001Welcome and good evening. This meeting of the Man Township School Board is now called to order. Welcome to everyone here in person and those joining us online. In addition to the live stream, both audio and video are being recorded and can be watched on the district's YouTube channel. Nurture and challenge for success is our district's mission. It serves as a reminder of our intent to enable every Manheim Township student to learn, grow, and thrive. Now, please join me for the pledge of >> allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay, it's an exciting night. We're on to item 1 C, our announcements. And we are here this evening to appoint a new board member
002to fill the vacancy for a term beginning December 11th, next uh Thursday, 2025 through the first Monday in December in 2027. The process will complete be completed as follows. As president, I will open the floor for nominations. If there is only one nomination, then the board me board members will have a roll call vote on that candidate. If there is more than one nomination, each board member will state the name of the candidate that they are voting for. In the case that no c in the case that no candidate gets a majority, the candidate with the lowest votes will be dropped until a majority is achieved. Once a majority is determined, a motion will be made in number five of our agenda under action items for filling the vacancy. To my colleagues, are there any
003questions about this process? Mr. Bolar, since there's only eight of us, if there were two candidates, there could be a tie. >> Yes. So, you had like in the process you mentioned the Buffalo's votes would drop. So in a tie, it would just go around again or what would that process be? >> In the event of a tie, I think we will do another round um and wait for that stalemate to break. Thank you. Any other questions? We are on to item two, roll call vote. Unless otherwise stated, each vote taken at this meeting will be considered a roll call vote and the secretary will record any negative votes or abstensions. We're on to number three, May Township community comments on action items. So, this uh is a se time for folks to share with
004us what they're thinking about our action item this evening for this meeting, which is uh adding a new board member. The board values in input from the community, district employees, residents, taxpayers, and students, and they're all welcome and encouraged to participate. The board won't engage in discussion, but will provide followup if needed. If you'd like to speak, please fill out a commenter's card for the board secretary to collect, limit your remarks to 5 minutes, and share your full name before you begin. Would anyone like to make comments before we start? >> Have a question. Is now the only time for the community comments right now? If you would like to speak, you can come up to the microphone. But this is about action items for >> time at the end. >> There is a time
005at the end for public. I'm >> sorry. I saw you said three and I I thought that was at the end. Thank you. Anyone want to make public comment? Okay, we will move on to item four, which is approval of our agenda or agenda modification. Is there a motion to either approve or modify the agenda? >> Mr. McKenna, [clears throat] is there a second? >> Second, >> Miss Lamb. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> Opposed? Nay. The motion carries. And with that, we are on to item five, our action item. So for each of my colleagues, there's a sheet at your desk with a list of our candidate names. Uh also there I have lists that have been randomly generated in front of me for the order of which I will call on
006each of you to make your preference for the open vacancy known. And before we begin, I also just want to take a moment to say this has been a really challenging couple of days. Like what an incredible depth of candidate, a community member of folks coming out and showing and expressing support for each other, for this school district, and this board. I think it makes me feel incredibly optimistic for our future prospects, our future growth, our our future uh continued excellence uh and and our ability to reach our aspirations. uh knowing that we have such widespread and uh broad community support. Uh and I just want to thank you all. I know this isn't easy. I want to thank you all for coming out. And so with that, I will open the floor for nominations
007from my colleagues. Miss Lynn. >> Thank you, Mr. French. Um so first I want to say thank you to all of the candidates. All the candidates really impressive. Um So for me, I would like to uh nominate Adam Posey. When I first applied for my own vacancy, I spoke up about the Manheim Township Northstar and the importance of having a board that truly reflects the diversity of our students and families. A diverse board doesn't just provide representation. It helps us to recognize needs like hiring diverse teachers, building on inclusive policies, and ensuring every student feels seen and safe. What matters most is not just someone who says they can be a voice, but someone who has done the heavy lifting and experience in this kind of work. It's not easy work. Adam Hosie founded and
008developed the YW.CA Center for Racial and Gender Equity and created training programs now used by many organizations and schools. He knows how to build on this work. Another thing that stood out to me is one of Dr. Kate Hudgy's goal is to move Mannheim Township District to top 50 to top 10 in Pennsylvania. And Adam Hosie has taught in the top ranked school district in the state and helped develop its STEM academy and I see the value in having a 10th member with that kind of experience. Adam was also integral in creating the scholarship program from Lancaster AAPI where we provide scholarships to AAPI students throughout Lancaster County and for these reasons I nom nominating Adam. >> That's one nomination. Thank you Miss Lamus. Anyone else like to make a nomination this evening? Dr. M.
009>> Thank you, Mr. Granter. I would like to nominate Miss Soroya H. Mrs. Hint is a former school educator and a current substitute teacher active at multiple Manheim Township schools. She would bring to the board an important and needed perspective to advocating for teachers and staff. In addition, she has extensive volunteer and leadership experience within Mannheim Township Schools and in this community, which gives her an understanding of our district from within. Mrs. Hint is an advocate for everyone. For her, all truly does mean all. She values each individual, but she is especially vocal and active when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. This aligns her values well with the Manhattan Township Northstar. Lastly, Mrs. Hins has been regularly attending schoolboard meetings for the past several months. She has familiarized herself with the issues
010facing this district and understands the commitment required to be a school board director. She has made public comments at many of these meetings, speaking about the topics and issues that are meaningful to her. For these reasons, I believe Sora Hint would undoubtedly be an asset to the board, and I'm delighted to nominate her to fill the vacancy. Thank you so much Dr. Mart. Would anyone else like to nominate someone? Merry >> s. Thank you very much. And thank you to all the fine applicants we have. I will echo what Mr. Gar said. This is an incredible field and um it's taken a lot of time and thought I'd like to place my nomination for Carlos Cornel. I want to really recognize his experience, skills, and strength in the area of policy, in the area of
011financial stewardship, in the area of advocacy for those experiencing barriers to access to care. His uh professional experience in navigating systems and really advocating for those who uh might not have a voice. As a bilingual parent, I think he brings a unique perspective also to the board. Something that we do not have. So, I'm happy to place into nomination Carlos. >> Thank you, Miss Woodbury. Would anyone else like to add a nomination? See you, Mr. Mac. >> I would like to echo the comments that have come before affirming the contributions of everyone who applied. Uh it certainly seems like our community is in excellent hands when we have this many passionate and wellqualified advocates for public education. So even if the outcome of tonight doesn't go your way, I hope your engagement will continue in
012lots of other ways. Um tonight, I'd like to nominate uh Raone Rivera for this school board special term. Um and I believe that Mr. Rivera is a strong candidate for a number of reasons directly related to the work of this district. Um, our current board does have uh an incredible group of people with with very important and relevant professional backgrounds. One thing we are currently lacking is a a current educator, someone who is um bringing the experience of what teachers are dealing with on the front lines every single day and being able to give voice to that um in a in a powerful way. Um, in addition to being a teacher, part of the roles that he has held Valley School District is in innovating around STEM even to the point of bringing board members
013from other districts to see what's happening in the labs and other facilities at that school. And I think he's also shown an acumen for developing teachers in a variety of leadership positions that he has held in the district. And so one of the things that we could see as great advantage with his participation on our board is that we get an interdist perspective. We're fortunate to have that with Shannon Zimmerman's prior experience in Hempfield. If we added another person who has an experience that's going to help us learn from one another, I think to also look at areas for innovation and possibly collaboration. Um, additionally, Mr.'s experience serving on the Touchstone Foundation board will really be a value ad for the work that we're trying to do in our commitment to the safety and well-being
014of our students, including their mental health. So, for those who aren't aware, Touchstone really focuses on expanding access to services for mental health for children and youth. Um, and I'm confident that if he were at this table, he would help us deepen connections in the community that would in turn help us improve our students mental health. Um and lastly, I want to um make it clear uh both from my personal experience serving on a variety of different community boards, but also familiarity with the research is that divor diverse boards make better decisions and several of my colleagues have made that point as well. Um and I think we're going to fully live into our mission, fully live into the north star, then we're going to need really creative solutions. And those creative solutions come when
015you have a diversity of perspectives and experiences at the board table and all those individuals feel like their voice matters and their voice can be heard. Um, in our community, in our school district, more than 50% of our children are Latino. And so if we were to have Mr. Aair's leadership on this board, I think it authentically demonstrates our shared commitment to a a school community where everyone feels that they truly matter and can feel a sense of belonging. Thank you, Mr. McKenna. Are there any other nominations? I'm not seeing any. And so with that, we're going to start our first round of voting. And the candidates that we have to choose from again are Mr. Carlos Cornell, Mrs. Soya Hints, Mr. Adam Hosy, Mr. Ramon Rivera. And now I'm going to start with our
016analyst and first up is you, Mr. McKenna. >> This will surprise you all. >> Miss Lamb, >> Adam Hosey, >> Miss Woodbury, >> Carlos Coral, >> Mrs. Hence, >> Carlos Cornell. >> Myself, I'm next. I'm going to vote for Mr. Rivera. >> Dr. Sia H >> Mr. Bolazar Mr. Carlos Coronial Miss >> Mr. Raone Rivera >> Okay, my math is correct. I'm pretty sure it is. We have three for Mr. Cornell, one for Mr. Tint, one for Mr. Hosy, three for Mr. Rivera. So based on the procedures we established beforehand, Miss Hints and Mr. Hosy are not going to be eligible for this next round of voting. So now for round two of voting, our selections are going to be between Mr. Cornell and Mr. Rivera. Okay, we're going to start round two now. Mrs.
017H. for Mr. >> Mr. McKenna, Mr. Rivera, Mr. Bulazar, Mr. Miss Woodbury, >> Mr. Corno, >> Miss Zimmerman, >> Mr. Rivera. >> I'm next. I'm going to also vote for Mr. Rivera Miss Lamb >> Mr. Rivera Rivera >> Mard Rivera >> Rivera so based on my math there I have five votes for Mr. Rivera three votes for Mr. Cornell Mr. Rivera congratulations [applause] So, it's not official yet. Now, we need to vote. So, we're on 5A and now we need a motion for the appointment of a board member to fill the vacancy for a term beginning December 11th, 2025 and ending the first Monday in December 2027. I would like to ask for a motion for the appointment of a board member to fill that vacancy. I need a motion. >> So move. >> Mr.
018McKenna, is there a second? >> Second. >> That you, Miss Woodbury. Thank you, Miss Woodberry. Second. Sorry, >> my head was down. I didn't see you. Okay. Uh, any discussion? Not to belver the point, but I just want to reiterate how grateful I am for everyone, including those who may not have received a nomination. Please don't be discouraged. This there is a role for you. We need your help. We would like your help. So, please uh if you're not sure on how to engage, um I know a number of us here have ideas and we would love to continue to partner with you, but we'll we continue to and or begin to partner with you in a more direct way. Uh you all were very impressive. This is a challenging circumstance. So with that, I'll
019say all in favor >> I. All oppose. >> Once again, congratulations, Mr. Rivera, and welcome to our school board. And with that, we are on to item six, Mannheim Township Community Comments. Residents, taxpayers, district employees, and students are all welcome and encouraged to participate. The board won't engage in discussion, but will provide followup if needed. If you'd like to speak, please fill out a commenters card for the board secretary to collect, limit your remarks to 5 minutes, and share your full name before you begin. Would anyone like to make public comments this evening? >> Hi, my name is Mark. >> Thank you. Live in Bloomingdale. went to uh class class of 89 graduated here and um so I'm getting through some of these books. I'm thankful to the municipality, thankful to the administration for um
020seeing my point that many of these books that are in the middle school were inappropriate. Um and they were removed and I'm thankful for that. Uh sometimes you just bring to the attention what's going on and like minds can see the concern I have. Um sir, there is a process for removing books or challenging books or weeding books. None of those processes involve your comments from that microphone. As we talked about earlier this week, there are methods for which you can have a book challenge. If you are a parent of a student in the district, um speaking at that microphone is not a way to do so. So I would encourage you to speak truth. So, I did a Google search in all mode and I looked up this book in the Manheim Township Middle
021School Library. It's called Clap When You Land by Erica Sanchez. I put the question in the search bar. Is this book Clap Your or Clap When You Land by Erica Sanchez appropriate for seventh graders? The answer was no. Clap When You Land is generally not considered appropriate for seventh graders due to mature themes and content. The book deals with heavy topics like secret affairs, sexual assault, and contains strong language and sexual content and many suggest a reading age of 15. There is sexual assault and harassment in this book and it has significant plot point involving sexual assault and harassment. The book deals with se sex trafficking and it's one thing to talk to a child about sex trafficking. It's another thing to have excerpts that have the exact explicit content of what happens during the
022sex trafficking. Page 46. Elero hustles bodies legalize young girls. It's a parents the parents right to talk to them. Right. And also the there's a process by which our librarians who are professionally trained and work together in committee determine the appropriate age range for books to be exposed to students in this district. And again, I will remind you the pathway that I see you going down and you've been continuously going down for weeks here is careless and takes none of that professional acumen or none of that care for children into account. And I would encourage you to conduct yourself accordingly. >> Yeah. So I don't know how careless it is. Um two weeks ago I brought up nine books and within 16 hours all nine books were not in the middle school. >> That is
023not true. >> It was actually probably 10 or 11. So we can talk about the numbers then. Um, so somebody's concurring with me when you do a Google search on whether a book was appropriate or not. Um, when those girls develop and show the bud of the blossom, he plucks them for his team. This is this guy trafficking these girls. Word on the street, El Caro always gets a taste of the girls who work for him before he gussies them up and takes them by the resort beach in cut off tanks and short shorts. So the men from all over the world who come here for sun and sex can give thumbs up or thumbs down to the the women. Not women yet, just girls. Page 62. Hand job. The first time Dre touched me
024without her clothes on, she kept running her hand from waist to hip. And I wanted to write mommy a thank you text for giving my body a spot that was made to nest Dre's hand. Page 77. Foreplay. One day we were best friends and the next day we were best friends who stared at each other's mouths when we shared lip gloss. I don't think I understood the word wonder until the day our tongues touched and we both wanted to have them touch again. This girl felt about me how I felt about her. Page 159. Descriptions of sexual assault of older men and young girls. Even the women, girls like me, our mothers and teas. Our bodies are branded jungle gyms. Men with accents pick us as if from a brochure to climb and slide and
025swing. Page 179. After what I found out what happens on the train about the man and the hand of my skirt in my panties. Did a Microsoft co-pilot search. Is the book a love story by Abdi Nazinian appropriate for all seventh graders? Answer: Like a love story by Abdi Nazinian is generally recommended for ages 15 and up. It's a book in the Manheim Township Middle School library available for seventh graders. Like a love story by Abdi Nazimian. Brock AI. No. Like a love story by Abdi Nazimian is not appropriate for all seventh graders. Swearing fit tirus and publishers weekly. Assume a high school audience. Google search AI. No. Like a love story by Abby Nazimian is not appropriate for all seventh graders. Sexuality includes discussions of sex and sexuality. A scene where a couple has
026sex for the first time. Parents and reviewers note the content may be too explicit for some younger teens. Like a love story. Our tongues explore each other. Then his hands are all over me. Urgently I feel what I never felt when Reza and I kissed. An erection. It was so hard. Thank you, Mr. Deer. Your time is up. >> Are there others who would like to comment this evening? Benjamin Schnobble. Um, I think books are possibly the best pathway that you're going to have to teach children that the world is a dangerous place. And we all know that the world is a dangerous place and it's not going to get any safer if you just bury your head in the sand. So, I'm not saying that like children should necessarily be exposed to like all
027the problems in the world all at once at all times and to the severity that they always are. But sex trafficking is a real thing and sexual violence is a real thing and sexual assault is a real thing. And if you're going to try to dilute that by removing the material, you're not getting rid of sexual assault. You're not getting rid of sex trafficking. And you're probably not even getting rid of this child's knowledge of it because we exist on the internet and the internet is everything. And so I'm just thinking that like reading books, it's not glorifying it. It's not saying that this is the greatest thing in the world and it's just people need to be aware of these things especially children because they are the most vulnerable to these kinds of things.
028Like right now there is more like sex trafficking now than there has ever been at any point in history and it is being publicized right now more than anything. Just think about how many things on the news nowadays are involving this kind of information, this kind of things. Is it is it wise for us to try to close our eyes to this stuff? Is it best for us to be like, "Oh, this book isn't isn't good for kids." Also, is it's not fair to them. You're almost you're treating them like they're not people who are going to be interacting with the real world. I just think that we shouldn't like bury our heads in the sand and pretend that it doesn't exist, close their ears, and say la over and over again. And it's like
029books are definitely the best way to do it because otherwise you're going to have would you rather a child's first interaction with sex be from a book or be in in the moment and they don't know anything of what they're doing and it's going to happen. We we are real people. And I just think that if you get if you get caught up in the like puritanical idea that we just need to like bleach our eyes and pretend that none of this stuff happens, we're never going to get anywhere. That's all I have to say. >> Thank you very much. >> Would anyone else have to speak? >> Hi, I'm Sora Hint. Um, I have three quick comments. Um the first one is to the candidates who were not selected tonight. Um I would encourage
030you, anybody watching, any parent in the district, any um one who is uh capable of doing so and is allowed to do so to please email your school administrators tomorrow or as early as tonight and ask if you can be on the high school parent advisory committee. ask if you can run for a PTO seat or go to the PTO meetings. Um be a member of the Sage Council, which is the student superintendent advisory group for education. I know as chair of that committee that we do have openings and we do have our administrators telling us that they cannot find anyone to fill those seats. Also, join your Northstar committee because as far as I know, there are no caps on those committees. So, you can join and help there. Um, we need you in
031our schools. There is a tremendous shortage at every school that I know of in our district for volunteers to come out. You don't need to just volunteer your time. I know that people have jobs. I know that people have busy lives. I know you think you don't have enough to say, but you absolutely do. So, please share your ideas with us. Certainly donate funds, donate time. Even if you've just heard of something great happening somewhere else and you want to shoot that email off and say, "Can we try this here?" That would be great because maybe somebody else is good at that thing and would love to do it. They just didn't come up with the idea yet. Um, one of the committees that I mentioned was Northstar. It was brought up several times tonight
032as well. Um, I would encourage this school board to look into the Northstar committees at our schools and make sure that they are not just window dressing that we are actually doing something in those committees. Um, are they making any changes? What are those changes? How many times are those committees actually meeting in a school year? Who's deciding the agendas for those committee meetings? What are they achieving? Are they at a timely um interval throughout the school year to actually do something? Uh because you might be surprised by some of those answers. And you might want to encourage change in that in that um arena in order to achieve some of the things that I know this board is very excited about doing as you move forward. Um and then the third thing that I
033would say is I'm very glad that um this board has a focus on diversity. As Dr. Mard also graciously mentioned um I do do a lot of work in diversity, equity and inclusion. I've g given inservices to entire schools um for the faculty. I've given speeches and assemblies to students from sixth grade, seventh grade, eighth grade, fourth grade. Um and it is very important work as uh Miss Zimmerman mentioned at the last meeting and as uh the two of us saw in Zootopia 2 last night. Uh our strength is in our diversity. So I'm very glad that that came um to the front forward thinking of this board. Um I would encourage that our schools, our PTOs, our committees, our administrators, our hiring also encourages that level of diversity. It only benefits us. It benefits
034our students. the study support all of that. Um the more voices we have, the louder our chorus. And so I hope that we can um take the example that was set here tonight and encouraged that throughout our schools. I hope that this board will actually do that work. Um and um I really really strongly encourage the other applicants to please go get involved in the schools. Continue to come to the schoolboard meetings. Yes. But also work from the ground up because uh I can tell you from the work in the schools. It absolutely absolutely is needed. So um thank you. >> Thank you, Miss H. would anyone else like to make comments this evening? Uh Ramon Rivera, I just want to take a quick uh minute to thank the members of the board for the
035trust you placed me. Uh especially given the amazing talent and expertise of every other per applicant. I I went last during the interviews and I came dangerously close to walking out after I heard everybody else speak. Uh I was highly impressed and I echo Mrs. Hinton's comment to stay involved. uh you know I've been coming to board meetings for 12 years and uh yeah keep getting involved. We need it takes a village. Uh so I thank you once again and I look forward to joining you around the table and and serving the uh the main township community. Thanks again. >> Thank you Mr. River. Would anyone else like to give comment? Um, I mentioned I thought there was about 10 or 11. I have the list of those that were weeded out. Uh, just to
036clarify that, just to clear up, um, I was told that I was being untruthful, um, it's not the case. The book Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez with its graphic sexual assault description of a male forcing a girl to squeeze his reddish purple and frightening penis until he ejaculated in her hands. That was weeded out of the middle school library. Rightfully so. That sounds to me like a something you'd read in like an adult bookstore pornographic book. Um, I I wouldn't know about that, sir, but I would encourage you to use more caution and common sense with your conduct at these meetings. I don't know what your goals are. I assure you, you are not going to achieve them through this manner of your behavior. It is disrespectful to this community, this school district,
037this board, how you've continuously conducted yourself. It's out of step with how we expect each other to treat each other and how we show up here this evening. If you have valid complaints that you'd like to pursue, you know how to pursue them. You are choosing to conduct yourself in this other fashion that does no good. I urge you to consider how you're conducting yourself. Uh the book City of Heavenly Fire with the explicit foreplay sex scene. Uh the author has a free online unedited version of the book where the sex scene ends an orgasm. U that was weeded out in middle school. Uh the book Female of the Species by Mindy McInness with its graphical Yeah. graphic descriptions of sexual assault, violence, and trauma that was weeded out. The book Grown by Tiffany Jackson
038with his graphic depictions of sexual coercion, physical abuse, violence, and non-consensual sex acts was weeded out. The book 19 Love Songs with its numerous jerking off, moaning, belts being undone, pants dropping, and aspiring to turn their foreplay sexual encounters into porn. That book was weeded out. Uh the book Scatter of Light with its Connie Lingus and fingering scenes that was weeded out. The uh sex climax book last night at the Telegraph Club that was weeded out. Art of Racing in the Rain porn book in the Manheim Township Middle School library. That book was weeded out. And again, I am thankful to administration for these books going away. They can be [clears throat] moved around. They can be put somewhere else. They don't need need to be in front of middle schoolers. That's for sure. 12-year-olds
039don't need to read about foreplay, ejaculation, climax. So, the book I was explaining earlier, uh, cannot challenge this book other than at the public microphone because I don't have a child in the school, but I have taxpayer money, um, being used to buy these books. I think that's a pretty big standing. Uh many of the parents that I know uh don't like that their taxpayer money is being used to buy porn for middle schoolers. This book um sir, I will not sit here while you accuse our staff and librarians of such conduct. That is an outrageous claim. It is patently false. Your pattern of spreading falsehoods needs to stop. Your false claims against our staff needs to stop. >> I think it might have been oversight. I'm not accusing anybody here. >> You absolutely are
040accusing. I refuse to let you try to hide behind this veneer of civility. >> Real. >> It is not real. You are not conducting yourself in a civil manner, sir. And I refuse to sit here and let your falsehoods against our hardworking staff who are professional trained and committed [clears throat] to the education of this community. I refuse to allow you to disparage their character and their actions in such outrageous manner. It must stop. That's fair. That's fair. No problem. Um, so we can let the community decide if these excerpts are appropriate for 12-year-olds. Our tongues explore each other. Then his hands are all over me. Urgently, I feel what I never felt when Roza and I kissed. I had an erection. He was so hard. Carefully, I warn. It's beautiful, he says as he
041carefully peels it off of me. So are you. He looks at me, taking my body and I guide him on top of me. Feel his hardness. He wants to have sex, but I tell him I'm not ready. Maybe next time. Next time, I ask. He trusts against me until he's done, and then he collapses, his head on my breast. Page 337. First time I read a porn, I was 12 in the closet. Playboy was pretty much useless to me, but Penthouse has these sex stories in them, and they were very hot because there were men in them. I find myself getting hard and he moves his hand to my crotch, just covering up the evidence, he says with a smile. Maybe you could read those stories to me someday. You can't get AIDS from story
042time. He laughs any day you want. He squeezes my erection. Page 338. Art leaps back, takes my hand, and then pulls me onto the bed with him. His body grinding against mine, sweaty and hot. He's hard, and I am too. He turns me over onto my back, positioning himself on top of me so that his hardness rubs up against mine. He thrusts faster and faster until my name becomes more scream than moan. And then he rolls over to the side of me. "Wow," he says. "I guess I won't be wearing these pants tonight." I notice the gooey stain on his black jeans and the wetness on my own blue jeans. I turn on the shower, take off my clothes, and get inside. As I touch myself, I imagine art thrusting on top of me, screaming
043my name. I close my eyes and let the hot water wash all evidence of my passion away. Okay, I say. A wave of excitement passes through me at the thought of us naked together. We lie naked to each other. Ne. We lie naked next to each other. He works his way down. I want to kiss every part of you, he says, and he does. When he takes me inside his mouth, it's almost over. I pull him up, but I can't take anymore. And I do the same to him. I kiss and lick every square inch of his body, tasting the expanse of him, drawing him into me. He tries to open the common wrapper, but fumbles with it. He tries his teeth. I grab it from him and tear it open. He squeezes some lube
044onto him, then onto me. I wrap my legs around. >> Tying is done. >> Thank you for your time. >> I'm looking forward to informing the board in my next board report about our process for review of books and the books that are in our current libraries. Thank you. [snorts] >> We are on. Forgive me. [clears throat] >> I just want to thank the librarians for all the books. All the books. Um I have five children and uh when one of my children was 9 years old, uh we do this fun thing in my family where we have dinner um from different cultures and when we have dinner from a different culture, we like play the music of that culture in the background um while we're having the dinner to like really try to uh
045immerse ourselves and um so we were having Puerto Rican food and uh Despacito was playing in the background. Um this was a few years ago and uh my nine-year-old leaned over to me and said, "I know what this song is about." Um, and I died inside and said, "Do you? What is it about?" And the nine-year-old said, "Sex." And I died more. And then I said, "What sex?" And the nine-year-old said, "Uh, when you kiss naked." And I said, "Amazing. Do you want more rice and beans?" And gave the child more food. Went on as a ghost having dinner. Afterwards, pulled my husband aside and said, "Well, we need to talk about sex apparently at 9 years old." didn't expect it was going to come this soon, but they learned something at school and we
046need to have a discussion about it now. So, we took our nine-year-old that weekend and we had a very upfront and frank discussion about it. I think they died a lot in that conversation. We died a bunch, too. Um, and that's what we do now. Summer before fourth grade, that's when we have that talk in our family. And I'm so grateful that the curiosity of this child made them want to talk to me about something and that we were able to have that frank discussion to give them the honest truth about the situation that was brought up to them so that they did not find themselves in a situation where they were alone with somebody who said, "Do you want to have sex?" And they had a misunderstanding of what it was and ended up
047consenting to something that they did not want to do. So, we were able to get them prepared for the real world that the student tonight brought up. They are going to be a part of and and as the adult that they respect and can go to and care for, like I've spoken about before, this child is able to get a better understanding. So, I can't possibly know every situation that I have to talk to my five kids about, but those books that they read, bring up questions for them that we get to discuss, and then we get to have conversations that maybe are uncomfortable sometimes, but prepare them better. And with every conversation, I'm getting better at it, too. So, um, I think our librarians are fantastic. I think they could use more books, and
048I think they could use more funding. And I've said that before, too, and I will echo that now. Um, and they're doing a great job and you're doing a great job and um, thank you for the books. Keep reading. >> Thank you, Miss H. >> Would anyone else have any comment? >> Okay, that brings us to adjournment for this special board meeting before our facilities meeting. Is there a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved, Mr. Bulazar. Is there a second? >> Second. I got Dr. McCarl on that one. Sorry, Miss Lamb. Uh, thank you to all of our Manheim Township staff, librarians, administrators, and volunteers for your dedication to our students and community. All in favor of adjournment, say I. >> Opposed? Nay. The motion carries. This special board meeting is adjourned. Thank you. >>
049[laughter] >> Thank you. >> Okay, let's start part two. >> All right, this meeting is called to order. Good evening. Uh, welcome to everyone here in person and those joining us online. In addition to the live stream, both audio and video are being recorded. Nurture and challenge for success is our district's mission. It serves as a reminder of our intent to enable every Manheim Township student to learn, grow, and thrive. And I'm thrilled for this facilities committee of the whole meeting to begin. Um, we are on now on to announcements. And I'll say quickly, uh, if you all have looked at the agenda this evening, you may notice that the health clinic is not on there. Um, in response to my comments and requests for a new business item, uh, we are going to get
050a full and comprehensive update at our January facilities committee meeting uh, about the health clinic. Um, so we are now on to uh, item two which are a number of presentations uh, from our partners at RLPS. So I am happy to hand it over to you Mr. Blton to to begin. Welcome. >> Yes sir. Thank you very much. Uh thank you all for having us here this evening and and being part of your committee meeting uh this evening. So Andrew Bladen from RLPS architects project architect and then follow me would be Chris Linky also from RLPS. And so u my goal today tonight is to kind of kick things off. Uh Chris will be ne uh talking necessarily speaking to uh the first stages of your nitro elementary feasibility study itself. Uh but before we
051do that we thought it would be prudent to I think we were asked to give a a general overview of the study process and a building project process following the study uh just for for general information and there's some things that I cover at a high level here that Chris will be battling down into more detail in his presentation. So um the the five slides we have here with with the the general overview of project uh encompass the project road mapap you're starting off with the the study phase identifying why how you intend to do as a district with a process through a study and through that that generates the options or opportunities we call them for your uh the building that's being studied or the the campus for instance. Um and then the last
052slide will encompass a timeline taking you down through that feasibility study and then once you as a board authorize an actual pro project what occurs then in the general sense moving on to get the shovels in the ground. Uh you'll hear Chris probably talk a few minutes about the information gathering stages of a study and that is really where this where a any project roadmap really starts with the why. Why are you as a district in considering doing something for instance at the elementary school. Um it's this is the stage where we establish identify the purposeful ideas that you as a district wish to move forward with with the project to start to discuss and getting to know you ourselves as designers getting to know you as a district specifically the high uh school district
053forward thinking education of starting to discuss future ready spaces uh the potential for growth you district whether it's within the facility itself or the community at large um and you'll see as an underlying theme as we look at the why, the how, and the what. There is always kind of a budgetary check or undertone of being good stewards of your taxpayer dollars and ourselves being aware of where where those thresholds are, what we wish to spend and invest in a facility. And so that's always part of that budget output any stage of the process here with the budget resource management. Once that initial stage of getting to know you, getting to know the project and the subject building, establishing the why, uh, we move on to the how, you know, identify strategic goals. You hear
054us talk about the must have, could have, should have, would have, priority matrix, and that really drives home this point of identifying the how, identifying your strategic, you know, driven goals for yourselves as a district. Um, that might encompass identifying potential areas of enrollment changes, looking at sometimes projects such as HR may look at a great re realignment or at least in evaluate investigate your current alignment just to validate the direction you have gone where you're going um necessarily too beyond the bricks and sticks so to speak of the building itself is definitely looking at your educational platform as a district uh understanding how you educate students today and and how you want to do that in the future it's not always the same you have goals as a district that we gather and understand
055through a study process uh and that work toward building design. Um and then part and parcel with that is that curriculum as well understand which programs are important to you. For instance, your STEM steam program at the elementary level when you go on the specialized space right now for instance to house that that may be a goal that is a goal we identified initially here with you. Uh that that is important for you as a district to include in a a cont form. And then last but not least before we get to those opportunities or option is is what action are you doing? What's the intentional plan and the option the any any building project with the study phase uh it's important to evaluate all those opportunities and options um and and provide you as
056a district with that retention plan. Making sure that you're moving forward with something that you vetted um you know look thing looking at things such as your existing school capacities or about your classroom sizes. What where do you see yourselves today and what would you like those classroom sizes for instance to be in the future? That's part of the conversations with your administration that are shared meetings like this with you as at the for uh certainly the future ready curriculum understanding again where you're going with curriculum um and making sure that robust and flexible spaces are provided as part of that is also part of this this one phase. And then again that underlying uh kind of bedrock of the underlying overall cost and the budget that you established for yourselves and the district weighing
057that with your administration uh moving through. So all that information gathering is the point we all want to get to probably at the initial part of a study is what's my options what can I do with my building and the subject property where where what's our direction forward and so u identifying those opportunities relies upon all that foundational information gathering work. So you have the ability as a board to learn about your properties some outside perspective on that and then uh move forward with data driven solutions and it's not just developing one option it's developing many options. This is just as important to identify those things that you as a district may never do with a school like the child elementary because they may not lie or even align with your district priorities as it
058is to identify those opportunities or options that are uh clear-cut uh good opportunities for yourselves and for your community. you know, underline and this is also the stage where you start to identify those options of opportunities where there's a lot more community input for instance with midrow moving forward town hall to share some of those options as they're being. And so that takes us kind of through those initial information gathering stages. And uh the last slide here is a a timeline slide. So um when you look at the initial timeline for newer elementary school starting here in 2025 and uh as much as we would like a decision and and the actual outcome of a project to happen you know tomorrow any project takes time and so those stages that we just discussed the why
059the how and the what really uh encompass this first portion of the timeline with the data analysis that information gathering option review we are on the cusp We're working on options based on administrative feedback and our own observations so that the next time we're in front of you, we'll start to discuss those sorts of things at the board level. Um, and then as we as I mentioned there, the community input coming in with the new year uh with those initial options that are developed. And as you get down through there, then again that fiscal responsibility of the design team and the administration uh working together to develop those those cost estimates and then and then sharing that information with yourselves as a board culminating in the opportunity for you as a board to uh to
060evaluate, listen to some recommendations from your administration and the findings of the design team with some options [clears throat] and making a decision having the opportunity to make a decision. Uh with trial, for instance, um at a voting meeting there, the direction to move forward, it's always the goal to be able to funnel those different opportunities down to one clearcut decision that you feel [clears throat] vetted and has a strong direction forward from yourselves in the district. But that's a lot of work to get there to that point, but that just starts the process. Now, decision has been made [clears throat] and there's really kind of three parallel timelines that occur uh with with that decision. Now, you as a board elected to proceed with a particular option or concept. There's a core set development
061of the overall building design that occurs uh to go from concept to detailed construction documents. I think we're all probably familiar with that on some level. Um but in parallel tangent with that um once a decision is is made that that's where your financial advisors start to get engaged. you know, the initial option estimates and we start working with your administration and with your financial advisors to develop a financial plan uh to facilitate the direction you've elected to move forward with. Uh and so there are several these white dots here are uh meant to indicate uh milestones or touch point with yourselves as decision makers as we move through the process. It's not something where you authorize a process a project and then it moves forward in a vacuum and then you see the end
062result. you're involved and reported out to with the process along the way. And not only yourselves, as we start to move through that design process, there's always uh agency approvals, whether it be your township, your county, uh code reviews, land development processes, which I'm sure many of you are aware with aware of. So, as we're meeting with yourselves, as a board, as the design progresses, we're notifying you of those meetings with the authorities having jurisdiction moving forward. So, you're a part of that process. and provide those weekly updates to you on what we're doing in the office as the design team and that keeps you informed as you move forward um through the municipal process and we get here to anticipate under the timeline and the design and and that's where we have a a
063final design presentation project is ready to go out to and we present to you as a board acknowledge that the the project is also comfortable project going out to the that's the part where the rubber hits the road and uh we put it out to respective contractors, a competitive public bid and the their proposals come back in and uh and then there's an administration to clear recommendation and the opportunity for you as a board to look at those final values based on real and make a decision for the project. Before that time, they're all just it's all just lines and paper, right? And then uh once you as a board should decide to move forward with the project accept with bids that's when the shovel goes in and then there's of course just a construction
064process that continues after that once that shovel is in the ground and really that duration depends on way back here with that initial option. What what what do we choose or what what do you like to do? What option is the best for behind your school district moving forward? Uh and so that'll have a direct relationship to description timeline. Try to keep it brief and and appropriate amount of detail here, but uh any questions you may have for Chris War and uh if not, we'll just let Chris take part of the presentation. >> Oh, thank you, Miss Glen. That was that was very helpful, comprehensive, and I think it's grounding for us of of this process and where we're at. Before we entertain questions, I I should have said this at the beginning just for
065folks who may not have an agenda in front of you. We started there with that very helpful and comprehensive like what to expect from a building project. Thank you for teeing that up very well. After this, we're going to have a more specific assessment about Nitro itself and we'll shift over to a section about our campus master plan. We'll f then we'll go next to uh learning more about our nitrow board focus group survey. Uh and then we'll end with an update from Mr. Charles on some of our projects uh progress on solar. So, forgive me for not setting that up for anyone who may not have an agenda with them to that. Is there are there any questions for for Mr. Bladen based on what we've heard thus far about what we can expect
066in terms of our project milestones and decision points moving forward? Okay, seeing none, thank you. We appreciate that. >> So, next we're on to uh a little more specifics about shower and welcome, Mr. Uh, good evening. I did learn something from Andy tonight that if you put a clicker in his hand, he doesn't flail like he usually does [clears throat] in this presentation. So, we calm him down a little bit tonight. So, okay. So, um, again, my name is Chris Linky from RLPS Architects to give an update on the assessment of the existing NAR elementary school. Um, this is our outline of what we're going to go through tonight. Um, as always, this is an open discussion. If you have questions along the way, go ahead and ask or you can wait till the end.
067We're comfortable with with either one. Um, looking at the schedule, just stepping back for a second and looking at the schedule. Um, you we really got started here in September. We're in early December and we're hoping to have this study done for you by the middle of February. Um where we have been so far. We have a process up there. We've covered a lot of ground to this point. Um tonight we're here to give you our assessment on the existing facility, but what's coming next? Um talk a little bit. We have after tonight's meeting the survey for the board will be going out. Also earlier today we released a survey for the community. This is on top of the focus groups that we've had with the educators, the students, PTO and the leadership group. So
068that's happening for the next two weeks. So that will close both of them, both the community and the board survey will close on the 18th. As Andy had said earlier, we're going to be back here at with this committee meeting on January 8th to review the results of the focus groups of the surveys that kind of establishes our priorities for the project. And then we're going to start showing you options for solutions to the issues that we brought up along the way. And then after about a week after you see the initial options, we're going to have a town hall meeting at NRA. So, um, the community will have a chance to come in and walk around the building themselves. They're going to hear a lot about, uh, the facility assessment that we're just going
069to give you, and then they'll be look at the options that you saw. We will then come back about couple weeks, three weeks after that to review updated options for you. Um, those options then, uh, will come along with a recommendation, maybe some tweaks that hopefully they have all the information that you need. on February 19th and we be able to make a vote on the options and how you want to move forward. So that's the what's next part of it. But for tonight facility overview of of Nitrower um this is your overall district. Um as far as district goes, it's a relatively compact and concise district. Um but this study isn't about the whole district. It's about Nitra Elementary. So, Mitch Elementary is the one to the right or to the upper right in
070the blue. The large red dot is the location of Mitch Elementary. Um, couple things with that. This map came from your demographic study that you had done and for elementary um your enrollment is relatively steady um for this school. What that doesn't that study did not include is what could go on up at Orient Village. So moving forward there would be have to be some plan whether it's you know growth at this school however you do it or some other plan but that should be a key component when how you make a decision moving forward looking at your overall site plan. Um your your site is outlined in the yellow. But just talking about your neighbors, to the north you have the the church. To the um east and the southeast you have the college
071Bible college. To the southwest you have the neighborhood and um just off of Oregon Pike. So the high the light highway to the left is Oregon Pike and the double strikes at the lower right hand corner is 222. um you have a couple commercial industries. So as far as neighbors go that you have a a a good decent amount. Additionally on this site you have two ways of access on and off the site. So you have your drive that goes out to Oregon pipe and then you have the back drive that goes to that adjacent neighborhood. So that's one thing you always want to look at for a site at least two ways on two ways off if you can get that at possible. Just some information uh about Nich hour. It's 18.8 acres if
072you were and let me go through all these and we'll come back to them. 18.8 acres, a little over 88,000 square feet and 458 students. If you want the PTE and they would say what would be the recommended size for an elementary school this size, they would tell you 15 acres. So you have a good size site at this location. Um we'll come back and talk about the square footage and the impact of that square footage and the quality of that square footage. We get later into the presentation. Getting back to the site, um I'm left-handed, but I'm going to work right to left instead of left to right. So, what you have is have your fields on the right hand side. Both north and south of the field, you have your detention basins. And
073then as you work your way across the site, you have the playground. You have your overall building. And then you have your circulation really for traffic condensed to the southwest side, south and west side of this building. You have your bus loop and your visitor parking in the front. You have a car drop off on the side with kind of the event and staff parking and deliveries in the back. Um, the building itself is kind of classified of classrooms, special spaces, and then your large event spaces. As you're looking at this building, I know some of you may have visited this building today and some of you will be visiting it early next week. I'm not sure exactly when that is. Um, also with this site, it's relatively flat. you get to the edges and
074it go eases a little bit, but as far as sightes go, it's a pretty nice site as far as the topography that you have. And this is just quick aerial image of that site. Um, but moving on to the floor plan that you have. Um, again, working right to left, classroom wings basically to the right, a lot of the specials are in the middle and the large event spaces are on the left hand side. Um but the history some of the history of this building for plan we color coded it to the ages of the building. So the darker blue was built in ' 65. At the upper right hand corner there is a small addition in 1967. Um the lighter blue or grayish color that you may see there was the addition in 1990
075and then you did some small additions and renovations uh to the office entrance and security in the front of the building and an orange piece. So one thing I would like to say also in 1990 um that was comprehensive renovation that a number of the systems were upgraded at that point. But that being said, um that's still 35 years ago and the oldest parts of the building date back to 60 years. So, um a lot of history on this building. Um our building evaluation um along with RLPS, we used more engineering for the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and low voltage review of the building and hardware engineering uh reviewed the site for us. Um, part of our process was to sit down with administrators, staff, and people that work in that building every day to have
076a discussion and we go through a questionnaire, a number of questions about the building to see how the building functions. Um, floor plan that you saw before that had some of that red text. That's kind of the homework that we get done before we get into the meeting of how you're using your building now, not just how it was designed 35 years ago. And then we had a couple walkthroughs of the building. So with that being said, um we just talked about earliest parts of this building 35 years ago. You can go back to 60 years ago. Um but the history of that is you have an investment into well-built structures and you have success successfully maintained the building along the way. you haven't got behind in your um maintenance of the building which not
077you can't always say that with a lot of the schools that we see today. So high level, what have we seen? Um, building conditions. Um, and a lot of this will mirror the the list that Tom handed out to the group before he took your tour. But you have MEP systems, and I'm only going to hit some all these, but they're MEP systems and components that are 35 years old. They are beyond. >> Yeah. >> What does MEP stand for? >> Okay. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. So, the systems in your building that keep the building up and running there 35 years ago from the 1990 project. Um, there's a couple exceptions to that. You have a chiller they had to replace um 8 to 10 years old that may have some life in it and
078you have some electrical switch gear that is newer from I guess you had five six years ago. I can't remember exactly what it is, but a lot of it is old. And again, just to reiterate, it's beyond its expected life. Um, exterior envelope, um, you know, it's good and bad. You have roof system that is on the edge of, you know, being at the beyond the edge of its life. Um, but they're keeping it together, but it needs to be replaced quickly. Um, the windows are at the edge of their life. Um, and when you put this in perspective, when you're looking a project, you're going to be looking at a project that you wanted to serve you 25 years into the future. So, we may say some of these systems are at the end
079of life and they may be able to last two, three, four, five more years, but they're not going to last 25 years. Um, and building interior, I'd say it's wellmaintained, it's well used. Um, it's dated and it has some deficiencies. There's some ADA deficiencies. There are circulation concerns within that building. and you have you have you know the minimal basic safety and security but with what we know today there's a lot more steps that you can do to the building if you get into a project like this. We talked about site condition a little bit earlier and one of the things that we want to talk about is the circulation of the traffic flow. the way the buses come in in the morning and in the evening and the way the car drop offs um
080you just have cross circulation, you have backups and you have confusion. So that's some areas that we need to work on. Also on your site building and a site together um you don't have the adjacencies that you want. Like normally you want your cafeteria and your gymnasium to be to be adjacent to your playgrounds and your fields and it's on the opposite side of that. Your fields where your baseball like the back stops are is on the far side of the field is not towards the playground. So getting to them is a lot of extra time and so there's some inherent inefficiencies with the way that works. Um you have a nice playground. Um, you do have a nice amount of area and you have that unique issue that you own the road in front
081of the building that goes to Holy House to Oregon Pike. Roads in good condition, but there's a lot of maintenance that comes along with that. There's another piece of that called the educational impacts. Uh, it's not just is the building standing up, are your systems functioning, does your building work pretty educational? So like we just talked about with some of the organization and the adjacencies that you have on the site, you have a number of them within the building itself. Uh for example, you have three classroom wings that are completely separate from each other. So you have to go one wing to another is quite a long distance. They're not integrated. Um so sharing services across those wings is pretty tough. What you have um long story short, this is an educational environment from 35
082years ago. It's not current education standards and not something that would really take you 25 years into the future. So that was our observations from walking through. We go through a facility evaluation. We adopted what's called a CFPI building evaluation form and we customized it over the years. That group is now called association for learning environments. But we take all the information we have through the walkthroughs and we put it into a data matrix and we rate all those systems on a zero to four scale. Zero being the worst, four being the highest to see where your ability stands and then there's a chart to tell you what kind of where all the numbers are and what they mean. If it's a one, if it's two, if it's three, etc. Um that evaluation matrix is
083broken down into the overall site condition, overall building condition, and then your overall educational rating. Um all of them are falling between the two and three, but the educational rating that we had just talked about is the lowest one of all of them. It's holding your building back. Um the other ones are higher because you have a decent site and you have done decent maintenance on your buildings, but all those systems need the help at this point. Another thing that we do when we go into evaluate a building is talk about the quality or the efficiency of the square footage in your building. So typically we have five building metrics that we use to evaluate a building. Uh when it's an existing building and not something new, there's three of them that we use. So
084program square foot versus overall square foot. the program square foot is educational spaces that the students use. So we want there's a certain efficiency for that. There's a certain metric for square foot per student. What's a national? Where does your building stand? And then a deeper dive into that to see what the quality of that square footage is. The program square foot per student. So looking at your building overall, your program square foot or overall square foot is 1.62 62 PTE back when we had a thing called plan had an efficiency of 1.58 if you were higher than that you had to give justification why you were higher than that they wanted to see something below 1.58 I think you are above that I would attribute that to you have an audit not many schools
085have you have large unused locker rooms that you know aren't really in current elementary schools and because of the way you have your classroom wings organized. You have a long quarter that connects this too. So there's just some inefficiencies that don't fall into the program space and where you get above that. That also tells a story of square foot per student that you have 147 square foot per student. Um the national average is 130 to 150. So you fall within a national average but see the quality square footage you fall down to the last metric program square foot per student is 90 when the national average is 105 to 115. So you have a good amount of square footage but you don't have a program square footage for the spaces and education that you want
086to teach today. So, that was a lot of information in a short period of time and Annie got me wound up. So, I just want to do it all. Do you have any questions from that information? Again, I know a lot of you are new. A lot of you are hearing this for the first time. And I know hopefully with this information and you walk through the building, it give you a different perspective of things to look for as you go through there. Are there any questions? >> I mean, long story short, this building has served you well for a long time. It just needs help. >> That was my takeway, too. And also just like appreciations to our Mr. Charles, Mr. Cotch, and all the work that's been done to keep the building functional
087for all these many, many years. Um, you know, seeing so many of these systems that are past their expected life bar and near the end of their expected life. Uh you know, one who didn't know them would perhaps expect a far higher level of degradation or or or challenge. That's not to say that there aren't real things that we need to uh work on in HR, but just appreciation to the hard work of our staff who have done so much to keep this the the building um in in good in working shape for our students and staff. Any questions, my colleagues? Mrs. H. In regards to the work that was done over the summer and then looking ahead at what needs to be done, [clears throat] is there any chance that there are air quality,
088water quality issues that will arise from the problems from all last year, dampness and and so forth uh in that building that would not be rectified in a renovation. I'm thinking the renovation new building question. Are there any carryover issues from the dampness from last year that could pose a problem going forward? >> I I think in any of the project is the renovation addition renovation. You are going to change your mechanical system to have active dehumidification. So it would take care of that part. The enclosure would be made safe. So, um I think that would be taken care of with the new system, the upgraded systems that you would put in it. Right now, you don't have active dehumidification in your building. Probably some of the challenges that you're facing day in and day
089out there. >> Thanks. Give you a sense any other questions thoughts at this point? Dr. I just wanted to ask a clarifying question to make sure I understood you. Um you were saying that um the overall size of the building the square footage is an adequate size but the issue is that that space is not efficiently used. That's the difference in those two scores there. >> If you look at the overall it's adequate size but you are starved on program square footage within the overall building. So your basic need of educating you don't have the right space or enough of the in that building. >> So that and I'm sorry just to clarify again that program square footage that means the actual the way the space is the educational spaces versus bathroom hallways and counter
090rooms. >> Gotcha. Thank you. I just wanted to clarify that. >> Any other questions? Dr. Yeah, I I'm a big fan of the clarifying question because chances are if you're not totally certain. I very well may not be either and at the very least our folks at home or folks watching later may may not have that full background too. So I'm don't don't ever hesitate to ask a question. Please please and as a reminder we'll be back here. Had so much fun tonight. We're going to be back here again January 8th. Um, but we're going to be talking about options, but the priorities and the results of the focus group that are driving some of the layouts for those options. We're looking at multiple options. Again, we talk about renovation, addition renovation, or new building
091or there might be a fourth one that we come up with by then. >> Okay. Well, I I this is going to help my walk through on Saturday morning uh significantly. saw that. I really appreciate that presentation and uh if there's no other thoughts from the board then I think we're ready to move on to uh the campus master plan or forgive me the survey and then the master plan. Oh, survey later tonight. I think we talked about it. Survey live. So, you're gonna have two weeks the 18th. Um, probably get a reminder in a week for both the community and and so there's two surveys went out. Survey for the community went [clears throat] out earlier today. The board survey emails going out this evening and they both run concurrently till the 18th. >>
092Right. Yes. And I look forward to seeing that. Thank you. >> And you'll get a reminder in a week because this time of year And for the campus >> Yes, please. Let's move on to the the campus master plan. Thank you. >> For the campus master plan, we're just here to give you kind of a schedule update tonight. Uh we were here on October 23rd talking about the campus master plan. But high level um two things came out initially out of that October 23rd meeting is one give the board an update on the history of the campus master plan and then dig into the details of the program and do some factf finding on the program included with the campus master plan. So we generate a long meeting. We're going to be back here January
0938th. We're also going to talk about the history of the campus master plan and then dig into the program of the campus master plan. After that, there's going to be about a two-month break. We're going to come back after that with end options, renderings, and a schedule in early March. Hopefully, again, you have enough information from that presentation, maybe some re revision that we can come back on the 19th with updated information, recommendation, and make a vote on it at that point. If it goes along that schedule, we will get into zoning and land development in April 2026. Okay, any questions on that schedule? That was that was quite clear. Thank you. Okay, seeing none from my colleagues, uh let's all make sure we're uh we get a good night's sleep on January. We're ready
094to rock on the 8th. We'll bring you Uh, thank you very much, Mr. Thank you. Appreciate that, Mr. [snorts] Charles. I leave you up next. >> All right. Good evening, everyone. Um, just wanted to provide you with a brief update on the solar project at our middle school. Um, last week's design team, uh, Meadow Valley Electric at Africa, uh, completed their onsite visit. Um during this visit, uh we verified where the solar panel system will interconnect with the building's electrical system. Uh we confirmed roof pitches and finalized placement of locations of the solar equipment based on a drone survey that they did in late October. Uh with this information, the team has what they need to complete the design, which is expected to be finalized at the end of this month. Uh once the design
095is complete, uh Mccclure will submit the plans to the township for review uh for the building permit approval. Uh Mccclure has already been in contact with the township, letting them know that this is this is on their way to them. Um so that they are well uh versed in, you know, what we're inputting to them. Um, prior to the installation, uh, Lrison Lighting Protection will be on site to relocate our lighting protection, uh, components to ensure they've not interfere with any of the solar arrays. Uh, and that work is scheduled for March. Uh, if all all goes as planned, uh, Mccclure anticipates the installation of the solar system to begin in early April. Um, this project, uh, approximately will take about five months. Um the raising week actually works out really well for the school
096district. Uh April getting into it towards the end of the school year. Uh five months do the math coming into August. The early work is the I call the quiet work. The end work is the quiet work. Hopefully less disruption for our students. So that's what I have. You have any questions? >> Thank you, Mr. Charles. Are there any questions? Uh, I'll say I'm unexited to see this project move forward. Dr. Pety, I'm wondering if maybe you could put some of those key dates and timelines in your board report this Friday. I know I'd appreciate uh having that in my in my mind, but April, April and August are are key dates that I can definitely wrap my head around. >> Um, yeah, and I I just uh appreciate the the work that's gone into
097this. I think this is going to be a great project. for folks who weren't on the board when we voted to approve this earlier in the year. Uh maybe you rehash that for some of our newer members too, Dr. Big, including some of the the savings that are projected from that energy project on our middle school for uh use of our entire main campus. Any other thoughts or questions? Okay, Mr. Charles, thank you very much. Okay, that closes our presentation section and we are once again on to community comments. Uh residents, taxpayers, and district employees uh and students, excuse me, are all welcome and encouraged to participate. The board won't engage in discussion, but we'll provide followup if needed. If you'd like to speak, please fill out a commenters card for the board secretary to
098collect. Limit your remarks to five minutes and share your full name before you begin. Would anyone like to make comments this evening? Seeing no one. Okay. Well, uh, as always, you can if you have comments, you can send them to our board secretary at board secretary at nwp.nttwp.net and she, uh, Mrs. Marshall will make sure that we all receive them. That brings us to item four, adjournment. Is there a motion to adjourn? >> Motion. Zimmerman. Is there a second? >> Second, >> Mr. McKenna. Thank you. Again, thank you to all of our Manheim Township staff, administrators, volunteers for your dedication to our students and community. Our next board meeting will be Thursday, December 11th at 6 p.m. here at the district office. All in favor of German, please say I. I. I. >> Oppose. Nay.
099The motion carries. Thank you to all. We are journed. Good night.