001Okay, we're going to call the board the Wednesday, July 16th, >> 2025 board of education meeting. >> Yeah, >> to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay, first item is the acceptance of the agenda. Motion, please. >> Sorry. >> Second. >> Go ahead. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Agenda is accepted. Next item is a consent agenda resolution 008 2025. Approve the items on the consent agenda. Motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Consent agenda is approved. The next item is public comments. Do we have any member of the public address board? Nancy. >> Um I'm Nancy E. I'm here on behalf of
002the Sarin Lake Civic Center. I'm one of the board members and we are doing strategic planning. Um I have three assignments, the Veterans Roose and Sarin Lake school. So, I was hoping uh also to give you a heads up uh due to a couple other projects, I'm also down to the last two weeks that I need to meet with these people. So, >> we're familiar with timelines like >> right. Um I was hoping if I could set up a meeting even an hour, hour and a half at the most. Um we're doing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats. I would like your opinion. I'd like to ask your opinions. Write them down. We're going to forward them all. put it in. Um, we're trying to be, you know, we want to be more involved with the whole
003community. We want everyone in the community to know what we are. Um, our logo or our motto now is we are more than ice, but people don't think that. They think we provide hockey or skating or curling and which we do, but we would like to expand that, especially with this brand new building. Um, we are hoping to open up our opportunities to have it very busy uh 12 months of the year. So, we're asking opinions of the whole community. Um, I don't know if I need to call uh when. I have um, you know, dates between now and the um, I have a couple meetings already set up. It'd be more like the 24th, 25th, 28th, 29th, whatever. >> Well, let's think about this. So, I would ask board members to send me anything
004you want me to pass on. And I think you're gonna get the biggest bang for your buck by meeting with Diane and Forest Brass, myself. Um because they do this on on on the front line level, >> right? >> Um and they are going to have much more feedback, but I could take I'll attend the meeting. I'll take any feedback that the board has for that. >> That would be nice. >> That works for you. >> Absolutely. >> We did a similar thing when we did our study as well. >> So we'd love to give you feedback. I will say this, >> we have a long history of cooperation with the rink. They've bailed us out in lots of things >> and we have received nothing but rave reviews of our two graduations there since
005the remodel. Um it's a beautiful facility and as a former civic center board member uh I applaud the fact that you guys are looking forward. >> Good. Thank you very much. So um should I call maybe in another day or two? >> Call uh Mrs. Fox office. Okay. >> And set up an appointment. Uh I will not be here next week. So hopefully we got the maybe the 28th 29th something like that. Perfect. That will work. Is that okay with everyone else? >> Anyone has questions for Nancy while we got her here. >> Nancy, do you have spec A lot of times when I do these for the towns and villages, they have specific questions that they're asking. Do does the civic center have a list of specific questions? Um, I can put it out.
006We're basically going with the strength. We would like to know what you feel are our strengths, our weaknesses, our opportunities, and our threats. You know, to what might you know, take us off the grid so we're no longer there. Um, our strengths, of course, we have a brand new building. It's beautiful. It's efficient. It's up to date. So, and that's what I'm asking. Those are basically the four questions that I'm asking and we can discuss other things. I'm sure you anything you have to bring up, what you have an opinion of, if you have any questions. >> We're doing the same thing with our building uh decliner, etc. >> You send those questions out to the board. Yeah, I was just >> Yes. Lovely. >> And Nancy, I'm gonna give you my phone number, my
007office number. >> Thank you very much. >> And if you call um Forest doesn't work in the summer any particular set hours, but I'll contact them. >> Okay. >> And uh we'll we'll you send me when you call if you have a list of dates. >> I do. >> It'll take me a day or two. I'm just back from vacation, so I'll find my desk. I'll make some calls and we'll we'll find a date that we can meet with you. That would be no problem. So >> may maybe one of the things we could do next year is uh potent potentially have uh one of our meetings at 600. >> We would love that >> because we've met in your boardroom for graduation. >> Um maybe we should go on a roller skating. >> Oh
008J. >> Yes. >> We've been to we need bumper cars. I don't know if anybody's ever seen >> I'd love that. I have a niece that lives in North Dakota and they have them out there on some of the rinks and they're like huge inner tubes you lay down in you can drive it around. They're a little pricey but I that's still on my list. So I'd love >> somebody's going out of business. >> Right. Exactly. So but yes, we'd love to have you there anytime at all. >> We'll see. Maybe we can do that going forward. Maybe next spring or going to winter. >> Right. I had enough of that. >> No, it's busy. It's really busy. It is very busy. So, we've been very fortunate. We've got some great staff. Um, that's one
009of our questions, too. Do we need to add more staff so that we can have more events or should we try more events and try to figure out whether or not we need more staff? But anyway, neither here nor there. That's basically if we could have your opinions that would be wonderful. >> That's awesome. I do want to thank you for graduation because um my daughter graduated this year and it was it was just so nice and we had family that came and everybody commented that the building looked great and it was such a nice venue especially as it started to rain just at the end of it. >> You know, it just made it so nice. So, >> you know what the biggest difference? >> Thank everyone for that. I will thank >> other
010than the aesthetics of how the building looks. Um, so I did probably 10 graduations in there for the video club and we could never get the sound quite right >> because we just didn't have the budget to put the kind of stuff in there. The sound in there now is first class now. >> Wonderful. Wonderful. I mean, we do and those are the kinds of opinions. If there's something out there that you don't feel is working right, let us know and we will work on that. It is a three to five year plan. So, I don't want to guarantee we will do anything immediately, but it's in the it's we're hoping to progress. off. You're not looking ahead. You're getting behind. Right. >> Exactly. Exactly. So, um, if there's any questions and >> so Gino
011will send you a doc. Give me anything that you want me to address or any thoughts. That would be awesome. And we'll set up a time. Um, I think I told you she gone all next week, but >> Okay. We can do it the weekend. That's okay. I have everything done and perfect. >> I appreciate that because I know it's last minute to ask. >> No, you got to stay for the whole meeting now. Oh, dar. >> Thank you all very much. I appreciate it. It's a special. >> Okay, moving on to financial reports. Nikki, >> um, everything is saved in the share drive. There were a few budgetary transfers as we start inputting all of our purchase orders for the new year, but nothing nothing major, nothing over um 10,000. But I do have
012the resolution anyway. has any questions? >> Any questions for Nikki? >> Okay. Resolution 009 2025 approving the current budgetary transfer report as presented by the school business executive. Motion >> second. >> Any further questions? All in favor? I. Any opposed? The resolution is approved. Moving on to old business capital project update. >> So we have multiple projects going on. Uh third floor Petrova it's part of the EPC project. That project is moving. Uh also at Petrova is uh abatement and first and second floor uh unibet removal and replacement. Our uh abatement has gotten a bit off of schedule. They're working hard to get it back on schedule. They're invading one side of the building. The rooms Petroa sort of makes a sea and the rooms on one side first, second, and third need abatement and
013on the other side of the sea need abatement. So they're working their way down uh the rooms closest to the cafeteria first and then they'll work the rooms uh closest to door 13, the handicap door next. Uh we just got cleared airs on the second floor. So third floor is done. Second floor is now will be poke park tomorrow and they're on to the first floor, but they are already behind more than we would like to see them behind. Um, but Chris is on vacation. I was on vacation. We're all back now. Um, he's had some conversation about moving that along. So, um, we're we're not we're not yet so far off course that we are concerned about the start of the school yet. And it is only individual worlds, but it's not the UNIVET
014replacement. the abatement of the flooring. We had we have three, two, three, each floor is a little different. We had multiple rooms on each floor that had uh asbestous in the mastic under the flooring. So, we had to remove part of it anyways because of the univac. So, we are just trying to take out all that we can take out and we can uh we did run into one room in the second floor that the mastic has seeped down into the floor. So, we could you would have to take the entire floor out. You'd be able to see into the first floor. So, unfortunately, in that room, we're going to encapsulate it. There's a process to do that. Um, it's about $4,000, but welcome to abatement, right? You never do a bait that you're not
015running into money. And the encapsulation of it will allow you to replace the floor without having to abate again. It will be down below. It's the layers that you put on it. So you can do the floor replacement, but we we have tried to take out everything we possibly can as we found it in uh in that room. We just can't. The cost to take out the whole floor and rebuild the floor is beyond what we and the time wise to do that. So So that's moving the units at both all those levels are moving right along. Things are going well over there with that right now. Um as you can see, they're moving along quickly here on the turf project. So, they're at the point now of putting down the black fabric. On top
016of the back black fabric goes the drainage. That's the long black pipes that you see out there. And then on top of that comes the crusher. And there's certain layers. They'll end with a layer for the carbon neutral layer. I can't remember what that stone is called. >> Last night. >> Thank you. And I was waiting for you, Joe. Thank you. I bet Nancy could help me, too. But anyways, thank you for that. Uh, and then it's really ready for the um turf field people. They come in then they look at it all. Um, and you'll notice that they're getting ready for the bleachers. The footings are in for the bleachers. Bleachers should be coming. Bleachers come in pieces. Bleachers should be coming the 21st in pieces. Should be built pretty quickly. They'll start right
017away with building out the bleachers. And then the press box comes the following week or so. And that comes as a prefab prefilled. So it it comes in it in itself. Mark asked me a question today about a field a flag pole. There is a flag pole out near the scoreboard. It just isn't here and up yet, but there is a flag pole for it. So that's moving along. Um it's moving along. >> The weather knock on wood has not been an issue for them. They have worked unbelievable in this hot weather. Yeah, it's >> I' I've been I say this all the time in our meetings, but the crew that we've had working for us and the crew isn't the the crew is forever changing because there are so many subcontractors out there, but
018they I think looking back the choice that we made to go with people who do these fields for a living was the right choice because all these subcontractors work with each other all throughout the state. They know each other. They know how they work. So, it was a difficult choice that we made because we had connections that we wanted to honor. But I I do watching them work, interacting with them, watching them interact with each other, they're a welloiled machine because this is what they do. And they've just they've done a nice job. Chris is very pleased. I'm pleased. Vern is pleased and he's hard to please. So, >> so in some of our previous projects going back over the last decade or so, we we've had trouble with construction managers really looking out for
019us on this particular project and a couple before. Chris Payette is outstanding. >> Is he schoolhouse? >> Yes. >> I've attended a bunch of these construction meetings with Diane and he is direct to the contractors. He is specific. Um he holds them accountable and makes them honor the conditions of the contracts. Um he's after them daily cleanups. Uh he runs a good ship. He obviously has known these guys from other projects. They respect him. But he has looked out for our best interest at every turn. I think >> that seems like well worth the money compared to >> previous >> I agree. >> Yeah, I agree. >> And he was supposed to be retired. He uh promised Diane wait our project to retire because Diane twisted his arm. >> Thank him for I think every
020day >> so many times that particular position >> you're not sure if they're working for you or all their contractor buddies if you get my drift on it right now. >> Um but not on this. He's he's been awesome. >> Is it Can I just ask are we still kind of on schedule to maybe be done in September or >> Yeah. Oh yes. >> Oh yes, >> we could be ready for the first game. So far I mean I know the weather >> we we are doing well to be ready for early September. Can I guarantee you that we're going to be ready for the first game? Not necessar the weather can switch tomorrow but right now that field is about a week and a half almost two weeks ahead of schedule. >> Okay. >>
021So so right now we are flying. >> And what about cost? Are we kind of staying? >> We we are good. you know, there's nothing there there's no scope creep that I've ever met that I haven't enjoyed at least thinking about. And so, um, but we are we are within our budget. Um, we added the scoreboard, a little different scoreboard. We added a feature to the lights and then also >> talked about the >> I I don't pixel. >> Yes. So, one of the things we've been talking about is actually taking out the bat the the tennis courts. It's in tough shape anyways and now it's been the construction uh headquarters there. If you'll see everything's on it and so it is not in good shape. We also knew when we built it that it
022was a narrow spot between the bleachers and the tennis court. We just didn't have a lot of room to move anywhere. So, uh, I've been chatting with Chris and one of the things we could do is we could take down the netting around the tennis court and take out that old tennis court. We're going to have all these people here anyway, so nobody's coming specially for this because we're taking out part of the the parking lot already. Going to have to put curbs in. We're going to be doing a lot of this. We would bring the tennis court down because it's you don't notice it until you're standing there. It's higher than the rest of the ground. So, we would bring the tennis court down. So, the slope up to the basketball court would be
023steeper. And that we would not put back tennis. We'd put in pickle ball because tennis has to run this way. Pickle ball, we could put in two courts running this way and still leave us about a third of that court. We could on game day you could put a couple 10 by10 tents up and make it your fundraiser spot or sell some con pre-wrapped concessions there. And because the because the pickle ball nets would run this way, you would have all this space now for people on game day to spread out because they could spread right out onto the court. There's some money outside of the um outside. We don't want to spend the money that's in the contract right now because we're not far enough along to say that we're not going to have
024something else that we have to split the money on. >> Yes. Yes. So, um we've asked Nikki to take a look and uh she's not there yet. So, that is that is a scope creep that I think would make the project really nice. It would add some value to uh for some of our our fundraising groups and the fifth quarter club, but the soccer club has a little group that fundraises, right? We do have people who are doing some some sales out there. >> Question. So during school hours, is anyone allowed to come on school grounds and use that stuff? >> Not supposed to. No, >> because the respect pickup ball community here is strong and they're always looking for courts and like they have a lot of courts already. >> We talked about taking
025it out, just taking it out because that's our other option would be to just take it out. That'd be the cheapest route to go. However, when speaking with the high school PE staff, they asked us if we could possibly keep something paved there to keep something paid there. They did have kids that played tennis. They would have kids that'd be interested in pickle ball, but they also at the other the other third of the court, we could do four square, we could do shuffle board, we could put some other things out there because they do use that facility when they have kids outside. So, that was part of our we didn't want to just we we I watch them all the time, right? We all see them. They do use that not necessarily for tennis.
026So, I felt that was a reasonable request. I see them out there all the time. So, >> and heavy equipment's here and the beavers are here. >> You'll never get a better price than guys that already are here. >> Yeah. >> And they do I know every day I picked up Bailey and there's always kids out there. >> Yeah. So, >> throughout the day. >> So, I'm really >> It really needs to be graded anyways because otherwise um the runoff of that's going to go right into the pathway that people are going to take to get to the >> I think it makes sense. I just I just think the pickle ball court those are my couple questions but you alleviated it >> except the signage can't play allow >> it is so more to
027come on that that's not a done deal we're not sure we have the money uh and it's not anything that we have to decide on right now it's something that as life goes on we have put in an extra conduit because we all know what happens if you want to so let's say that we do then soccer has a little booster club that wants to make some extra money and they want to sell concessions. So, we all know that they're going to want to sell cold drinks, right? So, they're going to want to be able to plug in their portable cooler someplace. So, we we did add because the cost to put in a inch and a half conduit with the inch and a half conduit that they're already putting in is like next to
028nothing. So, so far that's the only thing we've spent money on is allowing the opportunity to perhaps get some some power out there in that area. But until we know what we've got, the rest of it, that can't wait because they're doing it in the next week or so. Actually stringing the wires, doing all that can wait till we know what we've got for funding. >> And the machinery is still here for >> Yes. >> Yeah. They're getting ready. So the conduit at the base of the bleachers is all installed. >> Yeah. >> And they're getting ready. They have to actually run some lines under the track. It's a special tool where they slip that underneath. It just blasts out a hole. They slide the condo right in. So that's how they're going to do
029that. >> Did we figure out the bathroom situation out there? >> Oh. Oh, Chris Pay can spend my money. It's a good thing we're not married. we be in the poor house because uh so we've talked for a long time about the bathrooms not really being a reasonable idea to go out there to hook into our sewer system. >> However, Chris says, you know, you could just put a thousand gallon tank in the ground. >> You could do one of two things. You could put in a leech field and just, you know, three, four, four toilets and two sinks and uh that would not be a terribly expensive part of a project. >> The other thing you could do would be to just put in a holding tank and you know they would come in
030and clean the the holding tank out. None of that is in the budget right now. None of that is under immediate planning, but those were really two things I had not considered as being options to put some bathrooms right there. So, >> it's still not cheap. >> Still not cheap at all. Like, realistically, that's >> I just didn't know this reclaimed or reimagined space. >> Yeah. >> Would we entertain out houses or something? It would just be >> flat hard surface. >> Correct. >> Right there. So, we did we did put a little surface in. You'll notice there's a we're going to take it out because it's too high, but when we but we did put in a little surface to put in a couple of handicapped porta potties and there's one out there right
031now as a porta potty because these will be open and it has to be within >> I don't know 300 yards. There's there are requirements for bathroom facilities and our bathrooms downstairs at door four and five are within the allotted space. So really our concern was about handicapped people having to make that trip. And we talked about that gate will be closed on game day >> so that it's a safe passage over to get to the building. >> The uh the tank idea is intriguing because the lift station idea works but it's problematic. The rink actually god Nancy left. The rink actually operates off a lift station because they're below the sewer grade. >> Yeah. Sure. >> And it's been a nightmare for years there and it's expensive and the equipment breaks. >> But because
032this is more of a seasonal thing and a not a everyday 247, the holding tank idea is is probably a good idea. Then you just pay the company to come in and pump it out and uh you don't incur the cost of the lift tank. Realistically though, >> yeah, hit a start. >> Coming from the plumbing end of things, I just want to put it in people's minds. Seasonal does not always mean easier. In fact, it often means harder and more maintenance because what happens is these systems are made to be used on a daily basis. And when they sit or if you drain it, if it's cleaned out in the fall, you then have an empty tank sitting there. Um, and if it's in ground, when the ground freezes, >> it can crack the
033tanks. There's there's multiple issues. The lift station, I know a residential lift station right now runs about three grand. That's for the bathroom in your basement that you know you want to deal with. That's my one concern. This I have lots of concerns with the bathroom issue, but just it sounds like a quick fix, like an easy fix, but at the same time, >> we don't want to be in the position of having to Yeah. >> Like that's the the long-term planning of that needs to be really careful. >> Yeah. That's that that's a future. >> Yeah. that there is no plan that bathrooms would be part of this summer's project, but it was intriguing because I always thought bathrooms would never be a part of the project. And it was intriguing to hear that
034we couldn't put in a septic system. >> We'd have to move the basketball court, but if you move the basketball court, you could put in a septic system right there. There's more than enough for them. >> But those are things I hadn't thought about. >> Yeah. You know, so >> it's a possibility. But not that's that's the next superintendent. I'm going to put that sticky note right on now. >> Very little. >> Okay. Anything else? Perfect. >> So, moving on to district facility study subcommittee request for submission results and review. So, you've got a document with you um after consulting with with uh Douglas um his best advice is that you know all all of this is a public session item. Um, obviously I think we want to be careful with how we approach this.
035One of the things I think that might be a possibility and I want the suggestions here um is that what we could do is is go through this uh and then perhaps work on a nomination um system where someone say hey I think uh you know so and so would be good and then you know go from there. Prior to that, we probably ought to decide on how big we want the number to be from this list. And as a side to that, if you're looking from the district side, one of the things Diane and I have discussed is um we're looking I think at about eight to nine people from the district, but we don't need everybody from the district side at every meeting. My my sense of this is when we get started,
036we're going to lay out a uh u a schedule that's done by topic so that every every meeting we're dealing with a specific topic and not just all over the place and that certain district personnel would not need to be there for those topics that they have really no expertise or input or desire to be involved in. So that would help keep that district side number maybe for many meetings lower. So, those are some things to consider. I will tell you this, and um I had forgotten um and Josh's not probably not gonna be happy with me, but I had forgotten. He's really the only one on our current staff that has sat through and was on the previous two closure committees. So, it might >> We're not Suzanne standing up and uh active in
037not good enough. Yeah. No, it's a it's a motion sensor. >> Is the hallway still at? >> At any rate, >> yeah, >> it might be worth our while to ask Josh to speak about his experience on those last two committees um because he has firsthand knowledge of it. So maybe we can get him into say, "Hey, here's what worked. Here's what didn't work. Think about this." We didn't anticipate that. >> That might be good for us. >> Like I said, he may not bring it up, but >> he's a first resource for us. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> That's why the spot. >> So, there's no objections. I might reach out to Josh and see if he'd be willing to speak on that. >> And uh so, am I accurate? Does anyone recall?
038We're looking about eight to nine people from the district side somewhere in that neighborhood. >> Maybe a little bit more if we're not going to make them come all the meetings. >> How many board members like yourself? Yeah. Who's on that already? Like maybe >> I think it was Diane Mark Middle School admins Suzanne. Then there was Nancy. Yeah, Mike and I both, you know, there's too many people. I mean, Mike had said that, but it could be either of us, right? >> Burden, >> do we need all the adins for all the buildings or could we have an admin representative that >> Well, I think if we're going to >> I mean, I get the reason to include them all, but I just wonder if there's a they all have to be. >> So,
039here's the thing. If we're restructuring where all of our programs are at, you probably want the input from but this is a situation where they wouldn't have to be at everything, right? >> Yeah. >> If we're saying um we're going to do a junior senior high, we want to look at that model. >> We might not need the elementary principal, >> but we certainly need the middle school and high school principal. If we're saying um we're thinking about restructuring elementary this way, we might not need the high school principal. So that's how we could kind of move that around. >> Yeah. I'm just wondering if there's like a representative model so that you don't have so many people on the committee. >> I get that. I would hate to >> it's a hard tension. >>
040I would hate to leave out people whose whole programming would be affected. I wouldn't want Katie to have to let Josh make decisions for her on the elementary level. Josh has got to make their experience with >> fair. Yeah. No, it's all fair. Get it. >> Katie, do you want Josh making decisions? >> Is he watching? >> No. No disrespect, but but this is going to be this change is going to potentially >> affect the way people do business. So you said last meeting I think like one idea you tossed out especially doing it in public is maybe that everyone kind of their top three we could see where we all were. I'm not saying it has to be three. One comment I would make is we put this massive call out and I think
041we got 12 replies um which is percent a decimal percentage of our community. Um certainly these folks are interested. I don't think so. The last time I'll say again, I don't think we want to make anything too big. Um I agree >> because we we have a 12 person jury system in our country. That's more than enough to decide the fate of someone's life. I got way more replies on the mascot than we got on this. Not say the mascot is important. It's not. But just my point is I think sometimes sometimes the public elects us to make these hard decisions and I think that doing this committee is a good idea. But I don't as somebody who sits on lots of committees, the bigger that committee is, the harder it is to get people
042to talk and meet and then somebody misses it and then you guys can have the meeting catching them up on what they missed. And so I my personal opinion is two or three and most miss >> the one thing I would have to add is I I think it's wonderful that some of our staff and faculty have have volunteered. Um, I do wonder though, are we adding in adding those is that adding more district people as opposed to the community? Yeah, good point. Yeah, I mean at the same time it's hard to get all the stakeholders keep the number >> of a lot of stakeholders >> but it is that important right >> so I guess uh what it'll come down to whatever the size ends up being uh whoever was uh brain dead and
043volunteer to lead this group it's going to have to keep the same moving right Yes. >> What was he thinking? >> Is it a dead thing? >> I could yield to you. >> I know. You don't have much going on. >> No. Yeah. >> Let's be quiet. >> Yeah. All right. So, why would we why would we consider this? Let's consider tonight trying to pin down a a two or three or three or four or four or five number. review these these uh applications and then um submit to Gina who will give to me your top choices in that whatever we decide for the three 423 whatever uh to her and then we'll share them all prior to the next meeting and then we can have conversations about those candidates >> justification um I think
044any just yeah you top three. >> Well, we haven't decided we're giving >> We're just We're just scaffling right now. >> Yeah. Say what my my role what I'm supposed to do in the next before the next give like three or four recommendations for who I like my top. >> Yeah. My sense to me would be this. If we include one of the sta one of the sta of the two staff on here, my number would be four. If we're not including that or if we're if we're saying we would include the staff member on the district side, then my number would be three. >> There's more than two. >> Oh, y there's two retired people. I don't know if someone here. >> I think Joe's right. You know, you got to have labor some
045involvement on that. >> 10 people may list 12 block. Well, considering that some people on from the district aren't going to be at every meeting, maybe not >> I I just I >> you want fewer you want people >> and I don't know and I don't know that I don't even anybody from the comm anybody from the community might not be able to come to a meeting either of that. So I think >> well I think we made it clear the time is substantial and I think that paired it down. >> Yeah. I'm just saying whether the whether the 10 from the district are there meeting or not, they're still going to be a part of that final recommendations of the board that they make. >> I think a three plus one makes sense here.
046Three off this and the plus one would be uh someone on here that's a staff. >> So pick one of the three staff. So pick one of the three staff members and three more people. >> That that would be that seems to make sense. >> Sure. >> I think that makes sense. >> Email Gina the one out of the three staff on here that we recommend. one out of the three >> and then three more >> and the three at large you want to weigh in? You got any thoughts on this? >> Go ahead. >> Everybody good with that? >> And remember, we're committed. These are public meetings that we're holding and we're committed to people coming to the meetings and sharing the room and I'm going to encourage that every single meeting. um and
047I've committed to perhaps one maybe two big hearings to have input. So there will be no lack or opportunity to share your view and um you know hopefully you know we're going to have some sort of minutes for this so that uh people can review them and so there should be all kinds of access for people that aren't on the committee proper. We're not looking to turn around the committee freeze you out. >> Is there any criteria rubric that we should be operating from or I'm not trying to follow and ask that we're considering who we three in the community. Is there something we should be thinking about like answer these questions? >> Yeah, I think that's your choice. That's why you know the other thing I would say uh I may or may not
048mention this but Erica approached me. there's a possibility of some grant money out there where we can do some uh what she call it community. >> Community cafes um for for some of these uh bigger uh meetings and our hearings. >> So she's working on that. She came to me and said, "What do you think?" I said, "Should I submit?" I said, "Absolutely." If we get that, that would only enhance our ability to uh interact with the community at large. >> Yeah. Yeah, because I been to those for the community schools and they're really positive. >> Yeah. And Erica has volunteered to be the operator of those. >> She's not here tonight. We could volunteer for anything else. >> No, she did. She said, "I will do it for you." >> Are you looking for
049a chair? Is that what I heard? >> I know when we picked we when we picked for the decept 40. >> We had a lot. and and Nancy and I I'm trying to Yeah. We we just sat down and looked at who had skills that were going to be relevant to the task >> and and you know, we were very broad with that like parenting biracial child skill that we thought was relevant to their community, right? And so um so I think we didn't really define it. We didn't have a rubric that defined it beyond will these people bring specific skills to the committee and then we kind of left it open in terms of they were all coming from different places and that has produced I think a pretty vibrant community. >> Well, you
050know, when you do your your your choices, we may see some commonality already here for us and that may help us. >> Yeah, that' be cool to watch your >> Any other questions about uh about this? So the next meeting you'll get some correspondence from Gina. You got to give her some stuff. She went sub and uh then we'll go from there and we'll we'll we'll get you uh the choices before you actually have a chance to look at those before you come to the meeting and then we'll get down and hammer it out and start moving forward. >> Any admin input? I have one I was just thinking about like your your three plus one and then like the full admin team plus school representative superintendent and you might be able to pair down
051your admin team since you can invite anybody to any meeting you don't have 10 you know district members in And it's important. Yeah, it's important to remember this committee will make recommendations. Correct. This body will make binding both. >> When you look at the staff person, do you want to take in consideration one from each union instead of just I'm just guessing SLTA. If you want to take a CSA and SLTA just to balance >> we have >> Yeah. No one can see. >> Oh, okay. >> I was thinking that too though. >> That doesn't mean we can't reach out to the other two units and and and invite them to a meeting or >> and all sorts of other people for >> Exactly. >> Like there's a lot of people that are going to
052have to weigh in on this. >> Exactly. So that's why I want to run the meetings on a topic instead of just uh every meeting everything. So one of the first things to do is kind of organize our topics. That may be where Josh can help us because um they did that on I know for sure on the lake player they organized it by topics and since he was on that committee he might have some suggestions. >> Mark, do you want retirees considered in the ect. >> I would say >> no disrespect. >> No. >> Makes sense. >> Just want to make sure. >> Um, okay. So, we're moving along. Uh, next item is review of our 2526 board goals. Um Gina's got a few things she put together which are kind of things that
053we want to do every year. Before we look at that, I would suggest to you that the two new items that are musthaves as goals for this year would be the previously discussed uh subcommittee that we're working on and the superintendent search. Those will be two huge goals for next year um that we definitely have to do. So they might as well go on our goals. Anyone agree disagree? >> I agree. >> No, I agree. >> Superintendent search. >> Oh, they are. >> But it's a little more active this year than transition. I mean, >> okay. >> That that was like the >> and then building. >> Okay. So, perfect. >> Thank you for bringing that to my attention. Um, those are huge. They're going to be important for us soon. Not that they are
054all important, but we really are going to spend some serious time on those. Um, so let's keep up to date with with the view calendar standards. That's something we've worked on previously. Um, chair goals in the fall and outcomes in the spring. full board. That's our policy subcommittees, the DEI and um our our facility study will fall under that transition plan for Diane, which will include in large part process of selecting a new superintendent. Um while we're at that, those of you that were able to be at BOS, I think was everybody at BOS that night you met with D. >> Okay. >> How did you find that? >> Was that Was that I found it beneficial. student engagement recognition. Um I think that's something we could up our game just a little bit on.
055I've fallen behind on that personally. Um on the recognition, I've got to get after Forest. Um I asked him to make sure he brought those and I think as busy as he is sometimes he loses sight of that. Um capital project update which we do all the time anyways. Um my compliments to you Diane for how thorough those are and how informative they are. You just don't gloss over you guys some details on that and I know for me personally I appreciate those and then uh NISMA resolution planning along this timeline. Um that's something that that we've done right along. We did a pretty good job of of that and and the lion share of that was our policy update review. So our policy committee did the omen's work on that. So hats off to
056you for that. So we if we get these things done um I think we've done a great job here. If anyone has anything they think is pressing needs to get on this list. >> Well I think we really need to start uh planning for electric school buses. I mean 2027 is the is the first year of the of the mandate even though there there is potential to be able to to delay that just you know if we apply for it you know we but we really need to start addressing them. I know we we all got our binders and stuff, but and we have other pressing stuff, so it keeps getting pushed back, but I think we really need to start talking about >> that that conversation does continue at the state level as well.
057>> What's that? >> That conversation is still continuing at the state level, too. >> Oh, it's never stopped. Yeah. >> Well, Senator uh Senator Steck and Shelley Mayor um and Billy Jones um all want regular updates on how we are doing on that. Um and they are continuing to use our study as um kind of a representative of the uh >> tail end. >> Yeah, we're kind of on the >> we're the tail >> we're the complicated end of this. So, um, that's something that we need to keep it keep them in the loop because, um, the more they know kind of how we're doing and what we're what we're doing and what we need, the more they can help us, um, with the challenging spots because there are some big challenges and they have
058resources that um, they have more resources than >> so I'm open to suggestions on how we want to proceed with that. What if it's a subcategory under capital projects? Because it would be a huge capital project. Maybe it's just like a specific item under that continually looking at that. >> Oh, we I mean we we were given the study. We haven't even talked about it. We haven't even really talked about what it is. And truthfully, this study, you know, it becomes u old because technology changes. So it's already, you know, was done like over a year ago. I mean, it was completely or or the information in it is already a little out of date. So we don't want to wait too long to at least read it and then maybe think about what's what's
059new. >> You know, there are school districts, too, that have like school districtwide climate plans. And I don't know that we've done that covered in some fashion. And I I just wonder if that would be wise for us since New York State in the next year or so is going to start requiring climate education and that would foreground something. And I'll add before we get off this topic, but um I I wonder if there's an opportunity there to do some some broader planning. >> Sure. >> Long-term planning. Fuel costs are not going to be any less expensive. >> Would it be worth having a subcommittee on it to look at just because there is so much? It's a lot to go through on top of everything else every night. If we could >> I'm open
060to any suggestions on >> if we had a smaller group that could really go through the details and kind of parse out what the next steps are. Is that have we had any more discussions with national group? >> No, they're our next step. >> Okay. um if we had a subcommittee that could just kind of because there's a lot in the study kind of go through it aside and then come back to the board and say you know these are our primary concerns this is our next step um we have more questions on certain things or move ahead just would take some of the um >> and I think this is where this is where some sort of more comprehensive plan would be useful because it's not just buses, right? It's increasingly hot school days.
061There's new policy around that. There's a curricular dimension to it, right? There's increasingly intense storm events that need to be planned for in terms of infrastructure like buses for me as somebody who's I'm going to pull gar card. This is literally what I study. This is there there are like multiple components to this that we could be working into our operations and buses are a piece of transport piece of it. Keep in mind with the buses it this we're halfway through 2025 2027 if we do nothing we are going to be required to buy electric school buses and we were if we do nothing we will be on totally unprepared for that moment. So we have to >> I'm finding it hard hard to maneuver too given the uncertainty at the state level because it's
062kind of always shifting and changing and I I'm constantly like everything seems to be like either shifting or getting pushed back a little bit. local talking about pushing back some of the climate law things. The last time I was in Albany, they were talking about pushing back. >> I mean, there we still need to be ready to adapt. You want to delay it a year, we have to be prepared to do that. Like, we just have to know what we want to do. So, just putting it off. >> That's what I'm saying. I know there's other bigger planning we can do and that is important as well, but this one is >> Well, we have to start down the road, right? >> Yeah. I'm I question that whether we have to start down the road.
063>> Um and and I I hear you, Nancy, but I'm also looking at what is on the plate of this board for the next year. You have very full plates. You also all have very full lives. Please take this in the spirit it's intended. It is very seldom that we have a full board. We do not have a full board tonight. These conversations require that we're all around the table having the conversation. I make no judgment. I'm just saying it is difficult in these big conversations to have them with five people at the table or four people at the table and kind of constantly keep people caught up. And um that hearing it secondhand isn't the same as being part of the conversation. And we're going to be having big conversations. You're going to be
064having good conversations about facilities utilization. You're going to be having big conversations starting in November about a new superintendent and the direction of the of the district. Um Joe asked me if I could speak a little bit about what's happening uh financially with what's going on. So um climate change is out the window federally. It's gone. So part of what New York State was basing their electric bus transition plan on was districts receiving federal grant money, right? They were like putting all we always put all the different grants that we can together, but I my my crystal ball says that money is not going to be there. We're already hearing the two-year push back on uh electric school buses. we are going to be in the uh weeds financially in New York State with the
065lack of money that's coming from the federal government if the big beautiful bill really comes through. We're going to be spending as a state our money on health care and that's where our money is going to go. And so my crystal ball says I agree with you Nancy. We need to take a look and do some planning, but in the priority we should put in for the two-year delay and we should just be careful about what we're putting on our plate to take on. And I hear you, Joe, about the big picture, but on top of the big picture of the facilities utilization and the big picture of a new superintendent coming in who's going to want to set their own vision for the district. Um, I just think we need to be a little
066bit careful in in how we move forward. Do the work we need to do, but also don't tie the hands of the next person who might have a really unique perspective in a way that they would like to approach it. So that that's my two cents and thank you for uh allowing me to just say that. >> Well, I do think you know I do think you have a good point in about September. you know this big beautiful bill the September is when the big beautiful bill stuff's going to start changing right if we want to talk about this and to your point the data is getting old my question would be like do we need to do something about getting another study because like you said in two years sounds like the data will
067be completely absolute so is this something we need to think about if we're going to put it the way in do we need another study right you know um but I also think there's there's going to be changes from the sounds that come September that might help us understand like what does the world look like? And the other thing is is and I don't you know listen I hope that we get this stellar superintendent that's just smooth and silent. it may not happen and that could be really disruptive and it's going to require a lot of finesse and time and attention to try and ensure that that's a smooth transition and that if there's any disruption it's as it's as little as possible and we're going to be responsible for helping with that. So I
068do think you're right. I think we have to prioritize and Nancy I think you're right. I think we have to get after it. We have to figure out what does that look like? Well, you know, this is the 25 to 26 goal. So, it's not saying like, you know, next meeting we have to get right on, but you know, probably sometime in the school year we need to start and and we'll be following things because there's a likely a lot of changes coming. >> What if we did this? What if we once a month on our uh agenda had um ebus update like we do capital project update and that would be a time where we could discuss anyone that knows any updates could share and we could start with that and work work out
069from that. That's it. We wouldn't do it every meeting, but once a month on the agenda, right after we do the capital project update, ebus updates, and then speak to it if you have information, and that way it stays in our mind, but we're we're we're not bogged down. Nancy, is that something you think you might be willing to like facilitate in the sense of just making sure that we we were on track or or I should say on on topic in the sense of like you know we have Tori goes to MISBO and comes back and he's kind of owned that and shephering that. I'm thinking kind of similarly it's sounds like it's something you're familiar with and comfortable talking about. >> It might be something that or maybe it's Joe or both. Yeah,
070>> but my point is is like it might be nice to have someone kind of take point in that sense much like again Tori, you know, we kind of lean on her to like >> give us what's going on, >> right? And just help us facilitate >> meaningful dialogue so that we don't just backspo while we're talking about the topic. >> And and I'm going to add to that because while we're piling on Nancy, see we could be talking about Erica. She's not here. because we're following us at the airport, but it would be nice if you would bring the people who are not here up to date. Like if we could just tag you to be the person that if somebody wasn't at the meeting because I think you have the most understanding about
071what >> you Joe certainly does, but I think you sort of live this other >> not on this issue. So I feel like if somebody's going to catch people up who are not at the meeting, you're the right person to have that conversation with them. And if we do it once a month as an agenda item, we spend five minutes getting you know this just came from the state or whoever has it then that should that should at least keep it in the periphery that we need to do it. That's buried >> especially when it comes to budget season because they're not cheap. >> Can I ask one question the national grid? I know when I talked to some of the other districts and when I talked to Nisba about this >> in our plan
072it it talks about what national grid would need to do. >> Correct. >> And and what Nisba has said is that each district is kind of getting this district needs this and needs this and this needs this. But um Shelley Mayor's office and NISBO both said um National Grid would like to see more of because they really haven't been tapped like they've been asked but they really haven't seen the details of these what would need to happen is can it be can we go what would it take or what would it cost to send our thing to national grid just to see what do they >> we already we already have filled up two or three years ago we we started the connection >> but this part where our plan now and now we submit
073for they what has been explained to me was that national grid has looked at each of these instances the initial paperwork but they haven't done like a deep dive on it and one of the things that mayor's office said they were having problems with downstate and western is that your district needs this and your district needs this and this district needs this but in order for those three things to happen there needs to be a bigger pivot but if they don't see the plans >> right but I think that was part of what our last talk with uh CPO was about coordinating with national >> so now that we have our so we started with national grid >> okay >> and they did a study >> okay >> then we paid for this study >>
074okay >> and now our job is to coordinate with national grid Okay. So, >> as as as is always life, the person that we worked with, the national gr is what? Tori >> has run for the hills. >> Correct. So, she did leave me somebody else's name. She said, when you get your plan, >> here's the person to reach out to. Okay. >> So, we will be reaching out and that was my question is have you done that? >> That's that's the next step. Okay. >> But when plan came in the spring, >> we're really closing up shop. Now that we're all back, new year, my next job is to submit to National Grid, see who really is in charge of us at National Grid because there was much discussion that National Grid was going
075to be receiving grant money to make some of these upgrades, >> but >> maybe not. Right. >> But correct. So that's that's all we're all in this. >> Thank you for bringing that up. It's important we lose sight of this. Any other? Uh, >> yeah. Can I >> go? And actually, I'm curious to know there's I have two questions here and one is actually more Melissa question, but one of them is a board purview question. So, I attended the I was in and out of the the regent board of regents meeting on Monday because they were discussing issues that I had been working on. Um, the the leadership at NISET had some very choice words for districts that did not implement standards properly and update their curriculum. I don't know if you did you see
076any of those comments? >> No, >> they were choice. There was a lot of controversy around a couple of the state tests this year and and the state ed leadership the unions issued some statements and the state leadership really pushed back pretty hard pretty hard. I was actually surprised how hard they pushed back. Um, and all of this to say the regents are changing the graduation requirements and that is like they're they're like ready to go. They were originally going to start in the fall and and Chancellor Young like they backed that up like so so they passed a resolution recently that basically said like no, we're going to start this now. Um, so yeah, so there there's there's a news article in one of the you know how we get the news updates in
077our email. one of the most recent emails, there's a news article about what happened at that meeting. I can send it to you all, but um I guess all of this to say, I just wonder if one of our board goals is making sure that we are having discussions around what needs to be put in place for this transition because speaking of transitions, that's going to be a really big transition. And I think especially for teachers um who are going to have to think differently about what they do. And so I I guess I wonder what does that look like in terms of >> I think it's really science. >> Okay, >> that's the biggest shift and it goes from content knowledge to application. So >> instead of knowing about photosynthesis and being able to
078describe the cycle and all that question on energy transfer where you have to pull on that knowledge. It's not it's not in >> but they were talking about and I'm familiar with that. That's actually how a lot of other countries do science education. It's actually a much better way of doing science education. They were talking about like interdisciplinary like portfolio based community based learning like the idea of subjects didn't really even come up in the conversation. >> Yeah. That but that that is not in standards. >> Yeah. So >> there's no PBL requirement in standards. There's some best practices >> and I and I think what they're talking about also is standards review. In addition to that, it just sounds like there's a lot of change coming down around >> Yeah. I think we're ahead
079of the curve. >> Okay. to the point where um our living environment regents uh I had a teacher come up to me and say I know exactly know exactly what my kids are going to do well and where they aren't right because they don't they don't you see the standards but you don't see them in practice because you never get to see what an assessment looks like so you're using your best guess of the kinds of questions that they put out a couple right sample questions um and I think we have uh at least one course that has been teaching the NextGen standards since they ca since they came out even though their test hasn't changed yet to the point where um that teacher students may not have the breadth of content knowledge um but
080they but they are prepared for the depth and application that those standards are asking um are asking for and um I think you'll see again the fifth grade test Uh we had our eighth grade um earth science teacher took he took the test you know after it took him over two hours and an hour and a half in he had read fatigue and so he know we had some very he did have I we know the kids got the content like they got the instruction because we did have students who scored 96 right but many of these advanced students didn't master and he he like he felt it. It was reading. >> Yeah. >> And so so they didn't get a chance to show what they knew in the science because there was like a
081full page of reading and then two questions >> and a page and a half of reading and five questions. >> Yeah. I looked at it. I as a former science teacher, I took a look at it when I when I saw that it was controversial. But but the conversation that was happening at the regions level was was about fully like moving away from prioritization of tests towards a much more interesting understanding of what it means to be an educated human being. And they they have a whole like kind of framework around that. And I think they're really interested in even moving away from like subject based learning. I mean it sounded pretty radical. And I don't mean that badly. >> I think that's interesting until they changed the directive that you must address the standards.
082>> So this is why this is why I bring this up because because what I was hearing was interesting and then I was like current practice is very disciplinary subject specific certification based right >> when Dr. Rosa first introduced the different pathways students they were going to be in lie of regions exams the way they're set up right now they have right now I guarantee you most students are still going to want that advanced regions >> and then then they're going to try and push themselves to also do the internship to also get the seal to also >> and I I guess I just wonder like what is the process by which we I don't think we need to get into the weeds of like all of those things right now but like what is
083the process by which this district makes sure that we are in conversation with those pretty big changes over the kind of norms of schooling in New York. I mean, they're pretty big and and and maybe we have it maybe we have it in place already. Maybe this doesn't need to be a goal. Um, but I was sitting there at this meeting thinking like this is a really big cultural shift for an education system and and what's that going to look like as it gets implemented over the next couple of years. Do our teachers have the professional development for it? Is this like what exactly does the state want >> and the state doesn't know yet clear yet? It really comes down to truly student centered learning which means authentic application, authentic experiences, collaboration, >> community
084based interdisiplinary >> and um we are slowly moving in that direction. >> So here's here's what we could do when you give your report at our meetings please anything that has popped up or any changes or things that are on the forefront. >> Yeah. It would be useful to know at the board level over like are there resources that we need to to move around so that so that people are being supported in this transition. Right. >> Sure. >> And I I don't know that I know what that is, but I'm interested in the conversation. >> So I I would just say at this point at this point there there there is no shift that's been delivered. So as much as they want to talk about it, nothing has happened. Oh, it was just approved
085at the >> money. Well, it's the portion of a graduate. Yes. The portion of graduate. Yes. >> Right. >> And I mean maybe maybe maybe the thing that we have in place is your position, right? Because there are districts that don't have your position >> and it's been very helpful to hear your updates all the time. >> Thank you. >> But even those changes that came out today um they're >> they're more it's and not but instead. >> It's just plus. And so the structures that they have in place right now, it's it's just interesting to say don't prioritize these tests, but we're going to keep giving these tests that determine whether or not students the college they want the programs they want and all you know and all that kind of thing. So >>
086um yes, I will do that for sure and um I'd love to see that conversation >> about where they're going. It was that I would urge you if you if you if you're interested in this. It was a really spicy meeting and I found it very fascinating. >> Would you send the article? >> I'll send you I can send you the video link because these are public record and I'll send I'll send that article as well. But I don't maybe it's not a board goal but I just think it's it's it's one of these big transitions. >> One we just need to regular right. >> Anything else on BOE goals? >> Thank you Melissa for being you and doing what you do for the district. It's invaluable. I appreciate it. I'm glad you're able to
087talk to it on a dime. >> And honestly, thank you for the board for supporting that position because that position often does not exist. And I think it's a crucial position. And I know we just had a lot of conversation around like should we be getting rid rid of administrators in our district and that is one that I will not get rid of personally. It's a really important position. >> Okay. Um moving on to reports. Superintendent report. Anything to add? Uh I just wanted to add uh Joe had asked I mentioned that and that was one piece but there are a couple other things that uh came out and you might have seen it in the New York State um superintendent council but it's been out in some other places. So right now uh we
088will not be receiving title 2 money which is about 35 to $40,000. uh and uh it does not look kind of getting um mixed bag about title four money again in the 30s usually. Uh we did receive title one funds. They're down $75,000. We were at 389. That's not necessarily a quotable figure, but we're down about 319. So they're down about $75,000. But we have received an allocation. We did receive an allocation for title four, but everything that's come out, title four is being held for review and title two is being held for review at the federal level. Also being held at review and not in the big beautiful bill is our 21st century learning center funds. Erica and I had a letter drafted to all of the participants. Um, we then received word after
089a couple days from New York State. We said, "No, we have funding for the summer." I'm a little nervous about that. We're running summer programming. Um, all 213 hours of it. A little nervous about running it because how do they know how much everybody's spending over the summer, right? That's our new that that's a new budget. So, the summer is the new budget year. So they have not had time to tally up what's in your budget for summer because you turn in your budget for the whole year. So when they say, "Oh, don't worry. You're on your summer." um I don't know if they know how much people are spending for summer unless they are basing it on historical summer figures because they don't have a handle on that. So we are going to try
090to submit. Usually you can submit quarterly for reimbursement. We're going to try to submit at the end of July, beginning of August for our first month of reimbursement and towards the end of August for our second reimbursement. They may or may not take it that close together, but um it can't hurt to dress the way I feel to it before the big districts that get millions of dollars put in what they spent for the summer. We'd like to get our summer money in there also. So again, I'm not sure they'll let us do it that soon. Usually it's quarterly, but we're gonna we're going to see what we can do. Um, but >> from New York State. >> So, so, uh, 21st learn 21st century Learning Centers is a federal grant that's run through the
091state. >> Okay. >> So, we submit all of our grant work paperwork to the state, but it really is run it's it's really federal funds. >> It's passed through funds. Correct. >> Are there lawsuits going on right now? There are 16 states that are suing >> about withholding the funds. That is correct. The funds were approved in May uh by Congress and are now being held, but how long that lawsuit will sit to go through the process, who knows? So, it is definitely jeopardizing anything we might be doing at least in the early fall. NISB just sent us an update on the litigation ongoing and for the next meeting I can kind of give a summary of what's there's a lot but kind of a summary of what exactly were >> yes what cases have
092the cases yes >> I'm sorry you said the title one we did receive >> we did receive >> for for the for the next school year. >> Do we do we usually get it this early? >> Yeah. Oh, yes. It's actually was a little late coming out. We usually have it towards the end of the school year sometime. >> Yes. And how much was it? Roughly roughly >> 319 down from around. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> I'm sorry. >> That was lower than expected. >> Yes. Because >> sure we were going to get anything. >> We weren't sure. That is correct. >> Like we're definitely getting it. >> Correct. So we did receive we did receive uh idea funds also. Some of those funds we had to spend in a certain way and so we
093have done that. Um but the other funds we have moved some staff members out of the general budget to use those funds that were available. But the plan is to kind of bank that money. It's it's not free money where now we can go on a trip, right? is is we're because who knows what next year will bring. So we want to make sure that we we hold some of that back. So we spent what we had to and then the rest of it we're just doing some sort of shifting of money so at the end of the year we know we'll have a little pot to use towards the holiday. >> Okay. Uh admin uh Melissa anything you want to add? Um yeah, because we just started our summer PD and um ironically or
094maybe not ironically, funded through title two and title four um 100%. >> Saw all the cars in the park come out the other day. >> Yeah, there's we've had I think almost 40 people. Um and the the no one leaves without saying thank you unless it's my personal money or something. It's really nice because to watch teachers plan in this environment and create in this environment and critically look at their practice and rework units in this environment versus with all the other things coming down in their heads in any normal school year. Um it it really is giving them an opportunity to be stronger teachers, stronger instructors, more um reflective. A quick shout out to Joe Maru because he's running tech week. He gave it a very early around May he and I met and
095he said these are the things that are up and coming that we really need to catch everybody up on and um you know with Joe you don't really have to sit say oh that sounds great and then he just you know kind of makes all happen connections he brought in somebody um that that is very very um experienced um with um Google and um and AI And we have teachers in there, I wish I could throw a name out, but but I won't, that don't even really use tech that are now using AI and they're seeing how they can get their students to use AI. And I will say they're are high school English teachers and it's really quite amazing to see the jump that they made. And again, it's because it wasn't being shoved
096down the throat in October when they had everything else right. They had this kind of calm time to learn it and start looking through the lens of their own work. Um and the and and just the other shout out for um our teachers that I know they're getting paid, but they're they're coming in here and making this a priority. Um is we've been talking every year about, you know, how do we foster and nurture a professional a culture of professional collaboration and it's just happening. You know, you go into these rooms and they have desk school together. We have a teacher moving from the middle school to the high school for um for math and two people that taught it before, one's currently teaching it. One had taught it before. They pulled it up and
097her walk through Atlas um so that she didn't have to kind of look through somebody else's brain to understand what those read plans were and no one asked them to do that. They came in to do their own work, but instead they saw that person there and you know started um supporting them in that way. And it was just really heartening to see and it's it feels good. It's that I you know point I should point downstairs but I mean it's it's a really great environment. Ton of great work going on. So I'm just really proud of all of them. >> Is it mandatory that they're coming in? This is all extra. They but they're paid. >> Yes. They're paid below the professional rate though. >> Yeah. >> Paid for the grant and you just
098set the rate. It's voluntary and uh we want as many people as possible to come in and be able to fund that. And yeah. Thank you, Melissa Suzanne. >> Um, so I just went to the annual night case, which is a New York council on administrators for special education conference. Um, spent two and a half days at Albany. U, it's really great to be in a room where everyone in that room does your job or something really similar, especially when you are kind of like a solo role in a district. Um, so it's great networking, great resources, a lot of legal updates. Um, New York State state ed is there to support us and to share us with those updates. Petty Rosa, she was there. Caseriano, he's our associate commissioner of special ed. Um, so
099to hear it right from them and to be able to ask them questions directly right in front of you is really helpful and just to have that connection. Um, and one of the big updates was the portrait of a graduate piece um, that was adopted on Monday. Um so there will be guidance coming out um some rubrics and guidance fall 2025 through summer 27 >> um just sort of help district shift and again it's like adding other options and not as much of an emphasis on especially students with disabilities having to pass a regent's exam to feel like you're getting to graduate. Um so it was it was really good to see. >> Perfect. Thank you Katie. Uh Bloomingdale's bustling this summer. We're hosting the Y. So there's 70 students approximately per week. Um and
100then we're also hosting 21st century programming from 9:30 to 11:30. Um students are taking the bus to go stand up paddle boarding, CrossFit, um mini putting, and then we have programs happening within the school building as well. Um so been kind of nice to have the kids there. Uh we're also reconfiguring our building a little bit and they use a space. So this week we created a new maker space for science um and experiments so the kids can come in. Uh we also created a new staff workroom and we're doing a motor lab for OTP work uh with students. So lots going on this summer. >> Thank you Nancy. >> Nothing. >> Justin Joe. >> No Zach. No Tori. >> No. I'm sorry, but um I I I have missed something big on the agenda
101for tonight. Uh we and I I apologize. Um we shouldn't have had the second reading and adoption of the um students and personal electronic devices. >> And we did not do that this evening. I I apologize. It just I looked at the agenda so it was my job to put the policies on it. It wasn't until I was sitting here thinking, >> "Oh, shoot. I didn't notice." >> Thank you, either. So, I apologize. Could I ask some Would you mind if I ask someone to add it to the agenda? >> Would somebody be willing to add the second reading and possible adoption of policy number 5695, student and personal electronic devices? >> I'll add it to the agenda. I'm sorry I didn't. I'll second that. >> Thank you. Any further discussion? making an addition to
102the agenda. I >> opposed it because there was a timing to that >> there is >> August 1st and that's why we've done everything that we've done >> and getting back into the fold of work all of us so nice. >> So, do you need a >> It's on the agenda. Do you need a vote? >> Yes, please. >> Is there an item number on that? >> Uh not there yet. Um >> it will be uh 10 resolution 10 >> 325. >> Yes. >> Uh adoption of policy number 5695 students and personal electronic devices. >> Okay. Okay. Can I get a motion for uh 010225 adopting our policy 5695 on student electronics? >> Second. Got to be quicker. I know she got me. >> Any further discussion on the policy? All those in favor? >>
103I oppose. Policy is done. >> I apologize everybody. Any else? >> That's it. >> It's good. It's a good catch because we wouldn't you would have had to come back. >> Correct. >> Okay. So, we are in need of an executive session for collective negotiation 14 civil service law. If I could get a motion to adjourn to executive session. >> Second. >> Those in favor? Hi the phones. We are take a short break everybody. >> Thank you ladies. Goodbye. I'll see you all tomorrow with bells on. >> Take a short five minute break if everyone needs to get a drink of water. >> Sorry about that. Well, >> we don't do that.