001Mhm. >> Good evening. Good evening and welcome to the April 27th, 2026 regular meeting of the Tredyffrin Easttown School Board. I invite you to now stand with me and uh join me in the pledge to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag. Good evening again, everyone. Uh welcome to our meeting. Uh I would just mention this evening, unfortunately, uh Mr. Hong is not able to be with us this evening, but we do have uh eight school board members here and uh we are glad to see you as well. Uh regular school board meetings are business meetings that are open to the public, during which we provide several opportunities for public comment. The first comment period is reserved for announced additional agenda items and items on the consent agenda only. Additional public comment will be
002heard for the actions listed under priority discussion and other actions under consideration. And then the final comment period at the end of the meeting is reserved for any matters of concern, official action, or deliberation, which are or may be before the TESD Board of Directors and are not covered by the other comment periods. Each public comment period is reserved for residents and taxpayers. Additionally, the board will accept comments from sitting public officials for non-campaigning purposes. And by agreement with the TEEA and TENIG, the board will accept comments from our two union presidents. All comments should be directed to the board as a whole or to the presiding officer, and no comments or questions should be directed to individual board members. All public comments and responses should be in the spirit of of civil public discourse.
003Also, please be aware that intentionally disrupting a lawful meeting of the administration of a government function is a criminal offense in Pennsylvania. The school board values the opportunity to hear from our community in person, and we appreciate your cooperation in advance. Uh we're going to begin our meeting with our student reports, and we have two student representatives, Maggie Neary and Louise Lucy Salada, and they are here to speak with us this evening. Thank you, Mrs. Teedy. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the April board meeting. This spring has been so busy and honestly flown by. It's hard to believe it's all almost May. But, what's even crazier to think is that and something that personally hasn't registered to me yet is that it's the last week of school ever for high school seniors at Conestoga.
004To celebrate and commemorate the seniors, the PTO and student council has organized some events this week. The decision senior sunrise day on Thursday, where seniors will congregate at 6:00 a.m. in the 'Stoga lot, and then snow day in May, our final day of high school, which will be a half day and consist of saying goodbye to our teachers, hanging out on the track field, and watching the class of 2026 lip dub. Following this, all seniors will be released to their senior elective experience for the month of May before reconvening for graduation in June. Also coming up this week are a few notable events for seniors as well. This Wednesday, the 29th at 9:15 a.m., those seniors who plan to further their athletic careers to college will have signing day out on Teamer Field. Additionally, seniors
005who have earned the PA Senate Seal of Biliteracy will be recognized in the auditorium on April 30th during home room. And for the whole school, on May 14th, Conestoga will host the annual service and leadership awards here at 7:00 p.m. And finally, from a school administration perspective, you can't look at the month of May without acknowledging some of the students' favorite activities, standardized testing. AP tests will take place from May 4th to May 15th, and the Keystones will also take place mid-May. With that, it was a pretty short report this month, and I hope you have a great rest of your night, and I was going to say if any seniors were in this audience, please enjoy your last week of school, but it looks like I have a lot of young faces, so I
006guess it's just me telling you school does go by pretty fast, and before you know it, you'll be me speaking for my last week of school, so please enjoy enjoy every moment. Well, hello everyone. On the sports side of things, spring sports are halfway through their season and are gearing up for playoffs, Maggie Neary being one of them. Girls lacrosse has been killing it. Um for those playoff games, tickets will be sold for on hometown ticketing. For those of you planning your summer vacations, pre-season for fall sports will start on August 17th, and football's pre-season will start on August 10th for their acclimation week for the heat. If you want to listen to some music, tomorrow for is the spring instrumental concert, and Wednesday is the spring at jazz festival, so that should be very
007fun. And junior prom is Saturday, May 16th from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at KOP Sheraton. And finally, once the seniors leave, we'll have incoming freshmen come in on May 26th for their move-up day, where TE will come in the morning and the Valley Forge will come in the afternoon, so we're very excited for that. Thank you, and that's all we have for our student reports. >> [applause] >> Thank you. We're so glad to have you here and hear all these things that are sort of signals of the end of the year is coming, and we thank you for your reports. Uh before we begin our highlights uh, this evening, I'd like to draw attention to some of the student artwork that's here behind us. Uh, it was supplied this evening by both Hillside and Devon
008Elementary School. And uh, at Hillside kindergarten students learned about Piet Mondrian by using rulers to draw vertical and horizontal black lines and painting the resulting shapes with red, yellow, and blue. First graders created seascapes by exploring warm and cool colors, texture, and horizontal lines, overlapping them, and making simple geometric shapes to show movement and depth in the boats at sea. Hillside third graders used one-point perspective starting with a vanishing point along with vertical lines, overlapping, and color changes to create fish-filled aquariums that showed showed depth. And finally, at Devon, fourth-grade students learned about the American artist Wayne Thiebaud and his extensive career in the pop art movement. Students learned to draw cakes with oil pastels as their medium. So, we thank them for uh, helping to liven up our background here, and every month uh,
009different schools provide the art. We're so glad that people from Hillside and Devon are here this evening to uh, see some of their work up behind us. It's now time for us to recognize some of our amazing students, and I'll be joining board member uh, Dr. Julie McSparron, the Devon Elementary Principal Todd Parker, and Hillside Elementary Principal Michelle Staves in greeting students and staff during this part of our meeting. Uh, curriculum supervisor Dr. Patrick Gately and Director of Special Education Nicole Roy will be our readers this evening. Each month, the Board of School Directors invites TE students and staff members who have demonstrated outstanding achievement to attend the regular school board meeting to be recognized for the efforts. The board invites parents and teachers to accompany their students this evening as the board recognizes them.
010Those who are unable to be here tonight will receive their certificates at their schools. Students, when you come up, you will come up this aisle. You'll see Mr. Cataldi by the flag. Come to the front to shake hands and you will receive your certificate with Ms. Roy right over here and then you can go back to your parents. Devon Elementary School students demonstrate character traits. At Devon Elementary School, students focus on a different character trait each month. Introduced during morning announcements and reinforced through classroom lessons. Throughout the year, staff recognize students who model these traits by awarding Devon dragon scales, which are displayed in the front lobby. The following students are recognized by Devon teachers for demonstrating cooperation, the character trait for April. Kindergartners, Omar Bellum, Rylan O'Day, and Lou Skidmore. First graders, Arjun Arvind,
011Valerie Balog, Grady Danju, Isadora Gibbs, Yaya Hussein, Fitz Manfree, Selin Nosti, and Parker Nickpoor. Second graders, Henry Beach, Carter Guy, Achintya Hoisala, Sloan Kang, Parker Maller, Alice Rafter, Nabeela Ranjith Kumar, Marlowe Ryan, and Shane Warnock. Third graders, Clayton Balog, Braden Carfagno, Laksha Dussa, Henley Hurt, Claire Lowe, Emerson Ryan, Lincoln Scott, and Juliet Sardo. And fourth graders, Agastya Bandy, Benjamin Brackett, Liam Breslin, David Gallani, Gigi Gallagher, Mrunal Monkar, Avnor Mon, Ben Moser, Taylor Kurtz, Shreyas Somasundaram, Tommy Walters, and Ella Zuck. >> [applause] >> In addition, in addition, kindergarteners Janiah Anish and Lillian Watson and fourth grader Mila Charan are recognized for exemplary responsibility. And fourth grader Shonkin Sarkar is also recognized for demonstrating outstanding integrity. >> [applause] >> These students are recognized by their teachers, Kate Balch, Allison Capriolo, Demery Close, Chrissy Diamond, Gina Fredericks, Dr.
012Davida Jones, Kristen Mackelvoe, Leslie Kennedy, Phyllis Rone, Sarah Scargill, Shadae Shafer, Carolyn Silverman, Lindy Smiles, and Catherine Vandernoot. >> [applause] >> Devon Elementary School students recognized for demonstrating grit. The following students are recognized for demonstrating grit during their time at Devon. These students have shown persistence, commitment, and resilience. First grader, Mia Barry, second graders, Muhammad Bellum, Graham Breslin, Maddie Brooks, Scarlett Graziano, Juliette Guest, Jacob Matz, third grader Duncan Skidmore, and fourth graders Mila Goldstein, Maryam Islam, Milo, and Roman May. Good [applause] job. They They are recognized by their school counselor and teachers Allison Capriolo, Demery Close, Gina Fredericks, Tammy Noel, Morgan Payton, Sarah Scargill, and Carolyn Silverman. >> Good job. >> [applause] >> Devon students lead new students on tours of the school. The following fourth graders displayed citizenship and leadership by coming to Devon
013over the summer to lead new students in a tour of the building while their parents attended a new family orientation. Jack Barry, Quincy Burke, Tate Corcoran, Sam D'Emilio, Ava Foltz, Hannah Kraft Stampfl, Taylor Kurtz, Saladin Mian, Connor Maul, Luke Pagani, Tanishna Sajwan, Everly Tarozzi, Leo Watson, and Ella Zuck. They were nominated by their counselor Tammy Noel. >> [applause] >> Devon Elementary School students volunteer throughout the school. The following students are nominated for volunteering their time and talents to help others in a variety of ways. Their contributions enhance the school climate and experience for their classmates. Vivian Carter, Paul Donnelly, Katie Douglas, Nadia Canaan, Nora Kissack, Taylor Kurtz, and Sarah Wicks. They were nominated by their counselor, Tammy Noel. >> [applause] >> Are we good? People can really hear me without a microphone, but I do
014like being on the microphone, so. Thanks everybody for coming out. The next SCHOOL IS HILLSIDE. >> [applause] >> ALL RIGHT. TO start the new school year, fourth grade Hill siders hosted building tours for new families to help acclimate them to the school building. These bucket filler students took time from their summer vacation to help new students and their families make a smooth transition to Hillside. They exemplified Hillside pride with their kindness and shared their expertise as Hillside ambassadors. Karen Kilby, school counselor, counselor coordinated the new family visits with our student guides. Many thanks to all. The guides are Jackson Armstrong, Ryan Barrett, Cyrus Brown, Ukulath Carlson, um sorry. >> [panting and sighs] >> Are we Okay. Uh Fiona Farin. Where is my paper that I'm supposed to be using? Farin. Excuse me. Um Sydney Donnelly,
015Emma Fryhoff, Tyler Johnson, Jason McGrady, Irene Rency, Camilla Seki, Charlie Trujillo, and Henry Trujillo. Congratulations. >> [applause] >> All right. Hillside's daily running club brings first grade students together each morning for a purposeful exercise and movement, helping to energize bodies, sharpen focus, and prepare minds for a successful day of learning. Dana Jackson, Kevin Herlihy, and Carrie Phillips dedicate a few minutes of their mornings to to gathering, coaching, and encouraging students during these playground runs. These intentional opportunities for connecting between staff and students exemplify the support the supportive community-centered culture that makes Hillside a special place. Some of the students who are here tonight represent the running club. Newell Bankert, Colette Clark, Milan Coleman, Andrew Long, Ryan Moody, Hardik Patel, Rosemary Snyder. AND THAT'S IT. WOOP WOOP, LET'S GO. BRING IT UP. >> [applause] >> ALL
016RIGHT. DURING KINDNESS WEEK, Hillside counselor Karen Kilby hosted a buddy game event at Hillside. This event involved fourth-grade role models playing games with some of our younger students at Hillside during their flex core time. This event was a joy-filled way for students to come together in supervised inclusive environment to model kindness for our younger students while having fun. These students were recommended by their teachers as students who consistently demonstrate kindness and contribute positively to the goal of this event, which is to build connections across abilities at Hillside. Lou Brecker, Cyrus Brown, Will Brown, Sydney excuse me, Charles Hammon, Beau Jones, Josephine Kelly, Morgan Kelly, Jason McGroarty McGroaty, Amelia Morris, Nate Nagurney, Scott Payne, Camilla Seki, Isla Selvan, Natalie Weber, Asher Wonhoski, and Brandon Yu. Congratulations to all of you. >> [applause] [applause] >> I have
017the pleasure um to announce one more thing tonight. TE School District teachers receive the 2026 Citadel Heart of Learning Awards. Two TE SD teachers were recently recognized with Citadel Heart of Learning Awards for their exceptional service to students and family. At New Eagle Elementary School, first grade teacher Beth Adams was named a Citadel Heart of Learning 25-year anniversary winner, honoring her for her more than 30 years of teaching. [applause] Her warm, supportive classroom environment, and her emphasis on empathy and citizenship and service learning. >> [applause] >> YAY, BETH! >> [applause] >> AT DEVON ELEMENTARY, autism support teacher Bridget Redmond received a Citadel Heart of Learning Award for her compassion, advocacy, and dedication to creating inclusive, meaningful learning ex- experiences, as well as her strong partnerships with families. Together, these teachers exemplify the commitment, care, and
018student-centered practices that strengthen the TE School District community. Congratulations to all of you for all your outstanding achievements and efforts. We commend you for your accomplishments. >> [applause] >> Thank you, everyone. And before we end our recognition period, I would just like to take a moment that's a uh to recognize one of our own board members. Just on Tuesday last week, this board member successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Lehigh University. And if you take a if you take a look at his name uh plate, you'll see that it's been changed and you'll now notice that he is Dr. Henry Zink. And we just want to CONGRATULATE HIM TONIGHT. >> [applause] >> WE WILL TAKE A A SHORT pause in our meeting at this point. You're very welcome to stay for the business part, but
019we also know that probably handles is calling, so >> We're ready now to continue our meeting. Uh, there are no additional agenda items this evening, so we can move on to public participation from district residents and taxpayers. Uh, this is a time when the public may comment on consent agenda items only. And if you'd like to make a comment on the consent agenda, please line up and when you come to the microphone, state your name and township of residence. We'll end our comments with the last person in line. All right, seeing none, uh, we can move on then to, uh, our consent agenda. We move to the consent agenda and although board action is required, it is generally unnecessary to hold discussion on these items. With the consent of all members, they are therefore grouped
020and approval is given in one motion. In the event a board member wants to discuss any item, the board member will move it to an appropriate place on the agenda. A board member may vote nay or abstain with respect to a consent agenda item without the need for re- removing the item from the consent agenda. The action under consideration is that the board of school director directors approve the recommendations on the consent agenda as printed on page eight of your agenda this evening. Do I have a motion? So moved. Do I have a second? Second. All those in favor, please sign- signify by saying I and I. Any opposed? All right, the eyes have it and the motion has passed. Moving on to our next item, I'd like to accept four very generous gifts that
021have been given to the district in the last month. Uh the first gift is a uh floor a front basin floor wild flower meadow installation. And I could just explain that by I I I'm sorry. Okay. Uh I'd like to explain that a little bit. Uh in front of Valley Forge Middle School, there is a basin that is a um uh a water retention area. It's part of uh the original school uh building you know landscaping. And the Tredyffrin Library Foundation because of an uh grant that they got from the EAC and Aqua Corporation uh donated $840. And that is combined with the Tredyffrin Environmental Advisory Council grant, which was valued at $450. And Murphy of the EAC came to our facilities meeting and told us all about it. The uh idea is to plant
022uh some native wildflowers and other grasses in the bottom of that basin, which will make it more effective in terms of water drainage. And um it's a demonstration project, and we're very uh pleased to accept the total of $1,290 to Valley Forge Elementary School. At Beaumont Elementary, the uh Beaumont Elementary School HSA donated a Ricoh copier that is valued at $10,815. At TE Middle School, the T.E. Middle School PTO donated $5,000 to the school district. And a resident by the name of Elizabeth Berlinson has donated $2,000 to the Hillside Elementary School Food and Nutrition Services. We're very fortunate to have such a generous community and uh we always appreciate uh the kindness that they show in giving us some of these extra things that are uh always to help the students. So uh we wanted
023to make mention of them this evening. Our board secretary will send them a formal uh thank you later in the week. Uh okay. Next we move on to um to our priority discussion and the topic this evening is the adoption of the 2026-27 proposed final budget. The action under consideration is that the Board of School Directors adopts the resolutions that pertain to the approval of the 2026-27 proposed final budget submitted by the district's administration as printed on page 117 of the agenda materials this evening. Do I have a motion? So moved. And is there a second? >> Second. Business Manager Art McDonald will now present the 2026-27 proposed final budget. Mr. McDonald? Thank you, President Teti. Uh the exhibit uh you can see on the screen and I'm not going to read through that resolution
024in its entirety, but it's also in the slides that we're going to look at this evening. We're on uh track with our timeline with the state to present and adopt a proposed final budget this evening. That gives us time to work on it between now the June 8th board meeting, we'll we'll see the final budget. What you're going to see tonight in summary is what we reviewed at the budget workshop in April. So the numbers in the budget you're going to see this evening are the same numbers we looked at on April 13th. Not that we haven't been continuing to work, we have diligently on closing the gap and we will uh share some of that at our next finance committee meeting in May and the direction we're going, hopefully it's in the right direction,
025but uh we're continuing to look at individual departments and trying to make some reductions to get our our deficit down. I don't have to tell you we've had a lot of meetings uh about the budget and we'll continue to have a couple more. This is just a list of what's uh happened in the past and there's a few on here that haven't happened yet, but those are opportunities where we can discuss the budget in public. This budget development slide you've seen before and we talked about it at length in the budget workshop, so I won't go through this in detail. There are a couple slides in here that I just put in for informational purposes like this contributions to the general to from the general fund of the capital fund and we're trying to get
026uh to a $6 million number that we have budgeted this year. We have a $6 million number budgeted for the 2026-2027 budget as well and uh we haven't got to that number yet, but we hope we're going to get there and past that going into the future. Tax impact from Act 1 and exceptions. Uh you've seen this slide before, 3.5% is where we are with the index that produces about 5.2 million in revenue and the special ed exception that we applied to the state form were approved for at 1.49% produces a little over 2.2 million. The slide just shows you the different percentages from zero to the 4.99 that was on the previous slide. So, you can see the impact of each tenth of a percent and the dollar amount that it produces in revenue
027and then the impact to the TE homeowner. Historically, this is what we've looked at for property tax rates going back to the implementation of Act 1 in 2006. It also shows you some of the exceptions that the board took in those years, just a reminder, not the exceptions that we were eligible for, but what the board decided to take in those years. Informational slide to just show you where we are in relation to the county and some other schools from an equalized mill percentage. We're at 13.3, the average in the county and those others on this particular slide are approaching 19. This is used in the funding formula calculation for basic ed subsidy. Our general funds been fund balance has been pretty consistent over the last 10 years. It's hovering right around 33.4 million currently.
028We do have some commitments of that that you can see on this particular slide with the current year budget being about 6.1 million. I will review what that number looks like for 2026-27 in an upcoming slide. We do have 6 million committed just in case the board would decide to move money from the fund balance if we weren't able to produce a year-ending balance to be able to move that 6 million. They would have the option to take it out of fund balance. Current year projections, we're continuing to refresh this every month. And right now, based on some lagging revenue, we talked about this at finance uh that we're projecting that we're going to be in a deficit situation at the end of the year. That is also considering a capital fund uh transfer of
0296 million. So, like we talked about with the 26-27 budget, without that capital transfer in there, uh it would be a different uh picture as far as a deficit both in this 25-26 year and in a 26-27 year. On the next slide. So, we've seen this slide several times. In the B column is a budget that has an untreated uh new revenue amount. So, you can see we're at 12. Approximately 12.2 million dollar deficit without any new revenue. Moving to the right, the index amount at 3 and 1/2 percent, uh it said produces about 5.2. Uh that brings us down to about a 7 million dollar deficit. And then with the additional money from the special ed exception, that brings us down to about a 4.8 million dollar deficit. The budget uh that you're going
030to be voting on tonight, the proposed final budget, has a total authorized spend on line eight, and that's what appears in the resolution. So, that 204. Approximately 204.9 million is what appears in the resolution as the authorized spending. The difference between authorized and anticipated is that contingency amount that you see in line on line seven. And also the deficit amount that you see on line six. So, those two numbers together, that 4.7 fund balance commitment to balance the budget cuz you can't submit a budget to the state that is imbalanced, in addition to the budgetary reserve contingency of 4.5 that's detailed on lines 9, 10, and 11. Those two amounts together are what make up the fund balance commitment that you see in the resolution in your packet. So, you have a revenue number at
031195.6 million that appears on line four. That's the estimated revenue along with the two uh revenue amounts for the index and the special ed exception. An authorized spending number of the and then a fund balance commitment on that slide of 9,278,856, which is the additions of line six and seven. That's what appears in this particular resolution. This is uh lifted right from the board exhibit and I kind of shortened it up a little bit here, but in the red section are the numbers that I just mentioned and that's what you're voting on this evening. We've been putting in the property tax rent rebate program slide uh for informational purposes. It does have a link on it uh where folks can go out and take a look at that on the website. Parameters have changed for
032this year, so we encourage anyone to go out and take a look at that and see if they're eligible. So, I will back up to the resolution slide. I'll leave it there. That completes my formal presentation. Certainly welcome your questions. Uh thank you, Mr. McDonald. Uh I guess I just want to make it clear that although this uh is a resolution that we'll vote for through roll call vote soon, uh it is not our final final budget. Uh this is part of the requirements that we must follow in terms of timelines by the state and um we have hopefully some changes to the good in terms of reducing that uh 4.7 million dollar deficit uh that we'll learn more about at our next finance meeting. We also have uh board meeting in May, another finance
033meeting in June, and then in on June 8th, is it? Uh that is the date when we would actually have a final budget that becomes uh our tax rate and is the final budget for the year. Uh do we have any board uh members that would like to comment at this time? Dr. Maseras. Yes, thank you, President Tidd. Uh Mr. McDonald, I just wanted if you could remind me uh remind us uh last year for this uh this year's budget, what was the total special ed exception allowed versus the 0.66% that was taken? Uh that was the full amount. That was the full amount. >> Okay. Um also wanted to know if you're surprised by the the amount of the exception granted this year or allowed this year? Um no, I wouldn't say surprised. I
034mean, it's a calculation that we perform, so we kind of look at the expenses, you know, throughout the year. We have an idea what that's going to look like, but until the state approves it, we're just making an estimate. Okay. Thank you. Sure. Do you have any other board members? Dr. Hutinski. Um yeah, I was just wondering for informational purposes, Mr. McDonald, if you could explain what the exception is based on in terms of our historical experience. Uh the calculation for the exception is based on two full audited years of special ed expenditures, and you compare the two, take the difference, and whatever that change is in the expenditure. Obviously, if it's a positive, then you have some eligibility there. And then they look at the index number as a revenue figure percentage and say
035the assumption being you're going to pay for some of that increased expense over that 2-year period with some of the Act 1 index revenue. So, once you remove that number, whatever's remaining is the amount of the exception calculation. Okay. So, thank you. I think it's just good to remind, you know, the public that it's based on costs that have already been incurred, that we already experienced these increases. And so, um it's that's why we know know pretty much what it's going to be because we know what the expenses were. Right. Yes. Anyone else? All right. I think then we can turn to the public. Is there anyone uh in the public that would like to make a comment on this portion of our agenda? Thank you. Seeing none, I'd go back to the board. All
036right. I think then we're ready for our roll call vote. Ms. McDonald. All right. I'm going to start with Dr. Hutinski. Yes. Ms. Shear. Yes. Mr. Can Torsak. >> Yes. Dr. Merceros. Yes. Dr. Zink. Yes. Ms. Piccione. Yes. Ms. Weil. Yes. President Tidy. Yes. Motion passes 8 to 0. There we go. Thank you. Uh all right. Uh we look forward to the next finance meetings and the refinements. Uh the next item on our agenda are committee ambassador reports. And this is the time in our meeting that we report on meetings that have occurred in committees during the last month. I'd like to remind the public that our board meetings our board committee meetings are recorded and can be found on the district website under the school board tab. And I'm going to begin with our
037policy meeting and that would have uh the chair of that uh committee is Ms. Weil. Thank you, President Tidi. The Policy Committee met on April 20th, 2026. The following policies are on tonight's agenda on a second reading basis. Policy 3410, System of Accounts. The policy was revised as it was not necessary for checks in excess of $3,000 to be listed as a separate item since all checks are included on the monthly financial report. >> [snorts] >> Policy 3434, Annual Audit. The policy was revised to include the business manager or or to include the business manager or or designee who will evaluate the need for a request for proposal for audit services at least once every 3 years rather than make it a requirement. In addition, the list of entities the auditors file a statement the
038with regarding the financial condition of the district was updated. In addition, the following were discussed. Regulation 3233, Federal Fiscal Compliance Procurement. Threshold amounts were updated. It will be marked as revised and go into effect immediately. Policy and Regulation 5461, Maintaining Appropriate Boundaries with Students. After discussion, it was decided to bring back the policy and regulation to the next committee meeting. Policy 7080, 7080, Naming of Buildings and Improvements on district property. A non-substantive revision was made for capitalization. It will be marked as revised and go into effect immediately. Policy and Regulations Regulations 7100, Gifts and Bequests to the district. Non-substantive revisions were made for spacing as well as to clarify that the district will not accept memorials paying tribute to deceased school or community members. The regulation was revised for clarification. The policy and regulation will
039be marked as revised and go into effect immediately. Further details will be provided later in the meeting regarding policies listed on tonight's agenda for approval on a first reading basis. The next and last policy committee meeting for the year is scheduled for May 5th, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. in the district office and all are invited. That's concludes my report. Thank you. Uh our next report is uh diversity and Dr. Masaro will be uh delivering that report this evening. Yes, thank you, President Teti. Good evening. I'm delivering this report on behalf of Mr. Kenneth Hong, who's our ambassador to the diversity committee, however, unable to join us this evening. On April 9th, the district diversity committee convened for its final meeting of the school year at the Tredyffrin Easttown administrative office. It involved meeting an exchange
040student, a review of district demographic data, and a discussion centered on the the district's equity guiding principles. Our director of equity and public programs, Dr. Kim Morris, is the administration's liaison to the diversity committee. Dr. Morris opened the meeting by welcoming a Conestoga High School exchange student from Germany. The student shared that she chose to study in the US to immerse herself in American culture, strengthen her English language skills, and experience a different school environment. The student extended heartfelt gratitude to her host family in the district for welcoming and making her feel at home. After that, the committee engaged in a review of district demographic data related to student and staff racial composition and students' native languages. The discussion was grounded in the district's equity guiding principles. This conversation prompted thoughtful dialogue about hiring practices
041and strategies for increasing staff diversity. Our director of human resources, Dr. Anthony Stevenson, shared insights into current outreach and recruitment efforts. Students, parents, and board members contributed personal perspectives and it emphasized the importance of intentional equity practices. To conclude the meeting, Dr. Morris invited members to suggest topics for future meetings. Ideas included strengthening partnerships with community programs, increasing opportunities for student voice, and creating avenues for teacher engagement and influence in diversity and equity focused initiatives. For those who would like to learn more background information, the district goals, which include equity, and our equity guiding principles can be found on the website at tesd.net. Finally, I encourage you all to attend our district diversity committee meetings, which are held four times a school year, twice in the fall, twice in the spring semesters. We'll hope to
042see you there next school year. This concludes our report. Thank you. Thank you. Uh next is our finance committee report, and that will be from uh Mr. Kentorsic. Thank you, President Tidy. Uh our last finance committee meeting was a short one here at Conestoga 7 on April 13th for a budget workshop. At the outset of the meeting, Mr. Livergood reviewed the March financials. March revenues included an increase in the receipt of local revenues when comparing this year to last year, and overall revenues are higher by $4.6 million compared to last year, but they are down as a percentage of budget compared to last year. The main difference in the local revenue is the revenue received from real estate tax collection, including delinquent collections. The total revenue as of March 2026 was almost $168.9 million. Expenditures
043and encumbrances show that instruction and expenses are higher this year and are over 97.6% of budget. Without including encumbrances, approximately 66% of the total budget has been expended year-to-date as of the end of March. The total general fund expenses and encumbrances as of the end of March 2026 are $180,900,274.71. Next, our guests from the Intermediate Unit, Dr. Fiori and Mr. Lubitsky, presented the Chester County Intermediate Unit 2026-27 budget. The core service budget, which is determined by a state formula, is $50,180,000 and $50,108,724, of which the district's share will be $71,328. The occupational education budget is $34,527,909, of which the district's share will be $935,784. The Finance Recom- Committee recommended that the Chester County Intermediate Unit budget be placed on tonight's consent agenda, which was already passed. Next, uh Mr. McDonald presented an updated budget calendar
044through the end of June of 2026. We just had a large long discussion about our preliminary final budget, so I won't go in any more detail about that. But, our next Finance Committee meeting will be on Monday, May 11th, 2026. We'll be back at the district's offices on West Valley Road, and I encourage all to attend. Thank you, and that concludes my report. Thank you, Mr. Contorsic. Uh next, Ms. Cher will deliver our facilities report. Thank you, President Teti. Uh I am delivering the Facilities Committee report on behalf of uh Mr. Kenneth Hong. Um Facilities Committee met for the last time on or previously on April 14th uh at the uh Tredyffrin Easttown School District Administrative Offices. Several items were discussed and um expenses were placed on tonight's consent agenda for approval. We first heard
045about the summer 2026 construction updates. Um there was approximately a $7,100 change order for um a concrete pad for one of the HVAC units that is being replaced. Uh Miss President Tidy went over the um gift for Valley Forge Elementary School water basin. Um that was also presented at facilities and accepted at that meeting. We approved a district-wide roof assessment fee to be placed on tonight's consent agenda for approximately $78,000. The roof assessment will guide the district for the next 10 years on how to evaluate and schedule repairs on its buildings. We received an athletic fields project update. Good news, the athletic fields are all in working order except for the softball field. Um and the project is nearly complete. There was a small change order for additional smoke detectors that were required to meet
046code. We then received an update on Bear Hill Elementary School construction. Um there was a change order approved for $68,345 uh to allow for replacement of all of the old insulation under the windows while the framing is still open on the walls. Next we went through a 2027 summer infrastructure report. Uh we had an initial review of the work summary that was recommended to be completed next summer. We will um come back to this list of projects at next month's meeting uh to decide um if any need to be changed. And finally, Mr. Barkman went over some bids for pest control service for the district and the committee recommended a three-year proposal from Aardvark Pest Control Services for approximately $9,500 be placed on tonight's consent agenda for approval. The next Facilities Committee meeting will take
047place at TEAO on Tuesday, May 12th, 2026. All are encouraged and invited to attend. Thank you. Thank you. Our education committee report will be Dr. Hotinsky. Thank you. The Education Committee met on April 16th at the TEAO. First, we had a special education and student student services report from Dr. Chris Grappy, our director of safety and student services, and Ms. Nicole Roy, the director of special education. Dr. Grappy shared an overview of the student services continuum of of supports at the elementary, middle, and high schools, including regular education, pre-referral interventions, and multi-tiered intervention teams. We discussed the new model for delivery of supports in middle school during advisory period that was made possible by the new middle school schedule, as well as the number of students engaged in multi-tiered intervention processes at the high school,
048which is consistent with last year's experience. Dr. Grappy also shared information about 504 accommodation plans and nursing services with the district. The number of 504 plans is down slightly from last year, but in line with historical numbers. Dr. Grappy then explained the role of school psychologists and detailed the increases in the number of evaluations completed by the psychologists, which has risen from 473 in the '23 '24 school year to 528 in the '24 Sorry, 473 in '23 '24 has increased to 653 so far in 25-26. Then Ms. Roy provided an Ms. Roy provided an overview of special education in the district. We reviewed the number of and percentage of students with active IEPs each year since 2015-16 which has increased by about a third over those 10 years between now and then from 982 to
0491303. Ms. Roy also presented a summary of needs by disability category along with state caseload limits for programs and impacts on district staffing. We reviewed the preschool special education or early intervention program offered in partnership with the Chester County Intermediate Unit and enrollment over the past 4 years. We had seen significantly higher numbers of enrollments in early intervention in 23-24 and 24-25, but the enrollments have returned to more typical levels in the past 2 years. And we also discussed out-of-district placements through the CCIU and educational service agreements. Ms. Roy reviewed the special education staffing numbers and the proposed addition of one elementary special education teacher and the reduction of 0.5 FTE in special education at the middle school level for 26-27. And then finally a highlight of the presentation was a summary of outcomes for
050the 111 graduates with IEPs in Conestoga High School Class of 2025. 71 going to 4-year colleges, six to 2-year colleges, 32 employment or other, two in military enlistments and two going to community programs. It's always great to hear about the plans of our students and how successful they are. After discussion, we the committee recommended that the additional student services staffing proposal move forward um pending school board approval of the final budget in June. Then we We a one-to-one technology update from Dr. Michael Simendera, our director of educational program, who briefed the committee on community and teacher concerns about screen time for students at the elementary level and shared background information about the district's one-to-one technology initiative. He outlined how iPads are currently used in grade two K through four including the fact that beginning with
051this school year all Pennsylvania school districts are sorry required to administer the Pennsylvania system of school assessment or the PSSA electronically. Students also use iPads to access personalized resources, assessments, and screeners and library and STEM content. Dr. Simendera proposed the presented the proposed following changes for K through fourth for the 26-27 school year. iPads will no longer be assigned individually to kindergarten students. They will be available in kindergarten classrooms for instructional use at teacher discretion. And then in grades one through four iPads will be assigned to all students but for use only in school meaning devices will not go home with elementary school students and will be stored in a central location in each classroom when not in instructional use at teacher direction. The new plan will reduce screen time and focus device usage on
052times where the technology provides instructional benefit and but also allows students to maintain familiar familiarity with the devices in preparation for mandated online PSSAs. Dr. Simendera detailed the impacts of the plan on the district budget and flexible instructional days which I'll address in a minute. Due to savings on cases and service agreements the new arrangement will save the district about $6,000 a year and will require changes to the flexible instructional day model. After discussion committee members voiced support for the plan and a communication about the proposed changes was sent to families last week. Finally we talked about flexible instructional days. Um Dr. Wendy Toll, director of curriculum, instruction, and professional learning provided background on flexible instructional days and Pennsylvania Department of Education requirements for an updated three-year flexible instructional day plan including a new opportunity
053for the district to add a contingency plan to help with more extreme weather events. Dr. Toll explained that due to the changes in iPads not going home with elementary students, the proposed FID flexible instructional day plan includes an asynchronous component for elementary school students with FID materials going home with students ahead of time and and support offered to parents and students via the district's phone system. Dr. Toll explained that the proposed FID plan also coincides with the Conestoga High School block day schedule and that the new contingency plan can includes an asynchronous option for middle and high school students. Uh so we will have this flexible new flexible instructional day and day plan in place, but the district does not actually have to use FID's for emergency closing purposes. Um and flexible instructional days do
054not have to be made up later in the school year. So that will be part of our calendar discussion in the fall um as it typically is how to place or whether to use those days. Uh so the committee recommended the FID plan move forward for its full board approval at this meeting. Uh so our next meeting that was it for that meeting. Our next meeting will be May 14th at the TEE administrative offices and all are welcome and encouraged to attend. Thank you, Dr. Hutinski. Uh Ms. Piccione is our representative to the intermediate unit technical school and she will give that report this evening. Thank you, President Teti. The Chester County Intermediate Unit Board of School Directors held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April the 15th at the Child and Career Development Center Coatesville
055campus. The students of that campus provided samples of their projects. This uh key ring and um this handcrafted bar soap from the Discover Community Support students and this handmade facial scrub from the Transitional Work Program students. Three principals representing the Child and Career Development Center campuses at Coatesville, Angle, and Great Valley shared highlights and updates from their respective campuses. At the Coatesville campus, the addition of special education program coordinators has strengthened day-to-day program oversight and instructional support offering teachers, staff, and students an added layer of expertise and connection. The Angle campus updated update focused on both student growth and community management and engagement. Currently serving 75 learners from 13 partner districts, Angle continues to demonstrate measurable progress on student individualized education programs goals. The Great Valley campus updated highlighted steady progress as planning efforts moved
056into implementation with staffing, outreach, and construction all moving forward. The director of Human Resources and members of the Human Resources team provided an update on efforts to strengthen the special education teacher pipeline. The presentation focused on how strategic partnerships and innovative certification pathways are helping address the growing shortage of certified special education teachers both locally and across Pennsylvania. The update highlighted CCIU's grow-your-own approach which reduces barriers to certification by providing job-embedded flexible pathways that allow current power professionals and support staff to earn degrees and certifications while continuing to work. Through partnerships with colleges, universities, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, CCIU has expanded associate, bachelor's, post baccalaureate, intern, and registered apprentice apprentices programs. The CCIU Executive Director, Dr. Fiore, recognized Joe Labinski, Director of Administrative Services, on receiving
057the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials award, uh the Gary E. Reeser Award. Uh this award is PASBO's highest award and recognized Mr. Labinski's hard work and dedication to school business throughout his career. I attended the TCHS Pennock's Bridge Board Appreciation Evening in West Grove. We experienced a variety of learning environments, including animal science, uh culinary arts, health career pathways, and the Teacher Leadership Academy. The next CCIU Board of Directors meeting will be held on Wednesday, May the 20th at the TCHS Brandywine uh Education Services Center in Downingtown. That concludes my report. Thank you. We're now at uh Roman numeral 10 on our agenda, other actions under consideration, and we have some policies that have been recommended for first reading. Uh the action under consideration is that the Board of School Directors approves the following
058policies on a first reading basis as ready for adoption at the next regular school board meeting. Policy 3295, district initiated real estate tax assessment appeals. Policy 7070, reporting of theft of or unlawful damage to district property. And policy 8120, food and nutrition services. Do I have a motion? So moved. Is there a second? Second. Ms. Wall, would you give us some background on these policies, please? Yes, thank you, President Tedy. Policy and regulation 3295, district initiated real estate tax assessment appeals. Revisions to this policy are based on recommendations by the district's tax appeal council. Non-substantive changes were made to the regulation. Policy and regulation 7070, reporting of theft or unlawful damage to district property. Revisions Revisions to the policy include filing a police report as determined appropriate by the superintendent or business manager or as
059required by applicable law. The regulation was revised to clarify the reporting process and who needs to be involved and notified. Policy and regulation 8120, food and nutrition services. The policy was revised to comply with a recent state audit by not allowing adults to purchase food on credit or create a negative balance. Revisions to the regulation include notifying families when a student's positive account balance reaches $10 or less. In addition, the allowable negative balance for student for students' accounts for snack and ala carte purchases will change from negative $50 to negative $10. Still Students will still be able to purchase school meals even if their account balance is negative and even if the negative balance exceeds the allowable figure. They can also put together a full meal from ala carte items regardless of the allow allowable
060negative balance. Um, so the negative balance only applies to ala carte and snack items that are not part of a full meal. The change in student account balance This change related to student account balances will be implemented implemented 10 school days after parents and guardians have been notified of these changes. And that concludes my report. Thank you. Are there any um board members that would like to comment on these policies? Seeing none, uh do we have any community members uh that would like to comment on this particular part of our agenda? All righty, then I think we're ready uh for a vote on uh the first reading. All those in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. And all those opposed by saying nay. The motion has passed. It's now time in our meeting for
061uh residents and taxpayers to address the board on matters of concern not included on the agenda or items of official action or deliberation which are or may be before the board. Do we If you have uh a comment that you'd like to make, please step up to the microphone and tell us your name and your township of residence. Good evening. My name is Bob De Simone and I'm a resident of Tredyffrin Township and I've been in the Tredyffrin Easttown School District almost all my life. Went to the school and involved with a lot of school activities. Um, my concern may be a minor one, but it has to do with energy. Um, I have the opportunity to be out early in the morning, late at night, either going to the airport or coming home or
062whatever. And when I drive past the school like 11:00, 1:00, 5:00 in the morning I see the whole parking lot lit up and I don't know why. I see the school the whole school lit up and we're talking about maybe a Chris- Christmas vacation week where no one should be here at all. Um I spoke to a gentleman earlier I think and he said he was going to look into it. He's in charge of maintenance. But my question is um did we ever consider the parking lot lights need to just go off at a certain time. They don't really don't need to be on. Maybe the front entrances and maybe the entrances to the to the building, that type of thing. But all the other lights should be on a motion sensor. So if anybody
063enters that parking lot, the motion sensor comes on for 5 10 minutes, whatever it is and anytime there's movement, those lights will go on in that particular area or throughout the whole parking lot. So I don't know if that's something we should look into. The new school being built on Route 252 Bear Hill Road, um maybe that's something you should consider them being installed in the parking lot where they don't need to be on at 1:00 in the morning. Just there's no reason for it. I mean, there's no safety issue. There's no one there and if someone does, the parking lot lights up on the motion sensor. Um I was in a supermarket last year and I don't remember which one it was. I'm walking down the aisle where the coolers were and as I
064walked down, all the lights came on. I thought that was pretty neat. But I think this is something that the the school board should look at if there's any renovations can be new construction or whatever. That's something that really should be looked at. Motion sensors should be utilized. And then I don't know how to address the lights being on inside the building all night. I don't know what the deal is there. Maybe just oversee, you know, there's a problem or miscommunication. Um And this is something I'm not just going to the school board. I'm going to we want to go to the township planning commissioner and we want to recommend that any new building construction office buildings that this be a mandated thing. Um they build new office building. Let's be efficient. I was in
065uh um East Whiteland Township, Great Valley Corporate Center. On Swedesford Road, there was a new build an office building. It was totally renovated, gutted out and renovated. And when I go past there at night, the only thing you see are the exit signs in stairwells. The whole building is dark. There's not a light on. And they have motion sensors. They have lights at the front entrance and parking lot lights are not They're They're not on. So, someone is on the ball. So, I just want to bring this to your attention and hope it's something that, you know, we should look at and maybe implement it in all new construction or remodels. Okay? Thank you for your time. Thank you. Uh we share your concern for our environment and for our energy efficiency, for sure. Uh
066in fact, if you notice uh in any of our facilities agendas, when they list new projects, if there's a little leaf next to it, it means that it has uh added some new energy efficiency to whatever project that is. Uh but I wonder if Mr. McDonald could speak to the parking lots and uh if he has any comments because uh uh you know, we we also want to be as efficient as possible and um think about the environment. Thank you. Yeah, our lights are on timers in the parking lots. And that's something we set up, you know, to come on and go off every day. Now, they're supposed to go off at 11:00. So, if they're not off by 11:00, then we can certainly look into that. In the buildings, um all new construction and
067they're probably pretty much everything we've been doing for the last 20 years has motion sensors in the building. Now, Bear Hill, different situation, construction site. We are going to light that building up and the parking lot because it's a safety issue to be on that site cuz it's an active construction site. But in at the building level, uh those lights should be off by 11:00. We have staff in the buildings. Uh they exit into those parking lots, so we do want them to be lit uh for them to get to their cars and get off campus safely. There's third shift custodians cleaning overnight, so you might see some parts of buildings lit throughout the night cuz um we do have three shifts of custodians at work during the day and then the middle shift, but
068then also a a late night shift. So, some of the buildings could be clean, you know, as they're being cleaned in the overnight hours would be lit in some late hours. The parking lots, though, we do need to look into cuz it's my understanding that they were on timers to go off at 11:00. Um the upgrades that Mrs. Teedee uh mentioned include, for example, uh a lot of these things and even some of the ones you suggest can't for financial reasons be all done at once. But when we do replace the lights, the lights that are there now are way more energy efficient than the ones, you know, that were that replaced it. So, we'll continue to complete, you know, replace uh equipment as it comes with more and more up-to-date information. I don't know
069what to say about outside sensors. That's something we'd have to look into. Um but I thank you for the suggestion. Do you have any other comments in the public? Okay, seeing none, uh the comment period is now closed. Uh this is the point in the meeting when we make announcements required by the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act. Our solicitor this evening is Christina Gallagher, and she will make any required announcements. Thank you, President Teedee. Although noted on the agenda this for today, the Board of School Directors has not met in executive session tonight and they have not met in executive session sessions since the last board meeting. Thank you. Uh I'd like to just summarize our future meetings. On Tuesday, May 26th, there'll be another regular school board meeting at 7:30 here at Conestoga High School. On
070Monday, June 8th, there will be another regular school meeting of regular school board meeting. That is our final meeting for the year and that's the meeting when we will be taking the final vote on the budget. And that meeting will be here at 7:30 Conestoga High School, 200 Irish Road in Berwyn. Uh Each season, uh just in terms of general announcement, each season our district provides information on student participation in our various sports. And the 25-26 spring sports statistics are reported in your agenda. They appear on page 128 and if I remember correctly, uh show that uh more than 25% of our students are student athletes this spring here at Conestoga and at the two middle schools. Do we have any other announcements from board members? Ms. Piccione? Thank you. I have several announcements. Thank
071you for your patience. Um for your information only, the legislative actions of the State General Assembly or school board I'm forgetting the school board. Uh Senate Bill 128, Improving Curriculum Transparency in K-12 schools, requires a school entity to post on a publicly accessible website an internet link or title from every textbook used, a course syllabus, and the state academic standards for each instructional course offered. Additionally, the information must be updated by the school entity no later than 30 days after it is revised. School entities will not be required to violate any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights. Senate Bill 250, displaying the Preamble of the Constitution of Pennsylvania in schools, requires the posting of the Preamble to the Pennsylvania Constitution in the entrance of every state-funded school building and state-funded institution of higher education.
072Senate Bill 378, the Student Data Privacy and Protection Act, to protect the privacy of students' personal data from unauthorized or inappropriate disclosure. School Board 598, displaying the Preamble of the Constitution of Pennsylvania in schools. Yes, that is the same title. A slightly different description, requires the posting of the Preamble to the United States Constitution in the entrance of every educational facility that accepts Commonwealth tax dollars. Senate Bill 1293, Fairness in Women's Sports Act, establishes a statewide rule in which public schools and colleges would have to designate athletic teams as either male, {comma} female, or co-ed, depending on the biological sex at the birth of a competitor. And uh creates protections for schools from penalties by an athletic organization for following the law. House Bill 830, Parental Notification of Bullying in Schools. Uh Pennsylvania law requires
073schools to develop a comprehensive plan to address bullying. This law does not require parental notification. House Bill 830 would require schools to notify parents and legal guardians when their child is involved in or experiences bullying. House Bill 1706, mental health awareness, students and coaches. The Department of Education in consultation with the Department of Health and Department of Human Services shall develop guidelines to inform and educate students participating in an athletic activity, their parents or guardians, and their coaches about the nature and warning signs of mental health distress, mental health illness, and related issues. House Bill 1752, Keystone Exam Alternative Feasibility Study. Directs the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Education to commission an independent study evaluating whether the ACT or SAT could be used as alternatives to the Keystone exams in literature, Algebra 1, and
074Biology for high school students. And finally, House Bill 2 2441, creating an experience-based certification pathway for student services professionals. This legislation creates an experience-based certification for student services professionals, establishing a clear, responsible pathway for experienced professionals to transition into school-based roles. That concludes that report. I just want to also uh share highlights. Uh I was invited and attended the Devon Elementary fourth grade PAL Expo Open House. Uh the fourth grade students at Devon have been engaged in a research process since January called PAL or Personal Achievement and Learning. The students identify a topic they are interested in but don't know much about. They then develop questions, identify research sources, and learn about their topic over the course of several months. And this is the fun part. A little uh program highlight from an EMT an
075alien all dressed up in regalia geological studies and uh a uh famous surfer who lost her arm in an accident and uh went on to be an inspirational speaker, and a Hot Wheels display, and the history of its manufacturing. So, it was quite impressive. All All the presentations were on a trifold poster board and quite well researched. Most interesting. I also attended the uh Conestoga High School uh ELD Family Night where uh food and dress and uh art displays were presented uh for our English Learning Development students uh with their cultural stories about families and included there as an aside was a pressed flower uh displays that were presented at the Philadelphia Flower Show. There was a first place, second place, third place, and several honorable mentions. I also attended the Spring Coral uh concert
076on April 21st. Wonderful presentation. Our students are very very talented. And I attended the uh SLAM event. Uh that's the Student Leaders and anti-racist anti-racism movement. And uh they shared poetry, family stories, and cultural history of their families from various countries. And lastly, uh just wanted to mention that two TE Middle School students, I didn't ask their names because their parents weren't with them, were walking around on uh Easter Sunday uh knocking on doors and giving out flowers and saying happy spring. And I said, "How nice." I thought it might be a fundraiser or something, but they said, "No, it's just to say hello to the neighbors and uh wish everybody a happy spring cuz if you remember it was a beautiful day. So, I thought I would mention it and that they were giving
077out daffodils and pretty flowers. So, I appreciate that. Thank you very much. How nice. Random acts of kindness for sure. Uh do we have any other announcements? Dr. Meszaros? Yes, thank you. Um I'd like to comment on two recent events involving the school board that I attended along with several fellow members. First, I want to thank the Chester County Intermediate Unit for hosting their annual breakfast earlier this month for the state legislators and school directors from around the county. I appreciated the chief of staff for representative Melissa Shusterman for taking time to listen to our board members, Superintendent Dr. Gusic, and other administrators in attendance. The main program entailed six superintendents who made presentations about state legislation impacting their school districts. It's quite clear that unfunded mandates, those imposed by the state legislature on school
078districts, are a significant fiscal pressure on all districts including ours. And they're only increasing as we've often discussed at our budget workshops and finance committee meetings. Second, as Ms. Piccione already mentioned, I just want to comment too about um and in relation to the the district's equity goal and programmatic initiatives, I want to thank the SLAM club for welcoming board members to attend the student speak event that was at Conestoga Library last Thursday. Students talked about how their lives are affected by racism, which was impressive not only how articulate the students were, but also for how courageous they were to stand up and speak out. I also appreciate the faculty advisors of our middle school and high school SLAM clubs for validating these students' voices. Thank you. Thank you. Any other announcements? Dr. Otinsky? Uh
079yeah, just a brief announcement about the >> [clears throat] >> uh redistricting process. The ad hoc redistricting committee has not met. The move The work has now moved on to the district The district steering committee for redistricting steering committee. So, the application for that was online. It is now closed, but I'm pleased to say that we got 104 applications. So, thanks to community members for really volunteering to serve. And so, because we got so many, we'd originally um discussed the The first week of May is select the time to select the uh committee through random drawing, but it's going to take some time for the district The administration to verify eligibility of all those those applications. So, the target date is now May 13th, which is a Wednesday at noon at the TEA O. The
080uh The new The members of the committee will be selected by random drawing. So, you should know soon. And that's it. Thanks. Thank you. Any other announcements? All right. I think that uh I'd like to call for a motion to adjourn. So moved. And do we have a second? Second. >> Second. All in favor, please indicate by saying I. I. And opposed? And motion is carries, and we are adjourned.