001Good evening everybody. >> It is 6:03 p.m. We'll call to order a regular meeting of the board of education. Please stand for the pledge. >> 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. >> Do we have any additions or deletions to the agenda this evening? >> Not anything other than what I emailed you guys. >> Thank you. Is there a motion to accept the minutes of the September 3rd board meeting? Jackie. Thank you. Second, Mike. All in favor? >> I >> Okay, moving right into business considerations. We have 61 through 611. Is there a motion for one or more? >> Second 611. >> Motion for all. Jenny >> Second. Matt. >> Any discussion?
002>> I just had one question on the 6.8 the contract. There's an error in the year. It says 20215. >> Yeah. Well, it's it's their document, so we can't >> Okay. >> change, >> but we have noted it to them so that asked them to fix it. >> Okay. Okay. I mean, it wasn't a big deal, but it just kind of stood out to me. >> We got three loaders this year. Is that something new? They got the two small ones and the one big one. >> I think we did have >> three total of three. >> Three last year. Nothing's really changed. Um, they're gonna have >> Yeah, >> they're going to have to be careful up front, so I'll let you handle that. >> Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, >> I can I make a
003comment on one of the items listed? >> Absolutely. >> For 6.9, I would like to say that yesterday the portable scoreboard was used for the girls vars or JUV soccer game and it was phenomenal. >> As a parent, we knew how much time was left and what the score was and I'd have to keep track on my phone. So, thank you so much to the sports association. >> Deepest appreciation. >> It looked great. >> Absolutely. It looked great. It looked great as well. And it looked pretty easy to use from >> what the individual was saying that ran it >> and just for, you know, we we've talked about here before, but it was for soccer now, but in the spring use for softball and we can bring it to other places as well being
004that's on wheels. So, yeah, >> use in other locations. So, very very >> It said that it could do water polo. When she was reading the directions to set it up, it said water polo. I was like, "Well, that's fabulous." >> Versatile. >> Very versatile. I don't know that we have that, you know, but uh >> but thank you very much. >> Yes. 69 and 610. Uh deep appreciation to the sports association both for the scoreboard and for the pitching mount's not here yet but it's coming. It'll be here soon. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. Um >> certainly appreciate the donations >> 66 and 67. Jesse, were you gonna do something like that during your talk about those or can you give a summation of those just like a brief summary of what on the >>
005So, the one is a pilot. It's a pilot agreement. It's pretty standard one with uh it's on uh Albany Road in Selkerk. Um it's kilowatt I think it's 3.5 kilowatt one and we get about $5,000. Um it's a pretty standard one uh with the other agreements that we have for um uh for th for solar fields. Uh we kind of the way they split it up is the the town will get a certain percentage and the the county will get a certain percentage and the school district gets a pretty uh a different percentage based on the taxes. Uh so it does align with all that. Uh we did have it review uh the attorneys I always have them review it just in case there's other things in there that I that I didn't see and
006they gave us all the sign off. So it's a pretty standard pilot agreement >> and it's 5,000 per >> Per kilowatt. We know how big the system is or >> I believe it's 3.5 but okay. >> So right around there. I think if you look in there kilowatts or megawatts >> megawatts I'm sorry. >> So so it should be a decent sum of money. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Actually, the amount in there, if you pull it up, it has the payment structure in in the back of it. >> Yeah. Well, I just wanted I I wanted to I mean, I read it, but I wanted to have the conversation so the community knew what we were doing, >> knew it was coming from. >> Yeah. And the second one there, that's kind of a new
007thing that I >> Before you go to that one, sorry. Yeah. >> The the only thing I and I didn't Maybe I did miss this. I did look a little bit, but I couldn't find where this was located. >> Uh Albany uh Roadzer, >> is it on South Albony Road? South. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Is it the one >> the one by you guys? >> All right. >> Because there's a lot of them going up and down in different places. I didn't know which one this one was. This is not the one back here. >> No. No. >> Nope. >> I was going to pick you back on that one because I was on the on the Queensman'stown board when we were negotiating with the school and that's 40 megawatt back here. >> You mean
008the one behind the school here? >> Yeah. Yeah. That's that's that's sizable. >> That's much bigger. >> But the pilot was also in place for that one. >> Yeah. If you could just verify because I where I got confused was it talks about Albony Road and I don't know of I know South Albony Road but that's in Selkerk and this talks about Albony Road Glennmont. So I really I just really still was not convinced of what solar farm this was because Albony Road South Alb Road is in Silk. >> It say it says town of Beth. >> There's definitely one down there. I've seen him. >> Yeah. I mean I I could look up >> coming up on the right turn left out of your street. Okay. down up on the right. >> I mean,
009it gives back a little bit. >> It gives the tax map coordinates. So, it's >> Yeah. So, if you can just >> check on that for us and find out. I just want to know exactly because I got I said there's a bunch of them and I was curious as to which one it actually was because there is no Albony Road. There's a South Albony Road. It's not >> I can probably find out by the end of the meeting here. The tax number. I'm sure it doesn't change anything, but I always worry sometimes like that. I think, you know, if that's wrong, is that going to be something that affects could they would it cancel the contract or could they say it was no good? >> It's good. >> It says Glenmont. >> Yeah, that's
010what I'm saying. >> Yeah. >> But >> so the payment structure is this >> I know we'll go over in finance meeting, but was this one of the pilots that we had already planned and anticipated it for coming on? >> No, this is a new one that came out. It's 15 years. Do we have any I mean I know we'll go over it, but this is going to affect the tax levy. >> It's and the the amount won't have a a large impact on the tax levy. >> Won't have a large one, but it's still going to require it's still going to require us to try to make up for it when we go out next year, right? >> Yeah, it will have a small effect. We're not talking the other one that I always
011discuss is a million dollar one which will have an effect on the tax a large impact on it. >> And then I cut you off on the second one. >> Oh, the second one. So, generally, I mean, with with these pilot agreements, there's a letter that's sent out to the school district and we have 60 days to respond to it and if we don't respond to it, then we are uh not part of the the pilot agreement. Uh this there was a new and this was actually brought to my attention by the business official at Bethlehem. So I have to thank him for this with with you guys adopting this resolution tonight. It waves that that our our requirement to respond to that letter and and with this it says that we're automatically in if
012there's any pilots within our jurisdiction or within our district we're automatically in it. So we automatically want a pilot agreement. So we won't use for every time we this >> don't worry about those letters anymore automatically in it >> for so just for solar and wind though >> for any pilot agreement >> anyh okay because this one just I it talks only keeps talking over and over about a solar or wind project. Yeah, >> I it's my understanding that's every but I can verify with with our attorneys with it. >> Yeah, please. Because it is keeps referring to solar wind projects >> for any any renewable energy project, >> right? >> Which is >> but not any other >> 99% of our pilot agreements >> that we've had so far. >> Okay. Well, >> I'll
013verify. >> Yeah. So, all right. Thank you. Anything else? All in favor? >> I I >> All right. Personnel considerations. We have seven of those tonight. Uh we're going to take up the first one individually, 7.1. So, do we have a motion for 71 which uh relates to the appointment of Zachary Delli as athletic director? >> Ed. Motion. >> Motion. Second. >> Second. >> Mike. >> Any discussion? >> All in favor? >> I Congratulations, Zach. >> There's a Raven stuff. >> I know. Ask See [Applause] There you go. [Music] Congratulations. [Applause] I appreciate it. >> Welcome. We're happy. >> They're going to go out to dinner and celebrate. >> Take care. >> All right, we have 72 through 77 remaining. Is there a motion for one or more of those? >> Okay, motion for 71.
01472 through 77. Second by Jenny. Any discussion? All in favor? >> I uh we do have a just a couple of smaller donations here in the informationational items as part of the backpack program. >> So just express our appreciation uh to nextep federal credit union and the CDYCA running start program for those donations to the backpack program. Um, under the board president report, uh, there's just one item of board business I'd like to have a discussion about tonight. Um, Matt had sent an email about I was everybody included on that? >> Yes. Okay. So, everybody was included on that. It pertains to the uh board's designation of a voting delegate uh for purposes of the NISBA annual meeting and the resolutions and bylaws. To my knowledge, at least in my experience, we've never designated a
015voting delegate. It's not even something that really I gave much thought to or occurred to me. But now that it's been raised, we probably should, right? Because it gives us an opportunity as a board to come up with what our position would be on proposed resolutions and bylaws and then express our position. I think the way it works as part of the annual meeting, I believe there's an annual business meeting that NISSBA holds and that's the opportunity to vote and whoever the delegate is can make a statement, make their position known and cast a vote uh on behalf of the board. Uh if we designate somebody, we do that by board resolution. Um after that designation is made I think whoever the delegate is would study the proposed resolutions report to the board on what
016they are and then collectively we would come to a position yes or no vote I I assume I haven't looked into it >> well that yeah that's kind of things we need to sort of check like when is that actual meeting is it during the conference or no y >> and then >> so one of this to follow up with it one of the things I did was was looking into it because I'm going to the conference this year so I started looking at it And most of them are innocuous, but there are some strong proposals that we should probably weigh in or out. But I also don't know. One thing we had to check on too that I wanted to have discussion about too is if there's something that we want to weigh on
017in on, can we weigh on them as individual board members or is it have to be it looked to me be like a member a member board which is not a board member like the board. And then if we do want to weigh in, let's say we really disagree with something and we say no. But what if it's not nothing? Does it have to be unanimous or could it be just majority? I couldn't find that information. I didn't look very hard, but we need to sort of figure that out. >> I believe it is a vote cast on behalf of the board. >> So the board position would be a majority of the board opting to vote in a certain way on each resolution. >> Yeah. >> And then it wouldn't be individual position, but
018it would be the board position that gets conveyed. >> How many resolutions >> there were? I believe 34 or so. Yeah, there's a lot of pages. There's a lot of there about 35 I think they were putting forward. There were three on the bylaws which the NISBA um it's not DEI like we talk about DEI but it's a DEI committee. So anybody hears that it's not the same DEI we talk about it's their it's their vetting committee for uh things that come into them resolutions. They rejected the three bylaw ones and they said, you know, they recommended against and then of the 27 or 37 resolutions which which come from member boards like we could have chosen to put a if we something we cared about as a board, we can submit a resolution to
019NISBA and it usually says that they're going to most of those resolutions say they are going to fight for such and such and they're going to try to push certain things. Okay. >> They they either affirm their group either says, "Hey, yeah, as a leadership of NISBA, we affirm it and we think this is a good one." Um, they go neutral. They think and they give a whole explanation with each one. It's neutral because it's either maybe not really a NISBA business or, you know, it could be a little controversial and say, "We're not we don't want to weigh in on that." um or they can um I don't want to say reject but it's another word they used but basically they were they were negative negative um where they thought it was not a
020smart thing that they should be doing but still it's up then then at the this meeting anybody can come up and talk about it but even if we don't have somebody there there's forms there's three forms if you want to either um agree disagree or amend >> okay >> so and there's one picular one that I personally and we would have to talk about these things that's why as a board we'd have to look at them one of them I I agreed with 99% of it, but they had one little one thing that they were talking about that I thought shouldn't be in there. >> Okay. >> Um, so I was I thought we should offer an amendment say, "Hey, we agree with this. Just pull that one thing out." Um, and I don't I
021have the things written down, but and then there were a couple that I thought were just really bad decisions that we shouldn't be doing in New York State. So, >> okay, >> you know, whatever. But, so I wanted to be able to take a position. I don't know if we're gonna have time to do it because the resolutions are due f those papers are due well those papers are due Friday of this week if you want to agree, disagree or amend. Uh they're due this Friday if they want if they're going to make the published book on these things that go to that business meeting because at the business meeting they have a published book and who agrees, disagrees or wants to amend. >> Oh, doesn't mean you still couldn't do it. So like if
022we had time in between before the meeting, we could have that discussion. We could take a vote as a board and then it would still be done by our delegate at the meeting. Just wouldn't be published. >> So there's there's two different things with it. I knew we aren't a short notice coming for the meeting tonight and I noticed that it was, you know, 19th is when they're due. So I'm not sure we'll be able to get that done this time, >> but it's something we should be weighing in, I think, in the future if we can't do it this year. >> Yeah, that makes sense. Assuming that this does happen at the annual meeting, I think we have only one >> board meeting between now and then. >> Okay. >> So, October 15th. >>
023This is saying that the annual meeting is Thursday, October 16th at 4 p.m. >> That's what I thought I read. >> Which is the day after your next board meeting. >> Day after. Oh, it's the day after. Okay. >> So, that's separate from the >> meeting. But yeah, it's also separate from the meeting. Must I don't Does he know where it takes place? >> Virtual. >> Oh, it's all it's virtual. >> Yeah. >> I remember last year um in one of the session or two years ago they talked about it. It was like a virtual meeting and it was quite lengthy like >> Yeah, >> it was like an eight hour meeting. >> Um they go through a lot of stuff >> because they have to take if they do it I think they do
024it the way like nice does it. They'll take the ones that are similar and they and you go the delegates get on subcommittee. So, you go into a separate Zoom room for your subcommittee to decide whether they're going to bring it out and support it. And then if as each amendment comes up or each uh uh resolution comes up, >> anybody that wants to talk about it can talk about it. Well, 667 component schools in New York State. So, if you have 667 delegates and each wants to talk about it, they can. I sometimes say we'll cut down so you get only three pros, three cons kind of thing. I'm not sure how they do it here at NISBO, but >> Okay. >> So, >> okay. I have that. You send it to all the
025board members. It is >> they have it. >> Okay. >> So, if if it moves the board then and you guys can look at them obviously yourself as well and weigh in, but I'll send the ones that I had questions or concerns about. So, you can look at it. I'll tell you I'll just type up my thoughts. I think we can do it that way. It's not we're not making any decisions. I'm just passing the information along. >> Is anyone interested in serving as >> our deleg? I did not see me raise a hand. >> We can appoint you tonight. >> I did not see. [Laughter] >> How does this always happen? >> Are you interested in serving as deleg? >> If nobody else I mean I really would like somebody else to do it,
026but if nobody else I I will for sure. >> Sorry. I That's a >> Is anybody else interested? >> Pete eight hour meeting. >> You're an educator. Come on, bro. Yes, he's still an active educator. >> So, I'll make a motion to appoint Matt as our NISBA delegate. >> I will second that. >> Okay. >> Any more discussion? >> All right. Motion's on the table to appoint Matt Miller as our NISBA voting delegate. All in favor? >> We are. So, yes, >> I'm in favor. I >> I. So at our meeting on the >> matter you voting no on this. >> Sure. Yeah. >> At our meeting on the 15th. Yeah. >> We can have a discussion about what those are. >> Right. So I'll send that stuff out ahead and if you guys anybody
027else has any, bring them forward as well. But I'll just tell you the ones I was interested in and we can talk about it that night. Is that what we want to do? >> Yeah. >> And and Sue can help register Matt, right? >> Great. >> Any other emails you want to send? always. >> All right, up next, Superintendent Chandler. >> All right. Uh, well, since our last meeting, we've welcomed back all of our students, and by most accounts, we're off to a great start. Uh, I can tell you that the energy in the buildings uh from students and staff is uh really fantastic. Um, so it's it's clear that people are happy and excited to be here, which is nice. Um, I do want to address some of our recent transportation struggles. There have
028been some expected and unexpected glitches as we've gotten back into the swing of things. Uh I want to thank our transportation department for their hard work and diligence. They've had some staff shortages and uh a few technology glitches that have contributed to some of those problems. Um and they did a great job of working through them. At the same time, I want to acknowledge frustrations that some of our families and students have felt when things have not worked the way that they're supposed to and just assure everyone that we are working to resolve all of those things uh and make improvements moving forward. Um athletics are in full swing along with the start of school. So, it's been great to uh be out on the fields. I haven't had a chance to uh see volleyball
029yet, but uh get out to the fields and see our kids participating. and uh they're showing a lot of grit and great sportsmanship. So, it's really fantastic to see. Um ice cream social at Peter B last Friday was a real treat. Um literally and figuratively. So, uh kudos to Mr. Jones and the staff at Peter B and the PTO for putting on a really great event. It was very, very well attended. Uh and it was great for me to be able to meet some kids and some families there as well. Um, I had my student first student advisory uh meeting this Monday. So, that was uh really excellent as well to be able to meet with some high school kids and listen to what's most important to them. So, there'll be uh some more to
030come. They had some uh really great insights to share with me. Um, we welcomed Zach already, so I'm thrilled to have him aboard. At the same time, I can't say enough about what our interim athletic director, Steve Bon, has done for us so far. uh he's been working really hard and has really just immersed himself uh into our school, into our athletic programs, and he's doing a really great job. Um I want to remind everybody to remember uh the bus patrol conference that we have on Friday. The actual start time for that will be 10:00. I know it was announced at 9:30. I think the media is arriving at 9:30, but it's expected to start at 10:00. Uh if anybody is attending, just let me know. That way if it gets moved again, I can
031make sure that I send you a text or an email to tell you that uh it needs to be rescheduled. U but certainly if you at last minute you're able to join us, please feel free and uh and just show up. That'll be uh up at AW Becker uh starting at 10. Um, between now and our next meeting, we have all of our openhouse programs. Uh, so I would encourage everyone uh that's present in the room, but also out there watching the meeting to please attend. Uh, it would be great to to see people come out for our open house events. We have homecoming week and spirit week coming up and several associated events for that. So, we're really looking forward to those celebrations. And uh finally, it was great to see uh Owen and
032Hikah at the student board member training today and I'm looking forward to what Owen has to share about that training. >> Thank you. >> It was very informant uh hearing all like the speakers and stuff. It was it was just they had a lot of information and I think I gained some of it too. uh they have a lot of knowledge especially uh I think I was most inspired by Luke Libbit who was like just a year older than me who was like one of the first stu uh exeicio board members in the state uh he just had a lot of insight um just you know be prepared that kind of stuff it was and uh as it went on it got more interactive did some scenarios with like the group I was with some
033hands-on activity that kind of stuff it was overall a good event a lot of important people were there uh well put together besides the one technical difficulty with the chancellor of the board of the regions board of reg but yeah that was it uh and like you said we have a lot of activities for the students coming up like spirit week I think students are excited for that uh same like the homecoming football game pep rally all that my sources in uh student government say it's all going to plan they're on schedule to get everything done for that and Yeah, >> it was October 4th officially. Correct. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Repeat that very >> homecoming was moved to October 4th. Correct. Or well, the game is the third and the dance will be
034the fourth. Is that correct? >> My knowledge that I have is that the the game is still next next Friday and the dance is just a week after. >> That's what I have as well. >> So they have more time to prepare for everything. >> Association needs to know that. >> Yeah. We had no knowledge of this. >> Okay. I guess that wasn't the impression I had, but okay. >> That was not the impression I had. I was under the impression they moved the game to, but okay. >> I guess that's good to clarify. >> Wait. Yeah. >> So, which game? >> I thought the game was going to be on the third, but the dance was not moved. >> The game is on. That's right. >> The gamer on the game I thought was
035next Friday. That's what I've everyone in student government is telling me. The 20 guest. >> It was originally the game on the 26th. the >> dance on the 27th and the craft fair on the 28th. So, >> but it's been swapped. Yes. >> Yeah. >> Ryan has the answer. >> So, is next week spirit week? >> Yeah, >> correct. Next week is spirit week. Homecoming game is next Friday. The dance is one week later. >> Thank you, Ryan. because student council asked to move the dance so they had more time to prepare. >> Okay. >> Thank you for clarifying. >> No. Oh, I'm good. Thank you. >> Um, just one other thing to note that just occurred to me as we're talking about events coming up the high school. Uh this weekend the seniors will
036be painting their parking spots uh both Saturday and Sunday. So just a reminder that that parking lot will be closed off for everybody except for seniors who are there uh painting their spots, but this is the first time in probably a long time that been a long time that RCS has done, you know, senior u parking spot painting. So uh thank you to Mr. Funk. I know that you heard the proposal and met with a couple of students and decided to do it and you know >> it's probably safe to say kids are excited right now. >> Oh yeah. >> Yeah. >> That's all they talk about. Nice new pavement to do it on, >> right? >> I don't know. I know normally Pop Warner uses that field on Sundays. Are they aware that this
037is happening in that? >> Okay. Well, there's like five teams in a row. >> If somebody can give me a contact, I can I can let >> I can find that for you. >> They certainly would still be welcome to use the They would just have to look. >> They would have to go just so that they're Do you know, Jesse, if they're >> I can look it up. Well, we also have a volleyball tournament. >> Oh, that's right. We've already we're setting up a map to send to them so we they know to stay away from that area, but I didn't even think about uh pee. So, we'll work on that as well. >> Thank you, Justin. >> Two days slated, too. So, >> Saturday one day. >> No, because there's kids who have
038games. >> We'll drop them off though this coming, right? >> Yeah. >> We were just all the volleyball teams coming in. We were notifying them in advance so that >> just as a courtesy that they know that that parking will be unavailable and it will show them where they can park. >> Okay. It's a walk, but there is lots of other available parking. It's >> supposed to be a lovely weekend, so >> we have lots of space. >> All right, great. Jean, >> um I I don't have any updates. Um just a reminder that tomorrow afternoon we have our board of ed CNI meeting. It's uh packed full. Um but in that agenda is also a link to a draft agenda for the entire year, the topics. So if there's things that kind of are
039interest of interest to you, you know the tenative dates and that's it. >> Thank you, Jesse. >> I also don't have uh anything to report tonight, but I do want to say that we are planning to have a finance committee meeting to talk about reserves on Friday uh the 26th in my office at 11. I'm more than happy to do a remote uh link as well. If anybody wants to join remotely, just give me a heads up and I'll get that set up. Um, and I was able to look up that tax um, map for and it does say South Albany Road, Beth, Town of Bethlehem. That's all I got. >> Yeah. >> Did you pull Were you able to pull it up there? Is that what you're >> No, it's on South Albony. No,
040no. If it's on South Road, that's the one I'm thinking of. It's >> It's on the right hand side as you headed towards the >> CSX. That's all I got. >> So, can I add just one thing? If if anyone does want to join the board of ed CNI meeting virtually, just let me know and I'll set the link is there, but I won't turn it on unless someone's joining from home. >> Okay. Thanks. Anything for Jean or Jesse? Anyone? >> I would just add transportation department has been working Amy and Penny been working 13 hour days back to um and and they're and they're doing a great job of working through some of the logistics. So, um, we just got to support them and they're they're more than confident they're going to get through
041them. So, >> back on that personally >> to get it taken care of in a matter of hours and uh it was quite a relief. >> Yeah. >> To have that. So, I know that everybody's working hard in that department. >> And I'm using uh bus patrol and it's working quite well. >> Awesome. Yeah. >> Except the dead spots in our district. >> There's certain ones of us who can't use >> but where it's going. She's doing a great job. >> That's under not under her control. >> Yeah, I know. They all very appreciate it because you're right, they have been working extraordinary hours and and they knew it. First few weeks the school is always crazy, so they expect it, but they really are dragging. So, uh, we try to support them in any
042way we can. So, thank you. Yes. >> Uh can we just get we we have had one a little bit but can you just update a little bit on the Peter B sign for people so they know what happened and what's going on. >> So um >> just for the public >> yeah there was an accident that happened uh this past week overnight where a vehicle crashed into the digital sign in front of Peter B. Uh we believe at this point that the sign is a total loss will need to be replaced. We don't yet have uh a cost, but our insurance will take care of it and then pursue the driver's insurance to recoup the money. Uh we don't have a timeline for that replacement yet either. The sign does still work, but it's
043a bit of an ishore right now when you drive back. >> Um nothing we can do about it. Uh I I did ask uh Bill this had a conversation with Bill this week. I'm hoping that we can kind of move on it quickly so we can get that work done before winter and before the ground freezes, etc. >> Yeah. As much as it's fun, it's apparent like which is amazing. I saw the picture that it actually still works. >> Are we Are we gonna keep it up or just pull it down? Is it not safe? I I haven't seen it so I don't know. >> It's corded off and honestly like it's so far up nobody really walks across that part of the the lawn like so it doesn't impact the sidewalk there and it
044really doesn't impact anybody. Like the kids don't go on the front lawn of Peter B. Um I will say it's quite a testament to that technology that it is still functioning because it is in it is in some rough shape there. Uh, I'm impressed that the screens still work. >> It was I would say it was hit at about 30 miles an hour if I had to guess. >> Yeah, >> we are moving forward with we've already contacted the vendor and we're moving forward with it. We're not waiting for the insurance company. So, Bill's already contacting they're coming here at the end of the week to assess it, get it going. Uh the only reason we haven't a not able to put the claim in yet is we're still waiting for the accident report. >>
045Once we have the accident report, we'll be able to put the claim in. Uh and then our insurance company will um you know talk to the the driver's insurance company and we'll work through that. So um but we'll let them deal with that. So thank you. >> Y for responding so quickly. I know they were out there first thing in the morning when I dropped my kid off at school making sure that it was taped off and obviously inspecting the damage out there. And he called Craig and I at what? 9:00. >> Yeah, something like that. Yeah. >> Right when it happened. >> Right. It's a 24-hour gig. >> All right. Um, student exeicio other than what you've reported already. Do you have anything else on it? >> I would just like to mention uh
046some like slight concerns that I've seen throughout like the high school is the I'm talked about it at the student advisory meeting. uh just like the Chromebook I we a lot of us our Chromebooks are just really slow and we don't know if it's like a hardware issue or like a network issue. I just want to make the board aware and people aware of that and know if we're like working on trying to improve that system or if it if it's the Chromebooks that are the issue can we like replace the Chromebooks that kind of thing but that's that's it for me. How's the cell phone policy working out? >> I see way less people on their phone. I do occasionally I I'll try I point it out if I see someone who's like I
047mean is technically breaking the law is not but I I I will point it out and unfortunately they don't get caught. But it is what it is. But it is way less. It's like at least 95% drop off of people I see. So definitely an improvement. I think people are more social too like especially at like lunch study hall that kind of stuff for lunch. >> What was that? >> I heard they have bought some games for lunch. >> Yeah. Yeah. Card games and stuff like this deck cards on like tables and stuff. Yeah. >> Yeah. That's cool. >> Student has accepted it. You hear a lot of complaints still or >> I I still hear complaints. Uh like it's funny enough at the training today, one of the first conversations I had with somebody
048was the how they don't like the cell phone policy. Okay. >> Uh, yeah, but it's it is complaints, but I think it's worth it overall. >> Also, preparing for the real world. A lot of jobs you're aren't supposed to be on your phone either, especially child care. >> Mhm. >> I work in a very different world than you do. >> Well, I'm really not supposed to ever be on my phone because that's a violation of OCS. But >> And the email list is active, too, right? The white list now. Y >> the white list. >> Yeah. >> For parents to be able to email. >> Is that for middle schools also? >> Yeah, it should be everyone. Are the students aware of this? I I feel like I haven't heard anyone talk about the white
049list. >> I know. My daughter's emailed me. >> Oh, okay. >> She tested it out and it worked. >> Spread the word. >> My kid just emailed me at my board email. >> Did we put a That's what came up. Let me put a different I know that I know um >> that um Ryan and Denise had sent out uh emails to the parents saying that they were still working on the white list and they were should be ready hoping by the September 8th but I don't know if anything ever went out districtwide to let parents know that that is active now and you will be you are able to right >> email that nothing like that went out corrective Right. >> The only thing I I had with that email is it said the
050white the white list but and I maybe we could send something out and explaining it because unless people were watching these meetings and they see white list they may not know what that is. >> We can follow up on that. >> So what is the white list? >> White list means >> it's essentially >> I have a pretty good idea but >> yeah essentially approved email addresses so that they >> they pull from like school tool. >> They don't get blocked. Yes, >> that's that's what I was >> right. If you're in school tool, you're you're >> like, so whatever email if you'll like >> may not be both parents necessarily, whatever one was listed, >> right? >> Unless you listed both, I guess. >> I've had numerous phone calls from my daughters in middle
051school and they want to stay for 10th. So, there are other methods where they can reach parents. So, there was a classroom phone that they used. I don't know what the classroom phone is, if it was a hardwired phone in the classroom or the teacher's phone, but whatever it was, they called me, they called my wife, no problem. So, I haven't heard any complaints about people not being able to communicate with their children. Um, >> I thought there might be some complaints already and we haven't seen any. So, that's a positive, I think. And you're seeing some behavioral changes in school. Yeah, I I would say in lunch and study hall, there's just more overall social interaction with each other, which I like to see. >> That's great. It's only been, you know, a week
052and a half or two weeks. So, that's that's great. >> And that's part of the point. It's exactly that. That's part of the purpose here. So, >> and it's not just the lunch games. Like, I know that certain study hall teachers have even purchased games for their classroom and asked students what they would like. So, teachers are really buying in on this too. Tell them to study during study on. >> Well, the first few weeks, what are you going to study? So, they were playing Uno. >> There's always something to study. >> It's building relationships. >> Do your homework. >> I am finding I'm actually I'm completing everything like ahead of time where I'd normally like wait a little bit before I did something I would do at the end of the week. I do
053it like Monday, Tuesday. >> That's what I want to hear. >> Have we found that there's anything that phones are being used for that we have to >> supplement? So, what comes to mind is like >> cameras and photography. I know you talked about buying real cameras. >> We addressed that already. >> Okay. >> Tuners and bands. >> Tuners. I was going to say, >> yeah. >> Are there things that are needed to >> I would tuners for sure because I mean, unless you want Mr. Dobson to pass out his phones to the 70 band kids. >> You know what I do? I want him to do exactly that. That's what >> something we learn as we go that there's things that phones are being used for that, you know, we now need to fill
054the gaps a little bit. >> Yeah. Um, the photography thing worked out though, I see. So that's good. >> Do we have tuners or we need them? You're saying >> we would we would need them or we don't like tuners. >> Okay. >> It's like a 90% need >> because the band like in in rehearsal and stuff doesn't sound that good if you don't tune. >> Okay. Yeah. No, that's reasonable. >> So is that something we can >> Oh yeah. >> Okay. >> Teacher just needs to let somebody know. >> Yeah. >> You probably just discovered that too. >> Already in the process of >> Thank you. Perfect. >> One of those things you discover along the way. Um, you talked last year about the Chromebook replacement. Is there any more on that? Because I
055know my 12th grader had the same issue. >> I believe the in meeting with the student advisory with kids across grade levels, they all have different Chromebooks. >> I don't believe it's a Chromebook issue. >> Okay. >> I think it's a network issue. >> Untrained untrained, you know, >> my untrained opinion. I don't think it's the devices itself. It's either our filtering software that's slowing things down or it's the network. But I'm gonna follow up with Bill. >> And I think it was a lifespan thing that we were talking about, right? You know, what's the overall lifespan of the Chromebooks, >> right? >> I guess one concern I have too is how much is filtered because some of the topics that they have to research at a high school level are a bit more mature
056than what would you would want an elementary student to have access to. So some of the things that my daughter has mentioned, she's not able to see. while I can sort of get them prevent her from being able to do some of the things she needs to in order to be successful at the higher level like concept wise. So I don't know how >> heard that as well. So I think part of it might be our our filter >> any filtering any filtering software is going to my understanding is that ours is relatively new to the district. >> Okay. any of them take a while because they by nature filter out more which is a good thing at the beginning and then you know similar to finding out the things that we need to adjust
057for cell phones will come across things that oh students actually need access to this and then those would be added to that like white list. >> Okay. >> So certain other websites and resources would be unlocked >> because the things she mentioned not being able to see were not to me things that would create a concern. >> Correct. >> So >> Yep. I've been as I >> Isn't Isn't it like an AI like thing where it like uses AI to block >> because I I remember last year I would like look up for health a health project >> music >> like person wearing headphones and it would like block the page is really strange but I'm not sure what we're using with that but I that's similar what I was going to say I've been
058out of the class obviously here two years but as a biology teacher we had this >> so many things were blocked because it misidentified it the issue we had and I I can't speak two years later so I don't know if they've addressed it but the biggest problem is if if you do get a block you can submit there's a button comes up you can submit say hey I need this and here's why I need it >> but the response time was either non-existent like never got answered or got answered very slowly so if you're doing >> who is that >> it's I'm assuming the tech department so and so >> that sounds >> if you're doing a project a student's doing a project and they're trying to do the research they can't wait a
059week or two weeks >> or whatever never to get it so that's something that could talked about as well. It's like what is that process and how quick can it be done? >> I know that where I teach I get the direct question that I get a message saying the student is asking for access to such and such. >> That's good. >> I don't know if I am Superman and I can approve everything but I don't know if everybody has that but I can do that >> here Pete. Even even the teachers get involved. >> I couldn't even go search like I'd search something for the kids. I'd get blocked too. >> Yeah. So then I'd have to say, "Hey, I need to get, you know, sometimes it's just you're trying to order something, but
060in the in the catalog, yeah, it might be a word that that there's a lot of words in biology that click it off. So now, can you get the catalog, >> but to be able to speed up the process, I think that's the only reason why I think in in my district it started the same way. You wouldn't get a response or the tech department was asking the teacher, >> right? So that might be a better way to do it the way you guys. >> That's just another I'm just saying that that option for whatever service we use is there." >> Yeah. What I've seen is it's like two different softwares that we have that block stuff because one it's like securely and it's like there's no option for anything. And then the other one
061is what you you've been describing which is like you can hit ask to unblock and then you can send it to a teacher and then they can approve it. But that's like it's like a 50-50 split between whether you get that or the other one. >> Oh, okay. >> That's a great question for Bill and I'm sure he can >> It's on my list. >> Yep. >> Okay. Do we have any new business items? >> I do. >> Yeah. >> Um, it was brought to my attention. I think we discussed this in the past and I will be honest, I don't remember what we ultimately decided, but I thought we decided it was okay for certain purposes, but like some of the youth sports organizations want to send home flyers to the parents letting them
062know that it's time for them to sign up for those. Like I know our RCS soccer program is very strong and it basically funnels a lot of students into our school sports. I mean, that's where my daughter started and the same for CIO for basketball. Is it possible that we can send those flyers home to parents because it is primarily for >> RCS students and it's to serve them >> and further them so that then they are interested when they come to school for sports. >> They should reach out to me. >> Okay. >> Generally, we'll approve them that they would have to provide them. >> Yeah. No, >> you know, folded whatever and the number there's already one or two that I've approved. >> Okay. >> We did go we went through that. I
063think we approved the process. That's what I thought. We had that discussion I think last year or was it the year before that or the year before where we went through and we said we if if it was youth connected programs and the the process I think it was to submit to the superintendent and that stuff could be approved to be >> but I understand not inundating families with non-necessary things but generally at least on some of the Facebook groups parents are asking about those things anyway so they want to have that information. >> There was a p I think that's why you guys brought it. There was a pendulum issue. There's so many things going on at one point and controversial things and people's personal businesses. So at that time the district said none
064>> but that doesn't solve the problem either. So I think that's you guys came up with >> Yes. >> RCS soccer ci wrestling like those things are things that are going to funnel our students that will become our student athletes. >> it was brought up as a free speech issue >> where if you allow one you then can't restrict additional viewpoints if you don't agree with them. So we set the ground rules. We set some parameters and the parameters being primary participation by students. >> Correct. >> Community based um organizations, things like that. So I don't recall how we documented it. >> Was it a policy? >> I don't believe it was a policy. I think it was a process that Superintendent Bailey had put together with some parameters around what >> we as a
065board deemed appropriate to be sent home from classrooms. What was surrounding that? Primary participation by RCS students, community based organizations like the RCS soccer club and >> baseball teams and P Warner things like that >> because I know one of the stated goals for the athletics department is to like increase the relationship with youth sports because they do know that they funnel into student athletes. >> So, yeah. Girl Scouts was another one >> participation nonprofit charitable purpose, >> right? And we do have troops that are within this district. >> Yeah. So the the answer I guess then is submit to >> superintendent review and approval. >> Yeah. >> I had one other issue. I was here two weekends ago to watch my nephew's popner game on the field and I was sitting with the opposing
066team. Sorry, he goes to get alert. But the somebody came out and said that the cars were going to get towed that were parked on the grass. I know it seems silly, but um is there like signage saying no parking? I that seems silly, but I don't know where they were parking on the grass and who issued that comment or if it was just a decision by the team. So, I don't know if we want to send information like to have the popers tell their teams to not park on the grass. I didn't see any cars on the grass, so I'm not sure where that statement came from, but >> no idea. >> It was not. >> You were not that game, were you? Oh, >> there's a different one. She's admitting to >> she's
067getting towed. >> Yeah, people should be >> on there like a tow truck is coming and people are like >> she's talking about >> jogging to like move their >> obvious reason why we do it of course is the more people do that then it becomes dirt and then you get mud and >> I'm not saying they should park again probably >> and also we have lots of parking. I understand that you have to walk further but we do have like five parking lots >> to choose from. I'm just watching Mel's face. >> All right. Anything else? >> All right. Old business. The only item we have in there is the Athletic Code of Conduct, which I believe we're waiting for Zach to get Philip to speed on, and we'll address at that point. >>
068Y. >> All right. Does anybody have anything else before I ask for a motion to enter into exec? >> Okay. And I will ask for a motion to enter into executive session to discuss matters uh pertaining to employment of a particular individual uh as well as matters pertaining to an individual that are confidential under state law. >> First motion >> motion Ed second Melanie all in favor. >> I and we'll be taking we'll have no further business once we come out. Thank you everybody.