001All right. So, we got we got a quorum. One, two, three, four. Um, got a one, two, three. It's good. Seven. So, I think I'm going to uh call the meeting to order. You can allow everybody in. Julia. >> Yes. Thank you. You saw that email. There were no public comments. Thank you. >> Very good. >> Okay. Very good. So, I call the meeting to order and I would like a motion to adopt remote participation as written in the agenda, please. >> Second. >> Very good. Uh roll call vote. Pam. Bam. No actton. Yes. >> Sarah Montigu Arlington. Yes. >> Linda Herbison Bolton. Yes. >> D. Ortner conquered. Yes. >> Maggie Sharon. Yes. >> Jeff Stulan. Need him. Yes. >> Sto. Yes. >> Very good. My understanding is that there was no public comment. Now,
002um, we'll do the consent agenda, but then I think I'm going to want to take the student report out of order. But let's do the consent agenda. We have two items. We have the donations and the draft minutes of October 21st, 2025. And let's put that as a motion of the agenda. Uh would somebody like to move the consent agenda, please? As is >> moved. Second. >> Any comments or questions on the consent agenda items? Very well then. Uh roll call vote. Pam >> Pam Noctton. Yes. Sarah Montigue Arlington. Yes. >> Linda Herbison Bolton. Yes. >> Dort conquered. Yes. >> Maggie Sharonover. Yes. >> Lan. Yes. >> Alistister Watington. Yes. >> Alistister Lucas. Yes. >> Good. Okay. We may be spending a bit of time on for the good of the organization. So if there
003is no objection, I think it would be wise to take item 6A out of order and to do that next. So uh uh students can, you know, go home and do their homework if they need to if possible. Would that be okay? Uh superintendent, hearing no objection, let's move on to item 6A, student report, if that's okay also with the principal. Well, that's that would be great. Um, just need to share my screen. >> You're all set. >> Thank you. >> And everybody can see the screen. >> Perfect. >> Yep. >> Um, so today we have um both our student reps here. I'm happy to say that again, Matilda uh is the senior class president this year, so she gets to stay with us. And uh Jamie is our junior class president, so she gets
004to get a very good idea of how school committee runs and what she's going to present. So this will be her first presentation. And then our director of admissions, uh Miss Noron, is going to go over a few things that's been occurring regarding admissions and our open house as well as our showcase day. So, let's start with Matilda. There we go. Matilda, the floor is yours. >> Thank you. Hello everybody. Um, like Mr. Deva said, I am Matilda. I'm a senior this year. Um, and I was just kind of going to present about a general senior activities happening this year because that's what is on all of our seniors minds is what fun things are we going to get to do this year. Um to start off the two things that we have already done
005is our senior sunrise which is a yearly tradition that we do to kind of kick off the year which was super super fun. It was very successful. We had a lot of people show up. We bought donuts and bagels and had people um kind of bring their own food as well and it ended up being super fun. We played lawn games, watched the sunrise, people bought a bunch of fun cameras and it was just a super fun morning. Uh, the second thing that has happened this year so far is our senior secret spirit week, which is pretty much a spirit week, but just for the seniors, and it was um unannounced to the rest of the school, so nobody else really knew about it, which was kind of fun to see people catch on as
006the days went on. We had like a blackout day where everybody wore black. We had a sport jersey day where everybody got to wear their jerseys. We had Minute Man Colors. We had a fun one where people got to it was a beach day one. So, that was super fun as well. A fun way to kind of start the year as a community and be all of us seniors in a in a little cohort. The next things that are coming up is the pep rally, which seniors always have a large involvement in. So, we've been planning that. That seems to be um it's going to be really fun, I hope. Um, and then the next things that are kind of on our minds is our senior trip and our prom. Mr. Delea was kind enough
007to sit in on our officer meeting last night, um, so we could get his opinion on a few things and we're still in the works on some of it. So, I'll present to you guys about that once it's all finalized, but that's kind of in the works. And then our end of year senior week is also on our minds right now. What fun things we'll be able to do before senior sign out on May 22nd. So that's just an overview of all the senior activities that have happened are going to happen. We hope that are going to happen. Um but yeah, just a quick overview. >> Before we move to Jamie, does anybody have any questions for Matilda? Uh just a comment. A lot of stuff to plan to keep you busy. >> Yes. Yeah.
008So we've been working hard on it so far. >> Great. Thank you, Matilda. >> Yeah, no problem. >> Uh Jamie, do you want to introduce yourself and uh talk about your slides? >> Um hi, I'm Jamie Donghue, the junior class president. Um I'm talking I'm here to talk a little bit about homecoming and how that went. Um, I think overall it was a pretty big success. I think we had about $240 people bought tickets. >> Um, we raised a total of $3,772. Each class had made had made $943 out of that. Um, the money had come from concessions and then the tickets we sold which is about 230. And then this was also one of the first years, at least since I've been here, that we did it in the gym instead of the student
009union. Um, I thought it was pretty I think it went pretty well. Um, there's definitely more room and I think it helped to like contain everybody a little more, too. So, I think that's about it. But, any questions for Jamie before we move on? Jamie, did you have fun? >> Yes. Okay. Just wanted to establish that fact. >> Paul, I have a question. Sure. Not me. Um, was there any other student update regarding sports or anything? >> Um, we have not done that, but we can do that on our next uh agenda or next time >> where we also have for the good of the organization which we have not done yet. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Any other questions for Jamie at this time? And is that the end of the student report? >>
010That is >> okay. Thank you very much students. We appreciate uh your insight. The student insight into the goings on at the school is always fun and valuable. a lot more fun than say you know the finance committee report coming up but or or the chair's report uh but I think that we will now move on to the chair's report which has only one item on it tonight which is for the good of the organization and the things that I have on my list the superintendent may have something on her list but I think I will uh do my items not my items but announce the two items that are going to occur. Uh one is that we are going to have some insight into what happened at the MASC conference that just finished. We
011had four participants there. We had Alice, Sarah, Charlene, and Heidi were all there. And then we have a uh interesting report from Alice on something called the chapter 70 listening tour. Now, doesn't that sound exciting? Okay. So, beginning with the MASC conference, I think that we'll have a little tag team on this, but we're going to start with Charlene who is here. >> Yes. >> So, Charlene, do you have a little brief >> Yes. Um, can y'all hear me? >> Yes. Okay, great. So, I participated in the um MASC um elections, the the votes that they do regarding their resolutions for the year. There was only one new resolution which was to ban ban BMI screening at all public schools and that resolution was amended to add quote except when a student's health care provider
012requests the screening with parental/guardian approval. The resolution PLA passed by an overwhelming majority as amended with only one nay and the reauthorization of all previous resolutions that were about to sunset were passed as a slate unanimously. So that was all the business that we had to um do during that session. And how did you find the overall usefulness of the conference from your point of view? >> I always enjoy the conference. You get to learn some interesting things uh that other schools are doing. You get to learn interesting things about um you know just the the school committee in general. Uh, I always like to watch and hear the um the legal part um different cases that have come up, special education and that sort of thing. But I also participated in some um some
013presentations about AI. I'm sure Alice will mention it too because we actually went together to that one. Um and I I enjoy the networking. It's really um it's nice to meet other school committee members, superintendent and teachers and admin from other schools, particularly district 8 folk tech schools. >> Very good. Alice, do you do have some comments to add to that? I believe >> Oh, yeah. Um so this is its last year on the Cape. Next year it's going to be Danvers. >> Yeah. So, um, I did go to I I very purposely picked out anything that had to do with AI because I want to hear the sales pitches so I know what's coming. Um, and some of them were incredibly interesting and some of them, you know, three out of the four demos
014didn't work, which is pretty typical for uh technology things that are new. Um, AI is taking a bit of a beating on the financial markets. So, it's interest. just an interesting time to go to talk about AI. So I listened to a very interesting presentation. I think Heidi was at that one about HVAC controls um and how to how to use um the better part of uh artificial intelligence to um really adjust for cloud cover and weather reports and everything like that in your building. Um for large building um HVAC systems are very complicated. So that was quite interesting. Um, and I went to another interesting one about a robotics. Um, and we actually got an agreement from the guy who runs that program to give a tour of the CIC in Cambridge, which is
015two buildings, 12 floors each of startups that MIT is involved in. >> So there there were some very interesting opportunities there. I had a great time. Um, it's a long day, but I I highly recommend people go to it next year. And uh Sarah, you must have some comments from your >> Yeah, it was my first time attending and um for me I found it really valuable to talk to people that were in different communities and different school systems. learned a lot about some of the challenges the rural communities and schools have and um also the challenges in some communities where the real estate is just keeping families out of being able to buy homes there. So enrollments are going down. And then the other piece I really enjoyed um was um getting uh more
016informed about some legislative issues to too. There were a couple of sessions there that I thought were very helpful. Um, and I'm also pretty impressed with the um the current president um of the Massachusetts uh school committee association um Jason Jason Frasier. I think he's he's really um really connected on Beacon Hill, really advocating on behalf of Massachusetts schools and um has a daughter at a vote school. So he's also particularly passionate about vocational schools too. >> Can I jump in again? Jeff, Mr. Chairman, this is Charlene. >> Oh, Jeff's on mute, but he nodded. Yes. >> Okay. >> I think yes. >> Okay. Um, so I was just going to say um about Jason. Jason is fabulous. He was super supportive of our district 8 um voc issues this past year. Uh and he
017happens to be a school committee member at two different schools. So he is really very dedicated. >> Two different schools. Interesting. Heidi Driscoll, Superintendent Driscoll, do you have any comments on the conference? >> Yes. Um so when it comes to legislative, legal and finance, um I find this conference very valuable. It is very long. Like they all said, it's a long day. Um but they pack a lot of information from a lot of experts in a short amount of time. I also appreciate that I can connect um and exchange um contacts with superintendent who can advise who have had previous experiences with XYZ before. And um it is also great to spend time with school committee members and be able to talk outside of this meeting about some of the issues and presentations that we're
018um watching together. So I think I attended sessions with everybody at some point. Um and that was wonderful. And I I do want to talk about the last night that we were there. Um the last night that we were there um was an awards banquet and our own Alice Duca um was recognized and uh appointed to the allstate school committee um which was awesome. And the Alice I didn't realize that you were a school committee member prior to Minute Man. So did they say 30 years total 25 at minute man? And I don't know who we don't know who wrote her bio, but they did a wonderful job. Um, and Alice um made uh made us very proud and we're lucky to have her. >> Thank you. >> And we are extraordinarily lucky to have
019Alice and so are the children of this district. Uh I also believe Heidi that you mentioned that there were actually some tidbits you learn. >> Oh, you cut out for a second but I don't know. >> Am I back? Okay. I do believe that Heidi, you mentioned that there were some tidbits you learned at some of these meetings that you're finding immediately useful. Um that it was actually uh some of the presentations were very relevant to things that are going on right now. Is that correct as well? >> Uh yes, absolutely. >> So for future reference school committee members, it's a three three-day conference. Is that correct? Yes. Uh uh three days. challenging to be there that long. But all of these four people from Minute Man who went there believe that their time was
020well spent and these people are not people who who like wasting time as you probably know at this point. So keep that in mind for the future. I believe that ends the comments on the conference. Uh Alice, I believe that you have some information for us for something with the intriguing name a chapter 70 listening tour. >> So, um, Heidi had mentioned that there were these listening tours and it would be great if people went to them. So, my husband and I just hopped in the car with the dog and went on out to Greenfield because that was the only one that we could make. And Greenfield is out sort of Franklin County and Pioneer Valley out of there. And so, the people who came to this were a hundred people. Hundred people from that
021area. and also much far west in in like North Adams. Um, so they were not interested. I thought immediately these people are not interested in hearing about the wos of a vocational technical school on the 128 beltway. So I just sat and listened. But um, basically they have like five kids per square mile out there. They've gone from 1,800 kids in a school district down to 600 kids. They've got four schools where they really only need one. But because they've only got five kids per square mile, they cannot combine the schools without having the kindergarters on the bus for like a mile, an hour or an hour and a half each way. Also, the chapter 70 formula doesn't work for them at all. It doesn't work for a lot of people. And as a result
022of going to this, I actually went and did some little study of my own to see what had happened to chapter 70. So when, as you probably know, when chapter 70 was brought in, the point was to get school districts up to what they called the foundation level. So there were a lot of school districts that weren't spending that much, but as of last week, the school districts 90 uh there are three in the state that are spending less than foundation. And the lowest of those is spending 97% of of that. So they're almost spending 100% of foundation. So the actual base number of foundation is wrong. And since the state is paying 41% versus the the towns are paying like 59%. It's of a low number and it's not including all of what the
023rest of the towns and cities in Massachusetts have recognized is actually required to fund education. And so the chapter 70 formula is actually it's it's artificially low for everybody but worst for these rural districts. You hear a ton about rural districts lately. So it was really a very interesting meeting. Um I'm glad I went because I had no real concept of what was going on out there. Um you know anyway I enjoyed it. Um, I wasn't able to go any other listening tour things and they didn't have any around here uh until the first one might have been Worcester, but um I didn't know about it until after the Worcester one happened. So, the only other choices were like really far away. But anyway, it was worth going. >> Eddie has her hand up. I'd
024like to uh call out Nikki Andrean who actually went to the virtual listening tour today. Um and it was, you know, people making their statements. It was in a different area. Um I assume it was less about rural aid. Um Nikki, if there's anything you want to call out, um feel free. And for those of you who don't know, chapter 70 is how we fund our schools. Chapter 74 is money that we get for our full CTE programs. Um but Chapter 70 is a hot topic right now because it affects every single school district across the entire Commonwealth. >> Yeah, it was just um very interesting to listen to all the different perspectives. Obviously there's rural and cities. So um not only superintendents, business managers, um taxpayers. So definitely interesting just to hear how it
025affects um you know different schools and um you know the real interest in making it um something that's understandable um to not only business um officials but also um taxpayers so they can talk about it >> within their towns. So the takeaway is that uh you both learned things that you were surprised at that you did not know and the listening tourries had merit. Uh they may not have merit for the point of view of the government actually acting on them but they had merit for you uh as to understanding issues in uh places that are quite different from here at Bennett man. Would that be a fair assumption? Yes. And I think Sharon had her hand up. Yeah, I listened to the first hour and a half today. Um, and I thought Nikki, it
026was was it Jason Lewis who was the first was he is he a representative Nikki or Heidi or Nikki correct me of who he was. But um I didn't really understand all of it, but I thought it was really interesting. He was talking about the number of um municipalities who are like below effort, meaning that they're not paying like their full share. and he said that 7 years ago it was 10% of the municipalities and now it's 64% and that was like sort of mind-blowing um and that 55% of all districts are now at like capped of the 82.5% which I didn't understand all of the details but I thought it was the percentage rise how much the percentages increased over the short period of time as far as districts either not having enough funding
027or being assumed to be paying at full rate was pretty impressive. Not in a good way, in more of a shocking way. >> Yeah, there were some comments too about um inflation. They do cap inflation. So, that was a topic that came up um a few times as well. >> Oh, I wish we could cap inflation. Alice, >> one thing I forgot to mention is they they talked about a model school district and my husband went and looked up the original language of the of the statute and it's spells out that the original percentage of sped students in the chapter 70 formula is four and then they increment it slightly but they never get to anything close to what we do. So, just another weird thing about chapter 70. >> Yeah, that is zero at
028the end. They just dropped. Yeah. >> Yeah, they c they do cap um it right now. I think it's four 4.5% for special ed. >> Well, let's not bother to reflect reality, shall we? That's too hard to do, I guess. Uh very good. Any other comments on the listening tour? Very good. And superintendent Driscoll, did you have something else for under the good of the organization? >> Um, that is where I we are right now. Sharon, I think she might want to share something about one of our sports teams. >> I was just hope I thought maybe the students might want to share it because it is a student thing, but wasn't there a particularly special uh game one recently? Perhaps Matilda, you're still on here. Maybe she's not. Oh, nope. She is. >> Was
029there a referring to the boys soccer game? >> I am referring to the boys soccer game. >> Yes, we had a fantastic win at the Correct me if I'm wrong, but the um eight vocational championships. >> Yes. >> Um so, we were able to win that which was super well I didn't play the soccer, but our soccer team got to win that which was super exciting. um something that has not been done in many many many years. Um so that was really special. I know Mr. McQuilin, our soccer coach, was also very excited about that as well as all the boys on the team. So that was a very exciting thing. >> Congratulations. I didn't want to take the fanfare away from the students because I thought that was quite a special accomplishment. >> Yes,
030it was. I'd like to add that it was so exciting that um they had a police escort with sirens bringing them back to the school. Um there's some great videos of all the kids hanging out the windows and cheering um with the police escort. It was just absolutely electric and um I'm so happy for them. I have never seen Mr. McQuilin that um emotional before. He was he was very excited and so were all of his players. It was awesome. Okay. Well, congratulations to the soccer team and of course we expect repeats in the future. >> Yeah. Try >> right. I believe that brings us to the end of for the good of the organization. Unless there is something I've missed. >> Very good. Then that ends the chair's report. So we move back to
031the principal's leadership report. Our principal, I believe, has a couple more interesting items for us. >> Yes, thank you. Um, so again, um, our director of admissions, Erin Noron's here. Uh, she's going to talk a little bit about, uh, where we are with admissions as of to date. Um, we're also going to talk a little bit about, you know, showcase day that we just recently had as well as open house that we just had this past Sunday and a couple of media uh clips that have been uh been in the news regarding Minute Man. Obviously, good. We like good good media uh regarding Minute Man as well. But one thing that I do want to say before Erin takes it over, um there's a few thanks I want to give to a lot of people
032that were involved, especially with open house. I will tell you personally, I was exhausted by the end of open house, but there was a good exhaustion meaning that I had met so many families and so many students. Um it just that you were constantly on because of the number of people that had come through uh just to see what Minute Man was all about and that was really exciting. Um, and I couldn't it couldn't have been, you know, done without the staff and the staff putting all their effort into uh showcasing what Minute Man really is all about. And, you know, what I had said to them, there's that positive energy was you could just feel it in the building. And then I do want to give Miss Noron also a special thank you because
033not many people realize that there's the behind thescenes part to make that event. and that behind the scenes part. Um, you know, Miss Norse and I are talking back and forth. Um, she's really doing the planning and I'm doing the approving or making some of the suggestions, but really and truly uh all her efforts and um uh as well as uh Miss Plant as well uh didn't go unnoticed. Just kept everybody organized, kept everything going and flowing. Um it really couldn't have been done if it wasn't planned the way it was. So, want to make sure I thank them for that. And Erin, I'm going to skip to your slide if I can get this to work. Let's try it again. >> You should. And we'll get there. And Erin, do you want to uh
034start up? >> Sure. So, hello. I'm sure most of you know me. I am Erin Noren, the director of admissions and marketing. And so here is an update for our completed applications as of date. That is our number on the left for the class of 2030, which I cannot believe that is who we're are recruiting. Um, and we have an additional 80 applications that are started. So now that openhouse has concluded, that gives Madison Plant and I the opportunity to follow up with all those started applications. Um, but these are our completed applications as of date. So, the application is a little bit of a longer process. As you know, we had to change the application. It opened a little late this year with those changes, but we're getting through it. The families are getting
035through it. Um, and it's been a great process to work through them with and to speak with them at open house, people who have started and paused. We saw some of those come through that evening. Um, so we can see that dedication, which is wonderful. Uh, the next slide, Paul is driving for me while I'm doing all the speaking. It's all the good stuff. So we had our showcase day on November 7th for Actton, Arlington, Dover, Conquered, Lexington, and Needam. So that initial showcase day had 455 students come um and see our shops. So they choose one shop and then they choose a pathway and we place them in a shop. So it just gives more of a variety so students can then see something that maybe they hadn't thought of. Um so 455 students
036did come through. It was hectic and fun. Um, and it was really great. Again, couldn't do it without our student volunteers who come in. That is a day off for them and they come in with an incredible amount of energy and wanting to help. So, so grateful for our students. We do have a mini showcase day that is this Thursday and that is for our district as they had that November 7th date off. So, they will be coming this Thursday. we have another 90 students coming through. So by the end of Thursday, we'll have seen 545 students for a field trip. So that is an awful lot to come through for showcase day. Um open house had the largest showing it has had since the new building has opened. Um, we had 340 registered families,
037which was 880 people who were registered total for those particular families. You didn't have to register. So, we did have roughly between 60 to 80 families, 60 signed in, but we know that there was additional families who came in through some back doors that were propped open. Um, by no one's fault, we just had no parking and people were parked in the back. Um, so doors were open everywhere. So, we saw a lot of families who at the end were asking for folders because they didn't check in in the front and that's okay. We did some new things um to try and have it be a bit more organized than in the past. So, we gave a schedule where we had panels. So, we offered a panel where uh Kathleen Buchard spoke, Diane Dempsey spoke,
038and uh Paul Deva spoke. And so that gave the families a chance to hear about CTE education, about what we offer academically, and about guidance and the support that they provide, not just here, but through as an alumni. So we had alumni here to speak to the parents. Um, it was a really great panel. Um, again, we're always trying to change and revise. That was the first year we did that, but it was a really highly attended. Um, we also had an athletic panel where our boys soccer team was there in full showing. Um and we had our girls from basketball, girls soccer, girls volleyball. Um all of our student athletes spoke as well as Rob Flynn spoke. Um who is our a assistant athletic director. Um Mike McQuilin who is the boys soccer coach
039went in and spoke. So we were able to have coaches go in. Um we had tables were set up in the student union where people could engage with our academic leads and our counselors. So that was very busy. Um we put a photo booth in this year to just encourage people to take their picture with the Minute Man logo to post it everywhere. Um that went well and these are just some additional photos of what we, you know, were doing in the shops and the students were working. So um it's something the day flowed really well. We also did large group tours to get and move people throughout the building who may have needed some guidance. Um the unsung heroes of this day are truly our students. So they come in again on a Sunday,
040they volunteer, they show up with really great energy and they engage all morning with these families and every family that was leaving had nothing but amazing things to say about our students. So I'm so proud of them and I'm always so grateful when they offer to help with these events. >> Any questions or comments for Erin? While we have her, >> I have one comment. Um, Erin, 400 for showcase. That's a huge number. How does that compare to previous years? >> Sure. Um, so after, and not to push back, but after Thursday, we'll see 545 students. Um, so that does compare. That is more than we have seen in the past uh since I've been here, and it is more than we had seen prior to CO. It is a little hard for me to
041find the data prior to CO, but um you know those numbers from coming back after CO were a little bit lower, but now we're we're getting back there. >> Great. Thank you, >> Sharon. >> Erin, can I ask you a question about the admissions applications? That slide, Paul, could you go back one? >> Yeah. >> So, you say that that's as of 11:17. Are those applications like for the other grades as well as for grade nine or are we just looking at the lefth hand column? >> So those other grade those are other past years. So that was where we were last year >> and the year before. Correct. >> So So we're kind of we're a little less than we usually have been at this point. >> Right. >> Remember yes correct we are
042but that was our application was very easy in the past. Um right a lot of application I had a lot of parents who have current students here who said oh the application changed than it did. Um it used to be very quick and now there are just more questions that are required and a lot of um additional uploading that parents need to do for proof of residency that they pause they start the application they pause. We went through today all 80 applications Madison and I that were started to see where are they stopping what's and it is the parents get to the proof of residency and it's just an additional step that you have to take it's and to find that bill to get that thing to upload it. So we're following up with everyone
043and you know we'll get there. >> So we're on track. It just looks different this year. >> Absolutely. And again this is only for our ninth grade. We do have 10th and 11th grade applicants as well. Thank you. Welcome. >> So, as a followup, this means that you're going to be uh contacting the parents that started the application >> to ensure that there are no obstacles to them fulfilling it. Is that correct? >> Absolutely. That's what we've >> Okay, great. >> Any other questions or comments? >> Very good. Thank you very much. I think Erin has one one more slide though just to to review. >> Okay, >> I'll be quick. Just very busy. >> Um, so ahead of Showcase Day and open house, we were able to secure press with NBC Boston. Um, you
044can view the clip on their website as well as all of their social media, so their Facebook, their Instagram, and their Tik Tok that has a very high following. Um, it aired multiple times on live TV the evening of November 6th and then the morning of our showcase day of November 7th. So, it was airing until noon. My husband said he saw it until noon. Um, and it was a really wonderful clip that was focused on why students are choosing career and technical schools. And I just want to thank our students and our teachers and the union leader who came in from the electrical union who also brought one of our amazing alumni students, EPA. Um, so we were really able to tell a story. Um, and thank you to NBC for allowing me to
045kind of mold that story to be um, a junior in electrical, two seniors in electrical, and then an electrical student and alumni who is now in the union. And so we were able to kind of show that path and how we help mold our students and you know take them from beginning to end. So we had a really great time. It was they gave they were very generous with their time. Um as working with media sometimes they do not give you that much time. They gave us an hour um if not a little bit more. So we were so grateful for them and the piece is really wonderful. So if you haven't had a chance to see it, you can go view it on their website. Um, and in addition to that wonderful piece, we
046are working with Boston Children's Museum on a really fun marketing piece, they had approached us because they're redesigning their construction zone exhibit, which I'm sure anyone who has been there in the past 20 years has seen um, a lot of it in the past was focused on the big dig. So, it's time to update that. and they have come to us because their new theme is dream it build it and they are inviting I'm going to read what their VP of exhibits has sent me so I get it I so I'm accurate with her dream but um they're inviting children to dream design and build the world that they want to live in through hands-on exploration of construction design engineering and teamwork children will develop the skills and mindset to solve complex problems from how
047communities are designed to how to build a home. This project is more than just an exhibit. It's a bold statement that all children, regardless of background, deserve the chance to see themselves as creators and change makers. So, they are looking to profile students in the construction professions or going into that profession. Um, and these profiles will engage be engaging vignette video vignettes that will feature these individuals working and sharing their jobs and their interests um, and who they are as people. So, you might hear from a landscape architect who loves the outdoors camping and pizza or a painter who on the weekends goes skateboarding and his favorite dinosaur is a triceratops. So, it's trying to show how as a whole um these people are and what their interests are and how they've really got there.
048And they had this idea that showing students and how they are um closer in age and just being the big kid and looking up to them would be really wonderful to um showcase for years to come. So, our students of course um dazzled them when they did a walkthrough um and we are really excited and not only will our students get to be featured in these vignettes for years to come, but I managed to also get our multimedia students to help with behind the scenes. So, they're going to be assisting as um you know, production assistants and tech assistants while they're filming. So, it'll be a real holistic project that we get to work on and I'm really excited. Our students are very excited and the children's museum is beyond excited. They were blown away
049by our students and the facilities when they took the tour. So, this will be a really fun one to put together and then for our students to get to go to the children's museum and see it and then maybe in years to come they get to bring their own children there. So, very exciting project to work on. Now, I'm done. >> Great. comments or questions. >> That just sounds like a really fun collaboration. I bet the Boston Globe would be interested in covering it, too. >> I'm already >> Yes, Alice. >> When will that open? >> They're hoping for the fall of next year, but they're also hoping that maybe they can get it done by the spring. Um, they said it really depends on how fast they can move from a production point of
050view and then to get the exhibit actually built, which they were they said that their team would be very upset if they saw how beautiful our carpentry shop was and all the access they had to equipment. So, um, that's something that they're looking forward to this spring summer. >> We have D. >> Yeah. Um could you just describe how did you get connected with the organization not this organization but the place that you visited >> with the Boston Children's Museum? >> Yes. So, they reached out to me because a parent >> knew someone and then they connected me to the Boston Children's Museum and then they came to the school to view our facilities. >> So, do you see this as um potentially continuing in future years? They were definite. I mean, this is just
051to rebuild this particular exhibit, but they were interested in, you know, working with us on other things, having our students potentially, you know, come in and work on some things for them or or featuring some things that our students built as a rotating exhibit. So either if our carpentry students build something, our welding students or if our students in horiculture and plant science had something they wanted to do, they definitely saw it as something where the exhibits could be, you know, we could be more involved. >> That sounds really impressive. >> Thank you. >> Welcome. >> Any other comments or questions? Very good. Is that the end of the principal report? Yes, that is the final uh the final slide. >> Great. That was very uh covered a lot of territory there this evening, I
052think. Pretty impressive. >> Thank you. >> Superintendent's leadership report. Superintendent Driscoll, you have a few things for us this evening, I believe. >> I do. Um, so the first item on the agenda is potential spotlights. And something that people have brought up that they wanted to hear about or check in um on were college and career readiness um the dual enrollment which we have Danielle Tag with us who will share her presentation in a moment. Um I also wanted to give a shout out to our CPAC who I see some members of here today. I spoke with Adelaide Riley because they have really been very active this year. Um, in the past, as of last September, we had three active members and it has really skyrocketed um, over the past year and I just wanted
053to give some shoutouts of what the CPAC has been doing um, and uh, again they they're partnering with other groups and and it's been great. Um, they host a monthly meeting for parents. Um they meet regularly with uh principal Deleva and Dr. Pearl for collaboration. They have their own website mmcpac.org um which they launched and it's updated weekly that is quite a commitment. They also have a monthly newsletter um that is delivered to 70 CPAC members which is about 20% of our sped population. Um so that's incredible. They also um are a presence and participate in MPA a parent organization meetings and fundraisers such as Winter Wonderland, Lex Giving, and if you don't know what the lunch bunch is when they um they connect um groups over our lunches. Um they hosted a table at
054freshman orientation. They do on placement day and they were there at open house. Um oh, I don't know. Um when Erin was explaining the tables in the student commons, um not only do we have our dual enrollment person, our leads, some of the sports, but um but we also have um our CPAC there. Uh let's see what else do we have? Oh, they have hosted guest speakers and this is a part of what they communicate with um from the Federation um of children with special needs. Um, and this year they're adding some Minute Man staff to those presentations and they are coordinating a CPAC to CPAC discussion with some of our member towns to make sure that there's not misinformation out there. Um, so I can give you one example. Um, I was asked at
055m uh at open house um if we have speech services like like that wasn't a thing. Um, of course we do. Um so that there's some misconceptions about um how we support kids but we have a very high um population of students with disabilities that we are very proud to um service and I wanted to make sure we gave a shout out to our CPAC um and for the future and I want to open this up to ask we are looking at a spotlight on outside public services. It seems like that was the next one as a group you wanted to hear about the most. Is that fair to say? Yes. Okay. I think it was Sharon specifically who who asked for that. So, we'll be bringing that. And today, I'd like to introduce Danielle
056Tag. She is one of our English teachers. Um, and I don't want to embarrass her, but she is a very high achieving English teacher. Her students are just absolutely lucky to be in her classroom. um she gets rave reviews from her students and um it plays out in um in their results and achievement. So, I'm very happy she's here and I'm happy she is connecting our kids with dual enrollment. And I think you're good to go and share your screen, Danielle. >> I hope so. Yes. Let's see. >> All set. Okay. Right. And are you seeing my view or are you seeing the full view? >> We're seeing your view. >> Okay, there we go. Okay, should have the full view now. >> There it is. Yep. >> Very good. Thank you. So, thanks for
057giving some time today in your agenda to um listening to what Minute Man's dual enrollment program is all about. Um, so we're going to start just sort of what it is. What is dual enrollment? And um, at Minaman, it's an opportunity that we give our juniors and seniors um, to pursue college credit while they're in high school. Um, and what's really great and a little bit unique about Minamana is how we offer it, which is um, through the school day students take their regular classes. Matilda, if she's still here, is is one of those students and a great representation of the kind of kid who pursues dual enrollment. Um, but we were taught in sort of a variety of subject areas and by minute man faculty who have been vetted by Middle Sex Community Colleges
058uh who is our um partner as adjuct faculty. So that is unique. So any student can pursue any high school student can pursue dual enrollment but typically it happens outside um of the building night school asynchronous online type stuff but um we offer these courses um during the regular school day. So there are a lot of advantages to dual enrollment. One of them is that students get an opportunity while they're in high school to experience the kind of rigor of a college level course. um you know, sort of dip their toe in so to speak, figure out what it's going to be like when they graduate, when they head off to college, if that's where they're headed. And the dual credit, so as the name suggests, um they are dual enrolled. These students are enrolled
059here at Minaman as well as at Middle Sex. Um and they get the credit both towards their high school diploma as well as college credit. And if they are um particularly um ambitious, they could pursue all of our courses. So we offer five courses currently and they could graduate with 17 credits. So basically a semester ahead um um of their college education and depending on how they use those credits. Some students have told me that they maybe want to use the credits so that they can ease into their freshman year of college, maybe take one few, you know, one less course. And some students are like, "That's great. I want to um graduate early." And the other major advantage is the cost. So, currently Middle Sex is offering these credits to us at $128 a
060credit, which is hugely financially advantageous. Um, and our students um and their parents. And actually, um, Erin, I can't see who's still here, but um, if the number of questions I got about dual enrollment um, on Sunday is any indication, we're going to have a lot of interest in it moving forward. um I saw the eyebrows go up when I told parents, you know, that that was the rate at which they were getting those credits. So, I'm so happy. We've been doing this program um for about 10 years now, and since then, our enrollment has quadrupled. Um so, a lot of interest in these courses. Our most um popular one right now is in the senior year, and it's the most diverse um group of students who pursue it as well, which I love. But
061that is Intro to Psych um with Mr. McQuilin. And another sort of interesting data point is that um about a third of our students take more than one course. So um you know in the junior year students can take English composition one um they can take pre-calculus for engineering physics one and a lot of students are are enrolled in one or more of those and then in the senior year it is early world literature and then intro to psych as I mentioned before with mulin and so um a good number of our students are doing more than one course at one time and then in terms of our next step we're looking to expand the access to this coursework and given our schedule and to sort of you know the limitations of teachers and the
062number of blocks during the day and the these are basically for the most part singleton courses um we're exploring CTE as an option for that and so um actually beginning in the spring so in January uh we'll be starting our first um CTE program so in the um um computer programming and cyber security we're adding a programming one option for the seniors in that in that program which is great um really interested to see um you know what kind of attention that draws. And then the other thing that's happening is um we're investigating an early college designation um which is you know set by the state involves a lot a lot a lot of paperwork and um I know that Sonia has been getting that going um but it um could help us expand our
063access to some sort of underserved populations and there are a number of things about it that are similar to what we do but it would add some supports for some of those students um who um haven't been accessing it for us yet. And that's our program. Um, but I'm happy to ask questions. I mean, answer questions if anybody has them. >> Hey, uh, I have, uh, one question and then two comments that are related. >> The first question is, how are these courses different from AP courses other than the fact that they get to get the college credits for it? Mhm. So, in a lot of ways, the coursework is very similar to what you would see um in an AP. The difference is the test is not a requirement and the the credits are
064guaranteed. Um you know, there's some limitations in the same way that with AP where um some schools, you know, will won't take AP at all. Some schools will only take a three, a four, or a five. Um and so we run into that with with the dual enrollment courses as well. But as long as a student earns a C minus, you know, a 70 or better for the year, they do get those credits. Um, and in a state um institutions, it's a onetoone transfer. Um, in our private universities, sometimes the the courses are taken as they are. Sometimes they're taken um as an elective. Um but in a lot of ways like for for some time I actually taught the intro to psych and um in preparation to teach that course I did an AP
065um summer institute for intro to psych and the coursework is is it aligns in a lot of ways. >> Okay. So let me add to that. I taught in high school three separate AP courses and uh there are two uh other benefits for students to take these advanced courses while in high school. One is that yes, if you take a lot of these classes, you can save money and you can graduate early, but the other option is that you can skip the introductory courses and take more advanced coursework right away. And that would give them more options to get uh when they get some of the intro courses gone, they can focus on more interesting and more advanced stuff. So that gives them an advantage. >> And the other thing is that in a lot
066of schools, uh from the professor's point of view, the intro courses are the ones they want to avoid in a lot of schools. And so you don't necessarily get the best professors. And at a lot of schools, those intro courses can be these giant lecture hall courses in which the kids get very little uh time from uh individual time. And frankly uh often the high school teachers are much much better than the professors who do not want to be teaching those large introductory classes. So, uh, children who may struggle in the introductory class if they were taking it in, uh, a college and, uh, calculus is a prime example of a kid getting shell shock when they go to college and they seeing calculus for the first time in that giant lecture hall course. If
067they get to take that in a smaller environment with a high school teacher who was hired primarily for the ability to teach and not the ability to get grants, they are have a higher likelihood of being successful in some of those challenging introductory courses. So those are other reasons why it is very valuable for a number of children to take some of these advanced courses uh at high school if they can do so without you know crashing and burning because for some >> I wholeheartedly agree it's a great advantage for sure >> is a great advantage Alice Duca >> um I was really happy to hear you say that you mention it to these parents and they were all really excited and I was thinking that you know this type of thing is like the
068best kept secret. So, um I wonder um if you plan a lot of outreach to parents of existing students cuz I find that I don't know especially um at Minute Man historically it's it's been a sort of like you know it's a surprise to find out about things sometimes and the more publicizing you can do the better. I think it's a terrific thing you're doing. Um yes. So we're we are attempting to get more information from our alum after they leave us but also um I did happen here only um because I guess my name was mentioned but um from one of the panels um um during open house that that very idea was mentioned the idea of dual enrollment courses and that this um this particular mother said that her daughter reported that you
069know she she felt very prepared and so you know I I would like to be more intentional about getting that information out there. But, um, that was a great anecdote and I'm and I'm glad that it was heard by, you know, a number of parents on that day. >> There was also a student, um, probably 10 years ago who graduated from Minute Man, but she graduated from M Middle Sex Community College to a week earlier uh, than she graduated from Minute Man. So, >> yes. Yes, I recall that student. Yes. >> Triplet if I recall. Yes. >> Yeah. It's just um you know that's another thing that that sort of shores up your attempt to do the early college. >> Any other comments or questions? >> Yeah. >> I guess D. >> Yeah. Um can
070you tell me the um percent or the number of students in this program? >> Yes. So this year we have I think it's just under 150 enrolles which again with the sort of duplicate courses I think was right around just over 110 111 students enrolled but again some of them were in multiple courses so that's where that extra um number comes from. So it's good I mean it's it's about you know it's a good percentage of the total population. And again most of it comes from from the senior year. And I I I love that a lot of students are willing to pursue that intro to psych course in the senior year who maybe, you know, wouldn't have in the junior year, but um um really want to get a taste for the college curriculum
071um college kind of rigor um before they head off. >> I I guess my other question is how do you identify which students are appropriate for this versus students who are not? >> Sure. So currently um our gateway criterion is the teacher recommendation. So, um, all of our, you know, all of our teachers in the sophomore year when we begin those recommendations, uh, are given, you know, basically the the idea of what a dual enrollment course looks like. Um, and then they recommend the students and then, um, basically those rosters are are passed on to me and I look at a number of eligibility criteria that we have. Um, some of it's our, some of it's middle sexes, but, you know, a minimum GPA, we look at attendance rates. um students need to have um
072a certain score um on the evidence-based reading and writing portion of the SAT or PSAT um and a final grade. So like for example, if they want to pursue the comp 101 course in the junior year, um they need to have at least an 85 u final grade in their English courses in the sophomore year. There's some flexibility depending on situations like I always reach out to guidance about attendance. you know, if a student is slightly over, ask like, you know, is there some information that I need to know about that student that um, you know, would would allow them to continue. Um, but those are the basic criteria that we follow. >> Do you ever have any students who decide to opt out of it after they've been in the program for a couple
073of weeks or so? >> Rarely. Um, I think you know because the application process they understand and and because the courses particularly like I said that one course on the senior is so popular the students are are just dying to get in it and once they're in they're they're not heading anywhere. >> Thank you. Mhm. >> So, uh I believe that's the end of the questions and Danielle, thank you very much for your presentation and an impressive increase in the number of students taking advantage of this great opportunity for them. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations, >> Jeeoff. If you don't mind, I I'd like to thank Danielle again. I love that trend line going up. And I do want to give a shout out to Principal Deva. So something that's coming in January is stu
074a change in student selection process to make sure we do identify those kids who maybe didn't pop up somewhere else. So even though there are standards and sort of gates if you will we are going to make sure that anybody who is interested in any course that we have we have an awareness of. Um, so that's something that Paul has um noticed that would uh help with expansion and um again uh open house dual enrollment was a hot topic. So thank you for being there and doing that Daniel. >> Okay, great. Very interesting. So thank you very much. And is that the end of the superintendent leadership report for this evening? Um, I have one more potential spotlight I want to bring to your attention. Um, we work right now, especially our environmental shop with
075Mass Save, um, with a green sustainability technical education program that really connects kids with, um, very important and needed jobs in Massachusetts. Um, so that is one of our topics that will be coming in the future. And if you all communicate which are our priorities, I'm I'm happy to bring them to you. >> Very good. Sharon, >> um Heidi, I just wanted to mention I'm so glad that you brought up the CPAC tonight because I had a parent of an eighth grade student um reach out to me today and ask me some questions about special ed services at Minute Man. And I directed her to their website and holy cow, I had no idea. like that website is quite impressive and there as you said it's updated weekly so I would encourage everybody to take
076a look at it at some point because there's a ton of links to so many resources and so it was really impressive so I was really it was very convenient that you mentioned it this evening because I just had a chance to look at it today and I was really impressed >> Alice occurs to me that the the psychology class that you mentioned is of value to not only kids who are going to go to college or think they're going to go to college, but almost every American high school student who comes out of high school has children and the only chance for them to know uh about child psychology or what they face as a parent or young parent, what to expect of children and so forth would come from a psychology class in
077high school which most of them don't take. So there's a great there's another advantage to that particular dual enrollment course that you mentioned for more kids. >> And is that now the end of the superintendent's leadership report? >> Yes, sir. >> Very good. Now, one of my favorite parts of every meeting, the finance report. Sarah? >> Yes. So, in addition to reviewing warrants, which are the school expenses, two times a month, um we have a couple of required votes by the school committee and one item that our auditors require us to bring up. And with that said, I'm going to turn it over to Nikki. >> Thank you. And Jeeoff, I heard you dig on finance committee not being your favorite part of the meeting earlier, so I just wanted to make sure you knew
078I heard that. Finance Committee rocks. >> So, it is time for everyone's favorite part of the meeting, finance committee. And um since you're all experts because we went through this uh June 30th, 2025 report um at our October meeting um this November meeting which we're sharing our first quarter September 30th report we should be able to fly through quickly. Um this first report is our general fund report. Again, this is the budget that is voted by the school committee. We have our state function codes which we report to DESIE on the left hand side. Um as well as our budget any budget adjustments throughout um the first quarter. Um as you can see these are all under $10,000. Any budget transfers that are over $10,000 in between function codes um will be presented to the
079school committee. Um and that will be part of the memo that's presented to you next. Um, we have our budget with the um, budget adjustments, any actual expenses, incumbrances, meaning any planned expenses um, that haven't been paid yet, and then our final um, available budget down in the corner. And my screen is a little bit frozen. So, I'm going to stop sharing and then reshare and try again. >> It was working from our point of view. We could see the screen. We could see your mouse moving on it. >> It was It wouldn't scroll down for me. >> Let's try again. >> All right. So what I wanted to highlight here down at the bottom perfect is um 10% um is still available within our budget um in unencumbered what um I will highlight here
080and is included in the budget memo are two um deficit projected deficits um that we'd like to propose a budget transfer for. So, I'm going to scroll on to the next page that includes our budget memo and we can um describe the reasoning for these and then I can flip back and we can talk about any questions relating to the report or budget transfers. So, our um planned budget transfers that we're asking for approval on are to um cover our director of HR in compliance as uh superintendent Driscoll presented in her um superintendent entry plan. um there was a need for this position and there was a reorganization of the salary from our director of academics to cover this position as well as two pair of professionals to help within the classroom. So our two
081budget transfers tonight are uh to support that and um it was recommended by the school committee um the finance committee to bring to the our school committee tonight. So happy to answer any questions and I'll flip back to our um general fund budget report. >> Why don't we put that uh motion on the table and then we can have a discussion on it. The motion on the transfer. So would somebody like to propose? Why don't you show the motion again? Scroll down to the motion. Alice has her hand up. Let's just put it on the table and then we will Oh, you're going to move it. >> The first quarter general bun fund budget transfers as presented. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? Sarah, do you have any comments on this? >> No. No
082question. No com comments. Nope. >> Seeing no questions or comments, we bring it to a vote. Pam, >> well, I have a question. >> Oh, gee. I didn't know if we were looking at that screen alone or or the whole thing. Um, my question is I think that I heard you say that you have 10% remaining unallocated in your budget and I'm wondering is this typical? >> Yeah. So, a majority >> Okay, >> sorry. A majority of our budget is payroll um and health insurance expenses. Um so you know as typical in a school. So I would say that that tracks with kind of any of our non salary um um expenditures that will be spent more consumables throughout the year. Most of our um insuranceances and that kind of thing are are paid or
083encumbered and planned throughout the year. >> Okay. So what would have what would um have to happen in order for that 10% to be used more people more hired hiring more people or >> no. So in order for um the amounts to be used, whoever would like to spend money within their allocated budget puts uh a request in um that request is approved by their supervisor um as well as the business office. as long as it's in line with the budget. If anything were to be out of line with the approved budget that the school committee um had approved, it would come to the school committee if it was over $10,000. So, we would not be able to hire anybody um as that would be over $10,000 without a school committee approved budget transfer. >>
084Thank you. >> Any other hands? So uh bringing to a vote Pam >> Pam Nackton yes >> Sarah Montigue Arlington yes >> Linda Herbison Bolton yes >> Dortner conquered yes >> Maggie Sharon do yes >> Charlie Lancaster yes >> Jaron Mto Lexington yes >> Jeff Stan yesto yes >> very Okay. >> Okay. And I think we're moving on to the first quarter revolving report. >> Yes. So our revolving report shows our different revolving funds on the left hand side. um description of the funds, the beginning balance, which was the ending balance um of FY26, our revenues that we've posted so far through September 30th, and projected revenues um throughout the year, any of our expenditures through September 30th, incumbrances, again, planned expenses um through the end of June 30th, um 2026. So these are um
085conservative um estimates as far as projections and expenses. Um we do have our um kind of standard uh revolving fund accounts. So we have our summer school um accounts. You can see there was um more expenditures um you know through the first quarter which is July through September. um that is on track with how um how summer school works. Most of the money we receive um is before you have to sign up for the program before between January and June and then we spend um when the students are in. So that um you know although the revenues um appear to be lower, it's because all of that money um was received and included in our beginning balance. Our MTI program um is showing um a good profit through the year. Um N director Nancy Hul
086and I went through her budget together. Um she has great enrollment for her electrical um and automotive classes. Um and she's working on um ongoing enrollment for her cosmetology class. Um but as you can see um you know still projecting a profit throughout the year. Um and this is also attributed to uh some of the CTI grants that are able to offset some of the salaries and um provide MTI with space rental money. Our facility rental account um is consistent yeartoear. We do have projected incumbrances and ex um for we have projected revenue for Leslie and the Bolts in here, but we do anticipate more um as the year goes on. Our trades accounts are fairly consistent through the year. Um what I'll highlight here is our capital fee and our out of district revenue.
087This is the projection for all of our outofdist students and what we will receive in income uh this year. we are able to utilize this money um as we do every year to offset the FY27 budget. So this came into play as we were discussing um the budget at our last finance committee meeting and um also note that we have a regional transportation revolving account. Um so that is something that um was brought up again last year. we did receive more money in regional transportation that we were able to um put into a revolving account. So, we received more than was budgeted. So, we are actually able to offset our FY27 budget more um this year for the transportation because of that. So that's something we will always give back the following year to be
088able to offset the assessments, the transportation assessments to those towns. As well as our food service um program, our um our agreement is um we will um make at least $22,000. Um but you know, most important is that the food is good for the students. So, um, this is a summary of our revolving, uh, accounts. What the auditors recommend each year is that we vote on all of our revolving accounts. So, uh, your vote tonight is not specifically on this report, but just a vote that the school committee acknowledges that we have all these revolving accounts and um, you know, there's transparencies with the balances um, as we report these every quarter. So this would be a vote that we take once a year for not only revolving but we will again do it for
089our student activity accounts and happy to answer any questions. >> Let's put the motion on the table first. Um somebody want to move to approve all the revolving fund accounts as presented. Please >> moved. >> Second. >> Alice. I'm just so happy to see this very clean process and routine reporting and like I mean you know that we like always to talk about the bad old days way back when, but this is such a refreshing thing to see a routine report that we can all unanimously vote to approve and everything's looking great. I love it. >> Yes, Al's referring to the the point uh to the time in which a lot of this was very unclear. Uh the status of our revolving accounts was unclear and some of them were in deficit for historic reasons.
090And it took us a number of years to both clean that up to decide which of these uh various accounts can are sustainable and not sustainable and to make the changes necessary in both reportage and how they were run to give you this nice neat one-page clear to understand report. So there are times when this was not the case for many years, but it is the case now. And uh uh Nikki and the administration is a great job doing a great job of overseeing these accounts and presenting to you these reports. Now once again, the motion on the table is not accepting anything in of these numbers. It's just for you to acknowledge that you understand that these accounts basically exist. meaning that there have been school committees that had no idea of what revolving
091accounts they had and so therefore they put this rule in. So, but we got them all on one page. So, it's it's I think it's pretty clear. So, any other comments or questions? Roll call vote. Pam. >> Paming. Yes. >> Sarah Montigue Arlington. Yes. >> Linda Person Bolton. Yes. >> Dort conquered. Yes, >> Maggie. Sharon Dober. Yes. >> Charlene Cabra. Lancaster. Yes. >> Aaron Musta, Lexington. Yes. >> Jeff Dulan. Need. Yes. >> Alice Duca. Yay. >> Yay. Exactly. >> Okay. Now we're moving to the first quarter student activity fund report. >> Yeah. And I just wanted to give a shout out to everyone. Um, you know, I present these reports, but every single line is a person um in this school that does such a great job. Um, so, you know, a shout out to
092everybody who actually works on these revolving reports and we go over budgets together and we make it um something that is sustainable um financially for the district, but also um really great for um the students or um the preschool. Um, I'm a I'm a parent of, you know, my four-year-old goes and my 2-year-old will go as well. And they're just one little line on here, but, you know, really a bright light, um, you know, and, um, to everyone, um, not only, you know, students, but but parents as well. So, um, you know, just a shout out to everybody at Minute Man for the great teamwork. >> Let me go even further than that and to say when you show, um, people outside of the district this kind of report, it enhances your credibility quite a
093bit. is they can see it all in one look. So it is an enhancement of credibility. It's not just a convenience for us. That's what >> So our next report is our student activity report. And again, I've mentioned um this a few times. Um we do have um our auditors look at our student activity reports. These uh minute man is the fiscal agent um as far as um the student activity funds are concerned but this is actually student fundraised money. So again we have our student activity accounts in our advisors we have their beginning balances any revenue projected revenue um expenses through September and incumbrances or expected expenses and our ending balances. Um we have you know just over $90,000 still. Um you know we have had some expenses. Um you know probably the biggest
094expense here is um the payment out of the senior um the the former or I guess the graduating class. Um but as u Matilda has shown a lot of great stuff going on at the school. So I do anticipate um some additional spending. Um and we're excited to hear what the students are up to um through the coming years. But again, the students um have to sign off on all of these funds as well as the student treasurer if there is one, the adviser, the principal, and the business office. So there are a lot of additional controls surrounding this money to make sure that it's used to benefit the students. So again, the vote today is um an audit requirement and that is to recognize all of these student activity accounts, voting to approve them
095all. Um if there is ever a new student activity account, as you know from the last quarter, we ask you to approve it. Um and if we were ever to inactivate one, um it would be a school committee uh vote as well. >> So happy to answer any questions. First, uh, could we have a motion to approve all the student activity accounts as presented? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Right. Questions or comments for Nikki? >> Very well. Then roll call vote. Pam. >> Pamin. Yes. >> Sarah Montigue. Arlington. Yes. >> Linda Herbison. Bolton. Yes. >> Dorter. Conquered. Yes. Maggie Sharon. Dover. Yes. Charlene Cabraw Lancaster. Yes. >> Must Lexington. Yes. >> Jeff Stan. Yes. >> Mr. Lucas do. Yes. >> Very good. >> All right. Last Oh, last but not least, we have our
096bank balances and interest. Again, this is just to um be transparent with the school committee of the bank balances. I'm happy to report that our business office and the U bank balances are reconciled through September 30th and I'm happy to answer any questions um on the bank balances or bank reconciliation. I have a question. Was there anything unusual in this report from your perspective? No, nothing unusual. Um, all on track. Um, nothing in particular stands out. >> Thank you. >> Very good. I believe Sarah, is this the end of the finance committee report? >> Indeed, it's the end of the finance committee report. Thank you. >> Okay. Very good. Nikki, you have nothing else to add at this time. >> Um, Jess, I hope that was exciting for all of you as it was for
097me. Thank you for your time. >> As a former certified financial planner, I love financial reports. So, uh they are the thing that um uh that gives you the information you need to make your uh uh decisions. And organizations who refuse to do these appropriately often do get into trouble. So, I'd like to see it. And the news from these reports uh you know it's very matter of fact that we won't go through these but the news is all good. This is all good news on all these reports on our financial health. It's really good news. So we can afford to make a few jokes about it because it's all positive. >> Great. Thank you. >> Okay. That ends the finance report. >> Thanks Nikki. >> Thank you Nikki. Thank you Sarah. Thank you Fincom
098members. Subcommittee reports. I believe that we're going to be very short on item nine today. So for the Minuteman Faculty Association Negotiation Subcommittee, I have nothing to say except uh we are meeting for the first time with the MFA tomorrow, which is one reason why I have nothing to say. And item uh 10B was there only as a placeholder in case we had something to tell you which we don't. So we do not need item 10B today. Crossing it out. And that ends the minute me and faculty association negotiation subkid report. I believe that is I believe I've covered everything members. Is that correct that we have nothing to say? Yep. That'd be myself uh uh and and Pam and Maggie, the school committee members. Also joining us are Heidi and Nikki. Let's move on
099to the policy subcommittee report, which I believe is also on the short side today. >> Four words. We will meet Thursday. Here we go. >> Very good. All right. That concludes item nine in record time, which brings us to item 10, which we still have one item for. Uh, and uh, I would like a motion to enter executive session, not to return to open session to include uh, the superintendent, uh, Julia. And who else do we need, Heidi, for this item? A just you and Julia. Is that correct? >> That is it. Correct. >> Okay. Not to return to open session for the following reason. >> Oh, Sarah has a question. >> I just have a question. Do we have a separate link for this or are we just staying? >> No, we're going to
100stay right here and we're going if necessary. Our new policy is that we can make people put them back in the waiting room if we need to. >> Thank you. will Julia will make sure that only the appropriate people are here. So, we're going to stick with this link. Is that correct? That is the new plan. Correct? Yes, >> that is correct. >> Uh to consider the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiation position of the public body. That's the only item. Uh roll call vote to enter executive session for that reason. Pam >> Pam Sackton. Yes. >> Sarah Montigue Arlington. Yes. >> Dort Linda Herbison Bolton. Yes. >> Maggie Sharon Dover. Yes. >> Charlene. >> Okay. Can
101you hear me now? Yep. Okay. Charlene Cabrell Lancaster. Yes. >> Sharon MTO Lexington. Yes. >> Jeff Stol and Nean. Yes. >> Alistister Lucastow. Yes. >> Great. So, everybody who is not on the school committee or Heidi and Julia, thank you for joining us and we will see you in a future meeting, I am sure. Okay, let's take a look. We got Heidi, we got me. We got Linda D. We got Maggie.