001Alicia Wier Dar wner Maran Williams and John newes uned States indivisible andice thank you 32 public comment and agenda items please sign up to speak and agenda it please if you want to come up sign up ladies and gentlemen we're about to listen to public comment although state law does not require us to hold public comment period we have choice to so because we believe is crucial for us to hear from our commune members about their concerns and issues the board is here to listen the public comment period not designed to be a debate or dialogue please do not expect the board to respond to your concerns or questions tonight we take your concerns or questions seriously and want to have sufficient time to process resarch issues if need be any question from public should
002be submitted to the use of the public Comon form which may obain online or at the desk to dist clerk we have the proper staff member get back to you as a I also want to point out that under state and federal privacy laws we're unable to address any comments or questions about specific students or School Personnel would ask you to go through the appropriate administrative channels a total 30 minutes at the beginning of each board meeting is set aside to allow for public comment period agenda items only public comment at the beginning of the meeting is limited to only on the items on the agenda person wish to participate in a public com por appearing has to provide the name and specific agenda it of which they wish speak she located desk at the
003Des Clerk and your comments and agenda items is limited to 3 minutes and AR welcomed wish to address items related to our school district that are not on tonight's agenda another coming period is provided at the end of the meeting for that purpose a second sign is available for non-agenda items in interest civil respect for different points of view clapping boing on any disturbance instruction when either public coming period is not permitted at this time if anyone want to speak on any attend items that's none okay see none communication announcements from boardeducation M anybody no one wow including myself oh Jimmy I just want to welcome back president Lumia from Italy we missed you well I'm glad you missed me I tell you right now I although I missed the board believe me I I
004be honest I loved Italy I love Sicily I was feel like a king and if I could I would go back tomorrow morning and the only reason I came back is because the Board of Education B tell I was a to stay there forever case closed but next year I plan to have a trip with some of us I'm GNA plan it and I'm going to stay for at least a month so we're G have no Board of Education being during that time is that clear anyway 4.01 superintendent report that's a welcome back president Lumi so are are you insinuating that you're not treated like a king here no I'm not is that the insinuation it's true I'm listen to me I can go on and on and on I can have any meal I
005wanted every any type of meals throughout the day well I'm glad I'm glad you enjoyed your trip welld deserved uh as you know uh the summer has come to an end and uh we have been working diligently all summer to prepare our 15 buildings for the start of the school year I need to thank all of our staff that have been involved in our summer programs and you will notice that some of our buildings there have been tremendous Transformations that have taken place uh I'd like to thank our director of facilities and operations uh Mr Ronald brois and his team please give them a round of [Applause] applause for doing an absolutely fantastic job in maintaining and um making the necessary repairs to infrastructures if you haven't seen wers Junior High School I walked through
006it today and it looks beautiful I drove through it it look I walked through it looks it looks beautiful and again um I am proud of the advancements that we have made uh that's due to the community supporting and continuing to support our capital projects that's due to a very very supportive Board of Education that's due to a tremendous staff that works very very diligently we want our students to know that we care about them we care about where they learn we care about where they spend the majority of their time we will continue to make those um improvements where we're able and again I want to thank all involved looking forward to a great start of the school year thank you I too want to thank that Mr Bros he does an excellent job
007so thank you Ron for all you do do work and for all his workers today I went to Central where meeting and our own people are doing the work just saving a lot of money so thank you and with that being said the next item consern agenda does anyone want to pull anything from the agenda uh Cheryl yes I'd like to pull item 5.03 27b 7 B 277 B okay thank you anyone else okay John resolved the board of education does hereby approve the following consent agenda items as stated 5.02 5.03 with the exception of 27b 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 and 5.09 motion uh Peg second Jimmy all in favor of those unanimous 5.03 27b resolved that the board of education does hereby approve item 5.03 27b as stated motion I very second second
008Peggy all those in favor any all those in favor is is discussion discussion at all no discussion I'll State it's due to um p uh staying true with personal thoughts same here all right all those in favor and all those opposed okay and Cher three oh three three opposed okay thank you 611 approval to attend the 2023 board officer Academy resolve that the board of education does hereby approve the Board of Education President and Vice President to attend the 2023 board officers Academy live virtual session at the cost of $130 member rate registration fee the session may be viewed at the district office there will be no reimbursement for travel or meal since this is a virtual event motion Peggy second Marie discussion I left one question up can I can one person attend 1:30
009or we have to pay individually 1:30 since virtual we're going to pay once just 130 okay all right all motion second all those in favor unanimous 6.02 adoption of the rise board meeting CER whereas the board meeting location at Waters Junior High School is currently undergoing Renovations and whereas the board meetings will need to be moved to an alternate location during the months of October November and December 2023 now therefore be it resolved that the Board of Education of the wer Central School District does hereby adopt the revised 2023 2024 Board of Education meeting calendar as amended motion Marie second Peggy all those in favor unanimous 6.03 adoption of the districtwide safety plan and building levels school safety plan 10 minutes moot resolved that the Board of Education upon the recommendation of the district Safety
010Committee does hereby adopt the districtwide safety plan and the building level safety plans in accordance with section 15517 of the regulations of the commissioner of Education motion p a second Marie discussion all those in favor unanimous uh 7.01 one uh any addition to the agenda by anybody see none .01 public comment comment from the public are there any comments from the public Karen Hawkins you have the floor can you hear me great okay um good evening everybody and welcome back as we find ourselves at the uh beginning of a new school year and I want to thank you all again for your service this year um it's been a Summer full of news of classroom censorship and book Banning and more recently um horrific violence around the country that is related to you know the
011culture wars um both the new New York civil liberties Union and the New York State Department of Education have issued guidance this summer for schools and districts to protect the rights of all students to be free from harassment and pursue Learning Without constraint um specifically the Office of the Attorney General got together with the Board of Regents and wrote in early August to inform local education agencies which I think is you guys um of their quote obligation to place dignity inclusion and respect at the center of their educational decisions and that that would lead to good policymaking we do that here in lers and I just wanted to voice our support within the community for everything that you're doing in that um along those lines the um New York civil liberties Union recommends that districts
012be ready when a book or a curricular topic is challenged and they offer a model policy that includes a timeline and ways to identify key respondents and develop a responsive process and I know that you guys all work really hard you've dealt with this before and you are charged with making these decisions and handling these matters when they come up I hope there will not be a need to respond to challenges this year but please know that whatever this year brings your community is proud of the job that you're doing to ensure that our district schools are welcoming and an inclusive learning environment and I know that you'll continue this important work and I want to thank you again thank you take care wow does anyone to make any additions make a motion to a
013journe Sher second Marie all those in favor un thank you for coming