Board of Education Meeting

001which stands one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. So, in terms of roll call, um all seven board members are here. Two members of our uh executive team are here. Casey Dat is not with us this evening, but Melissa Baines is. So, we have almost a full complement of people. Um, so moving along, there is no public comment. We're going to get right to um our main event. So tonight is the final meeting of the Brookfield Board of Education with our current administrative team, Dr. Burl and Dr. Mary. We have so much to celebrate and reflect on. And as you can see, we've invited a number of very important guests to be here for the occasion. We have wonderful and highly accomplished students, staff, and executive team members who will share

002the spotlight tonight. We are glad that you are all here with us. We're going to start with a focus on our students. Then we will acknowledge our building and district teachers of the year. After that, we will be treated to Miss Argo's update on the Wiskanir French exchange trip. Uh we will then introduce our interim assistant superintendent. Finally, we will welcome a few invited guests to share their reflections on working with doctors Buril and Manny. Um, Mr. Belinda, I guess we're starting with you. Please come down and introduce this year's Latin scholars. We have a fancy podium thanks to um thanks to Miss Sakura. All right, we should be on. All right. Uh, thank you for having me here. I got to look around. Thank you for having me here this evening to introduce uh

003our Latin honors scholars. Uh this is the first year that we're doing this. Uh in previous years uh we have recognized uh top 10 students and several years ago and through a presentation to uh the subcommittee of the board of ed of CAPE as well as talking to the full board we made the decision that we have a significant number of kids who have earned um honors beyond just the top 10 and we wanted to make sure that they were recognized appropriately. So we're here tonight to celebrate not just 10 students to celebrate 33 students for their high achievements. This is the top 15 uh% of the class and we broke them down into three different categories. Um the first category is uh kumloud which is the top 15%. Then we have the magnaumloud which

004is the top 10% and then we have the sumokum loud which is the top 5%. So, what I'm going to do is name the students. Uh, I'll call their names out and ask them to please stand. Uh, when we we will have a brief recess that is scheduled in the agenda. We'll actually run a slideshow behind you so you can see where some of those students are planning on going to school next year or what their plans may be. And I asked them some very um Bob Beldenworthy reflection questions uh that they answered and you'll get to see their responses as well. Um, so I just ask when I say your name that the students stand. Also, in a scheduling conflict, there is also a band uh end ofear banquet tonight. So, some of the

005students that I'll name are not here tonight. They're at their band banquet, but I will still say their names anyway. So, we'll start with our Loud students. So, um, first up, we have Khloe Fitzgerald, who is at a softball game. We have Madison Sahosi and I think she's not here. We do have Fiona Feny. I know she's here. Alli [Applause] Brunette, Casey Sterinki, Board of Education Student Representative Melissa Baines, Isabella Ponttoorvo who is at softball right now as well. Um, all right round of applause for Isabella. Also, Mia Ukaro. Did Mia make it here? Nope. She went home. All right. We also have Elelliana Colbear. All right. And Aranda C. Oh. Oh my goodness. Aronda Cwley. All right. So that is our our cumla which means with honor translated from Latin. Up next is our

006with great honor. So our magnumlau please stand when I say your name if you are here. Liliana Denise Mlennon's here. [Applause] Jennica, Emily Gray, Morgan [Applause] Stanowski, Melissa Ferrara, she's Jenna mix, Audrey [Music] Williams, Dylan Berlin, and Catherine Lennon. And onto our last category, which is our sumo, which means with highest honor. We'll start with William Chad, the class [Applause] valictorian. Up next is the class saludiatoran, Arjent Perei. Not sure if she's here. Alina Bal, Isabella Oay, Daffany Max, Brook St. I know Edis is here. Stand on a Tmado [Applause] Nilatu Jonah Master Pablo, Liliana Navara, and last but not least, Nikki Sterinowski. So, thank you to our Brookfield High School students, Latin Honors, and we appreciate your attendance here tonight. Congratulations, and you're all good to go. You have to sit tight for a

007little bit longer. Just sit tight. Thank you. The subtext is that we have all these cupcakes and we have high expectations that you will make them go away. Let's be real. Okay. So, um, thank you very much, Mr. Banda, and congratulations, students. It's and I know that we're sitting here clapping, but man, you've earned um you've earned everybody's respect with your hard work. Um Dr. Brill, we understand that you have some announcements about teachers and staff. Um the floor is yours and I'm happy to help you. All right. We also have some gifts for everyone. So, we're going to announce our teachers of the year for each building and then our district teacher of the year and then we'll go on to our staff members of the year. Um and when we call your name,

008we'd love you to come down uh shake hands and we uh the board has a gift for you. So, we're going to start with our um CLES Handwood Lake Elementary School teacher of the year, Laura Miller. Come on up. [Applause] All right. And Laura, if you could just stay up there, just just wait. That'd be great. Um, now from Whiskey, Kimberly G. [Applause] And from Brookfield High School, Miss Patty [Applause] Janetti, you never Careful. How about a round of applause for And it's important to announce that uh there's one teacher who has a lot of work to do over the summer, our district teacher of the year, Miss Patty Janetti. Congratulations. [Music] all the great work you do. Thank you so much. Portfolio. Yes. We're here to help. We're here to help you. All right.

009Now, we're going to do our staff members of the year. Now, with staff member of the year, we don't do a district staff member of the year. We just have our our five our four staff members of the year. So, we're going to start with Brookfield High School. We'll go the opposite way this time. The face of a village. Karen, how where are you? [Applause] I think our next staff member of the year has taught every subject at Whiskiner, done everything we've ever asked her to do and volunteered to do other things. Miss Agy Burns. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] from Candlewood Lake. Our next staff member of the year, people see this person running around like the Energizer. One of our faves, Julio Lebert. Congratulations. [Applause] And then representing uh the town and school offices uh

010as this is at one of our uh all school or district employees from the maintenance department. We wouldn't be cool or warm without this individual. Joe [Applause] Durant has some cooling in the library I think right now. So that's what's going on. Um all right. So I think we've got everybody. So thank you all. Congratulations for all the work you do before back to Dr. It's just important to recognize um we we always have the teacher of the year uh here in Brookfield. brought the staff member of the year recognition because um I referenced the old TV show home improvement with Tim the Toolman Taylor and he talked about every job having two things in common. It has to be done and it has to be done well. Everybody is equally and critically important to

011the smooth operation of any organization. So um how about one final round of applause for all of our outstanding Thank you very much, Dr. Burle. Okay. Um, Mr. Ble, it's your turn. Are you guys ready with the tech? Was that wonderful? So, figuring it's, you know, summer, almost summer, and we all need a little bit of travel inspiration, this might do the trick. Oh, she brought a special guest. Okay. So, you guys can hear me. Okay. Right. That's all. Perfect. So, I'm going to take a little bit to speak to you about the 2025 French host exchange that we had this April. I have a student guest here with me as well, Miss Alma Lee, who will speak about her personal experience and then I'll talk about our transcript proposal for 2026. Get started first

012on what we did last April. So, we hosted some students from France here in Brookfield. That's the whole gang in front of Whiskanir when they got here. Um, and this gives you a little breakdown of kind of how many people could we host and what did we do. So, there were 25 Brookfield families. So, big shout out to all of those families who helped host students. Total of 48 of them were here. We had some chaperons with them as well. Four chap rooms attended. They were here from March 28th to April 6th. Um, they did various things with the families that really varies depending on family interests, student interests, um, and what they're able to do. And then there was that school week that they were here for and there's a breakdown there of that

013Monday to Friday what they did. So they got to live a day in the life of a whisker or a BHS 9th grade students schedule. Then on Tuesday they were able to all get together with their host um students as well and they went hike at Steep Rockford Preserve which is a good like bonding experience if they haven't been able to connect just yet. We had a lot of fun there. um on Wednesday we were able to send students on a yellow school bus. They don't have that same bus over in France. Um to New Haven and they went to the Yale University Art Gallery. Um they had a great time there to walk around New Haven, have some of the famous pizza, all of the good things. I was told that they could have

014stayed there all day rather than come back for 245. So maybe next time we'll give them some more time there. But they had a great time. Thursday um was really nice because we were able to give them a glimpse at the K12 experience. Um so Dr. P um hooked us up over there at CS. Thank you so much for doing that. And hosted them at CLS in the afternoon. Um and then here at the BHS uh we coordinated to have them here for ILT and part of classes as well. So they could really see the full um district and schooling and what we have to show. And then finally it was a little bit more of some shadowing of classes and kind of like a potluck get together in the afternoon. Um, we have just

015some quick pictures to show you of some things that family shared. That was at Hike, some time at Whiskanir. We also brought over those sweatshirts for every home student got one. It was really nice and we had shirts for them. some time at BHS CLES, which I heard the little kids like really love that. Um, and then I'm going to pass it over to Ali, who's going to give you a little more detailed uh an account of how things went. Hello and good morning. Oh, evening. Sorry. My name is Amua and I'm a freshman at BHS. I recently had the wonderful opportunity to host Lena and Serena, two exchange students from France for 10 days. Today I would like to share my experience with you all. Oh, sorry. Am I doing that? Sorry. Our family

016is really excited to host Lena and Serena because my papa is originally from France and my parents met when they were in college and my papa was a French exchange student himself. We wanted to host students to give them great memories of their first American experience. Additionally, it was a terrific opportunity for me to practice my French. At first, I was worried about hosting these girls. First of all, I'm very shy and not the first person to initiate a conversation. Second of all, I didn't really know if they would be nice or if I could even entertain them for a few days without them becoming bored or homesick. Additionally, even if my papa was bilingual in both languages, my mama and I were still learning French and I was so scared in the upcoming days.

017What if I wasn't what they expected? What if they would judge me? What if it was uncomfortable or awkward? However, my fears were soon proved pointless. These girls were two of the nicest people I've ever met. I had the honor of hosting Lena, who is cheerful and joyful, and I know she's going to be a future comedy actress. She made us all laugh every day. Sena is quiet and kind and she was recently invited to join the French Junior Olympic training team for handball. Her athletic prowess is almost as impressive as her personality. I know we will all be cheering for her in the Olympics one day. These girls were nothing like I thought everything I'd hoped for. Even though our family didn't have to deal with the language barrier, it took me a while

018to build up my confidence speaking French with them all the time at home. And they were super nervous about speaking English. Since all three of us were shy at first, we were lucky my parents were able to break the ice. It only took about an hour and sharing a meal together to feel like we had known each other for some time. We were able to form a connection and it quickly developed into a friendship. The first weekend we went to Kemp Falls, which they absolutely loved. After being on two airplanes and a long bus ride from New York City with all that jet lag, we thought it would be nice for them to stretch their legs and take a hike. The landscape was different from their town of San Maxine and it was nice to

019hear about their town in France and how it was different from Connecticut. We also visited places like Leonards and Sweet Scoops. We played different sports together in our yard and ping pong and air hockey in our family. They came with me to VHS and to my tennis practice after school. We also went bowling and took them shopping and we enjoyed my mama's homecooked meals, but they also really enjoyed Shake Shack's burgers. We drove them all around town and they thought everything, especially VHS, looked just like they had seen in the movies. It was great to talk to them about everything and experience seeing things through their eyes. It was so fun and the amount of times we had to stop because we were laughing too hard is beyond counting. Also, my papa's entire family is

020in France and every summer since I can remember, we are lucky enough to travel to France to visit my grandparents and all my cousins. In fact, Lean and Serena only live about 1 hour from my grandparents. Since we will not be too far away from them when we visit this summer, their families have invited us to attend their school's end of the year celebration and showcase with them, which I'm so excited about. We are going to spend the weekend in Sal Maxine, meet their families, see their town, and attend their show. This wasn't just a friendship for a week. It's for so much longer. We now actually have a family group chat with all of us, and we're planning out the dates when we visit right now. The opportunity is something I would recommend time

021and time again. In all, hosting these two French students was an unforgettable experience that I would cherish for the rest of my life. It taught me so much about how others adapt to new culture, cultivating new friendships, not being a shyman when meeting new people, and it also taught me about myself and how exciting it would be for me to study abroad. I highly recommend hosting exchange students to anyone interested in broadening their horizons and making memories. If you are debating whether to continue this exchange, I hope that you'll choose to continue. It offers an undeniable and unsurpassable opportunity and experience for everyone in every way, whether it's culturally, linguistically, or socially. It was so hard to get so many amazing memories of fantastic people in a quick speech, but I tried my best. Thank

022you so much for listening and letting me have this opportunity. So really wanted to let her steal a show on that one because you can really hear in depth, you know, what the student perspective is. So a huge thank you for Analy to come out and do that today. Um, and yeah, I think she really spoke to where I'm heading for the board. I know later on your agenda tonight is that recommendation to hopefully pass a motion for us to go there in April of 2026. Um, I know students are always very nervous at first, but I think it is clear that whether you h happen to have family out in France or nearby, um, it's lifetime connections. I I also still have the group chat from when I when I was hosted when I

023went out there. Um, and they are just warm and welcoming and excited to make connections. And I think that that is huge and important for our students. So, a quick look at what 2026 would look like. These are just some initial numbers and ideas for you guys. So, just some highlights of who would go. We usually carry three to five shepherds with us based on the student count. Um looking for a minimum of 25 students. I ideally want to get that up higher. Last time we went there was 42 that travel with us. So hoping we could push it up to 44. Um and that helps drive down the cost a little bit for students. Of course grades are seven and eight. The host school um matches those grades. So that's the most appropriate age

024level. Um, I know if we needed to like creep up to that period, do fill up some seats, we could look at that, but really we want to prioritize seven and 8 when that would be. Um, and working with Mr. Rendo, looking at that calendar for next year, uh, Monday, April 6th made the best sense to fly out and returning on Tuesday, April um, 9th. There is some school days that would be lost in there, but it also spills into break. Um, so it's not like that full week. Um, but yeah, so proposing those dates. Um, I think the way Easter fell this year didn't work. And on our break in France, they have six weeks on, two weeks off. Lovely schedule. And they're off on one of the weeks that matches up with our

025vacation. So that's why those dates are a little different. Um, so yeah, it'll be a split of like 9 days, eight nights. And when we come, we usually go to part Exchange and part in Paris or nearby. So looking at the 6th to the 11th um being in the Paris Versailles area all their dates would be um with our um excuse me what was I losing it with the exchange students and up top that's in Kolan and St. vaccine. That's a southern part of France, kind of near Sanet, about 45 minutes out from there. Um, in terms of where they're housed, if we're in the hotel, which is what we have when we're in the Paris area, students are usually paired up, three to four per room. Um, and then they'll stay there. When they're

026with their host, they're also paired up. So, I know as you heard on Alicia, she had two students. So, we usually have at least two out there as well. Helps with the comfortability of students. Um, and then the cost. Just to give you an idea of things, we got a quote from the Promator Company who did a great job for us last time. They're looking at 3,300 to 3600 per student depending on the travel insurance that are included, obviously the number of students. And that's just an initial hope. Um, we're hoping that we can get that down. I Mr. Johnson wasn't able to be here with me tonight, but he's already working with them to kind of finagle and take a look at things and how we can make it the most cost effective. And

027I'll come back to that slide, too. The quick sample itinerary of things is of course you got to get out there. So we usually would fly out of JFK. We get out to France. In this instance, we would fly into Nice um and we would do our exchange first. It's kind of flip-flopped from last time. Last time we started in Paris um and then we would find our photo coach and make our way to Kovale and St. Maxine and meet our post exchange families. We would spend some time with them. So that's day 345. Then we would take our TGB train um up to Paris and then we meet a promator tour director. So when we're there, we have a tour director. We're not completely on our own. Um and they help to get us

028into our hotels, make sure we're checked in, and we'll see a few things is there as well. There's a basilica they would like us to see. Um that's that first day. And the next day, they've got breakfast that's included in there. So there are a few meals thrown in here and there. And this is like a little side quest to Versailles which is a little bit outside of Paris that would be new. So you know when you do a trip the first time you figure out how to do it better the next time. This is one of the things that we thought would be nice to add. Um so they would do some time at the Notraam the cathedral there which I think we could go in now. We couldn't go in it before because

029of construction. So that would be really cool. And then Paris of course is that next day so we will actually be able to go into the Luke Museum. Last time we were just outside of it um at our own pace. And of course they go to the famous um Sean Sally say where there's like luxury boutiques. It's kind of like the fifth avenue um times squareish sort of vibe but the kids like that a lot last year. Um and then we'll also get to go onto the sand river. There's a nice boat tour that you get to see everything there. And then as well the Eiffel Tower of course is there. So we get to have that bird's eye view. We'll go up to the second floor of that and then it really brings us

030home. So that's like a quick synopsis. And this itinerary is just that initial proposed one. We might make some, you know, additions or um changes as we work on that price, but that's essentially the quick synopsis of what that is. And then again, I kind of just threw in the highlights for you at the end if you needed to review that. I don't know if you want to ask any questions now if you have any or we can return to that later. I know we've got other stuff. Um, but that is the proposal. So, I appreciate you guys' time. Thank you. So, do you have um do you have particular questions? for Mr. Bgo. Okay, thank you so much. Thank you. That was great. And she really was a secret weapon to advocate for the

031program. Well chosen. Really well. I'm so glad she Thank you again. Okay. Um, moving on. We are now very pleased to announce that Miss Deb Fious is assuming the role of interim assistant superintendent starting July 1st. would you please [Applause] stand so for for folks I can't imagine that there are people who don't know her but just in case um uh Miss Various has served as an elementary classroom teacher a curriculum specialist the interim principal of center school and currently as the district's K through8 district director of instruction. Um, the board is confident that Miss Various is the right person for the job and welcome to the role. We look forward to working with you in this new capacity. And Dr. Bole would like to say a few words. Thank you, Dr. Youngwood. Um, I'd

032also like to share a little bit about Deb. Um, she is, as as you indicated, Wendy, she's a not so secret weapon. If I could use that phrase. Um, we are just so uh proud of her and excited for this opportunity for Deb and for the district. Um being a not so secret weapon, uh I am very much someone who looks at the talent we have within and wants to make sure that they are nurtured and professionally developed and have the opportunities even in a small district to lead um and do the best work they can. It has been an absolute pleasure working with Deb for 10 years now and um I'm so glad the board um really was enthusiastic about considering Deb and um and moving her forward for this position. I think uh

033she's going to do a great job for everybody. um not only in the area of uh specifically in curriculum but just in general leadership and thoughtful uh work with intervention and and other initiatives. So uh that we're excited to have you um and I know everybody here will join me in that and supporting you. Do you want to say a few words? You can go to the pony or take this mic. Okay. I'll go everybody's cupcake. All right. Well, I have to first say it's been an awesome day and evening full of celebrations. Um, it's been very invigorating to be able to celebrate the milestones and accomplishments of so many incredible staff, um, students, uh, and teachers. um kudos and it's certainly um a lot for the Brookfield learning community to be proud of. Um

034I just wanted to take a moment to thank Dr. Buril for his 10 years of leadership guidance and support and Dr. Man um for her leadership and partnership and all things related to curriculum instruction, assessment, uh human resources and uh etc etc. Um, I'd also like to thank the board um and the uh community for their confidence and uh trust in me with this appointment. I am immensely honored and very grateful for the incredible opportunity to serve in this new capacity. I enter into this leadership uh position with a strong sense of optimism during a time of transition um and great opportunity. And I'm excited to continue and to partner with our amazing staff, families, um students, and leadership team to continue um the meaningful work that's already underway and to move our important work

035forward in order to continue to do great things for all of our partners. So, thanks again for your trust and support. I really appreciate all of the messages and well wishes and congratulations that I've received over the last week or so. Um, it's very humbling and I'm really looking forward to our partnership and journey ahead. So, thank you. And uh now we'll turn our attention to a larger shift in district leadership. Um it's hard to say exactly, but according to the most definitive source that I found, the average duration for superintendent in Connecticut is just under 6 years. I had thought it was three, so I was surprised. Um either way, Dr. Burrell has been with us for 10 years, which has provided stability and vision for our entire district to flourish. I will turn

036now to former board members who had the opportunity to work closely with Dr. Buril for portions of that time um to share some of their thoughts. Mr. Build, we invite you up first. Okay, thank you for having me this evening. Um, uh, for those you all know me, but for those of you who don't, uh, I served on the board of education for eight years that coincided with Dr. Burill's, although I will remember when we hired him, he was Mr. Burell. um the uh um that coincided almost exactly with his tenure. I served with him as either chair or vice chair for eight of his 10 years here. Um you know, uh what I'd like to do is start by wishing you well, John, on your next endeavors. we're going to miss you here and

037uh and you've done a lot for our town and I'll get into that in a moment, but uh Godspeed, right, and and what you're going to do. It's a great opportunity. I'd like to thank you on behalf of myself, my family, uh for the various school boards that you Thank you so much that that that you serve with um many of who are here tonight. um and the parents and children of our district, past, present, and future because what you do in a school district has long legs. It lasts for a long time when you do the things you do as a district. Um and for the town as a whole. So, thank you so much. What I wanted to do is spend a few minutes talking about legacy. Uh legacy is a something that

038really jumps to mind when you leave a job after 10 years. You sit back and you say what did I accomplish over that period? It happens to everybody who retires leaves a job and uh and I started thinking about what are the legacies that Dr. John Burrill left with Brookfield with us and I have six of them I want to wrote down. I'm not going to go at length on them, but I want to just touch on each of them. When we hired John Morell, it was in 2015. Those of you may not remember that time, we had just fired our prior superintendent because of mismanagement of our budgets. We had a we had a cloud hanging over our head uh because of uh our finance director who had been taking money from the district

039inappropriately. Um trust was at an all-time low between the various boards. Um welcome to Brookfield, John. Um and uh and so John's first challenge was how do we get out of that? It's a legacy that we wouldn't have done any of the things that we did if we weren't on solid good management fiscal uh uh balance that we did it. And I think for the first year and a half, John, every single meeting we started, John said, "Let's talk about what we're doing to run our business the right way with the right standards and the and and and with the right partnership with our fellow boards and with this board and with the public. We got to be transparent. We have to be do it the right way. And it was a journey. It was

040a three to five year journey doing all the different things that a consultant had recommended that we did. And it changed everything. I thought this board is uh dealing with it. When we walk in and said this is what we're spending, you can count on it. We weren't there in 2015. So that was a a sea change that made all the difference in everything else to come. Curriculum when when John arrived and Dr. Ruby with him that I remember vividly the board meeting where they said did you know that we have different curricular tools in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade. The kids change every single year. They're not going to learn anything unless we fix that. And it was a vestage of a long history of uh of roll your own at different

041times and they took on the whole challenge of how do we get curriculum on a solid basis in Brookfield. Uh we took the entire staff through standardsbased education. How do you know where your kid needs to be at a grade four? Are they meeting that? and what steps do you have to take to get them to that goal, right? A standard that is that is how you know what you should accomplish and then are our curricular tools getting us there. That's a big piece of work and and it left a huge lasting strength for our district that we took on curriculum and did it the right way. Again, a process that took multiple years across multiple disciplines. Uh, and many of the people looking at Deb over there nodding her head cuz she lived through

042it. It was so important to what we do as a district that everybody kind of got behind curriculum as a concept. Um, not that it's uncommon in the world, but it was needed in Brookfield specifically. The obvious one as a legacy is our new elementary school. I'm not going to dwell on that. I think every single person in this room is proud of Kendallwood Lake Elementary School and it is deservedly so. It is an asset to Brookfield. It's not something you do every day. It's something you do once every 50 years. And a superintendent dreams of being able to leave that legacy in the town they work in. And John, you did it. And it was a lot on your shoulders with a lot of our help on the board, but you did. You carried

043the weight of that. Fourth item, co was a big deal. I mean, all of us sometimes you have 2020 hindsight that's not as crisp as it was. CO was it had laws being thrust at you. It had people who were sick. You had at one point we had 40% of our teachers down with CO. Um, we had children walking into would try we would try to open up school and the next day, you know, the kids were out sick in droves. So, how do you make decisions in a world where uh everything is changing every day, right? And it's all new. Well, you helped us weather that, John. Um, and get through that and get through it in solid shape. and the invention that was needed every day and the and the energy both positive

044and negative that was going on at that time was stupendous. So, thank you for guiding us through that. That was a legacy. Um, strategy. Now, this is going to be boring to a lot of people, but Brookfield hadn't done a strategy in education for years. We've done it twice over John's tenure. And the thing that struck me more than any one thing is how John used it to get everyone on the same page right up and down the district from the teacher in the classroom to the leaders in uh in town hall uh everyone was speaking the same language talking about the same priorities and he taught all of us that strategy is strength right and I'm just looking at the board here you're in the middle of a strategy cycle but some of you

045will be there a couple of years from now when it's time to kick that hire again and uh and then go drive it. So, John, you taught us a lot on how to use strategy as a management and leadership tool and how well that works. And lastly, communication. Um, this one is not a townwide legacy, but it's a board legacy. We had lived through a period of time. I've talked to prior boards where the superintendent didn't share anything. John shares everything. Um, there's not any secrets with John. I went back and looked at our performance assessments each year. Each and everyone cited good communication as a uh as a strength. Um and it was a communication back and for it wasn't just I'm going to send out a newsletter. It was I'm going to talk

046to you. I'm going to listen to you and we're going to have a discussion about what needs to go on. And it wasn't always goes his way and it always doesn't always go the board's way, but it was a two-way conversation. The board's always always always appreciated. Those are six things that stick out in my head as legacies that John, you should be proud of, that you left us with, that you made Brookfield better. Some more visible than others, but for the education system that we have, they are all extraordinarily important. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you for everything you've done. Now Ann, I don't have 10 years to talk about for you. Um I remember vividly when we hired you and I we we're sitting around the table and we said this is

047a person who embodies the science, the technique and the art of teaching. It was powerful when you came to us. Um, we also saw in you that here's a person who's going to have the teaching community that teaching leadership of our community that would bring everybody together around doing teaching in the best possible way. Um, every bit of that has come true. you have done, you've brought, you've dealt with in a very short time. We've talked about the science of reading, illustrative math, the science curriculum, but you didn't do it on your own. You brought it with a team and everybody's buying. And I think the teaching community in Brookfield knows you have their back and uh and not only have their back, but you're also pushing them at the same time. That is a

048rare rare combination. And that's something you've left with us. So, thank you so much. So, for both of you, I'd like to wish you Godspeed in your new endeavors. They sound very excited. We're going to miss you. Uh but thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Okay. Um, I know we have to congratulate Dr. Anamance as well. Um, so Dr. I want to offer my warmest congratulations and deepest gratitude. Though you've only been with us a few years, it is a true honor to reflect on the profound impact you've made on our schools, our staff, and most importantly, our students. During my time on board, I've been fortunate to work with exceptional assistant superintendents, but I can sincerely say that I've learned more about curriculum development and academic standards from you than ever before. Your ability

049to explain complex concepts with such clarity and connect them to purpose is a true reflection of your gift as an educator. You brought to us an extraordinary ability to communicate the whole picture of curriculum alignment while still keeping a focus on the experience for individual students as well as being a champion for teachers. But what truly set you apart was the way you combined brilliance with deep empathy. You didn't just lead with your head, you led with your heart. You listened. You lifted others. You shared in our struggles and challenges. You believed in both excellence and equity and in doing so helped build a stronger, more compassionate learning community. I will deeply miss your inspiring presence, but I am also so proud and excited to see you continue to lead and make a difference wherever

050you go. Thank you sincerely. You leave behind not just a legacy of excellence, but a district forever better because you were a part of it. And for Dr. Um, my speech is probably going to sound a lot like Bob's because I have served for just about as long as Bob has with you. Um, but I do want to extend my deepest gratitude and admiration as you prepare to say goodbye to Brookfield. This may be a bit long here, but being a member of this board for nearly as long as you've been here, I want to properly recognize and celebrate your extraordinary tenure in Brookfield. You arrived here at a pivotal time and effectively built upon Rubble, the now strong financial foundation for our district, solidifying a model for budgetary control and transparency that has helped

051open trusting lines of communication and heal historical wounds with other town boards. And with that came not just budgets passed, but a sizable shift in the very culture of education support in Brookfield, which in turn allowed this entire town to celebrate the completion of our brand new gem of an elementary school. More impressive than the fact that the project was never more than a dream before you arrived, and more impressive than the fact that it was overwhelmingly supported within the community, which shows how you can connect people to grand ideas. More impressive than all of that is that you successfully shephered this nearly $80 million project through a global pandemic that demanded everyone's priorities to shift and everyone's resources to stretch thin. Impressive, but to me at least not surprising. Not surprising because your leadership

052has never been reactive. That and your general nature is hardly pessimistic. Instead, during that time and without any precedents whatsoever, you simply embraced the work of reimagining education. There were so many bumps on those roads and no maps whatsoever, but you calmly avoided a budgetary crisis, actually improved our financial situation, steadfastly kept our school construction process on track, and reliably communicated to our school families. Most importantly was the it was obvious to anyone around you that you did this while keeping our students and their social and emotional well-being on top of your mind. Impressive but not surprising as your ability to lead with calm composure in the most difficult moments has earned my trust and admiration. We didn't merely survive that time and others that would come later, but managed to move forward in ways

053other districts didn't. And I most sincerely thank you. I don't know if you know this or were doing it intentionally, but you have you someone you've quoted a lot over the years is Maya Angelou, particularly when she said, "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." And I will say I do love the simplicity and humility in this quote, but I love it so much more because when you'd say it, I knew you were also living by it. One of your first initiatives was to envision and construct the district's strategic coherence plan. Built from the ground up and infused with a commitment to equity, it undoubtedly helped close the achievement gap between our highnee and non- highnee students of which this board and town should be proud.

054But in your usual ambitious lack of complacency, you and Dr. Man spearheaded its full revision again. and we now have enjoyed celebrating Brookfield High School as a school of distin distinction in Connecticut and one that has been ranked nationally by US News and World Reports. Thank you both for that. Of course, just as important as your accomplishments are the relationships you've cultivated. You have built a sense of cohesion across the school community by empowering those in central office and within each school, making everyone not only accountable but visible, valued, and supported. Greatness gets greatness I guess and again I have to thank you sincerely for leaving us with a beautifully curated group minus one Dr. Man who are outstanding and great leaders themselves. Lastly, there are things that come with the job of being a

055public school superintendent and then there are things that should never come with any job. Yet, in the face of verbal deprecation, disrespect, and even violence, you have projected calm resoluteness and a belief in perhaps even a demand for a better tomorrow for our students. Leaders like that are rare, and I want you to know that that has inspired me personally. As you move on, please know that you've transformed our district in lasting and meaningful ways, and that I wish you nothing but the best in your career and life. I am fully confident that Central Connecticut State University will come to value you as much as we have. Thank you. [Music] Well, the good news for you in the audience is that I have remarks prepared, but after Bob and Rosa, everything's been said. So, I

056will I will give you my notes in an envelope at a later time, and we will recess. We'll do a check-in in 10 minutes to see if people still want to hang out and eat cupcakes. Um, and we can extend that to 15 if you like. So, we'll take a 10-minute recess right now. So you can come up, grab a cupcake and glide And um so we're on item six on our agenda and uh that is the student representative report. So um your class what do you have for us? Okay. So, a lot of exciting things and a lot of celebrations. Um, for athletics, athletic advisory hosted a field day for CLS students. Um, and they had the chance to participate in a bunch of different stations here at the high school and also at

057Maryland School. Um, all state academic and athletic recipients were recognized today during the lacrosse game. Um, BHS had the pleasure of honoring three championship winning teams. 12 fall athletes, nine winter athletes, and four spring athletes for 2024 2025 season. Um, and then meet the athletic coaches will be on Wednesday, June 11th at 5:00 p.m. in the big gym. Student government has their new executive board for the 2025 2026 school year with Maria Coella as president, Nora Vanessa as vice president, Jada Vincent as volunteer coordinator, Modi as club counsel, mano as secretary, and Dylan Tempac as treasure. Um, our retro themed yearbooks were distributed last week and are continuing to be distributed this week. And there's some very, very fun pages with the design. uh seniors had grad walk yesterday across three schools and for me

058it was really crazy just being back in the hallways because I haven't visited much. Um and just seeing all the students lined up it was just so surreal, such a feeling. Senior awards for academic and athletic excellence were held on Monday in the auditorium. associated by literacy department scholars, welcome and scholarship recipients, um, and Latin honors were all recognized. And then finals week is from the 6 to 12 here and the last blood drive for NHS will be open to the public on June 13th um, in the public library uh, from 12:00 to 5:00 and donors will receive a $15 gift card if they donate blood. And then my most exciting news obviously is the fact that we have graduation on the 14th um with our grounds being on the 11th and I'm looking forward

059to finally walking the stage um participating in the car parade and even the crowd party here. I'm very excited to see what our theme is. Um and I just wanted to say that it's surely been a pleasure being your student representative this year. Um and I want to thank you all for this opportunity uh to give back and all your attention and all the leading. Thank you so much. [Music] So, board members, Melissa, you're not on Bahhati yet. Um, board members, you are invited to um ask Melissa questions uh if you would like to reflect on her uh year or maybe to project out um to her future. Okay. So, no tough questions. I just would like to know where are you going, what are you studying, and what's your favorite memory of your time

060in Brookfield. Okay. Um, so I will be attending Yukon um this fall and I'm majoring in political science. Um, I'm planning on adding a minor in journalism because I want to pursue like political journalism after college. Um, I'm also going to be learning in a living in a human rights living learning community. So, I'm very excited for that. Um, and then I would say that my favorite memory here in Brookfield was probably all of my time in dance team. I really enjoyed um not just the sport, but the community that we built here um in athletics at BHS and just being able to not only compete with a team, but share like the love and passion that we have for the sport was just really amazing. That was all the questions really. Well, I wanted

061to know um surveying this role uh puts you in a position that other seniors don't have. Can you tell us something that like a a takeaway for you? Um something that you saw or realized or understood based on serving in this capacity this year? Um well, it was definitely having to reach out for a lot of different people for information and just so I kind of lay the most accurate things. Um, but most of all, I think I really just learned how to perfect almost my public speaking and get ready for being in front of a crowd and not necessarily having something rehearsed or prepared, but still needing to convey a message. So, I would say that that was definitely something that I learned a lot through to the you've done a great job. Thanks

062for sharing her with us. We're going to be the cupcake bullies now. So, since we're giving gifts, um, joy. So, we like to give Anna and John the gift from the ward to just a little thank you. John, your full gift is here and a half your gift is here. the other half is arriving the next day or something very useful in your new role. Thank you from the board. Thank you very much. Yes, exactly. Now down to business. Okay. Item seven, written correspondent. Stephanie, what do you have for us? The following people have emailed the board of ed since May 21st. Juan Juan Okulker, Steve Dunn, Irene Korea, three emails, Andy Korea, four emails. Okay. And um now let's talk about the previous board minutes. I move that the board approve the minutes listed

063below as recommended. Regular meeting 52125. Any discussion on that? Okay. All in favor of approving the board minutes from um May 21st, please say I. I. I. Any opposed? So that passes unanimously. Excellent. Um now for the superintendent update. Dr. Br. Thank you everybody for the generosity of time and um everything you did in preparing for this beautiful uh meeting and evening uh tonight. Um I'd be remiss if I jump right into the report. But I do want to say thank you. And um someone counted and I don't know if I believed them, but they said approximately 175 regular board of education meetings I've attended since I've been here. So um Rose and Joy, you're very close with your eight years. So we've we've done a lot together. Um and uh I I can't grateful

064is really my theme of my remarks. I I can't be any more grateful uh for 10 beautiful years. um especially to the board members for um Mr. McCarthy was here earlier. He was the first chair that brought me on and then right to Mr. Beldin and thank you for those kind remarks, Bob. Um and Rosen for your kind remarks and uh all the way through all of the various board members and um all the late nights and all the hard work. I say it all the time, but I have to say it again. Being a board member in a Connecticut community is the uh is volunteer in case some people don't know that. It's a volunteer elected position and it is the hardest elected position um in in any of the uh volunteer uh posts

065that uh that people engage in. It's just I I commend you for your commitment and your courage to lead especially in a time where things could just be divisive. It's just the way things are. And um many times no matter no matter what party you are in, things are said about you and even your family that are unfair and definitely undeserved and uh you stay the course. And so that's to be admired. Um to the faculty and staff, uh 400 strong, uh the administrative team, absolutely incredible. Um when I first got here, Mark and I walked walked through Brookfield High School and we kept hearing the same thing from everybody and it's rank true every year. We have great kids in Brookfield and it's still it's still the exact same thing. We have great kids

066in Brookfield and they come from great parents and uh families and we're just so uh thrilled and and so grateful for that. Um and uh while it hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows because no leadership role is um the support has been ever present from the community uh families, elected officials and certainly the board and of course our faculty and staff. Uh thank you to Lisa and the team for celebrating with me last week. The reminiscing and roasting was hysterical. I do appreciate that. Um and on a personal note because the commitment and and frankly the sacrifice you make um as a public school administrator in terms of your time um you sacrifice time with your family. Um and when I got to Brookfield, my uh sons were going into sixth grade and eighth grade.

067They were quite young in middle school. Uh today my older son um has graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and flies for American Airlines. and my younger son is entering his senior year at the University of Tampa at the Sykes Business School and is beginning his summer internship with Bryce Waterhouse uh in Stanford. And um I tell you that because Brookfield um has been here the entire time my kids uh have been through that 10 years. We live a lot of life in 10 years and we've done that together. And I I shared with the faculty and I shared with the the administrative team that in those 10 years people got married, babies were born, uh elderly parents needed care, um close people and tragedies occurred. We have been through so much together um as

068a community and um I just can't thank you enough. again grateful this year's senior class um class of 25 was entering third grade at Huckleberry um and uh when I got here in 2015 and so just viewing them and enjoying them uh prepare for graduation is really special been a real privilege and um I uh I just need to thank the principles uh Dave Mark and Dean Bill and Casey and Anna u and uh Deb and Eric uh for all of all of the leadership, the commitment, that sacrifice we talk about and I just uh I'm just so humbled, so grateful and so honored to have been with all of you for for so long and I wish you all nothing but the best and uh always here to help. You guys have my cell

069phone. So there you go. Thank you so much. So moving on to the superintendent report. The under teaching and learning, I'm going to give you one announcement and then hand off the two other pieces under teaching and learning to Anna as we wind down the school year. kindergarten formal registrations are now at 117 students for kindergarten and that's an important number we always keep an eye on and watch all summer long. Um we've been projecting since October approximately 127 students which is eight sections we have budgeted at uh 16 students per class. That's about where we're at right now. Um but with 117 kids that gives us wiggle room uh if we have a a spike uh in enrollment registration over the uh summer months. Um, we're going to talk a little bit about the

070teacher work days at the end of the year after the students dismiss and also our teacher evaluation plan. So, Anna, can you take it? Certainly, but I'm also going to just take a minute to say um my thanks and my gratitude to the board and to the community and certainly to my colleagues across the district. Um, it's been an honor and a privilege to become a part of the Brookfield educational community and to create the strong relationships with the amazing educators that you are so fortunate to have, the support staff, the administrators, this unbelievable central office team um that this community is blessed to have. And I mentioned it previously with my colleagues that when I left AMD Regional School District after 22 years as an educator, the last of which the last seven of

071which um I was principal, I literally left my home on my family as my two biological children were my students and my husband was a teacher. He still is a teacher there hopefully. Um and you know they so I never dreamed and I also that was where I grew up as an educator. I became, you know, the leader that I am because of my family at AMD. And I never dreamed that I would have find another place where I was able to build those relationships and have that amazing community support. And I have been completely blessed to find that in Brookfield. So, I truly appreciate the honor and the privilege it's been to work with all of you and with everybody here. Um, I have definitely grown in my own skills, but also in my

072um, you know, just the amazing gratitude that I have for all of you. So, thank you very much for being a part of my learning journey. Um, now on to our business. Uh, on the 13th and 16th, which are the two last days of the school year, the 182nd um 181st 2nd of the school year, um, our teachers on the 13th in the morning will be in their buildings. Their, uh, principles have already sent out the information as to what's going to be happening that they'll be out there. They'll be working on a many people have um faculty meetings and uh department meetings and um wrapping up all of that stuff. In the afternoon on the 13th, much like we did last year during our final PLC day uh before Memorial Day, um we will

073be convening here in the high school. Um John and I over the last couple of years have started this tradition of um going out as we came in, you know, kind of reversing uh the the program. And so our teachers will all get into small groups um groups of about 12 to 15 um and they will share out the what they kind of like a salient point from their learning plan throughout the year and their experience with the new teacher support and growth plan. Um after which they will then all convene in here. Um and we will invite everybody to come and have kind of a summitative uh end ofear uh convene. Um and we will send them off, you know, for their final final day on the 16th, but then into the summer. Um

074and so on the 16th, which is an early dismissal for the teachers, um we will they will all be working at their buildings. We have some professional learning planned for curriculum. Um we Debbie and I have been working on uh arranging some curriculum workshops for uh the curriculum support teachers and uh the high school folks. Um and then there's other little kind of pockets of PD happening in that morning. and then they will go off to their summers and um we'll continue to get to work planning for next year um for the teacher evaluation plan. So as you know this was the end of our first year with this uh with the support and growth plan for teachers and administrators. We uh the PDC the professional development um evaluation committee met for its final uh

075meeting on Friday on Monday and uh did a lot of kind of revision to it's really more technical revisions to forms and those kinds of things. There's no substantive changes. It's just really technical to make it more streamlined and more user friendly and accessible for um both teachers and administrators. So once that is all finalized and formatted then um Debbie will be submitting that to the state because anytime you make any change you have to make sure that you let the state know and they um approve of it. Um but I'm sure that there will be no problem. So that'll happen in July. And unlike the previous plan and the expectations of the state, we do not have to report out on, you know, kind of like rankings because there are no rankings. We just

076have to identify um essentially to John all of the people who participated in the plan and those who didn't. We don't have anyone who didn't participate. Um and then he can certify it with the state prior to his leaving. So that's all we have for that. Sure. Thanks. under business and operations. Uh wanted to let everybody know with the um uh vote to change the school start times. We have to make some adjustments on the district calendar. Nothing that the board has to vote on, but just the times. So Lisa and I have been working on that. We will send out a parent square tomorrow with the updated calendar so that you know all the families have it and the staff has it. Uh in addition to that, um I know the board is aware

077of this, but I thought it would be a great announcement for the community. U Mr. Dunn informed us last week that Brookfield has been awarded $545,000 in grant funds to install lighting on the softball and baseball fields at BHS. Um really incredible project and the project is now now that it is fully funded, our purchasing agent is working on going up to bid for that. So we are really moving fast forward on that and I believe Mr. Dunn is working with the um uh building committee as well, municipal building committee that'll have a part in uh helping us do the right And there's an eventual vision to have turf uh fields there along with all the drainage that's going to happen. So the lighting $545,000 fully funded. And then under climate and engagement um the

078board of education uh student rep for next year. I got to thank Mr. Banda for designing the interview um uh plan. I think we interviewed six students. Was there six applicants? Mark six students. Um I mentioned in my last report a couple of weeks ago they were all absolutely amazing. Uh they they made it quite a difficult challenge for Mr. land and I with the new board policy. The two of us select that um that individual and uh Emily Jükson um is going to be the rep. She's a junior now. She'll be a senior next year and um you'll get to meet her probably in the either the August meeting or September meeting. So congratulations to Emily. Yeah. And then uh finally under engagement uh it was absolute blast being down here yesterday as kids

079convened with Mark and um Mark I got to give you credit. I mean you just have the kids ready to go just tell them what to do here to go there listening fully intent and they want to do great for graduation. So they were they were getting their caps and gowns assembling and getting on the buses for the grad walk um and also um his uh his students supporting the field day of CLS that was out there yesterday. It was absolutely uh just beautiful to be with kids and enjoy them. So that's my report. Any questions? Okay, thank you. Okay, we'll move to the next item uh which is the update on the superintendent search. Y so we meet with our school leadership team this Tuesday, this upcoming Tuesday for our planning meeting in the

080search for our new superintendent. So, I'll have I'll have more details about that in July, but um obviously there is quite a process and there will be many steps that we share with you along the way. But we uh that's our first initial meeting um on how we're going to be moving forward. Um but also, as you know, the board is the search committee for the interim superintendent search as well. So, this past Saturday, we met with school leadership briefly to discuss the search for an interim superintendent, and we have a few upcoming interviews set for that. So when we have forward an update to you. Thank you very much. Um okay. So there are no subcommittee reports this time. So let's move to the consent agenda. I move that the board approve the items

081on the consent agenda as recommended. New hires resignations and policies for a final read 5131.912 restorative practice. So is there any discussion on this? Yes. So under our new policy 9311, we no longer require 30 days between readings. It is simply just it just states that at the next regular meeting. So at the previous meeting, I had forgotten about this and we had because our previous policy stated 30 days. Um, I had said we were going to make a motion to um to wave. Thank you. I didn't hear the word. Wave the 30 days. That's not necessary. So, we can just vote on the consent agenda as is um per 9311. Okay. Um, is there other discussion on the consent agenda? Did you want to say? Yes, please. Uh, thank you, Wendy. I would like

082to on the consent agenda to just congratulate um Katherine Brago. She has been the interim assistant principal at BHS and us tonight. We thank Katherine for her service this year really doing a dual role um with her multilingual multilingual learning leadership along with world language leadership along with the French trip along with being the assistant principal. Well, you did all those things, Catherine, and uh you rose to the top out of a rigorous selection process and I think 66 applicants for the job. So, you really did a great job. We're proud of you and wish you nothing but the best. Come July 1, you'll be at least you only have one job now. That's it. So, congratulations and thank you. That was really important. I appreciate that, Dr. World. All right. So, um other items

083about the consent agenda and all in favor uh please signify by saying I. Any opposed? So that's a and um Erin, how did you vote? No. Okay. So that's four I and three nay. So the consent agenda passes. Okay. Um next item, the new business um about the trip to France. I move that the board approve a trip to France as recommended by the interim VHS assistant principal and district world language ML curriculum leader Katherine Abrao and Brookfield High School principal Mark Ba was that Sarah oh Erin thank you um all right is there discussion on this I think it's an incredible opportunity and I'm so grateful that we have it available and that we have such great leaders for the I, my 10-year-old, got to be one of the CLS leaders that day and

084had so much fun and such amazing things to say about the program. So, I fully encourage continuation of this program. Right. Informally, right? Well, I can tell you our family twice hosted French students and my kids weren't even taking French and it was an amazing um experience. So this doesn't people who might be listening to this uh please don't think that you don't qualify to host a student um just because you're you don't speak French yet. Um so any other discussion? Okay. All in favor of approving um the trip to France as described by Mrs. Rego, please say I. I. Any opposed? All right. So we have a 70 unanimous approval. Thank you very much. Okay. The next item, Stephanie, approval of field trips for the next school year. I move that the board approve

085the attached list of field trips for the 2025 2026 school year as requested by PHS principal Mark Linda. Okay. Um, so the motion's been made and seconded twice. Um, is there any discussion of the field trips for the next school year? All right. All in favor, please signify by saying I. Any opposed? Okay. So, that's 70 passed. Great. And the next item, um, approval of field trips for sports for the next school year. I move that the board approve the attached list of sports field trips for the 2025 2026 school year as requested by athletic director Steve Baldwin. Is that Aaron? Okay, great. Thank you. Um, is there any discussion of this? All right. All in favor, please signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? Okay. Another second. Oh, look at us. Okay. And um,

086next, the budget amendment. I move that the board approve a budget amendment in the amount of $1,658 as outlined in the memo provided by Director of Business and Operations KCD. Is there any discussion of this item? All right. All in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? So 70. Great. All right. So now we move to um old business. There is none. So and there was no sign up for second public comment. So Stephanie, what do you have for the three main points? So this week I was thinking we would feature the teachers and staff members of the year, the France trip update and request and now approval. Um and then the farewell to Dr. What do you guys think of that? Gosh. Sorry. Sounds good. Okay. Upcoming events. Apparently we have something happening on

087the 14th. Yes. Sorry. Our upcoming events are the last day of school for students districtwide is June 12th, which will be a half day. And graduation is Saturday, June 14th at 11:30 a.m. The car parade is first at 10:00 a.m. and it starts at WMS drives to VHS. And the public is encouraged to come and wave along the route and cheer and say hi to all our Oh, and then the grad party is that night, uh, the night of the 14th for BHS graduates. Yeah. What time does the grad party start? 10:30 Whiskey moving up ceremony is Monday the 9th at 6 6 p.m. Sorry, if all the board members have an opportunity to do the walk tour, I strongly recommend it. It's amazing. The graph walk together, you do a walk through and get

088to see everything. It's really cool. The walk through is 5 to 7 on Friday. Yeah, we got the dates for that, but I don't know. No, I have that. And I just asked John, do you usually get parking for the graduation? Wednesday. That's Yeah, Wednesday. Wednesday, right? Yeah. Fifth grade. Whis Monday. CL Wednesday. Whiskey is on Monday evening, CLS Wednesday evening, right? And then the high school is on Saturday. And we'll get you parking passes uh within obviously before graduation is 5:30. Eighth grade, I believe. I thought it was Oh, fifth grade. There's a there's there's two sessions. It's it's on the list I gave you. If the if the times aren't there, Erin, just ask me and I'll get everything to you. I don't want to miss misspe. So, are we all set for

089upcoming events? Great. Okay. So, this ends this portion of the public meeting. Um, Rosa, I'm going to pass management over to you as the vice chair and, uh, good night. Okay. Um, so, thank you. Thank you. Well, we she's left one more agenda item. Um, so we have an executive session anticipated. Um, so I'll I'll just since I have the mic, I'll just go ahead and recommend the motion. Um, I move that the board of education enter into executive session to discuss a confidential attorney client communication regarding board of ethics requests for records from the board of education. Second. Okay, that was seconded by Aaron, right? Okay. Um, all in favor, please signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? Okay, so that passes 6 and Thank you everyone for joining in.