001How about now? Yeah, Billy. No good, Billy. Yeah, we're good. [Music] No, he messaged you on an app. He I don't know. Yeah, but he said that he wasn't sure if he should sit up here or not. He's in the audience, but he didn't. Okay. How's How's that? Is that better? Much better. Okay. Thank you, Billy. Are we ready? Okay. And are we're streaming now, Dave? Okay. All right. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. If everybody, if you're able, could please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. Thank you for uh coming to our alternate location. Uh it's going to be a great night.
002We're celebrating 140 comp squad students. So, anytime we can celebrate a number like that, that's just absolutely amazing. All right. So, uh do we have any motions by board members for any additional agenda items? No additional underlines. Okay. Uh approval of minutes. I need a motion to approve the minutes from the following meetings. May 7th, 2025, May 10th, 2025, and May 20th, 2025. Motion made by Miss Mitchell. Do we have a second? Second by Miss Alabau. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. Item number three, public questions on the agenda. Do we have any public questions on the agenda? Seeing no questions, we will move on. Okay. Board correspondence. No board correspondence. Item five, financial reports. I need a motion to approve the financial reports as listed. Motion made
003by Mr. Dphano, second by Mr. Prince. All uh any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item number six, student representation. Sophia, is it on? Okay. This is it. This is the last time I'll ever be speaking at a board of education meeting, but you know what they say, last one, best one. We have a lot to go over, so let's jump into this. This past month, May was super busy with May 1st being decision day in the high school. Every senior student got to represent their chosen college and state the beginning of their path towards the future. Next, seniors were hit with the AP week. The faculty and students all worked really hard to get everyone well prepared and made sure testing went smoothly. We found we find out scores in
004July, so I'm hoping for fives for everyone. May 19th, we had spring signing for all the students pursuing athletics in college. And May 20th, all seniors and honor societies had their chord ceremony and received their chords. This past Friday, track had counties and both the boys and the girls teams did phenomenal. We have a couple county champs and Maline Cirner broke the girls 400 meter school record. So the next time you pass the gym, be sure to look for her name on the school record board. Our softball team made it to the section championships, winning eight out of their last nine regular season games, as well as two games in the playoffs. Kiki Npalitano batted over 700 in the playoffs, which is unheard of. Boys lacrosse made it to playoffs and lost in the semi-finals.
005And girls lacrosse also made it to the finals. Moving on to the business academy, they held a mock interview and resume comp last week. Congratulations to Gianna Casper, Adasho, and Hermione Granger for earning awards. 30 students from grades 10 through 12 participated in this. We also had our music department go on a music in the parks trip where our orchestra competed in a competition and took second place, then went on to Adventureland afterwards. Uh soon all uh Long Island school districts oh today all Long Island school districts had a meeting to make sure the student representative on the board of education had become a official position and was brought into the law. So the title is now called an ex officio. Last but not least looking into the future we have spring truck state calls
006this Thursday and Friday as well as the last day of school. Next week will be senior week and on Friday the 13th, our seniors will have their senior walkthrough, countdown, and barbecue. And shortly after, prom and graduation will follow on the 25th and the 26th. It's been an honor to be the student representative on the board of education and an active member of our community. Thank you so much for having me. [Music] It's right here. Yeah, it's right here. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. All right. So, Sophia, uh, to thank you for your, uh, dedication to your position as student representative on the board. Uh, we've got you this this plaque and, uh, flowers to thank you so much and we wish you all the best. Yeah. All right. And now for our recognitions and presentations. Mr.
007Dr. Sagan, can you please come up? and Mr. All right. So, a few years ago, Miss Tramina started um safety patrol back at Boil Road. We had it many years ago. It had gone away for a period of time and we brought it back about three years ago. So in the beginning of the year she selects students who she feels show leadership qualities and they are stationed throughout the school for arrival and dismissal. It is something that is so heartwarming to see seeing them in the hallways and having them be just part of our school and and keeping it safe. It's not easy as a fifth grader to have to tell your peers to slow down and maybe not cut through the gym and, you know, to do uh to make some better choices in
008the hallway, but this team we had this year was so special and they really took it so seriously. Um they were they were wonderful at being able to balance being um you know a leader in the hallway and still um being a fifth grader. So I'd like to recognize this year's safety patrol. We're going to start with this way. Yeah. All right. That was Arimmani. Alex Tberry. Great. Yes, they have. They all made a plan to wear their congratulations. Thank you, Raquel. Elita, congratulations. Thank you. Izzy Kelloo, Christina Pone, you so much and Phil Dorder Okay, at this time I'd like to invite up Miss McCarius from Rwood and Carl. Good evening everyone. Um, so we wanted to come here tonight to recognize a group of second grade students that have been working so hard
009on community service all year long with Mrs. Carl. And these students have given up their time, their recess time and some of their lunch time. So I'm going to hand it off to Mrs. Carl so she can share a little bit more about some of the projects that she specifically has been doing with these students. Good evening everybody. Um, so these second grade students have consistently exemplified leadership and kindness serving as role models for our kindergarteners and our first grade students. These students have worked closely with Miss McCaris and myself through our com program. They've generously given their time and energy to meaningful initiatives such as our winter coat and accessories drive and our save a pet donations drive. Their commitment to service in our community has made a lasting impact reflecting the values of
010compassion, responsibility, and active citizenship. We know that they will continue to do amazing things at Boil Road and beyond. So, can we have Liam Ceria, Joseph Guini, Isabella Oldcowski, and Ava Lazinski. Can you please come up? At this time, I'd like to invite up Dr. Shvi to uh hand out the awards for Terryville. Thank you. I also have um Miss Taro and Miss Riley with me. So, we have two sets of awards to give out tonight. and our first group of students um participated in a spelling bee. It was the first spelling bee we had at Terryville to go along with our SEAL character pillar of perseverance and we wanted students to learn about public speaking and just demonstrating confidence. So I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Aurora who's going to explain a
011little bit more. Thank you. So like m Dr. Shovi said at this time we would like to welcome up our top five finalists of this year's spelling be Deanna Northover Emerson Southerntherland Leila Machio Zachary Dyer and Isabella Polaris. So, we were able to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Script Spelling Bee at Terryville by having our own fifth grade spelling bee. So, we were able to collaborate by teaching the children about perseverance, the SEAL character trait, about having a growth mindset, even though a spelling bee could be challenging, that they should still push through and try their best. And Miss Riley was able to practice all the spelling bee skills and public speaking through our library program. We're just so proud of our first ever spelling bee finalists. They did so much more than
012practice their spelling words. They showed confidence. They showed sportsmanship. And they showed perseverance throughout the entire competition process. And we're so proud of them. And I just wanted to say to all of you by watching the spelling be, I am just so impressed by your determination um and how just you really shined at that moment. It was it was stressful watching and you did such a great great job. So congratulations. Okay, our next group of students we wanted to um just really recognize for all the great work you did at Terryville over the past three years as being part of the character care the KMSA cares committee um and all the work that you did with Mr. Roaro to really just make our school shine. So at this time if we can have these four
013um comwag carees students please come up. Austin Young, William Lupinaci, Leila Sooio, and Ava Richardson. Unfortunately, Austin couldn't be here with us tonight, but we will give him his award. So, these four students have consistently demonstrated their exceptional SEAL leadership skills and character traits since third grade at Terryville. Since third grade, they have shined, you know, amongst the rest of their peers because they are always the first ones to raise their hand at the SEAL lesson. and they're the first one to recognize if a peer needs help or support. They come to me with creative ways on how we can inclusivity. Um, and they are always dedicating their time, whether it's coming in early to school when they don't have to or spending their recess time to me to really just make Terryville a better
014place. And we won't forget you guys. Um, you are really just great people and I know you'll do great things at JFK. So, thank you. Congratulations. At this time, Dr. Prince will be coming up to give out the awards for JFK Middle School. All right, good evening everyone. So, one of the things that our teachers do at JFK is they really go above and beyond to help take the learning that they give our students inside the classroom and help them apply it to the community and to things into the real world. Um, and we have two different presentations tonight that showcase what our teachers have done with some of our students to help them apply their learning. So, first, Mr. Heardy, if you'll come on up. And he's going to share with you a little
015bit about the water pollution superhero poster contest. Great. Hey guys. Uh, this award is for the New York State Create a Motorhshed Superhero Poster Contest. Um, this contest is open to every middle school in New York State. The students create a superhero to help fight water pollution in our community. Using their creativity and artistry, these students research and draw their very own water pollution superhero. 13 finalists are selected in all of New York State, and JFK has two of the 14 winners in the entire state, which is incredible. and their two posters will be in a calendar for the 20 26 year. So next year when a new calendar comes out, they're using them for two months, which is awesome. And we'd like to congratulate Nicole Churning and Sullivan. All right. And then Miss Carol
016Stacy, who's going to come up and share with us um something else that some of our other students did for the PSEG Long Island I am empowered awards. And we have three students that participated in this. Hi everybody. Thanks for coming. So at JFK, I teach sixth grade ELA for quite a few years now. And uh one of the one of the um I guess you could call it a contest that PSEG did and this was nice because I wasn't paying them anything with, you know, writing out a check. This was a contest for the kids, which is wonderful. And it's it was about clean energy. And uh they had to research do do research science and then they had to write. Not only did they have to write but they had to create a
017PSA, a public service announcement. And these girls, three girls um came up with a a video short spot and they did a wonderful job. It's kind of like an advertisement for um for cleaner energy. And uh they actually came in. They're one of the 32 top finalists in the county. I mean, in all of Long Island and there we have an awards ceremony tomorrow and we'll find out whether or not they uh they take any other place for uh for the award tomorrow. So, come on down. Mackenzie Keane, if you're here, you got McKenzie. Yeah. There she is. And Joa Navaro, are you here? Joa, there she is. I saw her come in. And of course, Avery Mona. Come on, Avery. There we go. Great job, girls. Yes. and Stacy. Thank you very much. I'm
018Mr. Canal. And because no one knows more about being scout than Mr. Rene, we're going to Mr. uh honor our Eagle Scouts. Okay. So, uh we get the the chance to honor uh several boys who are from Troop 454 that have uh achieved the rank of of Eagle Scout. Uh, and I actually uh got to spend 11 days with two of them um in Italy. We just got back yesterday. Um, so is uh Spencer Spencer Aaron, are you here? Spencer Aaron, very good. James Gafola and Michael Zervakos. Congratulations. At this time, I'd like to invite Dr. He for our business students. I'd like to also bring up our business teachers. All right. So, the first uh group of awards I want to give out is to our our DECA students. So, we had three students
019qualify for states this year. They got to compete in March in Rochester. Um bunch of different categories um for business and we had all three students uh earn medals in their respective categories. So, the first student I'd like to bring up here is James Lance. There you go, James. I don't have a free hand. Otherwise, just shake your hand. Okay. Uh, we also had Hannah from Mononttoya come on up, Hannah. Congratulations. Here you go. And we also have Dylan order. I just also want to mention Dylan also competed in Florida in Orlando for ICBC, the international DECA competition. Yeah, that is everybody want to share. I just want to take a second just to say um this is a very new program and three years ago when we decided we were going to start this
020we really really weren't sure how it was going to play out and I can say it has played out unbelievably well our business program is na national awardwinning lots and lots um and it is really just a tribute to our business department and their leader M Dr. Hebbor and I cannot wait to see what this program is going to look like in five years and 10 years, but to have such a new program competing against programs that have been in existence for decades and to to beat them time and time again and not one year, now we're going two years. Every single program we're coming out, every single awards we go to, we are coming home with tremendous amounts and I could not be prouder of it. And thank you, Mr. Mosca. Do Dr. Moscow
021now and Dr. Hebra for uh the idea. So yeah, we definitely agreed students. Yeah. One more time. Oh my god. also like to uh in in that vein um one of our other things in our business program is our virtual enterprise uh classes and we had great success this year with virtual enterprise and here's uh Mr. Keter to tell you more about it. Good evening everyone. We're so excited to recognize the incredible achievements of our virtual enterprise business students this year. We not only competed but truly thrived at the Youth Business Summit, ranking sixth in the National Business Bank competition. This is out of 1500 teams from 550 schools across seven countries competing against more than 30,000 students. Our students from Pickletech demonstrated exceptional business acumen, perseverance, and innovation as they advanced through five rounds
022of intense competition to earn this prestigious position. Conserv was winning two schools to break into the top eight at the national competition held at Javit Center in New York City. And it's not just pickle. Our other me firms will uniform and protect you. also made it to the educational stage showcasing the depth of talent and dedication across our program. the students behind Pickle Tech. Joy Chen Matthews Lawrence County and Granger developed an innovative business focused on AI court development for pickle ball. I also want to take a moment uh to recognize Sophia Deja who earned the bronze medal in the highly competitive sales pitch competition proving that our students excel not only in planning but also in communication and salesmanship. At this time on behalf of virtual enterprise I'd like to present our district, our
023high school and our students with our national ranking award. Congratulations and thank you all board of education administration community for our continued support of our programs. Picture picture Congratulations to our business students. And at this time, Mr. Danchenzo will be handing out some academic, I'm sorry, athletic accolades. Thank you, Mr. Kion. Good evening, everybody. Our first athlete that we'd like to recognize is an athlete that overcame some injuries this year. His name is Brendan Griffin. qualified and competed in the US men's level 10 gymnastics championship in Salt Lake City. Congratulations. If anyone knows gymnastics, they know what kind of field this was. Also, Brendon was also into gymnastics. Um the jury is also a member of outdoors lacrosse team. So congratulations Brandon. Okay, next team that we're going to recognize is our first ever undefeated
024unified bowling team. Coached by Miss Dawn Esser. Where's Coach Esser? Come on up here, Coach Esser. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Perfect. Let's do that. Yeah. Yeah. 16. So, we have two teams to honor today, but we're going to start with our first winter team. Again, as I mentioned, our undefeated first ever unified bowling team. It's easier. Okay, I'm going to call the members of the unified building team up and I would like them to stand up here because then we're also going to recognize one of our other unified teams. So, I'm going to call you up. of CJ Edwards, Ryan Freriedman, Joseph Garcia, Olivia Godsy, Isabella Gone, Zach, Anthony Mortise, Daniel Marth, Billy Mle, Sasha Pagan, Julian Perez, [Music] Mais, Matthew St. Joy, Jimmy Stravino, Diego Tinio, Deandre Bus Edwards, and Ryan Walkinson. Nice job,
025Anthony. Great job. I want everybody to stay up here. Okay. All right. So, our next unified team, we've been competing now for about five or six years. I'm going to call all those individuals. A lot of them are standing up here before you. We just finished our unified basketball season and it was just fantastic. Members played hard every single game. competed, had fun, worked hard, and I will tell you from when we started this program five, six years ago till now, it's just incredible how well they have improved and learn the game of basketball. So, our coach this year is coach Sean Tremble for So, a round of applause for coach Tremble. Okay, so I'm going to call up. So, if you're already here, just kind of give a little Brian, you got that? All
026right, kid. All right. So, we'll have you David Kicho, CJ Woodwards, Tena Exantis, Brian Freriedman, Joseph Garcia, Zack Hernandez, Sean Hughes, Deil Ket Ketcha, James Lans, Anthony Maltise, Jack McLaren, Billy McLaren, Ashley Mur, Julian Perez, Matthew St. Joy, Jimmy Stravino, Amia Swansy, Diego Peno, Jada Sex, DeAndre Vargas Edwards, Ryan Balling Jr., James Ward, and Ryan Walkinson. So these young athletes, athletic director, I cannot tell you how proud I am of these young athletes up here standing before you. There's nothing more thrilling to me as the athletic director of 21 years at Comswro than to be their athletic director. If you you want to put a smile on your face, you come out next year and you go to a unified basketball game and it's an absolute thrill. So, I'm very proud to be athletic record
027and I'm going to thank all the student athletes for allowing me. Congratulations to all of you. Great job. Matthew, get up there, buddy. All right, let's squeeze in. You can step right over here. Can I stand next to you? How's that sound? Good. All right. Get rid of this stuff. Send Congratulations to all of our unified athletes. Matthew, good job, kid. Congratulations to all of you. That's incredibly impressive. We're super proud of you. Uh at this time, Dr. Mosca, congratulations to him. Is now a doctor, by the way. He he forgets. It's a good thing. We like modesty. um he's going to be presenting awards along with the uh high school administration starting with our bash awards. Thank you, Mr. Kigle, and thank you to the board of education for bringing everyone together for this
028incredible uh incredible celebration. And that's that's what we love about June in school. We get to celebrate all the amazing accomplishments of the entire school district. And in particular, I think what's what's extra special when you look at a night like tonight, we're not just talking about academics. We are showing recognitions for journalism, video journalism. I'm about to present right now, athletics. We've talked about music. We've talked about and we will be talking about citizenship um character. So, it is really special to show that the entire child is really celebrated here at Kamswag and that really makes that really makes this special. I'd like to call Mrs. Verdiscoco up. She's part of an incredible threeperson team including Holmes and Miss O'Hara um that runs our journalism and and video and audio production. And uh I'm
029going to let Hill tell you a little bit about the BAS competition. Um Bash is a competition for schools across who have video and journalism program and you are allowed to enter up in up to five categories. So we entered five categories. Uh it was a great event held at Hofra University and we won three of our five categories. First place in two and one we got third place. Okay. So for first place for human interest package, Nicholas Callahan and Anthony Fitz Fritz, come on down. Third place anchor team Hardy, Savannah Storma, and Ellie Jud. And first place for our sports package, William Swirupski. And very similar to what Dr. Quinn said about our DECA program, this was the first year entering this competition. So to be walking away with all of this hardware uh
030after just one year in this competition just shows that the sky's is the limit. Uh and and again, it it follows the vision of ComproWog. What we're trying to do is prepare our students for what comes next in their life, college and career. And these students are well on their way to being a tremendous success. So, let's give them one big round of applause. video. elbow golection when there's no one else inside the crowd in a lonely night. Well, I wait so long and I'm dancing with myself. So students from beginning of the process to the end. So we are planning, we are learning how to write um news articles. We are going out and interviewing people um and getting information from them. We are doing research. Sometimes we are getting a lot of B-roll.
031Oftentimes the videography kids help us with that B-roll. Um, and then we are storyboarding. We're putting the entire thing together um, into a plan and then we work with the videography class to create that video that goes along with it. So my students are actually getting the entire process of media from beginning to end. Um, we have somebody recording from the video class. After this clip is finished, she'll take the footage from that and she'll put it onto a computer in a file so that you can access it and decide where you want the cuts and then one of our video students will then cut it and put it into a final production. How do you feel about working alongside the videography class? I think it's really good because we come together to create a
032video for the school to see. I think it's really great. I think I can learn a lot from the other students and we can work together with our different work ethics. Well, we have been evolving every year and each year we do something a little bit better and I can see that continuing in um the way we work together as a unit and we're able to um produce even better products as we move along. This year we have entered five submissions into BASH which is a broadcasting um alliance and we are going to Hofra to see if maybe fingers crossed we placed in any of those categories. They're very excited about our future and the things that we can do to kind of enhance the program. In the school newspaper, each student has to figure
033out a topic that they want to do an article and a video on and they have to get some interviews and find people to work with and then you can write an article about it and it's just a lot of fun and a great class. So, my role is editing some of the videos that the people in broadcast want to make and also filming the interviews that take place. Would you recommend students to take this class next year? Yes, I do because I've taken the class for two years now and I think it's a great way to learn about media and journalism. Yes, definitely. I think this class is very important. It teaches you new skills that are not only just important for journalism, but for other careers. What advice would you give to students
034wanting to take the class? I would say to try new things. When I first started, I was kind of afraid to like take a camera and interview people, but I've built up like a lot of courage. Like for example, I went to town hall and I was able to interview uh council member Jonathan Cornrich. Um and that was something that like my teachers and this class like gave me the confidence to do. What skills do you hope students develop through taking this class? I've had a number of students finish this class and then go on to college to continue with video and they can learn all sorts of producing skills. They learn how to record. They learn editing skills. um really importantly they learn how to work as a team and having the journalism class
035and the video class together really shows how different skill sets work together and produce something. Some of the skills I feel like I've developed taking this class is learning like how to keep camera steady and learning better editing skills probably also like interview etiquette and stuff like that just from watching the broadcast people. I feel like I've developed better communication skills, which is going to help me because I want to go into a journalism program, specifically sports communication. So, I feel like this class helps a lot with learning kind of like the basics to help me expand it in the future. What's the most rewarding part about being a part of the journalism class? Seeing the reactions to everyone, watching the TVs, and paying attention to it. What's one thing you'd like the rest of
036the school to know about what you do in these classes and how important your work is to the school community? Um, I would like them to know the amount of effort that goes into this class. There's a lot of effort that goes in um to produce a video that's obviously entertaining um and accessible for everyone, but also to understand that it's like it's very fun to do. Like I enjoy making these videos. [Music] You are [Music] the And now I'm going to turn it over to assistant principal Mr. Shivus to introduce the students who are winning New York State and Suffach County awards. Mr. shoes. Thank you, Dr. Mosca. So, I just wanted to say it is a tremendous honor to be able to share this auditorium here tonight with such an outstanding group of
037students. So, congratulations to all the students that are here getting recognized tonight. So, so you're the first going to recognize the New York State Attorney General Triple C award. The triple C award is presented by the office of the New York State Attorney General to some of New York's most remarkable students. The award recognizes students for their courage, character, and commitment. These students have upheld the highest expectations for academic responsibility and presented themselves as a positive role model while maintaining a commitment to their learning, to their community, and to their fellow classmates. The class of 2025 TripleC award recipients are Jessica Cologne and Virginia Dupon. No, we're gonna do the picture at the end with all of them to our next set of awards. I Jess is here for two reasons because not only did
038Jess win this incredible award, but as you walked into this auditorium, you may have noticed an absolutely beautiful piano. So, to give you a quick story, I promise I'll keep it correct. Dr. We had this old piano that was it was ready to be sent out to trash and we came up with an idea to have someone paint a beautiful mural on it and of course we picked Jess. So when you leave today, please take a look at the incredible piano that she painted with a Sound of Music theme. It's going to be in this auditorium lobby for, you know, hopefully another 50 to 100 years. And Jess, congratulations. Wonderful job. The next award tonight is the New York State Attorney General Civic Ambassador Award. The Subcounty Executive Public Service Award was created to recognize
039a student's passion for knowledge for civics and government. The award recipient recognizes students as role models and aims to promote the importance of civic education and engagement for all students. The recipient for the 2025 Suffach County Public Service Award is Kylie Schlloer. The next award is the Office of New York State Comproller Achievement Award. The office of state controller student achievement award recognizes students who have shown academic excellence and the potential for leadership through involvement in activities that improved the school for the community. The class of 2025 office of New York State Comproller Achievement Award recipient is Natalyia Pashkin. The next award is the National School Development Council Award and it's presented to high school seniors who have who have consistently pursued a high level of academic effort and have also served as a positive
040role model for their student body. Recipients of this award exemplify admirable character and accomplishment. The recipients of the 2025 National School Development Awards are Alexis Ebanks and Jay Epstein. right here. All right. Last but not least, the Suffach County Executive Public Service Award. The Suffach County Executive Public Service Award was created to recognize and honor a graduating senior from every high school. This student must have successfully combined academic success with commitment to the community. The recipient of the 2025 Suffach County Public Service Award is Reena Mena. And we also have some outstanding achievements in foreign language. Uh, and I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Roach. And can I have Miss Antelen Senor Ducker and Mr. Shou? All right. So, we are going to start tonight uh first with the New York State Seal
041of Civic Readiness. Uh, so Mr. Mr. Shast, thank you. I don't believe he's here, but thank you to Mr. Shast. He's one of the social studies teachers here at Kswag High School. Um, and he is the adviser for the seal of civic readiness. Um, so the seal of civic readiness is given to seniors who are recognized for demonstrating civic knowledge, skills, mindset, and experiences necessary to become an active uh, engaged member of the community. We have two seniors here at Compike High School who are being recognized by the state. The first one is Masimo Olsson. And our second recipient is Melissa Romano. All right. Next, we are going to be um awarding our seal of bi literacy. This year we had an incredible 30 students obtain a seal of bi literacy. So that was Yeah,
042this is the fourth year fourth year as Kswra High School and uh this is by far the most uh students our seniors that we have had uh with this award. Um we had four students obtain the seal in two languages. All right, congratulations to May Gonzalez, Lucas Gono, Reena Mana Alexis Ebanks Nolan Pearl Naucus Isabella Pika, Adah Kachingu, Michael Grizzen, Rodriguez, A Gabrielle Montes. Just a short intermission. That's how many students we have here. We're getting word of this tonight. All right. Jackalish, Tiffany Quintterero, Emma Stan Gar. Angelica Vargas, Abigail Bolo, Alejandro Munos Lopez, Kristen Lucero Fernando Steven. I want to say Carrie Jerry Capsin. So the feathers nun Giana Casper Tyler Black Crystal Censan Nicole Manzo, Leslie Martinez, and Miguel Arano. I don't remember if I mentioned it or not, but I just want
043to say just a big thank you once again to Miss Antal, Mr. Ducker for speaking seal and um two of our fantastic, you know, language teachers here at the high school. So, thank you so much, Miss Antel and Mr. Draco. I also just want to also mention Miss Alabat, thank you for bringing this program to us. Like I said, this is our fourth year in the program and we just continue to grow and it's it's just incredible to see what our students are capable of. Good. At this time, I'm going to hand the microphone over to our wonderful Italian teacher, Mr. Ducker. Okay, good evening everyone. Um, so I wanted to just um say that I had a bunch of students who for the past I think three years now who've been participating in the
044national Italian exam and each year we're getting better and better um and we're getting more and more medals. So um I'm really proud of the students for this achievement and I'm going to start calling them up. All right. So, Michael Goen, silver medalist, silver medalist as well. silver le silver medalist and I know she's not here tonight because she's actually in Italy right now and we met her up at the coliseum so I'll give it to her later um Joseph Rapa silver medalist as Straussad, bronze medalist. Yes. And Alexander Dephanos, bronze medalist as well. And then we also have a bunch of students who got a merit award. They were pretty close to medals. Um, so we have Megan Bryson, merit, Ash Suarez as well. Uh, Enrique item. and Michael Lando. [Music] I got seen.
045for you. I just want to take two seconds just to say, you know, tonight as I was sitting here, um, it occurred to me how much our students are actually achieving. And I thought back to when Dr. Ella became the superintendent and I became the assistant superintendent and we sat with the school board um to try to figure out what the next few years were going to look like. And I really wish he was here tonight because I think he would be so proud of everything that is going on in our wonderful students. And I want to just thank all of our staff and our community and our parents and our school board and you know everyone who's making that possible. So thank you. And then just really quickly because I'm sure they're going to
046escape for us really soon, I just want to point out that uh we just got back from our comw uh Italy trip. Uh and as a teacher, the idea of a field trip where I take kids to another town is terrifying. So the fact that we have teachers who are willing to take our children to another country is absolutely amazing. And it was a phenomenal experience. So I just want to give credit to Mr. Ducker and Mrs. Antel and Mr. Pearl and Dr. Queen who give so much time and effort and energy putting into that trip. Any of the kids that were on that trip will tell you it was absolutely amazing. And you have teachers who really connect with their kids. You can tell and the excitement that the kids talk with their teachers
047about the trip and to see Mr. Trucker and Mrs. Antelo get so excited to show their kids things in in Italy and speak Portugal when they go there. It is just an amazing experience. So, I really want to thank Mr. Trucker and Mrs. Antel for a phenomenal trip and all the time, energy, and effort that you put into it because it's monumental and grat. Hold on. Hold on. Is there another award? You have two more. Sorry. Part of the team from SE literacy with things skipped over, but they are here and they are amazing students and our apologies. Zal Arl Arlantas. Great to see you. Joseph be guys. So now we're going to start the business portion of the meeting. So, if you um were here to be honored tonight and you want to go
048home, we certainly understand that. You're welcome to stay or you're welcome to escape and head home, whatever you would like to do. So, thank you for coming. Pretty me, right? Yeah. Okay. It is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of Julia O'Hara for the assistant director of pupil personnel services effective July 1st, 2025. This is a 4-year probationary appointment in the tenure area of assistant director effective July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2029. Do we have a motion? Motion made by Miss Mitchell. Do we have a second? Second by Mr. Prince. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. It is recommended that the board of education accept the following donations for the KMSOG school district scholarship fund and it's from SUFFK transportation for $1,000 and SUFFK Association of
049School Business Officials for $500. Okay. Do we have a motion? Motion made by Mr. Sanchez. Anybody want a second? Second by Mr. Prince. Do we have any discussion? Just thank you very much. We appreciate it. All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. It is recommended that the board of education approve the following PJSTA resignations, revised assignment, and appointments. Okay. And uh the first one is the resignation of Yasmin Tasten from her full-time school social worker position at Kamswag High School effective May 20th, 2025. Second one would be the resignation of Julie O'Hara from her full-time teacher on special assignment position at district office effective June 30th, 2025. Resignation of Haley Kurling of her part-time 0.5 teacher assistant position at JFK Middle School effective June 30th, 2025. Resignation of Danielle Silkin from her full-time
050teacher assistant position at Boille Road Elementary School effective June 30th, 2025. is recommended that the board of education approve the resignation of Caitlyn Gillan from her full-time teacher assistant position at Norwood Avenue Elementary School effective June 30th, 2025. It is recommended that the board of education approve the resignation of Rebecca Morris from her full-time teacher assistant position at New York Norwood Avenue Elementary School effective June 30th, 2025. It is recommended that the board of education approve the resignation of Alice Mcolini from her full-time teacher assistant position at Terryville Road and Clinton Avenue Elementary Schools effective June 30th, 2025. It is recommended the board of education approve the appointment of Haley Krillin for her full-time probationary elementary teacher position at Norwood Elementary School. And that's effective August, yeah, 2026, I'm sorry, August 26, 2025. This will
051be a four-year probationary appointment in the tenure area of childhood education effective August 26, 2025 through June 30th, 2029. It is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of Rebecca Morris for the full-time probationary special education teacher position at Norwood Avenue Elementary School effective August 26, 2025. This will be a 4-year probationary appointment in the 10-year area of students with disabilities effective August 26, 2025 through June 30th, 2029. It is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of Caitlyn Gillan for the full-time probationary special education teacher position at Terryville Road Elementary School effective August 26, 2025. This will be a 4-year probationary appointment in the tenure area of students with disabilities effective August 26, 2025 through June 30th, 2029. It is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of
052Danielle Silken for the full-time probationary elementary teacher position at Boil Road and that's effective August 26, 2025. This will be a 4-year probationary tenure area of childhood education effective August 26, 2025 through June 30th, 2029. It is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of Alas Molini for the full-time probationary special education teacher position at Boille Road Elementary School. And that's effective August 26th through 2025. Again, 4-year probationary appointment in the tenure area students with disabilities effective August 26, 2025 through June 30th, 2029. It is recommended that the board of education approve the revised appointment for Sydney Anzini from full-time probationary science teacher to point4 science teacher and point6 students with disabilities science teacher at KMSOG High School effective August 26, 2025. This will be the second year of a 4-year probationary appointment
053in the tenure area of science. This will be the first year of a 4-year probationary appointment in the tenure area of students with disabilities effective August 26, 2025 through June 30th, 2029. It is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of Charles Ralph for part-time 0.9 math teacher position at KSOG High School. Yep. And uh that will be 08 at JFK. And that will be effective August 26, 2025. I'm sorry, it's 8 at the high school.1 at JFK. Effective August 26, 2025 through June 30th, 2029 2026. Sorry, actually I need a break just to regroup here. There's a lot. Okay. Uh, it is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of Barbara Wild for the part-time 0.8 special education English teacher position at Kswag High School effective August 26, 2025 through
054June 30th, 2026. It is recommended that the board of education approve the continued appointment of Morin Curtis to her point8 teacher position teacher assistant position at Boil Road Elementary School for the 2025 2026 school year. It is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of Abigail Gian Broni for the part-time.4 Italian teacher position at Kamswag High School effective August 26, 2025 through June 30th, 2026. It is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of David Anzini for the mentor coordinator position and that's effective 2025 through the 2026 school year. It is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of Gerald Schroeder and Stephanie Jackalich for the community music coordinator's position at JFK Middle School for the 2526 school year. It is recommended that the board of education approve the
055appointment of Fred Wilbur for the marching band coordinator position at KSwag High School for the 2526 school year. And it is recommended that the board of education approve the appointment of Christian Rotor for the marching band director at Kswag High School for the 2526 school year. Wow, that was it. That was a lot. That was a lot. Okay. Uh I'm going to make the motion. Do we have a second? Second by Miss Alabau. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Congratulations. Congratulations everyone. It is recommended that the board of education approve the CSEA full-time appointment of Nicole McNelte, senior account clerk, and that will be effective June 9th, 2025. This is a six-month probationary appointment. Do we have a motion? Motion made by Mrs. Mitchell. Do we have a second? Second
056by Mrs. Alabau. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. It is recommended that the board of education approve the attach part-time and substitute appointments and resignations effective June 2nd, 2025. We have a motion. Motion made by Mrs. Alabal. Do we have a second? Second by Mrs. Mitchell. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. It is recommended that the board of education approve the attached list of substitute teachers. Do we have a motion? Motion made by Miss Alabal. Do we have a second? Second by Mr. Sanchez. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any oppose? Motion carries. It is recommended that the board acknowledge the re review and receipt in of the recommendations of the committees for preschool special education as listed. And District Committee on Special Education
057as listed. Do we have a motion? Motion made by Mr. Prince. Do we have a second? Second by Mr. Dphano. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. It is recommended that the board of education approve the health and welfare services agreement with the hophog union free school district for students residing in the comog school district and attending a non-public school in the hophog union free school district during the 2425 school year. Do we have a motion? Motion made by Mr. Prince. I'll second it. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. It is recommended that the board of education approve the Eastern Suffach Bosey's contract for the initial AS7 contract for services for the fiscal year 2526. We need a motion. Motion made by Mr. Prince. Do we
058have a second? Second by Mr. Dphano. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. It is recommended that the board of education approve the license agreement between the KSOG school district and scope education services for the 2526 preschool and pre kindergarten programs. Uh do we have a motion? Motion made by Mr. Sanchez. Do we have a second? Second by Miss Alabau. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. It is recommended that the board of education approve the Eastern Suffach Bosey's classroom use agreement extended day enrichment program for a term commencing August 1st, 2025 and a ending June 26 2026. Okay. Do we have a motion? Motion made by Mr. Deep. No. Do we have a second? Second by Mr. Prince. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any
059opposed? Motion carries. It is recommended that the board of education approve the request for budget transfers. And that's it. Okay. Do we have a motion? Motion made by Mr. Prince. Do we have a second? Second by Mr. Sanchez. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Is recommended that the board of education approve the f following items. obsolete is listed and that is uh at Terryville Elementary Library Media Center. Do we have a motion? Motion made by Mrs. Alabama. Do we have a second? Second by Mrs. Mitchell. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. They're obsolete. All right. 17 items presented by the board of education. It's recommended that the board of education reaffirms the authorization for the following reserve accounts as prescribed under general municipal law andor
060education law. Uh and that is the workman workers compensation reserve, the unemployment insurance reserve, the employee benefit acrewed liability reserve, the employee retirement system sub fund for teachers retirement system retirement contributions and capital reserve fund is that and this is a resolution with it as well. Yes. Okay. And the following resolution resolved. The board of education hereby reaffirms the authorization for the following reserve accounts as prescribed under the general municipal law and/or education law. Workers compensation reserve, unemployment insurance reserve, employee benefit acrewed liability reserve, and the employee employee retirement system reserve. Be it further resolved, the board of education authorizes the funding of these reserves for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 2025 as follows. Workers compensation reserve not to exceed the claims liability estimated by the third party administrator for outstanding workers compensation claims.
061The unemployment benefit reserves not to exceed $500,000. The employee benefit liability reserve not to exceed $10 million. The employee retirement system reserve not to exceed 10 million and TRS sub fund reserve not to exceed 3 million and capital reserve funding. Capital reserve fund funding not to exceed 4 million. Final amounts to be placed in each reserve will be determined on or before setting of the tax levy. Do we have a motion? Motion made by Mr. Prince. Do we have a second? Second by Mr. Sanchez. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Um item B, student appeal. It is recommended that the board of education approve the following resolution. and resolved that the board of education having considered the appeal dated May 28th, 2025 regarding the decision of the superintendent of schools
062in a student discipline manner hereby affirm that decision and deny the appeal. I'll make the motion. Do we have a second? Second by Mr. Prince. All those in uh any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item C, election workers. Motion to approve the following additional list of election workers for the budget vote and trustee election held on May 21st. That should say 2025. Yeah. On 2025 uh as listed. So we have a motion. Motion made by Mr. Prince. Do we have a second? Second by Mr. Sanchez. Any discussion? Just really quick. Uh there's a student on here who I want to just call out who's been helping out the elections for the last two years. She's in our business program. Um she's exceptional, but for a young person to decide to
063get involved in the process or early, pretty cool. Yeah, just thought I'd call that. Awesome. Did we motion and second? Yes. Yes, we did. Okay. Uh oh, it's it should be May 20, right? We the election. So, it should be May 20th, 2025. Okay. Yes. May 20th, 2025. Okay. Uh, all those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Uh, item D, the organizational meeting. Motion to approve Monday, July 14th, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. as the date and time for the next board workshop. The organizational meeting and regular board meeting will immediately follow. Uh, do we have a motion? Motion made by Mrs. Alab. Do we have a second? Second by Mrs. Mitchell. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item E. Any public comments? No public comments. Oh, there was. Oh,
064is there? Yep. Okay. Uh, is that mic on? Okay. Please step to the microphone. Um, state your name, whether or not you're a resident of the district. Hi, my name is Shaina Waterbury Shaw. I'm a resident of the district. I do have paper for you guys. I'm sorry. You can't hear me? Yeah, that's better. Can you just restate your name? I couldn't hear it. Okay. My name is Shaina Waterbury Shaw. I'm a resident of the district. I do have some papers that you can review if you like while I speak. So, I am a community member and I have two elementary school age children that attend schools in this district. I want to address the district's out of school suspension policy for elementary school students. Terryville Road Elementary School student handbook has a range of
065disciplinary and restorative practices in response to unacceptable behavior. Okay. As a parent, I have firsthand knowledge of students as young as 6 years old being suspended out of school. I do list the Terryville student handbook just for reference, but I won't go over it right now. Research consistently demonstrates that exclusionary discipline practices such as out of school suspensions can have long-term detrimental effects on students. I have cited some articles that convey my statement, but again, for lack of time, I'm not going to review them. I'll just name them and then there's links and I can send this email to you guys so you can look at please. Yes. Yeah. Okay. So, it's the National Library of Medicine Educational and Criminal Justice Outcomes 12 years after school suspension and then the New York State Education Department
066Board of Regents recommendations for reducing disparities in and reforming school discipline in New York State. And then uh please review the printout I provided the children agenda schools suspension fact sheet for Suffach County. Um, just want to reference some of the short term short and long-term impacts of suspension on a child include lower math and reading scores, decreased school trust and identification with school, increased risk of dropout, and criminal justice system involvement. These statistics are particularly concerning for students with special needs. Children with autism and other developmental disorders often face challenges in traditional educational settings leading to behaviors that may be misunderstood and punished rather than addressed with appropriate support. Suspending these students not only disrupts their education but also increases their difficulties potentially setting them on a path towards ne negative outcomes. Fortunately, there
067are many resources available to help educators and administrators better understand and support students with special needs. The New York State Regional Centers for Autism Spectrum Disorder has upcoming trainings to reach their goals of identifying, dismantling, and assisting in the enactment of evidence-based practices to build capacity to improve services and outcomes for children with ASD. I urge the board to consider revising the current suspension policy to actually use restorative practices and positive behavior interventions. By investing in professional development and leveraging available resources, we can equipped our educators, school aids, and administrators with the tools necessary to manage challenging behaviors constructively, keeping students engaged in their education, and reducing the risk of future disciplinary issues. Thank you. Thank you very much. if you could um email this to to us and we'll Thank you very much. Thank
068you. Any other public comments? Okay, then moving along to item F. Uh board kudos. Um I since I got the mic, I'm going to go first. The power. Um uh I'd just like to give kudos to I I've already gave kudos to the administrators and the teachers on the Italy trip. Um but like I said, I had the the pleasure of going on the Italy trip with uh 31 um of our comwag students. Uh and I'm very pleased to report that uh they all served as excellent um global ambassadors. Uh they represented our district well. Uh they were phenomenal kids. Uh again, we did so much stuff in 11 days and and running around from the the southern point of Italy all the way up to Rome. Uh and there was ner a problem. Uh
069and it was just such a great time to to spend with those kids. Um I couldn't have been prouder um you know to wear wear my blue and gold uh in Italy um and and have them represent us. So, uh, for the parents whose children went on that trip, uh, you you've done an excellent job of of raising some really great citizens because they they were just I can't get over how great um they were on that trip. Um, and I would just also like to give uh kudos to the entire district. Uh, we haven't had a meeting since u our budget vote. Uh, thank you very much for um your show of support for our budget. Um, even with the little hiccup of, you know, News Day inaccurately depicting what was happening with our
070budget and then News12 echoing that, uh, the the community still came out and overwhelmingly supported our budget. Um, giving us a vote of confidence that, you know, we we believe we're doing the the right thing. So, thank you very much to the community for that. And with that, that's my kudos. And if somebody needs a mic for kudos, we can, I guess, pass this around. Hello. Anybody? That was loud, right? Um, I just want to take a moment to acknowledge uh the business team at the high school, Mr. Moscow, Dr. Moscow. My apologies. Um, they invited uh the board and I had a chance to represent us at the mock interview process, which is something I didn't have an opportunity to do at school. It's pretty wild. They brought in about 20 um interviewees, interviewers
071rather, and about 30 students to sit down and go through a roundrobin competition of interviewing. Um it's great experience for them. It was a lot of fun for us. Thank you to Chick-fil-A for feeding the kids and and most of those presenters. Uh but uh to see them sort of adjust as they went through the process um to gain the experience of a cover letter and a resume um it was really cool. So Mr. Keter and his team um Dr. from Moscow. Uh, and thank you to all those community members who came out and interviewed. There were a lot of different people there with different opinions on what you should do in terms of hiring, who you should hire, and how you should go about interviewing. So, I think the kids got a great experience.
072Um, correct me if Mr. Dr. Mosca, it's um, Giana who Casper won the whole darn thing. So, congratulations to her. like I'm on a talk show. Uh just to uh echo the comments, thank you uh for the support of the budget to staying involved um through the revision of that budget and in spite of uh the uh the delayed or incorrect information that came out of the um media outlets. Thank you to the community for staying involved with that. Thank you to everyone involved in crafting and modifying our budget as we got official information um Miss Cassali and everybody in in your in your organization um Miss Yates and everybody who ran the uh the budget vote that day. Uh it's a long day um 14 15 hours I would bet um probably in the
073uh in the high school gym uh for the folks who were there that day. Um, so just to echo that, but also, um, kudos. I know it's still going on, but kudos to our tech, uh, department, um, for rolling out the new website. Um, I know there I know they're still, uh, working on some, uh, some behind-the-scenes stuff there, but the new site looks great. The navigation is so much more intuitive. It'll make it, um, a whole lot easier for our, uh, our community and our families to be able to uh, find the core information that they're looking for up there. Um and in conjunction with that the uh the the start of the parent square deployment and also um had the pleasure this morning of seeing um I was up at Norwood and had
074the opportunity to catch the uh the second graders in their uh ukulele concert. Um so uh got to see uh a couple of the classes there and Miss Baron um and the kids at that early age showing and growing that love of music that is so special here at Comog. So, congratulations to them. Good luck to those who are performing tomorrow. And I know we've got our um a variety of our concerts coming up uh over the course of this week and going ahead. So, break a leg to all the performers out there. Thank you. And I'm sorry I forgot to mention Dr. Heer. My apologies for the business. It's on my list, but I apparently don't read well. So, my apologies. Good. All right. Just move on. Um, I just want to give a
075big shout out to Sophia Deja for not only being an absolute wonderful uh representative to our school board and uh but today Sophia and Dylan Order and I attended a webinar with the state and some other schools around you know the county and uh really excited to move into this next phase where we're going to be deepening the involvement of our student representative But uh we had really great conversation and I appreciate everyone spending so much time doing that. And actually Sophia offered we need her she'll stay on which I wish you could. All right. Okay. And with that, I need a motion to adjourn into executive session at 9:48 for the purpose of discussing the employment history of a particular person and matters leading to the potential discipline of particular persons and seeking legal
076advice from the board's attorneys. Motion made by Mrs. Alabow. Do we have a second? I'll second the motion. All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries.