001Fire. United States of America to the republic stands nation for Right. Face march. Okay, good evening everyone. So, uh, this evening we actually have a special guest in the house. I'm going to embarrass him. We're going to not do the consent calendar first. We're going to call up, uh, Brian Bettish. Brian, could you please come to the podium for a second? [applause] Uh Brian is actually here to uh help make sure that a grant that he inspired and a donation he inspired um actually goes through tonight. So just another testament to his dedication. But um I'm going to kill two birds with one stone while you're standing up there because one of the items under the superintendent report is about your um the Connecticut teacher of the year event on December 2nd. And I'll go
002through that in detail. But um while I have you standing up, I just want to make sure that um everyone knows that you are Connecticut State Teacher of the Year. Um and you are Yep. [applause] And although we're going a little out of order, I do want to uh just recognize the fact that you someone can Yep. Here we go. Um that you initiated a donor's choose uh choose project um titled Field Trip to the Ancient World and uh you solicited some wonderful response from that. And so as a result, um, we'll be receiving Rogers Park will be receiving a $5,000 donation uh for the middle school for that work. And so tonight under the consent calendar, >> I'm sorry. Uh, um, yep. From from Shirley Seljain, I'm going to go through that with the
003consent calendar. It's listed at the end. So it is to accept a donation in the amount of $5,000 from Sireelli Shell Jane. You can correct my my pronunciation of that. to support the school projects at Rogers Park Middle School um and in accordance with uh 25138. So, um we just want to thank you for that. Do you want us to talk a little bit about what that money is going to be used for? >> Yeah, sure. Thank you. >> Thank you guys. I did not expect that and not why I was here tonight. Um yeah, so Serly has been such a great donor to our school for so long. Probably tens of thousands of dollars through donor shoes. Um, my classroom itself has close to $40,000 uh in donations and Rogers Park has been over
004$500,000 and she's a big part of the reason why we have all that money. Um, [clears throat] this is kind of like things that we can't do through donor's shoes. So, we're going to look to renovate some of our courtyards. Uh, we're looking to do some artwork on our fences in the back. Some other projects that we have that are really studentled initiatives um that we're using put the resources in the hands of the students and kind of let them lead uh where we go next. Thank you so much. We appreciate that that those details. >> Okay. >> They just did that. >> Okay. So before we move to uh any other recognitions, we're going to go to public participation. The board welcomes public participation and asks that speakers please limit their comments to three
005minutes. Speakers may offer objective comments of school operations and programs that concern them. The board will not permit any expression of personal complaints or defamatory comments about board of educa education personnel and students nor against any person connected with the Danbury public school system. >> The uh before we get to public participation, if there's any, I'll turn it back over to the superintendent. >> We don't have any public participation tonight, I believe. Nope, we're good. Okay, we're good. Okay, >> let's spotlight your school, >> mayor. >> Yes, spotlight our school. >> Okay, I'd like to call up our phenomenal new principal, Mr. Andrew Lambo, who's the principal of Broadview [applause] Middle School. And I would just like to thank the diehard Broadview staff that showed up tonight on this cold evening for attending. Thank you
006very much. He showed up. Thank you. >> All right, everyone. Thank you so much for having me tonight and for the opportunity to share Broadview story each day. >> Oh, no. My apologies. Don't worry about it. Okay. >> Ken, do you have a slideshow? No. >> No, that's okay. Don't worry about me. Focus on you. >> Okay. All eyes on you. >> All right. Each day, our students and staff bring energy, curiosity, and compassion to the work in teaching and learning at Broadview. We're proud to be a part of Danbury Public Schools mission to become Connecticut's number one urban school district and proud to prepare our students for not just today, but for tomorrow. I'm honored to lead this incredible school alongside assistant principles Tani Dwanta and Anamashiel and special education supervisor KPO with our
007with our teachers, department heads, and support staff. We've built a culture where students come first. Collaboration, trust, and continuous improvement guide everything that we do because when we grow together, everyone succeeds. This year, our goals focus on growing the whole child. academically, socially, and emotionally. We're welcome to build a positive and safe school climate by reducing behavior referrals through and positive choices through PBIS and restorative practices. We're also working to achieve um to increase achievement in the areas of reading and math and academics. This is being done through small group instruction, data when planning, and lessons that meet every learner where they are. We've already made a lot of strong progress towards these goals, cutting behavior referrals in half by this time last school year, and we have a very ambitious um academic goal. By
008December, we aim to increase 70% of our students will meet or exceed typical growth in reading or math as measured by our I Ready assessment. And that's going to be up from 42% and 37% last year. Teachers are using data to help plan instruction, design engaging lessons, and create a space for students to reflect and take ownership of their learning. We're empowering leaders across the building to keep this work moving forward. Our new instructional leadership team will conduct learning walks, gather classroom data, and identify key look fors that guide professional learning and support. At Broadview, we prepare students for success. Not only success at Broadview, success at Danbury High School, but also success in life. Through collaboration, communication, and problem solving, they're learning to work together, advocate for themselves and others, and take pride in
009doing the right thing. Once again, restorative practices and PBIS help students grow as empathetic leaders who use their voices to create positive changes. The goal is that each lesson challenges them to think critically, take creative risks, and build confidence and character through feedback and reflection. And this work continues on our afterchool programs like the extended learning program, ESL after school camp, and roots and shoots, as well as our partnership with WCSU's Excel program, which provides mentorship and academic enrichment. We're also proud of our intramural sports program teaching accountability and teamwork and our creative clubs that we have at Broadview. Just to name a few, we have clubs that focus on art, robotics, reading, and community service. This ensures that there's something for every bear at Broadview. At Broadview, once again, we aim to place the
010whole child at the forefront of teaching and learning. We build trust through restorative conversations and regular surveys that amplify staff, student, and courses. Learning is rigorous, accessible, and data driven, giving students meaningful opportunities to learn and grow. Progress monitoring, feedback, and PBIS ensure consistency while community partnerships extend care beyond our classrooms. The commitment shows in the events that bring us together outside of the classroom. Our annual multicultural night celebrated our community's diversity through food, music, and student performances. Our Veterans Day breakfast on Monday honored service, and unity across generations. Upcoming family nights are going to focus on academics, mental health, student well-being. Because at Broadview, we believe that success grows from connection. I learned very quickly that Bravio isn't just a school. We're a family. We're proud of our traditions, inspired by our progress, and
011focused on our future. As our friend Officer Dinardo reminded us, and we remind ourselves every single day, doing the right thing isn't always easy, but it's always right. And this message guides us every day as we help our students with integrity, courage, and compassion. Doing the right thing is who we are and who we strive to be. The future is bright at Broadview and we're building together one student, one classroom, and one act of kindness at a time. Broadview Middle School is better than ever. Thank you for having us tonight. Go Bears. [applause] >> Before you leave, Andrea, I just want to commend you and I know there's other members on cabinet team as well. um just at the marked um spirit and positivity that you've brought uh since you've started uh at Broadview and
012um you have really authentic leadership style that people appreciate. You're an excellent communicator and we've just noticed that the climate has already uh really improved um since since your very short time there and we want to say thank you for that. >> Thank you very much for the opportunity. [applause] partic uh we don't have anybody for part participation right so we move on down you do the consent calendar >> I make a motion that the board of education approve the consent calendar exhibits exhibits 25-135 through 25-138 which includes the financial committee report, the regular board meeting, policy committee meeting, and also includes a donation of $5,000 to Rogers Park Middle School. >> Second motion made by Al, seconded by Kate. Any question concerning the motion? Seeing none, could I all in favor could I hear
013I oppose? >> Motion so carried. Okay. Anyone from our educational staff? Not at this time. Okay. We having a student representative here today. Okay. Good evening, board of ed members, cabinet, and community members. Thank you for allowing me to represent and speak on behalf of the alternative center for excellence today. Voytech and Diana Donardo [snorts] took 18 students to the Aldridge Art Museum as an enrichment activity and to broaden the perspectives of our students. Melissa Laski and the Ace Journalism class would also like to invite you all to check out >> Excuse me, young man. We're excited you're here representing your school. We want to hear that lovely voice. So, could you just speak just a little bit louder? Thank you. I know we you we you are nervous looking at all these people, but
014we are we are happy that you are here. So, okay. >> Okay. To check out our first articles of the school year in the Alternative Times. The Alternative Times can be accessed at acealtertimes.com and on Twitter as a times. ACE would like to invite you all to our annual ACE Thanksgiving dinner which will be held Tuesday, November 25th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The ACE Thanksgiving is our way of saying thanks to the community for all the support that we have received over the years. This event is made possible in collaboration with the Avette culinary program and donations from Stu Leonards. The ACE family would like to invite you all on this day to share a meal with friends, family, and colleagues. Thank you for allowing us to share what is going on this
015holiday season at ACE. Have a wonderful break and stay a strong >> and thank you. Great job. [applause] >> Thank you. So we move on down the agenda. Okay. Superintendent report. >> All right. Um All right. So just a couple of items uh under the report. We uh have been blessed again to be the recipients of Barnes & Noble's um annual holiday book drive. So, if you purchase anything at Barnes & Noble between now and December 15th, um we'll be able to get uh some some level of that return back in the form of uh donation back to the school system. So, we're very excited about that. Um so, please stop into the mall and that helps to support our school district. We're also going to be getting some flyers out to the schools and
016through Parent Square um to get the word out for your holiday shopping. Um as I mentioned before, we have a celebrity in the room, our very own Brian Bettish. I know I'm going to keep embarrassing you. You came tonight, so you're going to hear it a couple times. Um, the Connecticut Teacher of the Year Awards Ceremony is uh will be held Tuesday, December 2nd from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The doors at the Bushnell in Hartford will open at 400 p.m. and the ceremony starts promptly at 5:00. Um, we are very excited that we're going to be having a a a dance group from Rogers Park as well as the chorus um heading up there to support the the show, which is very exciting. Um, for to have the our own entertainment open up for
017for everybody. Um, so there's plenty of room if you'd like to come. Uh, you don't need to register per se. You just need to, you know, show up if you'd like to be up there. Uh we do have a bus for students that's going to be running up there and and returning students back in time for um hopefully a late dinner. Um but they're all excited. There's so many people uh ready to excite ready and excited to support you, Brian. So we're we're very happy for you. Um when you come back from that, the board will have an award uh night for you as well when you return after that. So we'll be in touch with some details on that and I'll let the board know which evening that will occur at. Okay. All right,
018DHS marching band. So, good things are happening. So, we've spent a little bit of money and a little bit of effort supporting a group. If you remember just a few short years ago, this was a group that came to city hall that their instruments were broken and they had no props and they couldn't, you know, get to the places that they wanted to to get to. Um, so we have invested in them and they have returned the favor by uh winning the 25 uh Connecticut state championship in their competitive class. [applause] Yep. They achieved a winning score of 83.2 um at the US band state competition held on November 1st at Veterans Memorial Stadium in New Britain. Uh it marks the first state win since 2011. Um, and in addition to the overall win, Danbury
019High School also received awards for the best visual and best overall effect. Remember, they had no props when they two years ago. So, that's a big one for me. Um, they also now rank fifth nationally across eight states. So, they're on the move and they're going to be entering some more competitions and we'll be supporting them through that. So, we're very happy to be supporting them and Mr. Aliti is doing a great job of organizing and communicating. he stays in really close contact uh with us with his needs which is great. So we're very excited for them. Um al skip down to schools of distinction because we're on a we're on a high note. So, some of you may have seen in the paper uh that our scores have have come back and we were
020very proud to announce as part of our accountability efforts that we have four schools that are being named as a as schools of distinction which is which is not easy to do which means there's either a lot of a lot of growth a lot of growth um or a lot of proficiency gained um and excellence overall. So, I won't go through uh the different categories. So we have Great Plain Elementary School which uh received a distinction for high growth all students in ELA. So all students grew um a marked very marked difference. We have King Street Primary School who have high performance and great improvement. Those are two really hard things to achieve and so they really um pulled that up in the last couple years. They've done a phenomenal job um working on that.
021And then South Street School received for high growth all students and math and high growth for all high need students uh in math. And so two very nice different distinctions within that award. And then our Western Connecticut Academy of International Studies, otherwise known as AIS, um won a a school distinction. they moved to a category one school with high performance growth in ELA for all and growth in ELA in their high needs groups and growth in math high needs group as well. So they they ticked off four boxes under that. Again, very challenging to do. So they won it in four categories. So uh we're very proud of these schools. We have a couple other schools that just missed the the cutoff um by a couple of points or their subgroups. Uh we're we're we're
022in a kind of a in a different category, but um we have our eyes on a few other schools uh that are working really hard. All of our schools are working really hard right now and the work um that's uh supporting them, their central office um and the instructional rounds and the support through coaching and um intentional feedback has really been important. So we're just really proud of our folks. So we're we're doing some good things. So we're really proud of that. And let's see here. U city pension update. I will have Kim start off a little bit just to give us an update on where we're at. If you remember, there's kind of been a longstanding this has been an ongoing uh story for a few years now and it's sort of reached a
023turning point. So I'd like for for Kim to start talking about that. Thank you. >> Um so we are I think rounding the bend. We've been working closely with um Mike Weaver and his team as well. Um you might remember going back to 2023 which was the beginning year of the current contract that the parah educ para educators sit in right now that um they were entered into the city pension plan um after some litigation that was settled in the in right around the time of the new contract. So, we've been rolling out that um conclusion to the litigation by working with the city to identify parah educators that both are current and also may have already left us. And we have been methodically going through entering those people, setting up accounts for them and
024um setting up their access to the defined contribution plan, which is where most of them are sitting. Um so, it's required a lot of close collaboration with the city with Andy Gray, who may never retire. I know she's been retiring for years, but um we've been working closely with her and her team to get them the demographic information they need from some of our former employees. Um and Mike has done the heavy lifting of being sure that um the vendor Mission Square has set up all of their accounts. So, right now we're um his team is in the process of moving funds that were withheld from employees of ours pursuant to their contracts. those funds were withheld in order to be deposited into these accounts and now that the accounts are up and running the
025process of transferring those funds over is in progress. In addition, um all of their contracts require a 3% match. So there's a 3% contribution and a 3% match which comes from the city. And step two is to get the matching funds deposited into those accounts. And step three is to work with some actuaries to figure out what some of the lost investment may have been um in those accounts that um were in the process of being set up now two years ago. Um so all of that is on the move. It requires some you'll see some moving of funds to get everything distributed into people's individual accounts. Um we've been working on communicating with all of the folks affected how to access their new account so that they can see what's in there. um they
026can confirm what's in there. And so that's been a bit of an education plan also. Um but with that, I think we're going to finally put to rest kind of the last pieces of getting all of our employees into the appropriate places and having their funds deposited. >> There any questions on that? >> Okay. Kate >> Kim, thank you for the update. I appreciate it. I'm glad to hear that. that's uh finally in motion. Um how does that play out for new employees, new PAR educators that are getting hired that are going to go into the >> that are going to go into the program? >> This is funny, right? It's wonky. Um so new employees are going into the defined contribution component of the plan and by their contract they have a 3% withholding
027and that's automatic. We take it out of their paychecks and deposit it directly into these mission square accounts. So part of the onboarding process is going to be making sure they have their accounts set up. And then the 3% match, I don't think we've worked on the schedule yet for when that will go in, whether it'll be once a year at the end of the year or how the match will go in. Um there's also schedules for if someone leaves prior to vesting. Um you know, they'll take a percentage of that when they go. So there are schedules for that as well that we'll continue to work through. Um the plan itself who's eligible for the plan is all defined by the city by the pension ordinance and by the collective bargaining agreements. So all
028new folks are going into the plan and it's um those who have been here and and different contracts have different cutoff dates but it's generally quite a few years ago now those people go into the old defined benefit plan which is a slightly different structure. So >> any other questions for board members? >> Yes. Yes. Uh just one small point of clarification because it it says here city pension update and and Kim I think you alluded to it but there are actually two plans and they're very similar uh in naming convention. One is the defined benefit plan, the DB plan, which is also known as the pension plan, where the the benefit is defined at the end by a formula. And then there's the plan that we're talking about, which is the 401A or defined
029contribution plan, where the contribution that 3% is defined. So just a a point of clarification, >> you said the city matches it. We don't That's correct. >> Okay. Thank you very much, Kim and Mike. And I just want to thank you both for working on this. This has been a long tangled web of complicated factors over the last couple of years and and uh it seems like it's starting to to starting to see the light uh through the clouds here. So, thank you very much. And then the last item is um you know, working on uh some cave resolutions. We've been working a little bit with the board on um the approach to uh advocacy when we go to CABE and what we um want CABE to back um us for in terms of of
030advocacy. And so uh we did have a meeting the other night and I'll Mike I think is in the best position to give us a little update on the just the highlights of the kind of buckets that we're we're talking about. >> Thanks Cara. So, we had a great conversation and we looked through the consent calendar, which is the basically last year's whole agenda that'll be rolling forward and then the proposed changes to that whole agenda and new resolutions that have been proposed. We really focused on about four specific areas and we're going to be working up language that uh we'll be shortly sending to CABE um for incorporation into the delegate assembly next week. Um these four areas are really about digital citizenship. Um the second one was about uh getting some policy guidance
031around AI. Uh the third one is uh continuing the increase to alliance and ECS funding that we uh that stopped this year. Last year was the last year of the increase. So we're going to trying to get some legislation that will push that forward. Uh and then lastly uh lastly some legislation um for u making districts whole in the case that u federal funding uh is dramatically cut. Any questions from board members concerning those resolutions? >> See that? Thank you, Mike. It was excellent presentation the other night and I know I enjoyed it and I think the uh rest of the board members that participated found it exciting even though they're not attending the uh convention. So we don't you know we don't know further down the line who will be attend the convention and
032at least we know what's the to look for when we're going to convention talking about resolution and how we should support those resolutions. Okay. Thank you. >> Great. And I'll just add on um because part of that was talking about the alliance advocacy which Mike mentioned um from the superintendent you know kind of standpoint and um with my other urban superintendent colleagues um that's an area that we're going to be um advocating for pretty pretty rigorously in terms of um any legislation changes or updates. As you know uh we took a long time for us to get fully funded by the state of Connecticut. we've reached that fully funded ECS formula through alliance and now that we're here there's a a lot of folks including us are are a little bit panicked to say okay
033when that doesn't increase with the cost of living or inflation or competitive markets how do we make up that difference well that difference gets made up in general fund right so um we are as a group collectively um we'll be advocating and uh tapping all of our de delegates legislators to to look at this area for um potential action in advocacy further advocacy >> what is that figure >> which figure I'm sorry >> that we reached >> it's so we are fully funded so we're at 100% fully funded in our ECS so we we've always been in the last several years partially funded and in the last couple years they've accelerated the formula we've reached the fully funded rate that we should have been funded many many years ago um but now that we're here
034you reach you reach a cap on a grant and So, if you have 30 if you have a $30 million grant and you have $10 million in salaries in there, uh the next year if your if your contracts go up 3%, that 10 million goes up 3%. And if the grant is capped out, it's like a credit card that runs out of spending room, but yet you're still gaining interest. So, it's something that we have to really be careful with. >> So, the figure is 30 million. >> Uh it's 30. I can I can pull it. >> Yeah. Yeah, I I'll pull the number up for you. I'll get you the exact number. Yes, of course. >> We're going to go down to our board standing committee's report. We're going to start off with community
035relations. anything to report or anything to add to what we've already been spoken about? >> Um, no. I just wanted to u make a note that we did cancel this evening's community relations meeting because we did handle the bulk of the work um on at the board workshop on Monday. >> So, we won't have another meeting until uh January 28th. We don't have our curriculum chair here. Finance, Mr. Janelli. >> The next meeting is November 19th at 6 p.m. the virtual meeting. >> Okay. We have our policy committee Kate. Uh board members will see that there are a number of policies on here for second read tonight. um as well as some additional uh from the 5000 series uh for first read and our next policy meeting will be January 7th. Thank you. >> Sites
036and facilities. >> We have our next meeting scheduled for November 18th uh 6 o'clock via Zoom. >> Thank you. The uh agenda attaches the minutes from the previous meeting. So you know if you want to ask questions or want to learn what went on at the last meeting, you read your minutes. So and then we ask you to at least participate in the committees and understand really what's going on. Our policy has been very busy. All our committees has been very busy. So before we go into that and I make my little other sme let's go down and take the action items. Action item A Wanita. Action item A. Chap's Agra Science Advisory Committee appointment of members. Motion that the board of education approve the appointment of Samantha Galbra and superintendent Dr. Cara Casemro to
037Shapog's aggra science advisory committee in accordance with exhibit 25-139. >> Motion was made by Wanita. Did I hear a second? Seconded by Al. Any questions? Dr. Caris may do you want to Can you just talk about? >> Sure. Yes. So, >> thank you. Um, I was asked by the new superintendent, Don Shells, who actually used to work uh for the Danbury public school systems a long time ago. I think Kelly might be the only person in the room who remembers him. Um but uh he runs the chap and aggra science program and they are supposed to have a a a com a committee uh made up of stakeholders and um he was looking for some additional expertise um education and also in aggra science or veterinary science and so um he asked myself and he
038asked uh Samantha Galbreth as well who has a bachelor's degree in animal science and she works at Danbury Animal Hospital because we are both from the area um and can can serve on that committee. Um he asked that it be approved through our board so that they have official minutes to enter for their committee. So we brought that forward. So thank you for um supporting that. >> Okay. Thank you. Motion was made by Harris, seconded by Al. There shouldn't be no questions. Could I have a vote? All in favor of the motion could I? >> I oppose. Motion so carried. Action item B K. I'll make a motion that the board of education accept for second reading and adopt policy 5141.27 first aid emergency medical care use of AED as recommended by the policy committee
039and in accordance with exhibit 25-140. >> Motion made by Kate. Could I hear a second? >> Seconded by Louisa. Shouldn't be no question. We had the meeting had the minutes. All in favor of the motion could I hear I? I >> oppose. Any questions? >> Seeing none. All the motion is carried. All in favor could I hear I? >> So move. Okay. Action item C. Rich >> motion the board of education accept for second reading and adopt policy 151.3. assessment and admin with the exhibit 25 that Rich made the motion. Could I hear a second? >> Seconded by Julie. Any question concerning the motion? Seeing none, all in favor could I hear I >> I >> oppose. Motion so carried. >> D policy 514131 athletic physicals motion that the board of education accept for second
040meeting and adopt policy 5141 athletic physicals as recommended by the policy committee and accord with 25-142. Motion made by Teresa. Could I hear a second? >> Seconded by L. Any questions? Seeing none, all in favor of the motion, I >> I >> oppose. Motion so carried. Policy number E. Dr. Child of Education policy reporting abuse. >> Motion was made by Dr. Morning. Could I hear a second? >> Seconded by Louisa. Any question concerning that motion? >> Seeing none, all in favor of the motion, could I hear I? >> I oppose. >> Motion so cara. Make a motion that the board of education accept for first reading policy 5145.15 directory information as recommended by the policy committee and in accordance with 25-144. >> Motion was made by Louisa. Could I hear a second? >> Seconded by
041Kate. Any question concerning the motion? >> Seeing none. All in favor of the motion could I hear I? I >> oppose. Motion so carried. >> Rich, are you going to do motion G? Sure. that the board of education accepts to the first treat policy 5142 recommended non-discrimination concern as recommended by policy committee and exhibit 254. >> Motion made by Rich. Could I hear a second to that motion? >> Seconded by uh Teresa. Any questions? Seeing none, all in favor of the motion, could I Say I >> I >> oppose. Motion so carried. Kate, could I ask you to exchange and let Julie do the last motion, please? Policy 5145.5, exploitation, sexual harassment. Motion that the board of education accept for the first reading policy 5145.5 exploitation sexual harassment as recommended by the policy committee and
042in accordance with 25-146. >> Motion made by Julie. Could I hear a second to the motion? >> Seconded by Teresa. All any question concerning the motion? Seeing none. All in favor of the motion. >> I >> Okay. [laughter] No oppose. Okay. All in favor of the motion. You guys tricked me up. Okay. The motion's so carried. Okay. Before we move on down, are there any question concerning the motion? At this time, I'll give you the opportunity to come back to the group. Seeing none, we move on down the agenda. Okay. So, I think my the board chairperson will come before we go into executive session, right? Okay. So, let me uh I don't have really my report is uh and I'm going to lead this to the superintendent. Uh the the uh convention is the
04321st 22nd of this month. We have new people coming on the board. if they're interested in going to the convention, should they reach out to the secretary? >> Okay. Okay. Okay. Good. Okay. Um >> Okay. >> Not delegates, but they can certainly >> and we have our delegates all set up for the convention. Okay. So, if you want to know or want to go, we would love to have you. Okay. So, >> I also believe I also believe they have the new board of education briefing on December. So, just uh Car Pompo is getting ready to send out a letter to all new uh board members coming in with uh updated information on any training that's available and a couple things that are coming up in the near future. So, that should be going out
044by tomorrow. Should get it in a day or so. >> Thank you. Uh my report, uh I I just want to ask some and I'm sort of out of line and I know how to get back in line. If I'm wrong, >> there was some things that I'm very concerned about in and it's concerning South Street School and I want to know the exit to South Street School. That is a dangerous exit. It's a bus going to get turned over, a car can get damaged. Is that a city responsibility or the board responsibility? Have we taken that on to find out who takes care of that? >> I'm I'm sorry. I'm not full. I don't fully understand which are you talking about the driveway. >> You when you come out of there only one way
045to come out of South Street school >> and you go down that hill. It needs that it's not level because I was behind a bus a long a big 40 passenger bus or whatever >> and the bus almost tipped it over. Unfortunately, there's no there were no kids in it, but there's a dangerous term. >> And I think I spoke to you earlier about >> Yeah, I think the the earlier piece was about the the curb and the the actual bump itself that that that would be a a DOT uh repair, but the I I I'd like to learn more about maybe I could go over there and take a look with you, but just understand the the concern about people driving out. So, I I don't fully have a picture of it in my
046in my mind. The driveway itself is not even. >> Okay? >> So, if you got a car, if you got a car, you can't >> you can't just drive right out because it's uneven and it would really damage your car underneath. >> So, that needs to been taken care of because it's been a long time. >> Okay. >> And the last thing I want to uh ask is uh the uh dog signs. Could we put the dog sign that we in the playgrounds that are in our elementary schools? >> We having a sign put up saying that no dogs allowed without a leash and kids are in the playground. Small elementary kids are in the playground. >> We uh we placed an order for some dog signs on the playgrounds a few weeks ago and
047uh they may have already arrived um but they should be going up in the next few days. Okay. >> Okay. Uh I want to welcome uh new board members that are coming on. Uh we are excited about you and we hope that uh we can continue the educational structure that's already in place and continue to build on what Dan Bear has in place. Okay. So without uh further uh in anything to do, I entertain a motion to enter into the executive session. >> So moved by uh Teresa, could I hear a second? >> Seconded by Julie. All in favor, could I hear I? >> I. >> We're going to go into executive session. Thank you so much. >> Thank you for coming. >> she said thank you. >> Oh, okay.