001You know it's cold in here if I'm cold. Never cold. Freezing. >> That's amazing. >> Maybe I'm getting sick. May I get to stay home a couple of days? Maybe. [Music] Next thing you go and you go to and you got everything here. So meeting agenda, you just click that. see all of our board meetings. >> The one that you're at. >> So, it'll give you this document is all of the documents for the for everything is there. Jin's report that you'll see up on the screen. Well, that's problematic. Randy, did you come from Rochester? Sir, where do you live? Rochester lady right here. >> Oh yeah. >> Are you from Rochester? >> Yeah, he lives in Victor. >> Oh, okay. I grew up on the west side of Rochester. And then lived in Greece.
002>> Greece. >> No, I west side of inner Rochester. >> Okay. >> Rochester and um lived in Greece. >> All over the west side. So um Thirsten Road. Yep. >> Jiny Park Boulevard. um the 19th ward and then before moving here I was living in Greece. >> In a previous life I worked in well in Brockport for a while and then I went to work for the Red Wings in Rochester. I I closed the Silver Stadium in 96 and open I wouldn't necessarily say that. And then I I was part of the team that helped open it in 97. Um and I lived uh right near the Highland Diner uh in that area. >> Okay. >> Uh for a little while. So um yeah, I think it's going to come full circle. I think my
003son is looking at doing a an internship with the Red Wings in the summertime. So, yeah. So, >> uh GM there is a good friend of mine. So, Oh, I've known Dan for a long So, Dan's wife, Sheila, >> uh and I used to work together when I first started. I worked at a small hospital in Brockport that's now owned by Strong. And Sheila was the graphic designer on my staff. So, that's the connection there. So, I've known Dan for well, almost 30 years now. >> He's a good man. >> Are they? >> Okay. Do you still have them? How was traffic today? Any problems? >> Transit. >> Oh, okay. Okay. >> Probably took about the same amount of time, but I thought >> Yeah, probably. Probably. How often do you come up here? Aren't
004isn't there an office on I listen I don't feel guilty so right off right. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> That's not too bad. You get to hop right on the throw away. >> Yeah. >> 30 minutes or whatever. >> Okay. >> Yeah. When I first it was my first job out of college, I was because like I'm from here >> and I was commuting and I tried commuting for about three months and I went Yeah. to for college you >> and I really haven't even looked outside of >> I mean I did look at the Harvard application you sent but >> still kind of >> the worst they can do is say okay >> and then they'll pay for it like I don't there's that's a that's you can't lose kind of thing >>
005okay >> but UB is a great school I you know from and >> it's the largest >> school in the Sunni system and >> right >> can't beat that tuition >> right it's good >> it's actually has a pretty study >> business yeah >> so should remember that >> right >> um >> but yeah they they they're pretty in so many names in so many ways >> what did you study I was a biology major and I minored in education. Yeah, I went to school with everybody who was going to be doctors. I was the only educ minor. Everybody was premed. I went to St. John close to Victor where this young man is from >> biology. That's a hard >> Yes, it was. And it was interesting that. But it was interesting that um
006almost well everybody was studying they were all So, let me know where you're practicing medicine so I know not to come see you because you should have the best grades if >> I feel like people can hear. >> Like I feel like my voice is >> Yeah, I want to do pre-laws, but >> let me turn it off. >> J, are you gonna put that lawn sign on here for a long so you know everybody knows parents will love that. >> Yes. I appreciate that. Again, law school, the bar and all that is late. You'll get you chip away at it. It's a great school though. >> But like I don't >> really I've tried to think of factors make me like leave state but they just >> stay here. I don't know why. So
007I my said I was a biology St. John Fischer out of state. It was Central State University historically where >> it's in Ohio is a H.B.CU. Um I had so nobody in my family knew how to get there right. I didn't have the greatest counselor. So it came time to pick colleges and my friend was like I'm going to Central State to come and I'm like sure that's how I picked my first school. The mistake down by Cincinnati the southern Ohio it's about I don't know eight hours nine hours away and stay for a half a year. She's very always a biology major that being that far away from home was >> So you always wanted to be in education. >> I fought it. I had a really legendary and I do like he he's
008on a national level like I can pull him up. He's wow. >> He's got TED talks. He's like, he can't help by and he saw that in me, pushed me in that direction, and I kept saying, "No, no, no. It's not what I'm going to do out. I have medical injury." >> Sounds like a big fancy title. >> Jamie, when is your trunk or treat? >> I don't even know what that was, I don't think. >> When's your trunk or treat night? >> Once I left Central, I realized, no, he's right. >> Um, >> Friday is my birthday. So, my daughter is actually coming home from school. So, I won't come to that one, but I am coming to I'm I'm doing um >> so much chemistry >> because I think chef is going to
009all of them. So, I think I'm going to the Maple Mir one >> as a chef a chef representative. >> How many trunks? >> I I loved it. >> Do that forever. Never saw. >> Very cool. But I always >> I haven't looked how's the weather supposed to be. >> Someone around me sees something. >> Knock on wood, right? >> I haven't used to my most >> I didn't I haven't >> um as an educator was >> and it's also the hardest of all the jobs. It's a good Well, you're in a good position. with you guys. >> How come when um Mr. Baker left I thought it would be like Mr. Bailey like is that not how that works? >> No. No. The job opens up. >> Oh, people just apply. >> Yeah. could
010have been the principal leader. >> I didn't say I wanted to go back. >> Still miss him. Some days >> it's like >> I keep connected with students like >> hello or good morning beautiful people >> it's like a more snow connection >> have him on Facebook social reach out to >> I could probably reach out to him through the show. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. I hear she's doing well at school. >> I would be living. I had to leave my senior year. >> Transition. Yeah. >> You okay? Well, um, this Eric, is that Yeah, she sent me >> shirts. All schools don't have president. >> All schools don't have what? >> All schools not because like is this only schools like who do have president but they're not on like the board? >> They
011do. Everybody does it a little bit differently. of them are president but that doesn't necessarily have to >> um did a little but they areed to have that position. So the main thing >> and I know it's on here but is it mainly surrounded around >> the capital improvement? >> Yes, it's right here. It's like the talking thing. It's like when I was watching them on YouTube say like I hear something. >> No, they we don't they they do. So they're all voting terms like I'm when I was watching on YouTube it was like >> I don't know I was saying it like saying like I and stuff to like >> speaks um some people in saying and then a second. So, somebody has >> we can discuss it. >> Yeah. Like that. >> So,
012what was your favorite part of Rochester? >> You lived here. >> What was my favorite part of Rochester? My favorite >> I liked it was just uh well I like being close to home but I also liked um High Falls was just coming into kind of existence. >> Your cousin just got married. >> I like I like because we were so close to it. I like watching it kind of >> uh come up from that standpoint. >> Yeah. She had I mean this wasn't set up. >> Yeah. Brown square or something like that. Yeah. It's almost chicken. I eat. I'll eat. >> See, that's what I'll do. Like, I'll go home tonight and I'll eat. I'm like, you know, I should have eaten something, but >> yeah. just at work. Literally went to two times
013and they have two a week >> a week >> talking to and that that was like that when I was there. >> Yeah, >> they actually started. >> Oh, no. Thanks. >> Still doing it. Don't follow it. Yeah. Cheers. I can hear them. Your parents looking All right. Give me a really closely. Thank you. meeting. >> Oh, right. >> Are there any new members? Um, a couple of them are joining tomorrow. Scheduled to join the next meeting, but sent them the invite. burning. Students from all high school. It's hard to see to understand what Look at that. Hello. [Music] >> Maryanne, I turned up the temperature just for you. I I heard him actually make [Laughter] >> I was playing prevent defense. Marian gosh. >> Oh yeah, I feel the warmth. >> Follow me to
014sleep now. It was cold in here. Now it's warm. >> You my legs. >> We're going to spend the year together next to each other. Hi ready for it. >> All right. I like that enthusiasm. >> Nice to meet you. >> I remember from the DEI committee. >> All right. I was gonna say I thought the face looked familiar when I >> Awesome. Welcome. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Last week with ECSB to go over all the stuff for the other. Was there a lot of discrepancies? >> No, not a lot by the time they were done. >> Certified everything, I think. >> No, you may want to check that. >> No, you didn't. We missed some. That was my fault. It's my fault. It's my fault. >> He rushed me, but it was my
015fault. >> I mean, I only put it up on the big screen for him. >> All out after the meeting. I like that. That's cool. >> Thank you. >> Which one? >> Like you got >> Oh, there's your guest. >> Are you gonna present me or >> Yes. >> It's like a whole stack of hang. Yeah, I got a couple of mine hang. >> What is it? >> How did they know what my living room looks like? Oh my god, Maryanne. I got a stack of cats. >> Oh, how cute. >> Um, I got lots of hearts. >> Thank you, Will. >> I got a rock. >> You got nothing. >> Nothing. >> Yeah, this is pretty pretty. >> My favorite lines, Dad. >> I thought somebody got it. >> And it must not have
016been your son. They spelled my name right. rabbit hole. >> No, >> very nice. Thank you. >> Oh boy. Ready? We're ready. Hey. Uh just wanted to let every uh thank you for waiting. Uh our apologies. Um, so just want to let everybody know we called the meeting to order at 60:04. We did the pledge and the roll call and then immediately adjourned into executive session at 6:05 um for employment history of specific individuals. And we adjourned the executive session at 6:55. And now I believe I turn it over to um Balon for our oath of office for our exeicio uh member uh Javon Coleman. Is did I pronounce that right? Javon. Okay. Are you the proud parent? >> Um, >> I, Jayvon Coleman, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the
017United States and the Constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of student ex official of the Suhon Board of Education according to the best of my ability. Hi. >> Um, congratulations Javon. And I should also note uh our vice president is in attendance tonight, Summer Mack. Um, so, uh, Javvon will fulfill the duties very well. But, um, Summer is also, you know, a rock star here at Sweet Home. um and uh has been involved in so many things I can't even count. But um we're very happy to have her here tonight, too. So, congratulations to you both on winning the election and we're very happy to have you. >> Okay. Um approval of the agenda. Do we have any comments? We'll be voting on the minutes. Um
018we'll be voting on the um on this next week. And then um any comments on minutes from the previous meeting? We will also be voting on them as well next week. So, anything on the agenda or the minutes? No. Okay. Um, does anyone have any communications to share? >> I can I'm going to talk a little bit about a conversation I had with uh county legislator Chris Green. >> Uh, just in my rounds, I guess I had a conversation with him about the sidewalk on Sweet Home Road and the turning lane in front of Heritage Heights. He's he had and he has reached out to the town of Amherst, Brian Culpa's office to see if they can coordinate something with the county to resolve those two issues. He also asked that if if if needed,
019would the school district write a letter to uh support any help we can get through the town and the county and both uh Don Feldman and Mike Janestri said they'd more than happy to do that. I may ask for that in advance of anything, but I appreciate your help with that. So, that's all I had. I thought that was a good piece of information, someone willing to help with that. So, and I will say we've we've received plenty of emails and and and phone calls from parents um from Heritage Heights about that. So, um definitely something that's on our radar and appreciate you reaching out, sir. Okay. Um, we have no unfinished business. So, Dr. Janestri, the floor is yours. >> Thank you, Mr. Balante. Um, tonight we're joined by Randy from Bonado Group, who's
020going to um give you our um financial statements audit report uh presentation. Um, and I know, uh, Randy met with the, uh, audit committee last week and, uh, we're ready to present to the board tonight. >> Great. Thank you. Good evening, everybody. Thanks for having me. Uh yes, this is Bonad deal's first audit uh with the district. We we won the audit RFP this year and we do appreciate uh you choosing us uh as your audit firm and um we uh enjoyed working through this first year audit with you. Um and as as the superintendent stated, we did meet in great detail to go over all the documents you have in front of you with management um to get them ready to this point. We went through them as well with the audit committee in
021great detail last week. Um these are final issued uh statements. Um, so at at any point, uh, again, even after this meeting, if you've got questions, feel free to reach out to me, uh, Mr. Feldman has my contact information. I'd be happy to address any questions that I can. So, the purpose of today is really just to give some highlights for you so you kind of can get a flavor for for what we did and and what the results of the audit uh, was. So, I'm going to start with the letter that's right on top of that packet of information. Uh, this is what's called a required communications letter. And as the name implies, there's certain things that we're required to communicate to the board as part of our audit process. Uh because as you
022may or may not know, we are engaged by the board of education to complete the work. Although we work with management to get that job done, we are employed by you. And so our our responsibility is to this this body. Um so the way this letter is laid out, there's a a bold caption beneath that explains what that's about and the italicized bold beneath that is kind of our response or commentary relative to that item. And I'll I'll just touch on these briefly as we go through. The first one talks about accounting practices and accounting policies and and essentially just indicates that the district is responsible for selecting the accounting policies that they use. Our job is to make sure that those are appropriate and they follow the the appropriate standards. There was new one
023new accounting standard this year related to compensated absences which was implemented and we worked through the district uh with the district to do that. Everything else was the same as last year. no other changes in accounting policies or practices. At the bottom of the page, it talks about accounting estimates and that every financial statement has some element of estimation within it. The significance of that estimate may change. We identify four estimates. There's one bullet point at the bottom of page one, which is depreciation. So, it's the estimated useful life of the assets that you have. So, the building we're in, the buses, and all the other stuff that you use to um provide education to the students. top of the next page. The three other estimates are your net pension liability, which essentially is your
024share of the p the state's pension obligation. Uh the other postemployment benefits obligation, which is the retirey health care you provide uh after uh employees leave the employee of the district. There's an estimate related to that. And then lastly, compensated absences. So we review all those methods and assumptions and make sure that they're reasonable in relation to the statements. And then there's two sensitive disclosures. related to the pension plan and OPED. The reason they're sensitive is they're actuarily based. And if you understand actuarial science, they change numbers very small. Those can have big impacts on the numbers themselves. So that's why they're considered quote unquote sensitive. So we make sure that those are all appropriate. Difficulties encountering performing the audit. Again, as I said at the outset, we work for you. So if we couldn't
025get our job done, this is where we would display that to you. But the audit went well. Um, you know, it did may have taken a little bit longer this year as the first year. There's a lot of stuff we had to get through. Um, but I think it went very well. Uh, worked very well. And I want to thank Nicole and Don and and everybody we work with during during the audit process uh to get that done. Uh, we do have uh at the end of this letter which we'll look at uh some adjustments that were booked as part of the audit both on our part as well as the district's part. And then we did have an adjustment related to 101 that new standard that we de deemed not to be material to
026push back to the prior year as the standard would imply and we just recorded through the current year. We had no disagreements with management uh during the course of the audit and then continuing on page three. Excuse me. We received a representation letter which allowed us to issue these statements in final form and we're not aware of any uh opinion shopping uh with other accounting firms based on matters that may have come up. And then the last item just to talk about here is other findings and issues which just talks about the fact that during the year the district may contact us and ask us questions. Those questions are not a condition of our retention and in fact this year our retention as I said was part of an RFP process which is important to
027note. So if we look at the the last two pages, page five is exhibit A and the way we like to do this is we summarize the adjustments between client adjustments or audit adjustments and we start with what we call the un unudited figures. So in case you had seen some preliminary figures, we wanted you to be able to reconcile that to what you saw in the audited financial statements. And you can see a number of adjustments that were provided to us uh after we started the audit. And then we had a few adjustments um there in the general fund. One of which was just to correct the reserves. Um they uh they have to be posted as revenue and expenditures as they happen as opposed to directly to fund balance. So it really was
028just a reclass for that purpose. No change in the bottom line at the end of the day. Um and then just um some adjustments related to Bosey's receivable. Uh that's the 219,000 um which is what that was for and that those invoices sometimes come late. Uh capital projects fund. One adjustment that was provided to us uh miscellaneous special revenue fund. We had an adjustment to bring the extra classroom activity which was previously recorded as a fiduciary activity or custodial activity into the general fund which is where it should be. It's actually um activities of the district. even though you can't use those funds for your operations, they really are uh operations of the district. And so we record that there. And then the last page, um you can see the two funds there. Um no
029audit adjustments. So overall, uh very good summary. Um you know, very good information. And I always like to point out the when there's very little, um journal entries because you're making decisions throughout the year based on financial information that you receive from the finance office. You want to know that that information is accurate and reliable. If I came in here at the end of the year and had 17 25 adjustments, you'd have to question what you're receiving. So, suffices to say, you're getting good information through the year to make the decisions you need to make operationally. Okay. Uh the next document, which we won't go through in detail, is the actual audited financial statements. And you hire us to provide an opinion on that. And I will just point out that that's on page one
030of that document. All right. In the second paragraph, it says our in our opinion, the statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the district. So that's an unmodified or clean opinion. That's the highest level of assurance that we give as an audit firm. So that's important for you to receive. And then um there's a couple other things to I guess to point out. But if you look at page 45 of that document, that is the the budget to actual schedule. Can't tell if this is still on. It doesn't sound like it is. >> It kicks on and off. Just keep going. >> Um, so the budget to actual schedule. This is always helpful to look at to see, you know, what you anticipated as your budget, what your actual expenditures and
031revenues were for the year, and then what your variance to budget was. Um, so overall you did use some reserves this year to help balance some costs that were in place, but you didn't use the entirety of what you anticipated when you when you established your budget at the beginning of the year, which is essentially what this is showing um for you. So, and then lastly on page 50 is the calculation which shows where the district is relative to there it is um relative to the 4% calculation for the state. Um, so you're at 3.4% 4% and as you know the requirements under the state ed law is 4%. So you're within that threshold uh which is which is a plus for you. Any questions on that document at all? Okay. There's just a few
032other things that are in your packet that I'll just mention. I think the next one should be a single I think was a single sheet. It may not be. Trying to think. I'm looking at Don what he's got there. I have uh the extra classroom funds. >> Okay. >> Uh statements and then a management letter for >> Yeah, there might be one thing that we did issue. I'll make sure that the board gets a copy of it. Um we did not actually have a formal management letter for the district itself. So, we did not find any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. So, we issued a report that basically said we didn't have anything. That allows Don and Nicole to submit that uh to the state to satisfy that. Um but I will make sure that
033that gets to you electronically and you have that document. And then the other two are just the extra classroom financial statements and the extra classroom uh management letter. Uh no no no surprises in the extra classroom financial statements. Um that gives you all the detail on a cash basis for what the balance is about 136,000 at year end. And then by uh program uh or by club broken out between the high school, the middle school and then the other clubs that exist. So feel free to take a look at that at your leisure. And then the last document is that management letter and we just had a couple suggestions uh relative to extra classroom funds. I mean overall uh I think they're operated very well. Um while we did have a couple what we call
034findings um they're not of a significant nature and we generally find things in in most of our districts. This is actually a lot smaller than we normally would see. Um so kudos to you on that. Um the one that we identified is just oftent times uh when you make a dispersement with extra classroom there's a a portion on the left that says what's your available funds how much are you spending what's the ending funds that wasn't always filled out and that's one of the most important things to determine can I make this expenditure or not um and then lastly elementary level extra classroom funds um we include this in here just as an observation um it's unclear in the guidance whether you can or cannot have an extra classroom fund at the elementary level. It
035talks about um schools with education above the sixth grade. And so the the implication might be that elementary level students don't have the right level of education and skill set to really balance checkbooks, things like that. So you have them it bec ultimately a board of uh education um responsibility whether you want to take on that risk and whether you have the controls in place. Our role is just to bring that to your attention. It's not something that we're saying you have to fix or have to change. It's just our way of bringing forth to you information that we think is important. >> So, I'll just add on those two uh accounts. >> They're both at Glendale. Uh the Glendale Library Helpers and the Glendale Fizzad Club. Uh they've been long in place. Um they
036were in place before I took the seat here. Um there's minimal activity on them. Uh, from that standpoint, there's about $1,600 or so if memory serves between the two accounts. They still are used. It's, you know, Randy makes a good point. It's something that we'll have to kind of take into consideration going forward. Um, but we can have that conversation uh at a separate time. >> Do the elementary PTAs have to use special guidelines for raising money and going through this audit or accounting practice of >> PTAs are their stand stand alone. We don't can't don't deal with them at all. Right. >> Is that something maybe these elementary groups can move into or add on to? That's something the PTA is doing. >> The district wouldn't fund it, but sure, they could they could
037have somebody look at their books at any point in time. Okay, >> I have a quick question for I don't think it was last year, but the past few years before that, it seems like we were all always getting dinged for not closing accounts when the kids were done with it. Have we gotten better at that? >> Yeah, we closed, if you remember, in July, I think we closed four or five. There were some clubs and actually in the process of of the audit, you know, Randy and his team had made um some suggestions about some that didn't have activities, but we had like there was one where, you know, the teacher was out for an extended period of time. Um so we we we kind of had some back and forth from that standpoint.
038Um but we do do a a much better job. Um every July, every June or July, we usually close those out. So we did close out four or five this past year. Are we still still doing with the kids the education about how to run these? I know we started that a few years ago. >> So my secretary Ariel Carino is the is the treasurer of the the central treasurer of the the accounts and she and I visit with all of the adviserss. They have to go through a mandated training. Uh and then we meet all the student adviserss as well uh to walk them through and what's expected. Uh there is a three-step process on it. Like if they want to do make any deposit or withdrawals, there's a student treasurer um signature that's
039got to be on the slip. There's got to be the club advisor and then the uh building administrator. And if we don't have those, we send them back. So we've been very diligent about that. >> Any other questions? I'm going to ask a little something from the beginning of the conversation here if you don't mind. Sure. >> Call them legacy costs, postretirement health insurance. Do we have any of that? >> You do. Yeah. You have an obligation for retirey healthcare. Um that is recorded on your books. Uh there's a if you want to look at some point >> it is footnote uh 11 to the financial statements. So that gives you all the detail. So that would be on page 36 of that document. So it gives you what that is, what your annual cost
040is on a on a on a basis. So from a fund level, from your annual obligations, you pay those premiums on an annual basis. That's the cost that hits your district budget. What's in the financial statements in this footnote is your um total estimated obligation if the district were to close today essentially. So, so you like it's present value of some kind of actuarial calculation on people that have retired that it's still entitled to some benefit. >> Correct. It looks at Yeah, it looks at how old they are, what their estimated. >> Can you give me that number? What is the number? >> Uh, let's see. I will let you know. >> 36. >> So, but it's uh >> 7.6 6 million is the is the obligation at June 3025. >> Okay. All right. But
041again, that's for a future pay. >> That's for future, right? On an annual basis, your outflow is see is that number I don't I don't see that number right off the top of my head, but um there I'm sure Donald can provide that to you. >> Yep, >> that's that's good enough. Thank you. I didn't know we had any, but thank you. Okay, >> thanks Randy. You're welcome. >> Thank you for letting me present. Have a good evening. >> The deferred >> just for the good of the board. Uh you'll vote on these next week and then we have to submit them to SED um as part of the process. Uh and then there will be a corrective action plan down the line based upon the findings in the um uh related to the uh
042extra classroom accounts that you'll also vote on. >> Thank you sir. Thanks for >> safe travels. >> Just a quick side note too was as Dr. Jester mentioned before we did meet last week with him Brian and I and our one of our community members Bill Stoy um along with Nicole here. We um we met with them last week and went over everything in there and a few minor things that we had they were happy to correct for us. Get back to us. >> Nothing out of the ordinary. Randy, >> I'm just making sure you almost made it. >> All right. Um we want to take a moment to recog that that this is board of education recognition week and we want to um in front of you are some cards that were um put
043together by our friends at Willeridge Elementary School uh to thank the board for uh their work. Um uh it is uh tireless um it is voluntary um and it is critical to the um overall mission and vision of our district. So, I know all of us at district office truly truly um appreciate your support. Uh and appreciate your guidance. Um your voice of the community is critical to our operation here. And uh we just want to say thank you for all you do. Um thank you for volunteering to make our district um great. Um and and the work you do uh definitely um drives uh drives us all and motivates us all. So, thank you on behalf of all of us at district office. Um and congratulations on board of education recognition week. >> Thank
044you. >> Um >> pretty cute >> part of this I'm happy to announce uh that a tradition before I got to the district uh we want to reignite a tradition um it's called employee meet the board night and um we're going to hold that on November 18th at 5:00 pm in the Virgil right here in Virgil's. Uh it will be a very, you know, casual conversation with our employees here. Um we'll we'll have refreshments. Um and I know um I've heard about this uh event and I'm I'm very happy that the board is supportive to bring um and I think it'll be a great way to connect with uh any employee who wishes to enjoy uh enjoy us join us that night. So, November 18th, 5:00 pm in in Virgil's uh right here, right before
045our regular um board meeting on the 18th. Um so last month uh as you know we've been working on um getting the word out about regarding our capital project and I had uh before uh we we've spent the month finalizing our marketing materials um and we wanted to uh present some of those at least to you tonight um to know that we've been out at PTA PTO meetings um and and getting the word out and presenting to our public. Sorry, I've lost the addition of the microphone. This Valentine too, but back. Oh, there it is. Okay. Um, so we've been um to Heritage Heights, Glendale, um, Maple Mir, and the high school. We still have the middle school, Willow Ridge, um, and those two to go. So, um, the receptions have been very welcoming and
046we appreciate the time, uh, because those meetings, uh, they have a lot of business to discuss at those meetings and they've been gracious to give us some time. So, um, the two other public forums that we're going to do are on Monday, November 24th, um, at 6:30 in the high school auditorium and Wednesday, December 10th at 6:30 in the middle school auditorium. Um, I just want to show the board quickly that these this presentation is available on our website. Um so if you go to the homepage you will see uh this presentation. Um we are excited to bring transformational change uh through this project to Sweet Home. Uh I think one of the things that we're really proud of is that this is not a um a project that was built by even the board
047or or district office. This was really done through a lot of community input, through our thought exchange and subsequent focus groups. Um, they know our enrollment, our community knows our enrollment continues to climb. Um, in any project, we also want to make sure that we're addressing maintenance items. And of course, we remain fiscally responsible to our community. And I think what we're really proud of is the amount of community input uh that was available to build this project and to build the scope. In 2023, we did a thought exchange platform um where we had 756 participants um give us their thoughts on the facilities and our campuses. Um we had 635 unique thoughts that were given to us by our community and those thoughts were 20 had included 20,413 ratings. Um, and then we took
048that those words and and created 14 in 14 in-person focus groups that included students, parents, board members, administrators, teachers, faculty members, staff members. Um, and they gave us a lot of great data uh to go through and bigger classrooms, additional parking spaces, better spaces for special ed, storage space, PE, gym renovations, um, and safety and security were the main items that our community wanted in this project, and we're very confident u this project includes that. Uh, we've gone over enrollment figures with our with our community um and shown the increases at the elementary level. Um we're up to as of September 9th, I think it was 1,832 students in preK uh through through five. Um that is just three years ago we were at 1588. Um and we expect those numbers to continue to climb.
049Uh we're at 37 total uh with preK through 12 uh 3,784 students. That was as of uh September 12th. By the end of the year, that number will exceed last year's number of 3,83 um as more uh students continue to uh move in. So, um increase in enrollment is an issue. Uh and then the BCS, the building condition survey, any good project will address maintenance items like roofs, HVAC, fire alarms, boilers, access controls. Um, and there are many items um, in our BCS that are called end of life items. And that survey is done every five years by our architects. Our architects identify items that need to be replaced, fixed, um, or maintained. And, um, there are plenty of items, like I said, um, all included in Proposition One. Those end of life items are
050included in Proposition One of this capital project to make sure that our buildings continue to be wellined. So at the end of the day, we wanted to accomplish three things. We want to add learning space um because our community is demanding it and at the elementary level especially um where it is crowded um at places like Maple Mirror, Glendale and Heritage. Maintain safe and secure and reliable facilities uh the BCS items and investing in athletics and community pride. That was a common theme we heard um at the elementary level and here at the high school. So on the screen you will see um on December 16th our voters will have uh two propositions in front of them. Proposition one is for $55.2 million of work. Um it focuses on additions at Maple Heritage Heights and
051Glendale Elementary to uh we're proposing 10 total classrooms be built across those three. It would be six at Maple, two at Heritage, two at Glendale. Um, that also includes, and I'll get into it in a minute, our BCS items, um, and some renovation work in the elementary level. It also includes a big ticket item, which is a roof at the middle school, um, which is at end of life. Um, so that roof needs to be replaced. And proposition two, um, is $35.3 million and it does include a tax impact of $64 per $250,000, um, home value. Um, but this would include critical work that our our community identified, including enhancements in elementary spaces. So, a lot of renovations, hallways, classrooms, casework, paint, light, those sort of things, gym upgrades at all four elementary schools. If
052you've been in our gyms at the elementary level, um, they have not been touched in in many, many years. Um, and then a turf replacement and athletic facility improvements. Uh the current turf is at end of life and our track is at end of life um as well. So like I said um Proposition two, our taxpayers will have a choice um that night uh to um uh vote on um what could be a $64 um increase on one-time increase. Um so for example, if your tax bill is $1,000 um in 2728, your tax bill would go up $64. And if the board decided not to raise taxes in 2829, the your tax bill would remain at 164. So like you said, uh the third piece was fiscal responsibility. We're using state aid. We have debt
053service that's falling off um that we're able to put the $55.2 million project in to replace that debt service. and that and and we're using $3 million of capital reserve funds to keep Proposition One tax neutral. So, if the taxpayers vote on Proposition One, they approve Proposition One, their taxes will not uh increase. Proposition two allows us to do that additional $35 million worth of work with the $64 onetime increase. So again, our three key priority areas, adding learning space, maintaining safe and secure facilities, and investing in athletics and community pride. Um we're looking to transform our classrooms. Um and the big piece of it would be the additions. Uh so um that is a look at Maple Mir right now. We wanted to emphasize that that might not be what it looks like. This
054is a rendering when it when the addition is completed. Um but we wanted to emphasize that we are proposing additions. Maple is currently over capacity in terms of state ed in that facility. Um and so they have greenlighted uh the additions. Greenlighting mean they will provide aid to us on those additions at about $63 or 63 cents per dollar. So at Glendale we would add two classrooms. It would proposition one is the addition of two classrooms, a library renovation, playground improvements. We have to improve our playgrounds to include uh UPK and to we would like to put adaptive equipment on there to make them more inclusive uh for our families. Proposition two at Glendale would include classroom renovations, paint, casework, flooring, window blinds, etc. corridor improvements and the big one gymnasium uh renovations which u
055need to be done refinishing the floors, paint and basketball hoops. Heritage Heights very similar. Two classrooms, a library renovation and playground improvements um in Proposition One, Proposition Two. Um classroom renovations, corridor improvements, um gymnasium renovations, and in Heritage Heights are pods and and in the middle of the pods. Um that case work needs to be improved uh tremendously. Uh the cabinetry is uh original and they're in and in need of repair. Maple Mirror would see the addition of six classrooms, a library renovation and playground improvements as well. Um, if Proposition 2 passes, classroom renovations, corridor improvement, um, gymnasium renovations, and the addition of a bathroom in the 100 wing. Willowidge is the only one that did not qualify for additions um, based on its enrollment. However, if Proposition One does pass, we would renovate the
056library, playground uh improvements and flooring in the classrooms needs to be uh replaced uh at Willeridge. Proposition two would also include classroom renovations and corridor improvements and the gym as well. My apologies that that's not on there. Um, and then at Sweet Home High School, uh, the we would ask the board or I'm sorry, our public, um, we would move the Ready Academy from Dexter Terrace over to this space that we're currently in and district office would move over to Dexter. Uh, we would really like to get our students um, those are high school age students back here at the high school so they could take advantage of the full resources that are offered here um, in this building. Um and then the renovation at district uh at Dexter Terrace to accommodate district office maintaining
057safe and secure and reliable facilities um include critical upgrades to roofs, boilers, HVAC, fire alarms, access controls um and so if we invest in these now um they will uh prevent us and save us money in the future. So uh Glendale uh needs a roof as well. um new exit lighting, upgrading the exterior building access controls, HVAC work, uh uh the rooftop units need to be replaced, new boilers as well, and if proposition 2 passes, we would put interior door access controls. Um so classroom door and hardware replacements would take place at Heritage Heights. Proposition one, upgrading the exterior building access controls, new boilers for the building that are end of life, and a water cooler replacements throughout the building. Uh, proposition two would also include the classroom door and hardware replacements. Maple mirror similar
058uh upgrading the exterior build uh um access controls, a cooling system and chiller replacement. Um we know that the state passed a heat law or a heat bill um that requires us um to not have a class that's over 88 degrees. Um so we are very fortunate at Sweet Home to have air conditioning and we have to maintain that air conditioning. Um they need parking improvements. So we would pave the front um pave the front loop as well provide additional parking and sidewalk repairs. And if proposition 2 passes again classroom door and hardware replacements, safe and security uh for Willow Ridge, upgrade the building access controls, cooling system, and chiller replacement. Um you will remember that um la not this summer but last summer, Willow Ridge experienced a mold issue. Um and so we want
059to um provide uh drainage improvements um over there um and try and reduce the humidity that's under the building. Proposition two would include the classroom door and hardware replacements. And then the big one at Sweet Home Middle, uh the roofing replacements, which we about 13 million. Um and that's in Proposition One. Every time we put that slide up, Don and I choke a little bit on that. chuckle a little. >> Uh at Dexter, we would re relocate district office, provide secure entrance, um upgrade the fire alarm, which is at fire control panel, sorry, which is at end of life. Uh the cooling system needs to be replaced, exit lighting, and additional parking, um which would make our neighbors at Dexter very, very happy. Um and then at uh as you know we are mandated to
060flip our um our our buses to electric by 2035. And so to prepare for that uh the district the district um through the board support is well on its way to making that transition um through a lot of grants um and and um EPA grants and that sort of thing. Um, and so Don, I don't know if you want to talk about this one. >> So, uh, we've been, as you know, we've been very fortunate, uh, to be able to get as much grant funding as we've we've gotten in terms of both buses and now chargers. Uh, this is, uh, so we are at a point now we have three chargers at our service center right now for our three buses. our electrical service and our panel there cannot take any more electricity to it.
061Um, so one of the things that we're going to do for the next round of buses, the the four that we're due to get and then the four if the the budget passes next year, we're going to do chargers off the gym at the high school to be able to make those work because we can fit that into the existing service. But to get to where we need to transform uh uh transition to all 68 of our buses to electrical um vehicles, we do need to do an electrical service upgrade uh to the service center. So uh that is in proposition number one. There is opportunity for grant funding on that. Um I've met with uh the National Grid, our rep at National Grid, Jacob Beman. Jacob uh as part of the make ready pro
062program there is funding that national grid would pay for 90% of the work done from the utility to the building and the district would be um uh responsible for the remaining 10%. And then work that's done inside of the building uh they are advocating to Naerta right now uh to allow for grant funding to be released where we would split those costs. So, uh, I'm on a state advocacy group, I guess, uh, from that standpoint. Um, and, uh, we I've written a letter to NERTA to ask them to consider that. Uh, National Grid feels as though that's a matter of time that that's going to go through. So, long story short, to say that that proposition or that work, uh, under the proposition is about $1.3 million. I think that we might be able to
063get maybe 50 to 60% of it funded through grant funding. Yes. >> With the time frame things, do you think it will fit within the time frame of the contract so that we potentially could look at extra items that could get added to extra bid items like like we did with the auditorium down here? >> Oh, sure. Uh yeah. So like if we get to a point where um you know uh if there was a successful vote in December uh on December 16th we'd then begin the design phase and then you know we go through a period of checks with state ed um you know uh 90 days 180 days etc into that. So, um, but at that point in time, I would think, and I I apologize I didn't bring the stuff here, but
064I would think probably, uh, maybe a year or so from now that we would go into the bid process and we would do the bids and we would structure the bids, uh, with alternates included in them. Um, just depending upon how things came, you know, out in terms of the bid, uh, that's how we were able to do things like the auditorium. Um, so we are working with our staff. Uh, I met with the custodians last week and said, "Start to think about at least three things," because I shared with them this presentation. Start to think of at least three or four things in your buildings that aren't in the scope that you would want to see as potential alternates uh from that standpoint. Um, and we're we're going to build that to be able
065to try and fit some things in that might not otherwise have been in the scope. >> Well, thank you. I'd also like to say um that we continue to hear that and and thank you for your support with this that Sweet Home is really leading the way with this. Don will be presenting in New York City uh for the New York State School Boards Association convention um next week. Um and Don and I will pres be presenting to Erie 1 superintendent on on October 30th. And I got the request today that we bring a bus uh to that meeting. So, uh, everyone superintendents can, um, see a bus in action, but I feel like we're really ahead of the game and, uh, because of the efforts of Don, um, and his office, we are, um,
066we're actually saving money in this. So far, it's we have a long way to go to flip the entire fleet, but um at the end of the day, our aggressive approach and your support in that aggressive approach is is netting us uh good financial um terms to to to to make this conversion work. Well, there there are opportunities uh and if you remember when we went through the budget process last year, there's some language tied to this mandate in the budget that allows the districts to apply for extensions uh to this mandate. Um I don't I haven't looked at it all that closely to push it out potentially two years, but you know, I I think we talked about this in our budgetary process. The next project that falls off for us is in 2031.
067It will not nearly be this scope level of scope. Uh but I think that that would be potentially our last kick at the can uh to get the service center electrified within a capital project. Um from that standpoint because I'm just being honest while the the funding is there now I don't know how much longer it will last. Then uh invest in athletics and community pride. Proposition two would include gym renovations at our four elementary schools which are in desperate need of those renovations. Um flooring, paint, hoops. Um all especially the hoops really are at end of life um that need to be done. And Heritage Heights in addition um has a uh if you've been in the back there is a track if you if you dig your way to it. Um there is
068a track out there that needs uh to be replaced and we will replace that that track in the back of the school. >> Dr. If I just might that was one Mr. Johnson to your point one of the things that we didn't look at in terms of scope for the middle school was the middle school track. Um, so that would be something that, you know, it wasn't near critical end of life in the building condition survey because we've addressed kind of critical things here in this project. Uh, but that would be something and we've talked briefly about it um to maybe look at it doing as part of a capital outlay project going forward. Um, but that would be one of the things for me that I would want to see included uh as part
069of an alternate. >> Someone who's walked out, I would agree with that. >> Yeah. Yeah. Sorry, Dr. >> No, no. Uh, thank you. U, so proposition two, um, the athletic field at the high school, like I said before, the existing turf needs to be replaced. The outdoor track is at end of life. Um, but we'd also propose adding turf to the existing grass baseball and softball fields. Give our students more opportunities um to play in the spring. Um, add lights, dugouts, fencing, scoreboards to the baseball and softball field. add walkways and a ticket booth um for easier access um and entrance to the the athletic fields. Um and this would be a rendering of uh concept of what the uh back could look like um if if our voters uh approve this on December 16th.
070Um if you'll notice at the football field, the current football field, behind it right now is the baseball and the softball field, and we would look to add field hockey or flag football back there. Um the softball field is behind the track. Um that has lighting, dugouts, bleachers. So does the baseball field. Lighting dugouts um um and scoreboards, sorry. And then the track, our current track is black, but we put it in brown here to emphasize that that would be a new track um there. And E would be where we'd want to place the uh the ticket booth and walkways. So once again, um two propositions. December 16th for our voters. Proposition one is 55.2 million. It is tax neutral and includes those high uh priority items. And Proposition 2 at 35.3 million includes uh
071renovations, critical renovations to our elementary spaces and gyms, uh our athletic facility at the high school. Um and would have a $64 per $250,000 home uh tax impact one time. So, invite the public to our our forums on the first one's November 24th. Of course, if you are um we still have the middle school and Willow Ridge PTA PTO, which I know are open to everybody. Um but the large public forums will be on the 24th at 6:30 p.m. at the high school and December 10th at 6:30 p.m. at the middle school. That QR code will take you to our website and we'll have this presentation plus additional information um for you. And we ask that everyone in our community um votes on December 16th um from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. just like you
072would do at budget night. Um but we'll and we'll be here at Virgil's. Um and we hope to get a great great turnout that night. >> I would just add um with the with the vote in December again like we would go through the design phase next with SED. uh if we get through the design phase in a relatively smooth amount of time and their review is quick, I would think that we would have shovels in the ground likely the summer of 2027. And I did look the bids January 2027. >> Okay, cool. >> Just from that standpoint, >> any any questions? I know I kind of went through it fast and I know we've presented on this a few times, but I wanted to show you and and our public the entire presentation and
073make sure that um that we answer any questions you may have. >> Dr. Jess, just to um just another couple of part of communication pieces, uh Miss Lyall has been working on a postcard that's going to go home later this week to all of our district residents uh with that QR code on it with information about the public forums. uh as well as the vote. So, every house in the district will receive that uh that's going to go out in the mail hopefully by the end of the week uh in advance of each of those and then uh around the 2nd of December in the mailboxes will be a special edition of the Sweet Home Source that will give the project in detail uh from that standpoint. So, uh we will be sure to make
074sure we we check all the communication boxes as well for our public. And you also have this in front of you and I know we're we've have these around the district as well that provide all the information needed including the QR code to our website and I know we're producing a video that will go out. >> We are >> to the public as well. So all avenues and um again we are excited. This is uh this is certainly the largest capital project by more than double that the district has ever proposed. um but provides much needed um items uh for for our students and we're really really excited uh about the proposition of this question. Okay, back to the um so a couple just quick other items. Our annual I always give a shout out
075to our annual dollars for scholars craft fair. It's this Saturday from 9:00 am to 3 pm in the gym. Nearly 120 crafters will be there. If you haven't gone, it's a pretty pretty crazy event. Uh >> roaring time. >> Yes. Uh so there's something for everybody uh there for sure. Um, and of course all the proceeds go to uh the Swedom Dollars for Scholar program uh which gave out nearly 110 scholarships last year at $108,000 in awards. So um we hope to see you there on Saturday and that's what I have for tonight. I could just add one thing um of things to do this Friday. Buffalo Coral Arts is teaming up with some of our high school students to do a concert at 7:30. Everybody's welcome. Come on down. Support the kids. >> Yeah,
076>> this proves to be a great night. >> Thank you, Mr. Lonnie. >> Okay. Um, next up is our uh the proposed bylaw amendments and resolutions. Um, Mr. Johnson, do you want me to just Do you want to do this or do you want >> Sure, I can do it. >> Okay. Because I know you know which ones we need to specifically talk about. So, >> I got a bunch of papers here that I'm working with at the same time. Okay. >> Um, for our student for our audience on TV who may not be aware of this, the New York State School Boards Association collects resolutions which help develop their policies for for legislative issues every year. And they have an annual business meeting which is this coming Thursday um where every school district has
077the right to have a representative there to vote on these things to give the direction to the state school boards. Um, when they do this each year they send out a list of of resolutions. They've had a committee review them. There's a bunch that have been recommended by the committee and then there's others that were not recommended by the committee. That's part of the process. There's also this year a few bylaws that have been suggested to be changed and what I want to do is we need to go through each of these so that I know how our board feels so that I can vote on this stuff on Thursday when we have the meeting. Um, we did take an advanced one, just a quick one, but obviously everything we need to make sure everybody
078gets their their word, their voice in here, but I've already got a rough idea where everybody goes. Um, I forgot about the bylaw parts when we did it. So, that's not in the stuff that we did. So, if you've seen the bylaws, again, they were posted. Um, the committee recommended not passing any of the bylaw changes. I can give you a little bit of background on some of them. Um, couple of them are the they're looking for reports from the board of directors on a bi-weekly basis or weekly basis if I remember right, going back and forth. And as it stands now, the executive director sends out a uh report at least once a week, sometimes more frequently than that, of the various things that are going on with NISBA. The legislative group um also
079sends out information every week about very specific issues and things that they're looking to do and places where all the board members can help them on that. So, the committee felt that there would just be, you know, more work than they need. They were already doing that type of work. Why would you add to it and what would you add to it? Um that was number one and pretty much number three. Yeah, pretty much number three. And number two on the on the uh proposed bylaws was put forward to they want to eliminate the resolutions committee which spends um it's a it's a multi-part process. They spend the first one I think is in early August if I remember right. I I served on it a couple years including chairing it. Um they sit down.
080There's one from every NISSB region around the state plus somebody from the big five schools plus several representatives from NISBO who do not get to vote but they get to answer questions about the stuff. They review each of the resolutions there. if there's any questions about them. Any school district that submitted a resolution has to have a representative there to answer phone calls about so they can answer what was intended behind that resolution if there's some there or if they need to make a minor modification to it to move forward. Um that that that happens every year. And then they the after they go through the initial vote, each school district has a right to send more stuff to it. If it was not recommended, they have the right to be able to try and
081make some changes to it to get the committee to recommend it and stuff like that. So that's pretty much the process. It is broken down in here. We'll go through that. But I guess I would start with the bylaws and we didn't get a chance to vote on them. So, I mean, I'm curious where everybody falls on them. >> I had mine, I think, agreeing. I still don't like the way they do the wording of these things, but not agree. >> Well, bylaws weren't on our Oh, I think I But I still said >> Okay. I'm sorry. I don't have all >> I I agree with the ones they said not to recommend. >> Okay. Yeah. I I I know I know the reason why they put it out that way. I what we really
082need to do is it's a yes or no. And each one is basically what it comes down to. That's the only reason they do them separate is because they look at the recommended ones first and then the notrecommended ones come after that. They go through a different process to get to the floor when we actually vote. But anybody got any? >> Same thing. I agreed with what they're what they are recommending. >> Okay. >> Yeah, I agree with the recommendation of >> Okay. >> Anyone else? >> I'm going with the will of the board. Looks like four of you said go with it. Go with it. >> I'm sorry. I didn't I didn't I was looking down. >> I'm going with the will of the board. Four of you said go with it. >> Okay.
083>> Go with it. We uh p this past week uh Dirk and I would attended a this is the first a resolutions dinner snacks you know what have you just to sit down for Mary County Association of school boards because a lot of school districts in the past have not actually done what we do here they just sign their representative and say go ahead you can make the decision rather than letting their whole board go on it. So this was a chance for those people to come in plus a few few people who were on the resolutions committee from other areas, one from region three and actually our representative from region one who's in Lockport schools. So they get to provide a little bit more input to the process too and I thought that worked
084out well. >> Scott Johnson will Scott Johnson will be back on the resolutions committee. >> Yeah, I'm back on next year for three years again. >> Anyway, okay, that brings me up to the actual resolutions and let's see. And by the way, the the group there did vote no or against or agree with the no. >> Yeah, they also opposed. Yes, they both um got to make sure I get where I'm going for any comments. The first four resolutions, but we all agreed on that. Does anybody feel discuss any of those? I would if it's okay with the board I would say anything that is a unanimous or five to one we are in a Is that okay with everybody that we don't need to discuss them? >> I'm good with that. >> Unless there's
085a discussion marked on it, right? >> Yeah. >> Okay, >> that makes sense to me. I'm good with that. The first one we had a discussion on was number five. And I'm not sure who asked for the discussion. >> Well, I think there was one undecided is what I have in the tally. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I'm looking at the wrong Yeah, it's number six. Any discussion? No, there's a disagree looking at the wrong line. I'm sorry. >> Um, >> number six. >> Okay, number six. Five. Okay. Yeah, I'm just I'm looking back and forth between three sheets of paper here. Great. >> So, yeah, there was just an undecided on that one. And you said everybody said five to one is good, too, right? Yes. >> So we need to come down to um
086number eight then from Bingmpington. >> That was three to two. >> Yeah, that was the one. If you don't have it, it's the advocating the number of lockdown drills reduce from four to two every year. >> I put that I don't agree we should do that. That was one of the nos that if anything I'd love to raise it, but certainly don't take away from it. and being on the safety committee, I think it's vitally important that we continue with the number of lease that we're doing. >> I think the committee itself that Scott and I were on decided that it's not flexible enough for the districts. I mean, it's not telling you you can't do four, but two is kind of like the baseline. So, that's why I agreed with it and I think
087the committee agreed with it. Yeah, that is that was pretty much the discussion with ECASP is if you know take it down to two as a min as a minimum, but if your district wanted to do more, you could continue to do more. And then there was some other comments that um if um that they could bring it up so that if you actually had to have one of the one of these things the re in real life, which most school districts unfortunately do, um that that would count as one of your drills if you had the real life one. I think nobody nobody directly said it but I wouldn't be surprised if one or those items comes up as an amendment to this resolution. I was going to say the way it's written now
088I don't agree with it but then you add at least have a minimum I might go for that but as it's written no my concern would be if you go down to two and say well you can have more if there's only two mandated you've checked those boxes do you have to do more no you don't have to so we don't have time we're not going to do it so my concern would be that we wouldn't. But on the flip side of that, I can see doing it too many times becomes the boy who cried wolf, right? Like, so I defer. I was I thought was interesting. They said, you know, there's like 24 the kids that I think they'll through the years they get a number of these, right? I mean, there's like >>
08924 by fifth grade, 52 by the end of 12th grade. And you know, you wonder what's the emotional impact after, you know, these these >> we have a student here. Why don't we ask our students how they feel about lockdown drills? >> Um, I say they're needed honestly. Yeah. I don't I don't feel like they should be cut. And if anything, I agree with you. I feel like there should be more rather than cutting them. We do announce now um when the lockdown drills are coming and we send notifications home um to try and limit the impact of that >> the stress. >> It's required. >> Yeah, >> that's required now. >> It's required. Some of you had thought that keep it at four is what you're saying. >> I would agree with the students.
090Okay, cool. >> And Brian, I understand what you're saying. it you know that after a while you know how emo the emotional toll with this but then I think what's the emotional toll if the kids aren't prepared and something does happen so >> and um I think more rather than less >> becomes muscle memory when you repeat >> keep doing it >> and of course it's going to look different for you guys in elementary school than it looked when you were in middle school than it looked when you got to high school so I think kids are probably also constantly having to like shift their perspective on Okay, this is what I did when I was back at Glendale, but now this is what I have to do that I'm in the middle school and
091it looks different than what the high school. So, >> how many fire drills do we have? >> How many mandated fire drills do they have? >> Eight. >> Four in the fall and fall in the spring. >> Wow. >> Okay. >> But I believe fire drills, if you do actually have a fire drill, that counts as >> I don't know about the lockdown, but I know fire drills it counts. >> We count them both. If they act, if they're actual events, we do count them. Okay. Okay. By the way, I am taking notes of what you what everybody says here so that when I get there, especially if the things change, you know, people it does happen frequently the resolutions will get changed. Somebody to make an amendment to it or a couple amendments and
092this way I've got the thought in mind what you know how my vote would change based on amendments too. >> Um Great. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Very valid point. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. The next one we had a 4 to2 vote on was number 14. Um mandating recess. That's what it basically came down to. I'm sorry. Let's see. No, this one wasn't mandating recess because there was another one. It's setting up to 30 minutes a day that would count towards instructional hours. It was other one that purely mandated it and we got a four to two on that actually four yes and two undecided. >> Was undecided because how does this and I think I probably asked this question last year and I don't remember the answer. I'm really sorry. Does
093that count or does that affect teacher contract in some way? It it can and if anything expands the length of day uh it will uh impact the the contract and would have to be negotiated. >> Not necessarily a friend of mandates. >> You don't say. >> So but again the group voted yes for that or agreed with I'm wrong. It was this one wasn't the mandated one. The mandated one's further back. This is just that the time would count towards instructional time. >> Okay. >> So, so if there's sorry if there is uh you know if there's recess during the course of the day 20 minutes let's just say that doesn't count towards our instructional seat time which doesn't it that does have an impact on our um 180day calendar for aid purposes. We can't
094count um recess. We can't count home room. We can't count passing time. We don't count lunch. >> This seems to me would give allow if I'm understand some more more flexibility. >> Or am I wrong? Like in that, you know, if recess is counted >> now, you know, we're not as we're not as restricted on the time. >> Yes. Correct. Correct. And again, thinking back to students, I just asked my kids, "Do you want more recess time?" And they all agreed. >> Oh, yes. I mean, yes. >> Well, this isn't this one doesn't add recess. It just allows you to count up to 30 minutes a day towards I think the contract implication would be we'd have to find 30 minutes not to >> our elementary schools do a good job of find, you know,
095of finding there is recess time built in the elementary uh buildings now. Um and so you know um so I I you know making it part of the instructional minute requirement um would certainly ease some of that but I don't know if that's something like that's to me um do we never want to take it do we ever want to take anything away that and I don't want to open that door either from core instruction as well. So >> we only have a set time during the day. I >> think the answer is no. >> And it's not mandated. It's just allow it. But >> yeah, >> but it would open the door to that. >> How do you squeeze it in? I I agree with you there. >> But if our seat time current
096let's I'm just round numbers. I can't do the point anything right now. It's too late in the day. But if our let's say our school day is seven hours, but our seat time is five hours because we've taken out that 30 30 minutes for lunch, 30 minutes for recess. >> Wouldn't that make our seat time five and a half hours? >> Yes, it would. >> So then it would give us some cushion >> like they were saying. >> You're not M. You're not wrong. What we do is we back out that time. So we look at first bell dismissal and then we back out things like recess, we back out home room, we back out lunch, and we back out passing time. So it would help us. It would add instructional minutes, but I I
097just I guess if it's coupled with the next one that then I would have that would make it difficult. But if we're already backing it out and the teachers are already in classrooms giving it to them, how does that affect the contract? >> I'm concerned. >> If you're recesses of planning, it's >> doesn't it change the role of what the teachers >> Yeah. I think are doing supervisory versus instructional. So we have to >> but we have to set aside certain amount of time >> for the teachers to have lunch and planning periods and whatnot right >> that that comes out of that >> you like that hour and a half right so now if we shrink that now you're shrinking the time that that that would be built into a teacher's contract that their
098lunch and planning so that might get reduced or I don't know the exact numbers So without knowing that it would be tough, but that's where it would play into the contract. >> Got it. >> Because every teacher's uh planning and a lunch every day. So if we add on 30 instructional minutes, >> but I don't >> I I I would assume that the teachers are with the kids at recess, >> but >> no, not always. So not always. So if that's their lunch while they're >> break a provide instruction for the recess, that's where it plays in. I would be curious to see how it that's written up. I we don't have a copy, but um just in thinking about um how that ultimately impacts um recess because if you call it instructional time, I'm
099thinking like a principal that's instructional time. I need to get more intervention in. I need to I wonder >> or they Yeah, there's the other thing. Are they having the lesson planning? >> If it's instructional time, are they having to lesson plan for a recess? >> So, it's the way that this is written. It doesn't. >> Yeah. In the rationale, it doesn't say that. >> I I just think that like >> we can go down a rabbit hole and Yeah. >> To me, it's more like the intent of this I it sounded like to me it was to give flexibility to more flexibility to locals. >> I just think it was >> it g I sorry I I'm probably overspeaking here, but I I think give us flexibility. Uh the flexibility is needed more so
100at the secondary level than it is at the elementary level for us. And this is specific to elementary school. >> As a senior, wouldn't you want some recess time? I mean, >> this only says elementary. >> But I think if you look at like the rationale for this, I feel like this is built for schools that maybe don't or districts that don't have recess built into their schedules already because it's talking about health benefits for kids. And World Health Organization recommends that kids run around for 20 to 60 minutes a day. So, if a building doesn't have that built in because of their instructional minutes, this is going to benefit them. >> And this actually have to do this though. >> I think they're required to have that time. >> They have to >> in
101I believe all these districts are from Long Island if I'm not mistaken. >> Or Spring Harbor, Hicksville, Locust Valley, NASA. Yeah, >> I think >> the Hudson Valley >> or Hudson Valley, one of the other. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Then you're right. But it does say elementary students. So >> the email that has a link to it in there the resolution. >> Thank you. Thank you. I'll pass that. >> So where >> are we? >> Okay. So are we still a yes on this or people want to change because we had four yeses and then two undecided? >> I believe I was an undecided. I think I would say probably >> was an undecided too. I think there's too many implications on it without I think I think it's too vague. >> Yeah. >> Okay.
102>> I don't think there's a a thought process into everything. I agree with the assessment of making sure that recess is kind of mandated. Well, I don't want to say mandate again, but recess is there. But I for us, I think it's too many implications that we just need more information on where it would go and how it would affect our actual school days if this was brought to us. >> Okay. And I know in the past some resolutions similar to this that that went down came back next year with more details for just that reason. They told Dr. Dr. Wilson, if even if you want to send me something tomorrow or th Thursday morning, the committee is Thursday at 4:00. I'd be happy to keep that in mind and and bring it up if
103need be. >> Thank you. >> So, what' we decide with that one? >> I'm going to say no. Okay. Um, let's see. 15 was there. 16. >> You know, I just had a question on 15. I don't know if we're going to I asked for a discussion because I didn't know what is where is it? No, that wasn't the one. Sorry. 17. >> Oh, yeah. Okay. 15 was all good. >> That was to increase aid for out of district special ed um students to reflect the increased cost of transportation and stuff like that. >> I just heard Don Sai. >> Yeah. So yeah, related services, tuitions, transportation. So >> okay, and the rest of them we're five yeses and one undecided on most of them with a couple of sixes. That gets us through all
104the ones that were >> Can I just ask a question about 17? Um they talked about an annual hold harness phase out. What is that? the smaller school districts in the state right now are getting what they call hold harmless from even though their populations are dropping down and the in the foundation aid that they get they're not losing money in there. So they want to be able to extend that out >> and that's where the 2% no more than the 2% of their budget >> because otherwise a lot of them are going to start going >> out of money very quickly because of the the decline in their populations. >> Thank you. Okay, that gets us to 24. The everything from 24 on we're not recommended by the committee. Um are still the vote
105for this is it's still a yes or no vote when we vote on it. The difference is again at at the business meeting it's not automatically brought to the floor. They have to get a motion and a second and then approval to bring even be able to bring it to the floor. Um, usually they all make the floor anyways, but not always. It is. >> So, this is still going to be a yes or no on on the >> answers. So, 24, we had one yes and five nos. Anybody have anything they wanted to say about that? >> Looks like the committee voted no for all. >> Yeah. Yeah, they wanted from all the the schools from meas voted no on all of them. Although there was some lively discussion on a couple of them.
106>> 25 was some lively discussion. I thought that was interesting. >> See, where are we? 25 was 2, three, and and uh undecided. >> Are we on 24 or 25? >> I don't know where. >> I'm sorry. 24 because it's was only one yes and five nos. >> But I think isn't doesn't that mean we we all like I voted no. >> So you agree with no on the resolution. electronic document said, "Do you agree or disagree?" Didn't it >> or remember? >> So, sorry. >> When we got to the nos, I would put disagree because I >> and that's what the committee's recommended that you do is disagree. >> Yes. >> So, I think we're all in favor >> favor of voting for voting no >> five. I think we have to swap. I
107I'm saying we went to five to one. Now, we have to do one to five, right? >> Yeah. And it is it's one. Yeah. It's one That one is one to five. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, we're good on >> We're good on 24. Yes. And actually the discussion regarding that was about you know they're already providing a lot of money for reorganization aid and this was just another bite at the same apple basically is what it came down to in the discussion. Okay. Number 25 was a two and three with the one undecided and that's okay. That was looking that was somebody proposing to have the people with the top income rates in the state have their taxes go up to help fund schools specifically for prek actually for public education. I'm sorry. Um
108this may be one of the few points that Mr. Rabinol I agree out on things. But >> I mean you just can't who determines what's a fair what's fair. I mean that's really what this is. They don't pay enough because they make too much. So it just really kind of irked me a little bit without getting too far into it, but they uh they disagreed also. So >> yeah, the committee also and I don't have the numbers. I'm sorry she didn't give us the numbers, but uh yeah, but two to three here. I mean, I'm curious what other people's thoughts are. I mean, I'll what I just said. I'll share my own. >> I wasn't touching it. >> Yeah. Well, I think I agree with the rational or I think they were they indicated that
109this almost seems like it's outside of the you know the tax policy seems to me to be in the legislator's office more than >> Right. but if you're looking it says um that we would advocate with legislators to incorporate this into their tax budget is basically what they're saying, right? >> Yeah. because I voted I think I've also voted undecided because NICET is doing >> tax. So you're in the middle there too. Yeah. So >> Oh, go ahead. >> Okay. And and I said my my thought on it was just that I mean our job for taxes is right here with what Mr. Feldman provides us a year. I don't, you know, I I'm not going to say I won't go talk with the legislator about just about anything, but I I don't I don't
110know everything that a legislator has to deal with when they're setting tax rates. You know, we've had our one small Well, it's not the small piece, but >> they want to raise additional funds for education by taxing a certain class of people more. >> Yeah. >> But it really isn't You're right. It's up to the legislature. >> Yeah. And there's a lot more variables involved than just just the school. That's my thought. >> Exactly. Okay. So, are we have no on that still? >> Okay. See, 26 was 13 and two. Um, about the religious exemption for vaccine mandates um to undecided. I mean, anybody got any specific comments on it that they verified? >> So, what is this saying? That they think they should have mandates or religious exemptions? >> They should be able Yeah.
111have a religious exemp exemption to vacate. >> This is saying that they don't agree they should have religious exemptions. >> No, religious exemptions were taken out. >> Yeah. >> By New York State. There is they want to restore >> the religious exemption so that people could file for a religious exemption for me for vaccines >> and then we're saying that they shouldn't be allowed to have religious exemptions. >> Correct. That's what this >> So if you vote no on this, you're saying no religious exemptions? >> I meant no. Okay. >> Other thoughts? >> What was the vote? What was that? >> It's above my pay grade. undecided. I'm like, okay. >> Yeah. Two yes, three no, and one undecided. So, >> so close though. Could we come to us? >> I don't know. >> Am
112I in the wrong place? I'm sorry. >> This was one, three, and two. >> Well, two was undecided, right? >> Yeah. One, four, three against two undecided. >> I don't think that's >> Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm in the wrong line. >> Three to one. >> Yeah, but we need to put it one disagreed. It >> was one four and three against and then two undecideds. one. >> Are we okay with the no, everybody? Okay. >> Do you agree with the no? >> We agree with the no. >> And 27 was 23 and one. Sorry, myself here. >> This was basically about salary equity. >> Can I give us a raise for being a board member by lowering our >> our property tax? >> Yeah, that was a different one. This was for rural. >> It
113didn't go very far. >> Why would you lower your property tax for serving on the school board? >> Because they lost the resolution last year to just flat out get paid for serving on a school board. Wouldn't it make it a new shot? >> School tax and then your property tax. >> It It's just an indirect payment that one. >> Exactly. >> Yeah. Uh so this one is uh financial aid to provide supplemental state funding to rural districts for the purpose of equalizing teacher salaries. >> So this I didn't I was undecided because even with the explanation I don't understand what they're saying here. >> They want to give more money to school rural schools so they could pay their teachers the same as they would like a sweet home. >> What what you're having
114is a lot of the smaller districts I've been guilty of it too are losing staff to a bigger district that pays more money. Yeah, >> I know we've poached a handful from I won't go any further than that. It's just the way it is because the teachers are coming, they get the opportunity for a bigger salary. So, they're moving it from a smaller district to a bigger district. >> So, who pays that? >> Well, it would be in the state tax funding when you're >> somewhere else. >> So, it would pull from the suburban and city districts to give to the rural districts so they could pay their teachers more >> like this. >> Yeah, it's it's very it's very open because You have to you almost have to like you have to read through
115the the the read between the lines on >> where the funny Google like I couldn't remember what like the bold harmless was so I googled that and I was like oh I learned something again. >> Yes. >> But this I just >> so when the state puts out their foundation aid what they want to say is the rural districts can get more to offset to pay their teachers more. But foundation aid is one big block that gets divided up. So if you're going to give more to district one district, it's got to come from somewhere else. So it's coming from another district. >> And the logistics of that to my in my mind, even if they wanted to do it, would be almost impossible. When you look at contracts, I just heard at one of
116the meetings I was at recently, some school district in Western New York has a 30 years before they get to the top step. Um, and others are like 12 to 15. And it's a how many how do you equalize salaries like that when you got contracts that that dispar from each other? Yeah, that that was kind of my reaction. It's like I didn't know but that's okay. >> Y >> we're going to leave that at a know. >> Yep. >> All right. Next one. 28. We had Oh, questions. Yeah. 142 against two undecided. One discussion. >> I might not have read it right, but are they saying that they don't want to promote academic excellence? I I because it just >> it's a double negative. >> They they want to Yeah. oppose any changes to
117>> curriculum that does not promote academic excellence. >> So what else are you promoting in your curriculum? Mediocrity like >> like yeah >> I mean there's a double negative. So really we're number two >> this same group of schools. >> Sorry >> same group of schools submitted something last year >> that had to do with basically there were certain things that they did not want to see in the classroom and this is a way of dancing around that. They were there. They were like avoiding sex education last. Yeah. Yeah. Trying to dance around in a new direction >> or the blue ribbon some of the things that the blue ribbon committee put out. And I think that's what Yeah. >> I'm I'm >> Yeah. And unfortunately the committee didn't say we we would oppose it.
118So should we be voting yes? >> Yes. That's what I was asking. >> Yeah. >> There's there's like Okay, wait. Hold on. The triple negative is really negative here. >> I mean I agree we should oppose >> oppose any policies to that does not >> Yeah. So this this we would we would be no on this. >> Okay. Thank you cuz I couldn't get it either. >> Okay. >> Which is one of the things that we had um I think they write it this way so people don't realize what they're voting how they're voting and oh it went through. >> Scott, when you're on the resolutions committee next year, >> remember that this is just a proposal. So, >> oh, I recognize the school names immediately. >> All right. >> This we actually had Matt
119Daus from NISBBA's uh legislative team. He's their actually their lawyer. He came to the meeting, too, so we could explain some of the stuff to us. So, that was nice. >> I'm with the Yes. >> Okay, cool. >> Well, there >> the same group. >> So, we we agree with the opposition here, right? >> 29. We're 1311. 29 advocate for school districts to be granted home rule authority to strengthen local control by elected boards of education. >> The biggest part of the discussion on this one was towns allegedly have that home rule authority and the state overrules them all the time anyways for stuff and for mandates. And just like for us too, even if we did, I mean, we're supposed to be able to control all our own stuff. We just got the the
120cell phone ban or whatever you want to call it, right? So that's the bottom line is even if we had it, they're going to do what they want to do. >> Yeah. >> Um whether we agree I mean I agree with the cell phone thing, but whether you agree with it or not, they're going to continue to do what they want to do. >> And it's and I think I think it struck a lot of the people as just a wasted time to try to do. >> I mean they issued the mandate, but at least we as the district got to decide how we were going to our ownation. >> So >> which was fantastic by the way, Dr. Wilson. >> Yeah. Like I said, I think the general consensus was it would probably be
121not not worth trying to get into legislation. >> Agreed. >> Everybody good with that one? >> Yep. >> Okay. Number 30 was 13 and two undecided. >> Okay. That was the one about property tax exemption. Basically, it's a roundabout way of trying to get paid. It would actually be more than they were trying to get paid last year. >> Yeah. So, we agree with opposing it. Is that what we're saying? >> Yeah. Unless you really want to get paid, Mary. >> Yeah. No, thank you. >> Back pay. [Laughter] >> Listen, I'm only four years. They've got the three of them got a lot more years than I do. >> Easy that for us. >> Be pushing 50 grand. >> The check is in the mail. >> Nicole left. >> Thank you. Okay. Number 31. We
122were two two and two. >> Oh, eliminate regent exam testing at the high school level in favor of state final exams that comply with the ESSA Every Student Succeeds Act regulations in 10th and 11th grade for ELA, math, and science. >> Basic discussion on this one came down to the states in the process of not making a mandatory ready as we move towards the portrait of a graduate. So why would we spend our time on that essay? Pretty much what the consensus came down to there. >> I would I said no on this because even though they're not mandatory, the re taking a a regent level class and a regent exam count toward your civic your seal of civic readiness. So those are points. So while you don't have to pass I supposedly you know
123to pass the class it does count you know when you pass it it counts as you know you need eight points to get the seal right so passing a regions exam gives you a point so if you don't take the regions exam you got to find that point >> somewhere else so that's why >> it still falls in line after the portrait to graduate right >> right okay >> the blue ribbon commission um they're not eliminating regions exams they're offering more options Yeah. >> So in some cases depending on the subject the region's exam may be the one option that a district so talk about some of those rural districts one option that they may have will still be the regions exam and that's the option for that subject but it just opens up that
124flexibility about local control. >> Okay. >> Some place that might not be able to handle an AP class or something like that. >> Right. >> Okay. Any other comments? We're good on no. >> We we agree with the disagree. Yes. I do anyways. >> Okay. And 32 was one and four. So I'm going to assume that's a good unknown. 33 was also 22 and two. Um okay. About >> title one. >> Yeah. Using title one funding for out of, you know, out of district summer camps, that type of stuff. Um, the discussion I heard on it was more concerned about how would we be able to make sure that the places if they gave money to them that they were properly serving the needs and that they were meeting the same type of requirements that
125we would have to meet as a school district if they were going to hand off that money in the summer. So, I just good to know. >> Yeah. We're almost on everything. >> Yep. We are in 34 Beach. Yes. Instead of >> kids are in extended school year, they take a week off of that to go to >> This is the mandatory recess. >> Yeah. This is the one I'd forgotten about. Yeah. >> 34 is mandatory recess. >> They don't support it. >> That's what I'm just going to ask everyone. >> They're neutral. We don't >> Well, we kind of already have it built in, right? I mean, it's not mandatory, but >> Right. >> All of our elementary schools have >> mandate. This gives us flexibility. We have it built in, but it's flexible
126and and >> mandate would be and then I thought about it more. Don't really want it to be >> Does this have the implication on the contract though that we were talking about earlier? >> Yeah. If we make it mandatory, I'm sure it will. >> Especially if the other one doesn't get put into place. >> Yes, we >> perfect. New >> thank you. This got done much faster than I'm sure the business meeting will mitigate. >> Yes. I'm >> We love you for doing that. >> Yes. And and now that you're going to be on the committee for the next three years, you're going to have to be, you know. >> Yeah. >> Thank you for doing that. So that >> we appreciate you very much. >> Well, last year it was better than the
127first time they did it. It was >> It wasn't eight hours last year. It was only like five and a half. >> There were more last year. I remember. >> Yeah. There were more resolutions, too. Yeah. Okay, thanks everyone. >> If you think anything else between now and four o'clock on Thursday, let me know. >> Okay, >> thank you. >> Um, okay. So, you're you're done with you're good with your update. Yep. So, next week uh we will be doing our reviewing our board self-evaluation and uh moving on from that our calendar. Um, let's see. We have the dollars for scholars committee meeting, DEI meeting, a couple of trunk or treat events coming up. Um, fun run at Willow Ridge, the pumpkin run at Glendale, the craft show as was mentioned earlier. Um, the NISBA
128convention that Scott and Dirk are attending. Correct. Are you going in New York City next week? Yes. For Nisba. Okay. >> Uh, and Mr. Feldman is presenting >> very chuckle about that. >> I I want >> I'll be attending that session. >> I want to know how you got to You're not dragging him along. He got >> Well, I'm happy to be an audience. He's going to be >> I'm s with my fellow rural board members. Uh >> I think you should have him right next to you click on the button on the slideshow. >> Um we have some picture retakes coming up. alumni association moving through November. Um then that starts all state and some all state music and some concerts starting in November. So >> I just want to mention the fun run
129at Willidge that actually already happened. >> Yes. >> Oh, that's right. The fun run that was happened Friday. Yep. This Friday was their rain date. My I'm I I noticed that as soon as I said it just for So thank you. Um what they they raised $18,000 >> PTO the goal was 12 right >> and um so that that program >> thanks for your support. >> Wow. >> But what are they doing to Mr. Pino? >> What did they decide to heard? >> You know I it was >> I thought it was silly string. >> Maybe >> I think it's silly string. >> All of the above. >> They hadn't decided at the meeting the other night. So I would I'm curious to see where >> he was in favor of the silly string. because
130it's less uh >> clean up on him. Um but he has been duct taped to a wall. He has been >> I do believe he said I am up for anything. >> Yeah. So >> and he was sitting next to Mrs. Liel. So I'm hopeful to hear what happened. >> You don't let us know. >> Mr. Balante, while you're talking calendar, just so you know, these things were sitting in the district office next to Fallon's desk from ECASB. >> Okay. >> It's a calendar of their events plus their various committees. Thank you. Um, all right. This leads us to our first open session per board policy 1510. The open session is for topics related to tonight's agenda. Is anyone interested in speaking? No takers. Okay, moving on. Um, new business. Uh, we'll be voting on
131new business next week. Um, so let's go through them. Um, A is our special ed. um and preschool class placements. >> I'm still I still have to read through those. I'll have it done by next week. >> Okay. Um B is our district a um audit report which we just sat through. Um C is our monthly financial report. Um D is an overnight field trip with the All State Music Festival in Fredonia. Um E is our capital outlay project. Um F is a resolution of the board of education. I believe this is to >> the Winnick >> Winnick Rick uh technology to get another contract. >> Yeah. Contract. This makes us part of a consortium that allows us uh to potentially piggy back off of other contracts to make this US at law 2d compliant.
132Okay. Um G is a state environmental um quality review act or seeker resolution for the capital improvement project in 2025. Um H is a public vote resolution for the capital improvement project in 2025. Um I will be our board of education goals. Um and J is erector extracurricular activity account policy 7410 um to open a varsity cross country account. >> Mr. Balante, just for the point of the board, uh items G and H, uh specifically item G, we are still in uh the 30-day comment period for the seeker for the capital improvement project. Uh that closes, uh I believe on Thursday. So, our attorney will uh issue you a letter um and a report on that. Uh so that'll be posted to the board website uh on Friday uh as well as the resolution. They're
133working through the language of the resolution uh for the actual vote. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any questions, comments, concerns on A through J. >> We going to finalize the board goals be some changes in the online Yes. >> Which ones are they? >> Um, sorry, I have to >> two and >> isn't that discussion on next week's agenda? >> Yes, >> discussion and vote. >> We do that all next week. >> Yes. The self-evaluation and the goals will be discussed next week. >> Okay. Very good. >> Any other questions or comments? Okay. Open session number two. Policy 1510. Would anyone like to address the board? Um, you would have three minutes. Please state your name, address, and relationship to Sweet Home. No. Okay. Moving on to personnel. We'll be voting on these personnel um
134appointments next week. We have um teaching and administrative and I believe there's a lot of um teaching assignments, mentors, uh building leadership teams, um things like that um that we are approving. And then um two would be um uh sorry service. Any questions, comments on personnel? Okay. So, um just want to give um Javvon a chance before we adjourn. Is there anything that you would like to add? Um so, next week we will haveformational items where all the board talks about things that they've done over the past couple weeks. um you would have a chance to speak then about what's going on in the high school and and what um student government is doing and stuff like that. So, but the floor is yours if you have anything to say to us. >> Uh no,
135I honestly don't think so right as of right now. >> Okay. All right. Well, welcome officially >> again. Um so, anybody else? >> Okay. Um so, can I have a motion and second to adjourn the meeting? Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> All right. Thank you everybody.