001Great. Excellent. Um, good evening. Tonight is Thursday, June 26th, and we are having our last board meeting of the 2526 school year. So, thank you everyone for being here, and congratulations to all who have graduated and moved up in the last week. Um, can I get a motion to return to public session? Motion by Bill, seconded, excuse me, seconded by Barbara. All those in favor? 70. Great. Can we please rise for the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Excellent. So, tonight we're going to be uh reviewing the district safety plan and um we look forward to hearing about that from Melissa Joyce. Um but before we do that,
002um if there are any um board announcements again, I just want to say if I can start, I just want to say congratulations to our fifth graders, our eighth graders, and our graduating seniors. And thank you to everyone who is involved over the last few weeks, the PTO's, our administrators, our our custodial staff. It's like a a real team effort to make all those special events happen. And we really appreciate all that effort to make it special for our students and um congratulations to the families and students. Okay. Excellent. Do you like to join us? So, we're on um item 7.01, which is a review and presentation of the school district safety plan. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for having me tonight. Uh so, I'm here to present our annual districtwide safety plan. This is
003a mandated public hearing as required by project safe legislation that allows for a 30-day public comment period. Creating and maintaining safe learning environments requires participation and input from the entire school community. Project SAVE was enacted in the year 2000 as a result of the tragic events that happened at Coline High School in 1999. This led to legislation to develop proactive measures for serious crisis situations related to national disasters or school violence or death in the school community. The SADE act recognizes that learning cannot take place in an unsafe environment. Talent parents want to be assured that their children are in a safe place. Education Law 2801A and Commissioner Regulation 155.17 mandates that every public school, Board of Cooperative Educational Services, or BOSEIS, and County Vocational Education and Extension Board, BEAB, create and regularly revise a
004confidential emergency response plan for each building. This plan outlines the actions school personnel and students should take in various emergency scenarios. Additionally, each public school boseies and viv must develop and update annually a district-wide school safety plan. This plan informs parents, educators, and the school community about the established policies and procedures regarding school safety. Furthermore, both students and staff are required to undergo annual training or drills on the emergency response protocols specified in these plans. The district-wide school safety plan as required by safe schools against violence and education or safe law and commissioner of education regulation 155.17 has been established to provide the safety, health and security of both students and staff and allows for input from the entire school community. This year we held an annual review of the plan earlier in June. We
005greatly appreciate the representatives from a variety of stakeholder groups that took the time to participate in the review process. I would like to take the opportunity to thank the members of this committee who contributed to the annual safety plan review. This includes board of education trustee Marjgerie Skiff, board of education trustee Lorine Gallagher, board of education trustee and PTO member Barbara Williams, assistant superintendent for business and safety coordinator Lisa Hurle, director of facilities Mike Lavoy, assistant principal at John J. Middle School. Michael Pompa, clinical social worker Pat Braggden, KLDTA President Amy Guyger, assistant supervisor for transportation, Rocky Serrano, bus driver Diana Dorno, bus monitor Linda Kaplan, our SRO Brett Schller, increase Miller Elementary School security greeter Paul and Fonte, Bedford police officer Jack Dialto, and Jason Schwart from Alteras Consulting Group. Emergencies in schools are
006divine defined as undesirable events that occur and have the potential to cause injury or illness to members of our school community or disrupt the orderly educational process. This includes but is not limited to acts of bullying or harassment or natural or man-made events. Emergency management focuses on reducing vulnerability to hazards and effectively managing emergency situations. Through four phases of emergency management, we can take actions to avoid an incident from occurring. Be ready to respond effectively to an emergency or disaster. take immediate actions during or immediately after an emergency or disaster to address the situation and protect lives, property, and the environment and provide support after an event and implementing measures to prevent future occurrences. Our district-wide safety plan not only meets this mandate, but it provides useful information to help minimize the effect of emergencies
007and is designed to protect against harm and mitigate damages. district-wide plan is filed with the state education department and our local police departments once the board has adopted it and prior to October 1st. Some other mandates that projects they've implemented are requiring every employee to be trained at the beginning of the school year with a mandated mental health component. At KLSD, we utilize global compliance network or GCN and internetbased training to fulfill this requirement. Additionally, established district and building level safety teams meet on a regular basis. Importantly, New York State requires 12 emergency drills to be conducted annually. Eight evacuation drills and four lockdown drills. Eight drills must be completed by December 31st. Additionally, as of the 202425 school year, the board of regents approved changes in school safety procedures requiring students and staff to
008be notified within one week prior to lockdown drill in order to prevent unintended trauma. Updates. As part of our review of the district-wide safety plan, we made the following updates. To be in compliance with 155.17 of commissioner's regulations, we've included the following roles in the safety team. Members of the safety team include, but are not limited to a member of the board of education, a member of the PTO, an administrator, a teacher, a security greeter, a bus driver, and a bus monitor. The safety team members will be appointed when the district-wide safety plan is adopted at the August 28th board of education meeting. The language added to the prevention and intervention strategy section of the plan informs the school community of the processes that the district uses to assess threatening behavior displayed by students. Clarification
009of the zero tolerance policy for weapons is in accordance with federal and state law and the district's code of conduct. The change in terminology from lockout to secure lockout is an amendment to section 155.17 of the commissioner's regulation and takes effect on July 1st, 2025. When reviewing the 2026 2027 district-wide safety plan, the district will consider addressing and editing language to provide the community with more detail as to how resources are utilized and how strategies are implemented. Stakeholders from all facets of the school community will be invited to participate in the process to further strengthen our plan. In summary, the Katona Lewisboro School District is committed to ensuring that its schools are safe spaces for the entire school community. The district-wide safety plan is a tool to help implement safety. Thank you. I'd like to
010take the opportunity to answer any questions the board may have and open up items for discussion. Thank you very much, Melissa, for going through all that so thoroughly. And also thank you to all the members of the board and the the uh school committee that have committed time to make sure that we go through this and make sure our kids are safe. So, thank you so much. I don't know if anyone has questions. Thank you. I had a quick question. Yeah. Um the emergency drills, are they You have 12. Are they per school or for the entire district? Per school. Per There's 12 per school. Melissa, thanks so much for the great presentation. I really appreciate you doing that. Did we seek the opinion of any of the students at all about what they what
011they may feel is safe in certain circumstances? Were there any students engaged at all by the committee? Not in this not this review. Not in this review. Uh in the code of conduct, we do always have them. In the past, we also have had students. It's just um this year we had Alteras review our districtwide safety plan. So we actually typically look at it in April May but we didn't get it back until June and it was a little bit late for us to engage a student but next year we will again go back to our old um you know our old timeline and then we can ask a student also to be jump be on that team to review if it's a member of student government governance or whatever just I I feel like
012they might have a unique perspective you know being in the school and there's obviously so many of them that are impacted and that's the reason that we do it. So yeah appreciate that. Thanks. Yeah, I can tell you with code of conduct this year especially our student he was wonderful. He he gave us so much insight. So it really is valuable have a student. Thank you. Yeah. Any other questions? No. Okay. Thank you very much. We're at item 8.01, which is an opportunity for public forum. Um, so we're going to go to item 9.01, uh, which is our consent agenda. And I don't know if, um, there's anything on the consent agenda that we wanted to highlight briefly. want to make a motion to put it on the floor. Oh, yes. So, yeah, I'll make
013a motion to move the consent agenda with some light seconded by Marjorie. Yes. Did you want to No, no, we're not voting. I don't know if we want. Thank you. Hey, how are you? Hey, [Music] I know that there's that there's an opportunity in the consent agenda to approve some engineering. I don't know if you wanted to just speak to that. Absolutely. So um there is an item on the agenda tonight KG&D and it is um for additional services uh from KG&D as well as their architectural um firm that they use or to the engineering firm that they subcontract with um to um WSP to do some modifications to our initial plan for remediation at Meadow Pond. So the county has pretty much approved our plan. Originally they wanted a reverse osmosis um uh plan
014for us to implement there and it's very expensive. It's it takes up tons of space. So now um they have approved our ion exchange um proposition and there's just some slight modifications that need to be made. So this this is just simply just the additional services to continue moving this project forward. uh as we know it it just has to go through this project has to go through the department of health as well as the state education department for approvals. So it takes an additional time because it has to go through two different agencies. Um so I'm sure we've all heard about metal pond water for a little while. So um so we just wanted just not to we just wanted to move it forward. Um so there's nothing new. It's just um amending doing
015some modifications to the current plan. So great. Uh we are again we are trying to move everything as quickly as possible. Um once the project goes out gets all of its approvals from state ed as well as the department of health we'd put it out for a bid and I would Mike Lavoy um advise it probably from time of awarding bid may take up to a year or so you know it's just a matter I can't predict how long it will sit in the department of health or the state education department. um those both they you know they eb and flow the time the time it takes to approve plans. So that's the biggest factor that but once as we do once we get all of our approvals we'll come back and once we award
016a bid again we'll we'll have a milestone schedule and we'll be able to update the public again. Okay. Great. Great. Thanks. Excellent. Anything else from the consent agenda? Great. All those in favor of approving the consent agenda. Great. 70. Thank you. We don't have any. So that takes us to board dialogue and discussion. So I would like to begin board dialogue just by thanking Ian so much for all of your contributions this year as a student board member. We were thrilled to have you join us and um we did a proclamation for Ian at the retirement and tenure meeting, but not everyone was here. So, I wanted to make sure that we said it again. Um it's really been a pleasure to have you here and we appreciate your candid answers to our questions and
017your preparation. And we got you just a little token. This is in honor of I stalked you on Instagram and saw that you're majoring in philosophy and pre-law. So, this is two books in in that era and hopefully they'll be something that [Music] [Applause] um well, I guess on that topic, I wanted to thank all of you for making this such a welcoming environment. I didn't really know what I signed up for in all honesty when I decided to run, but I'm glad I did. It's been a lot of fun and I've learned a lot more than I thought I would. Not just about, you know, how the school runs, which is a lot more intricate than what I thought, but also what it was like to, like you were saying, work in a more,
018I guess, legal legislative kind of position. So, it was nice to learn what I may or may not be doing in the future, or at least have an idea of what it would look like. Um, I have some baked goods here. I don't know if you want me to, but now we're later. Thank you. I really appreciated the gifts at the retirement meeting and this one too. Small way of saying thank you for those and the experience that I've gotten to have. Wow. Over the past year. Thank you so much. Do you make these wrong? Thank you. Thank you. That's awesome. What a pleasure. Wow. Thank you. Finished in only the style we would have expected. Thank you. I know. I think Great. Thank you. Would you mind if I just uh go ahead say
019add a couple of words? Um, and I really didn't know what I signed up for either. Um, and I'm starting to figure it out. Uh, but let me just say a few words that I prepared. Um, as this is my last meeting as a board trustee. Um, I really want to express my gratitude. Uh, firstly to the community uh, who trusted me to serve on their behalf for the last six years. It really has been an honor uh, to serve as a public servant on behalf of our community. I have really made quite a concerted effort to represent the community. Um, and I've always tried to do so with a moral compass, a strong moral compass, and and by being very prepared, and I would encourage new board members to try to do the same
020thing. Uh, it's not an easy role, but it is a very important one. We all know that a great public school system uh is the foundation of a great community, and we have a great community here. It takes a village. It takes engaged community members. And it takes a culture that attracts and retains the very best staff. And we're very fortunate to have both that culture and the very best staff. I would like to thank the KSD staff for delivering one of the best educational experiences available anywhere. Thank you for not only teaching and caring for our children, but for treating them all equally and with kindness. Whether they be an athlete, academic in their background, theater performers, children of any color and race, gay, straight, neurodeivergent, KLSD works hard to ensure that all feel
021welcome and have a sense of belonging. And we must continue to strive for equity and belonging in everything that we do. And we must never forget how important that is. I'd also like to thank the community members who have served on board committees. I've been very lucky to be on almost all of the board committees and we have really great representation there. Uh volunteerism is really necessary and very much appreciated and we see that uh throughout all of all of our committees. Uh I would like to say that of the many hats that I've worn during my board service, I probably am most proud of my role chairing the sustainability committee. Um, I think during my time in that role, we started to shift away a little bit from the campus and the sort of
022hardware and infrastructure more towards the curriculum and ensuring that all 3,000 of our students start to think about sustainable ways of living their lives and bringing that back to their family and indeed into the heart of our community. Um, so I really feel very proud about that. Um, and I know that these 3,000 young minds are now uh influencing the world and in particular thank you Julia for your willingness to uh engage there. Um, I would like to uh welcome Arwin and Carolyn to the board. Would love to recognize the amazing first year contributions of both John and Barbara. It can be a little bit shell shocking in the first year. uh you guys have been absolutely superb and I look forward to uh watching Arwin and Carolyn grow and of course I offer any
023advice or any any way that I can help them out as they do that. Um I just like to highlight that I think that Rey, you've done a phenomenal job. You've really hit the ground running. Uh you've set some very lofty goals for KLSD, uh which we all appreciate and uh I really look forward to continuing watching it from my couch. Uh I'm confident that the sustainability committee just Yeah. Well, I'll definitely I'll definitely show up for that one. Um I'm confident that you and and the dedicated uh team of um your cabinet and all of the administrators uh will deliver on the vision 2020 and all of the other initiatives that you've kicked off. I want to say a sincere thank you to my board colleagues. Thank you. uh not very many people get
024the opportunity to sort of see the inside workings of the district. It really is kind of a unique perspective and it's an experience that we all share and I think it's a very deep and meaningful one. I would encourage people to continue to be excited and interested in uh in board service. And then finally, I'd like to thank uh Kim Monzen. Thank you, Kim. Well, Kim has been a driving force behind the scenes for all of us. We all know that her knowledge of the district is just unparalleled. She's always been an enormous help to me and I'm sure to all of us. Uh she works so tirelessly and silently behind the scenes, but it really is a true pleasure to work with you and to have been a colleague of yours for the last
025six years. Thank you. So, thanks again guys for the privilege of serving. Thanks to the community. I really appreciate it. I hope I've served you well and I look forward to watching from a little further away. Thank you. [Applause] I shouldn't have gone after you because now I'm um so I'm probably going to keep this short and sweet. Uh I love being a school board member and um it's something that people always say like, "Oh, what a thankless job." And to me, it's just filled with things that I'm thankful for and for the gratitude that I have. It's it's such a privilege to be a part of something that helps support children. You know, it is it's like the most important thing we do as a community is raise our children and we get to
026be a part of that. And it is such a privilege that I will always feel thankful for and never feel that it's thankless. Um so it has been truly an honor and thank you so much for the community to support me to be able to do this. Um to be a part of seeing children who over the nine years, you know, when I started kids who were in third grade are graduating high school and um to be able to see them throughout those years both visiting schools, going to events, um having students who come here and and give us demonstrations. It's really it's wonderful and um it's it's hard work, but it's worth it. And um I'm so grateful to Arwin and to Carolyn for for volunteering to run this year. And I feel Rory
027and I feel really um grateful to have two excellent new board members joining this team. We're so fortunate here to have a really highly functioning board of education. That is not the case in some communities. And we have a group of people who don't come here with any agenda except to do what's best for kids and who really care about us creating an environment where all of our kids can grow and thrive. And that is really a gift that we have in this community. So um we're really really lucky. Um, we're also really really lucky to have Marjorie and I I can't speak highly enough of the leadership that you have provided all of us over the years and your dedication to board service and what you do through Westp and how important it is
028to you to also create that opportunity for other communities to have highly functioning boards. It's incredibly important and the more highly functioning boards we have, the better public education system we're going to have. and you really are a you are a leader in our county. Um and you're on our board and we're really really lucky to have that and um I've learned so much from you about being a board member and to be diligent and attentive and also as a person. And so I really want to thank you for that. Um, I just really want to say, and Roy, I'm so glad you also said it, volunteering in and creating a network of volunteers in a community is how the community thrives. And we are really lucky because we do have an engaged community. But
029I can tell you that a lot of our volunteer organizations are struggling. They're struggling to find people to volunteer. And I really, as my like leaving Salvo, I want everyone to really think about like the one hour that you could commit to something. the one hour that you're like, as my kids say, doom scrolling Instagram or, you know, I don't know, watching whatever is really great right now on Max or you know, friends and neighbors is really good. And um but I think there's organizations, they need treasurers, they need vice presidents, they need social media, they need someone to send the emails, they they need someone to help like run an event. And I think about we have 3,000 students in our district and I don't know how many families that is, but if it's
0301500 families. If every one of those families volunteered one hour a week, one hour, that would be 1500 more hours supporting our community. And it doesn't necessarily have to be school volunteering, although that would be great. The PTO's could use support for their events and their activities. I know Arts Alive could use help and the boosters could help. And I just really I have gained so much from this volunteer experience and been able to be at things because of being a volunteer. And I just really really am going to ask people to think about could you give an hour and the difference that hour could make for our district and for our schools. And I think you know sort of my um entry into this community was at Lewisboro Elementary School which was closed and
031it was a a upsetting time for the community. And one of the things at that elementary school was there was a tremendous group of parent volunteers. It was like it was the biggest group of parent volunteers I had seen and it made a difference. It made that school feel different for people. So I just really encourage people to think about it's hard. It's a sacrifice but I promise you will get something back for that sacrifice and I really encourage people to think about it. I want to congratulate Ray on a great first year. I want to congratulate Roy on a great six years. I know um you you came into it with with me and a writing campaign that we so it was a unique way to start, but you finished solid and you've been
032a great contributor. So, I'm glad that we got to run together twice. Um, and everyone else here, I think again, we are really, really lucky to have a highly functioning board filled with people who care so much about children and that's should always be our focus. They are our northstar and we can do this if we continue to support them. And I'm going to second our Roy, thank you for recognizing Kim and we all really do appreciate everything that you do. So, good luck to Arwin. Excited to have you join. And I also just want to say and Lisa's here as part of Rory's family. I want to thank my family and all of our families. This is a being a board member does take a lot of time and sometimes we miss our own
033kids events because we're here and um it's a it's something that does take away from our own families. It's worth it. I genuinely mean that. But thank you to my family and to all of our families for allowing us to spend the time that we do here. So with that, I'm going to talk about future meetings that Roy and I will be in. Nice try. Um, but first, did you just have a couple of very brief words to say both about Julia and Rory and I just wanted to thank you for your service, Julia. I have really appreciated um the demeanor, the calm, positive demeanor with which you run our meetings. I think it sets a really positive tone. Um, and I have really enjoyed um, working with you and um, you know, it's all
034the things that you said. Uh, it's it's a big job. You've done it well and we're grateful for it. Um, Rory, I learned so much from you serving with you on sustainability and it was so rewarding to to get to see all the things that that um, you and the committee did and making the district a real sustainability leader. It's really impressive all the work. Um, and I'm so glad that you're you're looking to stay engaged in that work and continue to to make progress. Um, I also want to mention that I found your questions and your insights during our meetings especially um, insightful and powerful. And I have like one little anecdote that that really sort of stuck with me. There was one meeting uh some months ago where there was an item in
035the consent agenda and it was related to outofpocket costs for activities that are really voluntary but you know really important for students really going to belong in a team and um when you raised that question like I got a knot in my throat because um you were a voice for low-income families. your voice for for people who really need to be seen. And when I was in high school, I was a low-inccome kid. And so like um you like really inspired me and for as long as we continue to have Rories and boards of education and in our schools, we're going to have more and more kids who have that tremendous sense of gratitude and a desire to to continue to serve. So thank you. Thank you. I know you'll do the same. And I
036just wanted to take the opportunity to also thank you, Ian. It was a pleasure to serve and to get to know you and we're going to miss you. And then to share my perspective, underscoring some of what's been said already, but that we really have become over time such a functional governance team thanks to both of your dedicated presence on this school board. And I find the act of serving the community to be um frankly just humbling always and to be an opportunity to just continue to learn about myself and how to do this work better. And really, I want to thank both of you for helping me to be a better school board member, both through um opportunities that we've pursued and that have gone really, really well for the district and also through
037um times when we've had to thread the needle and where it's been super challenging and where I think those also have created opportunities for reflection and learning. And I feel very honored and humbled to have served our community with both of you. And I really thank you for um for your service and your partnership and for creating a functional stable governance team that from my perspective really has served our school district so well over time. And I remember someone used to talk to us a little bit about the flywheel effect and the importance of trying to get to that and certainly through the lens of sustainability but also in so many other aspects in our buildings and with our leadership teams in the buildings and here tonight. Um you know we really have made fantastic
038progress and we could not have done it without both. So, I'll miss serving alongside both of you and I wish you all the very best and I don't think we've seen the last of either of you yet, actually. But, um, but I'm I'm happy for both of you that you've come to this juncture and that you're um, yeah, that you're able to move on to other ventures. So, thank you. Yeah. Thanks. So, Julie, I got the opportunity to speak about you, so I'm not doing that again because there were almost tears and there probably would be tonight. Curry, just a very humble thank you. Sitting next to you my first year. You helped guide me, answer questions, made sure, you know, I knew what was happening and were just extremely supportive. Um, you know, thank
039you for your dedication and your eye on the budget and the just helping me to understand that was especially that full day Saturday meeting and to follow it. Um, I just really appreciate everything that you've done the community as well as you, Julia. Um, so thank you. You're a quick study. Thank you. Thank you. And Ian, um, it's been a pleasure. You have been inquisitive. You were a great partner when we did our KLSD30 2030 goal. I wish you the brightest future and if you ever need any help, I'm sure all of us are are there to support you. Yeah, absolutely. No, I didn't drive all this way to be quiet, but I'll I'll keep it brief because I'm driving all the way back. Um, no, I I just want to When I came in,
040I was thrown into the deep end. Uh, election sworn in and then I'm sitting in an executive session actually discussing you, right? I never I've never met. Um, and but through it all, Julia, you were kind of like the lifeguard. No matter if I was floundering or not, I always knew you were going to be there and I was so appreciative of it. And I will say every time the one thing is your calmness that Barbara said, no matter what's being thrown at you and it will forever resonate in my head anytime I have an angry parent of when they're done, just the very smiling, cheerful thank you that you always give after public comment. And that sits with me and I'm not I'm being serious about that. It's great. And then for you, Rory,
041um you know the old adage of the 10th man where if you have 10 people in a room and nine people agree, if that 10th person, even if they agree, it's their duty to disagree. And I feel like you've taken that role and it's so so important. Um that, you know, I'm hoping someone takes that torch, whether it be me or somebody else, but just the value you bring to all the discussions that we have that when everyone's like, "Okay." and you're like, "Well, wait a minute." Um, it's so appreciative and so important and that's going to be a mess. So, thank you. Thank you, Paul. Thank you. Appreciate it, Rory. Um, you always seem to ask the tough questions and get to the root of the issues. I um which is which is really
042important on this board and um I think your contribution to the sustainability committee has been is unparalleled. You you been it's been a pleasure serving with you. Thank you. And um you know our sustainability program probably is tops in Westchester County and it's really because of you and I wish you nothing but but the best. I can't take her out. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it and I have worked hard but but Marjorie before me chaired that and she did an awesome job and before her many others and leaders like Janet Harkham and Steve Weismar and uh we've got a lot of just Marking many many great contributors. So yeah, I can't take credit for I've been here for two years. You've been there for two days. I've been I've been on the
043board. Yeah, I've been with you for two years and you really done a tremendous job. Um I wish you nothing but the best for your family. Likewise going forward. Um Julia, like everybody said, I mean the calm over the last couple years in the board meetings and inside and outside has really, you know, is attributable to you. Okay. Um, but you know, more importantly, um, our friendship, um, you're the reason why I ran for the board and, um, it's something that I will never forget and I know you'll be around the wrestling tournaments with your family. Uh, your wonderful family. Um, and I look, uh, I really I wish you nothing but the best going forward in all your endeavors. Thank you. You got it. I appreciate it. I'm going to talk about future meetings.
044Um, so Tuesday, July 1st is the reorg meeting, which is an exciting time. We get to start the new year, uh, the 2526 school year, and that will be here in the library at 6:00 p.m. After that, um, Thursday, July 24th is the next board meeting, uh, of the summer, which is here in the library at 7 p.m. And then finally, Thursday, August 28th at 7 p.m. is the, uh, last board meeting before school starts. um here in the library at 7 pm. And um I just want to make sure we highlight that in the past few years, our board meetings have started at 7:30, but starting next year, they're going to start at 7. So I know it's really important for people to know so they know what time to get here, but 7,
045not 7:30. So um and thank you for that suggestion, and I think it's a nice change for next year. And with that, I'm gonna close us out. Ray? Yes, ma'am. I love that. So, I know the board spoke a little bit earlier when we just opened the conversation, but between graduation and our moving up ceremonies, it's been just a really lovely last couple of weeks to see our students, Julia and I were here today at uh Increase Miller and a nice aironditioned room. So, it was lovely uh to see there and I know our other colleagues cover the other buildings and things. So, again to see our students and their families come and support and celebrate was really really lovely to see. Um, and as I was listening to the conversation, uh, from our board
046members regard with Rory and and Julia and things, I couldn't help but wonder, um, this is the end of my first year. And is there any coincidence that neither one of you chose to like, okay, 9 years, 6 years? I'm like, 12 months. And you guys say, you have it under control. Okay, next. You got it. Thank you. So um another thought that came in my uh thinking as you also shared through too is this idea about uh grace um and the ability to to to approach all situations uh with you know dignity and this idea of composure and um sense of style and I would say that I've been blessed to be with this board of education for the last year cuz the two of you have led that for these years and and
047everything here even tonight Ian walking around. Thank you and providing this that's that's a way of style. So thank you young man. Um so I I'm so looking forward to my new board member partners and and that work and so um it has been truly an honor to get to know the two of you over the last year and um whatever John happened in executive session I want to say thank you. So I appreciate it. Um, and I hope everybody has a good start to their summer and things so thank you. Excellent. With that with I'll make a motion. I think Rory, you should second. Motion to adjurnn. Um, just to adjurnn to board development. We don't I thought we didn't have to. Oh, we're journeying to board development. Second. Second by Rory. All those
048in favor? 70. Thank you.