001good evening and welcome to the November 7 2022 meeting of the Abington Board of school directors I note the attendance of all board members please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you the Abington Board of school directors has convened this evening's meeting at the administration building and the public is welcome in consideration of the health and safety of the school Community this meeting is also being broadcasted live on the Abington School District YouTube channel this meeting is being recorded and will be accessible on the district's website and cable channel no later than Friday November 10th 2022 to allow those members of the public who cannot participate to view the proceeding at a later time comments from citizens will be conducted in person and by phone
002information regarding participating remotely in public comments will be displayed on the screen at the time of public comment the board thanks to public and events for its cooperation and we remind you that this is a place where we hold dignity at high regard and everyone's voice is valued and welcome are there any comments from my fellow board members Mr Allen nothing thank you thank you Miss Fraser no thank you Mr K I have my strive cards and my uh my hot apple cider yes for the active Academy so I'm happy yes anything else can happen yes Dr Mary as long as Mr K is happy thank you uh welcome to this evening's meeting everyone thank you Miss Glasser I was able to attend the AEF fundraiser this past weekend the Harlem Wizards for playing Abington
003School District staff and teachers and I just want to say thank you to everybody who attended and participated in the fundraiser it was very fun and my children can't wait to do it again next year so thank you Mr Muhammad nothing thank you Miss Facey nothing at this time Dr Kleinman uh nothing right now thank you Dr Fletcher I just want to thank all those uh who volunteered for Saturday to make Saturday possible with the fundraiser takes a lot of effort from the aaf board members and volunteers as well as the skill set of our teachers uh in playing against the Wizards I had the pleasure to coach again this year and I will confess to the public that my coaching record uh to the Wizards over the last few years has not been so
004great um and we have not won a game game against them even when we had students who now play on teams like Penn and Villanova on our team so don't quit your day job doctor yeah so uh I enjoyed the event and but most most importantly I I enjoy I appreciate the time and I thank the community members who came out to support um you know the AEF as well excellent and I just want to a second thank you to the active Academy for the tea it is timely and for the cards that I bought from our uh creative entrepreneurs very excited about that uh Dr fetcher can you please proceed with a student council Representatives okay uh first Emma Brown from Abington Senior High School good evening Dr fetcher Mrs Brown and members of
005the board of school directors my name is Emma Brown and I am president of the student council executive board happy November everyone the past month has been an exciting one at the senior high to start off the Abington chess team got the opportunity to compete at the day of test celebration against some of the best teams in the Philadelphia area Jonathan crossbow now placed second in Jacob 10 placed third in the competition congratulations to the Abington chess team and good luck with the continuation of your season on October 14th class Council hosted a senior sunrise for a 12th grade students to attend it was a super fun event and a great bonding experience for the senior class also on October 14th Vibe and imagine held their induction ceremony for their members congratulations to all that
006were inducted October 19th the Abington Senior High Chorale hosted their annual fall coffee house where the immensely talented Chorale members performed solos and group performances it was a wonderful event the boys and girls soccer teams both had phenomenal Seasons that just came to an end in these past weeks the boys team received a buy and moved to the second round of playoffs where they unfortunately lost to CB East 1-0 but they finished with a great record of 15 and 2 and 1. the girls team lost to playoffs it to CB East 5-2 but then received the chance to play in playbacks where they unfortunately lost to Pennridge 3-0 the girls also finished with an amazing record of 15-3 on the topic of school sports on October 14th Fox 29 came to that Senior High to
007shoot a segment with all of abington's high school fall Sports the marching band and the color guard it was a great experience for the students especially in preparation for the football game that night continuing the school spirit the senior high held a pep rally on October 28th to celebrate the culmination of the Fall Sports season and the pink out game that night the pink out game was a great success with many students showing out to support the football team and raise money for a great cause Key Club who was selling pink out shirts and baked goods collected fifteen hundred dollars for each of the four local charities who collect donations for families suffering from cancer the night of the 28th Abington Senior High also hosted the annual Trunk or Treat event over 20 Abington clubs
008decorated their trunks with various themes for the popular event congratulations to the Asian Student Association and Garden Club that won first and second place for their trunk displays it was a spooky and fun-filled event especially for the Abington families that attended the next day at October 29th abington's marching band and color guard hosted bands in the Boneyard this beloved Abington event was another success great job to the marching band and color guard who put so much work in preparation for this event last Thursday November 3rd the National Honor Society held their annual induction for juniors and new senior members congratulations to all that were inducted finally best wishes to all of the seniors that submitted their early college applications on November 1st we wish you luck respectfully submitted Emma Brown thank you thank you very
009much Emma at this time I'd like irelia odner pleased to come forward from Abington Middle School good evening Ms Brown and Dr fetcher and members of the board of school directors I am arela odner and I am on the Executive Board of the student council for Abington Middle School student council appointed our 11 executive board members who will lead the charge on the direction of the organization for this school year for Veterans Day our executive board is sending out personalized thank you cards to veterans in our building the general body of the organization is also meeting after school on Wednesday November 9th to make cards for the veterans around the nation to honor their service to our country Tata kicked off our New Year by taking approximately 100 of our eighth grade members to the
010valley of fear at Phoenix Sport Club on Friday October 28th the students had a great time and we look forward to our first all grades event in November the Tata unique game show going green Club the going green Club formerly the green thumbs Club held their first meetings of the year we have a new name for the new Middle School to reflect on the club's interest in environmental topics Beyond just gardening we went outside for some activities to learn more about plants including a botany scavenger hunt down by the stream we are looking forward to a number of other fun events that will take place in November including Veterans Day American Education week and World kindness day thank you very much looks like in both locations a lot is going on and we're in full
011swing of the school year and I appreciate your time tonight and giving those reports to us to keep us well informed I have let me move on to honors yes please sorry it's jumping ahead um so I would like to I've announced honor this evening I would like to take a moment to congratulate the 221 Abington senior high school students who are inducted into the National Honor Society on November 3rd also I would like to congratulate the 157 Abington middle school students who were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society on October 20th it's a great honor a hard work and to let our students know the Honor Society is you know academic in nature but it is also service in nature and we appreciate all that you've done in your activities within the school
012district many of which school district and school district teachers and have have had the opportunity to see and help along with our our students so we have had many activities throughout the school year a lot of volunteers for our students to make this possible for them to be part of these honor societies so I want to just you know give them a shout out and continue the great work our students who are you know working hard not only academically but contributing to our community at large as well the next recognition this evening I'm just going to move locations yeah thank you so in advance of our veterans day on Friday November 11th I would like to take the opportunity to one thank our veterans in our country for your service I want to take a
013moment to since I have the opportunity to thank my father for his service as a veteran to this country tonight [Music] we are going to focus on the opportunity to thank our Abington School District employees who are also veterans I've invited these individuals to the meeting and we are going to have a presentation tonight for our veterans some who could be here and some who were unable to attend this evening um but at this time I would like our veterans to join our veterans in a room um from the school district to join me in front here and I'd ask that veterans who are in the audience if you could please stand as well at this time I would like to ask Gianna Mars or Abington Senior High School student and chief in the Sea
014Cadets to please come forward and sing the national anthem I'd ask that everyone please rise oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what's so proudly we held at the twilight's last gleaming who's brought stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight or the red parts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets are red clay the bones bursting in it gave proof through the night let our flag was still there oh she does that Star Spangled Banner very edge away wave or the land of the free and now the home of the prayer [Applause] at this time I'd like to review our employees who are veterans and if you are present when I call your name if you could please step forward foreign States Air Force Andrew borka a math teacher
015at Abington Middle School Jacob Catania an aide at Abington Middle School Robert Catania HVAC maintenance at Abington School District [Applause] Blair Harwell Abington School District custodian Heidi Ann Hartzell power professional at Abington Middle School John Jester school bus driver [Applause] Michael Zanetti a math teacher at Abington Senior High School [Applause] now our veterans from the United States Army Richard nedzwecki a school bus driver Gregory Rawls a custodian Andrea Richards our elementary curriculum specialist at Roslyn Elementary School David Walker school bus driver [Applause] Rita Washington school bus driver foreign s from the United States Marine Corps William Anderson science teacher at Abington Senior High School Angelo G Barrios III principal of Abington Senior High School members of the United States Navy Dennis being school bus driver Dennis Garvin math teacher at Abington Middle School Paul Hislop
016head custodian at Rydal West [Applause] Timothy Keller science department chair at Abington Middle School [Applause] Carmina vanoche family consumer science teacher at Abington Senior High School [Applause] I'd like all of you to please welcome me with me the and Applause for our veterans and thank you for your service to our country I'd ask again if there are veterans in the audience if you could please stand to be recognized one more time for another place foreign at this time I'm going to ask Miss Capitola Mr barius to recognize the achievement of two Abington specialized transition programs the active Academy and strive our newest program strive stands for students transitioning in Recreation independence of vocational employment both programs have developed new vocational opportunities for students and we're asked to engage in an interview with KYW News Radio
017to describe the benefits to our students and community good evening Dr fetcher Mrs Brown and members of the board of school directors tonight we honor the achievements of two of abington's specialized programs the active Academy and strive like Dr fetcher said strive stands for students transitioning in Recreation Independence and Vocational employment that is our newest program strive supports young adults aged 18 to 21 with complex needs like the active Academy the goal of strive is to educate young adults to become as independent as possible after graduation while improving their quality of daily living helping them to access the community and developing vocational skills while we all know and love the Perfect Blend there are great things happening in both active and strive stride has developed a new vocational opportunity called ability greetings our talented students
018Express themselves and learn valuable vocational skills by designing one-of-a-kind cards for All Occasions soon to come from strive is a collaborative Mission with the Willow Grove Baptist food pantry to divert fresh produce items that are uneaten by students to people that are in need likewise the active Academy is stirring up some new opportunities for students with active inspires where students utilize technology skills to create artistic items such as dinner table Place cards that benefit both the students and the staff but the reason for tonight's board honor is because we are proud to announce that Miss Kathy rafter Miss Cara Gimbal and Miss Kate Pringle teachers from both programs were asked to engage in an interview recently with kyw's Raquel Williams to discuss the uniqueness of both of their programs the piece highlights the mission of
019both programs citing specific examples such as the annual visit from SEPTA to teach students how to use public transit and the new greeting card business established by strive and now Mr Barrios principal of Abington senior high will discuss the impact of both of our programs thank you it seems like only yesterday that I was in receipt of the active Academy's initial proposal for a mobile coffee car once we were able to operate operationalize a plan for the coffee cart the program expanded and continues to flourish I could not be prouder of the success of our students teachers and staff that includes paraprofessionals and job coaches the active Academy's Perfect Blend plays an integral part of daily life at Abington Senior High School each morning there is a very long line of students waiting to place
020their orders from a wide array of choices the active students always rise to the occasion and provide outstanding service the students are also active actively engaged in community-based instruction and help with other daily operations in our school such as the past distribution system Miss rafter or Miss gamble are to be commended for their unwavering commitment to the program and and to our students in addition I'm very excited about the future of strife under the tutelage of Miss Kate Pringle each program evidences the true importance of inclusionary practices in the Abington School District at this time I'd like to invite our teachers Miss Gallagher and our student Representatives up to the front thank you at this time on behalf of Abington School District Miss Gallagher Mr Berrios the teachers and I would like to thank the
021people who make these programs possible day to day and that is our parents our paraprofessionals and our job coaches without all of you our students would not be able to practice the necessary skills both in our classrooms and in the community please let's give them a round of applause foreign honor the students from both active and strive would like to show the members of our board their gratitude this Thanksgiving season by presenting them with samples of their handmade work both from ability greetings and from active inspires thank you so much wow thank you it's even personalized yeah come on back up at this time I'd like to invite Dr fetcher down Dr Fletcher would like to make a personal donation to enhance the vocational Endeavors of both programs thank you all so much [Applause] let
022me have one more honor this evening if I may continue uh yes if I could just say one more thing before our active Academy members leave I want to thank you so much I love the name tags we get to greet You by name so please continue to wear those uh thank you Vincent and Abby for bringing this up to us and I believe I met Mike earlier one of our artists who made the cards continue to shine bright your presence matters your name matters your contribution matters and you make Abington amazing so thank you for all that you do okay [Music] foreign [Laughter] okay we have one more honor this evening I'm going to ask Dr Matthew Harris supervisor of Fine Arts to share video highlighting recent media coverage of Abington senior High's marching
023band good evening and thank you Mrs Brown Dr fetcher and members of the board of directors it's my pleasure to share a very special and recent media clip with you this evening last week on November 2nd members of our Abington Senior High School marching band and color guard performed in a pep band at a Philadelphia Phillies pep rally in the city hosted by Fox 29's Good Day Philadelphia program we are really proud to highlight this happening with you and our larger community and I would like to extend very special recognition to our entire team here in the district this extends not only to our students band directors and staff who in less than 48 hours created a program practiced and prepared to be performance ready for public consumption and media airing um to our community
024relations coordinator who brought this initial invitation to our senior high school principal Mr Barrios and band director Mr Joe dutado again in less than four to eight hours reached out and coordinated with our CFO our coordinator coordinator of receiving and all of the receiving staff to logistically move a very large group of students and instruments again in under 48 hours to Center City Philadelphia for a very momentous occasion so um I think I've covered everybody in there but um it really does take an entire Village and Community to know where our strengths are where our areas of growth are and to make these memorable and meaningful experiences happen for our students so we thank you for that and recognize all of those who played a hand um and a role in that so please enjoy
025the following brief clip and thank you for continuing to support the Arts and ASD both here at home and with the larger community [Applause] after the late night last night we it's always take it easy for a couple of hours are you ready okay uh what's your name Joe dutado and what is your job I'm the director of bands at Abington Senior High School I think that's in Abington isn't it yeah how many how many folks are here uh we've got about 54 with us is the band bigger than that no this is our this is a compliment everybody made it out thank you for coming out so let's kick this off what are we going to do we're going to do Take Me Out to the Ball Game but first we should probably introduce
026ours we should are these are you a conductor are you a majorette what are you so we're the drug majors in the marching band the majors okay what's your name I'm Jaden Eubanks okay what grade 12th grade senior nice voice there by the way is your name I'm Kate slavin I'm also senior a senior okay check Me Out to the Ball Game Will You Take Me Out to the Ball Game right now yes sir okay let's do it [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ton Senior High School I have a job for you I need some good exciting Hype music to throw to sucerio to do the weather she's starting to fall asleep we want to wake her up what can you do we'll play supersonic
027one of our favorite stands let's do it all right and dance too let's go let's go go ahead [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] yeah thank you again thank you this concludes our honors for this evening thank you very much uh that was awesome hey the energy and the energy in the room is just it's flying real good Mr K's got his coffee and his cards and just the energy feels real good in here good right the only downside was seeing all those upcoming games on the ticker and knowing the outcome of them that was a little sad but the band made up for it definitely definitely definitely and before I cry we're gonna go to kind of citizens comments from citizens are being conducted both in person and by phone the phone number to
028participate in public comment is 267-715-3717 and is being featured on the screen at this time you will be able to join the meeting by calling in on your mobile or landline phone if there is anyone present who would like to make a comment please use the microphone either to your left or to your right and be sure to state your name and address good evening Dr Thatcher and board of school directors my name is Mike McHugh I live at 1243 Fair Acres Road in Abington Township I have two children in the school district one in the 12th grade and the other in eighth grade my eighth grade student was recently asked to take a survey in social studies class some of the questions he was asked to respond to were regarding whether a photo ID
029should be CR should be required to vote foreigners currently residing the United States have the right to vote should the government continue to fund Planned Parenthood and what was his stance on abortion just to name a few I understand this was done as a lead up to election day they took a pause from the regular curriculum they were attempting to determine what their stance would be on candidates currently running for office according to the Abington Middle School website regarding the socialized curriculum it states that the school district will provide students with an in-depth study of the history geography and politics of the world the eighth grade curriculum in particular presents a combined thematic and chronological approach to American history starting with pre-colonial times through the period of reconstruction if I'm not mistaken the Reconstruction Era
030in the United States ended in the late 1870s Planned Parenthood was founded in 1916. I doubt very high that voter ID was a pressing Topic in the United States of America in the late 1800s the topic of the legality of abortion was argued by the courts in the 1970s as a parent I'm extremely concerned about surveys like this that our children are being asked to answer does a typical 14 year old understand rights of Voters of illegal issues around abortion what is the motive behind surveys like this if it doesn't apply to curriculum being taught it would be nice if the school district filed the curriculum that they supposedly aim to teach our children and let parents deal with our children and teaching them morals ethics and values about divisive political agendas thank you for
031your time thank you for your voice hey good evening Joe Rooney I live in Ardsley first like I'm going to start off always I'm going to ask Saint Charles Lawanda if he would protect our students and open the hearts and minds of this board and the administration he's a great Charles luanga and Ugandan Martyrs would be wonderful guides for the school district um Veterans Day outstanding presentation what a beautiful rendition of the national anthem it's great to see everybody up here and that young lady did an incredible job thank you for doing that I have to say one thing I think and I may be a little bit biased but I think the high school principal Mr Barrios had the best picture that was shown up there if there if I could request to get
032it rerun I would but that guy looked awesome so that is a lean mean fighting machine that was pictured in there so that was just great so I may be slightly biased but if anybody's interested November 10th is a Marine Corps birthday and if you would all like you can wish Mr barius to say happy birthday Marine because we all have the same birthday we're all green and we're all the same birthday so that was fun to see that right up there um I'm going to lead in and I'm going to go over my three minutes I'm sure you're not going to let me extend so I'll have to play it over into the next time thank you so much for talking about that survey so um what I would like to start out with
033is I think that it's that I'm right if I put in a right to know request that all of the directors get that at least that's I've gotten some feedback on that so last two meetings ago it was even more than that the contract was extended for uh Dr Thatcher so I was surprised to see that coming up already so I asked a simple question how many meetings did they have and who attended the meetings before you negotiated the contract I also wrote some School director said how much was that worth I got no answers none I'm going to assume you guys don't know how much that contract's worth so basically it was a no bid 2 million dollar contract over five years that's what that's mine you can check my math and I'll share
034it with you all okay so but the problem was I was told to put in a rate to no request so of course you know when I put in write to no request it takes 40 days to get an answer because you submit it there's five days then there's the response that says it needs to be delayed for another 30 days for legal review Etc and then I got an answer and for everybody that's watching one meeting in August is what I was told I don't believe it but one meeting in August is all that you had for that contract I don't know if you all have read it but it's a very complicated contract and to do the math it takes a while so that's a little disconcerting that's normal for right to know
035requests so this morning I've gotten a lot of replies and I know you all have too because I'm not the only person people write about the concern with all these different surveys and I didn't get a copy of the survey that that gentleman just talked about but I wrote to one of the assistant superintendents and said did this survey get distributed to I think it was the eighth grade I said I'd like to know the answer before I want to thank you thank you for your voice and I know you understand that you have another three minutes at the conclusion and thank you for bringing that up you don't actually listen there's no Demand on the time I appreciate your voice and I have written down your comments thank you so much I look forward
036to getting the answers thank you Paul Morris Glenn Road Jenkintown back in June of 2022 Dr fetcher addressed our graduating class of 2022 2021. 2022. their families in our community and talked about eliminating Division and healing our community and yet how do you feel towards Republicans in general how much do white people benefit benefit from advantages in society that plaque people do not have should foreigners currently residing in the United States have the right to vote an amendment outlawing abortion in any situation should be added to the U.S Constitution and in parentheses an abortion is a termination of a woman's pregnancy before the child is born the federal government federal government should allow people to buy any gun they want including handheld automatic military weapons should critical race Theory be taught in our K-12 these
037are just a few of the radical questions asked to our 12 13 and 14 year olds why would you authorize such a survey filled with innuendos implications and misleading words as far as I can tell there have been at least three surveys given to the 7th and 8th graders who authorize it who created it what's the purpose of the surveys who conducted it what are you going to do with the results of the surveys and how many other underhanded inappropriate and non-transparent activities are happening in the Abington School System without the knowledge of the parents and grandparents and without their consent parents are responsible for the children not the school district teach our children teach them and stop brainwashing them and trying to indoctrinate them this has to stop and I would like answers to
038each one of those questions thank you let's can you confirm that there are no callers on the line that is confirmed thank you anything else within the room who will who would like comment thank you seeing that there are none Dr fetcher first I would like to um ask that Miss Laura Nama from our teaching and learning Department if she could review the curriculum in terms of Election Day lead up to election day sure good evening so leading up to election day we do have our secondary teachers engage in lessons around the election what that typically looks like in each class is they begin with a slide deck that presents all of the candidates for our local election so mirroring what our ballot would look like that we do make efforts to make sure that
039the ballot is the same so the candidates are listed in the same order and all candidates are represented after we present the ballot to the students they are given an opportunity to explore the candidates in a variety of ways so we provide links to the candidates websites so students can explore the candidates and they are also given some survey materials that they are welcome to look at but not required to look at those surveys are not collected in any way they're never turned into the teacher and they're not required to complete them but the nature of the surveys are to allow students to explore some of the issues that would be on the ballot and that would influence how a person would vote for a candidate and so the way that it is projected to
040students is to explore the candidates explore where the candidates stand on specific issues and the discussion is about how people choose to vote for candidates talking about the variety of things that could go into that decision a candidates character candidates support of specific you know legislation different things like that they're given time to explore and then they take place in a mock election which is anonymous those that information is just in aggregate so it's never like Trace back to a student in any way and then um typically on the day after election day we kind of make an announcement on who won according to the building and so that's what that typically looks like so there are surveys that are given but they're not required they're not collected in any way they're really given as
041a frame of reference so students can see the types of things that are influencing how people vote and so that is what a typical lesson would look like and that does happen across secondary Social Studies thank you [Music] surveys sir you can ask your question during public comment this is not a space for you to speak this is not a space and time for you to speak thank you thank you for respecting what I am telling you I appreciate that don't have an opportunity sir sir you do not have an opportunity to speak from that seat there is a time and a place there is a time and a place and you are out of line thank you for my fellow board members are there any additional items to be brought about at this time
042saying that there are none will move forward with agenda item item number six Ms Frazier can you please read the recommendation to approve the September meeting minutes yes that the board of school directors approves the minutes of the board meetings on October 11 2022 and October 26 2022. second we have a second and this is a voice vote all in favor please say aye aye any opposed eyes have it emotion passes Mrs Carey a part of me Miss Frazier can you please read the recommendation for approval of the Personnel addendum yes that the board of school directors approves the changes in personnel as reflected in Personnel addendum number 7.1 second we have a second Dr fetcher thank you Mr Brown the Personnel agenda begins with item number one in the appointment of One Professional employee
043for the 2022-2023 school year under item number two is the request for leaves of absence for eight professional employees I bring your attention to item number 12 and the retirement of Mr Thomas White a Nightline custodian at Abington Middle School who served the district for 24.5 years the Personnel addendum continues with hiring of substitutes a compensation for professional development Crisis Prevention intervention training interpreter and translation services IEP meetings and support Personnel items thank you any questions or comments from my fellow board members as always we wish our retirees well and we thank you for your years of service especially our custodial staff who work so hard to keep our buildings maintained so thank you so much um this is a roll call Mr Allen aye Frazier aye Mr K aye Dr Mowry aye Mrs Glasser
044aye Mr Mohammed aye Ms baisy aye Dr clyman aye Mrs Brown aye eyes have an emotion passes Miss Fraser can you please read the recommendation for permits for the use of buildings and grounds uh yes at the board of school the board of school directors approves the applications for permits for use of buildings and grounds as reflected in addendum number 8.1 all permits are subject to change per the provisions of the health and safety plan pertaining to the covid-19 pandemic so we have a second Dr fetcher thank you Mr Brown the permit addendum continues to reflect requests for buildings and grounds for meetings and other school activities I bring your attention to permit number 183 which is for the community tours of Abington Senior High School to be held on November 19 2022. 10 Mr
045Allen aye Ms Fraser aye Mr K aye Dr Mowry aye Mrs Glasser aye Mr Muhammad aye Ms faisy aye Dr clyman aye Mrs Brown aye eyes have an emotion passes Miss Fraser can you please read the recommendation for advertisement for bids yes that the board of school directors approves the advertisement for bids as reflected in addendum number 9.1 second we have a second Dr fetcher thank you Miss Brown this evening we have one request for permission to advertise and that is for Food Service kitchen small Wares and this would be paid for from the Food Service fund thank you questions or comments from the board Mrs Young Mr Allen aye Ms Frazier aye Mr K aye Dr Mowry aye Mrs Glasser aye Mr Muhammad aye Ms baisy aye Dr Kleinman aye Mrs Brown I eyes
046have it emotion passes Miss Fraser can you please read the recommendation for the confidential student matter everyone Miss Frasier can you please read the recommendation for awards of contracts uh yes thank you that the board of school directors approves the awards of contracts as reflected in addendum number 10.1 second we have a second Dr Fletcher uh tonight we have for your consideration one award of Contra contract and that is for a feasibility study for Abington Middle School thank you questions or comments from the board just wanted to be clear that the uh behind giving this uh was that it was more comprehensive uh as I Remember by reading it more comprehensive uh overview was that yes um there were multiple companies that presented to a committee and they have um some focused more on what
047would be the next future design and we are looking for feasibility studies specifically as you know from our facilities condition assessment that we presented what are some ideas that we could do they provide ICS was the ICS Consulting provided the greatest level of detail of all the proposals and their focus was not was on the feasibility study civil engineering Financial Planning and the district needs rather than a design which would be the next phase out of this so we are pleased to be working with ICS Consulting any additional questions or comments from the board Mrs Young Mr Allen aye Ms Frazier aye Mr K aye Dr Mowry aye Mrs classa aye Mr Mohammed aye Ms faisy aye Dr Kleinman aye Mrs Brown aye eyes have an emotion passes Miss Fraser can you please read the
048recommendation for the confidential student matter uh yes that the board of school directors approves the confidential student matter as as reflected in addendum number 11.1 so second we have a second Dr fetcher Miss Brown keeping in mind the confidentiality of student matters I can answer any questions that you may have thank you questions or comments from the board Mrs yeah Mr Allen aye Ms Frazier aye Mr K aye Dr Mowry aye Mrs Glasser aye Mr Muhammad aye Ms fasey aye Dr klyman aye Mrs Brown I eyes have it in motion passes Dr fetcher any additional reports or recommendations yes yes Miss Brown I provide you with the conference attendance of professional leaves and Capital Improvements projects report for your information thank you sir any additional agenda items or appropriate business from my fellow board members
049we will return back to public comment comments from citizens are being conducted both in person and by phone the phone number to participate in public comments is 267-715-3717 and is on the screen at this time you will be able to join the meeting by calling in on your mobile or landline phone if you are present there are mics to the left and to the right of you please be sure to state your name and address when's my time start now okay I'll start off with the end get your politics out of our schools get your pornography and your racist books out of our schools stop the sexualization of our kids I got an idea for the administration for the board and for the teachers that are here teach teach there's been countless Studies have come
050out just recently and how badly our kids were hurt by two years of government shutdowns Mass scores are down English scores are down writing is down and guess what the kids at the lowest end of the spectrum are hurt the most so those who are already always talking about it we don't have extra time to waste on politicization and sexualization of our kids you got five extra minutes teach them math you got 10 extra minutes teach them math you got 15 extra minutes throw a little conjugation in there or sentence or Venn diagrams I know these are radical ideas maybe you ought to think about that all right now I'll get back to it okay so Mrs Brown what happened to the data in the Pew research survey it was a link on the web
051that I've got the link so I filled it out I had my wife do it I had my daughter do it where'd that data go if you're saying it's not collated I challenge you on that I don't know why the school said that because it's not true Dr melkor I asked you a specific question was that survey given out because I didn't want to address it if the information I got from a parent was wrong yes or no crickets that's what I get all the time 40 days crickets there you go ask a direct question pay 181 million dollars a year we don't get an answer we deserve an answer it's a simple question it's not I'll ask Dr butts or I'm going to ask Mr file get on your phone call up the teacher
052and ask him to get the survey out Mr Barrios knows that's how the Marine Corps works you ask a question you get an answer you don't get gift off you all could learn something from that I wish our Equity officer was here because if you looked there are no veterans on the board there's no in the senior Administration maybe we go out and get a couple of veterans we'll get a different thinking in here instead of the group thing these surveys are terrible teachers and school administers administrators teach like ex-cathedral I have no idea if any of you didn't know what that means it means it comes with a certain amount of authority so when you ask a question that says um an amendment outlawing abortion in any situation should be added to U.S Constitution
053and abortion is the termination of a woman's pregnancy before the child is born well that's not actually true Dr kleiman or Mrs Mowry they could have written all of these questions because they come from a very specific left-wing political perspective you all know that you all are comfortable with it but guess what there's a significant at least minority of the parents that aren't most don't even know that these surveys were given the parents that do they write me they must write some of you I'm not inventing any of this and my youngest son is in Oceania in a Fighter Squadron right now okay so I don't know what's going on on a day-to-day basis except I hear from it you all do too I don't think you all act on it I don't think you
054care and I want to thank you for your voice I'm sure you do thank me well thank you very much for your time and I wish you were as concerned about our kids as you are about this three-minute limit thank you there are mics open to the left and to the right of you if anyone else within the room would like to make a comment saying that there are none Mr Lutz can you confirm that there are no callers on the line that is confirmed thank you Dr fetcher I just want to thank all of our students employees who came out this evening and I'm glad that we had the opportunity to recognize some of the great things that are going on once again in advance thank our veterans for your service Nationwide and closing
055remarks from my fellow school board members Mr Allen Miss Frazier a Ditto in response to what Dr Fitcher said Thank you Mr K ay Dr Mowry Dr Murray Dr Murray is there anything you would like to say thank you Mrs Brown uh I would just like to confirm that once again that my mother is not in fact in attendance at this meeting and I'd like to wish all our veterans a happy Veterans Day thank you Miss Glasser no thank you Mr Muhammad nothing thank you Miss faisy nothing at this time Dr clyman I just want to remind everyone that tomorrow is election day and um please vote no matter whom you're voting for it's uh an honor and a privilege and a right that many people died for in this country and um I just
056want to remind everyone that uh it is it is not just a privilege but it really is a responsibility as a citizen of the United States to vote sacrificer nothing further thank you thank you everyone for your time have a great evening this meeting is adjourned