001E2 Gowanda HS Library: Alright, thank you. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Up next, we have our approval of consensus agenda items. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Before we get into that, just note that item 5.29 is being removed from the agenda. We're gonna have further discussion about the position. E2 Gowanda HS Library: That being said, I would make a consideration of a motion to vote to approve Agenda Items 3.01 to 6.02. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So moved. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Second. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Have any discussion? E2 Gowanda HS Library: I had a question. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Item 4.08. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Jamal. E2 Gowanda HS Library: to move to cover special ed… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I don't hard. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Yes. So… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'm waiting to
002see what we get in July, but the way the Summer Handicap program works is… E2 Gowanda HS Library: We are… we… they… it's never correct on the years of the revenues I get for the year of expenditures, so I will get one payment for the summer of 25 in next month. E2 Gowanda HS Library: But for the years that are prior that I've received this year, they don't nearly cover what we've spent this year. So once I get the payment in July, I should be able to reduce that. That's what the gap is between what we spent in the summer and what we've received so far. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Okay, the other, the other point? E2 Gowanda HS Library: is that… Basically, it was summer dead, the special ed. E2 Gowanda HS Library: You
003have to staff it at a certain level that's… Jacket for the students. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Whether or not the students are there. E2 Gowanda HS Library: The state only reimburses based on actual… E2 Gowanda HS Library: So therefore, you're always constantly falling short. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Over the summer. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Because we, we base it. E2 Gowanda HS Library: on full capacity. They base it on what the actual… E2 Gowanda HS Library: And the minimum contribution the district has to make to that program is 20%. E2 Gowanda HS Library: No, you'll see that every year. E2 Gowanda HS Library: somewhere. E2 Gowanda HS Library: The other question I had was, I… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Never thrilled with the idea of Extending tenure. E2 Gowanda HS Library: My thoughts are, you
004got 4 years to make it, or… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Save it to your discretion. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And just full disclosure and for transparency purposes, I will be recusing myself from the vote, due to the… having a relationship with a employee here at the district. E2 Gowanda HS Library: That's true. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I was gonna say it, but I didn't! Because my wife works at the… That was awesome! So that's just from the contract part. E2 Gowanda HS Library: That was really good. Good customer. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Any further discussion? E2 Gowanda HS Library: No discussion, all in favor? Aye aye. E2 Gowanda HS Library: What's up next. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Next, we have a review of the Treasurer's Report and Financial Statement for May of 2026. Do you
005have any discussion? E2 Gowanda HS Library: Discussion? E2 Gowanda HS Library: Up next is making a consideration of the motion to vote approved upon recommendation of the superintendent, approved to the extent required by law, the negotiated agreement between Bohana Central School District and Gwanna Teachers Association for the period of July 1, 2022. E2 Gowanda HS Library: through June 30th, 2029. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Move. Second. Any discussion? E2 Gowanda HS Library: We have no discussion. All in favor? Aye. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Okay. E2 Gowanda HS Library: 15 is inevitable. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'm sorry, I jumped the gun on the discussion. When you said it, I heard 643. I did. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So up next, we have public discussion, camera and agenda, non-agenda item. E2 Gowanda HS Library: We'll throw it
006into our superintendent's report. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Thank you. Good evening, everybody. I believe it's our last board meeting for this particular school year. E2 Gowanda HS Library: A couple thank yous are in order. I want to thank the Seneca Nation president, Seneca, and the Seneca Nation for a generous donation of two Seneca Nation flags, to the school district. They're proudly replacing some of that. We've seen better days, and I appreciate them, donating those flags to us. Thank you to the Gwanda Boosters for their support of the end of the year celebrations, very thoughtful. E2 Gowanda HS Library: saw some ice cream, you know, some ice cream socials going on in the faculty there is, so thank you so much to them. Also, the PTO at the school is very active in that building. I
007want to thank them for all they do to support the faculty, the students. Students really had a wonderful spring with a lot of different activities, and throughout the year, they've been great. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Senior Class Awards Night, E2 Gowanda HS Library: had the opportunity to attend last week. Well, I want to thank all the organizations, states, families, individuals who think about going on to Central School District and its students and their future, by… E2 Gowanda HS Library: But I support them financially in their future plans, so, much thank you to all of them. And congratulations to all the recipients. Really awesome students that night got recognized for their achievement. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'd also like to thank my friend, Mr. Mark Nephew, to my right, who's a long-time Board of Education member.
008E2 Gowanda HS Library: There's a service, dedication to students. Wednesday nights will not be the same. We're not here. E2 Gowanda HS Library: not know anything different, so I appreciate your friendship, your leadership, your insight, and being a mentor over the years. Appreciate it very much. Happy Father's Day to everybody, all the dads, parental figures, happy Father's Day this weekend, and happy 4th of July. I won't see anybody until after that big day, so… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Happy birthday to our country, and have a great day. E2 Gowanda HS Library: 250. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I know, well, it's just a helpful reminder for people who forgot. Congratulations to the Class of 2026. Really proud of those young men and women, they've done so much good work, and they're, E2 Gowanda HS Library: span
009on their career here in this district. I know they're gonna do great, once they leave, their own new journeys, next year, so kudos to those. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Retirement, Sue Sperling, long-time teaching assistant, kudos to Sue. Ms. Harris, she's been a stalwart here as well for many years. Congratulations. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Congratulations to our baseball team. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Since we met last, they won the Section 6 Class C Championship, back-to-back, and kudos to those other players, and Coach Smith and Dini for their year. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Some other announcements, next Friday, June 26th, looks like the 10-day forecast is about a high of 72, a low of 59, with a 30% chance of rain in the morning. So we'll see. But anyway, 7 o'clock, Hillsfield, be a great night. E2
010Gowanda HS Library: And, as usual, all things Gawanda is found on Facebook, our social media pages. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Capital news, not much new to share, really, except the pool that's coming along. Tiles are put in, it's looking more and more like a pool. Floors can be done here in the next couple weeks, so we're still on target for that. Other than that, it's been a great year, thank you to the board, and thank you for everybody for… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Nearly another, year in the raps. Thank you. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Gotcha. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Thank you. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Next, we have our student board member report. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Like, like you said, the class night went amazing. Me, personally, I got 5 scholarships. E2 Gowanda HS
011Library: Awards. E2 Gowanda HS Library: End of the year pretty much went smoothly. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Regent's exams, so far, have been going. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Amazing. E2 Gowanda HS Library: In the high school, we just did senior strut on Monday. That was really fun, in my opinion. E2 Gowanda HS Library: It got a little hot there for a minute, like I was drenched. E2 Gowanda HS Library: That's pretty much… Yeah, I just want to say thank you all. I have loved being on the board, it was a great experience. Bittersweet, it's my last board meeting. I know I missed quite a few in the middle of the year there. Middle school had their field day last Friday. I think I saw elementary school have their field day today. E2 Gowanda HS Library:
012It was a beautiful day out today for them. It was a little bit rainy last Friday for the middle school, but… E2 Gowanda HS Library: That'll about wrap up that, Regency ends this week for a couple of, like, students. Other than that, thank you guys, and that's all I have. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Okay, sure. Up next, we have our 2026-2027 board meeting schedule. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, really, I just corrected the last calendar that I gave you, and this is where we are right now. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I can see a mistake, actually, right now. The… E2 Gowanda HS Library: It's not a big mistake, it doesn't affect you guys, but the 26 should be read, not the 19th. E2 Gowanda HS Library: But that's our schedule based on our last discussion.
013E2 Gowanda HS Library: for you guys. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Does anyone see any errors? The 19th is right, Kathy, if the meeting's the 27th or 28th. Oh, yeah, you're right. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Sounds good. Yeah, that's… E2 Gowanda HS Library: But then we have a meeting on the 5th, so I think the 26th should be read also. Oh, both of them? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Gotcha. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, and I think we've talked about this before, and I apologize if E2 Gowanda HS Library: It's being redundant, but is there any way that we can have the… Agenda? E2 Gowanda HS Library: previous weekend, or the… Week previous to… Okay. No. E2 Gowanda HS Library: But if we do, then we'll have way too long in between. Okay. Like right now, we have…
014E2 Gowanda HS Library: You know, we start preparing, like, our deadline for the agenda is, if you're looking at E2 Gowanda HS Library: say this meeting, this August meeting, the 19th is the deadline for agenda items, so all of this time, stuff could be happening that's being held for the next meeting. So now, if we do it a week early, now we'll have almost a week and a half before the meeting. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Gotcha. And that would significantly change the agenda along the way. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, and then, with the exception of May, this is kind of running as a one meeting a month schedule, right? So… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I guess my… one of my questions I had was… E2 Gowanda HS Library: To the board, was there still
015any interest in pursuing a two-meeting-a-month model at all. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Oceans. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Yeah, February we'll have two workshops for the budget, I think. E2 Gowanda HS Library: The 3rd and the 24th. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So there you'd have 3 meetings, because break is the week there of the E2 Gowanda HS Library: Sorry, say the workshops again one more time. It'd be February 3rd and February 24th. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Which is why then we pushed… we did push March's meeting down a week. E2 Gowanda HS Library: to, St. Patrick's Day. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Just because otherwise I was kind of… we did the workshops, then all of a sudden I was doing the full budget, which didn't seem to make sense either, so… E2 Gowanda HS Library: That
016might be a question to ask next month when we have a new board member. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Just, full interest. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I don't think it was that one. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Not that Mark's opinion doesn't matter, but it's not going… And just so… E2 Gowanda HS Library: along the same topic, I guess, workshops… not workshops, excuse me, retreats. E2 Gowanda HS Library: We do a retreat on the 5th in August. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Is there potential for… One in the wintertime, I guess. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I guess that's kind of… the workshops replaced that. And Krista Kinko. E2 Gowanda HS Library: No, actually, I can go to the August one, my picnic's not till the 13th, so I'm able to… I just looked it up, yeah, so I
017can… Well, if you do that, I'll pick you up! E2 Gowanda HS Library: Do you want to look at the potential of a workshop, like a mid-year workshop. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And can we make those full retreats? I don't know what the distinction is between a workshop and retreat, I guess. Workshops are public. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Retreats a little more. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Yeah, I think it retreats the… E2 Gowanda HS Library: It's kind of close… it's quite a close to the public. E2 Gowanda HS Library: You know, you're retreating on some topic that has to do with corporate business, but it's professional development. E2 Gowanda HS Library: catch that problem. I said… E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, yeah, I mean, if you have a topic, we can meet whatever you want.
018You know, I got a couple in mind, if you like, but you may have some, too. Okay. I guess just to put the teaser out there now, get everybody thinking about it. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Thank you. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Yeah, anything more for the meeting schedule? E2 Gowanda HS Library: If not, we'll move forward to our draft organizational agenda. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So I went through the… And, corrected. E2 Gowanda HS Library: all of the motions, Barb got, got all the information that, that she needed for it also, so it is complete, except for the date of our organizational meeting in… E2 Gowanda HS Library: 202… So there are two dates in July. I think it's July 7th, 2027, and July 14th. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So you, you guys can kind
019of choose… What works? E2 Gowanda HS Library: what works best. So, I put July 7th or July 14th. E2 Gowanda HS Library: What's the last day you can have it? E2 Gowanda HS Library: almost a month of July now with the new laws, so… Here's the 21st, too, even tomorrow. E2 Gowanda HS Library: investigations like. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So here's July 2027 for you. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'm fine with either. So, the reason why I also put the 14th is because I thought many people E2 Gowanda HS Library: go on vacation for July 4th, and being that it's… E2 Gowanda HS Library: that whole first week of July, I wasn't sure if you wanted to conduct the organizational meeting on the 7th. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So I thought, if this seems like
020it might be a week. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Maybe your family would be on vacation, maybe you would want to look. E2 Gowanda HS Library: into the following week, but really, it's up to you guys. E2 Gowanda HS Library: But we do have to have that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: approved that night, so I do kind of have to have a date. E2 Gowanda HS Library: it might be safest just to go with the 14th? I was gonna say, maybe the 14th is safer? It's fine. E2 Gowanda HS Library: 14th it is. Alright, we'll go with the 14th. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, that was the only thing that… Randy. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Everything else is… is completed. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Do you guys have any questions? Did you commit? E2 Gowanda HS
021Library: That one's usually pretty straightforward. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And this will be the agenda for our organizational meeting. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Alright, so up next we have our Board of Education Communications. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Nice little flyer, or pinklets, learning by design, if you guys wish to take a look. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Can you listen to our Board of Education Committee reports. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Have anything to do? E2 Gowanda HS Library: Sharon? E2 Gowanda HS Library: The last thing. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I did… I was not there. Oh, that's right. It's hard to remember. So we did… it's in the agenda tonight, we do have the proposal for, naming rights. Right. E2 Gowanda HS Library: We discussed it. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Oh, Lord. E2 Gowanda HS Library:
022Early entry to the kindergarten. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And the third topic was leave. E2 Gowanda HS Library: NISBO proposal. That was a different meeting. That was the only meeting that we've had. I attended the other ones. Before the last meeting. Yeah. Like, it's immediately before. Correct. But, as far as, as far as, policy and committee meetings. E2 Gowanda HS Library: That's everything that we discussed. E2 Gowanda HS Library: All recent news. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Meeting rates, and then… early entry. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Hello. E2 Gowanda HS Library: potential proposal. E2 Gowanda HS Library: No. E2 Gowanda HS Library: That's not due until the 17th of July. I guess that would be the appropriate time. I think the committee E2 Gowanda HS Library: left it as we have the shared documentation, or the
023shared doc that we can actually edit, go into, and make any sort of changes or revisions. I know I spoke with E2 Gowanda HS Library: someone, I will say I spoke with someone, to potentially make some verbiage change and tense, I think is the… E2 Gowanda HS Library: proper way to say it. I would certainly welcome any more feedback, though, because it's something that E2 Gowanda HS Library: Obviously, I want the board to be Fully on board with. E2 Gowanda HS Library: what I shared with the committee was my opinion of wanting to… why I proposed it. There's certainly some concerns from E2 Gowanda HS Library: fiscal standpoint. E2 Gowanda HS Library: To the district. E2 Gowanda HS Library: There's lost revenue, in my opinion, from… E2 Gowanda HS Library: the lack of employment from
024the districts, or from the state facilities that are within the district, be it the prisons or green addams or any sort of hospitals, essentially excluded any sort of state parks or anything like that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: My concern would be is that we don't have those employees in the district. E2 Gowanda HS Library: are losing out on tax benefits. Are losing out on individuals. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So that's what really I was trying to address in there, and I know it kind of reads a little funny and doesn't necessarily read that way. E2 Gowanda HS Library: But that's what… The entire law. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Some of the other ones were kind of addressing large-scale, heavy construction projects, such as data centers, battery banks, renewables. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And even on
025the other sort of large-scale E2 Gowanda HS Library: Heavy construction project, excluding, again, road and infrastructure build-out. E2 Gowanda HS Library: For the community. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Just would like an open conversation with board members and community members to address how pilots work, the pay in lieu of taxes. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Just so we can kind of address and keep those funds going to the district, instead of going to Albany or going elsewhere. Again, it's focused on trying to get those funds to the district, it's not trying to… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Stifle? E2 Gowanda HS Library: Infrastructure build-out, it's not trying to stifle those projects in any way, it's not trying to support those projects in any way either. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Oh. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And then, the last
026but not least was the ROI proposal, I guess I call it, we've named it, was… E2 Gowanda HS Library: any sort of build-out that we have here at the district. E2 Gowanda HS Library: If there's a return on investment, if we can potentially save money. E2 Gowanda HS Library: By doing a larger scale build-out. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I would like to get further, or more state aid from that. If we can prove, if we can put some documentation and data to the fact that E2 Gowanda HS Library: building something out, via a natural gas well. I know… I don't know if we have natural gas on the campus, but if we had one, if we paid to put a well in. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Could we actually… Make an investment in the well
027to actually pay for heating the school. E2 Gowanda HS Library: It was kind of the example. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Sold. E2 Gowanda HS Library: That's what all those proposals were, just to kind of give verbal context to them. Again, I know they don't necessarily read that way. E2 Gowanda HS Library: But… Sorry, I know that was kind of long-winded. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Good idea. You're a good idea. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Thank you. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Anything else for committee reports? E2 Gowanda HS Library: Well, that'll get us in 4. E2 Gowanda HS Library: For an Administration Roundtable. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Mark? E2 Gowanda HS Library: I hope it's been enjoyable for the student members. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I am gonna miss you guys. Gonna miss those budgets, too. I
028expect you here at every workshop, Mark. Yes. E2 Gowanda HS Library: It's called? E2 Gowanda HS Library: What? E2 Gowanda HS Library: That's young people, and that's it, huh? Well, thank you for… E2 Gowanda HS Library: your service, and your mentorship, and friendship, and all things. I… it's… it's gonna be a change for me with my pregnant neighbor here, so… so, but thank you for… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I still have my picture from my high school graduation, where Mr. Nephew was giving me my diploma on it, so everything comes full circle, see? So anyway, but thank you for all the years of service, and I attended the awards, the E2 Gowanda HS Library: Erie, BOCES, or what was it? What was it where we were? Erie. Hey… Yeah, I was gonna relate to that,
029too, so I was rushing in there. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And, where Zach was awarded the Rising Star. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Award, and, for his attendance for new kinds of meetings and things like that, and of course. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Mark was recognized for his 27 years of service, and as a exiting member. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, that was fun, that was, that was, that was a first experience for me. E2 Gowanda HS Library: What happened? Oh, okay. And I'm wearing a white sweater, and I never wear white. This is why. Yes. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Alright, so I wanted to say that, congrats to the Class of 2026. I will be there at commencement, and that's, like, the… E2 Gowanda HS Library: the last hurrah there, I really think that's fun.
030I enjoy seeing everybody. E2 Gowanda HS Library: At that ceremony, E2 Gowanda HS Library: And then one other thing that I just kind of wanted to bring to the public's attention that probably a lot of people already know, who I know you guys do, one of our little youngest members of the district, Nellie McMahon, was just diagnosed with cancer, a rather, rather high-risk diagnosis, and her mom, Shawna, was a sitting board member at one point. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And she's the principal at Forestville now. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And so, just wanted to… E2 Gowanda HS Library: kind of bring that out to everybody, send the good vibes, you know, support them as you can. She's only 4 years old, and it is a pretty high-risk diagnosis. It's not a typical childhood thing, from
031my understanding. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, just thinking of them, and sending them all the good vibes, and well wishes, and support, and… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I wish them the best. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I think that's all I have. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Thank you, Mark, for your ridiculous, ridiculously years of service to our district, our schools, and our students. We really appreciate you. Thank you so much. E2 Gowanda HS Library: board members, student board members, thank you for the year. It was great having you this year. Senior class night, I… as a booster, I love that I get the privilege of being up on stage and E2 Gowanda HS Library: getting to assist handing out thousands of dollars to our students every year. I would love to see more underclassmen come to
032it, to recognize their opportunities, and… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Writing out, you know, a few paragraphs and, you know, just the scholarships you can get that are just sitting there that aren't even being applied for. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I was actually also being part of the boosters. I was able to attend the year-end sports awards the other day. That was fun. Candy puts that together, Candy Phillips, was a lot of fun. We handed out ice cream to our high school students yesterday, so really enjoyed doing that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Again, congratulations to all our retirees. We're gonna miss Dave Smith at the door every morning. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Senior Strut, I'm so appreciative that that's something that started up a few years ago. I think the parents especially love to see the
033videos, and again, I always forget the name of the person that's doing all the media on the Facebook page. They're amazing. They're doing a great job. I hear lots of comments on that, because everything that's going on E2 Gowanda HS Library: Pardon? What? She's on tour. E2 Gowanda HS Library: It wasn't after Erica passed, which my daughter replaced her. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, he's nearly two BOCES employee, but Lakeshore basically poached him for a full-time position. Of course, yeah. So, anyway. We're very disappointed at all. I hope that… I want the minutes to reflect it. Whoever comes in got some really big shoes. The things that are out there on the social media now are really amazing to see. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I saw him literally chasing them
034down in the one video, and he was like… And congratulations to the seniors, can't wait to see you next week. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Girls, thank you for being on the board this year. It was really great getting to work with you in this capacity. And Mark, I don't know that I… E2 Gowanda HS Library: appreciated the questions in year one from you, but I've grown to love them now in year 5. I think they've made me a stronger leader, because I… E2 Gowanda HS Library: grown to anticipate some of the things that you might ask, so I'm always thinking… I'm like, what would work ask about this? I want to make sure I capture it. And I really do appreciate them as I'm growing in this role, so thank you. It's been really fun
035working with you for the last 5 years. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And then I just wanted to acknowledge, we had two of our teachers, spotlighted at Erie 2 BOCES last night as part of the Science of Reading initiative that's going on in the region, so Caroline Ventreska and Kathy Saia, who are in kindergarten. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Got to kind of champion some of the literacy work that they're doing, and so there were some reps from all over our region there last night, so it was really fun to see them. They've been working really hard, so… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Kudos to them. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Mark, I know you'll come to the workshops, because I do still expect some questions, but as everyone else says, I mean, you've been a great addition, I've
036loved every minute with you all these years, and so, I know we'll still see you as mayor. E2 Gowanda HS Library: As we close out the school year, thanking all the teachers, but then again, all of the support staff that still makes everything happen, from field days, when Rich and Wade had to go get sand at 4.30 in the morning for the E2 Gowanda HS Library: inflatables, the cafeteria staff cooking for all the kids, and for the teachers on Appreciation Day, bus drivers, everybody, just, you know, this system works very well, and it runs very smoothly because of everybody who's in it, so… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Thank you, everyone, and… See you next year. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, Isabel McHale, thank you for your service to board members. It's been a pleasure working
037with you this year, and wish you all the best. So, thank you. And then one other thing, it's Friday, the district is closed in celebration of June 19th. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Welcome to the spectrum. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Looking for us on Friday. E2 Gowanda HS Library: That's okay. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I am going to have some things, put up on board docs for board members. I do have some E2 Gowanda HS Library: very little information, but some information on the annual… PSPA's annual convention and Education Expo, which is the world. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Very fascinating. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'll share information as I get that, and I'll put it into Word docs, so we can be ready for that one. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I
038have received the invoice for next school year for the Erie County School Board Association. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Can I assume that the board would like to be a part of that again next year? The majority of our information does come from them. Okay. So I will… I will process that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And I think that's all the information I have for the board members. I just want to take a second. Thank you, Mark. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Mark has been… has helped support me since the day I started here, sharing information and… E2 Gowanda HS Library: kind of guiding me through board meetings. He, if I'm unsure of something, I can always turn to him, and I am going to miss you horribly. I really am. Thank you so much for all
039you've done for me. I really appreciate it. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Thank you. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I just want to thank you guys for having me this year. It really taught me a lot and gained experience in this kind of setting, and I was very appreciative of that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I wanna congrat… congratulate Mark for… Moving on, and… E2 Gowanda HS Library: gone beyond the board, I guess. And yeah. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Oh, like I said earlier, thank you. It's been an honor. I love being here. I don't think many, or if any, people get to sit at the same board table as your dad. That was really a fun part of this for me. But thanks to all of you guys, it's been great. E2 Gowanda HS Library: May I
040ask really quick what you're both doing after school, after our senior year? What's plans are? E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, well, that's gonna be sad, gonna be missing me, but I'll be up at Niagara University. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'm in the Army National Guard. I've been on that for about a year, so it's great. Congratulations to both of you. What's your long-term goal with that? I know, just… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I… so, I'm a 12th Bravo, I'm a combat engineer, I'm gonna further my career in that, and I'm also… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'm also going for nursing and RN while doing that. Oh, nice. My major is actuarial Science. I'm going for 4 years, and then I'm looking to become an actuary. Yes. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Weird numbers, people! Yes! Me
041too! You're another one! My niece does that. I should give you her phone number. I would love to. Network, make some connections. I don't know if there's that many people that… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I don't even hardly know what that is. I just know it has to do with numbers. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Yeah. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Well, good luck to both of you. Thank you. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Well, that's a hard, hard act to follow, and it's all sorts of positive vibes. And I'll probably be long-winded. Don't bring us down. Alright. Don't bring us down. First and foremost, extremely thankful for Mark and your years of service. E2 Gowanda HS Library: A number of things have been said, but not enough can be said, I guess. Truly appreciate the mentoring and
042the insight. I still have your phone number, so I'll still be calling. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Our senior board members, appreciate your insight, for sure. Wish you all the best of luck, and truly do appreciate the insight from that perspective. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Definitely missed, but glad that we have some stepping up. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Just some… E2 Gowanda HS Library: kind of utility-type stuff that I was gonna ask about for potentially in the future. And this is kind of earth-shattering, me bringing up athletics. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'm extracurriculars? E2 Gowanda HS Library: But K-12 athletics and extracurricular pipeline. That was one thing that I was curious about, if we could E2 Gowanda HS Library: find what's being done, find out what's being done, for all the different pipelines. Do you… E2
043Gowanda HS Library: Football, baseball, soccer programs, what have you, right? Like, be it musical, be it plays, everything. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'm just kind of curious of what those… Pipeline programs look like. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Oh, it's been brought up. E2 Gowanda HS Library: to myself, about a 50-70 diamond for the baseball and softball perspective. And again, I know that they're chattering that me bringing up athletics. E2 Gowanda HS Library: My intention with that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Would be helpful. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Data collection, I know that we're working on those, and I appreciate that. Just… E2 Gowanda HS Library: It might be something we tack on, kind of, the parking lot to track, but… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Be it collect data from E2 Gowanda HS Library: I appreciated the
044Facebook report that we got from the last individual, E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, it'll be interesting to see what we get for the next time here, go around. E2 Gowanda HS Library: But that's something I would appreciate more of, is that kind of data. E2 Gowanda HS Library: The exit surveys and any sort of end-of-the-year programming or climate surveys from our staff and faculty. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Another… concern, or I guess not concern, but another conversation was the… Legacy committee governance type approach. E2 Gowanda HS Library: It's… E2 Gowanda HS Library: was brought to my attention, or just kind of hit me hard this midway through this last year. We're not always going to be here, and… E2 Gowanda HS Library: In Mark's case, he's on his way out, and I just wonder if…
045Well, from… we're not always gonna be here on the board. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Sorry, that came out wrong. But it brought my mind to that attention that we want to preserve that wisdom. E2 Gowanda HS Library: that Mark's provided, and or any board member. So mission statements, I just… was one thing that was brought up before, too. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I just would kind of like to revisit that at some point with some of our commissions. Sorry, I didn't mean for that. And some of the other topics we already kind of touched on is E2 Gowanda HS Library: As far as when we can have retreats. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Etcetera. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So… and again… Hosting for more feedback on the… Proposal. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Thank you for clarifying
046the proposals earlier, I appreciated that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Obviously, I want to echo what everyone has to say about Mark and our senior board members, but just on a personal note, as I close up coming on my first year on the board, I do appreciate you so much for E2 Gowanda HS Library: everything you've taught me. I feel like I've learned, and I've grown, and it's a huge part, and thanks to you, so I appreciate you. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I think there was a couple things not mentioned. Speaking of sports programs, K-12. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Shameless plug, I guess. Little League Football and Cheer registrations are open, and I think, E2 Gowanda HS Library: For a lot of the, E2 Gowanda HS Library: teams, most of the teams, there's really only about
04710 spots per team left, so get those registrations in. E2 Gowanda HS Library: But I love that we're close to full, because that just… E2 Gowanda HS Library: the future is bright for going to sports, I think. So, the art show I attended at the Hollywood Theater, that was so nice. So, thank you to Heather Ridzick and the Hollywood Theater. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'm not sure who else puts it on, but appreciate all of you, because it was so nice. Congrats to, Sue Sperling. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I went to school with her daughters, and were friends with them all throughout, and actually, she was my neighbor. E2 Gowanda HS Library: my whole life, so I saw her… E2 Gowanda HS Library: at home, I saw her in school, and congrats on retirement. That
048is so exciting. E2 Gowanda HS Library: the class night, I've heard rave reviews. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I think the only one thing that I heard from someone that they would like to see is maybe, like, a… E2 Gowanda HS Library: PR person from the school taking pictures, E2 Gowanda HS Library: There was. There was. They actually just posted them online yesterday, I think I saw. Yeah, all the pictures are posted now. Well, I'm gonna yell at the person who asked me to bring that up. 90 Pickering sits right at the beginning, right at the bottom of the stage and takes pictures. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Other than that… I would like to say they should have… they should teach… I know they taught them to shake hands, to grab the scholarship. They should teach
049them to stop and pose and get the picture, so we get better pictures. And the only other thing that I think I miss, and have heard feedback about, and maybe this just has to do with, like. E2 Gowanda HS Library: The teachers and the hours they work. But, E2 Gowanda HS Library: like, no kindergarten graduation. I know some parents are upset about that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And, having the awards ceremony before field day, E2 Gowanda HS Library: No parents can obviously attend that, which… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Does feel like kind of a bummer. E2 Gowanda HS Library: not that it makes it any less exciting for the kids and all that, but, just a couple things that I… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Thought I'd share. So we switched the format of kindergarten's graduation
050to a moving up ceremony, so they do get together as a group in the cafeteria to start the morning. It's actually this Monday, and it's breakfast and brag, we call it now. And then they retreat to their individual classrooms. E2 Gowanda HS Library: And they do certificates. And are parents… In the room. Oh, yes, they are absolutely invited. So maybe there's just a little bit of… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'll share that when I hear that. So that's cool. E2 Gowanda HS Library: But yeah, I'm looking forward to graduation, too. First time as a board member, so… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Congrats to the Class of 2026. E2 Gowanda HS Library: No doubt. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I just have something to add. John Waterman just texted me and asked me to share these words.
051E2 Gowanda HS Library: He said congratulations to Mark Nephew on an incredible run of dedicated service as a member of the Gowama Central School Board. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Over the years, Mark has devoted countless hours to support our students, staff, and community, always keeping the best interests of Gawanda at heart. With his time on the board… while his time on the board is coming to a close. E2 Gowanda HS Library: We know he isn't going far away. His commitment to our community and his love for Gawanda will continue long after his final meeting. Thank you, Mark. E2 Gowanda HS Library: for your leadership, your service, and the positive impact you have had on generations of Panthers. As the saying goes, once a Panther, always a Panther. Congratulations and best wishes on your next chapter.
052E2 Gowanda HS Library: We can't chat GP like that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: How do I follow that? Because I have nothing more to say. So… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Obviously, there's a lot of congrats to go around, right? There's tenure, there's the last 26, graduating, making it through their journey. We got Mark with 27 years of dedicated service, right? The hours that go into that, they can't be… E2 Gowanda HS Library: it's hard to measure, right? I mean, all the behind the scenes, right, the questions, the, you know, the guidance, right, the phone calls that you probably got at all hours, different days, right, from young board members, I was there once, right? I'm still there. I have… E2 Gowanda HS Library: 6 years on the board, I don't think I will come anywhere
053close to 27 years, so you're… E2 Gowanda HS Library: your record there is gonna be safe, I think, for a while, alright? But you've been a pillar and, you know, a beacon for people to look to, and… E2 Gowanda HS Library: not enough can be said. You've truly been amazing, and you're gonna be missed. But, with that being said, there are always plenty of seats, and you are welcome to come. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Right! As far as the class of 2026, it's gonna be a bittersweet year for me. My oldest is graduating, and… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I don't know how I'm gonna handle that, to be perfectly honest, but I just want to share some words of wisdom and thoughts for Isabelle and the rest of her classmates, right? The world's gonna come
054at you hard and fast, but, right, keep your head up, right? Treat people… E2 Gowanda HS Library: The way you would want to be treated, that's an old, you know. E2 Gowanda HS Library: cliche, so to speak, but it, you know, it's words to live by, right? You're gonna… E2 Gowanda HS Library: You're always going to have questions, and, you know. E2 Gowanda HS Library: it's gonna be okay, right? Life is hard, and… E2 Gowanda HS Library: You'll find your way through it, so… E2 Gowanda HS Library: I look forward to graduation next Friday. I'm sure there I might tear up a little, but I'm gonna keep it together for now, so… I have nothing else for… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Next week. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So our last thing for the evening is
055the parking lot. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Jackie's right. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, on the parking lot, I did add the section on the side of meetings and events that the board members are invited to that aren't on the flag. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So, I have the board retreat on there, and then, as things come up, I will definitely add them with the town hall meetings and stuff like that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I didn't see much, or really anything that needed updating at this point. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Well, I guess I can update these to next year now. They have been completed for our new board member. She has completed those. E2 Gowanda HS Library: we have… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Good for next year. Okay, so I can just update the
056year for that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Okay. E2 Gowanda HS Library: We'll update it for next meeting. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Can we put on there any sort of reporting that we would want to see? E2 Gowanda HS Library: Or just, like, track if it's been… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Is that it for the year? E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'll be, like, an exit. E2 Gowanda HS Library: It's… this is… Is this for… so, ask your… Yeah, I guess, how do we feel about that? E2 Gowanda HS Library: Leaving it as kind of a… I don't know. E2 Gowanda HS Library: go-no-go, if it's been done or not. As far as… E2 Gowanda HS Library: data collections on what… sorry, what was some of the things that I asked for? Survey, the exit surveys, can't…
057E2 Gowanda HS Library: D. E2 Gowanda HS Library: climate surveys, programming surveys, programming survey being something from the student's perspective, if they have any sort of… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Insight on what they would like to see. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I didn't know if you had any desire to track that here. E2 Gowanda HS Library: If that stuff has been done. E2 Gowanda HS Library: It might serve as a bit of a reminder, you know. E2 Gowanda HS Library: So if you want to, in the first upper left block, it'll basically just survey updates with a to-be-determined as they're completed. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Keep the appropriate bit. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Well, they're not presentations. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Well, to get the update on the surveys would be a formal presentation. E2
058Gowanda HS Library: Alright, nothing. Doesn't have to be anything bigger involved. So just add them in here? Yep. E2 Gowanda HS Library: I'd be for that. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Anything else? E2 Gowanda HS Library: And then just the pipeline. I don't know if that would be the appropriate spot for that or not for the extracurriculars, or is that just something that we want to… E2 Gowanda HS Library: Something for an update on, right, Presentation 1… That's able to be… Okay. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Reasonable to put it on there as a presentation? E2 Gowanda HS Library: I think we can… That's easy. E2 Gowanda HS Library: Deal with that? E2 Gowanda HS Library: Anything else? E2 Gowanda HS Library: Okay, if nothing further, make a consideration of the motion to adjourn the meeting. E2
059Gowanda HS Library: It's all moved. Second. All in favor? E2 Gowanda HS Library: Bye.