001good evening everyone we apologize for getting in here a little late tonight um this is the business meeting for the date of February 10 2025 would everybody please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liberty and justice for all Mrs deliva would you please read the safety message and the ground rules sure good evening and welcome to the February 10th 2025 meeting of the Patrick Medford Board of Education in the unlikely event of an emergency please use the exit loc exits located at the front and rear of the auditorium to exit the building do not attempt to drive away as you may impede the arrival of emergency services please be advised
002that smoking and the use of Vape products are strict strictly prohibited on school grounds there are two public comment portions to the Board of Education meeting the first will be for comments relating to the consent agenda items Andor presentations the second public comment section will be open for any topic you would like to bring to the board during each of these public comment times each speaker will have three minutes with no sharing of minutes please state your name and address when you approach the podium you will be warned when you have 30 seconds remaining and asks to conclude after 3 minutes please refrain from discussing specific students or staff members to protect their privacy these matters should be discussed with the appropriate administrator please direct all questions or comments to the Board of Education president
003thank you Mr Lea okay we're going to move on to item number six presentations and or reports first up going to be employees of the month Dr Cohen please thank you Mr President it's my pleasure to uh recognize our employees of the month for this month we have two this month and first I'd like to bring up Joseph mcgard security guard at traymont come on up Joseph Joseph this recognition stems from a parental interaction specifically when you assisted one particular parent when her vehicle key fob stopped working and her purse and other belonging cell phone were locked inside the car you stayed with her you provided her assistance and support until the situation was resolved you exhibited remarkable patience empathy helped her troubleshoot and resolve the concern that's that's a great way to be an
004upstander so we appreciate that Joseph congratulations on this well-deserved recognition if you just wait there a minute Joseph while I introduce the other and then we'll hand out a certificate of appreciation and a little token gift next up I'd like to bring up Sonia Rivera bilingual office assistant at Medford and I see you brought along your entourage so Sonia you received multiple nominations uh for your unbelievable work ethic your commitment and versatility to fulfill multiple roles to assist the parents at Medford specifically staying after hours to explain the importance of our online communication platforms by assisting parents with uh downloading the parents square application and helping them sign in you also were directly involved in helping parents to sign into to the echool parent portal so they could be more familiar with their child's progress
005and be up todate on how things are doing you've done this after hours all while consistently exhibiting tremendous patience kindness with the students staff and parents alike we appreciate all that you do and I extend my congratulations on this well deserve recognition um to both of you and now now if Dr Jones and the board would please come up we'll take a picture e [Applause] okay moving right along we're going to go down to presentations and reports letter B there'll be a presentation on ready math kindergarten through fifth grade implementation update by Dr Del all righty good evening everyone I'm Dr Tanya d director of Elementary stem I just want to take a moment to thank the Board of Education superintendent Dr Jones assistant superintendent Miss Lori cannetti for having myself and my team here
006present to you some updates and some highlights of our new math program I already classroom mathematics here with me this evening joining me this evening is my chairperson department chairperson Miss Jess perer our math implementation specialist Mr Tom wh uh we also have a third grade team of teachers here from Barton Elementary School we have Mr Matthew renahan we have Miss Gian AES and we have Miss Angela consolazio from Medford Elementary School we have a second grade teacher Miss Daniel richardi joining us this evening and my colleague Dr shamon Delan principal of Medford Elementary School also my colleague miss Karen Moser is joing joining me this evening she's the director of reading uh Early Learning and homeschooling and we have some math Scholars joining us this evening who are going to go up now and
007start working on their exemplars that's Miss Amelia Moser and Miss Nora Moser all righty so this evening light agenda real light agenda uh we're going to talk a little bit about training we're going to talk about how we use the data from our program to inform the decisions that we made we had over 90 teachers surveyed we had over 600 students respond to a survey so you're going to hear some feedback from their voices and then we'll talk about our next step in our implementation so you know the website Ed reports the website at reports uh what they do is they uh review all types of programs and they when they reviewed the pro program that we chose they let us know that our program meets the standards for high quality instructional materials and also
008that it meets expectations with the the gateways those gateways are rigor and mathematical practices uh focus and coherence and also usability so after our program was adopted we developed a very comprehensive professional learning plan to support all of our teachers we recognized the importance of ongoing uh targeted and differentiated training for our teachers we had training during superintendent conference day during department meetings during pdps we also had the Reps join a team of Administrators this year we visited over 30 classrooms having learning walks we were able to provide immediate feedback for our teachers and also get a pulse on how our program is working in the classrooms this is a choice Board of the different on-site Support options that our teachers are exposed to they call Tom and Jessica they tell them that this is
009what we want and Tom and Jessica roll in and they provide the training for them also some of this training takes place again at department meetings at the school mandatory training meetings um and pdps this is a sample schedule of on-site support this is pretty much every month we are in the classrooms we are doing pdps with our teachers you often hear us talk about saying how we teach to standards and I felt it was important to show you a quick slide a quick example of a standards this is a fourth grade standards the domain is a number and operations in base 10 standards defined explicitly what our students are supposed to be able to do what concepts they are supposed to be taught if you look at number five it tells us that in
010grade four students have to be able to multiply a whole number of up to four digits by one digigit whole number and multiply two digit by two digigit numbers using strategies it also tells us that the students need to be able to illustrate and explain the calculations by using either equations rectangular arrays or area area models also tells us that they need to be able to do that um with division as well as you can see in number six here on the display is an example of twod digigit by twood digigit numbers multiplication you see the area model at the top the students have fun using manipulatives we teach them so that they can reason abstractly and quantitatively so they get to see the area model and then at the bottom you get to see
011the visual representation that's what they'll need to be able to do when they take any type of assessment because they won't have the manipulatives during their assessment also wanted to show you the slide on the eight standards for mathematical practices the learning standards tell us what the students are supposed to be able to to do um this is what we're supposed to observe while our students are learning their math concepts so we're supposed to see our students constructing viable arguments and critiquing the reasoning of others modeling with math attending to precision and so forth again the arduous task of creating pacing guides for K through five after our board adoption we make this comprehensive uh guide for K through five uh for each month very comprehensive tell the teachers where they're supposed to be each
012month tell the teachers what vocabulary terms they're supposed to be teaching also which unit assessments are going to be digital which unit assessments are going to be um paper based um and that's what all of our teachers k35 follow with regards to the program components every student gets two volumes volume one volume two but students in grades 2 through five get an additional resource of fluency and Skills Practice this book our students our teachers teach math for approximately 50 to 60 minutes per day on the bottom of this slide you get a sample of a weekly schedule you get to see that the students are engaged in small group instruction at least two times a week our program also comes with uh family letters that explain what each students will will be learning each lesson
013comes in multiple languages including Spanish U Uh Russian and and Mandarin and a multiple of other languages as well also for our students that are in the Dual language classrooms there are supports in English and in Spanish there is no Gap in their learning if students are doing lesson two today in English tomorrow they will be doing lesson three in Spanish the next day they'll be doing Lesson Four in English there's no Gap in instruction these next couple of a slides just show you some instructional routines for a lesson each lesson is like five days long during the explore day the teachers will use manipulatives um then there's two developed days and a refined day the teachers can whip out the manipulatives to differentiate and scaffold if they need to or to explore the brand
014new topic but they have total autonomy with that and now I'm going to hand the presentation over to our math implementation specialist Mr Tom Willie who's going to be talking to you about the data and how we use it to inform our instruction Tom come on [Applause] down I've never used one of these um thank you for your time this evening I'm going to go ahead and start with this slide right here so at the beginning of the Year all the children in the district take a diagnostic um and that diagnostic determines what their individualized pathway is going to be when they log into I ready and work on some I ready instruction at this point in the school year we're looking for the children to complete two math and two reading I ready lessons
015per week um and consistency is probably the most important thing um in feeling in showing the success so what what you see here are four different domains this is an example of a child who's been consistently going on two or more times a week this child has gone on between four and six times a week um completing the two in the classroom and then um with incentives doing some more at home because they they enjoy it um when you see a straight line leading to a DOT that means that the lessons have been slow and steady with the progress but when you start to see the dotted lines going fast it means that the child's been on there often and the algorithm is catching them up to actually where they should be so this is
016why it's so important for the children to be on this consistently in order to see realtime data um it also guides for personalized instruction in the classroom here you can see um an example from grade five where they're using a digital comprehension check um there are paper less quizzes but online we're trying to teach all the teachers to incorporate the digital component in the classroom in some way so the children feel comfortable learning digitally as well so in this fifth grade example you're going to see a digital comprehension check Form B on the top and the reason why teachers are using Form B is an informal assessment um teachers are using it as a pretest um gearing the children and getting them ready for the actual form formal assessment or they're using it in class
017as a whole class instruction and review form a is the formal assessment and what's great about this is that if I go to the next slide here you see real time data so this here shows the preest at the beginning of the week showing what the children are going into the lesson already knowing some prior knowledge and then it's comparing it to the formal assessment that they take at the end of the week here you can see almost a 20% Improvement what the teachers can do with this information is they get to sit with the children in the class and show the real time data to them and then go in and use the digital comprehension as a guide to you know kind of setting up small groups for the following week which areas do
018we still need to improve on it becomes a whole class discussion and then the following week you have your small group set up based on the data and you can move forward with um the skills that they already know here is an example of how I've been teaching uh the kindergarten through second grade to use the digital component for unit assessments so every week um kindergarten first and second grade teachers are giving um paper lesson quizzes and then they're taking all of that information and when it's time to give the digital unit assessment the children all have some base knowledge of all the lessons leading up and now kindergarten teachers can pull this up sit down maybe as a team the whole kindergarten team teachers can sit down and see if collectively there's any skills
019across the grade level that they need to refine on it's a great way for uh teachers to communicate with parents about some skills that they may want to work on and it also allows teachers to set up small groups following up when they're starting a new unit to refine some of the holes and skills that they're seeing some children still have trouble with and then here is an example for the Dual language program so I've been going throughout the district cons sitting with the Dual language teams and um helping them use the digital components obviously there's two languages there's the English side and the Spanish side so what's great about using some of the comprehension checks digitally is it allows the teachers to get together and see if there are parallels between the two classes
020and you can see here this was the formal assessment um you can see that there's yellow components which is kind of hard hard to see there's like the light yellow and the dark yellow the dark yellow is showing that a partial credit was given um so what's nice about having this information oh actually I'm looking at this and it looks different than over there um so the yellow is showing that the children did not maybe um choose all the correct answers they chose some so that opens discussion with the children of the importance of looking at every single question and making sure that every choice is a yes or a no but it also allows the teachers in dual language to prepare for the following week so if you look here they can see some
021similarities between the two classes and they can focus together on creating those small groups and when the classes are changing and interchanging with the teachers they can stick with those um skills that they need to improve on and with that being said I'm going to go ahead and pass it over now to stem chair Jess perer thank you okay so we sent a survey to our teachers and our students so we could get their perspectives we received approximately 90 responses from teachers and 600 from students and the response overall was positive teachers found the lessons to be engaging for our students the majority of our teachers reported that students now have multiple strategies to demonstrate conceptual understanding of the concepts that they're learning in class the lessons are able to be differentiated to meet the
022needs of all of our students and this is particularly important for our students with special needs and our El's as well the assessments also have the ability to be modified uh so they can align the students needs with the assessments as well we have paper based assessments and digital assessments as Tom and Tanya said and the online assessment reports provide very detailed data that can be used to drive our instruction moving forward for small group there was a lot of positive feedback from teachers these were the comments that I heard most often in the uh survey but teachers were saying that students are working through productive struggle and persevering to solve difficult problems building their skills and their confidence which is is wonderful to see the program is rigorous and engaging the resources and assessments
023can be modified to differentiate instruction for all Learners students are building conceptual understanding of Concepts and have multiple strategies to solve problems we did receive some constructive feedback from our teachers these were the main again points that I saw arise multiple times but one of the things about I ready my path is that it's a differentiated program built around every child's individual needs consistent practice is key to closing the gaps and reaching grade level proficiency so it's difficult to have students complete a minimum of two lessons per week during class time especially for our students that are pulled out during the AIS period because these students are typically the ones that also need that small group instruction so assigning 20 minutes of ready as homework for math twice a week would be instrumental in helping
024students reach their grade level proficiency we also found that the online assessments are only five questions and they don't offer partial credit so teachers override those grades in their grade books but what what is in their grade book might not match the digital report so they wish they had some digital tools on there for students while they're taking the assessments similar to the state testing platform and we actually discussed all of these concerns with our I ready reps because they were very valid especially in this time where we're pushing computer-based testing and teachers expressed the need that there needs to be time built into the pace and guide to allow for the teaching of prerequisite skills we will be reviewing the pacing guides uh this year and making adjustments as needed we did expect there
025to be uh the need for more prerequisites than in the past because this program was was just rolled out this year and students in particularly grades three four and five have not experienced it from kindergarten up so we expect to see um definitely less need for that in the future as students are learning the program and our students I was so thrilled to read their survey responses because you could feel like the energy through them so these were three that really stood out to me the try it helps me understand with without the teachers help so I know if I'm on novice Apprentice practitioner or expert level of understanding and this blew me away because it just shows how students are using their rubrics every day to self assess that's where this language came from
026and and they're owning their learning sorry it's not letting me now we're going back technical difficulties all right um I like the word problems in my math they're challenging and the kid wrote in capitals I love that so our students are enjoying a challenge they're not defeated by it they're empowered by it I like sharing different strategies with my friends when we turn and talk a major part of this program is discourse among students and they're engaging in that and discovering different strategies from one another which is so powerful some grows from our students they said they would like more pictures to go with the questions this is a very valid concern especially for students with special needs and English language Learners uh they thought the program was challenging which is good but they wish
027the comprehension check questions were worth worth less points if I get one question wrong I lose 20 points really interesting to see that students and teachers were really on the same page with this um and again we do offer partial credit on our own it just doesn't show up on those digital reports and a few kids said I do better on paper tests than on computers because it's easier to show my work which I do as well and I understand with this nature of computer-based testing the more exposure they get the more comfortable they are getting so during a recent I learning walk we had the pleasure of visiting Mr renan's third grade classroom while I ready has a great deal of structure it also allows teachers to have autonomy to use the resources in
028the best way for their students so before we show you a video of his class in action Mr renahan will discuss how he used a gallery walk to review for a unit assessment Matthew [Applause] renan just going to put that up a little bit thank you so first and foremost I just want to thank our incredible math and stem departments for their continuous support in rolling out our new math program not always an easy feat um since the beginning of my career patol Medford uh the importance of creating a student driven classroom has been highlighted to me by countless School leaders administrators and mentors with this in mind I began the school year with the mission to truly learn my students inside and out during the early months through trials and tribulations I learned the
029beginning months that the school year that I have a body of students who learn from a variety of modalities uh so then I would need to create and Implement creative strategies to best reach their potential the video is going to be showing me how I took the Form B of our unit 2 test from I ready and cut and pasted the questions on the chart paper I gathered students into heterogeneous groups as I consistently urged my students to utilize one another while working through challenges um the video highlights my uh the students dialogue that they're having which has been a daily Focus for us in math through consistency and repetition my students are both comfortable and confident in debating Solutions of various math problems and can give conrete reasonings behind their answers I myself have
030a small group of tier three students in which I found most important to give them direct instructional support during this time I am so proud of my students and their incredible work ethic and attention to detail and just thank you so much for your time and taking a glimpse of my classroom [Applause] five e so um it was wonderful being in Mr renan's class because we saw students of all abilities feeling ready to take on the task of some very challenging problems they were managing their time they were encouraging one another they were using manipulatives some were past that it was just Stellar so thank you Mr renihan um these are our rubrics that we use we have them scaffolded we use one for grades K and one one for two and three and one
031for four and five we supplied you a copy of that so that's where the student in the student glow was talking about I know if I'm a novice Apprentice practitioner or expert we also have Miss uh Daniel richardi from Medford to share her perspectives on the math program you don't need this good evening uh I'd like to thank Dr dolly for inviting me to speak about the math program tonight my name is Danielle Chari I currently teach second grade at Medford Elementary I had the opportunity to Pilot the ready math program last year and I'm currently using the program this year I have seen this program deepen my students understanding of mathematics by using a student- centered approach it helps students develop conceptual understanding build fluency and apply math to their own lives the program
032is based on a 5-day session cycle most lessons have five sessions it uses an explore develop for three days days and refine or review session for each session there are student work text Pages for in-class instruction and independent practice for school or home what I truly value and love about this math program is the enriching vocabulary and the mathematical language my students are learning and being exposed to they are able to have math conversations that I have never seen before in my 25 plus years in teaching it enables them to critically think when problem solving I also love the strategies the program implements for students to use as they problem solve it incorporates the RDW strategy the use of open number lines 10 frames tape diagrams and drawing and Bas 10 blocks the program also
033has students use various math manipulatives while they are solving problems some of these include using the base 10 blocks connecting cubes Circle discs mini clocks the program also includes various graphic organizers weekly assessments as well as unit assessments and a lot of Spanish resources as well this program will continue to increase the students performance as it rolls out to the other grade levels from year to year the program enables students to annotate and break down complex word problems into smaller more manageable steps while allowing them to grasp and understand the material I am glad that I have the opportunity to watch my students grow not only intellectually but collaborative collaboratively with their peers I also brought um I don't know if you want to some work samples of that the students did in my classroom
034thanks so much Danielle and then one other perspective one of my colleagues is here um Dr danan if you want to come up and share what you're seeing as you walk through the math classrooms I greatly appreciate you sure I'm a little more extemporaneous than my uh colleagues previous colleagues standing here but um I can concur that the one thing that I've seen throughout the building is math discourse from kindergarten on up the students are actually drawing um how to respond to a math equation they're talking about it using the language of mathematics um I was just in a third grade class today so they were talking about fact families and the connections between multiplication and division and their students were using the appropriate V vocabulary uh Dr Deli would have been so impressed between
035product and um quoti and dividend and divisor and when one child used it incorrectly another child just said um excuse me but do you think we can go back to and pointed out the mistake the student made when um sharing with their peers and kudos to the teacher for saying what evidence do you have that the student used the wrong language the child picked up their book went to the appropriate page and read the definition for everyone so the the language is so rich and powerful and students are feeling empowered to be able to Res um solve and you know just feel really confident in what they're doing so um without further Ado I'll pass it along thank you okay I'm getting the evil eye I'm I'm I'm I'm almost done I'm almost done um
036all righty so we're going to continue providing instructional support through professional learning opportunities um we're going to really focus on the teacher feedback and we're planning on um having a sixth grade implementation next year um there there is my my Scholars said if you have questions for them feel free to ask but before before we end the presentation I just wanted to share two things I'm super excited this year that I've collaborated with my colleagues at Middle School principles um Elementary principles we have a math Olympia team in 10 buildings our first annual event is going to be taking place here at Saxon on March 25th we have over 90 students that are participating and Lori is going to provide Pizza thank you Lori um and and then I'm also super excited uh this this
037uh challenge the iacs challenge The Institute for advanced computational science I think we've been doing this two years now this is the first year that we had a finalist um and the students name is Bailey Stanton she she goes here she's a sixth grade student here at Saxton Elementary School her teacher is mishira Gonzalez she is going to be a finalist this Thursday she may win some money um I promise her mom I would show you her 59 second video so where's my tech I need that video please and then I'm done hi my name is Bailey and today I'll be discussing my experiment based on Rosalyn Franklin's Discovery at the DNA what I've done is extracted the DNA for a strawberry take a look at my steps while doing dis breaks down cell and
038salt neutralizes DNA molecules Isn't that cool once I finished making my strawberry mixture I poured alcohol down the side of my glass and then the DNA started to form it looked like bubbly white and stringy strands once I took the DNA out it felt like slime let the strawberry mixture set the more the DNA formed and a few days later I had a lot of DNA Franklin was a very intelligent woman who should be more widely known for her discovery of the DNA double helix structure without her Discovery we wouldn't even know about genetics how timely we're getting ready to head into women's History Month all righty so that's all I have I don't know if there's any questions from my Scholars or any of the teachers that are here but I'm good right I
039just wanted to thank Dr D and her entire team for that incredible presentation I just want to make sure I ask one of the Moser girls that is writing so diligently is there anything we need to know you've been writing for like 20 minutes very thorough for e [Applause] wow congratulations Miss Moser you think you can turn that easel so the entire audience see how much work you did there thank you so if I understand you miss Moser you first read the question carefully then you unpacked the question to make sure you understood what it was asking then you demonstrated multiple ways to approach the problem solving and then you actually provided the solution and the evidence for why it was the answer that you addressed is that correct I'm very proud of you congratulations
040[Applause] outstanding all right go ahead noric can you show us your nor can you show us your experiments e wow congratulations [Applause] questions thank you very much for that beautiful presentation Dr Deli and your team and all the teachers that presented this the enti as well the entire team thank you [Applause] all okay now I'd like to continue on to presentations and reports letter C which will be a presentation by generation citizen question Dr dally um there may be questions from the community so if you could stay around thank thank you Mr good evening uh my name is Sean Carlson I'm a soci teacher at the high school uh I first want to thank the Board of Education and superintendent Dr Donna Jones assistant superintendent Lori Kennedy and the rest of administration for not only
041having us here tonight but allowing us to present our projects and ideas we appreciate the time thank you very much uh I want to thank Mr Matt Hanley and my director and Dr Randy roswitz for being in attendance also tonight uh I just want to say a couple of things briefly before I turn it over to the kids uh I know everyone couldn't make it to Civic day recently so I just wanted to tell everybody what the class is uh civics or generation citizen is a class that lets the students pick one issue uh in the beginning of the year uh that is related either to the school or the community or the town and they really in a Hands-On way try to fix or change it for the better um the best part about
042the class is it comes from them um the amazing part is it gives the students a voice and it allows them not only to act on that voice but advocate for themselves and the school for the community and the town they work in four teams there's a legislator team uh a community survey team a community expert team and the research team uh each team has about three or four students and they all have their individual responsibilities but they all work for one common goal or issue together and this year they are trying to improve or update or renovate our high school library uh secondly I just want to tell you uh how great it was to work with these students uh they worked hard all year with uh endless research field trips uh countless interviews
043with administrators uh and legislators most of you here today in front of me uh participated which we thank you for uh for feedback they uh did between 1,00 and 1500 uh surveys with students and teachers and graded every single one of them for our statistics and data um and listen that it all came together for an excellent presentation that we presented a few weeks ago at our Civics day at our high school so um without further Ado I'm going to introduce the students but I wanted to tell them and you uh what a pleasure it was to work with them this year and how proud of them I was all year from day one all right so thank you all right hell long good evening my name is Juan Carlos FL and we are Mr
044Carlson's 20125 civics class and I would like to collectively say thank you on behalf of myself and my peers for your time and attention um to start us off um we are excited to share with all of you a project months in the making and one we believe that has the potential to make a significant impact in our tight neck Community it is the renovation of our school library and throughout this presentation we will walk you through our process statistics and the goals we've set and at the end we'll wrap it all up and explain why you should care about this project and I invite all of you to consider how you might be able to get involved whether it's through sharing your own expertise offering your um experience expences or simply spreading the word
045every contribution counts but without a further Ado to kick off this presentation I'd like to invite our first Speaker Ethan to talk to you a little more about Civics each speaker will introduce the [Applause] next so I'm going to just talk about a little bit about Civics um Civics is a class where students research local topics in their community and they choose a specific topic to present to political and educational leaders in the order to enact change in our society and schools our class's mission is to make changes in our library we're looking to make updates and renovations to make it more modernized and welcoming um we flip flop flipflop between a few ideas at first um ranging from a new skate park to just giving a student discount in the community but we decided
046that the library would be the most impactful for our uh school and our students hi my name is shlee sumay um a part of our journey of like renovating our school library is to find inspiration of what we would need and what we would want in our library so to start off of what we have in our library um as you can see in the first photo some of the lights do not work and a lot of the furniture is ripped up the carpet is very much dirty and it's like a tripping Hazard as well there's not many outlets you have to like sit on the floor to charge your laptop of certain areas the furniture is ripped up as well and it's just very like not modernized the way we would like it to
047be so the first um one of the schools that we visited was Bayport blueo middle school and one of the things that we really did like like the most about this school specifically was their carpet so the problem with our carpet carpet is how like the carpet is just like one big carpet so if anything damages or it's dirty like you have to rip like a huge chunk of it to like clean out so with their school and their carpet is panels so if anything happens they can rip each panel out and just replace it and it'll still look good as new um they also have like a lot of like modernized Furniture it's being able to move around as you can see in the bottom right corner like they're able to maneuver all those
048chairs the table however they want for whatever class that they're going to teach and the bottom left corner are cubicles that students are able to just study in and have like group conversations in um we also visited the bort bluepoint High School um a lot like a lot of like this specific High School like it has more of like an aesthetic type of vibe like it has like a really really nice aesthetic I know our school is very much bigger so we can cannot have like many plants on tables cuz someone most definitely would take that but they do have like recreational things like a little like building Lego section or like just a little coloring board which I think was like really cute and nice as well cuz it's like the library shouldn't just
049be like a studying and just reading books all day and doing work all day it could also be more of a recreational thing where you could just chill and relax catch a break from your classes and whatnot and do like little recreational things like coloring building Legos and just having fun another thing about their school they also have built-in outlets in their table that are that open in closed as you can see in the bottom left corner um I think that's like a pretty good like safety precaution too as well like the outlets they you could close it so when you're done it's all clean and organized the last high school we visit was um keka one thing that I like that I noticed that stood out to me the most was their laptop charging
050ports so in our high school the laptop charging ports are open you just put in your laptop and you live like leave it in there a lot of issues we had with that is people taking the laptops like moving them around can't find them or any of the sort and with their school they have the laptop their laptop charging port is like monitored by their ID so you'll tap your ID on it and you can it will show you a selection of which one like is like available for you you pick which one you would like and then open it put your laptop in and closes and when you come back when you tap your ID only your slot opens up um they also have like really great lighting they have a lot of space
051just like our library it's very huge and spacious and the way they like used their space I felt like was really like convenient for example like their cubicles something really nice about their cubicles is how it's very it's soundproof and they could change the temperature to whether be like AC or like to warm it up and students rent it out as many times as they want and the seating is also like maneuverable like you can move it around one thing that was really cool about their Library as well is that they have a VR virtual reality section like in the top right corner um it's it's a small little corner but students are able to just like again have like recreational use like just use it to play games they could rent it out forever
052like however long they needed to and yeah they just really like have more of a modernized look that we would like to bring to our library and just utilize everything [Applause] honestly um good evening my name is Gavin henigan um you know I would like to tell you a couple problems that we see in our library maybe some things we would like to renovate some things we would like to fix um before we go into that I just want to thank our Librarians our directors of the library for you know showing us around showing us things that they personally feel like they would like to see things that they would like to implement things like that and with that we can start talking about things that we see a little bit of elaboration on charis's
053point of views from the other high schools things like that okay so to start off you know we would like to talk about the doors and the safety of them we know previously that the high school had just got on doors with the lock down button um the library doors on the left side on the first floor can only be locked with an allen key and I believe it's the right door on the first floor the lock is broken on that door so just for safety procedures and things like that you know we would like to see that fixed maybe not as many windows leading it to the hallway things like that or maybe at least curtains to cover those windows chariss was talking about the modular seating and things like that you know with
054the way that the district is moving towards a more Project based learning trying to preps for college to work with others things like that with the cubicles we think modular seating modular tables would help out we can arrange them differently for the different class settings different Club settings things like that we're a onetoone district we would love to see some more outlets in our building in the library in the library itself we have the two charging towers and like chariss had said the ones in Connect quat were closed you can use your ID to skan in um most of our outlets in the library are on the floor and in between bookshelves so as much Outlets as we do have they're not as accessible as we need them to be chariss was talking about the
055floor and things like that if one piece of our carpet gets messed up we have to rip out the whole carpet there were test STS to show that there was no esess dis glue so we would maybe like to see things implementing maybe with paneling something more along the lines that could absorb the sound still but could be easily replaced if we have to um things like books through our surveys we found that a couple of kids more than a couple obviously but kids were saying that they feel like there aren't as many book selections as they would like so maybe we can have a chart when you enter in the library that can introduce genres other series of books things that we can add into the library for those students we know we have
056budget in we know we have money in the budget every year for more library books a lot of that money goes to waste because we don't know the selection kids would like so things that we can do on our own and Implement that way would be awesome too um um student artwork would be awesome we know that our library introduces a lot of like the CTE fashion and the clubs things like that we would love to see some more student artwork around some more aesthetic changes things that we can do ourselves things that if we had maybe the more trying to think of the word but you know what I'm saying just more art more student artwork more representation for those students in those art programs that maybe don't get into the art show and
057things like that um a lot of kids were talking about how they feel like the library is a little too loud something we would like to see is maybe a quiet space something along the lines of a maker space where kids can go they can read their book kids can go and separate themselves from the rest of the kids in library work on a project study make sure all their focus is on what they need to get done by that deadline they need to get it done by um a big idea of why we want to do this is just the idea of preparing for college Project based learning and things like that um some history about our library so the high school was built in 1973 that was along with the library I think
058our carpet was only renovated once around 2003 we've been getting some more furniture and some things like that throughout the years but we would love to see more we would love to see things that would show up to modernizing our library things like that um I would like to call out some accomplishments that we've been able to get done with help from others people who have listened people that have been open to our ideas um accomplishments have been EPC is bringing in a new lighting system they're going to be more sustainable lights and things like that that includes the library as it includes the rest of the building um capacity signs in the library that were previously have been falling down have been replaced um they look very clean they look very uniform they've been
059replaced we love to see that the mural that has been up um in the middle of the library for a long time has just been taken down with our request that we have a new mural that we would like like to get put up um after 3 years um the lift in the library is completely fixed and functional um I would like to thank Frank Mazy Paul Nunan Dr R Dr Jones and Dr Hanley for helping us get those things done people that knew that they could make that change for us and they listened and I love to see that I appreciate that all the students appreciate that and those are big accomplishments that are leading into a lot more along the way with that I would love to bring up Sophia she could tell
060you a little bit about our surveys a little bit about what the students said and a little bit about what the teachers said Thank [Applause] you hi my name is Sophia scrub and these are our student surveys so if you look at our student surveys most of them are 50/50 but that is because most of our students most of the students that did do the survey do not attend the Library as much u a lot of them said that during our surveys it's because they feel like the library is more of a lounge less of a library feel they feel that you know if there was more stuff to do in the library if it wasn't you know there wasn't that much um I'm sorry um if it just felt more like a library they
061also said that they would like it if we had more of like we have like this area in our library and they kind of felt that if it was that if they they felt if it was more of like um if they felt if it was more like there was more snacks and more like stuff to do in the library this is the teacher survey so the teacher survey is a lot better the teachers did say that student productivity would improve with the renovations so since our library is two stories at the on the second story that is where teachers do teach at for the most part um and since our library is so big when teachers are on the second floor teaching it is an open space so if there's students on the first
062floor if they're loud or if they're noisy it kind of disrupts you know the learning process of the students above um and also going back to what were said earlier on our surveys we did do about 1500 student surveys so we did have a lot of data to collect from it and I like to bring up one so as you may have already noticed um this is not a project that can be done in one year as much as we' love that um for our school you know that with permits and and um going through the process it's really not possible but what is is implementing these changes over a span of time and that's when we'll more talk more about um our fiveyear plan now this plan really takes all the things we've mentioned
063uh functionality welcoming space creativity and safety now the Patrick Medford High School library renovation uh project ceased to transform our existing Library into a modern functional and aesthetically pleasing environment that supports the needs through our 5year plan and just to mention one thing that Gavin um talked about was new graduation requirements and um new teaching techniques really rely on um Project based learning you know that's a really important part um that a lot of us have been doing and and this class is a Project based um learning experience for ourselves and with that I'd like to move on to our fiveyear plan and we'll have Gavin speak more about that okay so a little bit about our Five-Year Plan this was a collection of our ideas um Kyla isn't here today but Kyla OS solivan
064was the first one to kind of pitch this idea of a fiveyear plan at us and we all work together to you know find the things that we think over the span of time would be worth it um we understand that this can't be a complete gut job this can't be something that we renovate you know Florida roof so things throughout our 5-year plan are little changes that would cause a domino effect to then start the rest of them so with our Five-Year Plan in our first year we would like to maybe remove or remodel the carpet uh charlous was telling us a little bit about the paneling something along those lines is something we would like to see first we understand when the library was built everything was made with the same color scheme
065and everything matched we think with the idea of a new carpet being the first step we could find that there's more ways to implement than new furniture there's more ways to implement new Aesthetics and things like that cuz everything is going to have to be one cohesive build um we would like to replace outdated and worn down furniture kind of like I was saying before the carpet would cause for the new color scheme the carpet would cause for more things like that with the new furniture um we can go for the more modular seating the desks with the outlets on them things that allow us to use our onetoone devices that the district provides for us in our third year we would want to add more Outlets add more outlets around the libraries things that
066aren't in the middle of the floor maybe a couple outlets on the wall we had heard from a contractor that there were some libraries that had Outlets that come down from the ceiling we think that would be a cool implementation maybe with the new tables um after that in our fourth year would be updating technology we only have five desktop computers in the whole Library so maybe updating our technology with those desktops maybe getting a couple more or just getting new ones we feel like that would bring more kids in it would help the printing process a lot more we think that would be really beneficial and in our fifth year would be the Aesthetics decorating bport uh blueo high school you know like Charlie saying they had a lot of plants around a lot
067of inspirational quotes they were saying a lot of things with the shelves they had books facing forward things that they thought would be more eyeg grabbing things like that those aesthetic changes we can make ourselves and those aesthetic changes are things that we think we can do on our own but we want to handle the things that we can't do by ourselves with the help of everyone else here yeah thank you we want everyone to leave you know being proud of pet talking about the amazing library that they saw get done with Mr Carlson cic class when we leave you know thank you guys so much I appreciate [Applause] it and just to speak about um what Gavin had mentioned about the contractor we did have a contractor come in and he gave us an
068estimate and if you'd like that uh numbers we we do have it on file um but just to summarize it um he gave us an entire chart including flooring um flooring finish install including prep and work and removal of the carpet we have new furniture tables chairs and cubicles power for the new furniture um we also have railings and what we talked about the glass and windows in the library we also have all those all those numbers and it it comes to about 200,000 and when we look at that number we really think about um the material being used the labor obviously students we don't really know much about numbers and money get um but again that that's why we we ask that you guys reach out um for your expertise we know that all
069of you here are great experienced um we know that you're up here for a reason and we thank you for that but the last thing I I'd like to mention is the big why why should you care about this project and when we're talking about future generation it it essentially becomes a legacy project you know uh coming in here I saw a couple students here and and I remember when I when I used to go here and when I used to uh go to tront in Oregon and when when when we're doing this project we really we're thinking about them you know um and when we PRI prioritize our library as a vibrant and welcoming space we're not only investing in education but also the potential of every student who walks through those doors one
070quote from Dania Ortez Martinez policy analysis for education says for decades Stu Studies have shown a positive correlation between strong School library programs and student achievement so when we think about that quote we think about each book each resource each program becomes a stepping stone towards success for our youth by creating an environment that nurtures Curiosity and learning we equip the Next Generation with the tools they need to affect positive change in our community the library isn't ready to Foster those needs other schools have already moved on to a modern Library why haven't we you should care about this subject because it ensures that the future is bright for all who call Our Community home now with that I'd like to again thank Dr R and Dr Hanley for all the help they they've given
071us through getting all the interviews and really going to New York as well just want to thank you very much for that and all of you for your attention and with that we'll close our presentation I'd just like to commend each and every one of the students that so articulately uh and eloquently presented uh and certainly Mr Carlson for facilitating the entire uh class project I want to say to you that your voice truly does matter we really do listen to you and and there have been many projects in the past by generation citizens classes that have been Incorporated we have made them a reality and it's so important for us um to hear your voice to know that your voice matters to know that you've done all this incredible research and presented it so
072I really am proud of each and every one of you I also thank you for coming back to present after your class is finished the class is done and you took time out of your busy schedules which I know you've already moved on to a new semester and you're here tonight because you care and you're passionate about what you're asking us to consider so I really do commend each and every one of you well done thank you I'd like to call the student sub to the front we'd like to come up and take a picture with the board for e [Applause] my bed I'll pull up Ella and then we'll do comments thank you very much for that wonderful presentation okay next up moving on to number seven which would be report by ex officio
073student member Ellen mccan and when she's completed we go to community comments and questions good evening everyone my name is Ella mccan I hope you are all doing very well and I'm looking forward to this lovely break welcome to February 10th the business meeting I the ex officio student member of the Board of Education and I will be discussing what has been going on in our buildings from now since January so January was packed with excitement at Bay Elementary families put their knowledge to the test at trivia night enjoying a fun-filled evening of friendly competition they transformed their gym into a movie theater for movie night featuring two short films popcorn and a full concession stand Bas students even took their school spirit beyond the classroom cheering on the St Stony Brook seaw Wolves at
074a men's basketball game our students had an unforgettable moment participating in the fan tunnel high-fiving the play as they took the Court Oregon Middle School had a guest speaker with Mr sundall classes from the field of Nursing From Mr Riri thank you for sincerely thank you sincerely for this wonderful opportunity to meet such a wonderful crew of faculty and students the students were so well behaved and asked great questions for me he looks forward to making a future visit great job Oregon for representing patm with pride also at Oregon Middle School many events have happened over the past month they held a peer leader swearing in ceremony made meals for the local food bank held an exciting Battle of the classes and held a hola Survivor to share his experiences with the eighth graders as
075he's a grandfather of one of the students at Eagle Elementary the fourth graders visited the Brook Haven National Lab for Hands-On learning students and staff dressed like they were from the 80s to celebrate the 80th day of school and Eagle held its annual steam night on January 16th thank you to all of the parent and teacher volunteers for their hard work and making this a great success special thanks to miss Carrie ha for chairing the event and to the Medford fire department for bringing the ladder truck to the egg drop challenge fifth grade at tront elementary school organized and ran a successful fundraiser to support their class trip students sold snowballs to raise money to support their cause the culation of the fundraiser was a class snowball fight all grade 5 students participated and had
076a great time also all of engaged in many learning activities to celebrate Martin Luther King Day students wrote letters read books and participated in many learning activities in remembrance of this great man and his legacy this week third grade went to the movies for a fun and educational field trip as well they are currently busy getting set up for their spe spectacular PP week Kanan Elementary School celebrated students who competed a 100 or more lessons on I ready which since launching this recognition initiative student engagement has increased greatly in mathematics and reading in December students completed 2,958 math lessons which rose to 4,39 in January for reading 2544 lessons increased to 398 lessons in January this is amazing growth and great job to all involved at South Ocean Middle School they hosted a memorable evening
077where his parents were given an in-depth overview of programs of studies scheduling and various supports for their child's success here they they had the opportunity to collaborate on a beautiful painting to make memories and celebrate their time in Middle School thus far and lastly my personal favorite what an incredible musical our high school put on I was lucky enough to see it this past weekend and I am constantly so impressed by the talent in our schools it was truly one of the best musicals that the high school has ever put on great job to all involved and with that thank you so much for your time I hope you have a great rest of your night and here's to another month of involvement support and spirit thank you thank you Ella [Applause] okay we're going
078to move on to item number eight which is public comments and as a reminder at this time the floor is open to anyone who would like to comment on the consent agenda Andor on any of tonight's presentations only each speaker is limited to three minutes with no sharing of Time Mrs deliva will maintain the clock and inform you when this 30 seconds remaining the public comment portions of the meeting provide an opportunity for our community members members to share their thoughts concerns and questions to the Board of Education please be mindful that your comments are expected to be courteous and must remain respectful at all times the board is here to listen and cannot provide immediate feedback or engage in open dialogue any necessary followup will be noted and provided at a later date thank
079you any questions or comments hello Sher Costello Medford um first I continue to be incredibly impressed by our teachers and our students here at Pat Medford they really the math presentation was fantastic Our Generation citizen class year after year I just more and more by their ability to come up and speak about what they're what they're learning what they're doing what they hope for our school and our community I I just think we have an amazing amazing staff an amazing group of students it's it's really phenomenal so thank you for all of that wonderful information I think our students have worked really hard today the the young ones from the elementary modeling their work I mean I watched that little girl over there the entire time the presentation was going on she was just working
080and working and working I thought was really phenomenal um I like that the conversation came up with I ready and how they can further our students um learning as it applies to computer-based testing I think our kids are too much on computers and too much on device but I do like the split between some paper based testing and some computer-based testing especially if it can give them a leg up on what's coming down from the state and their requirements so I think that's excellent I think we have Future Leaders here in our project citizen class and I'm sure that Mr Maisy was impressed to hear them quoting some EPC yeah I just I was really Blown Away by it all and I I just wanted to complement that I do have a question on the
081consent agenda I read in here uh you're approving today the adoption of policy 61 45.3 inter Scholastic Athletics when I looked at that it said that schedule a and schedule B would include the forms that families would use in order to um access different pieces related to Transportation those forms were not attached so I do know with the new website making sure all of that stuff is linked appropriately there was a link in there to something else just a a comment for the future so that could be attached there and then it indicated that that form needs to be given to the principal um the way that I've utilized that form if it's the same one and again I couldn't see the form so I wasn't sure I've had to forward it to the athletic
082director Mr kco so I'm just not sure if the language in that is accurate and I wanted to make it um known before you vote thank you so much for your time thank you m Costello yes sir who Kelly yeah sure um Sher I'm not sure if you're talking about the transportation form that parents fill out that the athletes in order to pick up the athletes is that what you're talking about that one okay correct yes that that form is attached to when we sign on to final forms that's one of the that is attached when we sign our our students up or our children up for final forms under the sports that athletic Transportation form is attached under final forms it it's always required it's always required that we fill it out that if
083we take a child home from an event you're supposed to fill out that and give it to the coach otherwise the child is supposed to take the bus home because that's how the coach H the cability okay thank you hi Jody Moran Medford um I just wanted to add an additional thought onto ex aicio El mcan's um reference to this past weekend's High School Musical performance um as as a parent volunteer I just want to say thank you all for attending um administrators board members your presence means more to the students than I think you realize um we know because we're uh behind the scenes and also to to everybody who came out and donated to help us be able to provide for the students they work extensive hours just like you guys you know
084what it's like to work past 9:00 and these students were at school at 7:00 in the morning there till after 900 p.m. and we are so grateful for the sustenance that you provided um I know that they were Beyond thrill just to have grapes so um I just wanted to express my sincerest thanks not only for being present but for also just being community members and understanding how important it is um to look out for our students thank you thank you m Moran any further questions or comments okay we're going to move on to number nine which would be the uh acceptance of the consent agenda can I have a motion second second all in favor I all opposed consent agenda is passed the consent agenda has successfully ped okay moving on to item number
08510 there were no items removed from the consent agenda for a separate vote number 11 the informational items policy first reading policy 5114 is up for reading procedures for dealing with pupils who are insubordinate disorderly or truant or whose conduct endangers the safety and morals or health or welfare of others moving on to item number 12 actions arising out of the executive session um there are a number of resolutions coming out of the exec session and they'll be read by Mr Leva yeah yeah right yeah whoa okay actions arising out of executive session be it resolved the Board of Education hereby approves the amendment to employment contract employment agreement dated February 10th 2025 between the Patrick mford Union Free School District and Dr John Donna Jones and authorized the board president to sign said Amendment
086on behalf of the board our second resolution be it resolved the board board of education hereby accepts the letter of resignation for purposes of retirement from Dr J Donna Jones dated February 10th 2025 with an effective resignation date of June 30th 2025 all in favor we need a motion a motion I'll make a motion second I'll second all in favor I all oppos resolution passed thank you Mr Lea okay with that we're going to move on to item number 13 which is a superintendent report by Dr Donna Jones thank you uh Mr President good evening to the all the community members here uh my report will be a response to what has just been read the board and I have been discussing when I would be retiring for several years in tandem we have also
087been discussing succession plans to ensure there would be a seamless transition to new leadership and while I have another year to go on my contract I believe now is an opportune time to step down explore new opportunities and give myself more time to spend with my family and my friends the board has accepted my resignation this evening for the purposes of retirement effective June 30th 2025 I will be completing 31 years in education and I actually have actually completed 31 years at this point in in the year and I'm truly proud of some of the transformative work that has occurred during my tenure as superintendent I certainly would not have been able to accomplish as much without the unwavering support of the Board of Education members of my cabinet administrators teachers and dedicated support staff
088together with our students and their families we not only survived but thrived in some of the most historically challenging of times when I was appointed as superintendent of schools six years ago I inherited eight of our 11 schools being designated as schools in need of improvement today only one of our schools has that designation and that school is making significant progress every year in addition I inherited a special education department requiring targeted skills assistance from the state due to consistently missing the mark for indicator compliance six years later our district was removed from targeted assistance status and we have made significant improvements to State indicator compliance these two categories of improvement have been a few of my proudest accomplishments I'm also proud that we have adopted measures to provide inclusive and welcoming environments to all
089students this has included restorative practices and approach that provides all students with an opportunity to learn from their mistakes and through this practice I along with all principles assistant principles Deans social workers psychologists and guidance counselors have been able to get to know many families and assist them in some of their most challenging times I'm equally proud that when other districts were facing budget cuts due to state aid reductions we were able to sustain all programs improves supports for children and retain all staff members last but not least I am also proud that we were able to band together as a United Community to P to pass a tremendous Bond referendum that will provide benefits to generations of students for years to come and as we fought through a pandemic wildfires bomb threats unfunded mandates
090culture wars and fiscal CP I can proudly Proclaim that our district and our community never took our eyes off the care and concern of our children many of my days over the last six years have started with prayer for our students and their families because I wanted nothing less for every child that I have served than I would want for my own grandchildren this job cannot be done without Grit determination and care for the entire system to the board staff and Community we are living through very challenging times that have seemed too often as though Society at large has lost its moral compass along with the civility respect and care for Humanity if I may offer one humble suggestion as I pass this prestigious mantle it would be that you continue to move this District
091forward by pledging your commitment to caring deeply for our students believing that all students have the right to learn regardless of race socioeconomic status or developmental disabilities that you and that you imbue passion and purpose when times are difficult to remind us why we do this challenging but immensely rewarding work every single day thank you thank you Dr Jones [Applause] on behalf of my colleagues on the board of education I would like to express our heartfelt appreciation for Dr Donna Jones as she announces her retirement effective June 30th 2025 Dr Jones has dedicated countless years of service to our district and her impact on our community cannot be overstated under her leadership we have seen remarkable Vision come to life one that prioritizes the needs of all students staff and community members Dr Jones is
092an extraordinary ability to identify long-term goals uring that our district not only addresses immediate challenges but also prepares for a successful future her strategic thinking and compassionate approach have created an environment where everyone can Thrive Dr Jones thank you for your unwavering commitment your inspirational leadership and your dedication to fostering an inclusive and supportive Community your legacy will be felt for generations to come and we are deeply grateful for all that you have accomplished as you embark on this new chapter know that you take with you the appreciation and admiration of all of us we wish you all the best in your future endeavors over the next few months the board will be interviewing candidates to assume the position of interim superintendent of schools for the start of the 20125 2026 school year we are
093looking to make this selection by the end of May or sooner to allow for a transition period with Dr Jones and the board in terms of selecting our next superintendent of schools we intend to do a comprehensive farreach ing superintendent search over these few months we will be looking at what the best course of action would be in terms of putting the superintendent search process in place including speaking with professional search firms that specialize in assisting public school districts in this area the process will include stakeholder representation with the input solicited from parents and Guardians community members and of course our administrators teachers and District support Personnel our goal is to have the search process begin sometime in the fall of 20125 with the selection being made in the spring of 2026 the new superintendent
094appointment would be for the start of the 2026 d227 school year that begins in July of 2026 as more information becomes available on the search process we will of course update the community every step of the way again thank you Dr Jones Okay um we're going to move on to number 14 which is discussion topics field testing discussion but first I just wanted to share um an email that I sent to Brian festler who's who helped us with our resolution um and he responded back so I wanted to show that with all you guys yes the nisba resolution um so I I just was asking him about an update for our resolution about field testing um and I just went on to tell him that once again our schools have been selected to participate in
095field testing and just wanted to see where we're at basically with um of that and then I also did ask him if he knew that of a letter from sad that explained and I know sometimes the verbage is it's required but it's not mandated or it's mandated and it's not required so I did ask him about that he said thanks for reaching out he has also CC Kelly in this too because she reached out to Kathy Romano for the same same question uh shortly following the adoption of this position in October staff at s reached out to us to make sure they understood the position that was approved we had a discussion about our business meeting process Etc and shared the exact position statement language with them they indicated that the department planned to do
096some work on these issues in the up upcoming months and committed to including nisba as part of those discussions specifically based on our position statement and then he just went on to say a lot of the uh Statewide education Focus right now is understandably on the state budget and the Federal EO EOS but your Outreach is a good reminder for me to check in with the Department on this to see if there were any more updates and he will do that and get back to us so basically I just you know wanted to say that and I know I I asked for for that letter that we sent last time and that was a letter from gcio so I I still I know I have nothing to lose by saying let's send back the field
097testing principls administrators they have their licenses they're all of that so no one is going to direct anybody to do something that will affect their career but what I continue to ask is you know from State education department a clear answer on that and it to me it doesn't exist I haven't seen that document from them so when we may I'm Mr pres thank you when we sign our information every year there is a par particular form that I have to when we submit our financials every year our st3 our sa 100 all of that documentation there are things that I have to attest to as superintendent and they include all of these checklist of items one of which involves field testing and so it is part of a checklist that I have to to
098attest to in order for us to be eligible for state aid and in order for us to submit the documentations to the state on an annual basis so you don't see it in the form of a letter it's an attestation of things for instance it could be something like the the flags when we get direct directions from the governor's office that we are going to complain with raising flags and lowering Flags in accordance with their directive there are certain things that I have to attest to it's a very long list of things thank you Dr Johnson well I know again the the board has gone to that next level of taking it to nisba uh again it kind of gets stuck in nisba I sometimes wonder they do a great conference a lot of great
099training stuff but as far as the resolution stuff they don't really do very much um but you know we've always done a letter and we've always sent that up to S and I think part of what Dian is looking at is we need to State our position we're not going to like you said put anybody's careers at risk uh we had done that years back and we got a nasty Le letter back to the administrator saying you're going to lose your license no but I think we do need another letter to go up to the state and say you know what what is this whole field testing thing you know it's like field testing uh teachers we're going to start field testing your quizzes every week you know it's crazy like you guys know how
100to write a test and give a test we talked about all the things we're doing in math yet somehow the state feels that the tests that they're giving out need to be tested to see if they're good like you guys can't write a test I mean it's it's utterly ridiculous so I think we just need to State it again that our students no don't need to be exposed to more test thing to test your tests thank you Mr danael okay D Dr um trusty andr you good okay all right so now we're going to move on to number 15 committee reports and we're going to start with buildings and operations which is going to be trustee creger I am ready this time I'm good this time all right so we met we had a kind
101of full meeting we met on January uh 30th we discussed the next steps for the max temperature law which comes into effect in September 2025 and we are ahead of the curve since we have a plan for this so we're kind of four steps ahead of everybody else who's um behind the AP wall but in in the meantime uh both OC's and other agencies are looking for guidance for implementation because again it's a big ask and there's going to be issues with everybody looking to do this at the same time so we are looking for more guidance on that uh we discussed the public health law 267 which uh advises us that we have to have feminine products in all bathrooms we're in compliance with that uh Mr Nunan took care of that we're done
102um M we spoke about our peace polls with m who is in the audience today brought to our attention that an outside um I forgot the name of your group though patock peace project I'm sorry the patock peace project has donated peace polls for each school so we're working on a plan to have a dedication and have them put into all the schools so I know Miss ker is is working with Mr Maisy on that did you want to add anything on that good evening uh no we had a very productive meeting today uh we're going to facilitate that at all the buildings but uh to take the next step is to uh accompany not just the installation of them at the schools but to do it in conjunction with some kind of uhy or
103an event that can actually really drive home the point of the great work that they're doing right we don't want to just stick a poll in front of a school we want the schools to understand what they mean and how it ties into our our District's philosophies so we really thank you for um your whole group for bringing them to us um we spoke about the EPC performance contract Mr mey and Mr Nunan meet with the Architects and the EPC uh Consultants at every other week and they are going to be coming to our March meeting to give us a presentation on all their work and then lastly we spoke about the bay Edition which is another thing that Mr Nan and Mr mey meet with the Architects and Mr Men say the principal from
104Bay every two weeks and that is anticipated to be completed in September of 2026 uh we do not have a meeting right now for February because it is budget month but we will be meeting in March again so when we have a date we will let you know oh you got it yeah yeah March 6th all right we're meeting on March 6th at 4M I assume thank you truste kriger okay next one up is finance that would be trustee daao thank you Mr President um so we had our meeting on January 16th um Mr Maisy and the the whole business office was in attendance they did a great job again of presenting how transparent we are with our our finances they're they're posted they're available we went through how you can find them on the
105website uh Dorian lamb did a great job of presenting everything about you know all the items that we we we present and it was a great leadin meeting to then the budget meetings that then occurred you know basically few days few weeks after or whatever um so Mr Maisy do anything you wanted to add about that because I know you were talking about some of the funding aspects of course we talk about you know again the Govern um the state's budget the governor's budget and the amendments to that how we could be losing money anything you want to just share uh just that you know we what we try to do with that with the committee is you know the finance piece is it's vast and we want to share all the different things that
106we're encountering on on a regular basis and uh some of the examples that come up in the committee and that's what's really beneficial the are the conversations that take place of how we're trying to utilize all different sources whether they be Grant funded whether they be from other sources that we have such as smart Bond EPC um and how we really try to put them to good use um in the district because um if I tie it back to what the students were saying earlier just for instance with the library project we hear these things and we always try to find out how can we facilitate them uh they're not always easy to do within the confines of a normal or typical budget so we're always strategizing on how we can do this and make
107these things a reality um some are faster some take longer but that's really what's most engaging about this um this committee and uh you know we talked about this with within the context of the bond that was passed last year and how we are already starting to move forward that ahead of schedule and that has the financial implications that will be shared with the community because that was a big um point of last year's presentations so as that information now comes to fruition and solidified we're going to share that out with the community to let them know what those impacts will be so more to come on that we'll update that update you with that uh on the on the website itself and I'd be remiss if I didn't point out again the fact from
108the finance committee from the business office the amount of gratitude that this community needs for Dr Jones when she started her career here she started as the assistant superintendent of business the position that Mr Maisy has now of course Mr Maisy was basically one of her apprentices to that position and Mr mais doing a fantastic job but you know the district had some financial difficulties way back when and Dr Jones came in and she said I'm going to straighten this out just give me five years right give me six years but she did and this community really needs to be grateful to the fact that like other districts and you mentioned in your your speech before that other districts are in financial disarray with some of the conditions that are going on we lost in
109in state aid um this district is solid financially we are extremely solid and that has to do with the work that doc the foundation that Dr Jones put forth so Dr Jones Thank you thank you trusty dinael up next is districtwide technology and that um would be me so we're going to go over we had a meeting on February 5th I was really sick and did not attend but I have all the minutes um from Mr Rich Roth of what transpired at that meeting first thing they talked about was website the the website redesign projects um and here were some of the items that they went over the contact numbers I verified that the contact numbers for schools can be found under the our schools locations contact numbers for individual administrators can be found on
110the administration administrative page but Mr richforth made it appear without having to click on any or each person the departmental numbers can be found on the D departmental Pages he added a calendar search feature to the website um as far as Board of Education recordings it was verified that these were never news items and always housed on the recording section which is easier now it's under the Board of Education meetings recordings recordings are usually available within a few days after the event aside from any other magical technological issue quick links he verified that he was unable to move the quick links above the video as might was suggested and the navigation icons he has put in a request with final site a website vendor to see if there's a way to change the tier three
111icons to something similar to the tier two that is larger and easier to see they discussed the e- rate um phase one replaced all the network switches at the high school with a 20 5 gigabyte switches that's completed replace the core switch at the high school configuration and installation of that is complete waiting on a date to perform the swap as we would need to bring down all phones and internet during that turnover phase two um they have submitted a winner for the bid which was approved tonight in our February meeting next up was they discussed instructional application and usage licensing U Mr richro had sent out a survey to all directors with the help of Mrs KET kenned requesting that directors submit a response for every application utilized by their teachers this will help
112to dis to compare what we have vers what we're using along with this we were provided directors the principles the capability to view analytics through their class link next up was discussion of a policy for artificial intelligence the committee members were um asked to complete a survey to help develop this policy it was given through a uh a form that the survey can be filled out and they needed the form back by February 21st and within that they also provideed certain policies to review to help them guide which uh statement should be made in the AI policy they were cyber bullying technology and acceptable use photocopy of copyrighted materials for the classroom and computer education um our next meeting is on 3:19 and another topic that was discussed um quickly was it was requested to
113have a meeting with the AP teachers discuss technology concerns for the exams and that was our meeting our next one again will be on March 19th as I stated next up would be the extracurricular program which is trustee Jennings and truste Andrade we we didn't have a meeting yet the next one is February 26 at 515 thank you okay um instructional and student support programs and that would be truste Salazar we have yet to have our February meeting uh that will take place this Thursday it's scheduled for this Thursday currently at South o Middle School at 4:30 in the South conference room thank you trusty Salazar and the final committee is legislation and that would be truste Smith uh the legislative committee didn't meet but we did go to the um uh Longwood legislative breakfast
114where uh all of our uh local electeds the local electeds not the um Cong Congress elected were were there um um there were several um updates from a lot of a lot of art a lot of music impressive stuff um there was some information on the governor's Foundation Aid proposals um David Wix uh CEO for bosis talked about changing needs and demographics of our students um um and we had several questions who were a questions asked by uh people in attendance about updating the civil service exam um changing potentially changing the timeline for zero emission buses I thought it was interesting that we're changing the language from uh electric buses to zero emission buses which could maybe make this transition a little easier um or legislators seem to a lot of the legislators seem to
115be in favor of just killing the whole thing altoe um um uh 211 waiver extensions for retirees um who might so that they can earn more than $35,000 without that affecting their pit pensions that was a question that was asked in some discussion over there was uh an interesting conversation about um um child victims acts claims um uh asking for help with that and one of I don't remember which legislator Dr Cohen said it but there was an actual potential solution there there's a potential fund that could maybe be accessed by some school districts um right so it's that the liquidation fund is is held by the state and it is funded by the insurance companies so that might help some districts who have been devastated by some of these claims um it was a
116good meeting that's it thank you our next meeting is when March March 13th thank you I'm going to tack on to what was great about our um legislative breakfast was that we had one of our student representatives there and um a lot of the other schools had student representatives and it was really good to have the students there and hear their voice and see them excited and actively participating one of the demonstrating students uh was actually was injured when she was 5 years old in a car accident profoundly disabled and was um um uh playing paraplegic um I was playing music I don't remember the name of the piece that she was playing but she played music by her motorized computer uh with her an imotion computer amazing thank you trustee Smith okay moving on
117to item number 16 which is community comments just a reminder the board of education allows this time at the conclusion of its regular meetings for comments from residents and attendance on any topic please note that any person wishing to to speak at this time shall comply with all provisions of the board policy we remind you to keep your comments to a three-minute maximum and to conduct yourself in a respectful manner please address School matters only and refrain from addressing topics related to Personnel matters or individual students such concerns should be discussed privately with the superintendent or administrator at an appropriate time the board is here to listen and cannot provide immediate feedback or engage in open dialogue any necessary followup will be noted and provided at a later date hi hi please state your name
118and your address rayanna schmaler uh North Summit Avenue pck um and I just wanted to express my gratitude for the letter posted to parents Square on February 5th um regarding our undocumented community members um schools are not only ethically obligated to provide every student with a free and appropriate public education but they're legally required to do so the Supreme Court ruling in the 1982 case of pler vers doe ruled that states cannot deny public education to Children based on their immigration status your letter underscored the fact that our district remains committed to all students and for that I am thankful uh in addition while it's true that schools must cooperate with criminal investigations immigration status is a civil issue not a criminal one historically standing up for what is right has often been met with
119resistance and I wanted to take the opportunity to publicly thank you for being the upstanders that you expect our children to be and in light of your announcement I thank you even more thank you very much for that good evening uh my name is Elizabeth cillo 11 Marvin Street in patock I am here to um thank you for that letter uh thank you Dr Jones it meant a lot so much and you empowered so many kids with that letter and that support and we know that you went through a hard time last week and we we truly appreciate all the support of you and the board um let me just read a couple things that I wanted to say I am here tonight to show support for the patm school district as some other parents
120came tonight last week the district based criticism from its commitment to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all students a place where they can focus on their education without fear of distractions related to their legal status no student should have to worry about being targeted my daughter goes to to school to learn grow and enjoy her educ education just like every other child and my child should never witness agents taking students she goes to school to learn we have also seen how enforcement policies can have significant consequences recently the County lost a 60 million lawsuit for following ice orders yet ice itself was protected from liability this highlights the importance of ensuring that policies prioritizing fairness do not and do not negatively impact our communities especially our students some parents are here tonight to
121express their appreciation for for the superintendent and the school board who are part prioritizing both safety and education we recognize your efforts and stand with you in support of a positive learning environment for all children and some of the students also created their change.org and it was really nice to see how all the students got together and they did this petition I don't know if you received it but um from here I would say uh from the Latino Community I would say only two of us have signed because it didn't go around as much but they're here showing the support and um right now there's like I think like 260 270 signatures of students and some parents and that's just you know internal just friends not making it public for everyone to sign but I
122truly believe that all of Pat met really appreciates your efforts and thank you for having that strength because that was a lot of strength to stand up to something that right now we're going through and thank you and not only for I don't think standing up was only for the undocumented but really for all children no child should see that type of you know um actions in a school my daughter's not in jail my daughter's not going somewhere she's going to school toar learn and that's the only thing I want my daughter to winess 30s so thank you so much and thank you thank you for and please for anyone for a future superintendent um we really want someone that will also back all the students and really focus on the education of everyone thank
123you again I appreciate it Dr Jones thank you my name is Joan durovich I'm a parent here in patmed I live in shenfeld Boulevard I have three children in the school district we moved here to Pat chog 10 years ago because of the rich diversity here so I also want to thank you for standing up for my neighbors my children's friends and for making sure that all of our children have a safe environment to go to school with I know that you've paid a price for that I appreciate that I respect your decision to retire and congratulations on a successful career I also want to Echo um the previous speaker and urge you as we transition leadership to find someone that shares the same moral compass that Dr Jones demonstrated in her six-year tenure but
124especially over the last few weeks so I want to thank you very much thank you good evening my name is Michelle L Martina and that's 111 Swan Lake drive and patrck I'd just like to take a minute to thank Dr Jones for everything she has done for this District over the many years of her service the very first board meeting I attended was the night that Dr Jones was sworn in officially as a superintendent that night was one I will never forget because they did not make that easy for you that night you showed me what a strong and courageous woman you were and I left feeling that you were totally committed to our students in our community in the days to follow I was invited to hear to your office to speak with you
125I found you to be caring and wonderful person who shared your personal and professional background you were experien experienced you were smart and determined few years you faced many obstacles out of your control including the pandemic and what you had inherited from the previous administration and you never wavered you stayed strong and persevered I want to thank you for challenging me to be a better parent who sees the best for all of the students not just mine and encouraging me to be involved Community member that has been made to feel like my child and I have a voice and you hear it and for providing me an opportunity to be involved in this wonderful family we called patr Medford School District I am eternally grateful for everything you have accomplished over your time here at
126patmed and for supporting all of our children while I'm absolutely heartbroken that you will not be handing my son his diploma graduation I am so very happy for you and I wish you all the best thank you thank you thank you Miss L Martina anyone else like to come up good evening I'll um save my Dr Jones comments for the end if you don't mind I'm going to start with I miss last meeting because the flu but I would like to compliment our varsity and JB cheerleaders on hosting the very first competition that we've had here at the Patrick Medford School District it was on Sunday I believe January 14th or something it was incredibly successful and we could not have done any of that without the support of the board of district office giving
127approval Mr Maisy obviously Mr CCO and certainly I want to thank Mrs deliva and her husband Mr deliva because they supported us so much that day they spent their entire day there volunteering with us and helping us and providing as much as they possibly could they went above and beyond and I'm really very very grateful the entire cheer team had a very successful day and we look forward to hosting again so um with regard to Future superintendent and please again give me a moment to get to Dr Jones but um i' I've heard the we will have a wide search prior to this um as was just stated although I don't think it was accurate portrayal of of hopefully she wasn't discussing my comments from that night um about not making it easy for Dr
128Jones honestly it was more about the board and many of you were sitting on the board at that time six years ago in December when I stood up and said you made a commitment to our community to have a wide search and you didn't follow through on that whether it was the right decision or the wrong decision and at the time I I didn't have any real information about what kind of a job Dr Jones would be doing but I did Express that as you made that commitment to our community you needed to follow through with it so I certainly do hope the timeline you've laid out the conversation that you plan on having the firm that you're going to be employing whether it be bosis or some other to look far and wide to
129find someone who would best suit our community is really really important um I'm completely caught off guard by tonight's announcement I'm not sure if the other parent who spoke so so eloquently um was as surprised as I am this evening and so please forgive me I'm I am quite um taken a back I think that your intentions have always been in the interest of our students the way you brought student voice as a platform the way that you've supported our district in financial solvency and making sure that we can continue to move forward and make good decisions for our children there have been plenty of times that I've stood up and not had 100% agreement with with with policy or with um decisions and you've always given an opportunity to speak about those we've always
130been able to have a very fair discourse back and forth and I appreciate that and I wish you all the best in your endeavors and you know um we can't look back at any of the places where we've been we just need to continue to look and move forward and so 30 seconds I'm excited to see what comes next for our for our students here at patch Medford and I think one day will be looking at one of our project citizen students you know trying to do this kind of a job here so thank you for for the taking on the responsibility and uh I wish you all of the best thank you Miss Costello Jo Moran 511 Avenue Medford um I'm sorry to get so personal but I can't help it success is individualized
131and I Define my personal success um as being um as being a great mom and this district is not just about its students it's also about the parents and you recognize that and you give me the opportunity to be a great mom because I've always said that if I'm involved in their education my children will learn and grow to Value their own education and know their worth and if they feel like they belong here they're more likely to succeed here and so when I get involved in the school and the community they will just naturally want to follow suit you've not only given me the opportunity to be a better mom you've given me the opportunity to be closer to my kids' educations and I'm forever grateful for that um you've been so incredibly not
132just profession but person of all and so thank you for every moment I am too also devastated that when my kids graduate in two years that you won't be handing them their diplomas um I know you've met them both and you've always been so gracious with them um so thank you from the bottom of my heart I am completely stunned I can't stop shaking my head so it's going to take some time to resonate um thank you for your advocacy your dedication and for always letting me just be mom when it meant the most thank you thank you thank you Mr Moran okay if there no more Community comments we'll move on to board comments we'll start down at the end of the days with trustee Salazar not a good day to start there's a
133lot to say tonight so um we'll start with the easy stuff um excuse me I'm also overcoming a cold like everybody else in this room uh first off I'd like to uh thank Dr dally Miss percher and Mr Wheatley uh for their incredible presentation on the update of implementing our I ready math program uh this was well done and thoroughly outlined um I think the thing that resonated most with me was seeing Mr renan's class and how Dynamic that lesson was um you know if that's what we're doing in classes and we're we're going in the right direction those kids and how engaged they were was was so great to see um that's what that's what teaching is uh also the generation citizen presentation uh those kids did an outstanding job um they had such
134valuable insight and it's great to see that uh we take that and we can run with it while I hope to see that uh there there's even their uh their oratory their speaking skills were fantastic it was it was great to see that and I I it's great now how we have our voices of our students in most of our presentations now and I think the board really values that and sees the impact that that has um and lastly for uh what we've seen the musical if anybody hasn't seen it it was I don't know how we outdo ourselves every single year that was outstanding um just on a personal note we we I brought my whole family there this week this weekend and uh as I was cleaning out my car I had the
135the play bill in there and I asked my wife if she wanted to hold on to it she's like oh we're holding on to that we're going to see that girl on Broadway one day like it was incred the talent that those kids have was outstanding it's funny me her her and not to like you know say anything poorly but her District ran the same play this year and didn't hold a candle to what we did out there so just kudos for that um and lastly you know and not leastly Dr Jones um you I'm going to read every almost everything Mark said um president nran said but um although there's still a lot of work to be done I I believe you're leaving a lasting Legacy here of excellence in Patchogue um where we
136are fostering the needs of all our students uh and as we see you depart you know we see watch with a heavy heart um but we do understand uh you are appreciated and you will sorely be missed uh there is so much more to say about your accomplishments and your character but I'm going to leave at that so thank you so much for everything you have done for our community so I always like going be behind friend because he gets to do all the little nitty-gritty I just said thank you to all of our presenters tonight um your dedication to the district is seen and appreciated and we especially love seeing the students and hearing from them um the musical was spectacular I went all three nights my daughter participated all of the students the
137cast The Crew the pit the cosmetology and construction CTE kids that built the sets did the hair makeup for publicity day the and for performances and the photo students who took all of their amazing pictures that we outdid ourselves in the lobby with the displays um but especially thanks to Nate Brickman who has upped the level of our Productions and and every year it gets better and better and that goes for everything he touches uh music and art he just turns it into gold somehow plus he had that snazzy pink jacket um but then also to the production team um they teach our kids all day long and then they see our kids more than we see them I know for a bunch of us sitting here in this audience we haven't seen our kids
138in any free time they come home and they fall asleep and these teachers see them all day long and then they're with them all week and Saturdays so you know just thank you to them and then a special thanks to the fame parents um the just what you guys do and make it just worthwhile for them you know I I always know my kids are in good hands because they have other moms that can take care of them when I'm not around um so that's that and then Dr Jones while my heart is breaking I fully support and understand your decision um but know that we all stakeholders the board the cabinet uh will all continue your work and your vision for the district I as a parent who transferred into the district six years
139ago my first full year was when you were superintendent and uh know that we have been blessed to have had you I see you as a friend and as a mentor um and we see the transform transformation that has occurred in this time that you've been here you are renowned and sought after in the educational Community for presentations and seminars but in our hearts we knew you were ours I'm sorry our dis all of our District's accomplishment accomplishments were based on your vision and ultimately we are blessed to have had you and we thank you oh brother um so the generation citizen I am blown away by that presentation they did such good work down to like what's the glue in the rugs hold like amazing work um the uh the the ma itics curriculum
140um thank you very much to um Dr Daly and uh Miss perchant and M Mr wayy was my now 27 year-old daughter's kindergarten teacher he's great um um I was very happy to see the children doing the work here what a lot of fun that was and I'm I'm so grateful for the time that they took to make that presentation um Dr Jones I did have something written and and I left it home of course um I'll have more to say later uh but I did want to express my gratitude um for your leadership your guidance your mentorship um through some exceptionally awful times um because of you we were able to not only recover from the tail spin that you inherited um but we also navigating like I said awful things and the pandemic
141and um we actually grew as a community because of your leadership um into a more welcoming inclusive and compassionate school district and I thank you yeah I just want to say um kudos for um both presentations it's great to see the the students actually do the work um and complete it and see what their really doing cuz we can't get into the classrooms to see what they're doing um trusty creger trusty Smith and I went to a mental health um joint conference and that was um very inspiring we listened to John Paul and he was very inspiring and um if you were having a bad day he definitely lifted some of us up that day to kind of say you know when things get tough this is where you're meant to be and this is
142how you do it so that was good um and also on 320 nasau suff School Board is do doing a webinar called social media addiction and it's a girl telling a story about how she was addicted to social media um I also want to say congratulations to Evan Frasier um he was a suff large school Champs and to the 4X two of Evan Bry R Ryan and Jaden they were actually competing in state calls tomorrow so um hopefully good luck to them hopefully they make it to States um the musical was phenomenal it was so awesome to see how every seat was like taken up it was like being at a Broadway play and you had Miss Bas and Mr cow walking down and asking how many seats are left um but you really did
143feel like you were on Bradway and the one thing that I heard that everyone was saying is how we have the live music and our kids are so awesome in the pit awesome it was just phenomenal to to see that and they put on such a great show um Donna I you know D Jones it's been a ride and I I think I agree with um Mrs Moran over there of um making us a better parent I know you been through my struggles with both of my sons um and I think I just you just made us made me a stronger leader um definitely our 7 a.m. phone calls were tough but they were long and and but it was definitely inspiring and I know you definitely inspired us to do the right thing and
144we know we we have your guidance along the way and you know we miss you yes so um the night Dr Jones was appointed so everybody kind of has a misconception over why I walked out and uh Dr Jones knows this wasn't about her it was about the board it was about the actions that the board were taking which we were in the midst of coming off of another superintendent who kind of just left on us uh in the middle and uh we were working on some things and um you know by the way again I know the community doesn't know what happens in the behind the curtains I always said that when people got on the board oh now you're on the other side you get to see the whole story and we can't
145really talk about all those things but um you know during that time it was um about what the what the board said to the community which was we're going to search for superintendent we're going to go out for a search and then all of a sudden no we're not we're going to go with Dr Jones and um we went through a process and um taking the board through why Dr Jones would be the right choice for the board and then we were working on other contract aspects as you know and then we got to that point where we had never made we had never made the decision that that Christmas meeting was going to be Dr Jones appointment meeting and no family was here I think I had asked you afterwards and you said no
146I didn't know that this is what was going to go down it was a surprise to you as it was to everybody else so um so you know I know you say this and I was one of the seven board members only one of the seven board members who was left that uh uh I I think at some point you were like you're going to take a chance on me kind of deal and you appreciate of as you call them seven white men who who basically said oh we're going to take on a superintendent who's of color and we're all sitting there and going like that has nothing to do with it she had such talent and such background such experience and we were in Dire Straits I said this before financially and you really
147bailed us out and when it came to the superintendent position it was sort of the same thing of of working that through um Donna I mean I I didn't really want to say a lot tonight because she's not leaving tonight this isn't like your farewell uh that'll come in a few months and and hopefully at that point I would love to see the entire Community come out you know I mean I appre nobody knew this was going to happen tonight so you're all surprised and shocked um we know we've been going through the shock ourselves and working through things um but you know and as far as you know parents saying oh I'm not going to have Dr Jones give my my student a diploma you're invited back every year oh look at her she's
148like oh I don't know but but I I just I also want to thank the community for coming out and saying what you said for Dr Jones because you're all right she is feeling like you know all the horrible things that have been said and you know we as we were kind of discussing before I said Dr Jones hopefully when you go out into this Auditorium you're going to feel the love that comes back to you from this community I think you have felt that tonight and it's only it's only a small segment I think of how everybody in this community feels about you and about that situation and the support you have from the community um you know only a few months left to go so to speak I know you've committed to you
149know staying with us and helping us and getting through our Transitions and things like that um but as I've said to you before we want to see this where you go out on top and and really really feel like you've you know not just you know kind of fading away but more like a big celebration of of everything you've done and that's what we'll do back in um our June meeting I guess so thank you okay I'll make this quick uh the presentations were spectacular um I was able to actually go to the generation citizen presentation that morning and I will add that I sat in the those wood chairs for almost an hour and they were a bit uncomfortable so Furniture yeah so I do want to say that the musical was amazing I
150mean I know all the hard work that goes into that I the kids are so talented from the stage to the pit to the fame to everybody involved it was really just such Pride going and seeing that show every year I missed the preview I was so upset that it was on a Tuesday but I'm so happy that I got to see the full show they they shine everybody um and then for Dr Jones I didn't really prepare anything for tonight I will for June but one thing you know that I will say about you that you've always done as you listen to us you take notes copious notes on what we say and you always address what we ask for and what we ask for is what the community is asking for when we
151ask can we look into air conditioning can we look into to this it's because we listen to what the community says so we appreciate when the community come out comes out good or bad but we love the good tonight was really beautiful and and every once in a while we all need that support our superintendent needs that support so thank you for coming out and speaking on behalf of Dr Jones and the support and thank you thank you Mr uh trusty Andra okay um first I'd like to just just comment on the math presentation for as beautiful as it was what was most rewarding to me was watching the students work diligently under the pressure of being in a public forum and answering those questions and then explaining them and how they did it it
152just shows how the math Pro program that we're undergoing right now is really working and the students are fully engaged and enjoying what they're doing so thank you to Dr Del and her entire team on that um generation citizen those students are Future Leaders of America they came in here tonight they were polished they were prepared I was actually watching as they commented on everything and were not really reading off of any prepared notes they just knew what they were talking about and they handled it well and they were quite impressive and they made an impression on all of us as far as the musical is concerned I had the pleasure of attending it as well um I can't say anything greater than what everybody al already has said but what I will say is
153to sit in the presentation of the of the musical for two and a half hours to watch those students they're remember they're students this is not their full-time job they knew every word to every song without a blip anywhere along the way it was just amazing then at the same time where they're singing and dancing the entire pit was playing and you didn't even realize they were there because they were Flawless it was like listening to music played on a on a record player if anybody knows what that is anymore um then to watch the the crew between each scene and each set with lights on or lights off make everything move and change and flow that you really felt like you were on the set with them it was amazing to see that all
154happen so kudos to everybody that was involved directors teachers band leaders but again most importantly the parents that dedicated the time to make sure their students were prepared and ready for the teachers and the directors on an everyday basis as far as Dr Jones is concerned when I first got on the board my first committee was Finance and um I reached out to her in her office and I said would it be okay if I came down and I know this is going to be a big learning curve for me she welcomed me into her office which was wall to wall 3in white binders packed with information that you didn't even know existed and the point of the matter was she knew everything that was in every binder and when I asked the question she
155went right to it whether it would be volume one two three or four whatever it was she knew where everything was and she explained it to me without opening a book and just let it roll right off her head as she knew everything that was in every binder and that was my first interaction and the night she became superintendent of schools I knew that she was the right choice and she has led with Integrity perseverance she has been that leader where we know that we could always count on her to make the right decision or at least give us the support or we gave her the support that was needed to make the right decision and what she's done over the years in her tenure is made this District all inclusive with the statement all
156means all really is patg Medford because that was her Credo she made sure that everybody felt and lived it and not just a bunch of words rolling off your lips so at this moment I know I had prepared the statement earlier and I shared that but I really want to wrap it up with thank you for everything you do every day that's what you pe that people don't realize it's non-stop 247 365 year after year after year to drive in from where she lives be the first one in the last one out on a daily basis and push forward to make sure that our students staff faculty and Community has everything they need to be successful she provides an opportunity for everyone and it's our responsibility to make sure we take that opportunity and run
157with it and I just again want to thank you for that can I get a motion to adjourn I'll make the motion all in favor I all opposed meeting adjourned yes