001e good evening everyone I'd like to call to order the October 24th regular board meeting of the methacton board of school directors to order please rise for the pledge we have special guests I pledge of allegiance to the flag of United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all hi I'm Vinnie Sero I'm gonna I'm in fourth grade and Miss vender is my teacher I'm going to tell you some amazing things about Woodland Elementary School I have three ideas in this essay I'll explain some interesting Woodland activities why Woodland is amazing and some true facts there are a lot of cool things about Woodland we have our mascot woody woody is here with us tonight we even have our own po
002symbol which is a paw print there are several special events in fourth grade for example pillow popcorn and pajamas night is when we come back to Woodland and and play games all night the fourth grade social is a day when fourth graders go to a park to social to socialize with it other other events at Woodland are fonde and field trips there Woodland is a great place to learn there are a bunch of ways you can get smarter and more fluent math social studies science and more teachers work with students in small groups and there are a lot of teachers helping in every grade the most exciting and fun teachers they they're V they're very nice and kind to everyone here are some facts about wooden one even though it can be challenging as sometimes
003Woodland is an amazing place to learn two if you like to make many new friends Wooden is a place for you you will definitely make new friends at Woodland three teachers make fun and engaging lessons to make learn learning extremely motivating and fun we learn play and grow at Woodland and that's why it's a great place I'd like to thank my friends Andrew Delonte Michael Stanley Joseph Bennett they helped me a lot without them I would not have done [Applause] this let's give one more round of applause to Malik and to Vinnie thank you [Applause] both let's go around and can't [Applause] [Music] all right um moving on with the agenda the public is hereby advised of the audio and video recording of this meeting for the purposes of rebroadcasting by way of attendance all
004board members are in attendance now it's time for recognition of guests and scheduled speakers Dr Zerby thank you Madame President this evening we have a number of presentations uh but first it gives me great pride in methacton schools to introduce the district's planetarium director Mr Adam Chantry who earlier this evening provided a sneak preview to the newly renovated malan planetarium to our Board of school directors the Education Foundation board and state representative Joe Webster and who will this evening share with you the results of this educational investment that will not only provide our students and Community with unique and Powerful learning space equipped with the latest technology and curriculum but adds to our Collective commitment to the stem education for all students in methon school district Mr Chantry thank you very much uh Dr zby
005for those of you who don't know me I'm Adam Chantry I'm the plarium director here at meth Acton and this is just kind of a quick update on the Horizon Project our new renovations to um our planetarium I want to thank all of the um board members the administration that have been so supportive through this thing they've included me in the whole process as this is you know my classroom where I teach dayto day and they've really let me had a voice in in what we were doing and I I really really appreciate that so on the next slide you'll see um this is what the goals that I had presented um originally back um on uh in March of the year of of uh th's there's our goals this is what we set out
006to do we we set out to um increase the capacity of of our students and we did that we increased that by about 15% going from 60 seats to 70 seats um we want to increase the use of co-curricular lesson capabilities so um you know interacting with classroom teachers our new software really does allow us to do that I'll I'll talk a little bit more about that and you'll see that in um in the video presentation here um and then just updating and future proofing this this um I'm happy to report we went through uh um and everything is up to date there there's no extra things that are that are going to fail in the near future that oh well we did everything but this and we'll we'll we'll work with that when it
007when it happens everything is up to date um ready to go hopefully for um next year will be our 50th Anniversary hopefully for another 50 years we're you know um good to go so there's just a a short video that um uh Amanda Kelly put together um with me and it to just kind of give you a preview of the space if you haven't seen it yet um this was give you just kind of a a brief look but please come out we have public shows the third Wednesday of every month you can find information about those on the website at me.org Planetarium and see it for yourself in person so we can uh show that video now of the next one hi welcome to the mton school district's new M planetarium come on in
008and take a look here at our um newly redone planetarium one of the first things you'll notice here I think as we're watching the uh the Dona circle roll around U Mr Chantry well we'll just move on to the next slide because I'm going to go through everything in the slides that was just kind of a visual representation if you didn't get a chance to to go to the sneak peek um anybody that ever wants to come through the planetarium um you know just shoot me an email a Chantry ata.org you I'm I'm happy to give you a tour um for those in the public you know please come to one of our public events we're also going to have a grand opening um I believe November 30th more of that to to come out
009later where everybody is welcome to come through and and see what we've done and I mean it's it's a beautiful space and it's really great for our Learners and things to do so um these are the goals that we that we set out to look at of course everybody's always interested in in the costs here are the costs associated um with the project um and how we funded those with the essers funds um donations from the meakan Education Foundation which we're very very thankful for um uh state representative Webster got us um money from the state to help fund this project also um so many people in the community have reached out and and done work to help support you know this awesome resource for our students and for our community so that's just the
010breakdown of the costs and um how we funded those on the next slide so one of the big upgrades we did was the the software system that we have in there and and some of the things that it that it can do that helps us reach those goals um all of the teaching and presentation elements in this program are one in our old system you we had a program that kind of ran astronomy and we could do astronomy things like that and we we had one that would kind of do earth science and you would kind of turn off one and bring on the other and and talk about that and it was a little bit just disjointed for our students now it's all Incorporated into one software we can stay on the earth we
011can fly around we can look at geology we can look at all of the science on a sphere data then we can fly right off into space and look at constellations and go visit a black hole and and do it all in one software a lot less transition time um so that transition from earth science which is one of the things that we cover in our planetarium as part of our our school curriculum and then going out to the space science that's a seamless interaction it really shows students that connection of you know it's all one Universe it's all connected together just like our subjects it's not individual subjects it's it's all together so it shows that we also with the new software um have access to a Cloud Library and this is um presentations
012models scientific data put on by users around the world the the number of of these planetariums around the world um is a large number and all those planetarium directors create things and they put them up to the cloud I can go in find a presentation download it and and have that ready to go and have that set of data for our students to look at very very quickly very very easily without having to build it all myself it gives me more time to be with students in front of students not just creating lessons um a lot more interactivity it's controlled by an iPad and the one thing that's every seventh grade student all of our seventh graders have been through a few times now in the first couple weeks of school um every one of
013them noticed that I had an Xbox controller on my desk and they thought I was playing video games but our planetarium can be controlled by an Xbox controller I can hand out to its student um we had somebody during our preview today just fly around the earth you know it's pretty intuitive once you pick it up so a lot more interactivity there um and then just an increased ease of use for co-curricular activities I compare up with teachers where I used to have to kind of do everything and the other teacher would kind of chime in I can really program it so other teachers can our great music teacher Mr mcaffry and I do a good stuff holds the planets and it was the first week the planetarium opened and I programmed everything onto an
014iPad and I gave him about five minutes before class I was like here here's the iPad these are the buttons you push for your part and he was able to go up there and teach his class without me you know while I was doing other things with students and talking to students and engaging with them and he didn't need me to be in charge of that he could teach his curriculum while I was helping and assisting and doing things like that so that really gives us a lot so that's kind of the software end um that that we um upgraded there then kind of the hardware the physical space room itself is on the next slide um if you're in there we incre increased our capacity by over 15% um we went from 60 seats
015to 70 seats um we got rid of the center projection which if you were ever in there before there was a big projector in the beginner it was in the middle and it was a little bit of an obstruction for me looking at students students looking at me students looking at the Dome completely unobstructed our first seventh graders were like wow you could see everything and it's it's like really being in space because the projector is not there so that's nice the new seating has added head and neck support um if you ever sat in our old planetarium for more than 15 minutes the the seats kind of hit you right in the middle of the back and even for students it was it was really uncomfortable after you in there for more than a
016couple of minutes um now the seats are padded and they have the neck and back um support so you can look up for longer and be engaged and and not be worrying about how your back feels and you need to get up and go to the bathroom because you can't sit anymore it it makes it a lot a lot easier and then all of the infrastructure in the facility was was gone through and replaced and and done up so you know we really have a a brand new facility in there ready to go and then really on our next slide um just the past and the future so next fall 2024 will be the 50th anniversary of the the planetarium um inspiring our students and and this project has really set you know hopefully beginning
017another 50 years of in educating and inspiring you know our stars of tomorrow and just really a great resource for our district for a long time coming um I thank you all for your time and all of your support and help throughout this whole process and I I really look forward to seeing everybody in the planetarium so come on out and see it thank you very much and have a great evening thank you Mr Chantry uh we really appreciate your leadership and uh your explanation here this evening I know before we go into the next presentation our president has an update yeah just an attendance note because my line of sight was obscured I apologize that Mr rol had let us know of his excused absence tonight so he is not here next on the
018agenda it's it gives me a great pleasure to introduce Donna P galini Donna is the executive director of the methon Education Foundation she leads the methon Education Foundation a not for-profit organization whom is comprised of volunteers within this methacton school Community who strive to support the educational programs in the mathon school district tonight following Donna's report the board of school directors of the mton school district want to honor the efforts talents and commitment of these tremendous volunteers with recognition of front uh for a photo and a certificate Donna thank you I also have um Shannon peer here who is also our board president um just real quick the methacton Education Foundation has proudly helped fund the Innovative proposals of the methacton staff since 2009 we've donated over $1.2 million to the school district it's started
019as a way to help offset costs and get involved in it has grown and fueled creative programs staff teachers and administrative are inspired to make methacton unique and apply funding through our grant programs our board members are volunteers for this independent 501c3 and donate both time and funds to help make methacton a better place some of the more notable programs we have supported include maker space update and laser cutter at Sky View CNC plasma cutter at arola HD camera for warrior news at the high school and I want to point out that this this project allows students to work with equipment actually found in professional news settings so that was really exciting uh also stem maker spaces at all the elementary schools the incubator uh incubator program incubator edu otherwise known as the Shark Tank
020program gives students the opportunity to engage in learning by experience collaborating to build a business from the ground up testing ideas creating adaptations presenting and working through a business model the backpack program uh the found has partnered with donors to support the backpack program since 2018 and helped meth Acton's most vulnerable students music technology and support the Horizon Project and the hydroponic Farm were're very proud of all of these programs that started as ideas from teachers or staff and grew into something special and unique to to myth Acton and we are so proud to support these with the help of our generous doners thank you can I ask any members of the methacton Education Foundation here with us this evening uh please come [Music] forward e [Music] good evening everyone so the certificate says this
021certificate is proudly presented to the lovely individual from the meakan Education Foundation for your commitment and contributions to the students staff and community of metha and School District presented on this October 24th for [Applause] than next on our our our guest of uh guest and scheduled speakers we have the spirit of methacton award this is a new opportunity for us to recognize our students staff and volunteers who exemplify our core values this evening I asked Dr uker principal of Woodland Elementary School to present the rec and recognize those recipients at Woodland who consistently model the qualities of our nine core values Dr yuker [Applause] thank you Dr Zerby and board members uh tonight my professional staff is represented by three people who are in one uh category it is the mea School representatives of Woodland
022Woodland is uh they are sorry uh Linda Bradley Jenny G and Bert hogstrom Woodland is a team committed to the growth of students families employees and the entire Community this pride and motivation can be credited in large part to the partnership between the methacton employee groups as the mea Representatives at Woodland Linda Bradley Jenny G and Bert hrom support an environment filled with respect and trust any challenges that arise are easily handled together because the entire staff is committed to student growth and success when visitors walk into the halls of Woodland they feel a sense of community support and warmth that is uncomparable the Woodland team is motivated to succeed and is open to New Opportunities these are the same values encouraged in our students Linda Jenny and bur promote this positive culture and are
023responsible for creating a place where everyone wants to learn and grow I thank these three individuals for aligning with me and supporting all the amazing activities we do woodland thanks the mea representative for their tireless commitment to Excellence in mton we're getting the picture now keep going with my other people or do you want a picture the other people for my support staff I have Miss Linda Milligan Linda Milligan has been an instructional assistant at wood for years she empowers all Learners to do their best while encouraging them to be open-minded students and staff trust Linda because she is committed to helping all students grow Linda appreciates the uniqueness and diversity of every student she provides a sense of stability and consistency students need Linda helps all students understand that they have the ability to
024transform the world the Woodland staff appreciate appreciates Linda's hard work and dedication to the success of all students my next representative is a student Nan jka I don't know if Nan came there we go Nan is a fourth grader at Woodland he is kind considerate and is committed to doing the right thing Nan shows respect to everyone and helps all students feel accepted there have been several times throughout his time at Woodland that Nan has made mature responsible decisions Woodland emphasized the importance of being respectful responsible safe and kind and namp shows all these characteristics on a regular basis Woodland recognizes namp for being a hard worker and a role model to other students and our last award goes to our volunteer Karen [Applause] Dela Karen Delo was a longtime Woodland Community member she used
025to live right next door from Woodland and although she has moved away Karen is still a regular volunteer several times a week Karen can be seen walking the halls of Woodland supporting students and teachers she understands that the path to Excellence is outlined by the small things for example every season Karen and her husband take a trip to Woodland over the weekend to decorate the large flower pots outside Woodland's front doors during the holiday season she can be found making homemade ice homemade icing for each first grade student to create their gingerbread house Karen spends countless hours preparing the library so it is organized and ready for Woodland students Karen diverts her time to helping the students and staff of Woodland feel loved and appreciated tonight we want to tell Karen how much we appreciate
026[Applause] her d [Applause] I got it for and we have one uh we have one final presentation and then we we can give a moment to dismissing people so if you just beare with us for another like two or three minutes we' appreciate it next on the agenda we have uh arola principal Mr borro to announce the arola M Awards recipients Mr B hello good evening it's my pleasure to join you uh this evening to talk about our M Award winners for the school year 2223 the maaan school district M award is given to those students who have overall four marking periods of the school year maintain a collective academic average of 93% or better grade seven students and grade eight students congratulation on your outstanding achievement we are so proud of you we will
027be posting this presentation in the names of all the award winners on our website tomorrow and the counseling office will be Distributing the M award certificates in the coming days thank you thank you Mr bordo and thank you everyone uh who has come out to support the uh the presentation that we had this evening we'll just pause for about a minute uh to give those who want to uh exit time to do that and then we'll proceed on with the rest of the agendas J so Madame President that ends uh the guests and scheduled speakers for this evening thank you Dr Zerby now we'll move on to reports for this evening um committee reports are listed and uh we do have some in-person reports um first up is uh Miss Washington for our Dei report
028good evening it is definitely um great to be back before you this evening and share some updates with you from the office of diversity equity and inclusion um so first this work did not take a break especially over the summer as our Administration spent time over the summer with Tom ster and Associates while eight of our students between our Cola and the high school attended a life skills leadership conference with myself that was led by Tom ster and Associates we will continue to build capacity arounds belonging by welcoming back Tom ster and Associates to myth Acton for another year of work around social emotional life skills and positive School climate tomorrow and and Thursday another cohort of 70 teachers will participate in the fall cohort of professional development with a focus on making social emotional
029skills in classrooms and integrating this within their academic content across the four sessions of development teachers will grow in their ability to build a classroom community of belonging all of our schools had a great start to the year our building leaders welcomed our myth active students into their buildings with assemblies or town halls to create a community of belonging for all our high school campus took school spirit and connection to another level by having a spirit day for all students each class has a class color and t-shirt and shared in a collective High School Funday where there was an activity for all students these activities included playing basketball football video games watching movies spending time in the library or enjoying a beverage at the Windy Hill Cafe methacton schools continued this Spirit of Unity by
030celebrating Unity day last week Unity day is a day to celebrate kindness inclusion and acceptance at ARC to8 schools each campus chose a day where all students would wear orange our five six and seven eight buildings created interactive bulletin boards made by our students our high school celebrated spirit week that ended with our homecoming weekend throughout the week students dressed in themes such as Barbie and Ken or mytha and green and white while ending our Friday in another Spirit day where each class wore their class colors and spent the afternoon on the field for a pep rally focused on methacton school pride I want to share a special thank you to miss Griffith and Miss Palmer at the high school our counselors building liaison and building administrators for their support in creating a community of
031belonging in our schools and that's all for this evening thank you thank you very much um next we will move to um the Intermediate Unit and North monco technical career center Miss ree so uh the IU met on um octo uh excuse me on uh September 27th we do not have an uh October meeting uh I just wanted to quickly the H Human Resources gave a presentation and just for those unaware how how much mciu does at in 2018 they had 575 employees and now they have over 800 employees and one of the biggest growth areas was early intervention and that affects many of our students who live in methacton getting the the help before they come to kindergarten um a little bit more of a shout out to the IU if those who remember
032they helped Harrisburg and Chester um up up school districts kind of get back on their feet and both of those school districts are now completely on their own running independently and the reason I bring that up is because we're so lucky to have the resources at the mciu and they're so strong that even other districts in other parts of the state reach out um also just in Montgomery County in general you know when we were talking about um uh renewing Dr zerby's contract and all the Educators that come out of Montgomery County for those on a where the superintendent at lower Marian became the Secretary of Education at Pennsylvania that leaves a spot at lower Maran the Upper Dublin superintendent now is the superintendent at lower Maran there's all kinds of movement that goes on
033and you may not think oh that affects us but it could and it does for example um so now Upper Dublin has a spot for superintendent and if I have this right um I think the p one of the PV assistant supers going somewhere the Abington High School is going to pen Ridge there's always movement and that is why we always are happy to um have our staff um hopefully stay at Ma Acton and continue to grow in their roles um the last thing I will say is to remind everybody about the um November 10th evening and next nove November is my last meeting at the IU so if anybody who is thinking of being the representative for the IU wants to talk to me about what it entails you can Mr Winters was before
034me I find it very rewarding to be part of the IU and all the wonderful things coming out of there so that's my IU report and if it's okay I'll go right into North monco we met on um uh October 16th we did the audit audit report review if anyone would like to look at it no problems or issues we also approved the comprehensive plan we met the um student of the month who I don't know if Erica works with her but she was a baking student she was wonderful speaking of the baking and Erica who was on our um on our board here board members 1218 is the holiday dinner you will be receiving a invitation so um any new board members who have not been able to attend it's a really wonderful event
035um as far as other business we the the IU is always working on the excuse me the North monco is always working on the weit list um there's we want as many students to be able to attend North monco as possible so there's still 108 students on the wait list but that is more that is 100 less than last year so they've done a really good job at that the biggest weight list is in the Health Sciences so they are looking into possibly increasing another opportunity of Health Sciences into sports medicine and rehabilitation so we will be hearing more about that and the November meeting Liz just so you're aware and of course Dr Zerby knows since he is the uh representative superintendent our November meeting is virtual and that's it for me thank you
036Miss ree um and now it's great tonight to see our student board representative Leah Leah Zang and Erica sincere for their report good even ladies and gentlemen for those who may not know me my name is Erica and I will be covering one part of our happenings in our high school about 21 High School students attended the career Expo field trip October 24th to explore activities products and service availabilities our students are able to learn our career Pathways network with area employers and trading providers that makes sense sorry y'all the manaon boys cross country team will approved their record to 3 to one after beating owj Roberts 15 to 50 on the 19th of October our boys and girls cross country teams competed in the PAC Interventional golfer Kate Thomas qualified for the PIAA District
037One golf tournament and she finished in 10th place in the district also golfer Matt ryer sorry if I pronounced that wrong qualified and competed in District One playoffs the volleyball team lost the PSC semi-finals against P PJ PJP on October 17 the Phil hockey team won the PAC title and are the pack Champions the girl tennis team had two double teams participating in the districts last week unfortunately did they not move on but had a fantastic season good evening everyone my name is Leah Zay to start off our high school's ual homecoming dance was on Saturday October 21st and took place in the main gym from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. the traditional homecoming queen and king this year as um didn't H there was no traditional homecoming queen or King this year as the district
038has pivoted to a more inclusive new tradition our homecoming spirit week was from Monday October 16th to Friday October 20th um when students wore green and white on Monday followed the Barbie and Ken Ken theme on Tuesday pajamas on Wednesday red white and blue on Thursday and finally their class colors on Friday the pep rally and power Powderpuff game were on Friday October 20th that evening we had our homecoming football game and even though it was a loss for our team they put forth a great effort and the fans showed up to support them moving on from homecoming news the last day to register and pay for AP exams was on October 12th so most students have already registered for their exams additionally many clubs such as best buddies Esports debate mock trials science fair
039and medicine and science have started the National Honor Society inducted new members on Thursday October 5th in the High School auditorium NHS members also baked fall cookies after school for teachers and staff on Tuesday October 17th as there has been a food shortage at Montgomery County food banks Key Club in kids against crisis ran a food drive for all non-p perishable items up until October 20th the student blood drive will be on November 2nd last spring students donated 71 units of blood and the goal for this November is 80 units also to start the year off our senior Sunrise was in the senior parking lot on Friday October 4th from 6:30 to 715 a thank you thank you so much um now we have the foundation report Miss pier galini and Miss pepper I'm back
040um just real three quick real three quick things uh the fall Grant cycle is closed and our program support is reviewing the grants and all teachers that applied will be notified in December um we've officially saved the date for our dodgeball tournament it will be March 17 2024 and then lastly um please purchase your tickets and get ready for the Apex Awards which will be on November 16th at the John J Autobon Center at mil Grove um it will be hosted by Bob Kelly and again our honores for alumni it's Bill kovaleski our community Advocates are Dave seini and Susan edgren our educators are Dr Susan angstead Barbara Griffith and Rose Mary Miller and our Legacy award is Ida Jean and John Heiser you can find all this information and ticket sales at methacton foundation.org
041aex thank you very much now we have communications Miss Kelly thank you and good evening the methacton school district is heading into November with some very informative and exciting events so please mark your calendar for the following on November 9th at 7M Dr Zerby will host a community town hall meeting the meeting will be held via Zoom webinar and is designed to educate our families and the community about major initiatives and matters impacting the district members of the community interested in taking part can register for the town hall by visiting methacton.org toown hall meeting earlier this evening you heard and were offered a glimpse inside the newly renovated ma malem planetarium on November 30th we will be hosting a special grand reopening of the planetarium for the community it will be fund for the whole
042family and include a ribbon cutting public walk through space theme activities and of course planetarium shows we will be sharing the official invitation in the coming days and finally there is so much to be proud of in the meth Acton school district and we can't wait to share with everyone a new initiative that will help us continue to build excitement around our schools support each other and grow our school spirit so please stay tuned for an announce M on this initiative in mid November and that concludes my report thank you very much thank you so much next we have the superintendent's report Dr Zerby thank you Madame President uh this evening uh as listed under my report there is one uh advisement but in addition to that I'd like to give the board and the
043community update on the mathon high school campus planning committee uh to date the mathon high school campus planning uh process has been the following in August of 2023 the district released a a request for volunteers that resulted in the establishment of a committee of approximately 140 members consisting of students parents staff and community members in mid-september of 23 over 60 students and all High School staff participated in a SWAT analysis feedback sessions as well as all students and all staff participated in a survey to gain feedback for use in the larger uh Community subcommittee uh discussions the mton high school campus planning committee of approximately 40 uh completed the following visited pots grve High School to see the school that underwent some major Renovations about 10 years ago we visited aveng Grove High School and
044upper Marian High School to see newly constructed schools we held our introductory uh meeting on o October 5th provided an overview of the purpose of the committee and the task uh before us as well as we toured the methon high school uh we held subcommittee discussions on October 14th uh there were 11 subcommittees that address 16 topic areas including parking traffic Aesthetics operational cost and debt accessibility sustainability student and staff feedback safety and all the four zones of the uh of the makeup of the of the high school uh there is a meeting scheduled for November 2nd uh the where the subcommittees will present the recommendations and conduct a final prioritization of those recommendations uh then there will be then that my Administration and I will organize all that information and prepare a presentation and
045a document of recommendations to be presented to the board in February of 2024 while there is a tremendous excitement in these conversations I can tell you that I am pleased with the the considerations that are being discussed and I want to thank all of our volunteers I want to have a special thank you to the administration and support staff for their efforts in helping plan and run the benth Acton high school campus plan processes and again a huge thank you to our many volunteers who have given of their time talents and to share with us their feedback as Chief Executive Officer of the district I want everyone to recognize and remember that this is the first step in preparing a comprehensive campus plan a plan that can help pave the way for to the way
046uh to the best possible future for this high school campus and the district for tomorrow and the next 50 years that ends my uh uh report thank you Dr Zerby now it's time for public comment on board action items and opportunity for residents to comment on matters that are to be decided upon as outlined on the agenda the board asks that you keep your comments to three minutes or less and we may choose to respond to matters following the conclusion of the comments on board action items [Music] Jim mik War sester um Dave your committee is rigged and I'll get into that later um regarding 13c hiring your new construction rep do they know something that the public doesn't know because I was here at the work session and the gentleman given his presentation talked
047about you guys are going to go through a major transformation relative to construction now how does he know that how's he know how does he know it what's it mean he knows that there's going to be a major transformation relative to construction and you just gave your little speech about how we're going to move forward I mean we know where it's all going you're build a new school we heard Miss Drummond admit at the last meeting that she said doesn't matter how much it cost you guys are going to pass it so how does this all work I mean are you going through the motions to give us the appearance that it's like you know somehow fair and even you know I even have my good friend Jen canro tell me to get a life
048and leave meon out of it because I'm asking these questions but somebody's got to ask these questions because we're talking about $160 million plus 80 million in interest that somebody's gonna have to pay yeah Dave I got a minute and a half so you know I know you want it to be over but it's not gonna be over so maybe can you tell us what you guys told this new guy coming in about the major transformation that he's going to oversee and make a boatload ofy money or tell us why you got rid of fidevia out of nowhere boom you know what time for an RFP you know they had an extended contract I think their contract is up a year from now and you replaced them so can you tell us why you replaced
049fidevia a year before the contract was up in favor of the guys who know about the major transformation can you give us that one because everybody seems to know what's going on except the public like kcba knows because they told Mr Andrews group that the building is going to be built back near the uh soccer field and Tennis Courts how do they know about a new school and where it's going to be built let us in on the [Music] secret thank you anyone else for public comment on board action items this evening all right seeing none um we'll move on with the agenda may I have a motion to approve the September 19th 2023 work session and September 26 2023 regular board meeting minutes as attached Mr mcginness may I have a second miss canro
050any questions or comments from the board all in favor any opposed that motion carries 8 Z thank you next is fiscal items Mr bicker thank you Madame President this month for your approval are four Financial items with no changes from the work session thank you very much um may I have a motion to approve all four all yes four fiscal items as attach Mr mcginness a second Miss graph any questions or comments on fiscal items yeah Madam president I just have a a quick update um you know on this list of bills as one of the items that being approved here um there there are some costs associated with the right to know process and just as a reminder um last month uh there was a public comment on the list of bills U made
051concerning the right to know legal bills and and a lawsuit relating to the right to no process I will speak uh I'll will ask the to speak about the the lawsuit but I also want the board to be aware that we anticipate a significant increase in the legal fee cost in the coming months given the significant number of and complexity of requests received recently as an example we received 12 requests uh recently and 10 of those requests contained over 119 individual subparts uh so as an example one of their requests seeks information that covers 23 years of data um while we have a full-time staff person uh who's committed to and dedicated to the right to know uh processing we do anticipate that requiring much more assistance from our legal firm to respond to these
052matters and again this is just trying to keep you up the speed and then with in terms of the the the lawsuit uh Mr Summers sure just briefly um the the lawsuit of the matter that was referenced was um an appeal that the district brought um relative to a a right to know uh determination by the Pennsylvania office of open records um when those uh determinations are are issued the school district or the agency that is the subject of the request does have an opportunity to appeal that uh to court and there is a 30-day window within which to do that in this instance uh the administration consulted with its right to know Council and made a determination that it was in the district's interest to do so um the decision was dated July 24th
053the appeal was filed on August 23rd um the invoices or the uh bills that are on the agenda for approval tonight are are the right to no legal fees for July and August and so I would anticipate that any of the costs associated with that appeal um are included within those two bills that are on the agenda thank you any other questions or comments from the board M Mr Winters Yeah Tim there were some questions last week related to uh Chromebook leases I don't know I know you were out unfortunately but uh maybe we can get back to these and then there was a question about the Amazon Prime membership of $779 and there was additionally a question related to um on the the high school planning committee on the uh time frame for uh
054payments going out 25 or 30 years if you could just explain what that was just as a model with pfm so the starting with the last one The Debt Service was just an example the pfm generated $100 million borrowing $140 million borrowing and $180 million borrowing just to give an example on today's rates and what the impact would be to our debt service um those informations like I said are based on today's rates and could be used in any different multiple reasons yeah Mr berer specifically what the question was was can uh the district take um bonds out Beyond 25 years yes okay and then the other question leases I don't know there was $160,000 uh Chromebook lease sure we uh actually budget close to $700,000 a year on Chromebook leases um we get pretty
055good rates right now we're with Vantage on the leases and we do and we do those leases in three or four years four years four years okay thank you that was that was the question whether it was a a three four or a fiveyear lease so it's four year lease and the last item was why the Amazon Prime membership was $779 I'd have to look at that um off the top of my head I think it's because of the number of users that we need throughout the school district to be able to place the orders plus the fact that automatically processes them right through our uh financial information system when they're approved it actually goes right into our system and creates the POS so I have to look into that and I'll get back to
056the board on that okay thank you any other questions or comments under fiscal Mr just a quick question um I had asked I thank you for clarifying that Dr Zerby and Mr Summers um I had asked because I wasn't at the meeting last month and so when I watched it I was taken back by one of the comments so you're saying it's an appeal correct that's correct it was an appeal of a of a office of open records decision okay so a lawsuit is an incorrect term it depends on on exactly what each person means by lawsuit but it's clear that it it was a court filing um and the caption of that case was methacton school district versus Pennsylvania office of open records thank you so much any any other questions or comments under
057fiscal seeing none all in favor any opposed that carries 8 Z thank you thank you next is Personnel Dr sorini thank you Madame President good evening for the consideration of the board this month we have the Personnel items as presented last week of the work session with the following additions two Employments classified Marne udis personal care assistant at Sky View and parvathi sasami recess assistant at Woodland we welcome Marne and parvathi to the methacton family supplemental contracts for teched equipment support with a further clarification of the specific contracts and the addition of winter coaches for The 2324 season one classified substitute list Edition Daniel McFarland custodial casual on call we welcome Daniel to the methacton family and one change of status administrative Dr Deborah uker from principal of Woodland Elementary School to princip principal of
058methon high school effective January 3rd 2024 Dr Deborah uker has a Bachelor of Science and Elementary education from Lock Haven University a master of education from Gratz College a doctorate in principal certification from immaculada University and a superintendent letter of eligibility from California University of Pennsylvania Dr uker has served the students and staff of methacton school district for nearly three decades in a multitude of roles including as a teacher of gifted and talented and fifth grade at utaban and a math teacher at arola and in leadership roles as math specialist and math coordinator at Sky View acting principal at aabon acting assistant principal at Sky View and for eight school years now as principal of Woodland Elementary School during her time at methacton Dr uker has led multiple districtwide initiatives including the effort to implement
059full day kindergarten in our district Dr uker has additional served as an Adjunct professor at Lal University and the College of New Jersey helping to grow the next generation of teachers Deb has established positive relationships with stakeholders across the entire meating community that will prove invaluable as she transitions into this new leadership role Dr Deborah yuker is a proven and respected leader in methacton school district who has made a positive difference in the lives of countless methacton students families and staff members and I am proud to officially recommend Dr Dr Deborah uker to you as the next principal of methacton high school that concludes my report thank you thank you very much would anyone want to take any of these separately under Personnel all right then can I have a motion to approve all Personnel
060items as presented Miss clear and a second miss canro any questions or comments on Personnel Mr mcginness Dr serini stole a lot of my thunder but uh just can't Express how grateful I am of the depth and breadth of The Talented bench that we had within this district and to see Dr uker just continue her climb and dedication to this district is just really it's all inspiring so uh I almost said I hope you do a great job I know you'll do a great job Dr Grain is moving up into another role and whoever gets the job at Woodland will probably be just as good so it's a reflection of all of you people and the jobs that you do every day so um just thank you and most of these votes are I hate
061to say rubber stamped uh but not tonight I I couldn't be more enthusiastic about Dr yuker taking over in January so thank you well said and I know Woodland is gonna miss Dr uker um any other comments Miss ree I won't uh repeat everything Dr serini did a great job uh as well as Mr mcginness um it I was going to say you know since I came here it was Dr serini Dr graines Dr uker before that Dr Landis our high school has been in phenomenal hands which um it is that the bench that uh Mr mcginness spoke about I did want to say um because of the transition of three principles and which is has been so smooth it I haven't seen a problem at all if either Dr graines or Dr uker separately
062or together could look at that front office job I think Dr graines and I know Dr uker is so student centered like they that's what comes across to me is how just how very student centered they are if we could just look at that front office I know myself I had to they I felt terrible as a parent I they had to deal with three of my kids today because they all had to be picked up for different things and I'm just a little worried about that front office I just since there's a this is a good time to look at that if we could do that and then the only other thing on HR is um the winter coaches are here looks great there's small all vacancies and I believe the season starts officially
063November 17th so we have some time and I assume we're looking pretty good there we are and Mr smck is continuing to look to fill those vacancies any other questions or comments from board members seeing none all in favor any oppose that carries 8 Z thank you madam president and congratulations congratulations drer get a gift a hug thank you thank you very much were kind you us all right there is nothing listed this evening under curriculum and programs and next we have policy Mr Regina thank you Miss alustin uh for this evening just a couple items under first read we talked about last week uh specific to 304.8 and nepotism making those changes to be consistent with policy 304 add an additional language to covering threat assessment language for policy 247 in hazing and then
064finally removing language for evaluation of employees that's already in the ACT 13 law um specific to Improvement plans uh no additional changes to the second readings which is on vote for this evening thank you thank you very much may I have a motion motion to approve all policies under second reading this evening Miss Clary and may I have a second Miss Purdue any questions or comments for the policies under second read seeing none all in favor any opposed that carries 8 Zer thank you next we have other Dr Zerby thank you madam president uh under gifts and donations uh we approved generous Gifts of blackmond giving fund which is an employer match incentive for Leanne Lopez uh for element or for eille elementary school in the amount of $200 approve the generous gift of buckmon
065chapter PA Society of tax and accounting professionals uh for the high school expense for future Business Leaders in the amount of $828 and then uh approve uh Dewey engineering Incorporated of Bethlehem PA to serve as construction manager owners rep Representatives as presented uh pending review of contractors for by by the solicitor which includes a $22,500 per month month retainer fee which is a reduction of of $1,900 per month from our former construction management firm it is a one-year agreement with a 30-day notice for non-renewal with with a non-exclusivity uh Clause with with no exclusive I'm sorry with no exclusivity clause and with a fee structure for major capital and summer projects as presented uh in the presentation by Dr zini on octo October 17th and then under transportation it has approved the following drivers as
066part of the transportation employee roster as listed thank you may I have a motion to approve the items under other please Mr mcginness may I have a second Miss Reese any questions or comments yeah okay Mr mcginness um one of the questions was around fidevia um going back here off of memory but fidevia uh put in a submitt for the request for proposal correct that is correct and there was certain thresholds I'm assuming specs that all of the biders had to meet and anyone that was considered a viable candidate was above that line that that is correct there actually it's a it's a I think uh Dr serini presented that it was a four-round process uh there were uh rubrics associated with the scoring of of the submittal both on paper and through the interview
067process and our current bid that we're voting on right now is less expensive than what we were paying just last year that is correct currently paying correct that is correct so we have an equal or better for less money said another way right an equal or better owners rep for I I would agree with that okay thank you I just want to make another comment if I could so one of the other comments was um around you know what uh do we engineering knows that you know someone else doesn't know um the truth of of the matter is when we sent out these requests for proposals we included in there the master facilities plan and if you know that plan um has a number of projects spread over a 10-year period and don't quote me
068on this exact number but you know it's it's estimated over 10 years maybe 200 230 some million dollars so in that plan all also is uh a a proposed uh project by zone of the high school which can vary from some 50 uh uh million dollars to you know some some other R I don't remember all those numbers off the top of my head I don't have here but that plan is available um it's something we've been providing not only as a point of discussion in our property committee meetings but we included that as part of the response because we needed to make sure that our responders knew exactly what they were getting involved with so I want to make sure that everyone uh knows that and then in terms of of of where we
069are and in in in the conversation of the Manton high school campus planning committee it's really important for everyone not only to understand that this is a starting point for for the conversation of putting together a comprehensive plan but as the executive officer of this District I need to I need to make sure that before I lead people down path I have some reasonableness and some understanding of what it is that we there there could be potential so if if I'm saying I'm not saying to the community that we should build a school I'm not saying to the community we should renovate the school I'm saying to the community that uh this district has before them an opportunity to make the best decision possible for the next 50 years and that could con combine a
070number of different opportunities and the truth is the potential uh in regards to our ability to afford new construction or to afford renovation is is in the is in the hands of of the things that we want to build and we want to renovate it it it really means that we have to make the right considerations for tomorrow and the next 50 years that's just not putting putting the blinders on following a plan that we started in 2016 saying let's just fix the HV and then we'll worry $30 million later about what we're going to do because at that point it's over decisions made for you it's made for me I I made the decision and and thank God we we got to the point back in October to pause on the matter because with
071that if because if we didn't do that we'd be in a high school renovation uh process and there's no looking back and so are you going to solve traffic matters are you going to solve parking matters are you going to solve some of the Aesthetics are you going to solve some of the accessibility are you going to be able to solve some of the sustainability what is it that we need to plan for in the ne for the next 50 years it's not just hbac so that's where we are that's where we're going and we're going to try to give the board the opportunity to see all the information uh whether it's for this or for that but this committee is at least uh comprised of stakeholders within the community it may not be what
072you all decide at some point in the future you may decide not to use any of those recommendations I don't know I don't know what they are yet I think we're all curious to to uh to see how they how this all pans out we're we're curious in February what that presentation will look like and then the the the nine members of the board that that will sit at this table at as part of that presentation you know we could either decide yeah we're going to take all the recommendations move forward we're not going to take any of the recommendations a combination of of some of the recommendations maybe some new ideas you might send us back to the drawing board you say just stop we're going to go and we're going to we're going
073to just follow the uh the master plan so there there there's no set decision but it is important for you to understand that there's no game here uh other than to making sure that we give you information so that we can make a future good decision so thank you and that's ends my comments on this matter and I just had a quick question just to taking a step back did the the RFP process around this this was part of a cycle was was there time still left on the fidevia contract and or was this just part of a regular cycle of looking at the provider Mr bicker I believe their contract would have ended this coming year is that correct or or do you recall Jun 30th June 30th so so either we would have
074renewed uh the the uh the former uh and uh and or done this process and we chose uh because we've been like we do with all of our vendors and and you know this we do it with our insurance providers we do it with uh you know our our technology providers we we go out after a certain number of years and say okay you know are we getting the best price it's always fair to check that and it's it's our responsibility to do that so it was just a good matter of business practice as the contract was coming to thank you any other questions or comments under other seeing none all all in favor any opposed that carries 8 Z thank you um next is dates for board members calendars uh I will make a
075note that the education committee meeting is on a Wednesday not at Tuesday um do any board members have anything for old or new business Mr Winters yeah um Dr Zerby or I guess uh Tim I believe there was a legislation that Mr mcginness and Miss uh previous Board member Miss Hull have been very active with and all the property committee for that matter to follow up over the last couple years related to the bus arm legislation can somebody speak towards that so uh House Bill 851 was recently passed or Senate Bill 851 was recently passed by both the house and the Senate and signed Monday I believ by the governor it is anticipated that sometime in December we should be able to get the Pennsylvania State Police contract back in force thank you for all
076your work on that Mr bicker there was a gentleman that would come to the property committee meeting I hope somebody lets him know if I've been I've been in touch I've been in touch with them and I will alert on that awesome thank you so much Mr mcginness anyone else for old or new business Miss Purdue I just wanted to remind the board that we do have the Pennsylvania School Board Association delegate assembly on November 4th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. I believe I'm registered I'm not sure but I believe the school board President also get the um emails typically involved looking at the bylaws whether they are new considerations or any additions I believe there's none this year but they also look into the financial updates and Le leadership election results so that
077will be on Saturday I believe it's a hybrid and also so you have the option to attend in person or virtual in person is limited to 120 M fact and I think we can have up to three or four delegates so if you're interested just reach out to me or the board um secretary thank you any other old or new Miss Clary jeez now that it's official I I just wanted to say congratulations Dr uker I am so excited for you I'm so excited for the high school and I can't wait to see what new ideas you bring so great job and thank you anyone else all right moving on to Courtesy of the floor opportunity for residents to make comments on matters that are or may be before the board we ask that you
078keep your comments to 3 minutes or less and we may choose to respond to matters following the conclusion of comments Jamal gester you building a new school Dave you're like stuck in this spin cycle like you're the the biggest propagandas I've ever seen tell the public the truth what's going to happen five years from now you're Debt Service payment is going to be cut by 50% to $4.8 million a year if you don't build and you don't spend we get a 20% tax reduction just tell the public what's going on it's not hard to fit it's pretty simple after I saw that presentation um get you guys get one of these man fantastic my fact an XL mailer man listen to this 80 plus% of your really state taxes go to the school district these
079taxes have increased by an approximate aggregate of 21.5% in the last eight years yet meth Acton's ranking and enrollment has declined and all you want to talk about is a right to know Bills going up or the the the desery propaganda stuff you know I think you guys gota smarten up um I Heard the foundation report talk about one two $1.2 million raised Dave you know how that occurred you know where a lot of that money came from came from you soliciting vendors you even got Mr Bricker involved it's like your foundation it's not their Foundation it's your foundation I think you got to look into it and that got discovered and right to know on the case you took the lawsuit you took all the way to Commonwealth Court and lost that's how that
080stuff got discovered so don't don't bash the right to no process but as part of my Foundation report um I found some emails about you providing laptop computers to the foundation now were they yours laptops did you spend your own money on them or did we get that money get that from the taxpayers can you tell us that one because not only did you set a um you know get the um uh computers you had them tied in to the district system how's that work so people could come in have an office sit down use the computer and print that's what you're up to now here's one I I found just amazing this is from the methacton education minutes under new business uh somebody was approached by the art Department from from this school for
081assistance on a partnership with the foundation for an art show in April the students will be selling works of art and offering a percentage of the sales to the foundation really we going to open up a Nike shop for the kids too you know they can make Nikes I mean guys com the stuff you're doing is not good anybody else for Courtesy of the floor this evening John Andrews Lower Providence good evening have a goal of a new high school and a bill of 200 million plus another 200 million of bond interest we don't have the AAA rating of of am Maran we don't have their tax rate their millage is 22 ours I think is 33 they spent 30 years planning for their new school how about some real and affordable enhancement of the
082the present High School 60 to 80 million can do that over a few Summers with the aid of Architects experienced in renovation that 60 to 80 million is a fair estimate of satisfying all of the shortcomings of the present School for instance the students emphasis on on needs is for an a a second parallel Cara from The West Wing to the east Wing that that could be placed on the second floor and that would satisfy most of the students concerns and the students are the ones that Liv with the high school for four years of their lives the current high school has a has a current value on the order of 150 million putting that to a wrecking ball has little justification little justification and I recommend that you have Architects supports to the recommendations
083so that there's some realism to the facts put into a report in February or later thank you thank you anybody else for Courtesy of the floor this evening Jim me moester um two weeks from now two weeks from today is the election and there are seven seats coming up up out of the nine so it is going to be a time for change um in terms of what happens with the district not necessarily with respect to the policy but with respect to some of the people and um I have been very thankful for the service of Mr mcginness and Andrea you as well um you have spent a awful lot of your time and talent and effort to make this District better I have been for the last five years president of the Education Foundation
084and uh I'm exceedingly proud of what the foundation has done to advance this District um there have been some comments made tonight and all I'd say is that half truths and in innuendos do not rise to the level of anything that uh should go beyond this evening quite frankly um it's just not right it's just not appropriate and they're wrong I do hope that the people who are watching this who are not yet watching the Phillies game or maybe it's still in the first inning uh will get out and vote I think it's very important for all of us you know I served in the military I served overseas and I believe very strongly regardless of what your political beliefs are that people should get out and exercise their right to vote because if you
085don't vote you simply don't have the right to complain about anything so I trust that people will get out and do that last two things there is a field hockey game tomorrow night our field hockey team has won the pack pack 10 Championship they're playing a playoff game at 700 pm and it's at home and I encourage as many of the people here and watching on this video to get out and support our team they're a great bunch of kids um and it's something and it's going to be a beautiful evening as well and the Phillies don't play and the Eagles don't play so I hope everyone will get out and support them and last I just want to Echo what has been said by others I think the selection of Dr uker as our
086new principal is an excellent one and I know that she's going to do a fantastic job thank you very much thank you anyone else for Courtesy of the floor this evening [Music] my name is moy jokes and I am a new parent to methon school district I want to thank the board members The Faculty staff and the families of methon school district I appreciate your dedication to our methon community um and as a metha parent Community member I value the importance of a nutritious and well balanced diet and the child's health so I started volunteering um once a week since September this is my first year here and I noticed that there's a lot of food waste that happen so I think to be fiscally responsible um and to provide good nutrition so what I
087noticed that snacks provided was ice cream chips um and it's just a lot and cookies and halfway through lunch like kids are offered the opportunity to buy snacks and they wind up throwing away the lunch and waiting for snack time so there's a lot of waste that happens then breakfast time consisted I'm only knowing this because of my children as far as like breakfast it includes um donuts chocolate muffins cinnamon buns um sugary seal sugary SE cereals and Pop-Tarts and I think that we could do better as um as a school just provide like better nutritional foods for for students so that they can learn better so that chronic illnesses has rised in um in our nation as far as like what what kids are experiencing and then it leads to Chronic health conditions such
088as like diabetes heart disease strokes and then as a parent and as like a Community member like a value like our kids' future and their they're like our future of our nation so I think that we should really evaluate our lunch program and offer better things and I I know that the school nutrition program is complex I started like reading about it and how reimbursement works and like what students need to buy to be able to get reimbursed by the schools but a lot of is also going to waste so I would really like to partner together so that we could you know be the Forefront and leaders in like children's nutrition at metha and School District so that people look to us or they thinking that our school is great because we really care
089about what our you know kids put in their bodies thank you thank you and I'm sorry would would you you mind just repeating your name because I didn't catch it Moy jobson thank you yes good evening Katie theal Lower Providence um I just wanted to come up here real quick to share some of what I've heard about the um committees for the high school and to evaluate the plan of where to go next and I want to also say that I was actively following uh years ago when Arrow when the decision for the arrowhead forward project had to be decided I actively followed that as well I actually actively followed it before that when the decision had to be made about oton so this would be the third one that I'm actively following and I
090am not serving on one of the Committees my husband and I had to make a decision because there's three kids and my husband's on the committee I also know many other people people who are serving on the Committees and while I don't know all the ins and outs and details I can tell you what I've heard and what I've heard is really um I've heard some really fantastic feedback on the community view of the on how the community members have been able to walk through the high school and look at the condition of the high school right now and come together and make decisions on what is needed at the high school in order for us to improve and go forward as a community but also what is needed right now and I'm so impressed
091at what I'm hearing from people I know in the community and I wanted to share that because it seems to me as an outsider on this um project transparent from n I'm hearing and I know many stakeholders who are there and it also see um people who are other parents uh as well as my husband and I'm impressed by that because they seem to be generating real conversations that are being shared and the one thing that is most important that I hear from everyone is that they're looking at the at the state of the school and what is most financially responsible for us to make on the condition of the school and what is needed so I wanted to share that feedback I'm impressed with what's going on and thank you so much for your
092work and to those people who are on those committees thank you anyone else for a courtesy of the floor this evening hi everybody um my name is Jenna Bender um I live in Lower Providence um I'm actually a teacher at Woodland I think a lot of you know that hello um I'm actually here as a parent though I wanted to um take a minute to just share some thoughts I have as a parent of a um student who graduated just this past June um my son is at the University of Pittsburgh seems like everything's going well don't hear that much from him but that's good news right everybody like um he's actually doing really well and I meant to do this actually sooner after he graduated because I wanted to express um my thanks to
093the district um I've been a teacher for many years but I am first a parent right um and um I know there's been a lot of back and forth with ratings and things like that about the district is that my time that's my I haven't been up here in a while so I've been 50 okay thanks um I know with the the the rankings and things like that and so much of life is what you make of it right um and he started here in kindergarten he went all the way through and I do want to say that again it is what you make of it but um specifically the high school where these rankings I think mostly come from I don't know that I could say enough nice things about the experiences that he
094had and how well prepared he is for being adult an adult and in in college in advanced classes right away um in engineering and um I could shout out and I would like to shout out to a few particular teachers um who really made a big difference in his life and in his learning um Miss Miss Heiser AP US History was an outstanding teacher who really taught him to think and use his voice um uh Mr Walton what a great man what a great human being who just did so much to get him interested in the Life Sciences um Mr alamora everybody loves Mr alamora my son's a big history fan and that really started with Miss Williamson in 8th grade and I don't want to forget about any of the younger teachers as well
095but what what what a what a great asset we have here in the district with him Mr savitz otherwise know as coach forever to me great teacher the Hydroponics program is outstanding what an opportunity Community um and also great cross country coach for my son love that U Mr Outland what a demanding intense wonderful teacher for a really difficult subject on top of the fact that he's a kind kind man who run some really uh powerful programs like the academic to cathlon which I mean I know it's not for everyone but these are great things um Mrs meix yeah really intense he learned so much he learned how to write and learned how to think um Mrs denshaw I mean you know the mock elections and all of that great stuff um and I want
096to go back just a little bit to my own experience with my son early early Mrs Bradley uh Mrs yank Mrs doery I'm sorry um really quick I just want to say thank you so much for everything I do appreciate it thank you for your comments anyone else tonight for Courtesy the floor seeing none any last minute comments from board members anything motion to adjourn from Mr no com oh okay yeah I'm sorry it's unlike me I know Mr wyers can't believe it um there just three topics that were brought up during discussion there a mailer um voting and and you know doing the work right so I too share that you should vote and you should vote for people that want to do the work of this board this is monotonous it's dry toast
097there's a ton of reading but make no mistake about it it's work and when you vote vote for people that are going to stay here and not bail after six months a year and that have zero interest in doing the work because this is important work and it is work so I share the sentiment that everyone should vote in two weeks thank you any other comments just quickly add I wanted to thank you for coming and talking about um the lunches we have talked about that many times over the years but uh thank you for sharing your thoughts on that um and I just want I couldn't go without um just uh ding Mrs Bender I won't go on and on but I just read my daughter's college application last night who's a senior and
098she mentioned some of those teachers in her application and I'm so incredibly proud of her selfishly and she also went through this school since uh kindergarten Mrs G was her teacher who was awarded here today for kindergarten and I'm incredibly proud of um selfishly my daughter just like Mr Mrs Bender's proud of her son and I can't believe that the most thing that she wrote about is that she helped raise over $770,000 for kids with cancer because that's what our district does as well and helps children learn how important it is to be a good citizen and help others and um it makes me sad we have seven seats here up for election because we should have five seats up for election so I Dido what Mr mcginness said about people willing to do the
099work I thank Mr mcginness for being here for 4 years I thank me for being here for eight years I thank Mr Winters for being here for eight years I thank Miss Purdue for being here for four years I thank Miss canro for being here for six Miss Drummond for six I thank Miss clear and Miss graph for stepping up and being appointed to positions that were left as well as Mr Rook stool doing the same thank you all so much for being a part of methacton because methacton works [Music] together thank you any other comments wrap up seeing none Mr mcginness now with the motion to adjourn and may I have a second Miss graph thank you so much this meeting is adjourned