001welcome to the Board of Education uh business meeting um first I'd ask you to rise for the pledge PL to flag to theice please remain standing as we have a special presentation from some of our students over here [Applause] [Music] by [Music] the sooud [Applause] theight stripes and bright stars through the [Music] [Applause] [Music] soing and [Applause] [Music] [Applause] rock the night that our flag was still there [Applause] [Music] the and the the [Applause] [Music] M SCH thank you very much and they did an absolutely wonderful job congratulations I just want to say I wish I could sign yeah I guess we'll do okay let me okay okay so um first item on our agenda is student recognition so we'll we'll if you could uh move up for that thank you all right I want
002to introduce our Middle School principal Dr Castoro who has some awards to give out to the students and then we'll get right into our public hearing on the senior citizens tax exemption both midd recognize some remarkable uh middle school students I just want to uh before we get into that thank you all for supporting uh these types of programs I think the investment um that the community makes in in these programs in these students uh the dividends you could be looking at uh you know a future scientist a future engineer that's going to be called up here uh and I think sometimes they start in in these middle level programs so we're super excited to recognize them uh the first group I'm going to start with is our Lego robotics team uh I'm going to
003call them up before I do uh I just want to say a quick word of thanks to uh Mrs to and Miss Chamberlin who are the two teacher faculty advisers of this team uh they can't be with us tonight uh but they're absolutely amazing uh the work they do with these students um from start to finish if you watch how this process works how they build their robots uh how they program them the coding and everything that is involved uh it's truly remarkable so I'm going to call them up uh by name I'm going to have them stand here and then talk a little bit about what they have accomplished so if I could have please uh Dominic alza James Costello Cameron diova David Hernandez Grant cower Aliana Tumi Maggie Beach Shannon Farrell James Hummer
004and Olivia Sant soriero please join me up here did I get it Olivia come on da is not here David is David here we couldn't make it all right we'll make sure he gets his certificate so ladies and gentlemen these are the junior Mechanical Animals and on February 8th they competed at William Floyd High School uh each year teams competing in the first Lego League challenge or given a real world challenge to focus on and research that leads right into their competition this year the topic was submerged students were tasked with exploring the layers of the ocean to bring their findings and ideas to the surface as they see see what I did there see like they see into the future uh of Robotics and coding uh through their exceptional teamwork and dedication the junior
005mechanical an animals showcased their commitment to solving real world problems through innovative solutions the students utilized critical stem abilities along with essential qualities for Success such as creativity resilience collaboration to prepare for future challenges for their final submission Dominic James Cameron David Grant and Aliana spent countless hours programming their robot while working together and teaching one another new coding strategies as they went along Maggie Shannon James and Olivia work tirelessly on a website addressing a real problem that they taught me a little bit about which was overfishing and how that can negatively impact the environment so this team's work and success earned them the rising Allstar award at the Lego robotics challenge which celebrates the team that the judges that stand out to the judges the most uh and the one that they are expecting
006amazing work in the future from so I want to congratulate all of you I want to thank you you did an amazing job [Applause] congratulations great job guys thank you job so our next group uh is our future city competitors and I know we have one of our faculty advisers with us Mr Goodman if he could come on down and join [Applause] us thank you Mr Goodman Mr Goodman and Mrs Lalo uh take this these these this group of students uh start to finish constructing a city uh with with the start of a sketch and an idea and getting them to the point where they are able to compete explain what it is that they have created why they have created it um and have done so with such great success for our students uh
007and for saille over the years so thank you Mr Goodman and thank you Miss Lalo um I'm going to tell you a little bit about the competition and then we have actually for the first time two teams uh that we're going to recognize this evening uh the future city competition is the most engaging International stem competition that is available to middle school students students are able to explore the role of both engineers from many different disciplines as n city officials to plan out solutions for a city the theme for this year's competition added the additional challenge of having the city the students designed be on be a floating city the amount of work both teams put into this competition is incredibly time consuming they need to research how current cities operate and then imagine how
008a future setting could change their needs and their choices they had to come up with several project plans to help navigate the process and bring their Vision to life each team also had to write an essay explaining what life would be like in their future city and how the solutions they invented would benefit citizens they need to build a large scale model of their city so others can see what the future holds they need to prepare a presentation for a panel of judges to explain and show their plans and how the stem advances they invented would make life different in the future if that wasn't challenging enough 10 special area judges roam around the competition throughout the day having conversations with students asking them questions about these complex problems and solutions these judges represent real
009Engineers who are currently tackling complex problems in New York City and the surrounding area and are all experts in the field so we're going to start with uh we had two teams so I'm going to start with the first ever seventh grade team so if I can please have Izzy laari Asher mlin Rosalie paresi and Divia na'vi if you could please join me up [Applause] here okay okay so I'm going to tell you a little bit about their uh project and how well they performed um so they are are the first ever seventh grade competitors from sville middle school this team created a unique vertical Farm space as they knew real estate on a floating city would be pretty precious uh they continued to focus on the essentials they created and explained to me that
010they had a large scale desalination plant unique underwater storage for industrial spaces uh preserved the surface area for residents which was very impressive in a conversation I had with them pretty recently one of the things that stood out to me about their team is how they made sure that every member of the team as they worked through their problem was heard and that in some way had something that they presented incorporated into their future city I can tell you that that's something that adults struggle with very often so well done uh and on competition day they talked about how you know they've got these judges walking around and how nerve-wracking it is uh but um they were there for each other as a team but then how that first judge came over and kind of
011gave them a smile and realized that they were really nice um and how a difference it made and we talked just a little bit about what a difference just kind of a smile and and being kind to someone can make so uh as our first seventh grade ever uh team that has competed they also placed fourth overall in the competition congratulations great job thank you so let's get our eighth graders up here our eighth graders we need Dominic alza Cameron diova James humer and Jake Martinez come on up so our eighth grade team focused on using the idea of the floating city and the water to their advantage they plan to use the water flowing around the city to create their sustainable energy for their residents they had a complex Canal system very much like
012a futuristic Venice they also had a large Port that they knew would be vital for trade and travel which is important to an isolated and floating city they also focused on a large community space with a large Central Park and Gardens which I'd imagine would be pretty important if you were out there in the middle of the ocean surrounded by residential high rises they were recognized by the E which is the Institute of electrical and electronic Engineers for their futuristic solution to communication systems well done team excellent job congratulations great job I just want to once again I want to congratulate uh all of our uh Middle School competitors um what an amazing job you did representing sville representing the middle school I want to thank the the teachers that led them there uh along
013the way and once again to the district office team and to the board I just want to thank you for supporting these types of programs um and the outcomes that you can see for our students so thank you all and I want let's give him a hand I just want to take a moment to thank Dr Goro and the teachers involved in these programs and the students and their parents and families uh it takes a work from everybody and it's a team approach and we appreciate all of you um for those students who are with us if you'd like to get home to do your homework uh we more than welcome you to do so if you'd like to stay for the senior citizen disabilities limited income property tax exemption public hearing you could learn
014a lot about how to design a future city that doesn't have tax burdens that that was my line oh me too I'll find out for you and I'll if it's a cup in the string we're in okay give a minute yep we're just GNA give them one more minute to exit and then we'll get started I a motion to do please yeah okay uh next agenda is to go into the hearing the public hearing so I need a motion to move into the hearing motion second uh discussion that's uh Kelly Kelly and Christine all those in favor against motion passes we're now in the uh public hearing okay so our assistant superintendent for business is going to kind of go over a couple details related to the senior citizens exemption the board will have an
015opportunity to ask questions the public will have opportunity to comment and then the board will have an opportunity to make a vote so uh Miss mesel okay uh good evening tonight I would like to open the public hearing to address the senior citizens and persons with disabilities and limited income property tax exemption uh within this hearing first I will share a little bit of the history of this exemption reflect on where seille school district is currently and what the proposal is within this hearing for tax years Beyond 2024 2025 the timing of this is being addressed now so that uh it can be part of uh any resolutions maybe part of the 2025 2026 taxing year with the town of Iceland so um on August 8th 2022 New York State expanded the income limits for
016partial real property tax exemptions the change increased the maximum income limit for a 50% exemption from 29,000 to 50,000 for qualifying seniors and persons with disabilities and limited income uh I want to highlight here that the maximum income limit for the seille school district is at the 27,000 and there was not a change when at this time when New York state had expanded the income limits under real property tax law sections 467 and 459c separate from this exemption a public hearing was presented on February 15 2024 relating to the redefinition of what constituted income for exemption purposes at that time the board of ed for saving had resolved to agree to an option number two which meant that all federally taxable IRA distributions and federally taxable annuity payments along with federally taxable uh pensions were
017to be included in income when then applying the income uh limits so uh on October 18th 2022 though the town of ice slip board had adopted the local option and raised the maximum income for 50% exemption from the 29,000 to 50,000 which benefited senior citizens and persons with disabilities and limited income um this option did result in more seniors and disabled persons from losing with the with the option number two it did um for Save uh it presented with um because the income was higher when you applying the exemptions it did mean that some senior citizens did lose out on the exemptions with the current 27,000 income so for 20242 this meant some saal residents who had received the exemption in the past with the town of isip they lost it for the saal school
018district because of the difference in the income levels uh this was a change that we were only able to address now a year later from the 2024 public hearing where we redefined income uh because those that information was available from the town of Ip so that we knew what the impact would be for our seille school district with the option number two so um here again uh I had mentioned that the current maximum income limits for 50% tax EX exemption for senior citizens and persons with disabilities and limited income is at the 27,000 with a maximum of 35,400 for a 5% exemption it's um a scale and it as you can see even in this chart this is what svil is proposing with uh a a resolution that will be part of this public heing
019a little later on but um here the maximum income limits would be for a 50% tax exemption for senior citizens and persons with disa disabilities and limited income it would be uh 50,000 and then with it um declining as you know the income is higher up to 58,000 400 so um we're here this evening to discuss and then put to a resolution uh the following change for uh the 50,000 amount and uh as I had mentioned we were able to gather some information um where that would impact the changes that were made last year and then for a resolution this evening um what that meant for the saille uh School District so the currently the average homeowner in saille Pays annual taxes of 9,748 we just use an average assessed value of 40 5,000 um
020with the adoption of the new income thresholds there would be 135 additional senior citizens that would then be able to claim the exemption and one additional persons with disabilities and limited income exemptions so in other words this does shift the tax burden from senior citizen and persons with disabilities and limited income to those taxpayers within the Saville District that do not qualify for such exemptions uh and what that meant um just so that you can have a comparison is that the new average annual taxes for a homeowner and saval would be $9,888 roughly $110 difference and that is the the shift so um at this time uh we would open up the public hearing to questions from the Board of Education uh and the attendees here uh and then after that um there will be
021uh the the resolutions put forth so let's start with the Board of Education if you have any questions for Rhonda okay very eager um no no so uh does anybody from the Board of Education have any questions regarding the U The Proposal I have a quick question the 9858 is that the current average for 2025 that's uh so it's based on the 2024 25 assessed values and the tax rates uh it's just to compare so that would be for 2425 I don't know what the assessment role looks like for 2526 yet so I can only use the information for comparative per purposes and again it's a 40 I don't know why but whenever tax rates are established they always use like 45,000 yeah I thought it was higher no but the assess that that's the
022average assess value that the town of is puts out as for for the town of Isa the average assess value is this it's not the market value of the home it's the the assessed value that's on the tax so go yeah uh so Rhonda in in your opinion okay is does this benefit uh the people who need it the most which would be the senior citizens in this case does this benit benefit them uh I guess financially so um my view of the saille school district and Community is it's a nice blend um people usually are raised born you know born raised and stay here so um it would entail perhaps grandparents of some of our students um I think that the move from the 29,000 maximum to the 50,000 was somewhat indicative of what
023maybe uh it would cost to somewhat live on Long Island in in in a home so um you know there's uh many residents that make up the seille community that support our schools so um I I do know that with option number two um it put everyone on a more even playing field because um you then uh it was more Equitable in terms of when you look at what constitutes income so with that uh and a lower um maximum income it it hurt I guess more of our senior citizens and disabled person okay so if if the previous option hurt conversely this option will help yeah because to me it seems like like a noer for us okay all right thank you and and and the difficulty was last year the town was unable to
024give us any real numbers so we were basically like throwing a dart at a dartboard to see where would land and uh now that we have these numbers the town is at the $50,000 in income level so I think it kind of makes sense that that we follow that same Trend you know for the school use your mic are we feeling that the people who were negatively affected last year by the option that we chose are going to be brought back into this by going up to the 50,000 yeah I believe back the town was unable to determine that they said they don't have the DAT well even this year they weren't able to determine that it's approximate they the town of icelet because they are using 50,000 um the school district is 27,000 so
025these same individuals would receive the exemption at the Town level but not for the school district taxes which is a larger piece of their tax bill so in theory just to clarify in theory it would help those people get back into what they lost but it doesn't guarantee it because we're not sure of their financial situation yes and when you include those things that were part of the redefinition of income you might not have annuity payments in one year or not so it's just merely based on what was um you know where the town could print out who was part of those exemptions and um in Sable if it was the 50,000 right I just want um and that's the Dilemma we have here as a board we want to help senior citizens you know
026we want to help people that uh have difficulty affording uh uh their taxes but as you can see uh in this scenario with now shifting you know $100 to every homeowner that that that's not eligible you know so there's they also have burdens as well so that's the balancing that was going to be almost my exact comment is that to be clear um by reducing or taking this option we're then taking it spread out over all the taxpayers so it's an increase of $110 per year and that's exclusive of what we vote on for the budget that will take place in May so that's like already like that increase is going to be built into the other taxpayers yes so uh we as a district receive the same Levy it's just how that is assessed
027and then whatever the exemptions that are available to our residents um if I'm understanding what you're saying the senior citizens increase will be around 110,000 give or no what will their increase be you no um it's not it's not let me just try and clarify it's not about their increase it's by giving ex exemptions to more people it's going to cost the other taxes tax pay is $100 yes I I understand so we will pay 110 then depending on those seniors income range where they fall on the scale they may have up to 50% reduction to 5% right okay so my concern is I don't know how how many senior citizens are taking advantage of the under under 100 uh 27,000 so if you look in the chart you can see it up at the
028top um 247 get it in the ice up town currently so we imagine that those 112 will turn into 247 also just to be clear uh the 110 is an estimate of an average some people might pay a little more and some people might pay a little less no no no I get that I see that but I don't know if it would be uh to because that's a the whole town of Isam 247 no no that's in our community that's in our community I thought it was the way it looks there it says Okay so it will go from 112 to 24 uh 247 yes the top part is what we currently have and the bottom is what the change would be yeah so like they the 247 are get the town of isip
029exemption because they're 50,000 okay I understand that okay so I understand that the way it was read I thought you meant Isel you know the whole town of Isela so just to be clear um no we would increase the number of people getting an exemption by 135 okay any other questions from the board okay at this point um I can take some questions from the community just on this topic and go ahead please come up to the microphone yes my name is Barbara gouls I'm a resident here at Sable for 15 and a half years I have a son who's a senior and come here to support um my friends that are seniors and just have questions I also worked in the school districts for 30 years at isolet my first question for you is
030um what's really glaring to me is that the town of ISP the income eligibility limit was 50,000 Sable public school was 27,000 was the was the limit of income the senior should be able to have in order to be eligible for the discount is that correct my I guess to me it's very glaring how come we weren't at the 50,000 we are at a community that's pretty wealthy compared to some other towns I worked at iel for 30 years and I guess that's my concern because it's kind of standing out to me and my other question for you is um right now currently CH of viip the ones that have the 50,000 do they have the same criteria that you're proposing here today is that they're going to include um you know as part of
031their incomes Ras and and other and their pensions so forth do they count that okay let me address that as a board member last year when the town said we had to make a decision they weren't able to give us any data so we were trying to maintain the same level as we've always had we didn't want we didn't want families to be kicked off we didn't want to create you know a more of a hardship for other families if we made the exemption too high so we uh based on the information that we have from the town we decided on keeping that income level of 27,000 once the process was done then the town was able to give us these numbers and we were able to figure out that um some seniors kicked off
032and that's what we're trying to correct right now that's why we're we're different than the town and going forward we're using exactly the same criteria that the town is using okay that's great to hear I just uh well I can just tell you I have some friends that had sleepless nights because their their taxes went up unexpectedly and a pretty big jump you know and you know it's it was pretty I you know I could just tell you though I mean I appreciate you're giving me an honest answer but I would think the higher number would been you know would have been a better choice to be honest with you I know you didn't have all the data but naturally the more people that I mean but the reality is we didn't have any data
033so we didn't know what the outcome was and of course once once you give us such a high discount it would be also difficult to roll it back and that we were we had a lot of questions last year and we were unable to get that information that's and they had asked us to make that decision before they were even done processing the data yeah so we had nothing to go on and we wanted to be fiscally responsible to everyone in our community so we're happy now to have this information that's good all right all right thank you very much for time thank you anybody else I I appreciate I was here at one of the previous meetings and I we had discussed this exact exemption and I do appreciate that you are considering it
034my mom does fall in the category where she lost the exemption Y and the the one question I do have I appreciate this part of it is I don't know if you are considering the options one and three where you C what's get calculated in the income that's no so um option number um it was either option number one was do nothing so the Board of Education had resolved to pick option number two option number three was the medical piece that not even the town of ielp has um opted for um it's a very difficult I kind of equate it to like the old uh paper bag tax prepare things where you're going through receipts at a counter and adding things up um that you would really have no ability to know what the impact
035was for your other residence because it could change you could have a year where someone is medically catastrophic or you know um or not so uh that was not an option that um did you have to choose one two or three or was it so was either do nothing which was option number one option number two which the board resolved you could have done option number two and three but that was not um a choice to talk right thank you I this anybody else okay thank thank go ahead I was one of the ones that was definitely affect all right uh I'm a little confused quite frankly uh I apparently there's only 112 of us seniors that uh were eligible before this uh this last year is that correct yes according to the town of
036VI that's the information they gave us all right because when I went down to the town of isop I was given to the information that it was the town board's decision which you just said to a cap it at 27 and have going along with the uh U option number two the redition of income yes okay now where did that come in because what I was told down at the town was that uh the town board had decided to to uh not accept the exemptions of Social Security and pension uh veterans uh exemptions etc etc all right the exemptions not the uh just the total income so the town of is had chosen option number two as well which is what this board had resolved February 15 2024 yes that's what I yes but before
037that those those exemptions were in effect so before the redition of income there was a difference in what was included in income when you then applied the exemption the income scales all right because what I don't understand is why if this happened in 22 uh the in um uh the uh amount just for the school board taxes jumped so tremendous l i mean I went down the list of everything on my taxes and uh oh I mean come on most of the the other items went up $2 $3 all right nothing really uh enormous I mean if you've looked at your tax uh Records you would see what what exactly we paid the only ones that went up tremendously was the school taxes but was that due to the loss of the exemption I I
038I I believe yeah and that's what we're trying to and that's what we're trying to told when I went to the to the town of and that's what we're trying to correct here yes well the exemption what no what you're saying is it's just the amount the total amount so we're we're increasing the income from 27,000 to 50,000 just just that's just the proposal what about the exemption no that that that makes those people making 50,000 eligible uh for the the exemption I see all right okay very good thank you you're welcome okay any other questions okay um so so there yeah yeah I I'll close the public comment portion and then um I have recommended actions Finance uh 41 and 402 uh I need a motion second second so that's Des the second and
039I think Christine was uh motioned uh discussion all those in favor motion passes actually wait do I need a roll call on that I think you oh sorry we'll make this even longer I need a roll call Kathy I need it's a roll call what is your motion yes yes yes Des yes yes it's unanimous yes okay there we go so with that vote just to clarify that the Board of Education unanimously pass the $50,000 increase to $50,000 [Applause] yes and now we adjourn back to the regular meeting which I hope I can find on my second here it is and we move on to Super oh we have toj the meeting so I need a motion I have a motion to aurn the meeting all those in favor motion passes we're now adjourned and
040now we have to go back into the other meeting but that meeting is still open okay so we're now in the we're now in the senior citizen public hearing is over yes and now we're in the regular business meeting and now we have you can go if you'd like to yes I can do correspondence first yeah okay we had uh I think three emails uh one regarding um training for board members another one for open meetings law uh foils and the budget to calendar okay and then I can hand it over to the superintendent of schools for his report great good evening everyone welcome to the board meeting thank you for coming thank you for joining us online uh we have three items on our agenda for tonight um for my myself uh we did
041the student recognitions I want to congratulate all those middle school students who participated in those awesome Technology and Engineering events uh we're going to do around the district and then we're going to have an outstanding presentation from from our three Elementary principles sharing the absolutely amazing work of our teachers students and staff in those buildings uh I'm so proud of all the work going on in our district it's just a wonderful place to be in a wonderful time of year so let's get started um I want to give a compliment and congratulations to Anthony alza and Ian donfeld who are the first ever recipients of the savil high school student government service above self award this award recognizes community outreach and celebrates service within our school Community Anthony earned the award through his commitment to
042serving others particularly local veterans through organizing breakfast and holiday care packages Ian was awarded his dedic uh for his dedication organizing an annual toy drive with his mother welld deserved to both of these students and this is just the beginning of a great recognition uh recognizing students who make a difference for others I want to congratulate again the Cherry Avenue students and staff at uh Cherry Avenue for PS I Love You day across the district we had amazing activities I didn't do this [Laughter] one um wait I'll tell you what there is a video here there is that better is that better there is that better we're GNA save that video do some editing and we'll get back to another time uh we did want to highlight the fact that not only do they have
043great videography skills and a great Synergy on the for screen but also that the um the students of the Cherry Avenue School wanted to make a difference for others outside of the school we always talk about making a difference in the school they stepped up and did something outside of the school and they made notes on the coffee cup holders at the saille bean uh I think it was 2,000 sleeves or 1,500 sleeves so every single customer who went into the bean got a cup of coffee on the coffee was a note like uh be proud of yourself or have a great day or um you know don't don't be too hard on yourself just a real message of support and caring and I talked to a couple of the customers um who were saal
044residents and they were just like they actually were going more often to get coffee because they wanted to see like what the next message was and they were feeling so good about their day so uh the students did a whole interview with the news12 news2 came did not come but they were going to come and we had some interviews uh that didn't happen so we filmed our own interviews and here they are just a couple of them the organization can you uh hit the sound up a little bit um I love the message that they spread I love uh this idea so I actually saw the idea online about a year ago and I thought we need to do that so I reached out to Dr R and she um took the idea and ran
045with it she brought the box of 1300 sleeves to her school decorated each and every one of them and we are so happy to pass that message along to these uh our customers you know what to put the smile on their face it makes them chuckle a little bit some of the messages are cute um some of them are actually really deep and profound uh so we're just happy to uh to pass that positivity along well at Cherry Avenue is all about back to basic put old fashion virtues and values human connection something that we've lost through Co through technology just want to make a difference in the lives of others that human touch which is certainly lacking today my name is John Lorenzo councilman town advis of District 4 I'm very proud of these
046kids that they put forth this uh great idea to come here today and and spread awareness and mental health and being frighten people to day uh it's much needed in this world the crazy world we live in and I commend Sable schools in Cherry Avenue for putting us together in our our district here and also Andrew from the beam uh he allowed us to um hand them out to uh people buying coffee for the day kind of to tag along what uh Mr Lorenzo said um mental health awareness is so important but with the younger kids starting when they're younger just teaching them to spread kindness and teaching them um how to treat others and and how when you fill someone else's bucket it fills yours too um my name Ison my name is my
047name is eth I am a 10-year-old and a fifth grader at Cher Avenue Elementary School um I'm here to talk about the importance and of our coffee holders that we made out of the goodness of our hearts and are used to brighten someone's dead because it's like if somebody's having a bad day you always want to support them to make to make them feel better than you families and our help in our school it's very because a lot of people okay just another example of how we uh support caring and kindness both at the elementary and secondary levels all the way through uh we're not only teaching kids to be great scientists musicians artists uh athletes uh mathematicians and all that but also great citizens who will give back to their community and come back
048and live here uh for for generations to come um so let me just get back to the show okay um also the Middle School robotics team you just heard from the junior Mechanical Animals recently competed in the first Lego League challenge we just celebrated them they did a wonderful job with their submerged and they won um a lot of accolades as you heard and saw them get at this uh very board meeting so congratulations to our middle school students for their engineering projects they did a really wonderful job um want to congratulate the students at Sunrise Drive they Ed power of collaboration with Miss arts's kindergar visited their fifth grade buddies in Miss Kierney and Miss wartzman class to share their pattern books Miss Arts students have been practicing starting each sentence with a pattern
049using site words they know beginning sentences with capital letters using finger spaces and pointing to words as they read aloud after sharing their books with their buddies they created a love bug craft together and again one of the other things we're doing a lot of here in the district that is really nice to see is multi-age activities whether it's fifth graders working with kindergarteners where there's high school students coming down to the elementary schools through the peer uh peer leaders so there's a lot of great inter interactions with younger kids and older kids learning from and modeling for each other another great example of academics and caring in action and finally uh the Lincoln Avenue librarian Mrs VY recently attended a national future of Education conference where she expressed the latest Innovations in education and
050Tech including the role of AI in the classroom Miss vulpi felt so inspired by her experience that she held her own staff training passing on to the Lincoln Avenue teachers what she learned uh to her colleagues and again we've talked about caring and learning and not only for kids but also for our adults and our teachers are caring and learning for each other and this is just one example of many where teachers teach others and help professional development across the district um so that's just kind of an around the district and um the other thing that I wanted to point out uh two huge student athletes one significantly congratulations to senior Leo Melo who won the division one suffi County wrestling championship at the 145 pound weight class Leo will compete in the New York
051state championships this weekend in Albany this kid is the best wrestler on Long Island and he's going up to find out if he's the best wrestler in New York state so let's give him a [Applause] hand and also congratulations to Scotland who is the first sail wrestler to compete on an all girls wrestling team the team is combined with other districts and hosted by bport Scotty took fourth place in the suffi county championships in her first go and she's excited about going again next [Applause] year I guess I have another side congratulations to all those who participated in the unified Top Golf season sponsored by the New York State Special Olympics the team had their culminating event at Top Golf on February 13th this is just one of the the many integrated athletic programs we
052have for our students across the district and a great time was had by all another example of inclusivity and support and love across the district and last year's girls Flag Football Championship uh bound team uh was recognized in New Jersey at MetLife Stadium Ava vjc Olivia Monahan and coaches represented saille girls flag football at MetLife Stadium uh as the New York Jets hosted teams from around the state area for their annual media day the girls got to kind of share a lot of their season successes and they are looking to go back to the state championships this year and take another win for sville can I just give a another quick update can I give another quick update about flag so you know we put this program in two years ago with other districts on
053Long Island it is growing it leaps in bounds uh flag is now going to be an NCA double NCAA division 3 Sport and then a division one sport and then it's going to become an Olympic sport in I think it's 2026 and um our first um alumni is playing for FSU it's currently a club team but their FSU just won a tournament against h four other large colleges in the South and Ava rubbe was uh the first to uh get a pick six nice good we're really proud of this flag football team in its second season going to state championships and we look forward to more seasons with them and uh just one of the highlights of of my week was um I visited the elementary schools and there was this obstacle course going on
054at Cherry Avenue this is where we train our athletes in the beginning right and so I was really uh enthused by what I saw um and then Julie was texting me where are you you have a meeting and I said I don't know I'm just hanging around with some of the students but I I really enjoyed they taught me how to do some of this and uh it was it was a blast I didn't walk for a week I want to remind everyone that on March 11th 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saville is having its first ever family fit night sponsored by the PPS department and the strides program in saille high school it is a community um what do we call the night the um the the community family connect night so we're inviting
055the whole family down to uh you know please come down to the gym all ages are welcome there's gonna be a lot of activities there's going to be uh yoga Zumba um Athletics all kinds of fun exercise type activities for our students and families and we hope you come down and join us all right so that's uh my report now I'm going to turn it over to the three outstanding Elementary principles and assistant principal um from Sunrise Drive Cherry Avenue and Lincoln Avenue Elementary Schools yeah good evening everyone thank you so much for Education administration US the opportunity to speak on of our schools thank you so much um this is a a very proud moment that we get to sit back and really just talk about all of the things that we've done as
056a staff together and all of our you know celebrating our wins together and the students are always the benefici um so we'll try not to be too longwinded and keep you all here we appreciate also all the support that we have from uh colleagues and friends that are in the room as well so uh to begin you know it really starts um with all of us here in the room uh the district is adopted some of the outcomes that we are looking to have as that we always strive to have for our students the Board of Ed has you have your goals that have been established throughout the years um and these are pillars of of sville as a whole and they guide us together as we work together as as colleagues as we work
057together um these are some of the guiding things go back to three years ago Dr Ferris came to the district he uh the first meeting that we had was what do we believe in as an administrative team um as a leadership team and we we really spent a lot of time crafting the things that we felt as Educators were the nearest and dearest things to us that came um that that and and we worked through them worked through them for months and came up with our own Vision as a leadership team and uh and then that helped to trickle down to what we're each doing in our own buildings so as we presented last year uh we we all took the the journey with our staff and you know work together to establish our own
058thumb print of seille and so I know Cherry Avenue um it became Back to Basics and teachers and everyone worked together to establish uh to establish that um Lincoln learns they built their house based on family and at Sunrise Drive welcome to the pond or our core values and the the best thing about this is that we work together as oh in the in the voice best thing together I don't want to hear okay uh best thing is that we've worked together with our faculty hand inand to make sure that these are the our beliefs this is what we feel gets us up out of bed in the morning to be Educators here at seille and we know based on thousands of years of collective experience of our Elementary staff that we have this is
059what's best for children so uh so this is you know these are the journeys that we take and very proud to share a little bit more individually of the the own our own paths that we've taken in the our own buildings and you'll see how collectively they are together as well with all of sa so at Cherry Avenue our goals consist of small group instruction uh saval strides collaboration independent Learners however I'm so proud to say that Back to Basics is our absolute driving force old-fashioned values are greatly lacking in today's society and we need to get back to human connections being most important along with manners resiliency accountability simplifying Our Lives physical health and the list goes on and of course balancing technology we have become a society that demands immediacy we have increased
060stress and anxiety information overload loss of patience and decreased quality of thought and work um I know my staff Will Roll their eyes because I've told this story a million times but I find it very concerning um I'm driving to work one morning and on and on the radio they're talking about gen Z and like the generational cohorts I'm so bad at but of course I look it up and I believe it's like 13 to 27 year olds or something like that and they talk about how this cohort will do anything to avoid a phone call voicemail making calls placing calls when they do the vast majority need it scripted they need to be coached so much that there's a university in the UK that is offering a phone confidence class so when I got
061into work of course I'm talking to my colleagues and I'm saying Back to Basics even more so why we really need to hit the ground running and we need to start living again and not just existing I'm so excited by all of our initiatives so this year we had a Turkey Trot the whole building we have three more walk runs if you will in the spring we had our first multi cultural Festival back in November about 200 people came in fact I was so nervous because one of my teachers were waiting for guests to arrive and she said Lisa I don't know maybe 20 will come and I was so nervous you know it's like you're throwing a party you don't know who's gonna come and we we had about 200 people and it was
062so beautiful you'll see on the next slide people showcasing their heritages they have food they had uh their family members there they had boards up with artifacts it was beautiful um I know uh miss vanor you were at um our veterans brunch and Nicole toell I I can't even put this into words but what we do for our veterans we have grown men and women crying because of the respect and love that we give them between um the accolades uh the photo booth we have both these culinary students which is a win for them you know those students with with special needs cooking and serving and a respect for our country which again is missing and having our kids see this is just it's Paramount so to Mrs Tel um I don't think anyone could
063do a better job than what you do for Veterans Day law enforcement appreciation day as well as Coco with a cop we love our cops um suffi County Police Department we have an awesome relationship with and we want to show that love and respect and our kids uh really partner with us to do a great job and what Dr Ferris did leave out is that news12 did air it's only about eight seconds and they did have fabulous editors where everyone looked great um there was no nobody in the video yeah it's still coffee cups they knew what they were doing they knew what they were doing um but it was just awesome um you know imagine going to a coffee shop whether it's first thing in the morning afternoon or night and you're having a
064good day you're going to have a better day by getting this inspiring message or you're not and it puts a smile on your face um I remember I'm there every day but one of my messages it was may your troubles be less and your blessings be more how could you not smile at that and I know Mrs Miss Ana one of your students I forgot the message she wrote but it was wrong and instead of fixing the typo and rewriting it she crossed it out and said and you can make mistakes and still be great it's just I mean it's it's amazing so we're actually thinking about with the bean doing this more often because um I think everyone needs that um in the spring we're having a formal luncheon where we're transforming our cafeteria
065into a beautiful space Bard ofed district office and some of our uh politicians will be invited uh we'll be dressed up in our uh you know lunch best attire Mr fosa will put more of a meal on the menu we're teaching the kids etiquette in advance manners um and we're just really excited again to bring this to life um we're taking two weeks off from homework in May from traditional homework um it's voluntary but we will have different suggested activities such as calling a family member no FaceTime asking how a week or how your week went um setting the table having dinner as a family with parental permission you know helping a neighbor with a chore all of those things that again um for the vast majority are non-existent and then so often our bus
066drivers are overlooked uh we will surprise them with breakfast one morning bringing it out to them um I think they have a thankless job and and it's important that they feel valued um Dr FIS can you just strut the video so fifth graders surprised me with this and I hope you like it Back to Basics can't you believe our teacher being us WR letter not just any letters business letters aren't we just supposed to use emails when we grow up we had to learn all the parts of a business letter and then we had to find out the headquarters of Macy's then we had to research the CEO of Macy's Mr Tony spring and then put parts about them in our business letters dear Chief Executive offers your spring you know you don't put a
067put a com your attention because you're the CEO of Macy's you are the one who decides if the balloon is in the Macy's Parade we for goat you it they gave us a response but it was a form do they even like it at least they gave us stick our teacher made a sign the bottom of our letters and curse it doesn't she know that everything is on docs and signed electronically she's going to say back in my day I had to sign the bottom my letters in cursive I have to practice my signature and everyone knows Dr R loves cursive Dr Ferris so we will continue doing that at Cherry Avenue and then these are just some pictures uh to go along with some of the events that we highlighted um and when I
068spoke to miss Ana about this she was kind enough to uh create this slide do you want to can you quickly share I would love it thank you thank you for letting speak thank you yeah sorry when Dr R said we're going back to basics I was sure how far back so I went to Colonial times and uh my colleague Doug kuc and I uh gave our students the opportunity to write with ink and feather quills um after learning about the causes of the American Revolution we thought it would be enjoyable to go back excuse me to go back in time and see what it was like to write a letter with a feather quill and to be taxed on the paper and ink um to everyone's enjoyment the event was a hit um some
069students even wrote letters to you so uh we discussed how you're welcome yeah we discussed how the letter um excuse me uh you use your wax seal there's a little we had a little Wax Seal uh to uh close your letter and how the wax seal was usually individualized to a person uh we also talked about how to write a friendly letter and how we need to have correct spelling and grammar and how mistakes often spilled ink are are common and we we uh persevered um and in the end the students got to take their feather quills home along with the letters that they wrote to their families so thank you I hope you enjoy them yeah [Applause] and then we had a really great initiative this year the staff Wellness committee um where we're
070really focusing on our own self-care and fun and thank you Dr Ferris because you've definitely brought that fun element where you encourage it and we feel that it's safe and important um and nothing's better than than laughing and feeling that Joy so thank you um as a staff uh certain Fridays we walk or we do yoga we have staff events uh like we had a healthy snack day we had a soup and salad day talk has this crazy Trend I'll let you know how it goes with you know different ways you could serve a cucumber and different meals so staff wants to do that we have high tea and a healthier dessert day and every payday we get together for breakfast um during faculty meetings the staff uh transformed pumpkins into all different characters as
071well as decorated gingerbread houses and the kids voted on them and again just the fun rubs off everyone's having such a good time and it's funny because I was having a convers with some of the teachers and they said the kids say it the kids notice it and I think that's really important that we can be light and enjoy life um and then giving back to the community we have denim dollars and we were able this year to give money to the lighthouse Mission as well as some donations to juvenile diabetes in the spring we will support uh breast cancer and then also hammer and stain was one of the stores that um you know had were U part of the fire so some of us did support them with the fundraiser as well and
072then lastly um Mrs McKinnon who's not here tonight our social worker and Dr kley school psychologist I don't know if it's gotten back to you but they have for the last two years really put on a great uh parent Workshop show so amazing and Dr kenley's just going to take a minute to just explain it hi good evening um so the goal of our parent workshops is not only the a strong parent School connection but really also to provide that face-to-face interaction in a more intimate setting so we um chose our topics Back to Basics um certain traits that are missing and lacking in today's society so for example since last year Mrs McKinnon and I have worked um to present on several topics including active listening resiliency and building Greater human connection with less
073technology um which was a definitely a big hit um Mrs McKinnon and I are not just a school psychologist and a social worker but we are parents ourselves and we know what it is like and we are eager to help engage parents as they navigate the challenges of today's world I just wanted to share a brief excerpt from a parent letter that we received following our most recent uh parent Workshop Dear Mrs McKinnon and Dr kley I wanted to express my sincere gratitude for organizing and presenting the workshop it was truly an amazing experience as parents we feel that the workshop should be considered mandatory or at least strongly encouraged the insights and knowledge shared truly opened our eyes to New Perspectives and believe it has the potential to have significant impact for All Families
074your presentation has sparked a new level of interest and enthusiasm and I'm excited to dive deeper into the subject matter thank you again for your efforts in creating such valuable and engaging Workshop so Mrs McKinnon and I are always honored to um connect with our families and we certainly look forward to connecting with even more families at Future workshops both the remainder of this year and in future Years thank you so those are some of the happenings at Cherry Avenue does anyone have any questions I just want to say just the personal experience I would uh of course you invite board members to go to these events and I uh went to the veterans event this year I I was um it was it was funny because I didn't know what to expect I was
075just walking like oh it's a another school event and I arrived a few minutes late uh and then when I walked in the red carpet that was out for every for all the veterans to walk across was really amazing and the respect that the community showed it was really overwhelming and I just want to say thank you again for for the effort you did for that and I really think it demonstrates you know the community spirit that we have you what's great about sa thank you thank you I wanted to comment also um from my site based days when I partnered with both of you on the Veterans Day celebration I can attest to S such hard work that always went in to those events so I do say thank you for that um I
076love the phone call thing I hope you're working on phone calls because that is a definite true true thing um make my kids order Chinese all the time and they hate it but I make them do it um I love all the initiatives that you're showing I Love Back to Basics manners the handwriting all that stuff is so important and it has fallen by the wayside um so I'm so happy to see that um I love that not only are we taking care of the students but also the staff with the wellness because that's super important um working day in and day out with so many challenges can be exhausting and um it's great that the staff is taking time for themselves as well um and just Mrs SEC too like just the buyin I
077mean just that they're here tonight and you know they volunteered to do this it was such a surprise and just such an honor for me that you know that they are behind me on this and that we all feel the same way so I'm I'm probably the luckiest principal for sure it's a it's a win-win for everybody yeah thank you Lincoln's getting Facey back there sorry guys I love the uh the bean the Cherry Bean story that is amazing and I absolutely love it doing a good job thank you you thank you yeah just to piggyback on the bean uh story I actually reached out to Lisa I had a a teacher that I work with in my building uh who called me and just glowed about it said you're so lucky that you're on
078the board at a district that that does things like this and you know told me that it changed her day that she she picked up the cup of coffee and she was having a rough morning and she noticed the the message on the on the cup changed her day and felt like she needed to call me and tell me and then I I forwarded it to Lisa and and you know told her how impressed she was here I just thought that you know the workers at the bean were telling me to have a nice day I didn't I I was like oh thanks that was that was awesome I I um I was thinking maybe I was a little self-conscious like maybe I looked like I was having a rough morning because I was getting
079all these messages every morning but um but yeah it was really amazing and definitely had the impact the intented impact so great job thank you kind of second guessing going second I think I should have went first all right uh before we start I just want to uh linkoln teachers just settle down guys we we actually really do like each other up here as an elementary team I just want to say so um thank you Board of Education thank you Sab Community uh it really is I I I don't say it lightly when I say it's a privilege and honor to work here in sville um last year uh I presented Lincoln learns our goals our mission and our vision this year I stand Here excited to share with you some of the initiatives that
080came from that so last year uh the staff together the community together created what we felt was important to move forward as a school um and now we have some really cool outcomes and it's only been one year and it just gives me such excitement and joy to see what happens as we move forward um you know before I start I just want to say that in my former life as an elementary principal in my former District I never really felt the support or Community feel that I have here in saille and I remember when I went on the interview for the position and I met with Dr Ferris and he explained his connected autonomy piece I didn't really understand it until I lived it so I do want to say thank you because one
081of the things that you will see in this is that all of our schools have such an independent culture and flare but what you'll see is that they are all connected so I do want to give Dr Ferris a thank you for just giving us the latitude to do that and the support not only from him but the entire district office staff and board of education I've never felt as supported as an elementary principal so I do want to thank you um but with that what is Lincoln learns Lincoln learns a culture of caring Community where each individual is valued and supported like family our environment thrives on mutual respect and a deep commitment to nurturing every member ensuring that together we Foster a positive and incl inclusive atmosphere the spirit of togetherness is what
082makes Lincoln a special place to grow and Excel Lincoln learns is more than initiative it's a philosophy meticulously crafted by the Lincoln Avenue School Community this philosophy is deeply rooted in our core pillars of pupils parents and professionals and by aligning our efforts and values with these elements we create a cohesive and dynamic educational experience that supports and enriches the lives of all involved and what I'm going to do now is I'm going to take you through just some of the initiatives and what the outcomes were this year so the first part of our house is academic excellence and our teachers take immense Pride our community takes immense pride in our students no matter what classroom you walk in at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School our students are celebrated they are celebrated for their efforts and
083their hard work they are celebrated for their failures and acceptance of that and I I I mean that I think it's very important that part of Education part of growing is making mistakes and it's okay to make mistakes and as my own daughter tells me she's in first grade she says every time I make a mistake daddy my brain gets bigger and that's what I see when I walk into the classrooms at Lincoln Avenues and that's the feeling that our teachers and our staff give those students and so the pride is beyond anything that I've ever seen um we have dedicated we are dedicated to tailoring instruction to meet each individual child's unique needs through small group instruction and all three elementary schools are in the goal of small group instruction but at Lincoln Avenue
084this year what we decided to do is every week we meet as a data team and we talk about our students and we work with our students and we identify not only areas of need and Target that instruction in that small group instruction but we also figure out how we are going to give our students the productive struggle to move forward because it's more than just saying hey you need help in long division but you've mastered this now how are we going to get you to the next level and those those are those individual goals that our teachers and our supports staff for working on um we aim to challenge students academically while ensuring they are happy and have fun in their educational journey and that's a big piece of it and if you look
085at the pictures up on the slide um you'll see small group instruction but you'll see kids that are smiling and are enjoying their lessons you could walk into a classroom my third grade class just a few weeks ago had a camp day where the students were asked to bring in blankets and they made tents in the classroom and that's they were doing their small group instruction they were camping and all the activities throughout the day was about roasting marshmallows and and talking about the vocabulary on campsites and when I walked in there they were so excited to show us their camp that teacher is sitting in the audience so big shout out to miss Divine and again like Dr a said you know that comes down to Dr Ferris saying it's okay to have fun
086um and also you know I will want to point out we did make it snow at Lincoln Avenue if you look up at the slide I know there was another Elementary School that tried to make it snow um but I had people that actually thought it was snowing on that day before winter break um but again just the excitement and the fun jab jab just the excitement and the fun of that and watching the students with their smiles on the face as they run into the building to you know again learn and just have a good feel uh Lincoln learns our second window on our house is a culture of caring um and you you know this was a big piece of just who we are as a school and as a community and again
087the formation of this goals these goals actually go all the way back to um when I was interviewing for the position um you know it was there were multiple questions that were asked as me as a candidate and you know at the end of every interview they say do you have any questions for us and so I did I asked the 80 teachers that were grilling me on that day what is one thing that you wish the community knew about you that they may not necessarily know and it was an overwhelming amount of people that said a family and it was that culture of caring right there that I said you know this has to be part of that and when we brought that out and when we spoke to our community about that they
088felt that so it's our commitment to student outcomes it extends Beyond academic success I mean yes we go to school and our job is to teach our children this is the future generation but we also are dedicated to developing a well- Ed individuals and nurturing the whole child um we integrate our strides character traits into daily life at Lincoln we ensure that these values become a fundamental part of the school culture we Cate celebrate and promotee positivity through our initiatives like the Lincoln leader of the month where once a month we celebrate our students at a PTA meeting for being honored and and and showing the character trait and everything they do we have stride student spotlights where we walk around the building and we see students holding doors for others or saying please and
089saying thank you and we honor them by giving them a little ticket to a raffle which then in turn gets them a book from our book vending machine so we're partnering with our PTA in that capacity and again it's just another way of how we're celebrating our students not just academically but the whole child and everything that they do the big part of Lincoln learns are our core pillars of pupils parents and professionals and this is the meat of who we are as a building and what I love about and what I love to brag about is each one of these pillars and just what they mean to the school and how they are making impact um so the first one I do want to talk about is our pupils um and the students outcomes
090that come from that you know I have on my desk actually I have a picture up there it's a little paper plaque that's come with me from school to school where it says always remember to ask how is this good for all students all children um and that's something that not only I hang my hat on but so do the teachers and the staff at Lincoln Avenue uh every decision that we make we make with that in mind is how is this good for children um and so here are just some of the things that we're doing to address that pillar I mean obviously we talked about our data driven instruction I you know I don't have to go into into detail with that or small group instruction we have our steam lab with a
091big thanks to the board again and Dr Ferris for supporting that initiative we cut the ribbon on that this year and when I talk about the Innovation um that goes into the work that's happening in there it's it's simply amazing you I I I go in there and and I find myself getting lost in the lesson watching the Hands-On activities that take place um but we are we want to empower student Independence uh this year our staff jumped into a book study called always stop at a lemonade stand with a focus on student Independence and it talks about what you can do in the classroom to give the independence to the students so that they feel empowered I'm you know we as a school believe that when you Empower students give them a voice they
092take ownership of their education it means more to them um talking about student voice myself and Mr Bullis hold what we call juice and jots which is student Roundtable conversations where we sit down with groups of students and we ask them what do they think about school you would think that some of them just want extra recess or better lunch um but I remember sitting for the first time with fifth graders and I said so you know I always ask the question what do you what do you think about recess and they like we feel like we have a fair amount of recess and I was like wow okay um but our initiative that we rolled out this year for the stride student Spotlight was actually something that the students brought up last year in
093a Roundtable conversation they were talking about you know why why can't we have and they were describing like a positive behavioral intervention system like why can't we have something with ticket or to coins or tokens or something like that so it was very interesting to see them describe that and then taking that and rolling it out into something because now they see that they took part in the bigger picture of the school um student representation is just a big piece of this pupil pillars if you walk around Lincoln Avenue you will see um homemade inspirational posters of our students with strides character traits so actually you could see one on the board right now with self-esteem so our teachers um Miss luro I believe u yeah Miss luro was part of that um where she
094went around and actually posed students in self-esteem empathy leadership we took the picture we made the old school inspirational poster and hung it up because again at Lincoln Avenue we're a family this is our home in your home you see pictures of yourself um strides week which is our second annual initiative this year where again we focus on th this year was randoms acts of kindness so all week we had our students partaking in random acts of kindness writing thank you notes uh to members of our community um sending Valentine's to Veterans uh compliment confetti where um I believe on the on the slid you'll see our prek students putting big potit of compliments up around the hallway um and you know that led up to PS I Love You day and it was just
095it was really awesome because I had a meeting with our PTA during this week and they had quite a few thank you notes in their there b and was like wait a second did you give us this and so I was like no that's part of our strides week and they they were like wow like so the students were not only thanking members of our community internally but also our PTA because they recognized how much they do to support us which I think was a nice moment for all of us and just like wow that's amazing um on the horizon is our celebrate you initiative which is a week providing students with the opportunity to celebrate their unique qualities while fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of the diverse perspectives that make each individual special
096um and also on the horizon is an enhanced mentoring program where we plan to have our older grade students our fifth graders um working with our younger students in kindergarten whether it be pushing in prek helping in that classroom you know again establishing connections and relationships so that's just some of the things we're doing under our pupil's pillar um under our parents pillar it's communication and collaboration um and at Lincoln Avenue we are a very we you know we do believe in that oh sorry there you go we do believe in The Homeschool connection and we do believe in communication and clear and consistent communication we want our school Community to know what's happening at Lincoln Avenue um and we want them like us to be proud of what's happening so some of the things
097that we are doing to communicate with our community is we uh weekly I publish What's called the linol leaflet which is just a little brochure that goes home with some of the happenings um obviously we're very active on parents square and social media um I have to give give Mr Bullis some credit our assistant principal uh we went live with a YouTube channel called Lincoln live where we um recorded what we call Fireside fables where we have staff members read a bedtime story uh to our community and we go live with that uh every Friday night on parents Square where parents can click the link and watch one of the staff members read them a bedtime story um we teamed up with the IT department and they put us in like a cool little room
098with a fireplace yeah like a nice log cabin in a fireplace in the background with the crackling um Miss cell our Music Teacher created a nice little jingle to it uh so it's just you know it's funny because after we rolled out the first two or three we had kindergarteners coming up to us would be like we saw you on TV this weekend so news two needs news2 you know noticed we were wearing the same clothes which got weird yeah that did get a little weird but um we also decided you know this year at Lincoln Avenue we um welcomed quite a few uh new staff members especially a new lead nurse and as you know those of you that had children in school even went to school the nurse is probably one of the
099most important people you go to so myself and Mr Bullis and members of our leadership team and Community we're trying to like how do we introduce all of our new staff members to the community so we created another YouTube show called welcome to the family where we actually interviewed the new staff members and put it up again once a week so that the community got to see who our new staff staff members are um true open door policy a lot of Administrators in my career have said that they have an open door policy but at Lincoln Avenue we truly do um and anyone that's had to have conversations was us or needed to speak to us know that they can come in at any point and any time um some collaborations that we're really proud
100of is W with our family's schoolwide career day we had about 25 parents volunteer to come in uh and present on what they do as their career and some really cool like geologist and engineers and gave them a schedule they pushed into three or four classrooms and it was a whole day of them just engaging with the students our books not bullies event which was an evening literacy night partnership with liab a family steam night that's coming up on March 19th where our families will actually be engaged in small group station rotations where they're going to be going around our building and have a different activity as part of our steam to show off what we're doing for Steam and our PTA so graciously gave us a science themed assembly for the day for our
101kids and again at night for the parents which is very cool um parp pick a reading partner I have to brag a little bit uh last year we got State recognition we were the fir we were the only School uh I think it was number one in the state for the most number of minutes that were read uh so our PTA was very proud of that and I was very proud in just that partnership and what they did because it was more than just a link in Home Connection they reached out to the library connected with the library connected with First Responders um so that was very cool um National School of Excellence program Jump Rope for Heart um you know again these are all things that make us who we are and connect us
102with our community uh I just want to give a very special shout out to uh the high school uh Community connect day as you guys know was a huge success last year the high school reached out to Lincoln and asked what we could do for that day so at Lincoln we actually partnered we're partnering with the high school on that day but we're taking it a little bit further and partnering with our parents and we're finally doing a courtyard cleanup so Dr Ferris that pond in the back after all these years we're going to have parents come in we're going to have our high school volunteers come in and we're finally G to clean up that courtyard so I'm pretty excited about that the reason he mentioned is because every time I see the P
103say what are we doing with the p and then finally I probably went a little bit longer than I should so I apologize but when you get me talking about my school I just can't help but brag um but finally our professionals pillar which is really the the the core of our building is our teachers and our staff um everything we do falls under the Mantra of lion pride We Stand Together United and proud and we love learning from each other and embodying the spirit of community and family so at Lincoln Avenue we've taken uh a dive into shared professional development where we do believe that the best professional development comes from the teacher down the hall so our Educators learn from each other so many of our teachers um volunteer to lead PD in
104our building you saw just before our librarian Miss Mrs vulpi led a professional de development workshop on AI tools um Miss Hawthorne one of our special education teachers teamed up with the special education department and led a professional development not only to teachers at Lincoln Avenue but also Sunrise Drive uh Miss Chulo does the trauma informed classroom she I believe she does that in all of our elementary schools um Miss Merchant our reading teacher uh is running professional developments on RTI and progress monitoring um and team building activities you know we use team building activities during professional development you know we want our and I remember the days as a teacher when you would go into the faculty meetings and in my day they were after school and you're exhausted and you're like okay now
105what um what we wanted ours to be engaging and fun so instead of just sitting up there we will do best practices scavenger hunts where I had the teachers go into classrooms and pick out best practices from each other we do Journey Maps reconnecting with our why um and one of my favorites learning walks where we ask the teachers to walk around the building and simple questions what do you see and what does our school say and what do you want it to say um and then similar to Cherry Avenue we do believe in staff well-being you know this year when we opened up I I I told the staff I want them to also prioritize themselves you know at the end of the day you need to be at your best in order to
106give your best and give the students right so some of the things that we do is once a month we have activities we uh brought back the chili cookoff it was delicious I think some might have been in the building on know Mr cower was in the building that day he tasted some chili um I hate to admit it but Mr Mike our security guard won he will not stop bragging about it um we're actually heading into a Step Challenge where um we are going to be kind of counting the steps that we take over the course of the month um I have a great idea I'm going to give my Apple watch to my son Michael who's three and just kind of set him loose and see what happens um sorry unfortunately I have
107that winning Spirit um underground spirit week and uh I have to give a huge shout out to two of our teachers that are here right now as you see them in the picture miss lero and miss order who ran our Lincoln latte cart on PSI love you day where we wanted to just tell our staff that we love them so we had some coffee and some treats for them so a big thank you for that um and uh yeah that's uh that's Lincoln learns any any questions now I just want to say thank you for you know your whole you know linoln your school district I mean as far as what they do it's amazing to see the enthusiasm with with all the staff and and the students it's great and just to be respectful
108of everyone's time I'll be really brief but um one thing I wanted to say is although it looks like we have a sibling rivalry here um I like how you mentioned the connectivity between all the schools it's so important um not only for students but for all of you to have support so I'm so happy to see that thank you I'll be super quick too I I love the celebrate you initiative um I I'll never diminish the importance of you know treating others with respect and and all the other things that that come into character education but I I also think it's so important that the kids learn to respect themselves and and not be afraid to share their that you know share their greatness with their with their peers and their and their teachers
109and everyone else in the building so I think that's I think that's really important and that was the biggest thing that I took I know it seemed small but when when I heard it I really perked up I think that's very important so I thought that was awesome thank [Music] youy what sibling rivalry I'm sorry we're out of time I'm sorry there is no way there's no way you're gonna stop me to talk about all the amazing things that are happening at Sunrise now so uh thanks again and I and I will um you know it it's such an opportunity to be here because of what we do together on a daily basis and I say it all the time I don't go to work every day I get to go to school and uh
110just you know and the best thing is the older that we get the kids all stay the same age that's that's like a perk of it all um but I get to walk through the doors every day and work with the amazing professionals that that stop at nothing to make sure that our kids are happy and cared for and loved and we're learning along the way every step along the way um so to to go back in time for about a year ago we uh I'm sorry about two three years ago we started our journey of developing our core values our Sunrise Drive core values and at the time I very much Associated it to that beautiful vision of being at a pond and when you go there and it's just still and the water
111is not moving and there's no Breeze and everything around you just absolutely comes together to create that sense of perfection um and the pond has a connection to the duck of course of Sunrise that's what Sunrise Drive symbolizes in so many ways every just comes together there's Harmony and there's balance and and it's not done without hard work on a daily basis um from the parents who are doing their share at at home and we are doing ours at school um it it's a it's a beautiful blend of everything that comes together um we derived our four core values and then from that guiding questions or our essential questions that are are are are true to our beliefs and we worked as a staff um I worked with groups of parents I worked with our
112PTA and we really just said what is it about being an educator that is the most meaningful thing to you and everyone every voice was heard we worked together to categorize those and it's such a common invested belief system um it drives everything that we do so these questions are our guiding questions um and I would love to Simply highlight all of the the four core values we have joy and engagement um it starts from the second that we get to meet our kindergarten teachers and prek teachers get to meet our parents at our kindergarten intro to success the first thing that we tell parents is we want your kids to come home on the first day of school and every day after and say school was fun because if school is fun then they're
113connected they're engaged there's joy everywhere at Sunrise Drive and to highlight the things that happen it's the teachers that are coming in well before the day begins and staying well after or emailing me and texting me on the weekend to ask me questions about how to best do something or maneuver things together they make it fun I come into classes and I I can't help but have a blast um today was a great little piece and I don't even have pictures of it because it happened today Dr Ferris came over for a meeting with me along with Miss deola we were there for about 10 minutes talking about about how to Crunch data and seeing what we want to build on as strengths and I said okay we have to go to a wedding and
114they they both what I said q and you are getting married today in prek and there are 1001 Dalmatians there in attendance because it was the 1001st day of school and all our kindergarten was dressed like Dalmatians but our q and you wedding from our prek well they had suits and bow ties that were made and they walk the aisle and Q and you are now together Stuck Like Glue forever and and and that's that's the fun of it and and that's that that is that's that's Sunrise Drive at its finest um the engagement stays High through the high interest lessons through the small groupings that we know research will say the smaller the ratio that you have of teacher to students the higher The Learning Experience the the better the student outcomes are going
115to be um and the number one thing that I stand behind and I always will is that strong relationship piece um Dr stimel used to say it all the time the three Rs of Education relationships relationships relationships um and I I that has resonated with me forever and I agree with Dr Dr Rano how you like that one he lies I'm never gonna live that one down um Mr armano I agree with you with with the autonomy that you give us Dr Ferris and the board to be able to make sure that we can continue uh that strong belief uh fund days and experiences there are there are way too many to list them all but the different strides activities that we take on as a district oural committee we put it together we said
116this is an action committee you're going to roll up your sleeves you're are going to do some work everyone's going to be invested we're going to we're going to really take this by storm and the activities have been so great for our students and and I can tell you you we may not always see how how it's impacting but I do and that's the best part of my job when I'm having a conversation with a second grader who's really upset and they tell me hold on I have to do some Mountain breathing and they're just breathing on their hand and they you watch them calm their selves that's the evidence of what is working um our PTA assemblies our PTA is an amazing partner they stop at nothing to make sure that the kids are
117are having fun and learning things along the way uh we've had everything from people floating bubbles in our school laser light shows and skateboarders um uh you know recently we're we're we're working to try to get to try to get Rock Yoga come together I don't know ACDC and positions but it sounds great um but it's it's fun for kids our parades are are something they look forward to and then things like Polar Express day we had no idea we were both making things making it snow that day and I want to give a huge shout out to the PTA because I went to uh Miss Gro that day like maybe a month before and I said you know anyone that has a snow machine she just looked looked at me kind of shook her
118head and okay all right we'll we'll we'll make it work and she did um everyone's invested every single person um our science fair evening and sunrise needs are just a few things but it is that collaboration and shared belief of making learning fun for children um some of the pictures I think that they do their own talking here um whether it's a Polar Express day someone getting slimed or just bringing learning making learning fun for kids but it is that partnership that really drives um the strength of of that um skipping Pages here educational experiences you know it it's funny when we first got together and we were building our core values we we all as Educators felt that uh there are so many things that we know we need to include um educational experiences
119was the like it's it's what we do we're teachers but there's so much more to teaching when it comes to an experience we want to give to a child than just cracking open a math book and going with a lesson so we know the benefit of experiences in and out of the classroom um today I know that um Miss Horton W working with our stretch students from last year was able to take on the ideas and the opinions of the children and say well what is it that you want to learn and she took on a couple of different units from the students um today one of them would reached their you know the end of the unit um student wanted to learn more about DNA so she put together a unit for the students
120and they learned it for a few weeks and then today I was just talking with Miss Bricker um she miss Miss Horton reached out to the science department at the high school and our students went to the high school and they learned about DNA from the high school teacher who has that content specialty that's the type of experience we want for our children it's driven by them it's connected to the curriculum and they walk away with with such a sense of ownership because they were at the they were at the beginning of of the start of that um the learning goes so far beyond the core curriculums you know uh things things like um you know I I hear I see Miss Vargas she's in the back and I hear her all the time you
121know it feels good to be good that is so all the time all the time it it's it's that type of learning though that coincides with what they do in a math lesson or a reading lesson or they make it a part of that um that that makes the experience so so robust the small group instruction um it's I'm I'm so proud to work with the teachers that we have because this was something coming out of covid few years back um actually five years back let's say that proudly right we knew that it was lacking but we also knew the benefits from the research behind that small group type work and it was okay we we really want to break down those ratios there is not a moment I can walk by a class and
122not see some level now of small group work whether it's Partnerships whether it's uh a a play based activity where the kids think they're playing a game but it's really based on the math Specialists that put together fact fluency lessons where kids are working together and while they're doing that teachers are working in those small groups on the explicit instruction ruction and identifying truly targeting what are the needs of these kids the differentiation can be greater the engagement can be higher and uh it's just it's it's so wonderful and I'm so proud to say hey this was an initiative that we all knew we needed to do and and it's it's so strong and well represented on a daily basis um the dedication and the passion of the people that we have second to none
123um I can't say that enough the the ability for us as a school district to have that local curriculum choice is Paramount because we know that our students here in sville are different from other districts but kids are kids and kids are the same but based on where they live they do need different learning experiences because the world we want to teach them to see the whole world but we also know that you know there's a sense of um of partnership that they're going to learn things on their own as as well I'm going off on a tangent I apologize um but through that local curriculum choice you know things like our curriculum leadership um Council our curriculum committees that we have and then going back again to the conversation I had with Dr Ferris
124today that our vision and the ideas that we have that make our core values that feeds in to the PD that we have decided to put forth in our own building so go back a few years ago when we said that our Focus are going to be inclusivity and small group instruction um the inclusivity piece led us to well we have a high percentage of students a high percentage of percentage of children that simply have ADHD or ADHD d uh like needs or executive function loss and we as a faculty we want to dig deeper into it so we tapped into some of our experts miss aen and miss wartzman who are both passionate as well as certified in some different areas and we said and and I said I said well help me to
125teach everyone we did Hands-On lessons of what it's like to feel like you don't understand time where there's puzzles that teachers myself we're going through and all of a sudden the time is different around the table but it gives you that perspective what it's like to have ADHD um we we continuously tap into the experts that we have uh Miss leaport is always running something in the library um just this past week she it brought in uh the first sustainable librarian she she's number two but really number one um but brought in a colleague from uh masipa I believe right and uh and she she was able to share with our parents and our teachers all about the the the the terrifying rise of AI um but what as an educational body we need to
126do to truly embrace it and allow our kids to grow up in this uh scary type World um you know but then something as small also as Miss deola myself the elementary principles we said okay we know that we want to try out some sort of a curriculum uh third grade pilot in fundations well let's tap in to miss Shore who has a background she's a Wilson certified teacher and has a background teaching that Miss Shore LED that PD for those teachers Miss shardo is always leading something so we're tapping into our own experts to provide us all with the greater knowledge so that our students have that truly robust educational experience moving right along uh growth mindset uh I spoke a little bit at PTA meeting about it last night so I hope it's
127not uh redundant for those that hear it again but growth mindset is the simple idea that we we want to encourage students to have uh a resilient mind we want them to see that it's the effort and work and time they put into something that find success not Talent not um being smart you didn't get a good grade on that because you're smart you got a good grade on that because you worked hard and it's a very common belief that goes back you know Carol D and her research from you know over a decade ago uh but it's something that as a as a staff we truly believe that needed to be one of our our Standalone for um core values but it was also something that we it such a strong belief but something
128that we knew we had to strengthen at Sunrise Drive so right now throughout the last few months it has been such a predominant Focus Focus um we are highlighting students using the magical yet and the power of yet where it could be something as simple as learning to ride a bike or um balance something on their nose that was a very cute one but how did they learn how to do that they did that through uh through perseverance they did that through uh their practice and the putting in the time and then they're proud of it and they were able to put it on a piece of paper and we're putting it on Lou we're putting it on the on the announcements in the morning um teachers have worked with their classes to put together
129yet posters where they're they're really tapping into the individual uh goals for children and what they can't do yet or what they have done through the power of yet and each classroom has their own individual poster that's out on display for everyone to see and everyone to learn from um we've done things over the last couple of years things uh you know uh Austin's butterfly is probably a little tiny picture behind there somewhere of about a first grader that you know um not in our building but it gave us such a an understanding of the research behind it who through a simple a teacher saying you know what that's good but I think it could be better go back and try it again that's good but do it again and through all the different iterations
130what that first grader was able to have as an end result rather than a beginning result it was just amazing and putting that that research into the hands of our teachers so that they can practice it on a daily basis um it really comes down to you know tying back into back to the basics you know in a in a way we're not accepting it to just be okay in the mediocre like you're you're able to find greatness let let's go forth and do that together um strides day is another wonderful day that growth mindset is on full force uh through oural committee every year we've had this wonderful big celebration at the end kids are working with uh and and it's it's beautiful because we have older kids that are working with the younger
131kids and helping them out along the way and they're they're going through games and obstacles that they're they're hard they're really hard to figure out but through their perseverance and resilience they're able to find success um we have some more things we're going to be doing to really enhance our understanding as educators of growth mindset throughout the year so we could best Put It Forward uh forth for our children um not moving there we go and uh last but not least is value and worth um another four one of the core values um it's interesting because before I talked about three years ago we had inclusivity and small group as our Focus for the year and through that year there was such an organic conversation that existed between the teachers and myself and parents that
132inclusivity sometimes it just doesn't feel enough um you know to be included in something is wonderful but to be valued that that that's that's what we want to strive for um so the idea of valuing and having each child truly feel that them as an individual they're valued they are worthy and we know that so how do we teach that well we're going to teach that through various ways you know one one thing that we're so proud of at Sunrise Drive and we are across our district is how we model that shown value for individuals or for groups uh through a a a hall of Heroes and Veterans Day where kids can bring in pictures of their Heroes and servicemen and women um and we put them up and we just simply put it on
133display uh later on in the year we put those backup on display and we we invite any family member who has a veteran to come in for Flag Day when I was growing up flag day was like oh it's Flag Day it's great it's an important day um now I I I cry I each year it it's absolutely a beautiful display of showing value for people and what they do to serve our country protect us um last year out of nowhere it was off the cuff one of the dads just asked me and he was he was a marine and uh he shared with me his own story at times and and he says right in the middle of things can uh can can I can I read Old Glory and we were of course
134you can you know the floor is yours there wasn't a dry eye in the place and it was just because of the day um it it was just so profound and then coupled with that is our service awards that we recognize our children for and what they're currently doing if you are helping out our kindergarteners on a daily basis to get on a bus stand up and be recognized you know uh a Miss anley who was the vision uh the Visionary behind Polar Express day and turning our building into a train you know stand up and be recognized and through those lessons teaching the children how to Value how to respect others we're they're learning also what they deserve to feel when they do something well uh last year we introduced the first responder parade
135beautiful partnership again miss van boxel came over with the marching band from the high school and we had uh medical personnel EMS firefighters police state troopers and we literally had a parade on the grounds of Sunrise Drive complete with marching band and again another wonderful display of uh of modeling that type of behavior for children and when they do something great and Grand our teachers myself were recognizing them through things like a kindness coin um which is just a simple idea of hey here's a piece of kindness and I I I see what you're doing don't forget now go pay that forward and find somebody else who deserves it a character lead where a letter goes home and we make a big deal and kids get to tell me their stories of what they did
136and how they were caught being good and sometimes it's so simple but it's so big to them at the moment and we leave it up all year for everyone to see we like to give children voice and one of the things that we put together is the Ducks of the Roundtable where kids get to meet with me on a monthly basis and I ask them everything from what do we have to do different at recess to make it more engaging I've bought so many different types of footballs that have playbooks and stuff on them or the day the bases came in for kickball wow I I but but by hearing them and giving them voice we're able to show them you your thoughts matter too your opinions matter and we want we want to value
137that um and then to you know again I I said it before but it's it's our modeled actions and behavior that model for you know that show students how to act and that's such a great great lesson so I know that we went very very long tonight as you can tell we all have something so proud to share and so grateful that people are here to support the school support us support everything that we do uh but I do hope that you can see also that through that through that autonomy that we have there is such a common purpose um and it simply comes down to what's best for kids and we know that at Saville and uh so proud to to be up here tonight so thank you for that opportunity um if I
138may I'd just like to say having lived in a high school for so many years I do so enjoy coming to your buildings and see and it is true that each one has its own flare but the common denominator is the love and work you are amazing at the the seed you plant and the foundations you build that allow them to grow personally academically socially and how they're able to move along so thank you thank you [Applause] um yeah I just wanted to really commend you um I'm by trade I'm a assistant principal I worked the first half of my career in public schools and when I was when we encountered the common core and a I that was not what education was about for me you know it was it was about the joy
139of learning community building creating an environment that supports and nurtures children it's not about tongue schools are doing everything wrong and what you're doing in all of your schools is exactly what schools should have always been and continued to be um I'm proud of the work that you're doing and I'm proud that this is an important part of our culture of the schools and it's always been uh I mean Sunrise I think since you've been there Dr Foy you brought joy to it you know the expression was the fun dies at Sunrise and that's that's where I that's where I went to school and I did not like that um because I loved Elementary School and to see you know I think what I why did you tell him that you're welcome but you know
140I think like we started to know something good was going on when people started to request transfers to Sunrise yeah and I was like yes Sunrise is now with the pack like because I think I never felt that way ume goes so well you're a great team Builder and and I think that that shows um but I think for me this is the environment kids need to go to school in they don't need to go to school in a place where all of their teachers are told they're failing kids because that's never been the problem in Z so I think for me this is just great to see us kind of rowing together and really just being what schools are supposed to be I'm just very proud of the work you guys are all doing
141and I just have to do say something about Lincoln um my my CH children went through Lincoln uh dealt with a harrowing Health crisis for one of my daughters I don't know if I would have made it without the teachers of Lincoln uh and my family would have and it's always been that place even through the tough times and to see it now I'm just very proud of the work you're doing so thank you anybody else I just again want to say I mean it's it's amazing to you know been on the board a little while some of us a little bit longer on one person but um what James touched on you know 15 years ago what the state was doing and everything and restricting everything that schools can do was really a disastrous
142I think but it shows with this that if you give local control and local flexibility on how we teach we can deliver a a great product for our students and that's what we're all here for and I say thank you to [Applause] everybody I just wanted to take a moment to uh say to the principles and to the staff that some of you mentioned you felt like the luckiest principles in the world I feel like the luckiest educator in the world as well because this is an amazing educational uh Community it's an amazing Community overall and when I walk into those buildings there's joy everywhere and the research is very clear when kids feel cared for supported safe and joyful they engage and then academic Excellence takes off and that's happening in every building in
143unique and different ways and that's because of the staff the teachers the love that's in those buildings and those three principles and the assistant principal that may help to lead that in those buildings so thank you to all of you for that great fantastic work it's a true privilege and honor to be part of that and I just want to say Dr Foy I um I think the fun is if my son is any indication of what what's what happens at Sunrise Drive uh he runs into the building with a smile he runs out of the building super excited with a smile uh he absolutely loves school so I I I think James I think you're you're in good shape now I think uh Sunrise is headed in the right direction the only uh remaining
144decision to make is like which school is the best school and everyone ask me every time I go in and they're all great but the volleyball game usually tells the answer to that question and that's coming up that's coming up soon no pressure concl okay so that uh brings our our our superintendent report to a close we thank you um and we're going to move on to the board report okay so for um our discussion we have upcoming training opportunities there's the refit legislative breakfast on March 7th at 8:30 to 11:00 am. at Western suff postes in weatley Heights and then there's also um uh the nisba understanding workers compensation uh it's about comp workers compensation balancing costs and uh coverage and uh risk webinar that's on March 12th at 12: to 1:30 pm. and
145then isup Town School boards on March 18th has a meeting at 6:30 pm at West isup High School and then we have the naso suffix school board's 60 days of disconnect that's March 20th and uh that's between 6: and 7:30 p.m. it's an online webinar it's very funny that it's a disconnect yeah I know disconnect I'm just reading what it says Nisa uh parliamentary procedures is also a webinar on March 26 so has a lot of uh education opportunities for the board the the next um if you have if you're interested just let Julie know on those to the scope Awards uh the scope Awards is did I skip that March March 20th okay good uh then we have the claims audit report uh anybody comment on that everything seems to be in order okay
146any uh other public uh board discussion that's March 24th at M Lombard from 40 okay so I didn't make it on the okay yeah I signed up for that that yeah okay so um if there's no board discussion I'll move on to public comment so if anybody wants to make a public comment on the items we're voting on Now's the Time they can speak if they'd like show our hands anybody I think it's great that we're are initiating a junior varsity colle difficult team okay I think that's great and that we're going to have a floating nurse okay that's yeah okay and then any comments from the public I just wanted to say tell people what a floating nurse you had your chance well people a floating nurse I'm imagining a nurse on a float
147like I know what it means I work at schools but what's a floating nurse a floating nurse goes from building to building say give support to the other nurses so they can take a lunch break so we're having additional support and help uh the a nurse is absent and we have someone like that yeah so um we we've always had two floating nurses uh the problem has been Staffing them because they the hospitals are having trouble Staffing so they're raising salaries quite a bit so we would get a floating nurse and then they would leave to go to a hospital so um we filled the position uh we cannot guarantee the person will stay but we hope they do and um but we do have two floating nurses in the district and five uh building
148nurses okay any other board discussion going on twice okay good okay so there was I didn't see a show hands for any public comment so we'll move on to the agenda so I need a motion for recommended uh actions uh minutes 701 to recommended actions Finance 813 motion Kathy tond discussion all those in favor against motion passes and then I need a motion from U new business Personnel 901 to uh new business other 105 but I'm going to exclude item 902 from that vote we'll do that separately so motion okay Moren and Christine discussion I had a question about I know it's up for adoption tonight but I wasn't the um I know it's the law putting in that extreme I guess my question is how realistic are some of the things like on that
149list we talked about that last week it's okay that's all right we can and these are just they're just suggestions they're suggestions that we would try yeah try to yeah yeah so the suggestions are you know turn off the lights put the shades down those are things we absolutely do already so it's not like rocket science uh the question that we're waiting for more detail from the state is like if it hits that 88 and half the building is 89 and the other half of the building is 84 because on the other side of the sun uh do you have to like other than going to a cafeteria space or Auditorium space do you have to close school or do you have to do a remote day so we're we're waiting for more detail on
150that yeah I think for me just on you know I was a teacher on the secondary level and I read about the testing and I'm like what is happening this ision day like or you know weing those things reasonable you know we do have air condition spaces in many classrooms so if there's a test on that particular day getting those kids into those spaces may be the the thing to do well it was mentioned also last time that um you know the areas that may be a potential problem and you're looking into it or people are looking yes yes any other discussion all those in favor against motion passes and then I need a motion for item uh 902 the civil service schedule Kelly and Kathy um discussion I'm abstaining because the family memb is
151on the schedule so all those in favor against okay and then one abstention motion passes okay so then we have dates to remember so on March 11 we have Family Fitness night at the high school gym at 6:30 on March 13th we have the Board of Education workshop at 7:30 and then um I have the last session for public comment for other topics a show hands if anybody else would like like to speak okay thank you and then um I can have a motion to go into exec session to discuss particular Personnel Motion Kelly Desmond discussion all those in favor motion passes good night everyone thank you good night thank you feel