School Board Meeting - 6/20/24

001e e e look like my I'll Now call to order this uh June 20th 2024 regular meeting of the Board of Education please rise for the pledge to the flag I I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with libery and justice for all we have uh roll call Elizabeth bman Mary Lee Hall here Samantha Hall here William Hall here Jeremy hash here Jennifer hle here Nathan H here James H here Joseph Wilson here thank you all right moving on to item 2.01 approval of the June 20th 20224 uh board agenda I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda as presented so have a second second Motion in a second uh do we have any discussion any n

002or extensions hearing none that motion carries uh item 3.01 approval of the May 16th 2024 minutes I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes so moved have a second second second Motion in a second any discussion any n or exensions hearing none that motion carries uh 4.01 the student representative report uh graduation is deprive us of our student representative so we have none um so we'll move on to 5.01 uh artist in Residency program presentation a by Mr Justin ala aala and miss Emily palai of the cultural Alliance of York County hope I got your names right close enough all right so Emily sends her regard she's unable to make it uh her husband was called out of town unexpectedly but my name is Justin Nala I'm with the cultureal alliance of Y County and

003I'm the director of the Arts and education program which uh I don't know if you guys are familiar with but your uh Shrewsbury elementary school has been participating in it for the past 15 years so I thought it be a good opportunity to tell you a little bit about what they have been how they've been taking advantage of the program um as well as some uh as well as other opportunities that exist for your District uh anybody here familiar with the cultural Alliance cultural Alliance of York county is a uh unified Arts fund it's the only outside of Penn or outside of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and what we do is we act as a stores Advocates and conveners for the Arts so we support Arts organizations such as the Appel Center we support creative entrepreneurs

004and then we also offer educational programs uh to give you just kind of an idea we have uh last year alone we had uh distributed $11.24 million uh throughout 36 uh artists and 61 Arts organizations uh in that contest uh context I'm the director of arts and education for York Adams Franklin and fton counties and what that is I know it's a lot to unpack but it's a program that brings teaching artists into schools I am one of 13 directors throughout the state um and we're all based out of intermediate units Arts nonprofits like the cultural Alliance or universities uh what we provide is match grant funding and that is funding to bring teaching artists I don't know where exactly I'm pointing this to it keeps jumping ahead like three or four slides uh we

005bring match grant funding to the table to bring teaching artists into your school and what how we do that is through artist residencies what an artist residency is is bringing a teaching artist we have artists of all different disciplines so dancers poets photographers painters uh circus artists and I'll be showing you some highlights from your last 15 years of uh collaborating with our artists um but we bring them to collaborate with your classroom teachers and the idea is artists of all types use math science history in their art form and some students uh struggle with learning traditionally and also some Educators struggle with uh presenting Concepts in ways that are engaging the students so this kind of bridges that Gap it's uh bringing some interesting and exciting new tools to the table for your teacher

006or for your classroom teachers and your uh students great example of that is in uh 2021 Carla long a photographer worked with your fifth grade students English language arts uh teachers and social studies teachers uh The Prompt was they said every year we teach your students about the Civil War and it's really hard to put them in the shoes of somebody who might have been deployed or a family member so the prompt was if you were to be deployed in the Civil War what might you take with you what might you take with to remember your family or to keep your morale up so these are objects these photos that you're seeing here are uh objects photographs taken by fifth graders after receiving a crash course in photography and then they had to do a

007lot of peer and uh writing response to the significance of these objects so combining what they were already learning in social studies what they were uh goals and objectives in English language arts and infusing that with art uh I'll flip through really quickly to some of the highlights over the past 15 years of your collaborations so uh learning about the Underground Railroad through cardboard sculpture learning about renewable natural resources through mural making and uh uh and science um and some of these you might be familiar with you'll see hanging throughout the uh the buildings in the elementary school uh this was using movement and mindfulness uh to talk about patterns and systems really cool they were plotting XY uh points on the XY grid uh recreating them with their bodies and then talking about how

008the systems the body the skeletal systems the mus muscular systems move to adapt to those different poses and positions um creative writing and uh um music writing uh and this was teaching uh literary devices so teaching metaphors simile uh through uh creating original lyrics um and then this year we were fortunate enough to collaborate with circus dreams circus dreams is two circus artists uh Jenny Hill and Chris tamboro and uh they have been traveling extensively uh bringing circus Arts to senior centers uh because of the known connections between things like hula hooping and juggling and the ability of uh increasing neuroplasticity or the ability of making new memories um as well as we use our artist residencies as opportunities to uh address challenging subject matter that might be fractions or in the case of senior

009centers it was dementia and memory loss so Jenny Hill or performing clown her clown Persona is a forgetful clown and it kind of opens up inroads and avenues why I bring that up is uh these two circus artists were working with fifth graders at the school this year and they were working concentrating on math patterns uh physics and engineering and how that connects to Circus Arts but also Showmanship uh resilience and stormans ship uh the culmination of this 20-day residency had the fifth grade students bring all the other grade levels one grade at a time into the auditorium and teach them the five circus skills that they had just spent the previous four weeks learning uh under the guidance of our teaching artists of course um and like I said the goal of this is

010to leave new tools in the toolbox of teachers once we leave so that the teachers feel confident Maybe infusing the Arts into future lessons when they see that maybe traditional education or traditional teaching methods aren't quite working um really quickly a brush over the fact that not only do we work in schools and senior centers we provide professional developments for educators professional developments through all different sectors uh this was a professional development we LED last year during an in service at nor Eastern School District working with all the teachers using all the things we juggle as a metaphor but talking about how they can Infuse creative problem solving into their classrooms and into their daily lives um I will not take the time to go through all the benefits of NST residency because I hope

011a lot of you see the apparent benefits in this but I'd be happy to share all of the uh the facts and research that go along with this but I'd like to spend more time talking about how you could take advantage of this program more and answer any questions that you might have um the Arts and education program is a collaboration so it's a collaboration between the classroom teachers uh here in your District uh the PTO not only supports it financially but is hugely involved in the coordination between the class teachers the admin the teaching artists and myself uh this money comes from the Pennsylvania Council of the art so this is taxpayer money that you guys are already paying in IR marked for the Arts and I'm able to match that so I'm able

012to amplify those funds uh we also benefit from eitc funds is anybody here familiar with the educational tax Improvement credits uh for any business owners here in the room uh it's an opportunity to get 90% of your tax debt forgiven that money can be given to organizations like the culture Alliance and we can double that so A $9,000 or $10,000 uh uh donation to that program we can make $20,000 um I wanted to bring this all up because last year alone the PTO invested $3,600 in the Arts and education program and we doubled that historically in the past 15 years your PTO has invested 53 $53,000 in the program and we've made that nearly $100,000 so what what I'm asking is why is only one building in the district participating in this program uh we

013have funds that we would love to share we have opportunities and artists we would love to share with your Educators and students um so I encourage you guys to think about uh other buildings that might be able to benefit from this other Educators who you know are Arts minded and might really Embrace this we understand it's not for every classroom teacher and it's not for every learner but in the opportunities where it really clicks it makes a powerful difference um and one of the reasons why I can be such a passionate advocate for this program was because uh in 2008 is not to date myself I was a teaching artist here the mosaics that exist in the hallway of the elementary school was one of my first uh projects as a teaching artist I spent

01416 years therea as a teaching artist in that program before becoming the uh the director for this 4 County region so it's a program that I believe in it's a program I've participated in uh and it's a program that I'd love to share with more of your District so I thank you for the opportunity to come and share uh what I did today um if there's any questions I'm happy to try to feel them and I'm also happy to leave my information behind so if anything pops up you guys can feel free to reach out I have one quick question is it only fifth grade that you so uh the way that the program operates is they ask that you there's one Core group of Learners that group of Learners gets to meet with the

015artists every day of the program so we like to pick one grade level but as much as we can in involve the entire school like we did with bringing them in at the end for an assembly or having uh some kind of peer teaching opportunity uh we like to try to involve as me as much of the school as we can realistically in the the amount of time that the teaching artists are in the building thank you who at the school level would be best to get in touch with you so uh Emily with the PTO would probably be the best at the school level we're currently working right now to uh coordinate next year's residency for the elementary um as far as any other buildings that would want to reach out they can reach

016out to to me directly uh Mary had always been uh our contact on the admin side but I understand that position is uh in transition so uh we look forward to working with the the new leadership there uh it's fun I got to work with Mary when I was there as uh a teaching artist when she was a second grade teacher so it's fun to get to work with her all through the past number of years so yeah I thank you guys very much again uh thank you for the opportunity of working with your community at the uh Elementary School and we look forward to some future opportunities of working some of your other buildings thank you thank you moving on to item 5.02 the ssan high school building project video at cesan high school

017the Final Phase of construction and Renovations is this [Music] summer once classes concluded in n construction approves began demolition of portions of the high school [Music] the demolition is removing old cafeteria boiler room and enjoying classrooms it is a precise project that allows her to make portions of the letter by letter and piece by piece [Music] an estimated 40 trunk loads of debris will be removed from the campus daily during points of the [Music] demolition demolition will be completed prior to the start of classes and facade restoration including construction of the Cy and the front entrance will be here most classrooms are also scheduled to be completed this summer in the fall Crews will continue working on the te rooms and parking lot the project is expected to be completed by the late fall of

0182024 for more information about the renovations and construction attic High School visit www.s ycsd.org [Music] construction right uh item 5.03 educational updates by Dr reer thank you president hangle School Board uh as in Christina's video you can see that you know while we at graduation it's pretty quiet around here with the exception that construction uh Dr Bryce and I had the opportunity to you know view a lot of that current demolition out there and it's just amazing how they're taking it down some Brick by W brick wall by wall roof by roof but it is coming down uh so following with my theme over the the last two years uh regarding safety the parent District Safety Committee I met at the end of the school year we did a build walkthrough of one building uh

019safety features were reviewed as well as the next step uh for the safe School uh environment in our school Community thank you Mr hash um he was not only part of that uh committee meeting but also we did a a district walkth through of all of our buildings taking a look at necessary signage uh to be posted you know within our with on the outside of our buildings like no trespassing uh you know no drugs alcohol uh the video surveillance signs you know so that those are visible uh throughout the District of Mr Ash we we do appreciate you know your focus on Safety and Security and and being integral part of that um under uh the supportive want to congratulate again uh 300 uh 238 graduates of 2024 uh the Comm some ceremonies were

020awesome thanks for everyone who contributed to the success of that day um on a final note Colonel McCarthy said at best in the speech new jet new day um as school Community please let's remember that message um we all make good decisions and sometimes not so good decisions at times so if we remember that tomorrow is a new day we could start off fresh hence new jet new day uh I want to say special congratulations out to our Warrior power lifter Sean marks who finished second in the world in her weight class and setting a personal weit room and platform personal record uh congratulations uh to Sean and also once again a huge thank you to Mr TCA for supporting Sean and all the other susky powerlifters during the school year uh San was also

021recognized for achievement by representative Kate plunk and Senator Christen Phillips Hill in Harrisburg for her accomplishments um under collaborative culture uh last year provided an update uh from the American Heart Association I meet with them at the end of each year I did it almost every year as a principal as an update how the middle school did so I wanted to share with the board and the community what has been provided when I had my end of the year report uh our district raised this year over $29,000 to the American Heart Association and since its Inception and she couldn't give me when we started she said many years ago $26,000 has been raised raised uh in supporting the life mission of the American Heart Association and I want to say a special congratulations out of

022the we had four schools participating in three Elementary and a middle school Southern Elementary uh was ranked for the second year in a row in the top 25 schools out of over 120 and ranked number eight for money being raised so big special thank you uh to the four staff members in the buildings that supported it Mr Wagman at friend ship uh Mr Leon Shrewsberry Mr Bloom at Southern Elementary and M Christensen from Southern Middle School for their leading their efforts in the building and the one thing I I wanted to mention is part of the program and I urge the community the parents at the elementary and the Middle School one of the components of participating in the American Heart association's challenges is they have the ability for you to enroll in an online

023um handson CP r as well as the warning signs of stroke uh once they go through the the parents and the students receive the the ability to sign up and go through that process uh so we had 106 you know students and families who learn to Hands-On only CPR and warnings of stroke and why that's important we have 106 more individuals within our community that can be that step in potentially saving a life uh so so I'm going to urge my administrators at the elementary and then we have communication next year the more we can get um involved in that you never know it could be at school on the playground it could be at the carnival it could be at a party uh at a birthday party but anything that we can do to

024raise an awareness could save a life uh couple other things I want to say a quick shout out to the admin teacher support staff for a phenomenal school year uh you're truly amazing and we're looking forward to you coming back next school year but take your time it is summer enjoy yourself relax sharpen your soul and then we have a couple summer birthdays not going to tell you when they are and how old they'll be uh but happy birthday Jen hankle coming up Liz Doberman uh Joe Wilson you have a summer birthday coming up and Mr Bill Hall you know have a uh great birthday or not choice is yours I'll try thank you um moving on to public comment did we have anyone sign up yeah you have uh I just have the original

025list but I don't have the additions some of okay thank you oh okay so okay great you don't want to speak again oh you can't all right let's see okay um all right so uh public comment uh I'm just going to make sure that I cover the guidelines uh once again um so each speaker will be limited to 5 minutes please state your name address municipality residence um uh please direct all your comments to the presiding officer that's me um do not address or question board members or administrators individually uh courteous and proper decorum during a present will be required a speaker will be ruled out of order and denied the privilege of speaking for failure to abide by this requirement uh speakers will not be permitted to make slanderous remarks about a board member

026employee or student concerns about any employees performance or any matters involving a specific student will be rred to referred to the personnel and policy committee or deferred to be presented in the board to uh to the board in executive session profane language will not be tolerated a speaker will be ruled out of order and denied the privilege of continuing to speak uh if they uh do not abide by this all right um Val Dennis good evening my name is Val Dennis and I live in truberry Township and the question that comes up this evening is do we live in a community that is mostly caring or sometimes disrespectful do we live in a community that is welcoming or only welcoming to some people or are we both last week when I arrived at the table

027at the weekly Mason Dixon Diner School discussion at 7:00 two couples were sitting at the next table a man said I had to go to the doctor this week and he was African-American the other man said I bet you love that he answered well it was my only choice I just hope he knows what he's doing our children and teenagers watch our Behavior they repeat what we do and this creates their adult lives if I'm not in the back room of the diner on Mondays at 7 please talk with each other are we able to do this right left left left right right for the sake of our next Generation I hope so will we choose to do this work with our schools in person or on our phones which is more effective which is

028more civil we have that choice every day are we capable of talking across the AIS as we say or across the lines or have too many of us Drawn Lines in the sand if if we are unable or willing to talk with each other what happens next we have seen this in history I have worked with and facilitated countless free no cost culture and climate surveys and education these are only useful when the quantitative or qualitative data is genuinely used to move a system forward the qualitative data is far more effective people tend to use quantitative data because it's faster to collect and easier to distort for the use of any side or any opinion I have seen far greater progress by creating places where school boards and administrators can listen in small groups in

029this way we build conversations relationships trust honesty and understanding this is step one in the hard work of creating change what are we looking to find in a school climate or culture survey sometimes we create what we hope to find we do this on the internet every day social media is programmed to influence our thoughts feelings and behaviors in my education and work as a librarian I learned that it is amazingly easy to find information that we already agree with and our brains respond with a happy little bit of dopamine nudging us to find more information that we already think is right or might be right or should be right we can often find all sides when we research so what does our mind heart gut or ethics say do we spend $3,000 on a

030culture survey when the same information could be gathered for free by creating places to genuinely listen to students and families building trust and then moving forward to face challenges together I suppose the intent of a culture survey is to show that those of us here in this room do or do not reflect the community as a whole if a small group has concerns does that make their concerns unimportant is the majority always right or ethical about all decisions and with that we are back to the I am right and you are wrong or vice versa and we've wasted a lot of time energy and money so do we face the big issues or the little ones do we talk across the divisions or do do we continue to stay in our own groups leaving someone

031else to sit alone at the cafeteria table do we fear or blame someone else or another group of people because it's easier than looking at ourselves when students see adults focusing on blame they are learning the role of victim the role of victim is connected to addictions subance abuse immaturity and a lack of an internal locus of control believing that they have no choice in how they live their lives do we want to be victims do we want our children and teenagers to play the role of victim or do we want them be strong healthy adults coping well with inevitable daily stress and making choices and decisions for their own lives are we so afraid of potential conflict with each other that we have to use lawsuits from multiple sides to get our points across

032do the lawsuits work whether we win or lose or do they just take money from the school system and taxpayers now and in the future is there an eventual push back onto education anyway do courts really change education there was a law passed to desegregate our schools a long time ago did that work or do we mostly have white schools and black schools in this country for a whole lot of reasons that we often like to ignore and do lawsuits create this eventual push back do we acknowledge the years and often Decades of studying education or do we assume that anyone can walk into a classroom and teach do we listen to and work with school staff or do we watch them with suspicion looking for what some might think might be happening in the

033classroom are we so tied to the parenting styles of our own upbringing and families that we are unwilling to see that there are healthy parenting options that will benefit our children's teenagers and schools do we spend our time and energy closely monitoring field trips and speakers do we talk about our children about challenges in society and what we value as a family thank you thank you Ashley Morrison Ashley Morrison truberry um first I do want to thank president hle for acknowledging that I did read the visitation policy at last month's meeting I figured citing the pages in which I reference specific statements would indicate that I did read it so it is a little frustrating that there are some board members who keep stating that I and others haven't read the policy I'm not going

034to spend too much time on the school board visitation policy as I think I've made my concerns and opinion very clear over the last two meetings you will vote how you choose on the policy I'm not so naive to think I can change your mind on particular issues or policies but that doesn't mean I won't continue to voice my concerns as well as others who may not feel comfortable or able to speak out as we all know it's pride month I've been an ally and advocate for the LGBT community for decades the pivotal moment in my life when I knew I needed to become more outspoken was back when I was in college a friend of mine gathered our group of friends and came out to us as she was doing so she was crying

035she was crying because when she came out in high school to her friends she lost all of them except one we reassured her that she wouldn't lose any of our friendships it was heartbreaking that she was so worried she would lose us just because she was opening up to us I realized even though in my mind I thought I people knew I was an ally it wasn't apparent enough because I wasn't as voke as I should have been and people can call me woke or snowflake or whatever they want but I call it speaking out against discrimination fighting for equal rights and most of all doing anything I can so people can feel safe being their genuine self in today's world not allowing students to use their preferred pronouns is considered violating parental rights discriminating

036against trans athletes as promote another the guys of protecting our girls and book bands and restrictions of diverse authors and issues is pushed through as simply implementing an improved and more comprehensive vetting system but it's good to know that even though the board voted to retain the ilc who was known for creating policies on all these issues that as one board member said last month quote there was some discussion about hostility towards the lgbtq which there is no intention of that end quote please know that policies don't need to be hostile to undermine lgbtq students feelings of being included not allowing students to use their preferred pronouns or or not providing books books in which they may relate to also create an anti-lgbtq environment another school board member when pressed on if the board wants

037to talk to the ilc regarding policies about trans students playing sports said they want to quote about students participation Sports broadly they want to discuss about students participation in sports broadly and then added quote I won't prohibit any student from participating in sports borrowing any medical reason from their doctor during last month's meeting it was mentioned by a couple of board members that there were a lot of assumptions and mistruths during public comment one way to prevent assumptions and mistruths is to answer questions that fellow board members parents and community members have asked clearly and honestly so in the spirit of asking questions I will end with a few questions I have when you refer to students participations in sports are you including transgender students yes or no when you say that you will not

038prohibit a student from participating in sports this is include allowing transgender students playing on the team that corresponds with the gender they align with yes or no when you talk about wanting to hear what the ilc has to say about parental rights does this include preventing students from using preferred pronouns without parental cassette yes or no I'm sure I will have more questions in the future but I think that's a good start in the name of transparency I appreciate clear answers so that we can reduce any further assumptions thank you thank you LNA Feer Dana Rous my name is Dana rash and I am from gdor Township hello board members and District administrators thank you for allowing me this opportunity to address some issues that are continuing to occur with School administration inappropriate actions made

039by our school administrators are causing great negative effects on many of the students within sycsd I wanted to mention that in my last meeting with School administration I had the opportunity to have a psychiatric professional with adolescent expertise who also has Decades of experience as a School parent student liaison join me here is part of her observations in regards to the situations and Personnel at sycsd I have clearly witnessed inappropriateness committed by the school quite frankly I am appalled by it it is my professional opinion that the school needs to address situations like this when students are involved more appropriately I have witnessed how treatment like what this family has received from the school can have a lasting life altering effect on children a child's feelings should never be clearly dismissed as I have witnessed

040that is the worst thing an education professional can do to a child after hearing that I would be addressing the board she had this to add since the meeting I attended I have been informed and have witnessed continued similar issues with school officials my Decades of a personal personally working with families and Adolescence has provided me with the knowledge that these continued poor actions can cause a lifetime of trauma not providing a safe and supportive learning environment can be catastrophic even life-ending the ways in which certain matters are handled at the school level are reasons why many patients get admitted into psychiatric facilities I strongly urge the board and District administrators to take these issues very seriously and take immediate action to prevent your students and your families from experiencing crisis caused by your own

041School administrators I too have personally emphasized in meetings with school admin that it is imperative that these matters be taken seriously in my opinion it has been um it falls on death years or they just don't care about the well-being of the students for example on the same day as my meeting I witnessed them performing improper investigative techniques with a student in the in the exact same inappropriate manner I spoke about just a few hours prior I am also in the midst of dealing with a situation where School admin has repeated the exact same error per turning pertaining to very important information given to my child upon the request we are in the process of setting up a meeting with the district so this repeated mistake can be explained to my already traumatized child who

042is still dealing with the effects of the first time this happened I ask you when will this stop a child should only have to deal with their own age appropriate situations and not be forced to endure the inappropriate manner in which things are handled and as repercussions it only causes more harm to our children which unfortunately my children have had to experience for stand I understand mistakes get made everybody makes mistakes however when they are repeated it is then a choice within our district students are responsible for their actions and mistakes and are held accountable this is even in corated in the mission statement so what responsibility and accountability are the staff being held to my situation is far from an isolated incident being completely transparent numerous families dealing with the same kinds of issues

043have reached out to me the district needs to ensure these negative actions by school administrators which include but are not limited to unprofessionalism dismissiveness giving incorrect information not honoring what they say changing what they say to suit their purpose and inappropriate investigative tactics do not continue to occur sorry sorry it was a mistake does not cut it anymore the students do not get the option of using that as an excuse so why should admin and staff in my experience the school admin has not followed their own mission state by cooperatively working with families do families need to resort to the same Extreme Measures that at time School Administration has and involve legal action parents are saying that if the board and District admin can't correct these matters perhaps the courts can is that what it

044will take to have these negative actions against our children stopped I sincerely hope it does not get that far with any of these families as no child will be should be forced to endure [Applause] this at this point these matters are completely unacceptable and are still continuing to happen since I have exhausted all of options I'm formally requesting the board and District to investigate these matters regarding the actions of the school officials that are negatively impacting and hurting not only my family but several others as well any assistance questions or input are always welcome and I more than happy to work with the school for this change um thank you in advance for the attention and anticipated actions regarding this important matter concerning the school's failure to provide the students with their rights to have

045a safe and supportive learning environment I appreciate your time thank you Brad renam good evening Brad runan shwb Township president president hankle uh first I'd like to bring up um stuff that happened uh came up in the local newspaper after the last board meeting um some things were as it was first reported were taking way out of context out of order think some reason the inferences that the school board had something to do with the death of an elementary school and after several attempts of look talking or emailing the reporter and the editor I never got a response they did change their story but they made never made no attempt to make to notify the public that they changed their story it was meant only to divide this community that's shameful very shameful uh one

046of the reasons they're talking about uh agenda tonight is the health and safety plan um it needs to be done and we don't need to pass other things passing off to other regulations there's nine smart people here who can do this um from past mistakes you know passing the buck onto Harrisburg and Washington DC I don't know if you saw the recent uh hearings in Washington DC but uh Dr fouchy uh in front of Congress admitted that the six Rule and we had to distance ourselves came out of nowhere without any evidence scientific evidence that's what we had to live by let alone anything else um the mass anything else it's just there was nothing to back it up it was all propaganda and it was all to see who would comply and who wouldn't

047speaking of other experts I don't know if people in this room know but uh you know that the psba the pania School Board Association would send policies and and agendas to the school board and that would be part of the meetings that we used to have thank goodness that is no longer the case this District used to follow this and this is the same psba that supported a national group that wanted the FBI to investigate parents that were out speaking out at board meetings did you also know that the psba despite getting State taxpayer money and their employees being in the state employee pension fund peers as we hear just like our teachers that they don't have to comply to right to no laws if you call up and ask them a question they will

048say we don't have to answer you luckily we have an awesome state senator in Kristen Philips Hill who just passed through the education committee Senate Bill 1175 to take away to to and it was a bipartisan vote she got Democrats join with her on transparency for this one organization that is the only outlier of this provision and another thing I'd like to bring up is it's not supposed protecting girls in sports tell that to the parents of the basketball girls in Massachusetts three of them that got hurt by girls basketball team got hurt by a boy throwing them to the ground so hard that they were no longer able to participate in the game that the team had to Forfeit a halftime and this is a week before their playoffs I don't know if those

049girls played I didn't follow up on the story and I didn't I tried looking for it but I didn't see but I doubt they were 100% if they played and they probably lost their next game I have a 13-year-old girl and if for some reason she decides to start playing some sports like lacrosse I would expect the school district to do some things to protect her and not only her but protect the girls who are currently playing thank you God bless and have a good even thank you Brian cop good evening Brian cop Southern York County District school um taxpayer I'm here tonight to discuss how um the Sy CSD School Board policy number 903 effects um uh public convers ation and public comment in the schools we're going to discuss a case uh Marshall

050v amaso um that was decided by or uh undertaken by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court case number 21- 4336 decided November 17th 2021 pensbury pa uh School District constituent sued after being silenced during school board meetings in May and June of 2021 plaintiffs were silenced for naming specific school board members during their comments about policy the PA Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiffs were denied their first amendment rights and issued a 23 page memorandum this available online outlining their findings and issuing a preliminary injunction and order to the Ben's pensbury School Board I'm going to read you that order and now the 17th day of November 2021 upon consideration of plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction defendants response and opposition and the court having conducted a hearing on November 8th 2021 and November 12th 2021 it

051is ordered that the motion is granted defendants in this case the school board are hereby enjoined pending final judgment from enforcing number one pensbury school board policy 9903s prohibitions of speech deemed personally directed abusive irrelevant offensive otherwise in appropriate or personal attacks number two pensbury School Board policy 922 prohibition of speech deemed offensive inappropriate intolerant disruptive and verbally abusive and number three pensbury School Board policy 93's requirement that speakers at public comment periods preface their remarks by announcing their address by the court United States District Judge Gan EK Pratt this case was settled by the school board the defense for the plaintiff's legal fees $300,000 of taxpayer money were paid to uh was was settled upon $300,000 that the school board had to pay out for legal representation and the plaintiffs were given a nominal

052Award of $17.91 1791 is the year that the first amendment of our constitution was passed the finding focus on Viewpoint discrimination School Board must allow both positive and negative comments directed at any individual during a school board per this decision speakers may discuss individuals as it pertains to policy discussions in our case here the public has the First Amendment right to discuss reasons for opposing the new visitation policy the board will address tonight and if our reason is an individual and the board's actions behav or speech we may discuss it here by law I submit that the Syd School Board policy 903 last revised August 5th 1993 is outdated contains outdated illegal restrictions based on the Marshall vato case let us taxpayers hope that an expensive lawsuit settlement is not necessary for this board to

053rectify its policy and allow Free Speech here thank you for your time thank you Christine Burns um Christine Burns and I live in shrewbury Township uh good evening fellow board members I'm speaking today about public comment over the past couple of years and especially lately public comment has turned from public addressing true board matters in an appropriate communication style to lies accusations misrepresentations and in my opinion NeverEnding drama the theme I hear continuously is that everyone wants better for the students but I never see any positive action come from this only more words and less actions last month I listened to an accusation about a board member given by a secondhand party that was was false how do I know they were false because I was at the event and saw firsthand everything that took

054place this angers me that people can get up in front of the board and viewers on YouTube and disgrace board members from comments or stories taken out of context I'm speaking today to ask you to consider creating an agenda item that public comment be removed from the live feed for a period of time I'm not stating that public comment should ever be disbanded from any board meeting this is where the community can freely speak about items on the agenda and I fully support that unfortunately public comment has turned away from doing good for the students and into who can shout the loudest and longest in front of YouTube members it's disrespectful to our community and those families attending the school in our district I feel that if a person would like to take part in

055public comment that they attend the meetings or ask for a transcript visual entertainment is not necessary I do not feel that public comment needs to be taken out of the live stream forever but I do feel that a period is necessary to bring this community together and not continue to tear it apart the comments that have been made of late are only a small percentage and not the consensus of this community I recently stall in the illness and unfortunate passing of a student the community come together I saw the community and the people outside the community unite in prayer for this child I saw them create fundraisers for this child and his family I saw the southern York County Community I love showing Warrior pride and love in order to support this family in any

056way possible whether it was extra prayer sport team rallies or fundraisers this was the community I would like to see every day a community that shows constant support for each other instead what I see from public comment is opposition threats and a long list of credentials being laid out each week I could have stood up here and told you my educational credentials but in the end whether I carry multiple degrees in education or I've been in education for over 20 years of my life that makes no difference to the students of this community what makes a difference are my actions and how I I handle myself in the community I know this decision will not be taken lightly if you choose to take a break from live public comment but I do feel this is

057the best interest of the students and our community now is the time to regain unity and start the 2024 2025 school year off in the right direction working together as one team instead of against each other in conclusion I want to read from Proverbs 6:1 16-19 there are six things the Lord hates seven that are testable to him hoty eyes a lying tongue hands that shed innocent blood a heart that devises wicked schemes feet that are quick to rush to evil a false witness who pours out lies a person who stirs up conflict in the community I hope everyone here this evening takes these words to Heart let's see more positive action from our community and less opposition when we pull together and work together we will see the fruits of our labors my prayers

058are with each one of you this evening may you hear only what the Lord wants you to hear and let everything else fall away thank you for your time thank you Andy par good evening Andy par uh with the Shrewsbury burough I'm going to start by saying to the board's credit we appreciate all of the effort you're putting into policy 12 I think that to go through multiple months of revisions shows dedication however I think that the initiative that we're seeing is just overtaking the actual scope of this policy because as I read through it today I did see a lot of changes and I did see a lot of concessions on behalf of the board that I think were important but I think that it's important to also realize that these policies have a

059lifespan that is much longer than any board member's tenure once they are enacted it takes another Act of the board to remove them and you know 20 years from now 30 years from now are we going to be in the same place and are we going to be in a position to change that um so I'd like to take some time even though granted Administration has approved the most uh recent revision and I believe the teachers union has as well um but I do want to take one last look before you guys go ahead and I presume vote on this tonight um to just address a couple things that stood out to me um under the authority it states that uh the Board needs this to quote unquote be to make better informed decisions when

060the need arises I find that interesting because you know when does the need arise to actually be involved or see a situation and make a decision on it um there you know over time have been people who don't even have children in the school district and yet they sit on the board and they're able to make decisions without essentially a horse in the race what does actually being there in the school gain I think that you know Dr Bryson I apologize but he's got several decades of experience with this if he felt the board needed to see something to make a decision on it we could lean on him to bring them in that point um so it's not even about you know is there a need it's who determines that need at this point

061the bo we want to give the board the ability to say I need to be in there to see this to understand this so I can make a decision on it well I don't know if that's really as deeply as boards were intended to get uh if I go to an auto shop do I have to go actually see The Intern engine damage to authorize the mechanic to do the work on that topic there were uh two things that were moved from prohibited activities to exemptions as they're called um although exemptions typically are a freedom not a stipulation from my understanding uh so the administration of State assessments um I presume this was so the board could go go in during the pssas and see how they were done things like that I don't really

062think that it's necessary for the board to need to see how pssas are done they're a state level thing they're not an optional thing um so I think that probably would be better suited in prohibitions uh and then entry into private spaces this one is one that's curious for me um I agree if any member of the board is visiting a school they should be entitled access to a lavatory you know we're not trying to do that but this covers elementary middle and high schools and I think about what an 8-year-old boy might feel like if a board member walks into a student laboratory because they really got to go and you know granted I don't think there will be any wrongdoing but I don't think that boy would really feel comfortable so I think

063that that could be expanded upon in the policy to state that maybe we only use faculty Laboratories um when they AR available it also you know is odd to put the laboratory piece under exemptions because it essentially means that they have to call Dr Bryson or the administrator to say hey can I go to the bathroom actually under this it it says they have to call him so you know making a cell phone call when you got to go to the bathroom doesn't really make a ton of sense you might want to update that so that at least the building administrator can have permission there um under prohibitions however uh teachers and administrators were not mentioned during the student and family meetings piece which to me is concerning um I think those need to be

064indemnified and uh I think that the sorry thank you uh Captain John Smith Captain Jack Smith I'm the commander of the VFW New Freedom um I'd like to take this opportunity to thank someone that I worked with for quite a few years here at susco hanock and that's Dr Uh Kevin Wen um found out that he's moving on so but I would like to thank uh him for the opportunities to be working with him and all he did for me and he's done for uh the VFW I also like to congratulate the six U graduates who saw in their heart to become members of the Armed Forces of the United States um we had started something at at uh the VFW where uh we present uh each one of the uh graduates with a uh

065challenge coin from their branch of service and I did that again this year and I was really pleased pleased that Dr Mullen took that time to to place that out um I'd also like to thank the the lady who just spoke um a lot a lot of Truth in that um the most important thing to remember people especially coming from the military aspect of it is uh what I wear on my back nowadays what I wear on my back says I may not believe in what you say but I have defended with my life your right to say it I think of a lot of people would remember you get more done by compromise then you do by putting a word out and saying that this is Law and that's the way it is so

066um I didn't come to complain I didn't I'm going to say something that I said at the last time I spoke at a school board meeting I didn't vote for any of you but but I respect what you're doing and I respect um that you're attempting to um make it a better place for the students at s hany and Southern um School District with that I thanks thank you very much and have a great evening thank you Mary nce Mary n shw Barry Township or burrow I think I in um now there's been a lot of things said and one of the things that we talked a lot about or some people talked about is this policy of the board going into the schools and I'm not really sure why you've guys changed it multiple

067times I think to fit the needs of the people that want it personally I don't think it's the policy that everybody's mad at it's the people that are putting it in place they don't want you all to go in the school it has nothing to the policy could say anything it doesn't matter it's the people and I personally think our board and Boards previous should be in our school because every third Thursday at these board meetings I hear how this isn't happening in their school or this is happening maybe if the boards would have went in previously we wouldn't have the issues we are having just my thought now we have a lot of volunteers volunteers go into our school is there I don't I didn't read a policy on volunteers I don't know but

068I've seen polic I've seen volunteers walk from classroom to classroom I've seen them talk to teachers I've seen them seen them talk to students I've I've seen them do all these things so we have volunteers that can talk to students we have volunteers that can talk to teachers maybe whisper some things in their ears we have them going from classroom to classroom we have volunteers that serve lunch all day all day they're at the school but we're worried about our board our elected board the people of our community put you in here to change our schools and that's what we're worried about are the had people come up to me and tell me about my children and how they want to be in the school Bo and how they want to be in the school

069and watching these are regular parents not the Schoolboard I'm hearing about bathrooms bathrooms do you know my son is in the middle school he tells me how teachers come in and pee right next to him really that's kind of weird to me and we're worried about our board members going to the bathroom not that I think that they should be with the kids going to the bathroom but that's what we're worried about where are the teachers bathrooms like I said my son's like I had a conversation with Mr so and so kind of weird to me that my teacher and my son are in the same bathroom together but again we're worried about and we're talking about board members going into the bathroom with our kids again they shouldn't be in the bathroom with the

070kids I get that but that's what we're worried about my next big uh issue is and that people were talking about is the ilc I want to thank you for retaining the ilc I'm going to tell you about my daughter because everybody else likes to tell them about their rights and what their their kids and how their kids aren't treated unfairly my daughter wakes up 6 o' in January and February to go to White Rose Arena an hour away so she can play lacrosse she practices on the parking ride on Wednesday nights in February and March the coldest nights so she can play cross she is now at a practice 93 95 100° so she can play High School lacrosse so my daughter wants to play lacrosse I don't want a young man that's a

071little confused and I'm going to say that coming in coming into her bathroom changing in front of her and her expected that she should be able to change in front of that her as well I don't want that I don't want him on the field with her boys lacrosse is much different than girls lacrosse I don't want her getting banged in the head with a lacrosse ball by a boy so that she may not only not ever play lacrosse again but maybe not even be able to function in the real world my daughter Flats too and I will not stand up here I don't know what the what you all are going to do with the ilc I really do hope that you come in with the laws and the rules for them this um

072and I will tell you right now um the niia voted 20 to Zer in favor to adopt a new policy this is in colleges to ban transgender women from competing in women's um Sports programs also right now Kentucky blocked the new um the Title Nine um from from President Biden not only Kentucky but 10 other states um are are agreeing with him um so I really hope that we look at these issues and think about our girls because yes it isn't it isn't under the pretense of protecting of you know for girls safety and rights it is for our girls and so I hope that you all think about that thank you thank you all right uh do we have any any discussion in public comments M from anyone obviously if it's related to an

073agenda item we can wait until that item no all right uh moving on to the uh consent agenda oh well sorry you're good yep right uh sorry moving we're going to bring up 10.01 uh out of uh respect to our uh to our assistant principal from Shrewsbury uh so that he can can uh go celebrate with his family afterwards um so 10.01 thank you m um all right I will pass this over to uh Mrs Hall okay um item 10.01 is um uh is the Board of Education to consider approval of appointing Robert vanor as shwb Elementary School principal a salary of $119,000 effective July 1st 20124 I would like to make a motion to approve appointing Robert Van Bor as Shrewsbury Elementary School principal at a salary of $119,000 effective July 1st 2024 I

074have a second second second any Nays or extensions any discussion that motion approves I think I did that backwards but I was so excited for you so yay well good evening School Board members Dr Bryson Dr rert Mrs Green rest of the Southern York County Community it's really a pleasure to be up here this evening and I got to tell you I'm very excited to get started uh as principal of Shrewsberry Elementary School uh I'm entering my 12th year here in the district and one thing that stood out to me uh in my 12 years is the amount of support that I've received every year from families to our awesome students fantastic teachers staff and our administrative team and as principle when I start out one of my biggest goals is to return that same

075level of support to all those folks that have been here for me throughout my time so far here in the district not only to continue to grow but for all of us to be our best so thank you for this opportunity and uh it's a pleasure to be here tonight with that being said I have um you know we talk about being our best I brought three very important people with me tonight they're here with me my wife Christina my daughter Lyla and my son Luke um we have a very eventful August coming up for us as a as a family so first off uh and it's great to be able to put them kind of on the spot here by the way this is um so in August uh Christine and I we are

076celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary so that's coming up uh Lyla will turn 16 and we'll start to drive so we know how that is maybe going to go um and Luke is going to start his freshman year in high school so I'm an official High School dad now so but uh thank you for letting me come up say a few words and uh again thank you for this opportunity thank real quick Rob uh Before You Exit left with the family um thank you for the over decade service already thank you for um stepping up and taking on a new challenge and I and I say this as many times as people will listen this field is dwindling with good people um for these positions whether it's administrative teaching positions bus drivers um I think we

077struggle in all fields to really get the right people in the right positions and and support our students and you are the right right person for the job so thank you to your family thank you so much for sharing him with the southern Community it means the world thank you thanks now take for ice cream yeah let her jve all right now uh heading back to item seven uh the consent agenda um there uh does anyone have anything they need to pull out of the consent agenda it was a long one so I can't remember if if anyone mentioned anything to me no um all right then I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented move I have a second second any discussion any n or abstentions that motion carries uh moving

078on to item eight education report and I'll turn it over to Mrs hle all right 8.01 we have the southern York County School District health and safety plan and we had amended this plan and passed it as a board a couple of months ago I'm going to go ahead and move to approve the southern York County School District health and safety plan the effective the date approval into uh September 30th 2024 and then hopefully we can be done with this um may I have a second second second all right open the floor to discussion does anybody have anything to add just to clarify there are not any significant changes the public we changed nothing yeah it's just a formality to do it now so we're in line with the routine of when it needs approved

079again M well it won't be need approved again last time we do have to approve September no we don't yep all righty um any Nays or extensions that motion carries 8.02 it's the field trips for the 2024 2025 school year for all of our individual buildings and Dr rard I know you wanted to say something about this thank you Mrs hankle uh the school board uh since we do have several new school board members that weren't part of this process last year year and for the community just to review uh each June the uh School Board is tasked with approving the uh field trips for the upcoming school year uh the administrations from the elementary middle and the high school in the draft that you see anything that is currently in Black we previously approved

080uh field trips for the designated schools and then any new field trips that were proposed by either the elementary middle or the high school would be denoted in red at the end of each of those sections uh so I just wanted to kind of give that overview of the process uh there are some of these field trips that uh we do not have specific dates here um when they're occurring but there are some field trips that we do know will be occurring early in the fall for instance I spoke with Mrs hankle uh like for the band competitions though they be occurring in August they will start sometime in uh September so I just wanted to kind of give the overview uh the goal of the administration is provide the school board with a comprehensive

081list of all of the field trips for the upcoming school year and there are times on occasion I know with this school board we've had either a modification to a field trip or maybe a new field trip that was proposed by the administration that we brought you know individually back to the board but our goal is to generally bring like a list because this would then give the advisors the administrators the teachers the opportunity to start planning and preparing and I think the most important piece with the planning and preparing is a lot of times when we're looking at field trips that incur uh the cost for transportation there's generally a deposit that would need to be put down so uh that's one one piece that sometimes may uh prolong you know the possibility of

082uh certain field trips you as as you go through that approval process so whether it's bus transportation through first student if it's something longer or if it ends up being something coach for instance for the longer trips I believe the band um may have used that you know on their Florida trip but those things do get factored in once the field trips get approved so that's just my overview thank you for that um I'm going to go ahead and move to approve the proposed elementary middle and high school field trip list for the 2024 2025 school year may I have a second please second all righty let's go ahead and open the floor to discussion which I'm going to immediately revoke and say that I I want to go ahead and move to table this

083item and the rationale that I have for that I know we we need to have well actually you know what I moved to table this may I have a second second okay opening the floor to discussion for the tabling um um there's 80 plus field trips here and uh in the spirit of transparency I have a lot of questions and I've I've asked admin some of these it's um it's ambiguous we don't have all the data on it and I think that to allow the admin to have the time to be able to give us some of the answers I mean I I certainly understand the to be decided for things I understand the you know the dates but some of these things were we're approving to go to a place to hear a speaker

084that is not named or a time it's it's just too much not you know lacking and so I I think that we need more clarity about what it is exactly that we're approving and then I'll be honest also it's it's 80 plus field trips it's a lot I have a lot of questions so that's my justification um does anybody have anything to add I had a lot of the same questions um and then um I just I wondered because I have children that go through here and there is a lot of field trips on here are these all field trips that are always taken or is this a bank of possible field trips because there's a lot to answer that is the ones in red are the new the ones that were previously board approved

085are either utilized or I believe as you use the term banked Mrs Hall that if a Administration or or building would like to utilize that then they wouldn't have to come back to the board to have that approved so I hope hope that answers your question would we be able to look at it quarterly just to break down the list when you say look at quarterly look at quarterly based on by marking period I mean based on when they're occur I mean when they're scheduling them just just so I have a yeah like so what would be coming up in the first marketing period what would be coming up in the second marketing period okay I mean I don't know I'm just asking as a way to break it down yeah it would it' be

086useful to because I know some of these are are they made the list but there are things that uh are not there things that happened in the past but they were one-offs um so it' be useful to just have that kind of paired down so that we see exactly exactly what the trips actually will be uh so we don't think something's going to happen and it's it's not actually okay I would I think those are two two different things which is completely fine one's pairing down one's redesigning or doing accordly I just make a suggestion from a sense of efficiency I I think our staff would rather pair it down make it more official because I I feel like there may be the potential of missing more by doing it because we're repeating it um

087but we can take a look at it for August and and go go go with a a recommendation in August based on and just to be clear I'm comfortable with you I was just trying to get a different idea and and just to clarify you know when we do have it broken down because you know this is something we've always done so I appreciate the board saying okay let's look look at it differently um so I think two two pieces I'm hearing is one you know pair it down to what we're actually doing and then if we could pair It Down based on quarterly when they're occurring maybe a timeline right so then so then we have a better idea especially for planning purposes for uh so parents would have an idea that math counts

088is here or the a vom trip is going to be during this time for that school level okay and then K one more thing um I know that there are things I'm sort of trying to think of categories I know there are things in here that are field trips for classes but then there's also Club field trips so that's a different audience right and then there is kind of the extracurricular field trips so I just even knowing I mean I think some of them are probably self-evident band is extracurricular um but some of the other ones maybe just to if it's if it's with a club okay thank you so much yeah we can bring that we'll bring that back in August thank you so much Dr Robert I really appreciate that does anybody else

089have anything to add all right so then the motion on the table right now is to table this um let's go ahead and put it to a vote are there any Nays or abstentions to that motion all right so that motion carries let's go ahead and go to 8.03 and that's the agreement that um is between the crisis Management Institute and the southern York County School District for further professional development I'm going to kick that over to Dr rert to explain what that is thank you Mrs hankle uh the crisis Management Institute and the affiliation we had with them specifically provided our district uh what we call Flight Training in uh specific to crisis incidents how to respond what are the procedures what are the roles of the individuals within our school district uh we

090had a 4-day training last uh last year those of you may remember we had a little wind storm a little tornado that came through here it actually displaced us and our neighbors Dallastown Intermediate School allowed us to go there for the 4 days for that training and it was just absolutely for my opinion the most uh focused and much needed training that our school social workers psychologists counselors nurses administrators and even our contracted Services of mental health we had our Pennsylvania man comprehensive Behavioral Health uh that provides counseling as well as our representatives from True North were also part of that as well as the employee assistance program where we part of that training and we also had local clergy uh that uh that that participated in it and we were able to utilize the

091the scope of that training for uh the regarding the student friendship uh that had passed and all those systems were put in place at the building in the district level and when we have to compare that and I can personally compare it to previous uh crisis instance that we've had to deal with in our district that was yes we had some flaws things we had to address but the team was prepared for it so why this is on here is we're bringing the trainer to come back there's additional resources uh that she's going to provide us uh she's going to take a look at uh some of the procedures that we have put in place and then provide her uh reflection feedback I've had ongoing dialogue with her uh since the training we had last

092summer and really looking forward for the opportunity at the board approves for her to come back and work with that same group of uh team members uh because it's truly when you look at when there's a crisis that impacts our um our district we want to make sure we have the individuals trained that are uh you know comfortable but more importantly certified in the areas in order to do so and this was one of the professional development sessions that has really you know provided that stability and that more Comfort level for those individuals deal with crisis and you you had shared with me I believe that that she's not local she flies in she travels far to to be here yeah she's she's only from or Oran only yeah it's walking distance yeah only from

093Oregan uh but but she she travels nationally and uh any of the major school crisis that even the the casualty events that have occurred in schools she's the one that districts have been contacting to come in and support their teams and fortunately we had the ability to have her personally come and work with over over 30 members of our uh our team thank you for that going to go ahead and uh move to approve the agreement between the crisis Management Institute and southern New York County School District for further professional development for district Administration staff and school Personnel related to the response to school tragedies and crisises so mov sorry it's the training is to be held on October 2nd 2024 at a cost of $6,500 to the district may I have a second please

094second all right do we have any conversation that we would like with us now let on the table all righty any Nays or abstentions all right that motion carries brings us to 8.04 that's the agreement that we have with our digital learning provider a move to approve an agreement with Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 for participation in Lincoln Edge digital learning for the 2024 2025 school year from July 1st 2024 to June 30th 2025 may I have a second please second any discussion all righty any Nays or abstentions that motion carries that brings us to 8.05 the affiliation agreements um motion to approve the affiliation agreements between first one is Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania and Southern York County School District for a term of 5 years through June 20th 2029 and then the second one is

095Western Governor's University on behalf of its is it leate leite Le levit is that what it is there's an a there uh school of health and Southern York uh County School District for an indefinite term or until terminated with no less than 90 days prior notice and both of those the first one is to be able to have cooperation to have more teachers into our district and then the second one correct me if I'm wrong is Nurses correct correct okay so um may I have a second second any discussion on any of those items any Nays or abstentions that motion carries that brings us to 8.6 which is the amendment to the educational institution agreement with Maximum healthc Care Services Dr reper all yours thank you Mrs tle uh for the school board uh we

096were in contract with maximum last year to provide uh personal nurses for students with IEPs that needed that personal nursing care during the school day uh which goes beyond what our School nurses would be able to provide that that constant uh health care support uh going into this year uh we have one uh we're in need of uh one nurse for the upcoming school year to provide those services so therefore the contract that you see is that we would continue uh with service maximum for one nurse uh based on the needs in our district right going to go ahead and move to approve an amendment to the educational institution agreement with Maximum healthc Care Services for the 2024 2025 school year to provide individualized nursing care may I have a second second and do we

097have any discussion on this one any Nays or exensions that motion carries 8.07 is the speaker approved through the vetting process I move to approve the cost associated with the following speaker that has been approved through the vetting process PA friends of Agriculture to present their mobile a Ed science lab program to all Southern York County School District elementary students at a cost of $2,400 per School may I have a second second any discussion any Nays or abstentions that motion carries brings us to 8.08 which is The Curriculum maps Dr reper all yours thank you Mr hankle uh for the school board uh this evening we have eight Maps uh to be approved for in the area of math and four in the area of Music uh as we've done in our previous uh board

098meetings just did a quick highlight uh as you can see within the template there has been no change uh regarding the components in and I chose one specifically uh regarding music and composing so okay if you can kind of scroll down a little bit this one as you take a look at you know what are the standards you know what are you know the meanings the acquisition skills Etc when you're looking at composing the one that really jumped out of me is uh dancing you know move to perform read notate dance create choreograph music uh I really want to see Dr Bryson next year um be part of what nothing okay so I will make sure that when Dr Bryson is a scheduled visit they're doing a uh something specific to dance but it really

099gives us an opportunity as you go through uh for the uh for the community and the parents and the board when you go through each of these uh components that are being approved there's a lot of thought and a lot of focus that's being put in there how to actively engage the students to really address uh you know what is the specific standards but more importantly what are the activities that are going to be done to help teach those areas so don't worry Dr Bryson I won't video anything so that's just a little quick snapshot again of the maps we will continue to have Maps uh as we mentioned before as we're uh transitioning over to uh the edge of Planet you know in in that format but just wanted to make sure that the

100boards you know has like a sample highlight of something that really jumped out to me thank you so much and again Dr Hughes is absolutely incredible she goes above and beyond and just kudos to her for that as well as the staff members that are actually viewing the writing thank you for bringing that up Mrs H yep so let's go ahead and move to approve the following stage one Curriculum maps as districtwide Master maps and I'm going to go ahead and just refer you for the ones that are on the agenda I won't read them all um may I have a second second do we have any discussion just a huge thank you to the staff and Dr Hughes it's a lot of work put into that and it's not required from legislative perspective just

101yet and she's ahead of the game any parent that wants to see what their child is learning and what's happening in their life on a day-to- day they can get a quick snapshot or they can dig in a little deeper and see a whole lot more if they want to and it's just exemplary wonderful stuff well said anybody else right any Nays or abstentions that motion carries 8.09 you guys know I love this part the novel adoption I move to approve the following novel adoption The Strange Case of Dr Jackal and Mr Hyde um for grade 12 may I have a second please second any discussion any Nays or extensions that motion carries 8.10 educational updates from Dr rert I guess that's probably you huh yes it is thank you Mrs hankle uh so for

102the school board there are two items that I wanted to come back to and updates that were brought up at the previous school board meeting uh just for for public awareness uh the first one was regarding the Panorama education uh which was an item that was brought up for an action item brought up for approval uh after uh the school board meeting I did meet with uh many of the many of the uh administrators and that those that were involved in the process that we do regarding surveying uh of our students and the one thing that we've we've come to the conclusion with we have multiple survey instruments that we're utilizing which I'm going to touch base in the next one but our PD climate survey we have the pace which is the Pennsylvania youth

103survey and since we adopted Marzano and utilizing the surveying of students using our quick data we're we're providing we're able to get a an encompassing overview of the climate and culture and how our students are doing as a result of those surveys when we when we adopted Panorama was during the pandemic and it was another it was a survey instrument that we're utilizing but that was before we adopted Marzano in into the mix of things so after speaking with uh the the administration our goal would be not to move forward with Panorama but we're going to utilize those three uh survey instruments our pte climate our Pace survey and our HRS data in order to compile and triangulate how things are going within our district uh so we don't we believe we do not need

104that fourth instrument of uh the Panorama so I wanted to come back to the board and let everybody know that's what how our discussion and decision has been so we appreciate you asking to table it because then we had an opportunity to go back and further discuss and we're able to pull a lot of the same information from our other data sources team effort collaboration for the win and uh just for public consumption that saved $8,500 correct well that that $85 that was budgeted out of our Pennsylvania grant pccd grant I'll go there a cost so so that that would have been funded out of pccd Grant uh what we would need to do as a district is now that we're not funding it we have to take a look and see how that can

105be if it can be repurposed and how it can be repurposed am I correct with that Mrs Green yes excellent thank you so much and regarding the second item on there climate survey results I've been working with uh all the administrators that in August our plan is to come back to the board and highlight some of the comparative data between those three survey instruments and looking at uh perceptions now just please keep in mind when we look at pte we have parent teacher student when we look at the Pennsylvania youth survey that is just a student survey just just so you're aware so we have student data and then when we look at the um HRS High reliability schools we would have uh survey results from all three so just as we do come back

106when we look at the uh comparative data regarding students we would have all three that we would be able to share uh some similarities when it looks at school safety uh support within the schools Etc so we will bring that back to you in August and during the education section Dr Hughes and I will present that to the board excellent thank you so much all right brings us to 8.11 True North Wellness renewal contracts and that's for the elementary and secondary Student Assistance programs go ahead Dr rert thank you Mr hle uh just wanted to this was another item that was tabled at the last school board meeting uh so I wanted to come back to the board with additional you know information when we look at True North uh there's two components and I'm

107going to try not to blur them so I won't I'll just stick with 8.11 right now True North is the current uh counseling agency that we utilize for Student Assistance and that is just for screening of students so when there's a concern that is brought to the administration or the school counselor or to the school social worker the Student Assistance Program team that's in each of our buildings can then make a recommendation uh to the parents a referral for their child to be screened to determine whether uh you know for for whatever mental health concern um is is transpiring and at that point the parent makes needs to make a decision whether they want their child to be screened or not and the screening piece is three sessions it's up to it could be three

1081 hour sessions and then it provides then the member from True North they will then make a recommendation to the parent what we do what would be the recommendation whether it's individual counseling whether it's parent counseling or whatever may be and the parent gets to select who they would go through for the counseling it does not have to be with True North I know we have several others that are you know local within our district or even in in New York area that a parent can choose based on that recommendation so my my recommendation to the board uh because this was brought up as as a a tabled item is we need to make sure we have those Services ready to roll once those students step in to our doors in August if if the

109board would like us to consider opening that up for other potential agencies my recommendation to the board is that for this upcoming school year to 2425 we remain with True North for the mental health for the assessment piece I mean for the screening and then we can start that process in the early fall of you know identifying if there are other individual uh agencies that want to be part or be that lead agent for the screening uh there is training and certification that is required one of those that the agency must be Student Assistance Program certified through the state of Pennsylvania U so as we look at you know potential programs that would be one of the requirements as we are you know interviewing the uh those agencies and then we could bring back the

110recommendation for the admin the admin team and the members that sit on the Student Assistance Program uh teams in each of the building we would have varied members of those that would sit on that interview team team similar to any other position or or or program that we may we may look at then we would bring it to the board for recommendation so M Mr ankle that's what my recommendation would be just so we don't run into a lapse of service at that start of the school year thank you for that explanation right I thought I can ask one question then yes sir so if I'm understanding you correctly one of the potential modifications would be that list of individuals that they would would be able to select from is that what is that what

111I'm hearing that the parents would be able to select from so if if a a student goes through the screening I mean through through that process with uh True North the parent can then select wherever they want to take their child for further counseling what about what I was proposing is for the board if we stay with True North through this school year and if we want if the board wants us to open up and look at other potential agencies to do that screening we could we could start that process early in the fall and then make a a recommendation back to the board earlier to the board if we need to make a change or if it remains with True North it would just come at the end of the school year um as

112a renewal of that contract going into the 206 27 school year Mr 25 26 jump it ahead I'm up all right you got me Mrs Green she's the numbers lady that's right all right I uh move to approve the renewal contracts for the 2024 2025 school year with True North Wellness for elementary and secondary Student Assistance programs for $1,781 60 and $1,929 47 sense respectively may I have a second please second all right let's open up the floor to discussion I will say that I definitely want to take you up on your recommendation Dr refer um I I would like you were talking about a committee for the made by the Admin to go ahead and see what what we could find to replace True North for the screening I'm that definitely is something I

113would be interested in having you guys do does anybody else have anything well with the uh are you are you referring to the selection committee no just for for it to go ahead and approve this is my comfort level I don't know what everybody else's is but then per your recommendation going ahead for next year in anticipation of next year setting up Comm an admin committee to go ahead and try to vet who could and maybe the answer is no one maybe the answer is true north is the best one right but who's out there who could do the screening process for us that's that's my comfort level that's what I like that recommendation anybody else all righty um any kns or abstentions to this motion all right that motion carries and that brings us

114to another one that looks similar but isn't 8.12 that's the renewal agreement with True North as well this one is for the drug and alcohol liazon Services go ahead and Dr rert and tell us the breakdown for this one yeah and for the school board and Community when we're looking at the drug and alcohol that is Grant funded uh for same Services regarding you know the screening sessions uh therefore you know based on the grant we're locked into to utilizing True North for the drug and alcohol pie so I just wanted to provide that clarification all righty I'm going to go ahead and move to approve a renewal agreement with True North Wellness for the purposes of drug and alcohol liaison services at no cost to the district for the 2024 25 school year may

115have a second please second right opening the table the floor um for discussion and I just wanted to reiterate what Dr rer said and make sure that I understand so this is required and we have to use True North correct that's part of the grant that isct so literally nothing no movement no play in this at all right okay anybody else any discussions all righty any Nays or abstentions this motion Two Carries and that is all I have for the education report all right uh next we have our finance budget report and I'll turn it over to our Treasurer thank you Mr President 9.01 Sue Has graced us with a little condensing condensing here we now have the treasurers report tax collection report budget status report and the cafeteria report all under one it item

116so I am going to do a quick rundown on the uh the account balances general fund beginning of the month $10 million $138,200 at the end of the month 9,335 62221 for the investment accounts we started the month 3,692 7 $7.75 and at the end of the month 33 m725 cents um the rest of the reports are there for review uh 9.02 bills for payment I move to approve the bills for payment as presented second okay I have a second I got a second um any questions any Nays or abstentions hear none motion passes 9.03 do you want to talk about this one first or should we motion first whichever you'd like okay I'm going to start with the motion I'm going to make a motion to approve the exonerations and refunds I have a

117second second okay um sue you have some information on this um so there are two um exonerations this um month one is for U the spear trust Lutheran properties um we have an agreement with them so each year we exonerate them at this time of year and then we rebu um according to the agreement we have with them so we'll reild as of July 1st um and the second property is the Farmland that we own in New Freedom um so we exonerate it because we don't pay ourselves um so that's the two exer um any other questions any n or exensions hearing none motion passes 9.04 make a motion to approve the budget transfers as shared here second any questions any Nays or extensions hear none motion passes 9.05 going to make a motion to

118approve the district's business insurance program for 2024 through 2025 may I have a second second okay um real quick this is this will include our increased cyber security Insurance uh giving us $4 million of insurance instead of we currently have 3 million um this does represent present about a 15% increase over last year and deductibles for what is it water claims and errors and Emissions have continued to go up yes so we our deductibles for those two areas are going from 5,000 to 25,000 that is not a southern specific um change that is um book of business because those tend to be the higher claim areas so um that's across Pennsylvania so it's not because we have any particular issue here um that's just across the board um but overall uh even though it's a

11915% increase for insurance that's that's pretty stable in this environment um I will also add that one of our larger increases there was work is workers comp um but we are extremely low in what we pay in workers comp compared to last year so um we were up over $222,000 we're down around 120 so um you know when you're that low tend to go up so feel pretty good about the numbers we're well under budget um we were expecting about a 25% overall increase so okay um any other questions any nay or exensions hearing none motion passes 9.06 this is the keep the lights on while we're take a month off item so I'm going going to make a motion to authorize the administration to one pay July bills as required all bills paid between

120the June meeting and August meeting will be brought to the August board meeting for subsequent approval two record annual year-end budget transfers as required and three assign general fund balance that exceeds 5% as of June 30th 2024 for use in capital projects in the district may I have a second second any questions any discussion seems pretty necessary it does any Nays or extensions hearing none motion passes buiness continues all right 9.07 this is for your information this is related to tax rebate program that benefits seniors and disabled 9.08 I'm going to make a motion to approve the depositories for the 2024 2025 fiscal year I have a second second second um there are no changes this year compared to last year this is still MN and our standard so any questions on this any Naser

121exensions there none motion passes 9.09 we make a motion to approve the cost of clever IDM management soft sorry clever IDM identity management software for the 2024 2025 fiscal year at an amount of 6,436 69 to be purchased through Shi may I have you a second sorry second okay um just for clarification this is a change um we are this is going to be a lower cost of the district by about $122,000 and it better integrates with our other systems is that correct Sue yes okay any questions any Nays or exensions very none moving along motion passes 9.10 make a motion to approve the sale of 9 00 retired Chromebooks to AGI Repair Inc at an estimated value of up to a total of $ 7200 may I have a second second um any questions

122discussion yeah just thank you to all the work that that took to get that taken care of I'm sure it was uh a little bit of a conundrum you know looking at the board briefing from Mr Hunt you know all the uh activity he needed to take VI a phone call and research to figure out the best way to retire these Chromebooks and gain some funding for the district a lot of hard work so thank you yes thank you uh any other discussion any Nays or extensions hear none motion passes 9.11 update on the website conversion I'm going to hand this over to Mrs Green thank you um so work on our District's website is continuing this summer um we have been working through things um kind of a recap um our um website provider

123Blackboard was purchased by final site um and so we did a proposal and work through um which which website we were going to go with um we are sticking with um final we're going with final site um but as part of the conversion they're behind because they're converting a lot of different clients um um so we're working through that we're doing well um the one thing that as we're working through things um is that we can change over at any point in time there really will not be um an impact to users um so back years ago when we did a website conversion we had to take one down um have it down a couple days and then come back up so we had to do it over a Break um at this point we

124do not have it doesn't work that way we basically take one down the other one goes up and and besides it looking different um it's pretty seamless so um what we would like to do is we're going to continue to work through um getting the conversion um to to the best point we can it's not going to be perfect because there's a lot of pieces in there um but the best point we can and then do the the transition over so we just wanted to this evening um give an update on that I do want to give a shout out to Mrs orowitz who's GNA be upset with me for doing it um you know for all the work she's doing there are hundreds and hundreds of pages um to the website um and is

125is you know she's doing an excellent job of of updating things there's a lot of stuff out there and we had our while we converted about six eight years ago um it was to an existing website so there's a lot of stuff underneath there so she's working through all that so I just want to kind of give an update and we're kind of excited to roll out the new one so it it's probably going to be fall um but we'll we'll keep you posted all right looking forward thank you yes let get The Curriculum maps on there awesome all right great thank you very much 912 and make a motion to approve an agreement with the Lincoln Intermediate Unit for Access program Support Services uh may I have a second second second okay um any

126discussion on this item any questions any Nays or exensions none motion passes fa my favorite one of the entire evening yes 9913 I'm going to make a motion to approve the purchase of a charcoal grill from Trimark at a cost of ,300 8320 the purchase is for use in our food service program and will be paid for using funds from the Food Service account may I have a second for Grill all right um I know you want to say something about this one the only thing I'm going to say is um just a shout out to our new food service provider um we may mention that we've been trying to um get a grill to to grill for the students um and we were kind of like charcoal really um but uh versus propane um

127so we're pretty excited uh we think the Aromas and everything will be great for um you know for lunch and the one thing there they're pretty excited and they're like oh we'd love to have three I said let's get one and then we'll we'll make sure that works uh and then it'd be nice to have one on each campus so um yeah we are excited um I think that would be great to I was it's like a happy thing when you smell charcoal so oh it is I'm pretty excited I want to be there for the first Burger what's that you're nervous that I'm about ready to speak can we avoid like a fire alarm going on you know I love so who thought power cords could do such thing charcoal grills you can really

128get it I was going to say it doesn't have a power cord okay fire can't possibly happen we will avoid that so we are I am not busting on you really not um so again I I think you know one of the things is always talk about is um if you think of charcoal grills and things that's really what we want for the students is that that happy feeling and the excitement to go to lunch I just have to say my have school lunches changed like what next sushi are they getting sushi too I mean I don't know it's incredible awesome okay uh any other questions comments I do have one question sort of related around Chartwells is the food service for concessions I know as a parent going around and you know seeing other

129school districts offer things like crab soup and you know loaded potatoes and things like that I know that they can do something when it comes to offering good things to the community when they come out to watch the games however I do wonder and maybe we can discuss this you know at the next meeting or however is that going to have an impact on on the booster that sell candy and different things like that is there a Best of Both Worlds kind of opportunity there where we can offer the the good foods to the community but still not offset the purse of boosters by offering that just kind of throwing it out there to get those juices flowing maybe for next time generally they the Food Service Company does not do the concession so if

130you're going somewhere else and they're having stuff that that is probably some parent organization doing that now we did talk to um as we were working with them they can offer to like sell the product or help like you know with recipes and those kinds of things but they don't tend to typically do um the booster type or the the concession stand type but they'll offer I thought I read somewhere in their contract that they can sort of take over concessions um is that not an option for us we can we can check with them but when we cuz we actually had that as part of our discussion I don't know if you guys remember it differently than me but I I thought they said they didn't typically run the concession setes they might sell

131some of the product but I I I don't think there maybe what you saw in there was that that wasn't going to our boosters that was essentially they were running it but it was going to them but one thing that they did say is that they would be able to sell to the school and even sounded like deliver uh say the water or the soda or whatever it is that we sell and that they thought that they could probably sell it to us much much cheaper than we could buy it anywhere else okay which would then boost the amount of money that the boosters would be able to to raise because they can buy the product at a much cheaper rate and they said that it would be something that they would be able to

132deliver so then that would actually maybe take some pressure off of the people that are working go to S that booster area yes so are we exploring that what I mean from that committee what did you come up with regarding that well I think at this point um we we got to get we've got to get them on board like they haven't been able to come on site yet because it doesn't start till July 1st so our big priority is we've got to get ready for the Food Service program so I'm not sure we'd be able to explore it this year but that's something we might you know maybe in the winter we can start exploring it for the next year but we got to get because they've got to hire they've got to hire

133all the folks because they're not their employees so they got to work through the hiring and make sure we get everybody on board okay and in the kitchen so um we we we're we're set up to meet with them on July 2nd to start everything because they really haven't been able to come in yet well it's good to know that it's an option and we can explore it I'm sure boosters would be happy to make a little bit more money for the athletes too yep yeah they they did mention that the pricing would probably be better than you know like you said somebody run to Sam's plus it's here gets delivered with their shipment and they didn't seem closed off to other potential opportunities that we we threw a lot at them we we really

134we really gave in a lot of different scenarios and they didn't seem closed off to any ideas that I remember but after you know going through all of that and then and then seeing you know what's in front of us I I think it's great they're they're already putting you know put the pavement when they they aren't even really on site yet so um hopefully that will all play out as it appeared they've been very very responsive I'm impressed to Great hopefully the smell of barbecue won't draw neighbors to the district CLE hours anyway thank you for that little side track there with me um any other discussion um any Nays or exensions he none motion passes here comes the grill uh 9:14 other items of business I have none so back to you president

135hle thank you all right next is our uh personnel and policy committee report and I will turn it over to vice president Hall thank you um 10.01 was the appointment of Dr Van Bor and we've done that so moving on 10.2 is the reappointment of Dr rert as our School Safety and Security Officer I'd like to make a motion to approve appointing sorry it was on the wrong one I'd like to make a motion to reappoint Dr reer as the School Safety and Security Officer effective July 1st 2024 do I have a second any discussion yeah um as I found out as he told me there are other districts I just want everybody to know that this is a totally separate position and he he's taken that on in ours so not only is he

136doing all his job he's also taking on all that job and the passion that I've seen in working with him on different things it's it's impressive I just want to recognize you for that thank you Mr Ash so is that a is that an a it's an A too much on you any Nays or abstentions hearing none motion passes um 10.03 is the second reading and approval of policy 012 School director visits to schools I make a motion to approve policy 012 School director visits to schools do I have a second second um any discussion I'd like to um just start with just a quick sort of reiterating kind of the process that got us um to this point so as per our board policy a first reading of a draft policy was conducted at

137the March meeting and that was for board deliberation to listen to public comment that draft policy was then formally posted and the community was able to read it for themselves and they were invited to email comments and or feedback um the feedback that I received um I reviewed and um it was discussed so we had uh a few community members that had some feedback we had feedback from the Teachers Association um had an inperson meeting with them um as well well as the administration team and from all of the comments that came from that the draft policy that we had presented in March was then amended to include comments from those stakeholder groups the amended draft was reviewed by our solicitor Mr litz prior to posting for the May meeting and the amended draft policy

138was presented at that point for information only between the May board meeting and tonight I had received a few emails um mostly with um questions not really questions but just um um uh trying to understand whether or not these were an announced or surprised so I think I said it at the last meeting there are no announced visits that was a major change that we made um all visits will be scheduled whether it's initiated by the superintendent the building Administration board president or the individual School director um and again this change was reflected in the amended draft policy that was in May and reviewed by Mr lips um one thing I did want to um address and I I would love for your input too um I was trying to um through the public comment

139tonight um I was trying to look at two things that I thought maybe were misinterpreted um so the one under exemptions was um the thought that we would be in during the administration of State assessments and other standardized tests in a school and we would not that would be an area where we would not be in so I just wanted to make sure that I addressed that there was never any plan to be in for any kind of state assessments um and then the second one was observation of student and or family meetings um it was indicated that maybe there were some stakeholder groups missing but in the version that we had attached it did include that there could be observation of student and or family meetings with school personnel and that could include um

140you know special education teachers gifted teachers school counselors social workers psychologists and so forth so um I did want to address that I felt like that was something that I heard um any other discussion from anybody else okay um hearing none any nams or extensions I I like to vote against the policy okay um should we take a roll call then no I mean if we only have it's up to you I mean you you can always ask for one or we can just record one day okay either how you so then the motion would pass because there's no other ma or extensions okay thank you all right moving on to item 10.04 um I want to make a motion to appoint Jonathan Lewis as a Lincoln benefit trust trustee replacing Shane Waters effective immediately

141do I have a second second any discussion um any Nays or absens all right that motion passes item 10.05 the agreement with Templeton Advantage LLC to conduct an organizational diagnosis I want to make a motion to approve an agreement with Templeton Advantage llc at a cost of $2,750 plus travel and printing costs not to exceed $200 to conduct an organizational diagnosis do I have a second second okay any disc question yeah so um I uh I had a conversation with with Tom about this um and um what what we're looking at here is really more of a a framework than a finalized agreement um and so what I would what I would suggest is I did put this on as an action item because we could uh in theory amend the agreement uh to fill

142out the the bits that are um a little bit a little bit unclear or a little bit uh nebulous but we we could also uh just discuss uh and table it so I'll leave that open to what we want to do as far as we want whether we want to uh amend it but I I I know there were I I I was looking at it and had some concerns and I checked with him about it and and he was really consider this considering this more of a an outline than a than a finalized agreement um and uh and so I think we should we should discuss what we want to kind of fill in for for some of those pieces um and then we can decide whether we want to make amendments right now

143send it back to him or just give him our discussion points let him amend it um so I'll open the floor well floor's open but I'll I'll yield to uh anyone who wants to talk about things that they they would like to see more uh clarified in this well I was um thinking that we would table it um I won't make a formal motion on it yet but my thought was we could collect comments and then we could submit that back and then it could be represented back to us in August um but comments that I was thinking about um I was looking at the outline and just and so I was thinking about this relative to if we had I mean I know it's a very small monetary amount relative to like doing an

144RFP I know we're not doing that but if you had to put criteria out there of things that you would be looking for what would it be and so I was thinking of it would be really good to identify the groups that they would be um surveying um it does look like they would be doing both the qualitative and the quantitative survey um and kind of the platform that they would be using and being able if there would be an opportunity for us to submit questions to it so those were a couple questions there um and then the other thing that I thought under the collect data was maybe to outline what other secondary secondary resources they might look at um to ascertain information about our district um so those were a couple things for

145that okay um and uh we'd had yeah uhuh I have a question yeah what are we trying to do so for me this is I think there are a lot of a lot of new board members um and so my thought was that we we don't have uh a you know a long time a long-term understanding of of the district from from the seats that we're in um and I think a third party look would would bring in a a fresh perspective um and so I think it would be valuable to have that fresh perspective a lot of times a board who's maybe been in place for a long time might be able to bring that perspective more effectively uh but just because there are a lot of new board members I think that uh

146it would be useful to have someone who has experience looking at organizations uh to bring in that that uh that perspective when Dr rer asked Mr templon if he's ever done anything like this before and he said now so so why are we talking to this gentleman who has never done this I'm not aware of an organization that has done this um if if you want to find one certainly I'm I'm open to it um I thought that there was a lot of overlap between this process and a superintendent search process I think there there are many similarities there's a lot of overlap between the two um and so I think that uh it would be it would be useful to go with someone who has that kind of uh experience with you need organizational

147experience in terms of evaluating Organization for its strengths and weaknesses and but then you also need it in the public school sector because I think it's a little bit different um so you're certain I'm I'm certainly open to hearing uh if you if you want to propose a different I don't know any firms that do this that that's that's the trouble I ran into as well so so why are we trying to do it so from I don't understand you say you want this gentleman to do surveys and get a perspective on the school district right I want something more tailored than what we get from the state we get we we have very um we have you live in a school district huh don't you live in a school dist Mr Holly can I

148just can I please because I do this for my job so um organizational Effectiveness is something different than a climate survey a climate survey is really looking to see what the climate is you know in our district and we have a survey that does this organizational diagnostic looks at things like your um just even when we were going through our superintendent start and we work together we had somebody go through some of those things with us right so as a group as a board we were assessing and learning together but it is not looking at climate it's looking at the organizational Effectiveness so it's different and it is something that is very commonly done in in the private sector um I don't know if there are people that do that but it does have very

149similar characteristics to the superintendent search that we did just in in my opinion um and I just want to say for the record I mean I thought that was a really good experience for us to go through as a board I feel like us coming together um discussing things being able to um have the survey results being able to go through that I feel that that was something that was just helpful for our just to unify our board for us to be able to really pinpoint what the issues are that we need to concentrate on we hear a lot um and it would be great to be able to have somebody walk us through how we prioritize those things so that we're not reactional we're not you know going with what ever we hear one

150time and then another so it really helps cast us on our vision and our mission I agree and that that super that when we did the superintendent search and Lancaster 11 and iu3 did their survey the information that they came back with you may have found too to be super helpful as far as what what we needed to approach and who was behind it telling us and I think it's important to have a third party survey so that when it's being completed there's confidence to be able to move forward with honesty so we're seeing absolutely you know what what we're looking at so so if I if I could come in so I I think we're going to see um a good representation of what did this would produce in our next board meeting uh

151when when Dr rer is able to take results from three different uh surveys three different perspectives and draw those perspectives together show us commonalities uh show us strengths show us weaknesses and those those are going to be focused on on our students which you know Morano and all of those things and and and I think that's important I think this gives us the opportunity to then have that similar ju deposed with the results from this the results from our are internals the results from from the state uh and and to be able to see a uh a plurality of those um of that data coming together uh and and and have and help us to have a uh a good healthy perspective on on uh our organization just like you're going to be able to

152help us have a good healthy perspective on our students and and the direction that we're we're going with our kids so I I think it has a lot of value just as much value as as what we're going to be gaining at our next board meeting from from the coalation of of that data sure and in truth as well without fear of Retribution when it's a third party there isn't a concern that you know somebody might be able to see what I'm putting down or you know see my IP address or something like that you know so I think it's important so I think potentially because I'm looking for a compromise in this I think potentially what Tom temple in is presenting is not necessarily what you're thinking you're going to get meaning for that

153amount in a similar uh organization there's a Handover organization not to be confused with Handover next door um and they'll quote you something for like 40 40 to 50,000 and that's a full scale organizational study to say where are your strengths or weaknesses and they'll come right out and say this is intensive your admin team better like has to be prepared for all of the things that we're going to be asking for data Etc they'll do the surveying on top of that but that's I think different than what I'm just speaking from a scale perspective that's the full scale approach there may be something in between that somebody like the IU could perform um the IU performs similar things and if they don't because of personnel because they're shifting through people all the time they

154will be able to recommend here's a couple folks that do do it on a larger scale than if it's just a staff surve personally when I read the contract and now it makes more sense Nathan now that You' indicated this is more of a framework or draft um what I read from that was more where where are your staff at how do your staff feel about things um and some of that can be garnered from the HRS data that uh that we've shared bits and pieces of in our Workshops the last year and a half and I would want to kind of see what what is what are those questions you're asking because if we're asking the same questions over what I don't also want to do is bombard the staff with another survey that's

155saying almost the exact same thing or having the exact same questions they're getting from an HRS survey um the the power in the HRS survey because we used to hear a lot about well I don't know who's going to get this you're doing it through a Google survey and who's going to see there's a fear behind it right from the get-go HRS changed that a little bit for us because now they collect it they anal they being the staff collect the data analyze the data and come up with the solutions for how to improve that climate and culture amongst their work group with support from from the admin team so there's a different that's powerful but I at the same point in time sitting in your chairs I recognize and I don't want to ignore

156that a third party brings even if the third party comes and says oh you're doing Marzano's work and they certified it in level one if they know what that means they're going to be able to support the notion that that's more powerful than than getting a climate and culture set of data from a survey and then trying to fix that from a board or administrative level you don't get the you don't get the empowerment from the staff where they're actually trying to improve it not just you know some but what I heard tonight was more of a overall from from at least Samantha from a a more organizational where where are strengths and weaknesses um so but that's going to be a bigger financial obligation undoubtedly more to that I mean I definitely feel like

157we need to table it because I feel like we need to get some of those questions you know answered because obviously I have one read of it you know maybe you had a different read of it and so I I feel like we at least need to get that filled out a little bit more should I make a motion to table okay I can do okaye I I'll move to I'll move to table uh what are we on uh item uh 10.05 agreement with template and Advantage LLC to conduct an organizational diagnosis uh do I have a second second all right uh any uh any any discussion on the motion to table uh I do um I just want to say that I I love the idea and Theory um not particularly married to who

158the provider would be who the organization is I mirror a lot of what Mr Hall said um and I think it was a great question Mr Holly why do we want to do this but we need to know the answer to that that it's a great question and for my part my answer is and this is where the the contract is is a bit lacking for myself as well it's triage that's that's what this is It's triage and so you know we have public commenters constantly coming to us saying that they feel like something's broken their relationships here are broken we have no idea nor is it our job to vet the truth of any any of that but we're supposed to listen and we're supposed to see how can we adapt how can we

159change policy how can we that there's a there's a problem that somebody's saying and is there any legitimacy to that and so triage and part of triage is coming in saying I think I have a broken bone the person looks at it no you don't go on your way and so I I love the idea of being able to have access to a survey that and and where I find it lacking and I believe correct me if I'm wrong Mrs Hall you were the one that said that we need to make sure that it it has the ability to have us submit questions I think that's the difference between other surveys that we've done and I know Dr Bryson you were absolutely on point with we don't want to have this be a survey that

160is just mirroring what other like that would be such a waste and although this isn't technically a lot of it we don't want to waste money and so and and we don't also want to O overs survey our teachers so yeah we would and I seriously doubt that if the survey questions are coming from I guess I looked at this as it was a boardled initiative a boardled survey that to me I I love the idea of the flexibility that he's providing I'm appreciative that it's a framework it's a little bit too flexible I don't know what I'm signing up for here MH and so I I I see the spirit of flexibility I do think that it needs to retain some of that flexibility because I see that it it's it's waiting for board

161directive so we need to give that before we know what we're signing out for and that's that's my B I think it's also important once we get to that level for there to be an opening for comment from the surveyor or the surveye you know what they would like to add that maybe they don't an opportunity to answer in our questions because we're not in the thick of it with them I think it's important for them to be able make a comment if they would want to yeah we had I correct me if I'm wrong there was some feedback that we got that talked it was uh Mr BS he talked about how he wished that for some of the surveys it would be comments that you could leave because sometimes the parameters it restricted

162and and he didn't feel like when he was doing one of the surveys he had the ability to have a comment that was to that question yeah I'll say I taking the PD the climate survey I was the questions I felt like I couldn't answer them in a way that was really expressive of what I was saying or my experience with it I know and I was talking to another constituent that had the same experience I know I'm filling out the survey this way with these answers and I know somebody that had a completely different experience is filling it out the same way too and we mean totally different things comments would help with what what that orientation is what the differences are yeah comments and and sometimes just clearer questions yeah yeah which in

163it it makes sense that you know pte has to they have to think about schools you know out in rural you know southern Pennsylvania and they have to think about schools in you know Inner City Philadelphia phelia and and so on and and even Marano has to have a much broader scope in because they're they they're not they can get specific but what they can't really do is be tailored Y and this has the ability to be tailored to who we are at Southern York County School District uh and not you know a school in Bucks County that you know is 10 times our size yep good point good point I also don't I want to Echo I don't want to overs survey um however I don't I I didn't know Dr Bryson said that

164the survey that we're currently doing with staff um you know if if I was staff and I had a complaint I would worry about retribution worry about who's reading that worry about how it's being compiled who's who's doing the compiling and um so that's something else to consider are we G get the honest truth for fear of Retribution the anonymity and I and I think being able to compare the data across answers that question um and I think it's a valid question to answer just like going across all three sets of data with the students gives you a a much better understanding than maybe just one set you know so it it will help us understand whether you know is is that the case or is that not the case I I know we're tabling

165so I don't want to be beat this hor much more one thing I really like these comments to him so one of the things that I think is valuable that he has in here is doing focus groups that that goes a Step Beyond having a comment section even though not everybody's going to have that opportunity when you're doing those small groups you're going there's dialog back and forth do you really mean this or do you mean that what do you mean by that right right that was the one part that I really liked about it Fus groups all right um if there's no further discussion um on the motion to table any n or itions that uh motion is tabled okay um item 10.06 authorization for the superintendent I make a motion to authorize the

166superintendent Dr Robert Bron in consultation with the board president and chair of personnel and policy to provisionally hire the assistant High School principal and assistant Shrewsberry Elementary School principal prior to August 15th 2024 the prior to the August 15th 2024 school board meeting any such hiring of these administrators shall be subject to a ratifying vote of approval by the school board at the next scheduled meeting do I have a second second second any discussion all right any Nays or extensions all right that motion passes and I have no other items for business um so hand it back to you all right on to uh 11 buildings and grounds Mr Hall thank you president hle uh we will start with 11.01 our water test report for May of 2024 with some supplemental information Mr Buffington see

167the water test report uh colorform tests at the campus and friendship were submitted uh for the month of May all showing safe results there um the supplemental information that we would like to give tonight on water testing um has to do with um posos um and Cat brought that up um here there was an article um recent article that that came out by PBS uh that noted some of the um schools around the state and posos levels you'll notice that um on page three of the uh uh report there that friendship Elementary shows up um for being uh slightly over the um Federal level um but uh like to point out um you know our buildings with um Wells um are regulated by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and CAD if you can go to

168the second part of this slide certainly you know water and quality of water and testing of water is um a high priority for us because obviously student safety and um those that uh drink our water are very very important um as we do these tests obviously Pennsylvania D is monitoring the these tests and um we are in compliance um for the for people f um the board may recall that um earlier this year uh we were required to start um as well as you know other um Public Water Systems uh start testing for that um in April of uh this year the federal EPA requirements um lowered their standard um from 70 70 to four parts uh per trillion made it a tougher tougher standard um but what we're in we've taken two tests um

169so far uh and we'll continue to take that at the direction of um d uh on a quarterly quarterly basis um and as as we're move forward we're looking uh to be compliant with um the EPA by 2020 9 it's kind of guidelines that they're they're putting out um we'll continue to Monitor and assess and continue to um educate ourselves as well as lean heavily on um Pennsylvania d as well as our water um qual Quality Water um consultant as as well uh as we move forward um not only with P but um you know other contaminants that can be be in our water um and and also uh we'll continue to bring updates to to the board um just you know kind of a quick education of posos you know it's manufactured chemicals um

170that have been used in the industries uh dates back to the to the 40s um you know there are concerns with with um potential health effects um you know but not only is it found in water but um you know waste sites food packaging um products that are non-stick products um as well as in food uh particularly in fish and uh dairy products um so just to um kind of talk about that a little bit but U any questions we may have so if I could maybe lend a little bit to this totally different regulation but so in the time when uh Shrewsbury Elementary was built um they made changes to the amount of copper that was allowed to be in sludge uh before it could be dealt with you know coming out of uh

171the sewer plants and such so they made some changes to what materials could be used for um your water lines in your in your in your home and construction and we were the Wonder full recipients of that in in Shrewsberry and it created some problems that we're going to have to address next year with with our water lines because of of the the requirements that were changed and you know some time went by and the problems that it created they suddenly reversed course and we no longer had to live under the same guidelines so to go from 70 you know parts per trillion to four is a pretty significant drop we are very very close to the four currently and like like he said it will be a a average across the whole year of

172of the testing so um although it is definitely something you know it's it's something we are going to have to pay attention to it doesn't NE necessarily mean it's always going to stay at 4 as as time goes forward because sometimes there's some unintended consequences that come from these things and uh that's anecdotal in every way that's anecdotal evidence um but uh you know it is not compliance is not required for essentially 5 years so you know I I think there's some uh thought in let's see how this plays out uh going forward over the next two testing cycles and then we can talk about where we are when we get to the end of those testing cycles and I understand that pretty pretty quickly after the regulations were released already um Mr Green and

173Dr Bryson are looking into what would be the the remediation that would be required what would that cost because it's you know if it's if it's something that's very easy to do and doesn't cost a lot and we're only having to do it at one school then you know um that that's not as big a deal as as getting ourselves into the shwb elementary situation where it creates problems down the road um so i' I'd like to thank them both for for being on top of that you know this is this is well in advance of when we have to be in compliance but they're still still looking into it uh checking into what our options are and will be yeah and I just I also want to add that we literally learned about this

174this afternoon um so literally well and you were already on it we're already on it um so you know again we'll we'll bring something back in August just to to kind of see you know um kind of where things are going with other folks because it's very new and I I would imagine that with such a leap in the the guidelines now we're not the only District looking at this like no we're not and again there there are this there are buildings that if you look at the whole report there are buildings that are out of compliance with the EP we're not even close being out of compliance with the EP so that's really what we were looking at what the water company was looking at yeah yeah just to highlight like we just learned

175about it today for in the past couple months we've been under the assumption and got our reports back what are safe you're you're a third of what DP allows great um especially when we just experienced a neighboring District who was not so lucky who had had a well and had to B basically remediate the issue immediately because they were twice what DP allows um and I want to be very cautious and I know everyone is regardless ideally perfect world zero would be a great number um and we're not going to ignore it but we're going to need time to say okay what what are the Alternatives if if uh we're hovering around four indefinitely in the next you know six months to a year um and uh and of course I think you know I

176think we're going to see media's reaction as uh Randy had put on the slide the media's already grabbed what the uh EPA the federal government has just changed and now you're not in compliance um I think based upon that report uh which I assume is accurate don't know it to be accurate there's at least 30 buildings um out of 150 that have well water for schools that that are in the same boat or worse I mean we're at the low end of that list we're at the low end of the list but we are on the list because it met it met four so um so we'll be looking at that and I just I think my my what I would want the community to know is a uh it's one building it's friendship our

177main campus is also wellwater which Randy hits this a lot or has over the years that one is nondetectable at this point that's not to say that doesn't change at some point um and Shrewsberry is on on well or city water excuse me um and we continually mon monitor this on a quarterly basis so we're not going to forget about it and in the meantime we'll we'll figure out what those alternatives are solutions might be um to address it okay thank you uh any other comments all right moving on to 11.02 buildings and grounds report Mr Buffington 11.02 let me pause here for a second and uh big shout out to the crew that uh acted quickly this morning a little before 4:00 a.m. uh it's a couple minutes before when I got the call

178uh but shout out to our custodial crew for acting quickly and then also uh to our maintenance staff that followed up and you know made sure that um everything is is safe there um so just a shout out to them the buildings and grounds report uh is for for your information um any questions I can answer with that thank you moving on to 11.03 ssan high school pro project progress report financial report and timeline okay so the progress reports for your information I'll I'll reference that here in a a little bit as well as um the uh project timeline what I want to uh focus in a little bit on as the uh financial report um and particular we have a a slide up there showing you know our original budget um as well as

179uh expend to date you can see the remaining budget right now is slightly under um 800,000 uh if we can move to the next slide what I want to point out as part of that remaining budget um you can see we're obviously tracking contingencies you know which where that's where our change orders land um we over $300,000 left as of the um end of May there for for that um with a few months left to go in the project one of the other um I call it buckets of money that I'd like to point out um that's doing well are our allowances so allowances are things that um are built into the contract um ahead of time um and often our common items like electrical outlets or Brick Repair um you know different different things

180like that that are built in and uh if we use those you know that that cost will will come down um but if we don't use those in the project um we actually get that money back so currently we're um just under $200,000 um there as well I I do anticipate we'll spend a little bit more of that uh over the next few months um but um I do believe we'll have some some money left in in there as well um so you can almost look at those two numbers together you know as um as a funds that we we would have remaining at the end of the project and then putting those together that that would be not not the the 335,000 but it's actually the basically the 800,000 so it's it's really about

181a million a million dollars uh that is there because the contingency is included in the in the first in the 800,000 so because the the 200,000 is in the budget but has not been spent and questions construction related I know you saw the the video um just one thing I'd point out there um you can find Dr Bryson at lunch at a safe distance away peering at the um demolition going on just say here want to find him at lunch I don't I think I found my retirement plan I'm going to do heavy excavation [Music] yeah 11.04 change orders um this month we have uh three so if if you could um the timeline we're we're on yeah yeah I'm sorry yeah time timeline you know we're we're on schedule um we're looking to occupy

182um most of the classrooms for the start of the school year um we most likely will not be as planned we won't we won't be in the the team rooms um as well as the main entrance uh will not be open yet but the the main entrance and the parking lot feeding into that entrance um is in the location of the bulk demo area so um that'll extend in into the uh early fall into into late fall but um um we're on track thank you so 11.04 11.04 uh change orders there's three that are listed there and I can certainly go into more detail but uh three that I approved on site after review with the um architect engineer and the construction managers there are um two there that the architect has um some share

183of cost there uh as you can see but um certainly uh willing to discuss any of those in more detail if needed so you have any questions on those one thing I would point out about change orders as we're starting to wrap up the job and you know it's going to be uh two months till we um you know meet again you know I I do anticipate you know a little bit higher of change orders as as we go to wrap this job up but um you know very hopeful that uh we're going to be remain in budget you know and and do believe that we we will do it and it's definitely understandable considering it's you know there's going to be a month without a meeting okay moving on to 11.05 proposal for certified

184playground mulch uh from River Valley Landscapes motion to award the proposal for for certified playground mulch for River Valley Landscape of reville PA in the amount of $13,900 if you can put a little light on that for us sure one of the things we do on an annual basis it's so important um the reason that uh we make sure uh we use appropriate mulch as well as get the appropriate depth of mulch uh certainly as the um students are on the playground and on the equipment and fall off of that equipment this the uh mulch is is definitely for um trying to avoid uh injury and and that fall and impact um is the is the sole purpose for for that mulch okay so I've made a motion do I have a second second do

185we have any discussion or questions hearing none motion passes moving on to 11.06 carball Concrete Incorporated prop proposal for the repair of the library canopy poll project at friendship Elementary a motion to award The Proposal in the amount of $1,599 199 to carbo Concrete Incorporated of Glenrock PA for the repair of the library canopy pole project at friendship Elementary and if you could uh speak a little bit um into um the single proposal and before before I move it to a second sure one of the things that we're seeing um you know for for various reasons um contractors are pretty busy um right now uh we are seeing some difficulty in getting uh proposals um so on the briefing you can see that we did get one proposal and then we got two companies that

186actually gave us in writing that they were unable to do or give us a proposal um and then we had two other contractors uh with no response the good thing you know and the reason for this um recommendation you know we do have confidence in the contractor that did give us a um a proposal um the board may recall that um a year ago we repaired um other poles on in this canopy um that was the contractor that uh did those repairs um you know so we do believe it is a you know a reasonable price uh as well as um you know we're confident that the the contractor will do a quality job thank you okay I have a motion on the table to have a second second any questions I do have a

187question as far as timeline will this be finished before school starts we are going to try it's it's uh I know they have a Full Slate on their um um summer schedule uh you know it's but uh yeah my understanding is they're going to try to get it um before uh school starts any other questions any n or abstentions hearing none uh motion passes moving on to 11.07 proposal from Neeman Refrigeration for the new Refrigeration equipment equipment for the Southern Middle School existing walk-in Coler a motion to reward The Proposal from Neiman Refrigeration of York PA and the amount of $1,300 for the new Refrigeration equipment equipment at Southern Middle School existing Walkin coer do I have a second second uh so just one note uh this is not replacing the coer itself it's replacing

188the equipment uh attached to it um any questions any NS or abstentions hearing none motion passes moving on to 11.08 motion to approve for the purchase of a line paint sprayer from Sherin Williams of York PA utilizing the co co-star's contract in the amount of $18,100 able to be used to put the lines down in uh the parking lots the New Black Top all of those things also uh you know keeping up with the bus lanes and and the the numbers in the bus lanes but then it can also be used for our Fields so uh this is a a dual purpose uh piece of equipment we have two currently uh that are you know in the you know they're getting older and they're 20 years old or so uh so uh certainly time but

189it's also so nice to be able to have one that will be able to be dual purpose and do both jobs for us and um you know this is something that I I would imagine a lot of schools is done out of house but it's something that we do in-house here and I I uh in the long term I'm I'm sure that's a great savings for us uh you know in comparison to you know 20 years out of the equipment that we already have or or more so um do I have a second second any needs or abstentions I do have a question okay um so it looks like this would be maybe some new technology that would be easier to lay down is there some digitizing that's within this lining I mean it's it's

190just really expensive um not that I'm against it or saying that we don't need it but i' just like to understand a little bit more about the the new AG technology that goes along with these things as is there any kind of tutorial for who's going to be using it necessary can you speak to that Mr buffing didn't hear the last part is there maybe a tutorial for those that are going to be using it is it is it yeah we certainly will uh not robotic you know so I mean they do have technology in in those cases but um yeah just a you know big shout out to to Mr Steve Smith and uh Mr Dio Mendes um so Mr Mr Smith is uh typically the one lining out on the um grass fields

191and Mr Mendes is the one typically on the parking lots but yes we'll make sure that they're they're trained there and they've had many years of experience on the older equipment but uh certainly any um differences and things you know we'll rely on the the vendors and things to to make sure that they're they're properly trained but um pretty excited that the same piece of equipment can can do both um and uh we'll certainly uh uh make sure you know there's redundancy in our staff as well that uh you know it's just not those two gentlemen that are able to use it that um you know others in our staff are as well you know and certainly um part of that uh certainly $188,000 is you know we we're cognizant of that and um you

192know we hope to get 20 years out of this piece of equipment as well and what's the name of the piece of equipment it is is yeah line laser line laser yeah thank you any other questions any Nays or extensions hearing none the motion passes moving on to 11.09 proposal from environmental hazard control to remediate for remediation servic in the Middle School wrestling room motion to award The Proposal in the amount of $2,622 to environmental hazard control of Lancaster PA for remed R remediation services in the Middle School wrestling room um do I have a second second so um Mr Buffington can you go into a little bit of what you described and and what you guys found uh in remove those mats yeah uh so the wrestling room uh has been down at the

193middle school for 20 plus years as part of the high school project um one of the goals there was to actually uh move that space up up to the high school um and and actually in the old old Fitness room um move in there so it's part of part of that prep preparation um the wrestling room has the mats down you know we started rolling those mats up in preparation of of bringing them up to the high school during that process we obviously we noted that um you know there was a significant amount of moisture on under those uh resting mats as well as there was um vinyl composite tile um which is your typical 1ot by one foot uh tile that you commonly see in classroom rooms and and hallways um and uh they

194were starting to to pop you know and um you you could see that uh there was some mold we obviously brought in you our environmental consultant um you know to to work work through that um actually took some tests um good news is um tests were better than you know um we expected uh with with the air quality they're actually U good air quality you know so it's believed that the the mole was encapsulated um by the mats but also by the by the tile and the glue um some of that testing you know we also tested the glue for asbestos um it doesn't fall in the higher category of asbestos but um it's 1% less than 1% U which does fall into the OSHA standard standard versus the Aira standard um so as we

195did that testing and we sought three proposals um you know and you'll note that there's various categories of things that you know potentially we would have needed to do because of our test results came back um favorable there's some of those items that we were able to avoid uh as well as um one of the items that um we took on as a staff uh rather than have them dispose of the mats or you know pay the cost of cleaning those mats um as a district you know and through con consultation with the environmental consultant you know we began disposing of of the mats um you know and you know obviously we looked looked at the mats they are are worn you know um you know so part of our recommendation in the future here

196probably at the August board meeting we'll come back to you know potentially purchase um new mats uh for for the High School uh talking with Mr Keeny um there are competition mats that they have that you know they can um use to to start through the year um uh however the uh new mats are um there are a long lead item in getting the mats you know maybe even up to six months to to get those but um we'll come back in August with the with a proposal that I believe I I remember you guys mentioned the the mats looking at will be rackable or we have racks for them or yeah they'll be able to be pulled up versus these who are so heavy prevent this sort of thing from from happening in the

197future MH yeah no definitely rolling them up after the season and and keeping um better air flow and things under under those mats um but having to help having helped roll those up I I can attest that uh one they were heavy but too you know we've got their life out of them you know they they were delaminating and you know um it's it's time you know for for it and you had said they were 20 or 25 years old yeah actually Mr Keeny was uh in high school he recalls um you know so um yeah we're dating them back to at least uh 2000 you know and maybe further back than that you know um but yes uh we've gotten our so we got our life out of we did go uh in the

198if you look in the bid are we going for the 21622 which is the alternate bid which is that's if we schedule the work prior to July 15th yeah overtime hours if we wait till after July 15th which is what 3 weeks it would go down to just under 18 yeah great great Point thank you for bringing that up um yeah one of the things you know so the wrestling room is planning to to come up to the to the old Fitness room here uh for this summer we are looking you know we need we need a home for um the athletes to to work out with the um fitness equipment um so uh that area is slated you know to to be that temporary um Fitness room so we we did look at that

199those two costs and and and felt that um we would like to jump on it soon you know sooner than than the mid mid July you know uh I had conversations um with the owner of environmental hazards control tonight and said you know we're bringing it to the board tonight if uh you know if approved um can you start Monday uh and and they they they affirmed that yes they would be on site on Monday uh they believed they would be done um within a week or so and we're even looking to work through the weekend to get it done you know um let me kind of add a little bit to that one of the reasons we found this is we were literally rolling up the match so that we could put the fitness

200center down there to start that Monday so we're already like three or four weeks behind so we did weigh um difference in cost but we also would then need to relocate the athletes because we we've already had a couple weeks now we haven't had a place for them um to work out they're often costs associated with project delays so right potentially um you know however in my perspective the extra money is well spent in light of the fact that it is it's it's being done for our students you know and you know these students have already been you know working through not having team rooms and you know things of that nature I I I I believe it is money well spent to to accommodate the students coming into to this year to the school

201year that's my perspective it's not necessarily the board's perspective but well and and on top of that I what I my comment was yeah you might you might save the money right now but if you delay aspects of the project and that requires you to come up with temporary solutions or or pieces you can't get in place when you were supposed to and now that that can create costs down the road so it's not it's not clear to me that it actually necessarily saves that money we just might be paying it later because it builds in other places right because if you delay parts of the you know then then sometimes that can that can create costs it's not a standalone in in a project um I just thought i' asked yeah yeah is a

202great question great question great question one question I have here is you know it has a clause in here as far as if there's any unforeseen work will'll be communicated for a change order and approval obviously if we're not going to be here for until August is um our are we how are we to is there any process in place for that to be addressed I I would recommend we use our um change order process that we have in in place already you know depending on depending on that cost you know uh small enough I could potentially uh uh approve it on site but if it gets to that level you know that we would um uh call Bill and nth and you know and kind of use our our existing um process is what

203we I propos for for doing this much like the the high school project also are we able to maintain that 50% relative humidity that they're requiring yeah okay y I'd like to give the committee an opportunity to assuage any potenti itial general public fears I assume we are not concerned we're not worried about any kind of exposure to students I mean when you're talking mold like can you could could anybody speak to that yeah I mean the the tests that were taking you know um the air air tests that were taking uh and just to kind of educate the board a little bit if you don't know um mold is virtually everywhere um you know you walk outside it's there you're in the forest it's there you know it's in this room um so the

204tests they generally take um is they take a mold sample uh in the area of question uh and they also they compare it to um outside so at the Middle School uh we took tests in the hallway right outside this uh the wrestling room as well as um the resting room itself uh as well as outside those tests that came back uh both the hallway and the wrestling room the um samples showed uh a lower level of mold than outside so no fears of exposure yeah and the other part of that that's analyzed and certainly um you know we're in constant communication with the environmental consultant um there's different types of mold you know um and uh they didn't see a type um that was alarming you know um so thank you um yep other

205questions okay I have a motion in a second any n or abstentions hearing none motion passes moving on to 11.01 use of facilities this is here for our information moving on to 11.1 other R of business which I have none anyone else hearing none Mr President hankle all right next we have uh Transportation health and safety I will turn it over to Mr hash thank you president hle um the Board of Education to receive a third quarter discipline de from Dr rert take it away thank you Mr hash um as was requested uh going back to last year uh I've been coming back to the board with quarterly updates on the discipline data and we have discipline data that I'm presenting this evening through the third marking period And the reason being is we are

206still addressing uh some of the final components for the fourth marking period which would be available um at the point when I sub MIT the safe schools report in uh the end of July so what do you have in front of you the school board there there's three different documents uh the first one uh that is being displayed right now for the public is the third uh as a 2023 2024 uh breakdown by first second and third marking period And I wanted to pay uh for the uh the board's attention as well as the public uh attention related to incidents of that would be recorded via policy 103 which is our discrimination um harassment as well as sexual harassment other forms of harassment including bullying so as we take a look at at those items

207there uh you can see the totals for the uh through the third marking period for the sexual harassment uh three racial ethnic intimidation uh we've had 16 incidents this year other forms of harassment and intimidation was at N9 and bullying and harassment at 6 uh and the reason being is we did address uh not only within our schools but within our community the concerns related to uh the racial harassment and discrimination we've had parents that had spoke specifically about that here in public comment so we wanted to bring that back and hone in there are other items uh as you can see related to uh student discipline but I really want to kind of to pull those out because those have been items that have been brought up um if you do flip the page

208and K can you can do the same thing uh the next chart now does a comparison from last year to this year okay so when you look at the uh on the columns on the right uh we had the 2023 22 23 and 23 24 data through the uh first second and third marking period um you could see uh the areas that would still fall under policy 103 sexual harassment uh you know we had four last year to three uh we did have an increase a doubled increase of incense related to racial and ethnic intimidation and I do want to point out not only for the board but the public is when those situations are reported our Administration is doing something about it uh you we've used the term if you see something say something

209uh but we also have the board policy that when those situations occur whether it is in the classroom in the hallway at the bus stop on the bus at an athletic event those those issues are being addressed when they're brought to the um attention of the administration um and then the all other forms of harassment and intimidation uh nine for both uh and then bullying you know had an increase uh from uh two from last year at that time to six so as you look at it from from a board perspective you know when we look specifically at policy 103 you know yes there are concerns that are happening within our school but we also know that they are being addressed um and as being the uh Safety and Security coordinator for the district I'm

210involved in all of those meetings that are occurring with the administration uh that is you know investigating those situation and providing guidance and support you know specific to the policy um so I did want to pay show some special attention there and then the last part was just in in the next one cat if you could flip uh I was asked to put together a little visual representation Mr Wilson I hope this kind of fits where you were thinking uh but also putting together you know bar graph you know specifically as you're looking at those specific um items regarding um policy 103 I did want to take a I do know that in our you know later on in the board meeting uh there is going to be a request to approve additional vape and

211Halo um detectors so I do want to point something out if you look at the comparison chart K if you can flip back one please uh when we look at last year the 2223 under number 53 under possession use and sale of vaping material we had 22 incidents that were reported as a result of the Vape detectors that were in our buildings where students received the consequence as a result of them whether it was tobacco or whether it was another substance like THC where those individuals may have been brought would have been brought brought to the board you know for for further further discipline and then through the third markting period we've had 14 um at the high school that have been addressed as a result of the Vape detectors and in a conversation uh

212you know I I've had when when this was brought up to me prior to the Vape detectors when prior to them being installed I want to give you a little bit of historical perspective as a building administrator at that time how we address those things so if a student had reported that someone might have been vaping in the bathroom or a teacher might have walked in and suspected something going on they would have contacted the administrator then we would had to go down and maybe or maybe not know what students were in there and the previous boards had approved you know the addition of cameras throughout the building now we have cameras in hallways that we can identify you know students going in and out of the bathrooms okay so prior to that it was

213very archaic in in the way of how it was being reported and then addressing it and then we had you know a lot of you know well we might speak to two or three students well no it wasn't me it wasn't me I don't have anything it wasn't me now with the detectors we're able to identify once the administrators are alerted that there's they don't have to rush right to that bathroom because we know that those students are probably going to be gone they could pull down that video and identify at this time and then we have these students coming out of the bathroom in order to then address those students you know that were coming out of that bathroom so it it's really improve is it 100% effective every time it goes off we're

214going to be able to identify no because you know there may be situations where students were there they might not have it or it could have been something that got passed off you know where where I'm coming from is what we've seen with the data is now that we have these devices we're able to quickly get to and potentially identify who might be in possession uh of these devices um I will say and this is going to go a little later because they're Halo and um Vape detected devices regarding the Halo there are specific words that can be said that would pick up that would also alert if there's an emergency uh something that's occurring in a restroom um so there is a dual purpose with them which does provide an extra layer of security

215for our students you know in the bathroom or even you know if there's an evening event that something is occurring a medical emergency that there are certain words that could pick up that would also alert the administration you know that are in those buildings regarding that so I did want to take a moment while we were talking about discipline to also share the the data regarding vaping going back to last year in a comparison because there will be an agenda item coming up later to approve uh to finish the high school project and add uh VAP detectors to middle school so if I'm understanding you you're saying that we have a much better system of detection than we had prior and yet we still had a decent in decrease in incidents so therefore we've probably

216had a very very large decrease in incidents because students are aware that we're able to pay much closer attention and and the other piece yeah yeah you were correct with that that's all and and the other piece is the education you know that we are providing our students regarding the dangers and the concerns of vaping you know through the health classes um you know we have a proposal you know that will come as part of the vetting for next year and I talked to Mrs hankle um where will be a a collaboration between officer Hansen and judge Sweeney going into the classroom and speaking specifically about the the impacts that uh vaping would have on an individual uh and that would be something I'll be bringing to the board in the fall for seventh grade

217and that would become part of a seventh an annual seventh grade presentation um you know and we we decide in seventh grade because that's where we're seeing it you know we hope that it doesn't trickle down um but but we we in in speaking with both of them they believe based on the DAT that they're receiving of incidents that seventh grade is where they want to Target and that would be something I would bring to the board um early next year once they put together their presentation and proposal for when they're going to do that if I'm not mistaken that data is not just here it's like Statewide isn't it yes yes yeah I would just try anyone you talk to Across the state Across the Nation if this if you said what's your number

218one issue right now it's faping and specifically THC with the vaping um and so this isn't 100% it's like anything else as soon as you put the The Vape detectors up they're trying to figure a way around it um and with a thousand kids in a building you're going to be able to go into a bathroom at times and probably potentially walk in on somebody that's vaping um so I I do want to be transparent and to say Vape detectors are going in we don't have we don't have a vaping issue oh we have a vaping issue um and it's going to be an ongoing challenge in how to to to circumvent that educate um do everything we can so I think this is just a part of that one last thing I want to

219say about the discipline and Mr Wilson I'm going to uh put you on the spot here I I did speak with the technology department who works with me with the data specifically imp pulling the data on a quarterly basis and since we have done that as a district uh the feedback is we're a lot more efficient in addressing the maybe some of the deficiencies of how they're entered into our Sapphire system because we're reviewing it now on a quarterly basis so I did receive that feedback and Mr Wilson I wanted to share that because I know you and I had collaborated on this going back to you know last year and so it is having some impact positive impacts based on the efficiency and updating and reviewing the data on a on a more regular

220basis so thank you I want to I'd like to emphasize actually I I'm very pleased and I think it's something that our district does incredibly well this balance that we have going back to the The Vaping I really really appreciate it and you know we just voted on the student handbook and it was something that we changed that I think continually accommodates this this flexibility and this balance you know we have we're not letting behaviors and standards slide when it comes to The Vaping we're serious about it obviously the detections that shows that we're on and yet at the same time we're allowing kids make stupid choices sometimes and there are those sorts of kids where they only need to get caught once see the citation for what it is experience that and then never

221again they had their little balance with you know with the law and never again and I think I think that this is such an incredible thing that our district does recognizing that they have to have that balance between being incredibly serious about the thing and then also giving students the ability for redemption and forgiveness and the pathway forward while maintaining that seriousness I I really just commend our district for being able to to navigate that balance just well done guys really good a lot of that's due to officer gansen and he he goes there and talks to students as you were saying you know he'll he'll if a student's called with this he will address that student and he'll and maybe not issue a citation but you know if he sees a path of not

222doing that he'll go with that he's not all just you know hit them hard and hit him once thank you Dr Robert for all that information very helpful good all right uh 12.02 student transportation report for the month of May uh during the month of May they are still active recruiting for a location manager um the lady who's been doing it will continue to act in that uh position red light cameras during the month of May there were a total of 10 red light violations two were called on camera eight were captured by drivers um on May 16 our district successfully completed the third and final kindergarten registration event for the school year at friendship Elementary Miss Shields hosted an informational session with incoming kindergarten parents and students on a physical bus parents received school

223bus um safety information what to expect during the school year and helpful hints on ways to keep students safe on and off the bus students and parents were engaged throughout the uh each each session and grateful for the opportunity to board the bus and review the process with the onboarding kindergarteners for the month of May uh bus coverages covered 61 Transportation requests which included field trips fan rentals and athletic trips um to close out the school year our Administration team um once again apparently um thankk the drivers for their hard work on the last day and did the long awaited apparently the drivers love the last day of school ice cream event they asked for now um so thank you to the admin team for um recognizing drivers for their year of hard work with

224that two of the first uh student team members celebrated service anniversaries we would like to thank them for their commitment and support Lester lumpin and Pete cinon and that's all I have for that report moving to 12.03 um motion to approve the 2024 2025 Emergency Operations plan um do I have a second second any uh discussion or questions any Nays or extensions all right that motion passes 1204 motion to authorize the coordinator of student trans transportation to one approve bus routes and drivers for the 2024 2025 school year prior to the board approval on August 15 2024 and two approve bus drivers throughout the 2024 2025 school year between board meetings uh Mr is there anything you'd like to add to that um no this is similar to keeping the lights on so we're supposed

225to do it uh do I have a second second do I have any discussions questions about that any Nays or extensions that motion passes 1205 uh this is a motion to approve the purchase of yard Signs and Banners from Victory store for approximately $700 um this is something that the um the board is going to promote uh awareness of um um you know when the new school year is starting um are we going to watch out you know to we're going to put in high traffic areas to watch out for the buses now starting back up be careful the red lights keep your distance from them Want Be watchful the children running out those those situations um do I have a second one that second any questions or discussion I just think that this is

226another it's evidence again of collaboration I remember Mr bus driver Dave Le Bart brought this to our attention and I'm just very thankful for Miss Sue green who collaborated on this and Jeremy this is a fantastic idea and what originally started with Billboards moved to something that I think is even more effective and the cost is even better and just well done guys cost is better on multiple fronts because we can reuse these year after year put them up we can move them around if we see so fantastic thank you yeah and I the one thing I do want to stress is um we are going to we are not just going to put them in areas where you know you may have thought we had a a red light before we're going to put

227them in all different areas because it's like anything if we knew exactly where the problem was we would just have the police go out there and that um but we don't so we're going to we're going to move around different places and of course we're going to have to get um some of our residents to allow us to put the SI sure different places and we also in addition to this are working um Mrs Shields is is working to get um information in the newsletters she's done a good job with it uh did I did I have a second on this yes yes any Nays or abstentions on this that motion passes uh 1206 this is a motion to approve the purchase of 22 Halo Vape detectors for the final phase of the sus Quantic

228High School renovation project as well as the Southern Middle School at an amount of $28,400 purchased through cdw-g and transfer of 29,000 from fund balance general fund to the capital reserve fund um should we second it or should we you want to give a little description on that I'll second it okay would you like to give us a little breakdown on that any more than you already have no I as as I mentioned in the uh earlier statement when we're looking at the discipline this would now complete that project with the bathrooms that in in the section that has not been that is still under renovation but then also provide the uh uh those systems now at the middle school that currently do not have okay I have a question um what level of coverage

229is this going to give us because I see you're seeing multiple buildings here um are are we are we being selective or are we covering all of our bathrooms all the bathroom all of them okay so it's this middle school as well yes okay thank you any Nays or exensions on this or any other questions hearing none that motion passes I have no other items of business president hle turn it back to you all right thank you uh uh Mr Alman isn't here so I'll take the athletic report it is mercifully short and doesn't have a lot of difficult names uh I'm sure she'll be super jealous um so uh the Warriors had another Strong Spring season uh I'm going to name the ya a i AA AllStars from the spring 2024 season for girls

230acros the ya aii uh the ya AI AA Allstars are Rowan Soka and Rachel Stiffler for boys lacrosse they are Grant John's and Isaiah boss uh congratulations to Amaya wheeler for being named y a i AA division 2 player of the year congratulations to Ella Wetzel for being named ya a i AA division 2 pitcher the year and then we had ya a i AA Allstars in softball uh Sarah bow house and Emily kst in baseball congratulations to Manny cartigan uh for being named y a IAA division 2 player of the year congratulations to Andrew angelby for being named ya a i ya I I ah Y A I A A this is hard to say this times fast ya AI AA division 2 pitcher of the year um we had yai AA Allstars Rafa

231Raphael Hernandez jiren Andrews and Nick Bender congratulations to coach Joel stoneberg for being named y a i AA division 2 coach of the year and then moving on to item 13.02 athletic event ticket prices for the 2024 2025 school year uh I'll make a motion to approve athletic event ticket prices for the 2024 2025 school year as follows Varsity events adults uh Varsity events adults $5 which represents a $1 increase student and senior citizens $2 which is no change the adult 10 game season pass $38 which is an $8 increase so less than a dollar per game adult 20 uh 20 Game season pass $70 which is a $15 increase student 10 game season pass $15 which is no change student 20 Game season pass $28 which is also no change and then as a

232change Junior High and junior varsity only events would be no charge for all attendees so uh I've made the motion do I have a second second all right any discussion yes I'll go ahead and discuss here first so I'm I'm I don't think it's the right time to raise prices as a referee myself for PIAA I've certainly seen my share of school districts charging $5 you know for those to come and see but I I I was approached last year by uh some some folks that could not afford to go and visit their child while they were playing because they have a large family um but at the same time they didn't feel comfortable about you know receiving hardship um free tickets either uh from the district so I feel that um you know there

233there's a lot of things that families are paying for above and beyond because of the nature of um Commerce right now life is just expensive with inflation we're all feeling it and as a a school board director I could not look at another parent and be comfortable explaining why I'm charging an extra amount of money so they can come and see their child play so for that reason I am not for this I think that if we want to stay competitive that's important I understand that with other districts but it's just maybe we could wait a couple of years before we raise the prices off and families coming in to see their children play and that's my thought um if I can um I also have some hesitancy um I'm not sure that if if

234there is a a funding Gap uh in the athletic area um that's certainly something you know we'd be willing to discuss um but at the same time I would be hesitant to do anything that would discourage uh people in the community from from bringing themselves and their families to games um I think it it can be uh really really good for a school really really great for teams to have you know large uh crowds at their events you know makes them more exciting and more fun for the students so I I would you know I I don't necessarily see uh in in light of you know last year's budget that that we're having the need for the additional finances um so I would be hesitant to do anything that would discourage uh those events from

235being well attended I would um I would agree with that um I don't see a need for it I don't see a um a reasoning other than just you know going up to what other districts that are or half the districts in our range are if anything I would want to go the opposite direction um promote more attendance by dropping prices that's not on the table obviously but um We're The Best of Both Worlds right having you know no fee for JV games only and no fee for junior high and not raising our prices you know that would be yeah I don't I if there was a funding G like you said I get it but I don't see that um and just to charge more to charge more I don't see a reason to

236do that even though I understand it is a dollar but if you're bringing two adults and you know you want to bring a another family and now you know you might want to offer to cover their cost that now you're starting to add up well and I think to build on that I mean a big part of going to the games is the concessions right so that's money that then goes to the boosters um but I I agree with that but I also wondered um in some um private schools they have um Family passes and I see that we do have something here for an adult pass but I wondered if that was maybe because I know that there are a couple families that they have you know several children that are in and so

237I I tried to look before the meeting I I had found something one time before but I couldn't put my hands on it but maybe there is a threshold that we could determine and then maybe there could be like some sort of a family pass that we could do beyond that I just don't know how you would figure that out that's the family pass is an interesting idea um and I I think we should we should check into that um yeah I I I have a bit of a different view on this I think from everybody who's spoken so far which is that to to me um money is fungible and and the the the the dollars that fund our programs have to come from somewhere um and they either come from people who voluntarily

238spend the money uh and they spend it on something that directly benefits them uh you know if they want to attend a game then they spend the money to attend the game whereas uh for the taxpayer um they don't have a choice um and so whenever possible I'm inclined to put the burden of payment on the person who benefits most from the service um which would be the people attending attending the games because one way or another someone does have to pay that dollar and while we while we do have a a healthy fund balance at at this time and while this is a small amount of money ultimately those things those things add up to the larger balances over time uh all of all of these individual little decisions add up to the the

239large amounts um and so on principle I'm I'm in favor of remaining competitive with other districts but I am very interested in the family pass because that would encourage increased attendance it would uh potentially mitigate the the impact on say a large family who maybe won't go at all um so so you know there there is the the issue of can we can we while still accommodating budgets you know can can can we come up with something that might be Revenue neutral uh you know especially if our our stands are not are not absolutely filled at the moment uh I know it's it's it's not you know it's been crowded at some games but I don't feel like it's been absolutely packed uh most of the times I've been there so I think I think

240it's worth considering those things yeah I think that's I think that's a good idea if I can add one other perspective and this is all balancing act so so we we have we talked about waiting a couple years but we have waited a couple I'm just going to let you know most people have been five for a long time so we've kind of tried to wait that out um the other perspective kind of adding on to what Mr hle said is this is an area where for our taxpayers it's one thing but it's not just our taxpayers it's the opposing team so when we go to their our folks go to their place we give them extra money and when they come here we subsidize them so I mean I think part of this becomes

241like building on what Mr hankle said not only is it our taxpayers it's other people that don't pay into our schools or anything and they're they're paying less here than they're paying at their own home place so that's really part of this too not just the the home team but the away team um so I like the family pass idea because if we're really trying to help those that live here I think that that adds to that so let me ask you because I I would imagine the answer is you don't want to come up with a family pass idea on the Fly here right here in the board meeting oh no yes I don't I didn't think you would I don't want toate I don't want to underestimate your analytical skills but I thought

242maybe that would be asking a lot uh we if we were to table this until next meeting so that you have a chance to to look into that would that be well I think I think there's a couple things we can do I I think we could pass this and then add the family pass next month I think we could table it um I'm not sure if we have I don't know if that's going to put Mr Keeny and folks in a in a bind because I'm not sure if we have any like scrimmages or anything before um before the next board meeting um but we can we can definitely add the family pass at any time I mean I imagine the prices in effect now would would apply to any scrimmages that occur between

243now and and the next board meeting is that not I mean yeah I just I'm just trying to read the motion it okay it's not written for the school year CU if it was written for the school year last year then it would have expired but it's not it's just approving them so yes I think we would be okay I think they would be in effect if we to what I'm sorry did you have more did you did you have I'm so sorry I didn't mean to interrupt you to what degree like help me understand because this is so not my expertise um how to what degree do these ticket sales offset the cost of hosting an do we know hosting an event or or Athletics as a as a whole I mean that because

244I wouldn't each event yeah yeah I don't I don't know if I would know each event but I would assume depends hardly at all oh yeah the whole Athletic program because when you think of an hosting an event I mean you think part of it is the coach being there but they get a Sor for the whole season that's why I said I can't really yeah I can't really do an event it's more about Athletics as a whole F yes it's very very minimal and do you have cuz I know you always do things for a reason and so I wanted to hear out what your reasoning rationale is apart from being competitive with other districts and then obviously you're our CFO more money is always better right do you have any other rationale for

245what yeah I I think the biggest rationale is kind of building on what Mr hle said when you're looking at this part of this is we are subsidizing other districts because they're not paying the fair market price of coming to our games they're paying less and so again does the does the taxpayer who has no children or grandchildren either pays it or the the people coming to watch the game pays half of which are not even taxpayers in our district so I think that's my biggest rationale like personally that's that's the team so I'll throw Mr Keeny and and Mr Carrington in there because you know they're all part of of bringing this forth It's really about looking at you need the all this money to make all this work and it comes from different

246sources and you know it's a balancing act because if we you know again we do have a healthy fun but it's not always going to be there I'm just going to tell you things are going to turn um at some point and someone has to pay for it so it's it's go ahead you add I on that it's not always going to be that way and when it goes bad it usually goes bad in all areas so now you're not in a place to now change and increase when things get bad if they and we've experienced that we're all the sudden State funding they're talking about 5 billion extra dollars I don't believe that's going to ever happen but even if they were to increase 400 and the next year they go to 100 you

247know they they're not increasing anymore you've got to make that up um and and I think the other piece to this is our philosophy has always been a balance of and in this I'll give you an example in this particular case we're saying don't charge for Junior High Sports you want to know why because we spend as much with ticket takers than we do what we make taking the tickets Etc plus we're finding it difficult to find people to take tickets MH um and game help as a whole so we can begin to shift our human resources now we're only looking at one to to far less we're going to take a cut if you will ticket sales in junior high we may not make it all back with the dollar increase but we'll get

248close so for big purposes it's a wash from from a district Financial perspective as not to say you're not going to find a family that doesn't go to Junior High matches that has you know three people attending they just saw a $3 increase but I I think the other perspective of the taxpayer versus the ticket or the person attending the game we might have a surplus so you pay that but these expenses are going to go continue to exist year after year so you better are we taking that all you know are you taking that from Surplus that may not be there year in and year out and we've always operated and not if it's a reoccurring expense you got to be careful from pulling from the extra to pay for it so that that's

249the balance really I think that I guess you know this is probably from my perspective you know first time we're going through this you know what sort of numbers are we talking about as far as what difference would that dollar make as far as the as far as the ticket you know like okay the income versus the expenses of the ticket takers and yeah it's not it's not huge dollars if we charge an extra dollar for adults and again we extrapolated this it's not exact um we're we're estimating about $7,300 coming from the additional dollar and that for adults per year for for year for entire season okay yep and then um removing junior high is about $3,400 so almost 10 something to but does that include the savings on not having ticket tiers at

250Junior High it it does not okay that's a straight exp like so so if it sounded like that was kind of a wash yeah and so and so really the junior high thing is neutral because we were spending as much as we were bringing in and and so the it sounds like the 7,400 I don't know if it's quite yeah it's going to be yeah so you're you're really talking the 7300 have we looked into charging the other team all of this there you go just spitball in here anyone any tiers depends on if they win or lose if they lose they pay you earn there's no there's no home team discount you can get that's not allowed you know and I actually cross my I'm not sure the logistics of I'm pretty sure but

251it actually ran through a mine can we talk our but I appreciate the calculation starting you think you think there's a there's an intangible cost that to that I just see it as you know price of everything else is rising everywhere let's just not do it here I I have to agree I we can't hold this line forever right money is fungible we we are asking taxpayers to eat the cost of $10,000 if we don't raise but I I don't I can't do it now I can't I can't should we so is tabling it a consideration and considering with the family um family plan or is I mean so I assume that it would be individual adults attending still would be a dollar increase but family but families there might be a a family plan

252that should we I mean I'd like to table it and see what Sue could come back with on that but yeah let let me add this and we'll definitely come back with something but I will say this we have not had a lot of luck with these passes I'm not sure why but I oh we've tried it before oh we' well we we have the other passes that are listed here and we just don't sell many of them even though it's a discount so I just I do want to throw out that w we will definitely come up with something I'm not sure that it's going to I mean maybe we do a you know if we could do a little financial analysis on it and figure out okay don't you know we're not the

253basses aren't doing anything for us let's just do away with those and just streamline things well again I mean one of the things we are going to try to do is advertise the passes more because again if you if if we want a family to save and there's two adults in the family and they get a pass it's cheaper so that is one way for us to to make it cheaper for the family right I mean could be a family ticket where I mean sometimes people don't passes because they don't know how many Gams they're going to come to but if it could be a family rate maybe they bring the kids that yeah but I'm I'm going to say this there's no way I'm going to C calculate that mhm because I don't know

254how many I mean I don't even really know how many be I'm talking like historic like the historic like season passes okay yeah we had very few so in the vein of tabling it um I'm I'm not sure that even tabling it the increase would pass however if the Junior High uh junior varsity events are essentially a break even Prospect and create some you know Manpower issues um you maybe that is is worth discussing whether or not that that that should be done it's it's it's all lumped into the same uh motion but if it is revenue neutral and is causing uh you know strain on staff then it existence should probably go away um but in its current form I'm I'm not sure especially tied together that that you know the one would follow

255the other so are you saying to just not charge and not have someone take tickets and that would correct the problem for JV for JV well that's what we would do under this for J yeah that's that's Junior because it's Revenue neutral but then it also creates you know you got to have Staffing for that so yeah but then you also have JV games right before varsity game so how do you make the differ JV only right but if people are coming to JV they sit there and wait they sit and they stay for the they could get in for free you get it was it's j Varsity like um basketball right they would pay but if it's just like a JV only like uh football okay you know which is you whatever that's separate

256from the night of the Far City game so that they wouldn't be charged for that oh okay so um I'll move I'll move to table I have a second you I'm sorry what I'll move to table this second you know I can say right now just to let you know my vote is not going to change I'm still going to be a no whether we table it and make it wait till the next month or not just to let you know okay um so on tbling it any discussion on tbling it okay um we good with just a n exensions vote I'm seeing nods any ner abstentions to tbling it I think we should just take care of it now because I don't think it's going to change but okay I'm just one of nine

257yeah yeah one one n I'd say vote it now and then come back with a different idea so two for not tabling it two for not tbling it anyone else for not tabling me and I would feel the same way so so that's four for not tabling that means it's going to fail because we only have eight okay so it is not tabled all right um who is the fourth I'm just trying to keep up uh so it was Jeremy Mary Lee Bill and Jen voted against tbling um so we have we're back to the motion on the table um does anyone have any amendments they'd like to propose this motion uh to this motion given the interest in having the junior high and junior varsity only events be no charge i' would be agreeable

258to that Amendment yeah I I okay tell me if I'm doing this right I'd like to move to amend with what you just said about JV not having any charge but then I'd also like to include that the prices stay the same for the so I think you can actually uh okay so yeah so the motion would then change to adults $4 get strike the $1 increase sure did and instead put no change yep but we're still charging for Junior High games right no not charging for junior high and keeping the prices what they were right so all the prices would CH would revert to what they are uh and the parenthesis would be no change and then we keep the language about Junior High and junior varsity only events would be no charge for

259all attendees and the season pass does that still increase that I think all prices would stay the same except the junior high and Junior vers the only events is that the the amendment want what I want correct thank you for help helping me hash that out um can we do that and vote on it yes we can we can she's got a motion to amend uh can I have a second second second who is the second me can we can we State Clearly Now what the motion is so my motion is to amend what we have and the amendment contains having prices stay exactly as they are but having the addition of no charge for the JV games so I believe if we want to read it that would say motion to approve athletic event

260ticket prices for the 2024 2025 school year as follow follow Varsity events adults $4 no increase student and senior citizens at $2 no change so I guess I would say no change instead of no increase adult 10 game season pass $30 no change adult 20 Game season pass um $55 no change student 10 game season pass $15 no change and student 20 Game season pass $28 no change Junior and juniversity event only events will be no charge for all attendees perfect I can second that all right so it's already been your wife already did you already you were super seconded sorry um so um all right so we have a motion and a second for the amendment uh any discussion on the amendment um and this is outside of the family pass that we're going

261to talk about in August is this is that what I think that if we're approving these for the year I mean I I suppose anything we approve could be subject to change right but no um but I it would just be an addition it's that would be an addition later yeah I supp yeah I suppose you have that perfectly open to that later yeah so that's what I'm saying for so you still like us to looking I think so well and the family pass is confusing too I think although I like the idea of it what if you have a family of 10 does that mean say each family of 10 has $5 fee for their entire family well what if your family of six what if you're family of four you know where where

262where's a lot of family passes have's the equity well and I would say well I would say a lot of family cles have a flat rate for a family of a certain size um but I would I think Sue can work on that and come back with something and we can we can decide but I I I I wanted to avoid making her hash that out in the meeting if possible um my my final sell this has to change it does I I plan on if I can look into the future having us be competitive with other districts next year my vote is not for right now though but it it has to change so we have a mo Motion in a second to amend this um any further discussion all right let's go ahead

263and have a roll call vote um so there the vote to amend the motion uh do you want a roll call yeah just cuz a roll call to amend the motion okay so LZ is not here Bill Hall yes Mary leh Hall yes Samantha Hall yes Jeremy hash yes Jen hankle yes Nathan hle no no Joe Wilson yes s to two No it should be six take it all right the uh motion to amend carries so now we have uh a motion to approve the uh athletic T event T prices is um as amended uh is there well we have a motion in a second already the amendment has passed so um any I don't think we need any further discussion one more year of$ four doll and next year you know there we go

264have a year any we I think we this one we can probably do as a not as a r call vote um any Nays or extensions hearing none that motion carries what are what oh sorry sorry this is the the amended motion so it's it was successfully amended and I asked if there was any further discussion on the motion so this is the amended motion that does not raise prices but does uh does say that Junior High and Junior vars the only events will be no charge for all attendees okay I see we still have the parent yeah we still so we amended it but we have still have to pass it post Amendment yes um and Joe were the original first and second right yes okay well done okay well done yes and then

265Jan Jan and Mary Lee with the amended motion yes motion to amend second all right so the motion on the table is uh the prices stay the same to to simplify the prices stay the same uh except that Junior High and Junior vars the only events will be no charge for all attendees does anyone want a roll call vote on this okay any Nays or exensions to the amended motion hearing none that motion carries all right uh other items of business for athletics I have none for 14 other business um I have none that I have none and we can always wait for new business uh so on to 15.01 legislative Council uh Miss Mar Le Hall all right perfect thank you uh so a lot going on these past few weeks between our last

266board meeting um and some exciting news from the governor that um Mrs hle is going to report tonight um so I'll go with what was passed by the Senate and approved by the Senate and House committees um and then finish up with um the week that everybody returns back to session so passed by the senate senate Bill 801 requiring evidence-based reading instruction so this is to provide professional development and identify an educator responsible for assisting each school with implementation of curriculum to begin 2025 2026 school year and approved by the Senate education committee Senate Bill 1157 allows parents or guardians of a child who is reach the school age of six to request a waiver from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to delay attendance if a child has been diagnosed with autism developmental delays or

267intellectual disabilities and then Senate Bill 1171 allows teachers and other school staff to administer emergency Caesar treatment after completing training provided by a licensed healthc care professional and Senate Bill 1252 directs the pa uh Department of Education to require schools to submit um building condition reports every seven years to remain eligible for State funding for school projects that's kind of nice because maybe we can get to plan con too and actually have some help with some building Renovations then passed by the house Transportation committee House Bill 127 waves the fee for obtaining a driver's permit or license for youth identified as homeless and they are enrolled in an education program and uh the school social worker can sign for them to be able to take those tests um and then at the capital of course

268Dr rert got to it before me and stole my thunder but there's never there's never an end to the congratulations to the sesy graduates right uh students in general so of course one of our own Sean marks a graduate senior this year was honored by the Senate and the house for her State powerlifter Championship accomplishments that uh represented York County and the state of Pennsylvania at world bench press Nationals in Austin Texas so another big happy healthy congratulation to Sean marks and her whole family that got to go up and tour the house and the Senate and be honored so that's always good and the Senate and the house are not in session this week uh but they will return to the capital on Monday June 24th and that concludes my report thank you Miss

269uh M hle yeah so uh Governor Josh Shapiro signed HB 1097 into law on Monday and this pertains to all public schools the new the new law reads that each School entity shall conduct a moment of silence during instructional hours for students and faculty to observe the anniversary of September 11th 2001 as a remembrance of thousands of military service persons government employees civilians and emergency responders who lost their lives or were wounded by terrorist attacks on that date the law also retained a 911 curriculum component from its origins in Senate bill to 285 which was originally sponsored by none other than our very own Senator Kristen Phillips Hill the law will guide schools in their curriculum development to teach about the historical context of terrorism the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New

270York City the Pentagon and the United Airlines Flight 93 crash in Shanksville Pennsylvania our senator in speaking with the Press offered the following observations about the law she said quote today's high school students and even some of our newest teachers were not alive during the horrific events of 911 she continued on by saying I am pleased to see the governor sign this bill into law that will give our schools the resources necessary to teach the events leading up to during and after September 11th 2001 and that complains my reort thank you all right uh York County School Technology anyone have any updates um moving on to 15.03 Liu 12 any updates all right Dr Bryson has anything the the uh uh director's agenda and uh Don's early light are uh attached for your information uh

271York Adams tax Bureau no no no comment um Southern York County School District Foundation this Mar Hall um the foundation is ajour until September we have nothing to report unless Mrs Green you'd like to add anything 15.06 other items of business I have none on to the secretary's report the Student Activities report for May 2024 is attached for your information the uh we have two student teacher placements uh Jasmine dongan and Arab B martson um that are going to be placed at uh Southern Elementary School and Shell B Elementary School uh during fall 2024 uh resignations and retirements uh are there for your information uh other items of business I have none on to the uh uh let's see yeah onto the home education outside Char uh Cyber Charter and Southern York Digital Academy education

272uh Dr rer do you have any updates there oh Dr Bron you have anything this mon no I don't all right uh no so so these are our you know current enrollments for the year the home education at 211 outside cyber uh 74 and our uh Southern County School District Digital Academy at 7 and Lincoln Edge at 14 um you know even though our numbers you know are lower in our Digital Academy and and the linkoln edge what it is it still provides our students options you know as well as our parents options if being in the physical brick and mortar school is not what they want to do and then the other piece is when you look at the outside Cyber Charter you know we have 74 students that are there uh Mrs Green

273I believe that number has kind of been stabilized there in the in the 70s am I correct with that but you know we're hoping to bring uh you know more of those you know those families back to either our own digital or through Lincoln Edge um you know so they can continue to have the experience or the experience of our district so thank you all right 17.02 announcements by board president and superintendent um I need to announce a few uh executive sessions uh we had one on June 11th uh to discuss uh legal matters uh we had one immediately before this meeting at 6:00 uh to discuss a special ed in legal matter as well as Safety and Security and we have another one scheduled on July 2nd is it you want to share with

274the class um uh we have one scheduled on July 2nd um uh for personnel um uh matters um those are all my announcements uh Dr Bryson uh big congratulations to Mary Lee and Bill Hall for the graduation of their daughter Gra to miss Samantha Hall for her daughter Elizabeth and Jen and Nathan for uh your daughter dearra congratulations to you all that's a lot of graduates in one board meeting um also before I forget happy birthday to Jen Liz Sue Christina Joe and Bill because we won't be here until August um and I will join you in that celebration come I still counting though yeah um big thank you to administrators faculty and staff we had an awesome closing day uh at the end of the year in May Jim thank you for attending I

275know you were there and and uh you were able to reminisce with her with the staff and enjoy that as well so Cy um I think I'm good the only other thing I would say is the demolition is pretty impressive while it's sad to see part of the old high school go I know that brings new times but it's also a pretty interesting process you don't get to see every day did we like save any of the letters that would have been pretty cool yes we did yes we did yeah so we're we're attempting to incorporate a couple of letters in exent that's awesome are we see more of those in the foundation fundraiser next year maybe and and again I know we've thanked them a thousand times but it's it's usually uh not enough

276and that's just our maintenance and custodial staff who have moved us all around this campus 16 times in the past two years and we're getting real close to uh one big last move so uh big thank you to them that's it I just wanted to say thank you for letting us have the parking lot tonight I oh and if we didn't tell wrong going up the main drive if we didn't tell you that's going to change probably two or three more times than what we had anticipated so all right uh item 18 new business I do yeah so um it's late in the interest of time I just I'll be quick it was floated an idea in um public comment and uh Miss Chrissy Burns actually was the one that did it and I I

277wanted to respond to something and new business is the way to do it she brought up the idea of potentially tabling the live feed for public comment and I just wanted to offer and then allow other people if they would like to my thought on that although I I Adore the spirit that that comment was given and the place that that I feel like her heart was in to say such a thing um and I I just I I I absolutely adore so so much of of that comment I I personally cannot see my way out of it is our responsibility it's done publicly the general public is allowed to say what they want provided that they abide by decorum and I don't think that it would be a good look for the district at

278all to suspend everyone else to be able to see be them criticisms or Praises what people have to say I just it's I that's just my bit and so if anybody else wants to speak to that go for it if not that's just what I wanted to say was that was I was thinking along similar lines um as well as I question I wasn't sure whether we could treat it differently from the rest of the meeting or whether that might get us you know I I I don't think I want to do it in principle but also it's not clear to me whether or not we could whatever the logistics are I still don't like it so yeah anyway and I'd like to if I can it's not really new business I suppose but um

279I also appreciate you know what she was saying uh especially being on the the receiving end of uh misinformation um I appreciated her being here to be an eyewitness of the situation I um however um we chose to sit in these seats and that is part of sitting in these seats um and the public is free to say what they want to say whether it's true or not so um I feel like it goes with the territory right anything else for new business all right one thing I mean the policy 903 three came up during public comments um that maybe something we want to Circle back with Jeff litz on since we are coming up on our policy refresh cycle MH yeah I was planning on on checking with about that at least want to

280acknowledge that yeah if that's a policy that's been around since what 1993 it's nothing we changed yeah yep it's certainly worse looking at the legality of our mhm yep yep all right um if there's no additional new business I'll entertain a motion to adjourn second so move second um all right uh any ner extensions we are adjourned