001Good evening and welcome. Buenas noches y bienvenidos. Thank you for joining us for the April 21st, 2026 regular board meeting. At this time, we now call the meeting to order. This agenda was prepared in advance of tonight's meeting. The final agenda for tonight's meeting is subject to change at this at the time of the meeting. Any changes will be noted at the time they are made and again after the meeting on the public board minutes, which are available on the district website. We would like to remind everyone that translation and interpretation services are available during this meeting. If you need assistance, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate you. We're going to start um the Pledge of Allegiance with Mr. Curtis Rutts. Thank you, President Romero. The first moment of silence
002this evening is for the mother of Paula Blumenau, Paula A, long-time Middletown school board member. Uh uh Mrs. uh Judith Knee, Paula's mom. Uh Mrs. Knee was a successful business person, ran a number of franchises with a diet center. Uh she was very active in the commu- in her community, a spring in Bridge Lake. Uh she liked such things as uh uh cycling, uh canoeing. Uh she was also very interested in cheering for the New York Yankees, who were playing the Boston Red Sox All right. this evening. Uh in addition to that, uh she's very family-oriented. Uh And may I quote grandpa grandma's Judy Judy's six grandchildren were the light of her life. So, uh this first moment of silence. Uh second moment of silence this evening is and I didn't know Mrs. Knee, but
003I I know uh uh Mrs. Blumenau, Paula, and uh very wonderful person and I'm sure uh she got that from her mom and dad. Uh second moment of silence this evening, Linda Russo. Uh Linda was worked in our clerical uh staff for many, many years, over 20 years. Uh she started her career in the old Memorial School. Then she worked for Superintendent Dr. Carol Hankins for a number of years. And she finished her career as the assistant office manager and then office manager of Chorley School. Uh and interestingly enough, after she retired, uh she came back and she substituted uh for many years. Uh I knew Linda, I worked with her on committees, very hard-working, very efficient, very detail-oriented, and always willing to assist new staff members. Uh the third moment of silence, the most
004poignant by far, is for uh the young people who lost their lives in the terrible tragedy uh in Louisiana. Uh you know, we're in the business of young people and when something like that happens, it's hard to make for me, it's hard to make sense of this and uh please remember all these uh individuals and the children in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you. Now we're going to have the mission of the Enlarged City School District by Mr. Andrew Moore. Thank you, President. The mission of the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, we strive to provide fiscally sound educational opportunities in a safe environment that continuously supports our diverse student population and we will enable all students to graduate, to reach their full potential, >> [clears throat] >> and become lifelong learners, and to be
005competitive and productive members of society. Thank you. Uh roll call, Ms. Montcherry. Dr. DeJesus. Here. Mr. Estrada. Here. Mr. Moore. Here. Mr. Perino. Here. Mr. Rutts. Here. Ms. Romero. Here. Ms. Tobiason. Here. Freddy Mr. Freddy Williams. >> Here. Pastor Williams. Here. Thank you. May I have a motion to approve the agenda as presented? >> Okay. Got a first and second. Um any discussion? Yes, I have one quick thing. I just wanted to just give a kudos to our district clerk. Um it just, you know, in light of this, you know, I'm always used to be prepared for Thursday and her ability to keep us on track and remind me that today was a board meeting and I just want to give you the kudos and give you flowers that you deserve. Thank you. >> [clears
006throat] >> Thank you. Okay. Um okay. Um and Rose, thank you. Um the same thing happened with the last meeting. I was planning on coming here as well and then your reminder let us know that it was district office. So, thank you uh um as well. Um piggybacking off of what Rose said and what um Drew said, those reminders kind of help, especially when we are busy, you know, day-to-day and and it really helps. So, I appreciate you. I value you and I thank you. Crystal, I value you, too. Um all in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Now we're going to move on to our spotlight on excellence. Thank you, President Romero. It is exciting anytime we get an opportunity to bring our young people here. >> Creeden. Can we just hold on 1
007second cuz the spotlight of excellence is important for Mitty TV and stuff and I'm not sure if Mitty TV's up and running. We're going to check right now. So, that way the students get highlighted on the recording. I'm sorry, President Romero. I just noticed it on the screen, so. Thank you. All righty. Well, anytime we get an opportunity to bring our young people here and have the entire community experience what we get to experience inside our buildings, it's really wonderful. So, I'm going to invite Ms. Amanda Meeden and her team up so that they can do quick introduction and then get set up for our performances. Great. Do we want to sit in the audience or you want to sit or where are we? Yeah. Yeah, in the audience. >> Audience, all right. Same same
008as Good evening. Well, we just transitioned really quickly to um allow everybody to enjoy our performances. My name is Amanda Meeden. I'm lucky enough to be the Middletown City School District music department chair and tonight I have some of our amazing musicians here to show off what we get to hear as music teachers every single day. So, we're going to start with Oliver Naudé, who is a fifth grader at Maple Hill Elementary School. Obviously, he plays the cello. He recently performed at a uh at a Nyssma festival this weekend, which is a solo festival where you perform for a professional musician and you are evaluated. Um Oliver performed a level three solo. There's only six. And he received an excellent reading, which is quite an accomplishment for a fifth grader. >> [applause] >> So, Oliver
009is going to treat us to what he performed this weekend, which is Gavotte. Whenever you're ready. >> [laughter] [music] [applause] >> Our next performer is an eighth grader at Mine Hill Middle School and he is in the band with Miss Ryan Carlozzi. His name is Daniel Salazar. Daniel recently was accepted into the prestigious Carnegie Hall honors program. He will be performing there this summer. He's also been accepted into junior high all county and performs at Nisma, you know, all the other things that we do. And he'll be performing today on trumpet an excerpt from concert etude. >> [music] [music] [applause] >> I'm not allowed to introduce our next two performers. The the gentlemen are next. No, she's she's got one second. She's got one second. Um >> [laughter] >> They have asked to introduce themselves
010and are here representing our jazz program and they are both members of the Middletown High School jazz band. But I'm going to let them continue the introductions. >> [applause] >> Yes. Hi, I'm Marcus Elezi and I am a senior. Hi. I am Andrew Munoz and I'm a senior. Um after high school I plan on attending Stony Brook University to major in biology and minor in jazz studies. Yep. And I Yeah, give it up. Give it up. >> [applause] >> This guy works really hard. He he stays up late studying but Yeah, he definitely deserves it. Um my name so I'm planning to pref- major in jazz performance um after high school and I've been playing jazz for two years so uh here we're very fortunate to be a part of the jazz program and that
011the faculty here uh supports us. It's very beautiful. >> [applause] [applause] [gasps] >> Our next performer this evening is Gianna LeBron who uh was a well, she recently performed in high school all county, area all state and she was nominated as an all state an alternate for all state which as a junior is quite an accomplishment. Um this evening she'll be performing on my own and I'm going to try not to cry. >> [clears throat] >> On my own pretending he's beside me. All alone, I walk with him till morning. Without him, I feel his arms around [singing] me. And when I lose my way, I close my eyes [singing] and he has found me. I love him, but [singing] every day all my [singing] life I've only been pretending. Without me, his world will
012go [singing] on turning. A world that's full of happiness that I have never [singing] known. I love him. I love him. But only on [singing] my own. >> [applause] [applause] >> I told you I was going to try not to cry. I did not succeed. Um I do want to mention that she was accompanied by uh high school chorus teacher Jen Wentworth and >> [laughter] >> and of course page turner Ryan Carlucci cannot we cannot neglect page turning responsibilities. Our final performance tonight will be Matthew McKay. He's performing on the viola. Uh he will be performing the prelude to cello suite number five written by Bach. Uh Matthew uh I I hope I'm correct. Uh earned first chair in high school all county. Yeah? Yeah, he was uh first principal violist. Um area all state?
013Principal? Or just performed? I performed. Yeah, okay. Performed in area all state and was an all state alternate this year as well. Um and he has many academic accomplishments which we've recently heard plenty about. So uh he's is in orchestra with uh Mrs. Megan Gugliotta. >> [applause and cheering] [music] [applause] >> So that was our final performance this evening. Um I don't know if the board wants to return to their seats or I can just talk to everybody from here. It's fine. Okay, great. Um it it was really hard. I had a really really hard job to select musicians to perform and the teachers had a very hard job in supporting uh that selection process. So I thought it was important to paint a picture of this amazing music program that I get to be
014a part of. Uh in the past over the the next couple weeks and in the past month, Middletown City School District has supported over 530 musicians performing at Nisma solo and small ensemble festivals. Uh that's quite an accomplishment. [applause] We have over 500 uh student participants in our band program, over 740 in orchestra, over 600 in chorus. Um and many of the we have many musicians who are in both band and chorus or orchestra and chorus. So it's very hard to get an account of exactly how many participate in our program. We have a growing um non-classical program. We have 77 in our modern band. You saw two of our seniors who are of the 40 in our jazz program and they have been accepted and will be performing in college at that level. Um
015we just formed our first ever music industry club focusing on careers in music outside of performing and education. Um and so there are 12 uh inaugural members in that group. We have a a cappella group and our chamber singers at the elementary or the middle schools, over 50 participants in that. We have 70 musicians in marching band and 35 in our mariachi program. So yeah, it's a pretty diverse offering and I'm proud to be a part of it. Some some county-wide and state accomplishments which I don't think fully reflect the daily accomplishments. I I'm lucky enough to hear these musicians every day. Well, maybe not each of them individually, but uh every day I get to hear this amazing music happen in our in our schools and in our halls. Uh this coming weekend we
016will have 38 members participating in elementary the elementary all county festival. Next weekend we will have 44 7th through 9th graders participating in the junior high all county festival. In January we had 24 musicians in the high school all county festival. We sent eight representatives to area all state and our two alternates to all state performed today. So we are performing in the you know, the county and the state you know, quite significantly. So I'm very proud of those accomplishments, too. >> [applause] >> So I want I know we were here to celebrate the musicians and I want to say thank you to you all for making it possible. To the families who listen to hot cross buns and when it doesn't sound like hot cross buns and it turns into what you heard today.
017Um and just to the whole community. This doesn't happen because music teachers stand in a classroom by themselves. Uh it it really takes a village. So thank you all for giving us that that privilege. I appreciate it. >> [applause] >> Thank you. Where was the student on the sax? What award did he get or where is he going to college? She didn't say where he is going. He said what he was going to study, but he didn't say the school. Oh, okay. Next we're going to have our Elk student of the month for April, Michaela, an 11th grade. >> [applause] >> Congratulations. Thank you. I'm going to do this, Mr. Whitaker? Yes. Administrator? Shall I say something? I'll speak first. >> Will you go ahead and then introduce us? Okay, yes. She's a little shy.
018Good evening, President Romero, members of the board, Superintendent Creedon, district administration. It is my honor to present or to announce that um student of the 2023 cohort, Michaela McGrath, is the April Elk student of the month. >> [applause] >> She is the epitome of a legacy maker. She is always smiling. She always is is positive. Um she brings such great energy to um the school, her friends, and um you know, just a light within our school building. She currently has a 97 GPA. She has 17 It gets better. She has 17.25 credits as of right now, which means by the end of the year she will have over 20, which is more than um the the norm for a for a junior turning into a senior. She'll be graduating next year with an advanced Regents
019diploma. She'll be graduating from our Project Lead the Way Academy of Engineering. Yeah, she's um post-graduation, she's still um debating where she wants to go to school, but she's going to possibly pursue a degree in architectural engineering. Yep, I know. And um just kind of on some hobbies and other interests, she is interested, I believe, in singing and music and may pursue a minor in acoustics. So, um we are so proud of her in in House 4 and the 2023 cohort. And um we we know there are great things not only in store for her here over the next year and a half, but um in her future. So, and we love her mom, too. We love her mom, too. So, uh Michaela, congratulations. We are so proud of you. Job well done. >> [applause]
020>> Did you Did you want to share any words of wisdom? Okay. Hi. I'm just going to lower this real Um as my mom says, it takes a village, and I am able to clearly see that, especially from my sister who came before me. It really did like take a village, and 6 years later, I still feel that support that comes from this community, and I would just like to thank you and give my appreciation to you all and about like like how supported I feel and how like like all these diverse routes that I can have and these after-school oppor- opportunities and just all the classes that I'm in, especially and especially my guidance counselor. She is the best. But um but every year I challenge her of seeing how many classes I can
021fit into my schedule, >> [laughter] >> and she finds a way. But yeah, um I would just like to thank you all for supporting me in any way possible, and thank you. >> [applause] [clears throat] >> I'm going to introduce the new leader of our Elks club, Terry Mayor, and Terry, would you like to say something and introduce the other members of the club? So, I'm the exalted ruler of the Middletown Elks, and I have with me my lecturing knight, Gary Odd, and my house committee member, Earl Odom. Michaela, you did a wonderful job. On behalf of the Middletown Elks, I congratulate you on your your achievement. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Okay. Thank you for being here. Now, I think you're going to have your photo taken. Mr. Whitaker, she said she would like
022some i c e c r e a n. >> Would love some. I'm just saying. I think it's a great idea. >> [laughter] >> Congratulations, Michaela and Mom. Very well deserved. >> [applause] >> And I also said to Mrs. McGrath, I bet good parenting had a lot to do with it. There you go. >> [laughter] >> Oh, yeah. Um may I have a motion to approve the regular meeting minutes of April 9th of 2026 as presented? >> So moved. Second. Uh any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. May I have a motion to approve the workshop meeting minutes of April 16th, as presented? Second. Um any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. There is no administrative personnel memorandum at this time. May I have a motion to approve instructional
023personnel memorandum 19B, numbers 1 through 8, as presented? So move on that. Uh any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. May I have a motion to approve non-instructional personnel memorandum 19C, numbers 1 through 6, as presented? So moved. Okay. Uh thank you. Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. May I have a motion to approve financial memorandum 20D, numbers 1 through 4, as presented? Okay. All in favor? Sorry. Any discussion? Any discussion? Okay. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? And motion passes. Um may I have a motion to approve special services memorandum 18E, numbers 1 and 2, as presented? So moved. Can I have a sec? Thank you. Um any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. May I have a motion to approve change orders 15F,
024F, numbers 1 to 3, as presented? So move on that. Okay. Uh Bill, do you have any updates? >> Any discussion? Bill, do we have any I'm sorry, pardon me, madam. Bill, can you please explain the changes? Thank you. So, I'll read to these. We have three change orders tonight that The first [clears throat] is to to Excuse me. To provide labor and material to reconfigure the flashing and enhance the waterproofing at stair A roof door. The next is to provide labor and material to rebuild structurally deficient existing walls in the basement of Twin Towers. And the [clears throat] third is for labor and material to provide an interface with a building security system for card access reader to the elevator A. Thank you. The squa- Any Any discussion, Mr. Curtis Red? Any questions? Not
025at all. Okay. Um all in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. May [snorts] I have a motion to approve the amended 2026-2027 school year instructional calendar as presented? So moved. Second. Thank you. Any discussion? Yeah. Yeah, um there's no substantive change to dates we're opened or closed. The changes are just reflected in um whose conferences are held on which night in fall and spring. Thank you, Mrs. Creedon. Um any discussion? Any additional questions? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. May I have a motion to approve the tax report card uh 2026-2027 as presented? So moved. Second. Any discussion? Yes, thank you. Uh yeah, so the tax report card just reflect um the the 1.99% um an increase that um that that's below our 2% tax cap that was given. Um so, that's that's
026pretty much um just to um to to cover um our expenses for next year. True. And we decided that if we're over like if we get something better out of the state budget, we're just going to have it in the in the fund balance. In the fund balance, absolutely. Yes, because by then our budget will already be adopted. Cuz they they had another extender. They they Yes, they voted another extender. Monday, right? Was it today? The 24th. The 24th. 24th, I think. Yes. >> Friday to Friday, that's what it was. They'll pass another one. Yeah, and it'll be another extender. Thank you. Yeah, thank you very much. All in favor. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Be it resolved that the board hereby adopts the proposed district digit district budget for the 2026-2027 school year 283,735,894
027and a tax levy increase of 1.99%. Be it further resolved that the proposed district budget for 2026-2027 school year shall be placed on the ballot as proposition number one for the May 19, 2026 budget vote. May I have a motion? >> So moved. Second. Any discussion? Yes, just congratulations to Dr. Connell, his first budget for this school year. You did a great job. Thank you. Thank you so much, sir. I want to cosign on that, too, because um this is probably one of the hardest one of the hardest parts of what we have to do. And and and I want to, you know, big ups to Dr. Connell and and to the whole team that's been working on this that's been working on this throughout this year. Um specially in light of the fact that
028we just we just said just a moment ago that um the state budget has not yet has not yet been finalized and there's just been another extender. Um and but just so the public understands, we're obligated at a certain stage by law to um to adopt our budget. And we have to adopt our budget regardless of what um the state does because I guess they get to do whatever they want to do. Um but nevertheless, it's it's this is a this is a good budget. Um the tax levy in comparison to all of the things that we have that we have done over the last couple years and remind remind the public and remind the board over the last 6 years we've had we've had budgets of uh of zero, budgets of 1% um and
029even one year we had a budget um where we where you went down what was what was it, 5.6% I believe it was. 5.6% and so um to come back at a time when the economy is the economy is really unstable to a certain degree to say and I think I'm I think I'm um understating the understating what it looks like, but uh to come back at this time and still be able to come with a tax levy of 1.99, which is under the cap and understand that the cap is not really 2%. That's just the way they they calculate it. We're we're still a good uh good you know, degree below what the what our legal cap can be. So we So we've done we've done well this year and so again, congratulations, Dr.
030Connell, on your first budget. My prayer is is is that in the coming years that you'll have it as good as you got it this year. So. And it's half of what inflation's running. Exactly. >> Less than more than half. Yes. More than Yeah, absolutely. >> Yes, I wanted to say something. Thank you. Again, good job, Dr. Connell. Uh the I believe the actually we could have had a as much as 4.4 4.7 4.87% 4.87, okay, increase. I just like to throw out something that maybe we could study for next year. Uh I've been hearing from many many seniors in the community that look, I've paid taxes for 30 35 years and it's becoming burdensome, school taxes. I'd like to suggest a study of the feasibility of seniors who have have reached age of 65
031and have paid taxes for 30 or more years receive a 50% reduction in school taxes in school taxes. And so people don't think it's self-serving, no sitting board member could take advantage of that, which means me and Mrs. Tobiason. So I just like a study of that if that is possible to give some of our seniors in the community relief. Don't have to talk about it now, but we have a whole we have a actually a whole fiscal year so thank you. Can I Can I Can I make a a real quick suggestion to that cuz I I I just again, we don't have to talk about it now, but um I would also suggest that maybe we we find a way to draft a resolution and present that resolution to Nisba and see if
032we can if if if that resolution can be passed by um by the school districts that are members of Nisba. It can go it can become an advocacy point um when we when we go to Albany to advocate to the to the state legislature. Cuz I think I think I know there's things that we can do, but I think that also is something that the state legislature needs to be completely in on on as well, so um maybe we can maybe we can draft I I I it's not too it's not too late to put it on the floor. It's too late to present a resolution, I think, but it's not too late to put it on the floor. Something that we can consider. Grassroots movement starting in Middletown, New York. Exactly. Exactly. And I
033think I think we would get some movement from it. Oh, yeah. Okay. With that, thank you, Dr. Connell. Thank you so much for all the great work that you do. So much. Um all in favor. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Be it resolved that the Enlarged City School District of Middletown Board of Education casts its vote to approve the Orange-Ulster BOCES 2026-2027 administrative budget in the amount of 10,134, 134,905 and that the district clerk is hereby authorized to execute a certification of such vote and transmit such certification to the Orange-Ulster BOCES district clerk at 53 Gibson Road, Goshen, New York 10924 or jennifer.supets uh at ouboces.org. May I have a motion? So moved. May I have a second? >> Second. Any discussion? All in favor. Um I'm going to be I even though I'm not
034required to, I'm going to be abstaining from this vote just because I sit on the board for BOCES. Got it. Thank you, Ed. Um so all in favor with the exception of Ed, any opposed? Motion passes. Be it resolved that the board hereby casts its votes in the election of two members of the Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Martha Bogart and Lawrence Burger. May I have a motion? So moved. May I have a second? >> Second. Any discussion? All in favor. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. May I have a motion to approve John Galu as field technician for the May 19, 2026 budget vote board member election as presented. So moved. Second. Um any discussion? Can someone just say what a field technician does so the public's aware? Sure. So the field technician is someone
035assigned by the Board of Elections. They come and service our machines for the election. If we need help with them, they set them up, all of those things. Thank you. Can I ask another question, please? And um uh And so Mr. Galu Mr. Galu has been assigned to us by the by the Board of Elections. Yes, he is assigned to our team. >> That's that's that's that was my question cuz I was wondering um for everybody's I just I was just wondering um I'm familiar with Mr. Galu, but I I was just wondering um how how we how we how we came to the conclusion on him, but if it's been an assignment I know we have to approve it, but if it's been an assignment by the Board of Elections, then I understand. Thank
036you. All in favor. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. Um in regards to the audit committee, Ms. Rose Tobiason. Thank you, Madam President. Uh everyone received uh the minutes from our March 7th, 2026 meeting. The audit committee met on Monday, April 13th. Our minutes were approved at that time. I now need an approval from the Board of Education. So I'm asking for an approval of the March 2nd 2026's minutes. So move on that. Move by John, second it by Second. Andrew, any discussion? And Andrew and John are also members of the audit committee. So I don't know if there's anything you wanted to add as discussion. No, at this time. Thank you. All in favor? Opposed? Passes unanimously. The audit committee, just for will be meeting June 8th at 4:30. Thank you, Rose. You're very welcome.
037Now we're going to have public participation. It's going to be up you all are going to have the opportunity to address the board. The board will designate a portion of its meeting agenda for public comment for a period of up to 40 minutes. Each speaker will be allowed up to 4 minutes. The public is not permitted to discuss topics and or matters involving specific individuals. Speakers must sign in prior to speaking. Speakers are not permitted to seed their time to other speakers and a timer will sound when you have 30 seconds remaining to address the board. I welcome >> Hi. Give me one. I have to write my name first. Mhm, please. >> [snorts and clears throat] >> I just thought I'd mention while she's writing her name, these two wonderful young ladies are my
038neighbors, Leah Castillo and Linda Jefferson. And the presentation will be regarding the NAACP. I'm a member of them also, so Welcome. Thank you, guys. Good evening. I wrote some notes because I get nervous and then I start to forget everything. So I wrote some notes. I'm going to kind of read off of this. First off, my name is Aleah Castillo. I've been a resident of Middletown for 21 years. I'm also an educator and I have a non-profit organization after school program. I am here today to just introduce ourselves. We are part of the NAACP. I am the education committee chair and we are partnering with members of our community and just trying to collaborate and have a connection. We've been out to table and events. One of our initiatives was an initiatives was literacy. So
039that's been one of our main focuses. We've given out free books and literature on the importance of literacy and the literacy rate in New York State as well as across the country. We've this timer. We've We've hosted a viewing of The Right to Read. I don't know if you guys have seen that documentary, but it talks about literacy and where we stand as a country and how many students are illiterate, so on and so forth. If you haven't had a chance to view it, I encourage you to do so. So the next initiative which we're focusing on is anti-bullying and mental health awareness. This is an event that we've been planning. We tried to launch it last last year. That didn't happen, but we are eager and desperately trying to launch this event for this
040year, hopefully in September. And it's just going to pretty much be an informational event giving parents and our community members tools and information about anti-bullying and about mental health and some things we can do. There'll be other organizations collaborating with us and pretty much I think that's all. I think I covered everything. I hope. So we're just here reaching out. We would love to collaborate with Middletown School District. Obviously, we're here in Middletown. We're based in Middletown. We've had some communication with Monroe. We've done some things at Monroe. And we're also reaching out to other other neighboring school districts as well. I have a flyer here that has some more information. We have meetings the last Monday of every month. There's an upcoming meeting this month. If you scan the QR code, it'll bring you
041directly to the link to join our meeting. Again, it's for educators, administrators, parents, students, whoever wants to come if you want to learn a little bit more about what we're doing. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you very much. Ms. Castillo. Castillo, do you have enough of those to pass out or you can give me one right now? >> When I have big ones and then I have small ones. So I have enough. All right. Thank you. Do you give them to you or Okay. You can email us tomorrow. Superintendent Creeden, do we have a section on our website at all for community organizations to put information and their website on? We do have a section where we have resources linked for communities, but anytime anybody sends anything to us, our communication team does their
042best to post it on Facebook. Cool. So can you guys reach out and do that as well? Yeah. Ms. Castillo, Mr. Estrada was saying this is another way for you to also share the information via the district's website. I also want to add to that I've been in the mental health field for about 35 years. So I can share resources that would be available to you as well that also can come out and support whatever you're trying to do in September. So we definitely can connect and share resources. Great. Do you have a card? I do. I'll I'll get it to you. >> Okay, great. Thank you, guys so much. >> Also, before you sit, sorry. Um She jumped the gun. You're right. Um Me personally, if you can reach out to me um through
043the district. I do an event every September called A Taste of Village Back to School Barbecue. We would love to collaborate with you. So if you know, we can collaborate together and I get in touch with you or you get in touch with me, I think this would be a a great addition to what we do originally. So look to hear from you. Thank you. Yes, thank you so much. Anyone else? I just want to add that thank you for I'll say taking up the flight again because at one time the NAACP was very very strong in Middletown. And so I'm glad to see that I'll use the word resurrected that you folks are trying to put some new blood and to bring it back to where it was. So thank you for all your
044efforts. Yes, I agree. Yes, very well said, Rose. Ms. Moncherie, hi. I wanted to say hi to you. >> [laughter] >> Okay. Oh, there you go. Thank you so much, Ms. Castillo. Um Does anyone else want to come up? Well, thank you. Next we're going to move forward with our superintendent updates. No, that's a lie, Amy. I'm sorry. Ms. Moncherie. [clears throat] >> [laughter] >> That's a lie, not yet. Did we receive any letters to the Board of Education? Yes, we received one letter. Thank you so much. Um Amy. Now I'm not lying. It's your go. Thank you. Great. Thank you. I'm going to invite Mrs. Adoma up to the podium to share exciting updates with regards to our upcoming experience our programs showcase. Good evening. So this evening's music performances are just a sneak
045preview of some of the Middletown genius will be showcasing at this year's experience our program event. This is our annual event that highlights our programs K-12. This year's theme is What is your Middletown genius? The event will be held here on Friday, May 8th. Doors open up at 4:00 p.m. It's open to all members of our community, so you don't have to be a parent or guardian here. So it's open to all. There's no cost to attend. We'll have interpreters available. And our communication team has been doing promo videos every week highlighting some of the activities that are are to be showcased at this year's event. So, I'm going to um um ask the team to show the video, one of the videos that we released. >> [music] [music] >> All right. So, stay tuned
046for our next video, but we hope to see everyone there. So, again, it's from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. The format we shifted last year a little bit. So, you can come in at any time during that window. You don't have to register in advance. We just want to see you there. So, if you can stop by even for a few minutes, I mean encourage all of our community to come out and see what we've been doing here in Middletown and to see our genius. Thank you. >> [applause] >> And then, we're going to move along with our Board of Education updates. Um I'm going to start our community engagement updates with Mr. Moore. Thank you. Uh first actually before you start the clock, I just wanted to share this um pretty quickly. Uh the prom
047committee uh just wanted everyone to know that during the lunch periods and even Friday at the Multicultural Celebration they'll be uh having prom tickets available for sale. Um and also Monday the 27th at What is it? Uh No, what is it? No. Uh well, Monday the 27th and they have a another event um being held here at the high school. Um and then also May 1st and May 2nd um as well uh opportunities for the um the students to be able to purchase tickets for the prom. Prom will be May 15th, Friday, May 15th. And the theme is 1920. So, I'm eager to see how that turns out. Frank Lutman's right there now. If anybody watching, you can come over right now and uh buy your tickets. They're going to be there until 8:00 or
048thereafter, so. Good opportunity. Nice theme, 1920s. Yeah. Yes, Frank's >> Mr. Moore, thank you. Yeah, Frank's going to be there while we're on the topic. Frank, she's going to >> [laughter] >> She's going to be out She's going to be there every day from 8:00 until 8:00. So, if anybody's listening out there you know, and you want to get some more direct information, uh Frank be sitting out here at the front desk at in front of the high school, inside front door. Thank you. We're going to deduct that from your time, okay, Mr. Wright? Now, we can start. >> [laughter] >> Mr. Are you still going? >> Yeah, I didn't I just wanted to get that out of the way cuz that was that was special. >> Okay. Thank you. No problem. Thank you. So,
049I have a first have a infographic that I want to show and it's it's actually fitting cuz I actually we didn't plan this, but it's actually falls Actually, go before that, one more. Yes. So, it's just it's interesting that you came up and spoke today and today I wanted to just share a graphic that came out of the uh National Literacy Institute um and it actually shows the percentages of Americans that are below level one literacy when it comes out. And you can see the obviously the shades of red shows the percentage of the population in each state that are reading below a level one uh literacy. And it's it was kind of shocking to me to see and I I figured to do a PSA um during our community meeting just to express um
050some of the recent data that shows a significant portion of Americans including right here in New York, which is currently at a 22.1% of adults um that are reading below um basic literary uh literacy levels. And in some cases, it means adults are struggling to read beyond the middle school level. Uh New York has taken um tremendous amount of steps in the right direction, investing in early literacy, shifting in research and based um reading instruction, expanding adult educational programs. And something I want to give credit to as far as I actually stopped over at Monhagen on Friday and it just so happened I went to drop something off and it literally once I got there, the announcements went off and they told the kids to stop doing what you're doing and just pick up a
051book for 30 minutes. And I felt I found those simple initiatives, especially in the the light of where we are currently are now, with this so heavily technology-based and AI-driven and students are not really really engaging in with textbooks and in the reduction of outside um you know, bookstores, etc. that's no longer present. So, having those little small indications of being able to invest in literacy at the young age and then also helped our adult education programs to take place. So, here's another resource, the next slide. And these are some resources that are available here in Orange County. Um and I just wanted to just provide this to, you know, the community. Please take a snapshot of it. Um you have SUNY Reconnect, you have SUNY Orange um Ulster BOCES, Ulster BOCES um Orange Sorry,
052Orange Ulster BOCES and Ulster BOCES. Um Uh SUNY Orange, the Lifetime Learning Institute, SUNY New Paltz, the Cornell Cooperative Extension, and Youth Empowerment Programs. All these are resources that can be used um for adult education to be able to combat some of these challenges that we're facing um within the state and actually nationally. Uh with my minute left, uh I just wanted to just share something um amongst the the community um and it's going to be pretty quickly. And it's just it is it's kind of subtle, but it's something and powerful to discuss. You know, perception. Perception shapes how people interpret actions, decisions, and intent. And um perception by itself is not just the truth, all right? And it's influenced by incomplete information, personal biases, and at times assumptions that are not grounded in facts.
053Where perception is left unchecked, it distorts reality and it distorts and it Sorry, it distorts reality and in sometimes a setting like this distorts what the real consequences could be, right? And we have seen all incidents and decisions and narratives around those decisions and driven mostly by interpretation and invalid or or verified information. So, when it comes to When that happens, it creates confusion and it erodes trust and it shifts away from what truly matters. And when it happens when we're dealing with students, families, and our community and when we're dealing with integrity. And as a board member uh as board members, we carry ourselves responsible beyond just the individual perspective and uh and carry ourselves to lead with discipline. And discipline seeks out facts, uh relies on data, and challenges [bell] assumptions even when
054assumptions are widely accepted. Um I'm going to leave it there and I can continue this, but it is something I wanted to definitely bring to attention because sometimes perceptions can lead to misinterpretation and lead to detrimental situations when especially when we're dealing with a board. So, Thank you, Mr. Moore. I'm going to move on to this side. Um Dr. DeJesus, do you have anything right now? Mr. Perreino. Thank you. Uh first Firstly, I'd like to talk about an event that happened uh this weekend that was a Middletown City Cleanup. Uh some of our board members were there. Uh Mr. Wright was there and uh Mr. Estrada was there and Mrs. Tobiasen was there. I'll talk about that in a in a second and they handed out some nice shirts. Here's one of the shirts I
055handed out. And now it says uh 2025 because last year uh because last year it what could not be held because of the weather conditions. But you you know, one thing that stuck in my mind, I work with uh Sergeant Dave Green, retired from Middletown Police Department. Uh the improvement and the very nice shops on North Street. Uh the city is uh has come back and uh please take advantage of these and I attribute this to uh a few things. Number one, Maria Bruni, head of the Business Improvement District and Community Improvement uh Mayor DeStefano and the uh Common Council. But uh you should really try to get down to uh some of the uh programs, uh some of the shops and restaurants in the area. Uh Mrs. Tobiasen was working down there. We lost
056her because she happened to stop in an ice cream shop. That was the last we saw of her for the uh day. But you know, our district was very well represented there. We had our sports teams there, uh representatives from each and every school, NJROTC, members of the Honor Society. It was really a The weather cooperated. It was really a great day of community engagement. Um So, uh going on, I'm going to start this. I'm going to have to come back to this, I think. I want to compliment one of our faculty members, Justin Surge, on community outreach with the Middletown Little League. Uh that happened uh at last, I believe last Friday. It was a great evening again. The weather was great. And uh Justin got in contact with all members of the uh
057uh Little League, all the teams were represented. Um the teams came out on the field. Uh trophies were presented. And uh there's going to be more of this because he is going to collaborate with Tiffany Hasbrouck, the uh head of the Little League, and Ray- Raylene Bertholf of the uh uh Middletown Recreation Department. And our the Middies played that evening. Unfortunately, they played hard, but we uh we did not uh uh we did not win the game, but everybody had a good time. Uh there was a concession, a 50/50 stand, and the proceeds were going to the Middletown Little League. Uh they also offer scholarships, and uh money was raised for that, too. So, congratulations to Justin Surge. He uh he is our for the people who don't know, our assistant athletic director. And I'm
058not going to start something else because I won't have time, and I don't like to go over my time. So, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Perino. Mr. Estrada. Thank you, Mr. Perino. And I think that's uh a testament to really that that athletic group that um was begun because the board wanted an emphasis on our on our uh athletic department reaching out to the community, and and little by little, you know, we'll get to the promised land when it comes to that. We want to make sure we're involved with uh Middletown soccer, with Middletown uh football, all of that, you know, when when we look at some of these other places that um are successful in programs at the high school level, like Monroe, Woodbury, and things of that nature, it's because all of that
059develops with the community groups at an early uh early stage. So, um the only other thing is that I want to piggyback, I want to thank Mr. Moore for bringing up that level one literacy um graphic on there. But, I I kind of look at New York, and if you take a look at some of the other states that were in the red, um and thank you for putting it up now. If you remember, we have an argument not an argument, we have heavy discussion here all the time about our test scores as a school district at the low age. And what we do have to realize is that when you have good programs, people who come into this country and are looking for good programs to learn, they come to places that are successful.
060So, you know, we always talk about the fact that when we have a child from kindergarten through 12th grade, it's they improve tremendously from the beginning to end. Our concern is when all of a sudden somebody comes into the ninth grade from an outside district, and they have to play catch-up. So, in New York, remember that, you know, if you're an immigrant and you're coming into this country from another country, are you going to go to North Dakota? Are you going to come to New York City? Or are you going to go to New York? Or or maybe California if you're coming from some of the Central American states. So, these states have challenges. And so, the resources we need, you know, when you put resources into your kids here in Middletown, look what happens
061with our graduation rate and and the way our our community works together um as Freddy mentioned with the you know, it takes a village barbecue. I mean, something as simple as that brings the community together for a successful resolution. And that's what we need to do with some of these locations is provide the support they needed. And we're a great example statewide. You know, when you give support to public education in Middletown, our community's been great about that. Um the results speak for themselves. So, hopefully, you know, that's how things get turned around. I wouldn't be as concerned about the fact that the states are red, but why are they red? And a lot of that has to do with English language learners in all of these states. Um you know, whether it's New Mexico,
062Texas, California, New York, you know, um a lot of that is for English language learners, and it's always going to be a challenge because, you know, that's where they want to go to start their their life as Americans. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Estrada. Mr. Retz. Yes, good evening. Um as I said before, um in effort to continue to um build relationship between what goes on in the schools and the communities, um we had a great week of different events last week. In particular, um New York Lieutenant um Governor Antonio Delgado visited the high school, and he had um discussions and conversations around civic duties as well as um uh voting um for students. Um that was well attended. I think we have a graphic um I'm down waiting to come up, but um it
063was well attended by um our bro- MBK, My Brother's Keeper, as well as My Sister's Keeper program. They um joined in on on bringing this thing into fruition. So, it was a great experience for the young men and ladies. Um And um we got a great deal out of it, too. He shared a great deal about his um background. He used to be a former rapper, and when that didn't work out, he went back to school and got a law degree, and then he continued on to um uh to become a congressman, and the rest was history. It was a good experience for the kids. Um also um moving right along, um I was invited to a VIP Mid- Middie Pride Luncheon um for most improved students. That was hosted by um House Principal Ashley
064Merton and and Dean Ashley uh Pace. And um again, this is for students that always don't get those top honors. They took the time to be able to acknowledge kids that were making improvements and to validate them and make them feel good. So, they was really excited about that. And a nice little luncheon there with pizza and some hot wings and all the good trimmings. And then um also um John Perino mentioned um the neighborhood citywide cleanup um with Mr. with Mayor Joseph DeStefano and his staff. Um we was out there supporting this, and it was a good cause, a good community community service. Again, it was well attended. We had some um staff from the high school as well. Ms. Acevedo was there with her family. And um let me see. I got a
065little bit more time left, and then we had a final event um um um former member um Mr. Mitchell Williams. Um His um boxing team, they took um a group down to Madison Square Garden, and um these two um prominent boxers here, they represented the Big M really well. They won their events. Um one by a knockout, and one by a unanimous decision. Um surprisingly, it was well attended by some people up this way that came down, and um again, um kudos to um Mr. Williams and and what he does with these young kids and giving them another vehicle to just be able to um you know, express themselves, you know, um using athleticism and to um further their advancements in in their efforts in what they want to do in life. So, I think
066that's about all. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Retz. Pastor Williams. I actually don't have much. Um I have something doing the committee reports for Oxbury and for Nisba, but um again, the reminder that as we're moving into this part of the season, well, they put it up, so I might as well go ahead and talk about it. Um I really wasn't going to talk about it right now, but that's okay. Um so, um part of part of my responsibilities, um to know expand. I also serve as the president of the Orange County School Boards Association, um which works with all of our uh all of our component school districts from around the county. And on last Wednesday, uh last Wednesday, go back go back another one first. Um on last Wednesday, uh we
067hosted we hosted uh student board members [clears throat] from around the county. Um we had uh from Monroe and from Minisink Valley, Warwick, uh Warwick, uh Highland Falls, um Pine Bush. Um I'm sure somebody else is in there, but we also had, as you can see uh in this picture, our two student board reps, uh who uh who did such an amazing job. It was an opportunity to ask uh those student board reps many questions about uh their experiences as being student board reps, and um how what they're going to be passing on to uh future board reps. Uh and so, it was a wonderful wonderful wonderful time. Uh uh just and and just as uh uh something that we're working on uh after having discussion after having discussion with um with even with our
068superintendent and others, uh many of our student reps from around the county don't get the opportunity to even spend time with one another. Um you know, as we meet as meet uh around the county with oxbow or with Nisbet around the state. Our student board reps don't have that opportunity and so one of the things that we're hoping to do and develop with with much help is a an opportunity for student reps to even come together and to meet periodically to share their experiences and to encourage one another and to uplift one another. I think they deserve that. I just returned the week before this past week. I just returned from the National School Board Association convention which was held in held in San Antonio, Texas. And while I was at that National School Board
069Association conference which was an amazing amazing conference and I I would encourage I would encourage us at some point or another to consider sending another another rep. I go as a representative of New York State, but it would be nice to have somebody from this board as well go to that conference as a representative of Middletown. But uh only one student there was only one student board member from out of Maryland that was in San Antonio and she was an amazing young lady. And I tend to believe this as you as you see all of these you know wonderful beautiful young people. I tend to believe that we have amongst us some of the best student board reps ever. They're extremely engaged, extremely intelligent, very well spoken and and have bright bright presence and bright
070bright futures and so I really believe that we're we're second to none here in Middletown and even in Orange County. So um uh I have other things that I want I wanted to address during this time, but since this went up I'll just I won't I'll just I'll save it to the next meeting. Just a reminder in my 18 seconds that this is a busy season for us. There's a lot of things going on. And so let's make sure that we let's make sure we get all the word out so that we can get as much participation with the community. I appreciate the community very much and we need to make sure that we continue to collaborate with them. Thank you. >> [bell] >> Thank you. Mrs. Tobiasen Several members mentioned the cleanup in the
071city of Middletown and I think that we have to give a tremendous amount of thanks to Sue DePew who for years has spearheaded this cleanup. um And she's been undaunting in what she has done to make us um completely aware of uh And she wants no praise. She's kind of a person that wants to stay behind the scenes, but Sue deserves a lot of recognition and a lot of uh thanks for what she does. I had this week from our um principal at Monhagen, Dominic Redoña a little update of what's going on at Middletown, Madam President. Great. [clears throat] At Monhagen. He's very encouraged that the attendance is up at Monhagen. He wanted to They had a great too. Mr. Whitaker, I spoke to you before about this. They had a great ice cream social
072there for high honor students. um He wants to remind folks that this week is the ELA testing at the middle school. um And it's the third marking period has concluded. And there is going to be a town hall meeting with the PTO. So um those are the updates from Monhagen. I unless do you have anything? I purposely let you share. >> [laughter] >> I'm good. Thank you. Okay, thank you very much. Thank you very much. Vice President Williams Good evening. I just wanted to start off by as we enter the fourth quarter of the school year. Went by very fast. Just want to acknowledge the every all the staff made is a um through adversity change everything the the years endured. We've been steadfast with the energy and great school spirit. You know, having a
073young man in this district in the freshman class. um You know, that's my direct report. It doesn't get any better than that, right? um He's thriving through a lot of programs we have speaking on I think Mr. Rett brought it up the MBK program that I've been original member of over the uh the Lieutenant Governor Delgado My son was excited. He actually wore a suit. um to that and you know, he was excited about that and Lieutenant Delgado Governor Delgado actually visited my business two years ago. So really good energy from him. My son said it was great event and well attended and you know, shout out to MBK and MSK. um But yeah, I definitely want to acknowledge all staff through this year. We're going to blink. It's going to be graduation, right? So
074they they can you know, they can't get enough flowers through the year. So I always want to give them their flowers. And secondly, I just wanted to mention it was on our agenda. Madam President mentioned it the workshop minutes. um Workshops just the community. So you know, for the information we don't just sit at these tables and uh you know, just pass items and it's it's way more than that. These workshops consist of um team building. um You know, some you may take a step back to take two forward. This past workshop was very productive to me. Everyone that was there I commend you for being there cuz once again this is a selfless job. It's our job to make sure that the the district is in in the best hands possible as far as
075uh you know, productivity right um safety. So these workshops with Nisbet um they provide a representative. Thank you Mr. Snyder. um It was a great great conversation. Not an easy not easy conversations. But conversations that we have to have as a board. And moving forward I think that everyone that was there we we got a good uh um We got a good gist of what we need to do moving forward. Sometimes you need reminders while we're here and why the community put us here. um I think Mr. Moore said perception can be there's a there's a there's a there's a really a gray area with that word. So that was well said, Mr. Moore. um But yeah, I just wanted you know, I didn't have any images or anything like that. I just wanted to
076speak on the staff, you know, congratulating the staff and the students of course. um You know, my son was very anxious coming into his freshman year and you know, he's thriving going into the fourth quarter already and time flies. It really does. So I want to commend everybody and thank the community for your support. And you know, just looking forward to all the festivities like Mr. Williams said coming up with graduation prom and things of that sort. So that's what I have. Thank you. Thank you, Vice President Williams. I have some pictures I want to share. These are recent pictures of our twin towers capital project and they are from our visit on the 16th. I just want to show the community and everyone who was not able to attend like just where they are
077with the project and how it looks from the inside. Okay. With that I want to move to the committee reports. Do we have any committees who want to discuss anything report anything? Yes, we have a policy meeting May 1st Friday at 5:00 p.m. at the district office. Thank you, Mr. Rett. Mrs. Tobiasen No, our next meeting isn't until June. Okay, pass to Williams. I just I just want to take a moment to lean in into Nisbet Nisbet for a moment. um You know, as a Nisbet rep but also as Nisbet Board of Nisbet New York State School Board Association. I say that I'll I'll I'll say it sometimes the public doesn't know the the acronyms, but New York State School Board Association I I serve proudly as the area nine director on the Board of
078Directors for New York State School Board Association. There are a lot of things that are coming up coming up again. We're in the resolution process in which we're examining resolutions that are going to be presented in the annual meeting to be voted on in the annual meeting in October which will be held in Buffalo. Also reminder that the lead event which many of us many of us in this room have attended in Albany is going to be going on this summer. We prepare for that. But I also one of the things that I really want to lean into for this moment especially in light of our community members that came in talking about literacy is one of the things that uh that Nisba is really leaning in very heavy right now in partnership with our
079statewide partners from from all over from all over is addressing an expanded expanded universal pre-K program and finding ways to expand it finding ways to um to provide those early education opportunities something this district has always been ahead of the curve on over the years and and so uh those those are some of the some of the priorities that Nisba is taking along with along with so many other agendas that are going on surrounding surrounding diversity equity and inclusion which is not a bad word I don't care what anyone says it's not a bad word but at the end of the day they're leaning into many of those things and so I am I'm encouraged I'm encouraged um that there's many things coming down so I'll take advantage one of the things that tried to
080do during my tenure as president and along with Mr. Freddy Williams who served as my vice president and and also Mr. Bison who served as my vice president for for time as well we leaned into making available every free opportunity for training Nisba has a a myriad of free opportunities free free trainings free free sessions and so we always had our district clerk sign everybody up for it whether you were available or not so that you would have that opportunity and so those things still remain and are available and so I would encourage us as we're going forward uh if you have if you have the time cuz many of us don't have the time we have life we have business we have all things but I would encourage each of us to when we
081have the time and opportunity to take advantage of um of those presentations and outside of that there there is so much more that's going on I wish that I could I could tell it all but my newsletter for the area nine will be coming out by the beginning of the next week which will address which will address so many of the other things that's going on so stay tuned stay tuned for more information thank you Thank you Pastor Williams Mr. Estrada I just have one brief one something that has not happened in 18 years Mr. Rec can you please take off your cap >> [laughter] >> I want to commend the committee we have a new look for Mr. Rec God bless him >> [laughter] >> I think you look great man you look absolutely
082great >> I know it was a hard decision >> [laughter] >> We don't know that I know it was it was a hard decision for you There we go there you go Mr. Williams I think you look you guys look great man you know not that you didn't look great before but I know it was a very hard decision to do what you did cuz you mentioned to me it was 18 years in the making but you know God bless This this is why this is this is why we do this I don't [clears throat] get the ugly stage this is why we do this Mr. [laughter] Rec are you going to show us your hair Can I can I just add something real quick cuz I was talking about universal pre-K and we had
083and we had um we did have our students performed tonight and I think it was wonderful I just wanted to take make note of one of the students that performed tonight Mr. Matthew McKay who who played the violin Mr. Matthew McKay I can proudly say is one of one of pre-K students that that we had many years ago and is now grown up my wife was one of his pre-K teachers and we've watched him grow up and and just as a shameless plug for him Mr. Mr. McKay is also um was announced on last week as being our valedictorian for this year for the class of 2026 and so not only so not only does he have the art side of the brain but he also has the he has the educational and the intelligence
084side of the brain as well so kudos to him and his family who I know very well his family is father is is chief of the fire department so very deeply ingrained in this community and so I just wanted to make that note make that mention I believe his mom is also a >> is also >> the district is also a teacher in the district who we've all we've known we've known many many years Yeah So Madam President I thought that um >> DeJesus Mr. Estrada was going to say in in the 18 years we were done by 8:15 So can I say anything No it is not Rose it is not Sit tight almost You got less than >> [laughter] >> We do we have any conference professional learning or educational matters that we
085want to discuss I am going to share the upcoming dates and reminders April 24th we have a college fair at Middletown High School April 24th we also have our multicultural nights from 5:00 to 8:00 at our high school gym on the 27th we have the fast for completion night 6:00 p.m. at Middletown High School May 1st and 2nd we have Presidential Park Spring Musical at Middletown High School on May 4th we have meet the candidates night from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Middletown at here at the high school here in the library media center on the 5th we have National Honor Society induction ceremony at 6:00 here at the high school on the 6th we also have senior parent night at 6:00 p.m. here at the high school May 7th we have the Middletown
086High School chorus concert at 6:30 at the high school and May 7th we have a Board of Education meeting beginning at 6:30 now may I have a motion to adjourn I move to adjourn the meeting please Okay We have a second already Okay any discussion All in favor Any opposed I think we did make history Good night everyone and for all the attendees thank you for coming good night >> Mhm.