001scheduled board meeting for the Brookfield Board of Education. So, will you please join me in saying the pledgece 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. >> We have some guests who will be singing the Star Spangle Banner as well as a few samples from our upcoming holiday concert for band and chorus. Thank you. [singing] >> You see [music] by the dawn early light. What so proudly we held at the twilight [singing] lasting who's brought stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight or the we were so [singing] gallently streaming and the [music] rockets at the bombs bursting in air came through the night [singing] and our flag was still there. Oh, [singing] save us
002that star spangled [music] and w for the land of the free and the whole world of love. [singing and music] >> [applause] >> Good evening. I'm John Landola, proud choir director at Brookfield High School. My 19th year at Brookfield High School. Just amazing. Uh we are here tonight uh the Brookfield Chamber Choir and members of the uh Brookfield High School band under the direction of uh my wonderful colleague Mr. Sydney St. George. We are here to promote our concert winter concert combined uh departmental concerts next Tuesday night uh no two Tuesdays the 16th December 16th at 7:00 so we hope you can all join us for that we're going to sample bells [singing] When Christmas is here [music] [singing] to hear from everywhere. [singing] >> [singing] >> sing Christmas >> [singing] [music] [singing] >> seem
003to sing away >> [singing] [music] >> seems to hear from everywhere. [singing] Christmas is here. [singing] Don't understand [music and singing] [applause] on the 16th. And now my part. Thanks, Mr. L. Um, so this is our, uh, jazz ensemble. Uh, Marcato for Life is our informal name, but we have merch, so you can buy that stuff later. Uh, again, as Mr. Landola said, uh, I'm Steve St. George. I'm happy to be the band director here. I don't have quite as many years in Brookfield, but I'm I'm gaining at 12, so uh, we'll we'll be here forever when when it's all said and done. So, we'll see you on the 16th. Uh, here's a sample from our, uh, instrumental portion of the concert called Up on the Housetop. It's gonna feature Hunter Park on Alto Saxs
004and Socket Mamedana on Alto Saxs. Here we go. One, two, one, two, three. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. [music] Heat. >> [music] [music] [applause] >> Thank you so much for having us and we'll see you on the 16th at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. >> Thank you very much. We appreciate your time. >> Outstanding. >> So fun. >> So that is amazing. That is a great way to start our meeting. Um, and a wonderful welcome. So, I would just like to clarify um that I would like to welcome our newly elected board member, Caroline Cows. Welcome. Welcome. >> That was for you. [laughter] expect this every week. >> And I'd like to congratulate
005and it's funny because I never say your last names. So Sarah Divine and Joy Greenstein >> Steen, I'm sorry. >> Aaron Scalera. >> Oh, you are correct. This is a This is a typo. Aaron Scera. Thank you. Aaron, welcome back. Joy, welcome back. Um Sarah, thanks for being here. [laughter] Okay, the first order of business, we clearly need a chairperson. So, it [clears throat] is traditional that every two years after the election of the board of education members, the superintendent is charged with calling the meeting to order and overseeing [clears throat] the procedural process of appointing a chairperson for the board of education. Once the chairperson is appointed, then the rest of the meeting is transferred over to that person and the agenda will be executed with the remainder of the elections and the items
006listed on the agenda. So, at this time, I would like to open the floor for nominations for the position of chair of the Brookfield Board of Education. >> I nominate um Rob Fettto as chair of the board of ed. >> First, I'd like to open the floor, though. Is there a motion to open the floor? I move that we open the floor for nominations. >> All in favor? >> I >> opposed. >> No. In favor. >> Okay. Wonderful. Thank you. [clears throat] Nominations for the chair board. >> I nominate Rob Fishetto as chair. >> Okay. Are there any other nominations for chair? >> I nominate Joey Greenstein. >> Okay. Okay. Any other nominations for chair? I second, Rob. >> Yeah. Do um Yeah, they believe they need to be seconded. >> They will. >> Yep.
007>> Any other nominations? Okay. Is there a second for Rob? >> I'll second Rob. >> Is there a second for Joy? >> Okay. Any other nominations? [snorts] Okay. Hearing no more nominations, I will motion to close the floor for nominations for the chairman of the board of education. Okay. All those [clears throat] in favor of closing the floor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Okay. All right. So, I will do this by roll call and tally. For the record, [cough] although is all those in favor of Rob Fricchetto as chairperson, please raise your hand and state your name and I will call on you to verify. [cough] >> So, as I record it, Stephanie Sakura, >> I >> Wendy Young Bloodood, >> hi. >> Caroline Cowles, >> Mr. for Rob Fchettto. >> I >> Okay, thank
008you. >> Thank you. >> Any opposed? Rob Fettto. Okay. Any abstensions? All those in favor of Joy Greenstein, [clears throat] please raise your hand and state your name with an I. Joy. >> Are you an I? >> I. Sarah, >> Hi, >> Erin. >> I Okay, with a count of one, two, three, four, by a show of hands and an I vote um of four, Rod Fetto has been elected as the new chairperson of the board of education. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. Could you hand this down to Rob, please? Here comes the agenda. >> All right, here's the tally if you'd like it for chair and vice for the vice chair and the secretary position and then we'll just give those to the board. >> Thank you. Am I signing something?
009>> No. >> Yeah, I will. >> I don't think so. Not yet. >> Well, thank you everyone. Thank you very much. Looking forward to this adventure. I really am moving things forward. Um, so with I believe we can open the floor for vice chair. And is that accurate? I know I'm going to Let me apologize in advance everyone for the mistakes I'm going to make, but I'll get them right. Don't worry. At least by the second meeting. Um, we'd like to open the floor for vice chairman. And I'd like to make a motion to open the chair for vice chairman. And I would like to Am I allowed to make a recommendation? >> Do we have to vote to open the floor? >> To vote to open the floor to open the floor for vice
010chair. >> All in favor? >> Iron seconded. And then all in favor? >> All in favor? >> I. [cough and clears throat] >> All right. Well, I'd like to open the floor. I'll open the nominations for Stephanie for vice chair. >> I'd like to nominate Sarah Deine for vice chair. >> Do we have any seconds? Any other nominations? >> Okay. So, with that, I believe we close the floor. All in favor? >> Close the floor. >> All in favor? Close the floor. I >> I >> Any opposed? All right. So, I believe we take the vote now. >> No, we we call for seconds. Are there seconds? >> Sorry. My apologies. >> That's okay. >> We call any seconds on the nominations. >> I second the nomination for Stephanie. >> Second Sarah. >> Anyone else?
011Okay. Close the floor for seconds. Move on. All right. Um, so we take a vote. All in favor of Stephanie for vice chair. >> And these these need to be individual and then recorded for public. >> So start just like you did with Mar. So start with >> Stephanie. >> Hi. All right. >> Um, I'm an I for Stephanie. >> Okay. Caroline. >> I for Stephanie as well. >> Okay. Um, do I have to take the vote as well? All in favor of Sarah for vice chair. >> I Joy >> Joy. >> Sarah I >> Aaron I. >> Okay. Thank you. So with that um we close the floor and we move forward to Stephanie as vice chair. >> Thank you. >> All right. >> Congratulations. >> Just just make sure you have the um
012names recorded because that has to be on the um meeting minutes. >> I got it. >> Appreciate that. And uh All right. Yep. Same thing for >> All right. See if I can miss this one. All right. Uh, I'd like to open the floor for recommendations for uh the motion of uh, excuse me, open the floor for recommend nominations for officer the office of secretary of the Brookfield Board of Education. >> Second. >> Favor. I'm >> sorry. Was there a name? >> no, no. We're just opening the floor. >> Oh, yeah. Sorry. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Oh, yes. I >> confusing. >> All right. Uh, with that the um I would like to nominate um Aaron, secretary of uh Brookfield Board of Education. >> Second. >> I'd like to nominate Caroline. >>
013Okay. >> All nominations in any other nominations. Okay. So, with that, close the floor for nomination. I'm sorry. Yep. And so now we need to Yeah. >> All in favor of closing the floor for nominations. >> I >> All right. Um I'll start with you, Stephanie. For uh for um Erin for secretary of the >> No, we need to second them. >> That's all right. >> Weird. >> It's all right. I'll get it. >> Anybody second? >> Um we already have a second for uh Aaron. Yes, we do. We have a second for Aaron and a second for um Caroline. I'll second Caroline. >> Okay. All right. Now I can open up the floor. Right. All right. Stephanie >> for um for nomination of secretary of the chair for Erin. >> Joy. >> I Joy
014>> I >> Sarah >> I Rob I >> I can I we can I go on record? I would like to vote I because I want to support your vision as chair Rob. Um although I think both of you would make an excellent secretary. >> Agreed. >> I feel like that was your nomination. I'd like to support you in that. >> All right. Cool. Thank you. >> All right. With that, um I go to Carolyn. Votes for Carolyn for uh secretary. >> Hi, >> Wendy. >> And Caroline. >> Hi. Okay. >> Aaron making sure. >> I know. I know. All right. All right. So, with that, uh, we have the vote to, uh, close the floor for nominations and and and close the flooring. Congratulations on Secretary. >> It's a lot. It's a lot. >>
015It's as confusing for us as it was for you. >> You're in charge of documenting all my mistakes and then feeding me fe uh, filling me in afterwards. So, I appreciate. >> All right. [clears throat] So, moving right along. Uh, we look like we got public comment, Mark Morash. And with that, [clears throat] Board of Education welcomes all public comment. Uh, each speaker shall have up to three minutes to provide input to the board at the start of each regular meeting. A maximum of 20 minutes is allotted for commitment on any item, including the agenda for that meeting. At the end of each regular meeting, time is allotted for comment on any item which is within the board's jurisdiction, which should also include overflow time for individuals who are all were not able to speak
016in the initial 20 minutes time slot. Discussion of the school personnel and divi individualized students or of individual members of the board is prohibited. Mark, good evening. >> Good evening. Mark Morash, 25 Mist Hill Drive, Brookfield, Connecticut. Um, and just before you start my timer, um, last meeting, somebody spoke 6 or 7 minutes before you stopped them. I'm only going to be about 20 seconds over, but I hope you'll give me the same grace. And really, I just told my kids I was going to say 67 in front of the board, and they told me there's no way I would do it. >> No worries. I'm going to speak to item nine again in 5144, student discipline that makes a walk out from or sit in within a classroom [laughter] or school building or school
017grounds punishable by suspension or expulsion. At the policy meeting of November 19th, board member Sakura stated that she spoke with principal Bland who said that as long as the students get permission for their sit in or walk out, there would be no problem. Okay, so why not just codify it into the policy? Because what if what if they wanted to walk out against Principal Bland? Would he still be so willing? What if they wanted to walk out on a Monday morning when there is no heat in the building to start the day? A school that no longer gives the kids the ability to walk out is no longer a school, but a prison. So, codify it. Vote this policy down tonight and fix it. Have conversations about it. You're you're aware of how this went
018down on Monday, right? At 7:37 a.m. on Monday, our kids received an email. Good morning. There is an issue with the clogged oil filter which has now been resolved. The heat is on. It will just take some time to get the building up to temperature. This doesn't seem likely. One oil filter. We do have multiple working boilers, don't we? Or are we only running one functional boiler? Are we hiding yet another failing facilities issue from the public? It's early in the season. There should have been maintenance. So, we do regular maintenance, don't we? I mean, I'll submit a foyer. And if you don't like the fact that there's an avalanche of foyas coming in, there's a simple solution. Don't hide things. Don't hide things. Don't hide things by not even bothering to message the parents
019that there was no heat on Monday morning or did not message our kids until after they got to school so they could, oh my goodness, bring a jacket to a school where it was 55° most of the day. Parents weren't told why. You wonder why parents are vocal about wanting their kids to have access to devices with which they can communicate with the outside world. There are parents probably watching this right now who probably have no idea that this happened because our kids have normalized being treated like they don't matter. That there's no sense in speaking up because they'll be ignored. Another new suspendable offense in 5144 is number 37. Using computer systems, including email, to engage in any conduct prohibited by this policy. And at the end of Mr. Band's email, there's a confidentiality
020notice that says any unauthorized disclosure, distribution, or forwarding of this message or its attachments are prohibited. If you put those two things together, this sounds like our kids could be suspended for sharing that email about there being no heat. But we would never never then codify it. Codify the nevers and won'ts. And you have my word because the actions don't line up with the words. This town doesn't trust the administration as it is. And that's something that anybody applying for the new superintendent position needs to hear. So codify it because why is this board so scared of writing and amending policy? Because on page eight of the minutes from the policy meeting, as previously discussed, the board will no longer review or approve regulations. But you're being gaslighted because it goes against your own policy
021in your policy handbook where in the policy and regulation start to finish document. says that a policy or regulation, the draft goes through policy committee and then to the full board. The superintendent telling you that you can have a regulation that doesn't go to the board violates your own policy. You deserve better than an administration continuing the secrecy and silence that has gone on for far too long. >> Thank you, sir. >> Appreciate it. Thank you. All right. Uh we don't have anyone else for public comment. So on that we over to written correspondence. >> So I'll go ahead [laughter] since I prepared for the meeting and let you go on there. >> Thank you. >> Do you mind? >> No, no, no, no. That's fine. Not No, you have to >> take over right
022now. >> Totally fine. The written correspondents. The following people have emailed the board since the November 19th meeting. Andy Korea, three emails. Irene Korea, three emails. Matt Grimes, Deborah Casease, and Ryan Redinis. [cough] >> All right. All right. On that, move to uh written, excuse me, approval of board minutes. >> Aaron, are you comfortable taking over the motions this meeting or do you want me to continue them? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Um, >> yeah. >> Do you mind continuing for this meeting? >> No, I don't mind if you're Yeah, that's fine. Uh, I move that the board approve the minutes listed below as recommended. Regular meeting 111925 and special meeting 112525. >> Any discussion on that? Anyone? >> No. All right. All in favor? >> I. >> Any abstensions? No. Any excuse me? >>
023It's unanimous. All right. On that we have uh superintendence update. [clears throat] Please. Thank you. >> Good evening. My update this evening will be brief. Um, traditionally this is a meeting of celebration and joy to recognize our new members of the executive board and to celebrate those who are exiting their role. And I know that, you know, Rosa has already left the board and Wendy will remain on the board, but certainly not in an executive role. And Wendy, we appreciate everything that you have offered this board. Um, again, I've said it before, but having been married to a board chair for many years, it is a difficult role. Heavy as the crown. Thank you for wearing it. Thank you for wearing it, Wendy. [snorts] And welcome. Just briefly, uh, next meeting we will be presenting
024our budget to the board and to the public. Um, it will be a PowerPoint structure that you are used to and the format will be very similar where we will present a broad overview and ask you to start to generate questions to us that we can compile. So it certainly I don't expect you to have a lot of questions the first night. It is really a first look and then you will start to send them and then Casey and I will develop a document a growing document where we compile all of the answers and everybody can see everything that's asked and everything that's answered. Um so that will be very exciting for us. Um I did want to touch on two other topics. I wanted to touch on the weather before Emily does and I
025wanted to touch on the all hazards plan. And so I know that came up last time. So we did a little bit of research, quite a bit of research and [clears throat] how this has been managed at the district level. [snorts] It's been managed in the same way and appropriately for the last several years. Per the DMHS region 5 coordinator and our legal adviser, we confirmed our process. This plan does require several signatures, one of which is the board chair. That is common practice. The plan is developed by the buildings and the district, not the board of education. The plan is confidential and the public is not permitted to view or access it. It should not be available for the public. If it were, we would be compromised. So, I just wanted to clarify that.
026Terms of the weather, we did have our first little tussle with the weather and I just want to extend gratitude to the team who assisted in ensuring that a day of teaching and learning occurred. Um, I want to share how the decisions are made. So Mike Hicks, the Brookfield Highway Department supervisor, was delightful. He's delightful late at night. He's delightful at 4:20 in the morning. Um I have not always encountered that. So that is a wonderful um really sign of gratitude for your district. That's a great thing to have. So I start communicating with the mic the night before. We talked the morning of a couple of times. I join a conference call at 4:30 with the local superintendent in this area and our weather adviser. I then reconnect with Mike Hicks to confirm and
027then I communicate with our central office leads. We are all chatting very early. Lisa, um, Gramling, Casey, Debbie and Dan and Eric and that pulls the chain of media, buses, food services, custodians, you know, who take care of the sidewalks and things like that. Then we ongoing monitor during the day for any afternoon activities and events andor early dismissals. And the night before we reopen, um, I do then reconfirm with Mike and Casey reconfirms with the custodians and we check again in the morning to make sure that there's no ice. So there's very little sleep and a lot of checking um because our priorities are safety and learning. We do our best to make informed decisions and I know that not everybody appreciates or agrees with the decision and that's okay. So I did just
028want to share that with you. That is my report. >> Thank you. I just have a question Vonda. Um because you said you collaborate with other superintendents. New Milford closed. So >> they did. >> Did you confirm with confer with >> She was on the call. >> Gave no inkling. >> Nobody else. Yeah. >> Do they give any thought to because there's a substantial amount of seniors that leave early. That was really when it was really >> we were recommended to not even consider closing early because that was in the thick of it. No, I'm not saying closing early, but consideration for students that leave in the middle of the day. We have a lot of seniors that leave early. >> Correct. >> The I mean the considerations are [clears throat] we make a district
029call. We we worry about safety. There are definitely options for for students who drive, right? I mean, students who drive, they >> I just think don't know if an 17-year-old will have the capacity to make that decision if they're not out there. Right. >> Right. But I mean, a parent would obviously be helping make that decision. >> Yeah. >> A lot of parents don't wouldn't know really have that information if the roads are treacherous, too. I think >> just some thoughts. >> Thank you. Any other questions? >> All right. Um, with that, superintendent search update. >> So, school leadership has presented the search committee with several pre-screened candidates for interviews, and the search committee will begin interviews this month, and they will continue through January. Due to the holidays, we're having to break them up
030a little bit. Um Caroline Kohl's has officially joined the search committee as of last week and Rosa Fernandez has left the committee. Other than that, the um updated schedule has been put on the website so you can see where we're at. Uh and um I think the goal is still to our original schedule was to be able to make an offer by February or March and we're still um on track with that goal. Uh, >> God bless you. >> And yeah, that's where we're at. >> Thank you. >> Mhm. >> Thank you very much, Stephanie. Appreciate it. Um, on to subcommittee reports, policy and communications. >> That's also me. >> Go for it. Rock and roll. >> Okay. So, as you all know, tonight the student discipline policy as well as the two final policies
031that I forgot to put on last agenda to complete the um student handbook that the goal is to create this district-wide student handbook for the next school year um is on the consent agenda for adoption tonight. This policy has been through the committee um introduced originally on August 20th to the board of education for a first read. So all questions from board members, public and committee members have been asked to the administration. They've been answered um to satisfaction of the committee. And as a reminder, the regulation is not part of what the board is voting to adopt because we are voting on the policy which is the what and the regulation is the how. And that will be a conversation at the building level led by the superintendent. As we discussed at the last meeting,
032the policy committee is changing the way it's been operating slightly. Um the technology policy is the first example of this process. So the interim superintendent and the director of technology met and worked really hard to develop the technology policies for the district. They then brought those to the building principles and they received their feedback. So what the policy committee is reviewing in a draft form currently is the result of all of that work and collaboration that includes a review of the current BPS policies that SNG and the K policies that Mr. Conklin, our director Conklin, our director of technology, has brought to the policy committee. He brought it at the start of the school year to begin the conversation and he will attend the next policy meeting to answer the committee's questions. So, the board
033has not seen those policies yet. We are still in draft form. Um, those will be sometime after we meet with um Eric. >> Excellent. Thank you. >> Any questions? Anyone? >> Actually, >> yeah, >> actually something. It's um I should have asked it earlier, but um but I didn't. Um this is connected to uh the superintendent's uh update. So, the member of the public who brought in allegedly a copy of our hazards plan, she um put that down, I believe, in front of you um at the meeting, and that's that's a document that we need to have back. You and I were talking about that. Um >> I have not received it in my office. So, um, uh, do you know where that document is? And if you have it, could you turn it into
034Vonda? Great. Thank you. >> Okay. All right. Any questions on subcommittee reports? >> All right. Emily. Hello. >> Hello. >> How you doing? >> I'm doing well. Oh, sorry. >> No, you're good. >> All right. So, um, the powderpuff game that we had, um, even though the date was changed to that Wednesday, it went great. The weather was perfect. It wasn't too cold and we ended up winning in a close game. It was a lot of fun. It was really great. >> Oh, yeah. It was I I think the other Bethl principal had to wear Brookfield gear to school the following day. That was awesome. Um, so the student government is planning a winter spirit week as well as a pep rally. And the themes will be like holiday themed but very inclusive to all
035the holidays. I don't know if that was signed off yet, but I know that that's what they're planning to do. Um, so December 16th, the National Honor Society at BHS is hosting a winter workshop for students K through 12 at CLES where the the kids can participate in various activities. It'll be from 3:45 to 5 and a flyer should be going out very soon with more information on parent square for the CL parents. Um, also on December 16th, as you saw, we have our band and chorus concert at 7 PM and we made it so that um the high school students like in terms of the winter workshop with NHS, they don't collide because one ends at 5:00 and one starts at 7. So, they'll have plenty of time to get ready. Um, and I
036know that you brought it up already, but um, I would just like to voice the concerns that a lot of junior and seniors have with cars when they drive home. And I know that a few students hydroplaned when they had to leave early from school. um when the weather was especially bad and I know that they have the opportunity to stay but it's very like they're very everyone's very eager to get home of course and so I just wanted to voice our concerns about Tuesday and the potential threats that the weather causes for students with cars who either have leave early or late arrival although I know that weather is very unpredictable the weather app changed so many times but that and I know that being in school for a full day is very important
037and definitely a priority but just something to put out there that some students were very sometimes like unsettled driving home. But it it was kind of it was interesting like everyone was out there like getting snow off our cars with the scrapers and everything, but we all made sure like text to get home safe, but it was just very stress stressful for a lot of students, but just wanted to say that. All right, I'm all set. Thank you. >> All right, thank you, Emily. All right, so moving on to the consent agenda. Okay. >> I move that the board approve the items listed on the consent agenda as recommended. Policies. Final read. Policies 5131.62, chemical health for student athletes, policy 5141.25, food allergies, and policy 5144, student discipline. >> Can I make a motion to
038um move 5144 down? on the policy on the agenda >> to new business or old business or some business not on the consent agenda. >> Why is that? Because we already we went through the first read process. >> Because if you have to vote, I would like to reflect that. >> So just make a motion to pull it out. >> Yeah. So I make a motion to pull out five policy 5144 student discipline to speak about later. >> Second. All right, we had a motion and second. Um, any discussion on the uh policy? >> So, I just don't >> We had a motion first. We had a the original motion was to approve the items. >> So, we have to entertain that first motion. >> No, we can [clears throat and cough] >> we can
039we can do this one first because it's pulling out >> because it's part of Yeah, that's >> so if it fails, then we can vote. We'll have you make the original motion and then I can rescend the first motion if you want to do it that way. >> I don't think we need to because if we because it would just be I mean [clears throat] the motion says approve the items listed on the consent agenda and if we can pull one out then it'll still cover the other two. >> So um can I speak on piece on this chair? >> Thank you. Um, so like I this maybe some of this is because I um am not on the policy committee and I think I have a stronger understanding that I actually do. But my
040understanding is that policies come to you guys in draft form. You work through them. Then you once you guys agree and you work with uh our admin and you work with our legal team on them. Then when you are ready, you bring them to us and we have usually 30 days. But in the case of these, we've had months, right? >> And we we've read them, we've given feedback, we've talked about them. I don't understand why we can't vote now on it. I mean, it's been months. I I don't get it. And plus, we're not voting on the regulations. We're voting on the policy. So, like, I mean, if the majority feels that way, then fine. I mean, we'll talk about it next month or next meeting or whatever, but like um I just feel
041like we have we've had a lot of positive movement with policies and I think that um I think it's worth passing. >> Well, and you know, and I respect your opinion on that, right? Um but I think, you know, it's a 50-page policy. We're replacing a two-page policy right now, and there's several areas of that policy that I'm still concerned with. Um, so therefore, instead of me voting against three of them, right, we have three policies. I'm asking for it to move so I can support the other two because if it fails, they all go back to committee. >> So, um, Rob, may I um, I hear what you're saying and I appreciate your strategy for that. Absolutely. What I think um so maybe uh you guys like help clarify >> the policy is only
042a few pages. The policy is not 50 >> 32 pages. >> Okay. Yeah. And we've had three months >> to go through this. >> So we have the motion to pull it out. Let's vote and see if [clears throat] it passes. So >> that's fine. Any other comments on it? Any other discussion? >> Well, I want to discuss it if we're if it's not going to pass. I guess that's the issue I have. Like I'd like to discuss it now. >> If it's if it's not going to pass, then we're not going to have be able to have a discussion. >> Well, the first motion is to pull it out. So, we just have to first see if it's like the first >> All right, fine. That That's fine. >> We just we I mean,
043we can keep discussing it this way. That's fine. But regardless, we have a motion to pull it out. So, >> all right. >> If it passes, >> then it gets pulled out and we vote on the original motion. If it doesn't pass, then we vote on all three together. Okay. >> Copy. I understand. >> Okay. >> So, we can have the discussion now. That's fine. Whatever is >> Oh, the floor's open. Do you want to say something? >> You want to keep going? >> Yeah. I just um I mean there's two things that and just because we brought it to the full board doesn't like just as Stephanie has said in the past doesn't I could change my opinion or I wasn't >> Yeah, it's >> satisfied with the answers provided at policy. >> Um
044so there was two things that didn't sit well with me. The one was the walk out. Um, and the explanation we got from Mr. Blando was that he welcomes any student to come and speak with him and as long as they do it respectfully and whatnot. So, if that's the case, which I respect, right, he doesn't want to squash their freedom of speech or um then why not put that in there? Because in the policy it says um so that would go >> you would get you would get um actions leading to disciplinary action including removal from class suspension or expulsion a walk out or sit in within a classroom or school building on school grounds. You would get could get suspended for that or expelled from that if you do that. >> I thought
045that that was part of the regulation though. >> No, this is the policy. Okay. No, but may I speak to that real [clears throat] quick or sorry I don't want to interrupt you. >> That's fine. And I was going to talk about something else, but >> well, I was just going to say so the the the way that it reads and what we had talked about in in policy meeting is that those are that's how it's presented in the policy. Those are possibilities, right? We're laying it out for the administration to say here is here are the ways that and and the the ways you could proceed. It is up to the administration regardless of what the policy says to decide how to proceed. Right? So our current policy says hardly anything and it's still
046up to the administration to decide how to proceed. So what this is doing and what the, you know, our lawyers, our attorneys at Shipman and Goodwin have presented is a more robust way of guiding the both the students, the teachers, the administrators saying like here are all the ways in which you should apparent you know behave essentially and here are all the ways that you can be disciplined. So we're not prescribing any specific discipline. What we're saying is we're providing sort of the framework for the administration the principles to go forward. So whether or not we p whether or not we have a two-page policy or 32-page policy, we're not prescribing the actual discipline. >> And that's where it comes to me where what this does is it sort of gives what we've asked for
047is more accountability, right? more ways in which all of the buildings have are operating in the same way and for me this policy sort of provides that in that it's very clear what we are asking the administrators to look at >> no and and I understand that but we are looking at a 40some page document right that's left up to interpretation it's not black and white I mean but we have policies in our policy manual as far as >> so you saying time to look through it. >> I I just have hesitate. I looked at caves all day today, right? Comparing caves, comparing ours, it just seems it's a lot of legal terms, >> right, >> that we're expecting parents and students to digest. >> So committee, >> what there's just something about it, right?
048It just So we have a cell phone, we have our cell phone policy, right? That is black and white. a student violates their first violation is X, their second violation is Y. It it says what it is, right? So if we want accountability and we want transparency, then we need to be clear on the expectations and that's what I struggle >> and I don't disagree with you, but what we talked about is that has to be at the regulation level because we have three different schools because we have five, six, seven year olds and we have 14, 15, 16 year olds. [laughter] So we can't in that kind of policy we we can't regulate it in that way but >> and that's where >> so we're expected to adopt policy and hope that the regulation
049>> no it covers it's a broad it covers it >> covers all the discipline >> what this does in in my opinion this gives us >> it allows for more guidance right we're giving our administrators more guidance in what we want them to pay attention too. So, >> um, >> Rob, may I s >> So, Erin, I'm [clears throat] I I'm sold on the pulling it out for the reasons that have been brought up. And I do want to just say for the record that when I gave Stephanie feedback in the late summer, I also flagged that item um because that is that is problematic. And maybe that is the the the point that we would that you guys would address or that we as a board would decide that we didn't want. I don't
050know. But um but it seems like we do need more time. I just hope that everybody is taking first read seriously and really investing in scrutinizing u the policies that you guys send us. >> Well, and continuing to read like there's something, you know, I worry about like the the vid the pictures and videotaping, right? So we have kids that videotape on school grounds at fields, right? we have kids taking pictures of each other at prom. But that's in that policy. >> But we asked that question to the superintendent and the administrators and it was answered. They told us that is not part of >> but it's the definition and the way that it's stated in policy does not include those activities and it would not be regulated that like so that's again where we
051have to trust that at the regulation level that they're going to. So at this point I feel like >> you know if we have a motion yeah absolutely >> um and it was seconded right second >> seconded by Sarah. All right. So, all in favor of removing policy 5144, student discipline from final read. >> I any naysay? >> Nay. >> Sure. >> So, what was the final vote on that? >> Caroline abstain and >> four Stephanie >> three. >> I'm sorry. >> 511. >> My job. >> 511. >> Okay. Okay. So now we the >> So now >> the only motion that we will the motion to approve policies or to approve approve the consent agenda will only refer to policy 5131.62 chemical health and policy 5141.25 food allergies. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Any
052other discussion? Okay. All in favor say I. >> I. Any nay. >> Any abstain? One abstension. >> [cough] >> Thank you. >> Okay, moving right along to new business. Board of Education subcommittee meeting dates and um a discussion. I would like to if that's okay as far as members of the subcommittees. >> I I would like to resend the motion. I don't think we're ready to do that. >> No. Okay. >> Wait, we haven't made the motion yet. >> I'm sorry. As far as uh to to for the meeting dates or as far as the members I'm sorry, [clears throat] I misunderstood you. Well, oh, >> meeting dates or the members. >> Do you want to read the motion first? >> I can. Yeah. >> Okay. First, I'm going to move to add 5144, the
053student discipline policy, to new business. >> Okay. >> Second. >> Okay. >> All in favor? >> I >> Any abstensions? Any nays? No. All right. It's unanimous. We move to new business. Thank you. Okay. Um Stephanie, uh recommend the motion for when you're ready. >> Yep. Um I move that the board discuss and approve its subcommittee structure and other board representation. Magnet School, BEF, Education Connection, Brookfield Cares, Arbback, and NBC from January to June 2026. >> Okay. >> So, I'd like to make a motion to table this. I don't think we're ready to have that discussion. not something that we have offline um so people can give their feedback um what committees they're interested in doing because we how can we set meeting dates if we don't know what we're serving on. >> So Rob
054Yeah, I was uh hoping we could figure that out here who's going serving on which committees and then go with the dates if that's okay. >> Yeah, >> it's the chair's um >> the chair to [clears throat] like if that's okay with everyone else. I I figured we can get that out of the way instead of waiting and then I'd love open to all feedback for sure. All right. Okay. Um so for finance um and again I I I kind of just mixed names around the the idea was to give uh a new position to or new Oh, I'm so sorry. >> Did no one second it? I missed that. Sorry. >> I'll second you. >> All in favor? >> I >> Wait, we don't need She just seconded it. We're still having discussion, right?
055My apologies. Um >> yeah, we just seconded it. So Wendy second. Now we're having discussion. So you >> All right. Sweet. So I would like to discuss the subcommittee. Uh not only the meetings, but the members. Um the idea that I had was is that um uh you serve on a new committee that you didn't serve on last year. Of course, I'm open to all feedback. If something you don't want to be on, just obviously please let me know. Uh so for finance, um I had uh Joy, Erin, and Caroline. I think uh I'll start with that. Joy, you have any I know you're strong in finance. You've been very strong with that in the past. I figure you can lead that charge if you're interested. >> No, thank you. >> Thank you to finance.
056All right. Um >> Okay. Well, then I'll move to I'll come back to that one then. Would anybody else be interested in leaving the finance? >> Well, Rob, why don't you tell us what your whole plan was and then otherwise we don't know what we're saying yes and no to. >> So, Oh, I'm sorry. for the finance committee for for I was going to call out the members of uh that I feel or or options I should say to >> but I'm saying like so if Joyce says no and you say does anyone else like what were your other thoughts and what were the what was the structure that [cough] you wanted to present >> I'll come back to well I I honestly I I didn't really get I was kind of leaving it open
057for I wanted everyone's opinion before I start really >> assigning them I think what Joy's point yeah I'm okay with that too because it's going to be a lot of back and forth which probably >> through the chair. >> Not >> sure. >> It is new to you. >> It is. >> Um, >> sorry. >> But one of the responsibilities >> of the chair is to assign committees. You get to do that. >> Period. >> Yeah. >> It's it's nice to include if you want to people's preferences or strengths or interests. Um, but you do not have to. You get to assign them. >> Interesting. Okay. If you have a structure like that you were interested in in providing for us, I I think I'd like to hear it out and see what your thoughts
058were. But if you are not ready to present that now, then we can table it. But >> the structure that I really had was again was just kind of moving people out, giving them something new and I I my personal [clears throat] beliefs of who's strong where, like I really do feel Joyy's very strong in finance and I thought she'd, you know, lead the charge with that. So that's kind of like how I thought about it. So >> I would like to hear the rest of what your committee makeups Okay. So then for facilities I have um staying on facilities for myself for chair and I uh Sarah and um either Caroline or Aaron. Um actually that would be Caroline. My apologies not Aaron. Uh for Kate uh Wendy Sarah and Stephanie policy and communication
059Joy Stephanie and Wendy and the personnel negotiations only meets as needed I believe which ad hoc. So that I put uh Joy Stephanie and myself on that one. >> For which one? >> For the personnel negotiations. the ad hoc. >> So >> that was my thinking on it. >> What was finance? >> Finance was Joy, Aaron, and Caroline. >> Facility was myself, Sarah, and Caroline. >> Cape, Wendy, Sarah, and Stephanie. And policy communication, Joyce, Stephanie, and Wendy. Leaving the officers for the most part, one spot. Well, >> I personally like the idea of one committee that we've familiar with and one committee new. >> I I'm I like the structure. I think it gives everyone a strength. >> I'm okay [cough and clears throat] with it. >> Learn something new. >> Chance to learn something
060new. Gives everyone a strength. >> Well, in finance really the structure really should be the chair should be on the finance is typically the chair of finance. >> Oh, you're on cape right now. >> That's right. I sorry I got that mixed up. Good. Would you like to stay? Would >> you like to move finance? Take chairs >> again through the chair. Yes. Rob as ex That's okay. As exeicio. >> Yes. >> You can join any committee at any point. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I I hung out in finance during budget season. >> Yeah, for sure. I'll be there. Yeah. Yeah, I'll be there for sure. >> Okay. Um, any other discussion on that? >> Can we move forward with the dates? >> Yeah. So, So I I don't want to be on finance. >>
061Okay. >> And I've done everything. So it's not the something new model. >> So for me, >> I just want to say I think with this particular structure though, Joy, you could be a real strength because if Rob's going to be exficio >> and you lead the charge, like you your knowledge in finance and the financial the budget process, I think that is unparalleled to the rest of us. So I I I don't >> I just think the the board chair should really be charging that committee up. >> Well, I think he'll be there. He said he'll be there during budget season, but I don't think just because that's the way we've done it before, it needs [cough] to be done this way. >> I agree [clears throat] with that. I'm definitely going to be
062>> I mean, I'm definitely happy to be on policy. I think that's important. >> Um >> I think they're all important. Yeah. Well, they're all important. Yeah. But I wasn't saying that. >> But I really do admire your strength of finance. remember your questions about it and you really do well with that especially all the questions that you asked as well >> on the document shared document that was where my thinking was >> remember the shared documents that we did back last year >> yeah that's that's really where my thinking came from >> love for you to be the chair >> or at least a member >> yeah because the the the members of the committee for chair at their first meeting correct >> there you go okay >> sir if you've been on the
063name is maybe you and Aaron you're on >> what are you interested in Sarah >> you're on um finance maybe you and Sarah could switch finance >> keeping the same two >> that there you go >> I mean I I would gladly let somebody take finance [laughter] but I think someone needs to sit there >> well I also like your idea of only giving the secretary one committee because let me tell you >> yeah it's a lot especially [laughter] the superintendent search I know it's a lot >> so check mark be glad for that >> someone has to take municipal building too. Um, >> oh yeah, we can talk about that too after. >> Somebody from facility has to go. >> So wait, if you So if you and Sarah switched and she went to
064finance and you went to facilities, >> although Sarah did say she likes her, too. >> Oh, that's true. >> And I actually have a commitment on now the third Tuesday of the month. >> I'm not kidding. >> No, I believe you. I think it would be a huge benefit try to if you would take the >> and then maybe next year if you hate it you could I think of all >> I've been on it before. >> No, I know. That's what I'm saying though. Of all of us, I feel like you would have a a very strong >> you'd be able to present the budget in a very strong way. You'd be able to, you know, lead us through >> I agree. >> All of the ways. I think that was a thinking. I
065think it's intimidating to some of us. I don't feel like you're intimidated by the budget or finance. >> Should we say please? [laughter] >> Pretty please. >> Please. >> Well, I think here too. Um, >> yeah, there are a lot of other obligations here. >> Well, so going to the um the representatives, right? Someone >> I help with BEF so I can stay on BEF unless someone's feel strongly that they want it. >> When do they meet? Like this is the problem. >> Second Tuesday in the evening. >> The second Tuesday of the month. So like next Tuesday I think is their meeting. Is that right? >> Um >> municipal meet municipal building is the third. >> I also do Brookfield Cares because you couldn't do that one because they meet at noon and 8:00
066a.m. >> Yeah. So, if someone wants to take over Brookfield Cares, that's been a great organization to be part of. They have a group, a regular meeting at 8 a.m. once a month and then an executive team meeting that that's what the one I tend to go to because that's where they ask for feedback and bounce ideas and stuff off. It's um noon on the third Wednesday. [cough] Let me look up when exactly it is. >> It is the cares Can you be available at noon to go on? Let's see. It's the [clears throat] >> Thursday. >> Nope. Thursday. So, the third Thursday at 8 a.m. is their like group call with all 45 members and their executive team meeting is Wednesday. The third Wednesday of the month. One, two, three. Yeah. The third Wednesday
067of the month at noon. >> Do you want to do Cares? Caroline is gonna switch to cares. Awesome. Mhm. >> All right. So, Caroline, we'll do cares. I'll stay BEF just because I volunteer with them anyway. >> Who does the magnet school right now? Does anybody have the magnet school? >> Me, but there's been there's very little interaction. >> Do you want to stay the magnet school? >> Sure. Okay. I can beef up that um interaction. >> Um education connection. >> What is that? Do we have Is anyone on that one? >> Rob. >> Me? >> Oh, what is it? >> Oh, well then you can stay on it. >> Stay on it. I'll figure it out, too. >> Actually, never even >> I'll take it because it has to do with >> Oh, okay.
068>> Aaron, [cough] >> it's Oh, yeah. Yeah. >> Education Connection is Aaron. [clears throat] Do you know what's not on here? That is the youth >> advances. Yeah, >> it's on the It's on the >> It's um on the >> right after NBC >> question. >> Oh, I must have had a different >> Yeah. >> Oh, I'm going off the agenda, not the actual. I should probably pull up the actual >> You need a state rep interface. >> Oh, that was Rosa, right? >> Was Yeah. >> Yeah. >> You want to be state rep? >> Yeah. >> Aaron for the state rep. >> Aaron, are you writing these down? Because I'm on the wrong paper now. I'm adding to >> Steph, you're staying in cares. >> No, Caroline's moving to CARES. I can stay at
069BEF. >> Okay. And I'll stay um with AIS. >> Are you going to take it? >> And I'll stay with Arback. >> Take it. Okay. >> Okay. Then we have NBC. So, um >> I'll do NBC. >> That's awesome. >> Arback. You're Wendy. You're that and what? AIS. >> Yeah, I'll do AIS and Arback. And then I might [cough] another one. >> Um, >> okay. >> So, the town facility is ad hoc, Rob. Would that be you? Would you have bandwidth for that? >> Yeah, that's Yeah, it's fine. >> I mean, it's an ad hoc as Yeah, that's fine. >> All right. >> Who's going to Who's doing that? You're doing the >> I was doing the one. >> Who's doing [clears throat] the town board of finance? That's the big one. >> What is
070that? >> Be interested in that. >> Sold. >> Okay. Are you're will Are you on the finance? >> Because she's on finance committee. >> Yeah, I know. But [clears throat] she will she be able to Casey, do you go to those meetings? >> Town Board of Finance. >> I sorry the town board of finance. It's been >> Okay. So >> sometimes during the budget season budget season with a representative of the board of ed, but I I do not go by myself. Okay. Well, that's when you present it to the >> So, this is that would be great for you to go, but you won't be able to own it yet. You could like you might want to. When I started, Rosa went with me and did most of the talking. >> Could you do
071it with her for the >> I don't mind. Yeah, I don't mind. >> Yeah. So, because I mean >> Yeah. Yeah. >> You guys got to get prepped for the the budget presentation. >> Absolutely. >> All right. So, that's something for you, for Rob and Joy and and Caroline to figure out together. >> Okay. >> And I can help out, but I mean, >> the tenure capital planning committee has already scheduled their meetings through January. There's like 27 of them. I'm already scheduled on that. I'm happy to continue unless someone else is super passionate about [clears throat] it or you could take over in January or you could come with me. We >> I'm [laughter] interest. >> Okay. I'll talk to Brian because I feel like we're already like kind of in the process of
072this one. So maybe starting in January when they start next year's. >> Okay. >> Send that over to you. >> All right. Right on. >> All right. So I think the only discrepancy we have then is Joe, you definitely don't want finance. You want I'll swap you. I'll take finance and you want facilities. >> Yeah, sure. >> Done. Okay. >> Rob, you and me again. >> Rock and roll. All right. on to the uh dates now, right? Just >> Yes. >> I noticed uh a couple question marks here. Is that >> So policy it says at the bottom >> policy communication >> conflicts with the budget hearing. >> Oh, that's right. That's right. >> Yeah. In January and >> with spring break. >> Yeah. >> Right. >> We can figure those out. >> Say those
073can be reschedled, right? >> Those are the three of us. >> Yeah. >> We can figure that out. >> We'll look at in committee. >> Yep. >> All right. >> All >> but >> all these are good for me. policy meeting. We should We don't have one currently because the January meeting is the December meeting was cancelled because of >> Wait, hold on. Do you have a December meeting? >> 17th. >> Oh, no. It has to be cancelled because the winter concert. Our kids, the CLS winter concert was moved. So, we could move it earlier. >> Can we please move it later, please? >> Later. >> Oh, we have to meeting. >> No, no, no. I'm not here. >> Oh, yeah. After the 19th. What about Monday the 22nd? >> Yes, I can do that.
074>> Okay, let's move it to Monday the 22nd. So, the December policy meeting is going to move to Monday the 22nd. >> Um, >> I could do like 4:30. >> I can do 4:30. >> Yep. I'm on >> 4:30 p.m. And then, um, where is that? Is that TSO? >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Awesome, guys. Thank you. >> So, Rob, we just rescheduled the policy meeting for December and we'll figure out the rest of the dates when we meet. >> Perfect. Okay. >> You're gonna Would you would it be you who puts this information in or or Lisa? >> Lisa. So Erin will I'll I'll get with you. Yeah. Lisa will change it in the district calendar. >> Cool. >> But Erin, make sure you're making note of it
075so that you can have a record of it. >> And we still need to reschedule the facilities meeting. >> Yes. Facilities we will reschedule. Yes. Um I I won't do that tonight, [clears throat] but I'll I'll touch base when we leave if you want. I'll be >> So facilities is TV. >> Yes. >> It was supposed to be tonight, but we had the interview. Yeah. >> When are you doing policy? the 22nd. >> 22. Monday the 22nd at 4:30 p.m. >> Might be able to do tomorrow. >> 12:20. >> Yeah. >> Actually, I'm off >> because her kids are still in school when she wants to do it. [laughter] >> Oh, yeah. I'm not these anymore. So, whenever you guys want to do [laughter] >> up to you guys, that's fine. >> But the dates
076for the most part are all set. Second Wednesday. Okay. For Cape Finance, >> second Thursday, facilities first Wednesday. Are we all all okay with that? So, just really quick, is there a cape meeting next week? >> Tuesday. Wednesday. Second Wednesday. >> It's supposed to be, but because we might have the interviews, it's TBD. >> Yes. >> All right. So, we'll get back to [cough] that, too. >> Yeah. So, we'll figure out the subcommittees and the dates and not get it out. That's for sure. Okay. >> Okay. Well, how do we approve it if we don't actually have dates? Do we just say we're going to work it out in committee? >> Well, this is >> because they have to be submitted. >> Hold on. This says approve it subcommittee structure and other board representation. And
077we've done that. >> Yes, we have done that. >> So, we can dates, >> but we also have to >> but they have to be changed because of interviews, too. So, >> yeah, I don't think I think we can approve what we've talked about with the caveat that we're going to work out dates in committee and then all submit them or Erin can submit them to Erin, you and I can get with Lisa and we have to get everybody's schedule and like >> every committee should find figure out at their dates if they're not going to if they're going to be different >> moving forward than what's we had talked about like finance used to be one thing moved to another thing. >> Yeah. Yeah. The motion is only represent >> correct for a sixmon.
078>> Yes. >> Okay. >> Right on. >> All right. >> Okay. So, now we need to vote. >> Was it second? >> Yep. Wendy seconded it. >> All right. All in favor of um uh approving the um subcommittee structure and the board uh representation from January to June 2026. >> Say I second. >> I Wendy seconded. All right. [laughter] >> Um, all in favor >> any obstensions? >> No, that's all right. >> I can do that just fine by [clears throat] myself. I >> I confuse myself very well. All right. Okay. >> Thank you every All right. >> Yes, I can. Yes, I can. >> All right. >> Um, on to grants approval. >> [clears throat] >> I move that the board approve the attached list of grants as recommended by the director of business
079and operations, Mrs. Casey Dat from Superintendent, Mrs. Vonda. >> Second. >> All right. Any discussion on the grants other than outstanding job, Casey? >> Thank you for your professionalism as always. >> Yep. >> Any discussion? >> All in favor? >> I I any All right. Unanimous. Thank you everyone. And I'm sorry, >> our next I had moved 5144 to new business. >> That's right. You did. >> So I move that the board approve policy 5144 for a adoption for final read and adoption. >> I'll second it. >> Okay. Any discussion on that >> we already had? >> Yeah. Um, okay. Anyone has anything else to say? Uh, all in >> Oh, sorry. There's one more thing. The other the other thing that just didn't sit well with me was um one of the items that
080you can have disciplinary action for was the use of obscene or profane profane profound language or gestures possession or display of obscenity or pornographic images or authorized or inappropriate possession and display of images, pictures or photographs depicting nudity. So I mean we have books in this library that have that. So, um, I don't know how we can have that in a policy if we encourage students to read books that have that. So, >> understood. Um, I'm I'm thinking that I guess it does go back one more time. If it doesn't pass, >> correct? If it passes, it gets adopted. If it fails, it goes back to committee and we start over. >> Okay. Um, any other discussion on it? >> All right. All in favor of uh passing 5144, Student Discipline Policy, >> I. Any
081oppos? >> Nay. >> Any abstensions? [cough] [clears throat] >> Okay, you got it. Cool. All right. >> Can move on to >> So, it fails and go back. Goes back and policy committ policy committee. Yes. >> Thank you, Stephanie. >> All right. Um, moving on to old business. There's none. Second public comment. I don't believe there was. No, there wasn't. There was none. Okay, >> cool. And um three main points. >> Aaron, do you have any thoughts? I wrote um >> what is your >> I wrote the superintendent update, the subcommittee structure. >> Yep. >> And the superintendent update. >> How about new officers? >> Oh, the concert. Yeah. The the student spotlight can be one. >> New officers. >> Yeah. >> New officers. >> Maybe officers. Maybe new board officers and subcommittee structure together.
082>> Student spotlight >> in a 2A 2B >> new officers. What do you want three to be? >> Um, >> grants. >> Yeah, I think >> grants are >> I think grants is >> that's a big >> I think that that would >> definitely important. >> I think it's really important. A lot of hard work went into it. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> Upcoming events. >> Yes. >> Take it away. >> All right. for the last time. All right, upcoming events at CLS. December 7th is the PTO sponsored Night of Lights in the CLS parking lot. It's open to the public. Think trunk or treat for the winter holidays. December 17th at 9:15 a.m. is their PTO meeting. And December 17th is the winter band concert at 6 p.m., which means Caroline and I
083will be coming in hot to the [gasps and laughter] to the board meeting that night. Um, because both of us have kids in the band. Uh, Whiskanir, December 15th is the PTO meeting at 9:30 a.m. That was the only special event I have. I'm sure they have a winter concert, but it wasn't on the calendar and I didn't get it in an email. So, yeah. >> So, I was hoping to be able to get um that back, but >> Oh, great. If you have that, let me know. Um, at BHS, December 9th is the PTO meeting at 6 p.m. It was rescheduled from December 8th. December 10th is the booster club meeting at 6 p.m. December 11th is the grad party meeting at 7 p.m. and December 16th is the winter chorus and band concert.
084And then community events. Um there's a community screening of screen aers the next chapter on Wednesday, December 10th, 6:00 to 7:30 in the multi-purpose room at CLES. This is appropriate for fifth grade and above and it's a screening addressing youth mental health in the digital age. Tuesday, December 23rd is early dismissal and then the winter holiday break for with no school is December 24th through January uh 2nd. >> Very second. So wait, kids open school, do they? >> No, sorry. It's Wednesday, December 4th through meaning they're not we're not in school until Monday, January 5th is >> well the dates we're out. No school from the 24th to January 2nd and then we come back to school on January 5th. >> That's awesome. >> I know, right? [cough] >> Any luck, Aaron? >> Well, we
085have Oh, no. Because on the 17th is >> our next meeting. >> I'm not opening. >> I know. It wasn't on the school calendar. Anyone here know if the Whisperer is having a winter concert? >> I can't win. >> I looked on the on their calendar and I didn't have it, but >> Okay. Well, >> all right. >> Hopefully whisk and your parents know when it is. We'll put it in. Yeah. >> All right. >> Okay. >> All right. Well, with that without any objection, we'll journ at 8:12. >> No, that says 8:12. >> No, that clock is wrong. LPN. >> Outstanding.