001Okay, I'd like to call to order the Monday, July 14th board of education annual organizational meeting to order at 6:11 p.m. Would everybody please stand to the flag of America and it stands nationy and justice for all >> here is here >> welcome. >> Thank you. here and >> here >> and go back portion. >> Okay. The uh the exits are to our right and to our left and now I will hand it over district. >> Yes. So I would like nominations of the floor for president all you can do all together just around you know you just Okay. in the constitution board of trustees, the board of education school district. Okay. Now 2.2 I will take nominations from the president of the board of education nomination. Do I have a second? Any other nominations?
002Okay. Nominations are closed. Uh, do I have any motion vote for president? All >> in favor? >> Okay. like a vote first. Somebody first for John President. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I >> Thank you. I'm back. >> You're back. Be exciting. General John is present now vice Do I have to do this again? >> I do affirm that I support the Constitution of the United States of America, the Constitution of the State of New York. I will faithfully discharge the president of the board of education school district according to the best. Okay. So, now it's back to me. All right. Subject 2.3, election of the vice president. And please get somebody to nominate someone for the vice president. >> Okay. So, Dave's first. Sorry, Mike. And Mike, they're second. Okay. So, that's two
003nomination. Any other nominees? No. All in favor? Hi. >> Oh, I elect her. >> I'll say that. >> Any discussion? All right. All in favor? >> I passes 6. We're moving. We're moving right along. So now Patty, I'm going to hand this out loud and sign it, please. I to solemnly affirm and declare that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America, the Constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of vice president of the board of education of the Lake School District according to the best of my abilities. Thank you. Okay. Now you superintendent sign out loud. I do affirm and declare that I support the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of New York and I
004will faithfully discharge the duties of superintendent of schools to make school district. I can solidly confirm that I support the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of New York that I will favor the committee. So I just cler school district to the best of my ability. No, we're ready. Okay. So, uh to make appointments for the audit committee. So I believe was on the water committee last year besides Michelle on the water right now. Yeah, that's right. >> Okay. Uh, subject 4.2. I'd like to appoint members of the facilities committee. So, I'll stay on the facilities committee. Mike, will you stay on? also said. >> Okay. And I know uh Aaron said he would stay on. So those all right budget committee subject 4.8. I'd like to appoint
005members of the budget committee. So I I'll stay on the budget committee. Who else would like Kevin? Okay. Subject 4.4 Four of them are board members to the policy committee. Okay. Any other takers to the policy subject 4.5 appointment of board member leazison to Chester and Warwick schools. Um are we going to just sit with what we had last year? Chester had that uh subject 4.64 option like do you want to stick subject 4.7 appointment board member as this but it will go to delegate and alternative. So I know that was Michelle. There's no unless they're online, right? >> So Patty will take Mike, you were the delegate, right? >> So Patty will be the delegate. Do you want to stay as the alterate? >> No. Um, delegate Michael board member is the legislative name
006on that's pretty much the same thing. >> Yeah, this I think the person is just the voting and then this month whether it's monthly like I know we receive emails and then there's just >> now this is to appoint all the remaining people and this is everything that is um that we always appoint every year. There was one change. Uh oh, it was the uh the newspaper. We're going to make the Times Herald the main newspaper. We're still going to send it to the world advertiser, but a lot of times they weren't. And then uh yeah, the uh organization. And this is for everything under recommendation under section six. So, uh, subject five. Did you have a question, Mike? >> No. Okay. So, um subject 5.0 for recommendation for appointment and approval by superintendent schools
007which is 6 something 65 65. May I please get a motion to approve? All in favor? All right. Okay. Motion passes. Okay. Now we're >> Okay. So, now we're going to start the board of education business meeting at 6:24. Subject 2.1 of Port Education Act review approves the agenda as presented and for amended motion Dave s any discussion all in favor I motion passes 6 to zero subject 3.1 may please get a motion to accept the minutes of the June 16th business meeting as Ian any discussion all in favor? I motion passes here. Uh subject 5.1 statements and presentations I will hand over to superending and thanking. Um, so the 2023 capital project is in full swing this summer. Includes work on the rooms at both buildings, the student bathrooms at both buildings, the locker
008rooms at the middle school, floor tiling at the middle school and middle school tech office and then they will display and water tank at the middle school water tank uh street exit water mitigation and much more. Just to show you pictures of progress. So, we the rooms start out looking kind of like this. The old kind of stone. Uh you'll see that we have materials delivered. Um and then you'll see that the new rooms are white texture and so it's a rubberized basically roof and seal that they're putting on. This is at the middle school. This is at the elementary school. Uh they are still in elementary school. definitely was done at this point. No school there are still working on some of the roofs. This is the cafeteria so far. This is how it's
009started when it first started. Uh they got all the tile ripped up and then it was a very rough floor. They now have it completely smoothed out. So that is progressing nicely. We are also working on new electrical boxes on the floor to make our tech people happy ones that will actually work. Uh, also in the classrooms, we have a lot of classrooms where the child's been ripped up and it looks similar to what the cafeteria floor looked like. Um, and then from there they smooth it out. You'll see that there there was a gap. If you remember from taking a tour of the school, there was a gap in the upper floors between the floor and the wall and from an inch to about 2 in half an inch to about 2 in of
010space. The uh looks like flashing. It's not, but the metal pieces that they put in are all now installed. After that, they do a smoothing of that floor. Then they put this red, I call it the red phase. Not exactly sure what it is, but it's the red phase. After the red phase, there's a leveling coating phase, and that's when it turns gray, which I'll show you in another paper. After the gray leveling phase, the floor is now completely level, and it's in the self leveler. Then they stick the glue down and then they put the tiles in. And so the tiles are in in several classrooms already and in office spaces and our guys have already started moving in and waxing some of the floors. So um so far so good in terms of
011progress in the classrooms and where things are in the locker rooms. You'll see uh this is kind of what it looked like originally in there. removing the showers, pulling out the toilets, making new bathrooms, etc. Uh installing the new unisex shower that will be all the gymnasium. Uh they've been in there digging and this is the current status. Lots of dirt, lots of exposed pipes that we have ceiling put in that is also on schedule. Just a little picture of the main hallway walking towards the cafeteria. This is what it looked like this morning. This is the upstream entrance that are doing the water mitigation. You'll see that there's another step that's your question. They have now installed the concrete a new level and going to be flush with what the bottom step was. Then
012outside the door there is concrete that's going to be going out and slope away so that we hope that water has not come in to that entrance anymore. So the door on this is set to be shipped on August 1st. So we are hoping that it is on site and installed by the start of school. if not reuse the old door temporarily. So we do have exit for the students and then they'll install one install once they have received. Any questions about the capital project? The one kind of main issue that we have seen that's kind of put things out of delay is when they opened up the girls bathroom here. There was a knee wall kind of built into the wall when they demoed it. They found a minor beam that came out and
013that had to go back and forth with the structural engineers to see if the structural or not. Um it's been about two weeks going back and forth. We think that we're going to have to bounce it out and do a thing up to the ceiling because we don't think we're going to get we thought we' be able to shave it off. that we may have to box it out. Everything will be ADA compliant going in, but it has a little bit. Other than that, I'm progress. Wanted to give you a small update on the summer. Um so last summer last summer uh we had many summer committees that took place. One of those committees had to do with um moving from a response to the intervention model to a multi-tered system of support model. Uh
014there was two days of heavy work that was done and then we started the school year off with new systems in place both at the middle and elementary schools. Sarah, do you have any just for my review? >> Oh, okay. You didn't clear on that. >> Okay. I don't have >> Okay. Well, summer is upon us. Okay. Um, so this summer we have many summer committees as well as professional development plan. Um, one of which is what I was just talking about, which we'll talk about at a later date, which is updating our multiter support so that we can align what's going on in the elementary school and middle school. Uh upcoming this week we have our PBIS and disciplinary committee taking place um where we are going to really take a hard look and
015that would be actually not myself that would be the two middle principles as well as assistant principal along with constituents from both middle school and elementary school to really take a look at our current PBIS program, how we need to restructure that program and then how that fits into discipline across the board will kill it. Um upcoming we also will be working on our mentoring and professional development plans. We will also be attending a conference uh up at Mount St. Mary uh college. Uh David Hattie who is a blue room in the field of education will be uh one of the leading keynote speakers uh talking about changes and shifts in education. Um and we also will be having um uh NJHS. We are going to be having our um report cards again. Uh lots
016of good things happening. Most importantly tonight with uh your support. We're really excited to adopt our um reading curriculum. uh that will be uh receiving HMH uh intermediate for grades 8 through five and Scholastic uh education systems prek on my way for UPK. Uh also very excited to have two UPK classrooms uh this fall. Also, we're getting things ordered to go to the second classroom uh and having a lot of training with Scholastic for our two teachers to implement new programs and also having upcoming training for our existing uh K5 staff on the HM. So, lots of good things happening. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um so, the policy committee met this week. review and I'm done business meeting. We have three different policies. Two are up for first reading the second adoption. The
017one that we do have a new agend new policy that's coming down from the state. There's two calls to federal a ban on cell phones. So the policy committee sat and reviewed the recommended policy for NISPA added tweaked it to be specific to Greenwood Lake. Just some elements of it is that it will be a bell band for students. They cannot have any any personal devices connected to the internet. So no phones, no watches, uh any other smart devices whatsoever. student parents won't be able to communicate through the many offices. We're going to pretend like it's 1985. We're going to call the offices and say, "We'll send those up to the classrooms." Uh there are progressive consequences if students do violate this policy. The first offense, it would be returned at the end of the
018day to the student. The second offense, the parent would have to come pick it up. The third offense would become could detention and school suspension, etc. One key factor in this is that you cannot earn out of school suspension based solely on having your phone out. Now, if they have their phone out and they do something else with the phone and there's a combination of different consequences, then potentially consequence, but it can't just be for having it out. Example of that would be using it to take a board another student without their permission or take photos of somebody or access something they're not supposed to find. Uh one thing that the policy committee did discuss is that this policy in support of students and the focus on instruction will be inclusive of staff. So when
019staff are around students or students in the room, there are some small exceptions. Um but that staff will have their cell phone. There are also some student exceptions to this rule. If students have a medical need, if they are a caretaker for a parent or if they need it specifically for translation. However, with each of those, there may be other ways that we can do it, not a person. So for example, with translation, every student has a Chromebook. So we use the Chromebook. We wouldn't necessarily need to So as long as they have an alternate way for them to accomplish that test, they can uh we can arrange that. Um medical leave would have to go through a process review. It would have to be with the doctor's specific medical reason and it would go
020um through the CSC department. Um but from here the like I said the administrative team has reviewed it, the policy committee has reviewed it, I reviewed it. It's up for first reading tonight. After tonight, it will go out to the community and to staff for them to review it and give us feedback. Then the policy committee will meet again between now and office meeting and the audion based and ended review based on the feedback. Uh Mike and David, you want to add anything specific. >> I will say that we're not working for the students beyond what is mandated. So it's just needs to be out of sight, put away those bags. >> So, we're not ordering the bags for students that some districts are running buying. We're not making them turn in anywhere. Um, if
021we don't see it, we're good. Um, and kind of, you know, as long as we don't see it, we're good. If you give us a reason to look for it and you pat it out, then that that's what All right, that is it for me. Okay, thank you. Uh, moving along this first anyway. Thank you. >> Um, just keep track of parents of coming freshman. um orientation updates that are coming. We haven't posted the date yet. Also, um I want to try out for fall sports to make sure that they um your students have their um they all the online paperwork um and dates for online try out. The triyouts are upcoming apply by next week mid August the 15th and the 20th. Those try outs for fall course. Uh graduation was great. It was
022really successful. Um, congratulations to all the Lakers that graduated. Um, also, um, something they're out of 20, there were 26 seniors that signed their letter of intent from college sports and four of them were Lakers. So, very, you know, it's great for all of you. >> Thank you. Anything from Oxford, Mike? >> No. costume. Okay. Facilities. I think Sarah covered it with her presentation about the capital project. Um unless you're here and you saw board at school today. Luckily, we have a shop facts for for some people. Nothing about the toilet. a budget policy committee that and desire just present with the cell phone policy quickly on that until it's sent out to them the teachers that will be pts on those who do have anything for us well hi I don't have any updates
023today just want us to thank you again we have the village and enjoy in the summer and we look forward to joining you again in September, August to start planning for the next year. >> All right, thank you very much. >> Okay, moving along. Subject 6.1, privilege of the floor. >> Okay, >> sorry. I got to read this really quick. >> That's okay. >> I'll be quick. Don't worry. >> No, my arm. I am glad. Public expression of VA shall be encouraged and the following guidelines are intended to promote an orderly procedure for public comment participation. The public will be given the opportunity to address the board regarding items of interest and concern during the approach to floor section each month meeting and I we should add take your question but of course we don't
024answer them. So you know just want you guys to be aware of that. Um, anyone wishing to be heard must sign in on the public comment form prior to the start of the business meeting before speaking. Speakers will be asked to state their name before addressing their question or statement to the board. Speakers may have a limited oh three minute three minutes each and their comments or questions. Speakers are to have the right to speak without interruption and are to address the president of the board. Luckily, that's me again this year. uh comments regarding specific personnel will be ruled out of the order and referred to the superintendent. Speakers will not be recognized for a second time until all who wish to speak have been given an opportunity. The board may suspend privilege of the
025board if it is determined that a continued discussion on a particular topic or prevent the board from completing its scheduled business or one of the above guidelines are not adhered to and continued participation is deemed disrupted. >> All right. Hi family, co-president of the GLTA. Um, I just have a really quick >> Congratulations by the way. >> Thank you. Um, I just have a quick question about the cell phone policy. Is part of the mandate from the state including the staff? Is that from the state that the staff has to be included in that policy? >> That's my question. >> Okay. Any other speakers? Thank you. Appreciate it. Subject 7.1. May I please get a motion to adopt the amendment of school district records revenue regulation number 1120-R as presented? Ian. Any discussion? [clears throat]
026All in favor? I >> I motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 7.2. May I please get a motion to adopt a first reading of policy number 8813 extreme heat conditions as presented. Ian Mike and just so everybody knows I mean this was established by the state but it shouldn't affect us because we do have air condition buildings. So unless something is just okay. All in favor? I motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 73. May I please get a motion to approve the first reading of policy number 5695 students and personnel electronic devices as presented. Dave, Mike, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 8.1. Now, please get a motion to approve the financial reports for June 2025 as presented. Kevin Mike. Any discussion? All in favor? I motion passes six
027to zero. Subject 8.2. May I please get a motion to adopt scholastic education curriculum as presented? Patty Ian. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 8.3. May I please get a motion to adopt HMH grades K through 5 for print curriculum for grades K through 5. Addie Kevin any discussion all in favor I motion passes 6 to zero subject 8.4 more. May I please get a motion to approve the SMOA between the district and the school's factorial unit as presented? Dave Patty, sorry about your little delay. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 8.5. And please get a motion to approve the health services contract from CO school district as presented. Haven't any discussion? All in favor? Motion passes 6. Subject 8.6. May please get
028a motion to approve substitute rates as presented in the public final attachment. Adding I any discussion? All in favor? I I motion passes six to zero. Subject 8.7 and please get a motion to establish the rate for special education home academic instruction as presented. Dave add any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 8.8. Then please get a motion to approve the superintendent to assign a current employee to fill a temporary vacancy in another unit if needed and approve rate of pay as presented. Ian Kevin, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 8.9. May I please get a motion to approve an annual financial audit retainer agreement as presented? Dave fight. Any discussion? All in favor? I motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 9.1. Please get
029a motion to accept the regret resignation with intent to retire of Amy as Maddie Kevin. Thank you very much for your years of service. [applause] [applause] All in favor? >> I motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 9.2. I appreciate a motion to accept and request regret the presentation of Tori as Mason as presented. Mike Patty uh thank you Tori for all years of service if you're watching. I appreciate it. All in favor I motion passes 6 to zero. Okay. Uh, subject 9.3. May I please get a motion to accept the resignation of Maryanne Kennedy as presented? Ian Devin. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject I. Form. May I please get a motion to appoint Samantha Tusheler as a provisional school food service director one as presented. Mike. added. Any
030discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 9.5. May I please get a motion to appoint Oral Lo as a substitute nurse as presented? Patty Mike. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 60. Subject 9.6. May I please get a motion to abolish one FTP elementary teaching position, one FTE 7th to 8th grade ELA teaching position, and one FTP 7th to 8th grade math teaching position as presented. Kevin, Mike, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 9.7 and please get a motion to abolish the cook manager position Dave Ian and Kevin just so you're aware so that was help we had a previous person that's glasses on so now she got all right all in favor I motion passes six to zero Subject 9.8. I please
031get a motion to appoint the following summer neighbors as presented. Just so those hire at the schools during the capital project Kevin all in favor I motion passes 60 subject 9.9. Can I please get a motion to appoint Warren Gratime speech therapist as a dentist? Patty any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 9.10. May I please get a motion to appoint Theresa as registar as presented? Dave Ian. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 911 and please get a motion to appoint Mary Cutro as district clerk as presented. Dave Mike any discussion all in favor? I motion passes 60%. Thank you. Subject time 12. Please get a motion to appoint Mike Gillespie as athletic director as presented. Ian Mike any discussion? All in favor? I
032motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 9.13. May I please get a motion to appoint Daniel Martin as claims auditor as presented Ian? Any discussion? All in favor? I motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 9.14. May I please get a motion to appoint Christopher Perry as website administrator as presented. Patty Dave. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 9.15. Then please get a motion to appoint Michael as protection officer as presented. Kevin Ian. Thank you, Mike. All in favor? I. Motion passes 60. Subject 9.6. Can I please get a motion to appoint Victor Greeno as technology aid as presented? Patty Ian. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 60 to zero. Subject 917. May I please get a motion to appoint a substitute caller as presented? Pass. Dave. Any discussion?
033All favor? I motion passes six to zero. Subject 98 may please get a motion to appoint Jose substitute school mayor courier as presented pat any discussion all in favor I motion passes six to zero subject 9.19 please get a motion to appoint the following staff members for similar work as presented Daisy Mike. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 9.20. And please get a motion to appoint the following teachers for summer professional development as presented. Ian Mike. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 9.21. May I please get a motion to award the following teachers to teaching assistance from the summit of enrichment programs and committees as presented. Patty Kevin, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 9.22. Please get
034a motion to appoint Michaeli, Christopher Perry, and Victor Picno as videographers for the school year as presented. Kevin, Patty, any discussion? All in favor? I motion passes six to zero. Subject 9.23. Okay. Please get a motion to approve a compensation for additional workload purchasing, receiving an account payable, processing, and oversight as presented. Dave like any discussion. All in favor? I. Motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 10.1. May I please have a motion to accept the entire consent and agenda according to recommended action. Aster items listed below are consent items. Consent agenda items are approved via a simple vote unless they are removed from being a consent item prior to the vote. Kevin, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 11.1. May I please get a motion to execute terms and
035conditions for attorney services. Attorney services Michelle. Oh, these are all sorry. 11.1 11.2 113 11.4. We're going all the way up to 117. Approve now 12.1 subject 12.1 and please get a motion to accept CPSC and CSC recommendations as presented Dave Mike any discussion all in favor I motion passes six to zero 13.1 may hear a motion to return to executive session to discuss negotiations conduct Pursuant to the tera stage adding any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 6 to zero. We will not be returning to uh business meeting after executive session. The next uh board of education business meeting will be held Monday, August 18th, 2025. probably here back to the elementary school and it'll change. Thank you.