001J, we're going to go. Okay, perfect. Uh, we're going to call the Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 Board of Education. Stand for the pledge, please. To the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, andice for all. >> Okay. Uh first item is the acceptance of the agenda >> like >> second. >> Any discussion? >> I just would like to remove new business seed and mentoring plan for information only to begin with but I actually forgot to include it in your packet. So I'll bring it on. >> So we're going to be voting on the modified agenda. All those in favor? >> I any opposed? Agenda is approved. The conceptual physics high altitude balloon project has been postponed. So we'll move on from that. Consent
002agenda is resolution 0895 items on the consent agenda. Motion second. >> Any discussion of the consent agenda? I do have a question. Um, not on any specifics in the actual itself, the policy procedure around granting, is that something we could potentially talk about in a future date is not to disrupt tonight's meeting. >> Do you want to procedures? >> Yeah, please. Anyone else? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Consent agenda is approved. Moving on to public comments. Is there anyone in the public that would like to address the board? >> Okay, moving on to financial reports. Nikki, >> everything is received. Um, and the transfers were minimal this time. There's nothing over $10,000. >> All right, let's start with the resolutions. Want to spot those now? >> Yes, ma'am. Resolution 090 2025 approving the
003updated 2526 extra pay and substitute rate schedule to include $75 per hour for site supervision when outside organizations use the junior senior high sports facilities as well as a payroll 3365 per hour. Motion >> second. >> Any discussion on this? just um I didn't have the sheet updated to bring with me, but it'll be updated. >> Just those two changes. >> All in favor? I >> opposed. We need our approval. I'm guessing that uh the $75 per hour would be build out to authorizations. >> That's correct. >> That cost >> actually their cost is $100 an hour. The employee would make 75. We have to cover the the benefit. >> Sure. Makes perfect sense. Uh next transfer is resolution 091 2025 approving the current budgetary transfer report as presented by school. Motion. So move second.
004>> Is there discussion clarification? Anything? >> Most favor. >> I opposed. Resolution approved. Resolution number 092 2025 approving the year end financial resol resolutions 256 as presented by the school executive. Motion. on that. >> These are just um in keeping with the same limits as we have in the past, but I do want to make you aware that there are every single one of these says we can go up to the allowable limit. And for our auditor suggestion last year, we start looking at other funds instead of just the few that we typically do. So you may see that this year instead of just this year, but they've all been approved every year anyway. We just don't do that. >> Do we ever do we ever find out the actual numbers? I'm sure they're recorded
005somewhere, but are they brought back to us? Because like right now what we're doing is we're approving these up twos. I'm just curious to know if we ever find out like how much actually is used to cover these different things >> used for the limit >> is that what >> the allowable limit set. So exactly >> some of these are like transfers. So, so these would be unreserved funds that we would at the end of the school year after our audit is done and then they would be moved into the reserved funds and that will come to you. You you'll see that at that time. >> Okay. >> Because like like just like the for school lunch fund to cover any negative fund balance. I'm just curious like what that what that is. We'll talk.
006>> Yeah. Cool. Thank you. >> Any other discussion on that? Those in favor? >> Any opposed? Resolution is approved. Old business capital uh project updates. >> So, I have a resolution here for an amendment number two for uh JW Danfor. They did some additional work for us. Uh actually adds to a little bit of additional guaranteed cost savings in the EPC project. Uh we've talked about it with the different um valves that they've replaced for us and some different things. So we needed to update the a we did amendment number two to match the work that they've actually done and um we we will not get a lot of mileage out of the additional savings but they're guaranteed additional savings um from the extra work that we had done. So amendment number two reflects. >>
007Okay. Resolution 093 2035 approving amendment number 25 between SL Central School District and John Deb Dampport Company amending the energy performance contract entered by the parties on or about August 9th 2022 and shall be effective as of the same date. >> Second. >> Any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Resolution is approved. >> Yep. >> Um I forgot to mention in relation to the capital project, Diane and I just today had a call with um Bernard and our financial adviserss about the bond. Last year we did a a oneyear ban for the turf project until we knew what the project was actually going to come in at. And so we're just refinancing it into more permanent debt instead of one year. Um, and we ended up coming in with a 3.57% interest rate,
008which was good because it's lower than what they were. >> That's great. Yeah, that's awesome. >> Good news. >> We got nowhere to put that money. >> Yeah, it is. >> Okay, moving on to district facilities. So I have uh reached out to um partner brothers there from next week to give us an estimate to move all of the district office, business office, community school offices for us to uh POVA because their window is so tight. they they need to be in their office through the first week or two of August because of the audit and then they need to immediately turn over, move to their new home because they need to get ready for tax season. So, I think having an outside mover come in and deal with that section. Um, and also beginning
009of the crunch time for our staff, so we don't want the two colliding. So, they're coming next week. I also have a local cleaner coming to meet with me tomorrow about cleaning offices so that we can do the administrative shuffle sort of independently from the room shuffle and they would simply they won't move furniture but they would they would do the scrubbing of the rooms and a lot of our furniture actually in our offices is the same furniture. We all have the same desk so the desk doesn't really have to move just our what we like with it will move. So, it's really not so much equipment and furniture move as cleaning of those offices. So, they're coming to talk about that. So, we do that independently. And then on Friday, um the buildings and
010grounds players and burn and and I are meeting to begin the process of laying out the actual song timeline. So we lay it out just like a construction project. The dates cross the top, the room moves, and the the time that we anticipate it will talk it will take to do the moves in the priorities that we should move them. So it's a little tricky. We've got all sorts of summer stuff going on. Uh our first rooms are also the first rooms being used for summer programming. So there'll be some tricks in all of this, but uh we're getting that together so we can teachers are dying to pack up their rooms. can't wait. Uh and so information will be going out so that can begin discreetly on the 8th and we'll have boxes out.
011Boxes are here. Boxes are available of our labels ready to go. So we can begin that process. So we're we're on time. We're moving along and um it's all taking shape. >> Is there any possibility of community involvement? We know it's adding more pieces, but see people involved. >> So, I'm not sure I want to include the volunteer. I'm getting some push back from buildings and grounds, and I understand the push back of that. They want a certain system. They want things to be in the right spot. They do not want staff moving their own things. They don't want it packed in every square box you can find. They want it packed in the square boxes that pile nicely, right? They don't they don't want stuff open. So, we'll talk about that. One of the
012things I actually had a couple of staff members reach out to me. Um, so if you're an SLTA member, you and your room is moved, you can request $100 a day for up to two days to put your room together once your things are in your room. Um, I then have to really match the custodial rate because it's unfair to pay Tori $50 an hour and Mark works for me every day and is making 2150 an hour to move the same size boxes and do the same size work, >> but it was suggested that I throw that out there as a possibility. So, some paid help I think especially for cleaning. Um, I'm going to mention that on Friday. Um, and go from there. Yeah, people have the best of intentions, but in order to
013keep it moving, we've got to have some reliability and a plan of attack. Are there many uh individuals that aren't affected or is everybody moving some? I could probably count on my two hands the number of people who are not moving. >> Are they all are they kind of across the buildings? >> Yes. Yes. >> And you had mentioned something about discretion on June 8th. Why why the need for discretion? Because our students only get 13 years and their end of whatever year they're having should not be a room that looks like that is being packed up in boxes from here to there. Right. They still have the right to three weeks of feeling. >> We don't want to prematurely change in the environment. >> Correct. Correct. >> Drastically. >> Yes. But you said that
014so much more. >> No, it's good. I'm glad to hear that we're being mindful about it. >> They have the right to finish out the year in a comfortable environment. >> That's right. And you know what happens when the first box comes out publicly? We're all done, right? So, you still have really two full weeks starting on the eth and then the half the half days and the half days are always >> the half days, but those two full weeks still should be two full weeks. So, our focus is on our students and and >> just to confirm, I believe talked about it the last time. all the all of our administration we have random heads for everybody to visit home. >> I've not shared that because we are still anticipating an administrative opening. There's
015some moving pieces there. So I haven't shared out who's there but that was a a board discussion. So >> we'll see where that all ends up based on the players are in the pot. So >> that's all I have now. >> New business. Uh resolution 094 2025 26 29 professional development plan motion. >> Second discussion on that first. >> Yes. So both the professional development plan and the instructional technology plan were put together by a co-committee of um of staff members. I sit on it. Melissa had it. We had we had a nice mix of um staff involved in that. So both of them happen to be due. They're multiple year plans. Both of them are due for July 1 and that those committees have really looked on it and I asked Melissa if she
016would just speak to it from her seat and she said could I make a could I make a one pager? So she shared a little bit for you um about what's in the technology plan. the technology plan and the PP plan are in the drive if you want to read the whole thing. >> Okay, further discussion. >> I have a question. >> Yeah, >> I see a lot of stuff about like AI literacy. Uh I just want a little more elaboration on that like how like there's a lot of different versions of AI. It's not like one thing. I just want a little more elaboration on that. So AI um uh literacy um along with that comes the ability to use it um ethically including um the impact on the environment of being aware of
017your impact and to use it and as AI is um evolving very quickly and changing almost every day um that's really kind of part of it is knowing what what is um valid or relevant and what isn't, what is um you know biased and what isn't. So we're just on the ground floor of all that. It's for teachers and for students and this is our plan moving forward. So those questions, Max, that you're asking are questions we need to be addressing during this three-year window of this plan. Something we plan on there's a lot of feelings around that. And how are we going to handle it as a district? >> Does that answer your question? >> A good question. >> Anyone else? >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I opposed. Resolution is approved. Resolution
018095 2025 approving the 269 instructional technology. Motion second. >> Discussion. Max, >> but Max does point out the overlap, right? So, so our our technology plan says we're going to address it. The professional development plan says we're going to address it as part of our professional development plan. What I say, >> what'll be interesting about this whole uh process is it will likely be many students ahead of the game and staff, right? since we've gone to computers decades ago. It's been that way for a while. Staff are finally catching up because we're getting, you know, staff from that generation now. But I suspect in the AI world, a lot of our students be down the road staff because I mean there's certainly movement among youth today. Not all general speaking, but like there's a lot
019of the old generation were kind of not I don't know where you guys but we don't like AI and are very much revoking against it which I think is probably a good thing in some ways to keep it in check and there's lots of emerging research coming out showing that students learn better they've done studies comparing even using a laptop versus paper students are learning more pen and paper and so I think just us being mindful that there's a tendency companies across the country trying to keep up with AI and then they invest all this morning thinking this is the next thing. But if you ask if you ask tax count to 100, it messes up sometimes. So like there's a it's a very fluid thing and I think just making sure that we're not
020chasing our tail that AI useful tool but a lot of people are like companies are now have invested hundreds of millions of dollars and regretting it because simple things that AI can do can't do. I think it's just important for us to go forward. We talked about this on the policy level like what do we how do we polish on AI what changes everyone I think it needs to be almost needs to be maybe not but maybe like almost needs to be a standing thing on our agendas of like what's up with AI now because it really has the potential to do a lot of good but also a lot of damage and people just as back in the 90s people bought into ineffective reading programs and districts wasted millions of dollars going away from
021phonics based finally reports about guess what works teach um I think a similar thing could happen with AI so I think just I would love to see it talked about more time but it is has the potential to cost people lots of money for very little return >> well can I just add that I I appreciate that the thought about ethics being you know taught around AI and just understanding what is happening in the country build out the data centers and the it's there's it it is it's something new every day and and I think understand this is this is where we're going but this is what it's causing potentially and it's a it's a concept um I was just wondering and I know this is just the one page on this is where we're
022looking at this and recently a lot uh development support in special education math things going forward. Is that part of that? >> I'm not sure it's built into the plan, but that doesn't mean that we're not that's that's part of what Joe Maru's world is just >> and it is built into um actually is built into our core tool. Um Caroli did share some of the tools and the software and so our fourth our fourth goal has to do like the um you know the infrastructure and the purchasing of softwares and devices and that's where there's a number attached to that and that is very much um those devices and replacements and Chromebooks. So that's largely special ed. Um, what I'm asking specifically, do you have a percentage right now and I talked about this
023in the past that the percentage of kids that are special needs in 504ers or in others has gone up in the last few years. Um, and I know I'm more familiar with the dyslexia end of things than the math end of things, but I've become aware of a lot of the changes in what is available and and I just want to make sure that this is a great plan. you know, I see that we're addressing these things and um I just want to make sure as we look at portrait of a graduate that we aren't losing sight of the kids in special education that are looking for more specific help and that there's some new technology things coming up that can be really helpful, especially as we get strapped for dollars and we're going to
024be tight with staff and special education and you know as money gets tighter within every Just just two things. Uh number one to hit on that there would be like an assistant tech eval if that's >> okay >> needed. So they would they would go through that process and make recommendations through the IEP process. >> Okay. >> Which Joe helps out. Some of our other tech help out. Sometimes we have to farm it out just because we don't have the expertise for that. Um, I'll also just mention our teachers are triing Trumark and I'm sure that the students can can talk about it, but it's basically training wheels for AI. So, it's um they're able to use like they can set up an assignment where they can use one AI prompt. So, whatever that is,
025then they have to use that information. They can't copy and paste. the program allows them just to to read over it and they have to write their own their own words with the it's kind of like old school dictionary, you know, where you're getting information where you're putting in your own words. So, I think a lot of what we're trying to do is trying to set the ground rules of how they should be using it and not just copying and pasting. I think that's that's the that's the worry right now is that they're they're some people are using it really well and some people are just taking the shortcut like we've always had for number of years. Um so I think just trying to find a program that's uh useful with the teachers but also
026shows the students um that there is a highlight or there is a positive about using AI but it's not it's not just putting a prompt in copying and pasting and then and then submitting your assignment >> or is it this this method? >> So that's that that software specifically works on the Socratic method. >> So it'll ask you questions back and forth. So if you're like using a word, you know, you think, you know, can you know, you know, how does this sentence sound? Say, well, what do you mean by such and such a word? And let's say what they thought it meant. Okay, this would be a better word there. You're using that incorrectly. It's almost like having a conference, like a writing conference. Um, yeah. So again, it's teaching them kind of how
027to think, how to use AI to as a thought partner versus to to replace your thinking instead to expand your thinking. So it's it's got a lot of training wheels on it. It's got a lot of restrictions on it and it's giving teachers some control. >> And is this normal for the >> No, everybody has has had a chance to every department's had a chance to try it. I we got unlimited license to trial until uh June 30th. So, it's across all departments. And is that for just students or is that staff and students are expected to use the >> um the ones that have jumped in to be trained on comic? They're using it exclusively just to try to see how assignments are produced, how they're graded, how they're submitted. I mean, I think
028that I think Max and Sarah can probably attest a little bit to how it works, but um obviously a little more uh extensive in the ELA and social studies departments, but it can be used across all departments. And again, I think what Justin said is a lot of these companies are evolving too. They're they're trying to figure out what their place is in education and because everything has a cost, you know, stuff like >> Yeah. Yeah. I'm curious that the Socratic method using the tool to expand vocabulary is great. I'm just asking like is that growing expecting students that's how students can use staff using as well trying to put some guards around. So if a student it's fine to use AI maybe to create like a Google form or some kind of a survey
029you can have AI help you create that but then you don't grade the student submissions like you know person still has to do I think and the key difference in AI space that was kind of no it's going to take your job and for some might be true but AI it's more about it's less about like you losing your job to it as opposed to people learning how to work alongside of it. So in a factory maybe that robot can't sort and do inventory. We were going to work next to that robot and sorting and doing and doing. So I think that's when you be thinking about our students not um how to do something in AI but more so how do you use AI as a tool that's all it is a tool and
030um yeah it's moving target that that's the that's the framework of working alongside as opposed to letting it just do what a teacher is supposed to do or what students supposed to do. So >> there is guidance on and I said from like right on the on the homepage for instruction there is guidance right there from um Dr. Rosa that schools should be addressing it. It's that that it's um that students should not be afraid of it. They should have some um exposure to it at the same time just like anything else like when Google first came out and searching we have to teach them how to use it um you know um ethically and you know understand the impact And if you want to research this, it's true. T R U M A R
031K. That's the program that we're using. And then maybe down the road we could have a someone come in and show how we're using it with staff, but also using it with the students just to kind of give you an idea. It's pretty pretty impressive. Actually, >> I'm going to two conferences this summer. We just registration has just completed one. The law the summer law conference that is going to look at um one of the big things they're talking about is AI and what we need to looking at as far as policy goes um and not only facing kids, how the kids are going to deal with it, but how staff is going to deal with it. And then also looking at um what we should be expecting for educators and what's going to be
032anyone else? Okay. All those in favor? Any opposed? The resolution is approved. Okay, moving on to reports for support. We have superintendent reports. >> We are busy in the uh post budget hiring process. So you approved some hires this evening for our counseling needs. We interviewed today for art. We'll be interviewing on Monday for elementary ed. um still case thunder, but we have a lot of after school and evening programming going on um around the district for various reasons. So encourage you if I know it's super busy, but it would be great if you want to step in and be a part of any of that. Time is ticking and I always ask about right now if you know you're not going to be at graduation, would you please let me know as soon as
033possible? um just so that we have a heads up on what that looks like so we can put our piece together for graduation. Reminder, it's at 400 pm always so that you can take Mr. Dan and I out to dinner afterwards. We're not picky. >> And I had 2:45 would be a good time frame where we could meet and and go over names. I'm sure Mark will put out some sort of uh yeah agenda for that. But anyways, uh last year we met an hour and 15 minutes prior to uh graduation. So if we can meet at 2:45 in the boardroom at the civic center, we can go over the names and make sure we're all we're all feeling good. >> Okay. You have >> Yeah. So last night we had our community openhouse. Um
034Diane and I had chatted. that I wish I had been um more attended, but I think the the residents that came and alumni who came really appreciated it. We had all the old yearbooks back from the 70s. Mr. Mun was there and found his little kindergarten picture and his Spider-Man shirt. So, the best story of the night um includes Mike Knight's daughter who um at the time there was a group of friends um and they were all there that had hidden a secret times table under a tile and they would tell their teacher that they they needed to work in the hallway where it was quiet and really they were going out to find their secret times table and they lifted the tile and it was still there and they were thrilled. They were really
035excited. Yeah. >> How long was it there? I mean, what are they juniors? >> Yeah, they're junior. >> Seven years or Yeah, about six, seven years. So, that was really cool. But we had a lot of um students that came back. We had some tears. So, it was nice. People just kind of wanted to share their, you know, their story. So, I'm glad that we offered that. Uh last week, we had our Bloomingdale data meetings. I want to thank Jen Yoy for leading those. I'd like to congratulate the staff at Bloomingdale for their hard work and dedic dedication. Our growth rates were really impressive. So for ELA, we had growth rate of 77% and for math 73 and usually we're elated anywhere from 30 to 100. Um so we were really excited to see such
036great growth. Um so kudos to the staff and students for their hard work. Tomorrow starts field days for our second graders. And before each field day, we're also going to tour Crova again. And so it's just one more opportunity for our students to go and see their new home. We went to outdoor classroom day. So I think the students are feeling really good about the move. They're excited because the playground's bigger and there's two of them. So that's really what they care about. And do they serve pizza on Friday? Yes, they do. Um next Friday we're having our end of the year awards ceremony. And then comes the chaos at the end of the year fundays, water fun days, celebrations, senior walk. The seniors are coming on funday. So, we're going to have them go
037through the inflatable obstacle course. So, that should be fun for them. Um, and then 21st century programming for summer dependent on grant funding is posting on Friday. Eric and I talked about it today. We have 30 programs and then additional adventure camps and other experiences for our students. So, it's going to be a busy summer um for us in 21st century >> and some syrup. >> We got the syrup from the Bloomingdale school. It was pretty cool. the labeling and the work they did and I'm sure as an experience was awesome for kids. >> Yeah, the kids loved it and they were able to watch the >> Thank you for doing things like that with my students. >> Of course. And Mr. McKim and his family were really um awesome in helping the kids through
038that process because I don't know if you know it, but I don't tap treats normally. So, I needed his expertise in that. But the kids loved it and then to have a product and they um delivered it today. So, it was a big deal for them. Pretty cool. >> Yeah, it was really cool. Erica >> uh UPK visited AEC today. So all of our preschool students from St. Bernard's Hillike and Bloomingdale went to go see today and uh had an opportunity to choose uh a career path that they're interested in as a four-year-old. So, uh, some went to law enforcement, others went to, uh, the health, uh, trades and the other group was with automotive and they had the time of their lives. Uh, Boseies and Caramine put together a pretty spectacular day for them.
039They have pizza. They It's really cool. And the little whispers in the home, oh, this is a kid school, right? It was so cool. But the best part is that I saw our concession stand today and it looks so good. It is beautiful. We have so much pride serving um healthy snack options out of our dur. I was telling them like what we were going to serve and what they were going to make and everything else and they're like when are we getting our pizza >> soon relax >> I'm a hungry it was great so thank you >> there is no better projects than when your students work on things for your schools >> thank you for that >> I really I said to Carol when we were touring I said the kids who built
040this are going to be there when their kids are on that field saying I built this concession session stand when I was in school. Like there would be so much pride in that. >> It's really cool. >> All right. Thank you, Melissa. >> Um, we finished our fourth round of our last round of our of our curriculum sessions. And just a shout out to our teachers. There was so much going on. You wouldn't know it on those work days. They are students rolled up in 110% and adjusting right to the very end um for the benefit of our students. So, I just wanted to um recognize that for work. >> Thank you, Josh. I just uh resent the senior activities to all the board members. I sent it on May 1st, but kind of got
041lost in the in the shuffle, but uh I just want to remind everybody of all the activities that are going on. And uh Diane mentioned graduation. So, uh 4 o'clock is the time there. Uh, also on there is our uh concert which is on June 11th and just got a lot going on. And tomorrow is our our last faculty meeting at the high school. We have about five uh people that are retiring. So it's always a good kind of landmark of of finishing finishing the year. So um congratulate all those retired. >> Thank you. >> Okay. model OAS at Sunni Podsburg just happened. Um there's class elections tomorrow. State qualifiers for tracker on Friday and then region start next week and our spring concert is also next week. Um I don't have that much but
042tomorrow is the uh open house for the rising freshman where which is where all of our clubs go and uh introduce them to like what goes on at the high school. That's always really fun. And uh a couple students are going to ride Ryan and High Ranch this weekend, which that should be fun. >> And >> are you going with us? Yeah. >> Yes, I am. >> Woohoo. >> It's like uh it's like a horseback riding, swimming. It's like an upass ranch down near Lake George, right? 28 28 students. >> So if you're wondering what Mrs. Fox is doing on Saturday, she's at the Ride and High branch with all of us in high school. >> And a little more in the future is uh I think the Wednesday before graduation, we have our balorate
043service at the St. Burnish church which that's I that's a nice event where our chorus goes and sings and we have soloists and readings that's >> and this will be the last meeting for students. Is that correct? >> Till next year, right? Back next year. >> All four are back. I am signing a piece of paper today. >> All right. Uh let's uh go to committee reports for the board. Um in the packet you've got the uh le liaison and appointments for this year. We're going to need to do this at a reorg. So we put it out there now for you to take a look at. I want to note a couple of things. The building feasibility study committee will uh will not continue. That will be replaced by the blooming repurpose of Bloomingdale
044school committee. So that's something that you're interested in. be aware that that's going to be on there. Obviously, Nancy, the Louisville Elementary will change. That won't be there. So, understand that. And then the middle school committee will actually be the Junior High Committee. If we're missing nothing, just give me a shout. We'll get that on. But be prepared for that on uh our July organization meeting. Um along with that, we should probably give Gina a heads up if the times and dates for our um meetings are appropriate. We still do it with Wednesdays. We still do it with the time. We still do it with the weeks that we do it. Does anyone have any thoughts or questions or discussions on that? >> My guess is that uh we'll likely change the location to the
045patrol library. uh given that our district officers will be there and often times the superintendent and clerk and the business uh manage business office will be running down at the last minute meeting as they're pressed for a lot of stuff. So, um that's okay. We'll just plan on on there. Was there for a long time before anyways and see how that goes. Um so that's all I have. Nancy, what do you have? >> Nothing good. Thank you, Justin. >> I sent a few questions about a few different things. Um, and purely just asking questions at the last meeting. So, uh, and maybe unpopular hopefully enough. Uh, graduation is in the civic center, correct? Is there ever, and this is nothing against the civic center. Fantastic. So, is there ever a plan possibility in the future
046of having graduation on the turfield? I understand letters from grateful around I just personally feel like it's such a great space too with enrollment where it is um 600 is quite large and it's kind of hard to fill that place in um not knocking I'm just curious if that's something anyone else is worth worth discussing in the future possibility of graduation happening >> outside eventually >> we talked about that when we talked about the concept of field right as a purpose I sat on three graduation committees as a senior class advisor and in all three the same issue was presented by students. The one thing the only thing they really cared about was not limiting their family being able to attend. That's how we got we were in the gym forever. >> Yeah. >> And
047you got a limited amount of tickets and it was the way the world was. And then we had some technology where we could broadcast a little bit that helped. One year we did it in the new auditorium. >> Okay. >> That was quickly kabash >> show >> because you had to decide who in your family could come >> less than the gym, believe it or not. >> And we tried the civic center at that time. The first civ center, the board of education was adamantly opposed to it because it was not on our property. And the senior uh officers came and spoke and convinced them that their concern was not telling which set their grandparents could not come. And since we moved it there, we've never turned anybody away. Um, we've had a couple out
048the front lawn that Mr. Dean has before that have been pretty successful. Um, the only drawback in anything that isn't covered is your backup plan has to be able to go. You have to have like a deadline. You said two days before or whatever because there is a whole different setup. >> Okay. So I think moving forward if that's something that people want to do you do the same thing we've done before which is take an honest look at what the mechanics of it are and I think for the students as long as their people can come they'll be happy. Josh want Anthony want to add it a long time. Uh students have approached me this year about having it um on the turf obviously and my big question is um our bleachers only hold
049500 people. So we would have to have additional seating at some level for have to have people sit because we're going to fill those bleachers. Um the other thing is we can't have chairs on the turf. So we have to have mats or you do have to do some sort of um mechanism to hold the chairs. Forest is uh planning on on having his awards night on the turf and I think he has a good plan and a good setup and I think we can use that as kind of a a starting point of having that conversation. One of the things that the kids and I talked about was like do we have the students facing the speaker or facing the stands or facing the parents? Like there's a lot that goes into how to
050situate that. I I would love Diane knows this. I love outdoor graduations, but there's a lot of stress that >> goes into it. But I feel like we should maybe take how Forest um does with his end of the year sports um meeting um because there'll be a lot of people there and see how that goes and and maybe that could be a kickoff to have a conversation moving forward. So, >> I really like the outdoor ones here. I mean, my son was stuck in it because it was co but I thought it was >> that was it was nice. But it didn't rain. >> Another one of those outdoors ones where they get all the canopies. All my canopies have since died. >> Yeah, they didn't last. That's going to be a lot of
051logistics. >> Well, this is also about the turf field much simpler. So, um I don't think I've seen this come across the board, but it's a small everybody talks. It's can and am going to be on the turf field weekend. We know >> probably >> what kind I know we have a policy of like outside entities they pay a small fee to use it but we're talking rugby so what what is their insurance this is nothing against I think who runs it is fantastic great guy nothing against rugby forest is rugby guy that turf feels not indestructible and the way rugby is played you dig in it wouldn't I just don't I'm guess it makes me a little nervous just want to make sure we have enough coverage that if something happens accidentally something gets
052ripped up >> like we've got coverage because the community invested a lot of money in that and can as a community event bring some money to the area but just heard rumblings about it I'm curious what kind of insurance policy they're required to have in case something happens how how that works >> I did talk to Chris Pay about it so they have to match the cleat requirements that's the problem if they match the pleat requirements for that field then rugby on that field should be no problem for the field. They should have no problem handling rugby. It's the cleats that you're talking about and the spike. I don't know a lot about it, but Rugby uses a very Thank you, but but they cannot use their typical rugby cleat on that field and that
053will be well documented and you have to use >> expecting that I can share >> in high school athletics the maximum length your plate can be is a half inch. There's two types of plates. There's the molded cleat and there's the screwing cleat. The screwing cleat, you can take them out and put different kinds of different lengths, right? Rugby typically likes the longer ones to dig in. Everybody that has turfs prohibits screwings because it's a hard plastic and when you walk on pavement, it develops burrs and edges and that's what cuts the fiber of the turf. The molded ones don't do that. So for my where I sit my requirement I think we should say is absolutely no screwing cleat. Anyone with screwing cleat will be prohibited from playing. Anyone that's found during the game
054will be moved for remove. Now of course question who's going to enforce that? I have an answer to that. But that's the quickest way to hurt your turf are those screwins. >> And that's my concern. It's nothing against rookie. It's just it's one guy who sneaks on those cleats and rips it up and doing a scrum and all sudden there's a three foot gash in our turf field >> and and if and if Rumpy wants to use the field it's incumbent upon them to figure out how they're going to police that >> and if you're a player you're going to be playing on all the grass fields and we've asked them in the past to be careful because they also rip up our grass >> right >> but we can regrow grass Um so it's
055worth a discussion maybe before we get there how they're going to handle that and I think that's on the application is not Diane correct it's very but I think the emphasis is if this is not adhered to then there will be a moratorium on usage of field >> all your school level groups good to go because they're all used to it they don't buy it football players by and large don't even buy screwins anymore because most of those kids are playing out I had a kid, this is kind of to illustrate this, who had screwing cleats who unbeknownst to our coaching staff extend one with longer ones at a game at Sarah High School and the cleat did not release like you should if you had the shorter ones and severely injuries me. It's the
056whole reason why it is the rule at high school level half inch and less. So they have to so can has to decide do we want to accept that because they can use the longer sleep on the other field >> on the grass >> and then if they do decide then somebody has to just make sure >> if they doing soccer the officials go right before the game and make the kids snap their shins make sure the shin guards on >> I mean it sounds ridiculous but >> do it >> I I think especially out the gate it's got to be they You got to know that's this important as protecting the asset. >> Yeah. Well, I think it's a great thing big screen if they're event for us. It's just >> I asked uh
057Forest about what about the goal post because they're he said whenever they play rugby on soccer football fields, it just is one like was trying to picture how they're going to put the narrow ones there. We just go on there. But we use >> uh Turkey. So, um, going way back from like the librarian at the elementary school. So, we next year prek to six patrol, we'll have like a it'll be like a library special. Is that correct? >> It'll be right. So, it's it's full, but right now we have a library special for you through grades four. The library will be open with a librarian for five and six to use sort of in that middle school model where kids come there. They're special for their six day cycle will do technology. >> Sure.
058Okay. >> In fifth and sixth grade. >> So library specialist both sides library specialist. >> Correct. >> Great. >> All right. Zach >> checked in with Erica and community schools. are working diligently in the last weeks of school providing high quality program for our students in the 21st century. So, thank you very much for that. Appreciate it. And check in with Melissa and professional development. um shared that we've been preparing several weeks for the emergency uh emerging New York state priorities uh financial literacy review uh state requirements and working with building leaders scheduling teams identify opportunities to embed grade band topics and outcomes we exist in the coursework. As a result, financial literacy concepts will be intentionally embedded into grade five technology, grade 8 family and consumer sciences and high school economics. This approach allows
059students to build and revisit financial literacy skills at multiple points throughout their educational experience. And uh to Joe's not here to be excited, we've also begun preparing for New York State's increased emphasis on climate education. We've reviewed our K through 10 living environment earth science curricula to identify where climate environmental literacy concepts are already being taught. Next year, we'll focus on strengthening those connections and ensuring all the state guidance. So, we're proactive about the work in front of us and appreciate all your spending with us. So, thank you everybody. That's it. Dory, >> um I have two things. I attended the NISBA um review of the enacted budget. I will have more on that at the next meeting because they are still going through the finer points. some of the kind of exciting things for
060us or the questions was on the zero emissions buses and the policy >> the waiverss. Yeah. >> Um because there is the five years and they said the waiverss that are kind of in flux that we're going to be read as of July 1, they're going to hold and then they will just be moved on. We don't have the details yet. Um but they are going through the nitty-gritty of all of it. Um, but generally speaking, definitely more good than bad, which is I'll take that. Um, I have also decided I'm definitely going to run for the open um area six director position um to be one of the 13 area directors. Um, it's a little more daunting than I had thought it was going to be. Um, I need six nominations from different school
061districts. Um there are approximately 500 members u 570 members I believe that I will be reaching out to in the next couple of weeks. I am asking for you all to consider nominating me. Um you need actually a formal resolution at the next meeting. I've sent you a copy of uh the policy 21105 which is governance and the duties of the board of directors so you can see exactly what it entails. Um, some of it is just kind of land, but there's kind of some things that I think would be really good for our district, including um I'd be representing our school board and boards of art from area six, which is Saratoga North, um, in board deliberations and bring the particular area perspective to the board, which is something that we have all talked
062about. We need um, we need a bigger voice. And then um I would be also working with um other area districts to get us to work together a bit more hopefully like the rest of the Long Island and some of the bigger areas that have associations. Um there's too much going on. There's too much change for us to do alone. So I'm asking you all to consider that. Um it would need to be voted on um at the next >> So we'll put that on the agenda. have a question for when you know as area 6 director does this book cover the costs of your travel for your you know all the various duties that you have to do. So my understanding is like you if in here it'll show you exactly what's required as
063far as attendance um a lot of it I already go to and instead of us paying for it they would be paying for part of it particularly travel um there's quarterly meetings that could all be very expensive if they're not with the district so there's really not much cost additional cost to the district I think it would come out in the wash between savings on travel added expenses and um what we pay now that I'm still talking Rogers about the details. We're going through his schedules for the last few years um at a low cost and have a bigger voice in the grand scheme of things. That's that's my biggest I was toying with it and then was um is retiring as of January 1. um and he just um really encouraged me to do
064it because the districts as we've talked about with Northville Stable Valley and all the other districts that are similar to ours, we really need a voice and as Mr. Davis said, I'm somewhat pushy regardless. Um we need to get our voice heard. So I think this is an opportunity to get it there and um again at a relatively low low cost and um the fact with the kids during art are executive board members and the kids that write to all um are seeing that these voices matter and that we can um you can make change and I just think to keep I would like to keep doing that, >> especially if you can get them to pay. >> So, >> not to mention the the contacts that you can make position. >> Exactly. We would
065have better access instead of just going to Dan Stack and Michael Cashman and our locals. It would give us more access to Shelley Mayor who's the chair of the education committee. um as well as national um some of the contacts that are made with the National School Boards Association and the Rural School Boards Association, there's more interactions in those orders. So, it would really give us um for a relatively small district in the grand scheme of things. Um it would give us a lot of opportunity to get our voices, heard, get our needs out there. So, >> thank you for uh taking that up. That's awesome. a little nervous but sounds like a lot of work of time >> for your part. >> I think it's worth it. >> Anything else? >> That's it. >>
066Mike. All right. >> I left that for you to talk about, but we didn't. I did share this with the board. >> Yeah, sure. So, so, uh, Josh and Mark and I met earlier this week with a transition. There's been a lot of questions about how we're going to make this transition work. So, we put a little document together and I just shared it with each of you. We we walked through it. I have a few handwritten notes. I didn't retype it, so I just gave you my handwritten notes for a few things we added to it. But and then at the end is a little note to go out to the staff that we go out from Josh and myself um to the staff to let them know who's doing what. Um totally. >>
067So if you're interested uh as you read through this as you who's dealing with what from July to the end of August, it's in there. Um and the staff will then know pretty much who it goes. Right now there there is some unknown about well who I go with what because we have a unique situation and so this was an attempt to clarify that. Um, my viewpoint on the whole thing is we I think are incredibly lucky given the big changes that are coming that Diane is going to be here through the summer to, you know, finish up something she's worked a long time on and that Josh is free to handle day-to-day business operations that school needs and doesn't have to get bogged down on that. Since they've been in the same building for
068a decade or more now, they already work together well. So I'm pretty confident that uh anything that arises that's lower than normal we have two great people. >> I have some more question about that. Oh transition is more than >> no >> um so it wasn't last meeting and I did go back and listen but I just wanted to clarifying question on something. So in terms of the administration next year going forward this plan or you know so like if if we have a plan in place and if we decide we need to pivot to for instance we need more we need more needs of students for example how from a budget perspective how quickly can we pivot to something like that we get into it in a few months like you know we need
069second students here whatever it might be how quickly can we pivot to something like that do we have the finan cial flexibility, something like that. Just curious about that. >> Yes. So, that's that's one of the things Josh and I will work on over the summer. Nikki knows we always have some things in our back pocket that if something unusual comes up, these are the things that have to drop off, right? So, that would be that'd be some institutional knowledge that we'll pass on with Josh because that's not the only thing that happens, right? We get a special needs student who needs a one-on-one aid. Suddenly, our aid kind of goes up by one or we have a our hot water tanks that are $13,000 a piece plus the installation goes down. So, there are
070always those unexpected and we have sort of when we put the budget together, we have some sort of things in the back of our mind that if we need money, this is where our goto pieces are. So, could we make that happen? Yes. It's a big expense for de but if that's what we needed we could make it. Okay, because we have more budget question that we had. We passed our budget which was great. We passed it. I know you said it was a working budget isn't like a sho string budget. I just want to know there was that much flexibility for that. >> It was some years we have some flexibility that we could add and not have to subtract. This year there'll have to be some subtraction. >> Anybody else? Motion to second.
071All those in favor? >> I oppose. We are journal. Did >> you say that we're uh