001So I would like good evening. So I'd like to call to order this um collaborative meeting of May 27th at um 2026. Um Hope is going to do the roll call because she has the list. So the first thing we would do is just take attendance. So all right. Uh I'm going to go Alicia. >> Yes, I'm here. Can you hear me? >> Yes. Thank you. Uh Terry, >> yes. Here. >> Brad, >> here. >> Kathy Mcamera. >> Yes. Here. Hi. >> Uh Mary Rose >> here. >> Uh sorry, I'm doing it by the order of the list. Uh Engina >> here. >> Roger. >> Yes. >> Steve >> here. Andre. Uh, Andre. >> Oh, there you go. I hear you. Uh, Devin, >> Melissa, >> yes. >> Okay, great. Fantastic. Okay. So, now that
002everyone has um been accounted for, the first item on the agenda is a staffing update. So, um just a reminder for those who were here two weeks ago, um we when we decided to hold the meeting tonight, we're just putting the things on here for votes that needed to be votes. Everything informational will go to next month, which there's a typo on the agenda, which is 100% my fault. I said Wednesday, June 8th is our next meeting, but it's Wednesday, June 10th. So, my apologies for that. And thank you to Katherine Lndale who who captured it. I appreciate it. So, on June 10th, we'll go over sort of this the staff appreciation week and sort of some of the other stuff we talked about. Tonight is really about getting the votes done that we need
003in order to move forward with contracts. So, the staffing updates, this is what you you vote on monthly. Um, who's come, who's gone, and who's shifted. >> Okay. So, um, is there a motion to approve the staffing updates? >> So, moved. >> Second. >> Okay. >> So, moved. Sorry. Moved by I missed it because I was responding to a chat. Moved by Mary Rose and seconded by >> Catherine Londale. Thank you. >> Okay. And oh, I'm calling for the vote. My bad. I'm I can't do I am a terrible chair. It's a good thing I'm not the chair. All right. Um Andre, >> yes. >> Okay, Steve. Yes, >> Mary Rose. >> Yes. >> Devin is gonna put his uh votes in the chat. So, yes for Devon. Uh Terryanne, >> yes. >> Alicia, >>
004yes. >> Brad, >> yes. >> Katherine Lndale, >> yes. >> Kathy McNamera, >> yes. >> Uh Engina, >> yes. Uh, Roger. >> Yes, but I don't really see this. >> Oh, it's in your agenda that was sent. I'm not I I can share my screen if you need me to. Um, but you should have gotten a packet. >> I I did, but and I went through a lot of the everything that was blue with a link, but I don't remember seeing that, but >> Oh, that's okay. Here, I'm going to share my screen right now. I'm going to share it. Hold on. >> There we go. Can you see it now? Yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. Super. So, Roger, your vote. >> Yes. I'm just going to say yes on that. >> Oh, okay.
005Sorry. And then Melissa. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, I'll stop sharing that. >> You know, that was in the first packet >> and in the second. >> And the second. >> I saw it. >> Oh, >> yeah. It was linked in the second one under number two. >> Yeah. >> Oh, okay. I lived in the first backup, but that's all right. >> It was in both if that's helpful, but I know it's a little um it's a little chaotic. So, the next part with staffing updates, I just wanted to um we don't need a vote for this because it's it's built into the FY27 budget that you're going to vote on later, but the transport transportation incentives that we are recommending for next year. um given the real extreme crisis that we're currently having filling
006positions um driving positions and that's not just on Nantucket but it's in really all of our districts. We're having a very um hard time. So what I have on this slide are the current incentives that we've had for several years. This predates me right now. There's a signing bonus. um when someone uh has worked for six months they get $1,000 and for 12 months another thousand and then longevity they were calling longevity but um it was only once when you hit five years and once when you hit 10 years did you get this >> right and so we're going to recommend changing that but um that currently exists and then there's sick time buyback five times a year for our transportation folks what we are proposing for FY27 Seven, additionally, is to keep all of
007this and make longevity actual longevity, which is you get paid once you hit five years, you get that fiveyear amount until you hit 10 and so forth, which I'm assuming you all have in your districts because most um uh CBAs have this in it. Um, we want to do an attendance bonus. So, twice a year, um, during school vacation weeks when the drivers and monitors don't they're they don't get paid because they're not driving. Um, $500 each and then up to three paid snow days. So, this year having seven snow days, they didn't get paid for any of that time. And so, the fact that it fell right after February break where they were not getting paid as well was really challenging for our employees. So, if there were no snow days, which is the
008dream of my life, um then that wouldn't we wouldn't be putting any funds out. But if there were seven, then we would still only pay up to three, which from a fiscal perspective seems like a balance and a compromise. The total additional cost to the budget for that is about 210,000. and those dollars are getting put into the costing templates for um the transportation um costing templates that go out to the districts. So, I want to pause there for a second and just see if there's anyone who has questions or um input or feedback. Uh again, you're going to vote on the overall budget that this is included in, but uh I see Steve has his hand up and um but Patrick and Andrew are both on the call and so um they'll be able
009to answer more. Is it okay if I stop sharing? >> Yes. >> So I can see people. Okay. Um so Terry, do you want to call on people or do you want me to do that? >> You're muted. >> We can't hear you, Terry. >> No, you have the list. So >> Okay. So Steve had his hand up first and then Mary Rose, you'll be second. Does that work? >> Sure. >> All right, Steve. >> Thanks, Hope. Just for clarification on the snow days piece, are those days made up later on? >> They are. And so this is a bonus. This is on top of because they're not getting paid at that time. >> No, I understand that. Yeah, I understand that >> that part. But yes, they are made up and they're then paid
010for that. ask a question. >> Uh Mary Rose was next and then Kathy. >> Um just it said two times a year with two of the vacations. Um what was it that they're getting for with the two vacations? >> Oh, an attendance bonus. So if they have not missed work during windows that we haven't finalized what those windows would be, the idea would be it would probably be 90 days and 90 days, but we would pay them out over school vacation weeks so that folks who are not getting a check at that point um would have money coming in. So it's when we pay it, not so much when they'd earn it. >> And not so much when when it's school vac like because there's three vacations technically, right? Yeah. Okay. >> Yes. So there
011may be one vacation where they're not getting an additional >> Okay. >> bonus, but we could talk about the longevity piece, paying people for their longevity during maybe the third. We're >> uh I have to say Anders, Lisa, um Stobert, Patrick, uh Troy, um our HR specialist. Yeah. >> And I um have been meeting for the last year and a half talking about what are we going to do? So I want to thank the creativity of that team for trying to come up with ways that are fiscally still responsible but are going to make a difference to the people that work for us because right now >> we're doubling roots and there it's just it's as bad as I've seen it. So um Kathy was next and then Mary Rose I can come back to
012you if you want. All right. >> Okay. >> I just wanted to ask, are we we're calling it a bonus, but is it being taxed as a bonus or is it just being is it just extra pay? >> Patrick, I'm going to defer to you on that question because I don't know the answer. >> Uh I'm unmuted. It would be additional pay. >> Okay. Yeah, that I think I think the busers would like that better because tax bonuses are taxed at such an extreme rate. >> Oh, I see. >> Yeah. These are these folks don't hit that income level, too. >> Okay. Yeah. >> All right, Mary Rose, back to you. >> Um, so the only thing other thing I wanted to say is I I wasn't aware like that was a huge hardship from
013February vacation and then the other week I I wish that had been brought to us because maybe we could have done an emergency kind of pay to them. So just in the future if we keep that in the back of our mind if something like that comes up, I I hate for anybody to be put in that position. Sorry. >> No. Oh, and that's a great call that I think um moving forward we would definitely bring forward, >> but also the um the chaos of sort of that time was um and so we absolutely will um you know our drivers they they our drivers and our paras make the you know our drivers monitors paras make the least amount of money and they do incredibly hard work and we are so lucky to have them.
014>> Yes. But the cost of living is, you know, far, you know, in your own districts, it far exceeds the Prop 2 and a half dollars. So, we're trying to be creative in the best way we can to balance both needs. Um, we did have a meeting yesterday with the Bourne, any of the born drivers who wanted to, um, come in. We went to Bourne High School. Um Patrick, Anders, Lisa, Troy, and I. It was a really productive meeting, I think. Um we were able to share with them what we're proposing for the board. Um and that, you know, it was a board vote tonight hopefully, but um they were pleased and we are also implementing next year quarterly meetings with drivers. We already do training once a month, but we're going to do quarterly
015meetings that are just listening sessions because we want to make sure that they're driving at a lot of the times that we would be having meetings that they can't participate in. So, we want to make sure they have an opportunity, a structured and consistent opportunity to provide voice into our operations. >> Thank you. Any other questions or comments on what is recommended? No. >> Okay. Again, thank you to the transportation um financial brain trust. I don't know. I've called it so many things over this past year and a half and uh it's not been easy and it's not been fun. But through the not easy and the not fun, we've made, I think, some nice inroads um into creative problem solving. Um and it will be a work that we continue to do um throughout.
016So, >> all right. Uh so that was the that was the onlyformational thing that I wanted to I just felt like I needed to highlight with you all. >> Thank you. >> Uh Terry, the next thing is financial. Yeah. Yes. So, the next thing is a financial review. Um, Mr. Murphy will give that. The first part of it would be the FY27 budget. >> Sure. So, we've uh been through budget season. I've I can repeat things that I've said in previous uh meetings, but uh what we're really focused on is um that approving the fisc year 27 budget number. And the that budget number is $23,165,755. That number includes our expectation of of buying uh vehicles and potential of final payment potential final payment for the waypoint renovation. So it's inclusive of some some potential
017capital expenses. If you go year overyear on the operating budget, the spending or spending plan meaning everything but those capital dollars, um our increase is 4% year-over-year. So, um so I think we've done a nice job uh trying to maintain uh uh costs uh despite what what we've we're all up against. Um, so what I'm looking for is a an approval for the fiscal year 27 budget in that amount of 23165755. >> Can I add just one thing? I realize we probably should have written this backwards and had the paraprofessional salary table conversation before the budget vote >> because included in the FY27 budget is the updated paraprofessional salary scale. So m uh Terry is that okay if we hold on the first vote for the budget for Patrick to talk about the professional salary
018scale. Okay. >> Sorry that again is another me I should have fixed it and I didn't. So I >> see I let you run the show hope and look what happens. >> We all know that's a disease. Come on. >> There there was no motion so it doesn't matter. >> Okay. Yeah. Thank so so we'll uh we'll go to the the paraprofessional scale. there was a link in uh in the pre in the meeting agenda to the paraprofessional scale. What we've done with that, this is I I'm going to compliment Julia Bryant. She's been working and advocating for this. We've uh condensed uh a two-tier pair of professional scale to one tier. We've also uh as we do all every year, we've um made sure that that we're trying to remain competitive with our member
019districts. Specifically for paraprofessionals, it's uh member districts that are also running programs similar to DY or Barnstable. Uh we're getting better uh at remaining competitive. uh you know there's always going to be uh work uh to remain competitive with our districts in terms of being able to recruit and retain pair of professionals but um we're I think we're proud of this work uh for the paraprofessionals and and the minimum increase for paraprofessionals uh is uh a little over 4% 4.5% um folks at the lower end the very low and of the scale are getting a higher percentage increase. >> Okay. >> Unmute. Hope that we also wanted to make sure that we could break down the rates in a way that if somebody comes in the middle of the year um we can pay them
020effectively and um not have sort of payroll chaos. Um, so I appreciate Patrick and um Julia and Joan um their work on this. Um, we had two salary scales that were just really they were not serving the paras. Um, they were um not serving the organization, but they were definitely not serving the paras. And that's another position like drivers and monitors that the money is it's not a whole lot of money um but it they do an incredible amount of work. So, um, I'll stop sharing and I see Katherine H has her hand up. >> Yes. I was just wondering, so if if a parah comes from a district where um they were working for say eight years, would would they go on to the the they still be in the the TA8? So, we
021have discretion um with especially we are not unionized here. So we have discretion when we hire someone of where we put them on the salary scale that comes um generally I get a recommendation from whichever manager is recommending the hire and then we have uh offer it to the employee and and go from there. So often yes it will they'll end up on eight but there are reasons skill sets that somebody might bring or um depending on who they're filling in for who they're replacing. Um, so it's not 100% like it would be with a CBA with a a collective bargaining agreement. >> Thank you. >> Uh, Mary Rose has her hand up. >> Yeah. Do do they also have things like longevity in their contract? >> Not currently. That is something we will be
022looking to um with our new strategic plan. >> Okay. >> Human re you're going to see that in a minute. are five sort of categories for our strat plan that we're going to um present to you tonight. Human resources is one of the big rocks. And so that's the work of subsequent years is figuring out what we need to offer folks um to stay competitive. Um right now transportation is at an absolute crisis point. Um so we can't wait but I think we can be mindful by changing this salary scale. We are competitive with Barnstable and DY which are the two biggest districts that we serve and that's where we try to stay in the middle of. >> Okay. And what is the highest percentage increase in this new salary schedule? >> Yeah, at the
023at the very low end it's uh it's like 13%. >> Okay. So, we were Yeah, it means just for relative it means someone is jumping up to $25 an hour. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean it just >> I get it. Okay. Thank you, Patrick. >> So, I think for the vote, Terry, if you want to have >> vote on this salary scale first and then the budget. >> Okay. So, is there um a motion to approve the um proposed new salary scale for the Paris? >> So moved. >> Uh that is Mary Rose and Engina seconded. Okay. >> All right. I'm going to call for the vote. Uh if that's okay. Uh Andre, >> yes. >> Steve, >> yes. >> Mary Rose, >> yes. >> Devin, >> uh I think yes to approve
024the PAR professional scale. Thank you, Terry. >> Yes. >> Alicia. All right, we'll come back to Alicia. Uh, who's after Alicia? Uh, Brad, >> yes. >> Uh, Katherine Lndale, >> yes. >> Kathy, >> yes. >> Andina, >> yes. >> Roger. >> Abstain. >> Okay. Melissa, >> yes. >> Sorry, Melissa, I didn't have an uh an R next to your name, so I if I missed you earlier, I apologize. >> No problem. >> Okay. All right. Great. >> Okay. Thank you. Back to Patrick. Anything else, Patrick, you want to add it about the budget? >> No, no, we're um No, I think thanks for everybody who provided support in putting things together over the, you know, over the past year. It's we literally start in October, you know, so it's a long process. >> Okay. All
025right. Is there a motion to accept the 23 million plus that Patrick mentioned? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. >> All right. I will call for the vote except I want to note that we have a new member from Sandwich who has uh joined and is on the call. So I will be calling for his vote as well. Um Chris Pino is here and so um I just he's new to us and um I don't want to miss him. So hi Chris. >> All right. So uh Andre >> Andre, I'll come back. Uh Steve, >> yes. >> Mary Rose, >> yes. and welcome. >> Uh Devin, yes to the FY27 budget. Terryianne, >> yes. >> Alicia, >> yes. >> Thanks, Alicia. Brad, >> yes. >> Catherine, >> yes. >> Kathy, >> yes. >> And
026Gina, >> welcome. And yes, >> Chris from Sandwich. >> Yes. And welcome. Okay. >> Uh, Roger, >> yes. >> Melissa, >> yes. >> Okay. And thanks to Jen Smith for the side text reminding me that Chris had joined the Zoom. Um, I don't know, Terry, we have two new members. They're not both here, but um, if you just I feel bad that we just like right into it with Chris. Chris, at the next meeting, we will do more informational stuff and you'll meet everybody. Is that cool? Yes, absolutely. Look forward to it. >> All right. We're excited to have you though. >> Glad to be here. >> Chris, thank you for supporting the board uh uh budget vote. If uh if there's a standing offer, if people want to come in and we can talk
027through how collaborives work financially. Uh it's it'll be a fun fun uh conversation. >> Thanks, Patrick. I'll follow up with you uh offline. I might take you up on that. Appreciate it. All right, Chris. Thank you. >> And this is not just an idol, you know, come over for dinner sometime thing. I've heard Patrick and I've seen Patrick in action explaining the budget to people many years. Okay. So, um, thank you very much. >> Okay. >> You say there's dinner included. No dinner. No. >> I know. I owe somebody dinner now. Patrick, I knew I'd be able to get back at you. Patrick and I used to banter back and forth of Felmouth versus Barnstable stuff. >> So, okay. All right. The next item on the agenda would be the O opb expenses. >> Yeah.
028Let me just explain this a little bit. So, because at some point in in July, we're also going to offer folks uh a meeting to talk about OPED. So, uh, other postmployment benefits is what OPEDs talk means and it's really focused on retirey health care. We're required as an organization to uh, help fund that and um, we have a trust fund. I won't go into that, but all we're doing right now is voting to uh take the the expenses that the employer, the collaborative has incurred in supporting our retirees health care and paying that out of the operating budget. uh because we have the ability to do that this year as opposed to drawing down on our oped trust. Um and it's a vote that we do every year. The amount of money that the
029employer is spending because we don't have a ton of retirees or who are using our health benefits is um is not that much. It's $37,981. So, it's just um it's just a vote to approve that that expense will be paid out of the operating budget. >> And Bill Fel, our treasurer, is um here. He's on the call tonight. Bill, do you want to add anything to that? >> Not at this point, but the latest subject matter on the go forward on the meeting for the summer. I have a couple of comments there on OPE. >> Okay. Do you want to make them now before the vote? >> Um, I I certainly can. I guess my my overall objective has always been on behalf of the board to maintain and improve our position related to funding
030OPED and we currently, as Patrick indicated, currently have a strong and favorable position uh in the trust fund. So, we could spend from it. It's not that we don't have the money. Um, and that took us a long time to achieve. And as you know, we have been continuing internally to evaluate and test our opportunities and the challenges related to OPED. And over the summer, we're going to be working with the board and and staff as well to uh either maintain our current program or enhance it in some way. I would I would point out that the uncertainty in the health insurance arena and funding it in general uh continue to be problematic and it may give us some pause when considering changes and/or benefit enhancements. Um the board's initiatives also and you just covered
031some of them to keep our salaries competitive with other districts may lead to long-term many other retirees that we don't currently have. I know that's a goal, but it also has an impact operationally long-term because we would be paying more OPED benefits in the future should the uh salary strategy actually work and and I think it has a lot of merits, meaning that it would it would have staff continue longer and ultimately retire from the collaborative resulting in additional annual OPED uh funding for health insurance and other related things under the statute. So, as we look at this more and more, we see many scenarios that need a thorough vetting and analysis. We've already started that um kind of preliminarily. And >> yes, >> so many came so many scenarios presented themselves thus far. The
032ones that worry me are the ones that either we can't think of or we can't come up with uh to test OPED benefits going down the road. So, those are the ones that worry me the more the most is is the ones that we can't think of, the whatifs. And there's a long list of whatifs. So, I'd leave it at that. >> And that that OPED subcommittee um I know that there were people who volunteered for it. We will put out another email to anyone who wants to be a part of that subcommittee u meeting this summer. So, uh Andina, I see Yep. I see you. >> All right. Um I I I want to know if the $37 or 30 is that per month or per year? >> That that's per year. >> Wow.
033>> Yeah. We do not have that many retirees who uh who take our health care benefits. And that that's a very good question because in other organizations it's uh it's a big multiple of that number. So, I just need a a vote to approve that the $37,981 uh will will be paid out of the operating budget. >> I still move. I second. >> So, Enginina move. Mary Rose second. >> Okay. >> Oh, shoot. It's still still me to call for the votes. Sorry. And we have another new member, Kathy Lewis from Mashby, who has joined us. So, hi Kathy. Welcome. Hi. Uh, I'm calling the votes because I have the list in front of me. So, all right. Andre, >> yes. >> Uh, Steve, >> yes. >> Mary Rose, >> welcome Kathy. It'll be nice
034to see someone from from Mashby. And I I say yes. >> Um, Devin Devon's putting it in the chat because he's on a train. So, we'll come back to Devon. Uh, Terry, >> yes. >> Uh, Alicia, >> yes. >> Kathy Lewis, >> yes. >> Brad, >> yes. >> Katherine Lndale, >> yes. >> Kathy McNamera, >> yes. >> Engina, >> yes. Chris. Uh, Chris from Sandwich. All right, we can come back. And Roger, >> yes. >> Melissa, >> yes. >> Okay. And I feel like Devin actually might be gone. So, Chris, I'm going to come back to you. All right. Okay. Well, thank you. >> I think it passed. >> Yeah. >> Just a warrants now. >> Oh, Chris voted yes. Sorry. Chris voted yes in the chat. >> Okay. >> Sorry. >> So, uh, a
035vote to approve 38, 39, warrants 38, 39, 40, 41, and 42. >> Motion to bundle those in. >> I second it. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Sorry, I was trying to text back to Chris um saying no problem Chris, you can put it in the chat when it comes to you. If anyone is having tech issues and needs to vote in the chat, that does get captured as part of the minutes of the meeting. So, for this is the warrants vote. Um Andre, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Steve, >> yes to bundle. >> Mary Rose, >> yes to bundle. Oh, sorry. It's to bundle. My bad. Uh, okay. Uh, Terry, >> yes. >> Alicia, >> yes. >> Kathy Lewis, >> yes. >> Brad, >> yes. >> Lale, >> yes. >> Kathy McNamera, >> yes.
036>> Engina, >> yes. >> Chris, We'll come back. Uh, Roger, >> yes. >> Melissa, >> yes. >> All right. And Chris, this is uh to bundle the warrants. >> All right. We'll uh I think we we it passed. So, >> yes. Okay. So, the next thing is in new business. There's a couple of items that need a vote. >> We have to have to vote to pass >> to approve the warrants. Bundled. >> Oh, I thought that's what we just did. >> No, we just bundled them. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'm falling down on my job. Okay. Is there a mot's influencing me that way? Is there is there a motion to approve the warrants then? >> I make the motion to approve the bundled warrants. Second. >> Okay. The vote. Um,
037hello. >> Okay. Uh, and Devin's back now, so I will call him. Um, so Andre, >> yes. Yes. >> Okay. Uh, Steve, >> yes. >> Mary Rose, >> yes. >> Devin, yes to the bundled warrants. Terry, >> yes. >> Uh, Alicia, >> yes. >> Kathy Lewis, >> yes. Brad, >> yes. >> Katherine, >> yes. >> Kathy McNamera, >> yes. >> Chris. Uh, Roger, >> abstain. >> And Melissa. >> Yes. >> All right. So that takes care of the financial um things that we needed to vote on. So the next um category is new business and two things need votes. One is the um see next year's um DoD officers. So I don't know do you do chairman first or >> so I think I think you do have to review my evaluation. It's not something
038you have to vote on, but you do have to just review it in public session. >> Oh, okay. I did I thought we were only doing the asterisk. Okay. I'm sorry. >> This was I think it has to so that we can um No, we're doing everything that's on this agenda. It's just we put only the things that were timesensitive on it. Sorry. >> Okay. >> I want to get paid, right? >> Well, I mean, no. I mean, some days, yes. Some days I just want sleep. Uh but no, sorry. Um, Terry, do you have it in front of you because I can share it if that would be helpful? >> Um, that would be good. The the comments because we picked out some comments and that's what people like. A couple of them were
039action steps. So, I hope you can share your screen. >> Sorry. It'll just take me a minute to find it or to pull it up. Um, budget spending plan curriculum administrators. I thought I might have had it, but I think it might have been in an email. Okay. Um, here we go. All right. Now I can share. Oh, it was up already. I have I'm just >> This is exhausting being as scattered as I am do trying to do this at the same time. Okay. Can you see my screen? >> Yes. >> Okay, super. So, I'll scroll down and Terry, you tell me where you want me to go. >> Okay, as you can see, hope the overall ratings for hope in the eight categories were proficient and the overall rating was proficient. Okay. And
040then um some themed comments um I picked out were it's hard for me to see them. The screen is small. Can you make that part just a little bit bigger? Um >> yes. >> Okay. All right. So the strengths um that people mentioned these were just some comments there were other comments. um host relationships with her resources really help her to be an effective leader. Um after Hope completed entry year at the collaborative, she set about to develop a strategic plan. Um and the process included everyone connected um the board members, the employees, students, parents, administrators from other member districts. And I made add that the facilitator that hope chose was remarkable. Absolutely remarkable. Okay. So, a couple of things um people said to go forward with was finalize the strategic plan and go forward
041with it. Then um the other thing someone said that they would in um it would help people to have a district-based training on what this collaborative does and why. And it is it's mindopening all the things that the collaborative does. So maybe next year um somebody can put together a plan to do that. And then um other suggestions or observations? Hope is a master of balancing the numerous activities. If people aren't there, she fills in. Um she she has a lot on her mind. >> But she didn't but she didn't shovel snow. Well, do you know that for a fact, Mary Rose? >> I can't imagine. >> You admitted it. >> I know. It's true. I didn't do it at my own house. So, >> right. Um, the other thing is hope is analyzed strengths
042and weaknesses. And um if there are problems she's, you know, uh we're looking forward to hearing her solve those things that she's already taken under um that she found could use tweaking she has tweaked that we have seen. Okay. >> Solving all the problems in the future is a heavy lift. I'm just going to put that out there for whoever wrote that. >> I'll take out the word all and just >> No, I'm teasing. It's a joke. I'm totally kidding. >> Okay. So, um, that was the review. Um, does anybody have any other comments or something? Okay. So, we're lucky that we got Hope. Um, Mary Rose had her hand up. Sorry. >> I just I just want to say I think it presents a a very clear picture of of your first year here.
043Absolutely incredible, Hope. Very good. >> Yeah. Thank you. And thanks to those who completed the um the evaluation and really for the support of this board. I I have the best job and please don't tell anybody because I think um I don't want anyone else to want it. Uh it it really is and this team that we have here at the collaborative is just second to none. We are so lucky to have the people working for us that we do and with us. So, um thank you for all of it. And you'll notice a couple of those team members came from Falmouth and another team member is going to be on board that also came from Falmouth. So I just had to put a >> starting July 1st. Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. Thank you. The
044next thing we will look at is >> um the uh officers. So um I did not realize until last two weeks ago that Terry was not running again for school committee and so um she can finish out this year with us. So she can do the June 10th meeting which is great. But last year we didn't get a chair and a vice chair until like well into September and that makes things a little tricky just from a governance perspective. So I'm not I put it on for potential vote tonight. We don't have to vote tonight but if it's possible to at least have people in place for chair and vice chair in June, it would be super helpful. And Terry and Mary Rose, you can speak to sort of what the role is and how
045much time it it takes. is it's really things are so it's such a well-run machine that um it really is a once a month commitment. Okay, you hope sends things out and sometimes you have to have a chat with her. Um I come into the collaborative just because I choose to but you don't have to run the meeting from the actual um building itself. But I don't know. I think it's great. I've loved doing it. And that's all I have to say. >> Mary Rose. >> Well, I um I filled in for Terryianne a couple times. And I just have to say it's not as much work. Like when I was on the Mashby School Committee and I was the chairperson for six years, I easily gave 40 hours a week to that role. 40
046hours unpaid. and from my heart um that that's not what th this vision is at all for for this chairperson as far as I can see. I mean, yes, I certainly give as much as I can and as much as people need from me um to this group, but um it's it's not like your your local district, >> right? >> Um being a cheer person. I I mean I would gladly um take over for Terryanne for next year just seeing what was what went on this year. >> Yeah. >> But anybody else that wants to welcome to it. >> And Gina had her hand up. Do you wanna >> I think you're saying so moved but you're muted. >> I can't believe it. Mary Rose I so move. So you move that Mary Rose become
047the chair for school year 25 I mean 2627. >> Yes. Yes. >> Uh Katherine, it looks like you seconded. >> Yes, I'll second. >> I think just for um the sake of procedure, is anybody else want to nominate anybody? >> Yeah, >> that's the procedure. But >> that's a good idea. Okay, >> I'll call for the vote. Is that okay? All right. >> Um, I'm looking to Andre, >> yes. >> Steve, >> yes. And thank you. >> Mary Rose, >> yes. >> Uh, Devin, yes. And thanks, Mary Rose. Uh, Terry, >> yes. Big yes. >> Alicia, >> yes. >> Kathy Lewis, >> thank you, Mary Rose. And yes, >> Brad. >> Yes. And thank you, >> uh, Katherine Lndale. >> Yes. And thank you again, >> Kathy McNamera. >> Yes. >> In Engina, >> thank
048you. Mary Rose, thank you. Yes. >> Chris, I think had tech issues, so I think he's gone. Uh, Roger, >> yes. >> Melissa, >> yes. Thank you. Okay. So, if we have Mary Rose will be our chair starting at the after the June meeting, that means we need a vice chair. >> Yes, please. >> So, it doesn't mean we have to vote on that tonight. I can add it to the June Oh, Katherine, you're raising your hand. >> Yes, I I would volunteer if >> to do that. >> Yay. Yay. >> Yes. >> So, let's motion right away. >> Wow. >> All right. So, Mary Rose moved and Enginina, did you second that Katherine Londale be the vice chair starting after starting July one? We'll call it July one. Um, okay. I'll call for the
049vote for that. I can't believe this is happening. I'm so excited. >> Um, uh, Andre, >> yes. >> Uh, Steve, >> yes. Thank you, Katherine. >> Mary Rose, thanks so much, Katherine. Yes. Devin, we'll see what he puts in the chat. Uh, Terryne, >> yes. >> Alicia, >> yes. And bless you both. >> Oh, Devin wrote yes with a bunch of S's. So, that's emphatic. Uh, Kathy Lewis, >> yes. >> Brad, >> yes. And thank you. >> Katherine, >> yes. >> Kathy McNamera, >> yes. And thank you both. >> Inina, >> yes. And be sure to tell that your pet I said thank you. Uh Roger. >> Yes. >> Melissa. >> Hello. >> I think Melissa said, did you say yes, Melissa? Sorry, we couldn't hear you. >> Yes, she put it in the chat.
050Super. >> Okay. >> All right. That's great. Congratulations. you too. And thank you for for doing that. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> The next >> Excuse me. >> I said thank you for all you've done this year. >> Oh, okay. Okay. >> Don't worry. You have one more meeting, Terry. We're gonna >> make earn it. >> Meetings have been outrageous for two years. So, um, when I tell them we have happy meetings, we have Calvin there. I mean it's it's great you know so it's a piece of cake. It really is. Um okay moving on then will be the um treasurer's evaluation. >> So uh last year was the um we we as part of statute we have to the board has to evaluate the treasurer annually and that is something we have a
051financial audit coming up with desi next year. they look very carefully at to make sure that you have evaluated the treasurer in open session. Um so what's in the packet is the draft of the evaluation that Mr. Murphy and I um worked on. We shared with the board. We have shared it with Mr. Fel as well. So, um this is an opportunity to um either modify it or vote on what's presented um for uh for Mr. Fel's evaluation. >> Okay. >> I found the I found the evaluation fair and more than acceptable and it's been a pleasure working for the board and a pleasure working with uh the team there. Um, I can tell you being in this world for quite a long time, two solid professionals leading that organization, Patrick and Hope, uh, do
052one heck of a job and their support staff. And, uh, I couldn't do the treasurer's function on behalf of the of the board, um, without their assistance. That's for sure. I enjoy the position and would love to continue. And I couldn't put rockstar in the draft, but that's what it the underlying subtext is. >> I so move. >> So to accept it as presented. >> Yes. >> Okay. That's >> Mary Rose seconded. Uh I'll go through the list. Uh Andre, >> yes. >> Steve, >> yes. >> Mary Rose, >> yes. Devin, we'll see what he puts in the chat. Terry, >> yes. >> Alicia, >> yes. >> Kathy Lewis, >> I'm gonna stay only because I just didn't I'm brand new, so >> that's fine. Uh Brad, >> yes. >> Katherine Londale, >> yes. And
053thank you, Bill. Kathy McNamera, >> yes. >> Devon voted yes in the chat. Engina, >> yes. >> Uh, Roger, >> yes. >> And Melissa, >> yes. >> Okay, awesome. Thank you so much, Bill. >> I appreciate all of you as well. Thank you. >> Okay. Um the next item will be a first read on the physical restraint and timeout um policy. >> Yeah. So one of the things I've talked to the board about is that our policies we need to do a significant amount of work around creating and um keeping our policies updated. This policy can't wait. So, this policy, many of you might know from your districts, the regulations have changed around um physical restraint and timeout and seclusion, and they go into effect August 17th of 26. So, this um policy that we're
054presenting to you as a first read, we're hoping for a vote on uh June 10th. This is from our attorneys and it aligns with the new regulations and it's really essential for our population especially that we have the policy um voted on and approved by the board prior to August. So um it's uh there's a lot of work behind the scenes that we're doing to get ready for these changes and you I'm sure are hearing from the special education directors in your own districts about the changes that are coming. Um so for now we won't sort of go through it except to say um it's from Murphy Hessie Tumi and Leah who are our attorneys. It does align with the updated regs and um if you get it you know if you can take a
055look at it in the next couple of weeks we will look for a vote um in June. >> Mary Rose. >> So I just um so we're not going to discuss any of the little >> You can you definitely can. Yes. I mean, for purposes of time, I can wait till the next meeting if that >> if that's >> or if you want to send them ahead of time the questions, I can we can have them ready to answer. >> Okay. >> Um as well. >> All right. Thank you. >> And no, thank you. Um and Gina, >> yeah, we each, I assume, received a letter in the mail. Uh uh are we going to ever talk about that? >> That's the executive session at the end of tonight. >> Oh, sorry. No, that's okay.
056We have two pieces on that on the executive session on the agenda. >> So, yes. >> All right. So, there's no vote needed, just uhformational for the first read >> and then schedule OPED subcommittee meeting. Um, I think what we're going to do is send out an email um with a Google form attached to it that if you want to be part of the OPED subcommittee, return it. We'll have like four dates. It's a virtual meeting. People don't need to come in person. Um, and it will be sometime this summer. Um, but we wanted to put it on your radar just to look for it if you're interested. If you're interested in participating and you want to just send Patrick an email, that's fine, too. But we will solicit uh anyone who wants to be
057on that subcommittee with Bill and Patrick and me. All right. And then um as I said, there's an error on the agenda saying that the next meeting is Wednesday, June 8th, but it is actually Wednesday, June 10th at 5:00. That will be an inperson and a virtual option and um it'll be a normal meeting. So, um that was my step. Uh Terry, you're muted. And um then we would take a motion to adjurnn and move into executive session. So is there a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. Mary Rose, >> second byina. >> Uh I'll call out the vote and then I'll stop the recording after that for exec. Um Andre, >> yes. >> Uh Steve, >> yes. >> Mary Rose, >> yes. >> Devin, >> yes. Uh, Terryianne, >> yes. >> Alicia, >> yes.
058>> Kathy Lewis, >> yes. >> Brad, >> yes. >> Katherine Londale, >> yes. >> Kathy McNamera, >> yes. >> Uh, Roger, >> yes. >> And Melissa, >> yes. >> Okay, so with that, I will stop recording.