001Oh god. We'll call We'll call the volleyball team when they're >> Yes, I see that. >> Good. >> Everybody ready? >> Good evening all. Welcome to the Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 business meeting of the board of education. We are going to 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. Okay, for anybody who's not aware of the emergency exits, they're to the rear and off the sides of the stage. Um, we will start with the order of agenda. I need a motion, please. >> Motion. >> I need a second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion passes. Uh, we'll start with the clerk's report. Mayor,
002>> resolve that business meeting held November 18th, 2025. >> 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 okay for now. Uh we're going to start with our presentations and reports. Who's would like to be first? Anybody? Mr. Meyer. >> Thank you, M. Springer. Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving. As we get ready to head into this winter break, starting with some great news. Going to ask two of my outstanding staff members come up and join me. Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. McDer, please. >> Okay. And we're going to ask for our November student of the month to come up and join us. Imagigen
003Gner. Imagigen, come on up. Tonight, I'd like to tell you about a very special second grader. She's sweet, friendly, and dedicated student who always brings a smile to everyone around her. She is a wonderful leader and a great role model for her classmates. Always loves to help others and always shows kindness and respect. Imagigen has a creative spirit and a great imagination. She enjoys drawing beautiful pictures of birds, oceans, and turtles. Her artwork is full of color and life just like her personality. She also loves to travel and explore new places. Some of her favorite adventures have been to Italy and Greece where she enjoyed learning about history, the food, and the beautiful blue seas. Also loves to go see skiing which she was able to do in Italy and Breenriidge. Nice. I never leave
004Hampton Bay. In the summer, she loves spending time at the beach club, swimming in the pool, and splashing in the bay with her family. always loves learning. One of her favorite subjects is math. She enjoys solving problems and discovering new ways to think about numbers. She's always curious and excited to learn something new every day. She actively participates on a daily basis and is engaged in each lesson. Physical education, where she can run and play and show her great team spirit, is another place she always stands out. Her favorite game that she plays this year is the 67 game. That's a big Wednesday coming up, isn't it? 67th day of school, I think. Yeah. All right. When she grows up, she wants to be a kindergarten teacher. Dreams of teaching little students how to draw,
005make fun crafts, and learn their double facts in math. With her kindness, creativity, and love of learning, there is no doubt that she will make an amazing teacher one day. We are proud of recognizing her as student of the month for exemplifying the values of our school community. Imagigen, keep shining bright and leading with your heart. Congratulations. Thank you, Mr. Meyer. We got Mr. Shug. Good evening. Happy holidays. Allow me to introduce Hampton Bay's Middle School's student of the month for November, eighth grader, Daniela A. Perez. Dianiela was nominated by team perspective. A warm welcome also to Daniela's family who is here in attendance with us tonight to celebrate Daniela's accomplishments. Tonight I'll be using Time Kettle, a communication tool that strengthens two-way communication at HBMS. I will read in English. Daniela's mom and dad
006will hear my words in Spanish. Time kettle has proven to be a great way for teachers to communicate with individual students and their parents. HBMS continues to appreciate this investment in technology tools that make us better at what we do. Now on to Dianiela, the star of the night. Dianiela has a fiercely academic spirit and a kind heart. Her teachers tell me she shines bright with everything she does. The first thing first thing she said to me in our interview was that earning student of the month at HBMS has been a goal of hers since she was in fifth grade. Talk about seeing a goal and crushing a goal. This year, Daniela's challenging two regent level courses, biology and algebra, and an additional high school course, French. Yet, she is so well-rounded as a learner,
007noting that her favorite subject to learn about this year has been social studies with Mr. Dulos because she enjoys learning about how events shape and change history. Her teachers rave about Dianiela's analytical skills and ability to contribute to discussions on complex topics and subject matter. Daniela plays defense on the HBMS girls soccer team and plays the alto saxophone and the HBMS concert band. Not at the same time. Sorry, I couldn't pass it up. In fact, she looks forward to Thursday night's performance of challenging songs the band has learned, especially coral prelude for uh the beauty of the earth. Daniela is also the foreign language club president this year and is eager to learn more about traditions of Ireland for the club's St. Patrick's Day celebration in March. She's an active member of the HBMS student
008council, Triam Music Honor Society, and the National Junior Honor Society. Della's Naviance report shows that her top Holland traits are enterprising, artistic, and investigative. Her top cluster matches are arts, hospitality, and tourism, and law and public safety. And her career key results, a new tool for us this year, shows she has strengths in politics, law, and science. Related: Dianiela aspires to attend a competitive college or university. Her sights are currently set on the Ivy Leagues, where she will study to become a lawyer. In her downtime, Danella enjoys reading dystopian novels after receiving the Hunger Games as a gift. She is an active volunteer at the HB Public Library and the Good Ground Community School Garden. And if you couldn't tell by now, Daniellea is a truly positive role model among her peers, the school, and
009our community. Her advice for new middle school students is this. Even if you think you can't get through a tough time, keep going on the path. You are supported. Just look at the adults who are there to help you. Dianiela shared that those people in her life are mom and dad who are the people she works hardest for and her aunt who has been a big contributor to her success. Congratulations Daniela and we look forward to many amazing moments of success in your future in middle school and high school for congratulations. >> Congratulations Madam President. a busy eighth grade, >> Mr. Morgan. >> Good evening everyone. It is my sincere privilege to introduce our student of the month for November, Yanella Villa Torres. I'll be the first to say I'm not as techsavvy as Mr.
010Shug and I am thankful for Miss Escobar in our main office for translating my words tonight so Daniellea's family has a copy of those. Tonight, we celebrate a student who embodies the true spirit of resilience. Yanella's time at Hampton Bay High School perfectly illustrates that story. After facing hurdles that impacted her first year here, she fully committed herself to her goals. Her dedication to graduating this year is truly inspiring. Yanella just doesn't just attend day school. She is here completing her course load from period 1 to period 9 and continuing her day by attending our PM program. From 7:30 in the morning until 7:00 at night, Yanella is focused on our future. Her teachers are unanimous in their praise of her effort and her positive impact. Miss Drohan said, "What stands out most is Yanella's
011friendly smile when she enters the classroom." Miss Gonzalez praises her exceptional character and resilience, noting her kindness and willingness to assist her classmates without being asked. This sentiment is echoed by Mr. Dolon, who said that Yanella is always polite, ready to learn, and helpful to fellow students during group work, while Mrs. Bole added that Yanella holds herself to the highest standard. Academically, Yanella is thriving this year. Miss Andriano described her work in math as nothing but impressive. Mr. Perez, who she has for two classes this year, noted Yanella's deep interest in law and politics, which led to her selection as a representative for the prestigious Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican and Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute. Mr. Perez shared, "She takes the little bit of break time she has between day school and night school to
012work with me on the assignments for that program. Her desire to pursue immigration law driven by her goal to help people coming from circumstances like hers shows that Yanella's commitment extends far beyond herself. She is just not working towards her diploma. She is building a foundation to serve our community. Yanella, you are a powerful example of what can be achieved when a student is dedicated to reaching their goals. Yanella told me, "Anything is possible as long as you try." She plans to continue her studies after graduating and would like to attend Boseis for multiple programs like English and nursing. Please join me in congratulating our student of the month, Yanella Villator. >> We're gonna go to Johnny next. Good evening, Mr. Foster. >> Good evening, everyone. Can I please have the girls volleyball team come
013on down? We got the whole crew here tonight. kind. Okay. Turn and then you can keep going down that way. >> All right. So, right now we have the girls varsity volleyball team. I wanted to congratulate them on an incredible season. They were 11 and3 in league play and 14 and5 overall. They qualified for the playoffs and had one of the most thrilling games that I can ever remember in Hampton Bays beating our neighbors over uh from Westampton. So, it was an incredible game back and forth. It was just a fierce battle and uh the Bayman came out on top. Uh, want to give a lot of thanks to the coaches, Mr. Andy Ftopolis, our JB girls coach, Miss Alexis Fopoulos, and the JB girls uh, assistant coach, Miss Helen Fopoulos. It is no surprise
014that this is one of our most successful programs with the amount of time, effort, and energy that is put in all year round. It's not just a team. It's a family. It's a group of girls that love being around each other and they are playing nonstop. Uh Mr. Ftopolis comes to me asking whenever there is open gym space because these girls cannot get enough of it. Um with this great year, we had a lot of postseason award winners. For all league honorable mention, we had Lily Billingham as well as Gracie Carvis, Lauraai Palmary, and Grace Drake. For all league, we had Shay Eaggan, Lily Mafia, and Kira Shorlin. for all league, all classification, and all county tournament. We had Madison Frederickson, Taylor Meyers, and once again, maybe four or five years in a row, we
015had Miss Alexis Fopoulos as the JV Coach of the Year. So, once again, I want to congratulate them on a great season. They're an inspiration, and it's just so fun to watch you guys play together. And to those seniors, we wish you the best of luck moving forward. >> Congratulations Um, all right. And the last thing we are super proud of with our athletes, what comes first is their student athletes. And to become a scholar athlete team, you need to have 75% of your team with a 90 or above average. So this year we had cross country, boys and girls. We had football, we had football cheerleading, golf, girls soccer, tennis, and volleyball. This is one of the awards that we are most proud of here, and we um really crushed it in the classroom.
016So, we're very excited and uh thank you everyone. >> Thank you, Mr. Foster. Um all right, we're going to do a couple of celebrations of retirements. We'll start with Mr. Meyer. >> Thanks, Mr. Springer. Um, these graduation or retirement speeches are never uh are never easy. And uh said this before, but I've always felt blessed that I've never ever wanted to give one. >> I've always enjoyed it. I've always enjoyed everyone I work with. And tonight is certainly no different. I'd like to ask Dominique Deagio to come up and join me. and it's been my pleasure to work alongside a true pillar of our school community. We're here today to really celebrate a remarkable career journey that began with an engaging interaction at a career fair in central Icelo where I first met Dominica. I
017was sitting behind a table interviewing people and she walked up and at the town time she was an anxious accountant looking to transition into education. Now she's an anxious teacher looking to transition out. Uh her career at our school is a testament to her adaptability and commitment to students. She began her journey as our innovative computer room teacher. Hard to believe everybody was not walking around with their own device, guiding students through the evolving digital world. She then transitioned seamlessly to a fourth grade teacher, fostering foundational learning, building relationships with all our fourth grade students. And then she finished a career for us as a vital part of our math RTI department where her expertise helped countless students overcome challenges with math on a daily basis. Personally, to this day, I rely on her for
018her personal financial advice, especially regarding college planning, a skill she has honed masterfully as evidence. I never forgot this. As her son earning his doctorate in physical therapy and with her expert guidance, completing his degrees with no student loans. Congratulations. That's the kind of great mom Dominica was. Always putting her son first and doing everything she could to help him be successful. Beyond her professional roles, she'll be deeply missed for her unwavering positive energy and the kindness she showed every single student and her extended family members both in school and outside of school. Always able to help during a crisis. I wish Dominica all the best in her well-deserved retirement. confident she will bring the same energy and wisdom to her next chapter. Hopefully getting some time in for traveling and sailing as she continues
019to be an amazing daughter and take great care of her dad. Congratulations and God bless. Every retirement gift comes with a sub application. So expect to see Dominica in January. >> Okay, Mr. Shug, welcome back. >> Again, it's my distinct honor this evening to recognize the retirement of Mrs. Kathy Algieri. Kathy, will you please join me up here? had a surreal moment saying that out loud. I'd like to uh try to capture for the next few moments what Kathy has meant to Hampton Bays. But this recognition feels different because it is different. There's much more than what meets the eye and Kathy's uh time as a teacher. A teacher. See, Kathy has always been a teacher, and she will always be a teacher. I was recently reflecting on what it has meant uh when it
020was that she and I had first met. I was a fairly new teacher at Hampton Bay Elementary School, and she was a parent volunteer in the classroom next door, a mom who was ready and willing to donate her valuable time to serve children as their junior achievement teacher. Previously, Kathy had devoted time as a stay-at-home mom for eight years to raise her kids, two children who have gone on to become inspiring adults, and at least Joseph, welcome. And also to Michael uh for being here this evening in recognition and celebration of your uh mom, your amazing mom and wife. Prior to her raising her children though, Kathy has long has uh been a longtime teacher in a local parochial school. She only stopped when she was called to motherhood. Little did the elementary school know
021when she was returning. Uh I'm sorry. Little did the elementary school where she was volunteering know that they had struck gold. It wasn't long before everyone started noticing Cathy's warmth and her knack for being in a classroom because she was a gifted veteran teacher. And this didn't and still hasn't just come naturally for her. She was gifted then and now because she puts in the work. To this day, she is widely recognized as a generous collaborator and someone who is willing to take the lead on preparing for her classroom lessons as well as any team of teachers of which she is part. Anyway, it was back in the early 2000s when she was quickly scooped up as a tutor for young for young child who needed her help. From there, Kathy began the next stage
022of her unique journey through teaching. She was encouraged to start subbing in the elementary school. Grab an application on your way out. This quickly became a stint as a teacher aid in a first grade classroom classrooms in Hampton Bay Elementary School. This opportunity developed into a unique hybrid position affectionately known as language in the arts. See, when you show versatility like Cathy's, you are presented with opport opportunities such as this. When you have such a wide range of experiences and talents, you earn a title that's one of a kind because you're one of a kind. When I was asked when I asked Kathy to remind me what her job description entailed, she explained it was not only teaching math but also the recorder. You heard me right. The recorder. Imagine that. An experienced ELA teacher
023and mother of two reinventing herself once again as she taught sixth graders how to play the recorder. No doubt there was a plan for Kathy. Whether or not that would involve a recorder would be left to be seen because leading up to 2008 as plans were being made to open Hampton Bay's newest school, the middle school, plans were also being made for Kathy. She was to become one of the newest members of the fifth grade team that helped to open the doors of HBMS. Following several successful years on the fifth grade team, Kathy moved on to sixth grade where she embraced the opportunity to teach English language learners in a subject she had become an expert in teaching, ELA. This is where she found a home on her stop off of her hero's journey in
024sixth grade. Thank you. A number of years later, in more recent times, Kathy has evolved to become an expert interventionalist. As HBMS strategically built and designed an MTSS plan to meet the needs of all young adolescent learners, Kathy's on the ground level meeting young learners where they are and with her customary warm smile and open heart and a fierce tenacity to never rest in teaching children both how to learn to read and read to learn, an essential critical skill of middle school teachers. These couple of minutes and words I'm using in an attempt to describe Cathy's impact do not nearly scratch the surface on the difference she's made in the lives of hundreds if not thousands of young children and adolescence. She will tell you humbly that she is a jack of all trades. I
025believe that she's wrong because she is a teacher who is a lifelong learner. What better example to set and weave uh leave for her colleagues, the principal, and the children whose lives she's touched these last few years especially. Let's all commit to honoring Cathy's legacy here by making the commitment to embrace lifelong learning. Retirement means something different to each retiree as this particular and this particular retiree much like those I happened um that happened amidst a bustling school year's different as the kids might say because Kathy is going out on top. She is like a Hall of Famer who retires in their prime. So what is next for Kathy Algeri for Mrs. Aljury? What respect Mrs. is out, Jerry. Well, she has spent the better part of three decades subbing on the island, Long Island.
026However, now she is showing an interest in subbing on the island in Florida or putting her teaching shops to use and continuing servicing to continue to service a profession she's given so much to already. If nothing else, my wish for you, Kathy, is to explore how to scratch the teaching itch you'll soon miss. Kathy also looks forward to retiring uh and enjoying her time with her family, traveling, kayaking, and someday soon taking one very lucky dog that hasn't met her yet on long walks through the neighborhood and to the beach. There is little doubt that Cathy's journey is far from over. In fact, it's only just begun. and we can't wait for her to be able to take those first few steps, those first next steps on the exciting hero's journey, your exciting hero's journey
027through a life that has chapters yet to be written. Just know that HBMS will always keep a piece of you with us every time we have the opportunity to meet a 10 to 14year-old who needs us, who needs them, who needs to be met with a warm smile and dedication to their success. Congratulations, Kathy, on your illustrious teaching career. We wish you all the best in health and happiness in your decades of retirement that will follow. Mrs. Jauri, congratulations. Thank you. break. Okay. Uh thank you again and congratulations to all. We are going to take a fivem minute break. If you would like to come back and do the business and finance with us, you're more than welcome. Enough to swing down once you come uh and a slight decreases at both the middle school,
028the high school at the middle school, the high school and also our life skills academy. Um, I did enrollment a little bit more in depth last month, so I'll hold on that. And, uh, as we get into budget season, um, next month, enrollment, uh, will of course drive, um, foundation aid and, uh, the state budget proposal, which we would expect to get sometime in the third or fourth week of January. So, um, where you have a week and a half to go before, um, before the holiday and then, um, budget work, I'm sure Larry will cover it in his report, but, uh, preparations are already underway at this point with the departments and the buildings and that's where we start building from the ground up. How many pencils, soccer balls, and, um, light bulbs are
029we going to need for next year? Um, I want to mention that um, what I mentioned in our report or what Mr. Ferrar mentioned in our report last month regarding food insecurity um and the government shutdown. Those challenges have been resolved um and uh postponed. The the next budget, the continuing resolution for the federal budget is January 30th of 2026. And there's no reason to believe what happens on January 29th is not going to be the same as what's happened every other time since. And so, um, what I think we have done in Hampton Bay, um, and it's, um, in large part to the to what's happening with the teachers on the front line and identifying kids needs immediately and this leadership team over here, um, and the partnerships that Mr. Ferraro is navigating um,
030there he is. um navigating in our community, we were able to elevate this issue of food security from really being abstract SNAP benefits. You know, you read about it in the paper, but what does it mean here? So, I want to thank the town of Southampton, uh, Councilman Aasili and Councilwoman Cindy McNamera, and then unanimously the board supported it, uh, taking some leftover grant funds for community support to put towards supporting um, families uh, with school districts to mitigate food insecurity. So, we expect a grant check from Southampton Town um later this week or early next week that will be used to provide food supports for families over the Christmas and New Year's break. Um in addition to what we already have with food forthought, stop and shop um partnerships. The Kowanas have um Eric
031met with them today. The Kowanas also came in with significant support, the Rotary Club and many more groups as well. So, um, tactically it's happening in the classroom, but I think a, you know, holding the microphone, having a microphone to to shine a light on issues and bring issues to the top, um, is important is an important piece of our job. Building off what Mrs. Fox presented last week with our future scholars program, um, those are our current eighth graders who are involved in a pipeline building towards uh, secondary post-secary life. Um, next month we will launch with the high school uh, Sharks and Sea Wolves by the Sea. It's a typo up there. I apologize. Sharks and Sea Wolves by the Sea. Suffach County Community College Sharks, Stony Brook Seawolves um have partnered with
032um the South Fork High Schools to create an early college high school program on the campus of Southampton College. Uh, Stony Brook Southampton College. Um, we'll offer two courses this year. introduction to health careers and introduction to psychology. And we are in the process of meeting right now um with SUFFK and Stonybrook to figure out what fall 2026 courses are um going to be offered so that we can work that into the master scheduling process. It's not just a Hampton Bay partnership. It's a partnership between um um all South Fork high schools as well. Early college high school courses that are offered on the college campus are not high school. They are not college courses with high school for high school kids. They are college courses with high school kids in them. So the professor
033doesn't know who's an early child early college high school kid or a freshman metriculated into the university or the college. Um so it's a unique experience. Um we're piloting with two classes. They'll be run on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Kids can take one or two of those classes. Stony Brook is working on putting a freshman seminar in on uh Wednesdays related to marine biology. Um and then this pilot will be uh uh bite-size enough for us to to problem solve so that in the fall the ideal roll out would be two classes on Monday, Wednesday, two classes on Tuesday, Thursday, and a freshman seminar on Friday so that our students who leave the campus here have a full week of experience. So, we're going to walk before we run. And uh Stonybrook and Suffach have been
034tremendous partners where they just keep coming to us with ideas and like how about this? How? And you always wait for the other shoe to drop. No shoes are dropping. So, the programs are are happening. Um I want to thank um Mr. Morgan, Mr. Rashard, u Mrs. Miss Facini, Miss Lavazolei, uh Mrs. Iello, and Miss Barrett in the math department. Got it. I stumbled there. um our inaugural in induction for the New York State Math Honor Society. Uh we coupled it with the National Science Science and National Honor Society. A very cool um induction ceremony of the content areas done together. Uh 50 students were inducted um into one, the other or both of the of societies. Um, and what I what I love about this work that's happening, it's happening at the middle school
035level with our middle school, national, junior honor society as well, is that they're not just recognition societies where you get the pat on the back, the pin, and you take the oath. They, the adviserss for these three organizations and Triam, so the music honor society in middle school and high school are integrating service related to their content and field, uh, which is great. So, it's giving kids uh student activity list and resume support and doing good work most importantly for our community. So, uh thank you to to to them. Uh last week, Mr. Far and I had the opportunity to present along with East Hampton High School to our colleagues in Suffach County around our in-house career and technical education program. So, Eastern SuffK Boseies um for um about 10 years ago embarked on a
036uh created a task force. I shared that task force with then um uh superintendent of the Boseis program Julie Lutz uh to re-imagine what uh CTE could look like and that's where CTE the name went away and it became the Eastern Long Island Academy of Applied Science and uh to what traditionally had happened in uh Suffach County and Nassau County, the lower Hudson County participation in CTE programs was about half that of what the rest of New York State was. So CTE became that thing, right? There were empty seats in the in the Boseies programs. Today, over the 10 years worth of work that the Boseies board and our component school districts have done, there are waiting lists and and Mr. Rashard sends a counselor with the applications driving to Boseies so that when they
037open up the day they open up, we can get there so our kids don't get on waiting list. That's how demanding in demand these programs have come. It is a true and valuable pathway to a successful postchool life. Right? So the SUFFK superintendent organization has been focused this year on building capacity within school districts because now there are waiting lists at Boseies to serve. Boseies is looking to build its capacity but school districts are building their own capacity as well. We have an early childhood program. We have culinary. East Hampton has an automotive program where um they they have their own buses and so they built their bus transportation center and put an extra bay on there. Teachers can get their basic o the oil changed inspections um their brakes fixed. Mr. Rashard, would you
038get your brakes fixed? So, talk about a new level of trust with your students, uh, when they're changing out the brakes on your car while you're at work. Um, but we learn from them and they have a culinary program, too. So, in the next couple weeks, I I share all this to say our presentation has landed a couple of requests for invitations to come tour programs and and we'll continue to look at programs as we we build out, you know, look to build out engineering or audio or cosmetology, barbering. This all ties into that conversation about enrollment and when there's rooms that are available, what opportunities can we provide kids? Um the Hampton Bay Fire Department fire prevention contest. Um we've made a decision to shift this year. Um you'll remember last year, January there
039was a snowy night, then February there was a snowy night, then March there was a snowy night, and we're like, are we ever going to recognize these these kids? um the the projects and and and contests are done because fire prevention month is October and the fire department and the school are going to do these celebrations in-house during the day. So, we're going to celebrate them like we do citizen of the month and and things like that at the elementary and middle school. So, we will not be having that big presentation. Um and it's probably not even going to snow this this this winter then because of that. Um, and then we're also in development uh for all things 26 27 when it's January, it's June. We've already ordered caps and gowns. Kindergarten registration is
040starting. Uh, the tent is going to be ordered soon. The budget's underway and so is the 26 27 calendar. So, I'll have a draft for you all to consider. Um, couple of complicating factors that include a late Labor Day, Passover and Easter being separated. So, um, what that does is creates more purple on the calendar to close. And so, to get our 180 days of instruction in between September 1st and the last day of re regions rating, um, calendar seems like it should be an easy thing. It's one of the trickiest things that we end up tackling. And we also want to be in concert with our neighbors because, uh, teachers teach have kids in other schools or vice versa. So, uh, that is to come in, uh, January as well. Happy holidays. It's concert
041week. We had a great uh elementary school concert, winter celebration last week. Mr. Polo is here. Um and uh that continues this week with middle school and high school next week. Holidays around the world on Friday and first grade. Uh and before you know it, um December 23rd comes and we'll see you in 2026. Any questions that I can answer on this or anything anything in the world? >> Thank you. >> Thanks everybody. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Loose. for the 2025 audit. Uh corrective action plan or CAP as as they call it is a requirement of all audits for the district to detail how we will address any points the auditors noted within our audit. Not significant points, but you still got to say we're going to fix it by doing this. um capital
042projects. Uh the skylight in the middle school was replaced over the Thanksgiving break. Most of the work uh that would interfere with school was done while students were not there. So, we're just reviewing the work now and creating a punch list and and that project will be done. Uh the contractor has started work here on the HVAC units for the high school. We hit a couple of snags. Um, plumbing that that has to be rerouted and some things like that. Nothing substantial, nothing that's going to cost a lot, but like all construction projects, it never goes as easy as you plan. Um, and we will be issuing a request for bid for the construction and installation of an outdoor walk-in freezer here at the high school. the the kitchen never had a walk-in freezer and
043uh we've we've made do for years, but it we we have time we have the the money and we have the time to finally put in a walk-in freezer and do it properly. So, bids will information will go out on the 16th. Bids will be due back January 13th and a new freezer should be done by the end of the summer and ready for the 2627 school year. Um, budget as as Lars mentioned, moving along quite well already. All the budget worksheets are out to all staff. Uh, departments are already working and starting to send me some information. I've got health insurance information. I've got TRS retirement information. So, uh, starting to put the numbers together. Um, hard to believe it's happen so fast, but it does. So, that's all I have, Mr. Springer. Any
044questions, anyone? >> None. >> Thank you, Mr. loose. >> Yep. Happy holidays. >> Happy holidays. >> Okay. Uh we're going to do a consent agenda from 4A to 7B. Uh I think you want to add something. >> Yeah. I just want to point out two things in in the agenda. So traditional business agenda with with all things. Um but um you'll accept a donation tonight um from the Fidelity Charitable um from Fidelity Charitable on behalf of Terresa Strano. Um $5,000 for the purpose of supporting class activities for the class of 2030, which is remarkable. This is the second donation that has come through Terresa Strano's World. Uh the first $5,000 last year supported the Foreign Language and Cultures Club. uh I reached out to her to say thank you first and who can we thank
045and if it's an anonymous do if it's an anonymous donor who uh please extend the thanks she wouldn't give the name but it is a it is someone connected to her personal world who every year through Fidelity Charitable gives a tr gives a donation um to um a need in the community when we talk about elevating and putting a spotlight on things um we've empowered through through your commitment as a board to being serviceminded. When we think about Bayamon and the Bays and we're thinking about service and public education being the cornerstone service institution in a community, when somebody comes with a with a resource to say, "Oh, is this something you can use?" When teachers are empowered to say, "Yeah, I can use that money for something for my kids." That momentum just keeps
046picking up. So, I want to thank Mrs. Strano and the middle school our foreign language teacher for that as uh to because it's going to benefit students. Um the class of 2030 is building towards Frost Valley. Right. Okay. So I'm correct there. The second thing I want to mention is just to thank you um and this will be posted on our um website uh that tonight's recommendation to approve the professional development and continuing teacher leader education plan. Mr. uh Carlson through his PD program that's the teacher mentor program has built out a really diverse multiaceted uh professional development program that for a faculty of more than 200 really gets to the micro level of what this teacher needs in the classroom to be supported for for kids. So thank you Mr. Carlson. Um that's it
047unless anybody has questions. >> Okay then I will need a motion. I need a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion passes. Uh we will move on to public comment. Persons may address the board of education on matters of interest or concern in accordance with applicable state and federal law and board of 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, and the topic on which you will be speaking. Time limits may be imposed based upon agenda needs. Um, I think we're good here. Oh, did you want to say something, sir? >> Happy holidays. >> Holidays. Thank you. >> Uh, in that case, I need a motion to adjourn the meeting. >> I need a second.
048>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion passes. Thank you all again. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. >> Thank you everybody.