001e vulnerability at the federal level um and then of course there's the US Department of education and I can tell you that I just received an email announcing that um Trump is going to completely eliminate the Department of Education on Thursday what does that mean if you have that answer I'll be available at any time tonight um but I can tell you that um if the mandates do not leave with the money um the mandates remain mandates and that means we have to find money to fulfill the Mandate um and if um if the department is dismantled um for example when we fill out our OCR reports um who's reading it and so there is a lot of question um that is left with um eliminating a department without a plan for what happened um
002in the absence of that department office of civil rights it's a report that we generate every year that's just one example um under unpredictability um you will see in this budget there are three major cost drivers um these are mandated and unpredictable so um transportation is um seeing a has historically um seen a large increase bosis has announced that they are increasing the cost of Transportation by 30% um that's one small part um but it is a significant part of our transportation budget and special education I'm going to say without any reservation we love every single child that is part of our district the cost of special education has increased dramatically the numbers of students and the cost of special education period um is a huge cost driver um for us uh so that those
003are just facts um and um those are those are areas that when we are putting this budget together um we have to account for so our objectives are to make sure that our finances and our operations are stable um that they are able to be sustained and that we preserve our student programs and initiatives uh so this is an area that we address every single year um prior to next year the finances were more predictable than they are currently um but just know that our objective is to create stability um and and to create a budget that will allow for any um decreases in Aid to be leveled off and not spiked so um we talk about this and have this slide every year um this is uh these are numbers that are given to
004us it describes our fiscal stress and it's based on cash flow and socioeconomics so we are um at the no designation for both of those areas that's the best you can possibly get um and you can see in those numbers we are either at the low end or the center of that so um from a fiscal stress uh point of view we're in very good shape so our 2526 year budget is based on three areas this is required by New York State we have to report on administrative Ive not IO n administrative costs Capital costs and program so our budget to- budget increase this year is 5.47% so when we look at the adopted uh budget from last year and the proposed budget for this year the Delta between those two budgets comes to 5.5
0055.47% um it is noted that the cost of the library debt must be reflected in both our expenditures and in our revenues so even though we do not pay the libraries debt it flows through our budget and so we have to reflect it on both sides which means that it's a balanced budget it's don't doesn't cost us anything but that 5.47% is a higher number because the the library bond is included in that I'm going back so just so you see that the delt the change in the budget that 5.47% is a total of 8,964 983 so what drives that number um Mr Smith would you like to read this no I'm kidding um I'm kidding so under the administrative component of the budget um it is mostly um increases in certain parts of the
006of the of the budget um but mostly the Delta is shifts to other codes so when we can move some expenses in into the Bose code so that we can get Aid on that um you might see a sharp decrease um you might see a sharp increase if we have to move it from one code into one of these codes um but overall you're looking at a total of $736,000 um change just in the administrative code and to remind you administrative is anything in a department so it's not Administration but it could be for example the administrative part of buildings and grounds the administrative part of the high school the administrative part of of HR um it is the offices um and the Department's administrative costs under Capital um you will see an increase of
007aund uh just under2 200 uh just under $2 million um the major cross drivers here are um workman's compensation um you will see the library debt in here um and so um the the largest cost driver here is going to be um having to book the library debt and that's the library Bond not the library budget um and then analysis by program these are all the things we know and love the greatest cost driver here and this is an increase of James I can't see that number um six million yeah six million is that so just over $6 million um that's where you saw the cost drivers before that is special education and transportation mostly so under the revenue side of the budget not the expense side you see that 5.4 47% again um you
008see the libraries debt is factored into this again um state aid on that first line This is pending a final budget from the governor's office which we don't have it's expended uh expected by April 1st we know what the governor's budget was it's the legislators that are now negotiating that budget with the governor um and so by April 1st we should know what that final state aid is going to be um miscellaneous sour ources of income include leases and our interest income you see the library uh debt there uh we have um our uh we're appropriating $2.1 million um in reserves toward this budget um a fund balance of $800,000 is being applied to this we have a new pilot in town um and so that's costing the taxpayers just under $50,000 that's on the
009Grand Avenue project one of the buildings that went up um got a pilot so they don't pay taxes on it when they don't pay taxes you pay taxes um and so that's in there and then the property tax revenue um which is the amount of money that we are asking our residents for is 2.87% um which is within the tax cap if you guys have questions because you look dumbfounded if you want to ask me along the way go ahead and ask the pilot what building is that um I think that's the one I believe that is the one on Merck Road yes because that's the only one that was done and completed um the Grand Avenue project the what do they call it's the um the revitalization project that and so I know I
010can tell you that I saw in the Herold that there are proposals uh for the next project you can expect that that next project is going to apply for a pilot as well even though by the way I will tell you that during the whole proposal component of this um that was a question I asked over and over and over again and was told there would be no Pilots um the total budget um that we're requesting for 2025 2026 is 172 Milli 88,888 if you're betting on the lottery 8 seems to be a good number to include in your numbers um and again this is awaiting um April 1st when we know from the governor's office what the final budget is so um for us uh making sure that we stay um within a a
011idea of innovation is important um how do we do this particularly in our Capital initiatives we have worked diligently on our instructional initiatives for the last 11 years we will continue to work onor instructional initiatives uh but that movement is steady the piece that is taking front and center for us right now are our Capital initiatives so the community was good enough to pass that bond in addition to that Bond we have Capital reserves and transfer to Capital and that is going to allow us to really do significant work on the high school I can tell you that Dr Robinson Mr Randazzo and I have been working with the architects on that um it is going to be stunning and it will also be um so appropriate for the learning that's going on um the
012order was correct doing the instructional piece first doing the capital piece second is 100% right um and to just show you um some of the work and I know you've seen this some people have told me they've seen it at infinitum but you know what we're going to keep reminding you that this is the work that we've done done and we want you to see what it looks like um so this these are uh this is work that's been completed um you are sitting in this space um you can believe it or not it makes every difference in the world when our kids are sitting in new and clean and fresh and up to dat um you all know there's no what there's no cones and you don't have to worry about falling through your
013chair when you sit down um the um bathrooms that were redone look beautiful the kitchens and the elementary school interestingly enough at Community input night that was one of the things we heard our elementary parents were asking for kitchens and Zippo wammo we're able to make it happen um all of these plans are up at the state um we are waiting on their approval um we are in the process they come back they ask us for more stuff we give them more stuff and so that is in process I will tell you as well believe it or not those cafeterias are designed with the future in mind so they are designed with the idea of an indoor outdoor kind of a flow and a field so that they can be used for not just um
014cafeteria space but they can be used for Outdoor Learning as well um the voters approve the bond which will um do this kind of work and to give you a sense of what this means for us instructionally um the there's an extension going on to the back of the 600 Wing that's going to be called The performance-based Learning Center um if you imagine what performance space looks like and feels like that's exactly how it's being designed um the high school performing arts center um is going to be uh the Performing Arts and our Career Tech Ed Center so all of our technology Wing is part of that being redesigned um with an eye toward what are the jobs of the future future um and so we are in the process of that um and the
015Reconstruction of the 300 Wing will be our Apprentice ship slash life skills SL workor based learning wing all those colored areas that's additions onto the building to be able to create create this space um this is some renderings of what the athletic center will look like um this is what the end of the 600 Wing the extension um which includes um learning spaces as well as collaborative spaces so if we're working on a Humanities project and social studies in English have their kids working together there's three spaces that allows them to um to collaborate if you go back to the six C's collaboration creativity communication Civics that is the area of focus and so the space fits in perfectly with the way um that learning is happening um this is an old picture of our
016fine and Performing Arts Center it looks pretty here now and The Architects are redoing their renderings this is what the inside is going to look like and that's the old 300 Wing that's also looking different every time I go somewhere I take pictures and I torture people with those pictures and say I want it to look like this I know you can't see this but as I said earlier um we've made significant progress on the wellness center at the high school um we're hoping to have a grand opening for that uh in the end of May um and we are already starting to advertise that with our students and their families um that will be open to only High School um so we are advertising that to our grades 8 9 10 and 11 so
017that they are fully enrolled in this um for next year um these are capital projects in the transfer to Capital that have been replaced um those projects are also up at the state already and we just await their approval uh so last year's um um transfer to Capital that was in the budget last year up at the state right it's it's it takes almost a year to design and it takes almost a year to get approval and go out to bid so any one of the projects that you see um it is generally around a two-year turnaround time from the time that the voters approve it but we are on a really good um Pace at this point I'm sorry um so in this next budget um which is part of the budget um we
018are looking to to there's a budget line that looks for to replace the roof at the high school and the roof of the Middle School um those are in serious need of repair um and I will anticipate the question um the parts of the roof of the high school that are going to be redone will not be repaired and then taken down they will be put uh they will be done with the new building um and so this year in this in this uh budget cycle we are asking the voters to authorize the use of capital reserve money so when we go to the public we have to authorize the creation of a capital reserve that has nothing in it just says you can basically open up a bank account so put money in to
019do Capital work then we are able to fill that with u money during the school year or over many years but then we have to go to the voters to say okay you approve this capital reserve we've been able to save this amount of money now voters will you let us spend this money and so you will see in the budget I sorry in the the voter's Booth this year the request to spend $18 million which is already there so it's not costing the voters any more money in order to um do the high school Career Tech Ed Center um The High School auditorium Renovations the existing Auditorium because remember we're adding on but we're turning the exist existing Auditorium partially into the new Coral room and partially into a blackbox theater um the new
020Turf for the middle school and then electrical upgrades for both Lennox and Meadow again this money is already there the reserve has already been approved we're asking the voters to approve the use of the money that already exists optimally yeah yeah right so um Dr Robinson is sharing that that this is being packaged with Bond submission so again the way the capital work that we want to do has been planned is through the bond Capital reserves transfer to Capital when we look at the work that we need to do we did not go out to the voters on a bond for all of that work we took a portion of that work for Bond and we said okay we're going to save money in order to do it to transfer to Capital and in a
021capital reserve and so um the these projects are part of the Fuller picture um that include the bond work so these are the propositions that you will see um you're going to be asked um to create another capital reserve um because the capital reserve that exists has an end date on it and a maximum amount of dollars that you can put in it so as we look at this drum beat of capital work um we have to open another capital reserve so that we can save money into that uh account so that we can continue to do Capital work in our buildings and so there's no money in this there isn't even an account it's course the taxpayer is zero all it says is will you authorize us to open up this this Reserve we
022are also asking the community to approve the use of money that is already in a reserve fund for um technology so um we have saved enough money um to be able to expend for new Chromebooks for third grade you will see something like this all the time because we during covid we went to a onetoone model this is a way for us to sustain a onetoone model um but these Chromebooks that we have now that are exiting the 8th grade and the fifth grade many of them are old and unusable anymore and so this would give new Chromebooks to the third graders who would carry it through Elementary School um stylus pens for those third graders cases for the Chromebooks and bags for the Chromebooks and um medical mannequins for our Medical Academy at the
023high school so this money is sitting in the technology Reserve we're just asking the community to be able to use it and then again just to um reiterate that um our long range Capital planning um we're looking at some challenges going forward um but the plan that has been put in place is a long range Vision it is not we don't figure this out every year um we know exactly what we're doing we know the path that we're following um and the community has been fabulous in in in supporting us in that effort so um as we look at the face of uncertainty um we believe that we remain future focused um we are leading that pack um certainly across Long Island in certainly across New York State um and one is very few across
024the United States and we are recognized for that um across the United States um so um questions anymore so understand a little bit we're talking about when you refer to the three cost drivers let's let's say for example Transportation can you give and I'm just speaking wallpark here um what that increase is going to look like talking 2 million 10 million 20 million so it's hard for me to project forward with techn with uh Transportation what I can tell you is that our Bose's transportation is going up 30% do you have a number on that an approximate number over three million just bosies oh o overall um I can tell you that the cost of special education over the last two years is an additional $4.5 million and remember that those are those can vary
025well be unanticipated costs so to give you an example um a student comes in the district um goes comes from somewhere else with an IEP is an outof District placement the cost of this particular out of dist District placement just for tuition um is $80,000 the cost for the bus for the student is $120,000 one student $200,000 and that is based on iow I missed it or it was in an earlier presentation the actual budet increase that 2.87% that's the tax levy budget to budget in the tax cap my question is schedu is come out budget Road um we I think we we are waiting on the chamber the Chamber of Commerce is the only one we don't have confirmation for okay and then we'll I'll have that in the Friday mailing for you this
026week whether or not the chamber um that on of course yeah any other questions all righty 7:40 okay and so we get to go see the reflections e e e for all of our guests who have come to the meeting this evening just please be mindful of eating and drinking in the auditor our brand new very spanking shiny clean Auditorium make sure that technically it's not allowed so be very careful thank you and would you all please stand now and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance effective September 1 1991 chapter 9 of the laws of 199 1 requires that we inform persons other than students who attend meetings within a school of the proper procedures to evacuate a building in an orderly and timely manner in the event of a fire emergency if you
027must evacuate this room because of an emergency you may exit through the doors in the rear of the auditorium proceed across the hall and exit through the doors which lead outside or you may exit through the doors to the left or right proceed across the hall and exit through the doors which lead outside I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the Middle School PTA for the refreshments that were provided for executive session uh and I would also mention that anyone who chooses to stay for the uh comment uh portion comments from the public there are cards uh right outside the doors here and you will if you have a question or comment you can write it down and they'll be collected and at the time I will read them and you can come up
028and speak to those so that said okay Board of Education accepts the minutes for the February 12 2025 board meeting as detailed in the Friday mailing so moved moved by Mrs KS second second by Mrs duresa all those in favor I Board of Education acknowledges receipt of the revised treasurers report for the month of December 2024 as well as the treasurer's report for the month of January 2025 as detailed in the Friday mailing moved by Mrs Green second seconded by Mr Smith all those in favor I now I'll turn the meeting over to the superintendent of schools Dr Sher Camy good evening everyone uh so um we will turn it over to Reflections in just a minute um but I have a captive audience and so I'm going to take this opportunity to allow the
029Baldwin District to shine um a couple of things I want to report um first as you know um both the boys and girls basketball teams um and you will hear more in my report about this have um have been successful the girls have gone on to the New York state championships so if you have nothing so if you have nothing to do or want something spectacular to do this weekend um they are playing in Hudson Valley Community College at 10:00 a.m. both days um if they win on Saturday they play on Sunday um and so we want to get as many people out there cheering for our young ladies as possible um second I want to share some incredible um good news um we have a school district that there is um no uh there
030is no shortage of accolades and so um indulge me in the last couple of weeks of accolades for our school system um our dance expression pre-academy at our Middle School um earned the following awards at the car Dance Competition a couple of weekends ago Elite top save your applause Elite top first first top primary large group and primary large group judges Choice all three of those are save your clause oh um our Deca Club at the high school this is the first year of deca at the high school it's an inor year the DECA students advance to the state competition after competing in regiona bues notably Solomon Ruff and Leila gentle G gentles gent gentless okay earn medals by placing in the top 10 in their first role play at the state level showcasing their
031hard work and dedication special recognition goes to Brendan Maan the Decker adviser for his crucial support and guidance um Virtual Enterprise Solomon Ruff Kingston Patterson Jasmine po palonia Gavin Sparks and Chad Isles um the Virtual Enterprise finalists in The New York State and New England region for the national business plan competition High School athletics we read we you know about boys and girls varsity basketball um both Long Island championships congratulations to our girls track and field team for the outstanding performance at the State indoor championship at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex Baldwin High School senior Sarah DCA achieved her third consecutive State title in the 55 meter dash finishing with a record-breaking time of 6.86 seconds Junior Brienne Barnett won 300 meter dash and the 4x2 200 meter relay team consisting of Sarah duresa senior Kel's
032Walker senior jazara ay Brianna Barnett set a venue record of one minute 39 is that right one 1 minute 39 seconds holy mackerel to win the division one state [Applause] championships in honor of women's History Month Baldwin Middle School hosted their glow which stand for girls loving ourselves tea party with special guest Fe speakers which was featured by news12 founding teacher Miz Graves um this was an extracurricular activity empowering young girls for nearly a decade in our arts department Baldwin high school student Conor Marcus was accepted to the hexers Jed art show of Long Island's best young artists of the 455 Works submitted his artwork was among the top 78 to be selected to be exhibited at the Museum um Brookside PTA is partnering with national PTA and AT&T because they want A500 Grant dollar
033grant for ready Tech go a workshop aimed at listen to me carefully parents educating families on self and respon self safe and responsible screen usage you know me on this one right oh yeah no clapping there is a well Hess center opening up at the high school um at Plaza the first grade teachers at Plaza organized a comprehensive penguin study integrating it into Reading Writing and science the students learned about penguins habitats and conservations and launched a recycling program showcase to their families during March of the Penguins steel Elementary School arranged for all third grade classes to participate in a virtual author event with Katie uh D cllo on uh March 11th celebrating the 25th Annual because of wind Dixie Lennox Elementary School third grader Amir Khan was recently recognized as one of five na
034uh National winners in Scholastics Dragon Masters contest for her story submission best of Long Island our very own Dr Erica Taylor has been named best principal and Miss Megan Cardman is now a fre time winner for best psychologist um in the Beth CRA Federal Credit Union I'm happy to report that Baldwin Alum shant Lans who is a reporter for WABC news um spent the day with our Baldwin high school students um and that story aired on channel 7 um and last but not least on student accolades I want to congratulate um our um uh student hang on Paul Fleck um who was um a winner of one of three winners um for an app that he developed uh for tracking um cleanup of of the waters off Long Island one of three across a congressional
035winner across uh New York state so this is what you have to look forward to so along with that I want to share with you that we have been um really um piloting the way for districts across uh the country on news and media literacy um we've been the focus of many a a news story at this point both local and National um I want to share that in an issue of Teen Vogue I've been quoted in a lot of places Teen Vogue is a new one for me I shared that with my kids because I thought maybe I would gain some points but it didn't work um so uh but what I want to share is that um this is the first paragraph of the article in Teen Vogue the night before the 2024
036presidential election Kennedy Payne 17 was scrolling on Tik Tok Kennedy Payne is a Baldwin high school student and came across some numbers that her friends from school had been sending around people were assuming its polls but I was like this doesn't make this doesn't feel right I wanted to make sure she told tan Vogue I did research on what the site was and it turned out that the site was more of a betting site for who would win instead of a poll I told my friends this is not a poll site don't believe this check other reliable sources and that is a good sense of the kind of work that we're doing in grades 6 through 12 um in both social studies and English and we offer a high school course for students through Stonybrook
037on news and media literacy um so that is one of our students um Kennedy Payne who is quoted in Teen Vogue magazine um and then I want to share with you um just some topics in our AP research class so two of the classes that we offer at the high school AP seminar and AP research these guys are are little but write them down mom and dad because AP seminar is probably the best class um ever um and AP research will complement that um with our students and so this is an example of the research our high school students are doing I'm only going to read a couple of them um but some of the research our high school students are doing nurture and navigate the role of par parental affection in shaping teen confidence
038and success in sports and academics old is the gold an investigation establishing the relationship between the Adolescent desire for physical maturity and virtual virtual interaction platforms the American dream reality or broken dream modern reflection on Langston news let America be America again the role of social media in shaping adalis and spending on Trans on microtransactions and gambling like behaviors in video games the impact of portable School furniture on standardized test performance Society versus belief evaluating the effects of various pressures in political discussions these are High School sophomores Juniors and seniors so I I challenge any one of us to engage in this research at this particular moment in our lives and so I share those because I want you to know the level of work um that's being done by incredible kids uh at the
039high school uh the last uh that I want to share with you is that um we have our Challenger games um at the high school at the high school where we um work with other students across other districts we we challenge them in basketball if you want a light moment in your life um go visit and go see a challenger game you will never ever feel um more uplifted um than than you will by attending one of those games um not only are our kid kids great but just you know oh you want to score a point here here's the bow score a point um it just it's just a real moment um so I wanted to share some of those things um as I held you captive um but you get to now go
040out and tell your neighbors about all the amazing things going on in our schools and all of the amazing students that attend our schools um we are our best Advocates um with that um I want to just um uh share about tonight so uh I went out I saw or the amazing work of our students I have never felt more imperfect than I feel right now um and that's okay um so um we have been doing PTA Reflections for an amazingly long time um I think if you are not um integrally involved in it you do not know how much work has gone in um by our PTA Reflections committee so I want to first um allow all of us to give a round of applause for the those [Applause] volunteers and with that I
041would like to introduce um Miss Jazelle ham who is the PTA council president and Miss Katrina Graham um who is the third VP of health and safety to introduce us to the reflections program if you all don't know Mrs ham you are in for a tree good evening everyone I don't know if you guys guys know this but I'm Dr cammy's number one fan so I just want you to know my two oldest children oldest children graduated from Baldwin schools they were Elementary Brookside B2B go Brookside they were at the middle school and had a wonderful wonderful experience at Baldwin Senior High School um The Innovation the hard work the the some of the people on this board are are dedicated longtime baling Bruins loving active parents and I'm proud to call some of them
042my friends so you just I need you to understand that the people that are working for our kids are giving them the best and are preparing them to be tomorrow's leaders if you're not involved in the PTA I know we're all busy I know we're working hard Long Island is EXP expensive but please if you can give two hours please try to volunteer try to help out in the PTA what we do matters what we do let our children know that not just the school district cares about them but we collectively are invested in their future as well and they need to see our faces every now and then in the schools and at events so please if you can try to donate two hours help out with a phone call help out with something
043at your units PTA I'm going to stop get off my soap box but let's go Baldwin these these events are amazing thank you thank you for your leadership thank you for your vision thank you for your hard work cuz behind a be great woman there's an awesome team so thank you for exposing my children to amazing programs I work in the ation I am part of a Consortium of Educators around Long Island and some of the things that we're doing here at Baldwin are very unique and they're not happening in other schools so our kids are getting the best and that's why I'm so excited about being a member of this amazing Innovative Community without further Ado I'm passing over the mic to my third VP of Reflections Miss Katrina Graham and I want to
044tell your parents thank you for encourag enaging your children to participate in reflection that is how we build community with our babies so thank you give yourselves a hand for being here tonight and for your children being recognized Miss Graham thank you so much Jazelle thank you all for being here tonight thank you again Jazelle for that warm welcome thank you to the board for all that you do for this amazing program this is really really a special a special event something that we work very hard for throughout the year it doesn't just start in March it happens it starts actually way in the beginning of the year uh I know there is a lot of work and dedication between the students the parents the chairpersons the presidents it is not a light lift and
045we do appreciate all of you I see so many so many faces so many tired parents thank you so much for being here hang in there hang in there um so I just want to read a quote with all imperfections you are perfect and I really do want to express that to all of our students for all of your work and what it emulates and what it means thank you so much for digging deep and for expressing yourselves through ART music so many things so many levels of artistry it just gets better and better it seems to get better and better more and more fine-tuned every year and we do not take that lightly so without further Ado I would like to introduce Fallon burns the chairperson for steel elementaries Reflections 2024 2025 program good
046evening everyone um I'm just going to call up the students from steo elementary school who participated in our Reflections this year we just want to thank them and congratulate them for their participation so first we have Isaiah adab benle we have Isabella George and Sebastian George come on up guys and Eileen Mahia panada thank you thank you so much steel Elementary School and next we have Plaza Elementary School and the chairperson for that program is Miss Emily K Emily okay we had eight participants at Plaza Elementary School um consistent with last year uh no State finalist this year you really got to enter in that music composition um first we have Miro aderer Lucy Kane Alana Chan Emily jerves Zoe Michelle Jacob rayon and Nia Ross I just want to remind everyone that there'll be
047a photo opportunity at the end for all of the children uh with the superintendent so if you want to stick around please thank you so much Plaza Elementary School um at this time I do want to just remind everyone that there are plenty of Refreshments outside so after we finish up here please be sure to grab something for the road please um next we have the chairperson from lenx Elementary School Miss Nikita Simone good evening everyone so Lennox had nine participants this year um five are here this evening so I'm going to acknowledge the five that are here um so first we have Washton uh Raiden Washington Chloe R and uh Hendrick Walker okay and now if we could get Kathy Kur the president of SEPTA to come up please she has some special Awards
048to present hi everybody um I'm the president of SEPTA and I'm in a unique position this year to be able to offer some certificates to some participants um who with the theme of accepting imperfections chose to um do their art piece on someone with special needs or with a special disability so um I thought that that was worth um celebrating and um bringing them up here to get some awards our first award is for uh well our first two are children from Lennox and the first one is for someone um named Nathaniel hris please come on up he designed something called the player and in his design there was a soccer player who only had one arm but was still very able to see himself as whole and to be able to be a soccer
049player great job okay and my second artist from Lennox um did an art piece titled unique which was um about someone with a physical disability who was in a wheelchair and was also um someone with glasses and this person was unique and still able to do many many things um and this goes to Kaylee come on down got congratulations and our third award from SEPTA is for someone from Meadow and this person actually um gave me the idea to to come up here today and give out a few Awards to someone who to people um who did artwork about people with special needs because um this was a little near and dear to the heart so he I'm going to name him in a second but he did a piece called uh the missing piece
050actually and it was um about a puzzle which was pink and purple and it was missing a piece in the center and that all had to do with the inspiration of my daughter Delany who's his friend and pink and purple's her favorite color and her puzzles are her absolute favorite so I'm so proud of him for doing this piece and his name is Luke Matson come on up thank you thank you so much Kathy thank you so there is a separate division divion of Reflections called the accessible Arts new division um and we would love to see some more participants in that division hopefully next year we'll have um some more students to help us out with that to represent next we have the school of this side Pamela pret please come on up good
051evening everybody good evening um good evening to our Bon Administration and the Board of Education it is a pleasure to be here as a corresponding secretary for the Brookside School PTA I was honored to chair as the the chair for Reflections for Brookside we had a fantastic turnout this year I want to thank our parents so much for extending the opportunity to engage your children in the art you have no idea how much that really means to them to find an Avenue to express themselves in any type of art form um I also want to thank the judges that we had Brookside took a different turn this year and we decided to um really engage ourselves with the community when we sought out the judges um we had judges from all over so I just
052want to say thank you to some of them who I know came this evening to see the artwork and took the time to come and be here this evening I wanted to thank um Martha Garvey who's the head of children's services for baldom Public Library Randolph Smith who is the band director of Lewis Armstrong Middle School in Queens but he's a Baldwin resident I wanted to thank the Rene's house of dance and arts um H woods and Freeport for taking the time out to also um score our art pieces and a special thank you to the Long Island Arts Council of Freeport we had two board members who decided to take part in judging our artwork this year I wanted to thank Dolores Parsons and marray T and our their executive director was here this
053evening I wanted to thank you for coming out to see the artwork and he extended the opportunity for the Brookside students to have their art displayed at the art alve at the free port Rec Center so thank you for that Brookside had the opportunity to have 13 children participate this year and I will start with our first one in alphabetical order Brookside students when you come up please come to the front of the Blue Table to receive your certificate Amelia Anderson dance choreography Charlotte Charlotte Anderson literature thank you Mom Maisy blueberry farington Visual Arts Leah Gibs Visual Arts Issa Jean Bart Visual Arts a very special um participant this year I'm going to call on Haley nard for Film Production she was a Nassau region finalist as well as a New York state award Merit
054winner if you did not get the opportunity to see Haley's film please make sure you do it is amazing she did a film about her glasses and it was fantastic Kelsey nard literature and Nassau region finalist Mariah Renee Pratt Visual Arts tiia Richards Visual Arts okay yeah move down just a little bit TSA Richards Visual Arts Brooke stra Deus Visual Arts Christopher vogon music composition Nassau region finalist and New York State Award of Merit winner and last but certainly not least Sage Whiteman Film [Music] Production thank you Brookside thank you Brookside community oh yes take a bow Take a Bow thank you ladies and gentlemen thank you so much Brookside Elementary School thank you guys thank you so much oh we got we got to get a medal we got to get one medal hold
055on okay and next we have Meadow Elementary School Miss Sharon Hans will be presenting for Meadow Elementary School come on down Sharon and I'm going to help Sharon out with this we have a lot of meno students good evening everyone well thank you unfortunately our PTA Reflections cheer Sophia Saron who couldn't be here tonight so uh to present the certificates but I'm honored to step in and present them on behalf of our Meadow PTA my name is Sharon Hans and I'm excited to recognize the amazing creativity of our students Reflections is such a beloved program at Meadow it is a signature event that encourages our students to express themselves through various forms of art we incorporate so many wonderful experience around Reflections such as the library day reflect and paint and a special art event
056just for our participants this year we had 30 4 students [Applause] woo yes they submitted an impressive 44 pieces of artwork and we are incredibly proud to share that two of those participants Advanced to the New York state level congratulations thank you all to our talented students of meadow for their hard work and creativity and to our families and teachers for supporting them let's continue to celebrate and encourage the Arts in our meal community and with that we're going to call the names and they are Kaden Bramwell come on down kayen congratulations his piece was my best friend Teddy literature next is Caston brown little help her for visual arts not here I know most of them are in other um track field events so all sorts of things all right next we have Payton
057Brown okay okay track star Caston Brown also not here yes and oh thank you they were on top of this all right right so next we have Stefon CX come on down Stefan his piece was not so best his comic book for visual arts and I'm proud to say that he was one of our nasau regional finalist also congrats Stefan next we have zy Clement a talk of inspiration for visual arts zy Clemen congratulations next we have Samuel Emmanuel edier his piece was where is the marching band for literature not here all right next we have Enoch Emmanuel Eder Eliana ustach all right don't worry if they're not here we're going to collect them and take it over all right next we have Charlotte freedoman chin up cheer on for a Film Production she also
058did the refrigerator for visual arts congratulations Charlotte Freedman next we have Victor gari oh thank you Victor you here all right his piece was beautiful and broken next we have no other than Carrie h hands come on down cheerleaders haran submitted a piece of broken vase for visual arts and also for nature changes in the fall season for photography next we have Zoe hands submitting perspective for visual arts that tree no leaves the photography and she was also a national Nassau Regional finalist also congratulations Zoe hands she's my daughter so Props to her I know right all right next we have ishmail har Singh Zion Haring Aaron Haring oh the whole family okay Sydney Jones Sydney Jones all right congratul ulations to them all never mind Shaya kowal Singh Luke Matson yay Luke is here
059Luke submitted a the piece called the missing piece also for visual arts next we have Leia Monte for okay Zachary Morris you should be here come on Zachary his piece was a broken clock for visual arts next we have Salah Morris come on down Salah her piece was I am for visual arts next we have Zia Morris this is the whole family here her piece was my view for photography next is Madison Moray Charlotte Mor Matthew palashi Andrew palashi Payton Payton Satani San and I hear it all right and next we have Ethan singon congratulations Ethan his spe was loving and accepting yourself for visual arts followed by Sophia his sister Sophia singon okay wait here Sophie her piece she submitted was a imperfection for literature congratulations Sophia all right then we have Christian Smith
060Ryan Smith all right Taylor Yearwood come on down Taylor is she here oh yay go Taylor congratulations Taylor she submitted a a piece called embracing yourself the way you I guess area dance and choreography all and also we have Louis ywood come on down LS congratulations his pce was rise above the darkness rise above the darkness for photography a nice congratulations guys and here we have it for metal Elementary congratulations participants great job all very nice thank you very much Meadow Elementary School thank you so much for representing every single year you know I just want to recognize sopia senson our co-president at Meadow who has been chairing this event for oh I don't know five plus years maybe and has done a phenomenal job has really really represented not only Meadow but the district
061on so many levels for several several years thank you so much Sophia thank you okay and next we have Baldwin Middle School Baldwin Middle School we have Alexandra Barnes coming up to present for Baldwin Middle School good evening everyone so I first I want to say you kids did such an awesome job this was my first time being the chairperson of doing the reflections and even though it was a lot of work I actually really enjoyed all the pieces that were submitted um I want to thank the other Bowen PTA members that helped me set up the refreshments outside um Andrea who bran to BJ's with me to get what we needed and set everything up and then of course thank you Dr T ker at times I thought I was driving you nuts but
062you smiled at me every time thank you for helping me facilitate and get all the judges so this is really a group effort and tonight we're here just to recognize all of the participants and show our appreciation so today well tonight we have 14 participants from Balwin middle school yay all right so our first person is Sarat Ashby she's in seventh grade her M she did music composition and the title of her work was scar you're beautiful and she was a national Regional finalist and she has quite a lovely voice okay next up we have Elijah casus sixth grade he's also a national finalist under the photography category and the title of the work is perfectly imperfect congratulations third we have Mata Clement seventh grade m T comment sorry 7eventh grade Visual Arts I am
063[Music] congrats next up we have Cynthia D Santos 8th grade uh also a national Regional finalist Visual Arts title of the work is acceptance okay next up is Paige dooie sixth grade Visual Arts and the title is Pages artwork no page okay next up is Ayana asuda 7th grade Visual Arts surrounded by imperfection next we have Ian Hill sixth grade Visual Arts imperfect Beauty Ian no Ian okay next up we have Madison Nunes sixth grade Visual Arts [Laughter] selfworth next up we have choki obasi sixth grade Visual Arts the solar system huh not yet he's next okay okay the next person is Angelica Resurrection sixth grade also a national Regional finalist in the literature category Perfectly Imperfect okay yeah okay next we have Emily rhon Visual Arts seventh grade my ADHD see okay next we
064have Marcus samita 8th grade National Regional finalist beauty of the broken Visual Arts next we have Arya shopner 7eventh grade Visual Arts don't listen to them and finally we have Emily Thompson 7eventh grade Visual Arts perfect imperfection all right thank you everyone congratulations yeah Dr Cammy is is inviting all of the uh AES up to the stage so that they can have a picture all together uh stage with your certificate all the students that that got Awards this evening and then uh they'll go up to the stage and then they can take one picture with her very very good e something no iess I'm [Music] back e e e we have one more if everyone would I would like sorry I would like to just give a quick thanks to our wonderful cheering section that
065was sitting over here our wonderful students that were hysterical and um we appreciate your energy thank you okay soah as you all take your seats as you all take your seats quietly please we have one more participant to acknowledge hi everyone thank you unfortunately I miss this lovely young lady's artwork so I just want to make sure she gets the recognition she deserves um Katrina will also do a participation certificate for you um but she also assisted she and Ari shopner did the artwork and it was don't listen to them and her name is Aaliyah Van van kick so let's give her a big round of applause please thank you yeah she is yeah okay thank you all again so much for coming I would just like to quiet if you're leaving please do so
066quietly I just want to acknowledge once again all of the unit presidents and the reflection chairperson the middle school thank you so much Dr Taylor for all of your help and coordination Pamela Pratt thank you so much for all you've done and you do for this program Jacqueline Torres thank you so much for all of your help the janitors the janitors if we could just give it up for the janitors because none of this possible thank you so much Josh for all of your hard work and your dedication with keeping us straight and clean um I think that is it please everyone make sure you get something to eat please take all the food if you're leaving there's also a session afterwards please do not forget about the meeting afterwards please please stay if you
067have any questions or concerns or gratitude um please be sure to stay and hang out with us thank you thank you everyone thank you so much uh to all the PTA uh leaders who who organized this event um I just want to say I'm certainly on behalf of my colleagues certainly for myself just walking around and looking at the artwork that these young people created uh almost everybody was saying things like how touching how poignant but I also thought to myself that some of them were talking about imperfections out in the world but a number of them were about personal a self-reflection and I was blown away at the level of maturity the level of sensitivity by these young artists and I am enormously impressed I'm always impressed by our students talents but this was
068a very special evening and I'm I'm we are all very deeply appreciative to the PTA that they have have done this [Applause] thank okay okay the next part of our program is comments and reports from members of the Board of Education uh oh I'm oh okay should we wait a minute okay okay do does anyone have anything they would like to right let me let me start um I uh this past month I attended two Founders Day Celebrations one at Lennox and one at Meadow and I just wanted to remark that at both of those uh they took the opportunity to acknowledge honor the students who had taken place in refle Reflections program so it was really nice um I attended two of the playoff basketball games the both girls games and a little editorializing
069I suppose but very hardfought games and exciting games the the scores at the end the Our Girls Triumph really by quite a bit but the games were really w good games well fought and I certainly congratulate the girls they did a wonderful job and they looked great um the Nassau region PTA had its legislative form and I was on the panel um and it was a very worthwhile uh morning and there were a lot of elected officials uh there as well as people who like myself are in the education Community um I also um co-chair the Long Island education Coalition I was at their meeting we had a guest speaker who is uh very involved in organizing school to Career uh types of programs so we are particularly interested in that since we already have
070probably the premere program on Long Island but she was very interested in seeing what we do and we are very interested in working with her to enhance our program and last but not least I had the great pleasure of attending uh one of the uh Productions of Willy Wonka and again absolutely Blown Away by the talent the professionalism everything from the choreography to the costumes to the singing was so professional it was really really impressive so I congratulate everybody that was involved with the production it was really terrific so that's me does anybody else have did everyone else go and I just disapp I just you weren't here so I greedy I want to get some snack um yeah I'll go that's fine um I'll start from yesterday well I'll go from the top I
071think I um had the opportunity a lot of what Dr Cammy and Miss ohagan said was a lot of Athletics and arts going on this month actually came to the girls middle school game which was very very um good it's always great to see the kids transition as they get older so that was a great experience um watching their development so that was a fun game um as Dr Cammy said New York state championship for the girls and boys track team um so it was a pleasure to see history continue to be made on that platform um and yesterday I went to the Challenger games that you spoke about um and for me I've gone a p the past few years but the best part about that is seeing how the students support the students
072they have signs are given out throughout the entire um crowd and they're cheering on their fellow students that is the most precious part is seeing how everyone's cheering for and we're cheering for all the teams right everyone that's playing at all different levels and it's all about everyone cheering everyone in that room so for me that's was my highlight of the month so just wanted to share share that nice nice I was able to attend um The Long Island championship games for both the girls and the boys and of course um that was amazing as always I was also able to bring two of my grandkids to the amazing production of Willie Wonka I am a little biased being as that is one of my favorite movies and it certainly did not disappoint and uh
073the kids loved it and as I understand uh Friday and Saturday were sold out and there were people on social media asking does anybody have tickets for a Middle School production that's that's incredible um as legislative leaon just um you know we await the budget from the governor and um as we understand it by the end of the week our um Federal Department of Education will be completely dismantled and um that's terrifying and it's going to have horrible adverse effects on the entire country so you know unfortunately we sit back and await uh the results of that and that's all I've got oh similar to some of my colleagues I had the opportunity to attend that production it's always great to come back home to the Middle School uh soldout event um it's a lot
074cooler in here today yes oh great great um yeah okay can you not paying attention but it's always great to see the Middle School Productions I always say to um to my colleagues that well when they get to the high school just forget about it yeah the talent um the personalities it was a great production and I also um attended the founders day two of the founders day lunches um well dinners at uh Brookside and linnux L right so it's always great to go back home yes uh yeah I got something to say um I uh we've heard a lot about our wonderful girls track team um I did get to Staten Island to see the state part of the state competition and um and you've all heard how great they did and their records
075that Sarai and the girls set but um what a nice group of people these track parents I mean it's just such it's so fun to hang out with you guys and they're really like a real family that was just uh real special to spend a little time with you all um I got up uh my friend Dr Gallow and I got up to way up north in Yorktown High School to see our girls compete at the regional level and okay I won't be able to make that one um you know Ry high school they they tried hard but uh our girls beat them um sorry um and uh I'm also liaison to the baldman teacher Center and that's always really interesting to hear about the uh continuing ed that our teachers are are um having
076offered to them and uh the discussions about what kinds of credentials and programs they they'd like to have um uh that's that's always pretty interesting and um yeah I got to see the play too cuz I have to brag my wife is the uh assistant director or something like that we have the real director right back there um and and it's just I I know how hard they all work on it and and everybody does such such a fabulous job that was really again that was really a joy to see so thanks everybody to thank you with you okay this is the time when we uh have comments and questions from members of the public as I said earlier anybody who wishes to make uh a comment or ask a question there are cards right
077outside the door I believe and our uh district clerk is going to pick them up and see if there are any questions or comments for us so just give us a minute until she retrieves the cards I I will and then you're can speak after the personal actions is yeah okay okay okay then we can move along oh all right we have a card thank you okay um I of I'll just make this comment can't see but I can this yeah I know okay um I just want to yes I'm gonna I'm going to call you up and and you can uh tell us your concern uh I just wanted to uh mention I should have mentioned it before that public matters uh public discussion on matters relating to staff and students is prohibited prohibited
078but yeah yes do you want to go to the mic I'm just going to read from my notes good evening my name is Jasmine Shephard um good good evening Board of Education Dr Cammy and the Baldwin School Community um I'm here tonight as a concerned parent um to address the serious safety failures that had occurred about 3 weeks ago um with the JCC after school program which operates within our District's facilities while I fully understand that JCC is an independent organization leasing space from our district the fact remains that Baldwin students are in the care within the Baldwin buildings and within our Baldwin roof um our children's safety should be a shared priority between the district and outside organizations operating in our schools in honoring my son's privacy I will not go into details about
079the incident publicly however I'm more than happy to stay behind and speak privately with the board regarding the incident that took place about 3 weeks ago with my son um I'm not just speaking on behalf of my family but I'm also speaking on behalf of the school the Baldwin School Community I want to make sure that no other Baldwin families will experience what I experienced as a Baldwin parent um the incident it made very clear that there was security measures that must be strengthened within our school Community both during the after school program but also during the school day I'm asking the district or more rather than begging the district for additional security within our schools uh not only again during the school days but also after school um days because from my understanding The
080JCC program did not provide security on the day of the incident that took place um I do have three uh suggestions one being to ensure that appropriate staff to student ratios are within the school within the JCC after school program to prevent safety risk from taking place as well as evaluating the physical spaces that the JCC program uses to sure that those spaces that are being used are not um areas that have direct Street access and also to implement stronger monitoring and accountability measures to ensure compliance with safety protocols um and lastly I just asked that the school the the school district and I apologize I'm just very nervous and I'm trying not to be emotional so please bear with me but I'm asking that the school district considers um the contract or the leasing
081whatever is used um to partner with the JCC program and just asking that the school district takes a look at it and also provides accountability measures to ensure that any organizations that come into our school district are adhering to the safety protocols and procedures to ensure that all students are safe um and I thank you again for hearing me out I try to articulate the best way that I can but I'm really trying to not um be emotional about what took place I've been in communication um for the past 3 weeks with uh many members and again I just ask that safety measures be put in place for the after school program and that we increase Security in our school uh buildings thank you thank you Mr okay we don't we don't have any other
082questions in the okay thank you okay uh the next item on our agenda is the personel actions report Board of Education approves the Personnel actions report dated March 19th 2025 as detailed in the Friday mailing moved by Mrs teresca no I'm sorry Mrs KS seconded by Mr Smith all those in favor I yeah so I would like to proudly announce that that um on that Personnel actions report um we appointed Mr Steven saravia who is currently the special ed supervisor um for um at our high school um he has been appointed on this par as the new assistant principal of Baldwin High School um Mr Sarabia came to Baldwin having been a specialed social studies teacher um and then um a coordinator at Walt High School in South Huntington um he has been at our
083special ed supervisor since October of 2022 um I will say that um my personal knowledge of Mr saravia he has an incredible work ethic um he is thirsty to learn uh I know that he will be I'm sorry Mrs aravia he will be in the high school probably endless hours so get a good look now because come the summer you're not going to see much of him um he is so dedicated to our students and our staff um and uh amongst many things that he has done um he has been a real presence for Dr Testa at the high school um as part of his administrative team uh he wants to be here he loves our kids he loves our school district um and so I welcome you into your new position as assistant principal
084congratulations welcome and you are dismissed yes yeah as board president I am calling for consideration of a consent agenda for business items 3- 16 are there any items that members would care to withdraw from consideration uh for further discussion and a separate vote I apologize I apologize you're right I did anxious to get home I guess um okay Board of Education approves the recommendations for Services of the committee on special education sub csse 504 committee and committee on preschool special education for the months of November and December 2024 as well as January and February 2025 as detailed in the Friday mailing moved by Mrs Green seconded by mesca all those in favor I the Board of Education approves the home tutoring and special education service report for this month as detailed in the Friday mailing
085moved by Mr Smith seconded by Mrs Green all those in favor I now calling for a consideration of the consent agenda for business items 9 at 903 through 916 are there any items members would care to withdraw from the one question not yes not a you do I ask the question yes sure okay can you remind me the um auditor agreements did we do a an RFP for those okay typically every five years I'm not used so is this in its fifth year or no uh we were at the tail so we're starting uh this near end will be the first year okay you know how in the past we used to see who the the the the rfps were sent out to or no we've never done that we just don't see just handle
086in the backend and we just know this is different because it's Professional Services so it's not the same as bidding hour right okay so that's why we don't need to see the list and the people who are um who are getting the contract are the people who have been doing it for the last few years okay which is why we probably don't even need to see the others because that was the best that came out of it is that really the reason the work has been satisfactory the RFP um pricing was satisfactory so just for continuation okay that's what I want to know thank you so moves okay do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda including business items 3 through 16 so move moved by Mr Smith seconded by Mrs Green all
087those in favor I I the Board of Education approves the updated use of facilities report from July 2024 through June 20 2 as detailed in the Friday mailing moved by Mrs Green second seconded by Mr Smith all those in favor I I okay we have policies we have a first read on policy and okay and this is where I would read the yeah that's the one okay okay the 8134 is school safety plans and teams um but the other one that's the first read I just want to make sure I'm not skipping any the first the next one that's the first readed is the ex officio student member of the school board okay are we okay yeah okay okay um yes I only I'm going to read this only because this is a brand new
088uh policy for this District uh you may have been reading in the paper that the state is interested in having as mandated that every District have a policy uh in order to allow a student to serve on the school board so with the advice of our Council and with the hard work of two members of our board Mrs Kohls and Mr Smith who formed the subcommittee to research this we came up well yes with the guidance of Dr Tesa as well they came up with this this policy and it's a little bit long so bear with me in order to enhance communication and collaboration between the governing board and student body and to teach students the importance of Civic involvement the board supports the participation of high school students in District governance to this end
089the board believes that an ex officio student member will one provide Pro students with an opportunity to express their voices take ownership of their education and impact board decisions two provide for the board and and students a vehicle through which they may exchange information and learn from one another three provide an opportunity for a student to gain experience with governance and Leadership four broaden the base of information available to those ultimately responsible for educational decision-making and five develop an environment that encourages inclusion understanding trust and respect choosing us student board members a the student will be duly elected by the student body of the high school at the same time as student council elections this B the student candidate must be entering 11th or 12th grade C the ex official member shall have attended the
090Baldwin schools for at least two years prior to election serving as student ex official member M of the Board of Education the term of the student board member shall be one year commencing on July 1 a the student Shall Serve only one term B the student will serve as a member of the Executive Board of the student council C the student will follow the board of education requirements with respect to attendance at meetings D in addition exofficio student members will receive recognition at commencement ceremonies and E if there is a vacancy due to resignation or remove Al and there's no alternate the board will decide if there is enough time to select another student as ex officio student member in accordance with this policy and if there is not enough time to select another student
091the position will remain vacant until the next term Begins the roles and responsibilities of student board members a the ex official student member of the board shall be entitled to sit with board members at all public meetings of the board and shall participate in all board meetings B the ex officio student member shall not be allowed to vote shall not be allowed to attend executive sessions neither will they have the authority to call a special emergency meeting of the board nor be considered a member of the board for the purpose of establishing a quorum for conducting business or be allowed to see or discuss documents or information regarding individual District Personnel collective bargaining negotiations individual Student Records or any other confidential matters C student board members may be appointed to subcommittees of the board in
092the same manner as other board members and shall be made aware of the time commitment required to participate in subcommittee meetings work and have the right to decline such an appointment D School Board member shall not be liable for any acts of the board student board member training the stud the superintendent or design will provide information to student board member candidates to give them an understanding of the position once chosen or appointed incoming student board members shall be provided with an orientation designed to build knowledge of the district and an understanding of the responsibilities and expectations of the position now is there any conversation on the policy shouldn't have read it out loud it made me have another question okay um sure good night no but please feel free one year so if the student
093is a junior sorry if a student is a junior their T term can only be one year they cannot um be elected by the student body again in senior year because they is that correct you're saying part of their thinking was that part of the thinking was it's it's a good experience for a student so to limit it to one year um lets more students have the opportunity okay so it's intentional they can they can only serve one year correct okay that that's what we chose in our policy the the state doesn't restrict that there are some other that's how we're thinking this was our committee's thinking so remember also this is a first of its kind yeah and so as you go forward you may rethink your policy and revise policies like you always
094do so you may just decide at some point that you want it to be a senior because it's a one-year term um you may decide it's a two-year I mean that's going to be for you so this is brand new see how this goes um talk about it along the way and then you can make revisions as necessary I have another question we have dno insurance right as board members right do we have like a directors and officers type of you you you are indemnified right so does this does this position have to be indemnified as well because they still represent the board they are on the board they're on the board so they they identified by default because they're now considered on the board but that's also why they are excluded from certain things
095that are so we have to indemnify them as well well they're automatically indemnified because they are on the board got it I needed to hear that out loud okay just for clarification this is goes into effect July your first board meeting when you say into the the student is supposed to begin their term July 1 July first so in theory if we should agree to the policy then we can uh assure that the process goes forward to elect the person who will begin then to serve as of July 1st of this year however they're selected during the now well whenever that Happ in in April I believe say that again Mr Smith late April Dr tester okay but remember there sworn in on the first board meeting of in July which probably won't be till
096July 9th so technically they'll begin July 9th right like when wish SW it the same time and they're selected by the student body yes now technically this is a first read however um we have the discretion if everybody uh is in agreement and supportive of the language that's used we could vote to adopt this policy at this meeting so I'm going to suggest that there be a motion to adopt it unless there is serious concern about the wording of the policy so mov so thank you can I can I have a motion to accept this policy as amended and I I say that for anybody who is is in the audience at this point there was a very slight modification in the way it was printed and so that if you looked at it on
097board docs or whatever uh it will have a couple of words that are different but it's not materially different from what was published so changes the definition of what was published so it changes the content of what we were yeah but it but not materially in the sense that you so did you want to just clarify what it changed i c i can yes um we clarified in choosing the the student board member uh we have the student will be duly elected by the student body of the high school and the original wording had it spoke to procedures current currently in place uh for student council elections we simplified it to say at the same time as student council elections so that it wouldn't necessarily be tied to that it could be done separately so
098yes of course and because we felt it was important to emphasize that they would in fact be elected to this specific position by the students as opposed to the other Student Government candidates they're voted for and elected but then PE um administrators in the school building choose what position they will hold so this would not follow that procedure okay okay okay so may I have a motion to accept this policy policy 2245 referring to ex offic officio student member of the board so moved moved by Mrs KS second seconded by Mrs DCA all those in favor I I uh the policy on school safety plans and teams that was also a first read uh we can bring that back uh if you for the next meeting and just do uh adopted at that time uh
099we have two policies two no one one okay so it's uh second read of a revised policy um the policy 011 0.2 sexual harassment in the workplace is that the one yeah okay um may I have a motion to accept that policy so move moved by Mrs Green seconded by Mrs duresa all those in favor okay Board of Education adopts the following resolution be it resolved that the Board of Education hereby adopts the annual School Education election and budg budget vote ballot notice of annual election and budget vote for the Baldwin Union Free School District to take place on May 20 2025 and further resolve that the district clerk is hereby authorized to take all necessary steps to publicize the notice okay I don't have to read the resolution I gu right let me read
100the resolution I guess I have to the Board of Education adopts the following resolution be it resolved that the Board of Education hereby adopts the annual school election and budget vote ballot notice of election annual election and budget vote for the Baldwin Union Free School District to take place on May 20th 2025 and further resolve that the district clerk is hereby authorized to take all necessary steps to publicize the notice moves move by Mrs DCA second by Mrs Green all those in favor Board of Education authorizes the administration to prepare and file the 2025 2026 property tax report card the administrative salary disclosure the Six-Day budget notice and any other 20252 26 budget related documents as required by law so moved by Mrs Green second seconded by Mr Smith all those in favor I okay
101the Board of Education authorizes the attorneys designated by the rc1 risk Operation Center Roc to negotiate and approve of data privacy agreements for software and or technology resources in addition the board grants The Roc and its designated attorneys the authority to negotiate the terms and conditions of dpas and to take action so as to effectuate the purposes and intent of this resolution so move moved by Mrs Green second by Mrs KS all those in favor I I okay the next thing on the agenda is the uh I'm not sure how it's written on yours but it is the nomination for members of the board of Bose's um we have been receiving uh bios and um we have two members actually there are three members names who are returning to the board and two Challengers uh
102we received the information from The Challengers very late so I don't know if we want to go ahead and nominate them or just nominate uh the uh incumbents for reelection but I'm I don't know I'm going to suggest that we elect them and if you want to add the other names that's fine Board of Education as a component District of the board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau County nominates uh Robert ba Shon and Fran Langster uh as detailed in a private mailing previous mailing I'm sorry previous mail do you want to add anything or just do you want to add them yeah okay then just ba and Fran yeah um so do we need and it gives it because we will not be voting on those people until a later meeting so we have
103an opportunity to review their bios before then and then you can add right we can add that yes then we can then we can so may I have a motion please moved by Mrs Co RS seconded seconded by Mr Smith all those in favor I I does anyone have any new business no okay I don't have the PLS do you okay do we uh dates do we have any dates upcoming okay okay okay may I have a motion to adjourn moved by Mrs KS would somebody like to Second the adjournment oh we went back to that lady and gentlemen