001Good evening. Welcome to the combined work session regular in person and virtual meeting for October 8th, 2024. First item on the work session agenda is a presentation of certificates for 25 years of service by Dr. John Council. Then thank you so much. Good evening members of the board and good evening members of the community. Uh this evening we are honoring uh two members of the Upper Derby family who have devoted 25 years of their lives to serving the students and families in our district. First I do want to uh congratulate Alice Scubek. Uh Alex uh Alice could not attend this evening. However, she will be recognized during an upcoming faculty meeting. Uh she is a she works as a support staff as a support staff at Westbrook Park. But joining us this evening, I'm excited
002to introduce or to bring back our unsung hero award recipient. Please give a big hand to Dena Koser [Applause] Hannah. As she makes her way to the front, I just want to talk about her a little bit. Uh Miss Hannah Koser Hannah is celebrating 25 years of dedicated service as a social worker in our district. Throughout her journey, Dena has made a profound impact on the lives of countless students and families across multiple schools here in the district, including Aronomic Elementary School, Primus Drexel Hill Middle School, Upper Derby High School, and she's currently at Holland Park Elementary School. Dena is known for her caring, compassionate, and collaborative spirit. Her deep knowledge and insightful approach have made her an invaluable asset to our district. She is considered a true hero by her colleagues. Uh Dena's commitment
003to the community is evident in everything she does. She has formed lasting relationships with the family she serves, often citing, as she did when we spoke earlier today as her motivation to remain in the district for so many years. Outside of her of her professional role, Dena has a passion for gardening, mowing the lawn, and taking long walks, as well as reflecting on her love for the outdoors and community. Join us again in celebrating Dena's incredible milestone and her 25 years of service. Congratulations. That's it. Just a one again. Again, congratulations to Alice. Uh we will recognize her at an upcoming faculty meeting. Again, thank you so much, Miss Hannah. Good to see you again, Dina. The district posted this evening's agenda to board docs at least 24 hours prior to the commencement of this
004meeting. Is there a motion to approve that previously posted agenda? So moved. Second. Are there any amendments to offer? There are no amendments. The agenda has been moved and seconded. All those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, please signify by saying I oppose. Those abstaining, please signify by saying I abstain. Motion carried. The minutes of the combined work session regular meeting of September 10th and the special meeting of September 24th, 2024 in the hands of each board member and have been made available to the public. I move for their adoption. Second. Are there any comments from the board? Are there any comments from the public? All those in favor, please say I. I. I. Those opposed, please say I oppose. Those abstaining, please say I abstain. Motion carried. A report of secretary uh
005board director Murphy Morrisy, please. Thank you. The report of the secretary is in the hands of each board member and has been made available to the public. I move for his adoption. Second. Are there any comments from the board? Are there any comments from the public? All those in favor, please say I. I. I. Those opposed, please say I oppose. Those abstaining, please say I abstain. Motion carried. Report of the treasure, director Britney Williams, please. Report of the treasures in the hands of each board member and has been made available to the public. I move for its adoption. Second. Thank you. Are there any comments from the board? Are there any comments from the public? All those in favor, please say I. I. I. Those opposed, please say I oppose. Those abstaining, please say I
006abstain. Motion carried. We will now have the report of the student representatives. The first one I get to attend in person. I'm so excited. Tasnim Yasmin. Correct me if I'm wrong. And Timothy Beiju. Fantastic. Take it away. Good evening, Board President Fields, Vice President Williams, members of the board, Dr. McGary, and our wonderful community. It has been a busy start to the 2024 2025 school year, but Taz and I are excited to present our very first report. For the October report, we decided to take a trip down memory lane and highlight the kindergarten center and our current school, Upper Derby High School. Tim and I had the opportunity to participate in the K Center's back to school night. We visited my old kindergarten teacher, Miss Applegate, alongside her PMclass students guardians. It was fantastic to
007connect with her after 12 years and we got a glimpse of how teachers and families work together for the school year. This year, families brought home Chromebooks where students are expected to complete homework assignments for English and math online. It truly is a team effort to teach and raise kindergarten students. The day after back to school night, we met with the principal and assistant principal of the K center, Mrs. Dasi and Mr. Gallagghan. Walking into the building, we felt a strong this is it feeling of welcome and joy. Mrs. Mrs. Dasi would argue that the kindergarten center has the biggest family culture in the entire district and it shows. Several new teachers joined this year and veteran staff have accepted them with open arms. During the back to school night, there was a strong connection
008between the staff and the families which was quite refreshing to see as high school students. As Mr. Gallagan puts it, kindergarten is the starting line. There are so many firsts that happen at this age. Not only are students learning academically, but they are also learning routines, how to behave in a class setting, and how to treat peers. Mrs. Dowsi and Mr. Gallagghan prioritize love and support at the school, teaching students and each other the importance of accepting learning needs and different cultures. We learned that every moment is a teaching moment at the Sage. Despite all the wonders at the kindergarten center, no school is without faults. One major issue discussed in our meeting was transportation. Since the kindergarten center is open to the entire district, many K students rely on buses as transportation. There are
009buses with too many students and buses are unavailable at certain stops, requiring parents to walk to a further bus stop. While students of other grades have the option to transport themselves, kindergarteners cannot do the same. Although buses at the K center are a piece of a greater issue, it cannot be ignored regardless. Not only are buses an issue, but so is the parking lot. Mrs. Dassi and Mr. Gallagghan shared this their sentiments on how their amazing team pulls together to manage the arrival and dismissal times. We observed that unlike other schools, the K center has two arrivals and two dismissals for their AM and PM classes for twice the amount of movement, requiring a lot of coordination. The parking lot is limited in space and therefore it is challenging to have an efficient route for
010guardians to drop off and pick up their kids. The staff appreciates the help they get from crossing guards and the cooperation of guardians. However, families dropping off their middle schoolers at the already cramped kindergarten parking lot makes things more difficult. We were happy to see the principal, assistant principal, and the staff's positive approach to this ongoing issue. On a more positive note, we had the chance to shadow a part of Miss Applegate's PM class. The kids, although a bit rowdy, were excited to see us just as much as we were to see them. We walked around, helped them do their counting assignment, and Miss Applegate showed the kids a picture of Taz during our kindergarten years. Near the end, we had the delightful opportunity to read the kids. Read to the kids. If you give
011a mouse a cookie, we shared some laughs and our smiles did not fade away that day. It was truly a wonderful experience going back to the kindergarten center. After all, this is our 13th year as students at Upper Derby School District. Near the end of our meeting, Mrs. Dasi proposed the idea of having high schoolers visit the kindergarten center as buddies or volunteers. She pointed out that the kids love it when guests arrive and that having regulars could benefit the students. We deeply enjoyed interacting with the kids and wish that our peers get the same chance. The kindergarten center and its staff have had lots of grace and patience and are grateful for the work administrators have done to support them. At the end of the day, what matters most is the kids. Moving on
012to Upper Derby High School. Taz and I are current members of the superintendent student group where students from grades 9 through 12 share their opinions on current matters related to our school. This school year has been a host of new changes from new phone policies to weapon detection systems. Recently, students have had their fair share of opinions on many of the changes we faced and currently face. After listening to our peers voices and asking our classmates and friends their opinions, most students support the new weapons detection systems. A surprising number of people knew very little about the new security. The ones that were aware felt as though it would be beneficial. However, many were worried about lines and getting to class on time. On the topic of safety, students felt the school district has done
013a good job of handling the recent incidents this month with a primary with the primary concerns related to how the weapons detection systems will be executed. With the new phone policies where no phones are allowed during instructional time, the responses are a hit or a miss. Some students agree with the rules and find it helpful to stay focused in class. Quite a few students feel indifferent as some teachers do not harshly enforce it. Others find their phones useful, especially when the Wi-Fi does not work. Based on what we learned during our time at the kindergarten center, the internet has been a nuisance for everyone. Students and teachers alike. It has been a headache for all since schooly and home access center are internet reliant. Some students and staff have expressed their communication concerns. It is
014critical that we that we students know what happens at our school from threats to big school changes. It is also critical that everyone do their part to access the information that is shared regularly about how to stay connected for emergencies and other communications. We know that during an emergency incident, the district communicates through crisis go which is a free app and parent link emails every 10 minutes. The app is on every district device teachers have. We encourage students, parents, and guardians to subscribe to receive the communications. As mentioned in the kindergarten center portion, bus students have communicated their exhaustion regarding transportation. Students in the bus range are grateful for the school provided SEPTA passes and are aware of the bus driver shortage. However, we are hopeful that further solutions will ensue to ensure timely and
015safe transportation for all students. To end this report, we wanted to highlight our high school's marching band and choir. Upper Derbyy's high school marching Royals, led by director Douglas Ballard, has won his third back-to-back state championship. They performed for 6 ABC on Friday, September 27th, 2024. "It really feels like a deep set accomplishment that all the efforts that we're putting in are being recognized," says Benjamin Davis, who plays me on the interview segment. In addition, Upper Derby High School's choir is excited to announce that a select group of our talented singers has been invited to perform at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Districts in the Poconos on April 16th, 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity and we are very proud to have our choir represent Upper Derby School District. And that is a wrap for
016our very first report. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to represent the opinions of our schools. Thank you all, the board and the community for your time. Have a wonderful evening. TNT out. Well, that was very well done. Uh, the budgeted personnel and enrollment reports have been made available to the board and to the public and are recorded as part of the record. No vote is required. We will now have the report of the superintendent, Dr. Dana McGary. I think I need to have a a partner when I give my reports now. It's the first time in a long time I've been here that I've that we've had TNT or or kind of a nickname going. Um that's pretty impressive. And uh Tim and Taz, I think there's there's some other key highlights to, you know,
017Dr. Parkinson's here, but that meeting that we held, the superintendent's advisory, although it was our first one this year, I think the maturity of the group um and the topics that came up from safety, security to more awareness of of drug use and how drug use has an impact on our youth. Um we are working and as we talked about, we'll be bringing those concepts forward. But a lot of impressive mature conversations um from the students in that group and and I know I put you on the spot, both of you, where I said I turned to the two of you in the meeting and said, "You're the ones who need to bring this to the table." And I think you've done a great job doing that tonight. So congratulations. You did steal my thunder
018a little bit. So maybe as TNT we can could talk a little bit. Either you're the starting group, music group, and I'm the real show or I'm going to be the backup group. Uh because we are going to highlight the the music program as well. So, so we'll we'll talk about that in a minute, but again, great job. It's awesome to see how happy you guys are. It really makes this job, you know, feel all that more important. The smiles that you guys have had, it's all worth it. So, thank you. So, again, good evening board. Uh, President Fields, members of the board of school directors, administration, staff, uh, doc Dr. Fox, thank you for for reminding me about my lanyard. Um, members of the public who are uh, joining us both in person and
019virtually. I hope to keep my comments this evening brief. I want to highlight some of the out outstanding academic achievements of some of our high school students following updates that we provided last week or last month. Recognize the continued success of our upper Derby High School encore singers and I see Mr. Boschure is here well under his leadership and provide an update on our community engagement efforts since the start of the school year. So first I'll start with national merit scholarship finalists. Last month, I talked about some unbelievably unbelievable success stories with students who complete completed and do well on the PSAT uh last year as 10th graders. I'm here to announce that out of 16,000 semi- finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program, a pro a program that could, you know, award you
020nearly $28 million in total of scholarship funding. And again, about 95% of the semi semi- finalists uh are expected to attain finalist standing. And about half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the MAR merit scholar title. And we've had, you know, winners here in the school district historically. Tonight, I just want to announce three unbelievably talented kids. I don't know if they were able to make it out here totally tonight or not, but they're being recognized as selected as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. Amain Aban, if if you're here, Abdella L. Okelly, Emily Fishbach. I know they they were busy. I think some are on a college visit today, actually. So, congratulations. And others are busy. But congratulations to those three students um being recognized as National Merit SK Scholarship semi-finalists. And
021as TNT uh stole the thunder earlier, I'm proud to to uh state that our encore singers and as I understand also last year we were recognized last year at PMA we had successful singers participating at PMA last year but this year um under our leadership of Mr. Boore uh the Upper Darby High School encore singers will be showing off their talents at the Kalahari Resort in the spring at the Poconos. So, congratulations to you, to the high school team, to the music program, year in and year out. Awesome, awesome job. There are a number of names I'm going to read. I don't know that they're all they're not here, but whoever is here, please come up. And Brian also would be great if you could you get recognized with them as well, but Siron Bell,
022Timothy Beiju, you can go ahead and get a picture. Tara Burden, Ayana Balden, McDaniel, Martha Rose Brown, Leah Carrington, Jason Clarici, I know you're here, Benjamin Davis, Matteo Florentino Wong, Emily Fishbach, Nadia Flynn, Abigail Gangadine, Haley Gola, Kamari Goss, Malik Greathouse, Marvin Gman, Kieran Gira, Talia Hobin, Kalia Haymon Brown, Elise Hajj, Alana Jackson, Delaney Jordan, Christy Joseph, Liam Junk, Lauren Kennedy, Iris Kim, Shakyra Kakabisi, Tambbeck, Mia Lazour, Adelene Mack, Josiah, sorry, Josiah Marker. I saw Josiah leading the band uh Friday night. does an awesome job with that. Um, so Josiah Marker, Sid Martinez, Cole Macintosh, Sydney Meyers, Tama Murphy, Florine Obe, Michael Oolani, Ka Ofer, Elosa Podalina, Regina Pugio, Jyn Hungma, Ray, Mia Rodriguez, Lawrence Sama, Sharon Santosh, Alexander Silvis, Joseph Tanker, Ley and Arian Taylor. Congratulations for all that you've done. I've got some
023more to last. Matia Verden, Lewis Watts, James Whittington, Jeremiah Wilds, Jace Wilson, and Kareem Wright. [Applause] Before I get to the next part of my my comments for this evening, I just want to take a moment. I know this month is um national principles month um and it's important to recognize the leadership of principles. I know we have some administrators, some principles here in the room. So I I want to say to everybody, not only those listening but anybody who knows a principal um before co being a principal is extremely difficult. During CO it became even more challenging and now I think it's probably one of the most challenging jobs that you can have. So, we just want to recognize as an administration, I know we're doing something special this week for our principles here
024at admin, but I want to say thank you for being an upper army school district. Thank you for all the hours, the countless hours and the time and effort the principles here in the school district do. I think you're the the number one point of contact of community engagement. Blessed to have the principles and the Udacas members that we have here in the Upper Darby School District. So, if we can just a round of applause for our administrators in the school [Applause] district. And I say that before I get into the community engagement because so much of it begins with the relationships that start with with principles and teachers and staff and and kids in schools and parents. Um, I will say that Mrs. Clarici got me at the top of the steps on Friday
025night and was raving about Dr. Parkinson. So, uh, I want to make sure that that's passed passed forward. Um I reminded her that I brought that we brought him here so we know so we appreciate that too. Um but that level of communications I think is important and so over the course of the first few months of school key members of the central office team have been hard at work trying to improve community engagement since the start of the school year. I just want to take a moment to thank Dr. Christine Kelly, Dr. John Council, Dr. Greg Ma Manfrey, Mr. Marvin Lee, Mr. kitchen uh should be Dr. Narelli, Mr. Vaughn, Dr. Yone, Mr. Rogers, Mrs. Mrs. Simone, Mrs. Elgart, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Mr. Mr. Lambert, Mr. Marshallac for making the time to join me
026in my annual coffee with the superintendent morning sessions. I know that many of you drive from all different locations and have a lot on your plate, but I really appreciate you joining me for the conversations each morning, the conversations I'm having with staff and community members. I also appreciate the engagement we've experienced from our staff and the parents who have been able to join us. We begin each coffee discussion by asking those in attendance to ask me or members of the team any questions they have about the district. The questions so far have been about retaining and compensating staff, improving facilities, safety and security, and next steps for major construction projects. We still have a few schools left to visit. So, I'll provide a final update when we have met with each school community. I
027think we have four left. On September 30th, we held a meeting with a movement of immigrant leaders of PA known as Melpa. I want to say thank you to board member um Desiree Murphy Moresy for that connection. This summer, we had a meeting um in the Bwood community. Uh Dr. Council, myself, Dr. Manfrey uh and the team made connections and we've had several meetings with Mila. had a meeting at Beverly Hills Middle School on September 30th um in the evening. It's great to see our team giving up so much of their time to engage with the community. For this event, I was joined by Dr. Kelly, Dr. Council, Dr. Manfrey, Miss Simpson, Miss Sims, Dr. Mr. Marshallac, and Mrs. Simone. On October the 1st and October the 7th, we held two elementary technology information nights
028right here in this room. Dr. Kelly and our curriculum supervisors and our elementary coaches led two very well- attended workshops for parents and students. The workshops highlighted the online resources we have for students and we are working with parents to encourage more at home skills development and practice. Dr. Manfrey, Mr. Marshallac, Mr. Kitchen, Dr. Councel, Mr. La also joined us for these events. Tomorrow night will be the second night of our annual community read. This is something that is the highlight of the week for me. It is so really exciting to see our elementary students, staff, and families reading together each Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Last week, we had over 200 participants. Think about that. 200 little kids in their PJs tuning in to read a book at night at 7:00 at night. It's
029pretty awesome uh to watch that take place. And I'd like to thank the curriculum supervisors, especially Chris and O'Neal, for making this goal of mine become a reality. also the teachers that participate and read. It's great to see our teachers with their own kids on that call uh with staff. It's an awesome opportunity to engage. If you do have time tomorrow night, please join us at 7 p.m. for that reading. I understand also prior to that tomorrow night, Ed, there's a special education parent event as well in the community. Um so again, a lot of nights out, a lot of communication, a lot of engagement going on. Um I want to thank the board and the public for engaging with us. And that con concludes my uh report for this evening. Uh we will now
030have uh an update on the September 24th, 2024 education and people services and finance and operations committee meeting. So these committee meetings were combined uh two weeks ago and then we had a special voting meeting after that. I will read the summary. A detailed summary of the meeting including public comments can be found on board docs. So, the education and pupil services and finance and operations combined committee meetings. Uh, co-chairs Damian War Savage, Britney Williams, myself, and Neil Desyers. Um, uh, this was Tuesday, September 24th, 2024 held here at 6 p.m. All board members were present. The agenda, there were two items in the agenda summary. Weapons detection system and safety update. The required board actions, Superintendent Dr. Daniel McGarry and the Upper Derby Director of Public Safety, Mr. Dr. Anthony Vaughn provided a follow-up
031review and consideration of the weapons detection systems. The review included, but was not limited to, costs, implementation, possible pilot, additional personnel, scheduling considerations, potential number of searchers, and policy implications. The board provided next steps to the administration. This item required board action. There were also two policies that required board action. uh policy 317.1 educator mis misconduct and policy 824 maintaining professional adult student boundaries. Uh there were a number of public comments that are available online to be reviewed. I'm not going to go through all those. Um but th those that was everything from the uh education, people services and finance and operations committee uh meeting. Director Wars Savage, the uh instruction and curriculum report approval, please. The instruction and curriculum report is in the hands of each board member and has been made available to
032the public. I move for its adoption. Second. Are there any comments from the board? Are there any comments from the public? All those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, please say I oppose. Those abstaining, please say I abstain. Motion carried. Uh, personnel report approval. Director Deborah Williams. Thank you. The personnel report is in the hands of each board member and has been made available to the public. I move for its adoption. Second. Are there any comments from the board? Are there any comments from the public? All those in favor, please say I. I. I. Those opposed, please say I oppose. Those abstaining please say I abstain. Motion carried. Uh polic director Neil Dooyer is the policy report first reading please. Thank you President Fields. Uh there is no vote required for the policies
033undergoing a first reading this evening but I do have the following comment. There are changes to six policies for consideration for a first reading during this meeting. The six policies undergoing a first reading at this evening's meeting are 222 tobacco and vaping products, 227 controlled substances paraphernalia, 234 pregnant parenting married students, 247 hazing, 249 bullying, cyber bullying, and 803 school calendar. A description of the updates to each policy uh is included in the summary of policy changes first reading that is posted to board docs. No vote no vote is required there. So can we roll to the second uh reading approval? We sure can. The policy report second reading is in the hands of each board member and has been made available to the public. I move for its adoption. Second. Are there any comments
034from the board? Uh, President Fields, go right ahead. Uh, quick comment. So, just um the Give me a moment. There are two policies undergoing second reading this evening. Uh, if approved by the board in this meeting, they will be adopted and implemented. The P two policies impacted are 317.1 educator misconduct and 824 maintaining professional adult student boundaries. Uh so the changes to each policy are as follows. Policy 317.1 minor clarifications are being made to comply with the 2024 Title 9 regulations. For further information, please see the summary of policy changes first reading from the special voting meeting held on August 27th, 2024. And for policy 824, the language addressing discrimination harassment was revised to more broadly reference the coordination with the Title 9 coordinator and the updated terminology from policies 103, 103.2, 2 and 104
035that cover harassment, discrimination and their accompanying attachments. Uh so the full description of the changes is in the summary of policy changes second reading that is posted to board docs. Thank you. Thank you directors. Are there any comments from the public? All those in favor please say I. I. Those opposed, please say I oppose. Those abstaining, please say I abstain. Motion carried. Uh, the supplies report is in the hands of each board member and has been made available to the public. I move for it adoption. Second. Are there any comments from the board? Are there any comments from the public? All those in favor, please say I. I. Those opposed, please say I oppose. Those abstaining, please say I abstain. Motion carried. There's no transportation report. Uh, director Murphy Morsy, the facilities report. The facilities
036report, the use of facilities report, and the donation report are all in the hands of each board member and have been made available to the public. I move for his adoption. Second. Are there any comments from the board? Are there any comments from the public? All those in favor, please say I. I. I I Those opposed, please say I oppose. Those abstaining, please say I abstain. Motion carried. Uh there's no food services report. Uh Director Deborah Williams, the finance and budget report, please. The finance and budget report is in the hands of each board member and has been made available to the public. I move for its adoption. Second. Are there any comments from the board? Are there any comments from the public? All those in favor, please say I. I. I. Those opposed, please
037say I oppose. Those abstaining, please say I abstain. Motion carried. Collateral assignments. Uh, Delaware County Community College. I did forward a um invitation to everyone. I'm not sure if you received it before. Um, I'm glad I'm seeing that some people have or everyone has. The board of trustees is having their annual appreciation dinner for sponsoring school board directors, superintendents, and high school principles on Wednesday, October 3rd. If you haven't already done so, please RSVP by the 16th. That is my only um report for this um for the Del County Community College. Fantastic. It's a nice dinner. Uh the food's very good. Maybe the students are very good. The students are very good, right? And it's a it's a nice thing. It's a nice update from the community college and we'll probably get a nice update
038of what's going on down the street from them. So I encou I won't be able to go but I encourage everybody to go. Director Deb Williams to DCIU please. Thank you. Um our last meeting was on October 2nd and we have one again uh tomorrow. Um but the IU is working on some facility projects um including their main Morton office. So if you haven't been by um come check it out. Uh the lobby is renovated and still undergoing some renovations. Um again in our last meeting um we approved to support many consultation, training, resources and even professional learning opportunities uh for the district and the IU staff. Um so again come check out the building and that concludes my update for the IU board. Thank you. Uh legislative council director Glenn's not here, she's out.
039So Minute Hall Tyson Scholarship Committee director update at this time. Fantastic. Home and school director Wars Savage. Our next meeting is October 14th at 7 p.m. Excellent. PSBA representatives director Williams. Thank you. Um, before we talk about the conference, because I'm going to yield that time over to Director Desers, um, I want to talk about an upcoming um, event they're having at the PSBA headquarters in Mechanicsburg. February 1st, 9 through 2 p.m., they're having something called building stronger communities through civil discourse. Um, if you're interested in that, um, they're also having fall webinar series, um, datadriven directors. There's four sessions on my PSBA for any directors that are interested in that. Um, and then there's an upcoming CASPA National Conference Atlanta, Georgia 321 through 32325. So, just keep those dates in mind. Again, all those
040um dates and events are listed on my PSBA if you're interested. Um, I'm going to yield the rest of this time to director Deser to talk about the conference he and two other directors just attended. I had the privilege of attending the PSBA conference this year. It was um actually I just got back earlier this afternoon. It was um Sunday, yesterday, and today. Uh uh it was at the Kalahari resorts up in the Poconos. Um I attended uh a number of sessions. I attended two sessions on policy, one on uh artificial intelligence in education technology. Uh I had some good conversations uh with folks from different um school boards about uh policy 707 use of facilities. Um, I spoke to a number of different um exhibitor exhibitors at the uh exhibitor fair. Uh, and and
041at uh at lunch today, I actually sat at a table with um some of the architects from KCBA. Oh, yeah. So, I got to see the new drone video of the Clifton project site. Um, so look for that to be coming soon. Um, anyways, so I thank the uh thank the board uh for the privilege of sending me to the conference and uh that concludes my report. Thank you, director Williams and director know yours and um hopefully next time we'll get you some company so you're not up there by yourself or you know maybe some other folks will be interested in going. So that's great. Uh see oh back to you policy liaison Dr. director designers. There are a few things um a few things coming in terms of policy and and they I guess
042they both they all focus on policy 707 use of facilities. Um the the the with the approval by the board last month of the weapon detection systems for the high school, Dr. McGary um in his presentation that evening did mention there would some policies would need to be discussed. Uh and so policy 707 is one of them, but there are a few other policies that have to be adjusted and potentially tweaked to take into account the weapon detection systems. Okay. And some other possible changes. Yeah, there'll be a lot of review of that. Absolutely. Absolutely. We haven't talked about policy 707 for at least three weeks. So, so it's time to talk about it again. Thank you, directors. All right. Nothing for communication. Upper Derby Arts and Education Foundation, Director Wars Savage, anything this week?
043No. Okay. Fantastic. Is there a motion for the adjournment of the meeting? Second. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. This meeting is adjourned.