001All right. Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another regular board meeting of the Manhasset Board of Education. We're going to call this meeting to order. Uh and we will start with the pledge of allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. just a just a moment to acknowledge uh September 11th is today obviously 24 years ago. Um, we witnessed all the tragic events of of that day. And you know, for people of a certain age, I think everyone can remember exactly where they were uh the moment they found out. and for people in the the New York City and the greater metropolitan area. Um you know, it was a very uh emotional
002day and it still is today. Um for for all the victims, uh all the amazing first responders who who gave their lives um for people in the suburbs like us, I'm always struck by um the the commuters. I always think about the um the people who drive to the train went to work that day and then their cars were um you know left at the parking lot because they they never came home and people have many different uh images and uh thoughts about that day. So, so we certainly honor all the victims, um all the amazing stories and heroism that happened uh during that day and and we certainly uh will not forget uh any of of the victims and the families and and all they've been through. So, uh just wanted to acknowledge that.
003And I think it's also just important to take one minute to acknowledge the the political violence that um occurred in this country yesterday. And it is uh another tragic horrible moment. And um you know we we really um you know we we really want to just uh say as as a board I'll say it on on behalf of the board how sorry we are how we feel for uh Mr. Kirk and we just hope that we can collectively do better uh as as a society. And and you know, I always thought about in school, one of the lessons I always came away from from US history was the word compromise. Um the the great compromise, the the Missouri compromise. Compromise seemed like something that um we we thought was important in this country and for
004some reason now compromise has become thought of as as a weakness. I think it's a strength. I think it shows strength and intelligence. and I hope we can find ways to come together especially after a moment such as as this. So, um just wanted to to acknowledge that. So, maybe we'll just take a minute here, a moment of silence for uh September 11th and um you know, also to remember uh Mr. Kirk. Okay, thank you. All right, on to the regular business of uh the board and this should be a quick one today. So, we have a resolution to approve uh the personnel schedule. I think we've all had time to uh take a look. anything um of note or anything we need to address in this personnel schedule? All right. So, could I have
005a motion to uh approve the personnel schedule? Second. Any discussion? All right. All in favor? All right. That's 40. And then we are on to the consent agenda. We have a few things here. Um resolution approving settlement of release agreement. This is New Had Park Garden City Park Union Free School District. This is uh standard business as usual. And then uh importantly, approval of grant dispersement agreement. And maybe we should just take a minute uh Mariana if you wanted to uh acknowledge this or make a comment here. I think it would be great. >> Yeah, it's great. Actually, I would wanted to actually have Gerard because it was a pretty lengthy document for maybe for the public um in terms of just a little description of the grant. I know what we're going to be
006using it for. Um but more notably, just to check in if that will be enough funds for, you know, what we're trying to use it for. So the grant uh from the domatory authority of the state of New York is a grant that would be to renovate the athletic trophy hallway at the um at the high school. It the grant is on a reimbursement basis. So it's up to $125,000. We will spend the money and then we will be reimbursed. Included in the grant there, the estimate for the trophy case is $133,000. The district has allocated $8,000 towards it and the balance of 125,000 will come from the from the grant. The best that is the best estimate at this time. When we're ready to do the work, we will reassess and get updated um
007you know estimates and but we we feel that it will be within the range. I checked with uh our architect u uh Gillow and they feel that it it might change a little bit but we should be within the range of 133,000 $8,000 from the district $125,000 from the DSY grant. >> That sounds good. And in terms of timeline, do we have a timeline? >> The was going to be your question, Maria, but >> So that's why we approve we are approving it tonight. I believe that the timeline is very um lengthy. It's anywhere from 8 to 10 months for the trophy case. We're looking at doing this sometime spring, late spring, early summer is or probably summer. It would have to be done in the summertime. Can't do it during the school year. So,
008that is that's that's what I was told. Now that it's approved, we could start to um talk have conversations with the architect so we could, you know, get a better timeline. >> That's helpful. So, it sounds like it'll go through the summer. Um, and >> hopefully just this summer. >> Yeah, >> hopefully not into the school year, but we will >> work it out with the architect to make sure that uh it it it doesn't interfere with the program. >> Yeah, that would be ideal because that, you know, it's by the arches. That's like a big throughway for students. So, that would be >> Oh, after the frolic. Uh, >> that Oh, that's right. So, that's a good point. So it the spring, it wouldn't necessarily start in the spring, but probably right at the
009end of the frolic. >> Yeah, we'll start to have those conversations about when we can time it out with being conscious of how it's used that hallway in that area towards the end of the year and certainly with the frolic in mind. >> Yeah. I mean, I'll I'll just I'll just add that I I think if we if if the aspirations are met for what we really want to do, some private funding is also going to be needed to um help help the project. So, we we've done some work as a community there. I think we have a little more to do, but um I think that's going to be part of our mission here for the next few months. Okay. So, so that's good news though. It's great to get that grant. I'm I'm
010happy we saw that through. Uh we also have uh a resolution to approve response to our draft OC audit report which um you know I think is also good news that we got from um from the state and was happy to see that. So any any comments here? >> So Gerard that that audit is in the comprollers's office. It's not been made public yet. We're simply acknowledging in this letter back to them that actually has to go out tonight. >> That's correct. So, as soon >> as soon as it's approved, I'm going to run back to my office and submit it and then we'll we'll mail. >> We're going to put you on the clock. All right, John. We're going to see how long it takes. >> Yes. With that in mind, um can I
011have a motion to approve the consent agenda? Allison, thank you. Second, Ariana. Uh all any discussion? No. All approved. All right. approved. >> And uh so then and then just to um remind everyone, we are going to go into executive session uh after this meeting. So just want to make that um clear to to the public. Um and so I just want to make sure we are uh we have quorum for that. So all in favor of uh entering into exec. All right. 40 and that's it. Motion to adjourn the public session. Do I have Yes. Maria second? Allison. All right. All in favor? Approved.