001I'd like to take a motion to move to executive session to discuss a personnel matter. >> Motion, >> Dawn, do I have a second? >> Mike, all those in favor? I. The motion passes. We saw Dennis this morning, right? United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible and justice for all. >> Thank you. Roll call. I believe we're all here. Approval of the agenda. Can I take a motion to approve tonight's agenda? >> I'll take a motion. >> Thank you, Dennis. Do I have a second? I'll >> second. >> Thank you, Cindy. All those in favor? >> I. The motion passes. Announcements. Do we have any announcements tonight? Hearing none, we will move on to correspondence. Um, I don't believe we've had any correspondence since the
002last meeting. So, there no correspondence, no unfinished business. We'll start with board reports, facilities committee meeting. >> That was unique. >> Thank you. >> We um had our facilities meeting on December 1st. We reviewed the um energy performance contract that was awarded to Danforth which will include LED fixtures, integrated classroom dimming, occupancy sensors, gymnasium lighting, and multiple upgrades. Um we anticipate a spring start date for that. capital project bid review. We were pleased with the participation in the bids that we received on bid day. We hit all of our targets and um we're really very well positioned to move forward with the project and I believe later on in the agenda we will be approving the bid recipients timeline for the capital project. So, we anticipate the timeline for the work to go out on
003schedule. Um, at our January 12th meeting, we'll provide a timeline to the community so you'll know what's being done at the specific building level and the time frames for that, which is will be really nice. We will also have um a photograph or a visual of the new parking lot configurations for both the middle and high school corrections or modifications. Um we are going to have a capital outlay and this year it's going to be two interior scoreboards and one exterior scoreboard at the high school. We're working with state ed on um statewide contracting for that. We're also talking about um the need for uh camera and door replacements for security purposes. We have oh my goodness more than 200 security cameras that will need replacement over the next two years. So we're working with
004buildings and grounds to get that done. We'll probably install them ourselves because it'll be a lot cheaper. So buildings and grounds will do that. And then um the board of education sometime probably in the spring will do a um visit to each school building to look and evaluate what possible long-term facility needs we have and then we'll report back on that after that. And that is just a small recap of what was discussed. If you're interested, the minutes are on the website for the full details. >> Thank you, Don. >> That's it for me. Thank you. >> Districtwide safety team meeting. Um I have that update. Um on December 3rd we met and after all introductions of the safety team and members and the title and everything was done. Um we did get updates from
005the uh different uh buildings and their level uh their level safety teams. Um something that came up at a lot of the buildings um was um testing the panic buttons. That's going to be something that uh that is talked about and that's going to be done. I'm going to talk about evacuation planning and making sure that we're updating complying with New York State requirements and what is uh recommended for our building safety plans. Um and safety procedures uh after school um after hours as discussed. We'll talk about we'll talk about that a little bit more. Um some faculty use requests must have badges uh when um only working at the time of using the facility. So, if somebody's coming in and uh they're using the facility, um that that would that they would have something
006to use only when they're in the facility. Uh facility sign out usage was talked about as well. Um parking lot and traffic uh concerns at uh two different buildings, the middle school and Levby were discussed with the changes that were made there as well. Um and then we did break out into um smaller groups again to focus on that after school security and discuss things that could be done with that. We um reviewed a um a plan that was supplied to us by uh Gates Chili and um what they currently have is is a very lengthy um document that everybody is given when they sign out um any kind of facility at their school. So, uh we broke up into groups and kind of took that apart and decided at different levels how um that
007would look for us and what that looks like um at our district as well. Uh things that came up in that were again um contact lists of information for emergency numbers, safety protocol with AEDs. If somebody comes into a building and they're not sure where all that stuff is, how do we get them um that information? So that was something that came out of the um the breakout groups. Um and then for the next step, it would be creating that safety document at the district level with the safety team feedback to be used um later in the spring or uh in the winter. And then we also had a cyber security presentation from Bob Reeri. He reminded everybody about fishing scams and things that are floating around on emails, especially this time of um this
008time of year. He highlighted what the IT department is doing. Um they had a November review of cyber office of security. um the Windows 11 cloud management solution and what they call patching and password policies and um just everybody on the lookout because students are being targeted more and more. And that was um the gist of that meeting. Again, minutes can be found on the uh on the website. >> Thank you, Cindy. I got loud. Um I will report out on the policy committee meeting. That meeting occurred from 5 to 6:00 p.m. today before this meeting. So, the minutes are not up on the board on the uh internet yet, but they will be. We discussed five policies. One related to data, network, and security access, which we're going to recommend approval of, and that
009has to do with um patching repairs, doing updates, remote access. The second is for school safety plans, and that has to do with AEDs and resuscitation. We're going to recommend approval of that one. We have a new policy on cyber security incident responses that mirrors the law in New York State that currently exists. We're going to recommend we don't adopt that one and we just follow the law so when the law changes we are current. Um a policy on concussion management which talks about obtaining permission from the parents before um doing follow-up medical testing. And then we looked at two sample policies for artificial intelligence which is um a booming issue right now. We're not going to recommend adoption of either of those policies. What we're going to do is we're going to search out
010some additional policies from schools that have taken a lead on this. We are going to go to our AI integration committee and have them review it and then the policy committee is going to meet again, take a look at them and hopefully come up with a policy we can recommend for the school. Um, that has been a goal of the board this year is looking at our technology and AI and coming up with policy schoolwide. Um, that is what we discussed. Those minutes will be up later in the week if you want to take a look at them. Okay, CEF Dawn. Uh we did not have a meeting but we do have a bills rep currently online. >> Okay. Thank you. >> PTO meetings. Who attended a PTO meeting since our last meeting? >> I
011did. I've attended one not since our last meeting but I was at the last meeting. So it actually I was at the ledge PTO meeting. So it serves well to to share what they had uh had that day. Um the meeting [clears throat] was actually held on Wednesday, November 12th, which was World Kindness Day. And it was really neat what they did. Um, anybody who attended the meeting could also bring their uh child with them and they had World Kindness crafts going on um and popcorn and things like that for the kids. So, it was a really nice tie-in with that. Um, since the beginning of the year, they have had several different things going on. The book fair, the fall festival, they've had spirit days, they had a fundraiser with Brand Bar. Um, their
012gingerbread houses um have been ordered and are now being distributed. Um, they're wishing faculty and staff happy holidays with baking spirits bright and cookies. um upcoming they have Leo's birthday. Um and they're just doing a great job with all their activities and as with all of our PTO's um the jobs that they do are amazing and they just are always welcoming anybody who is willing to help out and join them. Um we're always looking for faces to help out. >> Thank you. Erie County Association School Board Representatives, any updates? >> Nothing. Okay, Dr. frame superintendence report. I'll turn it over to you. >> Thank you, President Bleoli. Um, for folks who may not know, uh, once a year our board of education visits, um, each of our six buildings. They do a board, uh, tour
013in the morning where they have a chance to interact with students and staff. And then in the evening, we're lucky to have members of our students and staff come and give a formal report. So, that's how we started the day today and wanted to thank Principal Kuik uh, for taking us around and highlighting certain classrooms. um a really engaging morning in terms of backing back and forth with students and it was a really nice way to start the week. So um we have three different formal reports this evening. The first is our annual report from Ledge View. The second is turning things over to our student support services team and then as always we have our student representative Avery Collins who will give a report. So without further ado, Mr. K, I'll turn things over
014to you and your team of Lions. Very cool. She's finished her again. join here and let us know your mics. Right. Well, everybody, welcome to Legend. Um, we're super excited to have you here. We have fifth graders who take leadership roles in our school. So, tonight these fifth graders are going to be sharing with you some stuff they're proud of, some of the jobs and work that they're doing at our school. We practiced last week, we practiced again today. So, we're super excited to be able to present and share this information with you. And I'm very proud of them. They did an awesome job practicing and put a lot of time and effort into what we're sharing and and with you tonight. We decided to do it in the format. Every Wednesday, our leadership team
015puts together video morning announcements for all the students. So, that's the format we're using tonight. I also before we start, I wanted to thank our leadership coordinators. Miss Denotto is there, kindergarten teacher, and Mrs. Stevens behind me. because there are leadership coordinators and they put a lot of time into it as well. So with no without any further ado, I'd like to welcome our fifth grade Leu Lion student leaders. >> Good evening. I'm Leah Fuia reporting live from the Lake View Elementary Library. Today is Monday, December 8th, 2025. We are so excited to share what makes Lake View the most amazing school. This is Lake View Live. >> [music] >> The announcers tonight are Leah Fuja, Avery Hanley, Michael Mara, Ronan Stevens on technology, and me, Ethan Barash. It's time to get the Ledge View
016lowdown. Our school loves participating in districtwide spirit days. Here's a picture of a kindergarten class celebrating Western Wednesday. Also featured is a kind is the kindergarten Macy's Day parade. Wow. Fudgy sure knows how to how to celebrate and have a good time. Recently, we celebrated the first grade Thanksgiving where students reflected on what they were thankful for. Mr. Kuic read a turkey for Thanksgiving and they shared a meal. Second graders had a fun and educational trip to a local farm and hands-on learning was happening during third grade science where students were conducting an experiment on flooding as part of their investigation on weather and climate. They are becoming global citizens. We can't forget about Snickers, the therapy dog who visits us every week to help meet our students seal needs. Thanks for giving us the
017lead belowown. Avery. Up next is one of our favorite features in the Wednesday video morning announcements. Would you rather Wednesday on a Monday? Would you rather known for being kind or known for being funny? What would you rather Dr. Frame [laughter] put me on the spot? I would go with funny, but I probably should say kind. But I'll say funny final answer. >> Great answer. Thank you. [laughter] Thank you for sharing. If I were if I were to answer the question, I would rather be kind. At least counts. Leah is going to report about Lew K kindness corner. Back to you, Leah. Thanks, Michael. Le takes pride in supporting our community. Students in kindergarten are creating blessing bags to donate to Children's Hospital. The students in fourth grade are now working on their service initiative
018of Be Good, Do Good. Inspired by the Buffalo Bills to spread positivity in our community, they had a successful food drive to support the Clarence Food Pantry before Thanksgiving. And they are now creating bracelets to sell during lunches to raise money for the Pun Foundation. Hey, >> hey, Ethan. When does Josh Allen answer the door? >> I don't know. When Dawson knocks. [laughter] Thank you. >> Let's head over to Ethan to see what all this fuss is about around the holidays. Thank you, Leah. Check this out. Red View fifth grade student leaders have have completed the first ever Toys for Pass toy drive before the holiday season. Look at all these thoughtful donations from our students and families that will bring a smile to those in need this Christmas. Watch out. Watch out, Santa. Our
019student leaders are coming to town. >> It's time for a tiny tech talk. We are super excited that fifth grade students received new Chromebooks this year. Our tech department taught us safety and care tips to take care of these new Chromebooks so they last through middle school. This will aid us with learning Wii video in the library with the tech guru, Mrs. Greger. I can't wait to use Wii Video for upcoming projects. >> That's right, Avery. But do you know what's happening at the library right now? The online safety poster contest. A chance for us to learn the importance of online safety and show off our knowledge by entering our designs to New York State. Technology is everywhere. We are learning to grow in important ways with all it has to offer to us. >>
020Get ready to click, tap, and create. Coding adventures await. We will also be piloting the Boseis maker space program in the library very soon. Coding made fun. Welcome to the app lab. As fifth graders, we are using technology to enhance our learning on a daily basis. These are our top five mo most commonly used programs. They span the entire curriculum from math to reading to learning how to use a keyboard properly. Our L view line primes runs deep. Let's dive into L view traditions segment of of our evening and hear about what we look forward to at Ledge View each year. Our fabulous all-star team of parents and our PTO with a fantastical fall fest every year. A chance for our school to come together celebrate the fall season while having a ton of fun.
021We can't forget about our awesome assemblies. This is where our fifth grade leaders shine. We MC, we perform in skits, we create videos, and we are leader greeters as everyone enters. Our assemblies help us learn about the seven habits of healthy kids. Next week, we learn about beginning with the end in mind, a message that helps us think about prioritizing. Phew, that's a big word. Did you ever wonder what it would be like to run like Usain Bolt or Steve Perfane and Clarence? We get to live that feeling at the fun run. A healthy tradition for our families and friends and even Dr. Frame. We trade and we train, run, and of course we have fun like Miss Stevens always says, make it fun for everyone. Our next segment captures what legs leaders do for
022our school community. And here we are live. When we meet after school once a week, we take on jobs to keep our school clean and organized. We assist teachers in classrooms and clean the hallways and playground. We also play a big role in schoolwide events and special days. This year, Unity Day was a huge success thanks to our leaders who chopped the walk and welcomed our students with a kind smile. We are encouraged to use our creative thinking and this year we filmed the first ever ledge view turkey trap. The school had a fun time guessing which turkey would win. Way to go, yellow turkey. Dabble dabble. >> Also new this year, our fourth graders are leaders in training as they patrol the hallways in the morning to make sure students are getting to their
023classrooms safely. We are inspired by our SRO, Officer Pazino. >> It's time for a positive fall. This paw goes to Dr. Frame for his continued efforts to keep current schools great. We love how he visits our school every week and waits walks around to see what we are learning. From the lead view leadership team, this pile goes to Mr. Boglioli, our school board president, for continued support to allow our schools to grow on technology and resources as times change. from the leg student leaders. >> Coming soon to Alre you. Let's take a look at what opportunities will be available to LED students in the near future. Whoops. Sorry, just warming up my singing voice to get ready for our first ever Leed musical. Sus Jr. will be gracing the stage at Ledu this March. >>
024Did you hear that? The color sign will be back. >> Oh yeah. and April showers bring May the May all elementary track meet and incredible display of athleticism and most importantly speed sportsmanship. We'll have more to report on this segment as the year unfolds. It's wacky Wednesday >> on a Monday. Jokes, jokes, jokes. >> What do lions wear to sleep? >> I don't know. What? >> Pajamas. P cameras. >> How did the lion stop the video? >> I'm not sure. How >> he pressed pause. Those were somewome jokes. Thanks, Leah and Ethan. And also thanks for tuning in for Legiew Live where learning is everywhere and fun is unstoppable. [applause] >> We hope you all enjoyed our presentation tonight. I don't know if anybody has any questions for our leg team at all before we
025head on out. I just want to thank everybody for the tour this morning and you guys did an incredible job and and one thing that I did mention to Mr. Kuick this morning is walking through the buildings, the smiles that I saw were contagious and everyone was learning but also having a great time doing so. You guys are awesome. >> You know, you just you stole my mic. I was going to wait for a second, but when you started, the first slide was fuzzy behind you, and I was thinking, okay, it could be my eyesight. My eye doctor says that's going to happen at my age. Um, and then I thought, oh no, this presentation is going to go, you blew the roof off the place. That was awesome. I can't imagine a team giving
026a more engaging presentation of what a year looks like at leu than what you just did. If we can give him another round of applause. [applause] really really nice job to life. You brought to life what it means to be a Ledge View Lion. That was entertaining, informative. Um so a huge thank you to this team and and a thank you to your adviserss. You just did a really really great job. Any final questions or comments from board members? And I do have a um uh I was hoping for a favor. If you look in the back there, you'll see the big Clarence Central Schools um screen. And we use those oftentimes when we go to buildings. We try to get a picture of our student leadership team, their adviserss, and the principal with our
027board of education before we leave. And we like to share that out with our uh school community because you are what we're proud about and you just did such a great job tonight. So before we try to arm twist you into a photo, just to pause to see if there are any final questions or comments from a member of our board. >> Well, I absolutely love their jokes. >> And I have one back for you real quick. What do you get when you cross a fish and an elephant? >> I know. >> I wish you had your music going. >> No, that's okay. That's okay. >> Ready? You get swim trunks. [laughter] >> She'll be here all week, ladies and gentlemen. Don't forget to tip your waitress on the way out. >> Great job. >>
028Thank you. [laughter] Well, before we let you take off, and we always say to families just we're so proud of your sons and daughters. Thank you for sharing us with them every day. You are more than welcome to stick around to the end of the meeting tonight, but we also know that you probably have meals, homework, uh so on and so forth. And so, we will not be offended at all as if after the photo you want to take off. And we know there's a lot of week left at a busy time of year, but thank you uh again for your sons and daughters and for making time to be here with us tonight. So, we're going to go grab a photo um at the screen. Thank you again. our jokes. We'll get the picture.
029You're so cute. that expression in their reading I go home. So cute. They're just so cute. A lot of lot of time went into making that decision. But >> yes, we have a lot of confident one of my favorite me right now. >> I checked it afterward. >> You are now our president. Okay. >> Um, moving on to our second report. And no pressure for our student support services team. We're looking for that embedded video and and uh the jokes and sounds into your uh proposal. But >> um >> so first presentation tonight was our team from Ledge View. second presentation, we're welcoming our student support services leadership team to give a brief update um on our student support services department that I believe uh is focusing really specifically on our strategic plan and where
030that connective tissue and overlap is. So without further ado, I'll um turn things over to you Jill. >> Thanks so much. So our student services work is grounded in a simple but powerful belief that every student deserves to feel seen, valued, and supported every single day while they're at school. Our priority and guiding philosophy reflects reflects our commitment to creating learning environments where all students can thrive academically, socially, emotionally, and realize that this work extends far past just a special ed special education department. It really touches every aspect of a student's school life. Tonight, we're super proud to highlight some of the ways that our department is supporting the growth of our inclusive community here at Clarence Schools. >> And no, Mr. Kuek, I don't have a joke in my presentation. [laughter] Um, I just
031wanted to highlight some of the um opportunities that we have for our students with disabilities and some things that we just really pride oursel on in our dep ourselves on in our department, specifically at the elementary level. Um, we continue to have an increased number of inclusive opportunities for our students. Our inclusive classrooms and our unified learning opportunities are something that we're really proud of. Our special class students participate in um recess lunch and specials with general education peers. And we also have um an opportunity for general education students to have regular visits in our special classes as well where they get to see um what happens in those classrooms. All of the students get to learn from each other. Our gened uh students learning from our special education students and vice versa. Um, we
032have integrated classrooms, inclusion inclusion classrooms at all four of our elementary buildings right now and special classes at three of our elementary buildings at this time. Um, next year we will have special classes at all four of our elementary buildings. Um we have offered opportunities for our elective teachers or specialists teachers as we call them at the elementary level to have some professional development on inclusive classroom practices and instructional practices. So when we do have students with disabilities in our specials um they have you know a better um opportunity to have access to that general education curriculum in our electives. So that's something that we've also offered to our teachers this year. Um we're continuing to um allow um through our MTSS process, our multi multi-tered systems and supports um we are really refining those
033supports and determining students that need um additional supports before we even consider special education. Really how we can help these students um be successful in general education and receive the services that they need. Um and that's another thing that we're really focusing on at the elementary level. And then something else is with our um teacher on special assignment that we have. Um she's working closely with some of our instructional teams on creating curriculum. Um building that curriculum that's differentiated from our general education curriculum. And just one unit of that curriculum can offer up to 90 elements of differentiation for our students. Um so really looking at providing you know that instruction to our students with disabilities in every way possible for them to um achieve as best as they can. And then um just some
034other really important pieces is it's the social emotional piece and the um just the belonging. Our teachers really work in our classrooms on ensuring that students strengths and identities are honored while kids have e um equitable access in their classrooms and their um their voice is heard, their opinions are at the forefront of our decision- making. Our teachers really focus on creating safe spaces for our students and predictable routines so everyone can be successful. Um we've strengthened our relationship by um uh building building a well actually reconfiguring a SEPSA. So the student uh special education parent teacher student association um we've we've come back together this school year and we've had a few meetings with parents um in order to build those relationships as well. And then just overall at the elementary inclusion isn't just
035a placement where a student is placed. It's really everyone having that feeling of belonging, that feeling of being supported, being engaged, and everyone growing. General education and special education students the same, everyone growing. So, thank you. Um, at the secondary level, we're continuing to work on a lot of our professional developments that we've already uh worked with a lot of our staff um and increasing some of our unified electives. So at the middle school this year we have our music class, our business, our fax as well as our PE that are unified and then also um at the high school level we have our PE a music class and an entrepreneurship class where we are having some unified students in. So continuing to work with a lot of those teachers with uh curriculum and making
036sure that they all have access to that curriculum. We also have a Boseies provider that's come in and is helping us in support in that curriculum working with our teachers so that they can uh work with students at a variety of different levels that they're going to encounter in a variety of different classes. Um we also are continuing our work on working on co-eing behavior supports uh culturally responsive practices as well as traumainformed approaches. um our providers, our PBS providers at the middle school just did a really great presentation to the staff at the last faculty meeting about trauma informed care. Um and then we're also building uh planning time. So looking to work with our special teachers, with our special ed teachers, um, and supporting that curriculum and that work and working together to
037kind of build that unified experience for all the students, not just our students with disabilities, but also with our general education um, students that are participating in those environment. Really building some really great friendships. uh looking to continue to add some more unified classes, unified um I'd love to I'm working on trying to figure out a great unified lunch program um now that we're kind of back in the world of having no cell phones and kids are talking way much more at lunchtime and building some of those activities for them. But just knowing that our staff are our greatest resource and helping and building their skills and their confidence and the abilities to kind of build those relationships between peers no matter what their needs or supports are. Oh, and then I have just this
038example of a unified music class at the high school level. So, it's intentional inclusion where our students are included and paired up with um non-disabled peers and then that way they they know their role in the class is to really support the learning and be a peer partner with our students with disabilities. Um, other opportunities that we have for our students are the work-based learning opportunities and they really help our students work towards being effective communicators, critical thinkers and develop soft skills that are needed for post-secary education or employment. We have onampus opportunities with preparing math pages for elementary schools, working in a coffee cart, stamping, stuffing envelopes, shredding, delivering copies, recycling, working for Nana's and cheesy chick, and also volunteering. We have off-campus opportunities at the food pantry. Um, a new opportunity just opened
039up at Flex Yoga. They also go to the public library and support the clothing closet that's there. Also, some work at the Clarence Youth Bureau. And there's also individual internships based on student interest. So, we're going to hear from a few students as they let us know some of their favorite internship opportunities. Um, they'll mention some things like working for Nanas in the print shop and working in the clothing closet. My favorite step is delivering it to the teachers because they fill out a form online and then the kids deliver it to them. My favorite part is probably because the teachers appreciate it and the kids love doing it too. My favorite job in school is the print shop because I get to be with my friends and we stock shelves. I like to I
040like my internship at hair because I get to recruit kindergarters. favorite job is simply the print shop and pop shop and I love I care about love and the family to me I never had and I love to go clean and wax and clear wax and that's what I love >> his teachers are the family that he never had I'm sure his parents are proud >> [laughter] >> That's great. Um, and that's just a little snapshot of all the different opportunities and activities that we have um, started at Clarence Schools that we're hoping to grow on at Clarence Schools. And really just by committing to creating more and more inclusive opportunities and practices, we're working on um empowering our staff, continuing making sure that um our students have access to many different opportunities, making things
041equitable, seeing where those challenges are, and really trying to reduce those barriers for all of our students. So, we're really committed to inclusive practices and hoping to create a community that's grounded in kindness, connection, and just opportunity for everybody. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you, Jill, Christa, um, and MJ. Just maybe a, um, quick comment by the numbers that we have about 4,100 students in the district and I believe we have a classification rate of about 14%. So if you do the math, we're talking about 600ish students that have an individualized education plan. So we think about things that are tailored very specifically to individual student needs, but it's a team approach that gets it done. And and important to emphasize the fact that when we think about special education programming, it happens on a
042continuum. So there may be a student whose individual needs is having a consultant teacher and having extended time in a separate location when they take assessments. And it may be a spot on the other side of the continuum that involves pretty intensive services with regard to speech, OT, PPS support, special [cough] education teachers, working closely with gened teachers, and we need to be able to to cover every step on that continuum. It is incredibly complex work. It doesn't happen because of one person, but it it happens when a whole organization is pulling together and working closely with one another. And so, just listening to you speak tonight was really proud of the work that you're doing. I'm proud of the work that our staff are doing, our families, and our kids uh are doing. And
043I know just looking at the board table tonight, we have a couple board members that are wearing sweatshirts because they were part of uh Polar Plunge on Friday uh to support the Special Olympics and jumping in that freezing cold water with dozens of students and staff members in support of a good cause and talking with our communication specialists. I believe um at some point either this week or next is going to be pushing out hopefully a video that details our unified programming so that we can better tell that story to our school community where we're um really working very hard to support all of our students. So again, some real points of pride and appreciated your presentation tonight. So I'll pause for a minute to see if there are questions or comments from members of
044our our board team. All right. Well, thank you all. And then last up for reports, we'll turn things over Avery to you. And Avery, as you're heading up there, just a great job on the play with you and your other cast members and in the coral concert. I believe it was last week as I'm seeing you up on stage and thinking, how does she find time for all of these different activities? >> Thank you. >> So, we'll turn things over to you. >> Okay. Winter sports are back in session. These sports have started their 2025 2026 season with multiple teams already playing some games. Boys and girls basketball, boys swimming, boys and girls wrestling who have combined with earoy indoor track and rifle have all started. Best of luck to these student athletes. And then
045in November, the CHS drama club wrapped up their annual fall play, Noises Off. This comedy was a hit for the drama department with three successful nights. And now they have transitioned into rehearsals for their spring musical 9 to5. Students and faculty plunged into Lake Erie for the Polar Plunge. Clarence High School raised money for the Special Olympics to fund programs like unified sports. Clarence was the third high third highest fundraising team raising over $17,000. We are so proud of our school community for supporting such a great organization. Prior to the plunge, students at the high school had the opportunity to discuss this fun event with the Buffalo News for the art students at the high school recently took part in a holiday art auction. Members of Art Partners and National Honor Society created art to
046be auctioned off in support of the Clarence Food Pantry. This event raised $1,259 for the Clarence Food Pantry. Congratulations to Mr. Lumbbeck, our athletic director, for running director of the year by the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. We are so grateful for an amazing leader in our athletic department. Fifth graders at Clarence Center created blankets for St. Luke's Mission of Mercy in the east side of Buffalo. These blankets were made by tying together the edges and will greatly help those in need. These students will also visit the shelter later in the school year. Third grade students at man third grade students at Sheran Hill learned about self-control and emotional regulation from a specialist in Taekwondo. These students had an opportunity to learn about different sports and activities and about
047their mental and social health. The high school's interact club had a codes for kids drive where they collected new and gently used cold weather items to donate as well. They created bags of cheer for nursing home residents to cheer them up for the new season. And then tomorrow night, student council is hosting a kids night out at the high school for kids in grades three and five. And it is $10 to participate and it's full of fun activities, crafts, and games. And then congratulations to the students who went to All State um this past weekend. It was in East it was at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. And it's a great opportunity for people to meet um others from across the state. The middle school service club visited residents at the Harris Hill
048Nursing Facility to uplift and bring some holiday cheer. They gave artwork and fun times to these residents. And then finally, students and staff at the middle school participated in the gingerbread house competition. The PTO sponsored event embraced creativity and competition throughout the school with all the with all of the cheerful and fun holiday designs. >> Thank you. Great job. Thank you, Avery. And that is it, Mr. Blo for reports this evening. >> Thank you, Dr. ing public comment. I don't believe I have any cards today. Hearing none, we will move on. Okay. Dr. Grupka, finance. >> Today, I'm asking for approval for the October uh financials, bills, and check warrant. We have two donations. One for $900 from our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church to support the family support center, and one is a
049donation of a television from uh Mr. Joseph Reeds Reeves for Clarence Center. Um, we have I'm asking for approval of community education instructors. Uh, I'm also asking for approval of the districtwide and building level safety plans. If you remember, those were approved prior. Um, but there were some amendments that that needed to be included. So, those are all updated and ready to go. Um, and then finally, I'm asking for approval of our contracts for our capital project work. Um, went out to bid two weeks ago. Um, Buffalo Construction has met with all of the contractors. We did have a few of the low biders drop out because they had maybe missed some items in the bids. So, they've done descoping with all of these contractors. I'm asking for approval of Mark Cerrone for abatement, CAVI
050for general trades, FSR for masonry, DD Brown for plumbing, DGW mechanical for HVAC, Fry for electrical, and Zolads got both site A and site B um awards. >> Thank you. Any questions on items F1 through F8? Hearing none, I'll take a motion to approve items F1 through F8. >> Thank you, Cindy. Thank you, Dennis. All those in favor? >> I. The motion passes. Personnel, Mr. Michelle. Uh, instructional this evening, we have an amended athletic appointment, two instructional resignations, and a request for a leave. Prior appointments this month as a volunteer basketball coach. appointments. We have a regular substitute at Clarence Center, a regular substitute at the middle school, regions review instructors, and one high school club adviser. P6 isformational only. It's notification of tenure of one of our teachers. P7 has our changes to our
051substitute list, and the resolution is in place for uh instructional coverage at the high school. >> Thank you, Mr. Michelle. Any questions on items P1 through P8? Hearing none, I'll take a motion to approve item P1 through P5 and then P7 and P8. >> I'll make a motion. >> Thank you, Trisha. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Adrian. All those in favor? >> I The motion passes. Mr. Michelle, not instructional. >> Uh we have an amended pay rate for a new employee, another batch of New York helps designations for some of our non-instructional um people who are were waiting to take an exam. Uh prior appointments, we have two aids, a bus attendant, and a cleaner. appointments this evening. We have two custodial positions. P13 is is anformational item having to
052do with just reassignment of different buildings and grounds personnel and P14 are changes to our southwest. >> Any questions? Items P9 through P14. >> I have one question. The New York Health program, when that expires, what happens >> when that program expires? will have to then any of those positions will become competitive again and someone would have to sit for a test in order to be awarded that position. But anyone who has been designated as New York helps will stay permanent as long as they're with the district. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Any further questions hearing? None. I'll take a motion to appre approve items P9 through P12 and P14. >> I motion. >> Thank you, Trisha. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. Thank you, Cindy. All those in favor? I, >> Micha.
053Special needs and student activities. >> The committee on special education met for eight days and is requesting the approval of the recommended services for 27 students. The committee on preschool special education met for six days and is requesting the approval of the recommended services for 15 students. >> Thank you. Any questions on items S1 and S2? >> Hearing none, I'll take a motion to approve items S1 and S2. I'll >> make a motion. Thank you, Adrian. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Trisha. All those in favor? I. The motion passes. We have no board development and policies. We're going to do our first readings for the ones we talked about at our next meeting committee. The whole items. Our schedule upcoming meetings is in the packet. Our next meeting is in
054January. What day? >> Januaryish. >> Okay. And upcoming events are in your package. hearing. No further questions. I may take a motion to adjurnn >> January 12th. >> Thank you, Dennis. Do I have a second? >> Thank you, Mike. All those in favor? >> I The motion passes. The meeting is adjourned.