001at the Long Island Children's Museum. And in May, PSG's mobile electric safety unit will visit for a live demonstration. As Danny Zuku would say, it's electrifying. Three, two, one, blast. The cradle of aviation took our fifth grade on a journey through aeronomics with the rest heading there next week. Students tooured the museum explored the worldrenowned Sky Dome to study constellations and participated in an engineering class showcasing cuttingedge innovations. They can't wait to return, especially since there wasn't time to visit the souvenir shop. On March 20th, our fifth and sixth graders will compete in the first inmath virtual regional contest testing their fluency, problem solving, and critical thinking skills. Good luck to all participants. Miss Feron, Mrs. Aarelli, and the Best Buddies Club made tie-dye socks to raise awareness for World Down Syndrome Day. They'll be
002selling mismatch socks this week with all proceeds benefiting GG's Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center. The fifth grade had a blast celebrating Pi Day. In math class, they rotated through stations solving puzzles and problems involving 3.14. One station featured a delicious chip chocolate chip pie divided into fractions. Throughout the week, students bought tickets to vote for teachers to get pie. On Friday, March 14th, they gathered in the cafeteria to watch Miss Clark, Miss Desmond, and Miss Scan take a pie to the P. Plus, a surprise for Mr. Keegan from Miss Steel. The excitement was high and the event raised funds for indoor resource games. It was a fabulous day of fun and learning. Lastly, looking ahead, we're excited for upcoming events like the fifth and sixth grade spring social and the Washington DC trip field trip
003organized by Miss Aante and Miss Isar. Plus, our sixth grade teachers are representing are preparing to take over 110 students to Shokin Center at the end of the month. And don't forget the final show of our seventh and eighth grade drama. You junior is tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you so much for presenting. Thank you. Excellent job. We love hearing what's going on with the precious down at the middle school. So, thank you so much. Okay, so we'll move to our first recognition tonight. Uh, Mr. Keegan, Miss Steel, come up and maybe call these teachers if they're here. Thank you. Good evening. It's uh it's great to see everyone. All the honores, congratulations. Um Amelia Oh, just an amazing performance. Congratulations to you. Um but an awesome night. Really awesome night. It's wonderful. I see number
004of seniors here. Um seniors in high school. Um, and you've done so many great things and we're so proud of you. And I know when uh Dr. Fischer sees you, when Mrs. Arian sees you, when your teachers see you, we are so proud to see who you've become. We saw you, we tried to help you, and now as juniors and seniors doing amazing things, just makes us so proud. I I didn't uh not want to share that. So, congratulations to all of you. The first honor, and I'm I'm so proud to share in uh is honoring Cole Ye. So before I just get into this little bit, I would like to have Cole come up here so you know who who this guy is and what an amazing kid he is. Please join me in
005recognizing all of [Applause] you. Congratulations for you. We're not gonna make you reading Cole. So, and and just just a little bit about Cole because I know this is uh this is near and dear to everyone's heart. Um every year over nearly 70,000 70,000 um citizens grades six through eight will submit an essay in the VFW, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriots pen essay competition. That's 70,000. They give out up to a million dollars in prize money. We were notified that Cole, a six a sixth grader at our school was named seventh grader, pardon me, was honored, sorry, Cole was honored as the winner of our district's award. He was the first place in our region, VFW region Patriots pen writing competition. This year's topic is what does democracy mean to me? I have Cole's
006essay here for anyone who might want to want to see it later. I'd love for you all to read it because it is everything that we want in our kids. Really, Cole, we're so proud of you. You did an exceptional job. I know you were supported along the way. So, they're not here this evening, unfortunately, but Mrs. Kula, Mrs. Bo are so proud of you. And Mrs. Desar, who coordinates this competition for us, is incredibly proud of you. And lastly, I know this is awful to be embarrassed like this, but the the world needs to know, you came in fourth place in New York State. Fourth place. And you'd be so proud because Levittown, New York, is listed right there, Island Trees Memorial Middle School. And there's not a single uh there's not another student
007in all of Long Island represented on this New York State list. [Applause] You want to get a picture, Mrs. Ye? We're going to take a picture. I'm not sure. [Applause] We gave a copy to all the board members last week. So all the board members essay uh Mr. Kegan is going to stay up here because we have the spelling be very very proud to call up Mrs. Benjamin. Miss Benjamin coordinates our spelling be along with Mrs. Bano and our English chairperson Mrs. Freriedman. So if you would just put your hands together. She works incredibly [Applause] well. Our second place winner. Now again, you all know we're a five through eight school building. The runner up in our entire school is fifth grader. I should double check. Correct. Fifth grade. All right. Is a fifth grader.
008That's incredible. That's over 700 students. Our students do preliminary rounds within their classrooms. They go on to the, you know, the next level of rounds and finally to the final rounds. Miss Benjamin, the finals went on and on. It was the longest and most arduous head-to-head battle of spelling bees since I've been spelling these. And it was amazing. 33 rounds. Wow. Yeah. And on to the next day. So we just Yeah. So Logan was absolutely outstanding. Absolutely outstanding. And Logan [Applause] Thank you. Thank you. a little bit. [Applause] We got Mr. Burns. Mr. Burns. One of the high school administrators want to come up as well as them and the you do the track coaches. Track coaches. So, good evening. Thank you for being here. I your proud athletic director of the trees and I'm
009especially proud to present four of our stellar athletes. And when I say athletes, I want to include them as people as well. We have four young ladies here who were now county champions in winter track in the 4x2 relay. And I want to thank our coaches, Coach Carol, Coach, Coach Travis, Coach Johnson for their dedication, their hard work with not only these girls, but with all of our boys and girls track athletes. Their dedication, their time, and their effort is one of the major reasons why we're able to recognize these girls tonight. Before I interrupt to coach Carol as our head coach, I just want to say that the winter track, the winter season out of all three sports is the long is the longest season. and winter track especially, you are running and running
010and running from November all the way up into early March. And the season itself, the regular season ends somewhere about midFebruary. These girls, they won their county championship. They qualified for the states and past the regular season, they're running in the hallways. They're running outside. They're with the coaches six days a week training in order to move on to the states. So, they are fierce competitors, but I I definitely want to repeat the fact that they're even better people, and we're especially proud of you for your accomplishments uh this season. So, [Applause] congratulations. Present our winners tonight. Before we get started, I work with some really great people. Mike Pay, Clara Travis, and uh Ryan Johnson. These guys are fantastic. Um it's my fourth year here and I I will say I've known uh all
011these girls since they were freshman. And uh it's finally come to fruition that we have a state, you know, that we went to states and we are county champions. Uh little background to that. Last year we were in the county championship and we lost to Malurn. This year we're in the county championship and we beat Malver twice because we beat him again in state cues. The first time uh the girls were I mean I was so quiet up in the stands you couldn't hear things like that. The second time they ran I think I was a little loud but uh the girls finished 12th in New York State in division two. So think about that with all the high schools just like these guys. They finished 12th in division two in the 4x2 relay which
012was at Ocean Breeze on March 8th. And to be honest, you know, like Mr. Burns just said, we spent a lot of time outdoors in the snow. Not the snow, but in the cold. The only thing indoor about indoor track is the meat. Everything else is outside. So, it's a true testament to their uh hard work and their stick tuitiveness and uh giving me suggestions every other day. We got to where we were. I will have I will I'm gonna bring up Vanna. Come on [Applause] up. I you would never know, but Brianna is one of the greatest lead persons I have ever seen. So, she's she's a tremendous competitor. She's a team captain. She keeps everybody together and uh she's she's a she's a good role model for everybody. [Applause] Brin realized how fast
013Brin was because when Bren started out that we brought her up as an eighth grader and she was doing high jump and she did some running and um I think Miss Stella kind of coached me into doing Yeah. And every time I make a suggestion it's like be quiet, don't be talking to my mother. I'm just happy with what I'm doing here. No, she has a she's a very talented and I didn't realize how fast she was until we got her on the 4x2 and she did a great job for us this year. Um, Kayla Cortez on the team since 8th grader and Kayla is just phenomenal. She's uh she's track in and out 100% and she's always got suggestions for me what to do with the world. So I appreciate everything she says. Jillian
014thank this was our first deal with winter trap and she was actually the lynch pin to this whole thing because I knew about the three of them but we were looking for our fourth leg and she became our ankle leg and to be quite honest and frank she was debating between basketball and track and she wound up she was doing both but uh I better. I I would prefer, you know, and it proved that it proved that very well. We're looking forward to big things from these four in the spring and I couldn't be happier. All the things I've done in track, this is the most uh satisfying thing that I' I've been associated with being county champs and going to the states. So, thank you very much. And uh they're going to nationals tomorrow
015morning. They're leaving it. going down to Virginia Beach. So, you'll be there for a couple days and uh I hope you have a good time. I hope you have a great experience and uh bring back those bags and uh and Okay, thank you very much. [Music] [Applause] I'm going to stand up here. Oh, there's Ryan. Call upberg. So, in addition to our our track athletes, we are very proud to present a Nassau County champion in wrestling. This particular athlete has been a phenomenal free sport athlete for us. Um, he's graduating this year. I'm going to be sorry to see him go. He is not only a great athlete, he is a tremendous role model. Whether it's football, wrestling, or lacrosse, I can't tell you how many times I'll be standing on the sideline and I'll
016I'll hear the other team or the other coaches say something positive about this young man or about what a fierce competitor he is. And Joe Felicamo we would like to recognize tonight for becoming the threetime Nassau County Champion in wrestling for Island Trees. It is the first time in our tree's history we have ever had a threetime county champion and that's something to be very very proud of. So I would before calling Joe up I would like to acknowledge coach Vinberg. Unfortunately coach Garcia uh could not be here tonight but their hard work and dedication and helping Joe get to where he's at in addition to Joe Spears competitiveness getting him there on his own. Um, that combination is the reason why I'm proud to present Joe Felico as the only three-time Nasser County Wrestling
017[Applause] Champion. Joe is also one of in the entire entire history of Choose Wrestling, which is quite a story history. Uh Joe is one of a handful of wrestlers to be a member of the Century Club, which means that in his career, he's achieved over 100 victories on the map. [Applause] I just want to say congratulations to Joe. Um we did coaching Joe for a long time. Taught him in football. He was all county football player. compliment mentioned football player and uh lacrosse player all county lacrosse player and he's going to play lacrosse at LU and wrestling is actually his third sport just want to recognize him and just say thank you [Applause] Thank you. So, we typically in this time, especially for the for the for the young ladies here, uh we give everyone
018about a five minute head start to head out the door so you can get some sleep as you're heading down to Virginia. And we give the parents and and the students a chance to to leave before we finish their board business. is not very exciting, but if you want to stay and be bored, go ahead. If you needed a little something to get you to sleep tonight early, stay around. But if not, thank you very much. Congratulations to the kids and their [Applause] parents. Congratulations. What's your time? meeting about the agenda. Anybody? All those in favor. All right, we're going to move to our action items. Action item number one, please. Final part. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Action item number two, approval of winter track 10 qualifiers to
019participate in indoor track and field championship in Staten Island, New York. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I oppose. Motion carried. Action item number three, please. Approval of bowling individual qualifiers to participate in the bowling championship at Syracuse, New York. Second. Any questions? All those in favor I oppose. Motion carries. Action item number four of revised policy number 110-R school district records regulation first reading second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Action of new policies 224 member of the board first reading. Any questions? All those in favor? I oppose. Motion carries. Action item number six, please. Approval to retire policy number 5300-R Island School student discipline demarit system. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Action item number seven, approval of new policy 8113 extreme conditions first reading.
020Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Action item. Number eight, approval of special education provider agency contract. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I oppose. Motion carries. Action. Number n. Approval of a budget transfer within OC's codes. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Action of the recent approval of budget transfer to eliminate negative balances after February payroll reestablish second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Action item number 11. Approval of the updated final quotion board the endbond phase 6 project 002. Any questions? All those in favor? I oppos. Motion carries. Action item number 12. Approval of annual district July 8th, 2025. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Action item number 13. Approval of the 2526 budget code
021trustee election. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Action item number four, approval to declare surplus and dispose of four transit. Oh, sorry. Uh, approval of CSEA employee benefited funds agreements. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Action number 15, approval to declare surplus and dispose of Ford transit. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I oppose. Motion carried. Action item number 16. Approval to declare surplus and dispose of music equipment. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I oppose. Motion carries. Action item number 70. Approval to declare surplus and dispose of cafeteria equipment. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Number 18, approval to declare surplus and dispose of athletic equipment. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried.
022Action item 19, approval to declare surplus and dispose of the facility. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed to Gary. Action item number 20, approval of fire safety service bid renewal for the 2526 school year. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Action on the 21. Approval of vehicle repair and maintenance paid renewal for the 2025 2026 school year. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Action number 22, approval of window blazing repairs, parts, film, and replacement bid renewal for the 202526 school year. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Action item 23. Approval of special testing and inspections bid renewal for 2526 school year. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Action item 24, approval of
023environmental consulting, laboratory testing and inspection services bid renewal for the 2025 26 school year. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Action number 25, approval of change order number one with Contract Incorporated for full bond phase 2 high school gym project number 003- 044. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Action on 26, approval of use of buildings. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Action item 27. Approval of personnel report. Second. Any questions? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Personnel report. We hired a new part-time uh technology coding elementary teacher at the middle school to replace someone who just resigned for a position down in Virginia. So, we have Richard Apolla who's going to be the co teacher. [Music] All
024right, Bridge. No pressure. Was that really boring or good? All right. Uh, let the record uh reflect the board accepts a financial report for January 25. And uh any visitors older in business? No. All right. To adjourn. All those in favor? I I motion carry. Good night. Thank you guys so much.