001Library Annex: Well moving on. Well, thank you for that. I appreciate the time to to define the district. Yeah. Library Annex: when you read the headlines, it really kind of painted. Library Annex: not an accurate picture, but some announcements and updates, you know, again, in our agenda, that was some items that were accepted tonight, I want to thank all the individuals and organizations, donations to the school and support activities that our students are welcome, much appreciated again, happy New Year to all. Can't believe we're halfway through the 1st month of the year. Library Annex: No school on Monday, January 20, th in celebration of Martin Luther King Day, and then again on a Wednesday, January 29, th is the Asian New Year. We've talked a few times about this in public. Our 0 mission vehicle
002transition study will be done in March we'll have a workshop 5, 30, so we'll give you some details. We've been just waiting on nicer to add some comments to the draft that should be done by them Library Annex: board members. You have the current issue of the Phoenix, the holiday 2024 issue. It's got really cool articles in there from our students. Well done. Next week, on the 24, th again, the Empire State Winter Games. Torch Relay is coming through our village district. Mr. Boland is kind of our liaison again. The Torch relay will be in the morning. I don't have an exact time for you Library Annex: kids come through the school here, but I'll probably set up the sponsor of it sometime in the morning. Public health. All sorts of you know, critters are
003going around through the air and elsewhere. Please stay home for sick, using those precautions and some school news for all things. Go on. Please visit our website and social media for real highlights, but for some highlights tonight deserve is here to talk about the state of the elementary school building. I got a lot of good stuff. Library Annex: We're not in that building, but from middle school. Library Annex: well, the 17th is the middle school blizzard bash. That seems like a popular event for students there, and on the 24, th second quarter ends. Library Annex: High school news regents exams start next week. Although regular classes are in session. Library Annex: The top 10 report we run after that this quarter and the semester. Mrs. Varedes will be announcing top 10 in the week of
004February 10, th Library Annex: and then coming up the High School. Musical Malamia, February 7, th and 8th promise to be a good show. Encourage everybody to go in time. Library Annex: It's a nice job, that's it for my reports. Thank you very much. Library Annex: Okay, alright. So next we are gonna move into. Library Annex: So tonight we only have Molly with us. Sydney is not able to be here. Library Annex: I was gonna go and say what happened most recently, and on January 10th we had a healthcare career presentation with a mercy flight nurse. Library Annex: I attended that meeting. I think it was really insightful. It gave kids that like were either undecided or wanted to do health care, give a lot more insight, allowed to ask questions about what they want
005to do with their field. Library Annex: I know we also had operation Santa Claus recently, and they got at least 30 bags of dog food donated Library Annex: from December we had Santa letters for Sad. We got those sent out to all the classes we did. Then Library Annex: I saw the Boces career field trip that looked like it was success. I saw pictures of the animal science to the cooking. Library Annex: I've also seen some bowling achievements. I heard one in snow makeup. Library Annex: I know tonight. We also have the Goana cheer classic parking lot completely filled. Library Annex: Some people even coming through here. Library Annex: I know we have, mamma, mia musical, coming up. I heard, that's going well. Library Annex: and then we also have girls state interviews coming up,
006and the Nhs reduction coming up. So, oh, sweet. Library Annex: no, okay. Library Annex: all right? Well, thank you for sharing all that sounds like a bunch of exciting things coming through the school, so Library Annex: that will move us right into our part. 2 presentation Library Annex: part 2 of the pool back in December we had your architects and construction managers come and speak to the pool and laid out a couple of options. Maybe that the Board like to again, I guess, for further deliberation for the board. Library Annex: I just want to cross one quick thing. I think. Library Annex: Rick Krause, the architect mentioned. That. There's a quick fix to the pool about $7,900 for the Hvac. But that's not really practical. Library Annex: The pool is functional. Library Annex: You could
007probably do that quickly if if we actually wait for parts, at least get up up and running. Library Annex: That's pretty correct. I think what I heard was that was the actual price of actual make sure there's no miscommunication. Library Annex: So tonight, though, I'd like to ask for deliberate and see which feel. I I think you really forward, has a decision to make Library Annex: about the future of pool. Well, I guess your options are 2. Library Annex: No cool, and then what choose to do then? Library Annex: Options that we can then pursue from. Library Annex: But either way, you know, the window of time is getting narrower. If we're going to get on a capital project, capital outlay, or do something different in terms of financing. Library Annex: I think we probably
008would have to at the latest have that decision Library Annex: by March first, st or I guess the next. So the discussion we're here for some additional questions, answers, Barb. Library Annex: wait for the maximum time. Your timeframe is crunchy. Library Annex: So one of the biggest takeaways that I took from the last meeting, and I know I left before all this session was over, you know, looking at it. Library Annex: fix the pool, or, you know, fill it in, and repurpose the space it cost us Library Annex: appear to be generally similar. So if we're gonna spend X amount of dollars. Library Annex: you know, I believe the value of having a swimming pool and teaching kids to swim and drowning prevention, all of that far away as having more storage space or office
009space. So my personal opinion, if the money needs to be spent, it's going to be similar. Library Annex: I'll say that's the same. Library Annex: My preference would be. Let's pull back up and running Library Annex: what everybody else's thought is obviously as a board. We need majority. Library Annex: We want the full, or we want to do something else with it. Library Annex: The pool in it's an existing form as it is today. Library Annex: Yeah, if you choose to go to the pool, you really have 3 options ahead of you. Library Annex: I guess we can. Then finance. I mean, it could do a new pool. Library Annex: which I don't. That's about 1,500 15,000 square feet Library Annex: about 13 to 14 million dollars, which I don't really think is just putting
010that out there. I don't think it's doable Library Annex: you could expand your existing pool, kind of blow out the sides, maybe put a couple lanes in, maybe into the current nursing areas and locked in space. I don't know where we displace those, or basically just get your current pool up the ruck. That's really your probably best bet. So if you said, yes, those are your 3 options, there's still decision. If you're going to fix the pool. There were still the 2 decisions of replacing all the tile or using that membrane. Library Annex: There's no option to relocate the pool. Library Annex: I've had. People ask me about that. No, no, I mean capital project or something. If you did, that would be your entire capital project. And I Library Annex: that's just 3,000 building
011a house. It is close to 7 million. Library Annex: Thought you said several. A new poll is actually Library Annex: yeah. It was like 15 to 18 for a new pool. I think Library Annex: this is the presentation barb up here that they brought with, that's not in there. Library Annex: Yeah. They had said 12.5 to to 13 was for a totally new new build Library Annex: 8.5 to 9.5 was expanding the existing oh, you know. Library Annex: like Dr. Anderson had said, we would displace Library Annex: the nurse's office, which is in an unbelievably great spot. Library Annex: and have really no no footage square footage within the building to place it. Library Annex: Right now it's so centrally located. It's in the perfect spot. Also there's a classroom. There's the employee lounge. There's
012staff bathrooms in there. They would have would be displaced and have to find that square footage for them. So expanding the pool Library Annex: so that we could have a competition of Library Annex: it's really hard. There's a lot more to it. And that 8.5 to 9.5 was just the pool. It wasn't to Library Annex: relocate. The nursing offices. It wasn't to relocate the classroom, but it was just for expanding the pool Library Annex: so that Price would would go up. Library Annex: Maybe the 3rd option was kind of present last time anywhere between 1.2 and 1.9 million, just depending how you want to do that tile memory Library Annex: here in the Hvac unit dehumidify? Library Annex: What do we think about canvassing the school districts like via a survey to see what the
013community says. Do they want a pool or not? Library Annex: Families and community members that would be paying for it and or using it. Library Annex: I don't know. Is that how hard is that call type style meeting? Library Annex: What's that? Or a town hall or that? Yeah, however, it could be done. The only issue with a town hall. Not that it's a bad idea, is you're you're going to have the people that are strongly for it and strongly against it. That's going to be the only people here, or even like. Library Annex: you know. Yay, nay. Library Annex: and then people can't come back and say, we weren't transparent or didn't ask for their input just saying. Library Annex: I mean, the the problem with that is. Library Annex: okay. You'll please have
014the people. Library Annex: Yeah. But at least then you get a majority. Say, well, the majority said. Library Annex: Well, how soon can we do that? If we need to get some sort of answer by March first.st Yeah, we don't always get responses. You missed your opportunity to speak blind Library Annex: same. Library Annex: I don't know. That's what I think. And then and then it's kind of like. Then the Library Annex: the backlash is on them kind of if you're not happy with it. Did you vote? Because if you didn't vote. Library Annex: It's never that easy. I like to view the world through my rose colored glasses. That's what I do. Library Annex: So did they communicate, I guess, would be the the question right? It is up to us. Library Annex: This
015kind of falls to our- our shoulders. Fiscal decision, because Library Annex: from what I'm hearing, I guess my reservation on it is, is. Library Annex: you say, a functioning pool. But really that's not a fully functioning pool, because it doesn't serve all the needs right. It doesn't serve the the competition need without incurring more fiscal impact to the district. Library Annex: I'm trying to quantify and justify a little bit, leaning more toward not reinstalling this pool. Library Annex: It seems like this is already kind of taken fiscal Library Annex: benefits away from other things. So I guess I'm just trying to start that conversation to put that out there. So Library Annex: so for sure not doing a portal. Library Annex: T is almost the same cost as Library Annex: a pool, but a pool
016that doesn't fully Library Annex: probably serve everything that you would want to utilize a pool for in today's day and age, right like you couldn't host a competition. You would purely only be able to teach Library Annex: marginally the Physical Education Department Library Annex: for a small section, and I guess that's where I get kind of I don't know why you would say marginally the only thing that you're limited is hosting a certified competition right? You could still do your full PE as we did in the past. In years past you could still have the swim team. Library Annex: They can still practice just when you have that, you know competition that would have to be elsewhere. Library Annex: Right? And if you're looking at the pool just for the sports aspect of it. You've
017already overlooked all of the other things, such as teaching kids how to swim, and that sort of thing Library Annex: right there, there. Library Annex: it's much bigger than just, hey? We want to fix the pool. So this one team can hope we can also competition, in my opinion, right? And once you're, you know, like Market said, and I already said like, when you're looking at the cost is going to be about the same to have a pool or not have the pool and do something else with it. Library Annex: Why wouldn't you have pool? Library Annex: That's a fair point. It's 10 years worth of a pool, that you know in the next 10 years. Maybe we can have better options or more thoughts on something else to do at that time. But for
018the next 10 years we could again be teaching children how to do swimming, and hopefully utilize it, though that was my only concern is because I know Library Annex: mrs. Kaiser was our person that was teaching that time. Are we going to still be able to have those classes where the community comes in just like our gym, you know. Our weight room, you know. It was when it was 1st brought up. It was that the community was going to be able to use it. And it doesn't seem to be happening that way. And I'm sure that's what a lot of the community members make sure that if they're we're investing that kind of money, it's not just use limited that hopefully that the community can come in and use it as well. Library Annex: you
019don't see it like hers Library Annex: and the Recreation Department, you know. I spoke to Carol Shively 2 days ago, and she's they're very interested in having a pool to take the kids in the summertime. Our district students, you know, for swim lessons and open swim, and whatever, just Library Annex: for what it's worth. So Library Annex: I think some ways you don't want to look at it with the swim swim team. Library Annex: Last few years we've had anywhere 2 to 5 people. Library Annex: 5 students, which is not a huge amount. Right? Library Annex: We just painted golf when it dropped off, dropped down to 5 kids, and as a as a support. Library Annex: we have it here. Look in our house, and then we have more more students that want to
020participate when it's available, when they have to travel to other locations or other school districts. Of course, when like going to eat, and they might not want not want to add in that travel time and things like that. So I think Library Annex: if we have at home, then maybe more people will be interested, because I know we did have a large following prior to the pool going down. And again, that wasn't the actual school that was wave runners. It was a group that came in. Yeah, it was a club. But we did have a very large following at that point, and then it slimmed down. Once there was no pool and they had to travel to the Ccc. And things like that. Library Annex: So if I may. We have a student right here
021not to put you on the spot again, Molly, but what are your thoughts on a pool or no pool. Library Annex: I think, having it for like recreation purposes, and like doing community stuff and like having it to be like more of a sports practice might be more. I do hear some students that say they don't want to do it more for PE. Library Annex: I guess that's like more of like a teenager thing, though Library Annex: we used to even use it like when I did track. If it was cold and nasty outside, or whatever we Library Annex: it was. Mister weir coach Amir a hundred years ago. But you know I don't know. Library Annex: Barb, if we were to select any of these options, how do we finance this? So Library Annex:
022we kind of talked about Library Annex: depending on what option we went with. I was thinking, using partially some of that old reserve that we have Library Annex: probably some fund balance Library Annex: kind of a mix of things. If we are going to use the capital reserve that does need voter approval. Library Annex: So we would have to have that in the public. The budget notice approved in March. Library Annex: and then I'd have to kind of figure out what the right balance is of using because we worked. We'd also plan on using some of that reserve. So there's like about 800,000 in it. We had talked about using some of that reserve for the next project. So I kind of want to revisit how much we truly need of that reserve for the
023next project, and then use some for this school project to use some of our balance Library Annex: going that way. We're trying to Library Annex: kind of accommodate. You know your point of polling the public right? And that's how you that's when you truly know if the public votes it down. Library Annex: then there's your answer right instead of Library Annex: you know, people can say yes or no right now, but you know it matters when it's budget time. But put your money where your mouth is. Yeah, true. Yeah. Library Annex: I do like that idea prior to, if it's possible. Library Annex: my thoughts, based on the comments Library Annex: I just assume. Go ahead and getting back in operation again. Library Annex: People talking I'm more inclined with the 25 year solution. Library
024Annex: The tile replacements doesn't Library Annex: come back to our table, for I won't be here. I would agree with you. I would agree with you. Mark on that the 1.2 with the liner versus the 1.9. The tile option Library Annex: short term fix long term fix. If we're putting the money into it, using reserves and etc. Let's have it repaired the right way. So Library Annex: said, we're not Library Annex: coming back with us while we're still here just the right. The the team architect and Library Annex: construction management team recommended 2 a. If you were going to go, if you were going to go with the tool tile replacement for the Hvac unit. They recommended. Actually, the cheaper Hvac unit scroll up for the total budget options are Library Annex: down. Library Annex:
025Yeah, that was a 2 way would have been, I think, the recommended approach from them. Library Annex: So if else have any, they wanna Library Annex: if you can make a decision tonight. I mean, basically, it gives them time to Library Annex: start getting stuff ready for. Library Annex: But you only have one. Library Annex: Well, we have budget meetings in between. But Library Annex: we didn't get the opportunity to discuss really any other programming other than just it was a general program. Library Annex: Right? Like, I guess. So what I can see is just purely Library Annex: yeah. I mean, their estimates were, I mean, they obviously wouldn't know what you want to do with the space. But if you were gonna put anything else in there, you'd probably need some air conditioning. Library
026Annex: Plumbing whatever I think we talked about internally yesterday we mentioned, I said, like in how inside lacrosse field or inside practice space. Was kind of what we just talked. But between the 3 of us we're like, what would we do with it? Yeah, we don't know. I mean, that was just kind of because it's just a big open space, right? So if we needed, we don't really need more classrooms. Library Annex: In this building. So if we were gonna do something, it'd probably be more of an open space use of some type of athletics or something. Library Annex: So just a random. Do we get another quote? Or do we just get one quote? Library Annex: These aren't quotes. I mean, they'll have to go out and do bids. So this is just their
027estimate. They assume escalation. I mean, honestly, hopefully, the the quotes come in less but then, obviously, you never know what's gonna happen? The market depends on the market stuff. So they they have tried to. They've tried to protect. Give you a budget that's probably a little on the High End, just because we don't know but we don't know. So Library Annex: when we had discussed that with what we could do with it, or what was needed. The one thing that I brought up and it's something that we see every night Library Annex: is with like the cheer competition teams that we have now, and all the athletics that we have we're doubling and tripling up practices, splitting up the gyms to using the high school cafeteria to using the middle school cafeteria. So Library Annex:
028space is really at a minimum. Right now. I'm not advocating for either Library Annex: the pool or not the pool, but it's just something that we've run into, and something that that I see on a daily or nightly. Library Annex: No Library Annex: thing that we are very short on on that storage is always at a premium, but that space wouldn't be used as storage. I couldn't see it as that. But Library Annex: the the wrestling practice, the cheer practice that every practice that we're you know they're trying to find space and time. To get in would be Library Annex: for me if I was going to advocate for it. That would be that space. It's it's got the size it's got the height. Library Annex: Oh, yeah, like, I said, I'm not Library Annex:
029for or against either. But that's just something that we that I see. Library Annex: If you had a pool, is there a way to put a hover over it it. Library Annex: You could use it for other things. I mean, they do it with ice arenas. Library Annex: They do have covers for pools just to cover it to hold the heat. But I've never seen like, can you imagine a cheer stump up there? Library Annex: Yeah, they're only a couple of inches from water? Library Annex: No. Library Annex: you, too. The cost is. Library Annex: It's not a minimal cost, but compared to what it is. Library Annex: How long has it been decommissioned? Library Annex: The world? Library Annex: It's a while. Library Annex: So do we even know what the like. I Library
030Annex: I keep assuming it's physen, but I'm sure it is. Phys ed Library Annex: curriculum like. What did they do back when we did have a pool. Well, no, it's an old days. They spent generally a month. February, the shortest month. Yeah, it's only a couple of weeks they did, based on a little swim unit in February. Library Annex: Not sure much use the middle school had there. But then some Iraq, you know. The kids use it. Then wave runners. Library Annex: you know, but curriculum, wise high school principal that- that one month. Library Annex: because I I don't love the idea of advocating for against, or for taking away curriculum or taking away programming within the academic Library Annex: piece of it. But it sounds like there could be potential to increase the opportunities
031that it's utilized for extracurriculars, or maybe even programming within Library Annex: things that shared here at the table. Library Annex: I'm just trying to play devil's hack a little bit and like fully decided, I guess Library Annex: kind of encompass everything right. One thing we could do is pull the room and see the will of the board. But I I sense a lot of reservation, there would we be able to do a a proposition. Library Annex: and at the public pick proposition a. We go with the pool. Library Annex: one a. Or whatever, or proposite option. B. Library Annex: We repurpose the space to whatever at whatever cost, and leave it. Library Annex: Is that something that's and I mean Library Annex: he can't put 2 propositions at Library Annex: it is they're both voted
032in here. Oh, yeah, they're in opposition. Library Annex: I would. I would kind of go your 1st room because you're thinking, was if you had the proposition on use the reserve. I think that's your answer Library Annex: you can really do. Library Annex: I don't know. I I don't know the legalities of what could go on there like that. Library Annex: you know. Do you approve the, you know, repair fund being used for the pool? If no. Library Annex: I don't know. Yeah. And then we wouldn't. Library Annex: That's good. Sorry. I don't understand that for the actual vote the budget vote we were asking. Library Annex: Have a proposition on that. Library Annex: So if you choose to repair it. They're gonna have to get photographs with authorization for us to use that reserve
033fund, that capital project essentially. Library Annex: But within that proposition, I believe you'd have that scope exactly. Library Annex: exactly, but a good description of that money is being used for. So I think at that point you have that decision. What direction to kind of going. Library Annex: I think it's more complicated. Saying, Yeah, I want to pool. But I want before. Library Annex: But I but the existing plus I don't really think this can afford that. It's just Library Annex: just talking informally with you behind the scenes. Library Annex: 15 million dollars. It's doing the space Library Annex: expandable. Maybe if you want to do something different, maybe the next best option, but Library Annex: comparing and get back to as it used to be. Library Annex: So that being said, If it's not
034practical to do that for the budget time. We just pull the room. Library Annex: oops just make a decision right? So Library Annex: those in favor of repairing the pool and going ahead with whatever the recommended option was. Library Annex: I'm in favor of that. Library Annex: We've got 6 years. One may. Library Annex: That is, the 25 year replacement is Library Annex: they detailed out what the difference was like, yeah. Library Annex: okay, so that's going to be the will of the board. Obviously, the voters still have the final say when it comes time to this funding. I like that. But I think the big thing is that it gives Library Annex: because I mean they. These are just rough figures. They are awesome. Library Annex: Had to go out and bid it. Library
035Annex: Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's not gonna be fixed tomorrow or anything. So it's gonna it will still take time. I know there was some lead time on the Hvac unit, no matter which way you went. Library Annex: so we'll work with them in the next couple of days here to see what our timeline will be. Library Annex: We do go that way. I love Mark's idea of the moment Library Annex: putting something over top of it, and I'm sure it's an expense. But that is a great idea. Library Annex: Let's see that Library Annex: I don't really see construction probably happening until not this summer. Summer 2026. So you know, it's not gonna be stump and running. Library Annex: I just wanna make sure people's expectations are. I think we could start for the
036pool. We only need the approval of the reserve funding, so I think they could start construction before we're talking. June of 25. Library Annex: Before summer of 26, they could start. I would hope so. Library Annex: Jesus, yeah, I Library Annex: yeah. I cause I don't think it was. Gonna take that long. If if we had moved forward. Yeah. Library Annex: okay. Library Annex: we're gonna start before we have any further discussion on the pool. Library Annex: Perfect. But it said, That'll move us into the state of the elementary school. Library Annex: all the things that are going on quite a bit busy. And that'd be great. Library Annex: Are you really gonna go through that presentation? Library Annex: Well, you want me to just do my vow. Library Annex: 50. Library Annex: Well, thank
037you for having me. Library Annex: It's nice that I'm a little bit. I'm not the 1st one, but I'm also not the last one. It's nice to be kind of in the middle. You've had a couple under your belt, so you know what to expect. But I promise I will not take a lot of time, because it's nasty out. I know that you've been here so, like like all the others, you know, we definitely have a template here. So this is all stuff. You've seen that stuff and get to the meat. You know, our mission vision core values. Library Annex: For us, specifically, at the elementary level as a building, we decided to do 2 very specific goals. Now they all connect. There's lots of other things that we're doing, that all go to all
038the areas which I'll talk about in a little bit. But our 2 big things is we have one student achievement one and one sel one. And so that's kind of what everything we do revolves and connects directly back to those goals. Library Annex: These are again based on all of the priorities in our blueprint. Library Annex: These are the specific things that we're doing at the elementary school to focus in each of those areas. In some of these we've already accomplished. You know it's midyear already. We did a bunch of stuff in the summer. We've done. We've been busy already this half of the year. So some of these are things that we're either in the middle of. We've already accomplished, or some of them are still planning for the future. Library Annex: It's our
039current enrollment. We have 431 kids. Pre K to 4, Library Annex: just a little snapshot. Unlike some of the other buildings. We you know, we don't really have clubs Library Annex: or competitive sports or things like that. But what we do have is we have a ton of activities, whether it's through our positive behavior intervention system, our Pto sponsored events. We have a ton of title 6 activities. Library Annex: We have holiday or theme related things. We have grade level activities. So lots and lots and lots of things happening in our building. That's just a few little snapshots. I'm sure you've seen a ton of them. We kind of take over Twitter and some of our social media at times with a lot of the stuff that's going on. Library Annex: One other thing I
040really wanted to. Highlight is our special area. So again, because we don't really have those athletics, we don't have. You know, the big musicals or things like that at the elementary level. You know, our kids aren't really ready for those big kinds of organization Library Annex: events. But our special areas are play a big role in in looking at holistically kids, you know that we aren't just academic side. We do really try to make sure that kids get exposure to areas of learning that is. Library Annex: hitting, hitting their artistic side, hitting their musical side, things that help to engage them, things that help to motivate them, things that help to have them want to come to school, and our special areas in my building are exceptional at that. Not only are our teachers exceptional
041in each of these areas. I cannot say enough about all of them. Our teams are fabulous. Our teachers are amazing. Library Annex: but the things that they do is pretty incredible, too, and and they all do some really neat things. So these are just some stuff that they've been working on presently or that they've already accomplished up to this midyear point Library Annex: in computer and music, some pictures of of kids doing stuff. Library Annex: Pe, we had one of these major events today we had the bandits in our building, which was really wonderful. They rotated to every Pde class. Library Annex: So kids were super excited to meet bandits to have them do some moves with them to really promote the sport. Because, you know, it's big in our area. We have a lot
042of kids that are really dedicated to lacrosse. So it was really, it was really amazing. We've had. We had our 1st annual Turkey track this year. That was another big thing our PE department did. Where our kids did laps. Library Annex: they actually created a course around their building. Every single kid participated. There was nothing where they had to run. We had a lot of staff out there running with kids, but every kid completed the course, every single kid, even Library Annex: even some of our students with disabilities, even our student with that's in a wheelchair. So you know, it was really amazing to watch. You can see there's some really neat pictures. Library Annex: but it was pretty cool. It was really pretty cool. Library Annex: Art, same thing. For some of our kids.
043Art is really a Library Annex: a big connection for them. They're not athletic. Necessarily these are kids. That this is how they express themselves is through drawing, painting, sculpting, and we have a wonderful teacher, Miss Casey Moore. She does the incredible, incredible stuff. She started the program or not, started the program, but really developed the program at the high school level. And now she's been doing the same thing for us at the elementary level. Library Annex: and a big one for us is our stem, our steam program. Library Annex: So at the elementary level, I don't have a dedicated person who does it like at the middle school, and like it was at the at the High School. I know that they're trying to revitalize that. But I, all 4 of my special areas outside
044of PE Library Annex: work together as a collaborative team to do steam, and they have done some really incredible things. So in our rotation of specials, kids get PE every day. That's its own. It's it's an own period. Okay? Because it's every day for half an hour. Then in the rotation of their other specials, they get music, computer, library, art, and steam. And so all 4 of these ladies Library Annex: do either music, computer, library or art in addition to steam. So we really just wanted to highlight this, because, you know, it's an important thing in this day and age. If you look at a lot of the statistics out there around the job. Market trades is a big one, and it is high paying jobs Library Annex: and they can't find they can't find
045people. They can't find people right now to Library Annex: fill positions. You've got trades that are going unfilled, because, unfortunately, those are programs that Library Annex: you know in years past have gone to the wayside. And so, really making sure that we are really having kids be critical thinkers that we're having them get exposed to designing, to building, to making, to thinking creatively. It's really, really an important skill, and it allows for different pathways for them as they get into the middle school high school and then eventually in the job market. Library Annex: So this is just a way that kids self assess their skills. Library Annex: We work on collaboration. This is just one of the projects that they did. Library Annex: We work on creativity, we work on critical thinking. Library Annex: Let
046me work on communicating. Library Annex: Those are the 4 earmarks of our program. And it's pretty amazing to watch. Truly, you know, you get a kid that wouldn't necessarily excel in some other areas, and you put him in our steam classes, and they create the most amazing projects. Library Annex: You know, it's like, it's they're they're in their element. It's so amazing to watch. Library Annex: And then library. Library Annex: One of the things that we really wanted to let you know about this year, because it was an investment of funds is that we are loving our new destiny, discover which houses Library Annex: all of our all of our books. It's the way kids check out books. It's the way that they put books in. It's all electronic. It is super accurate. Things don't
047go missing as much, you know. Took a little bit of time to catalog everything and input. Everything. But we can't say enough about the program, and kids love it, and the teachers love it, and our librarian loves it. Library Annex: So it's just a little ways that you can get into it. You're welcome to do it yourself. Library Annex: Also want to highlight our student support team. Library Annex: So right now, our student support team, I would say, is probably one of the best support teams that I've had the pleasure of working with in my 33 years. They are extremely, extremely focused Library Annex: on a variety of things. There's a lot of challenges in the social, emotional realm of education right now we've got as you. I'm sure you've seen. We've got mental health
048challenges. We've got kids who don't have social skills. You know, we've got kids who technology. You know, technology has played a big role of disengaging kids from Library Annex: talking, listening, speaking to one another. And so we work a lot on Library Annex: doing some really neat things. They do push-ins into classrooms where they are doing focus lessons on some of those skills we are doing. We have a ton of caseloads. So where they either are mandated through ieps, 504 plans, or just kids that are referred for some support by a teacher. And so they're doing actually independent or group Library Annex: counseling sessions. We have lunch buddies where they have small groups of kids and they rotate. And it's all based on a variety of different topics. Some are as simple as coping skills.
049Or, you know, self regulation to some kids who are all going their, you know, their families are all going through divorce. So it's you know, there's a lot of really neat things that they're doing. Library Annex: And then, last, but not least, in conjunction with our Pto. We started a new program called Family Fidget fun packs. And so we've had a ton of interest in this. But they basically you get you get a fidget Kit, and you go home and you make it with your parents, and that you can use it as another coding. Library Annex: So a lot of a lot of families have been participating in that Library Annex: New York State assessments. So going through our levels for both Ela for 3rd and 4th grade, and then our total proficiency. We went
050up in all areas this year from last year, which was really exciting news to see. Library Annex: we're we're liking the trend that we're seeing, you know, that movement that we're seeing with our kids and and achievement. I do want to warn you that although we have gone up Library Annex: kind of anticipate, maybe a little decline this year because we're going to Cbt, which is computer based programming the testing all on computer. So that'll be a little bit of getting the bugs out and just having kids get used to that format versus, you know, paper pencil. But I'm very, very, very happy with the progress that we're seeing, and a lot of that comes back and is attributed to a lot of the work that. Library Annex: and I'll talk about it in a
051minute that we've done at our tier one, our core curriculum level and our tier 2 and tier 3 levels of supports. Library Annex: Here's when you look at the the slide there, there's seems to be Library Annex: more progress in math than Ela. Absolutely. Library Annex: I'm not sure why that is, I can tell you why. That is, we have a brand new program Library Annex: that we have implemented to fidelity and Library Annex: is brought consistency to our school. Library Annex: K through 6 or K through 4. It's also brought a higher level of rigor. It's a very challenging program. So we're pushing kids. It's very robust in nature. And it's also provided a lot of different Library Annex: before, when you had that inconsistency, you also had teachers using different resources. Where with
052this resource, we've got an online component which we all know really does interest kids. We're in the generation of technology. So anytime you can incorporate it in a way where it enhances that instruction. But that's what I attribute to. Library Annex: and we did a lot of intentional professional growth around math when we were learning the new series. So that really, I think, centered our work. Library Annex: And it's usually the opposite. So it's interesting, because I mean when you look. We just did. Our went through our Sr data as a team recently, and that was one of the things that the boces consultant was telling us is typically it's the other way around. Typically, you see higher growth in Ela than you do in math, because it's just challenging. You know, that state assessment
053is really challenging. So for us to have the opposite effect Library Annex: is proof that you know what we're doing and the changes we're doing and structurally is working Library Annex: good question, though. Library Annex: are I ready reading fall benchmark? And one of the things I really want to point out is that this is this is exactly what we want. Library Annex: I mean, do I wish I had kids coming in who were above grade level already to start their beginning of the year, of course. But what this is is a baseline. Right? Kids come in. This is showing that at that grade level, because it tests them level that they're in. It's not testing their what they knew the year before. It's testing. So as a kindergartner, it's testing all of kindergarten and
054what they'll learn. Library Annex: And so we do start with most of our kids below grade level. Library Annex: and then what we see is through the course of the year at our winter, and then again in our spring, we see that do the opposite. So now we have those higher numbers in the at or above, and the lower numbers in the below. Library Annex: or at least that's what we hope right? That that there, that that's a progression. Library Annex: When is your spring testing happening? Well, we're right in the middle of winter. So we're just starting winter. That'll go for the next 2 weeks. And then our spring is typically in May. Library Annex: Well, because when you said I mean, we'll see the biggest, of course. Yeah. Improvement. Then, I mean, we'll
055see improvements even in this round, for sure. Library Annex: You're not due to come back to see it. We'll have that data in the Midyear Update at the March meeting, and then we'll have it at the end of the year. Blueprint. Okay? Yeah. Library Annex: And then that's our map. So very similar. Very similar trends is the reading. Library Annex: Here's our numbers for special education in my building 5 0 fours, and then also for our Library Annex: tier, 2 level intervention enrichment, and our intervention for tier 3. And one of the things I really wanted to point out is the way we've restructured our tier. 2 Library Annex: I have 395 kids here, because every kid in our building K through 4 Library Annex: have at least a half an hour of either intervention,
056support, or enrichment Library Annex: services depending on what they need. So it's not. It's just the way we've structured our schedule. There. It is part of our master schedule. And all of our grade levels. K through 4 are now working together where they are sorting kids based on data Library Annex: across the grade level. So if I'm Teacher A and Ashley's teacher, B. Library Annex: And Sue is Teacher C. And Barb's teacher, D, Library Annex: she'll have some of mine and some of Ashley's and some of Sue's kids. Library Annex: or maybe none of her kids, and we might have them. And they're all grouped Library Annex: homogeneously by skill sets. So I might have the lowest level. Kids who need the highest amount of remediation Library Annex: bar might have the highest kids who
057are in need of enrichment, and then Ashley and Sue might have some mid-level kids who need remediation on some things, but maybe some enrichment on other things just depending. And those groups are flexible meaning that they are constantly changing. So when our teachers are meeting on Tuesdays and that extra hour, they're looking at data, they're rearranging. And they're changing those groups Library Annex: constantly based on the needs of the kids. So they're not. They're very fluid. They're not stagnant at all. Library Annex: Can you explain a little bit about what you do with enrichment for the kids that are Library Annex: achieving. Yeah, so I can give you an example. I was in a classroom today. In fact, it was one of our multi-age classrooms, our 1, 2 classroom, and I was doing an observation.
058There was 4 groups that were going on simultaneously. Library Annex: 2 of them were in the classroom, and 2 went out into our A. Commons to use a comments. Tables out there. Library Annex: The group that I was watching was a fully enrichment group. So it's kids that Library Annex: have already met the the standards that they're working on. Currently, it was a math. It was a math intervention time. So we do this for both reading and math. So they already met. Those standards were proficient at those standards, and so they were extending and enriching them by taking it one step further, and even going beyond into standards that Library Annex: we're well above the grade level standards. Library Annex: And then across the room was another group that was just the opposite. It was
059some of the kids in there who still hadn't mastered what they were currently teaching in their core those standards. And so they were doing reinforcement reinforcement reinforcement work in order to get them to that proficiency. And again, those change constantly. Library Annex: constantly, constantly based on, based on the format of assessments that they're giving right then and there in that lesson based on our school wide data based on summative, you know, end of unit assessments. We look at all of that data. And we make those those changes constantly. We have a huge, huge spreadsheet that we track everything. So Library Annex: when they start an intervention when they end an intervention. What kids they have in that group, how long it's for the duration of the intervention. And then when we switch it, we redo
060it, and it's we keep it Library Annex: a running record of it. Library Annex: So we can look back and say, Well, this work, this didn't work. Library Annex: you know. This is where they were. This is where they are now. Library Annex: Any other questions. Library Annex: So what we're doing? Well, our grade levels working collaboratively. Library Annex: they plan, they assess they revisit, they intervene. It's just this constant cycle, constant, constant cycle. And they really do a great job. Library Annex: We integrate technology and everything we do. And when I say integration, I mean integration. It does not take the place of teaching in our building. Library Annex: It enhances the teaching level in our building, so we don't always use technology. But when we do, it's to enhance what they're doing. Library
061Annex: We create a safe learning environment that comes back to a lot of the work we've done with our behavior, with our Pbis system, with our rewarding and incentivizing kids. Library Annex: we strive to enhance our instructional program and practices with a variety of shared decision making teams. We have our school-based leadership where all of my grade level team leaders we get together monthly. We talk about all of our issues, any things. We want to see improvement, anything, initiatives that are coming up. Library Annex: We have a grading committee in our in our building. We have our Pbis team in our building. We have our literacy committee in our building collaborative team time. Library Annex: We have a variety of setting placement options. It's so interesting. We met with them. Library Annex: Ashley and Megan,
062Rodoni and I met with some representatives from Iready looking at some program options because it's part of our literacy campaign, and one of the things that they were like. Flabbergasted about was the variety of of placement options that we have in order to meet the needs of our kids like they were really impressed by that. So I think it's a definitely a point of pride. Library Annex: We've reviewed grading processes. We've made needed improvements, and we're also making additional ones. We're still working on moving in that direction to have a standards based report card for next year. Library Annex: We're supporting social, emotional learning of kids. We have an attendance committee that we address chronic attendance. Library Annex: We are constantly creating individualized plans for kids and meeting and revising those we have a crisis
063team that responds to crisis daily, we use restorative practices. Library Annex: Our special areas complement. Our academic program. Library Annex: Our steam special area, again, is, you know, is taking that one step further to have really thoughtful creative. Library Annex: critical thinking kids. Library Annex: Some points of pride were school in good standing, even though it's not really called good standing anymore. Library Annex: We are really high level, using our collaborative team time to do a variety of things. Our pbis is a huge point of pride. Library Annex: We added some new things to it. This year. We have our trimester, Raffles. Now that's a part of it. Besides our events, our pause store incentive room, and we also added our book vending machine that kids can utilize. And it's awesome when you Library Annex:
064have a kid who has points that they've earned, and they come down and they get a token, and they get a book because they want to be readers instead of going and getting to the store and getting some, you know kind of. I mean, more and more. We're having kids that want books as a reward. Library Annex: Our creation and ongoing work of our literacy committee. I cannot say enough about this team and the work that we've done. Our Pre. K. Through. 2 teachers are all going to our letters training. It is a 2 year intensive training on literacy, just how to teach literacy the best practices, the research behind it. It's not about a program. Library Annex: It's about the best practices to be a good teacher of literacy, and the things that they're
065learning and sharing, and how it's building their core knowledge. And how then that building of that is making them much more proficient in when they are teaching our tier one core subjects. Library Annex: It's really, really exciting to see. Library Annex: So we're in cohort. Our cohort one which started the training last year is in year 2. Our cohort 2, which started the training this year is in year one Library Annex: we're using science of reading, research and the briefs to engage in review of our instructional programs. We are having really deliberate, intentional conversation. Around what resources we're using, what resources are out there, how we believe Library Annex: what we need to do in order to make our instruction that much more rigorous and robust. Library Annex: We're piloting a program called Ufly, which
066is a explicit phonics program in several of our kindergarten classes. So it's really interesting to see what that's doing for us and what the results will be. We have monthly meetings. We review state updates, we discuss research evidence-based practices. We review the training they're going through. We make decisions about curriculum and instructional practices. Library Annex: our grading improvements. We changed from quarterly to trimester grading. This year. Library Annex: We really love that. We've eliminated percentages on our 3rd and 4th grade report cards and are all using the same 4 point scale. That is the state scale. Library Annex: We eliminated progress reports that was a district wide decision, and we are in the middle of building our standards based report cards to implement next year. Library Annex: So our hopes and dreams to continue to
067utilize our literacy committee to increase our knowledge, build capacity Library Annex: which will lead to informed curriculum decisions and good integration of best practices Library Annex: which would therefore increase student achievement. Library Annex: focus on our sel component of our district. Mtss. Rti. Plan Library Annex: to meet all of the behavioral social, emotional needs of our kids. Library Annex: Improve tier. One instruction, improve tier, 2 instruction Library Annex: which again will increase student achievement. And then Library Annex: at the end of the day, we really just want to see 100% student achievement Library Annex: period, all kids learning at high levels questions. Library Annex: You still have multi grade. Yup. Library Annex: 4, th okay. Library Annex: I have a question that I don't know, for you or Ashley could be both right? And because
068I wasn't on the board when this happened. So what was the why do we not have progress reports anymore? Library Annex: That was not a that was not an elementary decision. That was a district wide decision. And and really the the bottom line for it is is that what progress reports does is it's reporting on something that's already happened already passed, already done. By the time a parent or a kid brings the progress report home we're already well into the next grading period. Library Annex: Right? So it's not real time data. It's not real time information. So really, what we would rather see is us utilizing as a district. Library Annex: You know, parents, students. Library Annex: especially at the upper levels, not so much with us because kids don't really look at that stuff,
069but in real time using schoology, using E school to get, because you can literally go on those and have everything right there in front of you right now. So you know it. It's really having better practice and being Library Annex: we are much more consistent with all of the the good tools that we have versus sending you something that is already outdated. Library Annex: Parents can get real time information. Library Annex: Other students today progress. You know, the old days. Library Annex: It really isn't, I mean. And and because of that, because of all these other resources that are doing the job much better than progress reports. Library Annex: You know, we're we're saving some funds. Because we're not printing. We're saving time. We're we're reallocating those resources. Other places, and kids are having better
070ownership because teachers and and students are having real time conversations, real time review of where they are and what where they need to go. Library Annex: You know my concern with that is. Library Annex: and this is probably going to be. I don't have an eloquent way of saying it, but for the parents who don't check schoology. You know. Library Annex: Then how is that remedied? Because I mean, those same parents wouldn't look at the progress report, either. Granted. So I mean. And so for us, at the elementary level. That's another reason why we went to trimesters instead of quarters, because for us Library Annex: we don't want to just send you or have a conversation right? We want to be having communication around progress of our kids continuously. And so that requires more than
071just a 1, Library Annex: one snapshot. It's constant communication through emails, through schoology, through letters, home through newsletters, through parent meetings, you know, whatever phone calls and that happens a lot at the elementary level. Library Annex: so I think that we just wanna make sure that what you do get. So when a report card comes home. Library Annex: you know this is like, this is the end, right? Like your grade is done, there's no more going around. But like that's why you have something now at a progress report time. It's not the end. It's it's it's in the middle, so there's time to change it. Library Annex: No, thank you. Library Annex: Pretty. Recognize who's question Library Annex: a lot of times that there are kids out there that are being raised by grandparents. I
072mean the the parents in the picture, but the Library Annex: Grant access to any person. Library Annex: if they're anywhere close to my age, a lot of them may not be into schoology, or Library Annex: what do you do for them? Library Annex: Oh, I mean, there's a ton. We have a ton of that, and not just grandparents. You know, we have aunts, we have uncles, we have brothers, we have siblings, and it really doesn't even matter the age. Some are great with technology, and that's the way that they want to communicate and others are not. Library Annex: And so at the elementary level, it's a lot easier, because it's just kind of what we do. You know, we are good at meeting where you are, because that's what we do with kids all day.
073So if it's a matter of you're better with phone calls. Then we make phone calls. If it's you're better with a text. And we make, we do text. If you're better with a note or some kind of a journal, a daily journal. We do that. If you're better with a phone call, then we do phone calls. We do all of that and more. Library Annex: It's not just schoology. Library Annex: and I would just say for the public as well, if there is support needed around any of those use. Library Annex: they are both app friendly that you can put right on your phone. But I would suggest anybody that wants support with either schoology, which is our primary learning system, which is where you'll get detailed information about how the grades are derived. You
074can see actual assignments and things like that, whereas Eschool is going to give you just the numerical achievement grade. But e-chool will also contain information about discipline or attendance. So they're both Library Annex: really great systems. They talk to one another they sync. But if there's folks that do want some support with utilizing those, they can contact anyone in our tech department, and we have really explicit steps, or we can sit with people, one on one and help you learn those systems. And in that same line, in order to continuously increase that right, especially at the elementary level, because Library Annex: we use so many different things. We do have our tech support integrators. And almost all of our big school, like things at a table with computers ready to do it right there on
075the spot. Library Annex: and we pretty much have that all year long. Library Annex: So Library Annex: certainly appreciate the presentation. I wanted to applaud the focus on literacy for sure. The library software, you would say that increases circulation, and that again, that goes along with that Literacy. Library Annex: Thank you. Library Annex: We'll move this into our discussion on the April 2025 Board Committee. Library Annex: So has decided on on their meetings. Their annual meeting this year will be Wednesday, April second. Library Annex: and their component vote date will be Tuesday, April 29.th Library Annex: So we have to. We have to re-look at the month of April Library Annex: about when we really want to hold those meetings when we need to. Library Annex: I'm assuming that we cannot hold the April second
076meeting. Library Annex: Is that correct, John? You'll be at? Are we comfortable moving that one to the 9? th Does that work for you, Bob? Yes, that works actually better for me. Library Annex: Does that work for everyone else, too? I know you guys are all good. Library Annex: No, doesn't work for you. Library Annex: So then the second meeting of of April. Library Annex: we definitely have to have a meeting on Tuesday, the 29, th Library Annex: because we have to take part in the component vote well, as a board Library Annex: when does it work for you? As long as the 1st meetings? The 9, th the 29th is fine. Library Annex: What do we have to approve? The property tax report card prior to April 28.th Library Annex: So, but so we'll
077do that at the 9th meeting. Library Annex: and it includes all your reserve balances as of march 31.st Library Annex: That's fine to get the balances. Library Annex: So 9th and 29th work for budget purposes Library Annex: does that work for all of the board members? Library Annex: Seriously? Does it make it work? Library Annex: There it is. Thank you. That was a unique one. Library Annex: So I will add, the 29th to the flag, just so that everyone remembers that we're having a Tuesday meeting. And, Mark, I will call you and remind you. Don't worry about it. Library Annex: You, too. I need to call you. Library Annex: Thank you. Library Annex: Alright. So it'll move this into our Board of Education. Communications Library Annex: of Publications up here, which is to take those
078lists Library Annex: all they have, so let them move us into our committee reports Library Annex: policy committee. We want to get something scheduled. Library Annex: Sure sure Library Annex: works for you guys totally colored. Mind. Library Annex: when do we need one, Kathy. I really don't have anything pressing right now. I do have some items, but they're not critical policies. Library Annex: so push it out a couple weeks. I am going to be gone for a bit. Library Annex: So if we, if we can move it into February. Library Annex: maybe that 1st week of February, if that works for anybody. Library Annex: The board meetings on the second week. Right? Yeah. Yep. The board meeting is on the 12th of February. Library Annex: Any day. That 1st week I'm fine. Library Annex: which
079is the let's see. Library Annex: it just kind of depend on the time, I guess. Library Annex: Gonna be kind of Library Annex: early, like 9 is that, can we do like zoom at 9 or something. Is that is that too early? Or Library Annex: if we did like a 9 o'clock zoom, I think I'd be available like any day that week. Library Annex: That's workable. Library Annex: It works for me. Just let me know Library Annex: what works for you. Barb and Dr. 9 works. I'm just. I have a couple of 10 o'clocks. So yeah, 9 works every day but the Tuesday. Library Annex: That would be good, too. I prefer to skip Tuesday, just because I'll I'll have to put an agenda out, so really, if we could, we could do Thursday. Library
080Annex: February 6.th At 9 Am. Library Annex: Any other committee reports 8. Library Annex: I almost were round table. Library Annex: Turn on fire. Library Annex: Just want to say, thanks to Dr. Anderson for putting out a little public Library Annex: blurb about the whole newspaper article. I appreciate that. Library Annex: I think it just shows our transparency Library Annex: like I said, like you mentioned, if anybody had a question about it. Here we are. So yeah. Library Annex: it's all I got. Library Annex: Thanks, Carrie. Excellent presentation. Let's data elementary school. It's always nice to hear the reports of that building. Thanks to the boosters for the donations for the peskyan society and the other ones. So Library Annex: whatever you think of it. Library Annex: appreciate everybody. I know you shared earlier. But
081is there anything else I just want to say, I really enjoyed the presentation. Library Annex: I do not have anything. I'm good. Library Annex: I was just gonna say, this week you're going to see our pre-k through 8th grade families. You're going to see a survey come home. It's a required survey by State Ed, regarding digital equity. I mean, we've done it every year since I've been here. So start my 4th year getting it out. So that's coming home in the mail for our Pre. K. To 8 students. I'm sorry it's coming home directly with the students, not in the mail. The students are bringing it home. Our high school students completed here right on campus. Library Annex: but just due to some of the questions we like the adult feedback for our Pre K
082to 8th grade students. So that's just questions about your Internet access at home device access that the State asked us to put out. Library Annex: That's coming home this week. Library Annex: I'm just going to reiterate. Thank you, Carrie. That was amazing. It's great to see what's going on at the elementary school. Thank you, Dr. Bob, and I won't be at the next Board meeting. I'll be on vacation. Library Annex: You didn't properly put it. Library Annex: I don't have a whole lot, either, but I enjoyed the elementary school presentation, too. Thinking back to when my own kids were there makes me a little nostalgic. Library Annex: But Tyler really had fun there, that was my little guy. But anyway, Library Annex: let's see, what else do I got? The health and careers. Thing, colleague
083or not. I wish I could have been there to hear that. I'm like jealous because she's awesome, and I wish I could have heard it, and I think again I will reiterate again. I think that's great, that the Guidance department is doing this, and I know there are more presentations coming up, and Library Annex: I can't cheer that enough, Library Annex: And let's see, what else was there anything the musicals? That's always. I'm a big music person looking forward to that. February Library Annex: 7 and 8 is the mamma, mia and and yes, I just would thank you also, Dr. Bob, for putting out that public response on behalf of all of us and past board members and and whatnot. I think I think we're doing a good job. Library Annex: So just saying, so,
084that's it. I'll be quiet now. Library Annex: Okay, thank you. Gary. Enjoy hearing what's going on. Library Annex: We got regarding the newspaper article. I know Jack gave me a call, and we? We chatted for a bit on it, and I'm always more than happy to do that one on one with any of you Library Annex: phones. Library Annex: What else I had. Library Annex: Okay. Library Annex: I guess I just said, wanted to let people know like, I really didn't make my decision on the pool until Library Annex: the meeting tonight. I mean, they didn't come in with a preconceived Library Annex: Carrie, you're here. Anything else? I think I've talked enough. You did, really? Well, when I saw 27 slides I was like, Oh, man, you did a very nice job. Next year
085we'll start with elementary school, and then we'll go middle high. I have nothing to add. Library Annex: you know, winter's in full swing. So yeah, the wintertime blues. Library Annex: I'm that happy. No. Library Annex: some of us into our parking lot. Library Annex: One thing Library Annex: talking with Zach earlier. We might want to look at reviewing, you know the evaluation from Superintendent Board and kind of the metrics. Right? We picked what we're going to look at years ago, and it might be worth revisiting that. So maybe we can Library Annex: put that on for February, you know. Have a discussion. Make sure we're good with Library Annex: what we want to look at. Library Annex: Nothing. Library Annex: I don't remember how we did that last year. We didn't really change. I mean,
086we Library Annex: some years we've actually picked which ones we want to focus on presuming. That Library Annex: seems to me that book is really Library Annex: so. We generally just pick what ones we wanted to. But I think that yeah, I thought maybe given the opportunity to review those questions a little bit, because I think that you said it's a book. We can kind of get that just distributed and discuss which ones we want. Library Annex: Okay. Library Annex: just figure out if it's an executive session type, or if it's a public session in terms of setting what the parameters are is not executive session. Okay? Library Annex: So so doing it, it's to discuss them. Yeah. Library Annex: So it would be helpful if everybody got into that before the February meeting to
087know what you were interested in. Library Annex: But we can make that a get a discussion too much. Library Annex: What about yeah, seeing what? Library Annex: What questions will we want to get as far as our evaluation measures? Library Annex: I was, gonna say, does it? Would it be worth having some sort of workshop or explanation for new members. I would like that because I don't really know what you're talking about prior to us, deciding. Sorry. I don't mean to make it more muddled if you want to, because we use super val super eval for both super intense evaluation and for self evaluation. I mean, I could walk through it. Okay. Library Annex: I don't know Library Annex: if you guys want to just do it. Do we want to do it here at
088the table? Or do you just want to do zoom Library Annex: or in the office? Just Library Annex: just the 2 of you, do you? With that? Because again, if it's got to be by next meeting. I won't be at the next meeting, so we can't sit here and do it. Library Annex: Oh, whatever you want to do in the office. You need to. Library Annex: Yeah. Cause I would like a little. Library Annex: Thanks, Zack. Library Annex: Good catch. Library Annex: I'll be in touch. We'll get something set up. Sounds good. Appreciate it. Library Annex: We have any other changes we need to make for the parking lot. Library Annex: Stupid. Library Annex: Everything else looks good. So nobody has anything for that. We covered our executive session. Library Annex: Nobody has anything else
089for the meeting. Library Annex: Okay, maybe a consideration of motion to join the meeting. Library Annex: All in favor. Library Annex: Very, very well done. Good night, everybody.