001This is a special presentation from the Brighton Central School District Board of Education. >> Good morning. I would like to call to order the Brighton Central School District Board of Education reorganizational meeting for July 2nd, 2025. The first order of business is the election of the Board of Education President for the 2025 2026 school year. Are there any nominations for the office of president? >> I nominate Larry Davis. Second motion to second. Thank you. >> All in favor? >> Any oppos? Mary Davis will serve as the new president for the board of education for the 2025 2026 school year. The second order of business is the election of the board of education vice president for the 2025 2026 school year. Are there any nominations for the office of vice president? >> I nominate Dr. Christina
002second. >> Any anybody opposed? Are there any other nominations? >> Anybody opposed? All in favor? >> Christina Lee will serve as vice president for the board of education for the 2025 2026 school year. >> Welcome. Welcome to Clayton. uh you have in front of you uh you have received a copy of the agenda. Thank you, Kim, for making a bunch of additions. This is the amended agenda as we like to say. Are there any questions, edits, or corrections to the amended agenda you all received? Motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Moved by Karen. >> Seconded by Esther. All those in favor? >> I. >> Next up, we have the approval of the minutes from the June 10th meeting, which seems like it was a long time ago, but it really wasn't. It was last
003school year technically. Um, you've had a chance to review those minutes. Any questions from those minutes, corrections, or edits? >> Motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Moved by Carrie Lynn. >> Seconded by Esther. All those in favor? >> As always, we have the opportunity for public participation. And this meeting is no different as our first meeting of the new school year. Is there anybody in the audience who would like to speak? Seeing none, we will move on. Um we have a um approval of uh teacher tenure recommendation and that's for Kira Charlton. So any >> one I will just say Kira is an outstanding uh staff member at the middle school but we will elaborate on that in the meeting in September. Kira would like to be here for that. So technically we need
004to do the appointment today because there are time frames for that but Kira will be officially presented with tenure at the September >> questions. Motion to approve uh the teacher tenure recommendation for Kira Charlton. >> So moved >> moved by Carrie Lyn >> Seconded by Christina. All those in favor it is approved. We're going to go through a lot of business items now. Please feel free to ask questions as appropriate. First is the consideration of organizational requirements. You've certainly had a chance to read this on your agenda. This goes on for a few pages. I will look at our clerk to see if I need to read any of these specifically out loud. >> Uh no, we'll send you the office at the end. No, do them all. >> Okay. These are a number of
005the appointments, Dr. McGowan, in a minute. I'll allow you to elaborate to the extent you'd like. that includes superintendent, um, district clerk, uh, a number of different positions to serve throughout the school year on the staff. And there are specific designations. I'll just handp pick a few. ADA coordinator, 504 coordinator, which is Diana Spagnola, um, financial advisor, which is Bernie Donigan organization, and there's literally over 30 of these appointments that allow us to function as a school district throughout the year. Are there any others you want to particular Dr. McG. >> No, I think that uh you sum that up really well. I mean, there are things that we legally each year need to designate that aren't changes, but we're supposed to annually uh notify people who the DASA coordinators are, which are the principles
006in each building, who our legal counsel are, architects, construction managers. So, I I think you you picked a a pretty good sampling of those. They're all listed on the agenda. So when you're voting on them and and in the for the sake of public transparency, people can see um each of those uh listed pretty clearly what they are. >> The important note um available for our community for public consumption on the website. So any any questions people have about who has responsibility, they're listed here. I'll note um hit something else. >> Yes. Uh also in this motion though is the appointment of uh new board members uh for the oath of office and district officers which we officially sign after the meeting. It's a written document but it's a good moment to pause and as
007you said at the beginning, welcome Clayton board member. Congratulations. And I'll just say this before he gives his extensive speech and acceptance. Uh with us today is his parents Resa, longtime RCSD educators and thank you for the gift of him who is now giving back in this role and we appreciate that but also his wife Sheila, daughters Sole and Marley and his sister Porsha whose list might not be as long uh but the girls are already working on their requests, demands, requests, questions, whatever they might be. and uh we you follow in a long line of young people who are related to these board members and myself who may be frustrated by the responses but feel free to offer that and uh we're just very excited for you to join the team. So thank you
008very much. >> I appreciate it. Thank you all. >> Thank you. >> I don't think we've met a student yet who's happy with our snow day policy. No. So like >> no never. It's designed for disappointments. >> Um >> adults are occasionally disappointed too. most times actually. >> I'll note one or two other things. You see the construction change orders. We have a ton of work going on in these schools. It seems like at all times and as school is out now, it goes at like hyper speed um sort of like on steroids. So, this allows for up to $50,000 to be moved um in the event of a change is needed or something we sort of find as we move along there is a limit on that, but this allows the work to get
009done in a very compressed time period. I should note too that um in the case where it is above $50,000, the audit committee approves that and that's comprised of Lou, Dalia, and then three board members, myself, Larry, Dr. Lee. >> Oh, thank you. And I um there's just a whole bunch of stuff in here. Um any questions in regards to and I'm sorry, a brief thank you to Kim for putting this all together and getting it organized for us and making sure it's all correct because easy test. We thank our our clerk Kip. Questions with regards to I believe it's item seven, but let me confirm that >> seven. >> Yeah, thank you. Uh questions with regards to agenda item seven, which is consideration of organizational requirements. Dr. McG, anything else you want to add?
010No. >> Motion to approve uh agenda item seven. >> So moved. >> Moved by Esther. >> Seconded by Christina. All those in favor? um approval of the 2025 summer transportation contract. Some people might be surprised to hear we occasionally have summer transportation needs. Do you want to hit that at all or >> just that we need to continue to transport kids involved in a wide variety of programs and so we have to adopt the transportation contract? That's right. >> Questions with regard to the summer transportation contract. >> Motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Moved by Karen. >> Seconded by Carrie Lynn. All those in favor? We're going to go through a few other um approvals here. Uh next up is the approval of the 2025 2026 food service vending commissions agreement. Um questions with
011regards to that agreement? Motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Moved by car. >> Seconded by Aster. All those in favor? >> Well, I will ask uh Dr. McGawan to just say a brief word here. Next up, we are happy to have the approval of the individual employment agreement for the assistant superintendent of student support services. >> Tiana Spagnola is excellent, outstanding, wonderful, and an incredible member of our team. We uh you approved her change in title earlier this year. Uh this now follows that which was we wanted to change title but then budget for a change in contract terms and conditions come July 1st. This is the approval of that contract. So I I know we spoke about this at that time, but I do want to again point out how grateful we are
012for Diana's service and what an important member of our team that she is and this is the appropriate support of that role that she plays in the district and leading and supporting our children and so >> yeah on behalf of the board we are also grateful for your willingness to take on this leadership responsibility. There's a lot of days it provides you with a lot of joy and there's a lot of days it provides you with a lot of headaches. So, uh, we know they sort of both go together. So, thank you for taking on this responsibility. Questions from the board. Motion to approve. >> So, moved. >> Moved by Karen. >> Seconded by Esther. All those in favor? >> We have uh we had dual agreements in this agenda you received. Are there any
013questions in regards to the jewel agreements? Motion to approve. >> So, moved. >> Moved by Carrie Lyn. >> Seconded by Christina. All those in favor? also have an approval of an amendment to the superintendent contract. Uh you all had a chance to review this. We look at this every year. This follows the previous contract we had. It cleans up a little bit of language so that we are free and clear with the IRS to make sure it's crystal clear that we are compliant. Any questions with regards to the super this amendment to the superintendent contract? I will quickly assert that we are grateful for your leadership uh the responsibilities you've taken on the importance of you as a member of our community overall and grateful for the work that you do. As I said with
014Diana provides some joy and provides some headaches for you as well. >> Fortunately, the joy outweighs any headache and the headaches are really just opportunities. I would say I sat here in 2009 and said this and I say it more strongly today. I'm the most fortunate person community member member of this team you can imagine and continue to love this work each and every day and this team that we have. So thank you for that and thank you for your support and confidence. >> A motion to approve the superintendent contract amendment >> so moved >> moved by Karen >> seconded by Christina. All those in favor >> I'm going to pause here just for a second to note that we are down one member and that's Dr. Susan Gaspino because she's with her son's vocal
015group in the mouse's house down in Florida doing a series of performances. We got some updates. She wishes she could be here. Hope she's having fun and staying cool, but she's literally it's the summer and she's on a school related activity. So, our gratitude for her. Uh next up, we have the approval of a tenative agreement with the academic support instructors. Do you want to say anything about this? >> No, just that this continues to be the next uh contract settlement with one of our collective bargaining groups that's in line with the rest that we have settled. They all have different details relative to how compensation works for every group based on their needs, but they are economically uh very similar and patterned after each other. In other words, they're parable relative to questions with
016regard to this agreement. Motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Moved by Carrie Lyn. >> Seconded by Esther. All those in favor? Um, next up, and I had uh sent a note to a couple of you about this just with an explanation, and um I'll ask Lou to comment if he wants, but um it's pronounced seeker even though it's not spelled like this, but this is approval of a seeker resolution and emergency capital project TCMS atrium skylight. So, all of you have been to TCMS and know that that's an awesome skylight, ton of natural light, and um we love it. it doesn't love existing in its current form anymore. So, um rather than try to phase it into a construction project, obviously given its location, it's virtually impossible to work on it during the year.
017So, you got to jump it in July and August. And um this isn't funny with some of the repairs. We have an outstanding buildings group. And when they sort of came forward and said we like we can't repair this anymore. It's beyond we're not 100% confident in the glass being held in and some of those things. So, it becomes dangerous. So, um Lou, is there anything else you want to add to uh this? I know your team's right on top of it. >> No, I think it's just an emerging issue with the the elements this next winter this spring. We had an expert look at it to assess whether it be said there's so much on it that it's diverting the water causing more damage. Something we really need to jump on as grateful that
018it's held on for this long, but that's what that project's about. So, we got to get that addressed quickly. Any questions with regards to this seeker resolution? >> Motion to approve. >> We have to do it by roll call. >> Thank you very much. I appreciate that. We got to do this by roll call. >> So, Clayton, for you, each person will be asked if they approve or not. And Kim will know that she'll call out the names. >> So, we don't need a we don't need an overarching motion. Nope. >> So, I'll ask each one of you how you um vote. Larry Davis >> four or yes or no? >> Yes. >> Karen Hatch. >> Yes. >> Son Jones. >> Yes. >> Pastor Winter. >> Yes. >> Carrie Lambertino. >> Yes. >> Dr. Lee.
019>> Yes. >> Resolution passes. Six eyes and zero nos. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, we have a series of four total second read policies. Um, I'm going to read each policy number and what it is and ask if there are any questions, edits, or corrections to those second reads. >> Larry, can I stop you for a minute? >> Sure. >> Um, Lou informed me we need um resol we need um approval on both the resolution >> and the emergency capital project. So, we'll need a separate one for that. Not a roll call, but a just a regular approval for the emergency capital project. Thank you, Luke. >> Sorry. >> Oh, that's all right. So, I'll read it as approval of the seeker resolution and emergency capital project for the TCMS atrium skylight. Read that
020as overall >> motion to approve. >> So, moved. >> Moved by Karen? >> Seconded by Christina. All those in favor? >> Thank you for keeping us on the straight narrow. >> Moved. >> Yeah. And >> thank you. >> Uh back to uh item 15, which is the approval of the second read policies. First, policy 5695, non-instructional business operations, students and personal electronic devices. Uh B, policy 5681, non-instructional business operations, school safety plans. Policy 7220, students graduation requirements, and policy 7223, students advanced coursework. Are there any questions with regards to these policies? I'm sorry, one before I ask that, is there anything you want to say about the personal devices? >> Not particular. I was waiting for you to ask me that but it it uh I I will say though the principles will be communicating
021quickly particularly Dr. Hall this is a much more present issue at the high school than it is anywhere else and the other comment I would make similar to what I said last time is the secretary of the policy at the first read we discussed uh the slide deck which is all available of course online for people to take a look at what the committee deliberated relative to the choices that the log gave us and where we landed on each and why what we were recommending to you. and we feel like we're in a pretty good place. But now it's really more about the implementation. That was the bigger issue is how do you put the nuts and bolts to it and that's what the high school will be communicating clearly now for people. I will
022continue to remind people that for 75% of our kids this is not new. I'm sorry. For 75% it's new. For 25% it isn't. In other words, the middle schoolers that are coming to the high school have had this policy virtually the same already in place. And it's a question working with our other students in grades 10, 11, and 12. Some of whom really actually 10th graders had that similarly, although nth grade they had a little more perform. So it's really about, you know, adhering to the law and moving forward uh and trying to just help people understand the importance of it, but that we're adhering to what the state has to do. Whether we love it or hate it is not the issue. The issue is this is what the requirement is and this is
023what we're >> and the timeline is part of that requirement. Correct. So you were adopting it today because it had to be adopted by August 1st and then it's implemented of course. >> Can I ask so the draft is written with the evidence which is which >> correct? Yes. >> Okay. Yeah. But what will be in the policy manual is what was decided. >> Okay. >> That's at the end of the document if you go all the way >> all the way down the recommended, >> right? That'll be the text. Any questions on uh now we will say a motion to approve on all four of these second read policies as they were read. >> So moved. >> Moved by Carrie Lyn. >> Seconded by extra. All those in favor. Um, next up on the
024consent agenda, um, we have a number of different appointments as is the, uh, always the case at the beginning of the school year, including appointment of members to the district's committee on special education and preschool special education, the impartial hearing officer list, um, the committees on preschool and, uh, sped and and the regular sped reports, personal agenda, school physician contracts. We have a um a past a field trip approval, a looking forward one, a number of fundraising activities and I'm going to take uh Dr. Lee up on an idea. We have some great gifts and as is our practice. We read those gifts. Thank you, Kim, for for for getting this all. But I'll give us each a chance to read one and I'll pass it around here for everybody. It's because Kim likes me.
025She made larger prints. This will be helpful for everybody. So, I'll read the first gift and hand this to Christine and you can read from there, read from here. But just um before doing that, grateful for the people in our community who take the time uh to give to so many different programs and initiatives and and per curriculum initiatives. First one, a gift from the Little Mer Mermaid Junior parents and families to the Brighton Central School District in the amount of $435, which represents proceeds from the Little Mermaid musical produ Little Mermaid Junior musical production at the French Road Elementary School. >> Um, a gift from the TJ Sullivan Memorial Fund at Rochester Area Community Foundation in the amount of $1,812.84 um to the Brighton Central School District. >> A gift from Charities Aid Foundation
026America as recommended by All State in the amount of $1,000 to the Brighton Central School District. >> A gift from the Shelley Fitzgerald Scholarship Committee in the amount of $4,000 to replenish funds used for the Shelley Fitzgerald Memorial Scholarship Fund. a gift from the David Albiato Memorial Scholarship Fund at Rochester Area Community Foundation in the amount of $2,500 for the David Albato scholarship. And last but certainly not least, uh this is a gift of in this moment uh chatbooks to all of the libraries in the Brighton Central School District. So it's four sets of 16 books uh from team basketball. Thank you very much. Uh questions with regards to the consent agenda. >> Motion to approve. >> Moved by Carrie Lynn. >> Seconded by Esther. All those in favor? >> Um before we adjourn, Dr.
027McGowan, as we start, but it just feels like Monday was last year. Um as we start the new school year, any comments or thoughts? just that last Friday we had our blueprint planning day with uh I think it was close to 50 members of our community board of education members leadership team members staff members and it was a fantastic day of planning for what's to come next using the feedback from our community data that was provided using perspective in the room and we'll continue that process meet with you again at our retreat on July 31st and then with the administrators on August 1 to really action put a who and a when to those and refine those action steps from here. But uh really great day of engaging with a lot of people. That is
028the work of the district. That's the plan that drives us. If people wonder what are you guys doing up there, it's pretty clear. It's right there. It tells us every step of the way, what we are focused on, what we should be budgeting for, what our goals and measurables are, right? So the things that we should be reporting on to the community right now. So great way to end the year and start the year. That work starts pretty quickly. We also have a huge number of people and got engaged in professional learning. Monday, really the first official day of the break, people were already in this room, a large group of staff members uh doing curriculum work, which happens all summer long. This is the busiest season for Dr. Rio and her staff uh to
029really provide that kind of professional development. A good spring training makes for a great season and that's what's happening right now right away. And summer programs will be underway for kids as well. So this is a day a year operation and it is rocking and rolling. Thanks. >> I'll make I'll make two quick comments. One is we had the we had it was warm. We had a wonderful graduations. Congratulations again to Esther and Christina who had students walk across the stage. Um it's become a community event. Um it's great to see people walking to graduation and walking home even though it's 95 degrees out. they were still doing that >> feeling. >> No, it felt like 93. Um so um that was wonderful. Um just a just a really great event and um you know
030as we always know sort of to lose team that does all the setup beforehand all set up the breakdown in that heat just grateful for how quickly that goes up and comes down and it makes everything very easy. So so always grateful for that team. Also, just quickly, and this is a quick anecdote, I had a friend um recently move out of Brighton with his wife and they're moving on to the next phase of their life, but said was just extolling that was a a family from out of state saying we need to be in the Brighton Central School District and we need a house and they offered without getting the numbers well over the asking price, don't even inspect. So you talk about the work that we do, that's part of the work that
031we do, which is not driving up the value of people's homes, but it's more >> it doesn't hurt people. >> It doesn't hurt, right? But it's um it it it helps that people have such respect and regard for the work that is done in this school district every day. >> Their reasoning usually speaks to what we hope to have relative to our culture and inclusivity in this district and the reasons why people like to be here. We're very grateful for that, that that's recognized, but that just also helps people are looking for that environment and that space come to us and then they add to that they become a part of it very quickly and promote it. >> I will I will add I said this to CL a while ago the work we do
032is not joyful every day. So like sometimes it's hard. So uh when you hear things like that and when you participate in the graduation ceremony as we did where the kids run it, the kids choose their speakers and they're welcome that's really cool and that's very that's very gratifying. I think that's our pick. Having said all of that um before we Is Mike back there again? So before we thank Bill and Mike for the work they always do to do this. Any other comments or questions before we adjourn? Our next meeting is August 20th here in this room. It'll be the business and goal setting meeting. >> Brighton High School. >> Brighton. It'll be at Brighton High School. >> That's right. Room 262. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Um so we'll be there. Thanks for
033that reminder. >> And that's because of the professional development that happens in this room. We have new teachers here >> and this is their home for a few days. Uh, as much as we like this to be your space, this is, you know, think about being a new employee coming somewhere and at least knowing where you're going each of those days is really important. We're trying to make that the best transition possible. So, thanks for sharing. >> With that, I will offer a motion to adjourn to executive session to discuss a series of personnel matters. >> So, moved. >> Moved by Esther. >> Seconded by Christina. All those in favor? >> We are. This has been a special presentation from the Brighton Central School District Board of Education.