CBSD School Board Meeting May 2026

001I'd like to call to order the May 28th, 2026 Central Bucks School District School Board meeting. Those who are able, please rise for the pledge of allegiance. Sorry. It's very stuck. I'm stuck. Help. Somebody help. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Mrs. Radcliffe, will you please take roll call? Mr. Kamali? Present Present. Mrs. Foley? Present. Mrs. Gibson? Here. Mr. Harry? Here. Mr. Kinyata? Here. Mrs. O'Connor? Here. Mrs. Smith? Here. President Reynolds? Here. I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Amuso for announcement of executive sessions. Since our last meeting, the board met in executive session, I believe on May 13th, for labor relations matters and before this meeting

002to discuss labor relations. Thank you very much. Before we get to Dr. Malone's superintendent report, I'd like to make a brief statement. The district and CB ESPA have participated in multiple negotiation sessions regarding a new contract agreement for support staff employees, including yesterday. Our negotiation teams will meet again tomorrow morning for the 10th time. Discussions have been productive and both the district administration and board remain committed to continuing good faith negotiations toward reaching a fair and sustainable agreement with a focus on upfront pay increases for our valued employees. Thank you, and I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Malone. Did I miss- Thank you, Mrs. O'Connor ... Mrs. Reynolds. No. Sorry. Yeah. Good evening, everyone, and thank you to the Femme Forte acapella group from CB East. Let's give them a round of applause

003please. They will be performing at tomorrow's high school acapella showcase at that other high school in Doylestown. I'll say it, CB West. More info is on the slide. And for that, we'll move right into the See the Good and Be the Good. We always appreciate showcasing the talents of our students and the ways they contribute to our schools. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week. The teacher I want to shout out to is Ms. Collins. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week. The teacher I want to shout out to is Ms. Collins, my second-grade teacher. Keeping the theme of See the Good, Be the Good, we'll go to... I believe this is going to be our last student lock screen event since we won't have students at our next board meeting. So I'll turn it over to Mr. Jaffe. Okay, thanks,

004Dr. Malone. This year, we've honored eight student winners, including tonight's winner, whose artwork appeared in thousands of devices across Central Bucks. The previous winners were from Butler Elementary, Warwick Elementary, Holicong, Tamminen, Unami, and CB West. Tonight, we congratulate Anna Yan, and I didn't see her walk in. We have a seat saved for you. Are you here in the audience today? Okay, so we're going to honor her anyway. Anna Yan, a seventh grader at Lenape. She's here. Oh, she is here. I didn't see her. Hi. Oh, all right. Come on up, Anna, while we're talking. Sorry, I didn't see you behind the clear touch. That's okay. Let me start again. Tonight, we congratulate Anna Yan, so give a round of applause. Thank you. You're going to go and you can have a seat. Anna's work is

005based on the theme for May, See the Good, Be the Good through action. Anna shared the following, "My digitally drawn image shows a student working on a mural for the school wall. This relates to the theme of action because it shows this person is acting upon things to work on this mural while giving a positive message." Anna, congratulations, and she has chosen for her gift card for this month Rita's Water Ice, which is her favorite place. And again, thank you, Anna, for your work. Thank you, Mr. Jaffe. Next, we'd like to recognize a member of our staff for an incredible achievement. Congratulations to Beth Madden, a teacher at Holicong Middle School, who was recently named the grand prize winner of the Citadel Heart of Learning AwardBeth was honored by Citadel and Holicong at a ceremony

006on March 16th, where both she and the school received awards of $5,000. Beth was recognized for the extraordinary impact she makes on students, schools, and the community. Her dedication to her students and colleagues makes her incredibly deserving of this honor. Please join me in congratulating Beth on this outstanding recognition. You can leave. Never know if I have to go up or not. We'll now recognize 12 outstanding student musicians who were selected for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association All-Star Ensembles. From CB East, Damon Beierschmitt. Yep, come on up. Ryan Federkowitz. Dylan Hargrove. Sarah McLean. Santiago Zirate-Martinez. Anna Nicotra. Sophia Schweitzer. And Max Zhao. From CB West, Abhinav Medi. Frankie Sikora. Eliana Song. And William Yam. Selections to PMEA All-State Ensembles is one of the highest honors a student musician can achieve in Pennsylvania. These students advanced

007through highly competitive district and regional festivals to earn a place among the best student musicians in the state. We congratulate these students, their families, and their teachers on this tremendous accomplishment. Thank you all. Congratulations. Thank you for all the hard work. Mr. Groover's going to help me pass out the certificates. We should be thanking him for all his hard work, too. Next, we have our STEM Research recognition. I do see Mr. Hayden, I believe, here. This year, I'm excited to report that CBSD students enjoyed unprecedented success in research competitions. Tonight, we'll recognize students who earned first place awards at the Delaware Valley Science Fair and beyond. I've asked Mr. Hayden, a research advisor and coordinator of our CB Biotech Partnership Program, to present about these achievements. Mr. Hayden, please come to the podium, if you

008don't mind, and share about these students. Thank you, Dr. Malone. Thank you to the board and to the members of the administration. Each year, under the guidance of CBSD teachers, dozens of our students enter STEM research projects in various competition. These competitions highlight weeks, months, or even years of work in STEM fields. Delaware Valley Science Fair, DVSF, is a STEM research competition for students who advance beyond the county level. As shown in the graphic, this regional competition is attended by students coming from the entire state of Delaware, the southern half of New Jersey, and all of southeastern Pennsylvania. This year, CBSD had 64 winners at this regional event. 11 of those winners earned first place, meaning that they were the top project in their category at their grade level. Six of our students were medalists,

009meaning they were one of the top three projects in any category for their grade level. Students, when your name is called, we're going to ask you please to exit this way, to come in front of the stage, and to join us in the front to get a picture. If you could please wait there till all the names are called, we'll take one group shot at the end. Please help me to recognize the following first-place winners. Ishani Yates, Tamanend Middle School, "Using Machine Learning to Build a Litter Detecting Web Application." Sophia Balles, Holicong Middle School, "Who Let the Dogs Out? Environmental Impact on Canine Health." Lucas Vicente Mendoza, Central Bucks High School South, Survival and Recovery of Tardigrades Under Simulated Mars Surface Conditions with Varying Soil Burial Depth. Kaylee Raison, Central Bucks West High School, Impact

010of Photocatalysts in Permeable Membranes on Toxins in Water. Advon Balachander, Central Bucks High School West, Developing a CNS Drug Delivery Mechanism to Improve the Efficacy of Neurotherapeutics. All first place in their category at their grade level for our highly populated region of the United States. The remaining six students earned medals at DVSF, earning first place in their category. They were then identified as one of the top three projects in any category at their grade level. The first is Anisha Chiruvu. Anisha, an eighth-grader from Tamiment Middle School, earned a first-place prize for her project entitled, Guidant: A Multimodal Agentic AI System for Supportive Dialogue in Adolescents. Anisha was then recognized with the Silver Medal for grades 6 through 8, meaning she was judged as the second-best project in any category among students in grades 6 through

0118, again, the entire state of Delaware, the southern half of New Jersey, and all of southeastern Pennsylvania. Anisha has earned an invitation to compete in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, the top research competition for middle school students. Anisha earned the same invitation last year and was identified as a top 300 project in the 2025 event. How about a hand for Anisha Chiruvu, please? The remaining five students were recognized as medalists at the high school level. These students earned all-expenses-paid trips to compete at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, ISEF, which occurred in Phoenix, Arizona, from May 11th through 15th. They are Aditya Kamble, bronze medal, grade 10, Central Bucks High School South, Multimodal Sparse Transformer: An Alpha-Fold Inspired Computational Framework for Solving the Degrees of Freedom Problem in High-Efficiency Prosthetic Control. Abhiram

012Kakarla, bronze medal, grade 11, Central Bucks High School South, Developing a CNP-Based Therapy to Strengthen Dysregulated Connective Tissue Signaling in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Srijith Krishnamoorthy, gold medal, grade 12, Central Bucks High School South, Bioengineering Novel Peptide-Based Therapies for Corin Mutation Regulation Associated with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Again, emphasizing because it bears emphasis that the gold medal winner, Srijith, is the number one senior-level project in the tri-state area. How about a hand for all of our first three ISEF finalists? We've saved our last two ISEF finalists for the very end. The first is Athena Mann, the grade 12 silver medalist at DVSF. Athena's project called Development of a Curcumin-Based Pentraxin Conjugate for Targeted Cancer Therapy. In addition to her silver medal, Athena won numerous special awards at DVSF. Athena went on to win a special award at the

013international event in Phoenix. The award from the Drug, Chemical, and Associated Technology Association came with a $5,000 prize. Could we please give Athena Mann a round of applause? And finally, we recognize Snan Sharma, a sophomore from CB East High School. Snan earned the grade 10 gold medal at DVSF with his project called A Faster Algorithm for Solving Constant and Variable Delay Differential Equations via Quantum Block Encoding.I am excited to report that Sneyen earned a third place in the software design category at the international event in Phoenix. He also earned a first-place special award from the Association for Computing Machinery. All told, Sneyen earned $5,200 in his trip to Phoenix, Arizona. Though he couldn't be here tonight, I'm hoping he'll be able to hear your round of applause from his house this evening. How about a

014round of applause for Sneyen? As the students gather for their photo, I would like to acknowledge the CBSD teacher sponsors who supported tonight's winners. They are Judith Elenow, CB East High School at Holicong Middle School, Erica Gamble, Tamanend Middle School, Mark Hayden, CBSD Biotechnology Partnership Program, Diane Liddington, CB West High School, Jacqueline McDowell, Tamanend Middle School, Michelle Rhodes, CB South High School. I would also like to acknowledge the hard work of the scientists who mentor our students. These community members, neighbors, and friends devote hours to training, supervising, and guiding our students. We are particularly appreciative of the PA Biotechnology Center staff who's involved in our partnership program. We would also like to thank Dr. Jerry Michaud, who's assisted our high school students for years. Thank you. I would just like to add, is this working?

015I know whenever Mr. Hayden shows up with his brilliant students, I'm going to be feeling really dumb by the end of the presentation. But thank you for everything that you do, Mr. Hayden. Of course. Okay, while proud parents get their pictures. I understand. You got to get that great shot. We're going to move on to tonight's agenda. What you'll see on tonight's agenda. For the '26, '27 final approval, the board will consider approval of three Act 1 resolutions related to the district's final budget for the '26, '27 school year. The proposed millage increase is 5.7%, resulting in an increase of approximately $334 for a typical home assessed at $40,000 for tax purposes. For context, the average annual tax increase in Central Bucks over the past 15 years has been approximately $91, and the district continues

016to rank in the bottom quartile among surrounding districts in overall tax burden. The board will consider approval of the homestead and farmstead exceptions and the district's final budget in the amount of approximately $460.4 million. Since March, the projected deficit has been reduced from approximately 22.3 million to $19.4 million, primarily through reductions in salary and benefit costs. The administration will continue reviewing expenditures and identifying opportunities to further reduce the deficit while maintaining the quality of programs and services our community expects. The board will also consider approval of a proposal from the Educational Furniture Solutions for furniture purchases associated with the district's grade realignment work at CB East, South, West, and Mill Creek. These purchases would furnish new classrooms and common spaces as the district continues preparing for next year's transition. The proposal is being offered through

017the COSTAR's cooperative purchasing program, which provides discounted pricing. Additional agenda items include approval related to water systems projects at CB East and Holicong. As many in our community know, the district has been conducting ongoing PFOS testing in accordance with DEP requirements and advancing plans for a new water supply and treatment system serving both schools. Tonight, the board will consider approval of construction contracts for the project, representing another important step in ensuring safe, reliable drinking water for students and staff. Finally, I want to highlight several updated and revised courses of study across music and English language arts for approval. These included updated sixth-grade music courses and revised English language arts courses for grades six through 10, including academic honors, advanced, and intervention offerings. The board will also consider to develop an AP seminar course for potential

018implementation during the '27, '28 school year. One more agenda item I want to specifically recognize is the recommended appointment of Kristi Corcoran as the next principal of Warwick Elementary School. Who's- Congratulations, Kristi ... who's here, Dr. Maloney. Oh, there she is. With her family. I was looking at her earlier, too. There you are. Stand up and be recognized. Congratulations, Kristi Corcoran.Thank you, Dr. Zaleski. Mrs. Corcoran has served as the assistant principal of Groveland Elementary School for the past three years and was a teacher at Cook's Elementary School for 13 years. She will take over for Mr. Brian Finger, who is retiring in August. Brian and Christie will work together this summer to support a smooth transition. Thank you, Brian, for your service, and welcome, Christie, to your new role. Finally, graduation is just around the

019corner, and we are proud to celebrate nearly 1,500 graduates across our three high schools. Congratulations to 433 graduates from CB East, the 590 graduates from CB South, the 468 graduates from CB West, and all their families and loved ones. Graduation ceremonies will take place on Thursday, June 11th. Rain or shine on the 12th. We wish these students the very best in their future endeavors. Thank you to all our students and all those who help get those students to where they need to be on June 11th. So, thank you. Yep. I pass it over to Mrs. Reynolds. That brings us to the first period of public comments, and this is on agenda items only. Persons wishing to make public comment were required to register prior to the start of tonight's meeting. If current CB students register

020to speak, they will be permitted to do so first. Please note that the first period of public comment is for agenda items only, except for students who may speak about any topic. Public comment is not intended to be a question-and-answer session. When you begin your comment, please indicate which items you're speaking about. Regarding the minutes that appear on the agenda items, you will be-- Oh, sorry. Agenda comment is limited to approval of the minutes, not their content. If your comments are not about agenda items, you will be asked to stop speaking, and you will be permitted to speak during the second period of public comment. If a question is posed, the individual may be referred to the superintendent for follow-up. When your name is called, please approach the podium and begin by stating your name

021and municipality. Each speaker is allotted three minutes. You will be asked to cease your comments at three minutes. We kindly ask that all comments be directed to the board as a whole rather than to individual members. We appreciate your cooperation in maintaining a respectful environment. Please be considerate of all speakers and their opinions, including those that differ from your own. Thank you for understanding. And with that, we do have a student tonight, Kelsey Monroe, coming up to the podium. Hi, my name is Kelsey Monroe, and I'm a freshman at Holicong. I wanted to be here tonight because I think what I have to say is quite important. This year, I was chosen to participate in a collaborative gym class with some of the special education students at my school. I went in not really knowing

022what to expect, and I was really nervous. It was genuinely one of the most eye-opening experiences that's ever occurred in my life. I have formed such strong bonds with the kids I work with, and they truly have changed my life. I work with the aides assisting the students every day. When I first watched these aides work, I was kind of in awe because it's not just helping. It's knowing exactly how to communicate with each kid, whether it's through an electronic device or with their own voice. They know exactly when to step in, when to give space, and how to keep someone calm if they're struggling. It can be very difficult to communicate with students with special needs. The kids get frustrated and overstimulated when they can't voice their feelings. There have been times when students

023have had episodes, and the aides attempting to assist the kids have gotten physically injured. Yet those aides continue to come back day after day, and that's not something most people would do. It takes a special person to do that. My mom is a regular education assistant at one of the elementary schools in the district. So for years, I've been hearing about how hard the support staff works. And when people hear educational assistant, they don't fully understand the scope of the job. I didn't either until I started to work directly with these incredible PCAs. The PCAs I have worked closely with have truly opened my eyes to the lack of respect the support staff receives. These skilled people are doing really hard work that requires immense amounts of patience and dedication. These professionals are the pillars

024that hold up each and every school in the district. Without them, our schools would simply fail. The work that these dedicated staff members put in does not match the pay that they are receiving. I'm 15, so sadly, I don't get a vote, but I'm a student in this district, and these are people who show up every day for kids like me and my classmates. That means something to me, and I hope it means something to you, too. Please give them the contract they deserve. Thank you. Thank you. Paula Vogel. So, first I want to thank Kelsey. Thank you very much, Kelsey, for offering your testimony and in support of the educational support staff in Central Bucks. So I am an employee at Lenape Middle School. I'm an educational assistant, and I'm also a taxpayer in

025Central Bucks. I live in Chalfont borough. And I am questioning, and I disagree with the proposal to hire three ninth-grade house principals at the three high schools, which I think is not an essential role. Central Bucks South, it has a principal-to-student ratio of 1,700 with just Currently three house principals and the senior principal. So I do not see a need for, and I'm questioning why you are proposing to hire a ninth-grade house principal at each of the three high schools, which probably will cost the district half a million dollars in salary and benefits every year. While at the same time, the proposal is to, while hiring the three ninth-grade house principals, to remove the dean of students, which I think is an essential job. I work at Lennebe Middle School, and I see the dean

026of students as very essential to the ongoing flow of the school and also handling many discipline problems, including vandalism in the bathrooms. So the dean of students is very present in the hallways. And also, I don't see the necessity of hiring these very expensive salary positions, which again, probably will cost the district and taxpayers in excess of half a million dollars for these ninth-grade house principals, while at the same time being very frugal with the educational support staff and not offering us a fair salary increase in the next five-year contract. So I think that the public knew, I think many taxpayers would not see the necessity of these additional top-heavy administrators at each of the high schools. CB South is handling 1,700 students per principal well enough, and I don't think this is a necessity

027while removing the five deans of students at the middle schools and also seeking to economize on the salary increases for the educational support staff, which we are essential to the ongoing activities of the school every single day. So I would like to ask the board to reconsider and do not vote to approve the hiring of the ninth-grade house principals at each of the three high schools. Thank you. I think many taxpayers would agree with me. Okay, next. Thank you. Barbara Louderback. Hi. Hello again. Hi again. Hi, guys. Hello, I'm Barbara Louderback, and I'm a couple of weeks away from retirement from CB as a school counselor, and I'd like to share with you my experience with a critical position in the middle schools that was dropped in the budget. Our dean of students significantly impacts

028the safety and security of our schools by the work they do with our students. We know that learning can't happen unless our kids feel safe. Our school communities have done a great deal to build physical safety, and with our dean of students positions, we have also been able to work together to increase making our students feel safe socially and emotionally as well. At Holly Kong, our admin team, counselors, security person, and dean of students meet regularly to review our student body needs for our attention and support. For many years, we were in a pattern of triaging students with our situations with our kids. We were reacting instead of acting. With our dean of students, we have been able to focus on the daily positives and plan instead. Our district uses the MTSS system, and therefore

029we also use the SWIBIS, which is the School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support. Our dean, Karen Luvolo, heads up the positive behavior support this year, has been significant in its increase in positive communication between home and school. In fact, Karen sent home close to 3,000 emails recognizing the good things that our students did that impact the climate and safety of our school. Karen builds relationships with our kids. She tracks attendance and communicates with students and their parents to support our kids being at school. She handles some discipline referrals, and she created all of the restorative practices lessons that they need to complete, and she processes those lessons with the students. Not to mention the huge role she plays in technology support for our students and our staff. Karen can be somewhat flexible in her schedule

030to be able to respond to behavior issues in the moment, which is pretty critical in a middle school. Our middle schools of 700, 800, and 900 students have utilized the position of dean of students to the fullest. Not only the supervision that they give, but the essential role they contribute as part of the school team that is student-centered. It is all about taking care of our kids. Without this position, there is no way our schools can offer the same level of attention needed to continue these important initiatives. I share all this with you to implore that you restore the position of dean of students back into the middle schools next year. I understand that you are all making very difficult financial decisions. I chose to speak tonight not because I'll benefit from this decision, because

031I'll be retired, but because my point of view and my experience is about how critical this dean job is. Oh, all the things our deans that they do cannot be communicated in three minutes, and they can also not be absorbed by other people in the school. It will be to the significant detriment of our school students if the myriad duties they fulfill for our students must be eliminated if this position is not to be restored. Thank you for your consideration. Thank you. Deneen Dry. Good evening. Deneen Dry, CB ESPA president. Speaking to finances, I guess. I actually wasn't going to speak tonight, because I think you all know where we stand. The question is, are you listening? The other reason I wasn't going to speak tonight is because I agree with you. We've met 10

032times. Actually, I'll correct that. We've met 11 times because we've met today, and we're going to meet again tomorrow, and we still want to keep a respect of negotiations. We don't want to go where our membership has voted to go. But it's going to take a lot of work, and we have 32 days to get that accomplished, and we're ready to do that, and we're ready to continue the fight. But I want to just take a second to talk about what happened this evening. And Mr. Amuso, if you so call me on time, then I'll just say it at the end of the second period. We held a peaceful rally outside tonight. We have not name-called anyone. We haven't called this board out for anything because this is part of the process. But what we

033did hear over the walkie-talkie tonight was to please allow the board members to come into the gym entrance so that they could avoid the circus. So let me tell you, it was someone on this stage. I am not a monkey, and I am not a clown, and I will direct the comment to the person who made that. If that's the way you want these negotiations to go, let's go. 32 days. Thank you. Great. Thank you. Christina Bucci. Good evening. My name's Christina Bucci, and I am a Central Bucks parent from Chalfont Borough. Tonight, I want to sincerely thank the board, administration, and Mr. Kratz for the time and effort that have gone into evaluating the AP Capstone program and for bringing AP Seminar forward for consideration. Over the past several months, I've spoken frequently about

034AP Capstone because I truly believe it fills an important gap in our current offerings. AP Seminar and AP Research are not simply additional AP classes. They are interdisciplinary courses focused on research, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. These are the exact skills colleges increasingly identify as essential for long-term academic success. I also believe that these courses help address an issue many families are already navigating, students trying to balance rigorous schedules while still pursuing meaningful interests, leadership opportunities, research, and healthy lives outside of school. AP Capstone creates a structured space for deeper inquiry and independent thinking in a way that complements our existing AP offerings rather than competing with them. I especially appreciate that the district has approached this thoughtfully and carefully. Reaching out to neighboring districts and internal stakeholders demonstrates a commitment to implementing programs responsibly

035and intentionally, and I am grateful for that process. I'm incredibly encouraged to see this conversation progressing in such a meaningful way. I believe AP Capstone will become another example of Central Bucks continuing to invest in diverse pathways for student growth, rigor, and academic excellence. Thank you again for your time, your research, and your continued consideration. Thank you. With that, we're concluding first round of public comment. Moving on to approval of the meeting minutes. Looking for approval on item 4A, approval of school board meeting minutes from the April 23rd, 2026 meeting. So- Sorry. That was moved by Mr. Haring. There you go. Second. Second by Mrs. Gibson. Any questions or comments? Hearing none, all in favor? Aye. Any nay? Any objections? Abstain. I wasn't here. Oh, any abstentions? Okay. Yes. Thank you. That's fair. Okay, so

036motion passes 8-0-1, one abstention. I'll pass this down. Thank you. Okay. And we'll move on to school board report. The Education Committee, Mrs. O'Connor. Hi, everyone. The Education Committee met on May 7th, and we discussed a few things that are going to be coming to the board tonight for approval. First, I want to send a congratulations to Mr. Gruber and the music department on being named Outstanding Community for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants. They've gotten this award a number of years, and I just want to extend another congratulations there. Mr. Gruber was also there to present music courses for the following: Band 6, Chorus 6, Orchestra 6, and Exploring Music for grades six, seventh, and eighth, and that will all be on the board agenda for this evening. Also, we had

037some updates for our language arts courses. Our language arts supervisor, Michelle Myers, and our middle school literacy coach, Lindsay Musolino, I hope I'm saying that correctly, came to present courses of study. The overviews of Language Arts 6, Academic English Language 7 and 8, Advanced English 7 and 8, English Language Arts Intervention 7 and 8, Academic English 9 and 10, Honors English 9 and 10. These classes were all presented to usAnd the committee agreed to move these to the full board for the vote tonight. And also adding to what was mentioned in public comment, we will be moving to the board tonight approval for the development of AP Seminar to be offered in the 2027 to 2028 school year. And I want to thank all the teachers for their hard work in developing those programs. And

038our next meeting will be on June 4th at 6:00 PM, so we encourage everybody who's available to please attend. Thank you, Mrs. O'Connor. Moving on to policy, Mrs. Smith? Sure. Thank you. We have two policies on the agenda tonight for first read, 815.1 on AI. Mr. Jaffee presented a fairly lengthy discussion on this policy at the meeting. It's a first draft of the policy, and we do expect to spend some more time on it. And then 819, Suicide Awareness and Prevention. There was just a minor language change in that policy, and both policies are on the agenda for tonight. I don't know the date of our next meeting because my computer keeps freezing . So that's all I have. Thank you. Do you want me to pull it? Hold on. I can pull it up.

039Hold on. I just didn't have the meeting minutes open. The next scheduled meeting is June 18th. Sorry. Thank you. And that would be at 6:00 PM. Moving on to finance and operations. Mr. Haring had a prior commitment that day, so Mr. Knicata is going to give the report. Yes. Thank you. The Finance and Operations Committee met on May 14th. The committee reviewed the final budget for fiscal year '26-'27 and considered a range of operational agreements and capital projects. Administration presented the final '26-'27 budget with expenses of roughly $460.4 million against $440.9 million in revenues, leaving a projected deficit of approximately $19.4 million. And as Dr. Golino mentioned, the budget includes a 5.7% tax increase. Administration has taken steps to reduce costs. The realignment staffing plan was restructured to use current teachers and staff rather than

040new hires, reducing the number of new positions from 103 to 29, saving approximately $5.3 million. Operations is applying for multiple grants for capital projects. Administration is reducing the amount of money being transferred to the capital fund next year, and the district is also looking to restart school-initiated property tax assessment appeals to bring in additional revenue. These steps and the proposed tax increase have reduced the projected deficit for next year, but they are not sufficient to close a gap of the size that we have. This is why administration is recommending the full 5.7% increase, which is the maximum that was permitted under the PA Act 1 special education exemption. The committee and administration discussed how tax increases at this level are not a sustainable annual strategy. Relying on maximum tax increases year after year is not

041a path the district wants to take. Administration committed to developing a three-year plan to reduce costs that will bring revenues and expenses into balance. That work is already beginning. The Finance and Operations Committee will discuss building utilization across the district at its June 4th meeting. That discussion about how our facilities are being used and what the data tells us about the right size and shape of our operations is the first step- Just a reminder- ... in the planning process to eliminate the deficit. In addition to the budget discussion, there were other items on the agenda. For the ninth grade students will be added to the Naviance college and career planning platform. The annual special education service agreement with the Bucks County Intermediate Unit was advanced, and the shared technology LEOLS consortium agreement with the BCIU

042was renewed. Annual competitive bids for classroom supplies and team sports equipment were approved. A five-year K through 12 student photography contract was awarded to C&C Photo Studios. A new five-year transportation contract with First Student through 2030-'31 was advanced, and a contract with Assist Services was proposed as a cost-saving alternative for out-of-district special transportation needs. Facility projects advanced include a sealant replacement project at Warwick, summer flooring renovation at five buildings, furniture for realignment classrooms at CB East, CB South, and CB West, and Mill Creek. The water system replacement at CB East and Holly Farm, and the underground storage tank removal at CB East. The broader '26-'27 capital projects plan, totaling approximately $7.8 million in district costs, was also reviewed, covering elevator modernizations, roof replacements, HVAC, and playground projects. In addition to those items, there was also

043a couple information items that we reviewed. As mentioned earlier, administration presented a process for restarting the school district-initiated property tax assessment appeals, and the solicitor will prepare a draft resolution policy update for the board to consider at a future meeting. Administration also introduced an exploration of new digital video scoreboards at the three high school stadiums. The scoreboards would allow the district to generate advertising revenue. Administration anticipates that advertising revenue would cover the full cost of the scoreboards within three to five years. An advertising advisory committee would be established to review proposed sponsorships for compliance with the board content policy. We also had a CB South senior, Lucas Skversky, present his operations department internship project, proposing two alternative parking lot layouts for- Finally, we would like to remind members of the community that if you qualify

044for the state property tax grant rebate program, you also likely qualify for the district school tax rebate program. And you can visit the district website for more information and to learn how to apply. And our next finance and operations committee meeting is next Thursday, June 4th. Thank you, Mr. Kimokata. Moving on to the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, Mrs. Foley? Thank you, Mrs. Reynolds. Can you guys hear me okay? Sorry, I'm going to move this a little closer. Apologize. I'm going to report out on both April and May, since I was not here last month to report out on April's updates. The Bucks IU Board of School Directors has taken a proactive step to address concerns about funding for critical educational programs by establishing a new advocacy committee. The Bucks IU Board, which I sit on

045on behalf of Central Bucks, is comprised of representatives from each of Bucks County's 13 public school district. We engaged in in-depth discussions in January with our community members, focusing on funding challenges, particularly for early childhood programs. In response, the board voted in February to form the Bucks IU Ad Hoc Committee on Advocacy for State and Federal Programs. The committee will focus on identifying and supporting funding streams for a range of Bucks IU services, including early intervention, Pre-K Counts, Early Head Start, Head Start, non-public school programs, and school-age special education services, adult services, and services for students experiencing homelessness. We met in April and again in May to discuss the ongoing challenges and opportunities for advocacy as it relates to funding on behalf of Bucks County. I do sit on that ad hoc committee. Also in

046April, students, staff, and families at the Bucks IU and at Samuel Everett School came together for an autism acceptance walk, wrapping up a meaningful week of activities in honor of Autism Acceptance Month. And throughout Spirit Week, the Everett community showed their support in colorful ways, wearing blue for awareness and calm yellow and gold for acceptance, purple for inclusion, and tie-dye to celebrate neurodiversity. The IU also has done some wonderful work with connecting students to purpose-driven careers. Two of the staff who work there, Amanda Whalen, who's a teacher of the visually impaired and assistive technology team, and Kelly Gabott, who's a related services program coordinator and assistive technology team member, connected with students during our career fair at Central Bucks South to highlight unique and rewarding career paths. They shared insights into impactful roles such as

047teacher of the visually impaired, orientation and mobility specialists, accessible material specialist, teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, audiologists, captionists, and educational interpreters. Careers that support students with vision and hearing impairments in accessing education and reaching their full potential. And lastly, for our STEAM enthusiasts, this summer, the Bucks IU is offering 10 weeks of fabulous STEAM camp fun with a different theme every week, and some weeks offering two. The summer camp is a great opportunity for our student body who are curious and creative thinkers. Campers will dive into hands-on adventures in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. And from robotics to designing 3D creations, coding games, digital fabrication, and more, campers learn cutting-edge skills while having a blast. They have expert mentorship and state-of-the-art tools, and every camper becomes an innovator. That's kind of

048it for this month. The next IU meeting is Tuesday, June 16th, 2026. Thank you, Mrs. Foley. Great things happening over at the Bucks IU. And now we'll hear about great things happening at MBIT. Mrs. Smith? Yep. Great things again, of course. We had several of our media associate students representing Middle Bucks at the Career and Technical Education Day at the Capitol in Harrisburg. They met with legislators and representatives from other CTEs across the state, just to discuss issues and share their thoughts on their programs. We had a record number of students that were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society this year. Two of our automotive students won first place at the UTI Top Tech Challenge. Middle Bucks does have some openings in their Little Bucks childcare program. This is a great opportunity for teachers

049because the Little Bucks childcare program only operates during the school year. So if you're looking for a program where you don't have to pay for daycare over the summer, it's a really great opportunity for teachers. And it's kind of rare that they actually have openings. It's often full. And finally, I just want to mention again that Middle Bucks does have the Summer Explorations program for students rising seventh, eighth, and ninth graders. They can attend Middle Bucks for camp for a week, and a number of the different programs that are offered there. One second. And it's very popular, and students usually have a great time while they're along. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Smith. And that brings us to item six, finance. I'm going to turn that over to Dr. Malone as Mr. Mattis is away

050this week. He is. Thank you, Mrs. Reynolds. Administration is seeking approval for finance items 6B through N. Administration seeking approval for item 6B through, did you say N? N. N. Can I get a motion? Motion made by Mr. Herron. Second. Oh, it was Mr. Kimokata. So sorry. Seconded by Mrs. Smith. Any questions or comments about these agenda items? Okay. Hearing none. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay. Motion passes nine zero. Moving on to item seven. Administration is seeking approval for Mrs. Barb Markowitz as school board treasurer. Item 7A. Seeking approval for item 7A. May I have a motion to approve? So moved. Moved by Mr. Haring. Second. Seconded by Mr. Kimokata. Any questions or comments on this motion or item? Okay, hearing none. All in favor? Aye. Any objections? Motion passes nine zero. Moving

051on to operations. Mr. Spencer? Thank you. Administration seeking approval of operations item 8B through 8I. Okay, operations seeking approval for items 8B through I. May I have a motion to approve? Moved. Moved by Mrs. Gibson. Second. Seconded by Mr. Kimokata. Any questions or comments on any of these items? Okay, hearing none. All in favor? Aye. Any objections? Okay, motion passes nine zero. Okay, now moving on to special education. Dr. Malone? Administration is seeking approval for special education items 9B through E. Motion to approve items 9B through E. So moved. Moved by Mrs. O'Connor. Second. Seconded by Mrs. Foley. Any questions or comments on this motion? Hearing none, all in favor? Aye. Any objections? Motion passes nine zero. Moving on to student services. That too is you, Dr. Malone? Mm-hmm. Okay. Administration is seeking approval for

052student services items 10B through D. Motion to approve 10B through D. So moved. So moved by Mrs. Gibson, seconded by- Foley ... Foley. Mrs. Foley. Oh, sorry. That's okay. Motion by Mrs. Foley, seconded by Mrs. Smith or O'Connor? Mrs. Smith. Yeah, it was me. Okay. It's hard to tell. Sorry, it's hard. It is. It is hard to tell. And I can't see faces, so I can't read lips. Okay. So the motion was made by Mrs. Foley, seconded by Mrs. Smith. Any questions or comments on this item? Okay, hearing none. All in favor? Aye. Any objections? Motion passes nine zero. Moving on to education. Dr. Celeste? Yes. Yes, okay. Administration is seeking approval for items 11B all the way to 11J. Motion to approve item 11B through J. So moved. Second. Whoa. Moved by Mrs. O'Connor.

053I heard Mrs. Foley for the second first. Any questions or comments on these items? If you want to make a quick comment while they hand the microphone. I think they start to read the volume once it happens. Okay. Sorry about that. So yeah, apologize. Oh, at the top. On the top of it? Oh, there we go. Okay. I just wanted to say thank you to Mr. Kratz. I don't believe he's here tonight, but he has done an enormous amount of work, as has his entire team, in getting the lift of AP seminar into our classrooms in the 2027 and 2028 school year. I also wanted to just give a personal thank you to Ms. Bucci for her advocacy on such an important topic. It's a beautiful example of what the community can do in partnership

054with our incredible administrators and educators here. So, thank you to Mr. Kratz for all of his hard work. And, thank you, Ms. Bucci. Thank you, Mrs. Foley. I'll pass that along. Thank you. Thanks. And I second that. I know how hard you were advocating and been advocating for this, and it's really great to see it come to fruition. So, thank you. And Mrs. Foley has been an advocate as well, and a champion on your behalf. Okay, so the motion was... Now I'm all turned up. Motion was made by Mrs. O'Connor and seconded by Mrs. Foley. Any other comments on this? Okay. All in favor? Aye. Any objections? Motion passes nine zero. Thank you. Oh, thank you. Moving on to policy. That's you, Dr. Malone. Administration is seeking approval for one policy item, 12A. Seeking approval

055for item 12A. So moved. Moved by Mrs. Smith. Second. Seconded by Mr. Kamali? Yep. Any questions, comments on this policy? I had one question. And sorry for not joining the policy committee, but on the AI one there, are we consulting, or was there discussion in consulting someone externally? This is so evolving, right? Overall, are we engaging with someone? We are. We have our solicitor on it, and Mr. Jaffe has been working within consortium. This is a countywide- Yeah. society-wide issue With the IU as well, Mr. Haring. The IUs were helping us as well because across all the different districts, so that we've been in communication with them, too. Okay. Awesome. That's great. I want to ask a question to our policy team members. Because AI is so quickly evolving and nearly impossible to keep up

056with, how often will we be looking at this policy to make edits? Is there a process that we'll follow for this particular policy? You can't hear me at all? No. The policy is going to be solidified through the process, but we're going to have an AR/handbook that will be checked regularly. So the goal is, with Dr. Zaleski's help, we're going to have a digital wellness committee, which will have an AI component, that we hope to have students, parents, faculty members as a part of the process. We have our first planning meeting as a leadership team in July to make a schedule for the year, and throughout that schedule, we hope to say, making up a date now, September checkpoint, where are we with AI process in the district? What modifications do we have to make

057to the handbook? The handbook is more fluid because it won't need board approval, but the policy is just setting the foundation for the district. Awesome. Thank you so much. All right. I think we heard from two students tonight who received- Yeah ... awards that we wanted to engage. So impressive. Okay, so the motion for item 12A was made by Mrs. Smith and seconded by Mr. Camali. Any other questions, comments? Okay, hearing... Well, is Mrs. Gibson back yet? She stepped away? Yeah. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Any objections? Okay, hearing none, the motion's going to pass eight, zero because Mrs. Gibson had stepped away. Okay, moving on to item 13, field trips. Dr. Malone. One of my favorites. Administration is seeking approval for field trips, items 13B, C, and D. Seeking approval for item 13B through

058D. So moved. Moved by Mr. Haring. Seconded. Seconded by Mr. Kimikata. Any questions, comments on these field trips? Okay, hearing none, all in favor? Aye. Any objections? Okay, motion passes nine, zero. Moving on to human resources, Mrs. Rossi. Yes, thank you, Mrs. Reynolds. The human resources requesting approval of items 14B through F. So moved. Oh, wait, sorry. Yeah, that's fine. Oh, wait, sorry. Yep, so moved, second, and then we can discuss. Okay, fine. Oh, sorry. Motion made by Mrs. Filiatra and- Mrs. Foley again. Oh, I'm sorry, Mrs. Foley. Seconded by Mrs. Filiatra? Gibson. Oh, Gibson. Okay. I just wanted to say her name a few times. Yeah. Sorry. Okay. The motion's on the table. Questions, comments? Do you guys want to explain the concern that we have right now, just so we're not the ones

059doing it? Sure. So unfortunately, there was a typographical error for Ms. Cochran's appointment, having her listed as an assistant principal. So my recommendation, simply vote as is, but then we'll vote next month as well for the corrected motion. Okay. You'll be on there twice, this month and next month. Okay, I'm going to read out the retirements. I want to say I had the pleasure and the honor of attending the retirement ceremony last night, held right here. Feels like a lifetime ago, but right here at CB East, and the Apple Awards ceremony, recognizing our educators who are doing really great work. So it was really awesome to be a part of that. So as I read some of these names, I got to see some of these people last night. Colleen Buchwald, teacher, grade four, Barkley,

06035 years of service. Grace Geiger, human resources manager, the admin building, 20 years of service. Raymond Marshall, Penn teacher at Doyle, 33 years of service. Jane Poblano, Spanish teacher, CB East, 27 years of service. Lori Roche, special ed teacher, CB West, 19 years of service. Marianne Weiss, library assistant, CB South, 20 years of service. And Michael Zweig, teacher, grade five at Pine Run, 24 years of service for a combined total years of service of 178. Congratulations to them all. Thank you for your service, and a big round of applause. Okay. Oh. No, we have to pass it. Yes. So, item 14, looking for approval. We had a motion made by Mrs. Foley, seconded by Mrs. Gibson on items 14B through F. Any questions, comments? You, yeah? Yeah, I have a quick comment, actually. Mr. Zweig

061was the third-grade teacher for my son, Alex, and my daughter, Colleen. And we will forever remember him as one of our favorite teachers, always so energetic, and warm, and funny, and he's basically been at Pine Run forever, and I know he's leaving a huge hole there. And I just want to say thank you to him for his years of service and being a warm memory for my family of their time at Pine Run. Thank you, Mr. Zweig, and happy trails. Thank you, Mrs. Smith. So items 14B through F, motion made by Mrs. Foley, seconded by Mrs. Gibson. All in favor? Aye. Any objections? Motion passes nine, zero.Oh, I'm so sorry. Motion passes eight zero one with one abstention by Mr. Harry. Thank you. I'm sorry. I should know that by now. Item 15, student items.

062Is that you, Dr. Mollohan? It is. Okay. Administration is seeking approval for student items 15B for our graduating seniors and 15C for a foreign exchange student. Looking for a motion for item 15B and C. So moved. So moved by Mrs. O'Connor. Second. Second by Mrs. Smith. Any questions, comments on the motion? Hearing none, all in favor? Aye. Any objections? Motion passes nine zero. Congratulations to the seniors. And yes, congratulations to our graduating seniors. Round of applause, please. And I know many of us, or a few of us at least, will be at graduation, and we're looking forward to celebrating them there as well. Okay, item 16 is just informational. Okay, so we're going to move on to the second public comment period. I do need to read a brief statement before we do that. Persons

063wishing to make public comment were required to register prior to the start of tonight's meeting. If students register to speak, they will be permitted to do so first. Please note that public comment is not intended to be a question and answer session. If a question is posed, the individual may be referred to the superintendent for follow-up. When your name is called, please approach the podium and begin by stating your name and municipality. Each speaker is allotted three minutes. You will be asked to cease your comments at three minutes. We kindly ask that all comments be directed to the board as a whole, rather than to individual members. We appreciate your cooperation in maintaining a respectful environment. Please be considerate of all speakers and their opinions, including those that differ from your own. Thank you for

064your understanding. And with that, Kim Devlin, support staff, Linden Elementary. Good evening, members of the board, administrators, and community partners. My name is Kim Devlin, and I am an instructional aide at Linden Elementary. I am here tonight to speak on behalf of the support staff who serve this district with dedication, compassion, professionalism every single day. I want to share the reality of what support staff are experiencing and why meaningful change is urgently needed. Support staff are the backbone of our schools. We are the first faces the students see in the morning, and often the last adults they interact with at the end of the day. We are the steady hands guiding students through academic challenges, emotional struggles, behavioral needs, and daily routines. We are the ones who step in when a classroom needs coverage, when

065a crisis arises, when a child needs comfort, or when a teacher needs support. But despite the essential nature of our work, support staff continue to face increasing responsibilities, additional duties without compensation, and wages that do not reflect the level of service that we provide. Every year, expectations grow, students' needs grow, yet our pay does not. Staffing does not. And the emotional and physical toll on support staff continues to rise. Many of us are covering multiple roles, sometimes three or four in a single day. We are asked to supervise, instruct, deescalate, document, communicate, and intervene. We are asked to take on responsibilities that go far beyond our job descriptions, often without training, without additional pay, and without acknowledgement of the strain it places on us. This has led to exhaustion, burnout, and stress levels that are

066simply not sustainable or acceptable. We are not asking for praise. We are asking for fairness. We are asking for a fair contract, and I think we deserve that. We are asking for compensation that reflects what we do every day. We are asking for recognition for our roles that are not optional, they are essential. When support staff is valued, students benefit. When support staff are supported, classrooms run smoothly. When support staff are compensated fairly, schools retain experienced, caring professionals who know the children, know the community, and know how to keep our schools running with heart and stability. We want to continue serving this district with pride. We want to continue supporting our teachers, our students, and our families. But we cannot continue to do more and more with less and less. Tonight, I'm asking you to

067take a serious look at the workload, compensation, and expectations placed on support staff. I'm asking you to consider the human impact behind these job titles. And I'm asking you to work with us, not around us, to create a school environment where every adult feels valued, respected, and supported. Our students deserve a strong, stable support system, and support staff deserve the resources and respect necessary to provide. I do want to take a quick second and share a story that I shared at our rally this evening where we were all supporting each other. A couple of years ago, I was assaulted by a student. I was punched in the face. I suffered a concussion and a contusion in my jaw. And I need you guys to understand that what we do is because we love the students.

068I had to go home and explain to my own children why I was black and blue and purple and yellow and green, and why I couldn't open my mouth to speak to them. Because I was assaulted by a friend who had superpowers and was so upset that he couldn't contain himself, nor did he remember what he did shortly after he did it. And before I went to urgent care to get myself checked out, I went to check on that student to make sure he was okay before taking care of myself. We do those things. We show up every day because we love those kids. We love what we do, and all we're asking is that you show us the love that we deserve. Thank you. Thank you, and thank you for sharing your story and

069for doing what you do. Megan Maras, Warrington Township. Hi, my name is Megan Maras. I work as an education assistant at one of our middle schools. I'm filling in as a PCA. I've also worked as an assistant coach here at East for unified track, and I work for your community school in the aftercare program. I work in low incidence, which doesn't live up to its name. I am a student. I'm studying humanities. I'm working on getting a social work degree, and the one thing I've learned is that we need community to get through, and we need community to make progress. Your support staff here, they're what are helping you make progress. Your students who are doing so well, who are achieving these things, they're smart kids. They're incredible, and every one of them has had

070a support person somewhere in their life, whether it be in a classroom helping them or helping a friend. I have children that go in this district. I am not asking you to make it so I can buy them every single thing that their friends have. I am asking you to pay me enough that I don't have to work three or four jobs in the district to give them the things that they need to survive. They deserve to have the same things that their friends have. They deserve quality time with their mom instead of me having to pick two or three jobs up in order to provide for them. They deserve for me to be able to be home and have dinner and read stories to them. They deserve to have their mom at full capacity.

071They can't have that because not only is my full-time job incredibly emotionally taxing, I don't have time to recuperate before I need to go to another job to make sure they have what they need. I am not the only person in this district in this position. I am not the only parent that works for you guys and has kids in this district having these things happen. We're not asking for a lot. We're just asking you to pay us enough to live. Shout out to Mrs. Buchwald. She was my second grade teacher, and I love her. Thank you. Lisa Welch, CB teacher. Good evening. My name is Lisa Welch, and I'm a low incidence autistic support teacher at Tohickon Middle School. Every day, I have the privilege of working alongside some of the most dedicated people

072in our schools: bus aides, office staff, custodians, nurses, one-to-one aides, paraprofessionals, and technology specialists. Tonight, I want to speak about the team it takes to support our students. In special education, success is never the result of one person. It happens because relationships, consistency, patience, and teamwork. Our students rely on familiar faces who know how to help them regulate, communicate, transition safely, and feel secure throughout the school day. The bus aide who starts a student's morning calmly can determine how their entire day goes. The office staff who greet them by name creates belonging. Custodians who quietly adapt routines for sensory needs make a bigger impact than many people realize. Nurses provide comfort and safety during difficult moments. Technology specialists who show up to classrooms to fix AAC devices ensure that our students have a voice. Educational

073support professionals and one-to-one aides often spend hours helping students navigate academic, emotional, behavioral, and social challenges that most people never see. These roles are not extra. They are essential. What I witness daily is extraordinary compassion and professionalism, often under extremely challenging circumstances. Many staff members are managing increasing student needs while balancing shortages, burnouts, responsibilities that go far beyond their job descriptions, yet they continue to show up. They care deeply about our students. But caring about students should not require sacrificing financial stability. Many of the support staff our schools depend on are working physically demanding jobs, emotionally exhausted, and are working for wages that are really difficult to live on. The people helping our most vulnerable students deserve more than appreciation. They deserve compensation that reflects their value and allows them to support themselves and their

074families with dignity, without needing to work multiple jobs when leaving the end of the school day. When we discuss education, test scores and programs are often the focus, but schools do not function without the people who keep students safe, supported, regulated, transported, cared for, and connected. For many of our students, especially those with complex needs, these staff members are the reason they can access education at all. I ask that we continue to recognize, respect, and invest in every member of the educational team by supporting fair compensation and a living wage for the staff who make our schools function each day. Our students deserve a team that feels valued, and the people doing this work deserve to know their impact matters, not only in words but in action. Thank you. Cara Elderfer, CB employee. Good evening,

075board and administration. My name is Cara Alderfer, and I have been an elementary art educator for the past 21 years in Central Bucks School District. I am here tonight representing the Central Bucks Education Association as the union president to show our collective support of CB ESPA. I have not only benefited from the work and support of CB ESPA as a former student, but I have seen from the inside the positive impact our sister union has had on our district. From safely transporting our students who have significant needs, to keeping our buildings and facilities clean, safe, and functioning, to managing the clerical duties in our offices and working one-on-one with some of our most vulnerable students. Our teachers and professional staff would not be able to do our jobs without them. They are integral to the

076learning community and culture of our schools and are the gears that keep our district up and running. I have watched as our schools have struggled to maintain continuity with support in our classrooms while staff members leave to find districts that pay more for the work they do. Support staff are some of the first adults our students see each day and are often the caretakers of children who do not only require assistance with academic learning, but social interactions, safety, and regulation of emotional and physical responses, including toileting and support through feeding and medical interventions from our staff nurses. It takes a special kind of person to do this work day in and day out, and I thank all of you for the work that you do. Tonight, I urge the district to show their support in

077reaching an agreement with CB ESPA that recognizes the work they do with fair living wages. Thank you. Thank you. Tina Giazoni Fialko, Doylestown Borough. Did I butcher it? No. Okay. I did? It was actually pretty close. Was it? It was pretty close. My name is Tina Giazoni Fialko. I live in Doylestown Borough. I am a parent in Central Bucks. And board, I thank you for your service. I know that you're dedicated community members. I've seen that your values guide you. You show your dedication to making difficult decisions that prioritize our kids and uphold a culture where equity and justice are central. I think your jobs are hard, and I think they're harder than I can imagine. As a parent of a kid in Central Bucks, I appreciate everything about our school district. I appreciate that

078the baseball fields that my son plays on are well-maintained. Anyone who travels around knows that fields in Central Bucks are pretty amazing, and this is thanks to Central Bucks support staff. I appreciate that our schools are clean, that back when my son was doing before care, the staff made him feel like family, that his computer works, that a nurse called me earlier this year to tell me my son was sick and cared for him until he could be picked up. I appreciate that our schools are safe and welcoming. This is all thanks to the support staff. I'm so grateful that my son's school experience includes time with neurodivergent students and students with disabilities who are often supported by incredible support staff. I believe our public schools in Central Bucks are a foundation to our community,

079and this is what brought me here tonight. Support staff are my neighbors, and they're your neighbors. They're our friends. They're our family members and parents of Central Bucks students. Here's what I think about when I'm standing in line at the grocery store or pumping gas. I want to know that the Central Bucks support staff that might be standing next to me are able to afford their groceries and their gas. Support staff deserve a livable wage. They shouldn't have to work another job after a hard day of work, sometimes being bitten or hit, work a second job and maybe a third job on the weekend or a fourth and still be struggling. That's not okay. These are our friends, our neighbors, and parents of our kids' friends. They are the people who make our kids feel

080safe and cared for. They create beautiful environments for our kids to learn. I understand that you as board members have difficult decisions to make. Please consider that support staff are an essential part of the foundation of our community. As a parent in CB, I value the work that they do, and I urge you to continue to be guided by your values. There are difficult decisions to make. Please make the right decision and negotiate a fair contract for the Central Bucks ESPA. Thank you. Carlos Addario, Levittown. Good evening. My name is Carlos Addario, PCA support staff at Holicong Middle School. I'm here tonight to talk about a crucial position in our classrooms, the backbone of Central Bucks, which is support staff. Let me start by saying I love my job, I love what I do, and

081our students, and seeing them overcome obstacles and breakthrough moments that happen in our classroomsBut I'm also standing here because for far too long, support staff in this district have been treated as if we are invisible or as if we don't matter at all. We are the ones handling the most intense emotional situations. We are the ones in the trenches of special education, managing classrooms when things get chaotic, and ensuring that classrooms run smoothly every single day. We are the glue holding the system together. We have been called the backbone of the district, but while we are holding this district together, the backbone is severely damaged. We are struggling to pay our own bills. We are working second and third jobs just to make ends meet and to come to work to do what we love.

082We are facing difficult, unpredictable working conditions that change without notice. We've all heard the phrase, "We are in this together" from leadership. It's a nice sentiment, but if we are truly in this together, why are we one of the lowest paid in this district? Our work shouldn't hurt, and our work should never leave us in poverty. We are not here today asking for a symbolic gesture or a thank you card. We are asking for a contract that reflects our value. We are asking for safe working conditions, livable wage, and the respect we have earned through our sweat and our dedication. I have a challenge for the CB board. I would like to see you spend one full day, not a 15-minute walkthrough, but a full day in a classroom doing what we do, trying to

083manage the physical demands, emotional toll, and constant danger we put ourselves through while we have a staffing crisis, all while knowing your paycheck won't cover rent. How long will you last in this role? This union is our voice. Without it, we are forgotten. With it, we are a force that cannot be ignored. We are staying loud, we are staying strong and united, and we will keep fighting until the board recognizes that we are essential, not expendable. Do not wait until we all leave to finally realize how much we matter, because here's the reality: once we are gone, we are gone for good, and this district cannot function without the backbone of support staff. It is time to do what's right. It is time for a fair contract. We will be seen. We will be heard.

084We will not be ignored. It is time for the board to act now. Thank you. Thank you, Carlos. Ed Richardson, Doylestown Township. Good evening. I'm Ed Richardson. I've lived in Doylestown Township and this wonderful school district for 34 years. I work as a human resources consultant, and when an employer client tells me they're having trouble with high turnover, I offer them two pieces of advice. One, in order to attract good people, you need to offer strong compensation. And two, in order to retain good people, you need to treat them with respect. Often, the employer will then say, "Well, it's too expensive to increase compensation." And I ask, "What are you spending on the constant recruitment, onboarding, and training of new people? What is the hit on your productivity when you cannot employ an experienced group

085of folks who know how to solve problems on the fly and aren't in constant learning mode?" Unfortunately, the Central Bucks School District appears to be experiencing this problem with its employment of our education support professionals. We begin every school year with a raft of vacancies for paraprofessionals, personal care assistants, nurses and nursing assistants, administrative, custodial, maintenance, security, technology, and transportation employees. In fact, right now, there are vacancies for personal care assistants, people who provide essential services to our most vulnerable and high-need students, and the district is paying an outside consultant to try to fill those vacancies. It's difficult to recruit people for these important, and as we have heard over and over, really difficult jobs. In many cases, they can match the starting salaries at Walmart or Home Depot or improve their compensation by going

086to a neighboring district. In terms of retention, this district has a history of compensating these employees below the county averages. In their utter frustration with this long-term lack of respect, the employees have authorized their union to strike. I know this is a problem that's been years in the making, and that most of you have inherited this situation. I also know that you have an obligation to the taxpayers of this district, but your first obligation is to the students of Central Bucks, and we must ensure we have every high-quality employee needed to meet their needs. So this is one taxpayer who is asking you to improve compensation for our education support professionals, even if it costs me a few more tax dollars. Let's attract and retain the best people to work with our students. It's worth

087the investment, and it will create long-term savings when we no longer have to spend big on recruitment, onboarding, and retraining. Please negotiate a strongly competitive agreement with the Central Bucks Education Support Staff Association. Thank you. Karina Levingston, Warwick Township. Hi. You guys might remember me. My name is Karina Levinson. I'm a parent of two children with special needs in the district. I want to thank you for who gets back to me by email accordingly always. I came to the last meeting, and I'm here again to talk about the people who stand beside our most vulnerable students every day, not as a line item, not as a staffing number, but as human beings doing some of the hardest work in this district. My son is non-verbal. For children like him, school is not simple. Every day

088can come with communication barriers, emotional challenges, and moments of frustrations he can't even express out loud. My daughter also relies on this support. Sometimes these conversations become so focused on numbers and spreadsheets that people forget there are real children behind them. So please think about that. Children who need patience, children who need consistency, children who need adults around them who truly understand them. The people working in these roles are not easily replaceable. What they do requires compassion, emotion, endurance, skill, and extraordinary patience. And yet, despite how critical they are, they remain some of the lowest-paid positions in the district. That should concern everybody in this room. Because when districts fail to properly value these employees, they lose them, and right now, Central Bucks is losing them. PCAs, bus aides are leaving for neighboring school districts.

089They pay significantly more, by the way, close to $15,000 more a year. This is not a mystery. This is a competition, and Central Bucks is falling behind. You train people here, you build trust with our children. They learn complex needs, and then they leave for better pay, better stability, better respect somewhere else. Every time that happens, our children lose consistency. They lose relationships. They lose trust, adults who help them feel safe enough to learn. For children like mine, that's not a small setback. That's going to affect everything. You cannot replace trust overnight. You cannot replace consistency with a new hire on paper, and you cannot expect vulnerable students to simply start over again and again. And many of the individuals working directly with these students are doing everything possible to uphold that reputation. But dedication

090alone does not pay bills. Appreciation alone does not retain staff. And right now, that foundation is so unstable. Parents see this. We talk, we compare. We know what other districts are paying, obviously. So what's the plan? A real plan with real numbers and real timeline. Thank you so much. Thank you, Karina. Julie Kimmel, Doylestown Borough. Good evening. My name is Julie Kimmel, and I'm a resident of Doylestown Borough and an active citizen. I want to thank the board members for serving our community in such a vital role and a challenging role. You run to be elected to a job that is a volunteer position that's full of challenges, many of difficult problems that began long before you stepped into the role. So, I admire you all for the work that you do. I'm here this

091evening to speak in support of our support staff as they negotiate a contract. In conversations with people in my community, I was shocked to learn that some of our support staff, people who play such a vital role that we've been hearing about all evening, earn as little as $15 an hour. That is a poverty wage. This matters because healthy schools are at the heart of healthy communities. Healthy schools are great places to learn for all students because they are great places to work for all staff. Also, our schools and our communities are a reflection of our values. I don't want to hear as I read the news-- I do want to hear about administrators who are well compensated, but I don't want to turn the page and hear they're working in the same system as

092support staff who are worried about stocking the fridge with the nice things that their families would like. We've heard a lot this evening. I must say, I don't usually come to school board meetings, and we've heard about so many wonderful things that our schools do. You must feel so proud of what our students have and what they accomplish. We've also heard throughout the evening about our budget challenges. It's hard, but the solution to our budget challenges should not come by sacrificing the dignity of our support staff who work in such vitally important roles. And I just wanted to share that even though I don't have the same stake in all of this that some others shared, but just as an active, tax-paying member of this community who's paying attention. So I want to thank you

093for doing the hard work to solve this problem in the right way that supports our support staff. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.Thanks everyone who came out tonight, who took the time to prepare thoughts and to share them with us up here. We're going to move on to board comment and discussion. We're going to start with item 18A, which is the responsible contractor policy, before we open it up to the floor for the whole board to make any comments. So I'm going to kind of kick it over to Mr. Amuso to open it up and introduce the responsible contractor policy. All right. Is this on? Thank you. Here we go. Thank you, Madam President. So yes, I'm here to talk about we have a draft responsible contractor policy on the agenda simply for

094discussion. It would be a policy in the 800 series. But a responsible contractor policy is something that the county has. County entities like the community college has it, several school districts in Bucks County, I know Bensalem and Pennsbury, other local governments. But what it is, frankly, it fills in a gap of state law. So, as we all know, state law has a lot of rules for public bidding and procurement. You have to pay the prevailing wage, and there are lots of rules around bidding. All bids have to go to the lowest responsible, responsive bidder. But what the state law doesn't do is talk about who is actually doing the work, and that's the gap that the responsible contractor policy would do. And it does it really by focusing on apprenticeship programs. So what a responsible

095contractor policy would do, and what this draft policy does, is that any time the district has a project of $250,000 or more, anyone who's bidding has to certify that they will meet this policy. And it's essentially that 70% of their workers on site have graduated in what's called a Class A apprenticeship program for their craft. And a Class A apprenticeship program, this is something run by the US Department of Labor, and it ensures that people who are doing your plumbing know how to do your plumbing. People who are doing your carpentry know how to do your carpentry. And there's something called craft employees. Each of these things I just mentioned, and there are many others, are a craft. So this policy will mean that somebody who is installing the plumbing in a new project has

096graduated from a Class A apprenticeship program in plumbing. And it's a way of ensuring a quality of work. So you can see that in the draft policy, it defines the Class A apprenticeship program. Again, this is something that's run by the Department of Labor. Talks about what's a craft employee. And again, this particular policy is triggered by any project of $250,000 or more, which is what most entities do. I know that's what the county does, the community college, Pennsbury does that as well. I know we have one school district contract which is at 500,000. That's something that you can set. But we drafted it, again, the current state-of-the-art best practice is 250,000. And then there's a certification and pre-qualification requirement. So essentially what happens is when somebody wants to bid, they have to go through

097this pre-qualification process, which is essentially providing us the paperwork that shows that 70% of the people on site will have graduated from the proper craft apprenticeship program. And this is something that we handle almost on a daily basis. There are forms. The people who are going to bid give the school district the forms. The school district can just email it to us, and we have a colleague in the office, one of our excellent paralegals, who will review it and be able to say they've met the requirements or they haven't. And if they haven't, what do we need to make sure they meet the requirements? And then as long as they've met those requirements, then it's like the normal bidding process. It's the lowest responsive, responsible bidder that has qualified as a responsible contractor. That's a

098summary of it. Thank you. Certainly, any questions. And I also want to, too, I probably should have announced this. We did discuss the responsible contractor policy or notes. It's a policy at the school board level. At one of our finance meetings, I believe back in February- That's correct ... we had someone from the union come and present to the finance committee, and we did have a pretty robust discussion. Mr. Spencer was involved in that discussion, along with Mr. Hanna, he was present at the time, and answered a number of our questions. But we wanted to bring this to the general meeting because we felt that it would be better to have that discussion with the entire board present. And we would like to consider this, where we are going to now define the word responsible

099in the process of the responsible contractor policy. We have to take the lowest responsible bid, but we get to decide and define what responsible means. And in many cases, often the lowest bidderMight not be the most qualified or the best, but as a public entity, we are required to accept that lowest bid. But if we're able to define what responsible means by 70% being class A apprenticeship, then we are able to control or have better quality workers here working on our improvements, which we have many going on now, and we have many that need to happen in the future. So, with that, I don't know if anyone else would like to comment or at least ask questions. People who might not have been at the finance committee meeting, this would be the time to sort

100of- That's great ... speak up. Yeah. Yeah. I was not at this meeting that this was covered. So I do have a general question- Sure ... on this, and I'm not opposed, I just am curious. But typically, with any policy or anything we want to do, I typically ask, what are we solving for? Mm-hmm. So I guess I'm asking that question here. What are we solving for? So typically, I would sit and see if we've had a ton of projects, and I think some of the examples provided in the lead-up to this were in neighboring school districts where they had really big issues with delivery of the quality of the construction projects and things that they've done. Mm-hmm. So under those circumstances, that certainly makes sense to me. I'm just curious, do we have that

101as an issue, or have we seen that as an issue systemically here? That the quality that we're seeing based on the bids we've gotten are not adequate, or we've had issues that way? Because I get it if we are, but I haven't heard that in any of our construction projects or so forth. Because the one issue I get worried about here is, one is, is this of quality, right? So are we guaranteeing here if they meet a certain qualification that that does bring quality? Anybody can meet a... Let me just finish- Oh, yeah ... to meet a requirement that way. But also, based on the bids that we're getting, in some cases, I see we don't get an outrageous number of bids. And when I read in here, it says if they don't meet the

102certification, it shall be disqualified from bidding. So which again, is not bad. I'm just trying to understand what we're solving for. Sure. So to address the quality, I would say Susan and I had, again, the pleasure, honor of going down to the education facilities for the union, the carpenters, steamfitters, a few of them, where we got to tour the educational institutions that these apprenticeships, or these apprentices go through. So it's a five-year program. They earn while they learn, and so they work under an already established union worker, depending on if they're a carpenter or the steamfitter. And so that's how we know they're guaranteed. We know the type of education and the type of training they're getting in OSHA, so it's safety and quality in those areas. One of the other concerns is that sometimes

103with these lower bids, we receive the lowest bid, but the people that are... This is not my world, so Peter, if you want to help me out here with this part, but the people that are classified, they're not classified in the right category. So they're not actually qualified in that. Correct. That's a potential pitfall that we could experience when we have not- Correct ... defined the word responsible. Right. When you do specifications for a project, you really just talk about what material you want, where, and the plans. You don't mandate how many people or the qualifications of the people. And so you could have the lowest. And it's tough to disqualify a bid if it's the low bid. The law has a pretty low definition of what's a responsive, responsible bidder. So you could easily

104have a construction company that just subcontracts out until you just have a father and son who don't really have any qualifications, but they were hired by the company. Whereas this allows us to say, "No, you had to have graduated from one of these Class A apprenticeship programs" which again, the standards are maintained by the federal government, and their actual, real apprenticeship programs. They're not just some kind of online- And just to jump in and clarify. Am I on? Hello? No. I think you just have to speak into that one. And then it turns on automatically? That's what it felt like. It was magic. Is it magic? Yeah, it is. I don't think it's magic. I think that's it. Should I start singing that song? Probably do a volume. Mine's hardwired. There we go. Just to

105make sure that we're clear here, this isn't only union individuals can go to these apprenticeship programs and/or- Correct ... qualify. There are several private companies out there that either employ individuals who've gone through a Class A apprenticeship and/or provide those apprenticeships themselves. So I just want to make it clear that it's not- That's true ... like a union versus non-union thing. It is true that a higher percentage of companies that provide the Class A apprenticeships are unionized, but that's not all of them. Yeah. So there are other ways to get there, and there's also support at the state level to incentivize private companies in developing Class A training programs for all the same reasons, so that we're sure they're going through appropriate training and not just- Yeah. You know. And I love the whole idea

106of the tour and what you did and the apprenticeship stuff- Yeah ... which is all great, and I think it's awesome, but I'm just trying to understand again, what we're solving for and trying to solve with this. So have weAgain, not at that meeting, but Mr. Spencer, my memory's really bad here. So I recall months ago when you positioned this, the example from the person in Penn, was it Pennsbury? Pennsbury, right. It was this crazy story of they were pouring foundations, and it was the people pouring the foundation was horrible. The guy had to step in, he had to inspect the concrete himself. You saw workers on scaffolding without hard hats. Right. You're getting it right. You're good. Okay. So do we have that problem, I guess is my question, because if we are doing

107our work and our folks who are reviewing the bidders, reviewing the people, we're getting quality applicants. I love the idea of making sure they're qualified, but if we don't have the quality issues, do we need it? And what does it bring to us- I think- ... by doing it? That's all. Right. And I think that's a fair question. I think that my view on it and my take and perception would be, we don't want to be in that position where we're dealing with it reactively and saying, "Oh, well, if only we had had some sort of way to qualify these contractors before, we wouldn't be dealing with the issues that other districts have dealt with." So it might not be that we have a current issue with the quality of work that's been provided to

108date, but it's more to make sure that from now on, we are sure that the people coming into the district meet these certain qualifications so that we're not left only choosing the lowest bidder. Because if we have a project and it's 50,000 versus 60,000, and the $50,000 bid may not have met the criteria for responsible, we take the 60 knowing that we're getting quality work and not bound by having to take the 50. So that's what this allows us to do. It allows us to consider more than just the lowest bidder. Yeah. Because we can actually take the second highest bidder or the second lowest bidder because we find that they've met better criteria for qualification. Makes sense. And then so do we have the data from other districts that have implemented this to demonstrate

109and prove that by going forward with these folks, the responsible bidders, that we haven't had issues right overall? Because again, I'm not trying to poke holes, but somebody can be certified and be great and pass- Mm-hmm ... a certain thing, and they can- Sure ... still mess up, right? Of course. Nobody's perfect, so- Of course ... again, it's a fail-safe, but again, I'm just trying to... Mr. Spencer, I don't know if you talked to it. Overall, I appreciate the trying to get ahead of it, but I don't know that that guarantees us to get, because we passed and they've gone through this, does that guarantee us the certain quality of work either? I don't know. But the other districts that have done this and implemented it, has that guaranteed them a certain level of quality

110level they've gotten? And I wasn't at the finance committee meeting, so I don't know if we already had that information presented or not. And if not, that's why we're here today, is are there questions that we need to answer for the board before we move forward with it? Yeah. So if that wasn't presented during that, then it can be represented or Heather could fill us in on what was presented. Yeah. Because that wasn't- Mr. Spencer did provide the... I think the board at large should have received this memo about, he did some research himself. Yeah, there was a survey that we completed across a number of school districts in Bucks County, Chester County, Montgomery County- Correct ... that whether they had RCOs or RCPs and the data that they provided back to us. So the

111board should have a copy of that information. I can recirculate that- Yeah ... to everybody, and then perhaps this comes back to committee and we can discuss it a little bit more, and then maybe we can dig into it a little bit more and get some answers to those questions. They are fair questions. So anybody else? I have two questions that I would like to get an idea of, to follow the data thread. In the policy, there's two different determination periods. One is before bids are submitted, and there's some timelines with that. And then after, when a contractor is provided notice of intent to award the contract, there's another 30-day period of evaluating their qualifications. So the first question is, how much time are we adding to this bid and award process for each of

112these contracts? And to go with that, $250,000 seems like it's probably a low threshold for a district of our size. I would be interested to know how many contracts we award a year that have a value of at least $250,000. I would imagine it's a lot, and it seems like that is a heavy administrative workload that's got to be put on somebody to constantly be evaluating the qualifications of contractors and going through these timelines. And it's also extending the time it takes to get the work started. My- For smaller ones, it's probably not ideal. In terms of the threshold, that's something that we determine as a board. Sure. We even determine the percentage of people who are Class A apprenticeships, so that's up to us as well. It's not something that... So we can discuss

113that as part of the discussion. But we can get the answers to those questions. It would be good to know because if we have 100 contracts- Mm-hmm ... each over $250,000, it sounds like a lot. Mm-hmm. Okay. Anyone else on this topic? I'll just add that I'm interested- Okay ... in the program and moving forward with future discussions on it and learning a bit more. I haven't had a lot of time recently to really dive into it, but I'm definitely interested. We'll let you know in the next finance element I usually- It's next Thursday. She's there. Okay. Yeah. I just couldn't hear her. Yeah. Okay. Anybody else? Mr. Mull? Yep. Just touching on the data piece, playing off of Rick's questions, I don't know if it's possible to get this data, but how much of

114the low bids that we're currently selected over the past two years, if we're happy with the quality of work, how many of those would've met the criteria that we're setting forth in this policy? So understanding that can also help if we're severely limiting what we are currently doing versus not. Generally supportive of the concept, for sure. We want better work, and having to do more work because an inexperienced person did something cost the district more. So this, it can be a spend $5 to save 10 type issue, but it'd be good to know the extent to which the people who are already doing our stuff would've met this criteria. And in that case, we would just be solidifying and defining, but already working with those folks, but just spelling out and defining what responsible means,

115but still working with the same... I'm just, I'm asking more so, right? It's a kind of retroactive or retrospective look to see had we implemented this two years ago, would we have still had the same people with the same low bids and therefore, it's not a heavy impact on us in the negative front because we're, I think, generally happy with the construction that we're currently seeing. Got it. Yeah. Thanks. Anyone? I want to make sure everybody has an opportunity to ask a question or comment. Anyone else? Excuse me. Mm-hmm. Okay. Yes. Moving on to more general board comment. I know Mrs. Smith let me know. Yep. Yeah. I actually had three topics I wanted to address this evening. First, I would like to thank the members of our support staff who have been attending our

116meetings over the last few months. I really do appreciate your time and hearing your thoughts and your concerns. I have been attending the negotiation sessions, and I understand that many of you are frustrated, and you may feel that I don't value your work. I just want to say that is not the case. I know that your work is invaluable. I was a special needs mom. I know firsthand how important you are to our students, and I know how difficult your jobs are. During negotiations, the work requires me to place our employees in a numerical box. It's a spreadsheet cell. The numbers are inflexible, they're rigid, they're unyielding. And I have to take your work, which is sensitive, empathetic, caring, invaluable, everything that we've been hearing for the last few months, and assign it a value

117and a number. And honestly, it just doesn't fit. It's really difficult. It's very uncomfortable. And I'm not trying to sit here and endear any sympathy from anyone by saying that this work is difficult, and I hope you don't understand me with my words tonight, misunderstand me. I really just wanted to share my perspective, and I hope it's helpful in any small way. And if it's not helpful, I totally understand that too. I understand if my words sound hollow and empty to you, but I at least felt like I needed to try and respond to your comments in some way. Most of the time, as a board member, I get to celebrate your work and your success with our students, and I look forward to concluding the successful negotiations. I know we're going to get there.

118I thank you for your patience as we work towards this agreement. I want to apologize that the three topics I'm talking about are not really related. Next, I wanted to address the repeated comments that we've been hearing about transgender students in public comment over the last few months. I'd like to change that narrative a little bit. In my work on the board and through my own children and my friends, I've had the privilege of knowing transgender youth. They never cease to amaze me with their maturity, intelligence, empathy, understanding, their bravery, and their strength. They have a unique point of view which challenges others around them to be better and to be different, and we need more of that in our world. I'm grateful for each and every transgender student in our schools, in our district,

119in our community, and in our world. I'm really glad that you are here. You are very welcome here, and you make us better. Finally, three years ago, I sat at this dais and I listened to student after student beg for the pride flag to be allowed in their schools, and I watched that board shut them down. It broke my heart, and the only promise I could make to myself at the time was to never forget and to keep trying to provide what they had asked for. And we've heeded the policies that that board passed. Diverse books are plentiful in our libraries. There are many pride flags in our schools. But hateful rhetoric about the LGBTQ community is spewed daily at the national level under our current administration, and discriminatory legislation is rampant across the country.

120So to counter this and to honor the promise I made to myself and to our students in the past, I fully support raising a pride flag at the district office for the month of June. I just want to share a message from the district level that we welcome all students in Central Bucks, and we're proud to have them here. Thanks. Thank you, Mrs. Smith. Anybody else like to make public or board comment? Okay, hearing none, may I have a motion to adjourn? So moved. Moved by Mr. Herring. Seconded. Seconded by Mr. Kimokata. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion adjourned or meeting adjourned.