January Board of Education Meeting 1-29-26

001Thank you so much for joining us. Can we start  please by rising for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the  United States of America and to the republic   for which it stands, one nation under God,  indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.   Thank you so much for joining us for our first  uh our second meeting of the new year here at   the Still Kantia Elementary School. Um today is  freethinkers day designed to celebrate opening   up your minds to new ideas, thinking outside the  box, and freely expressing ourselves. all concepts   that we promote heavily here in Jericho,  beginning early in our elementary schools,   including Antioch, with our growth mindset  philosophy, which I'm hoping is still a   thing. I'm not quite sure. Is it still a thing?  Growth. Yeah, it's still a

002thing. Great. Um,   some quick items before we jump into our formal  business. In the last few weeks, you've seen   some stories in the news about uh water quality  in schools. Um, just to give us a quick update,   we have Mr. Victor Emanuel who could tell us where  Jericho came out and where we stand. Sure. Uh,   the report was uh finalized just after uh the new  year. Um, just to give you a little particulars   last be a year ago uh anything over 15 parts per  million uh per billion sorry uh were considered   uh were considered high and above the level.  They changed that in the last 12 months. So   instead of 15 parts per billion, it's five parts  per billion. Um, and districtwide, we did testing   um towards the end towards the end of November  uh

003into December. We received the initial report   again a couple of weeks ago. There were three um  areas, none of them uh student drinking areas uh   that were in the single digits but above five  but below again the year ago below way below   the 15. And all three areas were um uh were  filtered and retested and they all fell uh   below um the area but there were no student areas  that uh had anything. the uh the report is on the   website for anyone if they wanted to look at it  and we uh submitted it to the health department   as well. Thank you very much. Um the board and  administration are hoping that all of our students   enjoyed their snow day finally this past Monday.  And of course, we want to thank Mr. Han and the   whole

004buildings and grounds crew for having school  ready and open for an ontime opening on Tuesday. We look forward to their hard work Sunday night  to have us ready for opening school on Monday. Um,   two quick other things. One, the calendar for the  2627 school year, as you know, we've been working   on it. We think we finally have it where it is.  It just didn't make it onto the agenda tonight. It   will be on the agenda for the February meetings.  Um, as I mentioned at our last December meeting,   um, district personnel are working on ideas  to increase student attendance and support at   student activities. Along those lines, I just  want to point out tomorrow is senior night for   the boys varsity basketball team. And I encourage  all students, even the young students to attend.   Game is

005scheduled to start at 7. Usually is  over in 90 minutes. It is a Friday night. It   is the first week of the third quarter. Take  some time off. come out for 90 minutes or two   hours and help support our basketball team. And  if boys basketball is not your game, the senior   night for the girls is this coming Monday at 6:45  all in the Sam Spring gym. Um, and one last piece   of business that no one but probably the six of  us up here, five of us up here care about. Uh,   we have a lawyer that works for us, everyone  knows, Mr. Good Staff from Ring Smith. He has   a partner, Chris Ventor, who has worked with this  district for, I'd say, probably a couple decades.   doing a lot of the work related to our  special

006education. Um he is retiring   tomorrow. So if you would please Mr. Good  pass along our best wishes to Mr. Ben. With that um I would love to turn the  present mic over to Dr. Joe Sapienza and   some of his students at the Kantiaak  school to give us an update. Uh but   right before you begin I think Dr.  Kravitz wanted to say a quick word. So 211 days ago I started here in my first day I  was fortunate enough to meet Dr. Sapienza and as   you well know if you look at the agenda I am  sad to say but also happy that Mr. Sapienza   is pursuing a higher position moving up  and we are very proud of you and I am   very appreciative of all the work that we've  done together even though it's only those

007few   days 211 but I'm very proud of that from the  day I met you you're a data guy that was the   thing we were talking about all the time so I  appreciate the time that we spent together and That's going to be hard to follow. Thank you,  Dr. Kravis. Thank you to the board. Thank you to   everyone for being here. Um, tonight's not about  me, but uh, please u accept my heartfelt thanks.   On behalf of the Kiak Elementary community, I  want to welcome you to our annual curriculum   fair. It's an evening that celebrates learning,  collaboration, and innovation. This year's theme   has been working smarter, not harder. I guarantee  that we do work hard here. But we learned this   year that working smarter not harder reflects the  thoughtful and intent intentional work happening   across our classrooms.

008While we know that hard  work is essential to success, we know that the   right work done strategically and collaborative  done strategically and collaboratively can make   all the difference. Our teachers and students are  leaning into powerful instructional strategies,   evidence-based practices, and dynamic digital  tools that deepen understanding, remove barriers,   and empower learners to share their thinking  with clarity and confidence. Every day,   we help students develop essential  skills that they need to thrive,   not just in school and in our local community,  but in a future that's still being invented.   We're preparing kids for careers and and callings  that don't even exist yet by teaching them how to   think critically, communicate effectively, and  approach challenges with creativity and heart. Before I introduce some of my friends  to help um uh present some of the things   that we've been working

009on this year,  I want to highlight two of our classes,   Mrs. Cotless's class and Miss Ferrara's class  are special classes here in the building who   really epitomize the ideal of working smarter not  harder. A majority of the students in both of our   uh special education self-contained programs used  AAC or augmentative alternative communication   devices not only to advance their learning  but to communicate with each other with their   uh with their teachers staff around  the building and the world around them.   There's no better way to show how to work smarter  than not harder than the work that these students   and teachers put in each and every day. I'd like  to um have a round of applause for Miss Bar. Without further ado, I'd like to invite some of  my Canc friends to tell you a little bit

010about the   things that they're doing in their classrooms  to work smarter, not harder. Come on up. My name is Grace. I am a kindergarten  kid. We are finding ways to learn smarter,   not harder. My name is Amelia. I am  a kindergarten kid. We use games,   the smartboard, and iPads to show what  we know. We know a lot about kindness. My name is Luca. Children need strong phmic  awareness for reading and writing success. My name is Harper. Equity helps strength  skills in a high impact and efficient way. We are heavier and heard My name is Jack. Second graders use their  superhero powers both in school and at home.   They find ways to work smarter and not harder.  Working smarter means My name is Nicole. Working   smarter means completing a task really well in  class without wasting

011time, energy, or material. Hi, my name is Sha and I'm from team M&M's  class. In science, we use Gizmos labs to   explore many different concepts through  these interactive simulations. In this   hands-on digital way, we can test variables  and experiments and see our results in STO. Hi, my name is Emiline and I'm from  MA's class. Tonight we used Gizmo   to explore magnetism. We changed the variables on   the screen and watched what happened to  the magnets. Just like real scientist,   using this technology helps them helps us work  smarter, not harder, while learning together. Hi, my name is Lena. I'm from Merulo's class.  Fourth grade classes are working smarter,   not harder by using Canva AI  to create original images. Hi,   my name is Liliana. We use text evidence  and descriptive language from a variety   of text types to

012create images that closely  match the movies we make in our minds. Hi,   my name is Ryan. The fifth grade is working  smarter not harder with faking stories.   It stitches a story together. Every student  writes a part of a story. Hi, my name is Joy.   So then the class votes on their favorites.  Bring in stories generates a story written   by the whole class. Bringing stories help with  collaboration, creativity, and digital literacy. Do you know any other first  graders who know the word phmic?   Great job everyone. This evening you saw  examples if especially if you joined us during   the curriculum affair of the work in action  from interactive projects, hands-on learning   experiences to student voice and choice on full  display. What you'll really see though is what   you're really seeing though is the product of a  strong

013supportive village. So with that, I want to   thank our board of ed Dr. Kravitz and the central  administration for providing us with the resources   here and in all the buildings to do the work  that we do to explore to try new things to test   uh things that are sometimes a little scary or  new to us um but to be able to do it uh with their   full support and I want to thank our community of  parents and our teachers who also you know go off   the deep end with us and and try things out that  are sometimes a little scary and new to learn.   uh especially to our staff because we are always  learning as well. Um so many of the tools that   you saw uh in the slides and in classrooms tonight  are things

014that our staff also had to uh learn and   acclimate to in order to be able to teach it. So  a big round of applause for all of those mentions and one more round of applause for our students. Thank you so much, Dr. Sapienza, and thank  you to all your students. It was a pleasure   hearing from you tonight. We always let  the parents take their children home early,   but but before you go, in about  hopefully about eight minutes,   uh Mr. Manuel is going to be presenting budget  update number one. And it would be great if   you just listen how we're wisely and prudently  spending all your money. Stand up for a few more   minutes. The kids are going to find it really  interesting. They'll explain the numbers to you   later tonight. But before we do that,

015we've got  to get to our middle school update. Can I please   have eighth grader Yash Deani Dejani and eighth  grader Brook Rand for the middle school update. Good evening. My name is Yas Johnny and  I'm Brook and we are the eighth grade   student council representatives at Jericho  Middle School. It is a pleasure to be here   this evening. To start some shocking news. We  are now officially halfway through the school   year. The last day of the second quarter was  on Friday, January 23rd. Welcome quarter3. With this in mind, an incoming sixth  grade parent information information   meeting was held on Wednesday, January 7th  in the auditorium. Administration and staff   provided important information about school  programs for incoming sixth graders for 2026,   including transitioning assessments, guidance  services, middle school philosophies, and social   emotional literacy. The high school held

016a similar  meeting for incoming 9th graders on Tuesday,   January 6th. If you were unable to attend the  meeting and have any questions, please contact   your child child's guidance counselor. Are you a  fan of the Three Little Bigs? Then you absolutely   must join us as we put the Big Bad Wolf on trial  in the middle school performances of Big Bad. Play   auditions took place on Thursday, January 15th.  Recently, students attended a riveting assembly   on addiction featuring renowned neuroscientist  Dr. Steven Dwey. An evening assembly was held for   parents. If our latest snowstorms haven't  made it obvious enough yet enough yet,   we are well into winter season. Sorry. We are  well into the winter season. That also means the   beginning of the middle school winter 2 sports  season which began on Tuesday, January 20th.   Tennis or balance to

017anyone? More exciting news.  The middle school winter band concert took place   on Wednesday evening in the auditorium. Our middle  school and high school pops concert is Wednesday,   February 4th at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium.  Congratulations to all the participants. You   don't need to be a kid to enjoy a good readaloud.  Even middle school students can and will enjoy   listening to a good book during a readaloud day on  February 4th. This is an international celebration   of reading. There will be authors from around the  globe virtually sharing their stories and reading   aloud to Jericho students. What a wonderful way to  connect with literature. We are looking forward to   this exciting day. More exciting news. Friday,  January 30th is Jericho History Day, a day to   recognize seventh and eighth grade students who  have been working on independent research

018projects   in their social studies classes. This year's theme  is revolution, reaction, and reform in history.   Students have the opportunity to advance in their  projects with a chance to advance to Long Island   History Day. We are proud of their work of the  middle school students and look forward to future   competitions. A school day where there isn't any  homework assigned or required studying for next   day test isn't just a fantasy. It's a reality.  On Thursday, February 5th, the middle school   will recognize our district's next family night.  This will allow students and families more time to   bond and enjoy dinner together. Please mark your  calendars. Upcoming dates to remember are Friday,   February 6th for the middle school diversity  day and culture food exchange and Friday,   February 13th for our celebration of PSI  Love You Day. We would love

019to tell you more,   but we will hear all about it next time we meet.  Well, that's for now. Have a great evening. and all the fifth graders from KEK. That's what  you have to look forward to next year as part of   the middle school. Next, our high school update.  Can we please have Miss Emma and Mr. Dev Wakani? Welcome back and we hope you had a great  break. Happy New Year. And it's a new year,   but it's the same drill. I'm Mazu, student  council co-president. And I'm Dev Lani,   the other co-president. And we are excited to  share what has been going on in Jericho since the   new year. Starting off in the languages department  at Jericho High School, students are preparing for   upcoming cultural festivities that come with  the new year. Students from the Italian

020Honor   Society are making mass to celebrate carnival,  highlighting Italian culture and tradition.   At the same time, students in our Chinese language  classes are getting ready to celebrate Chinese New   Year with a dumpling making workshop and festival,  giving students hands-on ways to engage with   cultural traditions. On behalf of the English  department, we are proud to share that Arian   Mucker G, a grade 11 student, won the 2026 Nassau  County family court Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.   essay contest. with his essay on our amazing  security guard, Julius, who we all know and love.   Arian was invited to read his essay during the  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. program on Thursday,   January 15th, 2026 at the NA Nassau County  Family Courthouse representing Jericho High   School with distinction. Jericho High School's  literary magazine, Pegasus, has been selected   to receive the

021rank of first class in the 2025  NCT recognizing excellence in art and literary   magazines program. Congratulations to all the  students involved in Pegasus and to their adviser,   Dr. Hartnett. Now turning on to athletics.  Congratulations to senior swimmer Cherry Lee for   being named one of just 21 students on Long Island  recognized as a News12 scholar athlete. As part of   this prestigious honor, Carrie earned a $1,000  scholarship from Four Lee Federal Credit Union,   reflecting her commitment to excellence in  both academics and athletics. Additionally,   our varsity boys basketball team currently sits  in first place at top their conf their conference,   led by junior Max Deutsch and senior Max Spectre.  The Jay-Hawks are making a strong push toward the   playoffs. In the in the pool, boys swimming has  already qualified. Tristan Yang, Tommy Yuang,   Kyle Kim, Engles Wang, and

022Eker Nara Nerra  Suarez for the state championships. With just   a few meets remaining, Jericho Swimming is  aiming to send even more athletes to states.   Great things are happening across  our winter seasons. Go Jay-Hawks. As usual, science and technology are thriving  with a lot of great updates to share. This month,   10 Jericho students earned recognition as the  general semi-finalists. These students include   Aita Agal for her study on the genetic  impacts of breast cancer treatments,   Ariana Dura for her research on a novel approach  to preventing food allergies, Cynthia Chan,   our board of education representative here  for her research on marine plastic degrading   enzymes. Vidon Palani for his research on novel  hurricane forecasting models. And Tomuan for his   research on genetic algorithms. Additional  Regeneron semi-finalists include Kevin Lou   for his research on autism, Justin Zho for  his research

023on the infection strategy of   particular bacteria phase, Franklin Lee for  his work in predicting drug interactions,   and Lanzhao for his novel machine stair climbing  design. We are also especially excited to announce   that Ashka Sha also placed among 40 nationwide  finalists and will compete in Washington DC in   March with her work on cancer signaling pathways  for even more recognition in science talent. Jericho High School was recognized by the  International Technology and Engineering   Educators Association as a STEM school of  excellence and will be recognized at the   national conference in March. Technology  and research programs were recognized for   the academic opportunities and professional  experiences provided to Jericho students in   engineering, film, robotics, agriculture,  business, research, and healthcare.   Lewis Cooper, a middle school technology  teacher, robotics teacher, and high school   science olympiad adviser, was named a New York  State

024master teacher. He will be collaborating   with inspirational colleagues statewide to share  best practices and innovative opportunities in   STEM education. Jillian and Spencer Sudan, who  are MD and OD candidates, visited our anatomy   and physiology classes. They presented on medical  pathways and taught students how to use C sutures.   And congratulations to our high school mathletes  who competed at the Nassau County Math Tournament   at Halra on January 9th. In the team events,  Jericho won first place in the lower divisions,   first place in the upper divisions, and awards  for individual events across grade levels. Now,   next up, on to music. From January 5th to  7th, Triumph Honor Society co-presidents   Herodto Honda and Gia Choy led the charge in  hosting division 1 East all county rehearsals   at Kenyak. From January 16th through 18th, we  are proud of our 30 Jericho

025High School student   uh musicians who participated in the 2026 NMEA all  county concerts at the Tilly Center in divisions   four and five. In film, Mr. Silva and his students  hosted an alumni film festival that brought in   over 20 film alumni to share the program's  ongoing successes and growth. On January 28th,   congratulations to our high school bands on their  dynamic winter concert, which served as the finale   of the district's winter concert season. And  again, we would like to promote the Pops concert,   which will take place on February 4th at 7 p.m.  into the auditorium. It is a definitely must see   as the middle school chorus savings their way into  all of our hearts as Valentine's Day approaches.   in art. Congratulations to Joey Young, Sunnia  Kong, Tony Pen, Kaden Cornia, Sydney Choy,   Zoe Davis, Fiona Lynn, Grace

026Zang, and Joshua  Horowitz, who were selected to participate in the   2026 ASA all county art exhibition. And from our  theater department, you can dance, you can drive,   but most importantly, you can see Mamame Mia  on March 5th, 6th, and 7th. Tickets will be   on sale soon. Finally, we had great success at  course information night where underassmen got   to learn about their future classes and help  create their schedules. It is a shock to think   that we're halfway through the school year and  it seems to be going by so quickly. We are so   proud of everything the Jay-Hawk community  has achieved so far and we can't wait to see   what the second semester brings. Thank you  for your time and have a wonderful evening. And with our final update of the evening,   uh, I welcome Miss Aen

027Gingo,  president of the PTA joint council. Good evening, Dr. Kra, board of education,  central administration, faculty, staff,   and community members. My name is Aen Gingold,  and I am the president of the Jerusk Council,   and it's my pleasure to be with here with you  this evening. This month, the JT the joint PTA   council had the opportunity to host Dr. Hartnett,  Dr. D. Marinez, and Miss Kuas, representatives of   the JTA. Together, we engaged in a thoughtful  discussion centered on our shared commitments   to delivering curriculum with compassion. Our  conversation focused on strategies to better   support student stress management, use of AI in  the classroom and in professional development,   and ways to strengthen connections between  students and teachers. We would also like   to extend a special thank you to the teachers  who took over the cafeteria and served lunch

028to   all our high school students on January 21st,  a gesture that truly embodied community. We   are grateful for the open dialogue with the JTA  and look forward to continuing our shared vision   for Jericho. All of our units were busy this  month kicking off the start to the new year.   Kanti hosted a very successful holiday boutique  that marked the final day before break with a   schoolwide clap out celebrating the retirement  of Joe Meyer. In addition, Kanti has launched   Friday spirit days on the first Friday  of every month. A fun and spirited way   for students and staff to proudly show off  their candy swag. Jeffrey Ratner and Robert   Semon had a fantastic turnout for movie  night where students enjoyed a screening   of Icy. Families also had the opportunity to  grab dinner from DB Dumpling that evening as  

029part of a fundraiser in support of the fifth  grade class. Speaking of the fifth graders,   they also did an outstanding job with their toys  for tots drive, sorting and delivering a full   truckload of donated toys along with heartfelt  cards created by their peer leaders. They are   looking forward to a busy February. Jackson kicked  off the new year with a go night on January 6th,   welcoming more than 30 students for an evening  of fun and games. On January 22nd, the PTA hosted   a pizza party to celebrate the reflections  participate participants. The following day,   January 23rd, the PTA met with the Nassau County  Bus Patrol to discuss bus safety and later that   evening hosted a lively bingo night for the  Jackson community. In addition, the Jackson PTA   is partnering with the high school this month from  January

03012th to January 30th for a winter clothing   drive to support those in need. All donations will  benefit St. Vincent in the fall. The middle school   PTSA hosted anformational meeting for parents  on electives and cost offerings on Thursday,   January 10th. On January 13th, the school proudly  recognized its reflection participants with an   impressive total of 57 entries by treating  students and boba. A special thank you to   the PTSA sponsoring Dr. Dy's visit to Jericho on  January 14th. Students enjoyed an engaging daytime   assembly while parents were invited to information  informative evening presentation. As always, Dr.   Dwey was an exceptional and insightful speaker.  The high school PTSA is hard at work planning   its annual staff and faculty lunchon with the  middle school scheduled for March 11th. An event   that continues to grow and improve each year. The  senior committee

031is actively fundraising for the   senior party, which will be free for all students  and held on June 3rd in the Sam's Burner gym.   In addition, the PTSA fundraising committee is  working hard to support senior scholarships as   well as Jericho's first ever junior banquet  scheduled for May 15th. SEPTA held a very   successful chess night on January 12th and  as usual, packed the room. On February 5th,   they will be hosting a joint meeting with the  middle school on teaching with the adolescent   brain in mind. Finally, SEPA is preparing for all  abilities month in April with a movie night and   a guest speaker. More details coming in the  next month. Thank you and have a good night. Thank you very much. These parents  already have the idea. If now that   you've heard the updates and  your children have

032had enough,   please feel we'll take a moment while you  collect them. Thank you again for coming,   the children for presenting and for the  brothers and sisters for coming and listening. Mr. Man just doesn't draw him  like he used like an old 70 before The hardcore crowd is still  here. So, we will quickly   move to the superintendants before I leave my car. um for this month I have so as of January  2026 we have 3,299 students on our role   last year at this time we had 3,311 students on  our role that is a difference of 122 students I   know we make people ask why is that happening  it's actually a nationwide trend where rates   are down in many schools seeing the same kind of  numbers uh just would like to mention that we do   February 10th

033will be our next monthly hour at  Jackson March 17th at RE Sement and April 20th   at Kia. We will also be starting our strategic  planning sessions sometime in February. We give   you will be receiving letters indicating how you  can participate whether you are a faculty member,   an administrator, community member, family  member, all part of the stakeholder group who   share some ideas of the strategic planning  but you will get letters in the mail.   Now we go. And Mr. Sloan, would you Mr. Sloan?  Oh, there he is. Confirm these lower enrollment   rates. That's good for college admittance  in like 10 years, right? Sure. Perfect.   So all you kindergartens, first and second  graders, you are in luck. Now to Mr. Manuel,   wait one second while we Sure. Thank you, Mr.  Froman. Dr. Crows, you know, I finally got

034used   to the fact that the entire audience leaves when  my name is introduced. This year the audience   actually laughed when Mr. Promo was suggested  that they stay. So that's just another new level. Progress. Yes. So um while the board is getting  settled, I'll just do a quick review of the   calendar. This is the first budget workshop of  four. Uh this evening we'll be talking about we'll   go into some detail about the capital plan. Uh  we'll also talk about non-instructional codes um   and look forward to the uh future presentations.  The February 12th presentation um will detail PBS,   library guidance, health services, psychological  and social work services. Uh March 3rd,   you'll see that's uh actually a change which is on  the agenda tonight. It was originally March 5th,   but the third budget workshop will be Tuesday,  March

0353rd, and that will be general ed   um instructional uh technology uh as well as uh  the co-curricular, athletics, transportation,   and benefits. March 12th will be the full review  of revenues and expenditures. And finally on the   26th will be the adoption uh by the board of ed.  So tax levy threshold this is the 15th year of   the tax levy uh cap and I remember that easily  because this is my 15th year here in Jericho   and for Dr. Kravitz that's 5,321 days. I did the  calculation. Um the allowable growth factor is   uh the lesser of 2% of CPI. CPI this year was  now 27%, 2.63%. Uh so that part of the cap   is 2%. Um which is the lower and there's other  factors associated with it. The taxbased growth   factor adds about a half a percent. And

036if the  pilots and the capital exclusion remain stable,   our tax cap this year would be about 2 and a  half. I was just communicating with the board.   uh everyone saw or may have seen our state aid  figures came out last week. Uh overall, Jericho   did very well in pretty much all the categories.  One of the categories is building a building   aid goes down, it increases your tax debt. If  building aid goes up, it has to reverse effect.   And we're looking right now at about an $800,000  increase in building aid for various reasons,   uh which I'll explain at a later point. And I'm  still doing the analysis. But if that holds true   after I finish my analysis, the tax cap will be  significantly lower than two and a half. It could   be in the uh actually

037in the ones, which is great  for the taxpayers, but a big challenge for the   board and myself as we develop the budget because  people think we have $800,000 additional. It's not   really additional because it comes off uh in this  part of the tax cap. So stay tuned for additional   information on that. uh our budget strategies are  have been the same. We continue to do that. We do   look at multi-year perspectives in all areas and  we develop long-range plans not only for education   but for the capital projects and the facilities  of our uh district. And um as I get into that   I want to introduce a few important people. Our  architect John is here. Uh Michael Hana, director   of facilities and school constru construction.  We have Will Reese and Bob Caliendo. And there   is a new

038young person that I don't recognize.  I'm sure he's part of your group because he's   sitting between you. John John's son, Matt.  Matthew. Matthew. Very nice. Um, so I'm going   to ask John to come up first. And first I want  to thank this group of people. This past summer,   I know it was a long time ago, but the entire high  street and middle school was closed the entire   summer as we rebuilt. All of the electrical uh due  to the flood that we had a couple of years ago.   Uh this building, all of the windows on the top  floor were replaced. Jackson the uh auditorium was   refurbished and we did some bathrooms districtwide  and we opened on time without an issue. Thank you. to come up to talk about some of the projects that  are already approved

039by the community that are   going to take place this summer. Thank you. Good  evening everybody. So, these are the projects that   we're planning for um as Victor had said have been  approved by the taxpayers, approved by the state   education department. We've received bids um and  we're just collecting now our bonds, insurance,   and the paperwork so we can hit the ground running  in the summer. Um we're continuing with our   district-wide masonry. That's one of the projects  that is always there's always masonry going on. Um   we're doing it this summer at the three elementary  schools at Canad. We're rebuilding the entire   chimney. Can a has a chimney that's two stories  high plus another 10 ft or so that's getting   rebuilt at um Ratner Seaman there's about 63  small work locations where we're either repointing   mortar replacing crack

040brick um scraping and  painting lentils and then at Jackson there's   about 55 or 56 work locations we have to address  as well as although not nearly as the extent that   we had at Williams we have to rebuild the exterior  area or the long wall of the gym at Jackson.   That's going to take place this summer. That's  just another one of the buildings that was built   60 years ago. The masonry wall was non-reinforced.  So 60 years worth of wind coming across the fields   and pushing on it. We have to reinforce the walls.  Not nearly what we had to do last year at Williams   where we literally had to take exterior walls down  and build them back up. We have the next round   of bathrooms. Um we did bathrooms at Jackson  last summer. We weren't able to

041do them all   because we had to flip-flop between programs  in the summer as well as the work that took   place. We have the next round of bathrooms at the  secondary school. And at the end of this summer,   all of the multi-stall bathrooms throughout the  district, the you know, the large group bathrooms,   they will all be done. And now we'll be looking  at some of the smaller bathrooms to do some more   of the nurses office. There's a couple bathrooms  um in the cafeterias at Seaman and Jackson that we   want to get done. Couple of those other little  areas windows. So last year we did phase one   windows at Canier the second floor. This summer  we're scheduled to do the first floor. The reason   we broke that up into two summers because inside  the panel the solid

042panel that's not the glass   part. There's there's a panel and then there's  an asbestous core in there. You just can't go in   there and pull it out. You need a separate crew to  come in in their tieback suits, their half masks.   It was too big of a project to do in only seven or  eight weeks in the summer. So, we broke it up into   two summers. Second floor was done last summer.  First floor will be done this summer. And then   similar at the high school last year, if if you're  at the field looking at the back of the building,   we did the left side of the building, which  was more the twotory middle school. This year,   we're going to do the middle school high  school threetory curtain wall. That's just   another project you really can't

043do at nights and  weekends because when they take the section out,   they're literally opening up the exterior wall  of three floors and they'll go and that'll take   the whole summer as well. Then we're redoing the  elevator at the high school. The shaft is staying,   but it's 60 years old. We're going to take  it out, uh, replace the cab, replace the car,   replace the doors, the controls, but  the masonry shaft as well will stay.   And then the last piece of the the last of  the exterior doors at the grat seaman. Yes,   the exterior door of ratner semen will be done  this summer as well. Again, we had to wait till   the summer because the perimeter caulking is  asbestous. They have to come in with another   crew. They got to remove the asbestous caul, take  out the

044doors and frames, put everything back in   place, and then recog it. So, that'll keep us  busy for the eight weeks during the summer. Oh,   yes. I forgot the uh the gym floor at Panag is  being replaced. Again, the waterproofing material   underneath the gym floor is asbestous. So, in the  summer, they'll come in, they'll rip up the wood   floor, they'll rip up the asbestous mastic, put  down a new vapor barrier, put down a new floor,   and then the plaster ceiling outside the little  theater here at the high school. We did the right   side, if you will, two summers ago. This year,  we're going to do the left side. All of the   plast on both sides of the hallway, the original  part of the high school will be done this summer. What is the wrong literally failing?

045We have soft spots on the gym  floor. If you step Well, the the way the floor is,   it's something called a sleeper. So you have  like a vertical piece and then you have the   horizontal wood that lays on top of that. Um  many years ago, probably 15 to 18 years ago,   we did have some water infiltration into  this building which we had to cut out some   of the floor and replace it. But as time  has gone on, currently we have some soft   spots. So as the kids are I mean kids wait  as you step on the floor you'll get you'll   get this type of a deflection. Okay. So it's  it's fair. Just so you know before we get to   that point it goes through several iterations  of sanding it down and repolishing it. And we  

046do that throughout the district just on every  few years. We do that on a regular basis and   the wood get just gets too thin after a while  after all the sanding and the polyurethane   that we uh put back on. It just gets too thin  and eventually you just have to replace it. I think about 600,000 bathroom. Can you break it  down like is it that for one bathroom everything   that unfortunately especially since co everything  is that much. We're seeing we're now seeing you   know we're now six years out of CO. We're  starting to see lead times come back. Some   of the the long items come back, but the  pricing still hasn't come back down. So,   when you're playing when you're paying prevailing  wage, because we have to pay prevailing wage,   you know, a plumber makes

047$130 an hour, a  carpenter makes $110 an hour, we're subject   to pay specific wages that's set on a yearly  basis by the New York State Labor Department.   So public and private, you could buy the  same 2x4, you can buy the ceramic tile,   but the wages that you're paying pushes  everything really through the roof. I mean,   we're looking at $160 to $180,000 a bathroom. Five  bathrooms, five sinks, multiall bathroom, it's   it's more on the labor side. And I'll add just  with all of the bathrooms, the mask that was used   when they were first put in is a is a speestous.  So we can't just go in and do a quick demo job.   They have to come in and like you said before  with their suits, they have to put the tube out   the window and properly

048get rid of the asbestous.  That's probably a fifth of cost. It is bigger.   that that alone is probably 20% of the entire cost  just to demo where if you didn't have asbestous a   contractor could come in in a day and just rip  everything out without an issue. But being that   you have to have a speestous there's special uh  laws and regulations associated with updating it.   Number one and number two a company has a third  party company has to come in and then test the   air to make sure it's safe for the contractor to  go back in and finish the work. I think it will   be very clear because before I got on the board  I don't know any of these so everything was based   on my assumption guess and you know imagination  um I think

049it would be a good idea if you guys can see it out as well as uh the whole resise I I'll tell you with most of the rentals that we  do district Jackson uh auditorium this auditorium   the little theater ceiling that we're doing this  summer there there was so much of asbesus used   back in the day and again not necessarily where  it's not unhealthy it's either used as mask   underneath where it's still safe because but once  you pull it up that's when it becomes dangerous   and you have to abate it properly districtwide I  would say every project even the windows the caul   that was used in the windows was asbestous based  so even that is and again you're adding 20% on   just to date it properly um and again to your  point people don't realize

050that until someone   asks a question and then we can talk about it and  and then to your point all of the products are   publicly bid So, we pick a day, you know, February  1st at 11:00, all the vendors must bring their   sealed bid. We open bids. We can't like in the  in the private side, you could get three or four,   five prices to renovate your house. You don't have  to take the low bidder. You could pick the guy   that you like better. You feel more comfortable.  Here, we have to take the lowest responsible   bidder. There's also other paperwork that kind  of covers and protects the district in terms of   performance bond and a labor and materials bond.  So the contractor if he goes out of business,   he wins the lottery and he runs away, the

051bonding  will cover the labor and material as well as the   performance of the work. And the other thing  that is very very expensive is insurance in   New York State. So any project that's under $1  million, the contractor and all of their subs have   to they're required to have an insurance policy  of $5 million. Anything over a million dollars,   they're required to have an insurance policy  of $10 million. Those are big, big numbers. And   what we do is we get what's called a schedule of  values. We get the breakdown from the contractor.   So to your point, we could get those over to  Victor. And you can see, you know, uh ceiling   tile is this, labor to install the ceiling tile is  this, roof removal. We we get that as all part of   the whole process of

052as we move forward through  throughout the uh the summer. Yeah. Another good point, not the poor to use AI yet to put  bids out. So I don't want to put that out there.   We can't do that. They they are getting very  strict starting this year that just started on   January 1st. Contractors have to now upload every  week their certified payroll into a database for   the New York State Department of Labor. So every  public bid, every public job that takes place,   they must upload it. It used to be you you fill  out your certified payroll and you put it in as   part of your payment application. It used to be a  misdemeanor if you falsify your payroll. Now it is   a felony and now they went one step further.  So now really publicly other people can

053view   how much each contractor, each vendor is paying  their subs or getting paid, which may be a good   idea and plan, but that's going to add cost to  the contractor which they will pass on to the   districts and the clients that All right, great.  Thank you, John. You're welcome. Appreciate it.   Um, I'll talk about this for one second. I always  like to put this slide up. It provides a little   history of all of our propositions uh since we  started building them a dozen years ago. Um and   if you look um capital reserves 1, two, three, and  four have been fully funded and and spent at this   point. Um the one and when I say spent, they've  been authorized uh to be spent. We're still doing   work on some of the older ones, but they've been 

054authorized. uh capital reserve 5 is the only one   uh that's still open and if you look at uh some  of the numbers we funded it in the amount of   uh about 14.8 million leaving a balance to fund  of about 5.1 million so we're coming close to the   close of this and I would like to say if you added  up the amount of the propositions it'll add up to   a little bit more because we're actually earning  interest now just getting zero like we were years   ago. So, we're earning interest and we could  use the interest as part of the uh proposition   as well at this point. I ask how is capital one  and two how is that money not fully spent? Um,   not necessarily one and two, but three and four.  Um, four. I'm sorry. I

055understand four. Yeah,   but um three and four still again if I'm  going back to that one to be able to do the   um ceiling outside of the little theater, which  is now an issue. Uh we wanted to save that as   long as possible. Uh, but now I still had money  and it was tied to ceiling in that proposition   and I'm going to use that to do this without  getting trying to do another proposition to get   authorization. So things like that. Um, so at this  point we're going to recommend a capital reserve   six similar to capital reserve 5. So it'll be a  third proposition. That'll be our recommendation.   We don't have the language at this point. We'll  have it at a future meeting. Uh, but we're at   that point where we need to do an additional 

056proposition. I introduced everyone already and   now I'm going to turn it over to Michael Han. He's  going to go through each of the buildings. And   just as a preface before he uh begins speaking,  all of the blue areas or darker areas are on the   list but are not being recommended at this point.  All of the ones highlighted in yellow are on the   list and we are recommending to put as part  of a proposition uh coming up in May. After   Mike talks about the details in each of the  buildings, I'll come back and summarize the   uh totals. Thank you. Uh I would like to also  thank put a shout out to Mr. Glo as well as   school construction consultants. Uh they've been  very helpful working with me. I appreciate all of   the help that they've always

057given me while I've  been here uh to walk around and go through our   buildings and follow up on all of our projects.  Uh they help out tremendously with our building   condition survey. The building condition survey is  really a fluid document which we've presented up   to the state and we're continuously looking at our  buildings and checking our buildings and updating   someone's priorities based on what we find. And  that's how we get to this document here and how we   recommend what needs to be done based on what we  find. So starting here at Kia, one of the things   we've been looking at, uh, top of the list here  is our parking lot out front. The largest part of   the parking lot has been taking pretty bad beating  over the years with the freeze floor cycles of the  

058cracks that have developed. So, when we were here  last year with the very heavy equipment and the   dumpsters doing all the windows, uh it didn't get  any better where we had to do some patchwork. We   also did some placement concrete out here. So, as  we're going forward with this next project coming   up, as John had mentioned, doing our first floor  windows, parking lot conditions are only going to   get worse. So, I'm trying to phase it in that  when we're done with the window project or as   we're coming to a close, I can do a reasspalt  of this parking lot up front to help create   or create a safer walking path because with  all the cracks and openings that we've got,   we have a lot of tripping hazards out there and we  don't need that for

059the public, our staff, all our   teachers and the students. Were you talking about  the cracks? Are they like a pothole or something?   We've had some potholes develop actually with the  plowing that everybody's been doing and over this   over this past weekend we've got a few more things  that are starting to open up. So we try I'm sorry. Not yet. No, that's pretty big. You're right.  You're right. Um same thing as John had mentioned.   We have masonry work here uh where we've got to  address some pointing. We've got some cracked   bricks, things on the building that have to be  addressed. So, we'll be looking at doing that   in the future. Uh the door replacements, as  John had mentioned, that we're doing in some   places this coming summer as we're adding this to  the following summer's work.

060Again, we've got to   get as best abatement done, pull the corking out.  We're going to take out those frames that are all   rusted and rotted and replace the doors and frames  as well. And you'll see that in some of the other   buildings going forward. Uh in this building  specifically, we've got some exterior steps,   railings, gates, and metal doors uh that go down  to our boil rooms and basement. And again, part   of the masonry work over the years, they've just  been deteriorating. So, it's although it's really   my staff that goes up and down those stairs, it's  getting to a point where it's very much tripping   hazard. So, we've got to address those as well.  Uh the interior walls, again, I have to read it to   you. We've got some minor tracks, some things that  are splitting

061stress, so we have to address those.   And the elevator in this building, uh, as John had  mentioned with the high school, we have the same   same problem. It's an old, uh, elevator shaft  stays in place, the cab, the controls, controls   are the biggest issue because as these things  fail, we don't have replacement parts for them.   So, our vendors that we deal with, our contractors  to do these repairs, they're going through a lot   of effort to try to rebuild old or used parts  just so that we can keep the elevators going. So,   there's going to come a point if we can't do  that any longer. So, if we don't make it new,   we don't have an elevator. So, we have to address  these now. Can we go back? Sure. the minor is that I'm trying to

062understand. So the the the hairline cracks are things we're  monitoring in in this building. What concerns me   and unfortunately in the world we live in between  the main office and the cafeteria, it's basically   a fishbowl. Unfortunately, we now have to,  in my opinion, remove a lot of that glass,   really secure some of those walls, less vision,  less ability if a bad guy comes in that they can   see into the space. We want to reduce the glass  from the hallway side. So, if, god forbid, we're   in some sort of a lockdown, there is a place to  hide in there. I know right now in the cafeteria,   you would you would withdraw onto the kitchen,  but just we need to, you know, uh, save time. So,   I really want to get rid of a lot of the 

063glass, especially in our cafeteria area. So,   that's that's the bulk because the glazing that  we'll put back is the ballistic graded glass   and then we're going to do some hardening of the  walls. So, that's really the bulk of that 190,000. And then finally, what you'll also see in some of  the other slides is the EG generating system. So,   our boiler rooms are very hot. Unfortunately, the  classrooms uh that are and spacing above those   rooms, those boiler rooms are also extremely  hot. So, what we're going to try to do, one,   by putting the insulation on the ceilings, it'll  cut down on that heat load in the classrooms,   making it uncomfortable, but hopefully  also cut down on some of the noise. Handicount accessibility. Absolutely. You're not doing the project. Well, we don't have to do we don't

064have  to do the whole thing. For argument sake,   this side lot here, we did  that a few years ago. So,   I wouldn't like I won't do the entire perimeter  of the building. This only focus on the front. 250 years is not part of the 770. It's in addition  to the 750. So the total amount is supposed to be back again because we haven't done the 770. No,   no, no, no. So the air like like I had mentioned  the area we did on the side of the building we   won't address that until it until it becomes  a problem and we did have two years ago. So, oh that's probably five years ago.  That's probably five years ago. I   opened that up because I have to  redo the drainage and everything that happened years ago. Another five

065years,   possibly five, possibly five. I  mean, it could it could equivalent, right? Right. So that is going to last a  lot longer than actually. Excuse me. I stand   corrected. I did that before. That's how long ago  I did that. No. No. But it all depends. In all   honesty, Yeah. But in all in all honesty, it it  it does depend on the weather, you know. I mean,   we've had we've had very mild winters, so  things are lasting longer, you know, and I mean,   just you could see just from what happened this  past weekend, what's turned into the Broadway mall   you mentioned and the streets and everything  else where there weren't problems before,   they just all of a sudden developed because of  the amount of salt in the cloud over here. I'm   sorry. Well, yeah. So, you're

066saying doesn't  make sense to find it would make sense to,   but it's not structured for I don't I  don't think so. In my honest opinion,   I I don't think it's necessary at this time. You  know, I I I'd like to address what we need to do. We do have 770. No, because 250 he's  saying is a is a separate area. Yeah. No,   I'm not I'm not going to look to do if what I  what if we do either this summer or next summer   or following summer. I'm not going to be repeating  that again unless things really deteriorated. And   when you look like even said the 250 M said the  250 is on top of the 770. So if you did the 770,   you would then have to also do the  250, right? So whenever we

067do the 770,   we're going to have to do the 250. Not really.  No, the 250 is separate from the 770. What I do   is the 250 now I do now. If and when we ever get  to the 770 that's going to be different. Correct.   Correct. And then it wouldn't be an addition.  Correct. and looking at some of the things that   we originally all the windows were added together  and was millions of dollars but we can't do it all   at once. So you'll see I think Jackson split up  phases where windows want to get started on it. I have a question. These are all estimates,  right? These have not correct. Correct.   I guess how often does it happen that our  estimates are like way off or even 10% off? I don't usually like to compliment Mr.

068Brillo,  but he he actually has done a really good job   uh in in Jericho when it's come  to the uh estimate. Um, of course,   of course things of course things aren't exact,  but I would say over the years they come in under   more often than over. Okay. And and so it's it  just balances itself out. It it balances. And   that's why when I do the proposition, while  there is some specificity in the proposition,   I also try to make it somewhat general. So if  I'm doing windows in a couple of buildings,   I'll say districtwide windows. If I know I'm  doing ceiling and lighting in a few buildings,   I'll say districtwide ceiling and lighting. And  I always put security in there because, you know,   at some point there could be recommendations  that come down from the state

069or from Alterara   uh where we need to do something relatively  quickly and I'll have that in the proposition   where if something does come in a little bit  lower, I have access to some of that funding and   the wording was in the proposition. So, we do that  purposefully. How much do you really have? So,   we have we have contingency built in um probably  in the 10 to 15% range, but in that contingency is   the architect's fee um which is a few percentage  points, the school construction manager, which   is a few. Obviously, we have to do legal ads. Um  if there's any um special consulting we need on   hard. It's not It's not hard. It's part of the 15%  contingency. This No, it's 15 and 5% is architect.   Uh 3 point something is construction and all the 

070rest is like if you want to say u no matter what,   right? I mean there's no like but that's why I  didn't want you I didn't want you to think 15% was   all contingency because it's not. I have this fee,  I have that fee. Part of it is is contingency.   But if we're estimating, let's just say it's a  million dollars and and some things came under   but some things really pushed it over and now it  became 1.1 of course in totality. Yeah, of course   that could happen. We have a cushion for that  or has that ever happened? Maybe you don't have   there's no like empty pot of a cushion. I mean we  do put we budget a cushion and again like I said   um we have been fortunate where it's been under  more often than

071it's been lower and again the   way we word the proposition if I did it too tight  then if something was under I couldn't I wouldn't   even have the availability to use it on something  else that may have come in over. So that's the   way we kind of build the proposition in order to  provide uh the district board as much flexibility   as possible to do everything that we intended to  do uh with the highlighted items. So for example   um give me two numbers of what was the pavement  department elevator's 460 and green pavement's   250. So if the elevator came in at 400 and  the pavement came in at 300, if I I if I   identified everything line by line, I wouldn't  be able to do the pavement because I don't have   the authorization. The way we

072write it provides  us the flexibility that if the elevator came in   under and the pavement came in over, I could still  do both. I have one more question. Do we do these   all go out at once or they go different? They go  at different times. We have to get the the first   and this is why it takes so long. So anything you  see highlighted here will the earliest will happen   is summer of 27. Correct. For a couple of reasons.  One after the community hopefully approves it in   May. Um Mr. Grill then does the specific plans  that get sent up to the state and they could   take anywhere from 3 to nine months to come back  with approval. And depending on what we're doing,   if it's windows with a long lead time,  that could be problematic.

073And that's   why sometimes it extends into future summers.  If it's something without a long lead time,   even if we get approval in April, we can still  do the work, you know, that following summer. So,   it depends on the items. And then we  have to go through the bidding process.   And sometimes we will piggyback off of a bid,  which um there are legislators that want to end   that. Uh but it is very helpful to the district  to allow the piggybacking and allow us to use   uh proven contractors that we've used before that  get the work done. For example, last year with the   high school, the contractor that we had doing  electrical work, granted this was an insurance   uh claim, so it wasn't something we would have bid  out anyway. But if it was any other contractor,

074I   would have been nervous for the entire eight weeks  knowing the contractor we had. I had I still was   nervous, but I was a lot less nervous than I would  have been if if it was a contractor that we hadn't   used before. Okay. So let me kind of phrase you  kind of on it but I do my best to something else.   So it goes to the state. Does the state send us  responses peace meal or is it full? It it depends.   So um there's different departments in the state  agency bureaucracy. So you have the engineering   part and you have the architectural partis and  the fiscal associate. So the architectural is   usually the quickest, the engineering is  usually the longest. architecture, right? But it could be anywhere from 3 to nine months.  And depending on any

075of those three agencies   that are doing their particular work, it could be  delayed based on that. So the fiscal won't even   look at it until it's approved by architectural  and engineering. And then at that point,   fiscal is now backed up a month where they'd be  waiting another month just to get the fiscal. So   I probably I already probably know the answer  to this. But the Why I was asking this is if   we were to if we were able to set, you know, do  all the bids, let's just say February 1st all at   once and then a contract a contractor that has  the ability to do three of them, you're going to   get a better deal. Yes, we can do that. No, we we  do do that. No, but like you're saying, you know,   you wait

076for the state, it comes, you know, you  get certain Yeah, but we have all the projects go   up go up at once and they'll usually come back  around the same time. Okay. But they'll either   all come back in three months or they'll all come  back in nine months. Okay. So you do so you are   like all the yellow all of this would go up at  the same time to the state and they'll they'll   usually come back around within a couple of weeks  of each other once they're up unless there is just   a an issue with one of them that they needed a  lot of questions answered by the architect. But   usually that that part of it goes pretty quick.  is the time that it takes for them to just pick   up our road. The point

077is you might not you might  get someone that that's able to do the the paving   and windows and well then you get into Wix law  where you have to send out separately for GC   electrical plumbing and HVAC. Those are separate  bids because we're not allowed on larger projects.   Fine. But it could be done by the same contractor.  No, not when it comes to what's law. It has to be   a specific electrical contractor, HVAC, plumbing,  and GC. But again, with the piggybacking, we try   to compress that and get contractors that we're  confident with, that we have experience with. And   um and again, that that's up in the air with the  state of display. What what I can add to that for   your answer, I'll give you something like this  heating that you have on the bottom.

078We're going   to insulate the ceilings. You're going to see that  on every slide for every building. So, we can bid   that out. Correct me if I'm wrong, where we'll bid  that out districtwide, right? And a single vendor   can give us a better price if it gets all all of  the buildings or not. So, we have the option that   way that if you gave us the best price on Kiaak,  but you gave us the best price over at the high   school, we can split that award in two different  ways. It's rare that that happens because the more   you get sometimes what the contractors will do  is give you individual for buildings and then if   they went off discount in total the total would  take into account but it would be by trade as much like like

079can we let's say this year's there's  only minor cracks and next year there's no   problem so we are not going to end up like the  Broadway mall so if there is a serious situation   that needs addressing we will address it ASAP so  don't worry we may not be able to do the whole   thing like this project is recommending but we  will do the proper and safe thing we're not going   to let something go just because we're waiting  for approval. If there is a significant issue,   we will take care of it. We'll let  you know and we'll take care of it. Good. Okay. Uh where are we? Jackson. Okay.  So, uh with Jackson, we're going to start   the next window replacement. We're going to be  doing that in phases as John had mentioned. So,   our first

080phase starting this summer is going  to be the front, forgive me. The first phase   starting next summer is the front of the building.  We divided that into three different sections. So   we'll do the front. Following year we're going to  do the side and the part of the back. And then the   following year after that we'll do the other  side and finish the back of the building. So   that's that's we're trying to spread things out so  we can physically do all of the work all at once,   but also financially get it all done as  well. Uh plumbing fixtures. We've got   some more bathrooms and everything we're  trying to finish. As John had mentioned,   as we've done some of the larger bathrooms,  uh now we're going to start getting down to   some of the smaller bathrooms, what's 

081in the classrooms, in our cafeterias,   often the gyms, things of that nature.  And again, as I said, the same thing.   We're going to be insulating boardrooms.  And you'll see this one on every slide. Uh Seaman Elementary, same thing. We're  going to be insulating the ceiling. Uh,   we've got ceilings and lights  to deal with over there and bathrooms. Same thing. And then over to  Williams building, which we're leasing over   to the Boseis program. Um, you know, we we've done  these big bathroom projects because again, we're   looking to upgrade our bathrooms, make them look  better, more functional, but also make them more   handicap accessible, which at this building being  as old as the other ones, we don't really have   that handicap accessibility, and they're aging  out. So, we need to do something in that building   to address

082handicap accessibility. And then last  but not least with the high school, uh we've got   a bunch of catch basins throughout the district  that need to be replaced. Some that we actually   just did today on emergency repair uh because  it just collapsed. Uh again, exterior walls,   masonry, the exterior doors. Same thing as John  had mentioned. We have to do a speestous paper.   Pull out that corking, pull out the rotted metal  frames, replace the frames in the doors. So that   because we've got issues with some of the doors  now as the metal is rotting and expanding. They're   getting much more difficult to open and close and  we can't have a door stuck in the closed position,   especially if we have to evacuate. U again,  insulating the boiler and the ceiling. And then   we're looking to add uh

083upgrading our pool lock  room, take care of the tile floors, the walls,   new lockers, and renovate that and bring it up to  date. And that's it. Thank you, sir. Appreciate   it. Um, so the top half of this uh spreadsheet is  a totality of everything on the list included the   highlighted items. The bottom half are just the  highlighted items that we're recommending for   this year's propositions totaling just under $6  million. The funding for that will come in two   pieces. One is from the capital reserve 5 uh  4.7 million which is what we have in that um   uh reserve at this point. and 1,275 comes out of  the general fund budget transfer to capital which   I will uh show you later on in the presentation  where specifically uh that falls and we have   some excellent Halloween pictures

084here uh that uh  the one on the left is one of my favorites um and   future capital plans again uh with the assistance  of of course our director of facilities Mike Han   John Gillo the team from school construction Eric  Ramos is in here but he's the guy that's here on   a day-to-day basis throughout the summer. It's a  fascinating process. Um we meet weekly. Uh there's   a lot of activity going on with the contractors,  uh disagreeing on a lot of things and we push to   do what's best for uh the district um and make  sure we get things open in a safe manner uh come   August. So the comprehensive formal official  building condition survey was completed last   last year. So, yeah, basically what we're looking  at is everything that was in the building survey,   right? And

085that'll stay fluid for five years and  we may add stuff as we go because every year we do   visual uh inspections and and if we see something  that may not have been on the list a couple of   years ago and we think it's a priority, we'll  certainly add it to the list. And if you notice,   um we did it a little differently this year.  John actually separated it by the numbers on   the left and the categories that are actually  sent up to the state. So it it gives you a   little more transparency as far as what we  give uh specifically to the state. Um so like   I said before is it possible before this can  we get a detailed break down of each project at this point it's not even after but that won't be

086before I just want to be That   won't be before May. That  would be a year from now. But it's not to the minutia of what we get  when we actually finally go to bid after the   state approves it. So we have to approve it  first and then send it and then Yes. I mean,   Mr. O provided you like an example with bathrooms  where you know there's abatement and this and that   and he comes up with his um uh his estimate for  that project. But the specific breakdown we won't   know until we actually go up to bid. That's what  he was talking about with the schedule of values.   uh that'll be once the bid is approved or the  contractor we choose based on a piggybacking uh   bid that uh we get those specifics for each of

087the  projects. You'll see actually at the next um at   the next board meeting I think February we will be  recommending the things that are on for the summer   bathrooms the high school ceiling and you'll see  some of the breakdown um as far again it's not to   um it's not a dollar amount for each line  item but you'll see what's included in each   of the areas. It's not just a lot of Yeah, you'll  when we do when he gives you the recommendation   um for the bathrooms, the high school ceiling and  it ceiling you talking about this summer? Yeah,   it's going to be on the next board meeting. You'll  see you'll see in the quote that's attached uh a   lot of the specific specificity. All right. You're  welcome. All right. So, any any last questions   on capital

088because then I'll move on and I'll  allow Mr. Glo and school construction to leave,   but once they leave, we can't have enough.  All right. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. Mike,   you get to start. Yeah. So, moving on to the uh  Thanks, guys. Moving on to the um administrative   and non-instructional codes. Uh this slide shows  board of ed, district clerk and district meetings.   District meetings are basically the monthly  meetings and of course the um budget election and   vote in in May. That's the primary uh plus factor  in there. Not much changing in that particular   area. Central office services uh no changes in  total FTEES. That's a breakdown of each of the   departments in superintendent, HR, and my office.  And the half clerk at the bottom of that slide.   Yes. Is that shared with some or is it

089a So it's  half time in my office and half time I'm trying   to remember exactly where she was. I thought  she was in middle school guidance. High school   assistant. I'm sorry. High school assistant.  High school assistant principal. Thank you. uh superintendent legal public information. Uh  again, for the most part, uh status quo. Uh as   you can see, the legal could spike and come down  in any particular year. Uh we budgeted somewhere   in the middle of the last couple of years. Uh  public information uh went down slightly. one   more looking at uh my office. I do want to point  out one area in the Boseis code um in 1310490   that is for our financial system uh some of the  cooperatives we work with. I just want to point   out last year looks like we spent significantly 

090less. It was just coded elsewhere last year and   it should have been coded here. All of the posties  reconciles exactly to where it should uh except   one of the codes uh were a little off. This year  it'll be back up to about 100 and we budget in the   low hundreds probably 105 and we budgeted at 120  for next year. uh personnel or human resources.   Uh the big item here again is under Boseis and  that is for the frontline program that we're   introducing for recruitment and hiring as well  as time and attendance. And when you see it in   Boseies, it's not Bosey's employees working for  us. We are purchasing the product through Boseies   in order to maximize Bosey's age which we get the  following year. On average, it's about 42 43% that   we get back the

091following year. So if we are able  to do it through a coaster in Boseies, we will.   And that goes for anything across the district.  If we're able to purchase it through Boseies,   from a business official standpoint, it makes  sense. Even if I could get it a little cheaper   elsewhere, when you take the aid into account,  it's significantly less when you do it through. general liability, uh, property insurance. Um,  this code has steadily gone up over the last, uh,   three years for a couple of reasons. I'm sure you  read all the articles with the CDA cases, uh, that   have been out there throughout uh, New York State  actually, as well as property damage due to the   storms uh, over the last few years. So, that has  been steadily increasing and we're seeing another   increase for next

092year. Bottom line is that just  our administrative fee that's how much we pay them   to be a member of that Bosey's admin and capital  so their capital costs flow down to the school   districts and it's uh prorated depending on the  size of the district the wealth of the district   that's our share of just being a member of um  it's not we can't drop out of so it's different   you could drop out of NISA you don't have to be  out But you can't drop out of Boseis. We have   to be part of Boseis and Bosey's costs when it  comes to administrative and capital gets prorated   throughout the districts within that component.  So Nassau Boseies Nassau districts are responsible   for the administrative and capital cost for  Nassau. There's a western sufficient suffic. It's not a it's not

093it's not a member. I don't  want you to confuse it with an association. It's   not an association. We are required by some law  to be subject to those. We are required by law.   Yes. Even if we don't speak to the entire school  year and summer, we don't buy anything from them,   we don't use them for anything, we're still  Yes. But the other part would never happen.   Yes. We send students to both programs  on an annual basis as do other districts.   Um I mean that 6600 is not for anything other  than having access to their it pays for all   of their administrative and capital costs.  They lease a building from Jericho. All the   districts chip in to pay for that lease that  they have for Jericho. Including us. Including   us. Correct. And that's based on enrollment. 

094It's based on a lot of factors. There's um   enrollment is certainly a piece of it. Um  wealth is a piece of it. Uh there are W out   calculations when it comes to attendance data  and wealth ratios that all are a piece of it. Buildings and grounds. Um so these are the FTEEs  associated with that and I just want to piggyback   on whoever said it earlier. They did a phenomenal  job as did Castell's department in getting the   buses ready for Tuesday morning following the  storm. Uh so again, congratulations to everyone.   We haven't had a storm in a long time. We, you  know, you lose like some of the things that you   normally do when you have a big snowstorm. First  one in four years and it was like we had one last   week. The bus. We

095did. We've used it three times  already this year. It's already picked for itself.   Uh these are some of the FTEEs associated with  maintenance claro messenger grounds and that   whatever I have on the right is very true. Our  maintenance department does a lot of the smaller   projects throughout the district within our  buildings outside of our buildings department. Um   we only have contractors for the larger projects.  So a lot of the things a lot of the smaller items   we do internally. This is the budget associated  with that. I do want to talk about electric   gas. You'll see last year was significantly  higher than the previous year. National Grid,   I think I discussed this with the board, um  sent us an invoice back charging us for two   years because their meter was wrong to the tune  of over

096$200,000. Uh we negotiated with them and   we got it down to 100,000. We did a settlement  agreement with them and but going forward that   meter reading is higher than it was in the  past and we added dollars in that particular   category. Uh I think the one if you look in the  middle of the bottom districtwide capital 1,275   that's what I was talking about before that's the  other part that pays for the $6 million of capital   work that we're recommending. Okay. These this  is the breakdown. So a lot of the codes that you   see in the budget, these are narrative details  of what goes into those codes. So for example,   um the top one is security, patrol service,  fire equipment, clock system. So there's a lot   of different categories involved in the budget  and we spell

097it out for you in these slides.   uh some of the equipment for next year. And  again, we usually buy anywhere from one to three   B&G vehicles as replacement vehicles. Um sometimes  we'll add an an additional vehicle depending on uh   what the status of our department is. And uh this  is where that is coded. Curriculum development and   instruction. Again, these are all the FTEES. Uh  nothing changed. No, nothing changed this year.   Last year we had a reduction in one clerical  role in the assistant superintendent's office. Uh these are some of the codes. This is  2010 which includes uh the seven curriculum   associates assistantship curriculum. A couple  of the curriculum associates for example PPS   is coded in PBS. You'll see that next week.  Guidance is coded in guidance. You'll see   that next uh not next week next

098uh presentation.  building supervision. These are our uh building   administrators, principles, assistant principles,  clerical associated with that. AP offices,   uh elementary schools, clical associated  in the main offices. Love that history. These are the codes associated with  building supervision. Uh nothing of   significance has changed here. and  upcoming meetings. February 12th,   again, PPS, library, guidance,  health services, psychological,   social worker. March 3rd is all the general  ed, instructional technology, transportation,   uh, athletics. March 12th, it's review and  adoption is March 26. Any, uh, final questions? Yes. I'm sorry. The top. You're talking about the top. You have oils and burners. Is that sort of so?  Yeah. So that's that that'll be a contract with   like you would have in your home with the uh oil  and gas company that'll come in and service it   um you know throughout the year.

099Okay. Or if we  have an emergency public address system or what   is that? No, we we p we have we actually upgraded  it. I want to say 5 years ago but I'm sure it's   longer than that but I think it's five years ago.  Um probably like seven or eight years ago. So we   had the fire alarms, the PA systems all upgraded  but they need maintenance. Um, and the company   has all the uh codes associated with they come in,  they can troubleshoot and they'll make repairs as it is under athletics, I believe. It's  under It's under Mike's budget. And   we do that four times a year, I believe.  Yeah. Yep. Any other questions? Very good.   We'll see you all on February 12th. Thank you. We'll do our best to make up time on the back end.

100Thank you, Mr. Emanuel and the whole business  affairs department. As everyone knows,   developing the budget is complex and extended  process and and recommending the budgets community   is one of the board's most important roles.  But now that you've sat here, we will move to   opportunity for the public to be heard. If you  would like to make a comment or ask a question,   please approach the microphone, tell us your  name, and if you're representing a specific group,   your affiliation. If you'd like your statement to  be included in our board minutes, you must hand   a written copy of your remarks to our district  clerk, Victor Emanuel, who now you all certainly   know before leaving tonight. As always, public  discussion on manager relating staff and students   during which their reputation, privacy, or right  to due process, or those of

101others could in some   way be violated, is prohibited. If anyone is  awake and paying attention and has the energy   in their legs and have not fallen asleep to come  up to the mic and say something, please do so now.   If not, we shall close the opportunity for the  public to be heard. But if there's something   pressing, you can always try. Miss Brienbeck, you  coming up? Oh, no. She's sitting down. Let's move   on. Recommend a motion be resolved. The board  of education make any necessary corrections   and move the approval of the minutes of  the regular meeting dated December 18th,   2025 and the regular meeting dated January 15th,  2026. Do I have a motion? Motion. Thank you,   Mrs. Martin. Second, Mr. Cron. Thank you. Any  comments, discussions, corrections? All in   favor? 5. Thank you very much. As

102the regulars  know, we've moved on. We have no unfinished   business. We will then very rapidly move on to new  business. First item, as Mr. Emanuel discussed,   we are going to change the meeting date for budget  workshop number three. Recommended motion the   board of education approve the changes change  in date for budget workshop number three from   Thursday March 5th to Tuesday March 3rd 2026.  Do I have a motion? Thank you Mr. Jen. Second   Mrs. Wartnoff. Thank you. Any discussion? Thank  you to everyone's flexibility. All in favor? 5.   I think Mrs. Dr. Bach raised her hand so I  couldn't see with Mrs. for stick collar. Um, it is cold in here. A little admin on admin fighting going  on over there. That's perfect. Um, as Dr.   Kravitz mentioned earlier, we are retaining  the leading edge to do

103our strategic plan.   So recommended motion be it resolved that  the board of education approve a contract by   between the Jericho. Oh I apologize. Acceptance of  donation my apologies to middle school PTA. There   was thoroughly unintentional. Um, acceptance  of donation be resolved the board of education   accept a donation from the middle school PTSA of  guest speaker guest speakers Caitlyn Alifaranka   and Elizabeth Dangelo on March 19th 2026 to  present the following malala we are displaced   and I will always write back Mrs. Citron thank  you for a motion second Mrs. Markoff. Thank   you. Any discussion? Once again, thank you to  the Municipal School PTSA for sponsoring that   very important program. All in favor? 5. Thank you  very much. Now, we will move on to the developing   strategic plan. Recommended motion be resolved.  The board of education approve a

104contract buying   between the Jericho Union Free School District and  the Leading Edge for the purpose of developing a   strategic plan. Motion. Thank you, Mr. Jin.  Second, Mrs. Bartnoff is quick today. Thank   you. Is there anything else you wanted to add  that you need that you didn't add before, sir?   No. Thank you very much for asking. People in the  community, we'll look forward to getting something   in the middle of February, you said. Right. We  appreciate Yes. Oh, we appreciate everyone's   response. Please respond. It will definitely help  us. Um, all in favor? Thank you very much. Um,   be resolved. the board of education here I approve  special education stipulation ST2026-02 for the   2526 school year and direct the superintendent  to sign such stipulation on behalf of the board   I have a motion thank you Mrs. Martin I'll

105second  Mr. Jin thank you discussion please thank Mr. Mr.   Venet his final act as our representative  before his imminent retirement tomorrow.   All in favor 50. Thank you very much. Now  for those of you who were here a year ago,   you remember the excitement we had last December  talking regionalization. It is not back. It has   never gone away. But once again um under the  strong guidance of of our attorney and others, we are going to um have another resolution here  which I am not going to read is on our website   because it is a good page and a half but Ingramman  Smith two pages actually Smith has assured me   they do not get paid by the word they simply  get paid by the meeting. So um just going to   read the the basic thing. Do I

106have a motion to  adopt this resolution? Then we can have a quick   discussion. Thank you Mr. Jed second. Thank you  Mrs. Varkov. Discussion. I shall go then. Every   remembers our meeting last year where the board  unanimously voted to opt out of regional pro   planning process and joined a lawsuit to reject  the Jericho school district's participation in any   mandated regionalization actions. 2025 lawsuit was  dismissed because the court determined there was   no standing. But at the time it was recognized by  the court that regionalization is purely optional   and that nothing can be mandated. Consequently, it  is our belief that the state is judicially stopped   from mandating regionalization. And I defer to I  I always look to Mr. Goodstead to make sure I'm   not saying anything completely wrong. Otherwise,  I know Mr. Czech will probably correct us too.

107Um,   however, now despite all that, the regionalization  planning process of which most districts on Long   Island uh opted out of is complete and state  a state ed is moving forward with plans to   implement its vision. And this board just wants  to reaffirm and again notify all parties involved   that the Jericho School District has no part  interest in participating in any mandated   regionalization and that we are opting out of  any such regionalization actions. We will be   subsequently as part of this motion sending a  letter to the commissioner of education Betty   D. Roza and the Bosei superintendent Larry Levine  detailing that decision. However, we are not the   people that you that that makes it seem. We  already voluntarily work with our neighbors   to share resources. We will certainly continue  to do so when this board and this

108administration   feels it it is in the Jericho Jericho's district's  best interest. We certainly believe that we are   stronger when we work with our neighbors, but  also strongly believe that local control, as   demonstrated by our superintendent and this board,  is best for making decisions for our students,   staff, and community. Do any of my fellow board  members have anything else to say before we talk   about this or before we vote on this? Much  more peaceful than last year's vote. Still   no comment from anybody. No one wants to yell,  just memory sake. Um all in favor 50. Thank you   very much. Unless one of my colleagues objects,  I would like to move schedule little I1 treasures   report through schedule O services consultants  doctors-revised. Basically the whole package in   one motion. But as always, I'm happy to break out 

109any specific schedules that a board member wishes. Um, then do I have a motion to move all of those  schedules little I1 through O. Thank you, Mr. Jin.   Second. Thank you, Dr. Bachandra's on the board  for the night. There we go. Um, any discussion? I   think we've talked about uh the two main things  here about it approval of a couple million,   a few million dollars in capital improvements,  awards, and the timing of that. I believe Mr.   manual is already covered and there is a  retirement resignation schedule in there. So,   if you want to see if any of your favorite  teachers, administrators, clerical staff are   retiring at the end of this year, please, you're  going to have to pull that package up off there.   But, as Dr. Kravitz already mentioned, the  head of this building, Miss

110Dr. Sapienza,   will be leaving us at the end of this year.  We all said, and his name is on that list. Um,   all in favor of approving all of those schedules.  50. Thank you very much. Does anyone have anything   to add? Good. So, we look forward to see  Okay. Motion to adjourn from Mr. Carlo,   second by Mrs. Citro. We look forward to  seeing many of you and others at our next   meeting on Thursday, February 12th, where we  will be treated to Mr. Manuel's presentation   on budget workshop number two. All in  favor of a journey. Thank you. Tomorrow