001Good evening everyone. Welcome to the board of the vice chair, our chair, Mr. Daniel running late, but he will be here at some point. Uh delighted to see so many of you here. Would you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God with liberty and justice for all. >> Twice a year we ask principal to come to a board meeting from each school and to bring some students. We're delighted that so many of you are here uh tonight uh to be recognized. This really is a very very enjoyable part of our board of education work. I'll turn the meeting over now to the superintendent. >> Super. Thank Thank you, Mr. Shadow. It's great
002to see everyone. I I do have to say this is probably somebody help me out. This could be our largest board of education meeting my tenure and the first my tenure I think that we've had in the auditorium. And I'm getting a lot of board members that actually like having it in the auditorium. So talk about that a little bit. So this is how it's going to work. Mrs. Cortto is going to come up and talk about you children. And um what I promise you is you'll definitely get your picture that you want. We will not leave here till you get that picture. We know how important that is that you get that picture. So when we turn it over to Mrs. CTO. She'll tell you what to do and Mr. Shidler and I are
003going to come up and we're going to shake your hands and take some pictures with you and then we'll take some pictures at the end and then the whole board will take some pictures with you. So, it's just a picture night. So, please feel free um to take pictures, but I promise you you you get a shot because I'll make sure that I say does anybody else need a picture? Okay, Mr. Sh. Not sure if this can pick up my voice, but we're going to try it. We're going to start by calling up Kate Gert and Liam in Low. Pete and Liam have worked very hard over their three years at CIS and are now and are now playing in Harmony Winds at the University of Hartford. They joined several other students who received their
004recognition in the fall. Ma'am, are new to that group. Congratulations, ma'am. There we go. >> See, I promise you with me. is being celebrated for her role in advisory. As a sixth grader, Addie helps to create a fun and welcoming environment for our group. Addy continuously helps foster conversations while encouraging others to share their ideas through laughter. Next up we have GP Dominico composition titled Keep the Beat for a solo tubo. was selected for the composition and songwriting gallery at the CMEA conference this spring. Congratulations Hazel Co. Congratulations to fifth grader Hazel Coach for winning the Connecticut Fire Prevention Poster Contest for all of Canada. I'm gonna call up Samantha Lee and Maddie Dezere. Congratulations to sixth graders Samantha and Maddie for their strengths in the visual arts, citizenship, and cooperative skills. Both Samantha and
005Maddie were honored at the Connecticut Association of Schools 26th annual Elementary Celebration of the Arts this past February. Another of our future problem solvers, Quinnarthy, Cindy Jiang, and Joselyn listen. Cindy and Joselyn are sixth grade ACT students who took the year to study the future problem solving sixstep method. They worked in teams of four and these teams competed and practiced covering different topics that are set at least 25 years in the future. Working all year, the teams then took the chance to qualify for the state competition in January. And these students as part of a fourperson team, one is missing tonight, placed first in the global issues problem solving competition. I'm gonna call Cindy back up because we're gonna call up our kids lit quiz team of Chloe Charles, Cindy Jen, Kyle Spec, Luca, Quinn
006McCarthy again coach, and Maddie Chz. The Kids Lit Quiz Team is a global annual literature competition for students aged 10 to 13. And this year's Canton team delivered an outstanding performance. For months, they committed themselves to the sport of reading. They prepared, they read, they studied, and they pushed themselves to learn more every single day. While they may not have made it to the final round, their performance was something to be proud of. Good. Hernandez Diaz is being celebrated for her uncle. Valyria consistently participates and engages in meaningful conversations. Her always positive attitude and empathy towards others helps encourage others to speak up and share. Valyriia continues to be an exceptional role model. Timothy is earning our library citizenship award which honors a student who makes outstanding use of the library. Timothy exemplifies initiative and
007responsibility. He consistently shows respect for the library, caring for books, returning materials promptly, and ensuring they are ready for others to use. He regularly goes above and beyond to leave the space better than he found it. His thoughtful actions make the library an enjoyable place for everyone. Thank you, Tim. Matthew is receiving the library legacy award tonight, which recognizes a student whose long-term conduct has positively influenced the library culture. A student who sets a standard for courteous behavior and integrity in shared spaces and shows high responsibility in library. Through his consistent courtesy, quiet leadership, and genuine love of learning, Matthew champions a welcoming library culture. Marley is being celebrated for being an outstanding student ambassador in recognition of her exceptional contributions during author day. Her confidence, organization, and leadership helped make the event a true
008success. As a student ambassador, she demonstrated outstanding responsibility by confidently introducing our visiting author before each class presentation and playing a key role in coordinating coordinating both the lunch event and the book signing activities. Thanks to her efforts among some others, everything ran smoothly and successfully. Nice job. I think our last group award goes to Rory Angel, Ellie Palmer, Sarina, and Jordan. These four students all had exceptional years as beginning fourth grade band students. In addition to excelling every week as leaders in their own cohort of students, they progressed well beyond their grade level expectations. only four months removed from the day that they opened their cases for the first time and they made their first sounds. They have successfully accepted the challenge of performing the national anthem with the sixth grade band at the
009Excel Center in Harford and they represent CIS so well. Nice job. Griffin has been a tremendous role model for his peers as he has excelled in the percussion section of our instrumental music program. He brings a positive attitude to every rehearsal and actively works to lead others musically and behaviorally. Griffin is a great representation of the character traits we strive for as CIS. Hazel Hazel is a positive influence during class time in any activity that her class is engaging in. So, she has earned a sportsmanship award. She has has a positive competitive nature and at the same time a high level of sportsmanship and cooperation skills. She leads by example in many ways in all class activities. Luka Manganello is earning our team captain award. Luca is a consistent role model in class. He always
010engages in activities with positive energy, consistent effort, and the willingness to work together with any of his classmates. He leads with a positive competitive attitude that does not impact his high level of sportsmanship and teamwork is earning a responsibility world language study award. Dino is a great example of responsibility in class. He's a great leader and a wonderful role model to his peers and help spread the excitement and passion for learning world languages. Our world language enthusiast is Anthony Sarowski. Anthony is very enthusiastic to learn world languages. He's curious about Spanish, asks great questions, and can be counted on to push himself and those around him to learn and apply new vocabulary. We predict one day he'll be a world traveler. We're on to our last two awards and these are special memorial awards that
011we give out every year. We're pleased to present these two special memorial awards to two very deserving individuals, the Jamie L. Cannon and the Margaret Johnson Memorial Awards. Each year, these awards are given to two sixth grade students. And given such a stellar group of students that we have this year, it wasn't easy to choose just one for both of those awards from core special education and special areas teachers. The first award is given in memory of Margaret Johnson to a student who exemplifies outstanding citizenship and character who's a conscientious worker in all academic and unified arts areas and who demonstrates appropriate conduct and a positive attitude. I'm pleased to announce that this year's recipient of the Margaret Johnson award is Jack Patson. Our final award of the evening is given in memory of Jamie
012El Cannan to a student who best exemplifies all-around qualities of excellence. The areas of excellence demonstrated by Jamie Elcan were academic learning, music, art, personality, sportsmanship, and citizenship. And I'm pleased to announce that this year the recipient of the Jamie Elcan All-American Award is Colin Bon. Congratulations to all the students. Welld deserved and we're all very proud of you. Uh we hope to hear more from you in the next six years. You have a great job. And to the parents and grandparents that are here tonight, uh thank you to you for the support you give to to your students to our students. Uh makes a big difference. I want to take a few pictures. So this is what since we're in the auditorium, we do this the right way. If we can have all the
013students come up on stage, the board will join you. in our staff that we have a lot of them. So you can come up and join us also staff. Oh, the board. >> So, we have one more award. The students are lining up. We had one student just walk in. >> So, we want to make sure that we give that student what they deserve. So, we'll have all the students come up and then we'll give out the one last award. What everybody also got. >> You can go right up. So, we actually had two students sneak in. So, the first is Kate Urban, who is part of the group that is now playing for Harmony Winds. >> We also have Latana who's part of our kids team. We're all looking at car raising her hand.
014Keep moving down this way. >> All right. Look here first. All right. >> Okay, family. It's all you. This is like celebrity. >> Everybody good? Okay. Sure. Let's do that. So the two students that just came in by two students Sorry. What you're Good evening again. The next part of our meeting is public comment. Any members of the public either here in person or online, feel free to identify yourself, come to the microphone and and say whatever it is you'd like to say. Uh we'd ask you to keep your remarks to three minutes or less. Uh and to identify yourself. We not that we're not interested, we will listen very carefully to what you have to say, but since what you're saying is not part of the agenda, uh it will be commenting on it.
015And we appreciate anything you might have to share. public se if you'd like to make a public comment and I'll call on you by your close. >> Thank you. Uh we'll move on now to administrative reports. First is the chairman's corner. >> Just just one quick item. There was a comment made at a recent meeting regarding the cost of repainting the door was listed at $9,700. Uh that was not accurate. It's actually the re specialized prep and painting of 36 doors. So, each door comes for $270 a piece uh to redo, not $9,700 for one door. Uh just want to be sure that was clear to the public. And Dr. Gman, >> super. Thank you. It's good to see everyone. It it actually is very nice being um down here. spacious and there's no not
016many people here but it's spacious and I want to thank Mrs. Cortell for bringing such a tremendous audience uh this evening and some tremendous students and I look forward to hearing her report this evening. Uh later on in the evening I'll be presenting the superintendent's annual report. So I'm going to keep my comments very brief right now. Um, I also want to remind the board of education in the community that on Thursday is the referendum at the community center. I also have had the privilege the past few weeks to attend a wonderful uh band concert. I want to thank Mr. Shadler for uh presenting at the band concert for the the high school and and honoring with an award and the the middle school uh band concert that I was able to attend last week
017in the course concert was was wonderful. Um just want to let you know we have our art show openings at Cherburg Primary School. Our art show at K Intermediate School, our choir concert at the high school's coming up on May 20th. Our CIS grade four concert is the 26th. We have curriculum committee meeting on the 27th. Kenton High School honor celebration is the 28th in the board of education walkthrough at Cherrybrook is on the the 28th. Also, if you're ever looking for an event to attend, the the month of May is the time to do it because there's always something happening at our schools. So, I know Claudia did the calendar for you. So, for staff appreciation week and they uh we're just very fortunate. I know the motto is teacher appreciation week, but we
018have the the motto here in camp that it's a staff appreciation week. It was just a wonderful week. And I I did send a a message to our staff um today to just follow up on how much we appreciate everything uh that they do. So, I'm going to leave it at that uh Mr. Shidler because I'll be speaking for a while later on in the agenda about the annual report. will take any questions out of the superintendent's office at this time. >> Seeing none, thank you Dr. Preston. Uh I assume Lucas you will be sharing some of the uh excitement from the band and chorus trip. >> I had assumed that uh Dr. Gross was going to go for it. So uh we did our spotlight on something else this month. Okay. >> But I
019can talk about it. I know. >> I know you can talk about that just about anything, but the band high school band had a spectacular trip to Orlando. Uh, and you can fill us in when we get to the Zoom reports. Okay. Uh, Mr. Bishop. >> Sure. Thank you, Mr. Schler. Uh, and board members. Uh, this past month has been a very busy one. Um, yes, spring break and some great trips for for students. Uh, but in this past month, our students and staff have been working very hard. uh particularly in standardized testing. Uh most most students have now completed their Smarter Balance assessments and SAT testing and nine out of our 12 AP exams have been successfully administered at this point. We really do appreciate the efforts of our students, staff, and families who
020are patients supporting them uh throughout this important testing season. As we think about workforce development, we're very proud of our teachers who are new to the profession. They have recently successfully completed the required modules of the team process. We're very proud of their work uh and their growth and the partnership that they share with their with their mentors. We look forward to concluding the year with them next week in a great meeting. And then we will also beo hosting Amanda Picket this Wednesday evening at 6 PM in the Canton Middle School cafeteria for a community meeting focused on building belonging and understanding the recent state legislation connected to school climate efforts. So, a lot of great things happening within our district. Very proud of the work of our students, our staff, and then the partnership
021with our families. I'll take any questions as well. >> Done. Thank you, John. Uh, now you go focus. >> We'll start with Jonathan. >> Um, I'll start with CIS. Um, last week on Thursday, we did our CIS walkthrough. Um, just to like one major recap was the implementation of morphology, all of you remember. um which kind of honed in on the first board of ed um student growth uh major goal which helped literacy development by providing tools by to improve reading and opportunities to higher level of leadership with our student counselors who had um gave a little report and during that walkthrough the PTO had also hosted their annual student versus faculty football game or basketball game excuse me and collected items for the um can't include day. Moving on to Cherry Brook um with
022the kindergarten, first grade and third grade classes, they had partnered with the Roaring Brook Nature Center um holding their annual uh visit to there and the third grade class also had visited Lubis Mills for a performance by the Nutmelike Orchestra which kind of opened up the world of music towards them. Additionally, having visited Yukon School of Music where they had collaborated with the professors and students for a very valuable musical experience. Both the CIS and CBPS had finished their ESPback testing and assessments this month of May. And just to reiterate from Dr. Gman, the Cherry Brook Art Show will also be held tomorrow May from 6 PM to 7:30 p.m. which marks kind of their substantial growth throughout the year. if the time that would also perform. >> Thanks, John. >> All right. On the
023middle school, as Dr. Gman had already mentioned, um they had wonderful concerts from the seventh, eighth, and eighth grade band and chorus, as well as the jazz band and chamber singers. Uh Mr. Moore noted, that was an exceptionally beautiful performance and it was amazing to see the outcomes of the hard work. The eighth graders also had their annual trip to Washington DC. I'm told it was lovely. coming up soon for the middle school. Uh the state assessments are this week and students are showing great focus in their exam rooms as well. Uh eighth grade band students go to adjudication this Friday and then celebrate with an afternoon of six flags. In the high school, the majority of senior nights for our spring sports are this week with back lacrosse taking place right now or it
024might be finished. believe it's still going on though and we have some on Monday, one this Friday for tennis and then golf is in a couple weeks and the choir leg legacy concert will be on May 20th and the honors celebration will be on May 28th. To get in quickly about how the Orlando trip went for our band and I'm speaking off book here, so a band course travel down to Orlando to participate in Festival Disney. So the coal band of course exchanged with a high school down there called Horizon High School and then performed the next day for a set of college level judges who are all professors at at very nice colleges down south and then we were scored with both the band and chorus receiving ratings of superior. Particularly the band won
025best in class for single A division and more prestigiously the band was able to win the Golden Mickey award which means best in the whole show out of all the bands that perform at festival business. So seriously an amazing accomplishment and a testament to the fantastic music program that we have here at the high school. Continuing with our >> very well said. Um, continuing the highlight for this month is going to be the National Guard Games, which is an implementation that's being brought back by our new athletic director, Mr. Run. Both boys lacrosse and softball this past Friday, the 8th, had games in special special military themed uniforms while also having a special presentation at the start to honor those who have served and are serving. This is a very meaningful event for players and
026fans alike who have felt a greater partnership in the community as a whole. Events like these are essential to fostering growth in accordance with port goal 2. I have some student testimonies. One from a lacrosse captain Owen Weller. He emphasized the importance of venturing beyond the sport of lacrosse to recognize those that have and will serve our country. And softball captain Sophia Maza and Maya Assa said that they knew that the game had a lasting impact on many of their viewers who have served. So overall fantastic event. Thank you to Mr. for helping to organize that and I'd love to see it continue for teacher. >> Great job, guys. Thank you. Questions for students. >> Thank you very much. Continued improvement update. Go visit. I'm sorry. Sorry. >> No problem. Um good evening. Um tonight
027we're will um review the um operating results as of the end of April 2026. Um two more months to go. The overall forecast as of April 2026 is unfavorable 220,000 which is about 29,000 worse than the previous month. General education is projected to be favorable 21,000 which is 19,000 better than the previous month. um special education is forecasted to be unfavorable 242,000 which is 48,000 worse than the previous month. So I'm just going to go over briefly some of the bigger categories. Um salaries and benefits. We did have swings in the following categories. regular education, regular education support, instructional support, substitutes, central office, and facilities maintenance. Our most notable swing is in our substitute line, which we've been following um all year long. Um but expenses have increased and they reflect a necessary shift and
028an allocation from regular education to special education to maintain appropriate se levels. And what we did there was the way we do our reporting um throughout um the district and also in the state and federal environments is special education expenses are categorized differently than regular education expenses. Um and so what we did is we took our substitute line and and delineated that appropriately between regular and special education. So this month was the first month we actually uh performed that exercise. Um we do have um maintenance purchases and purchase services um which supports ongoing maintenance contracts throughout the district is over budget um driven by contract increases um that you know were negotiated after the budget was established last year. Um we had in operations and infrastructure the following categories. Um we were able to apply
029grants and also curtail spending um and recognize some savings in many of these areas and that would be district supplies, utilities, communications, replacement equipment, tech infrastructure and dues fees and subscriptions. Moving on to student activities, we had a bit of an overbudget there. Two driving factors were um the purchase of the track timing system which again um was approved by the board after the budget was um passed last year due to a um a big situation for track and I guess Dr. Bowman can talk about that. Um and then also boys and girls golf um this year is driving an overbudget condition because of the previous um recreation uh facility. I think it was Blue Fox um closed and we had to relocate and again that was unbudgeted um and the price for the new
030facility was much higher um for practices and games. Um, and for special education, um, I noted that there was an increase in the loss, but I do want to say that we did, um, have some savings in professional development. We had some savings in tuition, um, due to some shifts in student placement. We had a few some savings in Bridges, the Bridges program, um, which we were able to enroll, um, a few more students towards the end of the year. Um and then out of district revenues increase slightly due to some services that were available to other towns. Um and although we do um have an overbudget condition in that area, we work really hard to um try and um realize savings wherever possible. Um so yeah, there we are at $220,000 over budget, but
031we did um have some great strategic use of grant um funding um some shifts um from regular education to special education. Um and again um spending is at a halt unless it's a complete ne um completely necessary. Our goal is to try and mitigate that over budget condition as best we can before the end of the year. I do want to note as well is that we did um get a new grant called DRIP which is um short for district repair um and improvement planning. Um we have applied a significant amount of that grant. It's an $84,000 grant that we just received and we applied a significant amount of that grant to this budget to um for qualifying um expenses that we're are allowed to move into the grant in order to mitigate that bottom
032line. So um the district's working really hard to uh to um to lessen that over budget condition and I just wanted to thank everybody who participates in that exercise. >> Thank you. Thank you for the detail, too. Russell, you want to make any comments at this point or >> um No, I think Anna got everything in this room. I do my report. I can wait till I get >> Wait for the end. >> Yep. >> Questions. Comments. >> A good question. >> Sure. >> For the um new grant that you spoke of, do we know the amount yet or? >> Yes. >> The amount um we were allotted $84,000. Is that reflected in the 220,000? >> We did apply some of that grant to the to um to the financials which was still we and
033we still resulted in a $220,000 loss. It would have been higher if we didn't apply the grant some of the grant funds. >> Oh, already perfect. Thank you. I thought it came after this. >> Anyone else? They move that I would move that the camp board of ed approve the April 2026 financials as presented. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. So discussion all in favor. >> Amy says I adopted 5670. Thank you. Now for the continuous improvement plan, Dr. Gman. >> Yes. So, it's great to have Mrs. Cortto here and many of you were able to attend the visitation last week and so we'll turn it right over to Mrs. Cortto. Good evening. As we reflect on this school year, I'm proud to share that the goals and the action steps that
034we established together have led to meaningful progress across every area of our school community. And most importantly, our students continue to demonstrate strong academic growth and achievement, that their current performance data indicates that this year's results are on track to match the high performing cohorts of previous years. Our work this year remained firmly centered on student growth and achievement. Through focused professional learning on high quality instruction, teachers deepen their implementation of rigorous, cognitively engaging tasks that challenge students to think critically. In mathematics, students engaged in increasingly sophisticated performance tasks that emphasize reasoning and problem solving. The theory of literacy of continued alignment to the science of reading strengthened instruction in phonics, morphology, non-fiction reading, research, and writing across grades four through six. We made significant strides in partnerships and community engagement. Families remained active partners
035in the life of the school through academic, social, and emotional initiatives. Consistent communication at the start of instructional units strengthened the homeschool connection. And through our start of the day celebrations and ongoing social media presence, we highlight positive contributions and accomplishments of our students. Additionally, our partnership with the camp police department successfully launched our DARE lessons for sixth grade students, reinforcing responsible decision-m and community connection. In the area of financial sustainability and efficient operations, we continue to make thoughtful strategic decisions that support both students and staff. Purchase and replacement cycles were implemented to ensure long-term planning and efficiency. We closely monitored class sizes and regularly reviewed achievement, attendance, and behavioral data to guide decision-m and allocate resources effectively. This year also brought progress in strengthening our learning environment and sense of belonging. Morning meetings, closing
036circles, and grade level lunches and recesses continue to foster connection and community among students. We implemented an advisory structure centered on responsibility this year. And while our newly formed school climate and culture committee used behavioral data to guide schoolwide interventions and supports, our attendance team worked to identify and address barriers to consistent student attendance. Our commitment to embracing diversity grew stronger this year. We enhanced communication with open choice families, expanded systems to support financial and other family assistance requests, and continued professional learning focus on inclusive, highquality instructional practices. These efforts help strengthen access, belonging, and support for all students and families within our school community. And finally, our last goal. for our work focus on workforce development. We invested deeply in the growth of our staff, teachers and support staff engaged in targeted professional learning,
037including expanding training and structured literacy interventions, external development opportunities, classroom visits, and collaborative learning experiences strengthen instructional consistency and build collective expertise across our building. In addition to our original goals, several important initiatives emerged this year that will help shape and strengthen our work moving forward. We created and implemented a school climate plan, established a process for reviewing schoolwide behavioral data during SIP meetings, and developed mentor partnerships between CIS and CHS students. We formed an executive functioning working group to better understand and support the needs of students, families, and staff. We began an audit of our ELA curriculum and student performance data to guide future instructional decisions. Together, these efforts position us well for continued growth and improvement into next school year. As we conclude and wrap up this year, we are proud not only
038of what we've accomplished, but also how we accomplished it through collaboration, reflection, and an unwavering commitment to our students. The continued strength in student performance reflects the dedication of our staff, the partnership of our families, and the hard work of our students. So, I thank all of you as board members for your continued support of our school community, for your shared commitment to our student success. With that, I give you an opportunity to ask any questions that you may have of me. >> Thank you. Thanks for reports or comments. Well, I do. Um, if I might, uh, it was a wonderful visit for the five or six of us that were able to spend a couple hours with you. Uh, I learned about morphology. I'm not sure I know what that is, but I did
039learn about it. Uh, it was great to see the the your your faculty's use of data uh to drive instruction survive initiatives. Uh it was great to see and even just in a brief walkth through that those initiatives were clearly taken taken foothold with the faculty uh and should produce results. Uh so I thank you for that. It was enjoyable to hear from the uh uh the student council kids too. So I think that you really revived that program the group youngsters that we heard laid down and challenged the group behind them and I'm sure they'll pick that up. So thank you so much for the visit. We we really enjoyed it. Thank you for the job you do and uh great job tonight. >> Thank you >> all the folks you brought here. We
040appreciate that too. >> Thank you. >> Uh Dr. Thank you, Mr. Sher. So May 12th, 2026 in September, I presented to you the superintendent reports. And I I can't believe we're here in in May that I get the opportunity to present to you the superintendent annual report on the superintendent goals. when I was putting this document together and then I sent it out to you and then I realized I had to present it this evening. I I realized that I would be starting that around 7:20, exactly what I predicted uh with Mrs. Nardy today and then I started timing how long it would take me to go through this annual report. So, I was pleased that I actually sent it to you last week and it is online to the public as part of the
041public record because what I'm going to try to do is take you through the annual report to highlight some major accomplishments and progress made on the superintendent goals and accomplishments and progress are only made possible with the efforts of the entire school community. What I can say is a lot of what I'm going to talk about, you actually were heavily involved in in being at the schools and doing some of the heavy lifting that we did th this school year and and board goal number one, student growth and achievement on page one. Over the past year, this district has made significant progress advancing student academic growth. our district, our school leaders are collaborating to review student performance and I'm even going to say that our board of education is reviewing student data and really analyzing
042data and that was evidenced by the visit that we had at Canton Intermediate School when you were asking excellent questions regarding the trends and where we are. And it it we'd have to say that one of our major major notable accomplishments is for the second year in a row. Last year we had Cherburg Primary School become a school distinction. And this year what what I always would say you want your high school to be a flagship and to be named one of the few high schools in the state of Connecticut to be named a school of distinct distinction I is really really evident. And I'd be remiss Mr. Bishop spends a lot of time with the schools on working on student achievement and analyzing data. So I'd be remiss not to thank him at this
043time. Throughout we really had the goal and I pushed our administrative team and especially Mr. Bishop that I wanted to bring our learning walks back and our instructional rounds back where we're walking around with teams of of teachers and individuals and coaches and administrators to really look at and observe what high quality instruction looks like and really reflect upon that practice and have good professional dialogue. So, we now have teams going in all the schools and you may be a high school teacher, but you're going down to high school coaching. You're going down to the elementary schools. And I envision that that will grow with time. And I envision that you all will be involved in in instructional rounds in in learning walks. When we go to the middle school, you you know that there's
044a a strong focus on our turnaround plan and really building on our instructional practice that affect positive student outcome. Jeff Moore and his staff have just done outstanding work at the middle school and the the Connecticut State Department of Education has recognized our success and highlighted us as a a school and a model school and and as we say um and as you've heard before, by the time we're done, the the state of Connecticut will probably provide us over a million dollars worth of grant uh money. And not only are we getting funds, we're getting really good professional development activities by the Connecticut State Department of Education. And I do like to remind everybody this was a choice. This was not the Connecticut State Department of Education saying you have to be a commissioner's network
045school when I arrived as your superintendent. This was something that I thought would be really good for us from an instructional standpoint and it also helped us with a a funding structure. One of the most exciting things that we have going on is Mr. Bishop has reinstated as a request from me our horizontal and vertical curriculum teams. So we now have teams that are working K through 12 in the area to English in and math and really looking at what we're doing starting at the youngest grade levels at Sherry Brook all the way up to our our high school level. And this board has actually played a significant role in watching the development of the new reading program at Cherbrook Primary School that our curriculum committee has spent several times this year, I believe two
046times this year, really looking at the new reading program at Cherbrook and our staff at Sherbrook. That's not easy work. That that's a heavy lift. And when you're you're learning something for the first time and you're really trying to um teach it with fidelity and honor it with fidelity, it it is something that we're extremely proud of it and I'm glad that you are able to witness this. And you have also heard throughout our our time with student achievement that we have our MTSS system where a lot of you have asked what do we do with the children that may be falling behind by certain grade levels and and we we continue to have academic intervention and enrichment opportunities for for students. and the school teams have worked collaboratively to review the student data, identify
047the needs early. And there's been this increase of collaboration with the the specialists and the teachers to really get students in in a timely and a consistent way to uh for progress. Board goal area two, partnerships and community engagement. I I do and I say this all the time and I bring it everywhere I go in public. the the strategic plan that you all developed for 25 through 2030, that's really going to guide our work. And we always got to keep remembering to go back to that and really make sure that everything that we're doing aligns with the strategic plan. And even just the implementation of of this year where all our continuous improvement plans have the mention of uh board goal areas and really drill it down to the exact specific goal within our
048strategic plan is a testament to you and a testament to our team. One of the the most memorable events that I had to attend and really love to attend this year was the 2025 Canton High School Wall of Fame induction ceremony. And I see a community member that just walked in and his daughter actually played a role in this. This event was attended by a hundred guests and served as a wonderful opportunity for our alumni to come back. This was an event and I said it that night that I I must be getting pretty old because it's an event that I started over 20 some odd years ago and just to bring it back after a five-year hiatus is exciting and we're already receiving applications for honoring our um guests, our alumni in the following
049selected a date. So that that's exciting work. The district has made a significant pro progress in uh a communications plan and you know Kira is with us on every single board meeting but sometimes you may not realize what she may be doing on the outside and uh this communications team with Kira, Mr. Bishop, u Mrs. Jordan and Mrs. solve and have just done a a wonderful job and I look forward to them presenting um either in the fall this communication plan that I've really looked at and if it's exciting one that will really enhance our communication. We really have uh created this theory of trying to be very visible with within the community. We need to continue to grow on that and try to consistently engage families and civic organizations and partner with people. And
050I I I've been out a lot this year and really trying to talk to as many people as I can and going to events and talking to people and actively staying engaged to build trust within our community. and and every time I go to an event or attend a meeting there, there's always active engagement by our our community. And so I I'm excited about that and some of the digital storytelling that that Kira and her team are doing with our students on the center videos that we're releasing. It it's just really exciting that we're that is a goal that we have and we're really trying to meet that and two-way communication with a strong family partnership is something that we've been working really hard on and that we've had strategies including targeted communications and as
051Mr. Bishop uh mentioned at another uh event uh tomorrow that that the community group of C is assisting us with. So, we're really trying to actively engage um our staff and leadership with our our community. Not too often we see uh student board of education members take a a a role like they have have done and we've been by your leadership, we've been more intentional in engaging the district planning and communication and really putting a focus on student leadership. When I see our our student rep, Jonathan, walking with me in buildings the other day and actually sitting down and asking kids questions in a fourth grade classroom. That's what it's about. That's what it's about of active student involvement and student leadership. And there was one question that was asked of Mrs. Corteto and I
052promise you it was not set up that somebody asked the other day I I think it was you Mr. Shyler about the vision of the graduate that it was on the wall in the the the the classroom that we're really starting even at a young age to talk to kids on what it means to be the vision of the graduate and I got to credit Mr. Depipo on that one because Mr. to PIPO really pushed us as a district that if we're going to work so hard at the high school to have this vision of a graduate, we need to really bring that down to the elementary level. He's done a great job. Our relationship and our partnership with our rests are the Farmington Valley Health District, the CSTE is stronger than ever. Financial sustainability
053in efficient operations. This this one I is just going to continue to grow and we've made significant progress this year. And we created a system led by Mrs. Robbins and our new superintendent of buildings and grounds for tracking small and large capital projects. And and I got to thank uh Mr. Bush for really pushing us along the way with the the finance committee and really pushing us that we need to take care of our buildings and ongoing meetings with town officials and the formation we're hoping of a task force this spring. One of the things that we spoke about in the uh middle of the year in January when I reported was where are we relative to putting the committee together to look at the the the facility plannings for our school and I've been
054told by the the board chair that he's been in contact with the first selectman that we anticipate that starting later in the spring and into the summer. the district has really looked at a multi-inancial plan um looking at updated in enrollment and one of the the things that I I'm proud of and number two is really looking at our our staffing and where we are and um we hate to lose staff that have fidelity and longevity but if we could do a creative way of opportunity of utilizing funds. That's when, if you would recall that we created a incentive, early retirement incentive that saved us $250,000. And I I just don't want that to be unnoticed because the board and the administrative team and the union worked really hard on that. Uh our district has
055three has really begun a comprehensive needs assessment and audit of all our school buildings. the the individuals that were at the finance committee today saw the beginnings of our our long range plan and really looking at it and that's a fluid process and something that will evolve continue to evolve over time. I've said this before in number four, every superintendent, if you don't have a really, really, really good business manager, you're gonna fail. And I have no problem saying that. U we're very fortunate to have Mrs. Robbins at at the helm of our business department. And this has been a a tough job for the business manager because we, as you know, we brought staff from the the town that were doing school board work for the town. We brought them into our office and
056and this wasn't easy, but she's created a team down there that has just done a a wonderful job. So, we're we're really fortunate to have an outstanding business manager as Mrs. Robbins. We've made really good progress on expanding all our efforts for the grant, the Commissioner Network grant, which we've been talking about, the DRIP grant, um that we know that we're going to receive $84,000 this year, which some of it is already being utilized, but we'll receive $84,000 next year. Also, you know, as you know, we have the referendum on Thursday and this administration and I believe the board presented a a budget that really looked at balancing the needs of the community and understanding the fiscal responsibilities, but also most importantly aligning with our strategic plan. We did reduce staff uh teachers and non-certified
057relative to our overall enrollment, learning environment and belonging. I always say that if you don't have a good environment, student achievement won't rise. The district has actively implemented monitoring school climate plans. Um very exciting that you were able to see students talk about this at the high school, the middle school. you saw CIS students talking and I'm pretty confident that Mr. Ary is going to put students uh in front of you to talk about the the climate and what they're doing and and we've done a really good job working with Edvance under Mr. Bishop's leadership implementing the new state statute of of the safe school climate plan. What people don't what people need to understand are these are all things that the state brings to us which are good things that are mandatory that not
058only cost money but also is time and you need leadership to um spearhead that and as you know Mrs. McClean has done an unbelievable job working with her uh support staff really participating in professional learning that focus is identifying and responding to students social emotional health needs tier intervention. Our psychologists, our counselors and our classroom teachers have an enhanced uh coordination. We really looked at formally and informally gathering valuable insights on what is best for the camp public schools and talking to students and really considering their voice when we do things. We've updated, as we always do, our emergency operation plans. We have a wonderful relationship with our uh police department and all of our first responders and we have staff training and Mr. Bishop and and the team are are really working on a
059reunification plan in case of an emergency. We've had community forums and one of the highlight community forums that we had was Scott Driscoll of the internet safety solutions. He met with the middle school and the high school students and spoke to them regarding the opportunities and challenges facing them in in the digital world. As Mr. Bishop uh stated earlier in the evening, our our our new teachers that we support the best that we can in in the team program, our professional learning days um I is something that we value those days and really working with our staff. We worked really hard to develop responsible digital citizenship and future ready uh skills for our students. We're also a, as you heard, a a curriculum committee developing a an artificial intelligence plan to make sure that we're
060moving that along in a responsible type of a way. Embracing equity, our equity team has really looked at the equity and belonging plan. We're moving forward focusing on deepening this work by monitoring implementation across all schools. But it is work that is embedded within our school climate plans. We made meaningful uh progress in cultural responsive instruction through the use of school-based coaching coaching and reflection tools. We continue our partnership with the University of St. Joe's by mentoring and tracking future educators from our district and tracking students that um graduated from University of St. shows and now our students uh teachers within our district. We've made steady progress on looking at data reviews and into regular instructional and in administrative practices and we made solid practice ensuring that all our school climate plans and culture plans
061have concrete strategies for inclusion and belonging. Over the course of the year, we made significant progress, as I mentioned, in workforce development with incorporating all the new staff that we added to you within the board of ed, our accounts payroll, our payroll, our accounts payable, our payroll, our benefits, our superintendent and buildings and grounds. th this board of ed and this administrative team. It may look like that we increase staff at central office, but we just move staff from the town to the board of education offices. As you know, I I serve as a chair for children on the state commission on women, children, seniors, equity, and opportunity. Uh this work actually was a lot of work this year that I didn't anticipate that I I was asked to do a a few things. The
062the first thing that I was asked to do in early September was go to the town of Milford and lead a a community conversation on the importance of adv advocacy across municipalities. not so much about education but but looking at um housing and different things. So I I I led a conversation on that and then I was asked a topic that I've never spoke about and I had to do a little homework on it. I was asked to go to the Capitol and speak about vaping and not just vaping but vaping and vaping waste. something that I never really thought um that I would have any insight on. I knew what vaping was, but I never considered vape waste as something. So, I I spoke at the Capitol in front of a hundred individuals and
063the next thing I knew is that I I was contacted by the the National Organization on Vaping and Vape Waste to speak at their national webinar. And I just did that. When did I do that? a few weeks ago on vape waste. It was attended by hundreds of people approaching a thousand on on the webinar um to speak about vape waste and and I also uh took on the role of coordinating the the Farmington Valley superintendence meetings. So we meet on a a monthly basis and it allows us for communication and collaborative meetings. In alignment with our new strategic plan, we've worked hard to ensure uh professional development for our administrators and really looking at uh the professional development that we could do with one another and challenge one another. I'm really fortunate that we
064have a very stable team here at the in Canada and that our administrative team I knock on wood is a stable team and that we'll continue to do great work together on behalf of the children and the families of Canton. And finally the as you know I chair the capital prek through 12 safety and emergency management uh committee and I was actually asked to speak uh on safety and security with um for Crag the Capital Region board of all the capital region uh town managers and their um first selectment were at a meeting on school safety. So overall, I I could tell this board that this has been a very busy year, a very productive year, and um I I feel that my team and myself, we met or exceeded all the goals that that
065we set um for this year, but I also know that for the 2627 school year, we we have a lot of work to do on behalf of of children. I I thank my team. I thank all the teachers. I thank the community. And I especially thank this board for a grade 25 uh 26 school year. It it it it's an honor, as I always say, to be your superintendent of schools, and I'll take any questions. Any questions for the superintendent on the overall? So, I I just make this comment that um I think this is your fifth year with us, correct? >> No. Well, 20 something. Well, the fact of the matter is uh since since you've been here, I think um and I know there's some new people to the board here, but uh
066the trajectory of our of our uh district has been moving in a forward direction and um for those of you that were here five years ago, um it seemed like we were dealing with many different problems from um academic issues to critical issues and so on and so forth. So I just want to thank the superintendent uh for his work here and getting us on a path where the trajectory is in the right in the right areas. The achievement area is going great uh as we look at the different um components of our strategic plan. I think uh you've done a great job in uh in achieving those points and uh I know you have my appreciation. I'm sure you have the rest of the board's appreciation too and past boards also. So that was
067a great report. there. Okay, let's uh let's move along. I think we're into the um the reports. So, alternative finance, Mr. Bush. >> Yep. So, um we met this morning. We covered the April financials that Anna already covered went over in detail for us. Um we also discussed the food service update. We had created a subcommittee to look into that because we were diving in a lot deeper than we could had time for in a normal finance committee. Um we re reviewed the building and grounds large capital projects. Bob gave us a pretty good update on those. Um we received what I would call first draft of the CIP project audits that Anna's going through. Uh and we look forward to seeing those. I think we're initially going to do them quarterly, but now we're
068going to do them every meeting uh to get a better feel for projects that closed out, what's left balances for transferring. Um Anna discussed uh in a bit of detail about her uh work on transportation and the use of AI to to achieve Dr. Gman's goal of eliminating two routes to meet the budget. And um then we discussed kindergarten enrollment a little bit but still kind of on the >> fuzzy >> little fuzzy till the middle of the summer. >> That's pretty much it. >> Thank you for that report. Questions for finance. >> We have we have Amy. Yes. Amy just chime in. You're kind of off to my left but if you have any questions just just stop us. Okay. No other questions for finance. Thank you. Mr. Sh policy. >> Okay, there's a
069lot here. Um I I'll try to go quickly. None of these are new. Uh the committee chair has studed them all pretty carefully. These are for a uh second read. >> Second read. Am I right? Anybody know? I don't remember. I believe this is well at least for second read. I think >> from it says I'm sorry. Okay. >> The FMLA policy update. Uh George, you want to give a quick >> Oh, no. Any any Oh, the committee. I'm sorry. >> Yeah. On the committee. We'll get to We'll look at the policy. >> You're good. >> I threw you off, right? You threw me off. Um, we met tonight. We're trying to wind up the uh new law changes that we have to affect our policies pretty close to doing that. I think we'd like
070to clean those up before the school year ends. So, we may bring some of them to the se the chair meeting on May whatever it is as a first read. We have a second read for those those move along at June. That's to be determined. Um, and we have a bunch of policies for which I jumped ahead on. Good. Any any questions for policy? We're going to get a little deeper into that in a minute, but any any questions? All right. Thank you very much. All right. Curriculum is school. >> Sure. Uh, we met a couple weeks ago on April 29th. We spoke with Jeff Delnstro. gave us a fantastic uh presentation on the update of our technology strategic plan. I was really pleased that there was an emphasis on using tech for meaningful learning
071and not just passive consumption. Um and we are currently developing a program in house that will track the usage of apps on devices. So who is using what when and that's a program that if we were to buy that would be $36,000 and we're um doing it in house. So >> homegrown >> I thought homegrown I thought that's pretty good. speaks to the passion and the dedication of judgments. We also talked about monitoring um AI or continually monitoring AI usage and guidelines. Um AI as we all know is developing very quickly and um we are doing our best to exercise prudence and um being very strategic about how we roll it out in schools. So that was good to hear as well. Um we also developed an app or a program in house for tracking
072attendance, student attendance. to buy that would be $8,000. I mean, so Jeff and his team have been working really, really hard and we're doing a great job. Um, and I think the fact that we're able to develop these things inhouse and not have to shout them out speaks to the quality of the staff that we have here. >> Thank you. Questions on curriculum? Questions on curriculum? >> Okay. Thank you very much for that report. Um, this is Jordan, communications. >> Yes. Uh, we had a meeting on May 4th. Um, obviously, well, hopefully everybody has seen the budget mailer that went out. So, that went out, um, the end of last week. And then we will have, uh, an end of the year mailer that will be focusing on interviewing support staff, um, service people within
073the district to get their point of view and what they do and how they support, um, the district as a whole. And then we just talked briefly about the parent portal only changes that will happen over the summer for power school make it more user friendly that will be launched the beginning of the school year just to find more information. So it's one place to think of course like still other places as well but it'll be a little bit more user friendly and then um we talked about uh the continuous improvement plan uh concept the board goal concept rolling that in so everything has the same format the same layout of like goals if they look at the district as a whole our goals are pretty streamlined across the board and our next meeting is
074uh June 1st at >> do we do anything to close off the year as as far as a a mail or a report. We are going to do something like that. >> Yes, there'll be uh an end of the year. I'm not sure the timeline but >> great questions on communications. Questions on communications. Okay. Thank you. Uh with respect to CRE, um been attending those meetings and I will say that next on the 20th is the annual uh CRE meeting. Um Craig is pleased at some of the changes that happened in the budget that they did receive most of they were looking for $12 million. I think they got something like 115 to be restored uh into their budget which helps um schools like ours so that there's no change in in tuition. So, um
075they they received the things that they needed um as far as CRE went and then we'll have more to report after the annual meeting on 520. But um any questions on CRE? Okay. Mrs. Tucson, insurance committee, please. >> Yep. So, we met on um May 7th and Anna was in attendance as well. Um, we went over the current year of financials and we're currently operating at about 92 to accept it, which is leaving us with a $426,000 surplus through March. So, I just want to caveat that typically in health insurance policies, you see an uptick in claims towards the end of the policy period, but for right now, we are operating in the black, which is great. Um, our renewal for the 26 27 on the medical still stands at a 20%. Um, and we
076feel that that will not only be adequate to serve our claims, but also to build back up our reserves. Um, if we end the 2526 in surplus, any of that would also go to build up our reserves. That stands at about 22 or 220,000 right now. Um, which would be about a week and a half or two weeks of claims. Typically, we like to have at least two months of claims in our reserve. So, we still are in a rebuilding of the reserve account. Um, we also did discuss Kerma, workers comp, um, and those renewals as well. Most of them are invaranteed and have a very little impact to our overall financial. The biggest piece is the medical and health benefits. We did decide that we were officially redneoing with United Healthcare which is easiest
077from an implementation standpoint and the rates have been set for the upcoming 26 27 year. >> Very good. >> Any questions on the insurance committee? I I will mention Mrs. Winter who is the chair of the insurance committee reached out to me uh asking about when our negotiations begin for our largest group which is which is teachers which I mentioned happened in the fall. and um she's looking to possibly put together a meeting just in case there's any plan design changes, we can begin to uh if we need to plant those seeds, we'll be able to do that. She she's not sure if she anticipates any, but just the idea to have that conversation. >> Y thanks for adding that. >> Good. Okay. Uh and then on the PTO, Miss Mrs. Bford, >> I will
078go ahead and start with Cherry Brook. Um, they recently concluded their teacher experience auction where teachers and community members donated activities and one-of-a-kind school experiences such as principal for a day with Mr. Amory, a story book evening in your home with Mr. Steriel or Ride to School in Style with Officer Phelps and K9 Leo. I checked it out. There were some pretty cool offerings up. Um, there were 30 experiences that were donated and the PTO raised over 3,000 with that fundraiser. So, very successful for them. Um, their staff appreciation week was a hit with an inschool Target shopping experience, a popcorn bar and a dirty soda bar. Um, they're currently gearing up to host their biggest event of the year, the 61st annual children's fair, which is on May 29th. Um, this is kind of
079an aside, the PTO is also partnering with the Canton Public Library this summer for celebrity uh story times with Dr. Gman and Mr. Amry. So stay tuned for dates on those. if you want to bring your kiddos or grandkids over. >> Star studded >> celebrity Canton celebrities. Um I do not have a report from CIS this month. Uh the middle school continued to plan for field day and eighth grade promotion. They stocked the staff lunch for teacher appreciation week and provided all staff members with uh Kayla's cookies, which if you've not had them, they're outstanding. Uh lobster loop is on for August 30th, so stay tuned for more on that. I do not have a boosters athletic boosters report, but CFA um the scholarship committee met and chose their three recipients to be awarded at
080the senior arts scholarship night. Um they coordinated with the camp public library for a team craft fair over the weekend which was very successful. I think they had like 16 vendors which is the most they've ever had. So they were pleased about that. Um, and they are currently supporting all their spring shows and will be providing water for the band on Memorial Day. >> Any questions on the PTO? >> I think um as we maybe kick off next year, something to consider is I don't think we had a chance to really appreciate our MPs this year, but maybe next next fall we can bring them in and um provide our thanks and maybe honor them a little bit like we do. We can Okay, thank you for those reports. You can turn in your uh
081into your um agenda deck and you'll see that um Mrs. Darnney's provided us with um the calendar events. most most notably, I'm sure everybody's zoned in on it, is on uh this Thursday, is the budget referendum. And I just encourage everybody to get your friends, neighbors out to vote to remind that so that there's a good showing regardless of whether it goes up or down. The point is the community participated. So, not one side feels like um they didn't know or we didn't have enough um information out there. I thought we did a good job. I thought the town did a good job getting the information out. So, I'm hoping we get a good turnout on the 14th. And then the other thing that I'll just note is uh the coral concert where Mr. Charlotte
082did a great job with the uh with the band concert where we honored Mrs. Antinucci. We're going to do the same thing for Mr. Jones for the uh uh for the great showing that they had down in Florida also. So that'll be on the the 20th. And um final thing I'll just mention is that uh on Thursday at 7:15 in the morning here at the high school um the kids that are um going to go on to play sports at the college level there's a a signing um they'll be um where they sign if their letter of intent to go to that school regardless you know whatever the sport is they choose. So you're certainly all involved uh all invited if you like to be here at 7:15 in the morning. I think it's just
083a 45 minutes ceremony, but it'd be um nice to see the kids. All right, Lucas, we >> any Are you signing anything? >> I have no academics. I have some friends who are super excited for the day and they actually love to see you on that. >> Good. Good. >> 7:15. It's his Thursday. This Thursday at 7:15 in the morning. >> Okay. So, that that takes care of the calendar events. >> Sure. Um I know Mr. you mentioned it earlier, but um it require event that's not on this list, but the building belonging community update on Friday is tomorrow night at 6 p.m. and it's at the um CMS cafeteria. >> Thank you. Yes. Um that unfortunately that was rescheduled from the last time. If you can be out there to support that, unfortunately similar
084problems tonight. I have a group of folks and I will not be able to make it. If you can make that uh in help provide a good showing kind of our show as well. >> Oh, it is. >> Yeah. >> What time is it? >> It's a bit it's a busy busy time really. And it only gets busier as we we move through the a month and then not. I I will mention just um again that um the board the board of education marches in the memorial day parade don't make it wanted your child or children to march with us that's that's fine too but uh we'll be doing that the Memorial Day parade I believe the step off is >> uh 10 o'clock is when it starts but lining up 9:30 >> okay step
085off is at 10 9:30 for Those of you that maybe would love love to have you >> okay let's move on to the consent agenda the approval of minutes any changes modifications thoughts on u on the consent agenda hearing none then I'll take a motion to accept the the agenda thank you Alan second thank you Michelle any discussion All those in favor of accepting the consent agenda is provided to >> Amy votes. Yes. >> Thank you, Amy. >> I knew you were there. >> Okay. Now, we're going to get into a um I would say litany of uh different motions and um I'm going to move to the chair, Mr. Sh make the motion because that doesn't require a second by rules of Robert's Robert's rules. So, um I'll go to you, Mr. Sher, you
086can make the motion and maybe um after the motion, you can give a little bit of a a brief synopsis of what we're voting on. Okay. this. Um, first policy, I move that we adopt the amended FMLA policy and Jordan, this is yours. >> Right. Okay. So, the FMLA policy is just extending the qualification to like the broadening the qualification or eligibility to qualify for FMLA. There's no actual financial impact to the district. FMLA is just job protection while you're out. So, this is not the CT FMLA. It's just the federal federal leaves. Okay, we have a motion. We have an explanation. Um, any further questions? I'll call for a vote. All those in favor? I Amy. >> Amy votes I. >> Okay. So, we're eight on that. Thank you. Stuart Sher uh need to
087adopt the library collection display and program and review and reconsideration of materials. Uh I move that we adopt that policy. Uh quickly to summarize it's a it's a very important policy. It's similar to the one we had for all educational materials but this is specifically required by law. Now if you uh uh lays down guidelines for how materials in your library are to be selected certified librarian being part of that process uh it it spells out the policy the plan for someone who wants to see something removed from the library and it it will provide protection for the library in terms of what to do when that event occurs. from someone from the community says this book should come out. It doesn't happen immediately. There's a process uh that has to be followed. Further discussion
088hearing? None. We have a motion on the floor to approve the library collections displaying program and review and recording 8131. All those in favor? I >> good. Amy >> Amy votes I. >> Okay. Thank you very much, Mr. Sh. and school safety guidance. We move that we adopt a school safety security and safety plan. Uh this is a revised policy. The biggest provision is it lays down what the schools should do should a federal immigration official come to school. Uh what are the steps that the school should take? And it it demands that the school has a policy and a plan for that which we do by the way. Thank you. Discussion >> was it was changes or it was >> it wasn't in there before. It was specific for federal immigration authorities for obvious
089reasons. Um so it it was in there but it wasn't. It wasn't specific. Now >> other discussion hearing none. We have a motion on the floor to approve security and safety plan. Um all those in favor I opposed. >> Amy votes yay or I >> Thank you, Mr. Shil. Uh, I move that we adopt the first first Oops, I'm skipping ahead. >> No, you're right. You're right. I skipped over budget procedures, didn't I? >> Yeah, that's where you are. >> I would move to first read the budget procedures and line item transfers. This one uh it's actually nothing new uh but it eliminates the need to notify the staff notify the bargaining groups should we have a surplus in a nonlapsing account. We would be delighted if we had a surplus and a non-lapsing account
090to not notify the staff about. That hasn't been a problem but should we have that we would no longer be obligated to not staff but the bargain groups would obligate them. It's a problem that's never come up for us, but it would be nice if it did. And it simply changes that a non-lapsing account. The CIP would not be in that non-lapsing account example that John, >> I'm sorry. An example of a non-lapsing account. It actually Anna would be a good one to be able to share. non-lapsing account has to be specifically set up to um with the cooperation of the town. Um once that's established, if we have a um surplus at the end of the year, we're permitted up to 2% of our budget to um deposit that into that non-lasting account to
091cover specific expenses. Um and that's part of the conversation with the town, >> but not the bargaining units. >> Yeah. No, not not that way. >> Okay. Discussion hearing. None. We have a motion. Um as a first read, um move that the budget procedures and line item transfers. Um all those in favor? I >> opposed. >> No. >> Amy votes I. >> Thank you very much. >> Okay. I move we adopt as a first grade sex discrimination and sexual harassment regarding students. This updates to whom a report should be made. Uh some of the references were outdated. This updates them. Uh it includes sex discrimination and harassment. I can't be my own hand John. I better jump in here. >> Yeah. It's it it's some procedural information. It removes the reference of title 9 from
092the titles of policies and regulations. Uh it updates the location and contact information for the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights which is moved uh as reference to potential use of a third party contractor for investigations and removes uh changes some definitions along the way. >> Discussion hearing none. We have a motion on the floor um which is a first read for the sex discrimination and sexual harassment for students. >> All those in favor I >> Amy votes I >> both. Okay. Thank you. I move that we adopt the first street sex discrimination and sexual harassment for personnel. It's the same issue as the last policy for students. It updates that that information regarding personnel as well. Same discussion. >> We have a motion on the floor about sex discrimination and sexual harassment
093personnel. All those in favor. >> Amy votes I. >> Thank you. Opposed. There's none. Zo. Thank you very much. Sh. I move we adopt as a first read the conflict of interest policy. that what probably what happened we adopted bylaws and the policy on conflict of interest that were in conflict with each other. Uh this cleaned that up so they're not in conflict with each other. Um we went with the shipment policy. This is the shipment policy. Went to shipment bylaws that apparently we didn't when it came to conflict of interest. Remember doing that we didn't. Uh so now we're on the same page. Thank you. discussion. We have a motion on the floor for conflict of interest from Shipman and Goodwin. All those in favor votes I >> thank you opposed 80. Thank you.
094If you approve the last one which we did and you have to uh resend what was there already and that's that's letter I there. I I move that we resend policy 9270 conflict of interest. Discussion hearing none. All those in favor of the conflict of interest proposed Amy. >> Sorry Amy. >> Okay, that's it. Thank you very much. What am I doing with this next motion and then Jordan Tusan could explain it? >> Okay. I have a motion on >> I have a motion on the floor pursuant to uh CGS section 10-215F. The Camp Board of Education certifies that all food items offered for sale to students and schools under its jurisdiction and not exempt from the Connecticut nutrition standards published by the Connecticut State Department of Education will comply with the Connecticut nutrition standards
095during the period of July 1st, 2026 through June 30, 2027. This certification shall include all food offered for sale to students separately for re reimburseable meals at all times and from all sources including but not limited to school stores, vending machines, school cafeteria, culinary programs, and any fundraising activities on school premises sponsored by the school or non-school organization and groups. I move that this chair. We don't need a second discussion. Mrs. to sum up. >> I mean, I believe that was pretty comprehensive, but the one piece that I would like to add is that you're reimbursed 9 cents for every meal that is sold. So, it's about 5124, I believe, that we've had this year for being a part of this. Um, it's a very broad spectrum of what is healthy and what are healthy
096snacks. So, I don't believe we've found it restrictive in years past. and it's money on the table for us. So, >> excuse discussion >> pretty self. Thank you for that um explanation. Uh we have a motion uh to approve the healthy foodation. All those in favor I >> Amy votes I. >> Okay. Uh thank you very much. The uh next motion I guess is is similar ve the board. I move that the camp board of education will allow the sale of students food items that do not meet the Connecticut nutritional standards and beverages not listed in section 1021 10221Q of the Connecticut General Statute provided that the following conditions are met. Number one, the sale is in connection with an event occurring after the end of the regular school day or on the weekend. Number
097two, the sale is at the location of the event. And three, the food and beverage items are not sold from a vending machine or school store. An event is an occurrence that involves more than just just a regularly scheduled practice meeting or extracurricular activity. For example, soccer games, school plays, intercolastic debates are events, but soccer practices, players, rehearsals, and debate team meetings are not. The regular school day is the period from midnight before to 30 minutes after the end of the official school day. Location means where the event is being held and must be in the same place as the food and beverage sales. Fairly self-explanatory, but do you want to anything you want to comment on that? >> No. The only comment I would claim that the booster club is allowed to sell whatever
098sets they want as long as they're going. That was just a clarifying question I asked. It's status quo assembly but not operating. >> Right. >> Okay. We have a motion on the floor to approve that uh that motion. All those in favor? >> I. >> Amy votes I. >> Thank you very much. Ko. At this point, uh the board of education will go into executive session. So, I move that the camp board of education enter into executive session at uh 8:12 p.m. inviting the superintendent schools Jordan Pete Gman for the purposes of the superintendent of schools evaluation. Uh that motion comes from the chair. I don't need a second. All those in favor. Amy, we will we will plug you in by phone. We're going to go we're going to cheer the band room and
099then we have to come back here, right? And Kier's just going to put she's got it up there. Okay. Thanks for it. Quickly you and my wife. Let's see. Okay, I'm gonna call the board back into water. regular the regular session at uh 8:53 p.m. Now back in order and I will take a a motion uh from the board. Um, I move that the board of education extend superintendent's contract by one year to June 30th, 2029, as well as authorize the chair to finalize and execute the terms and conditions of the superintendent's contract. Discussion. You don't need a second. Discussion. All those in favor? >> I vot. >> Thank you very much. >> Please vote. Le is on the phone. So say okay with that is there any other business come before the board of
100education hearing that there are none um we are a journ at 85. Bye. >> Thank you.