001[clears throat] Okay. Good evening everyone. Can we please rise for the pledgece [cough] [clears throat] 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. We have a young lady that said the pledge quite [clears throat] well. Thank you. >> Okay. Uh >> we'll open the meeting up tonight to uh our special presentations. And the first one that everybody really enjoys is the leaders of the pack. So, I'll ask the elementary school to come forward [clears throat] and parents after they read about the leader of the pack, you can come up and take photos. [snorts] >> Good evening everyone. We have Margaret Brown here for the elementary school. Uh, April leader of the pack. Um Margaret is
002in Miss Compain's class and our teaching assistant is Delmar is here tonight. Uh Miss Compain says, "Maggie is a first grade student who consistently demonstrates all of the qualities of a leader of the pack. She puts forth her best effort in everything she does and maintains strong attendance. Maggie shows excellent character through her kindness, honesty, and positive attitude. She is polite and respectful to both her teachers and peers. She is always willing to lend a helping hand. Maggie demonstrates strong self-control, makes thoughtful choices, and is a wonderful role model for others. Her positive attitude toward learning and her caring nature make her an excellent choice for this recognition. Mrs. Kenosi, your PE teacher, she said, "Margaret always gives her best effort in PE and leads by example." Miss McCaffrey, your music teacher, says, "Maggie is
003a wonderful student in first grade music. She comes to class with a positive attitude, participates enthusiastically, and shows a genuine love for singing and musical activities. Maggie is a kind and respectful classmate who follows directions well and always gives her best effort. It's a joy to have her in music class. Mrs. Petrashock, your library teacher, said, "Maggie is always a warm, welcoming presence in the library. She's eager to learn and a wonderful role model for her peers." Miss Hughes, last one. Steam teacher said, "Maggie is an absolute pleasure to have in my steam class. She brings such a lovely and positive attitude and is always willing to give all of her effort to every project or activity that we do." Maggie, earning the leader of the pack is welld deserved. This way first. >> She
004did a really great job on the pledge. >> Middle school. >> [clears throat] >> This might be our best leader of the pack. [clears throat] >> All right. Our leader of the pack is Jackson Johnson. Um, Miss Curless, your social studies teacher said, "A true leader. Jackson always has a smile on his face. He's so kind to everyone around him. He works hard. participates, advocates for himself, and helps others in need. His grades are amazing, and he always takes opportunities to make them even better. Jackson's always very respectful and just an absolute pleasure to be around. Uh, Mrs. Monopardo, your advanced math teacher. Advanced math. Jackson is an excellent student in advanced math who consistently works hard, demonstrates perseverance, and is always willing to challenge himself academically. Moreover, he is kind to his peers and
005enjoys helping others. Jackson is a true leader in and out of the classroom. Um, your art teacher says, "Jackson is a considerate and thoughtful student who always comes into class with an optimistic attitude. He always puts his best foot forward, whether he's working on a project or interacting with friends and staff. Jackson's absolutely deserving of leader of the pack and is a great example to all of us on how to lead with kindness." Your ELA teacher Vandalone says Jackson demonstrates excellent work in ELA through his strong effort, attention to detail, and positive attitude toward learning. He actively participates in class discussions, shares thoughtful ideas, and makes meaningful connections to text. He stays focused during independent work and collaborates well with classmates during group activities. And I could go on for all the teachers and much
006of the same about how kind and respectful you are. And as the person in the cafeteria every day, I can attest to [laughter] that. >> [applause] >> right there. [clears throat] [laughter] >> Yeah. >> Can have it one side. sprint over here. [laughter] >> All right. Um, so our leader of the pack is Maddox Tball Edmmonds who is, you know, part of everything here. So few things that his teacher said. Senor Otis. Maddox is a smart, creative, and outgoing student with strong language skills. He's a pleasure to have in class and I will miss him next year. Mrs. Matthews, your chorus teacher. It has been an absolute joy to watch Ma Maddox flourish in the music department in Highland High School. He has grown into an independent, confident, knowledgeable, and talented musician I can depend
007on to keep my choir and musicals running smoothly. He consistently leads my students in vocal warm-ups, site reading exercises, and sectional rehearsals in which he usually easily commands the students respect with kindness and a calm sense of control. He is a model participant in every aspect of the rehearsals that I lead and I often accompanies the group on piano and percussion instruments. He [snorts] has even conducted a song and rehearsals and a performance. Maddox is an invaluable asset to the coral program at Highland High School and I'm so sorry so grateful to have been part of his musical journey. Miss Manuso, your PE teacher. Maddox is the perfect recipient of the leader of the pack award. I've had the pleasure of both teaching and coaching Maddox and I can say that he puts great effort
008into everything he does. Maddox is extremely talented and well-rounded. And the best of all, Maddox brings a smile and kindness wherever he goes. And Mr. Shaw, your band teacher, Maddox is an exceptional and versatile musician, performing on a piano in the jazz band and percussion in the concert band. This year, he was selected as an alternate for the New York State Band Directors Association Allstate Jazz Band, composes his own original music and songs, and excels in AP music theory. In addition to his m musical achievements, Madx serves as an officer in the Triam Music Honor Society, demonstrating both leadership and dedication to the school's music community. I am looking forward to his first album, and I'm hoping for an autographed vinyl copy. Congratulations. And uh for people that don't know, on Maria Peterson's Facebook page
009today, she put up a video of Maddox uh getting ready to perform for his recital. Pretty awesome. Nice job. [laughter] >> Oh, you're amazing. >> Thank you. I appreciate that. You want to go next? >> Oh, no. >> Okay. Ready? One, two. [applause] >> Sorry, we need to run around. Literally ran over. >> Again, on behalf of the entire board of education, congratulations to all our leaders at PAC. Job well done. I'll ask if those parents who are here with their children, if you'd like to leave or you want to stay for the the rest of the meeting, you're more than welcome. >> Okay. Before we go into our budget presentation, um our student rep has another uh appointment to go to. So, we're going to have him go now and then take any questions
010from the board we can answer. Um, starting off in the elementary school, the student voice club has been actively working on initiatives that build both the community and school pride. In recognition of Earth Day, students are coordinating a schoolwide cleanup event tomorrow, April 22nd, to promote environmental stewardship and responsibility. In addition, students are developing an elementary school memories bulletin board to celebrate the journey and milestones of our fifth grade class as they prepare to transition [clears throat] to middle school. And at the middle school on Friday, April 10th, eighth grade students had the opportunity to visit the Highland Fire Station where they participated in hands-on activities led by our volunteer firefighters. These stations included forceful entry, turnout gear, gest drills, host on advancement, and search and rescue. Students also learned about the department's history, and
011the role and responsibilities of volunteer firefighters in our community. Planning is also in full swing for the end of the year events, including the eighth grade dance, field day, and several trips to Rockin Horse Ranch, Walkway Over the Hudson, and Lake Pro. Additionally, student leaders are collaborating with both elementary and high schools and high school to strengthen transition programs for incoming sixth and 9th graders. And finally, at the high school, capstone projects have been a major focus this past month. Several students have completed meaningful community- based work, including Hope Williams, who visited the elementary school to lead theater activities for third and fourth graders during music classes. Additionally, Garren Coburn and Logan Davis organized a lacrosse clinic for students in grades 3 to six, while Michael Kohler hosted a basketball clinic for students in grades
012K through six, helping younger students build skills and stay active. World Language Night was successfully held on April 17th. This event organized by both Spanish and French honor societies showcased the diversity of language programs and student learning across the district. A highlight of the evening was the induction of juniors into the language honor societies by current senior members. The event also featured a wide variety of food from different cultures and all the proceeds of the night went towards supporting both the language honor societies. And then finally, the Triam Music Honor Society also hosted their annual cabaret on April 16th, which saw a full cafeteria and incredibly and an incredible display of student talent. Performances included singing, dancing, and instrumental music presented in a creative and engaging atmosphere. This year's cabaret was a major success and
013highlighted the strength of our music program. And that's all I have. >> Any questions from the board? >> Good job. >> Thank you, Logan. Thank you. >> Sneaking out. >> Okay. Um, our next presentation will be from our business official, Desmond Barnett. Um, budget presentation and property tax report card. [clears throat] [clears throat] [snorts] >> Okay. Good evening everybody. Uh tonight we will review the FY2627 budget. We'll talk about the revenue shortfall recommendation. We'll go over the FY2627 budget recommendation. We'll review the contingency budget. We'll talk about the New York State property tax report card. We'll discuss propositions one and propositions two. We'll talk about due dates. And finally, one of my favorite things, the budget calendar. I'm so excited we actually have somebody presentation. So, the last presentation we talked about we I addressed
014or presented that we had a budget shortfall of 576204. I presented three shortfall recommendations to close the gap. Tonight, tonight's presentation is in alignment with solution number one, which talks about using the ERS reserves and the fund balance reserves. So, let's look at our revised budget revenue budget. The state has uh extended its budget approval or approval extended its budget approval to tomorrow. I guess it's the 21st or 22nd, which I don't think is going to happen. Um the state a revenue of 21,472754 is based on the governor's run from January 2026 and also includes an additional 150,000 in high cost and excess cost revenue. You'll notice on the Medicaid line we have an additional $10,000. That is because we are exploring additional Medicaid transportation reimbursement and that's what we think in a conservative $10,000
015would be appropriate on the pilots. It is the standard increase in pilot payments. Each year they increase because each agreement is kind of moving forward in their um state. We have other revenue which was a question at the last presentation. What is comprised of other revenue? It is interest income on deposits, displaced students revenue, resident student tuitions, e-ate reimbursement. Thank you, Rich. Um late fees for real property and prior year refunds. As you can see, we have the $500,000 applied to fund balance. That is per recommendation number one. I wanted to address as last week there was a comment about are we committed to the 1.65 as a go forward. The answer to that is no. In addition, the 76,204 is part of my um your recommendation number one. So that is for the ERS
016reserves. We come down to the tax levy which is an increase of 907928 or 2.68%. And finally we come down to the total increase in revenue of 2,283678 or 3.98%. Any questions so far? Okay. There are no changes to our expenses from [clears throat] the last presentation in terms of the expenditures. So we are still at 59,608963. Therefore, the addition of the 76,204 in ERS reserves and the 500,000 implied balance brings us to a total of for FY2627 revenue of 59,608963. Folks, we now have a balanced budget. Questions, comments? If not, then I will move on to what is a contingent budget. Contingent budget. If the proposed budget fails, a second budget vote can can be held. If the second proposed budget fails, then we must adopt a contingent budget. Under a contingent budget or
017contingency budget, the tax levy cannot be increased from the prior year. This would be a reduction of 907928. That number should start to be familiar. That is the increase we talked about a little while ago. This would mean no equipment purchases but to the tune of $230,000 and would have to do an additional cuts of $677928 in expenses. They give you some examples of what allowable contingent expenses are classified into three categories. For example, they would be legal expenses. Any legal things that we are obligated to pay, we would have to pay. um expenditures specifically authorized by statute that we would have to pay or budget for and essential to maintain the educational program, preserve property and assure the health and safety of students and staff. There will be no no non-essential maintenance would be
018allowed. This I know it's a very large image. This slide shows the actual report card that will be submitted to NYED. I've added this extra column just for your information. As you can see here, this is the reduction from our prior year tax levy to the current would be 907. We would have to reduce expenditures accordingly by the 907. It's a simple math. So if the budget does not get passed, we have to find for the second time you have to find reductions of 97,928 in your budget. >> Questions? Okay. uh Desmond contingent budget. >> We we have the opportunity to go for a second vote on the Yes, you do. >> current budget with some reductions, not necessarily go directly to a contingent, >> not directly to the 907. We can make additional cuts
019if you want. >> Our second attempt fails, then we have to go to >> then we have to go to the contingent budget. That is absolutely correct. >> So, we'll talk about the property tax report card. Property tax report card. And I apologize. It is very hard to see, but this is one of my favorite reports that we sent to the state. The property tax report card is required by the state. It's a state aid form that shows our current proposed 26 budget, our tax levy, and our reserve balances. You really can't see it there, but it's all listed here and here. The state then requires all school districts to submit their estimated intended use of their reserves. And that is what this form is about. I've scaled it down because that's a little hard
020to see to this slide. This basically shows to the state what we intend to use our reserves for. And I've said it before in the presentation. 76204 we plan to use for the ERS reserves. And there's 116,000 in taxert reserves. That is a legal requirement. We have to pay the stipulation that was done last year. We're required to pay a taxert reimbursement for this year. And so that is one of the legal supplements that we would have to pay and I budgeted for that. Once again, this is what the state is looking for to see what reserves we would use. Any questions? It should be noted that these reserves that are currently in place will change based upon the fund balance we end up with at the end of this school year. So, this is
021an estimate. They're not holding my feet to the fire when we get to the end of the year. >> So, proposition one is for the >> Yes. based on using additional fund balance to meet to balance the budget. >> What does your crystal ball tell you about what we'll have left in terms of for reserves >> for this year? >> For the reserves or just fund balance >> just in general because I mean right usually that ending balance we're able to put into reserves, right? >> Um but we're using an additional 500,000 of it. So, do you think there will be additional to be still put into the reserves where you think that >> I do uh my crystal ball will not look at them put that number out until at least May when I'm
022closer to uh cutting off all the spending and looking at all the expenditures we have to see if we have Yes, we I think we'll be able to replenish that reserve accordingly. >> What I what I struggle with a bit and I and everybody here can probably know what I'm going to say. I struggle with that. What we were at 1.1 and now we're up to 1.65. I struggle big time with that. Just knowing that we're rolling that over year after year and now we're increasing. >> So, you don't have to. I wanted to answer that point. I mentioned earlier the 1.65. You don't have to. Um, that is a decision that we've made. And you rolled the 1.5. You started up 900,000. You added another 250, went up to 1.1150. Now we're at 1.650.
023As we move into 27 27 27 28 school year, we are not obligated to use that 1.6. >> Yeah, >> we can come up with whatever number we choose. >> The way some school districts do it is they build their budget, they show you their entire expenditures, show their revenue excluding the use of fund balance and then they say let's see what we can do, find more revenue and then they populate that number with the fund balance. It could be higher, it could be lower. So we have that option. Um if additional state aid had come in, we may not have used that. You could have also used some of your reserves accordingly. So it's up to the district to do that. >> Yeah. No, understood. But we always end up there, right? And that's
024my struggle. >> It's a tough it's it's hard because when you're you're looking at your reserves that you want to use, I know we cushion those accordingly and then we say, "No, we don't want to touch them." And then we say, "Well, I don't want to touch the fund balance." you really don't have a lot of options where you can go to kind of plug the hole. >> But I guess give me some perspective because right we're take we're saying we're going to use 1.65 from our budget from this year and use it to apply to our next year's budget. [clears throat] So then we have to have 1.65 somewhere in the budget that we are under budget this year, right? [clears throat] >> No. So you you've got it in your reserves. You're not
025taking it out of this year's budget. It's in your fund balance. It's part of on your books. >> It's what's left over at the end of this year. >> At the end of this year and previous years that that that we've had in the the >> correct. So in some instance, you've had line items where you have budgeted much higher than what we have used. Right. >> Yes. >> So is there the opportunity to look at those lines and say from our history of what we've used, we've always carried this over. Can we look at it differently and say what should that budget line be? so that I'm not carrying it over so I don't always see this fund bounce or is there more benefit to just always carrying over that >> you need the
026cushion and I'm going to say that lightly things happen in your your budget if I made that budget this tight this year we would have gone down by that extra 500,000 it'd be very very tight for 26 27 if something should occur if we don't get all the revenue we expected then there would be an issue and so that's where we have a problem you need to have in every school district needs to have a little bit of margin you budget a slightly higher because you don't know what's going to happen throughout that school year that you may have to change your bud budget uh emergencies uh additional costs that are occurring. So, you need that little leverage. >> But doesn't history tell us that we've been doing this for how many years? That >>
027right? It's not like we had it this year and we didn't have it last year. We've done this for the whole 12 years I've been on the board. Right. >> I've scaled it back each and every year. Like this year we scaled it back a little further. It's a lot tighter than we should. I mean I'm looking at actual revenues, actual expenditures and giving like, you know, 2% 3% margin and even cutting that down. So yes, we should be a little tighter for 26 27. But as you get to that point when you have no other fund balance that you're adding to your coffers, when you get to the point where you don't have enough to cover your budget, if you haven't been replenishing that fund balance, then you don't have enough fund balance to
028cover. We talked about that in the long range plan. You need to have something that's going to help you go further out. >> And I guess that's just what kind of raises that risk level to me, right? Because if we're, you say we've made it tighter, our budget tighter, but yet we're increasing what we're relying on fund balance for, >> those are opposite ends. We don't want to be going that direction. We want to be coming closer together. >> I also feel that the last couple of years we've been in a situation where the state has not come out with their final budget until after we've finished budgeting. And so when any additional monies are are forwarded to us, and last year there were some additional funds, that money can go in to help replace
029the money that we're borrowing basically out of the uh out of the reserves. And so >> do you remember what the like >> I don't know the dollar amount from last year, but >> just the magnitude of it. [clears throat] Just curious. >> So an example, this year it's going to be at another 130,000. if the legislation comes through the extra 1% that they're talking about. That's another 130 that I couldn't add to this budget because I'm not sure if it's going to happen. It's not really committed, but they're talking strongly about it. And if it does happen, that's another 130 >> that would replace or mitigate that one the 500,000 I took out. So, you have situations like that. And in the prior year, it was probably about 300,000. So, when the state comes
030with their numbers, yes, they'll add more money. We also look at additional revenue that we're talking about. Um I added an additional 150 to the state aid because we're looking at high cost and excess cost dollars. The state comes out with their numbers saying this is what we think you should get based upon your averages and some of the information they have. They don't have the actual information. So simple math is we have some high cost excess cost students and the total is 500,000. Well, the actual students we have in this district, the expenditures and the reimbursement we should get should be 700,000. So, they're estimating five. We could show seven and then that's where you have some revenue differences because they're going to actually pay you for the 700,000. I have made it tighter
031by looking at that 700,000 and saying, you know what, let's be conservative and take 100,000 from that 700,000 and add it to this budget. So, I'm looking at all revenue possibilities that could happen and all expenditures and you're getting a little tighter, but you still need a little bit of margin to go forward. >> I just get nervous with increasing that mark like what we're pulling from balance. >> Yes. Yes. And as contracts, as prices, as tuitions, as everything starts to increase, we're still looking at are is your revenue increasing accordingly? And that's the big gap. Everything's [clears throat] going up 5% but your revenue is only going up 2%. Where's the difference going to be made up? >> Thank you. Um, Proposition two, before you move on, right now currently our tax levy is
032is it 2.38 somewhere in that neighborhood? I think back on your report card. >> The tax levy you were talking about? No, the next the next slides. Nope. Nope. Where were you on the report card from the state? >> Tax report card from the state is this is the contingency budget which actually shows the percent increase in the pro the proposed budget. Uh we could go with >> what would what what's the current tax levy now >> on the $59 million plus budget. >> I'm not sure what you're asking for. >> There should be a number for the tax levy. I thought I saw 2.38 to the to the right there. Is there a number tax levy >> 2.38 uh 2.3843 59 if my eyes are good that is the 4% that you're allowed by
033New York state to have based upon the current budget. Okay. So you take the 59,908963 and multiply by 4% and that is the amount that the state will allow every school district to have as part of their reserves. >> Are they fund balanced? >> I I think what you're ask is what is our 2%. What is our our tax increase this year? >> Our tax increase this year was 2.68. [clears throat] >> So that's [laughter] 2.68. >> 2.68. Last year I think we were over four. Am I correct with that? >> I'm not can't remember off the top of my head, but I'll look into that for you. >> So we have proposition one 59608963. Then proposition number two, which is the creation of the repair reserve not to exceed $500,000. [clears throat] U finally
034we are basically looking at the upcoming due dates. We've got May 5th, which is the legal budget hearing. And the most important date to me besides my anniversary is May 19th. [laughter] >> That was a good catch. >> She's watching. >> And of course, I would like to end with the budget calendar. Any questions? and we can go further into fund balance or whatever you want. But if there's anything else, I would gladly um talk to you or email any information. >> Just so the board knows, this evening we're going to be voting on that proposed budget that 59 million plus. So if you have any questions, now's the time. Our next meeting is going to be the budget hearing which Desmond and Joel present to the community and then we go to the budget
035vote on Desmond's anniversary. Good day. >> Can you just flip back to the slides that you had with the different options and just talk through why we feel the one using the 500,000 is the best option? >> Um we went with the 500,000 option. Um, we were going to either use all of the ERS reserves. We did have an increase in ERS reserves, an increase in the rate that we're paying for ERS. So, I thought it was appropriate that we could use some of the ERS reserves. We also did that last year in our budget. There's a slight increase of about $1,800 between what we used last year and this year. So, ERS is constantly going up even though TRS is going down. I felt it would be a little bit more applicable to do
036this than to take it all out of the fund balance which I'm not once again I am not comfortable pulling all all of it out of the fund balance. This one was based upon the fact that we were hoping that the state aid, additional state aid would come in, which is had some, like I said, supposed to be tomorrow, but we'll postpone it again. And then we thought perhaps we would use maybe the fund balance or combination. But this one was a little bit cleaner because we know exactly how much we're using for fund balance and the ERS reserve is based upon the ERS increase. Did we look at that fund balance decrease to look to see if there was any pieces of it that we could instead of going all toward using the 500,000
037in fund balance like did we go through an exercise of what could we that middle option right >> well the 576 is kind of the number we're at where I can't go any lower without I mean then we start to go even more in cutting expenses or cutting costs that we need to do if that's the case then you know I start trimming back on some of the things that we're get into the buildings some other items I would just trim them out and I know we have a little bit of margin yes but that's once again we talked about that little bit of question just so you can hedge yourself against some insecurities this is where we were at the 576 to go any lower would be >> yeah I just think that going
038forward we really need to look at instead of just always relying on the fund balance and I know the ERS reserve I think that's a good one right because the costs there have increased so that is what that reserve is there for. >> Um but I do think you know administrative administration we should really start each year when we have this not just relying on that but looking at to see where we can make adjustments in terms of reductions so that we don't always just go straight to the fund balance would just be my my suggestion. >> Yeah. Just going back to history. I mean when we had some of the real big deficits fund balance wasn't going to solve those deficits. the deficits had to come from staffing or or whatever else. So, >>
039we got to be very conscious of the fact that that could hit us again. >> So, I mean, we do have to look at and I know there was a statement made at one or two of our last meetings that uh we we didn't touch staffing, >> right? >> So, we have to be aware that that could be a possibility down the road. So, >> and that's really what I'm talking about. >> Currently rely on the fund balance to balance that budget. Desmond, real quick. Um, we vote on the budget tonight. That can't be altered because it's going to the public on uh two weeks from today and then to the voters in about a month from now. If we get additional state aid, the plan is to put that money back into where we
040pulled the from the reserves. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Mostly to the the fund balance. >> The fund balance. >> The reserve. I mean, your ER solid and I think correct. And maybe not. But if you got that 130, that's going to go back to what that bottom line is. >> Yeah. And just to be clear, not my intent to look at staffing right away, but to look at Understood. You want to look at staffing right away. >> Right. Exactly. >> I just don't want to get us to a point where that reliance on fund balance is so much larger than that that then all of a sudden it does become a disastrous year. Right. And I think just looking at that five-year budget projection, you know, it it looked okay, right? And it looked
041like we should be in the positive this year and we're still relying on additional fund balance. So that's where my concern is, right? Everything I think when we looked at that like the next four years were in the black. The fifth year was in the red, but clearly even in this year, we're still relying on some fund balance. So, you know, just want to make sure that everybody's on the same page in the community hears right that we are doing okay, but it's not exactly where we need to be. >> I think in your 27 28 school year budget, you will really start to look at what you're what you're talking about. Do we need to make some serious or look at some slicing that we probably have to do because things are going to
042be, you know, that fund balance may not be there because I'm budgeting tighter and tighter and tighter by the time you get to 2728. You may not have that margin that I'm looking for. And going forward, we're going to have to find other ways. Once again, your revenue from the state and your tax levy do not always equal what you're expending. And that's where the hard decisions have to be made. Do we cut or do we use fund balance? But eventually that will >> Yeah. >> Anyone else have any questions for >> Desmond? We want to thank you and the entire administrative staff for putting together a budget that uh we hope that the community will support. We look forward to Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Uh, moving on to our consent items.
043EA1C. >> Oh, okay. Watch what happens. >> Anyone for public comment? Okay. Maryanne has something. >> No, [laughter] means I surrender. Okay. Um, nothing for public comment. Now we'll move into our consent agenda. Thank you, Lisa. [laughter] I think I missed that at a previous meeting, too. Okay. Uh consent items E A1 to D.7. Uh again our usual if there's an item you want to pull out have further discussion need clarification you can do that. If you want to accept it as a complete block we'll move forward that way or if you want to pull items out. So >> will you be making mention of >> anyone that Well, we go for a motion to accept. Will you be making special mention of item number three under um under personnel for retirements? >> Probably not.
044>> Okay. Okay. Otherwise, I'm going to say no and not allow it. >> Yes. >> Can I have a motion to to move our consent? Motion by Ed, second by Heather. Discussion, everyone. Okay. Do you want to Okay, no further discussion. All those in favor? >> Oppos? I carried. >> Okay, so this evening we have with us uh two uh two folks that have been uh appointed. We have Christopher, hopefully I get this right, Favio. >> Favio uh the school bus driver sitting there in the back. welcome aboard. And then right in front of him, I believe Alexa Dunn will be a leave placement at the high school for the remainder for a good portion of the the spring. So, welcome aboard. CONGRATULATIONS. [applause] >> Just a few comments. Um we we have um four
045individuals retiring from the district and again uh our retirement uh celebration will be in our June meeting but tonight I'd just like to say a few things. I was going to have >> Nope. >> So I thought um read his letter but I figured we'd need a few boxes of tissues here. So we're not doing that. But I just want to say, I normally say this at our uh ceremony [clears throat] in June, but we have four individuals that put in over 128 years of service to this school district. Um Denise, Maryanne, Valerie, and Joel. Uh, I think right now the person that's probably got his head down the most would be our high school principal because I think and he will attest to that that those three individuals at the high school were probably
046the backbone to running the school on a daily basis. So, uh, they'll be certainly missed, but hopefully in retirement they're going to enjoy it. um wherever they're going, whatever they're going to do, it's going to be welld deserved. So, I want to congratulate the those three individuals for um over 106 years of dedication to the Highland Central School District, which is really remarkable. So, congratulations to Denise, Maryanne, and Valerie. to our superintendent. Um, I don't think we have been waiting for this day, but it's here. Um, Joel has put in his uh retirement letter uh for good purpose. I mean, he's going to be moving to warmer climate hopefully. Um, unless it gets warmer here in in New York and he'll stay, but I doubt that. Uh Joel put 22 years into this school district.
047He started out as an assistant principal at the middle school, moved to principalhip at the elementary school, [clears throat] and then we moved them on to superintendent. And I've said this to Joel, I said to many people, Joel's probably the one of very very few in the state of New York that's gone through uh some traumatic times in in our school district history. Uh we never experienced co he was on the tail end of COVID, had to deal with that. And then we had a major fire at our middle school and I don't think any other superintendent in New York State can can attest to have to work through those difficulties. And he was able to navigate with the support of our the rest of our administrative team to bring the middle school students up
048here to the high school to work with the high school students. uh not to intermingle too much but well planned out PL uh situation uh and then we had other issues that uh I don't want to mention but he had to work through those. So uh for the four plus years that Joel's been here I think the district has moved forward in great strides. Uh we've passed our budget each and every year. Uh that's an test testament to uh the administrative staff uh led by our superintendent. So, I just want to say I know we'll say more in June, but I just want to say thank you to Joel for his years of service here to the district and the support that he's given us as board members and we've given him as a superintendent
049of school. So, congratulations. Retirement welld deserved. Thank you. [applause] [applause] I'll I'll have a letter out to the community where I'll be able to sit at my computer and drudge through how I'm going to say thank you to everyone. >> Patrick be throwing you the [laughter] >> might himself too. >> Okay, we'll move on. We did our stu student rep. Now we have under curriculum and instruction our u principal report. So we'll start with the high school. [clears throat] >> Good evening everybody. Uh just one highlight of a date that's upcoming. Uh it's a busy time uh for all three of our buildings. Uh specifically at the high school. We have a college and career fair that is coming up uh this Thursday the 23rd which will be taking place in the gym. Uh we
050have over 30 different representatives uh varying from colleges, universities, trades, unions and military branches. Um our focus is very heavy on a 10th grade class but it is open uh for 11th and 12th grade seniors as well. Um I just sent out a communication to those families uh this afternoon encouraging uh families to have discussions about this event, the importance of it and to really take ownership and participate in the event uh to start exploring some options uh asking questions of the representatives. Uh so it's always a good point in the year uh an exciting time and especially with prom right around the corner, Disney trip. So a lot of uh good events happening at the high school. So just wanted to highlight that. >> Thank you. >> Any questions? Sir, >> thank you sir.
051Middle school. >> All right. Good evening everybody. I have one addition to my board report. So also on Thursday uh at the middle school we have uh our ne it's national book day and so we have an awesome reading they call it readingbook club. Um we have an awesome book club that Mrs. near our school school technologist is the um advisor for and they're really into it. So they put together this whole um national book day uh drop everything and read where uh students have been asked or encouraged to dress in something cozy to cozy up to a good book and or dress as your favorite book character. And throughout the day we're going to be having different things that kids can participate in as a way to kind of uh you know read. Yeah.
052So, uh, that was not on my, um, my, uh, principal report, but I wanted to add that. So, that's my only addition >> questions. >> Thank you. Thank you guys. Appreciate it. >> Elementary school. >> All right. >> Oh, wait. One more thing. Logan during his report, sorry. Logan during his support mentioned that we went to the middle the firehouse um, as a school. Sorry. uh he was this he was there helping our kids so we were gonna like we didn't know how to like shout that out but >> he agrees that it was great they were so excited to see him >> he did an amazing job he gave himself no credit which I love um just for other reasons but um I really want to shout him out to everybody especially on TV
053because the kids all came back and were like that kid like they were like talking about him and how awesome it was great role model so I wanted to put that out there too so really awesome job >> thank you >> Mr. Mr. Rizzo was there too. >> Just to be aware, he Logan is a cadet firefighter. >> Sorry, Ian. >> I almost forgot. >> Um I guess I got two little [snorts and clears throat] things just to add just one one's more of a highlight. Uh just the on the back of my report, there's something about the uh World Down Syndrome Day. Um we had a tremendous turnout for socks for that day and you mismatch socks and that's kind of like the World Down Syndrome thing. So, we had a tremendous crazy turnout.
054Um, I didn't even have nearly the closest the best socks for the day. There was kids that wore socks that like they help hands um magnets and stuff. It was wild. Um, and the last thing I just want to say is um our kids heart challenge. We put I think it was 10,500 for our goal. Um, we just kicked this off and we're already passed it. >> Wow. >> It's insane. Um, so, you know, I thought it would be really cool that we just holding >> kids heart challenge. It's like jump rope for heart. Same thing. Same. Yeah, just [clears throat] they just changed the name of it. Um, so I thought it was really a I mean it's a shame because Melissa is now going to have to be pied a bunch of times.
055I don't know. They chose her, not me. I don't know why. So, uh, yeah. Um, so Melissa and I are for the top people that that got the donations. We're going to get pied a bunch by a ton of kids. So awesome. Melissa is getting volunteers. All right. any addition anything anything any any question >> I think next year when we do the uh presentation for the uh middle school at the firehouse we're going to have a guest participant we're going to have Ian show up that that afternoon because he is a volunteer firefighter in his hometown >> and I think he could [clears throat] demonstrate the proper techniques of bailouts >> timing >> Mr. Miller should also be involved. [laughter] >> We we agree. >> Yeah. Why would I not trust that? [laughter] >>
056Feeling some love tonight. >> Okay. Um [clears throat] our director's report. Okay. I got some questions. I was not allowed to go another month. Um just real quick a couple just uh touch on a few things with uh our technology. Rich, uh I know you you spoke about the Chromebook repairs. I know we gave out a lot of Chromebooks during CO and I know you're working diligently on, you know, repairs and all that, but I you touched on sixth and seventh grade and you had um 125 devices that were processed during March and April. What was the normal >> [clears throat] >> um repair items? Was it uh batteries to chargers? I mean, what what was some of the issues? >> It's a mixed bag. Um, you know, in some cases it's, you know, um,
057keyboards, missing keys, cracked screens, batteries that aren't holding a charge anymore. Um, are we holding the students or parents, I guess, are responsible for some damages that are not u uh accidental? No. I mean, I don't think many students damage their cell phones as much as they [clears throat] might damage their Chromebooks. Uh I've heard situations where uh and that this goes you know districtwide that uh sometimes the Chromebooks aren't being brought in on a daily basis to be utilized and that's an issue because a district purchased I don't know how many Chromebooks I think what in third fourth grade up I don't think we did it into younger grade levels. Uh it's a lot of Chromebooks that are out there and it's an investment that the district, you know, made into the students and
058I think they got to respect the fact that we've given them a Chromebook to help in their educational process and they got to respect that. Uh if you know if there is issues where you think it's some deliberate damage or they're just misusing them and they're they're not uh charging them when they should and and it affects the and we're paying for that. You know, we talk about a budget deficit. It all adds up. So, um I like the fact that you're on top of, you know, the inspections periodically with each grade level. I don't know if you've done the high school yet, uh but you know, the repairs are necessary to keep them functioning. I don't know how many new Chromebooks we had to replace those that were beyond repair that got damaged. So,
059I think we just got to stay on top of that and I appreciate that. Um I know with um our pupil personnel for Sarah, one of your bullets here were staff staffing planning for 2627. Can you just expand Oh, there you are. Can you just expand on that a little bit? I mean, what does that entail? just looking at um student service delivery and as kids move from uh one school to another school, we have to look at the number of service hours they have or the um classes that they're enrolling in. So, we need to just make sure we have enough people to cover the um the students in each grade. And that includes staffing having enough student load that we're not, you know, teaching one or two individuals that we have a good
060>> making sure that the load is evenly spread amongst all the staff. >> Okay. And for um our um cafeteria, our I I uh John, I saw in your report that we're at 38% uh free and reduced lunch. Has that been the norm for the last several years? Or are we at a steady pace or are we increasing? >> Pretty normal. It went up a little bit and now it's it might be slightly lower than that, like 30, >> but it did spike at one point. Now it's kind of stable >> when everything was going on, but that's pretty much our normal. >> We got just above 40 at one point, but we're we're typically in the high 30s right now. >> Okay. Because yeah, still 38% on his report. >> What is the outlook
061for that program in terms of going forward? Is that something that they the state's going to reconsider each year or do we do we have any >> So for CD as long as the state keeps the money in the budget, you should be fine. >> Yeah, I think it's going to be one of those things that we don't necessarily know. >> It could change with this budget that they just did the budget extender on. you know, I don't think that's the case or we would get some kind of rumor at this point, but I think that is up for conversation every year. Um, but I do know that the the legislature and the governor proclaim to be committed to keeping that in place. So, you know, everything's got all ends have to meet at some
062point. So, um, I could see them looking at that again down the road. >> Okay. Anybody [clears throat] have any >> I do have a question about transportation. Kathy, are you noticing anything with uh the bridge and like the >> us having to you know bring our students to the other side and what is I mean I don't think it's going to get better anytime soon. So are we prepared for like timing and all that stuff? >> Yes. Um we are detouring. I know that's we we're using the Rinscliff bridge for some of our routes. So yeah, we are preparing and we've been successful. Uh Friday we were running late because with the regular traffic and the bridge. >> Yeah. >> So it depends on the day. Like today was smooth sailing. >> Oh, I
063got here on time, too. So yeah, >> smooth sailing last Friday. No. >> Okay. I was just curious. >> Prepared to detour. >> Okay. Unfortunately, that's another hiccup for you guys. >> Do we know the anticipated completion? Is it 27 or 28? >> I don't I don't know that. I told her 28. >> I got 28. >> End of 2027. I believe they said >> late 27. >> Yeah. So 28. >> Yeah. That means 2028 to be honest. >> I know. >> Okay. >> Every morning and every afternoon. >> Just come real early, Joel. And then leave real late. [laughter] >> I have a trick, but I'm not going to say it out loud. >> Is a very good trick >> in the morning. Okay. Uh nothing else for our [clears throat] directors. We'll go
064to Dr. Boyd. >> All right. Good evening everyone. Um so I'm a member of uh the instructional advisory council that meets for the county uh once a month. So there's been a big push um in trying to uh look at the calendars for each of the school districts in the county and trying to find at least one day out of the year where uh we have shared professional development. Um, so it's just a way to increase our offerings without a huge increase with cost, right? So if some of the districts uh are specializing in something and providing it, we'll be able to send some of our teachers there and we might be bringing in some of their teachers to some some of our offerings. So um it's been something that's been on the table for
065a little while. So we're getting a little bit closer to that. Um it's not always easy trying to manage all of those calendars and all of those things, but um it's something we've been focusing on uh over the last few months. Uh next week I will be having uh an additional substitute training. Uh so we usually put these on every one to two months depending on the applications that are coming in. Once we get a small small cohort of uh substitutes uh we do bring them in and onboard them with the training uh before we put them into the classrooms and into the situations. Uh we're in the middle of our New York State ELA uh 3 through eight testing. Our elementary school finished their testing last week and our middle school had day one
066of their testing today and we'll be uh finishing up most of the students with day two tomorrow and then uh filling in some makeups at the end of the week. Um pretty close to our as we get ready for our kindergarten orientation, our final kindergarten numbers. We are up to 114 packets out with 97 returned, which seems pretty high. Um, which is good that, you know, we have these students in, we're getting them in. Uh, which means our communication going out to the community is working. Um, and we have most of those return packets scheduled for the May 8th. So, we actually have a specific time that they bring their child in uh for our kindergarten screening process, which is put on by our elementary school uh to get to know our incoming class. Um,
067and lastly, um, along with Artemis uh too, over the last few weeks, we have some of our classes working on a lot of the solar system. So, we have some solar system gallery walks and some fun um events coming up, especially at our elementary level that we are looking forward to. >> Okay, any questions for Dr. Boy? >> Thank you, Superintendent. >> Okay, so we are in the final stages of uh creating our budget newsletter with the assistance of Jess Murray at Olster Boseies. Uh we'll be finishing up those uh last stories so that that can go to print. Uh now that our budget um is on the agenda for this evening um Desmond and I will be meeting with an Olster Bosey's film crew uh next week to uh record the uh video presentation
068of of our budget. We'll actually be meeting with Jess Murray tomorrow to start crafting the script that's going to be used for this year's uh presentation. Um, in the last couple of weeks, we've had a support services meeting uh just after spring break to discuss uh getting together an updated building condition survey, which as you all know, we need a building condition survey every 5 years as part of a mandate through New York State, but it also helps to inform future capital projects. So, we want to make sure that that's done. um we have to have it into the state by next spring, but we'd like to get that information together so that um if there is any capital um project discussions that the board wants to have in the fall, um it can be
069informed by the building condition survey. Um so just announcement here that our spring gala educational foundation annual fundraising dinner and husky alumni award and pride award uh evening is going to take place on Friday June 5th from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Tavern at Duboce Farms here in Highland. Tickets are $65 a piece and they can be purchased through Becky Omoody at 8452341522. again 8452341522. She also will take Venmo at Becky B C Y-ashmoody A U C H M O O D Y. Uh this is all on uh also on our front page of our uh website. So any of that information uh you can obtain there as well. And just for the community, I know it's on our website and we've done a Facebook blast on this, but our Husky Alumni Award recipients
070this year are Dennis Bragg, class of 72, Gina Hanset, class of 1981, and Husky Pride recipient, our very own president of the board of education, Alan Baron. So, uh hopefully people will come out and support uh the dinner um and the fundraising uh that the educational foundation does every year. Um, this organization has raised thousands of dollars over the last number of years to help support uh, programs throughout our school district at all levels. So, um, there's no specific item that they're fundraising for this year other than to build the coffers to be able to um, respond when uh, a project or an idea comes up from a from a building. So, it's nice to have uh, some funding there. this past year. I know that they helped support uh the uh maple syrup project
071here at the high school. Over the years, they've done the water bubblers at some of the schools, the bottle filling stations. Um they've done risers. They've done different things over over the years to uh enhance the district. Also, they they bought um some equipment for the uh the outdoor pavilion. It's not called that. It's called the concession stand. um so some equipment for uh keeping foods warm. So we uh we we like to support this organization and it's a good evening supporting the three folks that uh will be honored that evening. So hopefully people will join us. And then finally, we uh we met today uh with uh New York State with NAERTA um with a rep, I'm sorry, not with NAERTA, with a company that is doing our bus electrification study uh so that
072we can apply for uh a waiver on the bus electrification. Um our kickoff meeting was this morning and we should have a full report for the district to use to apply for that waiver within six months or so. Um, and that's all I have. >> Any questions for superintendent. [clears throat] >> Any quick any updates on the um building security assessment? >> I haven't gotten that back yet. They they have they've finalized their walkthroughs. I think they're just in the report creation stage. So, we'll have that, I'm assuming, in the next few weeks or so. And I'll include that in my Friday update. That is not a um I'm sure that is not a report that I'm going to be able to share publicly because it's going to have um safety and security things that
073are really uh kept more confidential. But I'll make sure that you have a copy. >> Yeah. And I think just the community knowing right that it's been completed and >> you know >> absolutely. >> Okay. Anything else for the superintendent? [clears throat] Thank you Joel. Okay. on the board of education new business to Bosey's administrative budget vote [snorts] be resolved the board of education upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools approves the county board of cooperative educational services administrative budget in the amount of 7,428,827 have a motion please motion by Tom second by Heather discussion Do we know what the administrative budget was last year? >> I don't >> not off the top of my head. I could probably look it up. >> Do you need it before you vote or is it something
074I can get to you? >> Well, I just I we're going to pass it anyhow. I just I want to express concern how rapidly it's growing. I mean, they boseies have been costing the district quite a bit lately between the capital project. >> I have invited Dr. Shanker to come to a meeting. Yeah. um he wasn't able to make this meeting. So hopefully the next meeting or the the budget vote night. Uh those are the next two dates that I had u requested that he come and give a presentation to the board. >> No, I respect its offerings for the students, but it is a minimal, you know, in proportion to minimal student body and it seems like their their financial needs keep growing and growing, especially with the the lease agreement for the new
075areas plus the capital project plus the increase in the administrative budget. Um I just begin to wonder at what point is it uh really taxing the district and taking away from its own ability you know the taxpayers in our area to support the direct education. So that being said just also he has uh offered to give a tour of the facility if people want to go there he can meet with you there. Um, so just to put that out there, that was uh what they did on the their annual meeting back at the beginning of April. Uh, unfortunately none nobody from Highland was able to make that particular meeting. Um, so he's offered for anyone that wants to go up. If you want to go as a group or you want to go individually, he'll
076[snorts] make arrangements for that as well. >> I guess it's, you know, on my part, it's not downplaying the facility. The facility is is excellent. I mean, I've heard so many good comments about it. My issue is are we serving the students needs? That that's my big issue. >> Of course, and and you know, I don't like to hold back punches at times, but you know, that push was basically in my mind, take it the way you want, a political move. uh the opportunity to invest in a infrastructure that you have control of and it's an asset moving forward. We didn't both district didn't approach that. I mean it wasn't easy to buy into a lease [clears throat] agreement. We don't know where that lease agreement will go in 20 years from now. Right now
077it's written for 20 years. Who knows you know uh anything can happen there. So I I I think my biggest issue and I will present that to Dr. Shanker when he comes in is that are we serving all the needs of our students in all the component districts. You know, Kingston being local to the facility moves a lot of students in that direction, but uh I'm I'm I'm hearing bits and pieces that not all our students have the opportunity. And then again, you know, I've said this in the past, our students are leaving the confines of of their campus to travel, you know, up to the Kingston area and back for particular. There there has to be there had to be other avenues that we can take, you know, sharing services with our neighboring school
078districts to pick up some of the, you know, the trades that we can do for both the male and the female. So there is opportunities and I think we're just moving in a direction to uh lay the burden and the cost on the taxpayers and again just like you echoed before Ed you know we have their capital project and we also have the lease agreement that the component districts are paying into but enough said there and I you know I I I really like to hear the community you know their input that's why we have public comment front end and back end but you know >> sometimes we don't hear enough Do we know I know the building or facility is beautiful, but I did hear at some points that there wasn't the necessary equipment
079there for certain classes too. Do we know if that has been rectified and those classes are really full up and running or >> we don't know. >> Maybe if we could get some information from >> I think that's why it's important that he comes to the meeting. >> Absolutely. Y >> are we required to make this vote tonight without outstanding information? >> Yes. Yeah, they hold they hold it on April 20. It used to be a Wednesday. We had to move our meetings to a Wednesday. They finally changed it to uh Tuesday, which is our meeting night. But yes, we do. >> That doesn't that number doesn't include the the entire budget that they represents the Alter County Boseies. >> Yes. So this this past year was uh 7,283,83 for the administrative side. So it's
080up about $220,000. The the total operating budget was about 100,000. So, I mean, thinking of that increase, which is not a lot, uh, based on a new facility and then revamping of their current facility in Port Yuan, >> you would think that there would be more staffing involved. So, that budget could have increased to, you know, give more students the opportunity to utilize the facilities. Anyway, >> I look forward to hearing. Yeah, I look forward to them being here. >> Yeah. So, we have a um the resolution on the floor uh proposed by uh Tom, seconded by Heather. Uh any further discussion? All those in favor? >> Opposed? >> So, carried. Uh BOSI's ballot for election. And there are four vacancies on the board of cooperative educational services to be filled at the annual election
081to be held on April 21st, 2026. The trustees of board of education of each component school district by resolution may cast one vote for each vacancy to be filled. Be it resolved the board of education upon the recommendation of the superintendent schools recommend the election of the following candidates to serve on the board of cooperative educational services. Seat number one, Slogies, three-year term, July 1, 2026 to June 30th, 2029. Christa Behringer. Seat number two, at large, three-year term, July 1, 2026 to June 30th, 2029. Seat three at large, three-year term, July 1, 2026 to June 30th, 2029. Seat 4 at large, three-year term, July 1, 2026 to June 30th, 2029. Uh those three candidates are Donald Green from Walkill, Mara Kaplan from Ellenville, and Suzanne Jordan from Kingston. I have a motion, please. Motion by
082Ed, second by Heather. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> Opposed? So carried. budget and property tax proposition for 2027 school year. Being resolved that the Highland Central School District adopts the proposed 2026 2027 school budget in the amount of 59,68,963 to be present to the voters to present to the voters at the annual meeting on May 19th, 2026 and approve the following proposition to the taxpayers. Shall the board of education of the Highland Central School District be authorized to extend for budgetary purposes in the 2026 2027 school year the sum of 15 $59,68 59,68,963 and to levy the necessary tax. Therefore, be it further resolved that the Highland Central School District Board of Education approves a property tax report card and authorizes a submission to the state education department. I have a motion, please.
083Motion by Janine, second by Ed. Discussion. All those in favor? [clears throat] >> Opposed? Carried. 5 Z. Okay. Candidates placement on a ballot. Highland Central School District District Clerk will draw the names of the running candidates for the Highland Central School District School Board determine the list order on the ballot. >> Okay. >> So, our district clerk, >> Mr. Niglia will do that. >> I'm going to actually have my co-assistant chairperson, Maryanne Ingraham. So, we have four names running. They are Heather Welch, Alan Brown, Shauna Newberg Reynolds, and Joshua Swan. So, I'm going to have you I'm gonna actually just get them all in there. And this is the order of which they will be placed for the meeting on May 19th. Okay. All right. And then just read the name out loud. Go ahead.
084Heather Welch, Alan Brown, Joselyn Court. Joanna Newkerk Reynolds. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Mary. >> Thank you. Thank you, Lisa. >> Anyone for old business? I just wanted to ask if there was any updates on the discussions um regarding the elementary school um in terms of the rotation of class or teachers or students if there's been any further discussion just in planning for next year. >> I know we brought that up at our last meeting and I don't think the principles were here at the last meeting. I did forward the the information on and he was working with his uh >> uh we talked to the fifth grade team about doing that coming up. I didn't want to do it before the state testing. So um it's something that they um they were up for
085it and it splits nicely because there's enough sections so that we can rotate around uh because we kind of did it in and my board report says that we did third grade with science and we do it every year so we tried it out in third. Um but yeah, I was just waiting for state testing to be completely done before I truly give it Yeah. the try. >> Something I consider for for next year. Okay. Awesome. Thank you. >> Anyone else for old business? >> Okay. Under miscellaneous. anything for the good and welfare of the district. Joel mentioned the educational foundation um the date. So if you can attend uh please do. I know it's a great fundraiser over the years for uh the purposes of uh educating and supplying our students with the proper
086uh equipment uh and funds to continue their educational trip. So, anybody else for the good and welfare of the district? All right, I'll open the meeting back up to public comment and this is for general items. Okay, we'll close public comment. Um, >> such a quiet crowd >> there. Come on. >> The board will be going into will be in journey to go into uh executive session for uh personnel discussion for compensation. And I have a motion for us to adjourn the meeting to go into executive session. Motion by Janine, second by Heather. All those in favor >> I carry. Thank you everyone. Have a good evening. >> Thank you. See you all in