WPS School Committee Meeting May 12th, 2026

001I was so excited to go. We're going to Florida, though. >> I was excited to go. >> You're the payroll in the one and I'm the back. I feel like I'm the backup. >> Nick has a list right there that I gave him. >> What you currently have right now? I'm just showing the desert to sign up because I gave him. Are you the building? >> Are you ready for me to count you in? >> I guess the student represent. >> You ready for me to count you in? >> He's the building committee rep. Yeah. >> And he's the >> I go when you go. Okay. So, five assistant chair, >> four testimony, >> two Good evening everybody. With the time being 6 pm on Tuesday, May 12th, I will call this meeting of the

002Webster School Committee to order. As a reminder, the meeting is being recorded both video and audio. They'll be posted to the school district website. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. 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. >> The first item on the agenda this evening will be the reorganization of the committee. Um, the first position would be the chairperson. Do I have any nominees for the chair? >> Through the chair, I nominate Kelly Sadiki as chair. >> Have a motion. Is there a second? >> A second. >> Motion and second. Is there any further discussion? Des, can you please uh pull the forward? Meos? >> Yes. Member Dopolis? >> Yes.

003Member Millet? >> Yes. Member Scarifia? >> Yes. Thank you. The second position would be the vice chairperson. Do I have a nomination? >> Nominate member Adam. >> I have a motion in a second. Is there any further discussion? Hearing no discussion. Desire, would you call the committee? >> Member Calleros. >> Yes. >> Member Damopas. >> Yes. >> Member Millet? >> Yes. >> Member Scarifia? >> Yes. >> Thank you. Um, next position would be the secretary. Last year that was member Millet. Do I have any nomination? >> Um, I'll nominate nominee uh member coral. Coralus. >> I have a motion. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> A motion and a second. Is there any further discussion? Can you please pull the board? >> Member Keros? Yes. >> Member Napoulos? >> Yes. >> Member Millet?

004Yeah, members are. >> Yes. >> Thank you. The next position is the email we do at the end. >> Uh those are we're doing at the end. Yep. >> Sorry about that. The next item would be the approval of the April 14th, 2026 minutes. Any discussion pertaining to those hearing? None. Do I have a motion to approve those minutes? >> So move second. >> Motion and a second. Desire, would you please pull? >> Member, >> yes. Member, >> yes. >> Member Miller, >> yes. Member SC, >> yes. >> Thank you. >> Next item would be the approval of the tri board minutes from March 23rd of 2026. Any discussion pertaining to those minutes? Hearing? None. Do I have a motion concerning those minutes? >> So move second. >> Motion to approve. Is there in a

005second? Um, could you please hold the board? >> Member Keros, >> yes. Member, >> yes. >> Member Millet, >> yes. >> Member Scaria, >> yes. >> Thank you. >> And I have approval of the budget workshop minutes from March 31st, 2026. Is there any discussion pertaining to those minutes? Hearing none. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes? >> So move. >> Second. >> A motion. A second. Des please pull the board. >> Meros. >> Yes. Yes. >> Member Millet, >> yes. >> Member Scarifia, >> yes. >> Thank you everybody. Next item is the superintendent report. >> Good evening, Mr. Tran. >> Good evening. It's nice to see everybody this evening. I'll try and project a little bit. Um, as you know, we are holding our first uh school committee meeting in our new

006media center at the high school. uh we will be having meetings here and hosting meetings here until uh December when we are scheduled to be back in our new place. It is a little different. We are streaming live on YouTube whereas that is our intention and we will be doing that for the next few months until we get in our regular location and get back to our normal equipment. Uh first I'd like to start with our personnel update. Uh we have received a couple assignment notices um for the end of the school year. Uh we have Miss Donna Hurtton who is a teacher at Artler High School. She is on schedule to retire in October. And then we have Miss Christine Espazito who is our cafeteria manager at Webster Middle School. She is scheduled to

007end retire at the end of the school year. So we wish them the very best. Uh we have a couple of new hires. We have Miss Ivonne Torres who is a fullyear administrative assistant at Park. Uh, Miss Taus comes to us with a lot of experience. She has some family um, liaison experience. She's also a certified translator for special education and she has an extensive background in admin assistant work. So, we welcome her um, to Parka Elementary. Um, I would also like to welcome Lucelli Duza. Did I say that right? Louseli. >> Luza. Oh, yes. >> Luza. >> Lusa. >> Yeah. um uh she's an ABA at Webskin Middle School and we welcome them to the team and look forward um to many years to come up. Um we have received a few recent resignations.

008We have Esenia Marquez, an ABA at Park, um Tabitha Chauan, um who is also an ABA at Park and Gloria Rodriguez, an ABA at Park A. Um currently we have no transfers at this time. As you can see, we still have many vacancies for ABAs and instructional assistants. Um that throughout the school year, we've been struggling struggling to fill these positions. Uh we continue to look hopefully um the end of the year and the summer coming, we'll give uh the pool out there a refresh and we'll be able to fill these positions for the start of the school year. Are there any questions on personnel >> through the chair? >> Yes. Um I just the special ed teacher. Is that an um resignation or is that like a new position added? I It wasn't on

009the April. >> Uh it wasn't. Oh, that was Miss O'Brien's position. Miss Kelly O'Brien. She was a special ed teacher who just recently passed. >> Understood. >> Yep. So, I'm sorry I skipped right over that one. Um, continuing on on the management and operations, uh, the first I just wanted to give you a policy update as we head in. As you notice, I did not bring any new policies um, to you this time. I will be reviewing them hopefully before the next two meetings are up. I know we have some busy meetings coming up. We have strategic plan we want to present. We're also going to present our school improvement plans by the end of the school year. Um, and also try and get some of our handbooks in. So, we'll try I'm going to

010try work hard to get some policies in, but I might be taking a little break, but it's not going to be extended too long. Um, but as you know, we've spent some time focusing and updating on our policies this year. Um, we have set up a new structure online for our policies. They're searchable, they're easy to look, they're bisection. Um, it's a much better system. To date, we've reviewed 76 policies. We've deleted nine. We've updated or added 46 and I have 23 that I've reviewed that need that are in the process that need to be updated that we'll be bringing forward. So, we've made some pretty good progress this year. We'll continue that work. Overall, we have approximately 333 policies. That's give or take because some of them can as we continue to go through

011be deleted or there's new ones out that we might not have that'll need to be added. Um, so you know, even though we've done a lot of work, we still have 150 plus policies to review, look at, bring forward, something. Um, but we put a dent in it and we'll continue that work and I'm pretty excited about how much has been accomplished and, um, I feel good about reviewing these policies as we move forward. Um, there's probably going to be a point where I may have to get committees together or small groups together to discuss certain policies. You know, we're right now we're doing the ones that are pretty standard, straightforward, or easy. Don't need a ton of collaboration. They're working in small departments to get that I can ask questions. But when we get

012to some of the bigger policies, they might have to have maybe a school committee representative or somebody to come in um to to review these policies as we go through, but I will give plenty of notice and as we go through and I'll try and chunk them um like we have been by sections. Are there any questions about policies? Okay. Uh, continuing on under management operations, on Thursday of last week, um, Miss Ktos, Miss Pulley Eco, and I attended a tabletop exercise which was held at the Webster Fire Department. Um, in attendance at that meeting were all local fire department officials, Webster EMS officials, police department, NEMA, Harington Hospital officials, the town administrator. We ran through a scenario for Park Avenue. Um, the goal was to give our systems a test, talk about what we

013think should happen or what we have planned to happen. Um, and then the goal is to review those and talk about them to say, is that the best scenario? Are we missing things? Uh should we be addressing any area? Are there things that we need to improve on? Uh we looked at our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Uh when it's all said and done, NEMA is going to put together a report, summarize its uh findings for our departments. Um this was driven by our new fire chief, Mr. Jeff Sad. So, I'd like to thank him for organizing this event. It hasn't been done in many years. Um, and I think it was a truly great exercise. We learned a lot that day just talking through certain scenarios. Um, you know, what if this were to

014happen on this side of the building? What would we think about? Where would we go? Little things like we do practice our fire drills. We do practice evacuation. But what if there's what if there's an incident where, you know, we have students at recess and at lunch? Where do they go? What happens? um you know what if we have to unify someplace, what do we do there? How are we going to take care of things like that? What's our what's our communication going to look like? Um so it was a great um great experience, a great drill um it was very valuable and we've talked about potentially, you know, bringing that back and doing smaller drills by school um to see what that would look like on a PD day or something. and they would

015be willing to come in and help coordinate um to go through that. So again, I wanted to thank Jeff Sad. It was wonderful working with our community partners. Uh we all got something out of it. I believe everybody valued that experience. Uh so I don't know if there's anything >> Yeah, I I would just add that, you know, it it gave you things to think about. You know, are we clear on roles and responsibilities in those situations? You know, who takes point in in what location? How are we communicating with each other? What kinds of things do we have to think about? I'll give you a for example. We have walkies across a lot of the buildings. But in in that case, you know, should we have a spare set of walkies in the case

016of an emergency if we have to mobilize people from other schools to come and help out? So just things that as we talk through scenarios, things that we thought that would be helpful to better understand and flush out particularly around roles and responsibilities and who's doing what and how are we making those decisions, how do we communicate? Um, a lot of whatif scenarios and a lot of reliance also on judgment in the moment. you know, as much as you can plan all of this out and have good sort of operating procedures that you would follow, everything's a game day decision in terms of what's going on and what are the circumstances. So, I think um if anything, it gave us a lot of food for thought and a lot of things we want to reflect

017on and really work with our overall team because this exercise was a much broader exercise of multiple organizations, right? Every one of those organizations I'm sure thought we got to walk back and think about what are we going to do in this situation and are we clear on that and I think the biggest thing is how do we communicate and how do we make sure across EMS fire police the school department are we communicating consistently and you know in the same way in the same manner so that um we're managing the situation and not creating any kind of undue um concern in the community and in keeping people calm in a very stressful ful situation which is not easy to do. >> So and it was also great when Mr. SAD approached me when Chief

018Sad approached and said you know what do you think what school would you be interested in doing? Um I immediately thought of Park Gab. It's our biggest school with our littlest kids. We have 760 students there. We have multiple locations around. We have an upper level. We have a lower level. Um there are a lot of areas that we need to consider and you're in proximity to another school, this private school right up the road. Um so it it was it was a great exercise and I'm hoping that we can repeat that um with some of the other buildings, especially once the high school's done. Um just just to kind of bring awareness to our teens to know what we have to do. So, are there any questions about that for the chair? >> Yes.

019>> Um, so you're going to get a report back from MIMA with just kind of some information or Mimi is going to submit a report back to Mr. S to chief sad about the experience and areas what some of the strengths were that Webster showed as a team. What were some of the opportunities, how we can improve, weaknesses, areas that we might want to focus on, things that maybe we didn't think of. So, that um and Mr. sad will share that out once he gets the report with us tools that we can use to improve on growth. >> Perfect. And then as your plan to kind of put something together that's going to go through the district as far as Yep. And then you share it with the school committee eventually when you >> Yep.

020Because Miss Pulley said there are things that I need to think of because we all have crisis plans. We all have plans in place. So what do we need to add to that plan? What do we need to change to that plan? >> Do you have like a strategic crisis plan for every school in the district? So that's kind of the same but just a little different depending on the school. That's what I thought. Yep. Thank you. >> But I'd add with this exercise, while we have those plans, this scenario made food for thought about, oh, I thought it would be a hold in place. Would I move some classrooms over? When would I make that decision? How would I make that decision? So, I think depending upon the nature of the the situation really

021drives um how you're going to execute that in the moment. You know, you have a lot of like laid out plans. Um, but I think that was the big thing for all of us was like, hm, that just changed my thought process and we were doing a lot of huddling during the exercise. Um, I think a good example was at one time it was thought that the lake would be a good reunification location. But what we discovered in this particular exercise is that's the location that EMS would use to line up ambulances if they needed them, right? Maybe a helicopter to come in. And so you wouldn't want to cross that group in there. Another reunification site for us has always been down at St. Joe's, but in the particular scenario we had, we wouldn't

022be walking out the back based on what we were simulating. So, you know, we started talking about what other locations in town could we use, what would we need for facilities? Um, lots of things to think about. Mhm. >> So >> through the chair. >> Yes. >> Were our teachers have input into this this plan because they would know how some of their students may react in an emergency. >> So it in far as the creation of the plan, no. But when we start to evacuate or know, they know their situations, they know their students and where to go. So we have during the structure of an evacuation or an emergency, there are set protocols that need to happen, right? In different places that we need to go, but once we get to the school

023level, they know like we have evacuation routes, we have chairs, um we practice who needs what. We know what to do when we lock down. So they would they would be controlling the situation in their classroom at that moment with those kids when they're locked down. And then we would be communicating that I just think it's important to get some of their feedback. >> Um >> because they know there are going to be students who even when the fire alarm goes off are >> Oh, sure. >> react to that >> loud sound. I know my son did when he was little. >> And and some it's going to increase their anxiety >> and they're going to have different reactions. Mhm. >> Sure. >> So, >> sure. But in certain cases, we may be limited to

024what our response can be depending on the scenario, right? Depending on whether it's just a simple fire, drill, or evacuation other than a massive event. What we were working on was a a massive critical event, you know. So, it depends on the nature of what what the crisis is. They shared one where there was a gas leak. like that was another talking point that we had. They had to evacuate a building and what did that look like? >> Um so it again it depends on what is the root cause of us having to take action in an emergency situation and what is that emergency situation. >> I think that collaboration goes a long way. Yeah. You just said more of those what if scenarios that you probably don't think about. >> Um but also now

025you're going to see what the pressure points are. Well, how's the communication actually going to work between each different group? >> Like you had said, obviously we were going to use the lake, but then you have that discussion with EMS and now says like the lake's not a good place. >> If we had had a discussion, we, you know, that never would have worked itself out. I am glad we brought in the local hospital, too. >> That was great. >> Uh because obviously in the event of some kind of catastrophic event, uh they're going to have a lot in play. So, it's good to get everyone involved from the town administrator to all three >> of the EMS to the fire and police. >> And it went all the way through. It went from the

026start and this was based on a real incident. Um, they didn't tell us up front what the incident was, right? They just said this is based on a factual incident that happened. Um, they started walking through it with us. Um, this is the first hour. We're in we're in hour zero to like the first 90 minutes of the incident and then we went in all the way to the closing of the incident. Now it's the next day. What does our communication look like? How do we communicate to the community? Who's communicating to the community? Um you know, where are we managing that? And um what's the best form of communication? We all know that, you know, we have we have a cold red system in town, but that is, you know, it's limited to so

027many people. We have our one call system, so we can communicate really well with our families, but everybody was in agreement. The majority of of communication, people get information through social media, you know, so what are we posting? How are we um working our messages together? So, we're sending one clear, concise message. we're not getting different pieces of information from different bodies um throughout the town. So, it was just it was good. It gave us a lot to think about and um certainly how we can do things better and you know what we can do internally with our own groups to improve on that. >> Was the dispatch? >> Yes, they were also there. Yep. Yep. as someone who lived through an incident with no plan >> and it was a gas leak um at

028the old Sikowski school. The town was working on the road and our principal was not in the building that day. >> Mhm. >> And we all went down to Main Street and then it started to rain. >> Mhm. Thank goodness Jeff Co let us all go into Y >> their factory because there was no plan. >> And we talked about that. We talked about what if it's raining, where do we go? Can we get them access? How quickly can we turn around a bus company to get them, you know, there? And like I said, we can have, you know, and more than one person needs to know your plan, right? We need to know this as a team. Um, we need to work through that. And just because, you know, I'm the leader here, I

029might not be the best person for a certain role within that plane, depending on what they have access to, looking up information and getting. So, where do we go? Sometimes the first person on the scene or the first person who's kind of taking charge might be great for the role at that time might not need somebody else to be in, you know, to to let things go. So, um, I think it was it was it was a great experience. I I enjoyed it. You know, I hope we never have to have an incident like that. >> Um, you know, >> but it did highlight with our emergency services in town through police, fire, EMS, dispatch that all of the small events that happen, you know, much smaller events that happen in town, how um well

030this team works together and is coordinated. Um and you got that strong sense during this exercise, right, that they're um they were very quick on response and thinking of things and having been through, you know, much smaller scale, but they had them, you know, and um I think that was a highlight. Um and actually, I would say that NEA agreed. They could tell that it was a very cohesive overall group working together. >> Yeah. >> So, I will say there's a lot of trust between our community partners. A lot of trust. And that goes a long way when you're talking about incident. Nobody's feeling like they have to be the person in charge. It's a collaborative effort. It's a team effort. We're here to support one another. So, >> it's good to have a plan

031and not >> need to use it. Ex. >> Exactly. Exactly. You can never be too prepared, right? >> So, thank you, Chief Sad, for that. >> Okay, moving on. Town meeting update. As you know, last night we had our first town meeting here at the high school. Um, we had a decent crowd of people show up for the town meeting. Um, I want to thank everybody who came out to support. I am happy to say that the budget passed. Um, so we are very excited about that moving into the new year. Um, and again, we appreciate everyone who showed up to support the town and the school through through the articles and for our FY27 budget. Um I don't know if anybody wants to if you have any comments about meeting just echo what you

032said obviously thank the community as a whole for coming up and supporting the budget. >> Um thank all the different individuals that took part in making that budget uh a reality. >> Obviously it wasn't the easiest year. So I give a lot of kudos to everyone from the school side to the administration side um for finding way work. Um, and I don't get much time off before we have to start thinking about next year's budget. So, uh, one's passed, but we'll look forward to hopefully getting, uh, something in place for next fiscal year, too. >> Absolutely. We'll be here in the blink of an eye. >> Okay. There's no questions. >> I'll move on to other updates. Um on Thursday, May 7th, um I was pleased to attend the Super Team event which was held

033at Point Reese and Webster. I have to say this is um one of my favorite nights of the year. I enjoyed the students so much. Um it was wonderful to hear our students and listen about their journeys. Um it was very well attended and I'd like to give a shout out to all the students. Um, if you would be patient with me, I'd just like to recognize the names of the students and I'd like to thank Miss Dhy along with Miss Neves for putting on such a nice event. Um, but I'd like to give the students some recognition. Okay. For the guidance department was Aru Azoo. Oh, I missed the first one. Can't miss Katherine. Uh, the principal award and our host for the evening was Katherine Nasimento. Uh Arola Azoo represented the guidance department.

034Uh for the art department, we had Georgia Laierre and Joseph Medina. For band, we had Giana. I'm not going to say that right. >> I want to pronounce it correctly. >> Rasa Raza. I want to get them right. Luis Czech as chorus, Annelise Kresniki for the science department, Da Patel for science. For social studies, we had Nikki Pakus, we had Erilene Codle. For social studies, for English, our two candidates were Juliana Baltult and Braden Green. For physical education, we had Aiden Turner. For health, we had Joanna Espanol Rodriguez. For math, we had Chloe Drisco and Xavier Butler. For chapter 74, marketing we had Zion Enokei. For advanced manufacturing, we had Xavian Bailey. For healthcare and social assistance, we had Megan Milligan. For world language, we had Ivy Lucas. For world language, we had Deja Collins.

035And those were our recipients for the evening. And I just wanted to say they were all wonderful. Um they did a great job with their speeches. It was wonderful to see the families there and for our students to be recognized. Um so I think they did a super job with it and um I'm just really proud of the students who were there that evening. I think they did a great job. >> Any comments on Super is it here? >> Yes. >> Just thank Miss Nes for just really creating lots of special moments um for the high school seniors to really celebrate them. I think it's just really nice all the events she puts on. um just to offer thanks for doing all that for the seniors here. >> And and this super team is not

036just for seniors. It could be anybody in the high school. >> Um but you're right, they do a lot for the seniors to make their year memorable. So um and all these events are coming up, so they're going to be busy for the next month. >> Moving on Memorial Day, I just wanted to give the committee a heads up. the Bartlett High School National Honor Society will be walking in the Memorial Day parade this year. Um so we can be on the lookout for them. And then moving on, um professional day. Friday was a half a day for students and we had um a professional day for staff. Um in your pockets are a copy of the grids which you can produce at your own um to see what was going on in the district.

037In addition to Friday's PD, um the full DT along with counselors from all all buildings um are participating in mediation training. Um there was a request from different schools that you know mediation is something that we could work on as a team and get better. It's a skill that we could all use and improve on. So Dr. Mai through a grant had procured some mediation training for the entire group. Uh we have three sessions. We had our first session which was 2 and a half hours on 30th. There'll be another session coming up at our full DT on Thursday, May 28th. And then we have a full day training uh on June 24th. So I look forward to that training. And then on Wednesday, April 29th, we also welcome the Gladis Kelly Public Library to

038our new facility here. Uh the library's sponsored an author R. Huang to come in and give a talk and then have a book signing session after. Um she gave a great speech. It was wonderful to sit and listen. It was about um writer's block and AI. Uh there was a good turnout from the library. I think they had about 150 people um here and they were very excited. The space was perfect for their event. Um so we look forward to offering more events and partnering with the library. I think uh they definitely are interested in coming back and using the space again and was uh they were thrilled with the night. So thank you to the library for that. Um in other news I am working with Merry Insurance Miss Linda Johnson um to hold

039mass team road safety summit in the fall of next year. Miss Johnson had reached out to me um and pitched this event and I thought it was a fantastic idea for our students. Um I reached out to our Worcester County Superintendent Association, Miss Amy McKenry, who is the president and uh asked if she was interested in putting this out to our central mass superintendent. Matt Fre is looking to host something locally for the central mass superintendent. They're looking for about 100 150 students. So, um, we're going to bring it to them. The goal is to end up with student ambassadors who will come back and share road safety, um, with their student peers here in the district. There, every school, we're looking two to five students who will be able to go. They're looking at

040hosting it in Poland Park. There'll be a full day of events. Of course, you know, it always starts with a nice breakfast and a solid lunch, but in between there'll be um some speakers. They have mothers against drunk driving who will share an experience and give a speech there. They're going to have some games for the kids that revolve around safety, some Jeopardy games, and do a lot of little things with the kids for that day to give teach them about road safety. And then hopefully they will come back and represent that and share that with their peers here at school. So, we're thinking it's going to target mostly uh sophomores and juniors because they'll be the ones who will become drivers um next year. So, that should be going out. We're going to be

041sharing that out uh in a couple weeks. I think we have our meeting next week. Um Miss Finch will be sharing it out with the superintendent. They're working on a registration process and so we'll be looking to do that. So, I'm excited and I thank Linda Johnson for reaching out. They are always looking to partner with our schools and we are very fortunate to have such a partnership and I also know the Wister County Superintendent Association who is very excited about this opportunity. So I think it'll be a great day. >> Is there any questions about that? >> Just would like to thank Rafrey for taking the time to work with not just us but obviously now most of the towns in the local area. Um it's a very important topic and you know cell

042phones everything like that one second that can make a big difference to uh someone's health. So it' be a great topic for our students to bring back and talk with their peers about because it is very dangerous if you're not have the proper safety in place. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. >> Okay, moving on. Uh Park Show. I'd like to thank this countum for the amazing work she put in for our students at Park AB. I was able to go to their art show and walk through all the um great art they had on display. They had it riddled down the hallways up and downstairs. They had um clay that students made things out of along with paintings and things like that and they did a wonderful job. So, I know it's a lot of work for

043her to go and do all of that and prepare that for the year, but um it was wonderful and it was great to see all the families that attended to walk through and see the art. Um and it was also paired with their book fair, which is incredible. They they developed that library with people buying books, families visiting, looking kids walking out of there. So, it was a great day, great event. So, thank you for organizing that and putting that together. And then if there's no other questions, I'm going to turn it over to our director of student support services, Miss Sher Le, who's here to give an update as to the ongoing of our special education department. >> Thank you, superintendent. Good evening, school committee members. I wanted to um go over a couple

044things tonight. The special education update in terms of numbers. There's some thank yous that I would also like to make and share with you and some planning ideas for next year. So, we know that our special education numbers tend to hover around 500. At the midyear last school year, we were at 5334. The midyear this year, we're at 510. We're currently at 529 students. Some of the composition where we're seeing some changes in the student population is last year 133 students with autism and to date we're at 154. So that's a 16% increase. We have seen a doubling of numbers in the neurological category from 14 to 27. And health is also seeing an increase between se 60 from 62 to 75. Health typically is ADHD when we think when we think of health. So

045just as superintendent Pangelie said earlier we have a shortage of IAS and ADAS and this particular population change is contributing to that factor that that need. uh when you have students that have autism, neurological, and ADHD, you're going to see an increase of behavioral support needs, communication and sensory support, as well as specialized instruction related services um as well. But we often talk about these numbers, but we don't share out some other important numbers that I want to mention tonight, and that's how many students have 504 plans in the district. So, I could break it down to you. There is approximately 150 students that have five or four plans in our district and it's almost evenly dist distributed amongst the three buildings. There's 42 at Park Avenue, 54 at Webster Middle School and 43 at

046Bartlett High School with a third of the students having health impairment, ADHD, ADD. So, I thought that was interesting as a factor because when you take the 500 and you add in this 150, you have a third of the student population here in Webster that have a that have an identified disability. So, that really talks a lot about the the district. Now, why are we working so hard and not seeing changes in our numbers? I thought it would I'd like to share a couple of other points of interest that I think would be really beneficial for you to be aware of. And one of those numbers has to do with our evaluations. This year we're slated to conduct over 250 evaluations. 116 of those are initial evaluations, which means students that are in the process

047of being considered for uh considered eligible for special education. 107 of those were re-evaluations and 31 were additional assessments. 74 students were found not eligible over the course of this year. So, it's ebbing and flowing. We'll have five students qualify in a week and then three three students didn't qualify. So, that's what's hovering. So, we may be surveying those students until so we're not. So, we're trying to increase our capacity to to capture that information. Uh, in addition to the five awards, which isn't often shared in this forum, I wanted to share our proportionate share numbers. We have we have a total of um 51 students that are part of proportionate share and it's made up of three categories. those that are homeschooled that have IEPs in the district, those that are uh that go

048to a private school, that are residents of our district and that have IEPs, and those that go to private schools that have IEPs that are nonwebster residents. So, we service all three of those populations. And currently we have in our district 14 students that are homeschooled that have IEPs, 20 that attend private schools in town that are also in town residents, and then 17 students that attend a parochial school in our district that are not residents. So we use proportionate share funds to pay for these services. And what's important here is that if a student um is a resident here and has an IEP, once those funds run out, we're and and they're homeschooled, we're still responsible for their ability to make progress in their IEP, but we're not for non-repster residents. So, we're working

049with the headmasters at the private schools and we're saying we are running out of funds and we're going to come up with a plan. and their enrollment numbers have changed. So, they're more open to saying if you have a service plan and you're not a resident in the future, you may not be be serviced. So, our focus is residents that are in the in the community. Um, is there any questions before I move on to the thank yous >> uh through the chair? >> Yes. Um it would just be interesting to see of those, you know, 160 initial evaluations, what were parent requests versus what were, you know, team or your um your I would call them is teams, your instructional support teams, you know, recommended for evaluation. >> We do capture that those numbers.

050I don't have him with me, but in the future I could bring that. >> Yeah. Just Yeah. just to see, you know, how our um support systems, you know, identify students that might need um additional services or an IEP versus, you know, what's a like a parent saying. >> It's predominantly early intervention >> because the bulk of our referrals are coming from the the student the children that are not yet three years old. So that's about 50% and then it's primarily parent and then it does follow like school ref school um referrals through the SST process. Okay. So I first would like to thank the um folks over at Bright. They awarded us an additional grants in the amount of $33,66 for um Webster Middle School staff. So that is above and beyond the um

051amount that they have given us in the past. So that was very helpful and we appreciate the collaboration >> that was included in our FY27 budget to help support. >> We didn't have a chance to publicly thank them. I also want to thank our CPAC co-chairs Sabrina Piche and Jennifer Milham. They hosted 10 CPAC meetings this year and we had anywhere from one attendee to 11. So, we were really excited about um growing our CPAC and we look forward to next year. I would also like to thank several of our staff members that gave up their time in the evening to um volunteer their time in the evening to do presentations for the CPAC. I first want to thank all four of our speech and language pathologists, Christine McManus, Tory Hendra, Lisa Carter, and Nicole

052Kazinski. They they had the most well- attended CPAC meeting and it was based on assisted technology devices and they had handson opportunities for parents to play around with the devices and get to know um what their purpose is and how they could be used. So it was a training session and it was very successful. The parents that were there that participated it was everyone left feeling really good. We also felt left feeling really good when Bridget Hamilton came in and did an OT sensory presentation. The presentation shared different types of OT sensory strategies that are used in the schools and that parents could replicate at home. And then um last but not least is our school psychologists came in, Christine Dejardan and Aaliyah Zubie and they had a presentation about what it's like for the

053student to experience a cognitive evaluation and then we were tested in the CPAC environment and we got to see firsthand what it was like and what type of information a school psychologist would gather from that type of information in in the te in the testing. So that was also very well received. Any questions on my thank yous >> through the chair? >> Yes. >> I just want to say thank you because um two years ago, maybe almost three years ago, we didn't have a CPAC. Um so taking that initiative to put it on the district site. I think you know it's just so important to have this group for our district especially considering you know our high percentage of students with needs. So, um I'm hoping, you know, those one person meetings, you know, consistently

054will be, you know, 11 attendees and they feel supported by our district because it is can be a daunting experience, especially for a new parent with a student with a disability. So, having that community within our community is essential. It is my pleasure and it's one of my most proudest accomplishments, but I definitely didn't do it alone. I have a team of people that are there to support this. the from the chairs and the staff. When I asked the staff if they could attend this, it was they welcomed it with o open arms and when they were finished with their presentation, they asked to do it again. So, I'm very pleased to to have a wonderful team to work with. Okay. So, some things to look forward to for next year is um this summer

055we're going to have a sub a summer institute around inclusive practices and new timeout regulations. And that is something that's being funded by a grant that we re we received. It was a competitive grant and that's been previously announced. We have also started to receive requests from local colleges for internships and I really would like to capitalize that and support upand cominging educators, occupational therapists in our in our school district. So that's an exciting thing to look look forward to. And then um you know this is going to be the third time this evening that we've mentioned the shortage of IAS and ABAs and I wanted to share with you that we're going to move toward creating a programmatic model specifically for a substantially separate program that is sustainable that meets student needs that allows

056for things for students to access like discrete trial training especially when when they're younger and that it allows for balancing education, but also in the inclusion environment. So, that's something that's more to come to look for to look forward to. We're going to be doing an analysis compared to what service delivery grids look like in comparison to what a program programmatic model looks like to make sure that it's sustainable over time. So, that's one of the biggest takehomes that we're going to be working on this summer. And that's the end of my update. Are there any questions >> to the chair? >> Yes. What building are you thinking for that or are you still like analyzing the student need in each? >> So, originally I was thinking of Park Avenue because that's where the biggest

057need is. That's where the biggest need for support staff are our largest numbers, but it starts to dwindle down as expected. It's less and less at middle school and then it's even less at the high school. So, if we're going to do this, I think we should do we should just go for the gusto and get the get this done. It's really important and I just think that you don't want to pro prolong prolong this if you're going to do it programmatically. We're talking many programs over at the elementary school and the subsparate programs that are specifically targeting ABA. So, I just want to be the are programs that are known for autism. There's one program at the the middle school and then there's a shared program because there isn't high numbers at the high

058school. So, we're not we're talking two more classrooms. So, at that point, we might as well just address all of them at once. >> Any questions or comments? >> Thank you. >> Any other questions or comments for Mrs. Brangley? Thank you, Mrs. Franley. The next uh item on the agenda is the business manager report. Good evening, Mrs. Congress. >> Good evening, everyone. We're going to start with the renovation project and give you an update. Of course, your first update is being in the section of the building that has been completed with phase two. We're very excited to be at this major milestone of the project, which represents a little over 80% complete. Um so we are over the hill and on our way down towards completion. So this transition from um phase 2 to phase

059three did get completed over spring break. I have previously mentioned we were moving 61 people and 61 people means 61 offices, it could be classrooms, it could be storage areas, everything that goes along with 61 people. Um, so it was a significant move. Um, big shout out to our IT department. They had to uh they were in the Saturday before April break to get all of the equipment broken down and into tubs and ready to move because we were responsible for all the IT equipment. And then after day one of the move, which was on Monday, Patriots Day, um they needed to get started and one of their first tasks was transforming the modular classrooms classrooms with one or two ports in there into office space. So, we did have to purchase switches. They had

060to run all kind of cabling across the classrooms to get that set up and that was no um easy task to get completed while people were also trying to get settled in their room. So, they they worked very hard not only in um getting the district office set up but also getting all of the desktop set up um as well across um the space. This move, we obviously were supported by a moving company, but it really involved everyone, our custodians, our IT staff, our central office staff, administrators, and other staff members, you know, and staff jumped in and stepped in in um various ways and um at different levels. Um some were deeply involved in the um heavy moving, cleaning, configuring, arranging. Um, and everyone showed so much flexibility during that week while we were

061doing it. And all contributions throughout the re the week were really appreciated because without everyone stepping up and playing a a role in this move. Um, I'm not sure we would have gotten through the end of the week. Um, the building was in much better shape for us to move in this time than it was for phase one. Um, but this move in and of itself was far more physically um, demanding and exhausting. Um we measured the week in steps um and each day were very high steps and it was exhausting and um we did it though and we're really happy to be at this phase. So I hope everyone's enjoying the new building. I think what we are seeing is that from a building operation standpoint having two sections connected and only having six

062classrooms out in the modulars is certainly much better for staff, much better for students. it's far more cohesive um in the modular classrooms. Um now there's a whole team of administrators out there to support the teachers whenever there's any noise in the hallway or people lining up in the bathroom. So I think the students are really adjusting to the fact that there are people everywhere now. Um so um all in all um really successful move. So >> and I just want to give Miss KTOS a huge shout out. Um I don't think people say you have an OPM or you have an architect. There is a lot of logistical planning that was done behind the scenes that was driven and coordinated by Miss KTOS taking the lead on it. And despite the size of this

063move and the physical labor, it went extremely well um this time and that in large part was due to her efforts. Um, so I publicly thank you and I thank everybody who was involved. I mean, uh, there were people everywhere, administrators cleaning, mopping, vacuuming, washing windows, moving boxes, unpacking boxes, nonit staff helping the IT staff, chasing chasing a mouse out the door. Um, we did it all. So, >> that's a true story. >> That is a true story. So, um, thank you to your efforts and thank you to everyone, the IT, the custodial staff. I mean, every they were, everybody pitched in and so staff from other buildings, too. I just want to be clear, they came in on the last day and helped with the final clean. I think >> the thing to remember

064is these transition periods are very short. And so, from the time they complete it to the time we start moving things out and moving in, you don't have a lot of time to get in there to do deep cleaning in between that. So, um, while the custodian team would have liked to get ahead of it, they knew the movers were coming through. There were things in there and, um, you know, what the movers did was they went in and they got stuff in the spaces, um, in the classrooms and and and Miss Nves and Mr. Renal had to go through room by room with the movers and now get it to look like a classroom so that you could come in and if you saw some of the rooms, some of the the pathways or

065the art room, I had moments of oh my gosh, like I hope we can get this to all fit and we're going to be able to do it. And and they did an amazing job working with the movers to get that done. And what we experienced in the modular classrooms, we had some basic layouts of how we thought things were going to go. Um, what we discovered very quickly was that wasn't accounting for some electrical boards in the room or some windows or some indents and we had movers lining up and we were trying to place things that were coming in at different times and trying to keep the whole operation moving. Um, it was it was interesting but we did it. So really proud of the overall team effort because we wouldn't have done

066it without everyone. So >> I would just like to say thank you to everybody um both of you especially. we see the end um what it looks like once it's all put together. Um so I think that we all remember that there's so much that happens behind the scenes over a vacation week over that one extra day of the the holiday we have. So thank you everyone for getting it to this point. Um I know we talked about the building committee. Um the flow is easier now. I'm sure the students and the teachers are happy to kind of have a nice access between C-section and B section now. So um we're 80% there. Um and that final part will be done before we even know it. So >> um all this all these years is

067finally coming on the end in sight. So thank you. >> And with the classrooms falling into place, you know, you have English upstairs here. They kind of have their own area that they're settled into. Math downstairs. It's um you know they've they've landed in their homes and I think it's a comfortable place and really and I should have mentioned this you know all the teachers and all the planning that they did beforehand and let's also big shout out to the teachers that lasted in section A until we got to phase three. >> Um as you know we've had challenges in that section of the building with the leaking and the buckets and um you know they they stuck it out till the end and >> and didn't complain. They didn't complain. They stayed and they

068made do and they did the best they could. >> They made light of it. >> Absolutely. So, you know, >> can't thank them enough. >> Putting swim team signs on the buckets, you know, so they really did make light of the situation. Got to like a little bit of humor. >> Has the the flow of the students been good? Because obviously this section of the building does not look like what the section looked like previously. >> Um there's a lot more inlets now. There's classrooms down hallways that weren't there. Um, have we seen that everyone's kind of been able to pick that up over the last month? And >> well, we we on the Friday of April break the tours were offered, right? So, there were students in here giving tours. Um, also Miss NV

069sent out maps to everyone in advance that were already labeled. Um, and um, I think there was a little bit of adjustment at first, but we we also saw it in the modular classrooms. First day, people are coming in the modulars looking for the nurse, not realizing they have to come back to the B section. So like first week or two there were some um I don't know where I'm going or forgetful moments out of habit and being habitual about where you go but I think um they settled in pretty quickly. >> That's great. >> That's good. >> Yeah. Very adaptable. While we're giving out thank yous, I think a big thank you um we talked about Mafrey earlier, but they are an incredible partner to us here um at the school district. And during

070this extended renovation period, they graciously allowed us to s store our courtment in one of their buildings. Um they also provided us with some fully configured um cubicle space. Um they provided us with some furniture, some desks, some file cabinets, some lockers which we put to good use for our par professional staff and some of our teacher planning rooms. And in fact, when we were moving the cubicles during April break week, we had a couple challenges. We gave them a call. They showed up to help troubleshoot some things. So they have been tremendous and we really appreciate their support. Um not just with this project, but with everything they do to support the school system. We're very grateful and lucky to have him in town. >> Absolutely. >> Um, moving on, in preparation for phase

071three, one of the other things that we did, you may recall that we had three relatively new boilers in section A. Uh so what we did was we went out to um bid on that surplus disposal and we did end up with a bidder um and we received um some funds for those boilers and that vendor came and took the boilers out uh the first week of following break. So that was really great. That money was turned over to the town and went into the town surplus fund. So that was exciting for me. It was I don't know if anyone else found it that exciting, but the fact that I did the work to put it out there and we actually had someone buy it made it really worthwhile. Plus, I hate to see something

072that's in semidecent shape not be able to get put to good use. So, that was exciting. So, that moves us into phase three, section A. So, activities began promptly on April 27th. Uh, break did not waste any time. So, you know, some of the first things that were mobilized were really the shut off of power, water, gas, getting that all shut off. The other item that they needed to work on is getting the temporary lift that we had installed in section A taken down. And then they immediately moved into demo and abatement activities. They also started right away in the administration office working on the sprinkler systems and fire alarms. They also worked on some site work, which was some foundation work. Uh so lots of activities already underway in mobilized. So they're in in

073full uh gear and moving forward. In fact, we're also talking about um some of the site work that'll happen over the summer with respect to um curbing, paving um and how that'll all be structured and not to interfere with summer school. So that planning is underway as well. So exciting times. We're looking forward to the end of this year and getting through phase three. Absolutely. Big smile on my face. Any questions >> to the chair? >> Yes. >> Just a reminder, when is this set to be like wrapped up like good done? >> So, the construction for phase three should be done by the end of November. However, we have um already aligned that the move won't happen until December break. >> That move will be a little challenging because we're really going to only

074have four days um over break to be able to do that. Uh then what's following after that is a phase four and phase four will be the removal of the modular buildings and then what we're calling um hardscape and landscape work. So continued work on the landscaping as well as the parking lot that'll go out front where the modular classrooms are. And then the playground for the preschool will get done in um phase 4. And that's all scheduled to be done in June of 2027. So, we'll have one more full school year of renovation activities. However, from a pure building standpoint, we'll be done by the end of this year. >> So, like January one, this building should be fully >> fully occupied. Y >> knock on wood. >> Any other questions? Okay, I'm going

075to move into other updates. really happy to report that uh Rosselli and Clark completed the fiscal year 25 audit of our endofyear report. That is a report that we submit, a financial report that we submit to DESIE annually. They test 44 requirements across multiple schedules and there was only one finding um with schedule 19 which is your projection of your following school year budget with uh long-term debt service amount that was provided by the town. So, it was a really minor finding. Um, but overall I was really pleased that uh there were no findings. That was a very happy dance for me. Um, and then one other item which I didn't put in my superintendent notes, but that I want to mention to you is that during school vacation break week, the superintendent received a

076letter that we actually received um $332,911 in uh circuit breaker extraordinary relief. Um that's as a result of our claim over last year being um up by 25%. So that was a a surprise. We weren't expecting that when we had done our initial calculations. We weren't expecting that that happened, but once all those claims were completed and um uh Maria Santier and and and Miss Hair's office does all of those claims and as a result of all the work she did in putting together all of those costs to support it um resulted in that extra relief. So, it's good news. >> So, that's money that's needed for this year that we'll use this year. As you know, our tuition um has been I think we reported it's running about 7 or $800,000 in a deficit

077in tuition this year. Um as we've had a couple big tuitions come in this year. So, it's much needed and um we'll be put to good use. >> Great news. >> Y and that ends my report. >> Thank you, Moses. Any other questions from the committee? Hearing none, the next item on the agenda is the principal report. Good evening, Miss Peterson. >> Good evening, everybody. Um, so as you all know, we are in the midst of MCCAST season. So, I wanted to update you on where the middle school is with that. Um, we have completed English and math. So, that's 12 sessions for grades five, six, seven, and eight. Uh we still have six sessions to go. That's grades five and eight doing science and grade eight doing civics. Um happy to say that in

078English we had 100% participation in grades five, six and seven. Um in grade 8 we only had three students who were not tested. um one due to medical absence uh one due to um a placement uh waiting for a placement and one only one due to absence and not being able to make up uh the test in the allotted time. So um so far so good with English. Um in math um we have until May 22nd to make up math. We just finished grade five sess session two today. So I don't have numbers for uh our absences in grade five. However, uh in grade six, I only have three left to test. One of those three uh is out on medical leave. In grade seven, I only have one left and it's a student who

079literally just transferred in yesterday who will now be on our records. Thank you very much. And in grade eight, uh, we have seven students left to test. Four of those are currently out on medical leave. So, we are in good shape. Um, the tricky part comes when science is done. Um, because the deadline for science makeups is also May 22nd. So, we have a very short turnover for science makeups. Um, so, uh, any questions about MCCAST and where we are with that? I just want to say thank you. I know it's a lot of coordination to do this and I know you spend a lot of time going through this and setting up spaces for the kids to test uninterrupted. It's a lot of work. It's it's a lot of scheduling. So, thank you for

080that. And it's great numbers that we're completing at 100% at grade levels. That's awesome. I actually had a student who I had make up session one yesterday remind his teacher that he still needed to do session two today. So usually they they don't do that. Um and so the second part of my report tonight is um the uh report from the AIR visit. If you remember back in January, we had um the site visit uh from the MSV, which is um not Jessie, but they report to Jessie. And so I had reported um back in February or March when we got the first um report back. The first report was just the uh classroom observations. Um this 60page report is um the results combining the classroom observations, the um the surveys, faculty survey and all

081of the focus groups. Um so I will consult with Miss Pangelie on what parts we want to share. Being that it is 60 pages, I don't know what your purview is and and how we want to do that. So, um, but I will do a quick overview of, uh, the findings. Uh, again, nothing that we're not aware of. The good news is that the report aligns with what we already know, what our district and building walkthroughs know. Um but they the good thing about this report is it does kind of it does give us uh focus questions um to think about in how to change some of the things. So there were four uh key findings. Um one of the first was that despite the fact that we use that we have highquality instructional materials

082our instruction is not consistently grade appropriate aligns with what we see. Um there is inconsistency and high expectations for all students. Also what we have uh observed um although our attendance rate has improved, we still continue to have a very high chronic absentee rate. Um and so you know you just heard some of the medical numbers. That's where that comes from. especially at this time of year, we have a lot of uh students out for for those things. Um and then the fourth bullet is that um while we have goals and processes for improvements, the staff report that our goals frequently shift, which I totally agree with, and we discussed at instructional leadership team today, uh Dr. Mai was there as well in that that's not necessarily our fault in the fact that the state

083continues to shift our goals and what they expect us to work on um a lot of the times at the last minute. Case in point, um I had my school improvement plan already and gone through the process that of um working with the school council and now the uh systems of support and DESIE have decided that we need to submit a whole different format to them by June 30th. So, luckily I can still use parts of that, but this will help guide where we need to go with that. So, um uh I have more, but I'll stop and ask if you have questions on those four bullet points. So, some of the other things that um that we that was pointed out is that our professional development is not monitored for implementation. And so while

084we offer PD um there's not followup with making sure that staff is working on certain things um that the staff need more guidance and feedback back on common planning time which is uh what we have been working on and will continue to work on. Um our interventions and supports are not meeting student needs. Um we do not currently have proactive assessments for social, emotional and mental health needs. Um our scheduling challen scheduling is a challenge for duallyy coded uh students those who are English language learners and um students with disabilities which is what we have been working on all year. um going to um adjustments from um again I think it's the fourth time this has come up this evening we have lack of staff specifically paras which hinders instructional support for students with with

085special needs um our students reported that they feel safe at school um and mostly and always uh but they do feel like their classmates some of their classmates do not behave in an appropriate manner Um so there were a couple of things in the survey that kind of didn't align and one example of that is that um staff feel like we that they are providing time for dialogue and student discourse. However, all of these observations and our observations show that that is not happening. So there's some uh perception things that we may need to work on and what and it h we have been working on what is discourse, what is dialogue and so you know some of those things need some clarification. Uh so our next steps are definitely the improvement plan and really

086honing in on um uh data which was another thing that we have the data we utilize data um I think the next thing is uh where there are gaps in data so we use I ready at the beginning middle and end of year but what are we using as benchmark assessments ments um or progress monitoring assessments uh throughout the year. So those are some of the things that we um need to continue to look at. So that is a very brief overview of the 60page report with lots of graphs and colors >> and we can share it. I'm happy to share it. Y >> sorry I would just say that obviously going through the process was probably very tedious. Um but it's probably good to get that third party perspective. Um as you had said

087most of the items we were already aware of but obviously there's at least one item where there is a disconnect between what's there and maybe getting a third party to come forward and say that will allow for um that discussion internally now that happen just us um there was other people here they saw the same thing that we're seeing from the administration level. Um so we can kind of bridge that gap. Yeah, a very objective uh objective parties and they did provide the the um chart of what they were looking for and so we have that. So, thank you chair. >> Yes. >> And I think that um you're now fully staffed in the middle school for guidance coun uh adjustment guidance counselor. So, I think that's great because I think that was something that

088was really hard for you to get. So, it's not surprising that you're not proactive for SEAL so much as when you don't have those people. So I think that will be really helpful moving forward next year if you have those same people moving forward to kind of put together a plan to do some more proactive things for SEAL. I would expect that that would be something um that they're planning on doing for next year and kind of getting in there. And then as far as the intervention supports go for middle school, is there any kind of intervention support that is districtwide as far as like are you doing similar interventions across the district so that it feels the same to the kids as they move? I know it's different with the elementary versus middle, but

089the same idea on how they're doing it or is it very different because of the kids you have? Yeah, I think it's different and you can correct me if I'm wrong because I don't know what's happening at the elementary school specifically other than I know they uh their interventions focus ma mostly on reading while our interventions are reading and math um with the caveat of if a student has a need in both we're focusing on the reading. Yeah, I'm guessing I I guess to be more specific, is it the same? Like is it a pull out? Is it inclusion? Is it during a wind block? Like do those look the same across the district or are they different between schools? >> I think it's different different between schools and different on needs because not every

090student is receiving pull out. um your uh depending on your levels of L's and we are um students with disabilities what's on their IEPs we are one of the things we are changing in our schedule is not necessarily the schedule per se but what is happening in the blocks so our math and um English are 90 minutes and so what we're looking at doing is really focusing on 60 minutes of tier one and 30 minutes of intervention within that within the classroom. And so what that will do is it it will free up um the pull out time that um students with disabilities are using right now during um RTI >> um because that's also the time our English language learners are being serviced. So, it will free that time up so they don't have

091to be missing their English language services and they don't have to be missing their um their uh uh special ed services, etc. That makes sense. And is I ready what's driving the intervention for live tier 2 kids >> currently? So, yes and no. Okay. And so it drives the intervention at the beginning of the year because that's the data I use to set up the groups over the summer so that we can get going right away and we don't have to take the you know two to three weeks which is a long time. Um and then during the year they utilize uh classroom benchmarks um until the middle of the year when we get the I Ready bench uh I ready middle of the year data. So it's combination throughout the year at the beginning

092of the year I use the end of year data. Got it. >> Thank you. >> Through the chair. >> Yes. >> Um what tier do you use like a tier 2 program like you fly or spire? >> We don't have any. No >> you don't have any tier 2 intervention. I mean >> what we're using um is the curriculum materials that have uh tiered interventions within them um and then other kind of other things that are filling the gaps. >> Have you has the district thought about a tier two? I know financing and budget. >> We've been looking at uh making our curriculum HQIM and getting that because like Miss Peterson said, a lot of our curriculum has builtin items that we can utilize. Um so we haven't looked at that yet. >> Yeah. just

093for those like targeted kids who are because there there's tiered impet interventions and stuff with the curriculum but something more targeted like for those identified tier two because ideally like that's the tier one the gen ed curriculum right um but those tier 2 kiddos with title one because it the middle school has title one >> yes >> right so something that they can utilize >> 10% not everybody >> right something they can utilize as that program what they can be trained in for additional and >> it's been challenging for our title one um which is why we were looking at potentially making adjustments because you know >> we're pulling our staff because we can't you know when we have teachers out on long term or something we're looking for a certified teacher if we can't

094find a sub we're pulling our title one interventionist and they're being put in a classroom so then we're not we're not not meeting those needs and servicing those kids. So, that's that's been a struggle also across the district and all the not just not just middle schools, but it's across the district. >> Um, we're seeing that. But, as Miss Peterson said, the report really didn't surprise us. It's everything that we're seeing and we're talking about and we're working on. We've spent the year participating in scheduling. Um, we're working on many of the items already. I think some of our frustration is that it feels slow at times. It feels like it's not fast enough. You know, we know what the problem is. We know we can see what the problem is, but turning it around

095and getting that buy in and being able to address it. So, it just feels uh sometimes like it it's it's we're in slow motion while we're we're working on that. >> Yeah. And I just want to reflect that a scheduling at a middle school with the amount of ESL special ed and blocks and it's no easy feat and even if you have a great idea really hard to fit it in or to execute. So um I think that we can acknowledge the fact that that that really slows everything down always is trying to get and the scheduling is can be extremely challenging. Yeah. Any other questions or comments, Miss Peterson? >> Thank you, M. Peterson. Next item is the super I mean the student representative update. Obviously not here. Is there anything that you >>

096I have a few notes from him. Mr. Pavachic is at a track meet and I forget where he went, but uh they told me um but I wish him luck. Hopefully he's having good. I think this might be his last one that was scheduled after the fact. one of the finals. So, good luck to Eric. Um, he did share some notes with me. So, um, his positives are summer's coming. Um, so that's a good positive. He'll be on summer break soon and that senior exams coming up. So, that's home stretch for them. So, they're excited. Um, some of the challenges is that I don't know, I can see this one, the last minute school work for seniors, making making sure they get all but he put hot temperatures and I don't know that we've had

097any hot temperatures so far this spring. So, I'm not sure where you can get that one. >> Um, the HVAC system. So, I do I do know one classroom when it was cold, they change the thermostat and it gets stuck in a very hot temperature. So, so maybe that's what >> So, that might be it. So, full disclosure. >> All right. So, that's good. Um, the high school is in the middle of AP testing. Um, so that will be done by Friday of this week, by the end of the week. Um, May is such a busy testing month across the district for everybody. So, um, kudos to the principles and everybody for all of their scheduling and work around that. the student engagement events and opportunities. Um, award-winning author Jerry Craft visited the freshman and

098sophomores on April 29th. They enjoyed that. And then on April 30th, the drama club presented. And now for something new in the auditorium. They did an amazing job with that. So, I was excited to see the students in the auditorium there. Uh, the student showcase was in the gym on May 1st. There were 179 high school students and 36 middle school students that presented their projects. Um there were 89 projects. Uh that was fantastic. It was a full gym, that's for sure. >> Can I chime in on one thing there with giving shout outs tonight? I want to thank the Greek church on Lake Parkway for all of the events that we've been having here and we've been constrained for parking. They've allowed us to use their lot and we've been shuttling people back and

099forth. So, another great partnership with Father Luke. >> Absolutely. Um, this past Friday, students from each of the pathways at the middle school and the high school attended the PLTW spring showcase in Boston. Um, so we were excited to have our students represent us there. And then on May 21st, there'll be a threeonree basketball tournament hosted by the National Honor Society. Um, family events, we always try and tag team. I try and read others so you're not getting duplicate reports on stuff. Um he the super team Boot was held at Point Breeze. Um tonight on May 12th, there are interest meetings for the class trips to both New York and Puerto Rico. Those are being held downstairs. And on May 22nd, there will be a paint night hosted by the NHS, the National Honor Society

100at the Greek Church in Webster. on sports. And I've heard this mentioned through a few kids throughout the building. The new weight room is open and it will be available three afternoons a week after school until the end of the school year. I've heard students talking about that. I heard in the hallway, too. >> Yeah. And how excited they are to have the weight room and students are excited to use it. We didn't mention that. >> So, yeah. So, that's a great thing. It's nice to hear the kids excited about these things >> actually. And I want to just Mr. Toronto um was a big support during the setup of that athletic room and making sure that we had the equipment in the right place and worked um with the movers to you know get

101everything out of the fieldhouse and and he supported them during that setup and that was really appreciated. Absolutely. >> And then his last note is that senior class updates senior week events are coming up. Uh they are having an overnight on May 29th here at the high school. Um and if anybody would like to donate uh they're looking for raffle items like gift cards, baskets, dorm room items, anything you can contact Miss Bodet or Miss Neves and they will happily accept them and small prizes for the students. They have raffles, they have all kinds of events, they have food. They really do a lot for the kids here and the seniors that are graduating. There are so many activities um for them and it's just wonderful to see. And he did put in here the

102prom is going to be held um this Saturday. It is at um Pleasant Valley and I believe it's a masquerade ball theme. Um so I'm looking forward to that. I volunteered my service chaperon. I'm sure they're all going to be thrilled to have me there. Um, but uh it's a fun event and um I can't wait to see what the kids look like. So that's the students report. >> Thank you. >> The next item is uh old business uh the monthly report on fundraising applications. Looks like we just have move one. >> Looks like it's the same hang at the Greek church minimum. >> Mhm. So we just like to uh thank everyone's involved in that. Next item of business is new business. Obviously we have several designations of appointments to do. The first one

103is the designation of the email record keeper. Looks like last year uh that was Desra job. I will take any nominations concerning the email keeper. Any desire that continue to be moving? I >> have a motion. Do I have a second concerning? >> Second. >> Motion and a second. Any further discussion? >> Would you please pull the vote? >> Memberos. >> Yes. >> Memberopoulos. >> Yes. >> Mele. >> Yes. >> Member SC. >> Yes. >> Thank you so much. You're welcome. Uh the next item is the designation of the legislative representative. Um last year that was myself. Do I have any nominations concerning that position? >> Nominate member Adamopoulos. >> A nomination. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Any further discussion? >> Would you please pull the board? >> Member Coros. >> Yes.

104Member Miller. >> Yes. >> Member Scaria. >> Yes. The next item is the appointment of the school committee member as the payroll designate. That was Miss Blet last year. Do we have a nomination for this year? >> I nominate Miss Millet again. >> I second. >> Nomination second. Any further discussion? Would you please pull the committee? >> Member Coros. >> Yes. >> Member Napos. >> Yes. >> Member Millet. >> Yes. >> Member Scarifia. >> Yes. Next item is the nomination of the payroll backup designate. That was Miss Sprigler last year. Do we have a nomination for this year? >> I nominate member Carlos. >> Nomination. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Nomination and a second. Any further discussion? >> Desire, would you please pull the committee? >> Member Coreros. Yes. Meos. >> Yes.

105Member Milik. >> Yes. Members, >> yes. >> Thank you. The next item is the appointment of the warrant designate. That was Miss Millet last year. >> I nominate member Millet. >> The nomination. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Nomination is second. Any further discussion? Would you please pull the committee? >> Member Colleros. >> Yes. >> Member Robos. >> Yes. >> Member Miller. >> Yes. >> Member. >> Yes. >> Next item is the appointment of the Warren Backup design. That was member Sprigler last year. Do we have any nomination for this year? I'll nominate members. >> Nomination. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Nomination and a second. Desire, could you please pull the board? >> Member Ceros. >> Yes. >> Member Nabul. >> Yes. >> Member Millet. >> Yes. >> Member Scaria.

106>> Yes. >> The last appointment appears to be a school committee building committee representative. That was me last year. Do we have a nomination for this year? >> Nominate member Adamopoulos. >> Second. nomination in a second. Does everybody please call the committee? >> Member Keros, >> yes. >> Member, >> yes. >> Member Millet, >> yes. >> Member Scaria, >> yes. >> Just want to thank everybody for all their appointments and designations. The next item is the approval of surplus items. >> Yes. In your packet, you have a list of some surplus inventory items that we found during the move um that we need to surplus. These are items that are no longer being used. >> Just books. >> Yep. Yep. >> Do I have a motion to declare surplus items of miscellaneous books from the

107West Public Schools and to direct the superintendent or the business manager to auction off, donate or other otherwise recycle or dispose of these items in conjunction with provisions of Mass General Law Chapter 30B? >> So move second. >> Motion second. Any further discussion? Ezra, would you please call the committee? >> Member Colleros. >> Yes. >> Member. >> Yes. >> Member Miller. >> Yes. >> Members, >> yes. >> The next item is the approval of yearn transfers. >> Yep. With standard practice, what we're what I'm requesting from the school committee is approval to authorize me to handle all of the year end transfers that are needed uh among the different accounts. So, that will help with the school closing of the fiscal year. and then we would report back at their request. >> I have a

108motion to approve um Mrs. Ktos to do the necessary gear and transfers. So move >> second >> and motion a second. Any further discussion hearing? None. Desert please pull the committee. >> Member Coros. >> Yes. Member Mapos. >> Yes. >> Member Mill. >> Yes. Member Scar. >> Yes. >> Thank you. The next item is the superintendent evaluation evidence and goals. >> So in your packet, um you have a copy of my goals and the evidence. This is in the same format that I've done in the past. The goals are listed above and then the evidence is below. Um I'm not going to go through each category. I'm happy if you want to discuss any of this. If you'd like to come in, just give me a call. We'll set up a meeting. We can talk

109about it. um and we can review um any evidence that is there and I'm happy to answer any questions if anybody has any questions about >> anybody have any questions for superintendent I believe we got the evaluation uh criteria >> um we need that for May 20th >> uh the 20th yes >> so we can all get that together so that everybody can put together the packet for I think our next meeting obviously will go through. >> Yep. >> So I thank everyone for the time for that together. And the next item is the review transfer signing of warrants, bills, payroll, and vouchers. It's a lot. Yeah, it's a lot of fun. Des, when do you think the diplomas done by She give me a date, but everybody has to sign them after you. So

110I can find you know sooner. Do it sooner. >> The more pressure I have. Yeah, >> I'm going to try to get in on Thank you. Do we have a >> We have a motion to adjurnn >> to move. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. If you please pull the committee. >> Member Ceros. >> Yes. Member Mill. >> Yes. Member Scaria. >> Yes. >> Thank you everybody. Thank you.