001Yeah. Okay. Welcome to the April 29th of meeting 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. First of business is the acceptance of the agenda. Absolutely. Second. Second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Any opposed? The agenda is accepted. Next item is the consent agenda. Resolution 102, 2024. Item the consent agenda. Motion. Yes. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? The resolution is approved. Next item is public comments. Any member of the public want to address the board? Thank you. Moving on. Financial reports. Thank you. Yep. Um, so everything is saved on the share drive. I just realized in your notes I forgot to update it to the 28th of April 8th,
002but it is in the appropriate folder actually on the share drive. Um, the budgetary transfer report. We have payroll. So, you'll see lots of transfers as we continue to cover substitutes. Um, and then there is one that's over 10,000 to transfer funds from equipment budget code to just a hardware budget code. Uh, we are purchasing switches. We did both, but they ended up being more expensive for -ate than if we were to just buy them straight out. So, we're budgeting. So, we transferred from that budget line to the hardware lines. Um but and that's everything I have. We're ready for resolution resolution 103 2024 approving the current budgetary transfer report as presented by the school business executive. Motion second. Thanks. Discussion. All in favor? I opposed. Resolution approved. Moving on to old business capital project
003update. Had a meeting today. Things are moving forward. while we're working through the APA uh request. Is there a um I don't know where I can't keep track of the different tariffs, but steel was a real uh concern. Is that at all factoring in at this moment? So, we've been very lucky. I I can't tell you about the um we just haven't had that conversation with that project moving along without any conversation of that. over the univvents which are part of the ETC and the Gordian which is out we have a lot of different pots of money. So the the EPC the energy project those have that has you events in it as does the next phase of our 18.75 capital project. One set is for the third floors EPC. The first and the second
004floor is 18.75. They've all been delivered. So they're here in the warehouse. So we're ahead of the game with those. And no no big price jump. No. corrections in the future. Okay. Anything else on that? That's really it for now. New business. Resolution 104 2024 approving the 2526 Bosey's budget of 3,388,370. Um uh motion please. Joe second. I'll make a mo. I'll second it. Was didn't we vote on this before or two parts? We voted on uh representatives. That was last week. We talked about it the week before. All right. So, last week this wasn't the budget wasn't if we could please amend the resolution just to include FHO. So, it's OC specific. Y F. Do we get a second? Yeah. Yes. Okay. Any further discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? Resolution is approved.
005Initial discussion on elementary staffing for 2516. So, there's only four of you here out of the seven tonight. Um, so I just wanted to put it on the table, make people aware that we're we'll have much more discussion at the budget hearing on May 7th. budget hearing is at 5:00 pm. But one of the ways in which we were able to find a reduction in staff is that we need to adjust our student levels uh between uh grades three, four and five. So because we have students split in grades three, four, and five between Bloomingdale and Troba, what has happened historically at Bloomingdale is we begin in kindergarten with a a large kindergarten class. But over the years, people more people have moved out of the Bloomingale area than have moved in. So over the
006years those numbers tend to shrink as the students move up in the grades. So what we've been left with are smaller class sizes there. And we've had smaller class sizes at Troba because that number is often just over the class size limit that's in the SLTA contract. If we put all of those students together or we balanced class sizes, uh that's a reduction in staff that we've seen on our staffing trips. So, we really have two things to think about. A few different ways to go. Uh we could move some students in third, some students in fourth, and some students in fifth from Chrova to Bloomfield, which would leave us a need for two classrooms at Petroa and one classroom. Or we can move the third, fourth, and fifth grade classrooms from Bloomingdale into Petroa,
007which would leave us with the three classrooms that we currently have at Petroa. Go ahead. That's okay. That's well I thought we'd have some initial conversation tonight. Let's put it on the table and then we'll talk more about it. So the you mentioned two up one is move now some kids from petroa to Bloomingdown that would keep three in three total. Three total. So two so still two and one. Two and one. Three is what we need. We we need to we need to reduce to three classes whether we do two atroa and one at Bloomingdale or three at bingo Nancy. Okay. Yes. When do we need to know this? It would be good to know by the end of May because I'm sure that either way we're going to want to let families know,
008let our kids know. um be we don't want to do it over the summer. We want people to know before they they leave the year. So if we were to do the second option then all three of those classes be at Petrova and Bloomingdale would essentially be kindergarten first and second prek prek prek first and second prek for the whole district. Correct. Correct. One class one classroom one class. So then I mean if we moved third, fourth, and fifth, I mean it could be just fifth, fourth, you know, like no. Well, it all have to go together. Well, you I guess that's option number three. I hadn't really considered. You could move some students in some grades and to balance out the class sites from Petroa to Bloomingdale or and some you could move from.
009So yes, that that would be another option. I mean, I guess it's nice to keep those briefs. classes together because they must do some co- teaching activities. I don't know. But um but that would Bloomingdale would just have they have four four classes possibly. Yes, they have six now and they would have four. They have four that prek K one two correct. How many first decide classes up to 12? So I will do all that. on on um May 7th. Yeah, we'll do class sizes. We'll do who's where, what it looks like, what the um incoming kindergarten class looks like because that is valuable also. How many kids are leaving Petrova to the middle school next year? There's there's a lot of different pieces in this because your general question is a good mark like
010how many students are really talking about adding to is certainly part of the conversation. Yeah, because can Patroller handle three three class? They have three right now. They do. Yes. Three extra. They're They're running with They're running Oh, they're running with three. With three. Yes. But they're they're smaller classes. Correct. Right. What's the What's the class size? uh 22 and 24 depending on the grade level. Um in preparation for the more formal conversation, is there any other feedback or input we need to get in terms of so that we're just as educated as we need to be to make the best informed decision on this? Like is there pros and cons? You know, that kind of stuff. And I'm sure we're going to talk about it as a group, but is there I'm just asking
011if there's anything you feel that we uh it would be beneficial to gather other than what you're already gathering in terms of information input on just kind of like what the what the perspective would be from for individuals that are in these buildings and whatnot. Right. So we can just take care of Sure. Um so I don't I don't know how to do that but that's not my game. That's right. But I just I just feel like you know just kind of talking about it too want to make sure we get some perspective so that we can just make decision. Sure. Appreciate it. Anything else on that? Well, I wondered, you know, that what you said early early on in this discussion, Diane, about how that numbers are declining, you know, or or maybe the
012number of kids who start in kindergarten or first grade, you know, by the time that there's fewer that that, you know, we're losing population. Are we losing more student population outside the village? Is that actually true or is it are some kids like being moved into Prova because of special needs issues? All of the above. Okay. So, it's because that that is I I would have thought it was, you know, that we weren't losing students outside that there because it seems like there's development happening, you know, in the towns outside of the village, but maybe they don't have children or maybe I don't I don't know what it what the deal is, but yeah, it's really all of the above. Yeah, we have a decline in population overall. So, it's it's going to hit booming
013down and children with special needs um that are identified after they've started school move to the children. Right. All right. Uh reports anything report? Uh just wanted to mention that uh Governor Hogal mentioned that there was a uh a general agreement. Um there's money for school breakfast and lunch. So we'll see what that really looks like. But there's uh 340 million uh bell-to-bell ban and student use of smart devices in schools beginning in September. We already have that significantly in place. um just mentioned how much there was in school aid, talked about some updates to the poverty measurements within the foundation aid formula. Uh and it says that comment that schools will receive more funding than they would have under the old foundation aid formula. That seems like a very broad stroke of the pen.
014We'll see how that actually plays out for schools that are on holdless or in the situation where we're in where we are land wealthy and income poor. So, no details yet, but at least it looks like we're moving towards finalization. Did I read something and I don't know if it was finalized yet so I hesitate to even say it out loud but I thought I read something about how they were changing how they figure out the equation to figure out yes from I can't remember what it was like what it is currently but there's going to be more population related instead at one time um part of the um report that was done was talking about allowing districts to make the choice as to how they so who knows what this formula we don't know
015we've not seen it but it is a conversation but it is a conversation typically a conversation though touching foundation aid formula has not been a conversation so although it sounds from when we go to some of the regional meetings that they it is that they really they especially at the board of regent level know that it's an issue and so but actually fixing That is you know the process of the Rockefeller Rockefeller Foundation did a study of it and so what does the new thing look like? How does it impact us? Are there any implications on the so we won't know we haven't seen the official state aid runs? None. What are the budgetary implications of that? I mean are we we're not expecting like a huge hit to the budget. So So we budgeted
016with Governor Hokll's initial January budget. Okay. um because really both part both both both the um houses did not do much with it. So we don't anticipate okay there'll be much change something that's correct and that's always the most conservative but again in their one house budgets they they didn't exactly blow it off there less than 1% and.9% increase and then we add in what could be the possible change in the foundation aid formula it's still anybody's guess what we're going to there's conversation about them bringing the government back in the summer to adjust whatever happens at the federal level, right? Because state is trying to figure out how to plan around Sure. all that chaos. Well, they're likely getting a taste of their own medicine, right? Yeah. Because this is what every school in
017New York does every year. Yeah. Wait for the state to get their act together. Yeah. Now they're waiting for the federal. That's right. So you can get a little experience how that goes. Anything else? That's it. Katie Evan is our loan rep for how many staff? Uh, tomorrow's our grade five state science assessment. Next week will be grades three through five in math. Uh, Friday, Adorendic Museum's coming to Bloomingdale to work with our students as an in-house field trip. And then next week starts our walk-in bike to school program where students meet at the Bloomingdale Fire Station on Wednesdays at 7 a.m. and we walk and bike to school together. term that was really successful last year and that is in partnership with 21st century programming. So we're excited. Thank you. Committee report. Is that
018anything? No. Joe. No. No. I do not have one either. Motion to second. Go I journed. Hey Karen, you want chocolate from Belgium? Yes. Thank you. I did pick up Belgian chocolate. Great trip. It was so good. I just like ate my way across Europe. It was really nice. Why not? I actually got a little burned out on like in France. I was like, I can't do more cheese. This is just too much cheese. So much cheese. Was awesome. Oh, good. But you