001All set. Okay. Good evening everybody. Welcome. Uh if we could stand for the uh pledge. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right, thanks for being here. Um, beautiful day out today. Hope everyone's been enjoying it. Uh, everyone getting back back into the swing of things. I've been hearing a lot of good stuff and uh, everyone hopefully is doing well. So, we'll get right into um, we'll get right into it with the uh, approval and amendment of minutes. Does anybody have any comments on the minutes? If not, can I have a motion to accept? >> I move to approve the minutes as written >> and second by Patty. All right. All
002in favor. >> Great. Thank you. Um, adjustments to the agenda. Just a slight adjustment, not in not for order, but for what we're doing. 7.0 you have staff report satellite program bath tech um that is an action item. We're looking at it again and it's some something we need to decide. So we have plenty of time to discuss if we need to but it is an action item. So if you can just mark that down and we'll be getting to that in just a moment. Anything else for adjustments? We're good. Okay. Um public session. Not seeing folks from the public. So I think we're okay there. So, we're going to get right to it and I'm going to hand over to Patrick to introduce staff report satellite program bath tech. >> Yeah, I handed a
003hard copy out to you and I think you had it in your email as well. It kind of describes uh what Tim would like to do here and and also the advisory board of of Bathtech met last year. We've talked about this and Booth Bay has wanted to add a an exploratory program which is called a satellite program. So this is for boothbased students. They would hire the instructor. They would evaluate the instructor. And it would be Tim, I don't want to say too much here, but I'll stop in a second. It would be exposure to four of our programs that students would would go through during a year with the goal of more applications to our CTE programs and also the goal of expo, you know, having those students in Booth Bay explore different
004careers so that it helps their community as well. And so they're one of our our feeder schools. So, um I don't know what Tim, do you want to add some things to that? How about now? Truly what this is about is uh we know industrial arts teachers are they're gone. That 700 certification that the state requires industrial arts teachers to have. There's no certification school in the state certifying industrial arts teachers. So they currently have one of the last remaining industrial arts teachers who is retiring this year. They have a lab that's set up with right it's a blueco collar community that values the trades and hands-on learning. Uh when their instructor retires they won't find another person to fill that void just like Morris did with Fred Sprag and Mark Mary. Those that certification
005is gone. I was hoping as a CTE I looked at this where I'm still real new as a director as an an opportunity to try to expand Bath Tech to down there. Seems easy. There's a lab. The state will fund the entire program. I don't know if you know how CTS is pretty much funded, but CTE really we run the most expensive programs in the school and it costs the taxpayers no money. It's all state and federal money. So, I'm looking at providing an opportunity for Booth Bay students to get exposed to four to five different CTE programs down there. I looked at welding, carpentry, electricity, mostly hard trades because that are what's the kids value. Um, so they would get their exposure down there in a hour class like an industrial arts class as
006I simulate it too and u to light the fire and then they would come to BAT for their junior and senior year to really focus more of their interest in that particular trade or skill area. So that's how I looked at it. I'm happy to answer any questions if you if you have it. >> Um, no. Yeah. Any any questions regarding what this is, how it works? Go ahead. >> I apologize, but just to confirm, when all benefits are being paid, that means that um all PERS costs are covered by state funding, not locally. Is that correct? >> It's best of my knowledge. Y it's covered in the EPS formula. >> Okay. >> And wasn't it if there's any extra than booth base paying it? If there's any extra cost to having someone >> Yes,
007I they would cover the extra cost. >> Yes. If the salary the state gives me roughly $60,000 for a salary of a teacher that's compensated through other areas. So they give me money for square footage as well. They give me money for safe safety assessment a variety of other areas that can we use here and at BAT to fulfill that shortfall in salary. Uh Booth Bay has agreed to if there is a shortfall in salary they would pick up any extra cost on that salary. >> Right. So it's no no cost to us and it will most likely draw more students to want to come here after. Yeah. Go ahead Kirk. Yeah, Tim. Um, kind of unrelated, but would you say that the most of the programs here are at capacity? >> I would say
008many. Yeah, we're close. Uh, and again, some of it is the batht gain that we may gain in students, but my goal is right provide opportunities for kids whether they're in our hometown or the next hometown over. If we can do that at no cost, right, the state will grant us the money for it. I think it's just opportunity for kids and I don't have a ton to gain. Okay, I'm going to pick up five to 10 more students potentially. That's not a huge gain for what right this is a I've been wrestling with the state on this for a while a fair amount of effort and I think it's just good for kids >> and could yeah could there be some kids at Booth Bay who want to come to BAT but there isn't
009a spot for them and so this could be a way of filling the need >> absolutely >> yeah so not related to this but not this program but so in the past we've started some wonderful programs and they've been free the first year or two and then they become back to us for the local um financing for the local cost for and then they add become added to our budget and so it's a they get in the door because it's free there's no cost to us and then it becomes a cost. So is there and I've asked this before I think but if we start a program like this is there a way to say we will do this as long as it's costneutral and then if it's not costneutral even though everyone's really used
010to it and they really like it and everything like it kind of commits ourselves to all future costs to something and I don't know if there's an elegant way to say that or um it's not that it won't be a great program and but we get into this it's a lot of the time and then we're ballooning our budget again and again and again by great programs but if people if they started out saying this was our future cost or something I don't know if we would adopt them so easily we kind of hooked into the freebie in the beginning so is there any way to address that elegantly or with perspective thank you >> I don't know about eloquently but the unless the CTE funding formula were to change which it just was it
011within the last 5 years that has changed to this model so I don't see it changing um but yeah we have the the right um to say that in this case we would probably have conversation with with AOS98 and talk about the fact that this this isn't what it was intended to be. CTE changed their funding formula so this would be something that would be more on would be on them because it's serving their students directly. >> I just I just want to make one comment. Um so for instance this year in our budget the the CTE budget was a certain dollar amount. We received that certain that exact dollar amount from the state, but we were sure a h 100,000 and that's where we could pull in that beginning balance from CTE which keeps
012growing like if we don't spend every bit of our money, it goes into that particular fund balance. So that's another way to ensure that you know we meet that total funding of the program is using that beginning balance. We have to put it in our budget, but we can put in that CTE beginning balance to cover it. >> Great. Any other questions on what this is? >> If not, um can we have a uh motion since this is an action item? Sure. >> I move to approve the main CTE exploratory program. >> Satellite program in Bisay >> High School. >> Okay. Can I have a second, Anita? Thank you. Second. Any further discussion? No. All right. All in favor? Okay. We're all good. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. Um, and Charlotte, you're up. Student
013Board Report. >> All right. >> Awesome. >> Starting off with sports. We're coming off an incredible homecoming weekend with exciting wins in boys and girls soccer as well as football. Um, who also had a recent victory in the military game last Friday. Um, cross country is having a breakout season with help from new assistant coach um, Carrie Mcanini, who will be the head coach of the indoor track team as well this winter. Um, also with help from senior Levi Riggs, who is the reigning KVAC champion, um, breaking nearly every course record that he races on, and he's only a few seconds off of the school record for the 5K. Um, we have some 10-minute plays in the theater department coming up at scheduled for October 17th and 18th. Um and some of those performances are
014student written. Um we have a couple new uh outreach programs from Morse to the younger schools. One of which being an art club starting up at Bath Middle School after school um sometime this November um with run by Ren Coffinger and myself. Um, it will give students more exposure to visual arts before entering high school and help develop some basic level art skills, um, with works being displayed at showcases during the existing events like Morse High Fine Arts Night. Um, and the class of 2026 National Honor Society is bringing back homework club at Georgetown Central School, and we're hoping to do the same within the district for um, other elementary and middle schools. Um, and then we have the Morse librarian, Don Lee, being selected as a finalist for Maine teacher of the year for
0152026. Um, and during a visit from the main department of education, um, we presented a student panel for questioning about Don Lee and her work here at Morse. Um, 22 students sat on the panel and spoke to share their love for Miss Lee, which the DOE remarked as the largest student panel that they've ever had. Um, we have a new junior student representative, um, Charlie Wear. She was really picked from a an incredibly qualified, um, group. Um, so she really is the best of the best. And this is also my official application to be known as Charles now. So to avoid that confusion there. Yeah. Yep. Um, and then when it comes to unified programming, Morse was recently recognized by the Special Olympics International. um as a unified champion school thanks to the hard work
016of Charlie Bingham and helpers like students Junior Ryan Harrington and Lucas Leathers who will also serve as youth ambassadors representing Maine at the national games in June. That's all I got. >> All right. Thank you, Charles. >> Yeah, go ahead. >> What's the homework club? >> Yeah. Um it's just an hour after school once a week or every other week um where a couple of students are going to go um to the elementary school for about an hour and help students out tutoring with some Yeah. some light work. >> Yeah. >> All right. Thanks a lot. Appreciate it. Good stuff. Uh all right. Let's see. Uh superintendent's report. Patrick. Um first thing green schools symposium that will happen in Augusta I think it's next month and we will be well represented there. We will have
017staff from Pittsburgh as well as staff from BMS that will be presenting at the green school symposium. Exchange students we're pleased to report that we have five exchange students here at Morris. Maybe one or two more to come. Um, but right now it's I think we're representing Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Spain at this point. Right now, Charlie Charles already mentioned main teacher of the year. It was a great day with with talking to the team about Don Lee and by midocctober they will have made their decision about who is main teacher of the year. So, we wish Don the best. Um CNN Good News podcast is going to run a story on our detention hikes that Leslie Trundy does. So we're going to have to keep an eye on that. It should air
018soon. And then last two items is that we're conducting safety meetings at all of our schools with local authorities just to go through everything from identifying potential risk to site assessments to our emergency procedures and communication system. So, it's really been they've been productive meetings and um we've picked up a few things and uh thank to all of to Fippsburg Sagen Hawk and also to Bath PD for all their help with those. And then lastly, we do expect at the October state board meeting for that uh proposed priority list to become the final construction priority list. And hopefully soon after that, we can begin the process of um building a new school. >> So, I'll let you know. That's it. Yeah, the fundraiser is more of an FYI. You can see the list there. I
019don't know if you have any questions about specific ones um that you may have, but there's just more of an FYI. >> I just want to say thank you for the main health grant and well, the main health grant because they're funding both of these things and I just think it's wonderful that we have that resource and thank you for that. and sound they sound like wonderful trips but thank you. >> Okay. >> Um Deb financial report. >> Um tonight we're looking at August and um so the year has just begun. Um we've spent a little over $3 million and we've received um almost seven in revenue. Um compared to last year, it's last year was 6.3 for total percent and on expenses and 15.5 on revenue. So just to kind of refresh your memory,
020that basically is a good way to measure how the spending's going. It's so if you if you saw something like double then you'd be like oh what's going on? So it kind of helps keep track um of where we're at in comparison to previous years. Um another area that we look at is uh budget to actual for what we had budgeted for new staff and um versus what we actually hired in. And as of this point it's about uh $99,000 to the good. So that will help when we have retirees come in in December and um if we have additional sub needs and that type of thing. Um Hank has completed the financial statements and they've gone to RHR Smith, the auditors. So um I'll keep you posted as to how that's all going. um
021grants. I just we've just um received another 73,100 in CTE industry standards, which isn't on your list. Um and then another $600 for main health grants. So, we have lots of grant activities and going on right now. Um enrollment will be updated next month. So, and um that's about it. >> Okay. >> Any questions? Go ahead. >> The what state agency client. >> So, that is for specific students that are state agency client. We basically can build the state for so they're in care. We can build the state for what it costs for their care and then they send that to us. like students in our boards at the state. >> Yeah. >> So, we never know. So, we basically just, you know, see what comes through. >> I think it's wonderful. Again, the Lincoln
022Health Lincoln Health grant funding went up from last year and then went up another additional. >> It's pretty active. Yeah. So we have uh two at the high school um two at Woolwitch and at BMS this year one so far. So we have to send back any money that we do not spend. So basically we send it back and now they've started funding for this year. So >> Okay. >> Great. Thank you. >> Anybody else? >> All right. Thanks Deb. Thank you as always. Um, we're going to go right into new business. Uh, 11.1 instruction update, Katie. >> Okay. I I have just a few good news um things as well. And um I know one of the things that came up last time that I didn't have the exact number on was um while
023the Mckin Vento homeless funding went down across the state because we had um done a good job spending hours, we were allotted extra, but I couldn't remember what that was. And so we do have just over 3,000 to give out the $750 grants for those who this year for those who are um homeless or at risk of homelessness. So we've started doing that already. Um and that usually comes in um it's 750 per student and it's often I just got one today for a CMP bill for instance. So they provide a bill and then we can pay um that for them. So the money doesn't go directly to the family, it goes to some sort of service they need essentially. Um so there's that number that you had asked for last time. Um happy to
024report that we have we we continue to have visitors to Morris High School um to find out about our no phone known smartwatch program. And actually um Patrick got asked for um the three of us, Patrick, Eric, and myself to present at the main superintendence conference that is coming up in October. So, we'll be sharing our plan there and um how things have been going. Um so, that's exciting. Um we have uh professional development day coming up on the 10th and I know that you like to know what we'll be doing. We have a lot going on. Um so, we'll be doing um the topic of um reveal math, our new math program with main math and science as well as some um with our K to5 group. We'll be doing um some data analysis
025with the Dibbles literacy data. Um and also Woolwitch Middle School will be looking at their NEWIA and EXL data. Um a lot of staff will be getting presentations from our tech department on their touch view and Prometheian screens um that they use in their classrooms. We have a lot of staff getting safety care trained. Um there will be curriculum alignment work time. Um the middle school, Bath Middle School will be doing expeditionary work. Um Bath Tech goes to Lewon each year to do the state conference. And so there's just a lot of different work going on. Everyone will be really busy. So it's always I know um parents always wonder what actually happens on those days. And the answer is we really try to um chalk them full of um different events to make them
026really useful for everybody. So that's what we'll be doing. Um and then the last item is um AI and uh Dean will be starting to run um an AI committee this year that people can opt into um to learn more about it to help write our um policy to help um think about how it impacts staff and students. And so that'll be an opportunity that staff can join um to earn essentially contact hours but also help us solve the problem of what are we going to do. We we have been reading about it, talking about it um presenting on it but haven't um gone as deep as we would like. And so that's what we'll be doing this year um in a group. And so I'm sure you'll hear them present towards the end of
027the year when they um sort of decide what the policy might be and what their findings are for the best way to move forward. So any questions about any of that? >> Um so Katie, I noticed that uh in the um Fippsburg board report there was a compliment to both you and um Beth about how much you've been helping them with the new math program. And I know it's a huge lift and I think these board reports we get to read them but the rest of the people don't always get to read them. So thank you so much for that. Um and I noticed in the Wish report it said that um it said that they were uh a lot of planning and preparation to take place to learn about where to find lessons, resources
028and activities. So is that part of PD is yes to help them. Okay. >> Cuz because when we start anything new, we actually had um Beth and I had lunch with the Woolwitch third through fifth grade um team today to start collecting some questions of um things that they're not quite sure how to move forward with so we can address that on the 10th just because when everything is new, how you log into a system, where you um access all the information, some things are printed in the student journal, some things aren't. It's a good thing to have a lot of resources at your fingertips. It's also a really stressful thing when you haven't ever seen them and you don't know the best way to pick and choose. So, you're not spending all your time
029doing that. So, a big part of that training is going to be um actually about efficiency of work and what are the what are sort of some strategies to get the most out of the program while not, you know, printing every single paper and correcting every single paper. Um because that can get really overwhelming. Well, I think it's it takes a lot of training and a while to acclimate to any new program. And I think it was nice that they kind of got that shout out. This is exactly >> what we need. Um, and then the other thing was in a board report there was something about a present a new program called prek for me curriculum. Yes. >> And I was wondering if we could just get put on those calendar to get a
030presentation for that once it's actually up and running and if there's anything we can do. >> It's funny. I'm glad you brought that up because I almost put it on the list and then I thought I don't want to talk for too long. Um, but we currently use a curriculum called Tools of the Mind. Um, and there is now a free um, DOE sponsored curriculum called um, PreK for me. And, um, Jen McKay, the principal of Dyke Newell, and then our prek teacher Jamie at Dyke Newell went to a training on that this summer so we could see if we want to continue tools of the mind or possibly go with prek for me. and they got so excited about it that they kind of shared with the other two pre-K teachers and district and
031they're going to be doing their professional development all year on um piloting some of the preK for me materials to see if we're going to move to fully adopt it for everybody next year or if um they'll kind of because it is free you can combine parts of the tools of the mind that you really like with parts of the free components um and so they're figuring it out so yeah I I'm sure they would love to come present probably towards the end of the year just because they're just getting into that work now. But that would be great. Yeah, [Music] >> that's all great stuff. Anybody else have any questions for Katie? >> It's fantastic stuff. Thank you, Katie. And 112, second reading of the edtech job descriptions. This is an action item. Had
032them last time. Um, there any questions on those descriptions? I would just um >> Yeah, go ahead. >> On the edtech 2, I just want to Yeah. On the edtech 2, number 26, I know there's a lot of numbers on there, but number 26 was added and that was a joint addition between the union and the administration. Just something that was omitted, which is important. >> Other than that, everything else remained the same from the first reading. Yes. Any questions on these? If not, can I have a motion? >> Yes. I move to approve the job descriptions of the ED tech one, edtech 2, and edtech 3. >> Okay. Second. All right. Got any seconds. Um, any other questions before we go forward? If not, all in favor? All right, it passes. That's great. Thanks
033for all that work to the policy committee. And I think as 11.3 is an FYI, the schedule B appointments. >> Yeah, just to give you an idea of all the schedule B that we have in the district and who's filling them and what there's a few vacant ones. Usually they're spring uh coaching positions, not all, but mo most of those are that are open. So, um, and we do, I think you know this, we met last spring three or four times a schedule B committee because that's part of the contract, the last contract, and we'll continue those meetings again this year just to talk about how we come up with the stipens. Um, maybe a clearer formula that we use and just some other topics. >> Okay, >> Patrick, uh, some of the stipens have
034been set for schedule B point positions. Do you know like which ones have and which ones are yet to be decided? >> This the stipen amounts. >> Yeah, >> those have been set. >> Yeah. >> For across the board >> for this year >> for every position that's in here including >> non-sports. >> Yes. >> Yeah. So basically that committee is looking at trying to be able to articulate a formula of what goes into that time, responsibility, numbers, supervision, those types of things. Mostly looking at athletics first and then we'll move to more of the academic side. So some of those could shift in the future, but for right now they are what what uh you know this year for this year. Yeah. Anybody? All right. Um, overnight out of state field trip requests. These
035are an action item. It's the high school outing club to Camden and to uh New Hampshire. Um, take these together. There any questions on these? Yeah. for both of the trips. Is this the same co cohort cohort of students? >> I don't know the answer to that, but Charles might. >> I do. Yeah. [Music] I'm not sure this but So it all comes from the same. >> So So some may some may choose to go and others some may go to both, some may just go to one. It's not a set, >> you know, these 10 students are doing both, right? Okay. But it's from the pool of kids who have signed up for the club. Thank you. >> Any um other questions on the outings? If not, may I have a uh motion? Megan?
036>> Sure. I'm move to approve the overnight um field trip requests. >> And can I have a second? Kurt. All right. Uh any further discussion? If not, all in favor? All right. Look like good ones. Um 12.0 are the uh goals. So I guess I would start with the title which are 2425 goals. So maybe we need to look at those at some point. Um but for the goals that we have set here I think that we met the safe and supportive school goals and talking about the safety meetings and the communication with our local law enforcement Patrick mentioned. Um I think that we've covered the prek to five um goal about talk Katie talking about the professional development for the dibbles data review and the prek and me program that we are um going
037to be piloting. >> Great. Thank you. Yeah, we should have put on the agenda for to review the goals and see if we want to modify or change or well yeah or keep them but but just to take a look at it conscious look. Um, do you have a question? Go ahead. >> I never know where to ask questions about the board reports. I don't know exactly where they fit anywhere, but I I noticed on the last page of Bathtech board report, it said that um that there were recommendations um made that we consider a full day BAT program and a BAT tech needs to create its own identity. I was just wondering where those recommendations came from or what created those recommendations. I guess there was a, you know, they're looking to try to
038fulfill them, but I didn't really understand where they're from. >> Yeah. Last spring Tim had a something similar to NIASK accreditation at here at Bath Tech. And so it's a group from the state primarily that comes in and they do a couple day assessment and then Tim obviously has and the staff here have to submit uh you know self assessment of what we do. And so that one recommendation was um you know to consider certain considerations somewhere around our facility even though it's fairly new um some things that they thought we could look into. So it's it's it's no it's nothing it's not a mandate or anything. It's something to look look at and I think the full day or having students here for all day to get their academics and their CTE from sending
039schools. I mean that's been brought up before other CTE in the state have had those discussions. So, it's really Tim and his team looking at those recommendations and combinations and considering what's what really is meaningful and important. You want to add anything, Tim? >> Again, they they had a visiting team come that did a full study of the whole school. Whether we agree with what they have put down in this report, it's there. It was a recommendation. Um, so we we're forming co cohort groups to look at different schedules, what's available for kids, the identity. Um, it's an interesting one when they bring it up. Um, we're we're out front. We're on the we're on the bolding boards all around and we're part of the school. So, I'm not sure exactly what that was meant
040by, but we'll look into it and we'll share back our findings or >> and I I can send I know we sent you we always send you the the NEAS report, not the whole thing, but uh but uh I can certainly send you kind of just the summary of combinations recommendations so you can see them as well. >> So, it's not like they're going to fail any kind of thing if you don't just Okay, that's >> you always have to >> Yeah. or they feel like they haven't done their job. Um, okay, great. So, our next meeting is Monday, October 27th. Uh, we're moving right into fall here. Um, any other business, Patrick? Anything else? Because nice and short today. Uh, just want to make sure there's nothing else before we adjourn. Okay. So, if
041I can have a motion to adjurnn. >> I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> And second, Jennifer. All right. All in favor? Thank you all for being here. Have a great evening.