Brighton Central School District Board of Education Meeting - May 14, 2019

001this is a special presentation from the Brighton Central School District Board of Education good evening and welcome to the Brighton Central School District Board of Education business meeting and budget hearing for May 14th 2019 to begin this evening I offer an apology for our late start we did have a reason to call an executive session prior to the meeting to discuss a matter of potential litigation so that's the reason for that and the reason why we were coming actually technically it back into session a little bit late so to begin this evening I will explain tonight's meeting is a slightly different at the beginning because because it also in addition to our business meeting it's our legally required budget hearing to be held in the district all the school districts are required to have that

002legally held prior to the budget vote so what we're going to do this evening for matters of public participation I'm going to turn it over to dr. McGowan he is going to do a quick review of the budget as things currently stand we will go through then that will be the hearing process of presentation we will offer opportunity for public comment on the budget itself so any any members of the public that are here with us in attendance who have any questions or comments with regard to the budget will be invited to do so at the conclusion of that portion we will open it up to the general public participation session and we do have a gentleman that we are welcoming this evening who has to come this evening and discuss the veterans tax exemption

003legislation so we will invite him at that point and also general public participation before we move into the regular meeting agenda so so that you're all aware of this tonight's plan the process so so I will turn it over to dr. we going to begin review in the actual formalized public hearing on proposed 2019 2020 budget [Music] all right thank you very much so this is a very upset to hear the final presentation of this to you but it's a very brief overview we've had today we have the 8th on a budget open house we have one more scheduled front Monday morning I'm sorry 10 a.m. in this room and as has been publicized many places I will go in and whenever be anyone please let me know and I'd be happy to come talk

004to you whether it's Starbucks char-broil or your kitchen I do like brownies and cupcakes and I'd be happy to go through any of this information to answer any questions for you but tonight's hearing specifically is to walk through some of the basic information that has to be reported out and certainly open it up as it is a hearing to any questions that anybody may have it's not the full budget presentation that we have given many many times but of course the statutory information that we are required to provide it's a summary of appropriation by function object location some of the budget detail by function and summary of staffing the property tax report card school report card fiscal accountability summary Assessors report any administration administrative compensation information can all be found at the CSD org page

005153 87 at that address of course this presentation in addition to all of our other budget presentations are posted at PCSD org as well so if you want to use that as a link to that information you can see all of this information in great detail there is nothing that the community does not have access to it's fully transparent and available to you as well as we've mentioned several times the budget is a value statement and we believe what we're presenting to the community expresses what we value and hopefully reflects what the community values as well in terms of what we're funding in the budget and we are where we are devoting our resources so this budget proposal meets and exceeds our state mandates to support every child provides funding and support of blueprint plans

006particularly those related to diversity equity inclusion as well as safety and security and certainly respects our taxpayers and honors our commitment is relative to the debt service which we'll talk about a second and planning for the full-day kindergarten as well both commitments that we made of the community in 2017 on the left-hand side are the items that we express and remind people that we value in terms of what we are supporting in the budget each and every year some of the things that are beyond the mandates so instructional leadership professional development which improves and enhances the experience for our students our co-curricular athletic and arts opportunities for students as well the additional interventions and supports that really are the great equalizer between all groups of students and help all of our students achieve at a

007high level something we're very proud of summer school offerings that help our students support their needs help them maintain their focus on graduation on-time graduation we know when kids fall behind they are far less likely to graduate we have an exceptionally high graduation rate for all students because of programs like summer school small class sizes additional course offerings as well makes a big difference in the experience for our students the team teaching structure at the middle school that allows teams of teachers to focus on their students have collegial conversations on a daily basis about their students on their team and address their needs and transportation services that serve our entire community in many different ways including our non-public students on days that we do not have school which is for students in non-public situations and

008parents paying school taxes that are not availing themselves of their public education their free publication public education here that is a service we provide that is important to those families so on particular days off that we have here where those schools are in such and we still provide that other than the altruistic idea that they benefit from an education educated citizenry around them in a high quality public education that is raising property values for everyone in the community this is a service that directly impacts many families in our community we want to make sure they understand that in our budget this is something that we continue to support it is important to all of us that we're supporting all kids in our community and on the right hand side are the items also that are

009supporting this year's budget process that we had to cut back in order to also be able to propose which is dedicated additional staff time for our diversity equity consultancy which has really been very : community expanding the family navigator service which is providing additional mental health support for our families additional full-time staff members to support our English as a new language learners enhance to school safety staffing models which includes additional security guards throughout the district to keep children and staff safe continued planning for full-day kindergarten to start in 2021 and budgeting towards that now so that when we get to that point we are not proposing a significant tax increase to continue to staff that line we are building towards an overtime and fully funding the tax impact of the capital project which now will

010then be put into our budget that car payment that we don't currently have and then that will be part of it going forward this is a one-time lift to put that payment in to begin to achieve the state a that as a result and to make sure that that capital project which is due approved in 2017 that debt service has to happen that we start paying that now because the bigger payments start to come in future years this levels off the impact to the tax levy over time how does our budget breakdown where does the spending line up the salary areas of 3.1 percent that doesn't mean these salaries up 3.1 percent at all it means that overall spending in that category from people in people out the number of people that we are funding

011the spending is up that much benefits is actually down point eight percent because of the health care consortium we participate in in rates going down in that area our BOCES cost is up slightly and our supplies and services of 1.2 million dollars so in other words the types of things that we need to pay for to keep the lights on the electric running etc those supplies and services our debt service is going up 1.2 million dollars that's what I mentioned to that's that lift that car payment that we need to put into place over time up 1.6 percent in this year's budget broken down a little bit differently you can see that increase in the blue that's that capital increase going up from 9% to 10% that's the lift the administrative component is just 10%

012of our budget our administrative cost our overall spending though on program that's what impacts our kids is eighty percent of the budget so eighty percent of the budget goes towards program this is the three part budget is defined by the state of New York the capital component the administrative component the program component and 80% of our spending goes right back to kids in classrooms what did we do to reduce our spending in certain areas remember when we first presented the budget to you back in January it seems like years ago I know I know it just flies right by with all these presentations and the quick wit etc but we had to do a lot of work to get down from a tax increase that at the time was over 7% the preliminary budget and

013whittled our way down then to under 5% the reduction strategies included adjusting for our mandated services that was a $500,000 increase that adjustment was to the negative that's tuition costs that went up and program costs for students which we would never begrudge a single child but that's a cost driver people need to be aware of 572 thousand dollar increase but then we were able to reduce in other places so our risk provisions in other words the places in the budget where we say we need to make sure we have enough in that line in case we go over what we are planning on we able to reduce those provisions our change in revenue assumption so the additional state aid from where we started in January excuse me the governor's proposal was only 74 thousand dollars

014in aid quick comment we're supposed to receive 1.4 million dollars more in state aid and the proposal was only the governor's was only 74 thousand dollars we're adjusting our capital allocation out of the general fund as well making class size adjustments and cost of course offering adjustments on the elective offerings as well and at the k5 level the breakage from retirements we have more people retired we were able to count on as well and new positions for enrollment and adjust the number of students that were planning on rockin services which is a reduction also in the budget so on the left-hand side is the proposed increase in staffing positions so the full-time equivalency for new positions for enrollment at sixth grade staffing mandates for English as a new language as well the proposal I mentioned

015to you related diversity and equity the family navigator service to provide additional mental health support safety security wellness staffing as well the security staff I mentioned to you and the full-day kindergarten staffing amounting to one hundred thirteen thousand dollars to avoid the spike in taxes later high and then grant adjustments as well as federal funding is drying up in the federal education budget we need to make sure that our positions are not budgeted in that grant but rather in the general fund so there's not a funding cliff for those in future years on the right hand side the staffing reductions we mentioned to you for enrollment the elective funding as well those are at the 712 level and of course 1st and 2nd grade also we're making some of those adjustments and then additional electives

016of another $150,000 we had reduced at the high school I mentioned to you the debt service funding this is really important to point out the blue bar is the debt service or the car payment that's the lift that's what we need to put into the budget by starting that payment now we will begin to generate our building aid of course and prepare for the larger payment which is mandated to be due next year so if we start the payment now we get ahead on that and we're able to level out the impact on the tax levy over time should we not start that this year and that's about half of the tax increase we will double our problem going and next year when we are required to start paying that required to start paying it

017so it's very important that we begin that process now to begin accelerating the advantage of the capital aid as well as to get ahead so we can level out that impact on the levy over time what are our revenue sources were very aware that 67% of our revenue comes from property taxes just 10% in foundation aid it should be significantly more again we are eight million dollars behind the state should be paying sixteen million dollars to brighten this year they're only paying eight million dollars that's 50% of our aid to our neighbors in Pittsburgh are getting 63 percent in Penfield they're getting seventy percent we are the lowest by far in the area and in this region of the state and among the lowest in the entire state of the seven hundred districts in the

018bottom 20 or so in terms of how we are funded that 16 million dollars represents real kids and real need and the state has not been able to fund that formula instead dividing up the money and more of a political structure than the actual practical structure the agreed-upon structure based on that algorithm and it has a significant impact on brightening our change then in the total preliminary budget amount is 4.5% we are seeing an increase in revenues over all of 2.4% unrestricted foundation aid of 7% and the amount of fund balance used for tax levity is 0% so the non property tax revenues the percent change I'm certain the dollar amount changes 930 1171 dollars the total real property tax levy to be raised for school purposes is 54 million eight hundred thirty seven hundred

019thirty dollars and the current year tax levy is 52 million two hundred seventy five thousand two hundred ninety nine dollars so the percent increase and I apologize because I have to read the numbers to you in the budget hearing is an increase of four point eight nine percent what is the impact then on tax rates overall in the town of Brighton the current rate is twenty four dollars seventy cents next year it would be $25 seventy six cents a rate change of just over one percent I'm sorry rate change of just over a dollar which the percentage and the rate change is four point two or seven percent so to give you a sense of what does that mean on a home valued at $75,000 that's $79 a hundred thousand dollars it's 106 dollars $150,000

020it's one hundred fifty eight dollars two hundred thousand dollars it's a two hundred eleven dollar increase in your taxes next year 250 it's two sixty four $300,000 is 317 and $350,000 it's a three hundred $69 difference going into next year and to figure out knowing your assessed value just simply per thousand multiplied by the rate being proposed which is $25 seventy six cents in Britain and $25 seventy six cents also in the town of Pittsburgh for our properties located there consequences of exceeding the cap they'll include also the loss of the rebate check and I want to be very clear this is not the loss of star this is not the loss of star it is not the loss of star just to be crystal clear it is the lost one time of the rebate

021check this is the property tax relief rebate check that was provided in November the governor signed check that people will receive after the fact it is a one-time Louis it is restored in 40 years we do not plan on going over the cap in future years in fact our taxes are about 16% higher because of the state's inability to fund us the way we are supposed to be funded we would love to not be going out with any increase in taxes if we were to achieve the funding that we are hoping to achieve so over time the plan is to not be over the cap we've gone over the cap one other time in fact the first two years they kept clear under and then able to be kept compliant since that point in time

022and we're now coming back to the community with the honest conversation that we had when the 2017 capital project was passed simply saying this was part of the plan and we would like to be over the cap this year and this is why in fact we would like to but we need to be the support program and the implementation of that debt service so what exactly does that look like the tax cap is 2.3 percent that's the number right there the orange bar that would only allow us to roll over our program from this year into next year with some modifications and changes to accommodate the top of the pyramid the 0.29% which are the positions the security positions the mental health positions diversity equity position as well very small part of the increase but

023that big chunk is that middle piece the debt service related to the 2017 capital project plan again approved by taxpayers at that point and included in this tax increase as well without starting that process at this point will fall far behind on that compounding our problem in future years and certainly resulting in the same conversation next year in fact perhaps even more dramatically as I mentioned the trends of the tax cap the first two years we were under the cap the third year 14/15 we're over the cap and since then we've been able to be kept complying asking to go over again this year in order to support that mean and maintain that excellence in programming and to be able to implement the debt service that was promised based on the 2017 approval what would

024happen though if we didn't pass at a 60 percent margin the over the cap number required by voters the cap is not a legal function it's not a function that the state says you can't go over the cap the state simply says here's what's happening here's what happens if you are over that number and one is the relief check that we mentioned to you and the second is that not if you cannot pass a budget unless then you get 60% instead of the traditional 50% plus one you now need a supermajority in order to approve that and if that doesn't happen we would have to reduce 1.3 million dollars to get under the cap and we'd be coming back to you saying what programs would you like to look at how would you like to

025treat the debt what would you like to do around full-day kindergarten planning question and how in how would you like to manage him what would you like to present to voters again and we would review with you all the non mandated programs which for years we've talked about with you which is arts extracurricular activities clubs and activities at the high school electives extended studies foreign language at sixth grade and surreal music at fourth grade the summer school program that non-mandated pieces I mentioned in the beginning the presentation and the wheel on the left-hand side of the page which are the equalizer programs for all kids to support them both in terms of the extra support they need to be successful and the different opportunities that we provide kids in terms of acceleration ap coursework as

026well the pieces that make the Brighton experience different the non mandated functions including the transportation that we provide beyond the mandates as well for non-public students we'd have to look at all of those items and come back to you and essentially make recommendations to reduce 1.3 million dollars just to give you a sense for 1.3 million dollars equals about 21 teaching positions or a combination of a variety of other positions certainly we'd be looking at administrative teaching and other support staff position is a combination of all those items and presenting that to you in a revised budget to discuss with the community at that point our capital reserve fund is another proposal this is one of the normal proposals we would make in the budget process the system withdraw 3 million dollars it's also on

027the bound another proposition and now 3 million dollars is to support the program as well and planned on withdrawal in order to continue support for the improvement project again approved in 2017 this is part of the savings that are put aside to defer some of the overages and the additional costs in that project as well this cannot be used for anything else it can only be used for this purpose but we need voter approval to do that we can't use that to close any gap we can't use that to change the tax cap number nothing like that it was approved by voters for this but now we have to ask for permission in the job and likewise our technology reserve the advantage actually in general fund as many of our technology purchases come right out

028of this particular reserve the technologies or so they don't have to come out of the general fund so technology spending is largely paid for out of this same account put aside by taxpayers over time and can only be drawn from with permission from taxpayers as well so that's a withdrawal of five hundred thousand dollars that we are asking for the property tax report card as well that we are required to report is the schedule of reserves again this is all posted but so without reading every word on the page there are some that I'd like to walk through to simply tell you the reserve type the balance and the estimated balance the capital reserve is the first the balance on March 31st nine point six million $283 the estimated balance would be eight million two

029hundred eighty three dollars capital reserve the technology is one point five million dollars 1 million five hundred ninety thousand dollars two hundred ninety seven and the balance on June 30th 1 million ninety thousand dollars two hundred ninety seven dollars capital the bus purchase reserve will remain at two hundred thousand dollars again these were all amounts originally established by voter referendum into a drama lien permission the unemployment reserve stands currently at four hundred fifty two thousand eight hundred sixty two dollars and it will remain there as of June 30th the insurance reserve is 135 started one hundred thousand dollars on March 31st the estimated balance will be two hundred thousand dollars on June 30th after we use end of your funds to add to that particular reserve and that's by the way for technology currently in

030the district that insurance reserves so particularly when we look at student use of the technology and our programs where students are bringing those machines home we're looking to be able to self insure that through how this particular reserve the tax or re claim reserve is three hundred fifty five thousand seven hundred seven dollars and it will remain that on June 30th the employee benefits accrued liability is eight hundred sixty three thousand twenty one dollars it will remain that xxx and the retirement contribution or ers reserved four million eight hundred twenty three thousand five hundred forty dollars and will remain that also June thirtieth and that will have eight hundred thousand appropriate office at the textile be required to pay our mandate RS contributions that's put aside in that fashion to be able to level off

031that contribution as well again the tax on the increase and what does it made up of the debt service is related to the facilities improvement plan approved in 2017 a big part of that piece if we get that in the budget now it levels off the impact on the levy over time if we put that off until next year the damage will be significant we will be coming program likely this year and next year to do that and we will just become pounding our challenge two point three percent is our support for ongoing program academic programs and just 0.2 nine percent of the additional staffing requirements around diversity equity mental health support for students and safety as well and we would have to look at significant programming and all of the financial planning models that

032we have in place in order reduced by 1.3 million dollars if not approved by 60% of voters again we think that this certainly reflects what we value as a community that is certainly for community members to decide that as well when they go up next Tuesday 79 right in high school the total spending proposal is up 4.5% 2.9 percent of that is operation so in other words if you're just to look at what it would be to roll the budget over from one year to the neck to the next the spending is less than 3% of an increase 1.6 percent in addition though is that capital increase and that's in spent the tax piece but in spending so our spending going up 2.9 percent or under 3% to just continue the excellent programs that we

033have the additional 1.6 percent of spending is the capital component we believe it certainly reflects our continued investment in the priorities safety security wellness rigorous coursework for all students creativity and innovation instructional technology diversity equity and inclusion and respond to mandated increases in spending and continuing investment in our program really while still responsibly trimming where in ways that were not significantly impact the student experience and it honors that 2017 commitment that we made and the taxpayers made when voting for the facility improvement program again ultimately reflects what we value and again budget vote Tuesday 7:00 to 9:00 Brighton High School and Cal Lewis spaghetti dinner please join us we have tickets any questions thank you coming we appreciate the update and now we offer the opportunity for any members of the public that are here

034with us this evening to ask any question on the budget if you have to make it if you'd like to make a comment or a statement with regard to the budget this is the public hearing for then that's your opportunity I say you raise your hand I'll ask you to step to the podium and give us your name and your address if you would so is there anyone who wishes to speak on the budget itself tonight right now okay seeing that we have no one for that portion of public participation I would like to open the opportunity for public participation from the general public and I do want to invite a gentleman who has contacted us and would like to speak this tonight to us on the veterans tax exemption so I I welcome you

035sir to the podium at this point if you would and we do have you had sent us ahead of time a couple of slides that you would like to present we do ask you for your name and address if you would when you arrive I think he's got it good evening my name is Dante Pinocchio I live at 333 Pelham Road Rochester New York and Brighton New York and I've been there for 23 years as a resident of vietnam-era veteran and I came here tonight to talk to you about veterans exemptions on schools because I think the timing is right timings right for a number of reasons it's not just because we're two weeks away from Memorial Day but also because the first suburban town in Monroe County gates chili just approved their school board

036approved the veterans exemption now the Rochester City city of Rochester has been providing veterans exemption since 2015 they have held it up to one hundred eighty thousand dollars which is the medium amount of housing that they have gates chili as I said was the first suburban school board to approve the partial veterans exemption they didn't give the full exemption and I think Brighton could be the first to do that there are eight hundred and seven veterans in write various types wartime veterans combat disabled Cold War veterans etc and they would receive various types of exemptions the Col vets which is really world war one world war two receive very different types of exemptions it's too difficult to explain exactly what they received what I'm recommending is that we provide the same kind of exemption for

037veterans that they receive on their assessments for their property on the school tax now what would this entail in terms of the amount of money that it would cost each parcel to do that to bestow that honor well if you look at the math here there's eight hundred and seven veterans there's thirty 1.6 million property at the rate of two point four seven one I know it's going to two point four seven six as of the last presentation that would be seven hundred eighty one thousand nine hundred twenty three dollars in taxes which spread across the eleven point three parcels 11300 parcels would be on average sixty nine dollars and twenty four cents per parcel in order to achieve this now if that's if you provided the entire exemption if you were to do what

038Rochester did and said the medium housing price is two hundred thousand that would go down but that's an average the majority of the residents would probably pay less than sixty nine and the commercial and larger homes would pay more the veterans tax exemption that sixty nine thousand really the annual price of freedom that Brayton residents enjoy and the honor that they bestow on those eight hundred and seven Veterans Memorial Day is the 31st I'm going to suggest that it be a great day to announce that Brighton School Department is considering that exemption thank you appreciate your service obviously we appreciate you coming tonight as a private resident and I also want to say on behalf of the board we appreciate you reaching out to mr. Lyme old a while back in conversation and asking to

039present and putting together the information that you have so thank you very much for that what I would say to folks just for those who may be watching us or here at attendance tonight that might not be fully aware I would anticipate the board discussing this a little bit further and bringing that forward for some really more in-depth conversation as we move ahead the state of New York the governor and the legislature approved this legislation actually back in 2014 and at that point in time we had the board as it consists at that time as it existed in the group at the time we did have some brief conversation about it but we didn't have we didn't hold public hearing we didn't discuss it and further in depth at that particular time one of the

040areas and this has nothing to do with our support for all who have served our country and choose to live in Brighton but we still some of us on this board remain a bit annoyed at the governor in the state of New York that if they wanted to enact legislation to truly honor veterans in regard to their school taxes that they would provide the ability financially to make the district whole unfortunately in this case to grant the exemption you do describe there's a varying level of this exemption allowed and there are very various categories allowed it's a little bit kind of eluded the legislation to complete but others taxpayers would end up picking up a slightly higher burden depending how you look at it well you know well worth the conversation community-wide at some point

041time but that that element of it has never sat well I would say with most school board members around New York State that that if they really wanted to do that way that we felt at the time was meaningful the state could have fully funded it as a matter of fact I think there's been a number of attempts since the legislation to ask the state to provide the full funding once a district were to allow that whether it be a full or partial you know so so we we appreciate it it's something we will have further conversation about as a group and with mr. Alamo when the legislation was created Lou did provide us updated data on the veterans of Brighton and the different costs and different possibilities you have provided us additional so we

042will we will bring it forward to the board for further conversation thank you very much thank you very much for coming tonight is there anyone else this evening during public participation who wishes to ask a question make a statement all right then hearing that we have none further this evening is our report tonight in a number of ways so before we get to that I would ask please a motion to approve the agenda as you see folks moved by Marv and seconded by Karen all in favor any opposed first up before we get to the report section a motion please to approve the minutes from our May 729 teen education meeting so second moved by adrià and seconded by Larry does anyone have any corrections to those minutes on favor any opposed all right now

043dr. Debbie Baker to introduce our library media program evaluation I shall well is participating this evening exactly and I actually just want to preface by saying I know the board realizes that each year we engage in several program evaluations tonight we're presenting both the library media as well the world languages program about at our last board meeting we had the physical education program about and in general program evaluation is a real point of pride for the district it really is an opportunity for not only our teaching staff but also members of the Board of Education parents to come together and really work to look at a given program to see what's working and then to make recommendations for areas of improvement before I turn it over to Katie Lambert and the rest of the library

044team I just really want to give a shout out a acknowledgement of appreciation for all of the people who participate in program eval if you've never participated in program eval it's a it's a you know it's a real commitment we start in the summer there's a usually a full-day kickoff meeting these individuals have been meeting once a month sometimes for upwards of a half a day at a time to really think deeply and look deeply at these individual programs so I really appreciate the commitment that they are making to really making sure that we are always doing the best we possibly can for our students so with that I'm going to turn it over to Katie language she's gonna introduce the rest of the team and present our library program about hi I'm Katie Lambert

045I'm the librarian at 12 corners Middle School and I have everybody come up and introduce themselves as well I am Adam lowitz cavitus I'm the librarian at Council Rock primary school and I'm Justin McRae I'm the librarian at French Road Elementary and I'm Howard Ennis I'm the librarian at Brighton High School and I'm ill katatak I'm a parent so we're going to share with you the program evaluation today I just want to mention too that the program evaluation is a structure it's but it is pretty structured a structure that we go through every you know five six years in our case but there's lots of good things happening in every single one of our libraries and we've haven't been here that long at the k2 and the three five level they've been there for two

046years Howard's been here for five I've been here for seven so these are still relatively young programs if ever you want to know more come on in or volunteer all right we'll have a sign up at the end of the tonight good you have it up can't give audio did I hear yes you'd like to know so today we're going to start we're going to show you a number of slides we'll discuss a little bit about our program evaluation you can see on this slide here this is one of our ell students she is deep in research so we're gonna get started with the program evaluation our committee members came from all four buildings at a weight a range of levels so teaching assistants on up through teachers and also administrators we also had community

047members and board members join us as well when we're talking about the objectives of the library program evaluation this is where we get into the specific design of the of the program our libraries are really created and staffed with resources so that we can give students opportunities to learn create and grow that's our mission as librarians so the goal of our program evaluation is to identify data that might be used to look at a few things number one how well students are achieving the goals of the program and number two the extent to which the district supports the work to achieve to achieve that student achievement so we look at things like curriculum development we look at instructional practices we look at assessment in the different ways that we do and don't do that we

048looked at the learning environments and all of our buildings we looked at resources in our buildings and then we also looked at our scholarship how do we lead in our in our various buildings move the next slide here these are the guiding documents that we utilized national and state standards and other professional guidance recommend that librarians model promote and foster inquiry learning to prepare students for college career and life New York State Library standards provide a framework of inquiry and learning skills at each grade level called the information fluency continuum or the IFC the state standards provide a scaffolded guide to fostering reading and information literacy practices for inquiry based learning how students find and retrieve information think about it evaluate it for relevance and accuracy use it purposefully and ethically create product showing learning

049and conduct reflective thinking about themselves and the process and priority two of the Brighton blueprint rigorous coursework also recommends that incorporation of inquiry learning into Brighton's instructional practice these were the library program goals to develop students who are critical thinkers ethical researchers and motivated lifelong readers and learners in addition to our alignment with the Brighton blueprint our library program goals are aligned with best practices and common beliefs of the profession and we often use technology in reaching our program goals on the next few slides we would like to share Britain's current structure for delivering information literacy instruction Brighton's current design for service delivery occurs differently depending on the grade level so this is for the k24 program at the lower levels where students are learning to read library class as a scheduled special class time

050is allocated between finding reading materials learning and practicing information literacy skills and exploration of literature the high number of classes at a fixed schedule impacts the ability of the librarian and the classroom teacher to work together on common goals and a highly collaborative interdisciplinary way [Music] and I'm in a unique position where I see some of that K through 4 scheduling as well well as the fifth grade scheduling this brightens current design for service delivery of information fluency skills in grades 5 through 12 moves away from the fixed schedule and to a flexible schedule the collaborative efforts of classroom teachers and the librarian are the foundation for student learning in a cross-curricular setting librarians and classroom teachers seek opportunities to integrate information literacy skills using a just-in-time model the collaborative planning efforts of both the

051librarians and classroom teachers provide opportunities for addressing both the information literacy and content area standards because the level of collaboration is driven by teacher choice and is optional is not systemic and leads to inconsistency in levels of service and student experiences that being said students at this level have greater independent access to the library and use of the space the staff and resources for their own learning purposes and at the high school this results in over a thousand student visitors per day times the data sets that we looked at while looking into the program evaluation were surveys that were designed for students faculty and administration analysis of the the library collection itself so that was able to give us information on the age of the the collection the value and then it breaks it down

052into different categories as well within the library so we can look at our non-fiction versus our fiction the number of titles compared to the number of students and so on another set of data that we looked at was the library staff service in time so we kept track of the types and number of questions that library staff were asked throughout the day the limitations of data sets sometimes there are limitations to available data or limitations on the amount of data available within the timetable of the review such as finding standardized data sets and student learning and on the the surveys we found that due to wording there's also possibility of confusion just to the intent to the meaning of a question and then from building to building there was a difference in response rates so

053that could make generalizations inaccurate so some areas of strength so the library's collection of resources is both to foster students professional or personal growth rather and then also the school's curriculum whatever that curriculum might be so some curricular areas of strength for us are that we saw a significant increase across the board in the use of digital resources and specifically databases and that was for all schools and that actually means a lot to us it means we have access to devices so that kids can use digital resources and that people are using them the teachers are using them and possibly the students are using them individually so we think that's wonderful that not only our digital resources available but available in such breadth that students can use them when they need to another strength related

054to creativity and inspiration a majority of our survey respondents believe that the library's resources sometimes or always in spite of them to create or innovate and that's what we want we got creative and innovative students so 75% of students said that sometimes are always they were inspired that source of inspiration for creativity and innovation dovetails very nicely with the blueprint we think a priority area 3 another area worth noting is that sense of service that librarians bring to their learning communities we do our best to make ourselves available for students sometimes that's within a classroom setting sometimes it's by just sitting out in our libraries and supporting students as they walk in or teachers as they walk in the fact that we're not always available that we're only sometimes available it really talks to the

055fact that we're trying to wear many hats at all at all times and sometimes we just it's just impossible to be available for everyone but we certainly do try Thanks another area of strength is independent reading as you can see students use the library resources space and staff to help them read learn and grow majority of our students 83% sometimes or always see themselves reflected and in library resources you know guiding premise of librarianship is you know reader for every book a book for every reader and we seek to provide a broad range of texts and reading choices for our students just a priority area number four focuses on building equity within our school community and librarians recently attended a training in support of this initiative and we've considered various methods to foster diversity and

056equity in the evaluation of our collections the purchasing and the promotion and marketing of our resources we feel that we have some very good resources that might that some students might not be aware of 71% reported that sometimes seen reported sometimes seeing themselves in the library resources the largest category in the survey question and 12% always seeing themselves so taken together that's 83% Oh sometimes are always seeing themselves reflected in the library resources as far as the learning environment 70% of all students feel comfortable and welcome in the library teachers generally feel comfortable using the library space resources and staff as noted you know one area focuses the program management of a library's physical space and to support learning and our staff and students express they were largely largely feel well comfortable and welcomed in

057the library and as Justin mentioned earlier the bright the high school library sees over a thousand students every day so it must be doing something right I guess as far as areas of opportunity areas for growth and change we looked at curriculum and an area of opportunity within curriculum relates to the method that we use in Brighton to deliver inquiry based learning experiences currently many of our inquiry based learning experiences are either delivered separately from the classroom classroom instruction or delivered in a non systematic way and that just the consistency is not there the content area might be there but the information literacy standards may not be being met or vice-versa so we recommend an examination review of the current method of instructional delivery to determine whether it really represents best practices in the delivery

058of inquiry based experiences and whether other alternative methods might be feasible the benefits of collaboration and the difficulty of providing collaboratively designed opportunities for students in the current construct were noted in library committee notes going back to 1994 which was way before ian was born and remain in place today 25 years later yeah so this is an old problem and it's based on an older model of how school libraries you know should function as 21st century librarians we seek to reflect best practices in industry and are looking forward to putting our minds together to look for solutions to these logistical challenges we survey teachers and administrations about collaboration and our library standards and there seems to be a lack of awareness of the benefits of collaborative planning and reported lack of awareness about the New

059York State information fluency continuum which is our standards or library standards in the staff and administration surveys so we recommend the development of staff professional development on this topic because we just need to do a better job of selling it frankly as far as independent reading students unfortunately report a decrease in independent reading as they age as they as the grades ascend this is not a problem that's unique to Brighton but it should be addressed we recommend the consideration of a variety of school-wide methods to support reading initiatives for all student populations and we look forward to discussion on this topic as mentioned earlier the library program has taken steps to increase diversity in our collection evaluation or / - saying the way we market and display books and materials and as well as curricular

060recommendations great so another area of opportunity is around the learning environment so the library's at all levels are very busy we did see that K to five teachers struggled to see the library as an inviting place that encourage critical thinking and upon reflection we thought that this may have to do with either the library layouts or with the fact that there's such a high level of activity in the libraries some students are concerned with the hours during which the library was open and because of this the librarians are looking at their usage patterns and staffing in order to optimize their hours of operation and also as was mentioned before the number of scheduled classes at the elementary level is really high and so if a student or a staff member comes into the library while

061the librarian is already with the class then they're going to be helped by a library assistant and although that's great they do lack the formalized training of a professional librarian another area of opportunity is social responsibility social responsibility includes the ethical use of information citation copyright compliance and digital citizenship and unfortunately this was an area in which there was a lack of readily available data and so we were not able to come to any definitive conclusions so we recommend this as an issue to be explored further in the future so moving to explicit recommendations as a result of the examination of our areas of strength and opportunity the committee developed the following recommendations related to learning environment and independent reading so the first was to explore methods to increase independent reading behaviors among students at

062all grade levels something that Howard was just talking about the second is to examine resources to ensure diverse student representation and the third was to explore methods to further foster a welcoming atmosphere for all students in the library our next slide deals with recommendations for to other areas curriculum and organizational support and here we have the following four recommendations number one increasing staff development about how the library plays a part in student learning we inherently in a work process based its inquiry driven it underlies every content area it's part of the next-gen standards we just feel like it should be more pervasive than it is we would like to also explore 21st century models for how to best conducting pre based collaborative instruction and thirdly we'd like to look toward opportunities for student innovation and

063creation with appropriate resources and staffing and in in place we are having small makerspace opportunities like Howard has his what would you call it a recording studio a recording studio at the high school so we do have you know his is a much larger example of what an innovation or a creation station might be but some of us have smaller stations where students can can conduct makerspace types of activities but if we were to have those such as this plant at Council Rock those require resources that require tools they require time they require space and they require appropriate staff to supervise student activity in those places so lastly there may be some additional staffing that we may consider for to support those goals is it necessary is it not can we do with it can

064we you know is it required so that's a whirlwind tour of the program evaluation and at this point we'll entertain any questions or comments that you may have which is come back let's open it up to well we were very appreciative that Christina and Marv were able to sit in working on this group also so I to you folks for any comment I just want to say I know very little about media services in the library and I learned a great deal from these folks right here and the other people on the committee it was a real pleasure and you guys are to be commended that's all yeah thank you there you go proceed anything [Music] making of things so I think that was really I think it's great that our libraries are moving in

065that direction and I always look forward to things that my kids bring home even books independent reading blacks especially there we go right crazy food you know it is one of those interesting things too because I think we you always and thank you all you folks tonight for representing but everyone it's time to serve on the committee as we always talk about with curriculum review work it's it's difficult we really look forward to it being done deeply and broadly so that something comes from it that fils how we do everything next right so thank you for everybody who took the time to do that and you know I think it's long been a strong suit right in our libraries and our media centers as a center and a hub for student activity it looks different

066in each building but I have to tell you when we come in and read or we come in to visit for some reason it is one of the most inviting spots in every one of our buildings each of you do a fantastic job with that welcoming your students and welcoming parents certainly faculty but but for members to and I think that's such a key factor to what it is that you do in the encouragement that you offer students whether it be a real book or all of the other things that you that we need you to do now in the ever-evolving world that you're in so so thank you very much for I just say is it Danna thank you for one not charging overdue fees that works well for my family but actually the

067experience of my kids have had in each of your libraries has been pretty special and really appreciate that it is such a different place than the library that most of us experienced as young people it is absolutely a hub of information teaching and learning and every building so thanks for that work Thank You final comment I want to add because I think in the interest of the work that we are so involved with the district right now around diversity equity and inclusion when we read this year through the the to the Council Rock building and the front row building it is one of those places that you immediately notice how hard we are working at representing all in the offerings that we have and the way that we go about it so I want to

068thank you for the efforts that you have all made in those rooms so thank you so much thank you Thanks wonderful now next up again one of our own today welcome Andrea Costanza board member who sat on the World Language Program evaluation group and you're going to introduce her lead the way I believe to your group so I asked to introduce I was a French major in college so I built a kinship to this group it's the programs near and dear to me like mostly because my kids experience starting in the sixth grade going through twelfth grade was among some of their favorite experiences in middle school in high school in fact in the first year of college language requirement they were both asked if they would be French minors because they they came with

069very strong language speaking and writing skills and I attribute that to the the teachers that they had throughout the course of study so I'm very proud to be able to introduce you to four members of the world language which sometimes we know them as foreign language or lote they'll explain about the whole world language part coming up this work was done this past year with a lot of elbow grease it was reflective thoughtful engaging and I really couldn't have been prouder to work with them so je vous croissant Lauren moshevsky a Robin newcomer they puff DeFazio collage Linda Palmer in Pravda espanol Oh collage a Christine treasure chef binky very impressive our leader enough said all right hello so this is the list of those involved with our five-year program evaluation during the nice about

070regional conference in March there was a panel discussion about retaining and recruiting world language teachers one teacher stated the world needs people who love what they do well the teachers in this department love what they do and share their passion with students we see this from the near 100% participation of the six twelve world language Department so I'm Lauren moshevsky I teach French at TCMS I'll be talking about the points of pride at both schools when you walk down the world language middle school hallway you may see students practicing play lines creating projects and doing group activities the wing is full of students made posters art and projects oral language teachers greet their students at the door to get them talking right away Travel is super important at TCMS we are very proud to continue

071our three trips to Quebec New York City and still Vermont in eighth grade TCMS world language teachers weave culture into their lesson plans regularly holidays food current events dance and music are shared here you see the German shell Fest answers the German gingerbread house contest a Spanish day at the dead classroom display a flamenco dance presentation and Artemisia m-- and a French crepe party technology here you see 8th grade students using their tablet to play Kahoot an internet learning game you see a spanish 7 class Skype to Spain you see students working in the library with a media specialist to create an interdisciplinary projects up using sway the Spanish 7 the jury seven and soon French seven classes will be doing this working with Katie TCMS foreign language Department has an iPad cart with twenty

072iPads and three laptops we are using online textbook school G OneNote flipgrid iMovie YouTube and of course authentic websites for comprehensible input both buildings are so so proud of the language interns and its long-standing program at Brighton they work with all 612 students and teachers and are shared between both buildings if a student takes language from 6th through 12th grade they will get to know seven native speakers before they leave high school well that's cool and I want to thank Simona for coming our German she just left alright next our points of pride at Brighton High School we have two well-established exchanges one is bremen germany and the second is run france and i have a fun story to share emma stein a current 12th grader travelled to Bremen on the same exchange as her

073father Robin Stein many years ago when he was a high school student and scholarship Brighton High School world language students thrive academically high school world language students received numerous awards in June each language gives an award and there is even an award for students who excel in multiple languages French club and German club are active and some German students take the a ATG exam 19 German students have received scholarship trips from this test this year over 20 thousand students participated in the AAT G program 45 students won this exam scholarship trip throughout the US and one Brighton kid had was one of the 45 winners her name was Helen Frank and lastly for me is innovation here we see a 21st century classroom at Brighton high school we see student projects this one is about

074solutions for global climate problems there is a picture of a student debate and we see Spanish students writing children's books so as Andrea had said we were very reflective in our process and our practice and we we couldn't help but put some of those points of pride first really thinking about ways in which in both to @tc of us and the high school were connected to the Brighton blueprint through technology integration and rigorous coursework as Debbie stated earlier program evaluation process is an opportunity for us to understand areas of strength of a given program and also identify areas of need and we welcome this opportunity with huge participation one of the challenges that we know if you say I'm program evaluation and and I've done that for several different areas is that sometimes within that

075five year period there are challenges with actually accomplishing all recommendations that you put out in a program evaluation so in our process one of the first things that we actually did was go back and look at the 2013-14 recommendations and really analyze those recommendations as far as which goals we met and why or why not and which goals still might be important if we were not able to achieve those recommendations or goals from the previous review so we spent some time doing that and in the midst of that work the New York State started to have quite a bit of action and change going on in the area of world language in November the state hosted our world languages in the 21st century conference and it kind of was a kickoff for a number of

076different activities and events that took place and it was also one of the reasons why as Andrea mentioned we've decided to kind of rename that the department as world languages versus foreign language so the state has started that process and is using world language typically as the main nomenclature although like our state does there are always other names associated with our subjects so lote will probably also still which stands for languages other than English being acronym used by the state but world languages has now become our name moving forward and so really we looked at the recommendations from 2013-14 and we spent a long amount of time really starting to study what came out of that world languages conference and the many kinds of changes and new state initiatives that are coming forward we did

077also do a little bit of data analysis and then prepared this presentation for you so these were our 1314 recommendations and we found that there were definitely things we felt we could check off and say we did those thing we felt good about them and then some areas where we wanted to spend more time so our checks met we felt good about that or there was action that took place and then some other areas for us to discuss so we started that process so I'm going to go back just a little bit by doing a department survey and of our 19 members of the department 10 responses were received and they were equal equally between the middle school and high school and because we had so many of those same folks on our committee we

078really looked at that survey as a jumping-off point and discussed the survey but also had just full discussion around areas of need in areas that we wanted to look at and we actually worked on some of those things over the course of the year so communication continues to be an area that we want to always look to fine-tune and develop to make sure that people are aware of the importance so if we're a language learning and the fact that it is something that is extremely beneficial for students moving into with 21st century skills and in some of those places we find our communication could be better both in our our core selection information so we looked at that and the website and made some updates to our website information and also with our counselors as

079far as making sure they're aware of the most current recommendations that the department would give as far as course placement for students over time and in alignment with the new states state initiatives because there was a lote frequently asked questions document that came out that talked about student's course of study and how it worked and what exams students needed to take over the course of their their experiences for graduation requirements we also again are very proud of our exchanges so we've had some discussion around in exchange for for our spanish program at the high school we don't currently have an exchange but we are doing a trip next year to spain to explore art and architecture and include it in there as a visit to a school and we are hoping to make connections with

080that school and look at the possibility of an exchange in the future and then our internship program our interns are very important to us and so we really reallocated funds as a department decided to reallocate some of the building base funds to support a fourth intern so next year we will have four interns and we're almost there with having host families for all those interns and then we continue to talk about the needs of our students students with disabilities and students needing support an area of world language one of the things that's really tricky about language is that you know they're learning a new language which over the course of the number of years they have sometimes I think our expectations we have to really consider what are the expectations of how well a student

081can speak read write in that new language and it's really challenging for some of our students who may also have have learning needs in the area of English language arts so that's an area we continue to look at and try to address we do think the new state initiatives are going to help and support that because the way in which we're talking about how curriculum and instruction is is provided to students we think that will support students better and we also had some conversation about other possibilities like connecting to the local colleges more and supporting students in that way so again the world language piece was new learning for us and there's a lot happening at the state level and I'm gonna turn it over to Linda to talk about that piece before I do

082that I do want to mention we are looking for a host family for Muhammad he is our intern for next year for French he is from Senegal we have not had a Senegalese intern since I first year here more than 20 years ago so we're very excited if you're interested in hosting please contact me Linda Palmer so for the last several years the American Council on the teaching of foreign languages has been working hard to help us better prepare our students for 21st century this video briefly explains some of the work that has been done to develop useful standards at the national level learning languages prepares us to connect in the multilingual and multicultural world we share actual and sixteen other language organizations collaborated to create the world readiness standards or learning languages recently the

083stages were modified to focus on literacy real-world applications of language and 21st century skills these standards serve as a roadmap to guide learners to communicate effectively and interact with global competence while participating in communities locally and globally supporting this vision our five goal areas also known as the five C's of communication cultures connections comparisons and communities integrating these goal areas into instructional programs help students become world ready educated citizens within the five C's are the eleven content standards that describe the knowledge and abilities students should acquire throughout their language education let's take a look at the goal areas and the content standards the communication goal is divided into three content standards describing the three modes or purposes of communication the interpersonal mode for interacting with others and negotiating meaning the interpretive mode for understanding and

084analyzing what is heard read or viewed and the presentational mode for creating messages to inform explain persuade or narrate each mode addresses how learners speak right listen human and news media anytime anywhere with anyone how can we measure student growth towards this goal the world ready include sample performance indicators that allows students and teachers to reflect on and track progress in all three modes of communication using can-do statements these statements describe real-life applications of language showing those learners can do at each stage from novice to intermediate to advanced so you can see that the national conversation includes more than just the communication and cultures aspects on which the New York State Standards are built it includes communities comparisons and connections the single biggest change coming for world language teachers will be the shift away from

085the for language skills of reading writing listening and speaking toward the three modes of communication that were referenced in the video and again those modes are interpersonal which is spontaneous interactions between two or more people interpretive which include the passive language skills of reading and listening and presentational which are the rehearsed speaking and the writing skills the model that has been developed to marry these three modes sorry in the classroom is called the integrated performance assessment which is listed here the integrated performance assessment is a cluster of assess of three tasks which are aligned to a single theme area the IPA is it is called will soon be the cornerstone of the world language curriculum across New York State here you see an example of an IPA these are again three connected tasks and the

086first one sorry the whole thing is an example of an IPA at a novice which is the lowest level French classroom and the unit is about school so first students have an opportunity to interpret an authentic French resource here they read an ad for school supplies next they have to interact somehow with the text and here they'll demonstrate what they understand by categorizing those supplies on the into necessary items unnecessary items and money feat items which would be not necessary but really helpful to have like a trapper keeper if you will remember that look you're about the Lord that was for you so then they're going to move on to the interpersonal tasks in which they would have a conversation again a spontaneous conversation with a classmate and in this case they would be talking

087about how they would spend 20 euros if they had them on these school supplies explaining what they would buy and why they would buy it then finally the presentational mode here would be a written project or they would have to create an ad for school supplies in French but they would be sold at the school store you'll note that in each of these IPA tasks the focus is on what students can do rather than what they can't do or what they don't know how to do in this way the IPAs and the curriculum that they support make language accessible for all students there will be a significant shift away from vocabulary lists and grammar learning to or communication of course our desire to find real-world French Spanish and German language samples will create opportunities for

088students and teachers to utilize the technology that is available already in the district and this will also provide an increased increased student engagement through project-based learning as New York State prepares to rewrite the standards that have not been updated since the 90s the Brighton high school world of Brighton school sorry world language department is in an excellent place under the leadership of our previous coordinator Doreen Estrada we invested a lot of time in the actual world language readiness standards we also standardized rubrics for the presentational mode of communication which again was the writing mode and the presentational speaking and then in those rubrics we built in opportunities for students to self assess as we move forward we're going to build on the state's work to develop a clear Brighton world language plan and updated curricula

089in all languages we will invest significant in developing integrated performance tasks and assessments and create an additional rubric for interpersonal speaking finally we will utilize an organizational system for our IPAs and common assessments that ensures that all teachers especially those new to Brighton can readily access all curricular materials so now my correct my colleague Robin will talk a little bit about an exciting initiative in the state and I get to talk about data - don't be jealous okay well first off one of the most exciting pieces that's come out of this is the seal of I literacy and one of the things that we feel like we can mark it as a program piece I think the Advanced Placement or the AP used to be the be-all end-all this is really more of a seal

090of by literacy between ela and that can be native language so it also includes those E&L students and also foreign language are our world language learners and what's really exciting is it's almost like a menu of items it's like a menu of options it incorporates those 21st century skills one of the pieces we looked at early on was the was the information provided by employers they were looking for marketable skills things they look for in employees a lot of times we are asked that as foreign language teachers like what we what we do in our classrooms and one of the things they talked with they talked a lot about or those four with over those 21st century skills it's this is tough to read but it does what it does it looks like them it

091just kind of outlines the menu and how you need to have English for their English language arts and world languages you need to have three points from each of those columns and it's very differentiated in nature it's not just the AP the AP having a successful passing rate on the advanced placement exam we'll give you one point but the the last piece there I want to go to the last piece and it's hard to see you can get two points from a presentation and I think that really incorporates a lot of those 21st century skills and we're working on setting aside as a group next year laying out the groundwork and then the following year really really get moving on this program for that syllabi literacy it's something that I no when they first did

092the first year they did this in 2013-2014 there were about 300 students last year there were over 1,700 so it is it is getting traction and it's a program that I think people are really excited about also - it's moving children beyond just getting their standard because there's a there's a there's a common path and this is a little more uncommon and it's pushing those kids into the higher-level study not just getting what they need to graduate this is going another level this next one is the this is the data for enrollment if you look at the number of sixth graders purse versus the percentage of students beyond year one one of the things we looked at a lot of these different numbers and things that have changed from your dear students moving in and

093out but also to when we get to that number there was a percentage of students who took checkpoint A through ap which is beyond that checkpoint C and those numbers and actually that Spanish number isn't completely correct right so there it so that number is a little little off but I wanted to make sure I that Linda could clarify that for us so when we get to these numbers it's interesting to see the numbers of checkpoint a and then where they go and how the numbers dwindle what we'd like to do is get that with those numbers to stay and that would be hopefully with marketing that and selling that cielo by literacy when you look at the Left chart there don't be fooled by that the spanish numbers that's not at 50% the bottom

094number is 90% so we are at a hundred percent passing for the last three years for checkpoint a for french german and spanish that's at ninety four percent it's not fifty i think from a distance it would look like fifty percent it's not the numbers do we did look at a lot of the the pieces of those like the the success pieces that the speaking listening reading and writing which now are renamed the IPAs as we move into the integrated performance assessment and then the next one is on the right side is the the scoring of eighty five percent or higher the mastery if you look those numbers are still pretty high those pieces we would just look at separately within the year and pick apart where they where the students fell with those skill

095sets and here's checkpoint B obviously if you see um the the passing rate 65 or higher those numbers are pretty high they dwindle a little bit again with the 85 plus but they're the students are all very successful with those with those numbers from 2016 to 2018 turn over to mrs. treasurer so as we said earlier the state level there's a lot of action going on the BOCES we've developed a world language Leadership Forum that has met a few times this year and will continue to meet next year they did assessment writing we had several teachers participate in the assessment writing for the checkpoint amb exams but most recently the state has put out a request to revise the world language standards and they're going to start that process this May and hope to have

096new standards within a six to eight six to nine month window so so some of our work again was around really just studying that as much as we could and kind of thinking about where we have already done some of that work and where we need to go it was a very busy year filled with new learning reflection collaboration and planning and we're very excited about the direction that New York State is headed in we also I think as a group continued to develop rapport relationships and communication between and amongst the buildings and plan to do more work in that area and short term goals will be to start that IPA process and start really exploring what does it look like what does it mean using the can-do statements even further than we already have

097and we'll start that with a summer day focused on the world language 21st century conference and the information that was shared there and and also that next year our biggest recommendation would be for the sale of by literacy so next year would be a planning year and we have a group of world language teachers and administrators we will be seeking also support from counseling and the English department because it is a collaborative effort to start the process of planning to have a sealable literacy as a recognition for our students in the 2021 school year and that concludes our our work Oh fantastic Andrea you have anything else further than as and speak another is my friend Sonny ask you questions it's up to you and many foreign language are many program reviews this is the

098second foreign language program with review I have said on and what's interesting is is that we really worked on some different things and I'm going through what's going on at the state level so I thought that was really helpful for this group and it's just from TCMS and the high school so it's a smaller group and to really work through those things together so it it went really really well I was really pleased with the numbers that came to each of our meetings - it does seem - that the work just happened to fit well with with the state where the state work is and where emphasis on rigor for all with our all of our group is - you know having the by literacy seal having students and parents look at that and that

099accomplishment and achievement you know way is probably the timing is all in a good spot and there's one school right now doing in the area or we had we had I mean East Ridge is doing it yeah there were a couple of schools in the area that have started this process and across the state so in the first the Selah by literacy actually came out in 2016 who was actually approved by New York State and so there were about 200 students I think they piloted with a small group of districts that first year it increased to a thousand seven hundred across the state last school year so it's been definitely picking up steam across the area but Eastern East Ridge and spent support both have the Selah by literacy they were both very open and

100welcoming and supportive they sent us resources and materials we reached out and had conversation around how they are working their process and there is flexibility though to kind of make it our and within those criteria so that's what we'll spend next year doing it's considered one steal and a recognition for the at graduation yeah but it incorporates their English experience and their world language experience and actually we didn't I don't think we said this English as a new language students can also show proficiency in their native language in conjunction with the LA and also then received a seal Chris Jen wheeler is very interested in being a part of this and actually had had a lot of information also because she was aware of the seal as something that our EML students could potentially also

101participate in Billy show us how these curriculum reviews are now so embedded in our practice I remember in the early years when we started doing them we really startled now what are we going to do and how are we going to do it but now you're going so much further beyond that because that basis has already been established and you can have a foundation to go back and look at and see what was done several years ago so it really is very embedded in in the work that we do and I think it really shows in all of our programs so thank you for the work that you did to the media folks also it was great can I just make a quick thank you also I just wanted to say thank you for your

102support without your support we couldn't have our trips which we have you've heard all about them right we've got three at the middle school about three at the high school we wouldn't have the interns which is a program that makes a huge difference for the only ones that I know of in our state that has an interim program and we also want to thank you for Christine and before Christine Allison for people who will help to connect our six twelve departments are really really grateful for the role that you've given to someone in the district to help us work well together and build our program even stronger so thank you for all that I say thanks again as a dad to Linda Pedro enjoyed you a great deal where some have such a wonderful experience

103with my kids a great experience also have a nice just in your class the other day I don't know at all what anybody was saying but they were very engaged and it was - they really you can't tell it's interesting when he was looking for a mate I didn't like very carefully nobody said it or anything that's sounded Dragutin anyway but and learn kids and hurt that really inspired by / - so thank you thanks to Mary and Walter back there because I've got really good at reading context clues when my children and my husband are speaking German to one another I could participate right along with the conversation because like the way you're pointing at the clock I know you would know what you're talking about so thank you all the German dinner table

104but it also does highlight you know tonight happen to be the public hearing on our budget but in building a budget and when we discuss what makes them play they do agent of brain education and what do people value and why do people move here specifically so their children can attend Brighton schools this exactly is part of that purpose and part of that reason and and having the ability to work with interns from all over the world and come and live with us for a year at a time having the opportunity to take those trips a huge percentage of our students participate in one or more trips by the time that they graduate and leave here as a senior so it does highlight all of those aspects of things that go beyond basic and simple

105mandates that that are always difficult to make sure we have the resources to fund so thank you very much and that just happened to be a timely reminder into that window so thank you so much and thank you for all the folks who participated again on that committee that was a large committee also these all are and it gives a great opportunity for community members along with staff and board members to participate it's one of the fun things that we do and usually it's professional development for us also so we enjoy that so we also our final official report this evening not to be diminished at all mr. Lionel Brighton facilities improvement Update sir I absolutely will not try to compete with those two two presentations I will be be brief in what language okay

106just a very brief update a lot of exciting works going on but just the interest of time certainly our construction managers report is posted on a monthly basis this is just to give you a brief update as to the status of the of the project starting out first aid council Rock and the way this presentation is structured is major activities that have been completed around going and what we can expect in the next couple of months along with some kind of exciting pictures so at Council Rock a lot of the site work is complete at this point we have built a foundation pad and we're starting to build the the foundation wall all the underground mechanical systems the sewer line storm storm water lines in the south end of the building is complete again we

107thank our neighbors for their for their patience and understanding there was some some noisy work but really important infrastructure that's been that's been put into place and then the phasing development continues so now we're starting to think about the summer months and we're starting to think about the 1920 school year and the work in the north end of the building expansion of the cafeteria and renovation of the kitchen area so principal tap in and Ginobili and the entire building team are talking about those phasing plans and how to allow the construction that happen with at least as with his lease disruption as possible to our academic program so thank you for their efforts it's it really is a second full-time job for mr. Tappan to to think about all the program implications and how we

108could best mitigate those so kudos to him upcoming activities to say I talked about we actually are going to start putting some steel steel erection will be beginning in the West portion of the South addition back filling of the foundation fire wall along the existing building the summer scheduled work will include the build-out of the temporary swing space so again those are all those program accommodations that mr. Tappan and mr. Vallee have been working on how to maintain program as best we can during the the construction phase the addition instruction continues and that will continue over the course of the 1920 school year due to the site plan we will have some programs in trailers for 1920 so we're thinking about the site we're thinking about traffic flow with our buses drop off and pick

109up parent traffic there was a meeting today to talk about that and how they're going to plan for for those areas and again just sell the infrastructure work that's going to happen in the front end of the building starting this summer just some pictures here about showing the the foundation and the work that's been done and see all the heavy machinery and the equipment working really close to building so again we just thank the whole Council Rock School community for their for their patience and everyone's to spend troopers it's they've made the best of what could have been a really disruptive situation so the entire school community we thank you for your for your patience some some more of the foundation work that's happening there's happened and the end product which will be our courtyard

110and there's the wall starting to go up so we're starting to build a very welcome foundation wall that will be going up for the next several months and continue into the next school year again more of the infrastructure and what's happening so then moving on to the high school and the middle school the work that's been completed we've had regular construction meetings now they're having meetings with the with the school administrators on a weekly basis now planning for the work so we have our contractors almost all the trades are on site at this point mobilizing the high school auditorium has been demolished and the scaffolding has been been erected the middle school over the break week we were able to take out some of the ceiling and try to get a jump start on the

111kitchen work and the machining renovations and the back end kitchen our goal is not to have two kitchen kitchens offline when we start school in September of 2019 so we appreciate mr. Thomas's help and allowing us to get in there and get some of the work done in the the middle school kitchen the high school transformer that's been a really painful process what we have to do with the all the work that's happening at the high school we need a complete new transformer which is currently in a vault underneath the building so that's going to be used for infrastructure but we're going to have to have a new a new transformer that we will be building on front sight on the wit and Road side and we're designing some architecture to make it look aesthetically

112pleasing so we'll have move our our science to the front so people will be able to see not in a distracted manner but make it look really nice we are completely at the mercy of our GME so we're waiting on their engineering plans before we can communicate to the school community when the complete power shutdown will be as we install that new transformer so more to come or to come on down upcoming activities done for Phase two and this is the again the middle school and high school side we will begin asbestos in the high school crawl space that is a segregated segregated area of the building so that will be happening in containment and then asbestos abatement in the auditorium and the toilet rooms will be happening during the be shift hours again all

113safety precautions will be closely monitored all times with with that type of work the summer schedule will be building out the high school auditorium working on schedule with that we did identify more asbestos in the walls and in the ceiling so that schedule for the auditorium has been extended almost an additional ten weeks and it's a substantial cost to the project that that we were not planning for our initial initial records prove were proven to be inaccurate in certain area so we're taking the opportunity to completely create an asbestos free environment in the in the auditorium so the other work build-out at the cafeteria TCMS cafeteria in kitchen will be prioritizing some ABA work there in the in the cafeteria area in individualizing or individual room renovations at each building the art rooms the high

114school this summer all part of all part of the scope of work that will be completed so here are some pictures of the auditorium that will either make you really happy or sad but first step was demolition of our auditorium so equipment went in there and just bulldozed a it's it was pretty pretty amazing there was a lot of people asking for hard heads to be able to poke their heads in and to see so this is the scaffolding that was put up so when they start removing the the walls and the ceiling and abating that area all the scaffolding will be used it'll be shared by the contractors and then there's also mechanical work that's going to be happening in the auditorium because we built some tremendous sets of that space whether here Christopher

115Snyder was I'm sure he was looking at it up yeah just against more of what the auditorium looks like pretty pretty an pretty amazing and then our bathroom our toilet room so thank you to dr. hall for for kamma dating allowing us to get started on some of the work making some concessions now to prevent some disruption into the in the fall so we've been able to take a couple of bathrooms offline and start the demolition work on that which fill up all the bathroom renovations privacy accommodations 88 accommodations and then just refreshing and upgrading modernizing our toilet room facilities great picture that my hope speaks for itself and just can kind of see that just the dated nature of our of our bathrooms that will will be improving so the ceiling so this is

116our modern look in our middle school hallways mr. Thomas is reported that it's helped acoustics and helped keeps dropping on what students are saying during the course of the school day but again the us be able to get in there and do some of this work is gonna provide tremendous help on the schedule come come fall time again more modern modern look for our back hall corporate or and so here's our our budget increase this so right here we have our budget summary which I think the best way to Ian you show me how to do this last time do you remember if you don't sumen you should just be able to collect it come with me thank you thank you so we have our contract allowance okay so remember because of the bids and

117where they were coming in we would have not awarded any of the scope at French Road at this point time so these this construction dollars right here is just for the the three buildings so that's part of what we're asking voters to consider as an additional drawdown from our capital reserve - to fully fund the full scope that was presented to the community so we have our costs at this point we have our change orders to date a lot of that was site work for the field and council Rock is incurring change orders so you can see at the bottom heart here and I know this is terrible for the screen but everyone has it in front of them so where our benchmark is is the remaining project contingency so of all the issues that

118we have identified the most costly of which has been the asbestos abatement at the auditorium we still have 1.6 million dollars of contingent construction contingency remaining so again it's important to be able to honor the scope that we present it to the community and in honoring that the tax impact and the financing plan so that's the key benchmark that we'll look at on a monthly basis to see to see where we are and with that any questions anything further nan Larry is a board representative to the group yeah I would say a couple of things this is a five or six year left and you can take into account planning and punch lists at the end in you know they always say expect the unexpected which is that 10 or 15 percent over what you've

119budgeted because things happen you open up the four walls three of them you find what you wanted and the fourth one the auditorium there's asbestos that we didn't anticipate but you don't yeah driving difficult had a couple issues that Lou and the team worked through our council Rock where they ended us and the contractors back in to reduce some drainage that wasn't done correctly this is an extraordinarily heavy lift the lose talked about the slot in our meetings but the ground screws that we have are amazing they are with these guys every day they're seeing things John the valley will be called out Kevin guys a whole bunch of guys are just there working us through we've got the other lot pop up meetings a few different times to talk there we just found this

120we've got to have a discussion give Luke great credit because he's focused on spending what we said we would spend understanding that you just said it I think half of your breath work 1.6 left for contingency for where we are now is not a lot I'll continue to watch that daily a week ago one way to go on this all the principals and the teachers have been great you know Matt talked last time about being able to use it as a lesson everything from physics on a machine and things like that this is just really messy work will go like gangbusters July August to get as much done as possible but we're working they got crews working alongside the kids this is just a really heavy lift and will look great on the other side

121but it's just gonna be bumping it really you know it's thanks to you and the committee for the updates frequently and I know everyone is paying attention not only doesn't work with to the dollars which we all appreciate it is amazing women are in and around the buildings how much is going on right now and how how things progressed you know and the one thing I would add to to our members of the public you know we have these are old buildings it's not at all unusual when you start working in 50 and 60 and 80 year old buildings asbestos especially things not only is asbestos what was known about at the time as a material documentation drawings were never done completely accurately so you are you do run that risk and that but the

122point is anything that we find we're taking care of it which is really the right thing we'll figure out a way we'll move from the continuance you know the kid will look at the contingency but we'll move from capital reserve but it makes no sense to not do a project the right way the safe way so you know that's we talked about that previously so as we are going through it there is a really significant effort to upgrade all our records right any work done in the future so that's a piece of this whole thing that's that's being led as well so can you uh put a wall on the city you did who put that pipe there exactly and there are things that have been in place that you sent for 60 years and

123we're fine once you disturb them you have no choice the transformer is significant and that was something we're doing because our Jeanne said it had to be done and that's extra work and we've got to deal with it and we'll be better on the other side but it was never countable they were really good landed and like used to describing you explain to us an audit committee and otherwise that that that work is very prescribed by our GE in terms of everything location size everything is very specific to them they have engineering and design people we have to work with so that is what it is so all right thank you very much thank you thank you as Larry said to all of our people our facilities people our building principals assistant principals who are

124working with this every single day to make it the best it possibly could be for for everybody so things and certainly our staff for patience and bearing with it and working through it so all right then we have a couple of other reports this evening we have the financial report section you'll see that we have previously been given and it is posted the executive summary of the budget status report to Kevin from Liu dated May 14th we also have our treasurer's report prepared by Liu and our in our district treasurer Dalia watts our Director of Finance for the period ending March 31st and we also in this section have the report covering student activity accounts from January 1st through March 31st does anyone have any questions further we need pretty self-explanatory and then we have

125motion pleased to accept those reports so hopeful well Seth Larry second it by Mayer all in favor any opposed thank you our Monroe County School Boards Association committees have all wound up and our finished except legislative committee did meet May 1st we had our final meeting of the year we did have our final meeting of the year there isn't a lot of activity right now in Albany around education I Cherie Johnson the executive director of Monroe County School Boards uh described it as Erie she said she's taken to combing through people's Twitter accounts to see what they have to say about education so there we have it that's how we wrapped up our year we did meet with Jamie Romeo though as a function of Monroe County School Boards Association this past Thursday mark judge

126McGowan and I were there as well as representatives from the Irondequoit school districts Greece and Pittsburgh to talk about what our legislative priorities continue to be and all four districts present you know have have the same request that we around the formula we did have as you said we typically do in the spring meet with the local representatives with our groups on those issues that may or may not pop up final session as they wrap up through June we have also taken the opportunity to continue to converse with Jamie on our funding situation and any possibilities for some additional one-shot age which at this point I would say is doubtful but you know you never know we have a meeting scheduled coming up with your robach we continue to make all those connections and then

127specific to our own issue will plan once everything is finished up here in the next month or so we'll discuss planning about communicating with them and with all week and further on the entirety of the funding formulas and our situation so so legislative committee I do want to say that the believer relations on the last meeting on the 2410 presentation by what's the whirlywart about pathways to teaching teachers yeah and it focused on a lot of diversity and I have a lot of information here if anybody is interested it was pretty interesting yeah I forgot that you would that mean I was late in the Yellin that you didn't get a chance to report out thanks Myron for okay reminding us on that but I would like to take a look through that if I

128could boast of your port marketing jobs my goodness my wife gave you once your stuff sorry about that but no that's a damn white spoke got a panel about equity and opportunity for students which result in Columbia University the audit committee report internal audit had a clean risk assessment they have selected campus construction which we use to do their 22 million dollar capital project 64 students have 10 to the SkillsUSA 5 brightest students and Avery sheetal I believe is the pronunciation took first place in the CNC milling so we have something to be proud of their be busy on May 10th they're going to be state while May 10th will be May 10th yes that was yes was a statewide initiative we held a professional development session on development inclusion and diversity with dr. Archie

129from Brockport state that many of us have heard great that's it okay thank you very much other board member reports so just a quick summary of individual board member activities that you'd like to bring up since we last discussed in mid-april we'll start down on Kristina [Music] Friday several of us and the administrators and the superintendent's of Russia and Rihanna East High Rock poor Greece all presented and that was a I think the most constructive time for me was actually when we worked together mom as a team to talk about ways in which we could utilize the information that we were given and bring it back to our district yeah I think you're right I thought we had a nice opportunity that there was a team of with ten or eleven of us who doesn't

130I think Christina and I participated and it was a great day a full day at BOCES one hosted it's a initiative from the superintendent's Association at the state level and one of the programs that they're running along with the Women's Initiative which is interesting that they're running also so we had a great I thought there was some really good material that day but you're right the core middle of the day was sort of team plating time so it gave us the opportunity as a group to discuss where where we are where we've come from what we what we're planning for summer and under Kevin's leadership and we had each building was represented so it was it it was a really positive day I thought for us as a group and now you have to say

131without you know tuning our own war and I mean we're not perfect here but certainly in terms of the report outs from the other districts that were there we we've invested in a lot of work already that others are sort of just trying to figure out how to begin with so it it was nice to see that part but we were still able to learn from others also so thank you ignorant unity the diversity equity full committee meeting is on Thursday we three of the subcommittee's will be there and next week our wrap-up our Wellness Committee meeting at the 22nd great did you Larry hit the construction stuff and we've got our last audit committee meeting you me and Karen I think in a couple weeks right we will in our new chief meeting is

132it what's the day that whatever that June meeting is that we have we will have we have audit committee schedule with prior to that meeting yes and we'll have quite a bit of construction related in some audit work and some end-of-the-year stuff so yes that's a lot of internal evidence I will also be present at the diversity equity meeting on Thursday presenting with the family engagement group I met with the subcommittee from curriculum Council the grading of non academic behaviors a few weeks ago finalizing the work that will present to our larger group in a few weeks it's been a really fascinating opportunity for me to to think about how just just how we as teachers and adults how we think kids demonstrate learning and then I was able to attend a climate rally held

133by the climate club of the lorax Club a couple weeks ago and I've talked a lot about these kids this year I received an invitation last night from one of their leaders to attend the Monroe County legislature legislature tonight to urge them to also adopt a climate action plan and I I just really can't I really can't say enough about their their passion and the way they've educated themselves and then are educating the adults around that it's really tremendous to see so I did promise them that I would write to my legislators to urge them to develop a climate action plan like we are working on doing and I hope you all do the same great fantastic thank you I already knew well because I just mentioned the curriculum councils I'm soaking on the same

134subcommittee and we're I'm meeting a few weeks library I know you're we shouldn't send it up State Institute which was formerly Genesee Valley School Martin Institute met today and that's a group that supports all the staff the cleaning staff the pool operators bus drivers it's and clerical support very very it's a very good organization and they had meeting today we need about three times a year that's it thank you for that update julene well on Thursday we're all looking forward to having lunch with our bus drivers to an intersection right that's where all of their hard work I'm taking such good care of our children and keeping them safe every day and I'm sure that a construction made councillor Marcus may be providing a little more of a challenge for them so again we thank

135everybody for their patience and on Monday we have our final budget open house at 10 o'clock in the morning we've all been taking turns attending I think there have been eight sessions so far my correction and anybody else who so his budget questions 10 o'clock Monday morning will be right here in this room for an hour stop in for a few minutes if you have any questions that or send an email to dr. McGowan who meet anybody anywhere to discuss the budget any time yeah I thought with the slogan anywhere anytime well I you better be careful on that but yes no thank you yeah couple of things that we've already talked about that I was fortunate to be involved in a couple of other quick things the act for education subcommittee that you all

136are familiar with which is a subcommittee of the superintendent's group we've been working on advocacy for public education and greater in Rowan County as you know for almost five years now and we had a partnership that kicked off last Monday sixth and it was Small Business Week initially it was a partnership with the county we had a really nice kickoff breakfast I would have closed these two in Spencerport and it went really really well and it highlighted partnerships with businesses from anything from the to zombie homes that BOCES are building with the county on either side of the county using students commercial labor and the county together along with businesses and small businesses that we have internship opportunities with job shadowing partnerships with schools so it was a great kickoff the highlight was at the

137toward the late stages of the presentation we were able to present all the different ways all the school districts participate within among businesses and I think the business leaders who were there were really surprised at the depth and breadth of it so that went really really well and on a fun note we had a ball Saturday May 4th Brighton Little League Opening Day which is always one of the highlights in community Kevin and I marched and there was a bunch of folks there and ended up in the TCMS Jim and Bill gave a quick Bill Bailey give a quick speech and the kids couldn't wait to get out of here go play there started enough and running sure what he knows all they need is some dry weather yeah but anyway so that was fun

138okay we got that so all right remaining our break Teachers Association report Judy welcome tonight thank you thank you and I do want to thank and we've already kind of the ceiling but all the teachers who presented this evening and in last meeting and actually throughout the the any presentation our teachers came forward with to the board that take great pride in the programming that they offer our our children in the district and and at the same time I can reflect quite deeply on their craft in in order to grow and develop and and and actually set very high expectations for themselves on behalf for our students but we also thank you so much for for your support and the support of the community without the community we would not have these types of programming

139make no mistakes so thank you to everyone a few things that's been happening at our Brighton teachers to the bright teachers association George Smith is the advisor of the lorax Club he shared that there were a couple of tree planting events scheduled around town as part of the climate Club uh with Craig Smith and Earth Week festivities it included planting trees around the district with high school and middle school students on April 25th this was a collaborative event with some TCMS clubs including the green thumb the environmental impact club like student union also participated and you can go around and count if you'd like there's a little over 100 baby trees and shrubs planted all about purchased by the Lorax club through the Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation District tree and shrub program some

140of our members in our community some families may have participated on Saturday April 27th there was an open to the community tree planting event at Buckland Park coordinated with the town of Brighton and again our bright teachers are very much involved from TCMS frezz the high school and also council rock students planted about 150 white pine and white spruce trees and the undeveloped southeast portion of Buckland Park family families were encouraged to be a part of that as well and then another tree planting project involved the Fred's tree huggers Club and the color color bright and green organization also planted I think just in the last few days I don't know if they got rained out but the jazz ensemble I was expected to play the lilac festival and I'm very sorry here that mother

141nature helping hands Club has been very active on these in the ice cream socials at both Council Rock and French Road as well as cooking dinner at the Ronald McDonald House on April 12 that was the Friday night that break began Laura Bogart is the advisor for that helping hands Club Courtney Stern and Andrea Doyle were working with some folks at MCC this fall where they were supporting some of our students who needed to successfully take a math placement assessment so Andrea and Courtney offered review classes developed a program a review program offered classes during flex time once a cycle I got the kids set up for a free online review began working with them through the problems to help them to be successful and in fact six students achieve the score necessary to enter

142MCC in that credit-bearing classroom math at Council Rock PE teachers Kristen Cooper one of the PE teachers there shared that council rocks been taking responsible risks creating imagining and innovating during their physical fitness activities some cardio drumming it's a great source of physical activity and is it effective aerobic workout because it increases the heart rate and blood flow and that they were also able to complete some rhythmic movement and drumming patterns to a variety of songs such as chicken dance or Uptown funk I am a you know some of those it was great seeing the students also working on habits like persisting striving for accuracy finding humor while drumming to the music concert rock students also learned about bike and pedestrian safety on physical education classes during the week of April 26th and that was

143in preparation of the very recent bike and walk to school week that we just had last week families were encouraged to walk or ride any day during the week to promote healthy lifestyle choices and the official old national bike and walk to school day was Wednesday May 8th and then finally and principal Tampa Tampa already announced this but I'll announce it again Council rocks very excited to announce that the school will be honored by the Institute of habits of mind with the recognition of being named an internationally certified habits of mind school of excellence it's a very rare certification to achieve and we believe we are the first primary school in the United States to receive this distinction rigorous process but really results for us far more important than a certain certification is that all

144members of council Rock the children and adults embracing the sixteen habits of mind as part of their everyday lives and an integral part of theirs our school culture and we believe these habits will help children reach their potential as learners problem solvers and citizens and a ceremony is being planned in June thank you so much our young person you know well said to me this morning you know it didn't work I thought so I had to be a flexible thinker particulate they're thinking so much harder than I need to discuss what there was a responsibility no we're having two events she was a flexible thing we could all use some flexible thinking I thought it was just so interesting and you hear that classroom to classroom classroom it's a part of how kids are living

145and learning at contract up through now it's influencing the work we're doing in our committees yes right that's right so thank you very much do we appreciate intermediate to stop being in this year to help out there are the PTO is important so thank you so much dr. make a super-dense report there's any great stuff still left now you've taken it all but I'm not sure if you've heard there's a vote on Tuesday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. is there any dinner and we hope people can come out and participate ok all right then we are one other item remaining on the agenda this evening our consent agenda with a few item items that we take care of motion please to approve the consent agenda so on second I'll move by Martin seconded by Karen

146we do not have any gifts listed this month so we will go ahead all in favor of the consent agenda any opposed thank you prior to a journey I will remind folks we've mentioned the June 11th meeting that's our final schedule Board of Education meeting for the school year so unless we need something to deal with something separately at that June 11th meeting one of the great things about it is it is a celebration night it's our ten-year reception that's a negative formally grant tenure to our teachers who are up for tenure so that's a wonderful night along with all the other things that we have to gather up in that final meeting of the year so the remaining folks of that may be pleased that have a motion to adjourn so we'll second move

147by Larry is seconded by Meyer of all in favor any opposed thank you everyone we're adjourned for the evening this has been a special presentation from the Brighton Central School District Board of Education you [Music]