001on shining. If you could stand for the pledge pledge. >> 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. >> Okay. If I could, could I get a motion to approve the meeting agenda? >> A motion. >> I get a second. Any discussion? All those in favor set. Okay. If I could, I'd like to do a moment of silence for John Fifin Jr. who would had 20 years of service within the district maintenance department and Leroy Last who worked as a bus driver for 15 years in their passing. Okay, thank you for that, Angelina. And then we're going to do an oath for you. We'll have Pearl get you signed sworn in. I
002that I will support the constit and the constitution. I will faithfully discharge the duties office and of the student board. according to the ability of my ability. >> Great job. Congratulations and glad to have you aboard. I am going to make a motion that the we enter into a public hearing to move into uh district-wide safety school plan for the 2025 2026 portion of the board meeting. Can I get a second? >> Any discussion? All those in favor? Okay. Mr. Calbo, >> Mrs. Lad, >> take it away. >> This will be very quick. This is There isn't much change this year, but it's a formality that we have to hold the public hearing. I put together this presentation I don't know four or five years ago because we didn't do anything and it was like
003a public hearing and he wanted to like say something in case there was somebody here that wanted to comment on it. So the district-wide safety plan is a comprehensive multi-hazard school safety plan that covers all the buildings in the district. It addresses intervention and crisis emergency responses and it's basically in education law and the commissioner's regulations on what's supposed to be in it and how this works. It came through in 2000 with the save legislation which is basically a reaction to Coline is when all of this really started and it it's supposed to help us prevent or minimize the effects of violent incidents and emergencies. And this is basically um is how we coordinate it so that all districts across the state are very similar in what they have in their plans. The district-wide safety
004plan includes five parts and that's what's on the board packet tonight for your approval. There's the code of conduct, the public employer emergency health plan, the standard response protocol, the workplace violence prevention program, and the districtwide safety plan itself. The building level plans are done in the buildings with the principles and the key staff members in their buildings and they are not available for public view. This is the annual adoption ter um basically rules. So we have a district-wide school safety team that meets about four times a year and if there's any updates and changes throughout the year, it's done through that committee. And then we have to have a public hearing which is being held right now. Um we have placed an ad in the paper which Pearl did over 30 days ago and
005by September 1st it needs to be adopted and then we disseminate it back across the district and put them up again on the website. This is just a little more detailed um screen of what's in the district-wide safety plan and what's what are in the building level emergency plans because every once in a while there will be people who are interested in the details of our plans and that really isn't available and especially parents. Every once in a while, we'll get parents that want to know where is my kid going to be, what's going to happen, and that is definitely not for public knowledge. This is what the district-wide safety plan looks like. And this is item H2A on tonight's agenda. This is more details of the building level plans. If you're interested in looking
006at those, all of this stuff is available on the statewide safe schools New York State um website. Sorry. Last year there were some changes and we did incorporate those into the plan last year and we've been following them all throughout the year and this year there hasn't been any updates. So this is basically the newest changes that happened the year ago. the code of conduct which is item H2B tonight and the front page looks like this. This is the only one that's had any changes in all of these documents as you have if you look at them now in your board packet. There's yellow highlights on the items that have been changed. Most things are just dates and times and updates to trainings and that type of thing. The code of conduct does have some
007changes that actually went through Aaron's office. We had to add some DASA, the dignity act information to it. Um, we had to add a section on corporal punishment because there was new regulations regarding that this year. And then there was just some verbiage that had to be updated and changed. The public employer emergency health plan is the item H2C. This was just rolled out I think two years ago and it's essentially it's our COVID plan. So now we all all school districts and employers that have over I think a certain number of employees have to have this and honestly it it's basically our COVID plan put into a plan for any type of communicable disease anything that's a public health emergency that the district would have to enact any of the changes that are included
008here. It would become it was pandemic planning and it would become enacted if the state declared the desert the disaster emergency. The last section that is part of the safety plan now is the workplace violence prevention program and this is item H2E. This basically just went into effect a year ago and actually Dave spent a lot of time on this last year with um with the district safety committee putting it together and it was new last year. So there really are no changes in it this year. And then this is the emergency response poster. You see this a lot around the district. It's it's posted in all the classrooms. It's in everybody's red folders and all of that. It's it's the terminology and the five responses that are the key to what we're doing when
009we have an emergency. And it was changed this year. So I put it up here just so everybody knew. Um basically they've slightly changed the names of it because lockdown which is the big um right here which is the big one. like if you lock down there's an emergency, there's an active shooter, something is happening in your district. And this term used to be just lock out and it got it would be mixed up like you would hear on the news that a district went into lockdown. Well, they didn't go into lockdown, they went into lockout. So now they're making sure that we call it secure lockout to make sure that everybody understands the difference in the two responses. And that's basically the biggest change in the poster. An example of that is like when
010we had a bank that was held up and we were told so we went into >> lockown >> lock right no we didn't go into lockdown we went into lockout so we operated normally but nobody can come in nobody can come out so they just did that morning can you just do me a favor jump to the slide right before this I want to give Dave Matri a shout out for the workplace violence he met with every single unit 10 of our all 10 of our units and because it's different per unit on the forms and everything's has to workplace violence So Dave M spent a tremendous amount of time last year doing that. So just want to give him a shout out. It was a great job. >> And these are the five items
011that make up our district-wide safety plan and they're on the board packet tonight for your approval. Is there any questions? And there can be questions from the audience because it is a public hearing. Does anybody have any questions, comments? I know none of you came for this, but >> well, if if I could um I I've spent my career as I is ICS division chief, you know, in in it. And it's one thing to practice it and to have the policies and it's one when you enact it. And I I would just like to thank the administration and the superintendent and the work that you do because this happens more than what you think it does within the day-to-day operations of the school. And it always always is topnotch. You guys do a fantastic job,
012you know, whether it's >> and one of the the one of the biggest ones obviously are fire drills, which are the evacuation drills, but there's a lot of shelter shelter in places, which people have no idea. >> Yeah, we had a fire last year and it went as planned >> and as drilled and that is that that's a big thing and I just want you I just want that to be acknowledged. and whether or not you know whether it's a just a simple lock out lock down now it this stuff is is planned for this district really executes it well and everybody should be really proud of what they do and this is important so I would like to say it would never ever happen but that's the biggest thing that has surprised me being
013on the board my time is how often this stuff things happen because things happen >> yeah we'd what we have a shelter in place probably what once a week Yes. >> I mean, nobody really understands that, but Yeah. >> Yeah. So, thank you to all about it. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Can I get a motion to adjourn the public hearing? >> A motion. >> Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? Okay. Can I get a motion to open the regular meeting? >> Can I get a second? >> Any discussion? All those in favor? Okay. On to item C, community open form. Do we have any blue cards? No blue cards. On to item D, special presentation to the board. We have city Boseies. >> Yep. Naomi and
014Brandon. >> Good evening. >> 57. Right. That's better. Okay. >> Thank you. Uh my name is Naomi. I lead up the public relations service through city Boseies. Um we service I think 28 school districts throughout central New York. now um and have 23 people in the department. Um this is Brandon who you've seen around a lot who's uh done a lot of work specifically in Central Square. So the reason we're here tonight is every year uh we submit a handful of things to the National School Public Relations Association Communications Award contest. Um this is a nationwide contest uh specific to school PR and um there's thousands of submissions that go into uh a series of three different categories. So this category is the publications and digital media awards category. There are three levels. An award
015of excellence, an award of merit, and then honorable mention. And I am pleased to say that um Central Square has earned an award of excellence for the Central Square calendar this last year. Um it's not Central Square's first time winning a national award. I want to say this is the third one, Tom, but I my memory is not that great. Uh but it is the first one that we've won for a calendar, I believe. I think previous ones were for the newsletter and other things. So, um, wanted to extend a congratulations. I always say that PR is a collaborative effort. You know, we don't come in as a service and we're not the only ones doing PR. We work together with the district. The calendar is certainly an example of a collaborative project with a
016lot of uh, people uh, helping on to make this a success. Um, Brandon is instrumental in that. And I'd also like to give a shout out to um, Shelley Micah, who's our designer, but she just had surgery yesterday, so she couldn't be here tonight. So, um, we love working with you guys. It's it's always been an honor and if we could get a photo um for NSRA National School Public Relations Association, they would like a picture. So, usually it's the superintendent and the board president who are in the picture. >> Yeah, but I'm wearing shorts. So, let's >> Perfect. You want to hold that? >> Sure. Oh, thank you. >> Congratulations. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. >> Right. >> Cool. Okay, we are going to move on to item E. And
017I'm going to take these individually. So, if I could get a motion to accept item E1. >> Can I get a second? >> Second. >> All those in favor? Thank you very much. Can I get a motion to accept E2 non-instructional personnel? >> I get a second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? And can I get a motion for E3? >> A motion. >> You have a second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? Okay. Thank you for that. Could I get a motion for item F, consent agenda in its entirety? >> A motion. >> Get a second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor. Okay. On to item G, student board representative report. So this would be and it's in the summer so but this would be when school
018gets going you would talk to different stakeholder group different students. Uh anything that you want to talk about anything that you want to praise that maybe there were accomplishments in sports maybe it was in band or maybe some of our clubs did some great things won some awards. You would bring that to our attention there. It's also an opportunity if there's area of concern whether it's in mental health or a number of different things that's your opportunity to be able to be the voice of your the student body >> but in the summer usually not much >> that I mean, Well, we just voted where we can't use corporal punishment anymore. >> So, that's off the table now. Sorry, that that was earlier. >> You know, the sad thing is is that the, you know,
019the consequences at school are one thing, but the consequences that are happening within these students bodies is quite another. And I don't think they have a concept of either really. >> Parents, the superintendent hearings that want the vapes back because they parents, right? So, it's a partnership and but you bring up a really good point. The question is what can be done at home where parents are going into their kids' rooms. We can't go into the bedrooms of kids, right? Parents should be going in and they should be looking and searching. We used to do things called the Red Hawk Universities and it would show parents. Um Damon Vade used to be here and would run them and it started out with 150 people and then maybe there was one. We did them online. So,
020but you bring up a good point. It's very costly. It's probably about $2,000 a month that we're paying because there's plumbing damages because kids are going What we did do and there was a cost to it. We increased our uh teaching assistants, I'm sorry, our hall monitors and they were stationed in front of bathrooms and we locked some bathrooms. So, the only way to be able to do that is one person would go in at a time. So, there are measures that we are taking. Um, but to your point, for some kids that don't care, they do see there's a vacation in there. But that's something that we, you know, we could have you talk to student government because if they have want to run any kind of initiatives, we're all for that. >> Okay.
021Thanks. But that it within the agenda, this is this is your time. It comes up every time. So, it's um and it's important to us that that you get the thing and and and the vaping is very important. You know, it's we see the the things from I talk about it all the time, the middle schoolers that have gotten, you know, a cannabis vape and it it's just it it's never really a good outcome. So, >> but it may actually be a better outcome if this if the students lead some sort of thing. So, that might actually be a really good thing to look into. >> Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Uh board members report. So I I I said that um if we could if you had any ideas for for visitors. Um I have
022submitted just so that you know and I've I've talked to Pearl about having the superintendent from Boseies come in initially sooner rather than later to talk about their strategic plan and then come in and talk about their budget before we have the budget vote. We have um Tom's going to be presenting per his contract. I talked to Tom about it. Uh the how did we do on the goals from last year in October. The new goals are scheduled for November and then we'll be doing uh his evaluation in December. Um we have uh the high school and counselor department is scheduled for September I think is >> I don't see it on there. >> I think it was October. >> October. October >> because with the new principal >> a little bit of time before
023we >> um so that's what I've asked to get scheduled. So I'd like for you guys to have an opportunity and really the goal is just to get get everything scheduled so folks that are going to be coming in will have the opportunity to get prepared. So Kenny Dave, you look like you want to say so. >> Yeah, I had a few um I did appreciate uh Jaime's presentation last year with athletics. Um, I thought after the fall sports season, you know, so I see January's open maybe early January as winter kicks off. Um, and also, you know, with kind of a changing of the guard with visual performing arts, uh, an opportunity for that maybe further into the school year, tail end of the school year, uh, once some of their performances have been
024been done. Um, we have a new director for transportation, so great opportunity to have him come in and speak to the wonderful things that they're uh facing and challenges that they're getting through. Um, and I don't think we had it last year, but um, school clubs, if there's an opportunity for middle school, high school clubs that are um, put on from the school if there's any way to coordinate that as a presentation to the board. uh for some of the students that don't fall into those traditional visual arts, music, band, sports. Um but they're pretty active in the schools after hours. So, um those were just some that that were suggestions for me. Anybody else? >> All right. Well, then um we can take jot that down then maybe Pearl we can see if we
025can get those arranged. All right. Anybody else have anything to report other than Miss Wood? Very glad to have you here. >> Right. Up and about. That's good. >> Yep. Good to have you. Anybody else? >> Oh, you know what? I just wanted to comment just in case anyone hasn't gone by the middle school, which I think is probably rare, but the kudos to the to Paul and his whole team because that looks like it's coming around really well and it will be ready. Yeah, it it looks great. >> It really looks great. So, I just thought I would speak up about that. >> Yes. So, all that's happening, what I sent you guys, I forwarded to you, I want to say like two weeks ago, maybe about 10 days ago, that we're getting everything.
026We're getting the beacons, the crosswalks. They're reducing the the speed even more. So, the regular road >> is Now it's dropped to 40. And then >> there >> the beacons will be flashing. >> Yeah. >> No. So we're going to be putting something out within the next like I would say 10 days. We we've been there many times and Paul had a really good plan. It was talking with the DOT. There's going to be times in the morning that you can use both, but then in the PM it's going to be very clear. It's going to be signs are going to be up because every single boss leaves and goes to the high school, >> right? >> So knowing that we don't want to create a situation where there's certain parameters are going to be
027put in place, certain obstacles that we want to make in talking with the DOT and Paul was right on. So we're going to have maps um showing directions and arrows and whatnot. But before that does anything, I just I wanted to have him here. We're not ready with that yet. I'm going to send to the board first. I want you guys to take a look at that >> and then, you know, you guys give your approval and we move forward with it. But it his idea made sense with the floor. >> Yeah. >> Okay, Tom, you're up. See, now normally the student rep talks about all the things that Tom had planned. Makes his speech a lot shorter. It's a big plus, a big thumbs up. Yeah. No, no pressure. True. >> Well, and again
028in this You know, Tom, with the cell phone thing too and again, you know, that would be something that getting it getting the information to the student body because I'm sure the students would much prefer to have the responsibility to store those cell phones in their lockers where they can access them, you know, >> for education. Yeah, for educational purposes than to have them all locked away in a yonder pouch. >> And that's what we're gonna say. So, uh, What do you get? districts that are buying. So I guess I can At the end of the day, Okay. Can I can I do H in its entirety or do I have to >> Okay. Can I get a motion for H? Uh items for discussion and action in its entirety. >> A motion. >> Get
029a any discussion. All those in favor? Okay. I will make a motion that the Central Square Central School District Board of Education hereby move into executive session to discuss matters leading to a tenure of one particular person with no action to follow. Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? No action the file.