001call the uh board of education city school district annual reorganization meeting um and ultimately we'll have a special meeting right after to order. Um, can we please stand and say the pledge of >> allegiance? Flag of the United States of America to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> So, I need a roll call. Mr. Jason Cooper >> here. >> Mr. Donald Dolls >> here. >> Mr. Joseph Oika Jr. >> here. >> Mrs. Tanil New >> here. >> Mr. Braden Manner >> here. >> Mrs. Danielle Padulla >> here. >> Mr. James B >> here. >> Okay. Um, we're going to take some things out of order before we uh have the newly appointed board member and the superintendent sign the oath of office. I'm
002going to turn the meeting over to Danielle. Yes. >> And Tal. >> Tenil's better with words than I am. But can we have Dr. D please come forward? >> Uhhuh. >> The Dr. D mean Dr. Davis. >> Oh, Dr. Davis. Sorry. >> So, we wanted to thank you for all your hard work these last couple years, right? Two two years. Okay. Um, we really can't do half the things we do without you, but somehow we're going to learn how to do them, and we're going to manage without our mother, as Joe likes to say. But you kept us all on track, on time, and efficient, and I think we all became better board members because of you and your expertise and your knowledge. And um, thank you for embracing the Udica City School District. Nobody
003really fought harder for our children um, during some of the toughest times than you did. So, it has been a pleasure learning from you and working alongside of you and we just want to turn over the key to the city school district to you. >> Um, and we forever appreciate it. Gorgeous. That's >> And it unlocks every door in the building. >> Oh, wow. >> So, you're always welcome. >> Oh, there you go. Mike, did you hear that? and you will forever be a Raider. >> So, we got you a nice >> So, we just appreciate you >> much. I appreciate you guys >> and we're going to call you every five minutes. [Music] >> Yes. >> I do want to thank everyone. This has been a great two years and we've had some tough
004situations to get through. We were able to do it with grace and I feel you guys are well positioned for a great future. So I do want to thank you. I am no longer the woman in the closet. So >> what' you call the hole? >> I said I'm in the hall. Thank you. >> Here's she's in the hole. >> Is everybody up here? Come on. You have to come in. Come in the middle. Thank you. Thank you. >> This is beautiful. Thank you. >> There we go. I got my hair done a few minutes ago. >> That's right. >> High and low. >> All right. Oh, and thank you, Earl, for letting us and you enjoyed retirement together. >> We are. We're going out to dinner. >> Good. You enjoy the MSL Monaco. >>
005Thank you for everything. It's been a pleasure. And >> I will bring the dog at some point. >> Everybody wants >> I would stay, but I have a date. >> Enjoy your official retirement. given us so much time. >> Thank you so much, Dr. D. Truly a pleasure. >> You got to wear it to all the games. >> I'm going to wear it to a football game. I'm going to wear it opening. >> But no matter what, like if you're cheering for another team, you still got to wear it. >> I will wear this. >> Okay. >> You know where I might wear it is the CTO CTE opening. >> There you go. Thank you. >> Careful with that key. >> Why your hands shaking? >> Yeah. Mike, he's like, I didn't approve that. >>
006Thank you everyone. >> Thank you. Okay. Up next, the newly elected board member and the superintendent will sign the oath of office book. Sunday. >> Okay. >> Oh, >> yes. >> I just got really confused. >> You go first. >> What? I go first. >> You go first. >> Ladies first. I am say your name. I, Daniellea, >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New York >> and the Constitution of the State of New York >> and that I will faithfully discharge >> the duties of >> the Udica City School District board member. >> Udica City School District board member. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you.
007[Applause] Thank you. Thank you. Okay. >> I respect >> solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New York >> and the Constitution of the State of New York >> and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of >> And that I will faithfully discharge the duties of >> the Udica City School District Superintendent of Schools >> the Udica City School District Superintendent of Schools >> according to the best of my ability. according to the best of my ability. [Applause] >> Okay. I need uh a motion to go into executive session to discuss the uh employment history of particular people, contract negotiations, and um legal issues. >> Second. >> All in
008favor? >> Okay, we're going in executive session. No, we'll stay. Executive session >> second. >> Okay. Um Kathy, >> all in favor? >> Passed. Kathy, you want to come up and do the uh nominations, please? Okay, I'll stand here. >> Anywhere you'd like. >> I'm I'm not trying to tell you what to do. >> Come hang out at the table, Kathy. >> Yeah, hang out with us. >> Can I have nominations for the office of president? >> I nominate Joe Haba. >> I second. >> Do we want a roll count? Call. Roll count. >> Roll call. I'm sorry. Or >> were there any other nominations? >> Any other nominations? >> No. >> Unanimous vote. >> Yes. >> Congratulations, Mr. >> You're welcome. >> Do I need to sign something? >> We'll do it after. >>
009Call for nominations for the office of vice president. >> I nominate Danielle Puba. A second. Third. >> Any other nominations? >> All in favor? >> Congratulations. >> Yay. >> Now you can sign the oath of office. President, >> I state my name. >> I, Joe Ba, Jr. >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New York >> and the Constitution of the State of New York. that I will faithfully discharge the duties of >> That I will faithfully discharge the duties of >> Udica City School District. >> President of the board. [Applause] That's okay. >> I state your name. I, Danielle Padulla, >> do solemnly swear >> that I
010will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New York. >> And the Constitution of the State of New York >> and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of >> and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of >> Udica City School District. >> Utica City School District. >> Vice President of the Board. >> Vice President >> according to the best of my ability. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> In the uh interest of brevity, I'm going to um defer my presidential address >> until until next meeting. I'm sure that everybody's very happy about that. [Applause] >> Okay. Um, you've already signed the oath of office book. I'm deferring my address. Um, it says board members
011reaffirm conflict of interest statement. Did everybody uh sign the conflicts of interest statements that were provided to you uh in the past month? Okay. >> I don't think I >> She said she only got two. We see >> she got mine, but if you didn't, you need to go and do that. >> Okay. Authorization is requested of the board of education to approve the following appointments and their individual employment agreements andor contracts. Can I have a motion um to approve the appointments and the individual employment agreements andor contracts for the following individuals? The school district board clerk and contract Kathy L. Hughes, school board clerk and contract, Stephanie Lionus. School board attorney and contract Ferrar Furenza PC. Internal auditor Mangle Mezer Bar and Company. Treasurer and contract Ian Connley. Deputy Treasurer David Dryle, Temporary Claims
012Auditor and Contract Ken Long, External Auditor, Bonado Group, Bond Council and Contract Paul W. Raichel and Bond Shenkin King, attorney for special project matters. Don Jerice, fiscal adviserss and contract Ferrara Fiorenza PC Capital Construction, Michael Viscanti and David Tinker. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Okay. Any discussion? All in favor? >> Opposed? Motion carries. a motion to set the regular meeting dates and times for 202526. Um, resolve the 202526 regular meetings of the board of education will be held on the following dates. They will be held at 6:30 p.m. for regular meetings. July 1, 2025. July 22, 2025. August 12, 2025. August 26, 2025. September 23, 2025, October 21, 2025, November 18, 2025, December 16, 2025, January 27, 2026, February 10, 2026, March 24, 2026, April 28, 2026. Bosey's annual meeting pending May 5, 2026
013budget hearing May 19, 2026 budget vote May 20, 2026 and June 23, 2026. Can I have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Opposed? Motion carries. Official dissol uh depositories resolved the following banks be appointed as the deposiitories for Udica City School District funds for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. The authority to deposit and invest funds is delegated to Heather Moat, school business executive, and Ian Connley, treasurer. These functions shall be performed in accordance with the applicable sections of the general municipal law and the local financial law of the state of New York. Bank of Udica, Bank of New York, Melon, Aderand Bank, Key Bank, Mnt Bank. Motion >> move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Authorization requested for the following extra classroom activity accounts. Donovan Middle School, Kennedy
014Middle School, and Proctor High School with Key Bank. Motion >> second. >> All in favor? >> Carries. Official newspaper. Resolved that the Rome Daily Sentinel be designated as the official newspaper for the Yuka City School District. >> Motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Grant authorization for the superintendent of schools to make budget transfers in compliance with section 170. two pen one of the commissioner's regulations and BOE policy 4202 >> second >> all in favor >> grant authorization for the superintendent of schools to apply for grants and aids state and federal is appropriate motion >> so move >> second >> all in favor >> grant authorization to the superintendent of schools to approve attendance at conferences in accordance with section 77B of the general municipal law motion >> move it second >>
015all in favor Hi. >> Authoriz authorization is requested for the reestablishment petty cash funds as follows. Proctor High School main office, Donovan Middle School main office, Kennedy Middle School main office, school lunch fund, business office, school maintenance shop, athletic startup fund, all in the amounts of $100. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I passes. Official tax collector resolved that the Udica city controller be designated the official tax collector for the district. All in favor? I need a motion. Sorry. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Okay. Official bank signatories resolved. the school district treasurer Ian Connley and the deputy treasurer Dave Dyell be authorized to sign checks for all funds for the 202526 school year. Motion >> move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> impartial hearing officers resolved that the Udica
016City School District utilize the district's specified list of impartial hearing officers as maintained by the state educational departments impartial hearing reporting system for the 2025-26 school year. Motion >> move second. >> All in favor. >> Superintendent hearing officers resolved that the Udica City School District utilize the following individuals superintendent hearings. Michael Bano Senior Ferrara Fiorenza Law Firm. Need a motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Receivers of legal documents. Resolved that Stephanie Linus be appointed as receivers of legal documents. Foil request effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Need a motion. >> That second. >> All in favor? >> Opposed. Attendance official. Attendance Officer resolved that Steve Fauci, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment be appointed attendance officer for the 2025 2026 school year without additional compensation. Motion >> move
017it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Records access officer. resolved that Steven Fouchy, assistant superintendent of curriculum instruction and assessment, be appointed records access officer and records management officer, foil for the 202526 school year without additional compensation. Motion >> move that. Second. >> All in favor? Records access appeal officer foil and records management appeals officer resolved that superintendent of schools be appointed record access appeals officer and record management appeals officer foil for the 2025 2026 school year without additional compensation. Motion >> move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Official records appeal officer resolved that the law firm of Ferrar Fiorenza be designated as official records appeal officer. Motion >> move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. School physician resolved that Dr. Christopher Alana be appointed as the
018school district physician of record for the 2025 2026 school year. >> Motion move it. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Resolved that fiscal adviserss and marketing inc be appointed as financial adviserss to the district during the 202526 school year. Motion >> second. All in favor? I >> resolve that the following individual be appointed to serve as a school district central treasurer. Extra class student activity accounts for the period July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. >> Deanna Pon Donovan Middle School >> Andrew Deos >> Andrew De Jesus Kennedy Middle School Met Kennedy Middle School Gina Roach Proctor High School. Motion >> second. >> All in favor? I, >> workplace violence coordinator, resolved that Sarah Clim, chief human resource officer, be designated as the UCSD workplace violence coordinator. >> Move it. Second. >> All in
019favor? >> I. >> Residency officer resolved that Steven Fel, assistant superintendent of curriculum instruction assessment be designated the UCSD residency officer. Motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. uh appointment of section 504 chairpersons, cse chairpersons and CPSSE chairpersons for the 2025 2026 school year. Resolved that the following individuals be appointed as section 504 chairpersons, cse chairperson, CPSSE chairpersons for the 2025 2026 school year. Um, I'm I'm just going to reference the list of names that are on the um page four uh Roman numeral 24. Need a motion. >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Okay. Can I have a motion to adopt sections Roman numerals 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 on page five of the reorganization meeting? >> Move it. >> Second.
020>> All in favor? >> Opposed? Carries. Committee on Special Education, Roman numeral number 35 on page six. Can I have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Carries. Roman numeral 36 and 37 on page 7 of the reorganizational meeting. Can I have a motion to adopt them? >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> opposed carries. Need a motion to adopt the following. Resolved that the board of education appoint a minimum of three members of the board of education to serve as members of the audit committee for the 2026 school year. Board members serving on the audit committee for the 2025 2026 school year are Joe Hoba Jr., Don Daw and Jason Cooper. I need a motion. >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >>
021Motion carries. Board member to serve on the executive committee of the Anida Madison Herkimer County School Board Institute. Resolved that the board member appointed to serve on the executive committee on the Anida Madison Herkimer County School Boards Institute for the 2025 2026 school year is Braden. Ann. I need a motion. Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> opposed. >> Okay. Um I'd like a motion to collectively adopt items 40, 41, and 42 on page 8. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> like a motion to adopt items 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, and 48 on page nine of the reorganizational meeting agenda. Can I have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Opposed? Carries. Can I have a motion to adopt numbers Roman numerals 49,
02250, 51, 52, and 53 as set forth on page 10 of the reorganization meeting agenda? >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Opposed? Carries. >> Yes. Can I have a motion to adjourn the reorganizational meeting? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Okay. We stand adjourn of the reorganization meeting. We will then commence the special meeting um which will start in we're going to take a we got to take a 10-minute recess. >> Okay. Five minute recess. going to call the uh special meeting of the uh board of education Udica City School District to order. Um please stand. We'll say the pledge of allegiance. [Music] 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
023and justice for all. >> Can the clerk call the role, please? >> Mr. Jason Cooper >> here, >> Mr. Donald Ross >> here, >> Mr. Joseph Jr. >> here, >> Mrs. Tamil N. >> Mr. Braden Nana here, >> Mrs. Danielle Padulla, and Mr. James B >> here. We do have a quorum. Um, why don't we start with the presentation? >> So, first before we uh welcome our guests up, much of our work this year has been really centered on gathering the foundational pieces so that we can engage the district and board in a strategic planning process that's going to map out our multi-year steps to success. So part of that is getting some consultants that's going to help guide us through that work to help galvanize all of our interests, all of our activities in
024one document that multiple stakeholders have input in to really direct the future of the district. So I'm very pleased and and happy after uh going through the process, vetting so many different vendors to um land here with our guest here from Hazard Young and Associates. So I'll turn it over to you, Dr. Joseph, and thank you for coming. Good evening everybody. It's great to be >> welcome. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm uh Dr. Sean Joseph and I'm honored to be here tonight. This exciting time uh in in Utica School District and I appreciate all the hard work that you all have been doing um during the course of this year. But um I'm going to just give you a high overview of the process and be happy to answer any questions that
025you may have uh towards the end and and my colleagues will jump in as we go. So we'll we'll we'll share uh the work uh today. But the strategic planning pro process creates unity of purpose and a and a shared vision. You know this is an opportunity for the board uh to boldly communicate uh to the community. Uh this we believe and this is what we expect uh to see uh within our school district and this is what we expect in terms of growth and and performance measures as we as we move forward. But it's really an opportunity to engage the community, help the community understand where you are, uh where you want to be and the specific steps you're going to take uh to get there. You know, effective strategic planning uh creates shared
026vision, shared purpose, uh agreed upon priorities and goals, strategic measures, and most importantly, a good strategic plan when executed uh creates impact. uh at Hazard Young and Associates. We are the largest search firm uh in the nation. Uh we do about 200 superintendent searches a year and we also uh support uh superintendent uh cabinets developing cabinets and and providing strategic uh support and execution. We have about 140 associates within uh our organization and we work all across uh the country and a lot of work is done here in uh New York. Uh I am uh Sean Joseph. I am uh I currently run the Urban Superintendent Academy at Howard uh University. Uh it's in partnership with uh the American Superintendent Association. Uh and I'm also on the the tenure track at Howard uh University. I've
027also been the former superintendent in uh Nashville, Tennessee uh and superintendent in Seaffort, Delaware. And I spent uh years in Montgomery County Public Schools right outside of Washington uh DC. Uh it's a district of I guess it's the 14th largest district in the in the country with about 160,000 students. Uh and so I'm honored to lead this team with me. Uh I have Miss Anita Williams. She is a former chief of schools in Montgomery, Alabama and in Atlanta public schools. I have Dr. Chris Dealippus. He's currently uh on the faculty at New York University uh and he worked in New York City schools uh working uh to support the 45 uh area superintendent throughout that city in terms of execution and focus on their their strategic planning. And then uh Noah Dardy is a strategic
028adviser and he handles all of the graphic design and work and support. So, we're the team that'll be working closely with you over the next six months uh to ensure uh that you have a plan that is clear, focused, and most importantly uh executable. Uh the process is just as important as the product. Uh so our goal over the next six months is really to engage your community, engage you and help you answer the questions are is our vision, mission and core values bold enough uh to move our district forward uh as you work uh to you know give kids a life full of opportunities. Uh so a well-designed strategic planning process creates the strongest product and builds the investment necessary for successful implementation. and here in the Udica City School District, um you're well
029positioned to use the strategic planning process to bring together your entire community. I think one of the things that excited me most uh as I've been speaking with, uh Dr. Spence is the fact that you've done a lot of tremendous work already. Uh so we're not starting some sometimes you go to a place and you're starting at ground zero. Uh they're not clear about their key performance indicators. They're not clear about their mission, vision, core values. uh they're not clear about the work product that's been happening. Uh they're not even clear about what the community thinks and the perspectives and you have done a lot of work leading up until this point already uh where you have lots of perceptional data. Uh you have your key performance indicators that you're looking towards uh and you're
030clear about how you want to move forward. So, you know, our job is to help you to help facilitate a process uh to help you just be clear and like I said, make sure whatever you decide to do is executable because I can tell you around the country and and I've I work with school districts around the country and and what I can tell you is most districts fail because of an inability to focus. Uh they they're doing 50 things uh and they don't do any of them well. And and one of the things we strive to help you think about is how do you do less better and and are you really clear about what those uh points of movement are that you want to make and how do you how do you get
031there? Uh so we spend a lot of time really helping you think that process through and again as a board uh you've been clear uh that you want to move this district forward and I commend you for the great work and leadership that you have within uh this uh city. You know as we talk about a strategic planning process you know there are really um you know a number of elements. The board is really focused on the mission the vision and core values. I mean that's that's the work that you own. you set the tone for, you know, why do we exist? What do we expect in this district? And uh what are our belief systems, right? So, so why do we exist? What future do we want to see? And what are the principles
032that will inform how we get there? Uh then you have the administration uh that that locks in on the priorities, goals, strategies, and ultimately implements and evaluates uh the process. But they can't do their work until the board really is clear and crystallizes that mission, vision, core values, and you approve key performance indicators, the things that you're going to ultimately evaluate to say yes, we're making progress and we feel comfortable or no, we're not. Uh that that is critical work. So we'll spend time together discussing, engaging and and coming to some agreements in that work. Uh so as as I just shared uh there those are the elements. So the governance components are the the first uh three vision, mission and values with management uh handling the priorities, goals, strategies, implementation and evaluation. But the
033board approves all along the way and then ultimately provides oversight uh once the plan is done and the superintendent begins to implement. Uh the board is there through your board meetings and aligning your meetings with your key performance indicators. you monitor are we executing and if not we ask the question you know what what what are the budget priorities what are the policy that needs to be changed or do we need to adjust the key performance indicators in those those three uh areas as we go through I will turn it over now to my colleague uh Miss Williams who will walk you give you an overview of the phases of the process that we shall go through >> thank So good, excuse me, good good evening everybody. Um, again my name is Anita and I'm
034excited to be here um to work with this uh district as well. I am going to provide a high-level overview of the um strategic planning process for you tonight and then um following me my colleague Chris will come along and he will delve in a little bit deeper into the process and so then we'll you'll have an opportunity to ask questions at the end. So I'll begin by stating that the strategic um planning process is organized into four interconnected uh phases. And as you can see here, phase one is the organizational readiness phase. And this is our foundational phase. This is where there's a lot of planning and preparation and just really setting the tone and the stage for the strategic planning process itself. And then phase two is inclusive engagement. This is um an
035exciting phase because this is where you begin to engage your stakeholders and they begin to document uh where the district stands um culturally um operationally, structurally and um they also determine where you aspire to be. And then phase three, focus on the future. Again, we're engaging your stakeholders to uh use that data to actually create a strategic plan. And then phase four um is the actual implementation and evaluation of the strategic plan. Okay. So I just talked about the four phases in the strategic plan. Now I want to say that in each of those phases we will do three things. We will flare out, group up and focus in. And so what does that look like? Um well when we flare out what we'll do is we'll collect a wide range of data. And why
036do we do this? because we want to um we want a final product that is representative or reflective of the needs and the values of your entire school community. And so this is important that we collect as much data as possible so that we can see the big picture of your district. Then we'll group up by engaging your stakeholders to come in and organize that data. And from what I understand, a lot of that work has been done already. So you are well ahead of the game here. And then we'll again focus in by engaging um your stakeholders to kind of um narrow in on what what areas do we want to focus on moving forward in the process. Okay. So this is an outline of the timeline of work um that we are expecting
037to execute. So it will take approximately six months. Um this is just expectation because I know you guys are further along than we um expected but this will take about um 6 months from beginning to completion. Um we estimate that it will take one to two months to um execute each phase um with a total of about six months of work. Okay. So I talked about um the three things that we'll do in each phase. We'll flare out. will group up and focus in. And so the next four slides will um demonstrate what that will look like at each phase in the strategic planning process. So in phase one, let's start with phase one and organizational readiness. Uh we'll begin with um a comprehensive overview of the process and um then we will narrow our
038focus to begin planning and preparing for phase two. So in our introductory meeting we'll flare out that means that what we'll do is um we will gain more clarity around the scope of the project and um align on key factors and expectations for the project. When we group up, we will do that um in our workshop meetings and essentially we'll be planning for phase two and we'll focus in and share where we are in um the board meeting and you know highlight the next steps um for the board members as well. Okay. So phase two inclusive engagement um this is where or involves collecting uh comprehensive quantitative and qualitative data and then uh stakeholders will use those um that that data to they will organize that data into reports and then use it in bi-weekly
039meetings uh to determine what themes are surfacing and that they might want to share for phase three. Uh so when we flare out, we'll use our engagement strategies um such as interviews and focus groups for uh community forums. Um we'll provide reports to the district when we group up and then again as I stated in those bi-weekly update meetings, we will use that data to um identify those themes that will be shared in phase three. Okay. So focus on the future. This is phase three. So every workshop in phase three will flare out, group up and focus in. Um and so they will do a broad explanation uh a broad exploration of the ideas and then begin to narrow that down and um there will be two things that occur in this phase. They'll examine
040um different components of the strategic plan and then they will review those themes that were highlighted in phase two to determine how they should be integrated into the strategic plan. Um again, so we will flare out and group group up in those workshops and my colleague Chris will go into much more detail about the workshops. Um and then we'll focus in by providing those reports and plans um to um board and district leaders. Oops, I went too far. Okay. And then finally uh for me phase uh it should say phase four implement and evaluate. Um again we will do all three. We will flare out, group up and focus in. Um and essentially what this in this phase what we're doing is um expanding on the ideas and then um synthesizing and then focusing in
041and uh using that data engaging our stakeholders to use that data um to both monitor and evaluate the success of the strategic plan. Okay. And so that concludes my my portion of this presentation. I'll pass it along to my colleague Chris. Thank you. >> Good evening everyone. How are you today tonight? Uh it's great to be here. Um so I'm going to go a little bit deeper into into each of these, but for each phase if if there's nothing else that you take away from each of these points is that this is a collaborative effort. Um this is we we really value your input um the the community's input and I hope that's what you get out of out of each phase of this. Um so phase one organizational readiness. Um this is this is
042sort of what we are beginning tonight in in in some ways and will carry on throughout the rest of the month of July. uh where we can meet with you all really begin to flesh out what happens at at each point of of this process. Make sure that we know what is going to be done when um so that everything is very clear from the very um beginning of this of this process. Uh by the end of that we'll have a finalized um project timeline, action steps, um we'll have a community engagement plan. Um and we will begin to organize even a Google drive where we store all of these things for everyone to access. Um phase two, our inclusive engagement. This uh is where we really try and hear from everyone. I know that
043you have done a level of um uh community focus groups already uh and some strategic engagement around that. We will deepen on that maybe get together some key stakeholders uh we can engage with folks that u um um that you point out to us community members who would be really good to talk to to get as much information as much data as possible. So we'll hold individual interviews, um strategic focus groups, uh we can administer a community survey, um hold a series of community forums, um and engage in an in an environmental scan, uh some data analysis. I believe this is when we will also engage in our SWAT analysis to look at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Um we will hold a total of 12 um approximately 12 individual interviews, 16 um approximately uh
04416 focus groups with community members. By the end of this phase, uh we should have a really strong idea and picture of of what the community is looking for and what you are all looking for. Um so we will we will provide you with a summary of stakeholders inputs, perspectives, uh a community survey report, um and our environmental scan report. Just making sure I touched on everything there. One thing to note is it's going to be really crucial in this beginning phase that that we have over the next month to really plan this part out. How is it going to look? How are we going to make sure that everyone knows about it? Um, how are we going to make sure it gets out to the community in ways that we'll get the best and
045and most useful information back? I still see some eyes looking. So, I I'll wait just a second. Okay. That's my uh professor skills coming in. Well, it will engage in um all all of those that that data gathering will be ultimately to like I mentioned provide with you provide you a SWAT analysis, qualitative data report and survey report. Uh phase three, our focus on the future. So we will take with us all the information that we gather all everything that that we get from uh the community yourselves uh key stakeholders within the uh um district um and begin to turn that into um our plans our our strategic plans. So within this there'll be a series of workshops um where we can turn this data into usable um steps that create impact. So we'll host
046a two-day workshop um in order to develop uh a draft of the strategic plan components. Uh we will continue to update you all and hope and and join for another board meeting. Um and then eventually continue to refine and uh finalize eventually this plan. Part of it will be a half-day workshop on creating a portrait of a graduate. Uh that will be this is just a sample uh but it'll it'll be completed with your input what you want to see graduates of Udica schools um coming out with. And then finally oops um finally we have our implementation and evaluation phase of this. Uh most of my work ends up being uh an implementation of different plans with school districts hopefully uh and I am very confident that what we will leave you with is a
047really strong strategic plan to implement uh with fidelity with um efficiency uh so that you're not left wondering what to do next. Okay, now we have this beautiful plan. Where do we go from here? um that that that we will ensure that what we leave you with is something that you that that can have impact and can be implemented in a in a way that is monitored um and to make sure that what we all lay out collectively is what is actually getting done. uh the first uh several months of this project, you'll have access to a dashboard. Um and then uh you can decide if you'd like to keep that going uh as well. But and any way for you all to continue to monitor what is actually happening, what the plan looks like,
048are the things that we said we are going to do actually getting done? Um is is going to be key. That's what that dashboard looks like. I wanted to mention it before you start looking at it. Uh but really we and for every single part of our plan, we will lay out, okay, by this time these things should be done by by this time this should be done. Um just to make sure that we're all sort of holding ourselves accountable. I never really want to leave us leave a school district with just this beautifully laid out plan that's going to sit on the shelf for the next 5 years. I really want to make sure that what you're looking at are things that can actually get get done. With that, uh we thank you very
049much for your time and attention and opportunity. Uh we'll open it up for questions. Well, number one, we appreciate you coming in and uh making the presentation. I almost hesitate to ask this question because it's going to just demonstrate maybe I'm how stupid I am, but I'm going to ask it anyway. Strate strategic plan sounds really lofty and powerful. What exactly is this a strategic plan for? Because I don't know. It sounds great. Like we need a strategy, but I don't know what it is. So, if you could just explain to me what it is that we're doing and why we're doing it, that would be helpful at least to me. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the question. In layman's terms, the strategic plan helps you understand and helps the community understand
050what are we doing first, second, and third. what um are we monitoring? Where are we trying to go? Where are we and where are we trying to go? Um, so the plan is a way it's it's your written document that communicates to the public, communicates to your schools, communicates to your parents, um, what we're doing, where are we, how are we moving forward, what strategies are we going to put in place, uh, what do we value, what what does what should a UDICA graduate possess in terms of skills? So you're talking about the students, right? You're saying like >> we want to this is a strategic plan to produce a a typical student is what you're saying like the the average student or you know the aspirational student because I mean is a strategic plan
051based on okay you know we got to look at um what's the word I'm looking for you know. >> Yeah. It's like like you know when we're enriching enriching their their the teaching or enriching their educational components. Is that what it's addressing or is it like trying to set up a different culture? Um you know is it is it a strategic plan regarding um you know modifying behavior? I I don't know. I don't know what it's you know is is that all of the components based on what the you know you you look you you discuss things with the community the community says you know we have a bunch of stuff already but you're you sounds to me like you're going to do more and then we get to a point where it's like this
052is what the community thinks is important and so we try to mold that into something that is combined with what the you know the various groups feel are important in terms of the educational process and is that is that what this because I'm trying to understand it that's all just because it seems to be hope like it's hopeful and aspirational I just trying to understand >> so as a board as a board you communicate >> the mission vision core values how do we do business in this district what do we care about like that's that's what the board does primarily Right. So, so you might say in Udica School District, we care about academics. We want to see academics improve. We care about strong climate. You know, we want to make sure kids come in
053and become productive citizens and know how to be respectful, responsible, and and creative. Uh, and as a district, we care about the arts. uh we we want our students to be active in uh you know music and and appreciate music and art and and literature and so forth. As as a board you decide that what do we care about then you know so if you take your academics for example right now I believe you're approximately 30% of your students or so are proficient in in reading and math and you might say okay well this is where we are by the end of the year we want to get to 35%. How are we going to do that? What what steps are we going to put in place to make that happen? You know, and and
054that strategic plan lays that out that that as a board and right now we're at 30%. We want to be at 33% next year, 36% the following year, 39% the following year. That's what we call KPIs, key performance indicators. And so then you look at the superintendent and say, "Okay, so the board has set this goal for us to move. Now, superintendent, you got to put plans in place to make that happen. And the strategic plan communicates to everybody what those plans are. A good plan is important because the board has three primary powers, right? You have the power to create policy, you have the power to approve a budget, and you have a power to evaluate the superintendent. Well, the superintendent gets ev should be evaluated based upon the key performance indicators that that
055you say are important to you as a district and the strategic plan lays that out. So, when you've got a strong plan, then the superintendent, you're empowering the superintendent to execute on these things and you're saying, "We're going to put budget to this. We're going to create policy towards this and we're going to monitor these things that are important." But it's it's a it's a document that provides clarity and and the reason we go through and have you know 16 focus groups and meet with individual people and so forth is because we want to get that information to say to you board here's what your the people of Udica are saying is important but only you can say yes we're going to make this a priority in the school district because you're the board of
056education and and you you're the only one that has the power to do that. So, we're going to gather that data for you and bring it to you for you to be able to then lock in and say, "Okay, we heard what they said. This is important." All right. So, so then we agree, superintendent, we want some key performance indicators there. We want you to develop plans to execute, move us forward there, and we're going to monitor it, put budget towards it, and then you and then identify policy to help you accelerate it. >> Thank you. Anyone else have any questions? >> Are we going to get a copy of the PowerPoint? >> Yes. Beautiful. >> Can you tell us what schools have you done this with before that you've seen a difference after the
057strategic plan was put into place? >> Yes, a multitude. So, so I run an urban superintendence academy and so so you know I did it as a personally I did it in Prince George's County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland, uh Nashville, Tennessee. As a firm, we did uh Pelum school districts. Uh we also did White Plains here in New York. Uh we also let's see here I can pull up a number. We we've done hundreds of um of these plans and I can uh give me 30 10 seconds here >> I guess more so not so much the district but how would how did it change? So how did you watch that evolve once this was adapted? So once once you have a strong strategic plan, it allows your principles to be clear about what should
058we be focusing on and and it allows it allows the uh superintendent to go through as as you're executing on reading. So you got a school with 20% of kids reading at proficiency. You're clear. We we expect you average growth would be moving from 20% to by the end of the year 23% 25%. and here are the strategies we expect you to employ. Research-based strategies that say if you do this more kids should be, you know, reading on grade level higher. And you lay out those strategies because it's sort of like putting your thinking out on the on a piece of paper and communicating this is what we're going to do and we believe if we do this then this will happen. Um, so then it's easy for somebody to come follow behind and say
059they'll never get there because they're they're focusing on something that has no significance in improving reading achievement here, you know, versus guessing, not knowing what somebody's doing and and and you know, praying that something is going to going to turn out. I think you've got to be clear. A school system should expect its principles and its teachers to be employing, you know, best practices and research to say here's how here's how we improve and here's our improvement theory of action. If we do this, then this will happen. >> So to be clear to go back on that, are you giving strategies? So is part of the strategic plan at the end you are also leaving us with strategies, right? If we are looking at that to bring reading up, is that part of the strategic
060plan? >> Yes. Yes. So, so we'll support you, we'll support you with the facilitation of that that process and we'll bring examples of here's what's happened other places. I mean on this particular team you happen to have you know a professor from New York University and a professor from Howard University um you know in the background. So so we have the kind of research knowhow to say here are some things that we know work um that that you haven't been doing but we would strongly consider you you start doing. Yeah. >> One one thing we know, if you don't have a plan, you'll never get to your destination. Uh you'll you'll never if if you're not clear about where you are, clear about where you want to be. So there's a difference between think about
061the best analogy I can give you. You're playing basketball. There's a difference when you're playing basketball and you're just playing for fun and and versus when you're keeping score, right? When you start keeping score, you start playing with more intensity uh with more with because because you know if if I don't if I don't hit this three right now, I'm going to lose this game, right? The strategic plan gives you that ability to keep score and and to create a sense of urgency and focus. uh whereas you know if you're not if you don't you're not keeping focused it's a very lazy fair endeavor. So, one of the things I'll say is as part of my 100 day entry plan coming to the district, really looked to see that we had a lot of activity,
062a lot of great initiatives, a lot of great ideas as to where we would like to be. But part of that work is how do we then galvanize all of that interest and develop that roadmap that really outlines again what those priorities are and how do we get there and what's going to be the trajectory of the district. So in in complex organizations such as ours, large complex organizations, small city school with big city problems, it becomes advantageous to be able to coordinate all the activity within the organization in different places and put that in one plan that helps move us forward. So um appreciate you all for your work and being able to articulate, you know, the value add there. Um and any other questions the board? >> I just have one more. >>
063Oh, sure. I'm g I have to ask it for for anybody that's watching. So just explain this a little bit of why would we invest money for a strategic plan, right? We know reading levels are are low. We know we need to come up with a strategy to help our youth, to help our educational, right, our academics to grow them. >> So why wouldn't we take that money and sink it into these academic endeavors, >> right, that we know need to be addressed >> instead of taking a strategic plan? Can you just explain to me how >> it's not right for anybody that's saying this is just something that's it's words. It's words put together and it's information that we've already got the communication's already expressed multiple times what they want, what's missing. So why
064put all this money into this for another piece of data and words instead of actually going after problem? >> I'm going to be very blunt because I don't know any other way. All right. your district has been underperforming for a long time. >> You have to uh be clear, I think I think for the community. I think it would send a message if the if they're for the people who are looking at your district to say they got a plan. that plan makes sense and it's clear. They know where they're going to put their money when they when they're coming to us every year asking for a new budget and asking to raise taxes and things of that nature. A strategic plan lays out what we're going to do first, second, third. This is what
065we're investing in. This is why we're doing what we're doing. This is the return on investment you should expect for the dollars that you're putting into, you know, public education here. That return on investment piece is is huge for the public. Uh because most most people don't they just say, "Oh, we're just we're just, you know, throwing money at the school system. We're not getting any result." This is this is you saying, "No, we took time to think through what it takes to move forward." And as a board, we're going to prioritize our resources. Uh we're we're going to set ambitious goals and be clear about what we expect. And um you know, we're going to hold ourselves accountable for moving forward. And if we're not moving forward, we're going to be asking uh you
066know, where do we need to change our plan? Where do we need to rep prioritize our budget? Where do we need to focus on policy to move us forward? Because we're not going to accept that we're not progressing. >> I also believe this is an opportunity for our community at large to have a stake in the game, some skin in the game. Really, I think this is an opportunity for them to say, "Listen, we've had some concerns. Uh they may or may not have been heard. We can voice them now through these focus groups, through these interviews, and be a part of the process and realize that there's other people that may have those same concerns, but they understand that now we're working collectively to move the ball forward." Yes. >> I I think this
067is a great opportunity. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Yeah, I think I think when the public sees that uh the district has a plan that they're working they're working hard they they have ambitious plans because you've got a you've got a large system. You have to have ambitious goals uh wildly ambitious goals to pull the system forward like like people have to be clear about where where we're what we're moving towards right now. uh versus just um the assumption that you know we're not doing well and it's just that's just what what it is. That's not the case. And and a strategic plan communicates and puts the plan together. And for people who really are passionate and care, they can look at that plan and challenge it. You know, it I think a a strong plan
068invites engagement. Uh because now I can come and and say, well, I see in your plan you're trying to do this and you you plan on budgeting towards this and you plan on doing this, you know, and and according to, you know, NYU there there's this. So why are you doing that? Like like right now it's, you know, without a plan, people just don't know what you're doing, why you're doing it, how you're doing it, and and what the mission is. Anyone else? >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Thanks. Appreciate it. Thank you. [Applause] So, we have the um we have a motion for the from the floor um to adopt a budget transfer of uh for the maintenance of plant light and power in the amount of $65,466. Could you just give us
069a brief overview of that? >> This is the motion for utility bill. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> So, the utility bills, the cost came in a little bit more than was previously budgeted expected. So, we're transferring monies to satisfy that bill. >> Would you mind if we ask them? >> Oh, yeah. No problem. Why don't you tell us what account you're transferring and that type of thing >> from the architectural engineering account, construction management, which we didn't need to utilize this year. It's always put there as a contingency as we go throughout the year. So, I work pretty closely with Mike and um none of that was used this year. Um I I just want to also add, you know, we added some additional programming with the RED program, so our buildings are staying open longer,
070right? So, the costs have gone up a little bit. Um, and so I think we're going to be covered for the for the budget that's in for 2526. This is just we we often didn't know, you know, what the numbers were going to bring. >> Okay. So, can I have a motion to um approve the budget transfer as requested? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Any questions? All in favor? >> I opposed. >> Motion carries. You want to offer your superintendent report? >> Yes, I'd like to offer my superintendent report board to accept. >> Does anyone want any pages pulled? >> I'd like to make a motion to go into executive session to discuss uh the employment history of particular people as well as attorney uh communications. >> Need a second. >> Second.
071>> All in favor? Opposed? We're going in executive session. We're going in the room. Yes. out of executive session. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Okay. Um I believe that the superintendent's report was proposed. I believe that no one had pulled any pages. So, I need a motion to adopt the superintendent's report. Move it. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? >> Okay. Superintendent report is adopted. Um, an approval of the minutes June 3, 2025 meeting. Can I have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Any additions, deletions, or corrections? >> Hearing none. All in favor? I >> motion passes. Any continuing business? >> Yes. Need a mot I make a motion to pull from the table the federal uniform guidance plan for consideration. >> Okay, that was as part
072of the uh organizational meeting. >> So I need a second on that. >> Second. >> Okay, any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? >> Opposed? Motion carries. >> That was a motion to pull from the table. >> Oh, sorry. Now I need a motion to I need a motion to adopt that uniform guidance. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Okay. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? >> Opposed? >> Motion carries. Any additional continuing business? Any new business? real quick. I promise. On our website, is there a space when you go to Proctor's homepage? There's not. I can't find it. So, if you can direct me to where it is, it' be great. If not, if we could work on creating something that lists all the programs that are offered at Proctor, for example, the
073bridge program that you can get into, the PEK program, the APA classes. If we could come up with a structure so that we can start telling PE parents like start paying attention, right? All of our rising juniors, rising sophomores, pay attention. Start looking to see and and find out from your counselors what steps you need to take. >> So we can we can create a quick link um on the page we were talking about restructuring website. You can go ahead Dr. Pence. >> Yeah, that's part of our ongoing um discussions regarding expand access and prompter. >> Good to know. Um yeah, so if we can create something like that and just start educating parents kind of where to go so that before they get to that junior senior year, they can actually see we have
074so many great opportunities at Proctor, but just to get that right to all our rising sophomores and juniors before they're there so they can know like they're looking into the bridge program. Here's what I need to make sure that I have. Here's our PE program. I >> I think some of it's on there just in different areas. I think we could just pull it together and put it in one spot. I think it's all over. Yeah, >> we've got some on the guidance, but it's not all there. And then we've got some on CTE, which is great, but like you can't really find too much stuff on other. So, it's >> if we can make it on page and just direct parents there. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. >> I I just want to comment on
075this for a second. It's great that you want the freshman and sophomore to look to see what's going on when they're juniors and seniors. But these people are embarking on a voyage. So you need to know, oh, do I need good grades to qualify for this program? >> That's where the information will come from on this website. And we say, >> but I'm I'm talking about like you need to notify the kids when they're in middle school. >> These are the things that you're this is what you need to do. Maybe you need to actually attend school. Maybe you need to spend time, you know, working on, you know, participating in extracurricular activities. I mean, I my thing is, you know, it it should be a constant drum beat. Again, I'm ancient, okay? But the
076fact of the matter is that when I was growing up, people were constantly saying to you, you need to be active. You need to make sure you study. you need to make sure you go to school. It wasn't a given. It just was people were constantly focusing on it. So, we need to be focusing on that. And you got to you you you have to draw a correlation between effort and production, between attendance and and and success. And that's something that we need to spend more time doing cuz as adults maybe we have figured that out, but a lot of kids, you know, don't figure that out until it might be too late. So maybe you're supposed to take a particular course in order to qualify for something else. >> Okay. So one of the
077things that we did, we first issued the National Center for Education Statistics School Culture and Climate Survey and we observed that there about 10 to 20% of students that are disengaged from the system. So we've had that data. One of the things we've been working with as an administrative staff particularly at our admin council is how do we expand access within the system? So it is more complex and how do we get folks more engaged and how do we get them connected to the school in various ways. So it's an ongoing effort. We'll be discussing this at our admin retreat as we're planning out the year moving forward. So, thank you for the uh the um thoughts around that. That's something that we plan to address as well. >> But but I guess it you
078know, whatever plan you have and and in in in terms of trying to get engagement, but the fact of the matter is that you got to get stuff in front of the kids. We the board wants us to get stuff in front of the kids even if it's just a bunch of words flying by on a video >> but that you know because the point is that they have to be exposed at some point you know it it may actually catch hold. So I I just, you know, not everybody has people that can point out the importance of things and and so we have to do that to help, >> right? >> Yeah. I don't disagree. That's >> But it doesn't need to be a scientific plan is what I'm saying. It needs to be
079noise, you know. >> No, there's science to all that we do. This is evident the key performance indicator that you were provided with that shows the disparities and inequities. I purposely added that metric there so that we can illustrate that and that's something that we have to go after by pulling them to say hey this is the opportunities. So this is well documented. It's not just as simple as hey kid there's an AP course. It really is how do we structure the opportunity from >> elementary through the system as we're working on it. >> As usual we're saying the same thing exciting part of work. Aren't we all excited for the admin industry? Look at their faces. Look at Mike. He's so excited. While we wait for all that information, if we could create a
080landing space where everything is in one space regardless of who reads it so that it's in one space, it would be great while we're working to figure everything out. So, >> yeah, we'll work one. We'll work one off. >> Okay. Any other How about any communication? Do you have any communication today, Tanal? We missed it last uh last time. I'm going to keep it really brief, but I am just going to say for communication for all the parents, we have amazing summer programs out there with all of our sports. Please make sure you register. They start next week. We have fantastic coaches and programs. Take advantage of those opportunities. City of Udica has great opportunities. Make sure help out. Let people know about them. Help them register. Even if it's with the city, if it's
081with us. Mson's got free art programs. There's so many great things happening. Please encourage youth, encourage your children to come out and take advantage of these programs. We know reading, right, is something that we're struggling with right now and Dr. Spence is working to figure out how we can go against that and what we can do. The Yuga Library has amazing summer programs for free. We have books, all kinds of great crafts, everything to get the kids exciting. It's inside. It's airond conditioned. They provide snacks and food. Our parks are filled with other teenagers that are ready to play with the kids. There's snacks and all kinds of crafts and stuff there. Take advantage of what's out there. We have these wonderful literacy boxes that are all around the city. encourage children to go out,
082take a book, read it, just really over the summer. I know it's summer, have fun and but don't lose sight of what's available and encourage kids to get out there and to really really join in and take advantage of all of these opportunities because I know it seems crazy where we live. We do take it for granted all the opportunities that are here. I can tell you when you go to different areas, they don't have this. They don't have all these free programs and camps and everything else. And these parents and people are paying over two to three hundred bucks a week just to get their kids in programs like this, but we have it. So, please take advantage. Check out what we have and sign up your kids. And James, that sounds good. >>
083I just want to add something as well. Uh there's a collaboration with excuse me, Community Foundation, MVCC, and Sunni Pali. Uh they're running free summer STEM camps at the Empowerment Center, which is located at 2:30 James Street. And it's for kids ages 8 through through 15. So it's going to be Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Uh and then it's going to be Monday and Wednesdays for 8 and 11 year old 8 through 11 year olds. Tuesdays and Thursdays going to be 12 to 15 year olds. Uh, so if you could, you might have to reach out to either Sunni Poly MV or the Community Foundation to get your child registered, but it's going to start July 7th and runs through August 14th. That's a good one. One more too that we have,
084if you haven't checked out Boseies, if you have children that are interested in trades, Boseies for free has summer camps for students. There's welding, there's carpentry, there's cosmetology. They're for free as long as you're in the district. You can go and either all morning session or afternoon session. So take a look at Boseis and see what they have. They have culinary too. All the programs and trades that are offered there. If you have a student or child that's interested in that, it's there for free. So really take advantage of those things this summer. >> Quickly for that Cornhill Empowerment Center, uh free STEM camp, light snacks and healthy lunch will be provided as well. Just one thing quickly. Um the Proctor graduation is always one of the highlights of the entire year. It's always a
085fantastic ceremony. It was no different this year. And one of the things that's always part of the graduation is the senior class gift. Um in past it's been podium that gets used in the auditorium, the senior uh picnic grill, things that are used um and special to the senior class. And this year I was really touched that the senior uh class had a memorial plaque for uh Mr. Prada. And uh it was just it was very nice to see that uh that touching of the tribute to to one of their teachers. And um I think you forget often what your senior class gift was. And I don't think that this senior class will forget what their gift was to the school district for quite some time. So I just wanted to uh thank them for
086such a touching gift that they gave this year. You know, I I have to say I I thought the uh I thought the senior class this year and their conduct and behavior at at the graduation was really outstanding. Um, you could tell that they were a high quality bunch of kids and the joy in the crowd was really great and the kids were having a good time and, you know, I I really think that adding all of the people in the receiving line um to shake hands and the principles and and some of the, you know, and the the vice the the assistant principles because they spent all year, you know, making sure these kids got through. So, I think that was very important. Um, and I I just have to say that, you know,
087we have we have quality students at our at our schools and it the the graduation always reinforces it. So, I don't know. I mean, I'm I'm glad everybody got to participate. So, anyone else? >> So, for final time, congratulations to the class of 2025. >> Yeah. [Applause] Um, is there any other communication to Neil or are you good? >> I'm going to leave it for tonight. >> Okay. Can I have a motion to adjourn? >> All in favor? >> I >> We are beautiful.