School Board meeting: January 22, 2026

001Today is Thursday, January 22nd, 2026. I call to order the meeting of the Council Rock School District Board of School Directors. Welcome to all of you in the audience and those viewing at home this evening. Uh Dr. Senko, would you please? >> Yes. Um thanks, Miss Khan. Abigail, did she walk out of the room? Anthony, she's an HC1. Miss Crawford, would you go to the Marine Welch singers and get our friend Abigail to lead us in the pledge? >> Mr. Vodaka, where'd she go? >> All right. Say hi hello to our friend Abigail Hosel from Moren Welch. Ab Abby, go ahead. I >> Please stand for the pledge. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with

002liberty and justice for all. Please remain standing for a moment of silence. may be seated. >> Nice job, Abigail. Thank you. Welcome to our MMW Marine Welch singers. Oh, say can you see By the dawn early so proudly [singing] we at the twilight last [singing] night >> [singing] >> The bombs were singing through [singing and music] that flag there. Oh, say [singing] that stars spangle yet [singing and music] for the land of the free and [singing] [applause] thank you for having us here We have our singers who will be also performing one of their songs that we win concert. We will be performing all >> [singing] >> So we [music] can build lasting peace. We all need [singing and music] to keep our dreams alive. We all need to make [music] our [singing] planet dry.

003sing [singing and music] our song. We need a song that [singing and music] can sing along. Our song [music and singing] goes loud and clear. Our song goes to be [singing and music] together strong and bright and true. We all [singing and music] love the world with hope. We all need [music] all [singing and music] [music] [singing] our dreams. We only need >> [music] >> to make our planet to make our planet to keep [singing] our dreams alive. We all need hope. We all need [applause] Miss Benedict and the Welsh singers, thank you so much for sharing your time and talent with us tonight. We appreciate it. Have a good rest of the evening. >> Thank you. [applause] Thank you to the Marina Welch singers um for their beautiful performance this evening. Moving on to

004roll call. Board secretary. Secretary, roll call, please. Miss Khan, >> present. Mr. Tate, >> present. >> Mr. Hidalgo, >> present. >> Mr. Roosevelt, >> here. >> Miss Osaki, >> present. >> Miss Stone, >> here. >> Miss her >> here. >> Miss Rickert >> present. >> Mr. Green is on business travel. >> Thank you. Great. Thank you, board secretary. Moving on to item C, we have uh Council Rock South student advisory board, Mr. Venell. >> Thank you, Miss Khan. Good evening, members of the board of school directors, Dr. Senko, fellow district level administrators, and to the CR CRSD community. Thank you again for this opportunity uh to allow us to share all the wonderful things that are happening at Council Rock High School South. I [snorts] would also like to take this moment to acknowledge all

005the members of our board during this month of appreciation. Thank you for your time, your stewardship, and your leadership of this great district. On behalf of the entire CR South community, we are so thankful for your dedication to our staff and students. It is my pleasure again to uh reintroduce our student advisory board members. Uh we are going to start off today with our senior Arur Kiss. Good evening, schoolboard members. My name is Arto Kiss and I am the 12th grade representative for the student advisory board. Last November, Golden Wings Theater Company put on their rendition of Phantom of the Opera. The play was a massive success with the Friday night performance having almost 800 attendees. Currently, Golden Wings is making preparations for their production of The Little Mermaid. The show dates are March 5th,

0066th, and 7th at 7:00 p.m. and a special Saturday matinea at 2 p.m. Please come out and support our shows. Additionally, with mid midterms around the corner, the National Honor Society is offering free tutoring every Thursday at the CR South Library from 7 to 9:00 p.m. It is a great resource available to all students who need any help with homework, test, and midterm review, and anything else academically. Any student can stop by and get tutoring should they need. No appointment necessary. As for some important calendar dates, our second marking period/first semester ends on Wednesday, January 28th. This day will be a half day for all students in kindergarten through 12th grade with high school dismissal occurring at 10:55 a.m. And as always, we can't talk about uh calendar dates without talking about the senior trip.

007As of today, there are 75 days left before we leave for Florida. All payments regarding the senior trip should have already been uh made by January 7th. For any additional information about the regarding the trip, all students should consult their Disney trip canvas page to receive the latest announce announcements and stay up to date on any other tasks and assignments. Since it's uh school board appreciation month, I just want to take the time to thank you for your dedication to our students and our community. Your leadership does not go unnoticed by the students and helps our schools grow stronger every day. Thank you so much for listening and you all may may you all have a wonderful night. I'd now like to introduce to you our 11th grade representative, Daniel Thomas. >> Good evening, school

008board. I am Daniel Thomas, the junior representative, and I will inform you about some recent events from this current school year. Firstly, I would like to start off by talking about our winter sports at South. Our boys basketball team currently sits with a record of 10 to8 while our girls team is 11-6. Our boys wrestling is also having an outstanding season with a record of 10 wins and two losses. For bowling, boys and girls team had 15 wins and 25 losses, keeping a 974 average, the third highest average in both divisions in the so. Lastly, for swimming, our boys team is having a great season, going five wins and only having two losses. Similarly, the girls team is also doing well, having a record of four wins and three losses. Next, I'd like to talk

009about some recent developments from the 2027 class officers with the junior class. To begin with, there's another top golf fundraiser being planned in the near future to help raise money for our class. Also, we will be hosting our annual spring cleaning clothing drive on April 18th at South. Additionally, our class officers have started short video hallway interviews to increase our class spirit engagement in our community. Lastly, all this information will be announced to the rest of the junior class during common home rooms. Here at South MLK Day was highly honored with the help of our Rogue Cappa Club. Firstly, they organized a food drive on January 19th, helping those with food insecurities through the Everything Project. They also hosted an MLK teen peace and social justice summit on the 18th. Another event hosted alongside with

010our Travis Manning Club was the wreath pickup on MLK day. Lastly, Roappa hosted the Tyler State Park cleanup on January 19th as well. Finally, I would like to thank you all for all the hard work you have put into this district to make it as successful as it is. I want to let you know all that your hard all the hard work you put in doesn't go unnoticed and all the students at South appreciate everything. Thank you and have a good rest of your night. >> Next up is 10th grader Mia Lefredo. >> Good evening everyone. My name is Mia Lefredo and I'm the sophomore class SAB representative. The class of 2028 has been continuously working to fundra for future events. We had a very successful dine out at Piccolo's on January 3rd. Outside of

011fundraising, we are planning our next common home room meeting to increase participation occurring on February 17th. As a whole school, we have been preparing for midterms that are taking place this week and next week. We have also been staying involved with clubs. Both mock trial and model UN were very successful in their respective competitions. Model UN delegates recently engaged in sharp debates and competitions that caused them to stretch their mind and truly represent their country. South has its 25th anniversary coming up next year and we are very excited to put together a small committee to plan events to celebrate our school and all its accomplishments throughout the year. And on behalf of 10th grade, I would like to sincerely thank all the school board members for your hard work and dedication to ensure that we

012have the highest education. Thank you very much for your attention and have a wonderful evening. Our next speaker or presenter will be ninth grader Ellie Chow. >> Good evening. I'm Ellie Chow, the ninth grade representative. This winter, the 9th grade class has begun preparing for common home room and fundraisers. One fundraiser we are planning to do is sell shamrock shakes during lunch on St. Patrick's Day. During the month of December, the school had a holiday door decorating contest where students decorated their home room class's door and then voted for their favorite. We were very excited to see that many students participated in this event. In our musical department, the CR South choir is finalizing the plans of their trip to Germany and Austria. They will be going on a performance tour which will include performing

013in cathedrals, palaces, and other famous locations. They will leave March 25th and return on April 2nd. Lastly, on behalf of the 9th grade, I would like to thank you for your continued hard work and dedication to improving our school. Your effort truly makes a difference and we appreciate your support. Thank you for your time and have a good evening. >> And last but not least, our um MBIT representative and 11th grader Olivia Mitsus. >> Hello, my name is Olivia Mitz, the MBIT representative. I am also a member of the class of 2027. First up, January is a school board appreciation month and we are we are deeply thankful for your dedication and leadership. Your unwavering support plays a vital role in the success of our students and programs. Thank you for your commitment and to

014education and for shaping a brighter future for the MBIT community. Next month marks the start of the career and technical education month, a time to raise public awareness and celebrate the impact and achievements of CTE programs. MBIT is excited to launch the Support the Trades initiative again by inviting the community to show their support by purchasing and wearing specially designed t-shirts. Proceeds from this fundraiser will help support our students attending Skills USA Nationals. Next, MBIT students will proudly represent their programs at the Skills USA District 11 competition hosted at Bucks County Technical High School on January 28th. Students will compete in a variety of skill-based events that showcase their technical expertise, professionalism, and problem solving abilities. Participation in this competition provides students with an opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom, gain

015experience, and demonstrate career readiness alongside peers from across the region. Students who earn gold medals at the district level will advance to the Skills USA state competition. Next, applications for the 2627 school year are officially open and will close on January 31st. Students who are interested in the career and technical education and that are ready to explore the career focused learning are encouraged to apply before the deadline. Lastly, MBIT students have the opportunity to participate in a dual enrollment course by taking a college level course while enrolled at MBIT. They are able to earn three college credits through the Bucks County Community College. Eligible juniors and seniors may enroll into the introduction to social media marketing or medical terminology. Both courses are delivered online and will run from February 9th through May 15th. Thank you

016for taking the time to stay updated on all the all the exciting happenings at Middle Bucks Institute of Technology. >> Thank you everyone. Thank you all again for allowing us to share a little bit about all the wonderful things that are happening at South and also at MBIT. And again, congrat school board appreciation months and thank you for all you do. >> Thank you so much. I just wanted to [applause] I wanted to wish you all luck with your midterms and we did several of the board members toured South with Mr. Venziel a couple weeks ago and saw your door decorating which was which was outstanding. So good luck with your m midterms and counting down 75 days. Thank you. We have next the superintendent report. Dr. Zenko. >> Thank you, Miss Khan. Welcome and

017good evening to the board of school directors, to the staff and community members joining us tonight, and those tuning in on the Council Rock YouTube channel. Thank you to Abigail for leading us in the pledge tonight, to the Welch singers, led by Miss Stephanie Benedict for their performance, and to the Council Rock High School South uh principal, Mr. Venziel along with the South Student Advisory Board for their event and activities report. Welcome to the first board meeting of the new year. We've launched 2026 with great energy and purpose, and I'm proud to report that the school year is progressing with deep learning and meaningful growth at every grade level. Across the district, our students are engaged in rigorous academics and eager to demonstrate the skills and knowledge that they have developed. Just this week, the

018Philadelphia Business Journal recognized Council Rock as one of the top 100 highest performing school districts in Pennsylvania, up five places from last year. This week also marked Council Rock Education Week, a time when we opened our doors to families and welcomed them into our schools. We are so grateful to the many parents and guardians who've given who gave their time and visit it. These moments strengthen the vital school home connection and remind us of how much students value seeing their families take part in their learning journey. As you've heard earlier, January is nationally recognized as schoolboard appreciation month. And here in Council Rock, we proudly join in honoring the dedicated individuals who serve on the board of school directors. This month gives us the opportunity to formally acknowledge the thoughtful decisions and the steadfast leadership

019our board members provide throughout the year. Serving on the board is a true act of public service. At its core, schoolboard service reflects a dedication to ensuring that every child in our community has access to a highquality education and the resources they need to thrive. On behalf of our students, our staff, our families and administrators along with the entire Council Rock community, we extend our sincere gratitude to each of our board members. Thank you for your vision, your leadership, and your unwavering support of public education. Your efforts make a meaningful difference in the lives of thousands of students every day. Thank you. At Council Rock, we take our responsibility as an institution of learning very seriously, especially as we prepare students and families for the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. Our growing partnership

020with Smart Social is one example of this commitment. To date, nearly 3,000 Council Rock families have engaged with Smart Social to learn more about fostering safe and informed online habits. We strongly encourage every Council Rock family to register with Smart Social to access its full library of resources, including videos, webinars, and practical guides. This partnership reflects our ongoing dedication to equipping our community with the tools needed to navigate the digital world with confidence and care. Several informative smart social events are scheduled in the coming weeks, including sessions on January 28th and January 31st. Details can be found in Monday's rock report or atmartsocial.com. In addition to our work with families, we also focused on preparing our staff and leadership to guide students in the responsible use of emerging technologies. This week, Council Rock administrators, curriculum

021coordinators, and supervisors participated in a day of AI, a professional development initiative created by researchers and faculty at MIT. Day of AI is designed to help K12 educators explore how artificial intelligence is shaping the world and how we can best prepare students to succeed in an AI powered future. Together, Smart Social and Day of AI highlight Council Rock's commitment to preparing our community for success in the digital world. We are currently working to implement a competitive cheer program at Council Rock High School South. This initiative reflects our ongoing commit our ongoing commitment to expanding opportunities for student involvement in athletics and school spirit. Council Rock is excited about the possibility of supporting a competitive cheer team at South. Of course, we need sufficient student interest to sa to sustain the program. We will take the

022necessary steps to establish the program in alignment with the standards and support provided to all P piA govern sports. We look forward to seeing how this opportunity may further enhance student engagement and pride at Council Rock South. And if I just may, um I know there's a bunch of folks here tonight from Council Rock South. Thanks for coming out. Um, I know there's uh we've read every email. We've uh answered every email and we'll we're going to ask you for your help. We need your help to make sure we have the participants when we get this program up and running. Council Rock is proud to continue its partnership with the American Red Cross as this year's district charity. To date, we've exceeded our donation goals, collecting 320 units of blood, enough to potentially save up

023to 960 lives. We thank all who have donated, encouraged others to participate in an upcoming Council Rock blood drive. Dates and locations are available in the Rock report and at www.redcrossblood.com. Last week, we observed the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Unfortunately, due to inclement weather, we had to cancel our annual CR CARES Day service activities. However, one special tradition continued the A day on essay contest where our elementary students reflect on Dr. King's call to action and what it means to them. This year's first place winners are Emiline Quan from Moren M. Welch Elementary, Aaron Woodllo from Writstown Elementary, and our second place winners are Matteline Hodgson from Goodno Elementary, and Ella Cole from Richboro Elementary. If you're with us and in the audience, please stand up. Please join me. [applause] Please join me in

024congratulating all of our winners winners and welcoming Emmaine Quan and Ella Cole who are here with us this evening at the conclusion of the superintendence report. Emmaine and Ella will share with us after receiving their certificates their awardwinning essays. So ladies, if you just give us another two or three minutes, we're going to call you up and ask you to present to our entire community. Okay? All right. Important dates. Thursday, January 29th, there is an education committee meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, February 2nd is a policy committee meeting. 700 p.m. Thursday, February 5th is a facilities committee meeting. Thursday, February 12th, there's a finance committee meeting. Friday, February 13th, all schools are closed. It is a professional development day. Monday, February 15th, President's Day, all schools and offices are closed. Thursday, February 19th is the

025school board meeting. 700 p.m. Thursday, February 26th is an education committee meeting. As many of you are aware and watching the weather like we are, our region is expecting significant wet winter weather this weekend. In preparation, we want to share a few important updates for our family, staff, and community. All Council Rock buildings and facilities will be closed on Sunday, January 25th. This includes the cancellation of all scheduled activities and events at our school buildings for that day. As we approach the weekend, we will continue to monitor conditions closely and will make a decision about Monday's school schedule as soon as we have the necessary information. If schools must close on Monday, we will notify the community promptly through our mass communication channels, including email, text message, phone call, and social media. We encourage everyone

026to check their devices in advance to ensure Council Rock communications are not blocked or filtered. In the event of a closure, Monday will be an asyn asynchronous flexible instructional day. Students would not attend school in person and instruction will take place at home through independent learning activities. We appre appreciate your understanding and partnership as we prioritize the safety of our students and staff. As the forecast develops, we will keep our community informed in a timely manner. This is a reminder to our community to use only Council Rock School District resources, websites, and official social media platforms for the most reliable, up-to-date information about our district. We urge the public to verify information on social media and be discerning in where they obtain information relating to Council Rock. If you question what you're seeing, need clarification,

027or want a reliable fact check, please contact contact the district directly. Our contact information is available on our website at www.crsd.org. This concludes the superintendence report. And now I would like Miss Khan to join me as we introduce our MLKCR cares day of service essay contest winners Emiline Quan and Ella Colt to share their essays at the podium. Stay right there, girls. We're going to hand these off to you. Okay. >> Yeah. We're going to get a picture of them. Let me give that to you, Emily. And so as we ask you two young ladies to kind of stand there, I do want to point out Meline and Aaron were unable to to join us tonight. Uh Miss Khan, would you mind hopping in a picture with these young ladies? [snorts] >> I am. board.

028Would you like to join us please if you wouldn't mind for our MLK Day of Service Day on essay winners. Congratulations. [applause] this green light means the microphone's working. Okay. So, right there you go. Hello, my name is Emmy Kwan. Thank you for having me here today. I will be reading to you my essay, A Day On. Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope. It was said by Martin Luther King Jr. born in 1929. He was a civil rights activist. Therefore, he fought for black Americans and eventually died at age 39. >> [snorts] >> It's important today to remember him for what he did for our country to make it a better place and how he did it without violence while loving all people, even the whites who were against him. We

029should celebrate his birthday as a day on because he never gave up when fighting for our rights. So, we should do the same and honor his legacy by putting in a lot of work. On this day on, I plan to do my best in my daily activities like school work and never give up just like MLK did. MLK would be proud of a day in his memory because we sustained peace and fairness in our daily lives. He would also be very happy because it's a day dedicated to him as an outcome of his perseverance and determination for us. MLK was very important because he fought for equal rights with no violence due to the unfair treatment that colored people face. I can honor his legacy in my life by putting a lot of perseverance into

030daily life. For example, I can stay focused and do my best when doing school work. Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope means that in the darkest times, such as when he was arrested, there was a stone or moment that preceded his legacy and changed our lives today. [applause] Thank you. >> Hi, my name is Ella Cole. I'm from Richboro Elementary School. A day on Martin Luther King Jr. had many speeches and quotes, but this one is my favorite. The ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. MLK the strength to love collection. This was found in his book strength to love in his in his ceremonies. This means you are not made up of

031decisions you make when everything is at ease but by decisions you make when things are hard and you have to pick the harder right and not the easy or wrong. This shows he always tried to represent the better man. Martin Luther King Jr. was like the eye of eye of a storm. While everyone else fights around him, he keeps his peace. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy started as a dream to make a better world for his children. but has become more than that. It has become a day to make a better world for you and for me to make sure peace and equality are not suggestions for rights for everyone everywhere. And his legacy represents that. His legacy began when he decided to become a Baptist like his father who gave speeches to his church

032about equality. Martin Luther King Jr. also gave many speeches. Some speeches are I have a dream, I've made it to the mountaintop, and our God is marching on. And many more. He also led many peaceful protests. During some of his peaceful protests, he even got jailed. But even in jail, he still kept fighting to make a better world for everyone. His family even got attacked, but that didn't stop him either. His legacy is not just about equality, but having the will to keep fighting even when there seems to be no hope left. Because hope is like light. You can't see clearly without it. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy also inspired people to do community service every year in January. Help people just like he did. On MLK Day, we donate clothes, food, toys, and just

033normal everyday stuff people need. People also go to soup kitchens on MLK Day. Many people also just spend their time with their community making people's day. Schools even do fundraisers and donate the money to charities or hospitals in need. And his legacy started it all. On MLK day, you see sentimental smiles and helping hands. Another part of his legacy, maybe the most important part, is helping people. Martin Luther King Jr. was important because he led peaceful protests. Because he kept fighting after being jailed, stabbed, bombed. He kept going because he knew it mattered most, equality and justice. Martin Luther King Jr. led hundreds and thousands of marches. He gave 2,500 species. He marched 600,000 miles. This is the legacy he made. It's important because it helped work toward ending segregation. It brought justice and equality.

034He inspired generation after generation to fight for what's right with compassion and peace in mind. He did what war and violence couldn't have done. He brought a country together. In his protest, you don't see regular people. You see one heart and one mind working together to fight for a better tomorrow. His legacy marches on with all the people of our country. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives on even in death. On April 4th, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, he gave his last speech. I have made it to the mountaintop before getting shot on his hotel balcony. Every year we honor him on January 15th and give back to our community. His legacy lives on through our country representing peace, equality, and hope and the will to help people even if there is no clear path. Because when

035the world was on its knees, he was there to lift each and every person up. >> [applause] [applause] >> Thank you ladies. Congratulations to our young ladies that were here to share with us tonight, our winners, and of course all of the participants in our essay contest. Thank you, >> Ella. That was actually one of my favorite um Martin Luther King Jr. quotes. Um, thank you both for Emmy and Ella for sharing your inspiring and wonderful um, Martin Luther King Adan essays and congratulations to all our winners. Thank you. I would like to also just thank in the superintendent reports um, Dr. Zenko for your kind words for National Board Appreciation Month and also wish uh, my board colleagues um, the same. Thank you. Um, and a quick plug, I know Dr. Senko talks about

036smart social and we've talked about it in our previous meetings when we introduced it, but I've attended a couple of the live seminars. I know parents are busy. It's a wonderful resource that the district has taken on. Um it's available. It's archived. So even the live webinars are available. There's takeaways as well. Not only in the seminars, I know screenshots. Um, as parents, as families, we talk about cell phones, the safety, social media, um, electronic use. There are great resources, even conversation starters at the dinner table. Um, and they, the provider organization actually encourages for you to screenshot and share all of their resources. So, this is a great opportunity whenever you get the chance, I know it's relatively new, to take a few minutes to just kind of look through. It's sorted by topic

037as well. So if there's something specific that you're looking for based upon what age level or grade level your your students are in. So thank you for that. Um moving on now to item G for the solicitor report. We have Miss um China Bethala here visiting um our current our normal solicitor Mr. Muso is um has a another meeting he was attending. >> Thank you Madam President. The board participated in a board conference on January 17, 2026 and met in a partial capacity for an executive session on January 20th, 2026 to dis discuss matters relating to labor negotiations. The board has received our written report and we have nothing further to report to the public. >> Thank you, m Miss Bethala. All right, we are moving on to public comment. Um, I I know there

038are several members here in the commu from the community to speak about a non-aggenda item, so bear with me just for a second. Um, thank you to all of the community members who came out this evening to voice your concerns and thoughts. Um, I appreciate your thoughtfulness and and taking time out of your busy schedules to join us this evening. Um, I wanted to review quickly our board procedure and policy for public comment. Please note that there is a signup sheet which I have in front of me and many of you are signed up for non-aggenda um items this evening which occurs at the second half of of our meeting. Um the first half of public public comment is regarding agenda items. Um each person that is signed up has an opportunity to um sit

039at that center table. Um there's a microphone that Mr. rep just had put out there that's available where you would begin with stating your name, your township of residence, and given um three minutes to speak. There will be a timer that will come up um to address the board. Um thank you for your understanding and patience this evening. We look forward to hearing your comments later this afternoon. Um looking at the agenda, um it seems that there is one person I believe that has signed up for a non-aggenda item. Um, I believe Barry, I'm sorry for the handwriting. It's Miss Carolyn Oessa Blackne or Blackner. Okay, thank you. Come on up. My apologies if I didn't read the name. You would just Yes. Make sure the mic is on. There's a green light. >> Okay.

040I know you have three minutes, right? Where's my Where's my >> Yes, I have a timer here. I will start. If you would just start with your name and township of residence. >> Sure. Uh Carolyn Busucer Blacknell in Northampton. Um I came here to talk about something else, but I actually would like to really I don't know what the students want, but the Monday with the snow I'm like wow you're not giving them off. Like it I'm like we have to shovel out. Like I understand if people are living in garage, their cars in a garage and you pay a snow plow, but like I'm thinking we're going to have 15 inches. I would want my kids outside building a snowman and not doing work. I don't we have snow days in there. But anyway,

041that's just the whole point. I just feel like can we just I don't know. All right. So, my biggest concern is um I know we have Democrats, Republicans here. Gallup pole, 45% of the country is now independent. They don't care about Democrats and Republicans. And the Gen Z, this group is 56%. So, they don't care about Democrats and Republicans. They care about their future and not about other things. Um Josh Morris was here last time and he talked about the politics that went on about the school board and the involvement. So I looked up um the pack that was involved with together with council rock and it came up to um 28 it's 44 45,000 well that's for 2024 was this TBB pack and the largest donor from there was Jill Karnney McDonald. She is

042involved in and her husband are involved in climate works and um also the climate works foundation which is locally led solutions, social governance governance, climate safety work she has which everyone can do their own art. I don't care what anyone does but it's yard art and it's in um Frenchtown and the um the exhibit that she has is a little bit concerning because it says chairs punish. I just don't like that someone who's from Hollywood is investing in the school board because maybe they invest in climate change which is going to give them money later because that's what happens. I've had some issues, a lot of issues with um the board of um supervisors in in Northampton Township and when I'm going through the audits and the budgets and I've been doing this for five

043weeks straight full-time since the last time we spoke and in 2024 just for three items which is trash country club and there's something else. We're behind $3.54 million like we can't run a business. this if this is a business and we're mandated to take pro we're m we actually are we're to we're mandated to to use the businesses the northampton township and the um new township makes us pay for we know we're in difficult economic times and these girls are wonderful talking about Martin Luther King and hope I we just have to put your children first and parents out there no politics independent thinkers get the TV off thank Thank you. >> Thank you. I don't believe there's anyone else that is written um signed in for agenda items. Is there anyone else that wishes

044to speak on an agenda item at this time? [clears throat] Okay. Thank you. We are on um item I, approval of the minutes of the reorganization meeting of the board on December 4th, 2025. Can I get a motion to approve, please? >> I move to approve the minutes of the meeting of the school board directors held on December 11th, 2025. >> Second. >> Thank you, Miss Ricker. And thank you, Mr. Tate. Item J, approval of the minutes of the meeting of the board on December 11th, 2025. >> Oh, yes. Roll call vote. Um, >> do I need to take a roll call vote? >> Okay. Are we okay with Okay, sorry, my apologies. Back to item um I approval of the minutes of the reorganization meeting of the board on December 4th, 2025. Do we

045have consensus or do we need a roll call vote? Do we have any questions? comments, concerns. We take that as a no and uh board secretary can mark that as unanimous. My apologies. All right. Now, item J, approval of the minutes of the meeting of the board on December 11th, 2025. Can I get a motion, please? >> Yes. Um I move to approve the minutes of the meeting of the school board directors held on December 11th, 2025. >> Second. >> Thank you, Miss Stone and Miss Oski. And any questions, comments from the board? Seeing none, uh, board secretary, if you would also mark that as unanimous. Thank you. Right, moving right on. We are under education committee. Um, we have Miss Oeki. >> Okay. Um the education committee did not meet in December, but we

046will meet next Thursday, January 29th at 7 o'clock um here um in the Chancellor Center. In the meantime, I encourage everyone to attend the upcoming special services webinar about executive functioning on January 28th and tentatively mark your calendars for our next CPAC meeting which is um tenatively scheduled for March 4th. And I also want to echo uh Miss Khan's comments about Smart Social. I have also had the opportunity to attend um I've only gotten to one webinar um but but it was very uh valuable. So definitely want to encourage parents um to take advantage of that resource. Thank you. Uh with that, I move to approve consent agenda item B as contained in the attachment to this agenda. >> Second. Any questions or comments regarding the consent agenda item? Okay. None. Um, thank you, Mr.

047Saki, Mr. Tate, and board secretary, if you'd also mark that as unanimous. I just wanted to comment that I know this is a highly anticipated 2026 2027 school district calendar. I know many of us have received requests for it. apologies that there was a little bit of a delay this year and that delay is due to the new Korea teachers union um contract negotiations that went into the early summer and then we had to kind of negotiate a couple things to finalize that calendar and we didn't want to have multiple drafts. So, thank you for bearing with us and I'm assuming that tomorrow will be on the the website as approved final calendar. So, thank you. Item C, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit number 22. Um, representative, that would be myself. Um, the Bucks County

048Intermediate Unit met this past Tuesday, January 20th, um, evening at 7 p.m. at the IU in Doylestown. The programs and services budget was reviewed and given preliminary approval for the upcoming 2026 27 school year and will come forward um to final board approval in April. The budget is $2,158,82. District contributions total 1,76,534. This has been previously reviewed and received preliminary endorsement from the Bucks County Superintendent back in December. A couple of notable highlights. I know that M um Mrs. Osaki in the past couple of years has done a great job um reporting out for the Bucks County Intermediate Unit. Um the Bucks County inter intermediate unit had a ribbon cutting um this past week for its third mobile fab lab. It's basically I would describe it as steam on wheels and it comes to the

049schools um that apply for I guess basically reserve it and that Fab Lab mobile Fab Lab comes parks and does what they call a week-long residency at various schools across um our district and across the county. Um to date, uh I know Dr. Hoffman was staying stating that the Fab Lab has visited yearly over half the students in Bucks County. That's around 40,000 students that it um it visits. I had the honor to attend the rib ribbon cutting along with other representative schoolboard members and legislative officials. super exciting to see the third um Fab Lab mo um Fab Lab mobile uh mobile Fab Lab. Um and I would also state that it was through a grant that they received. I know families are beginning to look at summer camps. The IU offers nine weeks of

050summer camps, including that important week before camps start in July for a lot of programs and that kind of uh week or two before the end of the the summer and beginning of the school year. Um you can sign up in one or two uh weeks. They're themed. It's all on their website. There's currently an early bird special of 10% off. That's um through I believe the end of February. camps are for grades one through seven and that starts for students entering school in the 2026 school year. There's lots of options and variations. You can do half day, 3day, 5day. Um there's sibling discounts. I mean, it's all on their website if you wish to take a look. Um and they fill up pretty quickly. So that's on the buckscount intermediate.org website. Um thank you.

051This concludes my report. The next IU meeting will be um on February 17th at 7 p.m. at the Intermediate Building in Doylestown. Thank you. All right. Next, moving on to the Middle Bucks Institute of Technology representative. I believe it's Miss Rickert. Yes, thank you. So Ann um Miss her and I uh have the opportunity to sit on the MBIT board and we are excited that MBIT had the opportunity to attend ACTV vision 2025. This is the Association for Career Tech Education National Conference and it's an opportunity for educators and career tech around the country to get together, share information, share knowledge and MBIT was selected to deliver four presentations at the conference which is truly a testament to the great work that they're doing and the recognition to share their knowledge with others in career

052tech programs across the country. Dr. Dr. Kovll delivered two leadership sessions and assistant director Doherty delivered um two teacher sessions. So we're really proud of the team for being chosen to do this and the national recognition that they were provided. MBIT continues to have a strong collaboration with the homebuilders association of Bucks and Montgomery counties and this collaboration has provided students with hands-on experience and an opportunity to learn firsthand about their career pathways. So, it's a very valued partnership. We are also very thankful for some recent grants that were awarded to MBIT and a recent donation. Uh, last meeting we mentioned a supplemental grant for 260,000 was awarded, an additional safety grant for 70,000. And finally, a kind um $5,000 donation was provided through the education fund, which just began last September. And that donation

053will largely support the ongoing greenhouse project at MBIT. The team at MBIT also was very kind to recognize us during school director month. And for anyone that has been there, they know that the culinary students make a very delicious lemon cake. So, we received those and devoured them immediately. And the last thing that I want to mention is student enrollment for 2026 and 2027 is currently open and it ends at the end of January. So, we encourage any students interested in pursuing a program at MBIT should check out everything they have to offer and submit their applications now. The next executive council meeting will be this upcoming Monday, January 26 at 5:30 p.m. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you, Miss Rickert. And moving on to item E, the Council Rock Education Foundation. Mr. Tate, >>

054thank you, Miss Khan. The uh grant portal for the innovation grants is closing at the end of the month. That's a reminder to our teachers. We encourage anyone planning to submit or finalize materials to do that now. And the craft staff is ready to support any last minute questions. Um the Monte Carlo night is set for February the 27th. It's a Friday evening at Northampton Valley Country Club. That's always a fun event. And uh I know um some of my schoolboard colleagues have already purchased tickets for that event. So it ought to be fun. It's a great opportunity to gather as a community and raise funds to support educator initiated hands-on learning opportunities across the district. And it does sell out, so I wouldn't wait till the last minute to get your tickets. Again, that's

055February 27. And of course, I have to mention the golf outing uh that is set this year for June 15. Again, it's a Jericho National Golf Club, which is a just a world-class golf course. Sponsorship and golf registrations are now live on the Craft website. We welcome committee members um community members who are passionate about public education and golf to join our committee to help make this year's golf outing the best ever. Again, that's June the 15th. and grant and action visits are continuing that highlight the real time impact of the funded projects in our schools. Um board members and others have gone along to see uh where the innovation grants are being used, how they're impacting students, and KF recently had the opportunity to visit three grants in action. Those were at Goodno Elementary

056School, Council Rock North, and Holland Middle School. So that is the CRF report. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you, Mr. Tate. And yes, I haven't bought my tickets yet, but I will. It's always a fun night. Um, lots to celebrate, especially with the good work that CRF does for our community. Thank you. Moving on to policy committee. Uh, Miss Osaki. >> Thank you. [clears throat] Um, tonight we will complete the 200 level policies with a second read on three policies tonight. The policies that are up for second read are policy 204 attendance, policy 220, student expression and dissemination of materials, policy 223, use of bicycles and and motor vehicles. Um for those of you who have been following along for the last two years, we have been working through the 200 level policies which are

057this student um level policies and with the conclusion of these tonight uh we will have reviewed all of those level policies which is um really an accomplishment and I'm I'm proud to have completed that. Beginning next month we will start a comprehensive review of the 300 level policies which are which focus on employees. We will begin a new format. We're going to try a new format and see how it goes. And the format's going to vary by the number of policies. In other words, if there are a lot of 300 level policies or 400 level policies, we might meet more than once. Um, we are going to meet one month and and the following month for a second read. Um so we'll have a policy meeting and then the next month we will have a

058second policy meeting and those will um go along with the first read and the second read at at the regular voting meeting. After we complete the first and second reads there'll be a break and that's where I am saying it might be longer or shorter depending on the number of policies. During that break Mr. spring, we'll um review and compile drafts for the next level of policies and then we will meet again two subsequent uh months for a first read and a second read and then move on from there. So um with that I move let's see I move to approve consent agenda items B through C as contained in the attachment to this agenda. Get a second. >> Thank you, Miss Stone. Thank you, Mr. Saki. Questions and comments from the board for the

059consent agenda items through C? None. Um, board secretary, if you'd mark that as unanimous, please. Okay. And then we have one we're going to do a roll call vote on. I move to approve cons. Um, I move to approve item D for second read as contained in the attachment to this agenda. >> I second. [snorts] >> Roll call vote. Port secretary. >> Point of order. >> You want Okay, I will. Sure. Hold on. Thank you. Um, since this is not consent agenda item, we're open for discussion if any board members would like to make a comment. I'm happy starting. Thank you. Um, I don't want to be too redundant here. This item has been discussed multiple times in our committee meetings and I believe I've articulated my concerns and my objections. All all of us

060have swore an oath to defend, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Um, and I find this policy to be a slippery slope to infringing upon First Amendment. Um, I've indicated the reasons for that. Um, and so for those reasons, I'm going to be a no. >> Thank you, Mr. Roosevelt. Any other board comments? Mr. Adalago? >> Sure. I I just want to know how how with the policy that's in place now, how much does this deviate from the or is this a brand new policy? Uh, >> Mr. ring. >> Hi, thank you. Um, from a substantive standpoint with respect to the legality of parameters around the first amendment, it doesn't vary substantively from the previous policy. Um the only change from a substance standpoint really is the

061definition moving from distribution of materials to dissemination. And the reason it talks about dissemination is because that incorporates social media and a lot of the technological advances rather than distribution which conotes really just hard copy putting up a poster handing out a document. But with respect to any type of um leg legal limitations on first amendment, it's very much substantively the same as previous policies. >> So just the difference between distribution and dissemination, which I'm not quite clear on the difference. >> It it really just incorporates talking about some of the technology. So it now it includes you know putting stuff out via per electronic devices. Um where in the past talking about online platforms, websites, websites, social media channels versus in the past it really focused on really just hard documentation because it was

062primarily prior to the growth of social media. So for distribution it was more like the tangible handing out of documents. [clears throat] So that's why that wording was changed. >> Okay. Um, I would just ask is there is there a a disagreement with the policy the way that it stands? Would we want to modify that? Okay. So, um, I admire Mr. Roosevelt and his his convictions when it comes to this. So, I will I'm going to agree with him. I could uh, you know, leave the policy the way that it is, but we'll just I'll just go along with him. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. I'll go. Any other questions or comments from board? Mr. Osaki. >> So, of course, we all are concerned about, you know, the first amendment. Um, we also on

063the board and I think the public also was aware of a situation that happened uh with dissemination of materials last year. And so, to me, this is this is um timely. And I certainly wouldn't want to um I we have to be careful and balanced between student rights and also um the rights of anyone who might be receiving those those um that dissemination. So thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Osaki. Anyone else? Miss Stone. >> Yes. Um, I like the way the policy is written. Um, everyone should really understand that it's a fallacy to believe there's no limitations or constraints on the First Amendment. We all know you don't yell fire in a uh in a um theater and you don't yell bomb on a plane. So, um, when considering First Amendment, you also consider

064other people that are affected by your free speech. And we also very much want to make sure that um bullying, which would be could be considered free speech, is not something that we should um at all condone. And so all these things make uh make sense in this policy that although Mr. Roosevelt calls it a slippery slope, I would say to that that really what you're talking about is every situation requires an examination and review based on those specific circumstances. Um so I very much agree with how the policy is written. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Tate. >> Thank you, Miss Khan. Um, thank you, Miss Stone, for your comments, Miss Oeki. Uh, I'm looking at the red line version of the policy, which is on the board agenda. Um, I would like the community

065to be aware that proposed changes to policy are included on the agenda. There's three versions. There's the original version of the policy. Correct me if I get this wrong, Mr. Spring. I think there's three versions. The original or existing current policy, a redline version that shows the proposed changes, and the third version is a new version that the board would be voting to adopt. that I'm looking at the red line version and it has changes such as adding the words including personal electronic devices, websites, online platforms or social media channels um technological uh regardless of form source of authorship. So I think these are necessary updates considering how much technology has advanced in recent years with all sorts of communications modalities and social media of course. So, um it is really important that we give

066the administration and our teachers the tools they need to enforce the kind of u policies and um the norms and behaviors that we expect out of students. So, I think this update to policy is important and I'm fully supportive. >> Thank you, Mr. Tate. Anyone else? >> Uh I guess I would just speak briefly. Um this is definitely something I know it went back to second read. Um so this is one of the more recent policies that has you know gone through a thorough uh discussion at our committee meeting and I appreciate the board discussion um amongst our board members here. I believe not only as Mr. Spring noted with the technological advances that requires the change but there was also recent case law that required the legal um requirement to change. So, our policy

067lines with a with a new case law, I believe, is Malo or Mr. Spring. And does this align with other school district and what the PSBA um recommendations are with this policy? >> Your microphone, please. >> Yes. And the CA the case you're talking about really just clarified what what the law was, and that was uh Mano Manoy Area School District versus um BL. That's a Pennsylvania case that went all the way up to the US Supreme Court. And and just to clarify any of the when we talk about limitations to the First Amendment, the limitations in here weren't limitations that are set forth by necessarily administration. These are the limitations that are carved out by the US Supreme Court, Pennsylvania Supreme Court. So, um, that's where any potential limitation would would come up that's

068laid out in this policy. >> Great. Thank you, Mr. Spring. >> All right. Any other questions, board comments? Mr. Adalgo? >> Sure. Just to just to piggyback because I've never really spoke about this policy, so I'm kind of digging in because of Mr. Roosevelt's concerns, but it's not just changing the policy. I think it's he probably disagrees with the original policy too and if you just one example if you think about like uh in the policy where it talks about the definitions of um our distribution and what the definition is and then one of the last sentences talks about uh interfering with others rights is also covered with the policy. It's pretty like vague if you think if what does that mean if you're interfering with somebody else's rights. So I think just there's a

069lot of broad language there. Just it's not for us to uh I think the meanings and the and the the hope of what we're doing with this, you know, the the reasons behind it are right. But again, when you this might just be put in a way that down the road's going to cause an issue and we're going to find out, you know, whether we leave it the same or change it, you know. So thank you. Thank you, Mr. Roosevelt. >> Yeah, I'll just um sort of piggyback on that. Council Rock School Board is not a policing or a law body. If a student breaks the law, Council Rock doesn't pursue after them. That's up to the law. Which is why if there's a student that or an adult that breaks the law within Council

070Rock School Board, basically the answer to the community is it's a police matter because it's not up for Council Rock to decide whether someone broke the law or not. There are existing laws about some of these issues and I think that part of the problem is redundancy with respect to adding additional language to something that's important like a protected right like freedom of speech. So that's just to sort of go a little bit further. Mr. Herdalgo is right. I think a lot of this is vague. Um and a lot of it also has to do with definitions. So like I indicated this was these concerns were brought up in previous policy committee meetings and I think that there is a reason for federal, state and local laws and I think that there's a reason between

071protecting the bill of rights as um in the constitution as well as the rights protected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. And while I don't find with my my read across this anything that's directly blatant and horribly against it as I indicated I think it's a slippery slope. I do have a problem with some of the language, but I think we've had as a body enough time to talk about it and enough time for community to reach out to us and I I don't want to be redundant or uh occupy more time of the community articulating that further. So, I've expressed my opinion. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you. I believe we've had a great discussion around this policy. Um could I get Mr. Osaki to read the motion again, please? Sure, I'm happy to. I

072move to approve. It's It says consent, but it's not consent. So, I move to approve agenda item D for second read as a as contained in the attachment to this agenda. >> Can I please get a second? >> I second. >> Stone. Mosaki, Miss Stone for a second time. Thank you. Um, now can we go ahead to a roll call vote, please? Board secretary. >> Mr. Tate, >> yes. >> Mr. Hidalgo, >> no. Mr. Roosevelt, >> no. >> Miss Osaki, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Stone, >> yes. >> Miss her, >> yes. >> Miss Rickert, >> yes. >> That's six yes and two no. >> Thank you. Moving on to facilities committee. I believe it's Mr. Tate. >> Thank you, Miss Khan. Facilities committee met last week. We discussed the two

073items on the agenda this evening. The purchase of playground equipment for Goodno Elementary School as well as Welsh, Rolling Hills, and Churchville elementaryaries. The other agenda item being the approval of three-year natural gas purchase agreement. Um the playground project is about a half a million dollars and it completes, doesn't it, Mr. wrap the upgrades to um playgrounds across the district. Um and uh you know the the the intent of this project is to provide and ensure equity at the playground facilities in all our elementary schools. Yes, this this will complete that project. And the project was to um provide the same provide equitable equipment across the schools that did not that were renovated without a playground renovation. >> Thank you. Great. And the other uh item on the agenda is a three-year natural gas purchase

074agreement. That's going to save us uh substantial money. It's a pretty sophisticated approach to purchasing. So, congratulations to our business office and our business administrator for that. >> I I'd like to say that um uh on that we we did ask for earlier permission to to begin this contract. Uh we were able to lock it in at actually a lower price than we talked about during facilities at 29 two $2 $2.92.6. And um this week, if we would have waited till this week, the price right now that we would have to lock in at for the next four months is $552. 52.3. So we we saved a significant amount of money on on going with that option with that contract. Thank you for doing it. Um and we'll be voting on that um motion in

075a moment. The other item that we discussed at length during the facilities committee meeting was um actually a pair of proposed contracts. One with an architecture firm and the second with an engineering firm for construction management services to construct a stadium at Council Rock South High School. We deferred action on those two contracts to further consider the financing um for that potential project. and we'll be discussing the project again at the upcoming facilities committee meeting which is February the 5th. So, may I make the motion? Thank you. Uh I move to approve consent agenda item B through C as contained in the attachment to this agenda. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Tate, Miss Osaki. Questions or comments? Sir, >> sure. Thank you, Mr. Rap. Uh, regarding the It's a three-year contract for the gas.

076>> Uh, yes, it's a three-year contract, and basically, we'll be watching the cont. We watch the price for for in [clears throat] the futures and then set the price when it's most advantageous to the district. So, by by having this contract, we have a service that watches that for us. And they came back and said, for the next four months, uh, the winter months when we use the most natural gas, let's lock in at this price, which we did. And so in a few months, we'll be looking at it again and trying to lock in the best price based on timing. >> Oh, that's good. So this is >> not lock in anything after those four months right now. >> All right. So we're locking in the prices and for the contracts for the service,

077but we'll be continuously looking at the futures and and purchasing in four month increments pretty much as >> uh we'll be we'll be purchasing >> whenever it looks advantageous >> in a good in increments that are advantageous to the district. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mr. Roosevelt. >> Thank you. Just to continue on that. Um, are we required to review the rates every four months or if we I mean, if something was better, I understand that. But if if we like if nothing comes better in the next four to six months, are we required to change the rates in four or >> so? So, they're based on the futures. So the the the the rates for after four months would would not have been advantageous to the district. So we're talking about

078basically the spring and late spring and summer months when the price should go down. And right now if you would have purchased that for that period, we would pay more than we probably will later on in the year. So we're going to wait for them to come down as as winter comes to an end. I I imagine the reason that the prices are skyrocketing now is because of the predicted storm. So, um, so you know, we we'll be keeping a close eye on that and, uh, that's what the contract was for with this vendor to keep to do that for us so that we, uh, we we know when the price is going to, you know, be be best for the district. >> Are you This is This is probably I don't mean to put

079you on the spot here, but just ballpark. Are you able to provide some sort of a ballpark on how much money the district will save over the next four months with these rates versus the other? >> I can do that now and get back to you later on. >> That'd be great. Um, additionally, on a separate topic, I'm glad there's discussions about par in this district. It's a word that we used to hear a lot, but now it seems like it's being replaced with equity. Um, so I'm glad that we, this district has accomplished to reach either one of those interchangeable words regarding playground and I hope that this district is also able, this board is able to move forward with the same understanding regarding the stadiums. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any other questions,

080comments from the board? Okay, moving on to finance committee. Oh, did we did we take a vote? Oh, no, we didn't. So, it was consent agenda agenda items B through C. We can mark that as unanimous board secretary. Thank you. My apologies. All right. Now, for finance committee, Miss Stone. [snorts] >> Yes. Hi. Uh the finance committee met on Thursday, January 15th and we were lucky to have a presentation by uh the managing director of PFM financial adviserss and that was uh Mr. Willard who gave a detailed review of borrowing rates and draw schedules and payment schedules for the proposed facility capital improvements. Um, our need for 2026 has been calculated at $9.6 million. This does not include the South Stadium, but it would not have included the South, it doesn't include the South St.

081stadium because um we look at the timing of the needs of the money and the stadium whether it's approved or not does not fall into the financing needs of uh 2026. So the board will be asked to approve a debt resolution at our February meeting so that um AFM can lock in the most advantageous inter interest rates for the bond issue. And once the facilities committee reviews the other capital needs, then PFM will pref prepare a debt service financial plan to include these additional projects. Um there's more detail if you were able to review the slides from the finance committee meeting. And uh then we then reviewed uh procurement of athletic equipment and proposal to partner with campus clothes to alleviate uh ongoing issues such as late deliveries, inferior products, refusal to honor bids. Uh

082this is a one-year contract, no cost to the district. It still allows the district to purchase items at the lowest price. And if you notice, there is no contract here. We're asking for approval of the contract which will be reviewed. Um, but we don't want to inhibit the activities, teams, and uh groups from placing orders for equipment that may be desperately needed. And we don't want to have to wait for approval at uh another month. Um, but the as soon as the contract is is written, we will all be able to see it. And of course, it goes through through a solicitor review. And again, it's not a cost item and it's only one year and we can get out at any time. Um, we're also going to be contracting with Hometown Ticketing to offer

083online credit card purchases of event tickets. It's going to limit the amount of cash being handled at events, which we have safety concerns with, and it also will provide for better account management. There's no cost to the district. There will be a small transaction fee to the buyer for these convenience, but remember, you can always continue to make cash purchases for your tickets. Again, we don't have that contract in hand right now, but we're asking to move forward so that we can move forward with this um process. And again, it the uh contract will go under um solicitor review and it is not a cost to the um district. It will only be a small transaction fee to those who wish to use the service. Um then we reviewed the act one index which is

084the maximum tax increase allowed by the state and that has been set at 3 and a half% 3.5% for the 26 27 year. So we will be using that figure for our budgeting purposes going forward. It's a half% less than the present index of 4%. Um it's anticipated that it will go down again to probably 3.1% in 27 and 28. And uh to review the indexes based on the average percent increase in statewide wages and employment cost index and raising taxes beyond this index is by exception or voter referendum. So, we'll be voting today to stay within the 3.5% as we begin our budgeting process. Um, good news for all. We hope we are contracting with Appto for our district website, which will hopefully provide us with uh improved design, consistency, and navigation on our

085website while also meeting requirements by ADA. uh Americans with Disabilities Act. Um it it happens to also provide us with some cost savings over the next three years. And lastly, we talked about Lifeouch, which you're all familiar with. They're no longer providing photography services for high schools. So, we're going to be contracting with Katie Cady Photography where uh families will still be able to purchase packages. They'll provide the photographs for yearbooks and so on, but Life Touch will continue to be our provider for the elementary and middle schools. And that's all I have to say for tonight. Our next meeting will be Thursday, February 12th. >> Miss Stone, if I may. Yes. Um Tony, can I ask you to uh explain the 3.5 and what we're looking to do tonight with that act one index,

086please? >> Yes. Uh thank you. The act one index is uh set at 3.5. And that just means that we're we're saying that we have no plans to raise taxes more than 3.5%. We are not saying that we are raising taxes by 3.5%. um just that we will not exceed 3.5%. So, uh as we go through the budget process, we'll look at recommending a tax increase depending on uh you know where we are with revenues and expenses and where we are are with uh future construction. So um uh and and this is something that's done every year in January except for presidential election years when it's done in December because if you do not have um if you do plan to exceed the act one index you need to do one of the ways is

087to do a referendum and you need to have a budget prepared a budget draft prepared by that by the by within enough time to get that on the uh ballot for the primary. So this really depends the timing of this is dependent on the timing of the primary. >> You've done you did so well with that one. May I ask you another one? >> Sure. >> All right. Miss Stone mentioned aptagy and I've seen some some misnomers out there on the web platform as it uh relates to cost of that program as compared to our current vendor. I know you explained that previously uh in terms of cost. Can you do that again for our board in the community? >> Sure. Just give me one second please. Uh but basically the aptagy cost is uh

088there's a minimal implementation fee which is 50% of what they normally charge. So they I believe it's about 16,000 and uh they're only charging us about 8,000. And then um we talked to several vendors, one of which is our current vendor and got prices for the uh upcoming year from that vendor. And uh the um the uh price that the current vendor over the vendor that we're requesting you select tonight uh is actually uh is actually uh greater than the cost of the um of the of the current uh of this new vendor. So, the current vendor gave us a one-year price, which is $56,768 a year. Um, the uh V vendor that we'd like to go with gave us a price of this is for use of the website and the hosting is $141,550.20.

089So you suggest by doing you know uh multiplying 56768 by 3 it's more than 141 uh 5 550 and that's not leaving out the fact that the the amount would probably increase going from year to year with the one-year contract. Does that answer your question? >> So essentially it's cheaper to go with the company we're asking for tonight than our current vendor. >> Yes. Yes. It's a three-year price and it's one it's the same price over all three years. There's no increase. >> Thank you. Um Mstone, would you like to make the motion? >> Yes. I I move to approve consent agenda items B through M as contained in the attachments to this agenda. >> Second. >> Thank you, Miss Stone and Miss Oeki. Board comments, questions. Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Adgo. >> Thank you. I

090was going to make a motion to pull consent agenda items E and F from consent, but Miss Stone did a wonderful job in her report uh and addressing some of these questions. That being said, I still have a reservation with uh with allowing this practice continue. So to leadership, I'm asking that we somehow figure out a way to ensure that contracts that we're voting upon are there for a review. It's a bad practice to be voting on contracts or agreements that the board can't look at. Effectively, it's being asked for the board to vote on something that we haven't reviewed and that's a bad practice. In this case, I think it's seems meaning uh relatively irrelevant as far as a cost standpoint, as far as a risk standpoint. So, I'm okay with leaving it in

091consent. But I I right now I'll be a no if there's continued practice. I think that this is this is a concern. So, I'd ask that leadership pull things or coordinate better with the administration to make sure that we've got what the board needs to consider for a vote. Thank you. I I also have an additional question regarding Jay, the [clears throat] KD photograph uh photography agreement. Um I don't Are they deciding not to photograph our high schools or are they deciding not to photograph all high schools? >> All high schools. So we have historically had Lifetouch. Lifetouch got out of the portrait business. So, Lifefouch will still service us at the elementary levels, but they are no longer offering portraits, senior class portraits. So, we had to find another company to offer that to

092our student community. >> Interesting. Well, I'm happy to hear that it's it's all high schools, not just us. But I I don't know. Is there any indication that the administration find out why Lifetouch is not offering portraits for high school students? >> They they sold out Tony. Um the Go ahead, Tony. the the the only I mean we met with we met with Lifetouch and with um Katie and uh Lifetouch just they I I believe it's because of their business model that they want to concentrate more on on um the elementary schools. I mean we really didn't get a clear reason why. They just don't don't I guess it's not as profitable for them. and they don't they don't specialize in it and and this group that we're bringing in does specialize in in senior

093portraits in high school. >> Well, maybe this new organization that the district is working with may offer a better product and maybe depending upon the results. I hope that uh this board has an opportunity to to communicate with the administration to find out uh maybe to open this all up for review. Have one company do everything, especially if they want to work with portraits and and schools and want to have the same product offered to the students based upon administration and student and parent interest and involvement. We would have to look at I believe we would have to look at another organization besides the one that we're contracting with. >> Oh, so Caddy doesn't offer elementary or middle. >> I believe that's Isn't that interesting? All right. Well, thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Roosevelt.

094Mr. Adalgo. >> Yes. Thank you. This was probably for Mr. Spring. Um I'm looking at the personnel actions which is part of the consent agenda also. And I see we have a new format after all these years. I'm so used to seeing one thing one way. I I'm Can you just say I I guess you switched software programs or something, but it looks completely different to me. And congratulations to the retirees for this month. I usually don't say that, but I guess all retirees will be uh celebrated in the later Yeah, in May. Okay. What anyway, what happened with the with the reports? It looks a lot [clears throat] different. So, we spoke um as an administration, as a cabinet with, you know, and Dr. Senko um and we really wanted to streamline the format

095um allow for it to be, you know, clearer, broken down into categories and and all the information. And also, we wanted it to really align with the other districts in Bucks County. um our previous agenda really was a standalone compared to other the best practices and formatting from other districts. So we wanted to make sure that you know we were aligned with other districts. We provided the information to the public in as clear and concise a manner as possible. >> It definitely looks more concise. Um one thing that's missing I see is like if you do put the hourly rate in the old way we used to put the hours per day and the days per week. That's not in the new report, but is that just assumed that they're all like that? >> So,

096um, what we did was we actually do have the with respect to, um, um, for instance, page three, >> you you will see for appointments, it has, you know, the name, position, and then we include the FTE. >> I see. >> FTE is the amount of time in the day that they do work. So, that is consistent. >> So, it just gives you the number. It calculates. It doesn't do it. Bless you. the old way uh as far as days a week, but if you just do the calculation, full days, one is five days, seven and a half hours. >> Correct. It weighs out the hours per day. >> All right. Thank you. That's a little It's just new to me, >> Mr. Tate. >> Yeah. I'd like to comment on uh items E and

097F. Uh those are the um [clears throat] excuse me, athletic purchasing agreement and the hometown ticketing agreement. um at the finance committee meeting last week. I just want to point out to the community that the board did get detailed presentations from both of our athletic directors who came to the meeting and I'm looking at the slides from the meeting and and we got a pretty detailed rationale for both of the purchases and um I think the board had a ask a number of questions and had a thorough discussion about both of those proposals. So, I don't want anybody to think that uh the board didn't do its due diligence on these two um purchasing agreements. Um I think there, you know, I appreciate the athletic directors taking the time to come and discuss it with

098us and um you know, once again, I I think we did our due diligence. >> Thank you, Mr. Tape. Mr. Hadalgo. >> Sure. I mean, I'm just going to because you said something that the contract's not here and you know, we had a presentation, so we're going to vote on a contract that we don't get to see. >> Is that question for me? Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, I think I will partially answer that. Uh, in ter in terms of I as board leadership, and I'm sure I won't speak for with Mr. paid or administration. I am not in a regular practice of um bringing to the public or to my board colleagues anything contractual unless there is a special circumstance as Mr. Tate already um expressed and M Stone did an excellent job

099explaining why we are in this situation is both athletic directors at North and South you know throughout the beginning of the school year came to us I think out of frustration because their previous this year and previous years of experience of acquiring materials that they need for all afterchool clubs and activities. Um and part of their frustration went to not only the lack of customer service, the quality of the materials that they had um requested and diff various vendors had um stated they would they would send. Uh there would be price changes, um poor quality, inferior products that were then sent to the district, you know, including they described one event being bathing suits for our swim um swim teams that were not appropriate. Um they were the different vendors a variety of vendors um

100refused to make it right then wanted which send us wrong items want the athletic directors or council rock to pay for those items to be shipped returned um when it was clearly um in the case of the vendor. So this I think arose out of a situation where we're already well underway with the winter season. the athletic directors came to us said and said, you know, they are making do with the items that they have and the equipment and supplies. I am sure they're looking at their um departments and planning for the spring season. We certainly as a board, I'm sure, and our community members and students in both of our high schools do not want our any of our teams or activities to go into their season or finish the season without the equipment

101and materials that they lack. Um I appreciate the athletic directors coming to the board and presenting such a thorough presentation. Um the reason they came to the board was not because they were looking for anything budgetary. This was a contractual and under policy anything that the district goes into contractual um agreement with the board has to approve. So I certainly am not again um in the regular practice of doing that. I'm sure as soon as the um contracts are received from administration, solicitor review, and it'll be shared with uh the rest of the board. So, um my comments >> Oh, and one final note, um the contract is with a a local business um that is very close. So, if there was a situation, not only are they able to receive the customer service, but

102if there's any sort of mailing supply issue, they're willing to deliver it to us because they're local. So, we're supporting a local business that they're very um excited to partner with the district and both athletic directors and the rest of the departments are looking forward to working with. That does not mean that that is the only vendor that the department or departments in our district can seek for equipment. It's just this contract, this contract allows um some flexibility for our department so they're able to provide the supplies and equipment that our students deserve in a timely manner. Thank you. >> Okay. So maybe I should ask somebody else, but I I asked a question about the contract, but you >> did a good job of I agree 100% with what you said as far as

103what the uh what the needs uh were and the presentation of the athletic directors and I stated that I am in 100% support them because I trust them and trust is important. Um and I asked why they came. They came to us and it was told Anthony said during the meeting or Tony Rap said during the meeting that because it's a contract we would have to the board approve that. Um so all I'm saying is uh of course we're not if something needs to be purchased we can purchase it. There seems to be an agreement a contract being made and I don't have a problem with that. I support it 100%. Um, there's been times in the past where I didn't feel like the vote I had enough information or this or that and I

104would with the new solicitor anyway, they would tell me if I abstained, I'm going to say I'm going to switch the solicitor would go and change my uh uh my vote to a no. In this case, I don't even have a contract. The uh the public hasn't had the privilege or the ability to review the contract. uh it's not an emergency. So just from a procedural standpoint, I I'm sure and you can change my vote to a no. I would be very uh I would I would argue that. But I would say in this case, I have every right to abstain from voting for this. I don't think my abstaining or or saying no to this prevents [clears throat] the the uh schools or the athletic directors from using campus clothes uh exclusively if that's

105what they feel is the best until I see this contract. you're I think it's it's almost crazy to me that I was like you can use them just use them, you know, that's your that's your prerogative, you know. Um but then you're like, no, we're coming to the board because we have to have a a contract yet. We don't have a contract. That's silly. So, I'm just going to abstain. You guys do what you got to do, but I don't see the this being an emergency and it just doesn't it's just not transparent. That's my 100% uh take on it and I 100% support our athletic directors. They're my buds. So, thank you. >> May I re Oh, go ahead. >> I think it's just worth noting when it was presented to us in the

106finance committee. The contract has no financial obligation and it also has no obligation for the district to purchase anything from this organization. So, it felt like it was a very lowrisk item to move forward with since there is not a financial or purchase obligation. >> So, where's the contract? >> Okay, I'm sorry. I'm going to interject here. Um, >> may I change the motion? >> Just a second, please, if you'd allow me. Um if it seems like in our board discussion um even though this was already up for uh consent um if there's any board member here that wishes to make make a motion to table it um we can take that. If there isn't any appetite for that then I would request that um it be pulled out of consent. So would anyone wish

107to make a motion to table this entirely? >> Mr. forgo. >> Will they will they have a contract by next week? >> What? Why is there no contract language? >> We will have a contract by next week. We have to get it in front of the solicitor and get it returned. I can't tell you that it will be turned over to us. >> As I said, people are waiting to speak and it's just the bottom line is is I don't see a contract. So, I mean, go ahead and do what you want to do. Um, I I make a motion to table. >> Motion's on the floor. Can I get a second? Mr. Roosevelt, >> just to be clear, a vote to table. Is that till next month or is that to pull it out

108of consent? >> Table would be for next month. >> Mhm. >> So, I have a motion to table it until next month. Can I get a second? No. >> Seeing none, the motion does not carry. I will ask Mr. Tate to pull it out of consent items and F, please. >> I'll do that. You want me to change it? >> It's all right. >> I'm sorry, Miss Stone. >> That's okay. Um, I move to approve consent agenda items B through D. and F through M second. We're only pulling we were only pulling out E >> and >> Okay, >> enough. I'm sorry, M. Would you mind just restarting? I move to approve I move to approve um consent agenda items B through D and G through M. >> Can I get a second? >> Second.

109>> Thank you, Miss Stone. Miss Rickert, I believe we have had thorough discussion. Do we need to No. Uh, Miss Her I apologize. I didn't have my Thank you. Um so on on K for the KBS lease as of 9:00 this morning on the agenda it had a um information for QT track which was a cell phone holder storage. The board, the school district, the administration has not discussed anything like that. So it was removed from the agenda this morning. I just want the public to know because it was out there and there was nothing that we as an administration, as the board and administration were doing with that. >> It it should just be the renewal of the lease for the postage meter because we did talk we did discuss that. >> Yes. >>

110Thank you, Miss Hero. Mr. Rob, did you want to comment at all about that? >> I just wanted to say for for for the record that that was something that was inserted by the vendor. I don't know why. We've never spoken about that uh product in any way, shape, or form. We've never asked about any type of product like that. Um once um I was alerted to the fact that that was in the documentation, we removed it. Um I'd also like to just take if I could take a second uh to give an answer to the question as far as savings on the four months. It would be uh if we continue with our usual uh um [clears throat] uh usage during the months of February through April, it would save 70 the the different

111prices save $70,113. >> Thank you, Mr. Rob. And thank you, Miss Hero. >> Did we have a second then to my motion? >> We Yes, we had a we had the motion from Miss Stone. We had a second. I don't believe there's any other public comment or board discussion regarding items E and F. >> Well, hold on. >> You pulled it from consent, >> correct? So, we're going to we're going to vote on the consent agend agenda items that Miss Right. >> Stone had stated and then we'll go back to the others. >> We okay with that? Okay. Thank you. Um >> All right. >> So, we have Yeah. So, consent agenda items. Uh board secretary, can you mark those as unanimous? We removed ENF and then we'll do each. >> Yes. >> Um I

112I just want to note that um if a board member is abstaining from a vote, it would be for a pecuniary interest. That's the basis to abstain from a vote. Um if there is no pecuniary interest, the abstension will be noted as a no. >> Can you explain what that word means? >> I'm sorry, Mr. Adalago. Did you have a question? >> No, I'll sidebar. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> So, um >> So, Miss >> Oh, go ahead. >> Sorry, Miss Stone. Um I think we will do those separately, each item. So, if you could um do make the motion, please, Miss Stone. >> I move to approve the athletic purchasing agreement with campus clothes subject to solicitors review and audit. Can I get a second, please? >> Second. >> Miss Stone and

113Mr. Tate. >> Can we get a roll call vote for item E? Sorry, Mr. Roosevelt. >> Yeah, I just wanted to ask a question. I knew this was coming back up. In your response to Mr. Hadago, you indicated that the athletic directors in the beginning of the year came to you. Just for clarity, is that the beginning of the school year, meaning September? Is that the beginning of the year, meaning January, like a couple weeks ago? >> Oh, sorry. I The athletic directors never came to me personally. I misspoke. Yeah. Thank you. >> And just another one I want to make sure that came to to you was not leadership or you individually personally. It was to the whole board when they presented it at the committee meeting. >> That's absolutely correct. It was not

114until the rest of the board knew. I did not know about it previously. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Okay. So, can we have a roll call vote for item E, please? Board secretary. >> Mr. Tate, >> yes. >> Mr. Hidalgo, >> yes. >> Mr. Roosevelt, >> yes. >> Miss Osaki, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Stone, >> yes. >> Miss her? >> Yes. >> Miss Rickert? >> Yes. >> That's eight yeses. >> Thank you. Um, now can I have Miss Stone make a motion for item F, please? >> I move to approve the agreement with hometown ticketing subject to solicitors review and audit. >> I get a second. >> Second, >> Stone and Miss Rickert. Thank you. >> And roll call vote for item F, please. Sport secretary. >> Mr. Tate. >>

115Yes. Mr. Hadalgo. >> Oh, wait. I I had discussion about we were going to have discussion about the next amendment. We're on F, right? You didn't ask for discussion. >> I thought we had discussed it previously before we pulled it out, but yes. Um before >> then you asked and then you said wait until we do the thing in >> Oh, sure. Sorry. So, >> so I have Yeah. So, basically, um this is all about not having a contract to read and we're going to vote yes. So, what is the procedure if after because basically there's no contract. So, we don't know what's coming. If a board member after voting for this sees something obje objectionable in the language, then what are the remedies to the solicitor? >> Yeah, thank you, Miss Bethala. >> Uh,

116Mr. Hodalgo, I can certainly look into those remedies and provide you with that uh response. Um, at that time and we can certainly discuss the contract um once you've had it for your review. Um and and it's also subject to solicitor review as well. Um so if we have any concerns in conjunction, we can certainly raise those. >> So it will go through you. Okay. Basically, you'll review it, but we'll have a chance to look at it and discuss it with you through solicitor reviews clause. >> Yes. >> Okay. Mr. Roosevelt, >> I just want to, as long as this is being separated, put this on the record that for hometown ticketing agreement, once again, there are no costs, there are no requirements to purchase, and they are competitive or better from a previous agreement.

117>> They are the cost is not to the township to the district. The cost will be a transaction fee for any participant who's buying a ticket for an event. There will be a transactional fee and they will be informed of that transaction fee at the time that they're using their credit card. Of course, they do not need to. They can still purchase cash. Will that transactional fee is that transactional fee consistent with previous transactions for other events at Council Rock School Board? >> Can I have administration answer that please? >> So um we we haven't used a service like this for uh our sporting events before as far as I know. Um other than the fact that we are mandated by uh PIAA to use this service for any playoff games hosted at Council Rock.

118So we have used it for that and it's the same price as that. So and because of that uh we would like to go with hometown ticketing because we already have to use it if we have any playoff games, any playoff games at all. So, because of that, to be consistent and not have people have to sign up for several different types of ticketing systems, um, we'd like to use the one that the PIAA is making us is is requiring us to use. >> I'm I'm just Please just entertain me for Yeah, go ahead. >> If I may, just to add to that, >> you heard Miss Stone say several times, you heard us say at the committee uh meeting that a cash option is still available. Several years ago, the board discussed a ticketing

119product and uh the board decided against it because there was an associated fee for the enduser. There's recent legislation that now mandates that we as a school district and every other school district in the Commonwealth have to offer that cash option for ticket purchasers. >> Mr. Roosevelt, did you still have a question? >> Yeah, I do. But Mr. Dr. Senko did a a nice job tackling it. I'm just a little confused. So, PIAA is requiring that we use a credit processing service, but they're accepting that we also offer cash. >> Yes, they have to. They have no choice. >> And so, the cash price would be the same price uh before fees as the ticketing price. So, if it was a a $20 a ticket, I can come in and pay $20. And if I

120use my credit card, it's $20 plus whatever a fee. >> That is correct. >> We're not increasing the cash price to accommodate a ticketing fee. >> Absolutely not. >> All right. And then are these fees going to be consistent for the duration of the contract >> or Okay. Do they fluctuate or are they fixed? >> Um, they are we Yeah. So, they're supposed to be I believe they're fixed. >> Okay. Um I'm I'm struggling to understand why we've we've known about this for at least a couple a week or so and we have all this information, but we don't have a contract. Um >> the fees are the fees are consistent. >> Okay. So, back to the solicitor. With all of this now articulated and commenting, if there's something that the district, your office, or

121a board member doesn't like, what is our remedy for reversing or changing the agreement that we don't have in front of us that we're voting on? >> Any concerns that are that we identify conjunctively, um, we would reach out directly to the vendor to negotiate those terms. So the negotiation is now in the hands between the solicitor and the vendor if we vote yes. >> Correct. >> I see. Can I just get clarification that even though it's going under solicitor review like any contract, it will get in for in front of the board before like any contract we talk about and we've talked about in all the contracts that the that the district goes um signs onto. I know we talked with um you know with Mr. rap and all of the the business uh

122transactions that there's always a clause for um the district to get out of contract if it is not fulfilling its requirement I guess legal requirements. >> The public school code requires that the board sign off on and have consent of the board. Um so the district is not cannot enter into any contract without that approval. Thank you. Um if >> I may make a suggestion, um we we have we have not we didn't have didn't want to put the contracts out until they were reviewed at all. Um so we we just got them. Um, I would like to recommend for both of these contracts that we send them to the solicitor for their review and we also send them to the board members and if you have any questions, um, we can have have them

123compiled and sent to the, uh, solicitor if you have any questions or problems with the contracts as they're written right now. >> So, so Tony, let me understand that you have the contracts now. They have not been reviewed by the solicitor. >> Yes. >> You just got them today. >> Well, late yesterday, but I have not had a chance to because it was too late to put them on the agenda. >> And so, your recommendation to the board is send it out to the send each of the two contracts out to the board and the solicitor at the same time. Any feedback the board has on it, give to you so that you can then relay that to the solicitor. >> Yes. Does that work with the >> I guess I'm going to take questions

124and comments concerning this remedy to >> Oh, at this >> Well, another option would be um that we present the contracts at the finance committee meeting next month. >> But that's >> just present the contracts as they are and if there's any objections then they can be discussed at a board at the next board meeting or if if >> Okay. So, we're not approving them this evening. Is that what you're suggesting? >> You've already approved one. So, >> right. >> Um, I'm just trying to give away that the board can we can make sure that the board gets their feedback in. >> Sure. >> Thank you, Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Halgo. >> Is there an emergency that we need to do this? Is there an upcoming game that tickets need to be sold for that

125this needs to occur? Now, I >> I don't think there's an emergency. the the athletic directors were looking for some flexibility and I think that's why the suggestion earlier an option for the board would have been to table this so that we could get those uh agreements in front of you and in front of the solicitor. Um we've made do without these two contracts. So I don't know that it's emergent. Um but but you know there there was an option that I heard um that we could table it or Tony just provided two more more options if that's something the board wants to do on any of those three three things. >> I'm going to go real quick. So I mean as I was thinking through the whole thing and you know because we want

126to have contracts to look at. I always like to do that, but understanding that pending solicitor review, I've voted many times for that and I don't I don't mind that. Um, and so even with the ticket one, I would do that no problem. This other one, I just don't even understand why we need a contract, you know, to be honest with you. So that's kind of was my hesitation when I thought about I mean my question to myself, but of course I'm supporting it 100%. So I would this not a make or break. I'll vote yes to this polic both both today. Uh and it just helps to know that someone's going to share it with me because at the end of the day if there's something I don't like and it passed and and

127we're stuck in a contract that would be known and that's all I can do is be transparent. So I have no problem moving forward. But I just think in in the future it's much better to have those contracts unless there's that urgency, you know, especially with something which I don't think we need a contract to use use this vendor. >> I think that's, you know, and that's that's under board policy. So any anytime we engage in something, you as the board approve it and even though there's no money associated with it unless we purchase the product um the tennis balls, the soccer balls, the swim caps, uh it's still an agreement between the school district and the vendor and we need um your approval to do that. So again, I I don't know that there's

128urgency. Uh and any of those three options we administratively [clears throat] are happy to make work. >> Okay. So we already went through pulled out a consent item E. We're going to move forward with item F for roll call vote. Um, and just clarifying those contracts will be going to all board members and the solicitor. Feedback should be provided to Mr. Rap. Um, again, this is a situation that this is not a regular standing item. I know there circumstances in the past that has necess necessitated um a situation like this. This is not regular board leadership procedure. Um, Mr. Roosevelt, >> thank you. And I appreciate this conversation. This is something that I think would have been great for board leadership to talk to each individual item board member to avoid this. Um, this conversation

129maybe doesn't detail a cost to the district, but it does indicate a potential cost to the community. So without seeing a contract particularly for the ticketing um but if the athletic purchasing has something similar where the community have to purchase the uniforms and and all of this but I don't I don't think that that's the case. I have concerns with hometown. I'm going to make a motion to either table it specifically because there's no emergency. If there was emergency, if there was something coming up, you know, maybe I can get around behind this. Um, but seeing that there isn't any and seeing how there's a lot of conversation and concern from the community, I am either going to be a no for F or I'm going to make a motion right now to table it.

130I move to table item F. >> If if I may, um, and I apologize, Mr. Rzwell. Um, I understand that the concerns are E and F. So, if the board wants to make a motion to recall the vote that happened for E and then consider both to table them um or to amend the motion so that it's subject to solicitor and board review of the contract. Um those are some options that you could consider. >> Um Miss K. >> Mr. Tate, yes. I got to confess I'm a little frustrated at the length of this conversation about two very modest contracts that the athletic department came to us and asked um to adopt. These are services the athletic department explained to us. For those of us who attended the finance committee meeting last week, we got

131a detailed presentation on both of these agreements and their necessity. One of my board colleagues a few minutes ago used the word trust. I trust the administration when they bring forward a contract that the contract is necessary and legitimate. And with all of our contracts, they will be reviewed by the solicitor. Then if there's any improper um or incorrect in a contract then it's uh you know held up. Um and as uh was mentioned earlier if there's a contract where the vendor is not performing satisfactorily or there's some other product we can void the contract and we we have done that in the past with our solicitor. So, I'm a little surprised that we're spending this amount of time on two relatively modest contracts for services that the athletic department requested that do not require

132district expenditure. We have approved item E and I believe we have a motion on the floor that was seconded for item F. Uh, so I support having a roll call vote now on item F. Miss Soaki. >> Yeah. Just briefly, I think, and I said this during the finance committee uh meeting, the athletic directors were kind enough to take time out of their uh schedules to come last week to present um something that they felt that they needed or that they that their kids could use that the students could use. I think it's unusual and I said said as much to them um that we have anyone from from the schools like the actual physical buildings come and say hey we need this the students could use this and and um I value that they

133came and I value that uh this is something that directly affects the quality for our kids. um something like, you know, they mentioned uh bathing suits that were from a vendor and that they were see-through, we can't have that. So, if a if a athletic director comes and says, "Hey, we want to have a an agreement with a um vendor that we feel is providing better better items for our students and we want to be able to have the discretion to utilize this vendor or another vendor. Um, I would not want to discourage, and I and I fear that we would, uh, if we were to recall the vote or if we were to to vote no for this, discourage um, principles or athletic directors or, you know, any other kind of administrator from coming

134forward to say to the board, hey, we need this for the kids. I was glad that they did it. And I would frankly like to see more of our administration and our principles coming forward to say, "Hey, here's an idea of how we can help students because that's why all of us ran for school board." Thank you, Miss Osaki. I believe everyone that wanted to speak has gotten a chance to speak. Um, we had a motion, we had a second. Can we have board secretary do roll call vote, please? >> Mr. Tate, >> yes. >> Mr. Hidalgo, >> yes. Mr. Roosevelt, >> no. >> Miss Osaki, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Stone, >> yes. >> Miss her, >> yes. >> Miss Rickert, >> yes. >> That's seven yes and one no.

135>> Thank you, board secretary. Sorry, I just have to flip back to where I am. Uh we are at public comment. Um the second portion of public comment which are non-aggenda items. Uh public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to address the board. We would ask that you limit your comments uh to no longer than three minutes. Please consider the fact that there may be young children in the audience or watching this broadcast live on CRTV when speaking. It is our goal to maintain a respectful environment so that members of our community have an equal opportunity to address the board without interruption. While the board welcomes your ideas, we will consider consider them in deliberating an issue. Uh we may not respond to your comments or questions at this time. And for

136non-aggenda items, I'm going to start with the first sheet. Um I think it's uh Morris. Oh, Joshua Morris, you please come up. Make sure the mic is on. State your name and township and I will start the timer once you're seated. Thank you. >> Hello, my name is Joshua Mars from Northampton Township. I'm sure you guys all know me by now. Um, I am a junior at Council Rock South and I'm a level 200 at at MBIT public safety and a Skills USA representative um at MBIT as well. 24 years. Think about it. 24 years. Set that in your mind. [sighs] Council Rock South is now older than all of us students at the desks and maybe older than some of the substitute teachers. Some teachers who went to CR didn't get something this great

137to call home. Council Rock South deserves a place where we can call it home. When people ask me what school I go to and I say Council Rock South while they're at a different school district nearby, they say, "Isn't that the one without the stadium?" Nope. No stadium, no pool. We ain't got none of that. >> We need a stadium. A pool. Eh, just using that for measure here. This is what they used to call the newer school. quote, "Many think it would only be used for just football games. This is false. It could be used for all different kinds of sports, whether if it's soccer or track. [sighs] You can find a beautiful day for graduation outside. The North gets graduation outside. We get it indoors. [clears throat] Using my place, okay, you can

138use it for seminars. This would benefit this the students tremendously. It is not right that people have to represent their team at a different school and play like it's their home base. Don't make us look like New York City having both their football teams playing in New Jersey. Yes, kids. The Giants and Jets play in Metife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Again, New Jersey. Get it done. Continue the conversation. While it's obvious I am graduating next year, the newcomers into the school deserve it. New families deserve it. I think it's time we focus on getting students excited again. Get us the stadium. Get it on the agenda in February. Thank you. [applause] >> Thank you for your comment. Hold on. Why is it not resetting? Maybe just let it the time I don't know

139the timer countdown. It's not often we have public commenters that speak less than three minutes. So now dealing with a with um digital clock issue here. Just bear with us. Okay. So, we have next um Zachary Morris. If you'd state your name and township of residents. Zachary Morris. Uh Northampton Township. Um I'm sure many of you guys know me. I've worked for two of you. Um and I go to CR South. I am a freshman in high school. Um, I'm I'd say I'm kind of into athletics and you know for the past two decades there has been a ridiculous amount of bias towards north rather than south in this school board. They have been given funding for a stadium, a pool and many other things. With this, I would like to ask how how has

140this benefited North's athletics when CR South is almost indefinitely better with athletics, especially this year. The South football team went 10 and two. Meanwhile, the North Meanwhile, North's football team almost won zero games, if not they did win zero games. So when South is a better school in athletics and the team has our fans go to their stadium where it's not our home, it is their home. That is a disgrace. [applause] The funding going down to north and not south is a disgrace. I have to ride almost 10, 30 minutes to go to a North football game for my school. How is that fair? How is that fair? It's not fair. I shouldn't have to walk an hour to go. I shouldn't have to drive an hour to go. I shouldn't have to beg my

141parents to take me to a South football game when it's at North. I shouldn't have to go to Tapestry, pick up my friend, go to North again when South is like two minutes away. How is that fair? It's not fair. So, we have to go to our rival stadium, support our peers in our rivals stadium, and you guys may excuse it. Oh, it's it's it's too expensive to build a stadium. One, you guys are getting it fairly cheap. 6 million. Um, when most stadiums in high school cost upwards of 10 million, that is a great price and you guys are missing out on it. And it was cheaper 20 years ago when it was proposed here and you guys still denied it because it costed too much. [sighs] We can't keep pushing this out. We

142can't keep pushing this away. We want the stadium and we want it now. [applause] Thank you. Next we have Jill Kierney. Give us one second. Just resetting this clock. Thank you. I know it doesn't want to let us end early and uh sorry about that. My apologies. Um, do you just state your name and township? >> Jill Karnney, Northampton Township. Good evening, Dr. Senko and board members. As stated, my name is Jill. I'm a mother of four children in the district. Two have gone through and graduated from Council Rock South. Two more to come through. I am actually here to talk about how we've seen extracurricular programs at Council Rock South develop over time when students are given the opportunity to try out, compete, and grow. In addition to being a parent, I've had the

143privilege of coaching cheerleading for Northampton Township for the past eight years. Through that experience, I've coached many athletes in this community and have a clear view of the talent that exists here. I thank the board and the administration for continuing to explore the addition of competitive cheer at the high school. We all truly appreciate that this conversation has moved forward. Tonight, we're asking for a clear commitment to establish competitive cheer as a high school program. I would like to also address the proposal to send out a survey to gauge interest. We've heard from many students that a survey felt intimidating, especially when their coach or athletic director could see what the results were or they could be judged by their peers. More importantly, the current plan is to only survey students who already participate. So,

144it doesn't include students who didn't participate because they didn't want to join a non-competitive program or it doesn't include the voices of the kids that are coming up from eighth grade. Those voices would be missed. I would like to understand how often we survey students before starting other extracurricular programs. In my awareness, we typically announce that we're going to have a program. We hold triyouts or initial meetings and allow interest to reveal itself. If there's not sufficient turnout, then the program doesn't move forward. That approach is fair, transparent, and consistent and should apply here as well. Concerns about team size should also not be a barrier. Under PIAA competitive spirit guidelines, teams compete in divisions based on squad size. A small varsity team consists of as few as 1 to 15 athletes and is fully

145eligible to compete. Larger teams simply compete in larger divisions. This structure allows for programs to start small, develop, and grow over time without needing a large roster on that first growing year. As you guys know, competition is how athletes test themselves. It's how they grow. It's how they build confidence and validate the effort that they put in every day. Through my experience coaching cheer, where we take every athlete at the rec wreck level without triyouts, our teams in this community have consistently placed top regionally and nationally, multiple years, multiple divisions. That success demonstrates the depth of talent in this community and what our athletes are capable of doing when given the opportunity. So tonight, we respectfully ask this board to commit to establishing competitive cheer at the high school. Thank you. Next, we have Courtney.

146Um, sorry, difficult to read. Woolish or if you could just correct my >> Yeah, Wallish. >> Thank you. >> Wish. Okay, thank you. And if you just state your township as well. >> Northampton. Good evening, members of the school board and community members. My name is Courtney Mollish, a freshman on the Council Rock South cheer team. Before I entered high school, I considered transferring to a private school just to have the opportunity to compete in the highest level of high school cheerleading. No student should feel forced to leave their home school to access opportunities that are widely available elsewhere. Our school only offers sideline cheer while nearly every other school in our league has a competitive cheer program. This lack of opportunity places our athletes at a disadvantage and sends the message that cheerleading is

147not a priority here. Competitive cheerleading provides discipline, leadership, and school pride while also playing a major role in college recruitment and scholarship opportunities. Our team deserves the chance to compete at a national level, including traveling to Florida for national competitions. We are committed to fundraising all costs associated with nationals, travel fees, and expenses. So, this opportunity will not place a financial burden on the school. I have done competitive cheerleading for over seven years. It has truly shaped me into the person I am today. The sport has given me confidence, taught me discipline, and also teamwork. The feeling of performing is unmatched, and I would love for my teammates to experience it. Growing up, I watched my older siblings receive many opportunities through their school sports, which made me excited for my own experience. I watched

148my brother compete in wrestling against the highest competition. This allowed him to improve and eventually play D1. It is upsetting to realize that my teammates and I may not have those same opportunities simply because our cheer team is not given the same support even though we are just as dedicated and committed to our school. Cheerleaders proudly support our athletic teams in school events. We are grateful for the opportunities we have to represent our school. We consistently show up with dedication and school spirit. In return, we are respectfully asking for fairness and equal opportunity so we can continue to support our school in the best way possible. I urge the school board to add a competitive cheer program that would be allowed to compete at nationals in Florida. Thank you for your time and for considering

149this important opportunity for our athletes in our school. We will make Council Rock South proud. [applause] Thank you. [snorts] We have Riley Curran up next. Hello, I'm Riley Curran of Northampton Township. Um, I'm a sophomore at Council Rock South and I've been on varsity for two years. I want to compete for my school and be given the chance to go to regionals and national competitions. I also actually, like Courtney said, toured at another school strictly for competitive cheerleading. I feel that we are not given the same opportunities as other high schools in the area or as our sister school, Counts Rock North. Somehow, our persistence for competitive cheerleading has seemed to have gotten us nowhere until now. However, I feel that even during discussions about having a competitive team, we are given more problems instead

150of solutions. It seems that many of you are concerned about having interest in competition and now and moving forward. And I would just like to say that I'm a volunteer coach for the Northampton Indians where many of these girls will attend South in the future and will also want to compete. So I personally don't view maintaining interest in competition as a problem. And I feel that the way we are spoken to during our conversations about competition have been making us feel that we don't know what we're getting ourselves into, but we do. Many of us on the team have competed before and know what it takes to succeed in our sport. I also want to point out that a few girls, including myself, are looking to cheer in college. Being on a competitive high school

151team will help our chances in achieving that. It will push us, make us work harder, and ultimately make us better athletes. I hope that you will all consider approving competitive cheerleading because it is something I'm very passionate about and many other girls are, too. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Thank you. >> Okay. Next, uh thank you Dr. Senko for being timekeeper. Uh next we have Sam Graph. >> Hi Samantha Graph, Northampton Township. Hello, my name is Samantha Graph and I am currently a sophomore at Council Rock South. I am a two-year varsity athlete for Counter Rock South cheerleading and I am speaking today to respectfully request consideration for offering competitive cheerleading at South. I'd like to begin by addressing the phrase whatever North has South has. While I understand this is not literally always the

152case, South students are still given access to many opportunities when faculties are not located on our campus. For example, although South does not have its own football field or swimming pool, our school still offers both football swimming as an option for South students to participate in. What I do not understand is why the same opportunity is not extended to our cheerleading. Council Rock North offers competitive cheerleading while South does not. Despite the fact that we have just not as much, if not more, talent, dedication, and work ethic, our cheerleaders are extremely hardworking athletes who are fully capable of building a strong, competitive team that would represent South with spirit. I strongly believe that South cheerleaders deserve the same opportunities as those at North. We should not have to transfer schools or pay significant amounts of

153money to participate in all-star cheerleading programs when our own school could and should provide this opportunity. I would also like to address concerns regarding athletes who participate in multiple sports. I understand that being a multiport athlete can make full commitments challenging and that is one reason why some agree with making some disagree with making South competitive. However, I am an all-around athlete myself. I play softball for Council Rock South, which is a spring sport but requires year-round commitment. I also play on a travel team. Despite this, I successfully managed travel softball, school softball, and cheerleading during both fall and winter seasons while still maintaining strong academic performances. I know every girl I cheer with, and have grown up with many of them. I know we are capable of, and we have proven our dedication, talent,

154and teamwork time and again. And again, we are more than ready for challenging of competitive cheerleading. We were told that competitive cheerleading can only happen with a large division team, but that is not the case for other school districts. There are small division teams for other schools and we should have the same opportunity at South. Competition cheer should also not be based off a survey. Girls should be able to come to tryyouts and choose there and make their choice right there and then. That should decide further if we can have a competition team or not. I sincerely hope that this request is taken to serious consideration. Offering competitive cheerleading at Council Rock South would provide equal opportunity, recognize our athletes dedication, and allow us to proudly represent our school at a higher level. Thank you

155very much for your time and consideration. [applause] Thank you. Next, we have Jennifer Curran. Hello, Jennifer Curran, Northampton Township. My name is Jennifer Curran. I am a mother of four and I have been involved in cheerleading for 36 years as an athlete, a coach, and a parent. I began coaching in 1996 and most recently spent seven years with the Northampton Indians, a program that feeds athletes directly into Council Rock South. Many of those athletes are now members of the South's JV and varsity squads. Um, my conversations regarding competitive cheerleading began in March of 2024 when my daughter was in eighth grade. At that time, there was a strong interest from the athletes I had coached over the previous years. During my coaching with the Northampton Indians, again the number one feeder program for Counts Rock

156South, we achieved significant success placing first in four Bucks Monk Championships 2018, 2021, 22, and 23, first place at the Eastern Regional Championship in 2023, first place at the National Championship in 2023, and first place at the Global Championship in 2024. Despite all of these achievements, no competitive team was formed for the 24 25 or the 2526 season at South. Recently, the athletic director sent a survey to current cheerleaders to gauge interest due to the 16 athlete minimum required for a large varsity squad. While I understand the intention behind this, I respectfully disagree with the approach. If competitive cheer is the direction South chooses, which I hope they do, a tryyout should be so all interested athletes can participate and team placement can be determined by the actual roster numbers. South is a threeA school.

157Under PIAA guidelines, competitive divisions are determined by roster size. under 3A triple. Um, small varsity athletes can compete with 1 to 15. Large varsity is 16 or more, and a co-ed varsity allows for a flexible roster size with at least one male athlete. Many schools across the state compete in different divisions based on their roster size. I was told that South could only compete as a large varsity team, and that is the clarification I am seeking from the board. I share the hope that South will field a strong large varsity squad. The early interest as provided by the athletic director in an email I received today is encouraging. That said, competitive cheer like many sports experienced natural fluctuations in numbers, particular >> 30 seconds >> in the early stages of a new program in the

158decision to compete only as a three AAA large varsity team at a school. Is that a school level policy, a district policy, a board level decision, or am I misunderstanding the PIAA regulation guidelines? I respectfully ask that the um this I'm sorry. I respectfully ask that flexibility be considered so the program can compete based on actual roster size as outlined on the website. The athletes at South deserve the same opportunity to compete just as much as of the surrounding high schools. I will continue to advocate for these athletes because of my experience and deep commitment to them. I am hopeful that we can move forward in a way that allows competitive cheer to grow, thrive, and represent Council Rock South at the highest level both locally and nationally. Thank you. >> Sorry, we have Kate

159uh Mate Mates. Thank you. Um, sorry I didn't clarify earlier since we don't have the timer up. I just kind of give you a 30 minute or 30 second um, kind of heads up when you're speaking. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Good evening. My name is Kate Mates and I'm a lifelong resident of Northampton Township. I am also a 7-year cheer coach of the Northampton Indians. I would like to see a competitive cheer program for South, not only for the girls I coach, but also for my daughters that are current or future cheerleaders and in the future will attend South. As a competitive cheerleader of many years, who now professionally is the chief of a national hazardous materials response team, I personally understand the benefits of being a competitive team

160and how they give young adults the skills they need to be successful later in life. Aside from the obvious benefits of being part of a team, it teaches time management, focus, cooperation, confidence, compromise, trust, and reliance on others. I truly credit my time in high school and college on a competitive cheer team for helping me get where I am today. I want the same for my daughters. Being competitive takes not only your skills up a notch, but also your social and physical skills as well. It is heartbreaking to know that if I lived in a different part of the township or the district, I'm sorry, my daughters would have different opportunities in a sport that they love. It's truly heartbreaking. Thank you for your comments earlier, Dr. Senko. Looking at the pipeline of competitive cheerleaders

161coming up through Northampton, I am confident you will have interest in the future. This year, we had three teams compete in the national in North Carolina at the Pop Warner Nationals across all age levels K through eight. and all four of our teams were at the regional level competing. This has been a growing trend for the Northampton Indians in recent years and there's no reason to think that it will slow down. This also does not include the competitive cheer gyms in our area that will have athletes going through Council Rock South. Those athletes that do not cheer for the Indians, but there's many competitive cheer gyms as well. I will also touch on Riley's comment. I cheered for Villa in high school before South was even open. Within four years, we started a program and

162cheered on the national stage in Florida. I credit my time and experience cheering competitively in high school to giving me the opportunity to cheer through college again competitively, which has shaped me deeply to who I am today. Thank you for your consideration. [applause] >> Thank you, Gina Foley. >> Okay. Thank you, Lisa Lamb. Hello, Lisa Lamb, Northampton Township. I live in Holland with my husband, our four-year-old son, and our nine-year-old cheerleader. My daughter's been cheerleading for three years, and I've helped coach her team the past two years. Cheering and volunteering our time with the Northampton Indians, a Pop Warner sideline and competitive cheer organization, has allowed our family to build relationships across the entire school district, including with families from private schools. It has become a meaningful part of my family and our connection to

163this community. Because of that experience, it was surprising and disappointing to learn that cheer athletes at South do not have access to the same competitive opportunities at North. Opportunities that build teamwork, discipline, and confidence should not depend on an address and which high school a student is assigned to. Please trust the experience of the speakers in this room tonight and put in the work to bring a muchneeded support to the other half of this school district. Thank you. Thank you. Next, Lauren Orondorf. >> Hello, I'm Lauren Ordorf um from Northampton Township. Um I have coached Northampton Indian Cheer for the last two years. Um, for my daughter's team, she's cheered the last three years and the last two years she's gone to nationals. I would like to see a competitive cheer team at Council Rock

164by the time my daughter um goes to high school so that she can continue pursuing her sport competitively. Please approve this competitive cheer team tonight so that the girls can continue doing what they love. Also, in support of the um football stadium at Council Round. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Thank you, Rachel Riley. >> Okay. Thank you, Patty Hogan. Hello, Dr. Senko and board members. And I'd like to apologize for my emails that you've received. I would like to thank Annne her for um replying uh so quickly to my first email and for supporting this initiative last year. I would first like to say that we heard our own story. Where's the timer? I definitely want to make sure that's all >> okay. Tonight we heard from our students right here about MLK's essay winning

165contest. Stand up for what's uh for equality and justice. And this is our number one complaint. that there is no equality between North and South. The obvious being competitive cheer, the stadium, which those students spoke for themselves, and the pool. We also heard from our own South Student Advisory School Committee. We heard the records for all the sports teams. South competitive cheer could bring way more recognition than any of our current teams. This afternoon, I submitted the current cheer coach at Holland Middle, Christine Kazinsk's letter of support for competitive cheer at South. She could not be here tonight, but Ann, did you receive that? I sent it to all board members. Thank you. This evening, shortly before the the uh board meeting started, I emailed an S cit's letter. I'm not sure if you received

166that. Okay. She is a Council Rock North mom with sophomore twin daughters who have both been on North Competitive Cheer for two years. Last year was the first time in a very long time that they made it to states, which is a very big accomplishment in the cheer world. North Competitive Cheer Squad is not allowed to attend regionals through UCA. Regionals is a competition where they must win in order to go to nationals, which is held in Florida. This year, North was told that even if approved, if it was approved, they would never be allowed to go to Florida. The community wants to know why. I need to say that I cannot even do a cartwheel and I don't know this technology, but the people in the community have asked me to speak up. After

167an email blast came from our president of the NEIFA community that Jill and other coaches have spoke of, President Steve Sidlick put my name and email address if they had questions to attend. I cannot count the amount of emails, text messages, phone calls being cornered at the Irish horn asking if we can go on. Can we get a stadium? Can we get a pool? Council Rock North was built in 1969. Why was South built in 2002 without a stadium? Community members will attend future board members so we can table that one to advocate and fight for a stadium. In addition, NFL Giants football player Justin Pew, a Council Rock South 2008 graduate, tried to donate money to build a stadium at South years ago, but central admin was so difficult that he pulled the money.

168My cousin Bill Fleming Jr. We're 250. Sorry. >> South first two sport hall of famer has mentioned circling back to Pew for donations. In closing, we have all the answers to all of your concerns regarding competitive cheer at South. We know how to fundra. We know how to access gym space and we have the talent. As our rich MLK student said, we are here for equality and justice. So that's what we are doing here tonight. We cannot wait to watch our girls hit the mat, hit zero, and celebrate when we qualify for nationals. Thank you for your time. [applause] >> Thank you. Uh that is everyone that was signed up. Is there anyone else? If you would come up to the center, name your uh state your name and township. Good evening. Uh Jamie Waters

169from uh Northampton Township. So in uh listening to recent uh committee meetings, the facilities and finance, you guys were talking about the stadium. One common thread I heard was we need to hear community support for the stadium. So I'm coming out and saying that I support the stadium. I'd like to see it be built. You know, I have a ninth grade daughter who's in the marching band. She does color guard. So, I got to we got to experience the whole football experience this season. So, a stadium's more than just a the football team. I've heard it prior meetings that, okay, this just benefits the football team. Does not. So, we've heard from the cheer community tonight. The marching band is a big component of of the football experience. You know, as a parent, I would

170help every Friday when there's a quote unquote home game at Counselor Rock North, go to the load all the equipment up into the trailer, take it from South to North, unload it, put on the field, and then after the game, do it all over again. You know, the kids have to get bust every week [snorts] when they have the home game at North. You know, that takes time. You know, another advantage of a football stadium is, you know, maybe Counterstro South could have a US bands competition. Several schools in this area have US band competitions on uh on Saturday's big money maker, big fundraiser for the school. And even if a stadium is built at South, it frees up capacity at Council Rock North. Maybe they would want to have a band competition. So, you

171know, I think there's a lot more to the stadium than just football. And it is somebody said at the last at one of the last meetings, what's the educational benefit? Well, a lot of our athletes, our band members, our cheer members, their experiences in these activities lead to bigger and better things after their after they graduate from Council Rock South. Um, you know, we heard it up here a few minutes ago, uh, in regard to playground equipment. You know, it has to be equitable par, there has to be parody. So, they supported playgrounds equipment at certain elementary schools. Let's make the uh stadium an equitable or a paritable thing and have one at both north and south. Thank you. [applause] >> Thank you. Was there anyone else that had wished to speak at this time?

172>> We would just like to know when you're going to follow up with all this. I so I well um I just wanted to comment first of all thank you all for not only sitting through this evening especially you know the families and students especially you know I as a board member definitely appreciate you coming out um and expressing your concerns I know administration has plans for next steps um I can't speak in terms of that but >> so Miss Khan if I just may I I echo uh Miss Khan's thanks for coming out And I just want to share uh one more time with the board and community what I said in the superintendence report. We are currently working to implement a competitive cheer program at Council Rock South. So um I can't tell

173you when I can't tell you the details. I do want to thank Mr. Funk and both athletic directors for working with neighboring districts and ads to get us the information we need. So once again, we are currently working to implement a competitive cheer program at Council Rock South. >> Thank you, Dr. Senko. Um, moving on to board comment under new business. Is there any board member that wishes to speak on new business? >> Thank you for having us. >> Thank you for coming out. For old business, board members to speak on old business. Mr. Roosevelt, >> I'm just curious. We've been talking for about six months about an educational audit. Uh it's been moved from committee meeting to committee meeting. I'm curious to know if it's on the upcoming agenda, plans to stay on the

174upcoming agenda for the upcoming committee meeting. Making sure it doesn't get taken off. >> Dr. Overberman, um we have spoken uh and uh about an audit. We have asked the board to give us direction on that and Antrum, we've done some other other work. Can you talk about the work that you've done with the IU uh with regard to looking at some of the things educationally? >> I had a meeting with the IU last week. Um, one of the discussion points I brought up was looking at a possible special education audit in the areas they can focus on. Uh, the goal is for them to get back to me early next week and have a discussion at the next ED committee meeting next week. What about uh the rest of education? When I was mentioning

175education audit, I think it's beyond just special education. >> I think where we are is the same place where we're asking the board for direction. If there's an appetite from the board and you want us to do that, please uh direct us um and and tell us what you want. I and if we just say an education audit that's so massive we don't know what the end goal is and I think that's what we have to identify what what are we looking what question are we looking to answer >> Mr. >> Yeah just to piggyback on that maybe look at what other school districts have done so we have some options if Mr. Roosevelt is looking at it. Then there should be some templates out there from what other successful audits looked like. That would

176be it. >> Thank you. Any other >> I I'll just reiterate that I've spent several times at committee meetings talking about this. We've talked about it here. Uh I believe I've produced a document that is similar to what other requests are. Um, and I think that the board members for years have been talking about components of this, but I I don't want to um continue this, and I'll save my comments for the education committee meeting. >> Thank you. I do um believe that it's it's a the audit discussion is continued on the on the education committee agendas until we clarify or get to some sort of um agreement for next steps. Uh, I just wanted to thank the administration, um, Miss Alyssa Labold from Holland Middle School for the spread they actually put on for

177us, um, earlier this evening before we had our board, um, board of directors meeting. And, um, wish everyone happy weekend, safe, stay warm. Um, if there's nothing else, I would like to adjourn the meeting. Thank you.