001organizational meeting of the Caninnesota Central School District to order. At this time, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with justice for all. Thank you. Also, hopefully everyone knows where the fire exits are. For those of you in the audience, they're behind you or to your left or directly behind us. We will now do the oath of office for the superintendent, the business manager, and our newly elected board members. So, Mr. Busetta, if you could please say your oath out loud. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York and that I will faithfully discharge
002the duties of the Office of Superintendent of Schools according to the best of my ability. Thank you. We could sign a date, please. Miss Leon, if you could kindly say your oath. Okay. I do so solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the business manager according to the best of my ability. Thank you. If you could sign and include your address. Uh reelected Mr. Blanchard, if you could do yours. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of board of education member according to the best of
003my ability. Thank you. You could sign and include your address. Mr. Stevens, your oath is right here. If you could say that. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York and I will faithfully discharge the duties of the Office of Board of Education member according to the best of my ability. Thank you. And sign and include your address. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York and that I will faith faithfully discharge the duties of the this board of education member according to the best of my ability. Thank you. And sign and include your address if you could send those around to me please. Thank
004you. [Music] The first item of business tonight is the election of the president of the board of education. At this time, I will open the floor for nominations for board president. I would like to nominate Mr. Gregory Owens for board president. Okay. Are there any other nominations this evening? Okay. Nominations are now closed. Is there a second for Trusty Owens as board president? I'll second that. Thank you. All in favor for Trustee Owens as board president. I Any opposed? Okay. Thank you. Trustee Owens has seven votes and is elected the president of the board of education. At this time, I'm going to ask Mr. Mr. Owens to read his oath of office. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York
005and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of president of the board of education according to the best of my ability. You could sign and include your address. Is there a nomination for vice president? Like to nominate Mr. Mark Siola for vice president. Okay. Are there any other nominations? Okay. Nominations are now closed. Is there a second for Trusty Censola for vice president? Second. Thank you. All in favor for trustee Censola for vice president. Any opposed? Okay. Trustee Ciola has seven votes, is now elected. The vice president of the board of education. So I'll ask him to do his oath of office. I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of New York, and I will faithfully faithfully discharge the duties
006of the office of vice president to the board of education according to the best of my ability. Thank you. You could sign and ch. And at this time, I'd like to turn the meeting over to President Owens. Thank you. Um, first like to say thank you to everybody for uh the nomination and the election as board president. You're going to get my best. Um, I'd like to welcome our two new board members, Zach and Kristen. And I'd like to welcome back Scott. It's like you never left. Okay. Uh, at this time I will point the uh following trustees to committees for the 202526 school year. These are open to discussion. Um, these are just some ideas about where I think uh people would fit in the best. Uh, let's see. For the finance committee, I
007have uh trustee Santiola as chair and also attended by trustee Blanchard and trustee Kitchen. uh policy committee. I have trustee Bazan Culvin as chair joined by Kristen Mir and Mark Ciencola. Academic committee uh I have uh Trusty Blanchard as chair uh joined by myself and Trusty Mir. uh facilities. Um I will be I will chair um and I will be joined by trustee Bazan Culvin and trustee Stevens and the safety committee which has two board members only. Um I have uh trustee Kitchen as the chair and trustee Stevens joining her. Any discussion? Sounds good. Speak now. [Music] Um if there's no questions, no discussion, then um we will consider these appointments as I just read. Okay. All right. diving into the agenda here. Um, let's see right here. See, great. Uh, resolve that upon the
008recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby make the following 2025 26 appointments, which are consent agenda items number 1 through 23. I'll make that motion. Second. [Music] discussion. There cannot be discussion. If there is a discussion uh that's wanted on any of the consent agenda items, we would have to pull that out. Gotcha. Okay. Um all those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Uh item D. resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby appoint an OMH SBI representative representative and alternate for the 2025 2026 school year. Um the appointment will be trustee Bazan Culvin and the alternate would be uh trustee Censola. I have a motion move. Second. All those in favor? I. Motion carried. Uh, item E, the resolve that upon the recommendation of the
009superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the following 2025 2026 designations, which are uh consent agenda items number 1 through 16. So moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Uh item F, resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the following consent agenda items number one through nine. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. The motion is carried. Where we at here? Routine matters. I'm just going through and okay item G routine matters. Resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the following routine matters. And I can read these all together. Correct. You actually don't have to read them if you can. Okay. Uh the board of education minutes dated
010June 10th, 2025, the CSC recommendations um the dates according to uh the agenda items and the treasures report dated May 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Do I have a second? Second. All those in favor? Opposed? Motion is carried. Okay, we cruised right through all that stuff. Um, next item, discussion. So, tonight we would like to honor our retirees. We have a plaque for each retiree indicating the years of service and we would ask you come up to receive your plaque and at the end we will gather for a group photo. So, we're going to let and Brenda will be the orchestrator of where the pictures are and all that. So, we'll defer to her on that. But, um, Tracy, this is always, uh, bittersweet, uh, because we have I always, uh, going
011to sound like a math person. I'm going to talk about numbers. We have uh, 10 retirees this year. Some are able to be with us tonight, some are not. We're going to say their names and recognize all of them. The the uh people who are actually with us today will have the pleasure of the know that thank you for everything you've done for the school in person. So uh the number I'm going to throw out there is 235 235 years between 10 people of service to came. So, uh, I'm not the math teacher that Miss Henner is, but that comes out, I believe, doing quick math, 23 and a half year average service for the district, which is, uh, a testament to a lot of things. It's certainly a testament to your u dedication to
012the to Canada schools and and tribute to uh what this school means to so many people. So, um, so that's that's a lot that's a lot a lot of years of a lot of hard work and dedication. And so we really truly do appreciate it. So, um, so I'm going to first, uh, just we're going to go through the people who weren't able to be with us. We'll make sure that they're able to get their their plaques. uh but with 11 years of service uh as an elementary teacher um in Canada, Stacy Snow. Uh 19 years in Canada is uh in an ELA teacher, Kelly Brennan. Elizabeth Cunningham with 29 years of service to the district is a special I'm sorry, a speech teacher. uh 36 years as an elementary teacher um in I believe
013the vast majority kindergarten because she's synonymous with kindergarten uh Tammy Moran and with 40 years of service to Canada as a special education teacher Sue Mason. So even though they're not here but still thank them and acknowledge them and we'll make sure Congratulations. [Applause] All right. Now, um [Music] up here, um with 15 years of service in, um in our food service department, Mary Miller, [Applause] okay, so you're going get individual and then group photos as well. So, do you want Mr. Owens with your picture now? Okay. All right. All right. With 15 years of service is a teacher aid in Canada, Linda Canella. [Applause] [Music] Don't forget your picture. Everybody likes Nope. That's why that's why they're outside the door. You can't escape. You have to like go through a window other O otherwise
014you're you have to you can't avoid it which are conveniently welcome. Okay. Um, with 18 years of service to Custodia, library media specialist Tracy Mimone. Had some Dave Matthews playing. She She's a big Dave Matthews fan. We should have had some Dave Matthews music here. I know. Sorry. It's a good idea. We should have walk out music. Don't forget your picture. We'll let people since you're retiring, you let them choose their own walk out music. I think instead of imposing walkout music. That's dangerous. It is a little dangerous. We'd have to like vet it. We have to vet it first. Yes. Broadcast music. That's starting with 25 years of service to cana. Elementary teacher Lisa Snider. [Laughter] And last but definitely not least, 27 years of service to Canod is an elementary teacher, Harry Melbour.
015Thank you so much. One more hand for all of our retirees. Thank you. [Applause] They're still doing their uh their pictures. Now we're going to move on to our our final category is our board members uh who are retiring from the board. And I can definitely say having worked in schools for a long time and having worked with many many board members over many years, it is not an easy job. Anybody who's done it, you know, for any length of time understands that. You really can't truly understand it until you you live it. It's one of those things that it's a it's a unique role. Takes a special person to be able to do it. And so I really appreciate both these individuals when we're uh recognizing all the things that Moren Wood and Lauren
016Crosby have done in the time that they've served the board. Um it's been a pleasure from a personal standpoint. It's been a pleasure working with and for people who I respect the way that I respect both of them and I look back over the the turn's been kicking around for a real long time. But when you look at the things that have happened under their watch and their leadership really believe they've made a huge difference when you look when you literally look around and even look at our facilities and and you look at things that um that are now part of the fabric of our schools. they truly made a huge difference. And so, um, on behalf of myself, but also on behalf of the entire, uh, canota school, community, thank you to both Lauren
017and Moren for everything they've done. And you're going to have congratulations on having some calm and peaceful Tuesday evenings for the first time. There's some sm you're really enjoying I say almost floating to some degree of how happy he is. Has a big smile on her face. So except the one that would have been our first pre Tuesday night to ease you into that like you know this is a way of just sort of you know gradually having a normal existence. So thank you. So we have your plaques. Moren what? Three years [Music] and Lord promise me nine years. [Applause] Thank you. Thank you. I was dispatched. Now the test will be after the pictures. Will they for the meeting or will they will they make a run for the parking? We'll see. You can
018always watch from the screen. Yes. Do we have instructions yet? I don't see there is thought we had a glitch. Oh, there he is. Don't bother sitting down. You're up then. You're up. Just in time. So, as everybody knows, uh, by looking around, we're really getting into the the heart of the the work this summer with the the new capital project. And so, person that everybody's going to see around the schools a lot is Vince Bennowski, who is a a not quite sure how many years, but a lot of years. He's he's got a lot of expertise in the area of construction management and uh he works for Turner Construction, our construction manager and so we thought it'd be a nice opportunity as we're getting you know again into a lot of work to hear
019from him. We want people to be familiar with him and and uh he can give us a little bit of a idea of uh what things are happening now and maybe what some things that are on the not too distant future and on the horizon. So thank you Vince. Uh good evening everybody. So as John mentioned, I'm Vincent Dowski. I'm a project manager with Turner Construction Company. 25 plus years experience uh specializing in case K12 school projects. So just an update on the project. We our main focus was starting early in the middle school cafeteria space. Uh most of the demolition's done. As soon as school let out, we took over cafeteria B, the north path. Uh most of the walls are down except for where the exterior door is. Um you can see from
020the photos the framing's already started so the walls are starting to take shape. Our target is to get the shell in place so kids have a place to assemble come September. Um the tight deadline is the kitchen equipment and the air handling units. Right now most of the kitchen equipment will be on time. Um told the coolers are shipping August 18th. So those can be tight. uh kitchen staffing who's dealt with kitchens know there knows their DO requirements having inspection before you open it back up. So we'll be coordinating that. That'll probably happen sometime in September. The district we've worked with already has a plan together for temporary facilities for kitchens um cooking in the high school and bringing stuff down. But the goal was to have that cafeteria shell ready for the school. We're
021going to achieve that goal. Um the next phases is moving into the site work which you can see the north drop off is already taking shape. Uh they've cleared it. They're doing underground utilities starting the curbing and sidewalks now. Um then they'll move back to the southside by the district office. So that fencing went up today to close off the district office entrance. Next week you'll see machinery out there taking on that uh elementary part south drop off. U we have a relocation of the flag pole which we're working into the scheduling for that. Um and then looking for other opportunities. So part of the alternates was affecting some of the gym spaces. We're looking to reschedu some of that push it off to next summer. Um part of what's on the board docket tonight
022is we are able to award the project with a tight financial impact um by taking deduct alternates. Now, we've gotten some valued engineering from the contractors. Um, those deeduct change orders are on the docket for approval tonight. That opens savings back up into the project to buy back some of that those enhancements we want to put back in the project. But in order to do that feasibly and logically, we're just pushing that work off to next summer. So, looking at other opportunities to enhance work, bring it back forward, keep the project going. Um, so some the site work, the interior spaces. Uh there was a little impact this week. We're starting to take down the quarter ceilings outside the middle school office and district office spaces. Uh because of the work there, there's limited work
023activity. Uh those those spaces are still occupiable. People are still traversing through them. So just keeping them safe daily, making sure everybody's communicating with each other, making sure signs are posted, um keeping the dust down and protections in place. Any questions? [Music] Everything's going to be done by September. I was going to say next week, right? We're going to we're going to have ribbon cutting next week. I can't get fired yet. Next September. But definitely, you'll have the cafeteria space back this September as promised. and then we'll get the equipment in place. Uh make sure our heating systems are up. Anybody have any questions? Thanks. Questions on the uh change order stuff discussing at all? All right. Thank you. Thanks for coming in. Thank you. Okay. Uh moving on to uh new business. Uh resolved
024that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the rates for sports support staff as listed in your agenda. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? Opposed? Motion is carried. Uh resolve that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve a rate of $40 an event for district event support. This is different than this is like sports and then this would be like a play or a you open it. Okay. Sorry. Uh do I have a motion? So move. Second. Second. All those in favor I opposed for discussion before you. Yeah. Okay. Uh the motion is carried. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the non-instructional substitute rates for the 2025 2026
025school year. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Second. All those in favor I opposed. Was that Jen or Courtney? Was it? Second. Was a tie. It was Courtney. Okay. Was way too slow. Uh, any opposed? Okay. The motion is carried. resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, excuse me, the board does hereby approve the memorandum of understanding with the Canesa Administrators association regarding summer hours. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion is carried. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the agreement with Seammens for fire alarm services for the 2025 2026 school year. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion is carried. Uh resolved that upon
026the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the agreement with Herkimer Madison Onidita Consortium for the summer youth employment program from July 1st, 2025 through July 31st, 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Second. Um all those in favor? Opposed? Motion is carried. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the following policy updates as listed on the agenda. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Discussion. All those in favor? Opposed? The motion is carried. resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the agreement with Teraccon for inspection and testing service to provide the required inspections, testing, and related professional services in connection with its 2023 capital improvement project. And this is a roll
027call vote. Do I have a motion? So moved. Do a second because it's a roll call. Okay. Um, any discussion? There's a second. Oh, I'm sorry. We do have Oh, do I need a second? Okay, second, Jeff. Any discussion? So, I will now take a roll call vote. Trusty Blanchard. Hi. Trusty Kitchen. I. Trustee Sansiola. I. Trustee Owens. I Trusty Bazan Culpin. Hi. Trustee Mure. I. Trustee Stevens. Hi. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the agreement with Day Automation Services for the purchase and installation of the equipment in connection with its 2023 capital improvement project. Also a roll call vote. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Second. Any discussion? Okay, I will take the roll call vote. Trusty Blanchard. Hi. Trustee Kitchen. Hi. Trustee
028Canola. Hi. Trustee Owens. I. Trustee Bazan Calvin. Hi. Trustee Mure. Hi. Trustee Stevens. Hi. Next item. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the agreement with IBC Engineering PC to provide commissioning services related training and professional services in connection with its 2023 capital improvement project. This is again a roll call vote. Do I have a motion? So second. Any discussion? I will take the roll call vote. Trusty Blanchard. So vote or I uh trustee Kitchen I. Trustee Canio I. Trustee Owens I. Trustee Bazan Calvin I. Trustee Mir I. And trustee Stevens I. The next item resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the agreement with Toths Sports for installation of the equipment services in connection with its 2023 capital
029improvement project. This is again a roll call vote. Do I have a motion? So motion. Second. Any discussion? Can I ask a quick question? Um, this is for the gym, the the Mayo gym for this. Yes. So, would that get pushed off then? If they push off that project, does it if we don't order it now, we won't have it next summer. Okay, that's all right. That's okay. Everything takes forever. Sooner, we can get things in the pipeline. Okay. I just wanted to make sure that if we're going to push that, it wasn't It's that and it's also our sign out front. Oh, okay. All right. Good. Good. Uh, anybody else for discussion? Okay, I will now take the roll call vote. Trusty Blanchard. Hi. Trustee Kitchen. I. Trustee Caniola. Hi. Trustee Owens. I. Trustee
030Bazan Calvin. Hi. Trusty Mir. Hi. Trustee Stevens. I. Next item. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the change in orders with the involved contractors Bacon and Siler Constructors Incorporated, John W. Danfort Company, and the EJ Electric LLC services in connection with its 2023 capital improvement project. Another roll call vote. Do I have a motion? So move. Second. Any discussion? I will take the roll call vote. Trustee Blanchard. Hi. Trustee Kitchen. I. Trustee Canola. I. Trusty Owens. I. Trustee Pison Calvin. Hi. Trustee Mir. Hi. And Trustee Stevens. Hi. Next item. resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the agreement with Seammen's Industry Incorporated for the purchase and installation of the equipment services in connection with with its 2023 capital
031improvement project. Another roll call vote. Do I have a motion? So move. Second. Uh any discussion? I will now take the role. Uh, trustee Blanchard. Hi. Trustee Kitchen. Hi. Trustee Caniola. Hi. Trustee Owens. I trustee Bazan Calvin. Hi. Trustee Mir. Hi. And Trustee Stevens. Hi. Okay. Now that we know everybody's last name, um, next item, board comment period. Do any trustees have anything that they would want to talk about this evening? Anything they want to bring up, get off their chest or whatever, now's the time. I just I'll say really quick, um the ceremony for commencement um I just want to uh say thank you to everybody that put that together. It was really wellrun. I know Jake and Jen very um heavily involved in that. Um that was a great ceremony doing some commencements
032in my time. I think they did an excellent job moving it inside and keeping everything going and cooler than I expected to. Absolutely. So, thank you to them. Thank you. On that same note, just congratulation to all of our graduates. Very proud of everybody. Yes. Anybody else? Okay. Uh, next item, the superintendent's report. Uh, Mr. Bazetta will now I will turn the floor over to him. I just echo uh the comments that have already been made. Just congratulations. It was I think a nice ending to the year, nice ceremony. um echo Mark's thank yous to um all the people that were involved because it's it's the guys sitting in back uh Mike and Kyle and certainly Nick Campell and his whole team and just a lot of people along with the adviserss um we have
033not been able to settle in to a we've we've been u in different places just about every year uh in the last few years. So rarely have we been able to settle into a pattern. So they've been able to to sort of uh adapt to all kinds of you know crazy obstacles and so we appreciate that. But congratulations to the students. It really was a nice end of the year and not just graduation. There are a lot of culminating events at at different levels of the district and so congratulations to um all of our students, all of our staff um and um with a good end of the year. Also, with the ending of of the year, we want to welcome some new uh faces to the district over the course of the summer and
034the coming weeks. U we're going to be introducing some uh new staff members. two people um that just started this week, our new high school principal and middle school principal. So, I want to welcome uh Mr. Rob Carter at the high school and Mr. Andrew Kerbeck at the middle school. Uh they've been already here and and they've sort of hit the ground running and have been doing a lot of work and get sort of getting acclimated to everything and and uh off to a good start. So, welcome to them. Just wanted to comment one of the things that there's been a lot of comments in the media. It's it shows up on on the agenda item, right? People talk about the phone policy, the tech and technically it's an internet enabled device policy because it's
035more it's these things too. Um, and you know, this is going to be a a process that's going to take a little bit of while uh for everybody to adjust to. It's going to take some time u and multiple communications to the entire school family to to settle into what is going to be the new reality. So, couple of things to remember. One, it is a state requirement. It's a state law. We don't it's not something that we have great latitude with. There are areas of the law that we do have the ability to make some decisions. So, we've had a couple of uh leading up to this, we've had a couple of meetings with u staff members at every level of the district because good implementation of this looks different at different levels. It
036looks different in kindergarten as it does in the high school. Um and and there's different factors um in really all of our buildings. And so we will continue to while the policy, you know, needed to be implemented, there's going to be layers of communication um as we approach the new school year. So people will feel as comfortable as possible with what are the expectations, what does this look like? Um in in the case without being too specific at this point because there's going to be a lot coming out about it. Um, we are not at this point, uh, for example, requiring students to to put their phones in pouches and things like that. There is a storage, um, process that we're going to be using in each of the buildings um, in lockers or in
037different secure storage spaces. Um, but we're going to monitor it. You know, we're going to see what we're seeing as a district and what's working. and we're going to talk to our neighbors and see what's working or not working. And so, you know, this isn't a we know we have all the answers. We don't have all the answers. We're in new territory. And so, um, we are reacting and adjusting to what we need to. Um, and then we'll try to continue to to have good input from people who are, you know, living every day in the school and dealing with these things and and u do what makes the most sense. So more much more to come. Um but districts were put in a little bit of a tough spot in that the final internet
038enabled device uh law was attached to the 2526 budget development process, right? They were connected. New York State is interesting in that they connect a lot of policy to their budget process. And uh we we were about a month or so late. Tracy probably knows the exact date, but we were in the vicinity of a good month or more late. So that was a pretty condensed period of time when districts had to have the final policy uh approved by August 1st. Okay. So, we're in good shape with the policy, the regulation to the policy attached to that, the process, the procedure, that's all going to continue to be laid out. It'll be done with great amount of input. We had a very, I thought, good meeting with uh several of the principles join me and
039we're meeting with several students. Uh was it yesterday? I guess we had a meeting. students see things from a different angle than the adults do and have some very interesting ideas about what would work won't work. So that's informing the process. There is a survey out maybe some additional surveys that will go out just again getting information that's going to frame how we how we navigate through this this new requirement. So so again much more to come on that. On a positive note, um it is uh we're getting geared up for the fourth annual uh what we're calling out the Canesa Community Cookout, which is traditionally been the first Thursday in August. So this year that lands on August 7th and so we're looking forward to having that. We're hoping that we actually have good
040weather this year. The first year we had it, we had over 900 people. Uh last couple of years we still had a very good turnout but the weather didn't cooperate. It forced a lot of things inside. So hoping that the weather is good again this year and we like love to push towards that you know thousand marker would be a nice threshold to to clear. So um looking looking forward to that. There's also going to be in the next few days an announcement uh of a a a welcome announcement that'll be before uh in the days leading up to that barbecue, a welcome for the new our two new principles. Um so that will be coming out. It's going to be uh hosted in conjunction with connected community schools. Just a you very informal thing,
041but just a chance to get to talk to and welcome um our new principles. So that's what I have. Oh yes. Uh and I guess I wanted to forget the this this topic. Uh if you've been following the the news, there's a lot has gone on at the at the federal funding level. Something that certainly catches our attention, anybody who has anything to do with schools. And when you're talking about the amount of of funding that is at play, it has um could have potentially significant impact on districts. Everybody is in sort of the let's wait and see how does this play out. Is it is the funding on hold versus is the funding not coming? This is unusual. I will say my what 13th year now as a superintendent, I've never had this situation.
042We've had lots of strange things. We've had COVID, we've had, you know, pandemics. We've had a lot of curveballs thrown related. We've had late budgets. I've never had a situation in that time where in July we're talking about now are we not getting uh federal funding that has potentially significant impact on our budget. So, I just asked Tracy to give us a little bit of an overview with the thing because federal funding there's a there's multiple categories of that and what does that actually potentially mean to us? And by no means am I saying the money's gone, we're not getting it. But we don't want to stick our head in the sand either and not understand what's being talked about, what is at stake. And I think that's important that um you know that we
043we remind um elected officials for example what is the impact potentially on our school district if these funding categories are removed or diminished in some way because remember we're living under this. We are living now we are in the 20 school hasn't started but we are in the 25 26 budget cycle. Plans have been made right initiatives have been started people have been hired those sorts of things. So this is a very difficult uh and unusual curveball to be thrown. So if Tracy can just give us some a rundown of potential impair. Yeah definitely. Um, so late last week, it might have been Thursday or Friday where we received notification from SED that currently federal funding in uh four grants that we receive are on freeze. I'm talking about our title money. So, title one,
044title two, title three, and title four. Collectively, canota um drives about $370,000. That's our allocation this year. The allocations change each year. This funding runs from September to August 31st. So, it crosses over two school years. It's always been that way. Um, some of the information that has been out in in some of the news outlets um or articles is that current summer programming money is not impacted. And that's correct because July and August is tied to last year's grant. So our grant from September of 24 runs through August 31st. Okay. So that money and the things that we're doing through this summer, we have those funds. This is money that starts in September and then runs through August 31st next summer. Um right now normally we are gearing up and processing. The grants are
045extensive. They take us about 45 days to go through um meet the requirements, do all of the collaboration, make sure that we have all of that information. The portal is not open. Generally, the portal is open in June. The portal is not open. Um what what we're told at this point is the funding is frozen. Not saying that it's not coming. It's frozen. Um there may be new requirements. We don't know what those are. Um in what I'm expecting, just having been around for a long period of time, um is it's going to open. It's going to be hurry up, get your information in and see what money is available to us. Um, I'll go back about 20 years when No Child Left Behind came around and it was title money and there were changes
046to the rules. So, what you were able to do with the money kind of changed. How you use the money kind of changed. You had to learn the new rules. Um, that's what I'm hoping, right? Is that maybe there's some change in the way that the money is used or allocated. Um, but it is our title one, our title two, title three, title four. So again, um that's what we know. So we're watching it. We're watching every single piece of communication that comes through. The the important piece, um as Sean and I were talking about this today, as you know, we've got the information in the last couple days, we need to talk about it. We need to know that it's out there. We can't be in September and go, "Oh, by the way, um
047anytime we know something new, we will share it with you." and um we'll we'll react accordingly once we know more information cuz that's all we know. One of the real problems is when you're already in you're not told of the changes in the budget cycle, districts are at least able to make decisions locally to say if we don't have it, then is that somehow reflected in our budget proposal or is how is it going to impact the potential, you know, increase in the tax levy if certain things need to be sustained. We're now past that cycle. It's very difficult to to while you're living in in and just to Sean's point that all of our title one money which is the largest portion of our title money is spent during the school year. Title 2,
048three and four, those are monies that we use in the summertime for various things. professional development that when it was allocated to again the impact we wouldn't feel that impact if we had a change until next summer and we would be able to make um provisions as we're going through the next budget cycle. Um so again, right we're not pulling a fire alarm. We're not saying that we're not getting this. Um, what we're saying is at this moment that money is froze and it could very well impact us. So, you will have to make some decisions. Sorry. Leave me with the territory. Yeah, I know it does. We didn't make this decision. Yeah. So, we will watch it closely. So, we can't I'm sorry. All set. Thank you. Okay, moving on. Uh, personnel recommendations. All
049appointments are pending clearance on fingerprinting. Retirements and resignations. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby accept Carmela Ronaldo's letter of resignation as teacher aid/school monitor effective June 27th, 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve Caitlyn Breen's letter of resignation as a health and physical education teacher effective June 30th, 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? Opposed? Motion carried. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby accept Jacqueline Derky's resignation as a special education teacher effective August 8th, 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed.
050The motion is carried. Uh moving to permanent appointments. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby appoint Karen Cartwright as a teacher aid/school monitor at $17.75 per hour with a 26- week probationary period effective September 1st, 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby appoint Daniel Matthews as a food service helper at $17.98 per hour, 5 hours per day with a 26- week probationary period effective September 1st, 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? Opposed? Motion carried. Resolve that Melinda Reid is hereby appointed on a probationary basis in the tenure area of 7 through 12 ELA teacher with the understanding
051that the named individual does hold New York State certification appropriate to or required for that position. That the probationary appointment shall commence on September 1st, 2025. that the probationary appointment shall expire on August 31st, 2029 and that the named individual to be eligible for an appointment on tenure upon expiration of the probationary probationary period. It shall be necessary but not sufficient that the individual has received an annual professional performance review rating of either effective or highly effective in three of the four years of the probationary service and has not received an annual professional performance rating of ineffective in the final year of the probationary appointment as based on ratings derived in compliance with education law section 3012-D at step 19 bachelor er plus masters plus 36 hours at $70,223. Do I have a motion? So
052moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Welcome Melinda Reid. Who's a canista grant? Is a canista grant. Yes. Okay. Yeah. Uh moving on. Substitute appointments. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby appoint the following substitutes. Chandler Rogers is a non-certified substitute teacher at $120 per day effective September 1st, 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Yes, motion is carried. For the record, that was a sneeze from the background and not somebody opposed to the motion. Uh, moving along. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby appoint the following summer help for transportation and technology as per the attachment. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I
053opposed. The motion is carried. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve Megan Chase's unpaid leave uh June 26, 2025 to June 27th, 2025 for a total of two days. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby amend Robert Carter start date from July 11th, 2025 to July 1st, 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion is carried. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby amend Andrew Career's start date from July 11th, 2025 to July 1st, 2025. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? Opposed? Motion
054carried. Resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby approve the service agreement with Susan Leonard LPN effective July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. resolved that upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, the board does hereby appoint the following permanent substitute teachers for the 2025 2026 school year according to your agenda. Do I have a motion? Some moved. Uh second. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Okay. Um next public comment period. Anybody get up here, Marine? Nothing. Marine. No. Uh, future dates. Uh, our next regular board of education meeting will be, uh, August 12th, 2025. I believe that starts at normal time, 6:30. 6:30 start time. And again the August
0557th was the triple C because I can't remember what took out took out. Uh okay moving on. Uh proposed executive session um and entertain a motion to enter into executive session to discuss matters leading to the promotion of a particular person or corporation and ongoing litigation matters. Do I have a motion? So move. Second. All those in favor? Opposed? Motion carried. We are now in executive session and we are we the board will be coming back out to take action after the executive session. Thank you everybody. The rest of the time.