001To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Good morning everyone. I guess we can just move to motion to adjourn to a public meeting on the districtwide safety plan at 10:36. Do I have a motion? >> Yes. >> Thank you. A second. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? I >> I >> All right. >> Good morning. >> Morning everyone. >> Um so uh today uh on the agenda is the um hopefully the approval board approval of the district-wide safety plan which is an annual requirement. Um we also have a confidential set of plans which we just summarized. Both of those documents were posted to the website 30 days ago to comply with the
002mandatory 30-day public review um and comment period. Um I did not receive any comments. We put an email address next to both documents and I did not receive any uh feedback from the public. Um the plan that's in front of you save the yellow highlights um was posted. I highlighted all the changes for this coming year which also involved um coordination with our district-wide safety team throughout last school year. There's probably about 12 15 changes. Um I can summarize them uh just really quickly. It's mostly staff changes. Um in the very back we have an appendix uh for everybody in the district that's trained in CPR and AED. And um some of those people include bleeding control. I have a bleeding control kit in every AED cabinet. Um tourniquets, things like that. So that's all
003listed in the back. Organizational charts and response charts was updated. Um just some some some tweaking of language. One of the key changes that was also done and that all of this will also apply to the confidential plans was um the commissioner of uh education passed uh an update last year mandating that our emergency language now in now change for lock out. So there's lockdown, shelter in place, evacuation. Well, we used to refer to a term lockout, which is if you have a bank robbery, something external, we would bring staff and students in and still move around in the building. It used to be called lockout. It's now mandated to be referred to as secure lockout. They wanted to try to differentiate lockout from lockdown because of the gravity of the response. So they added
004the word secure lockout. That is now we must now recognize that term. So I added that language in to both sets of plans. We printed these new cards out which will go in every classroom and every office. Every staff will get uh a summary of the procedure. We also updated our sound and lockdown system. If we ever had to go into a secure lockout, the script that comes over the scrolling board will now say secure lockout and the message from the principles which is pre-recorded uh was changed. I have to do two more three more principles, but that'll be changed as well just by virtue of one word change in the regs. So that's all good. We're on time with everything. Um, one last thing I'll mention in One of the appendices is we are
005in the process of doing a very uh heavy re revision on our reunification procedures for the district. If we ever, god forbid, had an active shooter, something very serious where we had to reunify student and parent or guardian. We couldn't just send them home. Uh buses safe weren't running and we had to keep students for an extended period of time. There's a process called reunification that's that's required. Um we're doing a very heavy lift on that. This will be this school year coming. I implemented um just to show the public what our card would look like. If they came to a reunification site, uh we would pass this out. They would fill out the card. We'd have a whole team in place. students would be housed in a certain part of a of of an
006evacuation site and they would fill this card out and it would help us reunify them safely um and keep track of who we're actually returning back to parent or guardian. Um doesn't may not sound like a lot uh extremely heavy lift. So I think we're in a good place. We have some more work to do and our goal as a district and as the district-wide safety team is to start having drills around reunification this hopefully this spring where we can at least pick two sites and I've actually witnessed a drill in Milbrook High School. They're like the leaders in the region recently and we'd like to have a couple drills with um you know maybe some select students, a controlled group and practice the whole process with filling out the card, making sure it all
007works. So that would that's a big goal for this year. Um and you know with that I'll take any questions. I just know um you were talking about the drills that you go through. Um I know the last last year or the last last time we did the drills, they were talking about changing it a bit. I I can't remember. I know Katie and Diana have spoke to it. Um not maybe not changing it, but just making sure that it was um >> more realistic. Yeah, I think >> so. Yeah, Mr. Finn, I think you're referring to the active shooter drill. We did one at the high school um in February. Um it's a that's above and beyond a requirement. >> Sure. Um, our lockdowns and evacuations are the required under SED, but we did
008do an active shooter mock scenario like a functional exercise >> that involved the police, our a small district team um during a break in February. >> And we we had about five different four or five different scenarios that we came up with and we put the building into lockdown. We we the team came in and searched. So, I think the feedback was good, but I think, you know, we want to do more of those this year. And I think that we would like to throw some more curve balls in just to tax the response team, which is really OPD and even the school team itself. But I think um some other board members wanted to see a few more curve balls thrown in for the future, maybe initiate the emergency from a different part of
009the campus, etc. And that's something that would have to, you know, we can talk about in the planning >> when we when we put these dates together. >> Excellent. Um, and then the only other thing is you said you didn't, uh, you put out the notice, but you didn't get much feedback. Do we often get feedback? Is it something? >> Very rarely. I think I've gotten maybe two questions in six years. >> Yeah. >> Um, we advertise it in the journal news. We post it. I know uh, Mr. Troo advertises it the community uh bulletin and >> we post it onto the website. >> Okay. >> So, >> thank you. >> One question. So, for the for the card >> and maybe this is like a broader IT question. >> Well, well, actually this is
010one question that I don't first question I don't know is do the students have their own student ID? Like they don't have a physical ID like we do. >> The students do not have uh their own ID. Yeah, because my question is like is there a way to digitize the card where each student just has their own like QR code and then you know exactly who they are, right? You can even make the QR code all the you can make the QR code um anonymous. >> So then only the teachers would know who the student is >> because maybe you're afraid about the ID with their name on it, they lose it and now people have their picture and name. But if you just have like a way to anonymize every student with their own
011like ID number QR code, it's you could know who every student is really quickly with that. Just something to think about. Don't I mean the card looks great and I think start with what you have but maybe just a long-term planning thing would be some way to get them an anonymous tag that you would know who the student is without like publicly disclosing it but that the school can identify that individual like at any time >> like a simple smartphone you just look at the code and and oh this is XYZ from William O'Hery one of the things that we have experience yourself. >> So, as part of our safety committee and um our emergency awareness teams, we've been looking at multiple uh programs for reunification. So when we do have an issue of that
012nature, one of the constraints that we've been facing with at this point is, and many of you may already know this, cellular connectivity in different areas uh really impede some of the things that we do from a technical standpoint. Um but we've been working pretty closely with Putin North and Westchester to figure out what are some interim steps until we can get that resolved. Uh we do know Verizon has proposed two different towers. Um, but the timeline for that, they can't give us anything to do. >> It was just an idea, but it could be kind of cool. Like even if a student gets lost on the bus, then you know >> with the with the QR code, you would know who they are, where they're from, their >> contact information, >> something we could
013take to the districtwide safety team and make it an agenda item >> just to think about. >> Sure. >> Thank you. Any >> Anybody else have a question? Yeah, I have a a couple of just uh general observations. I I mean I I think you know you guys did great work and and I really appreciate it. Um but I I I do have to say that um to me when I'm looking at a safety plan and an emergency response um it's a little bit broader. Um we we seem to be very focused on on one particular type of incident here. Uh but we do live in an area with uh you know lots of flight industrial, lots of manufacturing. We've got plastics plant down the corner, train tracks within a mile, mile and a half
014of several of our schools. Um I I'd like to see a little bit more about responding to other types of disasters, particularly hazmat responses, um and and how that's going to work. I I think, you know, we've got this piece of it down, but I'd like to see in the future, you know, really branch out and and talk a little bit more about safety broadly speaking, um, than just responses to, you know, someone who's who's on some violent incident at the school. Um, so that that's just one kind of general response I had. The the other is I' I'd like to see us work um with uh probably with the the policy uh committee to talk about the the membership of the district-wide safety team. Um because what I'm seeing here and and I think
015it's in some ways it's great, right? We I I think we used membership this year uh to address some obvious shortcomings uh in the official membership. Um but if we need responses or if we need input from OPD uh if we want to bring that kind of law enforcement expertise to the table um which I think is great I think we should do I think we should officially codify that uh and actually have official representatives uh from those organizations and uh because what I'm seeing is we pulled the parent uh participants primarily from law enforcement, right? Uh so, you know, I'd like to see those parent spaces going to people uh who can really represent the broader uh parent community. Uh and if we want to have law enforcement officers on the committee, let's let's
016just do that. Let's let's figure out how we can do that. Um make it official. Uh and make sure we're we're working with the PTA to have really broad parent uh membership on the committee. Um, and on that too, I you know, one thing that that I don't see is um I I would think we'd want participation from uh the fire districts that are responsible for the schools as well. And so, you know, I I think we we probably want to just take a look at that moving forward. >> Yeah. Um it's the requirement is is law enforcement, which we do have our SRO's on the committee. Um, as far as parents, we send out a Google doc soliciting applications. Um, we do put a bent on on security in that committee. So there I
017mean there hasn't been all law enforcement from the parent standpoint, but a lot of them have quite frankly been law enforcement and that's something we could look at. Um just as far as your other uh comment as broader different types of emergencies, um we do a tabletop drill in each school. That's not a requirement, but we still do it. Um that in that particular drill, we typically do u a hazmat scenario, a train derailment. It's like a fictitious scenario that the team works through. We also co-mingle that with lockdown and active shooter but we have touched on the hazmat but maybe we could do more. >> Okay. >> Thank you. No, that that's great. It doesn't you know it doesn't all that doesn't come out in the because it's the school level stuff so it's
018not here. Um so that's that's great to know that it's happening. Thank you. Good. >> Great. Thank you. >> All right. Thanks. >> All right. Motion to reconvene to a public meeting at 10:50. Do I have a motion? Thank you. Second. >> Yes. >> All in favor? I >> I >> All right. Um, any board announcements? No. And no public commentary? >> Um, yeah. I'm sorry, just one uh not announcement, whatever, but I just want to say a huge >> um thank you. I I know dealing with NISAD is a pain even for good things and when uh politicians promise things that doesn't mean there's not work for us. Uh so I I just want to thank everybody who is involved in sorting out the universal meals. Um I really think that is is going
019to be a huge benefit uh to many of our families this year and I think it's it's great that we've you know got our paperwork in and made all that happen on time. So I just want to say thank you. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you, Jay. All right. Um, any committee reports? Uh, we have anything to share? Uh, discussion on committee memberships. I know the whole board isn't here, but you guys have uh so we each have the list of committees and I know Jay, you're going to be looking to uh see where you can jump on and um the possibility of uh and Rob where you want to jump on because I don't Oh, you're on already. Yeah. >> Yeah. Sorry. Um and and then I don't know if anyone wants to adjust being uh
020Diana, Katie, or myself want to possibly change this year any of our committees, but uh let's take a look at this and um and I'll connect with Katie and Diana and make sure that they um take a look and see what what they want to do this year and and how we can move forward on the committees. >> Um >> good. Does anybody have any discussion on the agenda items? Uh I know there are a few addendums changes. >> Okay. >> Good morning board trustees. Nice to see everyone. Hope you're having a good summer. On page 12 of the certificate agenda, we're kindly requesting a revision under Miss Rachel Delisser will be working for the continuing education program. per class should be running from October 2025 to December 2025. I think it currently says April
021to June. >> Uh 12 of 12 on the certificated agenda. >> Thank you, Mr. Scari. And on the addendum for certificated work, kindly requesting that Dr. Kessik's last day of work be August 31st, not September 1st. >> Okay. >> Thank you so much. >> All right. Um, so I'm going to read the addendums, but I don't need to read anything. Oh, >> all right. So, is I I'm sorry. Is the um is the warrant part of the consent agenda or is it a separate item? separate. >> It's a separate. Okay. >> Yeah. Separate. >> So, I'll read off the addendum. Oh, yeah. I'll read off the addendums. Do I have to read the terms and condition agreement? All right. Start with certificate certificated personnel addendum uh retirements. It is recommended that the board of education
022approve the resation for the purposes of retirement of the following effective 831 2025. Karen Tessc 1.0 FTE assistant superintendent of pupil personnel services assigned to the office of pupil personnel services. Two resignations. It is recommended that the board of education approve the resignation of the following teacher effective 729 2025. Seline Satara 1.0 elementary teacher William O'Hafer Elementary School. Then we have a s superintendent's office consent agenda addendum resolution to abolish director of technology. Be it resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby abolishes the position of director of technology effective close of business August 12th, 2025. Resolution to create assistant superintendent for technology and innovation. Be it resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby creates the position of superend assistant
023superintendent for technology and innovation effective August 13, 2025. Resolution to reassign Mr. George Brady from director of technology and authorized execution of addendum agreement. Be it resolved that upon the recommendation for the super for the superintendent of schools, the board of education hereby reassigns Mr. George Brady from the position of director of technology to the position of assistant superintendent for technology and innovation. a position within the tenure area of director of technology as the positions are deemed to be substantially similar pursuant to education law section uh 331 effective August 13, 2025. And be it resolved that the board of education hereby authorizes its president to execute an agreement with Mr. Brady dated August 12th, 2025 as presented to the board at this meeting. Resolution to approve examinations and evaluations. Be it resolved that the superintendent
024is hereby authorized to direct a medical examination of employee number 2885 in accordance with the provisions of section 913 of the education law. And be it resolved that the board hereby directs that employee number 2885 submit his or her medical records, if any, to the extent and for the time as determined by the examining physicians to the superintendent designated examining physicians at or before such examinations evaluations. All right. So those were the addendums. Motion to make the revisions to the agenda. Do I have a motion? >> Motion. >> We'll give that one to Jay. Second by >> Sure. >> Thank you, Rob. All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. And motion to approve the amended consent agenda categories 8 through 12. Can I have a motion? >> Yes. >> Thank you. And a second. >>
025All in favor? >> I. >> All right. We can move on to the motion to approve the business office action agenda with the issuance of tax warrant for 2025 2026 motion. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I What do we have left? >> Any new business? Anything you'd like to >> Oh, wait. No, I I had discussion on >> Yeah. Go right. Yeah. Yeah. You can take a step back for a second. So page one of the warrants >> uh so section two in the booklet but it's actually the resolution to confirm the tax r and authorized tax lobby. >> Um we got be for the resolve that the tax warrant of this board shall be signed the fixed and described blah blah blah blah blah to begin September
0261st and end October 31st 2026 giving the tax warrant an effective period of 60 days. I think that October 31st is supposed to be 2025. >> Yeah. Should be 60 days. >> Yeah, there's a >> page. >> I mean, they're not page. That's >> tab two. First page. Tab two. >> It's a weird different Oh, you're writing. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I see your writing and I was like, that's not right. >> All right. Where is it? the the >> uh the October 31st, 2026 in the it's like the third line. >> Oh. Oh, and that's 2025. >> 2025. Yeah, it's supposed to be 60 days. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> All right. So, type one. >> Yeah. I just don't Yeah, >> the tax stuff. I just want to make sure.
027>> Thank you for spotting that. Is there anything else? >> I think that's it. Yeah. >> All right. Beautiful. >> Hey guys, Mr. Finn, can you hear me? Hey, good morning. >> Hi everyone. Uh, I'm not sure if you were about to adjourn the meeting, but I just wanted to say congratulations to George Brady. There is a press release coming out soon, but um, George has been with the district for close to 20 years and has been an innovative leader in South Orangetown, who's really built out our technology infrastructure and ensuring that our students have all the learning resources that they need to meet with success. And he's also been instrumental in working side by side with uh, Mr. Golino and the safety team to create learning environments that are safe for our students. So,
028just want to take this opportunity to say congratulations, George. Welld deserved. >> I don't know if you can all hear me. >> All right. So, um I mean, we already had a motion to second, so we're good on the tax warrant. And if there's any new business, anything to discuss before we go? >> I don't think so. >> All right. So, um, >> will you guys able to hear me? >> Yes. Yes. >> Okay. >> I want to both congratulate >> Oh, Joe. Go ahead. >> I think we're about to rip here, Mr. Finn. >> That's all right. >> On behalf of Dr. Koulot in the cabinet, we want to congratulate Dr. Tessic on her many years of success successful service to the district. Uh Karen came to the middle school about 16 and a
029half years ago and made it an essential school, the faculty and staff. Then she became the assistant superintendent uh for pupil personnel services. and we know the great work she did for our children. George Grady's also been here for 16 plus years. He's done a phenomenal job in his position. So, uh, our cabinet bought a little cake, local cake. We want to celebrate them both right after the meeting. We invite you into the room next door. And again, on on behalf of everyone, congratulations, Karen. >> Thank you, Joe. Congratulations, Karen. I'm going to eat some cake from here. >> All right. Um well with that we can motion to adjourn the meeting at 11:01. >> Motion. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> All right. All in favor? I >> I >> All right. Thanks for
030coming everyone. >> Congratulations.