001Good even good good evening everyone. Is the mic working? Yes. Uh welcome to our December 16th meeting of the Ontar School Board. Um we have a tobacco policy in place. There's no smoking within 100 ft of any school building. Please rise for the pledge. Board clerk, will you please call roll? >> Trusty Smith >> here. >> Trusty Jared >> here. >> Trusty Mitchell Moral >> here. >> Trusty Goodrich. Trusty Jerome >> is coming. >> I'm I'm sorry. What? Okay. U Trusty Kensson >> here. >> Trusty Bishop here. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We'll move on to item 2.01. Our Woodstock principal, Mr. Scott Richards, will welcome the board. Well, hello and uh welcome to Woodstock. Um I just have a couple of things tonight just to share with you. Um, first I wanted to
002share with you superintendent's conference day that was held here last week that was held within the Woodstock building and we had all the K5 teachers and TAs here. So it was really nice to have everybody in this building. Um, we had some really great professional development and you know just want to thank Miss Laughen for putting all of that together. Uh we had a session on powerful word study that was run by two reading teachers from Bennett. Um it was great. The professional discussion was was amazing. I know Miss Laughen was there as well. Um but just hearing the ideas bounce off of both staffs and the new people and the people that have been here for a while, it was really really just spoton and wonderful. Uh we also had David Tranter here doing
003numbers with impact. Uh we also introduced all the K5 faculty and staff to school AI. Um which is something that the district is piloting mainly at the elementary level. We're looking at possibly as a tool for teachers. Um I'm also part of the AI group that's going out to Boseies. Um one of I believe three representatives from the elementary school. Um it is something I'm very interested in and learning more about. Um but this is kind of our first uh dipping of our toe into that area. Uh all the TAs also had a session on behavior management techniques and that was uh received very well. The second thing I wanted to share with you today is um I've been working with Miss Denter. She is our fifth grade reading and writing teacher. Um one of
004two new teachers on that grade level. um both are doing wonderfully. Um she spent kind of the first part of the year really trying to get to know the curriculum and we've had a lot of discussions about the curriculum and we've been talking about ways in which we can possibly increase student motivation especially in the area of writing. Um, so we've been kind of toying around with some ideas and with the kids and we came up with putting together a program called What's Up Woodstock. Um, so we are in what you'll see today is episode one. Um, hopefully we'll see episode two. The kids are super excited. They're already planning the second episode. Um, so be ready. Um, so we also just wanted to make sure that whatever we did also directly aligned with the
005New York State fifth grade ELA standards. Um, we also wanted to to try to strengthen our students speaking and listening skills. Um, and we also wanted to build on their computer science and digital literacy competencies. Um, so this was just kind of our introduction to responsible media creation, information literacy and message making. The hope is then to take it down the road and get the kids even more involved in the technology component because they are really really really interested. You know, having them do the video taping that that that that they can do easily, but getting them into the actual editing and taking a little bit more ownership for their part of of the episodes, that's the next step uh down the road. We also took a look at how it aligns to the portrait
006of a graduate. Um, and I just will note a couple of the different attributes that we believe we hit there. Uh, developing effective communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and civic mindedness. Um, and you'll find too that at least this is something I found it kind of built additional pride in the school and pride in what they were producing. So the students basically had to think about somebody in the building, faculty or staff that they might want to interview about something that's happening in their classroom, something that they've heard about. So they had to write a bunch of questions open-ended as well um questions and then set up a time to meet with that adult. And they did a lot of this on their own. Um and then they had to go and interview the person.
007Then they had to take notes and then they had to take the notes and put that into a written piece. What we're doing in the video is taking that written piece and then synthesizing that information and trying to summarize it. And what you'll see in the video is some kids just naturally really get it and some kids it's a little bit of a struggle. So, as we kind of go through this process and they're doing this out loud and in front of a camera, we hope to see improvement as they go. Um, so hopefully you'll enjoy this. This is about three and a half minutes. I edited this down from its original format, so it's going to seem maybe a little more choppy than it already was. Um, but it's just it's just to give
008you kind of an idea for what we're working on. So, John, do you want to get What's up, Woodstock? My name is Yla, and today you're going to learn a whole lot about our school. First up is Gavin. >> Hello, my name is Gavin, and I have interviewed the librarian, Miss Johnson. Interviewed her about numerous things, but it all climaxed really about the holiday themed items she hid around the library. And she explained to us how this may help some of the children who think they don't like books, but while they're looking for those items, they may find a book that they like. Really just made her feel happy that she could help kids who didn't really like reading like reading. >> Thank you, Gavin, for that awesome report. Next up, we have Zachary. >>
009Hello, my name is Zachary and I'm going to tell you a little bit about SRP day. SRP day is a day to celebrate people who help us. SRPs are people that help kids in all types of stuff. I've enjoyed learning about SRPs with you. Signing off. Thank you, Zach. Next up, we have a special interview with Nelly, who just came from a big performance. Here's Nelly from the Nutcracker performance. Nelly, tell us a little bit about it. So the net performance is about most of the people from the Kingston School of Ballet performing on the stage of well sometimes it's um the Cascale Theater um in Kingston, but most most of the time it's at UPAC and that was where it was today. >> What was it like being in a performance? >> But it
010was pretty fun. >> How long did it take to put this show together? >> It took about four months to learn our parts. >> Thank you for filling us on your performance. Next up, we have Aydah. >> Hello, my name is Aydah and I interviewed Miss Coy. I learned that they do a Thanksgiving parade every year. She Miss Coy grew up watching the parade as a kid and thought it would be fun to teach her first graders about it. >> Thank you, Aydah. I really enjoy watching those first graders put on that parade. I can't wait to see it next year. Oh, wait. I'll be in sixth grade. Next up, Marlo. >> My name is Marlo. I interviewed Miss Sauler and I learned about Gidget. So, one thing I learned is that Gidget is from
011Pennsylvania and how she came to be a therapy dog is because Miss Osler started playing and bringing her to work and then she found out that Gidget was a really good therapy dog and so she got Mr. Bono on board and Gidget kind of became a therapy dog from then on. She is a nice pug and I really enjoyed learning about Gidget. Thanks for listening. >> Thank you, Marlo. Here's a quick joke before Donovan the jokester gets here. Why did the pug start a podcast because he had a lot of snorts to share. >> Here comes the jokester Donovan. >> Welcome back to What's Up Woodstock. I don't know if you've seen it before, but I just said welcome back. My name is Donovan and we will be telling you I mean I will be
012telling you a few jokes today. So the first one is what was a snow what was the snowman doing in the vegetable store picking his nose. The second one is why was the husband pouring hot water on his computer. He asked his wife what to do if his windows froze. >> See you next episode. Yeah, it it was actually a lot of fun to put together. Laya um who was doing the transitions between the different stories. You could see how in the beginning she was nervous and kind of a little bit timid, but as she went on, she was writing jokes. She was kind of going on the fly off the cuff. Um, and and it was uh really I was very happy with how it turned out and should continue to just get better.
013That's all I have. >> That was amazing. Thank you. Any questions or comments for Principal Richards? >> Go ahead. I just have to say what outstanding creative projects and you've always been such a wonderful principal. I know. We're grateful for you. Thank you. Thank you, Scott. All right. On to item 3.01, acceptance of minutes. The board of education hereby accepts the minutes of the November 18th, 2025 meeting. May I have a first? Trusty Jared. Second. Trusty Kudson. Any questions or comments? All in favor? Okay. That's unanimous. Great. Uh item 4.01 is our student representative Jenny Albbright will give her report. So as the holidays come, um I was informed today that the high school student government, specifically the seniors and the juniors and seniors ordered holiday decorations, decorations, Hanukkah, and Christmas. And those should be
014arriving soon. Um art club had it today. And then French club, I'm pretty sure newspaper and litmac will also be having their holiday parties combined on Thursday. Basketball is doing well. Winter track has a meet on Friday and that's pretty much for sports. Science Olympiad has their first competition, the invitational at the Mount Academy on January 10th. And and the five grades came out today. They were finalized today. >> Great. Thank you. Those club um uh holiday parties, are they after school? >> Yeah. So, usually clubs run from 2:45 to 4:15, but for sports usually or extended clubs, they run until 5:15. But, so for the art club, for example, we're in from 2:45 to 4:15. >> Nice. Nice. And just for the record, we don't have anything memorized either. >> We're reading we're reading
015from an agenda or we bring notes, so don't worry about that. All right. Thank you, Jenny. Okay. On to item 5.01. Uh, may I have a motion to enter into executive session to consult with our legal counsel? Trusty Jerome and first Trusty Jerome. Second, Trusty Jared. Hello. Um, any questions or comments? All right. All in favor? Okay, that's unanimous. Great. So, we should be back uh in about 45 minutes. All right, we have returned from executive session. May I have a motion to exit executive session and return to public session? Trusty Smith first. Trusty Jerome second. Any questions or comments? All in favor? That's unanimous. Thank you. On to item 6.01, our superintendent report. Good evening. Um, as I'm sure everyone has seen, we are accepting the vote results tonight from uh last week's bono.
016Uh and I'm so thrilled uh and gratified to say that Proposition 1 passed 719 yes to 400 no and Proposition 2 passed 765 yes to 348 no. So that was an incredible show of support. Um, and I'm going to read the statement that I sent out to all of our families so that if anyone who is home did not um, receive it, then I feel like I really need to share this with our community. I am truly grateful for the trust and approval that go with these vote results. With this vote, we can move forward to create a district-wide K5 elementary school in Boyceville and make important infrastructure improvements across our K12 buildings. This outcome reflects an extraordinary amount of hard work, thoughtful planning, and collaboration by so many people across our district and our
017broader school community. I want to acknowledge and thank every individual who contributed their time, energy, and perspective throughout this process. Our board of education demonstrated tremendous dedication and leadership, and their commitment to shaping a project that they could all support unanimously, which also then earned the support of our community, has been genuinely inspiring. As we move into the next phase, we begin a thoughtful and creative journey. Over the coming months, we will work with our architectural team to develop detailed designs that will be submitted to the New York State Education Department for review and approval. Our teachers, staff, and students who know the daily flow of our buildings better than anyone will have meaningful opportunities to share their ideas and feedback as this work progresses. Throughout this process, we remain committed to careful planning, transparency,
018and minimizing disruption to teaching and learning as we plan towards 2028. We will continue to provide regular updates and look forward to building this remarkable campus together. We also recognize that the creation of a central campus intersects with the closure of Woodstock Elementary, a reality that carries deep meaning for many in our community. We are committed to working closely with Woodstock students, families, and staff to ensure that the school's history and its lasting impact on generations of learners and educators are honored and celebrated with great care and respect. This transition will be approached thoughtfully with time, support, and communication at the center of our work. This vote marks an important step forward, and together we will continue building a strong, caring, and sustainable future for all of our students. Throughout this process, we will work
019together with the Woodstock Town Supervisor and board. Miss Bishop and I met this morning with the supervisor elect and one of her staff members, and we had a very positive conversation. We all feel strongly that the way to make our community a better place is to remain in dialogue with each other and to actively look for ways to partner and support each other. Um, my next topic, as I reported previously, I serve on the legislative committee for the New York State Council of School Superintendent, and we had met and discussed the priorities that our organization will work to advance this year. And um we've we're creating our formal document now. And um those priorities that we've identified include advocating to create permanent changes that will positively impact school staffing, including lowering the age at which
020retirees can work without a limit on their earnings from 65 to 63, and expanding certification flexibility for special education teachers, easier pathways for teachers to acquire additional content area certification, and expanded pathways for outofstate candidates to come to New York State and achieve their New York state certification. So those are all um very high on our priority list. Another priority is related to the zero emission bus mandate and we are advocating for flexibility and the elimination of the 100% mandate creating price caps so that bus manufacturers cannot artificially inflate the prices of these vehicles simply because they know that schools will be required to purchase them. and exempting districts from complying unless the local utility companies affirm that they have the capacity and expertise to support the full fleet of zero emission vehicles. Um there
021are another a number of other priorities but these are really high on our list of items that we feel need to be addressed. Um our technology director who is here supporting us um has been um working to get out our annual digital resources survey. So we are required to survey our families our families sorry regularly regarding their access to digital resources so that we can report that to the New York State Education Department. Um and this survey will be delivered to our families using Parent Square. So uh it would appear that this winter is a real winter. We've had a few years uh with very little snow, but I think mother nature may be having a change of heart this year. Uh and you may have noticed that I have been posting our weather related
022schedule changes on parent square. So I hope that this additional information option is helpful for um parents and those who like to receive their information through parent square. Um there is on the agenda tonight an independent contractor retainer um that will provide an internet safety speaker for our middle school population. The students will participate in an assembly during the school day, but then the presenter will also be hosting a discussion in the evening that is open to all families and more information will be coming out about that once the um contract is approved. So, Miss Laughen handed out um these handouts related to the New York State Inspires Portrait of a Graduate work that we've been doing. Our team has been working along with teams from all over Olter County on what this will mean
023for us in Antiora and we have noted that this work will really dovetail well with our policy on uh culture, climate and belonging. So as you can see from this graphic um at the center of this entire initiative is the culturally responsive sustaining education logo. And this is not just a visual. Um this other handout that we have here which was created um specifically for educators, you can see in the center at the bottom half of the page, it really talks about how that culturally responsive sustaining education is at the core of the portrait of a graduate. And this is described in this documentation as affirming students identities and experiences through inclusive curricula and classroom practices recognizing the val recognizing and valuing students diverse identities, languages and experiences as strengths. So this is really this
024is really part of the work that all districts are doing. the state has put such an emphasis and such a value on this component that I think it works well with where we want to be going anyway and I think it's wonderful that all districts across the state will be f um focusing on this as well. So, we had our first countywide meeting um back in the summer. Feel like it was the summer. Um and at that meeting, it was Miss Laughen and I and then we had a second meeting and we expanded included um including Mr. Edelman and we will have another meeting uh coming soon I believe in January and we have expanded our district team and it now includes Miss Turk, Miss Griema, Miss McGrath and Mr. Richards. So, we recently met
025uh as that expanded district team to prepare for our next countywide meeting, and we will be bringing this um out uh to various constituent groups within our district and school community throughout the spring and as we move forward with this work. As Mr. Richards mentioned, we had our superintendent's conference day last week on Wednesday. As always, uh the conference day had a plethora of engaging opportunities for faculty and staff. Among other things, we had CPR and AED training to fill to fulfill our newest requirement, which is another unfunded mandate, but it is in uh light of safety for the entire community. So, I won't be overly negative about it. But uh as Mr. Richard said, we also had a K5 word study workshop facilitated by our own reading teachers. um a 35 math and AIS
026math uh teacher AIS teacher math le workshop with our Bosei specialist. Our K5 TAs and monitors had classroom behavior workshop. Um uh our other instructional staff and related ser service providers participated in the demo for um our AI pilot. Uh, so there's a lot happening and in addition, we had a vote. Um, I'm happy and proud to say that we had nine fall sports teams be recognized by the New York State Public High School's Athletic Association um, for having received or achieved scholar athlete status. So to be designated as a scholar athlete team, 75% of the roster must maintain an average of 90 for the marking period. So, the teams who uh earned this designation in the fall were boys cross country, boys golf, boys soccer, field hockey, girls cross country, girls soccer, girls swimming
027and diving, girls tennis, and girls volleyball. Our students are pretty incredible. Um, we had our middle school concert last week. Our high school concert is tomorrow. Uh, again, our students never cease to amaze and impress with their talent. And I'd like to thank the music department for all they do to inspire and showcase our young musicians. Our elementary concerts are scheduled for the new year, so please keep an eye out for them as well. I'm sure everyone is looking forward to our winter break next week. I hope that everyone is able to spend time with their loved ones and appreciate all that we all have. There are a number of families in our community who need uh a little extra support during this time. I would encourage anyone who is able to provide what they
028can to these families or just keep them in your thoughts. And now I'd like to ask Miss Laughen if she could give a brief update on the AI work happening um with our faculty and staff. Good evening everybody. Um as Mr. Richard suggested uh we have um moved forward, you could say a bit of a next step from my last update about our uh AI um focus as a district. Since our November meeting, our district AI circle team has recommended piloting school AI for staff only. School AI is an education focused platform designed to enhance both teaching and learning. Data security and safety are our utmost responsibility. Unlike chat, GPT and other open large language models, school AI is ed 2D compliant and provides district data security. Any information in school AI is stored within
029our district tenant and not shared with others, nor used to train other large language models. And this is a really important um realization on how school AI as a educational platform is different. Currently this tool will be used exclusively by faculty as we assess its potential impact. We do not have plans at this point to implement this on the student level. But if we decide to do so, school AI has a studentf facing side that could be used at the secondary level. All teachers received an initial professional learning opportunity during last week's superintendent conference day and now have access to explore using their account for the next two months. AI circle members will facilitate additional conversations and exploration at faculty meetings and additional professional learning will be provided. Use of the platform by our staff
030is not required. It is an optional tool. The district is committed to supporting instructional staff every step of the way as we pilot this tool and explore how it might support teaching and learning here in Antiora. Staff feedback and ideas will be pivotal in tailoring our next steps. Thank you. Thank you both. Excuse me. Any questions or are you were you finished super? Okay. >> Okay. questions for either the superintendent or assistant superintendent. Trusty Jared, >> just want to join superintendent in celebrating such an outstanding community of athletes, scholars, musicians. It's really just such a special student body. So, yay. I'm so proud. and assistant superintendent laughing. Can you give us an overview of what the school AI uh what it is for teachers like what what are the teachers using the tool for? So
031I can certainly come back in in more detail, but the concept is supporting teachers in lesson differentiation, research really on any topic, considering how to um represent information differently based on IEP needs. I mean, it really is endless uses of of the tool. So again, I wasn't really prepared to do the rundown, but if you'd like, I can I can do that next time. Again, that this is it does have studentf facing capacity, but we are not looking to use that right now. It's just as really a teacher tool as opposed to something that teachers could just open chat GPT. This allows them to do it at school and they also because it's the paid version, they can share their ideas with each other internally and it stays internal. Um just to follow up um
032I was curious you mentioned that the school AI is sort of walled off from other AIs cannot train on it. I was wondering if in in learning about it any if they mentioned what school AI trains on and is it is it a higher quality of um information then you know we we know that a lot of the large lang large language models generate a lot of slop and hallucination and is school AI what what is the source material for school AI >> I'm going to invite John Rhymer to jump in if he has any addition here again I can come back with more specific information. Okay. Yeah. So he's John said that he's not sure what it's using to train itself, but anything that we put in is ours and is walled off. Is
033that a fair summary? >> Yeah. And yeah, so I that would be a question I would just um love you to ask next time you're over at Boseies. Thank you. You two asked exactly the questions I was going to ask but yes and also doesn't have to be tonight but um would love to know what what tasks what goal like what are what are they what is it being used for um some of the things that the teachers are um eager to start uh sort of pilot the pilot what what they're getting out of I have one other question for superintendent. Um the evening session on the digital safety uh workshop the middle school is doing is that is that going to be open more broadly than just middle school parents because I think we
034might have parents in the upper elementary grades who might be interested in attending. um it's such a relevant topic and you know something that's great to know before you hit middle school. So um just was wondering if that was the plan and also our our book study our anxious generation booksters I'm sure would be very interested in knowing that that's happening. >> Yes, it is going to be open to all of our families. But I don't want to steal too much of Dr. Salamini's uh thunder. He will be um communicating this I believe this week and then we can get it out um to the entire district once he's got it out to his families. >> Also, thank you for um sharing the weather updates on Parent Square. I feel like at every meeting, if
035there's anybody who hasn't downloaded Parent Square, you I encourage you to do that. it is so helpful um in terms of keeping on top of um announcements from the school um everything. So, parent square plugging in. Any other uh questions or comments for the superintendent or assistant superintendent laughing? All right, on to item 7.01, 01 board district news. Any trustees have board district news? Go ahead. You first then Emily. Okay. I've got a long list, but I'm just going to stick to my thing and then I'll circle back if anybody anything went unnoticed. Um the middle school concert was outstanding. Thank you so much, the music teachers. It really was. I can't wait for the high school concert. Um, I attended the Olter County advocacy meeting for NISPA. I saw you in there for a
036second, too. Trusty Kudson. >> He was driving. I was driving, too. Um, it was wonderful. I just thought it would also be great for the public to know. It was really great as like the superintendent said about the superintendent getting together to hear the concerns of just Olter County School Boards discussed and our very own advocacy point person taking notes, circulating documents. It's a really good feeling to know that all the other districts were concerned about foundation aid, all the other districts were concerned about the electric bus mandate. Um, and then I'm also going to be attending the uh lobby day with Trusty Kudson and Trusty Bishop. So, President Bishop, I'm really looking forward to understanding, but it seems like many are on the same page, which is always a nice feeling. I will pause
037there. >> All right, Trusty Mitchell Morurell and then Superintendent. >> Um, I I just have been in Woodstock a lot lately. We had a book fair and we had the holiday boutique and it's just so warm and cozy in here and everybody knows everyone and everyone's hugging and it's just the best thing. And holiday boutique I had never experienced before and it's adorable because kids get to buy gifts for their family. Usually parents are the givers more and it's nice for the kids to have a gift and they're so proud to put it out or under the tree or wherever and it's very sweet and I was very impressed with it. There was so many gifts to choose from and so many people helping and wrapping gifts and it was very heartwarming. I still have
038some of those gifts that my granddaughter gave to me when she was going to Woodstock. Um and once in a while she'll remind me that Do you ever use that little bag or Yes, I do. I really do. Any other board news? Oh, superintendent then more board news. >> Thank you. I'm so sorry. I did realize that I just made a grievous omission. I wanted to say that uh I so greatly appreciate our district clerk and all of the work that she did for that vote and she maintained a positive and professional demeanor and was so welcoming and helpful to any taxpayer who called and wanted to get a a mailin ballot or an absentee ballot or any information. And I just feel like we need to express our appreciation. So, thank you. >> I
039have a real quickie which is I'm in ours Corales which is a cho community choir that's been in this community for 60 years. I joined a few years ago and it's a really wonderful organization. But uh we had two concerts in Kingston and Woodstock last weekend and we were joined by a New Orleans second line that featured Harvey Ber who's a music teacher in Antiora and a bunch of Antiora students and uh I had the un enviable position of having to go on right after them because they stole the show. They were really wonderful and uh just um our musicians are great in this district and it's really it's always so wonderful to see them. Go ahead. Mr. Rhyr very expeditiously is able to answer one of the questions that um that we had regarding
040the input into school AI and they are using the open AI model uh specifically um GPT4.1. Thank you Mr. Heimer. All right. I just want to thank the community so much for coming out to vote. It was a snowy day. Uh and we had a lot of voters. And I also want to reiterate what you said about Amanda's amazing uh work coming up to the vote and the day uh especially the day before the actual vote because I happened to be at central that day for a meeting and there was a steady flow of people coming in to uh early vote and and everybody was handling it so well. Um I want to excuse me sorry I'm getting horse. Um, I want to thank all of the uh community organizations that welcomed uh board members
041in to be able to come in and uh talk about the capital project. Uh it was really great to um to be invited into townboard meetings, um club meetings, uh I can't even think of them all. I mean, senior citizens, firehouses, um the Phoenicia Library, Knitters Club, the um um sportsman's clubs, and and all of that. It was it was really really great. People were very welcoming, had a lot of really good questions, and even people that were um upset or uh emotional about it. um they listen to us and we listen to them which was a great opportunity for us to have that communication with community members. Um we're really looking forward to um to moving forward and really getting into the planning phase. Um at least I am. I but I think I
042can speak for the whole board on this. Um I think that might be it for me. Um, I I'll just echo that uh the uh middle school concert last week was amazing and I can't wait to see the high school concert tomorrow night. Our kids are really talented. I'm so proud of our uh student athletes and and uh our academic achievement uh high academic achievement. It's really we have great great students here. Very very uh honored to work with them and for them. Um, anything else from the board? All right, we will move on to item 8.01 and that will be the approval of the statement of the chair. The board of education hereby approves the statement of the chair for the 2025 special district election. May I have a first? Trusty Jared second. Trusty
043Jerome. Any questions or comments? Yeah, I did just want to um make a comment that um because I saw some talk in the community of um I was very heartened that um uh as a someone who believes that early male voting is a boon to democracy, is a boon to ballot access. Um, I think over a third, if I'm correct, of the total votes cast in this election came in via early either by mail or in person early ballot. And um, and there was some concern in the community that those early ballots aren't anonymous. And uh, I I I queried the district clerk. I didn't I didn't think that was true. And um, I I queried the district clerk about this and I did some research. And uh people may have thought this because when
044they returned their early mail ballots, it had their name on the outside of the envelope, but the reason for that is uh the district clerk needs to check off who has voted, right? So if if we sent in mail ballots with no name on them, you could send in many of them, right? So So as I understand it, the process is the district clerk looks at the name on the outside and checks them off on the list to say, "Okay, you voted, you can't vote again." Then that envelope goes into a whole pile of envelopes and those envelopes are opened but not the ballot not pulled out and then they all get pulled out at once and put in a big pile and a election worker from Olter County Board of Election feeds it into
045the machine. So I understand why one might think it's not anonymous because you do send back an envelope with your name on it, but there's and there's also a bunch of people in the room right when this happens. So, um I just really um would think it would be a shame if an outcome of this vote is if people didn't trust um early mail balloting because I think especially in our community we're 300 square miles. We have a lot of senior citizens that mail balloting not just for school elections but for all elections is a is is really a great way for people who don't have a car or have mobility problems to participate in our elections. and all of us who value democracy want to see um more participation in our elections. So, I
046just wanted to to correct that that misimpression that was out there. Thank you. Um any other questions or comments about the statement of the chair? Amanda, did you want to say anything about the statement of the chair or are we good with just the information that we have in our agenda? >> I think we're good. It's pretty clear that yes, nos, um, no, or yes, votes, no votes. Um, what came through absentee, early mail, um, affidavit, and then I did want to touch base on the early mail, but uh, Trusty Kson, you did a great job. >> You did. That's okay. Um, all right. So, we'll vote. Um, Trusty Jared, >> I. >> Trusty Smith, >> I. >> Trusty Mitchell Morell, >> I. >> Trusty Jerome, >> I. >> Trusty Kudson, >> I. >> That's
047unanimous. Thank you. Item 8.02 is ongoing discussion of the 2025 2026 district goals. I just want to make sure I'm looking at the right thing. It says district goal 2526 that Clark originally sent us. Is that still the document we're working on or >> what did we have one with our on our on our tables? >> Oh, hold on. I have a copy of it that I was writing on last time, but I didn't know that we had and I don't know if it's been updated. It's probably the same document. I did update the um the my goal, I guess I could call it my goal for uh this afternoon probably after you'd already printed them. Sorry. But in the live Yeah, it was it was later in the day. >> That's okay. I mean,
048if you have it, you can talk to us about it. Um I wanted to start off if if it's okay by just talking about the culture, climate, and belonging. um goal and um um Superintendent McLaren and I did have a meeting last week, last Wednesday, just to discuss this, you know, the way that um the portrait of the graduate really plays right into that goal. Um and let me see, can I find my paperwork here? We were looking at the uh the board approved policy and one of the um actions is that the superintendent will establish a district-wide task force. And so we were talking a little bit about what that potentially could look like. and I I don't want to kind of get out over my skis or our skis in terms of um
049you know doing doing administrator work when we're the board. So I really love the idea of um I I mean I do want to keep that goal and I do think that um establishing a task force is a good idea. Um, but I'd like to um also incorporate some guidance in the goal about letting the flow of the uh the learning around the portrait of the ga the graduate kind of guide that work since culturally responsive sustaining education is at the center of it. Um, I don't know how you all feel about that, but it's sort of I feel like it kind of takes the onus a little bit off the board and gives it to the administration and that we are um, you know, making the strong suggestion and allowing them to uh to
050do that work because they're already engaged in that work with the the countywide uh team. So, um, thoughts? >> I like that idea. And another thing I like about it is if it's sort of, um, highlighted in our goals on the website, it also um, portrait of a graduate and these pathways are something that we're all getting versed in, but the community, the parents probably know very little about it, right? So, I think weaving in some of this language that that ties back to these are changes that are coming and they're coming pretty soon and there's something that um families should really start um thinking about and um you know what is this how what kind of paths are their own child going to take you know um so I think um I do think
051tying in our goals when they align with the state um adjustments that are coming in the path graduation is a great idea. >> I also love the idea of framing it in this way. I think that it's a way for this work to be creative instead of reactive, you know, for it to be growing in tandem with a positive forward moving goal instead of maybe like being defensively responsive to maybe negative, you know, inputs. I I think that's such a beautiful way to move forward with it. I'm in full support of that for sure. I um actually prefer the the um the idea of a task force. I I think we do culture and climate really well um to be honest. And um I think that when we look at the the diversity, whether that's
052socioeconomic, whether that's cultural, like I I I I think that we do that well. So I would want to maybe strike this this piece about the task force, which sounds again, yeah, it's a little aggressive to me. I think that these also these are terms that are changing in an evolution. I'm not super comfortable with you using those. Um, so, uh, and and I do think that the alignment with the portrait of the graduate, it's all right there. I'm also, as you all know, always an advocate for simplicity. I don't think I I don't like making things more complicated than they need to be. So, if we if we scratch that language about establishing a task force, um could we replace it with um the superintendent and her team will continue working with the countywide
053whatever it's, you know, we'll get the name for that or we could just put it as part of of the first paragraph. the board will support the superintendent in her work with the countywide, you know, just make it one statement um >> that addresses the fact that this is a very a core value of the Antiora district. >> And couldn't you even write in accordance with the portrait of a graduate in the goal? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> And CRSE is probably also just good to have in there because, >> right, >> it's going to be some it's going to be an acronym that people are going to hear. Never too early start to start learning the acronyms. >> Okay, good. Excellent. All right, I'll craft that. Thank you. What's Oh, go ahead. I just
054really like the way that first paragraph like when we talk about these um these terms this nomenclature that goes through phases and you know I see a little bit of it in the portrait like some I sometimes have a question mark around like what is what does that mean to be um you know culturally responsive exactly you know I I kind of have an idea but I like that the plain language in the first paragraph is just plain language and if we add some of these concrete details feel like anybody could understand it without knowing what education is using right now in terms of terms or whatever it is and that really appeals to me. >> Great. Thank you. All right. What's next? I'm sorry Trusty Goodrich is sick and not able to be with
055us because I know that chronic absenteeism is very important to him and I am not used to having a month between board meetings. I will admit I did call out on my mentor Trusty Kudson today because I was like as I got started on the board I feel like we went like twice a month every week the cadence and my brain I'm like having a hard time remembering where we so I I a part of my brain feels like we had said we would like to leave it something like that there as a forever like we had this idea of like we have our forever goals that never change and that that's one of them. And then I when I edited the Google doc um of the goal, the academic goal, I updated it to
056call it um monitor and improve student success and attendance. As we had disc well, it was in my notes again, my brain. Thank goodness for good notes, >> right? We remembered to we decided to call to something else, but can you remind me what that was? >> I think we were looking to make it a more positive spin and and focus on increasing attendance as opposed to focusing on chronic absenteeism, which sounds like a disease. But in fairness, we're another year away from the pandemic when I mean chronic absenteem was a serious issue in across the state, you know. So, um I I don't think it was an attempt to be negative. I think it was it was naming a real problem, >> right? And just to remind >> it has improved >> what I
057said at that meeting was like I also thought it was breeding a low-key paranoia, especially with the letter that goes out at the beginning of the year. So I just wanted to like also be clear that like this isn't about like your kid having a cold, you know, like I just, you know, >> right? And it was also a mandate from state ed to improve absent, you know, and to impro improve attendance and to reduce chronic absenteeism because there's a difference between having a cold or having the flu on an occasional basis and missing school every day for, you know, like a month just because you can't get out of the house. Yeah, for some reason, Caroline, >> yeah, it actually speaks again to like these terms, although I agree at the time we did
058want to call it, we wanted to name it because it was such a severe problem, but then sort of when you start using these this nomenclature that is associated starts to lose meaning, it can be people don't hear it anymore. So, I always advocate just simple language that is universal, everybody can understand. Um, and so I like the the change in title that you're suggesting for that reason. >> Would you just repeat the title again? >> Yes. Um, I think it was one that we all came up with together in the last meeting. uh monitor and improve student success and attendance. Perfect. How does everybody feel about the like the bulleted action steps there? >> I have a question. Are we thinking of keeping this chronic absenteeism goal as it is as a forever goal?
059Or are we thinking about writing a new chronic absenteeism goal? I'm I'm lost. I'm not sure. I was I was under the impression that we were changing it from chronic absenteeism to monitor and improve students success and attendance >> or that that was what we were discussing. >> Okay. Me too. That's why I was wanting to make sure the um that title uh that I read is the title of the academic goal that you'll find on the grid. That's why I'm just mentioning that's um where it says Jenny Jared. >> Yes. Yep. I saw that. >> That So are we are we asking if we want to integrate these bullet points because we had discussed in the last meeting that MTSS does a really fantastic job >> that's true >> of doing this. And so
060we changed on the live Google doc I changed uh one of the bullet points to continue to support implementation of MTSS because it included that. So I guess if we wanted we could reiterate there continue to support implementation of MTSS and its attendance. I don't know. I don't have the phrase. I'm sure >> I think there's a really important piece that we're missing when we look at this chronic absenteeism, which I think is part of our real I mean or I always push it as one of our long-term goals. Auntie offers it's it's not only about attendance and punctuality, but it's about being in a classroom with other people. It's being with other children. It's IRL experience. And I think that maybe we could shape again that's why we want people to come to school
061is because that's something that they can't do on their own at home and we're offering all these special human experiences and interactions. So we could think about um what's foundational for success for all learners as they go out in the world is that they know how to communicate and deal with other human beings. And so maybe we could like try to form that into something that includes that. You know, attendance is helps because then you're in school with other people. Um, so anyways, I I offer that because I do think that that's something that is um a deep value in our district where we are human first. >> Yeah, I think that would be a great preamble like to that goal, you know, like here's why, you know, we think it's really important you're in
062school because it it benefits you academically, it benefits you socio emotionally, it benefits your mental health. And for all these reasons, we're watching it. We're we're monitoring attendance, you know, and that that puts the the rationale is almost more important than the goal. >> Would somebody be willing to draft that? >> Okay. Okay. >> Just the title. Okay. But the title's for a different goal. I know. Here I I'm hearing Here's what I'm hearing. I'm hearing this. I'm hearing forever goals. If I picture the Antiora board of education web page, I'm seeing like you know goals like forever goals and then underneath that are the things that we feel as a board never change. There would be a new Oh, what do we Yes. evergreen contract. Yes. Something that is like and I think that
063it's going to be it sounds like a new fresh way of expressing why we want kids in the school building. And that's how we're going to try and articulate why attendance is important. And that would be one. And then I just like looking at this fiscal responsibility is another one. like we are never going to decide not to be fiscally responsible. So communication, that was the other one I saw. We are never going to decide maybe we just won't communicate anymore. And then those just live up there. So Emily, I think what you're offering to draft is a evergreen goal around what you know we're all sharing that it's important to be in the building for like I can read you what Rick just said like in person because of social health, emotional health, mental
064health, academic strength, the importance of human interaction, play, all of that. And then because the title is for a different goal which I don't think is an evergreen goal probably which is you know later on the grid. So I'm just going to keep asking clarifying questions. Um, so the culture and climate goal, the chronic absenteeism goal, the fiscal planning and oversight, and the communication goals would be our forever goals. And then under that would be the actionoriented 2526 goals. Okay, good. Say something. Yeah, I just wanted to um share that that at our um at our book club which was about you know um mental health and tech um this concept of presence just kept coming back. It just is like just like how important it is in this world that we're in that is
065so digitized and so impersonal in so many ways that to to find ways to be present in your own life and and with other people. Um it's it's it's something that's just so important. And um so obviously coming to school is presence, but it's more than that, right? It's being present while you're at school because your phone's in your locker, right? It's being present in every way you can be. And I think that's something that actually people around here are very familiar with and um would respond to. I was wondering if during this deliberation and crafting of these goals if the board would consider making them the 2526 and then maybe making them the 25 26 and 26 27 goals because by the time they're finalized we're going to be in January and I think
066this conversation is incredible. I think the board is having wonderful dialogue. But if we can set up these goals to last for 18 months, then in July at the reorg, we can say these are the goals for 2627 and we can start working on them. Like it can it can just be a continuous process because I think we're making great strides in the district and a lot of these goals are things that we are currently working on. So, I think we are I know we're going to make progress, but it's hard to start >> and it's like it takes so many meetings to get there that by the time we do it, we really only have them for like six months. So, >> so I would I would be really appreciative if these could be
067>> Yes. Does everybody agree with that? Okay, good. That's that's a great idea. I love that idea. All right. So, where else did we land with this? The grid of goals was the only immediate one. Okay. Go ahead. >> I think the AI goal, which I trusty Kudson and I talked about on the phone again today, just to like jog my brain, was one that we were having some insights about together as a group. And then the academic goal which I updated based on the notes I took from our last meeting >> and in the academic goal I'm just trying to remember back also because it has been a long time a whole month um you incorporated some of the issues that Trusty Goodrich brought up as well. >> Yeah, attendance and MTSS which is
068how those more vulnerable kids attendance is monitored. I changed the word from assess to ensure uh which we discussed. Um I think yeah and then I struck a hole that whole paragraph uh the third paragraph I don't I guess it used to say no it's right here continue to consistently identify and track students facing academic social emotional challenges and I just replaced it with what we all agreed which was continue to support implementation of MTSS >> that's great did you want to say something. >> Uh so my re I just wanted to since uh the AI piece of this um I think what we came to in the last meeting was that the best role the board can play since the administration is is working on this internally and developing you know the sort of
069the internal school policies is is as an outreach as a community outreach body in our in our role facing the community. Um so you know um I I just would love to see the parent community us make some effort to provide some sort of you know we we had these we've had parent workshops in the past but to me like um you know I think I said this at the last meeting that what happens in school what happens at home with AI is you know as important or more important than what happens in school. And so, um, I think to equip parents with knowledge because, you know, the degree of knowledge that depending on, you know, what else they're dealing with in their life that they have on this may be zero to 100. We
070don't know. um and to I think it would be a great goal for the board to try to offer um by the end of the year um our our parents some kind of um workshop or um event maybe with a speaker um akin to what um uh the middle school is doing about internet safety which is a slightly different um you know but uh yeah the I read the phrase um cognitive offloading, right? Which which is what what we're what what I'm really concerned about um for kids. I've talked about this before is just um I'm worried that um that these tools um enable um uh the possibility of of of kids outsourcing the thinking part of their education and and and being aware of that risk is something that um families should know about.
071And so I think that would be a great goal for the board to to to just sort of develop some kind of community outreach and uh information session on what's going on with AI and and um what you know what uh what parents should know >> and I think it's important for us to continue the conver conversation at the board table publicly and also to add um I don't know regular updates in the board briefs you you know, even just like a tidbit of information. Uh Caroline and then Jenny, >> I do remember that conversation. I remember liking that idea so much. And um so when I think about you, I'm human first for sure, but I also am not um I don't I am a total adopter of technology at the same time. And
072um as we think about what um I know one facilitator that I spoke to in Kingston actually, but she works with groups with cohorts and she finds something that they really don't like doing and they she helps them do that with AI. And I was just thinking about fiscal responsibility as we think about what that evening might look like and what might be of interest to a community. But is there a challenge? No. Does it do people really like keeping their books or is there some sort of like something like that that we could do as a group and you could ask it questions? You know, maybe it's around taxes or some something that nobody likes to do. And that's sometimes when AI can be really really helpful and and a good a good support.
073And um anyways, it it'll be interesting to think about that programming a little bit more. Um I guess I'm trying to get to a more concrete um goal of the workshop so that people are vested and understand and it's just not talking about AI you can do this and there's LLMs and there's big data set okay so much stuff we all hear but if there was a problem that we were solving as a group like come out and try to you know do this with us with AI that might be fun and interesting and a great learning experience I don't know what that is yet but yeah I just want to say that I I for sure don't have the answer myself like I would want to rely on people who know more about the
074especi um specifically um you know it would be to to try to find um people who are working in in education and the intersection of um students in AI. So, and just to be clear, I was just talk I wasn't actually talking about an education. I was talking about getting our community familiar with AI. So, and I don't and I don't even know if that's an idea, but um we have to figure out what this looks like in a actually in a in a real way. So, do we not touch that and we touch this? But yeah, I was talking about something that wasn't pertaining to education. when you were talking um actually both of you, I was thinking about um you know like when I was a teacher and we had math night or
075science night and the kids and their and their families would come in and play math games or do science, you know, experiments or, you know, just activities. And I'm thinking that it might not be a bad idea, like you said, trying to solve a problem, >> you know, like um and if we could get people that were savvy with AI to support the process, it could be it it could be really educational for parents and um and also fun, like a fun way to learn about something. >> It demystifies it. And it also if we were in that group we could maybe start to understand what's threatening about it, what's not threatening threatening about it, what are potentials like how could like we might get ideas for how to bring it into our classroom. So
076that that is more the what I was thinking but um yeah to be to be continued. >> We just have to list out some good ideas. Do you have something for us over there, Trusty Mitchell Merl? Okay, I got a little confused, but this is this is the evergreen goal. Yes. Okay. Keeping in mind the importance of in-person interaction, interpersonal social skills, mental health, academic strength, human interaction, and everyday play, and having crushes. Just kidding. The board deeply values regular attendance. The board is always working toward a present student body learning inside and outside the classroom in person among their peers, educators, and community. This one is already was already kind of in it, but I changed it a little. Being present for educational instruction, including arriving on time at the start of each school
077day and having daily human-to human interaction, is crucial for fostering a productive, exciting, and equitable learning environment. I like it. It's real talk. I like it. Well, get it on the uh we'll get it on the uh document. Oh, it's on the dock. Good, good, good. Okay, great. Awesome. What else? Oh, go ahead. >> Um why don't you put it in as a an edit just so that Trusty Goodrich gets to see it. Okay, I'm gonna put my new part those pointy parentheses. >> I took a go at trying to just write something for the AI goal just while I was listening to everybody just because I thought it might be helpful. It's also in the live Google doc in under uh what was already there. So to offer the parent guardian community education and
078guidance around AI and to promote clarity around the uses of AI in classroom work completed outside of school. So to me, this looks like perhaps a live presentation or a Zoom presentation that gets recorded and shared home where parents and guardians can learn what it is, how it can easily be used. You know, here's how I could write a paper with this. I could go into this and type in Chad GBT. Write me a paper at a fourth grade level about Peter Rabbit. Look, here's a paper on Peter Rabbit. Now, I can just copy this and paste it, you know, just so parents and guardians can start to understand. And then that second part about promoting clarity around the uses of work completed outside of school. We know in school they're on their Chromebooks, which
079John Rymer keeps locked down. So, they are not using AI at school. But we talked about kids using parents laptops, home PCs and things like that which don't have those guard rails. So I think it would be really important to um promote clarity here about why you should encourage your child to do their homework on their Chromebook because none of these things can happen if they're doing it on their Chromebook. Also clarity so that you know parents and guardians can communicate with teachers. I hear from my children this teacher says I can use it for this I can't use it for that that information should should be communicated to parents and guardians so that they are aware of oh are you sure you're allowed to or you know so clarity around AI's use uh outside
080of school and I've talked about this before as well, but and I have to look at it in on the computer, but um there's this piece that I've talked about before where my daughter is getting assignments where she's asked to draw read a book and she has to draw they read the outsiders. was mad about it and she has to draw a wanted poster for one of the characters and she has to draw it and she has to put down details about this person and she's asked to it it requires a level of understanding about the book the AI cannot draw a drawing a wanted poster this is and so this critical thinking part put like the thing that Mr. Richard showed us this evening that that is a it requires an understanding of the
081technology of threading together a narrative. So there's classroom assignments. I think that our teachers are already doing this like whether it's in I'm assuming it's on purpose, right? Um, and they're like, "Okay, I'm going to start asking my students to like give me these deliverables because I know a written paper now is a dime a dozen, you know, so let me ask for another deliverable as proof of that, you know, this material." And I think there's ways we can ask that to support those teachers giving those types of assignments. I That was a little muddled, but you know what I'm talking about. I hope. What else around goals? >> I just I completely agree and love what Trusty Drum was saying and I feel like that's what Portrait of a Graduate is kind of saying,
082right? To measure growth and knowledge and understanding in ways other than, you know, spitting out a paper. And I guess I feel like that that lands sort of in assistant superintendent Laughen's ballpark probably. Am I right about that? Uh supporting teachers in offering evaluations that are out create outside of the model of of AI. But I like the idea of educating parents and guardians about why those projects, why are we asking a seventh grader to make a drawing? It might seem like this is English class, you know, but this could be a really great time to articulate that, you know, utilizing critical thinking and doing something in this way demonstrates that they understand it, that they didn't put it in a computer and let it spit something out again. Could put that add that in.
083Good point. What else? on goals. Are we feeling like once we get some word smithing done, we're in good shape with goals? >> Are we trying to make it official next meeting? >> Um, I'd love to love to do that at the next meeting. So, if we can all commit to making the changes that we've said we would and yeah, we can just move forward. Sound good? Okay. Awesome. Thanks everybody. Great conversation. All right. Um, item 9.01 is acknowledging public be heard. Nobody spoke at the last meeting. Do we have anyone who would like to speak at this meeting? All right. So, I'm not going to read our statement. Do we need a break? Keep going. Okay. All right. Um, item 12.01 is approvement approval of the consent agenda. The board hereby approves items number
08412.02 through 12.13. May have first. Trusty Jared second. Trusty Smith. Any questions or comments? I have a couple questions. Um, oh, I hope it's okay to ask this. I saw um Dr. Salamini on Can I We really like him. We love him. And there are a lot of parents wondering about that word interim. And I I just wanted clarity on what that meant on the consent agenda. The consent agenda is just um cleaning up for him um the status of his employment and when he actually retired from the state because he was in our employee when he actually retired with the New York State teachers retirement system. He is continuing on with us and we will soon be starting to have discussions about what that looks like um and what we are going to do
085moving forward for our middle school principal ship. >> I'm so relieved to know that August 11th is not I was like, "Oh, what? What?" Okay. Yay. That was just a a cleanup for for him. >> I had another question if that's okay. um the surplus items like the food warmer and the immersion blender. Is it ever that we uh reach out to nonprofits in the area to ask if they'd like them donated? I don't know if how that works. >> So, as part of our policy, we can do that. However, these two pieces of equipment are broken. Can I totally deviate? But because that was a the school lunch, can I tell you that today's school lunch had um warm butternut squash and wheat berry salad and roasted cauliflower. I just needed to put that
086out there. I would like to add that I have put hundreds of dollars on my son's lunch account so gratefully to know that my kid eats two lunches my growing 13-year-old boy every day and comes home and tells me all the fresh delicious food he ate and I am always like thank you so much for feeding my child so well and these all of our children in these days when they really need that. That is Thank you so much to all of our food workers. >> Trusty Jerome, did you take a look at the schedule? U >> Okay, great. Perfect. Thank you. All right. Oh, go ahead. >> We have to acknowledge these amazing donations again. Outstanding, beautiful, beautiful people donating to amazing things. and um the Kids in Need Foundation donating for our children
087that you know have a greater need and the Catskill Watershed Corporation for always supporting our fifth grade field trip to the Ashoken Center. Talk about culturally responsive education. When I think about that, I think about our kids growing up in this beautiful land and that trip really like brings it home to them at that perfect age. And I know we're all so grateful for their continued support and the Ashoken Center, you know, welcoming all of our kids in such a big way. >> Agreed. >> All right, we will vote on the consent agenda. >> Trusty Jared, >> I. >> Trusty Smith, >> I. >> Trusty Mitchell Morurell, >> I. >> Trusty Jerome, >> I. >> Trusty Kudson, >> I. >> That's unanimous. Thank you all. On to 13.01. Approval of contracts and independent contract retainers.
088The board hereby approves item numbers 13.02 through 13.08. May I have a first? Trusty Jared. Second. Trusty Kudson. Any questions or comments? After years of watching these board meetings, I now realize like, oh my gosh, we get so much good insight and I just want the community to hear it. outstanding speakers are coming to the school, female authors, motivational speakers, and the internet awareness program. And it's all really reasonable and unbelievable the pedigree of these folks. So, yay. Very, very exciting. >> Anything else? Anyone else? All right, we'll vote. Trusty Jared, >> I. >> Trusty Smith, >> I. Trusty Mitchell Morurell. >> Hi. >> Trusty Jerome. >> Hi. >> Trusty Kudson. >> I. >> That's unanimous. Thank you. On to 14.01. Uh the second reading and adoption of policy 1512. Public be heard. The board
089of education hereby adopts policy 1512 as written. May I have a first? Trusty Smith. Second. Trusty Jerome. Any questions or comments? All right, we'll vote. Trusty Jared, >> I. >> Trusty Smith, >> I. >> Trusty Mitchell Morell, >> I. >> Trusty Jerome, >> I. >> Trusty Kudson, >> I. >> That's unanimous. Thank you. Committee reports. What committees have met since we've seen each other last? >> Um, Okay. >> The safety committee met. Um Clark um Trusty Goodrich and I are both on the safety committee and the audit committee. So um I just want to say that the Bosey's representative on the safety committee literally called our schools plans the jewel in the crown of the district. Those literal words left his mouth. >> Wait, who said that? the the the person I'm sure superintendent or
090assistant superintendent. Who is that gentleman? Mr. Jim Stud and what is his role? >> He is our Bosey's >> I'm I don't remember what his title is. >> No, I mean to say he is overseas. >> Oh, he looks at every district and their safety plans and their buildings and Yes. >> jewel in the crown of the district. So, thank you to our SRO's and our building principles and our facilities team. As a parent sitting in I love being on that committee. I never want to not be on that committee because it makes me feel so good about sending my kids to school here every day. They are really really well protected. Also, the audit committee met and was clear, purposeful. Everything is again in outstanding shape. We are a very well stewarded district and
091um there was definitely discussion also about looking forward to you know being able to assess a a very secure financial position and continuing to offer hopefully the lower tax levy that our district always does offer being able to maintain that. It was a very positive meeting. >> Thank you. We had a facilities meeting here at Woodstock Elementary a few weeks ago, couple weeks ago. And I don't think it was super eventful. We walked down all the hallways. We walked the whole outside. It was very cold out. We saw the place where you can put early ballots. That was exciting. Sort of the highlight for me. Um There were new doors a while ago, I remember, but I don't think it's like nothing immediate happening, but everything looked great. Thank you. Now, policy committee uh postponed
092our meeting. Um but we have uh a lot of transportation policies to take a look at at our next meeting. Um communications committee didn't meet. However, we were we were super super busy um approving and uh preapproving all the communications that went out over the past like six weeks or so. Um really on call. Yeah. >> And we can't thank h uh our Boseies consultants Holly and Renee enough. So, we'll thank them again tonight. Um, and and I will say that uh I you know I we did hear back at at some of the community sessions that we went to that uh community members felt like they that this these propositions had been well communicated to them that they um were felt very brought up to speed on what was going on and that was
093heartening to hear. >> Any other committee information for the public? We are on for April 20th for meet and greet. Yes, that's April 20th, right? Okay. And middle school, high school cafeteria. Good. All right. Any unfinished business? Any new business? Any requests for information? Okay, we will. And once I have Don't Don't shut us off yet. Once I have emotions, um, we when we adjourn the meeting, I before we adjourn the meeting, I just want to tell everybody happy holidays, happy Hanukkah, merry Christmas, happy new year, Quanza, happy Quanza. Um, and uh, really have a great and restful holiday everybody, all of my all of my colleagues at the table and all of everybody out there and the community. Um, so may I have a motion to adjourn? >> Oh, our next meeting is January
09413, 2026. >> And that kicks off budget season. >> Yes, it does. Yep. The most magical time of the year. Budget season. Okay. May I have a first adjourn? Second. All in favor? Okay. Thank you all.