001for the limber board of education. If we could all please rise for the pledge to the flag. Mr. Plesia will lead us. Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. All are present. Mr. Murray is not in attendance tonight. If there are no changes, may I have a motion to accept the minutes of the March 12th regular meeting. Mr. Aruna, second, Mr. Luna. All in favor? Mr. CS Art Gallery, please. This month, the Burns Sideman Gallery is pleased to present our annual senior portfolio preparation show featuring work from our senior portfolio preparation class under the direction of LHS art teacher, Mr. Tom Senna. In the portfolio preparation class, students who are prep are planning on majoring
002in the visual arts on the collegiate level work alongside students who may be minoring in the visual arts or in their final swan song of their artistic experience here at LHS. Students create work independently under the mentorship of Mr. Senna who guides each student individually on creating a lasting body of artwork that for the art majors culminates in a portfolio submission as part of their college application process. It also gives students the opportunity to receive talent scholarship offers from some of the best programs in the nation. This year's group has received a total of just over $1.2 2 million in talent scholarship offers, which when added to the department's 25-year running total, now stands at just over $17.3 million. Feel free to take a look at this year's highlights in the gallery. And as always,
003thank you to the Limber community for its continued support of the art programs here in the district. Thank you, Mr. Cunn. Loving that early summer suntan you got going there too. Dr. Lynch presentations. Thank you Mr. Belmont. We have a lots of uh important students to honor tonight. Lots of good stuff going on. So uh our first group is surprise surprise Horizon is winning more awards. Uh so this year uh we just got the New York Press Association awards from last year's calendar year. And we're happy to say that uh the Horizon staff placed third in best overall newspaper. Our best uh news story was third place Cassandra Levenson by learning with each other, the genesis of the Let's Talk. Uh the best feature story was a graduate from last year, Carrie Cullen, who won
004the Sephora Kids Epidemic. Uh and then best photography, Sean Strohaer for uh senior Frank Serofo earns spot on News Day's top 100. And I think tonight we have uh editors Janna Longo, Katie Gotautle, and Paula Rojas Va Young, and uh Sean Stroha are here to receive t-shirts. Okay, so uh last weekend the Key Club had a big uh district conference up in Albany and our Key Club walked away with a lot of awards. uh the perfect paperwork award, the early bird dues recognition award. We took second place in the service hours per member, 93.5, second place in public relations. Uh the uh for the Camp Kowanas District Project fundraising, first place on the inter club award and a distinguished club award diamond level. We also had a distinguished club vice president uh Skyler Walcuff and
005distinguished junior Liam Gallagher. And I think Dr. T won something too. Uh the key of honor. And I'm going to ask Dr. T to actually give us a little more information on this. But also for the first time in history in Limbrook history, the Key Club had a member of the division at the division and district level. Uh Jessica Scrohhoffer as the decisions the division 7 lieutenant governor and Katie Gotautle as executive assistant for New York district. U Dr. T, are you around to Thank you. So um I was pretty much going to say what he just said. Um our key club as a whole uh is incredible. Every day they come in to do service. During breaks they do service. So um a lot of these key club members are also a part of
006other clubs SGA etc. So uh we're very proud of them and thank you for acknowledging them today. So appreciate it. And our sorry division 7 lieutenant governor who is now retired. She just finished up is Jess Strawhoffer. You can stand up. She was a distinguished lieutenant governor and she received award for it. And our other one, thank you. She's division and district. She was the executive assistant officer to the governor of New York Key Club, Katie Godly. She won an outstanding executive officer award. And this year we now have Skyler. You can stand up. Walk off who is the new division division 7 lieutenant governor. Um which means she's ahead of 11 different clubs. Um sorry. Oh 11 different key clubs in the area including Oceanside and other schools like that. So we're pretty proud
007of them. Nice job. And sorry. And our three presidents did an outstanding job this year. We just want to thank them. Uh Katie, Kate, and Eric Diaz. Nice job. You guys can come up for a photo. So, here's who. So, I have t-shirts for Liam and Skyler. So, if you'd come up first, and then we'll do a series of uh other phone calls. So, Skyler and Lee. So, uh, last month, Lindbrook High School hosted more than 1,000 students from across Long Island and New York City for the Lindbrook second annual virtual enterprise trade show, where young entrepreneurs pitched their business ideas to their peers. Roughly 60 virtual enterprise firms were represented by 38 different schools. Thank you. You all saw that, right? Uh each team set up elaborate booths uh complete with backdrops, interactive experiences,
008and prizes to help draw onlookers attention uh to their unique business propositions. In their VE courses, students collaborated to build a simulated business from ground up. Starting with an initial idea and growing it to establish company roles, product concepts, marketing campaigns, websites, and logos. I wish everyone here could have witnessed this event because uh we've all been at trade shows before in our lives. You know, uh I had one year as a software I worked for outside software company and I used to work those types of shows. This had the look and feel of exactly one of those shows. So it is is s simply incredible. Um, so one of our big pushes with the profile of the owl is the whole idea behind real world skills. And I think this is this program, but
009both with the stuff you're doing at Key Club and the stuff that's going on in VE is exactly some of that. It is exactly what we're talking about. It's uh and and I was at the business uh uh the induction of the honor society the other night and I heard you all I didn't hear Dr. T say it. I heard you all tell me what Dr. he taught you about contacts that you just haven't made yet. And uh look people in the eye, shake their hands, uh and you that though there I think everyone up here will tell you those are the skills that actually matter and so those are are really practical stuff. So that being said, we had two teams and so uh our team actually is there so so team snooze won
010the gold medal in social media sales material and professionalism and team revive won gold in sales materials and impact marketing. Then they went to the championship round at the Javit Center on April 7th and 8th and Revive uh placed in the top 22 in the United States in the national business plan competition and Snooze placed in the top 50 in the national finance competition. So again really great stuff. So Dr. T, do you want to add anything more to that one? That's I know you I'll add to that. Dr. T, you you can't stress enough if I could talk to students directly how important that skill set is. If you read the articles, if you read newspaper stories, employers are having a very difficult time with young men and women coming out of a college
011who cannot communicate, they cannot speak. And me and Mrs. Srosi were standing in that virtual enterprise and two young men in suits came up to us and just pitched us like they thought we were running a hedge fund. I mean, it was just it was just very impressive. So, the more you work on that skills and often as often as you can, it's just so important and such an impressive thing to have. I mean, all the things you're doing them, Dr. to all the life skills that they're learning, whether it's the business and the communication, the handshakes, how you dress, they're more important now than they've ever been. So, it was a very impressive event. Yeah. I mean, I just want to echo what Billy just said. I mean, I I had a kid who
012went through the VE class a year ago and I saw firsthand what the skills that Dr. T is teaching. And to all of you who have taken the class, you're going to find when you get to college and beyond, the VE class is probably the most impactful class you're going to take. Whether you go into science, humanities, law, teaching, anything, the skills of knowing how to speak, look someone in the eye, shake their hand, write down their contact, right? What Dr. T always says, always network, network, network, right? That's the most important skill in the world. And you know, to have a class like that at Lindbrook and to do so well in that regard that we get awards every year. You guys are really lucky to be a part of it because it is
013an incredible class and Dr. T obviously does an incredible job with it. Okay, so well, you know what? I do want to we do want to recognize and and I will uh deliver uh the t-shirts to the class. So we have a career development program uh at Lindbrook High School and um so this is a brand new logoed uh t-shirt um and so we got a delivery of like a couple of thousand of these and uh we had we needed a lot of help and we needed some some practical skill work. So, our kids from the career development program came in, sorted the sizes for us, uh, uh, folded them, wrapped them, and so we're h we're proud to say that everything you're receiving now is a product of our own career development program. So,
014um, Michael and Johanna not here tonight. Okay, you know what? I'm going to I'll I'll go to the I will be sure to go to the classroom tomorrow and deliver the t-shirts, but I do I think they we got to do a big round of applause because that's a real again real skill stuff. All right. And I don't know if you guys heard, but we had an undefeated conference champion in our girls basketball team. Uh so just uh it was an incredibly incredibly proud season. Uh both the the coach Spanella and to coach Dankbrink and the the the Lady Owls. It was so exciting to watch and uh and heartbreak, but you guys did uh I'm not much of a sports guy, I have to admit, but it was fun watching, you know what I
015mean? Like it really was a pleasure. There there's just a like a grace and a beauty to what you guys did. And I and and beyond that, how you brought us together and how we were all rooting for you and how you were, you know, we we could not be more proud of our uh girls basketball program. So, we going to have a little picture on that one, too. All right. And then we're also proud to announce that we had a state qualifier in in wrestling. So, Zack Tinez placed third in the Nassau County Championships. That earned him the right to to wrestle in the New York State Championship where he went two for two. An interesting point. In his third match, he won a sudden victory beating the only other wrestler in Nassau County
016Championships that had beaten him. So, that's kind of a cool irony to that. So, we're going to bring Zach up for a picture and and a t-shirt. Then, at the NASA County Championship, we had Dan Quinland swim fast enough to qualify for and compete in the New York State Swimming and Diving Championship. He qualified in the 200yard freestyle. He has previously qualified for the States and is part of our Southbrook Swim Team. So, another reason to celebrate. Dan, you want to come up? All right. Okay. All right. So, I'm going to move on to the next topic. So, that's our our student honores. And uh we're also proud to announce that we have a very special uh teacher in the house. So, uh West End uh teacher Chelsea Gundram. So, uh, she was selected as
017the third, uh, was selected as the 2025 elementary level mathematics teacher of the year by the ma ma the Nasser County mathematics teachers association. They recognize elementary, a middle, and high school mathematics teacher. And she will now attend the association's annual reception in April 30th. And again, just having that talent in our uh in our in our district. We're so owl proud of of Chelsea and the work that she does. So, she gets to come up for Thank you, Dr. Lynch. So, we have two special announcements tonight. Uh we have two tenures. Always a special time in a teacher's career. So, if you could stand up, please. Social worker at West End, Megan Schwarz. And please stand up. Teacher assistant at Wavely Park, Falia Boulesi. Congratulations. Moving on to reports from trustee for policy committee,
018Mrs. Aragona. Um, so we have two first readings tonight. Um the first reading is about board meeting procedures. It really talks about adding a report on the agenda from the student board member. Um the second first reading is programs for students with disabilities under the IDA. Um it really talks about eligibility changed to until a child earns a high school diploma or the day before their 22nd birthday. And we also have a second reading in adoption and that just talks about the student board member. Thank you, Mr. Lunar, PTA leazison. Okay. Good evening. We just have one um announcement for the PTA. Um we hope that everyone can join us for the staff volleyball game this Friday, April 25th at 7 p.m. which will be held at the high school gym. Tickets will be sold
019at the door. They're $5 each, so everyone come out and enjoy. Also, snacks will be sold at the event. Um, for the first time, Universal PreK will be also competing. So, all schools in the Limbo district will be there. Thank you. Any events uh by any of the board members? Move. Actually, before we move on to old business, anyone who's here for our two tenure celebrations, you may sneak out and celebrate. So moving on to old business as we've previously discussed having a student board member. Now uh interested students had submitted their applications to a panel of students, teachers and administrators. The panel is in the process of interviewing five candidates and they will present two or three to the board to interview. The successful candidates will be introduced at a joint at our June
020meeting and their term will begin in July. NASA Boseies will be conducting training over the summer and during the school year for those new student board members. Moving on to new business and we have the Bosey's budget and ed and election. All districts hold meetings tonight to vote on the NASA Bosey's operations budget. Um Bosey's candidates. So we'll start with a resolution before we get to the candidates. Resolution 254G1 whereas the board of cooperative education services of NASA county here and after NASA Boseis has proposed and presented it proposed administrative operation budget for the 2026 2025 to 2026 school year July 1st 2025 through June 30th 2026. Now therefore, be it resolved that the NASA BOSIE's proposed administrative operations budget for the 2526 school year in the amount of 27,877,216 being hereby is approved by
021the board of education of the Limbrook Union Free School District. May I have a motion to accept the resolution 254G1 NASA Bosey's budget? Mrs. Kelly second. Mr. Lunar. All in favor? Thank you. Now moving on to the candidates for the NASA Boseis board. Mr. Luna, you had last time proposed to us two candidates. I believe it was a Fran Langner from Levittown and a Robert Shown from Baldwin. We need to come up with one more candidate of the three other candidates. Uh do you have a recommendation for us? I do. There are there are three other candidates uh who have since thrown their their hat in the ring. Uh Ronald Ellerby, uh Michael Jamie, and Douglas Pascarella. of the three I recommend for the third spot, Douglas Pascarella. Perfect. Quick consensus of the board. I'm
022good with going with Mr. Luna's deep research on this subject. Thank you, Mr. Lunar. So, we will have to do three motions for each one. May I have a motion to vote for Fran Lagner, Miss Argona, second, Mrs. Denino. All in favor? May I have a motion to vote for Robert Shon, Mrs. Kelly second, Mr. Pleski, all in favor? And for our third, may I have a motion to vote for Douglas Pascarella? I may have a motion, Mr. Plesi. Sounds like your cousin. Second, Mr. Lunar. All in favor? All right. Uh, we are in agreement all three. So, we will now have to then do another. Well, I just did those. I don't have to do a full one because I just did all three. So, now I'm do I have to I don't have
023to do another motion now. We just did them all three as nomination, right? Yeah. So, I don't even need a motion to adopt it or I do. Let's do a motion to adopt it. Well, do it just right. Have a motion to adopt this resolution. Mr. Luna, second. Mr. Dino, all in favor? Superintendent report. Dr. Lynch. Thank you, Mr. Belmont. Uh, so as you know, uh, we've been pursuing three board goals uh, this year. Uh, the first has been the implementation of the profile of the owl. Uh so a really important step in this process will begin on Tuesday Dr. Bleus or Monday the PD committee is next Tuesday. Next Tuesday. So what we are doing is uh we're going to now put structures in place so that the profile of the owl becomes part
024and parcel of what we do here. The way that happens is through professional development. And rather than a top- down approach where we're dictating what the professional development is, we are going to put together a pretty wide committee of teachers and they will be helping us to plan what PD will look like for next year. So we start that and they actually had homework to do. Uh they had to learn uh something about adult learning because uh adult learning is very different than child learning. uh and so we needed to get those principles in place and we hope to have some really good sessions uh and then really get off to a good start next year based on on that feedback. So that was from our first goal. Our second goal, as you know, was
025uh to to implement an a multi-ter system of supports and we've been working with the PTA school and community committee on that. And a really interesting idea came from that from from the PTA and it was about putting um SEAL components into our athletics and afterchool programs. So, I'm happy to say that a I see Mr. Donaldson in the back. Uh we were able to apprise um everyone. And I don't know if people realize how much the varsity club at this school does. So, we have a club that basically does uh community service, implementing uh uh fairness practices, uh uh mentoring younger players. There's all sorts of stuff that's already in the SEAL world that's going on. So, kudos to the club and all you do. Uh but next year we're going to start an
026alliance with a a an organization co called the positive coaching alliance and that will be bringing in a mentorship into our sports program. As I say, you know, sports is about winning, but it's also about how to lose and it's also about sports personship. So all of those are kind of the the the character building that is so important in athletics and I think Mr. Martellotti for doing all that research and bringing that to the table. I think the board was in favor of moving forward with something like that. So I think that is right in line with what that second goal is. So I thank you gentlemen for for the work you did and I thank uh PTA school and community for the great input. And then our third goal was communications. So the
027big discussion this year is what should our website look like? So we are about to tear the old one down and put up a new one. We have a tentative launch date for the new site on or about July 1st. Uh so uh we're going to be integrating tighter with parent square. So what we'll be able to do is a it's going to have a much fresher look to it. We're going to try to make it much more user friendly so that you can find the information that you need to find. And then since it's going to integrate more with parent square as principles are putting out messages in parent square they will also appear in uh on the website itself. So, uh, all good stuff. So, Mr. McDermott and I are working on that.
028Right now, we're in the design phase. We hope to have a dummy to show fairly soon. So, those are the updates on the three board goals. I'm going to kick it over to Dr. Burman to talk about our the UPK process. So, the Limbrook School District will continue to offer the UPK program for the upcoming school year. We anticipate receiving funding to offer approximately 156 eligible students access to the full day UPK program. Based on information that's contained in the proposed executive budget, there are currently 110 children who have applied for the UPK program. This program is open to children residing in the district who are four years old on or before December 1st of this year. The state funed program allows a 180day school calendar, runs 5 days a week, Mondays through Friday, from
0299 to 2, and it begins on September 4th of this school year. The two sites will be the JCC and Tiny Tikes. The district will conduct a virtual lottery tomorrow, Thursday, April 24th at 10:00 a.m. The drawing link is on the district's website. This lottery will help rank students for access to the Tiny Tikes program based on their first choice site preference. All others will attend the JCC program. Once the lottery drawing occurs, both a recording of the drawing and the results of the lottery will be included on the district's website. All families will be notified via email of the next steps in the registration process by the afternoon. Families will formally register their children via the online enrollment portal. Simply follow the directions and instructions that are in the email. Although the deadline to
030apply for the lottery has passed, applications will still be accepted for the UPK program until the allotment number is met with or no later than October u the first week of October. From this point forward, all applications received will only be considered for a seat at the JCC program. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Burman. Uh then we're proud to announce so uh for I don't know what year running this is. I think it's about the 10th year running or so uh the the international uh school business association has awarded Lindbrook with its certificate of excellence in financial reporting. Uh so there are two awards. one that is given by this this organization called ASBO and another one which is done by the uh uh the government uh officers association. So this is the ASBO one.
031Uh so congratulations to Mr. Press and I know there thank you Mr. Greenfield and not only that uh and I know Mr. Press will not mind me saying this. He does a good job but his staff does a much better job. And I think you know we know that a lot of that is is the hard work of the folks in your office. So we thank them uh for all of that. So uh I'm on to a budget update. So as you know this has been one of the toughest years we've had to face. Uh we kind of had multiple priorities when we went through this. Uh one and one of our most important was not to overburden the taxpayer and we wanted to make sure that we were staying within our tax cap. We
032also at the same time did not want to lay off staff. Those were the two goals that we set and I'm happy to report with the cooperation of the Lindbrook Teachers Association that we were able to to to uh to accomplish those goals. So now I can report in more spec specificity as what uh it's going to actually look like. So we we now foresee the reduction of of staff members of approximately 15 staff members through the process of attrition. that is not layoffs. What that means is that due to retirements and uh and other resignations by not replacing those people, we'll actually be able to to um be running with with a a smaller staff basically because enrollment is dropping. So, uh if you were here for the budget work session, you heard me
033say that in 2014, uh this district had 2,800 students. We are now projected by 2032 to only have 2,500 students. So that is a on the decline. During COVID, we actually hired staff, which makes sense. Uh and there therefore we were kind of had more staff than we we that ratio was. So now what we're doing is we're bringing that together all um so practically what does that mean? Uh based on the enrollment, we're currently looking at the kindergarten center next year only having eight sections instead of the 10 that we've had for the last couple of years. Um that will still keep class size uh but less than 24 which is what we always want to do. Uh we are monitoring that very carefully and if that number should start to go up we
034might add an a ninth section as time goes on. Uh the other school that is uh affected is West End which currently has uh we foresee uh losing three sections uh next year but also class size will be remaining under 24 and actually closer to 21 and 23. So uh we've been running class sizes there board policy says that uh class size should between 18 and 26. We've been running sections there at about 16. Uh so we need to kind of rightsize that and we're taking advantages of the of the uh retirements to do that. Uh and then at the secondary level I'm gonna ask Dr. Bleis to to there's some programmatic shuffling that goes on um that I think he can speak better to. Sure. So uh at the secondary level we are changing
035the way that we're delivering the ELA uh lab that we used to have. Uh basically everyone in ninth grade would be signed up for a writing lab. We do think it's important that all students have writing skills before they get to 9th grade. So we are going to be moving those skills down to 8th grade. What that would mean instead of having English class for one period, they would have a English class for a period and a half each day. To accommodate that, math would be reduced from a period and a half to one period. So that does cause a shift in the staffing. so that uh there is more English staff needed at the uh middle school level. Uh we are also streamlining our AIS classes. So our AIS classes are our support classes.
036Uh we've had in the past learning labs for special education students only. We are opening up these uh new AIS labs. we're calling them humanities and STEM to both uh special education and general education students which is be more inclusive which is something that we are trying to work on and only offering those supports to students that need them so that because you're classified and you're in an ICT class you don't necessarily need to be in the support class unless you need that extra level of support and help. So it basically what it does is it allows students to have more elective opportunities which I think is a great thing. So both of those moves by moving the uh writing down into the middle school and by streamlining some of the laboratories, kids have more
037opportunities to take the vast array of electives and we heard a lot today about students and uh the benefits of our electives of the high school. So I think that's great that we're giving better access. Thank you. Thank you very much. Uh then other things that will happen is uh we have been running a a very expensive uh drop off program uh in the morning uh that we're probably the only district that has had this free component for all these years. So I we will be outsourcing that next year to an actual uh early morning program at the elementary schools. Uh so there will be a cost associated with that. Uh we'll have more information when that comes about. We're working on the contracts right now. Uh so, but what that means is that students
038certainly are allowed in the buildings to go to extra help and orchestra and band and all the curricular things or early morning clubs, but the the idea of the of drop off could not happen in the elementary schools before 8:20. So, that is something we need to get people to know. We'll certainly have some more information coming out once uh we iron out the details with right at school, but we want that information out as soon as possible so people can make their appropriate uh preparations. Uh then the the there'll be another ripple effect of that at the middle school. Uh so uh unfortunately right at school or any program is not allowed to do a middle school uh uh drop off program. They're not licensed to do so. So, we uh to to talk
039a little bit about the history of how our middle school drop off program came. We never had So, those of you who've been around a while, we never had a middle school dropoff program until 2017 or 2018. What we did was inaugurate a breakfast program at that point and then kind of the the drop off program came as an ancillary point to that. We simply are not serving the breakfast. So, the purpose that that pro program had is has not really happened. Uh so what that program has been costing us in the neighborhood of $60,000 a year. Uh we originally used to build that to title one. Uh the government did not permit us to do that anymore. So now that has had to been covered by the the budget itself. Uh so that means
040uh and the the uh compact committees and the PTAs at uh this is kind of like the formal announcement so that uh we can start to do the work at the middle schools. Uh Mrs. Gunnan and Mrs. Ideally, we'll be having uh joint PTA meetings and joint compact meetings to talk about the the implications of this. But as of now, that would mean that uh uh again, you can go into the building for extra help. You can go in for orchestra or for anything. That's a supervised activity, but otherwise uh drop off could you could not go into the building before 755. So, we're certainly open to hearing ideas, but it just cannot cost us $60,000 a year. So, I think that's the the main point. So, the reason why we're announcing this tonight is
041we think we need you need to know this. You need to know this soon so that you can make uh appropriate uh uh clarifications for that. So, any questions from the board on any of those budget items? There'll be a presentation next month. Correct. Yes. Correct. Okay. And I'm going to put back to uh Dr. Bleis to do a curriculum update. Sure. Thank good. Um, so our first update today, unfortunately, two weeks ago, our schools were among several across the state who experienced issues with the New York State ELA exams. The test delivery system unfortunately failed, which prevented our students from logging in. The State Department uh issued an apology and they also deemed the situation unacceptable. they were in contact with their vendor to demand answers and to ensure that the students won't be
042further impacted during this testing window. Uh under state guidance and assurance, we have uh been under the impression at least that the testing issues have resolved. Thankfully, uh we started our state assessments over today and in the elementary schools, they did work with minimal issue. Um those elementary sessions, those elementary assessments will continue throughout the week and uh they'll be over by the end of this week. Uh North and South Middle School will be taking their assessments on Wednesday, May 7th and Thursday, May 8th. Uh all of the New York State math assessments will be administered as originally scheduled on our calendar on Thursday, May 1st and May 2nd. So what that means is the elementary students were taking the ELA now. They'll take math next week. Middle school will take math first. They'll take
043that next week and then the ELA will happen after that. Any questions about the state assessments? Continue to move on. Okay. So, my uh second update tonight, uh the Limbrook's annual Steam night will be taking place on Monday, May 12th at 700 p.m. in Limbrook High School's gymnasium. While this event was traditionally uh tailored toward women in steam, we are proud to now welcome all students in grades four to eight to experience the exciting world of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Throughout the evening, students will learn about the importance of steam education, explore steam programs and opportunities available at Limbrook High School, and meet uh with current high school students, visit our facilities, and discover the array of clubs and extracurricular activities that we offer. Thank you. And Mr. Press, Capital Projects. Thank you,
044Dr. Lynch. Um, so lots of work ahead for us uh on the capital front this summer. Um the door projects at West End and Marian Street are on track um to happen this summer. Uh we've started some of the preliminary work with the wiring for the electronic uh the the wireless door locks. Um the other part of this these are projects that were previously approved almost a year ago or more than a year ago. Uh the elevator here at the high school, the cab replacement um is uh getting set to kick off soon. So that will also happen this summer. Uh we received approval from SED earlier this month on our um uh restroom projects both here and uh over at the Atlantic Avenue building. So um we're out to bid on that. The bid
045opening is the first week of May. So um we're looking forward to that with the plan to have that work also happen this summer. Um so just keep an eye out for that. Um there's also some additional work uh on repointing, not as exciting as the door project maybe, but repointing at Marian Street. Uh that was also approved that is also going is out for a bid. Um so we're looking to get that work uh at least started this summer. That's all I've got. Back to you, Mr. Vilma. Thank you, Dr. D. This time we'll open up the microphone for com public comment. Anyone who would like to address the board, please come up to the microphone, identify yourself, and indicate whether you live in or out of res and district. Good evening, Mr. President.
046I'm not Jeff Greenfield. I'm not here as citizen taxpayer tonight. You'll be happy to know. I'm here as the chairman of the Lindbrook mayor's golf outing. I'm here to announce that your own Dr. Lynch has been chosen by the committee to be one of three honores at the golf outing at August 11th. Great selection at the Inwood Country Club. We think so. So, uh, we look forward to the board and the comm school community's participation with respect to this event. Dr. Lynch came last year and saw how great it was. Miss Kelly comes every year and uh, Dr. T and back there has been a good supporter in the past also. So, uh we look forward to others and even your attorney, Mr. Feldman, if you can join. Are you a golfer? Uh we have
047a few attorneys that play that day. It's not a problem. So, we're we're very excited. Uh three members of the community uh are being honored. Dr. Lynch and uh the uh McGro and uh Cindy Shina who's a uh a longtime supporter of the uh event and has been a regular attendee and very uh generous member of the community to the fund. So the the Limbrook mayor's golf outing supports the Limbrook Community Chest and then every year at the village board meeting we give out uh money to the community chest, the proceeds of it as well as uh to the two veterans organizations in the community and uh we uh look forward to everybody's support and we're in the process. It's at Inwood Country Club. We uh expect it to be such a success. I'm trying
048to finalize. I was just looking at my email. We have a second course and I have to meet with the mayor in the next few days. Uh so I'm not at liberty to announce yet, but we we expect an overflow crowd. Last year we did a double shotgun at the Inwood Club and that backed up the course. So instead a neighboring course, uh we're negotiating with with respect to a second location. In fact, the neighboring course without disclosing the name because it's not finalized is in your school district and I've implored them to help uh be friendly with respect to the pricing. Okay. Any questions from anybody? No, I appreciate just a welldeserved recognition for Dr. Lynch. So, thank you for that. Yeah, we we think so, too. as long as I have the mic.
049On the other subject, I I don't envy you or any school district with respect to budget this year. And uh as I look at it and been a regular lobbyist and attendee in Albany, the problem is in a nutshell when when we started under the first Cuomo that part of the budget would be policy decisions. That's the issue that we get bogged down on with respect to a passing a budget and it's not fair to the taxpayers of the school district because they can't get policy passed during the regular legislative session. So, they cram it into the budget. Late today, they announced some policy decisions with regard to the future of NUMC and that's probably going to be part of the budget also. So, I I agree with you. I hope before you finalize your
050budget, you can have some numbers cuz it's not fair otherwise. Thank you. Okay, we have one sympathy resolution this evening for William. We know him as Bill Groom. Whereas the members of the board of education of the Limbrech Union Free School District have learned with sorrow of the passing of William Groom, former employee Limbrook School District. And whereas William Groove served as a health teacher at Limick School Middle School, Limick South Middle School, and Limch High School for 32 years from 1962 through 1995. And whereas the board of education is mindful of the contributions made to our district by Mr. Groom during his years of service to our community. Be it resolved that the board of education records its sorrow, its sympathy, and the esteem in which William Groom was held. And be it further
051resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the family of William Groom with the hope that they will find solace and comfort in the rich heritage of good works for which he is remembered and revered. Also have some donations this evening. 3500 $3500 from the Southshore Community Chest for use by families at the high school of high school seniors to assist with their senior class expenses such as yearbooks and prom. various baseball equipment from the Limbrech Diamond Club varied at 5 approximately $5,500 and approximately $2,500 from the Friends of Limbrech Music to be used to defay the cost of the eighth grade music department trip for both North and South middle schools. Moving on to consent agenda. I'd like to ask for a consent agenda on resolutions 254 C1 through 254 C11, 254
052NC1 through 254 NC7 and 254 G3 and 254 G1. May I have a motion, please? Meshi. Second, Mr. Luna. All in favor? May I have a motion to accept the consent agenda? Mrs. Denino, second, Mr. Luna. All in favor? Appreciate. Our next meeting is the budget and our regular meeting both taking place on May 7th. And that's all folks. Get home safe.