001Yeah. 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. I need a motion for approval of the minutes March 19th. Make a motion. I need a second. Second. All in favor? I forgot about the discussion. Okay. I need a motion to accept the claims financial and treasurers report. Make a motion. Need a second. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Now it's time for audience and communications. Anything that's on the agenda only, come up to the podium. Give me your name, where you're from. Thank you very much. Okay. Superintendent report. Okay. Um, as always, can't really say it's a busy time of year. It seems like all parts of the year are fairly busy. Um, it
002is become public. Also, I want to share with the board that we have announced our validictorian and saludiatoran for the class of 2025. Uh Colin Fitzgerald is the validictorian and Georgia Buckley is the saludiatoran. Um they will be here in May to be recognized. That's when we typically annually do it, but I wanted to share that with you publicly. Um those names. Uh other going ons, uh junior high student council hosted a successful open gym nightm uh last Friday night with over 50 junior high students in attendance. Um the students were able to play ping pong, bad mitten, pickle ball, basketball, and volleyball. Um it was a very fun night. I know that the uh elementary school kukis PTA had a similar evening put on and um it's nice to see the kids are are
003coming back and are into it and are really enjoying, you know, some of these traditional games and things that they haven't played. So it's it's nice having that structured time form. Um there was a time where we weren't getting that student participation in these things and things go away and now they're coming back. Um so uh it's very nice to see. Um along the same lines, high school uh student council hosted their uh winter semiformal this past Friday and we had about 200 students participate which is is a great number for us. Um so I want to thank all of the faculty adviserss, the parents and building administrators um that provided the coordination and supervision for these events and and providing that opportunity for our students. So thank you to all of you for doing
004that. Um DECA has had some success in Rochester. That's uh our business club in the high school. Um so 12 of our students traveled to Rochester and competed in the New York State uh annual competition. Um and we had some outstanding achievements. So, Colin Fitzgerald, who we just mentioned as our valadictorian, um he got a medal for role play and a medal for top 10 overall and uh received a fifth place trophy in the business finance series. So, congratulations to him. Charlie Carter got a medal for role play, a medal for top 10 overall in principles of entrepreneurship. Um and Marlo Calamore received a medal for test competition of principles of finance. Um so congratulations to all of our compet competitors and uh for Mrs. Nappy for providing them with that opportunity. Um a special
005congratulations um on the following student for also being inducted into the DECA National Honor Society. So uh we had a few students there are Colin Fitzgerald, Olivia Trant, Summer Hinch and Ben Vogle. So they they have been inducted into the DECA honor society. So good stuff. Uh this was uh music in our schools week. So there was a lot of different things going on. Um, our high school concert band and junior high jazz band and senior high select chorus traveled to Koagis to celebrate music in our schools month. Um, our fourth, fifth, and sixth graders were treated to an exciting performances including jazz, pop, um, and video game music, which is a new one to me. So, it's a new genre. Uh, students were given a preview of what to expect as they continue in
006the music program. Uh, the music department was excited to share their talents. So, it's it's uh very nice that we've been sharing teachers between buildings and it's been helping with the continuation of the program. Um, also congratulations to our 7th through 10th grade students who participated in the scheme all county band chorus and orchestra this past month. Um, students rehearsed alongside the best students and musicians from across Suffach County under the direction of top music directors in the state. Uh, they're demanding work culminating in a series of concerts this past weekend. We're very proud of their accomplishments. Music is live and well. Uh congratulations to the Matic Senior High High School chorus and select chorus for their exceptional performance at the March stairwell concert uh that was performed here last week. This is an invention
007of Mr. Fowl, our coral director who he recognized the acoustics in the hallways uh the stairwells on each side. Um and a few years back he practiced with our select course and now it's become an annual event um where we have a coral concert in those hallways and stairwells uh to take advantage of those acoustics. So congratulations to them and thank you to him. Congratulations to our high school mock trial team who finished fifth out of 32 teams in Suffach County. This is one of the best seasons that we've had in a long time. Uh a job well done. So congratulations to uh Mr. Eric McKenna, the adviser, and the students uh involved in mock trial. And then on the NJRTC front, it seems like we monthly have to report out on them. They're so
008busy. Uh cadets from Southold, Matuck, and Greenport, uh were treated to a rare opportunity uh last week. A former cadet in 2016 graduate of Matatechuck High School, Lieutenant Greg Cheryl of the US Navy, flew his F18 um from Glenmore, California to Iceland, New York. and uh he let us know that he was going to be coming into town and invited our students and cadetses um the opportunity to see his fighter jet up close and uh they had a great tour of the jet and uh were able to participate in a Q&A session. Um Lieutenant Cheryl and his squadron uh the VFA 151 um refer we just recently returned from deployment in the Red Sea on the aircraft carrier the Abraham Lincoln um in December. So, most notably while deployed, Lieutenant Cheryl was credited with the
009combat downing of an enemy um Hutu drone uh which is depicted on the side of his F-18. So, the kids were able to see that's the actual F-18 he flew during that mission. So, exciting stuff and always nice to hear about some of our alumni. And then we found out uh yesterday that in the Boseis regional skills competition um which was hosted at the Suffach County Community College uh Brentwood campus uh so our students from our carpentry program here that we we house uh participated and they made an outstanding debut. Uh this program newly launched at MHS this school year marked its first participation in this regional event. Um, so we celebrate the incredible achievement of those students for their participation and a special congratulations to Scott Edgget, a Maduk High School junior who placed
010first in the competition overall. So again, it's it's in his blood as his dad is an owner of a construction company, but um nice to see that that he represented us so well. And just as an update to the board, we presently have nine students signed up for the program next year. Um, which is great. We were a little concerned that the participation numbers wouldn't be there and that it just wouldn't be a cost-effective program to continue, but with those numbers, it looks like we'll be able to continue it. So, that that's good news. Um, and getting good participation from uh Greenport and and a few students from Southold as well. Um, on April 12th, uh, we have the Kim Kindness uh, 5K and Kids Fun Run. Um, so there are 24 free race entries
011available to our students who want to participate. Um, and there's information on our website for registration if students want to participate in that. And then on April 1st, our high school student council is sponsoring an assembly program for gates grades 7 through 12. Uh, Rohan Murphy will be returning to provide his inspirational story to our students. He was here here a few years back. Um, Rohan Murphy is a nationally recognized youth and motivational speaker who lost his legs at birth and had a successful high school and college wrestling career. Um, and is now a powerlifter. So he was a graduate of East Icelip High School. I I had the pleasure of watching him wrestle in high school. Um the assembly is about motivation, perseverance, and overcoming challenges. So many thanks to the school store um
012for for financially supporting this program. Um and then districtwide families have been asked to update their contact information on the parent portal. Maintaining accurate up-to-date contact information is important to ensure the safety and well-being of all of our students. Um so parents please be on the lookout for that and make sure that you update that information that it is correct. Um and then uh sharing with the board that the Southold uh town of Southold held a public hearing um this past afternoon regarding uh the property next to Kutchog East um that was sold last year. Um uh there is a wetlands permit is being sought to demolish an existing foundation and stairs and they will be constructing a new two-story single family home on that property. And uh we also received another town of Southold
013zoning board of appeals. Um and they will be holding a public hearing on Thursday, April 3rd. And this is regarding a request for variance uh at 35315 uh on Route 25. That's directly across the street from Kutchis. It's a commercial building. Um, it's right across from our main entrance. And the variance application uh was to permit as built alterations at a non-conforming use building. Um, so we're going to we'll get some more information on that as well. Um, we have a budget meeting on April 3rd at 6:30. Um, at that meeting we will uh finish up the department budget presentations and Mr. Delari will give a presentation on our reserves and tax levy. And then on April 24th, the board of education meeting um had to be moved to Tuesday, April 22nd at 6:30. Um
014this meeting will review the final budget proposal and board of education update. And again, we hate to move meetings. I haven't moved meetings in four years. Uh we had to move this meeting uh from tomorrow to tonight because I couldn't be here tomorrow night. And then the April meeting is being moved because we have to get a just a deadline we're trying to hit um for the exemptions for the the fire department. Um and our universal prek applications for next year's program will be mailed to all district residents and available for download from the district website around the third week of April. Um applications are due back on May 28th with a lottery scheduled if necessary for May 30. The program is expected to service uh 33 and a half students at no charge to
015their families. So, we have open seats and uh we've been able to fill them. It's been good. Um we did hold our kindergarten registration and so far we have 35 registrants. So, if anyone knows people with kindergarters that have not yet registered them, please encourage them to do so so we can get an accurate count uh for staffing for next year. Um then an update on the strategic plan. And I did say I'd come back and update the board on any progress being made. Um, at this point in time, um, I've met and and did presentations for the PTA at Kutch Geese, the PTSA here at the high school, uh, the Matitech Laurel Civic Association, and next week I will be at the Matitech Chamber of Commerce. I'm sharing some information, kind of giving the
016state of our schools report and discussing some of the challenges uh, that that we can anticipate going forward. and uh bill S523 um which is the bill to uh provide some uh funding for uh potential optimization and merger studies. Um that bill has been moved um from the finance committee to the education committee um and is still there and the assembly bill uh has done the same. Um so that that's all the new information I have there. And then I wanted to do give a quick congratulations to our wrestlers who competed at the state meet um up in Albany. I was able to go up and watch them compete. Uh again, tough tournament is the state championships to have three representatives, James Felakus, Lucas Crico, and Ryder Antinucci. Um they gave they went up there,
017they gave it their best. Real proud of those kids. Was glad I got to see it. And then I want to congratulate our boys basketball team um for their county title. And then uh you know they fell on Sunday to Carl Place. Uh really talented squad at Sunni Farmingale. Um but not only was I proud of the kids at that game, like I said, I was proud of the Matuck community. Uh Matuck travels well. Um you know, going to that game, uh there were so many different people from the community, people I hadn't seen in a lot of years, uh that were there to support the kids. We had nice student representation at the game. Um I go in and half our security staff was there. um you know just there to support the kids.
018They weren't working. Our school nurse was there. She come sliding in you know um saw a bunch of our teachers, some of our alumni. So it was just it was uh a proud moment for Matuck even though the boys didn't persevere um but the community was there to support them and uh it it's just always nice to see. It's pretty great. Thank you. Okay, this is one of my favorite parts, the elementary school student performance. Good evening. Thank you tonight for um giving us the opportunity to present uh our a couple of numbers from our Kaiog East production of Roald Dah's Willy Wonka Jr. Um the full cast and crew involved about 80 students. Um it was very impressive and all throughout the rehearsals and up until that final show I was just more impressed
019and amazed every day. Um so tonight it gives me great pleasure to introduce Mrs. Crystal Green and Mrs. is Meredith Schultz. Um, along with some of our cast tonight to show you a couple of our our dance dances and songs. All right, you guys. Thank you. All right. Did you put this together? Did a good job. Looks great, Anthony. Absolutely. Thank you. Thanks for sharing. Thank you. I can see our support. That's awesome. It's a big gets bigger and bigger and um the kids are going to sing to everybody in appreciate you guys being here. Let's just hope this party. I don't have my technology skills. [Music] I got another puzzle for [Music] you. Listen to me. What do you get from a glut of tea? A pain in the neck and an IQ of
020Why don't you try simply reading a book? Or could you just stop there too long? [Music] [Applause] Turn off the TV and you'll be a star. You will live in happiness, too. I me blue. [Music] Yeah. [Applause] Okay, we have one more quick number for you. Charlie, you ready? Here's our bucket. Thought my life could be anything but catastrophe. Suddenly everything is up for me. Cuz I' got a golden ticket. I' got a golden twinkle in my eye. I never had chance to shine. Never had a song to sing. But suddenly half the world is mine. What an amazing thing. Cuz I got a golden ticket. I've got a golden sun up in the sky. I found it. The last one did take it. You did it, Charlie. Grandma Joe, you should accomplish it. I
021never thought I'd see the day when I would face the world and say, "Good morning. Look at the sun. I never thought that I would be like the lack of it could be done but it can be done. Yes, it can be done. We [Music] never glorious our so I got a golden ticket. I got a chance to win my gold ticket [Applause] [Music] to the cast of Willy Wonka. Nice job. Thank you so much. The future looks bright for musical productions uh coming into the high school. Absolutely. Definitely. A lot of our students will be performing. Oh, in ter you have a nice cross-section of kids. It's great. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Don't steal my paper. Okay, at this point in time, I'm going to turn the microphone over to Mr.
022Burke as we have a very important uh tenure recommendation and uh recognition this evening. I feel I should stand. Yes, you don't mind. Come on down, Miss Stewart. I don't know if Miss Hinch was able to get that slide up there. I don't think so. Okay, we can proceed without it. Yes. You know, so um I'm just extremely pleased. I'm very happy for this evening. Uh we got together earlier. We had some uh dinner. We had a cake. I'll bring up this cake. It It was a very special looking cake. Uh the young man who decorated it uh we believe could be a South student. I'm not too sure. Uh, but it was tough to read. Uh, we think it said, "Congrats, Heather." But it was I say that to put that image or visual
023up in your brain if you don't mind, but put it on a shelf for a second. Coming into the building as a new principal, uh, you have many things to figure out. I figured out right away uh that the person that was handling and took control of this ship really had a huge task in front of her. Not an easy thing to navigate, but Heather Stewart handled this with a tremendous amount of respect and pride and did a great job. And As we mature in our roles in leadership and building level and district level, we begin to understand there's so many layers to the things that we do. And when I go back to Miss Stewart and I think about navigating the community, the personalities of the staff, uh, you know, there's so many things
024to juggle and then to handle this place as it's in transition. Uh, again, I want to recognize and appreciate the job that you did. I go back to the cake now because I wish I wish we can have the visual because it's it's not a pretty cake. Uh, if you want to see it, it is in her office and it's in the box. Bronze it like a baby shoe. But I I want to mention that cake because uh there's many ingredient ingredients in the cake, you know, from the batter to the icing to the sprinkles to the little flowers. And I think it said congrats, Heather, uh in pink. And I think about us, our team here from district level to building level to the teachers to the community, we all kind of make up
025this not so perfect looking cake, but that it was delicious and it came together and I think that's what we do here tonight. We celebrate and congratulate and welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart as well for being here. We recognize and celebrate your daughter Heather and uh want to congratulate her for her recognition for tenure appointment. So congratulations [Applause] Just got to get that picture. Okay, now we're up for an ENL presentation. So, Miss Alana Finnegan, uh, director of curriculum instruction is going to give the board an overview. Um, I asked her to come this evening to give us an overview of our ENL program and, uh, give you some insight and then answer any questions that you may have, um, in regards to everything that goes into it. Um, really, our ENL program has
026become like another special ed program. um very similar too with what goes into it um what it takes uh to support these students as well as the successes that we're seeing with our students in the program. She oversees this program and really does a phenomenal job. So um we're happy to have her here with us this evening today. Okay, good evening. Thank you for the opportunity to share an overview of our English as a new language ENL program. Um, our district is committed to ensure that every multilingual lingual learner receives the support they need to thrive academically and socially. So, tonight I'm going to hit the strengths of the program and the challenges that we navigate and the progress that we're making. I put this up because I think everybody gets confused sometimes ESL, ENL,
027ELLs. So, the program used to be called English as a second language. they change it to English as a new language because a lot a lot of these students actually speak more than two languages. So they this uh recognizes that and the L's are the English language learners, the students themselves. So you'll see these acronyms throughout. Okay. So when a student enters our district, the ENL um placement process follows a structured series of steps to ensure the appropriate language support. It begins at registration. So when a family comes, they complete a home language questionnaire and I to identify if another language is spoken at home. Next, an informal interview helps gather additional information about the students background and language experiences. And based on these findings, the student takes a nicotel, which is a state assessment,
028a diagnostic assessment, which then determines their English proficiency level. And the results of that assessment then guide the level of ENL services that the student will receive to support their academic success. So the here are the different proficiency levels. Um you'll see entering there's five categories entering, emerging, transitioning, expanding, commanding. Um and these levels indicate the amount of support the student needs with entering requiring the most intensive support and commanding indicating near proficiency. And as the students progress through the levels, the ENL services adjust to help them develop the ac um academic language skills they need. And each year the students are then reassessed by what's called a NISLAD, another state assessment to track their progress. So the next two slides you um you don't need to read, but I'm showing it to you because
029there's two guiding documents that we use to determine how much service um students need. There's a K through eight and the next one is a 9 through 12. Um because each proficiency level has specific instructional minute requirements. So students um get the appropriate language support. So for example, if you're entering that beginning um here you would need up to 360 minutes per week and it'll tell you how you get it whether it's standalone you're being pulled out for targeted instruction or in an integrated so that they're learning alongside their peers. Then in the high school it's basically the same thing. But if you notice where the biggest minutes the largest amount of minutes for entering in the primary I mean elementary is 360 in the high school entering. So we need 540 minutes and so
030that um definitely impacts um scheduling and staffing um tremendously. So decided to take a look. So can you see the bottom of it? Yeah. So I wanted to um show a breakdown of our current L population by grade level and profic proficiency level because it's important to note that the number of L's in a grade doesn't directly translate to the amount of instructional time required because the services are based on the proficiency level. So the proficiency levels have a direct impact like I said before on scheduling and resource allocation. So this kind of data when you're looking at it specifically helps us plan. Additionally, the commanding students where we said we're near proficiency, we still have to monitor them for two years um to en ensure a successful transition. Um, it's also important to note
031that in in an entering level student in an elementary school or in a primary grade has a much easier time advancing um as early education is just naturally rich in language acquisition um opportunities. So in contrast an entering level student at the high school faces a very different learning experience requiring more intensive and content specific language supports. So I just wanted to highlight. So this is um Kutchog East. Take a look at grade one and two because so those numbers on the side are the total number in that grade level. See them at 18 19. I'm going to come back to this later when we talk about bilingual um education in the high school. One other thing you want to see, you know, obviously the kindergarten, but we look at the difference the jump from
032the K and the one. you'll see more commanding because they can really grow by leaps and bounds and at those young levels, right? What you're not seeing here is the kids that actually have tested out, right, along the next the next levels because they reach commanding at an earlier age and then are now considered former L's, right? And here in the high school, it just it's just trickier because, you know, if a student enters in ninth grade, you know, and they're at an entering level now, you have to place them with kids of their age group, right? And this is why you'll see later we do have some um resources and other um classes available that we try to have in high school to close some of those gaps. Some new initiatives we've done in
033the last couple of years. So there's 51 here I think and 102 um at the elementary which has actually is the same number for the last two years for the elementary and um a little bit higher higher in the um high school but both of them are significantly higher um you know over the previous years as before do the students get tested every year on their proficiency to see if they're Yeah. So, they get it's in the it's in the spring like well all the other state assessments. Um they get tested on reading, writing, and speaking, listening, and that determines their next level to see how they move up. Yeah. And Alana, what what happens when the language acquisition stalls? Is is that an indication that they might need more services or that they have
034maybe a disability or It could be anything, right? It could be anything that's happening, you know, it's the same any kind of MTSS situation, you would bring bring the student profile and their data, you know, to, you know, MTSS and determine what the variable is and then but they still will, you know, all students get, you know, academic intervention, right? So they they're still receiving academic intervention if they're not growing and then they're moni progress monitored like any other student. Thank you. I think it's interesting because I think out here we really think feel like the ENL program is predominantly Spanish which it is but these are some of the other languages um you know in our program um the two on the bottom are not they're not they're former L's right now but uh
035they we have our ENL teachers and all of our teachers have to be prepared to meet the needs of any um student that speaks any other language and we have techn technology and and whatnot, but it is definitely can be a challenge. Um, our objectives um that drive our program, language proficiency, academic achievement, cultural integration, and family involvement. These goals and objectives ensure that we're not only helping the students acquire their language skills, but it's also supports their overall academic success, fostering fostering cultural understanding, engaging families in the educational process. Um, they shape every aspect of the program and and are essential to the success of our L's. Now, with any program, there are challenges. And here are some of the key challenges we navigate um to support our ENL students. Um includes high student
036mobility, which affects the continuity of instruction, the ongoing need to align ENL curriculum with grade level content while differentiating for various uh language proficiency levels. We also face uh unique challenges with students who have interrupted formal education. That's the scythe. Um requiring targeted interventions to address significant gaps sometimes in academic and foundational skills. An example, we just had a student move in um into the high school older older student and had not gone past uh fifth or sixth grade. So we're talking about four four or five years of a gap of instruction. And so that is a very challenging. I mean, we're getting better at it, but it's still a place that we have to work on because you don't want to put you can't put, you know, where a kid would be 11th or
03712th grade in a sixth grade classroom, right? But then this content and the classroom has a certain focus. So, it's it that can be um a challenge. Um also, sometimes uh inconsistent or missing international academic records create challenges in accurate placement and our master schedule. must balance ENL services with content area classes. Um, other factors like transportation barriers, work and family responsibilities, social integration, and trauma related experiences further complicate the learning environment for some of the students and for all of our students, right? It's not just our ENL students, but you know, for all of our students, it's something that's always there as a challenge. Um but with all our kids we meet and address the challenges with a holistic approach including emotional support programs and strong community involvement. And here are some highlights of
038our strengths which include dedicated support staff such as our ENL coordinator neighborhood liaison who ensure the program alignment and effective communication with our families. We provide tailored academic support through sheltered math and English classes, expanded career readiness opportunities through our Boseies programs. Our partnerships with organizations like CASS, Suffach Community College, and the Boseies migrant program further enhance our offerings. And we also offer expanded learning opportunities such as adult English classes which empower our families and strengthen our homeschool connections while fostering growth with participation in athletics and extracurriculars. So overall our program has led to increased participation in our advanced coursework and notable achievement in our nislats and our proficiency levels. We really when you look when we try to project the next year of services, we're always delighted in how well they do um in
039their acquiring language uh given the time. What we really want to do from now is we haven't really done a good job of of tracking the data of our former L's. They're always kind of looking at the the the the kids that are in the cohort, but we really want to start to see look at specifically how our former L's are moving through and get more we know they're doing well, but we want to have like some more concrete data to see to see that. And last but not least, future considerations. um key future considerations um is always focusing on the curriculum development, student support, the family engagement, staffing, assessment, and post-secondary readiness. Um but I do want to highlight tonight the bilingual education. This is an area that we may at some point have
040to pivot to because the regulation is and it's up there I won't read it but if you have an enrollment of 20 or more L's of the same grade level who have the same home language we have to provide a bilingual program. So those two grades actually the if I'm not going to go back to it, but our current sixth grade used to be the grade level we were watching, but there was a I think there was a student that had a different language. It like didn't tip us over, you know. Um, and we do have um a teacher that did get a bilingual certification, but um both first and second grade uh we do have to watch that because as soon as they go to 20 the following year you have to offer bilingual.
041Um but um and always professional development, uh community partnerships, um and improving pathways for all of our students. Um but definitely taking a look here with our L's. But most importantly, um through the challenges, our staff, our faculty, they work diligently and thoughtfully to meet all of our students where they are and help them to thrive and achieve success. So the teachers really just go above and beyond on a daily basis to make sure all the kids have what they need. And that's it. Any questions? If um when you send something home, you have a whole list of different languages. Are they sent home in all those comm community? Parents Square does translate and then we also have a contract with Boseies where if there's like for parent conferences or or back to school night,
042we'll they'll bring we pay to bring in a translator for anything that we can't translate. So that especially if it's something like that like in person like we can use tech you know on the the dayto day but if it's something important we make sure that it's a a person and real voice speaking. Okay. My other question is um you talked about scythe. Do we have a lot of scythe students? Uh well it's like what's a lot? Yeah. I mean a lot. That's probably two. It's probably two is a lot number you know right? One is a lot. So I feel like we more so in the high school so that seems to be a very big challenge. I know we did we have in upper elementary over the past years have had a few
043with significant gaps and even that is challenging in fifth and sixth grade in the elementary schools you know in elementary school as well like I said if you're in primary it's much easier but the high school is difficult that's why we have those sheltered classes right and my last question is do we have any ENL teachers that are bilingual so we I think we do they say they are like they don't want to be like that like like tested on their proficiency but I watch them communicate all the time with parents and students but um no but we do have our Spanish teachers as well that also help out and you know our flesh teachers and we have RA you know bilingual clerical so we do the best we can. Thank you. the graduation and
044I know it must be difficult comes in here. So it's it it varies from year to year. They the students um the L students just like students with disabilities in different cases can stay till they're 21 and we do the best we can. So if they've moved in at 11th grade, right, and they are a scythe student, it's very difficult, you know, they sometimes to have them graduate if they especially if they want to go work or they want to do something else. But I think comparatively to most districts, our graduation rate of L's is high, you know, and we do fight, you know, as much as we can to keep them in school as long as they can. Everybody about our absentee rate when it comes to the e Well, abs absenteeism is an
045issue for a lot of of demographics. I don't know the hard data on it compar compared to other subgroups. I know that we do have um absenteeism in that cohort and it is a concern and it is a barrier especially for work related or it's childc care related of a family member. um or sometimes it's just v going back to the native country to to to visit. So it's multiaceted but that's where some of our community connections and stuff and and our our community liaison um it's not uncommon for Raphael to go visit a boss at work and and you know let them know that the school district is watching and education is a priority and and so forth and he's been effective. He's really done a nice job. Thank you Alana. Thank you. Thank
046you. Okay. Budget presentations on superintendent's proposed budget update. Kachagi Elementary, Madat High School, special education, curriculum, innovation, technology, health, PE and athletics, and proposition number two. It's a mouthful. Okay. Thank you. Um Mr. Delari is going to do um the bulk of the presentation tonight. I just like to kick it off. um if you are new to our budget process to bring you up to speed as quickly as I can. Um but again so uh there will be two propositions on the ballot in May. Um the first is proposition one which is our annual budget. Uh so we are looking at a uh budget-to-budget increase of 3.13% for this coming school year. um which is a tax levy increase of 2.9% um our allowable levy which is our tax cap um and we oftentimes hear
047the the 2% tax cap. It's really never 2%. It's it's a formula. Mr. Delari is going to explain that to you this evening. Um but our allowable levy is at 3%. So we are 009% or uh $37,456 below our allowable levy. Um Mr. Delari is going to share some comparisons with you um of other districts and what some of the local trends are. And then the second is uh the second proposition is for the creation of another capital reserve. So three years ago we did create a capital reserve uh that had a a cap of $10,000. That capital reserve has been fully funded. So we can't add additional funds to it. We have expended those funds um on projects such as doing all of the roofs throughout the district. Uh it the renovations to the
048stem wing. We'll be utilizing some of those funds to do the repairs to the front of this building as well. Um so we are looking to create another capital reserve. Um and Mr. Dari will speak on that a little bit. Um before I do kick it off to him where he's going to cover the two different buildings and then our different departments, um I have to thank the administrative team for the work they've put into this budget. I know it's usually Charlie and I up here doing doing the presenting. Um but it really starts with your building principles and then our our directors um and all the work they put into it. And uh Charlie makes it a pretty grueling process for them. Um you know, again, we uh we build the budget from from
049the ground up. we don't just simply roll over our budgets year to year. So the process is a little bit more complex uh here than it may be in other places. Um but so to the administrative team, thank you very much for all your work that you did uh putting this budget together. And I'll turn it over to Mr. Thank you, Siobhan. Not thating. Uh the first part that I like to go over because you keep on hearing about the words about tax levy cap. So this is one presentation. So if you're timing it, it goes on different times on the one presentation in the second. Uh the tax levy cap as you could see it's a very easy thing. And anybody who was a little nervous about math, I'm very sorry to have scared
050you with all of these beautiful brackets that are up there. This is what New York State put out. So I didn't torture you with these, but it goes over the way you like as uh Mr. Petrey said the 2% that's just one variable in this great great equation. Um I always thought the best way to show it is to show it to you on what our exact numbers are here instead of the way some people just have a slide and they magically come up with a number at the bottom. You start off the year with what your prior year uh tax levy was. You multiply it by the tax base growth factor. This is a number that is dictated by New York State given to us. Every district is different. Uh it varies from 1.0000
051to a little bit over 1.25 depending on the area you are in the state and the way that assessments have worked. What you do is you have to add in your pilot payments. A pilot payment is a payment in lie of taxes usually done by corporations through the uh through the IDA program and also you have LIPA that you have that makes up part of that share. Um so you add them in from the prior fiscal year. You subtract what your capital tax levy exclusion is. That's the monies that you have that you pay on capital expenses. So a bond project you have that from it. It ended up starting here and falls off. I believe one is 2028 and there's another in 2029 when you add it. The energy performance contract was the other.
052Also included in that is monies that Boseies spends and charges your district on capital improvements. You see that in the budget. So you subtract that out. The last number here where you subtract that zero, you always like that number to be zero. That's your tor exclusion. That means if you spend over 5% on legal in your school district, you're able to get exclusion for that. You never want to have that one. You multiply that by that magic 2% that everybody had spoken about. Then you before you were adding in pilots now you're subtracting out the pilots which you expect in your future year and then any carryover you get the tax levy limit that goes down to the bottom where you add in any legal proceedings. you add in your expected capital tax levy which
053is going to be for the next year and then also anything if you have BRS or TRS those are your retirement systems where they charge a percentage if it exceeds 2% greater than the prior year so say you were charged 10% on your teachers retirement system what we have to pay to New York State and it went up to 12.5 the following year then it's a 2.5% increase, then that increase of the 0.5 is something that you count as an exclusion that you're able to add on. Last year in ERS, there was an exclusion of a little over um it was under $5,000, but there was an exclusion that we were able to add on. That gives you a tax levy limit at 42,25,121. Now, what New York State does is they finally get you
054going and tell everybody and everybody in every school district to let us know exactly where you're going to be in March 1st. You know, it's you start the budget process, you're working through it, so you're supposed to let them know on March 1st. So, you have that formula. You have to provide it to the New York State Controllers's Office. There's 124 school districts on Long Island. On March 1st, 93 of those school districts set their proposed tax levy at the cap. So, a significant number. Now, some districts felt really creative. Six of them said, "We came in below the cap." They did by $1. So, when you see creative budgeting, that's creative budgeting. We do a zerobased budget. Little different. Then you also have another district who didn't want to be outdone. So they came
055in $2 under the cap. Another one came in $3 under the cap. Just to let you know on a zerobased budget, we take exactly what we expect the needs are. And we were $37,456 under the cap because we create our budget on exactly what our needs are, not what the cap number is. Um, also one thing to note, whenever you go over the tax levy cap, you need a 60% vote to pass your budget instead of 50%. As of right now, there is no school district in Long Island exceeding the tax levy cap. Now, some people might say, okay, so they're not going. There is a school district, their tax levy cap is in double digits, exceeding 10%. That's what happens when we went to that proposition number two when you talk about capital projects
056and how that money instead of you you go out for bonds that can affect the number the amount of aid that you receive the amount of exclusions you receive. That's where you get that sign. It's more like your heart going up and down instead of the flat line that you kind of want to go in a more normal way. That's the time you like the flat line. All right. So now with that said, we're going to go into the budgets in the areas of the junior senior high school, the elementary school, and the departments of pupil personnel/sp specialcial education, curriculum, technology, health, physical education, and athletics. So to start off, everything that we do comes back and it's based upon the mission statement. Um, some people might think, wow, you keep on going back. You
057need to have your focus. If you don't have your focus, then your budget is just a set of numbers and there's really no there's no story behind the numbers. So, to that end, um, Mr. Petrey had started a little bit about what we were talking about in the thank yous. Uh the way it works is the budgets go out to the directors, the principles, um the head of transportation, security, uh also um the district office, the business office and buildings and grounds. Those people then work with their budgets and submit them in. from there goes to a committee that for the budget cycle is made up of Sean uh Tina Tina Smith in my office and myself and me we meet with each one of these people and break down the numbers on everything that
058they had. You're going to see summaries here. What we have is a line by line on justification for just about anything and everything that you're going to put in your budgets. We also have meetings after that that are personnel related. And on that committee, you have Sean Elena, I think I finally said your name right after three years. I tried. Uh Tina, Tina Smith, and Susan Steppnoski, who's our personnel assistant, and myself. And at that, we bring in the principles at different times, the directors at different times. And I also want to thank Brian Lynch in our guidance department, the head of our guidance. He goes over and his master schedule is goes through just about anything and everything on that. So, we know the FTEEs. That's full-time equivalent on our staff. The other people
059that I'd like to thank who came in and presented uh besides our principles Patrick and Amy, our directors Kelly, Alana, Meredith, and Greg. I also like to thank Lisa for coming up for district office because she keeps the money that Shawn wants to spend under control. So, I appreciate that greatly. Uh Tina, who definitely keeps me under control in many various ways. Uh Jose from our transportation department, Jose Torres, and Tom Kelly from buildings and grounds. All of those people came up and had to sit with our committee to review just about anything and everything that we had. So now to go on to the one thing that you like to see. I like to always kind of try to explain what a budget code is. When you when the people in this community vote,
060you vote on what is called the A budget. You have an A budget, a C budget, which is cafeteria, F budget, or those are federal funds that we hope still to receive. The H budget um that is your capital projects. V is thankfully something that we don't need because that's other tax monies that are coming in that you have to look at on your balance. So the first part you will see is a letter always starts. Everything that you see that's presented is in the A budget. The next set of numbers you could see on the right how it breaks down. These are codes that are not just used by the Madatuck Kutchok school district. These are used by the over 700 school districts in New York State. So whenever they're able to pull any
061kind of data from it, it's consistent and you get to see exactly where it is. After that, you come up with the next, which is your object codes. They're either 200, they're 100s, that's payroll. Your 200s is equipment, 400s is contract services, 450s are different supplies. And then the last set of numbers there at the very end is your location. To give you an idea, your location, you're going to see 10 is going to be anything with a 10 at the end is Kutchog East. Anything with the 20 at the end is your junior senior high school. And anything with a 90 at the end is districtwide. All right, don't worry. I think all of you could pass this test so far. I hope. All right, when it comes to budget codes or you ask
062for an exemption from this exam so I could see if you have to sit through all of these 300 slides. I'm just kidding. Then you get exempt from this. First area we're going to look at first two areas Khog East and we're going to look at the junior senior high school. All right, these are the different areas that we looked at and it was part of the first presentation that Mr. Petradi put up about what we're looking at. Our main thing both at the elementary and secondary level is we're looking to maintain optimal class sizes. This budget allows for that. We also are looking to offer the robust AP courses and you see the success that you had. We're also looking at the alignments that we did and MTSS is moving up that has gone
063through Kutchog East and is now hitting our junior senior high school. We also are continuing our Boseis program and we're also able to continue our in-house carpentry program and it actually has increased in number like Mr. Petrey spoke about. We're expanding the different services and supports in ENL and that was just presented by Atlanta. And then we're sustaining the extended learning day intervention programs that we had because we have had great success with that. Uh we're looking to continue the curriculum development. One of the things that we've had is you'll see in one of the small almost like size seven font when you look at the budget code goes down in one area. That's our the amounts of money that we spend for sending people out because what has increased is our turnkey training inside
064and that's for the second straight year. We also are taking some of our training that has gone from our elementary and going into the secondary level. We also are continuing the different math coaching position. We also are continuing our STEM pro uh our steam position that we have at our elementary. So steam is not it it's still being maintained in this budget. And then we're also expanding the science curriculum. When you look again, these were numbers that were presented to you. The only the big concern that we have is looking at what next year's kindergarten is going to be. Again, you know where our numbers are, see where they're expected to go. We think that we'll be running at least three sections of the kindergarten Now you go into the exciting numbers that I showed
065you on that first part. I'm not going to go through code by code because by that time you should be throwing objects at me. I'm just going to highlight some of the different areas. As you see the elementary equipment that has gone down a little bit. We doing a furniture replacement program. So where we're at now that is a little bit of a decrease. not much of an increase in the instructional area that you have the general instruction resources that's really on materials which has gone up the area that we're looking at and just so you know you're going to see many of the different supports and that through the technology budget curriculum budget all the other areas that we had special education that go in all of our buildings as you see the FTEES
066that's what we looked And this brings up the high school. Again, many of the numbers are pretty consistent. They're the same replacement program that you have. I just want to see if There we go. Wanted to see if I had the point of working before I blow up the presentation later on. Um, but many of this is very similar in cost. I'm going to bring you to the next page. Um, when you go down, the fourth page is where you're going to see. you'll see science supplies down just a little bit. Um, but there is from curricular materials an increase. And I'm trying to think where is where's our uh there was one. Okay, sorry. It's on this page. This is the one that shows you where there's a decrease. You'll see a $28,000 decrease
067that's up there. That's because we ended up purchasing a vehicle last year for driver's ed. Thankfully, that vehicle is still in great shape and we're not needing to purchase another vehicle. But you could see the different areas that we're looking at. There are small ups and downs throughout. The next area because this ties in very closely is our curriculum area. These are the areas where you see all of the services that are provided and also besides the different benchmarking and boseies and that we also have superintendent conference day the monies that are that are used on our conference days for that. You'll see when you look at the different areas contractual CE uh a little bit of a decrease that goes down there and that's because excuse me one second that's because the staff development
068we have had um a number some of the different areas that have fallen off. There was a five-year literacy program that has gone through its fifth year. So that's why you'll see the decrease. There's also going to be some other increases that you're going to see throughout and that's for our K through5 science and ENL. See that later on down there going over planning for the future. We're looking at continuing all of the areas that we have with if you look down science investigation updated AP curriculum. Um we always think we're always looking for more challenges for our students. So AP is extremely important to us. Also the initiatives like the science program that we have in our K through five. MTSS is something that has been highly successful. Great interventions and it will continue
069throughout in our middle school levels and throughout and our superintendent conference days. We still maintain them. I believe that we have three that we're going with. There used to be four uh a couple of years ago. So we have the three that we're able to do and we're able to do actually required trainings during that time also. Next area that we'd like to go to is the technology department. This is the area one of the areas where you have to keep yourself uh up to speed because if you're not um you could be in trouble in a very quick amount of time. Um the migration, the first one up there you're going to see and and it's a costly one, the migration of Infinite Campus to the cloud. There's also other costly ones as we
070go down. We're refreshing the cameras uh one-on-one student Chromebooks that we have on three different years in our in our school. A part with Chromebooks and I'm going to explain on the next is one of the items I believe for insurance purposes. They want us to not just have Chromebooks now. They want us to have those beautiful hard cases for Chromebooks. So, that's where you're going to see an increase in in cost. And then here's the other one, the rewiring the network operation center. That's going to be a a large expense. The part that's really good what Kelly goes over uh Kelly has is we keep it so there's a very similar consistent cost increase because there's a plan that we have basically a five-year plan on the different areas that we're looking at to
071hit so that we stay current with everything that we need. Now looking at them you see the first one there. So Kelly's very good. She starts off by giving me the big hit and then she takes it easy as we go down a little further. Uh but the part that we have is that's the one that we're talking about as far as equipment. That's going to be your switches and it's a core switching project that we're looking to do over the summertime. The other one that you see when you go down there's an increase of 36,000. That's part of the cost of the migration of Outlook over to Gmail. That's something that many of the people are very used to and that's what we're migrating towards. And we also have a renewal of our server
072storage which I believe is called Hyperflex. So I'm glad Kelly makes me sound like I know what I'm saying. So she was the person who definitely knows this a lot better than me. The next area that you're looking at, you see how the library and it says library computer equipment. Those are those beautiful cases that we have that caused that major increase to go up. And then we've also replaced some of uh the laptops for staff going into next year. The rest of the areas are very similar. You'll see when you go down on um when whenever you slide down, you'll see some decreases there. That's because different items that we believe that we need and software updates. Here's the next one that you go over, the last one there, computer instruction, computer software. That's
073because you have plus and minuses every year. Of course, the minuses are a lot smaller than the pluses whenever you're talking about the numbers, but that's what we have. So, an overall increase of 184,000, but that includes that major project that we have. This just to recap, this is what it's telling you our plans for the future. And it's something that we continue with the program and it's something that has worked out extremely well. The migration is something that we think that's what we need to move towards and it will actually give us a cost savings in the future. When you go down to the bottom continue AI integration initiative, you know, you have to be asleep if you're not hearing about AI. So that's going to be something that we have planned for that
074actually Kelly and her staff have made great strides to pro uh pro provide for in the future and a great plan. The next area that we have is pupil personnel and special education. This is run by Meredith, the person who takes the most abuse from me because I always tell her that she cost a lot. She's the most expensive woman in my life and I'm married with two daughters. But I have to say, I say that jokingly because she does an incredible job with her staff to look at not just the cost, but whatever is appropriate for the students. And as you can look here, this tells you all the different areas that are covered under pupil personnel. Uh it's a massive undertaking. So you see all of the services that we have, the related
075services, the support staff that we have, mental health and awareness, that staff, and then once you've finished all that, then we have our out of district because we have students that we have services provided for them, not inside as it relates to special education or different situational needs. The highlights, as you see here, I'm not going to read them, but there are all of the different things that we provide in our program. People believe that it's an extremely strong program. That is why we have such great success rates. When you're looking at the cost here, you will see that the major expenses here, you'll see one line that is an increase of $117,000. You'll see a line down towards the bottom, which is a decrease of $144,000. That is because the bottom line are services
076that are provided for students that go to Boseies. So we have different cases where students might be in a Boseies program. The other one above is a private placement program. So we look at the programs actually the special education department looks at the programs that are best suited for the students and that is the program that is budgeted for. So, we do not load up in one of the areas. We look on a case-byase basis. And that those are the numbers that actually Meredith brings to the table when she's looking at our budget. We also every year look at our program to see if there are any if there is anything that we can do internally because one of our beliefs is the best possible place for our students is if we have them in
077district. But we have to make sure that it's the best possible scenario for them. And the reason why we say that in district is because we look at transportation, we look at time and that in the area. But again, not every case can be brought internally in district. But we always look at that every year. That's one of the questions we bring up. You'll see on the next part, same thing. Health services contractual. That's because of needs. Different part that we have there on cost. This is where we're going to the future. We're looking at we're looking at the areas that we have. I spoke a little bit about that. The mental health team is something that's extremely important in the district that we always look at which combines many different groups that we bring
078in. Also, there was one of the things that was up on one of our other slides, the psychological services. Just so you're aware, you might see some decreases in numbers or you might see some increases in numbers throughout your budget. Understand that there are other federal funds, other grant funds that we also use on these other mental health areas and costs are actually in some of our other grants that are used. So you might look and say, "Wow, the psychological services went down $38,000 in that." Well, psychological services might have been over $100,000. You only seen 50,000 in this budget, which then comes down to 12,000. But the other the other parts of this budget could be supported by a higher dollar amount in our federal funds because of needs. The next area that we'll
079go into is health, physical education, and athletics. Uh, and again, I'd like to thank Greg for his presentation that he comes up. We look at all the different areas that he needs and the teams. Uh we are able to meet what the physical education regulations are at a K through 12 level. There are different contact times throughout at elementary, junior high, and high school in which we're able to meet that. Um we're also able to offer health education at the elementary grades. That is something that is an addition here that you don't get in many other school districts. They usually just teach the basic requirements of two sections of health at the secondary level. Uh but again, as you see, we're able to provide that health education level at the junior and senior hot. We
080have 24 different sports, which is a pretty nice amount for the number for the CL for the enrollment size that we have. We have 64 different athletic teams and 15 combined teams that we have with South Hold and Greenport. As you'll see here, the first number that has gone up, the instruction that is in equipment. That equipment is an increase in our netting that we have in lacrosse because we always think whenever these children are throwing the lacrosse balls at these nice speeds, we don't want to get hit with them because the children on the field, they actually have equip have equipment to protect themselves. We don't when we're watching. So, we are able to do the netting on another half of the field that we want. And then we're also looking at an updating
081in the scoreboard. Uh the other areas are pretty similar. As you go down, there's an increase of $1,740 in section 11 dues. They have not increase their dues in a significant number of years, but they did increase it now both at the section. Just so you know, section 11, I apologize for this. Section 11 means we are the 11th section in New York State in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. It's divided into 11 areas. Um, and they we get fees charged to us for having teams in our Suffach County area. We also get charged fees for having a team that can participate in New York State Championship. So, that is the slight increase. I know Pat, you're ready. You want to torture any of them, by all means. I mean, sure.
082Wonder what the dues are all used for. Yeah. Well, I don't know. But it's fun because I was I had the great fortune a few years ago to introduce our board president to the person the executive director in charge of section 11. We used to be extremely close friends prior to that meeting. Uh we actually are still very good, very good friends. And actually Pat did have some very good questions. did put him on the spot and he did answer them, but it was it was a very fun meeting. It was welcome to Matuck. Um, again, I just want to mention Charlie and Sean both walked away while I was having that conversation. Yes, we made the introduction and then we left. Yeah. Uh, oh, and then uh I I believe I still owed that
083person a couple of drinks at an establishment later on after that meeting. But on a serious note, as you're seeing here's the instruction that we have, our athletic program. One of the additions that we've added, we started middle school boys volleyball last year. Now we're starting to move it up because you move it in progression. There's going to be a junior v junior varsity boys volleyball team. We're able to maintain our facilities and we're able to budget for everything that we have here without any impact to the number of different sports that we offer. So, in closing, and I know you're all very happy to hear those words. Um, in closing, this is to tell you about when our budget vote is, which is Tuesday, May 20th, uh, from 3 to 9:00 p.m. You could
084vote at the junior senior high school. Again, there are board positions that are, um, up. I believe it's two positions. So, if anybody is interested in that, you know, please contact Mrs. Bieber, our district clerk, to get more information about that. And thank you. Is there any questions or anything? Tried to make it as painless as possible for those groups. Had a question on the science curriculum. That's kindergarten through it was K through five. Yeah. Biology science the biology. And that's a new program. That's a new program. Thank you, Charlie. Thank you. Thank you, Charlie. Thank you. And thank you everybody else for your input to make Charlie's presentation so good. Thank you. Did you time them? We did. Under 30. I don't know. Sean. Okay. Board of Education Committee reports. Audit and finance. I
085read it to you. Cut to the question. Uh Mr. is going to do audit and finance for us. Okay. Um at the audit and finance meeting just before here um we reviewed the claims report. There was no confirming purchase orders. Uh the company that the other part that we looked at was RS Abrams is our they are our claims auditors who review every time that we have um any checks that have to go out. Uh they are looking to continue. We were able to have them continue with no increase in the co hourly cost. We also looked at proposition number two, uh, which is a a proposition that can go up to the level of $10 million that we're able to have, and it's related to capital improvements. One of the areas that would be
086looking to start off is we would be moving in that proposition, we'd be moving $1 million from our repair reserve to that capital reserve, which is a similar situation that you had done just a number of years ago. Um and the reason for that proposition is that we're looking because then it doesn't make that significant impact on the tax rate. That was what was discussed. Um also what was brought up, we looked at a contract that we have with Syntax. Uh that's the public relations firm. Uh they came in with a dollar amount that um Mr. Petrey had looked at and and reviewed to see what services that we receive as opposed to what their proposal was. uh reworked that contract and there was a savings of I believe over $5,000 on that savings. So
087that was something very positive and that's a program that we have through BOSIES. That's where we receive aid back on that. And then the other part that we had talked about just at the very end is we're looking at an RFP for external auditors. Um each time and it's because they make sure that your books are very clean. Every five years New York State asks you to put out an RFP um to make sure that uh you have reviewed the amount of external auditors who can look at your books. So, we will be looking to put out an RFP. Tina actually uh ended up preparing the RFP that we're going to be looking at and and reviewing. So, I thank you so much to Tina Smith for doing that. Um, and then just so you
088know, with external auditors, the same auditors that we have are permitted to bid again. And if we believe that they are the right ones, then we can recommend them again. But again, it goes every five years. Thank you, Charlie. Um, CARES Committee, Lorraine. Okay. Uh, CARES Committee, the cultural awareness, respect, and empathy. We met on March 6th. We had an update on Kutchug East from Mrs. Brennan. Their committee met in late February to write the vision statement. PSA love you day events were held in the building throughout the week and students connected with staff by writing postcards. This received positive response. The student cares meeting was held during the morning meetings. Upcoming activities are Tucker core values recognitions and a hallway activity. We also had an update from MHS from Mr. Burke. The committee meeting
089location is changed and an agenda was provided. Activities included work on the committee's mission statement, the use of a mind map and breakout activities that define the mission statement work. The committee is working with parents, administrators, community members, and the MHS mental health team to define the committee's vision and mission statement. The committee is making reservations to host a mobile museum of tolerance for grades 5 through 12. Visits to the mobile museum offer workshops on civil rights, the Holocaust, Martin Luther King Jr., the Angr Frank story, the power of ordinary people, bullying, and the dangers of hate on social media. And there is no fee for the mobile museum. Okay. Thank you. Uh negotiations and personnel is me. We have a social worker. Um that will start on May 26. We have a music leave
090replacement that will begin on March 18th, which was a couple days ago. Um the cooking club, we used to have uh two different people, two different adviserss. One uh has resigned. So session two will be covered by the session one advisor for the remainder of the school year and we discussed the student school board representative effective July 1st 2025 the board of education will appoint at least one student member to the board of education as an ex officio member that means uh a member who sits on the board but isn't allowed to vote um the student selection will be from an application process and the high school building principal um and committee will recommend the student members will serve for one-year terms commencing on July 1st and ending on Jul J June 30th and it
091will be a junior and a senior um six months each and we're considering maybe somebody just in case an alternative an alternative I couldn't think of the name an alternative and that's the end of my report do you want to do policy what do you Move to policy. Did I skip you? Yeah. I skipped her. Okay. Policy. Thanks. Uh policy legislative community relations committee met on March 10th. Um we reviewed uh the following existing and new policies. Policy 2300 with the board of education membership with a student school board rep that Pat was just talking about. Policy 4321 programs for students with disabilities. There are minor changes to that. Policy 5100, student attendance, also minor changes. Policy 5300, code of conduct, revisions made to include include AI and plagiarism language, will be going through the
092policy over the summer to update. Usually the code of conduct would be readopted at the reorganization meeting in July. Policy 6240 investments and policy 6700 purchasing. There were no changes reviewed for read adoption at the reorganization meeting in July. and policy 8113 extreme heat condition days which is a new policy committee had a first reading of this new policy for maintaining a safe and healthy environment for students staff and other occupants of the district's buildings and facilities during the day school day when the outside temperature is expected to reach 82 degrees. A strategy for maintaining a temperature below 82 degrees within this district's buildings and facilities will be developed and air conditioners where available will be used. Thank you. Okay, I need a motion to accept donation items A through D. Make a motion. I
093need a second. Second. I'd like to read these. Kim Powski Memorial Fund, $810. This is all toward the eighth grade trip to Washington. Robin and Mark Lockwood, $680. S Vlia and W. Jeffco, $530. Brad and Sarah Phillips, $100. Lena Dantis $100. Then for um to support the Rowan Murphy student assemblies, uh the school store donated $1,500 and the student council high school student council donated a thousand. Um we're also getting a $500 donation from the 3256 Foundation, Inc. to support the annual junior class field trip to 911 Memorial and Museum in New York City. Um, and we've accepted a donation of fish tanks and miscellaneous equipment and supplies from the Caribbean Blue Aquatics to be used at the Matuck High School. Um, any other discussion? Thank you. All in favor? I need a motion for
094the personnel items A through M. I need a second. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? None. Okay. I need a motion for resolution items A through W. Make a motion. I need a second. Second. Discussion. All in favor? Okay, I'm moving right along. There's a lot of pages. Um, audience communications. Anything other than the agenda? Anybody want to speak on, please come up to the [Music] microphone? No. Okay. Um, I just want to mention the PTSA fashion show because she's sitting back there, Martha Hansen. Um, you can get your senior, if you have a senior, you can get your tickets April 1st. If not, April 8th for everyone else. If you've never attended, I recommend it highly. Um, anybody else? Okay, I need a motion to adjurnn. We need a second. Second. All in favor?
095I Good night, everybody.