001uh the sentiments that Halloween parades were awesome. We got very lucky with the weather and the wind in the afternoon. Uh it was really nice to see the fourth and fifth graders be able to go outside and all the parents to be able to come and and celebrate. We also kicked off our annual tenure Tuesday social media campaign. It's been running on Facebook and Instagram throughout this month and that is to highlight our newly tenured educators. We look forward to celebrating these staff members at the tenure recognition ceremony that'll be preceding our November 18th board meeting. Moving on to athletics. So, our fall sports season is coming to an end and we have a lot to celebrate. Congratulations to Tapenzy High School senior Bridget Dunn on winning the Rockland County Cross Country Championship on October
00229th. The girls cross country team also won the league championship last month. Congratulations to our TZ girls varsity volleyball team for winning the league championship and moving on to the section 1 semifinals following their win on Saturday. In addition, our girls JV volleyball team won the county championship. Our Tapenzee High School B boys volleyball team which is in their third year of existence is heading to the playoffs tomorrow after a record-breaking season with the most wins in Tapenzee High School history. Congratulations to our teas boys soccer team for winning the league championship. And congratulations to our teas girls varsity soccer team for making it to the section 1 semifinals. And to senior Eve Gerardi for scoring her 105th career goal last week, the most in Tapenzy High School history. Also somewhat related to athletics, we
003had our school facilities meeting last week and we talked about athletic fields and just field space in general. and we created a athletic field subcommittee uh to talk about the need to add more green space and we had a meeting actually last week at the high school. Uh we are uh talking about a timeline and coming up with a plan for adding more field space. We reviewed the uh study that had been done by Clark Patterson Lee about six years ago. We also looked at some other renderings that we had created and revisited the discussion from our school facilities uh meeting last spring. And so we have a plan moving forward and that subcommittee is going to present to the school facilities committee uh at our next school facilities committee meeting and then uh at
004the board of education later on this year. We also formed uh for the first time ever in SOCSD a transportation committee and [clears throat] the transportation committee is going to really look at just transportation in general, how kids are getting to and from school. Obviously busing being a huge part of that and a huge expense. We spend $7 million a year on transportation, just to put things into context for everybody. And so I've asked the transportation committee, who will be headed up by Michelle Stevens, who's our director of transportation, to create an SOCD transportation plan. The committee will review the history of transportation and SOCSD, including the budget. We had two transportation studies that were conducted, one in 2010 and another one in 2020. So the committee will review those studies and review the consolidation
005and rerouting that occurred during those uh those studies and after. We'll review the current ridership. We're going to look at our plan for compliance with the New York State Education Department's electric bus mandate. We're going to work closely with the town highway department to expand their work to create more sidewalks, bike lanes, beginning at each school and planning outward. And that's something that's been going on for a couple years with safe routes to school. And also evaluate the benefits to purchasing one or more buses for the day-to-day runs, athletic after school runs. We're constantly taking kids back and forth between our schools. We have our high school kids going to visit our elementary school kids, middle school kids. Um, and so we think it would be cost effective to at least look into the possibility
006of uh purchasing a bus. And then also we're going to look at there was an app that was created by our computer science kids last year called way to go and it's a way to route buses more efficiently um and not stop at houses where kids aren't getting on buses and also uh track the children when they're on the bus so parents uh and staff would have live information about when a child boards a bus and deboards a bus. So Mr. Brady just met with the computer science kids the other day again to revisit that and we're looking forward to piloting that um in the coming weeks or months. Right, Mr. Brady? [laughter] Uh okay. So then just some upcoming school events. So we have family technology night which is coming up on Thursday, November
00714th. That will take place at William O'Shea Elementary School and Cottage Lane. We'll be hosting their sorry uh family tech [clears throat] night will take place at William O'Shea Elementary School. Cottage Lane will be hosting their annual K5 family technology night uh featuring STEM inspired activities that allow students to explore, build, code, and problem solve. So, it's a K5 night at William O. Schaefer. Also, Tapenzee uh fall play. Uh TZ players are going to be putting on a production of Alice and Wonderland, and that is next weekend. Show times are Friday, November 14th and Saturday, November 15th. both start at 800 PM in the Tabenzee High School auditorium. And uh that concludes my superintendence report and now we can move on to uh PTA president's report. We have Laura here and Karen. >> Uh I
008don't think anybody signed up but I'll go look. >> I'll check the hi Laura Shell from PTA. Um, and yes, we hosted our first fall festival since 2019 on Saturday. Uh, we estimated over 800 attendees based on the tickets that we um gave out. Um, the fifth grade hosted a bake sale uh to raise money for their year-end trip, and they raised uh $1,600 for the trip. So, we assume about 200 kids, so it's like $8 less a child uh for the trip. And we also collected one of those huge like Sterilite bins and three shopping bags full of Halloween candy to donate uh to the military. And all of our vendors are linked on the website. We had a bunch of food trucks. We had magician. Um a parent donated their um photo booth.
009We had a whole bunch of people there. So check them out on our website. And our winning raffle ticket numbers are also on the website. So if you have a blue or red ticket from Saturday, you can check there. Um, and I also want to give a huge thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this event possible. We had an incredible planning committee meeting u planning committee um obviously with what they came up with and the volunteers both adults and students were phenomenal. Um we had a bunch of parents who are like I'm here I'll float around whatever you need I can do. Um it was great. So it wouldn't have happened without them and we are so grateful. So next we have the holiday shop at William O'Hafer. Um, that's going
010to be the week of December 1st. And then the Cottage Lane's going to have a holiday school store the week of December 8th. So, we're working on those. Um, and some more information will come shortly. We have our teacher grant applications. They're currently open and they're due next Friday, November 14th. So, we're looking forward to reviewing those submissions. Um, and the grants will be awarded in December. And then at our March meeting, we always invite the grant winners to come and kind of talk about what they did with the grant money. um Reflections, which is New York State's PTA art contest. It's currently underway. The theme this year is I belong. It's all about discovering where you feel most accepted, valued, and true to yourself. Um information on all the categories is on our website,
011and the deadline is December 1st. We currently have 336 members. Uh we hope to get a few more to reach the goal set by New York State PTA of 374 members. There's about 38 more to go. So, if you're not a member, uh you can sign up on our website. And just some quick upcoming dates. Uh this Thursday is the fifth grade publishing parties. So we provide snacks for the students for that. Uh picture retakes for Cottage Lane is Wednesday, November 19th. And then for William O'Her, it's Thursday, November 20th. And then our next meeting will be next Thursday after technology night. And Miss Harper will be there. She's going to give some more information about the new Cottage Lane music program. Thank you. >> Thank you, Laura. >> Great job. Hi everyone. Uh I'm
012Karen Sletner. I'm the middle school uh PTA president this year. Um I have quite a bit to go through, so just bear with me. Um the end of September, we had our sixth grade welcome party. It was a huge success. Uh thank you to Cassandra Carney and Don Ponis for organizing. There was pizza, a DJ, and a photo booth. and that occurred right after school, so students didn't have to worry about transportation um to join. Uh we held two restaurant fundraisers so far this year uh with BJ's Brew House and the dining room in BL belt. Uh thank you to all who participated. We're looking to get another one scheduled out in the next month um to keep that going. Uh Friday was our annual Halloween costume contest. Thank you to Brenda Boycea and the
013other volunteers who helped the PTA host and judge the contest. Um, we do have a reel on our Instagram page if anybody wants to see the other costumes. Um, it was a contest, so there were like best group, most creative, um, and different categories. We did hand out prizes as well. Um, we worked with Life Touch to complete the first round of school photos. Families should have received the proofs via email by now. Uh, photo retakes will be Wednesday, December 3rd. Um, our October PTA meeting featured Elizabeth Ward from the Children's Village Residential Treatment Center. She created an overview of um or she presented an overview of dialectal behavioral therapy skills uh that are being introduced to our sixth grade students in their skills for success class. Our November meeting that was scheduled for tomorrow
014is going to be moved to December 2nd at 6:30 to avoid a conflict with election day. Um, school store volunteers, uh, school store volunteers are needed for Friday, October 24, November 24th. Uh, we are also currently working with the SOS administration on completing the middle ground national PTA grant. The objective of this grant is to help create practical strategies as well as a safe space in the building to support grieving students. Um, this has included purchases of uh books, seating, journaling supplies, rugs, and artwork. Uh thank you to Liz Branotti and Amanda Leven for identifying this grant and applying um at the conclusion of this grant. So Sils will be a New York Life grief sensitive school accepting $3,500 in grants. Um we are also currently working with the New York State PTA on innovative
015teaching grants. So far we've had two teachers apply. Um and we'll find out more about that process as as it continues. Uh the PTA has uh removed its former website in favor of using a link tree which you can find in our social media pages. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Um and as always, any questions or comments can be uh directed to our email which is [email protected]. Uh one last note regarding communications. Uh since we no longer have the Wednesday eblast, um you may find any announcements in the Wednesday daily announcements through the middle school. any updates from the PTA um will be available for those who are not on social media or are not current PTA members that might get an email from us directly. Thank you. >> Thanks Karen.
016>> Y so we have two presentations tonight. One is I invited our youth and government and model UN students to come up and share some of the work that they've been doing uh not only last year but over the summer and this year. It's one of the clubs that we haven't had up at a board meeting and I thought it would be great. It's a a club that um well I'll let you guys I I won't say much more about it. So and then we also have our our board presentation from South Orangetown Middle School and Tapenzee High School which will follow the students. So at this time Sophie Baranti, Ri Rihanna Patel, Griffin Meltzer and Thomas McKenna our student officers if you would come up. Welcome. You have to know what's on your shirt.
017>> Um, so these were our our conference shirts from last year. So everyone in the state gets one and it has the unity theme. >> But you know what that is on there? >> Oh yeah. Walkman or something like that. [laughter] >> Good job. >> Sorry guys. >> You learn something new every day. >> All right. So I'll start with the first slide. It's a cool shirt. >> Thank you. Thank you. How does this clicker work? [snorts] >> Okay. Um, we're still trying to figure out how this clipper works, but it >> is this one. >> Switch it on. >> Thank you. It's off. >> Here we go. All right. Hi guys. My name is Griffin Meltzer. I'm a senior at Tapenzy High School. And um it's very lovely to be in front of you
018all today. here. We're here again to just present our two clubs and what they're about. So, first is just a brief overview of Youth and Government. Um, Youth and Government or YAG is a YMCA affiliated civic engagement and leadership program which simulates uh our mock like real government. Um, this program what this program is split into three branches um that choose that students can choose to attend. uh our legislative branch, our judicial branch, and our press branch, which we'll get into um each of them in depth. And all the work we do um is to prepare for and culminates in our state conference up in uh the up at the capitol, Albany, New York, in u March. Um so, one of our branches is legislative and so the legislative students prepare bills throughout the year
019to amend state laws. Um and then at the conference in March, we're divided into um two four different mock chambers. Um so uh two mock assemblies and two mock senates. And uh for the past four years running, Tapenzy has had multiple cabinet members and presiding officers. We have Griffin this year who's serving on um the as what is it? >> The president prompor of state of of Senate Liberty. These are just um the cabinet uh assists the um the youth governor. These are all roles like leadership roles on uh the state level of our our New York state conference. >> And so usually um and specifically last year we sent about 20 tap Z students who are usually five different bill groups and last year I think three students had their bills passed and made
020into law. >> So our next branch is the judicial branch. Um this branch is basically representing the judicial system of government and it's made up of either attorneys or justices. So um attorneys basically argue a case and they're presenting thought out in-depth and wellprepared arguments that have case information crosses and analysis. And then the justices are people who are more experienced in the branch. And usually they are justices in their second or third years of youth and government. and they ask clarifying questions and assess the attorneys on on their knowledge of their cases. Basically like making sure that the atern attorneys are presenting thoughtout and accurate cases. Um and then they the justices write out a final decision paper so that they can basically tell the attorneys who won the case. And then the attorney
021the justices also do a really good job at mentoring attorneys. So they throughout the conference before the main day that we're in the um stage where people are presenting their final cases, the justices are preparing and helping the attorneys like with mock trials and um preparing their arguments. And then there's usually like 20 students who go from TZ to the judicial branch. So it's kind of like split up with judicial and legislative. And then TZ is very like commonly a group of people who have a lot of justices and justices are like again like people who are more experienced. So justices in the judicial system are a little bit important. And so since there are only a few selected per district, it's really honorable for us to have a lot of students in the justice's
022positions. And then we also have one student last year who went to the NJC conference which is oh two sorry um who are going to like the national judicial conferences and they are basically we'll get more into depth with with the national conferences but it was really awesome that they were selected to be representing TZ there. Thank you. Okay. So, next we have press, which is by far the smallest branch, um, NTZ and statewide. There are around 40, 35 to 40 kids statewide in press. This year, I have the honor of leading the press branch statewide. I'm our editor-inchief. Um, so Press is responsible for kind of unifying the conference with media. We write articles, we take photos of the conference, we conduct interviews, and recently we added broadcasts. Um, when I joined Press as
023a freshman, I joined because I loved writing and taking pictures, but then I ended up helping create the first ever broadcast for our state. So, it's there's a lot of room for creativity in Press and it's a it's a really fun branch. Um, but you kind of have to take initiative and it teaches you kind of leadership because it's a little less guided. Um, we have around seven TZ students in press, but for the past four years, TZ has been the school to send a press delegate to the Nationals Conference. and there's only one to two press delegates at nationals conference and there's consistently for the last four years been a single TZ student. So that's a a great accomplishment for TZ. We really um represent in press and it's a it's a strong branch
024for us. Um and then during the school year we have the opportunity of well we have a district conference which is around the five local schools that in our area that participate in youth government and we have a panel of district leaders from county executives to congressman like Mike Lawler come speak at this conference and the TZ press students have the honor of writing questions and asking these questions to our district leaders. So it's it's a great branch. [laughter] Uh just to highlight some more of our student uh TZ students accomplishments, we'll go over two uh national conferences that students have to be selected to go to from the state conference. First is Kona or the conference on national affairs. This program is very sim similar to our legislative program um in the state union
025government um program. However, instead of um amending New York state laws, we're writing proposals and debating uh on federal issues or national and global issues. Um, as it says at the bottom, TZ very often represents um out of 25 out of a little more than 700 students at the state conference every year, 25 are se selected to attend Kona. And um over the past few years, we've consistently had around four and even five students attend. Um and this past year, me and Sophie and I had the pleasure of attending Kona. And um similarly is NJC our national judicial competition which is um s specific to the judicial branch in youth and government for those students who excel in the judicial part participation. They can go more in depth on cases and participate in mock trials
026and just debate with all these other students uh around the country. I think at Kona I know 38 different countries are I mean not countries of course 38 different states um are represented. So, it it it's just it was a really great experience to um see all these other perspectives on these issues that we're debating. And yeah, >> and sorry, I'm just going to add real quick that Kona compared to our state conference which is only three days, Kona is a week-long conference. So, you have a lot of time to really bond with people from around the country beyond just global and political issues. You get to know people on a personal level in ways that you really wouldn't have the opportunity to bond with people like this until maybe college. So, it's a it's
027a really great experience, especially for our TZY kids. Last year, we didn't it wasn't just me and Griffin. Um, Mary McCormack and Valencia Msara went as well. Um, and it's a it's a really fun it's a fun conference. >> Um, another opportunity throughout the year is um this a the middle school resource team and middle school conference in general where we send both South Orangetown Middle School students and Tabin High School students. Um so it's like the high school conference um similar two to three days in the capitol where um students get to present bills which they prepared throughout the year and usually um a resource team of 25 high school students get to preside over and provide um insight guidance to a lot of these students. And last year we had the opportunity to
028send four different um high schoolers. And this year in a couple weeks, both Griffin and Sophie will be going on the middle school resource team. And I can say from experience, it's really great opportunity for our middle schoolers as well as our high schoolers to just help and teach. And uh it's a great service opportunity. >> Oh, just to add on one more thing about the middle school conference, it also builds a lot of incentive for middle schoolers to join once they get into high school. So this year I've had the pleasure to talk to a couple of people who went to the middle school conference and now they're joining youth and government and it's a great thing to see that they're really excited to try new branches or just get involved again. >> Um
029our >> so yeah our middle school's debate club sends middle schoolers to this middle school conference just for context. >> Okay so next we have Model United Nations. Um, model United Nations teaches students how to collaborate and work together to make to form to use their goals and also to create solutions that are solving like a crisis. So, similarly to how the actual United Nations usually forms a committee and is working to solve like global issues, model United Nations is training students to do the same thing. Um so so basically like in our club we're we like are officers for it and we assign students with roles and then um an assigned crisis and we usually simplify it so that students can understand what their job is because when we go to the like conference
030in Colia University, we want students to be able to digest the more complex material and we'll talk a little bit more about that later but um for now >> yeah and our Our crisis committees can be anything from the climate crisis to AI crisis to Avengers Infinity War. It is really just getting creative with how you are solving challenges. It is a mock United Nations, but any challenge can be at hand. It is how you debate and how you are analytical with it. >> Our last one was the Salem Witch Trials for Halloween. Very festive, very fun. Our our students get really into it. They love it. >> Yeah. Um, and one more thing I'd like to add is that it really helps students build their public speaking skills. So, solution working and like collaborating
031with people and working on your thinking on your feet and like just coming up with ideas really quickly. Um, it's a hard skill to build and I think that volume really helps with that. Um so in the club specifically as I mentioned before we are preparing for the Columbia University conference by creating like smaller scale um conferences and committees that are a little bit more digestible. So here we have a we have roles for each member and a crisis to solve with others. And then um by the end of the two-day crisis committee in the school, we are expecting students to have a finished solution to the issue. Um so two other members that work a little hard in the in the background are the crisis um the crisis person. I guess >> we just
032call ourselves crisis and [laughter] yeah crisis and chair. Um so the chair facilitates and moderates all the discussions in the committees. Um, basically like all the procedures that come with a UN committee are what the chair is regulating. And do you want to talk about crisis? >> Yeah. So, Griffin and I are are club presidents and we'll take turns um facilitating crisis. The role of crisis is to kind of drive the creativity of any of our committees. Our committees are usually two days long and it is up to crisis to keep them going. So, when people have ideas, they will bring them to crisis and crisis makes it work in the in the I don't know the simulation basically. it makes it keeps the plot moving. Um, so it is a very creative role and
033it I think it requires problem solving because you'll be given one one person will hand you one idea and another person will hand you another idea and you kind of have to combine them to make them work together. It also resembles like the changing environment of the real world like if you're solving like something like a war in the UN there's going to be changes while you're solving that issue among a span of days. So crisis is very good in like ensuring that that realistic aspect is added to the committees as well. Okay. So this is our sea monkey trip which is really our big accomplishment in model UN. We send 12 students from TZ every year. Um it takes place at Columbia University specifically stands for the Colombia model UN conference and exposition. Um
034every TAP Z student is given a different committee. So it is really you are on your own branching out, meeting new people and working with others. It is scary but you really learn a lot. Last year I was in a committee that mocked the US Senate and I was I was debating with people from Canada. It was very very interesting. I'll let Griffin and Rihanna add a little bit to it as well. >> Yeah. And it's um an international committee. So it's really cool like to just meet people from all over the world who are trying to be a part of this for the same reason. Um, similarly to how the UN is international, this committee is also international. So, you meet people from Mexico, from Spain, from anywhere. It's really awesome. >> Guys, um,
035we hope you enjoyed the presentations. And parents, if you have any students, maybe in middle school or young high school students, we really encourage you, um, to, I guess, suggest your students to join these clubs. um they build such important skills and we students just have a lot of f fun with them. So >> make a lot of friends from around the around the state and around the around the world even. It's very cool. >> But thank you. >> No, that's all we have. [applause] >> So before I turn it over to the board for questions or comments, I just want to uh thank you for coming. I'm so glad that I invited you. I know you guys have been at work for a long time building the club and having opportunities to get out
036beyond the walls of TZ and clearly you've been doing that. Um, also [clears throat] I just have uh before I turn it over for questions, the partnership with the YMCA, can you guys just elaborate maybe for context explain what the partnership is with our YMCA? >> Um, so the YMCA runs Youth and Government. It is the national organization. They create these shirts. Um, our YMCA leaders really [clears throat] give us the to lead as students um while also giving us guidance and and rule books. Um they fund us a lot. Our trip to the Nationals Conference, YMCA fundraised for the entire thing, which is a really great opportunity to send kids because those trips can cost up to 11,000 it >> $1,100. Yeah, $100. Um they're not cheap. So the YMCA gives us a lot
037of room government had the opportunity to use the actual YMCA facilities that are YMCA members. So, um that's another great resource that they provide and so that's with our partnership with the Rock >> and the YMCA also has a set of core values that it really um promotes at conferences. So this really creates a safe space for students because they promote their their values of is it courage um respect caring um and it it just creates it creates a safe space for students to get to know others and and be themselves and also because of their like already very known presence in the country. Um YMCA is very good at like getting in touch with other communities who don't already have a youth government program in place um and getting them have some students come
038to the conference. So, our our conference grows by a lot every year and it's really awesome to see what the YMCA can do to grow and expand government. >> Thank you for sharing that. We're really appreciative of our partnership with them. I also want to acknowledge Scott Muscat who's sitting there in the back who's the club adviser. Say hi, Scott to everyone. Thanks for being here. [applause] And I'll turn it over to the board for any comments or questions for the club. That was amazing. Great great presentation. Thank you so much. Um it's it's really amazing to see how um how well TZ is represented in in in the nation from from the work that you guys do. >> You guys are representing us on a national stage and your public speaking skills are exceptional.
039So keep up the great work. >> Got a long way to go. >> Thank you. >> Maybe maybe after the meeting I'll talk to you about something called a mixtape. [laughter] All right. Our next presentation tonight is South Orangetown Middle School in Tav High School. And I know you guys have to get up early, so I don't want to force you to stay, but you're more than welcome to because it's your high school. >> Good evening. Thank you. I also want to echo nice job by the high school students. It's hard to believe that four years ago you were in middle school. How quick those four years do go. Um I do remember my first cassette tape. I think I did get it around the middle school uh time myself. I might still have it
040somewhere too. Um so we're going to uh follow the same um outline as the elementarymentaries did at our last uh board meeting. Uh so we're going to just start off with some of our uh fall highlights. You know, at the middle school, um our school year kicks off usually the Monday before the last week of uh summer when we have locker day, which is kind of the last transition supporting our sixth graders coming to middle school. Uh we did kick off the year with two of our advisory sessions already. We incorporate into one of them our start with hello week that we've done throughout the district. Uh we're up and running fully with our clubs, our inter murals, and our modified sports. Our sixth grade DARE program is probably about twothirds of the way done
041at this time. You know, it's a decision-making model and it's a great opportunity for our students to develop positive relationships with our Orangetown Police Department. As Miss Sletner mentioned, we did have our sixth grade welcome back party. This year, we had a club fair during lunch for our sixth graders so they could get to experience and learn about some of the clubs so they could decide which they might want to join and try out. We've had some field trips already uh this year, including one that's just right across the street to see the hometown heroes on these telephone polls uh that our seventh grade social studies classes did to go and see. Uh we've had some dress down or dress up days, some wear school spirit days. We have a color wars coming up. We
042also have something every Friday Friday music, you know, that plays throughout the hallway. So if you've been in the building uh in between periods for three minutes you do hear various music uh that gets played and various amounts of dancing and singing by students and staff. Uh we also have coming up a week from today our career day which I'll speak a little bit more about when we get uh to the profile of the graduates. >> Good evening. The high school is off to a great start this year. We had successful assemblies for each grade to start the school year where we discussed rise and the expectations. Our focus is on building community and how each and every person is responsible for contributing to a positive school environment. In September, we had our start with
043hello week which was spearheaded by Miss Annie Scott, our prevention counselor. Throughout the week, our students wore name tags, participated in activities in class which encouraged communication with their peers as well as conversation cards which spread throughout which were spread throughout the cafeteria during lunch periods. Our seniors and freshmen also had the opportunity to bond with their peers for our senior picnic. For example, our students were given the opportunity to take their senior class photo and take two workshops, financial literacy and college application. So, our freshmen then had the opportunity um to have their field day, which was planned and organized by our senior peer leaders. So, this was a great day to emphasize unity and promote a positive school culture. In September and October, Dr. Lavine, Mr. Carbonetti and I visited the freshman seminar
044classes where we introduced ourselves to build and to build connections with our students. We taught lessons and engaged our students in important conversations providing them with an opportunity to learn more about us as leaders as well as our expectations from them as high schoolers. So a new experience for us this year was the tunnel to towers mobile exhibit which you see in the photo here. This was generously donated to us by the 911 education foundation in in collaboration with Dr. Arietta from the curriculum office. This was an incredible experience for our students and staff members. And I appreciate the efforts of the curriculum office and generosity of the 911 education foundation for making this possible. And do you have this? There you go. Next slide. Okay. Thank you. Yeah, it's okay. Um so as you
045see here tonight in collaboration with SS we'll be discussing our district goals and how we'll be addressing them at each building. We'll be focusing on responsible use of technology literacy profile of a graduate and citizenship. I'll now hand it over to some everyone how are we so our first goal is students will build the skills they need to navigate digital environments with confidence, responsibility and integrity. So students are encouraged to view technology as a tool for learning and growth. Through meaningful projects and activities, they take on the role of creators, collaborators, and problem solvers actively shaping their environments. So what are the aligning resources? We reviewed this goal with our extended leadership and so staff. Our implementation of policy 5695, which students and personal electronic devices um incorporating computer science and digital fluency, integrating responsible
046use of technology across departments and teams. Since students walked into the building, we've been reviewing responsible use of technology, digital footprint, what does it mean to be a responsible citizen. Um, we've had conversations with students about first impressions mean everything. So, in person, the way you present yourself, be mindful of that when you're, you know, representing yourself in social media as well. Um, the things that you like, the things that you, um, you know, post can have an impact on you for now and also beyond. So students will have an increased awareness of responsible technology use um improved digital safety habits and alignment with our profile of a graduate competencies. So a couple things that we've focused on is our device care navigating Google suites technology for learning um online safety and security our digital
047footprint intro to AI. So this is something that we are learning with our students this year. Um you know artificial intelligence is something that's constantly developing. We're working with our technology department to provide opportunities for students to use it as well as teachers and coding. >> Good evening everyone. So at Tapy High School, we continue to emphasize responsible and ethical use of technology as an essential component of academic success. Students are learning to engage with digital tools thoughtfully and productively. Teachers are using tools such as Lightseed to effectively monitor student online activity during class, ensuring that devices support rather than distract from our learning. In addition, AI detection platforms such as Turn It In help students understand and uphold academic integrity by verifying originality in the research. This work is further supported through ongoing professional
048development sessions held during common planning time and thanks to tremendous efforts of our instructional coaches and led by Mr. Mark Eert. Teachers are also integrating creative platforms like Canva, which was just in our great presentation as well, which serves as a collaborative classroom tool. In freshman seminar, students receive hands-on opportunities to practice digital citizenship, academic research, and creative expression. All skills tied to our goal of producing students who can ethically and proficiently use digital technology to research, site, and present information. >> So, as Dr. Leavine mentioned, we'll be focusing on ensuring our students have the research skills needed to be successful upon graduation. Our library has an array of resources available to our students so that they are not just relying on Google for information. Throughout their experience at the high school, our students learn
049to use credible sources in their research. This involves using academic databases, primary resources, and synthesizing their findings. This this essential skill allows our students to identify a problem, gather data, and present solutions once they're outside the classroom walls. At Tapenzee, we offer a wide range of electives. And within these classes, our teachers provide our students with real life experiences on how to use technology responsibly. In our business classes, for example, our students learn how to market to various types of audiences in their projects. In doing so, they also learn how to be aware of how businesses target them in their advertisements and how to be smarter consumers. In our maker space, our students are learning how to use technology as a tool for their education. Students are producing podcasts on topics they learned across all
050content areas. In Project Lead the Way, students are sketching, designing, and creating custom designs in CAD and bringing their projects to life using the 3D printers. In computer science, the students are partnering with the administrators to learn about the problems and concerns at school to then develop tools to help address these areas. With the guidance of our staff, our students are learning how to leverage technology to be critical and responsible digital citizens. We are looking forward to another innovative year for our students. The next goal we're going to speak about is our profile of a graduate. Talks about the skills and habits that help you know students succeed in school and in life. Our goal for this year was to have our students self-evaluate themselves using the profile of a graduate rubric. We introduced the
051profile to students uh in the 2024 school year. What we realized as we began introducing to students is that we were lacking some middle level definitions for students. you know, to take, you know, kind of an abstract concept and how do we make it more t tangible? So, we came up with some definitions. One of them I'll show you in a moment. And then we developed a rubric for students where they could self-evaluate themselves on the four areas of the profile. They took that a few weeks ago uh when they selected their career choices for career day that they would like to see. Our plan is to review those self assessments and then look at the opportunity for them to take it again later in this school year. One of the things that we thought
052was interesting is trying to connect um for students that the skills that they're developing now how it affects them in their job and in their life and how there's a transfer. You know, we feel that's the real crux of it. So, what we decided to do with our career day this year is to have students, we were very fortunate. We had about 35 volunteers come in for next week. We asked them to uh rank what they wanted to see. So, they had a little choice in the careers that they wanted to do. And when communicating with the volunteers coming in, I shared with them the profile of the graduate, you know, and some of the definitions so that asking them to maybe allude to it, connect to it, so our students can see how real
053life careers are experiencing and utilizing some of these concepts in the profile of the graduate. Our goal, as I said, is that our students are did complete it uh this year in the fall. And here's just an example of the contributing community member. Uh we created a middle school level definition for our students and we created a three uh prong uh rating scale emerging, developing and proficient with prompts for them to help uh assist them in trying to identify where they best fall on that scale. So just from the perspective for the high school, the profile of a graduate remains at the heart of what we do, guiding how we prepare students for success beyond high school. At TZ, this work is embedded within the rise framework. Respect, inspire, support, and empower, which reflects both
054our values and our expectations for student growth. This year, all first year students will complete the RISE self- assessment rubric twice, once in the fall and again in the spring. This structured reflection helps students evaluate their own progress and set meaningful personal goals. Last year, this process began as a teach as teacher-led feedback, but we are now shifting toward more student driven and selfdirected reflection. As Miss Luciano, Mr. Carbon Carbonetti, and I visited freshman seminar classes in September, we asked students to think deeply about their own legacy, how they wish to be remembered as learners and as people. This intentional self- assessment not only builds self-awareness but also aligns with our long-term goal of cultivating graduates who demonstrate integrity, resilience, and a commitment to continuous growth. Through faculty support, dedicated class time, and structured reflection,
055every freshman is developing a clear sense of purpose and responsibility for their own learning journey. Thank you, Dr. So, the data presented on this slide represents the most recent student feedback from the profile of a graduate self- assessment. percentages reflect students who identify themselves as proficient or exemplary in each of the RISE competencies. Notably, while many indicators such as collaboration and peer support scored quite high, some of the inspire attributes, including demonstrating grit and being open to new ideas, were rated slightly lower. This tells us where to focus our next steps in fostering perseverance and curiosity across classrooms. It's important to note that we encourage students to reflect honestly and authentically even when self- assessment can feel challenging at times. This practice builds integrity and aligns with our broader K12 initiative which our elementary counterparts
056spoke to very nicely in uh the previous presentation. Ensuring reflective habits are consistent from elementary through high school and so on. By engaging students in this process, we not only gather valuable insight for their into their personal growth but also reinforce the culture of self-awareness, empathy and resilience that defines our profile of graduates. So, citizenship at zones. Um, our goal is that we are planning to strengthen student voice and citizenship by expanding leadership opportunities, enhancing community concerns, and implementing programs that empower students to contribute meaningfully to their school and their community. So, our action plan is to broaden opportunities for student leadership by adding more additional clubs, um, strengthen student community partnerships, celebrate and promote positive citizenship, and develop advisory program. If you can see on these walls here, some of this is an example
057of our um character education classes, which is what seventh graders take. Um students are learning various skills and the breakdown of what our commitment to excellence is here at SS. Um for example, I can see, you know, random acts of kindness, some quotes about kindness. Um and that also ties into our fourbs. Um, another example is our student community partnerships this year, um, which you were all invited to and I hope you can make it to our Patriots pen c competition celebration on November 25th. This year we have 45 students who voluntarily wrote an essay about what it means to be a member of our democracy and how they can be um, how they promote that in their classrooms and in their outside world. So 45 students wrote those essays. Um and so that's part
058of how we are aligning with the VFW. Um another example is um our advisory lessons, our um sixth grade club fair. Uh just so you all know um our debate casting team um had the most interest from the sixth graders. So I'm hoping that will help align for the future. Um they were the students that uh you know the debate casting club they actually had the best line. They said do you like to argue? If you do come join us. Um which made me think for a second like maybe I should ask my husband maybe I was going to. Um but uh you know do you like to argue? Um and the kids all um I think we had 10 or 15 students sign up based on the sixth grade club fair which is great.
059um start with hello week, our good news postcards um which are teachers and staff send postcards home to students about things that they've been doing um either academically or socio emotionally. Um our SOM shoutouts are certificates that um teachers and staff members submit um seeing things that kids do well. Um you know our grade level and team assemblies um our principal cabinet which is an opportunity for students to meet with Dr. um and talk about problems that are going on or concerns that they have um and we usually come up with solutions and meet with those students. So, for example, um you know, something could be like, oh, I've noticed we're not recycling as much. Okay, so how can we um you know, be more proactive? All right, well, we need to make sure that
060we're meeting with our custodial staff, making sure that they're cleaning um that we are our environmental club might be involved. So, those are just some examples of how students can be advocates. Um in addition we are um adding movie making club as well as string quartet tonight. Um so those are two groups that are starting um at a volunteer level. So they students ask teachers to help um you know would they be interested in advising a club and so we had students walk around get signatures. Um so it's another example of citizenship at so again these are preparing them for the outside world. What do you do when you see a a problem or concern or you have an interest? Um, and I think that these are, you know, some great examples of that. >>
061Hi, good evening everyone. So, at the high school, we offer well over 50 co-curricular clubs and activities, almost all of which encourage students to engage in service opportunities, not only within our walls, but in the surrounding community as well. I'm happy to share that last year approximately 76% of the high school students were involved in at least one club, sport, or extra our extracurricular activity. And this year, we've made it our goal to increase or maintain that number. So, how do we plan to do this? In September, the high school hosted its annual club fair. 30 organizations were represented, and students volunteered their time to represent clubs during their lunch periods. This fair was so big that it literally expanded through the cafeteria, into the auditorium lobby, and even outside of our school building. In
062addition to the fair, clubs had the opportunity to set up a table outside of our library during meet the teacher night. Approximately 15 clubs participated. And in addition to our student volunteers, representatives from SOAK were present to discuss opportunities that exist for students still enrolled at the high school and even beyond. We encourage our students to be active citizens, individuals who play a role in their community. As such, designated faculty adviserss work with student members to establish partnerships with organizations that promote the mission and vision of their club. I am proud to share with you now just a little bit about the partnerships that exist and what our students are participating in outside of TZF. So each year the art service club partners with the Makea-Wish Foundation and members create posters for the big reveal.
063One of those posters can be seen in our presentation here. And if every anyone is interested, we do have additional work that we can share with you. HOSA, a new club, is recognized by the US Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. This organization will work throughout the year to secure speakers representing a large continuum of health services. We will soon be hosting a Q&A session with the pediatric dentist from NYAK. The Interact Club recently partnered with the Leo Club at the Walk to End Alzheimer's, which is also seen here. Interact is preparing their Thanksgiving basket collection and will once again donate baskets to St. Dominic's home. The Leo Club continues to work alongside the Bloodout Lions Club to offer residents enriching opportunities. The Italian Club and Italian Honor Society danced
064the Tarantella at the Italian feast run by the Rockwin Lodge and members will soon play Tombola at the Sunrise Assisted Living Center in Old Japan. SAD promoted Red Ribbon Week and is preparing for Toys for Tots. And finally, the social justice club has partnered with Girls Learn International, One Spirit, and most recently with an organization that seeks to empower students to become caring and impactful global citizens through empathy and social entrepreneurship. We are the first school in New York State to partner with this organization. Our last school is focusing on literacy. I'm going to talk about it from two perspectives. One from the reading point of view and also one from the business financial point of view. From the reading point of view, our goal is that students will demonstrate growth according to the STAR
065assessment. The STAR assessment is something that all students take three times a school year. We continue to look at that data along with any state and local data to help us inform instruction uh for our students and interventions. We use our time as a staff in team meetings, department meetings and faculty meetings, you know, to look at this information. We also have crosswalk the New York State next generation learning standards to make sure that reading and write writing is embedded in across all content areas from a financial literacy point of view. Uh this is our first year where we created business classes here at at SS. Our goal uh different from the reading was to equip students with the knowledge about budgeting, savings, and responsible decisions. Knowing again it's our first year having it. To
066include these classes, we relooked at our explore structure that we have of our classes and restructured them and realigned them to allow for business classes in each grade level for our students. On our next side, again, it's a split screen and I'll take you through both sides of it. On the left side is the uh state assessments year-to-year that Dr. Arietta showed I believe two board meetings ago. Uh also similar to what Cottage Lane showed at their last board uh at the last board meeting also broke it out in terms of our ELA cohort because that has been obviously a discussion that we've had um regarding reading. And you can see that the same group of students over the last two years the levels of proficiency scoring of three or four have increased. We're encouraged
067by that trend and we realize there's still work that we want to do. But I did want to share that both from those two perspectives. On the right side is our business courses is the enrollment. We created three courses. In sixth grade, it's financial literacy six. In seventh grade, it's finance and careers and in eighth grade it's entrepreneurship. And you can see the number of students that we have enrolled in those classes. From the beginning of those classes, our business teacher has worked with the high school and their business teachers to align the curriculums that they are doing. It's been uh very interesting to go into classes and see kids talking about uh needs versus wants, savings, um all concepts that we deal with as adults on a regular basis, both professionally and personally. And
068it's been very exciting to see students, you know, start having that experience and exposure at the middle school level. So at the high school when we speak of literacy it encompasses reading, writing, speaking and listening skills needed for their academic and future success in real world scenarios. Now I believe we just had a a perfect example of literacy here um with our students presenting tonight but they just provided you an example of what it looks like and that's an extracurricular right. So that is happening um during during the school day and also after the school day. So as students go from class to class, they are required to build upon their foundational literacy skills that they learned in earlier years and now apply it to subject specific content. We want our students to build their
069knowledge and critical thinking skills to be able to handle discipline specific literacy tasks. With that said, our departments are focusing on providing our students with opportunities to think like experts in their specific discipline or field, encouraging real world connections. In social studies, for example, our students are being asked to think like historians. In one class I recently observed, our students were learning about Confucious where they were analyzing his quotes and answering the question, how might Confucious suggest people act to promote harmony in a school or a community? In another class, students were using primary sources and analyzing to what extent the myths of ancient people reflect the social, political, and/or environment developments of early river valley civilizations. Now, in these classes, our students were challenged to critically think and analyze the information presented to them
070and then make connections. They were engaged in conversation and asked to listen to the opinions of others. I am proud to say that this is the work currently being done by our freshman students. Our teachers are collaborating and creating performance tasks so that all of our students are being challenged to think critically and think like experts in the field. As part of literacy, we felt it was important to highlight some of the recent academic accomplishments of our students. First, TZ students averaged a total SAT score of 1155, which far exceeds the national average. This average is historically anywhere between 1040 and 1050. The same can be said for TZ students who took the ACT exam. They scored an average composite of 25.4. The national average this year is approximately 19 and a half. In addition,
071this year the class of 2026 boasts four national merit semi-finalists. These academically talented seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next spring. The nationwide pool of semi-finalists representing less than 1% of US high school seniors includes the highest scoring entrance in each state. In addition to the four national merit semi-finalists, we have 13 commended students. Although commended students will not continue in the compet in the competition for national merit scholarships, some of those candidates um some may be candidates for special scholarships offered by corporate sponsors. Last school year, a total of 317 students took at least one AP exam. 83.2% of those test takers scored a three or higher, which would in some cases allow them to earn college credit. The AP
072Scholar Award, either with honors or with distinction, is awarded is awarded to students based on their average scores on three or more of their AP exams. And finally, 86% of last year's graduate graduates went on to pursue education at either a two or four-year school. In addition, 2% of students pursued a trade or enrollment in the US armed forces, while 12% pursued other avenues. Oftentimes, these are employment, gap years, or service opportunities. We thank you for giving us the opportunity to highlight just some of the incredible things that are happening at our middle school and high school. We recognize that none of this is possible without the support of all of you, members of the board, central administration, administrators, teachers, faculty, staff, and members of the community. Thank you for your continued support as we
073work to elevate, engage, and inspire. [applause] Thank you for an outstanding presentation. Just a few comments. You know, uh we started a couple weeks ago with the central office presenting on the four district goals followed by William O'Hafer and Cottage Lane and then to see PS at Tabincy High School tonight with the consistency across the profile of the graduate and the other four goals. It's wonderful to know that our students as they move from grade to grade and and school to school are um going to experience consistent language and rubrics and that are developmentally appropriate to hear about the advisory program rise being embedded into the report card. Um the [clears throat] sixth grade uh career day as well as what you guys have been doing at the high school with the career series. All
074the collaboration not only between the secondary schools but also between the elementaryaries. It's just very impressive. Um I also just want to highlight um a few other things just from the high school when you when you showed some of the data. The seal of violiteracy and the seal of civic readiness each year that you presented I see that number increasing and I know it's a lot of work on on the part of the administration as well as the faculty to make that happen for kids. Um and so I really commend you for that. And just last, you know, the leadership opportunities that you're providing for every single child that goes to school is incredible. And you see it with the goals, you see it with the self- assessment opportunities for kids. You see it with
075with you embedding the character ed. Um, and I'm really happy that you were able to to use the smart goals template. So, it's it's clear what we're doing with the goals in each of the schools. And finally, just if you want to see more about the district goals in this uh connect video that was just released, um there are uh Ashley and Haley helped create the video and you can actually go into the classrooms and see a lot of this work. Um I'm not going to show it tonight just in the interest of time, but thank you for a great presentation and I will turn it over to the board. Oh, and also thanks to the teachers and staff for being here tonight. I know some of them left, but >> u I had one
076question. Well, well, I'll just firstly echo a lot of what Brian said and the overall idea like just generating well-rounded human beings is like across the district makes me proud to just be a part of that. So, really commendable effort, the profile of the graduate, all of that and the stats are great like how they're achieving. So, just excited to see that. There's one sort of like more very specific question on the technology front that I wanted to just ask because one of the students mentioned it too like the AI crisis or there's sort of like a may I'm just asking a question is AI viewed as like something that's a complete negative for the students or like are there any ways that they can actually use it in like a productive way because I'm
077finding in like the professional world that yes you can't necessarily pass off AI as your own. But one skill set that like a person who will be entering the workforce maybe in three years from now, maybe sooner than that, would actually have be how to use like AI productively. So there's I'm just wondering like is it a complete like we don't want to use it in the schools or we're trying to figure out a way to actually be like this is an AI class where you can tr like because me at work I'll be training my AI bot. I'll make a project for it. I'll keep dumping PDFs in there and telling it what to look for. It's sending me emails. So, I'm not really like plagiarizing, but it's a very useful tool professionally. So,
078I'm just kind of curious like where's that? I know it's a super gray area. It's probably deserve a whole meeting, but just sort of >> It's a great question. We have lots of conversations about it. I'll let either Miss Luciano or Dr. Aretta or all of us answer it, but go ahead. >> Sure. So what we just did in um [clears throat] October from a PD perspective was for our staff it was focused on AI on how our staff can use it um as a tool and also it was more part of that conversation is also now how can students use it as a tool so how can they use it to create flashcards to help them you know better organize their notes that those are the type of avenues that we're discussing. We obviously
079want our kids to still learn how to write on their own and things like that. Um but is definitely an opportunity that we're navigating with the help of Dr. Ariota's office. Mark Eard really led the work um and our coaches um and at the high school they went um department by department and really focused on each the needs of each department, right? Because what math um how they're going to use it looks very different than how our social studies team is going to be using AI and these tools. >> So, they did a really nice job of really um honing in on what our staff needed and then now we're going to be focusing on how can we use it student perspective. I know from a tech department, they're looking for a specific tool for
080our district for our students to use. Um, so he can talk more about that [laughter] technology team over the last few years, AI has been a focus of it. So working instructional technology leaders that are in the technology, we looked at a couple of tools. We realized that Our initial focus at least for the first half of this year is going to get the tool out into the hands of our teachers, get them comfortable using them um as we learn as adults how we can effectively use them in the classroom with our students. So there's that little bridge, right? Talking about the tool to help you be more effective in the work that you're doing, but also to teach students on how to use it appropriately. Uh so that way we're addressing those concerns that
081are out there. It's not the cognitive decline of not producing their own work. But one of the things we're seeing in research is the relationship students are having now, right? So we're seeing an increase of students using these chat bots uh to talk to to get both reassurance for their feelings, but they're also seen a decrease in those interactions with other people because it's a lot easier to do the chatbot at night. that feedback that you're looking for. So there are a number of areas that we're concerned about, but as a district, we've never focused on the negatives. We've always tried to look to elevate, engage, and aspire and look forward, right? Don't get stuck in the reasons not to do it. It's the same thing we saw when, you know, YouTube came out. Oh,
082YouTube in class. Guess what? It's probably one of the best tools we have. Same thing with Wikipedia. Oh, it's not a primary source. I'll just add we were very intentional about the wording of the goal when it was created responsible use. >> So my my one question is right along the same lines as AI. Um as a parent my concern is always to try to have some information to fall back on when my before my child has the question. And so I think of that in the school setting that there's there really isn't going to be a teacher that can um get by without understanding and learning AI because it's going to be in everything. Uh two years ago when I took the training in Albany um it was fear. It was concern that children
083were going to um have learning loss or shortcomings because of AI. And then this past year it shifted to um we better get these kids trained on AI correctly so that they are at the forefront and not behind their peers whether it be in the US or even outside. Um, but my my concern definitely is to make sure that um I I hate to use the word required, but to to express the the the the very important need for all all teachers to really dive into AI as best they can um and be prepared for those questions and be prepared for those students that are obviously already using it and um and I want to make sure that our our teachers have the resources to to be prepared in that because it's going to change
084our landscape faster than we know. And I I'm very I I've seen the trends of things that have come into our society, whether it been the internet as I was growing up. Then you go into, you know, cell phones, you go into social media, you have all these things that are are emerging and we're all growing with them. Um the thing I don't want to happen is I don't want kids to suffer because of it. And so my concerns definitely lie with let us not have AI destroy some of these kids' lives because we weren't prepared. So that's definitely my concern when I hear AI brought up. I want to make sure our teachers are prepared for the students. and those chat bots that you're talking about. I've already read some very disturbing things that
085have happened to students to children using it as uh creating a relationship with it when they could be creating it with another person next to them instead. So those are my concerns points. >> Well, I'm very excited to learn more about chat chatbot. Is that it's called? I have no idea what it is. So very excited to learn more about it. Um, I do have to say I do use AI maybe just to do the math to check the math homework. I'm just honest there because I still don't understand it. But great presentation. Thank you. >> Thank you guys. >> All right. >> Great job. Appreciate it. Thank you. [applause] >> All right. I know you guys have an early day, so don't feel obligated >> to stay. [laughter] I'll go. Uh, any committee reports?
086I have one if you want me quick. >> Yes. Quick. Where did I put I had it right here. Oh, there it is. Okay. >> So, we had the October 29th facilities committee meeting and just a summary notes spoke about the electro the electric bus study. CPL submitted fleet electrification plan FE to the to NYSCDA and CPL presented preliminary plan William O'Shea and S shared as potential lot spaces and included in the report submission the space at William O'Hafer is currently a field and the space at SS will conflict with plans for a new walking p plan path. The district would like to consider other lot spaces and further review if a smaller space than presented will support the necessary bus capacity. Um and then on to phase one of the capital project and William
087O'Shea wrapping up punch lists during the next two weeks. Training of equipment and controls is being scheduled. Then phase two over at the high school. We have TPGs working out the phasing swap for the 2026 and 2027 and currently waiting for one contractor to be in agreement with the change. Phase three over at SOS we have bid posted October 20th through November 20th. Contractor walkthrough scheduled for 115 s renovations to include the 2026 fieldwork, five bathrooms, third floor HVAC and classroom renovations. 2027. We have the second floor HVAC and classroom renovations, added casework for four regular classrooms and hose bibs on roof for adequate maintenance of the HVAC units. And then on to the 2026 projects uh which would be at the May 2025 vote. Spoke about the William O'Shea casework and Tathy High School
088school store entry way. And then we have design starting in 2026 and construction in 2027. And then on to summer programs in 2026. Start discussion on which school will be they will be held at either William O'Shea or Kaj Lane. And the facility subcommittee focused on athletic fields was formed by Dr. Pula. >> All right. That was the only committee report. We can move on to agenda items. Is there anything that anyone needs to discuss on the agenda items before we move forward? [snorts] >> Then I'd like to make a motion to approve consent agenda categories 8 through 12. >> Thank you. Second by Rob. All in favor? >> I All right. Any new business for tonight? No. Jon, no. [laughter] All right. Well, everyone have a good night. We'll just close with a motion
089to adjourn the meeting at 8:47. >> Thank you. >> Thanks for a great meeting, everyone. >> All right. Have a good night, everyone. >> Yeah. Oh my gosh. >> Oh, I go home now. I'll be up all night reading that personal assistant. Go down that rabbit.