001Soon as I sit down 1 5, 1 of I'd like to call to order the September 18th meeting of the Car Police Board of Education. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance From Your heart. PGI flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, the of liberty Justice, Kindly dain standing. Heavenly Father, we invoke th was saying on all attendance here and on those reserve. Help us to bring wisdom and humanity to our deliberations and thy spirit to our work. You unanimity. Be seated. Welcome To the September 18th meeting of the car Complex Board of Education. Trustee Duney and Trustee Re did not attend tonight's meeting due to personal matters. We will serve comments from the board and I'll take her lead. Thank you all
002for attending today's meeting. Um, I would like to, um, share my condolences and symphony to the Hunter family. Um, Rosemary Hunter has been with the district for 26 years. Um, I did not know her personally, but just hearing all the stories and memories of her kept her spirit alive during these sad times. And I wanted to send my deepest family deepest sympathy to our family. Um, I would also like to congratulate Melissa Ken. She will be our assistant principal from middle school and high school. Please stand, say thank you so much and I'm really looking forward to being here at, it's a very lovely school community and I'm fortunate enough to join team and I'm very excited. Thank you. I'd also like to congratulate Ms. Laura ELs. She is the elementary music teacher and she
003was recipient of the Long Island School Hero Award. This is presented by the Long Island Coalition against Male. So I'd like to congratulate her as well To Vice President. Good evening everybody, and thank you for coming to tonight's meeting. Uh, like many of you are deeply staff to receive the news of the of our second grade teachers. My heart, my thoughts and prayers are with everyone touched by this loss. She can forever hold a special place in everyone's hearts and memories. I too wanna welcome, um, Melissa Ari as a new high school assistant principal. I know she will be a wonderful addition to her school family and we can't wait for everyone to get to know you. Congratulations to Ms. Laura Elani on Rec receiving the Long Island School Hero Award for over 25 years.
004She has inspired students from using and kindness to creating a place for every child feels valued. Thank you for the joy and care you bring to Coral Place every day. And congratulations to the incredible cast of students along with the dedicated production team and talented tech technical crew on a phenomenal performance of your energy, talents and hard work. Good up the stage and make the show truly unforgettable. Keep shining bright, you're all stars. I will now pass on to trustee's email. Thank you trustee here. My deepest condolences to the Hunter family as well. So it's very difficult when he's a member of your home family, let alone the family that's included in the community and in the school. So keep sister. And I'd also like to thank, uh, Ms. D Martino for getting a grant
005to repair or replace our electronic sign out in the front of the middle school high school, because more often than not, we get people who come up to the day that, well, we podium and they talk about there are a lot of grants to get. Well, I just wanna mention if you, I think we got two pack one on for the sign and one for, what was the other one for? Legions. Legions. Thank you very much. I'll pass it now on to Good evening everyone. Uh, for the high school, we have a very busy week. Uh, next week is beer week and this is the Districtwide Beer. Week 15 are as follows. Uh, Monday is Western style. Thursday at Tropical and Friday is CP year. Uh, the pep rally will take place for middle school
006and high school students on Friday, September 26th during the school day, um, where students will take place in a variety of games to boost beer and morale. The frogs will based off against Lawrence on the 26th, which is next Friday at 7:15 PM And the game theme is USA This year classes will be selling drinks and snacks at the game, so please support their fundraising efforts. And the dance will be on the 27th. And the girls gym, the high school also has their upcoming college fair. The college fair starts tomorrow on the 19th in the multipurpose room where juniors and seniors are able to attend. Um, they have one every Friday for the next four weeks, and we have over 60 colleges and universities attend for students. Thank You. And now we'll hear comments from
007Dr. Thank you. So I will echo everybody else's statements and say thank you. In particular to our community. Um, the car police community showed tremendous compassion and passion to the folks at Cherry Lane School. The amount of food and well wishes and just moral support that was given was very much appreciated by the teachers and staffing news. Um, Moriarty and myself, it, it really reminds us of how much people care about us as a school district. Um, Ms. Moriarty sent out a tremendous letter to the community today that I can't top it all. So I will just say check that letter from Ms. Morty on Parents Square. It was a great message. I will say it is an honor and a privilege to lead such an excellent group of professionals. I want to thank our
008folks at Cherry Lane and Rushmore and the middle school high school 'cause they've all pulled together. Teachers, administrators, all of our school related professionals, clerical facilities, et cetera. There wasn't a single segment of our group that didn't play a really important role in making the best out of a very, very bad situation. Um, PTA STO were also tremendous help to us throughout this entire piece. And what we managed to accomplish out of care for Ms. Hunter and her family and out of care for our colleagues is something that you can't see in a crisis plan. Right? We had that crisis plan right on the table with us, but the partnership that we had internally, externally really was out of love and professionalism and dignity to honor a colleague who exemplified all of those things. Ro
009was a person I got to work with very closely. I was very, very fond of her and respected her a lot as a person and an educator and will miss her tremendously as will, you know, really all of us here. So, um, as we're coming up on a week of that, that it's, it's just good to show what's possible when people genuinely care about one another and about the common good in the district. It's inspirational. So not to move from something super profound into another category, but here we are. School is continuing, things are going on. You're very happy that happens here with us tonight. And we are in full swing. We have had back to school nights across the district, financial aid sessions for parents, um, social events for, for the younger children. As
010Lucas said, homecoming is coming up next week. If you've never been to homecoming here, come to the game. See the spectacle and the pageantry. You're gonna see a really great team out there lining up and, um, we're excited about that. And just a reminder to people that close schools are closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, right? It's closed for Rosh Hashanah. So anyone who's celebrated, we wish to make a good and sweet year. And, um, off we go. Right? There's a whole lot of school year yet to do. September's been exciting. Looking forward to October in more ways than one. Thank you. Thank you Dr. Are there any comments from the public on agenda items only come to the podium. Give your name and address. Um, agenda item four 15. The call plates teacher association memorandum
011agreement. Is this, uh, I understand these agreements have to occur in order for change in the teacher contract, um, to be at something that is going to be added. Is this an item that can be, um, filed? Can I request to Yes. See the item, formal request? Um, yes. Yes please. And I think it's, I think it's also available on board docs. So if It just says what it is, it doesn't indicate No. We'll we can get it from you better, of course. Yeah. Alright. Excellent. Thank you. You're welcome. Are there any other public comments on agenda items only? Okay, we will now continue with the business of the meeting. May I have a motion to approve the minutes of the Board of Education meeting? August 21st, 2025 I motion. May I have a second?
012Second. All in favor? Aye. May I have a motion to approve the minutes of the Board of Education meeting of September 4th, 2025? May I have a motion? Motion? We have a second. Second. All in favor? Aye. The minutes from from September 4th, 2025 are approved now for approval of the consent agenda, may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? I make motion. Second. That all in favor all are approved in the consent agenda? Are there any questions or comments from the public not regarding the agenda? Okay, just pause one minute, MSRE. Sure. Uh, vice President Verden is going to make a few comments. Sure. Thank you. Um, the board of education allowss time at the conclusion of its regular meetings. For comments from residents and attendance, please note in any person wishes
013should you speak during this time shall comply with all provisions of board policy. Although a total of 30 minutes is allowed for comments, the board president has discretion to adjust the total time. We remind you to keep your comments to three minutes and to conduct yourself in a respectful manner. Please address school matters only and refrain from addressing topics related to personal matters for individual students. Such concerns should be discussed privately with the superintendent or administrators at an appropriate time. The board is here to listen and cannot provide immediate feedback or engage in open dialogue. Any necessary follow up will be noted and provided at a later date. Thank you. Okay. Now you can come to the podium. State your name and address. Thank you. Good evening, Vicky. Um, so I wanna discuss, um, a
014technology issue. Um, although we are very happy that we're a one-to-one school, uh, device community, um, and every year we pass very, the community and assistance pass a very luxurious budget. Um, my first grader is being asked to bring home and to school every day. A 10 foot, uh, power charge because the theme of back to school night at both Charlie Lane and Rushmore was devices charge devices charge devices charge, put the charger in your bag. Uh, we did a little p uh, PBL project at home, the device and the charger weighs five pounds. My first grader weighs 35 pounds in addition to lunchbox and additional. So it's a little ridiculous to ask students to carry a 10 foot charger to and from school. My child takes the bus. This could very easily be a
015weapon. We know kids do foolish things on bus, so I would ask the school, um, or maybe there are grants to purchase additional charges for in-class use if 18 students bring a charger to school. I don't believe there are 18 charger, 18 electrical outlets for a class to charge. Um, additionally, regarding laptop insurance, uh, I know Ms. Bambino had sent out a, a blast to for parents optional insurance. My sixth grader is currently on her fourth year of a i of a laptop that was already used prior to her getting it. So I'm a little confused as to why I'm being asked to buy insurance on a device that's probably eight or nine years old. So, um, and, um, I would like to note the recycling and updating system that car place has in place
016for recycling old devices and getting new devices into their hands. Um, and lastly, uh, earlier this week there was a, a blast in parent square parent portal regarding, um, the athletics. Uh, team is having a live stream now being available. Uh, my question is, is what is the cost to run this technology? Is there personnel that's going to be running it that's going to be paid additional, um, school funds to live streaming and, um, what are we getting any benefits from the company to use this program? Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. You'll Get me, uh, Permission. Okay. Thank you. Are there any other public comments? If not, I am going to close the public session. Can I have a motion to close a public session? Secondary. All in favor? Aye. We
017are adjourned. Thank you.