001I didn't unmute the channel. So, that was the problem. It's unmuted now though, so hopefully you can hear me blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Oh, that I didn't unmute the channel. Yeah. They took him to urgent care. They put in a sling, did the X-ray, and said it was broken. And he did come back. So, I was happy about that. But then she's like, "Yeah, it's not just broken." They also dislocated it and reset it. Like, oh god. [laughter] I'm so sorry. His brother's like, "Oh, he's just exaggerating. He's fine. But then when I saw him, my son Troy went and picked him up on the four-wheeler, it was like, "Yeah, that doesn't look fine." >> It's like, "That doesn't look okay." >> Like camera. No, not yet.
002We'll begin with the presentation of the 2026 2027 safety hearing with Mr. Watson. >> Our annual district safety hearing. Um we're required to hold it once a year. Um just some small updates, no large changes this year. Um the biggest change as part of NISAD law in September of 2025, we're required to incorporate Disha's law, which is a cardiac arrest response plan into our district-wide building level safety plans. We've done that. We submitted the plan. It was accepted. We are now in compliance with it. Um otherwise, our plans were accepted submitted. There was just a few language things and contact updates. No big revisions aside from Disha's law. Um all of our drills for the year have been completed. That includes lockdown and fire drills districtwide. And um our workplace violence prevention plan annual review
003was completed. We had no incidents and there were no changes to the plan. So it was a pretty quick review. That's it. Any questions from the board? I tried. You're My daughter has Yes. All right. Order >> to the flag of the United States to the republic for it. >> We'll have the end of the year report on athletics with Mr. Iwanco. What? It's already on. It's already muted. >> Good evening, members of the board of education and superintendent, Mr. Certicio. Thank you for the opportunity to let me present on our spring athletic programs and for your continued support of our student athletes this spring. Eden Athletics offered 18 teams across the varsity, JV, and modified levels. These opportunities allowed for nearly 300 students to represent Eden while developing skills, friendship, and school pride. Our
004goal remains the same each season to provide as many opportunities as possible for students to get involved and experience the benefits of athletics. This spring, 294 students in grades 7 through 12 participated in athletics. That represents approximately 50% of our student population, and that is an increase from last spring. We're proud of that growth and the continued interest our students have in being being a part of our athletic programs. When half of the students are involved in athletics, it creates stronger connections to school teammates, and the overall Raider community. Academically, our student athletes continue to excel. All of our varsity teams earn scholar athlete team recognition, meaning over 75% of each team maintain a 90 average or above. This year's winner for this spring were a boys tennis team that had 97.08 team GPA. We
005also had over 107 individual scholar athletes this spring. Our goal isn't just to build better athletes, it's to build successful students. This spring was filled with many accomplishments that made us proud to be Raiders. While the wins and achievements are important, what stands out most is the dedication, perseverance, and sportsmanship our student athletes demonstrate throughout the season. Our athletes represent Eden with class both on and off the field, and our coaches continue to provide outstanding leadership and support. Some accomplish accomplishments that were meant this spring include baseball was recognized as the Dan Smolinsky team sportsmanship award which was voted by the league umpires. Girls lacrosse won the league sportsmanship award as well as the won the class D division during the regular season. Lyanna Sergeant reached the 100 uh career stolen base mark for her
006career. Kobe Jenko became the leading scoreer for the boys lacrosse team. Kelsey Barrett set the school record for career points with 310 in girls lacrosse. Her sister Haley reached 100 career points as well this year. Gia Fodor placed second in the class C championship in the 800. Savannah Phillips placed fifth in discus at the class C championship. We also held our spring signing day where four more students committed to playing at the collegiate level. The true measure of success a successful season isn't just found on the scoreboard. It's found in the growth of our students. And while we are most proud of the character our athletes displayed, that commitment to excellence was also reflected in some outstanding postseason results. That dedication and hard work carried over into the postseason play where several of our teams
007continue to represent Eden at the highest level. Our boys lacrosse team advanced all the way to the class D championship game, finishing as class D runnerup. Our girls lacrosse team captured another class D championship and has now won three of the last four class D titles, continuing one of the most successful runs in program history. We also celebrated our student athletes, our senior student athletes at our 22nd annual senior sports banquet held last Thursday. We recognized their accomplishments, leadership, and contributions to Eden Athletics. Um, if you're lucky to be there, I know Mr. Certiser was lucky to be there. Miss Delipensa was too. It's truly a remarkable event where you get to see uh the coaches and the relationship that is built between coaches and players with the speeches that are presented. So, if I
008recommend anyone, it's it's a truly good experience for all us all. Statistics, championships, and awards tell part of the story. The greater impact of ath ath athletics is how these experience help shape our students as leaders, teammates, and young adults. One of the best way to understand that impact is to hear directly from a student athlete. At this time, I'd like to in invite CC Clark to share her experience and what Eden athletics has meant to her. >> Good evening, everyone. Eden Athletics has been a large part of my life since I was born. My brother participated in youth summer programs and I grew up on the athletic fields. As I reached high school, I was called up to varsity for both soccer and lacrosse freshman year. I knew it was going to be a
009challenge, but I was ready for it. As I learned the importance of hard work and how to persevere when times got tough, everyone would show up even when we were sore or tired and continue to give it our best effort. With being on a team with older girls, I was able to learn that success doesn't come overnight and you have to work hard for what you want. I was able to look up to my teammates and build friendships with girls from other grades. I was able to expand my circle and build new relationships. Some of my past teammates are now my best friends and I am still in contact with many of them. My teammates became the friends I could count on. When I had a bad day or when I needed to talk, they
010were always there for me. The bonds that were created over the team dinners, the bus rides, and the games are truly unbreakable, and I will cherish them forever. Of course, not every moment was perfect. There were losses and failures and sometimes not every moment is how you envision it to go in your head. But you learn from these mistakes and make yourself a better player and teammate. Now being the senior and being one of the older girls on the team, I try my hardest to be the ones that the girls look up to and set the best example I can. I learned to be a leader and how to be a better teammate. I learned to always have a smile on my face because you don't know who will need to see when that day.
011And I learned that being an athlete is a great opportunity, but being a human comes first and to always take care of myself. I have always felt supported by my coaches and my teammates and feel so comforted by everyone around me. They have helped me gain confidence in myself and showed me what I am capable of when I fully can commit to it. One of the things I am most grateful for is how athletics has prepared me to play at the collegiate level. The countless hours of trainings, the extra practices, and the tough schedule of games have given me a taste of what it's of what's to comes next beyond high school. I have learned that having a positive attitude, hard work ethic, and being a good teammate is so much more than having good
012stick skills. Being on being good at the sport helps, but being able to enjoy your time makes the sport 10 times better. At Eden, I am always so excited to go to practice because we can have a good time while also being productive and getting work done. Everyone there has the same goal, to make it as far as we can in the season. For lacrosse this year, we did just that. We won the section 6 class D championship and we were able to go on and play in a regional game. Being able to continue the season with my teammates was an amazing experience. I'm lucky to say that I have been able to experience this three times. The teams I have been a part of at Eden have won three section 6 class D championships
013with the lacrosse program. While my athletic career at Eden has come to an end, the lessons, memories, and friendships will stay with me forever. Being an athlete at Eden was so much more than getting on the field to play in a game. It gave me experiences that have helped shaped my character and who I have become. Because of what I've learned from Eden Athletics, I feel confident and prepared for the next chapter, both as an athlete and as a person. Thank you. >> Thank you again, Cece. She truly represents what Eden Raider is all about. um she had a cool moment at our our senior award banquet where she won our coaches award and she got to be presented by her dad who's sitting next to her. So it was just a cool moment to
014hear the stories and I don't know how did you know about it or no? No. So it was a good surprise but it was just a really one of those really cool moments at that senior banquet that definitely was proud of. So thank you again >> Jay I seem to remember someone else that won a coaches award that went on to play at Satan Hill too. >> I do. I wonder who that could be. >> Good luck. [laughter] Um her story is a great reminder uh that athletics are about much more than competition. They help students build confidence, develop leadership skills, overcome challenges, and create lifelong memories and friendships. The success of our programs is a direct result of the dedication of our athletes, coaches, families, and support staff, and I'm grateful for that all
015they do. At Eden, we are committed to continue to provide uh experiences that help our students grow both on and off the field. Before we go, I always like to close with just a little slideshow. Hopefully it works. Thank you again for your continued support of Eden Athletics and go Raiders. Thank you. Next up is Mrs. Laroso with Science of Reading Updates K through five. Go ahead. >> Good evening. We are happy and excited to be here to present GLP and Eden Elementary's progress around the science of reading state initiative. We've been working on this for two years. Um, I'm here with Sue Weeberg, AIS teacher at Eden Elementary School, Tiffany Pop, AIS teacher at Eden Elementary School, and Sarah O'Brien, second grade teacher at GLP, who are our elementary instructional leaders, and they started
016that position at the beginning of this year. They are also our representatives at the Bosey's multi-year science of reading reading symposium where they went once a month for the past two years to receive intensive training around science of reading. So this year in their roles of instructional leader they've done run wonderful work deepening their understanding of science of reading practices and most importantly sharing their knowledge with colleagues through professional development. These practices have improved reading instruction and increased student outcomes and they are going to share some details on that work. >> Okay, great. >> Thank you. Thank you so much for letting us present at the as the instruct instructional leaders for the past year. We have been very busy. First, we have attended all the science of reading symposiums for the last two years.
017We went once a month to gain valuable information about teaching kids how to read. Then, we took all that information and we organized our first full day of staff development that focused around fluency. We also held three afterchool professional development sessions to inform all kindergarten through fifth grade students. We broke them down into groups and we had individualized skills that um we asked them to incorporate in their in their yearly um teaching. Um and we'll get into that a little bit more. And in addition, we held ongoing meetings throughout the year to inform and implement evidence-based reading strategies. And as a culmination, we collected data and added more frequent benchmarking to monitor our students success. Thanks. Hello, I'm Tiffany Pop. So, I'm going to present to you and discuss a little bit about what we
018do as instructional leaders. So, one of our jobs as an instructional leader is the responsibility to foster public relations around the reading curriculum that we use in each school. Both the GLP and the Eden elementary schools hold various events throughout the year included but including but not limited to some of the ones you see up here. Share your love through reading night, the readathon. We try to send home parent information, holding AIS information nights. We also try to give reading incentives for reaching early steps. This sometimes involves neighboring businesses like Dairy Queen that we get involved. Reading incentives for summer reading programs. And last but not least, sharing information with the Eden PTA so that they can push out information through their social media websites as the information on the science of reading is fairly
019new with things that are upcoming daily. So this is just some slides and some pictures of one of our events that we hold your share your love through reading night. On this night we have our um teachers volunteer along with community members to read to students. Students will pick a topic that they're interested in. PTA sponsors it and um they come they get a little reading buddy and they come for snacks. They come and read and this is a night where we're involving the whole community. So, we're trying to involve community leaders to read and we're inviting families to come in so they wear their pajamas, bring stuffed animals. We try to really make it as fun as possible so that they can enjoy reading and see the love of reading. We also do something
020like the readathon and the GLP also has a reading night too. Um, we also do something called the readathon where kids come and read on the front lawn. We do different stations in between. We give away prizes. Again, the community is involved. We write them and ask them to give incentives, reading incentives. So places like New Era or Dairy Queen, um Tim Hortons all donate for this day. And the kids just love reading. We're really trying to through our program, we're really trying to install a love for reading. Another job that we have as instructional leaders is to assist teachers in reading and interpreting data reports. Those can change monthly from the different companies that we get reports from. So, we need to stay updated on the way the reports look. New this year, before
021we came upon winter and spring reading benchmarking, we helped teachers to progress monitor their whole class and reading fluency to see how their class was doing. Afterwards, we looked at the teachers class fluency scores with the classroom teacher to see if there were any concerns and to see how much growth was made overall. Then classroom teachers were able to target the students who really needed to concentrate on that fluency, reading fluency, because we know that's the most important determining factor for our students reading ability later in life. Both the GLP and the Eden Elementary School hold data meetings to discuss students results and possible placement in AIS reading or possible dismissal from AIS reading services. Another one of our instructional leader responsibilities is to host formal and inform informal professional development on a new reading
022program including an ELA instruction. This year we did not have a new reading program that we were instructing teachers in. We do help with the current ELA modules and the ERA program, but we did attend the reading curriculum meeting in January to help out to help pick out the new eating Eden. I'm sorry to help pick out the new elementary reading series program. So next year we're going to be deep diving deep into this no new program called magnetic literacy. Lastly, another of our instructional leader responsibilities is to host many professional development and sessions on the science of reading instruction. The next slide shows the main sessions that we led that Mrs. Weber already discussed. However, there were many more smaller sessions that went on behind the scenes, both one-on-one with teachers and in small
023groups. And now I'm going to turn over the presentation to Sarah O'Brien who will be discussing the science of reading and the strategies we focused on this year. >> The science of reading is not a curriculum per se. Rather, it's a large body of research drawing from cognitive science, linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, and education. It's comprised of the six pillars that you see above. Oral language, phmic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The pillars work together to improve reading to improve reading, emphasizing knowledge building and a rich language exposure in all classrooms. Instruction based on science of reading is explicit and systematic. All skills build on each other and they are explicitly taught. In addition to the work that we do in the classroom, working together with colleagues and families improves the outcome where every stu
024student becomes a confident and capable reader. Consistent training of teachers, professional development, and ongoing coaching are the essential components to implementing an evidence-based science of reading aligned instruction. In our initial professional development day at the start of the 2526 school year, we announced our focus and that was fluency. Fluency consists of three main components: accuracy, pace, and expression. During that dayong PD session, we introduced to our colleagues four different strategies, encouraging them to implement implement at least one into their classroom routines. This year we introduced poetry, repeated reading, diad reading, and reader theater. In a survey of our teachers, 100% of those surveyed introduced poetry and repeated reading into their uh daily curriculum. 80% introduced diad reading and 40% introduced reader theater. In my own classroom, I introduced the occasional reader theater, but I consistently
025practice diad reading and poetry for 10 to 15 minutes each day. Every day, I taught poetry in an explicit, systematic, and consistent way. We focused on the components of fluency, pace, accuracy, and expression, as well as the elements of poetry: format, rhyme, rhythm, imagery. My students not only enjoyed the poetry lessons, but also benefited from the consistent daily fluency practice. One of my students, Satie Long, why don't you come on over here, Satie Long, they want to see you. [laughter] Satie improved her oral reading score by 83 words per minute that this year. That's almost double where she came in. I'd like to introduce Satie now. O'Brien second grade class. I really like reading poems. We read the same poem for a week and on Friday we perform it to someone. Here's one of my
026favorite poems from January. Snowball. I made myself a snowball as perfect as could be. I thought I'd keep it as a pet and let it sleep with me. I made it some pajamas and a pillow for its head. Then it ran away, but first it wet the bed. Thank you. We'd like to also discuss our overall Yeah. Um data which I uh collected we did as a team. Um first the kindergarten we collected at the beginning of the year in September when our kindergarteners came in we looked at letter sounds. Okay. So they were at 33% they love kindergarten at 79%. We give the exact same assessment in September as we do in the spring and we usually do it in May. May >> and that that 79% is 79 kids off bench. 79 Oh
027yeah bench. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah. And it it is a total composite of the whole grade level. So everyone that is in kindergarten was in the data. Um our first grade we looked at nonsense words. So we looked at how kids sound three letters together in a consonant vowel consonant strategy. and they started at 78 and they went to 88%. Our second through fifth grade, we focused on our fluency where children read a passage and we would mark for one minute how many words they read per minute. Um, all of our grade levels went went up. Um, a golden like status from like the reading league is 80% and that was really our goal for everyone. So, we still have one more year. We're going to get it up there and get it up
028to 80%. So, and that includes all of our students, the whole core cohort of the class. Um, that incl concludes our uh presentation for tonight. Thank you. >> Thank capital project planning presentation, young and right campus construction. So, while our partners are are getting set up, I just want to uh draw everyone's attention to the screen. Am I on? Okay, my green light's on. Okay. Um, this is an infographic that came from the thought exchange that we did earlier this year. And you'll recall that the the the leading question was, you know, what what the community would like to see in a future um capital project. What you're going to hear tonight is that a lot of these words that that are uh on this on this I guess it's called an infograph graphic, maybe
029it's called a word graphic, um are really either um being addressed currently will be addressed in the the next phases of our current project or being planned for in uh in phases for a future project. So where you see leaking is the biggest word there, that means can we please stop the roofs from leaking? Yes, including in the cafeteria during the athletic awards. And you said, did you hear the giggling? I thought people were just laughing at my jokes. Um, so this summer, currently the Eden Elementary roof is is under repair. Um, and then we're going to move on to the middle high school roof and you know, there we're going to have some discussions about the GLP roof as well. So hopefully within the next couple years, all of our roofs are relatively new
030and warrantied for anywhere from 20 to 30 years. Okay, water being the next uh largest word you see there that has to do with water remediation based on our our lead results and I see Joe Far uh is in the back here. Thank you to Joe for having a plan to address uh any water issues, water remediation issues we have. Um that work is is going on currently and we'll continue on through this summer and and the months ahead as need be. hot, heat, air, air conditioning, music, auditorium, foyer, classrooms, bathrooms, etc., etc. You're going to hear the presentation you're here, you're going to hear in a moment is going to address um if not all most of most of uh what we learned from that thought exchange. Okay. So, I'm going to stop sharing
031here and get out of the way of the folks who are here to do the presentation. All right. Thank you everyone for having us here tonight. We're going to go through the presentation on the current capital project and a future capital project here at Eden Central Schools. Uh I am Ashley Jwitt. I'm an associate at Young and Wright Architectural and let everyone introduce themselves. >> I am David Ber, campus construction project executive. Sarah Wilder with campus project manager. >> Luke Lundine with campus assistant project manager. >> Okay, our agenda for today, like I said, we're going to go through the current capital improvement project. We'll go through the current phases, the scope and the schedule, and then we'll move on to the future capital improvement project. We'll go through that schedule and scope. And then
032at any time, comments and questions, feel free to stop us anytime um and we'll go through and try to get your question answered. All right, I'm going to turn this over to Luke. He's going to go through the current capital improvement project. >> Hello everyone. How are you doing? Here to give an update on the current projects going on in the district right now. At the elementary school, we have had our roofing contractor back on site for the last couple weeks. They've done a very good job in removing a good portion of the wet insulation and are now working on infilling those areas with new insulation. When those areas are complete, they will go over the entire roof with the white coating that you see in the bottom right here. the project schedule. They were
033back at the beginning of June and plan to finish up early this summer in time for closeout in the fall and final cost reports in December. Phase one, which is here at the middle high school. Um, in March, Campus and Young and Wright, helped facilitate a bid where we selected two contractors. Weaver Metal and Roofing will be completing the roof replacement here. And Thman Ashvalta and Paving will be completing the parking lot replacements. Since we had favorable bids, we were able to include the auditorium lot out here to be replaced this summer as well. Uh both contractors have been on site since the bid reviewing logistics and preparing for construction this summer. Both contractors Weaver and Thman plan to start at the end of school here. This is a two-year project. The roof replacement is
034scheduled for two years this summer and next. The parking lot replacements are currently scheduled to be complete in one summer this summer. And then project closeout is scheduled for the end of 2027. And I will turn it over to Sarah Wilder. >> All right. Phase two of the 2024 capital improvement project is happening at the GLP. Um scope includes the parking lot replacement, some sidewalk replacement and lighting replacement. Um we'll be renovating the prek classrooms. Uh replacing some flooring, which is not on here. Um some restroom renovations and then door and relief air work. Um here you can see photos of the parking lot. It's in pretty rough shape. and then the existing classrooms. So the project schedule um we got SED approval back in May um and we'll plan it we're planning to bid
035in the fall. Um so you see here we got SEDD submission. We're kind of in a lull right now where we're um finalizing the documents and then we we typically wait for like August, September, October to bid so that we get favorable favorable results. Um and then construction will happen over the next year. Um with most of the work happening next summer. Uh close out will be in October, November of next year and we'll close out in December. Here's some photos of the prek classrooms. um just outdated finishes. Um you'll see here in the next photo, so you saw in the previous photos, there's a lot of tall storage cabinets, which a lot of people cannot access, teachers and students alike. Um so moving into the new proposed renderings, which you see on the screen,
036a lot lower storage, good for the little ones, um you know, to sort of get in there. a lot of different stations to do pretend play and things like that in the classrooms, new updated paints and ceilings and flooring um to sort of fit more with a a full prek classroom as opposed to kind of the um just big wall of storage that they have right now in these spaces. Okay. And then potential, we have potential to have a phase three. Um this is depending on how phase 2 bids come in in the fall. Um so potential scope for that project would be the roof replacement as Jeff mentioned. Um some roof exhaust fan replacements and crawl space repairs. Um so again if bids come in favorable um we'll build a phase three project and
037bid it next year. Hopefully get some more work done. On to the future project. I'll turn it back to Ashley. Yeah. >> Okay. So, this is going to be going through the potential scope for a December 2026 capital improvement referendum vote. And Dave's going to run through the schedule quickly here. Okay. I'm going to talk about two items, the schedule and the approximate cost for this project. So, first, planning a project takes a long time. To have shovels in the ground is about two years from when we originally start planning the project. The schedule that you see on the slide here is the pre-referendum schedule which shows a community referendum vote in December. We've previously presented to the board in February and we have two more presentations to do to help solidify the project. There
038are requirements for seeker the resolution for the scope of work and from there legal notice that takes 45 days to get to that. We have to have the board adopt the seeker in October of this year. Okay. As far as the approximate cost of the project, we've preliminary determined that we can do a prop one and it looks like it's going to be no cost tax impact. A flat project for $23 million with no tax impact. no additional tax impact I should say. Um that would use a small portion of the capital reserve fund. The other items on here prop two this is all conceptual right now for everyone here. It's concepts on what the appetite is for the board, what the appetite is for the voters in the school district. Conceptual cost. It shows
039you how much you can get versus how much a tax impact. So, there's various items that we can do to modify that or not do it at all. Any questions from the board on the cost or add to that? Real quick, so the per $100,000 home, that's assessed property value. So, it's not market value what your house is currently worth, it's what it's assessed at, >> which is substantially less. Okay. And then moving into the potential scope uh at the Eden Elementary School, we're looking at completing the rest of the classroom renovations that were not renovated previously in the capital projects. Renovating the nurs's office space like Jeff had said previously. Um renovate renovating the MEP system. potentially adding air conditioning to um either classrooms or larger uh spaces like we're in now, library, main
040office, things like that. Doing some exterior door upgrades and building masonry, some bathroom renovations in the school, and then some stair replacements. And then here at the middle high school, the auditorium and entry upgrades, guidance suite renovations, more bathroom renovations here, additional air conditioning as well at the high school. And then um what Dave had just went through for the proposition two would be the sports facilities upgrades. So that's basically the second part of the vote. And potentially we could do the highest value. Um I'm just going to go back here previously. Um for option number one, which is around a $14 million um scope, option two would be somewhere in the middle. We could take some of the expensive items, some of the less expensive items, and sort of do a combination. And then
041option number three would just sort of be a basic sports field option. >> There will be photos at the end of what the fields that we're talking about, baseball, softball. >> So just so I'm clear, yeah, that side right there. So everything under Eden Elementary, Middle High School up until the sports facility, that's all prop one, >> correct? >> With no tax impact. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> All right. >> Uh the potential construction schedule if the vote passes. So as we said, the vote will be in December of this year and then the um architects Young and Wright would start the design that would go through January um to September of next year. We'd submit it to the state for review and then hope to bid an award in January, February, which
042is another good time to bid or in the fall and then early um beginning of the year. Uh construction would be uh from May of 28 through November of 29, two-year project, and then we'd close out in December of 29. So, just before we get into some of the photos here, um, we kind of got a couple projects like right on top of each other right now. So, it kind of gets confusing what's being done, what's coming up next. So, let me just throw another date out there. So, there's a thing called maximum cost allowances that you're allowed to do to each building. If we go through this project, it gets passed. So December of 29, quote me if I'm wrong on this, the next time we can go out to do a capital project
043will be in 2034. So the key thing about doing this and we've in the number of meetings we've been having monthly on this is identifying like getting the right stuff done at this time because otherwise we can't do another one until 34. So you hear air conditioning, I like to call it climate control. And it's going to look a little different than what some people would like it to maybe look like, but we kind of need to as we structure this this um uh capital project for a a close out in 29, get it right and make sure we have [sighs] how do you want to say alternates alternatives alternates to basically get to the right point if if we get some favorable bids and things along those lines. So, um, that's why it's kind
044of critical that we identified and and get the right stuff into this proposition because the next one 5 years down the road after that. And it's not so much because, Frankie, quote me if I'm wrong on this, it's not so much because we don't have the capital reserves to possibly do this. It's just the state's not going to reimburse us anything because we're we maxed out all the buildings properly through all these capital projects that I think is this what our fourth one that that so for um for bulk of us on the board here this is our fourth capital project in a in a 10 or 11 year time frame. So, um, you know, we're trying to maximize as much as we can throughout all these these years, but I just want to emphasize
045the gap that we're going to have after this one. So maximum cost allowance MCA's sorry just to elaborate on that a little bit. The maximum cost allowance um the district gets a certain amount of money back from the state every year that they can invest into the school building and they can invest in what's called an incidental. An incidental is any work that you do on the outside. So like when um the districts replacing the parking lots and sidewalks, uh light poles, turf fields, sports facilities, those are all incidental costs. They get a portion of that work that they can do for incidentals and then they get a portion of work that they can do for interior renovations. So like the library space in here, that was an interior renovation that used some of the
046maximum cost allowance in the past capital project. Um and they basically reset every five years. And if you don't lose them, you sort of lose them um if you don't go out for a public vote at sort of at that rolling fiveyear mark. So for the most part, we see at least every 5 years districts are doing a capital project vote, if not sooner than that if they, you know, um have maximum cost allowance or building aid units that they haven't used up at a previous building. Okay, so moving into the scope of the project. This is at Eden Elementary. Um, a picture of some of the existing classrooms that still have not been renovated and then what they could potentially look like. Uh, this is just a picture of the music classroom downstairs that
047was renovated as part of the last capital project. And then same thing, these are some of the classrooms that have been renovated in the project. Just what you know what the rest of the spaces could look like. new flooring, new ceiling, new mill work for the space. Um, new interactive smartboards and whiteboards throughout the classroom. And then this is the existing nurse's office. You can see it's sort of a a cramped space. There's not a private exam room. Um, the beds are sort of out in the open. So, it'd be a total renovation of this space, potentially a relayout of the space if that makes sense. And then new finishes and upgrades as well. looking at the masonry of the school. Um, in the past capital project, we did do some masonry that was involved
048with the window replacements, but just tying any of that um, up that came up in the past building condition survey that the district did. So, you can see sort of the cracks above some of the windows, some of the bricks need to be repointed again as well. Bathroom renovations. Again, here updating finishes, updating uh toilet partitions, updating fixtures if need be. And then the auditorium foyer outside as you walked in, just updating the space, making it feel more inviting and welcoming it to this um sort of new uh conceptual rendering that we're showing on the right hand side. looking at renovating the middle high school auditorium, doing new seats and new acoustic paneling. I know this was an item that came up on a few of the past capital projects on a bunch of the
049past building condition surveys. I think um when I was talking to Mike from our office, he said there's actually a few seats in there right now that have some caution tape over them because you can't use them at all. and then renovating the existing guidance office here at the middle high school and then moving into the multi-purpose field. So this is where those sort of >> Oh stop you real quick. >> So everything that you've presented so far zero cost impact >> to the to the community. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, uh, there's two options. Like I said previously, we sort of had that option one, option two, option three. You can look at it as sort of a good, better, best scenario where, um, we had Appel Osborne, who is our landscape architect that
050we work with. They're the premier sports facilities landscape architect in the area. Um, they did your fields here um, over at the football field. They helped design your tennis court replacements. Um, so this option sort of would be the most expensive option for the softball, baseball field, combo, multi-purpose field in the center. Um, this would make um, both sports playable at the same time. They could have lighting, they could have batting cages, they could have fencing surrounding the whole area. Um, you know, there would be lots of earthwork and drainage required for this option. There would be 70 person bleachers. There would be masonry dugouts, batting cages, like I said, a sidewalk all the way around both sets of fields. It would be fully fenced and it would have new updated scoreboards. And that would
051be the same sort of for the softball and the baseball field itself. And then this would be right off um the tennis courts are the the lower part of the screen down here. So those would stay where they are. You have softball over to your left and then baseball up to your right. And then looking at the less expensive option, you could do, like I said, a combination of both. Um, this obviously would be a much smaller footprint than the graphic we showed previously. This would combine the softball and the baseball into one turf field area. However, you cannot use uh you cannot play softball at the same time that you would be playing baseball because obviously the outfields would overlap with one another. This would combine your bleachers and this would combine your batting
052cages. So, obviously saving money, your tax impact is lower obviously with a with a less expensive option like this. And then you could do something in between. You could do a sort of a combination of what you see in this graphic, but maybe you don't do lights. Maybe you don't do a video scoreboard. Maybe you don't do um you know separate bleachers on both sides. You do some sort of combined bleacher system. So that could get you sort of to that option too, which was that midlevel between both of the fields. But you can obviously see, you know, how much less area this this second option or different option takes up here. Um, I have a question with the multi-purpose field, the bigger one. It shows like one like soccer, lacrosse field, field hockey. Does
053that then eliminate because right now we have two soccer fields. Does that eliminate one? >> It would leave those existing fields grass just kind of how they are right now and then it would make sort of a new multi-purpose turf field to play in between both of them. >> So, the option that you're looking at on the screen would be would be all season. So, it would it would satisfy some of our needs in the fall and and obviously in the spring. Um I I think and I'm going to after our meeting is over, I'm going to go look. I I think what we're seeing it would replace where one of the soccer fields is. Um there's a second soccer field back there that I don't think would be impacted. >> Yeah, because I know
054sometimes they'll play two soccer games at one like modified might be over here and ver like usually JB or girls and boys because we don't have JB right now, but hopefully I think one of the things we've learned after our third and moving into our fourth capital project is if we take classrooms or whatever project and decide not to do it or gets voted down and then kick the can down the road, it doesn't mean that that work doesn't need to get done. It just means it's getting done um 3 years from now, 5 years from now, whatever it is. And and what we've discovered is that the cost escalates so dramatically. something I've made a comment about uh in these meetings before and something that's incumbent upon us to make sure the community is
055aware. If we don't want to do this field, if we want to do a different field, but decide in 20 2034 that we want to do this field, well, you're looking at a whole different number. That's that's 30 40 50% higher and you didn't get the use out of it. When we built that turf field, we had a lot of community push back, but boy is it does it get used every single night and the lights and the restrooms and the concession stand that it's hopping every night during the school year. So, I I think it's incumbent upon us to make sure we make the right choices, but also to make sure the community is aware. Listen, this is this this will eventually get done. The auditorium, classrooms, restrooms, whatever. it's just going to be
056more costly if we kick the can down the road. So, >> and then just the last item that we had in here, um potentially adding digital signs or new updated signs to the uh middle high school and then the elementary schools. A larger sign like you'd see outside a high school, they're somewhere around $100,000. And then smaller signs like you would see at an elementary school level are somewhere around 75,000. And it obviously depends on, you know, how big they want them and, you know, what you want the message board to say and the design of them to look, but just a rough estimate for that signage as well. Does anyone have any questions? >> Thank you guys. >> Oh, I do have one quick question and this is more for all of us, but
057you can. at one point and I don't know if it's still out there. We had talked about looking at the configuration of the the parking lot um because there's not always enough parking out there like when we have multiple sports things happening. You have parents parking off of Jennings and that makeshift lot up there and then >> yeah that ship sailed with when we did the tennis courts the way we did it. >> Okay. So >> because it was we were going to move the tennis courts to provide additional parking. [clears throat] So even in that grass lot that's kind of where like all the construction like trailers were housed. Can could that ever be anything? >> It's got it's got a subbase in there, right? >> Even if it's just stone or something. >>
058There's Well, there's stone underneath. >> Okay. >> That area, so you can park up there and and pretty much probably not get stuck. I know, but park there pretty regular. >> I don't know if people use it on a regular basis. I don't know. I just >> think people park there. I know we I think we've talked about that in some of our meetings. >> Oh, that's been mentioned at least. Yeah. >> Okay. To recap, um $23 million, no additional tax impact, covers the the completion of the renovations at Eden Elementary. Um, and the the difference there com compared to the first time we renovated the the classrooms is we're we're not changing the footprint of any of those classrooms. Maybe one or two possibly, but but and not not to the level that we
059did previously. There's a there's a potential to start adding some air conditioning to to either individual classrooms or larger group areas, but but that work needs need needs to move forward. Uh, in spite of the cool temperatures today, I really it should have been 90 degrees out and everyone would understand what we're talking about. Um it it gets finally gets done the the relief work at GLP that we pushed off for two projects which I still don't understand but you tell me it needs to be done. I believe you. Uh and and a lot of additional scope including um the auditorium where not only are this some of the seats unusual there you can no longer find parts um because it's it's original to the school, original to to whenever it was renovated. Uh the
060sound paneling is at the end of its life. Um, and I think we can do a we can modernize that space um, in a in a pretty efficient way. I mean, we looked at the numbers where to what it would cost to renovate that auditorium. It's not it's not uh, it's not out of this park type money. First off, the foyer and and again, it's hard for people that don't do this all the time to understand renderings are are where we're where our mind is today. that can change 10 times, 15 times, 20 times, but it goes the rendering today goes along with the modernization of this hallway out here that was really received quite well by by student, staff, and and uh and community members. Um the ceiling we know needs to go. Uh
061there's no question about that. We know whenever we pull a ceiling down in a school, we're going to have to do some abatement. Um, one of the things that we haven't talked talked about, um, but I think maybe we should we should and maybe it can be one of the alternates you talked about is doing something with the facade in front of the auditorium to make it a more welcoming, uh, and welcoming area. Um, similar to what the front front entrance looks like. Um, and and so that's for for $23 million, that's that's an awful lot of work. A lot of different parts of the parts of the the school community could be touched. And then when it comes to to the fields, it was it was part of our thought exchange. It was part
062of the conversations. I I I purposely have not asked Mr. Iwankco how many how many games he had to reschedule this spring. I know that at one point we we had one home softball game and we were probably threequarters of the way through the season. Um and I understand I understand budgets are tight. I respect that. But if we didn't talk about it and put it out there, I think we'd be doing a disservice to the community to at least have it be part of the conversation. Um, and I appreciate the the comparison to the the home run version. Get it? Um, at 14.3 million versus some other options as well. Okay. Does the board have any other questions or comments? >> Um, no, I just want to say thank you for including the sign
063the digital sign estimates in there because I know I kind of like left the last meeting early and I was like, oh, I wanted to talk about this and I threw an email out. So, I actually really appreciate that. So, thank you. Um because if you ever drive down Main Street, and I don't often, there's that digital sign, but you can only read it if you drive like this. [laughter] So, I just wanted to thank you for including that because and apologize for the last minute like, oh, hey. >> Okay. So, as Mr. Verder said, next steps there'll be there'll be other meetings. We're going to continue to plan and as was pointed out in the beginning, we're planning backwards from when when we need to go to vote, um which is in December. We
064I don't I know we picked a date, but I don't remember what it is at this point. I know Amanda, you and I talked about it earlier. So, we're working backwards and and then there are some there are some hard deadlines that we we need to meet including the the SRA and some other things. So, we'll we'll have other presentations uh as we go forward. Okay. >> Good. Thank you. >> Thanks. At this point during the meeting, members of the board of education may request to have any items removed from the consent agenda and considered separately. Anybody? No. Okay. Um, approval of consent agenda items that upon the recommendation of the superintendent, consensus items be approved. >> Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? Any abstain? >> I have to abstain from letter
065L >> for Allison Grunderer. >> Gotcha. >> Got that. Amanda, any any other obain? Motion carried. >> Okay. At this time, we'll take any public comments. approximate position and time that the board has designated to receive statements from individuals and groups. The board will review all statements, then respond appropriately at a future meeting. All persons in attendance are required to assign the attendance sheet and designate the representation status. For example, parent, teacher, bus driver, chamber of commerce. There is a twominut time limit. Okay, >> we can wait the whole two minutes. >> We could we could wait. See, someone would like tell us something. >> All right, then. New business. Oh, I don't like this one. That upon the recommendation of the superintendent, the resignation of GLP principal Lauren Carter be accepted effective at the
066end of the business day on July 5th, 2026. The board and administration wish to thank Mrs. Carter for her 23 years of service to the district. I begrudgingly second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? Wait, wait. >> Well, I was going to go last. I thought for sure you would all speak about Lauren for hours. So, um yeah, it it is my recommendation that that you approve uh Mrs. Carter's resignation. Um, but it is with a lot of pride that I make that recommendation. Lauren and I have known each other for quite a long time. Um, I recall distinctly how when I was uh her her children's principal, she would yell at me a lot or maybe just one time and it was really loud and she was right, but we worked it out. Um,
067so you know, having some history with someone and then and then working together in our capacity is always it's always interesting and it's been, I think, really good for both of us. Um, the recommendation is easy to make because you're following your following your dream. You've worked really hard to take these next steps. You've done a phenomenal job at so many levels in this district and and you know, you're not leaving you're not leaving shoes to fill because you love your shoes and you're taking them all with you. Um, but you're leaving a legacy and and that's not always easy to do. And your legacy is that um you you care about students deeply. You care about um the educational component and the social emotional component. You care about your staff and you run a
068tight ship and people know what to do and they know what happens when they don't do what they're supposed to do, including me. And I mean that in the in the kindest way because the best way to have your staff believe in you is to be clear and consistent. and and you've been that um you've been that for for all of your career. So, you're you're uh you're going to be heading east on on the throughway. Um and the reception you received in that district is exactly what you should receive because you are what they need. Um you're you're um you're going to do a fantastic job. Um, I'm proud to now call you uh not only a friend but a colleague and I look forward to continuing to connect connect with you over superintendent
069things. And I know the first call will be you didn't tell me this because I haven't told you everything. Congratulations, Lauren. >> Any other discussion? >> All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. >> That upon the recommen upon the recommendation of the superintendent, the resignation of teacher aid Skyler Stulac be accepted effective at the end of the business day on August 14th, 2026. The board and administration wish to thank Miss Stulac for her three years of service to the district. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. >> That upon the recommendation of the superintendent, the resignation of teacher aid Kelsey Hunter be accepted effective at the end of the business day on August 14th, 2026. The board and administration wish to thank
070Miss Hunter for her four years of service to the district. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I I. >> Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. that upon the recommendation of superintendent, the resignation of teacher aid Jacqueline Campfield be accepted effective at the end of the business day on June 30th, 2026. The board and administration wish to thank Miss Campfield for her 10 years of service to the district. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. Any [clears throat] opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. that upon the recommendation of the superintendent, the resignation of clerk typist through the helps program, Allison Keller be accepted effective at the end of the business day on June 1st, 2026. The board and administration wish to thank Miss Keller for her seven years of service to the
071district. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. that upon the recommendation of the superintendent, the resignation of clerk typus Grace Ganon be accepted effective at the end of the business day on June 23rd, 2026. The board in administration wish to thank Miss Ganon for her 5 years of service to the district. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. new business. Okay, I can go to Turnwell, right? Turnwell. >> I'm going to mess up everyone's name, so I apologize. Now that upon the recommendation of the superintendent, Andrew Turnwell, who is initially certified in English education, is hereby appointed to a probationary period in the English 10-year area for probationary period commencing on September 1st, 2026 and ending on August
07231st, 2030. The expiration date is tenative and conditional only except to the extent required by the applicable provisions of section 312 of education law. In order to be granted tenure, the teacher must receive composite or overall annual professional performance review ratings pursuant to section 312D of the education law of either effective or highly effective in at least three of the four preceding years. And if the teacher receives an ineffective composite or overall rating in the final year of the probationary period, the teacher shall not be eligible for tenure at that time. Salary is based upon ETA contract master step one. Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. that upon the recommendation of the superintendent, Eve Beerl, who is initially certified in elementary education, is hereby appointed
073to a probationary position in the elementary tenure area for probationary period commencing on September 1st, 2026 and ending on August 31st, 2030. The expiration date is tenative and conditional only except to the extent required by the eical provisions of section 312 of education law. In order to be granted tenure, the teacher must receive composite or overall annual professional performance review ratings pursuance to section 1312 of the education law of either effective or highly effective in at least three of the four preceding years. And if the teacher receives an ineffective composite overall rating in the final year of the probationary period, the teacher shall not be eligible for tenure at that time. Salary is based upon ETA contract bachelor step two. >> Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. Welcome
074aboard. >> One you have to read without looking at your sheet. >> I can't read any faster. that upon the recommendation of the superintendent Christina Biliter who is initially certified in elementary education is hereby appointed to a probitionary period position in the elementary tenure area for probationary period commencing on September 1st 2026 and ending on August 31st 2030 unless extended in accordance with the law. The expiration date is tenative and conditional only except to the extent required by the applicable provisions of section 312 of education law. In order to be granted tenure, the teacher must receive composite or overall scores. I think we know all this three of the four years. If not, you don't get it. Salary is based upon ETA contract masters step one second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> I.
075Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. Welcome aboard. >> Okay, these names are getting harder. that upon the recommendation the superintendent Maria Striars who is who is initially certified in social studies education is hereby appointed to a probationary period in the social studies tenure area for probationary period commencing on September 1st 2026 and ending on August 31st 2030 unless extended in accordance with the law. This expiration date is tenative and conditional only except to the extent required by the ethical provisions of section 312 of educational law in order to be granted tenure. The teacher must receive good scores three of the four years. If not, you may not be eligible. Salary is based upon ETA contract master step one. Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. Welcome aboard. One
076more that upon the recommendation of the superintendent and contingent upon Caitlyn Posenjack's receipt of an initial certification and library media specialist by September 1st, 2026. Caitlyn Posenjack is hereby appointed to a probationary position in the library media specialist tenure area for a probationary period commencing on September 1st, 2026 and expiring on August 31st, 2030 unless extended in accordance with law. This expiration date is tenative and conditional only except to the extent required by the eical provisions of section 3012 and again you need three of the four years of good scores. Should Miss Pojuk should not uh not receive her initial certification in library media specialist by the close of business on October 31st, the appointment will be null and void. This is u based upon the ETA contract for master step one plus 30 schedule.
077Second, >> any discussion? >> Just a brief explanation. So this language is a little different. Um and this is a language would you you would see while anyone is pursuing their certification and while it seems a little little harsh to say it would be null and void um we would just reappoint in a in a different manner. So this is the so to put it another way this is the language that you'll see whenever someone's in the process of completing their certification. >> Any other discussion? All in favor? >> I I any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. that upon the recommendation of the superintendent, the following people be appointed as summer substitutes effective July 6, 2026 through August 14, 2026. Michaela D. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? Any abstained?
078Motion carried >> that upon the recommendation of the superintendent, the following part-time teachers be reappointed for the 2627 school year. Karen Bozaki, part-time.74 FTE, music teacher, effective September 1st, 2026 and ending June 30th, 2027. Salary is based upon masters plus 30 step 11. Jeffrey Persan Persanti part-time 68 FTE business teacher effective September 1st 2026 and ending June 30th 2027 salaries based upon ETA contract master step 10 Ellie Wner part-time 0.51 FTE art teacher effective September 1st 2026 and ending June 30th 2027 salary is based upon ETA contract bachelor step two >> second Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any [clears throat] opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. >> That upon the recommendation of superintendent the universal cheerleaders association overnight camp to Gley, Pennsylvania, August 15, 2026 to August 18, 2026 be approved. Second. >> Any discussion?
079>> All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. >> That upon the recommendation of the superintendent, the district code of conduct be approved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> I have I want to talk about the code of conduct. Um, I wanted to ask about I think this is probably not a surprise to anybody, but I would like it to be looked at with the dress code that we allow bags that are at least the size of our Chromebooks so that the kids can carry like their Chromebook and their calculator and their pouches in it. I I respect and know that we want the kids still using their lockers and we want the kids talking in the hallways and we want them to like not be carrying all of their books and
080I agree with that. I just really feel that the size of the agenda is a little unreasonable and and that maybe having a survey would have been beneficial throughout the year to kind of gauge how the kids are feeling about like the hard stop on anything to kind of hold their supplies and would love to know your guys thoughts on it. I'm not opposed to to thinking about maybe um I I just don't know where we stop then. Like I get with the Chromebooks. I mean I make my daughter put a case on hers because and we've re repurchased the case. Um I get a little eerie about surveys because no matter how you survey it, somebody's if we decide to go with the survey, great. If we go against the survey, um I mean
081it might give us an idea of how kids feel, but I most of my daughter's friends have adapted to it. I I would fall into the same kind of camp to say any new policy should be reviewed to see how it functioned, take a look at it next year, take a year, you know, I mean, we made a pretty radical change about no cell phones thanks with thanks to the governor and and that uh seemed to go much better than I would have anticipated. Anytime we have a new policy, there's an adjustment period. I'm not opposed to reviewing um this sort of policy every year to see what works best for us, but I would also say, you know, I'm voting yes on the code of conduct. It's fine for now and then let's continue
082to >> um continue to monitor it and continue to adjust. So would you recommend so you wouldn't recommend a survey or you would or like so that we can kind of see how they're doing what moving forward? >> I'm I'm I'm I'm not against surveying the kids uh students. Uh I and um teachers um as Jen pointed out, we're likely to get an awful lot of responses in a variety of different ways. very a very scattered set of responses. Um and ultimately again with the cell phone I think if we would have taken a survey the kids would have said heck no. Uh uh but you know what it I I would have I was against it but you know what it works and so um we can do a survey. We can take a
083look. I I don't mind um you know the online survey just to get a a sense of it, but um ultimately um it's on us to do what's best for the kids in our district, >> right? And and and and oftentimes, lots of times that's not the popular choice. >> Yeah. I mean, I don't disagree. I guess that's just this just seems >> they are allowed to carry something, right? like the size of an agenda. >> Okay. >> I >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Right. I And I I don't think they should be able to carry something huge. I'm just saying like at least a Chromebook and a calculator and like your pencil pouch vibes. And then you're still going to your locker and you're able to carry your books in your hands. That's kind of
084more the bare minimum I guess I think. And it just I you know my experience has obviously that the only reason I suggest a survey is like the people I talk to the kids I talk to are pretty upset about it but I recognize that that's a potentially a small amount of people compared to like the entire >> no >> student body you know which is where that straightforward kind of question came in for me and you know that's where my thought process came from >> and I think that's good I think if you're getting complaints I mean my senior has complained about it but he also complains about everything so take anything he says with a grain of salt. But I think finding out like if kids are upset about it, why are they
085upset about it? Because sometimes it's something like I just hate my locker. But sometimes it's health reasons or you know like personal reasons. So I think you know even if it's anonymous finding out why they don't like it and is it like a legit reason or is it like you know like I said my oldest who just complains about everything, >> right? >> I love him but >> yeah. The other thing too is I think you need to let the the committees do their jobs as well too. So the district shared uh committee, the middle school, high school committee. Um you know, let them drive the the code of conduct and and present it to us. Um you know, I'm not going to go into Mrs. Los's and I'm just picking on you a little
086bit, but you know, hey, this is what needs to be done in the elementary level. you know, let let that elementary uh decision t team, you know, make the decisions and work with, you know, all the people that are involved with it. So, um that's just my opinion is is to let the committees do their jobs and then next meeting when we um do the reorg um there'll be assignments to to each positions and stuff like that. So, >> um, >> that's I don't know that's, you know, over the 11 years I've been doing this, it's, you know, let the people that >> that are doing the job do their job. >> Yeah, I'm on that committee. I was on that committee as a parent and I advocated all year differently. So, and there were
087kids on it and they advocated differently the first few sessions. So, I do agree. But again, I have a different perspective because I was a parent three weeks ago and not on the board, which is why I brought it up because I I went to every district meeting for the this district and the middle school, high school. >> Okay. >> For that. >> All right. I think it's something to think about. I not It's not anything I'm willing to >> change right now or like I'm not going to vote no on the code of conduct. It's always something that can be amended. That's all I got to say about that. >> Any other discussion? All right. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. >> That upon the recommendation of the superintendent,
088the following middle school English textbooks be accessed and disposed of at the district as the district deems appropriate. Inside, out and back again. 15 copies, unbroken, 12 copies. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. >> That upon the recommendation of superintendent, an old and broken prek place kitchen set be accessed and disposed of as the district seems appropriate. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? I >> I any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. >> That upon the recommendation of superintendent, the Miller Synchro Wave 350 welder with that ID number be declared excess accessed and returned to Mr. Steve Jones. >> Second. But can we get some clarification on what that means? >> Sorry. So, when we had um one of our last asset evaluations where
089like a company comes in and asset tags all of our inventory and equipment, they accidentally asset tag something that Steve Jones owned. Um, so it's been on our asset tag and the only way for us to remove it for auditing purposes is for have the board actually access it so we can remove it off the asset listing. >> Any other discussion? All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Any abstained? Motion carried. >> Business report. I do not have anything to add tonight. >> Wait a minute. >> We accept superintendent report. [clears throat] >> Hold on. I have to do technical things. Okay. So, that didn't work. >> Yeah. Well, >> I'm sharing it. We can see it on the screens here. We can't see it on the big screen. >> There you go. Okay. What
090I what I shared with you is um I'll call it an infog infographic because I don't know if that's the right term or not, but it works for us. is um what the state has put out in terms of the the planning of transitioning over to a portrait the portrait of a graduate which you've heard us talk a little bit uh before and I'm not going to go through every one of the every one of these phases. um you know the fall the the planning year was fall 24 to 25 installation they they label phase one installation fall 25 to summer 2027 I think that's a little bit aggressive to say that's the installation because the planning is still ongoing um and portrait of a graduate is is the state's way of essentially redefining um
091you know students school experience moving away from um regent exams being the exit criteria and and being the only exit criteria to be one of the exit criterias. Um they're talking about moving away from a credit a credit based um education which I'm sure Mrs. Dibble's eyes just rolled in the back of her head because that's all we know. Um and really more of a focus on the experiences of of learning rather than uh the the the testing of learning that uh that we've experienced. uh the the the different diplomas that you've become used to, the regent diploma, regent diploma with honors, the advanced designation, the advanced designation with honors are all going away and there will be one high school diploma across New York State and then there'll be other endorsements um that we
092currently have and I'm sure I would not be surprised if those expand a bit. Um we've already started doing some work internally and taking a look at at at what the portrait means for us and and how we can how we can leverage these changes to benefit our students. So, when you've heard me say previously that we we have uh robust offerings for our students, um that's, you know, that's in relation to um some portrait work um that we're going to need to continue to do and offer offering students different pathways. Um this is something that's going to um take some time to implement across the state. Um there's something called uh um part 100 regulations. Um and those regulations really are oversee all that we almost all that we do in education and they're
093um talking about rewriting them either in part or in in their entirety. week ago Thursday, I was at um a joint management team uh meeting and that's all superintendent in Western New York and Jeff Mat who is the uh assistant commissioner of the state education uh department was one who presented uh the graphic I'm sharing with you now and it it's really it's really pushing us to expand our thinking about how we can make some changes and updates to uh the whole educational process um to meet you know the the demands of the Um, we're going to continue to um roll this out in a little bit more depth over time. Um, I just wanted to to share this with you and it is publicly available on uh on the board agenda for anyone in
094the audience who's interested in looking at it. Um, but the bottom line is is offering students multiple pathways to demonstrate uh they have the knowledge and expertise that that we expect of a high school uh graduate. So, can I ask you a question then? >> You may. >> I'm going to anyways. >> Does it mean So, there's no regions diploma, but it doesn't necessarily mean that regions exams are going away then. >> That's absolutely correct. So, regions exams will continue to be one of the paths students can take. >> Okay. So, say a kid was in chem and didn't want to take the regions. They don't have to >> apparently. So, I mean, it's hard to it's hard to conceptualize because if you're a great test taker and I'm not, but we're both in regent
095chem and you want to take the regent exam and I want to demonstrate my learning in a different way. What does that look like in Mr. Cooper's class? I I don't know today, but I but I know we have one chemistry teacher and we're going to have, you know, more likely than not, we're going to continue to have one chemistry teacher. And so, you and I are learning the same things, but we're demonstrating our knowledge in a different way. Yeah, is the right response. >> Although chemistry, I don't think you have to pass the regents to like in chemistry. >> Well, there's like the >> you don't have to pass you will not have to pass regent exams going forward. And this is this is soon as 2029. I think our I think our students
096who are currently in seventh grade will be the first ones to to experience these things. the the most the most pressing issues here are um financial literacy. I'm looking at you, Mrs. Lar Rosa, and um climate uh not climate change necessarily, but >> air conditioning, climate control. >> Well, what was that? Climate education. Thank you. You said air conditioning and you totally threw me off. Now I'm back on my capital project discussion. And so we we've we've looked at where we already do that and I think we're we're we're pretty solid in most places. Um you you think about financial literacy. We have a financial literacy course. We also teach economics to every every student which has a good uh good component of it. Um so it's taking a look at what the changes are
097and identifying where we're already doing some of the thing these things. Maybe we need to shore it up a little bit uh and where we need to add add on. Right. >> Okay. I have one more question and you might This may be more rhetorical than anything, but so in terms of like student ranking, what would that mean if it >> that you know what, you're right. I don't know how to answer that. >> Okay. >> Um >> I'm just cur I'm just thinking like there's all these there's some kids who really care about >> I have no idea why Mrs. Dibble's at this meeting, but I'm glad she is. >> I wish she was sitting on a lower chair, though. I'm worried when you fall. Um I I don't know. I I don't know
098that the state has tackled that. I don't know that they know that could even be an issue. Um are colleges still interested in ranking? Okay. Because there still are a decent amount of scholarships that are only available if you're okay. So, there'll still be a GP. This is all very interesting to me. I think in some of the regions they're doing like a final project >> and I get that but like right now certain things are weighted differently based on like if you're taking an AP class versus whatever. So is it going to be weighted differently if you chose to take the regions versus just do a >> not just because I would rather take a test than do a project. But >> so I we don't I don't know. And that's why I'm just
099I'm I'm just slowly rolling this out. And and I I think what you just said I I think if if our student population continues to be what they've been historically, I think most of our kids are going to be exam bound because they do really well. We had 99% of our kids graduate last year. Our attendance rates are phenomenal across the district. Our students do really well on regent exams and and if I do really well on a test or you do really well on test, just give me the test. I don't want to do all that project stuff. So [clears throat] I it'll still be an option. But then there's other students who say, "I'd rather not do a test. I'd rather do a presentation. I'd rather, you know, do whatever it is." And
100are they any different? Are they are they demonstrating the same skills or are they just, you know, they're demonstrating the same skills just in different ways? So you there are a ton of questions. There's more questions than there are answers at this point. >> Does anyone other than Mrs. Mrs. Horchel have a question? So, Mrs. Dibby, I don't know if you saw it, but on Spectrum News over the weekend, I had a whole like 10-minute session on this whole thing, and my head was spinning and haven't asked Mr. Sorticio earlier. He's like, "Oh, I've got a present or an info, whatever he's calling this thing." Um, I don't know. Just the one thing that I know right now is I know we just approved what, five new teachers. They're all going to be getting tenured
101between now and a capital project. So, gonna be fun. >> Yeah. I mean, so I mean, you know, anytime there's a change, it's an opportunity, and it's an opportunity to look at what we have, what we own, what we're good at, and how we can make it better. And we know that some students struggle in a very traditional approach. So, if this gives us even more more uh um strength to to pursue some non-traditional approaches and support our students, then then I'm all for it. >> Okay. Um the only other thing I I I I wanted to bring up is this is a really fantastic time of year because it's it's the time of celebrations and field days and fun. Um athletic awards was fantastic the other night with the exception of when the the
102ceiling leaked on Mrs. Delapena. That was not planned. Yeah, I was trying to catch them. >> Okay. Um, but I, you know, the the school year is it's very funny when you when you talk to people who don't work at schools, and I've said this many times, so I apologize if I repeat myself, but they say, "Is the school year winding down?" And the answer is absolutely not. The school school year winds up and then it stops. Okay. Um, so we're getting to that point where we're winding and winding and winding. And I and I know graduation's uh next Thursday. Yep. And and and then here we go. And then we're off to continuing to plan and prep for our following school year. Okay. It's been a great ride thus far, Mrs. Carter. Once again,
103thank you. I appreciate you and and all you all you did for the district and all you did for me personally as well. Any questions for me other than Mrs. Horchel, who's now out of questions for the next two meetings? Student report with Sophia Donovan. So for June, the Eden High School student council has elected their new officers for the um 2026 to 2027 school year. Um the seniors went to Darian Lake on a final trip together. That was on May 22nd. I was on it. It went super well. The weather was awesome. It was kind of nostalgic. It was a lot like our eighth grade trip, so it was kind of a nice thing for all of us to do. Um, the seventh grade class attended the Bison's game day and had a blast
104at the ballpark. The senior girls beat the junior girls at the Powderpuff game and we donated $500 to the Be Like Bank scholarship. Um, Powderpuff game was great and I'm happy that we got to make a nice donation to that foundation. And then the eighth grade moving up day was Friday, June 12th. Families and students gathered at 9:00 a.m. for breakfast in celebration outside the auditorium. And then students left for Darian Lake at 9:45. And then graduation, like Mr. Certicio said, is next Thursday. And we had our first rehearsal today. And then we have one more next week, Monday. Any questions? >> All right. Says goodbye last time here. >> I think I think Mrs. Mrs. Horsel's got a question probably [laughter] for you. >> Thank you, Sophia. Uh, board report roundt. >> Um, real
105quick, I I know everyone's ready to leave. Um, but what we've talked about um this week, you know, the senior sports award night. Um, then Friday morning was the senior breakfast and the eighth grade outside breakfast moving up ceremony. So, I fortunately got to attend all of them. um cuz I have children in those grades. Um but I just want to say the staff, whoever organized those did a phenomenal job because I know that had have been so much work to do and it like everything ran so smoothly. So it was very impressive because even when the ceiling leaked like no one knew. I heard giggle. I'm like what's going on? And but that that was just a little blip. like everything else, the table set up, the food was amazing um for the senior
106awards and the breakfast and just handling that many people and serving that many people and it went so smoothly. So, just kudos to whoever organized it and worked it because I'm sure they worked their butt off and yeah, it was they were all great events. So, congratulations to everybody who put in that work. Anybody else? Uh, I got two quick things. Uh, new hires, welcome aboard. It's a great district. Um, looking forward to seeing in four years when we have our celebration in May for your tenure certification. Mrs. Carter, good luck. Any questions? Don't ever has hesitate to give us a call. And can I stop in and see you when I visit my customers out there? Anybody else? >> The next meeting is the reorganization board of education meeting on July 2nd, 2026 at
1076:00 p. p.m. here in the library. >> Do we realize what day that really was? Thursday. Yeah. Before before everybody has Friday off. And and I do uh I do realize that I forgot to talk about the potential dates for our meetings. Um but that was all shared with you and you were asked for your feedback. Who >> I don't know is um July 1st an option. Does anybody like against that? >> We didn't bring our calendars. Hold on. I can do the first. >> Well, I'm just I'm just thinking it's I mean, basically the third, which is Friday, is considered >> The holiday. Do we really want to be in a board meeting on that Thursday? >> Just saying. >> I love board meetings, but >> yeah, I can do the first. >> I
108don't care. >> Want to say the first? >> Sure. >> Uh, can someone make a motion that we change that? you get why you give me that look is it because does the first work for you >> must be scheduled between July >> say it was okay I couldn't hear you >> was it second >> I'm just I'm just kind of looking at I'm like >> no that's a good call >> all right I motion to move the next meeting to July 1st >> second >> any other discussion >> nope all in favor I I any opposed any abstained meeting's now on the Okay. That upon the recommendation of the superintendent at 7:34 p.m. the board of education enter executive session to discuss the employment history of a particular person or persons. >> Second. >>
109All in favor? Hi. >> Hi.