001Good evening everyone. Welcome to the Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 workshop meeting agenda of the Oyster Bay East School District. I'd like to call the meeting to order and could everyone please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Okay. I'd like to turn it over to Dr. Yanni for the superintendent report. Thank you, Miss Kowalsski, and good evening everybody. Uh before I start the meeting, I I just cannot believe that we are ready at the April break. So I want to wish everybody a wonderful happy Easter and a happy Passover. Hopefully you have a good time. Enjoy the family and hopefully some great weather. And
002I also want to remind um some people were upset that I didn't call any snow days. Uh we're going to have a a longer weekend. So that's a that's a beautiful thing. So hopefully you'll enjoy that. Um I reminded my wife when she said that I should have called the day that now we have a longer weekend. So she was not happy about that. But um Thursday uh March 27th the world language honor society and the international club hosted a international night. Was a wonderful celebration to see every time we see the entire community K to 12 coming together. Um we have a a a memorable Irish step dancing performance. First time I saw that was great. The students uh did a wonderful job. So was nice to see all the community together. We also
003this is the time of the year where we have all the honor societies and the wonderful work of all the students celebrating their their achievements. Um, and it was nice because um, I get every time I I have attend one of those uh, ceremonies, I always enjoy it a lot because I see the students coming off the field and and running over here and you see athletes and wonderful students coming together. So, uh, it's always nice to to see that. So we had the quill and scroll honor society, the new English honor society, uh social studies and language honor society. So congratulation to all the students for the hard work. It was wonderful to have everybody here. Um another event that is one of my favorite is um the engineering the breakfast of engineers. We
004have um the engineering class, the computer science and the robotics class. they come together and we have local engineers and and also alumni uh coming together to share their experience and to share that what they do in their their their field. Uh this is nice because obviously um gives our students a perspective on what's coming after uh graduation after high school and after college. So um a wonderful work and um I always enjoy seeing that. Uh the um I'm also very proud um one of our student um was selected and won first place. I'm just going to give you some of the stats. There were 157 photo photographs entry uh photography uh 316 submission from 28 school districts. Nassau and county and um Mila Yertter uh was the one first 10th grader from Oyster Bay
005High School won first place. That's quite impressive. The the photograph that she had was key to the city and it was uh it was taken from a um from a trip that they they took to the Brooklyn Bridge. It was a a wonderful uh piece of art tonight. Um it gives me great pleasure and you'll see on the agenda so I will not be able to congratulate you yet but um I'll wait for the board. Usually they take my recommendation so hopefully they do the same thing tonight. Um I have two wonderful people that have been part of our community, part of our um our family for many many years. Uh so we have Liz McGee who's over here with her husband. Um Liz McGee has been uh working at Vernon for many years. And
006the the beautiful thing about this is that whenever you see uh somebody that has been a student uh that has worked over here um decided to raise a family over here and come back and wanted to work over here. It gives me great pleasure and I'm sure the board uh can say the same thing because it sends a very good message that we're doing something right. Um and we're doing something right for our students. So um she comes to us with great experience. It was a a very um long process. So I'm sure that she enjoyed that. Um but um Liz, I'm going to wait for the board to accept my recommendation in order to congratulate you. So wait a few minutes. Um, I also want to welcome over here Nick Sally. Uh, Nick uh
007is here with his family. He has been working here at Oyster Bay for many many years in many different capacities. Um, I um we had one one teacher who was on the leave uh and Nick took over the AP class which is a very intense class. He did a wonderful job. The students did very well. Um he's uh he's a coach is truly uh is becoming part of our family every day and um he's always very well dressed. So which it kind of concerns me a little bit because I got to uh make sure that I stay up to my suits and make sure they're always up to par because he's right up there. So, um, Nick, again, I'm gonna wait on the congratulations, but it's wonderful to have, uh, to have you here tonight.
008And at this point, it gives me great pleasure to invite to the podium Anastasia Smith, our principal from Vernon, Melissa Arguin, our principal from the high school, uh Tom uh Mororrow, and Roboccastro, the assistant principal, to give some awards to our mathematics star. Um so please welcome [Applause] Thank you to everyone for being here tonight. My name is Rob Liccastro and I am one of the assistant principles at the high school. And tonight I have the pleasure of recognizing some students that sat for the American Mathematics Competition or better known as the AMC 8, 10 or 12. Participating in the American Mathematics Competition is an impressive achievement for students as it demonstrates a strong commitment to academic excellence and a passion for mathematics. These competitions challenge students to solve complex problems, fostering critical thinking, problem
009solving skills, and resilience. By completing students by competing, excuse me, students gain valuable experience in tackling rigorous mathematical concepts and improve their ability to work under time constraints. And furthermore, participating in the AMC allows students to stand out in college applications as it showcases intellectual curiosity and determination. Whether or not they achieve a top score, students should take pride in the effort, learning, and growth that comes from being part of such a prestigious competition. With that said, I would like to call the following students in attendance to the stage to receive their certificate and proceed to the bleachers where you can line up for a photo opportunity. We can start with the AMC 10 where tonight we are honoring the top scorers. In third place for the AMC 10, we have both Luke Cougler and
010Ely Kim. I think Elise may be tied up with sports. Elise is tied up with sports tonight. Thank you. In second place, we have Matteline [Applause] Benal. And in first place with our top overall score for the AMC 10, we have Malikica Mata. Now for the AMC 12. Here are Oyster Bay's top performers. In third place, we have Alex [Applause] Arnados. And in second place, we have Anastasia Selis and Rose Lindström, who I believe unfortunately they have uh prior engagements tonight. And our student with this year's top score for the AMC12, he's on his way, so we're going to greet him when he comes here, but uh is Jack Sapienza. So, congratulations to Jack as well. And finally, uh we have our students that participated in the AMC8. This is exciting to see as we
011are capturing students with a love for mathematics at an earlier age. And tonight we have the students that participated from both Vernon. Uh we had some sixth graders that competed for the AMC8 as well as the middle school. So from Vernon we have with us tonight Jonathan [Applause] Evers. Mateos [Applause] Giorgio, Blake [Applause] Hansen, Emily Mora, [Applause] Axel [Applause] Petara, Sabrina Rea [Applause] Oh, Kaden Walsh. [Applause] S. And for the AMC8 from Oyster Bay Middle School, Benjamin [Applause] Canler, Joseph [Applause] Copaz, Liliana Makavoy, [Applause] and Leila [Applause] Zahhi. Congratulations to all participants and winners. Thank you. [Applause] Let everyone leave. We have one more to do. This is the time to Okay, let's move on to the approval of minutes. Do I have a motion to approve the meeting minutes as listed and attached below?
012Second. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. All opposed? Motion carries. Let's move on to the opportunity for the public to be heard on agenda items. In accordance with the open meeting law, school board meetings where school district business will be discussed are open to the public. The Oyster Bay East Norwich Board of Education welcomes public comment at its meetings. The board of education will respond to comments and or inquiries in the appropriate manner. This portion of the meeting is designed exclusively for agenda items. A signin book is provided for those residents wishing to address the board. In order to be recognized, you must be signed in. Each speaker will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. The board president will call you to the microphone in the order in which you have signed in.
013Public discussion is prohibited regarding matters relating to an individual's reputation, privacy, or right to due process, which in some way could be violated. A second commentary period is provided for non-aggenda items prior to adjournment. We thank you for your participation and cooperation and no one. Let's move on to approval of 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 instructional personnel items as listed in their entirety. Do I have a motion? Second. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? All opposed? Motion carries. Congratulations. Let's move on to non-instructional personnel items. Approval um 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
014non-instructional personnel items as listed in their entirety. Do I have a motion? Second. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. All opposed? Motion carries. Let's 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? Second. Any discussion? All in favor? All opposed? Motion carries. Let's move on to new business. Resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education of the Oyster Bay East North Central School District hereby approves the new business resolutions as listed in their entirety. Do I have a motion? Second. Any discussion? All in favor? All opposed? Motion carries. Moving to 10. Right. Now we're moving
015to the opportunity for the public to be heard on non-aggenda items. Is anyone signed in? No. Okay. Do I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? Second. Thank you everyone and good night.