BOE Meeting 3/11/26

001I don't like I don't like that. All right. I'd like to call the regular meeting of the Plymouth Board of Education to order on March 11th, 2026 at 5:59 p.m. Please join us with a pledge to the flag. I pledge algiance 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. Item two on the agenda. I'd like to entertain a motion to adopt the agenda as presented. >> So move second. >> Mr. Showers, Mr. Foot seconded. All those in favor. Any obstens uh any objections? Motion carries. All right. Item number three, approval of the minutes. We have several minutes to approve. I would like to entertain a motion to approve the following minutes. The minutes

002of the regular board of education meeting of February 11th, 2025. So move. Oh, >> Kelly, Kelly, and Jerry. Uh any discussion on that one? All in favor? >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? >> Mr. Peragino abstains. Motion carries. All right. Next, the minutes of the special meeting of the Plymouth Board of Education Curriculum and Instruction Committee of February 5th, 2026. >> So move. >> Second. >> Mr. Showers, Miss Tilton. Okay. Any discussion on that? and only uh the members of our committee can approve the minutes. So, Miss Tilton, myself, and Mr. Foot, do we approve? >> I. >> Yes. Okay. Motion carries. And the minutes of the special meeting of the Plymouth Board of Education, Finance and Operations Committee of February 9th, 2026. >> So move. >> Second. >> Mr. Showers, Miss Palmer. All right. And

003this is Mr. Baneer, Mr. Showers, Mr. Perino and Miss Palmer who can approve these minutes. Any discussion on those? All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. Any opposed? Any abstensions? Okay. Motion carries. Item number four, the best part. Our student representatives, Tiana and Fallon. This year, our Leos attended the Midwinter conference with Leos from across the state, which took place on February 7th at the South Berry Windham Hotel. Along with other LEO members, I had the opportunity to collaborate with other LEOs and share how we have helped support our communities. We were also able to learn about projects and ideas from other clubs that we would potentially implement in our own LEO club. During the conference, we participated in a kindness carnival where students worked at different stations to create items that would benefit the

004community. And we even decorated capes and paraded around for some of the lions. We also attended several seminars that helped us learn more about leadership, service, and ways to make a greater impact in our communities. The winter pep rally was a huge success. Last meeting, we discussed how the pep rally was coming up, but this meeting we're excited to share some of the activities the pep club planned. We had grade tug-of-war ending in a senior class victory, a staff versus senior basketball game, a cheer performance, and a first ever dance team performance. The variety show recently took place and had a great turnout with many students and community members coming to watch and support. The show featured a wide range of entertaining acts, including glow stick dancing performed by the basketball teams, cheerleading performances, singing,

005teacher performances, double dutch, drama acts, and a prom dress modeling segment. The variety in performances made the event exciting and enjoyable for everyone in attendance. Overall, the event was very successful and the money raised from the show will be split between students attending the Europe trip in the sophomore class. Our winter sports had a very successful run at state championships this year. For indoor track and field athletes, Ian H. Hotchkas and Jonah Lopez represented ths. They both competed in long jump and placed 18th and 20th in the entire state. Congratulations Ian and Jonah. >> The Terryville team, Terryville basketball team recently had a great showing at their rivalry game against Thomston which took place at Thomasson High. There was an impressive turnout for the game, especially from the ths student section, which showed their support

006by organizing a blackout theme. The strong energy from the crowd added to the excitement of the rivalry matchup. Terryville performed very well and came away with an 81 to61 victory, making it a memorable game for both the team and the fans who attended. Following that strong performance, Terryville continued their success in the state tournament. On March 10th, they entered the game as the 10th seed and faced Planefield, the seventh seed. Despite being the lower seed, Tville played an impressive game and managed to pull off the upset with a 64 to 53 win. The victory secured their spot in the quarterfinals, allowing them to continue their tournament run and build momentum as they advanced further in the competition. Basketball and track aren't the only teams that did fantastic. Our wrestling team also dominated the Berkshire League,

007winning first place. Senior and team captain Ethan Bachman Rodriguez was able to place in S-class schools and competed in New England Championships. Congratulations, Ethan. The National Honor Society induction ceremony took place yesterday, March 10th. During the ceremony, the four pillars of the National Honor Society, scholarship, leadership, service, and character were highlighted, and candles were lit to represent each of the values. The ceremony emphasized the importance of these qualities and the role they play in the achievements and responsibilities of NHS. I was honored to be inducted into the National Honor Society during the ceremony. After each new member signed the official NHS book, certificates were handed out by our vice president, Fallon. It is truly an honor to be inducted into such a club, especially along peers like Valley. >> Student council organized a small fundraiser

008for the American Heart Association right before Valentine's Day. They encourage students and staff to dress in Valentine's Day attire and bring a donation. While the goal of this fundraiser was, of course, to raise money for a great cause, it was also to show students how small things like donating only $1 can quickly combine to make a big difference. >> The prom dress closet currently has over 200 dresses. Students from all local towns are invited to make an appointment to find their dream dress. If you have a dress or know someone who has a dress they'd like to donate, please ensure that is clean before dropping it off to the main office. The school will be host hosting a fundraiser at Steve's Top Dog on Thursday, March 12th from 4 to 9:00 p.m. During this event,

00910% of all proceeds will be directly donated to the school supporting student programs. Students, families, and community members are invited to participate, and no preparation or cleanup is required. This event provides an opportunity for the school community to contribute to student activities while enjoying a meal. A birthday announcement initiative has been proposed by the student council to help improve the school's culture and create a stronger sense of community among students and staff. The plan is to begin implementing this program next school year. At the start of the year, students will be asked if they would like their birthdays to be announced. For those who prefer not to participate, there will be an opt out survey for their birthday being shared. Birthdays that fall on weekends will be announced on Fridays, and summer birthdays may be

010recognized with a half birthday during the school year to ensure all students are included. Teacher birthdays will also be announced as part of the initiative. Overall, this plan aims to make sure students and staff feel more recognized and valued while helping create a more positive and connected school environment. >> Thank you. >> Great. >> All right. Do you have any questions we can answer? Yes. Yes. >> Steve's top dog is 3:12. You said March 12th. >> Tomorrow. >> March 12th. Yes. Tomorrow. >> What time? >> 4 to 9. >> Oh, 4 to 9. Okay. Thank you very much. >> You're welcome. And 10% goes back to our school. So, we really appreciate. >> Okay. No problem. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> I have a question about the variety show. >> Yes. >>

011Is it true there was a chicken dance with you? >> I know. I I understand with glow sticks. >> Yes. >> Is that Is that true? >> How'd that go? Could you mind showing us real quick? >> It went pretty well. >> We didn't practice adhering the glow sticks to us before, so there was a lot of glow sticks on the floor. >> I >> Any other questions for >> Yes. >> When's the next basketball game and where is it? I think it's tomorrow and it's away. I don't know the name of the school that they're playing at. >> We're sorry. >> That's okay. >> Thank you very much, ladies. You know the drill. If you guys want to stay, you're more than welcome to have to stay with us. >> Thank you so much.

012>> Go if you need to. >> Have a great night. >> You, too. >> All right. Item number five, presentation. Eli Terry Junior Middle School. Mr. Vigliotti, >> thank you. Uh, thank you to the board and, uh, Superintendent Falconee always for giving us this opportunity to come and present. Um, you know, it's always great to be able to highlight the things that are going on in the schools. Um, and I just want to give you a little bit of context for this particular presentation that you're about to see. Um, a couple of years ago at the middle school, both myself and and the ELA teachers were having conversations about how students don't really read whole novels in school anymore. Um, and this is something that you can read about. It's it's wide widely covered. Um,

013and it's something as a former high school person, you know, where there's still a lot of novels being read and obviously the expectation when students get out of high school and and go to college is that they are able to sustain reading and engage with deeper ideas, right? So, we started having these conversations. Um, a bunch of teachers at the school were really interested in bringing whole novels in. So, they did a whole novel pilot. We presented about that last year. Um, we had Mrs. Bumgar and Mrs. Bunker here. They were talking all about how much the students really loved reading those novels and talking about them. um you know and then we had adopted wit and wisdom curriculum at the K to5 um levels last year and the decision was made that we're going

014to bring this to the middle school because we really want to continue that great work that's going on down there and and truly have a K8 reading program and writing program that's going to give our students the skills that they need. And we're here tonight to kind of give you a a little sense of how that's going in the middle school this year. And the person that's going to kind of uh lead this whole thing is our fantastic uh literacy coach for grades three through eight on the colbec who is just doing an absolutely fantastic job supporting our teachers um so that they can support our students because this is a really big thing that they're taking on this year with the implementation of wit and wisdom. So, >> you go. >> Good evening. When

015I was thinking about how to present our first year of Whit and Wisdom at the middle school this year, I wanted to give you a really clear picture of what that looks like and how it feels at the middle school. And I couldn't think of any better way than to bring my panel of students with me and to actually get the opinions of our students because they're the ones every single day doing the hard work, reading the books, talking about the books, and living it. So, I sent out a survey to all of our sixth through 8th graders. And the results amazed me. Of the 269 students, 74% of them rated their experience in ELA this year as a three or higher with only 6.7% giving it a one that they're really not liking it.

016Um, but 74% is a pretty high percentage for kids to be engaged and enjoying their experience in ELA. Um, this is a huge testament to our teaching staff in ELA at great at Eli Terry. They are putting their heart and soul into it and they're preparing, making engaging lessons, getting the kids involved and any classroom you walk into, you see a very high energy, very engaged students in ELA. The engagement of the students, 92.9% of them in the survey found that the texts they've been reading are interesting with our highest favorite topics being World War II, specifically the Japanese internment and the Navajo code talkers, the Great Depression, World War I and the psychological effects of the people involved in it, and Greek mythology. here to talk to us a little bit tonight about their

017favorite topics. First, Riley Murphy from seventh grade. >> My favorite topic this year so far was the Medieval Times Unit. I really liked the text that we read, the Canterbury Tales and the Midwife's Apprentice. I found them very engaging because they had messages about the social hierarchy during the medieval times through the stories of different fictional characters and their emotions and how they either grew from or were or were limited by their identity. >> Thank you. And Sebastian Brit from 8th grade. >> Uh my favorite topic that we learned this year about uh and wisdom was World War I. It made me appreciate humanity. We learned that humanity is about choice and feelings, not just being human. World War I took away the choice of the soldiers and it made them like animals, almost like

018killing was a line of code or routine for them. Thank you. As you heard from our students here, beyond just reading, students are making profound connections to history and human nature. They're learning that historical events are often a matter of perspective. And they're developing higher level thinking skills. Not only learning facts and information about topics, but they're developing theories and opinions about crucial events in our history. This slide shows a few more responses that we got on our survey to how students um are enjoying the topics they're learning about and some amazing facts they feel like they've learned. I then asked students to measure their own growth. 67% felt like they're stronger readers because of the work they're doing this year in Wit and Wisdom. 71.7 feel that they're stronger writers because of the work

019they're doing. And 56.5% said that learning history and science topics through this program are making them more interested to choose other books in those topics to read voluntarily. Riley Murphy is going to come up once again and tell us about her growth as a writer. I'm proud of my essay on Ned from Code Talker and the central ideas developed in the text. Code Talker was a book about the Navajo soldiers during World War II that used a special code to help us win the war. I felt that writing this essay and finding the evidence to support my thinking helped me understand the text even better. Again, in this next slide, I have other um responses from students from the survey about their written pieces that they are most proud of this year. And in some

020of these responses, you can see the vocabulary that is starting to grow within our students. um as they talk about the writing pieces that they're completing. The last thing I'm going to talk about this this evening are Socratic seminars. These have been the most impactful source of engagement for many of our students. You can hear, see, and feel the energy in our classrooms when it's Socratic Seminar Day. For those of you that are not com like aware of what this is, a Socratic seminar is a group conversation that's studentled that's centered around a guiding question where students share ideas and questions about a text to reach a deeper understanding of the material. They're designed to help students think more deeply about the texts they study, moving beyond surface level reading. Most of our students here

021tonight when asked which topic they wanted to share with you and talk about with you, they chose Socratic Seminar. It is the most popular thing that we have that that they like to talk about in ELA. So, I'm going to let them tell you about it. First, we have Joselyn Da from sixth grade in Socratic seminar. I like how much we get to tell our thoughts and opinions. I also like how everyone listens to each other and we all get the chance to speak. Another thing I like is how we get to listen to each other's opinions and learn what other people think and how they make us think about it differently. My favorite one was when we were talking about the themes that were developed in Odyssey. My class got into a big debate

022and we learned a lot from that. Overall, I think that Socratic seminars help us learn differently. Sebastian Grineer from seventh grade. >> Socratic seminars have helped me speak publicly and get more comfortable with others. I like listening to the other kids share their ideas while agreeing and disagreeing. Socratic seminars helped me to use more descriptive language because during the units I learn new vocabulary. My favorite unit to talk about was World War II Japanese internment because it was a new topic I never knew about. Overall, Socratic seminars have developed my public speaking and vocabulary from talking with my classmates about important historic topics. Thank you. And Bianca Rivera Vargas from 8th grade. >> People have became more confident speaking in front of others. The more people share their thoughts and opinions, the more people the

023more confident they feel and the better the conversation gets. Our debates about the psychological effects of World War I were really intriguing because there was always something new to discuss. Every time a new student shared an opinion, it was like a new conversation or debate opened up. It was also interesting learning about others ideas. I believe the best way I learned about World War I was from listening to my peers. >> Thank you to all of you. and thank you for your time and the opportunity to bring this exciting program to our middle school classrooms. I can't wait to see the growth in our students over the next years based on what we've seen so far in this year alone. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Two things. >> Yes, please. >> Um first I

024I I would like to say when Mr. Vigliotti talks about the amount of work that goes in this for teachers. I think that's an un I don't know if you could I don't know how to put into words the amount and the heavy lift that it is to take on a new reading program in year one and to have the results that we're hearing and seeing in our kids. uh the work of the teachers and our coaches and our it it's just phenomenal and it's it is going K through eight now which is really really exciting and I have to say with the seminars um any of you guys I'm I I'm sorry I caught your grades but anyone in sixth grade I don't know if I walked into your seminar or not but I

025was with Mr. Vigaliotti walking the building and let me explain to you what a seminar is. The class is sitting in a circle and the teacher is there but they're just kind of facilitating the conversation. It's really a studentled conversation slashdebate sharing their feelings and opinions on what they read and it's really very high level highinking um critical thinking kind of of activity that's happening and when you hear those conversations. So I Darren and I walked into this classroom and I compared it when I walked out to an AP English class that I sought when I was the principal at Kagenog Regional High School. That's the level of conversation that was happening in that sixth grade class that day and how they were really challenging each other on their thoughts. It is so so impressive

026and the work our teachers are doing, our coaches are doing, our students are doing. Uh it's just unbelievable. So I don't know how to put it into words. So, I'm just trying to I guess vomit it out to you guys, but it is unbelievable what you guys are are doing in that school and across our district. So, thank you. >> And it reminded I've heard of Socratic seminars before, but being an elementary school teacher, I kind of was like, "Oh, yeah, that sounds like a great idea." But now I teach fifth grade, so I'm thinking maybe I want to try that for the spring with my fifth graders. I bet you they'll be able to do it. So, thank you for giving me that little tip. I appreciate it. >> It's not just the kids

027either. Like the teachers are so proud to listen to the fact that they can like do these types of conversations. Like they leave the classroom after they're over and they are just like >> the happiest they've ever been. Like Miss Bonger and Miss Bunker in the hallway like high-fiving each other over how happy they are that they were so good. And the kids leave and they're so excited. They're like come home and they're like, "You know, you know what we talked about at school today?" It's just really like really really great to see how excited they are to do them. >> Yeah, that's great. >> And they are doing it K5 with the witten wisdom and I sometimes tear up in second grade because I'm so impressed with what sevenyear-olds are able to engage with.

028It really is. >> That's fantastic. >> Next next level learning >> and you five did an amazing job presenting. >> Great job. Great job. >> I can see that confidence in you. >> All right. Thank you very much for your presentation. >> You guys are are free to go as well. Do not welcome. >> All right, we are up to item number six, which is public comment. We'll start with in-person public comment. Please come to the podium. Have a twominut limit. Please sign your name and address to the paper provided. Virginia Canain 18 Adams Drive. I'm very happy to see that the school calendars are on the agenda tonight because I believe it's an important conversation to have, especially after this winter. As a mom of an autistic son who attends special education prek program

029at PCS, I strongly believe that February break should be changed to a long weekend rather than a full week off. Right now, the winter schedule feels extremely fragmented. We have winter Christmas break, then February break, then spring break. When you add in snow days, the result is a very sporadic and unpredictable school schedule. For my daughter, that disruption doesn't make much of a difference. But for my son who is autistic and relies heavily on routine and structure, this winter has been incredibly difficult. His schedule has been constantly changing and that has made attending school and adjusting back to routine much harder for him. Children like my son thrive when their days are predictable. Frequent breaks and unexpected changes can create a real challenge for them, not just academically, but emotionally as well. Turning February break

030into a long weekend would still give families and staff a pause on the winter while keeping the overall schedule more consistent for students who depend on that stability. I've also heard the argument that February break helps reduce illness. I certainly understand that concern. Both of my children had m have had multi-day and even multi-week inpatient stays at Connecticut Children's due to illnesses they brought home from school. So, I absolutely understand how serious that issue can be. However, I don't believe February break is the solution. Ill illnesses are happening earlier and more frequently each year, and many students are already sick around winter break. A week off in February doesn't stop the spread of germs in the way it would once might have. Responsible decisions by parents about when children should stay home when they're sick

031will always be the biggest difference. I'd also like to briefly mention meeting times. I strongly believe these meetings should be moved back to 7 p.m. which has traditionally been the time for most major meetings, including this one. A 6 pm meeting makes it very difficult for working parents like myself, to attend. Many of us are just walking through the door at that time and trying to get dinner on the table for our children. After all, I used to come to nearly every meeting. Since the time has been changed to 6:00 p.m., this is the first meeting I've been able to attend. If the goal is family participation and community input, a later start time would make attendance far more realistic for working families. >> Thank you. Anyone else for public comment? Um, seeing none, we'll

032go to online public comment. >> Nothing at this time. Okay, we will check back later. Uh, we are on to item number seven, superintendent update. >> Good evening everyone. I'd like to start by wishing everyone happy board of education appreciation month. Um, as most people know, being a board of education member is a volunteer position. U, even though you're here a lot, um, you're doing this because you want to improve the school district in the learning experience for kids. And on behalf of the faculty, staff, and the administration of the Plymouth Public Schools, we hope that you enjoyed our small token of appreciation that we sent to your homes as a thank you for all you do for our school community. It does not go unnoticed. So, thank you so much. Um, on February 19th,

033we presented our 2026 2022 budget to the board of finance. uh it totaled a 3.99% increase in our current operating budget. The following week on Feb uh February 26, the board of finance met with the mayor um and Mayor Sakorski supported our 3.99% increase moving forward in the process. So that's a very good thing for us that we have the mayor support with that budget. But the final determination on our 2026 2027 budget will be made by the town council. I'll just pause for a second shift in my seat uh at the tribe board meeting in in April in April. Um and I don't have the date of that meeting yet, but it's it is coming in April. So, we we'll get you that date as soon as we have it. Um, as you're all

034aware through some of my emails to you, there have been two major building concerns we're currently addressing. The first is at Fiser. It deals with the heating system at Fiser not working properly. While we have heat in the school, it's not sufficient in certain areas and it makes them uncomfortable and not conducive to learning. And that's what we have going on at Fiser. I know it's been spoken to at a committee meeting uh for finance and operations. The second building concern we have is at Plymouth Center School. There are leaks all throughout the the front hallway of Plymouth Center. When you go in the building to the left, uh the majority of the ceiling tiles are down because of the leaks and they have been falling to the ground because they've been saturated. But over

035the weekend, we had damage to our fire alarm control panel. It took three days and over $20,000 to replace that panel. It's now up and running again. Um, Mayor Sakorski was definitely concerned about this. I met him at Plymouth Center this morning and we walked through that hallway. He saw where the water was coming through for the fire panel, how it damaged it. He worked with Jim Maison and spoke with Jim Maison, the maintenance guys in in that that area. Um, and so I I I want to give the mayor a lot of credit because he's trying to find a solution of what we can do looking at the problem we are are faced right now. But my concern is not with the mayor. It comes to the town's capital improvement committee. I believe it

036might be time for the board to formally express in writing their concerns and frustrations with the town's capital improvement committee. It's my fifth year acting as your superintendent of the school and a district. And during that time, not one of the district's capital improvement needs have been addressed through the town's capital improvement process. Our needs are clear. They cannot be continued to be unressed. And right now, it's become a significant operational and safety concern in our schools. And so if the board agrees with us documenting this and put the putting this in writing, if you feel that way, I'll be happy to draft the letter on the behalf of the board and send it to all of the the town committees that are are working through this, including the capital improvement committee because that is

037it just has to stop and it's has to be addressed. Our needs have to be addressed through that committee. Um, now that we've adjusted our clocks, it's time to discuss graduation, the end of the year, and our step-up programs. These dates, as well as our last day of school, are dependent on the board's decision about June 19th. Uh, that's going to be a discussion later on in our board meeting. So, once the board makes a decision on whether we're going to school or not on June 19th, I will share those end of the year important dates with you based on your decision. And finally, at our last meeting, we discussed middle school students being part of our student panel for the board to expand student voice and give the board a different perspective on what's

038going on with some of our other students. After speaking with Mr. Vigliotti, he has to push that off a month because they were doing the presentation this month. So, we're going to start that in April. And that's all I have for you. >> Okay. Any questions for superintendent? I just had the concern that this there's been so many incidents this year alone with the leaking roofs and my concern is for the students like these panels are falling down and what can we other than drafting a strongly worded letter? What other options can we do to really impress upon the community that this is a danger for our students and staff walking through these buildings and a tile could land on their heads? Like I I'm very concerned about >> that literally happened when I was

039there. Like I was I was I sent I think I sent the photo to you. >> Yeah, but like you're not a student. I mean >> I understand what you're saying either. >> But what you're saying actually happened when I was there. tile was so saturated, it dropped to the ground and the custodian didn't even know about it at the time. He was in the cafeteria and we do have kids up and down that hallway all the time. And we rope it off the best we can, but we don't know which one's coming down next. There was a bulging one the other day. I sent you guys the the the dump cart full of tiles that they pulled because they were fresh with water. Um, I think that was the conversation the mayor and I

040kind of had after he walked went into Miss Kao's office after and we had conversations about like what can we do because we can't go another year like this because it is a safety concern. Um, so I believe we're going to hear from the mayor about what they can do, but at this point it was just kind of brainstorming, >> you know, how we can how we can handle that. I think we have I think we have some solutions with regard to the the Fiser heating system which I think will come up a as time goes on uh to help resolve that concern. But the roof you it can't be put on a board of education outside of a regional school district I should say. It can't be put on on a public school board

041of education to fix a roof. We don't have, as I said in the past meetings, we don't have the mechanism to do that. We can't save the money. >> We can't budget for that unless our budget goes up significantly. The town has to step in so we can get reimbursements and apply for those grants. But Kelly, to your point, this roof can't wait. Brian, I I think that the letter to the capital improvements is going to be a start, but they've already made their presentation to the town council for this year. The decision lies on the town council and the mayor. So, should we go to the next town council meeting and or asked to be put on the agenda or talk at public comment there? So, the town I know there's two members here

042tonight, but there's still three other town council members that might not be aware of the situation. Should we go there and talk for getting money for next year? >> I'm I'm willing to do whatever. I just so so you know also uh the photos I sent you in the letter I sent out to parents I did forward to our board liaison. So Ron has that. Um I also sent it to Vicky Carrey who I believe is the board of finance liaison to the board of education and I sent it to the mayor. So they have a photo the photos that I sent you with the explanations. They also have the letter sharing our concerns. But I have no problem. Matt I'm sure has no problem. Um Beth I'm sure has no problem. >> But should

043it be more than just the >> So she wasn't listening to >> Should it be more than the three of you? Should it be the board members that go as well? Cuz >> I mean that's up to you guys on how you want to approach that. I I mean I I think that the board has the concern about our buildings and the and again it's not just one year like you said. They already presented what's going to go. This is five years since I've been here and Matt's been here for six. So, it's six years that we know we've had the and these items have been on our capital improvements for a very long time. Not one has been addressed by the town. Not one. It's not even that one roof was done when we

044know we have three that need to be done. There's three. Three that need to be done. the heating system. It takes the point where the heating system is we can't fix it and now so I would love if if the board felt that way where we should go to a meeting and present our case to the town council. I think the mayor would appreciate that support too based on my conversation with him this morning as well. >> And can I just make one more comment? I really want to commend Matt on his ability. I know with this heating system, he has gone above and beyond chasing down every penny he can get to help defay the cost. But the reality is when we as the district are paying for these kind of repairs, that is

045taking money away from implementing programs. That is taking money away from providing staffing. And we have so many needs on our strategic plan. So, we need to find some way to get these structural things repaired because our job should be educating children, not fixing roofs. Like, that's that just doesn't make sense. We're not a regional school district. We can't save money to fix the roof. Like, I I just don't know what the solution is. And I want to go off of that too because we have the 2% non-lapsing account and we have basically committed to doing infrastructure improvements, but the reality is in two years from now, our math program is up for renewal. >> And that's a big expense. And so the only way we can budget for that without impacting our our operating

046budget and increasing our budget by say $200,000 if the program we would be able to utilize that money and truly that's why the laws have changed with those funds so we can do things like that. We know our reading program eventually is going to be, you know, updated again. The reading program, I don't know how much it costs across >> we use co >> I don't know the I mean you asked a question of >> No, I know. I apologize. I didn't put lines in the budget. >> I didn't mean to put you on the spot, but it's the the bottom line is it's not something that if we put that in the budget that impact is >> it was a couple hundred thousand. >> Yeah. So to your point, to use it for a

047heating system when we really should be using it to update our programs for kids in learning, you know, you got to look at why we're really here and what the responsibilities of this board are and what the responsibilities of town are with the town buildings with the structures that we have in place. Again, regionalized different story, but to your point there, it's a very good point. So >> for Plymouth Center, have they started um preemptively taking down the rest of the tiles to reduce some of the risk? >> Yeah, the other day I was there, they were taking down any sort of uh stained tile that had new stains on it in and was so they did. >> So what would be the next steps to solving this or finding out? >> Is it removing

048the solar panels? Is it or do we not know what the next steps are? Next step. >> So I >> to fixing the like >> like to not not to be a dead horse, but I will. >> We I'm right behind you, buddy. >> I mean, I don't know how many years we've asked >> to have the roofs fixed. >> How many years we've been asking for the heat pumps? Okay. So, in fact, I went I met Mr. Castle in a parking lot at a grocery store and my exact words were to him, George, we have a problem with this. We have a lot of problems up there. But you're nobody's addressing them. I don't want you or anybody else in the town, the board of finance, the mayor, the town council, come back and

049say you never told us. we want to tell you. So he said, "I'll get you on the agenda." Okay, fine. So I went in, we started I I tal Matt didn't go with me at that time. I went I went down and they said to me, "You're no longer on the agenda." And I asked, "What what do you mean I'm no longer on?" They said, "Well, you're not on the agenda." And I said, "Well, I'm here on the agenda." Okay, that ends that. So I said, "That's taxpayer. I'm here." So I made my complaint and so then George said to me, "Well," he said, "Can you get in here? You'll get us some paper." So we went down. I I believe was Matt and I went down. We spoke to them. They asked them about

050our projects. We presented 11 projects. 11 projects. The people on that committee almost fell off the chair and they were looking. I said, "What's this?" It's these are the problems. Nobody's addressing them. Why aren't you addressing them? Well, we're going to have to category, you know, prior one, prior two, whatever the hell they want. Fine, go ahead and do it. Whatever they did, I think they turned the But the problem was is Brian had just said it. He was here five year five years and and and Matt was here six. They never once were called in front of that committee. We've got the most buildings in town. We got the four biggest buildings, the biggest problems, the biggest budget. Do you think that they would call us and say, "Why don't you guys come in?

051We got a problem." We've asked to meet uh well, I don't know, about four or five months ago, we we've asked more than that. We've asked to meet with the board of finance. We'd like to do a quarterly review. Go in there and say, "Hey, look, here's where we are. Where are you guys?" You know, and so we can get things going. We got to work together. You can't you can't not if you're not going to work together, forget it. So, you just might as well just say that the heck with it. We're not going to do anything. And and that's wrong. This is our town. I mean, never mind the school system. I'm sitting here at, you know, for many years. You've got over $20 million to go to the sewer plant. That's just

052a sewer plan. God only knows how much for roads. The police station, everybody's holling about a police school. What about the building itself? They they need a some type of a building that could be 10 to 15 million and everybody just kicks the can down the road. Well, I'm going to tell you something. We're at a dead end now. This is where we are. And I and I'm going to just refer to my friend on the side of me to my right who said many, many years ago when we were sitting at a meeting, pay me now or pay me later. Jerry, it's later in the town of Plymouth. But snow right now, it's later. I don't care what anybody says, it's later. We've let too much go. We got the kitchen trouble. You got

053a fire alarm system that went down. It was $21,000, which was stupidity if they fixed the thing in the first place. >> I agree with you. >> Years ago, we had a argument about Eli at the high roof. Fix the roof. Mike Santa, myself went to the board of finance. Fix the roof. We got a leak. Oh, it'll be okay. It'll be okay. Well, guess what? caved in on on the art the art room. The art room caved right in. I walked down the hall with the board of finance chairman at the time and a few other people on the board of finance and they were all upset and I laughed at them and I said, "Thank God for that." And they said, "What do you mean?" I said, "But now you got to fix

054it, don't you?" And it cost them I forget what it cost them almost $300,000 where they could have got it done for 100. But but that's how that's how it is, Robin. It just you get and I don't want to frustrate. I've been frustrated. I've been frustrated since the day I got on the board and that's about the roof. And it's been four years now, four and a half years. So, somebody's got to do something. I don't know if we I don't know if you charge in there and talk to them or do what you we have a new administration. We have a new mayor. We have we have new people on the council. We have some new people on the board of finance. Plus, we got a new finance board chairman. We got three

055new people here. You know, it's it's just it's going to take time for all this to go and it's it's just but as as it goes on, I'm going to tell you it's it's getting worse and worse. This building here is 20 years old and we got shingles up there. So, pretty soon we're going to have to do that. There's work to be done here also. So, everybody says, "Hey, the new high school." New high school 20 years old. If your house is 20 years old, I'm sure that you and your husband or whoever has done some work on on your house in 20 years have done nothing. Not a damn thing. So, yeah, I'm frustrated and I'm off my soap box. Continue with the meeting. >> Oh, I just >> I'm not blaming you

056guy. Believe you. I'm not blaming you. I'm just telling you how it is. I call it Spain of Spain. I always have and I always will. All right, hold on. >> But I I just want to say to to Mr. Perino's point, um you know, the can has been kicked down the road and we're all from the town council to the board of finance to the mayor to the board of edge, we're picking up that can and these projects were asking for I mean, we're talking about a roof that has a life expectancy. We're talking about heating system from 1973. we're talking about like the it's a matter of the plan and so right now we can go back and blame whoever we want but we're sitting here we pick this up and this is

057our problem what is our plan and how do we move forward I think ultimately >> that's the thing and Robin to your point >> we need to be vocal to share what our concerns are because we brought them to the capital improvement committee and it stopped stops there. No, we need to now say that's not okay. It's time to take that next step. So, I agree with you >> and >> Robin, you asked the question is what else can we do to start and maybe we don't know and I think from where I sit right just from my role here is I don't know the next step because I don't know where the commitment's going to come from. like we could we could start the whole process of roof replacement and and getting contractors out

058here. We did that two years ago. In fact, I just came across the the the paperwork um earlier today in in preparation for this. Um but it stalls if we don't have the some kind of a right commitment. >> So your question is a good one. I don't know how to give you an answer other than the nine of you >> with this with with our community here is to figure out how we get that moving. >> It seems like the missing step from what you've been saying over the last couple years is us getting that backing from the town to say we're going to do something. So it's how do we push that to get that commitment and if that means us showing up to other meetings we could do >> hold back just

059to give everybody and how long we've been dealing with this. So Pat mentioned Mr. Santagada. All right. Mr. Santaaga was the business manager under Dr. Dstasio. All right. Dr. Dustasio. I've been under four superintendent on my time of the on the board. I was under Dr. Dstasio, >> Mrs. Cruz, Dr. Sema, and now Mr. Falconee, >> who's the best, Jerry, >> and I missed and I missed Mrs. Turner. So, if you go back in time, these issues with our buildings have been going on since Dr. Estasio's time. So that's probably what 20 years ago. >> So if problems that have existed and the things we've tried in the past haven't worked, then like what is something different we can try? Like if we've been asking and capital's not working, then yes, let's write a letter.

060Let's take it to the council. Let's show up. Let's organize parents and get them out there. I'm sure they're concerned too that it's counters and hard hats. Do we? >> Right. But I'm saying like >> the hard >> How often do you check your email? >> Pardon me. >> How often do you check your email? >> Not that often. >> You sent them an email, right? >> Yes. >> When did they do you think that half of them have even checked their pictures in that email? >> I I know that I know that I know that Ron did. I know checked it. >> I know that Vicky Carrie did and I know the mayor did. So the three people I sent that that email to have been checked. >> So I think like can we

061ask them to walk the school? Then maybe they would say like, "Oh, >> and that's why the mayor wanted to meet me in my office this morning and I said, "How about we meet at Plymouth Center instead?" Because I wanted him to actually be there and see it because until you're walking down that hall, you don't you can't envision the pictures don't do it justice, >> right? >> Um that we have little children walking around >> garbage cans and broken tiles and things like that in our hallways in our school. It's >> and I'm not trying I'm not trying to paint a picture that that's like you know I think the next step is it is it's >> you make a good point Nicole about walking the building but if if you remember Matt when

062we were trying to do that safety thing down plastic up >> nobody understood it on the board of finance. So we asked him to take a walk with us >> and I remember I walked with him also and Tony Tony Cippia whatever his name >> he said to me he said well I didn't realize that's what it was he said now I understand he said so now I'm in favor of it >> well that's what I mean and then you're like >> let's take him down and walk them through you know and it's hard I know a lot of them work and so on >> so we can do it in the after you can do it in the >> so should we go to the next town council meeting and explain our concerns there

063with pictures for all of them. >> I wouldn't even wait for that. I would ask them to do a walk through before that and then we still go to the next town council meeting and say, "Now that you've seen it, now let's have a conversation >> or we can video it while everyone's watching and be like, "Look, we can play the video for all of us. >> How about how about we do this? I hear the I hear what the board's saying. How about I you know, Karen and I talk and we have a conversation. We're gonna move forward with something. Well, we're we plan on attending a meeting and I think we have a plan on attending some sort of an invite. Let me find out the appropriate protocol of what happens first to

064make sure we're doing things right and that we're not I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable. This is our first conversation with town council about it. Let's do this the right way. So, if we all show up at the meeting and then we have them come to the building or if we have them come to the building and then show up at the meeting, let me see the best way to go about that. Uh, but I do think we have to do something. So, if everyone's in agreement, >> I'm going to off of my board report, I'm going to write something um to put it in writing with some concerns and then some sort of an even an invitation or or ask to be on the agenda for the next council meeting. So, I'll I'll

065kind of work through that at that and I'll let you guys know. >> I think also we've already sent several emails requesting prior to this point to meet. So not to say like I don't want to make people uncomfortable but we are also taxpayers in this community not just board members and many of us have children who are in these conditions. So if it makes people uncomfortable well people come here and say things that make us uncomfortable too. So like that is a part of serving the community is sometimes things are going to be said that maybe make you uncomfortable but that doesn't make them untrue or unneeded to be said. We cannot fix problems if we cannot acknowledge and come up with a solution. So early meeting with capital hasn't worked. What's next? >>

066One thing that I would one thing that I would recommend >> is that we can show up as a board at the town council meeting. Okay. But we only have one spokesperson that gets up and speaks because of the fact that um strength in numbers is really really good. But when nine people get up to the podium and talk about the same exact thing, after a while people just they don't listen anymore. >> But I think the show that we're all in agreement that this needs to be done and then we can have one person speak. >> It's only one person who speaks. >> That's a great idea, Jerry. >> I would personally recommend that the board chair speaks. Yeah, >> Karen's really nice. >> Well, you >> again. And remember, prior to the the

067issue with the fire control panel, we also put a request in to present our budget to the town council. So, we have this will be our second. So, we might be on the agenda for two different things. And so, there might be a number of people speaking throughout. as when we presented the board, again, this is one of the most impressive things to me is we're presenting to the board of finance our budget. I think everyone basically spoke that night because you you understand the importance and you see it and and you you truly could speak to it. So, it was very very impressive. So, again, sitting in front of the the town council, I'd love to have that opportunity again. So, um I I'll see what we could do tomorrow uh when what I'm

068working on. So, We may move. >> Thank you. >> My first need to make a motion that you send. >> No. >> Okay. >> All right. We're on item number eight, unfinished business. Um, this is a motion that we're putting forth that is not coming from committee. So, we will need a first and a second on this one. Um, I'd like to entertain a motion to approve the partnership between the Boys and Girls Club and the Plymouth Board of Education for before and after school care for the 2026 2027 school year contingent upon an official agreement prepared by the Boys and Girls Club and for the board to authorize the superintendent of schools to execute said contract on behalf of the Plymouth Board of Education upon board approval. >> So moved. Second, Mr. Showers. Second,

069Mr. Bobiner. Now, it's time for discussion. >> Is there a way for the board to see that contract before it's finalized >> and signed? >> That's up to you guys. >> I don't think it's necessary. >> I believe it could even if we just got it an email. I don't want to necessarily because we need to move on this so that way we can have it um they can start the work that they need to with getting approvals. So, we can't be waiting for more board meetings. >> This is not unusual to authorize a superintendent to do this. >> Correct. >> We put our trust in him. >> Yes. >> I'm sure as legal is going to review it, right? >> Yeah. Of course. >> Well, I I again, I have the the the things

070that were spoken about by the Boys and Girls Club. We're going to make sure all of that is in writing and then the contract will go to Rich Mills to make sure that we've ded I mean he's going to be the one and it might not even be Rich someone at Shipman is going to be the one that's reading that contract to make sure it it's okay but to me uh or any of again Robin to your point that's up that's a board decision. Um but we just have to make sure I want to make sure the appropriate pricing is in there. responsibilities, what they're paying for, what we're paying for, which is nothing. Um, so on and so forth. It's all in there when that contract comes through, but it would go to shipment

071for a read before we sign. >> I mean, I think we can trust Brian that he's going to, you know, in good faith going to sign a contract or execute a contract that's going to be in our best interest and in a in line with the multiple presentations we've had at this point. Agreed. So, I mean, unless there's some big surprise in there, I don't think that >> And if there is, then we're not going to >> then we're not going to do it anyway, right? So, >> I the question I have is the transportation with the middle school and the high school. If there's that big of an interest, like you said there was like 40ome. That's more than vans can hold at that point in time. What happens with the transportation? >> I

072think I need to have a conversation with the Boys and Girls Club about that. uh because we don't have we can't afford a bus to drive over to Bristol and drop kids off. And again, our original discussion with the Boys and Girls Club came to maybe we could have our van and their van drive kids over. We were thinking maybe I mean when we were talking maybe 15 to 20 kids would be interested. We didn't realize we'd have that type of interest. So we we have a couple options to look at. Um and again you guys I don't know if you want to speak to it or or >> Yeah. I mean, I think even from what the Boys and Girls Club said when the past when they've done these types of after school programs,

073the the survey interest is not necessarily what's going to be what gets signed up for. >> So, we might have 40 kids saying that they're interested, but we might not see that once they actually have to go and commit to it, >> right? But I would hate to actually have the 40 kids sign up for it and not be able to have a way to get them there without it costing us more. >> They all did. They also did mention that if there was a high enough interest in the middle school, they could do a before and after school program at the middle school, >> right? Price point change the price point, too. Like they did a so they >> they did a climate >> survey at the middle school and they said that >>

074out of 300 kids, 243 of them participate in either a club or sport after school, >> right? and 163 of them participate in at least two or more which means they're not going to be able to do it anyway. >> Those are the kids that get themselves involved in stuff anyway and the parents know that they're not going to go there all season long. You know what I mean? So that takes out a good portion of those kids. >> Some of the kids were in high school. They'll drive themselves there if they want to go. >> Yeah. And and I think when it comes to the the contract, I think it's what needs to be clear is that, you know, they might incorporate a middle school program into the contract. Doesn't mean that we have

075to do it, but we could incorporate that in there. But the bottom line, Robin, to your point, is we're not providing more trans. We can't it can't be a cost to us. It can't be an expense to us uh to transport kids. Even if there is that >> desire to be a part of that program, it just we can't unfortunately we can't afford that. Just as long as like there's >> absolutely no extra. >> Well, in all honesty, this is a before and after care program for the elementary schools, >> right? >> Okay. That's the prime that's really what we're holding on. >> And truly, it's where the conversation started. But when they shared the price point of the middle school and high school, we were kind of in disbelief that $150 for a year

076if a parent struggling with afterare for their middle school and we were talking like sixth grade. And again, we we can look at those things and put our own, you know, >> and we can come up like with an idea of like there's 24 spots because we have two bands. This we have 24 openings for kids to go. >> If you don't if you sign up and don't go three times, then you don't get to sign up anymore and take that seat. >> And I feel like most of the parents that would that have spoken to us looking for something like this, they're the sixth grade parents because they're like, "My kid is totally not ready." It might be some it might be something we just open up >> based on the numbers to sixth

077grade because then we can do it. >> Yes. >> Uh because seventh and eighth grade we look at the ages. So >> again, I I I would like to see the contract they're going to put in front of me and go from there. But again, it's up to the board if if you want to give me the discretion to kind of move forward with it. But either way, >> it's going to come to me. It's going to go to Rich Mills, even if before it came to you. So one way or another, it has to go. >> I think because time is of the essence, I think we need to leave this in the hands of the superintendent. >> Correct. Agreed. >> I have a couple concerns. I'm for it, don't get me wrong, but

078I do have concerns. The first concern I had, and I brought it up to the group from the boys club, boys and girls club, it was adult supervision. >> And I can understand probably, you know, the prek through five when you start getting up to 6 through 12 and you have to have adult supervision. You're not going to have the 17. And I said it before, I'll say it again. You can't have 17 or 18 year olds supervising 15 year olds. You know, it doesn't work that way. But they they when I talked to the from the Boys and Girls Club, the gentleman there, he assured me that this this that would not happen. >> No, they have certified teachers. >> They have certified and I understand that. But if I was a parent, I

079would monitor it. >> That's me. >> As they should, they should monitor everything. That's >> Well, I'm just saying. The other thing I have uh cons it's not a it is a concern. For years we've always said keep everything local. Now we're going out there. Are we are we >> putting the I don't know if the congregational church still has a daycare or not. I don't know if they do. >> They closed. >> No. They closed. So you got the one by the post office. Is that right? >> The learning center. >> I mean are we >> infringing on them? Is it going to I I don't know. >> Yeah. Pat, I I actually had conversations and we talked with the learning center um and in the before and after care is not their bread

080and butter. It's really the the full day and this will open up some spots for them. They they were I mean and there was one person that came to a meeting I don't know if you were here and spoke on behalf of the learning center about that. >> Yeah, they did say you know that's not really what they got into business to do. Um and you know right now they're taking two classrooms for like the before and after school program >> um with the ones that go to because it happens at the learning center. Is that for the aftercare? It happens at Fiser for Fiser students. >> Well, given too that we would love to preschool in and we can't. If we can open up two rooms that they're building for preschool, then we can

081feel less guilty that we can't afford to provide it as a public school system. So that's kind of a hopeful potential outcome, too. So >> sorry, >> everything's going to be done down at the Boys and Girls Club. It's not going to be done in the school here, which elementary schools. Yes. >> The elementary schools will be. >> So middle school and high school. If there is a middle school and high school program at this point, that would be at the Boys and Girls Club in Bristol. >> Yeah. >> And we would use either our van or their van to transport kids depending on the need. the in Plymouth Center and at Fiser. It will happen at Plymouth Center and at Fiser. Parents will drop their kids off there and they will be there from

0826:30 in the morning till the start of school and then after school until 6:00 p.m. at night. >> Okay. So, and that and they would have their own >> teachers or certified >> and and one of the things Pat that they guaranteed is one is an adult and then the other one might be uh uh >> 18 or older. It's not going to be. And again, we're talking elementary kids. Yeah. So, I'm not as concerned about the, >> you know, if if they're 20 years old and they're with an 18-year-old high school kid, there's more of an issue. >> Hormones and everything else, you know, I mean, there, >> you know, it's just the way things are, but the other the other question is All right. So, you're going to have it there. I have

083one more question. I forgot who it was. >> I'm for it. Doesn't matter. Sounds good. If >> I need if I have Oh, no. I'll get I'll get >> anyone else before we vote. >> I do have one more question. Um I know there were there was conversations before uh Brian when we walked through the school at Fiser with like the damage that was done to the faucet from pouring the things that were in it during summer camp. What happens at that point in time? Like if there's damages done to the building or something during their time, >> it has to be in the contract. That's going to be something needs to be in there where break or damage something during their time that >> you know we have to have that in there. >>

084Okay. >> So >> that was it. >> All right. Good. >> All right. We have a motion. We discussed it. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion carries. Okay. Now we're on to item nine, new business. get to talk about the uh school calendar. >> Yeah, >> Mr. Falcom. >> Um I tried to figure out the best way to go about this because I I kind of broke it up. Um so let's start with this year's calendar >> and Junth. So we have two options with regard to Junth and whatever you decide this year most likely will go into the next year and the following year. So, it isn't just this year, but it does impact this year because school is in session on June 19th. Uh, we have two

085options. One is have the children go to school on that day and treat it like Veterans Day where there would be some learning activities that go along with it. Now, keep in mind it's going to most likely be a half day of school. So, in one of the last days of school, but it would be treated as Veterans Day where they're doing something uh to to observe that holiday in school. The other option is to observe the holiday by closing. Go ahead. >> Those are the two options the board has to make. And then once you make your decision, I can then talk to you about when the last day of school is. Because it all depends on whether we're going to school or not, when graduation is for high school, when the middle school

086step up program is, and when the Fiser step up program is. I have it all here. It's just depends on your decision. So I don't know if you want to start there, Karen. >> All right. So, let's do the motion to make it a non-school day and then we will see where we lie when we vote. So, I'd like to entertain a motion to approve a revision by adding Junth day, June 19th, 2026 as a no school day to the 2025 2026 school calendar. Do I have a motion? >> Anybody want to make the motion? >> Is this something where we have to make a motion and then we have to vote on it? So you can see that it's a negative or >> we have to make a motion then discuss it >> if

087there's no >> So I'll make a motion then. >> Okay. >> And then I'll second it >> and Robin. So Rebecca and Robin. >> All right. Now we can it's open for discussion. >> I don't think we were supposed to do that. >> All right. >> No, it's it's a matter of if there was if it wasn't if there was no motion to put on the table, it wouldn't be on the table. >> Then then it you wouldn't have >> you would have school on June 19th because that's currently what we have. >> So we just skipped. >> We skipped. Sorry. >> It's okay. ask it. >> Wait a minute. It doesn't one way. It doesn't matter. >> Right. Now we can discuss it and then we can all vote. No. >> Whatever way we

088>> Right. We just needed to put the motion on the table. >> Yes. >> So does any is anybody have any strong feelings about it >> of having school on the 19th? >> I agree with Greg >> because say we come down a year like this on the 19th last day of school. What are we going to do? Close on the 19th, open up on the 20th. You're not going to have anybody in school on the 20th. >> I think it's going to push graduation. about what the holiday is. By being in school and being, you know, and having those discussions about it just like they do with Veterans Day, you're creating those conversations. So, I'd rather have them in school learning about it than taking the day off, >> right? >> And probably probably

089most people don't know what June 19th actually is. >> Actually, it would probably be very interesting to learn about, honestly. >> Oh, yeah. It would. you know, >> I think for all intents and purposes, the 19th of June is pretty much the last day of school or >> might even be. It depends on what you guys >> right now, Dick, it's an anomaly, right? >> It's almost a moot question. I >> Right. >> It's an anomaly because of the way the weather >> necessary, I don't think. Well, also if we start adding a lot of nonschool days, then we're going to end up going to school until July like Bristol. No, >> you can't. Can't go past June 30th. >> So, she said until July. >> June 30th is July. >> All right. So, are

090we ready to vote? So, the vote is to make it a no school day. So, if you disagree with that, you're going to vote no. Obviously, not not to lead your vote. You vote how you want. >> Everybody votes how they want. >> I don't want it. So, what >> then? You were going to vote. You're going to oppose opposing what? >> You're going to oppose it if you don't want them to go to school that day. >> Just so that we're clear. If you want them to go to school that day, you'll say yes. No. >> No. You'll say no. Oh my god. If you don't want If you want them to have the day off, you would say yes. If you want them to go to school, you would say no. I'm making

091this more difficult than it needs to be. I'm going to shut up. >> It in the the negative. You're right. I could have, but you know, we don't want to, you know, whatever. Okay. So all in favor >> the motion >> we have a motion >> motion on the floors >> to make we said the motion >> um any opposed >> I oppose I an I or a nay >> doesn't matter >> whatever that one is >> okay anyone abstaining >> okay so we're opposing so that means that we will have school on June 19th Okay. >> Okay. >> So, now that we're going to have school on June 19th, the last day of school will be Monday, June 22nd. >> That's if we don't have any more >> if we have no additional snow.

092There will not be something happened there. >> As of now, talking about Monday 22nd, the Fiser Elementary Stepup program will be Thursday, June 18th. The Eli Terry Stepup program will be Friday, June 19th, and the Terryville High School graduation will be Friday, June 19th. The high school has the after grad um venue where on hold. They can get it for the 19th. So, it is perfect. >> Okay, good. >> So, um that's where the the high school graduation even if we have we're going to keep it at the 19th no matter what. The middle school and Fiser step up programs could adjust based on the last day of school, but right now 22nd's the last day of school. High school graduation, Eli Terry step up on 19th and Fiser is the 18th. The next thing

093with regard to the calendar does not deal with this year's calendar. We're just talking about now the 2026 2027 calendar. next year's calendar. What our teachers union, what our administrative union, and what we would like the board to consider would be to increase the number of early dismissal professional development days. Currently, and we've spoken about this in curriculum before, currently we have four early dismissal uh PD days. We want to double that number and have eight. This will allow for something that we've brought in this year with regards to the teachers having self-directed PD time to really focus on what they need and get what they need done during that time that helps them in their classroom. Not all the time will be set for that, but it will give us more time for them

094to do that because right now we're limited only having four days. We as a district would schedule those days the last Thursday of each month. So the last Thursday of each month, we would have a half PD day with the exception of three months. August because we just started school. June because hopefully we're not in school the last Thursday of the month. >> Yeah. >> And November because we have election day in November. We have a full PD day then. So those would be the days that that and again the teachers union, >> the administrative union, we're all in sync that these are important days for us. I can go over the days in the schedule if you'd like. Um, just so I have them in the record, it would be um, for next year's

095calendar, September 24th, October 29th, December 17th, January 28th, February 25th, March 25th, April 29th, and May 27th for again early dismissal professional development days. And those are the last Thursdays of every month. That is up to the board. >> All right. So, let's make our motion and then we can talk about it. I'd like to enter a motion to make the following revisions to the 2026 2027 school year calendar going from four half days to eight half days with respect to teacher development professional professional development days. So moved. >> Second. >> Kelly was the first >> and then Greg second. Yep. >> All right. So now we can have a discussion if anybody is has anything that they would like to share about that. >> I think we discussed this at curriculum and given the

096constant changing of curriculum and the needs that teachers have with our changing of teacher evaluation. This is an important thing that teachers need to be able to make sure they stay current with new curriculum and have time to prepare and be ready to have these wonderful presentations for our students so we can see good success. So I I think this is very important and good that they're half days because then that's not a completely lost learning day for the the students that extends our our year out further. Just my take on that. Anyone else? Okay, let's take it to the vote. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion carries. Okay, great. >> All right, ready for the challenge? Let's go to February break. So, I sent you all the um February

097break survey that we did. We did one with the faculty and staff and we did one with the parents. I have updated numbers. It's nothing significant. We now have 266 parent responses and 215 faculty responses. When I sent it to you, it was five about five less of each. The numbers stay the same. Uh really there's um parents that feel that we should not have a full week off for February. They think we should align it with other districts. and aligning it with other districts would be kind of having that Monday and Tuesday off. There is um 106 people that think we should keep it as parents. When you go to staff, 140 teachers want to keep the full week off in February and 75 want to go to. So we have two very important

098groups that we're working with that have very differing opinions. What I would like to add to this, I have a couple things and it's not going to really help. >> One, great. >> I don't Well, yeah. I I don't believe in being reactive, >> right? I think we had a a incredibly cold and stormy winter. On average, I say we have three to four snow days in a year, and we've doubled that. And they happened to build off of the February break we had this year. And to Miss Canane's point when she was speaking and and I don't disagree when we're looking at it, we went from Christmas break or or I'm sorry the winter break to the February break and then we have April break because of when Easter is this year and so

099it's really a tight and our principles and administration shared that there it's very hard to get a flow to the year when we're we keep we're out all the time. Um, we did have an administrative meeting and we sat around the table and we discussed this and I want to share the administrator's view. They believe the earlier reasonably earlier we get out the better because they feel after Memorial Day the culture and climate in schools and learning changes a bit. And I think with the teachers in the room and the people that have been in schools, they understand what I'm saying when it shifts a little bit. Um, so but ultimately the February break adds three days to the end of the school year. Ultimately, no matter what would have happened this winter, we're talking

100about three days. We don't do the Jewish holidays like other other towns do. We don't do all the holidays. Bristol, I couldn't even name all the ones they have. Uh but there other people celebrate a lot of things and we just don't by giving days off of school. Um but it ultimately comes down to how you guys feel about this and what you want to do. And it's hard because you have parents that feel that way and you have teachers that feel another way and you guys are the decision maker. So I'm going to sit back and watch. >> Well, we have to do an MOU with the teachers union, right? >> no. The we would have to do an we could set the schedule. the board says the only way we'd have to do

101anou with the teachers union is if we took away uh February break completely and then we decided to dip into April break then we might have to because then we're taking the bold breaks but even I think contractually in writing I don't think there's anything in there >> I'm trying to remember the contract I can't remember I don't believe there's anything in writing in their contract about where the breaks fall it's a 180 school year 184 >> 84 day school year yeah >> work day >> so we we wouldn't have a contractual issue I don't think but again it's it's also >> you know how how we feel you know um and so again there's listen I have other I have other revisions that have to be made as well this is just February break

102we have to decide on this before we go on to the next hang by >> can we discuss before the motion or do we have to make a motion >> it doesn't there's no motion here for this one it doesn't look >> okay >> no there's no motion yet so it could be open for discussion >> um >> says possible >> I believe I asked this before and I Just want to make sure I have the clarification. We have to go up to the complete end of June before you would take away from April break or February break. >> June 30th is our last possible day of school. We cannot go into July. >> Right. But you have we have to go to school to June 30th before you take away from any breaks. >>

103So that's not true. So I'm going to tell you something else the administrative team offered up as a suggestion if we wanted to keep February break in place. That's why I told you there's there's some more to it. They said, "Would the board be willing to pick an absolute last day of school?" So, if you look at the calendar that you have in front of you, if the board made the decision that June 18th was the last possible day that we are not going to go past that date, any snow days that we have that would push us past that date would take April break away. That's what not the whole thing pieces of April break or whatever. >> That is something that we can do as well. So it doesn't have my point to

104you is it doesn't have to go to the third. >> So instead of picking a date, say like you just said the 18th could be say like the third Friday in June. >> You could pick the 25th. You could I I just would like to keep a couple days like I I think I put in my letter case of like the Plymouth Center situation. If we couldn't go to school and we've used all our days up to the 30th, well, that could be problematic. Uh because we have to figure out when we're going to have those kids do the 180 days and we're not probably going to get a state a waiver from the state. So, honestly, it's just a matter of how you guys want to go about February break uh moving forward um

105and whether we have >> picking a last day in June and just saying that that's the absolute I think that's tough >> because it depends. agree with you. >> It depends on when we start. It depends, you know what I mean? If we're starting closer to September, that date's going to go down in June or >> my perspective. So, I didn't I didn't even take the survey being a parent because I felt it wasn't I my voice should be in that since my voice was going to be heard here >> and I heard from a lot of staff and I heard from a lot of parents and following exactly what the survey fell to. So, you know, I think from what I'm hearing from parents was a week is a long time to have my

106kid home with me or trying to figure out what to do with my kid in February. >> Um, but then again, they also don't want to have a 12w week summer vacation. They're trying to figure that out, right? >> Um, the the staff, they want a break >> in the winter. So it's, you know, to me and, you know, going along the lines of I hear a lot about the whole, well, we need to clean the schools out. Sickness was rampant >> throughout all the schools in December. So, you know, it's like waiting until February to give a good disinfectant doesn't really accomplish a whole lot. So, I like the idea of doing a 4-day weekend in February, perhaps extending Martin Luther King Jr. day and making that a 4-day weekend in January. Spread it

107out a little bit. They're still getting the same number of days of break. Let's face it, we don't have these kinds of winters often. So, I think this was an anomaly. I don't think we should be necessarily modifying the number of days, the number of days off throughout the year to accommodate a fluke. But I agree that the February break is a lot at one time. But let's break it up a little bit. Maybe don't give it off as a whole week. Maybe do a couple of long weekends. Break that up a little bit throughout so that way you have a long weekend in January, a long weekend in February, or maybe a weekend in March. >> Yeah, I think a long weekend is always appreciated with >> I'm going to I'm going to tell

108you off a long weekend in March. I understand I've spoken to, you know, the teachers union with regard to some of these these and because they brought another concern up and so did the administrative union. I bring that up uh next. um after you decide on February break. I'll I'll I'll hold that one in suspense for you. Um that was a discussion too. If we took it if we took the three days from February break and we made a long weekend in March to to break up the month of March >> and we'd still be picking up a day >> because the feeling for them was that in January you're just coming off the break and you have a three-day weekend. So that's sufficient for January. >> Okay. And then in February, you have the

109the President's Day. And then it's that March month that it it could be a longer than uh and next year we have I believe Good Friday falls in March. It's the 26th next year. So you have one day. It would just be adding one more day to it. the the idea of trying that might be something we could do instead as a good compromise to the parents and the teachers >> instead of being the bad guy to one or the other of that. >> So >> that it's not a bad >> district typically tends to fall on getting out of school on the earlier side even with the break which boggles my mind that somehow you guys make that work. I think because it's half day PDS that you do as opposed to most other

110districts do full days. So, I think to make teachers happy and parents cuz sometimes you want to do something fun with your kid. Go to Great Wolf Lodge. Like, it would be nice to have a three-day weekend in March. So, you don't have to do absentee, you know, have kids be absent to do fun stuff, which they should and deserve to do without punishment. So, >> and if it falls compromise >> and I think having that day in March could be nice, too, because it would be >> I think it's like 87 days. >> It would be a day that not every district has off too. So you're having time where other people might not be >> fun stuff without competing like we do when everybody else has the same day off. >> Yeah. >>

111Can I get a February vacation? >> Sure. You can get every day's vacation. >> Have every day. Buddy, >> you're retired. >> You're always on vacation. >> Every day. >> All right. Any other strong feelings one way or the other? Or even weak feelings? Whatever. Anybody have any feelings that they want to get out before we make a motion about this? Do you want a motion now for the February? >> So, are we going to modify that to get rid of the February, but add something else that he's looking at? >> No, we're not doing that yet, Pat. I'm sorry. What was your question? >> Do we want to make a motion for February? >> I if Well, I think >> Or do you want to wait and do >> It's up to you. We

112could do a motion for February or we could we could adjust the whole entire calendar and then do one motion off of what we agreed to fine and then I could review it with everyone at the end. I'm trying to write it all down. >> Okay, >> Beth, if you don't mind trying to write this down with me to make sure I >> because I'm trying to work through it, too, because I'm I'm looking at the last day of school now and it might modified if we're going to add the March day. So, I'm sorry. >> All right. So, would we um do we have a general consensus then that we're happy to have that 4 day weekend in February? Is that what everybody is sort of leaning towards? >> That's good. >> And then

113a possible day in March. >> Or do we table right now and wait till they get their >> Well, we're not going to do We're not going to do a motion right now. We're going to wait and do the whole >> Yeah. Do the whole thing. >> Do the whole thing. But I just want to make sure everybody's >> so If we shorten March or if we shorten February, we're creating a long weekend in March. That's what we're doing because I don't want to get rid of shorten February if we're not doing March. >> I believe the discussion that we're talking about is and correct me if I'm wrong is we do go to a 4-day weekend in February. So, we have the two days off. We have the president's day >> and the next

114day after >> and then in March we would have another long weekend uh that >> to be determined >> to be we would have to decide what that would be in the calendar uh but have another two-day weekend and again what's what is a little odd is that >> you know Good Friday is falling on the 26th so if we wanted to do >> you know the 25th then you would have your two or the or the 26th you might want to do a Friday and a Monday. >> I think the Friday and Monday for Easter weekend would >> I think the Friday and Monday in February would be nice too because it's two short weeks. >> That's another thing other districts do. They do >> they do Friday and Monday Tomston does it but

115they because I looked at other calendars but they have a that Friday they're a teacher professional day to your point. >> Yeah. But we also have Monday and Tuesday off. >> You have Monday off Friday. The kids technically have a five day weekend because we have PD on Friday. >> But it it's really up to you guys on how you want to go about it. I would feel more comfortable doing a Friday Monday than a Monday Tuesday. >> Well, I think in the past, even be when we didn't have February vacation. I recall when my kids went to school, they had the Friday off before President's Day. Okay. So, they had that 4-day weekend which went Friday to Monday. They went back to school on Tuesday. >> I think you guys will be uh >>

116I'm dating myself. I think if you guys gave the long weekend in March, I think that people will be very excited about that. >> March is a long month >> because normally when you come back from February break to April break, that's a lot of time. Like everybody's like, "Oh, that's such a long time." >> Break in March would be nice. >> Yeah. I I I um >> I know I have them in March. Yeah. >> So, I think if we do it the last weekend of March or towards the end of March cuz it looks like they're the 17th, 18th, and 19th here. >> Yeah. We would have to maneuver that. Um, and even if you look, we just approved the half day PDS. That would be the 25th. So, they would have a

117half day, then off on the 26th, 27th, 28, and then 29th. So, it would work. It would work out nice. >> Yeah. And for the kids who want to do a little traveling to leave a little earlier, I think they should easier to travel in March and not have to deal with snow delays. >> I agree. You could actually have something. >> So for the for the February one, we were chatting the uh a lot of the other districts do have the Monday Tuesday off. So with trying to plan things, a lot of kids plan things with kids that are in other districts. It might be better to keep that one as the Monday Tuesday and then do the March as the Friday Monday. >> It it comes it's it's really up to you guys.

118I I've seen I've seen them all though. I've seen what they have Friday off for a teacher PD day which would mean the kids are off. >> So it's really how how you want to go about it. I I doesn't I I just think having having the weekend off and then I think again the one in March I think that's a fair compromise based on the information that you guys are put has been put in front of you. So >> that would end us with a net gain of two days right >> for next year. But on a normal year where Good Friday isn't in March it would be a net gain of one day. >> Right. Right. Okay. >> So what either way we're >> so then that would put the last day of

119school at the second. No, no, no, no, no. I I'll let's go over that in a minute because I have another change. >> Nicole, there's another change on your mind. >> Really long. >> You bet that is. >> It won't end up there. >> Don't worry. We'll let's let's I I have another thing that we have to talk about. But let's let's figure out are we with February break. Do we want to do Friday, Monday or Monday, Tuesday? >> Monday, Tuesday. >> Monday. >> I'm for the Friday, Monday. >> Monday, Tuesday so I can be with my kids. But that's selfish of me to say for my own >> I mean I don't know if you want to >> I like Friday bundes >> configuration but I'm not >> I mean I feel like I

120have no >> no no skin in the game for this one because I'm not you know >> I have no skin in the game. >> I take the day off. >> You can make you can make a motion so you hear it from the board. You know >> I'll be honest I have heard of more districts having Monday Tuesday than Friday Monday. Right. >> So that's just a more likely scenario. >> Like I said, I'm for other weekends like the weekend in March. I don't have a problem with the Friday, Monday. I think just for that one, keeping it as similar to other districts as possible will help. >> All right. Well, why don't we do that? It's sort of compromise anyway. We have one that's Monday, Tuesday. We have one that's Friday, Monday. >>

121Works for me. >> All right. So, are we all set with that? >> You got to work that day. >> You don't get a lot of hate. You can go to work for me. >> The next thing I had to talk to you about working 30 years >> is >> we have a shortened summer >> because of all the snow days we've had and with with the way Labor Day moves at some point we need to reset and start later. And when we created this calendar originally with the administrative team we were going back on the 19th and 20th day off on the 20th the administrative team and the and the teachers union want to push back the first day for convocation for teachers to the 24th. >> So the teachers would come back the

12224th, 25th, 26th for their professional days in convocation. The 27th would be the first day for kids. The teachers originally came to me wanting to change the schedule because they did not want to have a five day week with kids to start the school year because kids were struggling especially at Plymouth Center and Fiser. >> Well, I no at all of our schools getting through a five day week. This way it would give them two days back and then we would have a couple day and then we would have Labor Day. And even with that all said, with the changes we made in the in this calendar, our last day would be June 8th. >> Yeah. >> So pushing the school year back to start on the 24th for teachers coming in first day for

123kids 27th. >> Our last day is June 8th. >> And even with a few snow days, you're still maybe early teens at the most. >> At the most. >> So I don't my phone's dead. I can't look at the calendar. So for next year it would be teachers come back Monday. You have it in your pocket. >> Yeah. >> Oh, 26. >> So instead of the 19th the teachers come back, they would come back on the 24th. So and everyone knows having that weekend or if you're coming back before that weekend, your their summer is over before that weekend and they want to get that weekend in. >> So kids would come back the 27th 28th. >> 27th 28th for kids. Then they would be in school >> for a full week prior to Labor

124Day. So they'd have 5 days before Labor Day. Let's just call it >> just because of where Labor Day falls this year. >> We got >> I've always thought it was super weird to have the kids start on a Monday. >> Yeah, especially after Terry Belair weekend. >> Yeah. And that's and Jerry Jerry has talked to me about that numerous times. >> Well, I think it is a big ask especially for the little ones. Five days is really rough for them to get back into a routine. >> Don't even look at it back here. the question pretty soon. >> We're still talking about scenarios. >> We're still going to different calendar. >> Brian, on this first calendar, it said the 8th was the last day in red, but then there's like green four, green seven.

125Is that was that like based on making this change already? Cuz it said starting on the 19th and ending on the 8th. >> The green is the half days, right? Yeah, those were were half the last three days are half days. >> So when we we this calendar has been approved by the board last year, >> right? >> So this is what you have here is what was what we approved last year. >> This is the current. >> But if we're starting the kids later and it was already going to end on the 8th, is that Oh, because it's just break. >> Yeah, we're taking February break away two days. So it just cancels it out. So sorry, my bad. >> No, no, it's okay. It's this is very confusing. Am I good on the

126eighth, Beth? >> Okay. And we'll do a recount on all these things to make sure that we're But I got the gist of it is and I'll just review >> for this year's calendar, we are going to school on June 19th. That's already been approved by the board. We're good. For next year's calendar, we've approved four additional early dismissal days for professional development. >> So, we have eight in total. No August, no June, no November. We also for next year's calendar will not have a full week off for February break. We will have Monday and Tuesday off for February break, but in March we will have a Friday and Monday off. And this year it happens to be Good Friday and the following Monday after Easter where we'll we'll have off from school. Um, but

127on a typical year when I build the next calendar, we will just find the weekend that makes the most sense in March towards the end. To Kelly's point, >> you you realize that with Good Friday falls, Friday, Monday, and then nine days later you're on April. >> I was just looking at that. >> Yeah. But with conferences, you can't really do it be earlier because then they'll still have February short break and there'll only be like two weeks before. >> I mean, we could we could push conferences back if or forward if we want a week. I could talk to the principles about that as well. Um, >> I think that's a good that's a good weekend to have the the extra time >> just because it's already one day >> a holiday and people

128will >> it's one day too. That's not the two days to start. And >> yeah, >> again, that's that's what I have so far. And and then our last day would be June 8th. >> I don't know if you want to make a motion to adjust the calendar as mentioned in P just those two things >> that we're we're making a motion on. >> This is just the >> the February and the March. I would I would do the calendar revisions as a whole >> that we discussed. >> Start dates change as well. >> So you have the start date, you have the February break >> start date >> and um >> teachers >> the March >> I have a I have a >> to the nine days between Good Friday and April break next

129year instead of without moving the conferences >> students. Is it possible to move April break a week back to the week of the 19th >> through the 23rd >> to give a little bit more time between that 4 day and April break? >> I I don't know who else's calendar matches up to that, but it I mean we could do what we want. So that's it's absolutely possible. >> That would shorten. >> Yeah. But again, are we trying to stay in line with neighboring districts? So that >> that does make it easier for people trying that aren't going on vacation and trying to find childare. >> Like even with our April break this year, we're earlier than most. >> We don't have so like >> we don't have the same April break this year. >>

130No, >> I feel like Bristol and you guys didn't, but I always have the same break. I know selfishly again cuz I feel like Lichfield County typically stays on similar. >> We try to Yeah. um April break. So Bristol is in Harford. You know, >> let's leave it how it is for now and see how it goes. And if it's a catastrophe and everybody says no, no, no, we for the following year we >> Well, it the following year we won't have that issue because Good Friday changes. >> Yeah. Right. >> Right. But I mean having it as late as we do in March, I mean make it earlier >> because keep them later. >> So moving it for next year for the 26 27 moving it a for the following year. leave leave the

131April vacation where it is now for next year >> and see how it goes and then that way we'll know whether that's too close. >> Yeah, we can get some feedback. >> Yeah, >> that's a good idea >> because the following year after that we can make it earlier in March. It's it's fine because it won't be on a It just when you can line it up with a holiday and give people a chance to, you know, visit grandparents or whatever and they have that extra day, it's kind of nice. >> Yeah. But the I'm I'm talking about the April break isn't aligned with a holiday, >> right? It's not not going to be when when March is Good Friday. >> But we're saying we're trying keeping it the same because the way that it

132aligns with neighboring towns. >> All right. So, we have our start date February and March. >> Yeah. >> No, I already just go. >> Okay. So, I'd like to entertain a motion, and stop me if I don't get it all in there. I'd like to entertain a motion to make the following revisions to the 2027 2026 2027 school year calendar. Um, starting the start date, moving the teachers start date to the 24th, and they'll work professional development days on 24, 25, 26. students first day of school will be on the 27th. >> The next change would be to take February break and shorten that to a Monday and Tuesday. the Monday and Tuesday of typical President's Day plus the next day >> 15th and 16th and then in March um adding the Monday after >>

133the Sunday of Easter the Monday after Good Friday >> 29th >> the 29th to the calendar to give everyone a 4-day weekend in March. Do I have a motion? So move >> Greg and Kelly. All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. Abstensions. Motion carries. Okay, great. Yeah, I know that was a that was a big one. >> All right. >> And the la the last day of school just again to confirm is Judy. I just want to Okay. Now we are up to make sure I'm on the right thing here. our healthy food certification, right? >> Yes. >> Okay. We've got all those things to do. Um we do this every year. Um we have our healthy food certification that we have to vote on. It's really a vote. You know, we always have

134to vote on it. There's not much we can do about it. Um but I'd like to entertain a motion to implement the healthy food option. >> So moved. M >> Tilton. Second, Mr. Showers. Now we can have discussion if anybody has any. It's something we do every year. >> Yeah, we do it every year. So, it's it's >> this fits. >> But we do have some new members. So, if they have any questions like obviously >> this is the federal government grant, right? >> Right. >> Do you guys have any questions about it? >> No, I was here for the meeting last year. >> Okay, great. Perfect. All right. All in favor? >> Any opposed? >> Any abstensions? My favor. >> Motion carries. >> Okay. So, now we have to vote on the next thing

135as well. Next page. I'd like to entertain a motion to allow the food exemptions. >> So moved. >> Miss Tilton. >> Second. >> Mr. Showers. Any discussion on that one? >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion carries. And then finally, we have the beverage exemptions. Entertain a motion to allow for the beverage exemptions. So moved. >> Miss Tilton, Mr. Bouvenire. >> Any discussion on that one? Seeing none, all in favor? >> I >> opposed abstensions. Okay. All right. Item number 10. Mr. Business Manager. >> No, I don't want to talk now. >> You like me to Gatorade after that? >> Holy cow. I'm in sausage just listening to you guys. I'm going to start my report with a question. Jerry, are you going to talk about the heat pump set

136in your review of the committee? >> Because if you're going to, I'm not. >> Well, my question to you, back to you, is did you get a proposal yet? >> I I got a proposal at like 540. So, yes, I have one, but no, I haven't reviewed it yet. >> All right. Okay. So, uh I'll talk about the heat pumps. >> Okay. Um, so I'm going to kind of just deviate from my typical um, report because I think I gave most of it in your packet. You have questions, just go ahead and ask them. I am going to um, report that I have heard back from HS about the playground at Fiser. Um, I had I had a second. Sorry. All the schools are on the break. Um, so HS has uh I don't know

137if the the word is agreed, but they've offered, let me put they've offered to give us $7,000 towards the playground, which as you know, we have $30,000 to go along with it to put in the playground that I gave you the specs for, the fullblown >> Cadillac, >> the Cadillac version that when we got the price, we're like, "Holy cow, that's a whole lot of money." Um, it includes installation and in exchange for the $70,000 is is a contract extension with a guaranteed 4% increase next year, which happens to be the number I budgeted, and a 4% increase the year after that. And then it goes back to the contract language. So, it would be a contract extension. Um, and it's a three-year extension. It's a three-year extension with 2year renewals. It's five years total,

138but they did it as a three and a three and a one and a one. Um, they'll give us a check for $70,000 honored before July 1st, 2026. And we're just really kind of continuing our partnership. So, it's it's it's extending their um their term here, which as of today, the relationship is really good and I don't see it really changing in any way. Um and we can start work as soon as the ground firms up and realistically have it done. that they're already based on my feedback to them assuming and knowing the board uh as I feel like I know them is they're already like putting the steps in order to order equipment, get things on a schedule and go forward. There's no pressure to you to make the decision tonight. um unless you

139choose to say yes when I when we get the full agreement written legally similar to what you're doing with Brian um for the Boys and Girls Club is if it goes to Shipment and they say yes this is all clean and good we can enter into this and we can have this playground done pronto >> what is the 4% equal for this year and next year >> top of my head I I I don't know I know that That's what I budgeted for this year because the way the contract is written is it's 4% or the CPI whichever is higher. Um so if the but I already got a guarantee from them for this year that it wasn't going to go above 4%. So we had already worked that out at a previous meeting, Brian,

140if you remember. >> Um but as far as what the number is, I I I don't know what the dollar number is, but it is what I put in the budget. Um Matt with the I know we have the other 30,000 if we get this check from them. We're not we can access that money right away also right >> because the check the check would come to come come to here to Plymouth public schools and I would put it into the same account that holds >> so that everything will be available. We won't be >> that's an activity account so we have access to that right away. >> Yes. >> I mean I think also in interest of time we allow Matt to have that power to just make that decision. I mean, he's obviously

141going to make the best one for our district. >> And if I can just say, not a question, but again, commend you for finding ways to get things done. Like, it really takes a lot of effort and I see how hard you work and really appreciate that you're always looking for some way to help us out. So, >> thank you, Kelly. I appreciate that. >> Yeah, I know you probably don't hear that a lot. I probably get yelled at if people want more money, but like even though I ask a million questions, I really see how hard you work and appreciate being on the phone for hours and searching out that any dime you can get for us. So, thank you for that. >> And between the 70 and the 30, it covers everything. Correct.

142>> The only additional cost there will be is to put the um the safety mulch that has to go down, but we have to do that. >> We have to do that anyway. So, >> there should be there I want to say there should be some funds left over to cover that. When I was looking at like the totals, it's going to be close. >> Um, but >> yeah. And no, and and once if the board agrees to this and allows us to kind of go into contract with them for that addition and we have that money set aside, the next call I make is to the mayor asking if they want the current playground in place and they could remove it and put it into I believe there's a park >> by the little

143veterans. There's a there's a park. Is it the one that park and wreck uses? Yeah, >> that's they they need a playground and they can it is theirs and they can take it out and remove it and then reinstall it where they want. Um we have to work around, you know, summer school and making sure we have a playground. This is a couple variables that we have to look at as well, but um I'll call the mayor as soon as as soon as the board if the board agrees and we'll go from there. >> Yeah, I think we definitely need to do that because the less red tape that you have to go through >> to get it done is better. And again, >> we're going to let you do it. >> Safety for our

144children. >> But it's it's not just safety. >> We're talking about all kids will be able to access this equipment. And right now, all kids can't access this equipment. And so I think that to me is very important. >> Yeah. This playscape is age appropriate and ADA accessible. And that were that was the two big criteria. >> Great. Thank you for taking that on. Um, aside from that, since Jerry's going to talk about the heat pumps, um, it's open for questions that you guys may have regarding this information. >> I'll wait till the end. >> Anybody have any questions for Mr. Tensa? >> Do we need to make that a motion to have him do that? >> No, just like we did with Brian. Just >> well we no we made that a motion but

145that was part of >> I think you I think it has to be a motion. >> You're extending the contract as well. You're making the contract contract. >> So let me get back in there. >> No it's not in >> wing it extending >> contract. So is it three? It's three years plus with two years. It's it's it's a three-year agreement with 2year renewals attached. >> Three-year agreement >> two-year renewal. >> Two-year single renewal. >> Single renewals. >> Single. >> And this is HS. >> I want to make sure. >> Okay. So, that's everything that needs to be in the motion. Okay. I'd like to entertain a motion to um extend the contract of HES to include a three-year agreement with two-year single year renewals. >> So move on. Hold on. You're not done. >>

146I'm not done. >> Sorry. No, >> it's not your fault. I don't know why I wasn't done either. >> Oh, and for I'm sorry. for the board to add to what I just said and for the board to authorize the business manager of schools to execute said contract on behalf of the Plymouth Board of Education upon board approval. >> So moved. >> Thank you. Robin >> second >> and Becca right. Okay. >> All right. Any discussion on that before we move forward with the vote? >> Okay. All in favor? I I >> opposed abstensions. Okay, motion carries. Thank you for your patience with me, everybody. >> I just motions I had to make up on my own. >> Why is there so much of the copier budget or lines not utilized so far? >> Because

147I haven't I don't pay that until May. >> Okay, that makes sense. >> Okay, I think of these things myself. >> I don't I didn't I don't think she knew that one was gone. >> Yeah. Oh, she would have put it here. She knew. >> All right. Any other questions for Matt? >> Yes. >> All right. Go ahead. >> On the negative balance explanation. >> Yep. >> Uh McKini Burnt Ventro Transportation. Yep. >> $8,970 transportation for homeless students. >> Where do we pick them up? >> Where they are. >> So that's actually I am uh I am the McKini Vento. Um thank you. Um, so the the students you're you're talking about are homeless from other districts that are living in town that we have to split the transportation cost with the other town per

148the law. We just we're we're working through a couple others um as we speak and and that's um it's a it's a mandate that we have where if there are you know they could be living in uh the motel in town or whatever and then we're responsible with the other town of splitting the cost of transportation. >> Okay. where that comes from. I understand. I don't want to >> The idea behind it too, Pat, is that if a student lives in one school district >> in in a multi-is, you know, town that has multiple schools, >> if they have to move in with their grandmother for a bit because they're homeless, >> they can still have transportation back to their original school. >> End the subject. I I they have enough problems. All I All

149I just saw was, you know, picking up a stool homeless. >> Whatever. That's it. >> That's your only question. Excellent. Any other questions for Mr. Enza. All right. Personnel report. Mr. Falconee. >> There's really nothing in there. There's no additional retirements we've received at this time. As you'll see on there, it's just that social studies position. So, >> retain. All right. Moves us to item 11, public comment. We'll start with our in-person public comment. Please join us at the podium for your public comment. >> I just want to say April 14th. >> Yes. >> And for the record, that was Mr. uh Mr. Tisha from >> Perfect. Thank you. I appreciate it. >> Anyone else? >> We just as the for the board, we want to be on that. We want to be on the

150agenda for that meeting. So that's that's >> at seven o'clock, right, Ryan? So >> for two things, Brian, right? The talk about the school and presenting the budget. >> I the two requests that would be out there. Yeah. >> All right. And then do we have any any other public comment? >> Okay. Any remote public comment? >> No. Okay. That's because I'm remembering. All right. That moves us on to item number 12, committee reports. Mr. Bouvenir. So this Monday, March 9th, we had a uh committee for finance and operations. Um one of the big things that was talked about there was the heat pump situation. So there is uh you know this the company that we contract with >> Tucker Mechanical. >> Okay. Tucker Mechanical um came in and looked at uh what our heat

151pump situation is and that those units are from 1972. So in all honesty, the heat pumps that they would actually put in there, they probably can't find. >> All right. And if they had to put new heat pumps in, they'd have to turn around and probably enhance the system, which would mean more electrical work and, you know, other things, site work that would be need to be done there. So they gave um Matt three options. So option one cost was to convert the 17 existent uh pumps into BMS units. Um I'm not really familiar with BMS units, but I'm sure it's a a a more uh efficient type of heat pump. Um the cost for that um would be $270,94. The second option would be add individual heat pumps um to each classroom. Um these

152heat pumps would not only put in heat but they will also put in AC for those classrooms. All right. Um each unit requires a wall mount and outdoor unit. Each classroom require they um they be inside the ceiling tiles. So, anything that would any type of heat or AC would be pushed out. Okay. Um, there might be some additional work electrical in order to install them. Um, at this point in time, they don't know until they open it up to see what it is, but the cost of it was $261,681. Eversource does have a program to give you credit because of the efficiency of the unit. The cost of that is $28,50 which for the grand total would be minus that 2850 would be $233,631 for that option two. Option three is basically putting a

153HVAC system unit up on the roof. Okay. And taking care of all 17 classrooms and that would also provide centralized AC. It gives you know heat to all that to that area. Uh requires a roof mounted unit which I just explained. uh new electrical circuits for each unit. Okay, which would be in the classrooms. All right. Um that would be a summertime project. Uh the cost of that is $299,256 with a credit from Eversource because of efficiency of $38,250 which would come up to $261,6. The caveat with the Eversource uh >> credits is that our mechanical company would have to go around and probably put some >> um some >> insulation. >> Yeah, insulation along the pipes. Yeah. Just Yeah. Sorry. But they'd have to put some insulation in just to show that they're trying

154to upgrade in the school itself. not just that particular not that particular area but just show Eversource that we are trying to you know make school a little more efficient and then that's how we would get that but that's something that the co that company would do and get it all up with that. The other issue is that we have uh Matt's been talking about the drip account the drip uh uh grant. So, the the drip grant is the district um repair and uh improvement program that the state uh approved money for last year. Um Plymouth is is approved for 98,000 and a couple hundred, $23346, something like that. >> You made up those last numbers, just so you know. Those are not um >> and we we've already filled out the certification paperwork for

155that. We do know that it's committed to us. Um Brian signed off on the paperwork the other day. Uh he's the he had to be the signer and we should have those funds sent to us on or before June 30th of 2026 which allows us to use those funds towards a project and the project this project happens to qualify perfectly for what their criteria is. >> Good. >> The first thing in the meeting they said could be for a new heating system. on my >> All right, I could click off now. I'm good. >> Brian called me, says we're good. I got to go. >> Um, so when you consider that we're going to get nearly $100,000 towards this program, um, you know, we can take this project that has been on our on our

156capital expense. Um, with the use of some some of the scing fund money like off the charts and we can get it taken care of. I totally recognize what Brian is saying about future needs that we are going to have to be aware of when you talk about um math programs and reading programs. Uh but this does just takes this off of our off of our plate. Um so as I said to the committee >> can I just finish you and then you can go. >> All right. Yeah. Go ahead. Sorry. >> Okay. So, in our meeting, Matt was going to have a meeting with the contractor today and he was going to bring a proposal in. So he was going to hopefully have the proposal ready for us to look at because if we

157expedite this, which means we would probably have another finance and operations committee meeting to authorize the proposal, which would probably mean that we would have to have a special board of education meeting in order just to authorize this transaction. And more than likely, this could be done in April break because it's only going to take them a week to do that. So now because of the fact that the proposal came on a little later than expected um we may have to have a a discussion. Things are probably a little bit delayed. Um the proposal would be an energy program as Jerry talked about. We'd have to do some insulation. We'd have to do some other things in the building. So, what I'm looking for is a whole kind of the whole package of what's the

158total cost of what that package is going to look like because that impacts the Eversource rebates. It could they just gave us numbers based like those are budget numbers to work with. They're not exact figures. Um, so we're just trying to trying to put the whole project into one thing so that we can kind of package it up in a nice bone. This is what it is for the board to make a decision on. Um, It doesn't mean that I'm not going to get this tomorrow afternoon and I'm going to be calling, you know, I called Jerry. I said, "Jerry, I've got it. Let's let's put a meeting on the thing so we can move." But I want to make sure I have a commitment from the contractor that they can meet the timeline. There's

159no rush if they can't do it April break. Otherwise, there's no rush, right? Because they can't do it when there's kids in the school. So, does that mean if it can't be done during April break, then would they be able to do it before Parks and Rex comes into the school? >> Maybe. But even if Park and Wreck was in the school, as we talked a little bit in the meeting, is we can shift Park and Wreck's use of the building. Like they usually take the lower section with the gymnasium. We could shift them up to the cafeteria area if we had to and still give them some space. But we can just, you know, we're cooperative. So >> yeah, we have we have options. We have options. So if it did entail where they

160had to come in and nobody can be there and parking wreck has to be there for one week, park would park and wreck would just be this is where you are, you know, because no because it's a construction zone and you can't we can't have anybody there. Brian, correct me if I'm wrong, but two or three years ago, we moved park and wreck from Fiser because we were doing all the work inside over to Eli for Yes. to summer, right? >> Yeah. >> This doesn't summer school, right? Versus >> Yeah, summer school's at PC. >> Yeah. PCS. Okay, perfect. >> The playground could impact some you guys were doing. >> That's why we have to work around and Yeah, we had to go there. >> Yeah. So there's there's definitely options. Okay. >> Right. >>

161That the playground could be done while kids are in school though because you've just not >> we would rather we're hoping that the playground going back to that could be done before the school year is even over. >> Right. >> If we can't again I don't know how long it takes to come in and all that stuff but Right. >> All right. So as a committee we decided that option two would be the best because option three is basically one unit and if that unit would happen to go down that mean that there's no heat in any of those classrooms. Uh, so if there was a part that malfunctioned up top on that unit, then depending on when you called the contract to come in and depending on when the part could come, who knows

162how long it would take before you could either have heat or AC in there. So, because it's kind of an individual unit, if one unit goes, it's not going to it's not going to uh affect the entire wing of the school. So, we thought that would be best to do that. So like I said, the only caveat now is to determine whether they can do an equal break or do we have to wait till the end of school. >> Um the other things that we talked about was the walk through at Terville High School. Um as everyone so people on the committee know when I did the walk through uh there is an area in the high school where the science labs are. There is no heat up there. the HVC unit up top, they

163need a part and unfortunately the part is maybe five to eight weeks out and because of the fact that that unit is so old that there's only one company in the state of Connecticut that works on that unit. So, uh, and that unit was installed in 200 whenever they put this school together, 2008 or whatever it was. And uh unfortunately now there's only one company in the state that actually work that and so they have to find out where they can find parts. So until that happens there is some uh other heat sources there right now that they're at least they're high school kids. So um it's not kosher what we're doing but because it's high school kids hope that they have enough sense to not go uh do anything there. But that's the issue

164there. The other issue was uh when you come in where the uh where the buses come in, there's a cooling unit that's over there and that had some issues. That had some issues because of the fact that it stop it would go through its cycle and then it would trip. The custodians would go up, reset it, it go through its cycle, and then it would trip. And after many times of doing that, they found uh Jim Maison found out who the company was that unit uh is made manufactured through. Called the company in South Carolina. Uh they had no clue what was wrong with it. So they had to call a company in Florida to monitor it. And it took them about four hours to realize that there was a uh a microchip that was

165no good. So, like anything else, uh, when this high school was built, there was a not a significant amount of money, uh, that was, uh, dedicated to the project. So, they cut corners as much as they possibly could. So, that's what we're dealing with at Terrible High School. Uh, the walkthrough at Plymouth Center was cancelled due the weather, >> and now the new schedule for walkthrough at Plymouth Center is tomorrow at 1:30. If anybody is interested in going, it's at 1:30 >> tomorrow. Okay. >> Plymouth Center. Matt does say that he will be there. Uh so you don't have to worry about checking your email and showing up. >> Yeah, I don't I don't do that social media. >> You all set your >> I'm good to go. >> All right. Great. >> All right.

166Item 13, board liaison reports. Miss Palmer from the center. >> Um, last night was their PTA meeting. They are currently having a um >> an event going on throughout all the school or all the classes where Coco, their Mustang mascot, has gone missing >> and they are getting clues as to where the mascot is. And it's a lot of kids are talking about it. Paige came home and she was all about this and um so there kids are having fun with that. Um they have another fundraiser coming up March 20th. It's um stuff a mascot or build a mascot. They have the it's like build a bear but it's at the school and they're going to build um all these different stuffed horses. So that is on the 20th from I believe like 5 to

1677. So it's a drop in thing. You can purchase the ma um the mascot on their um link tree. Um but they have a bunch of other events planned for next year that they're starting to plan and um some secret things that are coming up for the rest of this year that haven't been fully announced yet. So >> exciting. >> Yeah. More to come. >> All right. Mrs. Allen here is Fisher. So, we have our next meeting is actually on next week on the 17th, but we have a bunch of events coming up. The uh school store is on the second Friday the 13th in a row. So, keep us in your thoughts. Um the fifth grade paint night. So, this is put on by Miss Cole um the art teacher and it is open

168to fifth graders and their families and they buy a canvas and it looks like a beautiful like Aurora Borealis um type painting that they're going to be doing. So, that happens on 3:18 and the proceeds from that go directly to the fifth grade celebration day. We also have the wrestling event coming up on 320th. So, come on down and see the what is it? The million-dollar man, >> Scotty Tuhotti, >> and a bunch of other people that I'm sure other people know who they are. I just don't remember their names. >> Some people are very excited about it. >> Yes. >> And they're going to wrestle the superintendent, right? >> Yes. >> He's not even going to be there. >> They have a bad knee. >> Yeah. >> Um, so definitely come on down and

169check that out. There's meet and greets and stuff like that beforehands. Um, what do they call shenanigans? Oh, and we're gonna have Chick-fil-A. So, there you go. >> Um, so that's gonna be a lot of fun. We also have spring picture day coming up on the 31st at Fiser. Um, and like I said, the next meeting is on the 17th. So, come join us. We're at Fiser in the library or you can join virtually. >> Sounds good. All right. Kelly and Nicole for Eli Terry. >> Um, we had our PTA meeting last week already. Was it two weeks ago? Re not that long ago. Um, and we started talking about doing nominations for next year already, mainly because we don't have a ton of participation at the middle school for PTA, so we're trying to

170make sure that they hopefully have one next year. Um, we're doing wrestling, so that'll be fun. We've been pushing that a lot. The kids are really excited about it, which is good. Um, they don't really know what it is, I don't think, because I don't think too many kids watch wrestling, but you know, maybe they do. Um, we had our trivia night. Um, that was really fun. We had like 50 people come, so that was a really good time. Um, other than that, not really much. >> Okay, great. Mr. Foot, Terryville High School, >> that meeting was cancelled. >> Yeah, continue to support our seniors for their aftergrad. Uh there are many fundraisers out there. >> Way to work on that. >> Yep. Great. And ED advance is vacant. All right. Item 14, board comments.

171Mr. Showers, >> I enjoyed the uh little demonstration tonight and it's nice to see the kids really getting involved like that. It was really good to see. >> Yeah. All right, Kelly. Uh I agree with Greg. I appreciate um students coming out and I just want to commend all of the teachers who have done this big ask. Implementing a new curriculum is a ton of work. It can be extremely frustrating. So, I appreciate their patience and I appreciate that they're seeing the rewards of that effort coming to light for our students. So, um thank you to all of them and congratulations to all of our sports teams. We're we're doing really great. So, um >> yeah. >> Thank you, Mr. F. I'm impressed with the kids myself. Uh when I went to school, uh and

172actually when I started teaching school, the kids give a book book report. They looked for the shortest book they could find. uh as a graduate of Terryville High School and went to Central Connecticut as an English major, I found that I was years behind because everybody else had read Greek Classics and William Faulner and things like that and I did not. So I knew I was over I had on day one. So I I'm impressed with this kind of thing. >> But you made it anyway. >> Um Mrs. Oh, >> I definitely want to thank um the students and the faculty at Eli Terry for their presentation. Um I don't have experience in the middle school, but I see what this program does in our elementary schools. So, I could see how invested the kids

173were um and how excited they get about these um Socratic seminars. And you know, I think that's, you know, it's such an important skill for kids to learn not what to think, but how to think. >> And getting them to engage their brains in different ways and to understand other people's perspectives and ideas and opinions and to understand that it's okay to disagree >> with somebody else's opinion. I mean, that's that's a huge life skill. >> So, definitely love to see that. >> Absolutely. Miss Corey. >> Um, same. I go to the middle school a lot, so I see a lot of what they're doing in there. And it really is like there's nothing like seeing them do it like in person. You can hear it. They leave the doors open cuz I think they

174try and show off that that's what's happening in there. Speak a little louder. >> Yeah. Everyone's yelling there or they'll be like, "Look, listen what they're doing." So, it's really, really, really great to see. And I just want to thank everybody for pushing forward, Boys and Girls Club. I'm very excited. I'm very excited what it's going to do for the kids. I look forward to seeing all the great things that they're gonna bring to town. >> Great, Miss Paul. >> Uh, I want to thank everybody from Eli Terry. It was really good to hear from the kids. I like hearing from the kids. >> Um, hopefully we can get the younger >> younger ones. Who knows? Um, but that's pretty much it. >> Okay, Mr. Peragino. >> Yeah, the Eli Terry Jr. Middle School. That

175presentation was was really deep for for middle school kids. World War I, World War II, and just I do a lot of reading. I do and that that stuff is really hard to digest, but I'll tell you, they they did a tremendous job, and it's great what they do. I also would like to thank both of our council people for being here this evening. And Ron, you were here the other night. I appreciate that. It's just uh No, it's it it's great. I mean, you know, we we we got to work together. I mean, I said it before and I'm going to say it again. We got to work together. If we don't, let's just forget it. But thank thank you very much for showing up tonight, both of you guys. Thank you. >> Pardon

176me. >> Get the email from here. >> Okay. Thank you, >> Mr. B. >> Okay. I was very very impressed with Eli Cherry. Okay. I read a lot of uh history, especially military history. Okay. and seeing that they were going into World War I and World War II, you know, that, you know, especially at that age, >> okay, because in all honesty, uh, you would probably think at that age they'd be looking at the Vietnam War, um, and maybe, you know, Afghanistan or things like that, current stuff that they probably can relate to. But one thing I can tell you uh personally is I just got done reading a book called John Quincy Adams. And if anybody knows John Quincy Adams his dad >> not personally >> was one of the but he was one

177of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and he was born when his dad did that. Okay. and his dad became the president and then he became president and then it follows his life but it's really ironic and it gave me chills when I ended up getting it done. So he was there as a kid during George Washington's time and when he passed away he was there when Abraham Lincoln was a US senator. So he went from Washington to Lincoln in his lifetime which when I finished reading the book and that was the last part of the paragraph. Um the chapter was like who's holy moly guy's seen a lot of things in a lifetime that >> was in his I think he was 93. I think he was 93. But those kids are very

178very impressive what they did. The other thing that I need to do and I'll direct that to the two gentlemen over there. You guys start need to pay attention with what's going on in Harford right now. Okay? Especially what's going on with ECS grant money. It was just a public hearing on ECS grant money. And from what I deduced and the information that I've seen so far is that they're going to try to add money to the per pupil cost. Per pupil cost. Right now it's around $11,500. And they've been dealing with that number, I do believe, since 2013. So what they want to do is they want to increase that number $1,000 for the next five years and then they want to put some type of cola after that. Okay. But it's in the

179education committee. They had a public hearing to see. And when I talked to Joe Hawka at the RTC and I asked him what the temperature was in Hartford concerning that, um, if you remember what he said that yes, everybody's hurting and right now we heard that Bridgeport's $100 million in the home. So, start paying attention to that because as you can see in our big debate at the beginning of this with what's going on with our buildings, okay? Um, not only do we need money to fix the building, but we also need money in order to bring programs into the school. And it would be nice. And this is something that maybe you guys get a hold of. Henry Martin, get a hold of uh Joe Hawk and make it known because at this point

180in time uh if they give $1,000 per pupil, if they do it on a per pupil basis, let's take 1,200 students times $12,500. And you'll be amazed how much money we get. I do believe it's around $4 or5 million extra from the state. So, I I'll leave it at that and then we can make our presentation at the next uh town council. >> All right. And to wrap it up, since it is board appreciation month, I did want to say um a special thank you to our central office team and Pat for the gifts that we were sent at home. Was delicious. >> You don't have a home. >> Huh? >> I ordered D. >> I said the central office. >> I'm just kidding. I didn't order anything. >> It was 100%. 100% of that

181>> really I just mentioned because you know >> dad on Christmas morning like oh >> I have no idea. >> So it was very well appreciated by everyone in my house as a matter of fact and I also want to thank this board for your patience with me being the board chair for the first time. Um I know that sometimes I have to stop and think about these motions and what we're doing. So, I do appreciate your patience and all of your support. And I'm looking forward to another great and productive year. And as always, I thank anyone who comes up to public comment because I really, really do appreciate it. So, that being said, our next board meeting due to April vacation will be on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. That's 6 p.m. right here

182in the cafeteria at Terryville High School. And I would like to entertain a motion to adjourn at 8:22 p.m. >> Second. >> Mr. Showers, Mr. Foot. >> All in favor? Uh opposed? Abstensions. Motion carries. Thank you very much.