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Welcome to the Trashine Valley Digital Vocational School District School Committee meeting, March 23, 2023. We'll call tonight,

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Glen Larson, Ken Marford, S.S. B.D.N., 30 Royal Donald, Charlotte Diori, Cheryl Ballet,

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Valet Belloni, and we're going to be all right. Tyler Gillis, 30 Pat Uses, Christine Kim,

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Superintendent McIntosh, Business Manager, let's go. Karen Feo is our recording secretary and we have a

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to the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation,

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under God, indivisible, and liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you.

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We'll take a motion to open a public hearing.

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Please do a second.

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A second.

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What was it made and seconded?

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The discussion all those in favor?

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The public hearing for the FY-24 operating budget is now open.

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I'd like to at this time ask Superintendent McIntosh, Mrs. Manager,

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let's go to briefly give us a presentation.

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I just need one comment.

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Just with the stuff that's going on tonight, can you potentially table 14?

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Connecting?

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That's possible.

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If

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I second that motion to table evaluation, we have enough stuff.

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I understand.

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I just briefly.

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No, I think I appreciate that, Carmen.

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I sent out the information for everybody to read, and I'll just, I'll see you at the

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end.

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Yes, I will.

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Consider the time of the evening.

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I will consider that.

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In terms of future meetings, I've mentioned this for the last couple of years, the meetings

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would be go to approve budgets can make sure that that's what's on the agenda especially with an open

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hearing and any other stuff can get moved to a future meeting cannot be requests to be for future

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I mean right now we're gonna not for this year but for future years when we have an open hearing

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have budgets approved especially with this one and make sure that's one of the main things on the

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agenda everything else can get yeah exactly I understand like you still got to do like bills and

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minutes and all the other stuff. But like, yeah, I know you weren't here last year.

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Jenna's name was this is some I've mentioned for the last couple of years. That's something

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we should really talk about making the budget process kind of focus. Yeah, like if you're

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okay, and then you're operating. If you're open hearing, that should be the main focus.

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There's other administrative stuff you have to do. Okay, but those are the things should

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to focus the meeting. Okay. And I think that's good for me. Okay. So just to give some

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background information and we'll kind of go through this presentation but just to kind

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of set the stage if you will. Jen and I have obviously had many conversations with staff

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and administrators and other people in the building and throughout this process and I believe we

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also talked to the budgets of committee about this too. We asked for a level services budget.

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We did not ask for a level-funded budget, so we realized that there are some increases

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in this, and it's just kind of caused some anxiety amongst some of our members and

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some of the community members, but we want to be able to continue to provide the same

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level of service that we have done consistently in the past.

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In order to do that, there's a lot of stuff that shows up in this budget that needs to be

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addressed.

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we've already talked about capital. Most of you are aware there's a $475,000 request in the capital

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budget to repair the wall above the pool area. We've been told that you know that is deteriorating

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and at some point in time it may cause potential issues. We either damaging the roof or forcing us

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to close sections of the building while it gets repaired. So we want to be proactive in that. We want

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get ahead of that and we want to take care of that repair over the summer so that it

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doesn't impact our ability to deliver educational services, but it also doesn't impact the community

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usage of the pool area as well. So, well, it's a big expense and we understand that. That

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is a priority. When you look at the total budget requests that are related to building repair

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and maintenance, it adds up to about $670,000, which is a big chunk of our capital requests

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this year. The reality is we have a 53-year-old building and you know things are coming up around

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heating system repairs, around plumbing repairs, around the infrastructure that we need to keep

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this building open and operating. Those costs are going to continue to show up in capital budget

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requests until there's either a major renovation project or some type of building project that's done

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here. So I think it's important as a group that you know we all kind of have that context

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and we have that background as we go through that. The other thing the other things that I kind

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of want to focus on and we'll go through this quickly in the presentation is we've averaged

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a 2.67 percent increase over the last five years here at Shush. What we've found in this year's

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budget is we have to make some corrections based on the fact that that has been a little bit low

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for where we needed to be and now unfortunately now this is all coming to

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coming to Roost at the same time. We've also utilized grant fund and I'm sure most

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of you are familiar with this. We utilize a lot of grant money to implement the

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one-to-one technology program during the pandemic. A lot of that money is now

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starting to dry up and go away. So as another cost has reflected in this we've

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picked up the cost of buying laptop computers for incoming freshman

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in class and also the replacement of a portion of the staff, administrator, clerical, support

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people's devices as well. Those are going to be, again, recurring costs that we're going

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to have, that we have to go into the budget. We have to make sure that we account for those

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as well. Other things to keep in mind. We did sign a two-year contract extension with

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the teaching staff with the STA, and we're locked in for a 3% increase next year and a 2.75

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increase for the following fiscal year. In hindsight, I think that that was, that was

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timely. If we followed any of the other stuff that's been going on in some of our sister districts

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in this area, I think that could have gone a lot of different ways that it did. We've also negotiated

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initial contracts for Pera's educational technology and maintenance staff, and as part of that,

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We purposely instituted a three-year phase-in plan, so all of those groups now have steps

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and column raises.

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As a district, we put a limit on how fire people can move in year one, how fire people

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can move in year two, and how fire people can move in year three to minimize the impact on

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the budget.

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We also are looking at a three, we've built in a three percent cost of living adjustment

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for clerical cafeteria and all the other non-union employees for the upcoming fiscal year.

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This also as people are I'm sure aware includes increases in our health insurance and transportation.

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We've hit the escalation clause for our transportation contract so that our transportation costs up by another $50,000 on top of what they were already.

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And again that's based on the cost of fuel that our provider has to pay for and it was built into the contract.

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I believe we're in year two or three of the current contract.

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I already talked about the one-to-one teaching.

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We are also this year had to establish, we were mandated to establish an English language

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learners program based on our student population and student enrollment here.

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There are some significant costs around testing those students, around software that we have

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to purchase to track them, we've had to add staff that is certified to instruct those

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students.

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Again, if those numbers continue to rise, that budget is going to continue to increase

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in incoming years if we have to add another staff person.

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So those are things that were never funded in the past, they're also powered as a budget.

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We also have included some money in there.

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We were able to get a grant this year to fund a board-certified behavioral panelist.

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So if you look in the contracted services for support services for next year, there's some

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additional money put in there to continue to support students that we have within the

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building that have the need for those specialized supports that a VCBA brings.

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We are not in a position to try to hire somebody full time in that role and I think we all

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understand that but we've tried to build this and where we can still support the students

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but try to be as physically responsible as we can as we do that.

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There are some new positions in here and I shared this over the course of the past couple

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meetings, adding a ninth grade guidance counselor. Well, the guidance position was rolled

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into the director's, director's salary last year under the former superintendent. And

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again, trying to get back to a spot where we have two counselors that are dedicated to

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our ninth grade students. I know I've talked about this at numerous times in the past. That's

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a really vulnerable time for kids transferring here and making sure that they feel supported

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and that they have the attention and the people monitoring their progress so that we can keep them here and we can keep them enrolled as they roll through the programs.

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They also include science and support services.

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And the reason for that is we are also looking next year to move towards an inclusion model for instruction.

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We currently have pull-out services for our special ed students, which is something that is not, from my understanding, is not thought in our sending communities.

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And it's something that when students come here, it's an adjustment for them to have those services delivered in a different way.

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And based on the feedback and the input that we've gotten from a bunch of the stakeholders, that is the way that we should be moving forward.

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So I will quickly go through this stuff.

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To get Jenna and I, we're going to share this just to give people an idea of what we're

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also bringing forward.

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If people have feedback or advice about things you think should be added, the things you

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think should be changed.

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Please let us know.

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And again, I think everybody's aware that we're trying to work our way through this and our

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first iteration of presenting this.

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So again, Chashine is a public school district in Valorika, vocational technical education grades

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9-12. Our funding comes from our five sending communities. And the formula that is used

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to determine that is based on a lot of different things with our enrollment here from the

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communities, the enrollment in the sending communities, the property values in the sending

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communities, the income level in the sending communities. And we are provided with a net

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spent a net chapter, a net school spending in chapter 70 summary, which is what we use

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to build our budget here.

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We don't have information about all of our sending districts until that report is shared

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with us.

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And I'll talk more about that later in my update.

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These are just some highlights I've talked through all of these things already.

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The contract extensions, the initial contracts, the coal increases, the new positions, the

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all the department upgrade, the building repairs,

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the one-to-one initiative and, again,

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our average increase over the past five years

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has been a little over 2.5%, 2.5, 8% percent.

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Just so people are aware,

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we have been actively pursuing competitive grants

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at every opportunity that we can.

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So we have pulled and we have managed to land about $336,000

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dollars for the spray booth and auto body that did not come out of our capital or operating budget.

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We got a social emotional learning grant which again is proud of that's being used to fund

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the BCBA for our current school year for a little over $100,000. We got it ramped from the genocide

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ed group to do some curriculum development and some planning in our English and history departments

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and then we also have this myCAP guidance program that we got for about 40 months.

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We're also actively pursuing some other grants, but we are in the waiting phase now

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and as that information becomes available, I would at least share it out with people.

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So things that are unique to Shawshine, we've heard from our local towns

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and our local communities about the cost of running schools going up.

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Again, a lot of schools that's paper, it's toner, it's copier leases,

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is it's other things like that.

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We have all of those costs plus.

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So just to give a quick comparison here,

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the 3-8-inch copper tubing that is kind of a mainstay

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on our HBAC program for a lot of the projects that they do.

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In FY23, it was $75 for $54 role.

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It went to $95 for this current school year.

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And plumbing our 3-inch PVC pipe went from 1470 to 1770

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per 10 foot length. The copper elbows that are used, the half inch copper elbows used in our

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plumbing program, 51 cents to a dollar five, 106 percent increase on those items. And we use a lot

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of them because we do a lot of copper projects with the students in our program. Electricity non-metallic,

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a lot of people know it as romance. It's the wire that is used on the vast majority of the student

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projects down there, went from 49 cents a foot to 92 cents per year. This is a one-year increase.

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Masonry, the price of bricks went up 80 cents per brick, which again is a 76 percent increase,

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and in our advanced manufacturing department, the price of the aluminum barrel that they use for

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projects went from $8.3 to $8.75.

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So again, if you think about the student enrollments in these

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programs being somewhere between 12 and 26 students in each grade level and those students

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are in there working on projects, doing skill-building activities to learn the skills and competencies

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to make them successful on the leave here.

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That has a huge impact on our ability to deliver a lot of services to the budget.

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I'm going to turn it over and just let's go down.

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I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I thought this was Jenna's slide. I apologize. I went back to the last year that I could access information on on the profiles on the DOE profile site was 2020. So this is net school spending as a percentage of the foundation budget. So just some comparisons to our sending districts. In FY 2020,

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Shawshine's percentage was 126.

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The next closest one was Bill Rick at 153.

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I know we're asking for a significant increase here,

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and I know we're asking our sending communities

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to support that and by kind of buying into this vision

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and this mission we have, but again,

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when we look at the percentage of the foundation

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budget of men's school spending for sending communities,

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most of them are spending well above and beyond what we currently do.

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And again, I apologize that it's a few years out of date.

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Now, I'm sorry, enrollment numbers.

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We are down a little bit.

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We're down 28 students based on the October 1st deadline.

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With the transition of our director of data, admissions, and assessment into a new role,

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We did have a period of time there where we had multiple people trying to man the admissions

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process and bring 9th graders in and I think we are ready and poised to accept some more

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students to backfill that class and again Mr. Norquets will talk about this in a few minutes

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but we're looking at waiting until all the current students in the building have been placed

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in the technical programs that they're interested in and then we're going to have a more accurate

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reflection of what programs have opened so that when we accept students, they know these are the

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programs that we have space in. I think these are the programs that you're interested in. Are you

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willing, ready and willing to come here for one of these programs? So that number will go up.

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Also, and you can see this in my update later on, we have a very small senior class. Our senior

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class is about 285 students. When that class graduates, we're also going to pick up probably about 65

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75 or 70 students in our enrollment next year, if we bring in the 340 or 350 that we've

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typically run.

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Now it's Ms. Lasco.

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I will take this laptop.

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Thank you.

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So I'm going to explain to you the state formula and how we arrive at these numbers.

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So first of the required minimum contribution.

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So this is what the state says every town has to pay.

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So this is not a non-negotiable.

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As you can see, those percent changes are based on what the state gave us, and you can

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compare FY23 and FY24, so the formula starts with required minimum contribution.

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So then we take those capital assessments, capital budget was approved in December, and those

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are for all the big things that are going to happen in the building, such as equipment,

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construction problem, project, builder, repairs, maintenance, technology.

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The formula for the capital assessment is a little different.

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Bedford and Burlington always pay 10% unless for some reason their enrollment would over

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the 10% but they're required to pay at least 10% even though the population is lower.

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And then the remaining proportions are based on enrollment with taking Bedford and Burlington

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out to come up with the work it took spring in Burlington's piece.

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So that is based on enrollment.

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and then we have the FY-24 regional operating agreement.

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That is strictly based on enrollment

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for all five sending districts.

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So that is a proportion of above and beyond

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what we're asking for from minimum in capital.

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So total operating, projected operating assessment,

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this year, compared to last year,

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you can see it has changed for some of the districts,

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it's gone up and down.

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But this is the assessment detailed by town

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and this is probably the most important slide.

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So we have a broken down first by FY24 capital contribution,

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which I talked about in previous slide.

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That's that 1.6 million that we already have voted on.

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Then we have the minimum contribution

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that's required by the state.

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And then we have the regional operating agreement.

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So that's what's above and beyond

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that we need in order to fund this budget.

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And then the last column is the total assessment.

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it's the sum of those three previous columns.

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And then we get chapter 78,

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which is what the state's giving us.

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Transportation aid,

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which is something state will refund us.

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And then that we have our total budget.

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So the transportation aid is taken out previously

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to get to that $8.5 million a number

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that you see under FY 24 regional operating agreement.

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So we budget it in and then we get some back from state.

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So, overall, the 7.9% increase from last year, which, like we said, is higher than usual,

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but we're dealing with a lot of inflation factors as well.

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You can see total minimum required contribution, all the changes that have come across Chapter

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78.

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It was $30 per student increase this year, which wasn't a ton of money.

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And then the amount assessed per regional agreement is that percentage piece and that brings

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us to our total budget of $37,423,644.

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So this was presented to the budget subcommittee, and that's our whole budget.

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Go ramps.

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Does anyone need to go back to another slide?

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Yeah, we can put that just to the point where I can send this to you.

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I think I have it somewhere that I wanted to just make it easier for me to do that.

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Sure.

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Thank you.

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If anyone here for the public to speak, I'm the budget hearing none.

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I would make a motion to close the public hearing.

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The motion is made to close the public hearing.

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Second.

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Second.

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The discussion hearing none, all's a fair.

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Aye.

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I oppose none.

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Anonymous public hearing is now closed.

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This point here.

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Next up on the agenda.

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So on Wednesday, 28 students were inducted into National Onesci, National Virtual Onesci,

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25 years and 3 seniors.

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Make sure you watch out on the NHS, Shawshin, K, John, Instagram because we should be posting

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all pictures soon once we get them back.

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Most of the students just had a presentation by Tony Hoffman, he's a worldwide speaker on

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and alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health awareness.

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It was really engaging and I heard all good things about it.

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And then all our spring sports just started on Monday

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and it's all trials this week, so talk to them.

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Skills are just happened last week.

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We had 20 gold medalists, 20 silver, and 27 bronze,

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who all of the gold medalists most of the silver

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and some of the grounds will move on to states at the end of April.

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The drama club is getting ready for their show by Biberty,

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and the show dates on that is May 11th and 12th at 6.30 pm.

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It's going to be here in the auditorium this year.

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And we will have more info after this senior meeting on Wednesday.

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So at the next school committee meeting, I'll have more info about seniors.

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So, and all the duties are about to get ready to go out on call on money.

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Good day.

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Thank you, you're in the sky.

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As everybody gets just onto my head,

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Principal Cook sends out the report every Friday.

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And there was a listing of everything that's going on

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and all the activities and everything.

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So thank you, folks.

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and we are also grateful to see what's going on.

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To read it and listen on the agenda, I thought about that

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when I was first sent these up.

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But we are informed of what's happening

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and who's doing what, and so it's congratulations

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to all our skills here at City winners.

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Next up, we have the public comment.

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There's a recent update.

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I'm going

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to sign up for that.

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Okay, item six tonight in moving along

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with our meeting, our directors, something I wanted to do this year with Tony's help,

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rather than have Tony just talk about who they are and what's going on.

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We did a meet, doing a meet and greet.

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So one of the last people, last but not least, tonight is our vocational director, David Nogwood,

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David and I have known each other.

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Many, many years back when he was a teacher.

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So David, thank you for coming here tonight and now talking about what's going on.

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Well, thank you, Mr. Pascale.

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My name's Dave Northwoods, I know a lot of you folks

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and the ones that I go are going to meet you

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probably up to the speedy.

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These young lady stole a lot of my fund up,

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but I'm going to give you a little bit more information.

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Last Thursday, skills USA, we had the districts here.

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We had 178 students participate in that districts.

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Out of the 178, 67 metal, and like young lady said, 20 gold, 20 silver, and 27 bronze.

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Out of those metals, we have 41 going on to the states down at Blackstone, Mauro,

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Upton.

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So we're very excited about that, for the fact that last year, we sent 61, and we came

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back with 31 medals, sending 11 to the nationals, where we took home a gold in six silver

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medals from the national levels.

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So we're pretty confident, over confident, that we're going to do the same.

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So we're very excited about our skills USA folks in regards to that.

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The other thing I got a few other things on my little list, new high list, new teachers.

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We have two teachers retiring.

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Actually, we had three teachers retire in one particular

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coppatory instructor left in February, which we already

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re-hired a full-time coppatory instructor.

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We're also losing a cosmetology teacher and a health teacher.

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I took the liberty of starting interviewing actually today.

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We have 28 candidates for our cosmetology

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instruction position so stay tuned it's going to take a while.

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20 mentioned earlier we're right in the middle of going after a couple of competitive grants.

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We got introduced to this new foundation, fidelity foundation, and we gave them a little

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tour of the school the other day and we proposed a couple of grants, a proposal store, total

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are about 400,000, want to renovate our Masonry program and the other one to renovate our

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HVAC program. Stay tuned. We have a pretty good feeling about these proposals. The other

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thing we're chasing the competitive is the capital skills grant where we're looking to renovate

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our federal fabrication welding program, another 400,000, which is put the final touches on that

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grant. We're going to have Tony sign off on it probably by the end of the week and we feel real

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confident with that when we got, we got some good information and we feel pretty good about getting,

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getting that grant. I probably shouldn't say that should.

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Speaking of grants, we

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actually just finished

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spending our pericons money from last year in regards to roughly about 300 well

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let me take that back. About 100,000 we got some new dental chairs all installed

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for about 70,000 health assisting we continue to get our couple of beds for

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about 4,000 which we've been doing for the last three or four years. Metal

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fabrication we bought a plasma cutter for about 40,000 all those have been

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purchase, kids are using them, and we're taking advantage of that

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Perkins funds that we usually get every year, roughly about 100,000.

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This case was about 125,000 in regards to the Perkins.

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That's federal.

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That's federal money.

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That's been happening.

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How many years have we gone on?

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Since I've been in education.

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It's been a friend of ours.

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Hopefully it doesn't dry up.

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The Perkins in running makes a good point in regards to that.

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It's federal money, and it's predicated on the communities, and roughly

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shushing over the years has gotten anything from 80 to 130,000 in regards to

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that money, which we usually spend on capital equipment. So it works out very

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nicely, and how that works is through the capital budget, with our support from

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advisory committees, they determine, basically, the new cutting technology, and then

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We vote on it, but programs are in most needs in regards to that.

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The other thing that we're very proud of in regards to our co-op.

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Right now we have 76% of our seniors out in co-op, roughly 216 students.

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In starting this week, we've already signed out 20 juniors with another 35 in the

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docket which will probably get signed out by the end by Friday. So we're going to have

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close to 50 or 60 kids out on co-op being juniors already. Very excited about that.

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Co-op office is exploding but that's okay. That's always a good thing. And I think it really

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differentiates us from any other vocation.

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We're very proud of that. That's an outmission and we're going to continue to go down that path in regards to getting these kids jobs, even though a lot of them will go on to post-secondary education. It's an experience that you can't beat it. You just can't beat that experience of working out in industry. So we really committed to that. The other thing we're really committed to is projects, community projects. Because of the COVID in what night?

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It's been a little off, but we we've hooked up recently with the Baraka police in regards to renovating the supply.

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I'm going to call it a supply storage ship they once had and what they're doing what we're doing.

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We're renovating it so they can do training there. It's pretty exciting.

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Chief Frost has been spearheaded this. We've been talking about it for about a year and it went through.

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and we're pretty excited to renovate that for the training for the new police offices that they come in.

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The other thing we're doing is we're over into the police station, Bill Ricka, actually repairing,

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are actually not repairing, but replacing a couple of water fountains. Good experience for the kids to get out there.

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So it's nice. In-house projects, we have a lot going on. We've got about a dozen in-house projects,

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keeping my construction programs up and going, which is fantastic.

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It helps with the budget reduce the budget a little bit by doing in-house work and everything from building

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Shelfing for storage to opening up walls in the Dean's office

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bakery renovation

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We've got a new railing going out by the bakery. I'm sorry by the culinary program the old bakery

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We got the corrosive field house

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We put it in a mini-split so we can utilize that at night to utilize our electrical night

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school program.

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What we were finding, the original heat of that we put out there was running continuously.

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So now what we're going to do is segregate through just the room they're using, same

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stable, quite a bit, energy cost by doing that.

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So that was a well worth venture.

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We're still working on the football field house, the plumbers have got everything rough

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in and it's looking like we're on time on schedule in regards to the football stadium.

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Cosmotology, water heaters, we get the plumbers down there doing a redesign of the plumbing

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that needs to be replaced. But we're also upgrading the hot water tank for the hot water down there also.

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And then we talked about the outside the gym that we've been working on also.

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So, the last thing I have is this is a very exciting week for the freshmen, this is exploratory,

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this is their last cycle, they've gone through 14 and this weekend they will be selecting

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their permanent shops.

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Stay tuned, we're pretty excited about that.

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Usually I would say 90 or 96% of the students get their first top three choices.

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I don't know how that happens, it just does.

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We have a lot of exciting programs that everybody's trying to recruit these students, but

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it always seems to be that a high percentage of our students get their first three choices.

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So stay tuned on that.

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That's going to happen this weekend.

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And that's a pretty exciting time for a fewer freshmen.

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Of course, I have my box of tissues for the parents that will come in and cry because it's

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on a data to get into plumbing or cosmetology,

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but that's all right.

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I got my tissues.

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And just for the, you know, I make a joke of that,

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and I show it, but what happens is

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in what we try to stick by is I've gotten a question,

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well, if 60 students want electrical,

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why don't you just put them all in there?

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And there's many reasons for that,

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the first being safety, the other being the co-op,

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because if we start flooding the market,

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because we put 70 electricians out in the community every year.

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That's not good for anybody.

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So we're very careful.

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We watch that.

448
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:20,600
We talk to our advisors.

449
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:22,600
And the biggest thing is the safety.

450
00:34:22,980 --> 00:34:25,200
And in a lot of our license programs, we have ratios.

451
00:34:25,780 --> 00:34:28,060
When we send our students out to do community work,

452
00:34:28,460 --> 00:34:33,480
there's a certain ratio teacher to student that we have to be in compliance with.

453
00:34:34,020 --> 00:34:37,440
So those are some of the factors why we can't really appease everybody.

454
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:44,220
I wish I could. It's probably the hardest part of my job telling the student that they're

455
00:34:44,220 --> 00:34:49,920
going to be in a wait line to get into their favorite program. So it is a tough job.

456
00:34:50,540 --> 00:34:55,980
But we try to explain and we try to give a lot of guidance before they do their selections

457
00:34:55,980 --> 00:35:00,720
to make sure they get the appropriate grade to get in that shop that they really want.

458
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:07,320
So I think we got that down to a science over the years to make sure a lot of our students

459
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,460
It's like I said previously, get there for free choices.

460
00:35:11,740 --> 00:35:12,860
So, we're pretty excited.

461
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:14,400
It's always an exciting time around.

462
00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:15,400
This time of year.

463
00:35:17,140 --> 00:35:20,820
All right, maybe, yeah, any questions?

464
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,420
The football project, but the other school year maybe?

465
00:35:25,780 --> 00:35:26,000
Close.

466
00:35:33,740 --> 00:35:34,180
It's been back.

467
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:34,960
That's a no.

468
00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,520
No, I'm just very, very grateful.

469
00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:39,540
We planned close, I know.

470
00:35:39,860 --> 00:35:41,500
It's just been, I know it's been dragging out.

471
00:35:41,700 --> 00:35:43,040
I know it's been, definitely.

472
00:35:46,340 --> 00:35:56,660
I was planning to finish it up and I know that's why I'm doing it, but anyway, given the

473
00:35:56,660 --> 00:36:02,140
class that we've been incurring over the last three years in the rise in what construction

474
00:36:02,140 --> 00:36:09,820
has done since we originally initiated this project, it's not helped with any questions.

475
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:14,280
The pertains when you were talking about is that something you have to apply for every

476
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:14,520
year?

477
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:15,160
Yes.

478
00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:18,460
And it's changed a lot.

479
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:24,880
Usually you would just apply and it wasn't much to it, but I just came from a director's

480
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:29,720
meeting down in the Maaba, and a lot of schools are getting kicked back.

481
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:35,300
Things where they used to buy computers and technology, they're saying, no, we do it.

482
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:36,320
I've got to amend it.

483
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:42,480
So the change in the movement of the goalposts on us, as I like to say at the Department of

484
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:42,560
Ed.

485
00:36:44,020 --> 00:36:44,540
Thank you.

486
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:46,600
Question.

487
00:36:46,980 --> 00:36:50,340
Is that just for Bill Kent, how is that for all schools?

488
00:36:50,820 --> 00:36:51,260
Correct.

489
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,960
It's more than the book and it's for community colleges.

490
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:59,960
A lot of people really go after that correctance money.

491
00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:05,060
For example, if you're a gateway city, say it's great a little, great a little bit, they

492
00:37:05,060 --> 00:37:07,300
they might get $500,000 a correctance money.

493
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:08,780
So again, it's predicated.

494
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,520
So we're competing with community colleges and schools.

495
00:37:11,660 --> 00:37:12,760
Yes, it's a good money.

496
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:13,720
Absolutely.

497
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:15,980
And as we all know, community colleges,

498
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:17,380
they have pretty strong advocates.

499
00:37:18,860 --> 00:37:19,300
Yeah.

500
00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:20,440
It's been an issue.

501
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:21,180
They have state colleges.

502
00:37:23,650 --> 00:37:25,370
It has to be over here in technical education.

503
00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:26,670
Yeah, I don't believe so.

504
00:37:29,570 --> 00:37:30,330
I'm sorry, Brian.

505
00:37:31,470 --> 00:37:33,490
Thank you for everything that's happening.

506
00:37:33,750 --> 00:37:34,970
And it's all good.

507
00:37:35,350 --> 00:37:36,110
It's very exciting.

508
00:37:36,110 --> 00:37:42,350
One question I was going to ask when we do the program of studies book later tonight.

509
00:37:42,910 --> 00:37:47,210
It looks like all the changes this year in the program of studies would go on the academic

510
00:37:47,210 --> 00:37:49,250
side of the ledger.

511
00:37:50,190 --> 00:37:58,050
Do you, is that something that the folks side also reviewed and made a deliberate decision?

512
00:37:58,570 --> 00:37:59,850
I'll tell you why that's a great question.

513
00:38:00,550 --> 00:38:04,010
Recently, a lot of the frameworks have revisions done to them.

514
00:38:04,010 --> 00:38:10,850
So, what we do is we approach them, we provide those to the advisory community, they look

515
00:38:10,850 --> 00:38:11,330
at it.

516
00:38:12,370 --> 00:38:16,810
In some cases, like cosmetology, we had to change that a little because there was some

517
00:38:16,810 --> 00:38:22,330
new competencies placed in to say the cosmetology, their frameworks.

518
00:38:22,990 --> 00:38:27,750
A lot of the revisions, it's just new type of equipment, Ryan, in regards to that.

519
00:38:28,070 --> 00:38:32,310
So, you won't see a lot of big changes on the actual program of studies.

520
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:37,970
But there are, we're always making changes in regards to the curriculum equipment because

521
00:38:37,970 --> 00:38:42,810
of the new frameworks and the new technologies, especially with our computer, our ISN,

522
00:38:42,990 --> 00:38:43,890
and our programming web.

523
00:38:44,410 --> 00:38:50,330
That framework is obsolete in two years, and the Department of, and it's aware of that,

524
00:38:50,470 --> 00:38:56,090
but it's tough to keep on, you know, doing revisions to documents like that, takes a lot

525
00:38:56,090 --> 00:38:58,930
of man hours, and they're aware of that.

526
00:38:58,930 --> 00:39:03,350
So that's why those advisory committees are so critical to us getting their feedback

527
00:39:06,070 --> 00:39:06,950
The questions

528
00:39:07,990 --> 00:39:08,810
Thank you David

529
00:39:09,890 --> 00:39:14,090
You can see and everybody here great work here. Thank you. Thank you

530
00:39:14,090 --> 00:39:17,690
And I've been told by one other person that you're probably the most best

531
00:39:17,690 --> 00:39:21,790
Most director of the state. So keep up the good work. Okay. We're very proud to have you and

532
00:39:22,790 --> 00:39:24,910
Appreciate that. You do all you're doing

533
00:39:25,490 --> 00:39:26,170
Thank you already

534
00:39:29,750 --> 00:39:31,730
but I actually got to go to work.

535
00:39:33,670 --> 00:39:34,710
Thank you.

536
00:39:35,810 --> 00:39:38,150
We have bills in front of us tonight.

537
00:39:38,830 --> 00:39:44,010
The first bill is from how would you expand in the amount of $1,230,

538
00:39:44,170 --> 00:39:46,290
$0.50 is our motion.

539
00:39:48,270 --> 00:39:48,550
Second.

540
00:39:49,030 --> 00:39:49,550
Second.

541
00:39:49,750 --> 00:39:49,870
Second.

542
00:39:50,230 --> 00:39:50,510
Second.

543
00:39:51,690 --> 00:39:51,870
Second.

544
00:39:51,870 --> 00:39:54,750
discussion. I was a failure.

545
00:39:56,930 --> 00:39:59,890
We have another bill tonight.

546
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:06,960
I'm sorry, we have two bill.

547
00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:09,840
I apologize. You have another bill. Did I miss that?

548
00:40:12,380 --> 00:40:15,440
My boss, my boss, I, I, I, I,

549
00:40:16,460 --> 00:40:21,580
second bill tonight is also from attorney Howard Greenspan in the amount of $1,072.50.

550
00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:49,420
The next bill is from Nuddle McAvoy and Joyce for the amount of $107.50.

551
00:40:49,420 --> 00:40:49,800
sense.

552
00:40:50,220 --> 00:40:56,950
Some of the motion minutes news second by it was that meeting in discussion.

553
00:40:57,470 --> 00:41:03,390
Here we met all of us in favor, post none unanimous, okay thank you next let's see here

554
00:41:03,390 --> 00:41:03,930
we go.

555
00:41:04,170 --> 00:41:10,210
There's one more in that one and we got one more to go, last one from metal, Mackaboo

556
00:41:10,210 --> 00:41:14,330
enjoys in the amount of nine hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents as a motion.

557
00:41:14,330 --> 00:41:18,830
I'll show you this news. Second, my name is I've been in discussion.

558
00:41:19,490 --> 00:41:24,770
I was in favor. I was done unanimous. Thank you so much. Okay, awesome.

559
00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:32,770
Next up, we have the minutes of January 24th, 2023, and we have discussion on that.

560
00:41:33,810 --> 00:41:37,750
Move on, this is news. I can second by Mr. Moffett. Any discussion?

561
00:41:37,750 --> 00:41:39,210
Okay, we'll give it to everybody.

562
00:41:40,530 --> 00:41:40,910
I was in favor.

563
00:41:41,510 --> 00:41:41,930
All right.

564
00:41:42,190 --> 00:41:42,490
Opposed.

565
00:41:42,670 --> 00:41:43,650
Thank you.

566
00:41:43,870 --> 00:41:45,830
Minutes of budgetary 24th of the past.

567
00:41:46,150 --> 00:41:47,830
For respondents, I don't think there's anything

568
00:41:47,830 --> 00:41:48,870
in the packet carrying tonight.

569
00:41:49,350 --> 00:41:50,050
Nothing I missed.

570
00:41:50,290 --> 00:41:50,690
Nothing there.

571
00:41:51,990 --> 00:41:54,430
Item 10 is our business finishes report.

572
00:41:56,350 --> 00:41:59,990
Tell us, did you, I know, you spoke earlier?

573
00:42:00,290 --> 00:42:00,330
Okay.

574
00:42:00,590 --> 00:42:04,650
So yeah, just the main focus obviously

575
00:42:04,650 --> 00:42:07,370
has been preparing the FY24 budget.

576
00:42:07,370 --> 00:42:13,350
budget presentation and in meeting with the budget subcommittee. We also discussed the budget subcommittee

577
00:42:14,770 --> 00:42:21,530
actuals for FY23, what we've spent so far by department. So Tony and I are watching that

578
00:42:21,530 --> 00:42:28,290
closely. We meet monthly to go through it and we'll make the decision of when we have to start

579
00:42:28,290 --> 00:42:37,350
leaving transferring some funds from one line item to another our privacy and school year. So that's

580
00:42:37,350 --> 00:42:40,170
in this office, been doing some serious,

581
00:42:40,490 --> 00:42:42,470
immunist training, so the whole department

582
00:42:42,470 --> 00:42:44,990
has been involved in that, which has been helpful.

583
00:42:45,210 --> 00:42:46,630
Immunists is our accounting software

584
00:42:47,010 --> 00:42:49,490
that we use payroll, human resources,

585
00:42:50,150 --> 00:42:52,770
and the accounting, and it's been really helpful

586
00:42:52,770 --> 00:42:55,610
because there's a lot of modules that we currently own

587
00:42:55,610 --> 00:42:58,490
that we can utilize but haven't been able to yet.

588
00:42:59,150 --> 00:43:01,410
So that's been a big initiative for the department

589
00:43:01,410 --> 00:43:03,170
to come together, just we have a lot of,

590
00:43:03,410 --> 00:43:05,790
I don't know if you remember, a lot of people change positions

591
00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:11,830
and took on some new roles, so we're doing some formal training as a group and it's been really helpful.

592
00:43:12,490 --> 00:43:15,170
And that is all I have to update other than...

593
00:43:15,170 --> 00:43:15,450
Thank you.

594
00:43:15,490 --> 00:43:22,730
Thank you for the, the quote I don't get, I was asked before, and I hope it worked out nicely.

595
00:43:24,010 --> 00:43:26,670
Give us an update of what's going on in terms of budget spent,

596
00:43:27,770 --> 00:43:30,310
but I think we're going to keep that going.

597
00:43:31,230 --> 00:43:31,910
That's what I assume.

598
00:43:31,910 --> 00:43:38,750
It wouldn't like to have a meeting soon to discuss that quarterly budget

599
00:43:38,750 --> 00:43:39,130
tax.

600
00:43:39,310 --> 00:43:39,450
Sure.

601
00:43:39,610 --> 00:43:39,830
Sure.

602
00:43:40,530 --> 00:43:46,510
And we did because we, yes, the spec, the majority of the focus was on this year's budget.

603
00:43:46,590 --> 00:43:46,710
Yeah.

604
00:43:46,830 --> 00:43:51,410
But I mean, the approval of the budget moving it to the full source.

605
00:43:51,510 --> 00:43:54,990
The going forth, I think, yeah, you do have to look up the budget.

606
00:43:55,410 --> 00:43:55,970
Yeah, that's perfect.

607
00:43:57,910 --> 00:43:58,890
Tony, item 11.

608
00:44:00,030 --> 00:44:00,430
Sorry.

609
00:44:00,590 --> 00:44:00,990
It was a theory.

610
00:44:01,390 --> 00:44:01,570
I know.

611
00:44:01,570 --> 00:44:02,510
I think it's because I remember a lot of the people I made here, the mic was showing

612
00:44:02,510 --> 00:44:02,790
to me.

613
00:44:03,050 --> 00:44:07,550
I just want to look at it and remember that there are a way that you are now becoming

614
00:44:07,550 --> 00:44:07,950
officer.

615
00:44:08,210 --> 00:44:09,770
Can she share a fight for the state?

616
00:44:10,630 --> 00:44:11,590
Congratulations from the line.

617
00:44:11,750 --> 00:44:13,630
Thank you very much.

618
00:44:14,450 --> 00:44:14,630
Thank you very much.

619
00:44:14,810 --> 00:44:15,290
Thank you.

620
00:44:15,290 --> 00:44:15,550
We'll be 16.

621
00:44:15,790 --> 00:44:16,350
You can officially.

622
00:44:17,270 --> 00:44:19,970
We're sure grants or I mean purchase.

623
00:44:20,170 --> 00:44:21,450
We're just purchasing funds.

624
00:44:21,950 --> 00:44:22,190
Yes.

625
00:44:22,410 --> 00:44:23,710
There's a lot of different funds which, yes.

626
00:44:24,710 --> 00:44:25,430
That's awesome, gentlemen.

627
00:44:25,630 --> 00:44:25,930
Thank you.

628
00:44:26,170 --> 00:44:27,730
Put that to your resume.

629
00:44:28,030 --> 00:44:28,190
I said.

630
00:44:28,270 --> 00:44:28,470
I said.

631
00:44:29,130 --> 00:44:29,490
Okay.

632
00:44:29,910 --> 00:44:30,570
Item 11.

633
00:44:30,830 --> 00:44:31,490
Super Tennis Report.

634
00:44:31,490 --> 00:44:36,730
for Tony is going tonight to report his entry-financing seat.

635
00:44:37,330 --> 00:44:41,830
So it's going to be, it's going to be two parts to this.

636
00:44:42,550 --> 00:44:44,290
I'm going to try to go through the first part of this quickly

637
00:44:44,290 --> 00:44:45,810
because I don't want to spend a lot of time.

638
00:44:47,210 --> 00:44:50,390
As far as the applications go, for the class of 2027,

639
00:44:51,210 --> 00:44:53,050
we stand approximately 120.

640
00:44:53,550 --> 00:44:55,010
I know we've lost a couple of kids.

641
00:44:55,210 --> 00:44:57,330
Some kids have already said that they've changed their mind

642
00:44:57,330 --> 00:44:59,810
and are interested where somewhere in that, you know,

643
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:28,640
It is my understanding that acceptance letters and waitlist letters will go out this week to students that have applied and completed the whole process. So we are well on our way to welcoming our class of 2020. These numbers were updated. There are a couple of weeks old. They had the numbers for our scheduled meeting, but essentially we have 30 kids from Bedford, 146 applications from Bill Ricca,

644
00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:33,280
43 from Burlington, 123 from Tufsbury in 79 from Wellington.

645
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:37,020
So we are moving forward with that.

646
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:41,500
We have scheduled April 1st as our placement testing date, which is a Saturday.

647
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:46,980
We are inviting every single student that applied and completed the application process

648
00:45:46,980 --> 00:45:52,300
to the testing day, anticipating that, again, we'll have some kids that may change their mind

649
00:45:53,100 --> 00:45:57,820
and they may decide to stay in their sending communities or pursue a different avenue.

650
00:45:57,820 --> 00:46:09,740
And we want to make sure that we have testing results for every single kid so that we can continue to quickly place them in backfill that class to make sure that we maintain the enrollment numbers that we're looking for.

651
00:46:10,260 --> 00:46:12,020
How many students are you playing to accept?

652
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:18,140
I believe our target is at 350 in the building in the fall.

653
00:46:18,140 --> 00:46:33,620
So we've started with that target. Right now, we're currently held to our community caps until the April 15th deadline and then after April 15th, we can start the pull kids off the wait list to that fill communities that they need their quota.

654
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:36,520
So again, some of those kids may come off the wait list.

655
00:46:37,540 --> 00:46:38,780
That's not what I'm going to do.

656
00:46:40,380 --> 00:46:41,120
Enrollment numbers.

657
00:46:41,820 --> 00:46:43,620
Again, these are a couple weeks old.

658
00:46:44,300 --> 00:46:47,880
But essentially, you know, there hasn't been a lot of big changes.

659
00:46:48,940 --> 00:46:51,060
Like I said, our freshman class is lower.

660
00:46:51,420 --> 00:46:53,020
We're down to about 321.

661
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:55,020
We do have a plan to bring in.

662
00:46:55,020 --> 00:46:59,900
I believe we have about 30 students that have expressed interest in transferring in.

663
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:04,920
So we're working through that timeline again around freshman placement and making sure

664
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:08,560
that the spots that we have available for them are programs that they're interested in

665
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:12,180
before we transition here and then have them just end up transitioning back to their

666
00:47:12,180 --> 00:47:12,680
sending school.

667
00:47:13,140 --> 00:47:19,260
So what would be cautious and very, we're being a little intentional about how we do that

668
00:47:19,260 --> 00:47:22,500
to make sure that the kids are here and they're placed in something that they're interested

669
00:47:22,500 --> 00:47:24,340
in and that they plan on staying with us.

670
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:31,500
Cooper Vigitave, they went through a lot of this stuff, he kind of stole my thunder.

671
00:47:33,180 --> 00:47:37,580
250 and his number was 260 and so we must have had another student go out since I get these

672
00:47:37,580 --> 00:47:44,080
numbers from Brian. Again supporting 197 different employers, kids at work go

673
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:51,560
at 76,000 hours to date, and earn just about $1.2 million in salary, which I think

674
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:55,600
is pretty impressive. And as Dave shared, we're on track to have 50 or 60

675
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:59,340
juniors start to call up as well. So those numbers will start to be included in

676
00:47:59,340 --> 00:48:07,100
those reports. Here's the breakdown of a current demographic of who's out by

677
00:48:07,100 --> 00:48:07,580
community.

678
00:48:11,290 --> 00:48:16,930
Project Explore is wrapping up this week. We ended up having a snow day

679
00:48:17,570 --> 00:48:22,310
and because we had stale districts on a Thursday we added a couple more sessions

680
00:48:22,310 --> 00:48:26,750
to it so this this group the Bedford Hands come in two straight group one of

681
00:48:26,750 --> 00:48:31,150
having five sessions instead of the normal six but it will wrap up. I was

682
00:48:31,150 --> 00:48:35,190
actually around this afternoon and visiting with the kids and talking to the

683
00:48:35,190 --> 00:48:38,570
students that are participating in it and they have one more day here with us on

684
00:48:38,570 --> 00:48:42,110
Thursday and then a wrap-up project to explore for this year.

685
00:48:45,070 --> 00:48:49,330
MSBA, this is a little, a little outdated at this point.

686
00:48:49,710 --> 00:48:54,870
The Capitol Facilities, some committee did meet to review it, and it's on our agenda

687
00:48:54,870 --> 00:48:57,770
for later tonight to make a recommendation.

688
00:48:59,190 --> 00:49:04,370
There is an additional vote required every year that we go submit something we do need to

689
00:49:04,370 --> 00:49:07,490
how the school can be, we both reauthorize us the submit.

690
00:49:09,050 --> 00:49:10,930
They weren't, and I had a couple of questions

691
00:49:10,930 --> 00:49:11,510
for some members.

692
00:49:11,690 --> 00:49:15,690
They weren't a lot of substantive changes.

693
00:49:16,590 --> 00:49:18,350
A lot of it was kind of cleaning up

694
00:49:18,350 --> 00:49:19,590
and expanding on some of the things.

695
00:49:19,930 --> 00:49:22,130
I added some more information about some

696
00:49:22,130 --> 00:49:23,130
of the technical programs.

697
00:49:23,570 --> 00:49:26,770
I kind of built off the submission from last year

698
00:49:26,770 --> 00:49:29,250
and just tried to add a little bit more detail

699
00:49:29,250 --> 00:49:32,030
and a little bit more clarity in a couple of the areas.

700
00:49:32,030 --> 00:49:37,970
So, and I actually have all of that stuff uploaded into the template in the

701
00:49:37,970 --> 00:49:41,950
site. So, as soon as the vote is completed, we should be ready to move forward

702
00:49:41,950 --> 00:49:43,530
and submit that again.

703
00:49:46,890 --> 00:49:51,110
Contract updates. So, the, I'm sorry about that.

704
00:49:52,550 --> 00:49:57,870
The PARA edtech and maintenance contracts, we've received all of the documentation

705
00:49:57,870 --> 00:50:00,630
from all of the people that are covered by those contracts.

706
00:50:01,290 --> 00:50:09,330
We drafted initial letters to inform them as to what step and column they've been placed on for year one year two and year three of that contract.

707
00:50:10,030 --> 00:50:19,610
As I mentioned in the budget piece, we've phased this in and that was an agreement that we made with the two groups, the two unions.

708
00:50:19,610 --> 00:50:25,730
So year one people got credit for one column, year two they get credit for their second column.

709
00:50:25,970 --> 00:50:33,690
In the year three, they would get credit for all of the approved credits that they had submitted and been verified.

710
00:50:34,650 --> 00:50:40,070
And at the time, you know, at the time we were working to process this, I believe, as of last Friday.

711
00:50:40,610 --> 00:50:49,270
All of the retroactive pay and benefits and increases have been established and have been sent out to

712
00:50:49,270 --> 00:50:54,290
individuals that are now covered by those different contracts. I've had initial meetings

713
00:50:54,290 --> 00:51:00,090
for both clerical and calf workers and I've reached out to the negotiations of community

714
00:51:00,090 --> 00:51:05,090
to bring them together and have a conversation about what it is that those two groups are

715
00:51:05,090 --> 00:51:09,590
looking for and to kind of come up with a plan on how we want to move forward and what

716
00:51:09,590 --> 00:51:12,530
are I already going to meet with those two groups as well.

717
00:51:13,810 --> 00:51:18,770
Well, exciting news. So, Ms. Johnston, our academic director of the most of you have met and

718
00:51:18,770 --> 00:51:24,770
Ms. Campbell, who is our English language learners instructor, have been asked to present

719
00:51:24,770 --> 00:51:30,390
at the Mathsall conference. I had to look this one up. I didn't know this one either. Massachusetts

720
00:51:30,390 --> 00:51:38,050
Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages. So on March 31st and June 1st, they're going

721
00:51:38,050 --> 00:51:44,790
to do a presentation. So, so Fells are students that have progressed out of more intensive supports

722
00:51:44,790 --> 00:51:50,290
in her kind of considered more of our mainstream student population, but they are also the ones

723
00:51:50,290 --> 00:51:54,610
that are at the most risk of dropping out of school, because they, again, they've been

724
00:51:54,610 --> 00:51:58,430
supported in a certain way throughout most of their educational career, and now that they

725
00:51:58,430 --> 00:52:03,050
move out of those supports, a lot of times those students for whatever reason seem to fall

726
00:52:03,050 --> 00:52:08,010
through the cracks. They've done an awesome job this year working with that group. Ms. Campbell

727
00:52:08,010 --> 00:52:13,170
meets with them on a regular basis. She has a home-room group that she works with them. It was

728
00:52:13,170 --> 00:52:16,510
actually this student group that made the suggestion about hanging the

729
00:52:16,510 --> 00:52:21,670
forage and flags in the cafeteria. So they've been very active and the two of

730
00:52:21,670 --> 00:52:25,070
them are looking forward to presenting on May 31st and June 1st at the

731
00:52:25,070 --> 00:52:31,130
conference. I believe it's in my room. I may have the location wrong but it's it's a

732
00:52:31,130 --> 00:52:32,370
local kind of.

733
00:52:35,020 --> 00:52:39,780
And then again I just wanted to share budget timelines just a

734
00:52:39,780 --> 00:52:44,000
little comparison from last year to this year. I think most of you were aware. We didn't

735
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:49,060
get, no, Jen and I didn't get budget numbers. The chapter 7, the net school spending numbers

736
00:52:49,060 --> 00:52:54,340
until February 23rd. We turned that around. We had a budget subcommittee meeting on the

737
00:52:54,340 --> 00:53:00,180
13th, where the budget subcommittee had approved that. And obviously we're here on the 21st

738
00:53:00,180 --> 00:53:06,560
for our public hearing and potential vote. I look at the full committee to either approve

739
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:12,820
or not approve that request later in the meeting. So looking at those timelines, we're about

740
00:53:12,820 --> 00:53:18,400
20 days behind where we were last year and based on the information in the feedback that

741
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,900
we were initially provided by the department of ed they were talking that we would be

742
00:53:21,900 --> 00:53:28,680
somewhat between four and six weeks behind so I think I think that's kind of a reflection

743
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:33,780
of how hard all of the people involved in this have worked from the budget subcommittee

744
00:53:33,780 --> 00:53:40,080
to Jenna to get this information out and you get it to this group to have it approved and out

745
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:43,200
to our Senate communities as soon as we can, I believe.

746
00:53:48,950 --> 00:53:52,250
So the second part of what I wanted to talk about tonight,

747
00:53:52,750 --> 00:53:53,570
the next question is big.

748
00:53:53,630 --> 00:53:53,970
Oh, yes.

749
00:53:54,290 --> 00:53:55,710
Any questions so far for Tony?

750
00:53:55,890 --> 00:53:56,110
Anybody?

751
00:53:56,430 --> 00:53:56,530
Right?

752
00:53:57,970 --> 00:54:00,850
I could bring this up in future agenda.

753
00:54:01,090 --> 00:54:04,970
As I think in light of the communications,

754
00:54:05,650 --> 00:54:11,090
everybody here has had one way and the other from towns.

755
00:54:12,750 --> 00:54:17,230
Now the right this week focus has to be getting all these budgets approved.

756
00:54:17,850 --> 00:54:24,950
There seems to be some differences of opinion regarding how the process has worked in the

757
00:54:24,950 --> 00:54:31,630
past, how it worked this year, what communications have worked, what communications haven't worked.

758
00:54:32,910 --> 00:54:40,950
I think it would be helpful maybe in some future meeting after the budgets have been approved.

759
00:54:40,950 --> 00:54:49,430
move for a little bit of an expos facto discussion about why we got this particularly

760
00:54:49,430 --> 00:54:55,990
strong input this year from our sending districts, allowing for the fact that some of it

761
00:54:55,990 --> 00:55:03,430
is the nature of the year, the combination of new people on our end, late governor's budget,

762
00:55:03,730 --> 00:55:07,910
yet not a late governor's budget, did it the way that it's supposed to happen.

763
00:55:07,910 --> 00:55:17,310
I look to New Governor, but there's multiple sides to all of these and it's easy for people

764
00:55:17,310 --> 00:55:22,790
to throw out suggestions and you've already addressed some of it in your communications

765
00:55:22,790 --> 00:55:29,330
but I think maybe after the process unwinds and it's possible that there were things we weren't

766
00:55:29,330 --> 00:55:39,040
doing correctly in previous years in terms of prematurely issuing numbers, I don't know,

767
00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:45,320
But I think it would be helpful down the road because obviously we all have sending districts

768
00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:50,120
that communicate with us and they seem to be a little uncomfortable.

769
00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:56,440
But they're all uncomfortable with their own budgets, right? And how in some cases, my understanding

770
00:55:56,440 --> 00:56:01,500
is things will go okay, most likely Monday night when the first of our towns or

771
00:56:01,500 --> 00:56:11,400
has town meeting but I think some further post-mortem on this is probably too.

772
00:56:11,820 --> 00:56:15,460
And I absolutely agree and I mean I've had conversations with some of the members

773
00:56:15,460 --> 00:56:19,540
as well with following up with specific town managers and trying to make sure that we

774
00:56:19,540 --> 00:56:25,620
close the loop you know and by all means I don't think that this went perfectly and that there's no

775
00:56:25,620 --> 00:56:31,420
one for improvement but I think having those collaborative conversations about what do we do, how do we

776
00:56:31,420 --> 00:56:36,500
do it, what share, who shares it, when it's shared, I think we'll go on way for future

777
00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:37,360
budget considerations.

778
00:56:38,300 --> 00:56:38,900
Absolutely agree.

779
00:56:39,140 --> 00:56:41,500
I think we might be getting some feedback tomorrow.

780
00:56:43,700 --> 00:56:44,120
Hopefully.

781
00:56:45,300 --> 00:56:45,600
Hopefully.

782
00:56:45,800 --> 00:56:49,680
I have to prove that way more of a few senses rather than a one-on-one.

783
00:56:50,300 --> 00:56:50,400
Yeah.

784
00:56:51,740 --> 00:56:52,160
Yeah.

785
00:56:52,420 --> 00:56:52,560
Yeah.

786
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:55,340
I got to reiterate Brian's point.

787
00:56:55,580 --> 00:56:59,860
I mean, all of a sudden, people have differences of opinions, but I mean, I don't think

788
00:56:59,860 --> 00:57:03,780
I guess anybody's benefit, we're getting contacted by,

789
00:57:04,060 --> 00:57:06,080
so I think they're definitely in for next year

790
00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:07,780
to Brian's point, it's gonna be like some type

791
00:57:07,780 --> 00:57:10,120
of post-mortem to figure out like timelines,

792
00:57:11,100 --> 00:57:12,880
you know, like English is sure we're being our own

793
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:14,980
internal timelines, make sure we meet with committees,

794
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:16,880
make sure you're meeting the town's deadlines

795
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:19,300
and to Brian's point, maybe there was some stuff

796
00:57:19,300 --> 00:57:20,460
that was done in past years,

797
00:57:20,460 --> 00:57:22,940
maybe that needs to be reiterated to them.

798
00:57:23,580 --> 00:57:24,780
I mean, the things you brought up,

799
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:26,500
like that's the type of stuff that education,

800
00:57:26,500 --> 00:57:37,180
And I think that's, you know, I think, for next year, I think there really needs to be some type of like the budget is really important piece, I think from a budget committee standpoint and with the occasion with the overall subcommittee.

801
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:44,200
I think it's everybody's best interest to do some type of like the budget cycle that we're in. I mean it does, but you're, as soon as you're done, you're into the next step.

802
00:57:44,580 --> 00:57:50,100
So I think there really needs to be some type of like kickoff meeting and there needs to be more regular frequent meetings.

803
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:55,880
It's monthly check-ins, you see budget actuals, you know, whether it's, you know, you're

804
00:57:55,880 --> 00:57:59,140
talking about like it's your planning for the capital budget, for the operating budget,

805
00:57:59,260 --> 00:58:04,020
you know, you're potentially the town's, for public hearing, like those are more strenuous

806
00:58:04,020 --> 00:58:05,240
meetings than the off-cycle.

807
00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:10,320
So I think it's, you know, there's not much you can do now, but I think it's to basically

808
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:15,600
learn from what, you know, to, I mean, you know, it's not to be a dead horse, but I mean,

809
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:19,840
basically, you're going into time where you're going to be depending on these towns,

810
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:24,700
where you're going to try and get an MSP8 doesn't always send the best message when you're

811
00:58:24,700 --> 00:58:29,240
and I'm not trying to pass blame or anything anybody but I think if you're these are partners

812
00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:35,420
you're trying to do that. I think that's something that when you're getting contacted to Brian's point

813
00:58:35,420 --> 00:58:38,120
that that really needs to be stressed.

814
00:58:40,190 --> 00:58:43,230
So some of you may seem to be cleaned up. I totally understand

815
00:58:44,150 --> 00:58:51,270
any other questions. Maybe another part of that would be clarity for all of us on

816
00:58:53,710 --> 00:58:57,330
communication avenues. I know some time managers read that to some of us,

817
00:58:57,830 --> 00:59:02,170
some time managers didn't. Should they have, would they have liked to? Did

818
00:59:02,170 --> 00:59:06,270
they just not have the contact information? And then, you know, if we do get

819
00:59:06,270 --> 00:59:11,210
reached out to what is our, you know, who do we direct that to? So like obviously

820
00:59:11,210 --> 00:59:15,030
If somebody calls me, I'm going to go straight to you, Tony, is that the best process?

821
00:59:15,230 --> 00:59:18,890
Are there things I should go straight to, Jennifer, that things I should go to, just sort

822
00:59:18,890 --> 00:59:25,010
of, it's not a relationship that's necessarily familiar to all of us, so clarity for us as

823
00:59:25,010 --> 00:59:25,210
well.

824
00:59:25,390 --> 00:59:31,090
So when we do get a call, people know they can call us if that's appropriate, and if we do

825
00:59:31,090 --> 00:59:32,110
get a call, what to do with it?

826
00:59:32,490 --> 00:59:35,510
I mean, I, you know, again, I think this has been a learning experience for both Jen and

827
00:59:35,510 --> 00:59:39,790
I, and I don't want to speak for her, but I am all about trying to be more collaborative

828
00:59:39,790 --> 00:59:41,130
we're about trying to make those connections.

829
00:59:41,790 --> 00:59:43,050
I think tomorrow, hopefully, a mile

830
00:59:43,050 --> 00:59:45,710
is a step towards that conversation

831
00:59:45,710 --> 00:59:47,970
and getting that feedback and working with those people

832
00:59:47,970 --> 00:59:51,230
to make sure that communication goes both ways.

833
00:59:51,930 --> 00:59:53,790
And that we're getting information from them as well

834
00:59:53,790 --> 00:59:55,890
as they're getting information from us in a timely manner.

835
00:59:56,750 --> 00:59:59,970
And I think people need to make some strides.

836
01:00:02,320 --> 01:00:20,040
I just wanted to ask on one of the slides that I know the capital budget was done fairly early. Thank you. I was just wondering if where we had the school committee had okay that budget back in December

837
01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:25,320
if it was shared at that time with the towns because there wasn't an increase in that budget.

838
01:00:26,360 --> 01:00:30,740
I will defer to you. I don't. I know I didn't share that with the town. So again, that

839
01:00:30,740 --> 01:00:33,740
might have been a misstep on our fair. I don't know if that information was given to them.

840
01:00:34,020 --> 01:00:39,280
I don't even know if that's when we normally do. I was just wondering. I don't think it's

841
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:45,280
ever been shared that early, past practice. And I know. I know. As it then. I think they

842
01:00:45,280 --> 01:00:50,060
they would very open all the time with the town managers.

843
01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:53,380
So they always knew what was going on before he and so

844
01:00:53,380 --> 01:00:55,840
nothing was ever shocking at the end.

845
01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:57,720
And it could have been a mess up on my fire.

846
01:00:57,940 --> 01:01:00,700
But I know I asked specifically the budget subcommittee meeting

847
01:01:00,700 --> 01:01:03,180
for commission to share information with the town managers.

848
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:05,820
Again, maybe that conversation should have happened much

849
01:01:05,820 --> 01:01:06,700
earlier in the process.

850
01:01:06,700 --> 01:01:10,040
But I also didn't want to overstep, you know.

851
01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:10,660
OK.

852
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:13,860
I thought that was shared when we hired you.

853
01:01:16,940 --> 01:01:23,120
I thought one of the biggest things that your job is is to really reach out to our time

854
01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:23,540
managers.

855
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:27,720
That's your job, you know, I mean, and I, and I did and I brought them in.

856
01:01:27,780 --> 01:01:28,540
We met in the fall.

857
01:01:28,820 --> 01:01:33,020
I was sending, well, and again, we had some, we had some email delivery issues, but I was

858
01:01:33,020 --> 01:01:33,640
emailing them.

859
01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:34,580
I was giving them updates.

860
01:01:34,580 --> 01:01:37,220
I was saying this is what we've been told for proposed timelines.

861
01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:40,180
Something is broken down in that communication.

862
01:01:40,500 --> 01:01:43,300
So did they give you a timeline when they wanted everything?

863
01:01:43,300 --> 01:01:43,840
No.

864
01:01:44,620 --> 01:01:48,140
So would they just assume everybody knew what they wanted?

865
01:01:48,380 --> 01:01:48,880
Yes, they went.

866
01:01:49,100 --> 01:01:56,060
The way I've been have had it, of course, you know, a lot longer, I was really nervous

867
01:01:56,060 --> 01:02:02,180
about this year and obviously we'll never end the budget because a lot of these people

868
01:02:02,180 --> 01:02:06,240
had established guidelines, the deadline, they were looking, looking, looking, looking,

869
01:02:06,320 --> 01:02:06,980
where is it?

870
01:02:07,100 --> 01:02:07,580
Where is it?

871
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:08,000
Where is it?

872
01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:12,720
You know, and I didn't know that in previous super tenants shared capital budget numbers.

873
01:02:13,300 --> 01:02:17,640
I did okay so thank you for educating me so I know Antonio and Jenna this is the first

874
01:02:17,640 --> 01:02:23,640
goal around the block yet I know this year I was I'm sorry everybody's had to see all

875
01:02:23,640 --> 01:02:28,260
these but we're all in this together and we're gonna get to this together and this is a great

876
01:02:28,260 --> 01:02:34,320
school we want to keep it great and I know that so obviously we've received emails and there's

877
01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:42,960
concerns out there and hopefully your goal Tony and Jenna is to ease their angst or whatever

878
01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:47,480
is going to say that you know what I mean. Thank you. It just seems I to be honest.

879
01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:51,040
So what is the use of? I'm going to get tomorrow meeting in the

880
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:51,960
Catalimates as well.

881
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:59,580
Hopefully with this clarification, some miscommunications or maybe some of

882
01:02:59,580 --> 01:03:03,960
something about it is that they're new, most of us on this board, so we don't know

883
01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:09,420
what protocol is. I'm not making excuses for it now. But hopefully, like I said, I think this

884
01:03:09,420 --> 01:03:15,300
being told will hopefully be very productive and we'll be able to move forward in a positive way.

885
01:03:15,800 --> 01:03:21,700
Yes. I just think it's very odd that, I mean, they have a complaint, but they all know we had a brand

886
01:03:21,700 --> 01:03:27,040
new superintendent, a brand new business manager, and they didn't send out the timelines that

887
01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:31,800
everybody, you know, I mean, like, it looks very we know, you know, I mean, if you've been

888
01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:37,580
in the office more than a year, you know, the timeline, you know, so I'm just very surprised

889
01:03:37,580 --> 01:03:38,920
that they didn't do that field.

890
01:03:41,820 --> 01:03:43,760
But I don't know, I'm so sure.

891
01:03:44,140 --> 01:03:48,880
I just wanted to ask, can you guys, you know, have any visibility to, you know, these

892
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:54,240
sending towns high school budgets, I mean, have they gone up, you know, significantly and,

893
01:03:54,240 --> 01:03:59,260
And, you know, does it kind of, is it equal, or I know we are just definitely higher for,

894
01:03:59,460 --> 01:04:03,920
you know, because of our equipment, but they must be looking at any increase in theirs

895
01:04:03,920 --> 01:04:08,620
as well, and the stress of that, looking at ours, you know, have you seen their budget?

896
01:04:08,900 --> 01:04:11,680
The only budget information that's been shared with us was for a moment.

897
01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:17,400
The well-maintained sent us the proposed budget, I don't remember what it was back right

898
01:04:17,400 --> 01:04:21,980
after the first few years, sometime around that time frame, which again had all their projected

899
01:04:21,980 --> 01:04:24,580
the numbers for everything, so that the town managers

900
01:04:24,580 --> 01:04:26,400
recommendations and what they were going to do for

901
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:29,120
FY24, that's the only budget information we've seen

902
01:04:29,120 --> 01:04:30,280
from any one of the Senate commitments.

903
01:04:30,780 --> 01:04:34,740
If it seemed like it was a more than 2.75% increase,

904
01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:38,560
then last year, or we didn't, you know, public air,

905
01:04:38,800 --> 01:04:41,520
just wondering, I don't have their numbers from last year.

906
01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:46,140
The school budgets for Burlington and Wilmington are 3.75

907
01:04:46,140 --> 01:04:53,120
I've capped, they wouldn't allow, but they're in mind that, like Bloomington High School,

908
01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:59,880
Burlington High School, they aren't as affected as much as we are by the consumables that

909
01:04:59,880 --> 01:05:00,920
we have in the vocational.

910
01:05:03,160 --> 01:05:09,780
And also, they have only one side to their school, whereas we have two sides, so we have twice

911
01:05:09,780 --> 01:05:14,980
the teachers, our IEPs, I mean, we'll get into the nitty-gritty of things, so I'm probably

912
01:05:14,980 --> 01:05:24,260
to specific, I'm sorry, but like our IEP ratio is 30% of our students because we tend

913
01:05:24,260 --> 01:05:32,320
to get students who are better hands-on learners, whereas theirs is 12%, so that also keeps

914
01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:40,720
us from being able to stay within that cap, and we tend to be a school that only spends

915
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:46,820
what we need to be spending in any given year and this year our need to be

916
01:05:46,820 --> 01:05:52,660
spending is more than it has which is why it's been lower I think in previous

917
01:05:52,660 --> 01:05:58,500
years because we weren't spending anything we never spend money we don't have

918
01:05:58,500 --> 01:06:05,060
to spend it we're more physically conservative I feel like anyway in that way

919
01:06:05,060 --> 01:06:13,760
And I could be wrong and I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I know they did make a preliminary

920
01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:19,640
presentation to the slide board and they asked us for one and we just weren't ready to give it

921
01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:25,760
because it was prior to the third and the third numbers coming out. So it's very fun.

922
01:06:32,540 --> 01:06:33,900
So that's where at.

923
01:06:35,880 --> 01:06:37,080
Questions comments we get.

924
01:06:38,140 --> 01:06:38,540
Okay.

925
01:06:38,700 --> 01:06:39,160
Thank you, Tony.

926
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:43,320
So to give back to the second part of the update, I did send the report of entry findings

927
01:06:43,320 --> 01:06:46,400
to everybody I believe last week to get people a chance to review it.

928
01:06:46,520 --> 01:06:49,860
I know Karen did make some copies for it, a few people need them there here.

929
01:06:50,700 --> 01:06:54,040
I'm going to, again, I'm going to try to do a kind of a broad and general overview.

930
01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:58,880
I chose to focus on some things that were shared with me kind of as

931
01:06:59,540 --> 01:07:03,560
Celebration points or pillars or building blocks or whatever you want to call them

932
01:07:04,300 --> 01:07:10,300
You know and again in meeting with groups we meeting with teachers meeting with the pack members meeting with students

933
01:07:10,840 --> 01:07:11,680
talking to

934
01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:20,800
Our clerical staff talking or me it's talking to everybody that they kind of is part of the building having an initial meeting with the town managers last fall meeting with the

935
01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:23,280
the superintendents from our sending districts,

936
01:07:23,740 --> 01:07:27,580
all of that information kind of led to that report.

937
01:07:28,200 --> 01:07:30,140
So the three big takeaways that I had,

938
01:07:30,220 --> 01:07:32,060
the three areas of pride that showed through

939
01:07:32,550 --> 01:07:33,460
were MCAS schools.

940
01:07:34,020 --> 01:07:35,500
And I heard that from a lot of people

941
01:07:35,500 --> 01:07:38,440
and a lot of different sectors about how well

942
01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:41,180
the school has done and how supportive we've been

943
01:07:41,180 --> 01:07:42,700
of students in getting them,

944
01:07:43,140 --> 01:07:44,420
not only to pass that test,

945
01:07:44,540 --> 01:07:46,220
but also to do really well on that test,

946
01:07:46,500 --> 01:07:49,060
which has led to us having a lot of John and Abigail

947
01:07:49,060 --> 01:07:53,600
out of scholars and leading to, you know, other opportunities for students that want to go on

948
01:07:53,600 --> 01:07:59,280
pursue post-secondary education. The other piece that came out of that, and I've already kind of

949
01:07:59,280 --> 01:08:04,180
keyed in on this this year is our cooperative education placement numbers. You know, and Dave mentioned

950
01:08:04,180 --> 01:08:07,240
that earlier in his presentation that, you know, that's kind of something that sets us up higher

951
01:08:07,240 --> 01:08:13,280
from other vocational schools. If we are not the highest percentage or the highest number of students,

952
01:08:13,280 --> 01:08:17,000
how we've got to be pretty close, you know, we're definitely in the

953
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:20,920
top two or three statewide for the number of kids that we have participating in

954
01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:24,420
that program, which I think is awesome and I think that's something that we

955
01:08:24,420 --> 01:08:28,800
need to keep keep front and center as we move forward and as you know as we try to

956
01:08:28,800 --> 01:08:33,460
implement new things and and and update things, we don't lose sight of that. And then

957
01:08:33,460 --> 01:08:37,460
the last item that really really came through strongly to me was our success

958
01:08:37,460 --> 01:08:41,920
with skills USA, the district level, the state level, the national level, that was

959
01:08:41,920 --> 01:08:45,940
really a point of pride with a lot of people I talk to parents, students, staff

960
01:08:45,940 --> 01:08:50,680
numbers. So again, that report, I wanted to start by kind of celebrating those

961
01:08:50,680 --> 01:08:56,260
three things. There are three areas of focus in that that I kind of keyed in on.

962
01:08:56,640 --> 01:09:00,900
One is teaching and learning and if you read through that it's really about

963
01:09:00,900 --> 01:09:04,180
creating systems so that we can share the good things that are happening here

964
01:09:04,180 --> 01:09:08,380
school-wide. There's a lot of great practitioners, there's a lot of great things

965
01:09:08,380 --> 01:09:13,280
that go on in classrooms, but one of the messages that I got in having these conversations

966
01:09:13,280 --> 01:09:17,340
and meeting with people is we need to have systems in place and ways that we can share

967
01:09:17,340 --> 01:09:22,720
that across different content areas between vocational and academic teachers, you know,

968
01:09:22,840 --> 01:09:27,780
all special ed, you know, all these different priorities, so that is one point moving forward

969
01:09:27,780 --> 01:09:29,260
that will be a focus.

970
01:09:29,920 --> 01:09:35,780
You know, again, there's this verbiage in there, I think, you know, to me, that is the most

971
01:09:35,780 --> 01:09:39,380
important thing that we do as a school is teaching and learning and all these other things

972
01:09:39,380 --> 01:09:43,120
around budget and capital and buildings and everything else are here to support students

973
01:09:43,120 --> 01:09:46,920
in classrooms in shop areas so that they learn the skills and abilities that they need to be

974
01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:51,060
successful on their leaves. So I think that's got to be a priority and it's going to be front

975
01:09:51,060 --> 01:09:56,100
the center. Whatever we do is a district moving forward. There's a section in there that I title.

976
01:09:56,240 --> 01:10:03,220
I think I title the access equity and outreach and that's talking about getting more of our eighth

977
01:10:03,220 --> 01:10:07,200
creators in the building here to see what we do so they can make informed decisions and

978
01:10:07,200 --> 01:10:11,460
building off some of the successes that we've had this year so that students and parents

979
01:10:11,460 --> 01:10:14,940
can make informed decisions about whether this is a good fit for them and whether this

980
01:10:14,940 --> 01:10:17,580
kind of represents where they want to go and what they see their future.

981
01:10:19,260 --> 01:10:21,620
Part of that is getting out to the middle schools.

982
01:10:21,820 --> 01:10:27,140
Part of that is also as kids come in making sure that we're getting kids through all of our

983
01:10:27,140 --> 01:10:31,280
programs and seeing all the different exploratory options that we have.

984
01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:41,520
That was some feedback that I got from some of the some of the shop teachers that we have some really popular programs that everybody knows about and then we have some other really good programs that don't always get the

985
01:10:42,400 --> 01:10:48,060
Get the headlines of the press. I'm so figuring out ways to do that. You know, also

986
01:10:48,060 --> 01:10:56,720
Making sure that we're supporting our special ed students are the old population so that they have equal access to the school. I

987
01:10:56,720 --> 01:11:04,120
I don't want to say quoted, but I referenced some information in there from the Department

988
01:11:04,120 --> 01:11:10,940
of Ed around demographics for the school, around our admissions policy, report list

989
01:11:10,940 --> 01:11:12,320
data that was shared.

990
01:11:12,900 --> 01:11:16,840
So I think all of those things are things that we're doing a really good job with, and need

991
01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:20,600
to be cognizant of as we move forward and make sure that those continue to be priorities

992
01:11:20,600 --> 01:11:21,220
for the district.

993
01:11:21,220 --> 01:11:25,980
And then the last item I don't think is really much of a shock is infrastructure.

994
01:11:27,720 --> 01:11:35,280
You know, we've had lots of, I mean, it's only been here about nine months, we've had lots of conversations about this building and

995
01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:46,540
how we continue to maintain and deliver the quality education that we expect in a building that's aging, that we are kind of pushing our capacity limits with and

996
01:11:46,540 --> 01:11:51,720
And how do we expand and provide additional programming support, the current program

997
01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:56,020
and we have support different groups of students as they come to us from our setting communities.

998
01:11:57,800 --> 01:12:03,020
Just to rewind a little bit back, I believe it was in October, I came forward and I also presented

999
01:12:03,720 --> 01:12:07,820
my entry plan, which kind of documented what I was going to do, who I was going to talk

1000
01:12:07,820 --> 01:12:10,000
to, how I was able to collect this information.

1001
01:12:10,460 --> 01:12:13,940
This report is kind of a wrap-up of that information and what I gathered.

1002
01:12:13,940 --> 01:12:18,760
And if you read, I forget if I called it the summary of the next steps on that.

1003
01:12:19,240 --> 01:12:23,540
What this report of entry findings will do is it will guide the conversations that I'm

1004
01:12:23,540 --> 01:12:29,360
going to have with all of you when the administrative team with other stakeholders here in the building

1005
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:34,420
about creating a plan for what does our three to five year plan look like as a district,

1006
01:12:35,100 --> 01:12:39,700
what things are we going to do, how do we want to do things, what are we going to do year

1007
01:12:39,700 --> 01:12:44,740
one year, two year, three to build on the things that are in there, but also to address

1008
01:12:44,740 --> 01:12:51,100
some of those things and make sure that we continue to provide the best quality academic

1009
01:12:51,100 --> 01:12:54,020
and vocational education for the students that attend here.

1010
01:12:54,620 --> 01:12:55,860
So that's coming.

1011
01:12:56,740 --> 01:13:00,020
That is on my radar for this summer.

1012
01:13:01,600 --> 01:13:05,540
If I get it done sooner, I will go out and share it with people, but that is currently kind

1013
01:13:05,540 --> 01:13:06,320
of my questions.

1014
01:13:09,910 --> 01:13:14,430
So this was just that I thought was really detailed and excellent.

1015
01:13:14,810 --> 01:13:15,050
Thank you.

1016
01:13:15,290 --> 01:13:16,210
I've never seen much.

1017
01:13:16,770 --> 01:13:18,330
And so I appreciate it.

1018
01:13:18,690 --> 01:13:20,130
The information it gives us.

1019
01:13:20,850 --> 01:13:22,550
If there's an extra hot copy of you,

1020
01:13:22,750 --> 01:13:23,670
but have one of those.

1021
01:13:26,080 --> 01:13:28,260
I love, I love paper copies.

1022
01:13:29,780 --> 01:13:31,060
I love my paper.

1023
01:13:31,260 --> 01:13:31,560
Sorry.

1024
01:13:32,020 --> 01:13:32,460
Thank you.

1025
01:13:37,580 --> 01:13:38,560
I've got two.

1026
01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:47,800
So this was going back to the original plan.

1027
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:55,960
This was his entry plan, his entry plan that was given to us in the fall.

1028
01:13:56,340 --> 01:13:56,960
Here it is.

1029
01:13:58,420 --> 01:13:59,700
Thank you.

1030
01:13:59,960 --> 01:14:05,480
And so tonight, following with his entry plan, he's reported to us his findings.

1031
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:13,380
and next step for him will be to come up with a District of Public Plans, April to June.

1032
01:14:13,760 --> 01:14:18,200
So that's all going to be working twice as evaluation.

1033
01:14:18,920 --> 01:14:20,760
It's all going to be part of the whole process.

1034
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:22,660
So any questions?

1035
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:25,940
It's already about the entry plan.

1036
01:14:26,160 --> 01:14:27,460
Everybody has their heart talking now.

1037
01:14:27,680 --> 01:14:31,300
And thank you Tony for preparing any very detailed documents.

1038
01:14:32,120 --> 01:14:32,820
Thank you.

1039
01:14:33,100 --> 01:14:33,260
Okay.

1040
01:14:33,940 --> 01:14:37,840
So, we'll be on. Subcommittee reports, folks.

1041
01:14:40,720 --> 01:14:48,920
First is our safety committee and I am the chair. I wasn't supposed to be after last meeting, so it was going away.

1042
01:14:49,580 --> 01:14:59,040
So, I don't have great notes because I wasn't prepared. So, I'm going to defer to Tony. Basically, we had a really great meeting. We had no significant concerns.

1043
01:14:59,480 --> 01:14:59,900
on there.

1044
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,280
So we had been an incident or a high with people being in the building who weren't supposed to be. So we did discuss that and sort of how we will prevent that and how we address that. But I'll let Tony give the one. So we had a discussion about some of the updates around the locks, excuse me, the exterior door locks and the interior door locks that have been updated in the building. And we talked about the fact that we have now rekeyed all the exterior doors. And I believe there's only 25 keys that exist

1045
01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:36,580
on the planet. So we are trying to very, very specifically limit and kind of have a narrow

1046
01:15:36,580 --> 01:15:41,800
scope of people that have keys to get in here, which again is kind of the prior to from

1047
01:15:41,800 --> 01:15:47,080
the past where we have a lot of people that had keys that could access the building from

1048
01:15:47,080 --> 01:15:49,620
the outside. We are still in the process of swapping

1049
01:15:49,620 --> 01:15:54,040
out some of the interior doors, and our plan is to issue all teachers and inside master,

1050
01:15:54,820 --> 01:16:02,040
So that again, if I have to go to somebody's classroom to cover for a period or I need to step in for a colleague, I can open their door.

1051
01:16:02,200 --> 01:16:05,020
I don't have to find a janitor. I don't have to find an administrator. I don't have to find somebody.

1052
01:16:05,380 --> 01:16:10,040
In order to facilitate that, like all of the administrative offices, the guidance suite.

1053
01:16:10,500 --> 01:16:15,460
We are also re-peeing those locks so that the current inside master does not open those doors.

1054
01:16:15,460 --> 01:16:26,420
so that I believe is done. If it's not done, it should be done in relatively soon in the next few days and then we'll make sure that all of the staff have the inside

1055
01:16:26,420 --> 01:16:40,760
masters to be able to access the areas that they need to get into. One of the other things we talked about at the meeting, again this is since been done, we've also added a couple of badge scanners, one outside the plumbing shop and one outside the automotive shop.

1056
01:16:41,340 --> 01:16:47,380
When we re-keyed the outside logs, we did get feedback from staff that it had to do

1057
01:16:47,380 --> 01:16:50,100
with some barriers for certain people getting into certain areas of the building.

1058
01:16:50,700 --> 01:16:55,340
Our electrical students ran all the cabling, we were able to utilize the current controller.

1059
01:16:55,340 --> 01:16:57,200
We have an hour, a couple extra pads to it.

1060
01:16:57,600 --> 01:17:01,360
We also ran some extra wiring for additional stations down the road, if we decide we want

1061
01:17:01,360 --> 01:17:03,240
to add more scan stations coming in.

1062
01:17:03,240 --> 01:17:08,040
The big advantage about the badges is if somebody leaves,

1063
01:17:09,140 --> 01:17:11,840
is asked to leave, is told not to come back.

1064
01:17:12,080 --> 01:17:14,100
We can deactivate their access to the building

1065
01:17:14,100 --> 01:17:15,000
in a matter of seconds.

1066
01:17:15,700 --> 01:17:16,980
We don't have to chase keys

1067
01:17:16,980 --> 01:17:18,640
and we don't have to try to find an individual

1068
01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:20,140
to get them to return that information.

1069
01:17:20,500 --> 01:17:22,520
So that is going to be our approach moving forward.

1070
01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:26,620
We also can also control what doors you can access them when.

1071
01:17:26,960 --> 01:17:27,020
Yeah.

1072
01:17:27,380 --> 01:17:30,780
So we've intentionally set some time frames around that.

1073
01:17:30,780 --> 01:17:39,460
So like the standard user for the building is open, I believe it's from 5.45 to 5 p.m.

1074
01:17:40,100 --> 01:17:45,920
Monday through Friday, we've set up specific programs for coaches that you may be coming in

1075
01:17:45,920 --> 01:17:50,440
earlier or leaving later after a game. So we've kind of worked a lot of the kinks out of this.

1076
01:17:50,620 --> 01:17:55,440
It has taken us a little trial and error, but we've got to the point where it seems to be working pretty

1077
01:17:55,440 --> 01:18:03,440
well, we don't have any more issues with it. We also added a camera for students coming

1078
01:18:03,440 --> 01:18:09,020
into the building after hours so that they don't necessarily have to walk all the way around

1079
01:18:09,020 --> 01:18:15,340
the building to get entry to the facility. We also talked about the pool and some things that,

1080
01:18:15,440 --> 01:18:21,560
you know, moving forward, we're trying to put together some plans to have some more safe guys in

1081
01:18:21,560 --> 01:18:26,800
pool area so on off hours we would be alerted if somebody got in there or there was some kind of

1082
01:18:26,800 --> 01:18:33,040
access that was it was it was a tank to that space so that's that's also something to work on

1083
01:18:33,040 --> 01:18:36,460
moving forward and I think that was about it. All

1084
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:44,620
of you so committee. Thank you. So um

1085
01:19:04,940 --> 01:19:17,040
So basically, we finished section B with the exception of

1086
01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:32,600
um the uh well pandemic related um policy which will expire and um we're still waiting on that

1087
01:19:32,600 --> 01:19:42,320
well this one thank you Terry we will be meeting in April and going through section C section C

1088
01:19:42,320 --> 01:19:52,660
much smaller section. And it's been going pretty good for the press or wasn't able to join us at

1089
01:19:52,660 --> 01:19:59,340
our last meeting but we were able to have that meeting anyway. Tony stepped in on her for her

1090
01:19:59,340 --> 01:20:05,240
and did a great job. So thank you for stepping into that role and I think we got a lot accomplished

1091
01:20:05,240 --> 01:20:12,640
and I'm excited to have the whole package come to us once we're gonna put it

1092
01:20:12,640 --> 01:20:18,600
forward when the whole section is finished. So as soon as we have that

1093
01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:26,500
wellness meeting I think we'll be able to put through. And then he's almost

1094
01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:35,680
So, like I'm hopeful, by the end of the year, probably see by the end of this fiscal year.

1095
01:20:36,920 --> 01:20:42,140
And in Karen and I, between the two of us, I think keeping notes, Karen kind of has a

1096
01:20:42,140 --> 01:20:47,020
running summary of the changes that were made to them and what decisions were made.

1097
01:20:47,180 --> 01:20:52,600
So as we get closer to sharing this with everybody, and most of you want to read all of those

1098
01:20:52,600 --> 01:20:56,060
policies, we will share out kind of the highlights.

1099
01:20:56,060 --> 01:21:01,900
So, as long as the discussion was changed so that people have it, and they'll have to go through every single one.

1100
01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:17,780
And then, in light of all the work that it had to be done related to the budget, I put aside the work on DK&DGA,

1101
01:21:17,780 --> 01:21:26,140
but I'm hopeful to bring that back with the next meeting to discuss good stuff.

1102
01:21:26,740 --> 01:21:27,780
Yes, she was first.

1103
01:21:28,600 --> 01:21:30,700
Actually, the ad Dorothy has been very helpful.

1104
01:21:31,640 --> 01:21:35,640
She's given us very concise sort of this as differences.

1105
01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:37,800
This is what MSC does.

1106
01:21:37,940 --> 01:21:41,080
This is what you do so that we've been able to look at it and say,

1107
01:21:41,180 --> 01:21:42,540
okay, well, we want to do this.

1108
01:21:43,080 --> 01:21:45,000
You know, she's not real writing us through anything.

1109
01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:46,900
She's been very good about things.

1110
01:21:46,900 --> 01:21:51,860
So your options, and then listening while we figure out what we're best for us.

1111
01:21:52,580 --> 01:21:54,760
So are you saying you're done with the A?

1112
01:21:55,960 --> 01:21:57,640
We're done with A and B.

1113
01:21:57,940 --> 01:21:58,960
We're just reading on.

1114
01:21:59,200 --> 01:22:03,880
I was a wellness today and ADF is the wellness program.

1115
01:22:04,260 --> 01:22:04,880
So have you?

1116
01:22:05,800 --> 01:22:06,740
That's the one we're waiting on.

1117
01:22:06,740 --> 01:22:09,760
That's the one we're reading on before we bring it to the full school committee.

1118
01:22:10,680 --> 01:22:11,720
So you're working on it?

1119
01:22:12,300 --> 01:22:12,780
Yeah.

1120
01:22:12,780 --> 01:22:19,100
So we've reviewed and updated all of section a except the wellness policy. So once the wellness policy

1121
01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:22,660
I know you guys met today but once the wellness policy is updated and

1122
01:22:25,400 --> 01:22:29,080
And then we'll bring out the policy, but it's all good

1123
01:22:29,080 --> 01:22:30,020
It's good. It's good.

1124
01:22:32,040 --> 01:22:59,060
It's good. It's great. We're going to go. We're going to go in on the model and forth. Yeah. Hey, you move in mountains. It's good. It's awesome. It's awesome. It's actually it's it's very exciting to see the work going, going, going and getting through it. Yes. It just is so everybody. We're going to add or about make sure that on the bottom of our policies that it says the day that we reviewed it so that at any time

1125
01:22:59,060 --> 01:23:04,280
someone can go back and say well that was 1970 but then they can see that we

1126
01:23:04,280 --> 01:23:09,080
looked at that, reviewed it, talked about it, and decided that some things

1127
01:23:09,080 --> 01:23:13,380
really were the way that they were supposed to be at that time and were not

1128
01:23:13,380 --> 01:23:17,340
supposed to change whatever that thing is. So that someday there will be an

1129
01:23:17,340 --> 01:23:21,940
updated policy manual. It will be. Thank you, the topic. And I think we all get the

1130
01:23:21,940 --> 01:23:26,700
mailings from MASC. I think they just came out with it. I thought last week's

1131
01:23:26,700 --> 01:23:31,480
again updated policy changes so they're always they're always tweaking things

1132
01:23:31,480 --> 01:23:36,800
look at things and say okay so I saw that so you guys get those by email

1133
01:23:36,800 --> 01:23:43,380
if I can say I only get paper if there's an email I'm not getting it

1134
01:23:43,380 --> 01:23:52,600
but there is an email and then they will email if they're running webinars or stuff

1135
01:23:52,600 --> 01:23:56,420
like that email but paper I know they keep up with a policy paper last

1136
01:23:56,420 --> 01:24:01,840
we think it was changes that they're always working it there.

1137
01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:03,300
Third seat Cheryl.

1138
01:24:03,940 --> 01:24:04,760
Third seat Cheryl.

1139
01:24:05,020 --> 01:24:05,320
Yeah, it is.

1140
01:24:05,420 --> 01:24:06,260
Policy looks like it.

1141
01:24:06,360 --> 01:24:06,720
Thank you.

1142
01:24:07,100 --> 01:24:07,640
Thank you.

1143
01:24:07,840 --> 01:24:08,860
Thank you.

1144
01:24:08,860 --> 01:24:09,020
Thank you.

1145
01:24:09,020 --> 01:24:10,600
All left.

1146
01:24:11,120 --> 01:24:11,440
Thanks.

1147
01:24:11,800 --> 01:24:13,240
We'll have like fine.

1148
01:24:15,820 --> 01:24:17,480
And yes, the kind of buyer is this neck.

1149
01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:18,240
Yeah.

1150
01:24:18,480 --> 01:24:19,440
Just like clothes.

1151
01:24:20,540 --> 01:24:21,020
Okay.

1152
01:24:21,240 --> 01:24:21,780
Thank you.

1153
01:24:22,900 --> 01:24:25,120
The curriculum subcommittee Nancy.

1154
01:24:25,540 --> 01:24:25,780
Yeah.

1155
01:24:25,780 --> 01:24:36,160
We met with Veronica, and she went through the changes for grade 9, 10, 11, and switching

1156
01:24:36,160 --> 01:24:41,780
some of the courses from 12 to 11 to accommodate schedules.

1157
01:24:42,060 --> 01:24:48,940
So the switches were basically placing this bit, that's not what you're going to go for.

1158
01:24:50,200 --> 01:24:51,560
Sequencing schedules?

1159
01:24:52,290 --> 01:24:54,240
Switching the schedules, it's yeah.

1160
01:24:56,260 --> 01:25:03,420
It's not no major, major changes, but it's in not switching from

1161
01:25:03,420 --> 01:25:10,340
juniors to seniors to juniors. So everybody can get what they need when they need it.

1162
01:25:16,280 --> 01:25:20,660
What question about the change? I did not have a chance to ask Danica.

1163
01:25:21,240 --> 01:25:26,560
I noticed that educational and organizational strategies has been removed in many places

1164
01:25:26,560 --> 01:25:28,440
is to make room for other stuff.

1165
01:25:29,500 --> 01:25:32,040
I assume this is something that's a special ed department.

1166
01:25:32,240 --> 01:25:34,840
No, they have a plan for making sure

1167
01:25:34,840 --> 01:25:36,540
what the kids are not getting there.

1168
01:25:36,540 --> 01:25:37,520
They will get somewhere else.

1169
01:25:37,740 --> 01:25:39,060
So when I talked earlier about moving

1170
01:25:39,060 --> 01:25:41,480
to an inclusion model for delivery.

1171
01:25:42,120 --> 01:25:45,600
So right now we use what's to have like the pullout model,

1172
01:25:45,600 --> 01:25:47,440
which is those EOS classes.

1173
01:25:48,160 --> 01:25:50,300
So for ninth and 10th grade next year,

1174
01:25:50,760 --> 01:25:53,280
our plan is the phase out those EOS classes

1175
01:25:53,280 --> 01:25:58,920
have co-taught classes for students that need those services so they'll be

1176
01:25:58,920 --> 01:26:02,060
part of a mainstream classroom but then they'll also be supported by a

1177
01:26:02,060 --> 01:26:06,240
specialist teacher that's assigned there as well which is which is more in

1178
01:26:06,240 --> 01:26:10,400
line with the model that our sending middle schools are used. That's a thank you.

1179
01:26:14,670 --> 01:26:19,790
That's basically it as the committee voted to accept anybody could you want to

1180
01:26:22,950 --> 01:26:27,670
Is there a motion to accept the program of studies?

1181
01:26:27,990 --> 01:26:28,450
No motion.

1182
01:26:28,690 --> 01:26:29,690
Motion by Mrs. Gill.

1183
01:26:29,770 --> 01:26:30,350
It's a second.

1184
01:26:30,450 --> 01:26:30,710
Second.

1185
01:26:31,150 --> 01:26:32,630
We'll use a discussion.

1186
01:26:33,190 --> 01:26:34,510
Hearing that in all of us in favor.

1187
01:26:35,270 --> 01:26:35,730
I.

1188
01:26:36,010 --> 01:26:36,290
I.

1189
01:26:36,610 --> 01:26:37,010
I.

1190
01:26:37,030 --> 01:26:37,210
I.

1191
01:26:37,210 --> 01:26:37,310
I.

1192
01:26:37,310 --> 01:26:37,410
I.

1193
01:26:37,450 --> 01:26:37,530
I.

1194
01:26:37,530 --> 01:26:37,790
I.

1195
01:26:37,790 --> 01:26:38,850
And that's probably one of the studies.

1196
01:26:39,070 --> 01:26:40,890
I think it's probably one of the studies.

1197
01:26:40,890 --> 01:26:41,170
Yes, please.

1198
01:26:41,530 --> 01:26:42,850
You're not going to say anything else is done.

1199
01:26:43,330 --> 01:26:43,750
No, go ahead.

1200
01:26:44,250 --> 01:26:45,870
Yeah, that's why I said it wasn't the same.

1201
01:26:46,190 --> 01:26:47,870
Well, it has nothing to do with program studies.

1202
01:26:47,870 --> 01:26:48,970
It really has to do.

1203
01:26:49,090 --> 01:26:51,450
So I had also asked to see the health curriculum.

1204
01:26:52,350 --> 01:26:53,650
I'm sorry, I did forget about that.

1205
01:26:54,010 --> 01:26:54,290
Yeah.

1206
01:26:55,510 --> 01:26:57,250
And it's not something you vote on.

1207
01:26:57,370 --> 01:26:58,410
I just wanted to see it.

1208
01:26:59,330 --> 01:27:03,330
And I just want to tell parents that you

1209
01:27:03,330 --> 01:27:06,230
can ask to see the health curriculum for your school.

1210
01:27:06,230 --> 01:27:10,430
and you can also opt out if you don't think it's appropriate for your child.

1211
01:27:11,570 --> 01:27:15,950
So, I mean, it's not something that we actually get to vote on as a school committee,

1212
01:27:16,010 --> 01:27:19,910
because they all think school committees decide all these things. We don't decide them.

1213
01:27:21,470 --> 01:27:23,750
But you are allowed to opt out.

1214
01:27:24,590 --> 01:27:29,510
And also in the program of studies, if you want to know what your child is learning in that class,

1215
01:27:29,510 --> 01:27:31,090
don't be afraid to ask the teacher.

1216
01:27:33,560 --> 01:27:34,000
Sure.

1217
01:27:34,660 --> 01:27:41,580
Well aren't the classes up front, students told they cannot do it?

1218
01:27:41,920 --> 01:27:43,680
I believe it's with the classers, yes.

1219
01:27:43,900 --> 01:27:45,180
I believe it's with Janica told us.

1220
01:27:45,480 --> 01:27:45,560
Yeah.

1221
01:27:46,120 --> 01:27:47,120
But then we had it.

1222
01:27:47,180 --> 01:27:48,460
I'm not sure of everybody.

1223
01:27:48,680 --> 01:27:50,320
I was going to say it's a message to us in Mexico.

1224
01:27:50,360 --> 01:27:50,800
Yeah.

1225
01:27:50,940 --> 01:27:51,920
I wasn't going to say it twice.

1226
01:27:52,440 --> 01:27:55,100
We went over the curriculum and I was really impressed with what's going on there.

1227
01:27:55,240 --> 01:27:55,800
But we all were.

1228
01:27:56,040 --> 01:27:58,220
I think it'll have to sit to where they don't choose to.

1229
01:27:59,000 --> 01:27:59,860
Anybody else?

1230
01:28:00,080 --> 01:28:00,220
Yeah.

1231
01:28:00,700 --> 01:28:00,940
Okay.

1232
01:28:00,940 --> 01:28:02,340
I wouldn't say we all learned that.

1233
01:28:02,680 --> 01:28:14,080
Well, I was struck me was that the state has not updated their frameworks and forever.

1234
01:28:14,860 --> 01:28:20,040
And then I could say, you know, so we're ahead of the game here, I think, Rajin.

1235
01:28:20,820 --> 01:28:25,620
And putting out the health curriculum for these kids, yes, kids can opt out.

1236
01:28:26,740 --> 01:28:29,780
But I think that there are many important topics that need to be taught.

1237
01:28:29,780 --> 01:28:38,500
So yeah, so I don't like what's going on there. Okay, thank you, Nancy. Facilities and capital planning, Brian.

1238
01:28:39,360 --> 01:28:43,600
The committee met on the 13th of the month.

1239
01:28:45,600 --> 01:28:53,860
It's primary purpose of reviewing change and proposed changes to the updates to the Statement of Interest

1240
01:28:54,580 --> 01:29:00,380
to make a second go around with our good friends at the math school building authority.

1241
01:29:01,420 --> 01:29:09,700
As many as everybody knows, we made it a little ways under their agenda last year but

1242
01:29:09,700 --> 01:29:11,960
not far enough, not as far as we need.

1243
01:29:13,400 --> 01:29:21,580
We Tony and worked with staff to update some of the data related to the amount of square

1244
01:29:21,580 --> 01:29:27,140
We're a footage and some of the training programs and make some of them a little bit more accurate.

1245
01:29:27,600 --> 01:29:32,840
Much of the rest of it is very similar to what was put in last year.

1246
01:29:33,680 --> 01:29:40,480
I don't think we had a sense that our same interest was our problem and that they seem

1247
01:29:40,480 --> 01:29:47,180
to convey the appropriate messages, we think we were just caught in a budgetary limitation.

1248
01:29:49,120 --> 01:29:56,480
One thing that we did discuss is whether or not if this, so the request will be to have

1249
01:29:56,480 --> 01:29:58,460
the committee formally.

1250
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:29,800
Support sending this statement of interest to MSBA by their deadline of April 13th, April 15th so that we can try to get in the pipeline. Once again, I think the other things we did discuss briefly at that meeting, whether there was any other capital projects that needed to be addressed immediately, regardless of that, but there was nothing additional put forth at that time. And I think the one other substantive

1251
01:30:29,800 --> 01:30:32,260
of thing we talked about was whether or not

1252
01:30:34,280 --> 01:30:37,100
there would be a need at some point probably

1253
01:30:37,100 --> 01:30:44,440
if we did not succeed this time with MSBA, whether we would go the route of asking for

1254
01:30:44,960 --> 01:30:54,200
use for consultant, which is probably not the year to do it, we may need to stop putting

1255
01:30:54,200 --> 01:30:58,320
some funds aside with those purposes.

1256
01:30:58,320 --> 01:31:12,040
But so the motion to the group is to remove, to recommend that we approve the statement

1257
01:31:12,040 --> 01:31:19,920
of interest that was part of everybody's meeting materials according to the MSBA.

1258
01:31:20,420 --> 01:31:24,140
Is this a specific version that I can choose to be?

1259
01:31:24,460 --> 01:31:26,780
I can take that and just put that in the minutes.

1260
01:31:27,220 --> 01:31:27,940
I'm sorry.

1261
01:31:30,360 --> 01:31:38,680
I can get it right here. Thank you. Or if you want to pass it across the table. Thank you. You're right. I could remember that.

1262
01:31:52,710 --> 01:31:56,390
Okay, we want to hear this now. You've heard it a year ago.

1263
01:31:57,410 --> 01:32:03,930
It's all having convened an open meeting on, it will be open once that door is open.

1264
01:32:05,650 --> 01:32:12,750
March 21st, 2023, prior to the S.O.I. submission closing date, the school committee,

1265
01:32:12,750 --> 01:32:17,770
of the Charisheed Valley Regional Facial Technical School District in accordance with the charter,

1266
01:32:18,130 --> 01:32:23,470
Biolognes, and Ordnance has voted to authorize the Superintendent Director to submit to the

1267
01:32:23,470 --> 01:32:29,430
basketball building authority. The Statement of Interest form dated March 21st, 2023 for the

1268
01:32:29,430 --> 01:32:35,910
Charisheed Valley Regional Facial Technical School looking at 100 took street filled with

1269
01:32:35,910 --> 01:32:42,430
a math which describes and explains the following deficiencies and priority categories

1270
01:32:42,750 --> 01:32:47,910
for which an application may be submitted to the math school building authority in the

1271
01:32:47,910 --> 01:32:48,470
future.

1272
01:32:49,510 --> 01:32:55,670
And the intent is that we identify the priorities, priority two, elimination of severe

1273
01:32:55,670 --> 01:33:02,650
over crowding, priority five, replacement renovation and modernization of school facilities systems

1274
01:33:02,650 --> 01:33:08,330
such as roofs, windows, boilers, heating and ventilation systems to increase energy conservation

1275
01:33:08,330 --> 01:33:13,790
and decrease energy related costs in a school facility and priority seven.

1276
01:33:15,050 --> 01:33:21,190
Replacement of our addition to our obsolete buildings in order to improve for a full range of

1277
01:33:21,190 --> 01:33:26,250
programs consistent with the state and approved local requirements. And hereby further specifically

1278
01:33:26,250 --> 01:33:31,110
acknowledges that by submitting this statement or transform the Mass School Building Authority in

1279
01:33:31,110 --> 01:33:33,010
No way guarantees the acceptance

1280
01:33:33,310 --> 01:33:34,950
or approval of an application,

1281
01:33:35,550 --> 01:33:36,490
the awarding of a grant,

1282
01:33:36,690 --> 01:33:38,450
and many other funding commitments,

1283
01:33:38,850 --> 01:33:40,750
and then from the Mass School Building Authority

1284
01:33:40,750 --> 01:33:44,730
or commits Shawshian Valley Regional Cachels School District,

1285
01:33:45,670 --> 01:33:47,290
filing an application for funding

1286
01:33:47,290 --> 01:33:49,070
with the Mass School Building Authority.

1287
01:33:50,090 --> 01:33:52,290
So I moved that we

1288
01:33:53,970 --> 01:33:57,310
so to approve consistent with that resolution

1289
01:33:57,310 --> 01:33:59,910
and forwarding the F.O.I.

1290
01:34:00,230 --> 01:34:00,790
Second.

1291
01:34:01,170 --> 01:34:03,330
What should be a second discussion, Nancy?

1292
01:34:03,470 --> 01:34:03,670
Yeah.

1293
01:34:03,810 --> 01:34:04,730
I just have a question.

1294
01:34:05,390 --> 01:34:08,730
We were to consult with someone to help you find

1295
01:34:08,730 --> 01:34:10,250
an application.

1296
01:34:10,590 --> 01:34:10,770
Right.

1297
01:34:10,950 --> 01:34:16,270
There are some school districts that have chosen, particularly

1298
01:34:16,270 --> 01:34:17,850
sometimes only at first rounds.

1299
01:34:18,070 --> 01:34:19,130
Sometimes their second goes.

1300
01:34:19,390 --> 01:34:24,410
Sometimes their third or fourth go to use a consultant to

1301
01:34:24,410 --> 01:34:35,890
to actually prepare the SOI, with the committee, but with the thought that maybe something

1302
01:34:35,890 --> 01:34:43,970
about the language or points of emphasis, I mean some of us are inclined to hope that

1303
01:34:44,440 --> 01:34:52,130
the challenges of a 50-plus year old building are sufficiently evident, despite its relatively

1304
01:34:52,130 --> 01:34:56,890
really pristine appearance at times, but there are some that would say, well, there's

1305
01:34:56,890 --> 01:35:03,550
a, you know, just like taking SATs is, you know, taking a class on how to take an

1306
01:35:03,550 --> 01:35:06,910
SAT is the worst thing. So he's only to help you bring it to the court.

1307
01:35:06,910 --> 01:35:13,430
Yes, and we've heard very often, we've heard various estimates of what school districts

1308
01:35:13,430 --> 01:35:18,150
have spent on them, but we don't think we're ready to go in that room yet.

1309
01:35:18,630 --> 01:35:24,330
Okay. Thank you. Thank you. So those have been made before I second my pen. Any other discussion?

1310
01:35:25,150 --> 01:35:30,470
It's a pressure attorney question. We're at the meeting last time, or maybe Brian. What was the timeline for,

1311
01:35:30,470 --> 01:35:35,910
like, because you had said, like, if you want to use a consultant, like, next year is the timeline to get

1312
01:35:35,910 --> 01:35:40,510
submitted for this year? Is that going to give you enough time to find those findings or how would that?

1313
01:35:41,390 --> 01:35:48,030
So I don't know how busy people are. There's only a handful of companies that really do this

1314
01:35:48,030 --> 01:35:53,090
type of work, especially with vocational schools. I know there are a lot of other vocational

1315
01:35:53,090 --> 01:35:57,030
schools out there that are already either in the pipeline or, you know, pathway through

1316
01:35:57,030 --> 01:36:01,170
the funding process or whatever. So, I mean, the first question we have to get answered

1317
01:36:01,170 --> 01:36:05,930
is, you know, does anybody actually have the time in their schedule to do this? Would you

1318
01:36:05,930 --> 01:36:09,710
be the first question? If they did, this is something that we really would have to get

1319
01:36:09,710 --> 01:36:17,530
on early in the fall to try to get them on board to have that report to us and to help us

1320
01:36:17,530 --> 01:36:22,030
modify this. Again, I don't know what the exact date of submission will be next year

1321
01:36:22,030 --> 01:36:25,610
from SBA, but it'll be around the same time. It's tomorrow, on April 15th, deadline.

1322
01:36:27,090 --> 01:36:30,530
There's that kind of a catch-22, because you're not going to find it until a year-end, but

1323
01:36:30,530 --> 01:36:34,550
you have to go by the fall. You don't, you don't, you don't have to put the money into it before,

1324
01:36:34,590 --> 01:36:37,070
before we really have any indication as to whether they're going to move forward.

1325
01:36:39,530 --> 01:36:40,070
That's the,

1326
01:36:40,130 --> 01:36:41,350
the decision will have to be made.

1327
01:36:44,460 --> 01:36:46,860
The motion's been made in second. Any other discussion?

1328
01:36:46,860 --> 01:36:53,220
Still doing none all of the favors I've been going to set by interest.

1329
01:36:54,260 --> 01:36:56,180
Thank you Brian and the committee,

1330
01:36:58,450 --> 01:36:58,770
Charlie.

1331
01:36:59,230 --> 01:37:00,350
budget sub-

1332
01:37:00,350 --> 01:37:02,050
We were on my.

1333
01:37:04,890 --> 01:37:07,630
All right, let's go to the boarding alley.

1334
01:37:08,370 --> 01:37:10,870
I'm sure the Latin.

1335
01:37:10,990 --> 01:37:13,190
But we will go that we're going forward for a full body.

1336
01:37:14,010 --> 01:37:14,530
Which I will.

1337
01:37:17,880 --> 01:37:27,860
And we've also, as I said, we had to be agitated quite a bit before I accidentally put it together for some of the members by the partners.

1338
01:37:28,120 --> 01:37:34,420
So we kind of reviewed that to make sure we went like shortfall anywhere that we might need to be concerned about right at the point.

1339
01:37:35,020 --> 01:37:36,400
And that there was nothing really glaring.

1340
01:37:36,860 --> 01:37:40,000
It seemed to be on spending right when we should be.

1341
01:37:40,240 --> 01:37:42,600
There's nothing significant to worry about.

1342
01:38:14,780 --> 01:38:17,680
I know that it was super clear, glaringly obvious,

1343
01:38:18,360 --> 01:38:21,260
because we really didn't super discuss the budget

1344
01:38:21,260 --> 01:38:24,240
to actual, because it came at the end of the meeting.

1345
01:38:27,260 --> 01:38:30,520
I think we should spend more time on that.

1346
01:38:33,220 --> 01:38:36,680
Well, General is not going to have to pray for anything.

1347
01:38:37,360 --> 01:38:38,140
And you can find them out.

1348
01:38:40,770 --> 01:38:44,830
There are things on it that I'd like to talk about.

1349
01:38:49,350 --> 01:38:53,330
Well, I don't think I can do it.

1350
01:38:53,650 --> 01:38:54,950
Why don't we do this?

1351
01:38:55,550 --> 01:38:56,570
General's nice of to do this.

1352
01:38:56,690 --> 01:38:59,770
And this is going to be an ongoing practice.

1353
01:39:00,470 --> 01:39:01,710
And I do quarterly reports.

1354
01:39:02,470 --> 01:39:03,910
You want to hold off those questions

1355
01:39:03,910 --> 01:39:05,990
to a budget subcommittee?

1356
01:39:06,290 --> 01:39:06,390
Yeah.

1357
01:39:06,770 --> 01:39:06,890
OK.

1358
01:39:07,630 --> 01:39:10,350
Because we're actually here to make that as well.

1359
01:39:10,530 --> 01:39:11,690
Like you said, you can make that as part

1360
01:39:11,690 --> 01:39:20,190
of like a future. I was just mentioning it. Oh yeah. I did have some questions about some items.

1361
01:39:20,750 --> 01:39:26,410
So we're in conjunction of where that was. So I just wanted to.

1362
01:39:29,010 --> 01:39:34,270
Just on like the posting for the

1363
01:39:34,270 --> 01:39:38,370
public hearing. And I don't know what the towns do. The towns that they just post the agenda. But

1364
01:39:38,370 --> 01:39:42,970
But typically, if you're hoping public hearing isn't there's some type of requirement to

1365
01:39:42,970 --> 01:39:47,110
get the budgets posted somewhere, at least on the website or on the school website.

1366
01:39:47,650 --> 01:39:51,630
So people know that, and I know the town, you don't know how much control, really all.

1367
01:39:51,730 --> 01:39:55,310
I've even looked at Burlington's, I think, all they post is like the, on the town's site

1368
01:39:55,310 --> 01:40:03,130
is basically agenda, but can we make a practice so that the budgets posted out to the school

1369
01:40:03,130 --> 01:40:03,290
website?

1370
01:40:03,290 --> 01:40:07,470
committee meeting. No, I mean for before the public here for whatever you

1371
01:40:07,470 --> 01:40:13,150
did. There was a packet that's on the website and it's a packet that we get

1372
01:40:13,150 --> 01:40:14,330
which included the budget.

1373
01:40:16,530 --> 01:40:19,190
It's not highlighted, it's part of the packet for

1374
01:40:19,190 --> 01:40:25,610
this week's agenda. When did it go in? I usually don't put the full agenda, the full

1375
01:40:25,610 --> 01:40:29,710
packet on to the website until after the weekend until after. This was a practice

1376
01:40:29,710 --> 01:40:34,390
that I was asked to do prior so that the school committee has a chance to look at everything

1377
01:40:34,390 --> 01:40:36,630
for the public as a chance to look at it.

1378
01:40:37,330 --> 01:40:39,470
So you put it out of my head and it goes up one day?

1379
01:40:39,530 --> 01:40:42,790
Well, it usually goes on Monday, but I'm sorry, I had seen you mom, but can I do it one day?

1380
01:40:42,870 --> 01:40:43,630
I have a question.

1381
01:40:43,970 --> 01:40:46,290
Public hearing has to be seven days.

1382
01:40:46,590 --> 01:40:47,010
Public hearing?

1383
01:40:47,190 --> 01:40:48,070
Is it now seven days?

1384
01:40:48,350 --> 01:40:52,470
It was seven days because it was 14, so that was posted on the newspapers.

1385
01:40:53,350 --> 01:40:54,090
It had been 14.

1386
01:40:54,390 --> 01:40:55,210
I know it is 14.

1387
01:40:55,410 --> 01:40:55,830
I'm trying to remember.

1388
01:40:55,970 --> 01:40:56,430
I just didn't.

1389
01:40:57,350 --> 01:41:04,270
We had the numbers and then we posted it in the newspapers, which is a requirement.

1390
01:41:05,330 --> 01:41:07,610
So it was in the papers and we were having a public hearing.

1391
01:41:09,630 --> 01:41:13,390
But I think the question is, well, now I do it now in the public hearing.

1392
01:41:15,410 --> 01:41:20,630
I make reference to where you can find that on the ad in the paper.

1393
01:41:20,770 --> 01:41:25,110
There's a reference that you can find the budget on the website.

1394
01:41:25,110 --> 01:41:28,910
And I think that's what he's talking about, and I have never done a few things.

1395
01:41:29,190 --> 01:41:31,410
I mean, I've been doing it the last two years, I think.

1396
01:41:31,650 --> 01:41:33,670
But that's, I don't, Susan takes care of that.

1397
01:41:33,790 --> 01:41:37,170
I will make it to her and that she, that may very well be on it.

1398
01:41:37,250 --> 01:41:38,390
I just don't want to watch what it is.

1399
01:41:38,490 --> 01:41:39,370
Because we'll see in that.

1400
01:41:39,830 --> 01:41:43,790
That was my issue about today is because we haven't a public hearing.

1401
01:41:43,930 --> 01:41:45,210
And I never saw the budget before.

1402
01:41:45,710 --> 01:41:48,130
You know, until I got this packet.

1403
01:41:48,270 --> 01:41:51,130
And I'm like, usually we have seen the budget.

1404
01:41:51,310 --> 01:41:52,250
You got the packet on the third.

1405
01:41:57,030 --> 01:42:06,530
I mean, but it's, I'm usual for the school committee not to have discussed a little bit of the budget before you walk into a public hearing.

1406
01:42:08,230 --> 01:42:20,350
So that's all I'm saying. I was, I was surprised at this point. There's always going to be people like we know they are always going for ways to make reference to that so the more you can get ahead of that.

1407
01:42:20,350 --> 01:42:24,470
If it's in the posting, then you can say, well, there you go.

1408
01:42:24,570 --> 01:42:25,070
It's on there.

1409
01:42:26,830 --> 01:42:28,590
I don't think it's a legality.

1410
01:42:29,510 --> 01:42:36,850
The question is, is it a legality that we post, has to be in the budget in the packet

1411
01:42:36,850 --> 01:42:43,710
48 hours before or less than 48 hours before we do not have to post up packets?

1412
01:42:44,030 --> 01:42:44,190
Right.

1413
01:42:44,510 --> 01:42:45,430
There's no lot.

1414
01:42:45,590 --> 01:42:46,790
It says we have to.

1415
01:42:46,790 --> 01:42:52,990
who is a courtesy to do it a few years ago as a courtesy to uh and I think it's great because

1416
01:42:52,990 --> 01:42:58,150
anybody can click on and see what we're talking about. So legally we have to post the public hearing

1417
01:42:58,150 --> 01:43:03,730
about the budget. Yes. Today we do not have to share said budget. That's exactly right. And

1418
01:43:03,730 --> 01:43:07,330
not saying that's what we do, but that's what we want to do. I'm just making sure I am as

1419
01:43:07,330 --> 01:43:10,090
The U.S. has a gender-only right to it.

1420
01:43:10,310 --> 01:43:13,930
You don't have to, you know, but there's a courtesy we post the whole pack.

1421
01:43:14,530 --> 01:43:15,310
That's all set, 25.

1422
01:43:15,850 --> 01:43:17,610
Wait, no, I'm not going to go ahead.

1423
01:43:17,670 --> 01:43:17,950
I'm sorry.

1424
01:43:19,470 --> 01:43:24,910
So specifically, because it doesn't seem super clear, because we're talking about all different things.

1425
01:43:27,070 --> 01:43:36,230
Is the budget supposed to be available to the public 48 hours before, or does it not have to be given to the public

1426
01:43:36,230 --> 01:43:39,110
I can tell it's, I don't think it has to be anybody at this meeting.

1427
01:43:39,870 --> 01:43:40,310
It doesn't.

1428
01:43:40,530 --> 01:43:41,430
Never in the past.

1429
01:43:41,630 --> 01:43:42,210
We have to do that.

1430
01:43:42,630 --> 01:43:45,430
When a public hearing, if Karen correct me for a run,

1431
01:43:46,390 --> 01:43:48,310
when a public hearing, okay, we've decided, okay,

1432
01:43:48,610 --> 01:43:50,590
we are going to schedule a public hearing.

1433
01:43:51,130 --> 01:43:53,530
It has to be properly advertised.

1434
01:43:54,570 --> 01:43:55,370
14 days.

1435
01:43:55,470 --> 01:43:56,030
14 days.

1436
01:43:56,410 --> 01:43:57,070
In the newspaper.

1437
01:43:57,890 --> 01:43:59,470
And that's just days, our business days.

1438
01:43:59,610 --> 01:44:01,330
No, it's business days.

1439
01:44:01,530 --> 01:44:02,490
That was the problem.

1440
01:44:02,830 --> 01:44:02,930
Thank you.

1441
01:44:02,930 --> 01:44:04,350
When we had to put it in the newspaper,

1442
01:44:04,350 --> 01:44:06,750
or we had to account, we had to account for the weekends.

1443
01:44:07,070 --> 01:44:07,170
Okay.

1444
01:44:07,590 --> 01:44:10,770
So that's why the March 21st date was really the first date

1445
01:44:10,770 --> 01:44:13,790
that we really have the night in order to make the date.

1446
01:44:14,070 --> 01:44:16,950
So that was going to have to take a close in the little sun.

1447
01:44:17,090 --> 01:44:18,930
So I'm getting affiliates of the little sun.

1448
01:44:18,930 --> 01:44:22,210
So we, that sounds like a lot needs to be updated, just saying.

1449
01:44:22,430 --> 01:44:25,510
Well, that's, I know, and as I learned about the time,

1450
01:44:25,510 --> 01:44:27,250
yes, all this has to be legally done

1451
01:44:27,250 --> 01:44:28,310
because it can be challenged.

1452
01:44:29,190 --> 01:44:33,470
So if we legally publicize it, and we schedule it,

1453
01:44:33,470 --> 01:44:40,430
we've done our part and agenda has to be posted 48 hours before a meeting. We could put the packets out there

1454
01:44:40,430 --> 01:44:44,410
We're really nice people and I see more and more boards doing that and it's great

1455
01:44:44,410 --> 01:44:48,990
So that's what we're obligated to do and I think we've fulfilled our

1456
01:44:48,990 --> 01:44:51,830
We've been doing it again for the school choice in April

1457
01:44:51,830 --> 01:44:52,410
Correct me

1458
01:44:52,410 --> 01:44:55,570
We'll also be posting the same. I'm 14 days in the newspaper

1459
01:44:55,570 --> 01:44:58,630
So with that being said, go ahead, sorry sorry

1460
01:44:58,630 --> 01:44:59,850
Can I just have some clear blank?

1461
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:29,900
So if I understood you correctly, you're asking for the information, the budget information to be shared with the full school committee. Yeah, that's what I thought, but I just wanted to make sure that I think we're Christians also are asking is basically like if you're going to a public hearing and maybe I'm missing the boat. I know you guys are saying about the posting, but basically if you're walking into a public hearing and it gets posted out to a paper and somebody that's in the community, I get, okay, I know 14 days.

1462
01:45:29,900 --> 01:45:34,020
or seven days, whatever it is, but if I haven't actually seen the budget, like how do I ask?

1463
01:45:34,540 --> 01:45:38,500
And based on what we reviewed today, it's very high level. I'm not seeing so how am I supposed

1464
01:45:38,500 --> 01:45:42,060
to ask questions? I guess that's the part. I think that's what you're asking for, Steve.

1465
01:45:42,600 --> 01:45:49,420
I will tell you what it looks like I used to do. So as you entered the public hearing,

1466
01:45:49,660 --> 01:45:55,180
they'd give you a two page quick rundown of the budget. You know, and then you'd say, hey,

1467
01:45:55,180 --> 01:45:56,640
Okay, how come the history is this?

1468
01:45:56,780 --> 01:45:57,080
What happened?

1469
01:45:57,320 --> 01:45:59,840
But it was really very small.

1470
01:46:00,760 --> 01:46:03,680
And that's really cool, I'm sorry.

1471
01:46:07,910 --> 01:46:14,630
When I post on the web page where all the meetings are, it says that it's public hearing

1472
01:46:14,630 --> 01:46:19,310
all the towns get the agenda that says public hearing right at the top, so we're fulfilling

1473
01:46:19,310 --> 01:46:23,910
the legalities and what we're supposed to do with it, so it's electronic and it's really

1474
01:46:23,910 --> 01:46:24,370
important.

1475
01:46:25,230 --> 01:46:31,030
If we were able to, as school committee members get the budget a little earlier, then that

1476
01:46:31,030 --> 01:46:35,250
would help the general public, because I would think I didn't get contacted by anybody.

1477
01:46:35,530 --> 01:46:42,470
But if, you know, Karen Fayell, a parent of a freshman, wants to know more, you would

1478
01:46:42,470 --> 01:46:46,370
think she'd reach out to a school committee member and say, hey, can I see that budget?

1479
01:46:46,890 --> 01:46:51,070
So it would be good if we had it, because at this point we'd say, sorry, we don't have

1480
01:46:51,070 --> 01:46:55,490
you have to reach out to Mrs. Lasco, she can get it for you. But like it would be nice,

1481
01:46:55,710 --> 01:47:02,930
I think, if it can get to us, well, that would help us share it out as a question. I mean,

1482
01:47:03,010 --> 01:47:08,150
I didn't get any contact, and nobody asked me for it. This has just been an eye doctor, and I'm

1483
01:47:08,150 --> 01:47:14,290
barely, I told you. I got it. It's just been a very, a very, and I notice about this, and I told,

1484
01:47:15,450 --> 01:47:21,690
I'm just, I don't want to say, I hang in there, brother, I mean, it's gonna be, we're gonna

1485
01:47:21,690 --> 01:47:22,330
get you through this.

1486
01:47:22,470 --> 01:47:26,370
I don't want you to walk out of here and say, forget this place, I don't, and Jenna's

1487
01:47:26,370 --> 01:47:27,370
like, what do I get myself into?

1488
01:47:28,250 --> 01:47:32,690
No, these two have done incredible work, it's just a weird year, and I know that, everyone's

1489
01:47:32,690 --> 01:47:38,910
like, okay, now, you know, Tony's gonna, you know, Tom manages it and keep the peace, I guess,

1490
01:47:39,070 --> 01:47:42,330
you know, we're gonna be all right, so anyway, Tom, Nancy.

1491
01:47:44,350 --> 01:47:49,150
What's the reality of a parent truly questioning a budget?

1492
01:47:49,850 --> 01:47:54,670
I've got our town budget sitting on my desk and sitting there for over a week.

1493
01:47:54,790 --> 01:47:55,830
I haven't broken it.

1494
01:47:56,310 --> 01:48:00,650
I mean, really, how many people are going to look at a school committee budget?

1495
01:48:00,850 --> 01:48:03,490
It's one thing to look at your town budget before town meeting.

1496
01:48:04,450 --> 01:48:08,370
But to look at a, I'm sorry, regional district.

1497
01:48:09,030 --> 01:48:18,270
Not likely, but a while, not likely, but I like it, yeah, I think I have no strength in here.

1498
01:48:18,870 --> 01:48:23,050
We are not all Christian, but I'm not the only one.

1499
01:48:23,690 --> 01:48:26,750
A lot of people ask the questions about the budget.

1500
01:48:27,310 --> 01:48:28,570
This is just the chance thing.

1501
01:48:29,190 --> 01:48:33,690
They already have no stake in it.

1502
01:48:33,990 --> 01:48:34,870
That's interesting.

1503
01:48:34,870 --> 01:48:42,210
Yeah, so that's what I've seen in our time. We're trying so hard to do the right thing, right? And I'm just wondering

1504
01:48:47,350 --> 01:48:50,530
It's been a learning experience for us because as we've shared information

1505
01:48:50,530 --> 01:48:56,430
We've had I've had FinCon members come back and say where's this and you know, we're used to getting this

1506
01:48:56,430 --> 01:48:57,990
So it's like okay, we'll get it to you

1507
01:48:57,990 --> 01:49:01,470
But you know, I didn't know that you know you want a V&C

1508
01:49:03,870 --> 01:49:06,590
I mean, it has been a warning curve for us as well.

1509
01:49:07,310 --> 01:49:09,310
Well, it's a big year.

1510
01:49:09,690 --> 01:49:12,210
No, and I know we've been to town meeting in Barraka,

1511
01:49:12,650 --> 01:49:15,170
and the people who speak, other people who take trust in

1512
01:49:15,170 --> 01:49:16,750
is the best place in the earth.

1513
01:49:17,050 --> 01:49:17,710
And that's awesome.

1514
01:49:18,090 --> 01:49:19,250
And that's what we want to hear.

1515
01:49:19,430 --> 01:49:19,890
I did it also.

1516
01:49:20,370 --> 01:49:20,830
Thank you.

1517
01:49:21,130 --> 01:49:22,470
But, Charlie, anything else you want to add?

1518
01:49:22,870 --> 01:49:25,090
I just want to make the most of the discussion.

1519
01:49:27,730 --> 01:49:29,170
Motion has been made to extend.

1520
01:49:29,890 --> 01:49:30,690
I'm sorry.

1521
01:49:30,850 --> 01:49:31,210
Please read.

1522
01:49:31,210 --> 01:49:37,870
The motion to go to approval of the fiscal year 2024,

1523
01:49:38,610 --> 01:49:47,570
the Schrodinger Valley Regional Technical High School budget for $32,423,640,

1524
01:49:47,790 --> 01:49:54,970
which includes total assessments of $29,845,453.

1525
01:49:54,970 --> 01:49:58,870
in to further portion the assessments to the district

1526
01:49:58,870 --> 01:50:00,170
communities at all.

1527
01:50:00,750 --> 01:50:04,430
That's with $1 million, $17,028.

1528
01:50:04,930 --> 01:50:13,270
Over $10 million, $618,000, $618,654.

1529
01:50:13,990 --> 01:50:20,490
Burlington, $2,976,385.

1530
01:50:20,490 --> 01:50:33,230
$8,818,527 in Wilmington, $7,214,859.

1531
01:50:34,490 --> 01:50:35,110
Second.

1532
01:50:35,790 --> 01:50:36,450
Which has been made.

1533
01:50:36,950 --> 01:50:37,110
Second.

1534
01:50:37,470 --> 01:50:38,250
I have a discussion.

1535
01:50:40,490 --> 01:50:46,290
Is there any monies, you know how we would sometimes use that 5% that's sitting up there?

1536
01:50:46,290 --> 01:50:50,490
Is there any possible way of using this to lower it or have you already done that?

1537
01:50:50,770 --> 01:50:51,390
It's not certified.

1538
01:50:52,370 --> 01:50:54,450
It hasn't been certified by the state yet.

1539
01:50:54,910 --> 01:50:55,910
We are being...

1540
01:50:55,910 --> 01:50:56,130
What?

1541
01:50:56,410 --> 01:50:56,430
Yes.

1542
01:50:57,150 --> 01:50:58,230
Can you find a place?

1543
01:50:58,610 --> 01:51:04,550
So in order for us to use E&D to offset the next fiscal year's budget, it has to be certified

1544
01:51:04,550 --> 01:51:05,770
by the Department of Revenue.

1545
01:51:06,570 --> 01:51:07,810
By this what money?

1546
01:51:08,470 --> 01:51:08,810
Yes.

1547
01:51:09,230 --> 01:51:15,670
So essentially, when one fiscal year ends, they tell us that account balance becomes zero until

1548
01:51:15,670 --> 01:51:18,870
So we prove to them what is in it and where it's come from.

1549
01:51:19,610 --> 01:51:20,550
So it's been submitted.

1550
01:51:20,710 --> 01:51:21,630
I know Jenna's been working.

1551
01:51:22,010 --> 01:51:26,130
They keep coming back to us with, we need you to follow up on this, we have a question

1552
01:51:26,130 --> 01:51:26,730
about that.

1553
01:51:28,270 --> 01:51:32,230
I don't know what, we haven't talked recently about what percentage are we?

1554
01:51:32,870 --> 01:51:38,590
Directly with the Department of Revenue, so we have an agent that I get to work with to

1555
01:51:38,590 --> 01:51:40,770
make sure that all questions are answered.

1556
01:51:41,810 --> 01:51:49,430
Right now, I'm just about to hit the button to close FY22, and this is the physical part

1557
01:51:49,430 --> 01:51:53,870
of UNICE closing, and there were some things that had to be cleaned up from FY22.

1558
01:51:54,150 --> 01:51:59,410
So we've just kind of gotten there, but we're not late with END.

1559
01:52:00,210 --> 01:52:03,450
They said that usually it can be certified up until the end of June.

1560
01:52:03,910 --> 01:52:07,050
So I'm working closely with Department of Revenue to make sure that gets done.

1561
01:52:09,610 --> 01:52:12,750
That's for fiscal 2020. Yes.

1562
01:52:13,850 --> 01:52:16,170
2023, that's for Carly and

1563
01:52:16,170 --> 01:52:16,690
all right.

1564
01:52:19,800 --> 01:52:20,680
It's confusing.

1565
01:52:21,960 --> 01:52:24,000
I don't even know what year it is now.

1566
01:52:24,140 --> 01:52:26,260
It's 24th right now.

1567
01:52:26,740 --> 01:52:27,420
I'm sorry. Ciao.

1568
01:52:29,960 --> 01:52:32,620
Is it against policy or has it been, you know,

1569
01:52:32,620 --> 01:52:36,700
ever thought about to maybe have fundraising efforts to come up

1570
01:52:36,700 --> 01:52:38,820
to lower some of the cost fixed pool?

1571
01:52:39,360 --> 01:52:45,000
Is that something that, you know, maybe reaching out to the advisory board and asking, you

1572
01:52:45,000 --> 01:52:49,520
know, would labor be something to be willing to donate your time, or if, you know, some

1573
01:52:49,520 --> 01:52:53,840
of the students and community communities had some fundraising efforts to bring that down

1574
01:52:53,840 --> 01:52:54,280
a little bit?

1575
01:52:58,230 --> 01:53:04,130
That's a big ticket item that ends up going through a very formal bid process, and I mean,

1576
01:53:04,190 --> 01:53:08,410
it's going to be posted to the, to the, I can't, the register, I can't think of the official

1577
01:53:08,410 --> 01:53:08,570
name.

1578
01:53:08,570 --> 01:53:13,230
central register, thank you. Those are things, I mean like you have to pay per

1579
01:53:13,230 --> 01:53:16,210
billing wage, you have to be able to document that all your workers were paid

1580
01:53:16,210 --> 01:53:21,590
per billing. I mean there's a lot of things that go into that and really we're

1581
01:53:21,590 --> 01:53:24,790
going to be under a very tight time when we want to try to do that over the summer

1582
01:53:25,270 --> 01:53:29,270
when we have as few people in the building as possible to try to minimize

1583
01:53:29,270 --> 01:53:38,250
disruptions to classes. So to try to fundraise for that and get it in place, you

1584
01:53:38,250 --> 01:53:44,190
Yeah, yeah, just a good point show that this is something akin. Yeah

1585
01:53:45,210 --> 01:53:49,990
We didn't count this nobody said hey, you know, Tony was

1586
01:53:49,990 --> 01:53:56,010
Right up to the roof and we don't do something. We're gonna have a major issue. It's not gonna take Nocus

1587
01:53:56,010 --> 01:53:59,310
We let it go and then we get

1588
01:54:00,370 --> 01:54:03,770
Ask for you ask for a lot more money, you know

1589
01:54:05,150 --> 01:54:08,550
Anyway, all right, the motion has been made in second in any of the discussion.

1590
01:54:09,330 --> 01:54:10,350
The only question?

1591
01:54:11,690 --> 01:54:17,710
Like I just said, a lot of things I wanted to note that I alluded to when speaking with

1592
01:54:17,710 --> 01:54:24,590
Cheryl, sharing our meeting, just that when I did see that 7.9 percent increase,

1593
01:54:25,550 --> 01:54:30,130
I did, I was a little bit panicked when I first saw that number and how it looked.

1594
01:54:30,130 --> 01:54:38,930
I expected it to be at 6%, and it was 7.9%, but then when digging deeper into the numbers

1595
01:54:39,330 --> 01:54:46,010
and talking with Tony and Jenna, the numbers actually make a lot of sense.

1596
01:54:46,690 --> 01:54:54,350
And although it is painful and it hurts, there are very valid reasons for the increase

1597
01:54:54,350 --> 01:55:05,370
to it. The pool and creating an ELL program alone is 2% of that 7.9. Those are

1598
01:55:05,370 --> 01:55:10,750
extraordinary items which if you took out the extraordinary nature of those two

1599
01:55:10,750 --> 01:55:16,890
things which we have no choice but to do. If we wait at cost more and the state

1600
01:55:16,890 --> 01:55:22,910
mandates that we have the ELL so we have no where our hands are tied in relation

1601
01:55:22,910 --> 01:55:32,630
to that 2% of the budget. The other schools in our districts are at 3.75. We're only 2% higher

1602
01:55:32,630 --> 01:55:41,910
than that when you remove the extraordinary expenses. But taking into account the fact that

1603
01:55:42,290 --> 01:55:47,910
the other schools don't have the volume of consumables that we use as a vocational school.

1604
01:55:47,910 --> 01:55:55,350
We have double the staff because we're a vocational school, so we require two sets of teachers,

1605
01:55:55,810 --> 01:55:57,650
academic and vocational.

1606
01:55:58,390 --> 01:56:02,410
So you can't really compare our apple to their orange.

1607
01:56:04,230 --> 01:56:11,790
Not to say that their concerns aren't valid, but they haven't heard the background of all these things.

1608
01:56:11,790 --> 01:56:17,370
We have a 30% IEP ratio for student population here.

1609
01:56:18,670 --> 01:56:22,310
Wilmington has a 12% population.

1610
01:56:22,530 --> 01:56:30,730
There is a large cost outlay for special education, and we have those kids come to us because

1611
01:56:31,000 --> 01:56:36,910
they are drawn to hands-on learning, right?

1612
01:56:36,910 --> 01:56:45,970
And then we unionize the Paris, we unionized IT, our transportation costs are higher because

1613
01:56:45,970 --> 01:56:47,670
we pull in from other places.

1614
01:56:49,820 --> 01:56:56,510
We have to increase guidance because we have more IEP and I didn't get the chance to

1615
01:56:56,510 --> 01:57:03,140
see how many guidance and special ed people the other schools have, but I guarantee you it's

1616
01:57:03,140 --> 01:57:10,260
not half or a third of what we have, we're not three times, Wilmington, Wilmington's,

1617
01:57:10,440 --> 01:57:16,900
not to say again that it's not a valid point of being concerned, because I was the same.

1618
01:57:18,760 --> 01:57:22,680
And then the inflation rate went up 6%.

1619
01:57:23,560 --> 01:57:26,240
We're really at that 5.9%.

1620
01:57:26,240 --> 01:57:31,520
And I know I would love to, I looked through, Charlie and I looked through the budget.

1621
01:57:31,520 --> 01:57:39,500
There really is, you know, we could pull away a science teacher, but that doesn't do

1622
01:57:39,500 --> 01:57:42,460
the trick, and it's not helpful for our students.

1623
01:57:44,600 --> 01:57:53,920
We've stayed below where the traditional school budgets have been, and now we're at a point

1624
01:57:53,920 --> 01:57:56,780
where we have no choice but to spend the money.

1625
01:57:56,780 --> 01:58:02,800
It's not on our norm to have that large outlay, but it will happen from time to time

1626
01:58:02,800 --> 01:58:10,900
I think we just need to explain ourselves to the to the towns and show them all of that which I

1627
01:58:10,900 --> 01:58:14,320
have full faith that Tony and Jenna are going to do for us

1628
01:58:15,040 --> 01:58:20,880
In the coming weeks. I just wanted to say all of that because it was that stomach thing in the beginning

1629
01:58:22,960 --> 01:58:24,340
Yeah, all right

1630
01:58:24,340 --> 01:58:34,780
I hate. Um, do you have any idea how much that money is that we might have at 5% and 1.6 million. It's about 1.6 TTE.

1631
01:58:36,240 --> 01:58:43,380
And if we five percent last year's budget, is that good? Certified, can we use all of it or do we only use part of it?

1632
01:58:43,920 --> 01:58:52,120
Usually it has, you know, you only started it, but it also has to be in the budget, the proposed budget that's adopted by the school committee.

1633
01:58:53,760 --> 01:58:56,440
It's not in the FY23 budget either.

1634
01:58:56,940 --> 01:58:58,700
Was it Pulse FY23?

1635
01:58:59,460 --> 01:58:59,960
Was it?

1636
01:59:00,780 --> 01:59:03,320
No, FY22 yes, but not FY23.

1637
01:59:04,460 --> 01:59:05,880
Do we know what?

1638
01:59:06,660 --> 01:59:08,300
But we didn't go up this high.

1639
01:59:11,090 --> 01:59:15,050
I mean, this is going to be a huge hard sell and it looks very.

1640
01:59:16,910 --> 01:59:20,130
You know, especially where the, I guess, weren't worn.

1641
01:59:21,590 --> 01:59:25,010
That this was going to happen, you know, and

1642
01:59:27,280 --> 01:59:43,680
I know it's a reach, but it's possible to find out, like, in fact, the finance, people, tomorrow, like, first off, to get, like, some type of post report, kind of Charlie's gone until we good to budget suffering, but still, like, kind of, should be back out to the committee to find out what came out of that meeting.

1643
01:59:43,680 --> 01:59:47,840
And secondarily, maybe it's possible, not that's not part of the reach part, but the

1644
01:59:47,840 --> 01:59:53,720
finish part is to find out whatever, because I think what the thing is most K-12s is not

1645
01:59:53,720 --> 01:59:57,460
going to be a best apples to get their apples apples.

1646
01:59:57,820 --> 01:59:59,960
Is there a way to find out what other...

1647
02:00:00,110 --> 02:00:29,730
You know, vocational schools of our size, what their increase was, because if you could get that information, that might be helpful to provide them to say, okay, in the state, these are the 12 schools that are similar. I mean, again, I might be extent to maybe get five or six or something like half a dozen. It's okay. If you take to Christine's point, you take out the 2% for extraordinary items. This is where a target would be without those two pieces. This is what these six schools have. You know, they're all within the same size.

1648
02:00:29,730 --> 02:00:31,890
as we are, maybe I would give them more comfort for that.

1649
02:00:32,450 --> 02:00:34,910
And I don't want to out the exact school,

1650
02:00:35,030 --> 02:00:36,930
because I don't know where he is in his budget process.

1651
02:00:36,930 --> 02:00:38,610
But I did speak to a superintendent

1652
02:00:40,070 --> 02:00:44,550
from one of our sister schools who is up over 12% this year.

1653
02:00:46,310 --> 02:00:51,050
And he is, again, failing some of these pains.

1654
02:00:51,770 --> 02:00:54,790
And a lot of that is that particular district had a lot

1655
02:00:54,790 --> 02:00:56,270
of out-of-the-district students in the past.

1656
02:00:56,430 --> 02:00:58,070
But with changes in their admissions policy,

1657
02:00:58,070 --> 02:01:00,950
they are now almost 100% in-district costs.

1658
02:01:01,630 --> 02:01:02,750
So the money that they were collecting

1659
02:01:02,750 --> 02:01:04,890
for out of district students is now evaporated

1660
02:01:04,890 --> 02:01:07,150
and all of the cost evaporate, that school district

1661
02:01:07,150 --> 02:01:11,970
and now being born by the member, the members communities.

1662
02:01:13,310 --> 02:01:15,230
I can reach out and ask some other people,

1663
02:01:15,730 --> 02:01:18,410
but I know I just, I happen to be having a conversation

1664
02:01:18,410 --> 02:01:20,570
last week at an event and he shared that,

1665
02:01:21,330 --> 02:01:22,810
they're up over 12%.

1666
02:01:23,190 --> 02:01:24,190
Did they have a swing call?

1667
02:01:25,830 --> 02:01:27,110
I don't think they do.

1668
02:01:28,550 --> 02:01:30,890
Yeah, there's great alerts, has a swimming pool, great low,

1669
02:01:30,990 --> 02:01:31,570
has a swimming pool.

1670
02:01:31,810 --> 02:01:33,270
I mean, there's a few around my door.

1671
02:01:33,410 --> 02:01:34,330
I don't need to go all the way.

1672
02:01:34,410 --> 02:01:37,850
So, but you know, I think that talking this through

1673
02:01:38,310 --> 02:01:40,330
and preparing ourselves for the meetings,

1674
02:01:40,330 --> 02:01:41,970
this is very helpful.

1675
02:01:42,190 --> 02:01:44,270
I think to all of us, because, you know,

1676
02:01:44,310 --> 02:01:45,790
I think that will be kind of a,

1677
02:01:45,850 --> 02:01:49,390
it's gonna be a not an easy conversation to have.

1678
02:01:50,210 --> 02:01:52,990
My question is, and I dare not,

1679
02:01:52,990 --> 02:01:58,830
I know hesitate to say what if we have an unsuccessful meeting what happens then what it

1680
02:01:58,830 --> 02:02:05,890
could do is not pass by our town there's a process and there's a there's a process in

1681
02:02:05,890 --> 02:02:10,430
chapter 71 about what we have to we have to come back we have to make modifications to

1682
02:02:10,430 --> 02:02:15,670
it we have to we have to go back out to them and show them what what efforts we made to

1683
02:02:15,670 --> 02:02:22,850
try to make adjustments to it do everything we can for out of five times yeah I'm gonna

1684
02:02:22,850 --> 02:02:25,690
Tom doesn't pass it, doesn't matter, so 4 out of 5 counts.

1685
02:02:25,770 --> 02:02:27,190
That's what the mutual agreement says.

1686
02:02:27,370 --> 02:02:29,890
You need 66%, you need two thirds, so.

1687
02:02:30,070 --> 02:02:32,670
OK, so Cheryl, Devils Advocate, yeah.

1688
02:02:33,250 --> 02:02:38,710
Yeah, I'm sorry to say, it's in the statute that.

1689
02:02:39,270 --> 02:02:41,930
I mean, we had a fight on the floor,

1690
02:02:42,150 --> 02:02:44,590
and our budget had never gone over 2%.

1691
02:02:45,010 --> 02:02:47,990
They still fought us on the floor of the town meeting one year.

1692
02:02:48,610 --> 02:02:55,910
So this is, it's scary to me and I have never voted for a budget like this in my life.

1693
02:02:56,490 --> 02:02:59,190
And I'm having a hard time doing this but all right.

1694
02:03:01,510 --> 02:03:14,950
Sorry, sorry, I'm not just, we're not really agreeing but to the question that Pat raised about the E&D is her scenario whereby

1695
02:03:14,950 --> 02:03:25,890
I get the towns to agree to this higher number and then the good news is you get the full

1696
02:03:25,890 --> 02:03:36,190
E&D amount certified by TOR and now we have an essence extra money, but we have already

1697
02:03:36,190 --> 02:03:45,250
assess the talents at the level that this budget requires and there's really no going

1698
02:03:45,250 --> 02:03:46,390
back at that point.

1699
02:03:48,540 --> 02:03:52,640
So if we get the E&D money later, I think once this is approved, it's

1700
02:03:52,640 --> 02:03:58,760
approved. We move forward. So if we're going to use E&D money, we have to put it in the

1701
02:03:58,760 --> 02:04:04,740
budget now. So officially we have zero dollars in that account because they don't have

1702
02:04:04,740 --> 02:04:05,040
Okay.

1703
02:04:05,360 --> 02:04:05,900
All right.

1704
02:04:06,700 --> 02:04:13,200
So, what we would be able to put out next year, but actually, theoretically, we reduce the

1705
02:04:13,200 --> 02:04:14,660
assessment going forward.

1706
02:04:14,860 --> 02:04:14,980
Okay.

1707
02:04:15,780 --> 02:04:22,740
What do we, could we do an amendment to be a man's last year for, sorry, what do we do

1708
02:04:23,190 --> 02:04:28,300
to use back when you would share the identity, I mean, it's with Melanie.

1709
02:04:28,420 --> 02:04:33,280
I'm just thinking, well, we move, I've been moving money around because it was already in

1710
02:04:33,280 --> 02:04:41,260
the budget. I guess it had already been certified, but it was certified late, because I remember

1711
02:04:41,260 --> 02:04:47,420
we had to fight it about late. Yes. Because we think it should be certified in like no

1712
02:04:47,420 --> 02:04:49,880
member. That's really when it should have been certified.

1713
02:04:53,020 --> 02:04:55,160
So I think it was already certified.

1714
02:04:55,440 --> 02:05:00,220
I don't, you know, I don't remember being in this position before. And actually a million dollars,

1715
02:05:00,220 --> 02:05:03,960
is everybody's still going to go up pretty.

1716
02:05:05,040 --> 02:05:08,500
I think you gave me something that $600,000 would help.

1717
02:05:09,020 --> 02:05:10,480
Yes, you remind me of what that was.

1718
02:05:11,240 --> 02:05:11,640
2%.

1719
02:05:12,040 --> 02:05:14,380
Any other discussion direct operating budget,

1720
02:05:14,380 --> 02:05:19,300
which would bring us from 5.9 to 3.9.

1721
02:05:20,040 --> 02:05:22,280
Well, it may have some 7.9 to 5.9.

1722
02:05:23,680 --> 02:05:28,080
Sorry, sorry, I keep backing out the extraordinary costs.

1723
02:05:28,400 --> 02:05:29,140
One more point in there.

1724
02:05:29,140 --> 02:05:33,020
Can you make sure that the standard practice is sort of like the posting of the thing?

1725
02:05:33,180 --> 02:05:36,460
We just we can avoid our friends from the outside and then we all know where they are

1726
02:05:37,120 --> 02:05:41,440
new name names, but just to make sure that the budgets and the assessments are posted on the

1727
02:05:41,440 --> 02:05:48,500
website. So then you can say guess what standard practice are out there. So past years, so just to avoid

1728
02:05:48,500 --> 02:05:50,640
that nonsense. Who's attending the meeting tomorrow?

1729
02:05:51,600 --> 02:05:53,920
Sure. My house meetings with the town managers.

1730
02:05:54,320 --> 02:05:56,960
And you and John. And I know John.

1731
02:06:00,150 --> 02:06:02,790
And that's to present what you just presented to us.

1732
02:06:03,590 --> 02:06:11,850
So to summarize, we can't put E&D in the fiscal year 2024 budget because officially we have zero dollars sitting there.

1733
02:06:12,530 --> 02:06:18,770
And by the time we get any money in there, which we hope to, it's too late the budget is already passed.

1734
02:06:19,910 --> 02:06:21,390
But there's something wrong with them.

1735
02:06:22,730 --> 02:06:31,390
Because then we lose that money because you're saying we absolutely lose it because the next year because you can't keep more than 5% right right?

1736
02:06:31,910 --> 02:06:40,410
So the next year if there's extra money they can't put anything in because so we'll lose money.

1737
02:06:40,550 --> 02:06:47,650
Well, it goes it's 5% of your budget every year so we're going to gain more every year.

1738
02:06:47,650 --> 02:06:53,550
I mean, it's not going to go up to half a million dollars, it will go up the percentage based on the increase in the budget.

1739
02:06:54,150 --> 02:07:02,610
Is there a, I'm not a budget question, we almost, is there a way to amend a budget, say in September?

1740
02:07:02,750 --> 02:07:03,130
Thank you.

1741
02:07:03,510 --> 02:07:06,790
And say, you know, the E&D has come through.

1742
02:07:07,290 --> 02:07:13,610
We are going to take $500,000 and apply it to the budget and tell the town's that.

1743
02:07:13,610 --> 02:07:18,510
I don't know if that's how meeting always has a special time meeting in October, right?

1744
02:07:18,750 --> 02:07:19,790
I mean, then they changed their budget.

1745
02:07:21,150 --> 02:07:22,030
Yeah, that's good.

1746
02:07:22,230 --> 02:07:27,170
Again, we are considering our own municipality as a regional school district.

1747
02:07:27,510 --> 02:07:29,010
So, I'd have to research that.

1748
02:07:29,330 --> 02:07:31,550
That's not something I would be comfortable trying to answer.

1749
02:07:31,810 --> 02:07:38,190
I mean, I'm just saying, personally, I am willing to budget is big, but I am willing to accept it.

1750
02:07:38,190 --> 02:07:43,690
But if there was a way that we could apply some of that indeed, it would be great

1751
02:07:43,690 --> 02:07:51,470
But if there isn't there isn't but and I don't know how we communicate that to the town because we can't promise them anything

1752
02:07:51,470 --> 02:07:56,510
Because nothing started fighting. Yes. We assume it'll be certified, but we can't promise anything

1753
02:07:56,510 --> 02:07:58,710
Why don't you

1754
02:08:00,410 --> 02:08:07,070
Yeah, well, it's worth investigating I will check it out. Thank you. We had a motion. It's been seconded any other discussion

1755
02:08:07,070 --> 02:08:08,410
I'm cutting off the discussion at this point.

1756
02:08:08,850 --> 02:08:13,310
All those in favor, I'm supporting the fiscal 24 operating budget.

1757
02:08:13,570 --> 02:08:13,990
Say aye.

1758
02:08:14,450 --> 02:08:14,810
Aye.

1759
02:08:15,370 --> 02:08:16,090
All at.

1760
02:08:16,930 --> 02:08:16,990
No.

1761
02:08:17,430 --> 02:08:17,670
No.

1762
02:08:17,930 --> 02:08:18,390
Roll call.

1763
02:08:18,710 --> 02:08:19,210
Thank you.

1764
02:08:19,490 --> 02:08:21,470
Roll call vote is required.

1765
02:08:22,090 --> 02:08:22,870
This last.

1766
02:08:23,570 --> 02:08:23,730
Aye.

1767
02:08:24,350 --> 02:08:24,910
It's my turn.

1768
02:08:25,370 --> 02:08:25,490
Aye.

1769
02:08:26,070 --> 02:08:26,430
Nancy.

1770
02:08:27,150 --> 02:08:27,750
Aye.

1771
02:08:28,150 --> 02:08:28,590
Aye.

1772
02:08:29,390 --> 02:08:29,410
Aye.

1773
02:08:29,710 --> 02:08:30,030
Aye.

1774
02:08:30,870 --> 02:08:31,110
Aye.

1775
02:08:31,410 --> 02:08:31,670
Aye.

1776
02:08:32,730 --> 02:08:33,010
Aye.

1777
02:08:33,970 --> 02:08:34,570
Aye.

1778
02:08:34,570 --> 02:08:34,750
Yeah.

1779
02:08:36,710 --> 02:08:39,310
That's what I think is no water.

1780
02:08:40,250 --> 02:08:42,130
Choe for the better minutes.

1781
02:08:42,350 --> 02:08:43,710
Choe for the better minutes.

1782
02:08:43,990 --> 02:08:45,830
No, I don't.

1783
02:08:48,020 --> 02:08:48,760
Thank you.

1784
02:08:51,300 --> 02:08:52,700
How many minutes?

1785
02:08:53,060 --> 02:08:54,000
You voted yes.

1786
02:08:54,420 --> 02:08:57,060
You voted yes while Choe is okay with it.

1787
02:08:57,420 --> 02:08:58,240
I'm a little bit.

1788
02:08:59,140 --> 02:09:04,100
Listen, old business, I had talked with a story

1789
02:09:04,100 --> 02:09:08,940
about the pool they built that and I had this discussion and he mentioned that I didn't realize

1790
02:09:08,940 --> 02:09:14,020
the upper class but I getting swept in so yeah we are utilizing it with some grade levels.

1791
02:09:14,520 --> 02:09:21,040
Jenna and I had originally anticipated using some some savings that we had in salaries from

1792
02:09:21,040 --> 02:09:29,360
you know replacing teachers that are retired that money has all been utilized to kind of settle our

1793
02:09:29,360 --> 02:09:39,140
pair of ET and maintenance contracts because of the, there's some decent salary increases

1794
02:09:39,140 --> 02:09:44,040
based on the pay skills that were negotiated and credits that people were able to submit

1795
02:09:44,040 --> 02:09:44,620
for you.

1796
02:09:44,820 --> 02:09:50,080
One, and we can go back and book again but at this point in time, I don't know that we have

1797
02:09:50,080 --> 02:09:55,260
the funding to bring in somebody because we would have to hire a staff member to my down

1798
02:09:55,260 --> 02:09:55,440
there.

1799
02:09:58,180 --> 02:10:08,980
We can go back and look at that again, but I know as we were as we were cleaning up those those initial contracts, we came to the realization that it was there was some cost associated with that.

1800
02:10:10,560 --> 02:10:12,740
So hopefully we can working towards.

1801
02:10:14,020 --> 02:10:17,760
We have been using it. I believe it's juniors and seniors are there now.

1802
02:10:18,280 --> 02:10:21,420
And our plan is to try to bring the other classmen back into that pool.

1803
02:10:24,000 --> 02:10:33,160
I'm putting, I'm gonna table this, the hour is late here and it's been a lot on everyone's plate here, is that okay?

1804
02:10:33,740 --> 02:10:34,160
Are we ready?

1805
02:10:35,040 --> 02:10:36,360
Well, you're looking at me like that.

1806
02:10:36,540 --> 02:10:39,180
No, I was just saying, you gave me a look.

1807
02:10:39,340 --> 02:10:41,020
I said, no, it's all family kidding.

1808
02:10:41,620 --> 02:10:45,460
I just want to mention briefly, everybody received the information in your packet.

1809
02:10:45,460 --> 02:10:51,700
I would like you to just take how far of your time to go over the documents.

1810
02:10:53,440 --> 02:10:59,460
This is going to be, because at the end of April, I was going to have a discussion on

1811
02:10:59,460 --> 02:11:00,500
what we're going to use.

1812
02:11:00,840 --> 02:11:04,680
And this was brought to be by Charlie and Barry from the former conference.

1813
02:11:05,300 --> 02:11:06,460
And so I was looking all over the place.

1814
02:11:06,580 --> 02:11:09,840
I was thinking, let's just do it the way I was supposed to do it in Tony's contract.

1815
02:11:10,220 --> 02:11:13,900
We're going to evaluate him as the state requires us to do.

1816
02:11:13,900 --> 02:11:18,560
And we're going to do it as a one-year evaluation, not a two-year seminar thing.

1817
02:11:18,700 --> 02:11:20,980
We're going to use the form as everybody receives in their packets.

1818
02:11:21,420 --> 02:11:23,040
I'm going to explain it out to everybody.

1819
02:11:24,000 --> 02:11:26,520
That's just going to be two seconds here briefly.

1820
02:11:26,980 --> 02:11:28,240
We'll explain it out to you all weekend.

1821
02:11:28,440 --> 02:11:30,820
We can discuss what areas you're going to do all of them.

1822
02:11:31,420 --> 02:11:36,080
And so the idea of my plan is to have this all in place for you to take it home.

1823
02:11:36,700 --> 02:11:37,880
Karen, I've discussed this.

1824
02:11:38,040 --> 02:11:41,860
Take it home with you at the end of April and return it to Karen.

1825
02:11:41,860 --> 02:11:48,800
and at the time in her family and early May in a timely fashion, she will tabulate all

1826
02:11:48,800 --> 02:11:51,560
the data to be recorded at the end of May.

1827
02:11:52,020 --> 02:11:53,320
I think that's what we said Karen.

1828
02:11:53,760 --> 02:11:54,840
She's been, she'll do it.

1829
02:11:55,000 --> 02:11:56,460
So that's what we want to do folks.

1830
02:11:56,880 --> 02:11:59,780
So when it's time, I'm not, I'm not going to do the presentation tonight.

1831
02:12:00,920 --> 02:12:03,260
But that's all I ask you to read through this stuff.

1832
02:12:03,880 --> 02:12:07,680
It's not as daunting Christine Cloud, Nancy email me, I said no.

1833
02:12:07,680 --> 02:12:11,680
Just relax, when I'm a new teacher, when this came across,

1834
02:12:11,860 --> 02:12:14,680
I played as a teacher, I'm like, what, it's not as bad as it is.

1835
02:12:15,140 --> 02:12:16,840
So it's real relax, it's not bad.

1836
02:12:17,260 --> 02:12:20,900
We will be working with this and coming up with a evaluation

1837
02:12:20,900 --> 02:12:21,940
that will go on 20th record.

1838
02:12:22,360 --> 02:12:24,680
And the idea is to get a company that may not wait till we don't.

1839
02:12:25,040 --> 02:12:26,580
So that's what I'm going to just say,

1840
02:12:26,780 --> 02:12:28,420
and to leave it there, Nancy.

1841
02:12:28,920 --> 02:12:31,540
What kind of evaluation did we do before?

1842
02:12:32,380 --> 02:12:33,500
I'm not going to recall.

1843
02:12:33,560 --> 02:12:35,820
Patty gave us something that can't speak for us.

1844
02:12:36,260 --> 02:12:36,840
this is.

1845
02:12:37,120 --> 02:12:38,260
No, we didn't do it for them.

1846
02:12:38,500 --> 02:12:39,260
No, we didn't do it.

1847
02:12:40,000 --> 02:12:41,080
No, no, no.

1848
02:12:41,080 --> 02:12:43,280
No, we did not do it for them.

1849
02:12:43,580 --> 02:12:45,380
Um, we didn't do it for them.

1850
02:12:46,240 --> 02:12:47,000
First, the first.

1851
02:12:47,000 --> 02:12:47,320
I know.

1852
02:12:49,180 --> 02:12:50,560
We didn't do this thing.

1853
02:12:50,700 --> 02:12:51,320
We're going to do it.

1854
02:12:51,320 --> 02:12:52,960
We're going to use this form format.

1855
02:12:53,540 --> 02:12:54,600
So I'm going to do that.

1856
02:12:54,760 --> 02:12:55,920
So we're going to we're going to

1857
02:12:55,920 --> 02:12:57,880
I'll do the full presentation and April folks.

1858
02:12:57,900 --> 02:12:58,460
That's okay.

1859
02:12:58,560 --> 02:12:58,920
Alright.

1860
02:13:00,860 --> 02:13:02,140
Future agenda items.

1861
02:13:04,100 --> 02:13:07,340
Just FYI May 6th, as a Saturday,

1862
02:13:07,960 --> 02:13:09,200
M-A-S-C will be here.

1863
02:13:09,500 --> 02:13:10,720
I have to confirm with them.

1864
02:13:10,720 --> 02:13:11,800
I know it's on their calendar.

1865
02:13:12,080 --> 02:13:13,300
They're already posted on their website.

1866
02:13:14,020 --> 02:13:15,780
It's a Saturday, May 6th.

1867
02:13:16,400 --> 02:13:17,740
I've invited them to come here

1868
02:13:17,740 --> 02:13:19,000
and do a new number orientation.

1869
02:13:21,540 --> 02:13:22,620
And if you all can,

1870
02:13:23,000 --> 02:13:24,140
everybody can make it that day.

1871
02:13:24,300 --> 02:13:24,640
It'll be great.

1872
02:13:24,820 --> 02:13:26,740
Well, it's already on their website, the public size.

1873
02:13:27,660 --> 02:13:29,580
And it's just, it's a great refresher course.

1874
02:13:29,780 --> 02:13:30,120
I do it.

1875
02:13:30,120 --> 02:13:31,320
I didn't want to try it in the course.

1876
02:13:31,320 --> 02:13:36,860
Yeah, China, of course. I did it online the time when I first went on, but this is so I called in ahead of time months

1877
02:13:36,860 --> 02:13:38,100
Months actually last summer

1878
02:13:39,140 --> 02:13:44,400
Brian and Charlie's we give him I gave him a phone call. It was booking. That's our events. So well anyway

1879
02:13:44,400 --> 02:13:48,200
What other towns are you inviting? It's out here the whole

1880
02:13:48,200 --> 02:13:52,320
Everybody the whole Northeast area, you know, so it's just not just for new members of everybody

1881
02:13:52,320 --> 02:13:58,000
So it's I think it's like eight to one nine to one eight to one. So Karen. So I get they're gonna send me a form

1882
02:13:58,000 --> 02:14:01,100
I'm gonna fill it out information that we need to

1883
02:14:01,320 --> 02:14:05,560
Provide to them. I know it's so clear any school clean numbers on their last year

1884
02:14:11,820 --> 02:14:16,900
So that's that's the plan on that no, can't next next right now

1885
02:14:20,240 --> 02:14:23,420
Oh, cuz I did a year and then I could get it. I am running

1886
02:14:24,180 --> 02:14:26,240
Yes, we are running

1887
02:14:31,320 --> 02:14:31,820
Can you tell me what?

1888
02:14:32,300 --> 02:14:33,420
I know it's for you.

1889
02:14:33,600 --> 02:14:34,420
I know what I mean.

1890
02:14:35,060 --> 02:14:35,960
So, we see it.

1891
02:14:36,400 --> 02:14:38,620
No, I want us to date for 28-24.

1892
02:14:39,120 --> 02:14:48,160
24-25 after the administration?

1893
02:14:48,500 --> 02:14:48,560
Yeah.

1894
02:14:49,460 --> 02:14:50,980
Next week we are going to date for 27.

1895
02:14:54,700 --> 02:14:58,760
But now it's the next week.

1896
02:14:58,760 --> 02:14:59,860
the wild Asian.

1897
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:29,980
But the council based on the report to the state about public comment, can we either have a discussion about that at a future meeting or have a Howard way in to basically to look at our policy or. Yeah, look at that. Is that said, Brian, brought that to the table. I was going to be a suggestion for the next policy agenda and start there and see. You know, we can maybe bring it forward everybody, depending upon what. My second one was just sort of with just the role, the treasure. I mean,

1898
02:15:29,980 --> 02:15:32,780
and just getting stuff from middle sex basically,

1899
02:15:33,020 --> 02:15:36,880
like to me, I don't think that I'm perfectly

1900
02:15:36,880 --> 02:15:38,500
and I understand finance well,

1901
02:15:38,660 --> 02:15:41,760
but I'm not excited maybe time to look at a district treasure

1902
02:15:41,760 --> 02:15:43,080
to make sure that's a good example

1903
02:15:43,080 --> 02:15:44,540
of what we're getting represented for

1904
02:15:44,540 --> 02:15:47,360
like middle sex retirement of being as a business unit.

1905
02:15:47,880 --> 02:15:49,500
So I feel like that song we should look at

1906
02:15:49,500 --> 02:15:54,160
is like a employee of the school committee being at a treasure

1907
02:15:54,160 --> 02:15:58,740
a part of time, part of time for the budget.

1908
02:15:58,740 --> 02:16:00,860
It's just, I know we've always had it so more, you know.

1909
02:16:01,540 --> 02:16:02,080
Yeah, it was.

1910
02:16:02,940 --> 02:16:04,540
This committee's always had a treasure.

1911
02:16:04,880 --> 02:16:06,720
And I found in those meetings.

1912
02:16:06,960 --> 02:16:07,920
Yep, I was trying to.

1913
02:16:07,940 --> 02:16:08,020
Yep.

1914
02:16:09,340 --> 02:16:12,500
We talked about, I don't know, what to investigate that.

1915
02:16:13,220 --> 02:16:14,060
To have a treasure.

1916
02:16:14,360 --> 02:16:15,640
It's saying FY25.

1917
02:16:17,220 --> 02:16:18,900
So we have a secretary, you know,

1918
02:16:18,900 --> 02:16:20,220
to your device too.

1919
02:16:21,160 --> 02:16:22,540
Okay, anybody else, we good?

1920
02:16:22,900 --> 02:16:23,240
Okay.

1921
02:16:23,240 --> 02:16:33,660
Just we're going to add to the policy to look at two policies that Jennifer had related to procurement law.

1922
02:16:35,710 --> 02:16:36,190
That's right.

1923
02:16:36,730 --> 02:16:37,850
So there's some things going on.

1924
02:16:37,850 --> 02:16:39,290
We just have to have a curiosity.

1925
02:16:39,710 --> 02:16:42,250
Where are you going to hold this thing on the six in the office?

1926
02:16:42,550 --> 02:16:42,910
Yeah.

1927
02:16:44,890 --> 02:16:47,870
Yeah, I'm just going to make sure I touch it.

1928
02:16:48,270 --> 02:16:48,290
That's right.

1929
02:16:48,290 --> 02:16:48,870
I'm going to continue.

1930
02:16:49,550 --> 02:16:49,770
Yeah.

1931
02:16:49,970 --> 02:16:53,330
I'm going to go into my office to get the view.

1932
02:16:53,330 --> 02:16:54,290
So anybody's invited.

1933
02:16:54,590 --> 02:16:55,510
It's already on their website.

1934
02:16:55,810 --> 02:16:57,590
I feel like the people are kind of what we have to do.

1935
02:16:58,410 --> 02:16:59,750
They'll come in with the speakers.

1936
02:16:59,910 --> 02:17:01,670
I think they're at the press that will probably be here.

1937
02:17:02,670 --> 02:17:04,090
I know the other people.

1938
02:17:04,310 --> 02:17:04,930
It's not interesting.

1939
02:17:05,350 --> 02:17:07,130
I'm looking forward to seeing it in person.

1940
02:17:07,310 --> 02:17:08,550
So I thought it would be something interesting.

1941
02:17:09,330 --> 02:17:10,650
I'll take you to suggestion.

1942
02:17:10,970 --> 02:17:13,450
We invite our town school committee.

1943
02:17:13,650 --> 02:17:14,050
Where do you want?

1944
02:17:15,330 --> 02:17:15,450
Okay.

1945
02:17:16,230 --> 02:17:18,370
But we're going to have all these people.

1946
02:17:19,190 --> 02:17:23,310
We're going to have all these people.

1947
02:17:23,310 --> 02:17:24,710
Okay, I thought it was an interesting idea.

1948
02:17:25,110 --> 02:17:25,170
Okay.

1949
02:17:25,490 --> 02:17:26,110
Did we let him out?

1950
02:17:26,550 --> 02:17:27,370
What's your name?

1951
02:17:28,910 --> 02:17:29,410
What's your name?

1952
02:17:29,590 --> 02:17:31,090
I'm a sec, and this is Gillis.

1953
02:17:31,770 --> 02:17:32,150
All right.

1954
02:17:32,250 --> 02:17:32,810
And this is it.

1955
02:17:32,970 --> 02:17:33,410
All right.

1956
02:17:33,590 --> 02:17:34,510
All right.

1957
02:17:34,770 --> 02:17:35,910
All right.

1958
02:17:36,530 --> 02:17:36,630
All right.

1959
02:17:36,630 --> 02:17:36,890
All right.