001This is a special presentation from the Brighton Central School District Board of Education. >> Good evening. Welcome to the Brighton Central School District Board of Education for Tuesday, February 10th. This meeting is called to order. I'll quickly note that we are one board member light. Uh Karen Hatch is over at French Road seeing a science fair presentation on manatees as presented by her daughter Peggy. So, we are wishing her well tonight for the science fair at Fres. with that. One of the best ways to start uh a meeting and we have great great energy in the room tonight, Dr. McGow, but one of the best ways to start a meeting is with our Bright and Believer awards. >> So, we have two great award uh recipients tonight, but before we even dig into it, while
002the memory is still very fresh in everybody's mind, the second person is a bus driver. Imagine right before the meeting started, there's that energy behind you while you're trying to drive a bus. Just want to put that in context. The Brighton believes Council selects nominees to receive a Brighton Believers Award for demonstrating Brighton believes character traits of integrity, respect, responsibility, kindness, and self-control. The award winners are students, teachers, staff members, parents, coaches, and community members. Please, please nominate folks who do wonderful things in our school community. The nomination form is available on the website bcsd.org backbelievers. The two uh tonight we're really really excited to recognize the fir first is Matt Lazeski. Matt, can you come on up please? [applause] You want to come up? Chris Simmons, can you come on up too, please? Very
003very excited to uh recognize Matt tonight. A French Road Elementary School custodian nominated by the administrative team, office staff, third grade team, fourth grade team, fifth grade team. Who didn't nominate you is what I really would like to know. They wrote, "Matthew Lzeski exemplifies the core values that Brink believes. Integrity, respect, responsibility, kindness, and self-control in every aspect of his role as head custodian at French Road Elementary School. His steady leadership, tireless work ethic, and positive attitude have a profound impact on every member of our school community. Matt takes great pride in maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for our students and staff. His integrity is evident in his dedication to doing every job well, no matter how large or small. He approaches his work with care, honesty, and an unwavering sense of responsibility.
004Whether it's preparing the building for the first day of school after a summer full of construction projects or responding to an unexpected need during the day, Matt can always be counted on to handle each situation efficiently and thoughtfully. He anticipates challenges before they arise and consistently goes above and beyond to ensure that FRES runs smoothly. Matt's respect for others shines through in every interaction. He treats everyone from students to staff to visitors with genuine kindness, patience, and warmth. His calm, professional demeanor brings comfort and confidence even in stressful situations. No matter how busy the day becomes or how many directions he's pulled in, Matt remains composed, approachable, and ready to help. His kindness and compassion are at the heart of what makes him so special. Whether he's helping clean up a child's spill or accident,
005assisting a teacher with a last minute need, or checking in to make sure classrooms are ready after construction, Matt does it all with a smile and a sense of humor that brightens everyone's day. His consistent presence and positive spirit make Fres feel like home for students, staff alike. Matt's self-control and quiet strength set a powerful example for our entire community. He never raises his voice, stays calm under pressure, and handles every challenge with grace. His even killed approach fosters a sense of peace and reassurance throughout the building, reminding us all of what it means to lead with heart and humility. Matt's impact extends far beyond his job description. He embodies the spirit of Brighton believes every single day at modeling integrity, respect, responsibility, kindness, and self-control in ways that inspire those around him. His dedication,
006professionalism, and genuine care for others make him the heart of Fres. We are deeply grateful for all he does and are honored to nominate him for this well-deserved recognition. I am also very very proud to call you a colleague. Matt know Tom Luke is here too. Tom you do a wonderful job as well. So thank you for that and thank you for being a part of this nomination. Matt, for all these reasons and so many more, we congratulate you on your bright believes award. [applause] >> [applause] >> presentation. >> Thank you. >> I pointed out the energy in the room and imagine driving with that energy behind you. Also imagine maintaining an incredible facility with that energy around you as well. >> Right. Right. Right. Bus driver Taylor Hayes, come on up, please. [applause] [applause]
007Appreciate it. >> Bus driver Taylor Hayes, I understand. By the way, there were chants down here. There were cheers. There was everything. That's amazing. [laughter] He was signing autographs afterwards. Nominated by many people including Tim, Mary and Isaac Shroth, the Sweeney family, Alicia Buenan, Adam Shrader, Jasper Shrader, [clears throat] River Shrader, Lauren and Connor Delaney, Elizabeth, Mike James and Francis Jowski, the Dale Alva family, Valeria Shireena and Perry family, the Cacera family, the Karen Lef Fever. I can't believe there's this many people on your bus by [laughter] the Sh family wrote, Taylor Hayes creates a welcoming, calm, and positive environment for students. His attentiveness, integrity, and steady presence ensures that each child feels safe and cared for from the moment they step on the bus. Taylor demonstrates integrity by consistently doing what's right, even when
008no one is watching. From double-checking seat belts to ensuring smooth, safe rides, his respect for students and families is clear in how he greets everyone warmly and handles challenges with patience and understanding. The Sweeney family wrote, "Mr. Taylor is the beginning and end of my children's day." What a pleasure that must be. His smile, warmth, and care goes beyond those important moments. He gives them genuine support, kindness, and is enthused by their growth and success. Last year, our neighborhood shared in the tragic passing of our sweet friend Annie Manuso. Mr. Taylor was part of our mourning and support. He watched our neighborhood and children like an angel. The Shrader family wrote, "Each August as we start getting ready for another school year, my worry is that he won't be on our route anymore. and it
009turns into joy when I see that he is on our route again. We even have a photo of me cheering as he pulled up on the first day of last school year. The Delaney family wrote, "When the students on his bus experienced a heartbreaking tragedy, Mr. Taylor went above and beyond his duties. He was there for the children every step of the way, offering comfort, attending personal events, and showing unwavering support for the family affected even during his personal time." To our kids, he is far more than a bus driver. He's a mentor, a role model, and a trusted friend. His kindness, compassion, and dedication make a lasting difference in their lives every day. The Turkowski family wrote, "Through his steady kindness and patient guidance, he has created an environment on his bus that is
010calm, respectful, and supportive, a space where students feel they belong." Mr. Taylor connects with each student in a way that feels personal and genuine, remembering their interests and stories and making sure that even the quietest children feel seen and valued. The Dia Alva family wrote, "As an anxious parent in a scary world, it's hard to express the relief and gratitude I have for Mr. Taylor. He has made the transition to school so much smoother for my younger two children as they began school." F student Ezra Dale said, "Mr. Taylor is the nicest bus driver." Luca Dale said, "Mr. Taylor is so kind." and Zeke said, "I love Mr. Taylor." [laughter] Valeria Shireena and the Perry family wrote, "Mr. Taylor also goes above and beyond to make sure the kids are comfortable and happy. When my
011daughter and another child from our neighborhood asked to sit together, he and Sonia, his wonderful bus, were happy to make it happen. It may seem like a small gesture, but to the kids, it meant everything. It's clear he truly cares about the children and pays attention to what makes their days brighter." The Casser family wrote, "We are so lucky that my son rides on Mr. Teller's bus. He is the kindest and most friendly. We are so grateful for all that you do. Thank you for demonstrating the Brighton believes and receiving this award tonight. Again, both you and Mr. Lzeski showing us what it is to be bright believers and care for all these wonderful children. Congratulations. [applause and cheering] [applause] >> Hey Dan, wait. Dan, can we get him with all the kids up there?
012when the kids gather around him. >> I was going to say, what what route does he drive? Council Rock. >> All the kids get up around Taylor, please. >> Okay. [laughter] >> We have Mr. Chester, who's awesome, but >> I just Okay. >> Oh, look at this. >> We got to get the sign in the front. >> Everybody come up. >> Can they come orchestrate that? >> Should we have them come up a little? >> We'll just We'll just direct from the seats here, Dan. We'll just tell you what to do. That is awesome. >> Yeah. And that beautiful sign. >> I'll get water. >> Oh, there it goes. >> Oh, yeah. The parents are doing good. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Oh, there's a little one. Come into the >> Can you see them? Come
013behind us. >> Oh, okay. Good. >> [laughter] >> That is awesome. >> YEAH. [applause] [cheering] [applause] We'll begin the meeting again in about five minutes. It's possible that some kids might need to get home for bedtime or homework or whatever else. Thank you. >> Great way to start a meeting and uh thank you everybody. Next up on the agenda is public participation. We allow for the opportunity to uh for the public uh that we represent to give feedback. I have three people who've asked to speak tonight. Uh, and our rule is always, uh, we give you 3 minutes to speak. Esther, over to my left, will hold up a yellow card at 2 minutes and 45 seconds. We'll ask you to finish your thoughts, and then at 3 minutes, you'll hear an alarm go off.
014Uh, first up, I have Karen Lef Fever. >> Right. I'm sorry, right at the podium. I'm sorry. [snorts] >> Thank you, folks. My name is Karen Lef Fever. I am Brighton resident. I am here to speak in regards to the turf project. Um I my thoughts on uh the turf project is um you know I stand with the folks who are not in favor of the turf project. Um I kind of think it's a train that's in motion at this point. So, it's not really what's happening as much as um I think that's something that it's important for the board to to know and you all I'm sure have heard, but uh is the the lack of trust moving forward at this point is that I myself as an individual are going to be I'm
015going to be much less likely to vote in favor of budget increases and changes in the future uh until I understand and see that there's a change in the process and there's more community um involvement in input as projects get put forward. You know, I think that um part of me thinks, okay, you know, I didn't see it coming. I didn't know what the process was uh in the past, but now that I understand the process a little bit better of how the budget gets approved and then it gets approved by a larger uh oversight in the state. Um, and I understand this is not a town project that it has a different process. Uh, I'm going to be more vigilant in knowing where these dollars are going. I'm going to be more vigilant in
016talking to my community members about uh votes for budgets and other votes in general. Um, and so I think it's important, you know, Brighton is a very environ a pretty environmentally conscious town and, you know, I don't think this is an environmentally conscious project. Um, I don't think I understand quite all of the repercussions as far as sports go. My children are not in the high school yet and I'm not involved in the larger sports community. Um, but I think, you know, the town's trust has been affected at this point and I think that that's uh really going forward I'm going to be more involved and talk to my community about, you know, our awareness around budgets and and changes like that. So, thank you for being here. Thank you for letting us have a
017place to speak. Appreciate >> Thank you very much for your time. Betsy Cox. [clears throat] >> Good evening and thank you for having us all. Um again, my name is Betsy Cox. I've lived in the uh neighborhood of the high school for um close to 28 years and I know I've been here before expressing concern. Um just a few uh short comments. Um, as we see all these children uh around us with all the energy we're talking about, I mean, the children are why we are here. My children have graduated. They did play sports. Um, they will not um be using the turf, but I feel extremely um continue to be concerned about the health of these young people, um the health of our community, the health of our neighbors, um the health of our
018earth. Um, I want to once again request that the the school board um lets uh the community know who the environmental consultant was that uh you uh kind of asked questions to before you moved forward with with this project. I know um Dr. McGowan mentioned this would be uh foiled through uh Dr. Mr. Almo and have not heard back. So that will be a request we'll put forth not only for um the folks here. I would have to say now that um at last uh meeting the bids went out for the Council Rock projects which I know does include a turf um field as well. Uh I think again Council Rock parents um will have questions and who do we go to? I do not think it's um fair uh for you all to say
019you were environmental experts that we can can lean on for advice. Um all of the again we know this data is evolving. We know there's information that continues to come out about toxins and heat exposure. Um, again, I I live and watch and look out at that field um, daily for uh, every single day of of the last um, over 20 years of of my life. I have seen the little junior barons running from the big tree to the modified field. If they fall in their big pads and get a grass stain, it's one thing. If they fall in turf and get a turf burn and are exposed to prolonged heat exposure, it's quite another. Um, we haven't seen uh or been asked, I don't know if the cross-country ski team was asked about um
020the elimination of their training field um in preference to the baseball and softball fields. Um again, looking at these awards, these people are uh basically uh kind of showing us the way, right? With the kindness, the integrity, the care, the honesty, the responsibility, anticipating challenges and making change. We again continue to be frustrated. We haven't been treated as neighbors, which we are. We live within mil millimeters of the property that we as taxpayers um are owners of. Um so once again, just uh really asking that you think about this. These are the children here that we are all I I know um caring for. uh but when new information and data and science comes out and you all have experts amongst yourselves I would really again beg you to think through this uh again so
021thank you for your time >> thank you very much >> can I just I just want to make uh one one comment as you're sitting down the at the February 24th meeting we'll be discussing a variety of topics including uh what the options are relative to the council rock project so that hasn't been decided yet in terms of what surface we' be using so that will be discussed at the February 24th board meeting. >> Mark Arpag. >> Good evening. I'm sorry to be here uh to speak again. The last time I spoke was November 18th and um I was glad to see the bus driver get the award tonight, though. That was great. That guy's awesome. Uh but uh there are a lot of things about this whole process going back from 22 when the
022land was acquired from the church for uh this project part of it and uh going forward and I could spend a lot of time going over the procedures and the process and how this all went forward but where we are today uh I'm here to ask you once once again to reconsider the idea of this toxic turf. Uh I mentioned the first time I coached travel soccer in this town for 20 years and uh I'm all for well- drained fields. I understand that's an important thing, but uh I'm very disturbed that sad turf, real grass, the high quality stuff, not some sprinkled stuff, uh that gets rolled out and installed properly like the Buffalo Bills have done and all the pro teams are going is not even been considered and instead we've gone through with
023outdated uh last century technology. ology. Uh turf is on its way out. As we speak, there are things going on in Albany to outlaw this kind of stuff, to outlaw this turf for a good reason. We've had experts come and speak to the uh impact of this material. And it just pains me to think that you haven't even considered the real turf sod. It's less expensive. It's better for the environment. It's better for the kids and it costs less overall. And basically at this point, I know we've got to go forward. We've got to fix that field. I I beg of you to look at this and make a real decision, not just blow it off. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> That's all that we thank everyone for participating. [clears throat] Those
024uh those are the only uh notes I had for people participating. Um with that, I'll move forward uh for approval of the agenda. All of you have had a chance to review the agenda before tonight's meeting. Any edits, changes, or corrections? Motion to approve tonight's agenda. >> So moved. >> Moved by Susan. >> Seconded by Esther. All those in favor? >> I. >> Also for the minutes from our last meeting on January 27th, same goes for that. You've had a chance to review those minutes. Any uh edits, corrections, or additions to those minutes as received. Motion to approve those minutes. >> So moved. >> Moved by Carrie Lynn. >> Seconded by Clayton. All those in favor? >> Next up, we've got reports. Um we just did reports at the last meeting, so we'll probably have
025a few updates, but this might be a little shorter. It's just the way these meetings fall with everything we do now that we're fully into budget season. First up, as is always the case, we will approve the financial reports listed under approval of financial reports. The treasur's report for the period ending December 30th, 2025, the financial summary for the period ending December 30th, 2025, and approval of the cycle audit, records retention and corrective action plan. Uh, and Christine and I will talk about that other board member reports, those that uh records retention and corrective action plan. With that, you've had a chance to review these three reports. Are there any questions in regards to these reports? With that, I will ask for a motion to approve the financial reports as listed in section six, letter
026A. >> So moved. >> Moved by Carrie Lynn. >> Seconded by Clayton. All those in favor? >> Uh I see that Samantha wasn't able to make it tonight. So we'll bypass the student report and go to the board of education. Start with district ops. Uh we just had had our last meeting when we first met at our next meeting coming up in March is very timely. It's the RASP the Rochester area. It's the healthcare consortium. I can't remember ever exactly what that acronym is, but huge timely. That's going to be continue to be a significant cost factor in our budget. So, uh we work with all the other school districts to drive the best possible prices. We'll learn about what's coming. uh very important meeting usually one of the mo the best attended for those
027but that's uh district ops that Karen and I attend information exchange >> meeting is tomorrow >> okay >> great legislative Karen's not here there was a few of us at the legislative breakfast on Saturday you want to say something about the legislative breakfast [clears throat] >> sure we all had the opportunity this past Saturday um to attend the annual Monroe County School Board Association legislative breakfast which is where um board member representatives from throughout Monroe County have the opportunity to come and meet with assemblymen, congress people, um local representatives to talk about issues affecting schools. Um and I think the most exciting thing about this past um legislative breakfast was that we had a significant amount of student representation. Not only were several students um asked to actually present on a topic at um to
028kick off the session um on a range of topics from school safety and security to teacher retention. Um but we actually to cell phones and how that affected them and whether they enjoy or don't enjoy that new policy. Um we also were lucky enough to have our own um school board member representative um Samantha Pucky attend with us. Um and so Samantha was able to sit and talk with um Congressman Morelli um as well as some of our um assembly representatives. So overall it was a really great um experience. It was -6 I think that morning, but we all made it out for breakfast at 8:30. Um, and we continued in till about 11:30 uh in the morning just chatting and exchanging ideas. >> And I will note just about every one of the I
029don't want to say politicians, public servants made it. There were one or two that missed, but just about every single one of them made it there as well at 16 below in the morning. So, credit thanks to them. >> Anything else you would add to that, Christina? >> No, I thought it was a great gathering of people on a cold morning. Yes, >> I had the chance to sit with Senator Dudy and uh Regent Hail was unable to attend, but uh great learning just from being with other board members there. So, great opportunity. Quickly, I'll acknowledge though she's not here. Um Karen Hatch was one of the legislative drivers that put that whole morning together. So, I want to thank her for her extracurricular efforts to get that done. Uh with regards to Boseis, our
030representative, always thankful and grateful to Mark Kanovich for doing that service for us. They do not have an updated report since last time. We'll continue to do that, but we greatly appreciate Mark's service for our community. >> Other board member reports, I don't know that there will be any, but I'll start with Clayton and just work that way if there just in case. >> Yeah, my meetings not until early next month for the fax business tech. >> Okay. >> Yep. All my meetings are in the next couple of weeks. >> Well, the school uh based uh opportunity team for the high school met on the 29th right after our last meeting. Um, we continued our review of the feedback from our high school students, brainstormed about ideas on how to continue to create a sense
031of belonging and focus on the student voice and uh discussed a possible uh panel discussion in the future with faculty and students. So, we're very excited to keep moving with that. Um, hiring practices committee met last Thursday. Uh we continue to focus on our interviewing process, making sure we are eliminating as much bias as possible with our questioning uh when we are uh interviewing uh pro p prospective teachers and zeroing in on what we need to do to retain the our staff once they are hired. Um uh also Bright and Believes met last Thursday as well. Uh ran down the agenda of all the lovely things that the Bright and Believes uh committee does for us all year round. Um quite a bit of things that are going on there. Uh always busy. Um but
032yes, a great meeting. >> Good. >> Thank you. >> I have nothing new to report. The district-wide safety committee meets this Thursday. >> Great. >> And we met um audit committee who is Karen Hatch and Larry Davis and myself. Um we have the privilege to sit with our um financial leadership team to uh really go through records. Uh this [snorts] time we went through our claims audit from September to December. We looked at uh vendor um vendor expenses over 50k. >> Yep. And um we also heard from our um financial advisor on um records retention review that they went through and they recommended three points in which we could improve our records retention. So our team's taking that of course into consideration and then we'll come back with us with solutions. >> Yeah. I um
033I always forget the acronym. It's EF >> EFPT I think. >> EFPR EFPR right? That's uh something something roenberg that's awful that I can't remember but uh some of the mango bar folks are also part of our audit team. We are regularly getting reviewed on a number of fronts and there's three board members and on those I'll [snorts] quickly say with regards to records retention and the corrective action plan. Shout out to Dalia Watts who was a part of putting that corrective action plan together on Lou's team. Um but how we store records electronically and in physical paper because we still have a lot of physical paper is incredibly important. You look at that from a fire uh perspective like is it in a place that's that's well covered from that regard and what are
034all the things we've got to do to mitigate that. Uh the results of the audit were very positive. We got a couple of things we can make even better, but grateful to Dalia and L's team uh to being on top of that stuff. >> So uh thank you there. I think that's it. Nothing new on construction. Uh just so many aspects of this project coming up. I won't get into it tonight. Very excited about the elevator on the going to the fourth floor at the high school. It's going to be awesome. And uh um you know something they say about me, the elevator doesn't always go to the top. It will now in the high school. So very grateful for that. Uh BTA Kristen Haligan's not here. We said uh we send our regards to
035her and look forward to our next appointment. >> How long have you been waiting to see? >> I I'm all good. >> I feel like that's been sitting >> since we started. >> Perfect segue to the superintendent. So go right ahead. >> I really [snorts] set myself up for that one. Uh we just hope everybody has a great break coming up. Of course, next week is the president's day break. And I also want to thank the mobile museum of tolerance for providing a great experience for the kids [snorts] at French Road a couple weeks ago and then this past week also at the middle school. It's been a really great experience. So we wish everybody a safe and restful break. Looking forward to sharing budget information, the budget survey which will come out right after
036the break on the 23rd. We'll share those results on March 16th. On the 24th we'll talk about uh data that we received in response to turf project and other pieces around that, right? clarify more information for people and talk about council rock the choice of surface uh there and we'll be full steam into the budget process as well. >> Thank you. >> Don't if if I don't ask you if you're going to travel where will you be traveling during February break? Uh so leaving on Thursday with a wonderful group of people from our middle school uh and high school also one of our students and and her mom uh to Guatemala to work with Hugget Ford again in building a classroom in the western highlands with rural in a rural Mayan village and uh super
037excited about that work. Again we've been connecting with our partners at Huget Forward and getting ready for that trip. So thinking about the cultural context, helping our students think about being global citizens, thinking about immigration, thinking about American intervention, thinking about these issues that come off the page for our kids to experience in a very very different way. Not in a political way, but in a learning about it way, understanding the social studies behind it and then how to be a good global citizen and leader in the midst of learning all that. >> I have one other thing then. Um, also during the break, uh, Lunar New Year and Ramadan start. Thank you for pointing those out. You're right. >> So that's important for a lot of our students and our families in our district.
038>> So the year this year, >> the year of the >> Oh, the year of the fire. >> Year of the fire horse. >> Yes. >> We know we we do have some staff members that will be uh celebrating who are 12 month staff that would be working who will not be at at work at that time. Our students of course are home. >> In years when the calendar falls, that's on a school day. uh it's recognized on our calendar but we certainly wish everybody very happy Lunar New Year and yes Ramadan of course is starting we do a lot and would like to always remind people to provide space for kids to pray and also to provide accommodations particular around fizzad and recess. Uh if people have questions about that they should absolutely reach
039out to their child's teacher counselor principal any of us and we can help them navigate that as well. >> Thank you. Appreciate that. We have two alumni of the Guatemala trip who are jealous that you're going. So, >> I know they were they were the OGs, part of the first uh journey there. >> Inaugural cohort. >> The inaugural cohort really set the pace for everybody else. So, >> they let they let Dr. Lee Carolyn go. They're still invite you back. So, >> yeah. No kidding. >> Yeah. >> So, I heard Carolyn just said next year. >> Fantastic. >> That's great. >> You know, the Spanish Exchange leaves, too. I'm sending a uh a high school junior on the Spanish exchange on um >> Saturday morning airport at 4:30 a.m. >> Yeah. >> Well, good luck
040to him. >> It's exciting. >> All right. Next up, we have approval. These are first read policies. I'll state the numbers and the names. Policy 3210, community relations visitors and school. Policy 5686, non-instructional business operations, maximum temperature for school buildings and indoor facilities. and the policy 6550 personnel leaves of absences. Uh I'll ask for approval and again these are first reads. We'll get them again for a second read. Motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Moved by Susan. >> Second by Esther. All those in favor? >> I. >> Next up we have the consent agenda. Um approval of the personnel changes recommendations from the committee on special education and preschool special education. field trip approvals for the Key Club going to the district leadership training conference in Albany and the BHS course choir trip to
041Disney World in Orlando, Florida in March. Finally, we have a great list of gifts tonight and they deserve to be read. So, Clayton, I'll ask and we got six of them, six people here, so Christina volunteered to read two. I appreciate that. >> So, Clayton, I'll ask you to go ahead and uh read the first one. >> Thank you. Uh, this first one is a gift in the amount of $1,500 and that's from the Brighton Education Fund to Andrew Conroy at Brighton High School. It's for Red Cross CPR and AED training and certificate uh for 30 students. It's really important training. So, we appreciate that. And the program will take place on the Brighton believes day in March. >> Thank you. a gift in the amount of $1,225 from the Brighton Education Fund to Katie
042Mey at BHS to bring a demonstration of refu >> firing technique that can be done at the school rather than having to go offsite. This new method will enable Raiku firing to be a regular part of the ceramics program. Thank you. a gift in the amount of $749 from the Brighton Education Fund to Howard Enis at BHS to purchase archival materials to reserve the high school's nearly complete collection of trapezoids from 1932 through 2026. Most paper particularly uh newsprint degrades over time. The purchased materials will um decelerate further degrad degradation and preserve these new papers these newspapers until the digitalization project at some point. I got all the hard work. >> That was a tongue twister. >> Someiteration. A lot. >> Yes. A lot. Well done. Um, also a gift in the amount of $87
043from the Brighton Education Fund to Chris Dozer at TCMS for three tool kits for making and repairing double reads for oos and bassoons. One each for TCMS and BHS and two training sessions for teachers and students on how to make them. That's very cool. >> Yeah. >> All right, we have three more gifts. So, I'll read two and then you get to read the last one. Perfect. Okay. All right. So, a gift in the amount of $38,548 from the Brighton Education Fund for Ashley Easterly at FRES for Math for Love Multiplication Flashcards. The cards provide a unique and motivating way to master multiplic multiplication. Math for love on Valentine's Day. Um, a gift in [clears throat] the amount of $347 from the Brighton Education Fund to Mark Henrietta at CR PS at Council Rock to
044fund a field trip to RIT's National Institute for the Deaf to learn about deaf culture and inclusion. Two kindergarten classes will go, one of which has a deaf child. >> Thank you. >> Good field trip. Uh, and finally, and my thanks to Diana Spagnola for this, a gift in the amount of $2,600 from the Brighton Education Fund to Diana Spagnola central office to bring in a consultant on CUED sign language for 20 sessions at $130 per session. That's not an acronym. I didn't know the answer to this and Diana provided for me. It's cued language or cute speech. It is a communication approach like ASL when communicating with or instructing students who are deaf or heart of hearing. So, just a little bit education. Yes. So, as always, we appreciate the gifts presented by our
045community and know they will be put to good use by our staff and educators. With that, questions or uh comments with regards to the consent agenda? >> Motion to approve. >> So, moved. >> Moved by Esther? >> Seconded by Carrie Lynn. All those in favor? >> I. >> Anything else for the good of the order? Our thanks as always to Loose behind the camera, Mike with the Chuck Taylor, and Bill is overdue. Thank you, sir. With that, a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> Moved by Carrie Lynn. >> Seconded by Esther. All those in favor? I >> We are adjourned. >> This has been a special presentation from the Brighton Central School District Board of Education.