001Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Good evening. Welcome to the January 7th regular mo uh meeting of the Lovetown Board of Education. Do I have a motion to open the meeting? Michael, do I have a second? Jen, uh please note that James Moran and Christina Lang are excused from this meeting. All in favor or nothing? Okay. May I have a motion to move to the executive session for the purpose of discussing negotiations with CSCA and for seeking advice from district council? Do I have a motion? Jen, do I have a second? Maryanne. All in favor or nothing? We will return at 7:30. Please note that we will recite the pledge of allegiance
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003Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. We don't have >> Okay, thanks Right. Good. Okay. I would like to welcome you to the January 7th, 2026 meeting in the Levittown Board of Education. May I have a motion to reconvene the meeting? Phyllis, do I have a second? Mike, all in favor? Six. Uh, zero. Okay, we're going to do the pledge of allegiance. Please rise, please. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under
004God, indivisible, liberty, justice for all. >> Thank you. May we please have a moment of silence to remember all those serving our country at home and overseas. Please note, uh, James Moran is excused from this meeting. Okay, ready reports. Um, please take a moment to enjoy the beautiful artwork on display from Division Avenue High School. We extend our thanks to the students and teachers for taking the time to share their truly incredible talent with us. Look around. Beautiful. Um, and now I'm going to turn >> I'm just going to mention that in the hallway is an amazing um drawing of Annabelle from the horror movie Annabelle. >> Um, if anybody is familiar with that series, you familiar with that that series of like Annabelle creation and you know it's amazing. I already asked the student
005if I could purchase it from from the students. Just want you might want to look at it now before I buy it. >> All right. Well, I will go and now I have to watch this show. Is it's really scary. Oh, it's a series. It's a Conjuring. The Conjuring. >> No, I did watch Stranger Things, though. >> That's right. Okay. >> All right. Well, we can't all like scary things. I will now turn it over to Mr. Winch for our academic presentation. >> Thank you, President Lang. Uh, I'm pretty much just going to turn it over to Dr. Zerianis to introduce this. I'm simply going to ask, do you want the board to stay here or move? Okay. So, before you start, let us just have the board move on over to their seats. Can
006you all hear me? Yeah, Derek, this is on. Oh, okay. Hello everyone. Sorry for the delay. Um, tonight I'm pleased to introduce our director of elementary education, Michelle Kelly, for our first AC, uh, student academic presentation of the year. Tonight's focus is our KTO5 elementary career exploration program. I want to thank Michelle for her leadership in bringing this work to life. She has dedicated countless hours to ensuring the quality, coherence, and integrity of this program, and I'm deeply grateful for her commitment to doing this work. This program began as a seed idea that emerged from a national board of education conference and has grown into something that truly sets Levittown apart. Many districts talk the talk of career awareness education, but Levittown is fully walking the walk with intentionality. Although I know Michelle will speak
007to this more fully on behalf of the central administration and board of education, I want to thank the teachers who have been instrumental in the design, development, and delivery of this program, as well as our principles for their support and leadership in bringing it to life across our schools. Thank you to the students participating in tonight's presentation of course as well and also I would like to thank our board of education for their continued support and for their belief in the value of innovative learning experiences for all students. At this time I am proud to turn our presentation over to Michelle Kelly. Thank you Dr. Z. Good evening. I'd like to begin by thanking the board of education, our central office team, administrators, teachers, our students, and the families who are here tonight to support
008and celebrate student learning. I'm honored to share an update with our our unique um payto-ive curriculum initiative, one that began as a simple idea and has grown into something extraordinary for all of our students. Last year, we launched our one-of-a-kind career exploration program across all six elementary buildings. Through the special area class, students are introduced to a wide range of career clusters. They engage in hands-on activities, conduct research, and explore careers across multiple fields, helping them understand not only the jobs that exist exist in our world, excuse me, also the hard and soft skills needed to succeed in them. Embedded through the curriculum are essential lessons in digital literacy and digital citizenship, ensuring students learn how to use technology responsibly, safely, and effectively as they explore future possibilities. I am both humbled and honored to
009be part of this work that went into creating this program. I want to extend my thanks to our career exploration teachers who have brought this vision to life. I would especially like to recognize two individuals. Britney Cerrone, a career exploration teacher at East Broadway and teacher on special assignment, and Jen O'Brien, a fifth grade teacher at Summit Lane Elementary School. Their creativity, dedication, and collaboration were instrumental in bringing this curriculum from an idea to a fully implemented district-wide program. At its core, this work is about helping students make meaningful connections between what we are learning in school and way beyond the classroom. Even at the elementary level, we want students to explore interest, ask questions, and begin imagining what is possible. Rather than just telling you about the program, we wanted to show you the
010short video you're about to see highlights our students engaged in hands-on career focused learning experiences, including our districtwide day. Welcome to Career Exploration in Levittown. We're excited to give our elementary students a first look at the world of careers starting in kindergarten and continuing through fifth grade. Kindergarten explores public service and safety and healthcare and human services. First grade dives into construction, education, and energy and natural resources. Second grade discovers agriculture, supply chain and transportation, and advanced manufacturing. Third grade focuses on arts, entertainment and design, and hospitality and tourism. Fourth grade explores marketing and sales, and digital technology. Fifth grade looks at financial services and management and entrepreneurship. Each grade level gives students hands-on experiences that spark curiosity, build skills, and show how learning connects to the real world. Career exploration at the elementary level
011is not about choosing a job. It's about building awareness, helping students understand that learning has purpose and that their interests can grow into future opportunities. It's like we're having Yeah. Through hands-on activities and interactive lessons, students explore a wide range of careers connected to what they are learning in the classroom. From science and technology to communication, creativity, and teamwork. So, we built a house with two slides, a chimney on top, a ladder, something. And we builded a little pathway with grass. I'll speak a little bit while it's sorry that we lost the audio is not worth um some of the pictures that you're seeing here these are the geologists and students are founding rock >> these experiences encourage students to ask questions work collaboratively and think critically skills that are essential for any future path
012they choose This is a unit that students act as police officers. The conservation biologists are protecting turtle eggs. Zoologologist studying about different animals in their habitat. Judges, carpenters are building homes. These are the sales representatives. I'm sorry. Career Exploration Day gives students the opportunity to meet professionals from a variety of fields. These realworld connections help students see how classroom learning applies beyond school and introduces them to careers they may have never considered. Each of the buildings has a career day and what we do is we have professionals from the field come to the buildings to be able to um share their experiences in the field with the students and allow for the students have opportunities to um uh try on, you know, some of the uniforms. >> Most importantly, career exploration helps students begin to
013imagine what's possible. It builds confidence, sparks interests, and lays the foundation for future learning and goal setting. Hello, my name's Uni and as you can see, I'm a unicorn and I love pink sundaes. Hi Uni, I'm your voice actor and my name is Lily. I'm the one who makes you speak. But that's not possible. I talk for myself. See, I will make your voice steep. >> Wow. I guess you were right. >> Well, bye. >> Bye. >> Thank you to our central office team and board of education for supporting us students and our futures. the technician. He's he's right outside. I apologize for some of the video that we lost audio on it, but I hope that you were able to see the different experiences our students are having having in the classrooms on a
014regular basis. Um, it's truly been something that I am so honored to walk into the classroom and see what the students are doing. Um, the teachers have done a phenomenal job at taking this small idea, something that really uh the kids are so excited to come to career exploration. they they run through the class. They're excited to talk about it. So, it's really been a proud a proud moment for Letown. Um this evening, you're going to also uh hear from our students representing all the six elementary buildings and even one student that came back from our middle school as they shared their experiences and what they've learned about the various through our career exploration program. Their voices are truly going to have to take this work. So, as we transition to the student presentations, I
015would also like to thank N Kesler, our art teacher from Northside, for the beautiful work creating the career town backdrop, which helped bring this to life for our students. Thank you for your continued support of innovative learning opportunities for our students in Levittown. Good evening everyone. My name is Nathan Dot and I'm a sixth grader at I want to welcome you to Career Town. A place that reminds us a lot of our own home, Levittown. After World War, Levittown was built for returning veterans and their families. People who worked hard, helped one another, and built a community from the ground up. Today, our students are learning about the many careers that keep communities like ours strong. Here are our kindergarteners to teach us about careers, public service, and safety and health services. Before the festival
016starts, I will keep everyone safe. And that's what police officers protect and help our community. I am here with the first a just in case anyone needs help. Healthy families make a healthier lava town. In Career Town, we celebrate the builders and educators who help create strong communities and guide us every day. Our first graders are ready to show what they've learned during their construction and education classes. And I have brought my students to learn all about the jobs in our town. Teachers help everyone grow their knowledge. The lights on the stage are ready, but trustes make sure everything's working safely with power. Great work, first graders. Now we're moving into careers that keep our world fueled and running. The agriculture and advanced manufacturing clusters. Our second graders are ready to show how share how
017these jobs help both Levittown and Careertown grow. >> All of the fresh fruit and vegetables for the food tent came from my farm. Farmers feed our community just like they did when Levittown was surrounded by farmland. And I use my 3D pens to make decorations for the booth. Technology can build amazing things. Our celebration continues as we explore the arts, entertainment, and design in the hospitality and tourism career clusters. careers that bring creativity, entertainment, and amazing experiences to our community. Let's hear from our third graders. I made a cartoon to play on the big screen. It shows how teamwork makes Korea Town great. Take a look at what I created here in Letown. My team cooks delicious food for everyone. We make sure our guests feel welcome and cared for, just like our local restaurants
018do for us. Career Town keeps things moving with marketing and digital technology techn Oh. Oh, careers. The people who help spread ideas and keep our digital spaces safe. Our fourth graders are here to tell us more. I help design posters and ads to tell people about our festival. Marketing helps share ideas with the world. And we're proud to share what makes Love a Town special. And I pro and I protect our town's website from hack so people could safely buy tickets online. Now we look at the financial services and the management and entrepreneurship clusters where teamwork, planning, and financial skills help communities like ours succeed. Let's welcome our fifth graders. >> I collect the festival funds bank to help people save, spend, and plan for what matters most. And I made sure everyone's hard work
019came together from the farmers to the electricians. That's what project managers do. Help teams reach their goals. In Levittown, every job is important. When we work together, our community thrives. We are the future, and the careers of tomorrow start with what we learn today. Thank you boys and girls for the great performance. You all did an excellent job. And thank you the parents who brought their children here tonight. We really do appreciate it. And um we hope you guys have a great evening. Thank you. Okay. So, um, we are going to do a bunch of photos. All right. So, if I could just have the board of education, uh, come on up here. And I guess if we can just, we're going to probably have to scrunch up a little bit, right? So, I guess
020if we can kind of come forward a little bit, it's going to go behind you. Did a great job, right? Unbelievable. How much do they have to smush in, Andrew? You can fit them. So, we're going to do a photo with our photographer and then we're going to wait and all the parents are going to get up and do the same thing right where he is. Um, you did a great job, right? Yeah. That was so impressive. I know you might have been nervous before, but you all did a fantastic job. We learned so much and you seem like you really, really like career exploration. Do you? >> Yeah. >> All right. Excellent. We're so proud. So, how about another round of applause for our students and our teachers. All right. I know we have
021some building administrators here. if you could just wave in regards to from the elementary level. I know there's a whole bunch of you right in the back. Thank you so much for being here tonight and supporting the teachers. Thank you for our for our our students, for Miss Kelly for all of her work in regards to this and and making this happen with Dr. Zeriana. So, thank you very much. So, this is what it looks like though when everybody works together for a vision because like it was said, this came from a board of education conference that was attended. The idea came from a school in California that we looked at and then abandoned what they did because we felt we could do it better. Uh, and it does definitely seem like we can do
022it better. So, thank you for all of your hard work cuz it's hours and hours and days and days. Dr. Z, you have to come into the photo. Miss Kelly, I would like you to come in photo, too. I know you hate that. uh my comments. So, um in regards to comments and reports, we do have um a brief presentation. So, uh Mr. Papis, I'm just going to ask you to come back up and join us so that we can move on with the uh next presentation. Um, anybody else? If you would like to stay, our next presentation is on bus electrification. Anybody that doesn't want to stay, uh, feel free to, um, to to to exit if you'd like. Um, so, Mr. Fabiano, I'm just going to briefly introduce this, right? All right. And
023then and then we'll get into it. Um, so, as a reminder to uh the board of education, um, we have been talking about bus electrification for quite some time. And though while we are concerned about the timeline that the timeline is not appropriate um we still have to make sure that you know we're ready to be able to comply with the timeline if none of those things changes. As of right now there are no changes to the timeline which is that by 2027 you cannot purchase any more uh gas buses and by 2035 you cannot use them. Um there are some extensions from the 2027 that you can apply for. Uh and we hope that there will be extensions for the 2035. They just don't exist yet. But it does appear that one of the
024components of applying and getting granted a waiver would be a study completed that shows what you need to do in regards to uh having your buses electrified. Uh Wendell is a company that does these kind of studies. I had seen them present. I think it was at a superintendence um uh conference up in Saratoga several years ago. Um and then I had joined a facilities meeting here with Mr. Fabiano where Wendell presented about what some things they can offer. Um but we definitely should um have some conversations just about what those next steps would be and what an electrification study is. Um and I know that uh I did see Miss Reeves in the audience. She's here. Yep. from transportation as uh well as Mr. Camarada from facilities. So I thank you for joining us
025for this as well. Uh but now I guess I probably said everything you were going to say Mr. Fabiano, but if you want to introduce Wendell, go ahead. >> Yeah. Yeah. No, that's great. Thank thank you for that. Um u uh with us tonight uh is is Rachel Carpetella. Is did I pronounce it correctly? Uh from Wendell Companies uh who provide this service. So, she's going to uh take us through a very brief presentation uh the benefits and the need to do this. Um and and really at this time um they represented many districts on Long Island, many districts across the state. Um and um we I've spoken to several of them and we have there have a lot of satisfied customers out there. So with that, I'll hand it over to Wendell. >> Thank
026you, Mr. Fabiano. Can everyone hear me through the mic? All right. And that's working for the broadcast. Okay. Thank you. So I'm Rachel Carpetella. I'm a business development manager with Wendell Energy Services and it's not too long ago that I was going to school here on Long Island and looking up and wondering why we didn't have solar panels on our roof. So, seeing today's presentation with the students thinking about their careers, it's kind of interesting to think about how they're thinking about their buses and their buildings today. Um, during the presentation, I will give you an introduction to Wendell, an 85year-old company. Um, I'll give you uh information on a zero emission transition plan goals, walk you through what that transition scope of work looks like, uh, discuss utility requirements. Do we have enough electricity
027here to actually do this? Well, let's talk about it. Um, we'll talk really importantly about NAERTA program and funding opportunities. This is heavily incentivized financially by the state. and we will have time for Q&A. So, Wendell is a fullervice architecture, engineering, construction management, and energy services firm. Our headquarters are up in Williamsville, just out of Buffalo. Um, but we have offices, 16 offices nationwide. And, uh, we are situated right here in Hopog, Long Island. um with a team of about 30 energy engineers that are just as jazzed about this work as I have been since I was in elementary school. So, it's really great to work with the team. Um we are a trusted advisor. Our depth of expertise in alternative fuels has made us the team that has delivered more uh fleet electrification plans
028or battery electric bus studies across the state um through anerta than than and then any other partner. Um, we have former utility employees on staff, experts in fire protection for lithium ion battery fires. We provide technology and vendor neutral options, and we work with various agencies to find funding through federal, state, local, and utility grants incentives. Um, we are experienced in technical partnership. We've delivered over or are in the process of delivering over 30 of these uh transition plans on Long Island alone. Um we've worked with over 135 school districts on these this this work specifically. um 3,700 buses included in current projects and this includes fleet electrification plans, pilot projects, fleet electrification plan implementation, design and construction management and support and you can see the logos of some of your neighboring districts with whom
029we've had the pleasure of working with um including some of the the Boseies uh that have connected us with their components. So, the zero emission bus mandate, as Mr. Winch was talking about uh to to kick off this meeting, it's true. New York State policy mandates that by 2027, all new school bus purchases need to be zero emissions and by 2035, all school buses on the road need to be zero emissions. So, the Senate is requiring the state to identify barriers to the 100% by 2035 goal. So that may be resolved early. That's why New York State through NAERTA, which is the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, is being tasked to provide technical assistance to school districts as they navigate the transition to 100% electric buses. That's where Wendell comes in. We're
030a technical assistance partner who has been pre-qualified, selected through uh NAERTA to provide these services. And as such we can get direct payment from them for the fleet electrification plan or for the part of the fleet electrification plan that they are cost matching for school districts across the state. We'll talk more about that later. There has been an amendment to the mandate. There will be two two-year extensions to the 2027 deadline which again the 27 deadline is that all new new school bus purchases need to be zero emissions. So NY said um developed the application process and it is now available for you to apply for the first of the two-year extensions. Uh so the zero emission vehicle transition plan goals uh really high level. It's providing a path towards zero emissions by 2035. It's
031evaluating and recommending infrastructure upgrades. Um we're giving you information to make informed decisions regarding design and implementation. Where do we want to put these? How do we design the infrastructure? um and gives you uh reduction in of energy loads and assist in conversion to carbon fuel uh free fuels. Ultimately, this is going to identify constraints that your district may face in meeting the required mandates. Are those constraints things that we can find solutions to or not? It's all in the report. So, what does it look like to step by step work through this process together? The zero emission vehicle transition plan consists of the following tasks. One, project kickoff and status meetings. Two, data collection, a full inventory of your fleet and your infrastructure. Three, a route analysis. What is each individual bus's capacity to
032meet the required mileage to serve your students? Electrical Oh, conceptual charging strategy. um electric utility analysis. Do we have the electrical capacity available where we communicate directly with utility and that then informs utility how they need to plan their infrastructure expansion. Um and that's also something that is really helpful in feeding back to New York State to advise if this is really feasible for your district or not. um concept development and phasing plan, transition plan, cost estimates for your budgeting, and then uh final report and presentation. And that final report is what you're, you know, delivering back to to New York. It can be used when you're filling out NICED forms annually. Okay. Um the battery electric bus options we see uh these are so you are likely familiar with these uh these brands of
033buses. They are some of the largest in the nation uh if not the largest and they have now you know innovated their technology. They have battery electric bus options. This is not an exhaustive list of battery electric bus options on the market but these are some of them. Um, and as we're, you know, transitioning with this innovative technology, well, how does our grid handle that? So, that's where the utility requirements come into play. Um, doing a full analysis of your current energy use, current uh, you know, diesel use for your buses and how much electricity will be needed for the batteries to be able to meet the demand uh, and the requirements of the students. Yes. >> Suppose our grid can't handle this. Like who gets uh our electric company to up it? You do
034that. Is that what you do? You I'm not like cuz I don't think they can support us. We have a lot of buses. >> Sure. So the way that that works is that we provide the information to the utility which is part of the joint utilities and they report to the public New York State public service commission and the public service commission will rule on how the utilities need to upgrade right or or not or not right that's the the role of the public service commission Thank you for that question. Um, okay. So, really thankfully, you know, New York State has said you have to do this, but they're not just putting the cost onto the schools. They are saying, well, we're funding this. Um, and that's through NAERTA. Levittown School District is able to
035access a 75% cost match for the fleet electrification plan. Um, as I mentioned earlier, Wendell, this is just for the plan. We're just talking about the transition plan. We there will be funding for the buses. I'll talk about that on a upcoming slide. Um, as Wendell is a prequalified vendor, we have contracts with Naerta so that they can pay us directly for the 75% of the cost of the plan, which means that the school district Levittown would only need to take 25% out of pocket and they are you are not responsible for, you know, filing for any kind of reimbursement from NAERTA. Um so that's uh something to make it a bit more convenient uh uh as we go down this path. So um anything else to say about NAERTA? You know, it's just they're
036they're a great partner in this effort and we you know we really value uh what they how they uh lead these the this work. So the New York state the New York school bus incentive program is uh how is where you have a 500 million allocation from the environmental bond act and that helps to fund school bus and charging infrastruct charger purchases. So here uh on the screen you can see the grants and incentives for school buses. Um, most of the buses that you're purchasing are probably type C. Uh, you can get about $200,000. And if you do a Naerta fleet electrification plan, you can get vouchers for an additional four buses. So without the fleet electrification plan, you would only be able to access vouchers for six buses. With the fleet electrification plan, you're
037able to access vouchers for 10 buses. That is Yep. So each in the first column you could see the bus type and then each row is the value that you could get per bus type. Um so in the example of type C you're getting around $200,000 a little over $200,000. Oh, and then the scrappage bonus and the with the scrappage bonus that brings you up to Yes, about that. >> Yeah, >> about half. >> Oh, a little bit less. I'm not not answering the numbers specifically for this stuff. Uh, I do have an energy engineer who predominantly works on this effort who couldn't be here tonight because of illness. So, if you want me to get those exact numbers back to you on averages, I'm glad to do so. It's just not something that I'm
038prepared to speak to tonight and I apologize for that. >> But Mike gave us a you told us how much, so we kind of have an idea. >> Yeah. I I I mean that that's a ballpark figure. We're only talking ballpark >> bas basically what they're doing is there this would fund the difference between a gas bus and electric bus is is is basically the intent there. So it wouldn't be any additional cost to purchase the electric versus the gas. So they're pay they're paying the additional upcharge for the electric bus. There's also a federal There is also a federal tax credit which uh for $400,000 uh sorry $40,000. Um it's still not it's still not up to the three number. Uh but it gets you close. And then you know and I don't have
039numbers in front of me but some other things you might consider in the >> and we would do a full that's what we do right a full cost analysis but it's going to be like how are your operations and maintenance affected are there cost savings there operationally um whether it's in fuel cost or in in maintenance. Well, >> hold on. There's a few Wait, >> I just >> Go ahead, Mike, because I I want everybody to hear Mike's question and then if we also have some other questions that you can't answer, can somebody write them down and that way you can email us? Go ahead, Mike. I'm sorry. >> So, batteries in battery electric vehicles, they're guaranteed have to be guaranteed for eight years. Um, our school buses, the average fleet age is over eight
040years with gasoline. So when these batteries go and they're tremendous battery packs, are we going to get the money to repurchase the battery? We I I don't I don't get how eight years our school buses cost exactly the same as a gas powered bus and we're only getting eight years out of the battery. >> You're concerned about like the lifetime of the equipment potentially being shorter and then having more of a economic shortfall there. and that we have right now. >> Yep. >> They're not going to be allowed to be on the road. You can't purchase by 2027 and >> 2035 is >> Yeah. 2035 they won't drive. >> So the buses that were we purchased the last few years with an 16-year life expectancy, we're going to have to eat those buses because they
041can't buy them. You can't sell them anymore unless you're going to ship them overseas. 16 years is longer than I've heard from others in these conversations. But okay, that's that's fantastic. So that's something that we can include in your analysis. >> Here's documented proof that they are keeping their buses for 16 years and that goes back to New York. >> 16 years. >> No, you Oh, okay. >> Right. You've Yes. So I'm saying that like this is a vehicle for you to communicate that economic shortfall or gap to New York State through the NAERTA funded fleet electrification plan. >> I could say that otherwise if that's helpful. >> Nope. Okay. Okay. Great. >> I just were there other >> I I don't think there's much of a market for a used bus that can't be
042used unless you do a departure family reunion. >> And I'm not arguing that there is. I'm really supporting that we would want to get that information to New York something. I I've been driving plug-in hybrids and or full electric since 2010. Um, and I I'm sorry. I've been driving plug-in hybrids or electric fully electric vehicles since 2010. There's I I'm looking at it from standpoint the infrastructure has not improved much over that period of time. Um there we were told we have to put a substation and where are we going to put the substation in to power these buses? Um I I know that if you live by the bus depot, you're not going to want uh PSG to put a substation right next to your house 247 running. I I don't understand a lot
043of logistics that I don't see being addressed. And like I said, I drive electric. I I don't like lithium. It's it's a it's disgusting what it does to the environment. It's disgusting what they use to get the they need the water the brine to make that. And they're just draining wells. There's not enough water, fresh water supply. So, they're draining seawater taking the brine out of it. There's there's so much that I think this is being pushed upon us and it may be may in the future. I mean said he's coming up an aluminum ion battery. No one has seen it but there has to be some kind of concrete evidence to show that this is going to work. It's going to save money. It's going to be healthy for the environment, healthy for our
044community. And if they can't do this, honestly, >> you got to see what the penalty is if you don't keep your bus on the road. You know, might be better to fight it, see what they do. >> I'm sure Leberttown is a well-known community in the United States. And Letown says something. We're not going in this direction. The the infrastructure, nothing's here. You're forcing us. If I if I could just add on to what Mike's saying. I think what you're hearing is a lot of our frustration and it's really not directed at you. Um it's directed that all this money, you know, they're talking about all this, this is one little small aspect of our school district is the buses funding them. There's so many other areas that we fund. and by saying that we
045have to do this by 2027 and then have this done by 2035 without having any guarantee from an electric company that we're going to have what we need after we spend all this money. That's the scary part and that's where you're hearing a lot of our frustration coming from. So it's not directed towards you. It's just that we've been dealing with this for so many years and they present it the state presents it as like it's a fix. Just fix it. We have this. They're not even taking into consideration districts like ours that have 70 80 buses um that we are responsible for. So, I just wanted to let you know that it's not directed toward you. It's just that we're frustrated. >> Yeah. >> My apologies if I came across as being uh mean
046to you, but I didn't mean that. I think we're all angry with this entire process. >> No. Yeah. >> Go ahead. Yes. If you could keep Go ahead. Thank you. >> My pleasure. I mean, I am glad to hear such a thoughtful and engaged board. It's you are the kind of school district that can move the needle on how New York State looks at this transition, right? Um, so on the next slide, we have grants and incentives for chargers. These the base amount that New York State will provide through the New York school bus incentive program for a charger is $25,000 per charger. And when you complete a fleet electrification plan, you get a $30,000 bonus per charger. So, it more than doubles the incentive that New York State provides you per charger, bringing it
047up to a total of $55,000 per charger from New York State. Um, we looked into that for you guys. Yep. There's there's no way to qualify you for that. Yeah. Um New York state I New York state has taken a number of you know different metrics and and and ident created pri identified priority districts. Yeah. Um but thank you for the question. Uh so here we have some uh conceptual designs a proposed bus facility uh schematics and then we have some schematics here uh phase one phase two phase one phase 2 phase three um and then here we have uh an example of the kind of fire protection measures um Wendell has really invested in this area. Uh we've talked with numerous insurance uh agencies with um various manufacturers with we we on our team
048have a uh a team of fire experts. So um this is something that uh we're proud to bring to the school districts. This Yeah, this is in regards to I guess the all these electric uh buses that are in the yard like to make sure if there's an issue. Is there a >> an increased risk of fire in regards to electric buses than than non-electric buses or >> I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to that. >> Do either do either Dana or or Craig? Do either what? >> No. No. The our experts in the back. Okay. I guess I'm thinking of it like, you know, in your kitchen at home, you want to have one of those special outlets to make sure that your electric uh you you know outlet doesn't create a safety
049issue. Um so since we are create designing new infrastructure, designing new layouts, it's the time to include those safety precautions in that design. Um, before we go into questions, I would like to uh quickly lay out what next steps would look like. If you decided to move forward with something like this, we would provide you with a scope of work. You would sign that. We would submit it to NAERTA on your behalf. Naerta would send you a docu sign and within about approximately you know eight weeks from getting that signed agreement from you we would begin to work on the plan the fleet electrification plan and um it would take about 6 months to complete that. So um I want to thank you all for the opportunity to share this information with you for listening
050for your thoughtful questions and feedback. Um and I welcome any questions you may have. I'm just going to ask maybe for the board because the board this isn't on the agenda to to decide or not tonight. Um but could you provide us just I know you mentioned about um the different credits, right? Because the one of the main incentives of doing the study is the incentives that the study then lets you have access to, right? Whether it's on the charger or on the bus. Um if you could just I guess maybe send us like kind of just an easy chart and that way we can kind of like calculate out like what the overall savings would be if we did the study, right? And then that way when we get the cost from you or
051proposal of what the study would cost, we just see like you know kind of like we're very big on costing things out to make sure that like we're utilizing our taxpayer funds the best way possible. So I know Mr. Pap is going to ask me for it anyway. And so if you could just provide us with that chart of basically the incentives we would get and then um you know I guess before you send us proposal we'll talk about whether it's something we would like to do but then we at least would have that. Yes, I'm glad to send you a comprehensive uh chart from the finance Y Mr. Papus for the fleet electrification plan, you would pay 25% of the cost of the plan and you would pay that directly to us. And I'm
052not sure if part of that is upon contract signing and parts upon conclusion. You know, it's it's >> correct. The other 75% of the fleet electrification plan funding comes directly from NAERTA to us. You do not need to file for any kind of reimbursement from NAERTA. >> And you'll send that to us in with I'm over here. Sorry. You'll send that with P because I I it's I need to process and look and and digest because there was a lot of information that's really important and we're not making this decision tonight. >> Okay. >> Right. This is an educational presentation. >> Okay. Yep. >> So all of these things will be in a Excel sheet or something for Okay. Awesome. So we can look at it and you'll send that to us. >> Absolutely. >>
053Awesome. Thank you. >> For the plan. Oh, for the 25%. Mr. probably on it. Did we >> Yeah, we did discuss that with them. The the the plan itself would cost between 60 and $80,000 our share the 25%. Uh it was estimated to be between 15 and $20,000. So, you know, you would recoup that pretty quickly, you know, if you got a credit on just one bus. If this gets you four additional buses, you know, it it certainly does seem um busw worthy. But like you stated, you know, do you think this is going to go forward and actually take effect in 2035? So that is a consideration, but otherwise it's not a tremendous outlay of cash with a with a with a with a with a relatively good return on the back end if
054we do move forward. >> Thank you. Uh Maryann and Phyllis had some questions. >> Sure. Uh first of all, thank you for taking the time to come here uh and share the information with us. Just I just a general recap. So, what you provide is a service that gives us um it it you give us the opportunity to uh review what our overall cost and all that good stuff would look like, like what we would need to do. Uh and then your report that goes to the NICERTA, um they can determine if we can handle it or not. Is that what I heard you say? We do the analysis and really say we recommend how you would implement and if there are areas where you really are not able to implement like that's something that
055our engineers our energy engineers are responsible for NAERTA's funding they're reviewing the report um you know we've done overundred of these it's not like we're getting red lines back right um the other part and then you you the school district would take the report and when NY gives you forms and says did you uh you know are you on your pathway to being in compliance with the bus mandate you say no we can't do it because of the attached report supporting documentation >> so what I'm hearing is that there's hope that we may not have to replace our entire fleet >> right if you cannot replace your entire right like right so there are right there are roots that are really long or different like times of day where you're just not able to to
056make that happen and we will have the data to show that. And then I just have one last followup. Have you had other districts that you've given a report to where they have been unable to comply with like saying that they're unable to comply? >> Other ones where there are at least roots that they can't comply with. Yeah. Yeah. But I don't know what Levit Towns will be. So I can't say, you know, you're >> we're basically looking for a get out of jail free card, >> right? I can't give it to you. >> No, that's not what my question was. But that's really what I'm looking for a get out of jail free card. We have too many buses. I don't think Lipos or whoever we are PSG. But you'll find that out. We
057would I just that you know you I I appreciate the fact that you looked into the fire prevention of it and that you knew about the rebates and you seem to be a a like a fullervice uh company for us. So if we were going to go ahead at least you know I think I have confidence in you. I just don't have confidence in the numbers but you really were we're kind of like totally prepared with all the little So that was great even though we're a tough audience right here. Thank you. >> We we just don't want to do it. It's not that we we like you. We just don't We want like 15 We want 15 years to do this. Not like you know this because we have a lot of buses. >>
058Well, I will be retired before this happens. But it's really more I honestly our concern is for the community because like >> like Mr. Papis mentioned, we're not anti- green. We're putting you see solar canopies all over the place here. like we want it to be in a way that isn't like a a burden financially on the district on the taxpayers because you're talking about replacing 80 buses even if it's just $200,000 a bus that's millions of dollars that we wouldn't be spent. I really understand and I want you to think of Wendell sometimes not really as a energy company but as a as a financial services company like that is what we are specializing in and I'm glad you brought up retirement because earlier in the conversation I was thinking like of this example
059of think about looking toward your retirement and you wouldn't go ahead and do that without meeting with a financial planner first or without doing some right in-depth financial planning and that's really what The fleet electrification plan is this is your time where you're doing your financial planning and getting ready for your retirement. It's just not for you. It's for your diesel buses. Retirement party. What? I hope my metaphor did not confuse anything. I I Okay. Okay. Thank you. Yes, Mr. Pops. Thank you. >> I want to pin you. I don't think it's a bad idea to to do it. Yeah. One bus. One bus. That's it. One bus. >> One bus and done. Okay. >> Can inspire a whole generation of me with that one one electro plus at your district. >> Okay. >> Um
060so yeah, thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> I look forward to hearing from you and reading your report. Yes. Okay. Good. Yes. I love it. And thank you, Joanna, for answering our question. >> Uh, moving on rapidly. Um, Mr. Fabiano, you heard that word, right? Rapidly. >> He's just going to give a brief um brief presentation on just introducing us to the budget process for the 2627 school year. Just as a reminder to those, the board is adopting the calendar for 20 26 27. There are copies out there if anybody in the audience wants to take one. Uh it's a draft until it's adopted tonight. But since we're adopting the calendar for next year, Miss Fabian briefing talk about our budget process for next for next school. >> We're going to review the
061the presentation dates. Uh, and I just wanted to talk a little bit about uh, the state controllers audit and how that might play into the development budget process and then just the the key pieces of information that are yet to unfold uh, before we can complete uh, the actual process. So, um, uh, part of our goal this year is to make the presentations brief, more to the point, and we're really going to do our best to try to eliminate any overlapping between departments or any presentations that were made previously. So, uh, uh, uh, facilities and, uh, operations, uh, we're not going to go over our points of pride. Uh, we've done that already over the summer, the summer projects. Uh, like I said, we're going to try to make that quicker. So, this is the
062schedule. Uh, it remains relatively the same. We move some things around. Uh, but, uh, in here, I just, uh, uh, I think we're going to we're going to put a a a renewed focus here on the, um, uh, on the, uh, review of our fund balance plan and and our and our reserve. So, at the February 25th meeting, we'll have the state aid numbers and we're going to review the reserve and fund balance plan. That's important uh because we are expecting the state controller to release their audit report sometime in the near future. Um I'm just going to briefly remind you that this started back in April of 24 where we got the initial communication that they were coming in. They didn't actually start fieldwork until October of 24. But even with the fieldwork, that's
063been over a year. Uh we thought that we would have the report by now. We're being told it could happen shortly. Uh but we still haven't had any indication of when we're going to get it. Uh the uh what but what we will try to do is we will try to address some of the issues that we had in the talk about the issues we had in the previous controllers report and and what we know uh they're going to talk about in in the new audit report. And that again is looking at our reserves and is looking at uh the generation of surplus within our budget. So, we're going to we're going to put that uh at the forefront at at the February 25th meeting. Um um and um I I guess I went ahead
064with that slide. We're expecting that report in the next few months and um like I said, we're going to we're going to be a renewed focus on that plan. Uh finally, the tax levy limit. Uh we just need some final information. our building aid numbers will come out when the executive uh budget is released as well as the foundation and expense-based aids. Um and so that will be kind of the final piece of the puzzle and we'll know then we'll have both sides. We'll have both the appropriation side, what we plan on spending to support our programs, uh and then how we're going to fund it. Uh but those are the missing components there. And then one other decision to be made uh if there would be any other propositions uh on the ballot. As
065you've come to know, I'd like additional propositions on the ballot. And uh the one we'd be considering this year would probably be a capital reserve expenditure proposition. >> Any questions? >> Question. >> Um going back Oops, sorry. Going back to the slide that had the review of the dates, the Yeah, the review of the presentation dates on March 25th. It's those three things, the review, the adoption, and the staffing enrollment presentation. >> Yeah. So, are we going to have access to the staffing and enrollment presentation beforehand? Like, if we're going to adopt the budget, we should have like an idea. >> Uh, uh, Miss Gadis will be doing the staffing and enrollment presentation and, uh, that is not the exact >> I just don't want like the public to think like it's automatic. We're like,
066yeah, we're definitely going to approve it and then >> now that you've adopted the budget, we're going to tell about why we need Yes, that would be good. Thank you for Yeah. Thank you. Um, we went through an audit like this before when our reserves were much higher. Um, and that's also when you only had to have 2% u reserve. We had over that. What the state doesn't do in these things is to when you the projects that we've done through capital reserve are interest free and when you're paying five six 7% even 8% just a couple years ago that's a cost to the taxpayer. So when you when you set aside money in your reserves and you make a capital reserve like you're talking about here that's a savings to the taxpayer. We couldn't
067have done this the air conditioning of these buildings, the all the work that we've done over the years if we were paying interest on this. Um, like I said, we're not we're not looking at, you know, 10% reserves. We're looking at four maybe 5% for the most part. You get a slap on the wrist, you know. >> Yeah. Just ju just just to reiterate, all all our reserves are within the legal limits and we we have addressed that. uh uh we are we are within the 4% uh undesated unreserved fund balance. Uh we have addressed concerns that they had that our unemployment insurance reserve was overfunded. We addressed reserves that our Eelar reserve shouldn't even exist. Uh all those monies as you stated were then funneled to properly through board resolutions to the capital reserve.
068Those monies were then put into uh building projects. We've embarked on a hund00 million capital program. Uh and I would say conservatively speaking uh through the use of those reserves uh and the avoidance of borrowing that money uh we've saved probably about $25 million in in just pure interest costs that otherwise now will be able to go back into the building as opposed to just being paid to bond holders. I >> agree with you 100%. >> Thank you. You need reserves and any any homeowner uh on financial strong financial footing has reserves which is the bank account. Uh everybody has this and to deny schools having reserves for the rainy day. You're just asking for an issue. State's asking for a problem but they just like the grand stand. >> But just as a comment
069on that Mr. have is the um when you talked about the ACs in the rooms, right? So, we uh addressed that because of really safety as well as um just learning environment issues and our phenomenal facilities department did that in-house almost completely. Um and other districts went out for like a $100 million bond to do you know um AC in in buildings like you said and that is a tremendous amount of first of all additional tax to to families because it the bond is going to create additional you know demand on the taxpayer as well as interest and because of the board's long-term fiscal plan we were able to do that in-house without having to burden the taxpayer further. So like when you talk about just rain day funds or even just the way that
070the board budgets when those things come up it isn't a problem which is why the electric bus situation we have such concerns about because that is so expensive that that would outstrip our ability to be able to manage that without piercing the tax cap. So, or at least having very high tax rate increases because theoretically, right, they're excluded and so it wouldn't but you could see 5 6% increases again for buses without piercing the tax cap because they're excluded. So, that's why we're so so you know against the way the state is rolling that. But I just want to say you were correct. That's a great example of because of and it really goes back 10 15 years of prior to us being here >> smart boards the security of vestibules all the security enhances
071we've had to do throughout the district there was no major tax increase because of that >> was and most of it was done in house by our staff here fantastic job >> all right I'm done sorry >> um all right so we are up to where are we Uh I think that actually ends my I have no other comments or reports are filed to public be heard questions. Um uh I was just going to mention that in your folders on your desk are two things. There is a uh communication from Mattie Bies that he had asked me to share with you. It is my conversation with him. So you just kind of kind of look at the bottom. It's really just about the calendar. Um but he just asked the board receive that. And then
072I also have a copy of the addendum that we will be um suspending the 24-hour rule tonight for both a schedule edition as well as a um emergency uh contract. Correct. And so um other than that, >> thank you. Uh we are up to board of education comments and reports. Does anybody have any comments or reports? >> Okay, go to the student leaison. Who'd like to go first? All right, Sarah it is. >> Okay. Hi everybody. Welcome back. I hope you all had a great new year and holidays with your families. So to start off back in December, our science Olympiad team received second place in the South Windsor Invitational out of 36 teams from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York that competed. So we're very proud of them and all that they have achieved. We
073also had within the two days prior to holiday break, the school was definitely filled with music. Um the brand new Elf Graham fundraiser by Tri was a huge success. Try members delivered candy canes to teachers and staff members came into their rooms, gave them a little holiday song as well as rang some bells for them. Just a way to really spread the holiday spirit. So, the students and teachers both really enjoyed this with students saying it was so much fun to be able to spread this holiday cheer and teachers like Miss Cordiello saying that they absolutely loved it. It was a great new initiative. We had a ton of students volunteering to go in between periods and it was a lot of fun. Additionally, the CD skills students had their annual holiday sing along that
074was run by Miss Sers and chamber orchestra, choir, and jazz band performed for holiday in the halls to get everybody in that holiday spirit right before we all left for a break. Yesterday, Miss Wheeler's anatomy and physiology classes visited St. John's University for a hands-on learning experience. So, students learned CPR as well as how to use an AED. They explored the stimulation center and got to practice in the simulated ICU. So there were a bunch of mannequins that students were able to see and almost like be a part of. So administer medicine to do CPR on which was a lot of fun for them. And it was a great chance for students to be in the environment and decide if healthcare is the career path for them. And one last thing I want to say
075in terms of what has happened, Isaiah Fetone was named a News Day's top 100 basketball player for 2025 to 2026. So a big congratulations to him. And then in terms of what's coming up, we have the Blue Dragon Science Olympiad Invitational taking place at Division this Saturday. So volunteers from science research, science olympiad, as well as the national honor society will be there to help proctor and grade the exams for the middle school tournament. And the other biggest thing that we have coming up within the next two weeks are midterms. Next week starts the in-class midterms and the week after is our block time midterm. So everybody's really just preparing for that. And that concludes my report. >> All right. Thank you, Sarah. Good evening. I would like to begin my report by wishing all
076of you also a happy and healthy new year and uh all the best for a phenomenal 2026. Since our last meeting prior to the holiday break, we had a few exciting things happen in general nation. First, on December 16th, Mr. Lehey, Mr. Farney, and Mr. Fazilari accompanied their business and sports marketing students to City Field where they received an all an exclusive and all access look at how a professional sports team runs its organization and day-to-day activities. Upon arrival back to MacArthur, all students gushed about the worthwhile experience and valuable lessons they learned. Uh my brother himself, he also went and he had nothing but great things to say about it as well. On December 18th, our winter ensemble under the direction of Mr. Romano performed their beautiful sounds much to the delight of all
077shoppers at the Hicksville Broadway mall and clearly put the lucky listeners into the holiday spirit. On the evening of December 18th, our extremely talented string orchestras under the direction of Miss Woo along with our spectacular choir under direction of Miss Levvenberg performed magnificently to a packed house in our auditorium for our first concert of the winter season. Congratulations and special thanks to all of our student performers who had all of our guests pouring with delight as they gathered in the auditorium lobby uh following the amazing performances. I would also like to congratulate senior student Megan Campbell for being named the News12 Scholar Athlete Award winner, which was announced just prior to our holiday break for her accomplishments on the volleyball volleyball and basketball courts along with her excellence in the classroom. Megan's segment was featured
078on each of News12's live hourly broadcasts yesterday and is also posted on news12.com. Congratulations and way to go, Megan. Some some important upcoming events include uh similarly to division, our in-class semester final exams will take place on January 13th to 16th and block time exams including the January regent exams will be administered from January 20th to 23rd. Good luck to all of our test takers. I know you'll all do great. On January 24th, Dr. Freriedman and doc Mr. Zison will be accompanying their members of our science olympia team to compete in an invitational tournament at Columbia University. Best of luck to our team and let's go Generals. On January 29th, our second concert of the winter season will take place and will feature our dynamic symphonic band under the direction of Mr. Romano. Performance begins
079at 7 p.m. It is sure to be an amazing performance. So, please join us. And uh before I conclude my report, um so I'm I'm compiling a like kind of day in the life video for my Brown University application. And I was wondering if I had the permission from the board to do a quick like selfie vlog of us waving um for the video. Okay. Yeah, it's there's going to be music over it, so nobody really has to say anything. It's just I'm going to be recording and everybody just wave. Thank you so much. Okay. Yeah, I got Okay, we can wait. All right. And I'll get I'll get the audience, too. All right. Thank you so much. And that concludes my report. >> Well, um, always my favorite part of the meeting. No offense
080to anybody else, but >> Okay. Just saying. Um, okay. So, there's nobody for public be heard tonight. So, we are going to move on to our business agenda. 5.1 budget transfer. Do I have a motion to accept item 5.1 on the agenda? Phyllis, do I have a second? Mike, any discussion? No. All in favor? Against? Zero. Six. Zero. Fabulous. 5.2 schedules. Do I have a motion to accept item 5.2 two on the agenda. Phyllis, do I have a second? Uh, Maryanne, any uh discussion? No. Okay. All in favor? Six against zero. >> I'm simply just going to say that uh on the schedule tonight for that you just approved was 29 teachers uh who accepted the retirement incentive. Many teachers that have been in the district for over 30 years. Uh we w and and
081and five TAs as well who have been with us for many years. uh we will be recognizing them later in the year as you know on the budget night we we recognize them here but um pretty much want to do a big hand round of a round of applause for those uh that tonight were on our schedule for all the years they gave to us just wanted to say that and then at this point I am going to ask the board I had mentioned to you previously about that we uh I was going to ask to suspend the 24-hour rule to add two items one uh schedule for an individual that we're hiring uh for my office um as you know Mr. Dan Bros is going to be retiring at the end of this month.
082And so we took us a while, but we did find somebody that we're changing the structure of of administrative support. Like I've said, um this is a new position here called administrative assistant. And uh so we're we're looking forward to this individual. And then the other item, did you want to mention about what the the emergency contract just because we've never really done that before. >> Sure. Thank you. >> This for the busing for Mckin Vento, right? >> Yes. um you have an obligation to bus under McKenna Vento for students who are um considered homeless from wherever they are residing uh to your district. you have a student who you needed to bus um and in December you had adopted an emergency contract outside of the bid process for a bus vendor to transport the
083student from where he resides uh to um his school. Um you also put out a bid. Unfortunately, there weren't any um responses to that bid. um and the contract is expiring on Friday. You still have the obligation to bust the student regardless of whether or not um you received a bidder or not. So, um we are asking you to approve a second emergency contract. SED does allow for two 30-day contracts. This would be the second of those two. Um you will then go out to bid and my understanding is Mr. Fabiano has spoken to the bus company that is currently providing the transportation and they didn't respond. Not because they weren't interested, they just, you know, had something come up that did not allow for them to put the bid in. So, it's likely that
084we will be able to have you um consider awarding them the contract fully through the proper procedure. But, um we needed to walk that on because otherwise if we waited till your next board meeting, we'd be doing a retroactive contract. Okay. >> Uh, according to SD for this type of contract, that's the M. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Um, so at this time, we would like to make um in addition to the agenda, can I have a motion to suspend the 24hour rule and add add items 5.5, 5.4, and 5.5? Jen, can I have a second? Uh Peggy, any discussion? All in favor? All six of us against? Zero. Uh do I have a motion to accept item 5.4 schedule 105.2 on the agenda? Phyllis, do I have a second? Peggy, any discussion?
085All in favor? Six against? None. Do I have a motion to accept 5.5 emergency contract on the addendum? Maryanne. Do I have a second? Jen, any discussion? All in favor? Six. Nobody's against. >> You're plugging in. >> Then we have one. >> We'll see how it go. We'll we'll add it to the test. >> Being that I'm retiring, that could be my job. Okay, we good. >> If you want. >> Okay, we are now moving on to the consent agenda. Do I have a motion to accept item 6.2 through 6.10 on the consent agenda? Peggy, do I have a second? Maryanne, um, any discussion? All in favor? Six? Again, zero. Okay. Action items and gifts to schools. I also like this part. A check in the amount of $1,50 to be donated to MacArthur High
086School Student Activity Fund from Jiara Munz 1117 Logan Road, Wanto, New York. Attached list of books from the Dogman series set and amulet series set to be donated to Summit Lane from the Summit Lane PTA Scholastic Bookf Fair. And the attached list of books to be donated to the Wisdom Lane Middle School Library from the Scholastic Bookf Fair. Do I have a motion to accept with thanks? Item 7.1 gifts to school on the agenda. Phyllis, do I have a second? Mike, any discussion? None. All in favor? >> And against? None. Yes, Mike. Thank you so much. Um, the upcoming dates are January 21st, we have our budget planning session, and February 4th, we have our regular meeting. Um, I just wanted to before the meeting adjourns, really, really quick, um, let uh, the board of
087education is really excited to congratulate Levittown's own John Fetti, a graduate of Division Avenue, as he's being sworn in as the town of Hemstead Supervisor. Um, putting politics aside, we're just proud to recognize John as a graduate of Division Avenue and the third town supervisor to come from the Levtown School District. And he's currently tonight at Division Avenue. Yes. being sworn in. And there are two other Levittown alumni, Dennis Dunn and Kate Murray, who are also being sworn in. Uh we're pleased to host this event at Division Avenue and see our Division Avenue High School band was invited to perform that showcase the pride, talent, and strong community connections that fine left. May I have a motion to adjourn the regular meeting? Peggy, do I have a second? Mike, all in favor? Six against? None
088meeting adjourned. Good night everybody.