001Good evening. Welcome to the North Gross Walut Central School U Board of Education meeting tonight. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. The first order of business is to approve tonight's agenda. A motion, please, to approve. Linda and Travis. Any discussion? All in favor of approving the agenda. Motion is carried. John, you seem like you're a long way away. >> I'm a special number. >> Ah, well, if you misbehave, I'll never know because you're too far away. teachers always help. >> Uh, tonight we begin with our presentations and I will turn the meeting over to Mr. Poland to make those introductions. >> Thank you, Mrs. Collier.
002So, I'm going to start with Mrs. Hake and Mr. Stabka. They're going to bring members of their school leadership team up. They're going to do a presentation on the elementary school improvement plan. And so we've worked on a routine where not everyone's lined up in single files, so they're sitting in the front row. Um, so I'm going to ask Karen and Ben to come on up and kick this thing off. >> Good evening. Um, as Mike said, we are here to present our school improvement plan for the elementary school for the school year. With me tonight, I have Ben Sappka, our assistant principal, Daniel Kim, third grade teacher, Melissa Mason and Lindseay Roberts, fourth grade teachers, Jordan Brat, second grade teacher. Am I too loud again? I'm sorry. Um, Christine Chapman, our math interventionist, and
003Megan Penoff, our instructional coach. All of what we do is rooted in our district mission and vision from our strategic action plan. You will see uh this year the three buildings as well as the directors uh the consistency with all of our plans as we created a collaborative goal over the summer to strengthen connections as a supportive school community so every learner can demonstrate growth. Our first objective is to have 100% of instructional staff implementing agreed upon core instructional practices by January of 2026. There are going to be multiple tasks that must be done to achieve this objective. These tasks can change as the year goes on based on needs that may arise. First, we are going to leverage community partners for professional development opportunities. last month and some of the PDS in the future.
004Terresa Patchen uh has and will come to share best practices when it comes to math standards. Staff were also surveyed for their professional development needs. We will also align math curriculum and assessments to prioritize standards and practices. We have a math committee to make sure that these standards and practices are being followed and reviewed. Teachers are being uh provided continued professional development on the science of reading practices. We have a uh monthly topics that are provided by the literacy coach. >> We are revising rubrics so grading is more equitable and consistent across classrooms. This means report card grades and curriculum assessments like exit tickets, math tests or essay revisions will reflect student learning more fairly and to focus on the mastery of their skills. We're updating and closely monitoring our pacing guides and atlas to
005make sure instruction across grade levels stay aligned and on track. This helps ensure that all students, no matter the teacher, are exposed to the same core content at the same time. In our tier one meetings, we're implementing a structured data core call, specifically the ORID model, which stands for objective, reflective, interpretive, and decisional. This framework gives teachers a clear and consistent process for looking at student data. This data protocol came from the Midwest Regional Partnership and was developed over the summer with our team. Finally, each teacher will be developing and using a classroom management plan. These plans are designed to increase students time in class and maximize their learning. Importantly, these management plans will also be available to substitutes. So when a teacher is absent, the classroom expectations remain clear and learning can continue without
006interruption. By June 2026, 70% of students receiving tier 2 interventions will demonstrate academic progress by showing at least a 10% increase from their fall to spring benchmark assessments. We are using math win time or what I need each day to focus on tier 2 student needs. All elementary students work on their IR pathways. In addition, teachers are pulling students in small groups to target instructional needs and students are working on math activities independently or with a partner. Tier 2 assessment data will be reviewed at MTSS meetings bi-weekly. This allows teams to make adjustments and provide additional support when needed. Teachers will use skill-based assessments to track individual student growth and identify specific areas for continued focus. After each benchmark assessment, teachers will hold data chats with students to analyze, set goals, and plan targeted instruction.
007Our third objective is um by June 2026, 70% of students receiving tier 3 interventions will demonstrate academic progress by showing an increase in their fall to spring benchmark assessments. To address this objective, an MTSS handbook has been created that includes the RFA process, a timeline for next steps, as well as the criteria for entering and exiting highly specialized instruction in tier 3 interventions. This will include approximately 75 students in math and reading. Students will fluidly enter and exit interventions throughout the year. Intervention data will be collected and reviewed bi-weekly at our building MTSS meetings. We want to ensure that the students receiving a tier three intervention are closely monitored for their progress. As a member of the MTSS team and as an interventionist, I get the opportunity to address the needs and progress for my
008own math students. Additionally, progress monitoring assessments will be adjusted to align with individual needs that have been identified. This can happen with the interventionist as well as the classroom teacher. The students pathways can be adjusted when appropriate to help students master earlier skills or skills at a higher level. Teachers can make those instructional decisions on an individual basis. Lastly, we will utilize community partners and agencies to support tier three students with academic and social emotional support throughout the year. for example, a behavioral specialist from URNC, um, Wing Behavioral Health, our youth advocacy programs, and the district's FOMO. By working on the tasks we've described today, our school has several anticipated outcomes. When we focus on student growth and proficiency, we aim to help children meet grade level expectations and to ensure that each child makes
009measurable progress over time. This commitment goes handinhand with building stronger connections with our community partners. When families, local organizations, and businesses engage with the school, students, and teachers gain access to resources, experiences, and support systems that enrich learning and strengthen the homeschool connection. We also have a dedication to consistency across grade levels by meeting vertically within the building and across the district. Teachers collaborate closely to align instruction routines and expectations so students experience a seamless progression from one year to the next. As a building, we rely on data informed decision-making. By analyzing assessments and progress monitoring, we can identify what strategies are working, adjust instruction when needed, and provide the right supports at the right time. One of the ways this comes to life is through flexible intervention groups. These groups allow us to personalize
010learning with students moving in and out as their skills develop, ensuring that instruction meets student needs together. These priorities create a strong foundation for success. >> Thank you for your time this evening and for allowing our school leadership team to present this year's school improvement plan. Any questions? Sarah, >> I think it's great. All these things are going to happen. If I'm a parent, how do I know what my child is, if he's advanced or she's advanced or not, what's happening to my kid? How do you communicate with parents? >> We through phone call, but we also have letters. So any student who's receiving um even if it's general win time within the classroom, every family receives a letter explaining what they will be doing, all tier three students or any student that sees a
011counselor or an interventionist also receives a phone call and a letter. Um we have the MTSS handbook on our website now which explains the tier one, the tier two, and the tier three to families. >> Great. That's good. Okay, >> good question. Um, sparked my curiosity when I forget who was presenting. I'm sorry. Um, talking about data chats and goal setting with the with the student with the child and I thought what does that look like? You know, what does that look like with the child when you talk about their the data of how they're doing in school? How does that look with the teachers? So our our benchmark assessments provide us information in various categories for for math or for language arts. So what it allows us to do is really honing. So maybe
012a student is really good at decoding and they're they're good at they're good at pulling the letters apart making a word but they need to focus on the comprehension aspect which be a higher level. So really those conversations are adapted at each level to the student for the data that's being collected and it allows an ongoing conversation between the student and the teacher as the cycles roll through and they have a chance to meet. So it's really kind of dynamic and adaptable to student to need to intervention to place >> and those goals are shared at parent teacher conferences. So the student comes up with a reading goal, a math goal, and then a personal goal, and then they're shared at >> the conference student. >> Yes. Yes. This the conference is studentled. Students are
013always invited to come and share pieces that they would like to share. I know as a teacher, I used to have them share their favorite writing assignment or their whole chart. >> And do they use the I Ready? The kids can see their score. So that's a good way to them also to see their improvement. >> Yes. And the pathway will tell them this is the skill you're working on. This is how many you passed, how many minutes you've been doing there. >> Past four lessons >> and it's something we celebrate often as well. So we use a lot of our celebration mechanisms Google pride awards like we're recognizing students each and every day for you know getting a certain amount of lessons or hitting a goal or hitting a mark. So it's a very
014ongoing and fluid conversation. >> Positive momentum. Yes. >> Are you seeing a lot of parents using the student le conference? Is it up to the parent? Is that a joint? >> I mean yes because they can bring um you know their child or not to the conference. I do say yes. I see more and more every year especially that we offer um our aids to watch the other children and that parent. So if a parent has three children, they can bring the one student and then the other students can go into the gym or the cafeteria. So I think providing that allowed parents to bring their children more. But yeah, I mean we invite them but ultimately right >> I would say the every year there's more and more students I >> How about the
015students at tier three with behavioral interventions? Are you using that process as well with that to involve the parents? They're part of that. Yes, all parents are um part of the MTSS process. We always get their input before and then after as well. We invite parents in for meetings to discuss what that looks like as well. In fact, we just had one today and one yesterday for students receiving parent copies used that time to update that as well. If the interventionists do, they try their hardest to make it to all, but if there's if Christine has 30 and some are scheduled at the same time, she tries really hard to go to as many as possible. Um, and to even touch base, jump in and out of the conferences, but they are they are there
016present >> that is built right into our MTSS process as well. So, when a student moves into the MTSS system, that's part of our standing rotation of conversations is parental input. So, each time that we meet, we're getting a rotation. parents are being updated and informed and we're bringing information back and forth. >> Is it still quarterly that you meet and address that? >> Yes, but we've been meeting our interventionists actually asked to meet halfway through the quarter as well which we find is going to work because students may be picking up a skill because especially elementary it's really skill based. We picked up those short vowels. So now they can exit that intervention and new student can come. So we are now meeting at the four and then welcome. >> Anyone else? >> Well,
017thank you very much. John has one. >> Another question. Um has to do with classroom management plans. Uh I've never heard that as a task before for the teacher and I know it's done all the time. Teachers manage the students time. I mean that's that's life is. How is that formalized? It's so intriguing that the substitute gets it, which is ideal because subs walk in sometimes. They don't know the kids, they don't know any of the paperwork that was done and work. What What does it mean to manage the time? Who does it? What does it look like? >> Megan, do you want to talk about it or do you want me to because Megan sits with some of our teachers to help them with their plans? >> I can talk about it. >> Okay.
018Um, we've done them for a few years on and off. This year they have the same format. Every teacher in the school kind of did it in conjunction with their substitute plans because there tends to be a little bit of an overlap, but the classroom management plan goes into detail on, you know, the teacher's vision for the classroom, how the routines are played out throughout the day. So, you can see like, okay, this is their morning arrival. This is what they do when they're transitioning between subjects. All of that's spelled out as well as incentives that the classroom teacher is using, schoolwide incentives, consequences that may be in place in the classroom. Um, And it's basically a supplemental support to the subs for the day. So if a teacher or a substitute teacher comes into
019the room and they go through that, they know how to address behaviors. They know which students to go to for help or the students are like the helpers, the ones who can ask for questions. Um and I think most of the subs they tend to be in our building again and again. So what they've seen at once a lot of the classroom management are similar across the grade level as well. >> John, if I can piggyback on what Megan just shared as well. So the administration is great about letting people know who who's out. So the team approach also so teammates from the classroom next door can come in and check on the substitute teacher as well. Um which helps great greatly, right? So they're keeping an eye on things so that everybody's in it
020together so that if there are routines and procedures that they've gone over with Megan as the instructional coach or it's in the subfolder, having a teammate right next door check on you throughout the day is also very helpful. And one other piece of information that they didn't share today that we collect because we say we're data informed, not data driven, is the number of crisis calls that go to the office and the number of discipline referrals. Right? So, I believe the number was in like 119 last year, close to 120. It's down to 100 or excuse me, it's down to 49 for the month of September this year, which you know, for kids that have had 10 weeks off from the structure, routines, and procedures. Seeing that type of reduction tells you our processes are
021working. And you know, when we looked at the data and we see it at the district office, and I'm familiar with the names on the chart, I'm pleased to see some of those children over time and maturity, the number of instances where they're being referred to the office or out of the classroom, it's reduced greatly. In fact, Karen and I had a conversation about a couple of them yesterday. one is kind of, you know, showing themselves and and they're spiking a little bit and then one is really making tremendous gains over the course of the last year. So, it's it's really a pleasure to see what they're doing. And again, it's not always just the paper and pencil measures. It's sometimes it's the the social emotional stuff that you can't put a grade on that
022really is paying big dividends for our kids. And you're seeing it in the culture. You're seeing it in the climate. and you're noticing it in the hallways. So, it's really good stuff happening down there. >> I just wanted to comment that when you were talking about the management and how things go, that's not only helpful for the substitute, but it's helpful for the teacher that can't be there because then there's some consistency there for the students. So, that's that's a great thing. >> It is. And if we see an increase in behaviors in a classroom, um Ben or I can talk to the teacher, maybe look over that that classroom management plan and take time to reflect on as well. Is that you know, is there something we can add here or some instructional as
023well? So it's it's always a kind of document. >> Thank you so much. So, moving right on. Hello. And Maggie W, two of our class officers here. And as you know, Lily is our student board rep. I'm going to ask that they come up to the podium and they're going to present some information to the board tonight. Um, are you bringing Miss Sinclair up as your security blanket? So, they're going to present some information to the board. We don't have to take official action on it tonight. you know, we'll act on this in the second board meeting of the month, but they're going to present an option for the senior class trip. So, we figured let's give you the information. Let's hear from them directly as to what they're going to do and then kind
024of we'll vote on it at the next meeting. Go ahead, ladies. >> Good evening. My name is Lanna Strangelo. I'm the senior class president. And I'm Maggie Wanik and I'm the treasurer. So for our senior trip proposal, we wanted to keep it in tradition for the north high school as camping has gone back years with our senior trip. We have not done an overnight trip since CO, but we're hoping to slowly bring that back. Um this this senior trip will be things June 1st and 2nd, so it will be a singular night. We have the itinerary pretty much planned out. We would leave school June 1st pretty much right when we get there. We will arrive at Camp Corey at 10:30 a.m. We'll check into the cabins, get everyone situated. Um, we will eat lunch
025around noon. We'll learn about all the camp um expectations, their rules, all the activities they have to offer, and then get started on those activities around 2 through 5:00 p.m. Campy is an overnight camp run by the YMCA, so they offer tons of different activities that are all included in the price. Um it is right on Kuka Lake. So they offer kaying, swimming in the lake, paddle boarding. There's also a high rope course, archery, ziplining, arts and crafts, volleyball, and then there will be ice cream socials and then late night bonfires with s'mores. Um all meals are provided. It is a buffet style. There will be a salad bar and also allergies and food needs will be accommodated and met through the camp. We'll make sure we get all that information from the students. Um
026the evening plans after that after the activity at 6 PM there will be dinner. Again all all um dietary needs will be met. The evening activity will be planned later on hopefully by seniors. We'll get the whole entire class included. Um at 9:30 we'll have that ice cream social and the campfire and s'mores. And then we'll start back up on June 2nd after that night. Breakfast will be at 8:00 a.m. We'll have another um opportunity for to do one of the activities from 9 to 11:00 and then we'll check out and possibly stop somewhere on the way home to get a final class um activity going. All right, so right now our cost for a student is $70. And this is actually like the cheapest it's ever been like so far for the years. like
027last year. I know even though they only did some day activities, it was more expensive. Um, while this is our least expensive option, it can be pretty pricey for some students. So, we are going to have fundraising options. So, by this time, we would have already like spent all of our money. We would have already paid for prom even if it hasn't happened. So, we will be able to have like the rest of our money we can give to students for fundraising and help them like be able to join the trip so that we can have as many people as possible join us. Um, as you can see, there are not many items that the students need to bring. They'll just need to bring their linens like their blankets and pillows, sunscreen, bug spray, their
028own toiletries, and clothes and bathing suit. So, it's really as inclusive as possible. Um, there's also more information on their website where you can kind of take a tour around the campsite. Thank you so much for listening and for your time. Do you guys have any questions? Sounds like a fun time. >> All right. Thank you very much. >> So, they'll vote on this officially at the next board meeting. You guys did a great job. We'll keep Miss Sinclair priced and Lily, if you're obviously here as a board rep, you'll be tuned into that. But it's a great great opportunity. I love the fact that it's local and that it's something that you're trying to include everyone with. So, great job. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> So, I I think the board is actually
029contemplating going to Camp Corey now as well. That's a great thing, Lily. Um but not on June 1st and second. We'll leave that for you guys. So, um I just want to give you a quick update on a couple of happenings. So, you know, we talked a little bit earlier in the year about the progress with respect to our capital project that was voted on in 2023. And I honestly would say majority of our time yesterday in the elementary building uh was filled with excitement. I think Karen's been bombarded and Ben have been bombarded with questions about when can we play on the playground. So, if you're driving by, you may notice the apparatus is starting to go up and that the the progress out there, which was very intentional. We started with the playground
030because we knew that there was a disruption in the building as a whole. We wanted our students to have something that they could feel a lot of pride with. So, being down there this morning and recognizing how big the new playground apparatus is is going to be fantastic. So, they're uh they're really doing a good job. I've got some pictures of the second and third floors here. Really just to remind the community why we're doing the project that we're doing and that that work is actually going to start. They're doing the abatement, the pre-abatement's been happening. Um the abatement work will begin Monday. So, every time a visitor goes into the building, they're seeing a notification. And I'll share something that we're going to put out via parent square to remind the community that abatement
031work will happen next week, second shift, while no one's in the building. The building that is actually having the the the portion of the building that's having the abatement done will be sealed off and the abatement is highly regulated and highly monitored. Um, we were very specific with our contractors about that, that there should be no demolition happening with respect to the abatement while students or staff are in the building. So, that work is going to begin and you can see we're long overdue for the work in this building. Um, I know they left already, but the the students and staff really deserve a 21st century learning environment. And unfortunately, for many years, they have not had that down there. And this is just a reminder of some of what we're going to, you know,
032dress up. It's a lot easier to look at now that you don't have children in the building. And you could see like we we probably should have done this years ago. Um the next piece that I want to share with you is really just to kind of socialize this idea. You're looking at the the transportation facility now. Um, and I know Mr. Pinkerton is in the room with us as well. They're managing and the the facility down there is really cramped. It's really outdated and long overdue for some renovations there as well. So, the top left is the current breakroom. Lower left is the the office where our dispatcher and our senior bus driver sit. And the ceiling tile, unfortunately, is a common occurrence down there. The roof failed in 2010. So, you'll recall that
033when we had a conversation a few years ago about putting some money into the facility, the cost came back. It was about $3.5 million to bring it up to par with today's, you know, standard with respect to the roof, some mortar joints being repaired, some some paint and and things of that nature. However, it did nothing for the footprint. It does nothing for the location which is currently in the elementary parking lot. And as you've heard me say over the years, cars, children, and buses do not belong in the same environment. So, that's a real hazard. And if you think back to three years ago, we actually had a accident with two school buses in that uh parking lot. So, we need to address that. Um here are some other pictures. You know, this is
034really what I would say um is not up to standard for what we've come to expect. And you can see that the exterior paint is peeling, the doors need work, the interior is dark. And I'm not trying to be negative about what the environment is because, as I said, Mr. Pinkerton and his staff are doing a great job of adapting to that environment, but they really do deserve better. Um, you know, here's another look. There's our our storage room off to the right, which is cramped. Uh, that blue picture in the middle. Uh, I will tell you, having gone in there with Amanda and Bill taking the tour, that's a hazard. You know, I think Bill got a little chuckle when I turned around too quick and fell because the bus ramp kind of tripped
035me because it's right there. Um, you know, if you look at the bottom of the middle, you could see just how cramped those bays are with respect to the size of today's school buses. And really, when we talk about electrification of a fleet, what we've been told is you need wider base. And I'm not saying that the district is going to electric school buses, but if the mandate doesn't go away, we need to prepare for that. And with the school buses, when they're electric, the batteries slide out. We don't currently have the width in that uh arena to have more than one bus in there to try and service a bus battery. Um the fuel island, you know, you'll recall is is new. Um but it's lacking a canopy. It's lacking a bus brush, which
036would be to get the snow off the top. And then up in the top left hand corner, you'll see the second tier, which those 2 by4s and that hot water heater up there really are not supposed to be exposed and open and that nature. So, um, we're working on a couple of things to try and get us together to give you some accurate numbers as to what we feel should happen. And you'll recall this planning document from a few years ago um with the capital projects and things of that nature. My hope is that I can give the board of education and the community some numbers in the very near future to talk about finishing the rest of the elementary building with respect to fit and finish. So lights, cabinets, flooring, paint, uh things of
037that nature. the high school would have more fit and finish replacing the generator, highlighting some of the the roof replacement schedule, um air conditioning, finishing that third phase for both of those two buildings to make sure that there's a climate controlled environment here just like we have at Levvenworth and then at Levvenworth replacing the elevator cab and making sure that that's up to speed. Um, one of the other things that we've talked about would be athletic enhancements. We just have to figure out from a state ed perspective whether we have the money to touch the fields to to capitalize on the district's reserves. One of the things that we have to really consider is with the incidental funds which pays for our fields and pays for the architects and the engineers, the construction management is
038we have to make sure that we're within the cycle to capitalize on as much money as we possibly can. So any capital project that we do, it's about 85% covered from state aid. So it's it's about 15 cents per dollar. it's local share. We believe that we have enough set aside in our capital reserve to cover any local share um right out of the reserve for all these enhancements that we're talking about. The one piece that we're uncertain of is the fields. And that's really where we need state ed to come back to us and say you can use some incidental money from Levvenworth, let's say, because we don't currently have any athletic competition fields over there. And we really need that portion because from a safety and security standpoint, I want all of our
039student athletes to participate on fields here. So, if our modified is playing, they should be on campus. If our JV is playing on campus, if our varsity is playing on campus, we have the benefit of Marshall Park right now, which is a fantastic facility and a great relationship with the Marshall Foundation. However, our students deserve to play on campus. So, right now we feel pretty confident of coming forward with a proposal maybe later in this month to talk to you about a transportation facility. Um, some enhancements to the elementary, the high school and and Levvenworth. Um, minor at Levvenworth. But really thinking about those things and leveraging the money. The question for us all is going to be whether we could tackle the athletic fields as well. We're okay with putting some of our unfunded
040portion, you know, meaning the district would sponsor the the athletic field enhancements, but I won't do that to the detriment of the community. So, for example, when we put the bleachers in, they weren't aided at the same rate that the rest of the project was. We made a conscientious decision to do that because it was necessary. So that's really what's going to come down to it. So my feeling is a board workshop get become more informed about what we can do, try to look at a scope of a project and figure out what's happening and then kind of move forward from there. And I I bring this picture up not because that's the latest bathroom edition um but because right there is where the cell phone tower is going. Right. So that construction is started
041as well. So, you'll remember a few years ago, I think people thought I was a little off my rocker when I said we really need to have a cell phone tower because this the the lack of connectivity in an emergency situation is really scary, right? And most of our systems run off of the cellular regardless of whether there's landline or not because our our system here is run off data. It's not the traditional phone lines on telephone poles anymore. So the cellular provides us with a great benefit. So that work has started also. So it kind of coincides with the 23 capital project. So, just wanted to kind of quickly review that and then kind of say I think it's time for us to upgrade this environment >> uh upgrade this environment to mimic some
042of the other things that we've started to tackle. Any questions, comments, concerns or feedback? >> I just a quick question because you were talking about different buildings being involved. Yeah, >> that also improves our rate, doesn't it? So that it could go above the 85. >> Well, if we have more than one building involved, >> I don't want to comment on that specifically because there are specific formulas that will be used, but I know that Andrew's been in touch with fiscal advisors. We've been in touch with our bond council. We've been working on different things to look at our scenarios to make sure, you know, that we're informed of where we can get our money and exactly how much will come will will come out of reserves. Anything that went above the 85 obviously is
043a win and we certainly want to capitalize on that. And when we say to folks there's going to be no impact on the tax rate, right? So, it's gonna it's taxpayer money. No matter how you slice it, it's just not going to increase the tax rate. And we've been planning for this since 2020. We've been taking manageable bites at the capital improvements because when we walked in the door, uh there was so much need. And so, we've been very intentional with chewing off uh little pieces at a time. based on the experience I had this last week. I went to um I agree on campus is important. Uh parking is going to be important there. >> Yeah. >> Because I went to a middle school soccer boys and girls and they were on the fields
044that are over here on by the parking lot. And the parking lot was filled and it was with Telmac I think. I can't remember exactly but the parking lot was filled. There were hundreds hundreds of chairs lined up on all all the fields. And that wasn't the Scotty Martin field either. Those are the fields over here. >> Right. >> So, it's important to get the whole idea that they're using the whole facility. You got bathrooms, you got parking. >> Those are all those are all conversations our designers have heard. you know, we want it to be a little bit more accessible every time that we add um something to our facility. You know, we extended this parking lot out here. We're getting closer to the door. If we were going to create different athletic spaces,
045we would create different ways to get there as well. So, parking a little bit more accessible to the fields, parking that's a little bit more friendly for uh people that have mobility impairments, and then restrooms, not just at the concession stand, but if we build the new transportation facility, uh there would be restrooms on the back of that as well that would be accessible for people using our campus as well. And and really when we talk about this um you know the the campus as a whole, the high school is really in a vulnerable spot with respect to you know if if there were ever something that happened here, a natural disaster, a fire or god forbid uh an active incident. Our students are really um on an island with respect to getting from one
046building to another. there isn't anything in close proximity like there is to Levvenworth or North Rose Elementary. Um, so I think that that's something that we have to think about here. And if we brought the transportation facility up to campus here and we have an inner campus means of getting people to another building quickly, we should do that. We should be very intentional with that and plan for that. And that's kind of where our mindset is from a design element. >> I don't feel that the um transportation facility is even a question. I I just think it's um um the facility as it is is uh deplorable. Um if you look at the picture, you can see there's add-on after add-on after add-on. um structurally it's it's in poor shape and um it just doesn't
047meet the needs of today's buses and the care that we need to give them. Um I I just don't think that's even a a question on whether we need that or not. >> You walk in there and be free. >> So yeah. >> Yeah. And as I said, >> they want to see this come forward. >> Thank you. And I think that that is that is it, right? Like our bus drivers, we've said how important they are, the first thing to see them in the morning, the first staff member to see them in the morning, the last one to leave them in the evening. Um, and I believe we all respect them. I think we now start to show them our our respect by putting them in a facility that I won't say state-of-the-art, but
048I will say more modern than what they're currently in. I know some of us have visited state-of-the-art facilities, and I've told our designers, I'd like a fancy rectangle, right? Not anything with geometric shapes. I don't need anything like that. I need a a a driver's break room. I need a instructional space. I need some offices. I need bays. I need natural light. I need modern lighting. Um, but really I think that that's what we're geared toward right now. And I believe that we have a good plan and I think workshopwise just to inform the board and the community of, you know, what our next steps are and try to hit a target date because like we've said here, people rally around. They don't rally around socialized test, but they do with sports. And I'd love
049to give our student athletes a state-of-the-art facility as well, but I won't do that at the expense of our taxpayers as a whole. I want to make sure we're prudent with our money and make sure that we're able to capitalize on every bit of state aid possible. And I I do have a call into state ed. Um, and I did miss a call from one of our planners at state ed. um to try and just socialize the idea of letting me use that incidental money which is so critically important. Um, and I would say our construction team as a whole is very good and I think Andrew's been enough or through enough of these capital projects to know um, you know, hey, we can afford this or we can't. Very similar to what Gary would
050say to us. Don't and andrew said this multiple times. Don't overpromise, underdel. Let's go out and and our mindset has always been, let's swing for average. But I do believe it's time now to capitalize on the current state and the state of the state. Finish the elementary. Give every one of those children a clean, welcoming and inviting environment. Finish this high school clean, welcoming environment. And then tackle this as well. Um so that everybody feels good about the standard that we're shooting for because I I think that that's that's been consistent. Okay, >> Thank you very much. >> At this time, we come to the public access. Is anyone signed up, Tina? >> No. None tonight. All right. Then we will um move on to the board member. It's not board member request actually our
051reports um our report time. Um so we'll start with the liaison. Um let's see elementary. We don't have a report I don't believe from for elementary although we did hear a report from elementary. So we'll take that as a good report. Thank you. Is there anything going on or going to happen in this fall that we should know about? >> Um, so we have our fall fun days coming up which is a big event at the elementary school on the 30th and we have a lot of parent volunteers and that's parent run. So they run different stations around the school and this uh teachers sign up for different ones. So that's always good. They get they get cider and donuts. We have our Halloween parade coming up. We're gonna really look at that weather and
052because of the construction, I was actually talking to Mike about um possibly using maybe Marshall that Marshall Park. Way to go because it's something the kids and the families love. They come. We have our cubby club. We're going to celebrate being safe with some of our awards on the 24th. We just celebrated students who pass the state test with ice cream. Uh we had North Rose Fire Department to do a presentation for two of our grade levels today. So we did kindergarten and first grade. So they came in and you know got to learn about the gear that firefighters wear and actually the they they geared up which I think is a really cool thing to do so that children can hear them talk with the on so that it's not scary if they were
053ever in emergency situation and then the kids got to tour the trucks. >> Got a little fire hat. about to say the hat was the big the hat was the big ordeal they got fire some good >> yes well thank you I as I drive by and I see the the bulldozers and the you know all the heavy equipment I think oh they're doing career education there on top of a new playground thank you middle school lesson you have anything to report >> I do okay so in September, the eighth grade students got to take their annual career carnival trip. I think that's at the fairgrounds if I remember right. Um, so the kids went and they were very well behaved. So they represented as well. It's very important. But they got to see law
054enforcement, first responders, health field, uh, agriculture, technology, lots of other things for the kids to check out. So I think that's always been a good thing for them to see what's in Wayne County for them. Then there's a big dance coming up. I know I have children who have been discussing the event. They're splitting it up. Five and six gets an hour and then seven and eight gets a little bit longer, but they're not dancing together. They get to have separate dances. Um and then red week is coming up towards the end of October. So they will have spirit days for that and doing those things. Um, and I was trying, oh, I actually need to put in a plug for the band and music and thank the district because I I asked my fifth
055grader, well, what have you liked about school? She had to think way too long, honestly. I think about that. But she has been loving band. So, I'm really grateful that the district provides that kids. She really loved it. So, >> great. Thank you. Anything from the high school? >> Yeah. So Jackie says, "Uh, we just wrapped up a a fantastic homecoming week. Students participated in theme spirit days, our annual pep rally, athletic events, and of course the homecoming dance. Over 250 students attended the dance, making it a very memorable night. uh just completed the first five weeks of school and they're preparing for our fall benchmark assessments which will be administered in all content areas this month. Uh this past month we also welcomed our new school counselor Miranda Mertin. She has quickly acclimated to
056our school community and is learning the NRW way. Miss Merin is already working closely with students and contributing positively to our counseling center. And then looking ahead, we're excited for our community Halloween party on October 24th from 5:30 to 8. Uh this evening will feature our trunk or treat event, a haunted house, as well as crafts and games for families to enjoy. Um John, do you have anything from Cougar? >> Uh yes, >> the uh tutoring center uh that offers it offers virtual tutoring for surrounding schools. We currently have six of our own students and uh four uh four in district who participate in home hospital ting tutoring or uh or waiting place uh great service uh inerson tutoring uh we have four out of district and three in district I'm sure and Uh that's
057first and second year students. Uh we started with 20 students and now uh we're looking at the fiveweek data and inviting others to uh participate uh as need arises. Credit recovery uh that's for the uh third and fourth year high school students. Uh 60 students. I mean that's amazing. And uh every Wednesday now they're giving math tutoring for algebra and geometry regions. Uh that's uh I think to start giving the tutoring is October and September is a real smart move. >> Uh don't wait until three weeks before the test. So and we're having a former math teacher give the support. Well done. Well done. uh such an important uh part of North Rose Wat. Thank you, Mark. Um Linda, is there anything to report from Thor County? Either the board of directors and or the
058legislative. Um actually the board of directors will be meeting again at the end of this month and we'll be taking a look at uh providing more events that'll be beneficial to board members and to staff. Um, and the four county legislative committee will be meeting this Saturday and there are plans for us to meet with different reg legislators either by zoom or in person which is something we haven't done for a few years. So that face to face is important. actually um I think we'll be meeting with Senator Hillbrand at one point too. So >> that's good. >> Travis, anything from the district safety committee? I >> actually do. Um so at the last meeting we had you talked about uh each school has started practicing their evacuation drills. This includes fire drills, lockout drills,
059and lock down drills. Um each building is also in the process of doing their interior and exterior walkthroughs which they look for any safety concerns um windows, doors, uh trip hazards, anything. And then they make a list and uh that make sure that they address any of the issues they find on their walkthrough. And then um with the construction starting at the elementary school and soon to begin at the high school, it it was reminded that all the construction workers that'll be on premises need to be ran to the Raptor system and it will be given a badge that must be worn and visible at all times, which makes it easier for our staff to identify anybody that's on premises that shouldn't be. Visitors have to wear their badges. Construction workers that are supposed to
060be here have to wear their badges. So, I thought that was all good stuff. >> Good. Thank you. >> Is there anything for audit, Travis? >> No. Audit committee hasn't met yet, so nothing at this time. >> All right. Thank you. Uh, Linda, anything for handbook? >> Well, everyone's gotten a new revised handbook. Oops. Turn that. Everyone has gotten a new revised handbook. So, our work for this year is done. We hope. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Uh Tina, anything for from communications committee? >> We're actively engaging with Amanda who's really been promoting many of our efforts. That's going well. >> Good. Good. Great. John, anything from personnel negotiations? No. >> Uh Leslie policy? >> Not at this time. >> All righty. And our student representative here tonight is Lily Mrangelo. We're so happy to
061have you with us, Lily. Uh who you've already told reported on the senior uh camp uh camping out uh trip? Um is there anything else you'd like to tell us about? >> Um just a little bit. I recently attended a seminar with Mr. where I met with other student board of education members and we talked about problems facing other schools and things they were trying to solve which kind of gave me a bit of a starting point on things to focus on for our school. And one of the main things we've been trying to figure out is ways of communication between the student body and myself. So, we're trying to work on setting up a separate email account where me and Mark would have access to so people could send their ideas and their input
062to that so our other inboxes aren't being flooded with other students. Um, we're also working on trying to get a website called Thought Exchange, excuse me, out to the student body where it basically is an app that gets a set of questions to all students. They will put in their input and their answers to those questions. And then after they're done answering, other students can go in and rank their responses from what they feel they relate to the strongest to the least. So we can kind of focus on their bigger issues um first. I'm sorry, first and then figure out the smaller ones later. Um overall school atmosphere has been high. Homecoming activities kind of help build club involvement and school spirit and we're hoping that the Halloween party kind of continues that as people
063are trying to get into more clubs that can help. >> Thank you. >> Those sound great. Um, may I ask is that just for high school students or would would both of those the app and the uh with >> the Yeah. Would or would would more students from other buildings be included with that? >> Right now, definitely thought the exchange will probably think, you know, in the next two will just be focused on high school students. Um, possibly in the future it'll expand, but right now just high school. >> A good start. >> Yes. >> Great. Anyone else? >> I really like the idea of that. That's a thought exchange app. That's actually RSA is is doing something very similar to that to try to get ideas for their their next uh >> is is
064it the same? Okay, because I was just on it and when she was explaining it, it sounds like >> the same app that they're trying to get ideas for the next communication again is key. >> Thank you. At this time, the board needs to go into a short executive session to uh discuss the employment history of employees of specific employees. Uh could I have a motion please to go into executive session? Leslie and Tina. Any discussion? All in favor? Motion is carried. We won't be long. We'll be back. If any of you feel you asleep, um we'll bid you goodbye. Um and if you stay, we'll be back soon. to get a >> sorry >> yeah it's something to get a compliment from your boss but when it's coming from a a random community member
065that just witnessed something you did or you know I I thought they were great and and as you went through you saw teachers that had three and four of them it's it's just amazing so I wanted to you know say I really really enjoyed whoever came up with the kudos and Look forward to reading those >> forwarding there. >> Yes. >> So that we didn't miss it. That was great. Those were those were fun to read. >> Yeah. >> I believe was it last a week ago that our superintendent presented at four county uh board membership meeting. So, we were appreciative of him doing that, spending the time to prepare for that and uh also very proud of him for representing the district at the uh for county level. Thank you so much. >> Thank
066you. I know Megan and Lori um did a great job presenting with us as well. And so, you know, they're actually going out to Chicago, part of Midwest PBIS. You may have heard over the past few years, we've been working with them on several several interventions, and they're so pleased with the progress we're making. They've asked Megan and Lori to travel out west to present. So, I think it's a great thing that they're doing later in the month, and I I appreciate the opportunity for us to highlight what we're doing as a district. And I think when we did that regionally, the feedback that we've received about our um strategic action plan and the alignment to where we're going for the next five years is really helpful. So, it's really a pleasure. Whenever we can
067get out there and celebrate North Rose, we'll get we'll we'll take advantage of that. So, that was great. Earlier in the meeting, we talked about the message. So, this is the letter that's going to go out tomorrow for Parent Square. just talk about the abatement and it just reinforces what I had shared with you verbally. I wanted to share that with you and I know that Travis had mentioned the safety committee stuff. So, one of the other things that we're going to do um we're actually going to host something with the FBI. Um we're actually going to talk about digital dangers and Agent Smith out of the Buffalo field office and I've had several conversations. She's actually going to come down and work with Crystal and Joe to present cyber security methods in addition to
068what they're doing currently with Trooper Kicki. Um but this one here we're going to do at the um auditorium here at the high school. We'll kind of run people through it because, you know, cyber media and social media um is really starting to take a hold of the sextorion and a lot of those dangers that kids are being exposed to that we just want to kind of inform parents of. So, we'll be a local hosting site. Um and I'm I'm excited about that, you know. So, we'll we'll give you more information, but I want to put it out now that on Thursday, November 6 from 6:00 to 8, that's happening. And then tomorrow, you know, it's a district superintendent conference day day off for our students. Really a lot of great things happening tomorrow with
069respect to um safety, security, ongoing professional development, a lot of things with MTSS, school leadership teams. So really excited about that and I'm very proud of the community that we live and and work in. You know, last year when I presented at the New York State School Board's meeting, I referenced that we're an agricultural community. We're very proud of our apples. Um, so we actually tomorrow, Mrs. Waffler has a a direct connection with us obviously for her involvement with the schools, but Wafflers has donated several bins of apples to our staff. And then there we're actually doing um apple cider donuts tomorrow as part of our snack for our staff as well. So really getting into that fall spirit. So I just wanted to add those two pieces for the board because I know you're
070usually engaged with us with what's happening as far as the PD. So I figured I would just share that with you as well. >> Great. Thank you so much. Send Linda. Well, I have a comment too because it's not listed for me, but I'm on the Boseies board and at our Boseies meeting this past week, our Cougar Ops program was highlighted as a very positive experience here and how it's helping our students and in addition other students. So, there's a little bit of cougar pride on my part listening to that and it was good to know that other other board members are aware of it too. They also highlighted the program in Marion that's agriculturally u related for their students as well. >> Wonderful. And Mrs. willing to promote everyone else but on Tuesday night
071she served on a panel for women's leadership council. So it's my honor to be there. Is there any other discussion or we can roll right into good news also has something you'd like to share? We had a lot of that tonight. All right, then um we've come to the end of our agenda. The board does need to go into executive session one more time to um discuss the employment history of employees of specific employees. Um so I'd like a motion please to go into executive session. Tina Traver discussion all in favor motion is carried. We'll be going into executive session. When we return we return, uh we will be adjourning. We will not be doing any further business. So again, you're you're free to stay if you wish, but if you choose to leave, um
072we wish you good night and we'll see you at the next meeting. That is the way the cast is very out