001All right, we got everybody back. All right, we'll bring the meeting back into order. Uh the next item, we have a recognition of retirees tonight. Somebody was here. You wanted to recognize that's it right here. Uh first we have Edward Coller is a teacher. Uh Dale Dval, account clerk, typist. Lisa Hetnik, teacher. Robin Ko, secretary. Paula Malagi, teacher. Kimberly Msino, teacher. Uh Nikki Morton was our director of student support services. And Sandra Pru was a cook. Oh, Carol Rockefeller, secretary. John Savage, teacher. Todd Staler, teacher. Martha Sweet, teacher. And Bob Williams, our head custodian. All right. Next, next item. I'll open the floor up for public comment. If anybody's here for public comment, please come on down. I'm once again back in front of you to try and show my point of view on why
002I believe I as a homeschool student should walk with the graduating class of 2025. I am a district I am a student of the Gloversville large school district, not of the high school. I'm not asking high school diploma. I have all of the required credits for my IHIP. I have all of my required testing for my IHIP, which is approved alternative testing of the school. It says it right in the board policy that I can use that instead of regions. I'm only asking to feel included as a human, as a developing adult, as someone who is looking to go into the world feeling like I did the work, which I did do. I put in the work and I'm just looking to feel validated and to show you that I also have an army of
003students behind me asking for me to be included with them. Students I grew up with, I have personal bonds with. I went to prom with them. I come to your choir concerts and your sporting events all with them. I continuously have supported the school in the moments where I have not been present physically. At the end of the day, I have all my needed requirements just as a student with an IEP diploma also would have. They complete their diploma. They don't get a clever high school diploma. They don't take the readings. They have their own requirements that they complete and they also get to walk across that stage. I'm not asking for even to be handed anything. You can hand me a blank piece of paper. I just feel as a society we should pursue
004inclusivity and not make people feel divided when we don't have to. Thank you. Anyone else for public comment tonight? All right, we'll move on to the next item on the agenda, which is board discussion. Uh we have the minutes from the May 12th meeting and the 21st. We'll have to split those out to be voted on separately. Everybody, was that the 21st meeting? Any questions or comments on those minutes? Motion to approve the May 12th minutes by Mike, seconded by Ed. All in favor for those. All right. And a motion to approve the May 21st meeting. Oh, by Ed, seconded by Keith. All in favor of that one. Keith, Mike, Sharon, John, I wasn't at that one. I'm obstaining. Oh, I wasn't here. Anybody have anything else for board discussion tonight? All right. move on
005to the next item which is a superintendence report. There you go. Thank you, Mr. President. Good evening everybody. Few items I want to point out in today's agenda u before we start. One is the well Mr. Curtis already mentioned the retirement of Miss Sandy Pru Park Terrace Cook after 37 years of service. That's quite the the tenure. So we appreciate Sy's service and wish her a long healthy happy retirement. Um, I also want to point out that we have a new hireer with us tonight. Emily Fidulo is in the back. And wave, Emily. Emily is on tonight's agenda as a new sixth grade social studies teacher. And uh, I think she's going to be a great addition to our staff along with the other new hires on today's agenda. So, welcome, Emily. I'd also like
006to give a shout out to our top 10 graduating seniors and uh thank Mrs. Lias for her presentation. She did a great job and uh those kids are the leaders of of our school. Uh they set the mark for the rest of the students to uh strive for. And every year, you know, celebrating the top 10 achievers of each graduating class is absolutely the appropriate thing to do. and uh always gives you a lot of faith in the next generation when you hear all the uh extracurricular activities and academic performance and the future plans of our graduating seniors. And our top 10 are always impressive young men and women and we look forward to seeing the great things they're going to do beyond graduation. I'd also like to thank the community for the overwhelming support
007once again this year for our budget. Uh 71% for the district budget. Uh 79% for our buses. uh for our technology, 81% and 81% for our furniture uh reserve. So, that's pretty overwhelming support. Always been impressed with this community's uh support of the public school system and once again can't thank them enough. And also, the library uh was on our budget this year and they were happy to pass their budget. We're happy for them at 62%. Also, want to congratulate Kevin Cusel and Rob Curtis on re-election. um certainly have worked with you the seven years I've been here. Look forward to working with you in the future. And also want to point out that Mrs. Anne BS uh received seven times the number of writing candidates more than the next highest writing candidate. So Dr.
008Jesse and I are meeting with uh Miss BS tomorrow morning uh to talk about her joining the board. So we hope that uh she agrees to come on board and uh would join us at the July reorganization meeting. So stay tuned on that. Uh some end of year activities I just want to mention. Park Terrace uh science showcase is Wednesday June 4th 3:30 to 5. Uh the class of 2025 Baloria is Wednesday June 11th 6 pm. Uh I believe it was at uh Holy Spirit at South Main Street. I just looked at the address. I'm thinking it's at Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit. Thank you. Okay. uh GTA retirement party Thursday, June 12th at Concordia at uh 3:30. The high school awards night Tuesday, June 17th at 6 p.m. in this auditorium. The fifth grade moving
009up ceremony is June 24th at 5:30 p.m. in the middle school auditorium. June 25th is our eighth grade promotion, 5:30 p.m. Middle School auditorium. And our high school graduation ceremony will be June 27th, 7 PM at Husky Field, but in the event of rain, it would be held in our high school gymnasium as we have done in years past. So, lots of activities in the month of June. If I missed anything, there is a Kingsboro uh event. I just saw it wasn't on today's calendar, but I did see an email come in. Anybody know what it is? Maybe dinner with What is it? two weeks ago. There was something I got an email about an event rain it got rained out maybe. Oh, the teddy bear. Teddy bear picnic. When when is that? I just
010want to give a shout. I want to get all the buildings. That is going to be next Friday. All right. What time? Um, we are walking over at 11 a.m. Okay. So, as I said, June is a busy month. uh in any public school and obviously Glover is no different. So looking forward to all these events. It's a great month uh as we celebrate all the accomplishments of the various buildings and transitions uh culminating with our high school graduation of course on the 27th. So let's hope for good weather. Uh some administrative changes that some have been taking place, some have already been before the board, but I just want to speak to that for a minute. Um obviously Mrs. Lias is this is her uh she's been kind of filling two positions. Mr. Chachio
011has been filling in part-time as a high school principal of Miss Elias. Obviously, he's finishing her role as a high school principal for Glovers High School, moving to secondary curriculum director. Our middle school principal, Cody Headwell, appointed last meeting at to the high school principal position, replacing Christina. And on tonight's agenda is the middle school assistant principal, Mr. Travis Heiser, is being appointed as the uh middle school principal effective July 1st. Uh we also have Mrs. Thompson who will be uh appointed tonight to the assistant curriculum director position vacated by Mrs. Bellon. Um and obviously that means tomorrow morning uh Mr. Graham's going to be posting middle school assistant principal position and Kingsboro principal position. So the one constant life that I've learned in this business is change. Uh, but I can't say enough about
012the administrative team that I feel like we've built in recent years and and this some of the internal movements to me is not a bad thing. It's it's trying it's matching people with interest uh strengths obviously promotions uh but also keeping people uh happy, people you think are quality people, good leaders, and putting them in positions of influence to continue to try to advance the organization forward for the interests of our kids. Um, so I'm very happy with the changes taking place. I look forward to adding uh two people to the administrative team and hopefully they will be appointed in in uh at the reorganization meeting in July and they're they are joining a great group of administrators uh that we have assembled in this district now. So congratulations to everybody who's made recent moves
013and uh look forward to adding to our administrative team in the month ahead. So, uh, any questions on that? Okay. It's not a surprise to any of the board members, just so you know. As far as hiring goes, I've been talking about hiring. Uh, we're we're doing it great. There's still some, uh, hard positions to fill. We have math, science, uh, special education, and Spanish, uh, that are still vacant. Math only recently, which, uh, is unfortunate. I've seen a trend in recent years where people accept jobs in March. You try to get out in the front end and try to hire the best candidates for every position. Unfortunately, sometimes people accept a position only to continue interviewing elsewhere to get closer to home or be in a district they would rather be in and then
014to pull the pit pull the plug and and resign with never working a day in this district. I've never saw this in previous 15 20 years of being in this profession. Um, it's not an impressive habit as far as I'm concerned. Uh, because it certainly puts a district like us right now in in a tough position when it comes to math. Um, because you turn people away two months ago, those people have now likely accepted positions elsewhere. Um, it's a practice that I would not recommend because I think it's uh it's not in good faith. You accept the position, I think you should take that position for a year unless extenduating circumstances. uh dictate other you know other needs but just in general you shouldn't hold a position as a backup plan and continue interviewing
015so something never saw until the last few years and um we've been we've been burned by it a few times but overall I would continue interviewing early because I think we hire well um and generally speaking holistically speaking I'm very happy with the quality of the individuals that we are put in front of the board that are being appointed and are going to join us in September But as stated, uh, math, science, special education, and Spanish are still vacancies that our district needs to fill. And, uh, if anybody knows anybody a quality candidate with certification, or even a proclivity or an interest in some of those areas and they would like to teach, they have a calling to come teach, please send them our way. So, uh, we will take all comers and talk to
016them and help people get certified. The state of New York is recognized there's a shortage of teachers, administrators across the state and they are creating multiple pathways for people who have a desire to have a second career and work with children. So it is a true calling for sure. So thank you to all those who have that calling and people like Emily who's joining us. Uh we look forward to working with you in the 2526 school year. That concludes my report. I will need an executive session to talk about uh independent contracts. Any questions? All right. Next item is our student board member report here for his final one. You want the microphone or I'll I'll come grab him. I'm sure. Magic trick before you go. All right. Um So, I've got a lot to
017talk about. Uh, we've got year in review. We also I wasn't at the last meeting. My sister is getting confirmed. So, I also have to talk about prom and we just finished our senior trip. So, there is a ton to cover. Overall, starting off with our traditional format, the school per uh the school's performance is going very well. We're in the end of the year. Finals are starting. We're reviewing on all of our classes. So, everything's pretty light. Still got to stay pretty focused, but it's a great time to be in school. There's also a ton of stuff going on right now. Uh recently we just had our academic titan ceremony. There was a ton of students that were recognized for their amazing hard work in school. I think it's a great thing that we
018do. It keeps students very motivated and uh it gives them something to reach for. We just had our last band and choir concert on May 27th. My last band and choir concert. I say our because it was also um Kimino and John Savage's last band and choir concert. It was a great concert. um ton of love shared with them and I think it was just a great moment for Gloversville. Uh we had a ton of previous students come back and show their love for those teachers. So, it's a terrible loss, but um but obviously we we will move forward and I think our programs will thrive in the future as they do now. Um our juniors and seniors did have a presentation today um for distracted driving, texting and driving, um playing music, everything like
019that. We got to keep people on the road safe. We just had our Project Lead the Way trade show. That was a great thing. We had a ton of um young engineers, I'd like to say, um present a ton of great products. So, that's always a wonderful moment for Gloversville. Now, also on to the senior events. We got to talk about prom. Prom was a wonderful experience that we had on May 3rd. We had it at Lansies. Then, we went to the local FFF, the food fun funnest. I think that's what it's called. I don't know. It's an interesting name. But is that what it's the food fun funnest food funner funner fun times maybe something like that. Uh but it was a great time. Roller skating, unlimited games, laser tag. You name it, it
020was there. Shout out to our class adviserss. They did a wonderful job of planning all of that. Now heading on to our senior trip at Wildwood. Another great trip hosted by our class adviserss. Again, uh my mom did tell me earlier that I I should shout them out. So shout out to Miss Romano and Mrs. Gillis. I guess that doesn't really count as a shout out now, does it? But um I would like to highlight uh through our schedule. We arrived in Cape May early in the morning. We went shopping. It was a great time. Then we went to um back to our hotel, checked in, went swimming in the ocean for a little bit. I flew my kite. Wonderful time. Went to uh then we went to dinner. We went to a Italian restaurant.
021Got some shrimp stamping. It was pretty good if you ask me. Went to the boardwalk, hung out, went back to the home hotel. We were in bed by 11. Then we woke up the next day. Um, what did we do the next morning? I got to think a lot. Let me check the list. Uh, we woke up I'm sorry. Woke up the next morning. We had breakfast. Then we took pictures by the Wildwood Beach balls. Um, and then we headed out to the I can hear you laughing. It's so much fun. Um, then after that, we went to the amusement park and we had a great day on the boardwalk in the amusement park. 5:00 we went back. We went to the M Marvis Diner. Uh, had some great dinner and then we went um
022back to the boardwalk for a little bit. Did some rides at night. Went back to the hotel. Woke up the next morning, had a great breakfast again. Went on a boat tour, saw some awesome dolphins, saw some great whales, and uh then we had went on the bus and went home. It was a wonderful trip, perfect length. Couldn't have asked for a better senior trip. There's a ton of upcoming senior events, as you said. On uh the 11th, we have Balori at Holy Spirit Church. Our senior walk is this Friday. And then we have a senior sunset and bonfire on June 13th and scholarship night on the 17th. And I'm definitely excited for that one. Um, now we're entering the year in review portion. There is a ton of stuff that went on this school
023year. Um, some notable events that happened. We had our fall fun day. Always wonderful. Our wellness day and our carnival. Our three big events of the year. Absolutely love them. Could not ask for better events there. I'm always happy to see our school participating in creating things like that. Now, we did have some large policy updates. We've got yonder pouches. It's been a while. Um, I will say I have not seen anybody use a yonder pouch since I don't know like November 1st. I'm looking at you. You get yondered all the time. But nobody has voluntarily grabbed a yonder couch since December 1st. Um, November, December, somewhere in that time. No one's grabbed. But people haven't been on their phones for the most part. A few seniors struggling with that. But besides that, um, no
024one has to use the pouches, so I guess they're doing their job. Um, also, we've had some administrative changes. Mrs. Lias is leaving, which is she's not leaving. She's moving down the hall, but she's not our principal, which of course is very sad, and good luck. Uh, thank you for all you do for our school. Mr. Wearing has become our principal this year, and I would just like to say that he's done a wonderful job. I hear great things. I say I hear great things when I see him every day, and I see him do great things. Everybody loves Mr. Wearing. So, thank you, Mr. wearing for all you do. Also, thank you, Mr. Chachio, for coming to the school and filling in as your mterm. And I'd also like to say good luck to
025Mr. Headwell. You're going to need it. And finally, I'd like to end with the senior lounge. It's just been a great success to have in our school. U the seniors love it. The CTC kids love it. Um all of our workbased learning kids love it. It's just a great place to hang out and everybody who uses it is very respectful towards it. It's always clean. It's always in great shape. It's a very great addition to our school and I'm very happy that we have it. And I would just like to end by saying thank you guys for this opportunity to always speak for you and give you a report every month. So thank you guys. Thank you. Thank you. That's it. Don't go too far. Um we've had a student board member for maybe 10
026years now. Everybody brings a little something different to it. We've had a great time with all of them. Only one will be the best. And I didn't see any chicken wings tonight. So you're just going to be that short underneath the best member of all time. But we'll let that slide again. Thank you. Great reports all the time. We are going to miss you though. So come back and visit [Applause] Sandy Hang. Got to start somewhere, right? All right. Next, we have our recommended items. We have items 7.01 through 17.45. Right. Any uh questions? Anybody need anything pulled? No. Motion to approve those by Sharon. Seconded by Kelly way down there. Sorry, I had a look. All in favor. All right, I'll take a motion to go into executive session to discuss some contract items.
027Be out that hall. Okay, there's a room right across. Motion by Mike, seconded by Heath, way down there. All in favor on that. All right. Thank you. There'll be no action taken afterwards.