001I'd like to call to order the public hearing of the Fall River School Committee for Wednesday, April 15th. Deb, would you please call the roll? Mr. Aguiar? >> Here. Mr. Dias? >> Here. Mr. Corey? >> Here. Mr. Moniz? >> Here. Ms. Riley? Here. Ms. Stewart? Here. Mayor Coogan? Here. Salute to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Uh, pursuant to the open meeting law, any pace person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees [snorts] are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unperceived by those present, and are deemed acknowledged and
002permissible. We have four people with public input tonight. Um, we're going to keep to 3 minutes. Please. First up, Pam Nickerson, Harvard Street. Hi, good evening. My name is Pam Nickerson. I live on Harvard Street. My children, 20 years ago, attended Tansey. I'm an employee of Fall River TV for nearly 15 years. Most of you know me in that capacity. But I supplement my income as a lifeguard supervisor and a water safety instructor at our Karen Jarabek Memorial Pool. I work alongside approximately 15 young people. We are trained to be proactive. Drowning is the second leading cause of death for children in the United States, according to the CDC. Since December, there's been minimal public access to our pool, which is 25 m, six lanes, and 12 ft deep. Here are a few comments from
003our community. My daughter-in-law is asking about availability so Gracie can learn to swim. Another, I'm sad to be taking the boys to East Providence for lessons. And from a woman whose oldest child is 17 and has Down syndrome, they are so excited to get back to swim and be happy. A grandmother raising her grandchildren said, "After everything they have been through, they need this." I have taught adults who avoided the water for decades because of past trauma. According to the National Autism Association, children with autism are times more likely to die from drowning than the general pediatric population. NAA suggests secured environments and swimming lessons. Children living in low-income areas are also at a greater risk of drowning, and the CDC blames lack of access to lessons. I urge you to explore pool funding and
004keep lessons affordable. Ideas have been tossed around. However, I'm not involved in the talks, and I have no information of a concrete solution. I'm just a lifeguard and a taxpayer. Taxpayers in Fall River should be aware that the pool underwent an $8 million renovation and currently is not being used to its capacity. So, just like a house, a body of water requires circulation. The filtration system does its job, but even better is a pool full of people splashing, kicking, diving, and having fun. Lifesaving movements require consistent practice. Avery Antunes is this year's Massachusetts Female Swimmer of the Year, and she's a sought-after instructor. Ms. Antunes has spent her own money for pool toys and prizes, and now she's without a paycheck. Amy Thibault, class of 2023, continues to break personal records at Roger Williams University
005on a swim scholarship. Both women followed training progression. Successful high school teams >> 15 seconds. clubs require feeder programs. Thanks. Public lessons should resume. Safety first. >> Thank you. Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair. Mr. Um, Aguiar. Yeah, just uh I'd like to get some information from the administration related to the pool, the comments that were made uh, relative to it not being available, as well as I'm not sure what's going on, but obviously the School Committee is not aware of what's going on. So, if people had jobs, didn't have jobs, we had a program, don't have a program, this is not the time that we should be knowing about it. So, I'd like a full report immediately from the administration. I yield. Next up, uh, Elizabeth Mr. Chair. Mr. Corey. Uh, Ms. Nickerson, let me bring
006you back. I just have a question. >> Pardon me. The time Just make your statement, please. Um, are you looking for extended hours in the pool? I'm just a lifeguard supervisor. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Next up is Elizabeth Medeiros, Courtney Drive, Westport. 3 minutes, please, Elizabeth. Thanks. Good evening. I'm Liz Medeiros. I'm an evaluation team chair for the special education department and based out of Viveiros Elementary. I'm here tonight to acknowledge some changes that have happened during the budget process and impacts that should be considered by the committee as this budget moves forward and before finalizing. During this budget process, the committee voted to shift the dual language program from Viveiros to a different school. I want to acknowledge the committee's efforts to hear community feedback according to the dual language program and commit
007to making room for the programs to grow. This is important. However, the shift to move um, these classrooms from Viveiros will have an impact on proposed staffing for Viveiros moving forward. Along with the move of the dual language classrooms, the REACH special education classrooms are also moving from Viveiros, and between the dual program and REACH classrooms, that could mean space for 14 mainstream classrooms to be filled at Viveiros next school year. As more neighborhood schools have uh, as more neighborhood students have room to attend Viveiros and redistricting students back to their neighborhood school unfolds, I ask this committee to consider for that in the budget. Originally, this was not the plan when the Viveiros budget was reviewed by the committee. As it currently stands, special education teachers within inclusion classrooms at Viveiros already have demanding
008caseloads. If the district is then planning to open additional inclusion classrooms, there will certainly be a need for not only additional classroom teachers and paraprofessionals within the budget, but also inclusion special education positions. This is not something that was discussed by the committee at the last meeting, but it is something that will require careful planning and budgeting. I urge this committee to start that planning now. As we know, all positions, but especially special education positions, are hard to fill. In fact, Viveiros has had an open special education position practically all year. But with these proposed changes to both the dual language and REACH program locations, we need to be proactive in our budgeting and planning now in order to recruit and hire appropriate staffing so that we begin next school year being able to provide
009what students need. Thank you. Thanks, Liz. Next up, Kelly Gabardy, Riverside Avenue, Somerset. Good evening. I want to thank you for listening to our concerns and possible solutions to the district's current budget issues. I will begin by telling you how delighted I was when I heard one of the new School Committee members say that she hopes that this is the last year that we have level school spending. Um, and I was even more excited when she encouraged my early childhood director to ask for even more money next year because the early years is where the learning begins. As a member of that community, I can tell you that year after year, we educated early educators find ourselves dipping into our own pockets to provide the extras. Actually, some even some of the necessary materials to
010carry out our curriculum and to make it even more fun, right? But we're not the only educators. Every educator in this district pulls money out of their pocket, so that's that's not That's what we do. This is about how the budget you all are Oh my goodness, sorry, it's auto. Proposing >> [laughter] >> in the '26-'27 school year will dismantle growth and progress of many of our programs, add more work to over already overstaffed staff, psychologists, special educators, foundational teachers, SE Liaisons, paras, everyone. But there is a solution, and I heard it offered last night at the City Council. When they were asked, they actually asked you, "How much over net spending do we need?" They asked you. They're going to give it to you. That's the solution. Ask for more money. Why don't we
011take this offer? We do not want our classroom Do you not want our classrooms fully staffed with licensed and trained personnel? Do we not want our most vulnerable newcomers to have success be successful in their new country so that they and their families can have better lives? Don't we want to be able to provide the children with disabilities the materials they need to succeed? Or consumable materials in early education classrooms like pom-poms, feathers, pipe cleaners, baking soda, shaving cream, etc. I'm just to make their first learning experience exciting. Wouldn't it be great if every second grade has a para? Why stop at first? Second grade's little, too. You're going to lay off 11 paras, put them in second grades. That shows that was how it was when I began teaching and my daughter was at
012Westall and she had a para in her second-grade classroom with Mrs. Swordsby. Or would it be great knowing that when you call for a crisis, a level one crisis, I'm not sure if you all know that or if you have an experienced one, that somebody's coming and they're coming soon cuz there's an SELA on my floor who loves our children and knows them. And it's not a person and she has a rapport and she's strong with them and she loves them or he loves them, right? Not a behaviorist that flips from sit uh building to building. I don't know my BCBA at Green. I've never met her once. And I have three ASD students in my classroom. 15 seconds. Um so, we have a way to fully fund the 2026-2027 school year. It was offered
013to us last night. This does not even take into account the millions of dollars they still owe us because of Is it the circuit breaker rule or whatever that was? And yes, we know that there is a fiscal Christmas coming, but let's act proactively. Time. For once a school For once school committee, do what is right by your students, families, and educators. Keep the psychometrists. Keep the SELAs on. Keep the interventionists. Keep the paras. Keep the foundational classrooms. Thank you. Next up, Melinda Raffinan, Anderson Drive, Dighton. 3 minutes, please. Good evening. >> Melinda. Good evening, School Committee. My name is Melinda Raffinan and I represent the psychometrists. I'm speaking tonight to ask that you reconsider the elimination of our roles within the proposed budget plan. There is an old expression, "If it ain't broke, don't
014fix it." But that is exactly what is happening within the special education department, more specifically with the psychometrists. The positions of three highly capable, consistent, and experienced professionals are being eliminated. The question is, "Why?" We've been told the department is moving in a new direction with a plan to rely more heavily on MTSS. However, as already has as already been stated, MTSS is not yet implemented consistently across the district. Because of this, school psychologists must still rely on the discrepancy model to determine eligibility for special education services. This isn't about resisting change. We understand that roles can evolve. We understand that systems improve over time. But you cannot responsibly eliminate essential positions based on a system that is not ready to take its place. That is not forward-thinking. That is premature and it puts students
015at risk. If the School Committee is Sorry, if the School Committee's responsibility is to make the best decisions for students, then it's important to ask why the unanimous concerns of all the school psychologists were set aside. They presented data, outlined projected workloads, and explained how this change would stretch them beyond reasonable limits. They made it clear that replacing the psychometrists would require more than just two additional psychologists. They also raised serious concerns about potential non-compliance and legal risks if mandated timelines are not met. Despite this, the response has been that an additional psychologist can simply be hired and that this is not a budget issue. Yet, psychologists are compensated at a significantly higher rate than psychometrists. This raises an important question about how this aligns with the stated budget constraints driving these decisions. Team chairs
016have also voiced concerns noting that the current culture and climate within the department are already strained. They have asked for clear data and a transparent rationale behind these changes, but we're told that reviewing this information would be too time-consuming at this time. In summary, this proposal would dismantle a system within the special education department that is currently functioning effectively. It replaces a plan It replaces it with a plan that is not yet fully developed or reliably implemented. It increases the workload on psychologists, reduces the time that they can spend directly supporting students, and introduces risks related to compliance and service delivery. It may also lead to increased costs in the future when additional staffing becomes necessary to address these gaps. There is no clear or compelling justification for eliminating our roles at this time and
017I respectfully urge you to reconsider the decision. Thank you. Thank you. Next item up is the reading of the public notification. >> [snorts] >> Uh this is the public hearing in accordance with Mass. General Laws Chapter 71, Section 38N, the proposed fiscal year 2027 annual budget of the Fall River Public Schools. I have to read it three times. This is a public hearing in accordance with Mass. General Laws Chapter 71, Section 38N, the proposed fiscal year 2027 annual budget of the Fall River Public Schools. And finally, this is a public hearing in accordance with Mass. General Laws Chapter 71, Section 38N, the proposed fiscal year 2027 annual budget of the Fall River Public Schools. Anything Mr. Dias? Um just question on this process right here. I I know um we're mandated by law to hold
018a as we should hold a public hearing. Um the law itself isn't um very clear on how we govern that public hearing. I'm not sure if there's either regulations from DESE or if it's something that can be um handled through like individual district policies. Is How are these usually handled? Usually just like this, Mr. Dias. All right. [clears throat] I just think it's I I I guess I guess I'll just say silly like like I just like you have to like say it three different times and then So somebody I thought like usually I guess going through the City Council, they hold a public hearing, they call opponents of the budget or whatever whatever [snorts] the item is. They call proponents, they call the opponents. All I'm trying to say if there's something that we
019can govern internally, we should look at the structures going forward, but I don't know if there's something that's again, within DESE, but I just think we need a better structure doing this going forward. I yield. Okay. Anything further, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second. [clears throat] Deb, please call the roll. Mr. Aguiar? Yes. Mr. Dias? Yes. Mr. Corey? Yes. Mr. Moniz? Yes. Ms. Riley? Yes. Ms. Jurist? Yes. Mayor Coogan? Yes. Adjourned. I'd like to call to order the special meeting of the Fall River School Committee for April 15th. Deb, please call the roll. Mr. Aguiar? Here. Mr. Dias? Here. Mr. Corey? >> Here. Mr. Moniz? Here. Ms. Riley? Here. Ms. Jurist? Here. Mayor Coogan? Here. Salute to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag
020>> of the United States of America >> and to the Republic for which it stands, >> one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> all. >> [snorts] >> Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium. Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible. We have no further citizens input tonight. So, we'll go right to the Committee of the Whole. 3.1 is a discussion and vote to approve the proposed fiscal year 2027 annual operating budget of the Fall River Public Schools as presented by Liz Legault, Deputy Superintendent of Schools. You can go down here, Stephanie. Good
021evening. We did have the presentation and we do have it available and what we thought we would put down the screen so that it could be viewed once again and so that those in the audience that are here this evening can see the presentation again and we'll walk us through it and we thought that Kevin and I would sit here tonight and um go through it with you and Mr. Almeida um and we'll put the screen down now. It'll take us about 10 minutes and then we'll go from there. Thank you. Hey, uh uh Deb. Honest, honest, we still have the numbers. Oh, yeah, they are. So, when I do When do I go to that part? No, okay. So, when do I go to this part? Right. Okay, so that'll be number two. Yeah,
022it's just number two cuz Number two. Then I'll make first motion and I'll veto. Yes. Got you. >> [snorts] [clears throat] >> Start. So, good evening. We are here to present the Fall River Public Schools FY27 proposed budget. I would defer to the CFO of the uh Fall River Public Schools, Mr. Kevin Almeida. Hello, everybody. Thank you for having me. So, just a quick rundown on what we presented last night. So, our enrollment from October 1 uh from this past year to the previous year increased by 95 students. And as you can see here, here's the breakdown in the levels. >> [snorts] >> Just real quick, the Student Opportunity Act and that's been discussed many times. Uh we are actually going into an FY27 into the sixth year, which represents the last year of the
023Student Opportunity Act funding. So, I just wanted to make that note. Uh Chapter 70, just a quick rundown on Chapter 70. Since 2022, you can see that we've grown from 145 million in 2022 to two to 230 million 788 276 in 2026. And what is being proposed in the governor's budget is 250 million 549 046 or an 8.6% increase or just under $20 million. The required local contribution in the same timeframe um started at 34 million 270 in 2022. Uh in 2026, uh just under 43.2 million. And what's proposed in the governor's budget for 2027 is 47 million 33 824 or just under a $4 million increase or an 8.9% increase. Net school spending. So, net school spending in that same timeframe has increased from 178 million in 2022 to 200 just under 274 million
024in 2026. What is being proposed in the governor's budget for FY27 is 297 million 582 870. And so, it's a $23.6 million increase or an 8.6% increase overall. Uh the indirect cost agreement, just a quick comment on the indirect cost agreement. So, Okay, okay. So, this [snorts] is the agreement that outlines all the costs that sit on the city side uh for which we report um on the end of the year report that uh represents school costs that sit on the city side. And just a quick note that if there's any discrepancy uh in the agreement that it can be modified through mutual agreement or by the DESE as the final arbiter. The slide provides you what's eligible under the city side costs of the um indirect cost agreement. And just real quickly, the per
025pupil administrative costs, school snow expense, Fall River retirement contributions, health, life, and dental insurance expense, portion of legal expenses, uh property and liability expenses, and then the assessments. So, the assessments for special ed, school choice, and the charter schools. >> [snorts] >> These costs are also reported on the end of the year report, but they're not eligible um for net school spending. And so, those costs costs are the debt costs, principal and interest, uh bond anticipation note interest, school crossing guards, the regional assessments, the Diamond and Bristol Aggie, uh purchase of land or buildings and equipment over $150,000. So, this this slide provides you with what transportation expense has been for uh the last 4 years from 2022 to 2025. As you can see, the transportation expense in 2022 was just over $11 million, nearly
02611.5. Uh in 2025, it was just over $15 million. This slide provide um this slide's here because it's, you know, it's our biggest expense on the um city side of the ledger, uh which is health insurance. And so, uh you can see that for the 4 years from '21 to '24, the number was very static from 20 between 22 and 25 million. We had a large increase last year in due to high uh increase in claims and due to uh the weight loss drugs. And so, finally, so the budget that's being proposed tonight uh is 100% on of net school spending. And so, the proposed school operating budget is 212 million 582 416. What is being proposed for the transportation budget, and this is the amount that just sits on the operating budget side, uh
027in total, transportation is just over 17 million uh with funding coming from circuit breaker and the McKinney-Vento account. Uh and what is being proposed in the transportation budget uh for the operating on the operating side uh is 13 million 850 048. The slide provides you what with what the position increases are for this year. And so, as you can see, they're all listed here. Um there are 20 new positions on the operating side, a net zero on the grants, and on the revolving budget, a total of three positions. Thank you. Yeah. Oh, okay. I don't love the setup of everybody here. Any discussion? Strayer. Mr. Almeida, can you tell me what 1% of net school spending is? Uh just just under 3 million. So, roughly 2. Uh 2.97 million, roughly in that range. Thank you.
028The only question I had was and I I might have missed it about the uh projections. So, I don't have them available, but we have the superintendent the deputy superintendent and I have talked about it, and it will be something that I am working on very shortly. So, um that's fine. My concern was back before we started the budget process was that we had we have added a lot of positions. This is the Student Opportunity Act, there's a lot of moving parts to the budget. One of the fiduciary responsibilities is to make sure that we are not going to be at what they call a fiscal cliff where next year we're going to have to lay a bunch of people off that we hired or something like that. Nothing that anybody wants, and I'm I
029know you don't, and I know the deputy doesn't want us to do that either. But we have nothing concrete that says that, and that bothers me that we've I've been asking for that for over a month, and we don't have it. So, I'm just going to make a statement that as one school committee member, I'm trusting that we have projected and planned out accordingly for future years. And I can tell you as this school committee member, if it comes back next year that we did something that is going to make us out of fiscal cliff, I am not going to be a happy school committee member and I will definitely take votes to make whatever decisions we have to make along that way because we should have it. There's no excuse why we don't have
030it. I I do think that with the budget's been on time, we've we've done all that stuff, but we have to be able to assure us in all the slides that the people see that we know what is happening. I get the questions, I'm sure other people have the same ones. How many more years can we get $18 million difference, additional money, and how are we going to survive in year 2, 3, 4, 5 after? So, I'm disappointed that we don't have it, but I I mean it with 100% sincerity. If something goes awry, it's not going to be good. I yield. Anything further? Hearing none, the chair recognizes that before consideration of the proposed school budget, a common conflict of interest has been disclosed by two members of our school committee. School committee member
031Thomas Correia has advised the immediate family member, his daughter Joanna, is employed by the school department and has a financial interest in the following budget line 203-632-50-511220. Consistent with the general laws chapter 268A section 19, Mr. Correia will not participate in discussion, deliberation, or vote on that affected line item. Furthermore, school committee member Manuel Moniz has advised that immediate family family member, his wife Dawn Moniz, is employed by the school department and has a financial interest in the following budget line item 2505 511215. Consistent with general laws chapter 268A section 19, Mr. Moniz will not participate in discussion, deliberation, or vote on that affected line item. Mr. Chairman. >> Mr. Aguiar. [clears throat] I'd like to make a motion to move that the committee separate from the proposed school budget line item 203-632-50-511220 that includes
032compensation affecting Joanna Correia so that the such item may be considered and acted upon separately by the disinterested committee's disinterested members of the committee. >> Second. I have a motion and a second on on uh Joanna Correia. Uh discussion. Deb, call the roll, please. Mr. Aguiar. >> Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. Yes. No. No. Mr. abstain. Abstain. Mr. Moniz. Yes. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart. Yes. Mayor Coogan. You're going to read them all, okay? Okay. Uh yes. For the motion. Mr. Mayor. Make a motion to approve line item 203-632-50-511220 in the amount of 57,000 and $87. Second. I have a motion and a second. Discussion. Hearing none, Deb, would you please call the roll? Mr. Aguiar. Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. >> Abstain. Mr. Moniz. Yes. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart. Yes. Mayor
033Coogan. Yes. Mr. Mayor. Mr. Aguiar. >> I'd like to make a motion to approve Joanna Correia's salary of 57,087 charged to Henry Lord special education teacher salaries line item 203-632-50-511220. Second. I have a motion and a second. Discussion. Hearing none, Deb, would you please call the roll? Mr. Aguiar. Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. >> Abstain. Mr. Moniz. Yes. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart. Yes. Mayor Coogan. Yes. Mr. Aguiar. Yes. I'd like to make a motion that we move the committee to separate from the proposed school budget line item 250-50001-511215 that includes compensation affecting Dawn Moniz so that such item may be considered and acted upon separately by the disinterested members of the committee. Second. I have a motion and a second. Discussion. Hearing none, Deb, would you please call the roll on the fourth
034motion? Mr. Aguiar. Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. Yes. Mr. Moniz. Abstain. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart. Yes. Mayor Coogan. Yes. Mr. Aguiar. I'd like to make a motion to approve line item 250-50001-511215 in the amount of 56,779. Second. I have a motion and a second. Discussion. Hearing none, Deb, would you please call the roll? Mr. Aguiar. Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. Yes. Mr. Moniz. Abstain. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart. Yes. Mayor Coogan. Yes. Mr. Aguiar. I'd like to make a motion to approve Dawn Moniz's salary of 57 56,779 charged to Parent Community Engagement Center clerical line item 250-50001-511215. Second. I have a motion and a second. Discussion. Hearing none, Deb, would you please call the roll? Mr. Aguiar. Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. Yes. Mr. Moniz. Abstain. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart.
035Yes. Mayor Coogan. Yes. Mr. Aguiar. Yes. So, uh this motion [cough and clears throat] is relative to the proposed fiscal year budget and based on what Mr. Almeida just said of uh basically $3 million being 1% of net school spending, I'd like to make a motion that the committee approve the proposed fiscal year annual budget of Fall River Public Schools in the amount of I'm going to add 3 million to that. So, 212,582,416 plus 3 million, which would be 101% of net school spending. Second. I have a motion and a second. Uh I'm going to hold it at 100%. I think that that's what we agreed on and if the motion passes, then we'll make the necessary arrangements. Anything further? Mr. Dias. Thank you. I was actually um going to make like a similar motion.
036However, I'll support Mr. Aguiar's. Looking through the um Mass General Laws, if the school committee recommends a budget over um the allocated amount recommended by the mayor and we make that recommendation, the city council does have the authority with a 2/3 vote to um add that additional monies to the budget if they so choose. I yield. Um uh Again, as everyone's aware, uh I got elected in 2020, the school department budget's gone up 81% not because of uh my administration, because of the Student Opportunity Act. We've now leveled off at a significantly higher plateau. Um many of our neighboring communities around us are undergoing budget deficits. Um I think that the city of Fall River, working with the council and the school committee, we've done a great job of maintaining our money and we have
037a solid stabilization fund and free cash and we're going to work our way through this. But with that being said, Deb, can you call the roll? Mr. Aguiar. Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. Yes. Mr. Moniz. Yes. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart. Yes. Mayor Coogan. No. The eighth motion, Mr. Aguiar. Yep. I'd like to make a motion to approve the proposed fiscal year 2027 transportation budget of the Fall River schools in the amount of 13,850,048. Second. I have a motion and a second on transportation. Hearing nothing further, Deb, would you please call the roll? Mr. Aguiar. Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. Yes. Mr. Moniz. Yes. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart. Yes. Mayor Coogan. Yes. So, we've done the transportation budget 3.2 and 3.3 is the vote to refer the fiscal year 2027 annual budget
038to the Fall of the Fall River Public Schools to the mayor for approval. >> So made. I have a motion by Mr. Aguiar and a second. Further discussion. Deb, call the roll, please. Mr. Aguiar. Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. Yes. Mr. Moniz. Yes. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart. Yes. Mayor Coogan. Yes. Any new business to come before the committee? Hearing none, is there a request for executive session, Mr. Assad? Yes, there would be, Mayor. Uh pursuant to Mass General Laws chapter 30A section 21A1 to discuss complaints brought against school committee members. Also, Mass General Laws chapter 30A section 21A2 to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel and or to conduct contract negotiations with non-union personnel, specifically interim superintendent of schools Kathleen Smith and interim deputy superintendent of schools Elizabeth LaGault.
039We will reconvene. There may may not be statements at that time. Motion to go into executive session. Second. I have a motion and a second to go into executive session. Deb, call the roll, please. Mr. Aguiar. Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. Yes. Mr. Moniz. Yes. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart. Yes. Mayor Coogan. Yes. Executive session. We're back out of executive session. Deb, call the roll, please. Mr. Aguiar. Here. Mr. Dias. Here. Mr. Correia. Here. Mr. Moniz. Here. Ms. Riley. Here. Ms. Stewart. Here. Mayor Coogan. Here. Motion to adjourn. I have a motion to adjourn. Second. I have a motion and a second. Deb, call the roll. Mr. Aguiar. Yes. Mr. Dias. Yes. Mr. Correia. Yep. Mr. Moniz. Yes. Ms. Riley. Yes. Ms. Stewart. Yes. Mayor Coogan. Yep.