001e e e can you sleep on Thursday night please enter the conference pin number that pin is invalid for this conference please enter the conference pin number that pin is invalid for this conference please enter the conference pin number [Music] how are you Jason how are you good how are you please enter the conference pin number did here that pin is invalid for this conference please enter the conference pin number please enter the conference pin number I just told the AV guy that we don't have anybody on the phone so now I got to tell them she's calling in I am on the phone I am on the phone good I'm on the [Music] phone hello um she was a [Music] to a [Music] relig e e e somebody good evening everyone let me stand
002so you can actually see glad everybody's here thank you for coming it is March the 20th of 2025 this is a meeting at the Council Rock School District Board of school directors welcome everybody happy first day of spring and we're going to start with as usual the national anthem and pledge of Alle Dr Sano thank you Mr Tate at this time would you please stand and join our friend Quinn Kaplan who will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance 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 thank you can you see by the dawn ear what sooud we at the Twilight lastes and bright stars through [Music] the streaming and rock is
003the through the night that our flag was still there [Music] oh for the of the free and the home of the of great [Music] [Applause] [Music] R and whiskers on kittens and paper Pages tied up withs these are a few of my favorite things [Music] apples nood fly with Theon on wings these are a few of my fa things in dresses sashes St on and eyelashes Sil wielt Springs these are a few of my favorite things when the do bites when the beastes when I'm feeling sad I simply remember my faor and then I feel [Applause] [Music] so PES up strs these are a few of [Music] my [Music] ponies Wings girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes so PL that stay on my nose and eyelashes silver white Winters that melt into Springs
004these are a few when thees when bead I and I feel so [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Thank You Rolling Hills and thank you Miss Harding awesome job guys thank you you can thank you that's a great way to start a meeting and we'll have a roll call please Madame secretary Mr Tate present Mr hgo here Mr Roosevelt here Mr hickey here miss Paulie present miss oaki here miss KH here miss Stone here miss Herer here okay all present thank you very much and Dr Seno would you take on the next item please sure thank you Mr Tate and uh to Echo what Mr Tate said thank you so much for being here tonight and though I'll do do it again in a few minutes thank you to The Rolling Hills Elementary chorus as well as Mrs
005margorie Harding for kicking off the meeting this evening with uh their musical Talent it's a special time each year during this time of the year that we celebrate some of our great I'm sorry it's a special time of the year when we kick off um and celebrate some of our student artists and I would like to invite our art curriculum coordinator Miss Beth Lynch to the podium Mrs Lynch thank you good evening everybody on behalf of the entire art Department we're privileged to gather in celebration of 28 of our talented student artists this evening these individuals represent our schools and the chancellor Center collection which is currently displayed in the boardroom and The Gallery at the Rock a mobile Art Gallery displayed in the lobby March is recognized Nationwide as youth art month making it
006an ideal time to honor our students for their artistic achievements before we present the awards we would like to highlight some key achievements of the council rock art department for the fifth consecutive year Council Rock has been designated as an outstanding Visual Arts Community by the Pennsylvania art Education Association we are one of only 30 schools across the entire Commonwealth to receive this esteemed recognition and one of a select few that consistently maintains the distinction our art program is acknowledged for its visible Presence at the state level as well as its inclusive rigorous an accessible curriculum for all of our students this year our high school students have excelled earning top honors in every single art competition entered by the district we extend our heartfelt congratulations to Katherine Sweeney who received best of show Khloe
007lewitz who secured first place and Riley ha who received honorable mention at the Philips Mill student exhibition the show featured 127 artists from 24 high schools across PA in New Jersey we also commend Alise for winning first place in the psca touch the future student exhibit which included 284 artists from 27 local high schools additionally we recognize Khloe lewitz for winning first place Isabelle Steiner for winning second place and Elizabeth Keva for winning honorable mention in the emerging artists of Bucks County show and on my way here I found out that Isabelle Steiner was awarded the PA First Congressional District Art Award and her work will H hang in the Canon tunnel in Washington d for an entire year on behalf of our district while these students are visible examples of artistic success youth art
008month is a great time to highlight the importance of art for all of our students a recent recent example of artistic engagement comes from a British Artist who sold his work online but only to customers who could thoughtfully answer one question the question was why does art matter in Council Rock we have created a culture where all students understand that art matters art is an essential component of their education and plays a significant role in our school community on average our students will engage in 12,600 minutes of visual art before even entering High School each minute spent in these classes provides an opportunity for us to teach students about the importance of art art matters because it provides Learners with time space and materials necessary for Creative expression art matters because it encourages students to
009think innovatively and develop deep Creative Solutions art matters because it enhances communication and language skills offering all students a platform to share their thoughts regardless of their Proficiency in written or spoken language art matters because art boosts self-esteem and confidence instilling a sense of Pride and accomplishment for everyone art matters because art reduces student stress enhances memory and offers emotional outlets for expression it has been consistently demonstrate demonstrated through research that students who participate in art class perform better academically feel more positive about themselves and enjoy School more when you pair that with the sense of Pride that students feel when they create art it is obvious why art matters at this time I'm going to ask the art teachers to help me recognize our students in attendance tonight for all of their families we
010want you to know that their work was selected from thousands of works that are created in our art rooms each year your child's peace out stood out to us for a reason and they should be very proud of themselves and you should be proud of them as well each of their works is truly exceptional and we're honored to have them in our collection Mr Seno do you want to join me down here while we give out our Awards thanks so we're gonna start with Churchville I'm G to start with Addison wolfinger for having your work in The Gallery at the [Applause] Rock so hi to Mr Tate wait up here we're going to get a picture okay Mr T congratul keep going all right um also from Churchville Vienna sue for the chancellor [Applause] collection
011for goodno elementary Elizabeth Brown for the chancellor collection and hasia chinaka for Gallery at the [Applause] Rock for Hill Crest Elementary for the chancellor Center is bavara [Applause] yashik and also from Hillcrest Elementary for the Gallery at the Rock is Angela [Applause] Payne from Holland Elementary for the chancellor Center collection is Samantha [Applause] buaty and also from Holland Elementary for The Gallery at the Rock is Charlie Lohan [Applause] uh from Marin Welsh Elementary I don't know if he's here but uh Brendan Cole oh there you are Brendan [Applause] hey and also for Marina msh Elementary we have Audrey atasia [Applause] for New Town Elementary at the chancellor Center I have meline horn but I don't think she could make it here tonight thank you and then also New Town Elementary for Gallery at the Rock
012I have Charlotte Esposito who also could not make [Applause] it for Richboro Elementary for the ch cancellor Center collection Zoya [Applause] Joshua and also from Richboro Elementary for The Gallery at the rock collection Ari [Applause] kov from Rolling Hills Elementary Anna Sait dinova for her work in The Gallery at the [Applause] rock also from Rolling Hills Elementary cash widerman for his work in the chancellor [Applause] center from rown elementary Lila Durban for her work in the chancellor Center also from rown elementary Shalom Frank for his work in the gallery of the [Applause] rock I'm very proud to present recognition to Leah capetti for her work in the gallery here at the in the boardroom come on up [Applause] and I'd like to recognize Alexandra Speranza for her work here at the chancellor Center too for
013Holland Middle School I would like to present Sarah Luc zesi for her work at Gallery at the [Applause] Rock for Holland Middle School I would also like to present Katherine isv for her work at the chancellor Center congratulations for New Town Middle School I would like to present Charlotte Miller for the work at The Gallery at the [Applause] rock also for New Town Middle School Ava Peterson for her work at the chancellor Center from North we have anaga caner [Applause] Patti us from North we have Katie [Applause] Sweeney all right and for Council Rock South we have Emily Mayo for the chancellor [Applause] collection and then ilad DAV who no longer goes to the [Applause] district ask ele my elementary friends forward a little bit this is your pop you guys move all right listen
014everybody just look like right in the middle and just keep smiling until it's how you stop just don't stop smiling all right big moment all right ready parents here we go I can down you smiling you guys look awesome this is what it feels like to be famous all right let's give him one more round of [Applause] applause all right you guys come this way congratulations everyone great job thank you to Mrs Lynch all of our student artist our art teachers as e e e you just have to this it's working now they're green now Jason is your see if your green light comes on on that my green light is on okay I think they just came back on Mr see there's Larry T T please enter the conference pin number back yeah Miss
015Warner are you on the line yes I yes I am can you hear me yes thank you okay okay thank you for your patience as uh we had a little technical difficulty there at this time I'd like to introduce Mr Jason trusevich Council Rock High School North principal Jason good evening Dr Sano Administration and board of school directors it's a great evening so far recognizing so many students for their Visual and Performing Arts this morning this afternoon evening uh now it's my honor to recognize Council Rock Co School North student Advisory Board to share many of the ongoings happening in C Rock High School North and nbit and at this time I will pass it over to senior Pina niceno representing nbit hello my name is Palina Nena I'm a level 300 student in the
016medical Health Professions program at middleb Institute of Technology and a senior at Council Rock North High School what is currently happening First St tonight March is a significant month for celebrating women's achievements and contributions throughout history it marks women's History Month a time to honor the vital role women have played in shape in society the first week of March specifically dedicated to recognizing women in construction highlighting their accomplishments and the tries they've made in a traditionally male dominated industry next congratulations to the automotive students Matthew hood and Matthew Lis for capturing first place in the 32nd annual Greater Philadelphia Auto technology competition competing against 24 Area High School seniors they earned over $290,000 in scholarships and prizes collectively led by their instructor Rob Schwarz and sponsored by Keystone W cars of doown huden L showcased
017their exceptional skills in a Hands-On technician challenge their impressive performance highlights Advanced technical expertise and problem solving skills needed in today's automotive industry also congratulations to all the nbit students who have competed in the 2025 skills USA District 2 competition with 74 competitors in 55 events NBA proudly placed in 35 competitions earning 14 bronze 19 silver and 15 gold medals some events were individual While others showcase incredible teamwork a special shout out to our gold medalists for advancing ing to the skills USA state competition in Hershey this April next nbat has hosted its first ever career and college fair on March 12th and 13th with over 70 local Industries businesses and colleges attending students had the opportunity to explore career Pathways students have demonstrated their expertise in vehicle emissions testing and compliance students have demonstrated
018their expertise in vehicle emissions testing and compliance making them valuable assets to Employers in the field lastly our work-based education has over 75 students gaining volleyball hands-on experience in the industry this partnership with local businesses not only provides our students with practical experiences but also strengthens our community connections and ensures that our graduates are job ready we are proud of the opportunities provided to these students and look forward to the continued success of our Co-op program thank you for your time and the opportunity to keep informed about what is happening at middlebox Institute of Technology [Music] good evening board my name is Leela Nagel and I am the 12th grade sabb representative I am happy to be back since our last meeting to inform you about the recent doings of the senior class and the
019clubs at North to begin there is officially 33 days until Disney and everyone attending the trip is gearing up and anxiously awaiting the week of fun also with the senior class our senior prom has had ticket sales the past two weeks and has decided on the theme of The Great Gatsby the night is sure to be lots of fun for the class of 2025 and we can't wait for the day to come continuing on the prom theme North had their annual dress swap last week for students to bring to bring in their old dresses and possibly grab a new one this year's swap was very successful for all involved Switching gears to the clubs here at North to begin sck and buskin finished their performances for the winter show 12 Angry jurors which was very
020successful in ticket sales and people in attendance coming up the club announced their spring show Mean Girls which is sure to bring in a large crowd following that North Ski and Snowboard Club had their trip to Blue Mountain on February 17th multiple clubs had fundraisers in the past month to raise money for good causes and their own funds Spanish Honor Society had their bake sale on March 3rd autism cares Club had a fundraiser at Five Guys here in New Town on March 19th as well as Debate Club who also held a fundraiser at Five Guys R Kappa held their penny wars capet competition this month with the prize being Donuts from Duncan for the winners going to a social studies class who raised the most amount of money lastly our women's flag football became a
021big success this year as the first meeting had an amazing turnout currently we have two teams JV and varsity with a great schedule of 10 contests sure to bring out a big crowd to watch action-packed games that is all I have for you tonight thank you this is Olivia Esposito's speech she could not be here with us tonight but I'm going to read her speech for her good evening Schoolboard members I hope everyone has having having a great start to their spring I'm sorry that I cannot be here with you tonight but I'm still excited to report the updates on the junior class as well as Athletics at Council Rock North closing out winter sports Ed and seit for boys wrestling one States while also setting a school district record with 180 High School career
022wins this record is also the 22nd highest all time in Pennsylvania also for boys wrestling Marco lost placed an impressive seventh at States more great achievements came from swimming during States at buck now on to our spring Sports each team began their season with promising starts Boys Baseball took their first win of 2025 against Plymouth White Marsh boys lacrosse also started their season strong with a win against Father Judge next girls lacrosse started a non- Le started with a non-league game winning against Phoenixville Area High School 7 to3 in a comeback softball also had an outstanding win against New Hope soulberry boys track and field spent March 13th through 16th in Boston at New Balance Nationals qualifying for distance medleaf relays 800 M 5K and a 4 by mile four by mile relay the team
023did solid overall and placed in top 15 and 20 for multiple events another two big wins came from boys tennis and boys volleyball although taking a tough loss this week are hopefully are hopeful about the season ahead now for class updates the class of 2026 is beyond excited as Junior Prom is in in just 15 days with a theme of mam Mia thank you for your attention and I look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting good evening board I am Lil Al buer the class of 2027 representative for the student Advisory Board I'm so pleased to be able to discuss the upcoming events and recap on what the student executive board and class of 2027 have accomplished since the last time that we met with the fourth and final quarter of the
0242024 the 2025 school year quickly approaching the student executive board is conscientiously working to plan the final events of the year as well as to file any feedback from the previous events that they had organized the second pep rally took place on January 28th much like the first one it was a great success where students and teachers had the opportunity to participate in games such as knockout dodgeball and human ring toss after this event sebb collected feedback from the student body to utilize in planning the third and final pep rally of the year which will take place on April 21st many entertaining things are said to occur at the schoolwide event including performances from stock and buskin and dance club in addition to this the student executive aard held their annual talent show on February
02526th the 14 performances consisted of band singers and a cake eating competition and the judges chose Jane lifer as the overall winner this event provided another great opportunity for the student body to come together and have a good time SCB will host their last event of the Year Mr crn on May 7th Mr crn is a competition for senior Boys in which the winner is able to donate to a charity of their choice this year's theme is hot to go and the contestants are currently working with members of sebb to finalize their performances next is an update on the class of 2027 the sophomore Student Government officers organized the winter semi-formal which was held on February 21st the theme was Winter Wonderland and it was a fun time for all who attended the class officers
026have also begun to plan a pickle ball tournament which is set to happen in May thank you good evening Schoolboard I'm Mia burin and tonight I'll will be updating you on the class of 2028 recent activities as well as the academics at Council Rock North for seniors local scholarship applications have become available since February and were due today at 3 p.m. Council Rock School District College panel began today at 6 p.m. the fair allows for students to discuss their future College Ambitions with representatives from Delaware Valley University drexy university mberg college and Ruckers University attendance is free and all students can go to learn more about the range of options for further education keystones are coming up for students taking Algebra 1 10th grade literature and biology testing begins on Monday May 12th and concludes
027with the makeup day on Wednesday May 21st students are hard at work reviewing material for these exams on February 22nd 34 students from North showcased their stem research projects at the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Sciences state competition 29 of those students received Awards and six of those 29 were given a first place with a perfect score these amazing kids will go on to a state level competition in May 40 students from North were accepted into the national business business Honor Society on February 12th these students were recognized for their hard work and achievements in their studies in business finally at the end of January the honor study of English N9 class has released another edition of their digital magazine ghost n this issue focused on allegories or simple stories that are elongated metaphors for events
028in society as for the class of 2028 preparations are underway for a dodgeball tournament in early May the proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society we look forward to the event thank you for your time great thank you all for us having us here this evening and we look forward to seeing you in May for lelay and pina's last meeting with all of you have a great night thank you nicely done Council Rock nor and we'll move on with the superintendent report Dr Seno would you please thank you Mr Tate welcome and good evening to the to the school board directors to the staff and community members joining us here tonight and to those tuning in on the Council Rock YouTube channel thank you to The Rolling Hills Elementary chorus directed by Mrs
029Margie Harding for kicking off our meeting with their musical Talent uh thanks again to Mrs Beth Lynch our Arts curriculum coordinator for recognizing the creativity and skill of our students and finally thank you to the Council Rock High School North principal Mr trusevich and the Council Rock North student Advisory board for their reporting tonight as we welcome the first day of spring we also celebrate the continued progress of our students as the they are making great progress this school year due to the dedication of our families our staff and of course the students eles with the final marking per period beginning April 5th we're entering one of the most exciting stretches of the school year from senior trips to Field Days the art show and of course graduation the weeks ahead are filled with memorable
030moments and well-earned celebrations in Council Rock we often say it still it Bears repeating thank you to our families to our staff and the entire School Community for your unwavering support your dedication makes all the difference in the success of our students every day from time to time Council Rock students have the opportunity to to distinguish themselves among their peers and last months last month many of our students did so in the field of science on March 16th more than 40 students from Council Rock North presented their original scientific research at the Bucks County research competition among the winners were 32 Council Rock students who examine topics like physics biochemistry botony and Engineering these students earned the opportunity to participate in the next level of competition the Delaware Valley science fair which will be held
031on April 2nd where they will compete alongside more than 800 other students from the tri state area of Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware congratulations to our research competition winners and best of luck in April last month 7 non Council Rock students presented their stem research projects at the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Sciences state competition these students represented Council Rock north and south high schools and Holland and New Town middle Holland and New Town middle schools research projects in this competition included rad on gas soil paracity and modeling functional forms in high energy physics we proud ly report that 61 of the students received first place Awards eight of whom earned perfect scores all the first place winners now qualify for the Statewide competition in May at Penn State University and we also wish them good
032luck we can also announce that three student teams competed in the regional Dow Chemical you be the chem you be the chemist challenge held on March 1st congratulations to the the first place team comprised of four Holland Middle School students and the second place team of students from goodno elementary New Town Elementary and Holland Middle School who move on to the project-based component of the competition at the state level later this spring quoting our science coordinator Miss Renee develin to be so so well represented in numbers and to have such notable results is truly an indication of the hard work of the students in the excellent instruction and gu guidance from our sponsors Chase Berlin Dave Curry Stacy gold teres grateful Panka Cole Megan mole thank you to each of you for taking the time
033to work with these students individually and for providing this opportunity to them you heard this a little bit earlier but I would like to repeat it congratulations to Council Rock wrestlers Anthony melli and Aaron Senate who earned top honors by capturing the PIAA State wrestling championship title earlier this month their outstanding performances have set them apart on the mat and made our community very proud Anthony a Council Rock High School South senior defeated his opponent 93 in the final match at the 133 weight pound class he becomes Council Rock South's 10th state champion and elevated Council Rock South to having the most state champions out of any school in District One Aaron a Council Rock North senior won his first State title at 145 pounds and cemented his legacy with a one- zero decision in
034the finals as you heard finishing his career with a record of 180 wins and 20 losses Aaron holds the most wins for Council Rock North and the Council Rock School District both of these Champions will attend the April board meeting and we look forward to C celebrating their success in person the Pennsylvania Department of educ requires school districts to update their special education plans every 3 years Council Rock's updated plan must be submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education by May 1st 2025 in Pennsylvania special education plans are required to ensure that school districts comply with state and federal laws and to provide appropriate effective special education programs and services for all students with disabilities the process for updating the plan is set forth by the Department of Education and follows guidelines with specific criteria
035this year our special services supervisors who have the best knowledge of the current plan and Pennsylvania Department of education requirements guided the effort to involve the community we offered two Public Work sessions as opportunities for parents of students in our special services classroom to contribute to the plan additionally as Pres subcribed by pde we assembled a steering committee comprised of teachers administrators support staff community members a school board member thank you Miss KH uh to participate in the process we are nearing completion of the update and on March 25th the draft plan will be available to the public for 30 days it will be available on our website and there will be hard copies in the office of the chancellor Center during this period we welcome feedback back and we will make uh we welcome
036feedback and make any we will make any and all necessary refinements the final plan will be presented for approval at the April 24th school board meeting before submission to the Department of Education by May 1st recently we restructured our information technology department to better leverage in-house expertise and bring new technology talent to Council Rock as part of this Evol ution we have renamed this administrative division the education systems and information Department to reflect a stronger connection between technology and student learning this change underscores our commitment to integrating technology to optimize and support instruction thank you to Dr David Bolton for his leadership and expertise throughout this restructuring his collaboration with our technology department staff has provided stability and guidance ensuring uninterrupted service for all technology users throughout our district additionally thank you to the Bucks
037County Intermediate Unit for facilitating our search for a new Director of Education systems and information technology their rigorous recruitment interview process has attracted outstanding candidates and we look forward to welcoming a leader in the near future who will help Advance our vision for educational technology this year Rock staff for participating in the heart safe School certification program a Hands-On initiative designed to prevent sudden cardiac death in schools the program focuses on implementing cardiac emergency response plans equipping schools with aeds and training staff and students in CPR and AED use schools that meet specific criteria and establish a comprehensive response program earn the heart safe School design ation as highlighted at the January board meeting we recognized the Council Rock High School South cardiac emergency team for their life-saving efforts in December a critical medical emergency
038occurred at South during the school day thanks to their recent training the team responded immediately saving a life that day their actions underscore the importance of this program so far this year heart safe school training has been completed at both high schools and Middle School schools with all Council Rock schools set to have trained teams before spring break in April this initiative is vital to ensuring the safety and well-being of our students staff and our school communities student registration for the 2025 2026 school year is now open information instructions and required forms are available at www.crsd.org we're excited that the 2025 school year is our inaugural year for full day kindergarten families new to the district or enrolling children for the first time or encouraged to register promptly some important dates to remember Thursday March
03927th is an education committee meeting 7 p.m at the chancellor Center Thursday April 3rd is a facilities committee meeting 7 p.m. at the chancellor Monday April I'm sorry 5 April 5th No 5 p.m 5m April 3rd 5:00 P PM let me try that again Thursday April 3r there's a facilities committee meeting beginning at 5:00 pm at the chancellor Center thank you for the help um Monday April 7th 700 p.m there is a policy committee meeting Thursday April 10th there is a finance committee meeting beginning at 700 p.m. Monday April 14th through Thursday April 17th is spring break schools will be closed offices are open Friday April 18th is spring break schools and offices are closed Thursday April 24th is a school board meeting at 7 p.m. and please put an extra note next to this
040one because it's different due to spring break Monday April 28th is an education committee meeting at 7 p.m. and it will be held in the chancellor Center this is a reminder that for Reliable accurate and upto-date information about our district please refer to resources websites and social media platforms managed by the Council Rock School District we urge the community to be judicious in choosing where to obtain information and to be aware that several unauthorized social media accounts use the Council Rock name to post inaccurate or misleading information regarding District matters if you question what you see need additional details or need a rely fact check please contact the district directly our contact information is read readily available on our website at www.crsd.org Mr Tate that concludes the superintendent report thank you very much Dr Seno
041uh that is an unusual start time for the facilities committee meeting um a lot of good stuff and a solicitor's report please Mr Moo thank you Mr President uh the board members have our written solicitors report I have nothing to report publicly although I do want to make sure we have a complete list of our executive sessions I know I got a good reminder email from Dr Sano after the last meeting so to be clear and complete since beginning of December the board met on December 2nd to discuss Personnel matters met on January 9th to discuss our negotiations with the teachers union on January 13th the board met to go over the superintendent's midar review uh again on January 16th we met to disc discuss our negotiations with the teachers and again on the 23rd
042of January to discuss our labor negotiations with the teachers on February 10th we had an executive session to discuss Safety and Security on February 20th we had a executive session discuss litigation matters and uh last Thursday March 13th we had an executive session to discuss a Personnel matter and uh tax litigation matters we did not meet tonight in executive session I believe that will provide a complete public schedule of our executive sessions thus far wonderful thank you Mr muso next on the can I ask Mr hello please excuse me Mr thank you I ask Mr Moo a question of course okay great Mr muso um could you tell me under the PA Sunshine Law under executive sessions under 708 where a solicitor is able to uh propose to to the board um a a policy
043against the taxpayers to be put on policy so of course uh policies are all voted on in public again like I said we talked uh at our last executive session about tax litigation matters uh and of course without going into what was discussed at executive session I think the board members had questions about certain policies that would be related to strategies with tax litigation uh so that was certainly a proper subject for an executive session but certainly if the board's going to adopt any policies those would go through the normal policy process and be proposed for discussion at a policy meeting and then you would go through the normal uh reading process Mr a specific one excuse me I'm not done I just simply thank Mr amuso go ahead Miss Herer no then I am
044asking then I am asking that we have a public meeting within the two two weeks on this issue to make sure that our public is aware that the solicitors asked about a policy against tax holders ask do we have a um policy committee meeting on the calendar yeah we have asking for a a special meeting I am asking under PA code 426 under PA School Code 4 26 to have a special meeting within two weeks regarding this particular issue thank you for the suggestion I will take that under advisement discuss it with the board and discuss it with Mr amuso and most important Dr senko and get back to you as soon as we can thank you Miss Herer we'll move on to public comment I have seven folks signed up for public comment for
045non-agenda items the first session of public comment in our meetings is for agenda items is there anybody in the public who wishes to comment on an agenda item if not we will move on to the next item on the agenda is approval of minutes of the meeting of the board on February 2025 Miss Polly would you make the motion please sure I move to approve the minutes of the meeting of the school board directors held on February 20 2025 a second thank you any comments questions changes if none Madame secretary please record this motion is passing unanimously and education committee I believe the report is coming from Miss con thank you good evening the educ education committee meeting uh I'm sorry the education committee met last Thursday on February 27th we discussed and I have
046updates on the following topics uh full day kindergarten Administration has continued their hard work um sharing and updating staff in all of our elementary schools and I believe here at the chancellor Center um with an in-person Road Show discussing specifically scheduling and Staffing amongst the um the building staff members at each School um also able to address and answer questions in person um I'd like to thank the administration that has taken them approximately um six months to create the new Elementary um schedule template um that's going to accommodate the full day kindergarten into a school day um it's at about minute 33 into the committee meeting if you wanted to see um the samples of the kindergarten academic schedule that's shared in full um the academic school day for full day kindergarten will go from
047about two and a half hours of instructional time to about six and this also includes all five of the specials for our kindergardeners um and as Dr Seno had stated in his superintendent report everything is on track and for our inaugural 2025 26 kindergarten kindergarten students to begin next fall um staffing has um continued as well and it was first offered to um those teachers within District I believe there were about two um registration as Dr Seno had stated is still open uh to those that are you know interested or anyone else for that matter please continue to um look at the website and register as soon as possible the next full day kindergarten stakeholder meeting um which continues to have a really high engagement from our community scheduled for March 25th this is the
048third meeting out out of five scheduled meetings um moving on to the atlas program um this is actually at about minute 56 this will be an an item that we will be um approving from the board it's item g under Finance um it is a curriculum management system that is a centralized system for curriculum Planning Development approval and review um there were three systems that the administration had reviewed and evaluated Atlas is the recommended one from Administration and we had some thorough discussion at this at the education committee meeting the program which we don't currently have a program right at the mo at the moment um will allow for better access transparen consistency documentation and Equity across all schools um for educators for planning and teaching um once implemented it will allow also um a
049component will be available for the public or family to access for for relevant information special education there have been many happenings happening in special education department and some of the the big highlights were presented by um Dr Kyle caner the district is continuing to work on the development of the special education plan um due to the uh state this spring as Dr Seno had stated earlier um I'm thankful for the opportunity to participate in the steering committee um as also as Dr Seno had stated it's important that next Tuesday March 25th the um the current special education plan will be available on the district website for review um again for 30 days uh the special education service continues to um to meet it's the growing needs and changes of our students with the new supervisor
050of curriculum and specialized instruction we also have the new director dor of special education Dr L Oberman um who's planning to join us I believe near the end of April um I know he has some great plans and had some we've had some discussion that's also part of our um special education plan where he plans to create with this team um parent seminars to educate our our families and the special education department also a parent handbook um to better understand the process as well um this um the CPAC continues to develop and work with parents and staff and the next meeting is scheduled for April 9th at 700 p.m. um please look forward to more information in our upcoming meetings at at our education committee meeting lastly uh we had discussed the high school schedule
051and later start times um we had a pretty robust two and a half hour discussion discussing the possibility of the exploration of the high school schedule um and the possibility of a later start time it has been over 40 years since the district um has looked at the schedule for the high school students um Mr frun presented some of the rationale and Des desire to look at this to desire to look at this work had began in the school year of 201819 with the stakeholder committee the rationale Remains the Same um as it did back then um we will continue to take a look at the the the program I know Dr or Mr Funk plans on First Steps holding creating a stakeholder committee um the study into the high school schedule and later start
052time is going to be a long process it's going to include just um briefly some um components such as site visitations Consulting with other other districts board and Community presentation um surveys to staff students Families Town Halls possibly subcommittees um beta testing financial analysis curriculum credit revision professional development and the logistics of course and I'm sure there will be many more things that come up along the way the next education committee meeting will be next Thursday uh March 27th here at the Chancellor Center at 7:00 p.m. thank you and iemma move to approve um consent agenda items B through d as contained in the attachments to this agenda second questions comments hearing none Mr Roosevelt just quickly within the consent agenda I do see that there are two settlement agreements and uh Mr amuso according
053to the current solicitor report I believe obviously not to get into too many details but we there's the district is currently looking at over 20 settlement agreements is that right I mean I'm I'm not being precise but I think it's actually maybe 27 but it's over 20 I don't in various different degrees of of being resolved or just starting or in process but the district is currently looking at about 20 or so settlements for special education is that yeah yeah uh I mean I look I know there's a tremendous number of Special Education cases uh I'm sure many of them are in some process of of being resolved one way or the other but uh you know they're not resolved until they're brought to the board in a final status and all those are very
054fluid until they're here yep agreed but it it is about 20 or so that would sound right to me I mean there's there's at least I think 30 to 40 Active cases so yeah the fact that that 20 or so of them okay and this is a reason why as one of nine I'm looking forward very much to uh our new special services director Dr oer to to come on board um and get to work there is a bunch of stuff for this District to do thank you thank you Mr Roosevelt any other comments or questions any objections hearing none Madame secretary please record these motions as or the motion is passing unanimously and next we have a report from the Bucks County Intermediate Unit okayi please thank you good evening the buck IU met
055on Tuesday March 18th for a finance committee meeting and a board meeting uh their annual audit was completed and reported to the board with no instances of non- clients no significant deficiencies or weaknesses so another great year for the IU uh financially and with their reporting each time the IU meets we are presented with a series of manyi reports that highlight the different aspects of the organization there are many facets to the IU so it's helpful that they share a detailed report on various parts of the organization and I really encourage anyone who's interested in watching uh the IU meeting to do that because there are a lot of different programs that they have and and and truly it is interesting um tonight as I usually do I will just highlight one of their programs
056um the IU has been working on a grow your own teacher program to counter the decline in certified teachers that we're facing uh across the county and across the country in Pennsylvania the number of certified teachers dropped from 16,600 in 2012 to 5,577 in 2022 um this program is is in its initial year um and it provides an opportunity for current Fox IU staff working under an emergency teacher certification to obtain uh pte approved certificate education in special education this initial cohort is six employees who are currently serving as long-term substitute teachers in bux IU Lower County school age programs these individuals are on track to complete uh their program through gwened Mercy University in April 2026 and that's um at no cost to them so it's it's really a a great program for those
057employees and those par professionals um also a quick plug for the IU summer camps which are still still have room and are amazing opportunities for Hands-On steam uh learning over the summer if your child is interested in Steam in robotics in Legos there are all sorts of kinds of uh programs that they have summer camps that they have and it it's really amazing I would love to take part in one of those summer camps myself okay that's all I have thank you thank you Miss oi a report now from the middle bucks Institute of Technology represented would that be Mr hickey that will be me tonight thank you very much Mr Tate and good evening all uh also uh Miss nickolenko did a wonderful job at the Sab comments she covers a lot of the
058things that I would have covered so that will cut my speech short uh we did meet on March 4th uh some of the things that weren't covered is uh the spring occupational advisory Council met on March 4th to discuss program curricula uh each of the 21 programs at mbit has an occupational advisory Council they meet twice a year to advise on equipment in the fall and curriculum in the spring over 400 business and industry Partners contributed to the presentations um one of the things that nbit did receive was a $25,000 matching agricultural Grant which will go towards purchasing a new Greenhouse three MBI teachers will be presenting for the association for Career and Technical education in Foxboro Massachusetts they will be discussing best best practices nbit continues to be a presence in local state and
059National events not only does it give recognition to the program but it also assists us as it relates to Grants and funding opportunities and speaking of funding opportunities we spent a uh a decent amount of time talking about our 2526 budget uh which we have to submit and then our board has to approve um the biggest item on the nbit budget right now is whether or not to hire Staffing for some of the programs that need it U it doesn't sound like much but for every teacher that mvit would like to bring on that represents a 1% increase in our budget in in the mbit budget so it's not something to be taken lightly I know like for example you know we just hired we're hiring 30 Personnel for the uh all day kindergarten and
060that probably has less of an effect on our budget as hiring one teacher does at mbit so it's a it's a much smaller operation and uh just to keep everybody in mind and rbas and the superintendents are kept a breast of what's going on as far as it relates to the budget there and our next meeting will be uh April 1st and that concludes my report and thank you thank you thank you Mr hickey um should we clarify that um I may yeah date correction on an upcoming meeting Miss Khan I'm not sure if I heard you right um I think I think the CPAC meeting is the 30th of April okay the 30th of April and I'm not sure I heard that right all right good thanks thank you thank you Mr hickey um
061and I will do a quick report on the Council Rock Education Foundation but I have a lot to talk about but I'll be quick I promise The Innovation grants portal is closed and the committee is working with the administration to review proposals and um we will be announcing the next round of Grants to teachers in The District in May uh last Sunday afternoon there was a terrific iic concert at Holland Middle School it was the Delaware Valley wind Symphony and um I went because a good friend of mine is in the symphony and I got there and I discovered that the second half of the concert was the wind Symphony and the Council Rock North concert band it was phenomenal the stage was packed with I don't know close to0 musicians it was amazing but
062the coolest thing was they played a two very difficult pieces of music and did a marvelous job and it was funded by the Council Rock Education Foundation um and uh it it was really a wonderful thing and it it it was wonderful to see cff supporting such a great event the cff Mony Carlo night was held on February 28th and a number of us were there Dr Sano was there and M oi Miss KH participated Miss poly um Miss Stone um some former board members uh Wendy Thomas was there Kyle mckessie which was delightful but most important the the money and I'm whoever I forgot to mention being there I apologize but um thank you to everybody who participated the Monte Carlo KN exceeded uh the goals for both uh the number of PE tickets
063sold and the money raised um so a special thanks to everybody who participated the Northampton Valley Country Club did a wonderful job and Jefferson Health was our presenting sponsor finally and you knew I was going to mention this the golf outing um June 23d it's a Monday at Jericho National Golf Club it's a phenomenal golf course and it's a wonderful event and there is information on the cff website thank you very much we'll move on to policy committee I think Miss stone is giving the report yes good evening um the policy committee met on March 3D and we discussed several policies for a second read which are to be voted on tonight for adoption um we also discussed po policy 237 which is the use of electronic devices for first read and policy 254 which
064is a new policy which is addressing the challenges faced by children of military families so this is this policy is also on the agenda as a first read and our next meeting will be April 7th so I move to approve consent agenda items B through G for a second read and consent agenda items H and I for a first read as contained in the attachment to this agenda second thank you motion and second do we have questions comments on these policies Mr hickey not even sure if it's a part of this policy but it's something I had brought up before in public so I just wanted to make sure that everybody was aware but I've been on the record before of saying that I had wanted to see an extra graduation requirement for our students
065uh something as it relates to Civics and being able to pass a citizenship test something similar to anybody who's entering our country would like to enter uh I was informed at the meeting and I'm hoping that Mr funk you can give me the specific act that's involved but we actually do have a process in our schools which mandates that our students pass a test so for those who have been reaching out to me uh there's nothing special that we need to do it's already covered but I'm hoping that Mr Funk can just give a little bit of detail thank you thank you Mr rcky I believe it's act 35 that covers um the topic that you're discussing and all of our grade 10 social studies students do indeed take that Civics examination so it's a
066a mixture of civics government ethics um it very much resembles the citizenship test it's about a 30 question multiple choice assessment we do report the results to the Commonwealth uh we had 900 test administrations last year and I'm happy to report that we had over 180 students record a perfect score on on that assessment so act 35 thank you thank you both any other comments or questions on these policies anyone opposed hearing none Madame secretary please record these as passing unanimously we'll move on to facilities committee and the report tonight will be from Miss Herer yes thank you the last facilities committee meeting was Thursday March 6th we continue to explore the facility needs of the district to see what and where to put resources for the betterment of the district as the punch list
067continues to be completed at richbo elementary there are there are several several change orders and deduction orders that are being presented here are some of the projects for 2025 that are summer projects that are being pres voted on tonight Churchville the facade and uh fencing modifications North the humidification north north tennis court restoration North cast in place concrete repairs North and South painting and flooring replacement North and Holland Middle School gym floor replacement Moran Welsh and Holland Elementary Paving restoration lastly there are some boiler repairs that are needed at North the discussion for how and what options will be considered under the master plan will continue including with the chancellor Center will be at the next facilities meeting on Thursday April 3rd beginning at 5:00 p.m. please note the time change to start the meeting
068will be at 5:00 pm on Thursday April 3rd I move to approve consent agenda items B through G as contained in the attachment to this agenda I'll second the motion comments questions Mr Roosevelt yeah I I just want to add a little bit about the master plan process that this board is uh involved in I suppose waste deep is a is a good analogy to describe this um the board has been presenting Ed with a the process kicked off with the board being presented with a list of items from maintenance to replacement to renovation across the district part of this outlined um the the old adage or rule often in the building trade that a building that's about 20 to 30 years is going to you can expect it to uh encounter some issues roof
069issues air conditioning uh heating that sort of a thing as much you do in your homes um this is about the same the same sort of element and it was also presented that we have currently two elementary schools two high schools and one Administrative Building the one that we're sitting in presently Chancellor Hall that all fall into this category of not being renovated or um or being constructed in that time period so there are issues in those effectively we've also been presented as a board with potential solutions from Architects this is not an all-inclusive list there could be more this is part of the master planning which is an idea of in what order to take on these repairs and Replacements and or Renovations and how long this could take so it's not going to
070be one year that everything gets done it's likely going to be several years but effectively some of the solutions that the board is looking at at both dealing with these building issues that outlined as well as other District issues that buildings could resolve effectively amount to about $400 million of cost and we the board currently has the ability cash on hand that could be devoted toward this and and most likely and most um significantly borrowing power up to about 200 to do so that is currently the situation that this board this district and this community find itself in is trying to get 200,000 $200 million to stretch to cover $400 million of stuff um and that would be over the next 10 15 years perhaps so this is a a big undertaking that this board
071is currently involving it can't involve just one issue um it should involve multiple issues and it's something that no decisions have been made on I just thought that it would be helpful to sort of summarize the situation that the board finds itself in for the community's helpful because a lot of these meetings go on pretty long hence the reason why the next one is starting at 5: so uh I just thought that I'd provide that brief overview for everybody to grasp um to save you from watching maybe 10 15 hours worth of of meetings thank you thank you Mr Roosevelt Miss ply uh yes these meetings are very long but I have to say there are quite a few uh residents that uh come to the meetings and stay and they make public comments and
072we really appreciate I appreciate I think we all appreciate their presence um this the master facilities plan is an ongoing process exactly as described and I think it's too soon to make any priorities or to say if we're going to renovate and so on and definitely our uh like credit or like our boring power I my understanding is a little bit fluid at this point because depending on the decisions that we make now that could affect how much money we will be able to raise through Bonds in the future so everything is very fluid and everything is discussed in detail in these meetings and that's why they're so long but I think for me I have to say my highest priority right now is to decide what we're doing with the chancellor Center because we
073need to make a decision fairly quickly because the building is in need of Renovations so um at least for me that would be my priority right now thank you thank you Miss ply yeah Miss Stone just one more comment I just I think it's not totally accurate to say that we have 200 million in borrowing power right now I think it was that's an overstatement but it may be you know over over the years2 but I I think it was uh under a 100 under a 100 million actually but anyway yeah you know it's um a lot of moving Parts um lot but I don't want n a number to stick in somebody's head as to what well there are you're right there are a lot of Mo there are a lot of numbers here
074I I wish I had my binder it's next door in a filing cabinet it's about this thick because um I want to be clear that the district has had for at least 13 14 years a really good thorough assessment of our facilities um and each one of our physical facilities our buildings is in this binder with an assessment of the buildings um performance and features and and shortcomings and things that need to be addressed um so that's been updated on an annual basis for 13 14 years and that's been updated this year but what we decided to do was a a master planning process where we were looking longer range at all of our facilities needs and um trying to marry that to the long range financial planning that we've been doing and it's it's
075a very thoughtful and strategic process it's the kind of thing that the board ought to be doing um and you know um there are there's a short list of buildings that need to be addressed sooner rather than later but every building's on there and there's a matrix that presents sort of a a a priority list of of which buildings to get addressed now which buildings in medium range which buildings are are good for the longer range um I Mr Roosevelt's right the the the total options that were presented were in excess of $400 million that we're not going to spend $400 million for example um both of the high schools are on there for either well north for example is on there for either renovation or replacement the replacement cost is twice that of renovation
076so right there um is a huge variable um there's other buildings that are slated for renovation or replacement so the 400 million figure is daunting but it should be kept in mind that that's the all-in figure and we're not going to be spending $400 million in the next five or 10 years it's it's a very inclusive process um Mr Roosevelt's right the the the video recordings are long but they're they're um very informative and best of all you can get a an updated synthesized version if you attend the facilities meeting coming up on April 3rd at 5:00 p.m. so thank you um are there any other Mr picky yeah just like you said we've had some interesting meetings and lengthy ones which are worthy um a couple things though to keep in mind as we
077do discuss these as I've said before one of the things that we have to do is marry our facilities with our educational goals particularly as it relates to our middle schools and I think that we can't you you said this is why it takes a while we can't make any decisions on what we're doing with facilities until we figure out how we're going to educate our children uh we've talked about different models maybe a Sixth Grade Center maybe going to a middle school model all these things need to be investigated because if we decide to go to a Sixth Grade Center or to a different Middle School model where it's now 67th and eth grade that affects every facility in this building and what we should do with them and the other thing that I
078would like to just point out at this time and it also relates to I'm going to say the summer projects and just a lot of the things that we do the district for example one of two of our summer projects I mean one of them was had to do with a humidifier at the nitorum at North which is I think it was north of a million dollars and we're also putting in two gym floors at a cost of a half a million dollars each which to me just sound crazy and and I don't know if I can ask for the Public's help or somebody's help to try to get some of these costs down um we're going to be voting on something later on you're going to hear about it as it relates to uh
079a dishwasher itself South the cost just seems excessive and now maybe it's not um but I don't know I just wonder maybe because we're an educational facility that people know that there's an advantage to be gained as far as what they're charging us um but as it relates to our facilities same thing you know we don't necessarily need to build or renovate these schools with every you know I keep referring to the Taj Mahal I mean in some cases it's a matter of keeping these buildings warm safe and dry and if is if it's worth it to actually do it so like I said this is a conversation that will continue and but it it's not something that could be made in and of itself as a part of facilities alone it it has to
080be matched with what we're doing educationally for our kids because that's the number one thing here you know we're educating these you know we're educating 10,500 students and how are we going to do that in the most efficient and economical way and get the best results thank you thank you Miss hick Mr hickey Miss Khan um thank you I guess I just wanted to follow up in terms of we're not necessarily as Mr Roosevelt had stated and I think we all kind of agree to that up here that this process of the master planning process I know is um Mr tapate uh referenced the 4inch binder with the capital Improvement plan which is a five-year Outlook um we you know in the past historically we've kind of done buildings and Renovations as they come as
081are needed um usually when there's no other uh alternative and part of this the goal of the master planning process was to take that along with our financing and our budgeting along with looking at the district as a whole like this overarching view um to make our decisions in the most you know educated effective efficient way and also to be not only academic first but also fiscally responsible um but I do know in terms of like our our summer our summer projects that were some of which we are um will be voting on this evening and we have continued discussion in our facilities and then the upcoming budget as well I know you know Mr rap has even brought up saying as we think of all of these things we have to also throw in
082our our continued discussion of the capital um facilities plan to see you know that we're making decisions in next year's budget so we're already starting to think about it whatever that may you know lead lead in terms of down the road but it's definitely um a process that has been uh a lot of work I know a lot of of of our Administration um d uh Dewey and Shader have um DH cha have been participatory in answering all our questions and even as Mr hickey had um related the Middle School model that was something we did seriously consider and had discussed and um Shader and Cha had brought that back to us from the last facilities to the um previous one that we had and I know in that in that discussion in the facilities
083that one of the options was to build Ren renovate or add to our two current middle schools you know coming at over $104 million to add the space of approximately 500 students um and we all kind of looked at each other as like okay what the next question was what's the education benefit of this and I know in our upcoming Education meeting committee meeting next week one of the things um that we will be discussing is know what would potentially be the educational benefit of having a sixth grade band model um at this point it doesn't seem like any of us were after we saw that price tag um and it's even more to build an additional Middle School at $140 million so these are these are all um steps along the way that we
084discuss and we have great robust discussions and the community is welcome to share and and yes the meeting are long but you all have the benefit as fast forwarding pausing and rewinding that we do not at the time but thank you for those of you that do participate and and join us thank you thank you Miss Khan Miss oi thank you I did want to kind of echo what some of my colleagues have said these are really really big and complicated topics and I think it's a disservice for us to try to squish them down into you know a couple s sentences here at the podium I think it really would benefit anybody who's interested to go ahead and and take the time and watch the videos or attend a meeting because these are these
085these uh facilities discussions are very uh complex they're very interrelated you know we are discussing whether we change the grade bands and how does that affect the facilities and you know what if we do this with North and how does that affect what we do with South and and it's very much an if this then that process and we can't summarize that for you tonight here so so I definitely would encourage anyone to uh watch those videos or attend a meeting um and it's also I think as Mr Roosevelt said he said waste deep we may not even be waste deep we're we're starting this process and um I think there's going to be many many more meetings um probably a lot of 5:00 pm starts so that we can cover a lot of ground
086uh they they are complicated and they are a big big topics um I did want to say as Yoda mentioned about the chancellor Center um one thing that is clear as we go through these facilities process um is that renovating the chancellor Center is the least expensive option and the community has consistently shown us that that's uh what they want they've been attending these meetings you see the signs outside the community is clear that you know saving the chancellor Center and having the administration remain in the chancellor Center is their preference and it's also the least expensive option I think for all of us sitting here at the table um the idea of putting less money into the administrative building and saving that money for buildings that house our students needs to be the priority
087and I think it is but um I wanted to make that that clear tonight for all of us our our students need to be the most important thing and um as Mr hiy said keeping them warm safe and dry and putting money into actually educating them should be the priority versus the facilities that they're in and we don't have all we don't have an you know an open checkbook you know we have to prioritize these things so you know we need to prioritize the things that really matter for for educating the students and and not you know the fancy buildings that we we may want thank you okay if there are no other comments or question questions we have a motion on the floor everybody recall what that motion would be all right are there
088any objections good discussion um hearing no objections Madame secretary please report is passing unanimously that takes us to the finance committee I think Miss stone is giving a report yes hi so the finance committee met on Thursday March 13th and speaking of age-old buildings Believe It or Not South is 23 years old and the dishwasher has gone kaput and we're serving over a thousand lunches a day this is not a little uh dishwasher you know little frigida in your kitchen and it is very expensive and we all went through sticker shock on this but there aren't that many places to go for this kind of equipment um so we're looking at approving this uh new dishwasher we're also uh renewing our annual wide area network lease which uh Services all of our buildings in the
089district and uh 40% of the cost is expected to be refunded by the federal e rate program which is a a program under the FCC which is awarded for internet and Telecommunications uh services to schools um and as Miss Khan uh talked about the Administration has assessed this new curriculum management system by Atlas and so I Echo her comments and uh appreciate that it will allow parents to um follow along with timelines for for the different units being taught in the curriculum and I did want to thank um Miss Tamara Gary for uh going through all this work and a great presentation educating all of us on how valuable this program is um we also have annual trips for the orchestra and choir that have been set for next year and see our South is
090going the choir will be going to Germany and Austria um we've all requested that we can attend and the Council Rock North Orchestra will be going to Ireland um and the details on the costs and itineraries will be made available this is uh these programs don't have not come up through the board before but um they will be now going forward and I believe there is there's a rotating schedule for orchestra band and Chorus at North and South to make these um annual trips which is a great opportunity for the kids I believe there's uh one going on now or are they getting ready to go Mr Funk where Puerto Rico okay so um and the last thing is we're beginning our work on our annual budget for 25 26 school year year and our
091next finance committee meeting will be on Thursday April 10th and so with that I move to approve consent agenda items B through S as contained in the attachments to this agenda through second oh sorry all right we had a tie all right M oi uh um that's just proximity comments or questions please miss Conan thank you um thank you Miss stone for your um summary for the finance committee I just wanted to clarify that um it's great that the South uh choir and the north Orchestra next year are headed to these amazing once in a-lifetime Opportunities I just wanted to State for the community we did have quite a bit of discussion around this at education committee meeting as well as thanking the um the staff that came and spent uh some of their evening
092so they could um share their excitement um that this trip is also self-funded by the students so it's on an consent agenda item not for the finance portion of it but because it's part of the school district I don't know if Dr Seno wanted to explain that better but and then we also had as a board um some discussion around you know if there was um some financial support or scholarships available for students that were not able to financially afford this either of these trips and administration um Dr Seno and Mr F Mr Funk um had both spoken to that as well and there are there are ways and scholarships um students that are able to attend if if it is a financial hardship so I just wanted to clarify that thank you Mr Funk
093can you take that yeah um of course it is costly to go abroad um and we are thankful that Mr axler fire director from South and Mrs Abby Stratton um from Council Rock North attended last finance committee to go over the itinerary for these trips they are once in a-lifetime opportunities for our students these are co-curriculars so the students participate in the class either choir marching band and Orchestra and also participate after school in these activity so um very time consuming uh the kids have a great Passion they're absolutely phenomenal um and the band parent associations the choir the orchestra parent associations do an awful lot of fundra raing to offset these you know rather considerable costs when you travel to Europe um but again they once in a lifetime opportunities here to four the
094contracts you have contracts with travel agencies have been done through the parent associations and we're on a little shaky ground there because it's really our trip and our students and our our teachers so we we have taken ownership of that and that's why we brought it uh in front of the board for approval thank you thank you wonderful Mr Roosevelt thank you Mr Funk would you say or would you agree that the board's approval of these two trips is much similar to how the board approves senior Proms and Junior proms where the students and those schools decide where how much what's on the agenda this is this is very similar correct yes we try to make the senior proms Junior proms um very much student driven in terms of in venues makinging that's part of
095a leadership activity for a student council um but the contracts that we have with these venues and with these travel agencies are very similar but because it is contractual in nature we do make sure that it is reviewed by our solicitor and that it is board approved thank you thank you thank you Mr Punk Mr hickey just a question because this is also true for the senior trips to Disney as well correct um and I had asked this before um but I'll ask it to because I requested to be a chaperon [Laughter] the the cost of the chaperon to go on these trips is well some of that is offset some some of that is built into the cost my my other question is when the chaperon go how are they rep placed in our
096classrooms so they they would have substitutes however if you were taking the majority of the senior class which we are um and then we take the majority of the chaperons are senior class teachers and advisors uh the need for the substitute sometimes is negligible you know like I said I just wanted to ask a question like you said this is a I don't will say a once a lifetime opportunity for these kids and everybody I know who goes on them you know including my own you know they've been wonderful experiences so thank you Mr he if I might just add we also try to schedule these kind of trips over spring break so there is uh less time out of the classroom for the student and the teacher perfect thank you Dr Seno anyone else
097Mr Roosevelt thank you item back to the dishwasher Mr R uh just a couple of quick things can we confirm that this item is available and that it's not discontinued by Hobart that diswasher yes it is available wonderful thanks very much did we consider any I know we have a Hobart presently and Hobart is kind of the gold standard uh not to be giving a plug out to Hobart or anything but um this is a a good quality highly respected long lasting but falls into the category of falling apart in 20 to 30 years um so did were there any other models or were there any other V vendors or brands that were considered we we we don't deal didn't deal with a specific Hobart vendor I mean Hobart only vendor so the vendor that
098we dealt with you know has several other models but we felt this was the best model for our schools um given that they are limited time items or wear items they're going to wear out eventually um and we do have difficult water in the schools um something that gets run as often as that we wanted something that we we that would last as long as it as as we could get as many years as we could get out of it thank you any other comments or questions so if you want an industrial dishwasher for your home Hobart is is the name huh we'll um let's see we have motion on the floor seconded no more comments or questions are there objections hearing none Madame secretary please record that motion is passing unanimously and that takes
099us on on to public comment I have seven people signed up and if anyone else wishes to speak they can come after the seven people who are signed up I'll uh call people up in order I want to note that public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to address the board when speaking to the board we ask that you limit your comments to no longer than 3 minutes please consider the fact that there may be young children in the audience or watching this broadcast Live on crtv YouTube your ideas are welcome and will be considered in deliberating an issue the board typically does not respond to your comments or questions in real time the first person I have signed up we have signed up for public comment is Joseph white of New
100Town burrow thank you uh I'd like to make the public aware of a play that was shown at New Town middle school that I found to be inappropriate three weeks ago NM at nms a very talented group of kids known as The nms Craft players put on a stunning performance of the Broadway musical something rotten the play takes comical light-hearted Jabs at the famous playwright Shakespeare and the genre of musicals in general General I was there to support my son a seventh grader who was part of the stage crew I was blown away by the amazing voices and acting skills of these young thespians as well as The Talented musicians in the orchestra however not long into the performance something felt very wrong the language themes and references in this play did not seem appropriate
101for the 12 to 14-year-old student actors and certainly not for the general audience and attendance the play contained material that may be deemed offensive to various religious groups as well as hurtful to people with SE certain sexual orientations situations relating to substance abuse foul language and sexual innuendo were constant throughout all sung to toet tapping cleverly written songs it is difficult to express in words the feelings this play invoked in me as a parent something felt very wrong about kids knowing or unknowingly acting out material designed for what I believe should be an older audience I cannot help but Come Away with the feeling that these children were used as props to send a message or to amuse adults who may find this type of humor entertaining I'm not naive to the fact that material
102like this exists and our children will at some point be exposed to these themes we live in a free country where expression through ART is a protected right my issue with the school is that there is a time and a place for everything to see theater kid kids that my son has grown up would suddenly transition from plays like susal to musical or Pinocchio to something rotten is jarring to say the least my questions for the superintendent principal director and School Board are these what is the purpose of having the students put on such a play what is the benefit to our community and what should the standard be for plays at New Town Middle School the most outrageous aspect of this unfortunate episode is how the play was and was not presented to me
103as a parent because my son was assigned to the the stage crew he was not given a script I did not research the play because I trusted the Judgment of the administrators and the director no formal permission slip was sent home stating the name or rating of the play PG-13 instead the children were given a contract that was to be signed by the parents listing only the times dates and code of conduct expected during rehearsals what should have happened was full disclosure a permission slip stating the play title rating as well as the reasons given for such a designation please understand that the are my own personal views and in no way are meant to criticize any decisions made by parents or performers in the show and I did follow up with some of the
104administrators Dr senka which I appreciate you taking some time to talk to me was very receptive to my request that a permission slip with full transparency be sent home with uh the students you know stating the play the title and the ratings so that we don't get a shock when we walk into an auditorium and there's all these what I feel very inappropriate themes uh for 12 to 14 year old kids um that's that's really it I just I what I would like ultimately that's um three and a half minutes thank you Mr White is a to change the policy if that would be that would be good thank you Laura laurenzano from upper Makefield is next on the list good evening uh so I'm here I've been here a couple of times at the
105education committee um I've actually spoke here I'm uh in support of block scheduling um it sounds like the education committee has approved to move forward with that which is excellent news on my behalf so that actually cut out about half of what I was going to say so maybe I only talk for about a minute um but that being said what I want to do is also address the uh the public uh to make sure that as we're going through the process and anything that I hear is actually also getting to the public that they're understanding what it is and how it's uh uh progressing uh the board also seemed to have in the last education committee meeting uh it was a little bit of a fiery meeting um a lot of maybe unknowns uh
106in order to why why we want to move it forward which is why we want to do the committee so that being said I just want to kind of uh to the public really kind of summarize what block scheduling is it takes our existing schedule at the high school with six credit hours uh for the school year makes them eight and it's uh there are many different models but a very common one is a 4x4 uh whe that would be semester or an AB block which is four classes each day rotating on an AB schedule similar to what we currently have in uh like with the um you know gym and health and they rotate that uh through the schedule you basically copy that but four classes one day four classes the next and it
107keeps rotating uh what does that do uh you know for a kids uh basically in essence it is going to for the students it gives the students greater flexibility and choice in their educational pathway and it gives them the ability uh to have more classes of greater interest that align with their educational goals so for my kids I come back to them a lot I have uh two kids one in a band kid another an orchestra kid um in the district right now we have let's say roughly 10,000 total students in the district I might be slightly off on that I'm not a statistician um 3,000 of those almost a third are in the music department and some level whether it's Orchestra choir uh band so that's a large number of kids that actually get
108a benefit benefits so they're able to take care of those goals as they progress through High School uh but also to um take advantage of some of the other classes as well right now they're a little bit limited uh to what they can actually take for the teachers it actually allows them to have the longer classes will uh help them plan a little bit more engaging activities uh that allows the kids to collaborate a little bit more effectively um the next time I come in here I feel like I want to talk a little bit more to the teachers specifically uh because there's so many ways that they can set up their lessons plans uh but the primary goal is for the committee to really make sure that the teachers and the parents are heavily
109involved in this process um that being said because I know I'm getting very short on time back in 18 and 19 there's this wonderful report that was made it's super comprehensive it actually talked about why when how where all of the uh schools that you visited uh a sample schedule of what they have now and later so please take a look at it I'm actually going to leave this with somebody if they want it to make it easy for anybody to take a look at it and um you know look at it it's it's a good start thank you that's thank you very much very good thanks Julie Lambert from New Town Township please thank you for your time and the opportunity to speak uh those who know me know that three minutes is a
110challenge so forgive me if I just focus and read my name is Julie Lambert I'm a new town resident for 30 years I was an emotional support teacher for the Bucks County IU for 30 years I'm a mother of three Council Rock graduates grandmother of a current Council Rock student I am also one of the co-founders of craft known as the Council Rock arts for teens from we started approximately 28 to 29 years ago very proud of that we developed this program to VI to provide educational and entertainment opportunities for students in the community during that time a few faculty have brought their skills and talents to the program Mark Dolan has been the director and faculty adviser of craft for 23 years his talent and dedication to the students and program have been immeasurable
111I am here tonight because craft and its director Mark Dolan are being threatened public accusations have been made against the most recent production of something rotten and against the director I'm actually horrified and embarrassed that the Community member would publicly post professionally and personally damaging accusations on social media in instead concerns can be addressed more appropriately out of the public view let me first say that all craft Productions are vetted and approved by Administration before they are decided upon for production and presented to students and families all participating students no matter their onstage or backstage role in The show must have parental guardianship permission slips signed before they participate I I have seen firsthand their participation be delayed until those permission slips are signed the name of all the shows is printed at the top
112of the script for students and family to see be aware of ask questions look it up before signing with an opportunity to express concerns actors in the show have scripts and music in hand that can be reviewed by them or family before during rehearsal times and at any point during the production this PG13 show was as many often are further edited by Mr Dolan Cuts in the script were made to address time factors more importantly Cuts were made to address language and content changes for the comfort and appropriateness of the students there's not enough time for me to give AC adequate accolades and gratitude to Mr Mark Dolan for what he has done for the development of this program his students our children in this community is my privilege and honor to have known him
113all these 23 years as the craft director and Council Rock faculty member I've observed him and admired him as a peer working together on the sets and backstage with hundreds and I mean hundreds of students as a teacher and a mentor to my own children as an asset to the teaching staff and to this community he's an exceptionally trusted and respected by his peers by students families and the community he is one of the best things that has happened to this Council Rock School District in my 30 years of knowing it thank you Miss Lambert that's three and a half minutes can I just say one thing that craft is for any and every student no matter what their talents interests and abilities are and I am so grateful that you all have been there
114supporting it for all these years thank you very much thank you um Laura of new town would that be new town the township or New Town the burrow Township thank you hello um my name is Laura and I have a seventh grader at Newtown Middle School um who was actually one of the leads in something rotten um sadly I didn't want to have to come waste your time but I did I was reading very egregious and slanderous things about um the staff and um the whole play itself so I felt like it needed to be defended um the play was an incredibly positive experience for my son as well as the rest of the cast um that this is one of the things my son actually looked forward to about Newtown Middle School was the
115theater program he had seen all the previous shows and he could not wait to go he loved how uh the craft players did more complicated and thought-provoking shows that encouraged the kids to grow as performers and allowed them to be part of something bigger than themselves all along the way he felt comfortable supported and respected as an actor by all of the staff and his peers honestly I haven't seen him so happy as when he's acting um as his parents we did our part to be involved and stay informed along the way we felt the craft players staff did an excellent job at communicating with us by letting us know the title of the play and the description of the characters ahead of time as well as providing a link to the unedited Broadway show
116well in advance before auditions which my son and I watched well before he auditioned um it gave us plenty of time to decide um if this was appropriate and make an informed decision um I believe the responsibility of communicating goes both ways and there needs to be an accountability on the parents side to do their own research and ask all the questions they need to make an informed decision overall I believe that the show was a great experience for the kids and I would hate to see one negative opinion tarnish that I really do appreciate you all taking the time to listen to me and I really appreciate you supporting the Arts in the school and um respectfully I will say that my son does know and has engaged with Mr White son who he
117just mentioned and he told me for a fact he had a blast so I would hate to see that tarnished for him um because of not doing his own part as a parent and following up thank you next on the list is Kelly sinic I believe of New Town Township or burough actually she signed me up I'm from Washington CW you could no you you can still speak oh thank you thank you um hello everyone again my name is Kelly syi and I too have an eighth grader at the new town Middle School my son was lucky enough to have leads in both lay as Rob and something run I cannot express how meaningful of an opportunity these shows have been to him and our family the entire staff at craft players should be commended
118on their dedication to our children and the Performing Arts Mr Dolan is a true pillar of the community from the actors on stage the musicians in the pit to the stage crew Mr Dolan creates musical Productions that rival professional theaters he allows the students to be part of something amazing something bigger than themselves he provides the opportunity for kids to put their phones away and connect with one another on a true human level as a parent I appreciate this and I have found Mr Dolan to be a consumate professional to suggest anything else would be a defamation to his character he is encouraging supportive caring and invested in the welfare of all the children entrusted into his care his methods of directing not only Foster creativity but allow the children to take charge to develop
119their own characters on stage and he gives them space to hone their art the craft players 2425 production of something rotten was announced to the school early in the fall the children who were interested in participating had the opportunity in October to meet the entire Craft Player staff and school to learn about the pro prospective project and to sign up for the craft players canvas page on this page the production team posted that exact in school slide to show to us parents they also meticulously laid out the show which staff members handled which tasks how to reach them the expectations of the children and the commitment expected audition preparations including date and times character breakdowns a full YouTube video of the show to watch and the music to listen to and that was our job
120as an adult to take a look at that canvas page there was full transparency there to see if this is something we believed our children should or should not participate in the majority of parents believed that this show was completely appropriate and allowed their teenagers to participate the 2015 Tony Award winning something rot in production was appropriately adapted for the presentation by Middle School the Musical is a fictitious and hilarious representation of Shakespearean time it extremely it is extremely clever and heartwarming the jokes within it are in nature that if you're mature enough to understand them they're comical but if you're not they're obscure enough to fly over your head we as parents had absolutely no problem understanding that musicals performed at this age level are meant to be fun amusing and not instructive or
121political this play gave our children who participated a Cooperative um confidence-building bonding experience that they will remember forever I am proud to live here and thankful to the board and the staff at craft players for allowing music and Performing Arts to be part of our children's curriculum thank you thank you very much Kevin McCormick of New Town um I also just wanted to come here just to personally testify for uh the director of something rotten Mark Dolan um in response to some allegations against him and some uh uh outrage over this show on social media um our first experience with Mark Dolan was when our oldest son Connor was in seventh grade and uh he had always enjoyed singing but having Mr Dolan as a teacher and director took his love of music to new
122heights it was in the music room and on the stage at North where Connor found guidance for his talent and enthusiasm Mr Dolan's support encouraged Connor's continued involvement in musical performance throughout high school and he eventually won the music teachers scholarship last year he's now pursuing a degree at Jacob's School of Music at Indiana University and we know that Mr Dolan has played a big part in shaping the trajectory of his life and his vocation um we're fortunate that our two younger children have also had the opportunity to work with Mr Dolan a few weeks ago our youngest Cameron performed as be one of the lead roles in something rotten at the middle school to say that being part of this production was lifechanging would be an understatement cam has been performing since she was
123six but Mr Dolan and his entire production team lifted her singing and acting to new heights not only did he and his team challenge each student to be their best but they cultivated a supportive environment that was truly like a family and it was clear to the audience that the kids were having the time of their lives something rotten is a Tony award-winning satirical musical filled with irreverent humor that is routinely performed by schools across the country and of course recently at New Town Middle School prior to the auditions for something rotten craft players uh provided a link link to full performance of The Show for parents to watch and evaluate there was also a full description of characters and a contract that parents and students had to review and sign before the voluntary auditions
124um this information was posted on canvas where the cast pit tech crew and their parents could access it throughout the entire rehearsal process um to learn more about the show or seek guidance parents could then also do a simple Google search about the show um the entire Broadway soundtrack is available on streaming services including Amazon and apple music uh first thing we did when we heard about which show uh was going to be performed was we put the soundtrack on um while there's no rating system for musicals like there are for uh movies the consensus audience recommendation for something rotten is at worst PG-13 however for any art music or entertainment it's ultimately a parents job to decide what they are comfortable with in gray area and that's okay um it's said that art is
125subjective and that's what makes it great we each get to love or hate something on our own terms um I think that what I take issue with is that this hatred and outrage made its way to social media without uh proper channels or discussion uh amongst members of the school and School Board um any school can put on a mundane safe or uninspired show but it takes a gifted educator to tackle challenging Productions that require extraordinary nuanced performances I think Mr White had referenced uh expecting a show like sule or Pinocchio no this is definitely not sule or Pinocchio thank you Mr mccormic that's three and a half minutes if oh okay well uh we just wanted to say that we're grateful for um that our children have um had an exceptional and well-respected teacher
126like Mr Dolan during such a formative time of their lives thank you thank you you Township or bur thank you and um Cheryl Karns Hills of New Town burrow please good evening Cheryl Currin Hills lifelong resident of New Town Barrow thanks to this board Administration and CR Community for your work and the opportunity to speak last Friday don't know whether you realized it or not it was March the 14th 3:14 which was Pi Day spelled Pi my favorite day Pi is a mathematical value I could take down my three minutes if I started reciting them because it's infinite so I'll stop comparing piie to Chancellor Center proves to have some interesting connections and raises some some concerns Pi is an irrational number and the number of proposed solutions for Chancellor can cause us to become
127irrational the rational and sound solution is to fix Chancellor this is not a pi spelled piie in the sky request 7 million is the cost to make Chancellor be safe warm and dry the administration that works in the basement needs to feel safe and dry again as they face serious water leakage the video shown at the March facilities meeting showed this dire situation as wooder was pouring in due to building issues staff cannot work safely and be productive in this environment the prolonged water issue will only cost us all more the exact value of pi can never be calculated like Chancellor's Priceless value you truly cannot put a price tag on this building that is appropriate but by continuing to delay repairs the cost for remediation will increase the building's needs cannot be avoided any
128longer we can continue to go around and around in circles with remedies Andor in action but the easiest option is to repair Chancellor let's circumvent the problems and repair this Grand building pi's digits are infinitely long as Chancellor deserves to continue to stand long after all of us in this room are gone the value of pi is a constant and Chancellor deserves to be a constant in the CR Community with a price tag of 7 million thank you for your endeavors thank you for my time this evening thanks thank you Miss Hills if anyone wishes to speak please come forward and identify yourself and tell us in which municipality you reside good evening everyone thank you for letting me speak to tonight my name is Terry Kylie um I've lived here over 30 years my
129children got to go to school here and I just want to speak to some of the distressing items I heard at the last facility meeting um some of the suggestions from Council Rock board members regarding the future of chancell Street included returning the building to new town burrow building a new administration building is part of a future construction renovating the Richboro Middle School or selling the building the capital Improvement plan for Council Rock as prepared by the shrer group stated it would cost 7.7 million to make Chancellor Center functional warm safe and dry as the district's conern consult and said at the meeting the shrer group estimated that converting an existing District building into a ministrative center or building a new wing on an existing District building could cost anywhere from 17 million to 22
130million the other option proposed by the board but not in Traders report was to lease space for administrative staff at a minimum cost of a million a year any leased building will also need to be reconfigured and that cost is unknown of course if this occurs the Council Rock School school district will be saddled with this annual cost versus renovating and improving their assets so it seems to me that we could save taxpayers at least 10 to 15 million and possibly more by just doing the necessary renovations to Chancellor to keep it functional and warm safe and dry that would leave more money for projects in the outstanding renovation projects on that Council Rock options analysis by the shrer group which include four major Renovations so Morin Welsh 31.5 million estimated Ren ation Council Rock
131South and by the way that building is only 23 years old this building's 154 years 123 million uh Council Rock North 120 million New Town Elementary School 31.4 million these projects add up to a total cost of 300 million which Yuri said you really don't have all of that money renovating Chancellor at a cost of 7.7 million would be 2.5% of the above cost that I just mentioned for all the outstanding renovation projects I want to know why we're spending so much time over discussing these renovation costs when there are buildings housing students that have substantially higher renovation costs please be responsible with my tax dollars I would prefer the greater percentage of our Capital spending and minutes one sentence Capital spending to go to buildings that house students and teachers commit to putting money
132to renovating Chancellor to keep it warm safe and dry thank you thank you anyone else you're welcome to speak and please identify yourself and tell us where you reside which municipality I am I live in the New Town Township I am a freshman at Council Rock North High School and I'm sorry your name please oh I'm sorry uh my name is Malik jbal um I apologize if I stutter I've just come up here out of the blue um I've been inspired by people like Mr McCormick and Mrs Graham to come up here to speak on behalf of Mr Mark Dolan I was a student of his for both years I attended New Town middle school and I can't tell you how much of a supportive environment he made for all of the actors and actresses
133and um crew in his craft players organization and I worked very tightly with the music program in eth grade I was the band manager and as the band manager I was pretty much the right man right-and man of Mr Keith rudat who has an important position in the Council Rock um I apologize music department and through that I got to meet with people like Mr Keith rudet Miss Abby Stratton and Mr Mark Dolan very constantly and for the time I was at Newtown Middle School Mr Mark Dolan made a very very strong effort to make everybody a musician in his class made a very strong effort to help everybody in any way that it can um thank you I just wanted to come up here and say that thank you nicely done thank you I
134see somebody else coming forward to speak a couple of people um yall decide and again just give us your name please and the municipality where you live good evening uh my name is James ausy I live in New Town Township and uh I would be uh I'm here again on behalf of Mark Dolan uh I was when I first went to middle school I had a artistic Bend but I didn't really know what to do with it and it was Mark Dolan uh and the promise of uh of Dunkin Donuts at choir rehearsal uh that got me and multiple friends in the door and I stayed there and I stayed through choir all the way through high school I went on to uh get a degree in theater and now I serve the community volunteering
135with new town ours company and their children's program uh the point being is none of that could have been possible without Mark Dolan uh his Steady Hand his excellent selection of Music uh I still can remember just like the warm-ups uh in the old uh the old music room and the old uh the old mid School building that they tore down as soon as I left uh but I I just I think it's important to understand that I I've also when while I attended Council Rock there were incidents of the type that have been leveraged and frankly none of those signs none of the kind of things that you would expect with any of that so the the question I have is why is this a problem now uh and I think that has a
136lot more to do with just the ability of people to put on Art uh and and just question what they can and can't do and frankly if I have to see susal one more time that's my time thank you all thank you very much is there somebody else who wishes to speak please do you wish to come to the micro I mean we need you to come to the microphone if you wish to speak please hello um Mary eileene Lutz I live in the burrow for a long time and this area since 1960 I don't have anything prepared because I really was not going to say anything tonight my concern is that you keep Chancellor Street Center open at least for this year because you're starting a whole kindergarten program you're starting to get students
137registered I think you said 17 new staff people all these changes that you're going to have to do because of starting kindergarten it would be so much easier to leave the staff in this building at least for another year so that you have the children place this Kinder kindergarten is a year that takes a lot of construction paper and books it's really you want a nice introduction for the children and I think it'd be easier if you weren't worried about redoing different buildings uh for the general staff and after one year it it'll be straightened out and you can do the educational things my other last thing is did I don't know about maintenance do you hire people in the summer and they could paint or is it just the staff or you hire an
138outside painter and I want I don't know your name this is really like my first school board meeting uh but thank you for in stressing the import import of the children for education and that's what they need and I hope you keep the building open for a year at least to get your kindergarten program in place thank you thank you very much is there anyone else who wishes to speak tonight if not that concludes public comment thank you very much moving on to new business do board members have new business M oi yeah I would like to just say I've only been on the board for you know a year and a half but to have this many people come out to speak on behalf of a staff member is amazing and um I want
139to just thank everybody who came to speak and it's great for us to know how uh how much of an impact our our teachers are having on our students so thank you thank you Miss oi any other new business is there any old business no old business em motion to adjourn seconded there we go adjourn thank you very much everyone you