001I think we're good. 7 o'clock. They're good. All right. Good evening all. Welcome to the Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 business meeting of the board of education. I need a motion to call the meeting to order. Please. >> Motion. >> I need a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion passes. We'll start with the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. teacher. >> Okay. For anybody who's not aware of the emergency exits, we have them right behind you and then right off the stage the back of us. Um we will go to the clerk's report. Mayor, >> be it resolved that the board of
002education accepts the minutes of the business meeting held January 20 20th, 2026. >> Uh I need a motion, please. >> Motion. >> I need a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion passes. public comment. Speakers will be recognized who wish to address the board on agenda items only. I think we're a little early here. All right. So then we will start with our presentations. Who's up first? Mr. Meyer. >> Thanks, Mr. Springer. I'd like to ask Mrs. Brown come on up and join me. [snorts] >> Whoa. [laughter] handsome. >> Not only handsome but enthusiastic. [laughter] >> Takes after his grandmother. >> We are thrilled to announce Carter Schmidt is our student of the month. CARTER. [applause] As you can see, easy to see why we wanted to call out for our
003student of the month. He is a fantastic leader in kindergarten since the first day of school. Carter has been a shining example of kindness in our classroom. Whether he's helping a friend or sharing toys during playtime, Carter is always looking for ways to include others. His big smile and gentle spirit make our classroom a happier place for everyone. We are so proud of the friends you are Carter. Carter comes to school every day with a can do attitude and a curiosity that is contagious. He is a focused listener during rug time and always tries his best, especially when practicing his letters, numbers, and reading. Carter consistently follows school rules, and he shows others what it means to be respectful and responsible. It has been a joy to watch Carter grow this year in confidence and
004tackle new challenges with a positive attitude. Carter's favorite activity at school is going to physical education. He loves zooming around the gym on a scooter. He enjoys going out for recess and playing with his friends on the playground. Carter likes traveling to North Carolina with his family. He's a fantastic big brother to his sister and he loves playing with her in the snow. He enjoys going to the playground with his family and playing games at home. Carter's favorite color is blue and he loves eating homemade chicken. [laughter] Carter's favorite favorite reason for being nominated tonight is that his uncle Tommy will be taking everybody out to the steakhouse. Thanks. [laughter] That's everybody here. Thank you, Tommy. We are generally proud and honored to have Carter Smith in kindergarten this year presented with January student of
005the month Hampton Bay Elementary School. Congratulations. [applause] >> Congratulations. [applause] [laughter] >> Congratulations. Looking good. He gets it from his grandma, right? [laughter] [applause] >> Dennis. >> Good evening, Mr. Springer. >> How are you? Um, I'd like to invite uh to join me up here a dynamic duo, two teachers, uh, Mrs. Drowski and Ms. McMaster. [applause] And now, allow me to introduce January student of the month from Hampton Bay Middle School, sixth grader Morgan Tuttle. [applause] >> [applause] >> Morgan was nominated by Team Ambition, represented here by her sixth grade teachers. And this is what they had to say about why they selected Morgan for this honor. Morgan consistently demonstrates strong responsibility and dedication to her learning by completing all of her work with care and effort. Nothing ever goes undone when it comes to
006Morgan. She is a natural leader who positively influences those around her and willingly supports classmates who may be struggling in group settings. Morgan works collaboratively and helps others to succeed. Most importantly, Morgan is genuinely kind and compassionate, approaching others with patience and a heart of gold. She is the type of human being that just does things from the kindness of her heart. She doesn't wait for someone to ask her to do something for someone else. She just does it. This is the type of person that will make a difference just by being who she is. That's Morgan. Beyond the classroom, Morgan stays actively involved in after school activities. She participates in drama club, has a role in this year's production of Annie, and plays on multiple basketball and softball teams. Morgan is a positive role
007model both in and out of the classroom and has truly been a pleasure to have in her in the class as a member of the class. [snorts] Um during our interview, Morgan shared a little bit more uh what she enjoys most about learning in Hampton Bay Middle School. Uh her ELA class and her social studies classes stand out to her. She's enjoyed reading the classic Bud Not Buddy and learning about Egypt, especially how the sarcophagus was prepared. Two classic sixth grade memories. Morgan is so well-rounded and she makes the most of her middle school experience. Outside of the classroom again, Morgan is excited to be part of this year's HBMS drama club performance of Annie Jr. after joining drama club last year as a member of the ensemble. She's at it again. We can all
008cheer for Morgan as Pepper the Orphan singing It's a Hard Knock Life. Now we all the stuck in our heads, right? You're welcome. on March 27th and 28th at HBMS. Morgan's a scholar athlete who will play basketball, softball, and volleyball come seventh grade. In the interim, Morgan has joined it, who has partnered with us once again as HBMS to train sixth grade girls to compete in a triathlon. Morgan shared she is excited for this as it will give her the opportunity to challenge herself to run, swim, and bike to her personal best. She's excited to test her limits and build her confidence through athletics. Way to go, Morgan. While Morgan's in no rush to grow up and think about life after high school, she is, after all, 11. Uh, she's exploring her interest in art
009and athletics and may even become a teacher someday. Also an avid reader, Morgan recommends we all dive into graphic novels over the February break and maybe even tackle Wicked, the book, which she shared is a really long book at 400 plus pages. But this coming week, I may just check it out, Morgan, if it makes me a little bit more like you. Morgan's advice to new middle school students, without hesitation, she said this. Just be yourself. Congratulations, Morgan, on being named student of the month. Keep up the great work. We look forward to many great things ahead. Congratulations. [applause] Congratulations. Congratulations. Good job. Congratulations. [applause] >> Mr. Morgan. >> Good evening everyone. It is my absolute honor to introduce our January student of the month for Hanbase High School, Vassel Ian Datsu. [applause] Now, before
010I list his many accolades, I have a small confession to make. Recently, I had the privilege of being Vassel's teammate in a trivia contest hosted by the student council. Now, before being assistant principal, I was a social studies teacher for 15 years. And I'd like to think I know a thing or two. But I quickly realized that my main job on this team was to stay out of the way and let Vassel work. I was absolutely blown away by the depth of his knowledge. To put it bluntly, Vassel carried the team. [laughter] And for those of you wondering here today, the capital of Mongolia is >> Thank you. Vassel knew that instantly. And it was in that moment I realized that I just wasn't sitting next to a great student, but a true geography scholar.
011Vassel has tackled quite possibly the most challenging coursework our school offers. He has successfully navigated an incredible gauntlet of college level coursework. AP Seminar, AP World History, AP Research, AP Music Theory, AP Literature, AP Chemistry, AP US History, AP Lit, AP Lang, AP Calculus, AB and BC, and AB AP Physics. Did I get the ball? >> Come. >> I knew I was going to forget. [laughter] It's like we almost had that set up. But Vassel's curiosity extends far beyond our classrooms. He has been engaged in high level scientific research alongside his mentor, Dr. David Hendrickx of Oregon State University. His work titled improved analysis and visualization of hop stunt vyroid toward a model of vyroid pathogen >> pathogenic. >> I see that's why you're here. It was just [laughter] presented this past January at the
012plant animal genome conference in San Diego. >> To be contributing to the global scientific community at this level while still in high school is nothing short of incredible. It is no wonder he has been named an AP scholar with distinction and has attained the prestigious AP capstone diploma. If you only saw Vassel through his research, you would be only seeing half of the picture. He is a pillar of our four distinct honor societies, national honor society, math and science and triumph. He is a vital part of our select choir, jazz band and science olympiate team. He's also a member of service organizations like Interact and also a leading member in as a peer educator. And for those of you who want to see his range in person, you won't have to wait long. This March,
013just a couple weeks, he'll be trading in his lab coat for a leather jacket or pinstriped suit as he stars as Curtis, one of the leads in our production of Sister Act. I would like to remind you that the tickets are expected to sell out fast, so go get yours the moment they hit the box office. As we look toward the horizon, it's no surprise that the world's top institutions are paying attention to Vassel. He plans on majoring in mechanical or aerospace engineering, and he is currently weighing offers from prestigious schools like Rochester Institute of Technology while waiting on final words from Cornell, Stanford, MIT, and Harvard. Vassel, as you prepare to head off to these institutions, we want you to know how proud we are of the man you've become. We know you are
014ready to tackle the problems of tomorrow because you have built the tools and skills you need right here at Hampton Bay. You are a true Renaissance man. You have shown us that one person can be a scientist, an artist, a researcher, and a lead actor all at once. You haven't just met the standards of Hampton Bay High School. You have raised them for every student after you. Please join me in a very well-deserved round of applause for our student of the month, Vassel. [applause] >> Congratulations. >> I was present earlier today when Mr. Morgan was practicing how to say your research project vessel and he didn't get it then either. [laughter] And I did it phonetically. >> All right. I believe you have one more for us there, Mr. Morgan. >> This is a first
015for me. Usually at graduation ceremonies, I am just announcing the names, but tonight I also get to present the diplomas. So, this is an exciting night for me as well. This evening, we are pleased to celebrate Louisa WA Galarza. [applause] Louisa, who is graduating from high school and receiving her diploma today, is celebrating a true achievement. It reflects her commitment and effort over the past three years in Hampton Bay. During this time, Louisa has made a conscious effort to study while also working and learning English. While not an easy feat, you would always see her in the hallway with a smile on her face. We commend Louisa for reaching this milestone and extend our congratulations and best wishes as she takes the next steps toward her future. Once again, congratulations, Louisa. [applause] >> Congratulations, Lisa.
016Congratulations. Sweet. That is nice. [applause] >> Okay, folks. We're going to take a quick five minute break if you want to take some pictures and whatnot, and then we'll be back for the rest of the business meeting. I didn't know that. >> Yeah, cuz I taught I taught one of them. >> Ready when you are. >> Yes. Yep. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Lawrence, it's all yours. >> All right. Thank you. Good. Good evening, everybody. Um tonight's enrollment, uh we we start with enrollment. So this is a snapshot I took last week on the 4th of February. Uh today we sit at 194 kids. You can see where we began in September. 1,935 students checked in with P today. Uh we have kindergarten registration underway. The numbers are tracking uh pacewise. We track by the
017day how many last year at this time to this um and we're on pace for where we are currently. So we're looking in the 100 to 115 range for the incoming class of 2039. Um and so those registrations will be ongoing through the end of March, but of course um through forever as kids arrive in Hampton Bay. Um but you can see we we lost a few kids this past month from actually just a couple weeks just two weeks. Um we are not seeing the amount of new enrollments that we have been seeing particularly those newcomers from other countries. Um that has slowed to a drip and uh this is normally the time just cyclically on earth when you would see that new enrollment. uh we would get a second semester enrollment of families who
018are uh more migrant in their work and they'd move from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere. That's not happening at this time. So I do not expect this number to go up. Um this is the same chart that we saw last month as it relates to budget development. We're still in the early stages. Um but you can see um I actually have a better number that I'll pull up. um right here. If we start here with where our budget is, then we can um go backwards to talk a little bit more about the meat and potatoes of it. Again, we're still early in the budget process and so um we're still building how many soccer balls and how many pencils and how many sections of this or that that we'll need. Um and that
019takes place really through the end of March as um the pencil begins to sharpen a little bit. Uh, at this time our tax cap is a 1.93% tax cap. That would allow our tax levy to go up to 52.4 million, little less than a million dollar increase. Um, Larry and I were looking at some data earlier this morning. When you look at the last 16 years of tax levy increase, um, across Long Island, um, Hampton Bay is right at 2%. So we have average 2% um which is important to note for our community. We have a high tax rate and a lower per pupil spending because of the construct of how our property uh works and how the district lines work. It's important to note um if you look in that change column on the
020right, $993,000 is an allowable tax levy increase. I don't want to steal a punchline from Larry, but um one of the biggest cost drivers this year is going to be health insurance premium increases. Just the increase alone in NICHIP, just the increase alone in premium is $937,000. So 937 out of 993 plus a state aid increase at this time of $21,000 does not give us a lot of room to work with. Um each year we have said that and each year it's become a little bit more real. It's super real right now. The governor's budget, I'm going to bounce back. Um our total budgettobudget allowable increase at this time. And this is one big asterisk at this time is one a 2.16% increase or about $1.3 million increase to a $68.9 million budget. What can
021change? Maybe the tax levy cap can change a little bit. It is a complicated formula and Larry works on that continuously. He'll be at it next week when when the buildings are closed. That number may shift a little bit. It is not going to go from 1.93 to three. It's not going to go to four and maybe can get into the twos based on various factors and and allowable exclusions that um might be permissible. What can change, however, is the state aid number. The governor's budget proposal um increases education funding by $1.6 billion, 4.3%. That's a little bit more of a little bit less of an increase than um she proposed last year. Um and her number didn't change that greatly from January to the final budget in midappril. We hope it changes more this
022time because foundation aid increased only 3% $779 million. Last year, the foundation aid increase was nearly double that. Foundation aid, for those of you who have heard the term, but maybe want to go a little bit deeper, foundation aid is cash. That's the cash to generally operate the school district. It's not restricted for transportation. It's not restricted for pre kindergarten. It's the cash we get based on the foundation aid formula. I'm sorry if I was loud. Um what happens and it hasn't happened as much since COVID is that when the governor uh presents her budget proposal the third Tuesday in January. So it was Tuesday, January 20th this year. Hers is an opening bell, right? It's a starting number. And then we spend February and March and I travel to Albany and we meet with
023our elected officials both here in the district and in Albany along with budget officials themselves in the legislature and we argue for more money. We don't argue, we present, we advocate, we make the case that we need more money in um in state aid in order to make our operation work. Last year, the governor talked about paying for empty seats because enrollment is going down across New York State, particularly on Long Island. When you look at a 10-year comparison of where we were and where we are in Suffach County, we see a dec a decrease in student enrollment in Hampton Bay from 20145 to 2024 25. We didn't see a decrease. We went up like this, but then 10 years later, we were kind of like a plateau. Now, as you see in that fir
024in that first grid, we're seeing a little bit of a decrease. It's not a rapid decrease because we're not seeing an exodus of students. Two things are happening. We're not seeing new enrollments and we're seeing a smaller birth class, a smaller kindergarten class. That's five years later, the births um in Hampton Bay. Typically, that's about 80%. Whatever number it is in the calendar year, five years later, roughly 80% of those kids turn up as kindergarteners. Um we'll see if that holds true. This is the COVID era of babies who are coming through if we're, you know, from that era. Um, so we'll see what happens. But as Par has told us today, the numbers look pretty on par. You'll see the governor put a lot of money in for universal pre kindergarten. So that's a
02552% increase from where she had her money last year. She has taken a lot of money there. We saw less in foundation aid because New York State is doubling down on making sure prek, universal full day prek is available for any kid who wants it and and needs it. By 2027-28 in the governor's budget proposal, that is going to be mandatory. That is not an option for school districts. We run four half-day programs, two scope and two just kids programs that integrate with a CPSC program. Um, but as I have mentioned in the past at these meetings, we have to give serious thought to the money that is on the table for full day UPK that we have not been able to access at this time because of uh space and because of community partners
026that can't make the money work. UPK traditionally had been $5,400 a student. So you take the amount of money that you're given it for previously for us it was about 97,000 divide that by 5400 and that's the number of seats that you have for prek. That number hadn't been changed in more than a decade. It's a lot more expensive now. Um could tell you from what I pay right it's you add it up it doesn't it doesn't match. Um the governor's proposal uh doubles that per pupil aotment to 10,000. That's 10,000 for Suffach County and it's 10,000 for the north country and central New York and the southern tier. 10,000 goes a lot different distances when you go across the state. So, it's still a number that needs to be addressed and worked on. Our
027foundation aid increase is the basic minimum of 1%. That's $129,000 and brings up our third brings our foundation aid amount up to 13,000 uh $13 million. little bit more when you add in the expense-based aids. We do get money back on certain things like transport percentages of BOSI services and transportation costs and high-cost special ed programming, things like that. Um, but the bulk of our state aid comes in foundation aid. Um, again, the allowable tax levy uh calculation currently is 1.9 3% and our budget increase within the tax cap is 2.2%. 2%. Um we did just pass uh the the we the United States passed um its education budget which is should be a relief for all of us. Um Washington had previously failed repeatedly to pass a budget and was living in what's called
028continuing resolutions. Their failure to to do a budget for a year created tremendous amount of turmoil in school districts. This summer, our title grants were at risk, which is about a million dollars of funding. Um the initial budget proposal uh would have cut title one in Hampton Bays by about $130,000. That pays for salaries. And so the advocacy and the messaging around federal support for public education is critically important. Title One, disadvantaged education, reading and math, idea, special education, Head Start, the title two professional dollars. Uh, title three for English language services. Um, you can see that the blue is the final um and and these slides are available to you so you can see where those numbers went. But ultimately, we should expect roughly flat funding for our allocations moving forward. The way it
029works in New York is the federal government determines its budget and then that's money for us next year. So it's not spend it and then you get reimbursed. So we should expect that the money that we have is going to be roughly the money that we have for next year to spend as well. And keep in mind that money pays for things that cost more each year as well. So as we get into budget season, our 2026 27 goals have remained the same for for quite some time now. To preserve our reserves, to maintain successful programs and the required staff for those programs, to live within the tax cap, and to continue maintaining and not reacting to facilities and capital infrastructure. Um we're in the process of uh bud enrollment review right now and department
030breakdowns um are are happening as we speak and there those are those budget packets are coming to Larry. Um and again what I'll get to that in a moment. Um the key drivers of our budget the big the big increases that are hard to plan for are transportation special education and health insurance. Um we'll get to our department budgets. um the finalization of those hopefully by the end of February. And that gives us March to use our pencils to figure out where uh how we get the budget to um our April 21st um or April or a I think our board meeting is April 21st to uh approve that final budget. Um at the end of February, beginning of March, the Council of School Superintendents will be working with the elected officials. Why is it
031important to work with those officials right now? because the governor's budget that was introduced on January 20th again the opening bill the last two week last week or so of January and all through February are the joint hearings that take place between the Senate and the Assembly. So public education went at the end of the end of um January. Um but other committees have jurisdiction over education as well when it comes to EV buses, transportation, civil service reform, other impacts to um other impacts to the work in education are handled in these other committees as well. Then what happens is the assembly and the and the uh senate um go back to their chambers and you'll see it March 16th to the 20th are what's called onehouse budgets. Those one house budgets are released because
032it is just the budget from their house. So the assembly might have some priorities. The senate may have different priorities. Oftentimes they're fairly similar shades of gray. And um then it used to be called three men in a room. It's actually now two women and a man. The president of the senate, the speaker of the house, and the governor. They go into a room, their staffs, their teams, their caucuses, and they take the three budgets, the governors, the h the assemblies, and the senate. And then from there, the second part of March, hopefully by April 1st, when the fiscal year begins, they hammer out what a final budget would look like. Um and then that gives us a more finite state aid number. So then Larry can, you know, further um get specific inside the
033budget. Um a couple of the other legis I'm focusing a lot on legislative advocacy right now because these every single one of these items in front of you have dollar amounts to them. And so if the legislature and our legislators um are not aware of what this philosophy or this principle of this legislation is and they don't understand what the the price tag is to a community, then it could be problematic. So um assisting with hiring challenges that's really related to cert teacher certification and also civil service reform the ability to for to build fresh and uh current lists uh that we can that we can hire uh staff for zero zero emission buses. Uh there is a mandate that by 2027 every new bus that is purchased is an EV bus. Um, and by
0342035 there needs to be full fleet conversion. Now, we don't own our buses, but our bus contractor is also responsible for that mandate as well. Cost about $165,000 to purchase a bus. Cost about $400,000 to purchase an EV bus before you even purchase the plug to plug it in. Right? So there's tremendous tremendous problems with this legislation and the timeline that they have um that the state has laid out for us. Um so the advocacy around that is really pushing the timeline out making it a hybrid type of model where you can use LPG buses, traditional diesel buses and a mix of electric. Uh but there's a lot of work that needs to be done with the electric grid in order to get that there as well. Um, universal prek, I talked about child victims
035act. Um, school districts are are facing child victims act claims. Um, where we um we as a New York state have opened a the statute of limitations for um those who were victimized as children related to schools, churches, scouts, things like that. Um so those come as those court cases are now going through the process. There are price tags to settlements across New York State. Uh special ed reforms as it relates to advocates and mandates, charter school funding. It's becoming a bubbling issue. I know NY is involved in this as well. Um Long Island is sort of becoming a a battleground as it relates to charters and charters coming into communities um and being structured different being authorized differently. There's two pathways to authorize a charter school in New York State. the state education department
036and Sunni um and there's advocacy around this is to have the state education department uh be the the authorizing entity for um charter schools currently you can take the Sunni path which could be more beneficial to you where are we are governed by the state education department so the theory is let the state education department govern charter schools as well when a student leaves a charter leaves the public school to go to a charter school. The money follows them. Larry writes, I don't want to put you on the spot for the amount of money we're spending charter schools right now. I'll give you 60 seconds. Um, >> so 200 something thousand. It does not equate to a decrease in staff, facilities. We're still turning the same lights on. We're still running the same buses. And
037so the funding around charter schools has become uh even more um there e even more sensitive given just how tight dollars are right now. A district to the west of us spends um hund00 million a year in tuition to charter schools alone. And so there's not necessarily a corresponding there is some decrease because million dollars represents a lot of kids, right? Uh property tax cap um that's always on there for reform. It's been there since the beginning. and then uh offering teleaalth models in schools that would bring emergency mental health services to students more rapidly than putting a student in a system and not getting them seen for weeks or having to fail out to the bottom before you can really get the emergency services. So, February and early March is advocacy month. Uh just
038as we're moving into play month and and theater month and and um parades and spring sports will st soon start. Um, and we're excited to um we're excited for what celebration season brings for us as well. Just two athletic uh notes uh to make before I close and ask for any questions. Um one, uh Taylor Meyers was selected as News12's athlete uh spotlight. And so they'll be here Thursday to give her an interview. Amazing three sport athlete, scholar athlete, uh great kid all around. And uh so they'll be here and there'll be uh a segment that comes out soon after. And um our 4 by uh our 4x2 relay team, boys team is headed to state. So that's Danny Pimementa. Who else is on that team? Um Mai, I'll have it written down. I'll email
039you all. I wrote it down. I just can't remember all four. Uh Braden Talmage and I'm missing one student as well. Uh but a great group of boys. So, they'll be going to the state uh championship um in upstate or off Long Island. Any questions that I can answer, members? >> No. >> Thank you. >> Grab a cup of coffee. Make yourself comfortable. This could take a while. All right. Couple things, Mr. Springer. Um cafeteria related. Uh, we have a little hot water problem in the high school. Uh, the board of ed wants our wash sink at 140 degrees. This building was built with only one water heater back in 1972. If I put it to 140 degrees, I will scold everyone in the bathroom and in the showers. So, to resolve our problem, we
040tried to put a small water heater just in the kitchen just to deal with that one sink. It brought it up to 140 degrees initially, but then the Department of Health said, "No, you have to have 86 gallons of water at 140 degrees at all times," which we didn't do. Can't can't have. So, we've come up with a unique We've come up with a unique solution of taking the building's hot water, which is at 120, putting that into the hot water heater just for this kitchen sink, boosting it up another 20° to hit 140 just for what they need just for the way they want it. It works fine as long as the building hot water also works and then we're all good. >> We we went through a lot of hot water getting through
041this problem, but we we made it. >> Oh god. >> Um summer food service plan audit. We had a uh summer food service audit for our August 2025 food service period. Uh we passed with only one issue. I need to document my visits and observations of the food service in the first three weeks this summer. I do them. I just haven't been documenting them. They said, "No, you got to make notes and write it all down." So, take care of that. Child nutrition audit. So, they're they're also auditing the entire U cafeteria service for the school year that we've been submitting documents back and forth for the last couple weeks. uh they'll be here April 15th to do the full audit and go through and make sure that everything is copacetic. Uh and we have
042a wellness committee meeting on this Thursday, February 12th at 2:50 in district office. Uh I go over budget, but Lars kind of covered everything that I was going to go over. Um we are receiving all the information in. It's it's coming in actually pretty pretty steady. Um, and you know, it's it's a it's a lot of work in progress right now. Uh, seeing where we where where things plug in, where we can save, where we can't, and adjusting our capital projects. Um, work continues each evening. Uh, I think they're mostly right now in the high school working on the AC systems that they're installing uh, in the district. High school is getting the attention right now. as soon as they finish the high school or whenever they have a night that they can't work here
043for whatever reason, they're overworking at the elementary school and getting those AC systems up and up and running. Tonight, we will open uh we we opened and tonight we will award the bid for the high school walk-in freezer uh out here uh by the loading dock. Um that's all set. We we've got that all taken care of. And last thing I'd like to do is uh just uh recognize and give a thank you to Tom McGawth, the buildings and grounds maintenance and custodial team. Um we have just gone through three weeks where the temperature has not hit above freezing any day in that three weeks. We've had snow storms, we've had wind storms, we've had a lot of ice. And during that time, the crews have kept the buildings warm, cleaned the roadways, walkways multiple
044times, and kept us rolling with really only minor interruptions. Um, it's it's often that we, you know, when the heat isn't working right or or the sidewalks not clear, we we yell at Tom or one of his guys and his crew. Um, but we don't think about it when it all works perfectly. So, I just want to give him that little thank you for for a job well done and uh recognize him and his guys. Thank you. >> Thank you, Larry >> for the for the those watching at home and for all of us. Mai Forester, Danny Ortiz, Braden Townage, and Daniel Pimementa are headed to states. I don't want to not recognize Danny. I forgot. [applause] >> Okay. Um, we're going to do a consent agenda from 4A to 7A because I don't think
045there is anything else. Uh, I need a motion, please. >> Motion. >> I need a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion passes. Public comment. Persons may address the board of education on matters of interest or concern in accordance with the applicable state and federal law board education policy 12:30 governing the rules of public comment and board meetings. The board president will recognize all speakers. Please identify yourself, your town, the topic on which you'll be speaking. Time limits may be imposed based upon agenda needs. Hi everybody. All right. Um, with that, I need a motion to adjourn tonight's meeting. >> Motion. >> I need a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> motion adjourn. Meeting is adjourned. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Have a good night. Get home
046safely. Stay warm.