001Sign up for the PSA. Talk about being on the opposite. question. I don't I haven't done my except Sure. No. I'm stuck in your band. [Music] ready. Good evening and welcome to the school board meeting. I'd like to start the meeting by um pledge of allegiance. Please stand. 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, with liberty and justice for all. Roll call. I believe we're all here today, correct? Yes. I'd like to take a moment of silence. Um, we had a tragedy last week and a student pass away. And if we could all bow our heads and take a moment of silence. Thank you. Next is the administration of the oath of office to Avery Collins, our
002student representative. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America of the United States of America and the Constitution of the States of Constitution of the State of New York. And I will faithfully discharge the duties And I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of ex official student board member of the office of ex official student board member of the central school district of the parent central school district in Erie County, New York, according to the best of my abilities. For the term of July 1st, 2025 to June 30th, 2026 for the term of July 1st, 2025 to June 31st, 2026. Congratulations. Welcome aboard, Avery. I'd like to ask for a motion to approve the agenda tonight. I'll make a motion. Thank you, Dennis. Do I
003have a second? Second. Thank you, Mike. All those in favor? I I um moving forward and approval of the minutes from the July 7th, 2025 meeting. That's the BOA minutes and the executive session. Does anyone have any comments on those minutes? If not, I'll take a motion to approve them. Thank you, Don. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Cindy. All those in favor? I I announcements. Do we have any announcements, board members? Hearing none. Um, we did receive correspondence since the last meeting. I have recused myself from the Tim Hortons matter, but I was advised we received correspondence on the Tim Hortons matter and a correspondence on athletic eligibility for a student. Unfinished business. I don't believe we have any unfinished business. So, moving forward, Dr. Frame, board reports. All right. Uh first
004up, our policy committee meet uh policy committee did meet uh several days ago. I believe we have an uh a report this evening from Dr. Castello Sulick. The policy committee met recently and reviewed a number of items. First, we discussed new state law on maximum classroom temperature, which requires action at 82 degrees and at 88° for moving students and staff when practicable. We've been working with buildings and grounds on a plan and recommend adopting policy number 5685. We also reviewed internet enabled device guidelines which are required by law and already approved by the board in July. These expectations are being finalized at the building level and consistent communication will go out before school starts. No further board action is needed beyond the code of conduct approval. The committee re recommends adopting revisions to policy 1210
005which reflects the state requirement to have an exeicio student board member. We've also updated policy 3311 to comply with the legislative change requiring notice to employees when their disciplinary records are requested under the freedom of information law on the meal program. Because of the new state law providing meals to all students, we recommend resending policy 5660 which addressed meal charging and meal shaping. We also discussed a student suggestion to implement ID badges at the high school. While we appreciated the idea, the committee is not recommending moving forward at this time. that we encourage the student to stay engaged in safety discussions. Finally, we recommend revising policy 329D to cover ebikes and electric scooters which have created safety concerns and caused some property damage. Thank you, Adrian. Does anyone questions about the policy committee meeting? Hearing
006none, I'll move on to CEF. Dawn. Uh we just had a some a planning meeting over the summer and we'll have some uh details to share at the um upcoming September meeting. Thank you, Don. PTO meetings. I know the summer is usually quiet. Anyone attend any PTO meetings? No, they will start up this coming month. And Erie County Association School Board Representatives. Any reports today? Just mentioned our back to school dinner is Thursday night. We're going to hear from the new uh New York State region and we're going to give some awards to uh different board members in the area. Thank you, Dennis. Anyone else? Hearing none, Dr. Frame will move on to the superintendent report. Thank you, President Bully. I'm going to head down to the podium. [Music] I'd like to uh spend a
007few minutes tonight talking about the new internet enabled device law and guidelines that we're recommending uh here in the Clarence Central School District. I know that if you're a news watcher or talking with families that have school age children, this likely is has been a topic of conversation over the last couple of weeks. So, I'm going to give an overview of the law and what we think it will look like here as we start the school year. I would encourage the board to ask questions, provide commentary as we go. Um, fully aware of the fact that when we talk about cell phones in school, if we asked a hundred people their opinion, we'd get 101 different recommendations or different thoughts on it. It's just an area where people have very strong beliefs and thoughts. um
008and and it's been a challenge to reach consensus, but I'd like to provide an overview and to thank the members of our uh faculty, staff, parents, students who have weighed in and provided feedback as we've put together these guidelines. So perhaps first and foremost is to ask the question, why is this change happening in public schools, certainly in New York State, where for the first time they're required by law to put in place restrictions regarding internet enabled devices? And the big reason is that when we think about schools, they're a place where students should be engaged in learning and a place where we want young people making good decisions, being healthy, not just physically, but also emotionally. When we look at different research and studies, it may be tough at this point in time to
009say with 100% certainty that these devices are driving or leading to some health related uh issues. But there's there's something going on and we likely recognize that as as users of internet enabled devices uh of observers of people when we think about different addictive properties when we think about the impact that they can have at times on our mental health and we start to look at studies and research that has been done with regard to things like stress, anxiety, depression uh with young people. And so that really is driving not just here in New York State restrictions but really across the country. I believe at last count 31 out of 50 states had put in place some sort of restriction. They've approached it in different ways but New York State is certainly not an outlier
010and certainly not in the front of the pack. So this is something that we're seeing really across the country. So uh this piece of legislation has gone into effect when students and staff come back to school on September 1st. Uh schools are required to have policies and guidelines expectations in place. Um it sort of caught folks by surprise last week when the governor came out with a website where folks could go and they could look up their district's policy on the topic. Um so it's a very transparent topic in in K12 uh education right now. So to move through the slide deck there are some questions about what is an internet enabled device and up on the slide you can see some different examples. Perhaps the most significant devices for our students here in Clarence
011are internet enabled cell phones and then also smartwatches. If we have parents that are are watching or paying attention to the topic and have students at the elementary level, every year we see more and more elementary age students that are wearing smartwatches to school, even if it's just a way for them to communicate with their family or with friends, but we are seeing different types of devices in school. So, it lists what would um what would be covered by this piece of legislation and our school policy. As we think about it, really smartphones uh and smartwatches are the big ones that we've spent a lot of time talking about. When we have a conversation about restricting internet enabled devices during the school day and on school grounds, a question comes up about, well, what exactly
012does this mean? And it means from the start of the day in the physical school building to the end of the day, including things like passing time, recess, lunch, study halls, where maybe schools had different levels of flexibility in their previous guidelines. Right now, by law, students are not to have their devices on them from the start of school until the end. It doesn't apply on the school bus as students are coming to and from school and it doesn't apply as students leave and may have some sort of athletic or extracurricular uh commitment after school hours. But it is the the technical start time of the school day to the end of the school day and every minute in between. The big question is the law has set out requirements for engaging stakeholders and adopting
013a policy. There's there's actually not that much that's being discussed by school districts. It's probably the million-dollar question that everybody is wondering is when my child comes to school, what happens to their internet enabled device? And this is where the bulk of the conversation uh understandably has fallen. What we have seen is that there's a a sort of spectrum with how school districts are approaching this. on one end of the spectrum is a really restrictive approach where when students come into the a school setting they have their devices sealed up and at the end of the school day they would be unsealed in these sort of magnet pouches yonder pouches is a a type of pouch a company that a lot of schools have reached out to for support. When we come back toward the
014middle, there are schools. There's a school in Erie County that has purchased different stage stations and home room classes even for high school students where they'll go to a home room class at the beginning of the day. They'll put their internet enabled device or devices in this container. Uh they'll have them locked for the uh school day and at the end students will come out to get them before they go home. What we're seeing in the field is that most schools in Erie County have opted for a lockedin locker uh system certainly at the secondary level. So when we think about students in our elementary schools coming to school, if they have a cell phone, if they have a smartwatch, they would place it um off in their bag and it would go outside the
015classroom on a cubby hook, a cubby in a locker. The the situation is a little bit different in our four different elementary schools. We don't think that this is a significant change for our elementary schools um buildings and and students. So that's at the elementary level. If students do have these devices at school, they would be locked, they would be in their bags, and they would be on hallway hooks, they would be in cubbies, or they would be in lockers. So they would be away from them for the duration of the day. At the middle and high school level, students would uh if they brought their device to school, they would power them down and they would lock them in the locker from the beginning of the school day until the end of the school
016day. It's not a scenario in which students would be going to their locker during passing times during study hall or if they were excused from class and checking messages or reaching out to a friend or a family member. Uh it's something where they would have to uh have their device off, have it in the locker and our expectation is that they would follow the law and they would follow our policy even if they didn't in their heart of hearts agree with every part of it. So that covers the uh storage guidelines for the district at our different levels. Uh a question that comes up for most of us is how do I get in touch with my child? Even if it's about something fairly routine, it could be about a medical appointment. It could be
017about uh a practice or a musical rehearsal or a game. And right now, if it had to happen during the school day, it would look a lot like when any of us were in school. A parent would call the main office. If they had to drop something off, they would do that at the main entrance. And our team here at school would make sure that that student is notified. There are some schools that have um found ways to use email systems or to use different communication platforms. At this particular point in time, we're really looking at our school operated phones. We're looking at messages being left at main entrances as the primary way to communicate with our students and then at some point could explore some capabilities with things like parent square. Uh I have
018had parents reach out to me saying, "Well, can I email my student on their school account? We have school email addresses for our students, but they're not uh to be used outside of the organization. So, they're not email addresses that work uh reaching out to people who are not members of our direct school community. So, those would be the ways that people can contact their child during the school day. Uh there is a section of the law where it talks about exceptions, things like if an administrator gives permission um for uh devices to be used for a learning purpose. It talks about health needs. talks about uh caregivers. If somebody believes that they have something that warrants an exception, they should reach out to their building level administrator to talk in more detail about what
019that application process uh would look like. I would like to offer this thought and comment and that is when you look at the spirit of the legislation, it is to provide students with a 6 to 8 hour window during the day depending on the the length of their school day where they're not connected to a device. And they're really going back to the research and saying that as young people, as children, this is an important part of development to have that uninterrupted block where the focus can be on learning and the focus can be on socializing appropriately, not just with peers, but also with adults. So when I put this slide up, it's with the understanding that these exceptions are meant to be few and far between. And that's not a Clarence thing. That's a
020New York State thing in terms of uh what those guidelines would look like. There is some information here in terms of what happens if a student breaks the rule and I'd just like to say at the outset that we've got great kids uh here in Clarence. We're really proud of the decisions that they make. Uh we want to be good communicators of these guidelines and expectations and are trusting our students that when they come to school their focus is going to be on excelling academically. Something that Clarence has a long history of that we have uh students that want to connect with one another and the rule followers. And so that when they understand that the law uh means we have to have a secure space for these devices and we have a code of
021conduct and policies in place that our students will follow these expectations. Uh so there are some different interventions that are there. We don't want students missing class. The law is very clear that students should should not be disciplined if they break these expectations. Um so our approach really would be to give kids chances if they make a mistake. We know that young people do make mistakes as we all do as human beings. But if there are repeated instances, then it would be um having a check-in checkout system for the devices in the main office so that it does not continue to be a concern moving forward. So I'm going to pause um for some questions, but I would like to offer just a a couple thoughts. We had given a survey this past June I
022believe and we had gotten several hundred uh comments and questions from members of our school community and we did some sorting and analyzing and there are a couple different items that come up over and over and over. One is that there is a preference for a lot of parents and certainly a lot of students that when they come to school that if they are not able to have their device out and be using it that it be in a pocket or it be in a backpack. And we heard that from student leaders. We heard that from a lot of parents. We we even heard that from a lot of faculty and staff who have um who have embraced the convenience and and and life with different devices. What I would share is that over the
023summer, New York State issued uh a resource page for school districts and a part of that is a frequently asked question document. When they look at the intent of the law and even the language of the law, the reading is that schools cannot have a system where devices are stored in in in pockets or backpacks. is to create an uninterrupted space. And the least restrictive way to approach it is the model that we're taking here in Clarence where those devices have to be in lockers, they can't be in pockets, they can't be in backpacks. And that's not a clearance thing. That's a New York State thing. And so you'll see those same expectations in many, many other school districts. Perhaps the biggest one though is uh parents who are used to communicating with their student
024during the course of a school day. It may be a quick check-in. It may be a question about an athletic practice or a musical rehearsal and it may be a concern that if there were ever a safety related incident that they have immediate contact with their child in school. Uh I think that we all can appreciate where that is coming from. Uh school safety is on all of our minds when we think about starting a school year and we think about quite frankly starting each school day. When we engage members of law enforcement and we talk about the topic, they're very clear that there is a feeling that we may have as parents where we want to be uh able to communicate with our child if there were an emergency and then what they would
025recommend. And when they talk about an emergency in school, they talk about the fact that students need to not be trying to call or text someone outside of that space. they need to be listening to the trained person who uh is is managing that classroom space or that learning space. So if there's a safety related issue, they are listening and they're paying attention to the adult who has training uh in a whole range of scenarios. They also talk about the fact that when there's a safety related issue, um cell phones can be a troubling source of misinformation. If people are sending information out that is inaccurate or only partially true, that's a different challenge that law enforcement has to work through. And a concern that if there were a safety related issue in school, having
026students with their cell phones being able to call 911. And what members of law enforcement generally say is that when there is a safety related issue, they get calls very quickly and they're able to respond to those calls. when they're bombarded with hundreds and hundreds of calls, there's no way that they can uh handle that influx and it overwhelms not just their human physical systems, but it often times overwhelms the cellular systems that may be in place. So, I fully recognize and respect the fact that that may not be an answer that uh that parents or caregivers agree with or want to hear. Uh but that is what we're hearing when we engage with members of law enforcement around this topic. So, I'll pause for a couple minutes and and open it up to the
027board and um members of our team to see if there are questions or pieces of feedback. Just that um we're pretty much following other local school district how the the phones are stored during the day, I would say. Yeah, correct. Uh and what we heard when we engaged with certainly student leaders and and uh parents and caregivers was that there was um a preference to being able to have devices and pockets and backpacks, something that we're not able to accommodate. So the next sort of least restrictive thing is locked and lockers. What we also heard long and loud and clear was there was no desire to have a pouch system or some system where devices were uh taken from students upon entry, stored in a lock facility throughout the day and then given back at
028the end of the day. So that also is very clear. So, what we're trying to do is find a happy common sense middle that meets the law and the spirit of of the legislation um and is something that we can um that we can do with fidelity here in the district. I'm sorry. you touched on this uh but just for you know in terms of specifics um people have asked about the pouches in the classrooms or having students take out their phones and put them on the table and um if you could speak to to why that's Yeah, that's a great question and actually early on in our conversations here at school that seemed to be the preferred approach is to have some sort of system where if students went into a classroom they could
029put it into a a hanging organizer next to the door, then have their seat and then get it uh before leaving and going to another class. When looking at the legislation and looking at how it's been interpreted, it really is creating an uninterrupted block where students don't have a device. So, the concern would be that when you go into first period, even if you pouch a a device that's been turned off, you're making contact with it seven, eight, nine times a day as you're going from one classroom to the next. um and just saying that that's not the intent of the legislation. So talking with a lot of educators, they actually would prefer that because it's a way to ensure that devices are out of students hands and the focus is completely on learning. Um
030our reading and other schools reading is that that is that's not possible when you look at the guidance that's been put out by New York State. Any other questions or feedback? Uh two questions I think fairly straightforward, but um we have students that go to Boseies. I'm assuming they've they're adopting their own policy which our students will have to follow when they arrive there. Correct. Um, correct. And a good question about when they leave our school building, they're on a school bus and they drive through a to a different school building. The reading of the law is during the school day while in our school building. So, we know that devices would have to go with with students. We have a lot of students that uh transport themselves to their vocational program. So, they would
031leave the school, they'd go to their locker, they get their bag, they'd get their device, they go to their car, they drive themselves to the vocational program, and then they would fall under whatever that uh code of conduct is on the policy at that vocational site or that other academic uh program would be, they also would be able to to bring the device on the bus with them uh as they went from one program to the next because it's physically not in the building. Correct. Correct. And it's also a common a common sense approach is student needing to have their their devices, they're going from program to program. Yeah. Okay. Um and and again I just it's probably very few and far between but just from a process perspective um actually made me think of
032it sitting on the stage. I know we have students over time like high school students that have come down to the middle school to speak to the middle school students. Um yeah, have we thought through how we're going to handle that? Are they bringing their devices with them? Are we then um somehow locking them up when they arrive here? Uh that's a good question. And my guess is that what what we're trying to do is get a solid foundation to build off as as we get into the school year knowing that we're going to have to make some changes. I would assume that most schools are in that position as well for those one-offs. So there may be a group of student leaders that come to the middle school. If they're coming here for one
033period and then going back, we likely would trust that they keep keep them in their uh locker. If they're coming here for a half-day program or something, it may be a different scenario. I guess we're also trying to not create a dynamic but between educators and students where they're coming into a space they're being wanded their devices are being taken from them. We have adults that are going through lockers. Again, we're really proud of our kids here in Clarence and we're trusting that they're going to make good decisions and that they understand the reason for the legislation even if they don't agree with every component of it. And just want to acknowledge that we're going to have to work through this stuff um as it comes up. and we likely are going to have some
034unique student needs where there is a compelling reason for them to have device access that we may not be able to meet in any other way. And in that case, I would ask that they reach out to the appropriate building or department administrator to talk about what that approval process would look like. Any other questions or comments? Next step then for us is that uh I have a written communication that's scheduled to go out tomorrow late morning to families, faculty, staff and uh high school students so that people are aware of these guidelines. Our uh building administrators also have information that they'll be sending out in their back to school information. And I would just share that this is pretty close to what we had put out for feedback uh back in June when we
035sent out a survey link. So hopefully there are not too many people who are opening up their email tomorrow and saying where did this come from? This sounds like I would trust that most people have been following the topic in the news and it hasn't deviated all that much from what we've communicated from the start. So just to thank people who provided feedback along the way and patience as we work through some of the different um hiccups and and bumps that may come with it. So with that, that's it for reports this evening. Thank you Dr. Frame. While Dr. Frame gets up here, the next part of agenda is public comment session. public comment session. Um I have two cards of people that would like to speak. Um when you come up, please state your
036name and address and then um you're limited to three minutes. So if you can keep your comments under three minutes. I will start with Mr. Andrew Andrew. Yeah. Right up there, please. Thank you. Good evening. Excuse me for my tire. I came directly from work. Uh my name is Andrew Andrew. I live at 145 Schlmer Road, uh Lancaster, which is in the Clarence School District. I've lived there for 21 years. Um my wife was recently relieved of her job. And the problem with that is I'm not here just to fence Sour Grapes. My bigger concern is I've lived in this district for 21 years. A couple of my children have graduated from this district. And I always the reason why I bought a home in the school district 21 years ago was because of the
037excellence of the Clarence School District and has maintained that well over the years. But with the situation that had happened, uh my wife worked for four years in one school and her job was supposed to be presented. Every year she had to reapply for the job May 14th with a letter of intent and that was to be presented to the board. That was never presented to the board this year. And on the final day of school, she gets an email from the assistant superintendent of curriculum uh saying that her job is being posted and she needs to reapply for it on the very last day of school. Now, a timeline like this and then she had to go through all the processes and everything else. And my biggest problem with all of this, obviously sour
038grapes as well, but my biggest problem is if this wasn't presented to the board back in May or June when it should have been, what else isn't being presented to the board? I'm not making accidents happen, but it was not rectified in a situation in a way that I thought was fair or equitable. Um, my wife doesn't know I'm here, by the way. I cut out of work and slid over here. But nonetheless, um the person that did replace take her position is also very close with the department chair of that department. So I don't believe a school system should have favoritism happens in a workplace. I'm an employer. Do I treat some employees different than others? Yes. But I treat them fair and equitably from a financial standpoint with respect and time off and
039everything else. I whether I whether I really like them a lot or maybe don't like them very much at all. But nonetheless, when you run into situations and I've spoken to a few other teachers since this has happened, it creates dissension and distrust of the school district or their co-workers or what have you. And when that starts happening, maybe Clarence isn't number one or number two every year for the last two and a half, three decades. Um, that's basically my gripe. If anybody on the board would like to know more about this, you can jot down my phone number because I'm going to run out of time here. And I'll be more than happy to forward all proper emails if anybody has any questions perhaps for the parties that may be involved in this with
040the school district. My name is Andrew Andrisco. My phone number is 7168122575. My email address, if you'd like, is andy [email protected]. I don't want to name names or anything else, and I'm not making any accusations to anybody on this whole panel right here right now. And I'm not really making accusations in general, but there was something that was slighted. And the fact that it just it's a concern. It's not going to change what's happened, but perhaps it could change things for the future. And that's my goal with all of this. Uh, thank you. Have a good night. Thank you, Mr. Andrew Dusco. Next, Herb Gunther. Herb, I believe you're going to speak on the Tim Hortons. Is that correct? Correct. That is correct. Uh, for the record, my company owns the underlying property and I'm
041going to recuse myself from this discussion. So, if you give me a second, I'm going to get up and leave the podium. I might need more than a second. Thank you. [Music] Is he in a soundproof box yet? Good evening, members of the board. My name is Herb Gunther and I live at in the Harris Hill subdivision at 8689 Ningham Terrace. I am a licensed architect with over 35 years of experience. I have sent a couple of emails already and I'm formally here tonight to voice my concern for the proposed Tim Hortons project at the corner of Main Street in Harris Hill which is in within 500 ft of the Harris Hill Elementary School. I and other Harris residents, Harris Hill residents believe this project increases the risk to our Harrisville Elementary students, impacts the
042efficiency of schoolboard operations, and negatively impacts the livability of our neighborhood. The student safety risk we believe are the morning dropoff congestion creates a dangerous condition with over 100 cars queuing backing up on the main street and forcing drivers onto shoulders. One vehicle turning to Tim Hortons the wrong way could stop the traffic entirely at this choke point. The increased traffic increases risk for walkers and bikers heading to Harris Hill and Nativity Schools. Bus operations will face longer delays and unsafe merge conditions. There's also impact on traffic and the neighborhood. The existing traffic study appears not to account for the actual school day drop off volumes. We have not been able to see the reports, so we don't know this for sure. Additional traffic will push drivers into residential neighborhoods. This will likely increase speeds
043where kids play and wait for buses. If you sat at the intersection of Connection Noddingham, you see people go through that intersection all the time without even stopping, going well past the speed limit. There's also inadequate pedestrian Pedestrian protection. Say that fast three times. The proposed 4 foot 4 foot wide 6-in raised sidewalk is the bare legal minimum for pedestrian protection. It does not truly create a safe, walkable, pedestrianfriendly environment that the traditional zoning requires. That's written by the town of Clarence. A safe solution must exceed the minimum and prioritize pedestrian safety and daily use of this corridor. Lastly, there are zoning and planning concerns that we have. The project, in our opinion, undermines the intent of the tra traditional zoning district. We need thoughtful, safe, pedestrian orientated design. The commercial drive-through use in such
044close proximity to schools we believe is incompatible with the long-term planning goals of this area. We are also unaware of the special exemption use permit. We don't know if that exists for this type of use. If it does not, we would obviously oppose that use and not have it go through the drive-thru. And lastly, the seeker issues are still an issue. They have called it as no adverse impacts. We do not believe that. We don't we don't agree with that. We would like to revisit the seeker issues to resolve that. In summary, our biggest concerns is every morning there's we are dropping off students. Often this is backing up on Main Street and even into the shoulders of Harris Hill Road. At times there are four lanes of traffic fighting to get through the choke
045point. Just one driver again could easily stop all that traffic. We are not sure at this point of the traffic study encounter for these school account for these school realities. Again, this project will also slow bus operations, create longer delays, and put children walking or biking to school at greater risk. Again, the proposed 4ft sidewalk is a bare minimum and does not create a truly safe pedestrian-friendly environment. The cut through traffic will spill into our neighborhoods where kids play, ride bikes, and wait for the bus. We are seeking, we are asking the school board to stand with us. We hope that you'll review the information that we have sent you. I've sent information, a couple emails, so I would like that entered into the schoolboard minutes to inform yourself of these issues. A similar project
046was presented for Westwood and Main Street and was rejected by the town. similar aspects. This site is smaller and more congested and is not the place for Tim Horton's drive-thru. If you agree with our stand, we would ask you send a formal letter of opposition to the town planning board and let your voice be heard in protecting our students, our school operations, and our neighborhood. Together, we'd like to send a clear message. This project is not acceptable for our school and our community. Thank you for your time. Thank you, Mr. questions or anything like that. Again, I have presented information to Mr. Fuches. I believe that's been entered in. And again, I do encourage you to look at the issues and we are working with the town. I have a meeting this Wednesday to talk
047to the town planning board and also to try to rectify where we are, where this is going to go. So, thank you for your time today. Thank you very much. Moving on to finance. Dr. Rupka, could you run us through finance? Thank you. Um, today I'm asking for approval of uh the financial reports for June along with the bills and check warrants, approval of a big piggyback contract from Jefferson County which allows us to buy doors at a reduced rate, a reduced cost. Approval of a transfer for uh our buildings and grounds department. Approval of an amended school calendar, which is just changing a half a day, moving a half a day for uh teacher conferences. Approval of the 2526 application for free and reduced school lunch meals. I want to make a special note
048here that meals in Clarence School, both breakfast and lunch, will be free for this upcoming year. However, this application is very important and it is critical that we still get these in to qualify families. Um, I'm asking for approval of the district-wide safety plan and the building level safety plans. Uh, these are due and need to be in effect by September 1. They are living breathing documents. And I do want to mention that um, while these were already submitted, there were changes and amendments that were made to regulations on the 18th of August. Um, so we will be updating these, but we do need to approve them and get them in now. Um, I'm asking for the request for approval of property tax rates, the approval of resolution for student discipline authority, and this is
049so that um, if our principles are out, the assistant principal can um, manage student discipline. Um, and then approval of a perma grant. We received a grant for $10,000 for training um, for some safety training for our staff. Thank you, Dr. Grupka. Do I have any questions on F1 through F11? Just to clarify, so um given the changes, we'll get a revised building level safety plan at a future meeting to approve. Uh I don't know if they need to be reapproved because the way the state looks at them, they are living documents. So we do change them regularly. They've already been submitted. They're going to be unsubmitting them tomorrow and they're they're due back in prior to our next meeting. Um I can certainly hap happily share the changes. They're creating an annex for a
050use of AEDs. Dr. Greka, the free uh student uh breakfast and lunch, that's a statewide initiative, but the parents still need to fill out the application. Correct. Correct. The application um counts actually towards our state aid. It also counts for some students um to receive other benefits such as free AP exams, free uh college applications. So, it is important that those are filled out. Okay, thank you. Just a a small point of clarification. So, um we're requesting that they fill them out. They don't need to fill them out in order for their child to access free breakfast or free lunch as part of the universal meals program. Correct. Correct. It's used for uh it's used for other programs. So, we certainly request it, but it's not required for Yeah. Any further questions? Hearing you. Okay.
051Hearing none, I'll ask for a motion to approve items F1 through F11. I like the motion. Thank you, Trisha. Do I have a second? Thank you, Cindy. All those in favor? I I motion passes. Mr. Michelle, personnel. Uh this evening we have two resignations, one instructional position and one athletic. We have a request for leave from a teacher. Uh an adjustment from the reorg meeting of a designation of a DASA assignment for one of our administrators. P4 is requesting return to employment after being on a leave. The prior appointments this this month are were just the substitutes for our extended school year appointments this evening. We have seven teaching positions including probationary and regular substitutes. Miss Cas is with us this evening. She's going to be one of our psychologists. I I invite you to
052come up at the end of the meeting to meet the board. a high school math club adviser, department chair, fall sports recommendations, mentor assignments, training, and summer school proctoring and scoring, as well as athletic support positions. P7 are additional hours for our summer tosses. P8 is a tenure review of a teacher who's just off off the cycle. So, uh he he will be recommended for tenure in October. P9 is compensation for serving on the a summer cse or CPSSE meeting. P10 is our curriculum writing projects for Dr. Overhalt. P1 and P12 both are presentation compensation listings. We have this year as we open 177 people on our instructional substitute list. P14 we have building based substitutes that really really assist us on a daily basis. and the P15 is the substitute teacher rates. There is
053no change from the previous school year. P16 is a series of res re resolutions and one of which at the end next to last paragraph should state that Miss Schnuska is a district employee rather than being offered a position. Thank you, Dr. Michelle. Mr. Michelle. Um, seeing as items P through and P8 are, um,formational, any questions on any of the items? Hearing none, I'll take a motion to approve items P1 through P2, P4 through P7, and P9 through P16. I'll make a motion. Thank you, Dennis. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Don. All those in favor? I I The motion passes. Mr. Michelle, uh, not instructional, much shorter. We have a few resignations for AIDS and a bus clean a bus attendant who was also a cleaner. The prior appointments were for substitute
054cleaners to fill that position. Appointments this evening is one cleaner position, two bus drivers, eight teacher aids, two clerks, and a bus attendant along with some cafeteria monitors. P20 has our substitute rates which also have not changed since the previous year but will be predicated on any future agreement with the CSEA on their contract and P21 or changes to our substitute list. Thank you, Mr. Michelle. Any questions? Items P71 17 through P21. Hearing none, I'll take a motion to approve items P 171 17 through P21. I'll make a motion. Thank you, Adrian. Do I have a second? Thank you, Cindy. All those in favor. I I The motion passes. Vasha, special needs and student activities. The committee on special education met for 13 days and requesting the approval of the recommended services for 20 students.
055And the committee on preschool special education met for 7 days and is requesting the approval of the recommended services for 16 students. Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Hearing? None. I'll take a motion to approve his item items S1 and S2. I'll make the motion. Thank you, Dennis. Do I have a second? Thank you, Don. All those in favor? I I board development and policy. Dr. Frame. Yep. Uh before moving to that, just a quick note of thanks for our student support services team for do uh the job they did with our extended school year program in particular. Christa George and Penny Connors just did a fantastic job running this program out of Sheridan Hill. So, Jill, if you'd be willing to pass that along to your team, it would be much appreciated. Um, with
056regard to board policy and development, B1 is an action item tonight. It's our code of conduct. The major revision has to do with um, internet enabled uh, device guidelines. I would make this comment that we had um, a trustee uh, trustee Sners had had reached out and done a really careful read of the code of conduct. Um, and whenever we adjust a policy, there's a chance that it it references other parts of a policy manual, other parts of a code of conduct. And there is one other paragraph that likely could use some clarification in terms of where devices should be during the school day. So what I would recommend the board do is adopt the code of conduct tonight knowing that the major revision is in there that's in line with the law, having our
057team go back and just clarify another section of the of the policy so that there's no confusion with regard to the law. We can readopt it um after the year gets up and running. but it's an important document for us to have and be able to communicate to families uh and our students as the school year gets going. The other policies were reviewed during the policy committee reports section uh and they areformational in nature. Thank you. Any questions on item B1? And you're going to have a letter or email going out to families tomorrow. Correct. Yep. Internet. Okay. Thank you, Dennis. Any items on any questions on B1? If not, I'll take a motion to approve item B1, the code of conduct. I'll make a motion. Thank you, Mike. Do I have a second? Second.
058Thank you, Dennis. All those in favor? I I. Moving on to committee of the whole items. We have our schedule of upcoming meetings and upcoming events in our package. And at this point, I'd like to make a motion that we move to executive session um to discuss a personnel matter and a collective bargain negotiation. Do I have a motion? Thank you, Dennis. Do I have a second? Thank you, Adrian. All those in favor? I I The motion passes. Thank you very much.