001Hello everybody. I'd like to call to order the Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 board of education business meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Would everybody please stand for the pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God, indivisible, liberty, justice for all. Okay, since Mary is not here, can I please get a motion to appoint Sarah Hen, superintendent of schools as district clerk promporary for this meeting? Mike Dave. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes by here. David Clifford here. here. Patty uh Patty will not be here. Here the exits are to your right and to your left and behind us to our right. Subject 2.1. May I please get a motion that after review the board of education approves the agenda as
002presented andor amended at this meeting. Dave Mike. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes five to zero. Subject 3.1. May I please get a motion to accept the minutes of the April 24th business meeting as presented? Mike Ian. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 5 to zero. Subject 3.2. May I please get a motion to accept the minutes of the May 5th special business meeting as presented? Ian. Oh no, Eron. Sorry Ian. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 5 to zero. Subject 4.1. Statements and presentations. I will hand over to Superintendent Adam. Good evening. I want to start this evening just with a little bit of a celebration. Tom Murphy, our morning dispatcher, um has won the Tri County Transportational Professional of the Year. Um just a little bit of
003an excerpt from the submission that Supervisor Matthew did on his behalf. Um Tom Murphy is our morning dispatcher at Green Lake. As anyone in transportation knows, mornings at the bus garage are anything but routine. John is the first one in and gets to work checking for driver callouts and arranging coverage and helping to start pre-check buses when needed. He also makes sure the heaters are working, which is always appreciated by the drivers. When the weather is less than optimal, Tom will assist with checking the roads, usually starting with the lakeside as I check the northern end of the district on the way in. Living a few blocks away from the bus crash is always going to be eyes and ears on weather events that occur over the weekend. He's also boots on the ground, coming
004in to assist with cleaning the after snowtorms. Tom brings a calm approach to things, is able to multitask efficiently, and he covers routes and trips in the afternoon as needed. In summary, whether behind the desk or behind the wheel, Tom is always willing to help dispatching, driving, routing, and provided hugs to drivers requiring additional support. He understands that transportation is not a Monday through Friday job. When you say thanks to Tom, he'll often reply there's no. So, congratulations to Tom. [Applause] Uh today is our school budget vote and trustee election. Uh it is at the elementary school until 9:00 p.m. tonight. Encourage everyone to get out and vote. Uh there are also two board seats open and we have two people running Holder who is here in the audience with us today and so thank
005you both for running. uh principal reports for the elementary school. Tonight is the open house for the elementary school. So Michelle ring is down there, but you did see that report, which I will read on her. We kicked off this past month by celebrating teacher appreciation week. Throughout the week, I treated incredible our staff to a variety of sweet and savory snacks to thank them for their dedication for our students. I'd also like to recognize our generous PTSA who will be hosting a staff appreciation lunchon on June 2nd. This evening we are proudly hosting our annual open house, a highlight of the spring season and a time for families and community members to see our students artwork in action. Classrooms are beautifully decorated with writing samples, projects and artwork. In the gymnasium, Miss Emworth has
006created a stunning whole school art exhibit that showcases creativity and talent across all of our grade levels. As we move into the final stretch of the school year, we are conducting our spring benchmark assessments. This data will help guide instruction through the end of the year. We are also entering the final marking period with teachers and students focus on maintaining momentum and finishing strong. All grade levels are encouraging, I'm sorry, are enjoying their final field trips of the year. kindergarten uh went to Orange County Arburum for arms where students explored 35 acres of gardens and water faces while learning about botney, ecology, and conservation. Third graders visit to Donahue Memorial Park located at the base of Strong King Mountain, a place to le science, history, and community awareness. And then our third grade hall trip
007to Ramoo is scheduled for June 10th. An exciting and memorable memorable tradition that students are eagerly anticipating. In preparation for our future, we conducted dialog for kindergarten screenings for our incoming kindergarten students. Um, and as referenced by the pictures behind me above you, in last month's report, we had Arbor Day. It was commemorated with a heartfelt ceremony honoring the late John Finn, a longtime board of education member. In partnership with the village of Greenwood Lake and Forward Valley Gardeners, our second graders walked to Wind Stanley Park, planted the chairing tree, and participated in a puppetry reading. A beautiful tribute and an enriching experience. We also concluded kindness month with a recognition ceremony. Students who consistently students who consistently demonstrated extraordinary acts of kindness were honoring prizes. Special thanks to Miss Carrie and Miss Rose organizing
008and running this initiative each day with care enthusiast. Thank you for your continued support. Next up, we have Principal Gillespie from New School. Hey, good evening everyone. As mentioned in my prior report last month, I promised that things would be picking up speed here at the middle school and that's certainly what what has been happening. We have a lot of uh events that have been taking place, a lot of upcoming events that I'm going to go through. Um I'll start with um some of the stuff that you see on our on our u projection there with the photos. Uh I'd like to start with the two top middle photos. Those are our eighth graders on the Washington DC trip. Um eighth graders went and explored all the historical sites of Washington DC. Overall this year's
009trip was positive uh absent some bus issues that we had from a um outside vendor uh but which were also unfortunately out of our control. However, I would like to commend our students on how they handled it cuz that was we did run into some challenges with busing and uh our students did a great job of weathering that um and uh staying positive and ultimately having some fun uh as we ended it and and also thanks go out to um Miss Chapman, Maldo, Melac Shepard, Miss Lar Ro and also Mr. frailer, all of our shaper ones on Washington DC. As I mentioned uh previously, there's a lot of walk, a lot of things, a lot of late nights trying to make this a fun trip for the kids and they also uh endured a lot
010with the bus situation. So, I I thank them all for that. A big thank you especially goes out to Miss Chapman. Um she is the one who uh puts forth all the hard work in planning and facilitating this trip and uh it's a huge undertaking. We we talk about it basically all year with multiple check-ins to be ready and uh there are many moving parts of the trip that happen and Miss Chapman continues to work to provide our students with a memorable experience each year. So thank you to her and all of our chaprons uh for that. Also on Tuesday, May 13th, members of student government and NJHS traveled to the FDR museum in High Park. That's a photo on the top left that shows them uh sitting through anformational session that was provided. Again,
011uh thank you to Miss um Chapman and um Miss Shepard for their work with student government and also uh Miss Novak who also attended because it was NJHS combined with student government for that trip. The photo on the right is from last Thursday's NJHS inductions and that was a great ceremony we had. Uh congratulations to all of our returning inductees of NJHS and all of our new members of NJHS. And again, Miss Chapman, Miss Novak for all their hard work um with that. So, you see a couple different things. NJHS has been very active lately. We had our inductions. you see the uh visit to the senior senator which I noted in the last meeting would be upcoming and that turned out to be uh a great trip. Both our students and the um senior
012center um members that were there that day had a great time participating in games and actually um I received a few emails from some of the the members uh who complimented our students and said what a great day it was. So, it's always nice for people to uh you know recognize that, take time and let us know um what a great group of students we have and how that time was appreciated. The photo on the bottom left is of our uh peer leadership members. Uh they're standing by the board that was made for mental health um awareness. This month is mental health awareness month. So again, thank you to Miss Greenberg and our members of peer leadership for supporting that important message. The final photos in the middle uh bottom row are from last Friday's
013Trills and Thrills competition. Uh both groups performed well, both our band and chorus. And um unfortunately our day at Six Flags was cut short due to thunderstorms. So, uh, we had to turn around and and, um, come back early, but the, uh, again, big thank you to all of our chaperones and students for enduring the weather. Uh, thank you to Mr. Compton and Mr. Po for all their work with the banded chorus and the support in planning that trip every year. Now, for our upcoming events tomorrow, our eighth grade students will be traveling to New York City to see The Outsiders on Broadway. is a book that our students read have read this year in class and it's going to be a great opportunity for them to see a production in this format. Um, this
014Friday marks the end of the fourth quarter fiveweek period. The progress reports will be available next Friday online will be mailed out the following Monday. Next Tuesday, May 27th, our fifth grade students will be traveling to West Point on their on their field trip. The following day on the 28th, sixth grade students will be going on their field trip to Five Wits in Nyak, which provides immersive adventure experience that includes exploring deep space and a pharaoh's tomb. So that's a a different trip this year that sixth grade is going to go on. Uh on also on Wednesday the 28th, we'll be having our middle school uh band and chorus concert. It is our annual concert. Grades four and five will perform at 5:15, followed by our sixth to eighth grade band, of course, at 7:15.
015And then next Friday, the 30th, is our semiformal dance for our seventh and eighth graders. The dance will start at 6 p.m. The following week on June 2nd, our fourth grade students will take their annual field trip to Museum Village in Monroe. On Tuesday the 3, we'll be hosting our third grade students, our incoming third graders. They will come up here for a tour of the middle school like we do each year. So, we're excited to host them um on the 3. On Wednesday, June 4th, we have our athletic awards here at the middle school at 9:00 a.m. where we'll celebrate all of our modified athletes. And then Thursday, June 5th, our seventh grade students will be taking their field trip to the Storm King Arts Center. Moving beyond that, we will have our field
016day on Monday, June 16th. And also our academic awards and honoral breakfast will be breakfast will be on June 18th. There'll be more uh about that at our June meeting and we'll certainly talk about our eighth grade graduation ceremony and all the details for that at that time. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Uh May has been uh quite a busy month uh across the district. Uh New York State ELA math and science testing for grades three through eight wrapped up early in May. Uh this week also marks the conclusion of the New York State testing for our English language learners. Looking ahead, our eighth grade honor students will take their living environment and algebra 1 regent exams in June. Also, um end of year benchmark testing for both our elementary and middle
017school students began last week and will continue through June 16th. The committees on preschool and school age special education have had multiple meetings scheduled daily since January. And although there are still many meetings planned through June, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the hard work and commitment of everyone involved in these important discussions. The efforts of these teams are vital to ensuring that we are providing the best possible support for all of our students. In recognition of mental health awareness month, our May PLC focused on the mental health needs of both middle and elementary school students, Roinardi and I met with both grade level teams this week um in both buildings to discuss strategies, gather feedback, and explores ways to better support students mental health in the classroom and within the district. The
018PLC's were tailored to the unique needs of each student population to ensure relevant and effective strategies. Equally important to student mental health is staff mental health. Based on feedback from our PLC's, professional development topics surrounding staff well-being will be explored for the 2526 school year. While the school year may be winding down, I've had the privilege of visiting many classrooms over the past few weeks and witnessing the excellent teaching and engaged learning happening every day. It's quite inspiring to see the hard work and dedication of both our students and our teachers. Um, wishing everybody a good Memorial Day, dry, no rain hopefully and maybe some warm weather. Uh, but enjoy. Thank you. Thank you. Um, on tonight's agenda, just for purposes, we do have two additional snow giveback days for the board's consideration on Wednesday,
019June 25th and Thursday, June 26th. 24 now the last day of school looking at making that a turn day which is 10:30 school dismissal at 11:30 elementary school thank you okay thank you districtone so Ian we'll start with you with Chester Sure and then if you have any updates for Warwick as well I don't have one since my head won't be here I do know one I do know so the high school academic awards are coming up on uh May 29th and I do know the wars one is uh June 5th I believe um when he's getting honored so um the SATs and that should be everywhere uh on June uh June 7th on Saturday and then the regions will start on June 10th where I believe usually it's the same same day for all
020districts um the ACTs are also And finally, they have I don't know what they'll say at the board meeting tomorrow. They have one coming up, but uh they have a longer year now. So, that's all I got. All right. Thank you. Does anybody have anything for Thank you, Miss Sean? Um, nothing really. They're just having some days, so I'm just keeping up with that. Okay, perfect. Thank you, Mike. Oxford, uh Oxford didn't meet in May. Uh there is the end of the year dinner coming up in uh the entire email everyone. Okay. Um facilities met on Friday. Just went over our plan for the summer. Everything comes Okay. Okay. Perfect. Audit committee. Nothing. Budget. Everybody, um, if you haven't voted, please go out and vote yes for the budget and vote for our two candidates,
021please. And then policy. There's policy. We'll be working on a next as of next school year. There is a bell to bail ban on cell phones. So once we get that policy from above is that going to be up to us how we handle that. It will be so the bellto bell cell phones away is non-negotiable. That is going to be how districts handle it is up to districts. So we will likely be the couches that districts have quite expensive. Some districts have are quite expensive. Um so we're looking for it just psa don't see anybody village of I don't see village of lake and polies don't just for the village just I agree with Lily like to thank the school district for letting us use the elementary school again. I mean you can guarantee
022Lily that I plan a parade or a picture day it's going to rain and that's exactly what happened. So uh Rob is very accommodating Emory to Carrie who's fantastic. She took care of us make sure everything was done and uh thank you very much for shooting space. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, moving along. Subject six stop one, privilege of the floor. Come on. All right, moving right along. Thank you. Subject 7.1, financial reports and warrants. May I please get a motion to approve the financial reports for April 2025 as presented at this meeting? Ian, why do I keep calling? switch sign. Aaron, Mike, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes 6 to zero. Subject 7.2. May I please get a motion to amend the 2024 2025 student calendar as presented? Dave, Mike, any discussion?
023I hope everybody's happy with the two additional days. Um, all in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 7.3. May I please get a motion to approve the supplemental MOA between the district and the GLTA as presented? Dave, Mike. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 7.4. I please get a motion to approve the intermunicipal agreement with the village of Greenwood Lake to provide police service as presented. Mike Ian Allen any discussion all in favor? I motion passes six to zero. Subject 75. May I please get a motion to approve the intermunicipal agreement with the town of Warwick for police services as presented? Mike Dave. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 7.6. May I please get a motion to approve the extended school
024year tuition contract with Warell Central School District as presented? Mike. Ian. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 77. May I please get a motion to approve the Monroe Woodbury Central School District Health Services contract as presented? Mike Dave. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 7.8. May I please get a motion to accept General Mills box stops for education as presented? Mike Ian. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 8.1. May I please get a motion to approve Alpine Luga as summer substitute custodial worker as presented? Dave Mike. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 8.2. May I please get a motion to approve the unpaid leave of absence extension of Christina Biano as
025presented? Mike Dave. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 8.3. May I please get a motion to appoint Brendan Chapman, Molly Crowley, and Emily Zurlac as non-certified substitute teachers as presented. Mike, Ian, any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 8.4. May I please get a motion to appoint Heather Mazi as substitute school bus monitor and substitute teacher aid as presented. Mike Dave. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 9.1. And please get a motion to accept the C PSSE recommendations as presented at this meeting. Mike Michelle. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion passes six to zero. Subject 10.1. May I please get a motion to adjourn to executive session to discuss the medical, financial, credit, or employment history of
026any particular person or corporation or matters leading to the appointment, employment, promotion, promotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal, or removal of any particular person or corporation. Dave, Mike, any discussion? All in favor? Motion passes six to zero. Um, we will not be returning to the public session after the executive the next board of education business meeting. Oh, wait. There will be a special special business board of education meeting on Tuesday, June 3rd at 5:30 p.m. in the middle school captorium. And the monthly business meeting will take place on Monday, June 16th at 6 p.m. in the middle school. Enjoy your evening everybody.