001And I would like to do a moment of silence for Maryanne Mary Ellen Oplet. She passed away on June 23rd at the age of 79. Mary Ellen spent the first part of her adult life working at Hill Haven Nursing Home before before deciding to quit her job in 1983 and ordered to stay at home with her two young children. After spending years attending to the needs of her family, Mariellean joined the workforce in 1990 as the food services manager at Greece Arcadia High School. She worked for Gree Central for 29 years before she retired in 2019. During her time at Gree Central, she was a key member of the union leadership team that served many of those employed by the district. Marielle loved spending time with her family, including spending many years on the road
002supporting her children's passions of hockey and dance. She also enjoyed time at the family cottage in Honeyoy traveling, reading books, and playing card games. She'll be forever missed and loved and remembered. Please keep the Uplift family in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Can I have somebody move the agenda to the table, please? Moved by Vice President Stencil, seconded by Mr. Maloney. Any additions, corrections to the agenda? Seeing all those in favor of the agenda that passes 9 to zero. We have nobody here from GTA or Teamsters. We have nobody signed up for residence form. So, we'll move into staffing. Can
003I have somebody move the staffing to the table, please? Moved by Vice President Sel, seconded by Miss Lake. I would like to make a amendment to the staffing if I may. I would like to eliminate the following FTE staffings listed in certified uh staffing. Yep. The certified staff appointments. I'd like to eliminate numbers five, 24, 56, 64, 86, 122, and 154. Can I get a second on that motion, please? Second by Miss Like. Any questions, comments, or concerns? Seeing none, all those just in favor of the amendment. Any opposed? That passes nine. Did you vote, Todd? I did. Okay, that passes nine to zero. So, the amendment. So, now we're voting on the full staffing with those positions eliminated. Does anybody have any questions on the other staffing? Seeing none. All those in favor? Those
004opposed? That passes nine to zero. Thank you everyone. Moving on to tenure 2.02. Does anybody have any questions on the tenure appointments? >> Can I have somebody move that to the table please? Moved by Mr. Maloney. Seconded by Mr. Bonagorio. Any comments, questions, or concerns? >> Declare my interest. >> M. Farmer would like to declare interest. Very good. Anything else with tenure? Seeing none, all those in favor of tenure. That passes nine to zero. Moving on to the GU MOA tuition reimbursement. Can I so move that to the table, please? Moved by Vice President Stencil, seconded by Mr. Butler. Any comments, questions, concerns on this? Seeing all those in favor? That passes 9 to zero. Moving on to the gas MOA tuition reimbursement. Can I move that to the table, please? Moved by Mr. Maloney.
005Seconded by Miss Falerano. Any comments, questions, concerns on that? Seeing none, all those in favor? That passes nine to zero. Moving on to the GTA MOA coaching leadership stipen. Can I saw you move that to the table please? Moved by Mr. Butler, second by Mr. Bonagorio. Any comments, questions, concerns on that? Seeing all those in favor? That passes nine to zero. Moving on to accept away vacation pay. So I move that to the table please. Moved by Miss Farmer, seconded by Missike. Any comments, questions, concerns on that? Seeing all those in favor? That passes 9 to zero. 2.07 07 the kids care terms and conditions. Can I Sony move that to the table please? Moved by Mr. Butler seconded by Vice President Stencil. Any comments, questions, concerns on that? Seeing none, all those in favor
006that passes 90 to zero. Non-unit rate sheet 2.08. Can I s move that to the table please? Moved by Mr. Maloney, seconded by Miss Lake. Any comments, questions, concerns on that? Seeing none, all those in favor that passes nine to zero. Moving on to 2.09. It's team service food service contract. Can I have somebody move that to the table, please? Moved by Mr. Malone, second by Mr. Butler. Any comments, questions, or concerns on that. Um, I would just like to thank HR and team steers for the work. I mean, they've done really good job settling contracts, getting it to the table before they're expired, and that's truly appreciated by the board. So, I want to thank your team, assistant superintendent Larson, and thank Karen Cacera for doing the work with that. Do you have something?
007Oh, okay. Um, any other questions or comments with that? All those in favor that passes nine to zero. All right. 4.01 district required. Oh, you were just getting ready for your moment to shine. >> Oh, gotcha. Okay. >> Deputy Superintendent Fleming. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, good evening. I'd like to invite our director of school safety and security, uh, Mr. Casey Vocal up to the podium, uh, to present on our district-wide safety plan. uh as he makes his way up. I just want to thank him for his tremendous service to the district as a former member of law enforcement. Uh he's brought tremendous knowledge to our district. Of course, supervises our security staff uh but more importantly provides tremendous support uh to our administrators, our teachers, our students, and our families. Uh and I
008want to thank him for uh the uh the work that he's done in getting our district safety plan together for uh for submission. Mr. vocal. >> Just making sure that's on. Thank you for the kind words and u good evening everybody and thank you for the opportunity to present to you. Um I'm going to keep it fairly brief and uh just give you some of the updates that we've made to this year's district-wide safety plan. As you will likely know, the district-wide safety plan is updated yearly, and that's according to New York State Education Mandate. We last updated it uh for the school year for 24 to 25 last June and since that time there are only a few changes that have been mandated by the state or suggested by the state that we had
009to put into the current plan. Uh that being said we were kind of ahead of the curve last year thanks to my predecessor and the team uh the districtwide safety team uh being on top of everything. So, we were ahead of other districts in getting some of the current mandates in the plan for this past school year. Um, our current plan does meet all New York State Ed Commission regulations. After this evening, it will be posted on the district website for no less than 30 days for public review and then potentially hopefully next month, more than 30 days from now, uh, adopted by the, uh, board of education. The district-wide safety plan is uh is a generalized gen general guide. Um it stays very broad um you know direction on how we respond to emergencies
010in the district. Uh specific plans are what we call building level emergency response plans. Those are something separate. So this current plan is a little bit broad in nature and that's intentional uh because we want to uh keep it kind of you know the the specific things that are in the building level emergency response plans. We don't really want that kind of broadcast out to everybody. Those will be shared uh with the specific safety teams at the schools prior to their due date in October of this year and they'll be submitted to New York State Ed via the portal and then over to the state police. The changes we made to the plan this year are like I said they're kind of very minor. Uh we added a paragraph just noting the use of our
011weapon detection systems that we are starting to utilize in the schools. Uh we're in the middle of that process. Uh so just noting the use of those in the school safety plan uh was uh you know indicated was a good idea. Um we added one additional uh notification method for parents when it comes to notifying them of drills that will be upcoming. The state requires that we notify parents or guardians uh no more than a week before that the school conducts drills, evacuation drills or lockdown drills. We added the uh ability and actually what we used last year which was the school newsletters. The principles would include that in there and that only requires the principal or whoever is writing that newsletter to say that there will be drills next week. We do not give
012away specific times or dates because that would not be safe. Um, we added some specific compliance language surrounding full-scale exercises. We have not participated in those, but the state's requiring all training be trauma informed. And if we are going to do a full-scale exercise, we are not allowed to do it while school's in session or the school is being used uh after school for sports, those things. If we were to have a full-scale exercise with outside emergency responders and students did want to participate, it would be required that we would have written parental consent for them to participate. And we also just added for the yearly multi-hazard training that I provide to the schools for the principles to give to their staff and students at the beginning of the year. Just some of the new
013terms that are being mandated by New York State. Um, we've all probably heard of shell, which is secure, hold, evacuate, lockout, lockdown. The state is now uh requiring that we have the specific language around the term lockout is now going to be secure lockout. So, that has been changed in the training and that is just to differentiate between the word lockout and lockdown being very similar. They want to make sure that there's no confusion in that regard. Uh, nothing else has changed as far as that goes. Um it's still the same procedures, still the same things that we do in those events, just we're calling it secure lockout. Now, uh this plan that uh the safety the district safety team approved uh for presentation tonight will be posted on the district uh website, available for
014p public review, like I said, and then hopefully once approved, it will remain on the district in its final draft form throughout the year for people to access and review if they'd like. Any questions, >> Mr. We're halfway through the process. >> Can't hear you, Mark. >> Sorry. We're partway through the process of implementing the weapons detection system. Can you just give us an assessment how that's going? >> Use the other mic, Mark, would you? Please. I don't think it it doesn't sound like it's transmitting. Try that one. >> Okay. Is that working any better? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Can you just give us a quick assessment of how the roll out of the weapons detection system is going? >> Yeah. >> It's just an overall. So, we we rolled it out. And when
015I say we, I I have a small part in in the the heavy lifting that's occurred here. Uh the deputy superintendent has done so much work it makes me feel kind of kind of like I'm I'm not doing what as much as I should. Uh I can't keep up with the guy. But it's been it's been rolled out to two schools. Uh we we had it at Arcadia for beginning and then uh Olympia after that. After the first week of it being a new thing for the students, it's actually uh it's worked quite well. The the students get used to it and the process becomes a lot smoother. we are able to uh really kind of change directions on on the fly if we need to. For example, at Olympia, we the the layout of
016the entry process was changed on the on the second or third day because there was just no improvement in how long it would take the children to uh get through and into home room or their first class. So, uh it it is working. It's working great. Uh the equipment itself is very impressive. Um, I have seen no problems with any any user interface, any any errors, anything that would be concerning. And I think this is going to be a great tool to uh will first of all keep dangerous items, weapons, uh, contraband, anything out of the school. Um, in addition to I think the students gain something by learning a process of what the expectations are arriving at school and following directions and and moving through a queue. And so it really is just a
017positive all around. We will be doing Athena and Odyssey next year at the beginning of the school year and I expect it will be the same. It'll it'll be a little little difficult at first just because it's a new thing, but uh we have a lot of dedicated employees at each school that are are working the process and are eager to help out. So, I would say all in all, long story short, I think it's been smashing success. >> Thank you. And I'll echo your comments about the deputy there. >> Vice President Stencil. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um this is fantastic. Thank you for all the hard work that you've poured into this. you can to totally see, you know, your expertise and it was a team effort to build. I do have a
018question because I'm very interested in mental health and the mental health of our students and faculty. I did notice the trauma and grief team that are that's uh put here under section 5.0. >> Yes. >> Are they involved at all during the drill process in the sense that let's say students are part of the drill, but they have some sort of a mental health episode as a result of it. Are they there to kind of do that recovery piece with them? So, no official policy or or anything that's laid out in a plan. If we're speaking about uh evacuation drills or lockdown drills, I witnessed at every building if there is a child or student that they identify may have difficulty processing that. They do assign a a staff member or mental health staff worker
019to be with that child. We sometimes will we always give them advanced warning that day. Sure. Just to just so that it won't cause any undue grief or trauma to the child. So, I think with the state mandate of the trauma informed uh drill and training, we were already doing it. It's just now it's down in writing, uh we're sensitive to those to those issues. And I every building that I've been to that has that or if somebody calls and asks, hey, can I let this person know so this student will, you know, they can they can make arrangements so that student, you know, doesn't hear loud alarms or get startled or can expect it. I always say absolutely and and a lot of them are doing it anyways uh without calling and asking. So
020>> fantastic. Thank you so much. >> Any other questions or comments, Mr. Buro? point of information. Uh, if we have questions that are more specific to the plan, can they be rooted through you too? Uh, >> correct. >> Okay. All right. Thank you. There are a couple I'd like to follow up on. Anything else? All right. Thank you very much, K. >> Thank you. >> All right. Moving on to non-district transportation request 5.01. Can I move that to the table, please? Moved by Vice President Stencil, seconded by Mr. Butler. Any comments, questions, concerns on this? Seeing none, all those in favor? That passes nine to zero. Moving on to tax certary settlements. Can I s move that to the table, please? Moved by Miss Farmer, second by Miss Lake. Any comments, questions, concerns on that?
021Seeing none, all those in favor? That passes 9 to zero. Budget and revenue status reports. You have those before you. It's for information only. Does anybody have any questions? All right. Moving on to the consent agenda. Uh, can I Sony move the consent agenda to the table, please? Moved by Mr. Butler, seconded by Vice President Stzel. Comments, questions, or concerns. I would just like to recognize the extra classroom activity funds at Arcadia High School, Athena High School, Athena Middle, Odyssey, Olympia. I'd also like to thank uh Mike Settzer and Patty Patterson for their donation to the Linda Ingram scholarship, Roger and Kathy Hers for their donation of a violin and Mr. John Montgomery for his donation of a trumpet. The donations amount $24,593.75. It is much appreciated. With that, all those in favor that passes
0229 to zero. All right, superintendent comments. Deputy Superintendent Fleming, you're up. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Just want to begin first with uh congratulations to uh Mr. McCabe uh on being elected once again as the uh president of the board. I want to congratulate you uh and thank you for your continued leadership of the board of education. Uh also want to congratulate Mr. Stenzel uh for uh his election to the vice president uh role. Uh we're very happy to uh have you in this leadership role and and really look forward to your your perspective and your leadership. I want to welcome uh Miss Falzerano and Miss Seaman. Sorry, I'm getting used to the new seating arrangements here to the board of education. Very happy to have you here uh and very excited uh for the
023perspective that you'll be you'll be bringing uh to the board. Uh and earlier tonight uh we also welcomed uh Miss Bailey Catina uh as our student board member. Very excited to have her on the board. I've had the pleasure uh of knowing the Kina family and getting to know Bailey uh as she's been on our uh superintendent and student advisory council. So very glad to have her uh as a student voice here on this board. Uh also want to thank uh Miss Farmer for her years of service uh not only on this board but of course also as the vice president. Thank you for your perspective, your input, but most importantly uh for the ways in which you've always advocated for students and families and staff. So, uh, thank you, Tracy. Uh, also want to,
024uh, give a shout out to all of our administrators, uh, at each of our secondary buildings, uh, and the team behind the graduation ceremonies that were held. Congratulations, of course, to all of our students. Want to give a shout out to, uh, the man behind the curtain, Mr. Joe Sweatz, uh, who works really hard every night to, uh, make sure that these, uh, meetings are streamed, but also works really hard with his team to help put on, uh, some really incredible graduation ceremonies. And thank you to the board members, uh, who attended uh, most, if not all, of the graduation ceremonies. It was so great to have uh, all of you uh, at at least one, again, if not all of our ceremonies. So, thank you for being there. Uh, and it is summer. My
025parents like to ask me, "Wow, what are you really doing over the summer? Don't you get to take the time off?" The answer is always no. And they still don't accept that answer. Uh, but it's true, we don't take time uh off in the summer, and I I certainly don't have the time to list all the things that are going on in our district this summer, but I do want to highlight uh that we have over 3,000 students in summer camps uh right now. Uh, and they're a mix of academic camps, they're enrichment camps, they're sports camps, they're camps just for fun. Uh, and so I just want to give a big shout out uh to Todd Smith and his team and all those involved. We'll be hearing more about those camps uh later in
026the year. We also have our extended school year program going on where we have 300 over 300 of our special needs students uh are working with teachers uh for a full day Monday through Thursday from now until mid August which I think is just absolutely fantastic. So a big shout out to everyone that's making that happen. And with that, I'll turn things over. >> Thank you, Deputy Mrs. Farmer. >> Yes. >> So, um, Thursday, I had a knock on my door and I went to the door and there were two boys and they were, um, there to sell their detail service for cars. And I'm looking at them because they're, you know, they're 13. I said, "How old are you guys?" 13. One of them is 14. Oh, where do you go to school? Where
027do you come from? One goes to Arcadia, one goes to Athena. And I'm like, "Oh my god, these guys." So anyway, I'm obviously very excited because it's I said, "Oh, I'm on the school board." And and there. So I take him outside. We, you know, I go outside to show him my car and he's talk the one boy Jordan is talking talking selling me on this. And if you go to Delta Sonic, you can get the cheap one for $25 and you can get the big one for $250, but since you're a nice young lady, I'm just going to charge you 125. And I'm I'm looking at they had a scooter, an electric scooter with a wagon that had a shop vac in it, a drill with a buffer on it. So anyway, they wanted
028to get to work right then and there, but we were leaving and and and so they came back. I said, "You want to come back tomorrow?" He came alone. His friends were still sleeping. He worked for two hours, maybe three hours on my car in the heat. I had to beg him to take a drink, you know, a glass of water. I sent the I took pictures. So the next day when he comes, he tells me his mother also works for the district. And I said, "Oh my gosh." So, I'm taking pictures of this because this was this was unbelievable what I was witnessing. Our kids have just so much ingenuity to to and and this this little boy, I mean, he was and and so anyway, I sent the pictures to his mother and
029she was so excited and she said, you know, he might not be at the top of his CL. I said, "Oh my god, this kid is going places." So, um, I then forwarded the same information to Corey Skinner, our our person who does this kind of work at for the district in terms of internships and this and that. So, that's where we're at. But, boy, we my husband and I are still chuckling about this because it was just incredible and the fact that he came alone. So, that's what I have to say today. But, it was beautiful. >> Thank you, Mr. Mr. Ber. >> Thanks. I can see why you wanted to grab the mic right away there, Tracy. That's a that's a great story. Um, so I want to start off by saying congratulations
030to Sean and Jordan on your appointments to these uh leadership roles and look forward to partnering with you through throughout the the next year. Uh, I also want to say uh a big thank you to Tracy for your your leadership uh on the board as well. um there's no one who could ever question that your heart is in the right place for for this work and uh I know how passionate you are and that story just was a great example of what what motivates you to stay connected to the school. So thank you for that. I want to say thanks to and and congratulations to all of the teachers uh achieving tenure uh this evening. We had a nice list tonight. Was really pleased to see that happen. Um, and I want to also say
031a special thanks to uh the teachers, the staff, and the admin who are making the all the summer programs go. I'm so very proud of the the suite of offerings that we've got for kids. Whether it's the people who are making sure that kids still can get uh essential nutrition during the s during the summer months, people running these camps that are sparking the uh igniting learning in the in our in our students. uh just like the fact that those folks could decide to take the summer off, but they've decided that um that they're going to uh be there for students all summer long. It's just I have such a huge admiration and thanks for that. So, um that's that's what I've got. Thanks. Thank you, Mr. Butler. Mr. Maloney, >> I just got a
032couple things to say. I would like to thank all the board members and all the administrators and all the staffing that sent me cards and letters when I was ill and u all their prayers which got me through all this and uh thank you all very much. >> We're glad you're still here. Miss Lake. >> Um I was I was overwhelmed by the graduations and um going attending those was one of the best things I've done. >> Are you laughing at me? >> No, I was laughing at Mrs. Seaman. She made me she made me giggle. I was wanted to know if I had to call on her next and she made a face and said no. So I apologize. >> No, it's it's okay. You've laughed at me before. I think. Um anyway, it
033was so moving. Um and it was just good to be there with um with the administrators and and board members and um I think the Phoenix one was the one that blew me away though. Um going to that and seeing were there 29 22 graduates? >> 20. Um I mean these were kids the adults whose lives were changed. I mean the trajectory of their lives and this one young girl um graduating holding her one-year-old child, year and a half old child. um just the amazing stories and I thought about the sand dollars and the person that saves the sand dollars and throws them back in and the guy who said they're all over the beach you can't save them all and she said but I can save this one and I just um thought of
034that story so much and then my funny story is the commencement um at Olympia where my son's good friend's son was graduating So I asked Sean if I could participate in on stage with the giving them and so he came through and I gave him a hug and then after I thought oh my god I probably embarrassed him so much but like the whole family was like oh my god and she didn't hug anyone else he said you know and he's doing the internship with Bob Johnson Chevrolet and he told them that he knew me and they said, "Oh, no, you probably." He goes, "No, I really did." And he goes, "And they were there, so now they know that." So, it was just a sweet, funny story. So, um that's all. And um Tracy,
035thank you so much for um and you probably ran the best meeting I've ever been to at at the board when you when Sean wasn't here that time. So, and congratulations to Jordan and Sean. >> Shots fired. That's it. >> Next time I'm gonna laugh at you, Mary and Mr. Fano. >> Um, I just want to say uh thank you to all for the warm welcome. I could not be more excited to be a part of this uh illustrious board of education and could not be more proud to be a resident of Greece. To echo what Todd talked about earlier about the programs that we offer for our families in the summer, well above and beyond uh what you would find anywhere else. So, um, again, thank you to all of you for the warm
036welcome, and I'm looking forward to some wonderful things for our families, our students, and our community. >> Thank you, Mr. Bora. I'd also like to just uh acknowledge the graduation ceremonies and the the uh sense of I guess pride for lack of a better word to see uh so many of our of our students um graduating and and walking the stage um with so much uh enthusiasm and and just seeing how all of it comes together. It's it was really it was really uh great to see great to be a part of that uh really uh something uh I think we could all enjoy. Um I also want to uh congratulate Mr. McCabe and Mr. Stenzel uh on their uh on their roles as president and vice president and also uh thank Mrs. Farmer as
037well. Really appreciate u all of your uh efforts. Uh I think we had two really good people uh in in at looking for that uh VP slot. Um really appreciate everything uh Tracy has done and uh I think it's really valuable that we have a broadening of exposure to these officer roles and uh uh I hope uh Mr. McCabe as uh you continue in your role that you'll find ways to uh bring some of that even even beyond to the extent that's possible that would be it would be good just to deepen the bench uh of of uh board members who have some exposure to it. So I I think that's a valuable a valuable thing there. Uh I want to congratulate Mrs. Seaman and Mrs. Balserano on their uh joining the board, their election
038in in May. And uh congratulations to you. It's great to have you here. I've gotten to know you both a little bit. We've chatted. I think it's going to be a great uh great working relationship for all of us. Um I want to say for myself, it's an honor to be back for for another term. Uh, I want to thank everyone who who helped to make that possible, especially my wife sitting in the audience, Mary Lou. Um, for a couple of you, maybe you've yet have yet to find this out, but definitely for a lot of people who might be listening in, not a lot of people right here in the audience today, but I know a lot of people watch. Um, there's an awful lot that board members do. Um, I know we've had
039some people talk about the pay that we get. Nothing. Um, that's okay. We're not here for money. We're here to try to do good for our school district. It is a lot of sacrifice. Uh, I, you know, I'm sure you both will be gratified by the by the results, the the the uh rewards that that come from it. But it's a lot of work. And it's not just for us, but it's also sacrifices uh that our families have to make. So again, thank you to our families. Um I think that's it. Thank you. >> Good to be back, Mr. President. >> Oh, I'm good. >> Oh, okay. >> She made that clear. >> Just want to make sure. So, I first wanted to thank everyone um and just take a brief moment to express my
040sincere appreciation. But first, I wanted to start with Tracy. I I want to thank you for your service and leadership as our vice president over the last year. Tracy, I know that your dedication, your calm presence, and your steady support for our kids in this district has been a gift not only to the board, but to everyone in the Greece community. So, I want to thank you for that. >> And I' I've learned a lot from being around you and um being friends with you. >> Thank you. >> So, I I just I want to let you know that's how I feel and I appreciate everything that you've done. >> Yeah. Thank you. Um and I think that we're a better district as a result that we can work together like that and and really
041come up with solutions for all the problems and and wins that come our way. two of my fellow board members. I just want to thank you for placing trust in me. I'm deeply honored to be voted as vice president. Um I didn't expect that to happen. So I I don't take the responsibility lightly. I it's clear to me that this board is made up of people who truly care about this district and see the vision of where it's going and that also I'm including our our cabinet members here and leadership as well. Um, it's to echo what Mark said. There's so much that people do not see that goes on behind the scenes. This is so much work that we do as a volunteer role and um, I'm really proud to see where we're going.
042I really am and excited as well. Um, looking ahead, I know that the role comes with a lot of responsibility, not only to support the board, but also to grow on my own and understanding of leadership with President McCabe's help. Um, I plan on doing whatever I can to support him in the coming months ahead, but also to pester you and learn as much as I can. Uh, you know, so that I can one day maybe, you know, put my hat in the ring for president if people want want to see that. So, I just want to say, you know, thank you for everything that you're doing and congrats on on your election. I know that you're going to steer us in the right direction and I appreciate that. Two last things I wanted to
043bring up was graduation. I know a lot of folks had already mentioned it. I got to go to all five. So, I'm including Phoenix in this. And I'm looking forward to the one that's coming in August for our our late bloomers. I don't know what we want to call it, but >> summer. Yeah, exactly. It was such a magical experience. I I can't even put it into words. It's not even about just going up on stage, but the couple of times I got to stand up there and shake kids' hands, like just seeing this transformative uh experience where families were there, friends, loved ones, all just celebrating on this milestone and and I'm always excited about what are the kids going to do next? What's the next step? Um because I think about that for
044my daughter all the time. And then lastly, um I wish she was still here, but our our new student board representative, Bailey, I'm excited about her because she brings a lot of energy from what I could see. And it's going to be really interesting to see a different point of view add to this board and really kind of shape where we're going as well. So with that, I hope everyone has a great rest of your summer break and see you soon. Thank you. >> Thanks, Jordan. Um I want to welcome Anna Maria and Monica. It's always an exciting time getting new board members, new personalities, a new dynamic coming in the board. So, I want to welcome you. I'm excited to get to know you better and work with both of you. I want to
045welcome Bailey. She's not here, but I also have an assignment for Dr. Zafitz. I guess she does a joke of the day, so I expect a joke at the board meetings moving forward. So, you got to put that on our list. Um, as everybody said, graduations, um, for me, it's probably the most moving thing we do as a board member because it's kind of like the culmination of like everybody said, the work we put in, the hours we put in, what we do from a volunteer standpoint. And to see, you know, kids that are first-time graduates and their families are continuing a legacy and or legacy graduates from Greece Central. It's so amazing to see what some of these kids have come through and done and to see them graduate. It's it's truly the most
046rewarding thing for me personally as a board member is to witness the graduations and be part of the graduations and it was great to see such high level um as Mr. Fleming said participation from the board because normally it's been a lot lower attendance and I think this year almost every board member was at every graduation. Um, I also had the pleasure of doing a moving up ceremony at Pine Brook with um, Assistant Superintendent Flaggler last month and that was I mean the little kids it's so cool. It's just it's just fun. It's just fun to be there to see them. They're jittering around and it's just it's it's a lot of fun. Um, I want to also I attended with several cabin at the power partnership with Bob Johnson and we talked you know
047with Mr. Skinner and the students that are doing the internships at Bob Johnson. That's a pretty amazing program. We got a tour. I mean I don't know how long I tour. I was an hour and a half. Cali I it was and with these kids and their knowledge base and it it's just I was overwhelmed to be honest with you. So I mean you know if you have that opportunity talk to Mr. Skinner and maybe he can bring you in there one day to see what the kids are doing because it's a um truly amazing thing. I want to thank everyone for the support again as president. Um you know it means a lot. I've been doing this a long time, but the continued support is always really um amazing to have. And you know,
048hopefully we're gonna continue to do good work. I want to thank Tracy for being my vice president for last year. Um you know, Tracy and I buttthead sometimes, but she's she made me a better person. She made me a better leader. So, I appreciate the time, you know, as you're in the role of VP, our conversations, the things we did, and I appreciate that. And I do I think you know with Jordan in the role, yourself in the role from the past, it helps expand the horizon for the board moving forward um for next year and into the future. Um I want to thank Mr. Fleming for his outstanding work. I thought I was going to have to pull his microphone there for a minute, but he did all right. And and um just two
049more things. This meeting is always the start of a new school year for the board of education for Gree Central. It's a lot of work. It's a long time till we get to June. I mean, we're going to be sick of each other on Tuesdays, probably by the end of June. And Gene wants to do a second June meeting now. So, so, um, but it's exciting. It's exciting. We have a new makeup. It's exciting. We have new faces. So, I'm really looking forward to working with everybody this year and seeing where we end up at the course, you know, through the year and what we accomplish and, you know, challenges we face, which we will. And I want to take a moment to apologize and thank Assistant Superintendent Larson. I kind of threw a hang
050grenade in her office today and she did an outstanding job of recovering and I want to just thank you because I know I ruined your afternoon and but I appreciate how you handled it and your response and everything else and I appreciate you as a person. So I just wanted to say that and with that I'm going to take a moment for Mr. Maloney. I'd like to make a motion to adjourn this meeting. >> Is there a second? Vice President Stencil. All in favor? >> That passes nine to zero. If board members have a chance, if you can see me before you go, I've done some of the leazison work and committee work. So, if you want to see me and we can discuss or you can reach out to me in the next few
051days at your convenience, you can do that as well. Thank you everyone. Have a good night.