001Thank you. All right, if I can ask somebody move the agenda to the table, please. Moved by Vice President Stansell, seconded by Ms. Seaman. Any corrections, additions, deletions to the agenda? Seeing none, all those in favor? That passes 9 to 0. Um next up, we have student recognition, the winter guards. Welcome, everyone. >> [applause] >> Tonight, the Board of Education is proud to recognize the Greece Central School District winter guard teams. On Monday, March 28th, at Gates Chili High School, our Regional A and Scholastic A winter guard teams took home first place in their respective classes at the 2026 at the 2026 Northeast Color Guard Circuit State Championships. This is a historic first for our district. It's a massive achievement as both groups walked away with the highest scores and rankings they've ever received in
002program history. This kind of success is a result of months of intense practice, hard work, and a ton of heart. To our students, you've shown us exactly what happens when you've when you're determined and dedicated to your craft. You are state champions. And we couldn't be prouder of the way you represented the Greece Central School District. We all know it takes a village to get these shows onto the floor, and I want to give a huge thank you to our amazing director directors, Kristen Cass and Cara Bolt, along with their entire staffs. Your vision and mentorship are what made this possible. I also want to thank the parents and families for supporting your kids and encouraging them to stay involved in the arts. And a big thank you to the to the Greece Marching Band
003Parent Booster Organization. The countless hours you spend supporting the marching arts in Greece truly makes a difference. On behalf of the Board of Education, we are proud to present our winter guard teams with this board recognition. Congratulations. >> [applause] >> Do you guys have a couple of representatives? I There's like so many of you, I don't think I can do a picture with all of you, but if you have a I don't know, a team leader, captain, a couple of people that would like to come up and receive the certificates. Don't make me pick a couple of people. Oh, here they come. All right, we're good. There you go. There you go. Congratulations. Thank you so much. >> [applause] [applause] >> If you guys want to sneak out, I totally get it. So, if I
004don't think you're really going to sneak out cuz there's so many of you, but if you want to head out, I totally get it. Thank you so much for coming and congratulations. >> [applause] [applause] >> Right here? Yep. You guys can move over. You don't have to sit in the corner anymore. You can move over so I can see your pretty faces. >> [laughter] >> Oh, Bailey, I should have had you do joke of the day before they left. You would have had a good audience. You know, probably. I'm still going to make you do it, but So, Bailey, you're up. All right. What happens when it rains cats and dogs? You might step in a poodle. >> [laughter] >> I love this. I I truly love this. I'm actually, if you're free, I'm going
005to make you come to my last meeting as president on June 19th to tell a joke. All right. I appreciate that. Um our GTA representative, Kristen Cappiello, welcome, Kristen. Good evening. My name is Chris Cappiello. I teach at Odyssey and I'm also the high school advisor on GTA. I'd like to take a moment this evening to share a statement on behalf of our president, Brianne Birds, who was unable to attend due to a prior commitment. So, pretend I'm Brian. When I say I, it's him, but I still agree with him. I'd like to take a moment to speak in support of the proposed school budget and the importance of community engagement in the upcoming vote. In this year uh this year's budget comes at a time when our district is facing a decrease in state
006foundation aid. Sometimes uh excuse me. Something that stands in contrast to the increases we've seen in prior late years. That shift matters. It creates real pressure on the district's ability to maintain the level of programming, staffing, and student support our community has come to expect and rely on. It's important to recognize, however, is how the district has responded. Rather than reacting abruptly or shifting the burden onto students and staff, the district has approached this challenge with deliberation and responsibility. Efforts to choose a Efforts to close the budget gap have been thoughtful and measured, balancing fiscal stewardship with a clear commitment to preserving opportunities for students. That kind of planning deserves acknowledgement. It also reflects the humanity and the strong collaborate collaboration of the superintendent and his cabinet working closely with the Board of Education to
007continue supporting our students and the broader community through responsible budgeting. Supporting this budget is about more than numbers. It's about maintaining stability in our schools, protecting programs that serve students at all levels, and ensuring that we continue to move forward rather than backward during a time of financial uncertainty. Equally important is the participation in the broader democratic process that supports our schools. The Board of Education plays a critical role in guiding district decisions, and this year we have four candidates who have come forward through a thoughtful endorsement process. They're individuals who are prepared to serve, to listen, and to help lead during a time that requires steady and informed governance. We also recognize that participation both in budget votes and board elections has not always been as strong as we would hope. That's why it's
008so important for members of the community to get out, stay informed, and make their voices heard. These decisions shape the future of our schools and they deserve broad engagement. In closing, I encourage everyone to support the proposed budget and to take part in the upcoming vote for the budget and for the Board of Education candidates. Doing so ensures that our schools remain strong, our students remain supported, and our community continues to invest in its future. Thank you very much. Thanks, Chris. Next up, we have guests, uh Jamie and Mario. Good evening, everybody. Um Jamie and I just wanted to take this time to highlight some of the work that is taking place between the arts and the humanities departments. Um specifically with regard to the Arts Partners program, um as well as other opportunities that
009have been made possible through GCSD's participation in the Arts in Education CoSer through Monroe 1 BOCES. We also want to highlight some learning that has taken place in our district leadership meetings around ways that literacy strategies are being used every day in our music classes and ensembles to help support our district's literacy goals. So, um we're going to be highlighting our Arts Partners, which is Arts Reaching and Teaching in Schools. Um the units that are developed around touring Broadway productions that are aligned in New York State standards. Um when we first launched this in 2023-2024, we started it with our Kadia High. 70 students um were able to attend an RBTL play that year. This year, we have 1,100 students um from 12 buildings. So, um honestly, that's totally Mario and I talked about this
010earlier. That's completely due to the teachers taking this on and principals supporting these um initiatives. So, these are some photos of kids who attended various plays. Um Wicked is a play that they've attended this year, uh Hamilton. They're going to be attending South in June. And just as a reminder, when they prior to attending these plays, they partner with Holly Valentine from Art Becomes You All, who provides some sample lessons that the teachers might do either in a art class, a music class, or ELA. This year, for example, in Arcadia Middle, um the teacher Seema Singh embedded this into her art core lessons. So, they were already studying striking lines from poetry. They then um analyzed the music in Hamilton and wrote their own poems, and they were actually on display at Art Becomes You
011All. Um this teacher did this in conjunction with social studies and uh an ELA teacher as well. So, this is just an example of both Greece and Athena's work being displayed and then the poetry of our students at Arcadia Middle. The beauty of this program is that we can implement it across multiple content areas. Um so, for example, um in our visual arts classes, the students in Alyssa Manous' eighth grade visual arts class at Athena Middle, they created Hamilton-inspired digital collages where they analyzed song lyrics. The students drew personal connections and and just determined which song from Hamilton they connected to the most, and then they created a visual representation of their chosen theme. And then they also created artist statements analyzing how their creative choices in their art represented their personal inter- interpretation of
012Hamilton's themes. You can see the connection to visual arts as well as the connections to our reading standards. At Athena High School, um in Heather Irwin's digital photography class, students took um students redesigned a character, prop, or environment from Wicked to fit a completely different era or genre. Again, connection to visual arts as well as reading. At Athena High School as well, and we patent students, they created portraiture. They they analyzed the theme of legacy and how portraiture communicates that. They selected someone meaningful in their lives to immortalize and then they created they recreated the portrait of that person that they chose. We have a collaborative quilt project happening at Phoenix right now where students took it some of the Hamilton themes. They determined a word that best they connect to the best and created
013a star. These stars are going to be transferred to quilt squares and then in collaboration with the Genesee Country Museum, they're going to create a finished product in the form of a quilt. We've also implemented this program in after school theater clubs special at our elementary buildings. So students at English Village, they explored the theme of bully or buddy through the show Wicked. And students at Brookside, they explored various theater jobs anything from concessions and ushers to acting and directing and they also created Oz inspired signs. Okay, so we're trying to make sure we explicitly shout out all the staff that helped support this. So we have all their names up there. I won't take the time to read them to you but again just a big thanks to the teachers who take this on.
014The other way that we've been able to utilize the arts and coaster is Mosaic class went to Ferlo's Paradise at Geva. We have the Survivors Play coming about the Holocaust. All of our middle schools will be participating in that and then We have a very exciting opportunity coming up that I'll speak to briefly. We have a world renowned composer Randall Standridge who's going to be coming to Greece for a two-day residency. He composed a piece specifically for our students that is going to be world premiered on May 28th at an evening concert. In addition to that, he's going to be working with all of our students elementary through high school that are in band and involved in this event. He's going to be conducting master classes. He's going to be working specifically with the marching
015band as well. Um, so really exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity I believe for many of our students to be involved in. We're very excited about. So, we just wanted to briefly highlight some of the literacy connections. So, um, during professional learning time at our leadership meetings, we've been um, different directors have been um, presenting on various literacy strategies in their content area. And I know that we're running out of time. So, we just wanted to highlight some of the ways we talked about vocabulary music at these meetings. Um, how we talked about um, chunking text to access complex text also through music and how that looks differently with a musical text versus um, a traditional like novel. Um, and we just want to end with thank you for your support for the Arts and Ed um, program
016and all the opportunities it brings to our students. Thank you. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Next up we have AXUP. There's nobody here from AXUP. Nobody here from GUSS and nobody here from Teamsters. I have no one signed up for [clears throat] Residents Forum. Next up we have 2.01 the 2026-2027 budget presentation. Superintendent Smalley. All right, good evening. I'm excited to uh, share um, presentation again or video for our public um, our budget public hearing. What I thought I'd do today since I've done this presentation now twice in front of the board, that rather than hear it uh, this my same presentation again, uh, what I'd like to do is share our uh, video that was put together. It's a voiceover that uh, uses the slides from my um, presentation. This uh, video will be
017um, accessible on our website. Um, we also use it throughout our schools, um, family engagement events after school so that parents and the community can get a deeper understanding of our budget if they weren't able to hear, uh, the presentation at the previous two board meetings. So, I'm going to go ahead and hit play and then be back afterwards. Hello, and thank you for taking a few minutes to learn about our proposed budget for the 2026-27 school year. This proposal reflects both the pride we have in our district and our shared commitment to our community's future. Our fiscal decisions are guided by our strategic priorities. Our five-year district-wide strategic plan sets our long-term vision, while our annual district comprehensive improvement plan focuses on addressing system-wide gaps. At the same time, each school's improvement plan targets
018site-specific needs. Together, these plans ensure that every dollar we invest is aligned with clear goals. Stakeholder input is also a key part of our budget development process. Throughout the year, we gather feedback from thousands of stakeholders through surveys, work groups, committees, and focus groups. Our students, families, and staff have shared what matters most, and that input has directly shaped this proposal. Our community has been clear about their priorities. We heard a need for more support for students with diverse learning needs, more academic and behavioral resources for our youngest learners, and more real-world learning. We also recognize the importance of improving communication between home and school. As we develop this budget, we faced a significant balancing act, meeting growing student and family needs while managing rising financial pressures. This proposal reflects our effort to balance increased
019costs with an increased demand for specialized services. In response, this budget delivers six core commitments: a strong class of experience, expanded early learning support, dedicated school-based interventionists, diverse college and career pathways, engaging extracurricular opportunities, and the essential services that keep our schools safe and running smoothly. Our commitment to provide every student with an excellent education is reflected in how we support students, staff, and families each day. This budget funds ongoing professional learning and strengthens tier one instruction through professional learning communities. We're also expanding the community schools strategy to include two additional secondary schools next year. We're making intentional investments early so small challenges don't become larger obstacles. This includes adding pre-K classes to reduce wait lists, maintaining kindergarten class sizes between 18 and 20 students to ensure individualized attention, and adding key instructional supports. To
020further support our students, we're increasing self-contained special education classrooms and adding crisis interveners, behavioral coaches, and specialists in occupational, physical, and speech therapy. We're also focused on preparing students for the future. Students will have access to more than 65 courses eligible for college credit along with a variety of career pathway programs. To support modern learning, we're adding an assistant director of digital innovation and a dedicated digital learning coach. We know that important learning and growth also happen beyond the classroom. This budget proposal supports more than 160 athletic teams, as well as enriching extracurriculars like marching band and robotics, along with a wide range of after school clubs, helping students stay engaged and connected. Safety remains a top priority. We're funding technology infrastructure upgrades with strong data security, facility improvements, and the essential personnel needed to
021keep our operations safe and running smoothly. Delivering these programs to nearly 10,000 students requires a significant community investment. The proposed budget totals just over $335 million, representing a 5.31% increase from last year. The estimated tax levy increase is 2.27%, which means Greece remains within the allowable tax levy limit for the 16th consecutive year. Voters will also decide on Proposition 1, a plan to replace 35 aging buses with new gas or diesel models. We're not recommending any electric bus purchases this year as we continue to advocate for adjustments to the state's zero emissions mandates. The $5.9 million project would be funded through our bus reserve and 5-year financing, meaning it carries zero impact on the tax rate or the tax levy. You'll also have the opportunity to vote for three Board of Education candidates. There are
022four candidates running for 3-year terms, including incumbents Todd Butler and William Maloney, and newcomers Nicole Zwicky and Jenny La Placa. More information about each candidate is available on the district website. All Greece Central School District residents vote at one location, the Transportation Support Services Facility. Polls will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19th, and voters must be registered with Monroe County to cast a ballot. Early voting by mail and absentee ballot is also available. Applications can be found on the district website. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about the 2026-27 budget proposal. We hope that this overview provided a clear understanding of what we're proposing and why it matters for our students and our community. For more information, please visit the district website and most importantly, please
023remember to vote on Tuesday, May 19th. Okay, and as a quick recap, as you just saw, in addition to our budget, we have four board candidates as you can see here for three seats. And it's important to know that there's still two events prior to May 19th. We have on May 11th, we have a board candidates night right here at transportation center. And then obviously on May 19th, we have our budget vote and board election. Again, in case you didn't see it, keep on pushing. 6:00 to 9:00 right here in the transportation center. Thank you. Thank you. I'd like to call the public budget hearing to order. I have no one signed up, so I'm closing the public budget hearing. Moving on to staffing, can I so move staffing to the table, please? Move by
024Mr. Simmons, seconded by Mr. Maloney. Any comments, questions, concerns on staffing? Seeing none, all those in favor. That passes 9 to 0. Assistant Superintendent Larson, you're up. Thank you so much. I'm very excited this evening to welcome our new director of food services, Joy Farrell. Woo! >> [applause] [applause] >> Since joining the Greece Central School District food service team in 2003, Joy has combined decades of operational expertise with a genuine passion for nutrition and student wellness. Her approach to school dining is rooted in a simple but powerful belief. Fresh, high-quality ingredients are the essential fuel for growing minds. Joy attended SUNY Genesee Community College where she earned her degree in hospital hospitality management. This education provided the foundational skills necessary for large-scale operations she leads today. Reflecting on her career, Joy is deeply grateful to
025Greece Central for the opportunities she has been given, and she offers special thanks to Paul Palmer and Phil Levy for their invaluable support and guidance over the years. with a career at Greece Central spanning over 20 years, Joy has worn many hats, building vital relationships across departments and schools. Her dedication to and enjoyment of the culinary craft extends beyond the school year. As a seasonal baker at Kelly's Apple Farm, she brings a scratch-made sensibility and a love for local flavors to everything she touches. For Joy, the most rewarding part of her role is the direct impact on student life. She is driven by the goal of providing delicious, on-trend, and culturally culturally diverse meals. A highlight of the past year was National School Lunch Week where Joy and her team brought the theme Taste the
026World to life with recipes from across the globe. She finds her greatest motivation in the smiles on students' faces and the positive interactions between her staff and the student body. Joy credits her hardworking team for making this magic happen every day. Looking ahead, she is constantly seeking ways to infuse the district's food program with renewed excitement, whether by introducing more fresh local foods or gathering direct feedback through student leader focus groups. When she isn't busy enhancing the district's dining experience, Joy stays active in the great outdoors. She is an avid gardener, swimmer, and biker. While she still enjoys skiing, she jokingly admits that these that the goal these days is to keep her runs, quote, limb-break free. Above all, Joy cherishes cherishes the time she spends with her family. She is a proud grandmother to
027a growing crew that will soon include four grandsons. Every summer she heads to the coast of Maine to recharge with her husband Bill. She's profoundly grateful for Bill's unwavering support, noting that he has always been by her side throughout her journey. Another huge thank you goes out to Joy's parents, Kay and Gary McLaren, who were able to be here this evening to celebrate. Congratulations, Joy. >> [applause] >> Now it's time for pictures. We'll do uh the first one, why don't you do your family here? Whoever from your family you wants to come up and do a picture. And then we'll go I'll do you guys next. >> [clears throat] >> Do the family and then you do you Grace's family. Yep. >> [laughter] >> Grace's family. >> All right, now Romeo, Jeremy, Gina, and Margaret.
028>> [laughter] [applause] >> And if you guys want to sneak out, I totally get that as well. I mean, you could stay if you want, but I get it. I wish I could leave with you. All right, next up, I'd like to move Can I have somebody move tenure to table, please? Move by Ms. Seaman, second by Ms. Felzorano. Any comments, questions, or concerns on tenure? Seeing none, all those in favor? That passes 9 to 0, and I'd like to congratulate We have two of them here this evening, Kelly Lantman and John Hendrickson. You guys can stand up. Congratulations. [applause] >> [applause] >> Next up, can I have someone move to the table the 9-unit rate sheet for 26-27? Moved by Mr. Butler, seconded by Mr. Seaman. Any comments, questions, concerns on this? Seeing that
029all those in favor? Passes 9 to 0. Moving on to dual agreements, can I have someone move that to the table, please? Moved by Mr. Molloy, seconded by Mr. Bonfiglio. Any comments, questions, concerns on that? Seeing that all those in favor? That passes 9 to 0. Vice President Stultz, you got the rest of the way. All right. Thank you, Mr. President. All right, moving on to special presentations. 5.01 capital project update presentation. Superintendent Smalley. You're up. All right. Mr. Romeo Calilli and Dave Phelps. Come on down. Good evening, everyone. Uh as we do each year, uh we just spend a few minutes to um go over our capital projects uh that we currently have working and give an update on uh reimagining Greece as well as our level up project that is new uh for
030this year. Um our district architect, Dave Phelps, and I are going to split this presentation. Um and with that, just a quick glance uh at some of the projects that are currently out uh in the making right now is a early learning center storage addition. Um that's been ongoing for a while. We've had some uh challenges with that, and Dave will review uh some of those challenges uh in a few slides. Uh cafeteria lock set uh issue um project. Those were taking all the doors and making sure they lock from the insides as well as the cafeterias, gymnasiums, and other public spaces. Again, this is an ongoing project that we've also run into some challenges with, and Dave will touch on that as well. Third item are the playgrounds and pavilions. Uh those are would
031be starting up uh shortly. Those The funding for that was approved in 20 uh 425 with a $2 million appropriation of fund balance uh to do that work and they will give an update of what that is. And then as we've had over the last several years, uh we'll do an update on uh Reimagining Greece, which was a about a $108 million project. Oops, sorry. Thank you. Um we're in phase six at this point to wrap up the project. Uh there's still some uh Grieg Peck stage rigging work to be done and if possible, we're looking to uh replace the floor in front of the Grieg Peck um by the end of this uh calendar year. And then our newly uh our new project Level Up is about 72 and 1/2 million dollars. Uh phase
032one is currently being implemented and we'll touch base on that as well. Good evening. Uh as Romeo mentioned, the early learning center storage addition, that's about a 500 square foot addition adjacent to the play zone. Uh that's being funded uh partly funded by a $250,000 SAM's grant. And then some other uh budgeted uh funds. Um unfortunately, that project bid over budget originally. Um we did go through redesign process and are uh received no bids for that either. Um which is uh pretty common for a small project like that, unfortunately, in today's time. Uh so we are going through a procurement process through some contractors that we have uh done via our maintenance bid, so we're still working on that. Um and we're also working with DASNY um to get that SAM's grant extended. So uh
033more to follow on that. Hopefully, those conversations all go positive. >> [snorts] >> The classroom lock hardware set our lock set project, sorry, as Romeo mentioned that that started a long time ago and we had split that into two phases. Phase one was complete 100%. Phase two is 95% complete. We're wrapping up a few last doors and that should be all wrapped up this summer. And that those delays as we've mentioned in the past are due to our electrical contractor that we originally had on board years ago went out of business and we had to go through a process to get a new contractor on board to complete that project. But they're actively working on it now and as I said we'll be wrapped up this summer. The playgrounds and pavilions those are about to
034start in about a week. We have a schedule that where each one of those schools there are the five schools that are listed Buckman Heights, EV, Holmes Road, Pine Brook and Patty Hill. Will all be getting new playgrounds. We'll be starting at Pine Brook and then moving to Patty Hill and then moving through the rest of the schools this summer. And then two schools Pine Brook and Brookside are getting outdoor classroom pavilions about 25 by 25. Feet. Covered pavilions similar to those that are at some of our other elementary schools. That construction as I mentioned is beginning as soon as next week at Pine Brook and then we'll continue into the fall. And possibly into next year depending on weather when the fall comes. Level up level up has started phase one is under construction
035as we speak. We are replacing roofs at 14 of our buildings currently working at Longridge, English Village in Buckman Heights. As also as part of phase one we are doing window replacements the whole north facade of Odyssey. So the facade facing the lake is getting completely replaced and then we are replacing all the windows at Brookside and Craig Hill. Respectfully. And then phase two is under design there we're doing security vestibules at Arcadia and Odyssey. And then we replacing the chillers which is a piece of mechanical equipment at 10 of our elementary schools. And then just a recap reimagine Greece the change order status this is as of today. May 5th we are currently as Romeo mentioned wrapping that up and We have a total percentage of a change order rate of about 5.38%. And
036we did do go into our change order but we did go over budget on change orders a little bit there but Romeo is going to talk more about the overall project status which is positive. One thing I did want to mention here under the totals line where it says 5.38 typically we budget and we budgeted throughout reimagine Greece was about a 5% contingency. For change orders so although it were at 5.38 we're really kind of Around what we projected it would be and then the bottom numbers where it says May 20 May 2025 a year ago today that's where we were a year ago compared to where we are. Today we were just under 5% a year ago and we're just over 5% uh currently. So, um it came in right around projections. Uh just
037to take a quick look at Reimagine Greece. Again, these are just construction costs uh related to the transportation facility. Uh we spent about 25.4 million dollars uh on that building for construction only. As we look at the other phases, phases 1 uh through 6 that are detailed here, um we had a budget of just under uh 67 million dollars. We're currently at about 66 million dollars. Leaves about a million dollars uh to finish up the work uh for this summer. In the $722,000 uh construction balance is some work to replace the vortex, I believe it's called, or the stage rigging at Athena. Um so, that will be taken care of hopefully by the fall or the winter. And that will close out uh phase 6 of Reimagine Greece. Overall, when we look at the whole
038$107.8 million budget, we still have about $1.1 million uh uh remaining. And that will account for again the vortex or the stage rigging. Um we're also looking to uh replace the GPEC lobby floor that is out in front of the theater um over the summer. There's still some remaining contractor costs that need to be accounted for, and then there's incidentals that go with all of that. At the end of the day, we will um be within budget on this entire $108 million project um as we planned. And then finally, just taking a look at where we are with Level Up as we just started this process. Uh the whole project is for $72.5 million. You can see um issuance fees, which are fees to do the public uh issuance um and incidentals are included here.
039To date, we've spent about 3. 4 3.5 million dollars of the 72.5 million. Um most of that money is um that has already been spent is for our roofing contractors. About 1.3 million has already been paid to date to our roofing folks and plus miscellaneous expenses. And then the other major expense within that 3.4 million are our architect fees. Um they come to about 1.5 million dollars. And then we've also got campus construction who is our uh construction manager. There's money there plus miscellaneous. So, uh we're off to a good start on that and uh we'll keep you up to date on level up um once or twice a year as we move along. Any questions? Mr. Bonagura. Thank you for the presentation. Um just uh give me a reminder uh a refresher. Overall, uh
040we're in we're in budget. We're going to be in budget. When individual projects go over budget, does we can't spend more than we've already than the voters have approved in in these cases. >> That's correct. Um how do we adjust for that? Is it Am Am I correct in in believing that some things have to be set aside or changed? There is not um an incremental uh expense to That's correct. So, uh the original scope of what was in the 108 million dollar budget and the actual scope that has been completed are different. We had to cut back on scope of work in order to make up for any overages. Um and then at the end of the project, we're trying to pick up if we knowing that we do have some funding remaining after
041getting done the main items, we're looking at our list of those items that we originally took out and looking to pick one or two of them that we can put back in to ensure that we don't go over budget for the project. Thank you. And also, I would say those items that did not make Reimagined Greece may or may not be in Level Up, but those will be on a list to pick up for any future projects that come up. Thank you. Any other questions? Mr. Bonagura? Um also as a refresher for me and anyone else out in in the community who who may be interested, can you remind us how old the newest of our buildings is and how old is the oldest? Especially with regard to Level Up. Um ooh, memory. Uh thank
042you for testing me. Uh >> [laughter] >> I want to say uh 1994, I think, is the newest. Uh that would be Pine Brook and Arcadia Middle School. You said 94? 90 94, right? I think yeah, 94. And then I think their oldest building is mid 50s, I think. That that's stretching my memory. But they're 32 years >> Most of the vast majority of our buildings are 50s, 60s. Yeah. Um with the two Arcadia Middle School and Pine Brook being the newest buildings. Uh with the exception of this building, of course. And the new Performing Arts Center is 20 That was 2002, I think. 2004, so about 25-ish years old. Yeah. on there. Great. Thank you. Any other questions? All right. Thank you. Thank you. All right, moving on to business action. 6.01 tax certiorari
043settlements. Can I have someone bring that to the table, please? First by Ms. Seaman, second by Ms. Like. Any comments, questions, concerns on that? Seeing none, all those in favor. That passes 9 to 0. All right, moving on to 6.02 extra extra classroom activity funds quarterly report. Can I have someone bring that to the table, please? First by Ms. Seaman, second by Mr. Maloney. Any comments, questions, concerns on that? Seeing none, all those in favor. That passes 9 to 0. All right, moving on to business information. 7.01 anticipated bids. This is Excuse me, written information only. Any comments, questions, concerns on this? All right, moving on to 7.02 budget and revenue status reports. This is also written information only. Any comments, questions, concerns on that? All right, moving on to the consent agenda. Can I
044have someone bring the consent agenda to the table, please? First by Mr. Butler, second by Ms. Like. Um before um I want to acknowledge the donations that we have that totaled at $39,980.42. Uh $20,902.18 came from the Greece Education Foundation. Uh 500 came from Wegmans, and then the remaining, which totaled out to $19,000 uh $78.24 came from the extra classroom that supported different uh schools across the district. Um with that said, all those in favor of the consent agenda. That passes 9 to 0. Thank you. All right, moving on to program action. 9.01 student trip approval. Can I have someone bring that to the table? Mr. Bonagura, second by Mr. Butler. Any comments, questions, concerns on this? Go robotics. Yeah. Go robotics. All right. Seeing none, all those in favor? All right, that passes 9-0.
045Moving on to 9.02, the 2025-26 district calendar revision. Uh can I have someone bring that to the table, please? First by Mr. Maloney, second by Ms. Felzerano. Any comments, questions, concerns on this? Seeing none, all those in favor? That passes 9-0. Moving on to 9.03, 26-27 summary of include Excuse me. Summary of instruction days by marking period, if I can talk. Do I have anyone to bring that to the table, please? First by Mr. Bonagura, second by Mr. Maloney. Any comments, questions, concerns on this? Seeing none, all those in favor? That passes 9-0. All right, we have nothing for program information. Moving on to Board of Education action. Uh we're on 11.01, chairperson approval for annual vote. Can I have someone bring that to the table, please? First by Ms. Seaman, second by Mr. Maloney.
046Comments, questions, concerns on this? Seeing none, all those in favor? That passes 9-0. Moving on to 11.02, election inspectors approval. Can I have someone bring that to the table, please? First by Ms. Felzerano, second by Ms. Like. Any comments, questions, concerns on this? Seeing none, all those in favor? That passes 9-0. All right, moving on to Board of Education information, board committee reports. The first one is the audit committee report. Mr. Butler. Yes, thank you. Uh we actually met just yesterday evening and uh um had a great uh much appreciated presentation by uh Brad Malone, our executive director of information and instructional technology, take a breath, and digital innovation. And he talked to us in some detail around the district's cybersecurity practices. It's a lot a lot of team that works really hard to keep
047our information and our systems safe. And so we appreciated hearing hearing all that detail. The other major action was review of our corrective action plan status. So those things that get noticed by auditors uh some of them become corrective actions and we this committee tracks the progress on those things. And so we received an update on the implementation of the time and attendance system as well as the policy development around professional services procurement. Say that five times fast. So that's that's it for that. Thank you, Mary. Thank you, Mr. Butler. All right, moving on to 12.02 District Improvement Team DIT report, Ms. Lyke. Yes, the District Improvement Committee met and we looked at the um data in preparation for our district improvement plan. We looked at instructional practices around literacy. Um I think we focused
048on the explicit teaching and vocabulary development and writing and the writing which is practiced daily. Um connections connections were made to the design day activities. And the district will continue with a cycle of examining our current state and using the data to evaluate our progress um to get to the brass ring. So adjust and move forward. Ms. Farmer. Yes, thank you, Jordan. Mary, I'd just like to add that I was sitting across from one of our elementary principals and was talking about portfolios in terms of the kids being able to bring work that they have been doing throughout the year to show that we are they are making progress. So, what she told me at our table was that um the children are allowed to go through their portfolio, go through their work, and choose
049pieces for those portfolios, which will directly lead into uh middle school and high school in the portrait of a graduate. So, I thought that was pretty important that they are implementing that in our early grades. Thank you, Ms. Farmer, for sharing that. All right, moving on to 12.03 graduation measures committee report. Ms. Felzerano, you're up. Thank you. Uh the committee met on April 20th, and our ASI, Mike Zeph, shared a recap of the design day event, which took place on April 13th. At that event, select staff from the elementary and secondary schools worked interactively to begin to explore ways to connect the seven habits of the Leader in Me initiative with the New York State portrait of a graduate. The Leader in Me is currently in operation in each of our elementary schools, and the
050goal moving forward is to bridge the Leader in Me methods into the district middle and high schools because we note a high degree of alignment with our portrait of a graduate attributes. Moving forward, there'll be meetings planned with key middle school stakeholders to review the seven habits and begin to build a foundation of understanding, and there are also plans to continue to develop coursework for students in grades 9 through 12 to help meet the portrait of a graduate requirements. That's where we are at the moment. Thank Thank the report, Ms. Felzerano. Moving on to 12.04, Monroe County School Board Association District Operations Report, Mr. Bonaguario. Thank you. Uh yeah, I I attended the recent uh County School Boards Association presentation on the board's role in negotiating contracts. Um I could probably summarize it uh fairly
051quickly to say that it's generally discouraged. Um at least in in a a direct way, but uh but it really summarized the strategies uh that that are used uh for um for negotiate for the district negotiating in in uh in ways that create trust and and uh collaboration with the uh various bargaining units. Um I think we've had a lot of uh examples of of that being done uh right here in Greece. Um there were some strategies for uh um setting expectations and maintaining flexibility. Um an informative uh informative presentation overall. Thank you, Mr. Bonaguario. All right, moving on to comments. 13.01, Superintendent Comments. Superintendent Smalline, [clears throat] you're up. All right, good evening. I'm going to apologize now. I I have a lot to say today. Um but it's early, so I got time.
052Um so this week is National or uh National Teacher Appreciation Week. Um tomorrow's actually National School Nurse Day. Um last week we recognized Principal Appreciation Day. Um and really it's those these moments of appreciation uh for me um where they just feel especially meaningful. Really based on the experience I I participated in last week. I had the opportunity to attend three different night events and they really hit me. The first that I wanted to talk about was our most inspiring student award ceremony. Now this was the first time I actually had the opportunity to attend last year. It was our board meet the candidates night and I was here so I wasn't able to attend. But I will say that when I left the event I was I was deeply moved and truly inspired. 14
053students from across our four high schools in Phoenix were recognized and I could say that each of them embodied resilience, perseverance and an unwavering commitment to uplifting others and especially these students who were facing significant personal adversity. As I listened to their stories I was reminded of the extraordinary work happening every day in our schools and across our community. The event powerfully reinforced the impact our teachers, our principals, our counselors, all of our staff that they can have on changing the trajectory of our students' life. It was evident that evening. Their journeys reminded us that growth and transformation take time. They don't happen overnight. And that our collective commitment to never giving up on our students truly matters. It was an incredible evening. I also had the opportunity to attend the opening of our district
054art show at the Greece Ridge Mall. And I said that this event beautifully reflected the creativity, the talent and the voice of our students across the Greece Central School District. The artwork on display um was incredible. What stood out to me just as much was seeing our teachers alongside their school displays, welcoming students and families, and celebrating as students proudly shared their work. Because of these educators, our teachers that were there, our students are not only developing their artistic skills, but they're also building confidence and they're finding their voice. It was amazing. Both of these events highlight the same truth. That student success does not happen by chance. It's made possible by the dedication of our teachers, our staff, and the leadership of our building principals, our assistant principals, our district office leadership, who create
055the conditions for students to thrive. And I also want to recognize our new town supervisor, Jeff McCann, who joined us at the art show and accepted five pieces of student work that were um that were donated by our district that will be displayed at the town hall. Um this moment represents the beginning of a strong and meaningful partnership between the town of Greece and our school district. And we're excited about this this opportunity. It was amazing to me the amount of staff and families that were waiting to just come and and talk to our town supervisor. And what I didn't know um as we thought of this idea to try to build this relationship, how much it meant to our teachers. They came to me, several of them were coming to me. I heard from
056people sharing it with our other people that shared it with me or shared it with me directly that they have been trying for years to have our artwork on display in the town hall or in our library or town library. And the fact that uh we have this opportunity and they have our town supervisor there um means a lot to me personally and for our district. I do think it's going to be a start of of a great relationship and I appreciate that. So, finally just to our teachers and our principals, thank you. I hope you had a you had a a good week. And um, the impact of our work is of your work is evident in the lives of our students each and every day. So, I just want to say thank you.
057Thank you, Superintendent Smalley. All right, moving on to student board member comments. Bailey, you're up. >> Thank you. >> [laughter] >> All right, I'm going to kind of echo what Mr. Smalley said with a happy teacher appreciation week. Um, they we're just so lucky in Greece to have such amazing teachers. I mean, they're not just preparing us with curriculum, but preparing us for our futures with life lessons and these teachers are always showing up for us every day. So, so incredibly lucky and I'm even more lucky to have two parents who are teachers. Um, they are amazing and I love when students come up to me and say, "Oh my gosh, your parents have made such an impact on my life." So, I'm so proud to be their daughter and I'm so grateful for them.
058So, students and families, please make sure that you are thanking those teachers because they really do make a difference. I also want to congratulate all of our athletes. Um, spring season is in the midst and I got the chance last weekend to attend the Hilton Invitational and um, there was some big finishes by the Greece track and field athletes. Um, it was so amazing just to see all the teamwork and cooperation of everybody on the um, track. It was so amazing to see other schools cheering on our Greece athletes and our Greece athletes cheering on everybody else. So, it was just a really wonderful event. I also want to echo what Mr. Smalley said about the art show. If you want to come see this amazing art, it is at the Greece Ridge Mall. It's
059located right across from the Ulta Beauty store and you can see it tomorrow from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. and Thursday and Friday from 5 to p.m. Um, this month I tried experimenting with new systems to help students feel like they have a voice in our schools. Um, I want to thank Dr. Baker and Mr. Fulkerson for their help um, setting this up with me and just supporting me through the process. Um, I walked around um, during my junior senior lunch block and I just asked uh, students a couple questions just to get a random casual poll of how students were feeling. Um, so my first question was, what needs to be changed {slash} added to make learning more engaging? I got that um, we need some uh, facility updates, um, more hands-on or group work
060options, um, and then some behavioral things. I think it was um, very eye-opening to hear students admit that like our we need to work on behavior as a community and we need to work on making a positive environment. It was cool to see that accountability. Um, but they do enjoy our staff, um, our extracurriculars, and just the community that we have at Athena. I also asked students how they would rank their school environment at Athena from on a scale of 1 to 10, one being a more negative feel and 10 being more positive feel, and the average was around six. Um, the average number that people voted was six. And I had about 51 people participate in my 20-minute lunch, so that was pretty exciting. Um, and students were excited to participate. That was what
061I learned the most about was that they were just so willing and excited that someone had gone up to them and been like, "How are you feeling about this?" And I think it struck up a lot of interesting conversations and to hear peers feeding off of each other was really great. Lastly, I just want to say that May is a difficult month um, for students and families and staff with exams, extracurriculars, concerts, award ceremonies, prom, all amazing things, but can be very stressful. So, I want to remind myself and everybody to just breathe and enjoy the moments with family and friends cuz they really are amazing. So, thank you. Thank you, Bailey. All right, moving on to board member comments. Mr. Maloney, you're up. I would just like to thank um Romeo and his financial
062team for doing such a great job putting together a budget. And I hope it'll be successful. Thank you. Mr. Butler. Thank you. Um I want to uh pile on to the teacher appreciation week. Thank you to all the teachers here today and former teachers and uh and all the teachers uh in this district that are uh such a huge part of young people's lives and uh and we're just so blessed to have the teaching core that we have in Greece. So, thank you very much for that. Um the state budget, as we know, is uh late and still out there. We're looking for a silver lining to that. There's still time to advocate for uh additional funding for community schools. Actually, there's a statewide network of community schools uh organization organization that are uh looking
063to be more coordinated in the community schools work. We've seen in Greece the impact that it can have. We're really a leader in this. And so, if you are somebody who likes to send notes to your state representatives, uh that's something you can send is say your support for the uh requested support for the community schools network. Um I want to add to uh what Mr. Maloney said uh to Romeo and his team and also to our communications team for the great job communicating uh about this budget uh very clearly. I I I think we do that part of this in particular better than any other district around. So, so kudos to that team and thank you for all the hard work that goes into that. Um I'll make my uh pitch for the uh
064board vote uh the uh the election, the budget, and the board vote on May 19th. I like to With apologies to the English teachers, I like to think of democracy as a verb. It's an action word. You got to take action to participate uh in a democracy. So, uh evidence shows that uh people who intend to vote often don't vote if they don't make a plan for what time of day they're going to go. So, make a plan for what time you're going to go and bring a friend. Love to see a great turnout at the election. We've got I humbly say four great candidates who are all interested in serving their community with this volunteer opportunity and the only way you can go wrong is to stay home. So, please do get out and
065vote and I will just say go Sabres. Miss Lake. Well, I had to say a lot of things that people stole, but I have a few things that nobody said. So, speaking of a plan, Thursday, day after tomorrow, Shake Shack is having donation day. Our robotics team, if you go between 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., whatever you order, if you mention donate or on the Shack app, web or kiosk, um they will donate 25% of your tab to the robotics group. So, I mean, is that a win-win or what? Yeah. All right. Here it is if you need a reminder. Okay. Secondly, um two great experiences I had which other people have shared, the design day. And I anything that Tracy and Anna Maria said, I totally agree with. One of the very interesting things
066I thought though, um the trainer said that with elementary, she works with the teachers. With secondary, she works with the kids. And with our work with the whole spectrum, that's just so so indicative. And if you've gone to any of the year-end um presentations that the kids have done. I went to Craig Hill um last year. These kids were awesome. I mean, they were ready to take on the world. And these little girls are talking about these guys that walk around the the halls and they have to straighten them out, you know, and I thought you know, not to take advantage of that as they move along to middle school and then high school is such such a shame. So, I I thought that was great. Um and the alignment between Leader in Me habits
067and the portrait of a graduate is is a natural fit. Um Okay, the second thing is as Jeremy said, the inspirational words. I don't think there was a dry eye in the in the house. I I don't know how there could be. And I will only add the the attribute of courage because what these kids went through and we didn't get a lot. We got enough to know that most of the adults I know would have given up and gone home. And these kids not only didn't, they didn't let their academics and some of these kids are going into incredibly difficult fields. I mean, it's just truly amazing. [cough] Um and I you know, I compare that with how I felt with the Phoenix at graduation which if you haven't attended, I I would definitely
068recommend it. Um moving along. Oh, they also um talked about specific courses that kids could take which I guess they're already doing at Phoenix Academy. Um and the the middle school teachers seemed excited about that, which is really good. Okay, congratulations to Arcadia High School. They were awarded a certificate of sportsmanship from Section 5 for a respectful and supportive supportive athletic environment. That makes me so proud. You know, you hear about Greece kids doing this thing wrong and that thing wrong. And to hear that they're recognized for something like that, especially in athletics, where um even with the adults, I've seen um the tempers can flare. But for these kids and so um congratulations to you, to the students, to their parents, to the coaches, and everyone else that made that possible. And keep it
069up and bring the big one home because there's some other award that they can get, right? What is that if they finish the year okay? I don't know what they got now, but Well, I read They got a Section 5 recognition and it goes up from there, I think, maybe to the state-wide. Okay. All right. So, whatever it is, keep it up. Um I was gre glad to see what Kids Care is doing with kids in terms of the arts, sports, and clubs. I like the kindness club. Um so, their educational benefits continue here. Okay, Mario. Congratulations again. I'm so glad you're here now. You weren't here for your tenure, but um I was all set before I even heard what you're doing with humanities and literacy. I mean, that blows me away. But that
070um art show was great. And having the music, beautiful music playing as people came in, it was like a sound thing. So, you know, people from all over the mall knew where to go to see the art. And so, that was a great way to begin. And it was nice not to be able to find a parking place at Greece Town Mall for a change. Okay. And I also um I will you know, repeat the town supervisor connection and the fact that our kids dis art will be displayed there and making that connection and the support that we're getting from the town for the school district is great. And that's it. Thanks. Thank you, Ms. Lake. Ms. Farmer. Hello. I have a few things to to share. Um I just returned from my nephew's graduation
071and CU Boulder. Uh where we sat in a stadium with the sun bright and the majestic Rocky Mountains hovering over us. Just at our rows upon rows of young people waiting to become official graduates. Just universal joy. Um it's a 150-year-old institution before electric lights and antibiotics. The same year that Colorado became a state, 1876. And a descendant of the 12th century when universities were first formed. Even the concession stand young man smiles in his eyes as the commencement song was playing. I asked, "Do you go here?" And he said, "No." But then he lit up and said, "I do. I go at night online." Absolutely beautiful. I love graduations and look forward to attending ours in in our in our Greece uh community. It's the culmination of our children becoming a part of the
072grown-up world. And this something changes inside of us when we watch the impossible happen. Something that changes everything because once we stop telling ourselves it is impossible, we start to make it possible. Also, while I was in um Colorado, I attended a a May Day rally in um Denver in support of public education organized by the NEA and the AFT and the Teamsters. It was um it it was encouraging and it was a a blessing for me to have found this and have been able to attend. I also visited the Red Rocks um beautiful in the Rocky Mountains and the um amphitheater that is world-renowned and was I I'm not sure if it's still considered a a world uh national site, but um I was in their museum and came across this quote by the
073um by a a woman from the uh Linda Black and Elk from the um the Catawba tribe and she says as I'm going through the museum and just simply beautiful "We participate with the Earth, the animals, and the plants. We are not separate from them. They take care of us and we take care of them." That's Colorado. Then I just I've been um uh I have not um talked about some other events that I've attended during this year and I want to just talk about what a beautiful beautiful um opportunity I had to go and read at Longridge Elementary School. And I brought the book What a Wonderful World to the um school thinking I'd only be reading to kindergarten kids. And um it's a simple beautiful story book. And when we finished reading we
074we shook hands saying how do you do and we watched the video of Louis Armstrong singing the song. So we made the connection between music and literacy. And then I was in a fifth grade classroom and I thought, "Oh no, I should have brought the other book." You know, but it was similar. It was beautiful. The kids were engaged. And so when we read aloud to our older children it's just as beautiful as it is when we talk about our pre-K early childhood kids. I also attended the Legally Blonde play at Greece Olympia where the student staff volunteers audiences were smiling, laughing, and respectful. Cheering as the actors took a bow and the theater tech kids came on stage. I walked out of there just full of a joy and with a lump in my
075heart with the beauty that we have in our our community. And um Ann Marie and I had a chance to attend the ELL celebration and where I met several of our translators who were actually hired when Ann Marie was the director. Um Mark our deputy superintendent Mark Fleming was there teaching a civics lesson. And he brought in pictures of his own mother who was immigrating to the United States and made those connections with the people that were in our room. It was it was another beautiful beautiful opportunity to see how our school district supports all. And lastly, I just want to say what others have said. I encourage our community to vote in our school budget. Um it's supported by our unions, it's supported by our teachers and our staff, and it's sound for our
076students. Our our our um finance department has been working hard along with our um uh superintendent and deputies and it it is something that we can feel good about even in some challenging fiscal times. Thank you, Ms. Farmer. Ms. Felzerano? Um I want to just begin by saying thank you to our staff for and honoring them not only this week, but every day for what they bring to our students and to our families and the support. Also to our administrators who show up um and are there every step of the way. Again, we are very blessed in this community to have the dedication that we have from our from our staff and administrators. Um it is a busy time of year. I count at least 11 or 12 events ranging from the plays to um
077Seal of Biliteracy presentations to um you know, the annual events, uh the human book story that Athena put on this past week. Very compelling empathy um for all in in our school community. Again, really wonderful things. Again, so very blessed by all of these opportunities. Um but again, it's it's made possible by the folks in our finance office. The fact that we have a budget, the real money that drives the programs. And so, I'm hoping the community um recognizes the value of our of our district and the dedication of the folks that make it work for our kids. And the thing that Bailey said that really rings for me is giving our kids the opportunity for student voice. I think that really is the driver behind and if we're listening carefully, our students will also
078help us lead the way. So, um again, just very grateful at this time of year to see all the wonderful efforts that people are putting forth um in the community to support our kids, but the kids are the ones who really make us Greece proud. So, I'm really appreciative of that. Thank you, Ms. Falzerano. Ms. Like, you had something real quick? Very quick. Yes, also congratulations because Greece was named, I don't know by whom, one of the best communities for music education in the district. So, again under Mario's leadership, but Bailey, you had to have a lot to do with that, too, there. So, thank you. Thank you, Ms. Like. And for parents. Mr. Brunogorio? So, I'm just going to quickly join my colleagues in wishing our teachers a happy teacher appreciation week. I want
079to extend that to the two teachers in my household, my wife and my son, and to my favorite high school teacher sitting down, who I won't give any more uh airtime to right now. >> [laughter] >> I uh also attended the art show, and it was it was really fantastic. Congratulations to the students, Mario, and and all who supported that. Um and yeah, there's an awful lot going on. Uh to our students, it's home stretch. Just buckle down, get through it. This is maybe the tough part. The the weather's going to start turning nicer and nicer, and uh just stick it out, finish strong. Teachers, thanks for coming alongside them and giving them the extra support, especially those who are struggling. Uh and and to those students, don't give up. Don't give up. Just push.
080And moms and dads, we need your encouragement, too. Uh to encouragement for the kids. So, thank you all, and uh see you next meeting. Thank you, Mr. Brunogorio. Ms. Seaman. Thank you. Um I definitely wanted to um just say a happy um teachers appreciation week that without your dedication inspiration that you give to all of our students, where would we be? And to kind of piggyback on that, I was going to work about a week and a half ago and I was going through my local Starbuck at 10 to 6 in the morning and I was dragging. And as the barista said, oh, she's like, you know, on the little sleeve, she's like, there's some artwork. One of the local art teachers stopped in and wanted a whole bunch of sleeves and the kids decorated
081them. And I just I don't know, they couldn't tell me what school, so I have no idea who this art teacher is, but I just wanted to say, I saved this sleeve and it made my whole day and I shared it with my students, the nurses on the unit. I was just like, this is the best thing ever and it made my whole day. And then of course, I have to also wish a very happy nurses week to all of our district nurses and thanks for all of the care and compassion that you give our students on a daily basis. Thanks. Thank you Ms. Seaman. All right, I guess it's my turn. Um This is the stinky part about being at the end is that everybody said everything. As I've always said, so I'm just
082going to say ditto to what everybody said and I do want to put out one thing that I didn't hear yet. I want to acknowledge that this is mental health awareness month. It's a big deal to me. It's near and dear to my heart. It's one of the things I spend all my time researching as a doctoral student. And as somebody who advocates for mental health awareness and just helping people, we talked about it a bit here about the stressors that come at the end of the school year with exams and whatnot. Just be aware of that. Be aware that your students out there may be suffering from things that you can't see on the outside because that's how mental health is. It's internal. And so, I just think if we could go a long
083way if we were more aware of the things that people go through on a day-to-day basis and try to be a little more informed about mental health as as an issue. So, with that, I'll get off my soapbox, President McKay. Thank you Vice President Satullo. I want to make a comment about the teacher appreciation week. I'm so thankful for our teachers and I think so many of them do the job and they're not recognized for what they do, but they make an impact every single day on students, whether it's in learning, whether it's in their personal lives. The impact they have carries for an entire student's life. I mean, Mr. Bonfiglio, he's like older than I am and he still remembers his high school teacher and the impact and the impact she had on him.
084And it's true. I mean, we all have teachers that impacted us in in great ways or helped shape the people we've become and I just want to truly thank all our teachers for that. Um and I'm super proud of our relationship with the Greece town of Greece government now. Um it was one of my goals for this year's board president to reestablish that relationship and get that um I off the ground and it's really going well. I'm in a board's meeting with their board in a couple weeks. We have a meeting scheduled. A meet and greet. So, I'm really looking forward to that and seeing that come. Um and then I have some a couple congratula- congratulations. I want to congratulate our colleague, Vice President Satullo, I believe you have nuptials upcoming in the next
085couple weeks. I want to congratulate you on that. Thank you. >> And I want to congratulate Bailey. I understand you may be made a decision on your college you will be attending next year. Villanova University. >> [applause] >> They'll be lucky to have you. And there's certain times that like bulbs click in my head. And tonight when Superintendent Smalley made his comments that he made, you could feel a little light bulb popped in my head. You know we made the right decision in hiring him as Superintendent of Schools. When you just listen to what he said about the inspiring students and what he's done with the arts and everything else, you know you made the right decision. And I guess that's what I want to just say to everybody in this room, my colleagues in
086the board and cabinet, everybody listening home, we made the right decision. And with that, I'm done. Thank you, President McCabe. Can I get a motion to adjourn this meeting? You have a motion to adjourn this meeting. All right. Second, Mr. Bonagurio. All those in favor? It passes 9-0. Good night, everybody. Thank you.