001environment. The following options were presented to the board and these were these were tough options. Um, we all want a new middle school. We all know we need a new middle school. The middle school houses and educates grades five through eight. Option one, completely rebuild the middle school serving grades five through eight. Option two, build an addition alongside the existing middle school to serve grades five and six and completing a renovated existing spaces. Option three, build an addition alongside the existing middle school to serve grades seven and eight and renovate only the music, art, and STEM portions of the existing school. Option four, build a large addition adjacent to the existing music, art, and STEM spaces to serve grades five through eight and demolition of existing halfcircle classroom wing. Option three was selected by the
002district by us schoolboard directors as the most cost effective solution as to meet the district's current needs and budget availability while providing the opportunity in the future to expand the building with additional education spaces in a similar manner as to option number four which I I read Again, Abington Heights's middle school educates classes 5 through 8. This project that we're doing in spending for $42 million is, as it was described many times, an opportunity for art, music, and STEM, and an opportunity for seventh and eighth grade classrooms. One of our biggest safety issues was the half a circle with all of our classrooms and grades five and six are still currently going to be using that those that classroom until we make a decision on phase two if we can possibly renovate and and accomplish
003phase two. This project that we're voting on tonight is an incredible opportunity for our students. I'm struggling terribly with the added gym before we are renovating the fifth and sixth grade educational classrooms. The opportunity arose for the but bids to have alternatives. So the gymnasium was an alternative. So, we were able to see what the value of the gym and asked if we held off on the gym at this time. Is there a possibility that we could add that gym in possibly phase three after we complete the educational classrooms with five and six and save that funds for that? [Music] And unfortunately, I believe I'm the only one that that really is offering an opportunity for us to do this project because we all know how vital and important it is, but save those funds
004and use those funds for the fifth and sixth grade safety issues. We're all talking about sustainability. We're all talking about I look at things in a different lens. I prioritize. I happen to be fortunate enough to be a junior high coach. So, I spend every afternoon at 2:30 at the middle school in those gyms sharing those gyms, those current gyms with four or five other fall or spring coaches with students and we make it work. It is not the easiest thing, but I am a strong believer that I believe that our education classrooms are more important at this time for us to use those funds for all of our grades. Phase one should be without that gym. Phase two should use that money that we're saving for the gym to to renovate the rest of
005the school. In one of these meet on Friday's meeting when we were reading the bids, one of the board directors had asked, "What are we doing with the auditorium in the in the cafeteria and the library?" And at this time, this $41 million does not it doesn't touch any of that. But we are all approving a a a brand new gymnasium. The two gyms, the auxiliary gym, you can only have one athletic activity in there at a time. Thank God we have two. I share that with four other coaches. We make it work. And the track teams, if you heard, all of our teams are soaring. The education is part of the extracurriculars. I believe it makes a whole student. But it is more important for us, I believe, to really work hard on grades
006five through eight and make sure our education classrooms because that was our biggest concern. There's no windows. There's no there there is the the particle board that is used is unsafe. It's flammable. But yet our fifth and sixth graders for the next until we make a decision for phase two, our fifth and sixth graders are using all of that. I know we're having more space because seventh and eighth graders will be in the other wing. I commend the traffic and the and the changes of of the the crazy traffic that we have, the safety on that and the lighting, but I would really hope that we would all consider and prioritize and not put the gym in at this time and save that $4.5 million. And one other thing, our budget, we've had budget conversations.
007We know we know that we are in a year where health care costs are are really astronomical. We know that uh we applied for exceptions for our special ed programs and we were denied. So we have extra special ed costs. We have charter school reform uh charter uh expenses. Our professional staff contract is up. We all are experiencing inflation. And we in part of the this we are di t di t di t di t di t di t di t di t di t di t di t di tipping into our our general fund to pay off some of this debt service and that is needed for our operational budget. So, I would really love it if we would reconsider the gymnasium at this time and put that funding towards the fifth and sixth
008grade classrooms. So, we could actually feel as a board that our top priority and what we all agreed on at the very beginning of this was that our educational classrooms were inadequate for our teachers. And I'm going to share something more about the teachers with my vision of being there every day. Those teachers go beyond the call of duty to make sure that every student in classroom despite the building and the issues that we have with it, they make it work. And they make it work unbelievably. And the locker rooms in the lower level, they need major work, but they are used every day. Every day any student that is staying after school, they are down in that locker room changing for either their away game or their extracurricular activity. And the teachers make it
009work. So I am 100% in favor of this project, but I am very disappointed that we are putting the gymnasium in this pro phase one first before we are addressing the educational classrooms of grades five through eight. Thank you. Thank you very much. Other comments, Mr. Azar? Sure. I'll be brief. Um, I just want to say I'm very excited that we're approving this tonight. This is, we've talked about this before, but this is a fantastic uh development for our students and for our school district. Um the first time I walked through that middle school, I've told this story before, I'll tell it again, was about a month after I joined the board when I, you know, some for some reason walked into the burning building and uh joined the board during CO and uh we
010didn't talk about facilities for months. We, you know, we started to and we stopped because we were all dealing with COVID. But about a month in, I did take a tour of that middle school when we were talking about getting the kids back and how's virtual learning going. And I'll be honest, I had a fifth grader and a sixth grader in that building. I had never been in that building other than in the lobby. And what I saw when I walked through that building blew my mind that that was how our kids are being educated. And so I want to commend all my uh fellow board members uh that are here tonight for taking a step in the right direction uh and and creating what is going to be a fantastic learning environment. The second
011um point I want to make is and we've all been busy evaluating the bids and uh going through the the necessary process but as soon as we possibly can uh we do need to convene as a finance committee and take the risk off the table as soon as we possibly can in my opinion. Uh and I know we've talked about doing this. We have to we have to decide this quickly and get the the ball rolling on the the financing. So I just wanted to make sure I made that point. Thank you. Thank you. Any other excuse me, any other comments, Miss Tenderson? Um, I've been, this is I'm going on four years that I've been on the board and um, you know, I think it goes without saying there was a tremendous amount of
012inherited debt that this board and administration took on. Um, I'm extremely proud of what we've accomplished since the time that we've uh, worked together. It hasn't been easy. I you know it does come down to to being responsible in in many different ways and I applaud the administration for the process that we went through. I know Dr. Schaefer detailed it um in his presentation but one of the first things that we had the opportunity to do when we joined the board was to take a tour of all the buildings to see the physical space that our students sit in and every day and that you know the buildings that our teachers are teaching in and all the educators and staff members are sitting in um for most of their waking hours. Uh it definitely was
013eye opening because I had kids at one elementary school and the middle school at the time and you know we we offered the opportunity for community members to come see the physical state of the buildings. We we jokingly called it a road show but I think it was more meant to be a town hall where we had board meetings at different buildings so that people could see the facilities um that our students were sitting in. So you know not many people would argue that we need need a new building. It's just a matter of trying to figure out the best way to afford it. And obviously the best solution would be to build a brand new middle school, but unfortunately we can't we can't do that. You know, we looked at renovating uh like several
014other people spoke to. It's hard. I know remember KCDA said it's hard to renovate your way out of a semicircle. It's it's hard. You know, those those walls are classrooms are made of particle board. So you are have the benefit of listening to the teacher in front of you but can hear the teachers on either side. And I can only imagine how difficult that is for, you know, the average learner. But then you throw kids in there with behavioral and uh learning exceptionalities, nor diverse population, it just makes it extremely difficult uh to learn. So I do think, you know, phase two, we might not know when that comes. That could be 5, 10, 15 years from now. So I do think and we've we've had this conversation in public before um and we've had
015conversations with Dr. Schaefer. I think we need to look at the circle when half the school's out of there. We do need to look at the circle to see what we can do to make it more conducive to learning, how we can reconfigure the walls, but be fiscally responsible knowing that someday we hopefully will have a new wing for the fifth and sixth grade students. But I do think we need to take a deep dive in looking at what can make it more conducive. And it's it might be able to extend beyond the physical space, getting the kids outside during the day since there aren't there's no natural light um in that end. But I do think, you know, I do ask that we take a look at what we can do that's reasonable um
016and fair. And I, you know, I I wish the community could really see, you know, what the kids are sitting in each day. I think the only thing that Dr. Schaefer's Instagram and Facebook page is missing is a is a tour of, you know, I wish people could see what it's like switching classes and and what it's like sitting in those classrooms. I think um I would love to see a couple reels on that. Um but I like I said, I I'm proud of of what we've accomplished. I'm glad that we're kind putting a shovel in the ground. Dr. Schaefer's also spoken about, you know, the new gym is not just a gym for sports and athletics. It extends beyond that. It's can be used for all different types of, you know, learning spaces. You
017know, other classes can be taught in that other than PE class, um, pep rallies, school assemblies, you know, it goes on and on. We can, you know, there's ways to generate revenue through renting it. Um, you know, the possibilities are endless, but it's not just about building a third gym. I mean the auxiliary gym, it's basically a very large hallway. I've coached in that room. It's it's difficult. I wouldn't fact that we call it a gym is, you know, it is what it is. That's its name. But um anyway, I'm just like I said, I think it's our responsibility to the students and the community who's entrusted us to make decisions. And I think, you know, I think we're moving in the right direction. I'm proud pr proud to be a part of it. And
018again, I I applaud the administration for really looking at things through all angles. And it has not been easy. We've had a lot of difficult conversations and like Mr. Robson said it, you know, sometimes we've, you know, talked in circles and and disagreed, but I think I think we're doing the right thing. So, thank you. Thank you very much, Warren. Any other comments? Yes. Um I I think we are all expressing um just how excited we are to be here today. Um, many of us have direct experience with the middle school this facility study. If you haven't had an opportunity to read it, please do. Um, you'll see kind of what we're up against and why we chose to prioritize this project. Um, we discussed at length um, possibly renovating. I don't know about you
019all, but renovating a building from the 70s that hasn't been touched since it was um, dedicated is challenging. And those costs might be more unpredictable and or exorbitant than um we may know. Uh and you know a school is a learning environment. Um in theory we could build boxes right as classrooms. Like in theory um we could build um just just rectangles and classrooms but we want a space where our kids grow and learn and play. Uh we talk all the time about how to manage technology use in the classroom and in our homes. We talk about keeping our kids active and and playing and socializing. And we want our school environment, this is what we talk about when we talk about modern learning environments to reflect, you know, the best spaces for them to
020spend the majority of their time. If you've ever had a child come home, I mean, as I have, where you know, they're in those buildings all day long. that's the majority of the time um out of their homes. And I want it to be pleasant. I want it to be something where they are comfortable and you know have um sunlight and plenty of space to to exist. Um KCBA made a point that I just wanted to u reflect on and and he talked about the act 34 hearing and sort of the state's way to make sure you're not building a Taj Mahal, right? Right. And a community member I talked to a few weeks ago said, you know, we're we're doing a and I please I'm not trying to offend anyone, but we're doing a
021Ford and not a Ferrari, right? Like we also don't want a lemon. So, we are trying to make sure we invest well in the space. And um lastly, to Rod's point about um the finance committee, I am in charge of that. We have been meeting uh regularly to just keep reviewing uh financial scenarios and to hold um the financial team the professionals that we're working with um to hold them accountable. So we've asked them to go back multiple times to discuss what room we have in our budget to use our cash balance or our capital reserves um how to keep the burden on the taxpayers um as reasonable and as low as possible. we will have all those projections out to the public um in the near future. And again, you know, one of the
022reasons why we don't get to build four new grades at once, right, is because we want to make sure that the entire community um is thought of in this plan. And we hope that in the future we can by removing two grades from this building, we increase our square footage and we increase the uh ability for those students to have um more open classrooms, more light in their rooms. But it's my hope that this begins a more forward-looking, future-looking investment in facilities in general and that we um continue on this path to make our learning environments for our students um the best they can be. So thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. So this is my baby. This is the reason I got on the board only because Mr. Robson used to get sick
023of me calling him on a daily basis, telling him how crappy some of the buildings were. And he said, "Well, I'm the only one that wants to do anything, so get on the board." So, the reason I got on the board was to do this kind of stuff. And I'm really excited. I mean, we probably have a thousand hours into this in three years. So, to get to vote on it now, I don't get sentimental often, but I'm happy. Are we gonna see you cry? No, I'm good. We'd all pay money for that. I cry a lot. Okay. Any any other uh comments? Uh I' I'd like to echo, you know, speaking last is is tough because everybody else has said everything you're you're already thinking. But um to Mr. Robson's point, we have known
024about this about the middle school for a long time. Um, and I've been on the board not the longest of of of us here, but certainly uh uh the people on the board knew the condition of some of the facilities, but uh they made a conscious decision at that time that they didn't want to raise taxes. Um, and the focus was to keep keep the numbers down and not uh burden the taxpayers. And I think, you know, that that was great at the time, but I think what what you really have to look at is that you you need to have tax increases on a year-to-year basis because your costs go up and you need you need to continually work on your facilities and we did not. Um I look at this a little bit
025as opportunities lost because if we had worked on this project when we should have uh the building cost would have been a half or less and I think our the interest rate we'd be looking at is probably close to our 2% one or two% much so um I look at all this I'm excited about it but I also have a lot of bittersweet feelings about it. U Mr. installer. To your point, uh we have had to make a lot of a lot of trade-offs. When our friends at KCBA came to us with the first study, they basically told us we had to work on every building. Um the mechanical systems in every building in the school district are beyond the useful life. Uh a whole range of things. I think the total was over hund00
026million that they said not that you ought to spend, but you have to spend. and the board knew we couldn't do that. Um, and basically said, "What can we do?" And th this was the trade-off we made. Um, so yes, this is going to be expensive, but I think this board, and I have to compliment everybody here, has been very, very conscious of making sure we protect the school district's finances and the community. Um, and I finally I want to compliment first of all KCBA. You've you guys have been great. Um, to some extent we've you've been responsive. We kind of put you through a bit of a grinder from time to time where we had crisis. J Mirabelli um always able to pull the numbers together and uh and certainly Mr. Aar and the
027finance committee you guys work very very hard. So I want to compliment all of you. And of course, it has to end with Dr. Schaefer. Um, you've um you've fussed us all the way through this. You you've worried the details and um I'm just glad we're here. So, don't forget the vote. So, we've already had a motion and a second. So, now now thank thank you very much for just to clarify, I was the facilities committee. Mrs. Karen was the finance committee. So, I appreciate that. I appreciate the shout out, but okay. Sometimes, but we're really lucky to have Rod on that committee. Thank you very much, Mr. That being said, I'd like a roll call, please. Mrs. Henderson, yes. Mrs. Hillbrand, abstain. Mrs. Karum, yes. Mrs. Mr. Moran, yes. Mr. Robson, yes. Mrs. Tierney,
028abstain. Mr. Abdella. Yes. Mr. Azar. Yes. Mr. Aker. Yes. Seven with two abstensions. Okay. Thank you all. Our next item of business is to review the treasures report and the bills and approve the report as presented. So, Mrs. Carum, floor is yours. We began the month with a cash balance of $22,976,3474. We took in 2,92,23365 in revenues. Our net dispersements were $4,54,000416 um.74 for a cash balance available of 20,564,163.95. Thank you. Thank you very much. A motion to approve the report. Second motion. Roll call, please. Mrs. Hillibbran. Yes. Mrs. Karum. Yes. Mr. Moran. Yes. Mr. Robson. Yes. Mrs. Tierney? Yes. Mr. Abdullah? Yes. Mr. Azar? Yes. Mrs. Henderson? Yes. Mr. Aker? Yes. 90. Mr. Mr. Aker ask the board to consider a motion to approve the personnel report as presented. So moved. Second on the
029motion. Um I have a few comments. Um the uh first uh retirement is um Stacy Bamford uh middle school uh schools counselor. Um congratulations to Stacy Bamford. She um what a great uh contributor to the counseling at the middle school. uh she has done an incredible job and so I I commend her for her years of service and also uh Cleave Elme who is the head of our physical and and health and phys department. Uh he's many years of service and he's also a coach at Abington Heights and he's also the Abington Heights Abington area joint rec board uh uh district liaison to the rec board and he has um helped the rec board quite a bit with the girls softball field. So, I just want to give a shout out to Cleave. It's been
030an honor to um have him at at our our district and as a coach also. So, thank you for both of them. Thank you. Yes, sir. I could just like Dagu the impact Mr. Elm's had on the community. Uh he's been hugely impactful to tons of girls over the years. I know my daughter really appreciated him. So, thank you. Okay, any other comments? Roll call, please. Um It's probably not my job, but just to clarify, Cleave is not retiring. He's just retiring from his chairperson position. Well, he did a great job. Well, he did a great job as the chairperson of that committee. Yeah. We're glad he's saying, you know, we're stepping. Good. Because because we need him as that girls softball coach. Now we know now he knows we like him. Yeah. Oh, well,
031I take it back. Leave. He appreciates all you said, I'm sure. So, we'll just blame Michelle Snider on that, right? Mr. Chair, it's not it's not clear. Yeah. Yeah. I thought he was resigning, too. Mrs. Karum. Yes. Mr. Moran. Yes. Mr. Robson. Yes. Mrs. Tierney. Yes. Mr. Abdullah. Yes. Mr. Azar. Yes. Mrs. Henderson. Yes. Mrs. Hillbrand. Yes. Mr. Aker. Yes. 90. I was just laughing to myself. Poor Cle. I mean like you know by sick and he's retired but at least like it's like some foreshadowing a harbinger of things to come. At least he knows he's going to say nice stuff about him. All right. We we look forward to many more years of service. But do you suppose when he gets to school tomorrow everybody's gonna look at him and say, "Why are you
032here today?" Blame Michelle Snider. Okay. [Laughter] Did we? And the person who's panicking is Dr. Tion. Oh, really? It's her fault. All right. It was like, did we vote yet? I'm sorry. I took a We didn't vote on that. Rather this point, it ask the board to approve the May 2025 volunteer list. So move second. Second. On the motion. Roll call, please. Mr. Moran, yes. Mr. Robson, yes. Mrs. Tierney, yes. Mr. Abdullah, yes. Mr. Azar, yes. Mrs. Henderson, yes. Mrs. Hillibbran, yes. Mrs. Karum, yes. Mr. Aker. Yes. 90. Oh my god. Mr. Aer ask the board consider a motion to approve the agreement between the Abington Heights School District and NTEC to provide career education services for the academic years 2526 through 2627. So moved. Second on the motion. Roll call, please. Mr. Robson. Yes.
033Mrs. Tierney. Uh, yes. Um Um, Mr. Aer, you didn't see my hand raised. Um sorry um Dr. Schaefer approximately how many students uh take advantage of this? Dr. Tion, do you have an idea? I know we talked about the uh the the uh internships, job placements and so on so forth. Do you How about both? Okay. Great. Thank you. Yeah, that's great. Okay, so I think the vote is on you. Yeah, she said yes. Yeah. Yes. Mr. Abdella. Yes. Mr. Azar. Yes. Mrs. Henderson. Yes. Mrs. Hillbrand. Yes, Mrs. Karum. Yes, Mr. Moran. Yes, Mr. Aker. Yes. 90. Mr. Aer ask the board consider a motion to approve the NEIU intergovernmental agreement along with the board resolution for the special education services. So moved. Second on the motion. Roll call, please. Mrs. Tierney, yes. Mr. Abdullah,
034yes. Mr. Azar, yes. Mrs. Henderson, yes. Mrs. Hillibbrand, yes. Mrs. Karum. Yes. Mr. Moran. Yes. Mr. Robson. Yes. Mr. Aker. Yes. 90. Mr. Aker ask the board consider a motion to approve the agreement with the Scranton School District AEDY program and student 48A. So moved. Second. On the motion. Roll call, please. Mr. Abdella. Yes. Mr. Azar. Yes. Mrs. Henderson. Yes. Mrs. Hillibbran. Yes. Mrs. Kum. Yes. Mr. Moran. Yes. Mr. Robson. Yes. Mrs. Tierney. Yes, Mr. Aker. Yes. 90. Mr. Aker, ask the board to consider a motion to approve the special education services agreement between Abington Heights School District in the Graham Academy for the 2526 school year. So moved. Second. On the motion. Roll call, please. Mr. Azar. Yes. Mrs. Henderson. Yes. Mrs. Hillibbrand. Yes. Mrs. Karum. Yes. Mr. Moran. Yes. Mr. Robson. Yes. Mrs.
035Tierney? Yes. Mr. Abdella. Yes. Mr. Aker. Yes. 90. Mr. Aker asks the board consider a motion to approve the DATM projects inc bid for the abatement of asbestous at AHMS. So moved. Second on the motion. Roll call, please. Mrs. Henderson. Yes. Mrs. Hillbrand. Yes. Mrs. Karum. Yes. Mr. Moran. Yes. Mr. Robson. Yes. Mrs. Tierney. Yes. Mr. Abdella, yes. Mr. Azar, yes. Mr. Aker, yes. 90. Mr. Aker, ask the board consider a motion to approve the addition of a girls varsity wrestling program at Abington Heights High School. So move. Second. On the motion. Roll call, please. Mrs. Hillbrand. Yes. Mrs. Kum. Yes. Mr. Moran, yes. Mr. Robson, yes. Mrs. Tierney, yes. Mr. Abdella, yes. Mr. Azar, yes. Mrs. Henderson. Yes. Mr. Aker. Yes. 90. Okay. The next two items are information and unfinished business. Is there
036any? You look like you're about to uh Mrs. Tierney. All business. Um, I'd like to ask some questions about the high school's um project that's on underway that looks phenomenal at the high school uh multi-purpose field. Is there any consideration for drainage for the throwing uh area for the track program? Yeah, I believe that that swath was um I don't know if they I I thought that um they went in and remediated it, but that was um kind of like I haven't gone today, but um it's underwater. All right. Well, then the when um when that was put in, they were also putting a pad for um the um the shed. And when the tractors rolled in, if you if you remember seeing that, there was a little bit of a swath when the when
037in in the late 60s when the building was built, that drainage was supposed to go down that way. So, there is a little uh trough in there and through moving it out, it kind of evened out which caused the flooding in there. But I'll I'll check with the um the people at Deluxe because that was something that when it occurred, we sent something and they immediately noticed that um wasn't there. The swale was a problem, but there's still, I think, a drainage issue with the material that was put down. So, they probably have to look at that, too. Um, and and then part two, the shed. Is there funds for this shed? I was looking for a donation. The original shed was a donation. And we don't have it. I mean, there's no shed. No,
038we have a shed. The the shed that was there. Okay. So, I'm looking for an opportunity to put hurdles and all kind of track equipment. I thought there was going to be a shed build for all the the track equipment. Not yet. But I Let me get back to you because as I've been walking down there, there were um and this is falls into the anecdotal. We've talked about it and then some people in different organizations said, "Well, we'll donate a shed and I said, "Well, we need to first figure out where to put it and sizewise because I too mentioned not only hurdles but mats and some other things like that." And we've identified another spot uh closer to the multi-purpose field that they've identified as a spot where we could put something as
039well. I just need to see what what type of size we're looking at. I think that's what I meant by donations. I think there are discussions. Coach Betetti, the track and field head coach, told me that there's discussions between him and the booster club about replacing the track shed, which is not for like hurdles and the bigger stuff that the mats. So, I think there is discussions about that donation, but the storage issue of the other stuff is a bigger is a bigger issue. Yeah. And and then um one of my biggest pet peeves is is there funds for restrooms? We have increased the ability for our student athletes to participate in many more outside activities along with grandparents and parents. And yet we do not have one increased bathroom other than porter john's that
040we've put out. There are the bathrooms over in the um the fieldhouse. I I will say that I I don't mind putting proposals in front of the board and this again goes to the push and pull nature of facilities. I talked to the gentleman that built the concession stand in the bathroom in 2000 early and I I said, "Hey, Jerry, could you build one here? What did you what what did it cost then? What would it be now? And the number was was close to a million now. And they grow because what happens is over time they take a look and say, "Okay, here's your field. Here's what we project um the number of spectators. So, you need to, you know, build some bathrooms that would accommodate X, Y, and Z. So, I I can
041I can put that in front of you. I'm just letting you know it. I mean, I wish I wish there was like I I was kicking and screaming saying, "You can't build like one here." And um it it it it's much more than that. That's what led me to Jerry to be like, "Hey, could you do this?" And he and I and I threw a random number that some educator not in construction would. And he laughed and he's like, "No, it's not 2003, Chris." So, um, could I throw one thing out there? So, like I think that Mr. Abdales talked about having an extracurricular committee meeting. I don't know if that would be extracurricular facilities, but we had previously in I can't remember what meeting it was if it was facilities or extracurricular, but we
042had talked about potentially uh building something larger than just restrooms like a like a pavilion with concession area and a viewing area, right? So like that that's a much bigger project. But if you just if you look at if you look behind and this we can talk about after today. But if you I think there could be a spot where you could build just restrooms against the school that might be more cost effective than trying to build a standalone building which we had talked about at a prior uh meeting. Um so maybe that could be a more cost-effective way to just add restrooms over there. It is it definitely is a big issue. Uh there's no doubt. It's just, you know, unfortunat as we talked about tonight, we've got pretty limited resources to do a
043lot of the educational stuff that we want to do. But question is, do we add more Porter John's as awful as they are in the time being, you know, to have in more convenient a more convenient location because it is quite a hike, you know, from one field to the other. Yeah. If you're looking at the sheer space of where people are, you know, for a baseball game compared to where they are for the new field. And then my last question is is the traffic situation at the high school when there are four events going on. Has that have there been plans to redirect uh parking traffic more parking lots? Um are there plans in the makes in the making for that? So to no one's surprise, we're we're somewhat u landlocked up there. Uh
044what I will say is that we have the opportunity. Here we go with the push and pull. We're always in the state of homeostasis, right? There are contributing factors and resisting factors relative to our goals. But the one option I will say that we we do have and um I'll I'll wait for a quote is uh a pvious uh parking lots um which would at the high school be between the construction access road and the parking lot. And if you want to know what a pvious uh parking lot looks like, if you've ever gone to Keystone College, right next to their baseball field, they have it. Um they in layman's terms, they just dig down maybe six inches. They put some rock in and then they put these uh plastic grates down and you put
045some more rock on it and there's probably some other technical things that happen in there and then you can plow over it in winter. And that's a a pvious service. And that's important for a lot of reasons. in that one is um it doesn't require all of the permitting and wastewater or the um uh storm water runoff studies and things like that. So, at the high school, I can tell you that we're in a spot where you really can't put too much more concrete cement down there. Um but that's one where I asked Jerry uh for a clo quote. So, we went up to Keystone to take a look at it so that we can leverage I talked Dr. Tion. She's always asking for extra parking and space available. Um, that's really our only option
046left is to do some type of pvious solution up there. Okay. Thank you. Hold on. John's report. Yeah. I'm going to um second half of the curriculum committee report. Kidding. Um I'm glad Mrs. Tier, you brought up the traffic at the high school. I want to say the morning traffic at the high school is remarkably different. You're in and out of the awful line um in 11 minutes. I think the record is it used to be an average of 26 minutes. Um I'm counting so I'm like flying into a meeting. But um I definitely think just the vibe and the feel, you know, not only is it flowing differently, but um it is nice to see administrators and teachers out there. I just feel like the vibe when the kids are getting there um is
047much more upbeat and you know teachers are just laughing and saying good morning. I just the feel is completely different. So, thank you for the for the changes. Um and I know it's been a wet few weeks. So, you know, we see them out there. So, just let your teachers know that we see them in their slickers and umbrellas and whatnot, but it definitely has made a huge difference. I think I've gotten more comments on that than I did well maybe not on the uh civics course. My grandma used the word slickers. Just want that down as a record coat. You know what a slicker Anthony Henderson slickers. You're going to get a slicker. All right. Kids using tobogen. Yep. And sleigh ride. So I'm glad Mrs. Tierney bought up the traffic at the high
048school. Thank you, Dr. Tion. To you and your slicking staff. Anthony, you're going to get a slicker. I'll make a motion. We're done here. This devolves any further. I apologize to moved. Thank you all.