001Good evening everyone and welcome to the Oyster Bay East Norwich Central School District Board of Education meeting. Um if we can all stand for the pledge of allegiance please. 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. >> Thank you. I would now like to turn over to Dr. Yanni for the superintendence report please. Thank you, Miss Castra Javannia. And good evening everybody. Um, just want to say um, happy birthday to Javana was on Saturday. So, happy birthday. You did the birthday. You did the musical and you did a wonderful job. So, what a what a day to celebrate. Uh, we had a great time. I I'm sure you're going to talk about the wonderful
002time that you had, but very very proud of all the cast, the students, the costumes, everything was wonderful. And um I reminded my wife again and again that there is no need to go to a Broadway show because we can just come over here. So I'll pass it to you for the report. >> Thank you, Dr. Yanni. Good evening, everyone. This March is full of events that I'm ecstatic to report on. First, our robotics team, the Baybots, competed at the Long Island Robotics Championship on March 1st. They did extremely well, and we congratulate them for their achievements. Additionally, parent teacher conferences occurred last week. Thank you to the students and staff that helped run the event smoothly. Last Friday, Oyster Bay High School held a staff volleyball spike off. We had a wonderful turnout of
003supportive students, and thank you to all who came to support our staff. Over the weekend, Oyster Bay High School proudly presented its spring musical, Once Upon a Mattress. It was an absolutely unforgettable experience, and I commemorate the cast, pit, and crew for all of their hard efforts into making such a wonderful production. Playing in the pit band of this musical will be a memory that I never forget. As for current and upcoming events, the high school has been celebrating World Language Month. Bay News Now has been recognizing languages each morning and classes have been doing related activities to celebrate this month. Finally, I am excited to announce that our annual international night will be hosted on March 26th. International night is hosted by the International Club and World Language Honor Society as an annual celebration
004of the diversity of the Oyster Bay East Norwich School District. This year, the celebration will be on Thursday, March 26th from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and will feature an international buffet, crafts and coloring station, cultural music and dance, and an art display from our our youngest OBEN members from Roosevelt and Vernon. We hope that you can make it make it. This is all the news I have to share with you tonight. Have a wonderful evening, everyone. Joanna, thank you for your report. And I also loved the volleyball game that we had on on Friday. Um, and I want to thank uh the senior advisors uh Victoria Wink and uh Nick Sally for organizing this event and for all the staff, administrators, teachers uh that participated. The best part for me was to see that um
005everybody there was so much energy in that in that uh gymnasium and by bringing all the schools together. I think Victoria and and Nick helped us remind one thing that um we are one student body, one school, one community. Um and that was great to see that entire community, parents and students, everybody together. So wonderful, great job. [applause] On Friday, uh, February 27th, two teams from Moista Bay High School competed in the 14hour M3 challenge, applying advanced mathematics modeling and data analysis to investigate the financial impact of gambling. students developed complex models to estimate disposable income and potential losses. You ultimately submitting evidence-based recommendation on gambling risks. I want to congratulate uh the seniors. We had uh Rally Bear, Mosy Bradley, Andrew Janette, Julia Milos, and Leah Mc Conville. And the juniors were Anna Lee,
006Anna Lu Ferrer, Elisa Kim, uh Kayla Miley, Sophia Pavalovich, and Isabellauto. Both teams successfully completed this rigorous challenge. 14 hours of mathematics are quite impressive. And now they're eligible for college scholarship recognition. So proud of them. [applause] uh directly in line with the board of education goals. Uh the district um supporting the um the this this major goals of attending colleges. Um we had a postsecondary planning and the counseling department together with SEPTA proudly hosted a virtual panel on uh transitional opportunities. families gained valuable insight into specialized programs at Adifi uh Malloy and other top institutions. So it was a wonderful evening and I I want to thank Dr. Diana uh Miss Bruto um and SEPTA obviously for coordinating this event um which was uh was great. A group of 15 Oyster Bay, East Snow
007Witch students were selected to participate in the Art Supervisors Association uh Old County Art Exhibition held on Sunday, March 1st at Clark University, uh Clark High School, I'm sorry. Students were nominated by their art teachers and then selected by ASAA in recognition of their exceptional skills. And I was there with uh Miss Gio Pac and um Mr. uh the uh the art teacher um Mr. Boris and Rally Bear was uh received a scholarship and it was nice to see her on the stage getting recognized for for this achievement. [applause] Before I bring uh to the microphone Miss McInty to do the winter athletic awards, I want to congratulate all the athletes and the wonderful work that they did uh during the winter season. It was fun to watch the game and participate in all the
008events. So, Miss McIntyre, thank you. And uh thank you to the board of education and central administration for having me here tonight to celebrate and honor the winter student athletes and present the physical education and health and uh athletics update. I'd like to begin with our winter student athlete celebration. I'd like to acknowledge all the winter teams and their coaches on their impressive seasons which resulted in eight out of our 10 varsity teams being awarded postseason qualification and playoff bids. The varsity wrestling team, varsity boys basketball, varsity girls basketball, all qualified for the semi-final rounds. All three teams also had news day top athletes to watch, including Grace Samandulski, Chase Lordy, and though although injured this season, Colting Smicing was amongst the top athletes to watch this winter. The varsity wrestling team also competed in
009the division 2 individual county tournaments where Chris Barbara was named the 165-pound county champion. James Petta and John Ulola were named true second in their weight class and all three attended the New York State Wrestling Individual Championship on February 27th and 28th and competed in the cornerfinal rounds. The boys and girls winter indoor track and field team had an incredible performances during the postseason, including the girls team finishing second in the conference championship meet. Zack Green also uh qualified for the New York State indoor track and fields uh in the 1600 meter. That was on March 7th where he ran his personal best and broke his own school record in the 1600 meter race. Girls and Boys Fencing had an outstanding presence at the individual county tournament uh that was hosted here in Oyster Bay
010Gymnasium where Gabby Sherlock placed second in women's foil. Gabby Sherlock and Riley Bear were also News Day's top female fencers to watch this year. Boys bowling had a successful season but unfortunately fell short of a playoff bid this past winter. Oyster Bay had their first boy swimmer, Max Cheeroff, who competed in the Northern Region swim team, and we are excited to see that program uh expand in the future. Varsity cheerleading hit another uh major milestone this season as they advanced to the UCA semi-finals for the second consecutive year in a row. Additionally, all 10 of our varsity teams were named scholar athlete teams. An impressive accomplishment which speaks volumes to their dedication of their studies as well as their athletic programs. Congratulations to all the teams and their coaches on an outstanding winter season. [applause]
011At this time, I'd like to present our student athletes who are being honored at the county and state level this winter. Athletes, when I call your name, please come up to the stage to receive your certificate and stay on stage for a group photo at the end. Girls basketball. Mia Ben Cal, all county scholar athlete. [applause] Grace Samulski, all class. You can go that way. Elise Kim, all conference. [applause] Maline Benal, all conference, [applause] boys basketball. Chase Lordy, all county. [applause] Nicholas Carsonus, all conference [applause] girls fencing. Gabby Sherlock, all Long Island, all county [applause] girls winter track and fields. Lyanna Antarano, all county. [applause] Kayla Miley, all county. [applause] Annaise Palis, all county. [applause] Ava Czechovvic, all county. [applause] Ann Marie Cochran, All County. [applause] Nina Balone, all county all uh conference champion all
012conference. [applause] Nichollet Lewis, all county conference champion, all conference. Olivia Lewis, all county conference champion, all conference. Savannah Forage, all county, all conference. [applause] Jos Jocelyn Shadler, all county, all com uh conference champion, all conference. [applause] Hannah Vidro, all county, all conference. Emilyn Zeller, all conference, [applause] competitive cheerleading. Lauren Emerson, all county. [applause] Julia D'Angelus, scholar athlete. [applause] Giovana Sacko, all class. [applause] Caitlyn Marte coaches award. [applause] Boys winter track and fields. Alex Arnidos, all county. [applause] Vladimir Ramal, uh, Ramales Roblius, all county. [applause] Chris Barbara, all county. [applause] Alexander Strech, all county. [applause] Zachary Green, all county, all conference. >> [applause] >> Andrew Janette, all conference. Samuel Brener, all conference [applause] wrestling. Christopher Barbara, all county. [applause] James Petta, all county. Jonathan Ula Castellanos, all county. [applause] Tom Vedro, all county. >> [applause] >>
013Peter Nico Lopolis, all conference. Jack Baron, all conference. Cody Carlson, all conference. James Mazar, all conference. [applause] Herberto Velasquez, all conference. And do you want the coaches to come up as well? That's it. >> Berto Beth's not here. Do you want the coaches to join that are here? If our coaches can please join us in a team picture up here, we would greatly appreciate it. [applause] Congratulations. [applause and cheering] Oh, Mina's here. [laughter] because people are going to leave anyway. So, be a break. >> Yeah. >> They're probably towards the bottom side. [snorts] >> I I'll give them out to the coaches to give out tomorrow if they're not here. Thank you. >> Finish up. Okay. Uh in closing, I'd like to thank the board of education, central administration, and business uh building administration for
014all your support. We couldn't run the program successfully without your encouragement, guidance, and support. Thank you to the grounds, facilities, custodial teams, and booster club community members for your incredible opportunities you supply our teams. Uh, thank you to Dr. Jose, uh, Joseph Kissi, athletic trainer Nick Kelly, and our building nurses for taking care of our athletes. Thank you coaches for always going the extra mile. Uh, your extended efforts do not go unnoticed. Thank you to Miss Ronaldo who keeps everything running smoothly. And last and not least, the athletes for an incredible winter season, and I very excited to see what they bring in the spring. So, thank you for part one. part two. Uh it's an exciting night for me uh because not only do I get to uh present and boast about our incredible
015winter athletic teams, I also now get the opportunity to showcase the entire physical education, health, and athletic department. At this time, I'd like to switch gears to present the fizzed health and athletic update. This evening's presentation is focusing on three key uh components and um in alignment with the board of education goals. These areas These uh oops these areas include student achievement, finances and operations and promoting community. First, student achievement. It has been another exciting year for uh so far for the physical education, health and and athletics. I'd like to start with a short recap of the fall and winter accomplishments. So far this year, our sports offerings have included 24 varsity programs, four JV programs, and 14 middle school programs. All our fall and winter varsity programs qualified and achieves achieved uh NISFA scholar
016athlete team status. Although some of our teams don't report to NISA, it is important to recognize that all of those teams have also achieves the achieved the academic standards set by NISVA. This puts us in line for the school of excellence excellent award pending the spring teams. So spring teams, it's time to keep it going strong and keep those grades up high. Of our 19 varsity teams who are eligible for postseason competitions, 15 have qualified for the playoffs, including one individual county champion, Chris Barbara. Six teams have qualified for the semi-final rounds, including the boys varsity soccer team, girls varsity soccer team, girls varsity volleyball, varsity wrestling team, varsity girls basketball, and boys varsity basketball teams. Eight individuals have qualified for New York State Championship tournaments in their respective sports, including members of the boys
017and girls cross country team, boys indoor winter track and field team, and the wrestling team. We've also had some impressive academic su success and accomplishments so far this year. Lily Moore and CJ uh Nabboa were named Oyster Bay's outstanding physical education students of the year and they were honored at the NASA zone aphford ceremony that was held in December. We will also be celebrating the elementary and middle school physical education students of the year in April. Andrew Janette was honored as one of News12's scholar athletes where he received a $1,000 scholarship from Fourleaf Bank. And an uh Joseph Henry was named as News Day athlete of the week as he made Oyster Bay history as the all-time career rushing yard holder, surpassing 3,000 yards this fall. Oyster Bay uh student athlete leadership program attended the
018section 8 unity summit uh this fall which focused on sportsmanship, leadership, and civility. This summit was a countywide initiative where students from all section 8 Nassau County schools participated. Additionally, Griffin Lauer has been selected to attend the fourth annual New York State Public High School Athletic Association Student Leadership Conference in April. The exercise science and injury prevention and health education courses collaborated with the technology department for an innovative virtual reality experience to the h uh to explore the human body and enhance the understanding of uh heart rate zones and explore other bodily systems throughout physical activity and virtual reality. This year, the middle school high school PE staff has implemented fitness grant, which is a comprehensive fitness assessment tool providing insightful data and uh while fostering a culture of health and well-being within the department.
019Additionally, this summer, the PE health educators focused on revamping the six through nine uh I'm sorry, six uh three through six grade health curriculums and developed a new prek to second grade health curriculum which have been imple implemented throughout the year by our wonderful PE health educators, Miss Isle, Mr. Shurik, uh Miss Doxy, and Doxy and Mr. Dgnen. Looking ahead, we will be expanding our high school health curriculum and exercise science curriculums to include CPR, AED, and first aid certification option options in the upcoming school year. With years of experience as an athletic administrator, I realized the uh realized that providing a great experience for students and athletes comes down to a mix of active listening and precision planning. I'm a firm believer in the power of a great spreadsheet to keep everything on track.
020From managing detailed inventories to ensuring curriculum has uh the curriculum has all the supplies they need to succeed. My focus is on collaborating, learning, and planning on how we use our resources so we can build a smart, sustainable budget for the future. Some of the focal points this year include uniform updates to implement a more efficient cycle of uniform purchasing. As an example, featured here are some of the brand new uniforms for the girls and boys middle school soccer teams. The girls varsity track and field team not featured but new this year are include girls and boys tennis teams, varsity uh girls bad mitten and boys and girls swimming. While working with the grounds and facilities department, we can better assess and develop seasonal plans to maximize our building and field usage while preserving our
021facilities and playing spaces. The middle school high school gym has received multiple upgrades and beautifification improvements this year, including painting and signage and new wall padding to inspire bayon pride. Additionally, the middle school high school gym sound system, basketball basket systems, and bleachers have all recently received maintenance and necessary repairs. The tennis court and uh varsity baseball fields are also receiving muchneeded updates and maintenance soon. And finally, promoting community, communication, visibility, and convenience has been the goal of the department this year. The OB athletic web page received a complete remodel this fall, which is oriented towards convenience. It is the goal of the PE health service and athletic department to make information obtainable in only a few clicks. All schedules, sport offerings, championships, registration information is clearly displayed on the OB athletic homepage. The athletic
022Instagram account continues to serve as a resource to supply game information, updated uh upcoming events and playoff updates quick and in real time whenever possible. Located in the main lobby across from the main office, the television displays important information regarding update uh upcoming registrations for sports, students of the month for PE and health, team photos and accomplishments, update uh upcoming playoffs and department achievements. We have also had the opportunity to install two television sets in the middle school high school gym which has enhanced both the physical education experience as teachers can use them to demonstrate skills, lessons, and objectives during PE classes and during athletic events. It features important messages, reminders, and motivational messages uh that are being displayed. This past Friday on March 6, the class of 2026 along with Miss Wink and Mr.
023Sally held the Oyster Bay uh staff spikeoff tournament. I must congratulate the class of 2026 on one of the most fun events I think I have been at at my career at Oyster Bay so far. The sportsmanship, spirit, and fun was infectious. Students and families from all buildings came to support their teachers, administrators, and staff members as the uh buildings competed for the O uh for the OB faculty spike off Championship Trophy, which went to the middle high school team. Congratulations to all that played, and I cannot wait to see next year's rematch. Although the spring 2026 season is only on day two, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind our community members, families, and athletes of the start dates for the fall 2026 season as we all begin our summer planning uh for
024vacations and whatnot. Football will begin on August 17. All other varsity uh and JB fall sports will begin on August 24th. and varsity water sports and middle schools fall sports will begin on September 1st. Please keep those dates in mind especially since varsity and JB sports start prior to the first day of school. The physical education department h physical education health and athletic department will continue to strive for excellence and by being creative taking innovation innovative approaches to thinking outside the box to meet the needs of our students and athletes while providing a diverse and challenging environment in which we want to inspire our students and athletes to achieve their personal best and to never give up on their dreams. Thank you. [applause] Does anyone have any questions or comments for Miss McInty? >> Thank
025you. Was it was an outstanding presentation. Appreciate it. And congratulations again to all winter athletes. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you Sharon. It was great. Um, so I would like to give the board and the community a quick u followup from last meeting and some of the updates regarding the budget process. So the first thing that I would like to share with the community is that we have listened to the emails and the and the questions that we have been receiving and we have updated the presentations that we have done in the past. Um as you have seen from the last presentation was very extensive. Uh the next thing that we are doing right now um in the morning uh tomorrow uh we will post the line by line budget so the entire
026community can um review and analyze and and stay informed on what they are what we are proposing to to the board. So that would be online and it would be on the district uh page. Um I think there is already a link there correct missor uh that is listed. So if you have any questions just email me or call me or call the office or email us. So that's one thing. The second thing is I would like to uh give the board an update on the JV boys lacrosse and the girls uh lacrosse for for the spring 2026. Um we have left the registration open all the way to Monday as I updated at the last meeting. Um the numbers have not uh increased. So, at this point in consultation with the um athletic director
027um and obviously she has been talking to the coaches and and after all the publicity that we have done to try to enroll the students in those um in those two teams, we don't have enough to run the teams. Um, so I'm recommending uh the cancellation of the JV Lacrosse boys and JV Lacrosse girls for the spring 2026. Um, due to the section 8 uh timeline, um, I don't have a formal recommendation because we want to wait all the way to the last minute. So, I would have a a formal recommendation and a resolution at the next board meeting, but I would like to get your approval on uh us moving forward to notify section 8 that we are not running those teams. >> We okay with that? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. >>
028Um at this point, if Alex, you can put a presentation up. Um we have received a a a question uh from a community member last uh last week. You can the slide. >> So we received a um uh several questions last um last board meeting regarding um kindergarten and capital reserve. So, uh, we put a a presentation together kind of summarizing and referring back to some of the slides that we had, um, that, uh, Miss Rainor presented, uh, last meeting. Uh, so, um, I I'd like to review those and and if there is any additional questions, I'll be more than happy to to answer. So the first question was about um how the capital reserve fund be restructured to enhance transparency and what is the specific uh purpose and scope compared to the current funds.
029Uh so the answer to this question is that on on the slide 103 which I'll I'll uh bring it at the next um the next slide you will see that the pretty much the recommendation um with the specific language and all the um and all the recommendation um is going to be similar is going to be uh the reserve is going to be similar to the one that we have right now. So this is the slide um and I put it a reference slide 103 from last meeting. So what is the current recommendation? The recommendation would be to um seeking voter authorization to establish a new capital reserve fund. this capital reserve fund um would be um a maximum maximum funding level not to exceed uh 25 million and the other thing is that uh
030is would be uh the recommendation is to have a 15year terms and not to exceed 2 million to um to transfer into into the uh the um reserve. Uh the other question was you know we do not anticipate it uh we don't anticipate a material change in scope of the one that the current the the current reserve that we have right now. Uh one of the question that we had in the past was why not simply extend the one that we have right now and the answer to that is that this this reserve was established in 2006. So uh the new reserve would allow to reset the scope and purpose of of that reserve. And obviously um you know 20 years ago you know some of the um the requirements some of the uh scope
031has has changed but in general would be similar in in scope to the one that we have right now. What would be the detailed um description of the new reserve? So at the when when we create the description of the new reserve in general it's similar to the scope that we have right now but when uh we bring it uh we create the ballot and we put it on the ballot we will work with the counselor we working with um um with the counselor in terms of uh deciding what what is the exact language and that would be approved at the March 24 uh meeting. Um if adopted then then the complete proposition will then be published in the required legal notice. But the scope overall is the same as the one that that we
032have right now. What will be different? Again like I said the there will be no uh material change. It would just be a reset and it would be um a reset of the old one. There were I think there were three how many um uh updates? There were three updates over the years. So this would kind of reset uh in place. Um why not simply extend again 26 uh in 2006 the reset re-evaluate the appropriate funding and align the reserve with the current long-term facility planning. Is the district able to spend the money without approval? I think the answer is no. Every time uh even if the money are in the reserve, they need a board action and then voter approval. So um and again I I'll we'll post this presentation online. So if any
033community member has any question, we can uh follow up on that. So the establish of a capital reserve uh authorize will authorize the creation of the reserve but in terms of spending the money that will be um sort of um we need board action and voter approval. Um what is the community vote um on this May? Um would be the authorization um of the creation of this um reserve and the use of the money and and um would be there they're two separate things. Obviously in in simple terms this is almost uh taking the money from the account that we have right now and put it into a new account with a new scope a new um uh a new term. Um I'll have Miss Rainor we can do from there. Um talk about the
034other question that was the threepart budget was a $ 8.5 million in administrative uh $2.8 8 million in general support. How many administrators and is that 8.5 million? What is the legal portion of that? And can we have a breakdown? >> Okay. So to go into a few of these items, um let's start. I got to start with two different things. First would be slide 51, which talks about where that two point is. um to be able to go back and explain what that is, I'm gonna actually go backwards to slide 53, which is a 7.4 million. All talking about this general support. So, starting here with slide 51. Slide 51 is what shows that $2.8 million that was asked about at the top under that general support. And at the bottom of that administrative
035line, you see the sum of all of the administrative parts of the budget add up to the $ 8.5 million. So, to explain where that 2.8 8 comes from. I really want to look at that entire top line first. So that entire top line is called general support. And if you look all the way to the right side, you can see all of the general support lines do add up to 7.4 million. So in order to talk about that, let's look at slide 53, which has all of the general support in a line by line format. So when you see that yellow box right there in the middle, that's what adds up to um the 7.4 million. So where does that general support come from? Is codes like board of education, office of superintendent, business
036office, legal, operations and facilities, printing, data, insurance, and admin fees. So all of that $7.4 million is then broken into three parts. Admin, program, and capital. The majority of the capital, that $4 million you see on this slide, if I go back one, you can see is the capital in that yellow box on the right. There's a little bit of program which I'll talk about in just a second. But the majority of that general support you see is in that admin line. So the question was specifically what kind of codes they are. So I'll go forward now to the list of them. So these are all the codes. So what they represent is anything from a salary, uh professional development expenses, registrations, supplies, insuranceances, and operational services. Um for every code that would belong to
037the list you see here. Again, board of education has two separate function codes. The superintendent's office has a function code. The business office has several. Um then again there's a portion of the business office that is the capital. Legal, personnel and public information has several function codes. And again there's a small portion of those that actually go to the program component. Printing and mailing data processing um and information systems is split mostly administrative but there is a small amount that will go to the program code and of course insurance and taxes, superchargers and things like that. So these are where all the expenses come from for that $2.8 million. The second part of that question was to talk about the administrators. So the administrators are broken across several of those areas. So I broke it
038down by that. The administrative staff and general support which is the administrative component would be the superintendent schools, the deputy superintendent and the executive director for business and finance. The administrative staff and instruction and program component would be the director and assistant director of special service. the administrative staff and pupil personnel which is also an administrative component is the supervisor of guidance and then the majority of our super of our administrators are under curriculum development and supervision which is an administrative component of our budget. You can see here it's an executive director for curriculum instruction uh directors of health PE athletics director of technology fine and performing arts our elementary and secondary curriculum associates as well as our principles and uh assistant principles. The next part of this question was regarding the legal expenses. There
039are three lines in our budget that have to do with legal expenses. You see them listed here. One has to do with our general retainer cost. Some has to do with special services and the third one has to do with the bond council uh which is what takes all the legal with anything relating to borrowing money. Um, so obviously you can see this year now that we have fully bonded, there is a a pretty drastic decrease in that code because we no longer are spending money for council since we've already bonded and locked into our 15 years. So you can see here that the costs have gone down. This year's estimated cost is just over $170,000 and the budget is about just over $200,000. So that's, you know, within about 30 $35,000. Um it is
040important to know though legal expenses can fluctuate drastically depending on negotiations of given time of year how long contracts last certain litigation matters and you know during the bond work like I said it was you know a little bit higher. So the other uh the other question was um the enrollment number for kindergarten and this is this is an area where we we rely on you know trying to figure out the enrollment in kindergarten is like a sometimes it's a big question mark because we don't know the students are coming in when we have the enrollment in first grade they go to second grade third grade and so it's a it's an easier projection to make when you think about kinder gone is a little bit more difficult. Has been a little bit easier now
041because we have a prek program in in the school. So we are sort of um assuming that all the students in prek even though prek is not mandatory they all going to go to prek to K. Um but again the the in general kindergarten enrollment is is could be a a big question mark. So we rely on and we started doing this uh a couple years ago um regarding the Boseis projection. So we asked Boseis to do a projection and what they do they looking at u different data that they analyze um and surrounding districts and you know various variables that they analyze and they give us a projection. So when you look at the next slide, we try to put it in in simple terms in 2526 the Bosey's projection leading to the school
042year 2025 uh 2526 the bruise projection was 82 so I would say sometimes in the spring um more like November November 24 2024 January 2025 um Bose's projection they predicted that we were going to have 82 students. the actual enrollment the people that enrolled in the school um they when when we started in September the actual enrollment with uh the special classes which we kept it separate from um from the list of classes because we don't know where some of the students are going with with the special needs and what class they're going to be. But the actual enrollment was 97. So obviously there is a discrepancy there. I believe I want to say to the board is because the there is no value for me being the superintendent over here. So maybe that's why
043the numbers went up. Um so uh we end up at when they analyze when they give us the projection for 26 27 school year which is starting September. I'm assuming that they looked at and I and again I'm just speculating on this. They looked at the enrollment that they had in September, October and they figure, well, we're going to have the same number, so maybe that's the number 98, but I can't really say for sure. What I know for sure is that I have 72 students in preK and they're all very happy and they're all doing very well. So, I'm assuming that all 72 of those students are going to go into kindergarten, right? So, now, right now, even though we modified the registration for the 72 students going from prek to kindergarten, they still
044got to go to a modified registration. So for me to say I will have 72 students unless they complete the modified registration I will not know for sure. So as of right now we have the 72 students in prek plus seven nonupk registration. So as of right now we're looking at 79 students going to kindergarten. And again, at the end of the day, kindergarten uh classes and sections would be very easy to manage because right now we're projecting five sections. Let's say in August we end up with not 79, but we end up with let's say 70 students going to kindergarten. we will come to the board uh the board of education and we'll adjust the number of sections that we are predicting but right now we are predicting five sections um on that on
045that future incoming kindergarten and I'll have Moren talk about um the funding for UPK. >> Thank you. So the question was um clarifying the state aid numbers for UBK and how much we received per student. So first it is very important to note that UBK is grant funding. It doesn't directly have an impact on like the revenue side of the operating budget. So that's definitely an important piece that we have to consider here. Um also the initial state aid runs come out in January of every year. That is only the governor's proposal. the enacted state aid numbers don't come out until April and in some years in the past we've seen they don't come out until after our board adopts it. So generally speaking there's not a major change between the two except again UPK
046is grant funding so the formulas that drive that are very very different. So let's look at the specific numbers. This was slide 33 where this comes from. So some important points here again being grant funded. If you look on the left column for UPK, the $692,000 is not based on a projection, but based on a 2526 school year actual. So if you look from last year's presentations to this year's, those numbers won't match because in January, it's a projection. But by the time the new aid runs come out in January, they're not looking projection to projection. They look actual to projection. So that 692,000 is what we actually received, which I'll go into detail in just one second. The 78,000 is what they're projecting us to have, which there was a lot of confusion when
047the state put this numbers out. There's been a lot of advocacy, which again I'll talk about in one second. Um, but we are getting further guidance on that. So, let me talk about the per people for one second. The last year was presented at 1,21,000, not the 692 I just showed you, because last year we were able to increase our grant funding. So that $1 million came from our original 66 and a half students at 5,400 per student plus an additional grant we were able to apply for and receive of 66 students at 10,000 per student. So it gave us a larger allocation than we obviously would have needed. So what we were able to do is maximize that and grow from half day programs to two full day programs to now four full day
048programs because of this extra grant we were able to receive at 10,000 per student. So if you look at our actual numbers for this year, not the projection, we had 72 students enrolled in UPK. So we maximized that 10,000 per student at 66 students at 10,000, which was the 666,000. But the remaining six students still only received 5,400 per student. So that's where that 692,000 comes from. That is the actual amount which is on the side previous that 1692 right there. So now let me step forward. Um, when I look at the January projection that was released from the stadium runs, um, I think it was mid January, it was released at a 78,000. We had a lot of questions as as you know, Zach and I did in talking to other business officials. There
049was a lot of state level advocacy from our business officials organization, uh, superintendent organization, school boards, associations, all wanted to find out where that number was calculated from. It was used using a two-year calculation of the 5400 which for us doesn't apply because again we got the 10,000 and we have grown our program so much over three years so their estimate won't count. So but it is what our run said. So that is what I report to the community. The most important thing for us to recognize here is that we do have a 10,000 per kid allocation. So since that January run has come out, we have now recently, very, very recently have found out that we are going to be able to maximize all 72 of our students at the 10,000 per kid. So
050we are expecting to receive $720,000 this year for our UPK program, but again, as grant monies, not affecting the revenue side of the operating budget. I think I think at the end of the day and I'm just saying this to the board and to the community members listening. I think this was a wonderful wonderful thing to have to raise. When when I arrived in this district, we had two half day. Right now we have four full day of UPK that 72 parents are benefiting from. And it was a great idea to uh to and I thank the board and the community for supporting the bond, but it was a great idea to uh expand that building because if we didn't have that building, you will not have 72 kids in in UPK. So, I hope
051I answer uh the questions. Um and again, we'll post the presentation online. So, I'll be more than happy to answer any uh questions that the board or community member will email. That's the end of my report. >> Thank you, Dr. Mina, for the thorough explanation and presentation. We appreciate it. That's the end of your superintendent report. Okay. So, now I'd like to move on to the approval of minutes. Do I have a motion to approve meeting minutes as listed and attached below? >> A second. >> All in favor? >> I. All opposed. Motion carries. We'll now move on for the opportunity for the public to be heard on agenda items. In keeping with the philosophy of open communication and informed decision-making, the board of education welcomes input from the community. However, it is important to
052note that while the board of education meets in public, it is not a meeting of the public. Respectful input and behavior by each member of the community is appropriate and expected at all times and should observe the following rules at the board of education meetings. The board of education will listen to comments and input from the public. Debate between members of the audience andor the board members will not be permitted. The board will not address personnel or individual student matters in public. No person shall present orally or discuss at any board of education meeting charges or complaints against individual employees directly or indirectly. The speaker shall identify themselves and confirm their residency in the in the district in the on the signin sheet. We have no one that is signed in to speak on the
053agenda items. So we'll now move on to instructional personnel items. Resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools. The board of education of the Oyster Bay East Norwich Central School District hereby approves the following and instructional personnel items as listed in their entirety. Do I have a motion? >> Do I have a second? Any comments or questions? All in favor? I. All oppose. Motion carries. I'll now move on to approval of non-instructional personnel items. Resolved upon the recommendation of superintendent of schools. The board of education of the Oyster Bay East Norwich Central School District hereby approves the non-instructional personal items as listed in their entirety. Do I have a motion? >> Do I have a second? Any questions or comments? All in favor? I. All opposed. Motion carries. We'll now move on to the
054approval of business items. Resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools. The board of education of the Oyster Bay East Norwich Central Stu School District hereby approves the business items as listed in their entirety. Do I have a motion? >> Do I have a second? >> Any questions or comments? All >> I just have one question. Miss Raina, could you just explain the budget transfer? It's the from the uh teacher retirement to uh reallocate funds for foundations classroom set levels. >> Yes, there was a new textbook program that came out with a new version and the company offered discounted price. If we offer if we purchase like a multi-year bundle, we could save a decent amount of money over the three years. So, uh, we obviously only budgeted for one year, but this allows
055us to get a pretty good deal on this discount, um, to save us money in future years. >> Okay. I I guess I just my question was more like h how did you move it from one line item to the other? Like, am I not reading that right? Teacher retirement employee benefits. >> Correct. Because the teacher retirement system costs this year came in slightly under than what we projected. So, there was extra funds in that. Oh, >> so since there was extra funds because the rates came in slightly lower than projected, we were able to use those funds to get a discount for the textbooks we're looking to purchase. >> Okay, great. Great use of funds. Thank you. >> Yeah, of course. >> Um, excuse me. All in favor? I. All oppose. Motion carries. We'll
056now move on to special services. Resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education of the Oyster Bay East Norwich Central School District hereby approves the special services resolutions as listed in their entirety. Do I have a motion? >> Do I have a second? >> Any questions? All in favor? I. All opposed? Motion carries. We'll now move on to approval of the new business resolutions resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools. The board of education of the Oyster Bay East Norwich Central School District hereby approves the new business resolutions as listed in their entirety. Do I have a motion? >> Do I have a second? Any questions or comments? Um Dr. Rainer, I just to um understand I see there's a change order for um what's for um sorry
057serve well electric could you just describe what that's for yes as in every capital project there's always some pluses or minuses some unforeseen conditions this one was a little bit more of an un unforeseen condition at phase three at Vernon as the main fire alarm system had some troubles that could not be fixed so the fire alarm panel had to be replaced it was emergency in nature um obviously not having a fire alarm panel could not wait for anything. So, we had to get the work done and this is just cleaning up the money of um compensating the electrical contractor for that work. >> It doesn't affect the funds. This was already taken into account for the >> Yes. Okay. Accounting wise, we had already corrected for this. This is just a matter of getting
058the paperwork change all submitted up to the state. But the accounting of it was already taken care of >> and and the work was done. >> Work had to get done within 24 hours. That's most important. still under the we're still under the same number that we had in terms of savings >> the 2.6. Yeah. >> Does anybody else have any questions or comments? >> All in favor? I. All opposed? Motion carries. And I'd like to thank Mr. Okconor for his contribution to the district. We'll now move on to uh public participation on non-aggenda items. Miss Amry Longo. Good evening. Thank you for answering the questions. Again, I guess we're on two different planes with this bond and the uh capital fund. I guess my question is I understand you're going to have a presentation
059and you're going to have everything written down so the community can see it. Where is the open sunshine law discussion between the lawyer, the superintendent, the board of education discussing that so that the community who is invited to your meetings can understand what's changing exactly where it's changing. Not coming out with a presentation, just my opinion, with a presentation that states the changes. It's my understanding and what I have been taught is that every discussion on every single thing that goes on in this school district must be conducted at this meeting regardless of what it is except for personnel or children. So, I think this is a great thing if you want to change the capital reserve, but I think the discussion of why, what it's going to read, how are you going to move
060$3 something or $2.8 million from a current capital reserve into a new reserve when you only have a $2 million transfer on that reserve. So all those things, all I'm saying is these are the discussions that in my opinion, and I could be 100% wrong, should be happening in public at these meetings, not so that we have to wait until the weeks before you're adopting the budget and the capital reserve so we as a community can understand why you're changing it. I I and and that's the thing. So I'll continue to go back on that regardless of what it says. Secondly, I'm I still am a little confused with the kindergarten. So, in the presentation on page whatever 100 and whatever it stated 25 26 actual kindergarten numbers at 88 for first grade next year
061projected the same 88 but in your email to me and again in this presentation that number jumped from 88 to 97. So, I don't see that in this. It I see 88. So, I I think I understand where that's going. But if you're including special needs children that are not in any of these classes, where are all those special need kids in all the classes from K to fourth grade? And and again, with 72 children, I I know for a fact because I go to prek drop off every day, they were not told that they had a register. or semi-register. So, do they have to register? Then maybe an email has to go back out. Thought they were automatically registered. And again, regardless of what Bosei says and our numbers have not been anywhere near
06298 children. We have 72 children. Those were it was open to everybody. Thank you. But that's all we have. And you have seven people. So again, we're saying that we're going to go from 79 kids, 20 more children are going to register between now and September. If that's fine, we have the room. We have the teachers. I just don't see that. So I appreciate it. Well, I I'll just say one thing that um it was the our auditors that recommended that that capital fund um that we issue a new capital fund rather than continuing to um adopt amendments and extending the um current capital fund. So uh we look to the recommendation of our auditors who audit in compliance with state law and that is their recommendation. So What is going to fund to the
063new fund here that should be starting here or sitting at a motion to adjourn? A motion to adjourn the meeting. >> So a second. >> Second. >> Thank you everyone and have a nice evening.