001Uh writt attendance please Judy. Thanks >> Mr. William Brun. >> Uh present. >> Mr. Donald Carpenter >> here. >> Mr. John Kiy >> here. >> Mrs. Vivian Demco. >> Dr. Laurel Ericson Parsons >> here. >> Mrs. Tracy Magna >> here. >> Dr. Shine Pax >> present. >> Jay Santos >> present. >> President Mr. Cedric Demar >> here. >> All present. Thank you. Can I get a motion to approve the agenda? >> Some moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. The motion's approved. Uh we had an exe an executive session today. We discussed the superintendent evaluation the SVA an SVA contract uh student legal issue and personnel other personnel issues. Can I get a motion to approve the minutes from July 22nd, 2025? >> So move. >> Second. >>
002Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion's approved. Uh we have no recognition or presentation this evening. Uh superintendent's report. Miss Velity. >> Thank you, Mr. Demar. So we have a few highlights from the last couple of weeks. Um most of you may have seen the uh social media posts. So, our foods service staff chef training occurred. That's like a tongue twister. Um, last week our food service staff met with Chef Shapansky, who was a corporate chef. He now spends time providing um, invaluable education to food service staff so they can learn how to elevate school meals. and they learned how to make four scratchmade menu items which included strawberry French toast bread pudding, apple and be bo baked oatmeal, asparagus and spicy chicken wraps and cream of potato and broccoli
003soup. Um, this was I know there were some questions that were on social media that we had received through email about where did we get the money to pay for this and this was actually through grant funding so there was no extra dollars um spent to having Chef Bill here with us on campus. Um, also today we had popsicles with the principles at the elementary school. So this morning dozens of students met with principal Brameyer and um, Principal Halisac and it was a way to get ready for the upcoming year. This was started by Mrs. Brameyer and um, it's a way to meet parents, answer any questions and dozens of our kids and families have showed up. So we appreciate them attending and we appreciate Mrs. Braxmeer and Mr. Halisac for doing that. Um for
004next week, our teachers are returning to start the week on August 19th. We're going to have a kickoff with breakfast, um convocation with a keynote speaker from Rachel's Challenge. Those of you who may remember, Rachel's Challenge was one of the initiatives that we started last year and will continue this year for our students and staff. And after our keynote speaker, um it will lead to our district lunch. And then from there, our staff will begin to do their trainings and meetings and prepare for their classrooms for all of our students to come back. Um, convocation is held again on the 19th, 9:00 a.m. in the high school auditorium. So, any of the directors, if you would like to attend, you are more than welcome to do so and attend uh the lunch afterwards directly following
005at 11:00. um our high school on August 20th will be having our new student um and freshman visitation day. Uh the visitations start at 12:30 and they go to 3:30 on that day and then we'll start back up from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Wanted to give you an update on our kindergarten numbers. Uh we discussed this a little bit at AM, but our kindergarten numbers are at the highest we've seen in quite a few years at 151 students. So, our kindergarten classes will begin between 19 to 22 students and in comparison, our grade 1 will be between 15 and 17. We usually watch these numbers all summer long. And right now, we think that they have plateaued, but there could be unexpected uh enrollment in the next few weeks, but we're usually pretty sure that
006just usually tapers off around this point. Um, tonight on the agenda, you are going to see the approval for our middle school principal, Mr. David Hower who has joined us in the audience. Thank you, Mr. Hower. Mr. Howser uh may be held as most employees can be up to 60 days. So, he may not be joining us on our team until October, but we're in constant contact with him. And during that time, Mr. Sackleius is going to be assuming the responsibilities um until Mr. Hower begins. Um and you will see the other agenda item for providing a stipen for Mr. Sackle's responsibilities during that time. So, I know that Mr. browser and uh administration. We've discussed hopefully him attending some of the nighttime activities where he can meet parents and staff and uh work that
007while he's also trying to get ready to transition from Northern Lehigh down to Sen Valley. So, we're hopeful we'll see his face around here a little bit in the next uh 30 to 60 days. Um at the last board meeting, we approved the new director of athletics and activities. Uh Ryan Johnson and Mr. Johnson will be overseeing all the athletics and all the activities which includes music and theater. I know there's some questions about that coming from the last board meeting. Um Mr. Johnson has an abundance of experience. So he has overseen athletics for many years, was a building administrator. He also um has experience with theater directing and he has assumed a position in other districts as the director of athletics and activities. So he does the have the experience for this position. um
008many of these items that he is doing does overlap with our school affiliated organizations. So our booster clubs, PTO, alumni, he will be overseeing that. Um I know there were some questions that were raised because he did meet with some of our SAOs. So he is assuming that responsibility as well moving into the 2526 school year and we again welcome him. Um I know with him overseeing the athletics and activities this also raises the question about what will Mr. Fry be doing because he was overseeing that in his role. So Mr. Fry has assumed a new role as coordinator of support services and in this role Mr. Fry is still serving as our safety coordinator. He's overseeing all of our emergency preparedness meetings with the community emergency officials in our area. He works closely with
009the SPO and security with C campus safety measures on campus throughout the school year um responding to all of the alarms that may or may not go off at 3:00 a.m. That's Mr. Fry if anyone's wondering. Um he also conducts all the safety training for all of our staff. Um he's responsible for all the items that are overlapping with technology and facilities which me means all the security cameras making sure they're up and running any of the communication systems, door locks, reunification systems, and any of the items that we may need to do um throughout the school year in regards to that. He is part of the technology team. So he's handling any of the administrative oversight of programming for administrators, excuse me, and staff. and he'll be continuing to work with the communication team
010that we've restructured when we hired the communication specialist. So, while the communication specialist is overseeing overall communications for the district, which includes social media, website, internal and external communications, Mr. Fry and Mr. Girtton will be working on the sound, the lighting, the designs for any of the items for the scoreboard, photography, video, marquees, the list can probably go on, internal messaging, advertising, and Mr. five will continue to approve all the fundraising for the SAOs. This is something he um took under his wing um unfortunately because it was quarant but he is maintaining that. So he is going to be working with the communication specialist also on any of the fundraising communication that needs to go out. So they're the dynamic duo moving forward. Um in the next few days into next week, the principles are
011going to be sending out any of our building communications in the newsletters. So, this will have all the beginning of the year information for our community and students and families and be out uh on the lookout for this because this is also where the introduction of new staff for any of our new hires or any of the teachers that are transferring into the buildings will come from. So, that's where our families will get that new information. You are also going to see on the agenda tonight the approval for the department heads and the adviserss for the next school year. Uh there's a long list of opportunities as you can see pages of opportunities for our students at all levels. So if there's any questions about those clubs or any of the opportunities, reach out to
012the adviserss for more information. It's also on our website. Um and just so we know comprehensively, there are two positions that are still open that we're looking for, which is our math club adviser and our FBA adviser. The math club adviser um became vacant with the resignation of Mr. Mrs. Povvac and the FBLA adviser was actually uh Miss Febbo who was a teacher that continued to be the adviser for that uh club even after she had resigned hopeful that there was going to be a transition with someone but someone has not had that position. So those are the two positions that we're still looking for. And also the technology specialists are new positions that are on the agenda. So our librarians as you can see are up for approval to assume the role. They're going
013to add additional support for our teachers throughout the day and when needed before after school hours to ac assist with any of the technology needs that can be provided hopefully from a colleague who is accessible and knowledgeable within their building. Um, and we want to thank all the librarians for them taking on that new role. Uh, for a facilities update, our athletic training room is set to be completed on the 15th. hopefully, fingers crossed, because we're all getting updates with pictures, but we're just waiting patiently and hopeful that it's going to be done. Our wait room at the high school will be completed before the students return from Thanksgiving break. And uh many of you saw coming in today, the ceiling and parking lots are getting done. So hopefully those will all be completed by
014the time our students and staff arrive back on campus. There were questions that came up about the curtain for theater and it has been ordered and again it is just one of those things that we are crossing our fingers and very hopeful that it comes before our performances start. Um so we are getting updates and hopefully we'll provide them for any of our committees and our um our board meetings moving forward but fingers crossed on that. We do not have any control over planes, trains and automobiles that are transporting things to us at this point in time. So, um, we've also ordered a divider curtain for the high school gymnasium, um, which we were notified today will not be here until October or November. So, Dr. Casky has confirmed that this lack of divider curtain
015does not affect any of the physical education courses scheduled for the year. So, uh, we do not see a hiccup there, but we may see one during basketball season depending how long it goes of and when we get the divider in on installation. Um, in the future, we just want you to keep uh stay tuned for the branding committee. There has been some communication about the new seal that we've been working on and a branding packet for the district that hopefully unifies district communications. So, that's coming up in the next few months. And the district will be releasing an annual report that's will be strategically placed hard copies around the district, but available digitally on our website. This is not going to be sent out to the community, but we will have copies on campus
016if anyone wants that in a hard copy form. This is essentially a year- end review. It highlights what has happened in our districts for facility upgrades, uh, new hires, new staff, any highlights of our kids, graduation, um, and any of our, uh, academic scores and awards that our students have received. At the next board meeting, our communication specialists will be here to update everyone on the website. Um the school district and the news and spotlights on our communications and hopefully we'll be sharing out information for the district enrollment and staffing report which will also be included on the website, but we're going to highlight that the next board meeting and that is the conclusion of the superintendent report. Great. >> Thank you, Mr. Demer. >> Thank you. Um >> courtesy of the Florida visitors and
017y items only. Would anyone like to speak? Barrett Guyer, Wen Township. Thank you board members and administrators. Uh the first thing I want to say since you brought it up in your report, um Popsicles with with principles was great. My daughters loved it. So, thank you very much for for putting that on today. They had a great time. The highlight was getting their picture taken with their principles. Uh they came home, they were so proud to show me. And uh so it was a it was a great event. What I did want to speak about though was um section C facilities obsolete items and I think this was talked about last meeting. I think it was um director Erikson Parsons who brought this up but I don't know that we got a clear answer on
018it. And so I wanted to bring it up again tonight in light of the list that is available in the agenda. So the first thing that I noticed when I looked through the list was it looks like we're updating all of our access points, the Wi-Fi access points in the school. U which is great. Um, and what was interesting to me was that even though these are, you know, close to 10 years old and obsolete, they still have value to them. Um, about $15 a piece. So, just some quick math, it looks like there's close to $2,000 in used access points here. So, I was curious as to what is happening with those if if potentially they could be resold or put toward upgrades, um, etc. Um, along those same lines, I also noticed that
019there were it looks like 11 Corg keyboards that were marked as obsolete. So, these were, you know, piano synthesizers, electronic devices. Um, and again, I don't know if obsolete means broken, but just because something is old doesn't mean that it is no longer valuable. Um, and I just wonder if like these keyboards could be made available to district students, uh, you know, at a highly reduced price or no price. if uh you know I realize the technology and the sounds may be out of date but the keys are all still the same size and they can certainly practice right uh so again I was just curious what happens with these items and if there's anything that we can do um you know for our district right or to recoup some of the money on them
020uh and then finally uh regarding the the books that are being removed from the library um you know quick count I think there's like 600 books on this list and And again, I wonder what what's happening with those books. And just a quick example, um maybe some are aware, Lowertock and Fire Rescue is having a book drive. The deadline may have passed. Uh I think the sale is on the 23rd of this month, but I don't know if they're still collecting those books. I don't know if they would take them, uh being library books with, you know, uh tags on them and things like that. Uh I do think they receive money for some of the books that they do receive even if they're not able to sell them. So again, I'm just wondering if
021uh those books could benefit the community. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Guyer. Anyone else? Seeing no one. >> Um, can I get a motion to approve the presentation of the bills? >> Moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion's approved. We have no treasures report this evening. Uh, on to education. Uh there is an academic and personnel committee meeting summary from August 6th. Um so then on to personnel. Um no items for discussion. Uh we have quite a number of items to approve as Miss Velocity went through. Uh can I get a motion for item number one, middle school principal? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Welcome aboard. Uh, Mr. Hower. >> Thank you. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed.
022The motion's approved. >> Okay. I'm going to read through the remaining 23 items. Uh, as I read through them, if you would like one of them considered separately, um, let me know when I'm finished. Otherwise, I will call for a motion for those 23. Item number two, interim middle school principal duties stipend. Item number three, modifications, administrative assistant compensation and benefits plan. Item number four, special education teacher. Item number five, education long-term substitute. Item number six, 2025 2026 department heads, team leaders, grade level chairs. Item number seven, technology support specialist. Item number eight, co-curricular positions. Item number nine, 2025 2026 athletic workers. Item number 10, transfer full-time to part-time. Item number 11, transfer. Item number 12, bus drivers part-time. Item number 13, full-time registered behavior technicians. Item number 14, paraprofessional. Item number 15, 2025 2026
023day-to-day substitute teachers. Item number 16, dedicated building substitutes. Item number 17, 2025 2026, mentors. Item number 18, 2025 2026, athletic coaches. Item number 19, technology compensation and benefits plan. Item number 20, resignation. Item number 21, resignation. Item number 22, resignation. Item number 23, retirement. Item number 24, retirement. Would anyone like any of these items considered separately? Can I get a motion for items two through 24? >> So moved. >> Any discussion? >> I have a quick question about uh >> Go ahead, Mr. Santa. >> 22. Is this the head of food services who's resigning? >> No, it's one of the cafeteria workers. >> He's moving out of state. Okay. >> Make sure Anyone else? I would just like to thank Mr. Sacaritus for filling the shoes of the principal for this interim period. Thank you,
024sir. All in favor say I. >> I opposed. Motion's approved. >> Mr. Deathmar. >> Okay. M. Um, I just before you move off of uh personnel, I was wondering if uh you uh would entertain uh inviting uh Mr. Hower to uh >> Abs. Absolutely. >> Say a few words. Mr. Hower would please if you'd like come to the podium. >> Good evening and thank you. Um again, I'm Dave Hower and I really appreciate this this opportunity. Um, I'm looking forward to joining the Sulen Valley School District and and getting to work uh right right away. Uh, Mike has been doing a wonderful job getting me uh acclimated and and kind of coaching me up a bit on everything that I need to know. Um, so hopefully I'm here sooner than later and again looking forward
025to jumping in. Thank you for the support and and the vote tonight. I appreciate it. >> Thank you. A question for you. How uh where did you get that pin so quickly? The >> uh Amazon. I literally put in uh panther paw lapel and first one that came up. >> Thank you. >> Okay, moving on to facilities. Um we have one item surplus obsolete. Can I get a motion? >> So move. second discussion. I just wanted to um without repeating repeat what uh Mr. Guyer uh asked if uh there are any information answered that uh anyone can provide >> Mr. Hansen, can you speak to the Wi-Fi? Um >> um the uh the Wi-Fi equipment has actually been out of support from Moroi at the newest stuff we have since 2024. So that that equipment
026really can't be used without a license. So we have replaced that equipment actually quite a while ago. We've been just kind of keeping the devices here for uh in case we needed them. But they're got to the point where we're past ever using them again. So, they don't really have any value that I found. I've had actually contact with some uh electronics uh networking companies who buy equipment back and they've never had any interest in that particular kind of equipment. So, >> um the keyboards have been down in the basement. I'm not even sure how long. Mike, as we were cleaning out, found the keyboards, but go ahead. So I had I found an e-waste company that removes technology that is like old technology that you can't just throw in the garbage. So those keyboards
027have been down in the storage area for quite a while and they would actually be considered e-waste also. So I don't really know their condition. They they have dates written on the back of them since like 2004. So um they uh do look like they've been used though. So Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead. >> Just want to say that uh I mean the fact that they've been there and nobody knew they are there doesn't mean that nobody's interested. So >> I I I just wanted to sort of like say that um you know if you uh you know have an announcement of the sort uh especially to the kids who are uh interested in music uh having a keyboard that's uh home is usually helpful >> regardless of the condition. >> These are the key these
028keyboards don't have speakers themselves on them. require like amplifiers and stuff like that. So, but I don't, you know, know much about the musical instruments like those. So, um if if we want to hold getting rid of them, they can be pulled off of that. So, >> well, they still need to be declared surplus even if you're going to sell to somebody else, but I mean we haven't decided how we're disposing of them yet. We can look into selling them if you like, but I mean they still have to be declared surplus to get rid of them, >> right? We can just not get rid of them until we decide how. >> I mean, we did check with other electronic companies that buy stuff from us. they had no interest in them. So, but we
029can gladly open something up to the community like we do with the iPads. Um, as far as the books, u my understanding is that um this is Sam's was going to open that up to our students to be able to get the books uh if they wanted them. So, >> and in terms of the network devices, there's no value to the processors, motherboards, or any other other chips that are in there. My understanding is that network devices carry very low power in general. Yes. And at this point, 20 years later, there will be of no service even just ripping it apart and taking out parts, >> right? They have pretty much just recycle values for the metals and things that are and that's where they would be going to to uh you know, and they
030don't carry any data that would be particular to us because these are cloud type devices anyhow. So, um, so there's nothing on them that would be, uh, and the company that's that's we're looking to get rid of them with, they do provide like data destruction certificates and stuff like that, too. So, >> excellent. Thank you. >> Go ahead, Miss Filby. >> I had a question. It was actually I'm I'm totally spitballing here, so I need Mr. Fitzgerald's help. Um, this has come up multiple times in like public meetings about the surplus obsolete items and we've talked about jokingly flea markets which take a lot of manpower and a lot of things dragged out into the middle of our uh parking lot. If there was a way that the school district could identify those items that
031would go up for a sale, could we put them on our website and have it done where people are purchasing them online or would the board have to approve like what they would be going out for? because there's got to be an easier way because I'm hearing all the concerns about it. But I don't know what that would do legally if we were >> I've never seen a district use their website. I've seen them use like eBay Marketplace or or Facebook to to put it up and they put it up for, you know, you know, people can bid on it. Um I've never seen a board like set a a price that they would want for a particular item. Once they declare it as surplus or obsolete, they're essentially saying to us it has no
032real real value. Now, there may be a street value to it, but then they allow the administration to determine what vehicle to to sell. Some go to auction on on on items, whether, you know, if it's an old truck. Uh, so, but I haven't seen the website used. >> If is there anything legally stopping us from doing it? So, if we were communicating like not on an eBay, but we were doing it through our community, so our community knew that they could access those items that they see on the agenda. I think it could be done that way without based, you know, uh access to to those do to those record or records to those um items. >> Okay. >> Yeah, we could do something. >> Is there is there I mean like you know
033we we talked about potential street value of some of this in the $15 a piece kind of thing or something like that. But uh is there uh issues for a school district taking money in like that like as a sale? like how does that work on our nonprofit like you know all that? >> Oh, we we'll remain nonprofit, right? I mean, we'll just reinvest that into our, you know, into our own mission. Uh so I don't see an issue. >> You don't have to do like accounting paperwork and stuff. I mean, >> I I let's wait to see how much we're actually going to be putting out there. No. And and then we'll revisit. >> I don't want to sell like $14 worth of stuff and then have to pay like thousands of dollars for
034an accountant to like fix it for us. That's my point, right? Like that's why we have a wonderful CFO that done is potentially uh giving them to one of the uh parent organizations for example PTO or football booster or whatever and say these are yours and um now you can do whatever you want to do with them >> which means that you can sell them and use the money as part of the fundraiser and the money would not come back to the school so you don't have to do any account if there is anyone who's willing to sort of like take that on as part of the fun I mean I'm guessing think that you know when we have the open uh you know fun night open night uh first day of uh school before
035open house >> open house yeah >> s spanthers.comameanpickers [Music] >> there's some great books on options so >> there's options >> okay um >> one last question I know Mr. Brun had some books that he wanted off the list. Did that happen or >> I I raised concerns about them. I I I didn't uh I didn't say they should be taken off. I I I didn't feel like >> Were your concerns addressed is what >> in some cases? Yeah. Um but it was complicated because in some in some cases I I I I put a kind of provisiso that um would you know my my objection to you particular books listed on the weed list um it shouldn't it shouldn't matter if there are problems with um you know uh redundancies like double books you
036know like that's in other words if there were ones that we had too many of um those should go off I think you know for sure. Um there were there were you know there are some classics that I don't see on here now that I was concerned about. Um so that's good. But I you know I I did give her a pretty good Miss Sams a pretty good you know list and um it does seem like there was some adjustments made. There's a couple that I assume that um like there's Nathaniel Hawthorne is still on here but it's not Nathaniel Hawthorne. one particular text and I'm I'm thinking that there must be some extras of it or something, you know. Um, so, you know, I really appreciate a chance to mention something about the concern
037and it looked Yeah. >> Yeah. I guess the short answer is yes. It looks like they were it was it was addressed. >> Thank you. >> Great. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, thank you for bringing that up. Um um Laurel. Okay. Um all in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion's approved. Okay. Um on to finance. Uh we have no items for uh discussion. Uh we have three items here. Um I'm going to read through them and then ask for a motion. Lehigh Valley Events Homecoming DJ Empower ED agreement and Colonial IU 20 contract. Can I get a motion for items one through three? >> So move >> second. >> Discussion questions. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion's approved. Um community updates. Uh Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Ki, anything?
038Okay. >> May I um I don't know if this is working. It doesn't sound it to me. Um may I offer something from Chamber of Commerce? Helertown Historic Society is offering free field trips for any Sen Valley group including the school, including Boy Scouts, Girl Scout, as long as they're Sen Valley. So feel free to contact them. Thank you. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Um, we don't Oh, Saken Valley Foundation, Miss Magna. >> No updates to report. Thanks. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, we don't have an update tonight on NCC, uh, the Bethlehem Votech. U, M. Demco, do you have anything that you wanted to say? >> Um, we heard a report from the World Travelers Club. They produced this um booklet of their trip to Italy and France. So, and happened to make us
039some gelato and Italian sandwiches as well. So, we heard from them and their trip. It sound like they had wonderful experience. Um, Adam Lazarek um had an article published teachers perspective on the impact of an outdoor-based self-care training program on student mental health and he is going to be presenting this article at the PTOAC Festival of Education along with their presentation on school culture. Jamie is now our superintendent of record on our um joint committee. And on October 11th, Bethlehem Rotary is having a night at the races at the sales and all proceeds benefit the Bavitz Bridges Foundation, which is scholarships for students. >> That's what I have. >> Great. Thank you. Um, Colonial Intermediate Unit, Dr. Poxad, >> no updates. >> Okay. PSBA representative, uh, Mrs. Carpenter and Santos. Uh yeah, we actually got
040a update from a human. We're apparently uh PSBA section E2, which I have never received any email from a sectional adviser before, but we did. Um uh basically, um not a lot today. There's an implore of everyone to apply for PA great schools, which I had never heard of before, so I'll have to look more into that. I believe there's also an election for more PSBA things and there is actually one contested race. So I think sometimes in October that'll be coming up. So there are videos by each of the people running. So for the one contested race um I will send that along so that you know who because our board actually has to vote for one of the two. So um so I will send that along so that we can do that.
041>> Okay, great. Mr. Santos, anything? Speaking of races, the PSBA seeks to fill vacancy on PIAA District 9 committee. Uh any member interested in serving on the schoolboard representative of their local PIAA uh district 9 committee, the term has uh effectively uh gone through July 1st through the July 1st 25 through June 30 of 2027. Applicants must be submitted online uh by August 31st. So we have a few weeks left and all appointments will be determined at the following PSBA governing board meeting. So that might be something of interest to any board member who might be interested in joining the PSBA PIAA District 9 committee. >> Great. Thank you. Okay. uh any new business. >> I had one thing I wanted to bring up a rather broad u uh issue. I I wanted to mention
042to the really to the the community and um especially parents that are out there. Um there have been a lot of u media reports um in the last uh two months especially about the u effect of artificial intelligence um and the potential effect of artificial intelligence on the job market you know both short term and long term and um I think it's really worth for without at the risk of sounding patronizing I think it's really it's it's worth I think parents especially to to really be keeping an eye on on what's happening in in in in the job market with respect to um jobs that used to be sort of considered safe. You know, um I I'm almost at a point where um from everything I'm I'm seeing and and reading um it's really a
043mistake to consider almost any job as safe right now. like it really that's a big mistake. things are really changing in a huge way. And um so there are whole layers of um kinds of uh job of of job markets that are just starting to dissolve, you know. And you know, sometimes uh when I graduated from uh Miami University in Ohio in um in 1989, um there were you I graduated with an English major, you know, and there was a whole kind of uh they were hard to get, but there were jobs that you could get in the media. There were jobs just compiling information. that was really a great entry level job. those kind of information compil uh compilation jobs were really those were go-to entry- level jobs for English majors for people in
044you know even stuff from like political science philosophy a lot of those are just vanishing you know and there's data starting to come out now um I saw a big report on um uh e economics job jobs for economists being phased out um that kind of surprised me because I thought that was a safe, you know, kind of safe job. So, I just I think it's really good for, you know, parents and and um and children who are in high school who are thinking about what they're going to be studying, you know, and um or they're trying to nurture their their children um to learn what you can right now about the job market and to keep keep an open mind, I guess, is what I would say. And um I don't know if any
045anyone else I I I wanted to invite any other you know board members I would love to hear what you guys think of this too like because I think it's I think it's worth the public hearing us talk about these issues these structural changes which are really broad and sweeping because they make me anxious you know and um I don't know that's all >> great thank you Mr. Brun um I I'll speak to that Mr. Brun actually, you know, thank you. When when I joined the workforce, I I was quote unquote a spreadsheet jockey, right? I would compile data uh in the compliance field and try to gather those reports for our superior supervisors and that is going to be non-existent in the future. Uh I I would also say that you know us humans
046are very good at adapting, right? And I I think that that's going to have to be our play go forward. Uh as you know, jobs vanish, new jobs are created. Uh we have very little blacksmiths in today's world. We have very little carriage drivers in today's world. And all the jobs that supported those have also vanished. So I think you know if we're a forward thinking populace we really do need to consider what are those jobs in the future that are going to be of import to the population. Do do you think that adaptation itself is sort of like a almost like a mindset that people have to be open to? You know, I other words being adaptable like that in in of itself is sort of a soft skill that you need. You know,
047>> my thinking here is that the only constant is change. The the world isn't permanent. We shouldn't think that anything is permanent. We should believe that we have the ability as human beings to surpass any challenge put forth in front of us. >> Yeah. The uh all the uh impacts of artificial intelligence are um um lots of pluses and lots of minuses like you were talking about Mr. and uh the the challenge is it's really hard to predict the future even if it's just a year or two out. So uh but uh I agree with you that uh it it's smart for for parents who are advising their high schoolers to uh to just keep their eyes and ears open for things that are happening. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, I think through the course
048of history there are changes all the time and major changes all the time and um we adapt, right? So it doesn't surprise me that there's a huge AI push right now and looking at it is very useful in a lot of different fields that you can use. And I think throughout history, people are always anxious when new things come up or jobs go away. And um I was listening to a podcast the other day by an organizational psychologist and he had a speaker on there that talked about um said a quote about how this is going to be the end of civilization. No one's going to interact anymore. and it was from I want to say I think the 1800s talking about going from an open fire outside where people are cooking to an indoor
049stove. So I think it's your perspective at the time and looking back if you look at the course of history and all the changes that have happened in technology that's happened um we're still thriving and there's still many jobs in lots of different areas and they may look a little bit different but I think that's where that adaptability and the flexibility come in. >> Great. Thank I uh you know just I think a general comment is that uh this this particular topic has like um strong influence on education because like to not be too reductive about it but like it can be used as a cheating box, right? And so when you when you when you have something that can do that uh you have to decide and this is the true as all information
050changes what parts of of education need to stay because they are core and fundamental to educating the next generation of of academics and workers and and everyone. what what are what are all those things that we need to have and what things are we going to leave behind because we now have the technology to do it. And I think that that's something that I'm sure that will filter down as research is done at a high level down into secondary education and and things. I don't I don't think anyone has an answer right now, but certainly I'm I'm sure that we should we should just be cognizant that that sort of a revolution is happening. Yeah. >> Thank you. And and to that point, we can at least celebrate the fact that for the next at
051least 5 to 10 years, this technology requires an input. And for any output to effectuate change, it needs our interaction to understand what that output is and effectuate it into the real world. Once we have Gen AI get to the point where it can self-replicate, self-learn, and can be physical, then you know, maybe we have cause for concern. And if anybody has seen Terminator, well, you know where that leads. But at least for now, we should not be as cautious and should, in my opinion, integrate with this new technology as as as well as we can. Thank you. >> Okay. Um, great great discussion. Um, I don't think we have any old business. Uh, citizens inquiries and comments. Would anyone like to speak about any topic? Please state your name and and uh and address.
052>> Megan Lumino, Lower Sockin Township. Uh, I wanted to echo what Miss Velocity said earlier. I had the opportunity to meet with Ryan Johnston last week. I think it was last week, maybe it was two weeks ago. Um, but that was a great meeting. I'm very excited to work with him. Congratulations to Mr. Fry on all of those things that you were going to be working on with security and support and all of those things that were mentioned. I'm excited to keep working with you for SAO fundraising items and communications. Uh, so I think that was really good. And I've also heard a lot of positive feedback from the community with seeing the posts and him emailing people and things like that. So I think that's a great thing that I am hearing from people
053on the ground. Um and I was just curious only because I haven't seen him since we approved him about um Dr. Tenor Tinor uh the assistant superintendent and when what his role entails and when he when he's will be more visible to the public. Thank you. >> Would anyone else like to speak? Okay, seeing no one. Um, anyone like anyone anyone on the board like to respond at all? Okay. Um, announcements. We have a meeting on August 26th uh at 7 p.m. here in this room and another one on on September 9th, 7 p.m. here in this room. We've reached the end of our agenda, so our meeting is adjourned. Thank you everyone.