001the curtain. >> The U finance and law subcommittee shall come to order. I'll start out with roll call. Mrs. Shavs, >> present. >> Mr. Vieiraa, >> present. >> Chairman Dlo, present. Uh, first up on the agenda, we have the use of facilities. Uh, see attached memo. Mrs. Monahan, welcome. >> Thank you, Dr. Dlo. Um, on the memo, you will see that two organizations have requested use of our facilities. One is requesting um Benjamin Freriedman the um the auditorium and one is asking just for the parking lot and that's why we're not charging for the parking lot but the other fees will be um adhering to the use of facilities >> uh what are the wishes I'm sorry Mrs. chefs. >> Just a quick question. What is Citizens for Citizens doing with the park? >> They
002are do they're actually working with the city um and working with giving out food to the elderly to this um to the seniors of Taton. Taton, the city of Taton. >> Oh, nice. Very nice. >> Of course. >> Great. Uh what are the wishes of the committee? >> Motion to receive and place on file. >> Seconded. >> All in favor? I opposed. Eyes have it. Next item on the agenda, we have the tennis courts preventive maintenance see attached memo. Back to you, Mrs. Mon. >> Thank you. to address the necessary repairs to our tennis courts. And that's uh two areas at the high school and then also at Oakland tennis courts. We've um requested three quotes, sport tech surfaces and New England seal coating. Um and again this is um looking at the three the
003three quotes and I'm of course recommending this to go forward with repairing the Tata High School tennis courts this year and then utilizing the athletic revolving and then the Oakland's tennis courts to repair of the summer of 2026 again part of athletic revolving and this is a um a part of our um maintenance agreements. So, as you can see here with the three quotes, the quotes all include prep work, multiple layers of crack repair system, one core of resurfacer, two coats of acrylic paint and layout and tennis lines. My recommendation is to work with sport tech services for ths. Of course, that being um there that is the lowest bid for Taton High School and repairs to for the Oakland campus to go with East Coast Seal Coding as they are the lowest bid for
004that quote. >> Mrs. Shuffs, >> just one question. Thank you, Dr. Mill. Um will campus hold their quote to summer? >> Yes. Yes. What they'll do is they might have to revise it a little bit if there's I'm sure they're going to have to revise it. But again, right now, what I think is best in working with the superintendent, we think it's better to do one now and then one later on. >> Well, they're substantially cheaper than the other. Yes. Even if they went up a little bit, >> it doesn't usually. We've seen some quotes that we've asked for like in a year after and sometimes they go down a little bit and sometimes very little going up as well. >> Okay. Thank you, >> Mr. Beer. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, I know
005over in the Oakland campus they have pickle ball lines. We have the pickle ball craze across uh America. Will they be repainting the pickle ball lines at Oakland campus and the Taton High campus? Do they have pickle ball line? Is that just strictly tennis? >> You know what? I don't remember that to tell you the truth. I don't think we do. I could be wrong, but I don't want to say I think if anything, we might have some different nets that are in there, but the only ones that we had uh painted the pickle ball is the one at Oakland. And yes, they would do the pickle ball lining there as well because it's very simple to do. the the and then >> and I would advise sorry >> because um we're in because the
006the high school tennis courts are used for comp that's what I was going to say >> matches in the hakamach I would advise against painting additional lines as that might we could always talk to the athletic director and get his opinion but at this point I would advise until we get an opinion from the athletic director not to add additional lines to the high school uh cost because they're used for competitive matches >> makes sense thank thank Sure. >> That's what I was going to bring up. >> Okay, good. So, I just have a comment. So, I'm a little confused. So, we're not going to touch Oakland until 2026, but yet we want to vote on this tonight and they're not going to hold a bid for 2026. >> Usually, quotes cannot be held for
007that long. Um, again, what we're trying to do is we are watching slowly. We don't want to go ahead and commit everything right away um for our funding and working with the superintendent. The superintendent did advise that we go ahead and do one now and then of course requesting the three three bids again or three quotes I should say to get a revised quote and then of course as we get closer to that I will bring it back to the school committee and um to remind about this commitment to go in to do it in summer of 2026 and to and to let you know if any uh pricing has changed. Yeah, I I I just think it it doesn't make any sense to vote on both of them tonight personally because again, if they're
008not going to hold it, then what's the advantage for us doing it today? And and the reason the second reason is uh the sport tech is the lower of the two of the three for the Tata High School. And if they they do such a tremendous job, maybe they're going to when we go back to rebid this, they could be a little bit more competitive. And I mean, if we don't like their work, we know that already. I I just trying to figure out why we need to do this today. >> The other thing too is if I could sometime it is good to um we go ahead and project to say all right we're going to be we're thinking ahead right and we know that it's going to be around $50,000 to do the
009Oakland campus. So we can go ahead and do not fully on the books but we can go ahead and put in an encumbrance to saying that this is a plan that we would like to do in the summer of 2026. But that would probably hit FY27 then, right? Is that what we're talking? >> Well, in the revolving account, um, there really is no fiscal year because we can carry the funds over year to year. >> I would just advise and Mrs. Moahan and I spoke the high school that was our largest investment. So, I want to say seven years ago, eight years ago. >> Yes, >> possibly longer. I think I was I think I was in Mrs. Moing's row. We spent half a million dollars to replace those clubs. So, um, when we did
010an inspection, we noticed some cracks. We noticed some grass coming through. So, if if anything, if we do split it, I'm fine. I I just am adamant and I would wish the committee will support that we repair the high school before the damage gets worse because I don't want to see >> an addition. I'm not >> We can always We can always reid like you suggest. >> Just to be clear, I am not saying we don't do the high school. That's absolutely not what I'm saying. I'm just saying to vote on these today, we're talking about a whole different year. uh if they could hold the quote for us the bid if we sign a contract say yeah we're going to put this into service in June of 2026 absolutely we'll do it today because
011there's a savings but if they're not going to I don't see the advantage of you know awarding this bid to >> the other the other thing Dr. know is these these these costs are now public. >> Yep. >> We do if we do rebid it, >> the all the vendors know >> where they all came in at. >> So there's there's no need for you to reward it. I just want to be fiscally responsible because I don't want to anticipate any unforeseen athletic >> and and that and that and Mr. super that works the opposite way too because now that we don't have a a bid hold east coast can now go up to 72,000 or to 65,000 saying that hey we we we kind of under bid this I'm still trying to figure this
012out you know >> it's a question what I mean what's the disadvantage of having east coast do it now >> that's >> I mean is much going to change in revolving from from now till the spring I mean >> I believe um we we had the softball the baseball project that took a big chunk out of athletic evolving. I want to say we're down to maybe 300,000 on athletic revolving and you guys did authorize 75,000 for the combination athletic field. So 75 is coming out of that 300. So I felt that's why I felt a 100red would would be wise to spend now that we replenish our office and then do that work in a sum of 26. >> So So do you expect or anticipate any changes in our projections? Aren't they pretty consistent?
013number one. And number two, could it cause further damage going through the winter with with water and frozen ice in the cracks and possibly create a situation that could be more expensive? >> It won't get better. So, if the wish is to do to award it to I believe if you were to award both bids, I think East Coast is 1495, Sporttech is 1652 and New England seal coding is 80.4. So if you did award both bids, it' be 150,000 to get both projects done. If you if you wish to do it, again, I was just trying to be >> responsible. I'll go to you, Mr. Sh, please. >> The other thing I mean, I agree with you. If we're if we're not going to do them both now, I would sort of prefer to
014wait. But I the doing it over the summer where it tends to be used more in the summer, wouldn't it make more sense for us to if we're not going to do it now to think about doing it early spring? >> Fall would make the most sense >> or fall. Yeah. I mean, because I'd hate to h I mean, I would think the summer is when the courts are used the most. So, shutting them down for a while during the summer doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. I would rather see it done when it's not being used a lot. >> And I can also check to see how long the work would be done and and how long it would have to be closed as well. >> That could be another factor to
015see as you're saying because of the use. >> Yeah. >> In the fall would only impact residents, >> right? Yeah. >> Yeah. Because the high school no competitions in the fall and Freiedman >> doesn't have He just be residents. >> And again, I just want to go back. I mean, this is a $16,000 savings if we do it all at once. And, you know, even if you know, we put 50 grand in the bank and, you know, very aggressive interest rates, we're not going to get back 15 or $16,000 in interest. >> So, somebody wants to amend the motion. >> Yeah. I mean, are you okay with that? >> Yeah. I mean, again, we're going to bring in about 1. We on average we've been bringing in 1.2 1.5 million. >> I mean, construction material
016costs generally aren't going down, >> right? Yeah. >> Tariffs are going to be kicking in. Yeah, I mean there's a lot of uncertainty and stability in the market. >> That's more than what we asked for. So, thank you. >> Well, no, it's it's great. That's why we're here. >> So, who would like to make them amend the motion on this? >> Just Just to be clear, did we I don't think anybody made a motion yet. There's no motion currently on the floor, but we're going to split it. Correct. Let's split it. >> Uh motion to award Taton High School tennis court to Sports Tech Surface in the amount of 99,800 and the Oakland campus to You're not splitting it. >> No. Right. >> You're awarding the entire bid. >> We We can't split one to
017one and one to the other. >> Split it. Then you have to go with sport tech. They're the lowest. >> If you split the If you split it, you're going to project. >> Well, well, East Coast is the lowest on one and then sports tech is the lowest on the other. >> Combined. >> Oh, >> combined. 149. >> All right. Let me see this. Let me get my calculator out. You have that. >> You have that. >> You're going to have a total contract. >> 99 800 plus 400. Hold on, Mr. >> So, East East Coast is >> I might give you >> about 15,000. >> I was hoping we could go for a total cost savings collectively. So based on the numbers it would be 1495 would be east coast >> and sport tech
018would be 1652 and New England would be since we have all three of of them in front of us we might as well make this public 180,378. So the award would go to East Coast for 1495. That would be the motion. >> Okay. Oh, if we have to do them together. I was hoping to save us a few bucks, but seeing that we >> $200 we were save. Yeah, I appreciate that, Mr. Beer. Taxpayers would >> 149 and 165. >> No, no, no. If you if you split it be $200 difference between Sporttech and East Coast 998 and then of course the lowest 1495. We're going to go with that anyway. So, but you know what I'm saying. The whole thing would be the East Coast then. All right. Motion to award the bid to
019East Coast Seal Coding in the amount of $149,500. >> Seconded. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. Eyes have it. Thank you. >> That was easy. >> Okay. Next, we have bills payable for FY26 in the amount of 166,234. I need to relook at this. This is very, very low. Huh. 166234. wishes the >> motion to approve in the amount of $166,234. >> Any questions, comments, Mrs. Shavs? >> Second on discussion. >> Yes, Mrs. Shaves. >> I have um three questions. >> Page two. Um the pillar construction services for maintenance of building contracted services. What were those services for 6,000? >> That is what I'm sorry. Um that is why um washing of the bricks for painting at two different schools. >> Washing bricks for painting. On page three, the Ganet New England local IQ.
020I didn't know what that vendor was. Miscellaneous expense. It's not a big expense, but I wasn't I wasn't familiar with that. >> It's um that is considered it's it's an ad. It's that's what it is. It's um when you take out an ad in a newspaper. >> Oh, it's a newspaper. >> Yes, it is. That's the name for the newspaper ad company. Um and that's what food services took out for the summer food program. >> Okay. >> That's why I didn't know it. >> And the last one I have is on page um four. The KW diversity. It's PD. Who? It was for 9,000. Who who was the PD for and when was it being offered? It says I have here as a notation as there's three 1.5 hours on keynotes on leadership development and
021coaching. >> Do you know >> and I for who >> do you have that right off? I don't >> Yeah, I it's fun. Yes, it is definitely grant funded because of the code. >> I just was wondering what it was. >> I can look into it a little bit further and get that back to you. >> Well, I mean there's a lot of talk around diversity and I think it's good that we're offering PD on the diversity. I'd just like to know who was attending it like you know was it something is it coming up is it something we could attend or is it something that's already been um given so >> Mr. Vier >> thank you Mr. Chairman and thank you Mr. jobs. I had the same question on page four. So, appreciate the
022ask. My question page six in the amount of $15,477. >> Um, it for the PD the professional uh development outside provider for contracted services. It's for mentoring services. That person is providing mentoring services u for the district. >> Is it is it for like what's the what's the allotted time frame? Was it a one time? Is it six months? Is it a year? >> So, that's also part of our grant that we got through Desi was to provide uh divers or allow for opportunities for diversifying your staff, which means you can develop homegrown talent through educational assistance to current teachers and such to keep them enrolled. So, it's part of our mentor mentee program of strengthening it. You notice the books that were in my office. Uh Mrs. Perry's also come up. are actually splitting
023courses where I'm working with both mentees and mentors. She's doing mentees because there might be some unique uh aspects that mentees might feel more comfortable talking to her about. And currently she teaches over Bridgewater State. So she's actually working with uh outplaced student teachers. So she has a real connection now with recently hired educators. So it's ongoing through the summer. We've actually been meeting and planning and we're actually taking if you notice is a course together in mentorship and we kick off uh new teacher orientation which superintendent I'm sure we'll invite you to it uh the week of the 19th 20 and 21st of August. >> I I I thought those books were Mari are high quality curriculum instructional material. So thank you for the clarifying answer that that will be all for me. >>
024Great. I just have one comment. I guess page four is the popular page tonight uh for the um voucher 25517 where it breaks down 86616 for hotel. Why wasn't the PE card used on this for this traveler? >> It should have been used. Yeah. >> On which I'm sorry which to 25517. >> 25517 the coordin Yes. It should have been used. Yes. We'll tighten that up when I talk. >> I appreciate that. Superintendent. >> Good. Thank you. Uh motion was made. Correct. >> Seconded. All in favor? I opposed. Eyes have it. And uh >> motion to >> second. >> All in favor? I >> opposed. We are jjourn. >> Thank you everybody. >> The uh first regular meeting of the taunt school committee should come to order. Please rise for the staff spangle band national
025anthem. I aliance with liberty and justice for all. Oh, say can you see by the dawn early light what so proudly we held at the twilight last gleaming who brought stripes and bright stars through the perilous must fight. Or the ramparts we watch were so gallently streaming. And the rockets red glare. The bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star spangled then yet wave or the land of the free and the home of the brave. >> Secretary Fagan. Lord, as we begin this session, let us acknowledge your goodness and mercy and ask your blessings on all our deliberations. We thank you for this opportunity to be of service to our community and to the young people entrusted to our camp. >> Thank you,
026Secretary. And I'll have the roll call, please. >> Mrs. Sha Oh, uh, Mr. Enos is is absent. Mrs. Shabs, >> present. >> Mr. Powski, >> present. >> Mrs. Fagan's present. Ms. uh Santos >> present. >> Mr. Vieiraa >> present. >> Mr. Laura >> present. >> Dr. Dello >> present. Thank you so much. Uh good evening to everyone. Uh the next order of business is the approval of minutes. >> Motion to approve the minutes of July 23rd, 2025. >> Second. >> I'm not going to take that motion for now. I for the people at home that don't have the agenda in front of them, let's read the entire item and then we'll make a motion accordingly. Okay. >> Yes, Mr. Chairman, please do so. >> Approval of minutes for July 23rd, 2021. >> Move. >> Motion
027to approve. >> Seconded. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. Eyes have it. >> Next up, we have the student advisory committee report. I don't see our student advisor today, Mr. Superintendent. >> No, Isaiah. >> Okay, great. Uh, next up we have public input. Do we have any public input, Mr. Bara? >> No public input. Thank you. Next up, we have superintendent report. Superintendent Cabraw. >> So in my superintendence report, uh there were two items that I will present and then the third item I'm going to invite uh two guests to the podium. But first of all, I believe as I shared with the school board in an email. Uh we are very fortunate. I I consider it a blessing when you look around and you see some school systems that's charging as much as
028$600 per student per sport to play a competitive sport or an organized sport at the high school and middle school level. I'm proud to announce that the Taton Public Schools has received a $50,000 grant from the Play Ball Foundation that we will utilize during fiscal 26. This funding will help to expand free middle school sports, eliminating participation fees and access to barriers. The funds will be used to cover coaches, referees, uniforms, equipment, and transportation. I believe this, if we use this correctly, this will help to build feeder programs, for high school, and strengthen equity in long-term sustainability and athletic programs that are already strong and also help to strengthen programs. As we know, uh, through athletics, it builds teamwork, it instills discipline, and it also builds resilience. So, this is a great investment that will
029also reinforce the values that we value here as a school system. So, I just want to give special thanks to athletic director Raphael Dowy and grants coordinator Tim Clark for securing this opportunity and funding. As I shared prior to the meeting, and I'll just want to share publicly that we uh we are preparing tomorrow to kick off our two-day alladmin retreat. Uh the the all admin retreat I believe helps to foster connection, collaboration, and it helps the school department's administrators come together with shared goals to kick off the school year. As school board members and lifelong learners, you are all invited to attend uh lunch or any of the activities we have scheduled on both days. Also, as a save the date, uh could you please also block off August 27th if you are able
030to do so? August 27th will be our convocation day. Mr. Barado and I will finalize the convocation agenda and we'll be sure to share with school committee. We're probably looking at a morning convocation because our keynote speaker uh Buddy Barry, he will also be conducting some professional development with the administrators in the afternoon. Uh superintendent or Dr. Buddy Barry. He's the keynote speaker, someone that I got to hear speak uh live when we participated in a trip through the bar foundation to Kentucky. He also was a keynote speaker at the all at the at the superintendent urban superintendent annual retreat uh this past July. He is nationally recognized and his school is is an amazing school that we brought back many ideas and key initiatives through our work with the Bio Foundation. So again, August
03127th, that'll be convocation day, uh most likely in the morning, and we'll make sure you get the agenda. Now, at this time, I'd like to invite uh somebody who can do a much better job celebrating the young man who has helped to put T and not only on the map uh in the state of Massachusetts, but also to put Taton on the map uh nationally. So, Miss Gibson, would you mind going to the podium and recognizing our amazing TPS scholar? >> Good evening. Good. >> Um, I'm just here tonight to recognize um the fabulous young man behind me and I know most of you are familiar with Skills USA. We just came back from uh the national competition in Atlanta where we had students place in the top 10 in in radio and in the
032top 20 in early child care. But um one of probably my most my proudest accomplishment in the 10 years as skills adviser um is the young gentleman behind me. So not only was he uh represented a representative of Massachusetts for the past year as a state officer, but he was then um selected to run as a national officer. uh that has only been bestowed upon 25 students in the history of Massachusetts as a state delegation. And he was selected essentially one of 10 um young people to represent um Massachusetts and essentially 440,000 career and teched students across the nation. So he was elected as region one vice president and he was also um selected or elected as vice chair. And so he will now travel across the nation um championing for career and tech education
033um at um congressional hearings, trainings, facilitating um other workshops for career and teched students across the country and as well as um speaking engagements and um working with and networking for businesses in career and teched. So it's a huge honor. So congratulations Logan. [Applause] [Music] >> I know he has a few things to say. >> Absolutely. Please. >> One hour is your limit, right? >> Yeah. Very, very briefly, I did just want to say thank you to Ton Public Schools as a school committee for the opportunity one to be in CTE. Uh I am a school choice uh student here. I do not live in Taton. I was accepted to Bristol Aggie. I live in Berkeley, but I chose to not attend Bristol Plymouth because of the great things I've heard about our culinary program.
034That choice has really put my life, my career goals in a completely different atmosphere from what I wanted to do originally. Uh, Miss Gibson is also my culinary instructor as well as being one of my ProStar adviserss, National Honor Society adviser and Skills USA adviser. So I work very closely with her and she has been able to change me as a person like exponentially. So I did want to also say thank you to her. What I've been doing the past couple a little over a month now as a national officer has been preparing for what the year is about to come. I just came back from Salt Lake City, Utah for our navigation training which followed a full week of virtual training that we did that taught me about our brand, what it means to
035be a skilled worker. Uh our new motto is that we are the number one workforce development organization for students. Something new this year uh the department of labor has since changed the career clusters. There used to be 14. Now we've moved them around so there's about 12. Skills USA is the only career and student organization that encompasses all 12 uh different career clusters. The next CTSO that comes even close to that only covers four. That's what set Skills USA above and beyond the other current technical student organizations across the nation. That's why I do this. I have had the chance to meet I was at the Department of Labor this past September. I met with Julie Sue and Nikki McKenna where I was help able to talk about the importance of CTE and help secure
036more Perkins funding going forward. And because of that work, because of the support I've had from Ton Public Schools, I've been able to champion my future, which is our new theme that's coming up this year. One big piece that kind of gets that miscommunication when you go to a conference and come home is I feel like I've learned so so so much when I go away. General members feel that when they go to the our fall leadership conference, we go to our seniors adventures and leadership conference, which allows senior CT students in Massachusetts to learn about how they can market themselves. They learn a workshop on how to run a LinkedIn. They learn a workshop on how to better their resume. They learn how to write a career portfolio. And more importantly, they have the
037opportunity to sign on with a labor union while they're still in high school so that they have a job secured when they leave. They come back from these conferences and they have so much energy and it dies down a little bit because not everybody knows what it means to be a CTE student. They don't know what it means to be a Skills USA member. So because of that to get more support within our Taton community, I'd like to invite personally Superintendent John Cabral and anybody else in this building who would like to come to our national leadership and skills conference in Atlanta, Georgia this June. It is a absolutely wonderful opportunity. It is the largest career and tech education uh platform across the entire globe. There is no larger conference that c celebrates the skilled
038trades globally. Even our world skills competition outside of our national leadership and skills conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I'm inviting all of you just to understand a bit more of here's what it means to be a CTE student. I know you all know we have wonderful programs here, but how can we take that next step? In our town community, we have so many students who are involved in CTE, but they're missing that commitment. It's their extra class. It's not their career path. We can make that change. Not everybody needs to go to college. We all know that there's a 12 person labor shortage in Massachusetts right now. There's 12 jobs available for every single high school senior who's leaving a trade program or adult worker who's leaving a CTE program going into the job force right
039now. Taton public schools sets students up to go right into the workforce and fills those jobs but they don't know students don't know that that's available to them that of course there we learn that the national leadership and skills conference that's why I'd like to invite you all there today and that's all I have to say unless there's any more questions >> thank you for the invitation >> before well I would like to go around Logan hold on one second if you don't mind maybe we'll go around the table and our committee members may have some comments and questions. Okay, I'll start with you, Mr. Sha, please. >> Thank you, Dr. Dlo. Um, we talked before the meeting, so congratulations. We are extremely proud of what you've done. You are a great representation of our
040our district. I also want to extend a congratulations to uh Sarah because um I was there 10 years ago when you started skills and I got the knock on the door that says we're going to do this thing called skills and can you can you wrangle up some students that are interested in doing it. So I know how much work that you've put in um above and beyond what a what a teacher does to get this not only off the ground but to have a lot of students participating and to now have someone at a national level. So, um, from the school committee, I can't thank you enough for all of the extra work you've done for our students, but because of the time you've put in, we get a student like him. So, very
041proud of everything you've done and we're extremely proud of you, Logan. Congratulations. >> Thank you. Anyone else? Mr. Paulski. >> Sure. >> Uh, thank you. I'm not going to say it any better than Mrs. Shaz, but Logan, just really impressive. Congratulations to you. I appreciate your energy and passion for this. and Miss Gibson, thank you so much for supporting students like Logan and and giving them the space to uh make these accomplishments. So, really, really well done. Thank you, >> Mr. Laura. Logan, we've already had our brief session in our introduction, so you know how I feel about you. Keep it going. >> Thank you. >> Make us proud. >> Thank you. >> What else? I'll just uh two comments. Uh first one, I've mentioned this at the last meeting when uh Miss Gibson put
042on Facebook uh the introduction of you being nominated. Uh you jumped up and took a beline to the stage. You didn't want to shake anybody's hand, give anybody a hug. You want to go up there and accept that uh well welldeserving uh moment. And the last comment is I think we need to get you a pec card uh because we mentioned that at the finance and law. Remember the pecard procurement card or uh so I think we need to give him a pec card. What do you think, superintendent? No, I think we can arrange that. And and Logan, I mean, the the school board, you know, how much they support vocational education, especially at the high in a comprehensive high school like T. And you're right, about a thousand students, almost a third of that
043building is either in a certified CTE class or takes a vocational uh cost. So that just again commends the investment that this board has made because we want to make sure that students like you, as I promised, we want to make sure that students like you reach their hidden potential. We want to make sure students like you utilize grit to achieve what it is that you want to achieve. And we also want to make sure students like you practice your presentation skills using smart brevity. So these are just three gifts that I want to offer you that I believe will prepare you well for your new role at the national level. Super proud of you. >> Great. Excellent. Thank you so much. Congratulations. This is from the entire school committee, superintendent and the entire congratulations.
044Thank you so much. >> Congratulations. >> I could speak for another hour, but there's no need to. It's my pleasure. >> Yeah. >> Logan, before you sit down, I'm sorry I overlooked two members here to my left. Please get back to the podium. you're in demand tonight, Miss Santos. I'm sorry I overlooked you. >> Congratulations again. I mean, everybody is pretty much kind of captured that, but I'm just really impressed by your poise at the podium, which is not an easy thing to do. Um, so I'm really impressed by that. And also just your initiative as far as going forward of hoping to extend extend um the program, but just also participation, I think, is really a great it's a great thing to do. So, I appreciate that. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Mr.
045Vieira. >> Thank you, Dr. Dlo. Uh, Logan, great job. I found your statistical facts and the information that you provided to be extremely informative and um it it was really just everything was well said and thank you to Miss Gibson as well for all that you do for Tom Public Schools. >> Thank you. >> I appreciate it. >> And last but not least, Secretary Fagan. I already told him I would share my recipe for walnut squares with him because they're really good and everybody here likes them. And I have to tell you how you really have to get them out of the pan because they'll stick out of the bottom. But I, you know, I do stick to the bottom. Everybody thinks there's dates in it, but there's not. It's just a lot of brown
046sugar. But I I appreciate young men like you that come up and do something a little bit different and you get into a career that you wonder how you get there and you have the courage to do those things. But it's nice there's a lot of opportunities for kids and I just met you this evening in the uh in our uh room that we sit in and have something to eat. And you were so good about not eating cookies. So you must be watching your waistline but he and eating healthy. So it was very nice to meet you and I wish you all the best. I'm very proud of you too. Thank you. Thank you very much. >> Thank you again. Thank you, >> Mr. Chairman. >> Mr. Laura, >> like to make a motion
047to accept the superintendent's report and place it on file. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? I opposed. Eyes have it. And a motion uh to recess would be in order for 5 minutes. If someone could make that, please. >> Second. Move it. >> Moving it by Mr. Laura, seconded by Mrs. Shav. All in favor for five minute recess. I opposed. Eyes. We'll return in five minutes. a motion to come back to regular order business order. Second, >> all in favor? I opposed. Eyes have it. >> Next up, we have uh administrative business. We'll start off with a staffing report, superintendent. So, you have two staffing reports, item one and item two on administrative business. So, the first staffing report just provides you with an update on all the positions that
048have been filled. And I don't and we have some resignations. And I don't believe we have any FMLA listed on the staffing report. And then on item two, the staffing update, um, Mrs. O, HI, executive director of human resources, Mrs. Turner, had a very ambitious goal of being 100% staffed by the end of July. Unfortunately, she didn't meet her goal, but I'm very proud to state that we're at 90%. Now, so 90% is a is a great mark. I know I've already signed off on a bunch of letters, so I I we feel very comfortable heading into the new year that we're going to have many of these positions filled. So, we're down to 24, nine at the district level. Uh Chamberlain has one position outstanding. Mohei has two positions outstanding. Freeman, one position outstanding.
049Martin school, four, and Taton High School, seven. And we have one, two, three, four, five, six schools that are fully staffed as of the end of July. So, we're in really good shape. Uh again, that's a commitment to the school committee work because we provide a very competitive salary uh through collective bargaining agreements we have in place with our unions and also a testament to the hard work of our principles who are working during the summer in the human resource department. That doesn't stop. So, thank you superintendent. >> Mr. Chairman, >> yes, Mr. Lord. >> Same procedure on both memos. >> What proceeded >> to accept and place on file? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. Eyes have it. Thank you. Next up, we have evaluation of the superintendent. And I'm going
050to turn over to Secretary Fagan. Kindly uh take a few minutes. She's going to summarize hopefully all of our uh comments and uh >> we'll do we'll do a wonderful well I mean hopefully because it's tough because there's eight members and sometimes to incorporate everything into one document is not that easy. But I have full faith in you, Secretary Fagan. The floor is yours. >> Well, Mr. and I were talking the other day on the way up to Boston. He was said he said he was doing something different. So, I did something a little bit different. I I'm not putting anybody's names. You'll recognize things that you brought up. And uh I it was a real pleasure to do this. I actually asked Mr. Cabraw if I could have a CD of the film uh
051of this meeting that we had that we did the evaluation and I'll continue on about that. But just to see us all there and watch I never watch them, you I don't want to see myself on TV. I I don't know. Whatever. But uh I this is what I came up with and I I hope everybody appreciates it. I tried to keep it short because we pretty much know what we did that night anyway because we did a lot of talking and everything. So this is addressed to you, Mr. Cabraw. It's it is my pleasure to report the compiled results of your evaluation which was conducted on January 22nd. I watched the meeting from a disc that I requested as is it very difficult to see everyone at the table and you know that when
052you sit on some side you don't always see the people down there you don't see body language and I miss all that for me viewing the disc supplied much unseen body language and expressions. It made me very proud of my colleagues who looked and acted so professionally during the process. The members were so respectful of one another and of you, Mr. Cabraw. In what was a difficult position to be in for everyone, many of the remarks centered on doing an evaluation in public, Mr. Cabraw, you were very focused and the utmost gentleman the entire time. To put things into perspective, I worked some numbers. As a group, we were responsible for 200 standards and substandards to evaluate you on. You received 190 points out of 200 in the proficient/exemplary category. There were 10 needs improvements
053ratings which reflected some miscommunication events relatively minor considering the scope of responsibility associated with your position. We should all be proud of the civility and collegiality that was exhibited at that meeting. So that's a shout out to all of you. I I was very impressed watching that. I was very proud of you all. And so here's a list of networthy bullets for you. You've been recognized by several with your instructional leadership, appreciation of your thoughtful use of data, new innovations in teaching being utilized, your commitment and work ethic, powerful teaching and learning are central to the district's mission. strategic approach to recruiting, hiring, and developing highquality staff. Praise for the financial management of the school department. Praise for some improvements in human resource management. Praise for taking the management of public funds and grants seriously
054and responsibly. Strategic planning not only addressed current needs, but aimed at s sustainability for the next 5 to 10 years. and appreciation for the inroads made to support families at critical moments. The school committee is aware that you have already addressed the issues that were brought up during the evaluation. You stated that you are most interested in a corrective action plan than P's and E. We all know that you care deeply about our schools and our families and our community. Thank you for all your dedication and hard work. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. >> Yep. >> Excellent. Secretary Fagan. Uh that does a wonderful synopsis of I think how we all felt about the superintendent that evening. But before we move on, I'd like to uh probably go around the table and if anybody wants
055to add anything that may have not been included or wants to uh add something else that uh came up since the evaluation. I think uh now is an appropriate time. Would you like me to start on this side of the room, Mr. Shav, or that side? Mr. Laura, do you have any comments? >> No comments, the president. >> Thank you, Mr. of the year. >> Yeah, it's it, you know, we talk about all the time, superintendent, it's easy to be a leader when things are going well and and and great and it's in those tough moments that we're sometimes defined. And I think you um have done a great job in a lot of tough moments. um we haven't always agreed, but the professionalism's always been through the roof and any areas that have needed
056improvement. You've totally worked um very hard at um meeting the needs of the district. So, I commend you for the work you're doing and I look forward to hopefully working with you much more in the future. So, thank you for all you do for Tom Public Schools. >> Thank you, Mr. Vieira. Santos, >> um it was a very nice letter, Christie. >> Thank you. Um, I don't really have much else to add. I know I was one of the ones that felt that that was a really uncomfortable experience as that was my first experience. Um, I can't imagine how it is on your end being able to take the criticisms and things like that. Um, but I I I really just u respect that your willingness to to to work on the things that you
057really take initiative to work on those things that do come up. So, I appreciate that. >> Thank you, Miss Santos. Sh. Thank you, Dr. Dlo. Um, I agree with my colleagues. Um, and thank you for that nice synopsis. It did sound really good. Um, I agree with um, Melissa. It is a hard thing to do. And I we need to point out, too, that I don't think there's any other position in the state that gets evaluated um, live on online or on TV. So, um, to sit there and have to listen to um, your strength and weaknesses would make anybody cringe. So, I appreciate you being open to all of our suggestions and I agree that um we are very lucky when you read the news and area school systems and their shotfalls that they
058have. I mean, your fiscal responsibility is has been outstanding. Um your curriculum and learning and putting our students first and and I've you know, every time we have a conversation, it always comes back to what's best for our students. And I think that that really shows the type of leader that you are. So I thank you so much for it and like Melissa and Steve hopefully we'll be working together um longer. So thank you. >> Thank you Mrs. Chefs. Mr. Paulski. >> Uh thank you Dr. Melo. So Christine, great job. I think you captured uh the intent of what everyone had to say and I agree that is like the most awkward uncomfortable thing um that that I experience. Um, I think the only people that have to deal with public performance evaluations is like,
059you know, American Idol or America's Got Talent or whatever's on now. There you go. >> Um, but as Mrs. Fan said, "I think this body is a lot more, you know, respectful and and thoughtful and and I really do appreciate working with this group because each one of us really did handle ourselves with professionalism and all the uh the feedback that was given was, you know, around really caring what's best for the kids in Taton public schools and, you know, highlighting the the best things that Superintendent Cabraw does and the opportunities for improvement. So, um, proud to be part of us all working together and collaborating. So, thanks so much. >> Thank you, Miss Palski. Uh, I'll just add a couple comments. Uh, I I think I've said this many times in the past. Uh,
060when Superintendent Cabraw first got elected uh by the school committee, I wasn't on his side of the fence. I was on another opposing uh candidate. And the reason was because I thought and I knew I didn't want to give up the financial acumen that Superintendent Cabraw was as at the time right as in your role and and thought that you know being being superintendent we'd lose that and that's what I was fearful of but wow I got two bangs for the buck. Not only did we get the curriculum piece but we also got the financial piece. So uh that was the one mistake that I made u of many Well, it wasn't a mistake. I I I think I explained it, you know, but again, uh we we it it turned it turned out uh
061better than expected. And you know, just pick up any newspaper uh around Massachusetts or even around the country. Uh districts are in the red. Uh students are now being asked to participate in athletic sports. Uh we are producing championship uh division one athletes uh going on to college. an example tonight, Logan Rebello representing TA public schools on a national stage. And it goes on and it goes on. It goes to DECA, it goes on to the ROC, it goes on to the drama club and everything that we do. And and it's all because of this body, you know, and I think Nathan said it, Donna has said it, Melissa said it. We work well together. We respect one another, and at the end of the day, we believe in our leader. And if we don't
062have that leader, we're not going anywhere. So, Superintendent Cabraw, I commend you once again for your excellent leadership, uh, for your decision-making, and Mr. Vieira said it. We always always don't agree, but at the end of the day, we're doing it for the best interest of our kids, our teachers, our support staff to make sure that these kids get everything they need once they cross that stage in June. So, Superintendent Cabraw, thank you so much for all you do, and I also look forward to working with you again in the future. >> So, thank you. And if I could just have a minute. >> Absolutely, Super. So um that's humbling hearing um hearing that I think the I mean I I always remind everyone I believe education is a calling. It's not meant for everybody
063and um part of being a good educator is also having that mindset of being a servant leader. But what I also know too I mean the average tenure for a superintendent is 2.3 2.6 years and a lot of school boards do not function at the level at the capacity that you all function. and to hear you state that you feel uncomfortable. There are some school boards that actually thrive on those opportunities, those moments uh to criticize their superintendent. So, I really respect the work um that you have done with me when it comes to having those difficult conversations and also the work that you have put in by attending our retreats, attending the MASC MASS conference, participating in my book club because I believe that makes us a stronger group and it also helps us
064form those relationships. So again, um, what we have here, I believe, is special. Uh, it's not common in a lot of school systems. I coach a lot of superintendents when it comes to their relationships with the school board and try to give advice on how we operate and how we function so that they don't have to experience what we see happening um, you know, across the Commonwealth and across the country. So, thank you for the um the letter, Mrs. Fagan. It's going to go in my little black box where I put all my little notes. But um, I I enjoy working with this group. I enjoy my work and I couldn't ask for a better board to work with. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Superintendent. >> I'll go now to Mrs. Fagen. Secretary, >>
065on that note, I'd like to make a motion for us to move to exe enter executive session to conduct contract negotiations with the superintendent. The chair affirms that holding these negotiations in open session would have a detrimental effect on the committee's bargaining position and related contract matters. >> Second. So on that >> roll call >> on that motion we will take a roll call that will not be conducted this evening. Uh it will be it cannot be conducted this evening. Is that correct? It cannot be conducted this evening because it has to be an agenda item. But we will entertain the motion. We will have a roll call and we will put this on the next regular school committee meeting of August 20th. Correct superintendent? >> If that's the wishes of the committee. >> The
066next regular meeting is the 20th. I just want to make sure my dates are correct. So that would be the motion. It's been seconded. On a roll call. Secretary Fagan. >> Mrs. Shavves. >> Yes. >> Mr. Powski. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fagan votes. Yes. Mr. Santos. >> Yes. >> Mr. Vieira. >> Yes. >> Mr. Laura. >> Yes. >> And Dr. Dlo. >> Yes. Thank you so much. >> We will see uh we'll talk about this on the 20th of August. >> Thank you everyone. >> You're welcome, Superintendent. Next up, we have two Hamilton Street use meeting scheduling. See enclosure. Superintendent, please. Sorry, that's just a followup to the letter I wrote in thanks to the Oops. Oh, sorry. >> Sorry, wrong, I got my memos mixed up. I skipped ahead. I was taking notes. Sorry.
067Uh, so just uh sharing with the committee um that I provided you with a packet of information uh regarding some questions our school board members had and I know there's a sense of urgency around this topic. So if the school committee wished to meet and discuss the information that I provided you, we do have a tentative school committee retreat scheduled for August 13th in lie of the retreat. We could use that meeting to discuss the information I provided in the packet. Uh we haven't established a time I would say five or six o'clock uh if that's something that the committee wishes and I'll make sure my leadership team or most of my leadership team is available to answer any of the questions in the packet. So wishes of the committee. >> Thank you superintendent. So,
068uh, if we all remember the superintendent delivered, uh, to our homes or electronically, uh, the information that was requested by, uh, uh, uh, school member Nathan Powolski and a couple others. Uh, so if you have time to digest, if you haven't, you have another week. Uh, so August 13th is the day that I think would be a great day to meet on this particular subject matter. Uh, is everybody okay for 6 p.m., 5:00 p.m.? I know we have some conflicts with work. >> Uh, the first 6 o'clock, Mr. Powski. 6 o'clock. Okay. For everybody. So, we will meet on August. This is a public meeting, correct? >> It is a public. >> Yep. Public meeting. >> Is that going to be um on TV or anything or on the internet? >> We typically don't typically
069don't uh air committee of the whole meetings. But that's the something that the committee wish >> that's okay. I'm I'm away that week. Unfortunately, >> it'll be more like a workshop committee of the whole meeting to discuss the contents of the information. >> Very good. There will there will be no votes taken that night, Mrs. F. Okay. Okay. All right. >> So, August 13th, 6 p.m. we will meet here uh at the E Post School regular meeting place. Okay. >> Great. Thank you so much. And how do I just lose my agenda here? One second. Okay. Sorry about that. Uh theater replacement uh theater seat replacement letter. Superintendent. >> Yeah, just for your information, I was authorized to write a letter thanking uh the mayor and city council for replacing the theater seat. Just wanted
070to see what we sent them. >> Excellent. Thank you. Next up, we have the school committee planner scene and closure. >> Yep. Just uh sharing I believe I shared this planner with you early or end of June or maybe early July. Uh so now we plugged in all the activities or all the meetings that we're going to have scheduled for the year. U Mr. Bara was working on scheduling all the presentation with the presenters and I believe he also scheduled on Outlook. If you are in high school advisory, you should have received an outlook invitation and we also invited the principles to make sure that we hold those meetings. So, if we need to reschedule any of those meetings because of a conflict, let us know as soon as possible and we'll reschedule them and
071lock them into Outlook into our master calendar. Something of note in November, you'll notice in November the MASS MASC conference does not conflict uh with a school committee meeting. So, it's kind of sandwiched between two meetings and then uh it looks like we'll be back we'll be back at it doing my evaluation uh in November and I believe everything else we do have the budget outline beginning in April and then you see all the presentations. If there's a presentation that's missing or something you'd like to see added that we haven't covered in some time, please work with me and the chair and we'll do our best to get us to get it scheduled as well. Okay. So, superintendent, just for clarity, so November 5th, uh, will be a regular first school committee meeting of the
072month. Correct. >> Regular meeting in November. Regular meetings in November. >> Gotcha. So, it does not conflict with our annual trip down to Cape Cod. Excellent. Any questions on the planner at this time? If you do, please reach out to me or the superintendent's office and we can take care of that. Okay. MHz. Yes. >> On the um on the October 1st meeting, that's the T um TPS security presentation. Is there a possibility that we could revisit the or visit the high school parking and traffic that's still on our list of action items? Would they would they be the ones that would be discussing this with us? Because we haven't made any movement with that. >> I think that matter will be resolved once we determine the best use for Hamilton Street. >> Okay, >>
073sounds good. >> Good. Thank you. Next up, we have the superintendent's schedule. >> Just provided you with a calendar of all the meetings for myself, the leadership team, the principles, and all district administrators, our early release days, our staff meetings. So, you have everything there. So, when you have some free time, you can plug those into your calendar. >> Excellent. Thank you. Moving on to subcommittee reports. First up, we have the TTAa collective bargaining, Mrs. Santos. >> Thank you, Dr. Dlo. Um so the TTAa committee uh this is Mr. Shav, Mr. Enos and myself met um along with administration and the bargaining team um yesterday uh August 4th at 3 p.m. and negotiations are ongoing and that concludes motion to accept the report. >> Second. >> All in favor? I opposed eyes have it. Next
074up we have finance and law uh that met this evening August 6th uh chaired by myself. Committee members consist of Mrs. Shavs and Mr. Vieiraa. Uh the first item that we discussed was use of facilities. Assistant Superintendent Monahan uh discussed the two items uh that were um that were before us. One was extended throughout the month of April and one was a one-time event taking place on August 12th that was received and voted on unanimously. The second item was the tennis courts preventive maintenance. Uh there was a bid uh document that was discussed. There were three bids for uh preventive maintenance at the Taton High School tennis courts, also the Oakland campus tennis courts. And uh an order uh the the the the recommendation was to split these up and do one now in in
075uh this year and then one do one in the in the spring of 2026. but because we couldn't uh assure that the price would hold for the 2026 and there was a $16,000 cost savings and we all know we like to save money in Tom Public Schools. A recommendation was made uh by uh Mr. Vieier I believe seconded by Mrs. Shave that we take up both projects for a combined cost of 149,500. Uh the next lowest bidder was $165,200 and the third lowest bidder was $180,378. So uh again savings of approximately $16,000. That was voted on unanimously in favor to award the bid to East Coast Seal Coding Inc. in the amount of $149,500. And the last item on the agenda was the bills payable for FY26 in the amount of 166,234. There were numerous
076questions brought up by Mrs. Sh. She always has many many questions because she goes through this with a fine tooth comb and I appreciate that. Mr. Vieira also had some and I had one in particular and uh there was nothing out of the ordinary. We voted unanimously to uh pay the bills in the amount of 166,234. And that concludes the finance and law subcommittee report. >> Motion to approve and adopt the recommendations of the finance and law subcommittee. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. Eyes have it. Thank you all. Next up, we have new business impact on federal entitlement freeze update. Superintendent. >> No, just provided you with a memo as a followup to make you aware uh that following my July 9th update. I am pleased to share that the US
077Department of Education has released over $6 billion in previously frozen K through2 funding and I'm also proud to state or happy I should say happy to state that the FY26 entitlement grants have been released. >> Excellent. Excellent. I know we had a backup plan. We mentioned that last time uh that we already had found some savings. We are still continuing to uh explore additional savings. Correct, superintendent? Or reimagining some of the programs? >> Yeah, we're going to continue reimagining and reexploring uh potential opportunities to save and uh know continue the work but in a more streamlined fashion. >> Absolutely. Uh next up, I'm sorry. Uh so that's just a motion to do we need to do anything. Just accept the report. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Opposed? Eyes have it. Next up, we
078have AAD at Athletic Fields. Uh, just a little background. This was brought to me uh to my attention through a citizen that uh uses the Oakland campus uh for softball and other fields throughout the city. And you know, they they want to know if we could support uh something to the effect of what's in your packet. Everybody have the photo? uh because uh you know things happen not only to our athletes, our student athletes, to regular citizens, but to the population at hand. So, superintendent, maybe you might may want to elaborate on this. >> Yeah. So, just for the public to know when anytime we host an event or anytime we sponsor an event, whether it's our uh high school athletics or whether it's a use of facility, you know, the the athletic trainer carries
079a portable AED device and the the folks that we hire to work the events know where the AED devices are located in our schools. So this is a outside group. I believe it's Taton Girls softball league that has second right of refusal to the to the grounds. They want I believe they're asking us to install a device like this on campus near the concession stand or someplace mutually convenient or accessible for the multiple fields that they utilize. So I did ask Mrs. Moahan, before we go any further, to reach out to the city's risk manager regarding liability that could be potentially fall on our shoulders. Should we install a device that's being used by outside entities, not affiliated, not employed by public schools? So once we get that information back from the risk manager and
080we've ruled out any potential liability, then we can look into this device or potentially providing um the league with one of our portable AED devices that we have in all our schools. You'll notice we have them in the hallways here because our devices, part of our practice in Taton is that we check the a every AED the nurses check every morning when school's in session. Yeah. So there's a little checklist. They check to make sure everything's function operating. So, we just want to make sure whatever we put in place, one, that it one, it will serve its purpose, and two, it won't place us in any liability because it's not going to be a TPS affiliate employee administering the uh response or administering the support. So, we'll bring this back. We'll keep maybe uh somebody
081will make the motion to add this to the action item list so we don't so that we don't lose. >> I would so move that the motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? I sorry for the long explanation >> on a quick discussion. I I I appreciate the the thought that, you know, having someone that maybe trained on their end would be would be helpful. >> They're coaches. >> Yeah, they're coaches. I think that would be cool. Uh and you know, and we'll get this done one way or the other. We'll get this done, right? But we want to do it the best and most practical way. Mr. VR, >> is is there like generally the nurses, do they have a standard operating guide or standard operating procedure in accordance with how they check the
082device to make sure that it's functional? And >> Mr. used to oversee the nurses. >> Yes, that was part of the process when nurse manager Bernie Bagley was here and brought them into the uh buildings was there's a whole protocol on how they're trained, how they're maintained. And like Mr. Cabraw said, every morning the nurses go by and you can see the check off list located right over there that has to be properly maintained and such. >> So, we'd probably need to come up with something in conjunction with the use of >> the new device. >> Well, if I may, Mr. I mean I I I mean this is supposed to be used for the common person, right? I mean it's it's it's a simple apparatus that there instructions clearly visible right there. Of course
083I I don't know how to operate one, but if you read the instructions sometimes it may take a long time to better comprehend the instructions and the person's at risk, right? So I think I think it's good that we have additional conversation, but what you >> Yeah. No, absolutely. I mean you can't ever put a price on saving a life. I was just trying to understand well that's all. Yeah. Okay. Good. No, I appreciate that >> and for the public at large at home to have an understanding on that specifically. >> Absolutely. But I like the train of thought. I like the train of thought with Mrs. Monahan and >> getting to the next level and bringing it back, putting on the action item list if we we voted on that. Yes. All discussion. All
084in favor? I opposed. Eyes have it. Thank you. Next up, we have unfinished business. Action item update. Action item update. The list is in front of us. Let's see. What do we have here? >> No action at this time. >> No action. Okay. Everybody okay with that? >> All right. >> Motion to accept the report. >> All in favor? >> Opposed? Eyes have it. Uh press time. Do we have any press? A motion to adjourn be. >> Motion to adjurnn. Second. >> All in favor? I opposed. Eyes have it. Have a good night everyone. Thank you. We are adjourned.