001All right. And we are back live. Call the meeting to order. I will call this meeting back to order. Can I have a motion to reconvene? I motion to reconvene. I'll second. Talia. On the motion to reconvene by Missan, seconded by Dr. Capello. Dr. Capella. Yes. Mr. Davio. Yes. ShraMM. Yes. Mr. Chaffy. Yes. Mr. Dustphano is absent. Miss Paulina. Yes. Mr. Citri. Yes. Miss Gulan. Yes. And Miss Falcone Schubert. Yes. Can I please have a motion to approve the minutes for April 28th executive and regular meetings? I'll make it. I'll second. On the motion by Mr. Chaffy, seconded by Miss ShraMM. Miss Capella. Yes. Mr. Davio. Yes. Miss ShraMM. Yes. Mr. Chaffy. Yes. Mr. Dphano is absent. Miss Pelino. Yes, Mr. Citri. Yes. Miss Gulan. Yes. And Miss Falcone Schubert. Yes. Okay. Next, we'll move
002on to the superintendent and hip reports. Mr. Halen, take it away. On the agenda this evening, we have a first and second reading for our HIP reports for the month of May and our reports for the month of June as presented to the board as well as a review and approval of all of our HIP reports to date that the board has previously approved. Um, and I'll seek your approval on those this evening. In terms of closing out the school year, um I want to thank all of our students and our staff for all of their hard work this year. Uh we've had a number of great culmination activities that have happened over the last couple of weeks. We are uh ready to celebrate high school graduation on Wednesday night. Uh I reached out to
003Mother Nature and Old Man Winter. I'm not sure what the weather forecast is going to hold. We are going to try and do everything possible to hold an outdoor graduation. Indoor graduations are very very tough. Obviously, there is no air conditioning in that gym. Uh the air does not move well. The sound does not carry well. Um so we're going to try everything possible. I would anticipate that it will be a lastm minute decision on whether we move that ceremony indoors or not. Uh we contemplated potentially being pro uh pro proactive and moving the ceremony to Tuesday night, tomorrow night. The weather doesn't looks even worse for tomorrow. Um so we're kind of stuck in between right now. We'll make that decision. Um we're going to do our very very best with it. So please
004uh stay tuned as we attempt to navigate that. Uh let me turn it over to our student board representatives. Uh, Natalya, Lilianne, I'll uh let you guys give any presentations and updates you'd like to the board and to the community, please. Um, so we've had a very busy month, uh, preparing for the end of the year and everything, bringing it to a close. Um, there have been student council elections for next year's, um, schoolwide and each individual grade student council. Um, there was also a Thespian showcase for the drama club where u members of the drama club could um go on stage and just perform a little piece that they wanted to do that they wouldn't be able to do unless we did the show. Um, it was nice. It also had some art artwork
005on display. Um, so that was a very nice event to sort of showcase um the whole community's um the whole community. Um, we also had prom at Corona Farms and although I personally did not go, I hear that it was very fun and I hear that all of the students had an excellent time. Um, we've also had finals last week and this week. Today was our last day of finals. I believe there are makeup finals tomorrow. Um, they seemed to run pretty smoothly, so seemed to go well for the most part. Um, we also have yearbooks which um will be handed out tomorrow and I think Wednesday as well. Um, and I've been a member of the yearbook staff and I've seen that it looks really good. Um, and lastly, we are all very excited
006for the summer and for the next school year. Thank you. Thank you, Lillian. So speaking on the very busy last month we had a lot. The high school concert took place on May 21st where the concert band, the music ensemble, jazz band and choir all performed. Um try honor society had their recital which students pick and rehears rehearse pieces completely on their own. It took place on June 11th. It was it all selections were really pretty. Along with that, the high school band students played with and assisted at the seventh grade moving up ceremony. Thank you to Tori Bergoffer, Mr. Macau, Mr. Sagali, the administration, and the board for all their help and making sure that everything ran smoothly and as planned. Um, we also had some theater students up at the high school help
007with the middle school play, which both nights turned out really well. Um, along with that, the eighth grade and senior class had their had successful class trips and thank you Mrs. Burns for organizing the class. The senior class one academic award ceremonies for upper classmen in eighth grade took place. Um eighth grade parents were invited to see their children receive their awards and the NHS NJ and NJHS induction took place on May 22nd. Congratulations to all those who were inducted. Senior awards took place in the first June on the first Tuesday in June. Over $70,000 in scholarships were given out to this year's seniors which is really awesome. That's fantastic. In closing, um I look forward to seeing the majority of you at graduation on Wednesday. And I wasn't there last month, but last month's
008board meeting, but I would like to thank the board for our resolution, the kind words we were given. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Natalya. Uh with that, I would ask for a motion to approve the superintendent and hip reports for this month. Second and Natalia. Dr. Capella. Yes. Mr. Davio. Yes. Miss ShraMM. Yes. Mr. Chappie. Yes. M. Stephano is absent. Miss Paulina. Yes. Mr. Citri. Yes. Miss Gulan. Yes. And Miss Falcone Schubert. Yes. Next move on to acknowledgements and correspondence. Congratulations to the following students who were chosen as Opacan High School's students of the marking period for their outstanding performance. Grade eight, we have Hayden Arnold with Arnold honorable mention Olivia Schwartzer. Grade nine, Abigail Lemi, honorable mention, Joseph Sack. Grade 10, Liam Murphy, honorable mention, Robert Blunt. Grade 11, Antonio Sudek. Honorable mention,
009Georgie Andavv, Katie Kolgan, and Gabriel Ramos. Grade 12, Patrick Commerford. An honorable mention, Emily Garrison. Congratulations to the Hopakan High School senior award scholarship recipients for the 2425 school year. And congratulations to the following students who were chosen as Hopakon Middle School student of the month for their outstanding performance in May 2025. Grade four, Samantha Everarari. Grade five, Taylor Sailor, excuse me, Sailor Tidwell. Grade six, Angelia Gutierrez. And grade seven, Logan Brown and Natalie Gity. Are any students in the audience tonight here to accept their certificate? Okay, we'll get them at school. Is there anyone in the audience from a parent, teacher, organization who'd like to speak? Hi, how are you? Good. So, Hepto is finishing up the year. We're ending tomorrow night. We have an ice cream social for all the kids. There'll also
010be face painting. It's rain or shine, so hopefully the weather will We're used to the rain now. Yeah, if I can eat ice cream in the rain, it's fine. Um the face painting will be done under a tent, so we're covered with that. Um we did a dance last weekend that was great. The kids loved it. We had a DJ photo booth. Um was a lot of fun. We just did all the field days for the schools. We got inflatables and the kids had on full-time. The seventh grade had their solo field day today. They loved it. Um over the year we've fulfilled um all the grants uh that were given for the classrooms uh that the teachers asked. We were able to do that and um about 60% of Hepto board is stepping down
011because we've been doing it for years. So, it will be mainly new board next year. Um, and they're really eager to get started. So, I think you're going to see really great things coming from Hepto next year. I'm I'm one of the people stepping down, so it's not me that's going to be doing these things, but I have full pathet. Um, the PTSO is doing ice cream for all the staff and students at the high school tomorrow. And we're working on homecoming with student council. So, there'll be an email going out soon with uh to all the students trying to figure out the theme and what they want. And we did a whole bunch of grants and the PTSO has just been so successful um this year. Like each the past few years has just
012grown how much we've done and we're really excited to grow even more next year. So, I forget how much money we gave in scholarships. It was like gave 15,000 somewhere between 12 and 15,000 we gave in we gave in scholarships. Yeah. So that was great. Um and we're hoping to grow that too. I believe two years ago it was five. Last year was 10. Yeah. 12 12,750 I think. Yeah. I I think you're right. So yeah, next year we'll do even more. Thank you. Are there any other Are there any other organizations that would like to speak? Yes, Miss Nikki. Um, I just wanted to um issue a few words of gratitude to the administration and to the teachers at the high school that help the band kids to complete the year that they plan.
013That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Public comment. Oh, okay. Okay, Miss Stacy Yenko. Hi, good evening everyone. Um, I'm Stacy Yenko. For those of you who don't know me, I do live in town on Cap Road. I'm also the high school guidance secretary. Um, and I just have a few things. Um, one, I know I did speak with Mr. Halenbeck today. Um, and he had said that the board would not be acknowledging my letter and request for the Hopacong Office Personnel Association and the Hopacong Education Association um to become one. I really just want to say all I needed was an acknowledgment that it was okay for us to start the next steps. It was no additional work for you. There's a lot of work on our end to make that happen.
014So, I'm hoping that we will be able to get that acknowledgement. Um, I also just want to I know where we are with budget cuts and uh I just want to bring up again that it's going to be a big loss to lose Mrs. Wendy Braun from our high school guidance office. I could tell you firsthand that our students need um every possible counselor that we can have. Um, I've been in the guidance office now for 10 years and I've seen how the need for the counselors has increased. It's never decreased. And it doesn't matter if they had 500 students on each case load or 150. We have students who are extremely in need of support and there are days that the counselors barely get into their office and they already have one or two
015couns uh students that need them. Um and it's not just a quick thing. So, um I would just really hope that if any money comes up that we would be able to get Mrs. Braun back. Um, and then third, on a happy note, um, I want to thank Natalia for bringing up the senior awards ceremony on June 3. Um, I'm really proud because this year I was the coordinator all by myself. Um, and it was really successful and I want to thank Mr. Citri for coming and Mr. Dphano was there as a presenter for the Rotary Club. But $70,000 to our seniors um was really awesome and there were only a couple of students who couldn't make it. Um so it was really a great event. I'm also happy to say thank yous were mailed
016out already to all of the individuals, families, and organizations and the students have been getting their thank yous back to me. So those are going out as well as they go. So, I just want to thank you for your service. And that's it. Thank you. For anybody standing, we do have a few seats down in front. Please feel free to come on in. Don't bite. Next, we have um Miss Chrissy Amela. Hi, I'm Chrissy Amela. Um I've lived here my whole life. I am the secretary for athletics and discipline at the high school, but I'm here tonight as a parent and the secretary of a pack of music boosters. I think we made our point with emails and things and so I just want to say thank you for your responses and it's good to
017know that we're all on the same page and just how how important the band is and you know the entire music program but that the marching band season is is the immediate priority. I also just want to piggyback and say that the Hopin High School really does need Mrs. Braun. She's wonderful. The She connects with the kids and the kids need more mental help than any of us can imagine. So that's it. Thank you. Thank you. I will say um for the public um I would believe that many of you are aware that we had a staff member that the board of education has placed on administrative leave based on a legal matter um involving that individual. So, I cannot speak publicly about that individual. It is a personnel and a legal matter. What I
018can say to you as a school district is that we are continuing to work on a daily basis to try to provide as best as humanly possible an uninterrupted opportunity for our marching band students, for our music students in our middle school, in our high school. As I said to some parents today, as I I've shared with the board, um I would be foolish to say to you that everything is going to look exactly as it looked a week ago, two weeks ago. There will be a time period for which we're going to have to address um marching band, stipended positions, things of that nature. It's going to take us a little bit of a time. Our goal is to try and have everything in place on as normal a time frame as possible and
019we'll do everything to make that happen um as the other events play themselves out. But um that's all I'll be able to address and say publicly with regard to that matter. I hope you do understand that. Okay. Can I just ask anyone in the audience who is a banned parent to raise their hand? Thank you. Thank you for Thank you for coming out. Thank you for supporting the arts. And as as I said to to the board, um the arts are are near and dear to me. My wife is an art teacher. Um for for those of you who know nothing about me, I used to play cello. Um so I I recognize and value what music, what athletics provide to our students, what a well-rounded student means. um a as a citizen a as
020a member of Hop Hackong. So, we're going to do everything we possibly can to support the program. It's no different than all of the other things we offer. Yes, we're limited budgetwise financially, but that is not going to stop us from doing what we had set out to do and we're going to continue to make that effort. So, thank you for being here this evening. Um and I'll let you reach out to the next person here who's going to speak. Uh Mr. Steve or No. Cool. You look fantastic with that. Thank you. Um uh first I just um want to know u basically the Democratic Club is going to have a candidates night uh for school board members that are running for reelection. Uh we're going to basically because there is going to be ballots
021mailed out early. We're going to probably have it sometime in October. We're working on the date right now. Nicole, do you know who is how many board members are running right now? Three up in the water. Yeah, I don't think um the applications are due yet. So, July, I think, you know. Yeah, I don't. You would have to reach out to the county clerk's office for that information. Okay. Yeah. So, yeah, we'll have three and one. Yeah. Great. Great. I just want to say one of my neighbors went to the two of my neighbors went to the prom at uh Corona Farms. The word was fantastic. So basically, I'm I'm happy about that. It's wonderful that you raised $70,000 to give to students. That's fantastic. Uh Jeeoff, I'll pray that the uh that the uh
022weather holds and it can hold the uh graduation outdoors and uh it always is nice to have graduations outdoors. Uh on a personal level, you know, this may be inappropriate, but I just have to say this. Um uh I learned something very valuable this weekend. Ellen and I celebrated our 55th wedding anniversary and have a very nice um hotel was wonderful. The drinks were fantastic. 975 for Jimmy. My leg. My leg. I have a very good friend of mine who I've been friends with for over 45 years. He was a customer of mine when I brokered fed funds. He was at his college reunion at Le Moine College in Syracuse. He is going blind in one eye and has macular degeneration in the other. He uses a cane, but he is one of the most
023positive people I know. He fell down some steps at the college and lost his balance. He needed a fivehour hip surgery and his shoulder is in bad repair and he can't operate. It's going to heal on its own. We went to see him two days and he said, "Steve, I'm a very lucky human being. Thank you for coming. Has some of the most positive attitude I've ever seen." You know, sometimes we uh get caught up and we feel sorry for ourselves, but it was really worthwhile to see that and um uh it just really uh it really was wonderful to see him, you know. He was he's a very good friend, you know, but uh thank you. Thank you. Steve must have previewed part of my graduation speech for Wednesday night on perseverance. So, uh
024I better check to make sure nobody got an advanced comment. Is there anyone else in the audience who'd like to speak who didn't get a chance to put their name on the board if they came in late? Okay, sorry, Miss I always forget. I'll sign you in, Jen. She's hiding back there. I am. I'm like incognito. Um I was just wondering um with the courtesy busing stuff uh what you're doing together as a as a town and a school to address the concerns. I know my child now falls is a walker, which is fine. I have lots of friends who are going to help carpool um back and forth and we're going to split duties and everything will be fine. Um but there are a lot of parents who can't do that. So I know
025where I live under Rit, my kids in order to get to a sidewalk have to cross Durban a from um and there's a couple of streets. There's um there's Shauni, there's Papicadian, there's Pahquari, there's Mast and obviously Brooklyn Mountain and then you've got Lacawana, Tulsa, Windsor, right? Those that all cross Durban. Is there plans to put crossing guards there and or um crosswalks there? Uh it's a great question. Um that'll be part of a conversation with the bureau because the bureau and the municipality is actually responsible for crossing guards. School district has nothing to do with crossing guards. But part of our conversation is several additional crosswalks. There are a number of crosswalks that already exist um in each of those areas. And one of the questions I I get asked is um on the
026hazard its roots policy. So on our website obviously there is a map that is published. You can type in your address. You can see if you fall for 4th grade through 12th grade in the reduction of courtesy busing. You can see if you fall in that zone and then you can take a look at what are the the safest pathways. Our board policy actually dates back to 1999. And you'll see three changes to that policy. one in 2000, one in 2002, and the most recent in 2020. The most recent change in 2020 was simply to remove the words Hudson Maxim School because the school closed. So those hazardous routes have actually existed all the way back since 1999 and they have not changed. What has changed over time was that the district actually provided a
027lot more busing and transportation than what was legally required. And so, yes, as we've shared, if you're in elementary school and you live within 2 miles of the school under state law, you should walk to school under state law. If you're in high school, it's 2 and a half miles. So the reduction in courtesy busing is one a very large savings. It's um over a quarter of a million dollars. It impacts about 90 students total from grades 4 through 12. Um and the focus is students who live on basically some of our side streets making their way down to Durban and to Flora Avenue where there are sidewalks and then making their way over to the high school. So, we've identified or the middle school, we've identified a couple of areas for additional crosswalks. Um,
028we've had conversations with the bureau over the last two years on safe routes to school grants. Um, some turnover in the in the bureau in terms of the burough administrator and things like that. But those are conversations we'll continue to have. We'll have conversations with the DPW about some additional crosswalks. Uh we'll be purchasing some additional bike racks at the school for students who are going to bike to work. But know that if your child decides to purchase or be gifted an ebike that those will have separate bike racks away from the building for safety reasons with those batteries. They can't be stored in the building under overhangs or directly up against the building. uh we have some students that actually use those as transportation. So, we'll absolutely continue to work on those those um
029those things. We continue to reach out to parents. I hope that the map was helpful to a lot of families. It may not have given you the answer that you wanted. Um but at least it it helps to clarify what those boundaries are. Uh you know, I had some parents, you know, up in Rollins Trail reaching out and saying, you know, is is my kid going to have to walk to school from the Arctic Circle? and and the answer is no. Um but we've got to try and find some kind of a balance where we're at. Uh and as Miss Yanko mentioned, you know, we've talked about during budget season that the state still owes us $580,000 in state aid that we are eligible for, but the state has put a cap on how much
030aid school districts can get. That's money that's still there. If that were money that the legislature had said we're going to earmark and actually give hopeack on like they're entitled to, we'd be having a very very different conversation. But this is where we're at now. If things change, and I don't want to give false hope. I've seen stranger things in in my career. But if things change, this board will come back and we'll have those conversations. But we've got a plan for our reality and where we're at. And we're going to try and help families as best we can. We will continue to expand the um the Alphabest program at the middle school. Uh if there are parents that need to take care of before care, uh you know, I had one one dad reach
031out to me and say, "Hey, I normally leave for work at 7:15 when my daughter got on the bus, but you know, now she can't get to the middle school in until 8:20." Uh he's like, "But I still got to leave." Well, if that's the case, you may want to take care of the the Alphabest program. Uh and I know there are some families that are going to work together to carpool and do those things. So, we're going to try and make the best of it as a group and um we'll go from there. Jen, just to be clear, this only affects 4 through 12. 4 through 12, K through three are busing no matter where they live. Yep. Okay. Yep. And then my last question is, and I just want to make sure I
032heard it correctly. There is no plan to get rid of banned. You heard it right from the horse's mouth. Just wanted to make sure I heard it correct. That's it. It must have been a big rumor cuz I got a bunch of emails. That's all it was. and we appreciate you reaching out to us so we can quell the rumors. Perfect. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, so that will close public comment. Moving on to finance. Can I please have a motion for item 11 A through J? I'll make it. I'll second. Any discussion on finance? On a motion by Miss Paulina, seconded by Dr. Capello. Dr. Capello, yes. Mr. Davio, yes. Miss ShraMM, yes. Mr. Chaffy, yes. Mr. Dphano is absent. Miss Puchain, yes. Mr. Citri, yes. Miss Gulan, yes. And Miss Falcone Schubert. Yes.
033And before we move on, we have some other business that we're going to take care of as we go through our approvals. You are more than welcome to stay, but you do not have to and you would not offend us if you need to get on to other things. So, if you need to step out and leave, you're more than welcome, but stay as long as you wish. Okay. Next, we're going to move on to personnel. Um, we have an addition on to that item, right? So, it'll be So, we have one last minute uh resignation that came in this afternoon. It will be item 12V is in Victor and that is the approval to accept the resignation of Ashley Zeremba from her position as a school nurse with the district effective June 19, 2025.
03412V is in Victor. Can I please have a motion for personnel 12 A through V? I'll make it. I'll second it. Any discussion on personnel? hearing none. On the motion by Mr. Davio, seconded by Miss ShraMM. Dr. Capello, yes. Mr. Davio, yes. Miss ShraMM, yes. Mr. Chaffy, yes. Mr. Dphano is absent. Miss Paulina, yes. Mr. Citri, yes. Miss Gulan, yes. Miss Falcone Schubert, yes. May I please have a motion for item 13, travel and professional development? I'll make it. I'll second. Any discussion? We're good. Um, we did item 13. And can I just have the motion in the second? I forget who it was. Thank you. On the motion by Mr. Chaffy, seconded by Dr. Capello. Dr. Capello. Yes. Mr. Davio. Yes. Miss ShraMM. Yes. Mr. Chaffy, yes. Mr. Dphano is absent. Miss Palachena, yes.
035Mr. Citri, yes. Miss Gulan, yes. And Miss Falcone Schubert, yes. Can I please have a motion for item 14, which is just a policy and regulations? I'll make it. I'll second Jen and Natalia. Sorry, Kevin. Next time got faster. Hearing none. On the motion by Miss Paulina, seconded by Dr. Capello. Dr. Capello. Yes. Mr. Davio. Yes, Miss ShraMM. Yes, Mr. Chaffy. Yes, Mr. Dphano is absent. Miss Paulina, yes. Mr. Citri, yes. Miss Gulan, yes. And Miss Falcone Schubert. Yes. Can I please have a motion for items 15, Students and Services A through C? I'll make it second. Couldn't leave the words out. Any discussion? Hearing none. The motion by Dr. Dr. Capella seconded by Miss Paulina. Dr. Capella, yes. Mr. Davio, yes. Miss Shramp, yes. Mr. Chaffy, yes. M Stephano is absent. Miss Paulina, yes.
036Mr. Citri, yes. Miss Gulan, yes. And Miss Falcone Schubert. Yes. Can I please have a motion for item 16, resolutions A through G? I'll make it. Miss Palino, Mr. Chaffy. Second. Thank you. Any discussion on resolutions? Hearing none. Dr. Capella. Yes. Mr. Davio. Yes. Miss ShraMM. Yes. Mr. Chaffy. Yes. Mr. Stephano is absent. Miss Paulina. Yes. Mr. Citri. Yes. Miss Gulan. Yes. And Miss Falcone Schubert. Yes. Can I please have a motion to move Miss Thess County Regional Cooperative 17A through 16. I'll make it. I'll second. Any discussion? I'd like to add ask and we already spoke about this that when um we are approving um payment other than merit pay that instead of including the employee number that we include the employee name. Yep. So, you'll see on the co-op agenda this evening, there
037are a couple examples of individuals uh receiving merit pay because that is tied to their evaluations. For privacy reasons, we'll use their employee numbers. Okay. But if it's not But if it has nothing to do with an evaluation, it'll list their name. Perfect. Thank you. Any discussion? I hear none. Dr. Capella, yes. Mr. Davio, yes. M Shrimp, yes. Mr. Chaffy. Yes. Mr. Dustphano is absent. Mrs. Palino, yes. Mr. Citric, yes. Miss Gulan, yes. And Miss Falcone Schubert. Yes. Lastly, we move on to uh board member comments. I'll start to my left, Mr. Chaffy, if you'd like to make one. Thank you to all our band parents for coming out. Um, you know, it's a really great showing and, um, please know that, you know, we really do support the arts. We love the arts. Um,
038yeah. Thank you so much for everybody coming out and showing how much you love this town and you love your children. Thank you. Um, I'll follow on that. Thank you all for coming. Um, we have an amazing group of kids in our band. We know that and we fully support you guys and we want to see you continue to succeed. Um, and hopefully our young ones will follow in your footsteps. Um, and we just want the public to know that we are doing our very best in every situation that we discuss up here. I was kicked off of band, by the way, because I tried using my trombone as a bazooka in the playground. I never go to band. I am. Um, I just want to say congratulations to everybody. I'll be at the graduation
039along with several other uh board members. Um, and again, thank you to the band uh, you know, parents. Um, a lot goes into that as well as the students, but you know, they're behind the scenes and I say that from experience because, um, I've done marching band for 12 years of my life. Um, I know, huge band geek. So, I just want you to know like that is near and dear to my heart. So, I'm not going to, you know, allow the program to be, you know, you know, taken away from the students. Thank you everyone for coming and have a fabulous summer and looking forward to the new season next year. Oh, me. Uh, I want to thank Mrs. Yanko for putting together the, uh, senior awards. Uh, I make a point in making
040it every year because it's one of those, uh, award ceremonies where it's not just, uh, acknowledging the students academic performance, but there's a great deal of character uh, recognition um, associated with the uh, the scholarships. I also hope that the band parents can rest easy tonight. Uh, as you can see, we're all committed, you know, despite the circumstances. Uh, it's not gonna be easy. It's not gonna be painless, but we're gonna move forward just like we always do. That's what we do here. Thank you. I just want to say thank you to everyone for coming out. Um, and reaching out to the board as well. Um, congratulations to all the scholarship winners. Um, and see some of you at graduation this week. I hope everybody has a great summer. Uh, congratulations on wrapping up another
041year and uh, looking forward to the graduation this week. Thank you. Um, I just want to thank uh all of the staff that planned the end of year festivities. Um, a lot of work goes into field trips. It's not just like filling out a piece of paper. Um, and I had the pleasure of going on the middle school one. God bless middle school teachers. I teach for a living, but I was like 24 hours in bed, needed like to recuperate. So, I know my kid had a great time. I know it's a lot of work. So, I just want to thank all of the staff who planned things like field trips, um, uh, celebrations for the seventh and eighth graders. I know group of parents are getting together to do stuff for the kindergarteners. Group
042of parents got together to do things for the seventh graders. So, I love that it's not just like school initiated things. We as a community kind of gather together to support one another and our kids. Um, and there's been a lot of great things for the class of 2025. Um, unfortunately I can't make it to the graduation. So, I just wanted to say congratulations to all the graduates and their families. I've actually had the pleasure of knowing some of them since they were little baby chiefs. So, I can't wait to hear um what they do after they graduate and come back and visit. Um, and I think summer is a great time for everybody to kind of reset. Uh, we need it now more than ever. I think it's great for students and staff and
043families be able to kind of step back from the the craziness that comes along with the school year routine. And I want you to know that that's what we're doing, too. Like, this is going to be a hard reset this summer. Um, we have a lot of um ideas and um plans and a lot of reflecting and we don't want to make hasty decisions. We want to do the right thing and make sure that every step that we make makes sense because we don't really have a lot of room in our budget for mistakes. So, we appreciate your patience and we appreciate your support. Um there is a lot of noise out there and when we let that um kind of get to us, it changes our focus. So, we appreciate you all being here
044and getting the information from us. Please continue to do that. And if you can't make it in person, send us emails, reach out to us. I mean, all we want is what's best for your kids and our kids and to be transparent. We're not looking to hide anything. Um, but do know that we are limited in what we have. Um, and we will continue to fight for what we deserve and do what's best with what we have. Um, so in September, we are going to be ready to welcome the kids back here um to our safe, engaging environment, and we're going to be prepared um for a for a great school year. Um, and just thank you to everybody, our community, our students, our families, um, for your dedication and your partnership because we can't
045do it without you. So, have a great summer everybody. On that, do you want to make a motion or are we good? Oh, yeah. Well, can I Yeah. Do you guys want to go back into executive session or do you feel like we can continue those discussions or do you want I think we need to we owe it. So we're going to make So I need a motion then to reenter executive session for the board to talk about legal and personnel matters. I'll motion. I'll second. Motion here and a second. Uh Dr. Capelloa. Yes. Mr. Davio. Yes. Miss ShraMM. Yes. Mr. Chaffy. Yes. Mr. Dphano is absent. Miss Paulina. Yes. Mr. Citri. Yes. Miss Gulan. Yes. And Miss Falcone Schubert. Yes. All right. Board's going to enter executive session to talk about um personnel and
046legal matters. Um and then we'll come back into public simply to adjourn the meeting. The board will not be taking any additional public information uh or action this evening. Okay. Thank you all for coming. I appreciate it. Have a great evening. And a couple other people, right? Get them while they're here. Oh, yeah. Always. Right. Always come from somewhere. In a couple years. Thank you guys. So, who is going to be on pizza?