0011 "" (0) But it would have been nice to know this 1 April as we start to put together budget. 2 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And don't get me wrong, a lot of districts in New York State are in this boat this morning when they found out, if back to our elected officials cannot get the job done even though we're supposed to get the job done by the 3rd week of April. So our our goals this year were to maintain programs for students. 3 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Not to exceed a lot of tax gap and to maintain jobs. And that was our plan for this year and with this budget, we have done that. So go ahead to the next page. Tough to see this, you might want to get a little closer. 4
002"Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) But this is the breakdown and and for the most part look at the top four line items, they're contractual obligations, this yearly increases that just come with any organization. Health insurance was up a little. We got another nice little increase of only 5 %, which is great since we renegotiated that. 5 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Years ago, it's been a nice little, it hasn't been double digits at all and it hasn't even reached over 6 %. So and the reason that's happening is we've been good consumers. 89 % of our drugs are generic. 72 % of our faculty does not go through the full deductible, which is. 6 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Great because what ends up happening, come on, sorry. 7 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Because what ends up happening
003when that happens is one, our, our, our employees get 50 % of what's left on that and two, it never goes to claims. So we can go back to Excellus and say yes, you're collecting this much in premiums, you're only getting this much in claims. 8 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So we'd like to get, you know, a lower rate. Yeah, we start off at 18 % increase and then we work our way down. So they're a little quicker this year getting down, which is kind of nice. That's not a full reflection of the 5 % because we squeezed this a little bit because now after three years. 9 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We now know where we are with health insurance. What I mean by that is we know, on average what we're going through
004with our deductible and how many people are now on the deductible plan. Regular increases of ERS and TRS. 10 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Bosi's went down a little bit for a couple of reasons. One because of the P tech, there's not as many kids taking P tech courses and a little bit of some special ed was moved out of there. That service, as you can see was a little bit higher, but remember that's tied. 11 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Down to expense aid for building aid, and that usually we try to match that. We higher fiscal advisors try to match that up. Whatever the top number is, the bottom number should be close, doesn't always match. But this was a couple hundred thousand dollars more than what the building aid was. 12 "Canajoharie CS BoE"
005(2436028416) So next year we might see the reverse, right? We may see additional building aid, but less debt service. Keep going down for the most part after that there's just some miscellaneous things. So again, the majority of this was debt service. 13 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And staff obligations. If you go down below, we have our real property taxes of 1.53. We have our foundation aid, which again did see a decent increase, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't what they promised us, you know, four months ago. Expense driven aid was up as well. 14 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And then you can see we just filled in with fund balanced and TRS and ERS, and we hope every year we never hit that, right? That's kind of the plan, but we'll see what it
006ends up happening as we move further. Next is revenues. Go ahead. So this is a graph. 15 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) If we show every year, it just breaks out the different categories of our revenue. Our percentages have stayed around the same every year as well. 63 % come from state aid and building aid. This is foundation aid, transportation aid, lottery aid, textbooks, hardware, software aid. 16 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) That property taxes are 30 % and that has stayed around that same percentage as well. The tax levy is 8.2 million and that's 1.53 % levy increase. Now we have 3 % of our revenue coming from other revenue. 17 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) This includes OCs refunds, interest earnings, fees for building usage, tuition fees, and then charges that we charge to other districts.
007And then to balance the budget, we're using our ERS reserve of 496000. Our TRS reserve. 18 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) 65000. 19 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And then a tone balance of 211000. Excellent. This is the same graph as the revenue's just broken out into the different categories. 20 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Our instruction is the largest portion at 65 %, and this includes our classroom instructions, special edge, school libraries, guidance offices, health offices, and athletics. The next one is a general support at 17 %. 21 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And this is expenses for operations and maintenance, the district office, the business office, legal expenses, auditing fees, and insurance. Transportation is 8 %. This is our bus drivers, our bus garage and other contractual items for student transportation. 22 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Our.service
008is E .6 % and start bond payments for our current capital projects, our energy performance contract and our capital project that is going on right now and that is not completed yet, but we will start paying on that next year. 23 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Our contingency budget is 25936000. This represents a 0 % tax increase. So it's a hundred and $24000 less than the proposed budget. 24 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) If the contingency budget is adopted, it puts certain limitations on the district, there will be NO use of outside organizations on the facilities, NO new equipment purchases or NO new lease agreements. 25 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We have a couple of propositions on about this year. Yeah it fails, right? Yeah, you can put it back up for another vote and then if
009that one fails, then thank you. 26 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So the 1st proposition is the one we've had on the ballot for over ten years now is to lease two buses for five years and like I said, we've been doing this, I think 13 years actually. 27 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) This leasing stabilizes the budget and guarantees our buses are current. The bus leases are deducted from our bus reserve fund and then the C aid we receive on those leases goes back into the bus reserve fund. 28 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The next proposition is our capital equipment reserve. This is to spend the rest of this reserve in the amount of 170000. This was established in 2021. 29 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And we will use the hundred and 70000 to purchase new
010classroom furniture for collaborative learning. These purchases have NO effect on the budget and also technology facilities equipment. And once this reserve is. 30 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Spent, it's done. This reserve is done. And that's why we have the next proposition is to establish a new heavily equipment reserve. This is just to establish it. It is not to fund it. 31 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Where we want to establish a new one for 500000 at the ultimate amount. And this will be used for the same purposes as the other reserve, but we cannot vote to put money into it until it's established and do it in the same year. 32 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Next on the agenda is a carbon reduction geothermal capital project. We are very lucky. Fran or energy manager, was able
011to get a $1.4 million grant from Isota, which does not count against our maximum cost allowance for our buildings, which is great. And it all. 33 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Also, takes care of any of the taxpayer or any reserve. 34 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) That we might have to use for a capital project, and so the carbon production projects are $14.4 million, and it's eightable. The 14.4 minus the 1.4 is eightable at 90 % 91 % where where we fall. We usually fall between 90 and 9091 and half. Again. 35 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Obviously tax impact. It updates our heating and cooling systems that he's still a middle school complex, but they are conditioning the entire complex for all classrooms and offices. 36 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And helps us to reduce some
012energy costs of the district by using geothermal as the main source of energy with the heat pumps. At the same token, we have a building project coming up soon too. We're doing a building condition survey and we look to replace probably the boilers which will help us be more efficient. So this will be a really true. 37 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Reduction of energy costs at the same time, get a building that's 60 something years old with a new meeting and cooling system in place. Frank, did they ever say when they were gonna do a press release eventually on the. It was 68 weeks from. 38 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) But then. 39 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So we probably got a few weeks left. Up to six or eight weeks, yeah. Yeah. Originally submit
013April and then it went to the end of May yeah I got work from the senior project manager six to eight weeks from then. No want us to say anything but we have to say something. We're allowed to suppose that well but we just can't do them like a major press release. Gotcha. 40 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Next we have on the ballot, we have a five year term, 2025 to 2030, and we have our incumbent after Mark Brody will be running on a post. And then next is just our budget vote, which is Tuesday 8th 20 May and 07:48 p.m.. 41 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Marking is a little limited from two to 20 to 03:00, so be a little careful, and then we have a Webex community budget hearing on 12 May. We
014did one for the faculty and staff last week, so an opportunity for people if they couldn't make it here to make it on 12 May. 42 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And they can always call and ask questions. We've actually went over this, you know, last meeting or two. Again, the only caveat is the nice surprise we got this morning with the so. 43 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) I've actually looked definition of nice. Yes, I asked our our elected officials to look into this. I think there just has to be some obligation from the state here, not that they're asked to be, but there should be to kind of stick us with six, you know, six weeks late. 44 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Knowing we had an approval budget the 3rd week of April and, and
015then find out that we have this money. Again, if we do this 1 April, there's a little bit of change and maybe the way that we looked at the new budget. So we'll kind of take it from there. Any questions from anybody? 45 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Even in the public Yes. What is the status of the total fund balance from? It's about right now still around 10 % and the ERS reserves and stuff are. 46 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Pretty flush in the CRS reserved is very flushed and Mark Scott, if you want to give me an email, I can send you the exact amounts on those. And has the energy performance contract saved the district money? Is that working out positively for us? 47 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The current one, the lighting
016one? Yeah. Yes. So so what it's done is it has an increased cost for us. You know what I'm saying? And that was the whole idea that if you remember, was the kind of level of the cost. The next project, the solid one will be the reduction, right? Because that'll be the true source of. 48 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We will see the total reduction in terms of of lighting, you know, electric, but still our costs haven't gone up. Correct, but it has worked. Yes, yeah, yeah. And remember, they had to match that if it didn't. So curiosity question are the buses gasoiding. 49 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) These are looking yep and we have one new electric bus coming, which we got a full grant for. That'll be coming in July with the charger
017and the bus was fully yeah full grant from. 50 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And it, you know, it's kind of a little difficult to take the total cost of that. It's $500000 for one. Times that by 20, start to do our little bit of a math, not to mention our infrastructure. We had a bus study done $3.1 million infrastructure costs that we'd have to upgrade the facility as now. 51 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Not include what national Grid would have to put in. 52 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Which we're asking them to do an evaluation on that as well. So we have to do anything just to charge the one bus for doing that meaning will our infrastructure? Yes yes. That's included in the Yeah we vetted that out through national grid. So we're keeping
018that one outside for this. 53 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Time out in the back, and put the charger out there. So we're doing a dual charger. So e.g., if another school came with a bus, they can go back there and charge. So, so we we've maximized and friends done a great job of maximizing our grant capabilities and as they start to slowly dissipate, well, I'd say probably quickly go. 54 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Because of the change and. 55 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Political side of things, we were able to jump on this and New York State had us with another nice little thing and talked with board about this a couple, a couple weeks ago. Solar projects were built into construction costs, and as it works, we have construction and incidentals. 56 "Canajoharie CS
019BoE" (2436028416) Incidentals are using about 25 % of your construction, right? So your maximum cost allowance for each each so each each district has the maximum cost allowance for building projects. 80 % 75 % are using in construction, 25 % you're in incidentals. 57 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) New York State all of a sudden revert re reversed their decision on solar projects and said it has to go to incidentals. We backed our whole last year building a project along with my service built on the concept that would go into construction. 58 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So we had several meetings with State Ed and our our fiscal advisors and two state Ed's credit, they listened to us and they reverse 1.1 million of it and let us put that in the construction. 59 "Canajoharie CS
020BoE" (2436028416) So they didn't have to do that, that allow us to open up the door to now take the geothermal, maybe reduce some of the solar with that and put that on the new roofs that were, we put in and new roofs would put it because then it would be construction costs because it's attached to the building. 60 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So if we do that, we can still maintain a $24 million capital project, that would be over two phases, 27 and 29, because this building would be 27 years old at this point and bus drives would be 28 years at this point. So we all know what happens in 27 and 29. 61 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Two years. So we would be able to maximize that as we do our next
021building condition survey, but the geothermal helped because it knocked off some of that building condition survey expenses because we were redoing the heating and cooling system down. So we think we'll be able to maximize. 62 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) All of the maintenance items we need for all buildings didn't get them to a point where we should be good for the next 08:10 to twelve years. So, and can you explain a little bit more about the. 63 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The project down there for the heating. I I know we got the grant and it says New York States covering it. So we're not having to take on debt for that. Cause it said it was a capital project but then like any project you still have to take. 64 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416)
022Out debt for the remaining part, like getting capital project, but you wouldn't have to, you don't have to fund it with any reserves and we don't have to fund it with any taxpayer dollars cause at 1.4 million washes both of those out and it also the 1.4 million doesn't go against our maximum cost allowance versus nice two. 65 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So we were able to establish 1.4 million for a capital project later on. Originally, again, two people not talking to each other and I served in New York State education department. Originally it was the whole thing was not gonna be counted toward the maximum cost allowance. Then it was, oh NO, all of it's gonna be cutted maximum cost allowance. 66 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And then we finally vetted out that 1.4
023million wouldn't be. So, win win I think overall, for that. That $1.4 million actually huge on many fronts. So, so. 67 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Do you feel like the debt service is gonna be negatively impacted? No, we vetted that out with fiscal advisors to make sure it matches with the building eight. Okay. Yeah. So what we did along the way is we talked to fiscal advisors the whole process and they what they did is they. 68 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) They mapped out what each cost would be in each category, and that's why we had to hiccup of the incidentals of the construction, so we repurposed it and they've been keeping us updated as the projects have come in because in the last eight months, three projects, right? So does this fit? We kept
024saying, does this fit, does this fit, and it was all fitting until the states said. 69 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And then we reshuffled that incidentals now to construction which helped us and opened up the door for the rest of it. But we had to we had to break up the capital project to 02:27 and 29. Yeah, I was gonna say because that's really important. Correct. 70 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So that gets us through 29, but then there's more debt coming off of 31. Okay. So with a project that big, it probably would have take two years anyway. So it's it's not putting us behind too much. We get it all they can start putting everything to place and once 1 July 2029 happens. 71 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Off you go with with
0252nd phase. 72 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So it's actually think about it's worked out pretty big. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I I like the concept that we're able to do a project that big so we can make sure we maximize our maintenance issues from both of these buildings, and that geothermal really helped us erase some of that building condition survey. I mean, we've been talking a long time. 73 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And now this one was able to do the whole building, it was partsing in there, now we restructured the friend did a beautiful job of setting up the the scope of it. 74 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And it's the entire build, so we shouldn't have any problem with closing school with our heat index. Thank you. So a lot in the works
026the next four or five years for capital stuff. So exciting. 75 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Any other questions? All right, when we drive along then to the introduction of the board of Education candidates. What is me, and I'll give a quick talk. 76 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The main question I've gotten is, Mark, you're 79 years old and you've been on the board for 17 years. So why are you running again? And my 1st answer to that question is because dr. Nick. 77 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Has agreed to continue doubling my sacra. But the real reason is, you know, it's not always been an easy thing to be on the board, but it's been a very rewarding thing and I I'm just really thrilled about the kinds of changes that have taken place in
027our school district over the last. 78 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Period of time that have really, really changed the educational experience of our kids and it's something that's very rewarding to me, been inspiring and I just don't really would like to be along for the ride for the next two years so that we can continue the process. 79 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So that's, that's why I'm crazy enough to Okay so with that I would like to take a motion to budgetary. In favor. 80 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you everybody and we can go right good to see you guys? No. 81 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Yeah, I It's pretty much the same. Yeah. 82 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Yeah. Seems to be working. 83 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Alright,
028so it's three after six how we need to order we have any questions or comments from the floor? I'll seeing none and move along to the presentation on student empowerment. 84 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Yeah yes, you sure? In fact there's NO good way around this. Yeah. You can lose the table. 85 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) It's coming. Okay, there it goes. All right. So we're talking about student empowerment. So this is to give a definition of what is student empowerment. So giving students a sense of ownership in their education, this involves. 86 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Students having meaningful voice and choice in their education rather than simply being passive recipients of information. So that's really what I kind of want to focus on and it's talking about the things we're doing to try
029to get voice and choice to our students. So the 1st thing I did actually was I I called a couple of neighboring districts in the region and just asked that principals, asked that supers, like, so what do you. 87 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) What you guys doing for student empowerment? 88 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So I got kind of a small list. I heard a lot student council, like everyone said student council student elections, and then kind of some of the outgrowth of kind of typical things the student council might do dances, sphere and week, pepperally, things like that. You know, program planning with their counselors, I heard that similar to us. 89 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) This. 90 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) A couple of exploratory things like when you say program planning means
030for themselves? For the students, like guidance counselors meeting talking about going to college or whatever that planning. Yeah. Yeah schedules, classes, scholarships, different, you know, stuff like. 91 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) That and then two exploratory ideas I got. There was one district that was exploring the idea of a student board representative, but didn't quite have yet. Another better make the discovery and they've also been exploring the idea I forgot to put that, but portrait of a graduate. 92 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) They're exploring it but not really haven't implemented it yet. 93 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So that's what other schools in the region are doing because I kind of thought about like what do we do to promote student choice in their education to empower them to make the choices they're gonna make
031their life better, and then what are we doing to give students a voice? So kind of broken up into two lists. So for choice, you know, we have academies which I know is very unique in the region that. 94 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) No else is doing it. You know, we're just finishing our, our 1st year on the academies. It went really well. 95 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The 1st year or two, as you know, is just students taking electives, but the whole point of the academy is student choice, right? We want kids to be able to look at different career paths and say, what do I want to take? You know, what do I want to do? And then explore that. And then sometimes that choice leads them to say, I don't like this
032at all. And then, ok, will you explore something different and sometimes it leave. 96 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Into some awesome discovery. So that that's a really big part that we have. We also do career surveys. What what percentage of the classes has electric both academies? It's this year it's, they're both about half. This last year was a little over half, this year's a little under. 97 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So they're both hovering around 50 %. 98 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And it's something I think is gonna increase over time like as especially as the the later classes kind of come up and internships and stuff start happening, then now it can kind of continue to build excitement. So I think it's something that's gonna grow and not shrink. So career surveys are linked
033to the academy, so we actually did those couple of times, so in 8th grade. 99 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The counselor goes down and gives all the students a career survey, so that gives gives them different career clusters of what they're interested in, and they're not forced into any career cluster, but what it does do, it gives them different choices like ok I'm more at to do xyz, but maybe I really don't want to do XYZ so I can still do ABC, but at least I kind of know where I'm going to. We also use a. 100 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) At the high school cause we do have, you know, everyone from Sophomore is junior seniors that just really have NO idea what they wanna do. And so we'll give we give like kind
034of this is more an individual basis, but if we see a kid who's ruggling, they'll take a career survey to try to kind of guide them. Like, have you thought about this? Have you thought about that? 101 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Which also ties into program planning. Program planning is something that happens every year. Kids, every kid sits down with their counselor and has a conversation about what their goals are for high school, what their goals are for college, what their goals are for the workforce, and then they kind of plan their schedule and their high school pathway based off of that. And that could go into any number of directions. We already talked about the. 102 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And then we have all kind of the special, you know, the other places
035CTE, new visions, early admit for college, P tech, and of course college in the high school courses. This is something that we've really been working on growing. 103 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) I I think as part of the academies I really feel that every kid should be exposed to high school course, sorry, college courses. There's a stigma around college courses for many of our kids that either A college is stupid, B college is meaningful, meaningless or C I can't do college. It's just too hard. I don't like school. The reality is we've all been to college, we know that that's not the case. 104 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Is every one of our kids can do a college course. So baked into every academy. 105 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Our college courses that kids will
036take through the course of their academy. But in addition to that, we are just increasing the number of offerings in college in general. So even like, you know, our academy kids are our current freshman, but our current sophomores are still gonna have access to expanded course offerings. So we're really looking at if a kid kind of takes loads of college classes. 106 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Which they can, they can graduate, they can graduate with just about a semester's worth full of college. And then the college of high school courses are reduced. They're cheaper just by nature of them being cheaper, but also many of our kids qualify for a scholarship, which, you know, turns out kids pays like a hundred something dollars for a graduate, like it's as cheap as they're gonna get. And
037they can walk out of here with a nice. 107 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Amount of credits, which I just think is awesome. You know, we also have. 108 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Yeah, of course. Have you heard from colleges that they will be accepting this these courses as a college credit? They're through the colleges. Okay. And then they're usually through like we mostly go through FMCC. We have a few that go through you opening, but they're already through colleges. So they're dual credit, so they're, they're toy. 109 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) But here by our teachers, but our teachers have to submit their curriculum and submit their syllabus and all that to the colleges. It gets approved by the colleges and then once every, you know, seriously once every couple of years, to be honest,
038the college professor will come and, you know, observe, like, last year when I observed Patty construment, e.g., her college professor observed. 110 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Observed her at the same time high observed her, and we observed her calculus class. 111 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So that's just to kind of make sure the integrity of the college classes are being upheld. But yeah, other than that, I mean it's all taught here. The kids will directly pay the college, so they'll kind of sign off and so the parents still kind of take care of the financials, we're not the middleman in that. We just kind of give them the information. Parents pay, but the all the courseworkers done here. 112 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And then they have that college credit both through that college and
039it's on their high school transcript as well, so you could see it in two places. That's why it's a dual credit. So it's different than AP. Yes, because the difference is with AP is, you know, they, it's a college level course in terms of the material being taught, but you're not guaranteed a college credit. You could pass. 113 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) AP class and you can get a two on the exam and then you don't get credit or three because different colleges have different thresholds. You, there are colleges that are increasing where even the key gets a three, they're still not accepting the credit. So then that's also really appealing to our kids as well kids I'll give you an example. So, the way miss Counchman. 114 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So calculus class
040is both through a college in high school and through AP, so you just kind of doing both. This year zero if your kids took the AP because they just paid through the college. So all of those kids are getting the credit, they didn't even need taking the AP because then would have been a waste of their time and the school's money. So AP is not guaranteed, and honestly I I just. 115 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Personally feel like it's kind of just on the way out. It's becoming less and less of an important thing where college in the high school is guaranteed. The kids will leave with a credit and this credit is through the college, it's accepted, it's transferable, and it's it's really, kids are like it's just it's I think it's overall better
041say something because I did a whole bunch of research on this. I called a lot of the college. 116 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Is. 117 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And the upper tiered colleges wanted AP classes. They, they wouldn't take the state college. Really? Yeah, the community college. Interesting. So I I understand about them maybe not taking that credit even if they have a three. Yeah. And I understand like they pick and choose what, where they're gonna put that credit and it might just be electric credit. Yeah. 118 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Not very specific, but I just know, I mean that's why I chose AP for my kids. Yeah and and for the class that offer it, you usually do both. Like, so every class. 119 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) That we have AP
042is, is both AP or so the kids. AP bio was NO AP BIOS now AP was just AP BIOS still. Right. But like AP English's, AP history is AP calcus, AP pre calcus, and then we have other college courses like you know Tracy Evanseech just some business. 120 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Courses that are wouldn't be AP anyway, like a mobile app entrepreneur or computer applications so those just are college. Just be careful how you present that to the kids. Okay. 121 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Yeah, it's good to know. So then of course we you know. Oh yeah, go ahead. Is there any opportunity for the kids to get scholarship help if their parents have difficulty you know paying for these college course. Yes, so there's a scholarship where the tuition is is basically
043cutting half. 122 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And most of our kids apply for it. It kind of, so if a kid meets the standards for the free and reduced lunch, the state free and reduced lunch program, then they are, then they qualify for the scholarship. And we also get outside support, even though even those kids who qualify and still can't pay, we have outside support to help pay for the colleges that way. So. 123 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So really we don't want money to be a barrier for any of these kids especially, you know, given our demographic, and so we kind of have ways that, you know, anyone can get these college credits through us. 124 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And then, you know, we also offer the asphabe, which is, you know, the
044military exams and we have recruiters come, so we, you know, cause there are kids that, you know, the recruiters come from all branches of the military, so which is just again, just another choice for our kids to explore. And as you know, we've talked about internships, so. 125 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) This current freshman class when they're seniors is really when we want our internships to take off. So right now we've just been kind of dabbling in it. You know, last year we had a kid who interned with the local trades person like carpenter to go around with them and work, work for them when they're done with school. Remember most seniors that they've kind of done their credits, they're here. 126 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Periods 123, maybe 1234, and then they kind of
045have the rest of the day and they don't need school. So we're trying to fill that time with internships to give them real world experience, and it goes back to their choice of what career do I want to pursue. So Tammy Jones, you know, she runs her CSI program, which is an academy, but she's been kind of running it for some time. She recently got an internship for a student, which is. 127 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) It's actually really interesting cause. 128 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The internship's out in Bluvesville, so we were gonna try to explore transportation, which we could kind of, you know, use our bossys routes to, to, you know, increase our area of influence, which is good. But this is a it's a very techie internship and so it's all done
046remotely, so she just kind of goes and she just takes a Chromebook and does her internship remotely, so she's getting that experience and. 129 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And I think that was really, really interesting. That like literally happened less than two weeks ago. It just started. So I thought it was a really interesting thing and it all something also worth exploring as we kind of continue on through the academy process. 130 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) You know, if we could look at remote internships, which is a growing trend, you know, we could offer more opportunities for kids, you know, beyond, you know, our reasonable, you know, here to Gloversville and Johnste wherever kind of our buses go. And then of course, you know, computer community service. 131 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) You know, the
047PL everyone gets 12 h, they have to graduate and they kind of choose, which is just important because, you know, you don't want to force a kid to do something they hate and then they don't, then they, you know, kind of sour on the idea of community service. So, you know, kids choose all different things and and many times it's things that, you know, could lead to, you know, they, you know, e.g.. 132 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The volunteer in animal shelter, right? And then that's because they have an interest in doing a vect tech or volunteer was a local company because they have an interest in some kind of trade or something like that. So we've seen that which is cool. And the portion of a graduate, I know where to put this in
048choice or voice, it kind of falls somewhere in the middle. But this is just about kind of, you know. 133 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The basic skills that kids need. So maybe it falls more into voice, maybe I should be in the other column, but you know things like critical thinking, things like personal responsibility, things like teamwork. And so we stress that, but I think that's such an important part of giving student that voice because their their skills that are the most important skills, you know, and a dr. Nick always. 134 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Shows the graph of the, of the upcoming skills where you know the the critical thinking skills are everything. That's, that's the stuff that you're not gonna lose through AI. And that's your portion of the graduate does it enhances
049those skills so kids A are. 135 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Get used to using those skills but also that they're incognizant that they're using those skills. It becomes a way for them to sell themselves on a rescue and interview through internships and everything else. So student voice. Okay. 136 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So star days I think is, you know, it's there's there's just nothing like star days, thank you Caroline. You're starting it and then you know we and it's still it's still going. So, you know, star days are a way every star day has a theme, as I think everyone knows, you know, and there's those themes also encourage students to, there's a lot of opening up, there's a lot of tools. 137 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Talking, saying, you know, things about how
050they feel, things about when things are important in their life. It's a really important to foster students to talk about issues that are important to them and they're also fun, which is important to not just sitting in classroom talking, but there's always a theme. I give them the last star day Steve was wellness. So in addition to having wellness, there was little wellness goes each, each day, you know, Monday. 138 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) A certain healthy thing Tuesday, make sure you drink plenty of water etc etc. So and so that's those themes are chosen by the star committee. So it's not just the teachers get together, hey, what do our kids want? Every grade has star captains, those star captains help, you know, those star captains are the ones choosing the themes, and so
051that's really important that. 139 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The things that we're doing are things that the students have said these are the things we wanna talk about. We have student surveys through our board rep, which of course we have a student board representative, you know, every year we have. 140 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) You know, the kids it's just nice for them to have a go between student board rep, talks to kids, comes back to me, tells me kind of what's going on. And, you know, you've seen some of that because sometimes it gets to you guys. I remember everything from kids going out for senior lunch to forks in the cafeteria my 1st year here and that was like pre COVID though, so kinda that is. 141 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) But you
052know, but it's important because you know it's kind of funny, I was kind of laughed at that one because it's like, you know, something as simple as that. We would I would never think of that. Like me sitting in my office and teaching the classrooms, you would never think, oh, I bet the kids want these forks and these dishes what we have, you know, just never cross our lines, but that's the value of a student board. 142 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Representative. We've had a couple of committees to hear. 143 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Student improvement committee, we had what we brought students from every grade, just kind of a representative sample, talked about issues that were born to them. And I think that like so we did that and that was my inspiration for
053the new lunch, e.g., you know, so kids during that among other things expressed that they wish that they had more free time during the day, more time. 144 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Talked to their peers a little more downtime, and that was, you know, how I born this year of student lunch or 45 min instead of the 20 that they were. And then kids are allowed to go to the library, you know, go to the gym and just kind of like actually have a break during the day like adults get during the day, right? Kids deserve one too. So that idea came from students saying this is something we. 145 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We're kind of stressed out. We, you know, we're burned down. We need that. So that's the value of stuff like
054that. Next year, which is really interesting. Student counsel is gonna be meeting with mr. Sherman to talk about you give input for the lunch menu. I've heard a lot of positives about the lunch menu, but it's always good again. 146 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Hear that voices. I put restored practices and student voice cause I just think that's such an important thing because restored practices to me are about students finding their voice. I do most of my job is, you know, talking to people through a problem and whether that's talking to me, having two. 147 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Do students talk to each other, having to a student and a teacher, a student and a parent, a parent, whatever a combination you want to do. And everyone, NO one wants to do it. Nobody
055wants when they're upset to sit down in a room with someone who they're upset at and have that conversation. They'd rather just do and just like, I just want it to go away, but it's not gonna go away. This is a skill that. 148 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) That every kid struggles with and every adult struggles with, doesn't matter how old you are, and restored practices. 149 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) There's a way to give kids this important skill. So we do a lot of harm repairs and mediations where we kind of, you know, we don't force them, the kid always has a choice, but you know, we, they get there. And then they kind of sitting in a room and having these difficult conversations and then they learn to navigate those difficult conversations. They
056learn to advocate for themselves, they learn to listen to us. 150 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The other side of the scene. Try to see the other side and try to come to some kind of resolution. To me, I just think that's the most important skill. 151 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) That a person can have, but it's also difficult, and it never gets easier. I do it about 400 times a day and I still get a little nervous sometimes with going into a contentious conversation, you know? And so it's just such a good way to force that voice, and we've done a ton of circles this year at the high school. Circles could be for anything. So we've went into, you know, I'll give you just one example. We went to a clas. 152 "Canajoharie CS
057BoE" (2436028416) Classroom where just the culture wasn't working. 153 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) You know, the kids were kind of acting out, the teacher was stressed out, kids were bickering with each other, there was some bullying, and it just kind of was out of control. We went in there, we had the circle, and the circle is the students talking. Like Michelle and I go in and we just ask questions and you know students say, you know, here's what I feel is. 154 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Here's what I'm seeing. Here's what I think is wrong, and they usually own it. Here's what I'm doing wrong, here's my part and but then you know the best part is most circles end with some kind of treatment agreement, where you, you know, you, you say, ok, well,
058so how do we make this better? How are we all gonna agree to get on the same page? And so now the students get to create that class culture, and more importantly fix the culture that. 155 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) It's broken. Every time we went to a circle and there's a hundred percent when we leave. 156 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) It gets better and that gets better because the students were able to hear their voice and say yes, we're acknowledging the problem. Yes, some of us are the problem, but we don't want to, NO one wants to live in that kind of chaos, you know, and here's what we're gonna do collectively to fix it. And so I I just think, you know, that's to me what's restoring practices are all about and it's
059all about student voice and. 157 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Arm repairs and and having those interpersonal skills that, you know, it's beyond a traditional discipline traditional schools don't teach. You know, you can't just say, oh, well, suck it up and walked away, that's just not the real world, and people don't grow like that. 158 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Of course, I was speaking to Michelle there the other day at the, at that thing and she said she's really loving her experience in the high school of these with these circles and she really feels them very, very positive. 159 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Yeah, they are thank you they are. It's just it's just, you know what, it's it's always funny. People sometimes have like a negative perception or maybe you have fear that it's something
060to go wrong, but really our kids are so authentic and when you just give them a chance and you give them a little stick or you know use different things as a talking piece each time, but like. 160 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) If people respect the circle rules and people open up and it is really nice. And and honestly I, when I was disconnected, we did a lot in middle school and they're good there too, like it's just it's just an interesting thing. I just think it works really well. And of course, you know, student council like everyone else, and. 161 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Our our portion of graduate, which I think I already talked about that twice, ok. Alright. All right, any questions? Or any more questions? Oh, we're talking about student empowerment
061is are students involved in any of the decisions about the way that the school will function? 162 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) You know, in terms of course offerings or programs or anything of that nature. In terms of course offerings, yeah, so in terms of course offerings, if students express, so there's two things. There's clubs and course course offerings. And if students express an interest and there's a need for that, then we try to implement it. You know, I'll just give you a. 163 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) A recent example, a kid wanted to do a fishing club, and so he came to me and, you know. 164 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) They had a whole group of young men who wanted to start a fishing club. So it actually came to life that we had,
062you know, we typically these things take a year, but in this instance we had a teacher said I'll do it, I don't care about getting paid, and so he just kind of running the fishing club now. Now usually that same thing is a little longer of a process, but ultimately if kids express a need. 165 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Need or a desire for some kind of programming, we try to make it work, you know, within any reasonable means that we can. 166 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Any other question? I have one more. Okay, That's just wondering has has there been any consideration about student evaluation of teachers? No. Yeah for college. You know what, I will. 167 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Say for for teacher appreciation week students wrote very nice notes about teachers,
063and I think that's appreciated. Yeah, so the same token get that and have guidance meetings and things of that nature. That kind of. 168 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Remember too, We still have to run, you know, they don't know what they don't know. It's not their fault, they just don't know what they don't know and we have to make sure that we oversee all those things too. So this is a mountain. 169 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We call it four school districts. This is a mountain of student, like a mountain. I would put this up against probably, I would have to say in the same school than of things that we give kids choice to do. And it's great. 170 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) You get a school with 270a class that it's connected today
064was 6000 you know nothing like this. 6000 recommendations. Yeah. With the small school you can tell when a teacher's not good. Yeah. I guess the students evaluate. 171 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Features all the time informally, I think that's yeah it's a good place for her to go. Tennis clock was too. Tennis o'clock too, and she also mentioned that, so. 172 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) This is another avenue. History club again next year because the history club, correct? Yeah, I'm wondering that back up and so do you want to ask about the lunch, you know, the 45 min lunch. So you're running into any problems with that? No, and not only are we not running into problems, we actually have our lowest course failures that I think we've ever had. And I'll explain why. So
065it. 173 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) It's I did a similar thing in sconnected and I knew if it worked, if it worked in as a school as big as that I can certainly work here. So this, the structure is very simple. It's a 45 min lunch, and then kids can go to either the library where they basically kind of play video games, hang out, you know, just whatever, or they go to the gym when they kind of play basketball or handbowl or whatever they're, they're playing. The fitness center. 174 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) It's open for the 9th and 10th grade. And so it's just a time in the middle of the day for kids to relax, hang out with their friends and get their lunch, which I think is important, but. 175 "Canajoharie CS
066BoE" (2436028416) Part of that is also the work recovery room, and that's kind of that I think that's a huge link to why our course value is so low. So the work recovery room is if you, if you're not doing your work in class, if you're not completing your work class, if you're goofing up, the teacher has signed you to work recovery room, which is mandatory. 176 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So now you still get to eat lunch, of course, you go to year lunch, you got like 1015 minutes and then instead of getting to do one of the fun things, you must go to the working cardboard. Now if you finish your work, you can leave, and if you don't, you do have the whole period, and so the the 9th and 10th grade
067in particular have have have really grown this, that all credit goes to them, and so beca. 177 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Because of the kids know that like ok I want to do my work so I don't have to go to working cubroom. But I have to, I don't want to go to working covering because if I don't do that, I get lunch attention, so it's all, it's leading to a lot more work completion, which I think is why our course failures are. So we have about 50 course failures nine through twelve this semester, which I've never seen in a Q3 in my life. 178 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) If the number of students two or more Freshman two, sophomore score junior. Well, we used to have a 45 min lunch. Yeah. And it worked
068really well because you were told that we had to go to the 20 min because of this, you know, it just was, it was a detriment because that's when you got to meet with kids because they took the 20 min. 179 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay, at the end of the day, so you couldn't pull him in anymore. 180 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And and also it also leaves me now we have team teacher meeting time during lunch as well. We kind of break up the duties and teachers can meet once a week. And that's something that we never had grade level meetings, you know, every other week for each, you know, set of grades, which is just another really really happy about that. Oh, good. Yeah. 181 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Grade six through
069twelve and Q3, only 13 students for two of them. 13 grand. And you get to a level where you can't get much to the meaning there's always going to be right a few kids, you know? Six was one, seven was one, eight was one. 182 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So ok well thank you very much. I'm very encouraging to hear that and we appreciate it. Thanks Mike. Okay moving right along, the next thing on the agenda is a superintendent update. 183 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay, so we'll move on to the Reports good. We got a few things going on. 184 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) One thing we wanna talk about, and we discussed it last month was wanted to look at doing a joint meeting to talk about the merger study, and it would
070happen the next meeting and their next meeting happens to be 18 June. 185 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) There's a little bit later than what we've had in the past. So, can you check your schedules in if it's something you want to do? I feel well I I feel personally that it's a great thing. I, I feel it's better for our. 186 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) My kids in the future and it will be. The financial landscape as we talked about in the state is not particularly great. 187 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The ability to get quality teachers, all the stuff we talked about, just filling teams and filling opportunities for our students is is big and. 188 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) I think we'd be remiss if we didn't look at this and if we
071do decide to map out something sooner than later, only because the farther we are away from this, the more we have to start over, you know, and I don't think the summer is something we could put. 189 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) I don't think this summer is something we can say we don't have to do in the summer because NO one's in school, because our community is still in our community. And if anything, the summer is probably less intrusive for everybody and would probably be welcome if we did do that. Mark mentioned before about doing the petition. 190 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) For the 1st round remember, there's always a binding boat. Everyone's gonna get a voice, NO matter what happens, everyone's gonna get a voice. What Mark mentioned a comment, which was really great
072I thought was the ability to go out and get even more people. And if we don't, we don't, right? So I think we set a goal, like e.g., New York States says your petitioner. 191 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Has to be the average of the three year for your vote. For us, it's about 200. 192 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) I would say we have to set a goal to get 300, right? So that way we know we're going above and beyond. And if four planes is 1705, they gotta get two seven, you know, something like that. So we come in with 600 yeses and if we don't get that then again we know where we stand. 193 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) A 5248 vote is well within the margin of error and we know that
073this is never going to be a 7030 vote. It just won't be, it won't be an 8020 because of so many factors. People not understanding it, people who who feel that everything is fine, which. 194 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) How things wrong, fine and people holding on to, you know, the best. So I think we gotta trudge through that, that base and continue to know that it's gonna be best for kids. I guess that's the best way. And if we do it again and it goes down, then we know where we stand. 195 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) But I'd be remiss to think if we didn't fight to do it because with a thousand people coming out for a vote and only a hundred and 75 people come into forums, if I still believe it,
074and i'll, and I'll say it to the end, if 250 people come out to the forums. 196 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We would have been on to the next round because they got educated and people start to understand what the plate was with that. So, I I think we should look at it, but I think we should also, kind of, I don't want to say this. 197 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We tiptoe through this because say that said we had a tiptoe through this, right? And they restricted us to certain things we could say and we can't say. And I think that hampered it too. I don't think the merger firm did us any service, and I think what we did, and I'm not patting anybody in the back, but what we did is we
075presented the issues. 198 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And we presented the possible solutions. So I think if we did that again and did it sooner than later, I think we could move to a better direction. That's probably the best way. So if we do meet, if we decide this is a board decision, then we would have a meeting, I would reach out to Lauren and say this is something we'd like to do. 199 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And if that day is good enough for you, let me know. Is that good for everyone? You know it's Wednesday. Yeah, that's ok. I had on their board minutes. Oh, absolutely. So go ahead and check and ok. 200 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Exclusive of either of the of the other meeting. We have a joint and then
076we'd have our business meeting, right? Yeah, in the same spot, and it'll probably be over there only because we had the last one here. So we usually go back and forth. So we would not have a meeting on 12 June. Correct, correct. I'm sorry. Yes. What would happen. Everything would shift yes, not my fault. Yep. 201 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) I'll get this exact dates and everything, but if we're ok moving forward, I'll make sure we solidify it. Does that make sense? Have you heard anything from Fort Plan or do they truly interested or? I think last time was it our we talked to what was it in the meeting with. 202 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The board, that was what? April, right? Mid April? When they said yes, we would be, right? You and
077Brenna and Lauren I left already, but then you continue to talk to Lauren they said they were going to explore it. Okay. So they have they have a much more. 203 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Contentious situation concerned about you know, I don't think it's up to us really whether we present it to the public or not. I think we should just let them vote, you know? It's really not up to us to say yes or NO that they can or cannot have a vote. 204 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) The public should be able to decide. Yeah, but I think it'd be good for us to have that conversation on hopefully that would come to a common agreement about a way to go forward and I'm been in touch with the president and. 205 "Canajoharie CS
078BoE" (2436028416) I'm not gonna continue to be in touch with her to hopefully work out a very collaborative. In agreement? Yep, yeah. Okay. Building projects, but just kind of explain that we got again some good news from stayed out with the $1.1 million. 206 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Being moved from and and to their defense, we presented them with that amount and that's the amount that they they moved over, so, they didn't have to do that. I think we we really sold our case and it worked out ok, so we're gonna work some final numbers, but I think they're gonna work out and we'll be able to. 207 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Maybe you get all three of these projects off without a hiccup. You know, the problem incidentals you always gotta leave some because
079you never know a side of a I hate to say this, a side of a building or a wall or something could, could come apart and all of a sudden in the mid year we've got to do an $800000 project. 208 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And it's not eatable, that money is, you know, gone from us. So, so anyway, I think it will fit and we'll keep betting it out with them. On 15 May, anybody going to HFM Bosses with Bill Daggett? That starts I think at 09:00, so or 08:00 I think. So is it nine? 209 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay yeah for Bill to be there, that'll be a great, we've always got some new stuff. 210 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) He doesn't do the same presentation. We got backward this week that
080we I think if you remember he saying I was trying to get designation for google reference district. So we are one in 150 school districts at a 17000 that Google has distinguished us as one of those districts, which that means this. 211 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We will get updates and input on things from Google to education 1st as a hundred and 50. We'll also showcase the things that we're doing here to other districts, and we'll also be on the inside. What I mean by that is if anybody knows about Google. 212 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) You can't give somebody inside. You can't find somebody inside. Now we've got two contacts, one gave me their phone number, which is even more dangerous because I can call it anytime. So it's, it's a great opportunity for
081us to get a designation that we conserve because we also have. 213 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) They're extremely amazed at how many Google one certifications we have, already Google two and also all the Google applications that, that we are using. In addition to that, we have Lauren who's gonna be a certified trainer. 214 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) She's finishing that up and, we have two coaches that we're looking through, they'd like us to have two coaches, which is pretty much the Google one and Google two certified and then go some training with them, which will be allow us to let them at faculty meetings or superintendent days. 215 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) You know, instruct the the staff on some of the new things that Google is doing. So a great, I think a really
082great designation for our district and it took a couple years to crack them and and get there. But I think it's a great designation and again an into one of the biggest. 216 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Companies that can really forge new things for us. So we'll do a press release or they're gonna do a press release in a couple weeks and that'll go out as well. You saw the building project up front, they're starting to dig for that water retention, they'll have it all sorted up by the end of May and they'll have some. 217 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Not out there, so it'll look fine for graduation time. I will. And if you look over on mr. Rose's property it looked like it looked like they cleaned everything out, which they did to
083help move some of that water through. And then also we're gonna build a whole retention area in the middle there, so it holds the water before it goes to that ****. 218 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Before it goes down to the village. 219 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We just got work today that I I put in to present at the Nisba conference in New City and we got picked to present there and we're also presenting at the rural schools academies, and the Nisba conference we're talking about a conflict resolution with board of Education and district. 220 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) How you handle conflict resolution. So, yeah. Not that way. So a lot of good things in the works and then obviously we have our budget boat 20 May, we have a little bit of
084a meeting after that at 05:15 excuse me 8815 after it closes and do it virtually as well. 221 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And then quickly but surely we get into the award season and concert season. So, because after next week we are gonna start to have a lot of little days off, right? Give backs memorial days, that type of stuff, so. 222 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) I think the high school has 19 class days. All set? Any questions? Hey, thank you Nick. Moving on to the policy. Policy committee met, gave them everything about a month ago to look it over. These policies are. 223 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Pretty clear gut and dry, only because most of them are, you have to do this, you know, so I'll go through some of it. The governor
085has devices they do cell phone policy for new York State we just put ours in here so we already have a cell phone policy, so we're. 224 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We're not too bad, right? So we're in pretty good shape there. So that's one of the policies, that is. 225 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Policy 7370 03:13. Yep. The next one is 6145, which is the right employees to express breast milk in the workplace. That's a mandate by New York State. This was just written by nisbook, so we just followed policy. 226 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Not keep too many questions there because it's pretty clear cut and dry. The next one is 6212, which is extreme heat conditions. New York State put that in as well. It pretty much says what you have to
086do if there's extreme conditions, and if. 227 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) If something reaches, what is it, sport services reaching the temperature. I think it's 85. No, that's more than 4805. 228 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) This one. Pressing condition to find the logs support services are 82 degrees. That was a little bit higher. What's that? That was eighties. I think it was 8080. 229 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Correct, so bottom line. Yeah, a warning level is 82, Correct. The top is 88 yes. So if a room is 88 or higher, if a room is 88. 230 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Then we have to find alternate spaces. Last year we had a huge heat wave, we gave the rooms and there was only four rooms in the two or three days that reached above 8880
087eight's hard to reach. You didn't believe it, but it is hard to reach. At the 82 degrees just means we're turning off the lights. Yes. 231 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) There's interventions. Yeah. Like that and making sure your works. Which we already do, which is, which is good. So that policy is what it is. 232 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And that's the state and date, so we will put that into place. In some cases. 6220, this was the policy that we, was this never changed when when when tenure went in 2010 or eleven? 233 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Everyone from three years before? 234 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We just had to change that, so two to three, three to four. That's, that's all the change in that one was. Next one was 3220, which
088is public expression in meetings. That's the language that Aaron told us to make sure we update that we always followed, but it was never in policy. So we updated that and that's on our front of our pages. 235 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) In, in the board docs. So that's updated now too as well. Let's see next one is 6121 sexual harassment in the workplace. This was just updates and this pretty much had to do with. 236 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Workplace violence, if you remember when they put that policy in last year. So this was updates to that and it was a couple of paragraphs built into that. So they said add that in there. That was about it for that policy. No one goes on forever. Yeah, that's a big one. That's added the
089last three years actually. 237 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) 3421, non discrimination equal opportunity. There was some stuff that Lizba said we need to take out and reframe, and that's why there's the bullet points are taken out. And then there's the addition of a paragraph. 238 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And then a little bit on the sexual discrimination and sec based harassment that was the upgrade from what the last policy was. So just updates from again this on that one. Next one is public access to records. 239 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And in addition to that was more about the furba law and the foil law or excuse me, foil law, and there wasn't verbiage in there as deep as it should have been as part of concerned, and the litigation in hold on certain things
090the district would have to do if something. 240 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Needs to happen. 241 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So that again is just a, is the update. The next one is school safety plans. This was just language changes, like e.g., they wanted to make sure it was trauma and formed drills as opposed to emergency drills. So we had to change some of that language. 242 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Which Nizba told us to put in and the state, and then there's just some updates on the non discrimination bullying and anti harassment of school districts, and that was again just some additions to do with building level things. 243 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And also, title update to title nine stuff. There was some new updates to title nine because of the new administration
091on the federal level. So that had to update as well. So for the most part, very basic and some were automatic. So if there's any questions on this 1st reading. 244 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So you can look them over and we can suggest next month if there's anything back, I don't know what would change because they're pretty, you know, clear cutting their eye I guess from from so we don't need to take action today. Nope. 245 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Alright, any questions and comments? Send me any comments if you have if you want to investigate anything beforehand. Okay, so moving right along to approvals, we will do the 1st. 246 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) 3 min separately because then we will go on to a consent agenda, which you can start ok so.
092247 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) 1st one is the 3 April meeting and I'm just trying to accept the minutes. All in favor? And I understand. 248 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay then second. Thank you. And. 249 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Gotcha. And then we have the 30 April? State. 250 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay and to accept the consent agenda second the Wednesday, 3 April meeting minutes that we just did. 251 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Yep. According to this Mark and Keith both need to obstain. I did obstain. That was it was in the morning. I apologize. 252 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Yeah, I didn't Okay so we will move on to the consent agenda. Bills, any questions there? I know it's gonna be a shot, but I hope we don't have any questions. 253
093"Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Moving on. My favor? Budget transfers, anything there? Okay, moving on to treasury's report and I'll keep stuck there as well. 254 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Outstanding this has to do with the contract that we're outstanding for a year. Any questions there? And they all loaded and. 255 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay, and now we have the the port plane agreement. Yeah, anything there and the Edison Center agreement against school as well. 256 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay student transportation contract. All these summer contracts are too. And two summer contracts after that question? Amsterdam wants to. 257 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) What what is the story again with Amsterdam about they have a dr. there? We have two, we have a couple of kids that goes school in their district, so we
094have to pay for help and welfare services. 258 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) They go to private school. Not infinite school, but a private school. Should they go there for their healthcare. They go into that private school so that we're responsible for the district to pay for their help. 259 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay, and then the SRO contract with that? I would entertain emotions to approve the consent agenda. 260 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Thank you. Moving on to personnel for second election, chief inspector. 261 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Inspector inspector inspector. Any questions on any of that? Okay then the school counter. Yeah, we had a great round of interviews. It was a number of interviews, which is fantastic and we have a local. 262 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Person from Johnstown who was a
095very good athlete there, a student from Johnstown, actually a personal trainer on top of it and excited to be a part of our district, so very excited to move forward with that. 263 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay, and then point a teacher for special education. Yep, this is the teacher who finished up their certification and then we have a lead request. Yes. 264 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) We wish her well, only a month, very timing, and she'll be back. Okay, and then some of the drama volunteers starting to get that going. We have quite a few, which is great. And I see Lori leave is not on there anymore. 265 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) She's doing four playing job. Okay. 266 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) It's better one tomorrow. It's tomorrow at 04:30, it's pretty
096open to the book? Where is it gonna be? High Chool auditorium. What is what is it? The 6th grade students performing the storybook course. Jack is on trial for going up means talk and stealing the meeting. 267 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay. And where does it begin? Work my high school in the audit, right? At 04:30 tomorrow. Okay. It'll take us 35 40 min. 268 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Okay, then we have point winner coaches, still have a few blank spots. Yeah, not too many, I'm bad. And so NO questions there. All right I wanted to take a motion to approve the personnel presentation. 269 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Second on paper, thank you. Old business let's see a blank, so we'll go to new business. It's the draft meeting dates for next year. I
097noticed that they're all just one date per month. Is that's something that we all want to stick with at this point? 270 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Yes, because we had gone to two as you know. 271 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) So this is all disagreeable to everyone. Okay, so I guess? Yeah, it was one that I want to change. It was one on a Tuesday. The August one more. Just the point about this is August one I think it's probably for Tuesday the 12th? Yeah. 272 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) And I guess the next month's meeting we will sign on the and and also maybe work on your agenda for that as well. So just kinda keep that in mind and think of what things you might like to. 273 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Issue
098in the in the treat. Okay, so do you have anything more promise of me click. Okay, I didn't send a motion to to favor. Thank you. 274 "Canajoharie CS BoE" (2436028416) Have a wonderful evening. Wonderful weekend since I Won't. Should do a journ.