001All in favor? I I So Carrie, so we're starting. Love to see all these people here tonight. Hi. And we're starting with the Be Kind project and we have some special guests and we're going to start with Miss Lentini. and Mr. Navaro that work. Okay, good. Uh, good evening everyone. We are so thrilled to share with you the Mary G. Clarkson Bek Kind project, a special initiative founded by our garden club under the leadership of the amazing Miss Kaylee Navara. So, when Dr. Dr. Maloney first shared his vision of beayhore schools working collaboratively with the community. Miss Garcia immediately recognized how well this initiative aligned with his goal and entrusted Miss Navara and me with bringing it to life. What began as an extension of Dr. Maloney's vision has since grown into a truly meaningful
002project that connects and uplifts our entire community. Before we begin, I'd like to introduce some of our garden club students who've joined us tonight. So, we're going to come around with the microphone. Kyrie, Amelia, Theo, Camden, Hudson, Hendrick, Sloan, Nico, Charlie, Danielle, Amelia. How about a little round of applause for how we doing? And in addition to our amazing Miss Novar, we also have our garden club teachers here. We have Miss Mason, Miss Brown, Mrs. Ror, and Mrs. Kelly. So, thank you everyone for joining. So, you are all in for a special treat tonight as we walk you through uh the planning of this project, the implementation of this project, which has really proven to be a very meaningful and collaborative school and community effort. So our be kind mission project started in garden club.
003That's where it was born. This idea started with the idea to bring our garden to life to truly rejuvenate this space for our fellow students, for our teachers to have an outdoor classroom setting. Um, and so our goal for Garden Club was truly to bring that to life. And so through our conversations, we really came up with all these ideas um really from these amazing kiddos behind me. So um the Beind Project mission and all is to really um teach leaders to be invested members of the Beij community. Now, I know, you know, they might look small right now, but they are truly um so impactful to our community and they make a difference every single day. Um so, I would love to invite our Amelia up to tell for her to tell you in
004her own words what the Be Kind Project truly is. At Mary G, we promise to help our earth school and community. In garden club, we planted for our earth and created a place where students get to learn and grow. I am proud to be in garden club where I get to make a difference. Wow. Thank you. Our rockstar. So well said. I know. I think she's going to finish the presentation for us. So truly well said, Amelia. It's a promise to our earth, our school, and community. So we talk about sustainability. We discuss making a better school community. Um, you know, involving each other in what it means to be a leader and and to expose our students to other opportunities outside our schools and in our community. So, our Mary G. Clarkson Garden Club,
005here are some pictures of our hard work. Show them your muscles. Hold up those muscles. This was not an easy task. This was hard labor. They did a phenomenal job to clean up the space to germinate these seeds and to get the ball rolling. Um, you know, of course, we come back from the summer and our garden needs that work and they were ready to roll up their sleeves and and start that process. So, we have some seeds germinating. We have Nico with that heavy bag carrying with those muscles. super super job. And so I'd love to invite some friends up to discuss what actually was planted in our garden. So we have Danielle and Charlie. Oh my god. In our garden, we planted tomatoes, merry gold, lettuce, strawberries, [Applause] We planted green bean, lemon
006buns, and bean bones. Good job. Um after after also planting um a large portion of our task in the garden club was also rejuvenating it, making it a place of art and innovation um and and a bright place to be not just with what we planted with those flowers but also um to make it a beautifification project. So, we were able to do some painting, create a mural, and um bring it to life in some other ways. So, we have Nico to talk about that a bit. We painted rocks, made a hopscotch game, and even painted a mural to make our garden beautiful. Good job, Nico. Thank you friends. Uh so much of the inspiration behind our be kind project was really rooted in service and we were so overwhelmed by how our community really
007came together and rally behind us thanks to generous donations from Lowe's tire companies and other small shops. We were able to get things like paint, tire planters and gardening tools to really help us with that rejuvenation process. We are especially grateful to our community members whose generosity made it possible for us to completely revamp our garden beds and watering systems. And a special shout out to our custodial and buildings and grounds team who helped us rejuvenate our watering system to make sure that those plants and veggies are getting watered uh when we're not there. Um this collaboration between students, families, staff, and our beayhore community really um truly shows what's possible when we all have that shared vision. So as we mentioned the be kind project started wholeheartedly in garden club but we began to
008have these discussions of why is it just us we're doing all this work right so we started to have those discussions of well why is it just us why can't we expand to our school community and as the instructional uh steam instructional specialist I have the privilege to meet with every single child in in the building. And so I take that seriously because what I'm teaching and and what my mission is um goes out to every child and it's so empowering to be um have the privilege to do that. So we took the be kind project a step further and um in steam classes we decided to start using recycled materials and talk about sustainability practices. Um, we decided to create inspirational posters to build up our school community. Um, especially during our neurodeiversity celebration,
009we created chalk and we chocked the walk with positive messages so staff and students coming into the building would see that and start and end their day on that positive note. Um, so it really it's we started this domino effect and what we started in garden club as a tiny afterchool program really just caught fire and so we had teachers buying be kind shirts and matching on Fridays and we had um classes making be kind bracelets and giving them out to each other and it was it was truly not just garden club but our school community that took this ran with it and and created something bigger. And oh, this is you, Mrs. Miss Navar. This is the library, which I she is the expert on the library. That was her. Okay. So, our partnership
010with the Beayshore Brightwaters Library um really helped our garden club grow um specifically because they had reached out with an abundance of newspapers. And as a steam instructional specialist, I said, "Do not throw those out. We will create something with them. I promise you." And um we kind of looked up some ideas and realized that these are sustainable ways to create seed pots. And so to start our garden, we germinated every seed by ourself and used those those recycled materials. And we had some friends say, "Why are we making all these for the library? Why can't we teach them how to do it themselves?" And I said, I'm like, "Maybe you don't want to work." No. They were so excited to teach and create um create an opportunity to to give this experience um a
011step forward and to really create a learning experience. So they, you know, had their literacy. They wrote out every single step that it would take to make these seed pots. And not only did they inform the Beayshore Brightwaters Public Library how to make them, we made them for the community and given give gave them out through their um seed library project that they do every spring. a big part um one of our favorite parts of this initiative was working together with Gardenner Manor mini marauders. Uh so under the leadership of Mrs. Ashley Pate um Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Allardi we were able to have our fifth grade mini marauders who are uh leaders within their school come and visit and collaborate with us. So during their visit, the students worked on two meaningful projects. They
012created pollinator friendly uh wildflower seed packets to distribute that without the throughout the community. And they also collaborated on a special project for our school grounds. They decorated kindness rocks uh with thoughtful and encouraging messages that were later placed in our kindness rock garden uh which is a growing symbol of positivity and compassion right here at Mary G. Clarkson right within our beayhore community. So that mentorship and that teamwork between those fifth graders and second graders was the best thing to see. Uh the mini marauders served as role models and our second graders really looked up to them and and started to get excited about going to Gardener Matter themselves. Um and they worked together in service on their shared mission of spreading kindness and giving back. Um we were even featured on the Gardener
013Manor news. So they did a little news clip on Miss Navara and and their project and they featured us over there. Uh, and we're really looking forward to um more collaborative work with with them um visiting one another and working together on this mission and other missions. And finally, we had a very special visit from the garden guru of channel 12, Mr. Alex Calamia. Uh he came to our last garden club visit. Uh during that time, uh we had the opportunity to showcase both the indoor and the outdoor garden. So there's pictures of our indoor garden and our outdoor garden. Um, and I mean our goal was for the children to learn about plants and get some gardening advice. And I think he was the one that actually left inspired. He said to me, I
014you know, he said to both of us, we I I these children know more about gardening than anybody I've ever met. So he was so truly, you know, blown away um by their communication skills, by their efforts, by their kind hearts. Um so and we were also on channel 12. So we're going to play that for you right now. Just a quick little snippet. Well, these students have a lot to be excited about. And it's not just because our own Alex Calamia was out with them today. The first and second graders at Mary G. Clarkson Elementary in Beayshore are earning their green thumbs all while learning valuable lessons. It's part of an afterchool program where they they transform old newspapers into biodegradable pots for veggie plants. That is pretty cool. Cool activity. You can do
015that at home with your kids, too. There's so much fun. I I told Alex, I'm like, I need you to come over to my house and help me flowers and all that. Yeah, he's a wealth of information. So, we hope that the ongoing um relationship with Mr. Calamia, he really was truly excited to be with us today. excited about. And it's not just because um and before before Mr. Calamia left, we actually the children actually presented him with their very own seed pots that they created. And before they leave here tonight, they would also like to present you with that same token. So, boys and girls, if we would like to come Thank you. Shake my hand. Boy, how you doing? All right. Thank you. Thank you. I'll be planting this tonight. Thank you. Thanks,
016Theo. Appreciate it, pal. Thank you so much, I appreciate it. Thank you, Charlie. I do, buddy. I'll treat that beautiful sweetheart. Thank you very much. Thank you, sweetheart. I'll pass. Okay, we'll take one for the other person. Thank you so much. I'm going to follow your directions and make pots next year. Well, I have a big yard. You guys You guys can come plant in my yard. I got a big yard. That nice plant all over. And before we conclude, we have two uh other students who would like to share with us uh what they've learned from this project and how they can be kind. I can be kind by helping others. [Applause] I can be kind by picking up garbage. [Applause] I did. I can be kind by growing flowers. So, thank you all
017for being here tonight to share our special project um with us. We would like to conclude tonight's presentation by really thanking all of you for all of your continued support for our students, our programs, and meaningful experiences like this uh that truly help all of us to grow as a school, as a district, and as a community. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Christina. Eric, do a picture. Christine, take a picture with the kids. Stand them up here. That's great. You can do that. Great. Did everybody get a Mrs. Thank you. Thank you so much. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Everybody look right here. Big smiles. [Music] Excellent. [Applause] Look at this one. Not in my life. That one's really Okay, parents, at this time, if you would like to take your
018garden club students outside, you can take another picture. Thank you. Thanks for coming everyone. Thank you for sharing your children tonight. Thank you. Welcome back anytime. Good job for that age. That's a good job. Okay, Mr. P, you going to follow that? Yeah, I know. I know. We'll give him a second to get out. Follow my apology. I'll Yeah. All right. Well, as the good stuff leaves and we're left with just a few of us. How you doing tonight? Uh Mr. Pashkin's going to take us through the uh book approval. Woohoo. All right, that shouldn't be hard to follow at all. I think not nearly as exciting. However, we are sticking with the theme science. So very great introduction and segue. Good try, Rob. I know. I try. Okay. Um, so I think you should
019have the memo for this book request in your packet. And this is coming. If you recall, Mr. Leech came and discussed a new uh partnership for forensics with Syracuse University uh and the super program, the Syracuse University Project Advance. Now, this is a very um this particular program has a very specific requirements and the teachers have to go for training over the summer. So, it is very meticulous in terms of what is expected and it is recognized very very well across the country. So, the super courses in particular are are very um established. So, I'm going to pass along so you can take a look. We have a nice real science textbook here for everyone to check out. I didn't think those still exist. Yes, they do. It's nice to see those every once in
020a while. Um I kind of look like Earth science. And this particular textbook is specifically designed for this course. It is actually the required resource by supa by the Syracuse University project advance for this particular class. It utilizes over a thousand photographs in it, drawings and diagrams to enhance the learning. Uh incorporates real world case studies as well. Uh uses analogies, illustrations to help make these concepts a little more accessible for students and also supports preparation for university level forensic science examination standards. I was looking through it. They even make some mention of um some uh author well some some book references to kind of early forensics like Hercule Perau and Sherlock Holmes and kind of making that connection. I thought it was kind of cool way to to to get there. uh curricularly it
021from the alignment there's five basic units intro to forensics which is just foundational principles biological evidence chemical evidence physical properties and behavioral forensic evidence uh and this is all to help the students learn about concepts as they apply to law enforcement and criminal investigations and also helps to bridge the high school learning with the college kids who are interested in going into this field in the future. Uh it covers a lot of different topics. Forensic medicine, anthropology, ecology, paleonology, which nobody I had to look up because that was not it's study of uh pollen, spores, and other small particles. And there was actually an example where it referenced a case in Austria in uh in Austria where they was there was a missing person and they used the mud from boots and connected the spores
022uh through that and then they were able to put the person at the scene and then the person confessed. So incredible stuff. Really, really interesting. If you're into that, you know, CSI, I mean, every night there's a new one on TV, so it's very appropriate for the kids. Um and again essential for the for the um for this particular course supports of course all the uh requirements of it and this is something that they're uh requesting for approval. Obviously the budget would be within the science budget for the textbooks that we have already. So any questions on the the textbook? Good stuff. If you each want one, I can try to get you one. I would love a text. It's pretty cool. My mom actually tables tie into it. They'll be using those tables, those
023you know ones we had the thing. Very good. My mom actually worked for the um Suffach County Medical Examiner's Office and toxicology and a lot of these similar applications and it might be a cool place to try to get to at some point because it's right here in Suffach County. Even Nassau Nassau has a forensics lab. I built it in a couple years ago. So it's will those tables like could they maybe there's probably a connection something they could add into that that that there's a lot of growth for that too, right? I would think especially with any kind of examination that they're looking at um if they're looking at parts of the body that are affected and they need to learn a little bit more. I think those those tables you could apply pretty
024much to any topic in any course involved. Okay. All right. Great. Thank you. I will Yes. And I I will stay for an exciting conclusion. Right. For an exciting conclusion to a polyep you got you have students and personal electronics. And I apologize. This was my error. There's been multiple minations of this policy. I shared the wrong policy with Caitlyn that you have. So, I'm going to give you the the version that you should have. And this is the one that you saw last time without a few highlights. It's essentially the same policy. I'll let you take grab it. And I apologize for there was a previous version of the policy, but with the new legislation, they had to update it. So that was the one that you had received was the older version with
025some some adjustments. Uh and as you remember this is a new required policy as passed through Governor Hokll's office through education law 2803. So again this the first part section is the introduction. The next section focuses on communication with parents and person parental relation. And this is just talking about again how students and parents would communicate with each other. Any questions about that part, but we'd be using office phones just like you guys did. Yeah. Uh the next section is on device access and storage. This breaks it down by level. And again, we really are not going to be changing too much. I was talking to a few teachers today. they were asking about this uh at all except at the high school level where it will become more of the same with some additional
026expectations for the non-instructional spaces. That's going to be the biggest shift for the building and it's going to take some time for everyone to get used to that. But uh already in speaking to Mr. Gordon, he has shared that he is very um eager to make sure he's communicating that as early as possible and reinforcing it and this something that they will be discussed with the students when they come back and also at orientation. Any questions on that part, device access and storage? I just have a um I have a couple questions about the bigger places in the high school, right? So in the cafeteria and in gym, I assume that they just go in their lockers with their Yes, they already have a process. Mr. a casino shared for that already. Lunch are they
027just they're going to have to keep them in their backpack. So lunch, yes, lunch and the hallways are the parts that they are working at at the high school to try to implement. So the policy itself is is telling you what the expectations are. The management of that is going to come through the building and it's probably going to evolve throughout this course of this school year. But yes, away put keeping it away, we do allow the students to carry backpacks. So that allows it to be out of sight and that is going to be the expectation. Okay. And I know enforcements later on enforcement is going to be a challenge, you know, again for the building. What about band choir like where there's massive mass? Good question. Yeah, they're going to have to follow
028the policy. So the the policy they feel like is really worked or the practice is to have students put their phones when they get to class into the caddies because that allows the teacher to know that they do not have a device with them and it also allows the student to know that my device is here. And they were concerned about having students say, you know, put them in your lockers because the problem with that is, you know, the students don't use their lockers as regularly. number one. And number two, they do not want students asking to go to the bathroom so they can go to their locker to get their phone. So, there's actually some thought in there with trying to to really, you know, protect the instructional space. But to your point, those
029larger instructional spaces will have to adapt and follow a similar policy. And Mr. Gordon has already in the past have purchased uh caddies for this this purpose. So, they might need multiple, you know, they'll have a process that they'll have to figure out. I just feel like they're going to have to figure out like do like the sopranos are on this side and the altas are because like there's so many like they but they can do it in it's done in fizzed so they have a practice so it doesn't mean it can't be done they don't have a necessarily lockers in there but I'm sure they'll be they'll be figuring something out for that as well. It's going to evolve. Yeah, it's a good question though. Absolutely. I think you know just I was taking
030some notes is this is one of those things that we're going to have to see and have later discussions about taking the policy to practice and protocols and those protocols this there's going to be a learning curve on this. Um the one thing I would say is early notification in the summer. You know, multiple things sent out that as a reminder, this is going to be the new practice. Yeah. And I think having a set practice outlined and pro, you know, real protocols, not just the policy. Yeah. But the practice that's related to the policy will really make the difference. And and it's it's going to hurt for a little bit. Yes, I agree. And there's going to be, like you said, a learning curve and some time. And I think we're going to have
031to give the building some understanding, flexibility that it's going to take some time, especially for this first group. You know, the ninth graders that are coming in that they're used to this essentially. So they they but the group that is 10th, 11th, 12th, you know, they're going it's going to be a little bit of a shift learning cycle. It's going to take some time. By the time these kids get to high school, it'll be fun hopefully. Yes. And again, we have to go over things like watches and, you know, things that they're not used to as well that are that are going to be a challenge. And we also look to, you know, I was up here with athletic sponsors and we use a lot of stuff after school, which is fine, of scanning QR
032codes to do things like in classes we're asking kids to use their phones. Yes. And we talked about that. That actually came up during one of our meetings and the teacher said, you know, I I think I may have shared this last time. I have the students learn for digital citizenship. I have them check their phone to see their device usage because it shows screen time on there. Will I lose that ability? The answer is no. The teacher can give the students permission to go grab their phones, check it out, put them back for an assignment. For an assignment. So they totally they still have that authority to do that. Five minute break, right? Correct. Yes. That's how it's supposed to be. Again, it's going to take some time to get to that point, but
033you do not want to lose that ability to utilize the device for learning or whatever else it can be used for. It's really to limit the distractions. That was the whole purpose of it to begin with. the laptop tops now anything they want to search they can search on the device. So that again that's going to be that's the that's the part that's going to be the most challenging. The next um any other questions on that section. Okay. The next focus is on ex exceptions for purposes. Again we do have students that rely on devices. Typically they're school devices but there may be scenarios where they need may need devices for medical purposes. For example, you might have a student with a monitor wearing for um diabetes or something along those lines. So, obviously something
034like that um would be permitted, but it needs to be provided with documentation and so on. Any questions on that section there? Is this going to is this going to um tap tap what am I trying to say? Is this going to make a lot more work for our um Yes, probably. But department going through all these requests and everything. Any new new process is probably going to take some time to, you know, to get the protocols down, but just like anything else, after a while, hopefully it'll become somewhat second nature. But yeah, I do anticipate that it's going to impact the building a little bit there at the beginning. Good question. Anything else on that section? All right. All right. And then as M Brown was saying that the next section focuses on enforcement
035and consequences and I think the real focus here is that the part of the law indicates that students may not be suspended for any inter any action related to cell phone usage. Um just keep in mind what what suspension means is when they're referring is out of school suspension. the other um consequences are can be utilized but again it's not the goal to consequence you know that's not our our goal is to educate but there may be some scenarios where we have to address things repeatedly and again this is something that would be explained um to students and also you know we're hoping that students comply but if they do not then we follow our code of conduct in those scenarios. Any questions on that section? You have authority to suspend the idea of when
036consequences go into effect. We talked about that especially at the at the high school and again that's where the building is going to have to come up with their process but a a time of you know the beginning where it's reminders you know this is something that is going to be in place and then as of a certain because you you can't really warn your way to this because there's too many there's too many warnings and there's too many individuals. So that's a difficult challenge but you could maybe start with a probationary period right a warning period a reminder period and then moving into now it's the expectation again remember that the there are other alternatives to consequences which of course we're going to look into u in the past when phones were not as
037um ubiquitous and everywhere we would confiscate a phone or a device and the student would typically have to pick it up at the end of the school day and then if there were multiple scenarios and we'd have them log and everything they returned it then the parent we would ask the parent to come up and work with them to the best of their ability that usually prevented it from continuing but you get to a point that was you know when they weren't as common and um I think I may have shared in the past I was the one walking around collecting headphones and someone some student actually made a diarama of me walking around with a box with headphones because that was my role as assistant principal. So we had a similar process. This is
038kind of the same thing. Uh but at least we have the the legislation to back the purpose of it. So I think that will hopefully help. But there is going to be some time. I do think that would be beneficial to have that. Is that what you were asking Andy? Something along those lines. Seems to me the month of September consequence reminder. It's going to be a right. That's my concern. Yes. It's not enough to say I warned you yesterday. Exactly. That's why I don't think we can do individual warnings. It would have to be a time period, you know, as of, you know, just a reminder. I I I let the building determine how when and how because they also need to come out somewhat strong with their process. Um, so I don't know
039if they would want, you know, to wait until the end of the month or at least a few weeks, but that's something I would um certainly encourage for them. And we've had some discussions about that as well. Any other questions on Do you foresee needing extra staff to monitor the hallways, monitor the lunchrooms? Like this shouldn't cost us any more than Well, that's what my concern is. Like, you know, these these people tasked to, you know, to keep everything under control. Now, they're going to be phone police. The expectation in in each of the buildings, especially for buildings that have passing time, is that staff members are out in the hallway supervising passing. So, that does not change. their role in that process does change to some degree, but as I mentioned, there was a
040time when we were doing the same thing for other items. So, it's just a it's going to be a shift for the staff as well, and they're going to have to be not only comfortable, but they're are going to have to be willing to address these scenarios, start with reminders, and then move to whatever process the building develops. And I'm going to let again have to let them develop that so that it's something that will be um you know will be hopefully something that we can consistently enforce. As you can imagine, we have 2,000 students and we do not have that many staff members. So yes, as just as we've had in the past with all of the other things that we have to address with kids, there will be some kids that will say,
041"Why are you picking on me?" Well, the reality is you're not supposed to be doing it. So focus on yourself. Just like when you drive in a car for the people who are driving and you get pulled over and with the cell phone, there are a lot of other people on the on the drive on the, you know, on the highway that that doing the same thing that did not get pulled over. That is not an excuse for you not doing what the expectations are, but we will try our best to be as consistent as possible. So I think a big key here might be lead by example. Yes. It's going to have to be, you know, I know the staff, you know, they take out their phones and look at stuff and all that
042kind of stuff. We're guilty at work all the time. Yeah. Even in the elementary schools, I've had a lot of um so paras mostly the paras and I think being mindful of we understand that adults may need to utilize their phone but be mindful of the fact that that should not you know if you need to do that go into the office where you're with other adults not necessarily in front of the students if you need to even step out of the whatever it is that needs to take place. I don't know if I'm at work and you're at work. I don't know that unless you have a family member in crisis, you're there to do your job. Especially if you're in a special ed classroom and you're in power with a student who needs
043your support. No, it's not okay. Yeah. Like even in my small office, phones are in the drawers. Like you're not your phones aren't out on your desk because you know, everybody has a phone in their classroom. Everyone has a phone at their desk. You know, it's not, you know, I know that the phone this thing is easier. Yeah. But um but I I definitely think that that needs to be a clear message to our staff to to lead by example. I think the other piece of the challenge is the watches because you know an alert pops up on my watch, you know, then I'm looking at that I'm getting just as distracted. Right. Sure. So that's going to be a challenge for all these things. So um and then the last part is just about
044the testing which we've already discussed and covered. So that's always been that way. Yeah, it's always been that way. So that's not that that part's done. That part's easy enough. Right. All right. Okay. Thank you. All right. Next is extreme heat conditions. Lots of lots of red line. Speaking of challenging policies. Yeah. Unfunded mandates. Yep. And and get 180 days of school in. Yeah. A little more concerning. Yeah. So, yeah. I have redlinined this down to just about nothing. Very little left. As promised, uh, you know, a little bit of an introduction. I'll just remind you temperature is to be measured at a shaded location three feet above the floor near the center of the classroom. Right? And this has two sections. Actions to be taken at 82 degrees which we will begin according to
045the policy at once the once we reach 78 degrees we'll start to do some of the things that are in violation of uh codes, fire codes and other codes. Turning lights off, shutting shades, opening classroom doors. Yeah. All that all that stuff. Uh and then actions to be taken at 88 degrees uh which would be moving kids to rooms with cooler temperatures or potentially if necessary closing school uh early. Uh so it's Joe and I talked about we we reviewed maybe half a dozen or so other policies the districts have adopted. Talked about whether we wanted to include anything additional and we decided we really didn't at this point in time. um he's been to a bunch of different meetings about this. So he's really been involved in a lot of conversation because he will
046be obviously uh critical in the implementation of this because it really this is this is where my masters in organizational behavior uh comes in because this really is about managing the behavior of your employees, right? And it and it will be the expectations. Joe will be going over things with his head custodians and the principles and everybody's going to have to be on board. And days where we know the heat is going to uh or the temperature is going to reach these high numbers, we're going to have to start early to make sure we keep the buildings cool and everybody is going to have to follow uh the directives. So there's a there will be a learning process with this as well. Aren't you glad we aren't running summer school? Bes is doing it. Yes,
047I am. Great. Any questions on that? No. That's going to be on our website, right? We're going to put on our website, all that kind of stuff. This way people can read it and understand what's going to be happening. Yes. We'll talk both. Yeah. Is there a way to put these kind of new I mean, especially the electronic ones like in a more public place than just our policy page just like because I I anticipate that we get some push back from parents on this. 100%. So, the more information we can give people, the sooner and the more easily found. Okay. Last up, um, before we call you up, I'm just going to announce that immediately following the work session, we will be holding a public hearing for the purpose of hearing comments on the
048district safety districtwide safety plan for the 2025 2026 school year. The districtwide safety plan has been posted on the district website since last week and will remain available for review for 30 days following tonight's hearing. After the close of tonight's public hearing, all comment should be sent to district clerk. Following the comment period, the plan will be formally adopted at public session in August. Okay, Mr. Torres, come on up. Mr. Pashkin, Mr. Pashkin, districtwide school safety plan before. So this is an annual requirement for school districts. As you recall, this is really uh focusing on the overview of the plan and then individual buildings are required to update their confidential building emergency plans. Those are more specific to those buildings. So we're going to start with the school safety plan and we'll shift over to
049the remote instruction plan which is part of the safety plan. So Bob is going to take care of the school safety part of things. So quickly, we we have a long history of uh of of having this the district safety plan in effect following the Coline tragedy. Um I will note that the uh the district safety committee has been in effect uh for the last 30 years way in advance of of it legal requirement. So we're very proud of that. uh we met uh uh June the 5th and um um we discussed the the district plan at length but of course this uh 2801 discusses exactly what's required in the in the plan moving along this is a list of what's required in the plan individually you know implied of direct threats of violence actual
050acts of violence uh intervention strategies our partnership with law enforcement and how do we communicate with uh contacting communication with parents in event of a violent incident as well as individuals uh building safety security measures the dissemination of materials regard regarding the early detection of potentially violent behaviors. That's all prevent go to prevention of course early detection. Uh safety training for all students and staff which we uh we conduct on an annual basis and again going back to communications because communications is very important in event of a of a of an event of a of a violent event on school grounds. Communications among staff and students and students and parents. Uh and finally, the duties of of everyone who works in the school district and what what what are their um what exactly their role
051is in in in preventing and addressing uh violent acts as well as the hiring and screening process. And finally, uh the comprehension comprehensive plan for pandemic uh illness, right? And if you recall, this was uh the next part of the plan. The emergency response in the instruction, I'm sorry, emergency remote instruction was something that came out of the COVID pandemic and it was something that we had actually developed prior to the requirement. We had our own plan. Then we just adapted ours to the new requirements for remote instruction. Uh and you can see the components there of what the requirements are. And these are things we had already addressed. Remember Dr. Maloney handing out devices to parents along with all of us. Uh we were even delivering internet devices as well. So this is something
052that we were very well prepared for following that as well. It also focuses on hours and uh how you would how you would um deliver instruction to specific populations. Um the background initially it was the snow day pilot and again this was put into place because uh stu when there were districts you know all across New York state we don't have as many snow days as some others uh but they may need to fill in with the emergency uh remote instruction for some that are dealing with much more snow than we are but that was the process from a long time ago and then it was something that was incorporated into the um into the safety plan. Uh again, we like our snow days. We we believe in our snow days. Uh we did not
053have a snow day this year, so we were able to get an additional day at the end of the year. Um but you know, that that will sometimes change each year. Uh two years in a row we have had that. Yeah. So we haven't had yourself that Dr. Maloney uh announcement to let everybody know that we have a snow day. Uh but again, our goal is always going to be safety and that's going to be the focal point. So if it's hazardous to get to work and and for the students to get to the building and we need to call a snow day, then that's what we will do. Those traditional snow days would not impact and have any requirement for instruction. But if necessary, we needed to do so. We would we would use
054a remote learning day if we were at a point where we had multiple days and it was going to impacting the calendar and again as you recall we have a certain amount of minimum instructional requirements at different levels. So we have to meet those requirements. This can be used for that purpose and also to provide some flexibility to teachers and students um which and also can be something that could be utilized in other scenarios uh that might result in the shutdown of the building for some reason uh pipe or excessive heat. You know, again, it's not something that we want to use, but it is there for us if necessary. Don't chase me with the excessive. Yes. Yes. Again, the plan needs to have both the words that we love from way long ago, asynchronous
055and synchronous, other words, the words we want to go back to. Um, but again, the goal, I think, is that understanding that we would be trying to connect with the students. We understand it may be difficult for students to jump on to instruction remotely, but we would do our best and provide them with the support that they need. And you also have in the plan some sample schedules. This is a sample schedule for both the elementary level. The elementary level would provide their actual schedule to each building. It wouldn't be this exact schedule, but the secondary schedule is something that we have set so that this way there would be some contact time for teachers in addition to some asynchronous learning time if necessary. Again, we have not had to use the plan. We do
056not want to use the plan, but it is there if necessary and is part of our safety plan. Any questions on any of those items? Thank you. All right. No flowers, but not bad. We'll take it. We'll take it. Thank you guys. So now we have to have any questions. Okay. So right now we're open to a public hearing on the plan if anybody has Oh, and a motion for that. Sorry. Motion to go out of work session and into public hearing. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. So carried. So, if there's anybody who has any questions on the plan that was just presented, um, now is the time to do that. This is public hearing. Wish the kids were still here. I bet they might have some questions. They would come up with something.
057Anybody? Anybody? Buer. Okay. The plan will be up for anybody watching. The plan is up for another 30 days. 30 days. So, if there are any other questions, they can be directed to the district clerk. Okay. So then motion out of public hearing. Motion second. All in favor? I. I. So carried. Motion to go into public. We have five minutes. All right. So we'll take five minutes. I I have I have one thing. I don't know if you guys want to look into it. I I was approached by a man that has a radio station that one of the kids like Brentwood has and a couple other school districts have. He's willing to come help the kids. I don't know if you guys want to have the kids look into it or the IT guy.
058I will. Yeah. I'm just saying I I think it's not a bad idea. Radio station, your own personality. We've got a newscast now. So, yeah. Yeah. We have a news. We have a news team. I mean, now it could be a public broadcast out for the everybody on the radio. So, and he's willing to do it all for free. Love that. Love that. Yeah. All right. Will anybody need to take a break? I'm I'm going to run out. Huh? We're good. Nobody. Yeah. Take a break. You Get my glass. Five minutes. You got to get I was out already. Oh yeah. Okay. I was out. Either way, you got five minutes. A motion to go into where am I public? Motion. Second. All in favor? I I so carry. Please stand for the pledge of
059allegiance. Guy, you want to lead us? Yep. I allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And just to stand for a moment of silence, we had a staff member at the high school pass away and a month ago and also one of our former power professionals, Mrs. Gwinta, just passed away on Friday. Just a moment of silence for two members. No, no, thank you. All right. Before we begin, I'm just going to read our standard comments. Um, comments from the audience on agenda items will be heard after the pledge of allegiance. Comments on not on the agenda will be heard after adjournment of the public meeting. Please limit your comments to three minutes.
060The board may recognize the speaker not more than twice on the same topic. Please feel free to give the board any additional comments in writing. When you're recognized, please state your name for the district clerk. Neither the board of education or superintendent schools will entertain in public comments relating to a personnel matter or individual students. Please be aware that both staff and student privacy are protected under the law. If you have a personnel concern or an issue regarding a staff member of students, please call the superintendent school for an appointment. Okay. So, um, right now, do we have any questions on agenda items? Okay. So, we're going to go to fun stuff. All good stuff. Today, we have several recognitions. Who's doing our recognition? Miss Amanda Del University first. Okay. We're starting with the recognition
061for the seal of the seal of biiteracy. That's Miss Martinez. Okay. Well, over jump in that. Who's here? Uh, Miss Martinez by Sorry. Great. love a packed house. Good evening. I'm honored and excited to be here tonight to celebrate the outstanding achievements of three extraordinary students from the graduating class of 2025. As the administrator overseeing the Sila Biteracy program, I am incredibly proud of their dedication to studying world languages, their passion for culture and diversity, and their commitment to honoring their heritage. to provide some context on what has brought us here tonight. I'd like to share a bit of background about the program. The New York State of Seal of Literacy was established in 2012 with the first group of graduates earning the seal in the 2015 2016 academic year. The seal is an award
062given by high schools, school districts, or county offices of education to formally recognize students who have attained a high level of proficiency in two or more languages, one of which must be English. by the time they graduate. The seal is awarded by the commissioner of education to students who meet the criteria set by the board of regents and attend schools that voluntarily participate in the program. It is affixed to the students diploma and transcript and provided at no cost to the student. The intent of the seal of biiteracy is to affirm the value of diversity in a multilingual society. Encourage the study of languages. Identify high school graduates with multilingual and multiliteracy skills for employers. Provide universities with additional information about applicants. Prepare students with 21st century skills and recognize the value of world and
063home language instruction. This recognition highlights the importance of biiteracy in today's global society. It celebrates the hard work and achievements of students and encourages the continued development of language skills, including home languages. Earning the seal is a testament of their accomplishment that benefits students in future employment and college admissions. In recognition of their achievement, the state of New York has awarded each recipient a certificate, a medallion to be worn at their graduation, and the seal which is which will be affixed to their diploma. Behore High School implemented the seal of biiteracy program in the 2018 2019 school year with just two students earning the seal that year. One in Spanish and one in Polish. Since then, over the past six years, 102 students have earned the seal in a variety of different languages, including Spanish,
064Chinese, French, Russian, Hungarian, Polish, Haitian Creole, and the first time this year, we have Turkish and Italian. Wow. The students here tonight completed a rigorous seven-month process to become recipients of this prestigious award. This included an application process and a thorough evaluation of their coursework by a committee to determine their eligibility. Successful candidates were then informed of next steps and assigned adviserss for linguistic support and cultural guidance. These adviserss worked closely with students on their English language arts and/or their world language projects throughout the school year. Each one of these students here tonight presented their projects to the committee, showcasing their interpersonal, interpretive, and presentation skills in both English and the target language. These presentations often highlighted the students heritage or just simply their curiosity about a particular person, region or country. I must say
065the level of expertise and passion that they demonstrated is truly commendable. Their dedication reflects a maturity and commitment that foreshadows their future success. So this year the class of 2025 will award 22 graduates with the seal of biiteracy. So we have 16 students earning the seal in Spanish, three students in Chinese, obviously one in Turkish tonight, one in Polish and one in Italian. So it is my pleasure to recognize the following students that are here with us tonight. Our first ever recipient in Turkish is Sila Aidener. Congratulations, Silla. And in my pocket, I have a seal that you can wear for your graduation. Congratulations. Our next student is our fourth recipient in Polish in the history of Beashore High School. And ironically enough, his sister was the first student to receive one of the two
066recipients back in 2018 2019 in Polish. It is my honor to introduce Alan Koshalak. Just one second. I got a lot of a lot of seals in here. Congratulations. And I'm not sure if he's here tonight, but our first ever Italian Oh, he is here. I'm so excited. Okay. Our first ever Italian and this year's recipient of the seal in two languages, Italian and Spanish is n is none other than Charles Ailles Himenez. Yes. Unbelievable. So you get two medallions to wear for graduation. Wow. Congratulations, Charles. So to conclude, on behalf of the Bashore High School sealer by literacy committee, congratulations on your commitment, perseverance, and outstanding achievement as recipients of the seal of literacy for the class of 2025. We are extremely proud of each and every one of you and wish you all
067the best as you embark on your next chapter. May you continue to celebrate and nurture your bilingualism and biiteracy skills throughout your lives. I want to thank the board of education for their continued support of our world language program and for celebrating the diverse cultures that make the fashore community. Thank you very much and congratulations. If you guys want to come up for a picture, get the back. Congratulations. [Applause] Okay, the next recognition will be the 2025 achievement awards in writing contest winners from Bash High School and that's the rest of that. Hi everyone. Good evening. Thank you so much. Will this work? Yes. Okay. Do you want it? Okay. Great. Thank you. Thank you. Hi everyone. Thank you so much for the opportunity to be here tonight to share some exciting news from our
068high school and also from our English department. Uh we recently had a number of students from Basher High School who were recognized at the national level for outstanding writing through the prestigious NCTTE achievement awards. And the annual contest is actually sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, which is one of the leading professional organizations for educators in the country. And it specifically honors high school juniors for excellence in writing. Um, evaluating them on a variety of different factors, specifically their ability to express themselves through writing and to art articulate themselves clearly. Um, and also to convey a unique perspective and voice. And this year there were over 700 students nominated for the NCTTE achievement awards across 41 states and multiple other countries including China, South Africa and Switzerland. And we are very excited
069to share that there were eight Beasher High School students who were recipients of some of the highest distinctions through the NCTTE this year. Um this is actually a record number of students from our school to be recognized by this organization. So it really speaks to their talent, to their hard work. Very excited to celebrate this milestone and their accomplishment. So we do have a number of the students who are here with us this evening. I'd like to just share all of their names with you. And at this time, I will invite them up one at a time to receive their certificate from the NCTTE. It's not Okay, stay. All right. Great. And we'll have everybody stay for a picture at the end. Okay. Wonderful. Um, so our first student who I I don't actually believe
070was able to join us here tonight, but I do want to uh just acknowledge her who received superior distinction for her writing is Leiba Ali and she will receive her certificate separately. Uh, next student who is here with us tonight who received excellent distinction for her writing is Kayani Barrerero. That's okay. Okay. Okay. Congratulations. Uh the next student, oh who is also here this evening who receives superior distinction for her work is Denene Eligia. [Applause] The next student who earned excellent distinction for her writing is Diamond Scrugs. Uh, next in the superior distinction category is Sebastian Porter. Congratulations. Uh the next student who is not here tonight but I do want to acknowledge is Aisha Sharanktakar. And next earning again superior distinction for his writing is Adakus Muse. And finally, also earning superior distinction for
071his work is Justin Williams. And again, a great big congratulations to our incredible student writers and also to their teachers and their parents and families for their continued support of their talent. So, thank you You guys I want to saw you know where to put him. Keep [Applause] it up. Okay, we're going to go right into um the rest of the voting. So, we'll start with A1. Can I get a motion to approve the minutes of the executive work and public sessions of May 20th, 2025, the budget vote and election results of May 20th, 2025, and the executive work and public sessions of June 4th, 2025. Motion second. All in favor? I I so carry B1. On page B1, the board will find a motion to approve the professional staff resignations and retirements as listed.
072We recommend its approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. So carried. B2. On page B2, the board will find a motion to approve the professional staff request for leave as listed. We recommend its approval. Can I get a motion? Motion. Second. All in favor? I I. So carry. B3 and B3A. On page B3 and B3A, the board will find a motion to approve the professional staff appointments as listed. We recommend its approval. Motion. Do you have any questions? Second. Um I I have a question. Um so I noticed that there are some people that are retired on here. Um and I do know that that I know that that's for an unfunded mandate by the state that we have to have mentorship. So my question is so since the state's not funding it, how are
073we funding it? So yeah, we do have a number of people on there including some teachers and of course some administrators, some retired administrators. It is required for uh new administrators to have a mentor. Uh so we are utilizing a grant to uh support the mentorship for the retired individuals who are going to be helping the new administrators in addition to the rest of the support we're providing. Thank you. Excellent question, Miss Brenda. Thank you. I try. In addition, before we get a motion or after the motion, which one? Do it after the motion. Okay. Can I get a motion? Motion. Okay. So, we have several new administrators here this evening. Um, we'd like to congratulate them. Welcome to their new positions or new to the district. So, if you are here and you're a
074new administrator, if you wouldn't mind standing up so we can acknowledge you. But in fairness, we need to vote on it still. We'll vote. Go ahead. Let them introduce. We got a motion, but he's going to do that. I gave a motion. We make a motion. All in favor? I I Yeah. In fact, I just have all the new administrators who were just appointed and approved just please stand up because I'll just say one more time one more time. And we're excited to be joining us Miss uh Sonia Matavo who will be joining us as the new assistant director of world languages ENL and dual languages. She's here coming to us from the William Floyd School District where she was an assistant principal. So welcome to Beayshore. Uh Michelle Renown who has been with us
075since 2008. She'll be the new assistant director of pupil personnel services. So excited to have her move into a new role in Beayshore. Uh Mr. Mark Lane, who is with us as well, has been a sought out as a social studies teacher in 2016. He transitioned over at some time after co as our digital learning specialist. Did an outstanding job and now he's going to be returning back to social studies. So congratulations, Mr. Lane. Miss Marieli Galuchcci will be joining us from the Freeport School District. She will be the assistant principal of Beayshore Middle School. Formerly again at Freeport, she was a special ed teacher and also an assistant principal. So, welcome to Beayshore. Um, also with us, Miss Christine Choco, who will be the new assistant principal at Fifth Avenue in South Country. And
076again, Miss Choco has actually taught, I think, at every single building in her 20 plus years in Beayshore. So, she's not new, but most recently, she was our steam teacher. So, congratulations, Christine. And finally, we're excited. Miss Kaylee Navaro will become the assistant principal of Mary G. Clarkson and Brook Avenue School. And most recently, she was the steam teacher at Mary G. So, congratulations. All right, good luck and we're ready for a good year. All right, we got that. Next up, B4. On page B4, the board will find a motion to approve the professional staff salary changes as listed. We recommend its approval. Get a motion. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. So carry. B5, B5 A through B. On page B5 and B5 A through B, the board find a motion to approve the
077civil service resignations and retirements as listed. We recommend its approval. Can I get a motion? Motion. Second. All in favor? I. I. So carry. B6 B6A. On page B6 and B6A, the board find a motion to approve the civil service appointments as listed. We recommend its approval. A motion. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. I. I. So carried. B7 B7A. On page B7 and B7A, the board found a motion to approve the substitute appointments as listed. We recommend it approval. Need a motion. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. I. So carried. B8 B8 A through I. On page B8 and B8 A through I. The board will find a motion to approve the civil service summer appointments as listed. We recommend its approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. I. So carry. B9 and B9A.
078On page B9 and B9A, the board find a motion to approve the civil service request for leaves as listed. We recommend its approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. So carry. B10 B10A. On page B10 and B10A, the board find a motion to approve the civil service change in assignments as listed. We recommend its approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. So carry. B1. On page B1, the board found a motion to approve the civil service salary changes as listed. We recommend it approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. I. So carry B12. On page B12, the board find a motion to approve the Lin Clark counselors for the 2526 school year as presented. We recommend it approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. So carry. B13. On page B13, the board find a motion
079to approve the reappoints of the food service workers for the 2526 school year as presented. We recommend its approval. Motion second. All in favor? I so carry. B14. On page B14, the board finding a motion to approve the reappoints of the substitute nurses, clericals, custodians, athletic trainers, and guards for the 2526 school year as presented. We recommend its approval. Motion six. All in favor? I. I. So carry and moren C1 C1 A through H. On pages C1 and C1 A through H, the board will find a motion to accept and place on file the financial and claims auditor report for April of 2025. We recommend its approval. Thank you. Second. All in favor? I. So carried. C2. On page C2, the board will find a motion to approve the transfer of an amount not to
080exceed $2 million into or out of the post-employment benefit benefits acred liability reserve or the ELAR once all terminal leave payments and available monies have been calculated for the 2024 2025 school year. We recommend its approval. Motion second. All in favor? I. So carried. C3. C3 is a motion to approve the transfer of an amount not to exceed $2 million into or out of the retirement contribution reserve fund in the general fund to cover actual expenditures and/or deposit available monies pending the close of the 202425 school year. We recommend its approval. Second. All in favor? So carry C4 C4 A through B. On pages C4 and C4 A throughB, the board will find a motion to approve the municipal cooperative bidding uh program resolution is shared on those pages. We recommend its approval. Motion second.
081All in favor? I so carry C5 C5A. On pages C5 and C5A, the board will find a motion to adopt the Nassau Boseis cooperative bidding program resolution. We recommend its approval. Motion second. That's right. All in favor? I so carried. C6 C6A. And on pages C6 and C6A, the board will find a motion to ad to adopt the joint cooperative bidding program resolution as stated. We recommend its approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. So C7. On page C7, the board will find a motion to approve the addition of the highlighted list of staff members. Well, actually, you're approving all of them providing act who are provided access to the district's computer system from their home or other remote locations. We recommend its approval. Motion second. All in favor? I I so carry. C8. On
082page C8, the board will find a motion to award the art supplies bid for the 202526 school year to the lowest biders as outlined in an amount not to exceed $24,996. We recommend it approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I I carry C9. On page C9, the board will find a motion to declare as obsolete the list of library books from the Mary G. Clarkson Library so that they can be uh disposed of accordingly. We recommend its approval. Motion second. All in favor? I so carried. C10 and C10A. On pages C10 and C10A, the board will find a motion to approve the donation of a white little gem magnolia tree from the South Country PFA. We recommend its approval. Motion. All in favor? I I So Carrie, that sounds like like a little book or
083something, like a book that would be in a kids. Uh C11 and C1A. On pages C11 and C1A, the board will find a motion to approve the donation of a Japanese maple tree from the universal pre kindergarten PFA. We recommend it approval. Second. All in favor? I guess over there. Oh my god. Eyes. I. Okay. Sorry. C12 and C12A. On pages C12 and C12A, also from the univers kindergarten PFA, the donation of a buddy bench. We recommend its approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. Is there anybody here from your That's a really nice um donation. Our schools are going to be much prettier. Yeah. Very, very nice. Um D1. On page D1, the board will find a motion to adopt the actions taken by the Bashore Committee on Special Education pertaining to students being
084considered for services as noted in the minutes listed and the referrals for April, May, and June of 2025. We recommend its approval. Motion second. All in favor? I so carry. D2. On page D2, the board will find a motion to adopt the actions taken by the committee on preschool special education in the minutes as listed. We recommend its approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. So carry. E1. On page E1, the board of find a motion to approve and hereby authorize the board president or vice president to execute the settlement agreement and released as presented. We recommend its approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? I E2. On page E2, the board filed a motion to approve and appoint Gene Maria Breia to be an impartial hearing officer in an upcoming impartial hearing officer and she
085was selected from the New York State Education Department. We recommend its approval. Motion second. All in favor? I I carry and E3. Page E3. The board find a motion to approve a memorandum agreement between the Basher Union Free School District and the Basher Administrators Associ Association dated June 10th, 2025. We recommend it approval. Motion. Second. All in favor? Second. You just have to say second. Okay. Who second? I said it. I said motion. I was taking all the roles. I'll second it. Please. Thank you. All in favor? I. So carried. I was going to say it all. Okay. There's no questions listed in the book. Is anybody who has any comments or questions wants to just say anything? The end of the school year, have a chat. No. All right, we are going to make
086a motion to go out of public and into executive. Second. All in favor? I congratulations again. Congratulations. Sure.