001I'd like to call this special board meeting to order. First item on the agenda is roll call. So, you want to do that or do >> that? I No, I I can do that. It's just fine. So, member Anderson >> present. >> Um, just through the list is out of order. So, member Y. No, member White >> present. >> Member Luga >> present. >> Is absent. Member Oliver. >> Member Camo >> here. >> Member Smith >> here. >> Member Battis >> present. >> And what? Oh, member Graci is here as well. That you are here. You're present. And >> member Horn is I get everyone. Oh, >> President Bellows is here. You see this doesn't list all the people on it. >> Yeah, I know. We listen one, two, three. Doesn't list everybody. >> So,
002we have 11 >> and that does two corn. So stand and join us. 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, liberty and justice for all. >> I'd like to make a motion that we enter non-public under RSA 91A. So E, L and K by Mr. White, second by Miss Smith is a >> that also is so member Battis. >> Yes. >> Uh, yes. >> Yes. >> Seal the minutes. Yes, you should. >> Yep. Anyone want to make that motion? I'll make that motion to seal the minutes from the nonpublic session. >> Under RSA um make sure we do this correctly. >> CBC >> RSA 91 A3 K E and L second by any discussion seeing none. All
003those in favor >> I >> opposed. Motion passes. >> Discussion ensued. >> My favorite line. >> Go ahead. >> I'd like to make a motion to support uh the superintendent's recommendation. >> Second by Mrs. Grassi. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor? I >> opposed. >> Motion passes. >> Mr. Bellows. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, policy BDDC allows us to um a board majority can add items to the agenda. And so I would like to add an item to the agenda tonight if the board so um approves. Uh we heard the city council presentation just the other night. Um they gave us a different tax cap number than we submitted to them. it was higher. And so I would like to discuss uh I would I would like to make a motion if
004we can get it on the agenda to authorize our administrators to um resubmit or whatever means we need to that that higher tax cap uh number. >> So you'd like to make a motion to amend the agenda to add discussion on the budget? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yes. >> Is there a second? >> Second by um Sam. Um, all those in favor >> I >> oppos. Motion passes. I got to catch up on these motions here. >> Yes. So, thank you, Mr. Chair. So, um, uh, last night, if you watch the city council's budget presentation, um, uh, they shared our the school district's tax cap compliant number, and at the time that we, uh, approved our budget, we didn't have that number yet. the number that they um showed us last night was $129,277 higher than
005what we uh sent over to the city. So, I I should have wrote down the actual number, but I would uh make a motion to authorize our administration to resubmit a tax cap compliant budget number at the new tax cap number. >> Second, I'm writing that motion down. Any discussion? What's the dollar amount again? >> The the difference was 129 277. I can see if I can dig it up here. >> Take me a second. >> While you're getting it, >> we may want to discuss what we think that should go to. I >> assume staff. >> I would assume a assistant principal at Chamberlain would be my recommendation to be honest personally, >> Mr. Superintendent. Do you have um in your mind some positions as you would? >> So, yeah. So the administration u
006the principles when they were working at at the quest 2.5 had had created a list and certainly one of those things right up the top not a surprise to anyone because we've had these conversations um would be the assistant principal at at Chamberlain and um restoration of the elementary. Those are the two items at the top. There you go. You know what? You never know, honestly. Not completely out of the question. Um, so certainly we would use those additional funds at the at the direction board and I do believe that seems to be pretty consistent with the conversations that we've had those two items. >> Thank you. >> For those that didn't go last night, there were two young gentlemen from the school who did in favor of the music program of them participate in
007it. They knew how important it was to Rochester schools and Rochester itself. >> So I thought the the band program and the um honors classes, the AP classes at the high school, >> two things they didn't want. >> We did have a decent turnout at the uh funding. >> Their funding was interesting. >> Yep. Fred Beranti was there. >> Oh, really? >> Mr. J, I'm not seeing the the the new tax cap number. Where I get that 129277 from was uh the city manager just mentioned that the budget that we proposed came in under our tax cap number by that amount. So, I'm comfortable if the board is with leaving it vague enough to to say resubmit at whatever that tax cap compliant number is. I I had a meeting with the city manager and
008city finance director on Monday who also shared that hey by the way it's looking like there's going to be some that you have and that was the number so I feel pretty comfortable >> grant >> are we still asking them for more >> always >> we did submit two budgets and so my motion is >> I want to make sure that the other one wasn't off the table but yeah absolutely let's submit one that's >> so the the full two and a half million is still on there on the table and the >> um the other one was update the fact that >> with a dollar amount. So it would we're amending that to go to the higher dollar amount. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> You'll verify what that dollar amount is. >> We always
009ask for more. >> I asked the mayor this morning. I was sitting there thinking after the funding discussion last night, >> what should we be spending on our kids? I mean, what's our default budget? What what if you know we didn't have to worry about asking for it? What should our budget be for each child in Rochester? What's the real number? What you know we it cost us about 19,000 some cents. But what really do our kids deserve? at least average >> at the very minimum average >> average of what the state >> where the state is I mean that >> I mean it's it's hard to fight unless you have a a number that you're fighting for you know and I just that hit me this morning like we're always dealing in negatives what
010we have to give up and what we have to cross off what should we say is our real >> at least bringing us to average >> not asking for more. >> Go ahead, Sam. >> I want our students to be below average. >> Sorry, just a reminder, we do have a motion on the table. I just want to make sure we follow through with voting. >> Yep. >> Any other discussion on the budget? >> Seeing none, all those in favor? >> Opposed? Motion passes. Any other other Okay, seeing none, is there a motion to adjurnn? >> I make a motion to adjurnn. >> Second, >> Mr. Gregoire. Um, all those in favor >> I even though Bad Burger is closed.