan in place is it a possibility that that Harvard model could be an elective class for upper classman so there is a potential um the only concern is that it might end up then pulling them from something else that they want in their schedule that's the one piece to
038it that's a bit of a challenge um we're looking at other options and and really it's that the North Country model un is the one that really became a question piece during our conversation so that's where I'm I'm focused right now um but then there are other opportunities and that's what I want to keep talking about us what are the fundraising opportunities what could we do to kind of help with that where can they they kind of participate and then also what can we do from the instructional standpoint to help is most of the time that those kids spend in that outside of the school day for for like the model the Harvard model and the North Country model un I believe that that's the case that's my understanding as of right now I didn't
039ask that specific question um but that's my understanding is that it's outside of the school day so is there something that says that a class can be offered outside of the school day there are some avenues that we've talked about internally that we could look at whether it be you know independent study or something like that so we're exploring some options um that could that could assist but also make sure that there's a clear delineation for us with what we can and can't fund yeah of course would any preclude us from having both the club and the class and then at least a portion of the costs of the bus and the travel could be covered in the budget towards the kids that were in the class so I know it's something to track but
040we we are trying to make sure that we're towing a line but doing what we can do already um so some of the things you mentioned we're we're doing our best to make sure that we can we can okay okay anything else with any other questions with the what's the current budget for the model we in oh I was say I thought the line was was about three for the beat mitton model you and and that's for the 9th and 10th grade class correct okay say 3,000 mhm now is that just the budget for them or does that include money coming from doesn't the history budget take some money out of that or something no I thought there was another department that kicked in money for it no that covers the the the Bon okay
041yeah and then plus what Bon charges other schools that goes to the club okay goes to the club for the Harvard model un PS okay whatever they want to go for gotta sweaters or whatnot okay thank you it's obviously just as confusing as for us as it was for you guys yeah I learned a lot it it was helpful to have the and I think the conversation you know ongoing is going to be helpful but I definitely learned a lot that the three different PES was interesting to me so do we also know how much money they raised through independent fundraising I didn't ask that question of the adviser um so I have an idea what they might need you what they might need or you know is it currently being funded 90% through the
042school and 10% through fundraising or is it the other way around the school doesn't find any of the Harvard no are you talking about the club the club well you could take a look at the extracurricular report that what they have Club I mean I can get that information from off and see what she raised I don't I don't know that off the top I don't and I don't know what um the kids I don't know I'd have to ask we can do that though I wrote down a note I can get it to you're welcome are you essentially asking what their budget shortfall is what you're what their shortfall is but also knowing like you know if there's x amount of dollars that's being allocated to that you know how much money is the
043club or the organization or whatever it is Raising to help off set it no indeed um you know if 3,000 was given and they need 6,000 and they only raised a th000 why you know was it one fundraiser or was it a donation from you know somebody from the Hall of Fame yeah no thanks Dwayne just just information in their account they have $6,000 as of December 31st right I don't know if that's what was all fundraising right but it gives you some sense of what they might be able to get to okay next on my uh list of updates is strategic planning just because you know we do have a proposal for the board to act tonight on the 2025 to 2030 beat toown Central School District district plan um the Strategic plan so
044so we have a final version of the strategic planning goals and key performance indicators that's on the agenda for Action tonight um this was developed by the strategic planning committee we did the SWAT activity with the board we did it with the strategic planning committee and then the planning committee sat down it was just before February break and went through all of the information that we gathered from that um and started to draft some goals and then we spent two weeks after break two or three weeks after break kind of refining and looking at those goals and kind of drilling them down to come up with the document that that you have in your board packet um you know at this point in time we're ready to bring these forward to you as a committee
045um yeah I really do feel like it was a shared decision-making process everyone had an opportunity to respond and actually right up until last week there were some changes that were made to the final language um reflective of some of the commentary from some of our our committee members which I thought was really really helpful um so I do want to just quickly read at least the two different priority areas and the goals that way everyone hears that this is in the board packet everyone can see it but I do want to hit the goals really quickly so strategic priority area number one cultivating a thriving inclusive and safe School community so our goal be to foster a positive culture where students staff and families feel valued supported and empowered to succeed through strong relationships
046communication collaboration and a shared sense of purpose so that's our priority area number one the second priority priority area is to be a future ready student- centered and innovative District so our goal will be to cultivate a responsive and adaptive learning environment with high academic expectations clear and aligned curriculum and a proactive decision making and proactive decision- making that drives long-term success so it's funny as I read those out loud and I think back to our mission and vision there's a lot of alignment there which is really really nice and this is directly a result of all of the feedback we received over the course of the first part of the year with our strategic planning process the surveys the the focus groups the individual interviews um it's been a long time coming to get
047to this point and I I that's why I'm super excited these these really resonate with what we found and heard from our community and our stakeholders and how we are going to move forward we do have key performance indicators with each one of these that will be the measures that the strategic planning committee will will be monitoring over the course of next year um at various intervals and the next step is if these are approved tonight which I'm very hopeful that they will be I have already engaged with our building leaders as well as call from Al bra to set up dates for the building level action planning to take place we will do an action plan each year so we're going to start planning now for next year's year one action plans which will
048take these priority areas and then drill down and distill to the building level and what does each building need to do to help meet these two priority areas that is a really interesting process and not what I experienced in my previous role because it's the buildings get to really articulate what they need and what they can do to move forward because each building is slightly different um we have looked at the building level teams the leadership teams that we have um and we're going to make some modifications to ensure that there's broad stakeholder representation there as well um to make sure that we're hearing the different voices that exist there so teachers support staff yes uh service providers counselors we're going to yeah so what we've done is the buildings each have a leadership team
049and we kind of ran through what that what those members look like and then where are there areas that we might need to expand a little bit and we're also engaging with our our union leaders as well to make sure that it does make sense from their perspective also okay so that's strategic planning um see what else I have uh so last couple of things are going to be really quick um so on the agenda also is an update to our budget calendar so for April we had originally planned an April 29th board meeting to align with the cves budget vote however in looking through our budget calendar from nisba again we realize that the 29th is one day later than the requirement for us to have you as a board um approve our budget
050so we're looking at our proposal is to have a meeting on April 15th at our normal 6:15 time that would be the actual date that we would have our full board meeting and approve the budget at that point in time um and then the April 29th meeting we have to keep because that's a cves vote it should be a pretty short meeting um it's traditionally been a short meeting and right now that is scheduled for 6:15 however under additional items in the agenda I have it as an agenda item we could talk collectively if we want to potentially have that meeting take place at a different time during the day um to make it more convenient and not have to have a meeting in the evening time so that's the the schedule change that needed
051to take place it hopefully you know Jen brought up that hopefully by April 1st we have a full state budget we chose the 15th try to be as late as we possibly could still be a Tuesday where we could do this this potential vote any questions on that that okay last year super quick um next Wednesday March 19th we will host the regional spelling be here on our campus um really want to thank um one of our teachers who is the organizer of this event um we get to host it again this year this will be the second year in a row that we're hosting it so that's really exciting and then lastly tomorrow night we're going to have an eagle Soro showcase so our modified cheerleaders um because of some changes at section seven
052with the varsity cheerleading competition our modified cheerleaders were not able to participate so you know Mr facette he worked really really hard to try to figure out something that could be done for our students um and as a result this is what came into being for our modified cheerleader so they have something to kind of end you know their their time for this year correct me if I'm wrong Peru is also going to be joining us I believe Peru is going to be there as well we invited others um if they wanted to participate just to kind of open that up because section seven was unable to accommodate this as part of the the varsity cheerleading competition so I think it's great we immediately jumped on it and said what can we do to help
053and how can we facilitate something like this and the event is free for anyone who would like to attend tomorrow night starts at 6:30 so the only other school participating is Peru as a yes and how many schools do we invite we open it up to everybody yeah so everyone inside of section seven MH it's interestingly one of the school decided to participate Y and all of those schools were in the same boat um the uh the the sectionals were supposed to be like the first day of break and then they got pushed back um until like the end of break and then that schedule changed um you know so all of those schools or all the schools that had a modified team at least were in the same boat and you have of all
054of them Peru is the only one that seems to have taken us up on it I don't think there's a lot of schools that have a modified cheerleading team from my experience that's I have for updates for you awesome thank you of course Jen you heard it all from me it's all sounds good perfect um our building principles um U Mr B is not here this evening so Dustin's going to give the the high school update yes I will try to do it justice so a huge shout out to the 112 students who received high honor RO with distinction having a quarterly average of 95 of a 95 GPA or higher ALS Alo the 150 students who obtained high honor role with a 90 GPA or higher finally oh Additionally the 104 students on the
055honor role with an 85g higher that is 366 total students obtaining some type of Honor for the second quarter totaling 67% of the students reaching this amazing feat we are extremely proud of our students and faculty we had a group of students attend a field trip to the Department of Homeland Security career Expo this is an amazing opportunity for students to see firsthand career opportunities thank you to our counseling team for creating this opportunity for our kids we had 14 students participate in the all count music festival we're extremely proud of these students additionally our music students participated in the Nisa honors band congratulations to all BHS students who are participating in this amazing event we also want to thank Mr Noak Mrs Noak and Mrs Bernett for their amazing support and guidance to our
056kids we had our students attend the Clinton County Municipal Complex Center around women in law this opportunity is just another tremendous offering that supports creates vision for our students thank you to the counseling department for creating this opportunity we met with ready for real to plan for next year um and discuss increasing internship opportunities through a senior seminar will continue to collaborate with this initiative our sophomore class will be going on a class trip funded by elt to Washington DC this weekend they have a bus busy schedule in seeing the Holocaust Museum historical walking tour of The Monuments the Smithsonian Museum Capital Tour Ford's Theater and a visit through the National Archives thank you to all the chaperon providing opportunity for our students awesome good that's it awesome Miss dpri evening uh several updates from
057uh to share from tumbling head our stored practices committee uh has organized our eal pride Pals program which is actually a program we had prior to co so we're excited to bring that back um the program matches Mentor students students with mentees teachers and counselors have chosen Eagles from fifth grade to be mentors and eaglets from kindergarten to be mentees Eagle Pride pal meets once a month under the direction of counselors teachers and administrators to partake in an activity that is based on student interests the mentoring program is designed to provide eaglets with extra support and also gives our Eagles the opportunity to take our leadership on leadership roles within the school Community we're hoping to expand this program in the future to other grade levels um under the direction of principal stoutenger and principal
058barom teachers are meeting for several sessions to revise the current elementary report card the report card currently in use was created by a committee in 2018 and since then emphasis on certain standards at each grade level has shifted there is a grade level representative from each building working together to update the report cards to ensure that they are student teacher and parent friendly we expect the work to be done by April and we'd like to thank all everyone um all of the committee members who are working together on this project we appreciate the hard work um Tim Lions will return to pumin head to model and facilitate the community building circles as part of the restorative practices implementation plan Tim will be at ches on March 20th um and he will actually that date's changed
059and he will work with grades 1 3 four and five the circles are a nice way to build relationships among students uh Mrs myself and principal staer will be holding staff Circle UPS once a month for any staff who would like to meet as adults to partake in circles before the students are arrive um we actually had our first one last week which went really well we had about 15 participants so that was nice um this we hoping the circles provide a chance for all to bond and increase connections among staff uh we actually I already said that lastly we've uh started a new committee at CHS called Community connections this committee has been meeting for the last few months to come up with activities designed to bring more Community involvement and positivity into the
060school building the committee has a number of ideas in the works including events in a monthly newsletter to Showcase positive things happening within our building the first event that's being planned is a family fund Bingo night this event will take place on April 10th we're really thankful to have a number of of teachers volunteering on this committee and we're looking forward to seeing the impact it has thank you very much thank you Mr and our ex officio Mr colmer Middle School um the middle school student council just the some of the Middle School councils in general had a lot of events planned around Valentine's Day and some of the other holidays that have happened in the past few months um the middle school student council mentioned cookie grams which they sold $1 for two cookies
061the school cookies that are sold in general um with notes that would go to the people that were delivered on Valentine's Day which they sold out of um and was a fundraiser for the student council itself spirit week uh around Valentine's day as well which they had Pajama Day heart day Valentine's accessory day pink day and wacky socks day and all those days were voted and decided by student council which they really really enjoyed um along with that seventh grade is hosting a dance uh on Friday March 21th first sorry and that seventh grade class Council um hosting that and the students that I talk with which was the student council um also mentioned spring boards that are coming up um which are like mod that modified Sports especially track which always has a lot
062of um modified participation and many many students who start um either track careers or get to uh go off to other sports these can skills they learn from there um with a lot of signups happening which starts in two weeks if I'm correct uh State testing is coming up uh with science and math uh being a focus for the students at the moment um along with certain other uh testing that has just happened which are being um used by Middle School staff and administration to adjust plans for middle school students and make sure everybody getting support or the accelerated experience that they all deserve and need um the seventh grades also got to have something called a science investigation where they got to examine specimens under a microscope um and um they're helping to have
063other classes and other examples of these science investigations to have more kind of participation in science and other educational opportunities that can kind of come with that um and that's all I have for the middle school for the elementary I met with student council's uh members Lucy Cole ellot and McKenzie all fifth graders um they mentioned the big big change Roundup which is happening um um I have the date here 10th through the 17th uh and that is going to the UVM Hospital in Vermont all proceeds I should say um and they were very excited about the big change Round Up in general but also the um font goals that are um being set for the big CH change Roundup which I was told are $200 every $200 they get a different um like price
064and it just adds up to be more and more um this year the prizes are $200 for a hat day the next $200 is a vacation day so like kind of a fun another one of those fun days $600 uh is hungry hungry heos with teachers being the hippos in this case and $800 is Pine in the face of if I'm correct um the principal so that should be fun for them uh another thing they mentioned were blankets and Valentine's Day cards that were delivered to the nursing home which um the person who deliver that was in the meeting with us and they said they really really appreciated that the nursing the people at the nursing home was really special for them um another thing that students mentioned were um an assembly and especially the
065uh Talent ticket drawing that is coming up um which in which this Talent ticket drawing is for tickets toland 12 and other small prizes which always happens with the assemblies they just seem very excited about the cumland 12 tickets this time around for some reason um along with a the they really mentioned that they're enjoying the new way the assemblies are done where everybody's picture is put up and they walk down like a red carpet of sorts and they stay at stage on these Rafters so it's just kind of more special for the students that are involved uh another thing they mentioned is that the regional spelling be is coming up and they wanted to thank Miss isers for being the coordinator coordinator for it and um they mentioned that they hope uh be be
066student and like Fe kind student uh in general will go to Nationals hopefully um and win the Regionals competition yet again um they also have been making posters for all these events that have been coming up such as the big change Round Up um student council themselves they've been working kind of Around the Clock um they meet all the time they spent a lot a lot of time at that level uh making Mak sure the school runs properly which they mentioned that they really enjoy the responsibility and teamwork that comes from that that was a highlight of the meeting for sure uh another thing they mentioned just as like a side note is they really thought donuts with grownups was something that was really fun in which and something they're excited for in this case
067because it's coming up on the 21st of March um and it's going to be parents can come in with their students from 8 to 8:45 and they can enjoy Donuts of course and they get to have some coloring books and activities that they get to do with their kids and they said the last one they had just had packed cafeteria so they're helping they have just another great turnout um and they just yet again I want to mention how much work the student council does at the elementary level and at all levels the middle school elementary school councils have both done a really good job giving me this information but also taking on a lot of responsibility and work um in their roles so I want to thank them but yeah that's all I have
068for you guys aie am I correct the elementary student council members they come in on the the early bus yes with the secondary students to come in so they can meet in the morning time correct yeah they meet twice a month in the morning for like two hours so they put a lot a lot of time in their meetings and in the general rules that they fill so then they really enjoy the responsibility that they to have with that so cool yeah thank you aie uh committee reports policy committee policy committee sexual harassment agance under Title 9 that's been tabled student harassment and bullying sorry small gr that has been tabled as well P public comment at board meetings this policy will proceed to the board uh public complaints it's going to the board for
069first reading computer network usage and internet access uh this is going to the board as well and first reading and bring your own technology uh this is also going to the board for first grade that's it uh operations committee down fair enough who else is on the operations committee I was think anything really spectacular command we have to bid right no still waiting for approval as as of today we have gone out a bit yes for the capital project we to Capital but as operations burn your car did come they were there um gave a really brief overview there wasn't much to talk about to be honest nothing happened there had been nothing happening um so um we went over outlay bless um that that is for that's um going to be starting hopefully we
070have one more me meeting and um we'll be starting hopefully the doors within the next couple weeks in the elementary and um yeah we went out to bid today um we'll Post in the paper in our paper whenever they can get it in not this weekend but next weekend um we'll be opening bids April 11th my mind turn yeah I believe that's yes um so we will see at that point where we land awesome so cool thank you oh and the capital outline for next year to just to give you guys heads up we'll go over this more for budget but um just to give you the heads up we're going to be working on which we talked about operations um are the blinds or window coverings okay so that's what we'll be starting for
071next awesome anything else from the operations committee audit committee I am ready for this one all right um things are on track uh no major surprises in the budget the one thing you will notice if you look at the reports they now added columns for year to date this year and year to date in Prior year I think percentages are better to look at than the actual dollar amounts and we're we're right on track with where we should be at this point in time okay the dollar amounts be an increase in a pro category or decrease you you look at it where's this coming from but percentages it's easy sure they continue to do a great job keeping track of our money the issues we're finding in the audits are just small little things that
072just happen because of the procedures that have to be followed and sometimes can't be sounds good the Hall of Fame committee yeah so um it was candidates that were selected uh they're not going to be the public until the individual candidates are um contacted um let's see um there is going to be a future date set for the presentations as well okay um we're going to try to do it where and keeping in mind you know some of some of the people that may not be able to make it up here during the time they might be FL birds or whatever it might uh happen in the fall we're going to figure out a date on that and then will be awesome and we actually were we were able to get in touch with all
073of the candidates so Gary released something I think it was very late last week um so we do have uh six candidates that that will enter the Hall of Fame we are determining a date um at this point in time hopefully in June if we can get everyone kind of here for that um but yeah it's it was it was a great meeting we did update some of the bylaws as well um there were some language changes that needed to be made so we kind of voted on that collectively as the committee as well it was a very good meeting and I do want to give credit to to uh Mr Lambert for organizing everything I mean when we got there as a committee it was a virtual meeting he had everything organized in folders
074he had it all ready to go for us um it was a very it was a very good meeting yeah having six candidates is is great that's awesome Eric Hall of Fame right hall of fame happy birthday thanks appreciate oh happy birthday birthday that was yesterday oh happy happy birthday yesterday messing us up I think it's because I did my hair is that everything from the the Hall of Fame committee all right public comment do we have anybody here for public comment I just mention well I if you would if we have people here for public comment you can feel free to uh to come up to the podium um just uh you know be bear in mind if it's a individual School topic we try to keep topics as general as possible we're not
075we don't want to mention you know individual students individual staff members um but yeah feel free how long do I have um 10 minutes Poli CH well so our public comment session is is 10 minutes um till the policy changes you proba you do you do whatever you want well hello thank you for letting me speak this evening my name is Palmer I'm a 2010 Bown graduate actually um I'm an occupational therapist I work at the hospital um I have three children and my eldest son is currently at C Elementary um the reason I'm here is because I've recently joined a group of parents uh representing multiple school districts and our group is called Adera kids unplugged I don't anyone of it from other um board meetings throughout other schools um some of our members
076have been in attendance the goal of the group is support supporting um healthy child development intentional Tech use independent play and Community engagement so what I'm going to read is coming from me personally but also representative of the group and our goals for the community and across schools okay as an OT I've seen firsthand the um Interruption that excess technology use can have on Early Child Development specifically find m control attention visual processing skills and social emotional development I know this is a very popular topic lately um throughout the country um we are raising the following questions in the spirit of collaboration goal of fostering thoughtful and balanced policies around Tech use and play and specifically would like to better understand the district's approach approach to the following questions um before I forget at the
077end I'd love an email where I can send the final draft of this little letter my next line says I'm joined by a group of parents but I'm the only one that shut out so I'm not sure you know if you want Olivia at the end see Chelsea or myself and we can make sure you get our emails okay it's just a few questions um again the goal is to Foster thoughtful and balanced policies around Tech use and free play and better understand our district cber Town's approach to these things so the first one is what are the district's goals uh for average screen time for students during the school day how is it monitored trct um research highights significant benefits of independent and free play for children so in what ways does our districts
078Cumberland head and pment town promote and prioritize these opportunities how is the district working to minimize use of devices such as panels tablets laptops smartboards during non-instructional class time being into recess meal times and opportunities for free play um what measures are in place to oversee content being used during instructional time um not to exclude daily streaming and Tallis and programming and I'm almost done what committees like technology wellness and school Improvement exist within the district and how our parents encouraged to participate in these um discussions a quick little blur not to make get too personal but um an example of part of our concerns you know when we meet monthly this group that I been with the 10 other parents is a a common theme is non-instructional Tech use so used as a replacement
079uh versus a supplement for um educational uses for example my kindergarten are coming home having launched a whole episode of blue year Spider-Man during snack time um Tech being used during real time gym time Etc um so anyway we recognize and appreciate the intention decisions Beacon town has already made regarding Tech use we're very happy and proud to be in this district for those um policies that are already in place but we hope to continue fostering supportive Community with appropriate safeguards in place um we appreciate the opportunity to see these topics added to Future agendas for continued discussion um on collaboration on how to best support our grand children so thank you for your time oh thank you so much yeah thank youse um mine's more more of like like an upd thing U it
080wasn't mentioned during the BHS report but uh NC happened last week last Thursday and Friday and uh I sadly I wasn't able to be a delegate as I was a invited to be a director of a political committee for it so that was fun but um overall bman Town um like swept the entire conference we had four out of the seven best delegates um in the seven committees and if we didn't have best delegate we would have outstanding which is essentially the second place equivalent in m one so um and we were only passed up for best delegation because we were winning too many awards in their words so it it was really a total beat Town sweep and uh I just want to give like a shout out to the team because they did
081a really really good job and there's like not only return returners of be town but also new faces that we saw winning we had one person who's not even part of the H1 team WI a best out of nowhere which was like super surprising so it was really really cool to see from more of an Outsiders perspective because I wasn't a delegate um but it was really really cool and in the background to see be town so respected um just like everybody was talking about like hey make sure you know your rules because if you don't some beakman toown delegate will and just comments like that like it's really special to see how well representative we we were at NC despite only taking like two3 of what we usually take just because numbers weren't as
082high this year sure but we had a really really good showing despite that that's awesome thank you thank you Aussie anybody else for public comment all right minutes as presented resolved superintendent schools recommends to the Board of Education to approve the following minutes motion second any discussion all in favor I all opposed motion passes csse cpsc and 504 recommendations resolve that superintendent of schools recommends to the board of education to approve the CC CPS and 504 recommendations dated 31125 can I have a motion motion John need a second any discussion all in favor I I all oppos motion passes Personnel consent agenda Personnel approvals resolve that the superintendent of schools recommends to the Board of Education that the following resolutions on this consent agenda resignations appointments unpaid leave of absence tenure and retirement B and
083are hereby approved have a motion Chris any discussions all in favor all opposed motion passes this kind of a fun one we have the presentation of a tenure plaque would you mind coming down does he need a translator Taylor his and I will say that I have a few words from Principal Nelson so over the past four years Taylor has shown a real dedication to helping students not only learn in Spanish but also develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for the culture he Sparks curiosity by sharing his own personal experiences making the lessons feel real and relatable Taylor sets high expectations and his students rise to the challenge he's been an invaluable collaborator with his colleagues working closely with them and stepping up as an unofficial Mentor for New World language teachers of the Middle
084School his impact has been felt by both students and staff throughout his time here and we look forward to his continued contrib to our midle school all right miscellaneous consent agenda resolve superintendent of schools recommends to the Board of Education that the following res resolutions on this consent agenda 2025 2026 school calendar contract confidential secretary to the superintendent athletic merger revised 2025 2026 budget calendar in beakman toown Central School District plan goals and key performance indicators be and are hereby approved and I have a motion Curry motion Jason second any discussion all in favor I all opposed motion passes what's the wording we're looking for here Chelsea motion to move the list if some you can't say that yourself I know what I was going to say is if anybody wants to do that I'll
085make a motion to move the list there we go can I have a second seconder second is John Fairchild any discussion oh it's it's roll well we got to vote on the motion y um any discussion all in favor all right all oppose I motion passes and we have a roll call vote Anderson yes Dr Bean yes Dwayne Vio yes Eric de PE John Fair trial yes Christopher gadway yes Curry joler yes Jon Miller yes motion pass CL uh policies resolved superintendent schools recommends to the board of education to approve the following policies public comment at board meetings first reading public complaints first reading complaints about certain federally funded programs second reading and adoption computer network use and internet access acceptable use policy first reading bring your own technology first reading artificial intelligence second reading
086and a option I have a motion you have a second John any discussion I'd just like to say I really like the work that was put into the uh public comant board meetings and the conversations we've had for the last two years I think the committee did a really good job thank you thank you you're welcome John any other discussion all in favor I all opposed motion passes Financial consent agenda resolve superintendent schools recommends to the Board of Education that the following resolutions on this consent agenda Financial reports and donations be and are hereby approved can I have a motion John John Fairchild we have a second Eric any discussion we have a roll call vote Troy Anderson yes Bean yes Dwayne bio yes Aon yes John Fair trial yes Christopher gadway yes Curry joler
087yes Jason Miller yes motion passes all right um additional items to discuss are there any additional items I all right probably three months ago a request was made by the board for some data on absenteeism and um behavioral incidents and referrals yep and in light of us having discussion tonight regarding the lack of a crisis counselor and the possibility of making decisions about hiring someone um I think that information becomes even more important and I'm going to reiterate that request no I appreciate that actually I had a conversation with Pak the other day he reminded me again I do have it I've been working on it I've got a massive spreadsheet so I'm going to put it together for you um a couple of the things that I had pulled together the requests are slightly
088different so I'm trying to put that data for you but on Friday in your Friday update you will have a document with that information and I actually had a conversation at the beginning the evening in relationship to that because there is a requirement that we get a report annually from to the board and unfortunately I think it often comes in the summer which is too late to do anything about policies for the upcoming year so I think having that data the third quarter I don't think I don't think an annual report is sufficient I think that I believe monly report in order to see Trends in the data what just to clarify I believe that monthly report specifically covers attendance right so there's a lot of other information that that we've asked for um you
089know classroom disruptions I mean there there was a list of things that we all put together um so just just to be clear I do believe that that that report is specifically attendance yeah there's a specific attendance report that's required to go to the board every year and I don't remember getting it in past years but if we did get it in would have been in the summer after the year was done and that's too late to make changes to this the code of conduct and policies for the upcoming year so if we get it in April we have time to have input on how to move forward with some of those things that are important and I guess I I said it the last time with the request and I'll say it again I
090believe that we need to make how to inform decisions regarding policy and how we're spending money in this district and part of that is it's a systemic problem attendance is a systemic problem and classroom disruptions due to severe behaviors is a problem um so as we move forward we need to have things that we can look at when making those decisions sure out of curiosity and this is kind of directed at the whole board I mean I again you know we we sent out a document everybody kind of we listed the things that we thought you know would would be important to have reported to us how often as a board is that something that everyone would like to see I think it should happen monthly how else can you establish patterns how else can
091you say oh the change that we put into effect or the the counselor we hir is we can see a gradual Trend in inciden that's going down or or the program we we implemented to help boost attendance we can see this happening yep year to year things fluctuate sure what numbers they do monthly but this is a lot more in depth than just a number right no I'm just talking broad numbers I mean I would say monthly could be hard because pulling the data is not as simple as just going I was saying to Chris earlier like I'm literally going into our school tool management system and going to certain charts and saying okay let me pull this number out here I'm building a spreadsheet that now will make it easier to be able to
092add new data in pretty quickly I I realize this is this is new and we may get that data and go well this isn't really doing what you want and if it's not what you want tell me that I would like to know that for sure cuz I can make it easy like I can we will try to figure it out and the other thing that I didn't mention is that we are looking at potentially transitioning one of the data tools that we use to pull information to a different data tool it's a net neutral in the budget um that tool I think can probably pull some of this stuff a little bit easier for me I'm hopeful that it will do that um our admin team has access right now because we I needed
093them to explore to see if this is the right tool to transition to um but I think that could help but when you get this report on Friday and I will bring it at the next board meeting I'll try to bring some of it um forward so that way it's public as well because I think it's important that we do that um but if you're seeing something that's not giving you what you need I do want to know that um the other piece is I'm going to try to give you some information with the the numbers because the numbers in isolation people can extrapolate different things and I'd like to give you at least a little bit of background you know the pandemic taking place us making some changes internally about how we're reporting certain
094things you know like no we don't want you to send me an email we want you to put it in as a referral for example we want to make sure those things are in there too so if you see it a change there's a little bit of information and my plan is to get this together tomorrow give it to the Advent team to say give me some background in case I'm missing something because I haven't been here so that they can provide some context to well I also think um so I mean just tonight we approved the the strategic planning kind of overarching District goals um and after you know some some conversation between the group um you know a a safe learning environment that language was was put into our overall overarching District goals
095now for that to be effective we have to have metrics yes right so I can absolutely see a situation we're coming into especially coming into the next year when we start really implementing our strategic plan I mean that's that's a measurable for the success I mean that's going to be things that we we need to see yeah so with this net neutral tool how quickly or often could you pull that data we're not look I think the the essence here is not looking to overburden you with Point statistics and making a statistician so see what it can pull from there if not we do have school tool like I still have access there and again part of it is building the system and and you guys know you get my Friday updates with things that
096are going on so sometimes you know you tend to prioritize and unfortunately have prioritized some other things that seem to be more heavy of importance at that point sure while still building this this spreadsheet that now that it's built and as I'm manipulating it to figure out what I think will be most advantageous to you now it's there so it's easier to pull numbers and drop them into the spreadsheet and be able to kind of put it together um so it's it's the initial build that's taking the most time really and we also may find like you know something I've kind of been wondering because we had like four or five things on that list I I can't remember five things right so pulling together all of that information in one shot is a lot
097like as a group we might decide like hey you know we don't need this next or or or next month let's look at this piece and the following month let's look at this piece I think the thing is is right now we don't have anything exactly and so we're all thinking well maybe this would be important and we're putting it on that list yeah you know one of the other things too you know as we get near the end of my first year here is I'd like to work with you on a board calendar so not just the board meetings but what are things that you would like to see annually or by anually or quarterly that's something that a lot of superintendents do start putting together as they get to know like what what
098type of information um you know because I think that's helpful too like we'll do a State of the State when it comes to region exams this month and we'll do three three assessments this month like we can start building that in collectively I think that would be an important piece us and I have a feeling like just in conversation now that what you're going to give of us is going to be like way more in depth than what we need yeah I tend to have that happen so please tell me if it is sure no but but but we appreciate it and I think that's going to be a very good chunk of information for us to guide our decisions good place to start absolutely abely uh any other additional items yes I in my
099role as a school teacher in bouette I had the opportunity last week to visit uh CV Tech as part of their re-evaluation of their programs which is something they have to do for several programs every year and that re-evaluation is for teachers to look at what they're doing as the embedded curriculum so the embedded curriculum at CB Tech if you're in a class you get a high school English credit over the two years a high school math credit over the two years and there are other credits you can get like in the law law enforcement one you can get your uh government credit for as a senior so those are embedded into the programs and they have teachers come in to look at what they're doing and with the realization that CP Tech does not
100do the same thing we do in the home school for those courses but what they're doing applies to what these students are going to head off to for careers and it's a it's a really good experience as a teacher to see that and get a sense we also get a tour of all the different programs uh the kids that are there do an amazing job they're supportive they light up when their classroom teacher comes into their program and right now regionally cvtech is running 46 6% of the eligible Juniors and seniors are taking cdtech courses now which is a far cry from the 22 or 23% just 8 years ago so we've had to swing back to where there is a tremendous need both regionally and nationally it also is an opportunity to um the
101other thing I want to do with that train just left um they also have in addition to the embedded credits for high school every program at cvtech has been approved by I think the middle States Association for college credit for every program they have there through Clinton committee college and through other courses so students can go there and get us leg up on college so it's not you know one thing or the other it's available for both of them and it is the only Bose seies in the state of New York that has it available I know that so that's lot hard work from the people that are there but um and I looked at you know the lesson plans those guys have to do and um they're doing heck of a lot of work
102and they do a great job for our kids absolutely thanks thank you and I just wanted to because we did have it on the agenda the April board meeting so the 15th we've set at this point in time the question I have and we don't have to answer it tonight if you want you want me to send out a poll we can do that about that April 29th meeting for the CV uh cves budget vote do we want to hold it at 615 do you want me to send you something to determine a different time would you like to discuss are you fine with 615 would you like it earlier in the day fine I'm fine with it 6:15 is and it really is 5 minute board meeting yeah it's like a 5 to 10
103minute board meeting okay we can leave it at 6:15 I am I just wanted to at least put the offer out there 615 on the 29th I'm good with okay all right then any other additional items we do have one more public comment session if anybody else wants to get up and speak at public comment all right um someone want to raise their hand to be clerk Pro 10 if we have an executive session or should I nominate John again all right resolve the Board of Education appoint John Fairchild as clerk protm for this meeting can I have a motion DNE Dwayne second sh any discussions all in favor all oppos motion passes [Applause] uh proposed executive session subject to board approval resolve that the Board of Education enter into executive session to discuss the
104employment of a particular person or persons may I have a motion Dwayne bbo can I have a second Chris any discussion all in favor I all opposed motion passes um there's no actions to come out of this executive session right so we don't fore there's no voting that's going to happen after this executive session so um if you want to stay obviously feel feel free to stay but if not thank you so much for coming