001Hey, I'll pass it over to our superintendent um for retirement reception recognition. Good evening everyone. Um first I want to thank our food service department uh for providing the the cake and the punch. Make sure I have one left back there with some sherbet in it. If anybody could just my favorite. [Music] Um, tonight is a wonderful evening. Uh, but it's bittersweet. It is a time when we take a moment to pause and thank those who have made a difference in our district for so many years. Please accept accept my heartfelt congratulations and appreciation for your dedicated years of service. Tonight, we will honor 14 of our retirees in person. In all, over the course of these 12 months, a total of 18 staff members will have retired with a combined total years of service
002of 457 years. That's a lot of great years they given to our district. We have, as I said, 14 people to honor tonight. Um, the first person who we're going to be honoring is from the high school and it only made sense that this person um had one of her performance groups here to play for her tonight before we honor her. So, um, Mrs. Christine Reer is one of the first people we'll be honoring tonight. And our jazz ensemble is here to play a song for us tonight called Tow Rings. chart was selected by our trumpet players. Um, I gave them an assignment to find some new music and they went on JW Pepper and typed in toe come up as to ordered it and we fell in love with this piece. So, go figure.
003Um, it's gonna feature on drum set Eric Haitman, on guitar, and on piano. [Music] Okay. [Music] Hallelujah. My God. [Music] Thank you. One more round of applause. It is my pleasure to call up here Mrs. Pierella who will be recognizing our high school retirees this evening. Thank you. I'm gonna start with um Mrs. Reer who has dedicated the last 32 years of her life to Niagara School District and our students and I'm going to just share some of the amazing accomplish accomplishments she's done with our school and our students. It's just a glimpse of how amazing she is. Um, Miss Reader originally was from Nuda, Michigan and proud University of Michigan graduate. Started teaching at Niagara Reef High School in September of 1993. She was hired to teach one band high school brass and percussion
004lesson lessons at Tuscarora and Eric Road Elementary School and a pick orchestra for the M musicals. By 1996, the numbers in the high school band program grew so much that she started a second concert band, which lasted until COVID. Since 2020, Mrs. Reer has taught band, jazz ensemble, jazz club, pit orchestra, music theory, and all the high school instrumental lessons. Hundreds of her students have been selected to participate in the all county area, all state, and all state conference ensembles over the years. She has also inspired countless students to go to become performers and or musicians educators. Two former students presently are teaching in Niagara wheat field and others teach in Niagara Falls, Blackport, Newfane, Sweet Home, Danville and Buffalo Charter School and out of state. From 2003 to 2014, Mrs. Reer has hosted NISMA
005major organization festivals here at Na Rebuild for State Music Evaluations. Her concert and symphonic dance earned more than 20 gold and gold with distinction awards at such festivals that won many first place awards as outofstate competitions in Boston, Virginia Beach, Orlando, Chicago, and Atlanta. Over her 30 plus years, Mrs. Reer has worked with thousands of students on high school musicals as she's conducted 27 shows here at the high school, only taking time off for maternity leave. Mrs. This reader was the recipient of the Buffalo Philarmonic Orchestra Niagara County Music Educators Association Award for Excellence in Music Education in 2015. In 2018, her pit orchestra for the musical sister app won best orchestra performance at the Kenya Awards held at Chase Performing Arts Studio. Christine has adjuncted hundreds of students all over county NISMA solo festival
006has been band chair chairperson numerous times at all county and area all state festivals and was chair of the New York Allstate bands from 2018 to 2021 a professional trumpet player Miss Reader has performed with the Buffalo Philarmonic Orchestra has played shows at Sha's Riviera Theater and was a member of the Clarence summer orchestra and her symphony chickaga symphony buffalo buckle silver band and Erie County music educators wind ensemble. Mrs. Reer and her husband are head directors of American music abroad empire tour. They have taken hundreds of heads directors of American excuse me hundreds of music students to Europe the last four summers performing in Germany, France, Italy, Chenz Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Australia and Switzerland. Mr. Mrs. reader follows Norman Bishm Wallace Woodman and Leah Bersino and the line of high school band
007directors at we feel but she has the distinction of holding the position the longest although they couldn't be here tonight Christine would like to thank her husband Richard sons Eric and Andrew and daughter Katie for being so supportive team she couldn't have done without them and we'd like to thank you oursel for all the years you've given us Can I have to add one thing? um the the energy for so many of our meetings, for so many um activities that we hold at the school, for our opening days, wouldn't have had the energy if it wasn't for Mrs. Reer and the students that she's brought in. It it kicked off so many of our opening days. So, thank you. Next, I'd like to honor Mrs. Kathy Loveland, who has been with the district for 22
008years. Miss Lovelin was so kind and patient with all of our students. Mrs. Loveland was flexible and understanding when needed by her support from all areas of the building. Mrs. Loveland has always helped students meet the day-to-day expectations in the building, and we'd like to thank you for your dedication to all of us at the school and the district. We'd also like to thank Miss Burke who has been with the district for six years and is so lucky that she's still willing to come and sub for the high school. During her time at Niagara Refield, she has built many relationships with students. Miss Burke is often the adult building the students sought to seek discuss their problems with help and come up with some solutions. Mrs. Mrs. Burke was able to make connections with all
009of our students and staff during her time at the district and we are so thankful for you to continue that for subbing once in a while when you have a minute. So, thank you. Call Mr. Dominic Brley. Where is Mary Beldon? Mary Mary worked 24 years for the district and as a food service helper, bus attendant, and retired as the high school cook. She is a very organized individual and ran the high school kitchen very well. She was a team leader and was willing to help her co-workers anytime they needed it. One thing I learned about Mary was that she had a very dry sense of humor. And when she wanted to share the joke of the day with me, she would try to approach my office with a straight face, but would always burst
010out in laughter and ruin the punchline. And I always come to expect a joke or two the day every day we work together. Mary has a strong faith and I remember uh experiencing personally a health setback and I'll never forget no tears. No tears. Um first thing she did was uh wow this is hard. Come in group prayer in my office. I'll never forget that because that's what it's all about. I have been blessed to work with such a great individual and always cherish all the great memories we made in the high school kitchen. Mary, God bless you and enjoy your retirement with family and friends. Barb Sullivan. Barbara Barb worked 29 years for the district as a food service helper currently at the middle school and a district-wide subcook. She is always a positive
011individual willing to help anyone. Every time she was asked to subcook, it was never with any hesitation, no matter the location. Whatever the task given, Barb always made it look so easy, and her co-workers say she was always calm and easygoing um about any given situation. I know Barb is currently employed until the end of June, but I do want to share one thing with all of you that I recently learned about Barb after all these years. Uh oh, I got to look. Never did I know that she was a diehard Barbara Stryisan fan and preferred to be called Babs every morning. Barb, I truly have been blessed to have been able to work with you and share the laughter with all the great memories that were made. God bless you, Barb, and may you
012enjoy your upcoming retirement with friends and family. PS, do not forget to put your name on the sublist. Next we have Wesley. The first one is Bob Jasper. He's worked 36 years as our bus mechanic and he came back. He actually came back and drove for us after all those years and we've been lucky to have him as a mechanic. [Music] some Sandy Nisser has been a bus attendant and with Dominic also. She's been in the business for 29 years taking care of kids and been wonderful every morning with a smile. Sandy, come on up. Sandy worked 29 years as a district in the district as a food service helper, retiring from the high school kitchen. She was a great team player and multitask throughout the kitchen. When asked, she would report to other kitchens
013when we were short staffed. Sandy was, in case anybody never worked in the kitchen, Sandy was very famous for flooding the kitchen floor every time she emptied the three pot scene. It was like Niagara Falls every day. And when she did something wrong, she cuz my office is right across the three pot scene, she would always look up with those guilty guilty eyes. And I could feel someone like piercing my shirt or something. I would look up and it's Sandy and I'm like, "Oh god, what does she do now?" Never a dull moment. But we truly had the most fun in the high school. On behalf of the students, um, when she would be on the high school line serving the lunch, sometimes she would get so flustered that she would go to the students
014as they were waiting for the meal and she'd say, "What am I doing? What am I?" And the students would just shrug and look more confused than she was. And during those meal times, uh, on many occasions, you know, the student would ask for a chicken patty or a hamburger, and she would go ahead and bun, but there was nothing on the bun. Where's the meat? Where's the meat? Um [Music] yeah, Jiren Ticket. Jiren Ticket's been with us for 18 years. He's a bus driver. Smiling every morning, calling on the radio, talking about the kids. Everybody was happy to see her. She's back driving for us again. Sharon, come on up. Blessed mom. Okay, good evening. Tonight I'm here to talk about Heidi Aquino. Uh Heidi spent 22 years in the district, 16 of them
015working with me. When Heidi told me she was retiring well over a year ago now, I remember feeling quite strange. She was by my side for so many years of my career. And during those years, I was learning and growing as a leader. Heidi was more than a secretary during those years. She was my foundation. Heidi made sure things ran seamlessly in the office daily. Heidi made sure parents needs were met daily over the phone and in person. Heidi made sure the fish were fed and given TLC. Heidi came to work daily with a smile and was always in an upbeat mood. Heidi made sure. You get the point. Heidi was simply awesome at what she did. There were days before she left. I that I had a hard time emotionally. I'm not going to
016lie, when you lose someone like Heidi, someone that you can count on day in and day out in such a critical role, you worry as a principal. The good news is this ceremony is a year out from Heidi's actual retirement. And Wester is doing well and so is Heidi in her first year of retirement. So, all is good. Congratulations, And I can tell you Mr. Stack and I had to talk there off the ledge when we first found out about the news that I was retired. It's absolutely true. I'm here to speak about Linda D. Rose. Um, Linda has dedicated 23 years to Niagara field. I have had the pleasure of knowing her for the past seven years. Uh, Linda actually retired at the end of last summer. So, our office has felt her absence
017this she this last school year. Um, while I'm thrilled that Linda has been able to enjoy a muchdeserved retirement, I know that I speak for everyone when I say how empty our office feels with you gone. Linda, thank you for your years of dedication to the students and to our office. You are one of the best and I am so grateful to have worked closely with you. Best wishes. I really have a lot because like a lot of the others I we still come back we reach out. Anybody else want to hear the rest of the time? Actually going to be subbing in my office in a few weeks. Is that on video? Yeah, [Music] I'm going to do my best tonight to fill in for the entire Colonial Village Elementary School and recognize uh
018Shelley Smith this evening. Oh god. Ah, it's good. I told you. All right, let's take a minute to honor the one and only Shelley Smith. Truly a Swiss Army knife. She was the Swiss Army knife for Colonial Village and possibly all of Niagara Wheatfield. Shelly, be patient, Shelly. Swiss Army knife means you can do a lot of things. It means you can do a lot of things. Really good. Don't mean to interrupt. Shelley has been the guardian of the Laminator and the mastermind behind the hallways, transforming into the uh Buffalo Bills fan zone every single January. Shelley has played a vital role in every school that she's been a part of here in our district and always willing to lend a hand, showering love on all the kids and all of the individuals that she's
019worked with. She's had an incredible knack for locating that essential item that you didn't even know that you needed at 9:30 a.m. often from one of her many secret stashes or thanks to her uncanny I know a guy ability. [Music] She they say that you know a lot of that you have a lot of guy I know I know a guy always helpful and perpetually smiling unless someone dared to suggest taking down Josh Allen the cutout before the end of the season. We all knew better than to cross that line. That's right. Shel's been a true friend to both students and staff alike. And with her generous heart, sharp sense of humor, and her can do spirit, she's brightened every day here at Niagara Wheatfield. Shelley Colonial Village will miss your laughter, your unwavering dedication,
020and your bills themed decorating talents. Most of all, the building and the district will miss you. Congratulations on your retirement. You've earned every minute of it. Just don't be surprised if we reach out to you. You know, a lot of they said they come back. We'll call you after January after the Bills win the Super Bowl. All right. With that, congratulations. Next, Dr. Alison. Good evening. I'm here to talk about Moren Mack. Moren Mack began working at Niagara Reedfield in 2003. Sunshine Mac, as she's known in the business office, started at the front desk in admin and then moved to business office to work on the district's health insurance plans. And in 2017, she became district clerk. Moren was always the happy camper at work, always smiling, never complained, and had a great work ethic.
021She was so knowledgeable about her health insurance plans that she was actually teaching Highark a thing or two, and the administrator at Highark was going to steal her from me. I was like, "No, no, no." Moren retired last September and has since been trying to figure out how she had time to work full-time. She's been keeping busy traveling back and forth between Texas and Ohio to see her grandb babies, um, Cole Mason and her newest first little granddaughter, Bella. And I heard recently that you don't have to travel to Ohio anymore. You're only going to have to travel to Texas because her daughter and her family moved back home. So congratulations Moren on all your successes. Tonight I have the pleasure of honoring four very special individuals. Two who have served on this board of
022education and two who have served as administrators of the district. First, I would like to honor the great work of our student lazison to the board of education, Jonah Goldman. Along with being heavily involved at NW athletics, Jonah decided to dedicate some of his valuable time to being the student voice at the board of education meetings. There are certainly many adults who give pause to the idea of speaking at board of education meetings, but to do so twice a month for a year, now that's commendable. It was exciting to watch how Jonah learned to ne navigate the critical position he held at the board table. Jonah provided excellent updates to the board and provided a student perspective on important issues. Good leadership is often about actively doing and Jonah was an active participant in our
023CUB events and was a student leader at our bianual ecoampus revitalization projects. Jonah will certainly be missed. We wish him all the best in his college endeavors. On behalf of the entire board of education, I say thank you. You did an outstanding job. And I'd like you to come up here for one. Here's a certificate for John Goldman that you get to take. And this right here will be going um in the back on the back wall. You may notice, John, you have the last spot. So um pretty special place. We will have other but you got but you got the last you got the last congratulations. Up next, it's my absolute pleasure to boast about an individual who served this board of education with care, passion, and integrity. For the past nine years, Mrs.
024Julie FGO has served on the board of education. She has attended numerous conferences and legislative breakfast and served on multiple board of education committees. Mrs. Fagel actually served on the capital project committee prior to serving on the board of education. Her dedication to this committee has resulted in over $100 million of capital improvements over the past nine years. Most recently, Julia has acted as the chair of the board's policy committee. Taking on these additional leadership roles has meant more time dedicated to volunteering for our district. Remember, everything board members do is volunteer. We have been very fortunate in Niagara wheat field to have board members who have always put the interest of students first and Julie Fagel is a model of that compassion and caring for kids. Besides giving her time, look at Julie. Besides
025giving her time on the board, Julie also devotes time to assisting with our family support center, a cause for which she has incredible passion and has shown great commitment. Mrs. FGO assists in s sorting donations, providing additional time slots for families to pick up resources, and in true Julie fashion has collected donations from friends and has made countless personal contributions to the family support center. Cara Kirk, our family support center coordinator, shared with me that Julie builds wonderful, trusting relationships with families at the helping hand site. and some of those families even asked for her by name on the days she's not there. Prior to serving on the board of education, Julie gave an incredible amount of time to the parent teacher organizations. It was that volunteerism that inspired her to assist the district and
026run for the board of education. Julie does not crave the spotlight or attention that can come with being a board member. However, she always provides her thoughtful perspectives on every issue impacting our students and our school community. I have been most impressed with the consistent and professional way in which she handles the trials and tribulations of being a board member. I have the privilege of working very closely with seven people who collectively act as my boss. emails, texts, and personal phone calls seven days a week at all times of the day and night. Julie always took the time to consult with me on matters important to the district. However, I have to share that on numerous occasions, I would reach out by text, and some hunding texts were sent to just one individual based on
027the topic. On occasion when Julie would receive a text from me that read, "Hi, Julie. Please give me a call when you have a minute. No rush. She would respond with in caps. Am I in trouble? To which I would always remind Julie that she was my boss. Well, Mrs. Julie Fagel, you have been an incredible board member and steward for this school community. And is my sincere privilege to present you with an apple this evening as a token of our appreciation for all of your hard work and everything you've done for this district. Next, it's my pleasure to honor our assistant superintendent of finance and management, Dr. Allison Davis. Allison has served the district for 12 years. Dr. Davis came to the district at a time when Niagara Wheatfield was at the top of
028the controllers fiscal fiscal stress list, which is a fiscal stress rate with a fiscal stress rating, excuse me, of 88.3%. Allison is leading the district with a controller fiscal stress rating of 0% for the 2324 school year. Zero is a really good number when it comes to the stress rating. Really for nothing else. As the school business official in Irafield, Dr. Davis is responsible for both the general budget and the Tuscora Nation school budget. In her work with the Tuscora Nation school, Dr. Davis has been instrumental in helping secure funding from New York State for muchneeded capital project work at the Tuscora Nation School. Dr. Davis has also been responsible for managing funds provided through a contract with the New York Power Authority. It is fair to say that her position has required additional work
029in this district above and beyond that of a normal school business official position. Dr. Davis has handled all of that work with great proficiency and efficiency. Dr. Davis has managed the district budget in a way that provided for the following. And this all happened in her years here. The restoration of the AC of the academic programs, the restoration of modified sports and clubs at both the elementary and secondary levels. The addition of a state-of-the-art turf athletic complex, and now new tennis courts. Upgrades to our science and technology rooms. Creation of a technology reserve that has provided onetoone technology capability. the construction of a brand new auditorium expected to be complete in February of 2026. Dr. Davis has also rolled up her sleeves to assist with the bianual eco campus revitalization project. The work involves beautifying
030the campus, planting trees, restoring the repairarian zone near our cave of the creek, and building huga culture beds which recently were put in. She also worked diligently on the now approved application to utilize host community funds to build an educational node, boardwalk, and bridge along Cave Creek. I'm tired just thinking about it. This educational space will allow science classes improved access to the creek for environmental science work. The host community funds will also provide brand new playgrounds at three of our elementary schools. Dr. Dr. Davis has been honest and transparent in presenting the annual budget. Also, and perhaps hard to believe given her position, Allison actually has a sense of humor. She is certainly good for an appropriate workplace prank every now and then. Allison truly enjoys the important work she does and enjoys doing
031that with her colleagues. Dr. Davis operates on the principle of always doing what she believes is best for students in the district. She works until the job is done and done right. Allison has dedicated herself to the job every single day. Regardless of the challenges put in front of her, she always made work a top priority. She is a true professional who has gone above and beyond to make our district a better place. Tonight, it is my pleasure to present our assistant superintendent, Dr. Alison Davis and my colleague and friend with her retirement. The last individual I have the privilege of honoring tonight is Miss Liz Carreri. Liz started in this district 38 years ago as a teacher at the Military Road School. I would never ask, but I think she was 10 years old
032at the time. eight. She said eight. She then moved to Tuscar Nation School where she served almost her entire career in the last 27 years as principal. First and foremost, I think you'd be really hardressed to find a more caring, compassionate, understanding, empathetic, sympathetic, kind-hearted, thoughtful, and considerate human being than less carreri. your mom would be so proud. And what I think is most impressive is that Liz doesn't even see how truly unique she is. But instead, she believes her kindness is and should be the norm. As educators, is important to live by the rat the Latin phrase tabular rasa, meaning blank slate or clean slate. In other words, regardless of a student's poor behaviors or an adult's negative interactions, you always allow them to start fresh the next day without holding a grudge. In
033my career, I have not come across a single person who exemplifies this quality more than Liz Carreri. Leadership books almost always include a chapter related to the importance of building relationships. I believe Liz could write an entire book on this topic. During my 10 years working with her, I have marveled at the care she takes to build relationships. However, Liz doesn't stop with growing her own relationships, but instead works diligently to cultivate relationships of others. I am very proud of the relationships and collaboration our district has with the Tuscora nation. I am also thrilled at the way our district has further embraced the culture of the Tuscora nation. However, I must say that without the efforts of Liz Carreri, we would not be close to where we are today. With care and intent, Liz has
034regularly provided me and others with important information to help our understanding of the Tuscora nation and culture. Miss Carrer is the definition of a team player. As a leader of a team, it is important to highlight the strengths of those on those on your team. and assist them in the areas they need growth. Liz manages to excel at both of these important traits. She consistently highlights the positives of her students, staff, and school. I encourage you to go to the website and check out the Tuscora Times if you've never seen it. Liz always makes sure to invite colleagues to important Tuscore events and does so because she believes and is so excited to share the cultural activities and school traditions with others. Miss Carrera's incredible ability to connect with others has enabled her to assist,
035promote, and enrich the lives of staff and students in their prof professional and their personal lives. Finally, and most importantly, Liz is always always about putting all kids first. For those that don't know, Liz is a yoga instructor. Little plug for her place in Lewon. For the past 78 years, Liz has been teaching yoga in the mornings to her students and anyone else who wants to attend. Few years back, Mr. Serriani and I went there and stretched. We're still recovering. Yoga is just one of the many ways Miss Carreri connects with her students. It has been an opportunity for students to stretch their minds and bodies and build a positive rapport with their principal. Everything Miss Guerreri does for her students, and I mean everything, is because she loves them and cares about them. So,
036please join me in congratulating Miss Carreri. So, please join me one more time in congratulating and wishing all of our retirees a wonderful and long well-earned retirement. We not only honor our retirees tonight, we also recognize those people retired earning tenure. Tonight, um we have an opportunity to recognize those who are re receiving tenure in our district. Please know that we are proud to say that getting a certificated position in Niagara Wheatfield is not an easy task. We have many highly qualified individuals who apply. So those who get hired are truly top-notch. It is then these individuals job job to prove themselves and to prove us right for choosing them. The staff members tonight who will come in front of the board of education have done just that and we expect even greater things from
037them for the remainder of their careers. I'm going to call the names of our retiree is lovely. Me too. If you're in the audience I'm gonna ask you to please stand hold your applause and we'll give them all a nice round of applause. We have Gina Knox Lauren. Okay, go ahead. I got a bunch of Laura Chernoff. Rachel Venturan, Sierra Senor, Ellie Stoa, Monique Jackson Smith, Ashley Smith and Kurt Michelle Wing See, thank you, Superintendent. Uh on behalf of the board, um congratulations once again to our retirees and our new uh tenure position uh individuals. We are grateful for you. Uh your your work is uh you know a great gift that you give to our community and on behalf of the district uh we appreciate you and wish you the best uh in your
038retirements and in your careers to come. Uh so with that uh we'll take a few minute uh recess um so you can grab a little more punch and uh mingle a little bit and then we'll re about 5 to 10 minutes. Nice to see. Good evening board members. My name is Amaya Henderson and I'm a senior this year. I've been very honored to serve on the diversity, equity, and inclusion and education board here at Beachfield for three years now. I have also been a part of the Gay Straight Alliance for four years, serving as president for the last three. These activities to me exemplify the very best of Niagara field. This community is one built upon inclusivity, empathy, and diversity. Working with these groups, we've worked tirelessly to make NW a better, safer place for
039everyone. We focus on building community using restorative circles, which I believe can have an incredible impact. But unfortunately, these tools can only do so much. Last Friday after school, the Gay Streeter Alliance placed decorations around the senior high in celebration of Pride Month, including three pride flags. By Monday afternoon, two of the three flags were taken down, and by Tuesday morning, all three had been taken. One was stolen by a student to be used as a quote unquote fire starter, while the other was found near a garbage can. One is still unaccounted for. While deeply disturbing and upsetting to me and many others, this is not particularly surprising. Actions similar to these have occurred every year of my four at the high school and are now something expected by members of the LGBTQ plus community.
040When decorating the school last week, instead of being to fully enjoy celebrating our community, one of my friends from the GSA asked, "What are we going to do when the flags get torn down?" I tried to be hopeful, telling them that that shouldn't happen, that people would understand the consequences. Clearly, that's not the case. Our community should not have to worry about hateful actions such as these. The GSA wants to make NW a safe space for all students, but we cannot do this when we do not feel safe ourselves. The NWHS student handbook states that learning happens when people's heritage, culture, and beliefs are respected. According to that statement, learning simply cannot happen without a stricter enforcement of a hate speech and hateful acts policy. Based on my understanding of the handbook, actions such as
041the vandalism of pride flags could fall under discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation, which is covered under the New York State Dignity for All Students Act, also known as DASA. NW follows a progressive discipline plan, which grants students different punishments based on their disciplinary record. Though this is all stated in the student handbook, LGBTQ plus students as well as other marginalized students fear hateful acts constantly and have come to expect perpetrators to receive no real punishment. I firmly believe that when it comes to purely hateful acts such as the ones I've previously mentioned, the most serious punishments need to be implemented first. NW must strictly enforce a zero tolerance policy for hate to ensure the safety of all students. DASA also states a focus on prevention of harassment and discrimination behavior, discriminatory behaviors through
042the promotion of educational measures meant to positively impact culture and climate. I strongly believe that this education can and should begin at the elementary level. Through working with the equity board, I have learned that it's more than possible to achieve this goal, but it requires a lot of support from the district. LGBTQ plus history should be taught just the same as the history is of any other marginalized groups. Giving elementary students a base level understanding of our community will promote further empathy and understanding, opening the door to more conversations in the future with less hostility. This education should begin as soon as possible for the safety and security of all NW students. I love my time at Niagara Mobile. Our community is truly a safe place. I want everyone to have the opportunity to enjoy
043their time as much as I did while leaving the school better than it was. One of the core pillars of being a Falcon is respect. All students must feel this respect from their peers or it's impossible for them to give it back. My friends, your children, your students should not have to go to school afraid of the hate they might have to witness or even be victim to. For the safety of all Falcons, I encourage you to think about the words I've said tonight. Thank you very much for your time. Okay, moving on to our consensus agenda items. Call for a motion to accept items um one through nine of consensus agenda items. Uh, I'll make the motion. I have a motion. Second. Have a motion and seconded. All those in favor, please say I.
044I. Opposed. Motion carries. Um, on to our personnel items. Was there anything to separate? No, we recommend all items. I'll call for a motion then to accept personnel items uh 1 through 31. Motion. Second. It's been moved and seconded. All those in favor, please say I. I. Postained. Motion carried. Moving on to our standing committees. Um projects committee. Yes, we had a meeting today at the auditorium. We actually got a tour of it. It is uh it's starting to really take shape. Um we we actually were on the stage looking out and we could see like the upper deck and and down below it's starting to really look really nice. I it'll be great when we get it open because it's really going to be a really nice auditorium. And other than that, we are
045doing some other projects. Um what is the tech wing for the high school? They're going to be working on that. And then there's some other other construction projects like in main office at the high school and couple others that they're going to be working on over the summer. That's about it. Very good. Thank you. Uh for policy committee we have the first reading of three different policies. Um policy 5685 the max temp for buildings and facilities. Policy 7513 medication and personal care items and 7521 students with lifethreatening conditions and inflaxis. Um we don't need a motion on that. Correct. Let's just go ahead. Okay. Uh moving on to our exeicio student members report. Um so obviously this is I believe my second report should be new which is very excited to teach in the ropes
046and jump into this new school year. Um but I also just want to thank everybody and all the teachers and principal administrators and everybody who's supported me and not just me and my decision opinions but also the students behind it as well. Um it's not necessarily you be the voice of such a large group of people but you have all made me feel very welcome and very heard if that makes sense. I see physical change and I can look at something after maybe a few days, sometimes even the day after the meeting, I can see the change and know deep down that that's because of how well you guys handle and I really appreciate that. Um, on a separate note, um, you guys I I had mentioned or I I had intended to mention the
047water fillers and fountain you guys already. It's just another example. I didn't even tell you guys on that. It's It just hasn't. I don't really know how long it takes to fix that. Just following that idea. Um, another thing, this necessarily doesn't concern me, but um, there I believe was a no phone law passed in New York State as of the next school year. I believe started August. Um, there were a lot of concerns from the juniors and sophomores just about handling emergency situations. um because at the beginning of the year I don't need to bring that up but the mistake that we had with the operations and with the the technology locked up. Um so like in one of those situations not having a phone can be very dangerous. It can be beneficial. Absolutely.
048Um but also you know if their swim stuff or their bag for sports or their cleats or or whatever. Um it can be more difficult to contact the parent, especially given that being a student and seeing calls from the school, the parents don't always want to pick up, you know, it's it's just like, oh, okay, maybe school off the mountain or something like that. So, it can be sort of dicey in that regard. Um, another note, I just want to congratulate the spirit of sports and all the teams that participated there. Um, I I believe the only track, but um, everyone's did very well. So, congrats to everybody and also congrats to everybody who got their tenure and tagging very exciting. It's it's great to hear, you know. Um, And also great job to the
049guys. They put a lot of such like an important fight. They really hammered it out. Lastly, just to sort of finish out how I began, I just want to thank you guys. You've all been great in the different committees and meetings and budget meetings. Um it's it's been a ride, but it's been a good one. So thank you all. Thank you John for your report and thank you for serving uh not just us here and thank you for serving classmates and community appreciate that. Uh I don't have anything additional for president's report and move to superintendent's report. Great thank you. um the reorganization meeting for July 2nd. Um it sounds like everybody's um in favor of moving that start time. So the start time of the reorder meeting on July 2nd will be 5:00 p.m.
050Okay. And then the so the reorder starts at 5 and the um uh regular meeting will start right at 4. Okay. Um there's a document on the website for those that don't know. Um under the high school with all of the different senior events on them. Um please click on the website and you can see this document has all the dates, the times of everything happening. Um, for seniors, I know it was sent out to families as well, but for anybody else looking, the grades in there, um, you know, just everything important for seniors, every day is included in this packet. It's on our website. And if you haven't looked at the new website, please take a look because it really is fantastic. our uh curriculum and tech in curriculum instruction technology um director and
051assistant director of technology put a lot of work into that and it's really awesome. It's it's made it it's what we've wanted that website to look like for a really long time and um so please take a look. the um June 18th meeting, board of education meeting is going to be held in the library. Okay, we're going to move that to the library. There'll be exams taking place here. So, we've last year we held it in the same place. We're going to hold it there again this year. So, that's the June 18th meeting. And although I don't normally do this, I'm going to because um I get to work with Amaya. I usually don't comment on comments, but um you've been fantastic um on in our equity and uh education steering committee and um we
052really miss you. We appreciate it all the work that you've done. Um you know, one of the things that I would say is this. Um I've been in a number of school districts and none are perfect, right? And we have a lot of work to do. Um I think we always have a lot of work to do. And whether that's um people disparaging people because they're members of the LGBTQ um community, whether that's because of their color of their skin or because of their gender. None of that's ever okay. Um one of the things that's always difficult I think for students is you just you just never know what the discipline is for things either, right? I mean, you never know. You often don't know what people's past discipline history is. So, um I think
053it's hard for people to to know what's right, you know, as far as um discipline, uh regarding those. One of the great things about schools these days is stuff like that that's done whether they're ripping down a pride flag, tearing other things off a board, breaking a window, all almost all of those things are captured on our cameras and we're able to then follow through with discipline and um and we do. And to to the final point, you know, um teaching tolerance is a really important thing that we do at all levels in all of our schools, and we do it differently based on the age of our students, but we can continue to work on that. And I will say that the um our subcommittee group has done a lot of work in that
054area as well. And and and I thank them for all of that work. Really important. And um Jonah again tonight, you did an incredible job presenting, representing um we we we're certainly going to miss you and we appreciate all the work that you've done for us um in that seat. So, thank you. Okay. Thank you. Uh no items uh reports to the board. Um, any items for board discussion, old business, new business? Okay. Uh, public comments. Open the floor for any public comments. Very well. Uh, open it to board member comments. Yeah, I just want Jonah, you've done an excellent job. You're the next generation of leaders. you've done a job representing the students and we thank you for that. I want to thank and congratulate everyone who was tenure and all the retirees and
055uh they've done a great job for our district and u I hope they have a safe retirement but thank you all. I think everyone uh echoes the sentiment of Rick. We appreciate everyone and uh thank everyone for coming out tonight, retirees and uh those who up for tenure and thank you for everyone who uh sticks out these meetings with us. Um with that, I'll call for a motion to executive session. Make a motion. Second. and others.