001appreciate uh people's attendance for the public hearings on the code of conduct, the contract for excellence, the district-wide safety plan, and the law enforcement agreement. So, first up is the code of conduct for 2025 2026. Pursuant to 2801 of the New York State Education Law and part 100.2 2 of the New York State Commissioner's Regulations. All schools are required to have a code of conduct in place for maintaining order on school property. School districts are required to hold a public hearing when material changes are made to their code of conduct. And for the 2526 school year, we do have a couple of material changes in our code of conduct arising out of the governor's new legislation um restricting the use of stu uh student use of internet enabled devices, smartphones in public schools across New
002York State. As part of the 2025 2026 New York State budget, New York State passed legislation restricting student use of internetabled internet enabled smart devices in all schools across the state during school hours. The new statute education law 2803 requires each school district, charter school, and board of cooperative educational services to adopt a written policy prohibiting the use of internet enabled devices by students during the school day anywhere on school grounds. The Utica City School District in partnership with the local OHM Bosey's policy office drafted new board of education policy 7208 which is titled student use of internet enabled devices in order to comply with this new law. Key provisions of the policy. First uh a couple of definitions and background. Internet enabled devices includes any smartphone, tablet, smartwatch or other device capable of connecting
003to the internet and enabling the user to access content on the internet including social media applications. The term school day is defined as every instructional day during all instructional time and non-instructional time including but not limited to home room periods, lunch, recess, study halls, and passing time. And then school grounds is defined to include any building or land within the real property boundary line of the school. And these are uniform definitions uh in the state legislation uh utilized by all school districts. There's a prohibition clause in the law. The use of internet enabled devices by students during the school day anywhere on school grounds is prohibited. Exemptions. Uh there are exemptions. One would be authorization given by uh the principal or teachers for educational use. Another would be necessary use to manage a student's medical
004condition in the event of an emergency where use is required as part of a student's IEP or 504 plan or for translation purposes. And then finally on a case-byase basis upon review and determination of a school psychologist, social worker or guidance counselor for a student caregiver who is routinely responsible for the well-being of a family member. Storage of internet enabled devices. The school district has held uh several meetings since this law was passed to to determine the best way to execute this new law. Uh students at the secondary level, middle and high school will be required to turn in internet enabled devices, cell phones upon the entry to school. Devices will be stored in secure cabinetry and return to students at the end of the school day. Students at the elementary level will be required
005to turn in internet enabled devices, cell phones to their home room teacher at the beginning of the school day and returned at the end of the day and secure cabinets will be placed in each of those elementary classrooms. Uh the director of facilities planning and development is working closely with the building principles to plan logistics for the secure storage and return of these items. Consequences for violating the policy is really what the code of conduct committee uh spent the bulk of its time considering. Uh looking at the governor's language um and the New York State Education Department's uh language, we've come up with a progressive disciplinary plan. But before we get to that, we just want to review a couple of the uh background. Uh confiscation internet enabled devices used in violation of the policy
006have to be confiscated by staff and turned into the building principal. All consequences will be aligned with the board approved code of conduct. A suspension of a student is not permitted under the law if the sole grounds for the suspension is that the student accessed an internet enabled device in violation of the policy. and this the um New York State Education Department, the Commissioner of Education was very clear on that. And so we've laid out a progressive discipline path and utilization of the other parts of the code of conduct. Uh other key points, student athletes who violate the policy may be subject to discipline within the academic code of the athletic code of conduct. The code of conduct committee developed a plan for progressive discipline for violations of the policy. First offense, phone is confiscated,
007surrendered to staff, the parent is contacted by the appropriate building administrator, and then the device is released to the student at the end of the day. Second offense, phone is confiscated, surrendered to staff, parent is confiscated by the appropriate building administrator, and then the parent must pick that device up at the end of the day. Third offense, again, confiscation, surrender to staff. Parent is contacted by the appropriate bu appropriate building administrator. Detention is assigned lunch at the elementary level after school at the secondary level and then again the parent must pick up that device that smartphone at the end of the day. Fourth offense, confiscation, surrender to staff, parent contact, and then multiple detentions will be assigned. And again, the parent must pick up that device. We're hoping that this obviously does not continue once
008the parent has been involved. And then the at the fifth offense, the building principal would invoke any other measure that's called for in the code of conduct. And then one of the other provisions that the state educ that the state law requires is that school districts inform parents as to how they can communicate with their child. So, we will be publishing the main office numbers for parents and then parents are are also able to go to the school district website for additional contact information if they need to get a hold of their child during the school day. Thank you. >> Good evening. The next public hearing that we'll be holding is in regards to the contract for excellence. This is part of our foundation aid that actually acts as a set aside for specific reasons
009and we have to provide an additional budget to the state to utilize this the monies. This was established as it indicates here based on chapter 57 of the New York State Education Law and it applies to districts receiving an additional amount of foundation aid. And really um Mr. Felchi and I work together on this. I deal with the budgeting side of it and he assists in regards to how we allocate the money to for for the best use for our students. The allocation continues to increase from year to year. So between last year to this year, the set aside amount now remember typically foundation aid is the dollars that we get in aid that we can utilize for any purpose that the district chooses. The state is now telling us that we have to use
010it for specific buckets as indicated on the next slide. That amount of money that they are um saying that we have to use for specific purposes increases from year to year. So from last year to this year that amount increased 7.7 million. And even though we got an increase in foundation aid, the percentage continues to increase quicker in regards to the set aside. For example, last year the CER set aside dollars was about 12% of our foundation aid and next year for 2526 that's going to be 15% of our foundation aid. The state also provides a needs and weights measurement in regards to how we allocate these funds to each building and we have to allocate 75% of these funds to 50% of the neediest buildings as they deem neediest based on their own weights
011and measures process. As indicated earlier, the focus on these funds is to reduce class size, increase time on task, improving teacher principal quality, and pre-K and kindergarten. Our dollars are primarily focused on the first three, but we are also allocating, pardon me, the targeted assistance dollars to support the preK initiative that is noted here as well. There's also additional uses and additional factors that are discussed at the bottom of this in regards to achievement needs and educational needs for specific populations. This is an indication of the minimum set aside that they're talking about in regards to our foundation aid. So here it indicates for us it would be about 23 million is the minimum and as you indicated as indicated on the previous slide that number is really 26 almost 9 million. The reason we're
012holding this hearing is because taxpayers has a right to be informed and to ask questions. We have had this posted on our website for the last 30 days with an email for anybody to provide us with feedback and guidance that they choose. If there's any questions, you can reach out to myself, um, Rex, or Mr. Felchy. Thank you for coming this evening. Next, we're going to talk briefly about the districtwide safety plan for 2526. Thank you, Joe. Pursuant to 155.17 of the New York State Commissioner regulations, all school districts are required to develop a district-wide safety plan that is published to the public. Once it's approved by the board of education at the July 1st reorganizational meeting, it will be um posted on the internet. In addition to that, all schools in the school district
013are required to create and implement a a school emergency response plan. Those are confidential. Those are not posted, but they are on file with the New York State Education Department and our local law enforcement agencies. Uh the purpose of the district-wide plan is to prevent or minimize the effects of serious violent incidents and emergencies to facilitate the coordination of the school district with local and county resources in the event of such incidents or emergencies and be responsive to the needs of all schools within the district and consistent with the more detailed emergency response plans that I just spoke of that are required at the building level. The district-wide safety plan is directly linked to each individual building level emergency response plan. It guides development and implementation of the individual building emergency response plans. It requires
014activation of the school emergency response team if there's an emergency or a violent incident. It provides for a notification procedures for the superintendent of schools or andor his designate and it provides for notification of local emergency officials when appropriate. In addition, it establishes procedures for the identification of potential sites and hazards. Identifies general response actions to be taken in the event of an emergency. Identifies school district resources and personnel that are available for use during an emergency. Defines the school district's use of the incident command system model for emergency actions. Outlines communication with outside emergency management entities, response procedures along with prevention and intervention strategies. It also outlines the requirements for professional development and training for staff and multi-hazards, school safety and violence prevention. Some of these are required trainings that were conducted and will
015be conducted in 2526 include right to know and chemical safety, dignity for all students in anti-bullying, mental health awareness, emergency management, sexual harassment, COVID 19 etiquette or pandemic preparedness, bloodborne pathogen exposure. Other safety trainings that we held during the 2425 school year included incident investigation and reporting. The district actually has a very robust system for uh reporting in investigating and reporting incidents, district and school building emergency planning webinars, deescalation training, identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment which all educators were required to undergo by April 1st of this past school year, even if we were certified back 30 years ago, 20 years ago. uh child abuse in the educational setting. We were also required to be reertified in that training and workplace violence. Each school as part of the district-wide safety plan, each school
016must conduct four lockdown drills and eight evacuation drills, 12 total. These are actually required by law. And trauma informed drills. This is new with the New York State Education Department. So what we learned over the past is that sometimes when we conduct some of these drills like real live lockdown drills, it can be very traumatic for students and staff members. So the state education department has moved away from that and uh have asked schools to conduct trauma informed drills which are drills and exercises that avoid tactics that could trigger past trauma such as the use of props, actor simulations, mimicking school shootings or other violent events. The focus is on understanding trauma and its impact on students and adults. So again, once approved by the board of education, the district-wide safety plan will be uploaded
017to the school district website. Each school is required to submit a building level emergency response plan with the New York State Education Department. They are confidential, not public like the district-wide plan, and they are filed with the New York State Police and the Udica Police Department, whom we've had an excellent relationship with for over 30 years. They're a major asset in helping us keep our schools safe. And that is a perfect transition into the next public hearing. Joe, if you would ceue it up. And that is our law enforcement agreements. [Applause] Thank you. So, in 2019, the New York State New York State Education Law 2801 and New York State Commissioner Regulations were amended as it relates to law enforcement contracts. Um, and they require school districts who contract for law enforcement services to incorporate
018any such contract or memorandum of understanding into the district-wide safety plan and to solicit stakeholder input into the development of any such contract or the UDIC. We as the school district contact contract with two law enforcement agencies. the Onidita County Sheriff's Department who provide SPOS's special patrol officers in our elementary schools and the Udica Police Department who for over 30 years have provided unformed police officers from the Udica Police Department in our secondary schools, the two middle schools in Proctor High School. The role of the school security and special patrol officers. They provide for security and safety for all of our students, staff, and visitors. Protect school property. Maintain order in and around the school site. Provide intervention between students and/or staff using appropriate techniques under the supervision of the police chief or the Onidita
019County Sheriff. and in coordination with the school district administration, they investigate all crimes and incidents occurring on and in the vicinity of school grounds and provide the appropriate docu documentation for such investigations. And it should be noted that school building administrators are required by law to report any crime that happens on school grounds. Um they report and that's the next one. Um and they also enforce all governing New York state and federal laws, rules, and regulations. They act as liaison with police and other emergency personnel. They build relationships by being a liaison between the law enforcement agency and the school district. Objectives to provide a police presence at the Udica City School District schools and events in order to promote and provide an atmosphere of enhanced school safety for faculty, staff, students, and school visitors.
020Provide a law enforcement resource for students, teachers, school administrators, and parents in order to increase student awareness about personal safety, crime prevention, internet safety, conflict resolution, violence prevention, and other related topics through formal and informal strategies, increase school faculty and staff awareness about preventing responding to incidents of violence and other threats to school safety. In addition, building lines of communication to promote positive attitudes between students and law enforcement. proactively addressing problems and pressures as they relate to students before such problems manifest into socially and legally unacceptable behavior. These problems may involve the use of alcohol, drugs, tobacco, illegal and prohibited substances. They act as positive role models to our students and provide education in law enforcement as requested and appropriate. One key takeaway though that everybody needs to understand is that UPD SSOs and Onidita
021County Sheriff's Department SPOS do not play any role in enforcing the Udica City School District's code of conduct. That power is reserved only to the building administrators and the staff at the school. um qualifications. You have to be a certified police officer in the state of New York with prior law enforcement experience in the case of our UPD officers or have peace officer status in the case of our Ona County Sheriff's Department SPOS's. have excellent communication skills, be able to relate well to children of all ages, possess good coordinating and planning skills, and again, the Utica City School District has successfully partnered with law enforcement agencies for many years in order to provide a high level of safety and security for our students employees. And I can say that the relationship that we built with
022these law enforcement agencies has been invaluable. We are constantly in communication with the Udica Police Department on things that may be going on in the city that may impact the schools because a lot of times what's going on out in the community does come into our schools. We take a very proactive approach. There's many times we're on the phone with our liaison with the Udica Police Department at all hours of the evening, on weekends, on holidays to make sure that we are taking proactive actions based on information that we receive and information that we exchange to keep our buildings as safe as possible. Um, if people knew what went on behind the scenes and the communication that's shared and what we do to maintain uh safety and order in the schools, people would be u
023pretty amazed. Thank you. Hey, no love. I didn't hear a lot of groans during this cell phone. >> Okay. All right. Well, we have 5 minutes until the uh regular meeting starts. >> Mike, can you come to the stage to help me work this thing? like to call the uh call to order the uh regular meeting of the Udica City School District Board of Education. Um, could we all stand? And we will have the presentation of colors and uh the national anthem sung by the senior choir. [Music] Say, can you See by the dawn early light so proudly we held at the twilight last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight or the ramparts we March were so gallently streaming and the rockets red. The bombs bursting in air gave proof
024through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star spangled better yet way? Or the land of the free and the home of the brave. Left forward. Arch. Uh, let's have a let's have an even bigger round of applause for the senior choir. That was the best rendition of the Star Spangled Banner I've heard this year. Are you guys going to be singing at graduation? >> Outstanding. So, this was like opening night, >> the preview. >> Okay. Can the clerk call the role, please? >> Mr. Jason Cooper >> here. >> Mr. Donald Daws >> here. >> Mr. Joseph Oica Jr. >> here. >> Mrs. Tanal Nuke excused absence. Mr. Braden Nana >> here. >> Mrs. Danielle Padulla >> here. and Mr. James Paul >> here. >> Okay, we have a quorum.
025Um I'm not sure I don't think the student representative Lyn Lee is here, >> so we will not have a report. Um up next on the uh agenda is the presentation of the senior ROC members. Are they present? Okay, then we'll go uh >> public comment. >> We'll go right to public comment. Can I have a show of hands of anyone that's signed up for public comment today? I'm having trouble reading this. I see a >> They thought it was a signin sheet. Oh, it was a sign in. They thought it was a signin sheet. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, did anyone sign in to make public comment tonight? >> Apparently, there will be no public comment. Um, >> Are the retirees here? Can we do the recognition of the retirees? Sarah go up clinic
026will go up to the podium. >> Thank you. Uh tonight we'd like to honor the 2425 school year Udica City School District retirees. We have approximately 42 in total. When your name is called, retirees who are in the audience, scattered throughout the audience, if you could uh walk up across stage and receive your plaque from Dr. Spence, that would be greatly appreciated. Oh, you're going to do it down here. Okay. As the school year draws to a close, the Utica City School District extends its deepest gratitude to the many dedicated staff members retiring this year. These individuals have shaped generations of learners, supported our students and families, and helped build a stronger school community through their hard work, care, and commitment. From classrooms to cafeterias, offices to buses, our retirees have made a lasting impact
027across every corner of the district. Their contributions reflect hundreds of years of combined service with many dedicating 30, 35, or even 44 years to UDICA students. This remarkable group includes teachers, social workers, secretaries, counselors, security staff, transportation, maintenance crews, and more. These individuals have shown what it means to serve with purpose, heart, and pride. We are especially grateful for the lasting relationships they've built with students, colleagues, and families over the years. We extend our heartfelt gra congratulations to the following retirees. and retirees. When you hear your name, please come up front. Sarah Killian. [Applause] Sarah is retiring as an art teacher with 35 years of service to the Udica City School District. Barbara Schmolz, school psychologist, 44 years of service. >> Lisa Zenooki, elementary teacher, 24 years of service. [Applause] Walter Savage, parent liaison, 32
028years of service. Are you sure? >> One more year. Penny Cummings, teaching assistant, 25 years of service. Suzanne Smith, teaching assistant, 28 years of service. Nancy Leno, teaching assistant, 29 years of service. Go right down this way. Melinda Ligins, teaching assistant, seven years of service. El Torscha, bus driver, 36 years of service. [Applause] Alexandria Pakola, bus driver, 25 years of service. There are many other retirees who may not be present in our audience tonight. I just like to quickly acknowledge them. Clinton Norwood, social worker, 15 years of service. Renee O'Neal, teacher, 33 years of service. Matt Sablowski, technology teacher, 20 years of service. Gina Constantine, ESOL teacher, 33 years of service. Peter Gomedi, French teacher, 14. Alinda Goodman, teacher, 26 years of service. Brian Lans, teacher, 13 years of service. Deba, science. Palaka, science teacher,
02921 years of service. Guy Pulio, PE teacher, 36 years of service. Marian Condan, teacher, 26 years of service. Colleen Kowski, teacher, 34 years of service. Angela Marsden, teacher, 26 years of service. Katherine Murphy, teacher, 35 years of service. Tammy Giltt, teacher, 35 years of service. Other retirees, Anna Gerutzi, 23 years of service. Karen Kemp, Deb Priori, 18 years of service. Lynn Espazto, 28 years of service. Mark Williamson, 18 years of service. Carol Connley, 23 years of service. Joe Usk, 20 years of service. Mike Caputo, 20 years of service. Rich Coochie, 31 years of service. John Brennan, 20 years of service. Brian Tucant, 20 years of service. Maurice Moore, 30 years of service. Juan Irizari, 31 years of service. Lawrence Hannis, six years of service. Christine Sherpa, 27 years of service. Joseph March, 17 years of
030service. And we also have principal Colin Clark retiring in about a week. Congratulations to all of our retirees. [Music] [Applause] Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay, thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Peter, do you have any? >> Yes. They come down sitting right there. >> Oh, he never RSVP. I don't know what he looks like. >> Right there. >> Peter. >> Yes, I do. >> I didn't know he was coming. >> Next on our uh agenda, excuse me, is the recognition recognition of our senior board of education member Lynn Lee. Is Lynn here by any chance? I don't believe that Lynn is here tonight. So, up next would be the Proctor Top 10 Valdictorian and Salutoan as presented by Principal Anarie Paladino. Is uh Miss Paladino here? >> Right here. >> Hello. >>
031Okay. Thank you. >> Good evening, Superintendent Dr. Spence, the board of education, and guests. I would also like to thank Mr. Sniak, assistant principal, for his hard work coordinating events such as this award presentation, and Mr. Nicholas Han for the beautiful certificates. At this time, I would like to present the class of 2025 top 10. Starting with our validictorian, Angelina Lee, 99.793 average, and she will be attending MIT [Applause] right there. Then stay right up there. Next we have our saludiatoran Caitlyn Trung 99.017 average University of Rhode Island Doctor of Pharmacy program. [Music] Coming in at number three, Tessa Ror, 98.776, MVCC, childhood education. [Applause] [Music] Number four, Anthony Brendzy, 98.648, Sunni Bingmpington, Biology. [Applause] [Music] Number five, Na Murvik, 98.40. 405 Utica University biology number six Natalie Parso 98.097 Udica University Nursing number seven
032poa 98.078 078 Udica University criminal justice number eight Allison ven 97.947 MVCC environmental engineering and number nine Joanna Lashuk 97.918 MVCC general studies And last but not least, Tatiana Fosu, 97.872, Sunni Bingham Chemistry. [Music] Congratulations to our top 10, Thomas R. Proctor, class of 2025. [Applause] [Music] Oh, they want to take you got to get in front. Stay in front so you can take >> You got to at least stick around to get your picture taken. Thank you. Congratulations. Um, is Master Chief Williamson present yet? >> Pardon me. >> Okay. Sorry. >> A little change in the program and a little surprise um with a special scholarship and and sir, >> they're going to announce them, but they have a couple kids running late. So, so we're going to do our we have a special
033presentation right now for a scholarship we just found out we got. That's I can proceed with that. >> Sure. >> Okay. Thanks. And you're going to want to hear this because this is really exciting. At this point, I would like to call up special guests Ronald Wilson and John Mukinfuss from Equitable Adviserss to present a special award to one of our students, Nory Shine. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Thank you so much for including us tonight. We're so excited to be here and share in the celebration of all these uh young people this evening. John and or Ron and myself uh are financial adviserss from Equitable. Our company works with individuals and families to help them meet their financial goals. Uh we've had a presence here in central New York for a little more than 50 years.
034The connection with school districts specifically is something that's really important to us. We work with educators to provide advice and recommendations on saving for retirement. Part of what we want to do to be able to uh give back to the the school systems. Our company has a foundation. The Equitable Excellence Foundation provides a scholarship to seniors for $20,000 uh as well as an iPad and they are able to designate an educator of their choice for uh a $500 Amazon gift card. We're so excited tonight to be able to present uh Neuron Shine with this equitable excellence award and we can't wait to see the impact you're going to have in our community going forward. Would [Music] [Applause] you like me to Can I can just continue? Well, I'd like to thank Equitable Gohead on behalf
035of the district for such a wonderful scholarship um for our students and teachers. So, thank you. [Music] Thank you for letting us do that cuz like I said, it was hot off the presses and that's incredible. $20,000 scholarship along with the iPad and some other things. All right, next we have Miss Gavagan Mocktrial to honor her senior members. Oh yeah, all three. Uh good evening. Uh for those of you who don't know, the mock trial team is sponsored by the New York State Bar Association and each season we are issued a mock case. uh students then fill in roles as lawyers and witnesses and compete against other stu uh student teams down at the federal courthouse. We have three graduating seniors. Um I'm sorry to lose all of them, but will you step forward please?
036Shik Lar, [Applause] Annaisa Porm [Applause] and Lousani Paulino. I tried Thank you. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Next, I would like to introduce Mr. Patterson, director of athletics, to present his senior athletes awards. [Applause] >> Thank you. Good evening, Udica City Board of Education, district cabinet members, faculty, family, and friends. I'm honored today to be here to bless these athletes for the great job that they've done all the four years that they've been here and also our athletes that are going to be continuing. Our first two athletes, our scholar athletes that were represented on June 9th, 2025 at SRC Arena in Syracuse, New York with the section 3 scholar athletes, if they could please come up and receive their awards. The first person is Anthony Brendi, [Music] Tatiana Foso. Our next set of scholars represented the Udica
037City School District at the New York State Track and Field Championships which was held in Middleton, New York, New York, New York on June 13th and 14th. These following athletes could come up. It'd be greatly appreciated. Jasmine Brown. [Music] Jasmine broke a school record in the shot put. Next up, we have our state record holder in the wheelchair event. We have Naisha Linen. [Music] Next up, we have Shenya Lock. [Music] [Applause] And last but not least, we have Amy Valentine. [Music] Also, I would like the following coaches to please stand if they can, if they're here. Mr. Walter Savage, Miss Christy Peterson, Heather Monroe, Samantha our Jeppe Bautista, and last but not least, Jerome Tyne. Thank you coaches for your continued support of our program. And thank you for your time this evening. I appreciate
038all of you. Thank you. [Applause] Smile pretty [Applause] At this point, I would like to recognize students who earned a technical endorsement seal from Bosey's CTE program. Endorsement seal means a student has completed at least 22 credits, has passed five required regions or approved alternatives unless exempt, and has met the criteria for receiving a technical seal of endorsement associated with their program of studies. Those students are Jason Bouse, [Music] Loval Brown, [Applause] Janiah Brown, Owen, Aiden Charbal, Jesse Cop, Christina Damiano, Gabriella Drenin, Anthony Fowler, Kang Hing, Marquis Hill, Tyler Hawking, Ashar Malloy Matias Mallerie Connor Milbower Felix Molina Jr. T-Mo Pu Mo Carmela Marino Mong Zah Mint Anna Narivich Nora Nees Elden Odo Basic, William Palasios, Snow Weipa, Dominic Pipper, Annalissa Porm, Laniah Santiago, Emer Suho, Nora Scutnik, Dearan Stanley, a Nathan and Fatima Yousef.
039You can come forward. One more. [Applause] [Music] Next we have Mrs. Filto and Mr. Nicholas Han to announce our seal of biiteracy students. Got to raise that a little bit. Good evening, Dr. Spence, board of education, family, friends, staff, student, everybody else that I, you know, didn't mean to forget. Uh my name is uh Ricky Nicholas Han. I am the world languages uh department chair and alongside of me is Maria Felu, the ENL department chair. Um and we are here to celebrate our students that have earned the New York State Seal of Biiteracy. Uh the New York State Seal of I literacy recognizes high school graduates who have earned a mastery level of proficiency in English and one or more world languages. Proctor High School has started this program back in 2018 by the ENL
040department chair, Mrs. Felu and myself along with um Mrs. Eigian, the district-wide ENL facilitator and thanks to Mr. Felchy. Um, without any further ado, I would like to present to you the Udica City School District New York State Seal of Bioiteracy Class of 2025. Okay. Uh, Sakur Abbas, Arabic and English. Ali Alsamore, Spanish and English. Kathy Lee, Spanish and English. Samuel 2 French and English. Satu seal of bi literacy in French and English. New Year 2 French and English. Tatiana Fosu French and English. Natalie Paraso celibate literacy in French and English. Daryl 2 Spanish and English. Christian Reyes, uh, Spanish, Italian, and English. Angelina Lee, French and English. Duncan Rivier Vidi, Spanish and English. Lillian Green, French and English. Zarlasta Raheem John, Spanish and English. Darliss Figeroa Velasquez, Spanish and English. Curry Lola Ramar, Spanish
041and English. Espanza de Jesus Ernnandez, Spanish and English. Truth Bulock, Spanish and English. Payton Boyce, cilab literacy in Italian and English. [Music] Joshia Spanish and English. Tarna Italian and English. Buso Pa Spanish. Karen and English. Nadim Ni Italian and English. Ra Muhammad Arabi Spanish and English. Onia Medina, Italian, Spanish, and English. Jerome Matis Jr. Italian and English. Kadija Misuo, Swahilian English. Dina Ton, French and English. Moin, French and English. Tiara Teal, seal of literacy in Spanish and English. Jerry Teio, seal by literacy in um I'm sorry, French and English. >> Rodriguez, Spanish. >> All right, Jonelia Rodriguez. Um, Spanish and English. [Applause] >> Those are her fans back there. Um, we have Delmier Rosales, Spanish and English. Jose Rodriguez Martinez, Spanish, Italian, and English. I present to you our class of 2025, New York State
042Seal of Literacy. Thank you to everyone. Thank you so much. [Applause] Christmas. >> Oh jeez. >> Ricky. Ricky. >> Hi. >> Ricky, could I just ask you how many scholarship winners we have total? in the biiteracy. I'm just curious. It seems like a lot. That's why I'm I believe this year we had either 48 or 49. So, we do good here in Udica. We got a lot to be proud of. Oh, yes. Oh, and Mr. Aikica, before I forget, there were two students that had it in three languages this year. So that's something really, you know, to be proud of >> something. Yeah. >> Awesome. >> Thank you. >> And thanks kids for Smile. Stay right there. [Applause] Next we have Chief Randy Hilton to present NJOTC seniors. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Good evening school board
043members. Um, Dr. Spence, thank you for having us. Um, before I proceed with the announcement, I'd like to list the accomp accomp accomplishments for Roatzi over the last year. So, 2024 school year, we we received a distinguished unit. So, that compromises the list of schools throughout 11 states and 61 schools altogether. We were in the 10%. We had over 2600 hours of community service, school support hours of 797. And so here's a list of the graduating seniors. Said Amedavvic, Al Ali, Alamore, Muco, New Year 2, Daryl 2, >> Wajita B, >> Angelina Lee, >> Mataus Malloy, Kyle Wiso, [Applause] Kiara Harrison, Ronald Lynn, Tarna Pa, Jerome Matthysse, Melissa Santos, Rita Mohamad Arabi, Buso Paw, Caitlyn Trunk. [Applause] Going to pull them the risers. Get a picture. Better get them on the risers. And then [Applause]
044All right, last but not least, and I won't be back up here, but I do remind all the students before you leave because I know some of you have to go to work and do some other things, there are refreshments in the back, so help yourself. And last, but not least, Dr. Kudelich will recognize her senior choir members. Thanks for having us. >> Good evening. My name is Dr. Codellich and I'm a teacher of senior choir, mix choir, music in our lives class, and piano class here at Proctor. I would like to recognize our wonderful musicians from senior choir. These students were dedicated uh and very hardworking. The the students are Josh Avenia, Jonathan Barber Jr. Jocelyn Bernard, [Applause] Yahir Batista Cruz, Evelyn Campbell, Joseph Cardone, Kylen Kobis, Haley Collins, Nazir Durham, [Applause] Nefit Hill,
045February 2, Joshua 2, Masaba Kamara, Emily Kaine, Safia Osborne, Luis Seni Powino, Lauren Pa, Hannah Kito, Jonal Rodriguez, >> Lucas Santana, >> Alisa Suk, Dimmitri Warren, and Aviana Ward. Thank you and congratulations. shirt over Don't forget to grab the cake and cookies. [Applause] >> I gave it to the Are you saying local? >> Yeah. >> But I plan on doing musical theater in the future. >> Okay. I'm going to hound you. >> Are they here? We have come up. Thank you. I had uh one retiree hiding in our crowd who I'd like to acknowledge. Mr. Peter Peter Giomedi, French teacher, 14 years of service. We're going to go right up here. Congratulations. Thank you for everything. Appreciate it. Nice work. >> I should That's like sexual harassment. That's all I know how to say in
046French. >> Do you want to hold? >> Thank you. Next on the agenda, I'm going to uh I'd like to acknowledge the passing of uh former employee and teacher uh Marilyn Robert Tashio. So, the board of education, the Yuca City School District, records with sorrow the passing of former employee Marilyn Robert Tashio. Marilyn was employed by the Udica City School District for 22 years as a social studies teacher. She dedicated her life to helping shape and impact the lives of her students beyond the classroom. Resolve that the board of education expresses its sincere sympathy to the family of Marilyn Robertio and that this resolution be saved upon the records of the district. Okay. Up next is announcements and reports. PTO, PTA, shared decisionmaking committees, student councils, cse chairs, title one, UTA, UAA, UTC, Teamsters Local
047182, SEIU Local 200, Mohawk Valley Buildings and Trade. Believe we have no reports today. Um why don't we take the reports of the special committees? >> That all right. Okay. Um I'm reporting on the the Boseies. Um I was out of town at the last Boseies meeting so I don't have anything to report. Audit finance grant insurance committee. Um we held a meeting um I think it was two weeks ago and um heard a report on a number of items. things are progressing with regard to um closing art our grants and um that's about all I have to report on that. Did I miss anything Braden or >> No, that's >> okay. >> I think we adopted most of those findings from committee. >> Yeah, we've we've adopted most of those at the prior meetings.
048Um capital projects, building and grounds. Anything to report? Uh we did a walkthrough at the new CTE building last week that looks beautiful and we're um just keep moving along with the reports from all the walkthroughs that we've done throughout the year and getting the summer projects and get getting the buildings ready for next year. So it was a productive meeting. >> Pak did not meet in June. We will look to reconvene after the July 1st reorganizational meeting. >> Communications, equity, and outreach. >> We did not meet in June. We will not meet again until um September >> policy. >> Yes. Policy committee met last week, two weeks ago. I the weeks are blending together now. But um there are three polic proposed policy changes in the superintendent report for full board approval that came
049from policy. Besides that, we talked about the cell phone policy which has already been discussed. >> Okay. Code of conduct. Uh we did meet we discussed uh the new cell phone policy and hopefully we'll uh we'll see something from that uh in the policy or in the board packet. Okay. Um well I might as well do one more bit of housekeeping. Can I have a motion to approve the minutes for the May 6 and May 21, 2025 meetings? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Any additions, deletions? >> None. Hearing none. All in favor? >> I >> Okay, the the minutes are are uh adopted. Um up next would be the superintendence report. We're going to be pulling some pages. I know we're pulling S349, which is on page three. Does anyone else have any pages
050or numbers they want pulled? Okay. Um there is one one addition. >> Where is it? >> Yes, I need that. >> It' be inserted on I don't think it's page five. >> I know, but it's not page five. So the numbers are kind of there are a number of blank pages on the uh superintendence report. So >> just make it 27. I'm striking pa the the original pages 24 through 26 and I'm going to substitute P28 as the new >> 24 page 24 >> page 24 and is everyone familiar with that? Okay. So I based on that does can I have a motion to um adopt the superintendence are you offering the superintendent report? >> I am formally offering the superintendent report. >> Are there any questions? Let me let me see. Can I have
051a motion to adopt it? Move it. >> Second. >> Okay. Is there are there any questions, comments? Hearing none. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. It carries. Um I think the next thing is on the agenda. >> It's being withdrawn. >> Okay. It's it's not pulled but it's actually withdrawn if there was a discussion. Okay, perfect. >> Okay. And then is there any continuing business? Is there any new business? Is there any communication? Okay. So I believe that we have a special meeting scheduled that will follow this particular meeting um which is the regular meeting. So I need a motion to adjourn the regular meeting. >> Move it. >> Second. All in favor? I >> opposed. >> That meeting is adjourned. I am now going to call to order the Can please. >> I'm
052going to call to order the special meeting of the Udica City School District. Um, so we need to stand for this and say the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the 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. Can the clerk call the role, please? [Music] >> here Jr. >> here, >> Mrs. Tanil New excused absence. Mr. Braden Nana >> here, >> Mrs. Danielle Padulla >> here >> and Mr. James Paul >> here. >> Okay, we have a quorum. I need a motion to go into executive session to discuss employment history of particular people and pending litigation. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> Okay, we are going into executive session and Hey, can I have
053a motion to come out of executive session? >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. Can I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> We are ajourned.