001can I have a motion to resume public session miss k Mr Bowski all in favor all in favor all right the vote is unanimous we're now back in public session please stand for the pledge I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under indivisible liy and justice for all thank you and we're going to begin now with our GC Pride Awards all right good evening president coffee vice president Richards superintendent daily and the gates Board of Education my name is Dr zanowski I'm the principal of Gat Thai Middle School I am here this evening to recognize several students uh for their leadership and uh just going above and beyond in so many different facets of our building um we have three
002students in attendance tonight so students come on up come on up if you're receiveing award we're here to brag about you we have a couple others that weren't able to make it due to extracurricular Sports uh commitments uh but here we we have Mr Lucas lamb Mr Milo massina and Miss Brielle rosette these students represent our building on District level committees they uh achieve Above and Beyond in their coursework they're leaders in every single extracurricular activity and representative behind us is many many clubs and extracurricular activities in our building and they're really the epitome of the Spartan way and what we strive to be and they're an excellent reflection of our school community and our overall community so please join me in congratulating these three young exceptional leaders in the reception of this award this
003evening thank you guys and congratulations uh families and or staff if you want to take pictures of your exceptional young humans feel free to go on over Dr zanowski I think we have another D another student just came in another student just came in no congratulations again you guys so now we're going to move forward to agenda changes we have uh some additions to action items this evening we have a couple and transportation contracts thank you next is our board president comments so I just wanted to take a few minutes to welcome our middle school students their families the staff and everybody who has worked to develop them into such good leaders we appreciate you guys being here taking time out of your week and all the work you guys do for your school uh
004we just are starting back up after our spring break knowing that it's a time for everybody to kind of get back into routines reestablish what their goals are and have ourselves move forward to the second half of the school year so thank you everybody at home and at school for all your hard work and we are going to be entering in the next few days into music in our schools month so there's lots and lots of work going on for all sorts of different con concerts uh groups of all different grade levels buildings working together so it's always an exciting time as we're still in kind of that cold gray winter weather to have different things to look forward to that our kids and our community work on together do we have any points of
005interest Mr msato thank you I've been a I've lived in this district for well over 45 years and the residents have given me the honor and the privilege of being a board member for 22 of those years uh one of the things you need to know is one time to go and I decided not to seek another term and I'm making the announcement so that people who are interested can get their petitions and and start the process I would encourage anybody who cares about children uh and their education and their well-being um to take a uh a chance to run for the board but I want to thank this board I want to thank the staff you know I've had had a great six years in this section the first 16 years are pretty good
006too you know but um I can say there's always a Time to Say Goodbye but thank you to everybody I appreciate it thank you thank you Mr Moscato do we have any additional points of interest I thank you very much do we have any reports of meetings okay that moves us forward to visitor comments portion of the meeting the gates chai Central School District Board of Education invites public comment at this time please limit your comments to 3 minutes or less we ask that individuals State their name and address prior to comments and utilize the podium and microphone to address the board although the board will not respond directly to individual comments at this time items brought to the attention of the board may be taken under consideration for f future response or action in
007order to comply with laws related to confidentiality we ask that issues related to specific School District Personnel or students be brought to the attention of the superintendent of schools privately the board reserves the right to terminate a speaker's comments if his or her comments are in excess of three minutes are repetitive or are not appropriate for discussion in an open public forum we have one public uh one visitor com this evening and this um Tracy mgin e e e thank you for your time our next section is moving us to reports so we have our Middle School update all right at this time anybody presenting Milo that's you real that's you awesome so president coffee vice president Richards superintendent Dy Gates Child Life Board of Education again my name's Dr zanowski I'm the proud principal
008of gates Child Life middle school I'm going to introduce a team of awesome students and Educators here to present with me this evening and we have uh some pretty exciting things to share from the school year so to my right I have assistant principal Mrs Michelle Doer Miss Canela Rollins and Mrs zelica Johnson I have our social studies Department leader and seventh and eighth grade teacher Mrs Sher Spoto I have our Ela Department leader and sixth grade teacher Mrs Lisa dorfy I have students who you just saw receive an award for their outstanding accomplishments Brielle rosette and Milo mesina in the crowd today uh we have two two individuals that contributed to a lot of the work that you're going to hear about I want to make sure that they're recognized as well uh Miss
009Katie the director of secondary education is in attendance as well as Miss Dorothy brenis she's one of our sixth grade science teachers at Gates child Light Middle School and so this evening I want to show and demonstrate some highlights that we've had from this year and really talk about and present the work of a two-month long project and a reconfiguration analysis of gates Child Life middle school and then I'd like to end with a recommendation from the committee uh that worked for over two months for implementation for next school year good evening gate Gat childlight Middle School is proud to bring a tradition that so many Spartans love and participate in at the high school building showing their Spartan Pride we let we held our first home homecoming pep assembly for middle school students face
010painting relay races and Community cheer offs are just a few of the events that our Spartans came together and show that once they are a Spartan they will always be a Spartan I would like to introduce Belle good evening everyone everyone enjoyed the pep rally because it was the first time that we had one at the middle school and since we only hear about it at the high school we were very excited to have of our own also because we had the opportunity to participate with um games such as relay races and tug of war not to mention my community one we also got the opportunity to cheer all of our friends on and after we had went home for the um PPP R since it was towards the end of the day all we
011could do was talk about it because of how great it was thank you have a good evening next we had our kindness week at gay CH Middle School which is more than just a celebration it's a movement to Foster school pride unity and a positive culture for all throughout the week students engaged in activities that promote compassion inclusion and teamwork reinforcing the idea that kindness strengthens our community by encouraging small acts of kindness collaboration and respect we Empower our students to take pride in their school and build a supportive environment where every everybody feels failured here is Milo oh oops so on the half day we had a rotation between three different activities for the first activity we had a choice between kindness rocks kindness cards and kindness cubes this gave us students some freedom
012to satisfy our interests we also had a choice at the lunch station where we got to try and rate new foods that could arrive on the lunch menu next year the lunch station and my or the last station and my personal favorite was the board and card games which were a way to build relationships Gates Tri is all about building connections and I believe the half day accomplished just that hello Bard so another highlight from this year have been all the ways that we've started to implement the new code of conduct so we did that in kind of three different ways one was engagement of students so in the beginning of the year we hosted an open house which was a little different than we've done in past years and we really engage families with
013the code of conduct by including games within um the sessions that they could go to where they could look at student family staff rights as well as be able to figure out um different strategies and things that um they could do with their students around restorative practices um we also um had students participate in lessons around the code of conduct and they were be were able to show their understanding of the code of conduct and the different restorative practices that were embedded within it um throughout the year um as we've worked with teachers and staff and our administrative team we've really been doing a lot of mediations we've been doing a lot of re-entry meetings and really focusing on that restorative aspect of our code of conduct versus some of the more punitive um dispositions
014as we've done done in the past so it's just been a really great way to engage students and families um as well as our aaban Champions so as you guys know we've been working with um uh why am I blinking um Dr Muhammad I'm sorry I was trying to remember his first name but Dr Muhammad and we've been doing our book study on the restorative Journey um and some staff have participated in the Middle School seven team members exactly in the aaban Champions working directly with with um his Consulting Group with Iman shabaz um I'm proud to be a member of that group as well and we've been having a lot of oneon-one coaching sessions or we're really focusing our time on how we're implementing restorative practices within our day um we also me as
015a group and then we're also planning some collegial circles coming up to continue that knowledge building and to share that out with the rest of our staff and then we've been really looking at data specifically in our admin team we've been looking at suspension rates we've been looking at you know our referral data we're disaggregating that really focusing in on what the dispositions are and how we are working with our students with IEPs to ensure that we're supporting them in the best way so we're really looking at that we have the data we're keeping track of it so that we can look at this summer about what we need to focus on for the next coming school year and now we'll move into the next couple slides where we're going to share the work of
016a two-month long process where we met for over an hour once a week as a team of Educators in our building to start to have some conversations about the configuration of gates chai Middle School uh for those that might not be aware when I say configuration we're referring to The Community House structure in the middle school right now the Red Wings the rhinos and the Amar and the school within a School model that we currently operate under definitely has a lot of strengths and a lot of Pros uh but we wanted to have some conversations about if it was the best model to proceed forward with uh with our current enrollment our current demographics and proceeding forward in the years to come so the way the process um started is we had over 30 um
017Educators which we would consider core team teachers is as well as our Encore teachers um our mental health staff uh professionals um and our admin and the interesting part was the first day that we came in we just all kind of sat and I had the pleasure of being seated with a brand new music teacher um a special ed teacher that's only been in the district for two years um our current enl um Department leader who is on my team my English partner who has the background of both working in the high school and the middle school and then myself the Crypt who's been a lifelong gay CH ey uh member not only graduating uh in the Class of 84 being able to start my career with Mr Moscato's children um and then so myself
018and the way that the committee was is each week you met with the same group and we really met um and worked over that hour and sometimes longer than the hour really making sure that we were looking at research based and making the best decisions possible um for someone who has been in the district for a really long time I've seen every configuration that has been around and so um I really felt not only vested in this as my career is coming to a close in the not so distant future um but also helping the new staff right um have a say in in how the building goes so I have very big Pride uh obviously in the Middle School so the background um obviously uh we were at one point a four Community team
019um with our connections to our Rochester sports teams but due obviously to the lack of enrollment and the decrease enrollment we are now at a two and a half team um I have the pleasure of being on that half team that um does get to loop with their students for seventh and eth grade and I I wouldn't change that for the world um I was also on the committee when we went out to look at the school within the school and as we went to look for our original charge um to try to figure out what would be the best way to connect not only staff but make those connections with all the stakeholders and especially our students what has begun to happen in where some of us um on the older end of uh
020the Spectrum really brought up to Dr Z is are we really offering our students the best that we can at the midd school and I think a lot of us um came up with the same answer that there is something better one of the things of course is the uneven um access to programs um and sometimes a perception and a negative perception by the community of those communities I'm going to take pride in the fact that I am on that half community that sometimes the public thinks is the dumb Community because we don't have enriched we don't have accelerated but I can tell you that the rigor I think in our building amongst all the communities is exceptional but where I want to see the Improvement and where many of us want to see the
021Improvement is the ability for students to be able to um have different classes we are offering electives now proud um of our Civics electives we have um different electives we want kids to be able to move between those and have better opportunities so that's really what the historical context is of why we want this as we began the work we focused ourselves on determining if our current Community model meets our current needs our objectives included equal access to programming safe student and staff movement with a focus on congestion strong tier one instruction that includes collaboration among staff and equity for students throughout the building as our work continued we wanted to ensure all population groups were able to access the programming to support their needs we did this by examining enrollment data achievement data and
022programming data as shown here we investigated further elective courses including accelerated and enriched number of study halls individual students have and access to all exploratory classes good evening so as a committee came together we were really charged with answering a couple of questions does a configuration promote Equitable opportunities for all our students will it help to reduce the achievement gaps and how does this allow for intervention and access so as a team came together these were Alternatives that were all evaluated by the team to be able to try to answer those purpose statements um we went through and regardless of whether or not you lean one way or another everyone was able to give their data to support each one of these models and evaluate it effectively to determine whether or not it would uh
023benefit our configuration so we looked at the status quo our current model of Two and a Half communities a balance three Community model a grade level configuration a grade level configuration with embedded teams a department-based configuration a hybrid model with grade six core teams and grade 78 department-based teams and as my colleagues have shared we used input from not only the members that were on the committee but also reached out to to neighboring school districts to try to find a model that would best meet our needs our needs at Gates Child Life middle school as a team came together and were able to evaluate again the contributing factors as to which direction we would um move in we really tried to make sure that again we took a scientific and a datab based approach so
024we delve into those qualitative responses the feeling of how and um how this new structure would continue to um make sure that our teachers have an opportunity to collaborate and how we're going to be able to continue to support students and then the database approach so looking at each one of the determining factors and having each member of the committee uh complete a survey where they were able to input um how they felt that we were meeting these objectives and I'll emphasize one more time that every individual member of the community was able to or of the committee was able to weigh in with like an uh individual input form and you see the results of the alternative that was ultimately selected by the committee on the screen I know the fonts a little small
025but uh really the point of this is where you see orange and dark orange those are favorable responses where you see blue that's unfavorable responses the committee was almost unanimous in their recommendation that uh Gat chai Middle School moved to a configuration model of grade levels with embedded teams for the 25 26 school year um the embedded teams portion of this is very similar to how we're operating now with the teaming making sure that students have consistent teachers that the teachers have common planning times where they can have conversations about the students we heard this is going on hey we noticed that uh so and so needs a little bit more support in this area have you tried this with this student because I really found that that worked in my class and I had
026a breakthrough with that so keeping the teaming structure was really important to all of the members on the committee in addition to the seal uh benefits that teaming has this configuration uh will allow us to address some scheduling efficiencies it will create more Equitable access to programs we're hoping we're able to grow our accelerated and enriched program across the middle school because of this new configuration we're this is going to improve student and staff collaboration it's going to ensure age appropriate and consistent tier one practices all the sixth graders will be in the same hallway all the seventh graders will be in the same hallway and all of the teachers that teach those grade levels in those subject areas will be there with the students all day long we're anticipating that this will reduce student
027congestion in the building with how we're able to offer electives and where our scheduling might get bottlenecked in certain areas uh specifically in lunches and also in some exploratory classes with music and PE offerings and then we're really hoping coming out of this that this new configuration is a chance to um strengthen our school identity and make sure that our students go to high school understanding that they are Spartans all part of one community and contributing to make the the school Community as great as it could be so we're hoping that for the rest of this spring uh we'll continue planning and engaging stakeholders in the recommendation of this committee we still have to form some subcommittees to make sure that we still have distributed leadership and thinking through all the different nuances of the
028decisions that need to be made uh we asked all the committee members if they would like to continue on with subcommittees and once the subcommittees are formed we're going to continue to involve our Educators our mental health staff um in our building Administration to help us make those decisions and as well to engaging stakeholders in communicating this to the community at large that when we come back to school in the fall it's going to be the same great staff the same great Vibes but we're just going to be organized a little bit differently in the building and then having and offering some informational sessions for the community for parents and for students if they'd like to attend so that they understand what they're walking into in September over the summer we want to take advantage
029of um the time to make sure that our schedule and structural adjustments are checked triple checked and quadruple checked for the new configuration that we have an opportunity to balance enrollment and make sure that the needs of all of our students are being met as well as teachers physically moving classrooms in the building to accommodate uh new sense of communities with a focus on grade level and tier one practices moving forward we are anticipating to open the building next school year in the fall of 2025 with this new configuration intact so with that I'd like to take any questions that the board may have hi thank you um will the process to determine students recommendation for Accelerated or enriched classes be discussed as well yes ma'am uh we just started a series of four meetings
030uh we're meeting four weeks in a row um and we're developing a process that any student who qualifies will be able to offer this programming to as opposed to having a limited number of seats in the program because there were only so many sections available on one community and so many sections on the other we're hoping to kind of flip the script and create as many accelerated classes as our students qualify for our teacher leaders our counselors and our building administrators are identifying data points right now um and making sure that we have a representative um array of data points so that we're not just uh basing students entrance into this program on one making sure that there's multiple and that they're an accurate representation of our students abilities thank you thank you guys so
031much very well done you guys are also welcome to stay or you're welcome to go home and have a great rest of your night thank you so much for all the time you dedicated tonight to be here our next report is our student ex oficio update good afternoon I'm going to start off with the high school's highly anticipated seniors versus faculty basketball game the senior versus faculty basketball games are one of the most original gay TR traditions and we are lucky to still be continuing the strong tradition today and and unfortunately I can't provide any support for my fellow seniors since we were just crushed in the latest games this year but nevertheless it was great to see all the Spartan Pride from all the grade levels in addition to the games the high school
032had its Senior Week where the week consisted of days such as anything as a backpack day or dressing as yourself ten years in the future which were big hits for our seniors and my report today short and sweet so that will be it today thank thank you thank you Lucas nice job we now have our Capital project update uh good evening good evening everyone um first of all I would like to congratulate you congratulate you all on the beginning of the month passing of the um Future Ready project uh congratulations uh getting into the building brighter future project uh in phase one we had major progress uh at the middle school this month uh we had ceilings painted uh and the and then the classrooms walls painted the wall tiling going up in the hallways
033uh flooring in all of the classrooms and the uh hallways are ongoing right now and then doors and hardware uh fax moved in at the end of January and then the High School Technology we uh installed some exterior doors and windows our plumbing contractor Contin Contin to work at the high school uh this is going to be a theme for the next couple of months and then at the Middle School uh started installing and finished the drinking fountains and the air reels in the technology classrooms our mechanical continued working on punch list in the fax space and then continued to uh start to install duct work at the High School Technology space uh Middle School Technology they completed all of the duct work there the only uh pieces remaining are just the diffusers uh which
034distribute the air and then the dust collector system is nearing completion in the Middle School Technology space electrical work contined to punch list in facts that's nearing completion uh Middle School Technology lighting hallways and classrooms are done and then power was completed the beginning of the month as well and then High School Tech uh Power and lighting is ongoing there as well uh phase two happy to finally report some actual progress in this phase we've been talking about it for a long time now our site work contractor uh they uh completed the staging area at the Florence brasser Elementary School they uh installed the storm line along or across from the Middle School uh that was over the February break last week and then the fields they've continued to strip top soil and they will
035be starting to import fill in the next month our general contractor they completed demolition of the otpt space which is in the back of Florence brasser where the old gym storage was and then there was some abatement there that was also completed last week and students were not present uh the main office the building facade is demoed uh and they're going to be starting the installation of the foundations for the new uh small Edition in that space uh Plumbing work uh minor but the uh faculty room uh prep work there for the uh new sink in that space mechanical work similar uh scenario and then at the main office they're starting their layouts and electrical um the big one here is they're starting to plan the lighting for the fields uh the last meeting we
036awarded the contract for the uh Stadium lighting uh so the electrical contractor Blackman farell will be the one uh bringing power to all of those lights looking ahead uh High School Technology we've had some rough weather the past month as I'm sure you all are aware so we've not been able to pour that slab yet uh and along with the roof but that is turning a corner and we look to do that in March uh duct work finishing up in The Woodworking rooms and then the initial Lighting in The Woodworking rooms uh the Middle School in the month of March we're looking to do the fire inspection punch list and then the odds and ends and then at the end of the month start the process of moving the technology health and art departments in
037uh phase two Florence brasser completing the addition foundations for the main office and then just continued gen General demolition in the otpt and faculty room space Middle School uh there's a lot of storm drainage that is associated with the Middle School fields that will be ongoing and then as I mentioned previously they're going to start bringing the fields up that whole Space will be coming up at least a couple of feet uh overview of the budget uh phase one contract has not changed we are up to 6 63% build for this work Phase 2 contracts after uh this the recommendation for later in this meeting for the scoreboards this will be our final expected number for public or for public contracts 16 milon 133 887 and then that leaves our contingency at 1.7 million uh
038between the two phases we have $570,000 in allowances of that we've expended about 142,000 some photos this is the exterior windows and doors at the High School Technology space new doors another shot of inside one of the woodworking rooms this is a shot of part of the curved wall in the Middle School Technology space uh this is more of a common area this will lead straight into the main street of the fax and uh library of the Middle School uh there's a the Skylight that we had previously mentioned at other meetings uh a General shot of the field uh as as if you've driven in you'll notice the large mounds of dirt those will steadily be removed and new material brought in and then some general demolition photos of Florence brasser are there any questions
039yes correct with a retaining wall yes that is the goal I think for many years coming any other questions yeah go right ahead it say that this is a great time where we're at with construction and different phases of it I would encourage you to encourage your staff to get some of the kids because I'm here to solicit the children getting into the professions great time to encourage them to bring them to us to Joe to my team we'd love to help take kids around and show them what we do uh we need staff so thank you we did host a couple of tours at the High School Technology space as well uh back um in the uh late fall uh the Mike G Lombardo's class came through and did a couple of walkthroughs and
040I think those students learned a lot great yeah anytime thank you guys so much great job all right that moves us forward to our property tax cap School Bus purchase proposition and finance facilities and audit update good evening superintendent daily president coffee and the distinguished Gates triy Board of Education I'm here to quickly give a budget update in the form of the property tax tax levy limit calculation and also the bus purchase proposition information um with that um get right into the tax levy limit calculation again um this um is a calculation uh that was uh put forth through legislation in 2010 um and this we've been um we've been working under this legislation since then all school districts across New York State um with that we're um we started a base of 2% um
041and so what does that mean is that if CPI the Consumer Price Index which is an index of cost of goods and and materials and services in the prior year is above 2% we actually start at a base of 2% if it's lower we start at the lower number so if CPI in the prior year was 1.5 then we start at 1.5 and then we calculate some additional what are called exclusions off of that base and so for last year's CPI um which is is what we're talking talking about um that was at 2.9% which means we started a base of 2% and then from there there are a few things that are exclusions to the tax cap um one of them being Capital cost so cost for um our our debt service so our
042mortgage payments on our construction work Debt Service on our bus purchases um and then a it's reduced in terms of our Aid and so the wash out number for the district from last year to this year um a reduction of about $2,000 in that exclusion um and then in addition to that there's some other exclusions one of them being um Pilots um I did want to mention I have up there the Tex based growth factor the tax based growth factor is um a metric that the state uses to assess how much growth has happened in a community um and for us there was not a whole lot of commercial res residential property growth um and so we're at one which means there's no Associated increase in taxation on the tax levy limit calculation associated with
043um property wealth growth um so one of those other exclusions again is Pilots payments in Lee of taxes these are negotiated agreements through the county um kamita um and so that's um an industrial agency that works with businesses that um tries to attract businesses to Monroe County and so they get tax abatements um and so those are not part of the tax roles not part of the levy um so when one of those things is added or um reduced through kamita then it impacts our tax levy limit calculation and the thinking there is that if one of those pilot agreements ends most of them are around 10 years in Monroe County that those properties and their assessments would come back onto the roles and then we would um then assess tax taxes to those properties
044that we were getting pilot payments before so when they do come back onto the roles it doesn't mean um when the when the total value of assessment goes up or the total value of what we collect goes up um we're just supplementing one for the other so it doesn't actually affect tax rates so that being said um there is some conversation between um the district and the town of Chilai and the County right now around one of those specific Pilots tax cap calculation is due on Saturday March um 1st this coming Saturday um there is some conversation between the two between the two of us um about what um one of those Pilots specifically and that's over on jet jet View Drive and Chi whether or not that will be expiring or not and so
045depending on whether or not it expires um superintendent Dy and I are meeting with them on Thursday to have a conversation about whether it's expiring it will impact that final um tax levy limit calculation so that um it depends on um where we end up with jet view um those are the two numbers with and without um jet view in the calculation specifically um the estimated increase would be somewhere between 2.2 and 2.5 normally at this um phase of the game we have an idea of exactly what that number is going to be what that calculation is that we submit um but we still need to um finish up those conversations because we were just recently made aware this week that that pilot may be expiring uh additionally we'll um update the board at a
046future presentation um regarding what that actual final um tax levy limit calculation number is uh in terms of the purchase of buses as you know um this board has been in place for some time we have a six-year bus replacement schedule and we typically replace 14 to 15 buses and we have um nearly 90 um school buses here in the district so um we do have a sweet spot for replacing buses it's about six years um six years is when um there's a crossover between the value of trading it in and the cost of keeping the bus in terms of Maintenance um cost related to the bus and so we try and trade buses right around six years so that we can get the highest value for our buses before we start to have those
047major mechanical issues we're looking to replace um 766 passenger diesel engine buses 53 um 5 passenger buses and then two 35 passenger um buses that have wheelchair lifts we're not looking to purchase any electric school buses going into next year we do anticipate um by the end of this school year we will have received um the additional 10 electric school buses we'll have 15 in our Fleet um by June 30th um at this time based on the incentives that are available aable to us and the cost associated with um those buses if you don't have those incentives we're not looking to purchase anymore at this time estimated tradein value of those buses is about $200,000 uh these are um bus replacement costs per category um we're looking to purchase 7 66 passenger buses um for
048about $1.2 million five um 35 passenger buses for 87 ,000 and then two 35 passenger wheelchair 35 passenger buses total bus to be replac 14 um total cost about $2.2 million which is uh in line with what our bus purchases have been in Prior years our kind of net cost after Aid and incentives um in Prior years like last year for instance we had a $5 million bus purchase but a significant portion of that was offset by nerta grants being as these are not electric school buses that number will go back to Prior year um numbers which is right around the two um to $2.2 million Mark again we get about 75 cents back from the state on the dollar for these expenses um and we would anticipate that would be the same going into
049future years um one quick thing I want to point out is that we're fairly far into our zero base budgeting process as you know we build a budget from the the bottom up um we are fairly far into that process um we've generally figured out most of the material supplies um Services we're um currently working collaboratively on the Staffing plan um and we'll have future updates for you in the next couple of board meetings are there any questions thank you so much all right moving on that's not mine moving on to the finance facility audit Comm Comm meeting update uh the meeting was on February 10th we talked about the risk assessment audit report um for members of freed maik were in attendance uh we talked a little bit about um focusing for next year
050on purchasing in cash dispersements um in this prior year we had focused on um the tech areas and next year we're going to look at purchasing and cash dispersements um in terms of Finance we talked about the PE card which is a way for us um to generate some value off of our purchases in terms of um essentially rewards um we talked a little bit about the budgeting process um we shared some information on the expiring Wegman's pilot that's why another reason why we're having that meeting on Thursday is to talk about the expiring Wegman's pilot um we talked in terms of capital projects about the building brighter Futures project and just provided a general update you had a more robust update this evening um we talked about the Future Ready project um you know
051just talking a little bit about the successful vote and the passage rate um we shared some information on the process relating to comprehensive long range planning study Mr Daly and I are continuing on that process and we're meeting with um Consultants via Zoom this Friday so we should have more information on that in future meetings and then we had a solar update um noting that um we were looking to have a meeting with senator Cooney um we are meeting with Senator Cooney next Monday um Senator Cooney's office I should say um next Monday to share our concerns relating um the funding of solar projects because as you know we're very interested in moving forward with our solar project that would take the district essentially or make us essentially grid independent although we still be connected
052to the grid um it would be a net neutral um scenario that would save a significant cost and obviously consider um the environment as well there any questions thank you so much thank you have a great evening all right next we have our policy committee update we had a meeting and we had a couple policies that came through that are are classic that you have to do um from our policy service first one being uh board members nomination election and second the notification of disclosure or employee disciplinary disciplinary records uh if foiled so we uh the committee recommended waving the uh first reading going to the second to have but that'll be later in action items thank you any other discussion all right thank you that moves us now towards our our consensus items agenda
053can I have a motion to approve the consensus agenda Miss kais mrong any discussion all in favor the vote is unanimous can I have a motion to approve consensus items C through I can I have a motion miss lwood Mr rowski any discussion all in favor the vote is unanimous I should have said wave the second reading not wave the first reading you have to read it first you can't read it second thank you for going back and pointing that out I appreciate the thought I I just want it to be clear it is important thank you all right that moves us on to our action items can I have a motion to wave the second reading not the first the second reading of Palace 1210 and policy 3311 can I have a motion Mr
054long miss littlewood any discussion all in favor the vote is unanimous can I have a motion to approve policy number 1210 and policy number 3311 Mr Jennings Mr Bowski any discussion all in favor the V is unanimous can I have a motion to approve the contract number 208 scoreboards bid to TOS Sports can I have a motion miss littlewood Mr long any discussion all in favor the vote is unanimous can I have a motion to approve the Moa between gccsc and the gates CH Transportation Union regarding bus drivers effective July 1st 2024 through June 30th 2027 can I have a motion Mr Bowski Miss Davis any discussion all in favor the vote is unanimous can I have a motion to approve the mo MOA between GC CSD and the GC Teachers Association regarding teacher leader
055new structure for 2025 2026 can I have a motion Miss Jennings Miss DAV any discussion all in favor the vot is unanimous can I have a motion to approve the transportation contract regular school year with Monroe 1 bosis 2023 2024 have a motion Mr long Miss kais any discussion all in favor the vote is unanimous can I have a motion to approve the transportation contract regular school year with Monroe one bosis 2024 2025 can I have a motion Miss Ka miss littlewood any discussion all in favor the vote is unanimous that moves us forward to superintendent's comments I'd like to start off tonight by congratulating our gates Tri girls indoor track and field the entire team on winning a sectional championship title last week in addition to being overall class A2 Champs many student athletes
056had impressive individual and relay performances in addition our boys in door Trek and field came in second uh by one point they also had quite a showing last Thursday as well so congratulations to all our Spartans on that hardfought season and thank you to the gates First Responders for making their return to campus so special with a fire truck escort organized by Chief long our Spartans have several other sectional appearances this week tonight the girls basketball is at Hill tomorrow our boys bowling has theirs Friday is girls bowling and on Saturday our boys basketball plays at Pittsford Mendon so good luck to all our Spartan athletes and even though we're ending the winter season it's time for spring Sports sign up so don't forget to sign up your Spartans for spring Athletics is open now
057with varsity and JV Sports beginning in a couple of weeks and modified starting at the end of March and as referred to earlier if you've entered our main campus using the South entrance on Buffalo Road this week you may have noticed that crws are are working on portions of Spartan way near our middle school as you heard during our construction update tonight this work will soon result in a safer place for our students to walk the new Spartan way sidewalk will be a welcome addition to keep Walkers safer on campus and is expected to be completed later this year and we continue to inch upward in our parent Square active users with approximately 74% of all district parents and Guardians now having activated their account to stay up to date with their student School news
058and events as we continue to dive deeper into our users we see this actually reflects about 92% of all students meanwhile our new District websites are currently under construction you may remember reading that we'll be moving to a new site later this year hosted by I know you're not going to believe this parent Square in addition to a streamlined appearance and easier navigation this new website will seamlessly integrate with our communications platform we'll share more about that project in the coming months each year the New York State education department reviews school and District performance to determine areas where support may be needed for our 24 25 school year Paul Road Elementary School has been identified for targeted support and Improvement based on the performance of students with disability subgroup as a result Gates TR has
059been designated as a Target District as well which means that while we are performing well in many areas the state has identified this specific student subgroup that needs additional support to demonstrate proficiency on our 3 through eight New York State assessments it's important to note that being designated in this way does not mean the school is failing it means we have an opportunity to enhance our existing efforts to support our Student Success and as you know Paul Road is home to a majority of our specialized classes at that age this designation allows us to access additional resources such as grant funding to ensure every student has what they need to thrive and speaking of our youngest students kindergarten registration is now open for the 25 26 school year family with students are returning 5 years
060old by December 1st 2025 can go to Gates ch.org kindergarten to begin the registration process completed reg registration forms and accompanying documents should be submitted by Friday February 28th by emailing the completed packet to the district registar are dropping off the completed packet at our gates chai district office also Gates chil's Universal pre kindergarten program Lottery is now open upk is an exploratory program that teaches kindergarten Readiness early math and literacy skills to apply for the program students must be 4 years old by December 1st 2025 and residents of our district online Lottery applications are available through Friday March 7th visit gates ch.org upk for more information and get ready and mark your calendars because you will not want to miss the gates charot High School Musical performance of Mary Poppins featuring a talented cast
061of crew of Spartans this enchanting uction will bring the magic of Cherry Tree Lane to life with Spectacular music dazzling choreography and Unforgettable storytelling at the gates charie Performing Art Center for March 21st through 23rd tickets become available March 1st and speaking of people who are Practically Perfect on behalf of the faculty staff and administration here in Gates chi I want to take a moment to thank Mr Moscato for his dedication and service to the student staff and community of GC as you heard tonight Mr Moscato will not be running for reelection we are certainly grateful for the 22 years he has served as a member of our Board of Education we will formally celebrate his service at our end ofe meeting in June and finally I want to close out my notes tonight by
062acknowledging the loss of Officer Cameron Gervin a 2017 graduate of gates charot High School Cameron who was serving as a police officer in Virginia Beach Virginia was killed in the line of duty this weekend he dedicated his life to serving and protecting others and his L is deeply felt by our Spartans Community could we now pause for a moment of silence in his honor thank you that is my report president coffee thank you sir I would now like to ask for a motion to adjourn our meeting Miss K Mr long any discussion all in favor vote is unanimous the meeting is adjourned thank you