001So anyway, I'm gonna pass you some notes. Sure. >> I don't think we're going to need it. We got to come up with the number right now. >> I am so everything about my life right now. I am I am really struggling. >> I'm sorry because you're probably struggling a whole lot more than me, >> but it's rough and And I have 22 and I was at zero for so long. I was I was doing >> You used to laugh at me. You used to laugh at me all the time. >> I used to be mad at you because you >> It wasn't It's hard work. It wasn't like I didn't get any emails. >> I know. I I You inspired me and I did it. >> I talked to I talked to somebody today.
002She works at a college and she's like and I was complaining about somebody in her office who doesn't respond to emails and she's like, "Well, you don't want to come to my email box. You'll never get Good evening. Welcome to the January 14th date uh meeting. And uh we'd like ask everyone to please stand up for the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Say [singing] [singing] light. So proudly we have at the twilight [singing and music] last gleaming who bright through the [singing] lost [music] for the red we were so [singing] gallently [music] streaming and the rockets. The walls were singing gave proof
003through the [singing] night that our flag was still there. Oh, [singing] say does that star spangled yet for the land of the [singing] bra. Please remain standing for a moment of silence for our troops that are protecting us across the borders. Our Nassau County police officers, we lost our Nassau County police officer last week, Sean Hedwick. Uh for all our fire department, all our personnel, all our doctors, and all our nurses. Okay, please be seated. We'll turn this uh portion uh of the honor celebration. Dr. Harrington, what is that saying? Thank you everybody. We are just waiting for the script so I can begin the honest presentation. I have one Mr. [laughter] >> But as long as I have the microphone, I do want to say that uh Emma Lopez, as you can see in
004the agenda, was uh our student who was designated to sing the national anthem tonight. We'd like to have our own students do that. And so the >> at county >> oh we just realized that she's at all county which is why she's not here. U but we had a wonderful backup and for those who've been to a number of our meetings you might recognize that this is now a a a new uh video of our current choir and um for those that have remember the one from that we used to use for quite some time. You can see that our numbers have more than doubled in that area. So, we're so very proud of that and our amazing teachers who make that happen. And Emma was in the video, so at least she was there.
005We'll give her another opportunity at another time for sure. So, um, we are now pleased to welcome parents, students, staff, and members to this wonderful part of our board meeting, which is our honors ceremony portion. Um, we're going to invite individuals, our students, when your names are called, we do ask you to please join us on the stage. we have a a presentation for you and more importantly a photo op. So please please um take advantage of that. But before we get to that, it is my personal pre uh pleasure to recognize two professionals who have really achieved the pinnacle of our profession in education and that is a doctorate in education. It's not completely unusual for people who are administrators to reach that pinnacle, but it is not really common when it's teachers. Um
006it just because they move on and do so many other things. But we are so very um happy to have here two different people and I believe we have Miss Castilli and Miss Mr. Are you guys going to join me at the mic or would you like me to take it? There you are. Thank you. [laughter] >> I have script. >> Thank you. >> Good evening. I am honored to share with you the accomplishments of an exceptional professional who exemplifies dedication and excellence in education. Congratulations to Ailen Monks for successfully defending her dissertation to complete her doctorate degree in learning and teaching from Ha University. Dr. Monk's commitment to advancing her expertise in education will have a lasting impact on our students and our community. Congratulations, Dr. Muntz. Come on down. [applause] It is my
007privilege to recognize her dear friend uh Dr. Christina Pitakilo for completing her Doctor of Education degree in applied linguistics from Hofster University with a focus on supporting mainstream teachers of English language learners. Congratulations to both of these exceptional educators. And Dr. Petila, would you please join us down here? [applause] You know who's supposed to do this one? Me. Oh, thank God. [applause] Take the two of them. >> Get the two of them. >> Yeah. No, you guys. I was walking away. [laughter] Congratulations. [applause] >> I get to stay up here. Lucky me. Inspired by a character in the book, The Bridge Home by Podma Venetraman, sixth grade students at school 5 created and sold handmade bracelets, partnering with our school 5 Starbucks cafe to raise funds for Oceanside Community Service. Their creativity and commitment to
008helping others demonstrate the values we hope to instill in all of our students. Please join me in recognizing this group who is representative of their whole class. Uh, please join me. Sophia Gallas, Avery Reid, Lucas Carnipakis, Savannah Prince, Savannah Hennessy, Matthew Ross, Sophia ShraMM, Zoe Alaban, Maline Leiline, Ava Bondo, Grace Fonden, Mason Islam, Roco Lagoodi, Daniela Montori, and Ryan Willis. [applause] And their fabulous teacher is Tracy Malpigley. >> [applause] >> You go. >> Our next presenter is Mitch Pickman, director of social studies K12. something. That's Everyone, >> congratulations. [applause] >> [applause] >> Nice job, guys. Nice job. Nice job. Good evening. It is my pleasure to recognize the members of the high school world interest club who represented the district with distinction at the Princeton Model United Nations Conference. Model UN develops critical thinking, public
009speaking, negotiation, and diplomacy skills while deepening students understanding of global issues. Our students competed against delegates from across the country and internationally, earning the following awards. Best delegate, Abigail Santiago. [applause] In the category of best position paper, Sabrina Zindaki. [applause] Our students receiving verbal commendations, Quinn Byer, Samantha Gella, and Suhan Msad. [applause] [applause] And our students receiving honorable mention at this competition, Anthony Baldi, Corin McCarthy, and Daniela Sanchez. And their adviserss are Gavin Ker and Karen Kazakov. [applause] >> [applause] >> Can you take a picture? >> Is it down? I did that last time. >> Yeah, I'm sorry. Congratulations. [applause] >> Our wick students and there are a number of additional students seated in the audience tonight will competing at Harvard Model United Nations in the coming weeks and then Cornell uh a few weeks
010after that. So congratulations again. Our next presenter this evening is Tom Neman, director of physical education, health, and athletics. [applause] >> Good evening everyone. Uh just congratulations to all of the award winners so far. Um we are uh we're in half right now because we had a great fall. So, our girls soccer team who won the Long Island Championship, our boys soccer team who won the conference championship um as long and we we celebrated them and our cheer team who went to the states and won the conference and county championship as well. Uh we celebrated them in the uh December board meeting. Uh so tonight we're going to start with our football team who went to the championship game for the first time uh since 2021. We had a great season and uh we were
011led by some of the young men that are here tonight. Uh Dylan Parker was all county and all state 16. Come on up. [applause] We have Nick Greco was all county all state 16. And Nick was also named the uh golden 11 which highlights not only his athletic ability on the field but also his academic uh standing in the class. So congratulations to Nick. [applause] We have Chase Morris who I'm not certain is here. He had a wrestling match tonight. Uh Chase Morris was all county and all state second team. And uh Chase just recently became the all-time leader with 132 wins and counting in the sport of wrestling. So I'm sure he got 133. Tonight [applause] we have Shane Harmon who was all county and all state team as our quarterback. [applause] And Ryan
012Pender was the All State second team field goal kicker and uh most points scored. And we learned that he scored more points by himself than four teams in Nassau County, which is pretty incredible. [applause] Coaches are Rob Brown, Brian Ellis, Todd Goodwin, Eric Durkovich, and Mike Venucci. [applause] >> [applause] >> Next up, we have our boys cross country all county uh student athletes. Jonathan Davi, Kevin Fernandez, and Dylan Herszog. If you are here, come on up. [applause] They have a big track meet tomorrow, so maybe they're prepping for it. Uh, their coach is Mike Kelly. Um, girls volleyball. Um, our girls volleyball team plays in the toughest division in Long Island. Um, we had two allcount honorable mention players. Kendall Quinonz um who is also second in Nassau County with 265 kills who finished her
013career with over 500 kills and Kendall was also named the News Day top 100 and we conducted a signing day this morning and Kendall is going to play volleyball at Pace University. So if Kendall if you are here come on up. [applause] I said it's club volleyball season so that's maybe where she's at. I think so. Yes. Yeah. I got mom's nod. though we got it. Um, our second all county honorable mention for volleyball was Calli Personary. Um, Callie was also named all county honorable mention. She was named News Day top 100 player, finished eighth in Nassau County with 226 digs and that is now top 500 digs in her career and she's coming back for her senior season. So, congratulations to Cali. [applause] Their coaches are Robert uh Kylie and Jared Stler. And our
014last but not least, and I know this student is not here because he's under the weather, but Leo Keegan, who is an all county golfer and will be competing in the golf championships. Yeah, Leo. [applause] We have Jess Keegan in the audience. Um Leo, uh some impressive numbers if anybody plays golf. Uh his handicap uh is a 1.97. Uh he shot two under par one round this uh year and um he averaged 37 on nine holes. I think I averaged 37 on four holes. So congratulations to Leo. He'll be competing in the spring championship. And our uh next person up is Andrew Fry Gold. Thank you. [applause] >> Good evening. The scholar artist program recognized students who demonstrate exceptional talent and achievement in the arts while maintaining academic excellence. These students represent the best of
015what arts education can achieve. Please join me in congratulation congratulating our two Oceanside High School students who have been named scholar artist merit winners by the Long Island Arts Alliance. We have Carolyn Spario for theater and Hannah Weiss for dance. [applause] Their teachers are Laura Gallow and Michelle Taplan. Congratulations. [applause] Good. In conclusion, be resolved that a page for the minutes of this meeting be set aside to record these accomplishments along with continued best wishes for success done in Oceanside, New York this 14th day of January 26th. And Dr. Jerel of course has told us that we have some cookies and soft refreshments in the cafeteria. Uh we're going to take a 5 minute 5 minute 5 minute quick break and then we're going to continue on with a meeting. Congratulations to all the students
016and everybody have a safe ride home. [applause] video. >> I'm going to try >> You'll be slick and try to say something that they don't like. >> Well, that Yeah, you could do that, but they're pretty >> Yeah. Don't fall. I made a run with the treadmill for a little bit today. I don't want to see my eyes are so bad. What? >> I was just about to say that. You too scared. How are you? >> Yeah. Yeah, he was lurking today. It's crazy how empty. >> I like it like this. Did you drive? >> Did you drive here? >> Leia didn't have to go out. >> So, you're full time now? All right. >> Yep. >> He'll be here. Thanks so much. It's February 24th. >> I'm ready. Okay, Charlotte. We'll be starting in
017two minutes. Two minutes. Black Everybody's I got it. I got it. Thank you guys. 30 seconds. Let's go. Let's go. We're going to get started. If everyone could take a seat. >> Little quiet over there. The administrators there, principles. Yo. >> Exactly. This got to come down. Okay. At this particular time, we're at 4B high school student government repres uh representatives. And Brian Lusco is our member of our board that represents the student body. He's president of the uh high school government. And uh Brian, this is your time to shine. >> Thank you. And I'd like to invite up the high school student government reps. >> Want to say their names or they're going to say it? >> I could say their name. Sure. It's Matthew Copela as vice president. Jeremiah McDow and Macy Bronner.
018[applause] I hope everyone had a happy happy holiday season and a wonderful new year. Students and teachers returned to school on January 5th and immediately resumed instruction, focusing on midterm review, and ensuring that students are well prepared for their upcoming exams. We are now halfway through the winter sports season, and our student athletes continue to demonstrate strong performance, teamwork, and dedication. Sever several of our teams are excelling within their divisions, reflecting the hard work of our athletes and the commitment of our coaches. We look forward to continued success as the season progresses. Today, we proudly hosted our college signing day to recognize seniors who will be continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level. The event celebrated student athletes from boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and volleyball. It also provided an opportunity to acknowledge
019their dedication, hard work, and achievements. We were honored to welcome their families and coaches whose continued support has played a vital role in the success of these students. We recently held our battle of the classes event which successfully forward fostered teamwork, enthusiasm and a strong sense of class pride among students. This event saw strong student participation and school spirit creating an energetic and inclusive atmosphere throughout the competition. This program would not have been possible without the dedication and support of our staff and the student activities office who played a key role in planning and executing the event. Best Buddies held its fourth annual Glow Bowl, providing students with the opportunity to bond with their buddies in a fun and inclusive environment. Participants enjoyed bowling with the glow sticks and neon lighting, creating a memorable experience
020that allowed students to step away from the classroom, strengthen friendships, and promote inclusion and community within our school. This week, students began taking their in-class midterm exams, which will continue into next week. Next week is designated at mid as midterm week, during which regular classes will not be held, and students will instead participate in regent examinations and midterm assessments. The first sportnight meeting was held providing students with an overview of the event, expectations, and upcoming activities. The meeting helped generate enthusiasm and ensure that all participants are informed and prepared. Registration for sport night remains open and will continue through January 28th, and we encourage continued student participation. Dance practices will begin this the week of February 2nd. The girls are already excited to begin student activities. Sorry, my fault. Student activities continues their Andre Laura
021hoodie fundraiser. All student activities continues. Oh, all proceeds will go to Andre Laura and his family. If anyone wants to purchase a hoodie, please reach out to Lisa Community Yellow at the high school. The senior fashion show rehearsal will take place on February 23rd, giving participating seniors the opportunity to practice their walks, finalize timing, and ensure the event runs smoothly. The senior fashion show will be held on February 24th, and we encourage students, families, and staff to come out and support the senior class as they showcase their style, style, creativity, and school spirit in the celebration. Thank you for your time. It's a pleasure. It's a pleasure to be here, y'all. Thank you. [applause] I would now like to invite up our school nine student council. [applause] >> Good evening, Dr. Haritton, members of the
022board of education, administrators, and the Oceanside community. We are the student council officers from school 90. I'm Olivia Brinage, president. >> I'm Ellis Chason, vice president. >> I'm PJ Hanam, treasurer. And I'm Natalie Rick, secretary. Since September, our school has been busy with lots of fun and exciting activities. We would like to start with our schoolwide highlights. In October, student council members worked with Miss Yama and Miss Ring to write speeches and make posters for our student council election. In November, student council and K kids ran a food drive and turkey shoot. Because of because our school gave so much, we helped many families have a better Thanksgiving. We also had our n our first nine turkey trot. Families ran together and helped raise money for the school with support from our PTA. It was
023such a fun morning. In December, we held a holiday toy drive and collected many gifts for children in the community. The student council organized a holiday spirit week to make school exciting before holiday break. MS invited our first and second graders to a special holiday morning visiting their decorated doors. MS always makes this experience so magical for nine's youngest students. Lastly, Miss McGrath ran her annual Quidditch competition which rallied all students together across grade levels and helped students show great sportsmanship. Our school store has been up and running. We are raising money for a gaga pit, something all nine students are excited about. We hope to order it soon. This year, many Chinese students joined the student reflection contest. The prompt was I belong. This theme helped support our goal of belonging and provided students
024an opportunity to shine through so many project options. As a surprise for entering, each student earned a narwhal stuffy. Our school also worked with high school students for the Big Ideas for Little Kids program. High school students read us picture books and wed and read lessons that made us broaden our thinking and ask questions. It was so fun to work with and learn from our older students. Looking ahead, we're excited for part two weeks of reading activities with teachers, friends, and families to help everyone foster their love of reading. In the past few days, we checked in with teachers from each grade to see some highlights they wish to share tonight. First grade is focusing on responsive classroom practices and visited the borum for a fun science lesson. Second graders held a Thanksgiving Day parade
025with handmade braid balloons. They are looking forward to the start of their wellness buddies program with the 10th graders and had two great trips to the Elmont theater. Third grade continues to learn about US geography and will visit Safety Town in the spring. Fourth grade gave us a presentation about integrity during their schoolwide morning meeting. They also went to United States for a field trip that connected to their science curriculum and had a Native American learning day at school. Fifth graders studied living systems. They made compost jars with red worms and visited the arboritum. In ELA, they practiced journalism by doing interviews and celebrated with hot chocolate at their holiday party. Sixth grade visited the Vanderbilt Museum, had a Halloween dance, took yearbook photos, and look forward to many special end of year sixth grade
026events. As you can see, we've been busy and have already accomplished so much this year. As you can see, school 9 is the best place to be. We are excited to keep helping our community and to make and continue to make school 9 a welcoming place for everyone. On behalf of the student council, thank you for coming to tonight's board meeting and for supporting the Oceanside School District. Thank you for listening. Have a great night. >> Hold on, hold on, hold on. Hey, kids. Hold on. So, I got one question. One of you could answer it. So, we've been hearing from different elementary schools that we have like sixth graders helping, first graders, and some of high school kids coming down and helping. So, you just mentioned I I don't know which one mentioned about
027the middle school um visiting with the first and second grade. Could somebody speak on that and give us a little more information to this board because we're we're so excited that when we hear the older students coming down and speaking to the younger students, you know, we feel that's the best thing. So, would Olivia or somebody like to just expand on that without putting you on the spot? Go ahead, Olivia. You're the president. Um, so, um, the middle the middle school decorated their doors, all the doors, and they let the second graders come and see it, which made the second graders like happy to see where they're going to go like in like four years. >> Do you thought it was a good idea? >> Yes. >> Someone else will come to the mic. What
028do you want to say, son? So, they did a contest for um the best decorated door and then let all the second and first graders come into the middle school to look at all the doors. And they got to visit the middle school, go around the middle schools and just see where what school they're going to be at in a few years. >> All right. Good. I'd like Dr. Rogers, can you come up for a second just to uh >> Yeah. or stand up if you want. >> Use your principal's voice. >> Use Yes. >> An excellent job. This was an advisory activity for about a week and a half. The students and their advisories students and their teacher had been planning very secretively what their theme would be for their supposed to be a
029competition, but the middle school couldn't contain the supposed to be for the elementary students. So, the first and second graders who come visit, we meet in the cafeteria. We have You might have a gingerbread person might have been there and each teacher had all the students were in the hallways and they had stickers and other toys and gifts. for the middle school kids today. I >> I know this board really appreciates that and I know that we've had discussions where the older students are reaching down to the younger students and it just breaks up that part of the day to make the educational part, you know, much more friendly and much more uh much more alive. Are you going to you have any more plans to do uh some more of that interaction between middle
030school and the and 90 uh family? Good. Excellent. Okay, guys. Thanks a lot. Appreciate it. [applause] We're on uh 4 D uh budget workshop and I'd like to bring your attention that we do have uh Mrs. Sam Santa Corey up here on Adis that she's going to be assisting Dr. Kley. Uh we're going to be doing budget workshop number one. So at this time, Dr. Kley, would you like to uh take this part of the session over? >> Thank Thank you, Mr. D, and good evening to everyone. Uh tonight we will present our budget development process and budget workshop number one. Uh we are still in the preliminary stages of developing the budget, but we wanted to share the overview that goes into how the budget is being developed for the 2627 school year. >>
031[clears throat] >> The topics covered tonight will explain a little bit about our budget goals, the tax cap set by New York State, updated district demographics, an overview of the budget development process, budget factors that are taken into consideration, and a review of our administrative and capital components. Transportation and the Department of Community Activities will also be reviewed tonight, although both are under the program component. Finally, we will share some upcoming important dates of the budget development calendar. The three main goals Oceanside follows are one, maintain instructional program. Each year, the budget will sustain and retain viable programs for our students to enhance their learning opportunities. Support all students needs. The needs of students continue to grow exponentially. The district continues to exhaust all efforts to fiscally support the needs of all students by strategic
032planning under state and federal mandates. Manage district facilities. Maintaining the operation of our facilities, both internal and external, remains a priority to provide a safe and clean environment for our students, staff, and the community. Our budget goals must be aligned to the tax cap, which is a very complex formula set by New York State that controls and limits annual growth of property taxes set by local governments and school districts. In Oceanside, the goal of the board has been and continues to be to remain within the tax cap limit. In [clears throat] 2011, legislation was passed at the state level to establish a tax levy limit. In 2019, the governor at that time made the tax cap permanent by signing it into law. This now caps the maximum allowable growth of a year-to-year tax increase a
033school district can levy on its community without piercing the cap and requiring a supermajority vote to pass the budget. The tax cap is based on a complex formula that has to be verified and approved by the office of state controller in March annually. For this year, the CPI consumer price index came in at approximately 2.82%. The tax cap formula states that the maximum allowable growth factor will be CPI or 2% whichever is lower. And 2% for the 2627 tax cap formula, 2% will be used as the allowable levy growth factor for all districts across New York State prior to any exclusions or capital exemptions. Here's a slide of the district's demographics. As of September of 25, there are 5,000 approximately 5,428 preK to 12th grade students and 490 registered students in private or parochial schools.
034Districtwide, we have 10 schools across eight campuses of over 900,000 square feet of interior space and 105 acres of land we proudly maintain. We provide transportation to over 2,300 students which includes in district service to 75 and to 75 non-public and out of district schools. 17.22% of our population has a free or reduced status. 16.3% of our population has a special special education classification and 4.99% of our population is an English language learner. We have 1,169 dedicated, full-time, certificated, and non-certificated employees. A significant number of part-time and hourly employees also make up the remaining portion of our support staff. Here are some of the budget factors that are going into this year's development. There are five main areas in our budget that are out of our control with projected increases. These forecasted estimates are due
035to economic inflation, rising costs, and increased needs. Our insurance premiums that cover our flood insurance, property and liability, and district vehicles is estimated higher per our insurance reciprocal. Transportation for our eligible students continue to rise due to transportation transportation provider obligations, rising costs and fuel and the number of students who require bus service to 75 in district and out of district schools. Long range fiscal planning continues to be a challenge of balancing our students needs while being fiscal stewards of the taxpayers. Economic inflation over the last couple of years has increased costs as well as the loss of revenue with the LIPA glide path are the obstacles that we try and overcome each budget cycle. Employee benefits are estimated by the state health insurance program and we were informed that the health insurance uh will
036grow anywhere from 8 to 12% for the upcoming year. um we've used 10% in our projections. And finally, we are closely monitoring the fiscal uncertainty at the state level and federal level with respect to um the various federal grant allocations that we received from the United States Department of Education, which for Oceanside amounts to approximately $4 million. Also, market volatility has impacted our investment and interest earning accounts, which reduces forecasted projected local sources of revenue. With all of the proposed increases in categories that are out of a control, out of our control, this makes developing our budget very difficult. Um, at this time, are there any questions on the budget factors that are going into consideration? >> Any questions from the board? Mr. control. >> I just want to reiterate the um federal government was
0374 million is >> approximately which includes all of the grants, the federal grants that we receive, >> all the titles and and everything. >> The titles, the ENL and including UPK as well. >> And what about IDEIDA? Is that >> IDEIDA as well? >> Okay. And what percentage of the budget is that about >> uh 4 million out of 18% million? About 2%. That's correct. >> Okay. Thank you, Drew. >> Sure. Any other questions from the board? Dr. Copley, >> this slide shows a very high level overview and visual of the administrative and capital components of our 2627 budget. As you can see, the categories board of education, central administration, finance, HR, central operations, and special items are clearly labeled with corresponding function codes and dollar amounts that you can follow along with. On the
038proposed budget pages in board docs, you will see the 202526 as well as the 202627 projected amounts per category as well as a percentage increase variance. Overall, both our administrative and capital components are increasing by 1.21%. Which shows sound budgeting practices to meet our needs for the upcoming school year with little to minimal impact on our taxpaying community. At this time, we will now begin our budget review. The first component we will review is the administrative component which can be found on pages 1 through 5 in the budget attachment in board docs as well as pages 19 and 21 which cover transportation and DACA. In the proposed 2627 budget on one side of the slide you will see budget codes and dollar amounts and on the other page you will see corresponding budget codes with
039a budget explanation for each line item. The following categories highlighted on the screen are included in the administrative component of our budget. Before we begin our line by line review of each page, here is how our process for the the budget workshop will go. Highlights you will see on subsequent slides are denoted by the following page number, account code, description, directional arrows will reference a proposed increase or decrease, and an explanation of the proposed change. We will pause to take questions from the board members at each page. Page one covers the areas of the board of education and district meetings. There is a proposed increase for advertising and legal notices as there is an increased need for districts uh across the state to print legal notices in a secondary language. At this time, are there
040any questions on page one? >> Any members of the board? Dr. Kley. Page two covers the areas of central administration. There is nothing we are highlighting at this time, but are there any questions on page two? >> Anybody on a board? Dr. Kley. Page three covers the areas of business administration, auditing, and financial services. The district is proposing an increase in the financial services administrative charges code due to an additional fiscal consultant being added who specializes in maximizing state aid revenue. At this time, are there any questions on page three? >> Any questions from the board? Dr. Copelan. >> Page four covers the areas of legal, human resources, and public information. The district is proposing an increase in public information printing to offset rising costs for print materials. At this time, are there any questions
041on page four? >> I just have one, Dr. Coley. We're doing a lot of in-house printing, correct? To keep that number down. >> That is correct. >> Okay. So, anything that we can't do, we have to farm out. Obviously, >> this code is is particularly under uh Mrs. Krauss's department, which is requires the district mailings that go out to the entire taxpaying community. >> Okay, good. Any other questions from the board? Dr. Kley, >> page five covers the areas of printing, data processing, and unallocated insurance. The district is reallocating our district-wide copy or lease agreement with Nassau Boseies to a technology code under the program component that will be reviewed in February. An increase in paper is needed for additional supplemental instructional materials and various district-wide insurance codes are increasing because it covers the percent
042the projected percentage change as per our insurance provider and the Bosey's administrative charge is projected to increase as well. At this time are there any questions on page five? >> Anybody from the board? Dr. Copelan. Page 19 covers the areas of pupil transportation. Our combined codes that cover costs for transportation routes, athletic competitions, and academic events refle reflect a proposed increase to support actual need with anticipated postseason competitions factored in. Please note that on page 19b of the budget explanations, you will see a long list of all institutions we proudly transport our students to. At this time, are there any questions on page 19? >> Anybody from the board? >> Yeah, just one quick question. The uh public transportation uh for private schools is do you do you happen to know what the increase uh
043of the amount the of the uh total amount of the locations that we're traveling to that were different this year from last year? Not the per not the private schools in in detail, but I can tell you that last year we had 476 private and parochial students. This year we are up to 490. >> Yeah, I was I was just looking at the list. It's it's quite lengthy. It's the first time I've seen it this low. Uh it's usually you know quite high. >> To answer your question, last year there were 73 uh schools listed on that. This year we're up to 75. >> Okay, that answers the question. Thank you. [laughter] Got that, Mr. Transer. Anybody else on the board? Go. Dr. Copelan. >> Page 20 covers the areas of DACA, the Department of
044Community Activities central support. Although we do not discuss staffing or salary codes at this budget workshop, a new code is in place for security to be assigned in select DACA programs such as CARES. As DACA is a self-sustaining program, since the expenditure is increasing for the security need, families should expect an increase in next year's CARES cost uh due to the security need being provided. Are there any questions on page 20? >> I don't have a [snorts] question. I just like to make a statement. I think that doc is doing a great job with the amount of kids that we have with the afterchool program uh keeping our kids safe and I really think that they are doing a great job. So, I know they're self-sustaining, but you know, um I don't know what we'd
045be doing without the DACA program and Mrs. Bavaro who's the uh director of that program. So, kudos to her and her entire team for uh making a real successful additive that we do have on our programs after school. Dr. Kley, >> page 21 covers their following programs under the DACA umbrella. CARES, summer wreck, and continuing ed. Uh once again, although we do not uh talk about staffing or salary codes at this budget workshop, uh we felt it was important to highlight the non-instructional salaries in summerre w going up um which is tied both to the minimum wage increase that went up as well as an additional site proposed for the 26 uh 27 summer uh for summer wreck. a proposed increase in summer rec purchase services uh is also because of the rising costs in
046venues of where our field trips uh for our campers go. And finally, a new section under the DACA umbrella with its own budget codes um that we're very proud of is the uh theater guild. As previously [snorts] mentioned, um please note that all DACA expenditures are offset by revenue, which we will review in greater detail in March at budget workshop number three. At this time, are there any questions on page 21? >> Any questions on page 21? >> No. Dr. Kley, go ahead. Before we transition to the capital component budget review, um, we wanted to provide a status update on the current capital projects that are underway. Phase five is the final phase of an entire renovation to our science department at Oceanside High School. The scope includes a new structural addition for engineering, robotics,
047our business resource center, and a brand new state-of-the-art video broadcasting studio. As you can see from a couple of the pictures, phase 5 construction uh began last summer and currently has an outside shell of foundation, roof, and walls that are constructed. Next summer, the contractors will shift to the renovation of the current technology and wood shop classrooms, which will be converted into a modernized wood shop as well as an auto shop. The band room air conditioning was also a part of phase 5 and was completed last summer and the unit is now fully functional. The other capital project uh that is still underway um was uh we called it the turf project, but it also did include um a full tennis court renovation um which was completed as of last spring and we did our
048have our student athletes utilize it for their respective seasons. Over at school 3, construction on the turf has been completed this past summer. And as you can see, my opinion, the turf came out great as and and our students are enjoying the uh the turf during their school day. Over at Oceanside High School, the baseball and softball fields are nearing completion of turf installation, which also includes brand new dugouts and brand new bleachers. There are some minor punchless items, including back stop netting and a couple of uh I know minor things. Mr. Leman has his his eye on um that are still outstanding, but we are committed to having our student athletes out there by this spring. Um we will now shift uh to the capital component unless there are any questions about the current
049capital projects. >> Yes, I um Markano I [laughter] know is here and I just got to say that we are doing a ton of construction at the high school. We're moving students around, moving cars around. We got big equipment. We got things getting, you know, lifted up on rooftops. We got cement going up there. I mean, and without Mark, without your leadership and your staff, I really can't say enough. I know you come under Dr. Kley, but you know, when you go back there and we see what's going on and we're still operating, you know, high school campus and we're moving kids around and we're working on holidays and and cold days and warm days and, you know, um we it was a big undertaking at this campus and it just doesn't happen magically. we,
050you know, becomes a lot of coordination and under your leadership, I want to thank you for not only keeping our kids safe but the community safe. We have uh people coming to football games and and you know there's things all over the place and without you getting there and making sure you are keeping people safe. I think on behalf of this board, we'd like to thank you and your staff for the for the amazing work that you're doing on all our campuses, but also on the high school in particular on what you're doing over there. So, a round of applause for this guy. [applause] >> Is there any other uh thing from the board? Seeing none, Dr. Colton. >> Thank you, Mr. Drosio. The second component we will review is the capital component which can
051be found on pages 22 through 26 of the proposed budget. The following categories as you see on the screen are included in the capital component of our budget. Page 22 covers the areas of operations personnel services and equipment. There is a proposed increase in our snow removal code that to align with prior year actual expenses. The next three codes you see on the screen, equipment, electrical equipment, and the multi-year equipment replacement program, have now all been reallocated to align with state financial transparency reporting requirements, as well as compliance with the federal government's uniform guidance on equipment purchases. At this time, are there any questions on page 22? >> Anybody from the board? Okay. Thank you, Mr. Kley. Go ahead. Page 23 covers the areas of operations contractual services. General renovations are school and department requested
052improvements by principles and directors. This list was reviewed in its entirety and was approved by the board building committee last month. The proposed increase aligns with approved requests for the upcoming school year. Various codes associated with utilities, contractual services and supplies are needed to support our operation of plant and reflect a proposed decrease due to the full implementation of our energy performance contract. Individual utility codes you see are proposed as flat in this year's budget to account for energy savings while also balancing projected increases from utility providers. There is also a proposed increase in the facilities survey line because next year Oceanside will be required to undergo a district-wide building condition survey which is the state's requirement and mandate uh to occur once every 5 years. This is a physical walkthrough and assessment done by
053an outside um licensed and certified engineer or architectural firm of the interior and exterior condition of every building with recommendations um that will be made at this time. Are there any questions on page 23? >> Dr. Colley, the state's mandate in this for all our campuses, who pays for it? We have to pay for it. So we pay for the survey which is the requirement of hiring an outside thirdparty independent licensed and trained certified engineering or architectural firm. At [clears throat] the conclusion of the building condition survey that gets filed with SED and there's one survey for every campus uh every school actually. And with that comes a a I would say um a pretty healthy uh document of recommendations which have dollar amounts estimated where the district has a certain uh time frame to
054respond to some not all of those recommendations but we have to make an attempt that we acknowledge them and set a plan in place to the state of what our um responses are based on that building condition survey. >> But the point that I'm saying is that the state's mandating this. >> We have to hire a third party. This is an unfunded mandate. >> Unfunded mandate. >> This is an unfunded mandate. >> So, we have to pay for this. >> That is correct. >> And and they're not coming up with the money, but just spend some more taxpayer dollars on this and that's it. Uh, anybody from the border? Anybody else from board? >> Mr. Transm, >> it's exactly as I had expected to be. Uh, good job, uh, Mark with your department budgeting and
055bringing everything in, uh, and reigning in the expense. I take particular note on the electricity which will only get better as more systems come online. Correct, Mark? >> But he did you you really ran a tight ship. Uh got to help got to congratulate the high school staff uh uh for putting up with the noise and the aggravation and the parking. Uh they played very very well in the sandbox. I didn't expect it to be as mellow as it really is. I thought there would be more uh um conflicts, [clears throat] but uh maybe they're hiding it from the board, but Brendan, they did a great job. Thank you. Let's put on record that we're not hiding nothing from the board, right? Uh Mr. J, [laughter] we're not hiding nothing from the board. >> No,
056they're not hiding it's it's a it's apparent. If they were hiding it, it would be apparent. >> It's an expression, right? I >> I haven't granted those schools owed for the drains in the tennis courts. Anybody else uh from the board? >> Just one question, Mr. uh Mr. Kley, on the survey, the unfunded mandate. >> Yes. >> Survey. >> Uh it's do they what is the is it five years they give you to uh make all the corrections that they recommend? >> The walkthrough happens once every 5 years depending on the recommendations. We have a short time frame to acknowledge the building condition survey per school and set forth a plan. Again, depending on the recommendations, some take longer than others. Some are easily rem remediated but our plan I I forget the time frame
057of it's 90 days or 120 days that we have to let SED know that we are in receipt and acknowledge each recommendation and um a time frame um of how we're going to address that >> and are they going to if they require uh SED approval and permits are they going to respond to them in a quick and timely manner? >> Some of them are very uh cumbersome. For example, it could be adding an elevator to a building. Some of them could be as small as we didn't have a light fixture, you know, actually hanging. >> And this is not a new mandate. This has been in place. And I I just wanted to say for the public that the intent behind this is not to micromanage the school districts, but it is to maintain
058a level of safety. Um, you know, we're a district that is on top of things and we don't let our buildings fall apart and we don't put kids or teachers, adults in unsafe situations. you know, you this is across the state and this is their way of just one another layer of just validating and ensuring that our kids across the state are safe. >> I'm just curious, Dr. Koki, the last survey, how bad was it? You know, how much did it really require for >> It honestly was pretty much the same because it it kind of gives you the recommendations of when our buildings were constructed, whatever those kind of shortcomings were. Um, it it's really there. So to the point to answer your question, the architect knows that when him and his firm walk
059the building, there were going to be certain things that have to go into the report, but there is just certain things that we just cannot do um in response to that. But we do our best to remediate everything and Mr. Monttoano keeps every building condition survey in hard uh copy form in his office. Um and we do file that with the state and take this uh very seriously. >> Okay. Thank you, >> Dr. Colton. Just going back to the boilers, I know Mr. Transm taught me about the dual fuel on the boilers with uh heating and oil and with natural gas that's still working well and and what what is that 30 what's the temperature? >> Mr. Marino >> once we hit 20 degrees or less we have to switch to oil at three buildings.
060>> And how's that working out? Good. We're going good on dual fuel and everything else. >> Yeah, works well. >> Good. The price of heating and oil and price of natural gas. I guess natural gas would probably be cheaper >> a little bit. >> Very good. Okay. Dr. Difficulty page 24 covers the areas of operations, materials, and supplies. Um, a proposed decrease in paper products is due to better pricing from vendors as well as an ample uh supply and inventory in each school building. Proposed decreases in lights and heating and ventilation parts are due to the energy performance contract improvements that were done, which include district-wide LED light installations as well as uh HVAC improvements in the oldest wings of schools 3, four, and five. At this time, are there any questions on page 24?
061>> Any questions from the board? Seeing none, Dr. Kley. Page 25 covers maintenance, personnel services, equipment, contractual and material and supplies. A new code for the 2627 school year is turf maintenance, which is ongoing upkeep needed for the brand new turfs we have at school 3 and OS's new turf on the baseball and softball fields respectively. At this time, are there any questions on page 25? >> Any questions from the board? Dr. Kley. Page 26 covers the areas of debt service, installment purchases, and interf transfers. Overall, our debt service and installment purchases codes are decreasing due to a bond that was recently paid off a couple of years ago. An increase in our proposed TAN tax anticipation notes borrowing code is due to the market volatility that again was one of our budget uh factors
062um that's out of our control due to the decline of the Fed Treasury rates. Our capital interfund transfer code has a flat proposal. However, we are highlighting it uh because uh scheduled projects include um security improvements as well as ongoing district-wide parking lot maintenance. At this time, are there any questions on page 26? >> Any questions from the board? >> Dr. Kley, >> tonight we have completed uh budget workshop number one. Uh budget workshop number two will be on February 11th and will cover the program component um which I have the pleasure of co-presenting with Mrs. Pvido um and will include the areas of athletics, instruction, curriculum, special education, student services, and technology. Um, our budget vote and board of education trustee elections are scheduled for May 19th, 2026, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. here
063at the Merl Avenue gym at school 6. Um, if anyone has any questions on the budget, please do not hesitate to email um, Miss Samantha Sanor or myself. Um, this now completes our budget uh, workshop number one. Uh, we welcome any additional questions, if any, at this time. >> Good. So, first I'd like to point out that I know a lot of other board members from other school districts. We do a line by line item and we encourage anybody that would like to come down uh and have any questions, you know, we encourage that. But, you know, we do a great job. There's not it's not required by all school districts. We think that it's a very uh um nice way of showing how transparency works and we go line by line and this way
064people have any questions, they like to do it. at this particular time. Is there any questions from the audience on the material that we just went over only? >> Yes, ma'am. >> I just like to back up with Mr. Kley. >> Sure. >> Um I just want to go back to this to the slide on district demographics. >> I I want to just understand was there any change um from last year in the free and reduced lunch. Is that number up or down? >> Uh hold on one second. I have that. >> Last year our free and reduced percentage was 17.43%. 43%. >> This year we're at 17.22, but I'm glad you brought that up, Mr. Schol. Um because we are because the state now implemented the universal free meals, um we did not uh
065receive the same number of free and reduced applications that may have fluctuated it one way or the other. So, for the most part, we are pretty uh consistent due to the lack of free and reduced applications that we do not have on file for this school year. >> Okay. And my next question is for special ed. Is that up or down? Uh, sorry, hold on one sec. Last year, special education was 15.87%. This year, we are up to 16.3%. >> Okay. So, our costs there have gone up significantly. >> Yes. And that will be reflected in the uh February 11th uh program component of the budget. >> Okay. And then the English language learners, is that flat or up? >> Last year we were at 4.66%. This year we are at 4.99%. >> Okay. and
066our employees have stayed uh pretty >> pretty consistent. Yeah, pretty consistent. Okay. All right. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Any other any other members? Uh anybody from the public would like to ask any questions? Dr. Kley, Herb, Eric, >> guys are good. >> We answered our question. >> You got it already. >> We got solar up on top. You know, you got to be happy about that, >> Herb. You see our electric bills going down >> if you if I can Mr. De. Um so the electricity code that is down approximately quarter of a million dollars. Um Mr. Montano and Mr. Transom um kind of indicated that um that's kind of just the tip a small glimpse into what the future's going to hold. The largest campuses that we have in the district, Oceanside High
067School and the nine complex are not online yet with respect to solar. So all of the equipment is there and installed. But once those two campuses go online, that is where you're really going to see um significant savings, which might be almost doubled what you currently see in in projected savings for this current year. >> We should have her flip the switch when we're ready to go. [laughter] We'll put you on the rooftop her with a master switch like they do at uh at the New Year's Eve. [laughter] Dropping a ball. All right. At this particular time, we're at 5A. Opportunity to comment on agenda items. Any audience member wishing to comment on an item that is on a tonight's agenda item can do so at this time. Anyone wishing to make a comment on
068an item not on tonight's agenda will have the opportunity to do so later on the agenda. While New York State Law does not require us to hold a public comment period on agenda items, this board of education chooses to do so because we believe it's important to get input from community members on board agenda items. Please note that the board is here to listen while everyone is encouraged to show their comments. Share their comments. Please keep in mind that this is not designed to be a Q&A session. Again, comment should be directed towards the chair of the meeting which is made. Anyone who wishes to speak should come up to the microphone. Clearly state your name and your child school. Seeing none, um we're going to take a motion uh to uh view the minutes
069of December 17, 2025 at a regular meeting. I'll take a motion. >> Motion. >> Still second. >> Sec. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes. I'll take a motion to accept financial reports, treasury reports, transfer funds as submitted. I'll take a motion. >> I'll make that motion. Sandy, >> I second. >> Laura, any questions or comments? >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes. Justin, how we doing? >> Okay. Uh, we're going to be on 7A, business affairs, which is none. Uh, personnel recommendations. Take a motion to approve. I'll take a motion to approve the professional personnel recommendations as submitted. >> I move it. M. >> Transom and Mr. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed?
070Any abstensions? Motion passes. Civil service personnel recommendations. I'll take a motion to approve civil service personnel recommendations as submitted. >> Motion. >> Stu. >> Second. >> And Seth. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> I. >> Uh, all any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes. And I'll take a motion to approve hourly employee recommendations as submitted. >> I'll make that motion. >> Sandy, >> I second. >> And Laura, any questions or comments? All in favor? >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes. >> And finally on 8D, I'll take a motion to approve DACA employee recommendations as submitted. >> I'll move it. >> Mr. Transom, Mr. Moresca. Any questions or comments? All in favor? Any opposed? >> Any abstensions? Motion passes. I'll take a motion to approve recommendations for the CSE CPS chair chairperson as submitted.
071>> Motion. >> Stu. >> Second. >> Sec. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes. I'll take a motion to accept the 2425 independent single audit report as prepared by the district's external auditors RS Abrams and Company. >> I'll make a motion. >> Sandy, >> I second. and Laura. Any questions or comments? All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes. I'll take a motion to accept the 2425 corrective action plan for the single audit report uh which in which serves the district's responses. I'll take a motion. >> I'll move it. >> Mr. Transom. >> Second. >> And Mr. Moresca. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes. Justin, how are we doing? >> We're doing good. >> Okay.
072I'll take a motion to approve accepting the updated letters they made part of the record already submitted to the board of education. >> Motion. >> Still >> second. >> Seth. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion. Uh, passed. >> Um, I'll take a motion to approve the 2526 updated student overnight field trips. I'll make a motion. >> Sandy, >> I second. >> Laura, all in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes. >> We're on 10 E. So, I'll take a motion to approve the 2526 co-curriculum new appointment changes. >> I'll move it. >> Mr. Transom. >> Second. >> And Mr. Moresca. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes. Justin, we're doing good. Motion to approve the
073memorandum of agreement MOAS between the Oceanside Union Free School District and the Oceanside Federation of Teachers. I'll take a motion. >> Motion still. >> Second and set. Any questions or comments? >> Any opposed? All in favor rather? >> I Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion passes. At this particular time, we're on 11, which is uh opportunity for the separate for the superintendent of schools, Dr. Harrington. >> Thank you, Mr. D. I'll start with um the approval that the board just made to approve the MOA with the uh Oceanside Federation of Teachers. Uh we entered into uh an opportunity to have a one-time only um fair negotiations to open up the contract and resettle a 5-year contract, which is exactly what we did. So, we now have a teachers contract in place from 2026 through 2031. uh
074very fair, very reasonable contract that did include in it a retirement incentive which over time will be able to demonstrate exact uh savings to the district. But with the way it was set up, uh it stands to save uh a significant amount of money for um the community for the next uh next number of years. Uh so I just want to publicly acknowledge and thank our president and vice president are actually in the audience. um Mr. Gavin Kalner, Mr. Donna Gails, uh we are uh so appreciative of the effort coming to the table with the willingness to do this. It's the right thing for our community. So, thank you so very very much and thank the board for your support. I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge Miss Pervito for her amazing leadership
075along with the other members of the parent university team. Last night was a wonderful event held at our high school. We had over a hundred participants who learned a great deal about AI. I know we just scratched the surface. Um but we thank you again, Miss Pervito, for that. And um we continue to find ways to educate our public and I believe our parents really do appreciate it. Just an update on where we are in the process of uh selecting a uh I don't want to say replacement because she's irreplaceable, but I think our community knows that Dr. D. Rosa will be retiring as of the end of April of this school year. We do uh we we're staying true to our process timeline. We have feedback committees next week. We thank in advance the
076teachers, administrators, parents, and support staff who will be part of that. And um I am confident that the board will be able to interview and select a final candidate uh at our February meeting with the start date of May 1st. Um at this point, that concludes my report. Mr. Drosio, >> thank you Dr. Harington. Right now, it's the opportunity for the board of education on number 12A. I'd like to start with Mr. Moresca. Go ahead, Don. >> We're going to go with you first. >> That's all right. I don't mind going last. >> We'd like you to go first. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh, thank you very much, Mr. President. First of all, um, I would like to begin by, uh, congratulating school number five. Their concert came after the last board meeting in December,
077unfortunately, but it was well done. The teachers did a wonderful job. The students were outstanding. You have a a group that's unbelievable. It gets bigger and bigger. It looked like the entire fifth and sixth grade were involved. Great job to school number five, to the teachers, and to the students. Second, one thing I forgot to mention at the LA at the December meeting was uh the performance at school number eight. We had a special player come out with the band. Uh he played with that band a number of times and did a wonderful job. Uh when he walked out, I was taken back because he's about 6' 4 in. I wonder how many times he was left back, but it doesn't make any difference. He fit right in. That was Dr. Z, the principal, and
078he did a wonderful job as the band did. So, congratulations, Dr. Z. Battle of the Classes. What a what an outstanding day and night. incredible the number of students, boys and girls on the freshman, the sophomore, uh the juniors, and the senior teams. It's just amazing. And uh was very well done. And I congratulate all the students who participated and also to Lisa Camello who was the head of the student activities. I think she sort of like put everything together. and one of one other person, Josephine Prey, who was the announcer, what a job she did in announcing all the different events and introducing people and students did an excellent job. And of course, one other person, Alan B. Tyson, who is head of the officials, when I walked into that gym, I was told
079to sit in that chair and do not come on the field or the floor because they didn't want me to get hurt. That's how concerned they were. They did a wonderful job and congratulations to them. Also, congratulations uh to coach uh Blount and his staff, his assistants, and also to the football parents for the most successful end of the season football dinner. It was quite a night. Tom Leman was there. Congratulations to one and all. And at this time, I'd like to make an announcement uh to our community that I will be running for another three-year term for my seat on the board of education. So, thank you very much, Mr. Appreciate that. Uh Mr. Mr. Trans, you want to go next? Let's go right down the line. >> Yeah, I guess we're going down
080the line. >> We're going down the line. >> I'd like to take this opportunity to thank school number five for the generous donation that they just bestowed upon us. if you could relay our gratitude. But the most important thing I'd like them to understand that they take away is how important it is to give personal time to help other people. There's no dollar value that you can put to towards that. Helping another human being or helping a family or helping somebody else is one of the most important thing as a human being we do in our life. if you could let them know that, I'd greatly appreciate it. And that's all I have. >> Thank you, Mr. Trans. Thank you. And Laura Ley, >> thank you. Um, I just wanted to announce that I also
081will be running for another term um in May and I would be grateful for the opportunity to serve again. >> Very good. Thank you, Miss Lesey. And Miss Shaw, >> I think Don covered all the activities. I just want to though uh congratulate again um Mrs. Pervido on a very interesting and great um workshop last night on AI and how to engineer it and how to navigate it and how to keep your kids safe. And I thank Laura too who sits on the parent university committee because it was really an impressive turnout. We had a full cafeteria at the high school and it was really um you know it was really an important night and I think we're probably going to have to have a part two because I think a lot of parents went
082home overwhelmed with the information from Dr. Mesh and uh and also from um you know our own staff on it was just too a lot to to process and I think there's going [clears throat] to be a lot of follow-up questions that need to be answered. Um, and the other thing that I wanted to announce, I will be running again for my seat um, uh, here on the board and I again am grateful for the opportunity to do that and don't tell my kids. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Shaw. Um, Mr. Mr. blow. >> I'd like to uh mention that for this year, the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce has is uh honoring our own Laura Lesey as its citizen of the year. And we're having A [applause] cocktail reception on Thursday night um March 19th
083at Temple of Oda. So, I would encourage everyone to go. It's it's a great time. Um it's a great opportunity and uh the the citizen of the year is is a recognition the chamber's given out since 1960 starting with Dr. Boardman himself. Um past recipients is really a who's who of people in the community. I believe there's probably at least three in the room here that are prior um honores of that recognition. So congratulations on that. Uh for anyone that might have missed it while we're on a similar line, um it was put in our herald that our own Bob Transansom was the herald person of the year. So [applause] >> So I have an extra copy of this for for Mr. Transom. We'll pass it down. >> He's [laughter] going to autograph it. >>
084Congratulations. >> All the trash that they're supposed to be throwing [laughter] out. >> And you want to say a few words? And lastly, as as we're starting in the year 2026, I do want to mention that as a school district, our we do have our oldest building, school 3, which is 100 years old this year. It was built 1926. So, uh, Miss Castello, I don't know if you're still here, um, but if you are, you can, uh, share that information with your students and your school. Uh, if not, someone can pass that along to her. But it is um quite remarkable that it is our um it is the oldest building that we have that's still up and it's in great shape. Thank you, >> Mr. Blow. When we had the grand opening, was Mrs.
085Castello there or she wasn't there? >> She was there with her inatic camera or something? >> I'm only joking. Come [laughter] on. Uh thank you, Mr. Blau. Um Mr. Kaplan, >> they covered everything. >> I only got >> some and then some. >> I don't just have one thing. Two weeks ago, we had a building safety committee. >> Mr. a district-wide uh bill and safety committee. Uh and it's made up of all members of of everyone. It's made up of members from our administration, from the fire department, uh homeland security, uh we have uh a lot of our team building uh staff that are there, all the elementarymentaries are there, some principles are there, and we discuss all different ways of keeping our building safe and secure. And I'm here to tell you that uh
086being president at that being present at that meeting, I really feel safe. So uh kudos to everybody to Dr. Kley for keeping that together and you know not waiting for the 11th hour. We really are uh ahead of a lot of things with our security with our cameras and trying to keep our kids safe. So kudos to Dr. Kley. at this particular time. Uh seeing none, we have a public uh opportunity to comment on non-aggenda items. Next is public comment on non-aggenda items. Is the opportunity for anyone who wants to make a comment on any item that is not on tonight's agenda. As I previous mentioned, state law does not require us to hold a public comment period, but this board of education does so because we believe it's important to provide this forum to
087hear our community members about concerns and safeties. Having said that, please note that the board is here to listen. Comments should be directed towards the chair of the meeting, which is me. While everyone is encouraged to share their comments, please remember this not designed to be a QA session. If someone has a question that can be quickly answered, we will do so. Otherwise, the appropriate personnel will follow up on any issue. Lastly, please remember that this board cannot and will not discuss personnel matters related to staff or students in public. any party wishing to come up to the microphone. Please uh state your name and your child's school. Thank you for your cooperation. And Eric Abby, would you like to say something? Turning the microphone on. >> Sure. My name is Eric Abby and I
088am the president of Kuanas Club of Oceanside and my kids school is uh grad school Bingmpington Sunni. >> Okay. Uh just uh want to make sure everybody in the community is aware that on February 8th, which is the morning of the Super Bowl, the Oceanside Corners Club will be having the best pancake breakfast at the uh at St. Anony's in their downstairs cafeteria. Thank you. I've lost it there. Uh it runs from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30. So, please join us. >> Very good. Thank you. Is there anybody else? Seeing none, I'd like to make a motion to adjurnn the meeting. >> Thank you everybody. Have a good night. >> What's that? >> Um I also had and