001How you going? >> All right, we are going to call our meeting to order. It is 6:01. Show all board members are in attendance. Please stand if you're able. Move your head and give us the pledge of allegiance. >> I aliance 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. >> Thank you. >> Anyone have any questions or any additions to the agenda? We have some additions. Um so under school business administrator report we've added reserve fund report for 202425 approval of reserve fund report and capital project discussion in consent agenda. We've added internal claims auditor report, approval to create a school clinician position, and approval to appoint a onetoone attorney. Anyone have any questions on
002the agenda? Not we have a motion to approve the agenda, please. >> Thank you. Second. Thank you. All in favor? I oppose. Abstain. Motion passes. Did anyone sign up for community comments? >> Yes. Um Edna Mccay has signed up for agenda items uh regarding stock. >> Okay. Um this is on agenda items though. >> Well, I think >> do we want to do that? >> Do you want to do it at all? >> We'll move it to the >> Thank you for signing up to say something. Oh, exciting. Right, we're going to go on to we have a presentation of professional development plans for this. [Applause] There you go. All right. So for the new board members um annually we uh present our professional learning plan. So every year the board has to um just
003approve the plan. It's part of New York state regulation that the plans are approved. So this is the annual presentation of um professional learning plan and part of it is it approves the things that can count for our teachers for their um CTLE credit which is their continuing credit that allows them to maintain their certification. So for new or anybody who's professionally um certified has to continue with so many hours and so the things that we approve allow for that to be part of that they can use our professional development for that. Um there are also a couple of other things that have to be in the professional development plan. So um there are four goal areas that have to be part of your plan and the first one has to basically outline how you
004implement your mentor program. So one of the goals in the plan it just goes over our mentoring program which has not changed. It is pretty much the same that it has been for quite some time. Um, and when we say new teachers, it's new teachers to our district, not just new teachers to teachings because it um it's a two-year program plus there's portfolio component that acclimates people who may have been teaching in other districts for wide many years. But it's specific to Mary and language and maybe two things. So that's goal number one is just around our mentoring program. Goal two by um law says that you need to have um a goal around providing educators and staff training on English as a new language or multi it changes the ENL ll the new language
005multiple languages um however we actually apply for a waiver because we have less than 30 students that are ENL if we had more than 30 15% of all of your professional development has to be specifically on how to teach ELS. Um and if you have L teachers, they have to have 50% of their training. If you have more than 30, we do um provide training throughout the year. science of reading. We look at it from multiple perspectives and think specifically around students um that aren't that are second English as a second language. Um but we also it outlines that we participate um in the Wayne ENL consortium. So, our ENL teacher is actually part of a larger group in the county. Um, and they help to monitor our funds that we get for we don't
006get a lot of money in terms for ENL because we have so few students. Um, but our money actually goes into a pot of money for Wayne County Schools that is um right now the lead school is NRW and they do a variety of um activities for families in the community. So one of them is they do some parent training um which is a big part of what our ENL teacher does. The third goal is all around safety. So it outlines the different safety measures that we have. We have to articulate what the mandated trainings are that are safety. So these are the ones that all of our staff um are participating in this year. It also outlines how many drills you're going to have um and the other things that we um do in
007terms of safety. So, our safety committee information is in there, but it predominantly um outlines those trainings that are mandated. >> It is block training that is all due by end of September. >> And in September, >> they're due by the end of September. So we we actually send out the trainings over the summer so the teachers can get a jump start on them. Um our first extended Wednesday in September allows time for them to continue to work on these. Um so they vary in length from 17 minutes and I think the longest one is like 39 minutes. Um and so you have to watch them and then you have to pass a test. Um, our fourth the fourth goal is really around instruction and learning obviously because that's basically what schools do. But I
008wanted to um not get a lot of opportunities to share things and I think it's just important um in terms of all of the pieces that go into deciding how we spend our professional learning time. So New York State has an accountability system. Um New York State is actually accountable to the federal government. So there are some things that the federal government says you have to do this this and this and you have to report on this in terms of your students that allows us to get us the funding from the federal government. Uh and so in turn New York State makes sure that they minimally meet those requirements and then they have some other accountability requirements. Postcoid they like took a pause then they started again and now they're reimagining um the phase that
009we're in. So, um, the accountability is always a year behind. So, this year's standing is based on last year's data. Um, so that's great if you're in good standing. It it can be troublesome if there's any pockets because you're already starting. You could be on a list for year one and you've got to fix it fast. So um in terms of the indicators that are going to be part of the phase moving forward, some of them are maintained. So on this the ones that um have the little triangles, those are the things that were there um before or they were in the rebuild phase. Um, and then there's some that are exactly how they were written. And then there's some things that they brought back because they didn't do it during postcoid and then they've
010changed some things. So attendance is green because that's a new indicator. It's not that they didn't look at attendance. They actually did, but they've switched it in that before it was chronic attendance was the only thing they focused on and now they're focusing on all attendance. So they've they've switched it to a positive versus a negative deficit model thinking. So in terms of what this means, we don't have all of the data back, but I wanted to at least share some of what we're seeing in terms of our accountability so far. So um the high school is not in yet. They're still tabulating all the stuff on the high school start side. we're starting to see some of the information come in on um the elementary and middle school. Um so they look at the
011district as a whole and then they look at all of our subgroups. So um students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged, white, black, Hispanic, ENL, um homeless. So all of those things are a individual subgroup. So you can be in good standing for your whole district and then you need to be in good standing for every single one of those subgroups if your subgroup is big enough. One of the new changes is that they've shifted the old N number, meaning you had to have a minimum of 30 students to be held accountable. It's now 20. So we're hitting a lot more subgroups than we did in the past. And that's especially the case for the achievement data because each one of these tests counts is one. So one student who took the fifth grade ELA, the fifth
012grade math, and the fifth grade science actually counts like three times. So it can add up. So we definitely hit a lot more ends. Um just some facts about the differences. Um the weighted average, this is the one that the federal government we have to report on because they it's 95% participation rate. So they want to make sure that 95% of all students in three through eight are participating in the state assessments. And so this indicator includes all students. Um, and so there's actually a discrepancy that our weighted average is much lower than our core performance because every student who doesn't participate gets counted as a level one and you want to be a level four. So if you don't take the test, you are counting against the district in the weighted average. So what
013this means at the elementary middle school level it is not about performance. We are performing exceptionally well. We've actually seen a lot of growth. It's actually in the participation. Um so there there is a potential this year we could trigger a targeted support and improvement status based on our participation rates. Um overall, um we actually had 30 students not take the ELA through. We had 33 math in nine science in those grades. And so all of those counted as ones. Um where our which offset all of the the great stuff, the kids who actually did take the test. Um the biggest discrepancy for our site groups is students with disability. They have a high um or the federal government would say that that's a high rate of participation. That means 25% of our students with
014disabilities didn't take the math test. Um, and so they look at that as saying, are you not like wanting them to take it? Which isn't it at all? It's parental choice. Um, so this we can't control, but we're being um held accountable. So the second area that they're bringing back, so this was before COVID, it disappeared for a few years after COVID, but they're um this is the college career and civic readiness indicators. And so every student that graduates is given a point um up to two. Two is the highest that you can get, which shows that you um are college, career, and civic ready. So our data um so this would be the weight. There's different things that you do that determines what weight you get. Um this is an area of strength for
015Marian. So the takeaways that we are exceeding the benchmark. So 150 is the state deems as good. We are well above that overall as a district. Um 60% of the class of 25 had the highest level credentials meaning 60% got a two. So that's great. um gened students have an extremely high index. It's actually way above the um the readiness. However, we have gaps with our special ed and our economically disadvantaged. So although we're still doing good, there is a gap there between um those subgroups. But overall, we are um you know well on track with this particular. The change is also in attendance. So this is some data that's back. Um so before they used to look to see few kids that were chronically absent missing they missed more than 10% of the school
016and there were two categories and I think the next was 15%. Um now they're looking at um one they changed the how you were included. Before you only had to be enrolled 10 days now you have to be enrolled 30 days. So that is a a marked difference. Um and they break every student into four groups. So if you come to school um more than 95% of the time, you are a level four for the district. If you're between that 90.1 and 95 days you're present, you are a three for the district and then a two for the districts. if you're 85 to 90 and then below 901 which really means you count against the district in terms of attendance. Um so our data were very very strong grades one through eight. Um the highest
017you can gap or a four. Um however there are some gaps um in terms of students that miss school more frequently. So students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged and homeless students definitely attend at much lower rates, which makes sense in terms of um many factors that would contribute into that. Uh but there's definitely a bigger gap when you look specifically just at high school and economically disadvantaged and non-economically disadvantage. There's actually a 30 to 40 gap in the difference. So um I know that there's a lot of committees who examine this and we're we're looking at that because there's a lot of different factors that um come into that why kids come to school. So um so that information along with a lot of other data helps us to plan for what we're going to do
018for the upcoming year in terms of goal four which is really the actual professional development that we have teachers engage in. Um, previously um, one of the biggest data points that we looked at here was our whole child survey where we are looking at indicators that showed that we were ensuring that our students were healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. Um, we've kind of we came to a conclusion at CIC this summer that that survey we've kind of maxed out its like usefulness and we need to find something a little bit different to help us to plan accordingly. Um, so our our intention for our learning this year is to create conditions. Um, the conditions are still the same. We still want to have all of those things. um and that we're going to strengthen
019that through clarity, teacher clarity, personalized learning, and the whole child practices so that we can ensure our mission and vision, which is one of the things that we promised um is part of our philosophical framework. This is kind of the placemat that we we look at for when we're looking at our plans that um that our plans align to our mission. They align to our priorities and they ensure that we have teachers that have those those check boxes. And so our professional learning goes to making sure that the teachers have the skills um to meet and use those things indicated on that list. um our success criteria. So, how do we deem if we're doing well if we're not using the whole child um survey as our as our biggest indicator? So, moving forward um
020we're actually going to um align to some of the work we're calling it Marian's promise cradle to career. Um the administrative team had the opportunity to attend um a partner for rural impact uh with with a community schools initiative. We went to Syracuse University and actually got to hear some speakers from the Harlem Children's Zone and Partners for Rural Impact which basically took um Promise Neighborhoods which is a federal funding um that came out of the work of the Harlem Children's Zone. is just the promise that communities that um have a wide variety of trauma, poverty, marginalized communities were ensuring and working together to ensure that kids um got experience from their community that could lead them to be successful. So, as I was sitting there listening and dots connected for me and I started
021digging and doing some work and um the Harlem people convinced some people in rural neighborhoods, could an urban idea work in rural settings? And so there are some very powerful examples across the country. Uh one in Appalachia, Kentucky where it has worked and they are continuing to have more. Um the promise neighborhoods is federally funded which I don't think that funding is going to stay but the strive together funding comes from much more um philic private money. And so as we're always looking how can we do what we do but market in a way that potentially there's grant dollars. So um I'm going to be transparent on that. So some of this but this is the stuff we would look at anyways. It's just people are giving money to schools and communities that are doing
022this. So why not try? Um so I want to uh show you a short video from this group and then just kind of talk about the Marian version of this. Economic mobility in the United States is declining with only half of children expected to earn more than their parents. This is even worse for young people of color and those experiencing poverty. Strive together is a national movement focused on reversing this trend. Working to ensure that every child, regardless of race, ethnicity, zip code, or circumstance, has every opportunity to thrive and reach their full potential. We unite communities to support young people to achieve key milestones like learning to read, graduating from high school, and achieving a career that earns a living wage. Communities across the Strive Together network are achieving incredible impact. They're transforming systems
023of opportunity so that every young person has every opportunity to succeed. In Tulsa, we commit to 100,491 futures. in San Antonio, Texas. Here we are committed to supporting a 100,000 futures. >> We are working just north of Denver in Colorado and our number is 71,000. >> Together, we'll put an additional 4 million more young people on a path to economic mobility by the year 2030. Each of the four million represents an individual dream fulfilled. a child getting a strong start in kindergarten or a student graduating from high school, moving on into a career that earns a living wage. >> I want to go to technical in my future. >> I dream of one day entering the United States government and having an active say in public policy. >> My dreams for my future, graduate college
024as a first generation college graduate with my family. >> I want to be able to buy and live in a house that I can afford and that I like. How many of those dreams are happening in your community? What will it take to make them possible? Join us in this movement. Help us transform 4 million futures. So that is um so that video um just kind of it's a newer video for them talk about how um they're bringing the communities together and when I started researching a little bit about it it's very much what we are and do here at Mary it is the things that we believe in so why not focus on that and as we were looking at how are we going to judge if all of our kids are healthy, safe,
025engaged, supported, and challenged without that survey is to look at those cut points because if we're doing that, they'll reach the benchmarks along the way. And when we're not reaching a benchmark, it means one of those things is not thriving like it should be. Um so in this model it's very much about kindergarten readiness early grade early um grade reading which is looking at how kids are reading at the end of third grade. How are kids in terms of math at the end of eighth grade. High school graduation really is looking at how did they perform successfully in core areas while going to school um and attendance-wise and then being postsecary enrollment. And by enrollment, it's our four E. It's not just enrollment into college. It's enrollment into a trade program or something so that
026they can have that livable wage. Um, and then post-secary degree completion. This is very hard for districts to monitor. But these are things we're already doing. It's just we need to like systematize it a little bit more. So, um, moving forward, we are going to look at these benchmarks, see what CHBT can do. Imagination. So, um, made these little nights. So, we're going to look at kindergarten readiness. We're going to start monitoring our grade three literacy, which we already are doing. We already monitor all of these things. We're just going to look at them a little bit more strategic. Um, that grade eight math nth grade transition instead of high school graduation. So, it's looking at how many freshmen are passing their course and their attendance because those are indicators that they're ready and prepared
027for high school. And then um looking at that 4E ready, how many are graduating with at least one of the four ES um with a solid plan. Um so these are the indicators that we will be measuring and using kind of is our big are we healthy, safe, engaged, supporting and these things should be hitting where we are hitting. Um so a lot of the work will go into making sure our classman's craft classrooms are preparing this. So, it's really a cradle to career commitment, but it also is very much of a partnership with Wayne County Community Schools that we can't do this without them. Um, and in fact, I just heard from um Casey, right, Casey, I'm going to put you on the spot, right? um that the Wayne County Community Schools has actually
028partnered with the strive together and we are now included in that as one of the 71 communities that will work with them. So that's exciting. So what does this mean for our learning for the year? Um we're going to continue to do the same things we really have always done. The things that are highlighted is where biggest PD efforts will go, but there will be pockets depending on where you are and what you do in in the um system. But big on a culture of belonging, that's that safety factor. Um heavy teacher clarity work, physical learning work, feedback, uh tech and AI and how teachers can use it to more effectively plan instruction. Not so much about how students can use it. We will be starting especially um with brisk which is one of the
029tools that we've had but really um helping teachers to see how it can improve um efficiency in terms of what they're doing and to personalized learning uh continue with science of reading. We just turned in our attestation and we can attest that we are fully aligned um K3 with the science of reading um and then continue to roll out stuff with the portrait of graduate but New York State initiative. So it's our instruction assessment and enrichment goal and the work that we do around that as well as our practices which are all outlined. I just showed them um in the first slide but all these things are part of and then um when we will come with other presentations. So I just said a lot of words to you. So do you have any questions?
030>> I don't >> Can we get a copy of this? >> Yes. So I can look at it again because I'm sure think about something question in the audience that's for not for me it's for you to decide if we're going to answer them. >> Who was questioning? >> Um >> it's a student go for it. They want to talk at a meeting. I was wondering if there's any way we can go back and look at this >> to go back and look at it >> available that you want to see or >> uh there was like a few slides but it doesn't matter. >> You want to be able to have access to the whole presentation at your leisure. >> Not the whole presentation. >> Okay. >> That's good. >> But if students wanted
031to see it, would they be able to have access to look at it? >> Mrs. Heel and do that. Okay. >> And then there is an action, right? Like there's an >> where I was looking for that. >> It's not on there, but >> take action. >> Okay. >> So, just says no one has questions on this right now. >> Do we have anyone who would like to move it? >> I'll move it. Thank you. Second. Thank you. All in favor? I opposed. >> Abstain. Motion passes. All right, next up our reports. So to come up with a voting delegate for the NISBA business meeting. >> I mean I can definitely volunteer to do it again this year. >> You're the only one who's going to be registered for it, right? No, this is independent
032of the training. >> Oh, okay. Yeah. >> It's October. >> Sorry, what day? >> It's October 4th. >> A Saturday. >> Saturday. >> I will not be available on the 4th. Does that change either of your availabilities >> a little? Okay, >> it back to Saturday. >> I'm trying to call it up. >> We'll come back to that one. In the meantime, >> we'll move on and talk about we had our retreat. Does anyone want to say anything about the retreat? that wheelchair. >> It was a very informative retreat. I always appreciate the opportunity to get together with the admin team um and have a little bit more of a informal um time together, >> but um discuss >> Yeah. Yeah. to uh get on the same page about stuff and hear about the district.
033And I thought it was a really informative presentation as well. >> Really enjoyed that we didn't have an icebreaker. Thank you. >> Don't love those. >> One of the things from the retreat that I took away when when I went to the opening day for the staff was I was able to thank the staff for everything that they do because that's one of the things we talk about is we can't do anything without them. So I was able to relate that message from all of us. [Music] So, October 16th at 400 p.m. That's right. That's different. >> No, there was a four. >> That is on a Thursday. >> Now, back to the two of you. Both are available. >> Yeah. Mort, you're still available. >> Yeah. Rob, you okay with her taking that? >>
034Okay. >> Based on availability, you win. >> All right. Love it. >> We have our new student representative, Lydia McKay, and this is her first meeting where she gets to tell us a little bit about what is going on, how the first week of school went. We started off with senior parking spots, so everyone got to show off their individuality and by painting what they wanted to. Um, there's a lot of designs, pictures, words. So, that was really cool to see. Um, last Friday all the seniors got together at our soccer field for a senior sunrise. We got to watch sunrise together and bond as a class, which was really nice. Um, sports are going well as of right now. I know the volleyball team is undefeated. I think the the football team is as
035well. So, good job to the athletes and we're looking forward to homecoming which is coming up very soon. >> Very nice. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Next up, >> Dr. Are you presenting? >> I Well, I have a couple slides. I just to have >> I'm just gonna Sorry. Okay, stay. I'm going to move me. You mind if my table stays there? No. >> I'm just going to All right. >> So, I have a couple of different things in my updates. So, I figured this year I'm going to try and do like slide decks, especially for the people who like might not like view the meeting live or be able to attend in person. So then like people can reference these afterwards, you know what we talked about. Um so today I want to
036go through a couple of different things like a quick recap of opening days. Um sharing a little bit about testing results. Uh give the board an update and a chance for discussion around a school resource officer. Um talk about potential winter sports mergers. Uh the board presentation schedule that Mrs. Miller already touched on. and then talk a little bit about some options for the board meeting on September 23rd. So for opening days, I wanted to give a big shout out to Michelle and to Lydia for coming and welcoming back staff. I like always appreciate that as a great show from the board of support for our staff. Um and you know both of them did a great job with their welcomes this year. So very appreciative of that. Um we also for the first time
037had some additional student participation. Um our students who are youth voice leaders in Wayne County came and presented to the staff and talked a little bit about their work. Um and to me it was great to have both Lydia and the youth voice leaders to like remind us that like this is the reason we do the work, right? Like kids are the reason we do this work. Um we uh did some small groupoup rotations this year too. Um so that buildings and departments had a chance to rotate through not just like sit the whole time and get information but rotate through to some different stations uh to talk with administrators about different topics. And then I'm sure Shane and Nikki will share a little bit more about what they did at the building level. But
038people also had time um on opening days in building level staff meetings and time in classrooms. Um New York State testing results. So like Mrs. Miller talked about, we're super proud of our overall performance. So this is a quick snapshot for the board of our overall performance. Uh with the caveat being like yes, we're super proud of this, but as Mrs. Miller shared like there are some gaps that you don't maybe see in this initial achievement data because you're not seeing the data for the students who didn't take the assessment which like Mrs. Miller explained like ultimately counts against us. But here's some results uh data for our students who did take our assessments. So regent exam performance um our overall proficiency rate and that's an average of our proficiency rate on each of the
039regent exams was 83.6 um I think now for the third year in a row we're the top of Wayne County um for those results. So we're super proud of that. The next uh three slides are based on data Mrs. Miller pulled together. So, I'm going to explain the table to you because it's set up the same way. So, we're starting with ELA, and that's the grades 3 through 8 testing. So, the grade level is here. This first column um is our proficiency rate at the building level. So, those students who come to Marian Elementary School or Marian Junior Senior High every day. Um the second column where it says district level is our proficiency rates when you include in all of our students. So including those that might go to out of district placements. Um
040and then as a comparison how um the 25 district Bosey's average proficiency level. So I'll just use third grade as my example. uh 70% of Marian Elementary third graders were proficient on the ELA assessment and both wide 40% of students were proficient on the third grade ELA assessment. So, I'll leave that up so people can just take a quick look comparing um our district level performance versus the Bosey's average. And then just in summary, I approached it the same way um as regent proficiency is taking a look at okay what do what does our building level proficiency average out to versus uh the Boseies if I did the same with the Bosey's average proficiency. Um so overall Marion is 15 and a half% above the Bosey's average uh for New York State 38 test proficiency.
041So pretty proud of our performance there. Exact same setup for math. So I'll give you a chance to look at both our results and the 25 district Bosey's average results. So again, when you um pull together that comparison, um we're 26.7% above our Bosey's average for New York State math test proficiency. So we feel really proud of our achievement results this year. Also, science just as a comparison um this is our second year of they've switched the state testing for science to fifth and eighth grade. It used to be fourth and eighth grade. So again, our comparison of building level results versus the post average results. Does anybody have any questions around test results? Okay. Um, a quick update on school resource officer. Um, so now it's been over two years. Uh, the last time
042the board discussed this, the board agreed that we wanted to be on a wait list to be able to have a school resource officer in the district. Um, we have never been removed from that weight list. We've still been waiting. Um there's a new coordinator for school resource officers uh through Wayne County Sheriff at uh Detective Sergeant Angst. Uh he reached out to me this past week to kind of check in and say um you're still on this wait list. They don't have anyone available yet. But he asked me to confirm with the board like is that something that the board would like to maintain on a wait list with Wayne County Sheriff's Department for the potential of having a school resource officer in the district. Um I did ask him for updated costs. So
043these are like the most current figures that he provided. So, a 10-month school resource officer position is about $105,000. A 12month position is about 126. And then, um, he broke out this 40hour work week for 20 days. I think that's like if you were trying to see like what does the summer kind of cost look like. Um, so anyway, really the only question I'm asking the board for input on related to this is would we like to remain on that weight list? Like when a school resource officer becomes available, they would notify us and at that point the board would make a formal decision if they want to have a school resource officer or not. Um, but right now they're just wondering if we want to remain on that weight list. So, we have two
044people who've never had any the conversations about school resource officers. Um, it may be worth having another conversation with what the benefits are because it's not just that you have an officer available is that you have a place for they can help find students who are actually in need in some way without having to involve the school. So, sometimes families feel more comfortable that kids feel more comfortable. They know they can go see the person in the uniform, get off a bus and find that person and say something or >> I mean there is also the police side of it, but there is more to this than just >> there's also training they can bring in through sheriff's office like that. And we've had a presentation in the past like if the board's interested in
045that, that's something we could ask um detect the detective sergeant to come out and do for us. I know they're willing to do that if we want another overview. >> I wonder if we have it in one of our old if we recorded it at all in an old meeting if it's something you could at least watch and be sure >> if they're willing to come out and do an update. I don't think it would hurt any of us to >> no >> refresh our brains on what we heard a year ago. >> I personally would like to stay on. I don't know that we need a 12-month position. >> Um, >> well, from what I remember of our conversations, the benefits and the fact like William just got theirs this year after what, four
046years on a list, >> a long time. Like the sheriff's department is I don't want to come off. they have to like staff road, you know, road deputies first and then school resource officers. >> And that makes sense, but I don't know that I want I don't personally want to come off of the list if it takes that long to get that long. I'm for stay. >> I see no reason not to. >> Okay. I can let him >> We can talk about that if and when the time comes. >> Sure. >> Okay. So, do you want me to ask for any kind of if he's willing to come out and present? >> Yeah, I think it should it would be beneficial. Okay, thank you. Um, next up, potential winter sports mergers. So, um, this
047is something like in the this fall we've tried some new mergers. Soccer specifically is the biggest one that I know the board has heard about. Um, but thinking ahead to winter and with a commitment of trying to give people more notice around what could be potential mergers for sports in the future, I wanted to let the board know kind of the outlook for winter sports. So, previously and meaning this past school year, so 24 25 um we had those uh merge programs. So, varsity and JV girls basketball um was merged with Williamson. Varsity indoor track merged with Gananda. Varsity and modified wrestling merged with Williamson. And varsity skiing merged with Sodas. Um, as we sat down to look at our sports teams numbers for this coming winter, these are the places where we anticipate we
048would need a merger to be able to offer um, programming. So, all levels of girls basketball, all levels of indoor track, all levels of wrestling, uh, boys basketball, varsity and JV levels. We have really strong modified numbers. we wouldn't anticipate needing a merge there. Skiing again for varsity. Um and then in addition, we have some sports that we haven't had programming before, but we have student interest in this year. Um those would be cheerleading at the modified level, swimming at the modified level, and hockey at the varsity level. So those are also places that um we would be looking for some type of merger or like team of one designation where we could send um students to participate with another district and those are places where um we haven't re either have never had interest
049or haven't recently had interest but do now. And then just so the board is aware of what the deadlines are like the section 5 rules around mergers um a renewal of any previously merged team that paperwork is due by September 15th. So that would mean if we're doing any of these again then we would need to submit that paperwork by uh the 15th and then any new requests. So, uh, if say we ended up merging with a district to be able to offer some of these or, uh, same like if we change some of these, um, like instead of doing varsity skiing at Sodus, if you did it with Williamson, then that would count as a new merger. So, could you say sign up with Sodus, but then can you disband from Sodus and go
050with someone else? So, for some reason Soda ends up not having kids. >> Yes. >> Why would they take us? >> Yes. >> We can go merge with someone else. >> Yes. Yep. So, any new requests have different rules. New requests are 10 school days after the start of the season is when the paperwork's due. So, I don't know if the board has any questions around potentials for winter sports mergers, either on things we did previously, the places where we anticipate needing it, or around the sports that are like some new student interest. >> Do we know which way we want to go? Are we going to just we've had relationships, we're going to keep relationships, or are we thinking we've made new relationships. Let's go there and build that. >> Yeah, that's a good
051question. First of all, like if you're going to do a merger, you have to have like a need on both sides. And not every district like has a need for some of these sports. Um so like I'll give I'll give an example of like one that I think is probably being talked about currently. Um boys basketball. Like I've gotten questions about well does this mean we're gonna merge with Gananda. Um that's a place where like it sounds to me like Gananda has numbers to run their own program, right? So you have to have places where both districts have a need in order to do a merge. So I don't know like these are things that we'll still work through of like are they going to be ones that we did previously or are they going
052to be new ones? That's something that six days. So you know if you just go and register them all or claim them all then still look or >> would the intent be to do the same type of things we did? I understand they're concerned about cannabis, but would the intent be to do the same type of thing like make sure we have a coach and that because like in previous years we didn't do that. >> Um and we're hoping that would help with some of the >> some of the differences between the schools. >> I don't know if it has or not, but would we still look to do that? Yeah, we would be hoping that in places where we have like merged teams where it's like healthy numbers from both programs that we would
053be providing coaching support. I will say like I know this merge last year was a singleton. We didn't provide a coach for a singleton. >> Yeah. >> If that makes sense. >> Similar to football, we don't send one. >> Sure. Yeah. >> But like wrestling, we have four boys who go from varsity. We may have more this year, but right now there were before. They don't have phones to find out like if Williamson has canceled something. And when they're in sports in another school, they're limited how they get that communication by the end of the day. If there's a coach, a coach could get something. >> Yeah. >> So, we've never sent a coach to Williamson for wrestling, but things have changed. Like I think I do I agree that I think they should >>
054the logic behind the coach >> was to give our students another voice there and to give them something to connect with >> but I think it also serves a purpose of communication. >> I I think that that's still the same logic even though like okay communication doesn't happen by cell phone school day but the whole logic still makes sense. I just wanted to make sure that we were >> like a team of one, maybe not. I don't know. But that seems like a lot. >> But anything we have multiple students in, I think we should have our own coach involved, >> continue to build what we can for our own students in that process. Okay, great. Uh this I will just skip over. This is the same as what Mrs. Miller presented in terms of
055our presentation schedule. I would just point out like we currently have an open slot in January. So like throughout the year if there's something that like interests you similar to this or something that similar to the SRO discussion, there's things uh that interest you, just let me know. We're happy to try and accommodate. Um, also one of my goals is I love it when we have kids here. So, one of my goals is that we'll work in some more student participation um throughout the school year. So, you have a chance to connect with our kids, too, because they're awesome. Uh, lastly, the board meeting on the 23rd. I personally um am going to be away. I got invited um to attend a gathering, a workshop with the Wallace Foundation. So, they're um grant funders that
056are considering funding uh in this area. So, I'm excited that I've been asked to attend. Um but in options for that meeting, the meeting can still run without me here. can run with um kind of rich as like the lead from the admin side and can still do any needed approvals. Uh we could also consider rescheduling or just cancelling the meeting on the 23rd. So I thought I'd give the board a chance to talk about what you want to do for that meeting. Do we know of anything any action currently that would fall on that day? >> Well, you see that there was some new ads underneath me um that was done to potentially eliminate that delay there. >> And it's the second meeting of the month obviously. So, >> right. Yeah, >> I just
057I'm okay with Rich running it. I'm also okay with canceling it. >> Okay. >> Um my thought was we give it another week. Like, okay, we know this might be cancelled. Let's give it another week and see if there's anything that comes up. >> I'm fine with that. I'm fine with a good >> approach. >> And if in a week there's still nothing, then maybe we just cancel it. Yeah. >> Problem with making too short sweet too is the students come to get their grade. They're here for 15 minutes on some of these meetings and they go back one. >> I don't know what they do. >> It's too short. They have enough to write about. >> That's what I mean. They go back one day. >> Exactly. >> I guess they go to another
058one. >> Yeah. >> No. >> All right. So, wait a week and then make a determination. >> All right. That's everything. Thank you. >> Well, thank you. >> And good luck at that meeting. >> Yeah, that was exciting. >> Thanks for meeting readers. [Music] Bring back some money. >> All right, let's look at all these new items under business administrator report, shall we, Mr. Clocker? >> Sure. So, as you can see, there was some items added um for a couple reasons. one was someone's just received information and also the option of potentially not needing a meeting on the 23rd. So typically for this is little education for some of the new board members. So every year uh we have our reserve uh report that is approved by the board and typically it's right around the
059time that our financial statements are completed by the external auditor. Um, this year it's a little unusual because we're actually approving the funding before the financial statements are out and for board approval primarily because we want to make sure that we have the funding in place for our capital reserve for our capital project. That is the main reason and the information I received over the weekend was from our auditor um giving me the final number um for the excess fund balance that needs to go into the fund reserves. Um so the reserve report itself um is a legal framework that shows um the intended use of the funds and the legal parameters around it. Um it also has a summary that shows what the beginning balance was in July 1 of uh 2024 and what
060the ending balance is uh come June 30, 2025 for the uh fiscal year. And then it also shows any utilization that we use for it, the interest earned on each account. And then the big piece of it which just came over the weekend is the actual funding um of the reserves for the excess fund balance. So if you look at the report and you look at page six, uh you will see a summary of what happened over the year. So you'll see that uh another big point to point out is that if you recall last spring um we assumed that because we didn't know what our foundation was going to be. So we made the assumption that we were going to lose half of it um because the board had to approve the budget and
061the state budget wasn't approved yet. Well, we we didn't lose half of it. We received all that foundation aid. But with that assumption, we assume that we're going to have to allocate some of our reserves. Um well, we didn't need those reserves. So, you'll see that we didn't utilize those. Um the only reserves that we did utilize was for the um bus purchasing the capital bus reserve. Um you can see what the interest um in total we earned almost $474,000 in interest on the reserves over the fiscal year. And then you'll see the funding there. Um the biggest component and the reason why we're doing it now, if you look at the capital 2018 reserve, we're going to fully fund the uh voter authorized aotment by adding $480,000, which brings us up to the 5
062million um for the funding. Now, there's not five million in the fund because we did use some of that funding on the previous capital project, but there is there will be about $3.9 million in there. Um, that'll go towards the capital project. Um, which will allow us to have a no tax implication um once the assuming that the orders will capital project. Um, is there any questions that I can answer, especially for any new board members that have any questions? So today, what you're going to do is you're basically going to approve this report which is showing the funding that we're putting into the reserves um from the U external audit that provided quarter access money balances. And then if you recall back in June, the board actually authorized we have to estimate what that's
063going to be before the auditors do the audit full circle. >> I'm good. Anyone have any questions? >> Specific long term. I'm assuming that the next election cycle will commission to approve the reserve fund report. >> Thank you. Is there a second? >> A second. >> Thank you. All in favor? I >> opposed. Abstain. Motion passes. >> Another presentation. >> Sorry. I don't like my seat. So if you remember at the board retreat uh we had SEI and we had Ray Donigan come in to give a presentation on the capital project process. We also talked um in general terms about the scope of the project, how the process works. Um that was of course in a um board retreat atmosphere. So now we just want to present in the board meeting um to be transparent
064what we looked at and what the steps look like as far as the timeline. Um in October, October 7th, um as part of the process, the board will be looking at approving two resolutions. One is the seeker and one is for the um voter referendum for December 9th. So, this just is a little graphic to show the capital project timeline. So, you'll see December 9th is when we're um looking to go out for the voter referendum. Prior to that, which is where we are right now, um we had the scope development that we worked on with the committee over since last winter, uh working through as late as, um August. And so now we're getting to the point where the board sees this, approves it, the October 9th, um excuse me, October 7th meeting, you'll
065hopefully approve to move forward with the capital project. And then we have the um legal legalities of making sure that we provide legal notices for the voting prior to the and then also we're going to do a lot of education with the community to make sure that everybody's on board. Um and then of course the um once the voters approve it from that time period you have another full year of actual detailed architectural drawings of the scope and then it has to go to SED for review and approval. Um, and once the SED approves it, then we can go out to bid to contractors. Um, so all this takes a little bit of time. So actual construction would not start until the spring of 27. And then the all goes well, we would close it
066out by December of 28. Here's a little bit more different graphics just showing um from August and September up through uh January when the board adopts the bond resolution after the December 9th the voter referendum assuming that it passes. So, if you recall at the uh board retreat meeting, uh Donigan uh Melissa Kirkland presented uh what the debt service looked like in terms of the funding. So, you'll notice that uh in 2028, if you look at column F, the goal is for that number to be as close to zero as possible. And you'll notice that in 2028, we have a $200,000 plus drop off in debt service, which means that we can fill that void with a capital project. So, here's another graphic illustration that shows you want basically a flat line. This is showing
067out that service that fell off that we need to fill back in. Um, so this is updated since the last meeting. So we're currently looking at a $24.1 million capital project that has zero tax impact. Um, and that's assuming that's using our $3.9 million capital reserve to offset that. Um, you can look at if you see column G and column H. So column H you'll notice that it is very close to zero which is the goal. Um if you look at the here's the assumptions down below. So you can see the actual construction on small print but it's about $23 million worth of work and then you have Dazzy fees and capitalized interest which makes up the rest. And those are estimates. They're going to shift a little bit. There's our flat line. That's a
068goal. So, the pre-referendum milestones. So, again, the vote would be December 9th. Um we've done the scope development uh the approvals and timing with the board to review and approve the recommended scope uh which we're going to talk more in detail in a minute about the scope the seeker approval and then of course the um voter referendum uh to or to improve that for the voters to vote on the capital project and then of course once we go past October October November trying to be focused on uh informing the public and getting the information out. So at the elementary school, so so we're looking at the scope now. Uh so on the lower leftand corner, there's a list of the items that we're looking at for the elementary school. So, if you look at the
069lower level plan in the middle of the screen, top right, you'll see in the purple area, which is the front of the elementary school, um they're looking at a potential water mitigation. Um so, we have some moisture issues in there. We have addressed that several years ago, which abated most of that, but there's still some of that. So, they're going to look at that, trying to prevent that last little bit of moisture coming in. That's part of it. uh the auditorium, library, and cafeteria, the large space areas where people can gather. We're looking at providing air conditioning, which this will help uh meet the state mandate for the temperature uh for the state. Uh new exterior doors, some of the doors are in pretty rough shape, need to be replaced. Restrooms, anybody that's been to
070elementary school, we have had a couple new restrooms, but the ones that still remain are pretty rough. So, we're looking at um renovating those restrooms. Pavement. The pavement is 20 30 years old. So, that needs to be uh looked at and redone. >> So, it's a complete full like you're going to tear it out and start over. >> Well, they're going to do what they call a core sample to test it and see how far they need to go down. They only need to take off the pavement itself and then repavement. That's what we'll do. >> Um but that testing will provide that information. Uh in the auditorium, elementary auditorium, we're looking at new floor, new projector, wall and ceiling repair, um seats for the auditorium, a general upgrade, and of course along with the
071AC. And then also there's some uh flooring and tile work that we've already started. Um so we're looking to continue that as well. At the high school, high school is due for an entire roof. So, we're looking at replacing the entire roof. Uh the big um glamorous sort of view is the new A music wing. So, you'll see in the up top in the green area. Um that's showing what it currently looks like. And then if you look down here, this is what we're looking at potentially changing it to. So you'll see that the music and band is now would be moved behind the auditorium and then the wood uh plant science there's a greenhouse large animal space small animal space um and then of course the art area would also have some work done
072to it as well. So that whole wing would be basically gutted and renovated um to meet the needs of the agra path that we're so hopeful for. Um Yes, good catch. Also, in the scope, there are going to be um two new bathrooms. Uh that would be right here where the shop is. So, this hallway goes all the way outside. So, in this area, there would be a couple of restrooms added which would serve for sports and athletics outside as well as um for the music students. Um also cafeteria, food service. That would be nice to have those restrooms there. Um, moving on. HBAC upgrade for the auditorium. Phase two lighting for the auditorium. This is a carryover from the last capital project we did phase one. Some envelope work, which means some of the
073exterior brick and masonary work needs to be addressed. Uh, fire system upgrade. Ours is outdated. You can't get parts for it anymore, so we need to replace it. And pavement work. Again, at the high school, all the pavement is the same age, so it needs to be replaced. And then auditorium sound and projection in the auditorium as well. And then at the bus garage, it has the original HVAC in it. That building is now 25 years old, so that needs HVAC upgrade. Same thing with the pavement. And then the fueling station is as old, 25 plus years old. So that needs to be replaced as well. So in summary, right, the voter referendum would be December 9th. That's for a $24.1 million project. No tax implication due to the util utilization of our capital reserve.
074discussion questions. >> We just saw that I'm good. >> Yeah, >> it's just Yeah, >> most of it's a recap of before with the addition of the uh new uh budget update. >> Remind me, am I correct in remembering saying in me saying that the banded chorus directors were involved in sort of the staging? >> Yes. So like the band being next to the wood metal shop, they gave that stamp of >> They would be looking at some soundproofing and stuff as well. >> Awesome. >> It's not going to be a drywall purchase. >> Yeah. >> Okay. You know, I'm just making sure somebody's asking somebody asked before. >> We've involved all the teachers in that way. >> Excellent. Excellent. >> You guys do a great job. I'm just, you know, >> it's not a
075classroom shopping. the chorus student in me was like hm >> and that's something is they like do a more refined design like they have stakeholder groups come back in to give additional input. So that's just the just because that's the initial design doesn't mean that it has to like live that way but at least it helps give people a picture of like here's what we're talking about. >> Awesome. >> Yeah. This is just big project ideas. There hasn't been any architectural drawings created to reflect any of this. That's where the real work comes in and as Dr. Lloyd said, there will be some more stakeholder input as well. That that was a specific thing that the facilities of the administration basically brings in teachers early versus later. Um I do this for a living and
076there are many districts that don't do it this early in the process yet. >> Ah okay. But given how important the theater that that auditorium space is to us, how big our theater program is, how big our music program is, we just felt that having input earlier to make sure there wasn't some big red flag that we were missing from the people that use it every day was important. >> So, >> it's exactly where I was coming from. Cool. Thank you. Good. Yep. >> I am done. Were you on the financial report? >> The the financial report there's virtually no change from last month. Um there no changes in the projections. So there's really no update to talk about. And then of course the um the audit committee will be meeting sometime over the next
077couple weeks uh once the financial statements are come out and then at the October 9th meeting will be the approval of the financial statements. We do need to improve the financial report. >> Did anyone have questions? >> Could we get someone to motion? >> Thank you. Second. Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? I opposed. Abstained. Motion passes. >> All right. Our administrative team, would you like to tell us a little bit about how your year's going for it once? >> I'm good. You heard. >> Okay. So for special education um we have consortium students with us more than um normal. So we have five consortium students. So these are students who um live in another district but are coming here for our special education program. We have three in the high school. There are
078two students who are from the Red Jacket Manchester Schwarzville district that are in our 9 through 12 mostly 151 some 12-in1 classes high school classes. And then we also have one in our middle school 121 class from Gananda. And then we have two consortium students in the elementary class, the 811 program, one from Red Jacket and one from Gananda. And then additionally, we have two UPK students that are in our preschool program from Gananda. So we have Red Jacket and Gananda sending some kids here for special education program and placement. Um currently right now we have three Marian students who are on wait list for their own special ed program. All of them are looking at Bosey's program. Two um have been on a wait list referred there over the summer and then one just
079moved here when school started last week. We had seven Marian students who were special ed students move out of the district and then we had six special ed students move into the district. We also had one person move into the district who has custody of a a child who is a specialized student and that student is currently in another state um with guardianship of the state. So we kind of have seven and seven that moved in. Um which is also the same what happened last year. We had the same number of people who moved out who moved in. Um and then um I always kind of give an update about BKC's. Um we had some uh nice BKC's that have been sent so far in our first week of school at the high school. Um
080Mrs. Luca is the community school coordinator. She moved from the elementary school up here to the high school and she's an extremely positive person. And so she has sent 16 BKC's so far since school started and she got a BKC back from a student who said, "Mrs. Luca was very kind and helping to all the students of seventh grade today." Um, we had one student send a BKC to a peer to a peer and he this is what he said. He had a great class today. He was not disruptive at all and he participated. So, a pure acknowledgement of positive behavior in a little bit of a way that maybe a teacher wouldn't have done it, but I thought it was cute. And then this is probably the best one that came across. One of
081our teachers, Mrs. Atkins, sent a BKC to a bus monitor. Um, Miss Stephanie Marco, she wrote, "Today was my daughter Olivia's first day of UPK. She came home in a fantastic mood after a great day. She said she made a new friend on the bus, Miss Stephanie. My four-year-old said hers is nice and patient. Thank you, Miss Stephanie. So, we've had lots of BKC's so far to parents, to bus monitors, to teachers, to community organizations. So, um we hope to send a lot this year and a high school has a goal to send one BKC to every student every quarter so that kids are getting recognized for their positive behavior. That's it. Thank you. at the elementary school. So for opening days, um we welcomed our new staff and we gave them time with their
082mentors. We actually started our day together the best way, which is with food. Um and then we got together to go over policies and procedures. Um many of them uh people already knew, but just little refreshers so that we're all on the same page. We spent time on our safety procedures specifically to make sure that we're all using the same language um so that communication in those possibilities is very clear. Uh we also kicked off our PBIS theme for the year which is one school many stories and that's what we have like facing towards our students but then with our families and our staff we are um our theme is we author success. So really talking about how um together in partnership with families we are helping our students move forward and find like their
083voice and you know um we also did like character traits of the month. So like building the kids up. So the whole year is about um getting a deeper understanding of our respectful, responsible, engaged. They're little kids. They don't really if you just say it to them, they don't understand. So we lined that up with uh character traits of the month. So it's really about like telling stories and helping the kids to have a better understanding of really the expectations that um that we have of them and being able to um engage with their peers and staff and stuff like that in a meaningful way. It's also going to be focused on celebrations and literally sharing those stories that go along with our character traits of the month. Uh we also obviously had our first
084day of school which is the best day. Um I feel like the whole summer is this buildup then you can never be too prepared for the kids to come in. Um so once they get off that bus it's just like a big sigh of relief like here we go like this is it this is what we're doing. Um we moved chorus during the day to give more kids opportunities after school. That has been going really well. Um, we're looking at other ways to maximize our afterchool time because, uh, Marian Elementary does a great job with like mini camps and opportunities like that. And there was a good group of students who couldn't partake in that as often as I'd like to because they were doing things like band and chorus. Um, we also started steam.
085So, u, Mr. Rash is doing a phenomenal job with steam and challenging our kids. So, I asked him to send me like a little blurb about his first week. So he said, "Our first steam classes are learning about the acronym and all that it stands for and competing to engineer the tallest freestanding tower using only balloons or cups and tape. We're exploring phases of matter, freestanding sculptures, architecture, measurements, and teamwork." So he also sent me four photos. They told me to share with you, but they're on my computer. So um another success story of that is we had a student who was not participating in the specials with the large group. um he was excited about what was happening in that steam class and actually participated the entire time. Built a nice big structure and
086I have a picture of that too. So yeah, it's like it's great. Um it really got people involved that I didn't I didn't even I didn't know that that was going to be what was going to come out of adding steam to our day. So >> my kids came home and turned everything into a building block. So I think it's you're off to a great start. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> Welcome to Mrs. Fitz. So, Mrs. Fitz Simons is our administrative intern this year. So, we're very excited to have her um join her team for her administrative internship and she's based at the junior senior high this year at Adena students ro. So, welcome. Thank you for having me. I was in the classroom for 14 years. Um and so this is like a very
087different world, but it's like amazing to be a part of with this leadership team. So, I just wanted to say that um I wanted to update you on the seventh grade orientation that we hosted in August. The web leaders, which are ninth and tth grade leaders in the building, it stands for where everyone belongs. They facilitate a lot of um team building activities for the seventh graders. They help integrate them into the building, do tours, help them meet their teachers, basically helping them create connections before the school year starts as well. And um it was a huge success. students got their Chromebooks, they got their schedules, they were able to practice their schedules. Um, overall, it was great energy. Um, so it was really, really cool to be a part of and to see the
088web leaders running it all. Um, I know Mr. Dean will talk about this in a little bit, but so far from my lens, the building here at the junior senior high school has had great energy. The students are like kicking it off great. They're getting back into their routines. They're excited to be here. So, it's been a good first week and a half. I can't see who's next. Mrs. Steiner, is it you? >> All right. So, a lot of my time last week was spent on um some documentation for the state for our new boost grant. Um so, we had to do kind of some contract work and sign up for some online things. So, kind of boring stuff, but the excitement that I have about bringing this to life is incredible. like I think
089we're going to be able to do really awesome things for kids at the high school level. So, it's geared towards students in 7th through 12th grade and it's all about um out of school time. So, after school on the weekends and over school breaks so thinking about ways we can kind of enrich some of their learning and um enhance some of our options. Thank you. Um additionally, our community schools team has been working on planning for things. So, our dental services are going to be coming back around in November and December. So, just preparing and communicating about um those services and making sure we get permissions signed from parents, things like that. Um we're planning a couple of family engagement again events um coming up, one in November and one in February, and those are
090going to be like open to all ages. and um we're just like seeking parent feedback about what they might be interested in doing. Uh holiday support is a huge lift for our team as well. So we work with um what the team at the library in the town formerly known as like the angel tree and Mary and community Christmas fund and toys for tots and fingerlakes community action. We get a lot of donations and we're kind of the hub for distribution and so that is that work starts now and it doesn't feel like Christmas time but it's coming. So uh that's something we're preparing for and then next week we have our advisory board meeting. So we've been preparing for that. So a week from today right here 6 o'clock is our advisory board and
091we all everyone is welcome you know community member whether you have students um everyone is welcome students themselves are welcome so please help spread the word um in the daytoday um at the junior senior high we've been kind of like working to redefine some roles in the counseling office because we have um Mrs. Luca as our community schools coordinator we have Mrs. Miss Bennett as our school social worker. Um we have Miss Rizzo as a therapist from family counseling services the Fingerlakes. So whereas last year we were feeling a little understaffed in that office, we are now able to spread things out and uh kind of redefining some of the roles there which is exciting. Um and at the elementary school, Mrs. Hair mentioned a lot of the work around MTSS and tier one. Mrs.
092Livingston, our school counselor, has done a lot of work kind of preparing and kicking that off. So, kudos to her. Um, and then the eighth graders are going to be going on a field trip coming up soon. It's the Wayne County Career Carnival, so it's very interactive. They learn about careers of all different kinds. Um, and they usually come back pretty like excited and have a really great time. Um, so that's coming up at the end of September. So, at the Junior Senior High School, it's really nice to have staff and students back in the building. Um, we welcomed our new staff during opening day. We had a staff meeting right here in the library that was uh kind of western themed given my summer experiences, but uh we did an activity with the staff
093called what what about the caterpillar which was focused on remembering the bigger the bigger picture around our students and that we get awful focus sometimes on grades and tests and regions exams and we need to remember that there's a whole lot more to our students. um thought that went very well. And then opening day with students also went very well. We started the day with a whole school assembly. Um kind of went over some new routines and procedures. We introduced our new staff and we shared our building plan and building goals for the students because we felt it was important that they understood what the staff was working towards with them. Um the students are doing a great job with new device procedures here. I could not be more proud of them. I've said to
094so many people who have asked how's it going with them turning in their cell phones and I said better than I could have ever hoped. They've been amazing and so hats off to our students, hats off to our community for embracing that and it's been very positive. Uh there's a new buzz in the building. Students are talking to each other more. they're interacting more and um you know they may not feel that it's positive and I totally understand and respect that but I do think that we're going to see positive outcomes from this and I I really am so impressed and appreciative of our students. Um fall athletics are going very well. Try to catch a contest soon. There's great energy out there on the fields and competition surfaces. Um, our agro path program which
095started at the beginning of the school year is going very well. We're welcoming our two new sto soda students uh who come over every day and we also have two Marian students participating in that program. So, we're really thrilled with how that's going. Our distance learning has been going very well. Hats off to the teachers who have kind of put themselves out there and trying something new and at times teaching students in person and from a dis different location virtually at the same exact time. Um, Mr. Feifer, Mrs. Duffy, and Mrs. Alba have all been doing a really nice job with that and very appreciative of their willingness to try something new. Uh, Lid mentioned the senior parking spots. They're really cool. And I bet cross country is kind of cleared out now, so you
096could take a peek at them after our meeting. And just some upcoming dates. Lydia also mentioned homecoming is coming. That will be occurring the week of September 29th culminating on Friday, October 3rd. And then we are also preparing for our superintendence conference day on the 10th of October. >> Tech department. Um getting a school year is always a little bit hopping. Um since we've had staff come back in the last two weeks, we've closed 142 tickets. Um with an average closing time of about two hours, which um my staff is really not moving. >> We're not moving enough. Um and when I talk about my staff, I have uh >> Shane's over to the left. There we go. >> So, when I as I talk about staff, just as a reminder, I have one one
097full-time staff member who's with me all week long, and then we have a shared staff from Boseies is here for three days a week. Um, so really getting out into classrooms. Um, making sure teachers have what they need. We've done our uh Chromebook refresh for the four grades. So, the K K4, 7, 10, get new Chromebooks. We do that as a rotating cycle. So, all the devices get replaced over the course of three years. Um we started rolling out um staff laptop replacements. The laptops are now six years old, which doesn't seem possible, but it is. So, we've been starting to to roll those out um department by department. Um we're hoping to have that done within within a year, depending on uh kind of how some of those budgetary things play out for us.
098Um new staff, getting them all in, getting accounts set up. I think we've reset a million and a half passwords, which is part of the game. Um but yeah, good good school year start for us. >> All right, thank you everyone. All right, we are up to consent agenda items. Are any questions on any of these today? Not hearing any. Does anyone want to move that we approve the consent agenda items? >> Um, thank you. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I opposed. >> Abstained. Motion passes. Now, I know we had someone who signed up. This is their time to shine. >> I don't know about that. >> We have three minutes. Well, I think it'll be that. I just want to thank my name is Edna. I
099know everybody. Um, I just want to say to Dr. Lloyd and Mr. Dean who's hiding in the corner. Um, thank you for at least coming to the soccer game. So, I know that you guys are being present. Um there's a lot of drama with I feel like in the soccer arena right now because it was kind of blindsiding the parents on the decision to merge. It's not as easy. Um we're trying very hard but I have to say um just to clarify a few things because I didn't understand some of the things that were happening in the two different community um mergers. One was if the girls quit, are they going to be penalized for not playing um in the following sport year? That's what we don't understand. There was conflicting minutes. So, I wanted
100to clear that. Um the other one was um there was only positive letters of um the merger and I think it should be open face. Everybody should have the positive and the negatives, not just one person, one student's perspective because that's not all that's happening behind the scene. I just don't want you guys to think that this merger is very easy. It is a very hard merger. Um, and we talked about mergers for the winner. I hope that we have learned that you guys can do a Google form, talk to the kids and see before we present any of those. And last but not least, I was kind of kind of upset that given that um we still don't talk about dugouts for the softball and baseball. Just saying we have it in the funds.
101>> It's not that it's never been discussed. >> It has been discussed, but it's always been put to the side. Um, and with that being said, I hope that within the Gananda boosters or the Marian school funds, we can get some appropriate uniforms for the Gananda girls and the Marian girls because we're all notes oneizefits-all and it's embarrassing to marry. Thanks. >> I know we're not supposed to respond, but can I say just something? >> Yes. Thank you. Um, we're not at all these meetings. We're not at all these games. We don't see everything that goes on. So, the parents that have spoke up, the parents that have sent us emails, we're looking at those. We're trying to improve and improve our systems going forward. So, we there was the positive one in the board
102packet, but we have also been reached out by multiple other people. And so we heard issues from last year. We tried to make some modifications this year. There's some more issues that we're hearing. We'll continue to try to make this better. The goal is to make it best for our students. And so that's I just want to say thank you and we are listening and we are trying to work to make it better for everyone. So >> we will get someone to follow up on the if students quit. I thought I remembered hearing if they quit during the triyouts. it was not going to impact a future season when we had the big meeting. But can we have Lori get us a definite answer on how that's impacting them that we can >> because if
103they're not going to play, they're not going to want to stay around for the rest of the season. So if they quit now, it was a conversation in the beginning of Gananda when we went to the community, meaning that they would not be penalized and prevent them from going to play um the next sport. So that's what I want to clarify for the girls. >> Yeah, we can definitely follow up on that sooner than later probably. All right. Thank you. Next is executive session. >> Can I get a motion to move into executive session for the specific purpose of discussing the work history of a particular employee, please? >> Thank you. >> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I opposed. Students who have purple papers, there are six individuals over here who would
104like to see you. Any of them can sign your purple paper.