001Please enter the conference pin number. That pin is invalid for this conference. Please enter the conference pin number. >> You are currently the only person in this conference. That's it. You're good. Good evening. Today is Thursday, December 11th, 2025. I call to order the meeting of the Council Rock School District Board of School Directors. Welcome to all those in the audience this evening and those viewing from home. Dr. Zenko, would you please? >> Thank you, Miss Khan. Leila Dickerson, will you please lead us in the pledge and please remain standing for the national anthem? >> 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 liberty and justice for all. Hallelujah. >> [music] >> Hallelujah. >> [applause] >> Thank
002you for having us. Hallelujah. [music] Hallelujah. [music] Hallelujah. [music] >> [music] [music] [applause] >> Thank you, Mrs. Rudat. Thank you, Leila. And the Holland Middle School string quartet, Miss Khan, >> thank you for that wonderful performance. Um, we would like to move on to roll call. Uh, board secretary, can we please have roll call? >> Miss Khan, >> present. >> Mr. Tate, >> present. >> Mr. Hidalgo, >> present. >> Mr. Roosevelt, >> here. >> Miss Osaki, >> Miss Stone, >> here. >> Miss her >> here. >> Miss Rickert, >> present. >> Mr. Green, >> present. >> Thank you. May I? Miss Oeki is absent due to a family obligation. >> Thanks, Mr. Tate. >> Thank you. All right. Moving on on the into the agenda, we have the Council Rock North Student Advisory Board. >>
003Good evening, Board of School Directors, Dr. Sank Administration. Happy holiday season to all of you. Hope you have a wonderful season with your family and your friends and enjoy it. Uh again, it's always a great pleasure to be here in front of all of you into the Council Rock community sharing many of the activities and happenings that are happening at Council Rock North. And this time, I would like to introduce Olivia Espazito, our 12th grade SAB, and we'll work our way through. >> Good evening, school board members. I'm Olivia Espazito, the student advisory board representative for the class of 2026 at Council Rock North. Tonight, I will be discussing the senior class as well as athletics at the school. As far as the seniors go, the third and final payment for the Disney trip is
004due on January 9th, and the trip is 118 days away. Another exciting note is that preparations for senior prom have officially begun. Now, on to athletics. To wrap up fall sports, boys cross country placed at an impressive fourth at states. Football players recently have been meeting with coaches from the collegiate level as they have made visits to North. Division 1 and two athletes were recognized on the fall signing day and division 1, 2, and three athletes will be recognized on the fall on the spring signing day. Athletics are at a little bit of a slow period as the recent transition from fall to winter sports. But girls and boys swim had their first home meet on December 5th and wrestling is currently competing in their first match of the season. Girls and boys basketball also
005started their season as of last week. Bowling is preparing for their first match, while winter track is starting back up with their season opener tomorrow, December 12th. Thank you for your time and happy holidays to you and your families. Hello board. My name is Lily Alber and I am the 11th grade student advisory board representative for North. Tonight, I'll update you on many of the amazing things that the student executive board and the class of 2027 have done so far this school year. The student executive board has had a great year so far with all of their events receiving positive feedback. They hosted their fifth annual trunk or treat on October 28th where students from the community had the opportunity to trickor treat at a variety of trunks created by students at North. Next, SCB
006and class officers came together for highway cleanup on October 29th where they cleaned a strip of the bypass and collected multiple bags of trash. On events that got the student body involved, the seniors beat the juniors at the powderpuff game on November 12th, which included a cheer performance from the football team. The event has been held for close to 20 years and was a great success with proceeds from the raffle baskets contributing to the Lauren Talbot Talbett Foundation scholarship for seniors at North and South. As the holiday season gets closer, SEB has been conscientiously working on the holiday project, which will culminate in a holiday party on December 17th. The process began with dollar week from November 17th to 21st, where home rooms engaged in a friendly competition to raise money that would be put
007toward providing preschoolers with a memorable holiday that they may not have otherwise had the opportunity to have. In total, SCB raised over raised $7,900, which is an amazing accomplishment. They along with class officers went to Walmart on December 1st to shop for gifts, which they wrapped on December 3rd. The gifts will be distributed at the party, which will be a fun time for all. Lastly, planning for the second pep rally will begin soon with the pep rally set to happen in late January or early February. A brief update on the class of 2027. In addition to participating in the trunk or treat, helping to collect trash at the highway cleanup, and preparing for the holiday project party, they have embarked on the planning process for junior prom, which will take more shape in the coming
008months. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Mia Burstein and I'm the 10th grade representative. Tonight, I will give you updates on recent academic information at North as well as the sophomore class. Firstly, program planning for the 2026 2027 school year is approaching. From January 8th until January 28th, teachers and students will meet to discuss their course recommendations. And on the 9th, there will be an informative assembly about electives for students. On January 12th, parent orientation will take place where department coordinators will answer questions and other information on curriculums will be shared. This process will culminate in a student meeting with their counselors to finalize their requests for the upcoming year. Next, the midterm and semester final exam schedule has been released. English, BCIT, and music tests will be on Thursday, January 2nd. Science, language,
009FCS, tech, engineering, health, and PE exams will all take place on January 23rd. Social studies, math, and art are the next Monday, January 26th, and the 27th is the makeup date for any misss. Winter Keystone testing took place this week from the 8th until today. We hope the participating students formed performed well. Last Monday, December 1st, students attended Mr. Swan's cyber security cyber safety presentation where they were reminded of important online security information. Additionally, report cards from the first marking period became available on the home access center on November 21st at 3 p.m. Next Monday, interim grades for the second marking period will be available. Finally, I want to give a little mention to four students from the National English Honor Society, including Lily here, who created and executed a presentation for a third grade
010class at New Town Elementary on Native American authors to recognize Native American Heritage Month. They shared some indigenous culture with the kids and received wonderful feedback from the class and fellow students. As for the class of 2028, our officers set up a sports themed car for SCB's trunk or treat a few weeks ago and recently participated in holiday project fundraising, shopping, and rapping. We look forward to the actual party which is next week. Lastly, the class is beginning to plan the winter semi-formal dance, taking specific care to utilize the student feedback in order to make it a successful and enjoyable dance. Thank you so much for your time tonight and I look forward to coming back in the new year. Good evening everyone. My name is Cameron McCormick. I'm your freshman representative and tonight I'm
011just going to be telling a little bit of everything that's going on. So, transitioning from the first action-packed months of school into our upcoming winter months at CRN means that several clubs and activities are starting up. On November 15th, North hosted the Bucks County Invitational for speech and debate. Our own team won overall sweep stakes, an award recognizing the excellence of their overall performance along with earning first place in six different categories. Several students from North placed at prestigious competitions. Amy Zenang and Chinme Unathuni each placed in the top 10 for separate categories at St. Joseph's University. In Washington DC, Charville Kapoor and Navajia Vatzia made it to the semi-finals earning $2,000 in scholarship money. In honoring Veterans Day, our social studies honor society, Row Kappa, was assisted by the Council Rock North Library, as
012well as his extremely generous Council Rock North Education Fund grant in creating a Gilder Lurman Institute of American History Museum exhibit entitled World War II Voices of Service. Faculty and students from all different areas of the school, including Social Studies, FCS, and the Music Department, chipped in to bring the exhibit to life. Real artifacts and videos from World War II were displayed from end to end on our second floor crossover hallway. Guest veterans visited and were able to interact with the exhibit. Miss Curin, one of our amazing librarians, also created a second smaller exhibit called Who Can Vote? A brief history of voting rights in the US, which will be displayed in the upcoming months. On Veterans Day, Rocappa also hosted a beautiful breakfast and lunch for our veterans. Their hard work and dedication was
013greatly appreciated by all students at North. This coming Monday, FBLA will participate in the annual regional leadership conference or RLC for region 12. Approximately 206 Council Rock North students will be competing in more than 60 competitive events against representatives from 16 other FBLA chapters across the region. Students who earn top placements at RLC will advance to the state leadership conference in April. FBLA's main goal is to surpass last year's incredible performance where North students achieved 39 top 10 finishes at the state level. Regional results will be out next Tuesday. There have also been several smaller events going on around the school. As you heard, November 14th marked the beginning of our winter sports, including men's and women's basketball, wrestling, and bowling. In late November, our choir and theater department held a bake sale to raise
014funds to help pay for their upcoming trip to New York City during all lunches. And last night, orchestra and choir performed at their combined winter concert. Minthon's last movie night fundraiser was a huge success, and coming up this winter, they will be hosting a holiday themed movie night. Council Rock North's marching band has been super busy. They recently took the title of state champs and were crowned national champs with their field show. They also held a holiday pops concert, which the music department is working to make an annual event. And on Sunday, they participated in New Town's holiday parade. And the winter season is just starting. We're so proud of what an amazing job every student at North has been doing this year. Thank you for your time. See you next time. Hello everyone. Good
015evening. My name is Payton Douly and I'm a sophomore at Council Rock High School North and I'm also a proud level 100 student at the medical and health professions in the medical and health professions program at Middleunks Middle Bucks Institute of Technology. Registration is now officially open for MBIT's adult education spring classes. For more than 40 years, this program has provided flexible, affordable, and up-to-date career and technical training for adult learners. A full list of courses in online registration is available at mbit.org. The MBIT PBA student chapter is proud to host a holiday toy drive and we are inviting each classroom to support this meaningful initiative. We kindly ask for the donation of one new unwrapped toy suitable for a child between the ages of 9 and 15. All collected toys will be delivered to
016the North Penn Boys and Girls Club, an organization that provides essential services, and support to more than 4,000 families in need throughout our community. Your contribution will help ensure that local children experience joy, encouragement, and a sense of belonging during the holiday season. Congratulations to our automotive technology level 300 seniors on earning their ASSE refrigerant recovery and recycling EPA 609 certification. This nationally recognized credential highlights their expertise in refrigerant handling, environmental safety and AC system servicing key skills for today's automotive workforce. Their achievement reflects dedication, technical ability, and strong career focus. Know someone interested in attending MBIT? Applications for the 2026 to 2027 school year are now open. Prospective students are encouraged to apply online through the MBIT website. National Technical Honor Society members alongside students and staff from all 21 programs organized a very
017successful month-long food drive to support families facing food insecurity. After collecting and organizing donations, students delivered the items directly to the Doylestown Food Bank. This effort show showcased leadership service and a deep commitment to community impact. And finally, the Skills USA fall leadership conference was an incredible success. 30 MBI MBIT students, including me, attended at Kalahari Resorts in the Poconos and represented our school with pride and excellence. Their achievements included first place in the spirit award, a gold medal for the poster design, and a bronze medal for the pin design. Thank you for staying connected with all the exciting updates from Middle Institute of Technology. Follow us on all social media for more achievements, events, and behind the scene moments from across our programs. Thank you >> and thank you all for having us this
018evening. As you can hear, a lot of the great things that are happening around our school and we'll see you shortly in a few months. And again, have a wonderful holiday season. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Thank you to the Council Rock North Advisory Board. Have a wonderful um happy holidays to you as well. >> All right, moving on to the superintendent report. Dr. Senko, >> thank you, Miss Con. Welcome and good evening to the board of school directors, to the staff and community members joining us here tonight. [cough] Excuse me. And to those tuning in on the Council Rock YouTube channel. Thank you to Leila Dickerson for leading us in the pledge of allegiance, to the Holland Middle School String Quartet led by Mrs. Rudat for their performance, and to Council
019Rock High School North principal, Mr. Triske, and the student advisory board for their event and activities report this evening. December gives us a chance to look back on the past year and recognize the work that has taken place across Council Rock. 2025 brought steady progress, important changes, and a clear shared focus on supporting our students. In September, we were fortunate to welcome 10,430 students to our schools. And every effort this year reflects our belief that each member of our community, students, staff, families, guardians, and partners represents a piece of the larger Council Rock puzzle. Together, those place those pieces form a strong and complete picture of student success. This year brought the successful launch of full day kindergarten, an important milestone for our district. Our youngest learners adapted quickly to the extended day and embraced
020new learning opportunities and engaging experiences. Council Rock also developed and implemented districtwide artificial intelligence guidelines providing clear structure for the safe responsible use of emerging tools in our schools. This work positions us, Council Rock, at the forefront in establishing thoughtful student center practices around AI. In January, we were excited to open Richboro Elementary School as students returned from winter break to a renewed modernized school, a project that reflects our long-term investment in safe, functional, and inspiring learning environments. Our work in structured literacy advanced significantly this year. Teachers strengthened their expertise in the science of reading and and implemented a more consistent researched approach across all elementary schools, improving foundational skills for our youngest readers. In special education, 2025 marked a renewed partnership with families. We reoriented the CPAC committee to better reflect parent needs and
021expand its support through the parent compass webinar series designed for all Council Rock families seeking a deeper understanding of their ch child's educational journey. We also experienced transitions within our staff and in our community. We honored the retirements of longerving employees whose de decades of dedication has shaped Council Rock. At the same time, we welcome new administrators and several new principles who bring fresh perspectives and strong leadership to strong leadership to their schools. But our finest accomplishments always center on our students. In June, 96 graduates joined the distinguished ranks of Council Rock alumni, earning more than $19 million in scholarships, grants, and awards. students excelled in academic comp competitions, including notable achievements at the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science State competition and distinctions for the Council Rock North and New Town Middle School speech and
022debate teams. And within the last two months, we were proud to announce the National Merit Scholars from both of our high schools. In athletics, two students earned PIAAA state wrestling championships, an achievement that reflects remarkable determination and skill. We also expanded family outreach through our partnership with Smart Social, offering practical guidance on social media safety, an increasingly important part of supporting students overall well-being. Throughout 2025, each accomplishment, large or small, represented another piece of the work that strengthens Council Rock. And together, those pieces formed a year we can be proud of, built by the combined efforts of an engaged and committed community. I extend a sincere thanks to the school board, our staff and administration, the parents, the students, and the entire Council Rock community for your partnership and support of our students throughout this
023year. Earlier this year, the district approved a partnership with Smart Social, an online platform that educates parents, educators, and students on navigating social media safely and responsibly. Every Council Rock parent is invited to to a very informed parent membership which grants the parent full access to Smart Social's resources. Two upcoming Smart Social webinars are of value to mention. On December 16th, the topic is screen time pulling your child away. On December 18th, the topic is teens and families and AI. Smart Social also offers ondemand replays of past events. We encourage families to register with Smart Social to help protect and support their children. Learn more by visiting our website at www.crsd.org. Council Rock continues its support of the American Red Cross is this year's district charity. To date, we have exceeded our donation targets with
024a total of 252 units of blood donated. Since e since each pint saves three lives, Council Rock's donations could potentially save 756 lives. We offer our heartfelt thanks to our donors. If you're considering an upcoming donation, more information is available in the Rock Report and on the Redcross website at www.redcross. redcrossblood.com. As a calendar note, Council Rock Education Week is an annual opportunity for parents to visit our schools and see Council Rock teaching and learning in action. Dates for this year are Tuesday, January 20th through Friday, January 23rd, 2026. Look for more information and visitation schedules in your school newsletter and on the Rock report. Some important dates to note. December 24th and 25th, schools and offices will be closed. December 26, 29, and 30, schools will be closed, offices will be open. Wednesday, December
02531st, and Thursday, January 1st, schools and offices will be closed. Friday, January 2nd, schools are closed, offices are open. Thursday, January 8th, there will be a combined policy and facilities meeting at 700 p.m. at the Chancellor Center. Thursday, January 15th is a finance committee meeting at 7 p.m. at the Chancellor Center. Monday, January 19th is Martin Luther King Day. Schools are closed, offices are opened, and it is our annual Council Rock Cares Day, a day on. And as I mentioned, Tuesday, January 20th through Friday, January 23rd is Council Rock Education Week. Thursday, January 22nd will be our next board of school directors meeting. 700 p.m. right here in this room. 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,
026up-to-date information about our district. We urge the public to verify information on social media and be discerning and where they obtain information relating to Council Rock. If you question what you are seeing, need clarification, or want a reliable fact check, please contact the district directly. Our contact information is available on our website at www.crsd.org. Finally, with the holiday season upon us, I'd like to wish each of you good health, time with family and friends, and a bright, hopeful start to the new year. Enjoy the winter break. Enjoy your holiday season and safe travels for those on the move. This concludes the superintendence report. Thank you, Miss Khan. >> Thank you, Dr. Senko. Um, we'd like to move on to the solicitor report. Mr. Muso, >> thank you, Madam President. There's no public solicitor's report. The
027board does have our written report for this month. >> We did have an executive session last week. Thank you for the reminder on safety and security issues. Thank you, Mr. Muso. We have uh public comment next. It's the public comment version that is for agenda items. I only have one person signed up and this is for a non-aggenda item. We should have to wait till the end. Our second portion of public comment. Is there anyone that did not get an opportunity to sign up for an agenda item for public comment? I don't see any. >> Yes. Uh, Miss Oeki just walked in. Hopefully you enjoyed your present your concert. Thank you. >> Thank you. [laughter] [clears throat] >> Okay. Um, with no public comment with agenda items, we're going to move on to the approval
028of the minutes of the meeting of the board on November 13, 2025. Can I get a motion, please? >> Yes. Thank you. Um, I move to approve the minutes of the meeting of the school board directors held on November 13, 2025. >> Can I get a second, please? >> Second. >> Right. Um, any questions or comments, objections? Seeing none, um, board secretary, can you please note that is unanimous. All right, moving on to the committee's education committee. Uh I will go ahead and report on the education committee this month. Um the education committee met on November 20th at 7 p.m. here at the Chancellor Center. An update with the structured literacy initiative that began approximately one and a half years ago that Dr. uh that Miss Tammy Gary had continued to inform the um the
029district about the structured literacy. Um all that information is not presented on the district website. Um in that meeting she Miss Scary also presented the steps in order to find that information which includes the assessment calendar the mission statement vision and um the legislation that's currently underway with structured literacy in special education. Dr. Oberman presented his limited findings about an audit by a private third party um in a couple local school districts and also reached out to the PTE as well as the IU regarding potential um audits in the future. Dr. Obin gave updates on the CPAC committee and the cyclical monitoring that continues. Um, Miss Serene, our special education curriculum instruction coordinator, discussed the interventions and programming for literacy with an update with training in Wilson certified teachers that has begun. Um, and the
030goal is to have a Wilson certified teacher in every building as well as as a backup in each building. At the secondary level, they're working with read uh read 180 and potentially looking into another program that may potentially be a better fit for our students. The department has al also begun looking into the math interventions and curriculum sim similar to what they did with literacy. Um also working to put all of their courses and planning guide um online with Atlas working with Miss Tammy Gary. We were then presented with an in-depth presentation and discussion of the data review by Dr. Barnes. It was very data heavy but I highly recommend the community who is interested to re to view the information. It begins at about 41 minutes in the me um in the meeting. Um
031it continued to go on for about an hour and a half. I can't summarize that hour and a half presentation of the data that was presented by Dr. Barnes, but we were able to look at and compare um full circle data information over the course of the last year from um not only the PSSA data, the Keystones, MTSS, CDTS, and more. The board had a robust disc discussion about the benefits of testing and what the data tells us about our students learning and what might be the next steps. Mrs. Crawford gave an update on full day kindergarten going into classrooms to visit the play labs and actions in action getting feedback from teachers and continue monitoring to reflect, problem [snorts] solve, and feeling um making sure that teachers feel supported um as they continue teaching
032full day kindergarten. Um the work continues to review the curriculum um that the full day kindergarten teachers are implementing and that teachers are really feeling like that they have the time and to teach the programs that that they were meant to be um taught. She uh shared success stories that progress and adapted she shared success stories as long as well as the progress and the adaptation um of full day kindergarten to all of our um kindergarteners in the district. Um there was also an update with the report card um committee. It continues. This work began a couple years ago with moving into the third phase currently which [snorts] includes exploring um potentially a trimester report card. It she um presented that this has been a over a two decade conversation talking about adjusting the elementary
033report card. This would potentially offer a second spring report card conference. Um this work will continue to be deliberate and take um an additional two to three years before the roll out. [snorts] Um this would also include a survey that would come out next fall for our community. Mr. Funk presented high school schedule work which includes about 28 to 29 community members. they're looking to discuss and uh rule out or rule in um further expectations and wants of the district and look to share that information out in um next February's education committee meeting. Finally, the 2026 27 district uh proposed district calendar was presented for approval and I believe we'll go for go for board approval next month. The next education committee meeting is scheduled for January 29th. Um, I move to approve consent agenda
034items B through E as contained in the attachments to this agenda. >> I second. All right. Thank you. [snorts] [clears throat] >> Oh, I move I have to move it. >> Well, it's been move it's been moved and second. So, >> um, either we have a vote or just note that there's no objection and that there's unanimous. >> Sorry, apologies. Fine. >> Going from the committee back to this. All right. Were there any objections to the consent agenda items discussion? >> Items B3E. All right. Seeing none, if we can mark that as unanimous, board secretary. Okay. Moving on, we have policy committee. Wait, wait, hold on. >> There was none, so we're not >> Oh, I'm sorry. My apologies. You're right. Um, moving on to the Bucks County Intermediate Unit. So, Saki, >> thank you.
035I'm here just in time. Uh, the Bucks IU met on November 18th. Um, and we heard from uh Dr. Hoffman and and his associates about many different um things going on at the IU. And as usual, I'm just going to pick one or two to note. Um, we had a report about uh a new learning center, the Bucks IU at Pearl Buck, um, which opened this fall. It originally opened with 18 classrooms and now they're up to 25 classrooms. And those classrooms support or their programs there at that campus are for K through 8 students. And they include enhanced autistic support, intensive autistic support, intensive emotional support, um among others. And it seems that things are going really smoothly there. and they've been able to accommodate a number of kids, a great number of kids
036more with that new facility. So, um, good things happening there. And then I I think the last thing I want to note is that, uh, this will be my last report as the IU representative and, um, beginning next month, I'll pass that over to Miss Khan. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Osaki. Moving on to the Middle Bucks Institute of Technology. Representative, Miss her. >> Thank you. MBIT Executive Council met last Monday, December 8th. The MBIT open house was incredibly well attended with more than 600 visitors. One of the largest turnouts I've seen in all the open houses I've attended. The building was full of energy and excitement. Students, be sure to complete and submit your applications. Shadowing opportunities are also available. Students can now sign up to spend time in the program in
037their program of interest. Come check out all that MBIT has to offer. MBIT has received an enormous an extremely enormous generous donation to the MBIT Executive Education Foundation from Sioka Automotive. We extend our sincere thanks for their support and investment in MBIT. In the spirit of season, MBIT held a schoolwide food drive. The Little Bucks partners created heartfelt cards for the veterans who work at MBIT. And the philanthropy club visited the courthouse to plan their next project, which is reimagining the visiting rooms for children and their families. And as Payton earlier mentioned, the holiday toy drive is still currently still going on. The next executive council meeting will be on January 6th. I wish everyone a safe and healthy holiday season. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Her. Now, the Council Rock Education Foundation, Mr.
038Tate. Thank you, Miss Khan. Um, I'll just repeat a little bit of what I went over last week because it's important. Um, as we continue the season of giving, we encourage families to consider making a gift of gratitude in honor of a Council Rock staff member who's made a difference. It's really a wonderful, heartfelt way to recognize an impactful teacher or staff member or administrator who's made a difference and you can do it um in their honor, in your family's name, so they'll appreciate the fact that you did so. Um and that's um an option that you can exercise on the um CF website. Um just two dates to mention. The Monte Carlo Gayla is on Friday, February the 27th and that's a great event held every year uh at the Northampton Country Club and
039the Golf Classic is June 15. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Tate. All right. Now, moving on to policy committee. Um, Miss Stone, >> yes, the policy committee did not meet this month, so we do not have a report, but our next meeting will be on January 8th. >> Moving forward, will we also be meeting quarterly for the policy committee? >> Uh, we are planning that. Uh, I don't think we've come to a actual um final decision on the dates for that meeting. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Stone. Uh, next on the agenda is facilities committee. >> Thank you, Miss Khan. We met last on December the 4th and had a very short agenda. You'll see the three items from that agenda up for a consent agenda item vote in a moment.
040The next meeting of the facilities committee is a joint meeting with the policy committee on January the 8th. So I move to approve consent agenda items B through D as contained in the attachment to this agenda. >> Second. >> Any questions, comments or objections? Consent agenda items. Madam Secretary, if you would please u mark that as unanimous, finance committee, Miss Stone. >> Yes. Um the finance committee met on December 4th where Kevin Karpuck from our cornerstone investment group presented our quarterly update. Um, for the quarter beginning July 1st through September 30th, our investments earned approximately 1.1 million and are projected to earn another two to two and a half million in this quarter ending in December. We're still expected to earn over six million by the end of our fiscal year. And as a reminder,
041Cornerstone um manages over 10 billion in assets with over 30 years of experience. And because we are a school district, the investment vehicles are limited and uh we rely on bond mark bond market and money market funds for uh our earnings. Um, we will also be voting to approve our annual contract with BCIU to provide letters to homeowners regarding their homestead farmstead agreements. And um, some may notice in the Treasury report that there is no invoice from our solicitor this month, but we did receive our bill from Whistler Pearlstein, uh, the law firm handling our special ed clients. And this bill has been reviewed and approved for payment by uh Dr. Oberman as well as the finance department. Our next meeting is scheduled for January 15th. [snorts] So, I move to approve consent agenda items
042B through H as contained in the attachment to this agenda. >> Thank you, Miss Miss Stone and Mr. Tate. Um questions, comments regarding consent agenda items B through H under finance. No objections. Seeing none, if you would also mark that as unanimous or secretary. Thank you. All right, we are moving on to one second. Um, personnel. Oh, I have to do Oh, with B through H. Okay. Okay. All right. Sorry. My apologies. Okay. So, the second portion of public comment, um, these are for non-aggenda items. Public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to address the board. In speaking to the board, we ask that you limit your comments to no longer than three minutes. Please consider the fact that there may be young children in the audience or watching this broadcast live
043and see our TV or YouTube. Your ideas are welcome and will be considered in deliberating an issue. The board may not respond to your comments or questions in real time. So we have um I believe in Miss Carolyn Booster Blacknell I believe if I see the handwriting it's difficult. Are you available? if you would just name I'll state your name and township where you reside in >> here. Okay, >> I'll set the time once you start. >> Oh, good. I don't Okay. >> Hi, Carolyn Buser Blacknell. Um, just here um speaking for the students and their future and how they're supposed to afford to live in this town. Um, so I have information from um this is the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and in July 2016 in Bucks County the square footage um
044it was 137 for a home in Bucks County and in October 25 now it's 289. So if you had a 2,000 square ft home it used to be um 346,000 and now it's 578,000. So that's an additional 232,000 in nine years. So in nine years you went from you can see the graph you're here to up here. Okay. I went to the um your meeting last night of the um in the budget for our town and our trash collection went if it's correct the annual in 2022 our trash collection was million and now in 2026 we're going to be 7.1 million. So, we've in we're going to increase our trash collection by $3.3 million in four years. At the same time, we have our housing prices going up. And your average when you graduate um
045from Council Rock and you get a job from um the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, your average is going to be $85,000 a year. But then if I do the average home price a sale, which is recently is a little over $500,000, and we do a calculation of how much you need to pay per month, your payment would be $3,566 a month, then that's if you put $40,000 down, your taxes are $6,000. And that comes out to about $42,000 a year to live in Bucks County. And if we use this 28% rule that your housing should only be 28% of your total budget, that would mean you'd have to make $150,000 a year. So if you're going to graduate from Council Rock and you get a college degree, your average is going to
046be $85,000. So it's like you're not the numbers aren't adding up. And I understand that everybody comes from a different perspective. Where is this going from? I mean, my perspective is they're financially destroying us on purpose. Other people can disagree with me. That's okay. Um, so it's just basic math and I I would I 29 seconds. Anyway, that's it. And my other thing, so that's it. I want to know, are we cutting any budgets? Are we reducing when when money's tight in your household, everyone you stop spending? So, can we start doing that? Because if our students are the number one priority here, we should be spending we should be more fiscally responsible so that they can have a chance to live in the town that they grew up when they graduate and get a
047job. That's it. Thank you so much. Thank you, Miss Black. Now, there is no one else signed up. Is there anyone else that wanted to speak for public comment? If you come up and state your name and township, I'll reset the timer. Joshua Mars from Northampton. I'm a junior at Council Rock High School South. I'm a level 200 at MBIT. First, let me make myself clear. Congratulations to the reelected Mike Roosevelt and Nicole Khan and new members Jim Green and Cheryl Rickert. I cannot wait to see what you have for our district. Mike Roosevelt, keep being amazing. Nikki Khan, I hope you are a better role model for our students. But tonight, I'm here to beg the board to stop the the political dysfunction. Records, Greens, and Con's campaigns were filled with nasty, misleading, outofouch
048lies, and attack mailers the whole month of October. Christmas is my favorite holiday. So, I bought a special gift for the majority. I have it. There's no more denying it. These are the attacks. Let's read some. Mitchell Smmedley graduated from Council Rock recently. He ran against Nicole Khan. I was on I was at the polls on election day doing my community service and I saw a quote fact check board mocking a blind candidate for running for school board. He graduated recently mind you. He wanted to make a change. This was a total mockery. Mrs. Khan should be ashamed saying that he is not eligible because of his disability and he is too young. That's not a look that's not a good look for our board president. Here it is right here. I took a picture
049of it. You were at the polls. You're responsible for what's being looked at and handed out on election day. Cheryl Ricker and Jim Green are just as guilty. Cheryl had Cheryl had mailers calling her opponent Hetti Reneeri a quote book banner, MAGA extremist, and Moms for Liberty trainee. They twisted a private email she sent to a friend telling her son he might have to go to a private or home school because taxes go up while schools go down. She said we can do better. That's why she ran. It's right here. You didn't have this at your polls but it went to mailboxes. Um with Jim Green, you apologized to me and I appreciate you for that, but I want it public. They did the same to to former director Bob Hickeyi, accusing him of quote
050book banning and wanting full day kindergarten. He only asked to wait in one extra year for more data on the full day kindergarten. Maybe include some of these in your attacks. Council Rock School Board has never banned a library book and has zero power to policy co-chairs Ed Tate and Tracy Oeki should confirm it tonight. In 2023, they attacked Steven Namos, which is Nikki's old opponent. No apology from Khan. She just said, "I had no idea." Again, not a good look, especially when you're our board president now. I'm asking for a sincere public apology from Nikki, Jim, and Cheryl for these horrible attacks. Ever since Together for Council Rock Pack existed, it's been nothing but hate. The three of you, if if you three don't believe that this is wrong, you guys should resign. Um,
051I know my time's up, but um, don't let this come back to haunt you. Go back to stuff that really matters, like getting me a stadium in my school and fixing the chancellor's center um, for our residents in New Town. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you for your comment. Moving on to the board comment. New businesser. >> Thank you. I wanted to just touch on the Star Cafe because I hadn't talked about it in a couple months. Star Cafe is open for the last week of this year next week, Tuesday through Friday from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. A heartfelt thank you to our local law enforcement, first responders, SAGE volunteers, and all those who continue to support this wonderful cafe. It's a terrific place to see our students learning, growing, and building real life
052skills in action. And Dr. Overman, I want to thank you and your team for doing the webinar. Um, that was very, very well done. And I really appreciate that that was done and I'm not sure if the community knows about that, but there is a the webinar that was done was on the IEP and you and your team. I wholeheartedly thank you for putting all that effort into that and the information was informative and I understand it's recorded so that people can go back to look at it. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Miss Warner. Any other new business from board members? Moving on to old business. None. Okay. Oh, Mr. Roosevelt, >> I'll bring up an old business. I just want to reiterate about the educational audit that we've been discussing for the
053past three or so months. >> Thank you. I think we believe we had stated a continuing conversation as an agenda item education committee as well. Thank you. All right. Any other comments? If none, um I join the meeting. Thank you. >> Everybody a great holiday season and safe holiday. >> Yes. Wishing everyone a wonderful happy holiday season. Um and we will see you in the new year. Meeting adjourned.