001Rob Price: We're all situated with camera. Yeah, the cameras up, the meetings being recorded. Rob Price: It's live right. Rob Price: all right. So we're going to call the meeting to order. Could everyone please rise to the pledge of allegiance. Rob Price: 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. Rob Price: Hello! Rob Price: I'd be one oath of office for new board members, but for efficiency together. We'll do a raise your right hand and repeat after me. Rob Price: I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States Rob Price: and the Constitution of the State of New York Constitution of the State of New York, and
002that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office as Board member. Rob Price: faithfully discharge the duties of the office according to the best of my ability, according to the best of my ability. All right, and then sign and send them back down my way. Thank you. Rob Price: c. 1 nomination for President of the Board of Education. According to our bylaws and importance. With Robert's rules of order, I'll now open the floor for nomination for the position of School Board President. Are there any nominations Rob Price: there, Nelson? Rob Price: Are there any other nominations? I'm going to nominate Mike Cavasa? Rob Price: Any other nominations. Rob Price: Good. Okay. Rob Price: I don't wanna jump down. It's gonna do voice the Vice President together. Okay, so for Eric Nelson all in favor.
003Say, aye, aye, all opposed. Rob Price: I don't know if I do on all of those just ice. Okay, all innovate thing. Rob Price: Okay. I'm sorry. Can we raise hand alright again, all in favor of Eric Nelson. Rob Price: Okay. Good 3. All right. All in favor of Mike Cavasa. Rob Price: Okay. So our new board president is Eric Nelson. Rob Price: What was the question which would I read for our rules? Not for the nomination, but yes, for what we're about to do next. Okay, Eric Nelson has been nominated as the Board of Education, President Motion, to approve Eric as Board President of this district for the 2526 school year. Can I have a motion so moved. Second. Rob Price: questions or comments all in favor. Busy hands again for Lisa's favor. Rob
004Price: Okay, all opposed. Staying motion carries Rob Price: nomination for the Vice President of the Board of Education Rob Price: Board of Education will now proceed with nominations for the position of School Board. Vice President. I open the floor for nominations. Are there any any nominations for School Board? Vice President Rob Price: Jason Blaine? Rob Price: Are there any other nominations for School Board? Vice President Rob Price: Jason Blino has been nominated as the Board of Education, Vice President Motion to approve Jason Blino as Vice President of the Board of Education of this district for the 2526, school year. Rob Price: Can I have a motion? Rob Price: Second, all in favor and Rob Price: oppose, abstain. Motion carries at this time the Board President will not take over the meeting. So now you are
005running the show from here. Rob Price: Hey? Do I need to move, or can I go down? You can do it from there. Rob Price: Okay, so where do I just go to? What's next? Rob Price: Give me one second here, please. Rob Price: Oh, he's got to do that with the President and vice President. Yeah, if you just read through it, and then I'll do it. Rob Price: Oath of oath, of faith and performance of office for new President and Vice President of Board of Education. Rob Price: Okay. I will administer oath of office to the newly elected President. All right. So repeat after me. I do solemnly swear that I'll support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York Constitution of the State of New York,
006and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of President. Rob Price: that I'll faithfully discharge the duties of the office of President of the Board of Education according to the best of my ability, the office of the President of Education to the best of my ability. Rob Price: Okay, settle down for a signature Rob Price: and Rob Price: my swan, the next one for 2. Rob Price: Good. Rob Price: I don't see the name on this one. So Rob Price: good afternoon. Thank you for you guys. Patience with us is the only time I do this one time a year I do solemnly swear that I'll support the Constitution of the United States. I do solemnly swear that I'll support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State
007of New York Constitution of the State of New York, and then I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Vice President Rob Price: of the Board of Education. Again, I'm holding the wrong one. Rob Price: There we go. Thank you very much. That's the one I needed over there. I had district clerk over here Rob Price: all right. Now I'm go ahead. Rob Price: Good oath of faithful performance of office to the superintendent. Rob Price: I got it right up on the screen. Okay, thank you. Rob Price: Go. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of New York State, and I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of superintendent according to the best of my abilities. Rob Price: Yep, we can
008move to the next one, which I believe is just real quick survey. Rob Price: Thank you. Rob Price: I do solemnly swear that I'll support the Constitution, United States, and the Constitution of the State of New York, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office's district clerk according to the best of my ability. Rob Price: You got it. Yep, alright. You want to do both releases, or one at a time. She only has to do the deputy district clerk one. Rob Price: There's yours. Rob Price: I swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York, and I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Deputy District Court, according to the best of my ability. Rob Price: Thank you very
009much. Please sign and then send it back over Rob Price: treasure under. They're gonna read, I think. E. 3 to it. Rob Price: Secretary to district Clerk, please. Dwight, yeah. The motion tube motion 2. Wow. 3rd party Rob Price: motion, approved Lisa White, Secretary to the district clerk for the 2025, 26, school year, with an annual stipend of $7,000. Rob Price: So second, all in favor post there is district treasurer, Patricia Jones. Rob Price: motion to approve Patricia Jones as district treasurer for the 2025, 26 school year. Rob Price: I'll shoot it in a second 30, all in favor. Aye, opposed here. Rob Price: Internal claims. Auditor general says, internal claims auditor for the 2526, school year motion, second. Rob Price: all in favor, all right almost there it is. Rob Price: Deputy intern claims,
010auditor Motion approved. Lisa was the deputy. Intern claims audit for the 2526 school year. Rob Price: all in favor or excuse me. Well, that one Rob Price: second all in favor I opposed. Rob Price: They're Rob Price: automatically motion. Rob Price: We just at this phase, you'll just ask people what committees they want to be on, and then make a make a nomination or volunteer, and then make a motion to. When those people volunteer, we'll add their names in Rob Price: do that to right now we typically do. Rob Price: And if you want to read the description too, it might be helpful. Rob Price: Sorry. There is a description we put in there. Rob Price: For public content. Rob Price: This committee is responsible for overseeing the financial integrity and accountability of the school
011district. Their primary duties often include reviewing internal controls, monitoring the annual audit process, assessing compliance with the financial regulations and ensuring the efficient use of public funds. They act as a critical oversight body for the district's fiscal health. Rob Price: More volunteers. Rob Price: Yeah, let's a while ago, yeah. Yeah. One through 5. Rob Price: We'll keep recording. Rob Price: What is the meeting for the audit committee? How often Rob Price: so Audit Committee is quarterly, usually about Rob Price: about 3 times. Usually we're going to meet after the audit before the pre audit, and then, if something comes up in between Rob Price: 3 to 4 times a year. Yeah, 3 or 4 times a year. When you meet with the Rob Price: our our claims excuse me. Our auditor and then be Mike
012Cavasa, superintendent myself. And then typically it's been 2 board members and one community member. Rob Price: Right? Me, too. The volunteers. Rob Price: I'm happy to say on policy. That's what I've been on. But I I don't know if we need to switch, depending on what other people want to do. It's all a matter of personal interests. Of the Board members Rob Price: we just we can have up to 3. We can't have 4, because then it would be a quorum. Rob Price: So you know what the options are. Policy committees once a month. Usually we do. We're pretty flexible on that devices. Health, wellness and safety is quarterly meets usually after school. Yeah, that's the challenge with that meeting is, it's at 3 30. Rob Price: That's quarterly right, Joe. Rob Price: The health
013link. Yep. Rob Price: And then facilities. It's facilities is periodic, based upon when a new project is being planned. Rob Price: But we probably won't have a new project, for Rob Price: if we follow the debt. If we follow the debt schedule, it'll be 2020, 38, or 2039, but we might have. We might start doing a capital outlay outlay every year $100,000, I mean, that might start Rob Price: reoccurring. Yep. Rob Price: And with the with the new Facilities committee. What I would recommend for the new facilities committee. If there are new members, then that we're on it now is, I would hold a facilities committee meeting and just to give the new members an update in terms of the current project project we're working on. Rob Price: We've gone over the debt schedule previously
014is how the capital projects have been generated when debt comes off. We've Rob Price: been following in, and that schedule was probably set Rob Price: 20 years ago. You know, just in terms of how the district took on debt for renovations. Rob Price: And that's just been the cycle we've been in. So so Rob Price: I don't think so. It's really. Rob Price: does he want me to read through these committees and what their roles are, reach one for. Rob Price: I'm fine stable, uncharted. Rob Price: We didn't reach out. We figured it would be. Probably. I don't think she lives in the district. I don't think she's a resident anymore. Rob Price: Maggie did say that if you needed a community member she'd be happy to do it. Rob Price: So the Audit committee,
015the other 2 volunteers are 3 coming back, and she started Rob Price: all right, so I'll take a motion and approve Michael Boss and Jason to the Audit Committee for 2025.6. Rob Price: It's out here, all in favor post. Rob Price: There we go. Rob Price: Policy to. Really, I'm happy to stay on policy. Rob Price: How about you, Anthony? Rob Price: Okay, so we have 2. Rob Price: So confusion Rob Price: motion approvals, and Jamie Harry Burton to the Audit Committee for, or the Policy Committee for 2526. Rob Price: So I can move that, even though it's ironic, even though I'm 1 of the people, I can move it. Rob Price: Second, yep, all in favor. Aye, opposed period. Rob Price: Eric, if you don't mind, could you read all the way across the
016whole motion? So you're getting everybody else to provide some work on this as well. Thank you. Rob Price: Right. Health and Wellness committee. You mean 2 volunteers, the Health and Wellness Committee oops right same. Rob Price: Oh, I'll check for that. Rob Price: So we have 2 volunteers. Motion approved that the following people are appointed to the Health and Wellness and Safety Committee for 2526 school year. Joe Survey, school, business administrator, Director of Facilities, Transportation Supervisor, Sro. Principal School Nurses, insurance agent, question, seafood Service Rep. And I will take a motion to approve Jamie Virgin and Laurel Bennett. Rob Price: Second second, all in favor. Aye. Rob Price: facilities committee. Rob Price: We put Nate on it again, since he's not here and just saw and tell him Rob Price: you guys could do that.
017You can put me on that decently neat. Rob Price: Sure. Rob Price: all right, motion approved that the following people are appointed the Facilities Committee with 25 to 26 school year, Robin Price, Superintendent, Joe Stirbank, school business administrator Building, principal director facilities, and Jason Bueno. Rob Price: And who else did you, Nathaniel Brown? Nathaniel Brown, do you want to be on there still? Too late? I'll stand up. Michael Bossa, all right. Rob Price: Motion second. Aye, all cleared. Aye, opposed here Rob Price: point text vote in the curriculum review community. Rob Price: How can we know or whether it's see? Rob Price: Only give me 2 min. Let's just say one or 2 1. Rob Price: It's horrible Rob Price: also approved, as the following people are appointed to the textbook, Curriculum Review Committee for
018the 2526 school year superintendent of schools, billing, principal vice, principal Rob Price: building, library media specialists, park chairs, team leaders, boardmen. Rob Price: awesome, too. I've not been on that one Rob Price: laurel and motion to prove laurel as well. Second, all in favor. Aye, opposed there it is. Rob Price: Census idolence. Rob Price: Motion approve the consensus items is presented. I'm okay with that. If you are 58. Rob Price: We've done that the last few years, because they don't approve the consensus. Item 58 Rob Price: g. 2 to G. 58 g. 2 to G. Rob Price: So second, all in favor post there. Rob Price: which once once Rob Price: you said they stayed the same. Just this information item last year didn't change any of their prices. That runs our food kitchen, so
019they're the same as they were last year. And this is also the specified. This is only for second meal, because all students get a 1st meal for free. You want me to read them. Rob Price: Good luck. No, that's your choice. It's whatever you want to do. It's just information, alright. Rob Price: Anything else. Rob Price: Chairman of the board meeting? Second, yeah. All in favor opposed. Rob Price: There it is. Rob Price: Thank you. Rob Price: Agenda, for the Rob Price: but no problem. Rob Price: Do you need a computer. Rob Price: You got it. Rob Price: Oh, tell us, when you're ready? Lisa? Rob Price: Okay, that's right. Rob Price: Perfect. Rob Price: Do they need to refresh the screen? Rob Price: Yeah. Rob Price: Mike, you in chase it. Rob Price: Are
020you getting there? Nate? Rob Price: Okay, they're good. At this end, Eric. Rob Price: Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic, for which stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all Rob Price: you guys were looking. Rob Price: You're on a new committee. Yes, they have the. They have the option to do that. Yes. Rob Price: they would just abstain if that's what they choose to do we have. Rob Price: So we want to approve. 4 min from the June 2420, 25. Board meeting is presented. Rob Price: so I get it all in favor. Post same. Rob Price: Approve the minutes for the June 30, th 2025. Meeting. So motion approved to meet minutes from the June 30, th 25 board meeting is presented.
021Rob Price: Second. Rob Price: we also think it's not available. Rob Price: He's asking for a second Rob Price: need a second for this meeting. Second, all in favor staying Aaron Alright district, Wide safety plan. Rob Price: So each year we review the district Wide school safety plan. It's kind of Rob Price: the we're looking for the updates that are coming through law. Updating key personnel updating just basically whatever comes up. So it's something that's Rob Price: reviewed at the Health and Safety Committee. All building administrators. Look at it. It's an open document. It's on our district website right now. We're opening the public comment period will be posted for the next 45 days with the intent to approve the District Wide Safety Plan. At the April 26th Board of Education meeting. So we're just
022gonna do a quick kind of overview of what it is. August. Excuse me, not April, August 26th meeting. Rob Price: So we're going to just a quick overview. I think it's only like 7 8 slides to kind of go over what the changes are for this year, so Project Save was signed into New York State law in July of 2,000, as part of a comprehensive legislative effort to improve school safety under this law all public school districts are required, develop and maintain a district, wide school safety plan, a public facing document, the building level, emergency response plans which are confidential to every building. So each building has their own. Rob Price: They're referred to as blurps, and the code of conduct is also something that came out of this legislation. Rob Price: Next slide. Yep,
023thank you. The purpose of the district, wide school safety plan and building level emergency response plans is to clearly outline how the district and individual school buildings will respond to emergencies and crisis situations. These plans provide guidance for prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery efforts ensuring the safety and security of all students annually. The plans are updated into the nice portal where they're reviewed by New York State Police. Rob Price: The District wide plan, as I said, is a public facing document. It outlines the overarching safety procedures. Some of the items included our District emergency response procedures. The remote learning plan which was new last year. A communicable disease plan. The school resource officer contract is something that needs to be appended to the plan and emergency contact information. Again, it is put into the portal
024every year and certified by the superintendent. Rob Price: The key changes this year is we've updated the shell acronym shelter in place, hold in place, evacuate lockdown, lock out. To further, I guess. Kind of explain. The lockout is a secure lockout that is, nobody's allowed to enter the building, so the shell acronym, which has been used for many years, has now been changed to shells. Rob Price: So yeah, so it's something that needs to be updated. A big push back with. This is many schools across the State have these as posters in their room. And now those posters no longer work. So they're gonna have to take them all down, change signage to change lockout to secure lockout. Then updates to key personnel. And, for example, I use a new wheeler principal and high school
025vice principal, or some of the changes that you'll see. The plan is also attached for tonight. It's on the district's website, and all changes are in red Rob Price: school plans. Again, this is our. These are confidential documents. Rob Price: they contain detailed site specific procedures outlining how each school building will respond to various types of emergencies. They're reviewed annually, and then the building administrators, after meeting with their building level health and safety teams and put them into our navigate 360 app. From that I can take that information and then bring it over into the Nice and portal to then be reviewed. Rob Price: One of the key changes this year is adding the building level. Temperature plans is something that they want in building level. Emergency response plans is how the buildings will respond
026to the temperature increase for the new legislation. Rob Price: Navigate 360 is something we subscribe to as a district. All staff members have the ability to download the app on their phone, on the phone gives you your class list. Rob Price: flip charts so you can kind of look through like shell procedures. What do I do if I hear the announcement, or an hour, and evacuate to through into that information? And most importantly what they have. As soon as you open them up there's a button to trigger an emergency to let your colleagues and children know as soon as possible that something's happening in the building. So that's right there at the touch of a fingertip. It's something we do through tst policies. Rob Price: Quick! Question. How many times do you Rob Price: do
027training or practice that with staff Rob Price: each of the buildings are required to do, I believe 12 emergency drills per year, 4 of which are outside of the realm of fire safety. So that's an opportunity to run those types of drills. And then they could house that information actually in the app as well. And it also is something that needs to be reported into the portal. Okay, thank you. Sure. When the districts use the program. All the administrators in the district get notification Rob Price: like, so I'll see them come across. My phone. Administrators will see it come across their phone. The nice piece about it is that when you run all of your drills through, navigate 360, it automatically records the day and time that your drill was conducted, which then I have
028to report to the State and certify annually every year. Rob Price: So next steps, as I said, Rob Price: inadvertently, April on this 26th is when we're hoping to adopt that plan again with the 45 day window. That'll then allow us for the timeline to put that into our portal. We submit a copy by October first, st along with all the building level emergency response plans. Rob Price: any questions. Rob Price: Thank you. Rob Price: Then it's report, quick update on open positions. We have a remaining English position that's open. Rob Price: We'll be interviewing next week for English and for Ag. And Cte. Career and technical education. We had one of our agricultural teachers leave to move back closer to home. We advertised that position and had one candidate. That candidate decided not to,
029that. They didn't want to relocate to Central New York because they lived out of State. We re advertised for that position to include cte. Rob Price: which is business technology, family and consumer science. We have one applicant to date who's applied and we're looking at getting those interviews started. That interview started as well as next week. We have a teaching assistant position open. We have a long term substitute position at 5th grade, and then we have an Enl. Esl. Ell teacher to work with our English language, learner position open up as well as a music and instrumental. So Rob Price: all of those positions are advertised out Rob Price: internally or externally as well, too. We're hoping by the August Board meeting that we'll have all those people ready, all those positions with people to
030appoint Rob Price: if if we feel like time is a necessity Rob Price: there. I have asked the Board for a special meeting in July, so we can get them appointed so they can give if they're working for another district. It is very common practice that they need to have 30 days notice. Rob Price: And that's where I would ask for a special meeting if they don't currently work for district and their brand new teacher, they can start right away. Rob Price: so. But I will keep you posted. As the interview process happens next week, and where we stand with filling those positions. Rob Price: any questions on open positions. I know we're trying to redefine kind of the music positions so that it works for everybody. The one we're hiring for today is music
031at Wheeler, and then chorus and instrumental. Rob Price: Yep, we did during the interview process and talking with people in the fine Arts department. We we have talked about once we have, fully staffed, is coming back and looking at our assignments within the buildings. Rob Price: One of the Rob Price: one piece of feedback we got from talking with the Fine Arts Department is the challenge. It is for a teacher traveling between 2 buildings Rob Price: and teaching part-time in one building and part time in the other, and where some some people prefer to be in one building, and as one of the challenges we've had for many years is we're a smaller district. We don't need a full time music person at Rockwell. Rob Price: and we don't need. What we need at Wheeler
032is a part-time chorus, part-time band. Rob Price: So that's kind of how we work out into our positions. We have now. So. Rob Price: but we're open to suggestions. Rob Price: and we've talked with the Fine Arts Department just brainstorming, and just a summary of what I shared that shared now. Rob Price: next piece. Nothing that needs to be decided upon tonight but board interest in the Central New York School Boards Association, which will we belong to? Rob Price: There has been time when the School Board has chose to be part of the New York State School Boards Association and Convention opportunities. The convention opportunity is an opportunity for professional development, for board members Rob Price: as well as just board workshops that we can host here locally Rob Price: either bringing in someone from
033Central New York school boards, bringing in our school attorney to do those workshops. And then at times we've done fiscal workshops where Rob Price: someone from fiscal advisors that works with works with us, on our bonding and our finances. They would come in and do a workshop as well, too. But those are all possibilities that you don't have to decide on tonight. But I just wanted to share with with you. Those are Rob Price: 2 of the organizations that the Board has belonged to right now. This past year. It was just the Cny School Boards Association. Rob Price: That is a much smaller membership fee. The New York State School Board is a much heftier membership fee. Rob Price: but that's that is particularly a board decision. Rob Price: and if you have any questions
034I'd be happy to talk about it, and then the summer workshops. We'll kind of figure that as we go through meetings and what you feel you need as a board. Rob Price: and then we'll set something up based upon the feedback from the board. Rob Price: If I can. Tonight, before we leave, take a picture. So we have an updated picture for the web page of the board members. If that's okay. Rob Price: Capital project, update Rob Price: phase one attached for the board is construction. Progress reports from June 27th as well as July 3, rd as you probably saw when you're pulled in. There's roof work happening on the junior Senior High School and on the bus garage as well as site work at Wheeler site work on the Varsity baseball field and the
035varsity softball field. Rob Price: and the front island where the flagpole and the sidewalk is is getting getting raised and repaired. So when there's heavy rains it's not underwater Rob Price: And then the tile work has begun in Wheeler. They have Rob Price: part of the 5th and 6th grade wing done maybe 20% of the 5th and 6th grade wing. They've only been working a couple of days on that last week we had a couple of walkthroughs Rob Price: with the architects and the tile people. Making sure the pattern is what was designed, and then working on some fine tuning of how the Rob Price: corner pieces which called sluters, how those were going to blend in and be capped at the top. Rob Price: Can you remind me, did we do the 3rd and
0364th wing? Rob Price: That's we're doing both the 3rd and 4th grade wing. Rob Price: So the only piece that we're gonna hold off in tiling is going to be the lobby in phase one we have in this segues into phase 2 as well. Phase 2. We have the kitchens at the Junior Senior High School and at Wheeler based upon budget. We're designing in for phase 2 alternates. Rob Price: One of the alternates that we have for the Wheeler kitchen is to expand. The wall, 2 of the 4 walls, the interior walls, expand them into the vestibule by 3 feet, and then expand the wall into the cafeteria where the kids eat. So the serving line is inside. Rob Price: We're putting that as an as an alternate because of this steel structural work that's
037required to move those walls that would give the cafeteria much more the kitchen, much more room for Rob Price: the preparation of food. It moves the serving line from the vestibule into the cafeteria which would be a more ideal location, but based upon budget and estimates from trophy point and our construction management firm. We need to have some pieces to bring that budget down and stay within budget. So Rob Price: I was just gonna mention something about the alternates. Basically with the capital projects. If we have Rob Price: money left over with what was we plan to do? Then Rob Price: we can. That's what Rob is mentioning with the alternates that we can. Rob Price: We can do extra work Rob Price: and and do more for the district that was approved by taxpayers.
038So we plan it out. We plan it out as an alternate, so we don't have design fees with leftover money. So the more alternates that we can put in. Rob Price: and what happens is, bidders have come in in the past, and they'll look at the base bid, and they'll look at the alternates, and they're like I can do the alternates, the base bid, and the and the all except the alternate for this price. And it's within budget. So that's the plan. How we're how we're looking at that. Rob Price: Pending your questions on capital project. That's all I have for that Rob Price: a piece that we work on over the summer for district goals. I've attached a strategic district goals that the board has typically approved in previous years. I attach those for
039your information and thought, if there's anything that you have in mind for goals. Rob Price: any tasks you have for me as a superintendent. Rob Price: Those can be discussed over the summer honestly, anytime during the year as things come up, but I wanted to share those with you. How many years ago was it that we all sat in here? We did a goal setting exercise about 4 years ago? Now with the administrator. Yeah, it was all of us that we sat down. And Rob Price: it it took multiple, probably 2 or 3 meetings, 2 or 3 meetings that we figured out all the goals together Rob Price: so, and we just to give you an idea. And what we did is we didn't. The the board chose not to start from scratch. Took the
040the 3 strategic goals that the previous boards of education had created. And they just tweaked those Rob Price: and change the verbiage of them a little bit. Rob Price: Any questions, that's all I have. Rob Price: Thank you. Rob Price: Administrative staff reports. Business office. Okay? So for night class Rob Price: we've earned $284,000 of interest in total from all of our reserves, from the general fund throughout the entire 2425 school year, so that since the years come to a close, that number will update and reset as what my report is moving forward. So that's how we did end the year 152,000 of that is from the general fund. So it goes back toward the general fund, can offset kind of our plan for appropriate fund, balance, and reserve. The rest goes back to the
041reserves from which it was designated front Rob Price: on tonight's agenda. We have a new contract for Nismic, the New York State Municipal energy consortium. It's where we get our natural gas and electricity through. We go in as a consortium to get better rates. The consortium Rob Price: continues to say that we're doing much better than we would on the open market, and they can provide dates or excuse me. Data. We have access to a portal can run different types of reports out of that. The last contract was approved in 2023. It is a 2 year, so that'll be coming up in May. So on. There tonight. Electricity is set not to exceed 0 point 0 9 4 kilowatts per hour compared to when it was at point 0 8 4 5 in 2023, and
042natural gas is staying roughly about the same. There was a Rob Price: and Rob Price: to the street versus to the house, I think, is the difference between the 2 of the 6, 4, 5 and the point 7 1 Rob Price: title grants. We were notified by New York State Education Department. The title Grants are under review. There's an allocation that's still set right now for title one. Our allocation for title one is $214,204 compared to 215,963 last year, title 2 and 3 actually have nothing right now. So we don't know where we stand with that as it's under review with the current administration. Rob Price: Title 4, we are set to get $16,411 compared to 19,177 from last year. Rob Price: Allocation determinations are based on heavily on Federal census. Poverty estimates the state
043specific cost indices and district level counts of eligible children. Our elementary schools are our title schools, not the high school, so it's element. Rockwell and Wheeler are 2 title schools. So stay tuned. We'll continue to provide updates as we get information whether or not we're going to get an allocation for titles 2 and 3 Rob Price: we just closed on a band with our, which is our short term, borrowing a bond anticipation. Note for 3 million dollars for the 2024 capital project. This new money is what we'll use for phase one coupled with our capital reserve, and we take out bands throughout the process until we complete the project. Then we'll take out a 15 year bond Rob Price: and then, lastly, we added the purchase of the math curriculum. Tonight. There's been many presentations
044and discussions about the math curriculum. The buildings decided they wanted to go with Mcgraw Hills reveal program since our next meeting is not till the 12th and the threshold for the dollar amount that'd be important to have it there, so it's set to go. Other option was to add at the table. But I put a note in there in public content. It was added, today I just wanted you to be aware it's the same numbers. They moved kind of around our professional development. Rob Price: But part of the program is Mcgraw-hill comes and they do Pd. For us, and we want to make sure our teachers have adequate time to get trained before launching a brand new math curriculum September first.st Rob Price: So that'll be on under new business tonight just wanted to give
045you a. Rob Price: It changed. The agenda came out, but I just wanted to make sure you're aware as to why. Rob Price: that's all I got made the chain Rob Price: work orders such that pop up Rob Price: so we gotta get ready for those and sometimes but nothing. Rob Price: Thank you. Transportation manager Rob Price: Matt's absent. I got. I got a couple of things. I got just a couple of things for that, the as shane and Jim said the summer routes are all in place. But one of the bigger projects we've been working on is the stop arm cameras. Rob Price: We have our bus fleet information submitted to versa. The company who's doing the stop arm cameras for Onondaga County. So that information we're looking. We haven't got word back, but
046we put availability for installation dates this summer. Rob Price: so we're waiting to hear back of when they're gonna schedule the bus, the stop arm cameras, which will be the ticketing program, which is unclear from the county. From my earlier discussions in the spring they were looking at Rob Price: a grace period in September. Rob Price: I recommended the Grace period. If there were school districts up and running in this summer. Because I think there's 9 school districts in the county right now that are participating in the program, and we're one of them. My my suggestion was a grace period would be through summer school. Rob Price: and then on September 1st would be the live program where Rob Price: correct? It's not my idea, I said. It's a law. It's been a law. Why
047do we need a grace period? But that's just my opinion. Not any, not the school districts. It's mine. It's like it's been a law forever. Why does drivers need a grace period? We have the cars that pass buses every day Rob Price: without fail. Rob Price: So my suggestion to the county was, let the Grace period run for the county residents, if they want to do that. That's their choice. I'm honored that they reached out to us as one of the earlier schools that were participating in this, and they're gonna fund, the purchase of the cameras and the software through versa. And then Rob Price: versa, takes a certain percentage of the tickets to pay for their expenses, and then the other portion of the proceeds goes to the county. I think it was 60,
04840 split somewhere around that vicinity versus gets 60. The county gets 40. Please don't quote me on that. But there was a split on that Rob Price: It was nice that Ryan Mcmahon's office, and Rich Mccarran had reached out to us. Rob Price: To get us included into this early on, as opposed to being on the second phase. Rob Price: I believe the way the legislation is written. It's like the cameras for construction zones. It's just a flat fine. I think the construction construction zone is 250, and I think that's what the passing a school bus is going to be. Rob Price: Who's on the hook when one of those cameras breaks? Rob Price: It's a good question. Rob Price: Yeah, I don't know if versus going to replace that. And it's if it's if
049it's if it's based upon Rob Price: somebody hitting it like their insurance. Rob Price: but not even that, I mean, let's be honest. The amount of exterior to yes, to all sorts of weather Rob Price: removing object. Yep, they're gonna forget. Rob Price: I'll have to ask versa. And the county on that. I don't know if it comes back to us, or if they know well, I think Rob Price: with that, with any program that I've seen over the years that it starts out at no expense to the district, and then eventually Rob Price: it turns into an expense for the district. We do have cameras on the buses now. That we expense through the purchase of our buses every year. Rob Price: So right now they've been on us. So the new cameras going.
050We'll see. We'll see how that translates later on. But I'll find out if just one fails. Can we get stated for that, though Rob Price: we do get transportation aid on cameras when they're purchased with the bus. Rob Price: So we're paying 20%. Rob Price: They're also any other questions on transportation and Rob Price: director of student services and special education ginger harves. Rob Price: So summer is going well, thank you, to magazine the drivers and our bus attendants for the summer school year services those have started, and I think things are going well. So that's good. We're planning moving in my office. We're looking for some professional development this summer. We're working on therapeutic crisis intervention training with our 3rd cohort, and that will take place in early August. If we have a co-teach
051planned at the end of August for our co-teaching and some teacher teams. Rob Price: And we're we're kind of planning in our year ahead. So our school psychologist and I will be doing some work too. But right now it's kind of our planning going period. So I have a lot. So any questions, that's all I have. Rob Price: Thank you. Thank you, Rock Volt. Can we come on? Rob Price: Hello, everybody! So we had a nice wrap up to the end of the school year, we, I think, since the last meeting we had our Pre. K. Moving up ceremony, and the theme was all the places. You'll go with wonderful arts and does a great jobs and make it a little different. Rob Price: So that was a great way to end the last day
052of school. And since then we have parks and Rec program at Rockwell this year instead of at Wheeler, which has been a nice change for me personally in the office and carrying the kids in the hallway. And it's going very well, they're using the space nicely. Things have been. They've been in and out, and I think they transition very easily to our building. Rob Price: We are in planning mode as well. So the big rocks that we're working on right now, Master Schedule and our building goals and preparing for teachers to come in and do some of their curriculum planning in kindergarten already. Start a little bit. We didn't have one of their days. And, we're going to be planning for tcis training and other things coming up professional. Rob Price: Any questions. Rob Price:
053Is Parksmark using the outdoor classroom at all? Yes, of course. Rob Price: Anything else. Rob Price: Thank you. Rob Price: A wheeler or something. Rob Price: Thank you. 1st of all, congratulations. New board and welcome Wheeler is under construction. So as Price said, the project is underway. However, teachers do have access to their classrooms. And some of them have been actually already this week, in and out. Like said Rob Price: tcis math Review, that day is, is set for August 12th for the in person training for some of our teachers, and they have the option to do the virtual sessions as well if they can't make that. So we're planning for that. And as far as everything else goes. We'll have more updates for the next meeting because we're also working on master schedules and
054team planning Rob Price: question. Rob Price: Thank you. Thank you. Rob Price: Junior senior high School to London. Rob Price: Oh, happy summer! And I'd like to also like to welcome the new Board members and and welcome back to returning board members. We will be making phone calls to the incoming 7th graders to High School, welcoming into the Junior Senior High School. Rob Price: That will be starting hopefully by the end of the week. We are currently in the process of reviewing the June reading scores, as some of you may have read and heard. The scores were very low across the area actually across the State. So we're looking at the item analysis and making sure that we're covering material here for the students at Onondaga, providing the correct and accurate information for the students
055to ensure that they're prepared for the exams in the future. Rob Price: Summer schools have been made, students have been set up. Matt is set up, summer school schedule that starts on Thursday. At Washington. See? So the students who have failed, the class and the regions are scheduled for summer school. Rob Price: We are in the process of scheduling as well. Schedule should be ready by the middle of the month. Because ready we added all the grades and the core classes. We're in the process right now of adding the electives. So hopefully, those schedules will be up on school tool in the near future. Rob Price: As Mr. Price said, we're doing interviews for English on Thursday, July 17, th and I'm waiting to hear back from the one applicant for the Ct. Position Rob
056Price: update for upcoming dates. Just a reminder that the curtains performance for the drama will be August 8th and 9, th and the students and the community are doing very well in preparing for that. I hope to see everybody there. It should be a great show. Rob Price: Any questions. Rob Price: Alright, thank you. Then you can meet the director right in the room. Rob Price: So summer workouts will be done. Coaches are utilizing parents square to make sure everybody in the community knows dates and times for those today's youth football camp is going to be held on July 26, th from 10 to 1 30 pm. There's also going to be an alumni basketball showdown, including celebrities, I'm told today on July 26th as well as at 4 pm. In the Gym. Rob Price:
057Spectator. Admission is $5. There's a barbecue dinner to follow. That's $10 a person and $5 a person for kids. 12. And under August 18th is the start of Jv. And Varsity Fall sports. Rob Price: We are in the process of hiring diversity. Jv. Volleyball coach. The recommendations will be on the agenda for the next board meeting. Rob Price: All their openings and vacancies are going to be posted for advertisement this week. These positions include assistant modified football coach, modified volleyball coach, modified wrestling, coach varsity assistant softball, jv softball varsity baseball varsity baseball, assistant modified baseball varsity tennis Rob Price: and lastly, we have homecoming coming up. We have 3 games on Friday, September 19.th That is, volleyball versus Bishop London. We have boys soccer versus modern day, and we have girls soccer versus softbay and
058the varsity football homecoming game is September 20th Saturday at one Pm. Versus cannibal. Rob Price: Any questions? Rob Price: Thank you. Thank you. Rob Price: Board of Education Members. Laurel anything. Thank you as always. Rob Price: Well, thanks everyone. I hope you're enjoying your summers beautiful. Rob Price: Thank you again. Thank you as well, and a lot to learn. And looking forward to it, though. Rob Price: Hey, thank you, guys, Jason. Rob Price: I'm just gonna say ditto. But thanks for everybody coming up tonight, and I hope everybody enjoys their summer Rob Price: working together with everybody this morning. Rob Price: Joe, do we have anybody signed up, yeah. Rob Price: no Rob Price: census items you want me to go through one by one or make a motion to go through them. All of
059them. Rob Price: Typically, we put it in consensus at the Board's pleasure to make a make a motion for consensus items, for in this case items 2 through 10, Rob Price: and then that's for. And then and then, if there's questions or if there's any items that the Board would like to pull out and vote on separately is kind of typical practice. Rob Price: Finally, right? So a big emotion for to every 10 draft pay. Rob Price: So okay, I'll do. Rob Price: Oh, very good questions on that. Rob Price: That we're good. Rob Price: All right, person always. Rob Price: Is that too late? Yes, recommendation lowering most music, feature. Rob Price: motion, approved the appointment of Laura Ramos as music teacher. Effective? Rob Price: No problem. Rob Price: All in favor. Rob Price:
060Alright post. Rob Price: 3, rd new business Rob Price: lot of budget transfers presentation budget transfer to reclassify teachers. Sales Rob Price: motion from the Board of Education, approved the following budget transfer to 2425 school year. Rob Price: Okay? Rob Price: All in favor. Rob Price: Almost here we go. Rob Price: Recommendation budget transfer professional development Rob Price: motion from the Board of education to approve the following budget transfer for the 2025, 26, school year. Rob Price: all in favor. Aye, aye, opposed here it is Rob Price: motion for the Board of Education approved the following budget transfer for the 2425 school year. Rob Price: So all in favor. Aye, I opposed. Rob Price: There isn't Rob Price: motion for the Board of Education to approve the following budget transfer for the 2526, school year.
061Rob Price: all in favor. Rob Price: Post very quickly. Rob Price: Oh. Rob Price: 3 prospects. Rob Price: Resolution authorizing participation in cooperative energy purchasing. Rob Price: For electricity. Eric, you can say as presented, if you don't want to read that whole thing. I was giving everyone a break, Mike, I'm sorry if I didn't say that I wouldn't be doing my job. Rob Price: Yeah. Rob Price: Compare move. Rob Price: There is. Rob Price: Yes, same thing, one resolution authorizing participation. Rob Price: Yes, as a presenter, if present is presented all in favor close here. Rob Price: Motion to approve the purchase of the Mcgraw-hill reveal math. Curriculum is presented, so I'll favor. Rob Price: Oh, here it is, all right. Rob Price: Policy and yep policy. Upcoming meetings and training want this one where
062don't see us here Rob Price: motion approve the second reading of Policy 7, 3, 1, 6. Use of Internet and cell phone enabled devices during the school days, and after presented Rob Price: all the layers of the fact that I can both. Rob Price: Here's however, they need to. Yeah. Rob Price: Upcoming meetings and trainings. Next meeting, August 12, th 2025 6 pm. High school Rob Price: regular meeting in August 2625, 6 pm. Rockwell elementary school cafeteria room Rob Price: in consideration of executive session, yeah. Rob Price: motion enter an executive session. I just i just have one item out of that list, and that's to talk about the Child Victims act lawsuits Rob Price: just to give a board an update on that. Rob Price: If the board wishes Rob Price: period. Rob Price:
063Very nice. Rob Price: Have a great night. Thank you. Thanks, guys. Rob Price: Thank you. Everyone for joining us.