Board of Education meeting for September 2026 from the LGI room.

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Transcript

0:04 Yes.

0:15 Hi everybody. It's 7 o'clock and we have

0:19 our board meeting to order executive

0:22 session that was anticipated and we

0:23 actually had one. So here we are. Um we

0:26 are going to pledge allegiance.

0:34 I aliance to the flag of the United

0:37 States of America to the republic for it

0:40 stands nationy

0:44 and justice for all.

0:46 >> Uh we have thank you all for joining us

0:49 [snorts] here. We had a

0:52 a lot of changes at last minute. So,

0:55 we're very grateful to Lonnie who does

0:59 all the tech that allows us to set up

1:02 and have audio that hopefully works

1:04 also. Um, and we're grateful to the

1:07 custodial staff who brought stuff down

1:10 to the elementary school thinking that

1:11 was where the meeting was and then

1:12 brought it back here. That is where the

1:14 meeting actually is. We're hoping to

1:16 have a meeting in the elementary school.

1:18 Um, obviously it's not.

1:20 So, thanks to Joe, staff, DJ and Lonnie

1:24 making All this happened almost twice in

1:27 one day. Uh we have a roll call which is

1:31 different. We have RG joining us

1:33 remotely and Barbara joining us remotely

1:37 and Rob Samson's unable to be here

1:39 remotely or otherwise. So we have two

1:42 remote members who are fully functioning

1:45 as board members members forum and able

1:47 to vote. Um so we are all here as board

1:51 members. We have two student board

1:52 members as well who say we're not voting

1:55 members that I'm sorry

1:59 fact

2:01 and so with that we have roll call now

2:03 we have for the good of the order

2:05 anything from the board about voting day

2:08 or anything else that's going on

2:13 um do you guys want to do introduce

2:15 yourselves now yes or wait for your

2:19 presation

2:22 would you do

2:24 Okay.

2:32 Elementary school students construction.

2:37 They love

2:46 seem to be running

2:50 up to school. spoke. Teachers did too.

2:54 Staff did too. Thanks to all them

2:57 grateful for all that. Um

3:00 with that we have the opportunity for

3:01 the public to be heard. This is an

3:03 opportunity for members of

3:06 yourself.

3:26 >> Everybody, I'm Sarah Clark. I'm the

3:28 director of the Morrisville Public

3:29 Library. Um I know many of you um happy

3:34 to see familiar faces. Uh I came to

3:37 share that uh we are in year two of a

3:39 new tutoring policy in the library. We

3:42 in a sense beta tested it last year with

3:44 success. Um so I brought copies of the

3:47 policy to share tonight. Um I'm hoping

3:50 that you can help get the word out about

3:52 what we offer the library and what our

3:55 limitations are. So the policy kind of

3:58 came about because we were trying to

4:00 balance tutoring and all the other

4:03 activities that need to take place at a

4:05 public library concurrently. So this is

4:08 a way that we can provide diverse

4:11 activities for all ages and all kinds of

4:14 people at once. Um so right now this is

4:18 the situation for tutors. We have four

4:21 tables. We have one study room that we

4:24 cannot reserve. It's there's come

4:26 We have two benches in our entryway

4:28 which is even cool and we have up to

4:31 four tables in our community room when

4:34 it's open. Um but we are expecting to do

4:37 a full renovation of that space later in

4:39 the year. So that'll take that out of

4:42 the the lineup. Um, we also have outdoor

4:45 space and picnic tables and we the

4:48 library provides Wi-Fi at the Grove

4:51 Street Rail Trail parking lot and

4:53 pavilion and now also at the Hilton

4:55 Barn. We're hoping that the town and the

4:57 village may at some point expand picnic

5:00 table space and other areas to expand

5:04 the tutoring into those pieces during at

5:06 least good weather. Um, so the reality

5:09 of the situation is we have had to turn

5:11 some folks away in the last year because

5:14 when we're at capacity, we are at

5:16 capacity. Um, nobody wants to do that,

5:19 but but we have had to. Um, so I just

5:22 wanted you all to know that we at the

5:25 library see a need for additional places

5:27 in the community for tutoring, school

5:30 facilitated therapy services, um, and

5:33 group learning. Um, if the library had

5:35 more space to build, I would absolutely

5:38 fully support constructing more study

5:40 rooms. Um, but at this time, there's no

5:43 plan for any additional space at the

5:46 library. Um, so we continue to welcome

5:49 tutors. Education is obviously a big

5:53 part of our mission, not the biggest

5:55 part of our mission. Um but we we feel

5:59 that we can be part of the solution but

6:01 we can't be the only solution to pass

6:09 >> and I'll leave

6:11 the policy.

6:20 >> Thank you.

6:24 >> Does anyone else have

6:37 Good evening. My name is Tennis. My

6:40 son's an eighth grader here at

6:42 Mory'sville and I just wanted to take

6:43 this opportunity to discuss the lacrosse

6:46 program here. Uh, as I said, my son

6:50 Ethan is an eighth grader here. He

6:52 played modified last year and it was one

6:55 of the best experiences he's had since

6:57 he's begun school

6:59 uh throughout the course of his time. He

7:02 played in the youth program here at War.

7:04 His grade didn't have a lot of kids

7:06 playing. He brought his friends to it.

7:08 This past year as a seventh grader, he

7:11 brought more friends to it. And even

7:13 before the season started, I had a lot

7:15 of kids that he's friends with that I

7:17 coached in the community as well say, "I

7:20 want to play, but I don't know if I

7:22 should because there's a lot of kids I

7:24 haven't played before." Kids should be

7:26 able to pick up a sport in seventh

7:27 grade, especially to move their bodies,

7:30 spend time with their friends for all

7:31 the right reasons. And we talked them

7:34 into it. And I think it was a positive

7:38 experience. I think there's always ups

7:40 and downs, but I wanted to touch base on

7:42 all of this because it's coming from a

7:43 place of positivity and optimism.

7:46 I've seen so many of these kids have a

7:48 great time. And I have to tell you, I

7:50 think the coaches at the modified level,

7:51 I don't know a lot about the varsity

7:52 level. I don't have a child there, but I

7:55 thought the coaches at the modified

7:56 level did an excellent job. They had 30

7:58 boys. Generally, a lacrosse team has 20

8:01 or less on a team. They got the boys in.

8:04 They gave them chances to play. And I

8:07 think generally the attitude was good

8:09 about understanding they had to share

8:10 the time and space with their friends so

8:12 they would have want to stay on the

8:13 team. Next year there's going to be even

8:16 more kids which again is a good thing

8:19 but it comes with its challenges. Last

8:21 year we had 30. We're looking at 35 36

8:26 kids now. When you start getting to

8:29 those levels you risk losing the kids as

8:31 well. So, we can go from something

8:34 that's positive and a good thing for

8:36 them to becoming kind of negative, but

8:40 not as positive as it could be.

8:43 I was a team mom for modified last year,

8:46 so I happen to have had all the modified

8:48 parents email addresses, so they're used

8:50 to hearing from me. Uh, so I sent them

8:52 an email. I sent them a Google survey

8:55 and I also sent it to the incoming

8:57 seventh grade kids that we know from the

8:59 youth program just asking if there was a

9:03 choice would your child choose to play

9:04 modify would they choose to play JV or

9:07 they choose to play varsity for those

9:09 who don't know we don't have a JV right

9:11 now it's a mod 9 and we have a varsity

9:15 overwhelmingly I got n you know 33

9:18 responded out of 40 some people I

9:20 emailed so not bad you guys know how

9:22 surveys

9:23 33 responded, 19 responded like their

9:27 their kid wants to play J. And the

9:30 reason it means something to me, I know

9:32 I responded the same way because

9:35 there's a big jump from modified to

9:38 varsity, especially playing a game of

9:39 lacrosse. My son was lucky enough to

9:43 start as a seventh grader. I can tell

9:45 you this much. He's not ready as an

9:46 eighth grader to jump up to varsity and

9:48 he won't be next year either. And that's

9:50 not a slam on my kid. He loves it. He's

9:52 having a great time, but he's not a big

9:53 guy. It's not going to happen. I

9:56 wouldn't let him as an parent do it. But

9:58 I don't know that it's fair for other

9:59 kids to have a kid who plays modified

10:01 for 20 years straight and has been doing

10:05 a good job. And he's not alone. There

10:07 are other kids that are this year's

10:08 freshman that are in the same boat. He's

10:11 not the only kid who's living this life.

10:13 I just happen to be a parent living it

10:15 with him and hearing it from his

10:17 friends.

10:19 The biggest thing when I ask him and his

10:21 friends is they want to play with their

10:23 friends. They don't care if they're the

10:25 best player and they get to move up to

10:27 varsity as a eighth or ninth grader.

10:30 They don't know those kids. They're not

10:32 their friends. It's not as fun. A lot of

10:35 this should be about giving them that

10:37 space as well. Um,

10:40 and giving them a challenge. Challenge

10:42 is okay. It's more fun when you have

10:44 your friends around.

10:47 One of the things that I really noticed

10:49 last year is that when he came home from

10:52 practice, he was happy. He was tired. He

10:56 was ready to settle in and do his

10:57 homework. When he doesn't have these

10:59 things, he's not that kid. It's not as

11:02 enjoyable to parent. Um, so this isn't

11:05 just about sports. It's about his

11:08 academics as well and other kids

11:10 academics. when they get a chance to go

11:12 be with their friends for a couple of

11:13 hours and burn that energy that middle

11:16 school boys have, they can sit down and

11:19 focus. I'm lucky enough that my son's in

11:21 the accelerated math program. He's in

11:23 taking our science and space for

11:25 exploration this year. He's a good

11:27 student as well. They go together for me

11:30 and for him.

11:33 Um, you know, it's not just my son.

11:35 There's 62 boys right now in the

11:37 program. Next year, the girls are going

11:39 to be in the exact same spot. Their

11:40 team's growing, too. Another great

11:42 thing. It's a small school district.

11:45 We're talking about over a hundred kids

11:46 that are impacted by these decisions.

11:49 I'm not disappointed in the program. I'm

11:51 disappointed in the administration's

11:53 failure to respond to several years of

11:55 conversations on it. And I hope we start

11:57 having a real conversation. Thank you.

12:10 Are there any other members of the

12:11 public who would like to come forward at

12:13 this time?

12:25 >> Hi, I'm Alicia Hazen. Um I am a parent

12:29 of uh several children in the district.

12:32 I am coming just with a quick question

12:34 and hope um I'm a sports mom as well and

12:39 again we have my children very much love

12:42 the programs programs are growing. I

12:44 think it's amazing. Um I have a small

12:46 request we all utilize whether whatever

12:50 sport it is. I always play all seasons.

12:53 Um but fall and spring utilize a snack

12:58 shack and we were in there cleaning and

13:03 I was in there um volunteering doing set

13:05 up and breakdown and I just noticed

13:07 there was a lot of furry friends um and

13:12 we are selling food out of there and it

13:14 helps grow the booster funds and it also

13:18 helps the players an example of what

13:21 we're using those funs forum helping

13:23 helping buy equipment for the kiddos,

13:25 helping buy um like homecoming t-shirts,

13:28 things are for the players. Um so I just

13:31 if you could somehow come to

13:35 and we're happy to help in any way if

13:37 you need us to do anything, but I just

13:40 didn't want I know it's on district

13:41 property, so I don't know what the rules

13:43 are. If we can come in and do something,

13:45 if not, that's okay, but it was just

13:47 something that person out of there. So

13:50 if you could just do something

14:00 um we don't answer or respond to

14:03 questions of the public at this point

14:06 conversation but um Mr. has noted this

14:11 and I believe he has

14:14 >> a followup

14:16 just

14:18 not

14:21 That's just the way it works. It's a

14:23 meeting of the board in the public's

14:25 presence. So, um,

14:30 uh, is there anyone else who has any

14:32 would like to share during this

14:34 opportunity to

14:45 go to the reason everyone is here. Uh

14:47 there's construction presentation from

14:49 Danport. So everyone's here for that,

14:52 right?

14:55 This is

14:56 >> Frank has

15:32 I didn't think I was that bad looking

15:34 for everyone.

15:36 [laughter]

15:37 I appreciate everyone coming out, you

15:39 know, and I know for this quick

15:42 introductions to to the team here. My

15:44 name is Nolan. I'm the account executive

15:46 here in this region for for the capital

15:49 region to my right. She's our energy

15:52 engineer manager. Our Buffalo office to

15:55 my left is Kenza. He's our energy

15:57 engineer that handles our measurement

16:00 verification side of the house through

16:02 our energy projects out of our Buffalo

16:04 office as well. Uh if there's any

16:06 questions throughout this, please just

16:08 shout them out, raise your hand, get my

16:10 attention, however, whoever you may see.

16:13 We just want this to be more of a

16:15 discussion here. Again, thank you for

16:19 the time. I hope the uh school year went

16:21 out great coming from a place of

16:23 experience as a third grade teacher at

16:25 Chen and just our house is crazy with

16:28 three kids under seven school years

16:32 like to hear that it's going off smooth

16:35 again and as well it's funny enough

16:42 that's that's pretty funny. So good to

16:44 see the sport is uh permeating

16:45 throughout the capital region. It's

16:47 always fun playing well in the bigger

16:48 fields and hopefully we see you guys

16:51 moving forward in the bigger fields. So

16:55 with that, we'll get started. Again,

16:57 there's some head shots of us see here.

17:00 We'll go through quickly a company

17:02 overview of our our organization

17:06 company. We abbreviate that to JW. We'll

17:10 touch on what specifically is an energy

17:12 performance contract as well as what the

17:15 construction So this report is just

17:17 based on the construction period and

17:19 we'll we'll touch on what that means.

17:21 We'll also look at the project savings

17:24 summary and what we're able to include

17:26 at this time. We'll focus on the stems

17:29 we call facility improvement measures.

17:31 Those are specific items that we you did

17:34 or we constructed throughout this

17:36 project. And then we'll we'll also

17:38 review the incentive that we apply for

17:40 achieve were granted through this

17:43 project.

18:01 Swear I have this question.

18:10 Try it again.

18:28 I'll have to do it for you.

18:32 >> Just say

18:34 uh so a little bit about about our

18:36 organization. We're the John W. Danport

18:38 company in 1884. We were founded in

18:40 Buffalo. We had over 140 years of

18:42 business in the region. We're

18:44 predominantly a mechanical contractor.

18:46 So that's HVAC plumbing, all the guts of

18:49 the building, the nons sexy stuff of the

18:51 foot building as we like to call it.

18:53 That's that's what we've been known for

18:55 for the past 140 years. We're a

18:57 subsidiary of a larger corporation

18:59 called MCOR. That's very recent. 2025 is

19:02 we purchased by MCOR and it's been great

19:05 having them as our backer through much

19:07 more advanced and financially risky

19:10 projects. Like I said, our areas of

19:12 expertise predominantly are each type of

19:14 plumbing. In most of our office

19:16 locations, we have a manufacturing

19:17 capability. Manufacture all types of

19:19 sheet metal projects, piping, anything

19:22 that can be made out of metal, we'll

19:24 we'll fabricate it, manufacture it, ship

19:26 it off to its um estimation. And then

19:30 what we're focused here now is our

19:32 division. That's what this team behind

19:34 me is myself and the team behind me

19:36 stand for and work towards as well. We

19:39 have a full service component that

19:41 addresses day-to-day service of of HVAC

19:44 equipment, mechanical upgrades. We have

19:47 six offices throughout the state um

19:49 throughout New York City and Vermont,

19:51 Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, Buffalo,

19:54 Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and

19:56 Burlington. You can see our staff up

19:58 there. We have geared to shop over a

20:01 thousand unit employees with close to

20:03 300 office staff throughout throughout

20:05 the state.

20:08 We would like to preach or like to brag

20:10 a little bit about we're nationally

20:11 recognized for our ESCO development

20:13 being a self-performing mechanical

20:15 contractor. So I'll touch on what an

20:17 ESCO is, but it's basically an energy

20:19 services company. Not many of those are

20:22 self-performing, meaning they do their

20:23 own work. So we're an ESCO that does

20:25 their own work because we have that 140

20:27 years of mechanical and piping

20:29 background. So it's our team, it's our

20:32 trucks doing the work, it's our project

20:34 managers that oversee it. It's not some

20:36 third party large national corporation

20:39 that's hiring local labor. We are local

20:42 and for the past few years we've over

20:44 420 million.

20:50 So today [clears throat] we're talking

20:51 about energy performance contract that

20:53 we did for the school district. Um Dan

20:56 Ford is an ESCO which is an energy

20:59 service company and we partnered with

21:02 your school district particularly to um

21:05 provide energy services and put together

21:09 measures that we could save the district

21:11 money. Um

21:14 you want to head to the next slide.

21:17 So what our role was um we went in we

21:21 did a utility benchmark and took took a

21:23 look at your utilities to determine how

21:26 much you were spending on utilities and

21:28 then we looked to see how much we

21:30 thought that we could save by making

21:32 some changes. Um we developed a list of

21:35 measures facility improvement measures

21:37 and we implemented some of those

21:39 measures in order for you guys to save

21:41 energy.

21:43 What's nice about an energy performance

21:45 contract is the amount of money that you

21:47 save in your utilities is guaranteed and

21:50 that guarantee is going to pay for the

21:53 project. So all the money that you were

21:55 previously paying for those utilities,

21:57 you now use that money to pay for this

21:59 project and you pay for um new lighting,

22:04 new pool unit, some controls upgrades

22:06 and things like that that we'll get into

22:08 a little bit later. Um

22:11 so this particular uh portion of the

22:14 project is a construction period and

22:17 it's a little bit different than what

22:19 you'll see next year at a year one

22:21 point. A construction period as we

22:24 complete these individual measures. You

22:26 start to see savings right away. Um

22:29 these savings are not technically a part

22:32 of the project as a whole but they are a

22:34 benefit to the district. So, as you can

22:36 see by the graph, as we complete each

22:39 one of those measures, you start to see

22:40 an increased amount of savings that the

22:43 district's going to see. So, um, two

22:46 acronyms that we're going to use a lot

22:47 is FIMS, facility improvement measures,

22:50 and MV measurement and verification. We

22:53 have to measure and verify every one of

22:55 the measures that we implement and we

22:57 have to prove the savings that we told

22:59 you that we giving you all. So

23:04 I'm going to turn it over to Kazum who's

23:05 going to handle the financials.

23:08 So what we have here on this slide is

23:10 basically the construction ran from

23:13 November of 2024 when the first was

23:15 installed to October of 2026.

23:19 So

23:21 of one year finance approximate

23:25 uh 300

23:28 little less than 350,000 KW savings

23:32 little over 93 KW and then 20,000 little

23:35 less than 31,000 this year resulting in

23:38 energy cost savings of um roughly 45,600

23:46 and then associated savings

23:49 $15,500.

23:51 So the associated savings are

23:53 maintenance

23:56 cost.

24:01 So total if you combine the energy cost

24:04 savings and the associated savings this

24:06 is roughly 61,000

24:10 roughly $61,000.

24:14 So here we have two pie charts which are

24:16 broken up by pin and then the right hand

24:19 side is broken by building. So it kind

24:21 of gives you a comparative

24:23 predictive comparison is saving the

24:26 most. And so if we take a look at the

24:29 five chart on the left, um the LED

24:32 lighting upgrades is saving the most

24:34 followed by

24:35 replacement followed by mechanical

24:38 installation and printing

24:41 right and then the right hand side

24:44 obviously

24:46 work over there. So the high school

24:54 so this is the rate structure and the

24:56 escalation rate. So the utility rate

24:58 that we use to come up with the energy

25:00 cost dollars is an annual run on average

25:04 cost for the entire year of January.

25:09 We are basically using 3.1 cents um per

25:12 KW for the high school 6.9 cents for the

25:15 per um for KW for the elementary school

25:19 and for the gas you're using cents

25:23 for the high school and then 48 cents

25:25 for the elementary school. So this the

25:30 rate that we used in coming up

25:33 is from 2022. So right now

25:40 the actual energy cost.

25:50 So as a part of the energy performance

25:51 context um this is the first so we

25:54 installed seven pims um so again is an

25:58 acronym for facility improvement measure

26:01 right it's another fancy word for energy

26:03 performance you know either

26:12 we measure and modify each of the um so

26:16 the f one is interior upgra So we

26:20 upgraded existing lighting to LEDs and

26:23 then instant

26:34 improvement. So we did a comprehensive

26:36 gear ceing and insulation project

26:40 improvement throughout the school

26:42 district right we the doors and the

26:46 windows um and this result in roughly

26:49 over $5,000

26:51 next

26:53 three is a mechanical insulation so we

26:56 insulated walls pumps um strainers and

27:00 tidings and this resulted in roughly

27:10 uh wireless controls. We use a company

27:13 called

27:15 which in who install blood load

27:17 controllers on the electric

27:20 for the equipment such as winters which

27:23 reduce the operating time of the

27:26 equipment and this resulted in

27:35 over to Jason.

27:40 >> So the building controls upgrades that

27:42 we did uh the major ones were uh a

27:45 measure called domain control

27:47 ventilation where we added domain

27:49 control ventilation into um two of the

27:53 the buildings for the high school

27:54 auditorium and gymnasium. uh

27:58 implementing those measures uh resulted

28:01 in a savings of just under $900.

28:08 For fib number six, we did some repairs

28:11 to some gravity relief dampers. So,

28:13 gravity relief dampers are on your roof

28:16 and as you build up pressure, as you

28:19 bring ventilation air into your

28:21 building, these gravity relief dampers

28:24 um work by pressure will open up and

28:28 relieve that air back out. Um, what we

28:31 found when we did our audit is a lot of

28:33 these were not functioning and stuck in

28:34 the open position. So, as we were trying

28:37 to heat the space in the building, air

28:40 was just going out of the building. So,

28:42 we had repaired a bunch of those and

28:44 that resulted in a savings of $900.

28:50 And the uh second largest measure we did

28:53 after lighting was the high school pool

28:56 air handling unit replacement. This is

28:58 in your nitorium for your pool. Uh this

29:01 unit we went and we removed a

29:04 compressorized unit and we replaced it

29:07 with a energy recovery type unit that no

29:10 longer uses a compressor. So we're no

29:12 longer using DX cooling to subcool that

29:15 air and then reheat it to cost a whole

29:19 lot of energy. So now we're just using

29:22 um two cross strings of air to go across

29:26 a a a medium to transfer that heat

29:31 energy. And that's going to still result

29:35 in the same sort of dehumidification you

29:37 were getting before, but not with the

29:40 same amount of electricity. Um and with

29:43 that measure, we were able to save just

29:44 under $17,000 by strategy.

29:49 The other thing we wanted to touch on

29:50 was the incentive and rebates for this

29:53 district. Um, as you can see by the

29:55 quantity on the the screen, um, Danforth

29:58 worked with the utility companies to

30:00 secure a bunch of rebates for the

30:03 district. Um, this is a service that we

30:05 offer that we secure. Uh, we work with

30:08 all the utility companies to see what we

30:10 can do on your behalf. As part of our

30:13 project, we said that we would guarantee

30:15 $102,000 worth of incentives. We were

30:18 able actually to receive $160,000

30:21 of incentives. So, we exceeded that by

30:24 over $58,000, which is excellent. So, um

30:27 we're very happy that we were able to

30:29 provide that for the district. Um we're

30:31 very happy that the incentive programs

30:33 are still there with the school with the

30:36 utilities. Um a lot of those have gone

30:39 away since this happened. So, um I was

30:42 glad that we were able to get this

30:44 project in before

30:49 it

30:54 so that that's not a presentation. I

30:56 know there

31:00 >> do you have questions?

31:03 >> I have a question. Are the incentives

31:05 actually cash to the district or those

31:07 offsetting project? they pass to the

31:10 district

31:14 and judging my colleagues nod approval

31:17 sounds like

31:24 did you make questions

31:27 >> okay uh if there are no other questions

31:29 like we're um we appreciate the time we

31:32 appreciate the project uh we look

31:34 forward to continued work with the

31:36 district I was speaking colleague about

31:38 some things that we have to correct

31:39 project teams here to support any

31:41 training that the district may have or

31:43 need to maximize the energy.

31:47 >> I I do have a question. Do you track the

31:51 um the footprint the carbon footprint

31:53 >> of the of a district before and after?

31:58 So is there reduction in

32:02 carbon footprint?

32:04 >> We we don't typically um I'm not asking

32:09 you to.

32:10 >> No. As part of this project, no. And

32:12 it's

32:13 >> that would require

32:15 >> pre- project, post project, a lot more

32:19 sweetness.

32:20 >> It's clear in the bill.

32:22 >> Correct. Yes. That that's what we

32:25 savings like was the

32:29 their utility rate that we used in 2022.

32:31 I'm sure everyone can see a spike in

32:33 their utility bills since that. Um, so

32:36 what we projected in 2022 is just great.

32:47 >> Thank you. Thank you for what you've

32:48 done.

32:53 >> Appreciate

32:55 you.

33:02 >> [snorts]

33:12 >> Thank you very

33:12 >> kids under seven.

33:14 >> Yeah, that might be a nice nice break.

33:20 We now have

33:24 our student board members are here to

33:25 present this evening.

33:40 Hi, I'm Alison Smith and this was really

33:43 important for me to come up here

33:48 because I care about the school

33:52 building.

33:56 Sure.

34:01 >> Um my name is

34:04 I am

34:06 just want to say that I

34:11 represent

34:19 >> and now this is their first report so I

34:20 know they've worked hard on it.

34:23 >> Good evening everyone. I'm incredibly

34:25 excited to serve as one of the student

34:26 representatives this year. Since school

34:28 just started, we are still gearing up,

34:31 but I have some wonderful updates to

34:33 share.

34:35 Our fall sports season is officially

34:37 underway, and our varsity teams are off

34:39 to a fantastic stretch. From what I

34:41 know, girls, both boys and girls varsity

34:44 teams have already captured their first

34:46 of the season. Also, the varsity

34:48 football team came on Friday. This was

34:50 huge as it marked the very first victory

34:53 under our new head coach, Coach Fiato.

34:56 It was an incredibly exciting game to

34:58 watch. Great news from our middle

35:01 school. The upcoming play has been

35:02 announced as Shrek and auditions are

35:05 currently happening right now. We cannot

35:07 wait to see the talented middle

35:09 schoolers bring the show to life.

35:11 Finally, I caught up with some of our

35:13 elementary school students recently.

35:15 They absolutely love the new cafeteria.

35:16 [snorts]

35:18 They mentioned how the spaces and how

35:20 they truly learn enjoying lunch time

35:22 there. As a whole school, we are excited

35:25 and getting ready for homecoming weekend

35:27 which will take place next week. It is

35:28 already shaping up to be an amazing

35:30 school year. Thank you.

35:34 >> All right. Now, I wanted to share some

35:37 stuff about clubs and organizations that

35:40 are happening in middle school and high

35:42 school.

35:43 not start right now but I know that

35:46 science Olympia and the middle school

35:48 and high school club will be having

35:50 their first meetings on Tuesday and

35:52 Thursday respectively. Uh the high

35:55 school national honor societies also

35:56 having first meeting the following

35:58 Tuesday after that and more clubs will

36:01 be starting as we had later this month.

36:03 Uh we also have some new class in the

36:06 high school this year with intro to

36:08 integrated circuit science,

36:10 semiconductor technology and fashion

36:12 design. Uh based on what I've heard,

36:14 students taking these classes uh seem to

36:18 be enjoying them and they said that it

36:20 helped expose them to more career paths

36:23 at the high school.

36:26 >> Thank you.

36:29 Appreciate you guys bringing that

36:31 information forward and being here

36:33 and general

36:39 for the board the

36:41 department before it was a statewide.

36:45 You are not first members.

36:56 >> Um

37:01 so I want to first off you guys a

37:03 [applause] round of applause. It is not

37:05 easy.

37:09 You did a wonderful job.

37:10 Congratulations. I'm sure it'll get

37:11 easier. Like I said, as time goes on,

37:14 we'll nail it every day. Trust me. Great

37:16 job. Um, before I begin with a quick

37:18 presentation, I do want to kind of talk

37:20 about opening of the school year. Um,

37:22 and I want to recognize a few people. We

37:25 often think about September as being

37:26 like the beginning of a school year, and

37:28 really it's not, right? It never really

37:30 truly is. And people always say to me,

37:31 "Oh, Frank, how was your summer?" I go,

37:32 "We're here." Right? There's a lot of 12

37:35 month employees that work extremely hard

37:37 um during that time. But even before I

37:38 get to that, we have elementary and

37:40 special education programs. We have

37:42 tutoring programs going on. We have

37:44 summer school. We have staff working on

37:46 curriculum. So our teachers and students

37:48 are still working during the summer.

37:49 Yes, some have some time off, but not

37:51 really. And then in August, our kids

37:53 really they really come right back in

37:55 with sports really the second to third

37:57 week of school. So there's a lot going

37:59 on over the summer. Um, but going back

38:02 to our 12 month employees, our

38:03 facilities, technology, transportation,

38:05 clerical, business office,

38:07 administrative staff, um, sure, I might

38:09 have missed somebody. They work

38:11 diligently through the summer. And

38:13 without those 12 month employees doing

38:14 all of that work in the summer, we would

38:16 not be able to have a smooth opening or

38:18 have an opening at all. So, I really

38:20 truly appreciate everything they do. I

38:21 said that opening day, I want to say it

38:23 again now. um there's an enormous amount

38:25 of work that happens behind the scenes

38:26 and without those people doing that in

38:28 the summer in the heat um we wouldn't be

38:31 able to be here. So I really truly

38:32 appreciate that. Uh we are still

38:34 struggling with an operational

38:35 challenge. If you happen to see my 10

38:37 seconds on News 10, you'll see that um

38:40 schools across the state nation are all

38:43 struggling with school bus driver

38:44 shortage. We are not out of the realm of

38:46 having that same issue. Uh we have

38:48 amazing people who work in our school

38:50 bus community and our transportation

38:51 facility. uh they are the first people

38:53 our students see and the last people

38:54 they see at the night usually. So I

38:56 can't thank them enough. But um we do

38:59 need more drivers and we're still

39:01 constantly looking for drivers. It's a

39:02 shortage. It is everywhere if you see

39:06 it. So I just want to kind of put that

39:07 out there. Um they're doing a wonderful

39:09 job making sure we're trying to recruit

39:11 drivers but also evaluating our staffing

39:13 and routes and looking for options

39:15 because again our main goal is getting

39:17 students here and the night drivers and

39:19 night things. We do not want to limit

39:21 anything that's happening, but right now

39:23 we haven't had to. Um, but hopefully we

39:26 can continue with the work that we're

39:27 doing. Again, nobody wants to drive for

39:29 the district. They send them our way. We

39:31 pay for training and everything. Um,

39:33 overall that I'm really happy with the

39:35 way everything has happened and um, you

39:37 know, everything is going smooth from

39:39 what I can tell so far. So, you know,

39:41 not plastic.

39:44 Um I just want to mention really quickly

39:46 because again we don't do talk back

39:48 forth during this presentation but any

39:50 individual who came tonight regarding

39:51 the cross I did reach out to a community

39:53 member um today and hook them with with

39:55 the help of Mr. Wagner and um it is an

39:58 in-depth process of looking into it. The

39:59 district's had many conversations over

40:01 the past year regarding JB sports and

40:04 modified sports. Um and I know that Mr.

40:06 Wagner is having all conversations with

40:08 individuals to understand who we want

40:09 the district and go. No decisions been

40:11 made one way or the other of where the

40:13 district will be for spring sports. Um

40:15 so I please encourage anyone to reach

40:17 out to our new athletic director Josh

40:18 Wagner. He's anticipating it because

40:21 trust me I texted him already and told

40:22 him. Um but I anyone who's watching now

40:25 I know a lot of people left but please

40:26 tell them if you see them. Josh Wagner

40:29 is very well looking into having these

40:31 conversations to understand perspective

40:32 and also share perspective. Um JB

40:35 Lacrosseville one example is one that

40:37 not every school in our council has. So

40:40 in order for us to play JB we would have

40:41 to go outside of our console thanks to

40:43 larger schools which can be positive and

40:46 or negative for our students and also

40:47 transportation is another issue. Um that

40:49 comes down is when we add more sports

40:51 that means we have to add more runs. We

40:53 don't have people to ride those runs.

40:55 It's all issues. So it's an operational

40:57 challenge but in in the end I think that

40:59 one parent said very good. We're here

41:01 for kids and we're here to support

41:03 students all the best that we can. So

41:04 please reach out to Josh Wagner our

41:06 athletic director if anyone needs to do

41:08 that. he will reach back out to those

41:09 families over here. Um, same as anyone

41:12 worried about snack shacks and meander

41:15 that conversation. All right, elementary

41:18 project. I want to provide a really

41:19 quick update. Everybody's been talking

41:21 about the elementary project. Um, you

41:23 know, over the last several weeks and I

41:25 think it was in they said it year and a

41:27 half. It's been about two years for

41:29 these budgets. Um, there's been a ton of

41:31 work going on at the elementary school.

41:32 Some of the work was actually added on

41:34 the last couple weeks uh by me and I

41:37 want to thank our construction people

41:38 that did do a lot of painting in the

41:40 last two weeks. That was not in the

41:41 scope of the project and they really

41:43 worked hard putting menes for that. So

41:45 did our own people. So personal thank

41:47 you to all those people making sure that

41:49 could happen. If you haven't had a

41:50 chance to see the building yet, we are

41:52 having a a showcase. It's a a

41:55 self-guided tour on the 24th between 6

41:57 o'clock and 8:00 that's open to the

41:59 community. Um there's still a lot going

42:01 on right now. We have the pre-engineered

42:03 building happening, you know, and people

42:05 in the community, my wife has asked me,

42:07 why did you put it there? And the reason

42:09 why we put it there is twofold. A, it's

42:11 out of the line of sight of the

42:12 electrical component. And plus, we have

42:15 to have our construction truck, our

42:16 trucks, our salters, and everything else

42:18 go somewhere. So, we didn't want to

42:20 build another road into our fields. So,

42:22 that's why it's there where it is. So,

42:24 um, but then as a pre-engineer, it's

42:26 basically a storage building for all of

42:28 our equipment that is currently nothing.

42:30 Um, I want to thank our community and

42:33 our board of education for supporting

42:35 this project. It took five years from

42:38 beginning to now to get to this point.

42:40 So, construction projects um take time

42:44 and you'll see why I'm saying that in

42:45 about five minutes. And I just want to

42:47 thank everyone for all the work. I want

42:48 to thank our students and our staff for

42:50 all their support. And I want to thank

42:52 every artisan who was involved in that

42:54 construction project. Um, every person

42:56 who worked on that building had a craft

42:58 and those crafts allow those people

42:59 working on it. would not be able to have

43:00 the facility that we have either our

43:02 transportation facility and or that and

43:05 many of those individuals are community

43:06 members who live in the outside area. So

43:08 I do want to thank all of them as well.

43:10 Um okay schools have done construction

43:13 project that they've done. Now I want to

43:15 get to my slideshow and it's very small

43:17 so but it's on the board.

43:20 Um so one thing I want to do and I

43:22 mentioned this at the um August

43:24 presentation is that I want to continue

43:26 to talk about our district priorities

43:28 and we have six district priorities. Um

43:30 those priorities are supporting every

43:32 learner portrait of a board graduate

43:34 belonging student voice and engagement

43:37 innovation technology and AI facilities

43:39 and long-term stewardship and

43:41 organizational capacity and community

43:42 partnership. Those are kind of the big

43:44 buckets that all of this falls into. Um

43:46 tonight I want to really talk about two

43:49 items. Uh our facilities and long-term

43:51 stewardship and innovation. Um that

43:54 innovation includes technology and

43:55 artificial intelligence. Together these

43:57 are really about our um being

43:59 intentional stewards of both our

44:02 physical and digital environments. So I

44:03 felt it kind of fit together a little

44:05 bit. So over the past seven years, I

44:07 just kind of want to mention this to

44:09 give you kind of the scope of where we

44:10 are.

44:12 Facilities changes don't happen

44:14 overnight. They take time and they

44:16 compound year over year over year. So,

44:18 in the past seven years in this

44:20 district, um they've had major

44:22 investments into our communities. When I

44:24 got here, there was already a project

44:25 that was approved. That project changed

44:28 the facade of our our middle school, our

44:30 high school. It changed unit ventilators

44:32 and instructional components. We redid

44:34 our tech rooms. We also redid our earth

44:37 science rooms at that time. So,

44:38 basically, the high school campus got a

44:40 large upgrade at that time. Along with

44:43 that, we were able to upgrade our tennis

44:45 courts. Uh we resurfaced our track. Uh

44:50 there's a lot that we've done over this

44:52 time. We've done uh instructional place

44:54 exchanges, enter energy performance

44:56 contract. We've created safe, secure

44:57 vestibials in both the middle school and

45:00 high school. Um utilizing capital

45:02 project and smart schools funds. Um and

45:05 we've done networking technology

45:06 infrastructure. Basically, uh, the

45:08 buildings were spaghetti as some people

45:10 called it when they talked about our

45:12 technology. We've completely taken all

45:14 that old infrastructure out and created

45:16 new high-tech infrastructure that will

45:18 be able to support the district moving

45:19 forward. In seven years, that's a lot to

45:22 be able to do along with our

45:23 transportation facility.

45:26 Um, but as we close one project, we

45:29 start another and we continue to kind of

45:31 move forward. Um, every year we do

45:33 something called a $100,000 capital

45:35 outlay project. That is what the state

45:37 allows us to do. We get refunded that in

45:39 the following year. So, it's like spend

45:41 and then we get refunded. So, you want

45:43 to continually do this yearly. Um, our

45:45 next project is, believe it or not,

45:47 steadily at the elementary school

45:49 already. And we do this because it's

45:51 going to actually offset some of the

45:52 things that we couldn't do. One of the

45:54 things that we couldn't do at the

45:55 elementary school was these beautiful

45:57 rubber floors that are now on the first

45:58 floor. And when I'm talking first floor,

46:00 I'm talking the 1924 1940 wing, not the

46:04 kindergarten first grade wing that has

46:05 terazzo forming. Terzo flooring is

46:07 basically like stone. And when you move

46:09 down there, you'll see it. That will

46:10 last there for hundreds of years. So you

46:12 don't touch tozo and we can now afford

46:14 to get terazzo at this point in time the

46:16 way that it it costs. Um but those

46:19 second and third floors um for rubber,

46:22 we have it approved by the state. We're

46:24 going to go out for a bid. Um, first bid

46:26 is for the second floor and alternate is

46:27 for the third floor. So, it' be nice to

46:29 have all those floors have continuity.

46:31 Also, with the rubber floors, they are

46:33 acoustically stronger than LBT, which is

46:35 what the floor you currently are

46:36 standing on now. Um, they're more slip

46:39 resistant than the current floors that

46:40 we have and they don't they don't have

46:42 any waxing, so you won't need to strip

46:44 or wax them. So, the upkeep of them is

46:46 even better for the long term of

46:47 facility projects. So, it's going to be

46:49 nice. Um, our goal is to have that

46:52 awarded by October and have that project

46:54 done by May. So, I'm hoping that that

46:57 can happen with any without issues, but

46:59 capital projects have issues. Hopefully,

47:01 that one will move smooth.

47:04 So, next,

47:07 [sighs]

47:07 so

47:09 will there be a new project? Yes. Are we

47:11 starting a new project? No. Are we

47:13 having the conversation to begin new

47:15 projects? Absolutely. Um, so here's

47:18 what's happening. In 2027, we have to

47:20 have a building condition survey. That's

47:21 per the state. We cannot start it until

47:24 2027. So, the firm that we've hired to

47:26 do so, Mosaic Architects, is going to

47:28 start that building condition survey in

47:31 uh the spring. So, they're going to look

47:33 at all of the things within our district

47:35 that we need to look at, roofing,

47:37 windows, any of those very major

47:39 specific issues that we need to take

47:41 care of for deferred maintenance issues

47:43 to make sure that we can still go. Res

47:45 can be very expensive and you want to

47:46 really plan accordingly for all those

47:48 things. That gives us the data that we

47:51 need to understand our buildings, our

47:52 infrastructure and our deficiencies and

47:54 expected use of light. Over the next

47:56 year, this year and into that time,

47:59 we're going to really gather ideas and

48:01 input. But until we understand the

48:03 condition of facilities, we cannot

48:04 responsibly solidify the scope of the

48:06 project. Um, so I will say there are

48:09 things that we want to do in this

48:10 project. One of the things that we want

48:11 to do is the track. The track is over 25

48:15 years old. We put the banding on that

48:16 track uh four years ago when we

48:19 resurfaced it. We know that track is out

48:21 of work. That was in the old building

48:22 condition survey. We know that's going

48:24 to come up on the new building condition

48:26 survey. So, as we go through our next

48:28 project, we know that the track is going

48:29 to be a component. We also know there's

48:31 infrastructure inside our building such

48:32 as our roofs are outdated. We're

48:34 starting to lose life on some of those

48:36 that we're going to have to function on

48:37 those. This project is going to build in

48:40 scale over time goes on. And one of the

48:42 things that the board is going to have

48:43 to do with community input and gathering

48:45 is look at all the things we want to do

48:48 and understand those issues. And then

48:50 we're going to have to put it into

48:51 buckets. So we're going to have to look

48:53 what the essential needs are of the

48:54 district, what must be addressed because

48:57 of condition, useful life, safety, and

48:59 infrastructure needs, strategic

49:01 priorities, the improvements that

49:02 significantly strengthen our facilities.

49:04 And then what would be great, right?

49:06 Those are our future opportunities. You

49:08 know, when you do a project, you throw

49:09 everything into it and you realize that

49:11 not all of your funding can always do it

49:12 and also the tax burden on our community

49:15 may also change as well. So, we do not

49:17 get fully funded for everything that we

49:19 put in. Uh we are a high wealth

49:20 district. So, our aid ratio is not the

49:23 same as some other districts. Sometimes

49:25 people go to district saying, "Oh my

49:26 gosh, they have all these they do

49:27 capital project every single year." They

49:29 may not have the same aid ratio as we

49:31 do. Our aid ratio is a little bit

49:34 different. And where they might get 92%

49:36 feedback, we only get 62% back. So that

49:39 means that we have to take on more of

49:40 that tax.

49:43 Um, so building a really quick, I just

49:46 I'm not going to bore anyone with this,

49:47 but I did want to put it out there.

49:49 There is a maximum amount of eligible

49:51 project cost that we can do. Um, so the

49:54 high school's maximum eligible cost. I'm

49:56 not going to tell because I haven't told

49:57 her about this, but we have one at the

49:59 high school. We we haven't done a large

50:01 scale project here in some years. So it

50:03 rebuild back up. So we're going to have

50:05 to look at that large scale project is

50:07 and what we can do and that would be our

50:09 max ability to do so and then we work

50:11 from that overview. Um as I stated

50:15 already it took five years from last

50:18 time to here to completion. It's going

50:22 to take a good four to five years now

50:24 with me being aggressive um to be able

50:26 to get it to the table um for

50:29 consideration to the board and then to

50:30 the community. My goal want to roll your

50:32 eyes. Two years from this point with the

50:35 project. I know that's a lot. Uh but

50:38 that will be my goal to get that out

50:39 with the end of the building condition

50:41 survey in December of 2027 putting it

50:43 out into the world and we'll go from

50:45 there. [clears throat]

50:48 >> Um so but I do want to say we are

50:50 looking at our full infrastructures. We

50:51 are going to still do smaller projects.

50:54 Um but yes, we are going to be doing

50:55 another undertaking and we do want to

50:57 have more convenient but this year is

50:59 going to be our learn and listen. Um so

51:02 kind of kind of put down what we're

51:03 doing. That is about it on that aspect.

51:06 Any questions from the board on capital

51:08 project components that are coming?

51:10 We'll be working with facilities

51:11 committee to really kind of fine tune

51:13 all of this. RJ or Barbara,

51:17 >> I have a question. So Frank, in terms of

51:19 the timing of the building condition

51:23 survey and then when we get our

51:28 financial report from Bernie,

51:31 >> right? Because they've been doing all

51:33 the analysis around

51:40 we have the results of the building

51:42 condition.

51:44 Um so they do a fiveyear so we'll be

51:47 able to understand from them yearly but

51:51 how's giving you how to answer the

51:52 question [laughter]

51:56 >> I think I think the priority is getting

51:58 all of our cost reports in first that's

52:01 determine where

52:03 right so then we're going forward in the

52:06 next couple years that first um we are

52:13 capital

52:16 offset some

52:20 years

52:23 >> and the cost allowances are for the

52:25 elementary school. So we're working

52:26 through the high school has a different

52:28 maximum cost allowance. So we should

52:30 have a better understanding of where we

52:32 are five years down the road. Again the

52:34 substantial completion of the elementary

52:36 school will be a little bit different in

52:38 comparison. So it's a little bit

52:39 different project. Um I think though

52:41 we'll have a better understanding. So we

52:43 cannot start the pro the building

52:45 condition survey until 2027 but we know

52:47 of big projects already that we do need

52:49 to address and putting in those on

52:51 having conversations. I feel confident

52:53 by Kelly's looking at me again. I feel

52:56 confident by like the beginning of 2028

52:59 we'll have a good estimate of where we

53:01 can be and where we are. And then I

53:03 think we're really going to have to then

53:05 dig deeper into our budgets, our

53:07 long-term planning, and then really

53:09 start looking at the scope of that

53:11 project because that's what we did with

53:12 this one before we even brought it to

53:13 the table because it takes time to

53:15 really kind of hone it down. When we

53:17 first started this project, I think it

53:18 was 70 $70 million that we wanted to do

53:21 all these things and we got it down to

53:23 the $25 million project that we did. Um,

53:25 so again, I anticipate doing that again

53:28 where it's you put it all together and

53:29 you're at 80 million, but you know, you

53:31 can probably only do a 25 million to $30

53:32 million project. So we'll have to kind

53:35 of scope it there. So that's why I think

53:36 two years will will be there. RJ, does

53:39 that make sense?

53:41 >> Yeah. What I'm trying to avoid is what

53:43 happened. I don't remember what year it

53:45 was where our aid dropped off because we

53:48 had a capital project. Okay.

53:50 >> Timely.

53:52 >> Yeah. So you're talking debt services.

53:54 Yeah. So you're looking at our debt

53:55 services and need fall off. We're

53:57 monitoring that very carefully. I know

53:59 Rob usually does that.

53:59 >> Rob usually talks about that.

54:00 >> So we're actually monitoring it. We have

54:02 a slight fall off coming off, but we are

54:03 already a plan for that one. Um but we

54:05 are watching our debt services and

54:08 planning this out every five years will

54:10 get the district into a pretty good

54:11 stance of debt service layover in the

54:13 next 20 years because the idea is if you

54:16 do every five years, you know when your

54:17 debt service is coming on and off and

54:19 you can be able to plan for. Again, you

54:20 don't need to do large projects every

54:22 single time, but you the district can

54:24 have a really sound plan to be able to

54:27 continue this growth for 20 to 30 years

54:29 forward using a strong service plan. So,

54:31 that's exactly what we're monitoring as

54:33 we go through.

54:36 >> Yeah. Yeah. We don't want to end up

54:37 having that happen where deck goes off

54:39 and then we have a huge influx of our

54:41 tax.

54:43 That's not one we want to do. Uh really

54:46 quick I want to talk about the other

54:47 priority that we're discussing and um

54:50 and that is screen time engagement in

54:52 AI. So I I do want to kind of bring this

54:54 up quickly. Um okay so technology screen

55:00 time the buildings are going to work to

55:02 understand um current use of technology.

55:04 They did a survey last year regarding

55:06 screen time. Um, and at the end of the

55:09 year, each building is again going to be

55:10 looking at the way that screen time is

55:12 utilized in their buildings, what

55:14 engagement looks like in their

55:15 classrooms and really kind of delving

55:16 into that deeper with their teams. Um,

55:19 so we're we're really trying to seek a

55:20 greater balance of intentionality across

55:22 grade levels and the use. Again, knowing

55:24 that when students leave here, they are

55:26 going to be in the computerized world.

55:27 So, still giving them skills, but

55:29 understanding the balance between them

55:31 and really having a good hold of what

55:32 that looks like. And that really is

55:33 conversations within the building,

55:35 really having an understanding of that

55:36 data. So, our buildings are going to be

55:38 looking at that. AI is something that

55:40 we're continuing to work on. We have a

55:42 board policy. Uh we want to the

55:44 administration met over the summer. We

55:46 want to bring it to our district

55:47 advisory committee. We have two

55:49 stakeholder surveys that we really want

55:51 to give out. One to our community and

55:53 one originally to our staff really about

55:55 AI and use of artificial intelligence in

55:57 schools and understanding it and really

55:59 getting a pulse of what people

56:00 understand, what they want and what

56:02 their fears are and their comfortability

56:04 with that. Um the plan is then to work

56:06 on that throughout the year, share that

56:08 information with the policy committee

56:09 and really kind of build out a full

56:11 understanding of artificial intelligence

56:12 with the district while working. Um so I

56:15 want to kind of share that now as we

56:17 start this work because it is very

56:19 foundations of where we're beginning. Um

56:22 but we we're going to get that

56:23 information out probably by the end of

56:24 October to

56:27 that really is where we are and we're

56:28 going to understand, engage, evaluate

56:30 and then support.

56:33 Are there any questions for me on either

56:35 of those topics?

56:42 >> Thank you. Thank you.

56:57 All right. With that, we move to item

56:59 4.1, the minutes of the regular meeting.

57:02 This is the August meeting.

57:05 Would anyone like to discuss or move?

57:10 I'll move second. Kathy moved it.

57:12 Second.

57:14 Matt. Matt. Second. And all in favor? I.

57:21 Um. Is everyone okay with taking the

57:23 judges reports and claims audel

57:44 items have a number of individuals on

57:48 there

57:50 and coaching appointments.

57:54 Um would anyone like to them?

58:00 If I say move discusses

58:05 moves second

58:08 favor

58:13 um consent agenda for 5.4

58:18 and 5.5

58:19 okay with that

58:22 would like to move

58:25 that moves it second

58:28 all in favor

58:30 >> okay

58:32 um there's amendment to the UPK

58:34 agreement

58:36 would anyone like to discuss or move

58:44 it second Those seconds. All in favor?

58:49 >> I

58:56 there.

58:59 Um I have you guys in

59:02 a minute on the fund balance the

59:04 allocation of reserves.

59:09 This is back from June.

59:13 Um is everyone okay with

59:18 this change.

59:22 Would anyone like to move it?

59:27 >> Second.

59:29 >> Matt seconds. All in favor?

59:33 >> We have two MOAs regarding the Junth

59:35 holiday

59:37 uh for 2027

59:40 5859. You guys okay with the consent

59:43 agenda there?

59:45 >> Okay. Anyone want to move?

59:49 Second.

59:54 >> All right. Liz Elizabeth is seconding.

59:58 All in favor?

1:00:03 >> Yes.

1:00:05 >> Excellent. Um, all right. Uh, Sosi's

1:00:10 questions 510 511 is a consent agenda

1:00:14 for serving service plan and health

1:00:18 safety risk plan for this year. Any

1:00:21 questions or want to move it?

1:00:30 >> Matt's moving them. Any second?

1:00:33 All in favor?

1:00:37 >> We have a

1:00:40 people transportation contract.

1:00:44 Um

1:00:46 would anyone like to discuss or move

1:00:53 it? Kathy second

1:00:57 favor.

1:01:01 Um, Alb Starfish swim club

1:01:05 agreement with them

1:01:08 and we want to move it.

1:01:12 All right.

1:01:14 Second.

1:01:16 All in favor?

1:01:20 >> Um that audit committee.

1:01:27 >> Yeah.

1:01:27 >> Oh, sorry. Surplus. I'm so sorry.

1:01:32 >> Um we have assorted textbooks no longer

1:01:36 needed. Would

1:01:44 anyone like

1:01:52 >> that? It second.

1:01:57 All in favor?

1:02:00 >> I am abstaining from voting. I'm gonna

1:02:03 vote no because I have to come back, but

1:02:07 I can't do that. I'm gonna vote yes.

1:02:09 Sorry. And I just have a moment to

1:02:13 challenge.

1:02:14 Sorry, guys. That was very hard for me.

1:02:17 Um,

1:02:19 okay. Audit committee

1:02:23 RG for we'll meet. Yeah, we'll meet in

1:02:25 October. I think the plan is before the

1:02:28 regular board meeting,

1:02:30 >> right? And that's a committee of the

1:02:31 whole. So all board members will be

1:02:32 attending student board members are

1:02:35 welcome to be there but you are not um

1:02:38 required to be there any

1:02:43 thank you. Uh curriculum committee

1:02:48 >> yes we have not met yet. We will be

1:02:50 meeting on September 22nd at 4:30 in the

1:02:53 district office.

1:02:54 >> All right you facilities committee

1:02:58 Robert Samson is not able to be here.

1:03:01 Um, you guys haven't met so.

1:03:06 [clears throat]

1:03:09 >> Yeah, I sent Rob agenda to start

1:03:11 talking. I believe it's

1:03:26 >> the 22nd.

1:03:32 and policy is meeting this Wednesday,

1:03:34 but we have

1:03:39 >> Wednesday.

1:03:52 >> Is it now that we want to do that?

1:03:55 >> Sure. Yeah. um show thought it was is

1:04:00 was good to to raise this in the context

1:04:02 of the policy uh report. Um two things

1:04:07 that I wanted to raise. First of all, we

1:04:10 began a discussion uh regarding

1:04:14 policy 5252

1:04:17 which touches on

1:04:19 uh ticket prices or ticketing and and

1:04:23 charges for that. Uh

1:04:27 It relates specifically to a nuclear

1:04:29 base by being member

1:04:31 regarding

1:04:33 and the specific part of the policy

1:04:35 that's in question is

1:04:38 that explicitly

1:04:40 forbids charging cases an admission fee.

1:04:45 Um but the policy is written in a manner

1:04:47 that applies to all district sponsored

1:04:50 uh events. But as we discussed the

1:04:53 period not the last meeting

1:05:00 >> um where I think we pretty much agreed

1:05:04 that while policy is broadly

1:05:08 theoretically any event that's sponsored

1:05:12 in reality the only club that does

1:05:16 charge uh addition to its events is the

1:05:21 So what came of that initial discussion

1:05:23 was the desire to get national data in

1:05:26 terms of um

1:05:29 what percentage of total tickets sold

1:05:31 are uh well that are issued I would say

1:05:36 are senior citizen tickets and we did uh

1:05:40 get that data um which does at least for

1:05:44 the last two years in high school

1:05:46 lands at an average of about 24%

1:05:51 Um and so we wanted to bring it back to

1:05:54 the board because because the consensus

1:05:57 of the board they wanted to get the data

1:05:59 that was kind of gotten distributed and

1:06:02 so ahead of our meeting on on Wednesday

1:06:05 we wanted back to the board and uh see

1:06:09 if you had any feedback that you wanted

1:06:10 us to consider in particular when we sit

1:06:14 down and talk about um changes to

1:06:18 policy.

1:06:21 >> [snorts]

1:06:23 >> Can I just say that in looking at the

1:06:26 the way this is laid out, it reflects

1:06:30 that the the dollar amount reflects a

1:06:32 ticket price that is aligned with the

1:06:34 student ticket price

1:06:36 >> and implying that the drama club intend

1:06:42 ticket price to apply to seniors as

1:06:44 well. not to put ideas into their mind.

1:06:48 >> The drama club actually recommended that

1:06:50 as a possible solution for the policy

1:06:52 community.

1:06:53 >> Okay.

1:06:53 >> Is that they would say they would charge

1:06:56 um senior citizens with the students.

1:06:58 That was their recommendation.

1:07:00 >> So at that rate their annual losses are

1:07:04 in the three to well closer to $4,000

1:07:08 losses

1:07:10 of income

1:07:12 from seniors.

1:07:15 senior citizens, not 12th graders.

1:07:25 So

1:07:27 if anyone wants anything

1:07:34 otherwise we're going to be discussing

1:07:39 Wednesday.

1:07:47 So, Matt, I'll be part of the discussion

1:07:49 on Wednesday, but um I'll put it out

1:07:52 there that I'd like to see us move

1:07:54 towards a policy that allows anyone

1:07:58 experiencing hardship to make a request,

1:08:03 financial hardship, to make a request to

1:08:06 receive a free ticket.

1:08:11 Um, and that we create a process for

1:08:14 that because I would hate to see

1:08:17 here

1:08:19 amilies

1:08:21 that can't afford

1:08:24 a ticket to miss out on the opportunity

1:08:26 to see

1:08:28 the productions by the drama club. I

1:08:31 think

1:08:34 we have we have seniors who don't have

1:08:37 any hardship and others that doamilies

1:08:41 that I'm sure experiencing hardship and

1:08:43 others that

1:08:46 that's where I'd like us to come out.

1:08:53 Frank is there currently I know that if

1:08:57 my memory serves me correctly I know

1:08:59 that in terms of students and there are

1:09:01 fees I think I've seen things in writing

1:09:04 saying that there's a hardship

1:09:06 >> yeah there's there similarly something

1:09:08 >> there is but we don't have anything for

1:09:10 groups or anything like that it's never

1:09:11 been a topic that we went through and I

1:09:14 don't believe there is a very clear

1:09:16 standard operating procedure of that is

1:09:17 what was discussing

1:09:19 >> okay

1:09:19 >> um so I can that prior to

1:09:23 um but yeah

1:09:27 um but yeah no I I don't believe there

1:09:28 is it's reach out to your guidance

1:09:30 counselor school

1:09:34 I don't think there is a polic for

1:09:36 actual things

1:09:42 >> I I do think I remember when this

1:09:45 happened

1:09:46 u 2017 when the decision was made And it

1:09:50 costs a lot of money to put on a show at

1:09:56 the level that the district put on

1:09:58 shows. And I mean show that basically

1:10:02 gives an avenue for the experience to be

1:10:07 had by students throughout the district.

1:10:10 And I think that that is important and

1:10:13 it seems as though there is an

1:10:15 understanding just by the the statement

1:10:18 for the

1:10:19 the

1:10:21 proposal, I don't know what word to use,

1:10:23 but the idea that

1:10:25 seniors would be paying reduced rate um

1:10:29 which would also potentially help offset

1:10:32 the raised rates potentially. suggesting

1:10:36 that we set rates but

1:10:40 the ticket rates have to cover the costs

1:10:43 and it's a decision that should

1:10:50 budget perhaps um with an understanding

1:10:53 that we as a district do want to make

1:10:55 this accessible and inclusive to members

1:11:00 of the community so that they can

1:11:02 experience it as members of the

1:11:04 audience.

1:11:05 So perhaps there is a way forward to do

1:11:08 that. Um

1:11:11 not necessarily hugely prescriptive in

1:11:14 terms of saying this is what must be

1:11:16 done but providing some opportunity for

1:11:20 um clubs to figure out for club to

1:11:25 figure out the best way to be an

1:11:28 opportunity for all to participate as

1:11:31 members of the audience and as members

1:11:33 of the show.

1:11:36 Another

1:11:38 possibility too would be if seniors are

1:11:41 not resisting

1:11:50 seems unfair that perhaps a family who

1:11:53 has three kids and they're one of those

1:11:55 siblings that they're paying full price

1:11:57 and that could end up being $50.

1:12:01 Um and then a senior who doesn't live in

1:12:04 the district

1:12:08 at least

1:12:10 for them

1:12:13 at least

1:12:15 I don't know

1:12:17 that

1:12:28 there's an understanding that there's an

1:12:30 appreciation for the population of folks

1:12:33 who don't have students per se in the

1:12:35 school that are coming to support school

1:12:37 activities and wanting to

1:12:40 um be there and be part of those

1:12:42 activities.

1:12:44 There's a greatation for what they are

1:12:52 doing participating.

1:13:03 I know

1:13:09 I agree with RJ. I would like to see

1:13:11 some

1:13:13 That would be

1:13:15 who

1:13:20 would rather take in information about

1:13:24 families that may be experiencing

1:13:37 but district

1:13:41 level performances.

1:13:47 I think Matt used to phrase

1:13:50 this aspirational

1:13:52 like do we want that policy to be

1:13:54 aspirational but we we hope that

1:13:57 such and such thing but not prescriptive

1:14:00 where we say they must have this. So

1:14:03 that is question

1:14:10 I see aspirational

1:14:12 doesn't necessarily drama club right now

1:14:19 for us to prescribe exactly how things

1:14:20 need to be done.

1:14:34 >> No, I agree. I mean, I I

1:14:38 certainly anyone is is welcome to policy

1:14:42 meeting

1:14:46 time. Um but I do say

1:14:52 in addition to some modifications that

1:14:55 um that are aspirational

1:14:58 encourage

1:15:00 or reduce prices where possible policy

1:15:05 is

1:15:07 a generally applicable policy. It's not

1:15:09 limited to

1:15:14 but It just so happens it was really in

1:15:18 reality the only organization that

1:15:24 um actually affects

1:15:27 um

1:15:29 and you know we

1:15:33 initially raised this unique

1:15:35 circumstances of of the club and the

1:15:39 significant cost they have to put up and

1:15:42 produce a show. Um and and so I think

1:15:47 that it makes sense to to make some

1:15:50 changes here for that particular reason

1:15:53 and we'll have that full discussion

1:15:56 policy and certainly invite anyone to

1:15:58 submit any feedback that they have email

1:16:03 um or

1:16:07 feedback

1:16:10 discussion more details.

1:16:14 And Matt, just one other thing too

1:16:16 because this has come up in the past

1:16:20 certainly like is one organization

1:16:24 but for certain like class dances and

1:16:27 class events we charge students to come

1:16:32 in as well. That's another area where

1:16:35 from an equity perspective we might want

1:16:37 to look at that policy and whether it's

1:16:42 dealing with financial hardship.

1:16:45 >> RG can I just clarify when you're

1:16:47 talking financial hardship are you

1:16:49 talking about Alice which is asset

1:16:50 limited income um but employed

1:16:53 individual so families that are making

1:16:55 money but they're at the base level

1:16:57 right like people that have to make a

1:16:59 decision between new sneakers or going

1:17:01 to the play. I mean that's what Alice

1:17:03 stands for. Are you discussing that? Are

1:17:05 you talking about poverty line and like

1:17:08 reduced?

1:17:08 >> Yeah.

1:17:09 >> I just want to clarify as we're talking

1:17:11 about policy because those are two very

1:17:13 different things and I just want to make

1:17:14 sure that we understand those.

1:17:16 >> No, I think that's a really good

1:17:18 question. I hadn't thought yet about

1:17:21 what the metric would be or if a metric

1:17:24 would even be required, right? Like if

1:17:27 someone comes forward confidentially

1:17:30 and says, my children would really love

1:17:32 to attend the play, but I can't afford

1:17:34 the ticket. Can they attend? Right? Like

1:17:37 like I don't I don't know what I don't

1:17:39 know if we want to tie it to a metric

1:17:41 like that, but I like I think that might

1:17:43 be a really good idea, but I I don't

1:17:46 know that we want to like come up with a

1:17:50 metric because not everyone applies,

1:17:53 right?

1:17:54 So anyway, um

1:17:58 continue for sure.

1:18:02 And then the second thing that I wanted

1:18:05 to raise was that uh we have had a first

1:18:08 meeting on a memorial meetingmorial

1:18:13 and facility meeting policy. Um

1:18:17 we will be discussing

1:18:19 that

1:18:21 at the meeting as well and wanted to see

1:18:24 if there was any feedback on that.

1:18:26 policy 7510 memorials and commemorative

1:18:29 recognition that's had its first read

1:18:33 and we anticipate the next meeting to

1:18:37 have that

1:18:40 for October

1:18:43 November. Certainly if anyone has any

1:18:47 comments or or questions about the the

1:18:50 first version

1:18:54 the time to raise those. So again,

1:19:06 that's all that I

1:19:11 for.

1:19:18 Um, with that [clears throat] we have uh

1:19:21 item 7.1

1:19:24 or was there anything

1:19:26 that

1:19:31 7.1 policy 5422 diarying

1:19:35 protocols any

1:19:38 >> I do and I think we discussed it during

1:19:40 policy um I think we need to make an

1:19:44 change because 422 is currently

1:19:50 concussion management.

1:19:53 >> Um, so I don't know. Can can we we just

1:19:55 pass this with with

1:20:02 >> we're going to pass it without a number.

1:20:04 Is that

1:20:06 >> we'll update at the next board meeting

1:20:08 after we show you doing the policy.

1:20:11 So, we're passing a policy on diapering

1:20:14 and toileting protocols number TV to be

1:20:17 determined.

1:20:19 >> That's

1:20:23 >> or just pick a number.

1:20:26 >> Uh would anyone like to discuss this or

1:20:29 move it?

1:20:31 >> Not moving it. This is for adoption.

1:20:34 Second, Kathy second. All in favor?

1:20:38 I Awesome.

1:20:41 Thank you. Um, with that, we have a

1:20:46 a donation

1:20:48 um for

1:20:51 enhancing the entrance at the pack

1:20:56 and curve island

1:21:01 with native perennials and so on.

1:21:06 Um,

1:21:08 would Anyone like to

1:21:15 have it?

1:21:17 >> Second. All in favor?

1:21:20 >> Thanks.

1:21:23 All thank you so much to Beckers for the

1:21:27 landscape.

1:21:34 Um,

1:21:36 right. We have a a plethora of donations

1:21:40 from different booster clubs, the

1:21:41 Boyville lacrosse booster club, football

1:21:44 booster club as well, Blackburg Soccer

1:21:46 Booster Club, the Boyville Youth

1:21:48 Football Club, and the Youth Tennis

1:21:51 Booster Club um for several thousand

1:21:55 dollar and labor for the tennis court.

1:21:59 Um

1:22:01 and if it's okay legally, we will

1:22:04 combine that with 7.4,

1:22:08 which moves them around and reflects

1:22:11 so budget and such. So

1:22:15 7.3 and 7.4

1:22:22 >> Matt's got move

1:22:24 second. All in favor

1:22:28 >> I with gratitude to lacrosse football,

1:22:31 soccer, youth football and tennis

1:22:33 booster clubs for their generous

1:22:35 donations. Thank you very much. We

1:22:37 appreciate it.

1:22:39 All right, with that we have I'll move

1:22:42 to the other business opportunity for

1:22:44 the public to be heard meeting

1:22:52 or introduce yourself.

1:22:55 Thank you.

1:23:03 I'm Karen Conley. I do not speak for the

1:23:05 vote. I wrote the initial letter to the

1:23:08 policy committee. Um

1:23:12 uh one thing I wanted to mention to the

1:23:14 board is that you might want to have the

1:23:16 officers in the dations be part of this

1:23:19 conversation or have their input. Um,

1:23:24 another thing is obviously no one argues

1:23:26 with the idea of free or reduced tickets

1:23:29 for seniors that it's a lovely thing,

1:23:31 but putting the district's altruistic

1:23:35 face on one club is a burden, you know,

1:23:38 or one series of clubs um that I think

1:23:42 we should think about and you know, is

1:23:45 there a way we can have a fund that

1:23:48 covers things like that?

1:23:52 enough for school supplies or you know

1:23:55 whatever whatever that would go towards.

1:23:57 Um also one thing I want to mention to

1:23:59 you guys in your determining this policy

1:24:03 um the most of the theater groups and

1:24:08 things have changed a little bit but

1:24:09 have done previews in the school. So a

1:24:12 lot of kids are being able to see at

1:24:13 least part of plays in the school. Um,

1:24:17 and that could be something that the

1:24:18 school could support in order to get

1:24:21 more kids. Um,

1:24:26 um, I think, you know, right now I've

1:24:29 heard people complain about the ticket

1:24:30 prices, but really the adult seats are

1:24:32 subsidizing the student seats and the

1:24:35 senior seats. So, that's one of the

1:24:37 things to think about. Um, but anyway,

1:24:39 thank you for taking this up. I

1:24:40 appreciate

1:24:44 >> Does anyone else um

1:24:57 >> [laughter]

1:24:58 >> I just want to mention um you had

1:25:00 mentioned the double project. I just

1:25:02 want to continue to advocate. Um my

1:25:05 husband and I came in the spring for the

1:25:08 current weight room and we kind of just

1:25:12 want to continue to advocate for that

1:25:13 and I actually have been doing a lot of

1:25:16 about it. We've actually reached out to

1:25:18 a lot of sponsors. Um, but I I actually

1:25:23 urge not to redo the I actually urge to

1:25:26 do fitness center which would be

1:25:29 inclusive for all sports um in all

1:25:32 sports and I just when you feel better

1:25:34 you do better and you know there are

1:25:37 neighboring districts that have fitness

1:25:39 centers not just for students but for

1:25:40 their staff. Um so it's

1:25:44 classes. It's used for health classes.

1:25:46 It's used and encompasses many things.

1:25:49 Obviously, of course, health sports,

1:25:51 which as we're seeing, they're growing.

1:25:54 Um, and every sport, there's a lot of

1:25:57 sports now that are the numbers are

1:25:58 really growing. And even in my own

1:26:01 children and their teens, they're going

1:26:03 other places and they're and they're

1:26:05 craving that that extra. Um, and it

1:26:09 would just be so great if they could do

1:26:10 it in their own school with their own

1:26:13 friends and their own teams and even

1:26:16 kiddos who aren't on sports teams. Um,

1:26:19 to help them get comfortable with what

1:26:22 working out looks like or even just

1:26:23 walking or even just something to make

1:26:27 you feel better and to move your body.

1:26:29 Um, so I wanted to not just

1:26:35 I know it's far out there but I just

1:26:36 want to continue for that.

1:26:39 Thank you.

1:26:47 >> Is there anyone else who has anything

1:26:49 like

1:26:54 >> Sorry.

1:26:59 >> Okay. Um with that we have the

1:27:01 opportunity for the board to be heard.

1:27:03 um for members here remotely or members

1:27:06 here.

1:27:10 >> Well, since the library was here

1:27:12 tonight, I know that I I've reminded

1:27:15 people before, but not only of course to

1:27:18 patronize our wonderful library, but

1:27:20 don't forget that they've also museum

1:27:24 access

1:27:25 to a number of fantastic museums and

1:27:28 organizations in the area. Um,

1:27:33 so, uh, we strongly recommend that

1:27:37 people do that. Um,

1:27:39 fantastic

1:27:43 to do that

1:27:44 >> and they have a book sale this weekend,

1:27:47 library book sale.

1:27:51 Um, I am grateful for all the people who

1:27:54 came today and spoke today

1:27:59 for being here again. the cones

1:28:10 on what you were

1:28:13 going to be

1:28:16 and it was going to be a thank you for

1:28:19 your presentations.

1:28:21 Um we do have something else to discuss

1:28:24 very briefly. We have scheduled for

1:28:27 October 26. I know this is dates to

1:28:30 remember this is preview 9.1 get very

1:28:32 shortly we have a workshop coming up

1:28:35 about communications presentation

1:28:38 um the

1:28:40 uh the presentation to the board it's

1:28:42 kind of a professional developmenty type

1:28:44 of thing but it's to learn more about

1:28:46 communications process

1:28:49 um we're we'll be able to ask questions

1:28:52 do we before we set that up uh I mean as

1:28:56 we're setting it up as we're discussing

1:28:58 Is that something that we want

1:29:00 opportunity for heard? Do we want

1:29:02 questions to be asked? I don't want to

1:29:04 put on the spot too much, but I think it

1:29:08 um it's something that we should all be

1:29:11 discussing and be aware of

1:29:14 um how the format of this not something.

1:29:20 Any thoughts?

1:29:25 Is it too late to have

1:29:31 >> I want to go back to the library.

1:29:34 >> Okay.

1:29:36 Um should we go back to library and then

1:29:38 come back to this one so that we can

1:29:40 just finish library and then notes

1:29:46 library.

1:29:46 >> Yeah. So, so I understand the space

1:29:50 library, but I'm hoping that the board

1:29:53 and frankly can continue to talk about

1:29:55 how we make use of the new community

1:29:59 space at the elementary school and

1:30:01 whether

1:30:06 uses

1:30:08 >> um so New York state regulation doesn't

1:30:10 allow teachers to make money on school

1:30:13 property. So, you can't have tutoring on

1:30:16 property payment and that's where some

1:30:19 of those things are like school

1:30:20 facilitator will have to look back at

1:30:21 that and that's where when students

1:30:22 cannot come to property um due to other

1:30:25 like immunization issues or things like

1:30:27 that but when teachers are tutoring

1:30:30 outside of school hours you're not

1:30:31 allowed to actually have money being

1:30:34 given to a teacher for tutoring on

1:30:36 property so that's where some of those

1:30:37 things are coming from and we have a lot

1:30:39 of our teachers who support and again my

1:30:41 children have done that as well just so

1:30:43 you know and I appreciate our teachers

1:30:44 who support our students and really help

1:30:46 with those extra programs. Um, but

1:30:48 that's come some of the issue that comes

1:30:50 from that is that we can't allow for

1:30:52 that to happen in public.

1:30:55 >> Yeah. No, I I I've experienced that too.

1:31:00 >> So, yeah, we'll have to be creative when

1:31:02 we look into that.

1:31:04 >> Exactly. Like just some space like kids

1:31:07 are

1:31:09 going to Starbucks.

1:31:13 The library is

1:31:17 But if there are any other community

1:31:23 I know we have to provide which is a

1:31:27 challenge but like I just want to make

1:31:30 sure we don't forget that we just

1:31:31 created this awesome space

1:31:38 that building at the uh in the village

1:31:43 that the village bought.

1:31:45 is being looked at as possible.

1:31:49 That was that was a topic that came up.

1:31:52 [snorts]

1:31:55 >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's

1:31:59 funding.

1:32:00 >> Yeah.

1:32:03 >> All right. Is that extensive library

1:32:05 conversation?

1:32:07 >> Um, so thoughts about the opportunities

1:32:10 for club or ask questions at a workshop

1:32:13 which is really

1:32:15 meeting

1:32:18 presentation and ask questions

1:32:23 and there are questions.

1:32:41 So one thing we could do is they could

1:32:43 write write on piece of paper and then

1:32:48 if those can't be answered during press

1:32:50 meeting it's going to be the district

1:32:56 but um folks write them down and put

1:32:59 their email address follow

1:33:04 that sound

1:33:07 so questions can't be answered in

1:33:09 process of meeting

1:33:13 Um, Rachel, I mean, when we did the um I

1:33:17 don't know that we call it a workshop,

1:33:19 but where we talked about the tax

1:33:21 changes for uh veterans, first

1:33:24 responders,

1:33:26 seniors, right? We it was more

1:33:28 interactive. That wasn't for though.

1:33:31 That was the purpose that the purpose of

1:33:33 that was to hear from folks.

1:33:35 This is a presentation where we're

1:33:38 hearing from presenters. So, it's a

1:33:41 different

1:33:43 Um,

1:33:45 >> it's a it's a workshop. That's not That

1:33:47 was a forum to hear from people.

1:33:50 >> So, I get what you're saying, but

1:33:54 >> So, so no

1:33:56 public

1:33:58 comment. I guess the input has to come

1:34:00 before.

1:34:02 >> It could come before or it could Well,

1:34:04 we were saying it come like if folks

1:34:06 want to write down questions and and

1:34:10 email if they can't be answered.

1:34:14 We're going to provide a scope based off

1:34:15 of the survey that I gave before. I'm

1:34:17 going to need the closest communications

1:34:19 to be able to meet the needs of what the

1:34:21 board wants for the workshop. So, the

1:34:23 board is all creating the survey. So,

1:34:24 we're going to do that. Then, the goal

1:34:26 was to share with the community agenda

1:34:29 based off of what the board's goals were

1:34:30 for that survey. And then you can have

1:34:33 public comment or not public comment at

1:34:35 a board workshop. That's up to the

1:34:37 board. And then I think your question is

1:34:39 you also take questions in the Q&A at

1:34:41 this. So those are the questions.

1:34:44 >> We'll comment or questions.

1:34:46 >> We'll have we'll have an agenda on what

1:34:49 is going to be discussed at this

1:34:51 >> right once we have that.

1:34:56 >> Yeah. So we can think about this and

1:34:58 then we can set we can make a decision

1:35:02 at our

1:35:04 work.

1:35:06 >> Yes.

1:35:08 Okay, with that um move to anything else

1:35:17 dates to remember um there's a

1:35:22 school.

1:35:34 >> Oh my goodness. Okay.

1:35:36 Yes. Oh, but we can also do this in

1:35:38 October, but we need to have a voting

1:35:40 delegate for the NISBA business meeting.

1:35:42 Thank you so much for reminding me. It's

1:35:44 one of my favorite eight hour phone

1:35:46 calls. Um, would anyone

1:35:49 >> Did I hear you volunteer?

1:35:50 >> Would anyone that [laughter]

1:35:52 want to um NISPA is the New York State

1:35:55 School Board Association and they put

1:35:57 forward a bunch of resolutions. We

1:35:59 actually have a resolution that is

1:36:00 recommended

1:36:02 um about seeking help for the cost of

1:36:06 healthare. Um and it is the way that

1:36:12 sorry weird word to say. Um but they do

1:36:16 that on behalf of the school districts

1:36:18 and the school districts vote on whether

1:36:20 or not those resolutions should be part

1:36:22 of what they are asking for. Um, and

1:36:26 I've been a voting delegate at those

1:36:29 meetings and it's been a fantastic

1:36:31 opportunity to see how long your phone

1:36:32 battery can last. Um, turns out eight

1:36:36 hours. Um, and would anyone that want to

1:36:40 be the voting delegate on October

1:36:45 16th,

1:36:48 >> 15? I I think it kind of

1:36:52 nobody else wants to do it makes sense,

1:36:58 >> you know,

1:37:00 because we have a resolution. I think

1:37:02 that it's going to have to be presented

1:37:03 answering questions.

1:37:05 So, I'm happy to do that.

1:37:08 >> There aren't as many resolutions as

1:37:11 >> correct.

1:37:12 >> Which Yes. And they do have like times

1:37:14 and you have to vote if you want to

1:37:16 extend the time

1:37:18 vote.

1:37:20 Fascinating.

1:37:21 >> Thank you, ma'am.

1:37:23 >> So, would we all like to do that? I

1:37:24 think we do need to make res make him

1:37:26 our voting delegate. Um, so with that in

1:37:30 mind, would anyone like to move the

1:37:34 resolution that Matt Berron would serve

1:37:37 as Borisville Central School District

1:37:39 delegate, voting delegate to this

1:37:42 meeting?

1:37:47 >> Elizabeth second. All in favor? I

1:37:54 >> thank you so much. Do you get that?

1:37:57 >> It's written. It's written. Excellent.

1:38:00 Um, with that, we have the upcoming

1:38:03 dates to remember. There's the

1:38:05 opportunity to see the the community

1:38:08 showcase the elementary school regular

1:38:11 board meeting October 5th right here.

1:38:13 Pro possibly might be

1:38:17 um And then there's the board of

1:38:19 education workshop on October 26. We

1:38:21 just discussed

1:38:25 anyone like to move us to

1:38:29 >> Matt's moving

1:38:32 second.

1:38:34 >> All right. Second. All in favor?

1:38:36 >> All right. Thank you.

1:38:40 Sed bitter